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Researchers reach critical milestone for treating brain cancer
By ONA Editor	 February 7, 2017 No Comments
In a rapid-fire series of breakthroughs in just under a year, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another stunning advance in the development of an effective treatment for glioblastoma, a common and aggressive brain cancer.
The work, published in the Feb. 1 issue of Science Translational Medicine, describes how human stem cells, made from human skin cells, can hunt down and kill human brain cancer, a critical and monumental step toward clinical trials – and real treatment.
Last year, the UNC-Chapel Hill team, led by Shawn Hingtgen, an assistant professor in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy and member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, used the technology to convert mouse skin cells to stem cells that could home in on and kill human brain cancer, increasing time of survival 160 to 220 percent, depending on the tumour type. Now, they not only show that the technique works with human cells but also works quickly enough to help patients, whose median survival is less than 18 months and chance of surviving beyond two years is 30 percent.
"Speed is essential," Hingtgen said.
"It used to take weeks to convert human skin cells to stem cells. But brain cancer patients don't have weeks and months to wait for us to generate these therapies. The new process we developed to create these stem cells is fast enough and simple enough to be used to treat a patient."
Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are the standard of care for glioblastoma, and that hasn't changed in three decades. In months, the tumour comes back in almost every single patient, invariably sending tiny tendrils out into the surrounding brain tissue. Drugs can't reach them, and surgeons can't see them, so it's almost impossible to remove all of the cancer, explained Ryan Miller, a coauthor of the study and neuropathologist at UNC Hospitals and associate professor at the UNC School of Medicine.
"We desperately need something better," said Hingtgen.
Dr. Shawn Hingtgen, shown here in his lab in Marsico Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill, and his team have made another stunning advance in the development of an effective treatment for glioblastoma, a common and aggressive brain cancer.
The key to Hingtgen's treatment is "skin flipping," a technology for creating neural stem cells from skin cells that won a Nobel Prize in 2012. The first step is to harvest fibroblasts — skin cells responsible for producing collagen and connective tissue — from the patient and reprogram those cells to become what are called induced neural stem cells, which have an innate ability to home in on cancer cells in the brain.
But by themselves, stem cells can only find a tumour and bump up against it – not kill it – so the team had to engineer stem cells that could carry therapeutic agents that the cells can launch at the tumour to kill it.
Hingtgen's stem cells can carry a protein that activates an inert substance called a prodrug that is given to the patient. The cells can then generate a small halo of drug that is located just around the stem cell, rather than it being circulated throughout the patient's body, reducing unwanted side effects.
"We're one to two years away from clinical trials, but for the first time, we showed that our strategy for treating glioblastoma works with human stem cells and human cancers," said Hingtgen. "This is a big step toward a real treatment – and making a real difference."
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Although I have written about Julius Schoenthal up to his death in 1919, I ended that post saying that I would return later to write about his children and other descendants. So here I am. Just to recap, Julius was the Schoenthal sibling who spent most of his years in the US in Washington, DC, as opposed to western Pennsylvania. He had served both in the German army and the US army, had worked as a shoemaker like his father Levi, and had had four children with his wife Minnie Dahl: Leo, Rosalia, Sylvester, and Moretta, all born between 1875 and 1879.
His wife Minnie died in 1899. All of their children were married by 1905, and although the three sons remained in Washington, DC, Rosalia (called Rose) and her husband Joseph Pach settled in Uniontown, Alabama, where Julius died, presumably while visiting them, in 1919.
I will discuss each child and his family separately beginning with 1920. Today I will discuss Leo and Rose; the next post will cover Sylvester and Moretta.
In 1920, Leo Schoenthal was working as the chief inspector for the DC Division of Weights and Measures, where he had been working for many years. He and his wife Fannie (nee Pach, sister of Joseph Pach, Rose's husband) were living on Westminster Street in DC with their daughter Minnie (17) and five boarders.
Leo's long and distinguished career with the Division of Weights and Measures came to an unfortunate end in May 1922. According to the two news articles reprinted below, Leo had been disappointed when the Commissioner of the Division, James F. Oyster, had passed him over for a promotion to superintendent of the division. Leo himself admitted that he was dissatisfied with that decision. It then seems that Leo, who was planning to start a publication called The Goat allegedly to discuss suffrage issues, wrote a series of notes that made serious accusations regarding Commissioner Oyster; the content of those notes was not revealed in either of the news articles although apparently they included attacks on his "integrity, morals, and personality" as well as charges of irregularities in the operations of the office. The notes were found torn into pieces in Leo's trash basket in his office, and although he claimed that he never intended to publish them, he was dismissed from his position. Leo also said that he had planned to resign his position anyway after he had been passed over for the superintendent's position.
Thus, after 29 years with the Division, Leo was fired seemingly without much opportunity to defend himself. The article from the Washington Times ended with these words: "The discharged chief was declared to be one of the most capable men in the weights and measures office." What a sad way for Leo to end such a distinguished tenure in that office.
But Leo apparently bounced back. In the 1923 directory for Washington, DC, Leo listed his occupation as "Westminster Press." Although I cannot find any specific information about this business, I assume it was a printing business owned and managed by Leo, based on information from the obituaries of both Leo and his wife Fannie (see below). I also assume they named it for the street where many of the Schoenthals had once lived in Washington, including Hilda, their cousin, daughter of Henry Schoenthal.
Five years later on September 13, 1928, when he was just 53 years old, Leo Schoenthal died suddenly while on vacation at a resort in Atlantic City. He was buried at Washington Hebrew Cemetery.
In his will, Leo left his estate to his wife Fannie.
Ancestry.com. Washington, D.C., Wills and Probate Records, 1737-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
I give, devise, and bequest to my wife, Fannie Pach Schoenthal, all my property, real and personal, of whatever nature possessed.
I am not forgetful of the best interests of my daughter, Minnie Pauline Schoenthal, but feel confident that my wife will always be mindful of the best interests of my daughter, and I leave it to my wife's judgment and discretion to give to my daughter any part of my estate she sees fit and able to give.
Three months later on December 2, 1928, the Washington Evening Star announced Minnie's engagement to Myron Hess, the son of Fred and Marcianna Hess of Atlantic City. According to the 1920 census, Myron was then working in his father's photography business in Atlantic City.
Minnie Pauline Schoenthal married Myron Samuel Hess on January 6, 1929, at her mother's home in Washington, DC, on Garfield Street. The article below describes it as a small but elegant wedding attended only by the relatives of the bride and groom.
So who were those out of towners named as guests at the wedding?
Gus Oestreicher, who gave away the bride, was the husband of Sarah Stern, Hannah Schoenthal's oldest child. Sarah was Minnie's first cousin, once removed.
Mr. and Mrs. Lehman Goldman were Flora Wolfe and her husband. Flora was the daughter of Amalie Schoenthal and also Minnie's first cousin, once removed.
Mrs. Jennie Arnold was also the daughter of Hannah Schoenthal and thus also Minnie's first cousin, once removed.
Mrs. Julius Afferbacker was, I believe, Mrs. Julius Averbach or Bernice Arnold, Jennie Arnold's daughter, and thus Minnie's second cousin.
The others must either have been the groom's relatives or Fannie Pach's relatives or people I have not yet found. But even this small list gave me a sense of how connected the overall Schoenthal clan continued to be as of 1929. Jennie, Flora, and Sarah were my grandmother Eva Schoenthal's first cousins as was Leo Schoenthal. Minnie was her first cousin, once removed. But it does not appear that my grandmother attended this wedding. Of course, by 1929 my grandmother had two young children and was living in Philadelphia and also had spent her childhood far away from the Schoenthal clan on the East Coast. Nevertheless, it is a bit sad that she and her parents were not at this wedding (or at least not included on the list reported in the newspaper).
Minnie moved to Margate, New Jersey, near Atlantic City, after marrying Myron where he continued to work in the family photography business. They would have two daughters during the 1930s, and in 1940 they were still living in Margate and Myron was still in the photography business. Here is a photograph taken by Fred Hess & Son Photographers.
Leo's widow Fannie Pach Schoenthal took over Westminster Press after Leo died. On the 1930 census she was living alone in Washington, DC, and listed her occupation as president of a printing business. By 1940 she appears to have left Westminster Press; she was still living on Garfield Street, but now with five lodgers in her home. Her occupation was listed as a lodging house keeper. On October 19, 1946, Fannie died unexpectedly from a heart attack while she was at the Wardman Park Hotel in DC (a place I have stayed in Washington); she was seventy years old.
Minnie Schoenthal Hess's husband Myron died four years later on November 6, 1950, a month before his 52nd birthday. His daughters were just teenagers when he died. In 1955, five years after Myron died, Minnie remarried; her second husband was A. Jay Trilling, who owned a paint company. He died in 1983. Minnie lived to age 95, passing away on August 15, 1998. According to her obituary, she took over Myron's photography business after he died.
TRILLING, HESS, SCHOENTHAL, MINNIE, who came to Margate as a bride in 1929 and lived in the same house in Marven Gardens for sixty-five years, died at Manor Care Nursing Home in Potomac, Maryland, on August 15, after a long illness. She was 95.
Mrs. Trilling was born in Washington, D.C. and moved to Atlantic City when she married Myron Hess. She took over as head of Fred Hess & Son Photography Studio following the death of Mr. Hess in 1950. In 1955 she married A. Jay Trilling, president of Trilling Paint Co. and former president of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce as well as president of Temple Beth Israel. He died in 1983.
Mrs. Trilling served as president of the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Exchangettes, and she was a member of Soroptomist International, Beth Israel Sisterhood, Betty Bacharach Auxiliary, and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Children's Seashore Home. She was a member for 77 years of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Trilling was especially proud that she was responsible for the beautification and restoration of Marven Gardens in the late 70's.
Thus, both Minnie and her mother Fannie became widows at a young age, and both took over their husbands' business after their husbands died. They were not only survivors; they were women who took on the responsibility of running a business to support their families.
Rose died almost ten years later on January 23, 1951. She was 74. Rose and Joseph had not had any children, so there were no descendants. When Rose died, she had already lost not only her parents and her husband, but also all three of her brothers and at least two of her sisters-in-law. There seemed to be a fair number of "sudden" or "unexpected" deaths in the family.
More on the younger two brothers in my next post.
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Pete Segal has signed on to direct Little Fockers, the third installment in the Meet the Parents franchise for Universal Pictures/Tribeca Prods.
According to Variety, Segal was expected to return as the director of Get Smart 2, but became available when Steve Carell instead made a deal to team with Tina Fey in the Shawn Levy-directed comedy Date Night for Fox.
John Hamburg scripted the third installment. It is the first in the series (Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers) not to be directed by Jay Roach. The franchise is one of Universal's most lucrative, with a combined worldwide gross just north of $820 million.
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MONROVIA — Perhaps as expected, the La Cañada High wrestling program was consistent to a fault at Saturday afternoon's Rio Hondo League individual wrestling championships at Monrovia High.
On a day in which the Spartans dominated the upperweights in winning four championships, second overall to the six titles won by powerful San Marino, there was still a feeling that perhaps more could have been accomplished, especially at the middle and lowerweights.
In any event, the Spartans still qualified eight wrestlers to the CIF Southern Section Eastern Division Individual Wrestling Championships at Perris Citrus Hill High, with the two-day tournament beginning Feb. 21.
What is unknown is if La Cañada, the Rio Hondo League team runner-up with a 4-1 record, will participate at the CIF Southern Section Division VI Dual Meet Wrestling Championships at Redondo Union High on Feb. 8.
The 10th-ranked Spartans applied for one of five at-large berths within the division and will be informed if they have been selected when the pairings are announced by the CIF office on Thursday at 1 p.m.
"We're hoping to get that bid and I think we deserve it. We wrestled well this season," La Cañada first-year Coach Justin Luthey said before making a near 180. "As for today, we did not wrestle well.
Two such Spartans seniors followed each other's cue in 220-pounder Christian Tichon and heavyweight Guillermo Padilla.
Tichon claimed the league's 220-pound crown when he pinned South Pasadena's Aaron Phillips in 1:36.
With only a two-tenths-of-a-second differential, Padilla also pinned his opponent, St. Paul's Justin Urquidez, in 1:36 after taking a 2-0 advantage with a takedown all while giggling before landing the fall.
La Cañada's Alex Bache kicked off the Spartans' pin party in the 182-pound championship with a fall versus San Marino's Tino Maese, as Bache raced to a 5-2 advantage before recording the victory at 2:57.
Spartans senior Peter Garfield secured a pin when took he down Hoover's Kenny Garcia in 3:40 in the lone area showdown.
La Cañada's lone setback in championship bouts came at 138 pounds, as junior Jesse Leamon fell behind, 2-0, to San Marino's Dominic Magana before being pinned in 1:03.
Leamon will be joined in Perris by three more Spartans in sophomore Sean Consolo (106 pounds), freshman Andrew Aghadjanians (113) and junior Daniel Badie (170), who took third in their respective weight classes and advanced.
The rest of the Rio Hondo League champions were Hoover's Arthur Ghukasyan (160) and Sebastian Ghouliance (170), Monrovia's Isaac Munguia (152), San Marino's Sebastian Mora (113), Evan Wick (120), Zander Wick (126), Julian Flores (132) and Aaron Padilla (145) and South Pasadena's Harry Yun (106).


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A 20-year-old man from Newberry Township has been charged with indecent assault after he allegedly masturbated in front of a female student while visiting a York College dormitory over the weekend, according to court records and the college.
Jacqueze Ajene Marguario McBride, of the first block of Sarah Court, allegedly entered three dormitory rooms in Manor North during the early morning hours on Saturday, according to Spring Garden Township Police. He is not a student at the college, but he was allowed into the dormitory by a female student, said Mary Dolheimer, a spokeswoman for the college.
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In the first room he entered, McBride crawled into bed with a sleeping woman and touched her leg, according to an affidavit of probable cause. She woke up, pushed him out of bed and told him to leave.
In the second room, he climbed into an empty bed. A student jumped out of her bed and turned on the light. McBride ran out of the room.
McBride then entered a third room, where police say he tried to climb into another woman's bed. She told police that his genitals were exposed, and he was masturbating, the affidavit states. She yelled at him to "get off."
Just before he left the room, McBride allegedly climbed onto a step stool and said: "Thanks Dude," the affidavit states.
The victims called campus police, who responded to the dormitory. Spring Garden Township Police were called in and made the arrest.
None of the victims knew McBride, Dolheimer said.
McBride, who was released on $25,000 bail, could not be reached for comment. He also has been cited with disorderly conduct.
The student who allowed McBride into the dormitory will face judicial sanctions, Dolheimer said. Overnight guests are not permitted in the dorm. She also added that students are responsible for the behavior and actions of their guests.
McBride also is not to be on campus again, Dolheimer said.


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Today we feature Red Bull Stratos as our marketing moment, a mission thaw saw Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner fly 128,000 feet (about 24 miles) into the stratosphere before jumping towards earth from a high-altitude balloon.
The stunt, which took place on October 14, 2012, was part of Red Bull's mission to "transcend human limits" and involved a team of experts from fields including aerospace medicine, engineering and pressure suit development.
Following the mission, Baumgartner became the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall along with several other records.
The experiment is one of the brand's most high-profile stunts to date and set records for the brand as well – more than eight million people watched the YouTube livestream of the jump, a record number of viewers for the platform at the time.


People already relying on a nginx proxy to authenticate their users to other services might want to leverage it and have Registry communications tunneled through the same pipeline.
While we use a simple htpasswd file as an example, any other nginx authentication backend should be fairly easy to implement once you are done with the example.
Note: Docker does not recommend binding your registry to localhost:5000 without authentication. This creates a potential loophole in your Docker Registry security. As a result, anyone who can log on to the server where your Docker Registry is running can push images without authentication.
Furthermore, introducing an extra http layer in your communication pipeline makes it more complex to deploy, maintain, and debug. Make sure the extra complexity is required.
Otherwise Nginx resets the ELB's values, and the requests are not routed properly. For more information, see #970.
Review the requirements, then follow these steps.
Create a password file auth/nginx.htpasswd for "testuser" and "testpassword".
Note: If you do not want to use bcrypt, you can omit the -B parameter.
Copy your certificate files to the auth/ directory.
Create the compose file. Paste the following YAML into a new file called docker-compose.yml.


Fruit flies are smaller than your common house fly. They seem to float through the air rather than fly, but that is probably because they are so tiny. They are actually more adept at avoiding death than you may think, but they certainly can not fly as fast as many of the other pests that may show up in your home. They do tend to prefer fruit, which is why they are commonly called fruit flies. Part of fruit fly control in Cerritos would be to get rid of the bad fruit they are eating, but that does not guarantee that they are going to be gone for good.
Any food that is left out can be food for fruit flies. They do not just eat fruit, though that is what they prefer. If you have an abundance of flies buzzing around, but you are sure you have searched your kitchen high and low for any fruit that may be the problem, it could be something else they are feasting on. Children are often careless with food, so it could be that your fruit fly control may be about cleaning your kids rooms, playrooms, or common play areas. You may just find the source of food hidden somewhere unexpected.
You can also use bleach as a part of your fruit fly control. Take a half a cup of bleach and pour it down your sink drains. This will allow the bleach to sit in the drain pipe or trap. Do not run the water in that sink for at least a half an hour to be sure you have killed them all. Don't forget to hit the sinks in your kitchen and bathroom, and don't leave the tub drain out. They can thrive on bits of food and other things that sit in your sink traps. Most people with problems find that this clears things up rather quickly, though you still may need fruit fly control in California.
As more and more people in the world become hygiene conscious, they have begun adopting a number of ways in which they can start living healthier lives by cleaning up the environment they live in. In one's home, the kitchen is a great place to start the cleanup process as it is one of the most inviting areas for flies and insects to infest.
One of the most challenging factors in the cleanup process involves the eradication of flies, particularly the fruit fly. For those people who are not aware of what the fruit fly is, it must be noted that these minute insects are small flies that measure in size of 1/8th an inch and have a fancy for attacking openly placed foods, fruits and vegetables.
These fruit flies feast on the surface of the food material and render it unfit for human consumption. They perch themselves on the surface of the food and gradually make their way into the body by creating minute spores. They affect the food material in such a way that it converts the starch and/or carbohydrate into alcohol and leads to the decomposition of the fruit or vegetable.
Fruit flies have an extremely short life cycle. Development to become an adult takes anywhere between 7 and 30 days and then they tend to live an extra 2 to 9 weeks. This means that as soon as they are an 'adult' they will start looking to places to lay their eggs and produce more fruit flies.
The most common time to see fruit flies is late summer and early autumn as they tend to breed the most around harvest time when there is more fruit and vegetables for them to lay their eggs in. This is prime time for you to get fruit fly control.
Unfortunately, they are only very small at around 3-4 mm long which means they can be tricky to spot and get rid of and also they can penetrate many fly screens. To identify a fruit fly, look for a dull colored fly – usually tan or brown. Adults tend to hover in small groups or circles and they make little or no noise that humans can hear while doing so.
You do need to be careful with fruit flies because they spend much of their time around moldy fruits and vegetables or other fermenting products, they are likely to carry bacteria which they may leave on your food. In addition, eating the fruit fly larvae can cause intestinal discomfort and diarrhea.
Make sure to wash and peel where applicable fruits and vegetables that could have been exposed to fruit flies before eating them.
The best way to keep pests at bay is to keep a clean house. Don't leave food stuffs around the house, especially things that are likely to go moldy quickly. Change your bins regularly too as this will deter fruit flies from coming into your house to find food. While there are products such as fly zappers and traps to get rid of fruit flies, this is not a sustainable solution to the problem – more of a band aid. Sanitation really is the best method of keeping these pests at bay.
These tiny flies can get into any home and make it their new breeding ground. Without knowing it, items in your home can be attracting these flies from the out side. They will be looking for any fermenting item in your house, which could be anything from the fruit in the bowl on the counter, to the small particles of food left in your kitchen sick.
Once they have located these places, they can lay up to 500 eggs each time they breed, which can happen several times in their short life span. Those 500 eggs will, within hours become larva, and then transition into adult flies. So without even knowing it, those 3 or 4 fruit flies that are flying around your kitchen will soon become 500 or more extremely fast.
So when you do see only a few of them, don't think to your self, that a few fruit flies can't do too much harm, because before you even finish that thought, 500 more could be on they way.
I would suggest that the moment you see even one fruit fly in your home, you should take care of the problem. It's much easier to eliminate them before they begin to breed.
There are a lot of solutions online to get rid of fruit flies. I myself went through my own fruit fly control problem, and found a great solution to eliminate them. They have some great, inexpensive, do it yourself kits that are surprisingly very effective.
See our Fruit Fly Control video on YouTube.
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~*Official 2020 Candidates Thread*~
By SaysWho?, December 3, 2018 in The Press Pool
6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:
2020 is giving me anxiety.
Let me cure it for you right now: the Imbecile loses the popular vote by at least 5 million but eeks out an Electoral win.
Accepting that reality = no more anxiety
1 minute ago, SFLUFAN said:
No, I know that's a real possibility and it doesn't help my anxiety in the least.
RedSoxFan9 4,403
40 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said:
Another fun thing to accept: the Democrat leadership will learn nothing from losing twice to Trump
ThreePi 259
28 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said:
If that happens, there's nothing to learn. Then Democracy in America is broken and elections don't represent the will of the people.
I feel like we're pretty much fucked.
Which is not helping with my depression I've had lately.
mclumber1 2,052
I'll have a covfefe and hamberder please
When I was a career counselor in the Navy, and people would complain to me about how much life on the ship/in the Navy sucked, I told them that as long as they don't think about how much it sucks, it's easier to get through it.
Moral of the story: Try not to dwell on the negative things in life - especially things you have little to no control over.
Just now, mclumber1 said:
Easy to say, harder to do. I definitely do some things that make me happy and keep my mind off the sucky stuff. Reading has been my escape lately. It's like I'm not sure what the root issue is right now, but certain things make it worse.
I still appreciate the intent with your advice, though. Thanks.
1 hour ago, ThreePi said:
this isn't new
elbobo 686
Joined: January 6, 2011
It doesn't matter who the democrat nominee is voters are going to show up in droves to vote against Trump more than they are going to vote for someone.
8 hours ago, mclumber1 said:
8 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:
I feel like some of my best years have been since Trump got elected but they have nothing to do with anything Trump did (he's been terrible). It was mostly because I was confused as to what to do, so I felt that no matter what happened in Washington or throughout the nation or how bad it got, I needed to focus on me and making sure I was at my best. And when I see people protesting Republican health care ideas, people fighting for women, people fighting for the environment, people getting organized for gun reform, I'm always reminded that many people will get off their ass to do the right thing. Things may have to get way worse before they get better (a conversation I've had with a few people from outside the US who are fascinated by current events here), but I firmly believe they will, even though it'll take time and a hell of a lot of work.
That's helped tremendously and I hope to follow this mindset when Trump is gone, be it 2021 or 2025. It's the healthiest thing you can do. Obviously, everyone has different circumstances, and even for me (my life's never really been bad), it took a while after the election to really get into gear and feel like I could turn things around and make 2017 a very happy year and a year of firsts. But it's worth the effort.
austerity pete
b_m_b_m_b_m 3,367
27 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:
teleprompter for Dems
bonus: this is the president of CAP
https://splinternews.com/neera-tanden-is-simply-too-online-1834079005
8 hours ago, SaysWho? said:
That's good and all, but as I said this isn't the cause for my on and off issues. You're right, everyone does have different circumstances.
Signifyin(g)Monkey 864
In general it's a bad idea to attach your emotional well-being to an election. Unless you're in the military, it's very likely there are a thousand other factors that will have a greater impact on your everyday well-being than who's president.
In fact, I think it's partly these intensely personal attachments to our political representatives, facilitated and amplified by social media, that's causing our politics to go increasingly haywire. I can't help but feel that our politics would be less dysfunctional if people didn't feel like either a.) the world was ending, or b.) the messiah has arrived, depending on whether so-and-so won the latest election.
At the very least it helps to remember that every politician, even the president, is constrained by larger historical forces—worry about those, not who wins the next election.
thewhyteboar 4,526
Even his wife thinks he sucks.
newest CNN national poll shows a jump for Biden, Harris fell off a cliff.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/politics/cnn-poll-democrats-2020-biden-rebound/index.html
Joe Biden has expanded his edge over the Democratic field in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with 29% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters saying they back the former vice president.
That's up 7 points compared with a late June CNN survey. No other candidate has made meaningful gains over that time.
The shift returns Biden to a double-digit lead over his nearest competitors, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 15% and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 14%. Their support is largely unchanged since earlier this summer.
RELATED: Full poll results
Aside from Biden's increase, the only statistically meaningful change in the candidate standings is a 12-point decline in support for California Sen. Kamala Harris, who stood at 17% support in the June poll but now has the backing of 5% of potential Democratic voters. That's similar to the level of support she had in the spring before a surge following her initial debate performance.
10 hours ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said:
I can't help but feel that our politics would be less dysfunctional if people didn't feel like either a.) the world was ending
Boy howdy, do I have some news for you
Kamala Says She's Uncomfortable With Bernie's Health-Care Plan Two Years After Co-Sponsoring It
lol, just a funny chart. Not even important since obviously the candidates aren't picking the songs themselves, they have a team of 20 people on four committees trying to make the perfect playlist to somehow get votes.
Biden is the Taste of a New Generation™.
42 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:
reading Bernie's top 4 I would be worried if I lived in Brooklyn
PaladinSolo 1,048
I don't know the methods or if i'm missing something but polling dem leaning registered voters seems stupid when like half the states have closed primaries or caucuses.
DC consultants created her in a lab. she's perfect
The only red state democrat that gets dscc/dccc support are vets, regardless of talent. It really shows.
Dodger 1,759
On 8/19/2019 at 4:04 AM, elbobo said:
The last two times Democrats tried the "anybody but the horrible evil Republican" and threw out an uninspiring candidate they lost. So yes, they do need someone likeable and can't just sit back and hope everyone is fed up with Trump.
7 minutes ago, Dodger said:
Was John Kerry the first you are referring to? Or Gore? In my mind both were decent people who would have made good Presidents, albeit they were boring.
2 hours ago, CitizenVectron said:
Kerry, because we didn't know just how bad Bush would be back then.


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Woman says her boyfriend suddenly becomes 'sick' when she's sick: 'How can I get him to stop?'
A woman's "hypochondriac" boyfriend claims to feel sick every time she's under the weather, and she's becoming increasingly frustrated with the strange pattern.
The woman took to Reddit's "Relationship Advice" forum to ask for advice. She wants to know how to gently tell her boyfriend that his copycat sickness habit is taking a toll on their relationship.
"We've been together for two years and every single time I become sick my boyfriend starts complaining about being so much sicker than me," the woman shares.
She explains that when she had tonsillitis, her boyfriend "suddenly was dying from tonsillitis." Then, another time, when she had a urinary tract infection (UTI), her boyfriend coincidentally developed a UTI as well.
"Every single time I get better he magically gets better too," the woman complains.
Things reached a breaking point in December, when the woman got sick with a virus.
"I got very sick on the 23rd of this month and have been in bed for all of Christmas," the woman shares. "I'm really upset over missing the holiday and I can't even complain about it to him as now he's suddenly 'dying' sick with the same thing but it's somehow 'worse.'"
Despite claiming to be extremely ill, however, the boyfriend felt well enough to go out with friends. Meanwhile, the woman was bedridden.
"This virus has had me bed bound for 4 days and he went out last night drinking and is currently going to work, but insists he's just as sick as me," she explains.
"How can I get him to stop? It's driving me mad," the woman asks Reddit.
Redditors concerned about boyfriend's behavior
Redditors were disturbed by the boyfriend's behavior and theorized it might be his way of avoiding taking care of his girlfriend.
"People that are self centered do this. It's because they don't want to care for someone else. They want to be cared for," one reader commented.
"This sounds exhausting and I would not date someone who does this," commented another Redditor.
In an update, however, the woman shared that she is very happy in her relationship and believes her boyfriend is simply suffering from hypochondria.
"He goes above and beyond in every other aspect of our relationship," she writes.
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Toople Reports FY20 as 'a transformative' period and a strong Outlook for FY21
Vox Markets
Vox Newswires
10:57, 14th January 2021
Toople (TOOP) FOLLOW described the year ended 30 September 2020 as "a transformative period" for the company following the acquisition of DMS Holding (DMSL) in its FY20 Report.
The provider of bespoke telecom services to UK SMEs acquired DMSL, a provider of unified communication services in the UK, back in February 2020, which was funded through a successful £1.2m placing.
While the telecommunications sector is not immune from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Toople reportedsaid the period 'has seen good quality and reliable connectivity become an absolute necessity' which it added had further validated its service offering to customers.
Over the FY20 period, group revenue grew year-on-year by 40% to £3.4m, including a seven months' contribution from DMSL, while gross profit rose 130% to £1.1m (FY19: £0.5m).
The group said it saw an increase in overall gross margin from 20% to 32% - 'a significant improvement' after acquiring DMSL, which itself delivered a gross margin of 44% for the period.
Annual cost synergies achieved during the period accumulated to over £1.6m on an annualised basis, which is a considerable achievement when initial guidance was approximatelyof £0.6m. Furthermore, admin expenses decreased from 92% to 71% of revenue during the period on 40% revenue growth.
Adjusted operating loss was therefore relatively flat at approximately £1.2m, before exception costs of £1.2m largely relating to the impairment charges over trade receivables from legacy customers that have been written off during the period.
Cash at the bank was over £0.6m as at period end and total assets increased substantially due to the DMSL acquisition, increasing to £2.8m (FY19: £1.3m). Its balance sheet was further bolstered post the year end in October 2020, when it raised a further £0.8m.
While the group acknowledges that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be 'significant', it noted that trading has progressed well in the first few months of FY21.
'We entered FY21 in a more robust operational and financial position, and we do not expect a significant deviation from our previous objectives of growing our core revenue, replacing unprofitable contracts and moving towards cash profitability at the operating level,' it said.
The company told investors that, 'Our strategy remains the same, and we enter 2021 a bigger, better, stronger and more focussed business with an improved balance sheet.'
Specifically, the macro drivers which are expected to precipitate substantial growth for the Group are said to remain in place, namely HM Government's commitment to the rolling out of fibre telecommunication infrastructure to replace the legacy copper infrastructure by 2025 and 'the necessary and ultimately unavoidable upgrade' of the country's network from 4G to 5G.
'We continue to set our sights on the societal importance of telecoms and connectivity as present and future drivers of growth. The Board remains optimistic about future prospects whilst recognising the challenges that lie ahead in the near term due to the pandemic.'
Investors will be pleased to note that sales, billing and customer support functions remained largely unaffected during the pandemic, allowing the business to sign new clients whilst servicing existing ones, and quickly deployed its own unified communications platform across the entire workforce, enabling staff across the UK, South Africa and Poland to work remotely without disruption.
Telco services have never been more prominent in peoples minds than during lockdown and the macro operating environment for TOOPLE across Broadband, fixed-line and mobile services is likely to remain positive throughout FY21 and beyond.
The robust balance sheet and significant shareholder support positions the Company for further revenue growth and positive operational gearing, as costs remain largely flat, will deliver accelerated earnings growth over the coming year.
Shares in Toople have increased by over 53% since the beginning of September 2020, from 0.07p to open today at 0.107p.
TOOP price chart
Reasons to Follow TOOP
The company completed its "transformational" acquisition of DMS Holdings (DMSL), a firm which provides unified communication services in the UK, back in February 2020. Toople believes DMSL will accelerate its own positive cash generation and drive profitability.
The macro drivers for TOOPLE indicate structural growth opportunities across the SME Telecom markets. The group's contract wins, and renewals point towards several compelling value propositions from the Company across broadband, mobile, and fixed line services.
Significant Market Opportunity
In a recent trading update, Toople told investors that the macro drivers expected to precipitate substantial growth for the Group remain in place, particularly the UK government's commitment to rolling out of fibre telecommunication infrastructure to replace copper.
This forms part of the country's efforts to upgrade its telecoms system to full fibre lines to deliver "gigabit speeds" following concerns that the UK has fallen behind other countries. The UK government aims for full-fibre networks to cover the entire country by 2033.
Openreach, which controls the UK's telecoms infrastructure, is building full-fibre to over 4.5 million premises by the end of March 2021 and more than 20 million in the late 2020's.
Andy Hollingworth, CEO of Toople said this goal coupled with the impact of COVID-19 is driving the need for better remote connectivity and unified communications solutions.
"As full-fibre availability in the UK grows exponentially, our suite of services supports the transition to a full-fibre future and as the availability of fibre increases, so too will the number of new and expanded contracts for Toople," he commented.
He highlighted the importance of this accessibility in a "new reality where employees can work from anywhere but must remain seamlessly connected to their colleagues and clients." And added "In light of societal changes to working practices, and technical upgrades to the UK's communications infrastructure, the long-term outlook for Toople is bright."
Toople's balance sheet will provide management greater flexibility to target additional organic growth opportunities across their target markets, which should lead for a positive outturn for FY20 and accelerate the Company's path to profitability and positive cash flow in FY21.
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Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi
Discussion in 'North India' started by RishDevaraja, Dec 18, 2016.
RishDevaraja New Member
I will be traveling from Noida to Bhikaji Cama Place on a daily basis for four days. I have a few questions about the area which would make my life a lot easier. My queries have been mentioned below, and it would be great if members would answer them.
What eating options do I have near Bhikaji Cama Place?
What is the nearest metro station to Bhikaji Cama Place?
Is it easy to get other forms of public transport from Bhikaji Cama Place?
RishDevaraja, Dec 18, 2016
Hi, welcome to the forum!
The Bhikaji Cama Place is located in the southern part of New Delhi. Lajpat Nagar is located on its eastern side, Hauz Khas is located on its southeastern side, Delhi Cantonment is located on its western side and Sarojini Nagar is located on its northern side. Bhikaji Cama Place is mainly a commercial area slash business centre, surrounded by other buildings with fields related to tourism, the government and other fields. Since the place is located at a prime area, there are tons of dining options around it. It is also easily accessible from any part of Delhi via public transport.
Dining Options Around Bhikaji Cama Place
1. Khalsa Restaurant - This restaurant serves North Indian dishes only. It is about 14 minutes of walking away from the Bhikaji Cama Place. It is located just behind the Hyatt Regency Hotel in RK Puram. Although it is air-conditioned, this can be considered as a no-frills restaurant. Ambience is very simple with just plain walls and wooden tables. The restaurant has lots of loyal patrons though owing to the fact that it has been operating for over 40 years now. One of their best sellers is the Tandoori Chicken, cooked just right, succulent and juicy. Even their Dal Makhani has the right amount of creaminess that isn't too heavy on the stomach. Meals are very simple here, almost home-cooked in style so it's as if you never left home at all.
Distance from Bhikaji Cama Place - 1.1 Kilometres
Address - No. 10, Sector 1 Market, RK Puram, New Delhi, India
Contact Number - 011 2618 4427
2. The Chef - This restaurant is located in the Safdarjung Enclave, about 1.1 kilometres away from Bhikaji Cama Place. Again, this is a very simple restaurant with just an air-conditioned seating area, wooden chairs and tables. The menu is not that extensive but has a nice variety of Chinese dishes. A cult favourite here is their momos, which range from vegetarian, chicken, mutton, buff and many more. Their momos also come in either steamed or fried varieties. Must try momos here are the Chicken Momos and Vegetarian Momos. Also worth trying is their Spare Ribs Fried Chilli Dry, which has this kick of spiciness but still has an array of other flavours. This restaurant also has home delivery so if you have your office in Bhikaji Cama, you can simply have them deliver your meal directly to you.
Address - Shop No. 70, Humayunpur, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India
Contact Number - +91 96507 70389
3. Depot 29 - This restaurant is also located in the Safdarjung Enclave in Delhi. Depot 29 has this quirky but trendy ambience, with the wooden tables and chairs, plus a stage where live performances happen during some nights. Their cuisine is mainly Mexican and American, with en extensive bar menu as well. A must try here is the Classic Crispy Chicken Burger, filled with cheese, bacon and barbecue sauce. They also have a Quesadilla Bar and Taco Bar, which are great for mid-meal snacks. If you reach the place during their special themed nights, you can enjoy live musical performances of local artists in Delhi too.
Address - Levels 2 & 3, B6/2 Commercial Complex Market, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India
4. Delhi Club House - Featuring various signature dishes of various clubs around the city, Delhi Club House is a premier dining option nearby Bhikaji Cama Place. The ambience is very elegant, with a mixture of couched and table seating areas. There is a bar at the middle of the restaurant and a DJ playing soothing music that fits the atmosphere. The cuisine is a mixture of North Indian, Continental and Asian. The menu though isn't that extensive although there's a nice selection of meals. From their starters up to their main courses, everything was well thought of. A cult favourite for the starter here is the Cheese Soufflé, a light and airy dish that would certainly work your appetite for more delicious dishes. Their Prawn Masala, for the main course, is tasty too, taking you back to the coastal area of Kerala or Goa. You cannot end your meal without their Molten Dark Chocolate Cake, indulgently delicious that every bite makes you forget about the calories. Delhi Club House is more of a posh restaurant though and you do need to pay more when you dine here.
Address - Sangam Courtyard, Major Somnath Marg, Sector 9, RK Puram, New Delhi, Delhi 110022, India
5. Ada E Haandi Restaurant - This restaurant is mainly a take away one, meaning that there are no seating areas around. They have North Indian, Chinese and Mughlai cuisines. If you just want a simple and basic meal, maybe for lunch, that you can bring to your office, this is a good option, since their rates are very affordable too. They are suitable for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians as their menu has separate sections for each. For the vegetarians, try out their Kadai Paneer, a delectable mixture of cottage cheese, tomatoes and onions in a creamy gravy. For the non-vegetarians, their Butter Chicken is a must try, a very basic meal that they have mastered as well. For desserts, they have Kulfi, Ice Creams and Lassi too which you can also try out. From Bhikaji Cama Place though, you might need to ride an auto rickshaw to reach the restaurant as it's a bit further away.
Address - No. 141, Moti Bagh South Market, South Moti Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi 110021, India
Contact Number - +91 11 2467 2702
6. Anupam Restaurant - Almost appearing like a home, this restaurant is well-known to the locals. It has a very simple ambience, like an old house, with just a few wooden tables and chairs. The menu comprises mostly of North Indian and Chinese dishes. Although having been here for many years now, they have retained their business's simplicity and authenticity. They have a Vegetarian Thali (Rs. 180) and Non-Vegetarian Thali (Rs. 240) comprising of parathas, tandoori, raita, dal, salad and either a mutton or chicken dish for non-vegetarians and paneer dish for vegetarians. This is value for money because you get a huge amount of dishes for the specified amount. They also have a number of tandoori breads that go well with the curries, a must try is their Butter Naan. Staple Chinese dishes such as the Hakka Noodles and Vegetable Chopsuey can also be found in their menu. For as little as Rs. 250, you can feel quite satisfied in this restaurant.
Address - MCD Parking, Near, Kapoor Wali Gali, Munirka, New Delhi, Delhi 110067, India
7. Mezbaan Restaurant - The Mezbaan Restaurant has a very bright red interior, with couches and marble-like flooring. The best feature of this restaurant is that they don't compromise on food quality despite their very affordable rates. Their menu is a mixture of North Indian, Mughlai and Chinese cuisines. Most students of nearby colleges frequent the restaurant because of their delicious meals and economical rates. Their Honey Chilli Potato is a must try, it has enough spiciness which compliments the bland taste of the potato. The Malai Kofta here is very creamy and goes well with a Plain Naan or Butter Naan. For the vegetarians, their Mutter Mushroom would delight the taste buds with its creaminess and the smooth texture of the mushrooms.
Address - No. 383/1-B, Mir Singh Complex, Munirka, New Delhi, India
8. New Janta Restaurant - Last is the New Janta Restaurant, about 3.2 kilometres away from Bhikaji Cama Place. They also serve North Indian and Mughlai cuisines. Like the other restaurants, ambience is simple, with just wooden chairs and tables, although the place has air-conditioning. They serve one of the best Dal Makhanis in the area, incredibly creamy but not too heavy. It goes well with plain breads as they compliment the taste of the dish. On the other hand, their Mutton Tikka Masala is also worth trying out, it's soft and not chewy, bursting with flavours too. You won't spend more than Rs. 300 here and you'd already feel quite full. You do need to hire a taxi or auto rickshaw to reach this place though as it's not that near to the Bhikaji Cama Place.
Address - C-22, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110057, India
Nearest Metro Station to Bhikaji Cama Place
Metro Station Distance from Bhikaji Cama Place Walking Time Line
AIIMS Metro Station 3.2 Kilometres 40 Minutes Yellow
Hauz Khas Metro Station 4.6 Kilometres 1 Hour Yellow
Dhaula Kuan Metro Station 4.3 Kilometres 1 Hour Airport Express
The Bhikaji Cama Place Metro Station is still under construction and would be part of the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. As of now, the AIIMS Metro Station is the nearest metro station to Bhikaji Cama Place. It is about 3.2 kilometres away, which is about 40 minutes of walking away from Bhikaji Cama Place. This station is on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. Another good option is the Hauz Khas Metro Station, which is 4.6 kilometres away from Bhikaji Cama Place. It is also part of the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. The last one is the Dhaula Kuan Metro Station, about 4.3 kilometres away from Bhikaji Cama Place. This one is part of the Delhi Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro.
Bus stations are quite far away from the Bhikaji Cama Place. There are auto rickshaws around though for short distance travels. Finally, there are numerous taxi stands around the place. The General Taxi Stand is just a few kilometres away from Bhikaji Cama Place. There are also private taxi services within walking distance from it.
You don't need to worry as the Bhikaji Cama Place is a very commercialised area, where dining places and transportation stands can be found. If all else fails, just contact any radio taxis or call taxis which can be very convenient for you. I hope this helps!
briannagodess, Feb 9, 2017


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Using a V2 keyboard both at home as well as at work (I own two of them), I do miss the ability to secure the keyboard (at work) using a Kensington style cable lock. Secondly, it would be nice to be able to change the colors of the top right LED indicators, maybe even individually. Just standard LED colors, no RGB features.
If these features become available, I'd certainly purchase them.
The lock slot has very rarely been mentioned, so I don't think it's going to be something we'll support since most users won't use it, but everyone will see it and it would detract from the design of the case. Putting it in the back of the keyboard may also be problematic due to the geometry of the case.
However, the LED issue is something we have an update for. A refresh of the PCB in the coming months will have programmable RGB LEDs for the indicators.


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A Quartet of Movie Reviews
September 19, 2018 by David Dubrow 1 Comment
Sometimes I see movies. Sometimes I enjoy them.
And sometimes I don't.
If you're looking to be bored for long stretches of time, I can't think of a better sci-fi thriller than Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1. It stars Iwan Rheon as the titular character S.U.M.1, and by the end of the film you'll be quite familiar with the sight of his naked backside. The story is that an alien race known as the Nonesuch has wiped out most of the human population on Earth; the rest live underground except for soldier-types like S.U.M.1, who do solitary 100-day tours of duty inside concrete towers, looking for human survivors to save and Nonesuches to flee from. Between the silly plot, terrible storytelling, and risible dialogue, I found this film to be a gigantic waste of time. The only sympathetic character was the white rat Doc, who, unfortunately, didn't make it. (They never do.) The movie's no doubt supposed to be a gritty tale of isolation and mental anguish, but it failed to build up to anything worth paying attention to. I pray Doc finds a better agent.
I was really looking forward to Hereditary. Who doesn't like Toni Collette and Gabriel Byrne? Nobody I want to know. Yes. What? Anyway, it starts out terribly dark and depressing and disquieting, and none of the characters are particularly likable but it's okay because the visuals are so darned creepy, and then something inexpressibly awful happens 40 minutes in and I spent the rest of the film deciding if I should turn it off or not because it stopped being the least bit enjoyable and became a litany of dreadful things happening to people I didn't care about. The supernatural elements would have been more interesting if they'd been fleshed out better. The horrific images would have had more punch if I disliked the characters less. Director Ari Aster said, "I wanted the film to function first as a vivid family drama before I even bothered attending to the horror elements," and I believe him, because we got a lot more of the family drama than the horror, which made neither genre work. This was no Ordinary People or Terms of Endearment, and it wasn't The Conjuring or The Amityville Horror, either.
About eighteen years after its release, I finally got to see Battle Royale. It's an uplifting (kidding) tale of a bus filled with Japanese high-schoolers that gets taken to a deserted island. The high-schoolers are then given weapons and told to kill each other, and the winner of this disgusting game is allowed to live. Plenty of books and movies owe a lot to this film (looking at you, Hunger Games) in both story and visuals. Great care was taken to make us like these kids, and to see them fight and die and try to save each other is more wrenching than you might think. There's a lot of blood and gore, but it's not as sickening as subsequent Japanese horror efforts tended to get. Battle Royale is the OG of this bizarre genre, and if you want to get your tragic nihilist violence boner on, give it a look.
For a second helping of Japanese horror, I bring you the movie Tag, known as Riaru Onigokko in Japan. Completely and utterly incomprehensible, it tackles alternate universes, the nature of reality, video games, and identity in the same way that Jackson Pollock addressed realism in painting. I defy anyone to make sense of anything that happens in this film. As is typical for Japanese productions, the special effects were terrific, especially when showing some unbelievably horrific stuff. I didn't like the movie, but I didn't not like it. Some of the visuals are had to forget. Does that make it a successful film? To quote Rudy from Season One of Survivor, I don't know.
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You shouldn't look at or use Twitter, and this story is another perfect example. There's so much that's wrong here that it would take a battalion of clergy, philosophers, and psychologists to fully map it out, let alone treat the issue.
This is the advertising copy for Ilana Glazer's stand-up comedy special The Planet Is Burning: "Ilana Glazer's debut standup special is trés lol, and turns out - she one funny b. Check out Ilana's thoughts on partnership, being a successful stoner adult, Nazis, Diva Cups, and more. Hold on to your nuts cuz this hour proves how useless the patriarchy is. For Christ's sake, The Planet Is Burning, and it's time a short, queer, hairy New York Jew screams it in your face!" This is written to make you want to watch it.
In the midst of reading books about modern farming, the 6,000 year history of bread, and ancient grains, I found this just-published piece by farmer and scholar Victor Davis Hanson: Remembering the Farming Way.
"I then confront the decreasing power of the movement in order to demonstrate the need for increased theorizations of the reflexive capacities of institutionalized power structures to sustain oppositional education social movements." Yes. Of course.
You should definitely check out Atomickristin's sci-fi story Women in Fridges.
As it turns out, there may yet be some kind of personal cost for attempting to incite a social media mob into violence against a teenage boy you don't know, but decided to hate anyway because reasons.
One of the biggest problems with internet content is that the vast majority of sites don't pay their writers, and it shows in the lack of quality writing. It's hard to find decent writers, and harder to scrape up the cash to pay them. This piece is a shining example of the problem of free content: it's worth what you pay for.
If you're interested in understanding our current cultural insanity, the best primer available is Douglas Murray's The Madness of Crowds. Thoughtful, entertaining, and incisive.
More laws are dumb. More law enforcement is dumb. The only proper response to violence is overwhelming violence. End the assault. There's a rising anti-semitism problem in New York because Jews who act like victims are being victimized by predators. None of these attacks are random. Carry a weapon and practice deploying it under duress. Be alert and aware. I don't understand why the women Tiffany Harris attacked didn't flatten her face into the pavement, but once word gets around that the consequences of violence are grave, the violence will lessen.
When are you assholes going to understand that this stupidity doesn't work any longer? Nobody gives much of a damn if you think we're sexist because we don't want to see a movie you think we should see. It only makes us dislike you that much more, and you started out being an unlikable asshole. Find a new way to shame normal people.
The movie Terms of Endearment still holds up more than 35 years later, and if you're looking for a tearjerker, this is your jam. One element that didn't get a lot of mention is, at the end, when Flap, with a shrug, decides that his mother-in-law will become the mother of his children once Emma dies. He abandons them, and nothing is made of it. This always troubled me.
You need to read this story the next time you feel the urge to complain. And if you need a shot of admiration for another family's courage, check this out.
Progressive political activist and children's author J.K. Rowling finds herself on the wrong side of a mob she helped to create. The Woke Sandwich she's been trying to force-feed others since she earned enough f-you money doesn't taste as good as it looks when she's obliged to take a bite.
I need you to check out The Kohen Chronicles and pray for this family. Their 5-year-old son has cancer.
Currently, the movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stands at 55% at Rotten Tomatoes. Don't forget that these are the same reviewers who not only adored the absolutely execrable The Last Jedi, but insisted that you were a MAGA hat-wearing incel white supremacist manbaby for not loving The Last Jedi. So either The Rise of Skywalker is an objectively bad film, or it simply wasn't woke enough to earn plaudits from our movie-reviewing moral and intellectual betters.
It's easy to hate the older pop bands like Genesis for their popularity, but they were capable of genius, and it shows in No Son of Mine.
If you want to know which identity group has more clout, read this story of the Zola ads on the Hallmark Channel.
Rest in peace, René Auberjonois. I remember you from Benson as a kid. As an adult, I remember you as Janos Audron in the Legacy of Kain video game series. You made every role you were in a classic.
Elf on a Shelf Follies, Part 2:
8-year-old: I wrote the elf a note! I hope he writes back.
Me: What did you write?
8yo: I asked if he has any friends.
Me: What if he says it's none of your business?
8yo: *eyes grow dark and glittering* Then I'll...touch him.
Me: Ah. Mutually assured destruction, then.
Elf on a Shelf Follies, Part 1: My 8-year-old got an Elf on the Shelf the other day. The book it came with tells a story in doggerel about this elf's purpose, which is to spy on the kid and report his doings to Santa Claus, who would then determine if the kid is worthy for Christmas presents this year. The book also said for the kid not to touch him, or the magic would fade, and for the family to give the elf a name. I wanted to name him Stasi. I was outvoted.
Actor Billy Dee Williams calls himself a man or a woman, depending on whim; his character Lando Calrissian is "pansexual," and his writer implies that he'd become intimate with anyone or anything, including, one presumes, a dog, a toaster, or a baby. J.J. Abrams is very concerned about LGBTQ representation in the Star Wars universe. This is Hollywood. This is Star Wars. This is what's important to the people in charge of your cinematic entertainment. Are you not entertained?
The funniest thing on the internet today is the number of people angry over an exercise bike commercial. Public outrage is always funny. Always.
One of the biggest mistakes the United States has ever made since WWII was recruiting for clandestine and federal law enforcement organizations at Ivy League schools. The best talent pools were/are available from local law enforcement and military veterans, with their maturity and, most importantly, field experience. We've been reaping the costs of these terrible decisions for decades, culminating in a hopelessly politicized, sub-competent FBI and CIA.
Watching Fauda seasons 1 and 2 again in preparation for season 3 to be broadcast, one hopes, in early 2020. Here's my back-of-the-matchbook review of season 2.
Every day I try to be grateful for what I have, even in the face of the petty frustrations and troubles that pockmark a day spent outside of one's living room, binge-watching Netflix. We live lives of ease in 21st century America, making it enormously difficult to do anything but take one's countless blessings for granted. Holidays like the just-passed Thanksgiving are helpful reminders. There's a reason why people call the attitude of a thankful heart practicing gratitude, not just feeling grateful. You have to practice it. You have to remind yourself of what you have. It's the work of a lifetime.
Held Back: A Recent Conversation.
8-year-old: Oh, and Jamie was there, too. He was in my first grade class two years ago.
Me: Wasn't he held back a year?
8yo: Yeah. It's because he kept going to the bathroom with the door open.
Me: No way!
8yo: And girls saw.
Me: That's not right. They're not going to hold a kid back a whole year over that.
8yo: Well, that's what he told me.
Me: Sounds fishy.
8yo: I believe him.
~fin~
It's right and good to push a raft of politically correct social justice policies on everything else under the sun, but when social justice invades Hollywood, that's just a bridge too far, says Terry Gilliam. Sorry, Terry: you helped make this sandwich. EAT IT.
Rob Henderson's piece on luxury beliefs will have you nodding your head over and over again...unless you subscribe to these luxury beliefs, in which case you'll get mad.
I've made the Saturday bread from Flour Water Salt Yeast so often that I've memorized the recipe. It never disappoints. Never. The same recipe works well for pizza, too.
Liberty doesn't mean the freedom to do anything you want. The true definition of liberty is the ability to choose the good. Anything less is libertinism.
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Emmanuel welcomes all new students, both residents and commuters, on one of the most exciting days of the year! New residential students will move onto campus from 8am-4pm, and more information about the process and individual move-in times will be sent to students via e-mail. In the afternoon and evening, events for all new students and their families will be held to celebrate the beginning of their Emmanuel experience. See individual calendar events for more details!


The Australian Wind Alliance says it's time to get on with good energy policy, and stop endless talks on unproven ideas.
"Enough is enough. Endless new ideas to address Australia's energy issues are part of the problem," AWA national coordinator Andrew Bray said.
"Embarking on lengthy negotiations over the federal government's latest idea, a National Energy Guarantee (NEG), means wasting more time, for no good reason. Our country was already dragged through months of consultation and work over the design of a Clean Energy Target - which a wide cross-section of the country agreed would work.
"The NEG is expected to lock in fewer renewable projects and more pollution, so why are we still talking about it?
"This latest plan isn't about solving the energy crisis as much as it is about pandering to a handful of coal obsessed, climate-denying Coalition MPs.
"State and territory governments in Australia are leading the way in building new, clean energy supply and additional energy storage. We should champion them to do more. Given how long it will take to argue over the detail of the NEG this might actually be our only option.