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Who is Going to Stab Whom?
Things get real tense when Mike and Omid go at it.
Show Highlight Who is Going to Stab Whom?
Show Highlight Training the Fat and Lazy
Exclusive The Shouhed Alarm Clock
Reza's Master Plan Does Nothing
Preview Things Get Real and Stabby
Preview A Peaceful Dinner Turns Explosive
Preview So Many Things to Be Excited About
A Glimpse of GG's Crazy Side
Recap: Hide Yo' Kids. . .Hide Yo' Knives
I'm Not a Push Over
The Best Laid Plans...
No Reza-lutions in Sight
Asa Soltan Rahmati
@asasoltan
Asa is a businesswoman and designer who prides herself on living the "modern gypsy, bohemian lifestyle" in Venice, California. A refugee who fled Iran as a young girl, she grew up in Europe before moving to Los Angeles as a teenager. Asa is thriving both personally and professionally. She and her longtime boyfriend welcomed their first child and her fashion line, Asa Kaftans, is booming. But despite her claims to live in truth and honesty, her opinionated group of friends begins to question whether or not she really practices what she preaches.
Golnesa "GG" Gharachedaghi
@GolnesaGG
GG is an exotic beauty with a fiery temper who is convinced now more than ever that only she can give herself the full life she has always craved. After years of relationship letdowns and a recent failed marriage, she decides to plan for a baby on her own in her quest for independence, but rethinks her decision to remain single when newcomer Nema showers her with attention. In near-remission from Rheumatoid Arthritis, she tackles a new business venture that leaves her feeling on top of the world.
Lilly Ghalichi
@LillyGhalichi
Lilly is a hot Persian Barbie from Texas who passed the bar exam but has no desire to be an attorney. Instead, she moved to Los Angeles and started a line of provocative bikinis inspired by lingerie. This self-proclaimed "Persian Princess" struggles to balance her fashionable life in Los Angeles with her on-and-off boyfriend of 10 years, Ali, who lives in Houston. The clock is ticking for perfectionist Lilly who is trying to tame her bad-boy boyfriend, conquer the world of sexy swimwear and still be a good Persian girl.
Mercedes "MJ" Javid
@mercedesjavid
After a string of false hopes and rounds of therapy, MJ is poised to marry her Prince Charming Tommy in true Shahs fashion. Her pre-wedding glow is dulled, however, when her opinionated mother Vida gets involved and her father's health begins to rapidly decline. On top of this, she is busy prepping her new house and planning for a baby soon after getting married. When MJ finds herself plagued by indecision and self-doubt, the whole crew must come together to keep her steady and get her down the aisle.
@mikeshouhed
Mike is determined to find the next Mrs. Shouhed, despite his unrealistically high expectations. Ever the alpha-male, he does not take well to bestie Reza's input on his dating choices, leading to a heated standoff that threatens their friendship. Mike is also venturing back into real estate with his brothers. Having always felt like the least successful of the Shouhed boys, he puts pressure on himself to prove to his mother that she can be proud of him.
Reza Farahan
@rezafarahan
The man behind the mustache, Reza continues to be a prominent player in the Los Angeles real estate world. Well into the second year of wedded bliss, Reza and his husband Adam are in the process of renovating their brand new house and truly settling down, but tensions build when one of Reza's investments interferes with Adam's surrogacy plans.


Thanks so much for bringing attention to "The Queen's Gambit." I am anxious to read it now. I see that we don't have it at our library, so I went into our wholesaler's website tonight and ordered it for two of our branches. We have a lot of patrons who enjoy reading historical fiction about Tudor times. Thanks again!
I truly enjoy reading historical novels especially written during the Tudor period. It really help get me in the right frame of mind for renaissance faire season in New England! I also appreciate books that show strong woman characters be they high or low born. If I don't win a copy I will most assuredly buy a copy! Thanks Mr. Gortner for sharing!!
This is a must read for me! I love reading historical fiction and I never miss C.W. Gortner's work. I have always liked Katherine Parr and will also purchase one if I don't win. Many thanks to CW and Simon and Schuster!
I have always been fascinated by Katherine Parr and Anne of Cleves, perhaps because they both had the wit and wisdom to outlive Henry. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love books centered around the Tudors, especially Henry's wives. I think Katharine Parr is especially interesting as she went on to survive her marriage to Henry VIII and find her own happiness separate from him. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this book, I'm excited to read it!
Wow! This sounds really good. Katherine Parr is really fascinating. Great interview.
Loved the insight into Katherine Parr and your book "Queen's Gambit" Elizabeth! Sounds like a amazing read filled with rich details of the Tudor period. Please enter my name for a chance to win!
I'm not leaving a comment to win a copy. I was fortunate enough to acquire an ARC.
This is a stunning debut novel. Elizabeth "entered" Katherine's head, and plausibly conveyed thoughts and emotions Katherine might have had in connection with her actions.
Including Dot as a primary character was a nice counter-point to just reading about royalty.
It's interesting to read about the drama that went on during these times. I can't imagine living in an environment where you have to constantly vie for position and watch over your shoulder, almost plotting every move. Thanks for hosting!
Interesting. Looking forward to it.


Singer Kanye West and then President-elect Donald Trump spoke with press after their meetings at Trump Tower on December 13, 2016 in New York. West professed his love for Trump on social media.
For Kanye West it's all about love. And that love, he said on Twitter, extends to Donald Trump.
Trump soon responded with a tweet of his own.
West later clarified on Twitter that he doesn't "agree with everything Trump does." The public declaration of affection for the current commander in chief comes amid of flurry of erratic Twitter activity for the rapper. Earlier on Wednesday, he also announced he's cut ties with his manager Scooter Braun, saying bluntly "I can't be managed."
yes I got rid of my last lawyer why? Because he wouldn't come to work full time. I also asked my last manager to come work full time for Yeezy of course the last lawyer and manager said no. So now I hired a CEO and a CFO and i have two full time lawyers as of now.
Quoting sources close to to the rapper People magazine wrote West's increasingly erratic behavior was a cause for concern for some in his camp. In 2016, West was hospitalized for exhaustion after canceling his Saint Pablo tour.
During the White House press briefing Wednesday White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was not aware of any recent conversations between West and Trump. The pair met at Trump Tower during the presidential transition.
Kim Kardashian West took to Twitter late Wednesday defending her husband against the backlash from supporting Trump.


The riparian bottomland habitat along the Snake River is home to a multitude of wildlife. One of the residents we often see is the beaver. There are two types of beaver in the world: the native North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). Here in Grand Teton National Park, we often see beaver in the late evening. As our rafts glide by the river's willowed banks, we can spot these charismatic animals sitting on the shore grooming themselves, gnawing away at tree branches, or splashing into the water at our approach. Pond-dwelling beavers build dams across small streams to create deep-water environments as protection from predators, and for ice-free food storage in winter. Along the swiftly flowing Snake, our bank-dwelling beaver can easily flee their clawed and toothed adversaries by diving into the deep channel or swimming to the opposite bank.


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A: Можете сделать как 10 отдельных bitmap можно нарисовать в на canvas и сделать как одну bitmap

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Following an excellent trip in India, I started off on my return flight to the US. I got to Mumbai Airport around 22:20 (10:20pm) for my flight to Munich at 01:07.
Right now Mumbai Airport is in a bit of a transition phase as they construct the new integrated terminal so I suppose this is forgiveable, but the ground-side experience at Mumbai's Terminal 2 is just plain awful right now. Call it a lack of CISF personnel or a lack of planning, but all passengers are funnelled in to just two doors, and at peak times for international departures, 9pm onwards, the lines can extend up to 30 minutes long, and it's a humongous bottleneck that the team at Mumbai airport must look in to on top priority.
Once you get into the terminal, it gets a little bit better but not much. In my case, Lufthansa's local station manager came over and showed me to the first class check in line. Checking in was a breeze, and I headed over to the second bottleneck at Mumbai Airport, the immigration line. Now I'll hope against hope that this issue will be fixed once the new integrated terminal comes up, but based on experiences of passengers at T3 in New Delhi, there are just not enough immigration counters or personnel to serve the peak demand both inbound and outbound. Wait times for the premium classes are 20~30 minutes and economy class from 45~60 minutes. I understand why most travellers from India are loathe to connect from domestic to international at hubs, especially Mumbai.
From this bottleneck, you are immediately funnelled into the next bottleneck — the security check. Another 30 minutes, again thanks to a lack of adequate personnel. A lack of adequate English language knowledge and both the CISF end and many foreign non-English speaking passengers adds to the delays. These are issues the Ministry of Civil Aviation must address if they intend to succeed at hubs and improve tourism. The CISF too needs to explain why is it cannot provide adequate personnel and rendering such a poor service when it receives at least Rs. 130 per departing passenger.
I immediately headed to the Lufthansa Business Lounge opposite Gate 6, which was excellent.
Around 1215, I left for the gate so that I would be able to board the plane early and get some unencumbered shots of Lufthansa's new business class seat. Unfortunately, the boarding was on a remote gate and in-explicably there was no separate boarding for premium class/frequent flyer passengers versus economy class passengers.
Flight #1 LH765 BOM-MUC 0107-0555 Seat: 8K(business, aisle)- new business class product Aircraft: Airbus A330-300 (2-2-2 business configuration), 90% full.
Lufthansa new business class window seat. Photo by Vinay Bhaskara.
I got onto the plane and managed to snap a few good shots of the business class seat before settling in. Immediately once we got into the air, the Lufthansa flight attendants immediately came around with hot towels, which were very useful given my state after running around Mumbai Airport.
Following this, they came around with a drink service along with some nuts, which while delicious, weren't served warm as they are in some other business classes. Still, a meal followed in which I had an excellent Asian vegetarian palate, though the highlight was definitely the apple raisin pie for dessert, as well as the excellent bread basket. A hot dessert might have been in order, though this is just nitpicking.
Following this meal, I decided to check out the selection available in Lufthansa's AVOD (Audio Video On Demand) in-flight entertainment system (IFE).
Lufthansa new business class – seat controls. Photo by Vinay Bhaskara.
The content offering is sparse (especially in comparison to Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and even United). After some deliberation, I decided on the pilot for 2 Broke Girls on CBS (rapidly becoming one of my more favoured shows – for those that don't know, I'm a TV savant – I regularly follow some 20-25 shows year round), followed by Battleship, an incredibly contrived big budget action film with gaping plot holes. Still, the impressive visuals from Battleship were pretty awesome on Lufthansa's massive AVOD screen in the new business class.
I decided to test out the full extent of Lufthansa's new lie-flat product. And I have to say that the seat passed with flying colours. Lufthansa has this fantastic seat control system which allows you to adjust every single aspect of your seat, including the firmness, and it was pretty awesome for someone like me, who is a bit of a quirky sleeper. I slept like a baby and it was pretty much the best business class seat I've ever been in (out of 15 airlines) from a sleep perspective. I managed to squeeze in around 5 hours of sleep before waking up to an excellent breakfast service that finished around 30 minutes before our touchdown on-time in Munich.
As a whole I would judge the new Lufthansa business class product as excellent. This is not to say that there are no flaws. The AVOD IFE content offering is a bit sparse, though this would be mitigated once Flynet (inflight WiFi) is available. Of course the use of your own devices over WiFi becomes less relevant if they run out of battery 3 hours in, so I think it's critical for Lufthansa to add proper in-seat power outlets and really take Flynet to its full potential, perhaps using the hybrid outlets that accept both US and European plugs.
Edit: A Lufthansa spokesperson informed me that Lufthansa does in fact offer vegetarian meals, so it must have been a communication error on my part that precluded me from getting a standard vegetarian meal.
Lufthansa cabin crew. Image courtesy Deutsche Lufthansa.
However, these short-comings are more than overcome by the incredible seat and something that I've grown to consider a huge Lufthansa asset; their cabin crew. On my last five to six Lufthansa long-haul flights, I've had great flight attendants in both economy and business class. I later found out from Devesh, that Lufthansa has been training its cabin crew with its partner, Singapore Airlines, which is famous for its "Singapore Girl" cabin crew.
I observed the Lufthansa cabin crew always extremely professional and courteous, but they have this critical extra touch of care and attention. Throughout this trip, from Newark to Frankfurt to Bangalore and from Mumbai to Munich, what struck me was the care and attention the LH cabin crew devote to helping out elderly passengers with mundane in-flight stuff; like getting up to go to the bathroom, and dealing with wheelchairs and baggage post-flight; something we younger passengers take for granted.
Kudos to Lufthansa's flight attendants for their excellent service; like their counter-parts in Singapore Airlines, the cabin crew adds those critical extra touches to the overall experience, that makes the difference between good and great.
So overall, I'd rate this a solid 8.5/10, falling behind because of the limited in-flight entertainment content and the limited amenity kit (though the kit bag itself was awesome), and limited food options, but these short-comings may not matter as much to the corporate traveller to whom, rest and service is critical, and there the new business class seat would get a rating of 12 out of 10 if it were possible, and the cabin crew a solid 9.5/10.
It is, by far, the best business class product offered ex-Bangalore today.
All we can say in closing, competitors …….. look out.
Editor's note: Lufthansa commences its Bangalore Frankfurt Boeing 747-8i service later tonight. The business class reviewed is the same on Lufthansa's A330-300 and Boeing 747-8i.
Disclosure: The economy seat was paid for. Lufthansa upgraded Vinay to the new business class on the Mumbai Munich sector. Lufthansa did not review the report prior to publication, and have not asked for any revisions. Our views remain our own.


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Noontime Football, Professional Sports News	 May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020
New England Patriots Begin Their 2020 Campaign Against The Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots logo. (PHOTO COURTESY: Patriots.com)
By NoontimeSports.com
The post-Tom Brady era will officially begin for the New England Patriots on Sunday, September 13 when they host the Miami Dolphins for a 1 p.m. kick-off.
Miami and New England last met in the opening week of the 2014 season when the Dolphins beat the Patriots, 33-20. New England would rebound the following week before eventually winning their fourth Super Bowl championship in franchise history.
Following their home-opener against the Dolphins, New England will visit the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, September 20 for an 8:20 p.m. kick-off before closing out the first month of the 2020 season at home one week later against the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Patriots will play three games in October, including a 4:25 p.m. contest against the Kansas City Chiefs. New England will then compete in five games in November, including three road games against the Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans, and New York Jets before playing four times in December.
New England's final two contests will be home games against the Bills and Jets. Their final regular-season game against New York will be played on Sunday, January 3 with kick-off scheduled for 1 p.m.
Prior to their initial contest of the 2020 season, the Patriots will play back-to-back preseason games against the Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers before hitting the road to compete against the Philadelphia Eagles (week three) and New York Giants (week four).
The 2020 schedule will certainly be a challenging one for New England, which is scheduled to compete against six teams that competed in last season's postseason, as well as the two teams that squared-off in Super Bowl LIV.
New England Patriots 2020 Schedule
Week One (Sept. 13, 2020): New England vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m.
Week Two (Sept. 20, 2020): New England at Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m.
Week Three (Sept. 27, 2020): New England vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1 p.m.
Week Four (Oct. 4, 2020): New England at Kansas City Cheifs, 4:25 p.m.
Week Five (Oct. 11, 2020): New England vs. Denver Broncos, 1 p.m.
Week Six: Bye
Week Seven (Oct. 25, 2020): New England vs. San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m.
Week Eight (Nov. 1, 2020): New England at Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.
Week Nine (Nov. 9, 2020): New England at New York Jets, 8:15 p.m.
Week 10 (Nov. 15, 2020): New England vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m.
Week 11 (Nov. 22, 2020): New England at Houston Texans, 1 p.m.
Week 12 (Nov. 29, 2020): New England vs. Arizona Cardinals, 1 p.m.
Week 13 (Dec. 6, 2020): New England at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p.m.
Week 14 (Dec. 10, 2020): New England at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m.
Week 15 (Dec. 20, 2020): New England at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m.
Week 16 (Dec. 28, 2020): New England vs. Buffalo Bills, 8:15 p.m.
Week 17 (Jan. 3, 2021): New England vs. New York Jets, 1 p.m.
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Could Some Massachusetts Baseball Leagues Play Games This Summer?
By Matt Noonan There seems to be some hope for a few local adult baseball leagues in Massachusetts to play some games this summer. But when will these games be played remains an unknown. One of the local leagues - the Intercity Baseball League (ICL) - seems hopeful that they can provide their players with a shortened season beginning in July.
Brady, Buccaneers Ready For Primetime
By Brian Willwerth The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2020 schedule came out last night, and fans of the team should get ready to see them a lot in prime time. Thank you, Tom Brady and compan

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Discussion in 'macOS' started by eldudorinio, Dec 12, 2012.
I have an iMac11,2 21.5", 3.06GHz Intel Core i3, 4GB RAM, 500GB, running Mac OS X 10.6.8.
The iMac has been having an issue with going to sleep according to the Energy Saver settings, but will go to sleep if I press Apple Menu -> Sleep.
After some searching today, I have found this discussion, that made me look for any processes causing crashes all the time and this way not letting the iMac go to sleep.
I looked in System Profiler -> Software -> Logs -> system.log and found that there were a lot of crash reports related to qmasterd. I checked in /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and noticed about 4-5 new crash reports per minute related to qmasterd!
Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Perhaps by solving this the iMac will have no issues going to sleep according to the System Settings.
Apparently according to this post it is linked with the Apple Qmaster, that was installed as part of Final Cut Pro.
Attached is a Crash Report from just a while ago.
The issue has not exactly been resolved, but since I no longer use Final Cut Pro I decided to remove it using FCS Remover. This way I managed to remove all applications and files related to Final Cut Pro, including Apple Qmaster and of course the crashes stopped occurring.
Now the iMac can go to sleep as per the System Settings -> Energy Saver -> Computer Sleep setting.


Work-in-Progress: Guest in Progress: Philip Belcher on "The Word"
I'm in the throes of revising my historical novel, focusing presently on "the perfect word" and slipping in those short, artful sentences that also pull forward a nest of thematic threads. (Hmmm—nest AND threads…that sure wasn't a good example of what I'm trying to do in the novel!) The point is, I'm working on the Word Level of revision, and so naturally I was attracted to this piece by Philip Belcher, one of the fabulous Converse College MFA poetry students.
Philip is a smart guy, an excellent poet, asks great questions after the craft lectures, and is always the one to sit with at lunch when you're having a crappy day because he's also incredibly kind. He wrote this piece originally in his "real life" job as President of the Mary Black Foundation, a private foundation serving Spartanburg County, South Carolina. I liked it so much that I asked if I could also post it here. He's so nice, that he said yes!
One of my favorite segments of The Colbert Report is "The Word." In this part of his program, Stephen Colbert unleashes a barrage of satire based on a particular word or phrase. Colbert's verbal dexterity is always impressive and usually both biting and laugh-out-loud funny. The most interesting segments are those in which Colbert reveals how particular words are misused, often purposefully.
During the first two weeks of June, I spent a lot of time around people who love thinking deeply about language. As a student in Converse College's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, I attended one of the semi-annual 10-day residencies. During the residencies, language is paramount. In the poetry workshops—my home during these literary boot camps—faculty and students pay attention to every word in the poem under consideration. Every word must have a reason for being on the page. If it doesn't, it's got to go. Workshop participants consider the music of the written words and both their denotative and connotative meanings. If you use the word "legion," you'd better know that it not only means many but has a military connotation and that it contains, for some, a biblical allusion.
I don't spend every day in a poetry workshop and am often careless with language. I'm not alone, of course, and I wonder what might change if we all paid more attention to what we say and how we say it. I care about this because I continue to believe that the spoken and written word have power to change minds and culture—for good and for ill. The English translation of the Gospel of John begins, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Who, after a single hearing, can ever forget Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech? Who among us is not reminded of the terror of the Third Reich when we hear the word Führer, even though the word in German means "guide" or "leader"? Words are powerful, and we should use them with care.
By nature, I am impatient. That may not be the best quality for the president of a foundation working to improve the health of a community. Health improvement often takes decades. Still, in the foundation's efforts to bring physical activity back into the daily life of our community and to improve the quality of early childhood development, the incremental pace of change in Spartanburg County frustrates me to no end. Our civic dance too often is two steps forward, three steps back. We take great pride in the fact that we're dancing at all and forget that other communities have already learned to waltz. Some even tango. And I cannot help but think that Spartanburg's choreography is connected to, if not determined by, the language we use: how we talk about ourselves, how we talk about others, and what we learn about our fellow citizens' fears and aspirations by the words they choose to use.
As I continue thinking about community change and its connection to language, here's my commitment. I promise to think more before I speak or write. I promise to stop labeling those who disagree with me. I promise to push for specificity when I hear, or use, generalities. I promise to avoid jargon and the language of boosterism, asking instead for honesty and clarity. I promise to listen.
About: Philip Belcher has published poems in a variety of poetry journals, including most recently Free Lunch, Iodine Poetry Journal, and Shenandoah. In 2005, he won the Porter Fleming Writing Competition Prize in Poetry. He was also selected as the 2006 South Carolina Poetry Fellow Alternate by the South Carolina Arts Commission. In 2007, Philip's chapbook, The Flies and Their Lovely Names, was published by Stepping Stones Press. In 2008, Philip attended the Sewanee Writers Conference. He is a student in the low residency MFA program in creative writing (poetry) at Converse College and will be working with Sarah Kennedy during fall semester 2010.
Since March 2000, Philip has served as President of the Mary Black Foundation, a private foundation serving Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Formerly the Associate Director of the Health Care Division of The Duke Endowment in Charlotte, N.C., Philip is a graduate of Furman University, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Duke University School of Law. Prior to joining The Duke Endowment in 1998, he was a partner in the law firm of Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein in Charlotte, N.C.


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Fine Living: A Driving Tour Of Germany
Terry Baldwin
Day 2: Audi and Hasselhoff VWs
As you begin your second day, you'll appreciate being close to the Audi headquarters. Starting at around £204, Audi Driver's Day programs give you the VIP treatment through the Audi Forums (the extensive museum will definitely impress), the factory and, best of all, through the area on a guided drive.
If you had more time, you could spend an entire vacation here, as packages are numerous and flexible. Tempting as that may be, grab lunch at the Forums, then fire up the even more alluring R8. Point it toward Dresden and cover the 230 miles or more in short order. It's time for a close look at a misunderstood marvel.
We can't help but wonder if David Hasselhoff owns a Volkswagen Phaeton. Given their similar fan base, it would only be natural. Like the Hoff's musical career, the luxury sedan was coolly received before quietly fizzling out. In this part of Europe, both are big hits.
In Dresden, you'll tour the car's luxurious home. Known as Die Gläserne Manufaktur ("the transparent factory"), the facility is architecturally and philosophically unique. The dominant glass façade represents transparency, authenticity and openness. This is carried through in the build process as well. Had the U.S. market previously been more aware of the Phaeton's roots, it may have fared better in North American sales. Tour hours conveniently extend into evenings, and it's worth the £60 or so for the exclusive tour. That said, we can't be sure whether the same would apply for a Hasselhoff show.
While you ponder that, don't wander far for dinner. The factory happens to house the pleasant Resto-Bar Lesage. Though entrées are in the £10 range, they are just as impressive as the factory and the architecture. Best bets here are the wild boar or the veal.
Since you'll be starting your final day with a decent stint at the wheel, get a good night's rest at Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski. They happen to manage Lesage, so you know you can count on first-rate accommodations. For spaciousness and a touch of class, book a Regent Suite for about £295.
About the car: Audi has always built fine sedans and coupes, not to mention the TT sports car. Significantly hotter than them all, the new R8 coupe was built to run with the exotics. The aggressive, mid-engine design is a delight to view and rewarding to unleash with its 420 bhp V8 sending you from 0 mph to 62 mph in a mere 4.6 seconds, and it will top out at around 187 mph.
Day 3: The Green Hell
Car: Porsche 911 GT3
You'll have to wake early and start the day with a 300-mile trek to Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, but considering your car is the white-hot Porsche 911 GT3 and your destination is its birthplace, how could you possibly sleep in?
With such a legendary presence, it's easy to envision Porsche headquarters being at least as sprawling as BMW's or Audi's — perhaps even more so. Like meeting a celebrity who's much shorter in person than perceived on the screen, the Porsche factory is something of a small miracle. Inside, the cars come together partly by human hand and partly by robot, but it's all done with precision and efficiency. So, given the modern build methods and commercial success, why isn't the place bigger?
Local restrictions dictate the plant remain at more or less its near-original size (the last significant expansion was in 1988 and, before that, in 1969). This isn't to suggest property growth is at a total standstill. Porsche is busy preparing a new museum that promises to be as impressive as the vehicles within. It won't be complete until 2008, however, which presents a compelling excuse for a return visit. In the meantime, the small but significant museum collection is staffed by docents who are genuinely enthusiastic about the marque.
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A Visit from St. Nicholas
"The Night Before Christmas" and "Twas the Night Before Christmas" redirect here. For other uses, see The Night Before Christmas (disambiguation) and Twas the Night Before Christmas (disambiguation)
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danc'd in their heads,
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And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap —
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name:
"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer and Vixen,
"On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Donder and Blitzen;
"To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
"Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys — and St. Nicholas too:
And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound:
He was dress'd all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnish'd with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys was flung on his back,
And he look'd like a peddler just opening his pack:
His eyes — how they twinkled! His dimples: how merry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face, and a little round belly
That shook when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly:
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laugh'd when I saw him in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And fill'd all the stockings; then turn'd with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight —
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
—Clement Clark Moore
"A Visit from St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, although the claim has also been made that it was written by Henry Livingston, Jr.
The poem, which has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American",[1] is largely responsible for the conception of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today, including his physical appearance, the night of his visit, his mode of transportation, the number and names of his reindeer, as well as the tradition that he brings toys to children. Prior to the poem, American ideas about St. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors varied considerably. The poem has influenced ideas about St. Nicholas and Santa Claus beyond the United States to the rest of the English-speaking world and beyond.
2 Literary history
3 Original copies
4 Authorship controversy
4.1 Evidence in favor of Moore
4.2 Evidence in favor of Livingston
5 In popular culture
5.1 Comics
5.4 Music and spoken word
5.5 Radio and television
Clement Clarke Moore, who is generally considered to be the author of A Visit from St. Nicholas
On Christmas Eve night, while his wife and children sleep, a man awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he sees St. Nicholas in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. After flying on to the roof, the saint enters the house through the chimney, carrying a sack of toys with him. The man watches Nicholas filling the children's stockings hanging by the fire, and laughs to himself. They share a conspiratorial moment before the saint bounds up the chimney again. As he flies away, Nicholas wishes everyone a happy Christmas.
According to legend,[2] A Visit was composed by Moore on a snowy winter's day during a shopping trip on a sleigh. His inspiration for the character of Saint Nicholas was a local Dutch handyman as well as the historical Saint Nicholas. While Moore originated many of the features that are still associated with Santa Claus today, he borrowed other aspects such as the names of the reindeer. The poem was first published anonymously in the Troy, New York, Sentinel on December 23, 1823, having been sent there by a friend of Clement Clarke Moore,[1] and was reprinted frequently thereafter with no name attached. Only later did Moore acknowledge his authorship, and the poem was included in an 1844 anthology of his works.[3] Moore had written it for his children, and being a scholar and professor, did not wish at first to be connected with the poem, but his children insisted that it be included in the anthology.
Moore's conception of St. Nicholas was borrowed from his friend Washington Irving's (see below), but Moore portrayed his "jolly old elf" as arriving on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas Day. At the time Moore wrote the poem, Christmas Day was overtaking New Year's Day as the preferred genteel family holiday of the season, but some Protestants - who saw Christmas as the result of "Catholic ignorance and deception" - still had reservations. By having St. Nicholas arrive the night before, Moore "deftly shifted the focus away from Christmas Day with its still-problematic religious associations". As a result, "New Yorkers embraced Moore's child-centered version of Christmas as if they had been doing it all their lives".[1]
In An American Anthology, 1787–1900, editor Edmund Clarence Stedman reprinted the Moore version of the poem, including the German spelling of "Donder and Blitzen" he adopted, rather than the earlier Dutch version from 1823, "Dunder and Blixem". Both phrases translate as "Thunder and Lightning" in English, though the German word for thunder is "Donner", and the words in modern Dutch would be "Donder en Bliksem".
Modern printings frequently incorporate alterations that reflect changing linguistic and cultural sensibilities: For example, breast in "The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow" is frequently bowdlerized to crest, the archaic ere in "But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight" is frequently replaced with as, and "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night" is frequently rendered with the modern North American locution "'Merry Christmas'" and with "goodnight" as a single word.
Original copies
Four hand-written copies of the poem are known to exist, and three are in museums. The fourth copy, written out and signed by Clement Clarke Moore as a gift to a friend in 1860, was sold by one private collector to another in December, 2006. According to Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, which brokered the private sale, it was purchased for $280,000 U.S. by an unnamed "chief executive officer of a media company" who resides in Manhattan, New York City.[4]
Authorship controversy
Henry Livingston, Jr. is another candidate brought forward in one theory as possible author of the poem
Moore's connection with the poem has been questioned by Professor Donald Foster, an expert on textual content analysis, who used external and internal evidence to argue that Moore could not have been the author.[5] Major Henry Livingston, Jr., a New Yorker with Dutch and Scottish roots, is considered the chief candidate for authorship, if Moore did not write it. Livingston was distantly related to Moore's wife.[5]
Evidence in favor of Moore
Moore is credited by his friend Charles Hoffman as author in the December 25, 1837, Pennsylvania Inquirer and Daily Courier. Further, the Rev. David Butler, who allegedly showed the poem to Sentinel editor Orville L. Holley, was a relative of Moore's. A letter to Moore from the publisher states "I understand from Mr. Holley that he received it from Mrs. Sackett, the wife of Mr. Daniel Sackett who was then a merchant in this city"[citation needed]. Moore allowed the poem to be included in his anthology in 1844, at the request of his children. Moore preferred to be known for more scholarly works.[citation needed]
Evidence in favor of Livingston
Moore "tried at first to disavow" the poem.[6] He claimed that only two changes were introduced in the first printing, yet it differs from his own on 23 points.[citation needed] It is also said that Moore falsely claimed to have translated a book.[7] Document historian Seth Kaller has challenged this claim as a misinterpretation of a book dedication.[8] According to Kaller, Moore signed the translation as a gift to the New-York Historical Society, as one might dedicate a book they give to another person, but did not claim authorship.
The following points have been advanced in order to credit the poem to Major Henry Livingston, Jr:
Livingston also wrote poetry primarily using an anapaestic metrical scheme, and it is claimed that some of the phraseology of A Visit is consistent with other poems by Livingston, and that Livingston's poetry is more optimistic than Moore's poetry published in his own name. But Stephen Nissenbaum argues, in his Battle for Christmas, that the poem could have been a social satire of the Victorianization of Christmas.[8] Furthermore, Kaller claims that Foster cherry-picked only the poems that fit his thesis and that many of Moore's unpublished works have a tenor, phraseology and meter similar to A Visit.[8] Moore had even written a letter entitled "From Saint Nicholas" that may have predated 1823.[8]
Foster also asserts that Livingston's mother was Dutch, which accounts for the references to the Dutch Sinteklaes tradition and the use of the Dutch names "Dunder and Blixem". Against this claim, it is suggested by Kaller[8] that Moore, a friend of writer Washington Irving and member of the same literary society, may have acquired some of his knowledge of New York Dutch traditions from Irving. Irving had written A History of New York in 1809 under the name of "Dietrich Knickerbocker". It includes several references to legends of St. Nicholas, including the following that bears a close relationship to the poem:
And the sage Oloffe dreamed a dream, — and lo, the good St. Nicholas came riding over the tops of the trees, in that self-same wagon wherein he brings his yearly presents to children, and he descended hard by where the heroes of Communipaw had made their late repast. And he lit his pipe by the fire, and sat himself down and smoked; and as he smoked, the smoke from his pipe ascended into the air and spread like a cloud overhead. And Oloffe bethought him, and he hastened and climbed up to the top of one of the tallest trees, and saw that the smoke spread over a great extent of country; and as he considered it more attentively, he fancied that the great volume of smoke assumed a variety of marvellous forms, where in dim obscurity he saw shadowed out palaces and domes and lofty spires, all of which lasted but a moment, and then faded away, until the whole rolled off, and nothing but the green woods were left. And when St. Nicholas had smoked his pipe, he twisted it in his hatband, and laying his finger beside his nose, gave the astonished Van Kortlandt a very significant look; then, mounting his wagon, he returned over the tree-tops and disappeared.
— Washington Irving, A History of New York[9]
Cover of a 1912 edition of the poem, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
The very well known poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas", has inspired many parodies,[10] adaptations and references in popular culture.
In the Garfield comic strips published during the week of December 19–24, 1983, the text of the poem was drawn above scenes of Garfield acting out the part of the narrator.
Currently (December 13–25, 2010), Over the Hedge is covering the poem in a story arc, in which Verne tries to read it to Hammy and R.J. but keeps getting interrupted by their silly comments.
Issue 40 of the DC comic book, Young Justice (2001), is a full-length parody of the poem. Unusually for a comic book, it features no panels or word balloon, only full-page illustrations accompanied by rhyming text. In the story, Santa sacrifices his life to save the world from a vengeful alien villain (though it's implied he'll be reborn next Christmas) and the teen heroes are stuck with the task of delivering all his gifts.
In the movie Die Hard, Theo alerts his friends to the SWAT team's arrival with the opening line of this poem.[11]
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) reads the story to his extended family, but changes the narrative when he looks out the window and sees Cousin Eddie and Eddie's kidnapped hostage (Clark's boss) approaching the house. Instead of describing the "miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer", Clark describes the strange event taking place in his front yard.
The 1905 short silent film, The Night Before Christmas, was the first production of the poem on film.
Tim Burton's 1993 stop motion film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, parodies the poem's first line.
The children's book, The Cajun Night Before Christmas, offers a Cajun version of the classic tale, written in Cajun dialect and changing the scene to a Louisiana swamp and the saint's vehicle to a skiff pulled by alligators.[12]
A "Canonical List of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Variations" contains nearly one thousand versions of the classic poem.[13]
In 1986 Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt penned "Merry Christmas, My friend. A Marine's version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'".[14]
James Thurber's parody, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas IN THE ERNEST HEMINGWAY MANNER," which originally appeared in the December 24, 1927 issue of The New Yorker.
In 1953, Perry Como recorded a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas". Its original release was on the Around the Christmas Tree LPM-3133.[15]
The nu metal band Korn released a limited edition promotional 12-inch single single in 1993, which featured two versions of their "A Visit from St. Nicholas" parody: "Christmas Song (Squeak by the FCC version)" and "Christmas Song (Blatant FCC Violation version)".[16]
The poem was set to music by Ken Darby and recorded by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians in 1942 in an arrangement by Harry Simeone.
Dave Seville recorded the poem for the 1963 album Christmas with The Chipmunks, Vol. 2.
Actor Jack Palance narrates the poem on Laurie Z's 2001 recording, Heart of the Holidays.
Under the title of A Visit From St. Nick, the poem was set for Speaker & Orchestra by Robert Lichtenberger in 1987. It was commissioned for and premiered by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Polochick, and repeated by the BSO on a number of subsequent Christmas holiday concerts. The work has also been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by the late Erich Kunzel, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elizabeth Schulze as well as other ensembles in the USA. Narrators have included then-mayor-of-Baltimore Kurt Schmoke, actor George Clooney and actress Pat Carroll.
The poem was set to music by Aaron Dai in 2006 as The Night Before Christmas. It has been performed by The Chelsea Symphony and noteworthy narrators such as Richard Kind, Ana Gasteyer, and David Hyde Pierce.
A Pokémon version of this poem is included on the soundtrack CD album of Pokémon-themed Christmas songs entitled, Pokémon Christmas Bash.
In a 1939 recording included in the Nimbus Records collection Prima Voce: The Spirit of Christmas Past, actor Basil Rathbone reads the poem.
The Bob Rivers comedy album Twisted Christmas features the track "A Visit from St. Nicholson", a narration of a Christmas visit from Jack Nicholson.
In the Dave Van Ronk song "Yas Yas Yas", the poem is parodied in the verse "'Twas the night before Christmas, all was quiet in the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, when from the lawn there came a big crash. It was Father Christmas landing on his yas yas yas."
A new rock/pop musical adaptation was released in 2011 by the artist "JJ's Tunes & Tales" on CD Baby and iTunes. The single features the singing of Juliet Lyons, and a rock band that includes both electric guitars and mandolins. This musical adaptation has singing and music throughout, with no spoken or rap lyric sections.
Episode 55 of Animaniacs featured a skit titled "The Day Before Christmas", in which Ralph the Guard is given the task of delivering Yakko, Wakko, and Dot's Christmas presents. The short is presented as a bedtime story told by Slappy Squirrel to her nephew Skippy, and is narrated in the poetic form as the original story. This cartoon was adapted into comic book form in a special comic book published by DC Comics in October 1994.
Some holiday airings of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy had Charlie McCarthy trying to recite the poem from memory, resulting in such lines as "The stockings were hung by the chimney with care/In hopes that the laundryman soon would be there" (a few times the line went "In hopes that the room could stand some fresh air"), "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease/The jolly old elf in the red BVD's", and "Now, Dasher, Now, Dancer, and what do you know/Dasher and Dancer paid $220 to show!"
The song with the poem as its basis as stated above, arranged by Harry Simeone and music by Ken Darby, was performed at holiday airings of Fibber McGee and Molly, usually introduced by Teeny, the neighbor girl, as their "Christmas Carol".
At the beginning of Friends (TV series) episode 9, "The One with Christmas in Tulsa", Phoebe sings the last four lines of The Night Before Christmas and Joey claims she wrote it.
In A Muppet Family Christmas, the Sesame Street Muppets perform a play based on the poem, with Ernie narrating as the father (the main character) and Bert as Mamma (he lost a coin toss). The monsters appear as the reindeer, with the Two-Headed Monster as Santa (and Grover as the mouse who is not stirring, literally). The narration omits the line "The children were nestled, all snug in their bed(s)/While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads", because of the homosexuality rumor.[citation needed]
A hip-hop animated version of the poem was made as an hour long animated special, The Night B4 Christmas.
Bell Telephone Company sponsored a short film circa 1950 entitled The Spirit of Christmas, featuring the Les and Mabel Beaton marionettes. Within a few years, it became a holiday perennial in many TV markets, especially in the Philadelphia area.
In the 1961, Bell Telephone Hour television program A Trip to Christmas, a version of the poem is performed offscreen by hostess Jane Wyatt and a chorus, and enacted onscreen by the Bil Baird Marionettes.
In the animated TV special by Rankin/Bass (1974), titled "Twas the Night Before Christmas", the characters and portions of the plot are loosely based on the poem.
In the Barney and the Backyard Gang special, "Waiting for Santa", Barney reads the story to Michael and Amy, whom he has befriended, while Santa himself is in the living room of the house doing his usual work. He falls asleep just as he comes to "With a little old driver, so lively and quick/I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick". Santa whispers the last quotation to the camera after that.
"The Night Before Doom", which appears in the Official DOOM F.A.Q., is a poem centered on the computer game Doom.[17]
For Christmas 1985, the Internet Engineering Task Force circulated an RFC document that was actually a poem about the early days of the Internet, titled "Twas the Night Before Start-up".[18]
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Foster, Donald (2000). Author Unknown: On the Trail of Anonymous. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-6357-9.
Gardner, Martin (1991). The Annotated Night Before Christmas: A Collection Of Sequels, Parodies, And Imitations Of Clement Moore's Immortal Ballad About Santa Claus; Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Martin Gardner. Summit Books. ISBN 0-671-70839-2.
Nissenbaum, Stephen (1997). The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Christmas that Shows How It Was Transformed from an Unruly Carnival Season into the Quintessential American Family Holiday. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-41223-9.
First published text from the 1823 Troy Sentinel and a picture of its 1830 edited broadside edition.
Text attributed to Livingston, at University of Toronto's Representative Poetry Online.
The Night Before Christmas Bibliography by Nancy H. Marshall
Photos of illustrated texts as old as 1840, credited to Moore
Photos of an 1860 manuscript autographed by Moore
Free audiobook from LibriVox
Article about a change in the poem at Urban Legends Reference Pages
Moore version online at Bartleby
eText of a 1912 edition of the poem, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, at Project Gutenberg
TheNightBeforeChristmas.com with many of scans of favorite antique illustrated versions as old as 1825
VisitFromStNicholas.com with hundreds of scans of illustrated texts as old as 1825
Many scans of illustrated texts as old as 1837
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The Apple home speaker got a sneak preview. It does look a lot like a mini-Mac Pro tower, and is called HomePod. There is no screen, it is powered by Siri. HomePod is 7 inches tall, and has 7 tweeters with a 4 inch upwards firing woofer, it runs an Apple A8 chip. With 6 mics, Apple claims it can hear you from across the room and respond even with loud music playing. They are touting acoustic modeling, echo cancelation, and spatial awareness. In other words, it will detect the room, and fire the speakers to give you the best sound for that area. If you run two, they are smart enough to sync up. Besides for music, it will use Siri in the usual way to get information, and also control your HomeKit devices. It will run $349. Comes in White & Space Grey, and ships in December.
Another tease was the iMac Pro. It will have an 8 core Xeon processor for base, and up to 18 core available. It runs Radeon Vega graphics with 16 gigs of vRAM. It can roll with 128 gigs of memory and 4TB of SSD storage. The iMac Pro ships in December, and will start at $4999. All the iMacs and MacBooks get Kaby Lake Intel processors and faster SSD drives. The freshened iMacs and MacBooks are shipping today.
As expected, the new iPad was shown off extensively. It has the 10.5 inch screen in the same size as the 9.7 inch model, and still weighs just a pound. It starts at 64 gigs, and $649. Preorders open now, and they ship next week.
A number of other reveals revolve around the software systems and content. For content, Amazon Prime Video is coming to Apple TV later this year. Also, the new iOS 11 will have a pretty amazing AR developers kit. A couple of demos put AR right on a desktop at the stage, with the audience right in the shot! Another had a developer standing in the middle of a Star Wars world she was manipulating on the fly…watch out for Darth Vader swinging that light saber! Steam is bringing their VR to the Mac later this year! Apple will probably post the VR Star Wars video and AR demo later today, and you should watch them!
In the new Mac OS…High Sierra, Apple File System will be brought over from iOS, modernizing Apple's ancient file system. For Safari, we get autoplay blocking!! Now you can read an article without the annoying autoplay audio blasting away. They also touted intelligent tracking prevention using machine learning. New, better compression for video and pictures.
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The App Store gets a total makeover. It starts with a Today screen, and separates out Games from other apps.
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Never let it be said that most shoppers aren't bargain hunters. TechCrunch.com says this is the main thing driving online shopping, NOT convenience. A full 79 percent of us now shop online in the US…up from 22% in 2000! Over half of people have bought something via their smartphone. That said, in the PEW study, 65% of people said that…all things being equal, they would rather shop in a physical store. Price, time constraints, and availability of products often dictate going online, though.
Most of the self-driving cars we see in the pipeline are upscale models. Teslas are cool, but pricey. Mercedes, BMW, Volvo…none of them will have anything on the cheap. Hyundai is working on one, though, and they claim it will be a self-driver for the masses. Techcrunch.com reports that the Korean maker rolled out their tech this week, with rides in Vegas ahead of CES coming up in January. The cars look pretty close to stock Ioniq models…no big cluster of sensors on the roof…they do include four optical cameras behind the windshield, front and side facing LiDAR unit, front mid- and long-range radars and rear-facing radars, too…so they're not exactly rolling blind! Hyundai hopes to have something on the road by 2019-21, but full self-driving may be a few years after that.
AR seems to be nearly the operating system of the future, if you talk to some people, and Apple analyst Gene Munster, who is striking out on his own after Piper Jaffray, thinks AR wearables may eclipse smartphones like the iPhone. Zdnet.com points out that although Munster has a very good track record, he has predicted an Apple branded TV several times, and we're still waiting for that! Nonetheless, Munster says that in the next 10 years, we may all be using some type of wearable in PLACE of our pocket smartphone from Apple. The amount of miniaturization is staggering, to say nothing of batteries, but considering that the iPhone would by then be 20 years old…that's a lifetime in tech!
As expected, Apple has rolled out a new 21.5 inch iMac, featuring a 4K video display. Theverge.com reports it will sell for $1499, and in addition to the eye-popping new screen that can show 25% more colors, it has faster RAM and processor, and bigger storage options. It ships today with a new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and optional $129 Force Touch trackpad. The 1080p model stays in the lineup starting at $1099.
Meanwhile, over at Samsung, a completely un-shocking rumor is floating around. According to 9to5google.com, they're working to add pressure sensitive touch screen to the next Galaxy smartphone, the S7. It will be the ClearForce hardware from Synaptic, which we reported was being shopped around to Android makers and which is already in the Huawei Mate S. The Galaxy S7 will also come with a new Snapdragon processor.
Apple will start selling it's 21.5 inch iMacs with 4K Retina displays next week, probably Tuesday. According to 9to5mac.com, they'll keep the current form factor, but will sport the new 4096×2304 screens and noticeably faster graphics cards. No pricing yet, but expect them to be bumped up from the non-4K current version. It's also not clear if the Magic Mouse 2 with Force Touch and updated Bluetooth Keyboard with better battery life will be out by next week. The iPad Pro looks set to drop in early November now.
Apple's killer feature for the iPhone 6S and Plus may see Android competitors soon. According to thenextweb.com. Synaptics has announced its ClearForce tech, which works very much like Apple's 3D Touch, will be integrated into Android phones that should be shipping early next year. Huawei has already showed a pressure sensitive display on it's Mate S phone, so expect a slew of high end Android smartphones to horn in on Apple's 3D Touch turf by 1st quarter of 2016.
Wednesday looks to be the day that Apple drops new 15 inch Macbook Pros and 27 inch iMacs with Force Touch baked in to the track pads. 9to5mac.com says that otherwise, the update will be a minor one, with upgrades to the CPU and graphics processors.
In a story from tech crunch.com penned by the CEO of Zuora, the present car industry is compared to the early PC industry of the mid 80's. The auto makers are cast as being as clueless as giant IBM was at that time, and Digital Equipment…remember them…even more out of touch. IBM went on to be clobbered as the platform…like Windows or Mac…became much more important to consumers than the brand itself. With Gartner predicting that there will be 250 million connected cars on the road by 2020, the platform makers, like Google with Android Auto and Apple with Car Play, may become far more important that the actual brand of cars…causing a gigantic shakeup in the auto industry.


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Bio-Planet, the bio supermarket of the Belgian Colruyt group, turns out to be a source of several organic or bio chocolates.
Aroma: Sweet, leathery, spicy. The aroma is promising.
Taste: The bar delivers a hard snap. The taste starts off soft, rather sweet with red fruits slowly adding to the mix. The fruit keeps lingering in the mouth. It needs some time before the melt starts. The taste doesn't evolve constantly, it somewhat flattens after the first waves of notes. Cacao and delicate red fruits keep up all the way, with absolutely no bitterness. I'm a bit surprised not to find the spicy notes in the palate again.
This chocolate lacks some persistence, some "balls". Just a touch of sweetness makes it gentle on the palate, though it does reveal some of the tastes found in fine chocolate. In the aftertaste, some bitterness comes through and the cacao seems to rise as the fruity acidity subsides.
Edit: after eating some portions of this chocolate, I discovered something less pleasant about this bar. For some reason I seem to get little hard bits in my mouth. Almost like there are some flakes of the cacao beans that are left behind in the chocolate mass. I wonder if this is a fluke or if the production process leaves them behind. A sad conclusion.
I don't think I've ever describe any chocolates on my blog as "with balls" or without them, for that matter. But truthfully, it's a really good, if funny turn of phrase. Really enjoying the reviews.
Vivani does make one really good chocolate, it is called Equador. Try that one next time. It is the only chocolate I can actually eat at the local organic store.


The goal of the paper is threefold. First, we present live cattle, an interesting semi-storable commodity which has not often been discussed in the literature. Second, we analyze the spot price trajectories of the US and Brazilian cattle markets over the period 2002-2013, using the first nearby Future as a proxy for the spot price. We find two distinct periods separated by a structural break in October 2007: a first period where Brazilian prices lead US prices, and a second period where both series are cointegrated. Third, in order to globally compare the two Futures markets, we introduce the notion of distance between forward curves and exhibit that not only do spot prices move together in the second period but also that the forward curves show a much higher level of integration, allowing for pair trading strategies.


A session of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme Chapter, entrusted with the task of selecting this year's laureates of the Programme, was held in the central office of Polish Tourism Organisation on 8 May.
The Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme is conducted together by Polish Tourism Organisation and non-governmental Polish Conference and Congress Association, with the regional support of locally operating Ambassador Clubs.
Ever since 1998 it has been aimed at promoting Poland as the seat of international congresses and conferences.
Polish Tourism Organisation - Poland Convention Bureau provides organisational support for the Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme and related services. It has the backing of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme Chapter, encompassing a group of eminent figures representing Polish science, economy and culture.
The objective of the discussed Programme is to secure congresses for Poland and provide effective assistance in drawing such events to our country by Poles operating in the structures of international organisations, e.g. researchers and professionals of various sectors.
In accordance with Programme Regulations, the right to appoint candidates lies with members of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Chapter, organisational units of the Polish Academy of Sciences, institutions of higher learning, scientific associations and organisations, cultural institutions, economic and self-government organisations, Polish Tourism Organisation, Polish Conference and Congress Association, regional convention bureaux, as well as people earlier honoured with the title of a Polish Congress Ambassador.
This year 16 new Ambassadors, representatives of both science and business, joined the eminent group of 236 Polish Congress Ambassadors.
The meeting began with Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme organisers - Robert Andrzejczyk, President of Polish Tourism Organisation, and Paula Fanderowska, Deputy President of the Polish Conference and Congress Association - taking the floor. The subsequent vote was presided over by Prof. dr. hab. inż. Marek Pawełczyk, Vice Rector for Research and Development, Silesian University of Technology.
Aneta Książek, Secretary of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme Chapter, and Karolina Gajewska attended the session on behalf of Pto - Poland Convention Bureau.
As a result of changes introduced this year into the Regulations of the Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme, the 2018 Polish Congress Ambassadors Gala distinguished not only Ambassadors but also, for the very first time, Polish Congress Patrons. The Congress Patron award is a way of honouring and appreciating the role of sponsors supporting a staged meeting or event.
2. Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o. for supporting the Open Eyes Economy Summit – an international congress of the economy of values.
The Chapter presented the special Patron of the 2017 Polish Congress Ambassadors Gala distinction to Concept Music Art Sp. z o.o in recognition of the technological and logistical support it provided for the event in question and the comprehensive multimedia concept inspired by the oeuvre of Stanisław Wyspiański.
A meeting with this year's laureates will be staged during the ceremonious Gala of Polish Congress Ambassadors at the Poznań Congress Centre on 27 September.


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This Actor Is Using Backstage to Book Leading Roles—Here's How
By Franchesca Viaud | Jan. 17, 2020, 01:30 PM | Last Updated: May. 14, 2020, 08:50 PM
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There's more than one way to get your face out there. Just ask longtime Backstage user Jasmine Métivier; she uses both social media and Backstage to find work, and you can, too.
Showing up is half the battle.
"I was the lead in a majority of the roles I was booked for. I also got supporting and co-star roles…. For some [projects,] I had to send in a self-tape, and for others I had to come in for an audition. Some were more challenging than others, and for some I just had to show up and do my best."
Expect to work for your big break.
"Complete your profile, be patient, and be consistent. Careers take time to build, and the little gigs lead to bigger gigs."
Find what you're looking for with Backstage.
"I look for commercials and modeling, mostly…. I come back to [Backstage] because it's always a great [place to find an] audition, and I can work full-time as an actor-model. I meet so many amazing people."
Let social media work for you.
"I live in New York. Network and put yourself out there every chance you get. Use social media and hang around like-minded people."
Consistency pays off.
"I've been on Backstage for about three years, and I check it for auditions every day. I have been cast in several different projects."
To see your success story in print, tweet @Backstage using the hashtag #IGotCast.
This story originally appeared in the Jan. 16 issue of Backstage Magazine. Subscribe here.
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I've been watching the show. Your nephew is an awesome marksman and a real stand-up person. It's nice to see someone with such strong ethics do so well.
You wouldn't know that archery is his sport given the way he handles the guns.
I hope he goes all the way. I'm rooting for him.
My son and I (RevkidChris) are in a southwest suburb of Chicago and frequent Northerly Island as well as some local fields.
What specific days would you like to fly and will you be staying downtown or suburbs? If downtown, do you know hotel or area?
Topic: Which Spar Is Which?
I'm up for it. Tune-up for Kite Party.
Great looking kite. Nice design.
Looking forward to getting some flying time in with everyone soon.
Apparently it takes two years to recover from Rose leaving campus.
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The word blockchain has gone viral for the last decade, and especially in the financial sector. Despite its significance and wide acceptance of this technology, the majority of the entrepreneurs are yet to comprehend the importance of integrating blockchain technology into their business environment.
Before talking about its application we need to understand that blockchain refers to a digital ledger of transactions which keeps an unchangeable record of data operations. This way blockchain removes the need of a middle man and allows you to connect directly with the dataset stored in the network. Blockchain can revolutionize any business (and make your job a lot easier) because of its unique features such as decentralization, smart contracts, improving efficiency, transparency, and immutability, making it ideal for implementation by both small and large businesses.
Blockchain technology gives you a spectrum of opportunities such as using blockchain ability to achieve autonomous consensus and peer-to-peer transactions between parties. This technology plays a key role in improving transactional productivity; secure payment systems, reduction in transaction fees and minimizing time lay and delays experienced in chain supply. The technology has disrupted the intervention of third-parties in transaction leading to transparency and elimination of fraudsters.
Data tracking is becoming popular with blockchain technology. When it comes to shipping of goods a clear record keeping is done on blockchain ledger at every critical point, such as payment dates, dispatching and arrival time. This information is instantly recorded into the blockchain ledger through smart contracts. This enables businesses to carry out an efficient investigation in case of complaints or loss of goods. Also, data tracking by blockchain ultimately helps to cut down the administrative bureaucracy and costs.
A smart contract is a self-automated computer program that can perfectly execute terms of any contract without the intervention of mediators. "Smart contracts" make it possible for businesses to be able to bypass regulations hence "lowering the costs for a subset of normal banking financial transactions." Blockchain has to revolutionize the entire industry and the manner in which business undertake in the digital era. If your business embraces this technology, you will be likely to perform incredibly well as compared to competitors that remain rigid.


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Cal Poly to Open 2019-20 Wrestling Season at Michigan State Open
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly opens its fourth wrestling season under head coach Jon Sioredas this weekend at the Michigan State Open in East Lansing, Mich.
As in the last few years, the Mustangs will field a relatively young group of wrestlers with no juniors and two seniors in the lineup this weekend.
One true freshman, a trio of redshirt freshmen and four sophomores will join two seniors in the one-day tournament inside Jenison Fieldhouse.
"We will have many new faces in the lineup this season," said Sioredas. "With several guys coming out of redshirt and a few freshmen wrestling out of the gate, it will make for an exciting year to see how our young team continues to develop and make strides."
Seniors Tom Lane and Joshy Cortez along with sophomore Brawley Lamer headline the 2019-20 Mustang lineup.
Lane (pictured above) is a two-time NCAA qualifier with a 66-43 career mark and is ranked No. 14 in his weight class by FloWrestling and No. 15 by InterMat. Cortez, a redshirt last year, has 40 career wins to his credit and Lamer won 11 matches in open tournaments during his redshirt year and 13 more last season.
"These guys have exemplified everything our program stands for and are great leaders on and off the mat," said Sioredas. "We cannot wait to get the season started and embark on the next chapter of Cal Poly Wrestling."
In addition to Cal Poly and Michigan State, teams entered in the one-day tournament Saturday include Buffalo, Central Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn, Pittsburgh and Purdue.
Cal Poly will welcome seven teams to San Luis Obispo for home dual meets, beginning with an afternoon match Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. on the Richard O'Neill Green. The dual with San Francisco State takes place at the Stampede Club Barbecue prior to the football game between the Mustangs and Eastern Washington at 5 o'clock.
Other home duals are against Buffalo on Nov. 23, Drexel on Dec. 19, Northern Illinois on Jan. 10 and Pac-12 duals versus Stanford on Jan. 17, CSU Bakersfield on Feb. 14 and Arizona State on Feb. 15.
A look at each of the 10 weight classes:
Sophomore Benny Martinez will get the nod this year again at 125 after earning nine victories a year ago. "He had a couple big wins in dual meets last season and has steadily improved over the summer," said Sioredas. First-year freshman Antonio Lorenzo, a Top 100 recruit from St. John Bosco High School, will redshirt this season.
Redshirt freshman Trae Vasquez, a two-time Montana state champion and two-time Fargo All-American, will make his debut this season at 133 pounds. Vasquez did not wrestle in any open tournaments during his redshirt season a year ago. True freshman Junior Fernandez, a California state medalist from Upper Lake High School, will also wrestle this year at 133.
Redshirt freshman Jake Ryan from Oakdale High School will begin his Cal Poly career at 141. Ryan did not compete in any open tournaments during his redshirt season a year ago. Sophomore Wyatt Cornelison, who posted six wins, two via fall, a year ago, will also be competing for the Mustangs at 141 this season.
Joshy Cortez (pictured at left) will come out of his redshirt season as a fifth-year senior. Currently nationally ranked, he was a Pac-12 finalist in 2018, and is one of the team's captains. "Joshy went an impressive 9-2 last year in open tournaments at 157," said Sioredas. "He will descend back down to 149 to make a run during his senior campaign." First-year freshman Legend Lamer, another Top 100 recruit, will redshirt.
Sophomore Brawley Lamer (pictured at right), voted as the most improved wrestler on the 2018-19 team, will be a staple at the 157-pound weight class after posting a 13-15 mark a year ago. "Brawley has been rapidly improving since arriving at Cal Poly," said Sioredas. "One of our team captains, Brawley's lead-by-example style of leadership spreads into our young team."
Bernie Truax, another star recruit a year ago, will be coming out of his redshirt year this season to help lead the Mustangs as a redshirt freshman. Truax, 14-7 with a fall and four technical falls in open tournaments as a redshirt a year ago, was a California state finalist and Fargo All-American. "Up from 149/157 last season, he brings a wealth of wrestling experience to our lineup and will be one to watch as he continues to grow and improve," said Sioredas.
Nathan Tausch is back at 174 as a sophomore after winning six matches with one fall as a true freshman a year ago. "The former California state finalist has continued to develop over the offseason and has grown into the weight class," said Sioredas.
True freshman Trent Tracy from Frontier High School in Bakersfield, another Top 100 recruit from the incoming nationally ranked Mustang recruiting class of 2019, will compete out of the gate at 184. Tracy was a California state champion at 170 pounds in 2018 and placed third in the 2019 state finals, compiling a 78-7 record in his final two prep seasons. True freshman Max Aguirre, also from Frontier High School, will see time in the lineup this season at 184 as well.
Team captain Tom Lane will look to improve on his top-12 finish at the 2019 NCAA National Championship, where he became the first Mustang in seven years to win his first two matches, upsetting the fifth and 12th seeds. "Tom's style of wrestling is fun to watch and has brought Cal Poly wrestling back into the national spotlight," said Sioredas.
Sophomore Sam Aguilar returns after double-digit wins last year as our freshman heavyweight. "Sam has put in the work to get bigger and stronger and has improved dramatically in his wrestling skill," said Sioredas. Top 100 recruit Victor Jaquez out of Bellarmine Prep in San Jose will redshirt this year as a first-year freshman.


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The Passion Remains
One of the themes of this blog is that as difficult as it is to earn a toehold in the football business, it's harder to leave it. The one thing I always say is that most people leave the football world feet first. They never walk away. They leave after a divorce, or a bankruptcy, or litigation, and they often still wish they didn't have to, even if they failed miserably.
Case in point. A few years ago, a young man from the Southeast got certified, and for the two years he was in the game, he was full-throttle all the way. He quit his job and spent the money he had saved (plus a lot more) pursuing players and really trying to make it in the game. He wound up selling assets he had simply so he could afford training for long-shot players, and he made several bad investments because he trusted the wrong people to help him. There were many times that he called me after making these investments, and after a long sigh, I'd scold him (gently), wondering why he didn't learn last time.
Eventually, he did learn. He became intensely soured on the game, and his passion turned to hatred. He even began to send me links to books about the savagery of the game and how it fed many societal problems. Still, when a couple of the people he came in contact with showed up on tonight's episode of The Agent, I texted him. I figured he'd remember me, but I figured the fire wouldn't be there anymore, and I thought he'd shrug off my text, politely demurring.
I was way wrong. At the mention of the names on the show, my friend's first question was, "What have they done? Are they using my name for anything?" Once I assured him this wasn't the case, my friend started with the descriptions. "An honest nice guy" who "genuinely wants to help kids make it" was his assessment of one of them, but he called the other one "a crook, a thief" who "attempted to sell me access to the Clemson locker room." My friend also called him a "complete a______e" who "tried to physically intimidate me at a lunch and I almost pulled out a knife. . . in fact, I think I explicitly stated that if you try to intimidate me again, I was going to pull out my knife."
My friend then excused himself. "Got a lunch date. Kinda lost, ttyl," he texted me, and I figured that was it. "Good luck!" I texted him back.
But a couple minutes later, my friend was back, sending multiple lengthy texts. Though he praised one of the people I'd asked him about, he accused the other of peddling influence and other highly questionable activities. Finally, he closed with, "Gotta run, hope ur doing well also."
But soon he was back again with another paragraph. I didn't engage him, knowing he had to go. But it became clear to me that he still hadn't lost the passion.
It's a cliche, but it's true: the harder you fight for something, the harder it is to surrender. It's clear my friend still had plenty of fight in him. If you decide to make a serious run at this business, you're going to find it a habit that's hard to break.
Don't forget to follow me on Twitter if you don't already. I'll be providing a running commentary during tonight's show (10E/9C), and we've got some good stuff ready to roll. Catch you tonight.


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Molniya (Russian for lightning) may refer to:
 Molniya (satellite), a Soviet military communications satellite
 Molniya orbit
 Molniya (explosive trap), a KGB explosive device
 Molniya (rocket), a variation of the Soyuz launch vehicle
 OKB-4 Molniya, an experimental design bureau responsible for the Molniya R-60 and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles
 NPO Molniya, a Soviet design bureau responsible for the Shuttle Buran programme
 Molnija, a Russian watch and clockmaker
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Q: notepad++ removing first word in every line i am looking for a way to delete the first word in every line in notepad++.
The list looks like this:
jon52_rs - £5
caneflagi - £5
Tehhguam - £5
Clapu - £5-05

and i want this:
- £5
- £5
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or ideally only the numbers (5,5,5,5.05). I tried this with one method, however it deleted all the comma numbers like 5.05.
Thanks

A: You can simply use..
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I am looking for a way to delete the first word in every line in notepad++.

It should work.
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ideally only the numbers

try this one if you need only numbers:
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Video Surveillance of Public Places by Private Individuals
Generally speaking, private individuals are not permitted to operate CCTV systems on public property. There are some exceptions to this rule, but only in a very limited number of cases.
A CCTV system that monitors a public area in order to safeguard private interests will record images of countless people and thus infringe their rights to privacy. The persons concerned often have no choice but to enter the monitored area, and are therefore compelled to accept this infringement of their rights to privacy. This is difficult to justify by private interests.
1. Interest in crime prevention: the preservation of security and order in public areas is not the responsibility of private individuals, but a task for the police. For this reason, protecting his or her own security is not a legitimate reason for a private individual to monitor a public area.
2. Other interests: e.g. webcams for the purposes of advertising or entertainment. For such private interests the infringement of privacy rights caused by video surveillance is a step too far, and the interest in safeguarding rights to privacy has priority.
As a result, private CCTV systems in public areas are normally regarded as an excessive and unlawful measure and their installation is prohibited.
As her property has been vandalised by passers-by on a number of occasions, a house owner wants to install CCTV cameras to monitor the street outside her house. However, the house owner is not permitted to carry out this type of video surveillance herself, as in her case this is the responsibility of the police.
A hotelier sets up a webcam to film the grounds of his hotel. As his interest in doing this does not outweigh the interest in protecting the privacy of those filmed, filming is only permitted if people appearing on the webcam are made unrecognisable and the privacy of the residents of neighbouring houses is guaranteed.
There are two possible exceptions to this rule:
1. When legitimate video surveillance of private property is conducted, images of public areas are also recorded. If the extent of this intrusion is negligible and the surveillance of the private property would otherwise be impossible, common sense dictates that surveillance will normally be allowed.
A bank installs a CCTV camera to monitor its ATMs. In the recordings, a small section of the street outside the building can also be seen. As there is an overriding private interest in monitoring the ATMs and surveillance could not be carried out without filming the street, this is permitted.
2. A private individual who wants to monitor a public area for security reasons contacts the relevant authority (local commune, police, cantonal authorities) and obtains permission to carry out the required video surveillance measures himself. As the cantons are responsible for regulating video surveillance in public areas, confirmation must first of all be obtained from the cantonal authorities as to whether such an arrangement is permitted.
The house owner who is a victim of vandalism in the example above enters into an agreement with the local police under which she monitors the street outside her property using CCTV.
If a private individual carries out video surveillance with the permission of the responsible authorities, the Data Protection Act (FADP) still applies, so the video surveillance must be carried out according to the principles applicable to data processing (see our leaflet). The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) remains responsible for supervising compliance with the FADP.
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