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Best Romantic Comedies of All Time, Ranked for Romantics
By Theo Friedman on January 12, 2020
Tired of scrolling through Netflix? Feeling lonely? Searching for 'the one'? No matter what prompted you to Google "best romantic comedies," by the time you leave, two things are certain: you'll be inspired to make your own list of favorites and you'll open up that ice cream tub and turn on the TV. So, without further ado, here are the best romantic comedies of all time.
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Best Romantic Comedies
A quick note on criteria
When we set out to rank the best Romantic Comedies of all time, we had to set some ground rules. As with any list of Romantic Comedies, subjectivity plays a huge part. To even the playing field, we came up with four categories to make our selections.
"Waterworks" ranks how emotionally stirring these Romantic Comedy movies get; "Comedy" obviously assesses the laugh factor; "Originality" measures how the film brings a unique perspective to a well-worn formula; and "Impact" relates to how iconic and influential the film has been amongst the great Romantic Comedies.
Classic Rom Coms
25. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby • Torn Dress
Sometimes, you gotta pay homage to the classics, and when talking rom coms, that means Cary Grant (His Girl Friday, Charade, The Philadelphia Story) and Katherine Hepburn (The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, The African Queen) in Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby.
Grant and Hepburn bounce off each other with tremendous chemistry in this screwball comedy about a paleontologist and a young heiress. The premise and resulting drama is all a bit absurd (hence the 'screwball' in screwball comedy) but provides good fun and ample romance.
Female-Driven
Classic Rom Coms - bringing up baby
A classic screwball with high-concept thrills, a couple leopards, Cary Grant, and a Hepburn. What more can one ask for?
24. His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday • Love Triangle
Cary Grant strikes again in another Howard Hawks masterpiece. This time, he's paired with Rosalind Russell in this newsroom comedy, romance, journalism flick.
A clear precedent to films like Broadcast News, His Girl Friday takes full advantage of the workplace setting as well as the "you're marrying the wrong man" debate. It gets a little crazy towards the end, as a lot of these older Rom Coms tended to do.
A primarily female-driven story, there's some strange housewife talk that doesn't exactly mirror current feminists views. Still, nothing goes too far, especially considering the 1940 release date.
Female Driven
Classic Rom Coms - His Girl Friday
At 92 minutes, His Girl Friday is full of laughs, romance, Cary Grant, and a surprisingly tight story for such a 1940s film.
Best Rom Coms
23. There's Something About Mary
Something About Mary Clip • Frank and Beans
The romantic comedy that starts our list earned $369 million at the box office, making it the list's top earner. One after another men try to woo darling Mary (played by Cameron Diaz) resulting in embarrassment, devastation, and some extravagant planning.
Ben Stiller, still a relative unknown at the time, holds his weight, en route to being one of the main comedy stars of the next 10 years. It's a pure comedy, so the dramatic beats and heavy moments are lacking, but Stiller is easy to root for, it's a fun watch, and earns its spot.
Backstabbing
Kinda Slapstick
Best Rom Coms - There's Something About Mary
While not as deep or emotional as some of the films to come, There's Something About Mary is funny first and romantic second. It knows what it is.
Sad Romantic Comedies
22. Lost In Translation (2003)
Lost In Translation • Suntory Time!
Now, it's unclear if the relationship in this rom com is truly romantic… but there is a kiss at the end and some definite undertones. It doesn't help that Scarlett Johansson was 18 at the film's release while Bill Murray (always in good romantic comedies) just turned 53, but that's neither here nor there.
The two bond over depression and pointlessness for a week in Tokyo. As opposed to the rosy, glorious display of travel, Lost In Translation flips the cliche, showing how distancing it can be. The comedy (which was largely improvised) comes from pretentious LA travelers, obsession with movie stars, and poor Japanese translation.
Combine all that with some great Bill Murray, and you get a Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
Surprising Chemistry
Suntory Commercial
Age Difference
Not For Everyone
Sad Romantic Comedy Movies - Lost in Translation
It's not the cute, fun romantic comedy to watch with your significant other, it achieves something deeper. It's more of a drama than traditional rom com.
Funny Romantic Comedies
21. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Anchorman • Sex Panther
Maybe one of the most well-known comedies ever, technically Anchorman is also a workplace romance. And while I count a lot more gut-punching laughs then heartbreaking romantic moments, Ron does jump into a bear-pit to save Veronica at the end.
Anchorman • Bear Fight
In the original script, the story still focused on newsmen but involved a plane crash, cannibalism, and ninja monkeys. I guess instead of that they compromised on an animated sex sequence, massive fight scene, and pet shark in the sequel. Safe to say, these movies are insane, but the first one really is quite a good rom com.
The start of the Mckay-Ferrel era, Anchorman paved the way for Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, and The Other Guys.
Infinitely Quotable
Career Springboard
Best Rom Coms - Anchorman
This movie treats everything, including its romance, like a joke. If you want laughs, it's for you, if you want love and emotion, maybe not.
Best Rom Com Movies
20. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love • Phone Rage
Paul Thomas Anderson's venture into romantic comedy is a bit of a strange one. It involves phone sex, seven sisters, a blue suit, and a lot of chocolate pudding.
Even though we don't get a ton of time with the love interests and their relationship is a bit confusing, there's no shortage of charming moments or good filmmaking. Combine that with great Philip Seymour Hoffman and Adam Sandler performances…. And you earn a spot on the list.
Situational Comedy
Phone Hotline
Overly Simplified
Best Rom Com Movies - Punch-Drunk Love
Strangely romantic, but also dark, awkward, and funny, a lot is happening inside Barry Egan's head. It's unpredictable, sharp, quick, and a unique take on the genre.
19. Sideways (2004)
Sideways • Miles Chokes
Alexander Payne follows the melancholy of About Schmidt with more despondence in Sideways. Securing his control over the depressed man genre.
Luckily, in Sideways, Payne pairs our struggling protagonist with an engaged actor friend trying to get his rocks off. Tie in some Nappy Valley waitresses, an ex-wife, and a 1961 Cheval Blanc, and you get the 05 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner.
Sideways • Merlot Clip
Lauded as the best wine movie of all time, the movie both catapulted sales of Pinot Noir while taking some serious slashes at the Merlot grape. If it's any consolation to Merlot producers out there, Giamatti admits he has no wine knowledge… However, I'd guess screenwriters Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, and source author Rex Pickett do.
Break-Up Flick
Contrasting Characters
Misery Porn
Snobby
Not That Fun
Wine Romantic Comedy Movies - Sideways
More of a break-up than a couple's movie, Sideways is brutal with its characters. It's emotional, a little romantic, and funny in bursts but not all the way through.
80s Romantic Comedies
18. Broadcast News (1987)
Broadcast News • Love Confessional
The workplace romantic comedy is somewhat of a sub-genre, and perhaps none are better than this film. The newsroom is always a vehicle for office drama, and putting a love triangle in the middle makes it that much better.
Written and directed by rom-com legend James L. Brooks (As Good as it Gets, Terms of Endearment, Spanglish) it was a breakout for Holly Hunter and saw the downfall of newspapers coming long with impressive foresight.
Workplace Romance
See-Sawing
No Payoff
Self-Righteous
Airport Cliche
80s Romantic Comedy Movies - Broadcast News
While slightly dated at times, Broadcast News holds its own with any office romance story. It's not the funniest end-to-end but makes up for it with up-and-down romantic swings.
17. Wedding Crashers (2005)
Wedding Crashers • Lock it Up
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, two masters of the buddy comedy, team up for this fun, at times social inappropriate comedy. The wedding is such a genre staple for the rom-com, Wedding Crashers tackles this head-on and doesn't miss a beat.
Sure, it contains some typical plot points, but the flip allows this to still feel charming and original. It made Bradley Cooper's career, solidified Rachael Mcadams as a rom com legend, and grossed over $289 million at the box office (good for #2 on this list). It's a classic romantic comedy in every sense.
Wilson-Vaughn Chemistry
Mostly Physical Comedy
Artistic Brother Character
Wedding Altar Scene
Funniest Romantic Comedies - Wedding Crashers
With a strong balance of laughs and romance, a catchy premise, and great chemistry all around, Wedding Crashers is all you can ask for in a good romantic comedy.
Funniest Romantic Comedies
16. I Love You, Man (2009)
I Love You, Man • Golf Clip
After thriving in supporting roles in movies like Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Paul Rudd gets to be the lead in I Love You, Man. But it's no standard romantic comedy.
I Love You, Man flips the genre entirely, focusing on a man's pursuit of a best man for his wedding. It's a glimpse into adult bro-dating, Rush fandom, and gym culture.
Sure, it contains some typical plot points, but the flip allows this to still feel charming and original.
Flips Genre
Hangout Scenes
Male Centered
Alter Cliche
Lacks Emotion
Best Rom Coms - I Love You, Man
Definitely a "funny romantic comedy," I Love You, Man is a bro-mantic comedy. This movie is about male-bonding and hangout scenes.
Great Romantic Comedies
15. The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve • Meet Cute
While the plot is a little hard to get behind, if you roll with the punches, it's a pretty layered film. The romance is central, and the comedy comes not only through dialogue and action but in editing and plot.
Basically, a snake expert is also the heir to a fortune. He falls in love with a swindler but leaves once he finds out who she is. She then pretends to be someone else and re-enters his life. They marry, but then she lies to him about all these other men she's been with. In the end, the rich snake expert goes back to the original girl (who is actually the same girl he just married even though he doesn't know it).
It's a lot, especially when written out, but makes for an entertaining rom com.
Swindling
Snake Specialist?
Great Romantic Comedies - The Lady Eve
You have to give this the "Clark Kent" benefit of the doubt, but it's clever and genuinely funny. The best pre-80s watch on the list.
Romantic Comedy Movies
14. Juno (2007)
Juno • I'm a Planet
For all of those that wonder what it's like to be pregnant at 17, Juno scratches the itch. It was the small little indie movie that broke out to over $230 million worldwide on a $7.5 million budget.
With a snappy Oscar-winning script (the 3rd Oscar already on this list) and a realistic take on the struggles of teen pregnancy, Juno navigates things like abortion, step-parents, high-school romance, creepy older men, and manages to be funny at the same time.
It's not a full-blown Rom-Com, as romance is slightly lacking, but it deals a lot with different relationships, all at various stages.
Teenage Perspective
Full of Personality
Flashy Music References
Bateman's Behavior
Treatment of Bleeker
Best Rom Coms - Juno
Juno's strength is in the personality of the protagonist. The subject matter is heavy at times, but always witty, clever, and occasionally touching.
Good Rom Coms
13. Funny People (2009)
Funny People • Trailer
Judd Apatow's underappreciated follow up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Funny People takes a somber look at the life of the stand up comic. Contrasting young ambition with elder regret, Judd Apatow's films always a "hangout" vibe, but this film maximizes it. Half the scenes are friends ripping on each other and talking about stand-up.
Some may call it overly sentimental, especially about comedy, but it is an authentic glance into that world and has as much depth of any film on this list.
Fun Fact: This is already the 8th straight movie on the list released between 2003 - 2009.
Yo Teach
Self Loathing
Too Long
Good Rom Coms - Funny People
Full of comedians, Funny People isn't quite as funny as you'd expect. It's a film about regret, death, and lost romance told through the lens of funny people. But it's good.
12. Bridesmaids (2011)
Bridesmaids • I Really Want You to Leave
The highest-grossing female R-rated comedy ever ($288 million worldwide), Bridesmaids holds its own with any comedy of the last decade. And while it sways more towards raunch then romance, Chris O'Dowd provides enough Irish charm to warrant its place on the list.
The entire cast brings their A-game with awesome Kristen Wig, Melissa Mccarthy, Rose Byrne, and John Hamm performances. McCarthy, however, steals the show, launching her into comedy stardom.
Oh, also, this was produced by Judd Apatow.
Rivalry Dynamic
"Missing Friend" Sequece
Funniest Romantic Comedies - Bridesmaids
The first female-driven film on the list, Bridesmaids might also be the funniest. That said, it's more a test of bridal friendship than love, and isn't a classic romantic comedy.
R-rated Romantic Comedies
11. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
How to Talk to Women
The plot is in the title on this one, and in retrospect, it looks like an obvious winner. Directed by Judd Apatow and starring newcomers Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill, and to some extent… Kevin Hart, it was Katheern Keener who gave the movie credibility. Crazy.
Ranking extremely high on the memorability scale, it's the patented Apatow comedy that serves as both hilarious, and surprisingly dramatic.
The 40-Year-Old and grossed $177 million on a $26 million budget. Not bad for a directorial debut.
Steve Carell Breakout
Fish-Outta-Water
Gimmicky
Clunky Climax
Romantic Comedy Movies - The 40-Year-Old Virgin
A true romantic comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin has the best blend of comedy, drama, and romance so far. It's a guy's movie but still has a heart.
Top Romantic Comedies
10. The Lobster (2015)
The Lobster • Trailer
Alright, now is this movie a Romantic Comedy? Well, it's about a man searching for love, and it's certainly funny, so yes.
The most unique movie on the list, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster is brash, hilarious, and a bit disturbing from start to finish. Almost every moment of this movie has a tinge of humor, but rarely is it laugh-out-loud funny, it's subtle, subdued, and quite definitely dark comedy.
If this were a list of "best movies" not "best romantic comedy movies" The Lobster would be higher.
Cinematography/Direction
Cold/Dry Humor
Potentially Disturbing
Romantic Development
Lots of Voice Over
Top Romantic Comedies - The Lobster
The Lobster isn't a fun family watch. It's a strange film. It's dry, cynical, off-beat, but damn good.
9. Knocked Up (2007)
Knocked Up • The Day After
Judd Apatow keeps his momentum going with his 4th installment on the best romantic comedies of all time list.
Balancing stoner life, posh Hollywood reporting, and marriage problems, Knocked Up is also full of actors just about to break out (Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Jay Baruchel, Ken Jeong).
As with all Apatow films, some of the best moments in Knocked Up are the smaller ones, spent working on fleshofthestars.com, or talking to a doorman.
Knocked Up • Doorman
It's one of the funnier films on this list but still packs the ample drama and romance beats. I would be fine with anyone moving this higher.
Hangout Moments
Seth Rogan Breakout
Male Humor
Best Rom Coms - Knocked Up
Judd Apatow knows how to make good romantic comedies, and Knocked Up might be his best. It's laugh-out-loud funny without sacrificing any piece of the odd-couple romance.
8. Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Crazy, Stupid, Love • Just a Divorce
Let's be honest, I was never gonna make this list without putting Ryan Gosling on it. A force in the romance genre, Gosling shows some nice comedic chops in this pairing with Steve Carell.
Our two stars, along with a star studded-supporting cast (Kevin Bacon, Marissa Tomei, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore), weave us through intersecting storylines, love triangles, make-overs, divorces, you name it.
Crazy, Stupid, Love • Makeover
Very stylish, sometimes sappy, and perhaps too cool for school at times, Crazy, Stupid, Love dips its toe in a lot of dangerous water but never quite gets burned.
Hot Gosling
Mentor-Mentee Dynamic
Overly Stylized
Too Coincidental
Best Rom Coms - Crazy, Stupid, Love
The most romance-focused of any film so far, Crazy, Stupid, Love commits to the romantic comedy genre. Boys and girls both should love this one.
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7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall • Peter Meets Aldous
Forgetting Sarah Marshall marks the first glance at Jason Segel in a starring role, and quite the glance it was (wink wink). Segel, also the screenwriter, plays a man who goes to Hawaii to forget his ex, only to run into his ex. Basically, there's awkwardness at every turn.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall • Yoga
Probably the best Hawaii movie ever (maybe the best vacation movie ever), Forgetting Sarah Marshall takes full advantage of the resort setting with comedic bits left and right. Even the saddest moments of this film manage to be funny or lead to a great payoff.
Once again, produced by Judd Apatow. Once again, released between 2003-2009.
Gratuitous Nudity
Tropey
Top Romantic Comedies - Forgetting Sarah Marshall
You can't go wrong here. You get Hawaii, heartbreak, and a heavy portion of laughs. Safe to say, we're within the top 10 now.
6. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Silver Lining Playbook • Trailer
Another Oscar winner (Best Actress - Jennifer Lawrence), Silver Linings Playbook undoubtedly leans more into "drom" than "com."
A story about two people battling with mental instability, the comedy comes from supporting characters like Robert De Niro and Chris Tucker, who aren't in the movie much. Is it enough to make this a rom-com? To me, the final dance sequence tips the scales.
Silver Lining Playbook • Dance Scene
This film is well made, well-acted, and has some tremendous moments. It was nominated for 8 academy awards and if this list was about best "movies" instead of "best romantic comedies," it might climb even higher than #6.
Authentic Philly
Not that Funny
Oscar Bait
Good Rom Coms - Silver Linings Playbook
Not a traditional rom-com, but definitely traditional David O. Russel. The city of Philadelphia seeps through every scene in this dramatic, explosive take on the genre.
Classic Romantic Comedies
5. Rushmore (1998)
Rushmore • Trailer
Okay, top 5 now. We've officially transitioned from good romantic comedies to great romantic comedies, and it's hard to find one more charming than this Wes Anderson flick. It's got:
Quirky characters
The romance, however, is a bit unique. Documenting a high-school boy trying to win over a teacher isn't exactly "love at first sight." Rushmore is about coming of age, privilege, depression, mourning, and uses this awkward love interest as a vehicle for that.
Bill Murray's deadpan delivery plays terrifically off Jason Swartzman's boy-scout enthusiasm as comedy bursts from every line and visual in the film.
Established Wes Anderson
Theater Scenes
Cringey at Times
Develops Too Fast
Classic Romantic Comedies - Rushmore
One of Wes Anderson's best, Rushmore is incredibly charming and touching at the same time. It's larger than life and enjoyable for anyone to watch.
Best Romantic Comedy Movies
4. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Men and Women Can't Be Friends
An absolute classic, you can't make a list about the best romantic comedies of all time without it. You certainly can't make one without talking about Norah Ephron, Billy Crystal, and Meg Ryan, three Rom-Com titans (not to mention director Rob Reiner).
When Harry Met Sally... boasts incredibly witty, quick writing by Norah Ephron who shows a masterful understanding of the male mind. With only 4 major characters (2 male, 2 female), the film is extremely balanced, and we get to know our leads in and out. Most notably, the film grabbed the "Can men and women be friends?" topic before it got cliched and put a stranglehold on it.
Genre Definer
Amazing Performances
"Friends" Dilemma
Sags in 2nd Half
Cliched Climax
Top Romantic Comedies - When Harry Met Sally...
Maybe this should be #1. It's undoubtedly the best two-sided story on the list, you really get to know these characters and their relationship.
3. 500 Days of Summer (2009)
500 Days of Summer • Trailer
Keeping the 2003-2009 trend, 500 Days of Summer was a career catapult, springing star Joseph Gordon Levitt, director Marc Webb, and writers Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber to strong new heights.
It's a pretty simple story about a boy who falls in love with a girl. The difference comes from a unique non-linear timeline, impressive use of repetition, an awesome split-screen sequence, acknowledgment of genre, and tear-jerking scenes, it's hard to imagine a better rom com than this one.
Non-Linear Storytelling
Expectation/Reality
Male Oriented
Romantic Comedy Movies - 500 Days of Summer
A modern romantic comedy classic, 500 Days of Summer exceeds everything you can ask for in the genre. It's an exceptionally unique script and will make you cry every time.
Best Romantic Comedies of All Time
2. Groundhog Day (1993)
Groundhog Day • French Poetry
What more can you ask for in a movie? We get sour Bill Murray (his 3rd appearance on the list) in a quirky, absurd small town. You could've stopped there, the comedic moments in this film are amazing, and the 2nd half love story holds up with the romantic beats of any rom-com.
Unfortunately, the Groundhog Day device (relieving the same day over and over) has itself been used over and over again in recent years. None have come close to topping the original.
Peak Murray
Small Town Fun
Unbelievable Relationship
Best Romantic Comedies of all Time - Groundhog Day
It starts as a straight comedy and surprises with a great romance. An absolute classic, if you like Bill Murray and haven't seen this do yourself a favor and remedy that ASAP.
1. Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall • Honest Subtitles
The oldest and best film on the list, Annie Hall is a Romantic Comedy that won four Oscars! Four! Including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. It's no secret the screenplay voters like good rom coms, but Best Picture!
Woody Allen was so ahead of his time with his talking head footage, meta aspects, critiques of Hollywood, the sour main character, the non-storybook ending. The influence of this film is unprecedented.
Annie Hall • In Line
Still, even if you just look at the movie itself, it's so unique. It feels one-of-a-kind, like a history of Woody Allen's life. It's not made for a studio or an audience, it's made for him.
Tremendously Self-Aware
Amazing Writing
Anti-Climatic
Best Romantic Comedies of all Time - Annie Hall
It's seminal rom com and it will never be topped. Be prepared for a lot of neurosis and self-deprecation, but know that this is a masterpiece.
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Now that you know the best romantic comedies of all time, what's next? Maybe you want more romance and less comedy? Up next is our ranked list of the most romantic movies ever made. From Casablanca to La La Land and everything in between, it's time to continue our cinematic romance tour.
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Tags: 500 Days of Summer, Anchorman, Annie Hall, As Good As It Gets, Bridesmaids, Bringing Up Baby, Charade, Crazy Stupid Love, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Funny People, Groundhog Day, His Girl Friday, I Love You Man, James L. Brooks, Juno, Knocked Up, Lost in Translation, Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch Drunk Love, Rob Reiner, Rushmore, Sideways, Silver Linings Playbook, Step Brothers, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The African Queen, The Lady Eve, The Lobster, The Other Guys, There's Something About Mary, Wedding Crashers, Wes Anderson, When Harry Met Sally, Woody Allen, Yorgos Lanthimos
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Right Wins Listless Battle
First Published: Berkeley Barb, April 7, 1967.
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Over 10,000 Berkeley voters did not bother to vote for candidates in the city elections held this week as the comfy middle-class overwhelmingly put back all incumbents plus one – Ron Dellums, a popular Negro candidate for city council who was endorsed by everybody.
The vote was around 25,000, down from 35,000 in the November elections.
In a listless campaign put on by the entrenched Democrats and the bland Republicans, what moments of excitement and spirit were created by Jerry Rubin for Mayor and the thrust of the Community For New Politics. Otherwise, 20,000 people (or more) would have stayed home.
The tale is told in the vote total: The New Left got 10,000 votes; the Old Left, 1,000; Jerry Rubin. 7,000; the Bircher-Rightist Huntley, 2000. Mayor Johnson et al got around 25,000 votes.
As the votes were being tallied at the Little Theatre auditorium, Robert Avakian (CNP) told it like it was, "Let not the people feel too comfortable about this vote," he said. "For the first time in Berkeley, a movement has dared raised issues and challenged the status quo."
He said that the 10,000 votes for the CNP will "replace this sick society with the good society," and like Stokley Carmichael said, "If you don't move over, we're going to move over you."
Mayor Johnson, the winner and still champion, made a "victory statement." It was in his usual colorless style which prompted the Daily Cal, on the day of the election, to make this editorial comment on his candidacy: "The mayor himself finds great difficulty in defending or even articulating his political philosophy."
As the votes kept coming in for the mayor, he felt obliged to utter these now famous words: "The vote for me keeps Berkeley in the mainstream of American life."
This set the stage for Jerry Rubin to get the biggest hand of the evening (he lost the election but won the Little Theatre). "I am proud to challenge this mainstream of American life," he said, "for it is the mainstream of war and corruption in Vietnam, of racism and corruption at home."
Rubin pointed out that "the mainstream in California is Ronald Reagan." He thanked the people who voted for him because "they showed they don't want any part of this mainstream of a sick, middle-class extremist, society."
The establishment-Democrats now are in collaboration with the anti-Fair Housing councilmen (Bort, DeBonis) and the Mayor. (Note: Johnson said he runs his business on "The Golden Rule" but when it comes to Fair Housing, the Golden Rule, he says, must not come from Berkeley, but from the State, if then).
Charlie Artman remained transcendental even after the end. "Support the victors," he counselled.
Bircher Huntley (who switched from Republican to Democrat) had this to say in his eight-page campaign paper smear of Mayor Johnson and the New Left: "America's colleges and Universities are our nation's pride...What Happened?"
He got dumped, that's what happened.
Excerpts from his paper: "The Mayor can't see you today. He's laying in front of a troop train." (Note: Johnson never laid in front of anything, let alone a troop train).
"The little fellow with the beedy eyes and Stalin mustache peering at you from the middle of the crowd is Castroite Marxist Jerry Rubin...who admits he lives off his girl friend...
This type of Hitler-ravings against not only Mayor Johnson but candidate Rubin, the CNP, and Telegraph Avenue, was almost matched by the Berkeley Gazette.
In a series of articles by Lari Blumenfeld (whose husband, Sam, is reporter for the SF Examiner), the flickering gas-jet (about to disappear for lack of gas) smeared the CNP and the Peace Mobilization with the same thick red brush.
Lari even quotes "evidence" from the "Los Angeles Fireman's Research Foundation" on "communists in Berkeley." One immediately wonders just what ANY firemen research politics for in the first place, let alone all the way up here in Berkeley.
The LA firemen couldn't put out Watts but they sure know, according to Lari, what the hell is going on in Berkeley!
This, of course, is the next "mainstream vote" in Berkeley. But if Jerry Rubin and the CNP keep fighting, no matter what the vote, then the Birchers and the Lari's won't make the scene in Berkeley.
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Effects of pulse current on energy consumption and removal of heavy metals during electrodialytic soil remediation
Tian R. Sun, Lisbeth M. Ottosen
The aims of this paper were to investigate the possibility for energy saving when using a pulsed electric field during electrodialytic soil remediation (EDR) and the effect of the pulsed current on removal of heavy metals. Eight experiments with constant and pulse current in the different industrially polluted soils were performed. At a current density of 0.1mA/cm2 in soil 1 and 0.2mA/cm2 in soil 2, there was no difference on energy consumption and removal of heavy metals between pulse current and constant current experiments, but at higher current experiments (i.e., 0.2mA/cm2 in soil 1 and 0.8mA/cm2 in soil 2) the energy was saved 67% and 60% and the removal of heavy metals was increased 17–76% and 31–51% by pulse current in soil 1 and soil 2, respectively. When comparing the voltage drop at different parts of EDR cells, it was found that the voltage drop of the area across cation exchange membrane was the major contributor of energy consumption, and the pulse current could decrease the voltage drop of this part effectively. The overall removal of heavy metals in soil 1 (6–54%) was much higher than soil 2 (1–17%) due to the different acidification process and chemical speciation of heavy metals reflected by sequential extraction analysis. Among all experiments, the highest removal efficiency occurred in pulse current experiment of soil 1, where 54% of Cu and 30% of As were removed.
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Sun, T. R., & Ottosen, L. M. (2012). Effects of pulse current on energy consumption and removal of heavy metals during electrodialytic soil remediation. Electrochimica Acta, 86, 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2012.04.033
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It can be effective to stop the spread of hepatitis C by treating people where they do drugs.
Once a week, Dr. Diana Sylvestre puts her medical expertise to use in a rickety old house frequented by drug users in this small Northern California city.
She sets up in a stuffy office no bigger than a walk-in closet, just feet from a room where people who shoot heroin or methamphetamine drop off used needles and pick up clean ones. The needle exchange and Sylvestre's makeshift clinic are under the same roof, part of a program run by the Mendocino County AIDS/Viral Hepatitis Network.
Sylvestre comes here in part to treat young drug users, people who are often homeless or suffering from mental illness, many of them newly infected with hepatitis C. She doesn't see many of them at a hepatitis C clinic she runs in Oakland.
"They are the ones who are spreading hepatitis C," she said. "They're the ones who have the high-risk behaviors."
The opioid addiction crisis has engendered an unfortunate side effect — an epidemic of new hepatitis C infections, mainly among young people who share infected needles. Although people over age 52 still account for the largest share of chronic hepatitis C cases, the highest number of new infections occurs among people in their 20s.
From 2009 to 2015, the rate of acute hepatitis C cases in the United States roughly tripled among people in their 20s, and it more than doubled among people ages 30 to 39, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In California, newly reported cases shot up 55 percent among men in their 20s and 37 percent for women in that age range from 2007 to 2015, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said.
The wave of hepatitis C infections among young people is "cause for alarm," said John Ward, the CDC's viral hepatitis director. The agency is studying the best ways to treat this population, he said, adding that a new "front of attack" is needed. Health experts and doctors like Sylvestre say that battle may be best waged outside traditional health care settings, in places frequented by young drug users.
At the needle exchange in Ukiah, caseworkers give $7 Subway gift cards to people who agree to be tested for hepatitis C. Those who test positive can visit Sylvestre and try to qualify for expensive new medications that wipe out the virus. Drug users can also get help for their substance abuse.
Patient advocates say this kind of on-site treatment is an anomaly in California, where only a few needle exchanges offer such services.
Treating young drug users is not easy, Sylvestre said. Their lives are chaotic, which makes it difficult to start or continue their medication. "They're frequently homeless; they have untreated mental illness," she said. "They aren't the most reliable people in the world."
The surge in hepatitis C cases among young people doesn't surprise 28-year-old Stephanie Clarizio of San Francisco. She injected heroin for about six years, starting in her home town of Atlanta. Clarizio said many of her friends who used intravenous drugs there knew about the risk of hepatitis C, and many of them contracted the virus.
"Everyone kind of knows about it," Clarizio said. "You just don't care."
Clarizio had hepatitis C for a couple of years before she was cured in San Francisco while in rehab for heroin addiction.
Experts and government officials say they're concerned about the surge among young people, who are more challenging to treat because many of them do not regularly see a doctor.
Many people who have been recently infected don't experience symptoms of the viral disease. Left untreated, hepatitis C can cause severe liver damage or cancer later in life.
While the baby boomer generation, defined by the CDC as those people born between 1945 and 1965, still accounts for three-quarters of chronic cases, University of California-Berkeley epidemiologist Art Reingold suggests the public health response should target the newly infected population.
"The prevention opportunity is much greater" when treating the younger generation, Reingold explained. "If you're working on a group that's already got [75 percent] of the people infected, your opportunity to prevent new infections is much smaller."
Dr. Heidi Bauer, chief of the sexually transmitted diseases control branch at the state Department of Public Health, said she encourages local health departments and community-based organizations to be creative about treating the younger population.
"We ask for people to think beyond that baby boomer box," Bauer said. Public health organizations "can take their services on the road, so to speak, and they can make an extra effort to reach populations that may be more at risk."
Dr. Sylvestre has been doing just that for more than a year. "If they're not going to show up in our medical facilities, we need to go out where they are there," she said.
Ashley Greene, a 29-year-old resident of Eureka, Calif., said treating young drug users for hepatitis C at needle exchanges is a good strategy. Greene recently recovered from the disease, which she said she contracted injecting cocaine as a teenager. She also used heroin on and off until 2011.
Greene feels much more energetic, clear-minded and optimistic about life since she was cured of hepatitis C, and she supports anything that educates young drug users about treatment, she said.
Not all will be ready for treatment, but at least "you can lead them to water," she said.
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On Thursday March 4 2010 at 6:02 AM (PST) we recorded an earthquake (preliminary Mw 6.4) located near Vanuatu.
Initial source parameters for this tremor are indicated below. The epicentral distance (i.e. the distance separating the epicenter and the closest station in the recording network) for Anza is 9412 km (84.56 degrees).
We operate a broadband station on Mt. Soledad. At 06:14 (PST) station SOL recorded the P wave from this event. Here is a view of that event as picked by our analyst. A red P indicates a P wave arrival, a red S indicates an S wave arrival.
View a larger image showing the waveforms recorded at Mt. Soledad (0.01–0.07BP filtered).


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Global March joins hands with international NGOs in creation of Global Humanitarian Fund for Education in Emergencies at the Oslo Education Summit.
With the increasing number of conflicts and disasters across the world, 20 million children have been denied their right to education, with 90% of young girls dropping out of schools in these conflicted areas. Further, out of the 58 million children of who are out of school, 28.5 million live in conflict affected countries. But despite the growing numbers caught up in the tragedy, in 2014 only one per cent of overall humanitarian aid and two per cent of humanitarian appeals was spent on education.
Researches show that there are dire consequences of not investing in education in emergencies. Children out of school are at immediate risk of child labour, recruitment as child soldiers, early marriage and other forms of sexual exploitation, slavery and trafficking. In conflict and emergencies, investment in education can both save lives in the short-term and billions of dollars in opportunity costs in the long-term. For example in Pakistan, between 2009 and 2012, lack of access to education for 5.5 million children due to conflict is estimated to have cost $2.9billion in lost income.
On 7 July, leading education experts, advocates and international donors will come together in Oslo at Oslo Education Summit, to mobilize renewed political commitment for the 58 million children that remain out of school and to improve learning outcomes for those who attend school.
This event will provide a great opportunity to commit to the creation of Global Humanitarian Fund for Education in Emergencies, which hopefully would enable additional predictable funding and better coordinated rapid assistance at the onset of an emergency, and bridge the gaps between development and humanitarian aid in the rebuilding phase.
Global March joins hands with other leading NGO demanding that world leaders meeting at the Oslo Summit, strongly consider and commit to the creation of a separate global fund to save education and children in emergencies.


The third generation of Motorola's mid-range warrior, the Moto G 2015, is all set to be officially introduced in simultaneous launch events to be held by the company in New York, London, New Delhi and Sao Paulo on Tuesday. While all the leaks over the last few weeks leading up to tomorrow's event have left little suspense in terms of the spec-sheet of the upcoming device, the exact pricing in various markets around the world is still something people have been waiting for. US Cellular is already fixing to price the upcoming smartphone at $180 if earlier reports are to be believed, and now, latest reports from India seem to suggest that the two rumored variants are all set to be priced either side of the second generation Moto G's price tag from last year - at least in India.
According to reports circulating in the Indian tech media on Monday, the country's largest online retailer Flipkart had temporarily listed the device on its site, which gave away the probable pricing of the smartphone in the country. The 1 GB RAM / 8 GB ROM version is set to get a price-tag of Rs. 11,999 ($190) in the world's third largest mobile market. However, there's no word on the pricing of the beefier 2 GB RAM / 16 GB ROM version as of now. The second generation Moto G was originally launched with a price-tag of 12,999 ($205) last year. As for the now-withdrawn listing, some reports have even claimed that the device listing was available only on the Flipkart mobile app, and not on its full site, but the veracity of such claims could not be independently established.
Coming to the Moto G (3rd generation), various leaks, including the listing on Flipkart, seem to suggest that the device will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset, which comes with a quad-core CPU clocked at a frequency of 1.4 GHz, and an Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz. The smartphone will feature a 5-inch 720p display, which will be protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The device is said to come in two variants, with the cheaper one featuring 1 GB RAM and 8 GB internal storage, whereas a pricier version is also said to be on the cards, which will come with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The device is set to come with a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera, and will have Android 5.1.1 Lollipop pre-installed. Screenshots of the alleged Flipkart listing can be seen below.


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Happy New Year to all of our Happy Little Buttons community!
Am I allowed to say that one the last Friday of the month, when it's already 26th January?! You just know from the speed that this month has flown by with that this year is going to whizz past like its recent predecessors! You may remember from my January Happy Little Buttons post from last year that I always find January a little bleak. Forgive me for saying that it's not the happiest of months. Christmas is behind us, and it's still too early in the year to have many plans to look forward to. There's a reason that the holiday companies push their advertising at this time of year!
Anyway, this year, I'm trying to see this month as a positive, and enjoy some of the little things. Just walking to the shop with Baby Lighty today, I had to stop and ponder the fact that we stood for ten minutes and watched a crane lorry (I don't think that's the technical term for it!!). When did we lose the magic in the every day?
So that's my theme for January's Happy Little Buttons, the magic in every day. We were also lucky enough to have recently visited Disneyland Paris, so we've started this year with a bang. Let's just hope that the magic continues enough to make this a great 2018!
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These are sculptures by Chinese Artist, a Cultural and Political revolutionist AI WEI WEI.
Ai Weiwei prints the CocoCola logo on an ancient Hun dynasty pot or re-enacts the use of the traditional stool and how it occupies space. He 'obscures the original form' which might make it look 'out of place' but believes that this is 'reality'. These are objects with intense cultural principle which he rejects to create new value. He says, "the Origin and the New can exist in the new body".
Ai Weiwei is radically critical about the Chinese governmente and actively fights for Human Rights. His Art is highly influenced by his childhood. Ai grew up in exile with his father during the Cultural Revolution. His father, a poet was denounced by he Chinese Govt.
Ai Weiwei's rebellious views about history and artifact gave me a completely new perspective for my research on the theme of restoration. His notion of compiling the new and the original in a fresh form, more relevant to the present age, aids my objective. But of course, his are extremely different (cultural-political-personal) reasons and much stronger ones! He is a Legend.


I know a fellow in Oz who occasionally imports tobacco and gets away with it. But, you have to order from an outfit that doesn't have tobacco or smoking in their name, or send a customs form along. The 2 I know of are 4noggins and cup O' Joes .
Thanks Steve, its a great idea and I have sent emails to both asking about how they send packages and what paperwork they send too. Great heads up, could save me thousands!
Hi guys, been a while but the work load keeps coming before the onset of our winter. Anyway's a small order has been placed with cupojoes out of the good ole' U.S of A. A cheeky plan has been hatched with their help and this is the test run to see how we go. So some Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding Special Reserve, Orlik GS and Mr Peace's Stonehenge Flake. The whole order including shipping cost $68. The same order here in Australia would cost $370 and I cant buy those tobaccos here anyway. So the savings V's the risk are well worth it! Finger crossed 爛 I also just received a email telling me that the Aussie Tax man is going to raise duties on tobacco a further 3% as of the 1st of March, this is just more incentive!
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No end in sight either John, they just gouge us all a little more with the passing of time under the premise that they know best!
Sorry to hear that Paul.
I suspect the charges/fines here would be in the same range hence why I refuse to chance it.
Its really worth trying Crawford, I will persist as I love smoking my pipe and the pleasure it brings on a daily basis is truly special.
I don't blame you Paul....I'd also love to have Condor and St Bruno but the problem here is they impound it and force you travel to Buenos Aires to collect and pay the taxes on your package which is the ridiculous part of the whole process. Out of interest how much on average did 50gr of tobacco end up costing you?
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       * Requests that the worker validate the current session against the
       * provided `session` parameter. If the current session and the provided
       * `session` do not match, the worker is expected to clear any stored
       * data.
       *
       * @param {string} session The session to validate the current session
       * against.
       * @return {Promise} A promise that resolves when the worker confirms that
       * the session has been validated.
       */
      validateSession: function(session) {
        return this.post({
          type: 'app-mirror-validate-session',
          session: session
        });
      },

      /**
       * Sends a message to the worker and awaits and handles a corresponding
       * response.
       *
       * @param {} message Any value that can be sent via `postMessage` to the
       * worker.
       * @return {Promise} A promise that resolves when a corresponding response
       * message has been received by from the worker. Requests are given a
       * unique ID, so the first worker response that echos this ID will be
       * used to resolve the promise.
       */
      post: function(message) {
        return this.connect().then(function(worker) {
          if (!this[SUPPORTS_MIRRORING]) {
            return Promise.resolve({});
          }

          return new Promise(function(resolve) {
            var id = this[MESSAGE_ID]++;
            var port = worker.port;

            port.addEventListener('message', function onMessage(event) {
              if (event.data && event.data.id === id) {
                port.removeEventListener('message', onMessage);
                resolve(event.data.result);
              }
            });

            message.id = id;

            port.postMessage(message);
          }.bind(this));
        }.bind(this));
      },

      /**
       * Requests that the worker perform a transaction (supported verbs are
       * `get` and `set`) against a provided `key` and optional `value` in the
       * IndexedDB object store.
       *
       * @param {string} method The method of the transaction (`"get"` or
       * `"set"`)
       * @param {string} key The key in the IndexedDB object store to operate
       * on.
       * @param {=} value The value to set at `key`, if using the `"set"`
       * `method`.
       * @return {Promise} A promise that resolves when the worker indicates
       * that the transaction has completed.
       */
      transaction: function(method, key, value) {
        return this.post({
          type: 'app-mirror-transaction',
          method: method,
          key: key,
          value: value
        });
      },

      closeDb: function() {
        return this.post({
          type: 'app-mirror-close-db'
        });
      },

      /**
       * Instantiates (if necessary) and connects to the backing worker
       * instance.
       *
       * @return {Promise} A promise that resolves when the worker has been
       * created and a handshake has been returned. The worker is an instance
       * of `SharedWorker` (if available), or else `Polymer.CommonWorker`.
       */
      connect: function() {
        if (this[CONNECTED] || this[CONNECTS_TO_WORKER]) {
          return this[CONNECTS_TO_WORKER];
        }

        console.log('App IndexedDB Client connecting..');

        return this[CONNECTS_TO_WORKER] = new Promise(function(resolve) {
          var worker = new Polymer.CommonWorker(this[WORKER_URL]);

          worker.port.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
            if (event.data &&
                event.data.type === 'app-mirror-connected') {
              console.log('App IndexedDB Client connected!');
              this[CONNECTED] = true;
              this[SUPPORTS_MIRRORING] = event.data.supportsIndexedDB;
              resolve(worker);
            }
          }.bind(this));

          worker.addEventListener('error', function(error) {
            console.error(error.message || error);
          });

          worker.port.start();
          worker.port.postMessage({
            type: 'app-mirror-connect'
          });
        }.bind(this));
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GHOSTS IN THE MACHINES
Could AI allow you to live forever?
Illustration of how artificial intelligence will change the way we deal with death and mourning.
Simone Stolzoff
When Roman Mazurenko was killed by a hit-and-run driver in late 2015, his friend Eugenia Kyda, then in her late 20s, found herself scrolling through their old text conversations. She was searching for vestiges of her friend in his digital footprint. Roman was always fascinated by the idea that our data would outlive our physical selves, so as an homage, Eugenia decided to use Roman's online data—at least what she could access—to bring her friend back to life.
Two years before Roman's untimely death, Eugenia had co-founded Luka, a startup that used artificial intelligence to build chatbots. Its first product was a Yelp competitor that users could text for restaurant recommendations. After Roman passed, Eugenia realized her company's tech could be put toward another purpose.
From the digital history of texts she'd exchanged with Roman, Eugenia created Romanbot, a chatbot that allows anyone to "communicate" with a digital re-creation of her lost friend. Not only has Romanbot inherited aspects of Roman's personality and patterns of speech, but thanks to machine learning, which enables the bot to dynamically improve through interaction, Romanbot will grow. Over time, Romanbot has and will continue to develop an understanding of current events, form new opinions, and evolve beyond the Roman his friends once knew—just as a living human would continue to mature.
Image: Zack Rosebrugh for Quartz
Romanbot is part of a larger field of inquiry known colloquially as "augmented eternity," in which academics and technologists explore ways the human mind might be downloaded, recreated, and transferred into other forms. "Eventually the mind will become migratable information, just like files can migrate from one device to another and live in the cloud," says Michael Graziano, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University. "When the information processor"—the brain—"goes, you'll be able to copy [the mind] and implement it in other hardware."
Though there are still technical limitations to the future Graziano imagines—namely the ability to adequately image and map the brain in its intricate detail—philosophers and entrepreneurs are already picturing an AI afterlife in which the data of the deceased might be used to serve the bereaved. It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror—in fact, it's very much like the plot of "Be Right Back" from the show's second season—but startups like Luka are working with real people, not actors and special-effects artists.
Fascination with resurrection technology is nothing new, and there have been various high-profile attempts at solving for the "problem" of mortality. Barbra Streisand famously cloned her dying dog (paywall) in 2017 and now raises puppies created from the DNA of deceased "Sammie."
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Futurist Ray Kurzweil has been safeguarding boxes of his late father's mementos in hopes of one day using them to bring him back to life. Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov hired a team of scientists to develop "cybernetic immortality" before the year 2045. "Within the next 30 years, I am going to make sure that we can all live forever," Itskov told the BBC. "I'm 100% confident it will happen."
"Within the next 30 years, I am going to make sure that we can all live forever."
But an individual is more than the output of a predictive algorithm trained on the past. The Luka chatbots, for example, are only trained on digital communications; there are no inputs for the inflection of someone's voice or the way he or she made eye contact when listening intently. Not only is the digital surrogate incomplete, but when we embody someone who is no longer living, we run the risk of bastardizing their identity.
"Everybody grieves differently," says Dale Atkins, a psychologist who specializes in relationships and grief. "For some, having a digital representation of their loved one may help them say things that were left unsaid. For others who don't want to live with the fact that the person is already gone, it can be damaging."
Digital surrogates also raise ethical questions about if, how, and who should revive the dead. Eternalizing the "mind" of Stephen Hawking or Milton Friedman might provide great public utility, but whose decision should it be to bring them back to life? Donating one's mind to a chatbot is quite different than donating one's body to scientific research. An AI-powered bot will continue to produce new ideas that the bot's namesake cannot actively control. Who should be responsible for what the bot says?
"Given the way technology is moving, I'm pretty sure that eventually we'll have perfectly good, uploaded minds with all the social confusion and upheaval that comes with that," Graziano says. "But I'm glad I'll be dead before then."
It's not clear we should be striving for immortality in any form.
In his book Being Mortal, the surgeon and author Atul Gawande argues that medicine should not take as its mission a focus so narrow as avoiding death at all costs. "Our most cruel failure in how we treat the sick and the aged," he writes, "is the failure to recognize that they have priorities beyond merely being safe and living longer." In much of Western Europe and North America, a myopic view of death leads to far too many invasive surgeries on brittle bodies and far too many dollars spent trying to keep loved ones alive in a vegetative state for just a few more days.
Perhaps counterintuitively, digital afterlives may help those living in cultures that fear death develop an ease with the end of life. Much like an Indonesian family might leave out a plate of fresh food each morning to honor their ancestors, perhaps chatbots will become the cultural altars of those lost to people living in post-industrial societies, a reminder that just because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone.
Image: AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati
"'Closure' is a good word for real estate and business deals, but it's a terrible word for human relationships."
"'Closure' is a good word for real estate and business deals, but it's a terrible word for human relationships," says Pauline Boss, a former professor at the University of Minnesota, who is now retired. Boss studied the sort of ambiguous loss that, for example, a family may feel when they "lose" a son to war but never get a chance to bury his body. "Once you've become attached to somebody—loved them, cared about them—when they're lost, you still care about them," Boss says. "You can't just turn it off."
If closure is more of a process than a destination, maybe an AI-powered surrogate could help the bereaved move through grief. In that sense, a bot is like a memorial: a tool to preserve the memory of someone and make loss more manageable. After all, memorials have never been for the dead.


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module Spree
  module Calculator::Shipping
    class SimpleWeight < ShippingCalculator
      preference :costs_string, :text, default: "1:5\n2:7\n5:10\n10:15\n100:50"
      preference :default_weight, :decimal, default: 1
      preference :max_item_size, :decimal, default: 0
      preference :handling_fee, :decimal, default: 0
      preference :handling_max, :decimal, default: 0

      def self.description
        Spree.t(:simple_weight)
      end

      def self.register
        super
      end

      def available?(package)
        return false if !costs_string_valid? || order_overweight?(package.contents)

        if preferred_max_item_size > 0
          package.contents.each do |item|
            return false if item_oversized?(item)
          end
        end

        true
      end

      def compute_package(package)
        content_items = package.contents
        line_items_total = total(content_items)
        handling_fee = preferred_handling_max > line_items_total ? preferred_handling_fee : 0

        total_weight = total_weight(content_items)
        costs = costs_string_to_hash(clean_costs_string)
        weight_class = costs.keys.select { |w| total_weight <= w }.min
        shipping_costs = costs[weight_class]

        shipping_costs ? shipping_costs + handling_fee : 0
      end

      private
      def clean_costs_string
        preferred_costs_string.strip
      end

      def costs_string_valid?
        !clean_costs_string.empty? &&
        clean_costs_string.count(':') > 0 &&
        clean_costs_string.split(/\:|\n/).size.even? &&
        clean_costs_string.split(/\:|\n/).all? { |s | s.strip.match(/^\d|\.+$/) }
      end

      def item_oversized?(item)
        return false if preferred_max_item_size == 0

        variant = item.variant
        sizes = [ variant.width || 0, variant.depth || 0, variant.height || 0 ]

        sizes.max > preferred_max_item_size
      end

      def order_overweight?(content_items)
        total_weight = total_weight(content_items)
        hash = costs_string_to_hash(clean_costs_string)

        total_weight > hash.keys.max
      end

      def costs_string_to_hash(costs_string)
        costs = {}
        costs_string.split.each do |cost_string|
          values = cost_string.strip.split(':')
          costs[values[0].strip.to_f] = values[1].strip.to_f
        end

        costs
      end

      def total_weight(contents)
        weight = 0
        contents.each do |item|
          item_weight = item.variant.calculator_weight > 0.0 ? item.variant.calculator_weight : preferred_default_weight
          weight += item.quantity * item_weight
        end

        weight
      end
    end
  end
end


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In the eLearning industry, business is booming. Each day, greater shares of today's students are turning to online coursework to gain new skills, earn certifications, or complete advanced degrees. In fact, estimates now indicate that the eLearning industry, as a whole, will generate $325 billion in revenue per year by 2025, just a scant seven years from now. That means there will be a wealth of opportunities for eLearning and LMS operators to increase their market share in the coming years if the industry continues to grow at its current rate.
There are, however, a few issues that could spoil the current industry growth rate if left unchecked. The problems are both internal and external to the industry, and the sooner they're addressed, the smoother the path forward will be. Here's a look at the 3 most pressing problems confronting the eLearning industry today, and why they present an existential threat to the future of the industry.
Within the eLearning industry, student debt isn't much of an issue. On the contrary, most industry observers and platform operators see eLearning as a solution to the growing student debt crisis, especially within the United States. While it is true that today's online learning companies didn't create the crisis, and are, in some ways, acting to solve it, that won't stop the industry from suffering if the crisis reaches a real tipping point. In reality, as the number of people paying off student loans increases, the number of potential students with the financial wherewithal to embrace online learning will fall. Now, the effects of that drop-off will hit the eLearning industry last, owing to lower overall costs, but it will happen – and soon. The latest projections indicate that a full 40% of outstanding student loans may be in default by 2023, which will make a significant dent in all sectors of the education industry, including ours.
As with any profitable industry, eLearning is attracting no shortage of new entrants into space. Unfortunately, not all of them approach their responsibility as educators with the same level of attention and dedication. That leaves the whole industry vulnerable to the repercussions that come along with negative outcomes, even when they're unintended. In some corners, there's already growing resistance to online education owing to the backlash engendered by for-profit educators that fail to deliver on their promises to students. It's a backlash that casts a shadow over the entire eLearning ecosystem and invites unwarranted and overbearing scrutiny from regulators, which could act as a brake on growth.
The third and most longstanding issue that's threatening the growth trajectory of the eLearning industry is the abysmal completion rates that are endemic to online courses. To date, it's an issue that nobody has had much luck in solving, and so far, it hasn't caused much of an issue. The problem, however, is that as more people gain exposure to online learning platforms, the more that the 'throwaway' nature of eLearning is reinforced. Eventually, that reputation will start to harm enrollment rates as a new generation of sceptical students declines to spend money on courses they believe hold no value or that they expect not to finish.
While none of the problems mentioned here has reached the point that they're seriously threatening the overall growth of the eLearning industry, they all have the ability to do so. If left unchecked, any one of these issues could derail or disrupt much of the progress that's been made in recent years, and cause significant financial and developmental setbacks to operators. To avoid the worst outcomes, all of the stakeholders in the eLearning industry must come together to solve these problems, via collaborative and individual efforts. With any luck, eLearning can continue to be a part of the solution to 21st-century education and realize its growth potential unimpeded.


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People don't mind Dilruwan Perera, or could take or leave Colin de Grandhomme, but if you have ever watched Niroshan Dickwella play, chances are you have some pretty strong opinions.
Of the XI Sri Lanka players in this match, Dickwella is the most unmissable. The screams from behind the stumps are what first strike the viewer. Long, unflinching, and dramatic, they are the Russian novel of cricketing appeals, his pelvis thrust forward, both gloves quivering in the air, vocal chords in a state of almighty tremor. It is part battle cry, part power ballad, part Kumar Sangakkara tribute. Even Sangakkara - Dickwella's favourite player and role model, having attended the same elite Kandy school - didn't throw as much of himself into his shouts though. After some long days in the field, you wonder how Dickwella is still standing. You marvel that he hasn't appealed himself out of existence.
There is this unyielding quality to almost everything he does. There are no lulls with him. No comparative peaks. All thrusters are firing. At all times. One mode.
And when this is the way you are wired, when this is the way you play, you do tend to inspire strong reactions. In the recent tour of England, he was far from Sri Lanka's worst player, but he did produce virtually the entire top five of his team's most frustrating moments, missing a stumping because he was too busy appealing while the batsman was literally on the ground outside his crease, or insisting that his captain ask for crazy reviews - all this routinely coming back to burn Sri Lanka.
Then there are innings like this gem at the Basin Reserve. When the fifth wicket fell with the score at 167, all the usual jokes about New Zealand already being into the Sri Lanka tail were lining up to be made. With two experienced batsmen having just fallen to the short ball, and another to be dismissed by a bouncer soon after, the situation seemed to demand a cool head and steady shoulders. What the situation got instead was Dickwella.
Instead of shying away from the hook and the pull, he revelled in those shots, exercising a better judgement of length than any of his more senior partners, causing New Zealand to rethink their bouncer strategy for the first time. There were plays and misses, of course, and one edge that fell short of the cordon, but the near misses didn't shake him into further mistakes, nor did they scare caution into him. His fans, which are many in number, might quickly point out that Dickwella's great strength is the commitment to his strokes - that if he gets a good ball, he is adept at quickly putting it out of his mind. His detractors, of which there are a few, might say uncharitably, that for that to be true, there would have to be a mind for it to be put out of.
In the company of Nos. 8, 9 and 10, Dickwella was incandescent. It was by no means a perfect shepherding of the tail. He didn't always find boundaries at the start of the over, and he didn't always manage the strike-keeping single off balls five and six. But there were moments in which he seemed in such control that the number of runs scored off any particular ball had less to do with the quality of the delivery, than his own intentions for it. An example: in the 73rd over, a decent back-of-a-length delivery from Neil Wagner was effortlessly creamed behind point for four. Fifth ball of the same over, Wagner sent down a loopy, waist-high, slower-ball-gone-wrong. Dickwella patted it unambitiously down to fine leg for a single.
As the final overs were delivered, and Sri Lanka drew closer to batting out a day which they had started abysmally, Dickwella's ramps, and the lofted leg-side pick up shots began to yield vital runs. He finished on 73 not out off 91, having produced the fighting-est of Sri Lanka's three half-centuries.
Could this be a career-defining innings? A batting coming-of-age? Who is to say? Dickwella's career, so far, has so far been impervious to any kind of orthodox analysis. He seems as likely to produce hundreds of dynamic game-changing runs in his next five innings, as he is to repeatedly get out dickscooping (this is the offical nomenclature for his beloved over-the-head shot, ratified by Dickwella himself) on 0. In two years, he could be out of the team altogether. Or captain.
There may be times when Dickwella's flame burns a little too hot, and his own team are singed, but on day one of a tough overseas tour, he kept the darkness at bay for Sri Lanka. His white-hot innings has kept them in the match.


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Junk Food EP
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Genre: Pop,
Format Limited 12" CD
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As per the band's previous output it combines groovy elements of hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz and R&B into an infectious blend of modern essential pop – spearheaded by their talismanic singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Murray Matravers. 2 tracks taken from the mixtape. 'Earth' and 'Nice Guys', have already been named Hottest Record In The World by Annie Mac on her BBC Radio 1 show.
The latest track from the EP is a funk-laden groovy collab with Brit newcomer Arlo Parks called 'Sangria'. The EP is completed by upcoming single 'Dead Celebrities' and 3 other brand new tracks.
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If you've had Filipino BBQ, you won't be completely surprised by the flavors in this marinade. I used it with chicken and the results were truly delicious. I'm sure it would work just as well with other meats.
Marinated meats are usually grilled, but I ended up baking the my chicken because it's winter. I did not glace it later in the cooking process, I was just lazy, but feel free to do so. Just reserve some of the marinade (before you mix it with the meat) and use it as a glacing liquid. In this recipe I used distilled vinegar, but feel free to use another kind. The recipe below should be enough marinade for about 4 pounds of meat.
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together. Reserve 1/3 cup of mixture to use as glacing liquid. Add meat to the marinade, and marinade covered, in the fridge, for at least 6 hours.


'All Marketers are Liars' says Seth Godin. As he states himself he does not intend to mean the tell the un-truth, but that they all - we all - tell stories to sell.
That was a lame opening. Let me try again.
Two totally different stories can still tell the exact same truth. Persuasion does not need to lie, does not need to resort to untruth to pull people in totally different directions.
Imagine a legal case: both sides use the exact same truths, the same facts. Both want to influence the descision into their direction. In an ideal world, both tell the truth. How can it be that they can drive so totally different goal by the same facts?
It's all in the light you shed on things. I am not going to mention the glass analogue here, as not to offer the 'ah I know what this about' escape route.
Think about it: take a simple fact, say about your father. Maybe something you like(d) or dislike(d) about him. Tell it with a certain intention. Try and tell two different stories, one with a pro-father stance and another with a 'my father is/was bad' stance. Use the exact same fact about your father for both stories!
If you try this out, you will be suprised how well this works. And the real trick is to use the same facts, and all of them in both versions! I'm not talking about 'selective truthfullness' or anything. No leaving off and quoting out of context. Just the way you tell the facts.
Examples might follow... just ask.