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December 5, 2021 December 5, 2021 by Kent Schmidt
2021 FBS Group of Five Championship Games Highlights and Recaps
A 2021 season like no other has taken place where finally a Group of Five team will undoubtedly be playing in the College Football Playoff. Cincinnati won the American Athletic Conference title over Houston to finish (thanks to Alabama also winning the SEC over Georgia) as the only undefeated team in all of FBS. The […]
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CSJ 2021 Conference USA Championship Game Preview — Western Kentucky at UTSA
WESTERN KENTUCKY AT UTSAWHEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 7:00 PM ESTWHERE: ALAMODOME, SAN ANTONIO, TEX.TV/STREAMING: CBS SPORTS NETWORK / CBS SPORTS APP The Conference USA championship this year will take place in a location it has never been–San Antonio, Texas. The home standing UTSA Roadrunners, who won the C-USA West Division will host the East Division champions of Western Kentucky. […]
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November 21, 2021 November 21, 2021 by Kent Schmidt
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 12
There are still two. That is two undefeated G5 teams as we now enter the last weekend of the regular season. This week, Cincinnati had SMU, who earlier in the season looked like the best chance of any AAC team to knockoff the Bearcats. But Cincinnati was dominate in their last regular season home game. […]
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Can we get some more love for UTSA? The Roadrunners are now just one of three FBS teams with an unblemished record. UTSA joins Cincinnati and Georgia as the lone undefeated teams. The Roadrunners forced three turnovers in the fourth quarter to help UTSA outlast Southern Miss 27-17 in Conference USA play. UTSA used the […]
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November 7, 2021 November 7, 2021 by Kent Schmidt
First off, the College Football Playoff rankings were out last Tuesday for the first rankings of the season. For those of us that follow the Group of Five, it had to be somewhat disheartening to see one of the best G5 teams in the CFP era ranked at #6 to start the rankings. But this […]
October 31, 2021 October 31, 2021 by Kent Schmidt
And there were two left. That is that there are only two undefeated teams left in the Group of Five after this week. The week entered with four undefeated teams in the G5 but two went down this weekend. SMU played at Houston and the Mustangs tied the game at 37-37 with 30 seconds to […]
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Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 9
Coming into Week 8 of the season, the Group of Five had five teams still undefeated. That number changed to four this week in the first game of the week this past Wednesday. Coastal Carolina lost in the regular season for the first time since 2019 when the Chanticleers lost at Appalachian State this past […]
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Cincinnati continues to roll and likely will be the #2 ranked team in all of the FBS when the polls are release this week. The Bearcats played what most thought would be the toughest AAC conference game at the beginning of the season against UCF this week. Over the past couple of years, this game […]
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As we inch closer to the midway point of the 2021 season, some things are starting to get clearer, while others are very murky. What we know so far is that Cincinnati is very good. The Bearcats followed last week's huge road win at Notre Dame with an easy AAC opening win Friday over Temple […]
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September 26, 2021 September 26, 2021 by Kent Schmidt
The biggest news this week had to be the Power Five upset by Bowling Green over Minnesota. The Falcons came into the week at 1-2 with the lone win over FCS Murray State coming into this contest against the Big Ten's Gophers. BGSU lost its two other contests to the SEC's Tennessee and to the […]
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September 7, 2021 September 7, 2021 by Kent Schmidt
Wow, it it good to have a full week of football back this year. Last year, we had the Mountain West and Mid-America Conferences postpone their starts to the season and also had a couple teams not play at all last fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And had another play in the spring. Yes, […]
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December 27, 2020 December 27, 2020 by Kent Schmidt
Group of Five 2020-21 Bowl Week 1 Recap & Highlights
What a first week of bowl action of the first ten bowl games of the season! Two games really caught my attention in UCF playing BYU and Coastal Carolina playing Liberty this week before the games started. BYU throttled UCF 49-23 in what looks to be QB Zach Wilson's final collegiate game in the Boca […]
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College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Nov. 22
Six players including Sincere McCormick from UTSA, Davis Brin from Tulsa, Jaret Patterson from Buffalo, Dustin Crum from Kent State, Zaven Collins from Tulsa, and Tyler Snead from East Carolina have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Nov. 22, 2020 from the NCAA Division I FBS Group of Five […]
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College Sports Journal FBS Group of Five National Players of the Week-Sept. 28
Five players including Zach Wilson from BYU, Dillon Gabriel from UCF, Jarell White from Cincinnati, Jamal Ligon from UTSA, and Nate Snyder from Louisiana have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Sept. 28th, 2020 from the NCAA Division I FBS Group of Five schools. Zach Wilson, BYU, QB, Jr., […]
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This week we got the news of the two previously called-off conferences of the Mountain West and Mid-American Conferences making a return to play this fall. The Mountain West will follow what last week the Big 10 completed with a return to play on Oct. 24th and each school is intended to play eight games […]
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Five players including Jonathan Adams, Jr. from Arkansas State, Sincere McCormick from UTSA, Grayson McCall from Coastal Carolina, Cameron Sample form Tulane, and Chris Smith from Louisiana have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending Sept. 14th, 2020 from the NCAA Division I FBS Group of Five schools. This week's […]
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The Sun Belt is the Fun Belt definitely after Week 2!! And the Sun Belt Conference seems to own the Power Five Big 12 Conference this year. Three Sun Belt teams went on the road to Big 12 squads this past Saturday and all three will be coming home with victories. Louisiana, Arkansas State, and […]
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2020 Division I Conference Football Preview: Conference USA
Since 2016, in fact, no preseason divisional winner (predicted by the media poll by the conference) has finished atop of their division standings.
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August 4, 2019 August 7, 2019 by Kent Schmidt
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: UTSA Roadrunners
UTSA finished dead last in the nation in total offense – averaging just 247 yards per game – and scoring a mere 14 points per outing–yet still finished with a 3-9 overall record (2-6 CUSA).
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Helicopter Rescues, Highways Closed, Sandbags Filled As SE Washington And NE Oregon Hit With Floods
NWNews | By Anna King,
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Published February 9, 2020 at 7:55 PM PST
Flood waters in southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon are starting to recede. But this relatively good news follows days of bad news and inundated towns – along with collapsed bridges, dozens of helicopter rescues and washed-out roads.
It's all caused by recent heavy rainfall and fast-melting snow.
The floodwaters haven't been this high in the region in a quarter century, since a record and damaging regional flood in 1996.
"It's significant, I mean it's really, really come up," says J.C. Biagi.
The Biagi family's farm is just outside Waitsburg, Washington. The Touchet River – a massive torrent on Saturday afternoon – was menacing just beyond their backyard chicken run. J.C. says it's been frightening to watch all that water climbing the banks toward his house.
"I was telling my wife Katie (Friday morning), 'Ah we'll be fine, that it's going to blow through here,' and we got home to rising water."
By Saturday afternoon the heavy rain had stopped in Waitsburg, a town built on wheat and timber.
Downtown, sandbags were getting picked up and tossed into a tractor's bucket.
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Brandon Cole, of Waitsburg, Washington, helps his neighbors remove sandbags Saturday, Feb. 8, after flooding in his neighborhood off Harmon Road.
Brandon Cole says the receding water has left a mess. Backyard grills, boulders and power poles have all been strewn around the neighborhood. Cole is left with a soaked-through house, a ripped up yard and a driveway that's undrivable because of all the water damage.
"It was all the way to the top of the porch, so coming through the house," Cole says.
He's got a roaring fire going to dry out the smelly mud in his house. But there's not much else he can do right now. Neighbors stop by to check on them, and Cole just says he's just waiting on the insurance company when asked by a neighbor if he needs any help.
Down the road, Leroy Cunningham says he and his husband are more fortunate than many of their Waitsburg neighbors.
"What can you say, we're still here," Cunningham says.
But, he's worried. The levee protecting much of town has washed away.
"It's a foot and half about off that bank right there right now," Cunningham says. "If we get another rain storm, it would happen all over again, I would fear."
Leroy Cunningham, of Waitsburg, Washington, looks at the Touchet River behind his near century-old farmhouse. Cunningham says he and his husband lost their fine Northwest wine collection in the flooded cellar, but the rest of their property made it.
An hour drive south of Waitsburg in northeastern Oregon, the flooding forced many who live on the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla to leave their homes. For now, displaced families are staying at the tribes' Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Pendleton.
More than 50 people were rescued by crews out of Umatilla County as of late Sunday afternoon. Search and rescue teams on foot and two helicopters were kept busy all weekend.
Part of Interstate 84, a major east-west corridor in the region, remained closed Sunday night near Hermiston, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Additional road closures continued in northeastern Oregon around the Pendleton and Milton-Freewater area as high water swept over roads.
ODOT urged travelers in the region to get updated information from the state's travel site, tripcheck.com, or call 5-1-1 for road information.
The lamprey restoration project by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, near Mission, Oregon, was destroyed. The tribes are working to restore this valuable traditional food source by rearing juvenile lamprey.
Leaders from the Confederated Umatilla tribes are set to meet with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week.
On a remote stretch of the reservation, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, tribal spokeswoman Jiselle Halfmoon was walking down a road over the weekend. She says the tribes have spent nearly 20 years trying to restore the Pacific lamprey fish population. The jawless fish are native to the Northwest and a sacred food for tribes. Halfmoon says floodwaters took about 500 fish from the tribes' fisheries management project.
"To see them wash away before they are ready to be released is very sad," Halfmoon says.
Fishery crews have been able to rescue 20 lamprey so far, and they're hoping to find more.
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J.C. and Katie Biagi live outside of Waitsburg, Wash. with their small children, Areiana, 4, Frankie, 2 and Giovanni, 8 months. The river behind their home came up very quickly late last week and was frightening to the family.
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Q: Global variable in makefile I am trying to assign one unique number to each file which is getting compiled through make and sub makes. For this I exported the variable in top level make using export varName = 1 and then this is getting incremented for each .c file which is compiled using following
$(eval varName=$(shell echo $$(($(varName)+1))))

Problem is varName is again initialized to 1 when the sub make file is called from the top level makefile.
How can I retain the last updated value while calling the sub makefiles?

A: Exporting a variable just provides a copy with which the sub-make initializes its own separate table of variables. So, this won't allow write-back of value changes.
To create a truly global variable, you could call an external program or script which increments a counter persisted in a file or database table. However, this might lead into trouble, if your make sub-processes are started concurrently rather than sequentially. This would cause parallel access and thus probably a non-reproducible numbering sequence.
There are some objections in general against using sub-make. To create an additional external process per compilation would also lengthen your make time.

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Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists > Lists > Film Lists > The 15 Best Movies Inspired by Leftism
The 15 Best Movies Inspired by Leftism
Posted on March 11, 2017 March 11, 2017 by Cole Gelrod
8. The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, 1940)
The film version of John Steinbeck's classic novel holds pretty true to its primary source, although it certainly paints a more optimistic picture. The film follows Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) and his large family as they leave their farm in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to seek viable work in California. They face numerous struggles along the way, and Tom eventually adopts a strong belief in the need for social reform and organized labor.
The Grapes of Wrath humanizes itinerant workers in ways that no other film has been able to capture. The clarity between the haves and the have nots has never been more pronounced. The transient camps where the Joads stop are filled with hopeless, starving laborers who want nothing more than an opportunity for honest work. They are continually exploited by land owners, merchants, and law enforcement.
In salient nods to leftism, Tom attends meetings where these workers attempt to organize and potentially strike, only to be maliciously beaten and murdered to prevent such unity. Essentially, The Grapes of Wrath now serves as a reminder about the necessity of solidarity and egalitarianism amongst workers to prevent exploitation.
9. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
Stanley Kubrick's classic political satire about the Cold War and nuclear conflict takes viewers inside a ridiculous war room where the United States government is trying to prevent a nuclear holocaust that is about to commence because of an insane Air Force Brigadier General.
A group of war planes has been ordered to drop nuclear weapons on the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union has already created a 'doomsday device' that will wipe out all animal life on Earth if they are ever attacked by such a weapon. What we are left with is a series of missteps and absurd contradictions that eventually lead to this bleak scenario.
Dr. Strangelove is truly effective in pointing out the major hole in the idea of mutual assured destruction – which many have seen as the reason why no one would ever use a nuclear weapon post-WW2. In Dr. Strangelove, all that it takes is one insane individual who has access to launch codes to prove that mutual assured destruction is not a failsafe deterrent to nuclear war.
In this plot point, the film sharply criticizes the superfluous stockpile of weapons of mass destruction that the world's superpowers hoard. The military industrial complex, in Dr. Strangelove, maintains its control through extremely tenuous systems governed by people who are naively entrusted to think collectively. While the film is laugh-out-loud-funny at times, the grim reality of militarization and government bureaucracy in the nuclear age indicates a more leftist, peace-seeking worldview.
10. Bethune: The Making of a Hero (Phillip Borsos, 1990)
A horribly under-seen film about a man who has been hailed and immortalized as a hero in China, and credited by many as the father of Western universalized healthcare, Bethune: The Making of a Hero presents the adventurous life of Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland). The Canadian doctor made a name for himself by self-administering an experimental tuberculosis treatment and by inventing mobile plasma transfusion kits that could be administered on the battlefield.
While serving as a war medic in Spain, Dr. Bethune became interested in socialism, and particularly socialized healthcare that brought medicine to all citizens of a nation. He eventually travelled to the Soviet Union and China, where, in the latter, he set up free clinics throughout the country.
Bethune: The Making of a Hero has never reached large audiences in the West, largely because of its one-sided portrayal of the Chinese Revolution and Mao Zedong. However, Dr. Bethune became an ardent advocate of the benefits of socialized medicine – a benefit that most Western countries have come to agree with. Sutherland's depiction of the doctor is complex and interesting, showing a man who devoted his life to compassion, but treated those around him with anything but.
11. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
Dramatizing the short life of a young man named Chris McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp (Emile Hirsch), Into the Wild tells the tale of his two-year journey from his affluent upbringing on the East Coast to a transient lifestyle that would eventually land him living by himself in the Alaskan wilderness.
Through his travels, McCandless forges numerous relationships with others living on the fringes of American society. He casts aside laws and conventions that he deems immoral or unnecessary. All the while, he places importance on living a disciplined, intellectual, and arduous lifestyle in an age where technology makes our lives increasingly sedentary and comfortable.
Into the Wild effectively modernizes the American countercultural tradition of nonconformity that was established by the likes of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
McCandless personifies a rejection of the capitalistic culture of 20th and 21st Century America. He rejects a new car being gifted by his parents; he burns or donates all of his money; he hops trains and moved transcontinentally without the benefit of his own transportation; he forages for and hunts his own food. The extreme anti-capitalism and implied environmentalism makes it an obvious inclusion in leftist cinema.
12. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) & Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
The first two films of the Alien franchise are truly regarded as having revolutionized the sci fi/horror genre. Never before had space travel been presented as so dirty, gritty, claustrophobic, and blue collar.
The constant levels of tension and anxiety that permeate both movies, only to be interrupted by captivating moments of action and violence, set the bar for the genre for decades. Both films, while different in tone and pace, focus on the "accidental discovery" of a highly lethal alien species on a remote planet. In each, reluctant heroine Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is all that stands between the deadly creature(s) and humanity.
While the impact of the two films on the realm of sci fi is undeniable, the inherent leftism of the films should not be ignored. Beneath the atmosphere of terror, there lies harsh criticism of unfettered corporate greed, militarism, exploitation of workers, and patriarchy. In the first Alien, we learn that the Weyland-Yutani Corporation that owns the ship has ordered android Ash (Ian Holm) to capture the Alien and bring it back, even if it means all of the crew dies.
This underlying narrative is taken even further in Aliens, when the same corporation has become intertwined with the military, and the purpose of its mission is to make the alien species into a biological weapon. In both films, corporate greed overshadows individual lives, which are expendable when compared to potential profits and military prowess. Likewise, in both films, a strong, independent female protagonist accomplishes what none of her better trained male counterparts can.
13. The East (Zal Batmanglij, 2013)
The East is a film that delves into the world of an underground radical ecological activism group. The protagonist of the film is Jane Owen (Brit Marling) who is a secret operative for a private intelligence firm. She is tasked with infiltrating the "terror" organization called The East, which has been responsible for a number of attacks against multinational corporations.
Jane eventually gains the trust of The East and becomes close with the movement's magnetic leader Benji (Alexander Skarsgard). As she engages in missions with the organization, Jane's allegiances shift and she comes to side with the organization that she was hired to help take down.
While Jane's transformation is predictable, the film succeeds in making viewers see the organization's actions as just. It is learned that every member of The East has been directly harmed by the very corporations that they level attacks against. Their mission is to seek justice and expose the immoral activities done in the name of profit.
The film is highly anti-capitalistic in its tone and themes. While some of the deleterious actions committed by the corporations may seem extreme, the film is careful to not paint them entirely as caricatures. The mixing of personal and political motivations of the members of The East, make their motivations more compelling and relatable.
14. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
While any number of war films could have been selected for this list, Full Metal Jacket stands out as a leftist film, not for overt antiwar messages, but for a more nuanced critique of the military, hyper-masculine mindset and the total cost of war. The film itself is broken into two parts: one occurring in Marine basic training and the other in Vietnam around the Tet Offensive.
In basic training, the main character Joker (Matthew Modine) endures the harsh training of his drill instructor (R. Lee Ermey). This treatment leads directly to the complete mental breakdown of one of Joker's fellow trainees (Vincent D'Onofrio). While in Vietnam, Joker is a war correspondent who lives through the Tet Offensive and then is embedded with a unit that eventually takes heavy casualties from a single sniper.
The reason Full Metal Jacket stands out as a leftist commentary has largely to do with its more holistic focus on the overall military mindset. The tactics of the drill instructor are aimed at breaking men down so that they can be built back up as killing machines. Joker is reluctant to this training, as he has antiwar leanings and sees himself as a complex individual, rather than a singularly focused machine.
The effects of this training, as mentioned above, drive another Marine to madness. Then, when the film shifts to Vietnam, the corrupting nature of warfare becomes the focus. Obviously, soldiers are killed, wounded, and traumatized. They revert to their most base and masculine tendencies, which viewers should look upon with sadness and contempt. But Kubrick's film also shows the corrupting nature that the war had on the Vietnamese civilians.
A mass grave is shown at one point. Civilians are driven to prostitution and theft. Teenagers, even young girls, are recruited into the war effort. All the while, Joker wears a peace sign pin on his helmet and unsuccessfully seeks humanity in the face of mental, emotional, and physical destruction.
15. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Another sci fi movie by Ridley Scott, Blade Runner is set in a future Los Angeles where Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is tasked with hunting down and "retiring" rogue replicants – robots who are almost indecipherable from humans. In this future, the Earth is badly polluted and most humans have moved off of the planet – they are gifted personal replicants as incentive. Deckard spends the film tracking down the replicants, largely through investigating the Tyrell Corporation that makes them.
Much like the Alien Films, Blade Runner has pretty salient criticisms of corporate greed. But adding to this theme, and having the film veer more clearly into leftism, is Blade Runner's focus on humanity and what it means to be human. The way to apparently tell a replicant from a human is through the replicants' inability to feel empathy. However, both Deckard and viewers soon learn that it is actually the humans who lack empathy.
The replicants are programmed to only have a four year lifespan, and the rogue replicants have illegally headed to Earth to attempt to prolong their time. The human reaction: kill them sooner. Additionally, the climax ends with the lead replicant (Rutger Hauer) completing a selfless, truly empathetic act. The defining characteristic of morality and humanity in Blade Runner is self-sacrifice for others, an obviously leftist viewpoint.
Author Bio: Cole Gelrod is an English educator and freelance writer. He lives in Denver, CO.
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Standing Next to Bill Walton
Growing up in Eugene, there was only one professional team to follow in Oregon – the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1976, the year they won the NBA title, fans poured into the streets like it was Mardi Gras. I recall the entire city of Portland celebrating with the players.
Bill Walton was a center piece on that team (no pun intended). A phenomenon at UCLA in their legendary championship run, he was famous for following his unique path. The player hippie, someone a west coast fan base could easily identify with. Over his great career, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, recognized as a league MVP and played a key role for the Celtics in Boston's their Championship days — his enthusiasm and competitive nature remain electric to this day. Bill's medical challenges are widely known, from ankle fusions to back surgery, but it's how he persevered through it all that has always been awe inspiring to me.
When we developed the VALOR amputee sock at Swiftwick, our paths crossed and soon, our compression socks were his favorite. Compression socks are important, and much more so, to a seven foot tall guy with size 16 shoes and fused ankles. It's wonderful to be able to help people, but if you are a fan of someone who later becomes "your fan" the story will wind up in your blog… Today, I consider Bill a friend and enjoy talking on the phone as we stay in touch.
Ultimately, the team at Swiftwick made a special edition Swiftwick XXL sock, just for Bill. Check out the comparison photo, with his custom sock dwarfing the standard XL size. At his request, I coordinated the development of a made to fit cycling shoe cover. They were proudly hand crafted in the USA, just for Bill.
That's where Robert Sandoval from Bike Sport Radio caught up to Bill to capture this brief interview. Of course, I appreciate his positive and kind words — and can't help but blush — however, I also know that he feels this way and expresses love for other people that he considers friends. BIll says "..I forgot to listen to the music.." when reflecting on his more arduous and painful moments on the path to recovering his health.
Music is the language of healing, but equally as important is positive thinking. You can't help but love the positive language that Bill uses in every exchange with his friends. I'm honored to be counted among his friends. Bill loves his bike. He has two (REALLY BIG) custom made bikes that are themselves, works of art. His contributions to charity are often centered around long distance fund raising rides.
A few of my favorite memories come from a few days I spent as a guest at his house. Just walking around in Bill Walton's home is like Alice in Wonderland, set in a musical world with athletic memorabilia, art and collectibles celebrating Bob Dylan, JIm Morrison, Bruce — and of course, the Grateful Dead. The two of us lifted weights in his garage and talked about business, cycling, health, philosophy and music. We enjoyed lunch with a group of very smart guys looking to be disruptive in the prosthetic business. It felt like I was his wing man that day, supporting of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in San Diego. We drank Tequila in his tee pee (yes, a full size, permanently installed, classic plains indian style tee pee). His home felt like home.
When I started to compile notes for a book that's inside me (but can't get out) his coaching was invaluable. He contributed my first interview, the content of that amazing conversation still on my hard drive. During his visits to Nashville or mine to San Diego, we've found time to get together. Bill was the featured speaker to open the Interbike 2014 trade show. He came to our booth for a couple hours to talk with Swiftwick dealers and caused quite a stir.
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The Olympic Trials, Swiftwick and Soft Star Shoes
Going to the Olympic Trials is an adventure. My adventure included visiting old friends, touring all the impressive facilities at the University of Oregon, and stealing away to Corvallis during the break to visit my brother, Kurt. We were both at the U of O for a while, but he finished up at Oregon State, just up the road.
As an engineer, he just "geeks" over any opportunity to solve a problem. I love to hang with Kurt. He has great ideas and high quality friends, including Trish and Larkin – the amazing and capable ladies who own and operate Soft Star Shoes in Corvallis Oregon. Just imagine four people committed to manufacturing quality shoes and socks, right here in America, having a "group geek" all day over the many related marketing, selling and operational challenges we face. That's a great day in sunny Oregon!
Manufacturing in America is important. Consumers are increasingly driving their choices and preferences for American made products into their everyday lives. They have power because they know more about the products they buy and they care where they are made. I appreciate those who want to tour our production facility or visit our office, but on this day, the "shoe was on the other foot" — (I love that I got to work that into my blog). So here I am, on my adventure in Oregon, where I get to tour a shoe factory. A shoe factory which is – of all things — not in Asia. It was inspiring. I learned about "clicking" which is the process of cutting out a design in leather, and I observed some processes that have not changed much in, well, centuries. It was like watching Geppetto at work in his shop. Everyone there makes a unique contribution to an age old process. The rough hewn log beams and heavy flooring of their turn of the century building offer a warm atmosphere.
Soft Star upgraded the building to achieve their green ideals. They recycle heat from waste water, and it's a kid friendly work place to boot. These are interesting people who hand craft stunningly beautiful shoes. It was, as Trish would casually say, "…a bit primitive…" which might be true, insofar as it was not a highly automated facility, but it was certainly highly practical and absolutely fascinating. It may be primitive, but that's the point.
Swiftwick shares a customer base, like the minimalist runner, environmentally sensitive consumers looking for companies that reflect their values. Our shared customers are parents who believe they have found the perfect shoe, the toe seam free sock that doesn't stink… Soft Star connects with people who want a vegan shoe, which got me thinking about how our synthetic socks are vegan too.
Swiftwick made a splash at the trials with our ultra-light, ultra-thin minimalist sock — the PULSE. So many distance runners from the 1500 to greater distances, including the steeple chase, have been giving us their product feedback and support.
To be there to cheer them on made me feel like a proud parent. Now, I'm thinking about how a partnership between Soft Star and Swiftwick might develop into something else to be proud of.
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Negotiating tension between current and former spouses can be a dicey affair. As it turns out, when one of those spouses is the rematerialized specter of a dead woman, the difficulty of that balancing act grows exponentially.
Such is the tension at the heart of Noel Coward's cheekily irreverent 1941 romp, "Blithe Spirit," now receiving a lively staging at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Novelist Charles (Brent Harris) invites some friends to dine with him, his second wife Ruth (Kate MacCluggage), and guest of honor, Madame Arcati (Tina Stafford), a medium. Charles has invited Madam Arcati to perform a seance as inspiration for his new book: Convinced she's a charlatan, he seeks inspiration for a story about frauds.
As we might expect, Charles's expectations are thwarted by the arrival of Elvira (Susan Maris) -- or at least the ghost of Elvira -- his deceased first wife. Only Charles can see and hear her. Ruth is quite unhappy with Elvira's return. Elvira has no good feelings for Ruth. And nobody knows how to get rid of her. The comic pot moves quickly from simmer to boil.
Victoria Mack, a regular performer on this Madison stage, makes her Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey directorial debut with a light, confident hand on this farcical ghost story. Coward's work is goofy, to be sure, but the target of its lampoon is regularly the stuffy British upper class, so the comedy comes with an air of restraint, never drifting into the very near world of slapstick (of course there is room for at least some straight-ahead hijinks, a task Bethany Kay is more than capable of fulfilling as slow-witted servant, Edith). Mack captures this dynamic skillfully. Her production rests comfortably on the edge of ridiculous, but these characters must keep up their manners, after all.
Harris adroitly sets the tone with a harried Charles, increasingly desperate to keep in the good graces of both women in his life, and MacCluggage's Ruth grows more and more enjoyable as she becomes less and less tolerant of her interloping otherworldly houseguest. And although Stafford finds much joy in Madam Arcati's eccentricities, the show's most fun comes from its title character. Maris grasps eagerly onto Elvira's blitheness, crafting a spirit that has a great deal of fun with this new existence she's found herself in.
Elvira has never quite figured out how to manage death, and this is by all accounts her first visit back to this side of existence, so she's determined to have as much fun as she can. Maris never seems to stop moving -- she's even a swaying fount of kinetic energy when not the scene's focal point -- showing Elvira charmed to no end with her ability to disrupt life of the living. This mischievous Elvira captures the heart of Coward's work: impish, witty and increasingly self-aware of being trapped in the same ridiculous world it loves to mock.
This is a production keenly aware of that rascally spirit at the heart of Coward's work and wholly capable of bringing it to life. Even Charlie Calvert's deceptively stuffy sets will join the fun before the evening is out. Mack and company succeed here by infusing their production with blitheness of spirit that runs throughout the play.
Tickets: Online at https://tickets.shakespearenj.org or by phone at 973-408-5600, running through Sept. 2.


IT is well-known that only a tiny fraction of South African school first team sports players go on to make national teams in their chosen code.
Hockey: Heather McEwan One of The Best!
HEATHER McEwan is 17 going on 18 and in matric at Epworth in Pietermaritzburg this year with subject interests including consumer studies and life sciences (biology) but what sets the bubbly teenager apart is one abiding passion and talent - hockey.
CATCHING up with Mike Bechet is always going to be enlightening and I took the opportunity to probe the hockey brain of one of school hockey's most successful coaches about schoolboy hockey.
THERE we were, warming up alongside the powerful Michaelhouse's first team's pristine grass hockey field.
1st XI vs Kearsney College Venue: Masons Astroturf (Kearsney College) . College were back to full strength for this "top of the KZN Table" encounter at the newly laid yet very bumpy water-based surface.
Glenwood recently participated in the prestigious Founders and Nomads tournaments during the April vacations and of the 16 games played, they only lost 3. The Green Machine has been hard at work on the astro preparing for a demanding domestic season.
SOUTH Africa U17 hockey goalkeeper Zimisele "Zimi" Shange is a girl who is going places. Pietermaritzburg born and bred, Zimi represented her country at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August and it was an eye-opener on many fronts.
It has been a region that has developed some of South Africa's most talented hockey players over the decades and each year that passes a new crop of youngsters embark on the journey of once again reaching the highest honors in the sport and representing their country.
Six KZN boy's were recently selected for the South African U18 Hockey Team at the interprovincial tournament held at the AB Jackson GreenFields Turf in Pietermaritzburg. Captain of the KZN Coastals, Greg Last and Thuthuka Goba of Midlands talk about their achievements, how they have been able to succeed in the sport and what got them started.
What got you started in hockey Thuthuka?
Well I played cricket at primary school but when I arrived at Maritzburg College I was suddenly exposed to more boys competing for places in the teams and more sports. So I tried a bit of basketball but I was still just trying to find my place. By the time the second term arrived I was playing hockey but I was an infield player playing sweeper and I was trialling out for the "E" and "D" team. However there was a shortage of goalkeepers at that time and I went for that position because I felt I was good with my feet and I can kick the ball. That year I made Midlands U14 B and amazingly the next year I made the Maritzburg U16 A side as well as Midlands U16 and SA U16 side. This year has been amazing too because I have been selected for the SA U18 side.
Have all these successes in hockey come as a surprise to you?
Well, I was surprised when I made SA U16, when I made that team I realised that I was good enough to play this sport at a high level. I told myself that if I can make it when I was underage what prevents me been selected when I am playing in my age group and I would have been quite upset with myself if I did not make the SA U18 team. I really was working hard to get selected.
You talk about working hard at the game, just how much of work goes into your game?
Well what I enjoy as a goalkeeper is that it is not as intense as all the outfield players training. It is more a mind thing; you have got to get into your own zone as a keeper and stay calm and collected. Everyone else has to worry about their fitness and stick work but for me I must look at my technique and keep my reflexes sharp. You have got to have a good eye for the ball, a lot of the situations in the game require you to save a goal that normally you wouldn't save but because your reflexes are well trained you are able to pull off a save somehow. So during training I get tennis balls fired at me at great speed which helps in this area.
It is very noticeable whilst you are playing that you are very vocal at the back shouting out instructions to your defenders. Does this help the team?
If you can control your defenders then everything is more organised and you don't as a keeper have to worry about balls coming from different directions. I feel a lot more comfortable when everyone is doing exactly what I am telling them because then I don't have to do so much work. Talking to the players also helps me to stay focused and to be a lot more organised. For example if there is no marking in the midfield then my defenders are in disarray and they take the men I am supposed to be marking and it just leads to confusion. So by continuously talking to the guys it is going to keep the defence orderly and composed. If I don't talk I am just a lazy couch potato at the back so by talking to my players during the game I feel in control I feel so much more confident and it keeps me in the game constantly.
Maritzburg College is synonymous with hockey, has this helped you in your development?
Well to be honest if I never came to College I would have never played hockey and would have just stuck to basketball and soccer. Here at College they take pride in everything they do, many people think College is a rugby school but if you are playing hockey you get that feeling that your sport is also very special and that they care about what you are doing.
Does the coaching at Maritzburg College make a difference?
The coaches here are awesome. I remember my U14 coach was really concerned about our fitness and gave me that belief that we can win games and winning is so important. When I lost my first game in U16 after I don't know how many games it was a terrifying experience really. There are different coaching methods as you progress and the game gets more demanding. When you jump to Mr. Bechet's level it is something totally different. He is a "unity" type of coach, "...you listen to me, you do what I do and you will win..." He has all the angles covered and his coaching really works. It really is a privilege to play for College.
What about a future, is hockey something that could be a career?
No not really. There is no money in the game in South Africa. A couple of guys who I have spoken to who play professionally only get paid about R10 per hour which is not enough to live on really. However the London 2012 Olympics is a goal that I would like to consider if South Africa can qualify. I will probably still keep on playing in University after school.
Any advice for a youngster wanting to achieve what you have?
I would tell them not to be scared to try something new, because honestly I never thought I would be where I am right now. A lot of my friends, being a black guy playing hockey, were very negative about it, but you must do what you want to do and you will go places.
Having coached 47 South African U18 hockey players and another 11 South African Men's Hockey players as well as being involved in coaching cricketing stars Jonty Rhodes and Kevin Pietersen, Maritzburg College have in Mike Bechet a Director of Sport who has a passion for his school and the sports which he has seen its boys play for more than 27 years. We caught up with the man behind Maritzburg College's sporting success.
Having produced 24 international hockey players, six who have represented South Africa at the Olympic Games and a staggering 44 SA Schools Under 18 players, Maritzburg College is recognized as one of the premier schools in the sport of hockey. In the last 2 years College were able to produce an 80.3% win record across all their teams results from the 1st XI down to the 14F team.It is a record to be proud of and one which sees College players striving to maintain and improve upon year in and year out. Brandon Swart is the Master in Charge of the sport at College and he shared his views as to why Maritzburg College remain so dominant in hockey.


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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Comic Reveals A New Hope Backstory
By Cameron Bonomolo - May 26, 2019 08:04 pm EDT
Tie-in comic Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, released ahead of the soon to open theme park expansion at the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts, reveals a mini-prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
Galaxy's Edge #2 returns to the end of the Clone Wars. On the planet Mygeeto, Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi is murdered by Stormtroopers commanded to execute Order 66. In present day, a First Order officer confronts legendary Ithorian Dok-Ondar in his Den of Antiquities, a shop containing unique galactic artifacts located within Black Spire Outpost on the remote planet Batuu.
The officer holds the lightsaber once belonged to Ki-Adi-Mundi. He ignites the blue laser sword as he threatens Dok-Ondar, who says he's simply a humble store proprietor with nothing but respect for the First Order.
"Your den is renowned across the galaxy for being the place to acquire just about any relic or symbol of consequence... for the right price," the officer says. "The type of place Resistance spies might seek out if they were looking for something to help turn the tide of the war — a Jedi weapon perhaps."
Unbeknownst to the pack of First Order Stormtroopers, a video droid has been planted among Dok-Ondar's many treasures.
"A new dawn is coming, Dok-Ondar. And it won't be long before owning Jedi weapons will once again be a crime with consequences."
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In Batuu's spaceport, the confrontation is watched by a trio of thieves: Kendoh, Wooro, and Remex, a Clawdite capable of shapeshifting. The thieves seek a fabled relic feared by even Dok-Ondar, and hope his encounter with the First Order will spook him into take the relic out of hiding for relocation.
Both Remex and Kendoh hope to win the other half of the relic to score enough credits to get out of dodge, far from the First Order.
Back on Mygeeto, years ago, Vice Chairman Anolo of the Banking Clan plans to wage war against the Hutts for access to their smuggling routes. Anolo has cybernetic ally enhanced a Givin, a species known for their mathematical prowess, as a code breaker. Anolo has Ki-Adi-Mundi's lightsaber on display as a prize — and a reminder of the extinct Jedi, who "focused on the wrong kind of power."
The meeting is interrupted from sniper fire by Greedo. His accomplice, Takvaa, says Jabba the Hutt made a mistake putting Greedo in charge of the operation.
"One thing you should know about me, Takvaa," Greedo says, leaping into action, "is that I never miss."
He scoffs: Boba Fest was originally considered for the mission. The missed shot flushed out the target, allowing Greedo and Takvaa to initiate an assault.
Anolo commands his forces to defend against the attack from the Hutt. He cannot let the Givin fall into their hands lest they tip the balance of the trade wars.
The Givin realizes the assassination attempt drove them to a less protected area of the compound, away from most of Anolo's guards. As Greedo and Takvaa open fire on Anolo's armed forces, he commands the Givin be captured alive and taken to Jabba. Greedo executes Anolo and abducts his prize codebreaker.
The Givin calculates the odds of escape at less than ten percent. When Greedo threatens to kill the annoying Givin, he calls his bluff: Jabba knows the Givin's brain is synced to the Imperial algorithm that generates security codes, and his possessing priceless information highly prized by the smuggling business ensures his being kept alive.
As Anolo's forces close in and Greedo's odds of survival quickly drop, the Rodian ignites the lightsaber and uses it to slice the office's window to pieces. He commands Barada to ready the Skiff.
Greedo launches his grappling hook and orders the Givin to slide across to the Skiff, ignoring his calculations warning against putting that much weight on the line. The Givin takes the grappling hook and the line quickly snaps, sending the Givin to his death.
Within Jabba's palace on Tatooine, Jabba is disappointed Greedo caused the death of one of his favorite enforcers, Takvaa, and takes Greedo to task for costing him the Givin codebreaker who would have made Jabba billions of credits.
"Greedo, you have disappointed me for the last time... and the fall from my favorite is so very steep," Jabba says, as Greedo is just moments away from being dropped into the Rancor pit.
Greedo presents the one-of-a-kind lightsaber of Ki-Adi-Mundi, hoping it's enough to fetch at least some credits. But Jabba is unimpressed with "obsolete Jedi trinkets," and Greedo is spared only through the intervention of Dok-Ondar. He's there to purchase a Dianoga pup and will pay double if allowed to purchase the lightsaber.
"It seems Dok-Ondar's generosity has saved you... for now," Jabba says. "I would have just scrapped the crinking thing. Both crinking things."
But Jabba's mercy isn't free, and he has another task for Greedo: one last chance to restore Jabba's faith.
"Let's see how you can handle a simple bounty," Jabba says. Greedo swears he won't fail this time as he sets out into the Tatooine desert.
It would be Greedo's final bounty. In a Mos Eisley cantina, the bounty hunter who "never misses" would be shot and killed when attempting to claim his bounty on Han Solo.
Back in present day, Dok-Ondar holds Ki-Adi-Mundi's lightsaber and says it has survived its owner. It has outlasted the fall of Republics and Empires. And it will outlast the First Order.
As the Sergeant Stormtrooper and his goons depart, Dok-Ondar says the encounter was too close. "If Kylo Ren and the First Order ever discovered the Sith relic... it would be far too much power in the wrong hands."
Dok-Ondar announces his plan to relocate the relic someplace safer tomorrow night. He doesn't know Kendoh, Wooro, and Remex are watching.
"That's the relic that's going to make us rich," Kendoh says. "You heard the Ithorian — we move to snatch it tomorrow night."
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge #3 releases June 26 and will feature Hondo Ohnaka, who will be realized in the form of a lifelike animatronic housed within the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens May 31 at the Disneyland Resort and August 29 at Disney's Hollywood Studios as part of the Walt Disney World Resort.


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WFAA: UTA professor aims to change elderly care with robotic nurse
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ARLINGTON – It takes a full minute for PR2 to pour you a glass of white wine, but this technology isn't going towards bar tending.
Behind the aggressive features is a robot with a touch that's so sensitive, you could almost call it caring.
"It means that finally, after more than 30 years of research, robots are to the point where the are safe enough to be around people, [and] robust enough to complete some tasks of interest that will be useful to the average person," said Dan Popa, a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Popa received close to $1 million from the National Science Foundation to build a robotic nurse from the ground up.
Dan Popa (Photo: WFAA)
"We are definitely not trying to replace human care, human interaction, or replace nurses," he said. "We are simply trying to help nurses do their job better and be more effective."
Over the next three years, their goal is to produce a robot that will adapt to the individual patient's needs and could do everything from simply sitting and monitoring a patient, to helping a nurse lift a patient out of a hospital bed.
"It's a very exciting time for robotics, because technology is about to break out from the labs and be deployed in your house, in your office, or in the hospital," Popa said.
The goal is to create a fleet of workers designed to meet the demand of older patients.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by the year 2030, the number of Americans over 65 years old will double, accounting for roughly 20 percent of the population.
"My dream is that in five years from now, you'll be going to Sears and buying your personal robot, bringing it home, and programming it to do some mundane tasks around your house," Popa said.
The professor hopes its gentle touch will soon be felt by patients in need.
Source: http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2015/09/18/uta-professor-aims-to-change-elderly-care-with-robotic-nurse/72430230/


I had my last period on December 11, 2011. I was due January 8, 2012. & my period has still not came. No cramps, just bubbly feelings in my lower stomach. No spotting, no nothing. Should I take a pregnancy test?
Thank you! :) is it a high risk of having a miscarriage around this time. I'm being so careful & praying to God that I don't have one.


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Commentary OpinionECONOMICS 101
Minimum-wage fairytales
Star Parker: Politicians can't just 'wave their wand' and contravene reality
By Star Parker
Published September 6, 2016 at 7:31pm
The minimum wage persists as a fixture in public-policy discussions because the idea remains popular with the general public.
In a survey done by Pew Research in 2014, 73 percent favored increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10.
Bernie Sanders became a surprisingly popular presidential candidate, promising a federal minimum wage of $15. And now several left-wing organizations are mobilizing to pressure candidates in Senate races to support a $15 national minimum wage.
Currently, three places now have enacted $15 minimum wage laws – New York, California and Washington, D.C.
Reporting on the move in Washington, D.C., to a $15 minimum wage, the Washington Post explains that "Supporters, mostly Democrats, say a $15 floor is needed to help close the country's growing income gap, especially in big cities."
Really, it sounds so beautiful. Politicians wave their wand and dictate wages. But to ask the obvious question, why only $15? Why not make it $20? $30? $50?
Let's recognize that there is something to the social science we call economics. One rule of that science is that demand runs opposite to price. If the price of soap is raised from $2 to $5, consumers will buy less soap. And, if the price of soap is lowered from $5 to $1, consumers will buy more soap.
Wages are the price of labor. It stands to reason that this follows the same rules as any market. The higher the price for labor, the lower the demand and vice versa.
Again, it sounds so compassionate that a politician proposes to use the power of government to mandate what salary a business owner must pay. But what politician, even one who proudly calls himself a socialist like Bernie Sanders, would claim that government can mandate how many workers a business must hire at the wage government mandates?
Politicians mandate a minimum wage, and then business owners simply comply because they have no choice – but then they hire fewer workers.
We can see the latest evidence in the nation's capital: Prior to the recent move to raise the minimum wage to $15, which is scheduled to go into effect fully in 2022, there have been two recent minimum wage increases. A minimum wage hike to $10.50 went into effect in July 2015, and then this was increased to $11.50 in July 2016.
University of Michigan and American Enterprise Institute economist Mark Perry reports, using recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that "Since the D.C. minimum wage increased in July 2015 to $10.50 an hour, restaurant employment in the city has increased by less than 1 percent (and by 500 jobs), while restaurant employment in the surrounding suburbs (in Virginia and Maryland) increased 4.2 percent (and by 7,300 jobs). An even more dramatic effect has taken place since the start of this year – D.C. restaurant jobs fell by 1,400 jobs (and by 2.7 percent) during the first six months of 2016 ... the largest loss of District food jobs during a 6-month period in 15 years."
Perversely, low-wage earners that the minimum wage is supposed to help are the ones hurt the most by shrinking the demand for their labor. In the first quarter of 2016, overall black unemployment in Washington, D.C., was 12.7 percent, compared to 8.5 percent and 7.0 percent in neighboring Maryland and Virginia. And the gap in unemployment between whites and blacks in Washington, D.C. – 2.3 percent for whites compared to the 12.7 percent for blacks – was the highest in the nation.
Earlier this year, Wal-Mart canceled plans to open in two new locations in the nation's capital, partially because of labor regulations.
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Q: how to access foreign key in a model class into django templates I want to access all foreign key fields of my Answer class in the template.
models.py
class Answer(models.Model):
    teacher = models.ForeignKey(Teacher, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True)
    question = models.ForeignKey(Question, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True)
    subject = models.ForeignKey(Subject, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True)
    answer = models.SmallIntegerField(choices=RATING_CHOICES, default=1)

views.py
def questions(request):
context = { "questions": Question.objects.all(),
            "answers": Answer.objects.all(),
            "departments": Department.objects.all(),
            "semesters": Semester.objects.all(),
            "teachers": Teacher.objects.all(),
            "subjects": Subject.objects.all(),
            "rating_choices": RATING_CHOICES,
            }
return render(request, "evaluation/questions.html", context)

in the template, I want to access teacher, question, and subject through Answer class to build a form for submission. like this:

This is my template that I think is problematic.

<form action="{% url 'evaluation:index' %}" method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}

    <select name="semester" id="semester_id">
      {% for semester in semesters %}
        <option value="{{ semester }}">{{ semester }}</option>
      {% endfor %}
    </select>

    <select name="teacher" id="teacher_names">
      {% for teacher in answers %}
        <option value="">{{ teacher.get_teacher_name }}</option>
      {% endfor %}
    </select>

    <select name="department" id="department_name">
      {% for department in departments %}
        <option value="{{ department }}">{{ department }}</option>
      {% endfor %}
    </select>

    <select name="subject" id="subject_name">
      {% for subject in subjects %}
        <option value="{{ subject }}">{{ subject }}</option>
      {% endfor %}
    </select>

    {% for question in questions %}

      {{ question }}
        {% for choice in rating_choices %}

          <input type="radio" name="question_{{question.id}}" value="{{ choice.0 }}"> {{ choice.1 }}

        {% endfor %}

    {% endfor %}

  <button type="submit">Submit</button>

  </form>

A: The easiest option is to add a related_name to the foreign key
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.ForeignKey.related_name
with the related name you can reference this model:
class Forum(models.Model):
    category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="forums")
    forum_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    description = models.TextField()

Python Example : Category.objects.all().forums.get(pk=1)
Template Example :
{% for cat in category %}
  {% for forum in cat.forums.all %}
    {{ forum.forum_name }}
  {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Use of related field name in django template


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Lollie v. General Motors Corp.
O'Connor v. Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
The duty of a manufacturer or retailer to warn consumers about the dangerous propensities of a product is…
Walls v. Armour Pharmaceutical Co.
Jiminez v. Gulf Western Mfg. Co., 458 So.2d 58, 59 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), in which appellant's hand was crushed…
Full title:SAM J. LOLLIE, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD LEE LOLLIE…
Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
407 So. 2d 613 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
In Lollie, there was no inherently dangerous instrumentality, and defendant General Motors was both manufacturer and distributor of the instrumentality.
Summary of this case from Shell Oil Co. v. Harrison
No. JJ-93.
October 29, 1981. Rehearing Denied January 6, 1982.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Leon County, James E. Joanos, J.
Stanley Bruce Powell of Powell, Powell Powell, Crestview, Ken Davis of Davis Judkins, Tallahassee, Johnson Christopher, San Antonio, Tex., for appellants.
Spector Tunnicliff, Tallahassee, Vassar B. Carlton, and E. Thom Rumberger and J. Richard Caldwell, Jr. of Rumberger, Kirk Caldwell, Orlando, for appellee.
MILLS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in an automobile accident case finding no liability on the part of appellee (General Motors) to appellants (plaintiffs). We affirm.
On 11 November 1973, an accident involving three vehicles occurred in Wakulla County at the intersection of U.S. 319 and State Road 267. Elizabeth Tatsch and her two children, Susan and Michael, were killed in the collision and ensuing fuel-fed fire. Richard Lollie died thirteen days later. Gerald Tatsch and Peggie Lollie were severely burned.
The accident occurred when Bennette, traveling on S.R. 267, ran the stop sign at U.S. 319 and hit the right rear of the Tatsch's 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate Station Wagon, spinning it into the path of the Lollie vehicle. The Lollie vehicle struck the rear of the Tatsch's station wagon, and the station wagon's gas tank ruptured. The Tatsch and Lollie vehicles were engulfed in the ensuing fire. The Bennette Car was not involved in the second collision.
Plaintiffs brought suit against Seabron Bennette, owner of the Bennette vehicle; Felton Bennette, driver of the Bennette vehicle; the Bennette's insurer; and General Motors Corporation, manufacturer of the automobile driven by Tatsch. During the 22-day trial, numerous witnesses testified as to the design and placement of the station wagon's gas tank and its ability or lack thereof to retain gasoline upon impact.
The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs as to defendants Bennette and in favor of defendant General Motors as to the plaintiffs. In this appeal from the final judgment rendered in accordance with the verdict, plaintiffs allege no error as to the determination of the Bennettes' liability but challenge only aspects of the proceedings relating to defendant General Motors.
Plaintiffs contend the trial court erred in refusing to give two requested jury instructions concerning negligent failure to warn, one of plaintiffs' theories of recovery. The requested instructions were as follows:
The measure of duty of the distributor of an inherently dangerous product is well established to be the reasonable foreseeability of injury that might result from the use of the product. The care required to be exercised in fulfilling this duty to warn is measured by the dangerous potentiality of the product as well as the foreseeable uses to which it might be put. When a distributor of an inherently dangerous product places it in the channels of trade and by the very nature of his business, it assumes the duty of conveying to those who might use the product the fair and adequate warning of its dangerous potentialities to the end that the user, by the exercise of reasonable care on his own part, shall have a fair and adequate notice of the possible consequences of use and even misuse.
Implicit to the duty to warn is the duty to warn with a degree of intensity that would cause a reasonable man to exercise for his own safety the caution commensurate with the potential damages.
We agree with the trial court's refusal to give the requested instructions because they are not applicable under the facts of this case. The key in this determination is that an automobile is not an inherently dangerous product, as defined in Tampa Drug Company v. Wait, 103 So.2d 603 (Fla. 1958), the case cited as the authority for the requested instructions. The court in Wait specifically asserted that it was not dealing with a defective article, but rather "a commodity burdened with a latent danger which derives from the very nature of the article itself." There the court was dealing with the use of carbon tetrachloride, a product which "appears harmless in and of itself, [but] has lurking in its innocent appearance death-dealing potentialities."
Although an automobile has long been held to be a dangerous instrumentality, it is so because of the dangers in its use and operation, not because it is dangerous in and of itself. Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson, 80 Fla. 441, 86 So. 629 (1920). See also, dissenting opinion by Letts, J., in Ford Motor Co. v. Havlick, 351 So.2d 1050 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977).
Given the phrasing of the requested instructions, the discussion of them at the charge conference, and the argument concerning them as set forth in the briefs, there is some uncertainty in our minds as to whether the "inherently dangerous product" referred to is simply the automobile or whether it is actually the fuel storage tank in the automobile. Note, for example, that the instruction actually given focuses on the design and manufacture of the fuel storage tank. On the question of whether the fuel storage tank itself is an "inherently dangerous product", we find this court's opinion in Dayton Tire and Rubber Co. v. Davis, 348 So.2d 575 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977), reversed on other grounds, 358 So.2d 1339 (Fla. 1978), most helpful. There, in a case involving an allegedly defective tire, the trial court had given an instruction containing much of the exact language requested in this case and the cause was reversed. Reviewing the standard set forth in Wait, the court specifically noted that the fact that a product becomes dangerous due to a defect does not make it an inherently dangerous commodity, one that is dangerous in and of itself.
The types of commodities that have been held to come within the Wait standard and do, therefore, impose a strict duty to warn are highly toxic materials, dynamite, second-hand guns, and drugs. Dayton Tire and Rubber Co. v. Davis, supra. Just as an automobile tire cannot be said to be dangerous in and of itself in the same manner as carbon tetrachloride or dynamite, neither can an automobile fuel storage tank.
Under the circumstances, the jury instructions requested in this case were properly denied. The giving of the requested instructions might, in fact, have been error, as it was in Dayton Tire, because it would have invaded the province of the jury by asserting that as a matter of law the automobile, or the fuel storage tank, was an inherently dangerous product and there was, therefore, a strict duty to warn. See Dayton Tire and Rubber Co. v. Davis, supra, at 582.
In arguing this issue on appeal, plaintiffs have urged that the instructions the court did give were misstatements of the law. The relevant instructions given by the court were as follows:
The issues for your determination on the negligence claim of plaintiffs against the defendant, General Motors Corporation, are whether the defendant was negligent in the design and manufacture of the fuel storage tank of the 1972 Kingswood Estate Station Wagon in question or in failure to warn of a dangerous condition, if any, and, if so, whether such negligence was a legal cause of injury or damage sustained by the plaintiffs. [Emphasis supplied]
Some automobile collisions and resulting injuries are foreseeable as an incident to normal and expected use of an automobile and while automobiles are not made for the purpose of colliding with each other, a frequent and inevitable contingency of normal automobile use will result in some collisions and injury producing impacts. [Emphasis supplied]
There is no liability for injuries from dangers that are obvious, reasonably apparent, or as well-known to the user as they are to the manufacturer. The manufacturer is entitled to assume that the user will perceive that which would be obvious to him in the ordinary use of his own senses, and he is not required to give warning of an obvious danger.
Regarding the first of these three instructions, the trial court, without objection, specifically inserted the phrase "or in failure to warn of a dangerous condition, if any" into the instruction given during and because of consideration of the requested instructions.
As for the second instruction, plaintiffs complain of the trial court's modification of the language from Ford Motor Co. v. Evancho, 327 So.2d 201 (Fla. 1976), by the addition of the qualifying word "some." A review of the transcript reveals that during the charge conference the judge announced his intention to add the word "some" to what was a requested instruction by plaintiffs and there was no objection made by plaintiffs.
Similarly, as to the claim that the third instruction concerning "obvious danger" is a misstatement of the law, General Motors urges that there was no objection made to that instruction. Plaintiffs have not responded by citing us to any record reference where an objection was made and our own review of the record fails to disclose one.
Where during the conference on instructions to the jury a party fails to object to the court's instruction, an objection to the instruction may not be raised for the first time on appeal. Zutell v. Sunrise Oldsmobile, Inc., 252 So.2d 822 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971); see also Rule 1.470(b), Fla.R.Civ.P. We decline, therefore, to rule on plaintiffs' challenge to the jury instructions noted above.
Plaintiffs' next contention challenges the admission into evidence of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 301 coupled with the court's refusal to instruct on the federal law implementing the standard and customary negligence.
FMVSS 301 is the only federal standard concerning fuel tank performance. It requires that in a frontal impact into a fixed barrier at 30 m.p.h. fuel leakage shall not exceed one ounce per minute. Plaintiffs concede that the vehicle in question met that standard, but urge that the standard was not relevant because the impact at issue in this case was a rear-end collision. This contention is without merit. At issue in this case was the manufacture and design of the automobile fuel tank. The only minimum standard promulgated by the federal government regarding performance of the fuel tank was FMVSS 301. Accordingly, the standard was relevant to the issue of fuel tank security.
As for the denial of requested jury instructions on this issue, the requested instructions were as follows:
I have previously read to you the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Standard 301, which is a federal regulation. In that regard, I also instruct you that Title 15, Section 1397(c) of the United States Code provides as follows:
"Compliance with any Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard issued under this sub-chapter does not exempt any person from liability under common law."
If the standards practiced by a party or others in a similar industry were complied with, this is not conclusive proof that the party exercised due care. In other words, compliance with prevailing industry standards does not justify negligence and if an act is inherently negligent it cannot be justified by a showing that a party was customarily negligent in the performance of similar acts.
Firstly, it should be noted, the trial judge had not "previously read . . . the requirements" of FMVSS 301 as stated in the proposed instruction. The standard was simply entered into evidence along with all of the other exhibits.
Secondly, plaintiffs' argument as to why it was error to refuse the instruction relies on two cases, H.P. Hood Sons, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 370 Mass. 69, 345 N.E.2d 683 (1976), and Buccery v. General Motors Corp., 60 Cal.App.3d 533, 132 Cal.Rptr. 605 (1976), both of which involved a claim that compliance with the federal standard was a legal defense. No such claim has been asserted here.
In closing argument counsel for General Motors argued:
There is no deviation from any standard. The government had a standard, a minimum standard, but the government had a standard; and this vehicle passed that standard. It does not mean that negligence couldn't be found simply because the standard is passed, but the standard is indicative of what is reasonably required.
This does not unfairly "stuff the standard down plaintiffs' throat" (to paraphrase the brief); it is fair argument.
As for the denial of the second requested instruction, there was no implication in the other instructions or in the arguments or evidence that compliance with prevailing industry standards was conclusive proof of due care.
Taking the jury instructions as a whole, we do not believe that plaintiffs have demonstrated that the jury was misled. Even if there was error in the trial court's refusal to give the requested instructions, it was harmless.
The final contention is whether comments by counsel for General Motors constituted prejudicial misconduct. This issue has not been preserved for review.
Since voir dire is not included among the many volumes of record provided, we are unable to review the comments made during voir dire, their context, the objections, if any, or the trial court's ruling. As for alleged improper comments during opening and closing arguments, the record reveals that while counsel for the Bennettes objected to the comments cited, there was no objection on behalf of the plaintiffs. Even if there had been proper objection, we do not believe that the comments were so egregious as to require a new trial.
We do express displeasure at counsel for General Motors referring to a party who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter as an "admitted murderer." We find counsel's glib use of the terms manslaughter and murderer interchangeably, in feigned innocence, to be offensive and inexcusable, particularly in light of his own recognition that the remark was "inflammatory."
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C.J., and THOMPSON, J., concur.
ON PETITION (Motion) FOR REHEARING DENIED
By their petition (motion) for rehearing, appellants (plaintiffs) contend that the Court overlooked or failed to consider that they objected to the giving of General Motors' requested jury charge number 37. The Court did neither.
In their initial brief, plaintiffs did not indicate whether they made an objection. In its answer brief, General Motors contended no objection was made and plaintiffs did not deny this in their reply brief.
The Court searched the voluminous record in this case and failed to find an objection or at least a legally sufficient objection.
The record reveals the following pertinent colloquy between the trial court and plaintiffs' counsel at the conference on jury instructions:
"THE COURT: I don't care. I like the language of 37 better than 32. Granted, you don't want either one of them, Mr. Davis, but if there are two, which one? If you have to have one, which one? This is a warning.
MR. DAVIS: Your observation of 37 is that it's a little bit fairer statement of the law?
THE COURT: I like 37 because it covers both manufacturing as well as the notice aspect of it. I would rather give 37 than 32.
MR. DAVIS: Well, Judge, 32 really goes a lot further than 37. 37 speaks only to dangers that are obvious. Now, 32 goes into the manufacturer acting reasonably to make the product function properly for its intended purpose.
THE COURT: We said that. I'm going to give 37 instead of 32. I will give 37, and I will deny 32.
MR. DAVIS: We still maintain our objection.
THE COURT: I understand.
THE COURT: All right. 38.
MR. BOOTH: Object.
THE COURT: I'm going to deny that. 39.
THE COURT: I have already given that.
MR. DAVIS: Right.
MR. BOOTH: Prevailing industry standards.
MR. CALDWELL: Read Further. Read the whole thing.
MR. BOOTH: Prevailing industry standards is not the test. Object to it.
THE COURT: Mr. Booth, you better go back and look at another one I gave. I don't remember if it's objected to, but I think you better.
MR. DAVIS: Judge, we have objected to every single one of them.
THE COURT: It's their Number 27.
All right. 39. Well, I have already given that one, or at least the one that I'm going to give in that regard, so I will deny this one. 40. The same. Denied.
MR. DAVIS: Wait a second, Judge.
THE COURT: 41. Denied
42. I'm sorry. Let me give you all time to object. You have objected so far to every instruction, so at least let me hear your objection.
MR. BOOTH: I object to both of them.
THE COURT: Do you have an objection?
MR. JUDKINS: We object for the reason that you denied it, Judge.
THE COURT: I haven't denied 42 yet.
The purported objection made following the trial court's announcement that it would give 37 but deny 32 means little or nothing. The Court cannot determine whether plaintiffs objected to the giving of 37; the denial of 32, both or neither. Nor can the Court ascertain from the record the grounds for the objection.
Rule 1.470(b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, requires that objections to charges must be made at the conference to settle charges and that no party may assign as error the giving of a charge unless he objects.
"An objection which fails to state distinctly the portion or omission or failure to instruct to which objection is made and the specific ground of such objection is not sufficient compliance with the rule." Henningsen v. Smith, 174 So.2d 85 (Fla.2d DCA 1965).
Plaintiffs' petition (motion) for rehearing is denied.


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