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PRODUCTION: Piargy Goes into Production Featured
Cathy Meils 2016-11-23
Piargy by Ivo Trajkov credit: Arina Film Production
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/Slovenian/Macedonian historical drama Piargy is moving into production after three years in development which resulted in a change of director. Czech director Ivo Trajkov began the first days of shooting on the four-seasons film in May 2016 and will continue throughout 2017.
The film's producer Silvia Panakova of Arina Film Production told FNE, "The film was pitched at connecting cottbus in 2011. We spent three years in development and then there was a change of vision, so a new director was selected."
The film, based on a short story by Slovak writer František Švantner, is set in the small mountain village of Piargy on the Slovak border in 1939. The mysterious drama about the rebirth of the Antichrist reflects on human suffering and is a metaphorical allusion to the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Piargy is coproduced by the Czech company Luxor, Staragara of Slovenia and Story Scope of Macedonia. The producers are still finalising the budget and have applied for a grant from the Macedonian Film Fund and are seeking a Ukrainian coproducer. The film formerly had a Polish production company attached.
The film, which is being shot in black and white, will have a 35-day shooting schedule. The producers are still looking for a postproduction studio.
Production Information:
www.filmfund.gov.mkArina
www.arinafilm.sk
Staragara
www.staragara.com
www.luxorfilm.cz


For the past year and a half, I've been leading the Red Couch Book Club for SheLoves Magazine. Our mission is to help our readers dive into issues of social justice, reconciliation, and a renewed sense of the gospel. One of my favorite things is curating books that deepen understanding and broaden the narrative. I'm excited to announce our selections for 2019 over at SheLoves. I hope you'll check them out and join our discussion!
I don't know about you but 2018 just zipped by! I can't believe we're already announcing our Red Couch selections for 2019. (And, if I'm honest, I'm already thinking about what we'll be reading in 2020…) The books we read this year were some of my favorites and, as always, I'm amazed at the timing of each. Sometimes I wonder if I'm sorting through the titles well or putting them in the best month and am in awe of how world events, personal epiphanies, and discussions in SheLoves all seem to support and extend the conversation through the titles we read.
This year, we're trying something new. We'll be doing six official books as well as our six "off month" books that we'll discuss exclusively in our Facebook group. We'll also be reading "six-month books." These titles are ones that take a little longer to read. They are rich and slow and are meant to be savored. I'll introduce them in an off-month but we'll return to the themes throughout the subsequent months, as we take our time.
I really tried to ask the question, Who is telling this story? as I picked the books. Could the same idea be told from the point of view of an Indigenous woman or a person of color? As I thought about themes and ideas, I tried to dig into the gaps in my own point of view and hopefully, this will help us all view stories in new ways. Head over to SheLoves to find out our selections!
The title Once We Were Strangers intrigues me. What is it about Annie?
It's a memoir about the author befriending a Syrian refugee. It's interesting and a good introduction to the complexities of the refugee crisis.
That definitely sounds like an interesting read Annie.
Let me know if you read it!


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California Real Estate Ponzi Ends With Federal Criminal Guilty Plea
English: Mug shot of Charles Ponzi (March 3, 1882 - January 18, 1949). Charles Ponzi was born in Italy and became known as a swindler for his money scheme. His aliases include Charles Ponei, Charles P. Bianchi, Carl and Carlo. Italiano: (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
On July 10, 2012, Celia Gallardo, 42, North Hills, CA was indicted on nine counts of wire fraud and seven counts of mail fraud by a federal grand jury in the Central District of California. Gallardo, a San Fernando Valley real estate agent who held herself out as a real estate investor was charged with running a million-dollar Ponzi scheme from September 2007 through September 2008 that victimized dozens of investors through a bogus real estate investment program.
Gallardo told the investors that she would purchase condominiums and that these properties would quickly yield high rates of return: a 100 percent in only 30 days.
InvestForClosures Fraudsters Hit With Heavy Prison Terms Bill SingerContributor
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You'd think that such a seemingly pie-in-the-sky promise would have fallen of deaf ears but, no, some folks just don't get the concept that too-good-to-be-true is, well, you know, too good to be true.
Of course, in keeping with the nature of these Ponzis, Gallardo characterized her real estate investments as safe and went so far as to issue her investors promissory notes that purportedly confirmed the bona fides of the deal. Yeah, right. So much for safe and sound.
Yet again, we learn that another con artist had diverted investors' funds from their intended use and, among other uses, Gallardo spent some of the investment dollars on her residence, her mortgage, foreign luxury travel (including a luxury Mediterranean cruise), cash withdrawals, and to repay certain earlier investors a la Ponzi.
Gallardo was arrested on July 11th and pleaded not guilty to all 16 counts. If convicted, she faced a maximum possible sentence of 320 years in federal prison.
On October 15, 2012, federal prosecutors announced that Gallardo had pled guilty to wire fraud. In her plea agreement, Gallardo described how she had pressured one victim into investing quickly with claims that her investment program was buying unfinished condominiums for pennies on the dollar in Florida and Tennessee. This victim, who eventually lost $500,000, borrowed money against his home in order to invest with Gallardo. Gallardo admitted that her scheme resulted in at least $2.245 million in investor losses.
Following her plea, Gallardo faced a maximum statutory sentence of 20 years in federal prison and a likely restitution order.
Bill Singer's Comment
Again? That's about the only thing that I can sincerely offer at this point in 2012. Thankfully, this case involves Ponzi fraud from 2007 and 2008 - a tad before the whole Madoff thing blew up and we all became far, far too familiar with the term Ponzi. Which leaves me just a little bit of hope that the sheep and the pigeons out there have learned something.
I know, however, that they haven't.
You know that they haven't.
My guess is that "Street Sweeper" will be covering these cases for years to come.
Oh well, at least it gives me something to do.
Also READ: InvestForClosures Fraudsters Hit With Heavy Prison Terms

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West Point Weekend Activities
26 Jan 2014 / Archive, What's Happening At RMC
Click here for photos from the entire weekend
RMC Mess Opens its Doors for West Point Cadets!
Article by: 26659 (II) Danielle Andela
This weekend the Royal Military College of Canada Mess arranged a variety of events to make the West Point Cadets feel welcomed at RMC. Cadet Wing President of the Mess Committee OCdt Chawki (26050) Bensalem and Mess Manager Lori Alves-Macphail put together many events; these include a TGIT event on Thursday night, a Meet and Greet on Friday night and a Games Night on Saturday with inflatables! All participants had a great time and it was a wonderful opportunity for RMC and West Point Cadets to mingle and get to know each other.
Click here for a few more photos
West Point and RMC Join Forces for Cadet Wing Sports Competition
Saturday, the 25th of January, Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada and United States Military Academy joined forces in the battle of squadron against squadron in a myriad of sports throughout the day. West Point Cadets were split into Squadrons and sports depending who their host was for the weekend. Sports included ball hockey, volleyball and runs of the Waterborne Obstacle Course.
The standings for the competitions are as follows:
Winner of the Waterborne Obstacle Course: 3 Squadron
Winner of Volleyball: 6 Squadron
Winner of Ball Hockey: 9 Squadron
Click here for photos
RMC and West Point Teams Get Together to Train Through the Weekend:
This weekend many teams that are common between the Royal Military College of Canada and the United States Military Academy got together to do workshops, practise and compete against one another. The following are summaries and photos from each team that worked with the teams from West Point this weekend:
The other teams who competed/did workshops together that are not mentioned here are the fencing team, waterpolo team, debate team, tae kwon do teams, chess team and band.
Judo:
This past weekend, the RMCC Judo Club partook in the I-81 Exchange with the USMA Judo Club as they hosted 10 cadets for a small Judo session as well as some friendly competition. USMA sent 10 of their best cadets from their 40 man team that practices 4 times a week and regularly competes on a nation-wide basis.
Despite RMC's evident disadvantage in terms of knowledge and skills, the Canadian judokas held their own against their American rivals and were even able to share a few techniques with them that they had not previously seen.
The RMC Club now looks forward to attending provincial tournaments in the area and even potentially visiting Westpoint for their annual tournament next Fall. This weekend proved to be somewhat of a turning point for the club as it looks to regain the pedigree and size it once had.
OCdt Landry (II) 26559, RMC Judo Club Captain and President
The RMC and West Point exchange always stands as a memorable experience where cadets from both countries strengthen the strong bonds between the United States and Canada. Specifically, the judo teams had the opportunity to participate in a joint practice.
Even though the West Point Judo team is a nationally ranked, the RMC judokas fought hard and, were able to shed knowledge regarding techniques. If the RMC club were afforded the same advantages West Point Judo has (set practice times, athletic training support, transportation, etc), their judokas would be even more a force to be reckoned with.
As always, this weekend was well spent forging lasting friendships with our brothers and sisters. Even after graduation, members of the RMC judo team will always be welcome with open arms, whether it be stateside or downrange.
CDT Talavera '14, USMA Judo Women's Captain
Click here for Judo pictures
Highland Dance:
During this year's 2014 Winter Sports Day, RMCC's CWHDL, Sarah Berry, hosted Alissah McGill from Westpoint. Alissah has been competing in Irish dance for 8 years but she just started pursuing Scottish dance. She is the only highland dancer at her school. On Saturday, during the dance workshop, Alissah learned 3 new dances. "I've learned a lot," Alissah commented. She now knows the fling, flora and jig. Also, Alissah performed the flora with RMC's junior dancers at the RMC-Westpoint hockey game. From the perspective of the CWHDL (Cadet Wing Highland Dance Leader) "Alissah learns very quickly and was able to pick up the basics of Scottish dance while incorporating her own flare of Irish dance."
RMC Paintball Team:
"West Point Paintball was honored to compete against the cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada on the paint-covered fields of friendly strife. This was a great opportunity to build camaraderie with our fellow future officers, and to learn more about our allies in the Canadian military. It was a pleasure to meet the Canadian Paintball team, and, most of all, enjoy a big box of Tim Hortons." — Cadet Sergeant Jorge Alejandro Figueroa-Cecco, West Point Paintball CIC
"Having braved the weather this weekend, both the RMC and USMA Paintball Teams enjoyed having played paintball during this year's I-81 Exchange. It was an enriching experience for both countries and I am very pleased to have been able to plan this event. As this event was the first of its kind in the history of the military academies, I hope that this will continue in future exchanges and that the teams will be enriched by each other's experience – both on and off the field." – 26140 OCdt Hansen Tan, RMC Airsoft/Paintball Club President
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Alt-J Concert Films Alt-J Top Tracks Related Artists Top Tracks on Qello
Alt-J Concert Films
Garorock 2015
Get lost in the post-modern lyricism and moody lighting of alt-J's 2015 performance at Garorock. The English indie band enchants the crowd with their fan-favourite hits.
ALT-J / 1 hr 14 min
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Live at The Cutting Room
There is something truly unique about the music that pours out of the four lads who comprise the experimental, indie outfit, Alt-J. It has a sparkling, melodious quality in the way the guitars fizzle in a bed of digital mist. But there are odd chanting harmonies, crunchy riffs that'll snap your teeth, and, most notably, a disjointed, percussive approach that's mightier than all. It's all helped to stew a bit of a phenomenon on the band's side of the Atlantic. Why just today the band snatched themselves a nomination for the prestigious Mercury Prize for their debut, An Awesome Wave (which is just about the best way to describe what lies within). Here in the US, the band is currently spreading the gospel one city at a time. Recently, that meant a quick stop at The Cutting Room Studios in NYC for a live-to-air session with our friends at KEXP Seattle. In its' aftermath, we're obviously converted...and we don't think you stand a chance either.
Alt-J / 22 min
Alt-J Top Tracks
Breezeblocks
Garorock 2015 / ALT-J / 03:47
Add to My Q Tracks
Bloodflood Pt. 2
Live at The Cutting Room / Alt-J / 01:10
Every Other Freckle
The Gospel of John Hurt
Fitzpleasure
Leaving Nara
Live at The Hordern Pavilion
Armed with an epic laser show, the British indie mavericks delivered a thrilling show at Sydney's Hordern Pavillion in March 2013 and we were there with cameras rolling. The UK four-piece delighted fans with a stellar set of surging new songs 'Octopus', 'Truth', 'Ratchet' and classic Bloc busters 'Banquet', 'Like Eating Glass', 'Helicopter'.
Bloc Party / 1 hr 34 min
Live at Eurockéennes de Belfort
Watch the performance of Editors live at the Eurockéennes de Belfort on July 7, 2017.
Editors / 1 hr 10 min
Live at The Regency Ballroom
If there is one thing Cold War Kids have taught us it's never judge a book by its cover - or a band by its name. The Californian indie rockers performed a slick, soulful, grown-up set at Regency Ballroom in support in support of "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts." Dipping into newer tracks such as rollicking electro stomper 'Miracle Mile' and raw renditions of fan favourites like 'We Used To Vacation' and 'Hang Me Up To Dry', the Kids showed us they are more than capable of putting on a phenomenal live performance that can keep everyone in the house rocking until the final minute.
Cold War Kids / 1 hr 16 min
Live at Beck's Festival Bar
The UK based band Metronomy started out as a bedroom project by Joseph Mount, who during its early stages was the sole contributor to the band's repertoire. After the debut release, Mount started expanding the band's personnel: first by adding two members, and later increasing it by one more. Metronomy's critical acclaim comes from frenetically hybrid indie pop style knitted together with trademark electronic sounds inspired by Mount's favorite acts, namely Autechre and Funkstorung. Here Metronomy performs at Beck's Festival Bar, in Sydney, Australia, on January 15, 2009.
Metronomy / 43 min
Live At V Festival 2014
V Festival has been held across two beautiful stately parks for one epic cross-country weekend of live music. V Festival takes place simultaneously at hylands park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire, with world class artists taking to the stage at one venue.
Bastille / 45 min
Live at The Metro Theatre
Daughter's Sydney show was a revelation that left fans swooning and critics raving. With the crowd hanging on every word of their debut album 'If You Leave', the London trio (singer Elena Tonra, guitarist Igor Haefeli and drummer Remi Aguilella) invoked a beautifully haunting performance that featured heart-rending indie hits like 'Youth' and 'Human' plus their sultry cover of Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky'. Performed at The Metro Theatre, in Sydney, Australia, on July 24, 2013.
Daughter / 1 hr 8 min
Live at The Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have drawn comparison to acts such as The Polyphonic Spree, Arcade Fire and any number of hippy family bands from the 60's and 70's. With their shameless happiness and boundless energy, they are winning passionate new followers at every turn. Here they perform at The Enmore Theatre, in Sydney, Australia, on April 10, 2014.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / 1 hr 44 min
The Astoria London Live
In this 1994 concert performance from English alternative rock superstars Radiohead, the band plays a seventeen-song set that includes such hits as "Creep", "Fake Plastic Trees", and "Pop is Dead" before a live audience at London's famed Astoria.
Radiohead / 1 hr 7 min
The Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men perform a fun and entertaining set in sunny Arras, France. The folk story-tellers hit all the right notes!
Of Monsters and Men / 57 min
The Gorillaz have only ever performed live 7 times, once at the 2006 Grammys with Madonna, five times last year at the Manchester Opera House and once in 2001 at The Forum in London. This concert film is pieced together from their five show stint at the Manchester Opera House last year. The tracklisting is essentially their latest Grammy winning album Demon Days, with `Hongkongaton', a B-side to their single `Dirty Harry' and `Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)' from their debut self-titled album thrown on the end.
Gorillaz / 1 hr 10 min
Live @ Garorock Festival 2017
The German duet is back and better than ever! Milky Chance is the success story of two school friends, Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch. After a long break, 2017 marks the release of a second, long-waited, album "Blossom". And, for the public, finally the occasion to discover live these new compositions, mixing rock, folk and electro pop. With reggae vibrations that can rub shoulders with house elements, Milky Chance has one of the most singular sounds. With the presence of musicians on stage, and if we believe the listening of the new record, we can expect more electric concerts, more electronic and even more energetic than in the past!
Milky Chance / 1 hr 9 min
Live at Rockwood Music Hall
Two Door Cinema club exhibit the same knack for chance that propelled them to the stage in the very beginning, experimenting ever so slightly by trimming the intense rhythms, dashing tempos, and inventive flourishes of "Undercover Martyn", "Cigarettes In The Theatre", and "Something Good Can Work" down into acoustic roots. The result is a set of songs that places emphasis on the melodies, harmonies, and story lines that drive at the heart of what this trio does. Call it another chance that, to no one's surprise, pays off in the form of this candid Guest Apartment style session with Two Door Cinema Club.
Two Door Cinema Club / 13 min
Live at Earl's Court: The Reflektor Tapes
Arcade Fire released their live film recording "Live at Earls Court," in 2015. It was recorded during the band's shows at Earls Court in London, during the Reflektor Tour in 2014 and it features some of the most fan-appreciated tracks.
Arcade Fire / 1 hr 51 min
Live at the O2
Filmed in high definition at London's renowned O2 Arena on December 15th, 2011. The show came on the back of the band's No.1 album "Velociraptor!" and the setlist combines tracks from that album with hits and classic album tracks from across their career so far. The concert was part of a sold out arena tour that covered the UK and Ireland at the end of last year. Kasabian are the recipients of numerous awards for "Best Live Band" and "Best British Band" in recent years and this new show with its spectacular and innovative staging will be a must have for their huge and dedicated fanbase.
Kasabian / 1 hr 48 min
Live at the Wiltern 2014
Bombay Bicycle Club performs live at The Wiltern in 2014. The show, in support of their third studio album, A Different Kind of Fix, features performances of "Always Like This," "Shuffle," and "Light Out."
Bombay Bicycle Club / 1 hr 27 min
A Session With Foals
Being from the rain-ridden lands of England, Foals are used to a different kind of festival environment: generally speaking, frontman Yannis Philippakis described them as "mud and wellies" ordeals. So we're sure they were quite pleased to travel halfway around the world to the California desert to perform for Coachella's music-hungry crowds. Prior to taking to the stage in Indio, however, Foals made a pit stop at our little poolside bungalow to perform a Festival Fever Session featuring songs off their highly-acclaimed, recent full-length Holy Fire. While you might have already seen the band's in-the-flesh transformation of "My Number" into a slow-burning beaut, we've expanded the session to include the subtle closer "Moon".
Foals / 12 min
Live from the Vic in Chicago
Bowling Green, Kentucky-borne indie rock ensemble Cage the Elephant (Jared Champion, Lincoln Parish, Daniel Tichenor, Matt Shultz and Brad Shultz) toplines this 2011 concert film, performed and shot live at the Old Vic in Chicago. The sprawling set list includes: "Psycho Killer," "Tiny Little Robots," "Lotus," "Around My Head" and "Japanese Buffalo."
Cage The Elephant / 1 hr 15 min
The concert documentary "I'm With You" follows the band Grouplove as they play a series of shows in NYC around the release of their new album. Weaving live music with documentary scenes, the film traces the history of the band and explores the unique interpersonal dynamics that make the group so special.
Grouplove / 44 min
Top Tracks on Qello
U2 - Gimme Shelter (featuring Mick Jagger, Fergie & will.i.am)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts / Various Artists / 04:59
Maria, Maria
Greatest Hits: Live at Montreux 2011 / Carlos Santana / 05:42
Rock Montreal / Queen / 03:41
Joe Bonamassa & Pino Daniele with Robert Randolph - Going Down
Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival / Various Artists / 05:25
History Of The Eagles / Eagles / 06:39
In Rio: Part 1 / Rush / 04:53
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight in Harlem
Classic Albums: The Dark Side Of The Moon / Pink Floyd / 05:13
The Dance / Fleetwood Mac / 05:40
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (Credits)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts


The meeting for worship on April 21st has been cancelled.
During the Spring, the meeting group in Helsinki gets together on all other Sundays. The first meeting of each month is in Espoo at Maija & Matti 's home and all other meetings at the Peace Station in Pasila.


Dr. Janelle Rivers spoke to the USC Chapter, NSDAR November 9. She serves as vice president and membership chair of the Columbia area League of Women Voters. She discussed women's suffrage, the founding of the league in 1920, the 19th amendment and women's first vote in 1920 after 72 years of effort.


CBRE, then known as CB Commercial, was embarking on an ambitious business plan when they selected CRELIX's Cary Brazeman for corporate communications and marketing guidance.
The goal and the context were clear: Help the company, the largest commercial real estate brokerage in the U.S., develop and launch an international branding campaign and corporate name-change to communicate the personality and positioning of the firm as it transformed into a global commercial real estate and investment services company.
Brazeman led development of the company's new name, its positioning and tagline, and a campaign that included international marketing communications, media relations, internal communications and advertising.
Notwithstanding limited resources, the program successfully achieved high-level internal understanding of why the company was pursuing its global course, and high-level external awareness of the company's new name, business strategy and value proposition for customers.


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THE AFRICAN ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION - Myth or Reality By Cheikh Anta Diop
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"The Ball"
Harper has rejected a meeting with Dion. What is missing in this story, the fact that Harper has already met with Layton and Duceppe. That fact undercuts this pitiful excuse:
But he said he is willing to work on compromises with the Conservative government – a notion Mr. Harper dismissed Wednesday.
"I had not heard from Mr. Dion except through the media. Mr. Dion made his intentions very clear. He made his non-negotiable demands, and, as I just said, the government will consider all the opposition positions and we will respond in the Speech from the Throne," he told reporters.
Layton spoke of his meeting with Harper just last week, despite the fact the NDP has made its "conditions" known for weeks prior. Harper already understood Layton and Duceppe's position, so what was the point of meeting, if the logic with regards to Dion follows?
What is really happening here, which the media somehow fails to mention, Harper doesn't want to make Parliament work and his snub of Dion is a transparent example. Why doesn't someone ask the simple question- if you can meet with the other two opposition party leaders, why is that you can't meet with the leader of the official opposition, especially when you admit that the Liberals will decide whether the government continues?:
Mr. Harper said that with Conservative MPs supporting the Throne Speech, "it appears to me that members of the Bloc and the NDP will likely be voting for an election.
"So really the ball's in Mr. Dion's court at this point."
If you don't want an election, as Harper contends, then you take the elementary step of speaking with the party that has "the ball", don't you? What a transparent joke really.
ottlib said...
steve asked:
"Why doesn't someone ask the simple question- if you can meet with the other two opposition party leaders, why is that you can't meet with the leader of the official opposition,..."
Elementary really, the media wants an election. It will provide them with 5 or 6 weeks of content and allow them to speculate and spin to their hearts content.
So they are not going to ask questions that may stop such from happening.
susansmith said...
Remind me, but didn't Martin also stonewall when he was prime minister and in a minority too?
I am serious here. I think I remember before the first throne speech, Layton trying to get a meeting with Martin and Martin not giving him the time of day.
You see, all this tit for tat is so unprogressive, and well as mom use to say, one never knows when the shoe is going to be on the other foot, and thus one should never burn all your bridges.
"I think I remember before the first throne speech, Layton trying to get a meeting with Martin and Martin not giving him the time of day."
I guess you also remember when Layton took a look at the polls and decided to bring down the government to exploit the perceived fertile ground. Jan, there is no higher ground, which you like to claim, unless not governing allows for idealism, based on hypotheticals.
Yes, the NDP under Jack Layton abandoned the high ground a long time ago.
Jan, for most of my political life I have considered the NDP as an alternative if neither the Liberals or the Conservatives appealed to me at any given time. (It has happened)
Mr. Layton has changed that. I will never consider voting for the NDP again. My new alternative is the Greens and I know many others like me who feel the same way.
Jack is as much a political animal, if not more, than the other leaders. To suggest otherwise is based on the lack of practical application, which is convenient when claiming another standard.
Scotian said...
JanfromtheBruce:
As Ottlib and Steve V have pointed out Layton turned the NDP from being a principles first party into a seat winning first party, something it never had been before. I have watched him do so for well over two full years now, and one of the things that most disturbs me about the NDP apparatus/machine is how this was done without any formal consultation within the NDP and has since been largely accepted by folks like you as well as the national infrastructure. By placing the Libs as the greater threat than the Harper CPC Layton has shown the NDP to be less concerned with their principles because it is blatantly obvious which party and leader represent the greater threat to those principles and goals and it is the Harper CPC. I have often wondered how many of that core NDP voting base have watched the past two years with horror and decided that they cannot support the NDP again under Layton until he clearly shows he sees the Harper CPC as the true threat instead of his clear preference for beating down the Libs first (even though they aren't the government, it was one thing to be so focused on them when they were the government, but to do so when they are not is something else again).
The NDP has had a very stable long term voting base because it consistently supported its principles over all else, even when it might hurt them in gaining seats. This was recognized by the voters as well as the soft swing voters that tended to prefer the Libs or PCPC but when unhappy with one or both would vote NDP as a safe alternative or at least a principled one. That is what Layton has gambled with and potentially destroyed for the NDP, and the fact that so many NDP partisans are unwilling to not only see that but even consider the possibility of this while claiming to be the only party of principles only underscores that just as the CPC is not your parents Conservatives the Layton NDP are not your parents NDP. Time and again you have dismissed this perspective as partisan posturing, I wonder though what you might say if the NDP vote collapses in the next election and moves to the Libs because the NDP voters are more disturbed by the idea/reality of a Harper/CPC government than a Lib government.
Understand something, I voted against my NDP MP last time out despite liking her enormously, respecting her both personally (I have known her since my early teens, a good quarter century now) and professionally and voted for her every time she was running in the riding I lived in both on the Provincial and federal levels. I did this because of how horrified and disgusted I was with Layton being willing to hand the Harper CPC a possible majority by pasting only the Libs in the last election cycle and mostly ignoring the CPC or worse, arguing that the CPC was not extremist in views and that "Liberal Tory same old story" was still true/accurate. That last really offended me given that the idea of the Libs and CPC being the same made as much sense as arguing that the Libs and Reform were the same, that argument worked when the PCPC and Libs were contesting, but the idea that the CPC and the Libs are anything near similar to identical is farcical at best and spoke volumes for Layton's bad political judgment if he did not see the CPC threat or worse saw it but was more concerned with beating Libs and getting their seats and even maybe replacing them as the option of the left for government than opposing the greatest threat to the much vaunted NDP principles that he and you and so many other NDP partisans bleat about being the defenders of and the only true defenders of at that.
Your party and its leader have made this bed, and you might find in the next election it is not a comfortable place at all. We shall see.
Good analysis Scotian and what you say is the reason why I believe the Green Party is on a path to usurp the NDP of its traditional role of being the conscience of Parliament and the Third Party.
The Greens are inching ever closer to the NDP in the polls, they have a very good leader and they are strongest in areas that have traditionally been NDP strongpoints, such as the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
There will probably be a large number of people who voted for the NDP the last time who will not do so this time. Many will vote Liberal but those who could never see themselves doing that will go Green.
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Why Riot?
by 10x25MM • July 23, 2017 • 3 Comments
What causes a riot in urban America?
The news media, social scientists, and political scientists are eager to offer up the usual stale left wing bromides on urban riots, but at best those bromides are based upon a lot of anecdotes rather than hard data. The plural of anecdote is not data. The disingenuousness of their bromides arises from the clash of facts with their committed leftist politics. Economists were far less political, at least 25 years ago.
A pair of economists working under the aegis of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) applied linear regression computation modeling to various community statistics from a broad range of cities to determine which underlying issues cause riots and, further, to determine their intensity. Their results are a real eye opener and run contrary to the drivel being peddled by the media and academics on this 50th anniversary of the Detroit riots.
The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private nonprofit research organization which distributes its work product to financial officials and the public around the world. NBER is best known as the official arbiter of the start and end dates of economic recessions in the United States, a not uncontroversial subject. Its economists have run the gamut from the good (Milton Friedman, Wassily Leontief), to the bad (Austan Goolsbee), to the ugly (Paul Krugman). As a fun side note, it is comforting to know that an economists' organization as august as NBER can lose money on their financial portfolio. No crony capitalists there!
The NBER divides its research into 20 programs; one of which is 'Labor Studies'. Denise DiPasquale and Edward L. Glaeser produced NBER Working Paper 5456, The L.A. Riot and the Economics of Urban Unrest on behalf of the NBER Labor Studies Program. This paper was written after the Los Angeles riots of 1992, but its research reaches back into the 1960's and across the world to construct its data base.
The DiPasquale/Glaeser study has two major components: a cross-national study which covers urban rioting around the world (including the U.S.), and a cross-city study which covers urban rioting across just the U.S. They assembled data sets on a large number of cities which included dependent variables representing the frequency of riots and the intensity of riots, along with many independent variables suggested by previous studies as being responsible for the frequency and intensity of those riots – poverty, unemployment, ethnic composition, and so on.
At this point, a quick overview of linear regression modeling is in order. Linear regression determines the relationship between two or more variables by fitting the equation of a line to the observed data. Just one variable is dependent in each linear regression run; essentially the outcome of interest. The other variable(s) are independent; under consideration as possible explanation(s) for the behavior of the dependent (outcome) variable.
A linear regression computes the line which best fits the historical data. In the simplest two variable case, the linear regression line equation is y = Ax + B, where x is the independent (explanatory) variable and y is the dependent (outcome) variable. This is the algebraic representation of a straight line with a slope A, and a location B (the y intercept). The linear regression program calculates A & B, usually by a process of least squares. Here is what it looks like graphically:
The red line was calculated from the blue (x,y) data points by linear regression. The y axis is vertical and locates the dependent (outcome) values of each point. The x axis is horizontal and locates the independent (explanatory) values of each point.
You can use the calculated equation to predict the value of the dependent (outcome) variable which will occur in the real world when specific value(s) of the independent (explanatory) variable(s) are plugged in. The accuracy of the equation's prediction for the specific data set run is the correlation coefficient, calculated for each independent (explanatory) variable.
Each independent variable's correlation coefficient is a value between -1 and +1 indicating the strength of the association of the independent variable to the dependent variable. -1 and +1 are perfect correlations, 0 is complete lack of correlation. The sign of the correlation coefficient is its direction: -1 is inverse correlation (independent variable increases cause a decrease in the dependent variable) while +1 is direct correlation (independent variable increases cause an increase in the dependent variable).
The correlation coefficient and number of data sets of a linear regression run are used to determine the statistical confidence one can place in the equation when used in the real world (beyond the data sets). This is done via hypothesis testing, which defies simple explanation. Statistical confidence is expressed as a percentage, ranging from 0% to 100%. In large, multiple variable, linear regression runs, 5% statistical confidence is considered very good; 10% is considered excellent. The real world is very messy and not well reduced to mathematical models, but a 5% statistical confidence says that you can be certain that there is a real interaction between the specific independent and dependent variables.
The only dependent (outcome) variable in the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-national study was the incidence of riots. The authors were not comfortable with available riot intensity data available across the world. The independent (explanatory) variables considered in the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-national study were:
Ethnic Heterogeneity
Real per capita GDP
Percent Urbanized Population
Dictatorship Factor
Latin American Factor
Ethnicity Urbanization Cross Product (2nd run only)
They reran their first regression using an ethnicity-urbanization factor after the first run disclosed the powerful influence of ethnic heterogeniety. The results of the two cross-national linear regression runs are summarized in Table 3 of the DiPasquale/Glaeser study on its actual 32nd page.
Four takeaways from the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-national study are, in order of significance:
Riots were most likely to occur when distinct ethnic groups live in close proximity.
Riot incidence increased with increased population density (urbanization)
Riot incidence decreased with increasing wealth.
Riot incidence decreased dramatically with increased government repression
The dependent (outcome) variables in the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-city study of 1960's riots were the incidence of riots and three distinct factors for the intensity of riots. The independent (explanatory) variables considered in the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-city study were:
Southern City Factor
Racial Segregation Index
Minority Population
Minority Population Age
Minority Population Unemployment
Minority Poverty Disparity
Minority Homeownership Disparity
Per Capita Police Spending (Intensity of Law Enforcement) (2nd run only)
Per Capita Non Police Spending (Government Extravagance!) (2nd run only)
Again, they reran their first regression using separate local government spending factors. The results of the two cross-city linear regression runs pertaining to riot incidence are summarized in Table 6 of the DiPasquale/Glaeser study on its actual 37th page.
Four takeaways from the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-national study pertaining to riot incidence in the 1960's are, in order of significance:
Low minority unemployment and high minority homeownership reduced the incidence of riots.
Riots were extremely unlikely to occur in Southern (exConfederate) cities, in the 1960's
Segregation and intense police law enforcement had no discernible influence on the incidence of riots!
Increased local government spending increased the incidence of riots!
The three distinct dependent (outcome) variables for the intensity of riots considered in the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-city study were arrests, arsons, and injuries which occurred during riots. Deaths were probably not considered due to many 1960's U.S. riots resulting in zero deaths. Linear regression computation struggles when data sets have many zero value dependent variable data sets. The independent (explanatory) variables considered were the same considered in the riot incidence runs. The results of the two cross-city linear regression runs pertaining to riot severity are summarized in Table 7 of the DiPasquale/Glaeser study on its actual 38th page.
Seven takeaways from the DiPasquale/Glaeser cross-national study pertaining to U.S. riot severity in the 1960's are, in order of significance:
High minority poverty rates and segregation increased the number of arrests, a proxy for participation in riots.
High minority unemployment rates increased the number of arsons, a proxy for the viciousness of rioters.
Minority unemployment had no discernible influence on riot arrests or injuries.
Intense police law enforcement reduced arrests (!) and arsons during a riot, but had no influence on injuries.
Riots, when they did occur in Southern cities, had the same intensity drivers as riots in Northern and Western cities.
Local government spending had no discernible influence on the intensity of riots.
Minority homeownership rates had no discernible influence on the intensity of riots, including arsons!
The two standout findings from the DiPasquale/Glaeser study that completely contradict the current, politically correct, Detroit 1967 themes in the media are the role of the police and the role of local government spending.
The 1967 Detroit Police Department is now being portrayed as a veritable Ku Klux Klan klavern whose actions over the preceding years – and during the riots – were totally responsible for the riot and its savagery. This theme is unequivocally, flagrantly false.
Mayor Cavanagh's antagonization and throttling of the DPD in the years before the riot, and his slow application of the DPD as the riot developed, were responsible for both the riot's occurrence and its subsequent savagery. Cavanagh, of course, saw himself as the next Governor of Michigan and the rioters as his political base. The Detroit Police were his political enemies. The 1967 Detroit riot ruined his political career.
Governor George Romney contributed to the savagery of the 1967 Detroit riots by his slow roll out of state law enforcement assets, notably the Michigan National Guard. Romney also impeded the application of federal assets by refusing to declare a 'State of Insurrection' so President Johnson could invoke the authorities granted by the Insurrection Act of 1807.
Romney, of course, saw himself as the next President of the United States and the rioters as his political base too. He was the ur-RINO, before the term was even coined. His political career collapsed after a later sob sister act about brainwashing during his 1968 Presidential campaign.
The 1967 Detroit riots only subsided when President Johnson deployed the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division, unilaterally arrogating authority under the Insurrection Act. Johnson had actually prepositioned the airborne troopers at Selfridge on 24 July, the day before their deployment. President Johnson was an unreconstructed racist whose Great Society programs were only a cynical ploy to monopolize African-American votes. But Johnson probably already knew that he would not be re-elected and his natural instincts took over: rioters be damned.
Regardless of President Johnson's motives, his decisive application of raw force worked. Give the devil his due: Johnson's actions saved lives and limbs in Detroit, not to mention property. The languor of Cavanagh and Romney did not save anyone or anything.
Detroit's bonanza of Great Society money set the stage for the 1967 Detroit riots. The $ 360 million ($ 2.8 billion in 2017 dollars) spent across the city triggered waves of envy dividing Detroit's classes and ethnic groups. Everyone thought they deserved more of the federal bonanza, whites included. Envy is the foundation of modern American liberalism, but still one of the seven deadly sins. The 1967 Detroit riots demonstrated just how deadly modern American liberalism can be.
Curiously, one question not asked today is why Detroit hasn't had another serious riot. The economic decline of Detroit accelerated afterward, which – according to contemporary liberal bromides – should have increased the probability of a subsequent riot. The 1965 Watts riot was followed by the 1992 L.A. Riot, for example. The DiPasquale/Glaeser study provides some insight here, despite their high ranking of Detroit in Table 8 on the 39th actual page:
Whites abandoned Detroit following the riots, eliminating Detroit's previous ethnic heterogeneity.
Neither Johnson nor Nixon increased federal largesse after the riots.
The State of Michigan did not step in to augment federal largesse, due to the 1969 inflation and the decline of the automobile industry after the 1973 oil shock.
The population density of Detroit progressively declined to its current ghost town level.
All these factors were found statistically significant in the DiPasquale/Glaeser study.
The 1967 Detroit riots displayed the moral bankruptcy of New Deal / New Frontier / Great Society liberalism. The urban riots of 1967 and 1968 were probably at least equal to the Second Vietnam War in electing Richard Nixon President. Americans of that era knew that something had gone badly wrong within the country, and changed course.
Today's academic and media drivel on the 1967 Detroit riots is an ill concealed attempt to rehabilitate New Deal / New Frontier / Great Society liberalism. It may succeed in the short term, but history will not be deceived.
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3 comments for "Why Riot?"
Sue Schwartz
10x25MM somebody should be paying you the big bucks. These studies were probably used by the Soros boys in the development of their ready-to-go, bussed-in riot squads of recent memory. Occupy WAllstreet, now ANTIFI and Furguson.
Well written and researched, 10x25MM. It all supports yesterday's comment about white shitlibs in related topic.
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RER Vaud oder RER vaudois ist die S-Bahn des Kantons Waadt in der Schweiz. Das Kürzel RER Vaud steht hierbei für Réseau Express Régional vaudois. Die S-Bahn nahm im Dezember 2004 ihren Betrieb auf und ist Teil des Tarifverbunds Waadt (Mobilis).

Netz

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Das sternförmige RER-Netz konzentriert sich auf den Ballungsraum Lausanne. Sechs der acht Linien führen durch den Bahnhof Lausanne und verbinden verschiedene Städte des Kantons. Auf dem Gebiet der Waadtländer Hauptstadt bedient der RER zwei Stationen: den Lausanner Hauptbahnhof und die RER-Haltestelle Prilly-Malley.

Das Netz des RER Vaud besteht aus folgenden Linien:

Zudem verkehren folgende S-Bahn-Linien im Kanton Waadt:
  der S-Bahn Bern: Bern – Murten – Payerne (BLS)
  des RER Fribourg/Freiburg:
  des RER Fribourg/Freiburg:

Zusätzlich führt nach Frankreich eine TER-Strecke der Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté:

Ausserdem verkehren im Grossraum Lausanne folgende SBB-Regioexpress und -Fernverkehrszüge:

Nicht zum Netz des RER Vaudois gehören die modernen Meterspurbahnen Bière–Apples–Morges (BAM), Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher (LEB), Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera (MVR), Montreux-Berner Oberland (MOB) und Transports Publics du Chablais (TPC).

Takt
Die Linien verkehren im Stundentakt. Da sich die Linien jedoch überlagern, ergeben sich in der Regel halbstündliche Verbindungen. Ergänzend verkehren in der Hauptverkehrszeit einzelne zusätzliche Züge, die teilweise nicht an allen Stationen halten.

Infrastruktur

Gleise
Im Unterschied zu anderen S-Bahnen wie der S-Bahn Zürich oder der RER Ile-de-France verfügt der Waadtländer RER über keine eigene Infrastruktur. Das gesamte Linien-Netz verläuft auf den Gleisen der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (SBB), der Abschnitt Le Pont–Le Brassus gehört den Travys. Die SBB sind die Hauptbetreiberin des RER vaudois.

Bahnhöfe
Die Linien, die durch den Bahnhof Lausanne führen, halten an den gleichen Bahnsteigen wie die nationalen Züge. Die Haltestelle Prilly-Malley wurde speziell für den RER Vaud gebaut.

Fahrzeuge
Auf dem RER vaudois verkehren NPZ Domino sowie RABe 523 Flirt und RABe 511 Kiss, beide von Stadler Rail.

Geschichte
Das Grundkonzept des Réseau Express Vaudois (REV) wurde im Mai 1999 auf der Strecke Yverdon-les-Bains – Villeneuve und im Juni 2001 zwischen Vallorbe und Payerne in Betrieb genommen. Das Netz bestand aus vier Durchmesserlinien, die im Stundentakt verkehrten:

  Yverdon-les-Bains – Villeneuve
  Vallorbe – Palézieux
  Allaman – Villeneuve
  Morges – Palézieux, nur Montag bis Freitag

Vier weitere Linien vervollständigen das Angebot ebenfalls im Stundentakt:
  Yverdon-les-Bains – Lausanne, Montag bis Freitag
  Lausanne – Payerne
  Puidoux-Chexbres – Vevey
  Vallorbe – Le Brassus

Der Réseau Express Vaudois (REV) wurde im Dezember 2010 zum Réseau Express Régional vaudois (RER Vaud) umbenannt. Er bekam ein neues Logo, das ähnlich auch vom RER Fribourg/Freiburg und RER Valais/Wallis verwendet wird. Im Dezember 2011 erfolgte die Verlängerung der Linie S4 von Morges nach Allaman. Am 29. Juni 2012 wurde die Haltestelle Prilly-Malley zwischen Renens und Lausanne eingeweiht.

Am 13. Dezember 2015 wurden die Linien neu nummeriert, der RER vaudoise von Yverdon-les-Bains nach Grandson erweitert und von dort nach Lausanne der Halbstundentakt eingeführt. Am 10. Dezember 2017 wurde die Linie S9 Lausanne – Payerne bis Kerzers verlängert und die S8 Payerne – Palézieux in Betrieb genommen, womit nun zwischen diesen beiden Städten jede halbe Stunde ein Zug verkehrt.

Am 13. Dezember 2020 erfolgte die Verlängerung der S2 und der S5 nach Aigle. Wegen Bauarbeiten im Bahnhof Lausanne ist die S3 nicht mehr durchgebunden und beschränkt sich auf den Abschnitt Allaman – Lausanne. Zwischen Lausanne und Palézieux verkehrt nun die S6. Die S22 verkehrt morgens und am späten Nachmittag in beiden Richtungen zwischen Lausanne über Vallorbe nach Le Brassus.
Am 12. Dezember 2021 wurde die S5 von Aigle nach Bex erweitert, was halbstündliche Verbindungen zwischen Bex und der Kantonshauptstadt ergibt.

Planungen
In den kommenden Jahren sind mehrere Verbesserungen am RER Vaud vorgesehen:
 Ab dem 7. August 2022 wird eine umsteigefreie Direktverbindung von Lausanne ins Vallée de Joux angeboten. Die Züge werden im renovierten Bahnhof Le Day geflügelt.  Der vordere Zugteil verkehrt weiter nach Vallorbe, der hintere wendet und fährt nach Le Brassus.
 Zum gleichen Zeitpunkt soll die S5 aus Grandson nach Cully verlängert werden.
 2023 soll die S5 nach Saint-Maurice verlängert werden.

Im Rahmen des Strategischen Entwicklungsprogramms Bahninfrastruktur 2035 sollen die Linien des RER Vaud grundlegend umgestaltet werden. Es sind sechs Linien geplant:
  Grandson – Yverdon-les-Bains – Chavornay – Renens VD – Lausanne – Cully – Vevey – Montreux – Villeneuve – Aigle
  (Le Brassus /) Vallorbe – Le Day (Flügelung) – Chavornay – Renens VD – Lausanne – Cully
  Allaman – Morges – Renens VD – Lausanne – Puidoux – Palézieux (– Payerne – Avenches – Murten/Morat)
  Lausanne – Puidoux – Palézieux
  Orbe – Chavornay – Renens VD – Lausanne (während den Hauptverkehrszeiten)

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FASB Proposes Improved Disclosures for Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Norwalk, CT, December 8, 2006—The Financial Accounting Standards Board today issued a proposal that would provide investors and others with better information about the effects of derivative and hedging activities on a company's financial statements. The proposed Statement specifically addresses constituents' concerns that existing disclosure requirements associated with FASB Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, do not provide adequate information to financial statement users.
"The proposed disclosure requirements are intended to enhance understanding of how and why entities use derivatives, how they are accounted for in an entity's financial statements, and how they affect an entity's financial position, results of operations, and cash flows," said Kevin Stoklosa, FASB Project Manager.
Accordingly, today's exposure draft would enhance the current disclosure framework by requiring that objectives and strategies for using derivative instruments be discussed in terms of underlying risk and accounting designation. The exposure draft would require tabular disclosure of notional and fair value amounts of derivatives instruments and the gains and losses on derivatives instruments and related hedged items. Additionally, the proposed Statement would require disclosure of information about counterparty credit risk and the existence and nature of contingent features in derivative instruments.
In the FASB's view, these disclosures seek to better convey the risks the entity is intending to manage and the additional risks the entity may be taking on when using derivative instruments. In addition, the requirements will make clear how derivatives and related hedged items affect reported amounts in the financial statements.
"Given the complicated nature of derivative instruments and the many different complex hedging strategies used to manage risk, it may be difficult for users to understand the effect derivatives have on an entity's financial position, results of operations, and cash flows," Mr. Stoklosa added. "The information required by the disclosures in the proposed Statement will enable users to better understand that effect as well as to better compare the effects between different entities."
The requirements of the proposed Statement would be effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods ending after December 15, 2007, with early application encouraged. The proposed Statement would encourage but would not require disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. In years after initial adoption, the proposed Statement would require disclosures for earlier periods.
Open Due Process
The Board is seeking written comments on the proposal by March 2, 2007. Parties interested in providing input on today's proposal entitled, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133, should submit their comments by email to director@fasb.org, File Reference No. 1510-100. Those without email may send their comments to:
Technical Director-File Reference No. 1510-100
Norwalk, Connecticut 06856-5116


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Kerry: No Bloodbath in Vietnam
RUSH: John Kerry was on Washington Journal, C-SPAN today with Susan Swain. Caller from Lubbock, Texas, says, 'I remember the horrible killings after Vietnam with the boat people coming over here, and I really hate to go off and leave our allies over in Iraq, and I am concerned about that.'
KERRY: Let me just say to the first part of your question with respect to boat people and killing, everybody predicted a massive bloodbath in Vietnam. There was not a massive bloodbath in Vietnam. There were reeducation camps, and they weren't pretty and, you know, nobody, you know, likes that kind of outcome. But on the other hand, I've met lot of people today who were in those education camps, who are thriving in the Vietnam of today.
RUSH: Ho, ho, ho. There was no bloodbath in Vietnam. Reeducation camps. 'Yeah, they're not fun, but I've met a lot of people who have come out of those.' A reeducation camp, does he know what he's saying? Bloodbath, reeducation camp, denying that the bloodbath that did happen happened, and now coming out and talking about these reeducation camps as though they were some sort of ultimate great thing. I tell you, this guy came close to being president. He came close to being president. His view, if he could have gotten 110,000 more votes in Ohio, he could have — and that's pretty close.
RUSH: John Kerry got a caller, by the way, from Plymouth, Minnesota, on the Republican line this morning on C-SPAN. This is what the caller said to Senator Kerry.
C-SPAN CALLER: I did not vote for you, Senator Kerry. And the reason is, is you're an old hat at undermining our troops. Do you remember meeting with the Vietcong in Paris during the Vietnam War? And I don't know how anybody gets three Purple Hearts, self-inflicted. And also you never answered why you didn't release all of your military records. What you Democrats are doing is providing aid and comfort to Al-Qaeda. You're undermining their effort while they're fighting. You should be ashamed of yourself.
RUSH: All right, this is a montage. We've got Kerry's answer. This is a montage of his reply to that caller.
KERRY: The Navy itself has said that every single one of the medals that I was awarded I deserved and they were appropriately awarded to me, and I'm proud of what I accomplished there personally as a warrior on behalf of my country. And it is a shameful tactic that Republicans see fit to attack the personal record of those who serve our country. Moreover, none of those wounds were self-inflicted, and I resent and will forever resent the implication by anybody that that was, uh, er, uh the fact. There were soldiers on my body, sailors on my boat. Every one of my crew has certified that what happened, happened, uh, and it was thoroughly vetted. So enough of this Republican smear tactic. With respect to, uh, uh, the visits, uh, to the Vietcong, uh, please, ma'am, I fought against the, uh, uh, communists in Vietnam — and when I came back, after having seen the lies that our government told, uh, I stood up and told the truth about that war.
RUSH: (Laughing.) And lied through his teeth about it. You know what this guy's got? What's the word? He has so much resentment over the fact that this carefully laid image and plan got blown up in his 2004 presidential runs. He worked on that, obviously like Clinton is working on his, and it just got blown up with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and of course the national attention you're going to get when you want to be president.


Join Curt Frye for an in-depth discussion in this video Filtering QlikView data, part of Learning QlikView.
- QlikView lets you summarize large data sets. But there will be plenty of times when you want to deal with a subset of your data. One common example is looking at sales for a specific state or month. In this movie, I will show you how to limit the data summarized in your QlikView reports by creating filters. As a sample file, I will use the Filter report, and you can find that in the chapter four folder of your exercise files collection. You can define filters by using listboxes, multiboxes, and other controls.
I'll concentrate on listboxes and multiboxes because those are the two items that are most frequently used. The listbox I have here on the left shows each of the individual months. If you want to display results for only one of those months, then you can click it from the list. Just as an example, I'll click May, and my chart updated so that it only displays data for the month of May. I went from 300,000 in sales in California to just over 50,000. If you want to select multiple items, there are a few ways to do that.
The first is to drag and select. For example, if I want to show sales for February, March and April, I would click February, and, holding down the left mouse button, drag until my selection covered both March and April, as well. If you want to select individual items that aren't next to each other, you can control click. If I wanted to display the results for January, I would click there, then hold down the control key, and click another month, such as June.
You can see the split between the two values there. If you want to remove an item from a filter, then all you need to do is hold down the control key and click it. If I want to focus on January, I would hold down the control key, click June, and June goes away. If you want to remove a filter entirely from a control, then right-click its title bar at the top, and click Clear. Doing so removes your filter and displays summaries based on all of your data. Filtering using a multibox is similar.
Let's say that you want to show the results for Arizona and California. To do that, you could click the State controls down arrow, and then, holding down the control key before you click the first item, click Arizona and California. As soon as you release the control key, those two states appear and your filter is applied. You can see in the multibox that there is a green circle indicating that a multi-item filter has been applied. If I only wanted to see results for orders on Saturday, then I can click the Weekdays control down arrow, and click Saturday.
Doing that displays the actual filter value inside of the control. There's room for one here. That is Saturday, the day I selected. There was only room for one for State, but I have two, so I get a green circle or green dot, indicating that a multi-item filter has been applied. If I want to remove a filter from a specific control or specific field within the multibox, I just right-click its field name, so I might right-click Weekday, and click Clear.
If I want to clear all selections, I could right-click any of the field headers and click Clear All Selections. Doing so gets rid of the filter entirely. Filtering is one of the most powerful things you can do inside of QlikView. You can focus on the data that you need to make your decisions and then restore your report so that all of your data's summarized.


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Decades after their discovery, the prompt emission of gamma--ray bursts (GRBs) is
still one of the least understood aspects of the GRB phenomenon. While it is
established today that most (if not all) long-duration GRBs are connected with the final
collapse of some kind of massive stars, the nature of the inner engine and the
process(es) through which $\gamma$--rays are released are unclear
(see \citealt{KumarZhang14rev} for a recent comprehensive review).
GRB prompt emission time-profiles consist of one or several pulses without compelling
evidence for periodic patterns despite occasional claims \citep{Beskin10,Cenko10,DeLuca10}.
The information connected with the time interval between two adjacent pulses, the so--called
interpulse time (IT), and its possible correlations with properties of the same pulses can shed
light on the process at work \citep{RamirezRuiz01a,RamirezRuiz01b}.
Within the context of internal shocks, the IT distribution (hereafter, ITD) is tightly connected
with the emission-time history of the inner engine \citep{Kobayashi97}. Specifically,
it can reveal the nature of the stochastic process ruling the production of elementary
energy releases in the form of pulses, which is likely driven by the way accretion works
in GRB engines (e.g., \citealt{TchekhovskoyGiannios14,Bernardini13}).

The importance of ITDs cannot be overstated, as is the case for other different
astrophysical sources, such as the Sun (e.g., \citealt{Wheatland00,Aschwanden10}),
and outbursting magnetars \citep{Gogus99,Gogus00,Gavril04}.
In the case of GRBs a number of papers have investigated this property
\citep{McBreen94,Norris96}. The different peak detection algorithms
\citep{Li96,NakarPiran02a,DragoPagliara07,Bhat12} or techniques \citep{Quilligan02} yielded as the
main result that the GRB ITD is generally well described by a lognormal
with mean values $\la 1$~s, with evidence for a power--law excess at relatively
long ($\Delta t>5$--$10$~s) ITs. These long, rare ITs during which the GRB signal drops
to background are often referred to as quiescent times (QTs) and are interpreted
as caused by something different from what rules the shorter and more frequent ITs
(e.g., \citealt{Drago08,TchekhovskoyGiannios14}).
The identification of QTs in individual time profiles was made by different authors
in different ways through different operative, loose definitions, similarly to what
was done for emission precursors (e.g., \citealt{Burlon08}), even though a recent
time--frequency algorithm adapted from gravitational wave data analysis seems to
provide an interestingly less subjective alternative \citep{Charisi14}.

So far, most efforts were focused on identifying and interpreting QTs as opposed to ITs, especially when extremely long-duration ($\sim10^2$--$10^3$~s) GRBs
with comparably long QTs are occasionally observed.
This has led part of the GRB community to think in terms of
a class of their own, known as ultra--long GRBs (\citealt{Gendre13,Levan14,Evans14};
see however \citealt{Virgili13,Zhang14c}).
However, the other side of the ITD, the short IT tail, did not raise much
speculation, although the nature of lognormal, that is, the departure from a pure
exponential distribution, would imply some kind of memory in the
GRB engine. In other words, a pure memoryless engine, when one neglects QTs, gives
an exponential ITD that deviates from lognormality. This means that one observes fewer
short ITs than expected for a memoryless engine.
Before trying to interpret the physical as well as statistical origin of the
lognormal ITD \citep{Ioka02}, it is therefore crucial to establish to what extent
the dearth of short interpulse-times is due to the low efficiency of algorithm(s).
In other words, it is key for understanding whether the lognormal distribution,
particularly at short values, is {\em \textup{intrinsic}}.

Our aim is to test whether the pure memoryless case is to be rejected when the
effects of the peak detection algorithms are carefully taken into account by means
of synthetic light curves. More specifically, we simulate time profiles assuming
exponentially distributed ITs that otherwise resemble real GRB profiles as
closely as possible, and compare the corresponding ITDs with that of real data.
In Sect.~\ref{sec:data} we describe the real data sample selection and how
simulations were carried out. Results and implications are then reported
and discussed in Sects.~\ref{sec:res} and \ref{sec:conc}.

\section{Data analysis}
\label{sec:data}

\subsection{Real data selection}
\label{sec:data_sel}
We started from the light curves of the BATSE catalogue made available by the team
as concatenated burst data with 64 ms temporal resolution in four energy
channels.\footnote{ftp://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/compton/data/batse/ascii\_data/64ms/}
We took the summed light curve of the four energy channels and preliminarily
subtracted the background by fitting it with polynomials of up to fourth degree,
as suggested by the BATSE team (e.g., \citealt{Guidorzi05c}),
and then applied {\sc mepsa} \citep{MEPSA,Guidorzi14b}, a novel peak search algorithm.
By selecting the GRBs with at least 20 peaks each we formed a final sample of
85 GRB light curves, which we hereafter refer to as the real sample.
The choice of $20$ peaks is somewhat arbitrary, and it was aimed at ensuring
statistical significance.
The choice of the BATSE catalogue was driven by the unrivalled wealth of
multi-peaked GRBs. In principle, if there were many pulses
narrower than 64~ms, the peak search would not be optimally set up.
However, most GRBs have minimum variability timescales above
tens of milliseconds \citep{Golkhou14}, and autocorrelation \citep{Fenimore95}
and pulse--fitting \citep{Norris96} studies find typical pulse widths of
$\ga0.2$~s in the BATSE energy ranges.

That we used {\sc mepsa} instead of other algorithms,
such as the popular one proposed by \citet{Li96} (LF), was motivated by its much
lower false-positive probability (FP; 1--2$\times10^{-5}$ to be compared with
3--5$\times10^{-3}$~FP~bin$^{-1}$), particularly when the signal drops to background,
and by its capability to detect slowly varying, dim peaks.
Essentially, {\sc mepsa} simultaneously compares various moving intervals (with different
lengths) with adjacent bins against a number of thresholds (in units of statistical noise)
that must be fulfilled simultaneously to trigger at least one out of 39 different criteria.
This search was carried out over increasingly longer timescales \citep{Guidorzi14b}.
The basic principle is very similar to that of LF, but, in addition, {\sc mepsa} has a lower
FP rate because multiple conditions are to be fulfilled, while its sensitivity to dim and long-lasting
peaks is ensured by its multiple--timescale monitoring.

\subsection{Simulated data set}
\label{sec:simul}
The light curves were simulated assuming exponentially distributed interpulse times.
To this aim, much effort was put so as to ensure that the simulated time-profiles were as alike to
observed GRB profiles as possible.
We assumed the shape by \citet{Norris96} for a single shot, which well reproduces a so--called
fast-rise exponential decay (FRED),
\begin{eqnarray}
f(t) & = &  A\, \exp{[-(|t-t_{\rm p}|/\tau_r)^\nu]}  \quad , (t<t_{\rm p})\nonumber\\
     & = &  A\, \exp{[-(|t-t_{\rm p}|/\tau_d)^\nu]}  \quad , (t>t_{\rm p})\;,
\label{eq:shot}
\end{eqnarray}
where $A$ is the peak counts, $t_{\rm p}$ is the peak time, $\tau_{r,d}$ are the rise
and decay times, and $\nu$ is the so-called peakedness, which determines the pulse sharpness.
Except for $t_{\rm p}$, these parameters were found to be approximately lognormally
distributed \citep{Norris96,Quilligan02},
so we assumed corresponding distributions to reproduce the variety of observed time profiles.
We verified that the uncertainties on these distribution parameters had a negligible
impact on the results.
We generated random light curves for each GRB of the real sample to mimic the average temporal features of the real curve as
closely as possible.

The more two adjacent pulses overlap, the more difficult for any peak search algorithm
to identify them as separate pulses.
The so-called separability, which describes how easily a given pulse can be separated from the adjacent
ones, depends on both the pulse duration and the ITs next to it, and affects
the chance {\sc mepsa} has to identify it. In this context, using algorithms such
as LF instead of {\sc mepsa} exacerbates the situation \citep{Guidorzi14b}.
In addition, the signal--to--noise ratio of the pulse itself affects its detectability.
We therefore ensured that both properties, pulse duration and peak counts, were as
similar as possible to what is observed in the corresponding real GRB curve.
We summarise in the following steps the procedure we adopted:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Simulate an exponential ITD whose expected value equals the mean value of
the real ITD of a given profile from the real sample. The mean value is computed
by excluding possible QTs from the light curve. In Sect.~\ref{sec:QT} we describe how
we defined QTs.
The intrinsic expected value of the real curve is probably shorter (by about a factor $F$)
than the observed value, because very close peaks cannot be resolved.
This turns into a loss of true, short ITs.
Starting from 1, we determined $F$ by assuming progressively decreasing values, until
the overall real and simulated ITDs (as obtained by applying {\sc mepsa}) were compatible
according to a Kolmogorov--Smirnov (KS) test.
$F$ was found only once for all GRBs together and was $0.67$.
\item Simulate lognormally distributed peak counts whose expected value and
variance were preliminarily estimated from the data of the corresponding real light curve.
\item Simulate lognormally distributed values for $\tau_r$ and $\tau_d$, with
expected values equal to the corresponding observed real values.
The FWHM of one pulse is  $(\tau_r+\tau_d)(\ln{2})^{1/\nu}$.
\item Finally, we added the background observed in the real curve and added
Poisson statistical noise.
\end{enumerate}
The peakedness is not a crucial parameter to our aim, so we fixed it to $\nu=1.5$, as
is typically observed in real data \citep{Norris96}.
The corresponding typical FWHM is therefore $0.78\,(\tau_r+\tau_d)$.

\subsection{Quiescent times}
\label{sec:QT}
For both the real and the simulated ITDs we preliminarily removed the so--called
quiescent times, that is, ITs during which the GRB signal drops to
the background level for a relatively long time
\citep{NakarPiran02a,Quilligan02,DragoPagliara07}.
There is no rigorous definition of QT, since the evidence for them as a
separate class comes from a power--law tail in the ITD in excess of the
lognormal distribution tail \citep{NakarPiran02a,Quilligan02,DragoPagliara07}.

Hence we adopted the following operative procedure to identify QTs:
Let $t_{{\rm p},i}$ and $t_{{\rm p},i+1}$ be the times of two adjacent peaks.
The interpulse time $\Delta t_i=t_{{\rm p},i+1}-t_{{\rm p},i}$ is said to be
a QT when it fulfils the following requirements:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\Delta t_i \ge 5$~s;
\item there exists at least one time bin $t_k$ ($t_{{\rm p},i}<t_k<t_{{\rm p},i+1}$) such that
  $c_k\le 3\,\sigma_k$, that is, the signal drops to background within $3\,\sigma$
  ($\sigma_k$ is the error on the background--subtracted counts $c_k$);
\item let $t_{i,1}={\rm min}(t_k)$ and $t_{i,2}={\rm max}(t_k)$, calculated over the
$t_k$ that fulfil 2.;
  let $c_{{\rm M},i}={\rm median}(c_j)$ and $\sigma_{{\rm M},i}={\rm median}(\sigma_j)$
  ($t_{i,1}\le t_j\le t_{i,2}$). The condition to be fulfilled is $c_{{\rm M},i}\le \sigma_{{\rm M},i}$.
\end{enumerate}
While condition 1 demands that the QT candidate is long enough, conditions 2 and 3 ensure
that the median signal is compatible with background.
The lowest value of 5~s was estimated from the time at which the power--law excess
becomes visible with respect to the lognormal tail in the ITD (see also
\citealt{Quilligan02,DragoPagliara07}).

\section{Results}
\label{sec:res}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{Rescale_interpulse_distribution.eps}
\caption{Rescaled RD (thin solid) and SD (dashed) ITDs, including 2220 and
2298 interpulse times, respectively. The thick solid line is $N(0,1)$ and is
normalised to the SD sample.}
\label{fig:RITD}
\end{figure}
Following the procedure described in Sect.~\ref{sec:data}, we obtained three different ITDs for each event of our
real sample: that on the real curve (real detected, RD),
the true one based on the peak times as they were
generated in the simulated curve (simulated true, ST), and the one obtained by applying
{\sc mepsa} to the simulated curve (simulated detected, SD).
We detected 2220 ITs in the real sample in total. In the ST sample we generated 3548
ITs, 2298 of which were measured with {\sc mepsa}. Thus, RD, ST, and SD ITDs
collect 2220, 3548, and 2298 ITs, respectively.
For each simulated curve the peak search was carried out over a time interval with the
same duration as that of the interval considered for the corresponding real curve.
The different size of the RD and SD samples is 78, which is compatible with expectations
from Poisson statistics, $\sqrt{2220+2298}\sim67$.

Since each real GRB has its own average peak rate, we had to rescale based on each individual mean rate before
merging the corresponding ITD. Following \citet{Li96}, we
rescaled the RD and SD ITDs of each GRB by subtracting the logarithmic mean and rescaling
by the sample variance.
This way, each individual ITD has null mean and unitary variance.
We finally merged the entire sample into RD and SD total ITDs for all
GRBs together, which we refer to as rescaled ITDs; they are displayed in Fig.~\ref{fig:RITD}.
The rescaled (non--rescaled) RD and SD are indistinguishable according to a
KS test, whose p--value is $9.2$\% ($30$\%), and both appear to be lognormally distributed.
Given the large number of ITs in each distribution, the KS test is correspondingly sensitive.
Therefore, one cannot reject the hypothesis that the corresponding exponential ST ITD may
also well be the {\em \textup{intrinsic}} distribution of real data.
Figure\ref{fig:RITD} shows that the rescaled SD and RD ITDs look broadly compatible
with a lognormal, although a rigorous $\chi^2$ test for lognormality yields
$<1$\% p--values in both cases.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{Distribution_interpulse.eps}
\caption{ITDs of real detected (thin solid), simulated true (thick solid),
and simulated detected (dashed). A close--up in the short interpulse--time region is shown
in the inset.}
\label{fig:ITD}
\end{figure}
The effect of the peak detection algorithm efficiency on the observed distribution is shown
by the comparison between ST and SD in Fig.~\ref{fig:ITD}.
At $\Delta t<0.8$~s (that is, 12 times the temporal bin size of 64~ms) the SD significantly
deviates from the ST ITD: the dearth of short ITs is due to
the low efficiency of {\sc mepsa} when nearby pulses become hardly separable \citep{Guidorzi14b}.

We also explored the compatibility of an intrinsic lognormal ITD with real data.
We carried out the same simulations and found that the best match between rescaled
(non--rescaled) SD and RD yielded a KS p--value of $32$\% ($4.2$\%).

Taken at face value, these results indicate that the lognormal ITD observed
in real data, in particular the dearth of short values compared with what is expected for
a (memoryless) stationary Poisson process, might be intrinsic, but it might also be
an artefact of the low efficiency of the peak detection algorithms, even at relatively long
ITs compared with the binning time of the profile ($\Delta t\la 10\,\times$64~ms).
Thus, lognormality is not necessarily an intrinsic property of the real ITD.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[scale=0.70]{real_vs_sim_2panels.eps}
\caption{Example of a real curve ({\em bottom}) and of its corresponding
simulated one ({\em top}) assuming an exponential ITD.}
\label{fig:curves}
\end{figure}
Figure 3 illustrates an example of real and corresponding simulated curves.
In the real curve there is a slowly varying component superposed on peaks that have no counterpart in the simulations. This kind of low pedestal is strongest in the
softest energy channels and almost absent from the hardest channels, as was first
pointed out in the hard X--ray (2-28 keV) prompt emission of {\em BeppoSAX} GRBs \citep{Vetere06}.
For our purposes, its absence in simulated curves is not a problem since ITs are given by
the spikier activity in the real and simulated data.

\section{Discussion and conclusions}
\label{sec:conc}
Using a novel peak search algorithm, we confirmed previous results that ITDs in multi--peaked GRBs are approximately lognormal when the long--tail of QTs is not considered.
Surprisingly, it had not been investigated before whether the lack
of short ITs, even at $\Delta t$ a factor of a few longer than the temporal binning
size, might entirely be an artefact of the low efficiency of peak searches.
We amended this lack through simulated profiles that share common properties
with the observed real profiles in terms of peak counts, pulse durations, and measured
ITs, as proved by KS tests. What is more, we proved that assuming an intrinsic
memoryless process in which GRB engines emit pulses according to a stationary
Poisson process on timescales $\Delta t<5$--$10$~s (that is, neglecting QTs),
the true exponential ITD still cannot be recovered because of the
low efficiency of peak detection algorithms in the short IT tail.
In particular, we were able to reproduce a {\em \textup{measured}} ITD that is compatible
with the real one and approaches lognormality, in spite of its intrinsic
exponential nature.

While lognormality is reminiscent of central limit theorem and probably is the
result of the multiplicative combination of independent variables \citep{Ioka02}, our results show that the simplest hypothesis one can make about the way GRB
engines work, that is, an uncorrelated process on relatively short time intervals,
cannot be rejected.

The immediate implication is that GRB engines possibly do not retain any
memory after they have just emitted a pulse and do not, {\em \textup{on average}},
wait for some more time before emitting the next one.
We therefore conclude that the lognormality of the observed ITDs in real GRBs
may not be intrinsic, since it can entirely be explained as an artefact of
peak-finding algorithms.
In terms of accretion process, our results suggest that the individual accretion
episodes that shape the GRB prompt emission profiles in terms of pulses may
on average be uncorrelated, as long as long quiescent periods are not considered.
This can help constrain the way magnetic flux repeatedly induces and halts
accretion, if it is verified \citep{Bernardini13,TchekhovskoyGiannios14}.
Another possibility is that current--driven instabilities in strongly magnetised
jets can lead to non-axisymmetric jet structures which, combined with beaming
effects and even small changes in the Lorentz factor, are responsible for the
observed short timescale variability \citep{Levinson13}.
Alternatively, short timescale variability could result from magnetic
reconnection episodes triggered by collisions between magnetised shells
\citep{ICMART}, which do not necessarily require temporal correlation,
in the same way that internal shocks do not, either.

\begin{acknowledgements}
  We are grateful to the referee for very useful comments that helped improve the paper.
  We also thank S.~Dichiara, F.~Frontera, P.~Rosati, L.~Amati, A.~Drago
  for useful discussions. PRIN MIUR project on ``Gamma Ray Bursts: from
  progenitors to physics of the prompt emission process'', P.~I. F. Frontera
  (Prot. 2009 ERC3HT) is acknowledged.
\end{acknowledgements}

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Q: NodeJS TwitchAPI online/offline status I am trying to check Streams are Online or Offline...
But I have 1 problem this request is not required for all users.. only 1 or max 2 when 1 is from it online and 1 is offline...
Here is  an example:
In the MySQL are 3 Streams
test1
test2
test3
test4
(1, 2, 3 and 4 are the streams...)
(when ALL offline my output is this...)
test4 is offline and this 4times.
Script:
var request = require('request');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var parser = require('json-parser');
var JSON = require('JSON');
var mysql  = require('mysql');

var connection = mysql.createConnection({
  host     : 'localhost',
  user     : 'status',
  password : '',
  database : 'all_channels'
});

connection.query("SELECT * FROM channels", function(error, rows, response, fields) {
    if (!!error) {
        console.log('Error in Query!');
    } else {
        for(var i in rows) {

console.log(rows[i])
                request('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/'+rows[i].channels+'?client_id=(I have removed the ID from intent)', function (error, response, html) {
        var profileyt = JSON.parse(html);

if (profileyt["stream"] !== null) {
                        console.log(profileyt["stream"]["channel"]["status"]);
                    } else {

request('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/'+rows[i].channels+'?client_id=(I have removed the ID from intent)', ', function (error, response, html) {
                            var profiletest = JSON.parse(html);

console.log(''+profiletest["display_name"]+' is offline');
})
}})}}});

Console Output:
C:\Bot>node test2.js
RowDataPacket { channels: 'test1', status: 'offline' }
RowDataPacket { channels: 'test2', status: 'offline' }
RowDataPacket { channels: 'test3', status: 'offline' }
RowDataPacket { channels: 'test4', status: 'offline' }

Test4 ist offline
Test4 ist offline
Test4 ist offline
Test4 ist offline

I have spent 2-3 days trying to fix it but I still have no idea...

A: The result is
Test4 ist offline
Test4 ist offline
Test4 ist offline
Test4 ist offline

because you are calling rows[i].channels inside in an asynchronous function which is
the asynchronous function is also inside a loop
See this
The loop is already ended or the i becomes the row before the callback of request2 has been called which is why it is always displayed only your last channel
for (var i in rows) {
        request1('blahblah...', function(error, response, html) {
            // rows[i].channels this will always displayed your last row data
            request2(rows[i].channels, function (error, response, html) {
            })
        })
    }
}

To solve that create a seperate function
function getChannelStatus(row) {
    // now the row will be pass is the correct one istead of the last row like your previous code
    request('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/' + row.channels + '?client_id=(I have removed the ID from intent)', function(error, response, html) {
            var profileyt = JSON.parse(html);

            if (profileyt["stream"] !== null) {
                console.log(profileyt["stream"]["channel"]["status"]);
            } else {

                request('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/' + row.channels + '?client_id=(I have removed the ID from intent)', function (error, response, html) {
                    var profiletest = JSON.parse(html);

                    console.log('' + profiletest["display_name"] + ' is offline');
                })
        }
    })
}

connection.query("SELECT * FROM channels", function(error, rows, response, fields) {
    if (!!error) {
        console.log('Error in Query!');
    } else {
        for (var i in rows) {

            console.log(rows[i])
            getChannelStatus(rows[i]);
        }
    }
});

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Joel Esler: Surprise! Microsoft copies Apple, again.
Cakes all share the same ingredients to make them good. Eggs, Milk, etc. Browsers also share many many similarities and it's nothing to get all huffy about. Truth be told Apple ripped off MS, MS rips off Apple and they both rip off Linux and Unix I mean really Apple uses System 5 AT&T so lets get real here. I think it's cool that MS is making strides in security. Let us thank them for their efforts instead of getting school yard on them and calling them copy cats.
I'll just call them copy cats, it's much easier for me to state the obvious truth than to psycho analyze it. Plus if you read my post, you'll see that I said that it's obvious they were going to copy it. Duh, who wouldn't? Hell Mozilla is copying it as well.
Open a terminal session on OSX and issue a few commands, you'll notice that you put options in with a '-' sans tics. That is one of the obvious differences between BSD (Berkly Software Distribution) and System 5 as created by AT&T. System 5 is the framework that Apple OS's operate off. A GUI is nothing more than a bunch of scripts that run when you click an icon. For someone who researches security for OSX I'm rather surprised you didn't know this.
As for your post, I did read it hence my response to it.
System 5? Um okay.I'll just call them copy cats, it's much easier for me to state the obvious truth than to psycho analyze it. Plus if you read my post, you'll see that I said that it's obvious they were going to copy it. Duh, who wouldn't? Hell Mozilla is copying it as well.
Open a terminal session on OSX and issue a few commands, you'll notice that you put options in with a '-' sans tics. That is one of the obvious differences between BSD (Berkly Software Distribution) and System 5 as created by AT&T. System 5 is the framework that Apple OS's operate off. A GUI is nothing more than a bunch of scripts that run when you click an icon. For someone who researches security for OSX I'm rather surprised you didn't know this. As for your post, I did read it hence my response to it.
You mean "Unix System V" (SysV) as opposed to "System Software 5" (which was developed by Apple). SysV /was/ developed by AT&T, however, the only time Apple has ever used SysV is when they created Apple A/UX, which ran from 1988-1995.When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, A/UX was killed and the next os (OS X) was based on an OS that he brought with him named NeXTSTEP. The kernel for OSX is based on Mach. Developed by Carnegie Mellon. In fact, technically OSX's kernel is a hybrid kernel. Mach + 4.3BSD Kernels combined into what NeXT designed and named "XNU". The 4.3BSD Kernel code came from FreeBSD, and has since been heavily modified.OSX's operating system is technically called "Darwin". Directly derived from NeXTSTEP. (Which later became known as OPENSTEP.) After the OS came to Apple in 97, It was called Rhapsody. Rhapsody was forked into Darwin. OSX is based on Darwin.
If GUIs are just covers for bunches of scripts, where can I find these scripts? I'd like to fix a few bugs.
If you're going to go all old school, why not say everybody ripped off Xerox PARC research?
Actually so will most Linux systems.
Funny, my OS X installation will take -arguments or arguments for most utilities, both quite happily. (As will FreeBSD systems.)If GUIs are just covers for bunches of scripts, where can I find these scripts? I'd like to fix a few bugs.If you're going to go all old school, why not say everybody ripped off Xerox PARC research?


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Q: Angular ngIf can't access parent property I'm using Angular 5 and Material 5:
<mat-tab-group>
    <mat-tab label="INFO">
        info goes here
    </mat-tab>
    <mat-tab label="CONTACTS">

            contacts should load here

    </mat-tab>
</mat-tab-group>

I'm trying to show contacts, but only if tab is active. There is isActive property for mat-tab (https://github.com/angular/material2/blob/5.2.x/src/lib/tabs/tab.ts#L83), but I can't access it, it looks undefined.
I can't understand what am I doing wrong.
(I also can't use newer version of Angular at the moment).

A: This way it works:
<mat-tab-group>
    <mat-tab label="INFO">
        info goes here
    </mat-tab>
    <mat-tab #contactsTab label="CONTACTS">

            contacts should load here

    </mat-tab>
</mat-tab-group>

Elements can't access the property of any element without a reference to it (Docs: Components Interactions)
the div isn't treated as a part of mat-tab unless it's a part of it's template, even if it's inside it.

A: I do not think you need the *ngIf. If you inspect the tab body you should not see content in the inactive tabs.
For example, from this simple StackBlitz, there are two tabs and the second <mat-tab-body> has nothing inside.
Then, click the other tab and the reverse happens.
Source
<mat-tab-group>
  <mat-tab label="One">

Some tab content

...One

  </mat-tab>
  <mat-tab label="Two">

Some more tab content

...Two

  </mat-tab>
</mat-tab-group>

DOM inspection, tab 1 is active

  <mat-tab-body class="mat-tab-body ng-tns-c5-0 mat-tab-body-active ng-star-inserted" role="tabpanel" ng-reflect-_content="[object Object]" ng-reflect-position="0" id="mat-tab-content-0-0" aria-labelledby="mat-tab-label-0-0" ng-reflect-origin="0">

Some tab content

...One

  </mat-tab-body>

  <mat-tab-body class="mat-tab-body ng-tns-c5-1 ng-star-inserted" role="tabpanel" ng-reflect-_content="[object Object]" ng-reflect-position="1" id="mat-tab-content-0-1" aria-labelledby="mat-tab-label-0-1">

  </mat-tab-body>


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