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Necko
meanmistermustard said
A.V. Club article focusing on their least-skippable Beatles tracks.
One point in the article caught my attention
Over the course of their eight-year existence, the Beatles released 27 studio albums, churning out LPs like Help , Rubber Soul , and Revolver within the space of a single year.
Anyone care to explain how they got 27 studio albums in 8 years (or just over three a year on average)?
They're probably playing pretty fast and loose with the definition of "studio album." They're probably counting stuff like A Collection Of Beatles Oldies and Hey Jude .
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Ooh, great thread…
I have to reeeeeeeeally hate a song to skip it. And since I'm pretty much physically incapable of truly hating any Beatles song, there are few songs I skip (Dizzy Miss Lizzy being one of them).
I feel like it's disloyal to the band to skip songs– if they put it there it is my duty to find some value in it– and I'm a fiend for 'correct' track listings. (Hence, why I can recite the track listing of Rubber Soul from memory.) There are songs, such as I Want You (She's So Heavy) that I didn't like at all at first, but after several listenings, they grew on me and now I love them.
No offence meant to anyone who has no qualms about skipping a song they don't like, of course. It's only me.
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Necko said
I'd guess they're talking US albums. If you include the VJ albums, and The Beatles' Story, you can get it up to close on that figure (I can make 23/24-ish), and add a couple of variations on the Tony Sheridan, you're just about there. They're not good on figures though, as they claim 237 songs, when it was 217.
However far you stretch the elastic its difficult to get to 27 without pulling so hard it snaps and hurts your fingers – no-one in their right mind would seriously consider if ever tallying up released US Beatles albums variations of albums.
Maybe they're counting Canadian and Australian discographies, as well.
Here are the U.K. albums:
1. Please Please Me
2. With The Beatles
3. A Hard Day's Night
4. Beatles For Sale
5. Help !
6. Rubber Soul
7. Revolver
8. Sgt. Pepper
9. The Beatles (White Album )
10. Abbey Road
11. Let It Be
Total Albums: Eleven
U.S. Albums (not including identical/mostly identical albums released simultaneously in U.K.) :
12. Introducing… The Beatles
13. Meet The Beatles!
14. The Beatles' Second Album
15. Something New
16. Beatles '65
17. Beatles VI (also released in New Zealand)
18. Yesterday And Today
19. Magical Mystery Tour
Total albums: Eight
Canadian Albums (same rules as U.S.) :
20. Beatlemania! With The Beatles
21. Twist And Shout
22. The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
Total albums: three
Notable compilations during the Beatles' eight-year run:
23. The Beatles' Story (U.S., 1964)
24. The Early Beatles (U.S., 1964)
25. A Collection Of Beatles Oldies (worldwide, 1966)
26. Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Australia, 1966)
If you stretch the rules a bit, it's easy to get to twenty-seven.
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Flippin' hell – never realised the Beatles were that busy. And here was me thinking they didnt release that much. I must be missing a hell off a lot of their material – at least 20 tracks.
And you missed 'Yellow Submarine ' @Necko. 28 now.
Including the Canadian albums (which were not hard to find in the US), you can reach 28 solely with North American releases (although I agree with mmm that some of this is pushing it):
1: Beatlemania! With the Beatles (Capitol Canada; 1963)
2: Introducing… the Beatles (Vee-Jay; 1964)
3: Meet the Beatles! (Capitol; 1964)
4: The Beatles with Tony Sheridan & Guests (MGM; 1964)
5: Twist And Shout (Capitol Canada; 1964)
6: The Beatles' Second Album (Capitol; 1964)
7: The Beatles' Long Tall Sally (Capitol Canada; 1964)
8: A Hard Day's Night (United Artists; 1964)
9: Something New (Capitol; 1964)
10: Ain't She Sweet (Atco; 1964)
11: Jolly What! The Beatles & Frank Ifield (On Stage) (Vee-Jay; 1964)
12: The Beatles vs. The Four Seasons (Vee-Jay; 1964)
13: Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles (Vee-Jay; 1964)
14: Beatles '65 (Capitol; 1964)
15: The Early Beatles (Capitol; 1965)
16: Beatles VI (Capitol; 1965)
17: Help ! (Capitol; 1965)
18: Rubber Soul (Capitol; 1965)
19: Yesterday and Today (Capitol; 1966)
20: Revolver (Capitol; 1966)
21: Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol; 1967)
22: Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol; 1967)
23: The Beatles (Apple; 1968)
24: Yellow Submarine (Apple; 1969)
25: Abbey Road (Apple; 1969)
26: Hey Jude (Apple; 1969)
27: In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (Polydor; 1970)
28: Let It Be (Apple; 1970)
(although I agree with mmm that some of this is pushing it):
Well, I never said that they weren't. I agree as well.
EDIT: Let's be honest, here, though. Most people aren't going to be as picky about this as we are.
I was talking about my North American releases-only list there, Necko. It wasn't a comment on your list.
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Albums used to be creative entities, they aren't any more. When I was younger I'd listen to whole albums, but depending on what I'm doing at the time, I tend to listen to playlists now, the unit of art is back to the song, and you can blame the industry for that. There's still the odd album I regard as listenable throughout but it's a rare band that can carry that off these days, if there ever was. Songwriters just don't know what people are going to latch onto anyway, and I can't name a producer worthy of the title to make an album worth listening to all the way through. Maybe Rick Rubin who's managed the rare feat of doing it at least twice for me (Paul's Boutique and Blood Sugar Sex Magick, and they're long albums too!).
Beatles are a special case to me, I came to them through singles and famous album tracks. I'm much more likely to let the White Album or Revolver play through than Sgt Peppers or Abbey Road , so go figure.
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The follow-up to least skippable tracks (posted earlier in the thread) – most skippable tracks.
I think this was at times 'name a Beatles song starting with that letter of the alphabet' and then gripe; eg for 'Old Brown Shoe ' – "a George Harrison song so underwhelming it didn't even make an official Beatles LP".
And low and behold they don't like 'Run For Your Life ': "But the horrible message—"I'd rather see you dead little girl, than to see you with another man," throwing Lennon in the role of crazed stalker ("You won't know where I am")—has no place in the peace and love of the Beatles canon." Can't be having no nasty Beatles
– strangely no 'You can't Do That' tho.
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Also Maxwell's Silver Hammer isn't on the list even though it is even more violent than Run For Your Life .
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Is there a topic for "dumbest reasons to hate Beatles songs"? Because this list has it all. Hating Walrus for "the bullshit between the notes", and Hey Jude because Linda sang it badly once, wow.
Read thru their entry for 'This Boy '. Their reason for not liking it is that its not as energised as earlier Beatles songs (its not that type of song for goodsake sake, what about 'All 'Ive Got To Do', 'If I Fell ') and where in the released version (not the outtakes) does it get "a little lost in the lyrics between "This Boy " and "that boy".
And for 'Come Together ' you cant take the lyrics seriously nowadays but back in 1969 shooting coca-cola and being a holy-roller you could! And they ignored 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill '. But an article this stupid probably thought that started with the letter 't'.
If the article was based on sensible arguments I wouldnt have been so irked.
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For Piggies it says: George Harrison attempted some societal commentary on The Beatles' worst track. I get it if you don't like Piggies and you hate it with all your heart, but, the worst song on The Beatles?
The Jazz Piano Song (which I didn't know of until now) part is even better: It barely even qualifies as a Beatles song, which is why it should barely even be acknowledged as one. So, why do you even put it?
Also, did anyone notice Hey Jude and Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand are in both lists?
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trcanberra said
I'm just curious about the whole "I don't like that song so I skip the track" thing.
I have no problem skipping:
Revolution 9 , as it isn't even a song, but a collage of sounds (not to my liking, and god knows I've tried)
Till There Was You , only because I find it so outdated and ok if your a girl, (but do find myself humming it sometimes), but again there a few more on the early LPs that fit that bill!
Unlike most bands, you can listen to a whole Beatles album!
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Another article generated from the Beatles now being available to stream (think Apple about all that money and publicity you missed out on over the years because you're all idiots), this time focusing on the top 10 skippers.
note: not based on figures but someone's opinion, hence you may disagree, I certainly do.
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import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;

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B&B and the networking dinner is included in the 2 night package booked through NFAN below. All rooms are Superior rooms, Deluxe and Premier rooms are available at a supplement, contact NFAN for details. All guests have complimentary access to the leisure facilities, including the swimming pool, sauna, steam room and gym facilities. If you would like full Spa access, including the Hydrotherapy pool and outdoor Jacuzzi, this costs £30 per person or £50 per couple.
The one night and two night roadshow prices include B&B at Jury's Inn, plus dinner at Six Baltic.
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Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium which normally lives in warm seawater and can cause disease in people who eat contaminated seafood or those who have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. V. vulnificus infection is relatively rare, but is probably under-reported.
What are the clinical features of a Vibrio vulnificus infection?
Raw oysters are most commonly implicated in transmission of V. vulnificus. In healthy people, ingestion of contaminated seafood can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain. In people with impaired immunity, particularly those with chronic liver disease or diabetes mellitus, V. vulnificus can infect the bloodstream (septicaemia). This results in widespread haemorrhagic bullae (large blood-filled blisters) with fever and chills, and decreased blood pressure (septic shock). This condition is fatal in about 50% of patients.
Skin infection can result when open wounds are exposed to warm seawater. Wounds may be pre-existing or obtained in the water, eg from crabs, coral, or fishhooks. These infections may lead to cellulitis, necrosis (tissue death), haemorrhagic bullae, and infection of the bloodstream, particularly in people with impaired immunity.
How is a Vibrio vulnificus infection diagnosed?
V. vulnificus infection is diagnosed by stool, wound, or blood cultures using a special growth medium.
What is the treatment for a Vibrio vulnificus infection?
Antibiotic therapy with doxycycline and a third-generation cephalosporin (eg, ceftazidime) is generally recommended for V. vulnificus infection. Children can be treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole plus an aminoglycoside.
Necrotic tissue should be surgically removed. In contaminated wounds involving the limbs, amputation is sometimes necessary.
Lupi O, Madkan V, Tyring SK. Tropical dermatology: bacterial tropical diseases. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006; 54(4): 559–78.


When doing the Red, Green & Refactor cycle we should always write the minimum code to pass the test. This is the way I have been taught about TDD and the way almost all books describe the process.
But what about the logging?
Honestly I have rarely used logging in an application unless there was something really complicated that was happening, however, I have seen numerous posts that talk about the importance of proper logging.
So other than logging an exception I couldn't justify the real importance of logging in a proper tested application (unit/integration/acceptance tests).
Do we need to log if we are doing TDD? won't a failing test reveal what wrong with the application?
Should we add test for the logging process in each method in each class?
If some log levels are disabled in the production environment for example, won't that introduce a dependency between the tests and enviroment?
People talk about how logs ease debugging, but one of the main advantages about TDD is that I always know what's wrong due to a failing test.
Is there something I am missing out there?
1) Do we need to log if we are doing TDD? won't a failing test reveal what wrong with the application?
That assumes you have every possible test your application needs, which is rarely true. Logs help you track down bugs you did not write tests for yet.
2) Should we add test for the logging process in each method in each class?
If the logger itself is tested, it would not need to be retested in each class, similar to other dependencies.
3) If some log levels are disabled in the production environment for example, won't that introduce a dependency between the tests and environment?
Other applications use a similar approach.
4) People talk about how logs ease debugging, but one of the main advantages about TDD is that I always know what's wrong due to a failing test.
Production bugs will have passed all the tests, so you may need some other reference to investigate those issues.
output of your program is 0 while we expected it to be 1, why is that?
You need logging to verify what was application config, parameters and other runtime details to explain its (non-exceptional) behavior.
From above perspective, logging is more oriented on support than on development. After the application goes live, it is desirable to let someone else handle questions from users, to allow programmers focus on further development.
Logging what application does allows that someone else understand program behavior without digging into the code and without distracting developers by requests to explain what's going on.
Most answers here focus on the aspect of correctness. But logging serves a different purpose, too: Logging can be a way to gather performanc relevant data. So even when the system works without error a log can tell why it is slow. Even with full test coverage of all aspects a test suite won't tell.
Of course a performance critical system can/should provide key performance metrics to some operational dashboard, but "classic" logging can provide a different level of detail.
The short answer to your main question is: as a general rule, bugs in your code will NOT be exposed by TDD. Some might, ideally many, but the absence of failing tests does not imply the absence of bugs. This is a very important maxim in software testing.
Since you cannot know whether you will have incorrect behavior in your system, maybe under rare conditions, logging is a useful tool that might help understand what's wrong when things inevitably do go wrong.
Logging and TDD address different concerns.
Unless you have a 100% test cover, which is usually not the case, you can't know that your software will never crash (EDIT:and — as said in the comments — even if it does, something independent of your software might cause a crash); it's the same as thinking you can do a software that has absolutely no bugs (not even the NASA can do this). So at the very least, you need to log possible failures in case your program crashes so you can know why.
The logging should be done by an external library or intern framework depending on the technology you're using. What I mean by that is that it should be something that has already been tested before and that you don't need to test yourself. It's overkill to test that every methods logs the things it's supposed to.
The logs are not meant for tests, there should be no dependency whatsoever. That said, you don't need to disable logging for tests if it feels like a constraint to you, though the logs should be kept in a file corresponding to the environement (you should have a different file for the testing, development and production environment at the very least).
An error might be very unclear and it's not always obvious what's gone wrong when one TDD test failed. Logs should be more precise. For instance, if you're doing a sorting algorithm and the entire test case fails, you should have logs for every single test of the algorithm which help you spot where the problem actually lies.
Yes, in the general case you need logging.
Logging is not about debugging. Well, OK, a part of logging is sometimes about debugging, and you can skip that part if you don't need it during development.
Did any of our interfaces change their performance characteristics?
Does the new release cause a different usage characteristic towards some of the subsystems?
Are we under a DoS attack?
What kinds of errors are happening?
All this can be achieved by logging. And yes, it should be planned and designed and tested, preferable automatic.
Logging is a feature that deservers treatment, just as other features.
By and large most logging that I've implemented, and that I've seen implemented has been for operational troubleshooting, not for development debugging (although it may help). The primary audience for this logging are the admins and the ops who run your servers, support people who have logs sent to them for analysis, and customers who want to look at the logs and try and figure out what's going on.
These logs are there to help troubleshoot issues largely do to integration points. This may network services (database, soap, etc), local resources (disk, memory, etc), bad data (customer input, bad/corrupt data sources, etc), etc. Capturing exceptions, logging faults, and even doing informative logging (settings, configurations, etc) can all help with troubleshooting.
Add testing where ever you need to in order to test logging. If you have ad hoc calls to log out information then they should be tested. Although if you implement logging and log testing using Aspect Oriented Programming or meta programming, that may reduce the burden of testing.
If you are writing your code using IoC and you make use of mocks, you should be able to effectively test all your logging without relying on a particular environmental setup.
TDD generally helps reduce coding bugs. It helps a lot less with bugs with the specification or just misunderstandings about how things work.
"Oh? You can get a data message before you get confirmation the logon succeeded? I never knew that, well it won't handle that!"... That kind of thing. Logging is very useful for telling you what the software tried to do so you can spot the thing you did wrong.
In my experience great level of logging is added to the application when we don't do TDD. Then the level of uncertainty becomes high hence we add logging to see what is going on.
Whereas when doing TDD (or maybe test-whenever) I find myself adding a lot less log statements. This in turn means less LOC and can (not always) affect performance.
But we do add entering-exiting logs for functions in a semi-automatic way at my company in most cases regardless of development method. As I know this was considered mandatory for production issue analysis.
Example could be methods of an EJB service bean which are present on the public interface. Another might be a case when a function does complex calculations. It can help a lot to have figures entering the method (for example you can write a unit test to get back to the general topic at hand).
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No windfall for Canada in U.S.-China trade fight: experts
Without Meng Wanzhou case resolution, trade war fallout will hurt Canada regardless of its outcome, analysts say
Chuck Chiang / Business in Vancouver
Canadian economic observers have been warning for weeks that Canada should brace for Beijing favouring U.S. goods and dealing a further blow to Canadian exports.
Trade negotiations between China and the United States appeared to have been inching toward a resolution in April. But as the Washington-Beijing talks took a dramatic downward turn, with both sides now threatening each other with new rounds of export tariffs, anyone expecting that China might now again look to Canadian exports instead of U.S. goods could be in for a disappointment.
That's because, analysts say, a breakdown of U.S.-China trade relations would upset the foundations of global trade established since the 1950s, and the resulting ripple effects in institutionalized economic systems would be far greater than the sector-
specific downturns facing Canada if China switches import preference to U.S. producers for commodities like agricultural products.
Essentially, Canada is in a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" situation.
"The bad part for Canada, if they reach an agreement, would be the special deals that the U.S. would get on agriculture, energy and whatever else," said Yves Tiberghien, director emeritus at the University of British Columbia's Institute of Asian Research and the executive director of the UBC China Council. "So in Canada, we would suffer on the agriculture side. But if there's no deal, the next round of tariffs going into effect would then mean a trade war that could put us in an economic situation we haven't seen since at least the 1930s…. Stock markets would fall, international trade growth would likely go into negative, and global economic growth would likely go down, as well."
"Higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may cause Chinese companies to dump them into third-country markets, including Canada," said Business Council of BC executive vice-president Jock Finlayson. "This would hurt Canadian firms that produce similar goods."
Andreas Schotter, the F.W.P. Jones faculty fellow and associate international business professor at the University of Western Ontario's Ivey Business School, said Canadian companies' attachment to U.S. supply chains that link to the Chinese market could also be hit by China's new tariffs on U.S. imports if the threat comes to fruition. Schotter, a former business executive in China, added that Canada is already in the doghouse in Beijing due to the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. CFO Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request.
"My concern is that Canadian firms are very embedded in U.S. supply chains and those U.S. firms' exports to China," Schotter said. "There will be, at least temporarily, more pressure on those Canadian firms exposed to such risk, since it is almost impossible for them to disentangle themselves from the follow-through effect of Chinese tariffs. In addition, Canada is currently also in a difficult relationship with China, and there is a real threat that we get punished by association [with the U.S.] or that we will be used as a pawn."
According to B.C. government statistics for 2018, 49 per cent of B.C.'s exports were to the U.S. and 14.5 per cent went to mainland China – the second-largest export destination.
The two sides of the U.S.-China trade negotiations had a dramatic falling-out earlier this month after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that Washington plans to impose another 25% in tariffs on the remaining US$325 billion of Chinese goods imported by the United States. Trump had already raised tariffs to 25 per cent from 10 per cent on US$200 billion in Chinese imports. The decision came as reports emerged that the proposed trade agreement once thought to be nearing completion was returned to the U.S. side in late April from Chinese reviewers with as much as 30 per cent changed. China sent Vice-Premier Liu He to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington, but the talks ended without a result.
China returned with a counter-threat of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. imports, while Trump said May 14 that the dispute is a "little squabble" that can still be resolved if Beijing is willing.
Sean King, senior vice-president of New York-based consultancy Park Strategies and an affiliated scholar at the University of Notre Dame's Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, said he is unsure whether countries like Canada can capitalize on U.S. difficulties with China, given that Ottawa's relationship with Beijing "has its own issues."
But King, a noted critic of Beijing, said the tariff war is not necessarily an effective way for Washington to deal with China.
"I definitely want to see us trading less with mainland China, but tariffs aren't the best remedy. Forced import substitution rarely, if ever, works in a developed economy. Rather, Trump should be further opening, or keeping open, other markets to give U.S. companies and consumers viable alternatives to the PRC [People's Republic of China]."
That's why King would rather see Washington re-enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a way to provide U.S. businesses with viable alternative markets to China. King added that Canada, as a current Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership member, has that option still open to it as a potential solution.
"Canadians can capitalize on America's self-defeating exit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and help fill the U.S. void in some of these friendly markets where you don't have to worry about your citizens being arbitrarily arrested," King said. "I only wish we [the U.S.] had been smart enough to have stayed in TPP; Canadians are free to make the most of our own short-sightedness."
Tiberghien estimated the odds of reaching a deal were around 70 per cent. He added that the real deadline will be the next G20 summit in Japan in late June. Both Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled to attend.
Tiberghien said that, for Canada, the most important question regarding the U.S.-China trade talks may be whether the Meng Wanzhou arrest is part of the negotiations.
"It's plausible that the case could be one of the issues breaking down the U.S.-China negotiations. And depending on whether the eventual deal resolves the issues – maybe Huawei would plead guilty and pay a big fine, but the U.S. would drop the extradition case on Meng – whether or not this happens would have huge implications for Canada, because the whole Canadian economy with China now is held hostage to the Meng case."
– With files from Glen Korstrom
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Jim is a native of Washington State, but spent his formative years in Springfield, Ohio. After receiving a bachelor's degree from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, he moved to Seattle where he received a master's in physiology from the University of Washington.
Jim spent fifteen years at the Veteran's Administration in Seattle, researching in pulmonary and exercise physiology. He relocated to the Denver area in 1990, where after a brief journey in industry, settled into clinical neurophysiology.
Jim focused his career in electrical neuromodulation as it applies to spinal cord, nerve rootlet, and peripheral nerves for the control of complex pain. He is globally recognized for his programming expertise of neuromodulation devices, having taught and lectured extensively on this topic around the globe.


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Todays Though > News > Dear Abby: Fickle teen torn between two loves
Dear Abby: Fickle teen torn between two loves
posted on Dec. 10, 2022 at 5:06 am
Dear Abby: I'm a high school junior in a predicament. Early in my sophomore year, during a school trip, I developed strong feelings for a girl named "Joelle." She's a grade ahead of me, meaning I don't see her often or have many chances to talk to her during school except for the occasional chance meeting.
Because of our lack of contact, I thought my feelings were subsiding, so I started a relationship with another girl, "Amber." However, shortly after beginning this new relationship, I had a long conversation with Joelle and quickly realized I'm in love with her.
While I still have feelings for Amber, it crushes me not to be with Joelle. To make matters worse, if I end things with Amber, there's no guarantee Joelle would give me a chance — she's bisexual (but primarily lesbian) and she's close friends with Amber. I don't want to throw away my relationship with Amber over what may amount to a pipe dream, but I really am in love with Joelle. Please help. — Jumbled Heart in San Francisco
Dear Jumbled: Amber deserves better than to be involved with a guy who is in love with someone else. Because Joelle is not only "primarily" lesbian but also close friends with Amber, do not pin your hopes on anything but friendship with her. Ever. You have two more years of high school ahead of you. During that time, you are going to meet other attractive young women who will return your feelings. These two aren't that.
Dear Abby: My daughter is being married in a month. Her fiance is Canadian. We have reserved a block of rooms for guests who are coming from afar. I understand the importance of the groom's mom being here for the ceremony, so when I was told she couldn't afford the hotel, I offered to pay for her room for the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday so she could be here.
My daughter now says his mother is asking for Sunday night, too. I replied that she could reserve it and pay for it herself or request a late checkout on Sunday. I don't have room for her to stay in my home, and I think I am generous to be paying for her hotel stay in the first place, let alone three nights. Is the bride's family obligated to pay for this? — Asking for Too Much
Dear Asking: Are you obligated? Certainly not. It is presumptuous for the groom's mother to expect that you would. If she's unable to pay for the extended accommodations, her son should step up to the plate.
Dear Abby: I've been married 25 years. My husoband just took up golf and working out at the club. He takes his wedding ring off for both activities, and then he sometimes forgets to put it back on. When we are heading out for dinner or an event, I ask, "Where's your ring?" He then runs back into the house to put it on. What do you make of this? — Perplexed in Illinois
Dear Perplexed: Depending upon your husband's workout, it's possible that the wedding ring could get in the way or be scratched. It may also interfere with his swing while he's playing golf. It is also possible that he doesn't like wearing a wedding ring. What I make of this is of less importance than what the two of you make of it. It's time for a calm, honest discussion.
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Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX), founded in 1979, specializes in manufacturing hard disk drives (HDDs). It is one of the few companies engaged in making HDDs. Moreover. it also produces a wide range of data storage products such as SSDs. It holds a significant share of the hard disk market and is regarded as a key player in the industry.
STX stock was trading around $60 at the start of 2020. Its share price fell over 7 percent in February after the company's Q2 revenue missed estimates. One month later, the stock touched a new 52-week low of $39.02 as investors feared the material impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Seagate business. The stock recovered some of the lost value in the subsequent months.
However, STX share price once again fell nearly 9 percent on July 29 after another disappointing quarterly performance mainly due to weak demand for its products. Overall, STX stock stayed flat in terms of price change during 2020.
Nevertheless, Seagate on Thursday reported better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter ended January 1, 2021. The data-storage company posted a profit of $280 million, or $1.12 per share, as compared to $1.20 per share in the year-ago quarter. On an adjusted basis, the company earned $1.29 per share, beating the analysts' average estimate of $1.13 per share.
Revenue for the quarter came in at $2.62 billion, down from $2.70 billion in the comparable period, one year ago. On the other hand, analysts were expecting the company to generate revenue of $2.57 billion. Seagate also issued its financial outlook for the third quarter. It projected earnings of around $1.30 per share and revenue of about $2.65 billion for the current quarter.
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John joined The Alleen Company in 2003. He is our booth expert and annually trains our seasonal staff in proper setup and safety procedures. John has also acquired his CDL License for the state of Ohio. He is knowledgeable in various tenting layouts and is a good resource to speak with when planning an annual festival or event.
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1951-The Alleen Company was founded by Harold Luehrman. Originally named Alleen Rents, after Harold's wife, the business was located on Central Parkway and later moved to Cheviot Road. The company specialized in renting linens to restaurants and country clubs. Harold and Alleen's son, Tim (Timmy) Luehrman inherited the business in 1968 and expanded the rental inventory to include tents, tables and chairs. The company continued to grow with the addition of festival booths, carnival rides, casino games and other festival equipment.
1988-Russ and Mimi Woertz and Ed Beckman bought the business and moved the company to its current location on Tramway Drive in Sharonville in 1990. Under their leadership, The Alleen Company acquired Daisy Party Rentals in Mason.
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by Madelaine B. Miraflor – June 22, 2016
The Philippines needs to invest up to $30 billion over the next 15 years to beef up power capacity and ensure enough capacity, said Meralco Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan. .
But then, if the large number of the supply will come from renewable sources, this would also mean higher cost for consumers and the
Pangilinan said during the "AIM for Change" roundtable discussion on Wednesday that the power sector should receive more attention than what it is getting from the incoming administration.government should make this clear as early as now.
"In broad terms, the industry as it stands today has about 16,000 megawatts [MW ]of installed capacity or a little over that. Currently, demand for power is at 12,000 MW and it's growing. On paper, it looks like we do have sufficient reserves," Pangilinan told reporters.
"But I just got a text that it's now the second day we're on yellow alert, which means the actual nameplate capacity in relation to the actual capacity to produce power versus the capacity is much lower, especially if some plants are on planned or unplanned shutdowns," he added.
Pangilinan said that by 2030, the demand could go up as high as 20,000 to 24,000 MW.
"Clearly, the country needs more capacities to be built in the next 15 years or so. We do know we have to build more plants with at least 10,000 MW capacity, at least $2 million per MW, so you're talking $20 billion to $30 billion of investments needed in the next 15 years or so," he specified.
Another factor to consider is the direction towards the use of renewable energy, which still uses expensive technology.
If the trajectory that the government wants the industry to follow is moving towards more RE, Pangilinan said, consumers would eventually have to contend with higher power cost.
"The argument for renewables is that the sun shines everywhere, wind is everywhere, biofuels are everywhere etc. The seduction for renewables is there. But can you build RE to build enough renewables to fill up this 10,000 to 12,000 MW of additional capacity and more importantly, how much would it cost," Pangilinan said.
"You have to address that, it's not cheap, it's not going to be cheaper than coal or gas. Remember, there's always a price to protect the environment. We need a policy direction, [we need to specify] what is the appropriate fuel mix for our people. And once that's decided, businesses will build the plants, whether it is a gas plant, coal plant or renewable plant. So we just need a direction," he added.
To recall, the Department of Energy (DOE) has already passed on to the next administration the responsibility of deciding on the country's desired fuel mix.
As of now, the largest sources of power in the country are still coal and gas.


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MSU Extension
Passenger rail service in northern Michigan being studied: Part two
County commissioners in the tip of the mitt learn about a study of the feasibility of passenger rail in northern Michigan.
December 21, 2016 - Author: John Amrhein, Michigan State University Extension
Part one of this Michigan State University Extension article introduced a feasibility study of passenger rail in northern Michigan being conducted by the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities and discussed current passenger rail service in Michigan. The potential value of such a service becomes clear as we review some of the points made by Program Director Jim Lively in a presentation to the Northern Michigan Counties Association.
The State of Michigan developed its first statewide rail plan in 2011. The executive summary provides an overview of the current status of rail service in Michigan, cites the benefits of rail in Michigan, and makes recommendations for moving the state forward.
Lively also pointed out that there are over 100,000 college students at 6 colleges along the A2TC corridor being studied. Great potential exists for student travel from home to college and between colleges on the A2TC route.
Significant economic development is also anticipated along the A2TC corridor. As of December 13, 2016, 17 local government bodies and business associations have signed on as supporters and are listed on the Groundwork Center's website. The website also cites a 2009 study by Grand Valley State University that "found that Michigan cities with once-a-day train service boosted their downtown economies by up to $45 million each year.
Additional benefits of passenger rail service would include increased tourism, providing business travel options and attracting talent to the state.
Plans are to complete the study by fall of 2017, and to also do outreach and community engagement during 2017. The study will include analysis of track status, and cost estimates for needed improvements, analysis of station status and support infrastructure at proposed stops, estimates of service demand and potential revenue, funding and finance options, estimates of economic benefit to the communities along the route, and proposals for a management and operating structure and potential public/private partnerships to operate the line.
Excursion trains are being planned for summer and fall of 2018 to demonstrate the potential. Rail improvements and funding would likely be addressed in 2018 and beyond.
Phase two of the A2TC effort would bring further engineering study between 2018 and 2021 with weekend service beginning in 2012. Securing equipment would occur in phase 3 in 2022-2024 with regular passenger service beginning in 2025.
If you are interested in learning more, or keeping up to date on A2TC progress, check out the A2TC page on the Groundwork Center website. To learn more about the Northern Michigan Counties Association, email John Amrhein at amrhein@anr.msu.edu.
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Not everyone arrives in Tobago to flop out on the beach. With its steep hilly curves, rugged canyons, dramatic waterfalls and caves and scenic walking trails, hiking in Tobago is a true delight.
Few small Caribbean islands offer such incredible diversity as Tobago. Hiking here will uncover tropical rainforests, plump exotic fruits, rugged ravines, sunny beaches and waterfalls shielded by dramatic, towering palms. A riddle of steep, heart-pumping trails give way to jaw-dropping views: snaking through flowery bird-filled valleys to emerge on cliff-top precipices overlooking turquoise waters.
Protected by law since 1776, Tobago's Main Ridge Forest Reserve is spread over the island's mountainous spine and rich in flora and fauna – a delight for anyone with a decent pair of hiking boots and a head for heights. Forming the backbone of the island, the Main Ridge runs lengthways across two thirds of Tobago's surface, reaching a height of over 600 metres. Nourished by abundant rainfall, this lush, evergreen forest is home to around 16 mammal species, 24 non-poisonous snakes, 16 lizards and a rare gecko not found anywhere else on the planet.
Choose a comfortable steady climb with gentle ascents through ancient forest-rimmed caves and gullies that provide a real chance to spot some of Tobago's 230 species of birds. Of these, some 25 are found only on the island, including the utterly beautiful White-tailed Sabrewing hummingbird: a rare and endemic avian species with a glittering green plumage, iridescent dark violet throat and bronze tail with handsome white markings. Altenatively, opt for steeper, sloping paths that lead through vine-knotted rainforests burrowed into U-shaped valleys; a landscape blessed with an ethereal ambience that encapsulates the beauty and power of Mother Nature on Tobago – little wonder hikers refer to a Tobago trek as a life-affirming, spiritual experience as opposed to a simple stomp.
Ragged rocky crags lay peppered with mysterious crevices and crinkle-cut peaks in this botanical wonderland of waterfall cascades and soaring ferns. Loose stone paths turn to rutted dirt tracks and boggy jungle stretches, in a maze of arduous interlocking trails characterised by bloom-filled thickets. On the toughest of the Main Ridge trails, your quadriceps and gluteus maximus muscles begin aching the moment your forehead beads with sweat – so be prepared. After the gruelling climb you'll be rewarded with truly priceless views across a forested expanse, which, some one million years ago, was joined to the South American continent. Breathtaking.
Keen to hike responsibly? Then book an eco guide from Hike Seekers or Tobago's own hikemaster Emile Serrette www.naturetrektnt.com. Wear comfortable, loose fitting clothes, pack a change of clothes (and swimwear), and don sturdy hiking boots and socks.
Virgin Atlantic operates flights to Tobago from London Gatwick so book your flight today.
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Jalla primary school
Jalla Community Primary School is located in Jalla village, Rubesa gewog under Wangdue Dzongkhag. It takes approximately an hour's drive and a day's journey by foot to reach the school, located on top of a mountain above Ruechekha from WangdueDzongkhag. The school is spread over an area of 3 acre and 0.5 decimals. Jalla Community Primary School, was established in the year, 14/04/1992, by Mr. Tashi, with classes from class PP to III, to cater to the people of the neighbouring villages, i.e. Jalla, Ula and Dema due to the remote proximity of the village. The school was later upgraded to Class VI, in the year, 2004. With the arrival of electricity in the year, 2007, the community felt the need for providing proper accommodation to the school staff, so the construction of the present principal quarter was started in the year, 2008. At present, the school has a Principal quarter, a three unit staff quarter, and a school kitchen and dining hall, which was also constructed in the year 2008, when the school became a WFP beneficiary and a ten unit academic block.At present, the school has four teachers, comprising of the Principal and two non-teaching staff. There are 75 students, 26 males and 49 females studying in the school.
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"The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes", também conhecido como "The Simpsons Halloween episodes" é um seriado particular cujo cada episódio é apresentado em uma temporada com duração de cerca de 6 minutos. Cada episódio é dividido em três segmentos narrando histórias assustadoras dos Simpsons pariodiando, satirizando ou criando histórias de terror. O primeiro episódio da "série" foi exibido como parte da 2ª Temporada de The Simpsons e foi inspirado nas histórias de horror da EC Comics. Até agora foram criados 29 episódios Especiais de Halloween, sendo que o mais recente episódio, "Treehouse of Horror XXIX", estreou em 21 de outubro de 2018 na Fox EUA. A sequência de Abertura geralmente envolve muito sangue. Esse seriado é impróprio para crianças, ao contrário do resto dos episódios.

Segmentos
Os episódios de Treehouse of Horror tipicamente consistem de quatro partes: a primeira, uma versão de abertura e uma personalização temática de Halloween dos créditos, seguido por três segmentos. Esses segmentos têm geralmente um tema de terror de ficção científica ou fantasia e muitas vezes são paródias de filmes, novelas, peças de teatro, programas de televisão, episódios de Twilight Zone, ou problemas antigos da EC Comics. Raramente os três segmentos têm qualquer tipo de conexão contínua dentro do episódio. A exceção é "Treehouse of Horror V", em que o caseiro Willie é morto por um machado em uma forma similar em todos os três segmentos. Os episódios são considerados de outra marca e sempre acontecem fora a continuidade normal do show. De "Treehouse of Horror" a "Treehouse of Horror XIII", os três segmentos foram escritos por diferentes escritores. Em alguns casos havia um quarto escritor que escrevia os segmentos de abertura e envolvidos. O "Treehouse of Horror" original, foi dirigido por três diretores diferentes para o episódio.  No entanto, apenas em "Treehouse of Horror XIV", um escritor tenha sido creditado com a escrita de cada segmento do episódio. Na ocasião, alguns episódios foram usados para mostrar uma animação especial, como "Treehouse of Horror VI" (segmento "Homer3"), em que um Homer animado por computador é mostrado em um ambiente não-animado. Na época (1995), foi inovador, já que era incomum para um programa de televisão usar a tal animação. O segmento foi idéia do produtor executivo Bill Oakley e incluído live action dirigido por David Mirkin. "Treehouse of Horror XX" incluiu o segmento "Não tem negócio como o do Moe", que foi o primeiro a ser musicalmente temático.

Tradições

Sequência de abertura
Cada episódio do Treehouse of Horror é aberto com uma sequência de abertura especial introdutória. Os episódios Treehouse of Horror, II e IV foram abertos com Marge em pé em um palco alertando os pais sobre o conteúdo do episódio, aconselhando-os a colocar seus filhos para a cama. A advertência no primeiro episódio foi colocado como um esforço sincero para alertar os espectadores jovens, pois os produtores acharam que era um pouco assustador. O segmento inteiro era uma paródia da abertura do filme Frankenstein, de 1931. As advertências de Marge começaram a ser um carga para os escritores em anos posteriores e foi eliminada no episódio III e no episódio IV. A tradição foi recuperada para o episódio V e, após esse episódio, o aviso definitivamente foi removido e os escritores não realizaram qualquer tentativa de revivê-los.

Outros episódios de Halloween começaram com paródias, por exemplo, o episódio III apresenta Homer Simpson de uma maneira semelhante a Alfred Hitchcock na série de televisão Alfred Hitchcock Apresenta e o episódio V apresentou uma paródia de The Outer Limits. Nos episódios VI e VII foram cortados pequenos pedaços sem diálogo, porque o episódio e os segmentos eram muito longos. Às vezes, a abertura pode ter a duração de mais de um minuto e, às vezes, é realizada a introdução de um personagem da série, como Montgomery Burns, em Treehouse of Horror XVII ou incluir uma grande dose de violência, como em Treehouse of Horror VIII, que mostra um censuraror da FOX sendo brutalmente assassinado e em Treehouse of Horror XIV em que os membros da família Simpson matam uns aos outros.

Nas sequências de abertura dos primeiros cinco episódios, a câmera dá um zoom através de um cemitério, onde túmulos podem ser vistos com mensagens engraçadas escritas sobre eles. Essas mensagens incluem nomes dos programas excluídos da temporada anterior, celebridades como Walt Disney ou Jim Morrison e outras mensagens, como uma que dizia "TV violence" ("Violência na TV"), que é então preenchido com buracos de bala. Foi usado pela última vez em Treehouse of Horror V, que incluiu um túmulo simples com as palavras "Amusing Tombstones" ("Túmulos divertidos"). As piadas dos túmulos foram fáceis para os escritores do primeiro episódio, mas como advertências de Marge, foi finalmente provado que seria mais difícil de escrever, então eles foram retirados.

Enquanto o primeiro episódio incluiu uma sequência de abertura temática de Halloween, posteriormente foi incluído apenas o título "criado por" e "desenvolvido por" nos créditos. Cada episódio entre Treehouse of Horror II e Treehouse of Horror X teve uma piada de sofá com um tema Halloween, como a inclusão da família Simpson vestido como esqueletos, zumbis, e de personagens de episódios anteriores.

Kang e Kodos
Dois personagens que são quase exclusivamente criados para os episódios especiais de Halloween são Kang e Kodos, que são um par de grandes alienígenas verdes, cuja primeira aparição foi no segmento "Hungry are the Damned" de Treehouse of Horror. Desde então, Kang e Kodos tem aparecido em cada episódio de Halloween, às vezes como uma parte importante de uma história, mas muitas vezes somente através de breves passagens. Em alguns episódios, só aparecem na seqüência de abertura, mas muitas vezes aparecem no meio de uma história diferente. Por exemplo, uma história sobre zumbis que atacam a cidade de Springfield, de repente é mostrado eles no espaço, observando os acontecimentos e rindo ostensivamente o sofrimento dos "terráqueos". Em seguida, a ação retorna à história real. A regra não-oficial é que eles devem aparecer apenas em cada episódio de Halloween, embora seja muitas vezes esquecidos e são adicionados no último momento, levando a algumas de suas aparições a serem curtas. Sua cena em Treehouse of Horror VIII quase impediu o corte final do episódio, mas David X. Cohen convenceu os produtores a permitirem a inclusão da cena.

"Nomes assustadores"
Começando com "Treehouse of Horror II", os produtores decidiram dar o elenco e a equipe do show nomes nos créditos de abertura e encerramento "assustadores". Embora os nomes rapidamente tornaram-se mais tolos do que assustadores, tem havido uma grande variedade de créditos especiais, a partir de nomes simples, como "Bat Groening" para os complexos como "David²+S.²=Cohen²". Sam Simon, que deixou o show durante a quarta temporada, mas ainda recebeu os créditos "desenvolvido por" e "produtor executivo", desde então tem sido listado nos episódios de A Casa da Árvore dos Horrores, como "Sam Sayonara Simon". A idéia para os "nomes assustadores" veio do produtor executivo Al Jean, que foi inspirado pela EC Comics, porque algumas das questões também utilizadas como "assustadores" nomes alternativos. Os "nomes assustadores" se tornaram uma marca registrada da "série" Treehouse of Horror, mas Al Jean decidiu retirá-las nos episódios "XII" e "XIII", mas depois de ouvir reclamações dos fãs, Jean decidiu trazê-los de volta. A "regra" estipulada por Matt Groening para o "nomes assustadores" é que eles não podem ser mais do que o nome real de uma pessoa, mas isso raramente é seguido por alguem.

Referências Culturais
As referências a filmes, novelas, peças de teatro, programas de televisão e outros meios de comunicação são comumente apresentados, e muitos segmentos foram paródias de um trabalho específico no horror, ficção científica ou gênero de fantasia. Muitos segmentos são paródias de episódios de The Twilight Zone e segmentos inteiros são baseado em um único episódio. Alguns dos episódios Twilight Zone parodiados incluem "A Kind of a Stopwatch", "To Serve Man", "A Small Talent for War", "Living Doll", "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "Little Girl Lost", e "The Little People". O segmento de "Treehouse of Horror II" "Bart's Nightmare" é uma paródia ao episódio "It's a Good Life" e é mesmo apresentado em um formato semelhante a um episódio de The Twilight Zone. Os episódios de Halloween também regularmente paródiam filmes de terror e suspense como O Exorcista, The Amityville Horror, King Kong, A Noite dos Mortos-Vivos, The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street,  The Fly, Psycho e Dead Calm. Robert Englund, que interpreta Freddy Krueger na franquia Nightmare on Elmstreet, teve uma aparição no "Treehouse of Horror IX", como um personagem. Filmes de ficção científica parodiados incluem The Omega Man, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as novelas Nineteen Eighty-Four e The War of the Worlds. Em "Treehouse of Horror", o poema de Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" é lido por James Earl Jones, enquanto as peças são atuadas por vários personagens. Paródias recentes de filmes e especiais de televisão em gêneros mais variados, incluindo Mr. & Mrs. Smith, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Transformers, Sweeney Todd, Crepúsculo, e Jumanji.

Sequência de abertura
Geralmente na sequência de abertura, Os Simpsons acabam morrendo e seu sangue forma o título "Treehouse of Horror" ou "O Especial de Halloween dos Simpsons". Em outros casos, na cena do Quadro Negro, Bart escreve com vermelho-sangue o título do episódio e sai como normalmente. Ou então, a seqüência apresenta convidados especiais ou figuras de Terror famosas, como um vampiro, uma múmia ou o Frankenstein.

Ver também
 2ª Temporada de Os Simpsons

Séries de televisão
Treehouse of Horror


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OMG, Scientific Study Looks at Praying COVID-19 Away
With most health experts saying a coronavirus vaccine is likely more than a year away, a cardiologist at the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute has begun a scientific study to see if something called "remote intercessory prayer" might initiate God to heal those afflicted with the virus.
On Friday, Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy launched the four-month prayer study, which involves 1,000 coronavirus patients who are in intensive care. While none of the patients' prescribed standard care will be changed, 500 will be prayed for and 500 won't be, and neither group will know about the prayers.
Half of the randomly-selected patients will receive prayers from five religious denominations: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. According to NPR, the study will measure progress by monitoring individual patients' organ heath, need for ventilators, and how many live.
Lakkireddy said that members of his research team "all believe in science" before going on to expound extensively on their faith: "If there is a supernatural power, which a lot of us believe, would that power of prayer and divine intervention change the outcomes in a concerted fashion? That was our question."
"It has to be a true supernatural intervention," he said.
Lakkireddy, who says he was "born into Hinduism," continued, "I believe in the power of all religions. I think if we believe in the wonders of God and the universal good of any religion, then we've got to combine hands and join the forces of each of these faiths together for the single cause of saving humanity from this pandemic."
According to a 2006 study published in the American Heart Journal that looked at the efficacy of prayer to heal, Lakkireddy may be in for a letdown. The study, which the New York Times called "the most scientifically rigorous investigation of whether prayer can heal illness" included 1,800 patients and showed that "prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery."
But as Lakkireddy said about his Hail Mary attempt, "A miracle could happen. There's always hope, right?"
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