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'Candyman': What to Know Before Watching the 2021 Version
Candyman was first stemmed from the short story written by horror writer Clive Barker. The cinematic adaptation of Barker's writing was remodeled to fit within the city limits of Chicago, Illinois. Its urban approach addresses the issues around American classism and racism. The horror will continue the legend of the hook-hand haunter with a modern spin.
Aquaman and The Trial of the Chicago 7 star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is to lead as Anthony McCoy in director Nia DaCosta's sequel. After moving into the gentrified neighborhood of Cabrini, McCoy becomes fascinated with the legend of Candyman. McCoy attempts to maintain his grip on his sanity while plunging deeper into the sinister myth. Actor Tony Todd will haunt again and reprise his 1992 role as the Candyman. The overall theme of the film is to emphasize the alienation of a community from its source through gentrification.
The 2021 Candyman movie has been established as a sequel to the 1992 version and is not be categorized as a remake. This same tactic was used in 2018 with Halloween where pre-existing sequels were ignored and there is a continuous build on to the original plot. It has been confirmed that DaCosta's Candyman is to serve as official canon alongside the 1992 Candyman.
Marvel fans may recognize DaCosta after it was announced that she would direct the Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels (2022). The movie is a Monkeypaw Productions film and it was first predicted that director Jordan Peele would direct. Peele has signed on as a producer for the film, but DaCosta makes it clear that this is her movie. Peele has praised DaCosta for her work and she keeps her social media feed stocked full of promotional material.
Peele has been regarded as a "master " of the horror genre. His esteemed reputation follows his work on Get Out (2017) and Us (2019). It is important to recognize that Peele is valuable to Candyman but has reiterated that he has chosen DaCosta as the movie's shot-caller.


Dash cam of the future: Is this what lies ahead for law enforcement?
HOUSTON - Here's the scenario: It's the middle of the night and the sound of the phone ringing jolts you out of bed. An Amber Alert has been issued and a child is in danger.
"The timing is very important" in order to save a child's life, said Beth Alberts, of the Texas Center for the Missing.
What has suddenly happened is that law enforcement agencies are forced to find a needle in a haystack.
But what happens if that needle can be made bigger? The Focus H1 Dash Cam is essentially doing this, and the response from Alberts after Channel 2 Investigates showed her the technology was a quick and enthusiastic, "Wow. That's phenomenal."
Currently, law enforcement vehicles within the Los Angeles Police Department and the Delaware State Police are testing the dash cam unit in a controlled environment.
How long before we see it in the Houston area?
The company told Channel 2 Investigates that it will launch pilot programs in the Houston area and beyond over the next two months, with delivery of fully operational units by the second quarter of 2018.
How many cameras are in a unit?
The unit that Channel 2 Investigates held and examined had three, but the unit can easily expand to have six, according to COBAN representatives.
Can the unit identify if a person is holding a weapon?
Not yet. But Daniel Nooner, COBAN's vice president of engineering, said the technology is on the horizon. "Teaching that there is a gun in the hand is something that can happen fairly quickly," he said. "You know, like in the next six to eight months, that is something that can definitely happen."
Brian Chang, the mastermind behind the unit, said, "Now the way we use it is that we use this artificial intelligence to give us more information, not make decisions for us."
What about at night, in fog or in heavy rain?
CEO Doug Dickerson said the unit learns through processing information, and the technology is evolving to work in all environments.


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MATSUI, Doris
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MATSUI, Doris, (wife of Robert Matsui), a Representative from California; born in Poston, La Paz County, Arizona, September 25, 1944; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1966; staff, transition team for President-elect William J. Clinton, 1992-1993; deputy assistant, Office of the Public Liaison, President William J. Clinton administration, 1993-1998; professional advocate; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Robert Matsui, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 8, 2005-present).
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Oral History: 2003-2011, .8 linear feet. The Asian Pacific Americans in Congress oral history collection contains video interviews conducted by the United States Capitol Historical Society. It documents Asian and Pacific Islander service in Congress, discussing work in the House and Senate, as well as significant historical events that shaped those interviewed. In addition to the interview media, the collection includes: interview transcripts, photographs, correspondence, press releases, and research and production files.
"Doris Okada Matsui" in Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2006.
"Doris Matsui" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.
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History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, "MATSUI, Doris," https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/MATSUI,-Doris-(M001163)/ (July 16, 2019)

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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
By OutSolve - Sep 17, 2021 11:45:00 AM - 2 MINS READ
During Hispanic Heritage Month, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs celebrates the rich cultures, history, and accomplishments of individuals of Hispanic ancestry. The OFCCP builds workplaces that ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute to our economy at their fullest potential.
In his Presidential Proclamation marking Hispanic Heritage Month, President Biden stated, "[W]e also recognize that America cannot succeed unless Hispanic families and communities succeed, sharing equally in the benefits of our recovery and our investments."
COVID-19 amplified the preexisting economic barriers for many Hispanic communities. Hispanic workers participate in the labor force at a higher rate than any other demographic group, but median weekly earnings ($779) for Hispanic individuals working in full-time jobs have been lower than those of White workers ($1,012).The unemployment rate for Hispanic workers has slowly been improving, but remains higher than the national unemployment rate.
As our nation begins to build consistent equal job opportunities, we have a critical opportunity to identify barriers and strengthen recruiting, hiring, pay setting and promotional practices to ensure all workers from every zip code in America can access good jobs with equitable pay.
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Wilkerson 0183, originally uploaded by harmonweddings.com.
Nate chats with his guys during our shoot outside St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Clarksville prior to his wedding. I try and spend an hour or so with the guys just photographing them being natural, wherever that takes us.


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AccuWeather Is Now Issuing 90-Day Forecasts And Meteorologists Are Pissed
DAVID NIELD
Thanks to modern-day satellite technology, weather-predicting supercomputers, and the now-ubiquitous smartphone, it's easier than ever to find out what the weather's going to do in the next hour or day. But just how far into the future can a forecast actually predict?
Just last week, AccuWeather introduced 90-day forecasts, much to the dismay of meteorologists who assert that predicting any weather patterns more than 10 days in advance is pretty much pointless. Before launching their completely unscientific 90-day forecasts, the longest forecast offered by AccuWeather was 45 days - the predictions of which were dismissed as "not rooted in any science currently available to meteorologists" by The Washington Post back in 2013.
It's true to say that improvements in technology have made weather forecasts more accurate. A 5-day forecast from today is as accurate as a 3-day forecast was back in 1995, Ars Technica reports, and we can now trust 10-day forecasts to some extent whereas the outer limit was a week back in the 1980s.
But trying to predict something three months away is a whole different matter.
It's the sheer number of variables and contributing factors that make weather forecasting so difficult, and the more time that passes, the lower the chance of being able to make predictions that are accurate.
It's the butterfly effect in action - one small change tomorrow can ultimately lead to a massive difference after 90 days.
"People should not use long-range forecasts as a strict guide, but rather look at how the weather patterns evolve," says AccuWeather, admitting that its 90-day forecasts can't be relied upon to be completely accurate.
Even with that disclaimer, the forecasts can't be trusted at all, according to US meteorologist Dan Satterfield. "We are in the realm of palm reading and horoscopes here, not science," he said in a blog post. "This kind of thing should be condemned and if you have an AccuWeather app on your smart phone, my advice is to stand up for science and replace it."
In building up a weather forecast, meteorologists combine information about current conditions with what we know about atmospheric laws, detailed data about what the weather has done in the past, and advanced computer simulations (which are getting more complex and intelligent all the time).
The Met Office in the UK - widely recognised as one of the world's most accurate forecasting organisations - says its predictions are pretty reliable up to four days, based on an error-checking measurement it's developed itself. That's up from a single day in 1980, which shows how far we've come, but it's still nowhere near 90.
So if you want an answer to the question we started this article with, it depends on what margin of error you're willing to allow, but it seems that 3-4 days are just about the limit if you want a good chance of knowing what's going to happen.
Up to 10 days, you can get a less accurate - but occasionally helpful - forecast, but anything after that, and you might as well have a guess yourself.


Raytheon Missile Systems' GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment II. Photo: Raytheon.
The State Department has approved a possible $815 million deal with Australia for the sale of 3,900 GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment II.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Sept. 29 of the foreign military sale (FMS), which includes the 3,900 Raytheon [RTN] GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment II, 30 GBU-53/B Guided Test Vehicles and 60 GBU-53/B Captive Carry Reliability Trainers.
Raytheon Missile Systems' GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment II. Photo: Raytheon.
"This sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a major non-NATO ally that continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Western Pacific. It is vital to the U.S. national interest to assist our ally in developing and maintaining a strong and ready self-defense capability," the DSCA said in a statement.
Raytheon's Missile Systems business in Tucson, Ariz., would serve as the prime contractor for the deal.
Under the deal, Raytheon would also supply Weapon Load Crew Trainers, Practical Explosive Disposal Trainers, testing equipment, maintenance and repair services, and logistical support.
This latest FMS is meant to support the on-going sale of the F-35A strike fighter for use be the Royal Australian Air Force.
"This capability will strengthen combined operations, particularly air to ground strike missions in all-weather conditions, and increase interoperability between the United States and the RAAF," DSCA said in a statement.


Leash reactivity is a common problem and can make walking with your dog very stressful. Leash reactive dogs become anxious or aggressive as they walk by other dogs and may lunge, bark, and growl as a result. If not addressed, the problem only gets worse and more dangerous. If you are not experienced with dog training, consulting a professional is an important first step in addressing leash reactivity, but here we have provided some information about how you can manage it.
Walking on a leash is a strange activity for a dog that can inhibit species-typical behaviors, especially when it comes to walking by other dogs. When off-leash, dogs rarely greet head on. They typically take a wide arc around each other and sniff rear ends. When we walk by other dogs while on-leash, the head on greeting can create stress and anxiety for dogs. Owners also tend to tighten the leash to gain better control but this instead can tell our dogs that we are nervous about the interaction, putting them on high alert. The types of walking tools you use can cause pain or discomfort to your dog while you tighten the leash or pull them away from the other dog. Bad past experiences, where friendly greetings turned into a fight, an unleashed dog invaded their space, or owners deliver corrections or yelled at their dog while approaching other dogs, can increase leash anxiety as well. All these things create bad associations with approaching other dogs while on-leash, causing reactive dogs to lash out more and more until the issue is addressed.
Recognize your dog's trigger zone. There is a threshold when approaching other dogs where reactive dogs go from being calm to being anxious and reactive. The threshold could be 5ft away or 100ft away, every dog is different. Learn that threshold then DO NOT cross it. The best thing to do is to avoid walking by other dogs until you have all your tools in place. You need to be vigilant about seeing other dogs before your dog does. Look ahead on sidewalks or trails so you always know when someone is coming then create a game plan, whether going back in the opposite direction or moving off the path to create a safe distance for your dog. If you see someone off-leash with their dog, assume that dog will come running up to yours and avoid them at all costs.
Use proper walking tools. Gentle leaders are a great option for reactive dogs because it gives you additional control over where they are moving and looking, while also helping to calm the dogs by applying pressure on the snout. DO NOT use choke, prong, or shock collars on reactive dogs, as these will only exacerbate the problem. Flat collars can also cause discomfort if your dog is a puller.
If you do cross the threshold or didn't see a dog before it was too late (nobody is perfect) DO NOT punish your dog. He is not acting this way to embarrass you or to assert dominance over you. He is anxious and asking to be removed from the situation. If your dog is reacting, move in the opposite direction and say something like "OK let's go!" in a calm, up-beat manner. Reward your dog for coming with you and try to keep his attention on you with treats as you walk away.
Once you have removed the trigger, you will then work on reversing the trigger. Previously, the presence of other dogs has had bad associations, so now we want to make a positive association. How quickly this will happen depends on how long your dog has been reactive without intervention, but with patience and diligence from you, your dog can overcome it.
Practice basic behaviors (name recall, touch, sit, down, paw, etc.) while at home so that you can use them to prevent your dog from reacting. When you see another dog, use these tools to keep your dog focused on you while staying behind the threshold of reactivity. Keep the behaviors easy so that your dog is able to focus on you and so that you can keep feeding them yummy treats while other dogs walk by. This starts to create a positive association with seeing other dogs. The more you work on it, the shorter the threshold gets. If you have friends with calm dogs, you can ask them to help you with this.
Once your dog is on the path to success, keep in mind that they may never love meeting other dogs while on-leash, and there is nothing wrong with that. Continue to walk by other dogs in an arc to help mimic natural greetings. If you think your dog would enjoy socializing with other dogs, set up off-leash play dates (like daycare!).
I don't have a reactive dog, what can I do to help those that do?
DO NOT LET YOUR DOG OFF-LEASH UNLESS THEY STAY WITH YOU (no matter how friendly they are!). Many owners let their dogs off-leash in parks even if their dog does not have a good recall. Off-leash dogs bounding up to dogs on-leash are a nightmare for reactive dog owners. One bad interaction could set back months of training. It could also cause non-reactive dogs to become reactive as it is a rude behavior and not appreciated by most dogs.
Don't be offended if a dog owner walks away from you and your dog, or turns down your offer to let the dogs meet. Reactive dog owners don't want to be rude, they are just trying to help their dogs improve.
If you see an owner pulling their dog off to the side and working with it, try to move your dog by them quickly and quietly. Reactive dogs can be fine with calm, quiet dogs being within their threshold, but dogs that bark at them could trigger bad behavior.
How do I prevent my dog from becoming reactive?
Keep on-leash greetings optional! Even the most social dogs can have a problem with on-leash greetings. Give your dog some space by walking in an arc around other dogs. If both dogs seem interested in meeting let them do it on their own terms and keep them short. The best way to provide dog playtime is to set up play dates with dogs you know your dog gets along with.
Be knowledgeable about dog body language. This will help you know when your dog is uncomfortable approaching or meeting other dogs and help you critically evaluate other dogs interacting with yours. You can prevent bad interactions by learning dog stress signs and being able to recognize rude or aggressive dogs before they approach your dog.
Do not tighten, pull at, and punish your dog while walking by other dogs. Training your dog to walk with a loose-leash and having a reliable heel and recall can prevent a lot of walking stress that leads to leash reactivity.
Before we talk about how to get a well-behaved walking partner, we will address why your dog walks the way it does on a leash. First, we will answer the question "Why does my dog pull?" The answer is because the outside world is so exciting and they can't wait to check it out! Walking on a leash is a very unnatural thing for a dog. Dogs like to meander around exploring at their own pace, and we ask them to stay tethered to us and walk at our pace. Dogs also pull because they have been rewarded for pulling. As a dog pulls towards a tree to sniff it, they drag their human right along with them and then they get to the tree. They begin to learn that pulling gets them to the scent they are trying to explore and they keep doing it. You may also have wondered why dogs weave from side to side while on walks. This is how dogs track down scents. When odors come off of an item, they dissipate in a cone shape. Dogs weave within the scent cone until they narrow in on the item itself.
Know your dog! If your dog has a strong prey drive, walking off-leash may not be the best option. The sight of a squirrel might send them running even with the best of training. Finding enclosed outdoor spaces for them to run free might be a better choice. If your dog has aggression issues towards people or other dogs, keeping your dog on-leash is your safest bet.
Train a reliable recall, where no matter the distraction your dog comes running to you.
Train a reliable heel while your dog is on-leash. Your dog is reliable when they are paying attention to you instead of pulling at the end of the leash to sniff trees, chase squirrels, or greet humans or dogs walking by.
Once your dog is reliable on-leash you can start working on the same training while off-leash. Go back to the basics of starting in your living room, then gradually increasing distractions as your dog is successfully progressing. After the living room, practice in the backyard, then in a fenced in park, then in a remote area away from all roads. Ask friends with dogs to practice the training while they walk by so you are sure your dog will listen with added distractions.
Make sure that YOU are the most interesting thing to your dog. This starts with not always letting them greet other people or dogs on-leash. As you walk by distractions, you should become more exciting and give them their favorite treats or toy.
If your dog is off-leash and runs off instead of listening to you, do not punish them when they return. This will only teach them to not come back in the future. If your dog is off running around instead of coming back to you, try getting on the ground, running the opposite way, or doing some other crazy activity or sound to get their attention. Chasing your dog will likely make them run faster and farther.
Wild dogs and ancestors of our domestic dogs would travel for hours a day to guard their territory and to obtain resources. Up until a couple of decades ago our dogs were working or free to explore outside rather than sitting on the couch all day as they do now. Many of our domestic dogs were bred for a certain purpose, such as hunting, herding, or other types of work. Even mutts will retain biological drives to physically engage in an activity, and walking is crucial for fulfilling that need.
Walking is physically stimulating and provides many of the same benefits that walking does for humans, such as weight loss or weight maintenance, stronger bones, muscles and joints, improved attention, and disease prevention. Just because your dog has the energy to burn, it does not mean dogs will motivate themselves to exercise. Even if you have a large yard, it takes active participation from their owners to motivate dogs to move. It's great if you engage in other activities with your dog, such as fetch, running, or agility, but a plain old walk can be extremely beneficial as well.


Have you found an online vendor selling Stolen Overproof?
I'm a lover of the Jamaican style. This rum surprised me, similarly to how Smith & Cross surprised me when I first tasted it. People who don't know and understand "hogo" often call the overwhelming aromas and tastes unpleasant or obnoxious, but for someone with an experienced nose and palate, they can be absolutely wonderful. Also, for those that really love a well-made Maita'i or Junglebird - they know you need the hogo if you want an incredible drink.
To me, it has a pungency of overripe and caramelized banana, pineapple, and mango. Spicy aftertaste, and truly "fruity" and complex, with a warm and somewhat buttery mouthfeel. This does very well in a good sipping glass, evolving over time (some water might help). I know for a fact it would be fantastic in a Maita'i, or Jungle-bird.
The original stolen "smoked" rum seemed really lame to me ("Stolen" brand seems a bit like a gimmick), but they really got this one right. The bush-league move would have been to water this down to 40 abv and try to sell it like that, as many other companies would do... There aren't many overproof Jamaican rums like this on the market, so I do, in fact, consider it a rare find. Highly recommended.
it's 61%. Hampden Distillate. Half size bottle. Very flavorful and pungent rum. Not sure How "limited" it actually is but I would pick up a bottle an have a sip as well as trying it in a few cocktails. I don't know if I would go and buy a case like I have seen some do... but worth a try.
Just be aware this is not a New Zealand bottling. There are two distillers called Stolen which have been combined on this site. This one is from Chicago, Illinois.
123 proof, so it's plenty hot! Undiluted it is a bit overpowering, but brought down to around 100 proof it opens up nicely. Tropical fruits abound. Pineapple, mango, banana, and guava at the forefront. Menthol, camphor, citrus, and mango follow. It's good for what it is, but a few more years in the cask and it could be stellar.
61% ABV. 6yo Hampden juice at cask strength. Hugely funky nose. Pineapple, cherry, glue. I'll try to update this at some point with better notes, but if you like Hampen, you'll like this :) But it's not for everyone, me included (I'm more of a Worthy Park/New Yarmouth guy).
Described as previously undisovered 6 year aged pot still rum from a historic Jamaican distillery, and add to that a cool mini- bottle, and I was all in. Alas, the contents of the mini-bottle did not live up to my expectations. Just a strong and somewhat unpleasant aftertaste when all was said and done.


Nafez is Managing Director & CEO of the London office of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development.
Previously, Nafez was a visiting fellow with New America and the manager of Edraak.org. He was also a strategy consultant with PwC's Education Practice, where he worked with different governments across the GCC, focusing on school to employment transitions and the establishment of regional think tanks.
Outside the office, Nafez writes for several publications including the Huffington Post and focuses on education technology at Wamda, covering entrepreneurs in that space and helping them create successful companies. Nafez is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Shaper community and the Sandbox Network Amman Ambassador. He is a Yale College graduate where he completed a yearlong, award winning, thesis on the Obstacles towards Curriculum Reform in the Middle East which was published by the Dubai School of Government.


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5 Music Videos Ripped From Your Darkest Nightmares
Trial By Combat Is Worst Way To Win Custody Of Your Children
6 Great Historical Places (That Are Dumb As Balls In 2020)
Adam Tod Brown ·
Music videos have been the go-to outlet for musicians looking for creative ways to market their music for decades now. This dates back to before the dawn of MTV, as far back as the days when The Beatles stopped touring and started taking drugs while standing in front of cameras instead. If you're unfamiliar, that's a famous band from England, and they were known to get into some weird stuff on the visual side of things from time to time.
The weirdest part? That's three Ringos.
So it should come as no surprise that some of the most bizarre and unusual music videos of all time come not from the United States, the country that probably thinks they invented them altogether, but instead from all different parts of the globe. We talk about some of the most bizarre and unsettling music videos from overseas on this week's Unpopular Opinion podcast ...
... where I'm joined by comics Maria Shehata and Sophia Benoit. I'm talking about that very same thing in this here column today. Let's get after it!
Serge Gainsbourg: "Chez Les Ye-Ye"
When it came to bringing the crazy, no one delivered quite as consistently as French pop star Serge Gainsbourg. I've written about him before while covering upbeat songs about Nazis and a creepy father-daughter duet about incest, and now here we are again. In this clip, we learn that Serge was insane pretty much as soon as his career started.
If it was somehow possible, this video would be my family seal. No, I don't care that it's in French. No, I don't know what it's about. No, I won't take the time to learn if you want to teach me. I have all of the necessary information about this video that I could ever need, which is that, while one guy stands almost completely still, singing the kind of song that sounds like it should credit "cigarettes" as a co-writer, another nearly identical-looking guy is in the background just completely ...
... losing ...
... his shit.
Wait, these videos are supposed to be terrifying! Nightmares come to life, you said! You're correct, and you obviously didn't watch the entire thing. Or maybe you did and just didn't notice it. I admit the first couple of times I saw this, I was merely captivated by the dancing lunatic in the background. I suspect a lot of people who watch it for the first time fixate on that part, all the while not even noticing that, around the halfway point of the video, everyone pulls out knives.
Did I say something wrong?
Not just any knives, either. They're goddamn switchblades.
Yes, the enthusiastic gentleman in the back has one too ...
... meaning he's doing the Carlton before we knew it was called the Carlton and knife tricks at the same time.
This is probably how street crime worked in early-1960s Paris. You're stopped by two dapper gentlemen who woo you with song and dance one minute, only to hold blades to your windpipe while demanding all your cash the next. The worst part? You don't even call the police, because you liked watching it happen so much.
Also, you don't speak French and a prostitute already robbed you an hour earlier, so they didn't get away with much anyway. Still, what a fun crime!
Wang Rong Rollin: "Chick Chick"
For some reason, when this video initially started making the rounds, it was billed as "the next 'Gangnam Style'" by the kind of people who say that kind of thing. On the surface, that seems reasonable. After all, it's an upbeat and completely ridiculous song by an Asian performer who, at various points, does that stupid horse-dance thing.
The differences between the two, though, are quite massive. The main one, possibly the only one, is enough of a divide to turn the songs into almost complete and total opposites. See, where "Gangnam Style" featured lyrics performed in a foreign language, "Chick Chick" features lyrics that consist exclusively of various fowl noises.
Notice that says "fowl" and not "foul," but either word works just fine as far as descriptions go. And, please understand, I get that the people behind this video are intentionally trying to be crazy, which should effectively make the whole thing a little less insane in the long run. But it just doesn't work that way this time. Who thinks to be this crazy?
Who surveys their surroundings, sees an attractive pop star, a stockpile of music, and recording equipment, and thinks to turn that into a catchy tune constructed entirely from chicken noises? And not just any chicken noises -- sassy chicken noises.
That's not the thinking of a person who plays by our rules. No, that's the thinking of a person who also happens to have a collection of these horror souvenirs lying around for when it's time to shoot a video.
Oh, and that video, that's what we're here to talk about, after all. Sure, this song is crazy, but it would be nothing without an endless stream of jaw-droppingly bizarre visuals to go along with it. My favorite? Why, this dog that vaguely resembles Hitler, of course ...
... because what the hell is that thing all about, you know? What's any of this about? It looks and sounds like Lady Gaga in the late stages of dying from avian flu. This is the fever dream that consumes your thinking immediately before the botulism you contracted from a KFC Loaded Potato Bowl finally finishes you off. If this song isn't being used on prisoners of war as a last-ditch torture method, I would be absolutely floored.
In fact, as batshit insane as the first minute of this song and video may be, if you can keep listening beyond the vocals that accompany this clip ...
... it's all but guaranteed that no government or adversary can break you. Because by that point you will have already endured the very worst torture this world has to offer.
Radiohead: "Just"
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OK, what's the verdict? Is this too obvious, or so obvious that no one would think to include it? I mean, it's a Radiohead song; I'm probably not showing a lot of people anything they haven't seen before, and I accept that. Still, this is a damn creepy video and, unlike a few other entries on this list, isn't completely painful to listen to from beginning to end. That's good, because you have to watch exactly that much for it to have the proper impact.
Fortunately, it's also the rare video that's every bit as interesting and entertaining as the song itself. It starts innocently enough, with some dude in a suit tripping over another dude in a suit who, for some reason, is just lying in the middle of the sidewalk.
A conversation as to what the exact fuck is going on ensues and, helpfully, it includes subtitles.
Of course, you won't be too surprised to know that the gist of the dialogue for most of the video boils down to this:
Walking Man: "Why are you lying on the ground?"
Lying Man: "I can't tell you."
Repeat for a few minutes while Radiohead rocks in the background and the crowd of curious onlookers grows more and more massive.
To amp up the creepiness, as with almost any Radiohead video, from time to time we also have to contend with Thom Yorke's lazy eye.
Finally, when the song is reaching its peak and the crowd is growing uncontrollably curious about why this man is just splayed-out on the ground, he finally cracks and offers to tell them, but the offer ...
... comes with a warning.
Do motherfuckers listen? Motherfuckers never listen. I mean, they listen when he finally tells them why he's so down, but they didn't listen to the warning beforehand ...
... so that happened. Are you satisfied? Now you're all on the ground and "Tom with an H" and company have a captive audience to rock to forever.
"Should we go ask why they're lying down, then?"
Here's hoping those people enjoy music made mostly with thrift-store electronics equipment and telephone switchboards. Because they're in store for a lot of that if they don't get off the ground soon.
Chiranjeevi: "Adavi Donga"
Warning: If you've suffered a past trauma that involved adults in terrifying animal masks, I'm sorry, but this entry is going to make getting through this column even more difficult. You probably thought that wasn't possible after the nightmare of that "Chick Chick" song, but I regret to inform you ...
... that you're incorrect.
At any rate, I first saw this video posted on a friend's Facebook page last week, and that version had more than 5 million views, so I accept that a lot of you might have seen this before.
If you haven't and are looking for an elevator pitch to compel you to watch the video, I'd tell you it looks like the dance scene that would play over the end credits of the Bollywood version of The Shining. Then you'd probably be like, "But Adam, that's kind of racist -- this clip is actually from a Tollywood film, which is an offshoot of Indian cinema where most of the films are produced in the Telugu language." That feels like an overreaction, if I'm being honest. You couldn't possibly expect me to know that right away. But it's true; this clip apparently comes from a Tollywood production called Adavi Donga, which you'll immediately note features Indian superstar Chiranjeevi in the lead role.
He must be so proud!
You'll also note that, despite clearly attempting to be a comedy, this is complete and total nightmare footage. For those unsure of why I mention The Shining: It's because you either don't remember this scene ...
Very bad dog!
... or are too young to have ever bothered to watch the movie at all, in which case, be ashamed. Youth is no excuse for ignorance and disrespect. That's The Shining, goddammit; go watch it, if for no other reason than to instill within yourself the healthy fear of adults in animal masks that we all need to survive this crazy life without becoming serial-killer statistics. Honestly, though, this shit should just be terrifying on its own ...
Oh holy shit, are those puppets?
... even if you don't have background information. If those just look like crudely crafted and completely life-ruining toys to you, don't worry; they come to life and form a Soul Train line at one point ...
... because nightmares know how to adapt. More proof of that can be found in this clip.
That scene in particular with the singing animal heads on the wall reminds me of the video for the 1987 George Harrison hit "Got My Mind Set On You" ...
... which sort of makes this video play like what it might look like if it turned out George was all wrong about Hinduism and instead went to hell for sullying his legacy with that terrible song. I might be overthinking things a bit. Either way, whether they intended it or not ...
... this video is damn terrifying.
Aphex Twin: "Come To Daddy"
Aphex Twin is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to electronic dance music. For one thing, I don't hate his songs, which is a rare dynamic indeed when it comes to my relationship with any artist of that genre.
Something else that sets him apart is that, unlike a number of his peers, he has no qualms about sharing his true identity with the public. In fact, his face is one of the main features of his albums and videos, and it's goddamn horrifying. See, he looks like this ...
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As if you didn't already know that.
... but for creative purposes, he usually contorts his face to look something more like this ...
Better!
As if that's not creepy enough, he has a thing for releasing videos where almost all of the characters have his face as well. Case in point, have a gander at the absurdly unsettling video for "Come To Daddy" ...
... which takes a bit to get started, but when it does, buckle up. What makes things so slow at the beginning is a kindly old granny who, while strolling through what looks like either a war-torn section of London in some dystopian future or literally any other part of Europe right now, happens upon a pile of rubbish and, while examining it, gets the feeling she's being watched.
Bad news! She's totally right! After a television in that garbage pile suddenly powers on and starts asking for her soul ...
... she staggers off to a dark hallway (the best place to be when fleeing danger), and sees what was eyeing her from the shadows. It's a bunch of good-for-nothing kids, and guess who they all look like?
Right, that thing I said about Aphex Twin slapping a slightly sinister-looking version of his grill on just about everything he does has now extended to a group of children. It's like Littleman meets The Purge.
Eventually, those marauding man-kids happen upon that same television and, um, stare at it like this ...
... which is something I wish they wouldn't do. Anyway, after a few more minutes of vandalism ...
... and fighting ...
... the old woman does the only logical thing and camps out in front of that TV again for a bit, at which point, it gives birth ...
... to a professional DJ.
Does that face look vaguely familiar? If not, it will later in the video when it takes its true form.
The moral here? Throw away your ecstasy; replace it with birth control pills.
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Q: Routing / Distance Matrix Strategies I am currently developing an application which makes use of the free Google Maps API (not Google Maps for Business API!).
For this I am making use of:
1. geocoding
2. map display
2. distance matrix
3. routing services
(find infos here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/webservices/)
As usage limitations apply (checkout developers.google.com/maps/licensing ), google proposes client-side geocoding for 1. as described here:
https://developers.google.com/maps/articles/geocodestrat
As 2.,3. and 4. request are quite limited too I would like to understand if the "go client-side" strategy also applies to these services?
If yes our problems would be solved!
Unfortunately I can't find any information on the google web site on how exactly these limitations are counted (e.g. per IP address would mean client-side is fine)
If not we would quickly need to find a different provider as the business license for these services currently exceeds our budget.
Thanks for your help!

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Zhang was canonized in The Source of Taiji Boxing. In the case of Zhang San-Feng also written Chang San-Fangalthough often referred to as the founder of Tai Chi, historical evidence does not support this assertion. According to martial art historian Douglas Wile, Zhang was first suggested as the originator of Tai Chi in the middle s.
The legend that developed around the Zhang myth is a good entry point for our discussion of legend mistakenly represented as factual. According to story, Zhang is believed to have developed a fighting style based on his observations of, or dreaming about, a fight between a bird of prey and a snake.
However, historians have been unable to ascertain if Zhang, supposedly an alchemist who lived depending on the source in either the twelfth, thirteenth or fourteenth centuries, ever truly existed.
In contrast, historical evidence supports the founding of Tai Chi Chuan as traceable to the Chen Family Village or possibly the Yang Family -about three hundred years ago. In much the same way as the Zhang legend, in contrast to what Chinese historians tell us, the legend of the Wu Tang monastery long ago captured the imagination of the writers of Chinese comic books and filmmakers as the place where the internal martial arts were founded and popularly believed to represent a sort of yin -yang counterinfluence to the famous Shaolin monastery.
An even bigger mess unfolds when one discusses "secret arts" said to derive from the supposed merging of Buddhist and Taoist "internal energy" practices. Although the popular fable holds that secret methods were exchanged between Buddhist monks and Taoist recluses, it is problematic that first, aside from extremely rare incidences, such as possibly Chan Zen Buddhism, no evidence supports the merging of Buddhism and Taoism into a secret chi energy based cult, and second, with the exception of Indian and Tibetan tantric practices see chapter six, section threethere are no secret Buddhist energetic practices and no evidence supporting the pop belief that monks secretly practiced and merged separate "energetic" traditions.
He taught men to practice this in order to strengthen their bodies. He added to the discovery of two classics of body nurturing. The principles of Bagua Quan are also contained within.
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This is the origin of the inner family fist arts. He met a teacher of internal alchemy. Both of them practiced martial arts that used Post-natal strength. The function was more than proper. However, their arts did not harmonize with Qi inside. They had the potential to cause injury to the Dan and injure the original Qi.
Therefore, they incorporated the nurturing methods of the first two classics and use the whole character of the form of the Taiji circle. They included the principles of the Ho Diagram and the Luo Book.Entry for 'Tree of Knowledge' - Holman Bible Dictionary - One of 28 Bible dictionaries freely available, this readable and easy to use dictionary takes advantage of the finest modern Bible scholarship.
The Story of "The Great Harlot" in the Bible. by Lambert Dolphin. Many themes weave themselves through the tapestry of scripture, "here a little, there a little, line upon line, precept upon precept.".
Learn what the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil are and how they relate to your brain, body and mind. author of leslutinsduphoenix.com and leslutinsduphoenix.com to access the secret knowledge of the Bible requires occult knowledge and the ability to decipher and assimilate mythical information into .
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) The following article provides an esoteric interpretation of the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge, as depicted in the Bible. I want to emphasize a point raised by the author, Pao Chang, who provided an excellent analysis.
Chang presents an interpretation of masculinity and feminity, as it [ ].
The beginning of language on earth can be traced back to John , which states: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
"In a recent study of this conflict between the story and the mythical relics it preserves B. S. Childs has remarked that 'behind the figure of the serpent shimmers another form still reflecting its former life.'.
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England Rugby Statement: COVID-19
16-03-2020 Club News - Abdullah Mahmood
Following government advice today, the RFU will suspend all rugby activity in England, at both professional and community level, including club training, league and cup matches plus rugby education courses from 17th March until 14th April subject to continued review.
The decision has been taken following government advice in the interests of players, coaches, referees, volunteers, supporters and the wider rugby union community.
Where possible, players at all levels are encouraged to maintain their own personal fitness and keep active during this time, while following government guidelines about safe distance and safe exercise environments.
The RFU will continue to review and monitor government advice and will provide detailed updates on the impact to the season in the coming weeks.


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Іван Сергійович Половков (, село Дніпровка, тепер Кам'янсько-Дніпровського району Запорізької області — , село Новодніпровка Кам'янсько-Дніпровського району Запорізької області) — український радянський діяч, голова колгоспу імені Ворошилова Кам'янсько-Дніпровського району Запорізької області. Герой Соціалістичної Праці (16.02.1948). Депутат Верховної Ради СРСР 3-го скликання (в 1950—1951 роках).

Життєпис
Народився в бідній селянській родині. З дванадцятирічного віку працював у сільському господарстві. Потім був бурильником на марганцевих рудниках Криворіжжя. У 1930 році вступив до комсомолу.

У 1930-х роках брав активну участь в колективізації сільського господарства та організаційно-господарському зміцненню колгоспів на Запоріжчині.

Член ВКП(б) з 1940 року.

З лютого 1940 по жовтень 1945 року служив у Червоній армії, учасник німецько-радянської війни.

У 1945 — 11 січня 1951 року — голова колгоспу імені Ворошилова села Новодніпровка Кам'янсько-Дніпровського району Запорізької області.

Помер після тривалої важкої хвороби. Похований в парку Слави села Новодніпровка Кам'янсько-Дніпровського району Запорізької області.

Нагороди
 Герой Соціалістичної Праці (16.02.1948)
 орден Леніна (16.02.1948)
 орден Трудового Червоного Прапора (1949)

Джерела
 газета «Червоне Запоріжжя» — Запоріжжя — січень 1951.

Депутати Верховної Ради СРСР 3-го скликання
Уродженці Кам'янсько-Дніпровського району
Члени КПРС

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All the way with Hazlitt - as far as he goes
By Gavin Putland - posted Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Sign Up for free e-mail updates!
The reader of a book review will rightly want to know the ideology of the reviewer. Very well: being of Georgist persuasion, I divide the "means of production" into two categories: those that can be produced or reproduced by competitors, and those that can't. On the former category, I'm as far Right as you can get, believing that such assets should be privately owned and exempt from tax, to encourage capital formation.
That may explain my mostly sympathetic reaction to a book much admired by advocates of free markets and small government: Economics in One Lesson (1946; revised 1978) by Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993).
His opening shot is: "Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man." These fallacies are promoted in support of "endless pleadings of self-interest" and are assisted by "the fallacy of overlooking secondary consequences." Hazlitt's "one lesson" is then stated: "The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups."
That "lesson" is not Hazlitt's Big Idea, but only his method. His Big Idea is drummed out again and again as he demolishes a long list of interventionist policies and the fallacies that support them.
He begins with the "broken window" fallacy -- the idea that you can stimulate the economy by making work that wouldn't otherwise need to be done. In reality, of course, wasteful duplication of productive effort can only result in a net reduction in purchasing power. Later chapters deal with various guises of the broken window, including war, unnecessary public works, needless bureaucracy, opposition to labour-saving machinery, and demarcations of responsibility that cause multiplication of labour rather than division of labour.
A related fallacy treats purchasing power in terms of money instead of productive power, with the result that the alleged creation or saving of purchasing power leads to a misdirection of productive power (analogous to repairing the broken window). Numerous examples are given in the chapters on government-mandated lending, make-work schemes, tariffs, export subsidies, and price controls (including minimum wages and rent caps).
Labour-saving machinery multiplies the productive power of labour and the resulting capacity to pay for labour. Hazlitt gives examples in which mechanization of an industry, by reducing the prices of its products and thereby increasing sales and revenue, led to an increase in employment in that very industry.
But usually the new jobs are widely dispersed. In what was originally the last chapter, Hazlitt admits the tendency of "even the disinterested observer" to notice concentrated losses rather than diffused gains, and says of the losers: "It is altogether proper...that the plight of these groups be recognized... and that we try to see whether some of the gains from this specialized progress cannot be used to help the victims find a productive role elsewhere." Obviously that won't happen without government intervention.
Nor is this the only example of Hazlitt's capacity for nuance. After ten pages denouncing tariffs he says: "As a postscript to this chapter I should add that its argument is not directed against all tariffs, including duties collected mainly for revenue, or to keep alive industries needed for war..."
His nuance extends to workplace relations (chapter 20). A strike, he says, is legitimate, but not if it involves pickets; and strikebreakers are legitimate, but not if they threaten violence, can't do the work, or are paid more than the strikers were. After concluding that minimum wages substitute unemployment for low wages (chapter 19) except for workers who are being paid less than the market-clearing rate, he suggests that the exception is better handled by unionization than by minimum wages.
But an elephant turns the page when he concludes (s.19.3): "We cannot in the long run pay labor as a whole more than it produces. The best way to raise wages, therefore, is to raise marginal labor productivity." Indeed we cannot pay labour more than its marginal product. But we can and do pay it considerably less, due to taxes that cause workers to cost more than their wages (payroll tax), to receive less than their wages (personal income tax), and to consume less than they spend (GST/VAT or sales tax).
How should the offending taxes be replaced? That brings us to the other category of "means of production" -- assets that can't be produced or reproduced by competitors. Georgists contend that the market values of such assets, being publicly created, are the proper source of public revenue. The most important example is land, whose value can be tapped by means of rates, "land tax" and "capital gains" tax.
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Ever have that kind of anxiety that you're not afraid of new people, but of people who you've already met?
The worst is the second time you meet someone. You've used up your best stories the first time and you have to remember what important details they might have told you.
My god this is aorable.


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NEW monster in the Legends Pass: Ondana!
When Queen Thalassa returned to her throne, she put her daughter Thetys and her friends under strict surveillance to avoid them causing a new riot. She knew she couldn't keep them like that forever, but she didn't expect them to escape either. So when Thetys disappeared along with her squad, Thalassa realized that she couldn't underestimate her daughter and, instead of abandoning the Throne of the Water Realms to go on a search journey herself, she recruited a very special monster for the job: Ondana.
Thalassa had met Ondana in one of her adventures with the Warmasters, when Babari explained the use of Mythic Amber to the group. Thalassa had told him about her fear that she wasn't able to fully control what went on within her immense realm, so when Babari gave her a piece of amber, Ondana was born out of thin air.
Ever since she remained Queen Thalassa's faithful servant. Wherever Thalassa needed her to go, Ondana went, so if there was someone who could find the queen's rogue daughter and her friends, that was Ondana.
Ondana is a Water Support monster with Stamina Drains and Positive Effect Removals. She can also gain an extra turn, disable an enemy's trait or apply Drowned to all enemies. Ondana has an Evolving Trait: at rank 0, she's Immune to Freeze, at rank 1, she casts Super Attuned upon all her allies, and at rank 3, she doubles the Maximum Stamina of all her allies at the start of the battle.


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President of the Republic of France, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Mrs. Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron will be on a State Visit to India from 9-12 March, 2018 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The last visit of the French President to India was in January, 2016, when the French President was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations. The Indian Prime Minister last visited France in June 2017, immediately after President Macron was elected President. The working day of the visit will be Saturday, 10 March 2018.
India-France strategic partnership, established in 1998, is one of the most important and comprehensive bilateral engagements and is marked by intense and frequent high level exchanges and deep political understanding. We have enhanced and ongoing cooperation in the defence, maritime, space, security, and energy-related sectors, and are increasingly working together on all issues of concern including terrorism, climate change, sustainable growth and development, infrastructure, smart urbanization, S&T cooperation, and youth exchanges. The visit of President Macron is aimed at strengthening the bilateral economic, political and strategic dimension of our engagement.
The Indian Prime Minister and the French President shall also co-chair the Founding Conference of the International Solar Alliance, which will take place on 11 March 2018.
The bilateral trade between India and France for the period April 2016 to March 2017 reached US$ 10.95 billion. France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with a cumulative investment of US$ 6.09 billion from April 2000 to October 2017. Close to 1000 French companies are present in India. About 120 Indian companies have invested in excess of Euro 1 billion in France and employ close to 7000 people. The India-France CEO's Forum will also take place during the visit. The visit is also aimed at forging not only strong manufacturing and technology partnerships, but also greater people to people contacts especially through greater exchanges of students and researchers.
The Indian community, including NRIs in mainland France number around 1.1 lakh people; largely originating from French enclaves of Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam, Mahe and Chandernagore.


I'm pretty open about my love of local distilleries here in Washington. I've written about many, sipped lots of delicious products, and find the people behind them to be a creative, hard-working, friendly bunch of folks. They aren't folks who are looking to make oodles of dollars, but instead just want to bottle up memorable gins, whiskies, liqueurs, and much more, using as many local ingredients as they can. Sadly, right now, there's an issue in the Washington State legislature that could spell trouble for a lot of these small businesses.
What's the problem? It started with a really good idea, strangely enough, when the Washington Distillers Guild backed a bill, Senate Bill 5549, that was created to help smaller distillers in rural locations—distilleries are mainly family-run, and very family-friendly—attract customers and remain in business. This bill would have made it possible for the distilleries to have two offsite tastings rooms (they're not allowed any offsite right now) where they could serve mixed drinks to demonstrate how to use their products, and to sell products from other distilleries. It was based on existing laws from other alcohol-producing industries – wineries, for example, can have four offsite tasting rooms.
Our local distillery universe, while having a large number of awards under its belt, is still very small in the big booze picture, making up around 1% of total spirits revenue in Washington. The national average for what's called "craft spirits" (meaning the more local, non-giant corporation spirits, more-or-less) is 3% of the total. In neighboring Oregon, local spirits make up 11% of the total – they allow up to five tasting rooms per distillery, too.
So, what do you do if you want to support local distilleries and small businesses? It's not too late to have your voice heard; you can call your legislator and let him or her know your thoughts about the bill and amendment.
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Of the last 40 actors nominated for an Oscar, 40 have been white.
There was a big reaction this year when, of the 30 cartoonists nominated for the Angoulême Grand Prix award this year – a very prominent lifetime-achievement award – none were women.
Ben L. linked to this in the last open thread, and I'm re-linking it here, because it's really the most persuasive article about Trump (and the 2016 election) I've yet read.
A new study shows how female economists get less credit for their work than their male counterparts.
Once in a while the GOP does something right. In this case, I can't give full credit, because if Republicans had been reasonable the ban would have ended years ago – but at least it's now effectively ended (at the Federal level anyway), and that's good.
Do you know that Aaron Burr's fire-and-brimstone preacher grandpa was Johnathan Edwards? I didn't.
Dances With Fat discusses that fat joke in the first episode of "Jessica Jones." I really liked her comment on the "last acceptable" canard.
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The story of lead poisoning in Flint is horrifying on so many levels; in the mindless devotion to cost-cutting and ignoring science, and in the way that systematic racism leads to children being poisoned.
I need to think about this more before agreeing or disagreeing, but it's interesting.
It all comes down to the budget.
Tips for fiction writers who are writing characters in the military. I'm not currently, but I still found this entertaining to read.
This is one of the better Hamilton-related interviews I've read, with a lot of interesting thoughts from cast members about how they approach their work. I liked Daveed Digg's explanation for why he never sees the audience until act 2, but I'll be obnoxious and make you click through to read it.
Notable for one of the most egregious examples I've ever seen of lying by quoting out of context – and the liar is a D.A.
I'm not sure how reliable it is, but this survey of Americans found that 24.8% have less than $100 in their accounts; 23.8% have between $101 and $500; 7.7% have between $501 and $1,000; 16.4% have between $1,001 and $5,000; and 27.3% have more than $5,000 in their accounts.
So the majority of Americans have less than $1000 in savings. I wonder if people who don't have bank accounts were excluded, or counted in the "less than $100" category.
RE: #6, it is a little weird to be linking to a July 8, 2015 article about the primaries (page 71). The poll numbers in that are wildly out of date. The analysis is no longer accurate that Sanders still polls in the single digits with black and Latino democrats. According to the cross-tabs of a recent national IBD poll, Clinton gets ~50% of the black and Latino vote, while Sanders gets ~20%, with ~30% undecided or supporting someone else. Unless that improves (and the 30% undecided gives plenty of room for Sander's polling to improve), that would probably cost him significantly in states with more black and Latino voters, but Sanders is only behind by 4% nationally in that poll, with Clinton under 50%, so stronger black and Latino support for Clinton is not keeping her in the safe zone (and with proportional representation in delegate elections, the national percentage is probably close to the fraction of delegates he'd have if a national primary were held today).
Also, Sanders is currently actively campaigning at historically black colleges and universities, working to shift that substantial undecided segment over to his side.
I'm surprised by all this. I was pretty confident that Sanders didn't really have any chance of getting the nomination even as recently as mid-December. I still wouldn't bet on him at even odds, but I no longer think that article is accurate.
The Charles River runs through the Boston suburbs and then forms the border between Boston and Cambridge until it flows into Boston Harbor (and thus the Atlantic Ocean). On either side there is a divided highway. The one on the Cambridge side is called Memorial Drive (a.k.a. "Mem Drive" to the locals) and is always U.S. Route 2 on it's entire length and either Massachusetts Route 2 and/or 3, depending on where you are on it.
As such it runs directly in front of the MIT campus. As such there are numerous bridges across it. MIT is bisected by Massachusetts Avenue which joins Boston and Cambridge, so there is obviously a bridge over Mem Drive there. Immediately west of the bridge is a long row of MIT dormitories.
It's 9′ 6″. It's the first bridge whose height does not permit a semi-trailer to drive underneath it that a truck driver would encounter driving east towards downtown Boston. There have been numerous accidents.
One fine sunny weekend day, when there were plenty of undergrads out and about – almost all male at that time – a beer truck driver failed to pay attention to numerous very large signs. A loud BOOM alerted a couple hundred undergraduates that something had happened. They quickly discovered that there were thousands of cans of beer all over the highway.
When MDC and the Mass. State Police showed up, there were scores of undergraduates salvaging (O.K. – stealing) cases, sixers and individual cans of beer and tossing them up to their fellow undergrads, and one frantically screaming truck driver who was being roundly ignored. The cops got rid of the undergrads, but they never got any of the beer back.
I've been back there. That bridge is STILL 9′ 6″ and is not about to change anytime soon. The presence of the Charles River right there would make it pretty complicated to dig another 4.5′ deeper. There's a turnaround provided for people who pay attention to signs and realize that they've made a mistake before they hit the bridge. But that appears to be a subset of all the truck drivers who use Mem Drive.
#22–that quote is pretty amazing.
$250,000 a year is not middle-class–about how promises by Obama, Clinton, and Sanders to not raise any [Obama and Clinton]/most [in Sanders' case] taxes on families making $206,568 household income are in the top 5%.) I agree, and am surprised this has not received more scrutiny.
Charles: Good point. I'm really hopeful for how well Sanders is doing – I don't know if I'd prefer him or Clinton, but I do know that I'd prefer there to be a real race.
Closetpuritan, I agree, the "we won't raise taxes" pledges coming from Democrats are a terrible idea.
A "We won't raise taxes" pledge from Democrats would be a terrible idea because no one would believe it and it would simply be considered one more lie by the Democrats.
Some argue that the wage gap is purely due to "women's choices," but such a characterization hides the cultural and social factors that go into women's decisions to enter or stay in a particular job.
Perhaps. But so what? Whatever those factors are, they are reasons why women don't do work or put in the hours at work that would cause them to be more highly compensated. It does not mean that women are being paid less than men for the same work.
Moreover, even when women choose the same jobs as men, the wage gap persists. For example, male surgeons earn 37.76 percent more per week than their female counterparts.
But that ignores what's pointed out in many studies such as this one (with links to click through on it as well). Even though two people have the same job title, it doesn't mean that they are both putting in the same work and the same hours. For example, if you work long shifts and do 10 surgeries a day, you're going to make more money than someone who works shorter shifts and does 7 surgeries a day. Additionally, there are specialties within surgery (as in any branch of medicine), and those who work in more demanding (and thus more stressful and time-consuming) specialties will get paid more.
This also answers for the author's comments on education as well. You don't get paid for your education. You get paid for your productivity. Whether or not you get hired for a low paying job or a high paying job is going to be partly a function of your education. And, indeed, single women starting out in professional jobs tend to get the same starting rate as men. But as one's career progresses, the people who are willing to work longer hours and otherwise spend more time on their career make more money.
There are many ways to combat the gender wage gap. Policies that help women balance work and family commitments—such as paid sick days, paid family leave, and fair scheduling practices, as well as equal pay protections and pay transparency—can work to combat the many causes of the gender wage gap, both overall and within individual occupations.
So why is this an objective? Because of various choices and societal structures, women who choose to have families and are less productive for their employer than a man make less than men who choose to make families do. Why is this an issue that requires government intervention? Why should the government force private employers to pay for productivity they don't get?
I mean…the "so what" is one of the points of the article: the end of the article is talking about public policy as well as employment practices that enable women to engage in the workforce at the same level as men.
But as to supposed women's choices in work hours and job duties: If certain specialties within these broad job categories pay more than others, but women are systematically pushed out of those higher-pay specialties by discrimination, that is still a discriminatory gender influence on the wage gap. If–as has been repeatedly demonstrated–employers do not promote women at the same rates as men with the same qualifications and work history, or do not promote women with children at the same rate as men and childless women, then that causes a discriminatory gender wage gap. If women with the same talents and skills as men are not given the same responsibilities and therefore do not work as many hours and/or receive extra pay, then that causes a discriminatory gender wage gap. Since work in the home is not compensated, if women are pressured to preferentially take on those duties, then even if they work the same number of hours as men (and research tends to show that on balance women in heterosexual working couples have less free time, though they work fewer paid hours) their average compensation is less, causing a gender wage gap, and those expectations for working hours can extend even to single people or people in couples who do not arrange the work hours that way.
All of those are cases of valuing women's labor less–just not at the level of a one-to-one comparison. Why is the one-to-one comparison the only one that you seem to think we have any power to change?
Why intervene? Because, in some cases, those choices are not freely choices by the employees in question, but forced by employers (some women with children would choose to work more but their employers will not give them the hours or promotions; some men would like to spend more time at home but face reprisals of various forms if they do) or alternately caused by employer inflexibility that interacts with social conditioning (neither parent in a family can get flexible enough scheduling to pick up the kids from school even if total work hours and productivity would not be affected; that means one parent must step down working hours or change jobs, and it's often the woman, but that wouldn't have to happen with more flexible options for people of any gender, in which case both parents could continue working as they had done before).
Why should the government force private employers to pay for productivity they don't get?
You got a quote for anyone proposing that, or even seeming to imply that, in the article in question?
How you view that depends on what you count as a "tax on the middle class [using the stupid definition of <$250k]". A tax on tanning booths and other sales-tax-related things are not income-based, so it's not "on the middle class", specifically, but some middle-class people will pay that tax.
Discrimination against women is still a factor in the gender wage gap. There are countless studies with strong controls which show that women are still clearly discriminated against, including #7, above.
While women in the field publish as much as men, they are twice as likely to perish. And this higher rate for women being denied tenure persists even after accounting for differences in tenure rates across universities, the different subfields of economics that women work in, the quality of their publications and other influences that may have changed over time.
But Ms. Sarsons discovered one group of female economists who enjoyed the same career success as men: those who work alone. Specifically, she says that "women who solo author everything have roughly the same chance of receiving tenure as a man." So any gender differences must be because of the differential treatment of men and women who work collaboratively.
Both the Case and Deaton paper and this new analysis are examples of how whiteness in America is increasingly becoming what sociologists call a "marked category" — that is, a phenomenon or group that stands out in its difference from what is assumed to be the normal, the ordinary, and the therefore largely invisible. In other words, until fairly recently the issue of "white drug abuse" would have been much more difficult to notice or even conceptualize, since drug abuse would be framed as either a society-wide problem, and/or a problem for various others, i.e., racial minorities, the poor, counter-culture types etc.
The median net worth in the US is around $45K per adult, so I don't think 23 can possibly be right. We do have unacceptable levels of poverty and inequality, don't get me wrong, but I don't think it's quite that bad.
Irene, I don't think that's inconsistent with #23. Median net worth includes things like home equity (which tends to be about 3/4 of the net worth number), retirement plans, life insurance policies, and furniture/jewelry/other high-value goods; #23 is just measuring cash on hand.
I should say, at least 3/4; it can be even higher depending on real estate markets.
In regard to the cartoon, I want to note that at least one of his famous nemeses went ahead of him.
Specifically, his nemesis as Dr. Lazarus.
Median wealth includes the value of your house, which often can't be accessed at precisely the times that you might need it most (like when you lose your job because the economy tanked).
Employers don't promote women or men as a group. They promote individuals.
No, it DOES get compensated. Stay at home motherhood does exist.
No, #7 doesn't concern the gender *EARNINGS* difference. It concerns TENURE, not earnings. Not all academic institutions pay the same. Or require the same amount of work for that matter.
And there do exist serious studies such as Warren Farrell's book Why Men Earn More and the CONSAD report which indicate that there may not exist any discriminatory component to the gender earnings difference.
And it still holds that men predominate in dirty and dangerous jobs. How exactly do you put a price tag on someone, such as a security guard, police officer, firefighter, coal miner, or soldier who puts their health and even their life on the line for their work?


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Q: is it wrong to start an array from 1? I need to solve a c++ problem but something doesn't work and i don't know why.
N numbers are given, divided in k sequences. I need to find out which sequences are equal, knowing that k divides n.
is the problem with some values as an example:
Here is the problem with some values as an example. (it's in romanian)
I tried something like this:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
bool compare(int a[], int b[], int n)
{
    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
        if(a[i]!=b[i])
            return false;
    return true;
}
int main()
{
    int n, k;
    int i, j, secv;
    cin>>n>>k;
    int flag=1, v[n];
    for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
        cin>>v[i];
    secv=n/k;
    for(i=1;i<k && flag==1;i++)
        for(j=i+1; j<=k && flag==1; j++)
            if(compare(v+i*secv, v+j*secv, secv)==true)
                {
                    cout<<i<<" "<<j;
                    flag=0;
                }
    if(flag==1) cout<<"NU";
    return 0;

}

A: If your array is of size k and you are iterating the first element at index 1 then there are two problems:

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*Your array will only be able to save k-1 elements because in memory an array's first element is at index 0.

*Some of the default array functions like begin and size will include 0 index so it might produce unexpected results.
How an array is saved in memeory
An array name is just a placeholder to the continuous memory reference. So if you's starting your array with 1 then you're skipping through the first index.
The best practice is to start an array with index 0.


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The latest iPhone 5 rumours from the WSJ mention a new iPhone this Fall that will be thinner and lighter, and possibly bring a cheaper model with an edge to edge screen.
This is My Next originally brought up the story of a redesigned iPhone with a teardrop design, and larger screen. This time around, they are providing confirmation from their sources a new iPhone will be launching in the Fall along with a new iPad as well:
Our sources are saying that not only will there be a newly designed iPhone coming in the fall, but there is going to be a new entry into the iPad family as well
They also answered why the rumours of the slightly upgraded 'iPhone 4S' were so prominent recently. Their sources apparently reveal iPhone 5 components were just being used inside an iPhone 4 body for testing:
Simply put, as the iPhone 5 components are built for a smaller and lighter device, they can be easily fit into a casing which for all intents and purposes looks identical to an iPhone 4… and that's exactly what Apple has been doing. Our sources tell us that the company has been testing the new components in old iPhone cases, for obvious reasons. Some of those reports we've heard about a larger screen for the old design would make sense too, as a slight tweak of the size (say, to a 3.7-inch display), would be barely noticeable to the eye, but obvious in internal component design.
One would think Apple would still rely on their popular iPhone 4 design as keeping this external shape would make for a cheaper cost via economies of scale and also follow in line with physical iPhone hardware upgrades in the past (think of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS–the body stayed the same).
This is My Next comments the iPhone 4 design is going out the window because upper level management at Apple are ready to move on to a new design and product. Reasons why could include the iPhone 'found in a bar' leak, and the 'antennagate' SNAFU.
If Apple were to stick with the iPhone 4 design for the iPhone 5, it would make sense with what they've done previously with incremental upgrades. The company has made it clear to deliver a better user experience is through software–iOS 5 is coming this Fall. With the extent of what we use our iPhones for, current hardware specs have more than exceeded our needs. How much power do we really need to have in a smartphone?
A newly designed iPhone 5 this time around would make sense for Apple, to stay one step ahead of their competition, most notably Android. During the iPhone 3G/3GS era, there was almost zero competition to the iPhone. That has all changed now, and relying on the same iPhone 4 design would be a step backwards instead of moving forward (one thinks of RIM as an example). By stretching out the timeline of iPhone upgrades to the Fall, it allows Apple to continue to sell more iPhone 4s, a unit that is still more than capable.