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Critics Corner: National Lampoon.
Posted on October 9, 2015 by Kenn Fong
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon is a new documentary about the outrageous humor magazine The National Lampoon. We asked M.K. Brown, the brilliant cartoonist who contributed many works to the magazine from the very beginning to write about the film and her experiences. Paul Krassner set the stage for anything-goes satire with his magazine The Realist. He also knew the players and was part of the comedy scene. We couldn't have found a better pair to offer you their impressions.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is playing in theaters everywhere and is available on iTunes and On Demand.
A Fine Chronicle of the Outrageous and Stellar
by M.K. Brown
Having been a contributor to the National Lampoon for many years as a cartoonist, it is impossible to be objective about this film, so I just enjoyed it, as most folks will. Seeing the young faces of the editors and art directors, the brains behind its huge success, and learning more about their personal struggles, satisfies a curiosity I've had since the early '70s when I started with the magazine. Continue reading →
The Rise and Fall of the National Lampoon
by Paul Krassner
The spoiler alert of this documentary appears right here in the title itself, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead. And, though the National Lampoon was a satirical magazine, full disclosure reveals that virtually every issue included photos of bare-breasted attractive young women in various situations, often with speech balloons. Continue reading →
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON – A Fine Chronicle of the Outrageous and Stellar
Having been a contributor to the National Lampoon for many years as a cartoonist, it is impossible to be objective about this film, so I just enjoyed it, as most folks will. Seeing the young faces of the editors and art directors, the brains behind its huge success, and learning more about their personal struggles, satisfies a curiosity I've had since the early '70s when I started with the magazine.
M. K. Brown?
Living 3,000 miles away from their New York offices, I could enjoy the warm welcome they extended to me, without being privy to the drama, or worse, a participant. I would never have gotten anything done.
My first visit to Lampoon's New York office was filled with trepidation since I'd told them in phone conversations that I looked like Chaka Khan. One by one, editors peeked into the room where I was talking with Brian McConnachie. We all smiled and got the joke. (I don't look like Chaka Khan, but wanted to.)
Garry Goodrow, Peter Elbling, Chevy Chase, Chris Guest, John Belushi, Mary-Jennifer Mitchell and Alice Peyton . (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Photo: National Lampoon)
During that visit, I was invited to a recording in progress for Radio Hour, and came away wondering how they survived a daily input of such intense wit, such absurd fun. The stimulation alone must have made for many sleepless nights. Well, sadly, of course, some didn't survive that pressure, as is well documented in this film along with a lengthy description of the magazine's ultimate decline.
Vogue's comment, "the magazine tended to treat women either as pornographic objects or collateral damage on the way to a punch line," describes one problem I have with the film, not with the magazine itself, especially in the early years. In my estimation, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead focuses more on the admitted sexist editorial stance with not enough appreciation for the many courageous political and humorous essay pieces National Lampoon published. I was glad to see the Hitler spread included. It is both political and absurd, and I wish there were more of that present in the documentary.
The titles of categories also bothered me because I didn't always know when I was seeing an original page from the magazine, or a title card for the film. The lettering was similar, the drawings familiar, and sometimes I resented it as I resent most reenactments; they look sort of the same, but they're not.
These titles were well done, however, and actually worked fine to introduce the different chapters and moods. With all the splendid original graphics in the Lampoon, something bold was necessary to introduce each segment, so, my irritation with the titles would probably not be shared by many viewers.
From the first batch of cartoons I submitted in the early '70s to the last batch a couple of decades later, most were published. During the years when the magazine took a bitter turn, I dropped out. In the film, I learned that many editors were also leaving, for SNL and other venues. But early in our relationship, it was pure creative fun. From a safe distance I was doing whatever I wanted, with almost always an acceptance and appreciation.
I still hold these founding fellows in great regard, as I did at the beginning, and remember phone conversations with fondness because they were unlike any you'd ever have with most magazine editors or art directors.
Recently, while talking with former art director Michael Gross, I reminded him of a comment he had made about a cartoon strip I was submitting. His reply had been cheerfully X-rated as he gave me the go-ahead for the piece. His reaction now was, "Did I say THAT?" Yes, he did.
An important benefit of working with the Lampoon was to have a place to sell work that was personal; part therapy, part entertainment, and with no required theme. Most magazines wanted cartoons to echo their own general stance. Lampoon had no agenda, and was a fine receptacle for varied messages.
Here's one example: A Lampoon cartoon editor called to see if I had any ideas for new cartoons. I replied that I'd just come from the dentist and had had an awful time and was going to draw something about it. The editor said, "Hold on."
He peeked into head editor Larry "Ratso" Sloman's office and said, "MK had a terrible time at the dentist." Ratso said, "Three pages." And that's how "Revenge and Forgiveness" came about.
by Robert Bloomberg
Working with the National Lampoon was a great experience. I cherish my distant yet close relationship with such a brilliant nest of people. This documentary is a fine chronicle of that outrageous, stellar time in publishing history.
P.S. Rick Meyerowitz's book of the same name is a treasure of further details and fascinating dramas at the National Lampoon.
In lieu of a bio, here is "Self Portrait," first published in Arcade Comics, later in Lampoon.
You can enjoy much of M.K's work online. Her collection of cartoons, Stranger Than Life, was published last year and is available at local booksellers, Fantagraphics Publishing, and Amazon.
Included in this collection are cartoons from National Lampoon, Playboy, The New Yorker, Mother Jones, and other magazines, both over and underground.
Here are a few examples:
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON – The Rise and Fall of the National Lampoon
The spoiler alert of this documentary appears right here in the title itself, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead. And, though the National Lampoon was a satirical magazine, full disclosure reveals that virtually every issue included photos of bare-breasted attractive young women in various situations, often with speech balloons.
For example, one such woman asked another such woman featuring what Donald Trump would now describe as a huge bosom, "Are you Eleanor Roosevelt?" The reply was "Yes." This incongruity was likely borrowed from the context of a Lenny Bruce fantasy about a forbidden sight: "Eleanor Roosevelt had the prettiest tits I had ever seen or dreamed that I had seen."
There were several editors at different times, each projecting his own personality. Doug Kenney wrote "My First Blow Job" whereas Henry Beard wrote "Practical Jokes For the Rich." Tony Hendra wrote "How to Cook Your Daughter." Michael O'Donoghue wrote "Children's Letters to the Gestapo." He was a reader of my own satirical magazine—The Realist, which had begun in 1958—and he invited me to write a monthly column for the Lampoon, "The Naked Emperor."
The contributors all had outrageous imagination. Sam Gross lived up to his name. He was an accountant but wanted to be a cartoonist, so he moved to New York. I published his first attempts in The Realist, from a miniature Nazi oven to a full-page montage, "Humor of the Handicapped." It was no surprise that years later he would become a regular artist in the Lampoon. Samples: A character dipping a bloody tampon in her tea—no caption necessary. Also, a character with a wire hanger inserted in his head – "No, lady," he explains, "I'm not a Martian, I'm just an unsuccessful abortion."
Another contributor, Anne Beatts, was a dazzling writer. Her coup de grace was a fake Volkswagen ad. The illustration was accompanied by her headline: "If Ted Kennedy Drove a Volkswagen, He'd Be President Today!" Which actually is true. The senator was doomed never to inhabit the White House, because he accidentally drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick island off Massachusetts into the water, and managed to swim free, leaving behind his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned, but not if he drove a Volkswagen Beetle that floated.
Volkswagen filed a $30-million lawsuit for violation of copyright. Although the movie doesn't disclose the verdict, shrewd Lampoon publisher Matty Simmons put out a press release acknowledging that they were being sued, aware that it would boost sales. He agreed to travel around the country and tear the page-in-question out of every issue, but the issue sold out. There were none left from which to remove the fake ad. He then agreed to admit in the next issue that the ad was a parody, and the lawsuit was withdrawn.
Another controversy occurred when the editors ran an illustration depicting a baby in a blender, with a Satanic hand on the pulse button. The Christian Coalition of America, a right-wing group of religious zealots, began a crusade against the Lampoon, and almost all of its national advertisers jumped the Titanic ship. Thus, when I submitted my account of snorting cocaine with the pope, the editors told me that they loved it but were afraid of an organized letter-writing campaign to their advertisers.
There were internal squabbles at Lampoon headquarters. It was bad enough when Michael O'Donoghue learned that Tony Hendra had slept with his then-girlfriend, and O'Donoghue demanded that Matty Simmons fire Hendra. Of course, he wouldn't, but instead he gave him the Lampoon radio program reaching 600 stations. The other feud developed concerning O'Donoghue and his new girlfriend, Anne Beatts. They were a romantic couple bound together by a mutual sense of absolute irreverence.
According to the film, Matty Simmons gave Beatts' desk to his son Michael, and she was furious, complaining, "It had taken me all that many years to get a desk, and suddenly I didn't have it any more." O'Donoghue called Matty and threatened that "Anne Beatts must have an office at the radio show. If you don't do this, I'm gonna quit." Simmons: "Well, if she doesn't like it she can quit, and if you don't like it you can quit." O'Donoghue: "I quit." And that was it. The anarchistic pair departed and never returned. Ironically, Michael Simmons was O'Donoghue's assistant for a couple of years, an interesting job for a teenager, and he had a desk outside his office from which he would do his bidding.
Henry Beard, Michael Gross, Matty Simmons, Brian McConnachie, Len Mogel , Michael O'Donoghue, Barbara Atti, and David Kaestle. (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)
However, Michael Simmons says: "Being the boss' son has never been the easy ride some may think. Lampoon contributor Anne Beatts claims in the documentary that her boyfriend Michael O'Donoghue quit because Matty 'gave' me Anne's desk in early 1974—an utterly absurd fallacy. She's been repeating this canard for 40 years. I was living in upstate New York at the time and didn't have an office at the Lampoon. Matty was the Chairman of the Board—not the Chairman of Desks."
When Matty originally launched the Lampoon in 1970, his son was 15. Like many kids, Michael worked after school and summers at "Dad's store." He was the first "True Facts" editor, among other gigs. As the magazine expanded into show-business areas, so did Michael Simmons' participation. By 1973, he was the doorman at the Village Gate, where National Lampoon Lemmings played, and for which he handled underground/rock press and radio PR. In 1974, he was company manager for their second stage show, The National Lampoon Show, with John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray.
When NBC conceived of doing a Saturday night satire show, they approached the Lampoon, but Matty Simmons turned them down–too busy. Instead, NBC hired Lorne Michaels, who proceeded to snatch away some of Lampoon's brightest talent. Belushi, Radner and Chevy Chase joined Saturday Night Live, as did Michael O'Donoghue, who became the show's head writer. And eventually Michael Simmons would become an editor of Lampoon at age 29.
Meanwhile, Doug Kenney was a co-screenwriter with Chris Miller and Harold Ramis of Animal House. It was a fucking blockbuster hit. Doug enhanced his happiness with cocaine. But then he made Caddyshack with Chevy Chase. It got such awful reviews – a 5-star failure – that he enhanced his bottomless depression with more cocaine than a dozen popes could snort. He was beyond addiction. He would place coke along his arm and sniff it all away, then lead a Lampoon meeting. The folks there urged Chase to take him away for a week in Hawaii.
In 1980, when I was living in San Francisco, I got a call from Kenney. He was on his way to Hawaii and wanted to get together with me. I was the head writer for an HBO special about the presidential campaign, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the White House, and since I was deep into the final throes of material, Doug and I agreed that we would get together on his way back.
Louise Gikow, Michael Gross, Unknown, Unknown Unknown, Unknown, Doug Kenney, Henry Beard. (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. )
But an extremely unfunny thing happened in Hawaii. Doug fell off a cliff. Chevy thought he was hiding somewhere and decided to leave, unaware that Doug, his best friend, had died at age 33. There were rumors that he had committed suicide. I didn't believe it. Not only had we planned to meet, but John Landis, the director of Animal House, said Doug also wanted to see him back in Los Angeles when he returned from Hawaii.
Chris Miller, co-screenwriter of Animal House and prolific Lampoon contributor, once proclaimed that Doug wanted to insert his penis in any woman's ear. He quotes Doug as saying, "Chris, I hope I'll go to heaven and stick my dick in the ear of Eleanor Roosevelt," adding, "Probably right now, Doug is sticking his dick in the ear of Eleanor Roosevelt."
Rex Weiner – my old friend who was one of the writers for that HBO show – and I attended a memorial wake for Doug on the rooftop of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. There was an all-you-can-eat buffet provided by a Japanese restaurant. Rex and I considered starting a food fight, inspired by that scene in Animal House, in honor of Doug – "He would have wanted it that way" – but we decided it would be in terrible taste, and out of respect for all the other mourners, we resisted the temptation.
It was there that I first met another friend, Michael Simmons. He reminisces: "It was a heady, exciting atmosphere for a hippie teenager in the early 1970s—the funniest, edgiest and smartest people I've ever known, concentrated under one roof. At the same time I've wondered if the Lampoon's 'everything's a target' philosophy set the stage for the post-irony we've endured for the last twenty or so years.
"Not that I'd have it any other way—one can find the absurdity in most endeavors. But when everything's equally absurd, what's left to satirize? A world in which Donald Trump is considered a serious presidential candidate is a self-parody, and I'm not sure satire can out-do reality in a case like Trump's. I was a Lampoon editor from 1984 through 1989. We knew the golden era had passed."
Nonetheless, the timing of Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead succeeds in presenting the war on taboos that contrasts so blatantly with the current reincarnation of political chickenshit correctness.
We thought you'd enjoy seeing some of the outrageous satire from The Realist that inspired the National Lampoon.
Read all of "Roseamerica's Baby" http://www.ep.tc/realist/93/23.html
Often considered the most outrageous issue of The Realist.
Full Issue: http://ep.tc/realist/74/
Visit The Realist Archive Project to see more.
Paul Krassner's latest book is an expanded edition of his 1993 autobiography, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counterculture, available at http://www.paulkrassner.com/ along with the Disneyland Memorial Orgy poster.
His most recent collections are "Who's to Say What's Obscene: Politics, Culture and Comedy in America Today," with a foreword by Arianna Huffington; In Praise of Indecency: Dispatches From the Valley of Porn;" and One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Satirist," with a foreword by Harry Shearer and an introduction by Lewis Black.
Krassner's FBI files indicate that after Life magazine published a favorable profile of him, the FBI sent a poison-pen letter to the editor, complaining: "To classify Krassner as a social rebel is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut."
"The FBI was right," said George Carlin. "This man is dangerous – and funny; and necessary."
When People magazine called Krassner "Father of the underground press," he immediately demanded a paternity test. He had published The Realist magazine from 1958 to 1974. He reincarnated it as a newsletter in 1985. "The taboos may have changed," he wrote, "but
irreverence is still our only sacred cow." The final issue was published in Spring 2001.
Krassner's style of personal journalism constantly blurred the line between observer and participant. He interviewed a doctor who performed abortions when it was illegal, then ran an underground referral service. He covered the antiwar movement, then co-founded the Yippies with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. He published material on the psychedelic revolution, then took LSD with Tim Leary, Ram Dass and Ken Kesey.
He edited Lenny Bruce's autobiography, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People,and with Lenny's encouragement, became a stand-up performer himself, opening at the Village Gate in New York in 1961. Ten years later – five years after Lenny's death – Groucho Marx said, "I predict that in time Paul Krassner will wind up as the only live Lenny Bruce."
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Q: Is it ok to use module constants as default function arguments in Python? Basically something like this:
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10
# or even: from my_settings import DEFAULT_TIMEOUT

def get_google(timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
    return requests.get('google.com', timeout=timeout)

I would assume that as long as the constant really stays constant this should work just fine. Yet I sometimes see a pattern like this:
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10

def get_google(timeout=None):
    if timeout is None:
        timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
    return requests.get('google.com', timeout=timeout)

Are these equivalent or should I prefer one over the other?

A: There's no problem with using the "constant" as a default value.  As you say, as long as the "constant" is really constant, it won't matter.  The only thing is that you do have to make sure the constant is defined before the function, but usually people put all their constants at the top of the file so that's not an issue.
The second pattern you describe is common when the desired default is a mutable value, such as a list.  You often see things like this:
def foo(x=None):
    if x is None:
        x = []

instead of def foo(x=[]).  You can find many questions about this, but essentially it is because if you don't do it this way, the mutable default will persist across multiple calls to the function, which usually isn't desirable.
However, using this pattern for a mutable module-level constant wouldn't fix that problem.  If you have:
SOME_CONSTANT = []

def foo(x=None):
    if x is None:
        x = SOME_CONSTANT

. . . then you're still reusing the same mutable value across multiple calls.  (Of course, defining a mutable value as a "constant" is probably not a good idea anyway.)  That's why I was asking in the comments if you've seen someone specifically doing this kind of thing with module constants.
This None-then-if pattern would also be used if the module-level default were actually not a constant, but a value intended to be changed by other code.  If you do def foo(x=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT), the default value of x is whatever DEFAULT_TIMEOUT was at the time you defined the function.  But if you use the None-then-if pattern, the default will be whatever DEFAULT_TIMEOUT is at the time you call the function.  Some libraries define module-level values that aren't meant to be constant, but are rather configuration values that may be changed in the course of execution.  This allows users to do things like set DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 20 to change the default timeout for all subsequent calls, rather than having to pass timeout=20 every time.  In this case you would want the if check inside the function, to ensure that every call uses the "current" value of DEFAULT_TIMEOUT.

A: UPDATE: I highly recommend reading this post about instance and class attributes, it includes best practices of using both types of attributes, and when one is preferred over the other.
As you mentioned, second pattern can occur in modules, where keyword self is used, to define constant as instance attribute (you can read more about attributes there and there) for instance:
class Module:
    def __init__(self):
        self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10

    def get_google(timeout=self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
        return requests.get('google.com', timeout=timeout)

would produce an error: NameError: name 'self' is not defined
class Module:
    def __init__(self):
        self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10

    def get_google(timeout=None):
        if timeout is None:
            timeout = self.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
        return requests.get('google.com', timeout=timeout)

In another question problem is solved by mgilson in more clever way. It suggests creating sentinels:

The common idiom here is to set the default to some sentinel value
  (None is typical, although some have suggested Ellipsis for this
  purpose) which you can then check.
class Example(object): #inherit from object.  It's just a good idea.
    def __init__(self, data = None):
        self.data = self.default_data() if data is None else data

    def default_data(self):  #probably need `self` here, unless this is a @staticmethod ...
        # ....
        return something

You might also see an instance of object() used for the sentinel.
SENTINEL = object()
class Example(object):
    def __init__(self, data = SENTINEL):
        self.data = self.default_data() if data is SENTINEL else data

This latter version has the benefit that you can pass None to your
  function but has a few downsides (see comments by @larsmans below). If
  you don't forsee the need to pass None as a meaningful argument to
  your methods, I would advocate using that.

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The large amounts of rain that fell during the night between Sunday and Monday caused torrents throughout the broader Rijeka region. On Monday morning all kinds of things could be found on the grates of storm-water channels and drains. In the Kostrena region, the torrent waters of Draški Creek, located in the vicinity of Viktor Lenac Shipyard, carried an unexpected guest into the shipyard's electrical plant. At the water discharge pipe, the workers of the shipyard found an unfamiliar turtle, similar to a land turtle but with tiny yellow spots and webbed feet. Maja Kriška, head of the Environmental Protection Dept., took care of the turtle and notified Public Institution "Priroda". Upon examining the animal, the "Priroda" workers established that the turtle was a European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), an indigenous fresh-water species. The pond turtle is on the Croatian Red List of Threatened Reptiles and is classified as a strictly protected species according to the Regulation on Strictly Protected Species. It is primarily threatened by habitat degradation and fragmentation due to urbanization and water course regulation, but also by the introduction of the invasive red-eared slider. As the pond turtle has never been noted in Draški Creek, this is a very important fact in monitoring this threatened species in Croatia. The "Priroda" workers returned the adult, male pond turtle to the upstream, undeveloped part of Draški Creek. In that wilderness, not far from the town, the turtle should be able to find everything it needs for a peaceful life.
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One Killed and One Injured in Virginia at Dangerous, Unguarded Norfolk Southern Crossing
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(Roanoke County, Virginia – February 1, 2016)
One of two men operating an Appalachian Power flatbed truck was killed and the second was seriously injured after the truck was struck at the dangerous and unguarded crossing of Spring Hollow Access Road in Roanoke County, VA, near Salem, VA. Their truck was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train consisting of three locomotives and 14 cars late Monday morning about 11:50 A.M., EST.
Dead at the scene was William Lineberry, 56, of Bluefield, WV, while Johnny Collins, 22, of Abingdon, VA, was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries described as "serious".
The NS/Spring Hollow Access Road intersection has neither crossing gates nor flashing lights. Further, there was no indication as to whether or not any advance horn warning was ever given. FRA statistical records also say that a daily average of 18 trains cross the intersection at a maximum allowable speed of 40 mph.
It is virtually certain that if this crossing was equipped with lights and gates, this tragedy would not have happened. Both Norfolk Southern and Operation Lifesaver know that lights and gates are the most effective type of protection at railroad crossings. Studies that have been conducted over fifty years ago confirm that lights and gates offer the ability to drastically reduce the number of vehicle/train accidents by as much as 96%
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Random attractors for stochastic parabolic equations with additive noise in weighted spaces
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Symmetry and asymptotic behavior of ground state solutions for schrödinger systems with linear interaction
May 2018, 17(3): 751-785. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2018039
Existence results for linear evolution equations of parabolic type
Tôn Việt Tạ
Center for Promotion of International Education and Research, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
Received April 2017 Revised August 2017 Published January 2018
Fund Project: This research was partially supported by Q-PIT, Kyushu University
We study a stochastic parabolic evolution equation of the form $ dX+AXdt = F(t)dt+G(t)dW(t)$ in Banach spaces. Existence of mild and strict solutions and their space-time regularity are shown in both the deterministic and stochastic cases. Abstract results are applied to a nonlinear stochastic heat equation.
Keywords: Parabolic evolution equations, maximal regularity, cylindrical Wiener process, $ \gamma$-radonifying operators, UMD Banach spaces of type 2, strict solutions.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 47D06, 60H15; Secondary: 35R60.
Citation: Tôn Việt Tạ. Existence results for linear evolution equations of parabolic type. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2018, 17 (3) : 751-785. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2018039
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Staff Reads — October 2017
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
Frasier: I'm a sucker for 90's sitcoms!
The Keepers on Netflix: I'm also a sucker for true crime documentaries (Put a hold on one of our Rokus to watch this documentary on Netflix!)
Plays Metallica by Four Cellos is the debut album by Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, released in 1996. There are eight instrumental Metallica covers arranged and played on cellos.
Rituals by Kelley Armstrong: 5th book and conclusion in the Cainsville series. Urban Fantasy about a young woman who solves mysteries. Along the way she finds out she's adopted and part fae. I've enjoyed these characters so much that I was very sad that this was the last book in the series.
UNSUB by Meg Gardiner: Intense thriller follows a young detective as she tries to stop a serial killer.
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka: I loved this book! Not only was the mystery interesting, but I can't get enough of Roxane Weary, the young, tough PI. I'm anxiously awaiting the next one.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison: A fever has killed off most of the world's women and children. Told from the perspective of a surviving midwife, we are taken on a journey across a ravaged country where it is not safe to be a woman. If you like post apocalyptic fiction with strong female characters you might like this. And there's a sequel!
It: I can't stand the book, but I absolutely loved the movie currently out in theaters.
Battle of the Sexes: Dramatization of Billie Jan King's tennis match against' Bobby Riggs. Shot on 35mm film, it actually felt like it was filmed in the seventies. I enjoyed it so much!
Victoria: The recent BBC/PBS drama starring Jenna Coleman as a teen Queen Victoria has me captivated.
Hotel Beau Sejour: Belgian drama currently on Netflix (which you can view by checking out a Roku a the library!). Belgian teenager Kato wakes up at the small Hotel Beau Séjour to find a bloody corpse in the bathtub – her own.
Nancy D.:
Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda: Fabulous domestic thriller narrated by the narcissistic, possibly psychopathic husband and centered around a trip he and his wife take to their lake cottage for the best day ever. A real page turner!
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker: Very good missing persons thriller involving two teenage sisters, one of whom may or may not be an unreliable source of information.
Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker: A twist on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, this novel tells the story of Mr Rochester, from his early childhood through to the end of the original novel when he and Jane Eyre are married, I loved the book up until it got to the part of Rochester's life when he meets Jane Eyre. Then I got a bit bored and lost interest, maybe because I knew the original story from that point on. However, I truly loved getting to know and more fully understand the handsome, brooding Edward Rochester!
Speaking of Jane Eyre, if you want to revisit the movie (DVD), I recommend the 1983 version in which Timothy Dalton plays Mr. Rochester. He's simply the best.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (audiobook): I highly recommend this character-driven story involving several families in a seemingly picture perfect upper middle class suburb, whose lives slowly start unraveling when several characters defy the unspoken rules and standards.
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne (audiobook): A heartfelt and heartbreaking thriller whose protagonist is the daughter of a man who years before kidnapped her mother as a teenager and forced her to live with him in a wild marsh in upper Michigan for 14 years, until both mother and daughter (who was born in the wild marshland) escape and the father is caught and put in jail. The story goes back and forth in time between the time when the daughter lived in the woods with her mother and father, and later in life when the mother is dead and the daughter has a new life with her husband and two young daughters in Michigan near the marsh where she was raised. The novel opens with us learning that her father has just escaped from prison and the daughter knows she is the only one who has the skills to track him down again.
Shin Gojira: Shin Godzilla: I really enjoyed this Japanese remake of the Godzilla movie. What I like about this version is that it primarily focuses on the overwhelmed and under-prepared bureaucracy that tries to control and contain the out-of-control catastrophe that is the monster.
I just watched Little Evil on Netflix (which you can watch on one of our Rokus!), a funny movie and perfect for this spooky time of year!
Also on Netflix is The Crown. I'm just starting to watch this, but it's really interesting to learn about the somewhat modern history of England that I really had no idea about. And I always love a period drama!
I'm also re-reading the Harry Potter series, and I'm currently on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It's amazing to see how much detail and planning went into these books! I love them just as much as I did the first time reading them as a kid.
Just finished The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor: The story of two young girls in Ireland during the war who discover fairies. It is all about how much people need to believe in something magical during troubling times. Lovely story. (Fiction)
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything by Anne Bogel: A new take on knowing what makes you uniquely you and why it matters.
The Things We Knew by Catherine West (Fiction): Family drama. Good story. Already know it will have a happy ending.
The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan: The story of Mary Magdalene. Some say this is true but it is catalogued as fiction because no-one believes it could have happened. Still reading it.
I was obsessed with The Crown and Stranger Things on Netflix. (View Netflix shows by checking out one of our Rokus)
I also recently read The Hating Game which was a modern day romance novel and kind of adorable – it reads like a teen movie.
I also read the American Housewife short stories by Helen Ellis which are well written and a light read.
I just finished I Know A Secret by Tess Gerritsen. This is the newest Rizzoli and Isles book. As usual, it was hard to put down. I know a little bit about the lives of the saints, but I must say that I have never seen the kind of religious art that is described in this novel.
Scientology Murders by William Heffernan: This is the second book in the dead detective series. It was OK, but I wonder how much the author exaggerated about the Church of Scientology.
Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger: This is the newest book in the Cork Corcoran series. It takes place in Arizona which is a big departure from Minnesota.
No Middle Name by Lee Child: This is a collection of short stories. If you like the Jack Reacher books, you will enjoy this.
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke
Aromanticism by Moses Sumney
Green Twins by Nick Hakim
The Vietnam War (PBS Documentary)
Dear White People on Netflix
Hip-Hop Evolution
Listened to: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins: Liked it. Large cast of characters but a good psychological thriller. Not as good as The Girl on the Train.
Listening to: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon: Very good. Strange happenings, disappearances and legends in a small Vermont town. Multiple points of view.
Current e-Book: In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary
Biography about the extraordinary children's book author Margaret Wise Brown.
Recent Great Children's Books I recommend
It's Not Jack in the Beanstalk — by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor
XO, OX a Love Story — by Adam Rex, Illustrated by Scott Campbell
She Persisted — by Chelsea Clinton, Illustrated by Alexandra Buiger
Dorothea Lange — by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Book of Mistakes — by Corinna Luyken
Lisa:
I am reading the children's book, Hi! Fly Guy in preparation for our upcoming 1st & 2nd grader Book Club in November.
I am enjoying the new seasons of Madam Secretary and This is Us, enjoying the relationships between the characters.
When my turn for one of the library's new Rokus comes, I plan on binge watching The Crown on Netflix.
Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee by Noralee Frankel: I'm a big fan of the Broadway musical, Gypsy, the (highly fictionalized) story of the rise of Gypsy Rose Lee and her overbearing stage mother, Mama Rose. There have been a rash of biographies of the former Louise Hovick, over the last few years, and I'm determined to read all of them! There are some elements that I recognize from the musical, but not surprising, there is more to Gypsy Rose Lee's story. She was an extremely intelligent woman who was ahead of her time, in many ways. My one struggle is that whenever her mother, Rose, makes an appearance, I can't help but picture Ethel Merman!
Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman (audiobook from Overdrive): Gastronomy historian and creator of the blog, "Four Pounds Flour", Sarah Lohman tells the history of food in the United States through the prism and history of eight flavorings, spices, etc. These flavorings include black pepper, vanilla, curry powder, chili powder, soy sauce, garlic, MSG, and Sriracha. Lohman is delightful as an author and narrator. However, I give you a warning. Do not read or listen to this book while you're hungry!
The Big Sick: I very much enjoyed this loose adaptation of the real life relationship between comedian, Kumail Nanjiani, and his wife, Emily Gordon (Gardner in the film). This movie maintains the right balance between pathos and humor, and there is a lot to which the viewers can relate.
Louise:
The Girl With Seven Names: Escape From North Korea by Hyeonseo Lee: Growing up in North Korea is hard. One has to give proper homage to the Great Leader, Kim Il-sung, founder of the country and the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il. This is a constant in North Korean life and woe to the one whose portraits of the Great Leader and the Dear Leader are not properly cared for. Officials wearing white gloves inspect the portraits which citizens must clean with a special government issued cloth. There are rules of conduct, of dress, of deportment, all of which must be followed. Bribes can sometimes get you out of a jam. Sometimes there is not enough food to feed a family and people starve. There are those who are punished for misdeeds by public hanging. One must be careful with one's speech because there are people who will inform on you and your whole family could be punished. Suicide is illegal and if it is committed, your whole family can be punished….unless you pay the right bribe to the right person and get the death certificate changed.
Still, growing up in North Korea, one takes this as a normal way of life. Hyeonseo Lee says that she had a happy childhood. She was loved and cared for. The teachings in North Korea are that it is the best place in the world to live. Still, Hyeonseo Lee was curious to see the larger world. She arranged to get taken across the river dividing N. Korea from China, and from there, she planned to stay with relatives for a few days, which turned into months, which turned into years. The Girl With Seven Names tells of the author's journey out of North Korea and of her struggle to get her mother and brother out as well. Hyeonseo Lee is a brave woman who continues to speak out about the plight of those in the country that still has a place in her heart.
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin: This is technically teen fiction but this adult loved it. I was hooked from the first page. Here is an excerpt from the first page: "For example, I have to admit that I don't want you to know any details about happened when our mother kidnapped you-so long as you've forgotten it, anyway. So long as you're not having screaming nightmares or something." This is a great excerpt for you, the potential reader, because it will tell you whether or not this is the kind of novel you want to read. My response was yes! Give me more. I was off to a weekend in New Hampshire and this seemed like my kind of vacation book. (Now, now, I don't always read this sort of novel, although, this one is great.)
The narrator, Matt, is living in a three family in Southie with his mother and his two sisters. Downstairs lives his mother's sister, Aunt Bobbie. Aunt Bobbie hides behind food and is of no real help to Matt and his sisters. This is also true of Matt and Callie's father, Ben, who is paying child support to Nikki but who is not providing any other help to them or to their youngest sister, Emmy who has a different father.
Early in the book, Matt goes to a local Cumberland Farms with his sister Callie and sees a man who he wants to get to know. This man, whose name we learn is Murdoch, gets between a bullying father and his son. He explains to the son that "It's wrong for anybody ever to hurt you. No matter who does it, it's wrong. Can you remember that?" Matt, who is thirteen at the time of this encounter immediately becomes obsessed with this new hero. He knows his first name but that is all. His sister Callie does some amazing internet searching and comes up with Murdoch's last name.
This is great because now Matt can befriend Murdoch. Except that his mother finds the name and phone number and inserts herself into the equation. Nikki has a genius for causing chaos and fear wherever she goes. She starts a relationship with Murdoch which brings hope to the three children. However, once she reveals her true colors as a parent, Murdoch pulls away and everything changes from here. The children have now had their hopes of some kind of normal life dashed. However, things begin to change as Nikki wreaks more and more havoc.
The novel is a National Book Award Finalist and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist. Read this book if you like excellent writing, a gripping plot, well developed characters, and some local color since it takes place in Southie. This book can appeal to teens and to adult readers as well.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman: I am currently reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Hey, all of you Harry Potter Fans. Fear not. This is right up your alley. Not only that, but it is pure delight. Let me just share a fabulous quote with you:
"To make matters worse, some of the books had actually become migratory. In the nineteenth century Brakebills had appointed a librarian with a highly Romantic imagination who had envisioned a mobile library in which books fluttered from shelf to shelf like birds, reorganizing themselves spontaneously under their own power in response to searches"
This book features a special school for the magically inclined and it is so fun to read; it is like a little bit of heaven to add to your day. You will savor every moment I guarantee. If you like magic, if you like creativity, if you like humor, this is the book for you!


Although the tickets were for the Milky Chance concert, Lewis Capaldi is the artist that I paid to see and the vocalist who should have headlined the Winspear stage last week on Wednesday, January 31. Not to say that Milky Chance wasn't phenomenal, but Capaldi and the Winspear Centre were made for one another.
Milky Chance has already established their talent and vibe; Clemens Rehbein's voice is as fresh as his moustache, and the harmonica solos are out of this world. Each artist in the band does the same funny little footwork when they dance on the stage, but luckily their musical capabilities are far more sophisticated than their moves. During their set, they requested that everyone in the audience stand up from their seats and dance, and I now realize that it was probably (read: hopefully), so they could observe and learn. The show they put on was undeniably excellent; however, their opener was the real deal and is more than deserving of his own sold-out shows.
Lewis Capaldi knows your most profound pain, even if you don't, and he's going to sing it out to you while you bawl. After his set, the lobby of the Winspear was abuzz with praise from devoted fans to the newly-converted. Recently, the Scottish songster was included in 11 lists of ones to watch for 2018, such as Vevo Ones to Watch and BBC Music Sound of 2018, among others. In a few years' time, he'll be rivalling Ed Sheeran on the charts, and deservedly so. Capaldi was gifted with golden vocal chords, and although someone clearly smashed his heart, he collected the pieces and crafted them into four heart-wrenching ballads that will simulate this feeling in you.


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Coal's future is past: Opening of Svea to tourists seen as sign of Svalbard's rapidly expanding polar night activities
Visiting a 100-year-old patient on his deathbed sounds like a tough sell in a tourist brochure, but it seems there's a burgeoning market in Svalbard for the cold-hearted.
Svea will begin the first-ever guided tours for recreational visitors Feb. 1, only a month or two before mining is scheduled to stop for at least three years – and possibly permanently – due to a collapse in coal prices.
"In Svea, guests will live as the miners do," a webpage devoted to the tours, operated by Basecamp Spitsbergen, notes. "They will eat in the cantina with the miners and stay in the small rooms in the barracks just like the workers do. Here, guests can come close to this unique mining community and really feel how it is to live in the remote mining town."
There is no mention of Store Norske's current financial crisis that is forcing it to shut down virtually all mining and lay off most of its employees. Or that many of this season's visitors will be watching the miners shutting down equipment and saying their goodbyes, some after working decades at the company.
Instead, prospective visitors are told "in Svea, being a very modern coal mine, the actual work is done with help of machines. Even though the machines are operated remotely, it is still dirty, dusty and demanding work, but the miners are handsomely paid."
An eight-hour day trip to the mine 60 miles northeast of Longyearbyen costs 2,990 kroner per snowmobile driver/1,800 per passenger, with a minimum of two people per trip. A one-and-a-half day trip costs 8,990 kroner per driver/5,900 per passenger, with a minimum of three drivers.
Offering guided tours of mines to tourists, a group of people seen as a critical base of Longyearbyen's post-coal future, began last year with a museum and tours inside the abandoned Mine 3, also provided by Basecamp.
The Svea tours, which include both snowmobile and dogsled options, are part of an increasing focus on winter tourism, Basecamp CEO Brita Knutsen Dahl told High North News.
"Before five or six years ago we had no particular emphasis on winter tourism, but now people are trying to experience the polar night and polar lights. The international audience is looking northward and that has impacted us."
She said the growth has allowed Basecamp and other tourism companies to keep their operations open year-round – including during the traditionally slowest months of October through December – aided by factors such as an expanded number of flights, including Norwegian Air a few years ago and Finnair starting next summer.
Local political and leaders have stated a doubling of tourism – along with an equal increase in research and education – will likely be needed to offset the loss of mining.
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The overall percentage of vegetarians in the US has remained constant over the past 20 years, but the number of options for vegetarians and people trying to cut the amount of meat in their diet is higher than ever before. Airlines are taking note, and many are upping the number of plant-based options. But just because it's available doesn't mean it's always easy to acquire. In general, vegetarians, vegans, and passengers with other dietary restrictions still have to jump through hoops or risk going hungry when it comes to finding a meal that fits their diet while flying.
Vegetarian meal: No meat or fish.
Vegetarian-vegan meal (VGML): No meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or other animal by-product. Stands in for a vegetarian meal as well as vegan.
Vegetarian lacto-ovo meal (VLML): No meat or fish, yet may have eggs or dairy.
Asian vegetarian meal TransPacific, or called vegetarian oriental meal (VOML): No meat, seafood, egg, or dairy that's prepared with Chinese, Japanese, or pan-Asian spices.
Asian vegetarian meal TransAtlantic, or called simply Asian vegetarian meal (AVML): No meat, seafood, egg, or dairy that's prepared with Indian spices.
Vegetarian Jain meal (VJML): Does not contain meat, animal by-products, mushrooms, or root vegetables like garlic, potatoes, carrots, and onions.
Raw vegetable meal (RVML): Raw vegetables only.
Fruit platter (FML): Nothing but fruit, and yes, that's really the code for it.
In the best case scenario, you'll end up with a full meal. In the worst case, you'll end up with a single piece of honeydew melon wrapped in plastic. When you really want to get into the weeds — photos and all — you can check out AirlineMeals.net, a crowd-sourced site where users have posted more than 45,000 food photos from more than 730 airlines. Before doing that, however, take our advice so you don't get caught flat-footed. Proper food, after all, is one of the best ways to prevent jet lag.
You may not get the best airline food in the world when ordering the vegetarian meal, but make sure you don't get the worst. These are the most (and least) vegetarian-friendly airlines ranked from best to worst based on the availability of vegetarian and vegan options (not necessarily the quality, but having a wide variety of options is usually a great sign). Don't forget to order ahead of time.
Information gathered from airline websites, Alternative Airlines, and Happy Cow.


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Google Nexus 2016 release date, specs news: HTC Sailfish leaked in benchmark results
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The upcoming Google Nexus smartphones have once again become a hot topic in the rumor mill, as new alleged information about one of the upcoming devices recently surfaced via a benchmark test. The benchmark result showed what was claimed to be some of the most significant specifications of the device. If proven to be true, this would mean that one of the two Nexus smartphones for this year would be sporting flagship-level specs.
Following the leak via GFXBench's benchmark results, a listing over at the database of AnTuTu was also recently discovered and it showed a fairly similar set of alleged specs for one of the upcoming HTC Nexus smartphones more specifically, the Nexus Sailfish.
As per the said benchmark listing, the HTC Nexus Sailfish would be having a 5-inch display with a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. As expected of a Google Nexus smartphone, it will come with the latest version of the Android operating system (OS) out of the box. This time, the upcoming Nexus Sailfish is expected to boot up on the newest Android Nougat 7.0 OS, which is expected to have a full public release around the same time as the HTC Sailfish.
The device, as per the listing, runs under a Snapdragon 820 chipset, the current chipset for most flagship devices released this year. As for games and videos, the smartphone sports an Adreno 530 graphics processing unit (GPU). In the multimedia department, there is a 13-megapixel rear camera, which is expected to have a video capture support of up to 4K Ultra HD resolution, and it comes coupled with an 8-megapixel front-facing snapper for selfies, video calling, and other similar purposes with a video resolution of up to 2K.
The device is expected to pack 4 GB worth of random access memory (RAM), alongside 32 GB worth of read-only memory (ROM).
The Sailfish and its bigger variant Marlin are both said to be in development by HTC.
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Tesco.com is an electronic commerce website operated by Tesco. It offers a wide range of other products, including electronic goods, books, broadband and financial services. Tesco closed their Tesco Direct website in 2018.

History
Tesco has operated on the Internet since 1994 and started an online shopping service named 'Tesco Direct' in 1997. Concerned with poor web response times (in 1996, broadband was virtually unknown in the United Kingdom), Tesco offered a CDROM-based off-line ordering program which would connect only to download stock lists and send orders. This was in addition to, rather than instead of, ordering via web forms, but was withdrawn in 2000. Tesco.com was formally launched on 11 April 2000. It also has online operations in the Republic of Ireland and South Korea. In 2003, tesco.com's CEO at the time, John Browett, received the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for the innovative processes he used to support this online grocery service.

In 2001, Tesco.com invested in GroceryWorks, a joint venture with the American Safeway Inc. (who had long since sold-off their UK subsidiary and Tesco's former rival, Safeway plc), operating in the United States and Canada. GroceryWorks had stepped into the void left by the collapse of Webvan, but did not expand as fast as initially expected and Tesco sold its stake to Safeway Inc in 2006.

Tesco claimed in its 2005 annual report to be able to serve 98% of the UK population from its 300 participating supermarkets. In the financial year ended 24 February 2007, it recorded online sales up 29.2% to £1.2 billion and profit up 48.5% to £83 million, with over 250,000 orders per week.

Tesco launched its first home shopping catalogue in autumn 2006, as another channel for sales of its non-food ranges. This is integrated with the internet operation, with both channels being branded as "Tesco Direct".

Tesco launched an advertising campaign for its internet phone, marketing the service to customers by offering free calls to all other Tesco internet phone customers.

On 1 October 2006, Tesco announced it would be selling six own-brand budget software packages for under £20 each, including office and security suites, in a partnership with software firm Formjet.  As Formjet is exclusive distributor for Panda Security and Ability Plus Software, packages from these companies are likely to feature.

In June 2007, Tesco.com became the first home delivery company in UK to provide customers the option of delivering shopping in green boxes without carrier bags in a bid to reduce the amount of carrier bags used as part of Tesco's green commitment.  In return for customers going bag free they receive green clubcard points.  After trialling a fully bagless delivery service, Tesco stopped using plastic and paper carrier bags for all online orders delivered from 19 August 2019.  The only bags used from this date will be for small loose items such as nuts and small fruits which could not be placed loose in a delivery crate, and small bags for meat/fish items which might otherwise prove a hygiene risk.

In July 2009, Tesco became the first supermarket in the world to offer an API. This feature will potentially pave the way for smart appliances such as networked fridges that can automatically order food.

Tesco.com acts as a portal website to its other major on-line business areas: Tesco Grocery, Tesco direct, Clubcard, Bank, Clothing, Wine By The Case, and Tesco Entertainment.

See also
Bricks and clicks
Electronic business

References

External links
 http://www.tesco.com

Tesco
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Internet properties established in 2000
Online grocers
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Electrical team engages with suppliers to ensure high-quality installations
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The electrical engineers of the Building Services team are engaging with contractors to make sure the work they do in University buildings is done safely and to a high standard at the...
The electrical engineers of the Building Services team are engaging with contractors to make sure the work they do in University buildings is done safely and to a high standard at the first attempt.
University Access Guide re-launched
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Oxford City Council has approved planning permission for the Saïd Business School to develop Osney Power Station into a new residential teaching facility for the School.
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The Beecroft Building has secured yet another award, earlier this week winning the Gold Medal in the Higher Education category of the Construction Manager of the Year awards.
Dartington House refurbishment planned
The University has received planning permission for proposed works at Dartington House.
Joiners work to improve the estate
The Joiners have been busy with a variety of projects around the collegiate University.


John Bendix taught at Waseca High School for over 50 years.
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Ward is one of three players from Central Minnesota who have recently verbally committed to play for the Huskies.
Lindsay Whalen announced her retirement from the WNBA. Read about this basketball star's golf playing husband with details from Ben Greve's wiki.
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Annandale Fourth of July, July 1-5. July 1. Carnival/family fun, 4-10 p.m.. July 2. Carnival/family fun, 4-10 p.m.. Softball tournament, 6-10 p.m.. July 3.
Story written by Naomi Mortensen, Donor Relations Associate in Advancement Abraham Lincoln once said, "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
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We have listed the latest news headlines that include Annandale . This site has been created to offer a place for AHS	alumni to reconnect and share memories.
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We've been to quite a few wineries over the years, but hadn't yet visited perhaps the top wine region of Ohio, the Grand River Valley and the wineries of the Geneva area. We happily corrected that situation this last weekend as we took advantage of the Tannenbaum Trail.
The Tannenbaum Trail is a self driving tour of 13 outstanding regional wineries. You have three weekends (Fridays & Saturdays-Noon to 6pm) to visit 13 northeast Ohio wineries. Tannenbaum Trail weekends continue December 11-12 and 18-19.The cost is $35 per person and $45 per couple.
We had the chance to visit nine different wineries during our weekend outing -- seven on the tour and another couple that were nearby and certainly worth a visit. I'll be doing a write-up on each of the wineries, but wanted to post this right away so that you take advantage of this great event. Don't miss out!
there are more than 16 covered bridges in the area and the rollicking city of Geneva, which has plenty of entertainment, dining and lodging.
In the top photo you can see some of the bounty we brought back from our trip. The lower photo shows Rose Dolanck and Leslie Braugh of Pittsburgh enjoying themselves at the Ferrante Winery tasting room in their stylish wine glass spectacles.
Stay tuned. I'm working on the winery reports right now!


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Alongside the continued deployment of AI technologies in our world, there is growing concern about what might be getting overlooked in the process. Human experience remains richer than what can be codified within any AI or data technologies at our disposal. How do we hold on to and nurture the creative, inventive qualities of the human mind even as we design machines that can support and extend our thinking? Even more important, what can we do to reduce social inequity and not amplify it as we choose which problems to solve and how to tackle them? To build and work with these AI technologies for the benefit of human and planetary flourishing, our individual and collective capacities for compassion and imagination must be nurtured alongside technical know-how. This presentation uses these questions as a launchpad for a set of key operating principles for keeping the human in our technology design as we design and deploy machines that can support and extend our thinking.
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Offering an on-site restaurant and bar with a terrace, Hotel Globi is located in Velipojë, 500 metres from the beach. Free Wi-Fi and parking are provided, and there is a night club on site.
Located 250 metres from the centre of Velipoja, this property offers free-to-use barbecue facilities. The nearest sandy beach is 300 metres away. All apartments come with a furnished balcony and a TV.
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Q: Linking integer id with text in Postgres I can connect to a database in Postgres.
It has a table called country with 201 rows. This consists of two fields: country_id (integer) and country_name (text).
It has another table called school with 2233 rows. It consists of a field called country (integer). This field lists integers that each represent one of the 201 country_id from the country table.
If I do a command like:
SELECT country from school limit 10;

I can get the first 10 country_id's. Is it possible for me to easily translate these 10 country_id's into their country_name's using the country table?

A: You can use Join to achieve this..
I wrote the query for MYSQL
create table country
(id numeric,
 c_name varchar(20));

 insert into country values(1,'America');
 insert into country values(2,'India');
 insert into country values(3,'Britain');
 insert into country values(4,'Greece');
 insert into country values(5,'China');

 create table School
(school_name varchar(20),
 country_id Numeric);

 Insert into school values ('A',2);
 Insert into school values ('B',4);
 Insert into school values ('c',5);
 Insert into school values ('D',4);

 Select c_name
from country c
join School s
on c.id = s.country_id
Order by c_name
Limit 2

c_name
China
Greece

If you only want to show the country name once you can use Distinct
Also if you are LIMIT you should do a orderby else it will give different result on each time..


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Christmas Preparations - St Colman's Boys' School, Kanturk.
All Classes are busy preparing for Christmas. We are all practising our Christmas Hymns and playing our tunes on our tinwhistles and concertinas in preparation for our Christmas Mass on Monday @ 1.30pm. Remember all parents, grandparents and friends are welcome to attend.1st Class will be acting out the Christmas Story during the Mass.
Mrs Boyce's Class & Mrs O Sullivan's Class hope to do Carol Singing again this year in front of the Daily Grind @ 1.15pm on Tuesday and finally the Boys in the Prefab hope to go Carol Singing in the hospital this year on Thursday.
We feature on the Evening Echo!
1st & 2nd going to the Pantomine "Little Red Riding Hood"
Senior Classes Carol Singing for V.D.P. & School Funds in front of the Daily Grind.


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Fascism/National Socialism or Soviet Communism. Write a 250 word paper answering; Greatest Challenge to Democracy Greatest Challenge to Democracy After the First World War, there were cries for changes in the manner in which countries were run. It was impossible to have a region that did not have problems stemming from leadership. Dictatorship was a problem in parts of Cuba and Russia. The theories that were present at the time on the division of wealth became a problem for many people. National Socialism and Soviet Communism were presented to the people to dictate how people could relate and behave toward each other (Blamires & Jackson, 2006). This paper will examine which method was a challenge to democracy during that time, and how democracy has evolved through time. National Socialism was an immense problem to democracy after World War I. Fascism, as it was referred to, was a problem because it dictated that the nation and race was to be placed above an individual (Blamires & Jackson, 2006). It ensured that the ultimate authority rested upon the shoulders of dictatorship. Dictators had power over everything. People were economically and socially suppressed during this time as both theories seemed to want superiority over the other. Democracy cannot survive in such an environment. Fascism was, therefore, an enormous challenge for democracy. The unity of a nation was to be based on culture and traditions, and ties to ancestry that were interpersonal (Blamires & Jackson, 2006). It presents a problem to any social order that wants to mature and develop in ways that enable progression among its people. Progression solely depends on how societies relate to one another, and their leaders in society.In conclusion, fascism has no place in modern society. People need to rise above traditional and ancient methods of living (Blamires & Jackson, 2006). The recent uprisings that saw nations rise against dictatorship is one way to prove that forcing people to live under forced regiments is no way to rule. Democracy will always triumph against unjust rulers who are unfit to rule.ReferenceBlamires, C., & Jackson, P. (2006). World fascism: A historical encyclopaedia. London: Heinemann Publishers.
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