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Donald Duck for Fed Chair?
James Joyner · Thursday, October 6, 2005 · 15 comments
Robert Prather worries that the Miers nomination could be a bad sign of things to come:
Since President Bush is the genius that chose a poorly credentialed crony to sit on the Supreme Court, how can we trust him to choose an adequate replacement for Alan Greenspan? Chairman of the Fed has an even larger day-to-day impact on our lives. I̢۪m getting nervous now. He needs the economics equivalent of a John Roberts, someone who inspires trust. The more I think about it the more nervous I get. We could end up with Donald Duck chairing the Fed.
If Donald Duck would refrain from trying to put buying a home out of reach of tens of thousands of Americans, bankrupting thousands of others and generally pontificating on matters not directly related to the monetary policy, he would be a vast improvement over what we've had lately.
Moreover, these issues are precisely why the Framers required Senate approval for nominees to major positions. I like George Bush, voted for him twice, and would, despite my constant exasperation with his policies, vote for him over Al Gore or John Kerry right now if given the opportunity. I voted for him for president, though, not potentate. The Senate is supposed to be a deliberative body to check the impulses of the executive. In the case of Meirs and a potential Greenspan replacement, I should hope they would take that charge seriously.
FILED UNDER: Congress, General, Al Gore, Harriet Miers, John Kerry, Supreme Court
Attila (Pillage Idiot) says:
Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 12:52
Can't he appoint Harriet Miers to the Fed and then give us a real Supreme Court nominee? As Fed Chairman, Miers could testify to Congress without causing a stock market panic by raising her left eyebrow. That would be a real improvement.
From the White House view the single most important requirement for the new Fed chairman is that it be someone that will not critize the Bush fiscal policy. That just about rules out all the people that the press and the street speculate about.
Being of the Jacksonian Democrat stripe, I have very little trust in leaving the running of the government to the Washington elite. The most dangerous time for the constitution is that wonderful time when the Congress of the United States is in session!
Brett Marston says:
SCOOP: BUSH WILL NOMINATE LONGTIME AIDE TO REPLACE OUTGOING FED CHAIRMAN
BREAKING NEWS!!! MUST CREDIT THIS BLOG!!!
Sources say that President Bush has already settled on a replacement for outgoing Federal Reserve Board chief Alan Greenspan. The surprise candidate is Billy "Moneybags" Johnson, Bush's long-time personal…
John Hudock says:
Sure, make fun of Donald…but if we could get his uncle Scrooge McDuck on the Fed, we might actually have something.
Steven Taylor says:
Kermit,
If memory serves, Jackon was Mr. Spoils System.
As such, one would think that a Jacksonian Democrat would like cronyism. 😉
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New Presidential Appointments
President George Bush today announced he has nominated professional gardener Jesus Ramirez as the new secretary of agriculture.
I like George Bush, voted for him twice, and would, despite my constant exasperation with his policies, vote for him over Al Gore or John Kerry right now if given the opportunity.
This just goes to show that your judgement is no better than his. Not something to be proud of James.
Jim Henley says:
The Senate is supposed to be a deliberative body to check the impulses of the executive.
The only way to get that these days is with blessed, hopefully soon to return, divided government. My personal preference would be a Dem Pres and Republican Senate, but I could almost settle for a Repub Pres (not Bush) and Democratic House. (Recent experience shows that there are not 218 intelligent Republicans – willing to run for Congress – to constitute a majority in the Lower Chamber.) Repub Pres and two Democratic chambers would work too.
Texas Native says:
He's baaaa-aaaack
A prodigal blog returns
Repub Pres and two Democratic chambers would work too.
Hm. I'm remembering the years 1987-93, when this was in place. We got big tax hikes and growing deficits — the worst of both worlds.
Jim, could you define "work" as you mean it here?
Borlos says:
Listen, WE ARE AT WAR. Being President IS HARD WORK. If we criticize his choice, we are going to undermine the safety of our troops and THE TERRORISTS WILL HAVE WON.
Brownie should be the next FED chair. Managing the fiscal health of the country is pretty much the same as managing a bunch of horse show judges. He'll do a heckuva job!
Mr. Snitch! says:
Scrooge McDuck for Fed Chair. Absolutely!
Mister Snitch! says:
Friday, October 7, 2005 at 02:44
Another alert from the Poindexter Awareness Office
Like moths drawn by the flame, more Poindexter-worshipping pundits are coming to the fore as a result of the Miers' nomination. It has come to the attention of the PAO that a pre-emptive strike has been launched in anticipation of Bush's naming of a …
al bee says:
I worked with Donald at the Department of Energy. A nice guy but no financial wizard.
I do not share you consternation over Mrs. Miers appointment. Each justice employs five clerks to do the grunt work allowing time for the justice to weigh the factors to arrive at just decisions.
How many arrive at a higher court already entrenched in court policy, procedures and politics? A fresh approach?
Like James I voted for the President twice and would vote for him again. I have confidence in him and his innate honesty. When he looks up during a speech I see an honest man doing his best to satisfy all citizens.
Coming to Grips with Reality
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B-TV CRITICAL REWATCH #1 ...
TWO GUYS, A GIRL, AND AN ANTIQUE SHOP: FRIDAY THE 13TH-THE SERIES
Weekly posts start Friday the 13th of November, 2020 until until we've exhausted all 72 episodes of the series.
SERIES OVERVIEW: Friday the 13th: The Series, produced by Frank Mancuso, Jr., but otherwise having nothing to do with the long-running cinematic slasher series, ran from 1987 to 1990 in syndication. Its premise: a large number of cursed objects were sold by antique store owner Lewis Vendredi (get it?) to various buyers, some unwitting, some rather willing. Each object provides power and agency for the holder that requires a horrible deed (usually murder) in turn for its gifts. The show's protagonists Micki and Ryan are the niece and nephew of Lewis Vendredi, the original owner of the antique store, Curious Goods. Their bleak inheritance is to recover all of the objects before they cause chaos and mayhem, unleashing hell on earth. The series was shot in Toronto and featured episodes directed by the likes of David Cronenberg and William Fruet, and written by the likes of Jennifer Lynch, Brian Helgeland (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, L.A. Confidential), and Mark Scott Zicree (author of The Twilight Zone Companion). The show stars Montreal actor/singer/model Louise Robey (billed as 'Robey'), John D. LeMay, and Chris Wiggins, with an additional cast member Steve Monarque playing "Johnny" joining the series later on.
Weekly posts feature commentary on two episodes. Most recent posts are at the top. Scroll down or for earlier posts and for the archive.
This blog makes consistent reference to Alyse Wax's 2015 book Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series, a helpful reference book for the series. To read more about this book, click the title, or click here. We thank Alyse Wax for her commitment to "television under the critical radar"!
Streamable versions of ALL episodes appear in this blog. Don't hesitate to notify us if these become unavailable.
"Badge of Honor" (1.23) & "Pipe Dream" (1.24)
Season 1, Episode 23: "Badge of Honor" (Michelle Manning, director; Roy Sallows, Jim Henshaw, writers)
Friday the 13th Meets Death Wish via Miami Vice.
The Goods: A beaten-down old cop stumbles across the means to revenge himself on the criminals who targeted his wife, while an ex-boyfriend of Micki's reappears and acts as shifty as possible.
The Cheese: The return of the sex saxophone, with the added bonus of playing during a violent shoot-out. / The dubious treat of a Robey-sung song playing at a disco. / The shrugging off of Tim's death / The amazing disappearing shoulder wound. / Naming anyone "Cooter."
The Sins: Given the focus on revenge, wrath.
Kristopher: Is this the first female director for the series? It comes up in the Wax book that Manning had just directed a music video with a similar aesthetic to this episode (142). Yet, I can't find said video … IMDb lists her as the producer of 1988's "Ry Cooder: Get Rhythm," but not as director. Plus, it seems to me that Ry Cooder is not exactly The Hunger aesthetic type. Manning produced Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, and went on to direct episodes of Miami Vice after this gig. It's interesting that between 1989 and 2008, she seems to have dropped off the map in terms of directing, but from 1997 to 2005 served as production president for Paramount Pictures. From 2008 to the present, she returned to some fairly big projects, including an upcoming horror film called The Lost Girls (which I had hoped would be a female version of The Lost Boys, but seems like a kind of castaway story).
Erin: Ry Cooder? Wait, isn't that the name of the first owner of the badge in this episode? Was she cross-promo-ing?
K: Oohh, maybe that is the case. I think Wax spells it "Cooter" in the book, but this would make sense. Still, a villain named "cooter" is hilarious to my 1980s self.
The opening scene is ultra cheesy. Here and elsewhere in the episode, the saxophone comes in to note city grittiness (gritty citiness?), so the luridness signified by the sax is still there in the link to crime.
Sharko has a nightmare while crashed out on his reclining chair, tortilla chips scattered artfully around his chest and belly. I wonder how that dream-vision actress feels about the camera introducing here by shooting up her nose and finding a booger. Is Sharko having a dream about his wife here blowing up in a white cadillac? The hazy flashback effect here makes it feel like it's his mom … which makes sense when we finally see her later in the episode (shades of Psycho).
The next scene with criminal Victor Haas slinking through the Haas nightclub's neon dance floor is ultra-cheesed out. Here are the lyrics from "Killer Instinct," the song in the nightclub, as best as I can transcribe them: "I bet you your aim's right on target tonight! / You got the [?] of instincts, don't you? / You never walk the same line twice. / You wait around, wait for the kill, boy. / You know it feels so ni-ee-ice! / You got the [?] of instincts, don't you? / You never make the same move twice. / You never miss the game for your best shot. / You know it feels so ri-eet. Yeah." The Wax book notes that the vocals are by Robey (139), good evidence that her singing is nearly as bad as her acting. I also read that she paints and writes children's books; they're probably fantastic.
E: Holy crap.
K: Curious Goods and gang don't appear until nearly ten minutes into the episode, with Ryan in the store reading a comic book behind a newspaper. (Why is he hiding it? I wonder if it is to stoke our sense of his feelings of inferiority to the men in Micki's life, one of whom enters in this very scene.) The actor who plays Tim Ayers (Micki's "friend" who sticks his tongue down her throat when they meet) is John Stockwell from John Carpenter's Christine. I love him. Of course, he turns out to be a counterfeiter—what a dick. He represents everything gross about the 80s capitalist drive (and its thinly disguised criminal fakery). The fact that he then turns out to be undercover FBI felt a bit conventional on the part of the writers. Why not just let him be a dick?
The idea of Detective Sharko (great name) becoming a vigilante using the cursed badge is actually a strong one; I like him lurking and stalking criminals around the streets at night. But the character leans a little too close to ugly to make him all that sympathetic.
The sax is back! This time underscoring Micki and Tim's make-out session in a nice combo of the criminal and sexuality.
The scenes with Sharko and his ailing wife are creepy as fuck. She's on a heart monitor and constantly behind a plastic sheet from the waist up, her face shown only as a shadowy, smeared silhouette. The incessantly rotating, cob-webbed ceiling fan over the bed is a nice touch. This is intriguing Hitchcockian homage. (Although what it's doing in the coked-up aesthetic of the rest of the episode is beyond me.)
A serial killer named Herbert Cooter, "the guy who thought he was Jesse James." Come on. Was it only in the Midwest that "cooter" was (is still?) slang for vagina?
E: Heh. I am familiar with that slang, so...no.
K: We learn that Gwen (Sharko's wife) was injured by Haas years ago. And of course this scene ends with the reveal that Gwen is a crusty corpse, moldering all these years in bed. This, and Sharko's next move, punching a club girl (billed as "Hooker" in the credits), makes him an even more difficult character to be linked to. It's interesting, though, that the badge as he uses it combines both the "bad" and "good" sides of the cursed object in one act. In other words, each murder isn't payment for an outcome; it is both payment and desired outcome. When Haas gets it, for example, we're onboard. And Sharko isn't doing any of this for his own gain, aside from a bit of vengeance. But there's no financial gain in his use of the badge. (Wax notes this, I just realize as I read page 143).
Wax describes this as her least favourite episode of the series. Despite its cheesiness, I beg to differ. I mean, it's not good. Initially, I felt the episode's supposedly gritty crime aesthetic was an uncomfortable blend with the neon dance club and the world of Micki and Ryan and cursed antiques. But the episode feels almost incontrovertibly '80s in this way. The addition of the oddly American Gothic bedroom scenes with Sharko's corpse-wife really throws this episode off in a twisted way (a little more Psycho II, or, better, Psycho III than Psycho, but I'll take it). There's a lot going on here; too many ingredients maybe; not all of it works. But I think this is one we could write about in the sense that its unevenness speaks to an era (or eras, considering the odd quasi-pathos of the Psycho references).
E: Agreed. I actually think that's the intention (see comments below). Unlike some of these episodes, there is a sense that Manning is going after a particular effect/aesthetic, even if it doesn't always work.
E: OK, this was a total homage—although since it's occurring simultaneously, does that qualify as a homage?—to 80s cop shows. It has it all: dark clubs, synth music, shiny outfits, vigilante cops with bosses who "don't get it," creepy crime lords with hookers and blow. Like the "Baron's Bride" and the "Quilt of Hathor" episodes, this is clearly jumping on the by then well-established Miami Vice aesthetic, but weirdly, it works for me. There is a blend here that Manning (and Henshaw) achieves, beyond being an audition tape for later directing actual Miami Vice, of contrasting the 70s aesthetic of TV police (schlubby everyman/vigilante) with the 80s view embodied by Crockett and Tubbs: deep undercover, temptation, who is the real bad guy type stuff embodied by the "yuppie success story" Tim.
K: Agreed. Perhaps not homage so much as going for the throat of a current aesthetic. It's almost like Manning sees it as a calling card to bid for a gig directing Miami Vice, a gig she got.
E: Like the other "guest" directors, Manning seems to not only bring her own aesthetic—and the episode is pretty well put together visually and thematically (eg, the song playing in the club at the start is thematically resonant to the episode as a whole)—but also follows Cronenberg and others in not bringing in the Curious Goods team until almost 10 minutes in. I liked the burnt-out effect of his memories of his wife, and while I was pretty sure there was a Rose for Emily sitch going on under the plastic tarp, it wasn't immediately obvious...but was suggested by the Havisham-like state of Sharko's house.
Obviously, given the episode's focus on Death Wish style vigilantism, wrath seems to be the main component. He is literally "branding" the criminals with justice.
K: Yeah, this was the coolest.
E: Return of the sex sax! Like, all through the episode, from Tim and Micki's dalliance to the scenes in the club. Seriously, did they raid the wardrobe department on the Miami Vice set? It was all sockless shoes (in Canada?) and rolled-up blazer sleeves.
Fire the continuity editor, Part 2: Micki had a thing with Tim last summer? Wasn't she still with Lloyd? How much time has passed? Also, is Tim dead? 'Cause she was weeping big time for Dewey, but Tim just gets a blank stare? Also, didn't she get shot in the shoulder?
K: LOL, on all of it! This episode has so much cheese.
E: The return of the Micki/Ryan cousin love creepiness, now with added reciprocity! Ew. Suspicious of Tim, with the looks and the secretive phone calls? Understandable. Jealousy based on class issues ("yuppie success stories")? Interesting take. To have Ryan dress like him (and slick his hair back), with an ending implies that this sartorial shift really is doing it for Micki? GROSS.
K: I thought I caught in this episode Micki referring to Ryan as like the cousin of her uncle Lewis, which might explain how they're figuring this weird love interest angle.
Season 1, Episode 24: "Pipe Dream" (Zale Dalen, director; Marc Scott Zicree, writer)
The generation gap becomes a chasm of sadness.
The Goods: Ryan gets an invitation to his father Ray's wedding; despite lingering resentment, he lets Micki talk him into attending. Unfortunately, Ray's newfound success after years of failure is the result of a cursed pipe, given to him by Lewis, forcing everybody to make hard choices.
The Cheese: Actually, the episode is too sad to be truly cheesy.
The Sins: Pride, but Envy seems to drive a lot of the action.
Kristopher: The family connection to Lewis comes logically back here in the transfer of the pipe to Ryan's father. I haven't noticed this before with Zicree, probably the main writer on the show, but this script is tight, thematically and narratively. It's a little, self-contained gem, and a viewer wouldn't have to have seen the rest of the season or series to have an immediate sense of the characters' relationships, including Ryan, Jack, and Micki.
The way Ryan's father talks about "nerve gasses, stun guns," not to mention his laser explosive gun with no other interest than money is typical of US dispassionate and non-empathic treatment of the rest of the world for its own gain. The sense of American exceptionalism is strong here. Ryan registers real discomfort with all this, and Ray hits him with an: Oh, "that's right, you're the artistic type." The homophobic coding here is strong. This is a good bit of content to attach to a father-son feud along the lines of toxic masculinity. Ray's stealing of the plans to the gun come off as a bid for power related to his own sense of potency (the designer is a much younger, handsomer man); Ray's theft comes with praise, a plan to marry, a possible reconciliation with a son who might respect him, etc—the stakes are high for Ray. The posturing from Ray's colleague at the factory seems again like a pissing contest. The script is really carefully structured around these male-male dynamics in terms of theme and narrative content. And this isn't absent when the men go to the factory and the women (stepmom-to-be and Micki) stay home to prep for the wedding, sidetracked briefly by some photo albums—total "girl stuff."
Erin: I noticed the "artistic type" coding too! And aside from the fact that the actor who plays Ray later plays the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the other guy in the pissing contest looks super familiar to me as well...I think he played this particular type in a lot of things.
K: In Ryan's words, Ray's "hunger" and "ambition" have always driven him. And because of this the wedding turns to a funeral. At the wake, Jack calls him "a proud man" and says: "When a man reaches the limits of this life there's nowhere to maneuver." The scene has real emotional heft, and the entire episode is pretty moving. In fact, it's got the emotional weight that the prior episode lacked for Sharko. Here, it's more complicated to love or hate Ray, since Ray really is the tragic man, always seeking fortune and respect but in the end having to steal it, even though it was always there in his son.
The Wax book has an interview with Zicree where he talks about the autobiographical aspects of the script: "My father [an aerospace engineer during the Vietnam era] so wanted to be important, to matter" (148). And of Ryan and Ray: "I could understand the corners the father had cut, because he was a little man who wanted to be a big man, wanted to be a hero to his family, but what he was doing was causing great harm to the world. It's not that you start a monster, but that's where you end up, because of those small compromises you make that ultimately become big compromises. That is what I was writing about in 'Pipe Dream'" (Zicree, quoted in Wax 148). Zicree could be describing the context for every white old man running the US Senate right now: too tired to care, too terrified to lose power and privilege, too proud to show either of these as a weakness—so they blow shit up and alienate anyone not like them.
E: That's fascinating; and the fact that Zicree tied his own experience into this may be why it's so emotionally resonant. (Also: There's a whole thing in Susan Faludi's Stiffed that addresses this particular father/son dynamic around the aerospace industry. Well worth a read.)
K: The fact that the corporation in the episode is selling the weapons to a Spanish-speaking general is oddly both racist and productively critical of the U.S.'s practices then and now of supporting dictatorships with weapons sales (dictatorships that they will later denounce, possibly shooting other weapons [the ones they didn't sell to them] at them).
E: See my comments below; the Iran-Contra hearings were running right around the time this would have been filmed. One thing in its favor: check out shows like Miami Vice or movies like Romancing the Stone (or even comedies like Innerspace) and the way they portray pretty much anyone from South America. This episode looks positively restrained in comparison. (I'm not defending any of it, but it stuck out as someone who watched a lot of subpar things in my wasted youth.)
K: For me, this is a key episode in that it develops one of the main characters and ties things in to the Louis Vendredi history. It's also a really tightly scripted episode in terms of content and theme, and even gets into a political, anti-capitalist, anti-military industrial complex critique that it ties to masculinity and the rifts between fathers and sons. Both this and "Tales of the Undead" capture the essence of the series, with "Faith Healer" running a close third.
E: Whoa. There are certain moments where a series takes a giant leap forward, where everything: writing, direction, performance, is just next level. Buffy's "Surprise/Innocence" two-parter was one example; this is another. Whether it continues to improve (like Buffy did) or not remains to be seen, but you were absolutely right in what you told me; this is one of the best episodes so far. It moved! I mean, as you know, some of these season-one episodes have been a slog, but this one just roared ahead and engrossed me.
I think one reason it worked so well is because it might be one of the first "Curious Goods" crew backstory episode that seemed truly organic. ("Brain Drain" worked fairly well, because Jack's past is pretty obscure and so it didn't come out of nowhere), but "Pipe Dream" is different because actually answers questions about why Ryan is the way he is (kind, a bit childish, a dreamer, and kind of needy) that have already been established, and gives them a turn of the screw that I didn't see coming but also makes perfect sense.
It also does a bit of another Buffy trick too; metaphors aplenty! The cursed object is a pipe, with the episode title thus working on numerous levels: the pipe helps Ray achieve his dream of success and wealth and the term "pipe dream" as one of chasing unrealistic expectations. Ray's potential fortune being built on weapons manufacturing/death and destruction (and Ryan's distaste for it) offers a nice generational commentary...and both the cursed object and the weapons both rely on death and suffering for success. (It doesn't seem accidental that the "pipe smoke" and its effects seem similar to things like napalm.)
K: Nice observation!
E: I also can't help but think that the fact these weapons were being sold to South American clients was not lazy and vaguely racist scriptwriting, but a reference to the Iran-Contra hearings being held at the time this episode would have been filmed. Also, it taps into the sadness of the "Del Boy" thing Ray has going on; the metaphoric noose of dying without ever achieving one's "dream."
K: I don't know the "Del Boy" reference!
E: Other things: Given the emotional content of the episode, nobody went over the top (even Robey!) in their performances, or at least not in such a way that took me out of the moment. Everybody was actually smart about things, including Micki taping up the door to prevent the smoke from getting in. The question of influence: Ray's dad leaves him; Ryan and Ray are estranged, and Ray's mentor is the bitter and (eventually) evil Lewis, while Ryan has Jack to look up to. Also, I can't help but think, on the generational thing, that Ray's crack about Ryan being the "artistic type" was code for assuming Ryan was gay...which gives a whole other resonance to Ray's later admission that he was "angry" at Ryan. Finally, Jack's assessment of aging—"a narrow bridge over a long dark drop"—was chilling.
K: I didn't catch this, but it's the most poetic line the series has offered thus far!
E: Can it sustain this level of quality?
Rewatch #1
Friday the 13th: The Series aired in syndication from 1987 to 1990. It boasts a large fanbase but almost no scholarly commentary. This episode-by-episode critical blog on the series is part of a research project by Erin Giannini and Kristopher Woofter that will include the series in a scholarly monograph on horror anthology TV series in the Reagan era.
This is the first in a series of (re)watches we'll do of some pretty great (and some not-so-great) 80s TV horror series. Some of what we're doing is having fun with the show, obviously, but the idea is to use the blog to brainstorm. But with the idea that such things don't have to happen in isolation, we give you ... this blog.
Streamable versions of most episodes appear in this blog, and many episodes are available on Amazon Prime Video in the US.
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Q: swift tableview separator line missing between first and second row I created a table and it seems the separator line between the first and second cell is missing and the rest are there. If I scroll to the top and back the line appears :

Below is the tableview rows functions. I read from a mysql database and display the rows.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int
{
    return dbarray_id.count
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
{
    //for(var i = 0; i < dbarray_id.count; i += 1)
    //for i in 0..<dbarray_code.count
    //{
    //    //newVars.put_timelog("cellForRowAtIndexPath_uiswitch :\(uiswitch_onoff[i])  \(uiswitch_enabled[i])")
    //}

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "pushgroups_tvc") as! pushgroups_tvc

    cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

    cell.txtsubject.text = dbarray_title[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row]
    cell.txtbody.text = dbarray_description[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row]

    cell.txtsubject.numberOfLines=0
    cell.txtsubject.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.byWordWrapping

    cell.txtbody.numberOfLines=0
    cell.txtbody.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.byWordWrapping

    cell.txtsubject.textColor = UIColor.blue
    cell.txtsubject.font = newVars.font_subject
    cell.txtbody.font = newVars.font_body

    cell.addgroup.tag = (indexPath as NSIndexPath).row
    //update switch to selected value
    //cell.addgroup.on = false
    cell.addgroup.isOn = uiswitch_onoff[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row]
    if uiswitch_enabled[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row] == true
    {
        cell.addgroup.isEnabled = true
        cell.addgroup.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
    }
    else
    {
        cell.addgroup.isEnabled = false
        cell.addgroup.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
    }

    cell.txtaccesscode.text = ""
    cell.txtaccesscode.isEnabled = true

    cell.txtaccesscode.tag = (indexPath as NSIndexPath).row
    cell.txtaccesscode.tintColor = UIColor.blue
    cell.txtaccesscode.autocapitalizationType = .allCharacters

    //GGGGGG
    cell.txtaccesscode.addTarget(self, action: #selector(textFieldTyping_access), for: .editingChanged)

    if dbarray_public[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row] == "Y"
    {
         //cell.backgroundColor =  UIColor.blueColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.2)
         cell.txtaccesscode.text = ""
         cell.txtaccesscode.isEnabled = false
         cell.addgroup.isEnabled = true
         cell.txtaccesscode.isHidden = true
    }
    if dbarray_public[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row] == "R"
    {
        cell.txtaccesscode.isHidden = false
        //cell.backgroundColor =  UIColor.redColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.2)
    }
    if dbarray_public[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row] == "H"
    {
        //cell.backgroundColor =  UIColor.greenColor().colorWithAlphaComponent(0.2)
    }

    cell.selectionStyle = .none
    cell.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsets.zero
    cell.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsets.zero
    cell.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsets.zero

     cell.backgroundColor = newVars.hexStringToUIColor(hex: newVars.tableview1_background_color).withAlphaComponent(CGFloat(newVars.tableview1_background_color_alpha))

    return cell
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplay cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath)
{
    newVars.put_timelog(timedata: "GORDON pushgroups_vc_textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField ")

    //tableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyle.singleLineEtched
    tableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyle.singleLine
    tableView.separatorColor = UIColor.black
    //tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red //overrides cell color
    tableView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
    tableView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = false
}

A: I believe that setting:
cell.selectionStyle = .none

And then programmatically selecting a cell, like in the viewDidLoad method will cause this bug.
I had the same problem and solved it using accessory checkmark and disabling selection. After I removed the code that selected the first cell by default, the bug disappeared.

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I was looking up at the moon because I hadn't been able to see it for the past few nights and it looked so pretty so I took a picture of it, then I saw this silver object just gliding I guess, not moving too fast because it was visible for a few min. I was kinda frozen there just looking I don't know why I didn't record it, I couldn't. As I walked away someone from my complex came up to me and asked if I saw that? All I could say was, did you see that?? I then later went to look for him and found him and asked if he got video, but he didn't and his roommate also saw it. It was gliding at a slow enough speed that we saw it, and it was big, but then disappeared so quick. It was still daylight that we saw it so clear. It was big and oval like a fat cigar. I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It wasn't a plane. The photo I'm submitted is just a picture of the moon, the object isn't in the shot, it was after I took that when I saw it. In daylight.
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Bayern Munich Confirm Agreement In Place For Juventus Star To Move To Allianz Arena
The Bundesliga giants have also revealed that Arturo Vidal will start training with them from next week, if the medical goes smooth
Chile star Arturo Vidal will now be donning Bayern Munich colours in the upcoming football seasonReuters
German heavyweights Bayern Munich have confirmed that they have reached an agreement with Juventus for Arturo Vidal and the signing is set to be confirmed in just a matter of days.
Bayern CEO Karl Heinz Rummenigge announced the big news and revealed that the Chile star will start training with the Bundesliga giants the following week, if paperwork and the medical tests goes through smooth.
The recent development comes at the backdrop of the player himself revealing only last week that he was leaving Juventus this summer and also thanked the fans for staying behind him all these years.
And although the player did not reveal where he was heading to, one of his suitors this summer have finally revealed the big secret.
"I can basically confirm we have agreed terms with both parties - Juventus and the player," the Bayern boss told a press conference at the team hotel in Guangzhou on Thursday.
Bayern are currently touring China as part of their pre-season training.
"All that's missing is the medical and signature on the contract. If everything runs normally, he'll start training with us next week," Rummenigge added.
It was reported earlier last week that the Italian Champions League 2014-15 finalists received an offer of €40m (£28m) for the Chilean midfielder, from the Bavarians.
And with midfield general Bastian Schweinsteiger moving to Old Trafford this summer, it was expected that Bayern would go for some like-and-like replacement. They zeroed in on Vidal and the move seems perfect in ways more than one, as both the German star and the Chile star have similar styles of play.
The Turin giants have stamped an asking price of €30million (£21.2m) for the box-to-box midfielder and Bayern's reported bid of £28m is way higher than what the Old Lady demand.
Fans in social media lapped up the news the moment it was posted on twitter from the club's official handle -
Second Star wrote - "A very very fine addition to the squad. His presence in Midfield will inspire the team for glories!"
Samir posted - "well done fc bayern... we desperately need a athletic, box to box and versatile Vidal..."
According to Squawka Football (which provides real-time football stats), no midfielder has scored more goals (28) in Serie A in the past three seasons than Arturo Vidal and the Chilean also won 45 tackles in the Champions League last season, more than any other player.
With 48 goals and 26 assists, Vidal made an instant impact with the Turin giants from the moment he arrived at the club in 2011, clocking up a total of 171 appearances.
The 28-year-old was also named the man of the match as Chile beat Argentina on penalties to win the Copa America 2015.
Bayern had tried to sign Vidal four years ago when he left Bayer Leverkusen but he moved to Juve instead.


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Box (NYSE: BOX) Introduce a New France Zone
Box, Inc. (NYSE: BOX) has confirmed the launch of a new France Zone, which will allow businesses to securely store their content in France, with a primary data center in Paris and a secondary data center in Marseille. The addition of the France Zone brings the global network of Box's flagship Box Zones service to nine zone locations, all of which are designed to provide scale and flexibility for in-region storage.
Box is dedicated to providing products and services that meet the highest standards for privacy, security, and compliance. Box KeySafe allows enterprises to manage their encryption keys independently, and Box Governance offers clients the opportunity to streamline their content lifecycle management with configurable retention timelines, preservation for defensible discovery, and disposition management, in addition to Box Zones.
The new Box Zone in France joins a global network of Box Zones that includes Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as secondary storage choices in Singapore and Ireland. Multi-zones, which were introduced in 2018, improved the ability to work across Zones while using a single Box instance. Customers who use Box Zones can add up to seven Zones for free, modify allocated Zones simply, and get global visibility of content storage with real-time reporting.
Box Zones allow businesses, particularly those in highly regulated industries, to store data in the region(s) of their choice without affecting the usability. In the last year, the global use of Box Zones has more than doubled. The establishment of the France Zone will assist clients in meeting data residency rules by enabling them to store encrypted, at-rest material in France when uploading and downloading within the region. Data residency is defined by Box as the location where customers choose to store their content to meet storage needs.
Additionally, the France Zone is available now as part of the Box Zones offering. Customers can choose between seven regions with one to nine primary and secondary zones in a single-zone configuration or a multi-zone configuration with seven regions and one to nine primary and secondary zones. For more information on Box Zones, including the France Zone, see the official website.
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Which Is Better: The New MacBook Air or the Basic 13-inch MacBook Pro?
Apple has refreshed the MacBook Air with a stunning new notebook that's definitely catapulted the lineup into the modern era. But with its upgraded set of features and $1,199 starting price, the new device has also made the entire MacBook lineup more confusing.
While it may edge out the 12-inch MacBook in terms of power and pricing, comparing the new MacBook Air to the 13-inch MacBook Pro (without Touch Bar) is a tougher affair. Both devices are now strikingly alike, aside from a $100 price difference. But they aren't the same — here are some similarities and differences you should know. Continue reading to learn which is better: the new MacBook Air or the basic 13-inch MacBook Pro?


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Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1978, Volume 1
California, California. Constitutional Convention
State office, J. D. Young, Superintendent State printing, 1880
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Page 121 - In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 5 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Page 107 - The term corporations as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue and shall be subject to be sued in all Courts in like cases as natural persons.
Page 155 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 103 - ... the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Page 7 - State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. But when the Governor shall, with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State in time of war, at the head of any military force thereof, he shall continue Commander-in-Chief of all the military force of the State.
Page 119 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 180 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 141 - ... no such law shall take effect until, at a general election, it shall have been submitted to the people and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election...
Page 117 - State for the support of common schools, which may be, or may have been, sold or disposed of, and the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new States under an Act of Congress distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several States of the Union, approved AD one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and all estates of deceased persons who may have died...
Title Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1978, Volume 1
Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1978, California. Constitutional Convention
Authors California, California. Constitutional Convention
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Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre appoints new artistic producer
Heather Inglis to run the 40-year-old local theatre company
Heather Inglis has been named the new artistic producer of Edmonton's Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre (WWPT).
Inglis is an award-wining theatre artist and the former artistic director of Theatre Yes, a site-specific theatre company in Edmonton.
A news release notes that Inglis is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Her resume includes productions in Alberta and around the country, including the Shaw Festival, Citadel Theatre, WWPT, Northern Light Theatre, and Azimuth Theatre, as well as theatres in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
In 2019, Heather was nominated for the Playwrights' Guild of Canada's Bra D'Or Award, recognizing her support and promotion of Canadian women playwrights via Theatre Yes. She was the 2014 recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award.
Inglis replaces WWTP outgoing artistic director Vern Thiessen. The 40-year-old company aims to find, support and advance the work of Canadian playwrights with a focus on Edmonton writers, as well as distinct and underserved communities.
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The North Coast Hydrologic Region is a unique setting with an extreme diversity of land use and climate. Land use includes aquaculture and larger urban areas near the coast to large cattle operations and low populations in the high mountain deserts. Ranching, farming, rural residential, timber harvest, vineyards, marijuana cultivation, U.S. Forest Service, and park land uses are prevalent.
Variation in climate is immense with high precipitation along the coastal mountains to desert conditions in the Modoc Plateau. This chapter begins with an overview of the region, describing the setting and conditions within the region. Topics include information on the watersheds and sub-watersheds in the region with emphasis on developed resources.
The chapter continues with a review of activities concerning resource administration and laws affecting resource management. This chapter concludes with a discussion of suggested resource management strategies to help assist local water managers in planning for future water needs.
The Hoopa Valley Tribe has lived in its valley for over 10,000 years and has always depended on the migration and spawning runs of steelhead trout, and chinook and coho salmon in the Trinity River for a large portion of its diet. The Trinity River is also where the Hoopa hold their ceremonial Boat Dance and immerse themselves after using sweat houses built next to the river. In 2001, the Hoopa adopted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water quality standards to protect these and other uses of their waters.
Groundwater pumping, even if only seasonal, may significantly impact groundwater‐dependent ecosystems through increased streamflow depletion, particularly in semiarid and arid regions. The effects are exacerbated, under some conditions, by climate change. In social sciences, the management of groundwater‐dependent ecosystems is generally considered a "wicked" problem due to the complexity of affected stakeholder groups, disconnected legal frameworks, and a divergence of policies and science at the cross road between groundwater and surface water, and between ecosystems and water quality. A range of often simplified scientific tools plays an important role in addressing such problems. Here we develop a spatiotemporally distributed soil water budget model that we couple with an analytical model for stream depletion from groundwater pumping to rapidly assess seasonal impacts of groundwater pumping on streamflow during critical low flow periods. We demonstrate the applicability of the tool for the Scott Valley in Northern California, where protected salmon depend on summer streamflow fed by cool groundwater. In this example, simulations suggest that increased recharge in the period immediately preceding the critical low streamflow season, and transfer of groundwater pumping away from the stream are potentially promising tools to address ecosystem concerns, albeit raising difficult infrastructure and water trading issues. In contrast, additional winter recharge at the expense of later spring recharge, whether intentional or driven by climate may reduce summer streamflows. Comparison to existing detailed numerical groundwater model results suggests that the coupled soil water mass balance—stream depletion function approach provides a viable tool for scenario development among stakeholders, to constructively inform the search for potential solutions, and to direct more detailed, complex site‐specific feasibility studies. The tool also identifies important field monitoring efforts needed to improve the understanding and quantification of site‐specific groundwater‐stream interactions.
Since 2001, irrigators in the upper Klamath Basin have increasingly turned to groundwater to compensate for reductions in surface-water allocation caused by shifts from irrigation use to instream flows for Endangered Species Act listed fishes. The largest increase in groundwater pumping has been in and around the Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Irrigation Project, which includes the Tule Lake subbasin in the southern part of the upper Klamath Basin. Agricultural drains on the Klamath Project are an important source of water for downstream irrigators and for the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Lake National Wildlife Refuges. U.S. Geological Survey regional groundwater-flow model simulations and records of irrigation-return flow pumped from the Tule Lake subbasin into the adjacent Lower Klamath Lake subbasin have indicated that water-level declines from pumping may be causing decreased flow of shallow groundwater to agricultural drains.
To better define the effect of increased pumping on drain flow and on the water balance of the groundwater system, the annual water volume pumped from drains in three subareas of the Tule Lake subbasin was estimated and a fine-grid, local groundwater model of the Tule Lake subbasin was constructed. Results of the agricultural-drain flow analysis indicate that groundwater discharge to drains has decreased such that flows in 2012 were approximately 32,400 acre-ft less than the 1997–2000 average flow. This decrease was concentrated in the northern and southeastern parts of the subbasin, which corresponds with the areas of greatest groundwater pumping. Model simulation results of the Tule Lake subbasin groundwater model indicate that increased supplemental pumping is the dominant stress to the groundwater system in the subbasin. Simulated supplemental pumping and decreased recharge from irrigation between 2000 and 2010 totaled 323,573 acre-ft, 234,800 acre-ft (73 percent) of which was from supplemental pumping. The response of the groundwater system to this change in stress included about 180,500 acre-ft (56 percent) of decreased groundwater discharge to drains and a 126,000 acre-ft (39 percent) reduction in aquifer storage. The remaining 5 percent came from reduced groundwater flow to other model boundaries, including the Lost River, the Tule Lake sumps, and interbasin flow.
Instead of focusing primarily on how water levels and flows affect endangered and threatened fish in Oregon's Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River -- which run from the lake in Oregon through northern California before emptying into the Pacific -- the federal agencies charged with protecting the fish should focus on other kinds of initiatives, such as removal of migration obstacles, prevention of entrainment by water management structures, improvement and creation of habitat, and reduction of summer water temperatures in tributaries.
The committee found some proposed actions as given in the 2001 biological opinions to lack substantial scientific support. In their biological opinions of 2002, the listing agencies appear to have resolved this issue either by obtaining concessions from USBR through mechanisms that are generally consistent with USBR?s goal of delivering irrigation water.
Adaptive management is accepted in principle by the listing agencies but has not been implemented in the Klamath basin for the benefit of the listed species, except as part of the Trinity River Restoration Project.
Although suckers of all age classes are present in Upper Klamath Lake, population densities of suckers are low, and there are no signs that the populations are returning to their previously high abundance.
An alternate hypothesis is that an unusual combination of temperature, flow, and migration conditions occurred in 2002, possibly in association with weather that prevented the river from showing nocturnal cooling to an extent that would usually be expected.
Barriers to passage caused by dams and diversion structures are important to coho salmon. The main-stem dams on the Klamath River block spawning movements, as do Dwinnell Dam on the upper Shasta River and the Trinity River Diversion project on the Trinity River. Dams also have contributed to habitat degradation.
CDFG has proposed that the shape of the channel in the lowermost reaches of the Klamath main stem changed in 1997?1998 under the influence of high flows, which caused fish entering the river to be unable to proceed upstream under low-flow conditions.
Causes of extreme temperatures include diversion of cold flows for use in agriculture, flow depletion that leads to warming of cool water, and destruction of riparian vegetation that leads to loss of shading.
Coho habitat has been seriously degraded in the tributaries. Lack of cover and impairment of substrate through deposition of sediments are common. Woody debris, which is critical as cover for young fish, has largely been lost as a result of human activity. Excessive depletion of flow may separate fish from adequate habitat in the last half of summer.
Coho salmon, unlike Chinook salmon, remain in freshwater for an entire year, during which they mainly occupy tributaries, where summer water temperatures can be dangerously high.
Decrease in main-stem temperatures by augmentation of main-stem flows is problematic because augmentation water must be derived from the surface layer of Iron Gate Reservoir, which is very warm in summer.
During the second half of September 2002, numerous fish died in the lowermost 40 mi of the Klamath River main stem, 150 mi below Iron Gate Dam. Most of the dead fish were adult Chinook salmon that had just entered the lower Klamath River.
If a lasting change in channel configuration was responsible, recurrence of the episode can be expected with similar low flows in the future. If other factors were responsible, recurrence may be much less likely. It is unclear what the effect of specific amounts of additional flow drawn from controllable upstream sources (waters from reservoirs on the Trinity River or Iron Gate Reservoir) would have been.
Information collected through monitoring and research has been valuable, but the absence of an integrated, evolving management plan connected to monitoring, research, review, and periodic readjustment of management actions will hamper progress in the future.
Mass mortality of large fish in Upper Klamath Lake has occurred for many decades, but anthropogenic factors, especially those leading to strong dominance of Aphanizomenon, probably have increased its severity and frequency. Poor water quality may also challenge the sucker populations in other ways. High pH, for example, could be harmful to young fish even if they are not subject to the mass mortality of larger fish.
No obvious explanation of the fish kill based on unique flow or temperature conditions is possible.
Nonnative fishes, which are diverse and abundant in Upper Klamath Lake, may be suppressing the populations of endangered suckers there, but no practical mechanisms for reducing their abundance are known.
Reservoirs of the main stem Klamath have created new habitat capable of holding endangered suckers, but recruitment of young fish has not been observed. Reservoirs have low potential to support self-sustaining populations.
The fish kill, although important for Chinook salmon, did not involve many coho salmon (about 1% of the total dead fish) because coho enter the river later than Chinook, and thus were mostly absent when conditions leading to mass mortality occurred.
The immediate cause of death was massive infection by two types of pathogens that are widely distributed and generally become harmful to fish under stress, particularly if crowding occurs.
The most important cause of impairment of coho salmon probably is excessively high summer temperatures in tributary waters.
There is no evidence of a causal connection between water level and water quality or fish mortality over the broad operating range in the 1990s, the period for which the most complete data are available for Upper Klamath Lake. Neither mass mortality of fish nor extremes of poor water quality shows any detectable relationship to water level.
The Klamath River basin in southern Oregon and northern California is the focus of a prominent conflict over competing uses for water in the American West. Management measures for the protection of threatened and endangered fish species in the basin that have left less water available for irrigation have increased tensions among farmers and other stakeholders and brought into question the scientific justification of these measures. Two National Research Council studies evaluate a series of federal scientific assessments and recommend scientifically justified approaches to the problem.
The Southwest region encompasses diverse ecosystems, cultures, and economies, reflecting a broad range of climateconditions, including the hottest and driest climate in the United States. Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah occupy one-fifth of U.S. land area, extending across globally unique ecosystems from the Sonoran Desert to the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific Coast. The region is home to 60 million people, with 9 out of 10 living in urban areas and the total population growing 30% faster than the national average. The Nation depends on the region for more than half of its specialty crops such as fruits, nuts, and vegetables. The Southwest also drives the U.S. technology sector, with more than 80% of the country's technology capitalization located in California.
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Q: How to show ionic footer on devices with digital buttons? I have the problem that the ionic footer is hidden behind the digital buttons on devices that do not have physical buttons; the only way to see the ionic footer on devices with digital buttons is by turning the device to landscape.
ion-footer coming behind navigation bar in android phones Xiaomi, Oneplus and Huawei but rest is coming fine.
I am using ion-menu and then my Ionic Page
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A: The same happened to me.
This happens when 2 configurations are combined.
The first, when you hide the status bar.
thi.statusBar.hide();

This makes the application go to full-screen mode.
And the second if in the config.xml, you have the resizeOnFullScreen property set to true.
This makes the application take the entire screen of the cell phone, leaving content behind the digital buttons.
To solve it, you can first try only commenting on the line of code that makes the application go full screen:
// this.statusBar.hide();

Run a test on the device to see if that modification was enough.
If not, uncomment the line
this.statusBar.hide();

so that you can take advantage of the space above the status bar. (It's optional)
Now set the resizeOnFullScreen property to false.
Thus the application will not take the full size of the screen.


This is the debut album as a leader by Norwegian pianist Kjetil JerveFind albums by this artist, recorded in NY in a quartet setting with American saxophonist Jimmy HalperinFind albums by this artist, bassist Drew GressFind albums by this artist and an anonymous drummer (a curiosity indeed). They perform four improvised pieces, three as a quartet and one as a saxophone / piano duo. The pieces are not credited to anybody and therefore assumed to be co-composed by the participating musicians. The album was released as individually numbered limited edition of 500 copies (my copy is 130/500).
The music, although freely improvised, is remarkably melodic in its nature, especially emphasized by the wonderfully lyrical tone of Halperin´s tenor saxophone. The mid to up-tempo pieces swing also quite surprisingly considering the free spirit of the music. The musicians communicate between themselves amicably and are able to create a coherent sound as a quartet, which of course is quite admirable under the circumstances.
There are many excellent contributions by Halperin and Jerve, sometimes playing almost unisono, or in parallel or against each other, but always doing so with elegance and of course great skill. Halperin, which whom I have not been familiar before listening to this record, was the most surprising and powerful discovery, which will be, of course, followed through. I have heard Jerve´s recordings before as member of other different ensembles, especially the piano trio called Orter EpargFind albums by this artist, which is also quite excellent.
Overall this is an excellent Avant Garde Jazz album, full of joy and vitality, completely absorbing from start to finish and highly recommended to all fans of the genre and even the more adventurous mainstream Jazz lovers.


Herman Yung is an enthusiastic photographer/taxi-spotter and over the years, he's managed to spot seven NYPD police cars disguised as yellow cabs (cab numbers 2W97, 6Y19, 6Y17, 2W95, 2W68, 6Y13, and 6Y21). Inspired by today's post about a Freedom of Information Act request about the cars, he's made his collection public for the first time, along with a spotter's guide for people who want to find their own.
Look for a missing center divider. Undercover NYPD taxi cabs don't normally have the plastic divider separating the backseats from the front seat.
Disconnected or fake meter. It's just for show and on some of these vehicles, the meter is missing completely from the dashboard.


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Chromacris miles is een rechtvleugelig insect uit de familie Romaleidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van deze soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1770 door Drury.

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Image: Aston Villa provide key injury update on 31-year-old
Alfie Burns
Aston Villa's injury woes are continuing to ease, with images emerging this morning of Gabby Agbonlahor in training, as the club's official Twitter account (@AVFCOfficial) confirm the striker has linked back up with the first-team.
Agbonlahor, 31, has been out of action for a considerable period, with his last involvement coming in the draw with Sheffield United at Villa Park last month.
???? Injury update: Gabby Agbonlahor is back in training at Bodymoor Heath after being out of action for just over a month…#PartOfThePride #AVFC pic.twitter.com/sIHVG847tq
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) January 29, 2018
That appearance was Agbonlahor's sixth of an injury-hit campaign, with the striker failing to have any form of impact on Villa's promotion push, which is gradually gathering pace heading into February.
Villa currently sit fourth in the table, and after four consecutive Sky Bet Championship victories, Steve Bruce's side are looking a good bet for at least a play-off spot, with the Villans also having ambitions of pushing on for the second automatic promotion spot.
Bruce's side took a break from Championship action due to the FA Cup over the weekend, but will face Sheffield United tomorrow, in a reverse of the fixture Agbonlahor made his last appearance in.
The Blades currently sit narrowly outside the play-off zone, and are one of a host of clubs looking to catch up to Villa in the coming months.
Agbonlahor has struggled to make an impression in recent years at Villa Park, and it is likely that his return will not mean he is a serious contender for the starting XI.
However, Bruce's options are limited in attack without Jonathan Kodjia, and Agbonlahor's experience could open the door for a slight opportunity.
It is shaping into a huge second-half of the season for Villa, and Bruce's side need all the help they can.
Aston Villa fans… Let us know your thoughts!
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Alfie is a journalist based in Yorkshire with years of experience covering the EFL. A current focus on Huddersfield Town and their fortunes back in the Championship, but out and about at as many games as possible. Covered Leeds United during their promotion-winning season in 2019/20.
Article title: Image: Aston Villa provide key injury update on 31-year-old


Planning a wedding can be an overwhelming process. And when you're up to your knees in wedding to-dos, the honeymoon can often feel like a well-deserved retreat you can escape to after the event is over.
But then comes the question: where should you go for your honeymoon? While an island getaway is often a tempting (and perfectly lovely!) choice for a honeymoon, some couples choose to take the opportunity to travel to a new city instead. Have you ever imagined strolling hand-in-hand with the love of your life in a foreign town, building your first memories of married life together in an exciting new place?
Let's start off with a no-brainer: the City of Love itself! There aren't many places that have been associated with romance as much as Paris, and it's easy to see why.
Whether you visit iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Notre Dame Cathedral, stroll through the Luxembourg Gardens, or share a pastry with your loved one at a quaint pattisserie (French store that sells pastries and sweet treats), Paris has the perfect combination of scenery, food and unique experiences that will guarantee an unforgettable honeymoon.
Mention Istanbul and it probably conjures up images of the Blue Mosque, the Hagia Sophia and…Salt Bae? Regardless, this one-of-a-kind city straddles European and Asian influences so beautifully and is the perfect setting for a romantic honeymoon.
Take a ferry across the Bosphorus Straits (which separates the European side of Turkey from the Asian side) for an amazing view of the city and its landmarks. For the couple willing to go the extra mile, you can travel to the now famous Cappadocia for a hot air balloon ride (though do note that it will require a 3-4 hour flight or an 8 – 10 hour drive).
Don't forget to pick up a souvenir from the Grand Bazaar, which will astonish you with its sheer size and array of offerings. The bazaar is open every day except Sunday, so be sure to plan your itinerary accordingly!
Halal food is plentiful in this predominantly Muslim country, so you won't have to worry about eating well during your honeymoon 😉 For more handy suggestions on where to eat, check out this list of delicious eateries.
You're spoilt for choice for things to do in NYC. Visit hotspots such as Times Square and the Empire State Building or explore trendy neighbourhoods such as Dumbo and Chelsea. You could also catch a Broadway play or visit the Museum Mile. Either way, you and your partner will have the trip of a lifetime!
#HHWT Tip: Central Park is NYC's most famous green space but don't forget to check out The High Line! It's a park that was previously an elevated railroad which was converted into a green trail. Located in West Manhattan, it's perfect for a picturesque stroll.
And of course, your honeymoon wouldn't be complete without taking advantage of the shopping available! Our top pick would have to be Woodbury Common Premium Outlets for buying goods for popular American brands such as Coach, Kate Spade and more.
While most couples tend to look to Europe for that perfect city honeymoon, it would be remiss to overlook this Australian gem. With plenty of direct flights available to Sydney from this side of the world including low-cost carriers, you'll get to enjoy lower airfares too!
We highly recommend taking a day trip out to see the Blue Mountains (a national park known for its breathtaking views of forest-blanketed cliffs and rock formations), perfect for that splendid couple wefie 😉 Don't forget to stop by Echo Point lookout to see the famous Three Sisters rock formation.
Given Sydney's cosmopolitan nature, halal food is plentiful thanks to the many migrant communities. Check out this handy website that has a database of halal establishments, or our very own list of Muslim-friendly Sydney eateries you can't miss!
Does staying in a beautiful riad (traditional Moroccan house easily distinguished by open courtyards and intricate mosaic patterns) or having a romantic dinner under starry skies in the desert sound like an ideal honeymoon? Well, this North African city offers that and a whole lot more.
There's something about scenic views that bumps up the romance factor 😊 Whether you choose to take a ride on the London Eye or go up to the viewing platform on The Shard (London's tallest building), why not get a bird's eye view of this splendid city? Just remember that while catching sunset views would be dreamy, this time slot (ranging between 4 – 9 pm, depending on the season) also tends to be the busiest for these attractions, so do be prepared if you plan to do so!
You should also take the opportunity to stroll around some of London's prettiest neighbourhoods – popular areas include Notting Hill (be sure to check out the popular Portobello Market on Saturdays, which is the main market day), Greenwich (famous for the Royal Observatory and the Meridian Line) and South Kensington (plenty of pretty cafes for a coffee date 😉).
Venice is the perfect city to wander around with a loved one. Stroll along the canals or sit in Piazza San Marco to people-watch and soak in the atmosphere. For that quintessential Venetian experience, you can go for a gondola ride (though do note that prices can verge on the steep side, starting from 80 euros), and be sure to visit the Rialto Bridge.
#HHWT Tip: In late spring and summer, Venice gets very crowded with tourists. The colder months, especially between October to February (with temperature lows hovering around zero degrees Celsius), tend to be the best in terms of avoiding crowds and getting cheaper rates on accommodation.
As for Florence, this former Renaissance capital will enchant you with breathtaking architecture and art at every turn. Climb the dome of the Duomo cathedral for magnificent views of the city (or visit the slightly lesser-known Giotto Bell Tower nearby) and be sure not to miss out on visiting the Piazzale de Michelangelo to catch a sunset view of Florence like no other.
#HHWT Tip: Staying near Kyoto station will make it more convenient to get around.
And for many, a trip to Kyoto is often combined with a trip to Osaka! Why not kill two birds with one stone by also exploring this neighbouring prefecture, located only 15 minutes away by high-speed train?
With all the romantic K-dramas that have become popular on our shores, is it really a surprise to see Seoul on this list? This Korean capital city cannot fail to appeal to lovers given its beautiful landscapes, wonderful culture and array of activities.
Visit Namsan Seoul Tower and make your way to the observatory deck for panoramic views of the city. This is also where you and your loved one can put a padlock to symbolise your love, as done by countless couples before! Take a ferry to Nami Island to see the picturesque spots that skyrocketed to fame after appearing in the Korean drama Winter Sonata. And if you're planning a honeymoon for the end of March to early April, why not try and catch a glimpse of Korea's beautiful cherry blossoms?
For an unforgettable (and charming) experience, why don't you and your partner dress up in hanbok (traditional Korean wear) and take pictures at some of Korean's most impressive historical sites? It's best to make your reservation at least 3 days in advance for your preferred rental period! Choose to rent the hanbok for 4 hours or 24 hours.
Alternatively, you can join in on a popular Korean past-time and wear couple outfits! Matching outfits have become all the rage amongst young Korean couples, and you can join the fun by picking up coordinated wear from one of the many retailers catering specifically for this market, such as Couple Market and Honey Plaza.
Ahhh, Prague. This enchanting Eastern-European city in the Czech Republic has been gaining prominence in recent years amongst Asian travellers, and for good reason. Prague balances the line between old world and new in a way that cannot help but evoke a sense of romance and wonder.
#HHWT Tip: If you're looking to pick up that one-of-a-kind souvenir that could even be a family heirloom, Prague is famous for its crystal ware (such as glasses, vases and the like). Notable brands include Moser and the Kotva department store. Alternatively, you can take a tour to glass factories located outside town (such as the Ruckl glass factory) where the products tend to be slightly cheaper.
So with all that's been said, the next time you feel wedding-planning stress, think of the honeymoon trip you and your loved one will be embarking on 😌 Whichever one of these cities you go for, it's safe to say that you're in for a magnificent journey. So what are you waiting for? It's time to book that honeymoon!


BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT, QUIET AND INTIMATE. UNIT HAS RECENTLY BEEN UPDATED AND FRESHLY PAINTED. (WHITE PORCELAIN CERAMIC ON FLOORS, BATHROOM AND KITCHEN) LOCATED ON THE 1ST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, SO DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ELEVATORS TO REACH THE BEACH!.


WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Central Executive Board of the Armenian Relief Society is pleased to announce that the ARS Central Office Financial Department will henceforth be named in honor of benefactor Hrair Soghomonian's mother, Manoushag Soghomonian.
A plaque will be placed at the entrance of that department in gratitude for our esteemed benefactor's generous donation of $15,000 in honor of his mother.
On this occasion, Vicky Marashlian, Chairperson of the ARS Central Executive Board, expresses her gratitude on behalf of the entire membership of the Society, emphasizing that the century-long humanitarian service of the ARS throughout the Diaspora and the Homeland would not have been possible without the generous support of benefactors and donors, such as Hrair Soghomonian. Generous contributions such as this allow for the smooth and effective implementation of a variety of ARS programs.
Soghomonian is the recipient of "Prince of Cilicia" from His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. Manoushag Soghomonian has served in the ranks of the Armenian Relief Society since 1949, in Syria Kesab and Aleppo in Lebanon and in Canada. From 1995 to this day, she remains an active member in Montreal's "Soseh" chapter, morally and materially supporting our many humanitarian programs, earning the affection and respect of her friends and members of the community.


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Walther Lambach (* 28. Mai 1885 in Gummersbach; † 30. Januar 1943 in Mainz) war ein deutscher Politiker (DNVP, Konservative Volkspartei, Christlich-Sozialer Volksdienst) und Gewerkschafter.

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Lambach besuchte die Volks- und Bürgerschule in Köln und schloss mit dem Einjährigen ab. Anschließend machte er eine kaufmännische Lehre und war seit 1905 unter anderem Expedient in Leipzig und Barmen. Vorübergehend arbeitete er 1908 in Düsseldorf, ehe er zwischen 1909 und 1913 bei der Akkumulatorenfabrik in Hagen beschäftigt war. Zwischen 1905 und 1915 besuchte er außerdem volkswirtschaftliche Weiterbildungskurse in Leipzig und Hamburg. In Hagen war er zwischen 1910 und 1913 nebenamtlicher Dozent der dortigen höheren Handelslehranstalt.

Im Jahr 1914 wurde Lambach Redakteur der Deutschen Handelswacht, des Organs des Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verbandes (DHV). Im Jahr 1919 wurde er Geschäftsführer des DHV. Unter seiner faktischen Führung erreichte der Verband immerhin 300.000 Mitglieder. Im christlich-nationalen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbund, zu dem der DHV inzwischen gehörte, spielte er eine einflussreiche Rolle. So war er am Ende der Weimarer Republik Geschäftsführer des Gesamtverband deutscher Angestelltengewerkschaften.

Als Abgeordneter der Deutschnationalen Volkspartei (DNVP) zog Lambach 1920 in den Reichstag ein. Er war einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des sozialen Flügels in der konservativen DNVP. Lambach war Vorsitzender des Reichsangestelltenausschusses der Partei. Obwohl es Lambach gelang, Forderungen nach Mitbestimmung von Arbeitern und Angestellten und ihrer Beteiligung am Unternehmens in das Programm der DNVP aufzunehmen, spielte dies insgesamt kaum eine Rolle.

Lambach beanspruchte eine Zwischenstellung zwischen Kapitalismus und Sozialismus, er propagierte eine "organische Produktionsgemeinschaft" und setzte auf "Volkssolidarität." Er behauptete das Scheitern des sozialistischen Klassenkonzepts und setzte dagegen "das nationale Ideal des in Volkstum und Religion tief verwurzelten Berufsmenschen." Ziel war es demnach, eine Aussöhnung von Kapital und Arbeit herbeizuführen.

Um seinen Vorstellungen Gehör zu verschaffen, gründete er 1925 die Zeitschrift Politische Praxis. Das Blatt musste indes bereits 1927 sein Erscheinen wieder einstellen. Der von Lambach in der Zeitschrift geprägte Begriff "volkskonservativ" wirkte weiter und wurde zum Sammelbegriff für einen Teil derjenigen Kräfte in der DNVP, die mit dem extrem rechten Kurs von Alfred Hugenberg nicht einverstanden waren. Im Gegensatz dazu meinte Lambach, dass der monarchische Gedanke zurückgehen werde, und er wollte die DNVP auch für konservative Republikaner öffnen. Mit derartigen Äußerungen erregte er den Unmut der Partei und er musste 1928 schließlich seine Parteiämter niederlegen.

In der Reichstagsfraktion stimmte Lambach gegen seine eigene Fraktion in der Debatte um den Young-Plan. In der Folge verließen er, Gottfried Treviranus und zehn weitere Abgeordnete die Fraktion und gründeten die Volkskonservative Vereinigung. Diese stand bewusst auf dem Boden der Weimarer Verfassung. Im Jahr 1930 kam es zum Zusammenschluss mit weiteren abtrünnigen DNVP-Mitgliedern in der Konservativen Volkspartei, für die Lambach 1930 in den Reichstag einzog. Diese Partei war indes wenig erfolgreich. Im Jahr 1931 wechselte er zum Christlich-Sozialen Volksdienst. Im Jahr 1932 wurde Lambach nicht mehr in den Reichstag gewählt.

Nach dem Beginn der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft wurde auch der DHV 1934 aufgelöst und Lambach verlor seine Gewerkschaftsämter. Er verzog nach Mainz und spielte politisch keine Rolle mehr.

Literatur

 Reichshandbuch der deutschen Gesellschaft, Das Handbuch der Persönlichkeiten in Wort und Bild. Schriftleitung Robert Volz, Vorwort Ferdinand Tönnies. Band 2 (L–Z), Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, S. 1059.
 Walter Lambach der Volkskonservative. In: O.B. Server: Matadore der Politik; Universitas Deutsche Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin, 1932; S. 95 ff.

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Slipknot is Back! Reviewed by Cindy McBride on November 1, 2018 .
My fellow Maggots, the moment we have all been anxiously waiting for has happened, and on Halloween no less. That's right, we have the first single off of Slipknots new album and it is literally giving us life right now!
For those of you who have been out of the loop, we have been teased over the past few months with small tidbits of news from Corey Taylor, and other members of our beloved Nu Metal band of the upcoming 2019 album.
Of course is true Slipknot fashion, we were blessed with a not only a new single but a new music video on Halloween! Forget the Monster Mash, "All Out Life" will be on nonstop repeat for this metal head for the remainder of the day! In the short hour that the official music video has been up on Youtube, it is currently over 150,000 views.
Listening to "All Out Life" on repeat for the past hour you can definitely hear and feel the "Iowa" vibes from not only the vocals but the music itself. Add in the slight twists from "Volume 3" and "Slipknot" it brings back so many memories and makes us look forward to the new ones we will create with the release of the album in 2019. Hearing the intro by itself gets us pumped. We're talking about moshing in your living room and scaring the neighbors pumped.
With 2019 right around the corner we can barely contain our excitement for Slipknots sixth studio album. Can we just have the whole thing now? Pretty please with maggots on top! Keep your eyes peeled for more exciting news of this miraculous album we have been starving for four years!
Born and raised in Winston Salem NC, Cindy is a professional taco enthusiast and proud Hufflepuff. Fangirl by day, and concert photojournalist by night, Cindy's photography career started in 2010 when her fiance took her to her first local show. With a small Kodiak point and shoot in hand, she quickly fell in love with the local music scene and concert photography. With musical tastes varying from Acapella to Heavy Metal, there is no telling what you will hear blaring from her headphones from day to day. When she is not spending time with her family, friends, or furbabies, you can find Cindy with her nose buried in yet another book, binging Netflix with her bearded better half, or out and about at various shows.
Elle King returns to the Queen city to Shake The Spirits.


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The Social Strike Game (Edition Two) – Now with added dice
Social Strike
Just over a year ago the first edition of the Social Strike Game rulebook was released into the world. The game, a table-top, scenario planning game, was designed to do three things. Firstly, we were aiming to spread the idea of social strikes and help people grasp the analysis behind it. Secondly, we wanted to encourage the left to practice more long-term strategic thinking. Thirdly, we thought people would have fun.
The rulebook contained everything needed to design and play your own game session based around your own locality or situation. Some have done so. For example, the New Economy Organisers Network have been using the game as part of their organiser trainings, Manchester's Law Centre adapted the game to form part of their induction process, while an anti-capitalist group in Malmo, "Allt at alla", sent us a detailed report of their adaptations of the game including the addition of dice rolls. But it seemed to us that more people were asking us to come and run game sessions for them than were reading the rule book and designing game sessions for themselves. So far, we, the core group who designed the game, have run twelve game session around the country.
Driven by a desire to make running game sessions less daunting while ramping up the drama of game play we decided to add dice rolls to the game. As a consequence, we've released the second edition of the game. We think you'll like it.
To send us game reports or to otherwise contact us please write to: leeds@weareplanc.org (please mark the email FAO Social Strike Working Group).
What is the Social Strike Game?
The Social Strike Game is a group strategy game that's fun for all the comrades. It's an opportunity to use your imagination to figure out ways that an array of different groups and resources in a city can co-ordinate to develop social struggle in a revolutionary direction, build community, deal with crises, respond to significant events, and smash capitalism. There are no correct answers in this game. Instead, judgements about the impact, fall-out, and transformations resulting from each group's suggestions are made by the Master(s) of Ceremony based on how well proposed they are. Although the authority of the MCs is absolute and unwavering, we hope and expect that this will cause disagreement and lively discussion. This is a game and as such it's supposed to be playful and entertaining. Like all good games, though, we hope it has applications beyond the tabletop. Playing this game should get you thinking strategically and tactically about social struggles in the place where you actually live. What would it take to make a strike in the place you work sustainable for longer? How can a campaign you're involved in enter into a relationship of mutual support with a completely different campaign, bringing out what is common to both? How can skills that activists have developed in one specific context be shared and modified so that they can be used in another? Is it really plausible that your local pay-as-you-feel café could be the central hub of an armed uprising within half a year? What sort of structures would you need to create a city wide social strike?
[Rulebook PDF] The Social Strike Game Version 2 No frills A4.pdf (123.7 KB) – A pdf of the original two-colour booklet (NB: This is A6 sized).
[Text from rulebook PDF] The Social Strike Game Version 2 No frills A4.docx (173.3 KB)
– For if you just want something you can print out at home.
Rulebook colour-separated with bleed for RISO printing
[Part 1] plan c_social strike_0818_V2point1blacklayer.pdf (1.6 MB) – black.
[Part 2] plan c_social strike_0818_V2point1bluelayer.pdf (439.2 KB) – blue.
You can also find the Social Strike Game 2.0 in the Plan C online shop.


The $1.6 million red Bugatti crouches in the showroom, flanked by Lamborghinis, Bentleys and a Rolls-Royce all polished to a shimmer. The nearby potted plants, however, are dusty and wilting. With super-luxury car sales here just half of what they used to be, they had to cut something.
"We wash our own windows now, take care of the plants ourselves," says Ryan Dohogne, general manager of Silicon Valley Auto Group. Although they haven't laid anyone off, yet, Dohogne said they're saving everywhere they can.
Five miles away, former indoor plant specialist Michael A. Jones is having what he calls "a humbling experience" at a nonprofit food pantry, choosing dented cans of corn and tuna, a crunched box of Rice Krispies and some soon-to-expire milk to supplement his food stamps.
Very fast. In fact, nowhere in the country has the bust arrived more abruptly.
The Associated Press Economic Stress Index, a month-by-month analysis of foreclosure, bankruptcy and unemployment rates in more than 3,000 U.S. counties, shows that last year, as the national economy tanked, high tech economic centers from California's Silicon Valley to North Carolina's Research Triangle were apparently "recession-proof" with increasing jobs and stable housing prices.
Last fall, everything changed. When previously invested funds petered out, there was no new capital. Bankruptcies, foreclosures and unemployment in high tech regions spiked, and are now at some of the highest levels in the country.
? North Carolina's unemployment has doubled since early 2008 to a record 10.7 percent, with close to 200,000 jobs lost in the state, 20 percent of those in Research Triangle, a high tech hot spot near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill.
? Foreclosures in once-booming tech neighborhoods around Boston are on track to reach a record high this year after tripling since last summer.
High tech regions, which throughout most of 2008 were far more economically secure than the rest of the country, are now seeing unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates on par with national averages, and in some cases even higher.
Even the most optimistic high tech community leaders have had to face facts.
Social workers and volunteers trying to house, feed and clothe the area's newly devastated residents recognize that the economic disaster has arrived.
"It's alarming us to no end," said David Ujita, a director at the nonprofit service center West Valley Community Services Inc. in Cupertino, Calif. He said they've seen a 27 percent increase in first-time food pantry visitors since the fall.
"Folks believe that because we're in the Silicon Valley with million-dollar homes and billion-dollar businesses, hunger and homelessness don't exist. But in fact it's getting much worse, and it's just really frightening," he said.
The agency helps a hidden population: educated, motivated homeowners whose steep mortgages quickly overtook their savings accounts when they were laid off. They live in some of the most expensive communities in the country, places like Cupertino, home of Apple Inc., and neighboring Saratoga, where the average home costs more than $1 million. This month Ujita said they'd arranged with a church to open a new food pantry in Los Gatos, where the median income is $175,000.
"This doesn't look like the stereotypical inner-city plight, but it's just as devastating," said Ujita. Behind him three out-of-work men ? all with master's degrees on their resumes ? searched online job postings from the agency's computers.
A few miles away, almost every seat in the bankruptcy courtroom is full.
Joel Gonzalez, 42, who used to make $100,000 a year installing hardwood floors, earned "about 400 bucks" in March doing odd jobs. His life began falling apart in the fall when his boss, distraught about his failing business, committed suicide. Suddenly out of work, Gonzalez saw the adjustable payments on his $360,000 home loan increase from $2,400 to $3,200. Two months later his savings ran out and he found himself talking to a bankruptcy attorney.
Bankruptcy attorney Sam Taherian, juggling an armload of files, said his caseload is steadily increasing, but he's sure ? based on how many people are coming in for initial free consultations ? that they're nowhere near the peak.
Foreclosures have kept pace with bankruptcy filings in this region, but they're far less obvious. In a new townhouse complex just a few miles from Intel Corp.'s Santa Clara headquarters, close to 10 percent of the units are on the market as foreclosure sales. But wander down the dreamy streets ? Inspiration Place, Meditation Place, Fascination Place ? and you would never know.
Resident Jeff Nelson, 27, a firefighter, said he and his wife, a teacher, would like to move their growing family into one of many low priced single family homes now on the market, but they're stuck in this complex, he said.
The numbers just don't add up: They bought their unit three years ago for $527,000, they owe $500,000 and his foreclosed neighbors are selling their places for less than $450,000.
There are a few businesses thriving on the downturn.
In January, Pinkberry Inc., the tart and trendy South Korean frozen yogurt chain, opened its first Northern California store in downtown San Jose, a move considered something of a snub to San Franciscans.
It was a prescient decision, said store manager Farid Biglari, smiling at customers who line up before the store even opens. "People around here don't have a lot of money, but they still want to have a good time," he said.
College student Jarmine Kaur and her mother stopped by for a treat after stopping by Macy's to pay down a credit card.


Do you have two kids but still have that niggling feeling in your stomach that you're not quite done?
Do you miss those little butterflies turning into little kicks as your baby grows inside you?
Oh and the baby smell?
Yeah. I hear you. I know because I felt it too. My husband and I talked about it a lot. I told him early on that I'd like a big family.
I'm one of a three and for me it's the natural set up. With three you're never lonely; you always have someone who'll play with you. You can and will learn from your older and younger siblings. Our household was sometimes (often!) crazy and hectic but ultimately very happy. Brooks had a more traditional upbringing (whatever that means?) with one sibling but he was open to the idea of us having a big family.
Yes. You'll be busy. Always. From now on, just assume you'll be busy.
If you didn't know who your friends were before three kids, you definitely will after. You'll need help with dropping and picking up from school, moral support, pep talks, wine outings and cake sharing… it takes a village and all that!
Makes the world go round right? Yep. There's a financial impact. You need one more of everything. More food. More clothes. One more room in your hotel on holiday. You'll need a bigger car. We got a seven seater in order to get the brood around.
We also needed more room in the house. We recently made our attic into two rooms and bathroom and it's been a lifesaver.
The main difference I notice in myself is my confidence. I know what I'm doing and people generally leave me to it. Yes, I still get the unsolicited help but it just doesn't bother me in the same way. It's hard one to explain, but i feel like a super mum.
You'll be tired. Oh so tired. I didn't realise I could be this tired. But it's okay, you KNOW it's just a stage and the kids will grow up and you'll have other wonderful oddities to battle. Remember, you've got this.
Yeah. This one. Just resign yourself to the fact that your house will never be tidy until they're at least twenty. One part of your house will be squeaky clean and then the children arrive and it's back to square one. But as they grow they'll learn to tidy up more. Swings and roundabouts.
Invest in a good Washing Machine, a good Tumble dryer and a large dining/kitchen table that could hold a lot of clothing/washing and a lot of sorting clothes baskets. That's all I'm going to say on this one.
You'll feel at the end of your tether, everything's gone wrong and then suddenly you'll have three little ones snuggled up in bed with you and all is good in this world.
So yeah. Not an easy decision. After much deliberation my husband and I decided that we would try for number three.
Whilst we feel tired, (oh so tired), skint, stressed and confused at times it's by far the best decision we ever made. We have all the love and are complete, happy and fulfilled.