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Q: SQL queries producing unexpected results I've got a strange situation with two SQL queries that aren't producing the expected results. Here are the queries:
Query 1:
SELECT DISTINCT SomeCharValue
 FROM Table1
 JOIN Table2
 ON Table1.SomeCharValue = Table2.SomeCharValue
 ORDER BY SomeCharValue
Query 2:
SELECT DISTINCT SomeCharValue
 FROM Table1
 JOIN Table2
 ON Table1.SomeCharValue <> Table2.SomeCharValue
 ORDER BY SomeCharValue
I have two tables with columns of varchar(15). Table2 is essentially a small subset of the values in Table1, thus Table1 has all values stored in Table2. The problem is, the two queries should never produce the same results, yet they do. Both queries will produce the same result for certain values; for example, if Table1 and Table2 contain the word 'hello', then Query 1 should return it, while Query 2 should not. However, BOTH queries return 'hello'. It doesn't make sense that 'hello' in both tables is equal and not equal at the same time. I ran a length query to test the values, and some were a different size with trailing white spaces, but even after changing these to be an exact match, and verifying the hexadecimal value of the characters to be the same, the same results occur. I can't compare numeric key fields since there is no key relationship between these tables. I can only compare the exact character values in the columns. Any ideas?

A: Imagine you have table1 containing a and b as separate rows, and table2 has the exact same contents.
Now for your second query, table1's row a will be compared to both the rows in table2. It will pass the ON clause when comparing to row b in table2, and hence a will be in your result set. Similarly for the b row in table1 which will pass the ON clause when compared to the a row in table2.
You could rewrite the query as
SELECT DISTINCT SomeCharValue
FROM TABLE1
WHERE SomeCharValue NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT SomeCharValue FROM Table2)
ORDER BY SomeCharValue

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Indian Americans books
Reenita's list
The best books written about South Asian young adults
By Reenita Malhotra Hora
I have a passion for this topic because I too am a South Asian author. I read these books to stay informed about the latest ideas shaping our understanding of the South Asian young adult, both within and outside of the geographical boundaries of South Asia. I want to see more stories out there with South Asian themes, characters, settings— contemporary stories in particular. I'd like to see South Asians in ordinary life and not stereotypical situations like The Indian Wedding. We have so many stories to tell! I hope you enjoy the books on this list as much as I have!
Operation Mom: My Plan to Get My Mom a Life... and a Man
By Reenita Malhotra Hora,
What is my book about?
When you try to set your mom's life right, be prepared to have your own life turned upside down.
Seventeen-year-old Ila Isham has serious problems. There's the angst of being an Ali Zafar groupie. Then there are the extra layers of fat she owes to her part-Punjabi roots. Add to this, parents who have separated; an enthusiastic best friend whose idea of variety is dating three guys at the same time; and her mom's best friend, Aunty Maleeka, whose good intentions and savvy ways throw up more problems than solutions—Ila's got her hands quite full. When her mother flips out over her plans to stalk Ali Zafar, Ila decides she has had enough and sets out to create a few distractions to keep her mom busy.
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By Anuradha D. Rajurkar,
Why this book?
Much as the young adult phase of life is defined by establishing your unique identity, separate from that derived by your school, community, or family, for South Asians this is always a dilemma. South Asians are brought up with very strict parental controls, even though they might want to break away, at a psychological level, they struggle with the idea of sub-consciously pleasing their parents because their own identity is so intrinsically linked to that of their parents. Anuradha explores these very bold, disturbing, and realistic themes that send her protagonist, Rani through an inner journey of emotional turmoil.
Why should I read it?
3 authors picked American Betiya as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
What is this book about?
A luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson.
Praise for American Betiya
A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022
A YALSA Best Best Fiction for Young Adults
A Cosmopolitan Best 100 Books of All Time
A Book Riot best YA Book of 2021
A South Asia Book Award 2022 honoree
A Children's Cooperative 2022 Best Book of the Year
A 2022 Nerdy Book Club Best Novel Award Winner
Rani Kelkar has never lied to…
Indian Americans
By Devi S. Laskar,
Even though today's South Asian families are extremely progressive when it comes to issues relating to their daughters, this was not always the case. Up until very recently, the choice between education and marriage was a very real one for a South Asian young woman. Devi captures this issue beautifully in her story which is set in the 80s. Devi captures this beautifully in the story of her protagonist, Heera, whose experience presses up against the expectations not only of her family but of what it means to be a brown woman in America in the 80s.
1 author picked Circa as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
For fans of The Burning Girl by Claire Messud and Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi, a stunning, gut-punch of a novel that follows a young Indian American woman who, in the wake of tragedy, must navigate her family's expectations as she grapples with a complicated love and loss.
On the cusp of her eighteenth birthday, Heera and her best friends, siblings Marie and Marco, tease the fun out of life in Raleigh, North Carolina, with acts of rebellion and delinquency. They paint the town's water towers with red anarchy symbols and hang out at the local bus station to pickpocket…
Born Confused
By Tanuja Desai Hidier,
Indians born in the USA are all clubbed under the euphemism, "ABCD." In other words, American Born Confused Desi. Desi loosely translates as Indian native. There is some truth to this as the question of identity hits each of us when we enter young adulthood. Ethnicity is a huge part of this, and for Indian Americans it is a double whammy—they are so different from their peers born and raised in India, yet so different to their American peers too. I love how Tanuja addresses these challenges in her story.
1 author picked Born Confused as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Tanuja Desai Hidier's fantastically acclaimed cross-cultural debut comes to PUSH!
Dimple Lala doesn't know what to think. Her parents are from India, and she's spent her whole life resisting their traditions. Then suddenly she gets to high school and everything Indian is trendy. To make matters worse, her parents arrange for her to meet a "suitable boy." Of course it doesn't go well -- until Dimple goes to a club and finds him spinning a magical web . Suddenly the suitable boy is suitable because of his sheer unsuitability. Complications ensue. This is a funny, thoughtful story about finding your…
By R. K. Narayan,
It is hard to say whether the stories of Malgudi Days are for children or adults. R.K. Narayan, the pioneer of early Indian literature in English, has written a series of delightful books based upon a fictional village called Malgudi. This first one is a collection containing 32 short stories, a series of lovable characters. I especially love how he portrays the teen angst of characters like Iswaren, Ramu, and Sambu whose lives determined by passing exams, are so far from the lives of South Asian teens in the West. Unlike today's stories with pacing and riveting plots, this one is a lesson in slowing down to take a deep and close examination of Indian rural life, particularly for these young adults in Malgudi.
1 author picked Malgudi Days as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India 'the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story'. Malgudi Days is the marvellous result. Here Narayan portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and endearing domestic detail. And under his magician's touch the whole imaginary city of Malgudi springs to life, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.
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The Loophole
By Naz Kutub,
Being gay is a true challenge in conservative South Asian households, regardless of religion and regardless of how progressive the families purport to be. I love Naz's wit and fast-paced tale of a Queer Muslim boy. And I love the fantasy elements too, with the djinn! In so many ways, Sy and Reggie's journey reminds me of a modern version of Aladdin.
1 author picked The Loophole as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Sy is a sheltered and timid seventeen-year-old queer Indian-Muslim boy who placed all his bets at happiness on his boyfriend Farouk...who then left him to try and "fix the world." Sy was too chicken to take the plunge and travel with him. Stuck in a dead-end coffee shop job with a Quran-wielding father who's all too liberal with the belt, all Sy can do is wish for another chance...
He never expects his wish to be granted.
When a hot-mess-of-an-heiress slams into (and slides down, streaks of make-up in her wake) the front window of the coffee shop, Sy just…
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Dear Mr. Dickens
By Nancy Churnin, Bethany Stancliffe (illustrator),
Recommended by Aimee Bissonette
From Aimee's list on brave and extraordinary women.
Some people might not think writing a letter is a tremendously brave act, but it is if you are a young woman who knows in her heart that she needs to challenge a very famous and beloved author – a man even she admires! I had never heard of Eliza Davies and her letters to Charles Dickens and was captivated by the story. Davies wrote to Dickens protesting his stereotypical and harmful depiction of Jewish people in Oliver Twist. And she made a difference! I love how the story teaches kids that they, too, can make a difference and that activism takes many forms, in this case, letter-writing. Added bonus: the book contains quotes from Eliza's actual letters, which appeals to me immensely as a history geek.
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Eliza Davis believed in speaking up for what was right. Even if it meant telling Charles Dickens he was wrong.
In Eliza Davis's day, Charles…
The House in the Cerulean Sea
By TJ Klune,
Recommended by Kayleigh Nicol
From Kayleigh's list on found family in fantasy.
I would argue that just about every book TJ Klune writes is a found family masterpiece, but for me, it doesn't get any more heartwarming or beautiful than The House in the Cerulean Sea. What begins as a routine assignment for our protagonist, Linus Baker, turns into a paradigm-shifting experience involving the fate of an orphanage full of misfit, magical children. I never thought I would fall in love with a sassy young garden gnome or feel fiercely protective of...whatever Chauncey is, but learning the stories behind each of the children at the orphanage—and, ultimately, the story behind its proprietor, Arthur Parnassus, this story of found family had me in tears multiple times—in a good way!
8 authors picked The House in the Cerulean Sea as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.
When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not…
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Turtle Boy
By M. Evan Wolkenstein,
Recommended by Diana Renn
From Diana's list on young environmentalists.
This book is one of my favorite middle-grade novels. At first glance, it may not look like it's about an environmentalist. Indeed, it is about many things. A boy with a medical condition that affects his chin and jaw. Bullying, grief, anxiety, drumming (!), bar mitzvah prep, coming out of one's shell. And Will is not exactly modeling good conservation practices by taking turtles from the nearby marsh, caring for them in his bedroom, or gifting a Blanding's turtle to a boy he visits in the hospital. But Will's learning process about these turtles and their threatened habitat is a major part of this riveting novel. Will's identification with turtles is deep, symbolic, incredibly moving. Treat yourself to the audio version, narrated in a lively way by this multi-talented author.
2 authors picked Turtle Boy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
This is a powerful story of hope and friendship, perfect for fans of Wonder and The Goldfish Boy. Exploring self-image, family and grief, this book will make you laugh and cry.
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My usual way of labeling quilts is to design them in Avery Labels and print them on Printed Treasues fabric sheets but I'm always looking for something quick and easy. I've looked at woven labels in the last but hadn't tried them. Since I don't use any advertising on my site, I rarely get contacted by companies but I was contacted by Dutch Label Shop and offered an opportunity to try them so of course I jumped at it.
I know these don't have the date on them but if I like them I'll order some more in a small batch with 2019. Unfortunately, I won't get a chance to see them until I get home after our month in Maine. I found it very easy to make a simple design and ordered two different ones …. one for my personal quilts and one for my donated HeartStrings quilts.
Since I haven't used them yet, I can't tell you what I think of the actual label but they have offered a discount (use maryquilts15 for a 15% discount) if you want to check them out for yourself and I'll write again when I get home and tell you how I like them.
Yes, one of my big reluctancey's with the label idea is the lack of dates on them. How many labels do you get in a "small batch" ? I love the idea otherwise!
I have ordered and used labels from this company. They are very reasonable and very nice labels. I ordered 3 different designs and use them according to who I give the quilt to. I even put them inside the tote bags I make and give to family and friends.
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HomeEat & Drink
350 Main Returns to Its Roots
Contemporary Utah cuisine
Twenty years is a long time if you're a restaurant on Main Street in Park City. You could use a whole different measuring system, like old wives do with dog years. Or maybe refer to the age of a restaurant in months, like the parents of newborns do, a system that makes a year sound like an era. In that case, 350 Main is 240 months old.
The longtime chef who defined the cuisine at 350, Michael LeClerc, left the kitchen dog years ago and there have been a couple rogues in between, including Carl Feissinger. But now Matthew Safranek is in charge of 350's food and he is bringing it into contemporary relevance. Current owner Cortney Johanson has worked at the restaurant since her stepfather opened it, starting as a busser when she was 14 years old.
Longevity seems to be a theme here (sommelier Cliff Long has worked at 350 for 18 years), a fact that speaks well for the place, Johanson says—and she's right: "When a place has a history and regular customers, you can't constantly destroy and rebuild." You have to have some continuity. So Safranek creates seasonal menus that are a mix of dependables and inventions.
The old favorite, tuna tower with wasabi and avocado, is back on the appetizer menu (even the name sounds like the '80s), but shares space with a modern red quinoa cake dressed with tart cherry pesto and corn relish. My favorite first course, PEI mussels steamed with chorizo and served with foccacia toast, was a balance between old and new cuisine.
350 is still a serious restaurant, food-wise, as a dish of foie gras-stuffed ravioli served with a roasted duck leg ($22) proves, but it's not stuffy. Trout comes with a country taste of black bean and ham-hock ragou and braised pork shank comes with sweet potatoes.
This is still a traditional menu in that most of the plates are protein-centric; you won't find as many grains and greens combinations as you see on the cutting edge.
But I am seldom as intrigued by reading a menu as I was by Chef Safranek's. The gluten-free fried chicken has become mildly and justly famous. Grilled duck breast comes with choucroute, ono is seasoned like pastrami, then grilled and served with buttermilk bread pudding, roasted California white bass comes with ricotta cavaletti…it all sounds good. Most unusual, and a good glimpse of the reaches of Chef Matt's imagination, is the venison loin, seasoned with Chinese 5-spice and served in a bowl of pho with housemade noodles.
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Seven charged in Southwest Virginia heroin, meth trafficking conspiracy
ABINGDON, Va. – A federal grand jury in Abingdon, Virginia, has indicted seven individuals as part of a large-scale heroin and methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that brought the drugs from Michigan into Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee for redistribution.
The four-count indictment, returned under seal last week and unsealed on Wednesday, Jan. 18, following multiple arrests, charges Robert Earl Warr, 32, of Detroit, David Edward Farmer, 56, of Strawberry Plains, Tenn., John Joel Foster, 50, of Lee County, Va., Robert Lee Jenkins, 25, of Detroit, Ray Anthony McSwain, 28, of Detroit, Garrett Lee Teffeteller, 42, of Townsend, Tenn., and Darin Ken Thomas, 38, of Kodak, Tenn., as follows:
Warr, Jenkins, Farmer, Foster, and Teffeteller are charged with conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
Warr, Jenkins, McSwain, Farmer, and Thomas are charged with one count of conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.
Farmer and Thomas are each charged with one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to court documents, the co-conspirators operated in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee from September 2021 through September of 2022. During that time, Warr, Jenkins, and McSwain traveled from Michigan to Tennessee to secure large quantities of heroin and crystal methamphetamine for local suppliers to sell throughout Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee.
United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh and ATF Washington Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Christopher Amon announced the arrests.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Lee County Sheriff's Office; the Wise County Sheriff's Office,;the Southwest Virginia Drug Task Force; the Knoxville, Tenn., Police Department; the Knox County, Tenn., Sheriff's Office; the Sevier County, Tenn., Sheriff's Office; and the Lee County Commonwealth Attorney's Office are investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lena L. Busscher is prosecuting the case for the United States.
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New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners said Tuesday that it will acquire the global colorants business from Evonik Industries. Terms of the deal were not released. The deal is expected to close in April.
Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial, healthcare, and financial services companies, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the global colorants business from Evonik Industries.
Evonik's colorants business develops, produces and markets the COLORTREND® brand of paints for decorative end-use applications in the architecture sector. Its CHROMA-CHEM® products are used for industrial applications including maintenance and marine and timber coatings. The colorants are also formulated for ecological sustainability. In 2011 Evonik's colorants business generated sales of around €130 million, with roughly half of this amount coming from the USA. In addition to a facility in Lockland, Ohio, there are production plants in Maastricht (Netherlands), Dandenong (Australia) and Brampton (Canada) operating with over 300 employees.
"Evonik's colorants business maintains a strong industry reputation by providing its customers with the highest level of performance and quality that are environmentally superior in their makeup. This is a solid business that we understand and believe it will perform well as an independent company benefiting from Arsenal's resources and expertise. We look forward to supporting and building the business organically and with strategic acquisitions that will further expand its network," said John Televantos, a Partner at Arsenal and Co-Head of the firm's Specialty Industrials Group.
"The sale to Arsenal opens up promising development opportunities for this business. We are placing it in good hands and are very pleased with the transaction," comments Dr. Thomas Haeberle of Evonik's Board of Management.
The transaction is expected to be closed in April 2012, subject to the approval of Evonik's Supervisory Board and regulatory approvals.
About Evonik
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders
in specialty chemicals. Its activities focus on the key megatrends health, nutrition, resource efficiency and globalization. In 2010 about 80 percent of the Group's chemicals sales came from activities where it ranks among the market leaders. Evonik benefits specifically from its innovative prowess and integrated technology platforms. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal 2010 more than 34,000 employees generated sales of around €13.3 billion and an operating profit (EBITDA) of about €2.4 billion.
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Arsenal Capital Partners is a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial, healthcare and financial services companies. Arsenal makes investments in sectors where the firm has significant prior knowledge and experience. Arsenal targets businesses that have the potential for further value creation by working closely with management to accelerate growth and leverage the firm's operational improvement capabilities. Arsenal currently has $800 million of committed equity capital.


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Review: Tanya Huff's Victory Nelson Series
I only really started writing reviews relatively recently, certainly on books rather than on various issues that arise throughout a series. This has lead to a few regrets because there are a few books I would have liked to review in more depth when I read them and they were fresh in my mind – probably greatest of which are Tanya Huff's Victory Nelson series.
I have so far read 5 of the 6 books (the 6th is on my ever-growing reading list) and I wish I had written a review on each of them, because they are some of my favourite books. Not on par with Kevin Hearne or Kim Harrison (both of whom stand pretty far up the pinnacle) but certainly just beneath them. Since it's been a little while since I've read them and because I don't really have time for a re-read, I'm going to have to do a review of the series up to book 6. Hopefully my fellow bloggers will read my review and do their own reading and maybe add more individual book details (*ahem* hint hint)
Victoria "Victory" Nelson was a police detective – and an extremely good one. Her nickname wasn't just a play on her name, it was an acknowledgement of her extreme skill. She and her partner, Mike Celucci, had a competitive, almost antagonistic but deeply connected relationship as they solved case after case. Then Vicky developed a degenerative eye condition. Her peripheral vision is shrinking and her night vision has reduced to almost nothing – and it will get worse and worse until she is blind. Facing this, Vicky quits her job because she will not accept a lowering of her performance or record and becomes a private investigator. Mike stays on as her contact, her friend, her sex partner – and someone she has marvellous blazing rows with.
As a private detective she stumbles upon the supernatural world – in particular she runs across Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII, romance novel writer – and vampire. The two start investigating increasing supernatural occurrences that threaten Toronto, her with her vast experience and skills as a detective with his age, experience and knowledge of the supernatural world. Over the books they investigate demons, sorcerers, mummies, werewolves, werewolf hunters and even mad wannabe Doctor Frankensteins
Through this, Vicki develops her in depth relationship with both Mike and Henry – with Mike himself becoming more and more involved in the supernatural world – as well as their interactions with the ex-street kid Tony.
I do think the whole supernatural detective thing has been done and done and done and done and done. Really, I'm more than a little tired of it. However, this was well done – Vicki is an interesting and compelling character. Her relationship between her, Henry and Mike was one of the few "romances" I found increasingly interesting because it was so much more nuanced and real and less sex-based than is typical in the genre. Normally the relationships in the genre don't do much for me, but this pulled me along and interested me – along with the plots, along with the crime detection and along with the deep, wide world. Basically, a lot of these tropes and themes have been done before – but Tanya Huff does them well and adds sufficient twists to them to make them compelling and interesting.
Most of the characters all felt very real, very natural – Vicki was very believable, strong and unabashedly a very real person. The relationship and interactions between her, Mike and Henry are very real, very strong – and show some very real characters. While she did do some thing that were, perhaps, ill-advised (often these are linked to her refusing to consider her disability or anger over what she's lost) she never did so in a way that made me want to invoke Spunky Agency. She did some silly things – but in a competent and human manner. Her mistakes came down as human, not a tired and contrived way of showing misguided independence. In particular I generally enjoyed Vicki's competence. Even under threat, Vicki could never be the damsel in distress, she was never the ineffectual burden on Mike and Henry and she always more than pulled her own. In a genre where self-absorbed, frequently foolish and would-certainly-be-dead-if-the-author-didn't-say-otherwise protagonists are all too common, Vicki is a breath of fresh air.
There are several other things I love about this series. It's interesting and unusual to see a protagonist with a disability – though her dealing with her diminishing eye-sight and her growing realisation that she will one day be blind were never the main focus of the books they were always there. She was angry about it, frustrated about it, riled against it, tried to work round it and managed to avoid any tropes of "oh look my disability gives me super powers" as well as covering several issues like the annoyance of friends telling her what she needs to do to make her eyes better or others telling her how silly she was being with her disability – she nearly always made it clear that they were being out of line. There were a couple of times when she allows people like her mother get away with asking whether her incurable condition is "any better" but she never lets it pass without expressing her annoyance. More problematic is the fact she quit her job assuming she couldn't do it any more and the fact she often goes out at night and there is a lot about being "helpless" since she has no night vision – there's also the issue with how her eye condition is eventually resolved which I won't spoil.
I also love how Vicki is unabashedly sexual and unashamed of liking and having sex. She maintains 2 sex partners for a while – both Harry and Mike – and has absolutely zero compunction about not being monogamous and has no angst about having a "friend with benefits" in fact it is Mike who starts to push the whole wedding ring and flowers ideal and Vicki is quite happy to enjoy sex with friends – even after she begins to form a more established romantic relationship. In fact, strong female characters happen a couple of times from what I remember in the books – not only is Vicki tough, strong, willing to kick arse and endure no matter how much the shit has hit the fan, even side characters like a female kidnap victim who faces sacrifice to a demon, are scared, but ready to stand up and be strong, defiant and angry rather than quivering in a corner.
There are some buts, however. The story is pretty much white white white. From memory I can think of a single POC character – an Asian character for the length of one book, in which he dies. It's a pretty huge erasure in both Toronto and Vancouver.
Henry is bisexual, but his portrayal is highly problematic. We sometimes have flashbacks to Henry's past loves, predominantly women – and the women are strong, intelligent, passionate and powerful figures – but once to a previous male lover. Well, so it was implied anyway, it wasn't as expressly stated as his female lovers. At best Henry's attitude towards him could be called "paternalistic contempt" and the man himself is weak, immature, ineffective and rather foolish. Forward to the modern day, and Tony is a gay prostitute who grew up on the street (because we haven't seen that before). Both Vicki and Henry patronise him massively, treat him as little more than a child and when facing scary supernatural beings, Tommy has been known to run shaking and shivering to Henry's arms in utter, incoherent panic. Contrasting to the strong and powerful female characters and it's beyond jarring. As an added bonus, when harry meets and falls in love with Vicki, he ends a relationship with another woman because he has too much respect for her – but is happy to cultivate Tony and merrily snack on other gay men in random, one off encounters. To top it off, Tony has little independent existence beyond contact for Vicki and blood source for Henry, he's a tool, not even a side-kick.
In short, gay men in these books are weak, immature, child-like and regarded with paternalistic contempt by the protagonists. I would have much rather there have been complete erasure than this extremely insulting portrayal. Tanya Huff also has a liking for the word "faggot" for various arseholes in her books, while they get slapped down, I could do without it, I really could.
On the whole, these are some of my favourite series. It has severe problems in places, problems that are grossly prejudiced on an extreme level. However, the story is generally good and it covers some major issues surprisingly well. Despite using several repeated themes, it manages to do it with originality and new twists that continue to fascinate me. This is a series of books that I would not only recommend, but I would be happy to re-read – and, despite the homophobia fails, I will be reading book 6 when I have 5 minutes together.
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FOCUS. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU HEIDI - EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS WORKING AND YOU'RE NOT... FAILLLLLLLURE.
How about instead of yelling FOCUS HEIDI and the rest of that nonsense I breathe a few deep breaths (not shallow like those breaths ya take when you're 13 and pretending to smoke..NEVER DID I EVER DO THAT MOM). I am talking filling up those beautiful lungs and settling down that sympathetic nervous system that's firing off all kinds of chemicals from the stories being told in my head. PAUSE. What is the next "right" thing that I need to do right at this very moment?
Write this post and air out my stuff so this made up story about how lazy and useless I am ceases to have any air in it's made up lungs.
This is the opposite of what my made up story would have me do- Be authentic and loud. Feels WAY better than sitting around berating myself and hoping someone else will do my life for me.
What are the ways you sabotage yourself and what are some ways you can get back to you, beyond the doing?
Conscious breathing is the best and easiest tool in the tool box to access in a flash to get re-grounded in who YOU are. It can offer a momentary reprieve from the incessant mind-chatter of judgment. It's like muting the TV when the commercials are really freaking loud and you can no longer stand the noise. Let your conscious breaths and that silent space be your guide. There's an inner knowing that has all the answers. Practice tuning into it so you can learn how it speaks to you. I guarantee it's not the voice that says.."look you did it again, you dumbass." Love and compassion know no judgments, they see only facts. It is when we're in fear that we can get caught in thought spirals and judgments and ultimately suffering.
So if I may say it again, practice choosing mindfulness, which is the conscious awareness of what is transpiring in the present moment - thoughts, feelings, body sensations. It will not eliminate your thoughts, feelings, body sensations, but it will support you to befriend them as messengers so that YOU can get curious and ultimately be the guide vs the supporting character to the ego voice.


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The daily publication says, he is due to leave our country today (Thursday).
Bujumbura has confirmed, for some time, that Belgium has played a "destabilising role" in the crisis. This has been spreading across this central African country for a year and a half.
The holding last month, in the Belgian Senate of a conference on the Burundi crisis, and in which members of the opposition participated, might possibly be at issue.
Several sources indicated to La Libre that Burundi wished to close its Brussels embassy.
This meeting called by Mr Banigwaninzigo could constitute a test run. One such source considers, "That is generally how they act."
Six months after the beginning of the political crisis in Burundi, the former Belgium Amassador went to Brussels. The level of trust between the two countries was at a new low Bujumbura indicated.
In the months which followed, anti-Belgian speeches were regularly made in Burundi. At the end of November, fresh action was led against the Belgian embassy, to the point that the UN was actually anticipating sending a Commission of Human Rights experts to the country.
The leader of the ruling party, Evariste Ndayishimiye, then declared, "We have located our enemy, Belgium." He even accused Belgium of "preparing for genocide in Burundi."


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"Wine consumption will grow in China. We are seeing a blip and it's economically driven as far as we can see and therefore we still forecast it to grow strongly," said Meek.
The IWSR report also shows that North America is expected to lead the way in global wine consumption by 2022 with an increase of more than 24m cases.
The fastest growing region is expected to be Africa where volumes are projected to increase with a compound annual growth rate of 3.1%.
The report also shows that sparkling wine will continue to outperform the rest of the wine segment, growing with a CAGR of 1.6%.


'Pratiyogita Darpan' arranged an exclusive interview with Mr. Aishwarya Pratap Singh who has been selected in Uttar Pradesh Judicial Service Exam. attaining the 1st Rank. He deserves all admiration and our heartiest congratulations on his splendid success. This important, thought provoking and highly inspiring interview is being presented here in its original form.
PD—Achieving top slot in the Judicial Service Examination is no small feat; accept our heartiest congratulations on your splendid success.
PD—Can you recall the exact moment when you realized the importance of Judicial Services ?
Aishwarya—The moment I joined law I gradually realized the importance of Judiciary in the society and was fascinated by it as an institution which has over the years become a 'savior on call' from a 'sentinel qui vive' and hence I decided to aspire to be a judicial officer.
PD—Finally, at what point of time did you make up your mind to make career in 'Judicial Services' ?
Aishwarya—I aspired to be a judicial officer from the moment I joined law, but I began my concrete preparations from the final year of my law.
PD—You must have read IAS Toppers' interviews in newspapers/ magazines;. Who inspired you the most ? Any particular success story which influenced your journey to this result ?
Aishwarya—I was focused to join the Judicial Service in particular, so I looked for the interviews of selected judicial officers. I was inspired by the success story of Mr. Mritunjay Srivastava, as he achieved the top slot in UP Judicial Exam 2012.
PD—Was JSE a planned decision of yours or your parent's wish ? Did you keep in mind some time frame, for the examination preparation and number of attempts ?
Aishwarya—It was entirely my wish, exam in the very first attempt.
PD—The first step is the most difficult; how to prepare ? Which optionals ? What to read? How much to read? Many such questions come in your mind when you really get serious about Judicial Services Examination ? From where did you get the right advice?
Aishwarya—Yes, that's true. My strategy was that as and when I read the law papers in the Law Faculty. I used to go through the past year papers of UP Judiciary and accordingly jotted down the focus areas, and prepared extensive notes on those topics. I would give special thanks to Rahul Sir of Rahul's IAS, as he truly redefined legal answer writing to me.
PD—Were you confident of your success in this examination and how did you react to the news of your success ?
Aishwarya—To be candid I was always afraid considering the ground reality and the toughness of the competitive exams these days. I never expected that it would be the very first seat. I thanked God to have rewarded me for my hard work and intense desire to be a Judge.
PD—In how many attempts have you achieved this success ? How do you visualize your preparation/ previous attempts ?
Aishwarya—It was my very first attempt.
PD—Were you preparing for other career opportunities as well while preparing for your career in Judicial Services ?
Aishwarya—No, I always wanted to be a judicial officer.
PD—While the changing economic environment offers immense lucrative career opportunities in various sectors, still what kept you motivated towards Judicial Services ?
Aishwarya—As I said Judiciary as an institution always fascinated me, so I never thought of going into any other field.
PD—'Time Management' is a key factor while making preparations as well as in writing examination papers. Did you come across such a problem during this period? If yes, then how did you manage things ?
PD—What shift did you adopt in your strategy for MAINS (Written) ?
Aishwarya—I had a strategy to have completed my mains preparation before beginning the preparation for the prelims. I had a habit of writing and so had prepared my own notes which helped me immensely during the last moments of the mains preparation. The shift in strategy for the Mains is mainly from factual knowledge to conceptual clarity and better expression in answer writing.
PD—Was there any special effort for effective preparation for ESSAY Paper ? Which topic did you pick up this time and why did you choose this particular topic ?
Aishwarya—I used to read the editorials of the Hindu, kept the cuttings of the important ones. I had also prepared a list of current socio legal issues and had written essays on most of them. I wrote on Judicial Activism in this exam.
PD—List some of the Magazines, News papers, Books etc. which you read for 'General Studies' preparation.
Aishwarya—Prelims : PD monthly issues (For Current) The Hindu Newspaper Old NCERTs of History, Economics and PD Extra Issues on Economy and Polity.
PD—How did you prepare yourself for Interview ? When and which Board did you face ? How did your interview go on, how much time did it last and what were the questions asked during the Interview ?
PD—In your opinion at which Educational Level should one start preparing for Judicial Services and what should be the minimum period of time required to prepare for Judicial Services Examinations ?
Aishwarya—For this exam I believe the final year of your law is the right time, considering the level of competition these days. Minimum time I think should be at least 1 year.
Strong Point—Madness to achieve what I want to and capacity to work hard.
Weak Point—I am a very emo-tional person and not very social.
Hobbies—I love watching debates on television participating it and playing cricket.
PD—Does the educational, financial and demographic status of the family of an aspirant have any impact on the preparation?
Aishwarya—To be frank yes, but that should never bother an aspirant, as the harder the challenges the better would be the taste of success.
PD—In your opinion what role do the Competition Magazines play when you are preparing for an examination like Judicial Services ?
Aishwarya—They play a very important role, as whatever you miss in the newspapers you get that in the magazines. I was an avid reader of PD monthly magazine (esp. Nation This Month, the Memorable Points, essays and the articles).
PD—According to a recent report published by a reputed survey agency, PRATIYOGITA DARPAN (Hindi) is the largest read and the only Career & Competition magazine in top four magazines in India. How do you find Pratiyogita Darpan ?
Aishwarya—It was immensely useful in my preparation, both for the PT and the Mains.
PD—Please give your comments on the PD Extra Issues Series on 'General Studies' and a few Optional Subjects ?
Aishwarya—PD Economy is a master piece, it truly has no substitute. Be it the basics or the latest trends on the Indian Economy, it is a classic. I also read PD Extra Issues on Polity and General Science and found them extremely useful.
PD—What is the secret of your success ?
Aishwarya—I have always believed 'If you have the passion you can create the talent'. There is no substitute for hard work and no short cut to success.
PD—Any suggestion/advice you would like to give to the future aspirants.
PD—Thank you very much and wishing you all the best for your future endeavours.


We'll buy the December mini S&P 500 futures, risk 1.5% from our entry point, and hold the position for 15 – 20 business days.
Many of you may be suspect of an algorithm that's made money on the long side of the stock market over the last ten years, and I'd agree with you. The stock market rally has distorted existing trends while continuing to defy logic. I'll merely say that we have very few stock index seasonal trades in our portfolio for precisely that reason. Let me walk you through how we separate the stock market's rally from our testing protocols.
The decade-old rally suggests that any two points in time could be plotted in a positive manner. This has allowed buy and hold investors to sleep peacefully. We are not buy and hold investors. We expect to generate large returns within a narrow window of opportunity. I'm a firm believer in time risk. Two investment vehicles providing the same rate of return can be subject to significantly different risk profiles just based on the amount of time spent in the market to generate those profits. One of the first tie-breakers I look at is efficiency. The chart below plots the out of sample returns for our seasonal S&P 500 long position vs. the S&P 500's closing price over the last ten years.
The scale on the left is the S&P 500 closing price. The scale on the right is the accumulated profit generated in the out of sample testing.
This model has won 90% of its trades.
The model generated one loss in 2008 for $2,650. That is its biggest and, only loser.
The average win is more than $1,800.
Now, let me walk you through my criteria.
Chronological testing only goes so far – especially in seasonal testing because there is so little relevant data. Therefore, we do a lot of cross-validation using statistical tools that make our program less likely to be curve fit due to the rally's persistence, as well as determining the algorithm's validity as a mathematical concept.
The chart above illustrates the fact that this program more than keeps pace with the underlying market while being in the market less than 16% of the time. Eighty-four percent of the time, our money was safely in cash.
These are the Monte Carlo results calculated from the average of the ten out of sample runs used to generate both the first chart and, more importantly, our next trade. Bootstrap with replacement is a testing method that allows us to create statistically significant results with limited amounts of data. Feel free to call if you'd like more information on the details of the sampling method. The purpose of this table is to show that the average win is significantly larger than the average trade variation. In other words, the average win is more than $1,800, as stated above. The average trade (W-L)/# trades is still more than $1,500. The average spread of approximately $300 suggests that profits are reasonably consistent from year to year. This analysis provides unbiased context for the largest chronological win of more than $6k as the market bounced in late 2008.
Unfortunately, many of these testing methods are executed outside of standard trading applications like Tradestation. Therefore, we'll keep tweaking our presentation until you tell us we're getting the information out to you in a manner that you can digest. Please, keep the feedback coming!


As with many plant feeding insects, the larvae of the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, develop on a single host plant selected by the adult female. For this reason, host selection behavior is considered to play a key role in understanding the evolution of plant-insect interactions. Age is expected to have a significant effect on the host selection process, because it affects both the time available for host selection and the relative egg availability. However, relatively little experimental data exists regarding the effects of aging on host selection by ovipositing female insects. The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effects of aging on the ability of the cabbage butterfly to identify and select a host. P. rapae are specialists on plants in the Brassicaceae family, but exhibit significant preferences between plats within this family. The hosts that the cabbage butterfly were able to choose from included mustard greens, collard greens, and cabbage. A non-host plant was also used to determine if the butterflies made host selection mistakes. By viewing the butterflies in an observation arena at the various stages of aging, the effect of aging on host preference was determined. In addition, the time required to make decisions during the ovipostitional process was quantified and used to determine the effects of aging on ovipositional behavior.


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[S4] Jorge Forjaz, Jorge Forjaz: Famílias Macaenses 1st Ed. (Instituto Cultural de Macau, Macau: Fundação Oriente, 1996). Hereinafter cited as Famílias Macaenses 1st ed.
[S27] "Ribeiro, Fernanda email," e-mail message from Maria Fernanda Ribeiro #1601 to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Ribeiro, Fernanda email."
[S46] Stuart Braga #14522, "Braga, Stuart email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Braga, Stuart email."
[S47] Antonio Pacheco Jorge da Silva #7652, "Jorge da Silva, Antonio Pacheco email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Jorge da Silva, Toneco email."
[S48] Padre Manuel Teixeira, Teixeira Padre Manuel - Miguel de Arriaga (n.p.: n.pub., fonte deconhecida publish date). Hereinafter cited as Teixeira - Miguel de Arriaga.
[S51] Dean Gui #44529, "Gui, Dean email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Gui, Dean email."
[S59] Janice Webb, "Webb, Janice email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao, 26 Feb 2008. Hereinafter cited as "Webb, Janice email."
[S61] Bosco Correa #38206, "Correa, Bosco email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Correa, Bosco email."
[S65] Faustino da Fonseca, El - Rei D. Miguel (Lisboa: Guimarães & Ca Editores, 1905). Hereinafter cited as El - Rei D. Miguel.
[S66] Veríssimo Serrão, História de Portugal, vol 8 (n.p.: n.pub., fonte deconhecida publish date). Hereinafter cited as História de Portugal.
[S74] A. Mike Ramos #44765, "Ramos, A. Mike email to Manuel Herrero," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Ramos, Mike email."
[S76] Gilberto del Cruz, "Cruz, Gilberto email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Cruz, Gilberto del email."
[S92] Barbara Leyden #35247, "Leyden, Barbara email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Leyden, Barbara email."
[S136] Helena de Figueiredo #3260, "Figueiredo Helena email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Helena de Figueiredo."
[S137] Jim Silva #7902, "Silva, Frederic A "Jim" email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Silva, Jim email."
[S166] Padre Manuel Teixeira, Teixeira, Padre Manuel - Toponimia de Macau (Macau: Imprensa Nacional, 1979). Hereinafter cited as Teixeira - Toponimia de Macau.
[S169] Marie Camille Barros Gonsalves #23254, "Gonsalves, Marie Camille email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Gonsalves, Marie Camille Barros."
[S183] Braga Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.co.uk. Hereinafter cited as Braga Family Tree.
[S185] Obituary: Mr José Luíz de Selasia Alves, Hongkong Telegraph, fonte deconhecida location, 11 July 1927.
[S192] Ribeiro Webpage, online http://www.ribeirofamily.com
[S238] Tony Banham, Banham, Tony: Hong Kong War Diary (http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/hkvdc.html: n.pub., fonte deconhecida publish date). Hereinafter cited as HK War Diary.
[S275] Jorge Forjaz, "Forjaz, Jorge email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Forjaz, Jorge email."
[S278] Susanna Hoe, the Private Life of Old Hong Kong. Western Women in the British Colony 1841-1941 (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Hoe, Susanna.
[S318] Ancestry.com: Weddall/Hyndman Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/20578686/person/978933368. Hereinafter cited as Weddall/Hyndman Family Tree.
[S321] Paul Barretto Ferraz #47762, "Ferraz, Paul Barretto email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Ferraz, Paul Barretto email."
[S410] Filomeno Baptista #29481, "Baptista, Filomeno email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to H d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Baptista, Meno email."
[S416] Aurea Meyer #40209, "Meyer, Aurea email," e-mail message from e-mail address and e-mail address (From Dec 2013: e-mail address) to H d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Meyer, Aurea email."
[S420] BHM Koo, "In searach of a better world" (fonte deconhecida record type, fonte deconhecida location). Hereinafter cited as "Koo, Barney thesis."
[S446] Sally Barnes #35583, "Barnes, Sally email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Barnes, Sally email."
[S483] José Francisco de Noronha Jorge Forjaz, Os Luso-Descendentes da Índia Portuguesa (Lisboa: Fundação Oriente, 2003). Hereinafter cited as Luso-Descendentes.
[S539] Aurea Chittenden, "Chittenden, Aurea letter," e-mail message from achittenden2005@ gmail (old: e-mail address) to HA d'Assumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Chittenden, Aurea letter."
[S541] Bernardino "Riri" d'Assumpção #3, Assumpção, B de SF: Family Anecdotes (n.p.: Private, fonte deconhecida publish date). Hereinafter cited as Assumpção, Bernardino: Family Anecdotes.
[S595] Sebastião Israel da #15660 Rosa, "Rosa, Sebastião email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA dÁssumpcao. Hereinafter cited as "Rosa, Sebastião email."
[S642] Jorge Forjaz, Jorge Forjaz: Famílias Macaenses 2nd Ed. (n.p.: n.pub., 2017). Hereinafter cited as Famílias Macaenses 2nd ed.
[S671] Alberto Maria da Cruz Guterres 16855, "Guterres, Alberto M letter," e-mail message from Alberto Guterres <e-mail address> (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpç, ã e o. Hereinafter cited as "Guterres, Alberto M letter."
[S681] Robert Ruiz, "Ruiz, Robert email," e-mail message from e-mail address (fonte deconhecida address) to HA d'Assumpção. Hereinafter cited as "Ruiz, Robert email."


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If the dead are cognizant of what occurs in the land of the living, then somewhere in the Great Beyond, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm are weeping bitter tears along with Monsieur Charles Perrault. The reason for their sorrow is the travesty of a movie which purports to be based on several of their folk and fairy tales. I am speaking of the train-wreck that is Into the Woods.
To go a little more in depth, the movie was oddly reminiscent of fingernails on a chalkboard. If a warden in some American prison happened to force the inmates under his control to view this film, he would be brought up on 8th Amendment violations before the ending credits rolled. If any of the nine SCOTUS judges have seen the movie, the plaintiffs wouldn't need to go through any appeals process because the offended judge would likely issue an immediate writ of certiorari and declare original jurisdiction over the case. It really is that bad.
First of all, it commits the mortal sin of being a musical on screen. Musicals, with only a handful of exceptions, belong on a stage, not on a screen. Furthermore, if the movie is going to test the snake infested musical movie waters, it should at least have memorable songs eg "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria," "Memories," or "Cell Block Tango." None of the ditties making up the score of Into the Woods is the least bit likely to become an earworm. Of course, what the movie lacks in memorable songs it makes up for in interminably LONG songs — think "Freebird" or better yet "Alice's Restaurant Massacree." For instance, the first number lasted at least twenty minutes. Exposition has no business being sung.
Secondly, the movie itself is entirely too long. I counted at least three good points where they could have rolled the credits and ended the audience's misery. The film clocks in at 124 minutes running not counting coming attractions and believe me, after the previews, it was all downhill. The last third of the production is an unending series of ham-handed attempts at an M. Night Shymalan style twist ending and I'm talking Lady in the Water, not Sixth Sense.
Speaking of characters, Johnny Depp needs to fire his agent, get into rehab, or do something else to stem the tide of truly hideous movies he has "starred" in lately. Depp is a fantastic actor when he's playing a character worth playing such as Captain Jack Sparrow or Edward Scissorhands, but recently, he has managed to sign on to some serious stinkers. I can only imagine he is in some sort of horrible debt and has large, sweaty men in cheap suits threatening to break his kneecaps so he has to take whatever drivel comes along. What else can explain Dark Shadows, The Lone Ranger, and now this groaner? Thankfully though, Depp has little to do in this film. If you remember Samuel L. Jackson's character in Deep Blue Sea or Steven Segal in Executive Orders, you know what I mean.
Finally, I've sat through some terrible movies. Maybe one day I'll relate my experience with the artsy-fartsy film Prospero's Books which remains the worst movie I've ever seen and I endured it in its entirety, In the case of Into the Woods, however, the only two things which kept me from walking out twenty minutes in and cutting my losses were the facts I was with my extended family whom I love dearly AND Budge had the car keys. Otherwise, I'd have bolted long before the giant showed up.
So, avoid this movie, keep your feet clean, and remember I love y'all!
Before a curious hacker took a red pill; before a xenomorph wiped out a bunch of Colonial Marines; before a farm boy, a crazy Corellian smuggler (who shot first), and a walking carpet saved a Rebellion; before NCC-1701's five-year mission; before a deposed duke tamed his first sandworm; even before the 3 Laws of Robotics were graven into a Foundation; a disillusioned and haunted Confederate war hero went looking for gold and ended up on Mars.
Watching Disney's John Carter in a cool, dark theater is a good, exciting, and not terribly educational (not that that's a bad thing) way to spend a cloudy afternoon with someone you love. That is precisely how my beloved Budge and I spent yesterday afternoon. In the end, she liked the movie more than I did, although I did like it a great deal. It is pure escapism at its finest and the cinematography isn't too shabby either.
I must admit when I saw the first posters announcing John Carter's pending arrival back at the end of summer last year, I had absolutely no idea who the character was, who created him, or what the whole mess was all about. None of that proved the slightest impediment to my enjoyment of the film.
For those who have not checked out Wikipedia for themselves, John Carter is the creation of Edgar Rice Burroughs — yes, THAT Edgar Rice Burroughs — the guy whose OTHER major character made Johnny Weismueller famous. Carter is the central character of Burroughs' Barsoom novels, which give the history not only of John Carter, but also of Mars — known to the natives of the books as "Barsoom." Their publication in 1912, first in serial form and later as pulp novels stands as a seminal moment in the entire genre of science fiction. Fittingly, the movie came out on the same date as the first book.
Before I go any farther, let me caution anyone sucked in by the "Disney" nameplate. The movie is PG and with good reason. Limbs are hacked off, creatures are branded with hot iron, and copious amounts of blood — blue though it may be — splashes across the screen. In fact I was nearly certain the adorable little six-legged dog/lizard creature was going to get killed and I was fully prepared to storm out of the theater as soon as that happened. Thankfully, to ease the minds of the other animal lovers in the house, the little fellow survives the entire movie and plays the hero on one or two occasions.
The movie plays true to most of the source material, from what I can gather anyway. However, even if you know nothing about the background works — I certainly didn't — the movie is still fun to watch. Much like Dorothy steps from black and white into Technicolor in The Wizard of Oz, we get cued in that John isn't in Kansas anymore when the picture goes starkly desaturated. Most of the blue tint comes out and what is left is a light, slightly yellowish haze that captures fairly accurately the look of the Martian landscape sent back to us by the Mars Viking probe and its 21st century descendents.
One knock some people have made against the film is its abuse of scientific knowledge. First of all, it IS a science FICTION film so a little suspension of disbelief is necessary — just as it requires a huge dose of disbelief in traction to think that every alien race in the cosmos is not only bipedal and at least passingly humanoid, but also that every one of those aliens speaks the Queen's English better than my former students did. However, if one realizes that the science of the film FITS FAIRLY WELL with the science of the times of the novels, it becomes much easier to give the directors a pass.
The movie is worth seeing and it does have all the elements required of a great action flick. The damsel is in distress and fleeing an arranged marriage, the evil general turns out to be merely the puppet of an even viler overlord, and the little (if 12′ tall can be considered little) green men end up saving the day. There's even a slight twist at the end that those with more knowledge of the source material than me might have seen coming.
Taken as a whole, John Carter wasn't the very best sci-fi movie I've seen, but it is far superior to many of the worse ones I've endured. It is worth seeing and I give it three and a half of five stars.
Unstoppable is a fun ride!
Budge had a great idea yesterday. She finished grading the week's worth of fourth graders' work much earlier than usual so she asked me out on a date. Since I've been out of work going on two years now, date nights are few and far between, so I figured we'd just pay a bill late and go have a little fun.
We'd both wanted to see Unstoppable with Denzel Washington and Chris "the new Captain Kirk" Pine ever since we caught a trailer on one of the trailer sites. Denzel is one of my favorite actors ever and I really enjoyed Chris Pine's portrayal of Kirk in the Star Trek reboot, so we went to Hollywood 20 and took in the 3:10 matinee.
Apparently some movie about a bunch of teenage wizards fighting some evil dude was released the same day, so our theater was sparsely populated, which is great because I get wildly claustrophobic in crowds. I've only broken down four times in ten years and actually gone to the opening weekend of a blockbuster and that was once for each installment of Lord of the Rings and once for Star Trek. Otherwise, I let everyone get his fill and go once things have quieted down.
So, popcorn in hand, we took our seats.
The movie was great. Now don't get me wrong; it's no Oscar vehicle, but it's not over the top ridiculous either. The good guys are easy to root for and the bad guys don't get much air time . . . except for the runaway train, which is pretty much on screen tons. Both leading men turned in solid performances and several supporting members, including one or two you are certain at the beginning will grate on your nerves, actually become quite likable and you start rooting for them as much as Denzel and Chris.
Like I said, it's not an Oscar winner at all, but if you want a fun, low key, high adrenaline way to pass an afternoon, this short (99 minutes) but action packed film is just perfect. It's even got enough "romance" to sneak in as a possible date night movie for someone other than old married couples.
If you do go see it, though, I have one request. Please comment and tell me your theory on where in the world Ned had that nice, pressed three piece suit stashed for the entire film! If you see the movie, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
Love y'all and have a good rest of the weekend!


The 2018 senior design project competition challenges senior ISE students to apply everything they've learned as Rutgers engineers to an innovation that addresses a challenge or problem. This year's projects demonstrated the diversity and flexibility of an industrial and systems engineering degree.
Industrial and systems engineering seniors bring all that they've learned as undergraduates to the table in a culminating capstone project. The Design of Engineering Systems course begins in the spring semester of junior year where student teams research and select a challenging design problem to pursue. The final projects incorporate building prototypes and developing the technology systems to support the project. Students also present their research to a panel of judges that include industry representatives and faculty.
ISE Ph.D. student Zhe Gao has been selected to receive one of the NSF-sponsored Student Travel Awards to attend the ASME MSEC 2018 / NAMRC 46 conference in College Station, Texas from June 18 to June 22, 2018, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Zhe Gao is a third year Ph.D. student in ISE and his advisor is Prof. Weihong "Grace" Guo.
I am pleased to report to you that Mr. Rushiraj Parikh was awarded two scholarships from the Society of Manufacturing Engineering Education Foundation: 1. 2017-2018 SME Future Leaders of Manufacturing Scholarship - Award Amount: $2,000. 2. 2017-2018 E. Wayne Kay Co-Op Scholarship - Award Amount: $2,000. In addition, SME will be offering all winners a one-year complimentary student membership. Please join me in congratulating Mr. Parikh for this great achievement !
Two teams made Rutgers history by winning the Hult Prize Regionals Competition for their groundbreaking energy innovations. Known as the Nobel Prize for students, the Hult Prize is the world's largest engine for innovative startups emerging from college campuses.
The IISE Rutgers University Chapter #841 received the GOLD AWARD from IISE Headquarters in recognition of the chapter's improvements, progress and overall achievements for the Academic Year 2017-2018. Ms. Lana Sharp served as the IISE President during this time. This is the 12th consecutive year that the Rutgers chapter received the Gold Award. IISE Fellow and Professor James T. Luxhøj serves as the IISE Faculty Advisor. Congratulations to Lana and her leadership team!
ISE had their annual picnic on Friday, April 27, 2018.


Our parents raised us, and when the torch gets passed full circle, it's up to us to take care of them in the sunset of their lives. Placing them in a nursing home isn't easy, but it's all the more difficult when that nursing home violates the humanity of your loved one with negligent care. This tragedy is sadly far too common. What's important, however, is talking to a Cleveland nursing home injury attorney to make it right. While the harm cannot be undone, legal consultation can guarantee this sort of thing doesn't happen again to your loved one or their resident neighbors.
In the current state of health care, the elderly are often the ones who suffer neglect because they typically have fewer resources to advocate for themselves. It's up to the family to seek justice and prevent this sort of thing from ever happening again. The reason nursing home negligence is so often allowed to go on is that nobody spots it. Older people naturally age, but when does their condition become a result of negligence and not simply aging health? Talking with a Cleveland nursing home injury attorney is imperative in order to see if such negligence exists. He or she may be able to spot forms of medical negligence that contributed to the symptoms that may otherwise be passed off as the simple signs of aging.
Talk to a Linton & Hirshman nursing home injury attorney in Cleveland. Our legal partners, including veteran attorneys Robert Linton, Toby Hirshman, and Ellen Hirshman, each have significant experience with nursing home cases, so they know the legal arguments to take to best defend your loved one's rights in court. Advocacy begins with a conversation. Call a Cleveland nursing home injury attorney today.


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Q: Android Background Service which check current Date I programmed a simple calendar app where you can add Events to specific Dates.
When I close the app it still should check once a day which Date is it and if an Event is on this Date. If there is an Event a push notification shall appear.
How could I do that? I save the Date with an event within the sharedPrefrences.
Can someone help?

A: If it doesn't matter when during the day the notification is sent, then @AliasCartellano comment is correct. However, if you want to send the notification at a specific time during the day (i.e. not at 23:59 when the user is sleeping), then you should use AlarmManager. Specifically, look at setAlarmClock(). This is its intended usage.


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U.S. WNT to Finish Victory Tour Against China PR on Dec. 16 in New Orleans
WNT to Make Second Appearance in New Orleans and First at the Superdome; Three Previous Victory Tour Matches to be Played in December will be Announced Soon
CHICAGO (Oct. 13, 2015) – The final match of the 10-game post-Women's World Cup Victory Tour for the U.S. Women's National Team will take place on Dec. 16 against China PR at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The match will kick-off at 7 p.m. CT and be broadcast on FOX Sports 1.
The USWNT will have a total of four Victory Tour matches in December, and the three matches prior to New Orleans will be announced at a later date.
Information regarding tickets will be announced in the near future. For the opportunity to purchase tickets before the general public, join the U.S. Soccer Supporters Club to earn priority access to the ticket presale, or follow U.S. Soccer on Facebook or Twitter @ussoccer to find special presale codes.
The match against China PR in New Orleans will be a rematch of the quarterfinal at the 2015 Women's World Cup that was won 1-0 by the USA in Ottawa, Canada, on a goal from Carli Lloyd.
The U.S. Women have played in New Orleans just once before, that match taking place in 2003 at Tad Gormley Stadium. This one will be the first for the U.S. Women at the famed Superdome, home to the NFL's New Orleans Saints.
Next up for the USA are two games in October against Brazil, the first Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Wednesday, Oct. 21 (7 p.m. PT on ESPN2/WatchESPN), and the second on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Central Florida (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1/FOX Sports GO). Buy tickets here.
China has been one of the most frequent opponents in U.S. history. The U.S. has played China 54 times, more than any country besides Canada.
Since 1991 - a span of 24 years - the U.S. and China have failed to play a match in a calendar year only five times.
The USA is 33-8-13 all-time vs. China.
U.S. WNT vs. China - 12/16/2015


It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review!
This is the second time I've gotten to review a book by Ginger Garrett. I am thrilled to be able to do so. Thank you to Ms. Garret and David C. Cook publishing for allowing me to participate in this book tour. It has been a joy.
Rarely does a sequel live up to the original. And you never hear of a sequel surpassing the original in quality and creativity. Until now. Ms. Garrett has exceeded my expectations for this novel. And since I enjoyed In The Shadow Of Lions so much, this was not an easy task.
In the novel, In the Arms of Immortals, the reader learns a little more about the angels that are charged with the care of the humans in the story. A highlight for me. Ginger Garrett has a unique take on the appearance and the visage, of angels sent to guard over her characters. This is slowly revealed in the novel and further explained, by the author herself, in the appendices of the book. Fascinating.
Ms Garret brings so much to the novel in the way of background. The environment of her characters are described so that the reader feels he is standing in Mariskka's entry, gazing at Gio's masterpieces surrounded by her jars of herbs, or watching rancid, dark boils rise up on an unsuspecting victim of The Black Plague.
Her infusion of women's issues round out the book and yet aren't so intrusive as to put off male readers. It's an added element that provides layers to the already distinctive story. A story that will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Reveling in her new found wealth, as a result of stealing the compelling manuscript from Brigit, the main character In the Shadow of the Lions, Mariskka is thrust into Medieval Sicily when the church ruled men's lives and barely noticed the women. She becomes witness to an unfolding epidemic that cannot be explained, let alone cured. She must find her calling in a town that would rather beat her and leave her for dead, just as soon as look at her. Her task is daunting, but not more so than Gio's role.
Gio is a curiosity - sometimes feared and often the last hope for ailing villiagers. Her personal secrets far outweigh her professional secrets of healing herbs. She shows a greater compassion than is ever shown to her and yet it is tainted by her anger and unresolved issues with the town's priest, Lazzaro.
Both of these women find purpose and hope, though the struggle to get there is a long, difficult road.
In my book, I give In the Arms of Immortals, by Ginger Garret, a ten out of ten stars.


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Now a SEO bot firstly reads the page title which you can see on the title bar of the browser. In this case it is Writing Good Content. Then, it reads the page description and most SEO bots read the page keywords. The bot compares the page title, description and the content of the first few sentences which I've made bold for you.
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PES 2019 – Pro Evolution Soccer
Keith Harris August 26, 2018 1908
One of the two major football simulation games available for video game consoles, Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 is an iterative, annual downloadable game along the lines of EA's FIFA series that focuses on international football leagues and their teams as well as featuring the individual team rosters and player stats as currently recorded in the previous year's annual season.
How to Download Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
To download the game simply click on the Download button at the end of this review. You should also check previous PES titles such as PES 2018, PES 2017 or PES 2016.
PES 2019 Review
Developed by PES Productions and published by Japanese software and gaming giant Konami, Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 came out 30 August 2018 for Sony PlayStation, Microsoft's Xbox One and Windows PC systems featuring Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho on the cover or David Beckham for those consumers that choose to purchase the special edition of this football sim.
So what's new in PES 2019?
Changes to this game over previous entries include the addition of new licensed leagues and stadiums as well as new "Legends" to use on the field. Those leagues that have been unveiled for the game include:
Ligue 1 & Ligue 2,
Danish Superligaen,
the Portuguese Primeira Liga,
the Belgian Jupiler Pro League,
the Swiss Raiffeisen Super League,
the Scottish Premiership,
the Primera División Argentina
and the Russian Premier League,
This gives gamers one of their widest selections thus far in terms of football leagues.
As gamers can probably imagine, competition with rival series EA's FIFA for signing exclusivity agreements with leagues can be quite intense.
The Champions' League, Europa League, and the UEFA Super Cup all eventually transferred over to the rival series and are thus not present in the game.
In terms of general gameplay, this is is a football simulator that goes to great lengths to not only simulate playing the sport of football but also in the management of football teams over the course of a regular season.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 prides itself on offering robust simulation elements and that is at the forefront of both modes in PES 2019.
But there's more.
Player physics and ball control have been more fine-tuned to make it intuitive while also still holding to the series' reputation for realistic simulations.
Controls will be situational and based on in-game environmental context according to the devs, meaning the control scheme will adapt as necessary to reflect the changing conditions in the game.
In terms of graphics, the game employs a photo-realistic style that is available in 4K HDR on all platforms for the first time. PES Productions has brought in specialty software to assist with creating superior lighting sources within the game as well as to accurately render the licensed stadiums found in the game.
Since realism and simulation are at the top of the list of Pro Evolution Soccer 2019's vaunted features set, the special attention the devs are paying to recreate the look and feel of the licensed venues and the teams that play in them should help add that much more realism to the simulation element of the game.
Wanna know the best part?
PES 19's graphical fidelity is so true to life that Liverpool football club even used the game to show off their new uniforms.
PES 2019 or Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 is a football simulator and a rival to FIFA 19. Download it and enjoy online and offline matches.
User Rating: 3 (2 votes)
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We are one of the UK's leading foodservice suppliers, with depots based in Southampton, Brandon, Bristol, Cheshunt, South Wales, Kent, Leicester, Sussex and Surrey.
Pensworth deliver to thousands of business customers, from shops and hotels, to wider fields of the catering industry, and many more. All of our products are of the highest quality, delivered to your kitchen from our modern fleet of refrigerated vans. To view our full Foodservice range click here.
We also deliver to thousands of household customers every morning, come rain, snow or shine, our customers wake up to fresh milk and produce. We refer to these customers as Doorstep customers, to check out our full range click here.
Pensworth care about the environment we operate in. We are always looking at the effect our operations & packaging usage has on the environment.
Our plastic bottles can be recycled within many local authority recycling schemes.
Our doorstep operation is very environmentally friendly and a high percentage of our customers have their milk delivered in returnable glass bottles as they have done for many years. It is common for these bottles to be used 30 times or more as our customers can rinse them out & return them to be used again and again. This greatly reduces our packaging impact on the environment.
Our deliveries where possible are made from electric milk floats which are very economical and do not have any emissions.
A family run business started in 1975 as a dairy farming partnership under Roger Bishop the name of Pensworth Farms by two brothers, Roger and Cliff Bishop, and George Jeffreys who owned the local Newhouse Estate in Redlynch, near Salisbury. The three partners started milking 200 Friesian dairy cattle.
In 1988 the partnership made the bold decision to leave the Milk Marketing Board and started their own on-farm milk processing and bottling operation utilising existing farm buildings and selling its own farm milk to local households. This evolved over the next 10 years to encompass about 10 doorstep delivery rounds and 12 wholesale lorry routes, which serviced the local shops, service station forecourts and catering businesses.
In 1989 the business was expanding so quickly that it decided to cease the processing of milk in order to concentrate on its sales development and became a buyer of milk from the main milk processor in Southampton called Vines Model Dairies.
The company continued to expand and in July 2000 the company purchased its supplier of milk Vines Model Dairies in Southampton, acquiring the factory and milk business and again allowing the Vines family members to retire. At this time, Roger's two sons Daniel and Gideon joined as directors to help take the business forward and in 2002 the Company restructured further to allow Roger Bishop to take semi-retirement completing the succession planning.
In 2004 the Vines doorstep milk-rounds were sold and the proceeds from the sale were utilised to allow the company to further diversify into the middle-ground catering market. At this time the business had sales of £11m and was distributing about 40million pints from its factory in Southampton and its distribution centre at its original home in Redlynch.
The company continued to invest in the factory with the aim of increasing its capacity and improving its efficiency. The company also continued to expand its production and its distribution throughout the South and South West of England, becoming a prominent player in the supply of milk to the retail and catering sectors.
In 2008 the company obtained an important strategic supply to the seven milk depots of Brazier Dairies business north of London. In August 2009 the Company purchased the business outright and then restructured the business into three major distribution centres at Watford, Aylesbury and Cheshunt.
The company has since continued to acquire additional sales and expand its distribution to cover most of the South of England and South Wales. The business now has sales of £60m and just under 200 employees, with milk now being produced BRC accredited factories. The depots which are spread throughout the South of England and Wales continue to expand rapidly.
Pensworth recently joined forces with Leicester based dairy company Kirby & West. Combining their ideas and workforces, both companies have managed to expand their delivery range and are now bringing fresh milk and dairy products to a rapidly growing number of the population.
For a number of years Pensworth have held accreditation to enable supply into the NHS, schools and the Public Sector. In 2016 SALSA accreditation was obtained which enabled the addition of the Red Tractor logo to be added to the milk. Accreditation from Organic Farmers and Growers is also held for the increasing amount of Organic milk being processed.