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Inside Bushwick's Invite-Only Covert Cocktail Club
Ever dreamed of running a secret bar out of your home? This guy does—and his isn't the only one around, either. Kara Newman spends a night at a real-life Brooklyn speakeasy.
story: Kara Newman
photos: Lizzie Munro
He wouldn't give me his name. He wouldn't give me the address. Instead, directions arrived via email as a vague riddle: Look for a sign in a second-floor window. After a few wrong turns, I spot it—a discreet light box that reads, simply, "Cocktails Here."
Though less common than the speakeasies of the Prohibition era, underground bars still exist, if you know where to look. In fact, quite a few professional bartenders have operated secret bars, whether to try out a new concept, make ends meet while waiting for a bar space or liquor license to come through or as a limited-time "pop-up" concept in an unsanctioned space. But for an amateur cocktail enthusiast, hosting a secret speakeasy in your home may be the ultimate side hustle.
"I never bartended in my life," says the proprietor of the Covert Cocktail Club, who agreed to speak to me about his bar on condition of anonymity. Yet, a couple of nights a week—the schedule is fluid—he serves drinks to strangers, who perch at one of four kitchen bar stools at his East Bushwick home while his wife and three-year-old sleep upstairs.
For guests, who mostly find CCC via its Instagram account, $50 buys two cocktails plus a nightcap, alongside an array of "shared amuses." (The night I'm there, the latter includes fat garlic olives, truffled popcorn and crispy pani puri shells stuffed with cubes of butternut squash, plus a tiny baked apple with vanilla ice cream.)
After a long day working as a New York City tour guide, CCC's proprietor heads home to set up for paying customers. He starts prepping food and plucks an array of bottles from his custom-built liquor cabinet (he's long been a drinks enthusiast, collecting obscure bottles of spirits), setting them on the kitchen counter behind him, creating a backbar for the evening organized by the drinks he plans to serve.
I arrive around 9 p.m., as the automated email directed. The front door is open, and I let myself in and am quickly introduced to my drinking companions for the evening: a couple of bartenders from Charleston who had stumbled upon CCC's Instagram page and impulsively booked a seating that afternoon.
We settle in at the kitchen island, where we're presented with a small printed menu. One side lists classics (Martini, Sazerac, a mezcal-spiked Negroni); the other suggests one of four "Contemporary Cocktails." A bartender's choice drink, which involves filling out a brief questionnaire, rounds out the options. For my first drink, I choose the Triple Crown from the Contemporary list: bourbon, lemon, Pamplemousse liqueur, amaro. "It's as if a whiskey sour went to int'l graduate school," reads the description on the menu.
As he's busy mixing a Negroni Flip for one of the bartenders, made with eggs retrieved from chickens kept in a backyard coop (seriously), I ask where the idea for CCC originated. "A dapper French friend [woodworker Jean Barberis, whose custom cabinetry is also seen in the CCC], built a speakeasy in an abandoned water tower near the financial district," he says. "You had to leap over a gap between two skyscrapers, and crawl through the water tower. They had live jazz, and you had to leave your phone at the door."
The speakeasy, The Night Heron, famously ran for about six weeks in 2013 and was created by N.D. Austin, who has staged other short-term events in public spaces ranging from the abandoned Domino Sugar Factory to an annual scavenger hunt through the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Following his work on The Night Heron, Barberis was contracted for another, even more intimate bar experiment. The mandate: Build a three-person bar, intended for one bartender and two customers. "I said, why don't I do this in my own home?"
He brushed up his drink-making skills with a cocktail master class at Genuine Liquorette with bartender Eben Freeman and conducted a few test runs with friends before opening Covert Cocktail Club in November 2016.
Covert Cocktail Club
The "Cocktails Here" sign in the window is the only indication that you've found the Covert Cocktail Club; inside, old-school soda siphons share space with shoes kicked off by the family of three that call this space home.
The kitchen island is transformed into a bar set-up, complete with high-end spirits and a Yarai mixing glass.
In true Brooklyn fashion, an egg from the backyard chicken coop is cracked for the Negroni Flip.
The Triple Crown cocktail is strained for a thirsty guest.
Pro-level cocktail drama.
Covert Cocktail Club's proprietor stirs a Martinez for the guests crowded around his kitchen island.
He tests the drink off the back of his hand, a ritual often practiced by Japanese bartenders.
For the proprietor of Covert Cocktail Club, it's the "performative" part of cocktail making that motivates him to risk running an unsanctioned bar out of his home.
"The Question"—a bartender's choice option—involves filling out a brief questionnaire in order to decide your next drink.
The answer to "The Question": a Rob Roy-style cocktail made with Japanese whiskey and garnished with a Luxardo cherry.
By that third round, everyone's chatting, snacking, relaxing. At this point in the evening it feels like hanging out in a friend's home, which is exactly the point.
A nightcap signals the end of the evening at the Covert Cocktail Club.
A number of these secret bars, from private clubs to invitation-only parties in warehouses, have proliferated not only here in New York, but across the country. Sother Teague, who now runs NYC's Amor y Amargo, recalls a nine-month-stint tending bar at an unsanctioned space above a steakhouse about three years ago.
"I had a single-speaker turntable on the very tiny bar; the bar didn't even have seats. It was all table service, with lounge-y, nice, Victorian-ish furniture," he says. "We didn't shake any drinks, because we thought it would be too loud, and we didn't want the apartment above us getting wise."
Similarly, Nguyen Tran, self-proclaimed "chief instigating officer" at LA's Starry Kitchen, started his restaurant in 2008 as an illegal underground operation out of his apartment, where his wife, Thi Tran, cooked and alcohol was served. He's also hosted semi-secret marijuana dinners for which potential attendees needed to fill out personality quizzes in order to secure a space at the table. They were so diligent about keeping it hush-hush that even the staff didn't learn the location of the dinner until the day of the event.
"All of our success has been about us doing things out of necessity or creativity, not for press or any success," says Tran. "Sometimes the necessity is to feed your own creativity."
Part of what drives the keeper of the Covert Cocktail Club to allow strangers into his home is the "performative" aspect: watching guests interact in his kitchen or, when four friends arrive together, becoming a "stranger in my own house."
"It's an experience for me as well as for you," he says. "If you're not a people person, don't do it. If you like a quiet drink alone, don't do it. If you like telling the history of punch—do it." As for the most obvious question, no, he says, he's not worried about inviting potential weirdos into his home. "It's a self-selecting group."
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One of the most thoughtful new media experts on the planet is a guy named Steve Shamp. Shamp directs the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia. He runs a listserv and sends out occasional email blasts that are almost always interesting, often funny and sometimes inspiring.
There are roughly 6.6 billion people on the planet (to make this clear I am engaging in some liberal rounding up and down). And there are 3.3 billion wireless users world-wide. Yeah, half the planet has a cell phone. How does that compare with other media? About a billion have used the internet. Although estimates range, most agree there are probably about 1.6 billion TVs and slightly more radios worldwide.
Shamp also talked about the incredible capacity of cell phones to send targeted ads, directly to these billions of users. He pointed out that there are people and companies all over the world, trying to get out front when it comes to creating innovative content for mobile devices.
My question? Are any of them journalists? Or is mobile just another media platform for which news organizations will play the "wait and see game" – following the leaders instead of becoming them?


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Q: How to identify missing number sequence of Ms Excel and to insert a required row with user defined values I need to identify missing number sequence from column A of Ms Excel and have to insert a missed sequence in between with duplicate value using C# code / Matlab code.
Here is that sample figure of missing sequence.

In above figure, "201208A and 201209A" of column A is missing. So, i have to identify that and insert a required missed sequence data(201208A, 201209A) with value as 0(zero) in corresponding row of column B.
Like this,

Seeking for some valuable suggestion.

A: A Matlab version could look like this:
%// read data from excel document
[~,~,raw] = xlsread('test.xlsx');
c1 = raw(:,1); %// 1st column
c2 = raw(:,2); %// 2nd column
%// remove letter 'A' from the end of each string of 1st column and convert to numerical array
D = cellfun(@(x)str2double(x(1:end-1)), c1);
%// indices of "holes"
iHoles = find(diff(D)>1);
%// fill the holes from the end, since arrays D and c2 are growing
for n=length(iHoles):-1:1,
    d1 = D(iHoles(n))+1;
    d2 = D(iHoles(n)+1)-1;
    d = (d1:d2).'; %//'
    D = [D(1:iHoles(n)); d; D(iHoles(n)+1:end)];
    c2 = [c2(1:iHoles(n)); num2cell(zeros(length(d),1)); c2(iHoles(n)+1:end)];
end
%// convert numerical array back to cell array adding letter 'A'
c1 = arrayfun(@(x){[num2str(x) 'A']}, D);
%// combine results and write to excel file
data = [c1 c2];
xlswrite('result.xlsx',data);

Hope it will work for you.

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I just wanted to send out a general thank you to all of you. I've only been doing this for a couple of months and I am truly grateful to have some people interested in reading.
The emails I have gotten from all over the place either as comments to the site or, as is most often the case, emails to me have been friendly, informative, and inspiring.


I have put together a 12 Months of Dates Kit for those of you who love the idea of being intentional in your marriage but don't know where to begin. It's the perfect gift to give to your spouse or parents give it to your married kids.
I've thought of all the things we learned along the way and I put it together for you in this kit.
Make this year, the year you will woo each other. Can you set aside 12 days out of your 365 days in the year to spend intentional time with the love of your life who once made your heart race with sheer joy?
One thing I keep hearing is, "My husband is not creative and this takes too much creativity." or "I want to be intentional in our marriage but I don't know where to begin." Well I just made it easier for you. I have thought of all the things for you and put it together in this kit! It comes with 12 months of labels (to place on your envelopes), 12 blank date cards ready for you to fill in, 35+ date ideas for at home or outside the home dates, a planning sheet and conversation starters. I've thought of all the things we learned while doing this and put it together for you in this PDF kit.
I encourage you not to wait around for your husband to plan all the dates. This year choose to invest in your marriage and give him this 12 Months of Dates Kit.


Boy, it's been awhile since I posted here.
It's taken me almost four years from Kevin's death to relish cooking again. This renewed enjoyment is in no small part because I've moved in with Charley, my chapter two (a common term in the widowed community for the love who comes after the love who died), and cooking for him is reminding me of how much I enjoy it.
At first I cooked the things I know how to make. Simple stuff mostly, like roasted chicken, stew, or soup. In the last few months, however, I've started wanting to expand my repertoire. I don't have the cooking skills I used to; my sense of seasoning isn't the same since Kevin got sick, so I rely on recipes more. Mostly I go online and find something that looks interesting, but online recipes aren't always tried and tested plus it becomes a rabbit hole and by the time I find a recipe I find intriguing the desire to cook may have passed. Knowing this, I began to think about how I could cook with more variety and resume my education as a cook with reliable results.
I have a lot of cookbooks. I've blogged about this before and yet never really could figure out what to do about it. In the past I've set lofty goals about using cookbooks and getting rid of those I never open, but that worked about as well as you think it might. So... here is another lofty goal, but maybe a more achievable one.
I'd like to cook from cookbooks twice a month and document it here. Charley is excited about this project. He certainly enjoys eating what I cook, which helps. He is also an excellent sous chef, and it's more fun to cook together.
To that end, I'll select a cookbook and a recipe one week, then cook it the next. That gives me a chance to think about why a given cookbook is interesting to me and to muse on the stories it evokes. I get to be a writer, a storyteller AND a cook. By blogging about it I have a system of accountability and can share the recipe and results with you. While I have no interest in beating myself up if I lag, knowing you are reading will help me remain excited about the project.
Next week I'll introduce an old friend cookbook and the week after we will share a meal. I hope you'll come along with me on this ride. It should be tasty.


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'Dark Shadows' Trailer Debuts Starring Johnny Depp!
Here's How Kim Kardashian Chose Daughter North's Name
Sick of vampire stories? You won't be anymore after you watch Johnny Depp in the new trailer for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows!
OK! NEWS: FIRST LOOK! JOHNNY DEPP & ARMIE HAMMER IN THE LONE RANGER
This alread looks like it will be a Depp-Burton masterpiece.
Dark Shadows is an adaptation of the '60s gothic soap opera that aired on ABC. The film stars Johnny as Barnabas, who is turned into a vampire and buried alive by the witch Angelique (Eva Green). In 1972, Barnabas is freed from his tomb accidentally and returns to his home at Collinwood Manor and crashes with the dysfunctional Collins family living there.
Michelle Pfeiffer plays matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Johnny Lee Miller is her brother Roger Collins, Chloe Moretz plays Elizabeth's teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard and Gulliver McGrath stars as Roger's 10-year-old son, David Collins.
Dark Shadows is set to hit theaters May 11.
OK! GALLERY: JOHNNY DEPP & PENELOPE CRUZ SHINE AT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN UK PREMIERE
We think it looks hilarious! What do you think?
Watch the trailer and check out the movie poster, below!

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Seattle will undoubtedly be ravaged by a devastating earthquake at some point. Here's how to get through it.
The New Yorker released an article in 2015 claiming that an earthquake in our portion of North America — the eventual big one — "would spell the continent's biggest natural tragedy." People in this town didn't want to think about it.
Nonetheless, When the shaking starts, "everything indoors and unsecured will lunge across the floor or come tumbling down," according to the New Yorker. Houses that aren't anchored to their foundations will fall apart.... A million buildings, including more than 3,000 schools, will collapse or be harmed. Half of all highway bridges, two-thirds of railways, and two-thirds of airports will be affected, as would one-third of all fire stations, half of all police stations, and two-thirds of all hospitals. Landslides will occur over the region as a result of the quake. Fires, flooding, pipe breaks, dam breaches, and hazardous-material releases will result from the sloshing, sliding, and shaking. Then will come the wave, and the true destruction will begin."
A earthquake is also the theme of my story. My area of concern, however, is far narrower than that of The New Yorker, which is concerned about a quake that will wreak havoc on a large chunk of the coastal Northwest. I'm concentrating on one that will only wreak havoc in Seattle and its surrounds.
This is a trigger warning. I'm about to go into great depth about several things that might frighten Seattle residents. Why would I do such a thing? Because many of us here read a story in The New Yorker and then did little or nothing to prepare for an earthquake. That will almost certainly happen as a result of this post. However, I hope it is not for everyone who reads it.
The world as we know it is divided into fragments, despite the fact that it appears to be unbroken and continuous. These chunks are referred to as "plates" by geologists, but I can't imagine them that way because they're around 60 miles long from bottom to top. They resemble blocks more than anything else.
The North American block, on which Seattle is situated
, ends to the east in the mid-Atlantic Ocean and to the west fewer than 150 miles off our coast. The Juan de Fuca block is located just west of it. According to all reports, these blocks are being pushed together by inexplicable forces. Because they're in each other's way, something has to give — and it does, on a regular basis. The next time something gives at these plates, as described in the New Yorker piece, something bad will happen. It clarifies what it means when all hell breaks free as a result of it.
If you reside in Seattle, however, you can rest easy knowing that the precipitating events will occur roughly 175 miles west and several miles beneath the surface – in other words, far enough away to mitigate the worst consequences. The nightmare that will befall Seattle will not contain as much intense shaking — or tsunami inundation — as the shores of Washington and Oregon will. Even still, when the tremors subside and the sea returns to normal, Seattle will be in a difficult situation.
But it's The New Yorker quake, a regional catastrophe that will wreak havoc on tens of thousands of square miles, including our city. When it happens — as it must — the one I've been unable to write about will very certainly be the one I've been unable to write about thus far.
THE TEN LARGEST EARTHQUAKES IN THE WORLD BETWEEN 2012 AND NOW have all been of The New Yorker variety, also known as megathrust quakes. The precipitating events took place deep beneath the bottom in each case. One quake occurred in the Indian Ocean, while another occurred beneath the Sea of Okhotsk. The other eight all began their journeys beneath the Pacific Ocean. A total of 137 people were killed as a result of these ten earthquakes. If that number doesn't seem modest, consider that the largest earthquake in 2011, which was also a megathrust, killed nearly 20,000 people.
Why did one quake kill so many people more than the others? The ten most powerful earthquakes in the last decade occurred so far from land, both vertically and horizontally, that by the time their impacts reached populated areas, they were too weak to kill huge numbers of people. The 2011 quake, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, began distant from land but had terrible consequences, including a tsunami. When a quake occurs where the Earth's blocks collide, the ability of the quake to kill depends heavily on one element: a tsunami. If the quake isn't particularly strong, there will likely be few casualties. If a large tsunami occurs, the death toll could be substantial. That was the case in 2004.
When the next megathrust quake strikes the coastal Northwest, Seattleites can rest assured that Puget Sound will not be roiled in the same way that the Pacific was roiled by the Great East Japan or Indian Ocean earthquakes. There will be a great deal of pain and deaths, but no apocalyptic devastation.
I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD THE WARNING OF THE NEW YORKER. The impending megathrust quake it portrays is cause for concern, not only because of the horrors it would bring, but also because it may occur soon. Quakes of this magnitude strike our region every 500 years on average. The most recent one occurred 322 years ago, while the one before that occurred approximately 1,300 years ago. If you're a cup-half-full person, you can opt to concentrate on the fact that nearly 1,000 years transpired between the two. For the rest of us, it may come as a shock to learn that there was a 320-year gap between the earthquake of 1,300 years ago and the one before it.
The Richter scale, which has been replaced by the "moment magnitude" scale, gives these megathrust quakes a very high rating. Scales like these are designed to convey information about the relative power and severity of earthquakes, and they are extremely important to geologists. The scales, on the other hand, can be deceiving in ways that can have serious ramifications for the rest of us.
The magnitude of earthquakes is emphasized in news reports. They keep reminding us of the magnitude of what transpired. They utilize numbers in addition to accounts of death and damage – how many people were killed, how many were injured, how many were displaced, and how many buildings were leveled. A one-digit whole number followed by a decimal, such as 9.2 or 6.2, looms over it all. Those are numbers on the moment magnitude scale.
The instant magnitude scale denotes events that increase in intensity by one-tenth of a whole number at a time. In other terms, a 9.2 earthquake would be almost a third more powerful than a 6.2. However, because the moment magnitude scale is logarithmic, this isn't the case. A 9.2 is tens of thousands of times stronger than a 6.2.
It might not matter if that was all there was to it. We'd mistake the meaning of numbers in a way that was harmless to us. Unfortunately, there is a more serious issue at hand. The depth and position of a quake, which have a lot to say about its potential for destruction, are ignored by scale numbers.
The next significant megathrust quake in this area will again originate deep beneath the Pacific seafloor. The next large quake in the Seattle Fault Zone, however, will occur at a shallow depth just beneath our metropolis. The megathrust quake will be a 9 on the Richter scale, while the Seattle quake will be closer to a 7. Don't be soothed by your interpretation of the scale figures (even though a 9.0 is more than 1,000 times more powerful than a 7.0 when you do the arithmetic). In Haiti, a 7.0 earthquake killed over 300,000 people in 2010. That one began 6 miles beneath the earth's surface. It struck 16 miles from Port-au-Prince, a city roughly the size of Seattle.
THESE ARE DIFFICULT THINGS TO CONSIDER RATIONALLY. Most of us have taught our brains to lead us to specific results because we prefer them. Our conclusions come first, followed by arguments in support — for example, "No large earthquake will occur during my lifetime." As a result, we willingly affirm our biases. We bury our heads in the sand after that.
Seismologists estimate that the chances of a 9.0 earthquake striking the coastal Pacific Northwest in the next 50 years are roughly 14%. Perhaps you'll accept those chances and wager that it won't happen. After all, they're not bad: they're about as likely to miss a 37-yard field goal as an NFL kicker. On the other hand, the odds of Donald Trump defeating Hillary Clinton were approximately the same – 15% (as predicted by The New York Times on Election Day morning, 2016).
In the Seattle Fault Zone, the chances of a 6.5 quake in the next 50 years are 5 percent. You might wager against it happening based on those odds. By betting against it, I mean failing to plan for it. The majority of people are taken aback whenever an earthquake occurs.
GEOLOGY YET AGAIN.
The Juan de Fuca block revolves in a cylinder-like fashion. It seeks to grind through the neighboring North American block as it moves eastward on its descending arc. The interpenetration zone of the blocks is located beneath the Cascade Range, where high pressures form volcanic peaks like as Mount St. Helens, Baker, and Rainier. However, the leading edge of the North American block, which is being forced west, carves material from the sinking Juan de Fuca block and piles it as rubble.
In Western Washington, we live on top of Juan de Fuca block rubble, interspersed with a massive amount of material that has been sliding off the North American block for a long time, all of it now packed nearly solid and subject to its own set of earthquake-causing pressures.
Within this admixture, the Seattle Fault Zone is made up of blocks pressing against one other, just as the admixture beneath it. It stretches 40 miles east to west and 5 miles north to south, and contains a significant fracture just south of downtown and another fracture beneath a series of North Seattle neighborhoods. The zone, which is located at a depth of 2 to 4 miles, is prone to earthquakes such as the one that struck Haiti or the 6.9 earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan, in 1995, killing thousands of people and causing more than $100 billion in damage. As it turns out, the geologic conditions beneath Seattle are very similar to those beneath Kobe.
The events in Kobe were disastrous. At least 80% of the approximately 6,400 persons that died in the city and its environs died trapped in rubble. In firestorms, some people were crushed, smothered, and died. Fortunately, the shaking began before 6 a.m., so most places of business were closed. Despite this, over 40,000 people were hurt and 240,000 homes were damaged. Hospitals were bursting at the seams. It was January, and the weather was bitterly cold. Approximately 300,000 individuals became homeless as a result of this. I won't go on, but I will note that it all happened in a country that is largely regarded as being at the forefront of earthquake preparedness. And that the epicenter of the quake was 12.5 miles away from the city and 10 miles away from the epicenter of the quake.
Earthquakes in the Seattle Fault Zone start as ruptures. The strain of opposition becomes too severe at some point along one of its faults or fractures — by which I mean a seam where two blocks shove against each other — and one or both blocks abruptly move. When this happens, the energy released spreads in all directions, but most notably along the tearing fault itself.
Imagine two blocks coming together on a diagonal line: Two things can happen if the fault ruptures. One of the blocks has the ability to climb. Alternatively, one person can climb while the other sinks.


FC Twenty11 would like to congratulate all the boys involved in the Western Springs AFC Under 17 Tournament. It was a tough weekend, however the boys united to show their strength; both on and off the pitch. Congratulations, and thank you to all the coaches, support crew and parents.


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Uber Launches Taxi-Hailing Service in Nagoya
Economy Sep 6, 2018
Nagoya, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. said Thursday that it has started a taxi-hailing service in Nagoya, central Japan, with local taxi operator Fuji Taxi Group.
Uber launched full-fledged taxi-hailing business for the first time in the country, although it conducted a trial service on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, in July with taxi firms there.
The company operates a ride-sharing service in some 70 countries and regions around the world. But it has decided to focus on dispatching cabs in Japan, as commercial ride-sharing is banned in the country.
"We want to make the business nationwide," an official of Uber's Japanese unit said, adding that talks are under way with several taxi operators.
The service requires the use of a dedicated smartphone app.
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For many people, the theft or loss of even a single laptop computer, cell phone or tablet can be devastating – unless you take some common-sense measures to mitigate the damage ahead of time.
It's not just the cost of the lost device itself. If there is confidential, proprietary or personally identifiable information on the device – or readily accessible through it – you could risk seeing your identity stolen.
1. Don't let strangers "borrow" your phone or computer to look up directions or send an e-mail. There are cases of criminals bolting as soon as they have possession of the device. In other cases, they may surreptitiously install malware or spyware on your device that could compromise your sensitive information.
2. Don't use computer-carrying cases that look too much like computer-carrying cases. These attract the attention of thieves. Ideally, your carrying case will not attract attention to itself.
3. Use device-tracking services. Many laptop manufacturers include optional tracing services. Alternatively, you can install or attach an external tracking device to your computer. It may not prevent theft, but you may be able to quickly recover the computer, or force the criminal to get rid of it prematurely, limiting the damage they cause.
Computrace's LoJack for Laptops – one popular solution – takes advantage of GPS technology and will give you a precise location of a missing device.
4. Maintain situational awareness. Don't flaunt your brand new mobile device by using it prominently and visibly in public. According to the Federal Communications Commission, 55% of all larcenies in New York City involve smartphone theft, as do 46% of all robberies.
5. Install an irremovable tag, such as a STOP Security Plate. These make laptop computers very difficult for criminals to resell or pawn, and they may help deter theft. The STOP Security Plate – impossible to remove – also instructs anyone who finds your computer to call a 1-800 number to report it stolen. Once they do, the vendor will call you with instructions on how to recover your device.
6. Going through an airport security checkpoint? Don't put your laptop on the conveyor belt until you are very next in line. Otherwise, your computer may make it through security before you do – and be vulnerable to theft on the other side of the checkpoint.
7. Cable your laptop. Several vendors make a lightweight but very strong cable that you can use to secure your laptop to a table you are working on in public – making it nearly impossible for thieves to run away with your computer. Most thieves, seeing the cable, will move on to an easier target.
8. Traveling? Store the laptop in your hotel room safe, if possible. If there is no safe and you can't bring your laptop with you, store it in a locked suitcase.
9. Never ask a stranger to watch your laptop for a moment in public. Always pack your computer back up to go use the restroom, get another drink, or anything else.
10. Never leave your laptop in the car. Your car insurance may cover the cost of a stolen laptop (minus a deductible), but it doesn't cover the cost of lost productivity or data loss mitigation.


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Tamil Nadu: Andhra Pradesh halts flow of Krishna water into Chennai
Tamil Nadu, First Published Oct 29, 2018, 5:45 PM IST
PWD officials said that once-dried Poondi reservoir has now received 805 mcft of water, and Andhra Pradesh officials assured to release water once the dam is filled again.
Chennai: The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) has flagged a hindrance as Andhra Pradesh irrigation officials stopped the release of Krishna water from Kandaleru dam to Poondi reservoir on Sunday (October 28). CMWSSB has been waiting for water from the northeast monsoon to meet the city's drinking water needs.
Water managers, mustering the courage, said that the existing water storage is more than enough to undertake water distribution for the next two months.
According to the Deccan Chronicle report, Andhra Pradesh had released Krishna water in September based on the requests from Tamil Nadu government. The release was gradually stepped up to 1,800 cusecs, and the Poondi reservoir has received 1.87 tmc of water so far from the Andhra Pradesh's Kandaleru reservoir.
"Going by the current scenario, the water storage at four lakes including Poondi and Chembarambakkam lakes stood at 1,798 million cubic feet (mcft) against a total capacity of 11,257 mcft. The Chennai city would have plunged into a water crisis, had Krishna water not been released," said a Public Works Department (PWD) official to the Deccan Chronicle. The once-dried Poondi reservoir has now received 805 mcft of water, and Andhra Pradesh officials assured the release of water once the dam is filled again, the official said.
"As of now, we are drawing only surface water to supply drinking water in a full-fledged manner, and we are not planning to go for other sources. Since northeast monsoon is around the corner, we are hopeful of receiving copious rainfall in and around Chennai," said a CMWSSB engineer. The official also said that the Krishna water supply may have been stopped, but the inflow into Poondi reservoir will continue for the next few days.
Chennai has not received a spell of rain so far while many other interior districts have received decent rain fall, rendering water bodies bone dry.
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When explorer David Thompson of the Northwest Company was mapping the Columbia River in 1811, he liked nothing better at the end of a hard day's travel than to relax in one of the many hot springs lining his route in what was later to become British Columbia.
Actually, I have no idea whether Thompson tarried at any of the mineral springs, but given the cool nights in the Kootenay Mountains, it seems pretty likely he and his party would have taken advantage of a hot alfresco bath. Much of BC's interior is dotted with natural springs heated by subterranean magma, and I plan to sample some of them.
On a sunny Saturday in July, I meet up with my traveling companions, Steve (Moto Guzzi 1100 Sport), Jim (MV Agusta Brutale), Geoff (BMW R1200GS), and Dougie (K1200RS) at the Chevron station on the Trans-Canada in Langley, BC. I'm riding my classic 1982 Laverda 1200 Mirage. We'll follow Canada One as far as Hope, a former supply post for the Yukon gold-rushers, and then we'll switch to the Crowsnest Highway 3 as far as the fruit market town of Keremeos before turning north and over Green Mountain Road to Penticton on 97. Taking Westside Road, we'll avoid the strip-mall stop-and-go traffic of Kelowna before we turn east again in Vernon on Highway 6 through the Monashee Mountains to Fauquier on the Arrow Lakes, and the small resort town of Nakusp.
These are some of my favorite roads, but we're not the only ones traveling them. In Hope, we meet another group of riders heading into the BC interior for the weekend and form a loose convoy for the ride through Manning Provincial Park on 3. The park is located in the northern extremes of the Cascade Range, a rolling landscape of alpine meadows surrounded by dense forest. For most of the 80-mile ride through the park, we're able to pass the lumbering RVs with ease, but on the run down into Princeton, the road makes a series of steep downhill turns, and passing is strictly verboten. Log trucks join the melee, and progress is halting.
We're following the Similkameen River as it churns and splashes down into Princeton. Across a rickety bridge is the old road to Hedley, and we're soon speeding along a rollicking chip-sealed two-laner while the four-wheelers lumber along the new road on the opposite bank. Hedley, once a thriving nickel-mining town, now cashes in on that heritage with mine tours and tourist trinkets. Green Mountain Road allows us to leave the traffic behind, with the narrow track meandering along verdant valleys of tall grass and shade trees toward the Apex Mountain Ski Resort before turning east across the Penticton Indian Band's territory. It's a perfect Saturday afternoon ramble under blue skies spotted with fluffy clouds.
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Q: How to re-run Diesel migrations? I'm using Diesel with PostgreSQL. I added my migrations, and they worked fine, outputting everything in the schema.rs file. Until I noticed that I was missing the created_at fields on some of my migrations. I edited the SQL and ran diesel migration run. Nothing happened, no errors, no success. Is there a way to fix this and re-run my migrations?

A: The command
diesel migration run

Only applies migrations. If you would like to revert a migration you have to run:
diesel migration revert

Using these commands together you can "redo" an applied migration like this:
diesel migration revert
diesel migration run

This pattern is common enough that diesel provides this shortcut command that does the same thing as the above 2 commands:
diesel migration redo

Note: all of these commands only run, revert, or redo a single migration at a time. If you want to run, revert, or redo multiple migrations or all migrations you're going to have to manually run the commands multiple times, that is until a new version of diesel is released and this feature becomes available, when you'll be able to redo all migrations by simply running:
diesel migration redo --all

Note: all of the commands will only work correctly if you've written a down.sql for every migration you intend to revert or redo.

A: The correct procedure is to create a new migration (diesel migration generate), then add ALTER statement to up.sql to alter your existing schema.  Then you can simply diesel migration run.  Once that is done, you can use diesel print-schema to get the updated code to write into schema.rs.


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RUNNING EVENTS Jamaica And European Union Share Vision Of Making Jamaica Safer
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The race will provide the chance to embrace and celebrate Jamaican culture while making Jamaica a safer place
The first European Union-Jamaica 5K (EU-JA 5K) Run is set to take place on the 12th of March this year after Running Events Jamaica recently sealed its partnership with the delegation of the European Union to Jamaica. This run will be held with the purpose of informing the public about the partnership while helping sort key challenges on the island.
Several ministries including the Ministry of National Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade among others will not only support the run but also take part in it.
The theme for this debut EU-JA 5K run will be 'All Together Against Crime and Violence' and it is aimed at creating awareness of the EU's impact on Jamaica's Citizen Security and Justice Programme. Furthermore, the run will showcase the rich cultural heritage in Kingston as the race's map will comprise of the coastal boardwalk, music and the city's art walk.
The first 2000 participants to finish the race will not only be entertained but also receive medals as well as T-shirts. Several resources such as sufficient medical coverage and water stations will be provided. The race will be open to all including local citizens and disabled people in the community.
The run will be staged at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's car park, 2 Port Royal Street, Kingston Waterfront and it will cover 3.1 miles (5 kilometres) before ending at the corner of Hanover and Port Royal Streets.
The ambassador of the European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen, stated that this inaugural 5K will have a lot of positive input in Jamaica in that it will provide the chance to embrace and celebrate Jamaican culture while making Jamaica a safer place. In addition, race Director of Running Events Jamaica also commented that both his organization and the European Union will work together to protect local communities from crime and violence.
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Blockchain: The Next Step for Data-Driven Industries
Haden Kirkpatrick
October 15, 2018 FinTech
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From e-commerce and social networking to healthcare and insurance, more industries are handling large amounts of user data than ever before. Many crucial business decisions are made based on that data. They afford a better understanding of what consumers want and seek and help companies improve the products and services they offer.
How all that data is managed, however, is an ongoing challenge. Traditional databases, designed pre-internet, are limited insofar as how much data they can house and how it can be utilized. And entrusting a third-party Cloud service with vast wells of data can be costly (and risky) to scale.
Currently, databases are maintained by a central authority. A user might be able to update information on a centralized server, but the permission to update it is still the province of that central authority. Plus, centralized systems have a single control point: one breach and all the contents of the database are exposed, as we've seen with high-profile data breach cases.
Blockchain provides a decentralized alternative and eliminates the risks associated with a "trusted" centralized system, like a bank. Bitcoin was the first to use Blockchain as a way of removing the trust and engagement necessary in a third-party facilitated transaction. It functions as a consensus-based network in which all users store and approve what information is being documented. Every update is encrypted and no one can meddle with the system without everyone on the network noticing immediately.
Which leads us to a very important question: What is Blockchain?
Blockchain: The Basics
If a bank ledger is like a spreadsheet that can only be updated one person at a time, then Blockchain is like a Google Sheet of ledgers that are stored on various servers in duplicate but linked to the participants in the chain. There's no single control point, and everything is duplicated across a vast network of computers. In other words, Blockchains can be added to from multiple places at the same time, and each is recorded in chronological order and seen and verified by everyone on the network.
Plus, all updates are immutable — they can't be changed or erased. To change a previous entry, someone would need to create a new event, which would then mean their ledger would conflict with the rest of the network. An effective hack in a Blockchain network would then require more than half of the participants editing or changing their records in the exact same manner, at the exact same time. This is why Blockchains are considered "unhackable." Of course, this feat isn't actually impossible; rather, it's so procedurally and logistically difficult that it reaches the point of impossibility.
What's being updated? In the case of Bitcoin, transactions. In broader terms, data. It can be anything from digital art to car insurance claims. The beauty is that two people can transact with each other over the internet without a "trusted" intermediary. That's because the system itself minimizes the amount of "trust" required to keep everything on the up and up. For example, a set of nodes called "miners" compete to verify each transaction by solving an algorithmic problem. The miner who solves the problem first broadcasts it to the network for review. Once it's approved, a "block" is born, wrapped in cryptography, and thus a transaction happens.
Why would these miners want to do math problems? Because they can reap one of two rewards: a transaction fee or new bitcoins for their services. That's why miners are always watching the network, ready to pounce on a transaction in the queue.
Blockchain: The Benefits
Blockchain has myriad potential in the way of organization, ease of use and transparency. Here are some of its key qualities.
One absolute database. With Blockchain, you avoid the confusion of having multiple versions of a ledger (again, think Google docs vs. spreadsheets), and gone are the days of inventing version-naming nomenclature on the fly (v1, v2, v3). Instead, you have one ledger shared across multiple computers, and every update is reviewed and approved by multiple parties. One ledger, one truth, zero confusion.
Centralized databases are updated on a moment-to-moment basis, capturing the system's status at a specific moment in time. Think of it like a timestamp.
Blockchains are updated in real time. You can take any data entry and trace it back to its origin. You know who created it and when, and that it's been vetted. This leaves little doubt as to the legitimacy of any entry. It's the kind of provenance coveted by data scientists and marketers, and it may inspire consumer confidence, especially in light of all the scandal around data misuse.
Public or private. Blockchains don't have to be public, either. They can also be set up to restrict user access without sacrificing all the perks of a "peer-to-peer" system. A private Blockchain has all the same features as a public Blockchain. The only difference is that it's invitation-only, and validating a user might either be consensus-based or determined by the network's pre-existing criteria. There could also be an "authority" that grants entrance, but once the user is in, they participate in all manners of a decentralized network.
Blockchain's Limitations
However iron-clad Blockchain might sound, it still has some growing up to do. As with any new technology, businesses ought to proceed with caution — especially when it comes to sensitive data (car insurance claims, client info, etc.). Of major importance is the size of the network. If there aren't many users on it, then data distribution will lack, leaving it vulnerable to attack.
Blockchain does, however, show promise. Promise for consumers who want to see where a product is created and by whom. Promise, too, for companies to demonstrate why the quality of their product has a reasonable price tag. Blockchain will continue to evolve and — like a node on the server — we'd all do right to keep an eye on its progress.
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right now on "nbc 10 news today," the stage is set. this is a live look over the field from our eagles nest camera inside the linc. we've got every angle covered ahead of tonight's title matchup. welcome to philadelphia. the vikings got quite an earful when they arrived at their team hotel in center city. eagles parking penalties. tonight's game means traffic changes, especially on broad street. what you need to know about parking and detours. finally, we are here. >> this is it. we have our green on. >> we do. we're ready to go. >> ready to go. >> got you covered. >> good morning.
this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm dray clark. the countdown you see there on your screen is on. we're now just a little bit less than 12 hours away from kickoff at the linc today. >> meteorologist krystal klei is tracking that all-important gameday forecast and it's a winner, krystal. >> it is a winner. mother nature has been -- they made it real nice for us. temperatures are a bit chilly out there. right around freezing for many spots. philadelphia at 33 degrees. mt. holly at 31. dover at 33. allentown, warmer at 39 degrees. a ten-degree difference in atlantic city. 29 for the current reading. you might see this and go, that doesn't look that good. but, remember yesterday we started out around freezing. made it up to 57 in philadelphia for a high yesterday. we will not get that warm. here's why. we've got clouds sitting to the west but moving our way. there will be increased cloud coverage for your sunday.
not rain, just clouds. temperatures will pick up. if you're headed out early, 41. by 1:00, 49. increasing clouds. mostly cloudy by 4:00. look at that number. 50. with light winds. we'll talk about what to expect hour by hour during the game coming up. >> we'll be sticking around for it. thanks, krystal. >> let's call this the calm before the storm. this is another live look inside the linc from our eagles nest camera. hours from now, as we said, about 12 hours from now, it will be rough and rowdy. the birds will host the minnesota vikings in the nfc championship game. pumped and ready for action. >> you got that right. tailgating gets it under way bright and early. randy gyllenhaal is there with the early risers. hey, randy. >> reporter: hey. you can't technically go into the tailgating lot yet. that doesn't open for a couple of hours. in the next little bit, we're going to see a ton of fans lining up rvs and big buses and
cars on 11th street waiting for the lots to open so they can get a prime spot. the first car, by the way, is my man greg. you may have seen him an hour ago. we're going to hop in the car with him and chat about the tailgate. >> greg, since 5:00 a.m. this morning. i'm not feeling till the gate opens. >> you got tickets? >> yeah, i did. my uncle's friend got me a ticket in section 128. i'll be in the end zone going out of my mind. >> what are you doing until kickoff? >> what i do is, i think about the game, how the defense is going to play. i think about the fans. how we're going to give it. we're going to bring it. i'm bringing it for four quarters, no voice monday. >> greg, are you thinking -- >> i'm off from work tomorrow. there's no nap. you don't sleep during the gape. here's a message for jeff lurie. jeff, i'm the first one down here. i love your team and we're going to party all night.
you will dance tonight, jeff, i guarantee it. >> reporter: the party will be here in south philly. we'll hang with greg in the warm car as the tailgaters start coming the next couple of hours. tune in live. we're live in greg's car. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. no naps out there, randy. before the minnesota vikings endure the sound of the eagles fans like greg there at the linc, they have something else ringing in their ears. take a listen. love it. eagles fans gave the minnesota vikings a greeting, warm welcome. you're also looking at the vikes walking through a flock of birds at center city. fiep, there were a few vikings fans. they were jockeying for position outside with the eagles fans. but the birds got a seat. >> fans are really passionate. should be pretty intense. i'm hoping for a good game. >> listen, don't count the eagles out. we're taking it. we're going to win. i don't know about these guys
right here, but they don't look that big to me. i think we got them. >> minnesota fans did their traditional skol chant. you can be sure that fly eagles fly will drown that out this evening. if you are headed to the game this evening, be careful where you park. >> definitely. consider mass transit to get to the linc today. matt delucia is live in south philadelphia with important information for fans. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, dray and rosemary. wall street is a popular place to park, even now filled with cars. later this afternoon, all these cars have to go. you want to see these signs, go birds, but unfortunately, you have to deal with these signs from philly police warning drivers to get their cars off the street. both sides of the shoulder here, south of south street down to the stadium complex. again, that is for the rest of the day until tomorrow morning. now, if you are going to be
taking mass transit, perhaps septa down to the game or patco, here's a bit of advice. if you can get on the line for $4. you buy the pro rock or city hall. there's a sports express train that will be starting a little after 3:30, running every ten minutes leading to kickoff. patco is operating on a special schedule with trains operating every 20 minutes for most of the day. if you're on broad street and see the cars still here, about seven hours until they have to be moved out of the way where you perhaps risk getting towed. that's definitely not what you want on a day like this when you're hoping the birds win. >> go birds. >> right there. that's my truck. it's going to be bananas. >> do you have a car parked here? >> absolutely not. >> go eagles, baby.
>> reporter: resident here. don't park your car out here. rosemary, dray, back to you. >> i love when that happens on live tv. after stops around the region, our eagles road to victory bus will be in one place today. xfinity live in south philadelphia. the bus will be there today from 10:00 to 6:00, stop by for give-aways and to write a message on the bus to cheer on the birds. count on nbc 10 to have you covered before and after tonight's nfc title game. our coverage begins at 10:00 this morning and runs throughout the day. then join us after the game for live reaction and exclusive interviews. the official television station of the philadelphia eagles. the time now 7:07. the birds have home field advantage tonight. >> yes, but does that mean they have the upper hand? ahead in sports, we break down the defense we'll see in this nfc title game. also ahead, government shutdown. today is the second day without services. closed to sites.
we'll tell when you lawmakers plan to get the legislative wheels in motion again.
welcome back. first alert meteorologist krystal klei here. we've got perfect gameday weather for you. increasing cloud coverage. mild temperatures and light winds for the forecast. we're looking over the linc inside the bird's nest right now. it is quiet but that will not be the case. by 9:00 a.m., about 36 degrees.
above freezing. we're in the upper 40s by 1:00 in the afternoon. that's where we are through 5:00. we'll peak somewhere in between. right in the low 50s. great for the outdoors grilling up food later today. in the suburbs, 46 at 1:00 this afternoon. notice the icons. increasing cloud coverage starting to occur farther to the west. in the lehigh valley, 46 this afternoon. upper 40s for highs. near 50 for the high in delaware this afternoon. new jersey, from 37 at 9:00 a.m. to 48 at 1:00 this afternoon. a mix of sun and clouds over the jersey shore. up to 47 degrees. a bit later today. we'll talk about that eagles forecast from kickoff to the fourth quarter coming up. >> thank you, krystal. congressman pat meehan is at the center of an ethics investigation. >> house leaders are already taking action. next the misconduct allegations against the pennsylvania congressman and how he's responded. >> reporter: i'm deanna durante live in koch hack en.
fans are coming in to get their gameday needs. we have a live report coming up.
almost an integral part of football as the game itself. >> we're talking tomato pie, hoagies, eagles cupcakes. you can't watch the title game without the goodies. deanna durante is live at chon conshohocken bakery. >> they've picked up their rolls and baked goods and stuffed breads. did i mention the rolls? 20,000 rolls have left to go to
restaurants around the area. we told you about the eagles bus that was going to be coming. when carrie arrived here in her t-shirt, you didn't bring the bus. >> no, we didn't. it's too early. we're not leaving yet. i came down -- >> we have a picture of it. >> yes, we do. this is the bus. >> what kind of food are you putting in the bus? >> today we're doing cheesesteaks and tomato soup and grilled cheese, pork sandwiches. one more thing. we're doing mac and cheese. >> wow. >> big menu on that bus. >> big menu and big crowd, too. probably 100-something at our tailgate. >> you better get cooking. >> he is. >> i'll let you get the rest of your food here. take a look. here's all of the things that are here to buy and eat today while you watch the eagles take on the vikings. take a look at a little video we shot earlier. you can get personalized tomato
pies with the eagles logo on them. they can say fly eagles fly, beat the vikings, all of the things you want on the tomato pies. we talked to people who are hitting the road early, making multiple stops to pick up things they need for the day. >> just a start. we're going to run all over the place for different things. >> what's on the menu? >> meatballs, ham, wings, everything. >> everything. >> everything. >> big eating day. >> yes. >> now, someone came in a little while ago saying they saw the conshohocken italian bakery, were worried they would run out of things. >> that is tomato pie, coming straight from the oven. the pies are steaming as they're taken from the oven. customers coming into the bakery. we're scaring them a little bit. come on in, guys. everybody getting everything
here that they need for their game. that's the latest reporting live in conshohocken. deanna durant, nbc 10 news. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> i just made a confession to the crew here in the studio that i've never had a philly tomato pie. so deanna, you want to bring something back, i really need to try this. it's looking pretty good. let's talk about the live camera view outside. we've got a fairly clear picture. but notice it's got a haze to it as well. that's because clouds will start rolling in. we may have thin clouds above us through morning hours and by the afternoon, thickening up. mostly cloudy conditions later to the day. clouds, not rain. notice the difference. how about temperature. we're cold to start. 33 degrees in philadelphia. 31 in south jersey and 39 in the lehigh valley. let's drop into a few neighborhoods starting with the new jersey neighborhood temperatures. 25 degrees. che mung at 26. tiny hollow, 25.
lumb lumberton, 27. now let's drop into our jersey shore neighborhood temps. 31 in somers point, atlantic city. 40 at the airport. 34 avalon, new jersey. we're looking at stone harbor, 36 degrees to start. again, not bad when some of us are starting above freezing. it's up, up, up the rest of the day. we'll make it to the 50s in a good bit of region later today. on the radar and satellite, clear conditions over new jersey, delaware. starting to see the clouds building in the suburbs. lehigh valley. the sprinkles of green are south of pittsburgh. don't be too alarmed. there is a warm front moving our direction. that's some of the moisture triggered by it. i don't think we'll see any impacts of that. that's until the overnight hours and on into tomorrow. so we're good. let's run through the hour by hour so i can show you. you're saying prove it. this is 4:30 this afternoon. now we're cloudy.
that's the gray layer. now at 8:30. mid game right now. there's no action over where linc is. instead, just a few spot showers sitting to the north of us. isolated showers are possible. mostly north and west in the overnight hours. could as you're driving home at 11:30 there be sprinkles falling in philly? yes. is there going to be anything during the game or impactful? no, dry for game time. isolated showers possible for monday and for the most part monday looks pretty dry, too. here's the high for today. high of 52 in philly. 47 in the lehigh valley and delaware at 52. we'll wrap up here with that vikings/eagles hour-by-hour forecast. kickoff at 48. by end of game, 44 degrees. >> thank you, krystal. day two of the federal government shutdown here this morning. stories are continuing to be followed. it shows no i am -- no end in sight. democrats and republicans remain split over immigration and spending. president trump said he won't
consider daca legislation until the government reopens. meanwhile, the government shutdown is impacting tourism in philadelphia. nbc 10 stopped by independence national historical park yesterday. we found security guards turning visitors away from independence hall and the liberty bell. tourists had to be content with snapping pictures. they were able to stop by the visitors center which remains open. while the government shutdown also closed other iconic landmarks and parks, they include the library of congress in washington. the statue of liberty in new york harbor and mt. rushmore in south dakota. >> a new york times report claims pennsylvania congressman pat meehan used taxpayer money to settle a misconduct complaint by a former aide. meehan represents most of delaware county and other philadelphia suburbs denied the allegations. he's become a key figure on capitol hill fighting sexual harassment in congress. speaker paul ryan says meehan has been removed from the ethics committee and has been ordered to repay the taxpayer money.
according to "the new york times," the aide reached a confidential agreement with meehan's office after turning down his advances. in a statement, congressman meehan's office has asked for the confidentiality deal to be torn up so all the facts can come out. you can read the congressman's full statement right now on the nbc 10 app. 7:21, turning the streets into a sea of support. >> hearing from women who attended the women's march on philadelphia. also, fly eagles fly. fans are rising to our fight song challenge met here from a young birds fan who did not let a little thing like anesthesia stop him from cheering on the fans -- or the birds.
women all across the country and here in philadelphia hope that washington is hearing their rally cries following the second
annual women's march. hundreds of thousands of women and men took to the streets to demand equality, justice and social and political change. >> we will not be ♪ >> in philadelphia they marched on the ben franklin park way yesterday to aikens oval. they're hoping to create a movement to get more women to the polls and in office. many marchers wore the pink hat ear hats. others carried signs stating opposition to president donald trump. >> i'm a white woman. i have privilege. i'll speak up for those who do not have privilege. >> i'm a generation, always going to be another one after me. it has to be better than what i left it. >> activists believe it's vital to get more people voting in the midterm election. >> the rallies continue in doylestown, bucks county. it starts on east court street
this morning at 11:30. there will be speakers and poetry reading and participants will march to state and main streets. >> one young eagles fan recently suffered a broken arm. >> but the injury couldn't break his spirit. listen to what this boy named andrew sang coming out of his sedation. >> fly eagles fly ♪ ♪ down low and high ♪ watch our eagles fly ♪ fly eagles fly ♪ on the road to victory ♪ >> i mean, this speaks volumes, right? you can sing the eagles song coming out of surgery, out of anesthesia. our sister station, nbc sports philadelphia says he got a green cast on his arm.
>> that's what you love is the real deal. when you can do that. we're looking for the best rendition of the eagles fly song. send it to us or post-it to twitter, instagram and tag us at nbc philadelphia using the #fly eagles fly. 7:27 right now on this sunday morning. the clock is ticking closer and closer to game time. >> randy gyllenhaal is live at scr park where tailgaters are on the way, if not there already. >> reporter: hey, we're at the linc, actually. the fight song will be -- everybody will be screaming it nonstop. it's going to be the biggest party in philadelphia in years. coming up next, people already arriving to tailgate. it's only 7:30 in the morning. we'll talk to them next.
home field advantage. the birds control their destiny and they have plenty of support
ahead of the nfc championship game. going green. fans of all ages and their pets are rallying behind the birds. guess what? the tailgaters are already at the linc this morning to party ahead of the monumental matchup. praying for an eagles win. we'll take you to the philadelphia church where the congregation is asking for divine intervention, not that the birds need it, though. but they'll take it. >> take all the prayers you can get when you need them, right? good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news. i'm dray clark. >> hallelujah. i'm rosemary connors. on this sunday, plenty to get to, including the eagles. krystal klei is tracking the forecast in your neighborhood weather. >> i'm so happy to say this is a great game forecast. let's run through what we're expecting. early this morning, getting the quick start on the tailgate, randy already found some people,
you will need the big coat this morning. still cold. many are left around freezing. going through the daytime hours, you'll notice more and more clouds spreading in. don't be alarmed. notice i'm saying clouds, not rain. mild temperatures begin this afternoon. we're talking like yesterday. some of us making our way into the 50s. kickoff, upper 40s for temperatures. it should be a dry game. things are looking really good for the eagles and the fans today. here are the temperatures this morning, though. that early start. we're at 28 in bluebell. 30 in wilmington and 33 in philadelphia. wildwood at 28 degrees. radar and satellite, that gray that you see lingering to the west, starting to spread in. that's the cloud coverage. we'll track everything hour by hour for the eagles forecast coming up in a bit. krystal said it. today is the day. let's take a live look at the linc from inside the linc. the eagle's nest camera. just a few hours from now, the
eagles will host the minnesota vikings in the nfc championship game. >> almost 11 hours away from kickoff later on today. for eagles fans, it's never too early to tailgate. >> yeah. fans are already showing up in south philadelphia where nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live this morning with the diehards. randy, introduce us to them. >> reporter: hey, so it's going to be an 11-hour party until kickoff. we're here on 11th street where a lot of fans line up their trucks, cars, rvs. i'll show you the linc right now. kind of quiet. but we have cars lined up. one is marcus. >> south jersey bird. >> what's the plan for the tailgate? >> we got big tailgate going on today. we're expecting about 75 people. we got a dj coming. we got a radio station coming. we got all kinds of food. >> in the back of the truck here, let's take a look. >> look at this. got my chairs, got my big-time
heater for the 75 people. we were here last week, it was closed. we're red think week. >> it's going to be a beautiful day. i think that will bring more people out. >> marcus, tell me about the game. it's going to be all about the defense. what are you looking for? >> no doubt about it. eagles is always there in the fourth quarter. if you've been watching the game, the fourth quarter is our game. we'll be right there. >> marcus, have fun. >> all right, baby. >> reporter: as you can see, the tailgate getting started shortly. the gates don't open until 11:00 this morning. it's going to be a while of a wait. you got to get here early. it's prime real estate. >> number 2 in the line. number 2. >> randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> you said it, randy. that is prime real estate. if you are driving to the big game today, you should do it now. police will be enforcing parking restrictions all over south philadelphia starting at 2:00 this afternoon. matt delucia is live in
south philly with what drivers should know about the parking restrictions. first and foremost, if you don't move your car, it's going to be towed, right, matt? >> reporter: that's right, dray and rosemary. if you're in your car going down, you might hear a lot of this. we've got the fight song blasting in our news van right now. i'll tell you, at 2:00 this afternoon, all of these vehicles along broad street have to be gone, including the median and also on both shoulders here. you see the signs up there right now. from philly police. warning everyone to get your vehicles out of here because of that nfc championship game. there are also a lot of churches in philadelphia as you might be aware. it is sunday, after all. you can bet a lot of people will be sneaking in that eagles gear. one church in the area is encouraging it. i spoke with a pastor at dare to imagine church. he says few things bring things together as much as sports do. today the prayers are going to the birds. >> on the agenda today, we're going to have awesome worship.
we're also going to be getting the congregation riled up. it's like a pep rally for the game tonight. we're singing the eagles fight song and having the shouting of eagles and getting the congregation to send more prayers so we can win this game tonight. >> reporter: see what they've got cooking later on for their services at 9:00. for now, i think we need to take our own advice and move our gold old news van off the broad street. live in south philly, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> count on us to have you covered before and after the nfc title game. our coverage begins this morning at 10:00 and runs throughout the day. and then join us after the game for live reaction and exclusive interviews. it's coverage you will definitely only find here on nbc 10. the official television station of the philadelphia eagles. american troops overseas, won't have football or any
football. congress has shut the government down. the pentagon pulled the plug on the armed forces network. sports is considered a nonessential activity. network provides news, entertainment and sports to dozens of countries and on navy ships all over the world. a house in lehigh county is in danger of collapsing. they're deciding whether to order an emergency demolition on button wood. no one is saying what's causing the collapse. the home is vacant. there are diehard eagles fans and then there's gary hall. >> he has been an eagles fan and attending games for a very, very long time. >> we're talking about decades here. next, see how an eagles dream came true for this lifelong fan thanks to the generosity of the people who take care of him. eyes on the prize. this is what the eagles hope to win tonight. just ahead in your sunday morning sports. how the birds and the vikings are shaping up against each other.
who has the real advantage. the real edge. we'll break it down.
i mean, you got to be a dedicated fan if you've got tickets to tonight's game. a lot of birds fans holding the
tickets know a lot of people love to have their seats. >> it's tough to get a seat but that dream has come true for a special birds fan in delaware county. >> fly eagles fly ♪ ♪ on the road to victory >> gary hall lives at mel mark, a special needs home near newtown square. he's been a season ticket holder for years. it doesn't include playoff ticket. the staff where he lives collected money for tickets to the game tonight. >> it's a good team. i like the eagles. >> he has been an eagles fan and attending games for a very, very long time. he's been here for 50 years and he's our family. >> the staff is raising more money to send hall to the super bowl. take a look at the current wind speeds outside. notice a lot of locations aren't
reporting because the winds are so light this morning. the ones that are are going every which way. from the west and southwest philly in coatsville. northwest in allentown, this is the case today. kind of light, mild winds. last week, the winds were a huge issue. that's not a problem for us this week. in fact, as a whole, this looks like a great forecast. this is an overlay. just looking over philly county of your future model, future clouds and the temperatures as we run through the day. this afternoon, about 43 degrees. winds are light, notice the winds are variable. clouds haven't thickened up too much yet. into the afternoon hour, they will thicken up. we'll continue running through that as we get into the next few minutes. for now, this is the headlines that we're looking at. increasing cloud coverage. mild temperatures and light winds. again, we're going to run through that future model for you. look at when the clouds thicken up and get the exact temperature coming up in a bit. coming up next in your sunday morning sports, we'll fake a look at tonight's matchup
between the eagles and the vikings. we'll talk about who has the real advantage and is history on their side?
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x 1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. i'm danny pommells for nbc sports philadelphia. you can feel it in the air. we are this close to the nfc championship game. eagles and vikings facing off at the linc with a trip to super bowl lii on the line. >> go back to minnesota! >> yeah. how is that for a philadelphia welcome as the vikings arrived at their team hotel. the minnesota defense has gotten a lot of pub, but john clark has the numbers we think you'll like >> everybody talks about how the vikings have the best defense in the nfl and bringing that to philly. they're giving up 12 points a game in their dome in minneapolis. on the road, they're giving up over 19 points game away from home. it's the eagles who have the defensive advantage at home. they're giving up 13 points a
game at the linc, second best in the nfl. they've got the second best defense in the nfl over the last two seasons. the vikings have a harder time running the ball on the road. averaging just 3.7 yards per carry away from home. the eagles are motivated to show they have the best defense in the nfl. >> we got a lot of respect for their defense and the players on their team. but, you know, we got a lot of confidence in our defense as well and the guys that we have. we're not focused on them. we're going to have a big performance for ourselves. >> i think it will be a game of possessions. you know, we got to get some takeaways. at the end of the day, it comes down to is our d-line better than theirs. >> history is in the eagles favor. the last eight conference title games all have been won by the home team and the eagles over the last two years in the nfl have the best home record.
at the nova care complex, i'm john clark, nbc sports philadelphia. how about it. the eagles are hot in the nfc championship. the sixers hot as well. looking for a third straight win against the short-handed bucs squad. third quarter, pistons up. big fella with the one-handed flush. he had 29 in this one. third quarter, look at t.j. mcconnell. turns the ball over. robert covington with the deflection. back in the hands of mcconnell who says, you know what, i'm taking it to the rim. spinning and winning. the sixers with the big victory. they have won a bunch of games, six of the as seven at least. flyers fans had a chance to work on their favorite chant. >> nice noise to that one. safety corey graham joined the
matinee against the devils. the task to travis who lights the lamp. flyers up 1-0. then one is roofed. three goals in the first period. they won 3-1 and won six of their last seven games. villanova visiting uconn. bridges gets the ball. space in the wing. look out. two-handed whammy. cruises past uconn. they're 18-1 on the season. that is your look at sports this morning. i'm danny pommells from the nbc sports philadelphia. go eagles. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> let's talk about that eagles game forecast. we're going to run through the whole day for you starting with the morning. krystal klei here. fairmont 38 degrees. west month at 39 degrees. this is a great start. temperatures both freezing for
the most part. we'll see the numbers staying very mild the rest of the day. our delaware neighborhoods, wilmington at 30. harmony hills at 28. glasgow at 28 as well. farther south and areas like this, 36 and dewey beach 32 degrees. to start. again, might be cold right now. if you start at freezing, going up. going to be above freezing the rest of the day. like yesterday, many spots will make it into the 50s. on the radar and satellite view, a nice wide view that shows us a clear picture in parts of new jersey and delaware. but the clouds are closing in from the west end of the northwest. we're starting to see things building. i know your eye is going to this thinking what is that? is it going to turn into something? am i going to get rained on during my game? no. looks like we should stay dry. this graphic is giving me troubles. it looks like it's putting a pause button in.
i've got a wider view to show you and explain what i am talking about. let's see if we can get it to move forward. i apologize. this i can show you the hour-by-hour forecast. we have clouds right now sitting mostly to the west. we pull it over to the 3:00 hour. now we have increasing cloud cover. mostly cloudy conditions by this afternoon. your tailgating, you're seeing the clouds, getting worried. don't worry. notice, there's no green across the board here. as we get to game time, this is at 6:30, close to kickoff. yes there may be a few isolated showers, mostly to the north and west of us. i don't have concerns through tailgating and kickoff for any rain in philly. end of game, at 11:00 p.m., there's where we could see a spot spring will possibly make its way to philly. that means you turn the windshield wipers as you celebrate on the car ride home. into monday, early morning hours, an isolated shower the rest of monday. it's looking like a mostly cloudy forecast. let's run through the three-day outlook.
52 degrees today. kickoff at 48 is the temperature. 54 on monday and cloudy. 58 on tuesday with the rainy conditions. in the suburbs, 54 on your tuesday and 52 in the lehigh valley for new jersey. rising to upper 50s. and delaware. we're in day two of a government shutdown the first of donald trump's presidency. >> it comes on the one-year anniversary of the president's inauguration. how lawmakers got there and the work cut out for themselves is up for discussion on "meet the press" which airs at a special time at 9:00 this morning. moderator's meet the press chuck todd joins us now. >> good morning, rosemary and dray. >> good morning, chuck. >> we're going to start to see the effects of the shutdown tomorrow when thousands of nonessential employees don't report to work. it sounds like lawmakers are digging in here. where do negotiations stand this morning? >> look, i think we have a 12 to 24-hour window here to see this
reopen or i think we're here sort of until an actual deal is reached on the d.r.e.a.m.er iss issue. this is the issue. democrats supposedly are only looking for a commitment to vote on a d.r.e.a.m.er compromised bill that's essentially been hammered out via an outline. there's a lot of mistrust right now between senate democrats, a handful of republicans and the white house. and because of that, i don't know if they will -- if democrats will relent to a temporary reopening of the government with just an oral agreement on bringing a bill to the floor. i think that's where we stand. if there's not movement, i think, in the next sort of today first thing tomorrow, if we get through tomorrow and we're still shutdown, that's the first workday, business day of the week, then i think everybody digs in and we're probably here for a couple of weeks. >> also, chuck, this shutdown, of course, coincides with the
one-year anniversary of donald trump's presidency, which we marked this weekend and nbc has new poll numbers out. what do they say about his first year in office? >> i think it shows that you this president, that the country is judging him by his character than by any substance or policy he's signed into law. there's a split person amount of the public. on one hand the public has never been more optimistic about the state of the economy, never felt better about their finances, highest optimism about the economy not since the late '930s. however, the president recorded the lowest job rating in the history of our polling. there's a great way to show you how. a year ago we asked folks to give us a word or phrase to describe how they view the incoming presidency of donald trump and the number one word used was hopeful. a year later, we did the same thing. and the number one word used is disgusting. that tells me he's getting judged on his personal behavior
almost more so than his -- anything substantive that he is has done. >> what a difference. thank you, chuck. thank you for being with us. >> we'll take a look at the trump presidency one year later. that will be the focus of meet the press. as i mentioned, it does come at a special time this morning here on nbc 10. it airs at 9:00. we'll be right back.
count on nbc 10 to have you covered before the nfc title game. coverage begins this morning at 10:00 and runs throughout the day. join us after the game for live reaction and exclusive interviews. it's coverage only on nbc 10, the official television station of the philadelphia eagles. >> we got our signs. >> oh, yeah. >> fly eagles fly. >> and we're dressed for the occasion. >> all in green. all ready to cheer them on. >> here's a live view from center city. it looks like it's windy. but the winds will be quite light today. that will not be a problem. >> this was the graphic i was trying to show you earlier. temperatures 43 degrees. light winds. as we get into the afternoon, this is at 3:00 p.m. we're mostly cloudy for our tailgaters. look at that. 51 degrees. then as we run through that game time start, upper 40s, we will fall to the low 40s, but it looks like we'll stay dry. this is a great gameday forecast. >> not as many layers this weekend. >> that's going to do it for us
on this sunday. go birds. >> have a great sunday.
the american people should expect better. >> no one deserves the blame more than president trump. >> and now, larry, it's your turn to listen to me. good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this january 21st, a year and a day since president donald trump was inaugerated. i'm willie geist. the president was expected to celebrate at his estate in mar-a-lago this weekend. instead he's holed up trying to end a government shutdown that's now in its second day.
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