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Archive for the month "May, 2012"
Create your own legendary character!
George Washington. Major Tom. Chuck Norris. Louis Gray. Steeelrod.
Five people whose stories have been embellished over the years.
People may not believe this, but George Washington was a man who put his pants on one leg at a time. But by the time Parson Weems was done with him, Washington was a saintly figure. Well, not entirely saintly – he did chop down that cherry tree, but he owned up to it. According to Weems.
Major Tom, unlike the others in this list, is a fictional character, originally created by David Bowie for the song "Space Oddity." His story could have ended there, but Peter Schilling continued the story, and Shiny Toy Guns added a Lincoln automobile to the legend. Bowie himself elaborated on Major Tom's story, adding twists worthy of Parson Weems. The man who once said "Planet earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do" eventually became a junkie of whom people said, "to get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom."
And you'd better not mess with Chuck Norris. A number of "facts" have emerged about the action star. Sample: "If two trains leave Chicago, one travelling at 70 mph and the other travelling at 90 mph, Chuck Norris will beat them both." The "facts" concept has been extended to others – there is a FriendFeed room devoted to "facts" about blogger/product marketer Louis Gray. Here's one: "Louis Gray: I started posting to FriendFeed on January 1st, 1 A.D. (733,651 days ago)."
Most of you have not heard of Steeelrod (with three e's), and probably didn't see my previous post about him. Rod Jeffries is (or was) a network center technician for Southwestern Bell who builds custom computers on the side. Some time ago he posted his own computer set-up (presumably he's using a different setup today).
When Steeelrod isn't making your phones work or building your computers, he's been known to engage in an online game or two. I ran across him when he was actively playing Starfleet Commander. Steeelrod was much more powerful than any one member of our alliance, but we would occasionally coordinate an attack on him with some effect. At one point we found something Steeelrod had written for one of his other games – some type of memorable quote on war or something like that – and one of our alliance members threw it right back at him.
Ah, Steeelrod's quotes. Steeelrod is long since gone from Starfleet Commander, but his quotes – or faux versions of his quotes – live on. I used a faux Steeelrod quote in a message to an opponent just recently. (Note: in this quote, I am giving away a Starfleet Commander tactical secret of my own. When communicating with foes in Starfleet Commander, I rarely use proper American English, because if I do, my opponent will figure out – well, the opponent will figure out that I'm American, and can use this knowledge to his/her advantage and attack me at 4:00 in the morning.) Anyway, here's my latest contribution to the Steeelrod legend (in which I question why an opponent launched a slew of missiles at me, but didn't launch enough to wipe me out):
Now that your collar is loosened, really over 50? For two?
But only 50, and not 100?
We think everyone in the galaxy 13 know the wise sayings of Steeelrod when he said that. "If you are going to drop nuclear bombs on twenty on the Alamo, and Alamo still live, either drop forty for the defeat or only the zero and not waste resource."
Then Steeelrod say something about gnats in Texas.
But young kids today come to galaxy 13 and ignore Steeelrod all the time.
OK, it's not on the same level with Parson Weems' fabrications, but it will do.
P.S. Don't forget about Dre.
Clouds, netbooks, and form factors
Because I am familiar with the ways of the pendulum, I am searching for a growing anti-cloud movement. Why? Because I know that when everyone and their grandmother is talking about the cloud today, there will soon come a time when everyone and their grandmother will stop talking about the cloud. And all of these tech publications that are telling you to learn about the cloud will soon devote tons of ink (or its digital equipment) to tell you why cloud solutions are terrible.
I'm still searching for the emerging anti-cloud movement, but I have found some evidence of old anti-cloud sentiment from a few years ago. One article that acknowledged this anti-cloud sentiment (while not buying into it) was this Mashable article from 2008.
However, this particular article mentions netbooks. Allow me to ask a question:
Q: What is the difference between admitting that you own a netbook and admitting that you murdered someone?
A: Murderers receive sympathy in some circles.
Yes, in 2012 you don't want to be caught uttering the word "netbook" in public. Even I, an admitted fan of the netbook who is willing to live with its memory and screen limitations, have found at least one instance in which the netbook was found wanting. But I'll get to that later.
Let's go back to the 2008 Mashable article, which argued that the netbook would be the device that would convert anti-cloud people to cloud proponents. Why? Because mobile devices are so limited:
But to think we can rely on our iPhones and T-Mobile G1s and BlackBerry Bolds and Storms and whathaveyou to fully engage with office and social media applications seems a tad impractical. Mobile software designs are good and are getting better by the month, but the kind of pixelated real estate you can comfortably stuff in your pant pocket can only provide for so much interactivity. Of course, the outlook for power for the mobile phone market is as rosy as can be right now. But for the foreseeable future, there remains a place for bigger things.
Not so much bigger, though. We recently shared a few notes on the netbook space and how things are progressing in the field, both in hardware and software. It's safe to say that in recent months, apart from the requisite dotage on Apple's lineup of philosophically conventional MacBook and MacBook Pro products, the market of netbooks has transferred to a semi-front burner position in terms of attention grabbed and attention earned.
And its quite clear why that is. The class of gadgets led by the Asus EEE PC has performed in ways that would not be the case two or three years ago, and it's mark as something of a phenomenon largely comes down to price.
However, since that article was written in 2008, the tablet market finally got around to taking off. While iPads are still much more expensive than small laptop computers (I'm not even sure if they're called netbooks any more), there is a whole new category of tablets – the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, and the like – which are less expensive than small laptop computers.
And the Kindles et al lean heavily on the cloud. While off-line copies can be cached on your device, everything is managed in the cloud.
Oddly enough, while I have bought a book from the Amazon Kindle store, I do not own a Kindle. Instead, I have installed Kindle software on two non-Kindle devices – my netbook, and my smartphone.
And speaking of my netbook and smartphone, remember that one phrase from the 2008 Mashable article?
Mobile software designs are good and are getting better by the month, but the kind of pixelated real estate you can comfortably stuff in your pant pocket can only provide for so much interactivity.
However, it all depends upon design. The Communist Alec Baldwin has duped me into playing the Zynga game Words with Friends. I can play this game on both my smartphone and on my netbook.
The smartphone version of Words with Friends was specifically designed for the smartphone environment, and has been adapted to smartphone-sized screens.
The version of Words with Friends that I play on my netbook has NOT been adapted for netbook-sized screens, and I am unable to see the entire Words with Friends board when playing on my netbook. I guess Zynga is assuming that I have a 1900 x 1200 screen or something like that.
So, at least in this case, my smaller screen smartphone provides a richer experience than my larger screen netbook.
Starfleet Commander, however, is still better on the netbook, so I won't be ditching the netbook any time soon.
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Next, I will research Woodrow Wilson's Twelve Points (or, you can't believe everything you read on the Internet)
Recently I've been reading about some of the changes that have taken place over the last several decades in the U.S. political landscape – for example, how the state of California – a shoo-in for Obama this year – was a Republican bastion just a few decades ago. And it wasn't just because we were nominating Californians for President – during the period from Eisenhower's election to George H.W. Bush's election, the only time a Democratic won California's Presidential electoral votes was in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater.
I eventually began reading about a related topic – how did the Republican Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln, shift from one that received nearly unanimous black support to one that receives very little black support today?
While researching this, I ran across this post by Timothy Sexton. Sexton advanced various reasons for the shift in support, naming some specific things that happened during the Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft administrations. I never got around to independently corroborating these items, however, because I got to Sexton's statements about Taft's successor, Woodrow Wilson.
It was the last great white hope of leading African-Americans of the day that Woodrow Wilson would put an end to the racist policies of Roosevelt and Taft. Wilson was seen as a highly educated, very intelligent and progressive man and such leading African-America lights of the day such W.E.B. DuBois strongly supported Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Unfortunately, what DuBois and others failed to appreciate is that despite his having been President of an Ivy League college, Woodrow Wilson's heart belonged to Dixie.
Sexton is correct here. Wilson, who came to national fame as President of Princeton and Governor of New Jersey, was not a native of New Jersey.
Sexton continues:
Wilson had been born and raised in the heart of the slave-owning, rebel-flag waving, KKK-electing south: South Carolina.
Wilson did spend a significant portion of his childhood in South Carolina, but as this biography, and others, indicate, he also spent a great deal of time in Georgia, and also spent a year of his childhood in Virginia. The biography above is from the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, which is located in Staunton, Virginia – Wilson's birthplace. Having been raised in Virginia myself, and having made many trips to the Boy Scout summer camp at Goshen, I am well aware of this fact, even if Sexton isn't.
OK, one can argue that this does not negate Sexton's main point – Wilson did spend his entire childhood in the South, even if it wasn't all spent in South Carolina. But Sexton then makes a more serious error.
During Woodrow Wilson's term, all agencies of the federal government as well the buildings in which they were housed were fully segregated. When confronted on this issue by black delegations Wilson confirmed the worst fears that African-Americans had about the new Republican Party.
Um, how could Wilson confirm the worst fears that African-Americans had about the new Republican Party?
Perhaps Sexton was not aware that in 1912, the three people that he named – Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson – all ran against each other for President. Yes, all three of them – and the Republican in that election, William Howard Taft, actually received fewer popular and electoral votes than the other two. Roosevelt ran, not as a Republican, but as a Progressive. And Wilson ran, not as a Republican as Sexton indicates, but as a Democrat. (Think about it – if Wilson were raised in the South in the late 19th century, and if his father served the Confederacy, it would be very unlikely that Wilson would become a Republican.)
Basically, if you're going to argue why blacks turned to the Democratic Party in the early 20th century, you shouldn't be listing Wilson as one of the reasons why.
This is still a fascinating subject, and one I plan to investigate – at soon as I can find some reliable sources.
P.S. I may also want to research why Daniel Tompkins doesn't think Timothy Sexton is a good movie reviewer either. Apparently his movie reviews somewhat parallel his historical articles.
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The American perspective on May Day – or, I am not a Commie
Each of us is undoubtedly influenced by the environment that we encounter throughout our lives. Which is why I, as an American, have a different attitude on May 1 than the attitude held by much of the world.
Many people throughout the world celebrate May Day in different ways. Some attend military parades. Some dance around poles in post-pagan rituals. Some throw sailor hats into the air – well, at least I call them sailor hats.
I do not do any of these things.
For the modern outlook on May Day, we need to travel to Chicago, Illinois in the spring of 1886. Here's one account of what happened that spring:
On May 1, 1886, Chicago unionists, reformers, socialists, anarchists, and ordinary workers combined to make the city the center of the national movement for an eight-hour day. Between April 25 and May 4, workers attended scores of meetings and paraded through the streets at least 19 times. On Saturday, May 1, 35,000 workers walked off their jobs. Tens of thousands more, both skilled and unskilled, joined them on May 3 and 4. Crowds traveled from workplace to workplace urging fellow workers to strike. Many now adopted the radical demand of eight hours' work for ten hours' pay. Police clashed with strikers at least a dozen times, three with shootings.
At the McCormick reaper plant, a long-simmering strike erupted in violence on May 3, and police fired at strikers, killing at least two. Anarchists called a protest meeting at the West Randolph Street Haymarket, advertising it in inflammatory leaflets, one of which called for "Revenge!"
The crowd gathered on the evening of May 4 on Des Plaines Street, just north of Randolph, was peaceful, and Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who attended, instructed police not to disturb the meeting. But when one speaker urged the dwindling crowd to "throttle" the law, 176 officers under Inspector John Bonfield marched to the meeting and ordered it to disperse.
Then someone hurled a bomb at the police, killing one officer instantly. Police drew guns, firing wildly. Sixty officers were injured, and eight died; an undetermined number of the crowd were killed or wounded.
Recently some Americans have been looking back at the original Rodney King verdicts as a tragic miscarriage of justice. A similar event happened after the Haymarket riots – several people were sentenced to death despite no real evidence that any of them were involved in the bombing.
After 1886, many countries celebrated May Day as a workers' holiday, remembering the events of 1886. The 1890 celebration was heard around the world:
The first international May Day was a spectacular success. The front page of the New York World on May 2, 1890, was devoted to coverage of the event. Two of its headlines were "Parade of Jubilant Workingmen in All the Trade Centers of the Civilized World" and "Everywhere the Workmen Join in Demands for a Normal Day." The Times of London listed two dozen European cities in which demonstrations had taken place, noting there had been rallies in Cuba, Peru and Chile. Commemoration of May Day became an annual event the following year.
But by the time I was born in the late 20th century, "May Day" was primarily viewed by Americans as the day that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics held big military parades. We certainly didn't go around celebrating that Commie holiday. What happened?
Grover Cleveland happened. Here's how Alternet describes what happened:
Yet in the United States, with some exception, the workers' tradition of May 1 died out. Partially this was because the Knights of Labor had already established a labor day in September. Opportunistic politicians, most notably Grover Cleveland, glommed onto the Knights' holiday in order to diminish the symbolic power of May 1….Like International Women's Day (March 8), which also originated in the U.S., International Workers' Day became a holiday the rest of the world celebrates while Americans look on in confusion, if they notice at all.
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO, however, casts the competing holidays in a different light:
There were many different incarnations of what we now observe as Labor Day, long before President Cleveland signed legislation making it a national day of recognition for labor. The first Labor Day observance occurred in New York City on Tuesday, September 5, 1882. On this day, 20,000 working people marched in New York City to demand an eight-hour work day and other important labor law reforms. With a quarter-million New Yorkers watching, the marchers paraded up Broadway, carrying signs reading, "Labor Creates All Wealth" and "Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight Hours for Recreation." The event was organized by the Central Labor Union of New York, and the idea can be traced to either Peter McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, or Matthew McGuire, a machinist who later became the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, New Jersey….
Despite the popularity of May Day and the appeal of an international holiday, the American Federation of Labor pushed to secure Labor Day as America's primary celebration of its workers. This was due to the more radical tone that May Day had taken. Especially after the 1886 Haymarket riot, where several police officers and union members were killed in Chicago, May Day had become a day to protest the arrests of anarchists, socialists, and unionists, as well as an opportunity to push for better working conditions. Samuel Gompers and the AFL saw that the presence of more extreme elements of the Labor Movement would be detrimental to perception of the festival. To solve this, the AFL worked to elevate Labor Day over May Day, and also made an effort to bring a more moderate attitude to the Labor Day festivities. The AFL, whose city labor councils sponsored many of the Labor Day celebrations, banned radical speakers, red flags, internationalist slogans, and anything else that could shed an unfavorable light upon Labor Day or organized labor.
These efforts were successful, and Labor Day eventually became a federal holiday, signed into law by Grover Cleveland in 1894.
And this is why the United States differs from the rest of the world on this day. "Anarchy in the USA" wasn't a popular song in the 1890s, or in the 1970s, or today.
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Screenshot of Everts Air Fuel Douglas DC-6B in flight.
This is the Cal Classics GMAX DC-6B painted in the colors of Everts Air Fuel based in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is a redo of my FS2002 repaint. I've added the nose art to both sides, along with a few other things. Thanks to Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson for such a beautiful model and a paint kit that makes things easy. Thanks to Dave (Akflyer) for his generous use of a photo of the original aircraft.
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Poroshenko: Project "Novorossia" collapsed
The President of Ukraine noted that the leaders of the militants, Plotnitsky and Zakharchenko, are only puppets transmitting the messages of their Russian curators.
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The project "Novorossia", which according to its authors' plan was to cover nine regions of Ukraine, has collapsed. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko made a corresponding statement at a press conference in Georgia, according to the press service of the Ukrainian head of state.
"Since the beginning of military aggression against my nation, the goal of the Russian Federation was to divide Ukraine into parts. The project "Novorossia" included nine regions of Ukraine. This project has completely collapsed," Poroshenko said.
The President went on saying that the militant leaders Aleksandr Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky are not political figures, but puppets who only convey messages received from Russia.
He stressed that the Minsk agreements are unique:
"Three years the whole world does not punish Russia, but motivates to sit down at the negotiating table. Russia is trying to blackmail with a dangerous recognition of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk republics' independence under the Abkhaz scenario. But is the people of the occupied Abkhazia really happy? In my opinion, it is a humanitarian catastrophe there."
The President of Ukraine added that the same situation is now observed in the occupied territory of Ukraine.
"We have a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories, a high level of unemployment, a catastrophic situation in health care and education," he said.
According to Poroshenko, the only way out of the situation is the implementation of Minsk agreements, the withdrawal of Russian troops and artillery from the Donbas, the restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty over temporarily uncontrolled territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, as well as the Crimea.
After failure of Novorossia Zakharchenko creating Little Russia
Earlier today, the leader of the terrorist organization "DPR" Aleksandr Zakharchenko announced the creation of a new pseudo-state called "Little Russia", which, he said, should become the "successor of Ukraine".
PHOTO: Press Service of the President of Ukraine
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Border Guard Service: Detained Russian colonel fought in Donbas
Russian military Ageyev remanded in custody in Starobelsk
USA called Russia to compel militants stop provocations
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Nine teams have clinched playoff berths entering Week 17, and I've clinched the full-season PFT picks competition.
With a seven-game gap and only two disagreements this week, I'll prevail in the full-season competition by five, seven, or nine games.
Last week, I had my best weekend of the season, getting 14 of 16 games right. MDS went 12-4.
For the year, I'm at 154-86 (64.1 percent) for the year, and MDS is at 147-93 (61.2 percent).
MDS's take: Like many of the early Sunday kickoffs, this is a meaningless game for both teams. I think the Bills will be more motivated to win at home in their finale.
MDS's pick: Bills 24, Dolphins 20.
Florio's take: The glass is half full for the Bills. The glass is about to get smashed for the Dolphins.
Florio's pick: Bills 20, Dolphins 14.
MDS's take: Jameis Winston is trying to prove himself as the Bucs' long-term starter, and he should have a good game against the Falcons' bad defense.
MDS's pick: Buccaneers 28, Falcons 24.
Florio's take: All those empty seats in Tampa will be averting their eyes.
Florio's pick: Falcons 30, Buccaneers 16.
MDS's take: I find it hard to believe that the Cowboys will play Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliot & Co. when they're already locked into the No. 4 seed.
MDS's pick: Giants 21, Cowboys 20.
Florio's take: The Cowboys will surely rest and protect their key players, which opens the door for the Giants to end the season on a high note.
Florio's pick: Giants 27, Cowboys 17.
MDS's take: This game means nothing to the Saints, but I think they'll win anyway against a reeling Panthers team.
MDS's pick: Saints 23, Panthers 20.
Florio's take: It's a Superdome celebration with Teddy Bridgewater showcasing his skills against a Panthers team that is hoping to be put out of its misery.
Florio's pick: Saints 38, Panthers 20.
MDS's take: The Patriots just need to win to earn a bye week, and they'll do just that.
MDS's pick: Patriots 30, Jets 20.
Florio's take: An unlikely Super Bowl march continues with an easy win against a Jets team that can't wait for Tom Brady to finally go away.
Florio's pick: Patriots 33, Jets 17.
MDS's take: The Texans could finish anywhere from No. 1 to No. 6 in the AFC. That ought to motivate them to play their best game of the season.
MDS's pick: Texans 30, Jaguars 10.
Florio's take: The Texans could be top seed, and they could be the bottom seed, based on what happens on Sunday. The best way to avoid being the bottom seed is to beat the AFC South's bottom feeders.
Florio's pick: Texans 24, Jaguars 16.
MDS's take: Joe Philbin seems to want to prove he deserves the head-coaching job on a permanent basis. Matt Patricia seems like a guy who has no business as an NFL head coach.
MDS's pick: Packers 30, Lions 17.
Florio's take: Green Bay's 100th season ends with a win, which would have been great news if the team had made it to the playoffs.
Florio's pick: Packers 34, Lions 17.
MDS's take: It's a big one for the Eagles and a meaningless one for Washington.
MDS's pick: Eagles 28, Washington 13.
Florio's take: The dream continues, even if whether it makes it to the next weekend is beyond Philly's control.
Florio's pick: Eagles 30, Washington 17.
MDS's take: The Broncos have collapsed down the stretch and will get blown out at home in Vance Joseph's finale.
MDS's pick: Chargers 27, Broncos 10.
Florio's take: Bradley Roby isn't the only Bronco who has quit.
Florio's pick: Chargers 31, Broncos 13.
MDS's take: The Chiefs just need to win to earn home-field advantage, and they'll do that easily, even though the Raiders have been playing hard down the stretch.
MDS's pick: Chiefs 31, Raiders 20.
Florio's take: If the Chiefs can't beat the Raiders to nail down the No. 1 seed, the Chiefs don't deserve the No. 1 seed.
Florio's pick: Chiefs 42, Raiders 20.
MDS's take: The Bears may be scoreboard-watching and sitting their starters if the Rams take an early lead. I like the Vikings to win and clinch a playoff berth.
MDS's pick: Vikings 24, Bears 20.
Florio's take: Kirk or Kurt? This game is a referendum on that $84 million deal, and the Vikings need Kirk not Kurt to make an appearance.
Florio's pick: Vikings 28, Bears 24.
MDS's take: The Browns are playing very good football right now, but not quite good enough to go to Baltimore and beat the Ravens in a must-win game.
MDS's pick: Ravens 24, Browns 17.
Florio's take: Perhaps the best game of the day will be brought to us by a team that should be giving us plenty of great games in the not-too-distant future.
Florio's pick: Ravens 24, Browns 22.
MDS's take: The Rams just need to win to earn a bye, and they should do that even against a 49ers team that has been playing competitively against good teams.
MDS's pick: Rams 20, 49ers 17.
Florio's take: The stakes are very high for the Rams, and they surely know it.
Florio's pick: Rams 38, 49ers 28.
MDS's take: The Steelers need to win and get help. They'll do their part.
MDS's pick: Steelers 24, Bengals 14.
Florio's take: One Ohio team will comply by losing, the other one won't, by not winning.
Florio's pick: Steelers 34, Bengals 14.
MDS's take: This game doesn't mean much to the Seahawks, who will be a wild card team either way, but Pete Carroll says he's playing his starters — and even the Seahawks' backups would probably beat the Cardinals.
MDS's pick: Seahawks 20, Cardinals 10.
Florio's take: Pete Carroll won't rest his starters, even against a team whose starters would be backups elsewhere.
Florio's pick: Seahawks 34, Cardinals 20.
MDS's take: Andrew Luck seems destined to cap a Comeback Player of the Year season with a road win to send his team to the playoffs.
MDS's pick: Colts 23, Titans 20.
Florio's take: Sure, the Titans have never beaten Andrew Luck. Yeah, they may not have Marcus Mariota. Regardless, Mike Vrabel will use widespread doubt of the home team to motivate his troops and steal a playoff berth.
Florio's pick: Titans 23, Colts 20.
Doubt JP is the Packer's next HC but he's a good coach.
He'll be on someone's staff next year for sure.
The Bears and Vikings should agree to let this game go to the Vikings ,,,because if the iggles meet either of these teams in the playoffs the iggles will beat them !
No better ending to the season than the Vikings sending the Eagles home for the play offs.
The Vikings D gets two ints and the Bears don't score above 13. Vikings by 8. At home.
Eagles and Steelers both get help and sneak into the playoffs.
I'm calling Bears and Browns to win, (Eagles and Steelers too).
Anyone else revved up about that Lions/Packers tilt this weekend? No? DANG!
I think the Bears would rather see Minnesota in the divisional round than Philly. The Bears should lay on the sword in week 17. I'm not bashing the Vikings either, I just think the Eagles are the hotter team.
If the Colts stop Henry, they win.
If the Vikes can't beat the Bears at home with the season on the line, they don't deserve to be in the playoffs anyway. And Philly wouldn't be in this fingers-crossed situation had they not lost to the Vikes at home earlier this year.
Vikes lose. Probably big. They're just not a good football team.
Just as well because the Patriots and the GOAT own my Ravens.
As a Bears fan I keep flashing back to the year under Lovie that they let Green Bay into the postseason and the Packers wound up beating them in the playoffs. The ironic thing though is that it may be to the Bears benefit as I feel the Eagles with Foles at QB are actually a better chance to upset them at Soldiers.
I'm a Bengals fan and there is absolutely no way the Bengals lose by less than 2 TD's to the Steelers who will be trying hard to win as they scoreboard watch. The Bengals have nobody outside of Mixon who is a threat to the Steelers defense. The Steelers DEFENSE will outscore the Bengals offense.
If the Bills win, then the Dolphins may have quit because they're a much better team than the Bills. I've seen both play NE twice this year and I'm way more afraid of the Dolphins than the bills. The Bills have no offense and a pedestrian defense. The Dolphins are better at both.
Packers and Lions will be battling it out for 4th in the North for years to come.
Vikings are lousy. They were last season also…the Saints and Eagles proved that much. WHO DAT!
Should be some good games and maybe even a few upsets! You better believe some of these teams that have already been eliminated from playoff contention would love nothing more than preventing their division rival from securing a high playoff seed/ knocking them out of playoff contention completely.
Either you win enough games to get in the playoffs or you don't. Deserves got nothing to do with it.
Nobody is picking the Vikings or Steelers to tie? What was the point of all that analysis then?
Oh, and for the benefit of Minneanderthals, the Vikings (apparently not a good football team), have not lost to the Packers for 733 days.
Simms sounds uninformed about the Viking's change in offensive approach ("they can't think they can throw it 44 times against this defense."), the effect of their crowd on Trubisky's ability to hear his coach's call clearly all game, Anthony Barr's return, improved secondary, etc.
You mean wildcard round, not divisional.
Kirk Cousins has proven time and again that he cannot beat teams with winning records. Even if Chicago sits some of their more important players, he won't be able to beat that defense.
Ummmm……Your Aints lost last year to Minnesota if I remember correctly, plus the Vikings had a better record. The Aints will lose at home and WhoDat nation will be distraught again, two years in row.
With the combination of Cousins prime-time/playoff/road record we'll play them twice in a week.
That said, Vikes D will have their ears pinned back and ready to smack Biscuit around in the backfield. Nagy better protect him well!
Cant wait to end Philadelphia's season for their fans on Sunday afternoon. Skol!
I don't expect this particular Cardinals team to win on Sunday because Wilks is a bad coach who has lost the team, but the Bruce Arians Cardinals beat Seattle 4 outta the last 5 in Seattle. The only loss was with Drew Stanton at QB. Interestingly enough, Seattle barely scraped by the Cards earlier this year 20-17, in a game the Cardinals could've easily won.
This Cards fan wants them to lose on Sunday, I don't want them to mess up their draft position.
Chicago is going to rest players, besides you're not beating Washington.
Proves last year's Superbowl was a fluke.
The Eagles need to get their draft board ready.
People talking about the Bears laying down so they can play the Vikings the following week. Well, that scenario has played out in the league before and letting a familiar foe into the playoffs and playing them 2 weeks in a row doesn't seem to work out too well.
I think the Bears play to win on Sunday. The Bears will make it hard for the Vikings. I don't see any matchups that favor the Vikings. Cousins is terrible under pressure and has a problem winning big games. The Bears wont let Minnesota run all over them either. The Bears have an efficient offense that takes advantage of opportunities enough to pull out wins. The Bears defense is really good. The Vikings just aren't good enough to beat the Bears even up.
Have to look at it this way. The Eagles could lose and Minnesota still gets in. Either we way, do the Bears want to give Minnesota confidence going into the next weekend's game? Or do they want to beat them up so they don't want to go into soldier field in a weeks time?
The only way the Vikings can win is zero turnovers.
Unfortunately, Cousins has 17 turnovers.
Cousins is going to choke.
Sorry fellow Vikings fans. (Unless the Redskins upset the Eagles).
If you don't think the Titans are entertaining, you are either stuck in 2014 or you only paid attention to their losses. These Titans are more entertaining than they've been in a while (although inconsistent). Did you already forget the Titans vs Chiefs game in January? Are you not entertained?
The mere thought of the Bears (or any other team) "laying down" is ridiculous. The coaching staff may choose to rest some starters, or pull them early, but the players themselves are hyper competitive by nature and always aware of what they're putting on film. They're not about to jeopardize roster spots and/or future earnings.
Patriots 30 Jets 13 expect more running and maybe some passing to White and Edelman as well as some picks by Darnold to be the difference. Texans 24 Jags 10 I don't see the Texans choking just yet. Colts 27 Titans 14 unfortunately Luck will light up the Titans.
I just want the Raiders to win because I'm sick of losing.
Oakland is so much better now compared to the beginning of the season; I don't expect them to beat KC but if they do, I also won't be surprised. Their "defense" is embarrassing, despite having some good to very good players. And no Watkins is having a more noticeable effect than losing Hunt.
Oh, and for the benefit of all Viking fans with short-term and/or long-term memory loss, the Vikings have not won a Super Bowl since they were given an NFL frnachise.
That's the thing. On any given week at least half the roster is playing to keep their job. And, when you've done this football thing since you were about age 4, I doubt any of them have decided to just take a week off.
The Vikings also haven't won a super bowl in 20,805 days!!!
I'm going to call it for all of you Patriots fans out there. If the Patriots beat the Jets – playing well and not shooting themselves in the foot with a few turnovers – heading into the playoffs, they will more than likely end up playing in another AFC championship game. If they lose to the Jets and finish 10-6 with the Texans winning, they'll lose their first or second game on the road in the playoffs. I'd worry more about playing the Ravens in the post-season than the Steelers (if they get there) or the Chiefs.
Or Play to win, and meet the Hot Philly Birds in with God's favorite Quarterback in ONE WEEK..
The Bears will make it hard for the Vikings. I don't see any matchups that favor the Vikings.
Ummmmm……the #3 defense against a QB with 25 career starts and the 20th ranked passing game?
Vikings 5-2 at home, playing at home?
Nobody is talking about Trubisky's complete lack of experience and pedestrian numbers, against a defense that has been absolutely crushing it's opponents. They will be talking about that on Sunday night.
They lost in week 2…. unfortunately no one told the refs.
And your team has one playoff win since the 2009 season. What's your point?
Regardless of the score in the Rams game, the Bears aren't going to show any new looks on offense or defense. The Rams have only lost one game at home this year and 49ers have only won once on the road, and the odds are overwhelmingly in the Rams favor. I see Bears starters getting pulled sooner than later. Nagy is the same guy who reserved Trubisky in the pre-season and is always full or surprises. It's doubtful, but I wouldn't be shocked if, realizing the odds in favor of the Rams winning, he starts Daniel, and they have already been game-planning for the Vikings and installing new plays for that game to give the team plenty of time to practice that.
Browns positioning themselves for a great future, but in the present they won't be able to hang with a tough Ravens defense. This beat down will be every bit as impressive as the beat down the Ravens D gave the Chargers last week. Take the Ravens at home and give the points.
and what happens if the Browns beat the Ravens and the Bengals upset the Steelers…and the Colt and Titans tie. Then what?
A Bears fan had a recollection of the Bears ALLOWING the Packers into the playoffs, and then the Packers winning in the playoffs.
Allow me to shine up the revisionist history. The Bears couldn't beat the Pack in the final regular season game. Packers got in as a 6th seed and once again beat the Bears in the NFCC game. The didn't allow anything. Lovie played everyone to win! I gained a ton of respect for the Bears organization that day. They could have laid down but came out to win.
That is why is can pull for the Bears to go all the way. I respect that organization. Their fans are a different story all the way around.
The first three drives for each team in the Vikings and Bears game will crucial. If either team gets up by 2 or more score their D will really start clamping down and the team that is behind their offense will tighten up and make mistakes. This will be true for either the Vikings or the Bears.
AP has one more chance to help the Vikings. Often did not come through before and probably will not this time either. While I dislike the skins, you have to feel sorry for any team on their # 4 QB.
I sure hope my team doesn't choke away our chance at being one and done in the playoffs this year.
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats – living together. Mass Hysteria!
Your right. The cowboys skate into a wild card loss.
Yea, I bet in the back of Nagy's mind he recalls that it was the Vikings D that squashed Mitch's shoulder and kept him outa two games this season.
Ravens will be 4th seed and the Colts will be the 6th. That's assuming KC, LAC, Pats and Texans win. Steelers must win to clinch North while the Ravens win with loss and Colts/Titans tie. KC gets 1 seed, Pats 2, Texans 3rd for clinching South, Chargers 5th.
I'm glad someone figured out that scenario. I was starting to sweat.
This guy gets it. As a Vikings fan realize that Cousins struggles both indoors and in big games. I'm not a huge fan of him.
Laying on the proverbial sword by the Bears would be a terrible mistake. He might get a bit of confidence and he plays much better outdoors which is where he would be. Bears should win this game, but we are talking about the Queens so my team will probably dominate at home and give us fans confidence going into the playoffs. We've seen crazier stuff than the Vikes winning out, but it would be shocking with Cousins' performance in any primetime or game that matters.
Same guy who had the Steelers as the #2 seed a few weeks back . . .


M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, is somewhere around 25 million light years from Earth. It is estimated to be about 35% the size of our own Milky Way. It is believed that the smaller companion galaxy, NGC 5195 (the much fuzzier galaxy to the right), has passed through the Whirlpool twice, helping to create the pronounced spiral structure.
This image was taken remotely with our Planewave 17" telescope in Texas. With the rainy season almost upon us, we will rely on data from the USA for our imaging the next 5 months. The LRGB image comprises 13 hours 20 minutes of exposures.


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A: Put the device in Airplane mode, power it off, then try using notes.app to type. If that works, open the contacts app and try to edit a contact.
If that all works, you can turn off airplane mode and try again. If contacts still fails, you have issues with your database or online sync for contacts.

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Rift House is an area of south-west Hartlepool in the borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It has a secondary school with a sixth-form college and two primary schools; English Martyrs, Kingsley and Rift House. It was a ward of the town for the 2011 UK Census, for the 2015 UK general election it was split between two wards Manor House (with Owton) and Foggy Furze.

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160 (one hundred [and] sixty) is the natural number following 159 and preceding 161.

In mathematics
160 is the sum of the first 11 primes, as well as the sum of the cubes of the first three primes.

Given 160, the Mertens function returns 0. 160 is the smallest number n with exactly 12 solutions to the equation φ(x) = n.

In telecommunications
 The number of characters permitted in a standard short message service
 The number for Dial-a-Disc (1966–1991), a telephone number operated by the General Post Office in the United Kingdom, which enabled callers to hear the latest chart hits

See also
 160s
 List of highways numbered 160
 United Nations Security Council Resolution 160
 United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 160
 Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia
 Norris School District 160, Lancaster County, Nebraska

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 Number Facts and Trivia: 160

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Miss Thommes helped rear her brothers and sisters and then took care of her mother, Theresa, who also lived to be 100.
Miss Thommes was born Oct. 1, 1884, in Old Town, 1 of 11 children. All but one of the other children lived at least into their 80s. A sister was killed in an accident at age 15.
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Survivors include two sisters, Margaret Kestler and Agnes Buettner; and a brother, George.


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Elegance and Evil Go Hand in Hand
By Christian Allaire, Haley Mlotek, Gabby Noone, Fariha Róisín
On turtlenecks.
Good Talk
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'The Language of Other Things': An Interview with Stephanie LaCava
'We All Have to Become Philosophers': An Interview with Vivian Gornick
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Haley Mlotek: The first two pop culture moments that come to mind when discussing turtlenecks are both iconic, in their own way: Jane Fonda in Klute, with her tan trench coat and thigh-high boots; and, of course, Diane Keaton pleading with Jack Nicholson to cut off her white turtleneck in Something's Gotta Give.
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Christian Allaire: Oh my god, I love that scene in Something's Gotta Give. It's basically how I feel everytime I'm wearing a turtleneck—"CUT IT OFF." But also, I love them. There are so many turtleneck moments to choose from. The very first one I thought of was Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. She is the only person who can make a turtleneck look downright sexy. It's not an easy feat.
HM: Christian, I was going to say Basic Instinct and didn't, because I have to stop relying on Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct as my forever inspiration. But there's just no one or nothing better.
CA: Literally no one.
HM: I think what Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct and Jane Fonda in Klute have in common is how clearly they've made their turtlenecks into accessories, rather than a component of their outfit. I was thinking about something Gabby said to me once (hello, Gabrielle) when we were fighting about kitten heels. She was like, why would you want to be 1.5 inches off the ground? And on the one hand, yes, you're so right, they're absurd, but I do tend to prefer clothing items that offer a really subtle extension of the body: big earrings that compensate for having short hair; pointed toes, to make my legs seem longer; long nails, to make my fingers seem extra elegant; and then turtlenecks, which make the neck seem very long in a regal, upright kind of way. Like it's faking good posture for you. Both Jane Fonda and Sharon Stone's characters in their respective films seem like women who really get that power of illusion, and use it to their advantage.
Gabby Noone: I'd like to note I said 1.5 centimeters off the ground when referring to kitten heels.
CA: It does seem like a real power outfit, right? I feel like every James Bond villain wears a turtleneck. Steve Jobs wears a turtleneck. Celine's Phoebe Philo wears one. These people run the WORLD.
HM: Interesting how quickly "elegant" turns over into "evil" *winky face emojis*
CA: Elegance and evil go hand in hand.
GN: My favorite turtleneck icon is Fran Fine of The Nanny fame, who as you may have noticed is blowing up online recently. I love her knack for wearing a black turtleneck and black tights under mini dresses and skirts. Though, I feel like if you asked her character about why she wears them, she'd say because it's SLIMMING. Because you know that show loved to make jokes about how Fran was always eating and would never find a man to marry, even though she was so hot!
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CA: The thing about turtlenecks, though, is they aren't slimming. They make me feel like a hippo. But I also can't help but feel at my best in them, like I'm a beatnik or an intellectual who still handwrites novellas.
Fariha Róisín: Christian, yes! Phoebe Philo! I also think it's really interesting how so many of you referenced villains as native turtleneck wearers. I mean, it's true—I feel like it's the trope of like some science genius, or ahem Steve Jobs! My favorite pop culture TN moment was probably Diane Keaton in every movie ever, tbh. All of them. She's flawless. But I also particularly love how shitty the depictions of Steve Jobs are in the biopics about him since he died. Or how it's become this uniform for caricature.
GN: Turtlenecks also make me feel like an intellectual who still handwrites novellas. I feel like people trust my opinions more when I am wearing one. I used to not like wearing turtlenecks in high school because I had bad skin and thought they drew attention to my face—they erase your neck and then it's your head bobbing out. Obviously, I have overcome this.
HM: They are the wire-framed glasses of the torso. Instant IQ boost.
CA: It's funny because high-fashion designers recognize this and are making all SORTS of turtlenecks to buy. Luxury cashmere turtlenecks with wool sourced from a mystical mountain. Trendy mesh turtlenecks that expose one's breasts. For god's sake, even on the red carpet, celebrities are wearing turtleneck dresses.
HM: Let us pay our respects to Sharon Stone's second-best turtleneck look, her Gap turtleneck at the 1996 Academy Awards.
GN: My feeling is that turtlenecks are always a dependable, cheap way to look pulled together. I don't think any of my turtlenecks weren't purchased secondhand or at a fast fashion store. One of life's constants is that even on a bad day at a thrift store, you can still find a pretty decent turtleneck sweater.
CA: Oh my god, I was going to say the same thing. I get all my turtlenecks from thrift stores or consignment stores, because NOBODY wants them! So I always find some serious gold mines. The other weekend I found a vintage Prada turtleneck and I audibly screamed.
FR: I also really like how they've become staples for a brand like Uniqlo, where you can go and get every color and look like a color-block anthem, or a Solange video. There's something so cool about them.
HM: Yeah, and not to get too Devil Wears Prada about it, but that's because you're both right: turtlenecks appear so frequently and with so many variations in high ready-to-wear fashion, which means they are just as frequently made for mass-market brands. There's a never-ending supply.
GN: What is your favorite turtleneck you own and where did you buy it? Mine is a lavender cotton turtleneck that my mom picked up at Goodwill for me after I sent out word that I was looking for a lavender turtleneck. Since thrifting in New York is really not a thing, sometimes I'll have her be my woman on the ground in the suburbs to look out for things. It's made by this brand Valerie Stevens that I think they sell at Sears? I have a nail polish that's the same color and when I'm feeling ambitious, I'll coordinate my nails to my turtleneck.
FR: RIP American Apparel but damn they had some good turtlenecks. I just bought a really great gold patterned vintage mockneck from a thrift store and it's like an Issey Miyake dream. I like buying old Gap turtlenecks with cool stripes, or ribbed eyed ones from Benetton.
HM: I just bought a very nice mockneck, which I still think counts, from La Garconne Moderne. It's got such intensely structured shoulders and perfect bracelet sleeves. I'm wearing it to everything. I want to be buried in it. But while I'm among the living, yeah, Uniqlo has the perfect everyday layering turtleneck.
FR: The Uniqlo turtleneck is everything. They have them in cashmere!!!
CA: Oh no, we might have our first turtleneck battle. I can't get down with the mockneck!!! Maybe it's because I'm an extremist. It's like, do the turtleneck or don't.
HM: I knew the mockneck was going to be contentious but I cannot hide my truth!!!
GN: I think I'm with you, Christian. I like mockneck tops in the summer when I want a touch of turtleneck, but it's too hot for the real thing. I see both sides here.
CA: Haha, "a touch of turtleneck." I think that will be my new saying. "Your outfit is cute, but it could use a touch of turtleneck."
FR: I mean the mockneck really is the kinder, younger sister of the turtleneck and sometimes you need both.
HM: Thank you for seeing me, Fariha.
FR: I love you, Haley. I got you girl.
HM: And I you!!!
CA: I hate you both. Just kidding, <3
HM: Get outta here Christian.
CA: In terms of favourite turtlenecks, though, this is a fabulous question. I could ramble for days. Let me think… OH, I KNOW. It's a very thick wool turtleneck from one of Raf Simons' last men's collections for Jil Sander. It's bright pink—because I'm all about subtlety—but the turtleneck part is bright orange. So not only is it a turtleneck, but it's a color-blocked turtleneck.
Also, this is a side rant, but if I can't tell my turtleneck horror story here, where can I? I also had a very luxe cashmere turtleneck from Acne Studios once. It was the perfect navy blue. I wore it pretty much four times a week. It was my winter go-to. Then, one holiday season, while I was at my parents' home in northern Ontario, my mother decided to take it upon herself to do my laundry. (Yes, she still does my laundry.) This was a HAND. WASH. ONLY. situation. But she threw it in the washing machine and tumble-dryed it, like a savage. It shrunk to about an extra-extra small. We're still not on speaking terms.
HM: Christian, as you were typing I was like, please don't say washing machine please don't say washing machine and then I did my own audible scream when you did. Rest in peace, American Apparel and your precious Acne Studios turtleneck.
CA: Do any of you know how turtlenecks started? I low-key tried to Google it last night but found many conflicting sources. Like, who started wearing them?
FR: I feel like some Scandinavian architect invented them. This is me profiling but that seems totally accurate. Like, did Rem Koolhaas invent them or nah?
HM: This is a high-quality Google search but I also don't know. I imagine they're a modernized version of some kind of historical undergarment? Like maybe they reference a higher collar from ye olden fashion times?
GN: Don't the British call them POLO NECKS? Maybe if we Google POLO NECKS.
FR: So do Australians sometimes! Gross.
CA: I read that it was like, medieval knights that started wearing them. Because their chainmail masks or whatever would rub against their skin, and they needed neck protection. That doesn't seem right, though.
FR: Oh, that also makes sense from all the medieval genre lit I read as a kid. This is sadly true, I was obsessed with King Arthur…
HM: Wikipedia has some theories. Where did we land on Wikipedia? Are they trustworthy or what.
GN: My favorite snippets from the Wikipedia page for turtlenecks:
Vladimir Putin of Russia and Andreas Papandreou of Greece are two examples of European statesmen fond of wearing polo necks.
Over time it became a fad among teenage girls, especially in a lightweight form that emphasised their figures. It was not long before Hollywood was also exploiting this image as part of the sweater girl look.
HM: Lol at "sweater girl." Mine is "Polo neck-like garments have been worn for hundreds of years, dating at least to the 15th century.[citation needed]" That "citation needed" really says it all.
CA: Listen, I'm not happy Vladimir Putin is a turtleneck enthusiast too—but it's better than him being shirtless, on a horse.
HM: Another great, if contentious, turtleneck-in-pop-culture moment: when Bill and Sam and Neil are going to a "makeout party" on Freaks and Geeks, and Neil and Bill get into a fight about who can wear a turtleneck because they both can't walk in wearing the same thing, and Neil loses because his is a DICKEY and so he can just pull it off. Please reserve your judgements on mocknecks for where they really belong, which is on dickeys, the freeloader accessory. Either wear the turtleneck or wear a crewneck—pick a side, coward.
GN: I LOVE THAT EPISODE. But why are people always hating on dickeys? They are a hilarious garment. Sometimes you just don't need the bulk of two shirts.
HM: Incorrect, Gabby. If anything is the kitten heel of sweaters it is the dickey. Totally superfluous!!!
GN: Anyway, I personally miss when Limited Too built in the bra for me and life was less dramatic so consider that in my analysis of dickeys.
HM: A built-in bra is extremely different than a … how am I going to phrase this? A rogue neck, disembodied from its intended torso.
GN: This is so rude. But I get what you mean. Okay, I have a question for the group regarding turtlenecks and SENSUALITY. Or, is this more of a comment than a question? We'll see. But as stated in the Wikipedia entry above, turtlenecks were key in the "sweater girl" look. I think this is one of the many great qualities about them: you're at once completely covered, but you're also outlining your body. It is a subtle sensuality, if you will.
HM: This is a very telling comment on your part, Gabby. But yeah, it's true, they're sexy as hell. Like when Beyoncé is referencing Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face, in the "Countdown" video, I think of that as one of her sexiest looks. You're right that it's because you're so covered. It's the reverse psychology of fashion: having more to take off is what makes you want it.
FR: BEYONCÉ in that look tho! Personally I really love them in the mod era—I feel like Anna Karina wearing these mocknecks are some of the most sexiest moments in film for me. Godard had a good eye for style, fashion and aesthetic in his films. Also, they're so quintessentially sexy yet chic when worn in that era. It was all about framing the body tastefully.
GN: Yes that was when Beyoncé invented the turtleneck bodysuit.
CA: A great moment in pop culture. "All my single ladies!"—a.k.a we are all single because we are wearing turtlenecks.
Running off of that, I will deliberately wear a turtleneck out on a Friday night. I DARE someone to hit on me. Because if they see something they like in me wearing a body veil, than they are worth keeping around. I'm like Eva Mendez in Hitch when she's wearing glasses and reading at a cocktail bar. I'm just as gorgeous as she is, too.
HM: But there's also that Hitchcock blonde in a turtleneck look, or the Jackie Kennedy turtleneck, or the Audrey Hepburn, which to me also signifies a kind of sexual undercurrent, even in its primness or properness; like, everything's covered, but I can still sense the shape underneath.
FR: Agreed, there's also something oddly regal about it, which I think is appealing. I don't know why, and let's not unpack this … but, I think it also frames the neck in a really delicate way.
CA: Do we think this works for men? I'm asking for a friend (me).
HM: Literal lol. Yeah, I do think the same principle applies for men, just not in the same way. We've of course talked about Steve Jobs, who made the turtleneck into a symbol of power in his own way, but like—okay, I'm about to say something really crass, so I apologize in advance, but during Dunkirk, which should win an Oscar for Best Use Of A Rollneck Knit Turtleneck In A Christopher Nolan movie, ALL I could think about was how hot all the men looked in their military-issued turtlenecks. And the horrors of war, also.
GN: I always think about that picture of The Rock in a turtleneck and fanny pack when I think "turtlenecks for men." But I honestly thought he looked good…
FR: That Rock faux "American Apparel" turtleneck … I think dudes, when done well, really know how to wear a turtleneck. My partner's father once wore a turtleneck (I'm a creep) and he looked hella fine, so there's that.
CA: HAHA, creep-ooooo. It's very Steve McQueen, though, when an older man wears one. A+.
FR: Are we talking filmmaker Steve, Christian?
HM: Lol Fariha I was just going to ask too. Film nerds keeping everyone honest in this thread.
FR: TRUTH!
GN: I always just think of the character from Pixar's CARS, Lightning Mcqueen. Unfortunately, you are speaking to a dumb baby.
FR: Gabby, LOL. Well also the dude in Despicable Me wears a turtleneck so maybe animation is trying to say something.
CA: Wait, is there another Steve McQueen? I'm about to look real stupid.
HM: You mean the hot actor, I think? And then there's the director/artist who made Hunger and Twelve Years A Slave.
CA: I think I meant the actor. But now I'm all confused. I'm just going to crawl in the hole I just dug for myself.
FR: Is he black or white, Christian???
CA: White!
FR: You're talking about the actor then. And there we have it folks!
HM: Either would definitely look great in a turtleneck. It just has a different context. Steve McQueen, the actor, has that 1950s golden boy rebel thing.
FR: It's funny because Steve McQueen the director definitely looks good in a turtleneck too, so there's that.
Okay, I wanted to ask—why do y'all choose turtlenecks? I'm really interested in why and how we choose what we wear. Is there a day that you're like, "My neck looks ugly?" or, "Wow, I have a lot of hickeys?" or, "I just want to look elegant!"
CA: I think for me, the turtleneck is treated as a uniform. It's practical (keeps me warm), simple, and universally pretty chic (and if you don't think it is I don't really trust your fashion sense, sorry). It's just so easy. I think fashion these days is all about embracing the wearable and the comfortable (even if that means a $3,000 coat). Nobody wants to wear something that isn't comfy anymore. Fashion-slave days are over. And you can't deny the comfort of a cozy turtleneck. Ya just can't. My biggest style inspirations are people who wear the same bloody thing every day. Joan Didion and her big sunglasses. James Dean and his jeans. Steve Jobs and his dad shoes (and turtlenecks!). That's true chic-ness.
HM: I guess this is the part to cite Nora Ephron and the whole "I feel bad about my neck" thing, which I think I once read is something Diane Keaton has mentioned too, as a reason for her turtlenecks? But for me, I think I choose it when I do want some emphasis on my face, and to feel like I have a bit more control in the situation. I know I'm going to wear that mockneck to a job interview in the hopes that it conveys that I am smart and serious. I also wore a turtleneck to a fancy party once, a cocktail thing at someone's house, and I know that was in the hopes of impressing the fancy people there (it did not, but that's fine). This summer I burned my neck with my curling iron and don't own any sleeveless turtlenecks, so I just had to endure people thinking it was a hickey. Lesson learned.
GN: Yes, definitely the hickeys thing. Mostly I just like how they are an easy way to look put together. I like to look elegant and smart even when I'm not particularly feeling that way on the inside, which is half of the time. Plus, I like being cozy, but I don't like wearing clothes that are too heavy or bulky. So I feel like a turtleneck is a good compromise because you can just tuck your chin under your turtleneck if you're feeling cold or just don't want anyone to talk to you. And there is just something so appealing, I think, about a turtleneck peeking up out of your coat or wearing them under dresses that might be too light for the weather otherwise. I call this the "small child forced to wear a turtleneck under their Halloween costume because it's a cold one out there" look. I just feel like turtlenecks make me extend my wardrobe through the seasons! They're very practical.
FR: I feel like I contend with my body a lot, and I always find that the turtleneck is such an easy go-to piece of clothing. It almost masks me or neutralizes my body for me. Whenever I feel icky or uncomfortable in myself, I know putting on a (black) turtleneck is an easy option. I like what you said about it being a good choice for a job interview, Haley. I think the turtleneck is so versatile in a way—it's like the one-size-fits-all magic-coat. There are so many ways to accessorize it, and weirdly it always makes you stand out, fashion-wise. Like, I saw Solange at Afropunk this year and the whole band was wearing mockneck-type red tops and I couldn't get over how perfect everyone looked. It was a moment.
GN: Solange is definitely another important turtleneck icon. Wow, the Knowles sisters invented turtlenecks. Thank you Ms. Tina for yet another gift.
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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Dawn, Mars Science Laboratory and MESSENGER missions have earned recognition from Popular Science magazine as innovations worthy of the publication's "Best of What's New" Award in the aviation and space category.
Dawn and Mars Science Laboratory are managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Dawn is currently orbiting and exploring the massive main-belt asteroid Vesta. The Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity rover launched on Nov. 26 on a journey to the Red Planet, where the rover will look for signs of past or present habitability.
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Q: How to apply condition in filtering from Mysql using list of values Db table
          verystrong   strong   moderate   weak    veryweak

US             aa          a       ba         b       caa
UK             aa          a       baa        b       caa
Austria        a           baa     ba         caa     ca
Belgium        a           baa     ba         caa     ca
Japan          aa          a       baa        b       caa
UAE            ba          b       b          b1      c

country='UK'
traderow=exporttable.objects.filter(ratio=country).values()[0]

traderow output:
{'id': 2, 'ratio': 'UK', 'verystrong': 'aa', 'strong': 'a',
'moderate': 'baa', 'weak': 'b', 'veryweak': 'caa'}

next i have the list a
a=['verystrong','verystrong','strong','strong','strong','strong','strong']

a is rating made for years from 2013 to 2019 e.g 2019 rating is strong , in 2013 is strong.
Now i want for each value in the list to match with value in traderow to find trade rating:
I can return only one value from the list at a time:
value1=a[0] whihc is 'verystrong' (year 2013)
value7=a[6] whihc is 'strong' (year 2019)

trade_rating2013=traderow[value1] which returns for year 2013 aa
trade_rating2019=traderow[value7] which returns for year 2019 a
My question is how to implement this operation effectively for the whole list not implemneting for each value in the list seperately ? is that possible to apply lambda ?
I am still learning python and would appreciate your help to optimize the code to remove redundancy and make it more effecient.

A: If I understood you problem well, then this is what you want:
traderow = {
    "id": 2,
    "ratio": "UK",
    "verystrong": "aa",
    "strong": "a",
    "moderate": "baa",
    "weak": "b",
    "veryweak": "caa",
}

a = ["verystrong", "verystrong", "strong", "strong", "strong", "strong", "strong"]

for item, year in zip(a, range(2013, 2020)):
    print(f"trade_rating for {year}: {traderow[item]}")

As you said if you don't want to print you just want to store them.
trade_rating = [traderow[item] for item in a]

Output:
trade_rating for 2013: aa
trade_rating for 2014: aa
trade_rating for 2015: a
trade_rating for 2016: a
trade_rating for 2017: a
trade_rating for 2018: a
trade_rating for 2019: a