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Q: Accessing ruby counter cache I'm playing around with a fork of acts_as_taggable_on_steroids as a learning exercise. The version I'm looking at does some stuff I don't understand to calculate Tag counts. So I thought I'd do a version using PORC (Plain Old Rails Counters):
class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base #:nodoc:
  belongs_to :tag, :counter_cache => "tagging_counter_cache"
...

I thought tagging_counter_cache was transparently accessed when I access tag.taggings.count but apparently not? Do I really have to access tag.tagging_counter_cache explicitly?
>> tag.taggings.count
  SQL (0.7ms)   SELECT count(*) AS count_all FROM `taggings` WHERE (`taggings`.tag_id = 16)

Same for size.
It's cool if that's the case but just wanted to check.

A: Calling #size on the collection
>> tag.taggings.size

will return the value in the counter cache. Calling #count
>> tag.taggings.count

will always force a sql call to get the latest count.

A: Did you create the associated column in your migration? It needs someplace to store the cache.


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Epilepsy is characterized by unpredictable seizures – it can appear at any time and happen to anyone. However, but it is most common that epilepsy emerges during a person's first year of life or after 70 years of living.
Epilepsy can be related to congenital damages or diseases, skull injury, brain tumours or a stroke, but often the cause is completely unknown. Epilepsy is more common among people with other disabilities like cerebral palsy or multiple disabilities.
Epilepsy means that some of the brain's nerve cells are overactive, which leads to different kinds of seizures. Epilepsy is a spectrum condition with a wide range of seizure types and control varying from person-to-person. However, the different seizure types are often similar for every person. The seizures always start very sudden, can last from seconds to minutes and stop by themselves.


The Art of Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Steampunk, Hiroshi Unno (PIE 9784756249753, $49.95, 360pp, tp) June 2018.
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The brilliant French cartoonist and comic artist David B. (David Beauchard) has switched gears, moving away from black-and-white linework and personal stories to create a full-color fantasy tour-de-force in Hâsib & the Queen of Serpents.
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Kevin Durant's out for the season, needs 3rd surgery in 6 months on right foot
Dan Devine
Kevin Durant's 2014-15 season is officially over.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Friday afternoon that Durant, the league's reigning Most Valuable Player, will be shut down for the remainder of the season so that he can have another surgical procedure on his injured right foot, his third such surgery in the span of six months. He is expected to resume basketball activities in four to six months, according to Thunder general manager Sam Presti.
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Presti had announced last Friday that Durant would be "removed from basketball activities" following a setback in practice. Over the last week, which had been earmarked for "consultation and evaluation regarding the persistent soreness in his right foot," Durant and team personnel visited with a pair of specialists, according to a team statement issued Friday.
"These in-person consults were designed to further supplement the previous evaluations of Dr. Bob Anderson," Presti wrote in the team statement. "Several conference calls and discussions amongst the specialist team concluded that, while the majority of the soreness in Kevin's foot was related to the continued inflammation of the cuboid bone and would subside with rest, the evaluation process also determined that the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, which had shown significant healing previously, was now demonstrating signs of regression.
"With the focus of this process being aimed entirely on Kevin's long term health and stability, it was the consensus of the specialists team, in addition to a collective decision by Kevin, his representation and the Thunder, that to address the setback of the fracture site, a bone graft procedure would be the most proactive and recommended approach," Presti added.
Such grafts are apparently standard procedure for the "5 to 8 percent" of Jones fracture surgeries that don't result in initial success. Durant will have the surgery early next week in New York; he won't be back on the court until late summer, at the earliest.
Durant, 26, was limited to just 27 games after suffering a Jones fracture to his right foot just before the start of the 2014-15 NBA season. (He had missed only 16 regular-season games total during his first seven professional seasons.) He returned to the Thunder lineup in early December, making nine appearances before landing back on the shelf for last two weeks of the month with a sprained right ankle.
After coming back on New Year's Eve with a 44-point, 10-rebound, seven-assist explosion against the Phoenix Suns, Durant largely looked the fire of old. He averaged 27.8 points in 36.6 minutes per game on his signature stellar shooting splits (51.1 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from 3-point land, 84.3 percent from the foul line) through the All-Star break, joining with Westbrook to help lead OKC to a 13-8 finish to the first half that got the Thunder back in the hunt for a playoff berth after an injury-plagued 3-12 start.
The issues with Durant's surgically repaired foot never fully subsided, though. He played just 10 minutes in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game and suited up for only one post-All-Star-break contest — a Feb. 19 win over the Dallas Mavericks — before exiting with just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Three days later, Durant underwent another procedure on the foot, this time to replace a screw in the foot that had been causing the persistent discomfort.
Durant spent the ensuing weeks continuing to rehab and work his way back to health in the hope of returning to the lineup to aid the Thunder's push for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. New concerns arose last Thursday, though, as Durant sat out Thunder practice "with another bout of soreness in his surgically repaired right foot." A day after that latest setback, Presti ruled Durant out indefinitely, saying, "He's not making the progress we had hoped."
The end of Durant's season comes as Oklahoma City continues to play without power forward and chief interior defender Serge Ibaka, who underwent surgery to "alleviate the soreness and swelling he had been experiencing" in his right knee; starting shooting guard Andre Roberson, who's sidelined for two to three weeks with a sprained right ankle; and veteran reserve Nick Collison, who's out with a sprained left ankle.
The Thunder's chances of securing that eighth and final playoff spot — they enter Friday's action at 41-31, three games ahead of the ninth-place Phoenix Suns, with 10 games remaining — and springing an all-time upset of whichever top-flight squad they face (likely the Golden State Warriors, perhaps the Memphis Grizzlies or Houston Rockets) now fall squarely on the shoulders of Russell Westbrook. The All-Star guard has been sensational in carrying the Oklahoma City offense over the course of the last couple of months; he will need to be even more so to keep the Thunder from missing the playoffs for the first time since 2009, and to avoid Oklahoma City's first opening-round knockout since 2010.
The cold, hard reality that Durant will not be coming back this season also confirms what many noted upon the injury to Ibaka and Durant's initial shutdown — that the much-discussed "scariest No. 8 seed ever" won't actually exist. For the third straight year, a Thunder team that entered the season expecting to return to the NBA Finals has seen its championship hopes squashed by a brutal, unconquerable injury to one of its three most important players.
As a result, as Grantland's Zach Lowe wrote last week, Oklahoma City "has likely lost its last chance to chase a ring with Durant before he becomes the most talked-about expiring contract since LeBron James in 2009-10."
The Thunder will put on a brave face. They will say they are confident, that they look forward to the opportunity — how's that for reframing? — to show Durant that they're the team for him. But don't let the false bravado fool you. They know Durant leaving is in play. They know the cap landscape. They were the loudest non-Philly voice against lottery reform, whipping up a frenzy of small-market panic. They traded future first-round picks for Dion Waiters and Enes Kanter in separate deals, and though those players are young and the picks protected, those are the sort of win-now moves the Thunder hadn't engaged in until this season. They are the mark of a team that knows time is precious — that failure today carries a scary downside that is no longer so far in the distance. [...]
The Thunder are right to be confident of their place in pole position of the Durant sweepstakes, even with Durant's hometown Wizards hoarding cap space. But Durant is now effectively an expiring contract, and impending free agency at that late stage can take unpredictable turns. You just never know. This season was Oklahoma City's last grasp at certainty, and it's gone now.
Such concerns, however, pale in comparison to the daunting long-term specter of Durant — one of the most dynamic, magnetic, compelling and unstoppable offensive forces in NBA history, a player who fully came into his own across the board last season, only to see it all fall apart before getting a chance to run it all back — having the remaining years of his prime curtailed by the sort of consistent foot issues that have scuttled the careers of so many other talented big men in the past. For the time being, we'll have to take whatever solace we can find in the news that the bone-graft approach provides the best chance of safe healing, and hope that Durant's evident status as one of those 5 percent to 8 percent of people unlucky enough not to get the hoped-for result from the initial procedure doesn't bode ill for the third time around.
Dan Devine is an editor for Ball Don't Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at devine@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter!
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As persuasive as the LIV billions happened to be, there was a more powerful voice in Justin Rose's ear, pleading with him to turn down the eight-figure signing-on fee. It came from his younger self and now, in the days after his first victory in four years, the decision not to emulate his contemporaries and so reject the Saudis seems more than worth it.

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A mobile device battery has many demands to fill: photos, maps, social media, apps and ride hailing services, etc. These demands increase at conferences and during travel. Almost inevitably, device batteries drain. One must sit near the wall, pole or wherever, to juice up. That could take an hour… or two. It is, as millennials would say, a huge bummer. However, one exciting technology could eradicate that dead battery stress. It's called wireless power, and it will energize smart cities.
In this case, wireless power is energy transfer over the air (OTA) using radio frequency (RF) signals. These RF signals carry energy, much like transmitting Wi-Fi signals that hold data. However, when a signal does not carry data, it can transfer energy.
Wireless power transfer is different from mainstream wireless charging, more appropriately called inductive charging. These wireless charging stations rely on electromagnetic induction coils. These coils transmit power to other coils in the device being charged. They require alignment and close contact between station and device. This system requires thermal engineering solutions to manage heat buildup.
True wireless power is over a distance using a transmitter-receiver system on a specific radio frequency. The transmitter sends the energy. Then, the receiver converts the RF signal to DC power. The beams do not pass through obstacles. They bounce off and around, making them safe for populated areas. This method is as efficient as wired or induction power charging.
Currently, there are two major players with market-ready wireless power products. One of them is Energous. It focuses on consumer electronics networks, like smart living rooms. The other is Ossia. This application best suits commercial electronics networks, like coffee shops and airports.
Both companies have emerged in the last year. Each of them relies on a different RF channel. Energous uses the 900MHz frequency on their WattUp transmitters. Ossia uses the 2.4GHz spectrum for its "Cota" standard.
Energous has different requirements for transmission, dependent on distance. It functions up to 15 feet away. For objects "mid-field" to "far-field," Energous uses beamforming. This process sends energy beams directly to a receiver from the WattUp transmitter. It is a software-managed system. It checks for Bluetooth devices to charge, their distance and their network authorization. In other words, the transmitter will not waste its energy trying to charge every electronic device in the room.
In contrast, Ossia's receivers send a low-power beacon signal first. Then the Cota Power Transmitter sends its energy along that signal pathway. From there, the process is the same: the receiver converts the RF to DC power. Multiple devices can signal at once and have RF beams directed at them specifically and simultaneously. Cota products have receiver chips, batteries or other power storage devices installed to send out these signals, convert the energy to power and store it.
In both instances, the charging device can move around the room. Its path of reception will adjust with it. However, in both instances, applicable devices must be relatively low-power, and charging times are slow. The charging, though slow, is continuous.
The most appealing use of wireless power is in smart cities, especially those connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) using 5G technology. These entities rely on a vast system of software, sensors, AI-enhanced robots and IoT devices to automate city tasks. The above systems require varying amounts of power. Devices like IoT require more power and continuously. OTA wireless power would ensure that none of these devices ever turn off.
For instance, consider the setting of a busy street intersection. It is alongside a riverfront park. Tourists and locals spend time at the park, taking photos and getting work done. The intersection experiences traffic often, with various incidences. Students use laptops at table sets. Others use e-readers, tablets and smart watches. Almost everyone has a smartphone on them.
Additionally, the city has a few IoT devices in range. The IIoT-enabled garbage machine sends notifications when reporting an error in operation. The intersection has a voltage monitoring IIoT device that monitors the streetlight's power. Each park lamp post has an IoT device equipped with acoustic and optical sensors: each can detect a gunshot and notify a hotline or automatically adjust its brightness.
Accordingly, a wireless power ecosystem is in place. Each of these IoT enabled devices is equipped with a receiver. Transmitter stations are located at key locations. They continuously charge the devices in the area, providing those devices have the correct authorization. Individuals can sign-in to the network and charge as well. Outlet structures are no longer required. Individuals work, play, and tour freely. Remote monitoring is constant, and complications or failures are predicted and avoided.
The amazing part of this technology is its availability right now and its applicability to all environments and edge-based networks. Devices that currently run on standard battery operation and wired charging retrofit easily. The construction of an adapted power ecosystem is the last stem in making the technology ubiquitous.
In short, if smart cities participate in the wirelessly powered IoT ecosystem, the successes will follow shortly. It will increase productivity. Tourists are more likely to be comfortable visiting. Safety costs could be decreased, and safety confidence could also rise.
Sealevel aims for products that are interoperable, durable and reliable. As we roll out more IoT hardware and software, we look forward to making our devices configurable for new waves of technology.


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Q: angular AOT and JIT on same project On angular5, i try to have on same project AOT compilation for most of my module/component... but i have one part who need to be JIT compiled.
For this second part, HTML come from Ajax request and contain some component tag who must be compiled by angular. To Manage this part i use directive who looks like :
export class ArticleLiveDirective implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {

    // [...]

    constructor(
        private container: ViewContainerRef,
        private compiler: Compiler
    ) { }

    // [...]

    private addHtmlComponent(template: string, properties: any = {}) {
        this.container.clear();
        //Force always rootDomElement.
        const divTag = document.createElement('div');
        divTag.setAttribute('id',this.currentId);
        divTag.innerHTML = template;
        template = divTag.outerHTML;

        // We create dynamic component with injected template
        @Component({ template })
        class ArticleLIveComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
            constructor(
                private articleService: ArticleService
            ) {}
            ngOnInit() {}
            ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {}
            ngOnDestroy() {}
            goToPage($event: Event, pagination: string) {
                this.articleService.askToChangeArticle(pagination);
                //Stop propagation
                $event.stopPropagation();
                return false;
            }

        }

        // we declare module with all dependencies
        @NgModule({
            declarations: [
                ArticleLIveComponent
            ],
            imports: [
                BrowserModule,
                MatTabsModule
            ],
            providers: []
        })
        class ArticleLiveModule {}

        // we compile it
        const mod = this.compiler.compileModuleAndAllComponentsSync(ArticleLiveModule);
        const factory = mod.componentFactories.find((comp) =>
            comp.componentType === ArticleLIveComponent
        );
        // fetch instance of fresh crafted component
        const component = this.container.createComponent(factory);
        // we inject parameter.
        Object.assign(component.instance, properties);
    }
}

As you can see i can call addHtmlComponent method to compile new component on runtime with custom HTML as template.
My template looks like :

Foo bar

<mat-tab-group>
  <mat-tab label="Tab 1">Content 1</mat-tab>
  <mat-tab label="Tab 2">Content 2</mat-tab>
</mat-tab-group>

Other content

everything work perfectly until i switch to AOT compilation (fyi i use : https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/tree/master/packages/%40ngtools/webpack)
Possible reason :
Main reason i guess is because AOT compilation delete "compiler" part of Angular from output compiled bundle.
What i have try
 - I have try to require it directly on my code but still is not present.
 - I have try to check how website like angular (or angular material) deal with it. But is not fit with my case. In fact, both already have compiled version of all examples in AOT version. Dynamic part is "just" content around sample.
If you want to check how angular material do it :
All Website examples for each component : https://github.com/angular/material2/tree/master/src/material-examples
Then they have loader :
https://github.com/angular/material.angular.io/blob/master/src/app/shared/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.ts#L85
Is may be right way to do it but i am don't know how to adapt it to manage, dynamic Tab content.

EDIT : i have add sample here : https://github.com/yanis-git/aot-jit-angular (branch Master)
As you will see, AOT compilation remove wall compiler from bundle, this result :
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve '@angular/compiler/src/config'

I have try to force compilater Factory on AppModule, but still no result.
I have another sample on same repo, but on branch "lazy-jit", now i have Compiler embed on the outputed bundle, but new error come to me :
ERROR Error: No NgModule metadata found for 'ArticleLiveModule'.

Who looks to be exactly same than this issue : https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/16033

A: Try this:
    import { Compiler, COMPILER_OPTIONS, CompilerFactory, NgModule } from '@angular/core';
    import { BrowserModule, } from '@angular/platform-browser';
    import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

    import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
    import { HelloComponent } from './hello.component';

    import { JitCompilerFactory } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';

    export function createCompiler(compilerFactory: CompilerFactory) {
      return compilerFactory.createCompiler();
    }

    @NgModule({
      providers: [
        { provide: COMPILER_OPTIONS, useValue: {}, multi: true },
        { provide: CompilerFactory, useClass: JitCompilerFactory, deps: [COMPILER_OPTIONS] },
        { provide: Compiler, useFactory: createCompiler, deps: [CompilerFactory] }
      ],
      imports: [BrowserModule, FormsModule],
      declarations: [AppComponent, HelloComponent],
      bootstrap: [AppComponent]
    })
    export class AppModule { }

CODE EXAMPLE

But JitCompiler still not able to create Dependency Injection tree. I
  suspect @Injectable to be remove from AOT part. But i can't do your
  trick.

In code example above, there is no decorators for NgModule and Component. So, it means there is no @Injectable too and they can't inject providers.  So why we don't write for @NgModule and @Component @Injectable decorator and only write it to Services?
Because, they have a decorators(@NgModule/@Components), Services not. And their decorators is sufficient for Angular to know that their are injectable.
CODE EXAMPLE with DI.
UPDATE:
Created custom wrapper CustomNgModule, CustomComponent and CustomInjectable decorators:
export function CustomComponent(annotation: any) {
    return function (target: Function) {
        const component = new Component(annotation);
        Component(component)(target);

    };
}

export function CustomNgModule(annotation: any) {
    return function (target: Function) {
        const ngModule = new NgModule(annotation);
        NgModule(ngModule)(target);
    };
}

export function CustomInjectable() {
  return function (target: Function) {
      const injectable = new Injectable();
      Injectable()(target);
  };
}

When building with AOT flag, Angular-CLI looks like cleans bundle
  from native decorators from parts of code which need to be compiled
  dynamically.
And where you want dynamically compile modules with components
  in AOT with DI functionality, replace native decorators
  (NgModule/Injectable...) with custom one to preserve decorators in
  AOT compilation mode:

lazy.module.ts:
@CustomComponent({
  selector: 'lazy-component',
  template: 'Lazy-loaded component. name:  {{name}}.Service
           {{service.foo()}}!',
  //providers: [SampleService]
})
export class LazyComponent {
  name;
  constructor(public service: SampleService) {
    console.log(service);
    console.log(service.foo());
  }
}

@CustomNgModule({
  declarations: [LazyComponent],
  providers: [SampleService]
})
export class LazyModule {
}

app.component.ts:
...
 ngAfterViewInit() {

    this.compiler.compileModuleAndAllComponentsAsync(LazyModule)
      .then((factories) => {
        const f = factories.componentFactories[0];
        const cmpRef = this.vc.createComponent(f);
        cmpRef.instance.name = 'dynamic';
      });
  }
...

CODE EXAMPLE 3

A: I've faced with same issue recently and gave up trying to solve for now.
Afaik this can not be done (for now) because angular removes metadata on production build.
We should try again after issue 8896 closed.

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Subcity Radio is proud to present a series of programming to celebrate the life and work of one of the most incredible musicians that ever lived. Despite passing tragically young, Arthur managed to produce a vast catalogue of work spanning disco, avant-garde and many more. From spending time in the Talking Heads to recording Buddist chants with Allen Ginsberg, no career in music is more unique.


Of course you know what Princess Diana wore for her wedding, which millions of people watched on TV live. But three days after the ceremony, Princess Diana and Prince Charles embarked on their honeymoon, and the photos aren't nearly as well-known as their famous nuptials. Princess Diana boarded her honeymoon cruise on the Royal Yacht Britannia wearing a cute matching set, including a white tie-front blouse and midi skirt in the same print.
Although the photo was taken in 1981, it would fit right in this year—in fact, Shopbop alone has over 50 different matching sets that are all perfect for summer. Read on to see the honeymoon outfit in question, as well as everything Princess Diana wore on the cruise, which included stops in Gibraltar, Greece, Egypt, and the Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Plus, shop our favourite matching sets on the market now.


Technical Co-Chairs Andrew Parsekian and Oliver Kuras remind SAGEEP Presenters that if you are from a country that requires a visa to enter the U.S., please ensure that you start the process of obtaining any required travel documents sufficiently early so that you will be able to attend the meeting. You may also contact the EEGS business office ([email protected]) for assistance with Letters of Invitation.
Posters form a significant and important part of the Technical Program for SAGEEP 2018, and we are excited to provide a poster presentation format designed to give posters maximum visibility and impact! This year, we are offering poster viewing time as follows: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday just outside the Technical Session rooms near the SAGEEP registration area. We are also offering an opportunity for Poster presenters to participate in a session named Poster Speed Talks on Monday, March 26th from 1:30 to 2:30 pm in Capitol II where authors will provide a short overview of their posters. Please note that all presentations will be included in the SAGEEP Best Paper Evaluation process.
Posters will be displayed during the hours listed in the program (notification of your day(s) has been sent). Posters should be put up by 8:00 am on the morning on the day of the poster session, and left up through the end time. On Wednesday, the Exhibit Hall closes at 4:00 p.m. and they begin dismantling the booths. Please be sure to remove your poster from the boards by 4:00 if you wish to retrieve it. All posters should be removed by the appointed time or they will be collected and recycled by the staff.
Those presenting posters should note their poster order, from a list in the poster area. The poster boards are 4 feet high and 8 feet long (actual space for posters). Presenters can either use Velcro tape or thumb tacks to affix posters to the board. Please ensure your poster is on display for the entire day, and that you are available at your poster during the coffee breaks and times specified for poster viewing on the Schedule at a Glance. In addition, a form will be provided so that those wishing an opportunity to contact you can provide their name, contact information and time of desired meeting or will list specific times when you will be available at your poster during other times of the day. You should attempt to be available at your poster for at least one (1) hour, other than at coffee breaks. These will be the times that conference attendees can interact with you, and when the SAGEEP Best Paper judges will be visiting posters.
The maximum poster dimension that can be accommodated is 4 feet high (48 inches, 120 cm) by 8 feet wide (96 inches, 242 cm), but smaller posters are acceptable as long as they are legible from a distance. All contextual formatting of the scientific content within the poster is flexible, with the exception that we would like you to put your Abstract Number in the upper left portion of your poster. Each board will have a 6 foot table set under it to accommodate space for the "Availability" sheets and any other documentation you would like to make available to conference attendees.
In addition to the Special Sessions topics, be sure to review the list of topics/subtopics below before submitting your abstract. You will be asked to select a topic in which your presentation would best fit. You will have the option to choose "other" if your abstract does not fit into one listed. The Technical Program Committee reminds you that in addition to the subtopics listed below, several special sessions are actively being organized and we expect to announce more soon. Recently added - Special Session: Geophysics for Urban Underground Space Development.
If you are from a country that requires a visa to enter the U.S., please ensure that you start the process of obtaining any required travel documents sufficiently early so that you will be able to attend the meeting. You may also contact the EEGS business office ([email protected]) for assistance with Letters of Invitation.


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Hypothetical Comics: The Question: Q & A
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If you know about the Question, then you know that he is one of the characters that was completely screwed over by the New 52. It wasn't simply that they changed some aspects of his character — they changed everything about him. Prior to the New 52, he was Vic Sage, a street-level character who wore a faceless mask and had a very zen attitude who then died and passed on his training and name to Renee Montoya. In the New 52, "the Question" is a cosmic entity who really has no face or name and "Vic Sage" was an evil bureaucrat who tried to kill the Suicide Squad when they found out how corrupt he was.
But now we are getting DC Rebirth, which is managing to fix a lot of the character problems of the New 52. So what better time to fix the Question then now, right?
Well, hypothetically, I have written an outline for a Question mini-series called The Question: Q & A. Since there is probably no possible way that DC would ever let me write it for them, I'll post it here.
Honestly, this may be terrible, but I had the urge to write it and it didn't go away. So here we go:
Issue #1: "Six Words"
Renee Montoya is chasing a criminal. A man named Bart Magan has been on a crime spree, but nobody could ever identify him since he used some sort of device to make his face and those of his crew completely blank. However, Montoya met with an unusual informant (Helena Bertinelli) who gave her a device that would deactivate Magan's device. During their meeting, Renee says she feels like she knows Helena somehow, but they've never met.
Renee manages to be at the next bank that the No-Face Gang rob and deactivates their faces and identifies Magan quickly. However, he rushes her and they set off on a chase throughout Gotham — one that ends, however, when Magan throws his No-Face device at Renee and it covers her face…
...and then she remembers someone named Charlie and a man telling her that some questions can only be answered by wearing a mask.
Bagan has escaped, but Renee is more concerned that there are gaps in her memory. She visits her old partner, Crispus Allen, and tells him about it. He tells her that she needs to figure out the Six Words: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How? If someone did tamper with her memory, she needs to find out who did it, what they did, where it happened, when it happened, why it happened, and how.
The only clue she has is the place where Magan looks like he fled, the place where he supposedly found the faceless device: Hub City. The city rings a bell with Renee and she realizes that she's been there, even though she doesn't remember when.
"One ticket to Hub City, please." Now she knows the where. One down, five to go.
Issue #2: "Five Suns"
Renee tracks Magan to an old lighthouse on the edge of Hub City, where she meets a man named Aristotle Rodor. Rodor tells her that Magan was there to ask for help, but Rodor turned him down. When asked about how they knew each other, Rodor reveals that Magan used to be "Dr. Arby Twain," his partner, and together, they developed a special bandage called "Pseudoderm" which would have made them millions...if it hadn't turned out to turn toxic when applied to open wounds. They quit the project and their partnership dissolved — and the last time Rodor had heard from Magan, he had been working on something called "Hypnos."
Renee realizes something is wrong, so she asks to go to the bathroom. When she opens the door, however, it's a closet...and "Rodor" appears behind her. "I don't actually know where the bathroom is in this place," he says as he pulls a gun and his face twists into Magan's. "Never asked." He hits her and pulls her up to the top of the lighthouse where the real Rodor is tied up.
Magan says that now that he has a hostage, he can force Rodor to give him the real Pseudoderm formula so he can go back to his crime spree now that his crude Hypnos device is broken. Renee wakes up as she is hanging from the edge of the lighthouse…
...and she remembers being in a different place, a place called Nanda Parbat, where a man named Richard Dragon is telling her about the Five Suns. "The Aztec believed that the world had ended and renewed itself four times and that they were living in the fifth world or sun. Each world before had been destroyed in some cataclysm and now it was their duty to wage a cosmic war to provide the sun nourishment."
"What does this have to do with Charlie?" Renee asks.
"Charlie died once and was renewed," Dragon says. "Just like the world. He fought his cosmic war for nourishment of the soul. He fought for what he believed. What do you believe?"
Renee is silent and then says, "How did they know this world, their world, wouldn't also end? If they fought a war, wouldn't that bring the cataclysm they feared?"
"They didn't fear the cataclysm," Dragon says. "They embraced it."
...Renee wakes up. She kicks Magan and lets herself fall. At the last minute, she grabs onto a ledge that she knew was there and kicks off the ropes tied to her legs. She slowly climbs back up the lighthouse until she reaches the top and finds that Magan has run off again.
As she unties the real Rodor, she asks him if he knew anybody named "Charlie." He says that name sounds familiar, but he doesn't know why. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door and Renee opens it to find Lady Shiva. "You are looking for someone that I, too, wish to find," she says. "I believe we can help one another."
Issue #3: "Four Causes"
Renee asks how Lady Shiva knew about her and what she was doing. "A little bird told me," she says. "And why would you want to help me?" Renee asks. "The man you are looking for," Shiva says, "I, too, look for him. I believe I knew him in some way. And I also know where Magan will run to next. So if you wish to capture him, you will help me."
As Renee prepares to leave with Shiva, Rodor pulls her aside. "I don't trust her," he says. "She named herself after a god of destruction, for Pete's sake."
"It does not merely mean Destroyer," Shiva says, hearing everything they said, "but also One who is Eternally Pure. And now I have an impurity. There is a piece of me that is missing. You know how that feels. You will help me."
Renee and Shiva leave and take a plane to where Shiva says Magan will show up next: Belle Reve Penitentiary, where Shiva says that Magan will try and bargain with "the Wall" for help. Renee asks how she knows this.
"Perhaps another bird told me," Shiva says. "Perhaps I know because it has already happened. Perhaps I can feel everything that affects me, everything that changes me. Do you know of the four causes, Montoya? They were spelled out by your friend's namesake, Aristotle. The first cause is the material cause, that thing which we are made of — our flesh and bone. The second cause is the formal cause, everything that makes me me. The third cause is the moving cause, everything that makes us change. And the fourth cause is the end cause. That is a thing's goal, a thing's ending. That which defines us is how we come to an end, Montoya. I know my ending. Do you?"
Shiva then tells Montoya that in order to get into Belle Reve, they will have to jump out of the plane and parachute in, which they do. Inside, they find that that Magan has drugged everyone in the place with a hallucinogenic gas. It starts to affect Renee as she sees a grave with the name "Vic Sage" on it and then a man without a face, a woman pleading with him to leave her, and then Lady Shiva embracing the chaos of Hub City.
Lady Shiva breaks her out of her hallucinations. "Come with me," she says, and together they wind themselves through Belle Reve until they meet Amanda Waller. She recognizes Shiva and tells her that Magan is here, althogh he didn't expect to meet her, but rather her replacement. "He didn't get the word that Sage was dead," Waller said.
"Did you say Sage?" Renee asks.
"Who are you?" Waller says. "Shiva's sidekick? I'm only doing this because she promised me a favor. You better do what you gotta do quick before I shoot that man myself for what he did to my people. He's holed up in the interrogation room." Waller points to it. "It's the one someone cleverly painted a question mark on."
Shiva tells Renee that she must go into the room alone. "Why?" Renee asks. "Because I know my causes. I know when I change. You must learn that, too." "Whatever," Renee says, pulls her gun, and kicks the door in.
Inside, Magan is lying in a pool of his own drool. Renee nudges him with her foot, but he barely moves, only saying one thing: "Who makes the world?" "What happened to you?" Renee asks him.
"He asked a question he didn't want to know the answer to," a voice says. Renee turns out and everything turns blue.
"Hello, Renee," the voice says. "Let's chat."
Issue #4: "Three Wishes"
There is a man in the room with Renee. The walls are blue and there is a man, but Renee cannot see him. She knows that he is there and that his skin is blue (somehow), but she can't see him.
"Who are you?" she asks.
"That's a good question," the voice says. "I am not truly sure what you should call me. I have thought of many answers to that question, but none are fully adequate to explain my being or purpose. Perhaps, then, it is better to simplify, to describe me in turns of mythology. Perhaps, then, I should be called a Genie. Is that adequate, Renee Montoya?"
"Not even close," Renee says. "What did you do to him?" She gestures to Magan.
"That's not as good a question," the Genie says. "He was merely a puppet. I changed aspects of time and space and placed him where you would notice. I changed him because I wanted to see how things to turn out. I wanted to see what you would do."
"What?" Renee says. "You're saying you're just...pulling our strings? For what? Your own amusement?"
"I derive no amusement from this," the Genie says. "I do this for your own good. My goal is to make a better world."
"According to who?" Renee asks. "Who chooses what happens in your better world?"
"I do," the Genie says. "You are still not asking the right questions. Perhaps it would be better if you used your first wish." "Wish?" "Oh yes. I did describe myself as a Genie, did I not? Then do I not grant three wishes? You may ask for anything."
"I want to remember Charlie," Renee says. "I want to remember everything that was taken away from me."
"Done." Montage time: Renee, Two-Face, Crispus Allen dying, Renee's bloody knuckles, drinking, meeting Charlie, learning about the Religion of Crime, Charlie dying, Renee putting on the mask and becoming the Question.
"I…" Renee looks down at herself. "What did you do to me?"
"I told you," the Genie says. "I changed things."
"But...Charlie," Renee says. "I didn't remember him. Neither did Tot. He's just...gone. You didn't change him, you erased him."
"Yes, he was a different case," the Genie says. "He...reminded me of someone. But I did not erase him. Rather, I dismantled him into his component parts."
"What the hell does that mean?"
"I gave a body and name to his ambition," the Genie says. "And then I gave a body and no name to his purpose, to his cause. I made him into two. And never the twain shall meet."
"Fix him," Renee says. "Bring him back."
"Is that your second wish?" the Genie asks. "Yes," Renee replies.
The Question and Vic Sage appear and merge together. Then they collapse onto the ground. Renee crawls forward and removes his mask. He chokes out a cough. "Renee?" he asks. Then he coughs up more blood.
"What's wrong with him?" Renee asks.
"You asked me to bring him back," the Genie says, "not to make him healthy. He has lung cancer. Like all creatures, he is dying."
"Make him healthy, then," Renee says. "Get rid of his lung cancer."
"Is that your third wish?" the Genie asks. "Yes," Renee replies.
Charlie screams as black goop is pulled through his chest and to the blue-skinned man that Renee can only see out of the corner of her eye. "I have granted your three wishes," the Genie says. "You have disappointed me, Renee Montoya. I expected better questions."
"Go to hell," Renee says, but the walls have turned from blue to white and the Genie is gone. Now there is only Renee and Charlie. She helps him up and then leads him out. "Come on, Charlie," she says. "Come on, Danny Boy."
"Oh Danny Boy," Charlie says, "I remember that. The pipes, the pipes…"
Issue #5: "Two Questions, One Answer"
Amanda Waller is standing in front of Renee Montoya, her voice a yell. "Can you please explain to me how you entered a room and came out with a DEAD MAN who is now SUDDENLY ALIVE? A man who, apparently, has no memories of any of the terrible things he did, but rather thinks he someone else entirely?"
Renee shrugs. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she says. "Let's just say a wizard did it."
"I'm not letting him go," Waller says. "Vic Sage was responsible for a number of deaths."
"Not this Vic Sage," Renee says. "Think of him as, say, a double of your Vic Sage. He didn't do the things the other Vic Sage did. In fact, he was dead at the time. Or a cosmic entity. It's hard to explain."
"I don't care," Waller says. "He's still not leaving." The door opens and on the other side is Shiva. "Yes, he is, Amanda Waller. I have been talking with him and he has filled me in on the things that I have been missing. In exchange, I have agreed to take him and Renee out from this place."
"And how are you going to do that surrounded by my men?" Waller asks.
"And how are your men going to stop me?" Shiva asks. Waller looks at her and they have a staring contest until Waller blinks. "Take 'em. I don't want to do the paperwork anyway."
Renee leaves the room and goes outside to talk with Charlie. He's staring up at the sky and the stars. "How much do you remember?" Renee asks.
"All of it," Charlie says. "The last thing I said was that...you had to change. Like butterflies."
"I did," Renee says. "I became the Question. I did a lot of good. And then...the world changed. Somehow."
"Somehow," Charlie says. "But everything changes. And we change with it. And now it comes down to two questions."
"And what questions would those be?" Renee says.
"Where do you want to go?" Charlie asks. "And what do you want to do?"
"I have better questions," Renee says. "Who are you and who do you want to be?"
"Yes, those are good questions," Charlie says.
In Hub City, Izzy O'Toole chases a perp down an alleyway where he is ambushed by a gang. BUt then, from the rooftops, drop down two faceless figures. They beat the gang as Izzy looks on in wonder. "Never heard of a superhero coming to Hub City," he says. "What do I call you two?"
At the lighthouse, Tot brings out three cups of coffee as Renee packs. "Are you sure I can't persuade you to stay?" Tot says. "After what you've done, it seems so inadequate to just...watch you leave."
"I need to get back to Gotham," Renee says. "I have a job that I've neglected. And another job that I need to get back, too, as well." She smiles. "But I'll be in touch. Maybe visit for Christmas or something."
"Hannukah would be nice," Tot says. "Then it's a date," Renee says. She leaves the lighthouse to see Charlie sitting in his car right outside. "You taking me to the airport?" she asks.
"The least I can do," he says. "You brought me back to life and I'll drive you to the airport, but that's it. Then we're even."
"Not even close," Renee laughs. "And what about you? Are you sure you want to stay here?"
Charlie looks around. "A long time ago, I died and then came back to life. And then I came back here, determined to make it better. And now I realize that's a terrible thing to do — to try and make a city 'better'. It's one thing to help people, but it's another to think you know what would make them better. Eventually, I realized that I failed and I had to leave the city, leave it to the chaos. I should have realized: you can't control the chaos. You can only help. You do what you can and then you do some more. And now that I've died and come back again...I think perhaps I'll stay here this time and see how I can help."
"That's a good answer," Renee says. "Kemo sabe."
"C'mon," Charlie says as they drive off into the sunset. "Let's go."
Bart Magan is now locked up in Belle Reve. "Who makes the world?" he says over and over again.
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Adam Richard Wiles (n. 17 ianuarie 1984), cunoscut mai mult după numele de scenă Calvin Harris, este un DJ, cântăreț, cantautor și producător muzical scoțian. El deține casa de discuri Fly Eye Records. Albumul său de debut, I Created Disco, lansat în 2007, a fost certificat cu aur de către British Phonographic Industry, și conținte single-urile de top 10 "Acceptable in the 80s" și "The Girls". Cel de-al doilea său album de studio, Ready for the Weekend (2009), a atins poziția #1 în UK Album Chart și include piesa "I'm Not Alone", care a debutat pe poziția #1 în UK Singles Chart, hitul de top 5 "Ready for the Weekend", și single-urile "Flashback" și "You Used to Hold Me".

Un album remix intitulat L.E.D. Festival din iulie 2010, a fost lansat ca album liber în ediția din august a Mixmag. În octombrie 2012, Harris a lansat cel de-al treilea său album de studio, 18 Months, care conține single-urile "Bounce", "Feel So Close", "Let's Go", "We'll Be Coming Back", "Sweet Nothing", "Drinking from the Bottle", "I Need Your Love", și "Thinking About You", fiecare din ele intrând în UK Top 10. Calvin Harris a scris și a produs piese și pentru alți artiști, printre care Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Dizzee Rascal, Cheryl Cole, Example și Rihanna — "We Found Love", un succes internațional și unul din cele mai bine vândute single-uri din toate timpurile.

Harris deține recordul pentru cele mai multe hituri de top 10 în UK Singles Chart de pe un singur album de studio, cu nouă hituri, surclasându-l pe Michael Jackson. Conform Forbes, Calvin Harris a fost cel mai bine plătit DJ în 2013, încasând aproximativ 46 de milioane $.

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Devon & Cornwall Police
Parents feared US-style massacre at school in Cornwall after map and plan found
Map featured detailed layout of the school and a plan to take in a gun and open fire on the 1,500 pupils
Police pictured at Richard Lander School this morning
Parents in Cornwall kept their children home from school amid fears a pupil was planning a US-style massacre.
Earlier today Police confirmed they were called in after a pupil made a threat towards The Richard Lander School in Truro - but scotched rumours armed officers attended the incident.
Parents were demanding an explanation after hearing rumours armed police had turned up on two occasions this week.
Now it has emerged worried parents kept their kids out of school today after police were made aware of a threat by a boy - to shoot fellow pupils, after a after a map featuring a "plan of action" was discovered in the cafeteria on Wednesday.
Cornwall Council has since issued a statement saying there is no danger to life and the school is now claiming it was just an 'elaborate prank'.
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The map and "plan of action" have since been circulated on social media, and it contains a detailed layout of the school and a plan to take in a gun and open fire on the 1,500 pupils.
One parent said: "It emerged on Wednesday and the school has tried to keep it quiet, but there have been cops there ever since.
"There's a drawing and plan of action doing the rounds on social media.
"There was mention of a BB gun and real gun and a lot of kids have been being scared.
"Some parents have kept their kids out of school today (Friday) which is the day it was going to happen and the school haven't said anything."
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Another parent said the school had eventually assured her it was a "prank that got out of hand".
But Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed they were called after a pupil made a threat towards the school.
A spokesman said: "Police have been informed this week that a pupil had made a threat towards Richard Lander School.
"We have worked with the appropriate partner agencies to ensure this threat was assessed and handled appropriately.
"The police are content that this threat was not viable and the local policing team will continue liaising with the school to monitor the situation.
"At no time have armed police attended the school."
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The school declined to comment and passed all enquiries on to Cornwall Council.
A council spokesman said: "As soon as the school became aware of the actions of a student this week in which the student appeared to threaten the school, it took action by informing the appropriate local authority safeguarding agencies which include the police.
"Investigations have confirmed that the student did not intend harm and that there is no danger to students or staff at the school."
But other parents said they were mostly angry at the lack of communication from the school which left pupils scared about what might happen.
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One mother said: "I was pretty appalled with the lack of communication from Richard Lander School.
"Having spoken to them today both over the phone and face to face they're saying it's a prank that's got out of hand.
"They assured me that it's safe to attend and that in conjunction with the police it is being dealt with."
Another parent said her daughter was "scared" and had to be reassured by the incident.
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She said: "There is police there now. All the parents are calling the school so the phones are constantly off the hook.
"My daughter just wanted to come home so I've been telling her it's safe."


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What are the Texas laws for underage drunk driving?
Drunk driving charges in Texas are taken very seriously and are clearly a violation of the law. This issue is compounded when the charge is underage drunk driving. Those who are arrested and charged with underage DUI must be aware of the punishments that will accompany a conviction. Understanding the law is the first step to dealing with these charges for a person who is under the age of 21.
Texas has what is known as "zero tolerance" for people under the legal drinking age operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. With that, it is against the law for a person who is under the age of 21 to drive with any alcohol whatsoever in their system. It also includes those operating watercraft. When a person is convicted, there are multiple punishments they will face. For a first offense, it will be a Class C misdemeanor with a fine of up to $500. The person will also have to take part in a class for alcohol awareness; perform 20 to 40 hours of community service; and have his or her driver's license suspended for 60 days. In addition, the person cannot receive an occupational license for the first 30 days.
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Plymouth Para-rower set to embark on first GB Rowing Team training camp
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Sophie Harris received a Karen Betts 'Gift of Confidence' in April for her inspirational work in overcoming leg amputation and training with the GB Rowing Team's Para-rowing Development Squad
Sophie Harris at the Karen Betts 'Gift of Confidence' day (Photo: Neale Haynes)
Just twelve months ago, Sophie Harris was recovering from the amputation of her left leg. Fast forward a year, and the Plymouth rower is preparing to travel on her first training camp with the GB Rowing Team Para-rowing squad.
Following years of battling with talipes (commonly known as Club Foot), arthritis and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Harris decided that amputation was the best option. A month before her surgery she realised a long-term ambition by joining a rowing club.
She got her first taste of the sport at Mayflower Offshore RC in Plymouth and later contacted British Rowing about taking up Para-rowing. That led to her being invited onto the development squad in December.
"[Rowing] was something I always wanted to do, but I never had enough time to see if it was something that was going to become something," Harris said.
"I spent four weeks rowing with Mayflower Offshore RC in Plymouth, who took me on board knowing I would become an amputee and I got the rowing bug.
"I emailed British Rowing to say that I was about to become an amputee and wanted to pursue my new love of rowing. All of a sudden I've got Hannah Lawton emailing me to invite me for talent ID."
Following her surgery, Harris raised money through grants and sponsorship to enable her to purchase a rowing-specific prosthetic leg, which has seen her times continually improving under the guidance of coach Simon Gifford-Mead at Dart Totnes ARC and Ella Willott, British Rowing's England Talent Pathway coach for Para-rowing.
Harris admits she's also taking the bull by the horns off the water as well. Her hard work being recognised by the Karen Betts 'Gift of Confidence' award, which saw four inspirational women treated to a day of beauty treatments, hair styling, professional make up and a new outfit for the evening's reception.
"I got the emails and thought 'well, they can't be for me', and I got one saying I'd been shortlisted. Little old me from Plymouth, I didn't think I'd be coming up to London for something other than rowing!"
Harris will join other members of the Para-rowing development squad alongside the members of the Paralympic squad at the training camp in Varese, which runs between 9-22 May.
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Setting a Precedent - A WIN for the Riding Community
The news spread like wild fire yesterday when second year U of A law student - Stuart Young's - Motorcycle Noise Bylaw ticket was thrown out of court.
The main stream news is filled with the news.
www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Edmon...d/4303380/story.html
www.canada.com/news/Motorcyclist+wins+ca...t/4303482/story.html
www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/LocalNews/story.aspx?ID=1366271
www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/index.htm...kbQCXTtKnFUj_DsJdF9F
www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/index.htm...fjYyNGJm5oEdy9EpUcxa
edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews...17/?hub=EdmontonHome
www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2011/02...le-noise-ticket.html
www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2011/02/17/17319266.html
I have been sitting on the knowledge for three weeks that Liane Langlois had helped Stuart Young with the research that he used to successfully fight his ticket - and that Stuart Young was as prepared as he could be - prepared enough that the judge hearing the case wanted three weeks before rendering a verdict. The commissioner did his home work, he read the documentation, watched the videos and determined that the EPS had administered the test improperly and much more.
Some city councilors now appear to be trying to distance themselves from the issue - some coming out publicly to say that they had been skeptical and thought this would be the result - the old - I told you so's - they are beginning to come out of the wood work.
From iNews 880: "I wasn't in favour of the bylaw to start with," says Coun. Tony Caterina. "One of my concerns was that this would be virtually impossible totally to enforce. I think we've used our police service for this, rather than things that are more important. "I think this is now an indication of where this might go. The technology supposedly is there, but as we see with this first one, it wasn't there to substantiate a ticket.
City lawyers are saying this ticket being thrown out will have no bearing on the cases to come. Stuart however feels he can provide others with a means to fight their tickets.
In this chess game - the next move is up to the city - there are talks of appeals and the officer in charge of the testing is confident that he and his officers just need time to work out the bugs. But that begs the question - why weren't they prepared right off the hop?
According to CTV : "We'll grow and adapt and if there are any issues, we'll address them. But our 2011 Excessive Noise Program is going to roll out much as it did last year," said Const. Eric Theuser, who oversees the program.
The officer in charge of the Excessive Noise Program says police were properly prepared before the bylaw came into effect.
About 35 EPS members received a full day of training.
Liane Langlois has worked tirelessly on finding a way to get this unjust bylaw repealed. Now if a civil rights lawyer could be found there just might be a way to see this bylaw repealed and either make noise testing mandatory for all vehicles that use the roads OR scrap it completely.
I for one personally believe that the City of Edmonton has met their match in Liane Langlois and Stuart Young - these two have done their research and while there are many neigh sayers out there that do not believe this bylaw can be repealed - I, however am of the frame of mind that you should NEVER discount the efforts of a small and determined group of people.
"We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."
I hope that EVERY RIDER out there has learned a valuable lesson - COMMUNICATION, ACTION and DETERMINATION are key to getting fair treatment (or getting anything done for that matter) - if you actually get off your duffer and do something - if you join forces with others - WE, the RIDING COMMUNITY CAN affect change. The bend over the desk with no Vaseline attitude NEEDS to stop NOW!
If you got a ticket, FIGHT IT. Let's keep up the pressure - let's work TOGETHER for the common good here folks - while the ball is currently in the city's corner - we need to be mounting the next stage of this fight - raising some money and finding a lawyer to take the City of Edmonton and the EPS service to court for wasting taxpayers money and for discrimination - at least that is my humble opinion - what say you?
I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!
I am leaving Edmonton for Red Deer in a couple of hours - I am looking forward to the hugs and the chats! This news should make discussions lively!
The news spread like wild fire yesterday when second year U of A law student - Stuart Young's - Motorcycle Noise Bylaw ticket was thrown...
Mackie Harley-Davidson's Owner thwarts would be theives and a lot more news
Belt Drive 0 In the News 6:14 AM
In Oshawa, the owner of Mackie Harley-Davidson prevented a theft of a $500 leather jacket from his store.
From the Durham Region News:
Mr. Mackie said the man put the leather coat on underneath another coat.
"We asked them to come back in and go through the security system," Mr. Mackie said. "They said he was too busy and he had bad legs."
Mr. Mackie was now standing in front of the couple's car and he told them he would call the police.
A woman was driving and she began to go forward, forcing Mr. Mackie onto the hood of the car as they drove away. They went east on Champlain Avenue to Thornton Road, then north.
"There was a lot of yelling and shouting," he said.
The driver began "driving crazy," trying to force Mr. Mackie off the car.
"The whole time I was worried about my life. The man said he'd go back to the store," Mr. Mackie said. "They pulled over and I hopped off the car and they sped off."
Now I applaud Mr. Mackie for wanting to protect his store and inventory, but as Mr. Mackie himself is quoted saying: "It wasn't one of my smarter moves, but my adrenaline was pumping. I got caught up in the moment."
In BC we now have the pay before you pump law because a young man didn't know to call the police instead of chasing the would be robber. As much as we want to sometimes, vigilante justice, protecting your own property can cost you your life and sometimes the fall out is dumb, knee jerk reaction laws the rest of us have to put up with. Please use caution - your life is worth so much more than the property you are defending.
Another item that caught my eye this morning was one from The Motley Fool.
In the article he questions the wisdom of Harley-Davidson relying so heavily on India and other international divisions to generate their forecast income. He expresses that the open road feeling that Harley-Davidson sells in their marketing just isn't a reality in countries like India. He says that the time it takes to get to an open highway can be hours.
If you are investing on the stock market, if you are contemplating buying anyone's stock, research into a company and it's chosen path is vital. I feel this article could be relevant to anyone thinking of investing in Harley-Davidson - it is one more path to enlightenment.
I invite you to read his entire article - I think it is written from a place of understanding.
Like every day I welcome your comments on the stories of the day - your feedback is important to myself and the rest of the community - through sharing we become stronger and more united. Join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook , the Forums on www.beltdrivebetty.com or here in my blog.
Atlanticade will return to St Andrews NB but the dates will be different
In BC - Other Non Profit events want the proposed festivals bylaw in Salmon Arm shelved until January of 2012
In Kansas, Big Dog motorcycles has withdrawn their request for a tax relief extension.
In Nebraska they are contemplating relaxing helmet laws
For those traveling in the US the new ride guide from Motorcycle-USA might be a handy tool
For those who love their motorcycle magazines, Cycle News has gone digital
We came across an old Steve McQueen commercial on Superbike Planet.
There is tons of news and sports news to be had today - check out www.beltdrivebetty.com where we sift through the news so you don't have to.
The Beat the PMS Blues on Line Show 'n' Shine voting is going well. You can vote for your favorite machines in each category every day! Voting ends March 3rd.
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Don't forget to add your events to our Canadian Motorcycle Event Calendars - once approved your event is shareable to 86 social networks, by email, Facebook and Twitter not to mention 5 styles of calendars and by RSS Feed. We are working to bring our community closer together by providing as much event information, riding club and charity information as possible - your help to accomplish this lofty goal is VITAL! Make sure your club information is accurate and make sure you use our events calendars to promote your local community events to others!
Well - I have a newspaper to finish and a ton of packing to do to get ready to leave in the morning for the Red Deer Motorcycle Show here in Alberta.
You have a fabulous Hump Day,
In Oshawa, the owner of Mackie Harley-Davidson prevented a theft of a $500 leather jacket from his store. From the Durham Region News:...
Businesses say Daytona Bike Week Vendors hurt business
A rather interesting article came out of Daytona Florida.
It appears that some businesses would like to see the vendors at Daytona Bike Week be gone.
Why? Because there are property owners who collect a ton of rent from vendors twice a year (for Bike Week and Biketoberfest) and leave their rental buildings vacant the rest of the year.
One store owner said it is a bad look for Daytona to have so many store fronts closed all year long and feels that these "businesses" should have to be open all year long.
From WESH 2.com:
Twice a year, you have a bunch of tenants come here, collect a ton of rent. Come Monday, the tenants go and so does the money that should have been flowing through the economy," Politis said.
There are some full-time businesses on Main Street, but plenty of empty store fronts that property owners rent out for special events. They can make a small fortune renting space just a few weeks a year.But the stores stay empty the rest of the time in the heart of downtown -- in the shadow of the Ocean Center looking to attract conventions.
Politis said an empty Main Street makes for a bad image.
So, what would you think if you owned a store that was open all year round in Daytona Beach - or anywhere for that matter and have half or more of the other stores in the downtown district closed even in high tourist season?
If you were the person who had an empty store that you gained enough revenue from renting it for 3-4 weeks a year that you didn't feel the need to open a real store - what would you say?
Man - this is one topic where I can see both sides of the equation and yet I see a different way of looking at this... my question would be - instead of getting rid of the vendors who come to Daytona specifically to offer wares to riders - why aren't these store fronts being rented out during High Tourist Season? Now there's a question I would like an answer to. Somehow the motorcycle rally vendors are being blamed for this situation, not sure that is fair.
Your thoughts on this topic are, like every day, welcomed.
You just never know what one can learn from sharing opinions and ideas.
Honda reports an increase in Motorcycle sales as does Triumph.
BMW has it's 2012 pricing available on ther 1600 GT and GL Models
Bikers in the United Arab Emirates are not spending as much on luxury buys including motorcycles
The German Motorcycle maker, Horex reveals it's patent for the W8 configuration on their V6 Roadster.
Harley-Davidson reveals it's first video creative from their new ad agency Victor & Spoils It's an interesting idea - I personally am not sure it hits the mark though.
You tell me after you watch it: http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/index.php/whats-hot/bdb-tv/viewvideo/658/manufacturer-commercials/h-d1-factory-customization
There is a ton of news today on www.beltdrivebetty.com hope to see you there!
Make sure you cast your votes today for your favorite bikes in our Beat the PMS Blues on line Show 'n' Shine. One lucky winner will come away with a Drift HD170 video camera.
There is also a Doran 360M Tire Pressure Monitoring system up for grabs not to mention leather goods, hotel stays, food, tattoos, event tickets and more - help us determine the winners! You can vote once per 24 hour period until March third!
So what did you get for Valentine's Day? I got flowers and a card from hubby and my cat got me a card about doing the important things in life like scratching his head, changing his litter box, feeding him and rubbing his belly - he said he hoped I had a great Valentine's Day and signed it - from the one who runs the house! Cats - go figure... What a great card!
I am outta here for today - tons of work left to accomplish before I hit the road to the Red Deer Motorcycle Show here in Alberta this weekend.
Have a freaking awesome Tuesday everyone.
A rather interesting article came out of Daytona Florida. It appears that some businesses would like to see the vendors at Daytona Bike W...
Food And Motorcycles
There is one thing that most riders will agree on outside of their love for their
motorcycle, they love food - the fresh air and open road seem to stimulate the appetite.
One motorcycle shop has decided to combine the two.
There is a BBQ joint inside Jarman's Sportcycles in Virgina.
The owners say it is a great addition to their business - having their life long friend who was a motocross racer their shop used to sponsor, bring his BBQ lunch counter into their shop.
From the Daily Progress:
But Mr. Chips ain't no tarted-up, wussified palace of pretension with plastic plants and faux antiques screwed to the walls. No, sir. This is a classic lunch counter. There's 'cue, and stew, soda, chips and iced tea. The motor milieu includes real motorcycles such as a classic Triumph Bonneville that can be revved up to provide a little dinner music.
"Well, yes. I think it's very odd to have a barbecue restaurant in a motorcycle shop. We may even have the only one in the United States of America. I don't know," says Chip, spooning up a bun full of pulled pork for a sandwich. "It's certainly something I've never seen before."
Sounds like a great destination ride to me!
The voting continues in the Beat the PMS Blues on line Show 'n' Shine
Singer Macy Gray gives away a First Aide Motorcycle in Jerusalem
A unique Motorcycle Hunt to boost business in Arizona - you could win a $35K motorcycle
The Elephant Snow Ride in Colorado made the news
Rockers Alice Cooper and George Thorogood are entertaining at the Buffalo Chip for Sturgis this year
An Ontario Motorcycle Tourism Map is in the news again!
There are many more stories in the news and sports from the weekend and today on www.beltdrivebetty.com
I have a ton to do before I leave for the Red Deer Motorcycle Show this Thursday.
I am looking forward to seeing a ton of you riders from that Central Alberta country!
Have an incredible Monday
There is one thing that most riders will agree on outside of their love for their motorcycle, they love food - the fresh air and open ro...
Setting a Precedent - A WIN for the Riding Communi...
Mackie Harley-Davidson's Owner thwarts would be th...
Businesses say Daytona Bike Week Vendors hurt busi...


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Men in skirts. Women playing guitars. You'll find all this and much, much more at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's Pueblo Canario during your Gran Canaria holidays. Put on your dancing shoes as they positively encourage audience participation.
The Canarian Village
Pueblo Canario is the recreation of a Canarian village in the heart of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It borders Parque Doramas and is well worth a visit any time of the week. However, if you go on Thursday afternoons or Sunday mornings, you'll be able to watch a free concert of traditional Canarian folk music.
Some songs will be instrumental; others will include singers. Whether they're musicians or dancers, who join in on some of the numbers, all members of the group are kitted out in authentic costumes which have been worn for generations. Somehow I can't imagine morris dancers in England pulling on a skirt as both the male and Canarian folk dancers do.
I've often walked through Pueblo Canario at the weekend, on my way to taking my two youngest boys to the Sunday show for kids in Parque Doramas. But today was different as we stopped to watch the Agrupación Folklórica San Cristóbal who celebrate their 50th anniversary in October. Despite playing a traditional set, they had members younger than me; teenagers who you'd think would be more into reggaeton than music where the timple, a pygmy guitar, plays an integral part.
During the concert, women members of the group tour the tables of the Pueblo's Bodega where you can enjoy a beer or coffee. They're selling various CDs of the group in concert and studio. And on the day I visit, they're doing a roaring trade.
Agrupación Folklórica San Cristóbal alternate at the Pueblo Canario with Agrupación Folclórica Roque Nublo. The latter recently entered the Guinness Book of World Records, for the longest performance of Canarian folk music ever. They encouraged spectators to dress in traditional Canarian costumes as part of the Fiestas Fundacionales, celebrating the anniversary of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's foundation, which took place outside the cathedral in Plaza Santa Ana.
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Kat's 9 Lives: Big Gay Ice Cream Truck : One Word - CHOINKWICH!
This is a long overdue post but a post worth the wait. I was so excited to be going to NYC and trying the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. After seeing and hearing about the Choinkwich, I knew I had to have it. How can anyone resist ice cream and BACON! O=9 This truck just sounded like loads of fun. They mix many different ingredients that might sound weird as a topping, but I just found them to be absolutely enticing. I am just tired of the same old flavors and toppings. It was time for something unique and new to invigorate the taste buds. To top things off, the man behind the truck is such a sweet guy that you would want to come visit him all the time!
At first I was only going to get one ice cream and 2 Choinkwiches, but then I saw what they had to offer. I couldn't stop myself from ordering almost everything and holding up the line. There was talk about the Choinkwiches running out if you don't get there early enough and I was crossing my fingers that they would still be available when I got there. Lucky for me that they still had some. I had to make the most of it and ordered 3 off the bat. It's Chocolate Ice Cream and Caramelized Bacon sandwiched between Chocolate Cartwheel Cookies. Does that not sound absolutely heavenly? I am so glad that I was super greedy and ordered a bunch of these. The bacon was perfectly cooked. It's a thick cut full of savory and sweet flavor. The saltiness really complimented the chocolate ice cream flavor and enhanced the texture. I think I might be drooling on my laptop. This was so wonderful that I had to put 2 photos up to pay homage to such a wonderful treat. Even the name is super cute!
The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is known for their unique toppings. They range from Olive Oil & Sea Salt to Cayenne Peppers. One topping that caught my eye was Wasabi Pea Dust. The bright green dust covering the ice cream was just so alluring that I had to try it. I thought that Ms. Lin would really enjoy this mix of savory, sweet, and spice. The sweetness really complimented the wasabi flavor.
While I was looking around at what they had to offer, I happened to come across a tasty treat called the Salty Pimp. The name alone was enough for me to want this dessert. I also thought this would be something that Ms. Lin would really like because it was a combo of Vanilla Ice Cream, Dulce de Leche, Sea Salt, and dipped in Chocolate. She loves salty caramel and I thought this would be right down her alley.
As if I wasn't greedy enough, I also happened to see that they had a Hot Chocolate... It is their home brew mulled with Cayenne and Cinnamon then Honey-Sweetened served over Vanilla Ice Cream affogato-style then topped with Whipped Cream. How could I resist? I am not in NYC a lot so I had to make the most of it. I liked how the spiciness of the cayenne really popped. The hot chocolate was not overly sweet and full of flavor.
The big gay ice cream truck makes me smile.
Bacon goes with everything! What the heck are you doing in New York?
K! I can't find your email address. I love that second picture of the cones in a tray. I wonder if I can get a high-res from you? Would you email me to discuss it?


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15 Minutes: a podcast about fame
Jul 21 Episode 8 - Hearty White
Also available on Spotify, iTunes, and pretty much everywhere pods are cast! (just search for "15 minutes jamie berger).
This is going up a bit later than we'd like, so, here, more or less verbatim, are the intro and outro for the episode:
Hearty White is someone who's incredibly famous . . . to the people to know and love his work. His radio show, Miracle Nutrition, blesses the faithful on Thursday nights at 7pm on WFMU, the eclectic, extremely independent, and unquestionably legendary radio station based in New Jersey but available anywhere. Go to WFMU.org for more on the station often called the best radio station in America.
This is our first hour-long 15 Minutes. By now many of you realize that while 15 Minutes is the name of the show, it is NOT the length of the episodes, but a reference to the Andy Warhol's now ubiquitous statement about fame.
We recorded our conversation right after Hearty's June 9th episode aired, and during our conversations, I make a couple of references to the that aren't self-explanatory:
I refer to a time Hearty mentions in the show when he and friends spotted Mel Brooks one night when they were out watching the ponies at Calder Race Course in South Florida.
I also mention times when Hearty goes up to New Jersey for FMU fund drives and other events, when he experiences his odd fame, is welcomed by more fans than sees at one time anywhere else.
That's about all you need to know for now. I hope you enjoy the episode even a fraction as much as I enjoyed making it.
Just in case it's not clear to someone out there, I had an incredible talking to Hearty. I have a whole bunch of thoughts about this episode, which was our first 15 Minutes with someone I'd never met before, especially the risks of what I'll call "fanzone-ing" myself when talking to someone whose work I so highly esteem. Hearty turned out to be a perfect first guest in this risk group because he's just so gracious and generous. If you're new to Hearty White, his June 9th Episode would be a great place to start after listening to this. You can find it on iTunes or, again, through WFMU.org.
Okay, I'm going save the rest of my thoughts for episode 10, when I'll indulge in a little reflection of these first few months.
For now though, if you're new 'round these parts, please go to 15minutesjamieberger.com for what you'd expect to find, including info on the first seven episodes you've missed (with John Hodgman, Tim Lockfeld, Case Hudson, Mark Berger, Lois Parkison, Annie Duke, and Monte Belmonte) and how you can participate in this exploration of fame.
I've also posted links on our 15minutesjamieberger.com to just a few of the cultural giants that came up in our conversation.
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Anna Keeler is a poet and fiction writer attending Rollins College. She is currently a columnist for The Odyssey Online, as well as the poetry editor for Brushing Literary Magazine. Her work has been published or is upcoming in Crab Fat Literary Magazine and Red Fez Literary Journal. She lives in Winter Park, FL.
licking comet dust from the hairs of his beard.
bits of his heart dispersed into each of our chests.
the constellations he couldn't align.
and deceived in the manner men did to their wives.
words on a page superseding the worth of the flesh.
two sides of the same coin, each of differing value.
As she flowed to the sounds of violins playing in her head.
with the turn of humor on her tongue.
As he begged it for more?
He surrendered himself for the good of the sky, until the day I was born.
blinking in a light that only I could see..
and watch him as he tasted the sky.
and looked the other way while I placed it on my tongue.
and my soul distilled between the vast galaxies.
and a stick would wave my arms to the dark.
creating messages only I could understand.
the world I live in now far beneath me.
hidden in galaxies I was unable to touch.
was part of him once again.


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Le Grand Œdicnème (Esacus recurvirostris) est une espèce de grands oiseaux limicoles du sud de l'Asie de la famille des Burhinidae.

Description
C'est un grand limicole, d'une longueur de 49-55 cm, avec un bec de 7 cm de long, massif et légèrement recourbé vers le haut. Le dessus est gris-brun et le dessous blanchâtre. La gorge et les sourcils sont blancs, le bec est brun avec une base jaune. Les yeux sont d'un jaune vif (comme chez tous les Œdicnèmes). Les pattes sont verdâtres.

En vol, on remarque une barre alaire bien visible sur le dessus, ainsi qu'un dessous des ailes blanc. S'il n'y a pas de vrai dimorphisme sexuel, les jeunes sont plus pâles que les adultes.

Mais, comme chez tous les représentants de sa famille, son plumage est remarquablement cryptique lorsque l'oiseau est posé, de sorte qu'il est difficile à repérer.

Écologie
Il fréquente les bords des cours d'eau et les plages d'Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est; il est plus aquatique que les autres Œdicnèmes. Il nomadise plus qu'il n'effectue de véritables migrations.

Alimentation
Il se nourrit de crabes, gros insectes, mollusques et de grenouilles.

Comportement
C'est au crépuscule et dans la nuit qu'il est actif, se rassemblant en petits groupes et poussant un cri caractéristique, sorte de sifflement plaintif (voisin de celui des autres Œdicnèmes).

Reproduction
A lieu au printemps (de février à juin); très sommaire, le nid n'est qu'un creux gratté dans le sable ou un rocher concave, où 2 œufs sont pondus. Les poussins sont nidifuges.

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Chichita de Erquiaga (Huinca Renancó, Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina; 1931) es una famosa cocinera argentina.

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A la edad de seis años conoció lo que sería su eterna vocación, la cocina, mientras preparaba una montaña de bizcochos para convidarle a su madre.

Dueña de un talento innato para la cocina, Chichita fue una aclamada chef de la televisión argentina. Fue, al igual que otras cocineras de la pantalla chica como Doña Petrona de Gandulfo o Marta Ballina, una referente en el mundo de la cocina artesanal, que supo llegar a los hogares transmitiendo sus más deliciosas recetas.

Sucesora absoluta de la señora Petrona Carrizo de Gandulfo, su fama la alcanzó gracias al noticiero Realidad durante 7 años, en los mediodías de Canal 13. Cubría el espacio de cocina en el ciclo periodístico conducido por Juan Carlos Pérez Loizeau y Ramón Andino. A su vez trabajó por varios años en el programa  Buenas tardes, mucho gusto y el exitoso Nuevediario.

También publicó decenas de libros de cocina con sus más reconocidas recetas, que enseñaron a cocinar a generaciones enteras.

En los años 1980 se llegó a rumorear sobre un posible amorío entre Chichita y Ramón Andino, aunque nunca se llegó a comprobar.

En 1992 decidió abrir su propia casa, en un lujoso local de Montevideo al 1700, donde se pudieron encontrar todas las delicias de sus preparaciones, especialmente tortas y tartas, en variedades dulces y saladas.

En 1993 reapareció en la pantalla chica con un comercial de microondas Goldstar. Anteriormente ya había hecho otros comerciales como el de la juguera Philips en los años 1970.
A fines de la década de 1990 tuvo su propio ciclo en cable llamado "La casa de Chichita", ciclo que duró varios años de media hora de duración.
Actualmente reside en Brasil donde trabaja como asesora gastronómica en la empresa Acessora Alimentar.

Televisión
 1970: Buenas tardes, mucho gusto
 1981: Realidad '81.
 1982: Realidad '82.
 1983: Realidad '83.
 1984: Realidad '84
 1985: Realidad '85.
 1986: Realidad '86.
 1987: Realidad '87.
 1988: Realidad '88.
 1988: Redacción Abierta.
 1991: Nuevediario.

Libros
 Curso de cocina de Chichita de Erquiaga (1984)
 Las recetas de Chichita de Erquiaga
 Chichita de Erquiaga: Comidas para la mesa
 La nueva cocina de Chichita de Erquiaga (1988)
  Chichita cocina con los chicos (1989)
 Panes y facturas (2000).

Referencias

https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073041/http://www.libreriausados.com.ar/Biografias/Chichita-de-Erquiaga.html

Enlaces externos

Presentadores de televisión de Argentina
Cocineros de la ciudad de Buenos Aires
Cocineros de Argentina