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4. Nikk Tetreault - "Strap In"
January 31, 2020 Liz Komos, Nikk Tetreault
Liz Komos, Nikk Tetreault
This week, we welcome Nikk Tetreault to the show. Nikk hails from Boston but currently lives in Chicago doing stand-up, improv, and sketch shows. She has obsessive-compulsive disorder. We discuss her personal journey with OCD, how it affects her art, and her personal comedic journey in general.
You can follow Nikk on Instagram at @nikk_is_dead.
For more information on Obsession Compulsive Disorder, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness at https://www.nami.org/
This episode was recorded at the iO Theatre. The iO Theatre is home to Chicago's best improv comedy with shows 7 nights a week. They offer classes in improv, writing, and more! Visit ioimprov.com for a full schedule.
Liz : 0:06
Welcome to the Who Dis? Show podcast. I'm Liz Komos. This show features conversations with performers from the mental health, chronic illness and disability communities - we're digging into who they are and how their health intersects with their art. Today's guest on the podcast is Nikk Tetreault (Tay-tro).
Nikk is a Chicago based comedian doing improv sketch and clown around town. Nikk likes pineapple on her pizza and recently tried it in calzone form. Nikk, thanks so much for being here, especially after being so adventurous.
Nikk Tetreault: 0:37
Thank you so much for having me. I'm so happy.
Good, I am so glad. On the Who Dis? Podcast, we explore the intersection of art and health, and before we get too deep into talking about how you are as an artist, if you can, tell us a little bit about how you relate to the health community, be it a chronic illness, mental health condition or disability.
Um, I have, ah, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and I'd say that's probably my way in to the community. Um, I was once looking at a list of disabilities, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder was on there, so I was like, "Oh, that's what this is." Does that answer it?
Yeah, tell if you can in your own words. Like what ... for our listeners. (pause to reframe).
So what's cool about this podcast, at least I hope is that we're gonna have listeners from the disability community. But also just, you know, the abled community, people that don't totally know. If you can tell us a little bit about what Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is and how it affects you in your own day to day life.
Okay, Um so, at least for me, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, um, it's... in my experience it has kind of changed and morphed as I've aged. So when I was little, it was like I would let me know. Is this... (pause) is this a place where we can get a little dark?
Oh, yeah, we're getting Let's get dark. Let's turn the lights out.
You're so fun.
I would have these. What are called intrusive thoughts to like do things to hurt myself, and then my compulsions would be hurting myself. But it was being like, weird ways. It be like, Oh, um, push this pressure point and count to three. And and it would need to be like one, three, or seven. Um, amount. It always need be an odd number because odd numbers were evil and even numbers were good. And then, as I've gotten older, so like, I'll go through periods where it's like, Yikes, what's happening to my brain and then there are periods where it's like, "Oh, just a regular person living my life And occasionally I have a thought." But then I'm like, "Oh, whatever." But then, as I got older, it started turning in to like me catastrophizing and, like my intrusive thoughts, were catastrophizing of like, Oh, I'm an awful person because of X, Y or Z or like a lot of what ifs, Um and then just like really fixating on those and the compulsions became less physical. Then I found out the that you can have mental compulsions. That's sort of when you have to like, in my experience, you have to like, fully think through a thought. Or you have to imagine the outcomes of what would happen if something else happened, such as my experience with obsessive compulsive disorder. But there are all of these super fun genres of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. So last summer I was experiencing relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. But then there's also like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder where you're worried about how you are morally or... (pause) Um.. there are other ones. Worth a google search.
Yeah, yeah, Google it. I always like to mention NAMI the national. I think it's the National Association for Mental Illness has a lot of information. (it is actually the National Alliance of Mental Illness). So if people want to learn more, that's a great place to go and check it out. Um and yeah, thank you for sharing that. I think it's important for the listeners to know, like how we relate to these things so that when we get into the discussions about art there's a kind of an understanding of like who you are and why you're health interacts with your art and how it does. Yeah, after that, then is what kind of artist are you? I know I sort of said it in the intro, but what kind of artists are you? And how did you become interested in being a creative?
Oooo! Um, I I see myself as a comedian. Mostly, um, I don't know. I feel like everybody's doing everything. I like doing everything too, so I like doing the improv, and sketch, and music, and clown, and stand up. Less stand up right now, but I'm also doing stand up tomorrow. But like, in general less, I guess. Why am I a creative? - you asked?
Yeah. How did you become interested in yeah, creative arts?
I feel like I just like making people laugh, and it feels really good. And it's what I want to do. And when I was in high school, somebody told me that, like you could go to school like you could go to comedy school and I was like, Oh, so it's not just like God has chosen a select few to be our comedians?
I thought's that our it worked too.
Yeah. I grew up in Chicago. I used to spend almost all of my birthday's going to Second City or like people knew that I liked it so they would bring me for their birthdays at Second City. And I never knew that you could take a comedy class, and I'm sure at the end of every show they went, "We have a training center. And if you would like to do this, check out our training center." I had no clue whatsoever that you could go to school to become a comedian.
That's actually how I found out was at the end of a comedy show. One time they were like, Oh, actually, no. Well, sort of. They were like. Check out, check out our website. But then it was more there was, like, this one person in the show I thought was so funny. So I'm like, Oh, let me see if I can, like, find them, find out who this person is. And then on the website, there was also the whole take a class section. Yeah. And then I was like, What's happening? Yeah. And then when I took the class, this was in Boston...
I was going to say, when was that?
That was in, like, 2011 or 2012. Um, And then when I started taking classes there, I ran into, like, this one dude who was talking about these classes in Chicago and like, how all these famous people came out of Chicago. And so then I was like, Wait, there's an even bigger comedy school. Yeah, started going down that path and then...
Well, you're young. How old were you in 2011?
Um, thing. It was like I couldn't take comedy classes at improv Boston until I was 17.
Okay. So you found it before then?
I think I found it when I was, like, 16, almost 17. So I found it like right at the right time.
Yeah, well, Jack and I are old, so there's a bit of jealousy. Sorry, Jack. I just I just called Jack out for being old.
Jack: 6:58
Oh, a bus just went by and you threw me under it.
I just mean, I think that's so cool that you found it so young. I didn't start comedy until I was 31.
You're so good at it though.
Get out of town. How old were you, Jack? Only normally. I don't talk to Jack during the podcast, but...
Yeah, normally she says, "Don't Talk." Uh, I'm 42
Okay. And when did you take your first class?
Uh, two years ago. When I moved here. I think my mother in law saw something and Tribune. That's what got me interested in the classes here. Yeah, it's the same thing. You never know, right?
We were actually just talking about people that are younger in the scene, and so I'm very excited for you, and I think it's cool that you were able to get into it at such a young age. And I think that one of the things that I see people doing here in Chicago is doing what you're doing they're trying solo work. They're trying sketch, they're trying stand-up, they're trying writing. They're, you know, they're doing all of the different aspects to find what kind of artist they are. Like, what sort of comedian is Nikk? I'm excited for you on that journey.
I am excited for you, I mean, you're running the podcast, You know what I mean?
Sh..., you know, it's not about me.
Oh, it's so about you. Ah! Sorry, I'll stop. This is you, you run it. You run it how you want,
We'll do a, Jack has said that we're going to do an episode that's all about me at some point.
She's not looking forward to it.
I was joking that I should have the guests come in and sit in all of thes red chairs down here in this basement, and you can all ask me questions. A group style. My next question is like where do you see your career going? Like what kind of comedy career do you wanna have? Where do you see yourself in a few years? What are you working on next? Like what's coming up for you?
Oh, I don't know. Who is gonna say the dreams. I guess the end goal is to be working in television, like what Mindy Kaling does that she's kind of just running everything. But she's also starring in everything that she is making a lot of cool stuff. So I'd eventually like to be like like her. Right now, I'm working on creating more solo stuff so that I can put it out at some larger venues and ideally, have gained more people's attention. Yeah, like I was on your show doing the solo sketch. And, um, that's ideally for something to lead somewhere. I actually I just booked that in Boston. You did? I'm excited to be.
Oh, thanks. It was just sending an e mail and they were like, Yeah, you can do that.
Bring it. Put it up. So you're saying that you booked a show in Boston to do some of your solo sketch work? Yeah. Yeah, that's awesome. What I'm curious about now is because you're doing so many different mediums of performance: How does having O.C.D. interact with each of those different mediums? Is it different when you're performing improv and ensemble work, and different than when you're doing stand up. And even so when you're doing sketch - cause each of those kind of have a different process about them in the way that we prepare and get ready. Yeah, what's the impact?
Nikk Tetreault: 10:08
So it's sketch. I am nervous about being a thief.
Liz : 10:12
So about stealing material from someone?
Yes, in a way that I think is a little bit intense because normally people who, who I don't want to say that all neurotypical people are able to like do this, but there are many people who have a different brain than me who are able this, sit with somebody and, like, have each other punch up each other's ideas. And at the end of the day, they're able to still say like, Oh, this is still my sketch. Thank you for your help. This is still my sketch, and I'm gonna use it for this show that you might not even be involved in. Yeah, um, but one time I was working on, I'd written a play and the play was like a bunch of little vignettes, I guess, kind of like sketch and the person who was directing it was like what if we used ah rubber like a little rubber horn or whatever, and then I was, like, really fixated on it. I was like, if I used the rubber horn, This is not truly my work. Um, I must think of something that is just as funny as a rubber horn, but is not a rubber homered that at the end of the day, when I die, this is 100% my work. And I think that a lot of people just take the rubber horn and would've had a really chill evening.
I know. I get what you mean, though, that you're that you're worried about other people collaborating with you in terms of like assisting you and then feeling like they need credit somehow or that it isn't yours or that someday down the road, someone's gonna be like, you know, that rubber horn was mine.
Yep. And then it will be like, how much did she really write of this play? She's a thief. And she's been stealing jokes for years.
I mean, I think that the authenticity it is... it is, a big thing. But I I also think that I don't think anyone in this work truly, ever does it alone. You know, I think that it's impossible, because even if you're doing stand up right, you go up, you put you put your act up and the audience gives you feedback, and then you go back and you rewrite it, and then you take so they're giving you feedback by way of laughs or not laugh... so they're participating in the process a little bit. Right? Okay, maybe I'm just connecting dots that don't need to be connected. But yeah, I don't think we can ever really create comedy alone because we're so reliant on the response.
Yeah. And the art doesn't happen in a vacuum. No, it is like the whole thing. Yeah. And there was this one person. His name's Tim Averill, who got this sentence from I think somebody else. But it could have been his - who knows - something about how, like ART is just the constant stealing and remaking of everything that's already existing. And I'm like, but but I don't want to be a thief.
Does that make it hard for you to, like collaborate just with another person, even as an equal if you're gonna be writing something?
As in equal like if WE are saying this is OUR project that we're building together, it makes it a lot easier. But then they're also sometimes where, like all, have an idea for something. And I'll be like, Do I wanna put the idea in this space? But no, I want to use it for something else later...? And if then if I get that feedback on it, can I use it in the other place? What happens to all of the dead sketches that we bring through? Our classes are different ensembles that didn't get used.
I've been thinking about that with Second City right now because I'm in their Conservatory Program, and I came up with this song that I want to use, and it's very disability related, so it's like material very close to my heart. But I can't decide if I want to use it in that class. Like I think it's good and I think would be a great piece to put up for our grad show. But do I own it then? Do I get to use that piece when I do my solo work? It's mine. I created it and it's, it's a grad show, like those are questions that I have sometimes. And I think it is hard to go. OK, is this the right? Is this the right avenue for this piece of material? And do you give it over to somebody when you put it up in the four walls of their theater?
I heard I talked to one of my teachers and she was saying that, um her rule of thumb is sort of if she uses it in a show, she leaves it in that show unless, like, she needs a solo piece for an audition. Yeah, but I know that I've put on shows where, like, I e-mailed people who were involved with the show. And I'm like, Hey, is it cool? If I used these pieces from this show in my own show and they were like nobody, this is your piece. Just take your piece. Yeah, but it's so funny that you say that about the song because I wrote a song about and I feel like this is called technically a disability, but like it doesn't show up on like those work forms when you're checking it off.
Yea, yeah.. which is how we all define (long laugh pause as Liz thinks to herself that only the disabilities listed on those forms are the "only disabilities, ever).
(snort) Oh God. I try not to snort a lot, but that one really got me. Like, if that list was like the only list, there's so many. Okay, I love a good disability joke.
No, no, that's great. I wrote a song about having vaginismus. I'm not sure if you're familiar with it.
I am not.
You're not?
Yeah, maybe some of our listeners don't know.
All right. Strap-In Jack.
Vaginismus is a condition where people have it to varying degrees. But basically, if anything tries to get close to the entrance of the vagina the um, I think they're called the pubococcygeal muscles or the PC muscles and whether they tighten up so that your vagina becomes a wall and you can't be entered. So I wrote a song about having Vaginismus, and I brought it to my music conservatory. And I wound up deciding to not continue bringing it in because I was like, I think I want to say this for like, a solo thing, huh? Yeah, it's only that you said that you have Ah, piece.
Yeah, Well, it's like and I imagine it with this group like I can close my eyes and I can see them doing this song with me, and I think it would be good, but I'm also like, Gosh, it's so it's so genuinely a part of my life and experience that it's hard for me to give it over to that group of people and think I could never perform it again.
You know, I think you could always do... Oh, sorry to cut you off. . Could you check in with your ensemble?
Yeah. And ask them.
Yeah, get their thoughts on it.
Yeah, Let them know.
I think it's when you get and I could be wrong. I don't want to spread Chicago Misinformation on this podcast. Okay, so if anybody thinks that I'm wrong please at me on instagram at
Nikk underscore is underscored dead
Yes. Thank you so much. Believe me. On instagram if I'm wrong, Um, I think it's, um if you get hired by Second City on one of their main stages, anything you write, they have paid you for your writing. And then that is your writing is owned by Second City. Once you do those pieces and a lot of those pieces that go up do feel like those personal kind of pieces that like only this person could sing this or only somebody who is like in a similar vessel to this person could sing this is. It is interesting. The ones are and then doesn't Michael Jackson or, Well, I guess he doesn't anymore because he is dead, but doesn't he like, didn't he own the Beatles songs?
I don't know. Yeah. I understand. If you're getting paid, like if you're on main stage and you're getting paid to write and create a show that that that is the problem, you are being paid for the work, right? I think for me it's some of the smaller shows. Or like a student show or situations like that. Yeah, where it's not something I quite understand yet about how comedy and artistic pursuits kind of work in that way. What is my intellectual property?
Sometimes what helps me is thinking about how, when I'm dead, it probably won't matter. Sure. Um and sometimes I kind of wish you could just, like, flash forward. Like like maybe five years. And it's like, all I use that song a second time... Has my career been slandered?
Yeah, well and then now you just said the word dead... And I was like: what if I die and I never put this song up? You know what I mean? Like, what if I'm always waiting for a different venue or a different avenue? And I'm not putting the stuff that feels important and good to me now because I'm waiting for the right space on. Then I die and nobody ever hears it, except in the voice notes on my phone after I'm dead.
Do you think anyone will go through those? I wonder that... that's something I wonder? I mean, I think that's something, part of my condition where I'll be like.... Oh, you gotta delete that one.
I recently wrote my last will and testament somebody, one of my co workers was like, you got to be on top of it. And when I told my mom, she's like, I don't have my last will and testament, but in mine, my significant other has my okay to go through my phone and clean it up before anybody else sees it.
I just have a pact with people to be like, ya know, just take what you want to come and take what you want. Fight over it. I don't know... there's nothing that good.
What are some of the challenges that you found being a performer with O. C. D. In the community here in Chicago and what are some solutions?
So I came to Chicago, and before I came to Chicago, I had a one woman show in the crux of my one woman show was a joke that I found out that somebody has an entire podcast for. But if I look at the timestamps, my jokes started before their podcast. But as the same time I need to drop it, it makes me so sad. That was probably my biggest chance. That was one of the things was I was like, Wait, I'm supposed to do a set tomorrow, and I just found out the day before that this joke already exists, but the person who has it is much more high profile than me. And then can I do this set tomorrow? Or am I gonna look like like a thief? And I know I didn't thief it. Yeah, and it is this joke that is so integral to like who I am that I'm like: there's no way if my life goes the way I want it to go, which we never know if it will, there's no way to like erase joke from my life. It's like a part of my life, you know what I mean?
Interesting. Yeah. After we're done recording, I want to hear the joke because you can tell it in here with just me.
Uh, what are some of the highlights of your career? Like a moment I think of like when I like, unlocked a barrier. You know, there's a lot of barriers in this community of like producing putting up your first show, or putting up sketch show. Like, What's a moment where you're like, ahhhh - I just did that and that feels really good.
Oh, probably the solo sketch that happened a couple of weeks ago was I had not been writing as much solo in like new material as I had hoped to when I came to Chicago, and then an opportunity came up where it was like, do your solo sketch make it and You just need to, like, have it all together by this date. And so doing that and I haven't memorized like that much solo material in a long time. So sitting in my room and reading through all of it and doing all the revisions and writing all of it and then putting it up twice. It was like, Oh, I did it. I did it. I did it.
That's cool. That's really awesome. I think that those are the moments that are so fulfilling. Being here and doing all this stuff is seeing like what's next for me? What's the next achievement I can unlock If it's like a video game, you know, the next thing I can do for myself to further my career, What do you think it takes to make a great comedian stand up or sketch performer?
I need to take this advice for myself, but like just making the time to always be writing,
Um, but also, like, nobody can do everything. Always. I think that that goes kind of back to like the whole disabilities conversation. Is that like there is, if somebody was talking about this at the talkback for Who Dis? - was this expectation that you always need to be out in doing everything. Um, at the same time, I think that people need enough time to recharge, but them balancing the recharging with continuing to write. I took a hiatus from writing for a while, and I think that I need to make sure they still hold my self to some sort of standard.
It's the craft, right? It's like finding the way to work the craft that works for you. And that is spending time writing. It's going to see shows. I think that that's something I try to do is pencil in time to go see other people's work. Yeah, then to perform in shows whether that be improv or whatever else. And then also trying new things like I did my first storytelling event recently and that was great. And then now sketch stuff and trying to figure out like: How do I do this? What's that next step for me? But yeah, I think it's balancing your craft.
What is your relationship as a comedian to failure? I think comedy is all about trying, failing, timing, trying again. How have you worked through that part of being a stand up.
What's helped me in relation to failure is that I don't think anybody is gonna hear this and be like, Oh, I know this lady and I've seen her with 100 down. But if you in my experience, if you go to an open mic there's so many people who are so confident and so terrible at what they do. I'm like: Oh, I know I'm better than that. So I can even if I'm bad at the end of the day, when I go home, I'm like, I just had a bad day. It was just a bad day or like that specific joke didn't work. But I don't take it is like this stand up thing is the end of my career. This was the really bad one I had. I had a really bad stand up set on a really important show one time. And it was a bummer, but also everybody has bummers.
How do you choose to incorporate your health and your experience with health in your art? And is it something that you actively choose to do or does it just show up like when you're sitting down and writing,
Um, I have had a couple couple of different experiences with it. So the show that I mentioned that was an important show that went really bad. That was one of the times where I tried to incorporate my health. And so I was talking about having vaginismus and, it was so so bad, Liz. Because I was just like, "So would any of you like to gradually help me insert dilators into my vagina? Anybody in the audience by show of hands?" And the audience was kind of just like You can't you can't see what I'm doing, but I'm kind of like looking very uh tight-bodied and uncomfortable. And so, yeah, trying to figure out more positive ways to include that.
How do you do that without clearly making the audience uncomfortable? Is that the only time you've ever tried that piece or have you tried it elsewhere and gotten the same like a It's about like testing, right? Did you test that out again and see if...
It's worked in different forms. So asking the audience to help me with my sexual health it was a no go.
I don't know why! I would laugh so hard.
Thank you so much. Um... So yeah. I did not a full power point presentation. But I did have some slides up behind me one time, and I brought my dilators on stage. And, um, there were definitely some uncomfortable people, but there were also people laughing, so I that was more positive. And then I've tried making a rap about it. The rap was well received, but that was the thing that I'm pocketing, to work on later.
Yeah, I think that uh, it's bold. You know what I mean? Like, I think it's bold to talk about that and to literally bring your dilators on stage. Like I think people don't often see - I don't even want to just limit it to like women - but I don't think they see people taking risks like that all the time. Like people go out there and they do safe stuff. That's an unsafe thing to do.
I love it. I relate to it. So I had a really early stage cervical cancer, and I had a hysterectomy and I spent a lot of time on these boards, talking to other women who've had hysterectomies and like what's going on? And so I also have no cervix and no uterus. But I still have my ovaries and my fallopian tubes. And some people have to use these dilators after surgery just because things happen to the body. So for me that would hit. Like I think if you took that material to a gynecological conference, ya know, sometimes it is about finding your audience. I don't know. But like, I think that's so funny because it's true. Like it's something that's a real and that you have to, like, work through sometimes.
There are a lot of gynecologist who don't know what it is, though, which is so frustrating.
That's a health thing. I don't think we've talked with any of the guests yet about that part of it. Like when you have to educate your physician about what you your health condition is, is always the most frustrating moment where you're like you're a doctor. I shouldn't have to tell you this.
And what about your mental health? How do you choose to incorporate your mental health into your set?
So, this is something that I've I've been struggling to figure out how to incorporate it sometimes, because there are some themes within Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that people will deal with that to somebody who doesn't understand Obsessive Compulsive Disorder will sound like the person with O.C.D. is a terrible person. So a theme that some folks have struggled with is like this fear of committing, like terrible or violent or harmful crimes. And it's just this one of the compulsions for it is avoidance is trying to take yourself out of any situation where you could possibly commit this crime that you're afraid that you're going to commit. And at least in my O.C.D. mindfulness workbook, it's said that people with O.C.D. are the least likely to actually commit these crimes because of all the like steps that all the precautions they're taking to not commit them. But it's the intrusive thought, the idea that like, oh, what if I just stabbed my mom right now... I'm holding a butter knife. What if I just stabbed my mom? Um, and how how could I make a joke of like, Oh, I had this? It's a horrible intrusive thought that I was gonna do something terrible and so I worried that I might be a terrible person. But in a way that somebody in the audience isn't like way. Is she gonna stab us all right now?
Well, I think I think that's a really interesting topic. And, like, it can be heavy. But I think there is light to that because I think in humanity, we've all had worries. Like I think that there is something relatable and that that we've all had fears of, like, Oh, what if I do? X y z? I've definitely had the thought before. Like what if I just drove my car into Lake Michigan? Yeah, really? I think that there's something relatable about, like the what if aspect of that, Um and then also finding a way, like, I think what people connect is how then you how then you deal with it, The lead up to where the the after, like what is that process? What is the human process like for you and what's kind of humorous about that, you know, after the fact after you've realized that you've not committed the butter knife incident. I don't know, but I appreciate you sharing it, cause I think that just like anything else, the more we talk about these things, the more we de stigmatize them. And what you've done here now is educate people about a very like, real aspect of the condition that you have, but also shown that, like, you're thinking about it and you're knowledgeable about it. And yeah, you're taking care of yourself.
Thank you. Do you um, so I was talking with another guest about their chart, their like medical record. Do you ever find that people treat you differently once they find out that you have O. C. D. Albeit in the community or even physicians?
With the O. C. D. My doctor wouldn't put it in my chart because I don't have a formal diagnosis from like, uh, I think a psychiatrist. Yeah, it's just been like multiple therapists being like: Oh, this is O.C.D.. And then also, like, I know that I am not a doctor and like the the Internet is a dangerous thing. But it just I have, like, textbook. And so that for that reason, my doctor won't put it in my chart. So it's something that I like need to tell people when I'm going into things and, um, what was the other part of the question?
Does it ever affect you in the community? Are there other people around you in in the community that know that you have O.C.D., and do they treat you differently?
I don't know if I've always meant it. I don't know if I get treated differently, but I do know that when I talk about my O. C D. I usually have somebody who, interestingly enough, is like also in the arts community message me privately to be like I also have O.C.D., or like this is what I struggle with. And it's really cool to be like, Oh, so there are like other comedians that are dealing with similar thanks to me right now!
That's what I think one one of the goals of the show, the live show but also this podcast, is to create connection between performers that have similar experiences, even dissimilar experiences, but just under the umbrella of like health and illness, because I think the more that we talk about these things, the more bonds and bridges and connections we can make so that people don't feel quite as alone. Thinking that they're the only one who's struggling with with a mental health condition or with a physical disability or an illness. Because it's just hard. It's hard. It could be really isolating sometimes. And so, yeah, I appreciate you sharing. And I saw that you did post something publicly recently on Facebook for Mental Health Awareness Month. And I just think that that's so cool. And I think that it's something that we should all be talking about more. And not just like one month. It's like, Hey, here's the Mental Health Awareness Month. I just I'm glad that you did it. And I'm glad that someone reached out to you because that's the point, right? Yeah. Yeah. At least that's my point. That's my goal. Yeah. To create connection. Cool.
How do you feel about the concept of people performing as an inspiration that, like you getting up there and I don't know? Well, getting up there and bringing your dilators on stage or really anything in someone being like, "Wow, you're so bold." Has that ever happened to you?
I don't think that that's happened to me.
Good. You're lucky!
No! There are like so many awful things that happen to people that don't happen to me, for whatever reason, I'm just like lucky.
I love that. What are some of the good experiences you've had post shows? Like, what's the normal reception for you after you come off a show reception?
Good job. Good job.
Just a solid good job? Are you kidding me? I was like, If you haven't seen Nikk perform, then you have to go see Nikk perform sometime. Any time I see you, you are captivating, and you're interesting, and you're you. It is very much like your authentic, But you're so funny and you're still smart and seeing your sketch work. I didn't realize what a good actor you are. You know, like I've seen you improv acting. But seeing you really put on those characters, it was I was blown away by you. And so I was assuming that's what you would say that people are just like, Oh my gosh, not just good job,
I get. I guess sometimes people are complimentary like you. I guess one time I did stand up and this person came up to me and they were like, really enjoyed seeing you up there. You did so great.
What do you feel? You're touching... Nikk just put her fingers on her cheeks and like pulled her eye lids down. How do you handle that?
Um, I handle it good in my own vessel, but I do feel a bit douchey being on podcast all like, So you should hear about the compliments I get. You should hear them. (sarcastic tone)
NO! I just I also think it's important for us like it's important for us to work hard, But I think it's also important for us to recognize and say like what we do well. I don't think people do that a lot because I think it does come off is like conceited in a way. But I think for this community, specifically, it's important for people to be out there and owning their space. But with strength and being like, I am good at this, I deserve to be here like everybody look around, you know, um, at least for me, because I spent a lot of time not trying to take up space or being like Oh, no, Stop. But, you know, instead of just being like yeah, yeah, There was a good show. Thanks. I had fun.
Um, no, it's a good philosophy.
Yeah, I think so. I think we shy away from compliments. More than than people need to.
What do you suggest for comedians similar to you? Maybe even someone since you moved here to pursue comedy. What advice do you have for someone just starting out?
Um, have a Facebook account.
Okay (laughs) Why?
Because I find so many opportunities on Facebook. Not a ton. So I'm a part of, like, eight comedy Facebook pages. And almost every day, I'll go through and check for the updates and like, probably, like a few times a month, they're people just like taking submissions to these different shows. And that's how I'm able to, like, get booked on various shows. And then it's also good for, like, advertising your shows and sometimes people post statuses being like, Hey, looking for another person to improv with. Or, hey! looking for somebody for this sketch, or like auditions for this auditions for this. And when I meet people in the community who don't have a Facebook page, Which all the power to you? I'm like, How are you doing it? How are do, innit?
Yeah. No, I agree with that. I think having a Facebook page, however annoying, is necessary. I think there are so many opportunities posted about events and you get invited to shows and people use it. And so it just unfortunately, is like the beast that you have to make peace with you.
If you could take anyone artist out for dinner, who would it be? Where would you go to eat? And why? Why that person?
Can they be dead?
Ah, yeah, that's even cooler.
Oh, no. There's so many.
Oh, yeah. Buster Keaton. Buster Keaton is the hottest man who ever lived. Uh, sometimes when I watch old movies of Buster Keaton and I am like, why did you die? SoI can't marry you? Um, raviolis. Love ravioli.
What? Spinach or cheese or both? Or pumpkin?
You know, I had this really great acorn squash ravioli. I love acorn squash. Can't find it anywhere.
Oh, no. Someone get this lady in acorn squash.
Thank you. Please, uh send it to my DM.
(Jack laughs hysterically in the background)
Whoa, that's the biggest laugh Ever. I haven't even been keeping tally, but it was all worth it just for that. Thank you, Nick. Uh, let me know if you don't get an acorn squash and I'll bring you one.
Thank you. You've giving me so much in this life you need to do nothing else for me.
Well, I loved having you here today. Thank you so much for being here. It was an honor. And I can't wait to see you later for the show that we're going to do together.
Also an honor.
Nikk Tetreault is, honestly one of my favorite comedians in the city. We talked today and got real intimate about Nikk's experience with mental health and Nikk's body. If you want to learn more about Nikk and what Nikk has going on and follow her on Instagram at Nikk, n i k k underscore is underscore dead. (@nikk_is_dead). Thank you so much for listening. We'll catch you next time.
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WASHINGTON — Home sales rose more than expected in March, reversing three months of declines, as government incentives drew in buyers and kicked off what's expected to be a strong spring selling season.
Sales of previously occupied homes rose 6.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million last month, the highest level since December, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. February's sales figures were revised downward slightly to 5.01 million.
"The spring selling season will be a success and probably the most active we're seen in years," said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group.
Sales had been expected to rise 5.2 percent to 5.28 million, according to economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
The results show the housing market is stabilizing after a devastating bust. But the true test will be whether the market can stand on its own after federal tax credits expire at the end of this month.
Sales rose in every region, surging more than 7 percent in the Midwest and South, 6.6 percent in the West and 6 percent in the Northeast.
"It's a very broad-based recovery," said Lawrence Yun, the Realtors' chief economist.
The median sales price was $170,700, up almost 4 percent from $164,600 a month earlier and nearly unchanged from $170,000 in March 2009.
The inventory of unsold homes on the market was up 1.5 percent at 3.6 million. That's an eight month supply at the current sales pace.
Sales nationally had declined over the winter, eroding gains made last fall and summer. The downward direction troubled economists because the government has taken unprecedented steps to support the housing sector.
For several months, home shoppers didn't feel rushed after lawmakers extended the deadline to qualify for tax incentives. The government is offering a $8,000 credit for first-time buyers and $6,500 for current homeowners willing to buy and move into another property.
But now time is running out. Buyers must sign contract offers by April 30 to qualify, and real estate agents say that's spurring sales.
"Many people who otherwise wouldn't be on the market for a home want to take advantage of these tax credits," said Kathi McLeod, sales manager for Windermere Real Estate in Boise, Idaho. "You have buyers who have been looking and looking at properties and realizing that it's almost too late, so they're really scrambling and jumping into deals."
The Realtors group is not pushing for an another extension of the tax credit. Yun said he believes there will be enough demand in the second half of the year without a government subsidy.
Still, some housing market experts predict the market will take a dramatic "double-dip" once the government's supports are gone. But others argue that there is enough pent-up demand to keep the market chugging. And prices have fallen dramatically since the boom years — as much as 50 percent in some places. So buyers can pick up bargain-priced foreclosures.
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Is dating okay in Islam?
What does Islam say about relationships?
Is dating in Islam haram?
What is halal dating?
Can we kiss in Islam?
Can I breastfeed my husband in Islam?
Is Dancing Haram?
What are the types of zina?
Why can't Muslims eat pork?
What makes something halal?
Can kissing burn calories?
Why do Muslims marry their cousins?
Dating is still linked to its Western origins, which implies underlying expectations of sexual interactions — if not an outright premarital sexual relationship — which Islamic texts prohibit. But Islam does not forbid love.
In Islam, men and women are required to dress modestly . This is said to help them avoid embarrassing one another. It is also seen as a way of discouraging adultery . Sex is seen as a gift from Allah and sexual relationships should be restricted to marriage between a man and a woman.
But most Muslims use religion-specific apps to find a husband or wife. Within Islam, causal sex and dating for fun are considered haram, or not permissible; marriage is the end goal.
Halal dating is a way for Muslims to learn about one another to decide if they want to be married, while at the same time observing the beliefs of Islam. When Muslim men and women date one another, it is with the intention of marrying one another or deciding against marrying.
Prominent Muslim scholars like Yusuf al-Qaradawi share this view. At the same time, there is no mentioning of such act as a part of foreplay in Hadith although Islam stresses the importance of foreplay, as kissing, touching and the like are explicitly mentioned in Hadith.
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Children who have been regularly breastfed (three to five or more times) by the same woman are considered "milk-siblings" and are prohibited from marrying each other. It is forbidden for a man to marry his milk mother (wet nurse) or for a woman to marry her milk mother's husband.
A majority of scholars who cite that hadith say it permits dancing under certain conditions: no alcohol, no gender mixing, no effeminate moves, and don't do it excessively. … Other scholars said dancing is forbidden only if it leads to indecent touching or movements.
Islamic law establishes two categories of legal, sexual relationships: between husband and wife, and between a man and his concubine. All other sexual relationships are considered zināʾ (fornication), including adultery and homosexuality, according to Islamic law and exegesis of the Qur'an.
It is the habit of the Qur'an in every aspect of life to encourage the Muslims to think, to ponder, to remember, to reflect, to find out, to search and to do something good about it. Qur'an mentioned that Allah prohibits eating the flesh of swine, because it is a SIN and an IMPIETY (Rijss).
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Why is it that we feel the need to shorten word grouping to either initials, acronyms, or shortened nicknames?
I can understand where newspapers have space constraints regarding line length and column depth. I recall that as a youngster when my beloved Pittsburgh Pirates played the Baltimore Orioles, my hometown daily referred to the matchup as 'Bucs vs. Birds,' with Bucs as a shortened version of Buccaneers, a synonym for Pirates. This transition is a bit of a reach, but in this case, 'Pies vs. Birds' doesn't work quite as well.
Thinking concerning a traditional movie theater marquee consider the number finite number of letters and punctuation that the person on the ladder has available. The new movie is: "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies" (Dennis Steckler, 1964) suddenly becomes "Strange Creatures."
Government Employees Insurance Company shortened their name to Geico and to attached their newly invented acronym to a gecko lizard. This marketing two-step was an incredibly brilliant 'shortening move' to instantly broaden their audience. Millions of advertising dollars also reinforce this bold move.
Likewise, Dunkin' Donuts is now Dunkin' as they place their focus on their beverages rather than the round breakfast food that made them famous.
Before you decide to shorten your business's name, whether in text or graphic form, consider what this will mean to your marketing communications and how the new moniker will affect the equity that you have already built.
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Q: Dynamic self referencing many-to-many relationship How to construct dynamic self referencing many-to-many relationship ?
I have a problem that i cannot overcome.
I have tables:
Types:
id
name

Products:
id
name
type_id

product_products
parent_id
child_id

Let's assume that we have several products in Product table. Some of them are:
(Name is not relevant)
CB1234 - products.type_id -> cardboard
CBB999 - products.type_id -> cardboardbox
CBP321 - products.type_id -> paper

TSH123 - products.type_id -> tshirt
FAB321 - products.type_id -> fabric
THR321 - products.type_id -> thread

Now i want to tell that product_product relationship that i have cardboardbox that is made of cardboard and paper types of products. In cardboardbox-cardboard and cardboardbox-paper relationship i want to define how much percentage of product is used (consistency) to make cardboardbox product(lets say 80/20, not relevant)
I have different cases for different products. Now i want to define relationship between tshirt-fabric and tshirt-thread but instead of consistency i want to define fabric and thread cost for this product.
Products and product parameters count is not fixed. There could be 500 different products and different relations between them. What are good practices for this problem? There are few ways that i came up with

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*Lots of handmade many-to-many relationship tables

*Lots and lots of columns to product_product table

In both cases there are things i don't like in design, but maybe those are correct way to do that and maybe i have designed my database wrong from the start.

A: 1) would be the way to go - not sure there would really be "lots" once you worked out everything you wanted to store
product_product_consistency
product_product_cost (could this instead be represented as product_cost, then calculated from product_product_consistency or some such?)
What is the final usage, what kind of questions do you want to ask the data?

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Justin Theroux on Buying Birthday Gifts for Jennifer Aniston: 'It's Always a Critical Moment'
"It's usually something that is the easiest thing in the world," the actor, 45, told Extra at CinemaCon on Wednesday.
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What do you get for the woman who has everything?
According to Justin Theroux, you keep it simple. The Leftovers star recently celebrated his wife Jennifer Aniston's 48th birthday with friends Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid in Cabo — but when it comes to actual gifts, Theroux opts for something a little more low-key.
"It's always a critical moment, because I have Christmas, her birthday and Valentine's Day in pretty short order, so I start shopping in November," the actor, 45, told Extra at CinemaCon on Wednesday.
"It's usually something that is the easiest thing in the world — a snuggie," he explained. "Or I'll figure out something like that, something fun. I've given up on mass pieces of jewelry or clothes. She's got all that. It's usually something like an amazing pair of flip-flops, something she can get cozy with."
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As for the Cabo trip, Theroux said simply, "Little time in the sun — perfect."
The actor was at CinemaCon to promote his new film, The Lego Ninjago Movie. "It's the best part of the job," he said of doing voice work in an animated film. "You get to do it, it's low pressure, you shout out your lines, you laugh a lot."
He's also getting ready for the premiere of the new season of the Peabody Award-winning The Leftovers. "It's a very prestigious award," he said of winning the award last year. "We were pleasantly surprised by that."
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Jordyn Woods Celebrates 'Best Friend' Jaden Smith's 21st Birthday Alongside His Dad Will
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Jennifer Aniston Sent Adam Sandler Hilarious Texts Leading Up to Their Murder Mystery Kissing Scenes
Daisy Ridley Had Some Method Acting Moments When Her Parents Visited Her on Set
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Keeping up with rules and regulations surrounding the North Carolina Medicaid system can be difficult and confusing for health care providers. Close scrutiny from the State and an ever-changing regulatory environment mean the ins and outs of accepting Medicaid patients can be daunting, especially as more and more patients are relying on Medicaid coverage for their medical care. Add in the Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), and health care providers can easily be overwhelmed by the administrative process.
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If you are a girl and you love with bangles and you try some new and beautiful bangles so we have beautiful diy ideas of home made bangles. You can make bangles for you by yourself after see these ideas. You can make much more bangles for you according to your dress color or may be some other choices we come here with awesome and cool bangle ideas. Diy and recycling gives you new ideas about fashion dresses fashion accessories or handmade jewelry you can see these ideas and project here in below picture. This ideas must get attention of you specially for teen girls like big bangles to wear. We have Bundle of new ideas related with fashion here in shape of diy ear cuffs, diy ear rings or so many other items of this kinds you can see here. Which gives you the ideas how you can do something new and different.
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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jesus Carranza in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.88 km (65 miles) below the earth's surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us700035z6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700035z6. Exact location of event, longitude -95.2325 West, latitude 17.5095 North, depth = 103.88 km. The temblor was reported at 10:48:18 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/19 / 2019-04-14 16:48:18 / April 14, 2019 @ 4:48 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Andres Tuxtla, San Jerónimo Ixtepec, Lomas de Barrillas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from San Andres Tuxtla (c. 55 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Catemaco (c. 24 300 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km WNW of Jesus Carranza, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
-95.2325° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
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Gustave Charpentier () a fost un compozitor francez, militant progresist pe tărâm muzical, cunoscut în primul rând prin opera sa Louise (1900), inspirată din viața muncitoarelor pariziene, care prin subiect și tratare se apropie de verismul italian.

Influențată de stilul operei lirice, muzica lui manifestă unele tendințe impresioniste.

El a compus Viața poetului (1893) pentru soliști, cor și orchestră, suita simfonică Impresii din Italia (1890), opera Julien.

A organizat festivități populare, a înființat la Paris un conservator popular și a compus imnuri populare de mare amploare (ex. imnul în cinstea aniversării centenarului nașterii lui Victor Hugo).

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Bibliografie
 Dicționar Enciclopedic Romîn, vol. I, A-C, Editura Politică, București, 1962

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 Gustave Charpentier pe IMDb

Nașteri în 1860
Decese în 1956
Compozitori francezi

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Whether or not you think that it's about time Michelle Obama joins the growing number of those now explicitly calling out Donald Trump, it's undeniable that she's proven herself a master at doing so without ever explicitly saying his name, honing her abilities at doing so since discussing a certain unnamed bully at the National Democratic Convention last summer.
She appeared to get more explicit than ever, though, during her first-ever solo speech in Canada, a talk called "The Economics of Equality: Advancing Women and Girls to Change the World" that she gave on Tuesday to a sold-out crowd of 3,000. Hours before Trump ended up logging onto to Twitter at around 6:00 a.m. the next morning to share sensational videos of Muslim people apparently committing acts of violence that were made by a British ultranationalist group—a move that was quickly condemned by Britain's prime minister—Obama made the ever timely decision to devote part of the conversation to social media etiquette, especially for those who are public officials.
"You need to edit and spell-check," Obama continued, apparently alluding to Trump's infamous typos—it took him three attempts, for example, to get this tweet about the country healing right, first spelling "heel" as "heal"—and let's not forget that time he temporarily broke the internet when he inexplicably tweeted the word "covfefe."
Michelle Obama in Alexander McQueen at a state dinner in Washington, D.C., January 2011.
Obama also carried over the conversation about social media to "young people": "This Tweetin' and Snapchattin'…this is generationally something that I just don't understand. Would you take your journal, your diary and open it up in the center of the town square and let people just read it?" she asked. But first and foremost, she specifically used her expertise as a public personalityl to apparently explain why Trump's unapproved oversharing is even more reprehensible.
"Here's the thing people need to understand: We use social media by committee. So when we use social media, I usually think about what I want to say. I talk to my team about it. We talk about it. Then we go back and think about it. Then we do a draft of it. Then we look at it again. Then we put it down. And then we go back and we talk to some more. And then we press 'send'—maybe. Communication requires that kind of thought and connection."
In between more uplifting tidbits—her dream dinner guest would be Jesus, whom she would serve pizza—Obama still maintained an air of optimism when it came to Trump being in office. "One thing I've learned in politics: one person can't make the change. Change is from the bottom up, not the top down, and that's a good thing," she said. "That means that no one person can break all this either," she added, before going off to lunch with Canada's first lady, Sophie Trudeau.


Current design manuals direct designers to extend culverts to the edge of clear zone before connecting to the wing wall. However, in the case of large culverts, placing vertical drop-offs at the edge of clear zone is still concerning and may warrant protection. In these cases, since a barrier may already be warranted, there exists a potential cost savings by shortening the culvert and connecting to the wing wall just beyond the deflection of the barrier. While introducing barrier would replace one hazard with another, unprotected culverts/pipe openings account for an annual average societal cost of $33.5 million. Protecting these openings with barrier may be a cost savings by itself, but paired with the reduced construction cost by shortening the culvert, the combination may be even more beneficial.


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Joel Embiid, health, and the history of the 7 footer
Will Joel Embiid ever live up to his potential as the next championship gathering future first ballot hall of famer that he unquestionably has the talent and demeanor to be. Is he the next Shaq, the next Olajuwon or is he the next Oden, Bowie, or Bynum?
Just to let everyone reading this know, I am a Philly fan and I love my Sixers. During the 2014 draft, when the 76er management drafted Joel with the 3rd pick, I was despondent because no 7 foot plus big has ever gone through serious injuries then came back healthy. The ones who finally did, it was after their athleticism had left them and they were only a shell of the player who previously held all the superstar promise the world had to offer. A guy like Sam Bowie who if you ever saw him in college or during his rookie year, he was raw, athletic, an imposing giant just Jumping out of the gym. All that after
a serious tibia injury sidelined him for two full seasons at Kentucky. This after initially trying to play on the leg after the injury occurred. Now during his rookie season in 1984-85, Sam played 76 games plus another 9 playoff games. The very next season going up for a board he broke his left tibia again. When he tried to come back the next season, 5 games in he went up for a shot and when he came down he had fractured his right tibia this time. Once his athleticism was depleted he had a few pretty productive seasons in the early 90's, mainly as a backup.
Bill Walton was one of the greatest, most talented centers ever. As a pro he almost never was healthy. He'd play half a season, then miss the next season entirely. In 1978 Walton played 58 games and led Portland to an NBA title. The next four seasons Bill only played 14 games. All 14 of these games came in the 1979-80 season, meaning three years out of four he didn't play a single game.
So back to why I was so despondent at the actuality of Philly drafting Embiid. Its cause never has a 7 footer been seriously hurt with foot, back, or knee injuries, then when recovered stayed healthy for any serious amount of time.
Some guys like Brad Daugherty and Yao Ming had multiple all star seasons before their injuries started. Ralph Sampson saw four straight all star appearances, three full seasons, but he only played 43 games the last year he was an all star in 1987, he was unable to play due to injury. He was never healthy again. Andrew Bynum faced injury year after year until his career ended in his mid twenties. Greg Oden was drafted ahead of Kevin Durant, but basically never got out of the starting gate. Arvydas Sabonis went through similar trials before coming to the league.
Not No one ever
So back to the beginning of the story now. No one, not anyone, never, not once has returned and remained unbroken. It's my opinion it isn't anything that's wrong with the guys Ive mentioned. I don't think a 7 footer's body, especially the athletic ones, are capable of that kind of stress on their bodies. The ones who do stay healthy they are the anomaly. So Joel Embiid, I said all along he's not going to be around long. Maybe he can pull a Walton before it all goes to shit, but that's based on time and luck. Time, luck, and a Ben Simmons Jay. Why would he stay healthy? His injuries came faster than anyone else that I've mentioned!
A Leading man?
He couldn't even complete a full collegiate season before falling apart at Kansas. He played 28 games, just about a quarter of an NBA season, then didn't play at all in 2015 or 2016. IN 2017 he played 31 games. Followed by almost 65 each of the last 2 seasons. Now with injury rumors and concerns entering the 2019 NBA playoffs, how long will it take Philadelphia to recognize that their process is really leading to another M. Night shymalon sequel, again set in Philadelphia, but with Embiid reprising the role of Mister Glass!
When this happens no one should blame him, he was injured coming into the NBA and history shows what it shows. Blame the management team who was their when he was drafted, for not knowing the history of the big man.
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He already has. Two-time NBA All-Star starter. Will be All-NBA for a 2nd straight season. Finished 2nd in DPOY voting last season.
So exactly how has he not already lived up to his potential? The question should be how long he will be able to play in the NBA given his injury history. Not about whether he's lived up to his potential.
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Championships, no one is doubting his talent, his ability to stay healthy is what's in question. Read the story. Also a couple all star games is not living up to this potential, a couple championships would be
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Remember the Great Green Fleet?
There is a long and not so glorious tradition of the US Military being used - both their people and their money - by politicians to pursue non-military agenda items either due to ideology or in order to take advantage of one of the military's unusual characteristics: we follow orders.
Leverage that feature/bug with the deep well of institutional good will those in uniform have ... and you can see why all sorts of pet projects/agenda items/supporter payoffs are spot-welded on to DOD.
The neo-pagan religion of "climate change" (no different than moon worship as it is always there, always will be there, cannot be stopped or encouraged to any significant degree by mortals) is no different.
How is the Army doing?
...preparing installations to use less energy and stand up to extreme weather will cost the Army a total of $5.2 billion through fiscal year 2027. The strategy's acquisition and logistics line of effort is estimated to cost $1.6 billion. Training comes to a budget-friendly $1 million.
What the implementation plan lacks, however, is the technology to carry it out—because that technology does not exist.
"Many of the objectives in the strategy reach out into the 2030s, 2040s, some even all the way up to 2050. Because the long-term goals we have to accomplish…we don't know how we're going to accomplish them yet. The technology is going to continue to evolve," Farnan said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event.
The climate implementation plan includes some familiar ideas, like microgrids and electric vehicles. But exactly how the Army will electrify all its vehicles, especially the heavy-duty ones, is unknown.
"The honest answer is: I don't know," Farnan said. "And that's why the goal is up to 2050. Because we don't know how we're going to get there yet. The technology is not there to give us full electrification of tactical vehicles."
"I don't know how we're going to do battlefield charging yet. Nobody knows that," Farnan said.
Not to be outdone, how about the USAF?
The Air Force's Climate Action Plan touts itself as "instilling a culture in which Airmen and Guardians understand the implications of climate change." But reading the 20-page guide reveals a plan for the Air Force so much more ambitious than that.
The plan aims to spend $100 million of the Air Force's annual budget by 2027 on "base resilience" to climate change.
Critics necessarily retort that this amounts to $100 million taken from the Air Force's mission to make the world safe for all pronouns.
What that actually represents is $100 million for projects to protect from extreme weather - something our species has done since we built our first lean-to - but that isn't as sexy.
Does any of this help us with China's rising challenge west of Wake?
No, of course it doesn't.
Follow the money.
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Конрад Захаріас Лоренц (; 7 листопада 1903, Відень — 27 лютого 1989, там же) — австрійський зоолог, лавреат Нобелівської премії з фізіології або медицини 1973 року. Вважається одним з основоположників етології. Розвивав підхід розпочатий раніше, зокрема, його вчителем Оскаром Гейнротом. Лоренц найбільш відомий дослідженнями інстинктів тварин, особливо качок та галок, крім того, він заново відкрив механізм імпринтингу в птахів. Є автором багатьох науково-популярних книг.

Біографія

Дитинство
Конрад Лоренц народився 7 листопада 1903 року у Відні (Австрія), в родині успішного лікаря Адольфа Лоренца, що жив у місті Альтенберґ. Батько майбутнього науковця побудував багатий, але позбавлений художнього смаку особняк, що був прикрашений великого розміру статуями в античному стилі та живописними полотнами від підлоги до стелі. Саме тут і проходило дитинство Конрада. Проте більшу частину вільного часу хлопець намагався проводити поза будинком, у околицях Альтенбергу. Тоді, за словами самого Лоренца, він пройнявся «надмірною любов'ю до тварин». Він збирає колекцію птахів і ссавців, і влаштовує справжній зоопарк. Деякі тварини живуть навіть у самому особняку. Конрад з цікавістю спостерігає за ними та помічає багато особливостей їх поведінки, які в подальшому він пояснить у своїх працях.

Лоренца виховували у найкращих традиціях європейської культури. Отримавши базову освіту в приватній школі, він вступає до дуже престижної гімназії «Шоттенгімназіум», у стінах якої зародився його інтерес до теорії Дарвіна та принципів еволюції. Конрад хоче присвятити себе біології та палеонтології, однак, за вимогою свого батька, він вступає на медичний факультет Віденського університету.

Початок наукової кар'єри
У Конрада Лоренца не було великого бажання ставати лікарем, але в університеті викладали видатні біологи, лекції яких він із задоволенням відвідував. Отримавши диплом лікаря, Лоренц не розпочинає медичної практики, натомість присвячує себе вивченню поведінки тварин.

Велике значення для Лоренца мало стажування у 20-ті роки в Англії, під керівництвом видатного біолога та мислителя Джуліана Гакслі (перший директор ЮНЕСКО, брат Олдоса Гакслі). Повернувшись до Австрії, Лоренц почав зі спостереження за поведінкою птахів, в подальшому поширивши їх і на інших тварин. Ще в дитинстві, спостерігаючи за качками, він помітив, що вони здатні передавати одне одному знання, отримані шляхом навчання. Для тогочасної науки це явище було повною несподіванкою і згодом отримало назву імпринтинг. Лоренц успішно захищає дисертацію, яка була присвячена інстинктам і в 30-ті роки стає одним з визнаних лідерів вчення про інстинкти.

У другій половині 30-х років Конрад Лоренц познайомився зі своїм майбутнім учнем і однодумцем Ніколасом Тінбергеном. Як сказав потім Лоренц, їхні погляди «збіглися до неправдоподібного ступеня».

Друга світова війна

Участь у війні
Після поглинення Австрії Третім Рейхом Лоренц залишився без роботи. І хоча завдяки допомозі друзів Лоренц отримав запрошення в Кенігсберзький університет (нині РГУ ім. Канта, Калінінград) на кафедру психології ім. Канта, ця престижна кафедра не давала йому можливості працювати з тваринами.

10 жовтня 1941 року Лоренц був мобілізований до німецької армії, як військовий лікар. І хоча йому ніколи не доводилося раніше займатися медичною практикою, він змушений був робити навіть хірургічні операції, — в польових умовах і в госпіталі в Білорусі.

Ставлення до нацистської партії
Конрад Лоренц ніколи не заперечував, що був членом нацистської партії, в яку він вступив у 1938 році. Але після війни він повністю змінив свої погляди. Пізніше він коментував це так: «багато визнаних вчених, як і я, короткий час сподівалися на позитивне від наці. І багато хто швидко відвернувся від них з жахом, так само як і я». В кількох публікаціях Лоренца, написаних на початку війни, мали місце деякі євгенічні погляди, за які він публічно вибачився під час отримання Нобелівської премії.

Подальша наукова діяльність

Найвідоміші праці

 . — 1963.
 Агресія або так зване Зло
 . — 1973.
 Зворотня сторона зеркала

Нагороди
У 1973 році був нагороджений Нобелівською премією з медицини.

Почесні звання
18 лютого 1983 року йому було присвоєно звання «Почесний громадянин Відня».

Див. також
 «3861 Лоренц» — астероїд, названий на честь науковця.

Примітки

Використані джерела
 Классическая этология в трудах К. Лоренца и его школы // Зорина З. А., Полетаева И. И., Резникова Ж. И. Основы этологии и генетики поведения. Учебник. — 2-е изд. — Москва: Изд-во МГУ, 2002. — Гл. 3. — ISBN 5-211-04505-X.
 Великие ученые ХХ века.— М.: Мартин, 2001. — ISBN 5-8475-0050-5.
 Сто великих нобелевских лауреатов. — М.: Вече, 2003. — ISBN 5-94538-353-8.
 Сто великих психологов. — М.: Вече, 2004. — ISBN 5-94538-397-X.
 Соколов В. Е., Баскин Л. М. Конрад Лоренц в советском плену // Природа. — 1992. — № 7 (923). — С. 125–128.

Література
 Лоренц, Конрад //

Австрійські зоологи
Етологи
Науковці, на честь яких названо астероїд
Уродженці Відня
Померли у Відні
Почесні громадяни Відня
Члени Шведської королівської академії наук
Члени Леопольдини
Австрійські нацисти
Кавалери ордена Pour le Mérite (цивільний клас)
Науковці Кенігсберзького університету


Yeah, she's totally going to forget, I tell myself as she walks out of my sight.
I'm learning that "don't forget" is a waste-of-time command. As time management expert Leslie Josel explained on the Mighty Parenting podcast, "Your brain is a muscle like every other muscle in your body.
It's a question that makes them pause, and then start coming up with solutions — a skill they will need to use all day, every day, for the rest of their lives. When you ask "How are you going to remember that you need to meet me in front of school at 2:30 instead of 3 p.m. today?" they might say they will write a note for themselves and put it in their folder.
When you ask "How are you going to remember to bring home the jacket you left at your friend's house last time?" perhaps they'll say they can put it in their bag as soon as they get there.
Maybe their plan will work, or maybe it won't. Your kids will probably forget things sometimes, face the consequences, and then hopefully come up with a better plan next time.
What the shift in language does is detach you, the parent, from their daily triumphs and fails. It's now on them. And you've got more peace of mind as they walk away, figuring out their own lives.


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In 1834, Principles of Catholic surrender to the court cook Anthony Alaimo the chapel of the Palazzo S. Francis was born then the homonymous focaccia, whose fame soon spread even among the noble elites and intellectuals. In 1848 Ruggero Settimo celebrates his election as head of government and marsala with sfincione of Focacceria, Garibaldi and the Thousand there eating and drinking first national unity, the King and Queen of Italy, Spain and Belgium, but also Pirandello, Crispi and many other distinguished personality will taste the dishes full of flavor of the "poor" of Palermo.
In 1902, after a thorough renovation, the restaurant called Antica Focacceria San Francesco. Even today, after five generations, the brothers continue Conticello traditional food popular Palermo: pasta with sardines, focaccia frank and married and the timeless sfincione retain the flavors and aromas of the past.


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Q: Injectivity of an integral operator Consider the operator
$$K:L^2(0,1)\rightarrow L^2(0,1) \\ u\rightarrow\int_0^1k(s,x)u(s)ds.$$
with $k\in L^2((0,1)\times(0,1)).$
I want to know under what assumption the kernel is reduced to zero. i.e. $ker(K)={0}$.
I can say that if $k$  is a Green function for some differential operator this will be true. But what about the general case? Can we obtain a criteria for the injectivity by some expansion process on the $L^2$ basis?. Thank you.

A: Your operator $K$ is a Hilbert-Schmidt operator since its kernel belongs to $L^2$. As a result this is a compact operator whose spectrum contains a sequence of eigenvalues $\\{\lambda_k\not=0\\}$ with finite multiplicities such that $\lim_k\vert \lambda_k\vert=0$. To deal with the self-adjoint case, you can find an orthonormal set $\\{\mathbf e_k\\}$ such that
$$
K\mathbf e_k=\lambda_k\mathbf e_k \quad \mathbb R\ni\lambda_k, \quad (\lambda_k)\in \ell^2
.$$
As a result, 0 will always belong to the spectrum even if $\\{\mathbf e_k\\}$ is an orthonormal basis, but $K$ will be injective in that case. Setting $$
E=\overline{\text{span}\\{\mathbf e_k\\}},$$
you get
$
\ker K=E^\perp.
$


Kenya was ranked 87 out of 113 countries, with the report noting that political uncertainty during last year's election stalled economic investments.
Corruption affecting Kenya's strategic grain reserve also hit the country's food security.
This year, an investigation revealed that several traders disguised as farmers were irregularly paid Sh1.9 billion by the NCPB.
A global index has singled out Kenya as one of the countries whose food security is undermined by various forms of corruption, underlining the impact graft has had on taxpayers' lives even as the government vows to root out the vice.
According to a report by think tank Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), land grabbing is another common mechanism of corruption threatening food security, citing instances where public or private entities use backdoor deals to push favourable deals to secure land for themselves while displacing smallholder farmers.
"Corruption at the highest levels of politics can affect entire sectors— the Kenyan government, for example, has been plagued by corruption scandals related to national grain reserves and market prices," the EIU says in its newly released 2018 Global Food Security Index.
Kenya was ranked 87 out of 113 countries, with the report noting that a prolonged electioneering period during last year's polls stalled economic investments in several sectors including agriculture.
"Even short-term uncertainty can take a toll, as when post-election unrest in Kenya in 2017 hurt the tourism and retail sectors and delayed infrastructure projects," the think tank notes.
Singapore scooped the top spot in the index that measures the affordability, safety and availability of food in 113 countries across the globe.
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), which is mandated with procuring, storage and distribution of Kenya's strategic grain reserve, was this year rocked by a multibillion-shilling corruption scandal after it emerged that agency officials colluded with traders to pay them for maize supplied at the expense of farmers.
An investigation revealed that several traders disguised as farmers were irregularly paid Ksh1.9 billion ($19 million) by the NCPB.
Separately, it also emerged that senior State officials awarded a South African company a multimillion-shilling deal to supply Kenya with maize in a process fraught with irregularities.
The tender was part of a food subsidy deal revealed by South African investigative magazine Newsweek, which claims that the firm - Afgri Trading Pty Ltd - colluded with government officials to supply 75,000 tonnes of maize at a higher cost to taxpayers, an extra Ksh877 million ($8.77 milllion).
On arrival, the ministry of health found that some of the grain was contaminated on arrival at the port of Mombasa.
According to the latest official data, agriculture - which encompasses growing of crops, animal production, fishing and forestry - is the greatest contributor to Kenya's gross domestic product (GDP) by activity at 34.6 per cent.
It is followed by manufacturing, retail and the financial services sectors.