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CBS Primetime
Big Brother 9: Discussion Thread
By Toups, December 4, 2007 in CBS Primetime
JackPeyton
Star.
Hi there NEIL!
Kennylicious
Did anyone notice the caption over the houseguests pictures on TV Guide?
It said "Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part!"
Here are more pictures of James, from his MySpace page. He looks like a trip! Crazier behavior than Dick, but less of an [[email protected]#$%^&*] is what I think he'll be like. Very humorous and self-deprecating.
Toups
R.I.P. James E. Reilly
Damn, no hot girls this year!
More of JOSHUA!
Yay to contestants!!
Yummy Allison & Jen...maybe I'll like them
HELLO Neil, Matt and Alex
NATALIE'S A WHORE!
Check out these poses on MySpace!
^^ You can see the scar from her fake boob surgery in that one! ^^
BOO!!
OMG OMG.
From that whore Natalie's MySpace page, in the "About Me" section...
My friends say I'm crazy.I say no way I'm just full of the holy spirit!!I'm a 100% for sure believer in JESUS!! I Love him:)
This chick's gonna be a CLASSIC! LoL
The Official CBS "Big Brother 9" website is up!
It has all sorts of cast pictures, pictures of the new house... lots of stuff. Check out out!
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_brother_9/
Here are more pictures of the new house, from the website...
I FLOVE IT!
The rest of the pictures are all up on the website!
LMAO! Tell me this girl doesn't sound like a mess!
Natalie, 28
Natalie was a self-described military kid who moved around a lot. Her high school years were spent in Alameda, California, Salem, Oregon and Mililani, Hawaii. She studied at the Chemeketa Community College in Salem as well as the Art Institute of Las Vegas in Nevada.
Natalie is religious and takes her Bible everywhere. She's still very proud of her figure and loves to enter bikini contests. She previously won the title of Miss Hawaiian Tropic Oregon. She claims that she can make any coffee drink imaginable, and in a bikini at that. She is also a painter and dreams of opening a mermaid art store some day.
She describes her perfect romantic partner as someone who is smart, healthy with big strong muscles and he should love football. He should also be adventurous and honest and love God and Jesus. Natalie is also a pet lover and has two cats--Maximillion and Wilson--and a Jack Russell terrier named Samson.
Her birth date is November 7, 1979.
K-Pop Obsessed!
A black guy with hair! Lots of it too....lol. In 8 seasons, everytime they cast one, he is always bald. Im glad to see them break that tradition
Just by going on pictures and knowing nothing else. Ryan looks like he's going to be a prick; Natalie and James look to be annoying. Joshuah looks like he could be one of my faves
Winter Edition of Big Brother Turns Up the Heat
How is a special edition of Big Brother — that show about people who lay around half-naked doing nothing all summer — possibly going to work in the dead of winter? "By turning up the heat — and that's not just a publicity slogan," says Allison Grodner, exec producer of the CBS hit. "The house is usually air-conditioned, but no longer. It's going to get quite hot inside. I think you're going to see a lot more people taking off their clothes."
This ninth season of BB has a big twist that's also designed to amp up the steam factor: All of the 16 houseguests (which include a "bikini barista" and a Hollywood paparazzo) are single, available and looking for love. (See the full cast here.) "Through research and compatibility testing, they've been teamed in the house with their perfect love match — their soulmate as it were — and they'll play the game as partners," Grodner says. "They'll live together, share HOH and POV wins and be evicted as a couple. This may prove a blessing or a curse. That's why we've tagged this season Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part."
Grodner promises this latest batch of hamsters is "remarkably fresh and unique in their personalities. No one's trying to be Dr. Will or the next Evil Dick."
Big Brother premieres Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 9 pm/ET, and will also air Wednesdays and Sundays at 8.
Two introduction videos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seK7SE6ohrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h7c4kcfSog
From Reality Blurred. I'll bold the more interesting parts...
Big Brother producers turning off a/c to encourage contestants to strip!
Producers for Big Brother 9 will encourage contestants to take off their clothes by turning off the air conditioning.
Executive producer Allison Grodner told TV Guide that "turning up the heat" is "not just a publicity slogan. The house is usually air-conditioned, but no longer. It's going to get quite hot inside. I think you're going to see a lot more people taking off their clothes," she said. Grodner also unveiled the season's official tagline: "'Til Death Do You Part." With the All American Rejects' song "Dirty Little Secret" being used in promos, many assumed that would be this season's twist.
Meanwhile, in its official press release announcing the show's cast, CBS admits that the soulmates might not actually be soulmates at all; they might want to tear each other's faces off. But that won't matter. "When this group of 16 singles enters the house, they will be told they are being matched up with their 'soul mate,' a stranger who may prove to be their true love or their worst nightmare, the network said.
"Whether there is a love connection or not, once paired up, the Houseguests' life in the game depends on their partner. They must strategize, plot and scheme together as a couple for a chance at the prize. These 'lovebirds' will live together as a couple meaning they will sleep in the same bed, hold Head of Household as a couple, be nominated for eviction as a pair, and if the time comes, say their goodbyes together upon eviction."
Ahhhhhh. So some of them might hate each other! That's what I'm talkin' about! LoL
As if you hadn't had enough, here are even more pictures of the new house, LoL.
^^ HAMSTERS ^^
I think you're going to see a lot more people taking off their clothes."
Well that sucks....none of the girls are hot.
I really hope there's not someone like Evil Dick. HATED him.


Sticky Rice Cooking School is an award-winning school offering hands on cooking experience of cuisines from all around the world lead by some of Australia's finest chefs. The cultural experience delivers a wealth of knowledge and fun along the way.
The kitchen is custom designed with the latest cooking facilities while the school itself is furnished with unique furniture in honour of the different countries and cultures of which the dishes originated from.
Electrolux ambassadors Massimo Mele of Sydney's Salt Meats Cheese and Adelaide's own Stewart Wesson of The Flinders Street Project, Whistle and Flute and the soon to be revamped Port Admiral Hotel, hosted the cooking class with some handpicked back to basics recipes, providing hints and tips to take home.
Steamed john dory with pippies, chorizo, olives and parsley.
After an afternoon of learning and cooking, the class attendees dined on the delicious food and enjoyed some of South Australia's finest wine where Miss L was able to have exclusive interview access with renowned Adelaide chef Stewart Wesson where he looked at the South Australian food scene and how it was evolving.
Where do you see the South Australian food scene and how has it evolved?
The South Australian food scene is flourishing. Adelaide, as a city is so accessible and it makes it easy for people to want to have a go at opening new food venues.
What sets South Australia apart from Melbourne which is known as the food capital of Australia and Sydney which is fast catching up?
It is the quality of ingredients and the proximity of those ingredients. It is only a twenty minute drive to the hills where you can get amazing produce and wines. Further to this, you have the Barossa and an hour in the opposite direction you are by the beach in the McLaren Vale.
What does South Australia have that other states don't?
South Australia has the food community down better than other states. We have such great producers, winemakers and chefs who are all willing to go above and beyond to help each other out. This makes for a really nice tight knit community which he really loves.
What do you foresee as the next big food trend?
Stewart isn't really keen on food trends as they come and go too easy. He believes in good quality food and alcohol. Do that right, and the people will come.
What advice would you give to someone who is aspiring to start their own food venture?
The key for Stewart was partnering with the right people, for him each partnership is so important, everyone should have their role.
What is it about your new venture at the Port Admiral Hotel that will set it apart from other pubs?
The quality of food is what will set The Port Admiral Hotel apart from other great pubs. He says there are some great pubs around, however, their key advantage is being close to the water so all their seafood will be freshly caught. There will be no frozen fish and no imported produce.
Ernie chocolate souffle cake with marscarpone, macerated strawberries and honeycomb.
Upon finishing the day, Stewart was happy to share his Ernie chocolate souffle cake recipe, one of his favourite desserts with My Name is Miss L readers here.
Sticky Rice Cooking School holds classes all year round with several cuisines to choose from. They also offer overnight accommodation with 3 different villas and various activities in the area, including 50 cellar doors in the Adelaide Hills wine region.


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HPV Vaccine: Cancer Repackaged As An STD
Tim O'Shea DC
By	Tim O'Shea DC	/	October 26, 2011
Young girls are pharmaceutical industry targets for the HPV vaccine.
Seventh graders can now be vaccinated without parents knowledge or permission.
Vaccine marketers scored a landmark victory in California in October 2011 when Jerry Brown fetched the stick and signed into law a new bill allowing schools to vaccinate 12 year olds without informing their parents.
That's right. Kids now choose.
Falling into step with other compliant governors like Rick Perry and WA state's Christine Gregoire, Jerry Brown demonstrated once more his allegiance to the bottomless coffers of the drug industry lobby. Common sense, putting children in harm's way, running roughshod over parent's rights, responsible science – not relevant. Seems the world just got a little worse.
As a masterpiece of Bernays misdirection, the brilliance of this new approach to vaccine sales must be acknowledged. There can be no doubt that the underlying motive behind the new law was the promotion of the controversial Human Papilloma Virus vaccine [see HPV chapter] [1].
But the new law never mentions HPV.
Although this vaccine has been on the adolescent Vaccine Schedule for 5 years now, many parents are losing confidence in it lately and have been opting out of the vaccine for their 12 year olds. The primary reasons are
Lack of demonstrable necessity
Lack of scientific testing
Verifiable and admitted harmful side effects
The reader is referred to the above chapter [1] for the details of the confused rationale that has always haunted the marketing of this strange vaccine, as doctors struggled to justify the vaccine's necessity at all.
But with this new law, now they have done something unprecedented in vaccine promo by allowing the state to come between parents and their own children.
The whole science discussion is a study in confusion and misdirection, which is just the way Merck wants it – Merck being the inventor of the Gardasil HPV vaccine, and the ultimate beneficiary of the new law. To try and grasp what they have just accomplished by this bill, the parent must first review some basic facts about
1. cancer of the cervix,
2. its relation to Human Papilloma virus
3. the HPV vaccine
CANCER OF THE CERVIX
Cancer of the cervix now affects some 13,000 American women, 4,000 of whom die. [1] Most deaths are in the worst living environments in the US, among the most immune-suppressed groups. But like with all cancers, the cause of this one remains unknown.
Cervical cancer has been declining dramatically in the United States, from nearly 15 cases for every 100,000 women in 1975 to nearly 7 per 100,000 in 2008. [12] Nothing to do with vaccines.
In the 1970s, herpes simplex virus was proposed as a possible cause, but that hypothesis was soon abandoned after studies proved inconclusive.
In the 1990s the next candidate suggested was Human Papilloma virus. [2] But the link was never proven.
For this the first cancer vaccine, the PR department at Merck was hard put to come up with a convincing scientific rationale – how any HPV vaccine could possibly prevent cancer of the cervix.
The primary obstacle was that HPV could not be proven as the cause of any cancer. Or any disease at all, for that matter. But is it precisely this claimed causation between HPV and cervical cancer that necessitates the vaccine at all, right? Without hard evidence, the vaccine is exposed as a useless sham.
NO PROVEN CONNECTION: HPV AND CANCER
Here's the short version of how the HPV supposedly causes cancer of the cervix, according to Merck scientists.
First of all, in any cancer, we're talking about a normal cell that mutated and then began to make copies of itself, unchecked.
The creators of the HPV/ cancer myth are pretending that the HPV came along and attacked some normal cells and mutated those cells and caused them to begin replicating themselves out of control  cancer. And that this is happening on a mass scale even though we just discovered it. And worse, that a vaccine can neutralize that type of attack on normal cervix cells.
Any scientist not on the payroll of Merck will see the problem with this new 'hit-and-run' theory right off the bat. The simple fact is that viruses don't replicate in cancer cells. [Duesberg, 3]. Before this marketing campaign for HPV vaccine, no virus was ever claimed as carcinogenic.
But it gets even worse than that. The HPV vaccine doesn't even contain HPV! True. Just some particles. Look it up. [1, 2]
Apparently this fact is not considered worth knowing by the majority of parents, who obediently line up their children for whatever shots the Vaccinators will command. "They must be good for kids or they wouldn't be giving them," is the standard substitute for thinking, adopted by the
uninformed parent. Don't bother me with the facts.
More and more parents possessing a bit more refined powers of intellect however have been looking behind the veil in the last two years, and realizing the indefensibility of the preposterous 'viral particle theory' which is supposed to explain the Gardasil HPV vaccine's mode of action in preventing cancer. (see chapter for details [1]) This steadily growing subset of informed parents began opting out – signing the forms which exempt their child from the vaccine.
The vaccine industry freaked. But first they had to deal with a more obvious PR problem.
WHAT ABOUT THE BOYS?
Why has a vaccine claiming to be for cancer of the cervix – why has this vaccine been routinely given also to boys ever since it came out?
Excellent question. It is answered completely in our June 2011 Newsletter
www.thedoctorwithin.com/newsletters/newsletter-june-2011/
Short answer: A spurious shotgun 'study' was hurriedly done for New England Journal of Medicine which provided the required rationale. Serendipitously, we just found out that boys need the same vaccine as girls, but for genital warts. [4,5]
What a coincidence.
So with the spotlight suddenly on HPV after 5 years, with the vast majority of kids routinely getting the shots, people were finally starting to take a look at the vaccine. The warts thing, even though ridiculous, satisfied the undiscriminating silent majority.
But that wasn't enough to cover up all the bad press. After the Sept 2011 Michelle Bachman ambush of Rick Perry on CNN, [6] where his well known financial connections with Merck were yet again aired on national TV, HPV vaccine looked really suspect. More people began opting out.
Vaccine industry double freaking now.
SEX, BLOOD, AND RACISM
In today's version of E.L. Bernays journalism [7], new life can be injected into virtually any story by framing it in one of the Holy Trinity issues. If the underlying facts are unclear, boring, or just inconveniently true, no problem – we can forget about those details. We'll just hide the underlying story and make it about sex or blood or racism. Now it pops. Better yet, we buried the lead. Framing the issue is everything; substance is a passing myth.
For HPV, they chose Sex. Obscure the main facts of the issue, which are:
– HPV virus has never been proven as the cause of any disease
– HPV virus has never been proven as the cause of cancer of the cervix
– HPV vaccine has never been proven to have the slightest effect on any cancer at all
– By no stretch of the imagination can cancer of the cervix be regarded as an STD
Let's ignore these worrisome facts and bury them behind an emotional smokescreen under Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Wow. Now we have a story about teenage girls and STDs – fantastic. Now that's newsworthy!
And that's precisely what they've done. Read any story about HPV in mainstream media, and even in some of the websites and health sites that are appalled by the political issue of having parent's rights obliterated  – even they accept as real the erroneous fiction that cancer of the cervix is an STD. It isn't! STD's are infectious! Remember? Sexually transmitted
infections. No cancer is infectious.
So much for background on the vaccine. Now, about that new bill.
CALIFORNIA BILL AB 499
"This bill would allow a minor who is 12 years of age or older to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.
– – SECTION 1.- Section 6926 of the Family Code is amended to read:
– – – (a) A minor who is 12 years of age or older and who may have come into
contact with an-infectious, contagious, or communicable disease may
consent to medical care related-to the diagnosis or treatment of the
disease, if the disease or condition is one that is-required by law or
regulation adopted pursuant to law-to be reported to the local health
officer, or is a related sexually transmitted disease, as may be determined
by the State-Director of Health Services Public Health Officer.
– – (b) A minor who is 12 years of age or older may consent to medical care
related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.
– – (c) The minor's parents or guardian are not liable for payment for
medical care provided-pursuant to this section."
Whew! So much dissimulation, so much deliberate misrepresentation, so much not saying what they really mean. Where does one begin?
OK, let's roll up our sleeves and just do it.
All the uproar we see against this new bill correctly relates it to the HPV vaccine, which is given to 12 year old girls. The bad press the vaccine was getting, loss of confidence, the lawmakers' financial entanglements with Merck, etc. – this bill was the response to all that. Without HPV vaccine, this bill would have never been drafted.
But lawmakers funded by huge drug cartels can employ the most sophisticated techniques of Bernays PR ever conceived. They can spin anything. In this case, the new law never mentions HPV vaccine itself, distancing itself from that entire discussion – as though this is not a law to sell HPV vaccine for Merck but rather a way to better protect our defenseless teenage girls against the ravages of STDs. Who would argue with something like that?
CANCER VACCINE OR STD VACCINE? MAKE UP YOUR MIND
The new press copy for the bill focuses on the emotional sensation of the STD hook. We must protect our innocent virginal 12 year olds from the unregulated STDs rampant across the nation… They keep repeating that myth over and over, and now most people believe that's what HPV vaccine is for because they never read anything else. The media repetition alone has created the reality of the public perception – 180 degrees opposite from physical reality.
Again, the STD thing is irrelevant – a calculated distraction, diverting attention from the bedrock fact that cervical cancer is simply not an STD. That's what the vaccine was originally approved for, and still claims to prevent: cancer of the cervix.
But it doesn't even do that. [1]
SIDE EFFECTS OF HPV VACCINE
The reader by now, it is hoped, will start to doubt HPV vaccine's efficacy – why it cannot do what it claims to do.
Wouldn't be so bad if it were ineffective and harmless. But this vaccine is also very dangerous, as the manufacturer states.
Let's start with the side effects cited by Merck:
– [2] 2007 Physicians Desk Reference [213] p 1987
Additional side effects discovered later include loss of consciousness, loss of vision and seizures. (Lopes, [8]) And oh yes, paralysis.
By 2008, the British media began to report still other effects of Gardasil among young girls, like the 30 deaths, which American media never mentioned. [10]
An additional symptom from the HPV shot is Guillain Barre syndrome, an autoimmune condition resulting in paralysis. There have been several such cases both in the UK and the US, including a high profile case in Oct 2008 of a 12 year old British girl who collapsed 2 days after the Gardasil shot and was subsequently paralyzed from the waist down. [10] Her first symptoms came on within 30 minutes. Again, no US media.
American media missed the followup story a year later when England suspended HPV vaccine altogether after another 14 girls died from the vaccine.[9]
26 AMERICAN GIRLS DEAD FROM GARDASIL: OCT 2011
Newer data just released from the VAERS database – the government tracking system for vaccine injuries since 1991 – this data makes public the 26 American girls who died from the Gardasil shot in 2010. Believe me this has never been in any mainstream media source. But you can easily find these documents [11], although scrolling through them to find the 26 deaths will require that you do a search for the word death. Or you can take the word of Judicial Watch, the group that recently unearthed the data through Freedom of Information. Again, mainstream media is not allowed to run stories like this, even though the data is right there in the VAERS files where anyone can see it.
Is this story newsworthy?
THE REAL QUESTION
If 'they' can get the majority of the population to comply so easily to such a groundless threat as this and strip away basic parental rights in the bargain, what's next? If this flies, which it is, why not just say that 12 year olds can now make their own decisions for any of the 68 vaccines, irrespective of parental exemption forms. Cut the parents out of the equation entirely. Show the kids a glitzy scary Merck movie, then take them all next door and ask who doesn't want to be protected. Peer pressure kicks in, everybody gets a shot, and then take them all out to McDonald's. Is this any stretch at all from where we are now?
Show any parent the Vaccine Schedule and ask what any given vaccine is. What is DPT? What is H. influenzae? What is HPV? Why are you taking your kid in for these shots? They have no idea, most of them. And they are reassured that they don't have to know – it's not their job. Trust your doctor.
From now on when you read anything about HPV vaccine, Gardasil, or the new CA bill that allows 12 years olds to be vaccinated without parental knowledge, keep this little checklist of facts in front of you:
– HPV virus has never been proven as the cause of any disease,
– HPV virus has never been proven as the cause of cancer of the cervix.
– HPV vaccine has never been proven to have the slightest effect on any cancer at all.
– By no stretch of the imagination can cancer of the cervix be regarded as an STD.
This article then is for 2 groups:
1. Parents of 12 year olds who think they should have more say about what their kids are injected with than the politics of state government
2. Parents who are sending their kids to get the HPV vaccine.
With media solidly in the pocket of their biggest advertiser – the drug industry – the parent who gets all the information about HPV vaccine from Fox News, Yahoo News, Newsweek magazine, or the local newspaper is going to be told some untrue mantras, over and over. It only takes a little bit of reading to demythologize these issues and learn the truth.
So for the small percentage of parents interested enough in their child's future to actually do that, their progeny will be immune enhanced. Natural selection will favor them. And the human race will have some small advantage for the next generations over the majority of children who are being immune suppressed by ingredients in the 68 vaccines now mandated. [13]
As you might suspect, this article is only the tip of the iceberg. HPV vaccine is much more dangerous than presented here, the underlying science is much weaker, and the economic entanglements between drugmakers and political entities are much more complicated. So the first thing a parent can do is to find out a little more. Rather than doing a blind google search on HPV which is going to turn up 100,000 hits, most marketing the safety of the vaccine, instead follow up on some of the references below. See if they make sense. Vet this article. Get enough information on your own to make an informed decision whether or not your teenager's blood should be the battleground for this political wordgame. Satisfy yourself that the vaccine meets 3 criteria:
If you then decide that this vaccine is a bit too experimental for your child, and you wish to opt out, first of all sign the standard Exemption Form and turn it in to the school.
Next, click to the Parents Letter To the School. [14] Follow the directions and send the certified letters letting the school know who's really in charge of your kids, them or you.
I think most of us would agree that many horrifying things are taking place every day in the world today. But we do have the power to keep at least some of them out of our homes. So obviously the first step is education from sources not vested in the wholesale marketing of vaccines.
Aren't your kids worth the effort?
www.thedoctorwithin.com
1. Human Papilloma Virus: The First Cancer Vaccine
www.thedoctorwithin.com/HPV/Human-Papilloma-Virus-The-First-Cancer-Vaccine/
2. Medical Economics Physicians' Desk Reference
3. Duesberg, P, Schwartz J Latent Viruses: No Evidence for Pathogenicity
Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology 43:135-204, 1992.
4. Kim, J – Weighing the benefits and costs of HPV vaccination in young men,
New England Journal of Medicine p 393 – 3 Feb 2011
5. Giuliano, A – Efficacy of quadrivalent HPV vaccine against HPV
infection and disease in males, NEJM p 401 – 3 Feb 2011
6. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEC77qZHbo
7. The Doors of Perception: Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything
www.thedoctorwithin.com/doors/Doors-of-Perception/
8. Lopes, G Vaccine center issues warning WASHINGTON TIMES Feb 3, 2007.
9. Martin, D NHS Trust suspends cervical cancer vaccinations after girl, 14, dies within hours of jab
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1216714/Schoolgirl-14-dies-given-cervical-cancer-jab.html
10. Foggo, D Sunday Times. UK Mystery illness paralyses girl given cervical cancer jab
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5337885.ece 14 Dec 2008
11. Judicial Watch Uncovers FDA Gardasil Records Detailing 26 New Reported Deaths Washington, DC — October 19, 2011
www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/oct/judicial-watch-uncovers-fda-gardasil–
records-detailing-26-new-reported-deaths
scroll down to Documents Uncovered
– VAERS reports of deaths, Sept 1, 2010 – Sept 15, 2011
– VAERS reports, Sept 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010
– VAERS reports, Jan 1, 2011 – Apr 30, 2011
– VAERS reports, May 1, 2011 – Sept 15, 2011
12. AssociatedPress
Annual Cancer Screening Tests Urged Less and Less October 19, 2011
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC268/24479/24524/1415198.html?d=dmtICNNews
13. O'Shea T Vaccination Is Not Immunization 2012 edition , advance
14. Parents Letter
www.thedoctorwithin.com/pdf/Parents-HPV-Letter-to-School.pdf
15. Exemptions Forms for all 50 States
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/cc-exem.htm
http://www.ncsl.org/Default.aspx?TabId=14376
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CUCKOO DANCING WEEK – Begins January 11
(Last Updated On: January 6, 2023)
CUCKOO DANCING WEEK
Every year beginning on January 11th, Cuckoo Dancing Week celebrates the famous comedy duo act, Laurel and Hardy.
The duo's signature tune is The Cuckoo Song. It's sometimes called The Dance of the Cuckoos. Laurel believed the song's melody represented Hardy's on-screen character (pompous and dramatic). The harmony represented his own character (somewhat out of key, and only able to register two notes: "coo-coo").
Marvin Hatley composed the song. He was best known for the work he did for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 to 1940. In 1932, Arthur Lally and his orchestra recorded The Cuckoo Song. Full of whimsy and delight, the song contained a xylophone solo by Rudy Starita, and the few lyrics it did contain were sung by popular jazz guitarist and singer Al Bowlly.
It was Laurel and Hardy, however, that people thought of when they heard the tune. When the duo visited Ireland, the church bells at Cobh Cathedral rang out The Cuckoo Song.
Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on June 16, 1890. Ollie Hardy was born Oliver Norvell Hardy on January 18th, 1892. The duo made their first official appearance as a comedy act in 1927.
They starred in a silent short film called Putting Pants on Philip. Laurel played the humble and clumsy friend of pompous Hardy. Their hilarious slapstick comedy routines made them some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Together they performed in over 100 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. By 1953, the duo was no longer as famous as they had once been. Also, Hardy's failing health was of great concern.
Despite Hardy's health and their declining fame, the duo embarked on a tour in Great Britain. On May 17, 1954, the tour came to an abrupt end when Ollie Hardy suffered a heart attack. Hardy died in August 1957, and Laurel refused to go on stage without his best friend. Laurel died in February 1965.
Even though Laurel and Hardy have been gone for many years, their legacy lives on. Laurel and Hardy are credited for influencing many entertainers, including Peter Sellers and Ricky Gervais.
HOW TO OBSERVE #CuckooDancingWeek
Here are some ways to observe this fun week:
Watch a video on YouTube featuring The Dance of the Cuckoos
Watch Stan and Ollie, the movie about their later years in life
Research Laurel and Hardy on the internet to learn more about them
Listen to Trail of Lonesome Pine, a compilation of songs from Laurel and Hardy films
Learn about Sons of the Desert, an organization that honors the work of Laurel and Hardy and hosts an International convention
Make up your own dance to the song
Share your love for Laurel and Hardy this week on social media with #CuckooDancingWeek
CUCKOO DANCING WEEK HISTORY
National Day Calendar was unable to identify the founder of this observance. However, it has been celebrated since at least 1994.


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List of Drive-In Concerts in Wake of Coronavirus – Billboard
As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the live music industry, entering artists and venues around the country are being forced to think outside the box when it comes to playing for an audience. The most recent innovative solution? Drive-in concerts, which have started springing up as an alternative to standing in a packed crowd to see your favorite musician.
From an underground show in Los Angeles to Keith Urban becoming the first major star to hop on the trend, Billboard has rounded up a list of drive-in concerts across the country since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. We'll update this list as more drive-in shows are announced.
Nov 20-21: Bush is celebrating the deluxe edition release of The Kingdom with two live drive-in shows in California. The band plays Del Mar Nov. 20, and Ventura the next night. Tickets start at $99 per car.
Nov 13-14: 311 is playing Phoenix on the 13th, and Ventura, Calif., on the 14th, with two shows each night at 5:30 and 8:30 pm Tickets start at $99 per car.
october 23-25: The Beach Boys are playing three shows as part of the Concerts in Your Car series. They'll be playing Ventura the 23rd, Del Mar the 24th, and Phoenix the 25th. Visit ConcertsInYourCar.com for tickets.
october 17: Sublime with Rome will take the stage at the Rubidoux Drive in Theater in Riverside, California, for two back-to-back performances starting at 7 pm and then 10 pm See info here.
october 16-17 and 23-24: Live Nation's Live From the Drive-In series returns in October with four shows. Jason Isabell and the 400 Unit headline Oct. 16, Blackberry Smoke the 17th, Indigo Girls the 23rd, and Yacht Rock Revue the 24th. All shows will be held at the Ameris Bank Ampitheater in Alpharetta, Ga. Tickets go on sale at 10 am local time Sept. 11 on Live Nation's website; each ticket permits a maximum of four people per car.
october 16-17: Third Eye Blind are playing two shows for the Concerts in Your Car series. The Del Mar Fairgrounds show is at 8 pm on the 16th; and the Arizona State Fairgrounds show is at 8:3 pm0 on the 17th.
october 10: Rockers GWAR will play a live show at the Diamond Drive-In in Richmond, Va., while following social distancing guidelines. "Americans do everything in their cars, and now that will include watching the greatest rock and roll horror show on this or any other planet!" said Blothar the Berserker in a statement. "Truly, what is October without a global pandemic and the chance to watch GWAR from the comfort of your s—ty old hoopty?!" Tickets go on sale at 10 am ET Friday (Sept. 11) and start at $139.95 per vehicle, with a maximum of four people per car allowed.
october 2 & 4: Snoop Dogg is spinning two sets as DJ Snoopadelic as part of the Concerts in Your Car series. He'll be playing the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Oct. 2 at 8:45 pm, and the Del Mar Fairgrounds Oct. 4 at 8 p.m
october 2: Yachtley Crew and Metalachi are performing two shows at shows at the Rubidoux Drive in Theater in Riverside, California, with Yachtley Crew performing earlier at 6 pm and Metalachi at 10 pm See info here.
october 1 – Nov 1: Aaron Lewis of Staind and Sully Erna of Godsmack are taking to the road together on the American Drive-In Tour from Danny Wimmer Presents. The rockers will be performing unplugged sets side by side for a month at various drive-in venues around the country. Tickets go on sale starting Sept. 15 at noon, local time, at aaronandsully.com, which also has all dates and venues are listed.
Sept 26: Kane Brown's previously recorded, never-before-seen show will air at drive-in and outdoor theaters across North America as part of the Encore Drive-In Nights series. Tickets go on sale at noon local time via Ticketmaster; visit Ticketmaster for show locations.
Cypress Hill will be playing two back to back shows at the Rubidoux Drive in Theater in Riverside, California at 7 pm and 10 pm See info here.
Aug 29: The Avett Brothers play their first live show in six months with a drive-in concert at North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway. They'll be celebrating the release of their new album, The Third Gleam, which drops the day before. Ticket presale for the Avett Guild begins July 16, and public sale begins July 17. Visit TheAvettBrothers.com for more show and ticket information.
Aug 27: SiriusXM and Pandora will preview the upcoming "Encore Drive-In Nights Series" concert movie featuring Metallica for SiriusXM subscribers at Warwick Drive-In Theater in Warwick, NY. Prior to the private concert preview, Metallica will virtually join in the event for a fan Q&A and interview, hosted by Liquid Metal's Jose Mangin. SiriusXM's Exclusive Metallica "Encore Drive-In Night" Interview with Jose Mangin will air Friday, August 28 on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal at 5 pm ET; 8pm ET and 11pm ET. See details here.
July 25: Blake Shelton is the latest artist to headline the Encore Drive-In Nights series. The show will feature special guests Gwen Stefani and Trace Atkins. "This is such a great way to enjoy music with your family and friends and stay safe. I'm excited we're getting the chance to perform a concert for fans," Shelton said in the press release. "So fill up those popcorn tubs and get ready for some country music!" The drive-ins hosting the filmed concert will adhere to CDC safety guidelines and local mandates. Tickets are $114.99 per vehicle, maximum six people per car; they go on sale July 14 at noon local time via Ticketmaster.
The Chainsmokers are playing at Nova's Ark Project in The Hamptons for charity. DJ D-Sol wants to open. Tickets range from $1,250 to $25,000, and will benefit No Kid Hungry, Children's Medical Fund of New York, and Southampton Fresh Air Fund.
July 16: The Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman and Mac Powell 10-city tour begins at the Stardust Drive-in Theater in Watertown, Tenn. Additional information and tickets are now available at DriveInTheaterTour.com.
July 10-12: Brad Paisley headlines Live Nation's "Live From the Drive-In" series of nine shows to be held in Nashville; Maryland Heights, Mo.; and Noblesville, Ind. Darius Rucker and Jon Pardi will also perform at the Nashville show, while Nelly will join the Maryland Heights concert. Tickets are available at LiveNation.com; Prices start at $125 per vehicle, with a maximum of four people per vehicle allowed.
July 10-11: Andrew McMahon will be performing the Jack's Mannequin album Everything in Transit as well as music from his other projects at the City National Grove of Anaheim in California. Tickets are $350 per vehicle for the front row, and $200 for general admission; they go on sale June 18 at AXS.com.
July 4: Los Lobos open the So Cal Drive In series at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado, Calif. Mariachi El Bronx is the opening act. Tickets start at $150 per car, and $25 for socially distanced seating (bring your own chair); Tickets are on sale at TicketWeb.com.
June 27: Garth Brooks is hosting a concert at 300 drive-in theaters around the country. Tickets cost $100 per car/SUV, and go on sale June 19 at Ticketmaster. "This drive-in concert allows us all to get back to playing live music without the uncertainty of what would be the result to us as a community," the country star said in a statement. "This is old school, new school, and perfect for the time we are in."
June 25: Remi Wolf is performing a benefit show celebrating the release of her EP I'm Allergic to Dogs! The drive-in concert will be held at a to-be-determined location in Los Angeles' Chinatown, with doors opening at 6:30 pm PST. Tickets start at $30, and go on sale June 17 on Dice.fm. All proceeds will go toward Summaeverythang in LA, and the Plus 1 for Black Lives Fund.
June 22: TobyMac kicks off his 12-city tour of drive-in theaters at the Highway 21 Drive-in in Beaufort, SC Gotee Records' Cochren & Co. are slated to open. Additional information and tickets are available at Eventbrite.com.
June 13: The Davisson Brothers Band is playing outdoors at the Sunset Drive-In Theater in Meadowbrook, WV Tickets are $80 per car.
June 9: Electronic musician Marc Rebillet will embark on an eight-city Drive-In Tour, starting with back-to-back nights at a yet-to-be-announced venue in Baltimore, Md. From there, he'll run through tour stops in Charlotte, NC (June 11); Indianapolis, Ind. (June 16); Kansas City, Miss. (June 18); Tulsa, Okla. (June 20) and Fort Collins, Colo. (June 22 & 23), before finishing off with shows in Fort Worth (June 26 & 27) and Houston, Tex. (June 28).
June 5: Alan Jackson kicks off his pair of Small Town Drive-In concerts at York Farms in Cullman, Ala. The following night, he plays the Oak Hollow Farm in Fairhope, Ala. Tickets are on sale now at AlanJacksonDriveIn.com.
June 4: Black Jacket Symphony will perform the first show of their Concerts From the Car series, and will focus on The Beatles' Abbey Road. The event will take place at the Hoover Met Complex in Hoover, Ala., beginning at 8 pm local time. The band's upcoming concerts will feature the music of Queen on June 11, Journey on June 18, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on June 25.
Eli Young Band will kick off the Concert in Your Car series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex. The country act will be followed on subsequent nights by Whiskey Myers (June 5), Pat Green (June 6) and Josh Abbott Band & Kevin Fowler (June 7). Each artist will play two sets — at 5 pm and 9 pm The entire concert series sold out within a matter of hours.
May 23: Kasim Sulton will perform two Saturday shows at the Tupelo Drive-In Music Hall in Derry, NH, one at noon and another at 3 pm. More info here.
May 16: New Hampshire music venue Tupelo Music Hall got creative on by reinventing itself as a drive-in concert experience. Rather than offer seating in the venue's 700-seat theater, owner Scott Hayward built an outdoor stage for local artist Tim Theriault to play two sets of cover songs by everyone from Stevie Wonder and Aerosmith to the Allman Brothers Band and Chicago. Practicing the state's socially distancing guidelines, attendees tuned in to a local FM radio station to listen to the 90-minute concert.
Duo Ross Snow and Justin Betz put together an acoustic drive-in show on for patrons at The Wooden Match, a local restaurant in West Bethlehem, Penn. Around 40 people reportedly showed up to the socially distanced concert and ordered takeout from their cars, though some left their vehicles to stand in the parking lot, causing debate over whether such events were safe without more stringent guidelines in place.
DJ D-Nice performed for first responders, who enjoyed the show from their cars, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
May 15: Keith Urban surprised fans in Tennessee on Friday (May 15) with an unannounced drive-in show at Watertown's Stardust Drive-In. The country star played the special concert as a thank you to roughly 200 front-line medical workers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, all of whom pulled up to the show in their cars.
NOW SHOWING – URBAN UNDERGROUND 🎬
A huge THANK YOU to all @VUMChealth frontline workers who attended tonight's special show at the drive in! @VUMChealth @VUMCchildren @LiveNation @stardustdrivein #frontline pic.twitter.com/E7BfOQL7dQ
— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) May 15, 2020
May 7: Singer-songwriter Ben Ballinger played a drive-in show for a crowd of just 25 cars in an open field in Austin, Tex. The folk artist performed his entire set, which sold out in a matter of hours, via radio broadcast atop his SUV.
March 26: Local musicians in Los Angeles teamed up with nonprofit radio station Dublab for an underground, drive-in concert at Echo Park on March 26. Around 50 cars and 900 people totally socially distanced at the show to hear indie artists Jeremiah Chiu, Celia Hollander, Ben Babbit and others perform from the safety of their vehicles.
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'The Strain' recap: Here comes Ephraham
by Liz & Lindi, Community Contributor	 @Pure_Fandom
Season 1 | Episode 4 | "It's Not For Everyone" | Aired August 3, 2014
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Oh, del Toro and Cuse, just when we thought you couldn't get any more brilliant, you bring us this episode. While last week's The Strain was a bit graphic for most viewers' tastes, this week showed us what a crazy wife would do for love, what the insides of a vampire look like, and how to decapitate a 10-year-old girl who just happens to be a vampire. OK, so the graphics didn't get any less censored, but that's what makes it so awesome. Let's dive into the best moments of the fourth episode of The Strain, "It's Not For Everyone."
Dissecting the pilot: Remember last week when the airline pilot was all …
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Well, now they're dissecting that pilot in the basement of the hospital; of course no one comes down to bother them during their dissection, and at no point do they decide it's a good idea to call and notify the FBI/the police/FEMA/PETA/the Girl Scouts/anyone that they just found a dang alien-like creature that could possibly mean death to all mankind.
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Jim takes pictures on his phone while Eph and Nora cut open the pilot. They see that he's "gone smooth," just like Gabe had in the last episode. His body has basically mutated and evolved into a highly efficient creature overnight, expelling all unnecessary organs. Nora and Eph pull his giant throat tentacle out and flop it on the ground. It's disgusting and looks like Ursula's tentacle from The Little Mermaid. Jim finds this as a good time as any to share the fact that he may or may not have let the van carrying the coffin out of the airport after making a deal with the devil. Way to go, Samwise—you just brought about the destruction of the human race! Nora and Eph take the phone from him and leave him behind in the hospital alone.
It's also worth noting that Eph and Nora got a parking ticket outside the hospital. Nothing like a $20 fine to take your day from bad to "I should have just let the vampire eat me."
The hacker girl: Eldritch seems to have gotten his confidence back after meeting the Master and is back to doing business in his skyscraper. He and Thomas are walking through the next steps in their plan, which apparently involve blacking out the entire city so the Master can complete his takeover of the world. In last week's episode, we saw Thomas kill the CEO of Regis Airways, making it look like a suicide. That, combined with the whole carbon monoxide poisoning scam, has catapulted the mayhem to come. Thomas and Eldritch bring in a renowned hacker to cause the blackout, and lets just say she's one fierce chick. We can totally see her being the Master's trophy wife, if he's into that sort of thing.
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Eldi's plan doesn't stop there. He takes things further by manipulating that Maggie chick, the Secretary of Human and Health Services. He tells her that the bodies from the morgue were taken by the armed forces, and that a terrible virus unfortunately infected them all while on the plane. We aren't exactly sure what he needs from her yet, but he passes out mid-manipulation. Then, a team of doctors appears to let him know a liver is ready for him, and Eldi is all sorts of confused, because he should have received his "miracle" from the Master by now. Word of advice, old man: Take the liver and run.
Gus stealing cars: What the French are they doing with Gus's storyline right now? In this episode we follow Gus and his lowlife friend as they steal a car so they can sell it to some gang.
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All this tells us is that Gus is addicted to money and needs Abraham to find him and recruit him into his vampire-hunting crew.
Ansel and his wife: Are you ready to get weird? Ansel's wife comes home to find their family dog dead in the backyard. Hearing snarls and growling coming from the shed, she opens it to find Ansel. He's locked himself inside and is pleading with her to get out before he uses his protractable proboscis to drain her like a Capri Sun. She just stands there and stares for a while because she's really smart, and then eventually shuts the door when he scares the crap out of her. To make things even more awesome, the neighbor comes over, griping about the noise their "dog" is making in the shed. Ansel's wife plays along and says she doesn't have the heart to discipline it and asks the neighbor to do it instead. So what happens next? The neighbor takes off his belt so he can beat the dog (oh, hell no), and the wife shoves him into the shed to be eaten by her mutating husband.
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This scene gets a giant eye roll from us because it seems highly unbelievable that someone would do that. The only explanation is that the wife already has some underlying mental issues. Otherwise, why? Just, why?
Setrakian and Eph unite! Eph and Nora decide to track down others who may be infected, and they start with the French family. When they get to the house, they hear creepy-children music in the basement, and when they head down to investigate, little femme fatale is down there waiting.
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As her tentacle/python/whatever tongue is trying to latch onto their throats, Setrakian appears and slices her head off! He doesn't hesitate at all and tells them that the dad is lurking near. As if on cue, the dad appears, fully transitioned into a vampire. Setrakian decapitates him too, and Nora officially loses it, rambling about how it's wrong to kill these "humans." Really, Nora? You were fine playing operation with the pilot, but Setrakian killing the man-eating father-daughter duo who were trying to suck you dry is too far? Eph tried to talk some sense into her, but as Setrakian affectionately put it, "Decapitating people and burning them alive is not for everyone." Here's the good part: Eph and Setrakian bro up, light a match to burn the bodies and get the party started. Yippee-ki-yay.
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The vampires from the plane can turn other people into vampires (see: creepy French girl and her dad).
Eph has finally joined the Setrakian train. Go team Ephraham!
Nora can't handle the truth.
Ansel's wife is nuttier than squirrel turds.
Sound off with your predictions, and be sure to watch The Strain Sundays on FX. Until next time … #FangsOut
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A Totally Official Synopsis For The 'Total Recall' Reboot
Posted January 16th, 2012 by Jeremy Wade
Sony has released an official synopsis for the 'Total Recall' reboot, due out in August. Unlike the 'Conan' reboot that cast an equally outsized hero to fill the shoes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the much smaller Colin Farrell will play the role of Quaid and will be joined by Kate Beckinsale. The synopsis is missing several key words that one would expect and mentions the Philip K. Dick story on which it is based up front:
"Total Recall" is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
There is no mention of Mars, which features prominently in both the Dick story and the original film. This does, however, seem to be more closely tied with the science fiction master's original story/novellette. In the story, Quail (I suppose filmmakers thought Quaid sounded more like a hero) attempts to have the memories implanted, but the scientists find that the memories are already there. It seems as though Quail, who wished to be an assassin, was one all along and his handlers try to hunt him down, forcing him to go on the run. While this sounds in line with the new film synopsis, absent is his motivation for going to Rekal/Rekall: his desire to visit Mars.
The original film made Mars a central part of the plot. It was of equal importance as to whether or not Quaid was experiencing these adventures or whether this was Rekall at work. The new synopsis refers to Coohagen (Ronny Cox in the original, the splendid Bryan Cranston in the 2012 version) as "leader of the free world" as opposed to "Mars dictator," which is a big change from the first film. It seems as though the synopsis is designed to make us think that the whole adventure happens on Earth…and maybe it does.
Billy Nighy's character is simply referred to as the leader of the resistance to Coohagen. Internet rumors, whoever, have referred to his character as Kuato. In the 1990 film, Kuato was also a resistance leader, but he was a grotesque humanoid attached to another, larger person. It's hard to see the tall Nighy as a deformed conjoined twin, so I doubt that will be the case.
The first film, although released in 1990, had all the hallmarks of an 80's action film: Arnold; alien babes; special effects that were good for the time but now look like, well, 80's special effects; and Michael Ironside as a bad guy. Unlike some of it's action brethren, however, 'Recall' dealt with some heady science fiction themes and the ambiguous nature of the whole adventure lead to a positive critical reception. So despite a three-breasted lady, the film was serious and explored the same themes as the Philip K. Dick story.
This new film is being touted as even closer in theme to "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." It has a great action movie cast, including 'Underworld' vets Nighy and Kate Beckinsale but also the universally acclaimed Bryan Cranston, the star of AMC's 'Breaking Bad,' along with Jessica Biel. It looks as though this film could replicate the success of the original, even without Mars.
If you are intrigued by the idea of whether or not memories are real and how you would know the difference, definitely check out "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" and then try out some other Philip K. Dick stories. The last major blockbuster based on his work was 2002's 'Minority Report' but perhaps the best known Dick adaptation is 'Blade Runner' (based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"). Hopefully if 2012's 'Total Recall' is as good a film as 1990's, it will open up a whole new generation to Dick's stories.
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Q: v-model on an element outside the component Is it possible to use v-model on an element in the DOM that is outside the root element of the Vue instance?
I.e, Could you have the following:

$(function(){
  Vue.component('custom-element', {
    template: '#custom-template'
  })

  var vm = new Vue({
    el: "#app"
    data: {
      selected: ""
    }
  })
}

<select id="SportSelector" v-model="selected">
  <option value="football"> Football </option>
  <option value="tennis"> Tennis </option>
</select>

  <custom-element>

  </custom-element>

Where the select is outside the root element ("app") of the Vue. This is a simplified version of my problem, but I believe highlights the difficulties I'm having.
I saw this answer talking about centralised state management for sharing data between Vues but that seems a bit heavy to have to wrap the select in an entirely different Vue, I feel like i'm missing something major! (still very new to Vue). Does everything the Vue interacts with have to be under the root element of the instance of the Vue?

A: No, you cannot use v-model on elements outside the context of the Vue. The reason is Vue compiles down to a render function that renders the contents of the element it controls; it doesn't render anything outside that element, unless you involve specific code or a library like vue-portal.
That said, you can update Vue when the select changes using standard javascript set the Vue data property. I also cleaned up a few things like passing the selected data to your component (which is necessary; components cannot access their parents data directly).

$(function(){
  Vue.component('custom-element', {
    props: ["selected"],
    template: '#custom-template'
  })

  var vm = new Vue({
    el: "#app",
    data: {
      selected: ""
    }
  })

  //get a reference to the select
  const sports = document.querySelector("#SportSelector")
  //add a listener that updates the Vue data when the select changes
  sports.addEventListener("change", evt => vm.selected = evt.target.value)
  //initialize Vue with the current selected value
  vm.selected = sports.value

})

<select id="SportSelector">
  <option value="football"> Football </option>
  <option value="tennis"> Tennis </option>
</select>

  <custom-element :selected="selected">

  </custom-element>

A: You can use portal-vue to accomplish this. It allows you to place the code from your component anywhere in the DOM.
Add it your view instance:
import PortalVue from 'portal-vue';
Vue.use(PortalVue);

In your component you define the content you want to render outside the component:
<portal to="destination">

This slot content will be rendered wherever the <portal-target> with name 'destination'
    is  located.

</portal>

You can then place this anywhere in the DOM:
<portal-target name="destination">

</portal-target>

Example code from https://github.com/LinusBorg/portal-vue

A: Unless you have some funky interaction going on with the select, add it to your Vue instance. The Vue instance should encapsulate all your templates and logic for the form.
If you're trying to mix jQuery and Vue on the same element you're probably not going to have a good time.

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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Monitoring the response of engineering structures, such as tall buildings, tower and large-scale bridges, under severe loading conditions, such as strong earthquake or wind storm, is an important requirement to verify their design and construction and to evaluate structural condition and reliability. In the last two decades, high-rate real-time or post-processed kinematic differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) has been widely used in dynamic displacement measurements of civil engineering structures. In recent years, interest has increased for Precise Point Positioning (PPP) due to its capability to generate positioning solutions as accurate as DGPS. In this study, the potential of post-processed kinematic PPP in terms of monitoring dynamic displacement response of a structure has been explored based on free damped oscillation events obtained from a model structure, which is able to vibrate in the fundamental and higher modes of vibration. A number of experiments have been carried out and five events, each of which is different character, have been selected to compare PPP results with DPGS results in the time and frequency domain. The results clearly demonstrate that the PPP method, like the DGPS method, offers great potential for the measurement of horizontal and vertical dynamic movement of structures. The impact of a short period (one minute) of observation length on the result of the kinematic PPP method was also investigated in terms of sensing the dynamic movement of a structure. Twenty selected one-minute data-sets extracted from a one-hour original data-set were processed by Canadian spatial reference system PPP and each one-minute PPP solution was compared with the corresponding segment obtained from the one-hour PPP solution. The results show that the one-minute PPP solution is able to extract the fundamental natural frequency of the oscillation in the horizontal and vertical component just like the one-hour PPP solution after the offset is removed and the lower frequency trend component is filtered out.
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Q: android passing String array and String to asyncTask I would like to pass String array and String variable to my AsyncTask class. I am new to programming android apps so It is possible that this is not the most efficient way to achieve my goal. Anyways, I have String array called separate[] and String selected.
In separate[] I have loaded values from EditText View and in selected, there is a value from my spinner. Now I want to work with these in my AsyncTask. My AsyncTask class looks now like this:
 final class cyklus extends AsyncTask<String[], Void, String[]>{
String[] tones = {"C","Cis","D","Dis","E","F","Fis","G","Gis","A","Ais","B"};
String[] result;

@Override
protected String[] doInBackground(String[]... params) {

    int l =params.length;  //length of separate[]

    for(int k=0; k==l; k++){   // finding indexes of matches of elements separate[k] in tones[]

        // INPUT POSITION
                int i= Arrays.asList(tones).indexOf(params[k]);

        // RESULT INDEX
                int j =Integer.parseInt(selected);
                int index = i+j;

        // RESULT
                String res=tones[index];
                result[k]=res;

}

    return result;
}
 }

After this for loop is done, I would like my AsyncTask to return result[]. To sum up tis, I would like to know how can I work with "separate[]" and "selected" in my AsyncTask class. Thank you.
EDIT: One more subquestion. My for loop wont start. Why? Thank you.

A: Change your method to look like this:defined globally
String[] tones = {"C","Cis","D","Dis","E","F","Fis","G","Gis","A","Ais","B"};

now, call your Async task like below:
new cyklus().execute(tones);

And now, change your Async task implementation
public class cyklus extends AsyncTask<String[], Void, String[]> {
ProgressDialog dialog;

@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
    dialog = new ProgressDialog(context);
    dialog.setTitle("Calculating...");
    dialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
    dialog.setIndeterminate(true);
    dialog.show();
}

protected String[] doInBackground(String[]... passing) {
    String[] result = new String[10];
    String[] passed = passing[0]; //get passed array

    //Some calculations...

    return result; //return result
}

protected void onPostExecute(String[] result) {
    dialog.dismiss();
    String minim = result.get(0);
}

This is how you implement AsyncTask. Hope this helps you.

A: Create a asynctask constructor like this
public class Blah extends AsyncTask<... , ... , ...>
{
     String one;
     String[] two;
     public Blah(String one, String[] two)
     {
         this.one = one;
         this.two = two;
     }
     onPreExe.....
     doInBack....
     onPostExe....
 }

From Activity
Blah b = new Blah("abc", new String[]{"a", "b","c"};
b.execute(...);

A: Write a constructor and pass values using it.
    public cyklus(Context context,String[] tones){
    this.context = context;
    this.tones = tones;
}

A: I don't know from where selected value is coming in
// RESULT INDEX
int j =Integer.parseInt(selected);

But you can set the result like this by adding onPostExecute()
    final class cyklus extends AsyncTask<String[], Void, String[]> {
    String[] tones = { "C", "Cis", "D", "Dis", "E", "F", "Fis", "G", "Gis",
            "A", "Ais", "B" };
    String[] result;

    @Override
    protected String[] doInBackground(String[]... params) {

        int l = params.length; // length of separate[]

        for (int k = 0; k == l; k++) { // finding indexes of matches of
                                        // elements separate[k] in tones[]

            // INPUT POSITION
            int i = Arrays.asList(tones).indexOf(params[k]);

            // RESULT INDEX
            int j = Integer.parseInt(selected);
            int index = i + j;

            // RESULT
            String res = tones[index];
            result[k] = res;

        }

        return result;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String[] result)
    {
        super.onPostExecute(result);
        //Set the result array to what ever object u want to
    }
}


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Alumnus delivers keynote speech at WVSOM graduation
Along with the pomp and circumstance, the green and black regalia, the gold tassels hanging from caps and the exuberance and pride of family members and friends, graduates in the Class of 2019 waited in anticipation of the moment that they would walk across the stage and receive their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM).
This year's graduating class was the largest in WVSOM's history, with 199 medical students participating in the school's 42nd annual commencement ceremony on May 25.
Christopher "Dino" Beckett, D.O., Class of 2000, delivered the keynote speech to graduates, their families and friends, and WVSOM faculty and guests. He discussed his journey practicing family medicine in southern West Virginia for more than 16 years. After returning to his hometown of Williamson, W.Va., upon completing his residency, Beckett opened a family practice and offered a monthly free clinic for patients who had little or no insurance. This led to the transition of his practice to a Federally Qualified Health Center called the Williamson Health & Wellness Center. His work for his community eventually led to a farmer's market, community garden and mobile produce truck.
"I'm here today not just to tell you about the things that I've done, but how my education at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine has been essential to the success that I've experienced," he said. "The foundation of osteopathic principles and passion for community have been a part of the very fabric of my story. When you leave here you will have the skills and tools to be a successful physician. It is up to you how to use them."
His advice to graduates was to be bold and to not be afraid to make mistakes, because they are opportunities to learn.
"Your successes are not final and your failures are not defining," he shared. "It is your discovered inner strength that will guide you forward."
Before concluding his speech, Beckett reminisced about the last time he spoke at WVSOM, during his graduation speech as class president. With the ceremony taking place outside and uncovered, rain poured throughout the ceremony.
"What that reminded me of were words John Kennedy spoke when visiting West Virginia. He said, 'The sun may not always shine in West Virginia, but the people always do.' As you leave here, I hope you, too, will continue to shine. The mountains and people of this great state are now part of you as you are them. Go forward and become mountains in your community," he said.
Class of 2019 President Nicholas Rawson reflected on the past four years during the class address, noting the perseverance and compassion of his classmates.
"Survival is exactly what medical school entails. The curriculum is demanding, the expectation for extracurriculars is high and there is always the looming specter of a board exam and residency any time you close your eyes," he said. "It takes blood, sweat and tears."
He said that the world doesn't stop turning while students are in medical school, but that the Class of 2019 still managed to shine in times of crisis.
"Whether it was a signed card, kind words or hanging a banner so that a woman who we never met, several hundred miles away, would know that we were rooting for her," he said, "we pulled together any way we could. This is what makes this class stand out. This is what makes me proud to be counted in our number. This is our class personality, if there is such a thing. Our compassion for one another and our patients is one of our greatest assets."
Rawson also reminded classmates of the tireless work they performed in response to the historic flooding in southern West Virginia in 2016, when the group was in their second year of medical school.
"Never let anyone tell you that this group of doctors is afraid to get their hands dirty," he said, speaking of classmates trudging in mud, dirt and debris to help the community.
This was the first commencement ceremony as WVSOM's president for James W. Nemitz, Ph.D. He said he was honored to confer the graduates' degrees in his new institutional role. He also shared the four characteristics he thinks define a physician.
"Quality, excellence, commitment and caring — that's what makes an excellent osteopathic physician, and we expect no less from each of you," he said to the graduates. "You will have patients' lives in your hands. That is an awesome responsibility, and I know you are well prepared for that role."
Nemitz and Craig Boisvert, D.O., FACOFP, vice president for academic affairs and dean, led the ceremony and awarded the degrees. The WVSOM Board of Governors Chair Charles Davis, D.O.; WVSOM Alumni Association President Robert Olexo, D.O.; and the President of the West Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association Arthur Rubin, D.O.; provided brief messages to guests.
The ceremony concluded with graduates reciting the osteopathic oath, which officially acknowledges their transition from student to physician.
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The Petersburg Vikings were represented at the ASAA Swim & Dive State Meet last weekend in Anchorage. Making it to finals were three of the swimmers in their individual events and the girls 400 relay team. Left to right, Assistant Coach Ginger Evens, Alyssa Guthrie, Madison Whitethorn, Peter Kowalski, Maria Pfundt, Allie Morgan and Coach Andy Carlile.
Five Petersburg High School swimmers traveled to Anchorage to compete in the state championships, three of whom made it to the individual final events.
"It was good," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It was better than expected. Usually it's hard for the kids to race at regions and then do state a week later."
Preliminary events were held on Friday, with the top eight in each event making it to the final rounds on Saturday.


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From Tibetan Journal: https://www.tibetanjournal.com/the-role-of-dragons-in-tibetan-culture-and-faith/
In Tibet, dragons are not just a mythical curiosity; they are part of Tibetan life and culture.
These mythical beasts are everywhere, from the beginnings of Tibet's history, up until today.
Like in many other countries in East Asia, the Tibetan dragon or Druk (also known as 'brug and zhug), is an indispensable part of the nation's cultural consciousness and identity.
The country is even known as the "dragon in the land of snows."
But unlike its neighbors, the country treats dragons in a slightly different way.
As Sachin Diwaker previously noted here on the Tibetan Journal, the Tibetan plateau is relatively isolated.
This means that it took some time before Chinese Zen and feng shui beliefs were able to assimilate into local draconic lore.
Curiously, there is evidence that Indian elements such as the naga made their way into Tibet's native religion, called Bon, years before the Tang Dynasty influence even entered Tibet.
This eclectic convergence of Indian and Chinese civilization, of course, is one of the defining characteristics of Tibetan culture.
In Tibet, dragons are considered among the Four Dignities — with the other three being the Tiger, the Snow Lion, the Garuda.
The Dragon is believed to have the power of perfect communication and enlightenment, being able to see right through slander and other forms of manipulation.
Dragons cannot be seen by the naked eye, but they are known to announce their presence with a thunderous sound that awakens people from false beliefs and perceptions.
Tibetan dragons are also used to decorate temple gates and roofs, sometimes holding a mani jewel, which is believed to embody the Buddha's teachings.
Because of their prominence, their images are printed on Tibetan prayer flags and prayer wheels, many of which can be seen on the roofs of typical Tibetan homes.
In the Tibetan rLung prayer flags, they can be found in the corner together with the other dignities and even a horse.
These flags are raised to increase a person's luck.
Interestingly, the term rLung is similar to the Chinese word lung which can be translated to a whole host of different meanings, one of them being "dragon."
Today, dragons can be seen everywhere across the globe, from everyday settings to fantastic media like movies and games.
While Western dragons are mostly seen in fantasy shows and films, Eastern dragons are more ubiquitous, as they are present in almost all facets of life.
This is true in many Asian countries, including Tibet.
They can be found in bags, clothes, cars, and company logos.
They even have a presence in games.
The mythological creatures are also an inspiration for Expatbets, particularly in the games Dragon Shrine and Emperor of the Sea.
The former capitalizes on the larger Asian connection to the dragon, which symbolizes wealth and power, while the latter is filled with imagery from traditional East Asian cultures.
Thus, while most Westerners see dragons simply as fearsome-looking creatures always ready for battle, people from the East place dragons in a much higher cultural and religious regard.
Indeed, dragons still fly over the vast Himalayan plateau, and while not many may profess to see (or feel) them flying through the skies, they are still very much a part of Tibet's rich history and cultural imagination.


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Lisa Lopez Snyder named Carl Sandburg Writer-in-Residence
Special to the Times-News
Lisa Lopez Snyder is the 2015 Carl Sandburg Writer-in-Residence, according to a news release issued on behalf of H. Tyrone Brandyburg, superintendent of Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, and Gregory Brown, president of the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara.
The writer-in-residence program will begin Wednesday and run through April 29.
"The Writer-in-Residence program was designed to provide a mechanism to promote national recognition of the site, promote literature and writing, and to nurture partnerships within Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina education and arts communities," Brandyburg stated in the release. "Our goals for the program are to provide the community with opportunities to become involved with writers and to provide the writer a work space and accommodation in a national park.
"The program provides writers the opportunity to, in the words of Sandburg, 'go away by oneself and experience' — experience the life of Carl Sandburg at Connemara."
The Friends are pleased to support the program, and the organization considers it a high priority, the release states.
An Ohio native, Snyder is a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction, primarily short stories and essays.
Her work has appeared in The Raleigh Review, Foliate Oak and The Scrambler, among other publications. She won The Chattahoochee Review Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction with her essay "In Transit" in 2011.
Her stories and essays explore the intersections of memory, identity and culture.
She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of South Carolina and is currently working on a collection of essays about growing up in Huber Heights, Ohio. She currently teaches freshman composition at Dartmouth College.
A welcome reception in Snyder's honor will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday at the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, 204 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville. She will share a few selections of her work beginning at 6 p.m.
Refreshments will be served, and visitors will have an opportunity to visit with and learn more about her. The public is welcome.
Snyder will also appear at the Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest Celebration at 7 p.m. April 17 at Blue Ridge Community College, Patton Building, room 150. The public is welcome to join in the recognition of the students as they recite their winning poems.
For more information, call 828-693-4178 or visit www.nps.gov/carl.


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* ofxCvBlobTracker.h
* by stefanix
* Thanks to touchlib for the best fit algorithm!
*
* This class tracks blobs between frames.
* Most importantly it assignes persistent id to new blobs, correlates
* them between frames and removes them as blobs dissappear. It also
* compensates for ghost frames in which blobs momentarily dissappear.
*
* Based on the trackning it fires events when blobs come into existence,
* move around, and disappear. The object which receives the callbacks
* can be specified with setListener().
*
*/

#ifndef OF_CV_BLOBTRACKER_H
#define OF_CV_BLOBTRACKER_H

#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include "ofMain.h"
#include "ofxOpenCv.h"
#include "ofxCvTrackedBlob.h"
#include "ofxCvBlobListener.h"

class ofxCvBlobTracker {

  public:

    vector<ofxCvTrackedBlob>  blobs;

    ofxCvBlobTracker();
    void setListener( ofxCvBlobListener* _listener );
    void trackBlobs( const vector<ofxCvBlob>& blobs );
    int findOrder( int id );  // order by which the present
                              // blobs came into existence
    ofxCvTrackedBlob& getById( int id );  // returns a reference to the
                                         // corresponding blob in blobs vector
    void draw( float x, float y );  // draws all blobs

  protected:

    int currentID;
    int extraIDs;
    int numcheck;

    ofxCvBlobListener* listener;

    int reject_distance_threshold;
    int ghost_frames;
    float minimumDisplacementThreshold;

    vector<vector<int> > matrix;
    vector<int> ids;
    vector<vector<ofxCvTrackedBlob> > history;

    void doBlobOn( const ofxCvTrackedBlob& b );
    void doBlobMoved( const ofxCvTrackedBlob& b );
    void doBlobOff( const ofxCvTrackedBlob& b );

    inline void permute( int k );
    inline bool checkValid( int start );
    inline bool checkValidNew( int start );
};

#endif

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For any business in The Okanagan the the hustle and bustle of tourists is a beautiful thing. Spirits raise, the pace quickens and oddly enough, the bosses mood tends to brighten. The sunshine brings out the best in people, the best in business and best of The Okanagan.
The long awaited new releases are out! No more waiting for that new vintage or in some cases, the entire winery line up to return, grab that bottle of Quails Gate 2013 Rose and hit the patio!
May long weekend was a wake up call to many of us in the business, we had tourists from Washington, Alberta and even Saskatchewan come through our establishment. There is something about informing newcomers about the amazing wine we produce in British Columbia that gives me great pride, it's always surprising to hear how big BC wine is actually getting within Canada and the USA. After hearing about the weather some of our tourists are still enduring back home makes me appreciate where we live that little bit more as well.
Summer is just around the corner and I can't wait for what it will bring this year. We are spoiled here in The Okanagan, we have this amazing weather, lakes, wine and people. I look forward to seeing you all in the months to come, if you find time come by the store and say hi, it's always a pleasure meeting new faces.


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package apple.eventkit;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.google.j2objc.annotations.*;
import com.google.j2objc.runtime.*;
import com.google.j2objc.runtime.block.*;
import apple.audiotoolbox.*;
import apple.corefoundation.*;
import apple.coregraphics.*;
import apple.coreservices.*;
import apple.foundation.*;
import apple.addressbook.*;
import apple.corelocation.*;

@Library("EventKit/EventKit.h") @Mapping("EKObject")
public class EKObject
    extends NSObject
     {

    @Mapping("init")
    public EKObject() { }

    @Mapping("hasChanges")
    public native boolean hasChanges();
    @Mapping("isNew")
    public native boolean isNew();
    @Mapping("reset")
    public native void reset();
    @Mapping("rollback")
    public native void rollback();
    @Mapping("refresh")
    public native boolean refresh();

}


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Wita Kin, ukr. Віта Кін (ur. 25 listopada 1969 w Kijowie) – ukraińska projektantka mody, założycielka marki Vita Kin.

Życiorys

Kariera
W 2008 Kin uruchomiła własną markę odzieżową Vita Kin for Kingdom, która specjalizowała się w sukienkach. W 2013 stworzyła markę Vyshyvanka by Vita Kin, która opiera się na ubraniach inspirowanych ukraińskim strojem narodowym, wyszywanką. Pierwsze kolekcje zostały wydane pod hasłem "Chic Nationale".

Od 2010 zajmuje się fotografią reklamową i modową.

Podczas Tygodnia Mody w Paryżu 2015 jej prace pojawiły się w magazynie Vogue oraz w Harper's Bazaar. W tym samym roku "The Wall Street Journal" nazwał haftowane koszule projektantki najpopularniejszymi letnimi sukienkami roku. We wrześniu podczas Best Fashion Awards Kin została wybrana "Najlepszą debiutantką 2015 roku". W listopadzie 2015, podczas Elle Style Awards, Kin została uznana za "Najlepszą projektantkę odzieży damskiej w Ukrainie".

W lutym 2018 znalazła się na liście 20 najlepszych ukraińskich innowatorów według ukraińskiego wydania magazynu "Focus". Wiosną 2018 zaprezentowała wspólną kolekcję z marką Eres. W grudniu 2019 współpracowała z Amandą Brooks, aby stworzyć kolekcję obrusów.

Po rosyjskiej inwazji na Ukrainę w lutym 2022 francuski magazyn modowy "L'Officiel" zacytował jej apel: Drodzy przyjaciele, partnerzy, współpracownicy z całego świata… Odważnie walczymy o naszą wolność i o wolność na całym świecie… Wielu pyta, jak mogą pomóc. Proszę Cię: daj nam swoją uwagę i energię w mediach społecznościowych. Ukraińcy walczą o was wszystkich. Wszystkich, którzy publikują modę, zajmują się podróżami jedzeniem, zwierzętami… Proszę, bądź z nami. Zainspiruj nas i zatriumfuj dobrej woli! Wasza Vita Kin i 40 milionów Ukraińców.

Życie prywatne
W 1999 poślubiła Romana Kindrachuka, współwłaściciela Radioaktive Film.

Zobacz też
 Portal ukraiński

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1969
Ludzie związani z Kijowem
Ludzie urodzeni w Kijowie
Projektanci mody

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