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TALKERS | June 25, 2019
It's Official: Greg Papa Joins KNBR. The news of the arrival of Bay Area sports media figure Greg Papa at Cumulus Media's sports talk KNBR is official – he'll be co-hosting the midday show with John Lund, effective July 16. Papa, a longtime radio voice of the Oakland Raiders, also begins serving as play-by-play man for the San Francisco 49ers this season. This news from Cumulus comes a day after TALKERS reported that longtime KNBR air personality Gary Radnich is retiring from the station and that host Bob Fitzgerald (who serves as play-by-play voice of the Golden State Warriors) is exiting. The station's new lineup has "Papa & Lund" airing from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Fitzgerald's former partner Rod Brooks is joining the Tom Tolbert-led afternoon drive show, as is Radnich's co-host, Larry Kreuger. The new "Tolbert, Kreuger & Brooks" show will air from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This is a return to KNBR for Papa, who hosted his own show on the station from 2001 through 2003. He's also worked with Lund in the past. KNBR program director Jeremiah Crowe says, "Greg brings unrivaled knowledge and top-notch entertainment value to every broadcast he leads. His connection with the Bay Area sports fan runs deep on many levels through his history in the local market, and we are proud to reunite him with John Lund in middays on 'The Sports Leader.'" Regarding the exit of longtime personality Gary Radnich, Cumulus San Francisco VP/GM Doug Harvill says, "From the time Gary Radnich started at KNBR he was a pioneer in the sports talk format. He built a close relationship with listeners through his entertaining and intriguing perspective on sports and life. I cannot express how appreciative all of us at KNBR are for the opportunity to have partnered with him on his KNBR journey."
Andrew Kalb Exits ABC Radio News. Radio news pro Andrew Kalb announces he's exited ABC News as part of "a restructuring led by new management." Kalb, who's been with ABC News for the past 22 years, says, "It has been an honor to lead a talented team of broadcast and digital journalists and storytellers, and to successfully re-launch the ABC News Radio business, which now serves over 1,650 radio stations. Most recently, I also was executive producer and helped launch the ABC News daily audio podcast, 'Start Here,' which was recognized with a Murrow award last week for 'innovation in journalism.' Along the way, I have served our affiliates in partnership and with pride, understanding that all success is the result of teamwork and collaboration. To my many friends in radio, both at ABC and across the industry, thank you for the opportunity to work with you. I am looking forward to my next exciting opportunity." Kalb can be emailed at: andrewkalb@gmail.com.
The New York Festivals Radio Award Winners Presented in NYC. The winners of the 2019 New York Festivals Radio Awards were presented in New York last night and RTE Ireland was named Broadcaster of the Year for the third year running. Almost Tangible LTD. from the U.K. was named Production Company of the Year. ESPN Films was named Grand Winner for its "30 For 30" podcast. Pictured above is "30 For 30" producer and host Jody Avirgan (right) accepting the award at last night's ceremony. You can see all the winners here.
TALKERS News Notes. New Jersey talk radio station WKXW-FM, Trenton "New Jersey 101.5" was honored with five of the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists' Signature Awards at a ceremony held last Saturday (6/22) in Newark. Four of the Townsquare Media station's full-time staffers and one freelancer were honored for "compelling news reporting on-air, online, and through the use of video." Michael Symons and Sergio Bichao took 2nd place in the Investigative Reporting category for their four-part series on New Jersey's pension system, detailing spiraling costs and sky-high individual payouts. Dino Flammia is the 2nd winner of the Herbert Morrison Award for Best Audio Story for his series on the challenges and successes seen in treating mental health issues in New Jersey. Michael Symons is the 3rd place winner of the Herbert Morrison Award for Best Audio Story, for the audio presentation of his and Sergio Bichao's pension series. Louis C. Hochman is both the 1st and 3rd place winner of the Gabe Pressman Award for Best News Video. The first-place award is for his video of a community memorial service after a Long Branch teen killed his entire family and a friend. The 3rd place award, shared with freelancer Jay Lassiter, is of Lassiter's long-form interview with former legislator Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, detailing her decision to publicly disclose a domestic violence incident…..Radio news pro Steve Nikazy is calling it a career at Entercom's all-news KYW, Philadelphia. After 29 years with the station, Nikazy will retire on June 28…..Hubbard Radio St. Louis is honored with the distinction of making the St. Louis Top Workplaces list. The designation comes after a survey from Energage – a culture, technology, and workplace improvement research company. Hubbard operates sports talk WXOS-FM "101ESPN" and four music-formatted stations in the St. Louis market. Hubbard St. Louis vice president and market manager John Kijowski says, "This Top Workplace designation is especially important to us. In February of last year, we acquired KSHE and '105.7 The Point' from Emmis Communications. We had twice the number of employees that we had to fit into the same square footage. We really worked hard to provide all of our employees with a great workspace. We focused on instilling confidence in the leadership and being attentive to the process of blending workplace cultures."
Radio Exec Rick Devlin Dies at 75. Longtime radio executive Rick Devlin died on May 15 at the age of 75. During the course of his 40-year career, Devlin was general manager at WOR, New York; ABC Radio; and RKO Radio. He also served as president of the Radio Network Association and was a member of the National Association of Broadcasters and the Radio Advertising Bureau.
Six-Station Deal in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This deal will transfer six radio stations and an FM translator in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania market from Backyard Broadcasting PA LLC led by Daniel J. Farr to Backyard Broadcasting of Pennsylvania LLC led by Van A. Michael. The stations are: country WILQ-FM, hot AC WLMY-FM, sports talk WWPA-AM/W267BJ, rock WZXR-FM, rock WCXR-FM, and oldies WBZD-FM. The price of the sale has not been announced.
2020 Presidential Race, Iran Sanctions, Southern Border Migrant Issues, Trump Rape Accusation, Census Citizenship Question, and U.S.-China Relations Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (6/24). The Democrats competing for their party's nomination to face President Trump in 2020; the new sanctions placed on Iran in the aftermath of its shooting down a U.S. drone; the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border and the politics of migrant issues; writer E. Jean Carroll's allegation she was raped by Donald Trump in the early 1990s; the issue of including the question of citizenship on the next U.S. census; and the tensions between the U.S. and China over tariffs were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.
Music Radio News and Career Moves. Big news from Chicago as on-air legend Terri Hemmert announces she's giving up her midday show at Entercom's triple A WXRT, where she's been working for the past 45 years. The 71-year-old personality will continue to serve with the station on a part-time basis, including continuing to host the Sunday morning "Breakfast with The Beatles" program…..LM Communications hands programming duties for its Charleston, South Carolina stations rock WYBB "98 ROCK" and triple A WCOO "The Bridge" to company PD Chili Walker, who is program director for its Charleston, West Virginia stations rock WKLC "ROCK 105" and classic hits simulcast WMXE/WWQB.
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World premiere release of dynamic, action-packed Cliff Eidelman soundtrack for Robert Townsend super-hero film with director as writer, star and inspiration for tale of Jefferson Reed, mild-mannered high school teacher afraid to confront bullying gang known as The Lords until encounter with emerald meteor gives him super powers.
World premiere release of dynamic, action-packed Cliff Eidelman soundtrack for Robert Townsend super-hero film with director as writer, star and inspiration for tale of Jefferson Reed, mild-mannered high school teacher afraid to confront bullying gang known as The Lords until encounter with emerald meteor gives him super powers. Soon neighbors, cops and locals join forces with "Meteor Man" to form unified front against adversaries. Townsend adds many familiar faces to his film including James Earl Jones, Don Cheadle, Robert Guillaume, Maria Gibbs, Bill Cosby, Sinbad, others. Eidelman is asked to provide "bigger-than-life orchestral sound" to convey high energy, excitement of film. Composer takes cue from Star Wars, Back To The Future as well as his own muscular Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, creates large-scale symphonic score with skyfull of action music, replete with rousing major-key hero theme. When all is said and done, Eidelman wraps with resounding statement of main theme, including vivid fortissimo coda to bring score to grand finish. Several "extras" include powerful alternate version of "Katare Duel" sequence, a highlight, plus short bridge cues, other bits. Entire CD presented in stereo from digital session masters courtesy MGM. A big, meteoric score if there ever was one! Cliff Eidelman conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remain!
Considering the number of songs and source pieces in The Meteor Man, Cliff Eidelman wrote a considerable amount of original orchestral underscore for the film. He recorded over an hour of exciting and energetic music as well as a few alternates. All of it appears on this CD, mastered directly from digital two-track session masters.
The first 58 minutes of our CD constitute the score in picture sequence, minus some very short bridge cues and other brief pieces. For completists, these additional 12 minutes of music appear as extras following the main program. Also included as extras are alternates—notably a lengthy "Karate Duel" sequence with a middle portion entirely different from its film counterpart.
So sit back, listen to that heroic Meteor Man fanfare and relax while he cleans up the hood!
Composed and Conducted by Cliff Eidelman.
Recorded on March 31, April 1, 2, 5 and 7, 1993, at Twentieth Century Fox Scoring Stage in Hollywood, California.


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Q: How to parse JSON object with another object childen with C# I need the name of property of a property's object :
here is my code:
JSON example:
 {
"dados":      [{"codigo_localidade":"1",
"localidade":"Adamantina",
"nome_localidade_pai":"Regi\u00e3o de Governo de Adamantina",
"codigo_variavel":"2",
"variavel":"Cr\u00e9dito Rural Agricultura",
"unidade":"(Em reais de 2015)",
"periodo":"1985\/1989-2011",
"ano":{"2010":"194.140.750"}
}

My C# CODE to parse my JSON:
  var resultObjects = AllChildren(JObject.Parse(cidadesSON))
                     .First(c => c.Type == JTokenType.Array && c.Path.Contains("dados"))
                     .Children<JObject>();

                    List<Cidade> cidades = new List<Cidade>();
                    Cidade item;
//fetch my array
                    foreach (JObject result in resultObjects)
                    {
                        item = new Cidade();
                        item.localidade =(string)result["localidade"];
                        item.nome_localidad_pai =    (string)result["nome_localidade_pai"];
                        item.populacao = (string)result["ano"]["2010"];

                        //my problem
                        item.ano = ((JObject)result.["ano"]).Property("2010").Name;

                     cidades.Add(item);

                    }

                    grvCandidatos.DataSource = cidades;
                    grvCandidatos.CssClass = "table table-hover ";
                    grvCandidatos.DataBind();

This is the method to get the object
private static IEnumerable<JToken> AllChildren(JToken json)
        {
            foreach (var c in json.Children())
            {
                yield return c;
                foreach (var cc in AllChildren(c))
                {
                    yield return cc;
                }
            }
        }

If necessary, here is my Model class:
public class Cidade
        {
            public string localidade { get; set; }
            public string populacao { get; set; }
            public string nome_localidad_pai { get; set; }
            public string ano { get; set; }

        }

If somebody could help i would be very thankful.
(Sorry about my english.)

A: Use the following method to parse the JSON from NSData
   func parseJSON(data: NSData) -> ([String : AnyObject]?, NSError?) {

        var parsingError: NSError? = nil
        let parsedResult: [String : AnyObject]?
        do {

            parsedResult = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.AllowFragments) as? [String : AnyObject]
        } catch let error as NSError {

            parsingError = error
            parsedResult = nil
        }
        return (parsedResult, parsingError)
    }

If you don't have the JSON in NSData
Convert JSON to NSData using the following function:
func jsonToNSData(json: AnyObject) -> NSData?{
    do {
        return try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(json, options: NSJSONWritingOptions.PrettyPrinted)
    } catch let myJSONError {
        print(myJSONError)
    }
    return nil;
}

A: TL;DR
The problem with your code is that we don't know what's the type of the ano property. You could map that property to a Dictionary<string,object> and and get the actual ano by accessing the Key property of the Dictionary.
See below an example of how you can do this:
Assuming you can use 3rd party libraries in your program, you can pretty much reduce all your code to this by adding Json.Net into your project:
"Dado" class
public class Dado
{
    public string localidade { get; set; }
    public string populacao { get; set; }
    public string nome_localidad_pai { get; set; }

    [JsonConverter(typeof(AnoConverter))]
    public string ano { get; set; }
}

"Root" class
public class RootObject
{
    public List<Dado> dados { get; set; }
}

Then, you can create a custom JsonConverter to manipulate the deserialization of your json:
public class AnoConverter : JsonConverter
{
    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
    {
        //This deserialize the Ano into a Dictionary,
        //and returns the Key that contains the actual Year you want

        var ano  = serializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(reader);

        //I'm assuming that there will be always one year here.
        return ano.FirstOrDefault().Key;
    }

    public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

Now in your program, just do this to deserialize your json into your strongly typed class:
//Just reading the json from a file, nothing new here...
string json = String.Empty;
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader("example.json"))
{
    json = r.ReadToEnd();
}

//Deserialize in json into a "RootObject"
var list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);

This will give you a result like this:

Note
You can do the same process of creating a custom JsonConverter for your populacao field but instead of accessing the Key, you access the value. Same logic. I haven't done it on purpose so you can do it yourself and learn :)

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Two more celebrities bit the dust as former WWE wrestler Natalie Eva Marie and comedian Tom Green became the latest houseguests to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house on Friday night.
It was a jam-packed episode, so let's not waste any time and get to what led to the first eviction. Tom won the Power of Veto, but decided to not tell any of the houseguests what he'd do with it. At the veto meeting, he took Ricky off the block and replaced him with Lolo.
A tearful Natalie was then evicted by a 4-0 vote. Following her eviction, she spoke with host Julie Chen Moonves about her time in the house.
Julie asked her about choosing Ricky over Tom and Natalie answered she felt like Tom was not a team player.
Julie announced before the HoH that a new "safety" competition would be played. The winner would be immune from the second eviction, but would not be able to compete in the HoH competition. Basically, this was all designed to save Tom, but it did not work as producers hoped. Tamar ended up winning and securing her spot in the finale.
It was finally time for the HoH competition, which saw the celebrities run into the house to count staged people that are hiding and disappearing from rooms. Lolo correctly guesses seven and is the new HoH. She quickly has to nominate two people and chooses to put Tom and Kandi on the block.
We then quickly get into the Power of Veto competition, which saw the return of Ross Mathews and Metta World Peace. They starred in the fake sitcom "Cousins" and the houseguests had to remember what went down in the video. After seven rounds, it came down to Tamar and Ricky. Tamar came closest to the correct answer and won the PoV.
At the live veto ceremony, she surprisingly decided to not use the PoV, ensuring Tom's eviction. The second vote of the night saw Tom evicted 3-0 and he joined Julie for his interview after leaving the house.
Are you happy with who left the house? Tell me in the comments below!
Celebrity Big Brother continues Monday on CBS at 8/7c as the final five reminisce on their time in the house with special guests Mark McGrath and Season 1 winner Marissa Jaret Winokur.
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Peacekeeping: Where the Hypocrites and Cowards Roam
December 12, 2006: Everyone agrees that it's a swell idea if reconstruction projects in places like Iraq and Afghanistan have experts from different parts of the U.S. government on hand. However, career staffers from these other departments (State, Treasury, etc) are very reluctant to accept assignments to Iraq and some other areas. The agencies have been offering excellent bonuses for folks willing to go. People in AID (Agency for International Development) are being offered "temporary" full Foreign Service status (a big promotion), with pay and hazardous duty bonus, to go. But most AID people turn it down. Basically, few qualified people want to go because it's seen as too dangerous, not to mention disruptive to family life.
The irony in all this is that agencies like the State Department believe they, not the Department of Defense, should be in charge of reconstruction in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet it's the Department of Defense that has the trained people, who are willing and able to go, and get it done. So, in effect, the State Department wants the power, but not the responsibility. Bureaucratic warfare at its finest.
Another unspoken aspect of all this is that many career bureaucrats disagree with the war on terror. They fondly remember how the Cold War was waged, without much violence. Diplomats and bureaucrats prefer a more peaceful and mannered approach. Diplomats speaking to diplomats. During the Cold War, the Russians were always able to muster a corps of urbane, well mannered representatives for endless negotiations. Consider that, in 2001, before September 11, 2001, American diplomats were energetically seeking Taliban "they could talk to." The Taliban, in turn, were scrounging up English speakers in their ranks, to go deal with the Americans. Meanwhile, al Qaeda used Afghanistan as a base for large scale terror attacks on the United States.
No one wants to say it out loud, but many career American diplomats consider the September 11, 2001 attacks an isolated incident, and one that can be avoided with increased vigilance by the intelligence and police agencies. No need to go invading anyone. OK, maybe Afghanistan was justified, but not Iraq, or anyone else.
Armed intervention is basically looked down on by many in the U.S., and most European, governments. That includes peacekeeping (which is basically the invasion of a country that is incapable of putting up much defense.) People with guns are so unpredictable, and dangerous. A competent bureaucrat wants predictability, and safety. Thus the concept that the American operations in Iraq are a failure simply because they exist. And going into a mess like Darfur is to be avoided at all costs. Same with Somalia, and don't even bring up Iran or North Korea.
The basic idea here is to wait until the other guy does something really horrible to you, and even then, you should seek an opportunity to talk it all out. This was the attitude in the 1930s, when Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany and Communist Russia were talking about, and preparing for, world conquest. Happened again in 1950, when South Korea was invaded. Happened again in the late 1950s, when North Vietnam decided to take over SouthVietnam any way they could (they eventually did, by a conventional invasion, in 1975, but not before being delayed for over a decade, by U.S. intervention.)
Iraq and Afghanistan are now being portrayed as failures. But failures compared to what? The invasion of both countries has radically changed the politics of the surrounding region, and changed it in a way that favors the West. Pakistan is now fighting Islamic radicals, instead of just supporting them. Saudi Arabia has cracked down on al Qaeda, something it refused to do until American troops toppled Saddam and his Sunni Arab minority in Iraq. Sure, Arabs hate the West, but they hated it before September 11, 2001, and now they hate al Qaeda a lot more than they did before 2003. The world has changed, and that didn't happen just because well mannered people were willing to talk to each other.
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package org.springframework.ldap.core.support;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.internal.util.reflection.Whitebox;
import org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextExecutor;
import org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextSource;
import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations;

import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;

import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

/**
 * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
 */
public class SingleContextSourceTest {

    private ContextSource contextSourceMock;
    private DirContext dirContextMock;

    @Before
    public void prepareMocks() {
        contextSourceMock = mock(ContextSource.class);
        dirContextMock = mock(DirContext.class);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDoWithSingleContext() {
        when(contextSourceMock.getReadWriteContext()).thenReturn(dirContextMock);
        verifyNoMoreInteractions(contextSourceMock);

        SingleContextSource.doWithSingleContext(contextSourceMock, new LdapOperationsCallback<Object>() {
            @Override
            public Object doWithLdapOperations(LdapOperations operations) {
                operations.executeReadOnly(new ContextExecutor<Object>() {
                    @Override
                    public Object executeWithContext(DirContext ctx) throws NamingException {
                        Object targetContex = Whitebox.getInternalState(Proxy.getInvocationHandler(ctx), "target");
                        assertSame(dirContextMock, targetContex);
                        return false;
                    }
                });

                // Second operation will have retrieved new DirContext from the SingleContextSource.
                // It should be the same instance.
                operations.executeReadOnly(new ContextExecutor<Object>() {
                    @Override
                    public Object executeWithContext(DirContext ctx) throws NamingException {
                        Object targetContex = Whitebox.getInternalState(Proxy.getInvocationHandler(ctx), "target");
                        assertSame(dirContextMock, targetContex);
                        return false;
                    }
                });

                return null;
            }
        });
    }

}

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Q: Getting error in sqlite like query in ionic1 I am using sqlite select query to retrieve the name from a list in which I have used the following select query with like but it gives me an error as NaN can anyone tell me what's wrong in this query.
var query = 'SELECT DISTINCT * FROM ' + tblName + ' WHERE name LIKE ' % '' + name + '' % ' ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE ASC';

Error:

getAllSearchQuery:  SELECT DISTINCT * FROM phonebookNaNViNaN

A: var query = 'SELECT DISTINCT * FROM ' + tblName + ' WHERE name LIKE \'%' + name + '%\' ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE ASC';

because name is string, so need add ' or ", if your code is using ', so you need add a slash (\)

A: I suppose the problem is with quotes absence. Try to use the combination of ' and " if it's possible in the programming language you use, something like this would probably work:
var query = 'SELECT DISTINCT * FROM ' + tblName + ' WHERE name LIKE "%' + name + '%" ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE ASC';

or reverse:
var query = 'SELECT DISTINCT * FROM ' + tblName + ' WHERE name LIKE '%" + name + "%' ORDER BY name COLLATE NOCASE ASC';

The point in combination of quotes is that this allows to include one quoted part of code into another.


There's something so sweet about the start of summer — the weather is getting warmer, but it's not too hot yet, the bustle of the school year is behind you and your grill is ready for BBQ season. This year, for your summer BBQs and celebrations, use Plenti, a brand-new loyalty program, to help you earn back some of what you spend in points that you can redeem with some of your favorite brands.
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Foreign language requirement proposal hits road block at Faculty Senate
A Faculty Senate official is pushing for a six-hour foreign language requirement to be implemented into the core curriculum in hopes that the administration will take action in the future.
David Bedford, Faculty Senate Student Relations Committee chair and Spanish instructor, said he presented the issue to the Faculty Senate in the open forum so that the senators could start thinking about it, but he doesn't think there will be a foreign language requirement anytime soon.
However, Bedford said he thinks the need for a foreign language requirement will eventually grow and will not be able to be overlooked.
According to the October meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate, the open forum was created so that senators could present concerns from their constituents and the senators will rank the issues by importance. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee will address the top issues and decide how to take action on them, according to the minutes.
Keith Whitworth, Faculty Senate secretary and instructor of sociology, said he was surprised that few senators ranked the foreign language requirement issue important. The issues that the Executive Committee looked at were TCU going green and undergraduates grading other undergraduates.
Bedford said the need for a foreign language requirement is important because of TCU's mission to educate leaders in a global community.
"To be responsible in a global community is to communicate beyond one's own culture," Bedford said. "One cannot do that without having the ability to communicate in another foreign language beyond one's own."
Although students will not be fluent after taking six hours of a foreign language, the six hours can provide a basis for students and motivate them to continue taking the foreign language, Bedford said.
The AddRan College of Liberal Arts already requires students to complete four semesters of a foreign language, Bedford said.
Jeffrey Todd, chair of the department of modern languages and literatures chair and associate professor of German and French, said he was in the Faculty Senate when there was discussion of a university foreign language requirement during the last core revision, which took place from 2002 to 2003.
There were objections from certain colleges within the university, Todd said. The main objection was that there are already many requirements as the core curriculum stands, Todd said. The concern was that there were going to be too many hours, he said.
Bedford said one of the advantages to a university foreign language requirement would be stability in enrollment in foreign language classes. Likewise, the requirement would benefit the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures by increasing enrollment, he said.
A disadvantage would be having students in class who don't want to be there, he said.
Whitworth said every student would benefit from a foreign language requirement because it would give each student a unique set of skills that would be helpful for the process of learning and would enhance the educational experience, he said.
However, Whitworth said that implementing such a policy could raise some major questions.
One concern would be the number of additional faculty that would be needed, Whitworth said, while another would be the distribution of students across the language courses that are offered at the university.
One of biggest concerns is that this requirement would change the core curriculum, which would change the number of hours a student would need to graduate, he said.
Todd said ideally, the requirement should be 12 hours, which would be four semesters of a foreign language. However, some students are able to test out of first or second semester courses so they would not need to take 12 hours worth of courses, he said.
Kimberly Little, a junior radio-TV-film major, said it would be beneficial for TCU to have a foreign language requirement.
When students get to learn another language, they get to learn about a ton of different cultural aspects attributed to that language, Little said, and it helps the students learn about their own languages too.
Evan Dabbs, a junior music education major, said he thinks a foreign language requirement would benefit some students but hurt others.
"It would really depend on the student's major and the course load he or she is already taking," Dabbs said. "For me personally, I wouldn't appreciate it because I already have so many courses I have to take and it would probably put me back an entire semester."
However, Dabbs said if he had the time, he would want to take a foreign language.
Sarah Miller, junior psychology major and sociology minor, said she decided to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree instead of a Bachelor of Arts degree for the sole reason of not having to take a foreign language.
Although she said she thinks it would be helpful to know a foreign language, only taking a couple semesters of another language would not be beneficial mainly because that isn't enough time to fully learn the language.
"I took Spanish for four years in high school and since then, I can hardly speak any of it anymore but I can understand it," Miller said. "After only a couple semesters, you're probably going to forget what you learned."


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Q: sum duplicate array values and then storing them [react js] I have an array that I want to write a function that get sum price of items that have same name  like:
jack=400
helen=200
and finally sort them

const data = [
  {name: jack,prix:100},
  {name:helen,prix:200},
  {name:jack,prix:300}
]

A: You can use Array.prototype.reduce() to get the desired output like below.

const data = [
  { name: "jack", prix: 100 },
  { name: "helen", prix: 200 },
  { name: "jack", prix: 300 },
];

const output = data.reduce((prev, { name, prix }) => {
  prev[name] = prev[name] ? prev[name] + prix : prix;
  return prev;
}, {});

console.log(output);


I have been reading The Pioneer Woman Cooks for quite some time. Written by Ree Drummond, the blog features recipes intertwined with entertaining and soulful stories of life on a working ranch, caring for her kids and husband, holidays with family, and the seemingly endless number of people she knows. But it's the photos that captivate, making the blog feel like you're reading a photo-journal created by your best friend.
Published in October of 2009, The Pioneer Woman's cookbook follows the blog's visually striking theme. This is the perfect book for someone who may not feel entirely comfortable in the kitchen, with tons of gorgeous instructional photographs and a laid-back, take-it-easy style of cooking. It's also a great book for people who love meat, meat, cream, butter, and meat, which I do.
These BBQ Jalapeño Poppers are not only delicious, but they are wickedly fun to make; probably because you know you're about to serve your guests something irresistible. They've got cream cheese, cheddar cheese, bacon, and BBQ sauce. They're about as evil as a finger food can get.
If you are judicious about removing the peppers' veins and seeds, you'll have no spiciness, leaving just the flavor of the jalapeño. Next time, I'd likely leave some of the veins in as I missed the heat. Ree mentions a variation to add pineapple before wrapping the poppers in bacon, which I desperately wanted to try but ran out of time. I'm a little glad about that. Glazing the bacon with BBQ sauce makes these taste like pig candy, so no extra sweetness is needed here. Lastly, do what the recipe says and use a thin cut of bacon (or pound out a thick cut). I used Niman Ranch which is cut thicker than your typical supermarket brand, and I think the bacon could be a little crisper than what I achieved.
These made a great finger-food snack for our Sunday poker game, and fulfilled a promise I made to make a jalapeño-poppers-with-bacon recipe over the weekend for my friend Kip. So, with thanks to Karol who sent me the book for my birthday, these are for you, Kip.
There are many different versions of these delightful pop-in-your-mouth jalapeños. My sister-in-law Missy makes a more basic version, stuffing jalapeño halves with plain cream cheese, wrapping them with bacon, and baking them slowly for half an hour or so. When she's feeling particularly mischievous, Missy cooks them on the grill. Either way, they're a real treat. Here's my spin on the old classic.
Important: Wear gloves when working with fresh jalapeños or you'll curse the ground on which I walk because you'll wake up in the middle of the night with throbbing fingertips. And that's nothing compared to what happens if you accidentally scratch your eye – or worse, something else.
2. Begin by cutting jalapeños in half lengthwise (see warning in headnote). Try to keep the stems intact. They look prettier that way.
3. With a spoon, scrape out the seeds and light-colored membranes. Remember, the heat comes from the seeds and the membranes, so if you can handle the sizzle, leave some of them intact.
5. Next, stuff each hollowed jalapeño half with the cheese mixture.
6. Wrap bacon slices around each half, covering as much of the surface as you can. Be careful not to stretch the bacon too tightly around the jalapeño, as the bacon will contract as ti cooks.
7. Brush the surface of the bacon with your favorite barbecue sauce. Chutney or apricot jelly works well, too!
8. Secure the jalapeños with toothpicks and pop them in the oven for 1 hour, or until the bacon is sizzling.
9. Serve hot or at room temperature, and watch them disappear within seconds. I've seriously caught guests stuffing these into their purses. Sometimes I have to call law enforcement.
Poppers can be assembled up to a day ahead of time and kept in the fridge before cooking. Or, they can be fully cooked and frozen in plastic bags until you need them. Just thaw and warm up in the oven before serving.
– For a simpler version, omit the cheddar and green onion from the cream cheese.
– Cut sliced peaches or pineapple into small bits and press them into the cream cheese before wrapping the jalapeños in bacon.
– Use pepper jack cheese instead of the cheddar cheese.
I now have it in my head that a great project would be to make a few recipes from the books I own each week. I'll finally get some mileage out of my purchases, and see which books stand up to the test. Not sure how this will turn out or how long I can keep up with it, but we'll give it the good old college try.
This week's recipe comes from Martha Rose Shulman's "Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine." Never was there a sorrier title for a book filled with truly luscious recipes. But trust me, you couldn't get farther away from "100 Recipes for Steamed Broccoli with Garlic" for healthy recipes than this book. Its recipes include "Baked Semolina Gnocchi with Butter and Parmesan," "Honey-Orange Biscotti," and "Zucchini, Potato, and Artichoke Moussaka." It is one one of the cookbooks I took the pleasure to read straight through, like a novel, as the recipes were so enticing.
This filling of this squash and leek pie has a very creamy texture, which contrasted quite nicely with the crispness of the phyllo. Although it is savory, a definite sweetness comes through from the squash and mint.
A note on the recipe: The author doesn't say exactly how you're supposed to get the crackly phyllo dough into the edges of the tart pan. Just squish 'em in. It'll work out just fine. Also, a spray bottle of olive oil works wonders in place of a brush. There's much less of a chance you'll break your dough.
While this tart makes for a great vegetarian entree, my husband mentioned to me that it might be good for breakfast. I had the leftovers for breakfast two days in a row. My husband is a very smart man.
Note: If using butternut, cut in half crosswise, just above the bulbous bottom part, then cut these halves into lengthwise quarters and scrape away the seeds and membranes.
1. Steam the squash over boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes, until tender. Drain and cool in a colander for another 15 minutes (butternut squash will not be watery). Peel and place in a bowl. Mash with a fork, large wooden spoon, potato masher, or pestle. Stir in the herbs, nutmeg, and cheeses.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy nonstick frying pan over medium heat and add the leeks. Cook, stirring, until tender and just beginning to color, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to cook for another minute, until fragrant. Add the leek mixture to the squash. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the beaten eggs for brushing the tart. Mix the remaining eggs into the squash. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Heat the oven to 375 F. Brush a 10- or 12-inch tart pan with olive oil and layer in 7 sheets of phyllo dough, placing them not quite evenly on top of each other so that the edges overlap the sides of the pan all the way around and brushing each sheet with olive oil before adding the next. Scrape in the filling, fold the dough edges in, and brush with olive oil. Layer 5 more sheets of dough over the top, brushing each sheet with olive oil. Stuff the edges into the side of the pan. Brush the top with reserved egg. Pierce the top of the pie in several places with a sharp knife. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Advance Preparation: The squash can be cooked and mashed 3 or 4 days ahead and kept in the refrigerator in a covered bowl. The filling will keep for 2 or 3 days in the refrigerator.


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Google Groups - Help Us Complete the Usenet Archive
The idea of having early 1990s usenet posts is really disturbing... I hope they are successful though, and I know there might be some old posts I'm interested in seeing with what they already said they had.
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Yahoo - TiVo Delivers Strong Subscriber and Revenue Growth in Second Quarter Of Fiscal Year 2002; Dramatically Lowers Cash Usage
Eeek. I think my biggest concern about getting a TiVo is that they stay in business. But it looks like they're getting cash as they grow their business, and I'm sure that the technology is here to stay.
I really hope the dual tuner upgrade shows up for those of us that have a standalone TiVo at some point in time -- that would really solve all of my television needs and desires. (From what I've seen, I suspect it can't, as it'd require two tuners... too bad!)
Ananova - Jogger has rabies scare after bat incident
I had a bat sighting earlier in the week, so I had this article forwarded to me...
Laurel pointed me to another TiVo article on teevee to feed my need for more information on my new little wonder toy...
I got a TiVo, feeling that my duty was to spend my federal tax refund on something technological. And I can already tell it's way cool and I'm thinking why didn't I get one of these months ago. (Reason: I'm going to be watching more TV.)
I've been also looking at the TiVo FAQ. My hardware karma is bad enough that I doubt I'll need the Hacking the TiVo FAQ or other sites concerning such things, but I'm amused that you can do it. Accessing the controls of your TiVo over the web. Though I can find out everything that happens in the TiVo world on a forum about it.
NOBODADDY looks like a companion site to what I previously mentioned...
The Official NoMemberProject Website
While that Marillion plan of selling their last album worked out very well, another band that I pre-ordered an album for has had a more mixed reaction, and it's shows that it isn't a risk free sort of deal, and I don't know if we'll ever see anything because of it....
The Doctor Who News Page at Outpost Gallifrey has the press release for the future of Death Comes To Time at BBC Online.
Labels: doctorwho
This week's comics: new issues of Green Arrow, Fantastic Four 4321, Uncanny X-Men, and X-Force. Pick: Green Arrow, which starts to answer many of the mysteries that have been a part of Kevin Smith's storyline. X-Force continues its high body count.
sodaplay
cool little online toy that lets you make shapes that bounce around and stuff.
Kevin Smith's Date With Destiny!
A comic showing how Silent Bob and geek hero Kevin met his wife. With art by pizza delivery boy Joe Quesada.
FARGUIDE - A Farscape Episode Guide
I watched the first two episodes of Farscape since they are starting nightly repeats on the scifi channel, and so I was looking around for an episode guide and this looked like a pretty good one.
I'd never actually watched whole episodes of the show before -- but I'd heard mainly good things about it, and I don't think it's bad at all.
Mister Rogers to Retire; Show to Live on in Reruns
It is probably horribly unfashionable to admit that I watched and loved his show when I was a very young child. For many years one of my treasured toys was a mom-made Purple Panda. [It's possible that this would have been my first contact with a sf concept, as Purple Panda came from the Planet Purple. Purple was also my favorite color for many years, and it's probably difficult to say whether I like Purple Panda because it was Purple, or that I like Purple because that was the color of Purple Panda.]
But as Mr Rogers retires and puts on his shoes for the last time, it's time to give him a big thank you for his contribution to my childhood. Hopefully it'll still be in repeats when (and if, I suppose) I have children of my own....
It looks like it's been linked to before in places, but I hadn't seen it before, and I'm kind of shocked to discover that the actor who played Wesley Crusher has a weblog.
Doctor Who News
Interesting Doctor Who news site that I hadn't looked at before.
I saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. I've rarely seen a big screen movie that is so filled with inside jokes to their previous movies like that. It's sort of the motion picture version adaptation of Kevin's Chasing Dogma comic, which tells how Jay & Silent bob got from Chasing Amy to Dogma.
This movie is also The Five Doctors of the View Askew series of movies -- nostalgia held together with the simplest of story, where part of the thrill is seeing old characters in color that were originally only in black and white.
There's something really appealing about all of that. It's not a movie for everyone, but for those movies it is for, it is definitely for in a way movies rarely are. I think one of the reasons why Kevin Smith's films are appealing is that he's so clearly "one of us" really.
One thing that was also impressive is that he's improved his directiorial skills -- it's his best directed film yet. (Probably not his best film -- but I don't think it was trying to be.
But it's really good fun, and I really enjoyed it. It was good to spot some cameos -- I didn't even recognize Marc Blucas when he appeared.... Though you can't miss Eliza Dushku..
I wondered, as one does late at night, if there was any fan fiction for reality tv programs. I should have known better than to ask, because there is Survivor fan fiction.
I don't think that's the scariest fan fiction category out there, but it's close. minesweeper is up there, but I think N-Sync probably wins the scary contest.
I'm going to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back tonight. I can't wait -- I've got all of the other Kevin Smith films as DVDs, and so I'm definitely in his target market, and the reviews make it sound like if you are, you will. (MISFITS review says much the same.)
It's been a busy week for me -- this is the first night I've been home all week. And I toyed with going out tonight as well, but decided that I needed to stay in for a change.
It was a light week for comics (& related stuff) -- a new issue of New X-Men and The Brotherhood, and issue 307 of Doctor Who Magazine (which I didn't know had a website until right now!)
sort of disappointed by the two comics. I'm not a big fan of Quitely's art, I think. But the storyline is ok, and there are some things that make me very glad to be buying X-Men titles, as one of the reasons why I stopped reading it years ago was removed.
DWM is ok too -- I think they're doing a little bit better job as far as balance goes, perhaps leaning a bit to heavily in the audio direction still at times in their previews. The article about the NAs is fantastic though, as David J Howe turns his skilled eye at the true legacy of 1990s Doctor Who.
Though I'm thrilled they listed the American Doctor Who DVD releases -- I preordered my copies of Spearhead from Space, Robots of Death, and The Five Doctors earlier this week, and I'm really looking forward to them. It doesn't hurt that they're all truly classic Doctor Who, but they also look like they're really putting together DVDs that take advantage of the format.
Number of Laid Off Workers Jumps
And from personal experience -- where I think there are more people who have been laid off of work now than I've ever known before in my life, it's not very surprising at all. But still scary & frustrating.
The International Crop Circle Database has some pictures of a really neat one. I was also curious to see if there had been any in Minnesota, and they list five.
The Comic Wire is reporting that Kevin Smith and CONvergence 2001 guest Phil Hester will be moving from Green Arrow to a revival of the Batman team-up title Brave and the Bold. Could be cool.
John Cleese Says U.S. Comedy Better Than British
Sadly, I think he's right that British TV isn't what it once was -- they just aren't producing much television anymore. (And I'm not just talking about Doctor Who). He gets cast alot as John Clesse in the things he does in the US (see the last James Bond film) -- so he's a bit exceptional in the work he gets, but still...
I picked up The Norm : Ball Collection Boxed at a local store today, and I just finished re-reading all of 2000's strips. I've said it before, but The Norm is probably my favorite comic strip today. It was somewhat nostalgic to read last year's strips, when the internet economy was still booming.
A really nice CONvergence 2001 write up, with some pictures (including me) too.
Labels: convergence
Progfreaks.com - Are you a progfreak?
some stuff on progressive rock -- some things that are a bit more obscure than my interest, but they've got a neat Marillion section.
Couple weekend notes -- MISFITS Movie Night is doing a special presentation of Superman. But it's going to be playing all week, and not just the late night showings, so there are lots of chances to check it out.
Also there is a Minnesota Doctor Who Viewing Society extravaganza on Saturday to look forward to.
Similar solar system reflects Earth's universe
very interesting -- and "only" 45 light years away.
marillion.com -=- anoraknophobia single
will only available on the website. But you can get two. It's got the two radio-friendliest tracks on it. And the Crash Course CD that you can get with it for a buck is good too.
PvP - Player Versus Player - The Daily Online Comic Strip
This one is funny and oh-so-true.
Today is comics day.
I got: Dork Tower #14, Ultimate X-Men #8, New X-Men Annual 2001, and Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #9
The FF mag is what is described in the Doctor Who fan community as "fanwank" -- it's self indulgent, greatest-hits stuff. I mean, next issue promised Doctor Doom vs. Galactus. It's over the top, nostalgic, and very silly. But I recently read some of the oriignal Stan Lee and Jack Kirby FF that this is imitating, and it's only slightly more exaggerated than this, really.
New X-Men Annual 2001 is slightly disorienting, because it's done on it's side in a sort of "wide-screen" type format. It's also been released out of order from the main run, so it's a little confusing as it takes place after some stories we haven't seen yet.
I think I liked the first arc of Ultimate X-Men more than this one -- i'm losing track of the plot a little bit, and they're throwing in too many of the old characters too quickly -- a fatal flaw in revamps, I think, especially when the revamped characters are similar -- but not identical -- to their original versions.
Dork Tower rules. If you're a fan, of any of those geeky types, you should check this book out. Especially if you're a gamer, but I haven't been for a long time, and I still think it's great. For a sample, two characters have this discussion in this issue:
"Can Fanboys find love, Ken?" - Carson
"Hmmm... You know, they might possibly be the best people to be in love. Think about it...we're devoted to games that go out of print as soon as we learn the rules! We adore science fiction series that television stations will cancel as soon as they gain any kind of following! We Feverishly await movies that Invariably bite, and we follow comic book characters even if the companies treat us like dirt and trash their own creations!" - Ken
"In other words, we know we'll be dumped eventually" - Carson
"It's a more useful outlook than you might think..." - Ken
ha! Seriously, check it out. I had this recommended to me a couple of months ago, and I've got both trade paperbacks and you can pretty much get everything still. Lots of the strips are available online.
(My life can probably be understood by combining Dork Tower with The Norm, with a very light touch of Dilbert.)
Montykins: VH-1 Is Stupid
I've said several times before that I could tell I was getting old when I was VH-1 and not MTV. But Monty has a good point -- and I think what it says is that the people choosing the list are people that fixed a lot of their musical taste in 1970 or so; probably a lot of people that are 45 or so. (Or people who worked so much with older journalists that their tastes were dominated by those older than they are.)
I'm actually not much of a fan of "greatest" lists -- that's far more objective than I could be about something like music (or anything else really). The reasons we like or dislike something tend to not just be something about the work itself, but how it interacts with the person you are at the time you encounter it.
I know that my default musical selections tend to come from my junior high, high school, and college age -- you probably get exposed to the most music then.
More "Buffy" Fansites Slayed
argh.....
I would have liked to have talked about this sort of stuff at the CONvergence fan websites panel, but we found out more about Harry's website and other activities instead, which is a different beast entirely from this stuff. Some other day, perhaps...
Labels: buffy
The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is coming up. I haven't decided when I'm going yet; I'm sure I'll go sometime, it depends on when people I know go as well, I suppose. (I mean, there are people I know that work there, of course, but....)
BBC Online - Cult - Doctor Who - Telepress
The e-mail newsletter about Doctor Who books has moved to the BBC website. It contains interviews & cover previews & other good things.
There is some info about the new Tori Amos album
it looks like it's the usually- risky (and sometime contractually obligated, but maybe not here) Cover Album. But there are some interesting songs that are being covered there, and she's done interesting covers since very early in her career, with a wonderful Nirvana cover. And she's doing a Joe Jackson cover, and I've had his greatest hits album living on my laptop all year.
But the picture of her... oh no, i'm shocked....the red hair is gone....
Ventura on UFOs: 'There's got to be somebody out there'
Well of course, we all know that Jesse is a MIB, we've all seen that episode of The X-Files :)
Willy Wonka in Widescreen Petition
I'd kind of feared this might happen -- with DVD becoming more and more mainstream, I've heard that the studios have some research that "the masses" would actually prefer pan-and-scan instead of widescreen, and the studios will therfore go that route. Ick, ick, ick -- I want my movies on widescreen please, so we see the *entire* movie! Especially on something like DVD.
Salon.com Technology | No laughing matter
While it has the horribly-cliched "Bang! Wow! Zap!" header, it's sort of an interesting article about what direction on-line comics have. I'm all in favor of the net for comic delivery -- but I think it tends to work best for comics like you'd see in the newspaper, and I read most of those three-panel ones there. But I think you're getting longer storylines as well -- like what GPF has been doing recently, or even some of the threads that show up in a strip that goes into the paper like the norm. I think it's all going to be a lot more complicated than anyone would imagine....
Russian fans oppressed by police...
spooky. very spooky.
Salon.com Books | Lost in translation
An amusing little article about books that become movies that are then novelized again. I almost picked up the original Planet of the Apes book over the weekend, and I still might do that, as I'm curious about it.
Harry's thoughts on Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
Well, yeah -- I think we're somewhat jaded these days to these titles. I'm not excited about it really either, but it is a standard serial title, certainly -- as Harry points out.
And I think there is some wisdom of having the word Clones in the title -- they were mentioned in A New Hope, after all, and since they're very topical, it dovetails very nicely. And I'm not sure if the obvious The Clone Wars makes sense, since the movie series is called Star Wars.
But still, it is a blah title. But we'll get used to it. (And I think The Phantom Menace is a good title now.)
Labels: starwars
Actor wrestled armed robber over son's birth video
heh heh.
Some Cinescape articles of note:
Babylon 5 on DVD
Yeah! And actually, I don't want them to release them to fast, I'd like to be able to digest them all. But I haven't taped the widescreen editions on the sci-fi channel because I want them on DVD.
And then Ewan McGregor slams the new Star Wars title
but with a title like Attack of the Clones, can you disagree with him? And the whole story is available here, apparently with video footage.
Labels: babylon5, starwars
Years ago, when I was first discovering Doctor Who, The Universal Databank (and its predecessors) were an invaluable guidebook to the series. Especially back in the day when I thought I'd never see a story that didn't feature Tom Baker, or perhaps Peter Davison. Before these books, I didn't even know about them. I knew that Jean-Marc Lofficier had put it online, but I don't think I've mentioned it here before. So here goes.
Some very nice new Doctor Who covers -- considering they sometimes aren't so good, it's good to see that The Adventuress of Henrietta Street and Dying in the Sun have such good covers.
Doctor Who named cult favourite
In the UK, of course....
AandE.com On TV : NEXT: The Future Just Happened should have the story tonight about how Marillion went to their fan base to fund their last record instead of getting an advance from a record company. (you can see more on the bbc website)
On A&E tonight, 8 PM CST. There is also an accompanying book.
Salon has an article about the whole "George Harrison is Dying" story
And one of the problems of the modern era is that rumors quickly get thrown on the web, and while no one should believe a thing I say, it also gets on news wires that should be believable as well....
I have no neck: What Rocky Horror Character are you?
# 1 the Criminologist
# 2 Dr. Scott
# 3 Brad
# 4 Riff-Raff
# 5 Janet
# 6 Eddie
# 7 Magenta
# 8 Frank N. Furter
# 9 Rocky
# 10 Columbia
Star Wars: Episode II | Special Announcement: Episode II Title
ewww. Attack of the Clones. And I like The Phantom Menace as a title....
Maybe we'll get used to it...
Star Links
fun if you want to check to see what the degrees of seperation between two actors are -- like how you get from Star Trek's William Shatner to Doctor Who's Tom Baker
Labels: doctorwho, startrek
I, Cringely | The Pulpit
This was a popular link according to blogdex, and I can see why. I think the problem with this thought is that it's still the case that many servers are on some UNIX variant, and will continue to be for lots of reasons (including security). I'm sure MS would love a "better" network protocol -- and they could try something, certainly.
I am disturbed with the idea that XP makes all of the sockets available though.
I just got back from Diversicon, a fun little low-key convention. I love the hotel -- it's fantastic for a small 200-person convention, and very comfortable, and has a lot of charm. Had lots of fun conversations, from Buffy and Douglas Adams and costuming and bizzarre muppet discussions and minesweeper fanfic and jumping the shark and convention programming and whatever else really.
Saturday also had a MISFITS meeting. Ok turn out -- but I think we still need to do better at promoting meetings, and we had some problems with parking and the like. I gave away some Avengers and James Bond videos that I had upgraded to DVD and a bunch of books in a "book/video" swap -- I came away with less than I brought, but I expected as much, and I figure it'll work out karmically in the end anyways. I think it's a good idea for the meetings. Though my problem is that I tend to want to "collect" things I like -- so if it's a book I've read, I'll keep it, even if I'm unlikely to read it again. And I'm not so out of hand yet where I have to get rid of stuff just to get rid of it.
and I just noticed that my duplicate Avengers tapes may increase -- I see that I can get every Emma Peel episode in one DVD package, and I probably will have to do that.
Ok. I've seen some of the trail of the infamous Code Red worm around, in log files and the like. But look at how quickly it spreads and then it's really disturbing. But the patch is available, so go ahead and fix it already you IIS people!!! [via Looka ]
Edina prepares for huge turnout for Stringer service
And this is right on my way home....I don't think I'm going home after work tonight.
Neo Fan Manifesto
yes. yes. yes.
I always forget to read Red Meat, and I shouldn't. I can remember to read my daily comics, but the weekly ones are more difficult....at least they archive them, I just went through two months worth of them...
I've seen this survey on a bunch of sites lately, and figured it was my turn.
Michael Gordon Philip Lee
Living Arrangement:
Two bedroom house in suburban Minneapolis, with one cat Gustav.
The second bedroom is filled with a 23 year long comic collection, but nothing there is really that valuable, because I'd rather have them to read than to collect.
What book are you reading right now
I finished Father Time by Lance Parkin earlier this week. I haven't decided what I'm going to read next. I really should re-read Flatland so I can move on to Flatterland, which I should review for the MISFITS site.
What's on your mousepad?
The Micron mousepad I got with the computer.
Favorite Board Game?
Trivial Pursuit , when I'm winning. Monopoly otherwise, especially the Star Wars original trilogy version.
Favorite Magazine?
Salon or Slate when I'm online. Newsweek perhaps if I'm looking a print magazine.
Favorite Smells?
I could identify it if I smelled it, but I don't know the name.
Least Favorite Smells?
Eww. Anything rotting.
Favorite Sound?
Evening rain. But that could just be this humid weather lately.
Worst Feeling in the World?
What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
How long until I need to get ready for work.
Favorite Color -
as a kid, it was purple. Now I'm much more split into it's components; red and blue.
How many rings before you answer the phone?
As soon as I get to it, usually two.
What is your biggest fear?
long term chronic illness at my age.
What is most important in life?
Happiness. Friends & Family.
Favorite Foods?
Mexican, Italian, Chinese.
Do you like to drive fast?
When the circumstances call for it.
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Storms - Cool or Scary?
What type was your first car?
I drove my parents 1980s cavalier in high school, it was pretty effectively mine during those years. My first car was a 1995 Saturn.
If you could meet one person dead or alive?
My great-grandfather, because one of my earliest memories is of visiting him in a nursing home at about 2 years old or so, before he passed away. I had a little donald duck finger puppet that I was fascinated with during one of my visits.
Favorite alchoholic drink?
Rum & Coke. White Russian.
What is your Zodiac Sign?
Taurus.
Do you eat the stems of Broccoli?
If you could have any job, what would it be?
Something that was varied and changing and let me do the other things I want to do.
If you could dye your hair any color?
Red, probably. Maybe blond. It'd be super scandinavian either way then...
Ever been in love?
Is the glass half empty or half full?
Both, of course.
Favorite Movies?
this still works
Most recent movie you've seen?
I watched a little bit of The Living Daylights, but the last whole movie was the new Planet of the Apes.
Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?
Not perfectly -- but it's always worked well enough for me, and I had worked out my own system at an age well before they taught typing courses, and at that point I was more effective with my system than I would be with any new system.
What's under your bed?
some comics and magazines. my room needs to be cleaned in the worst way.
Favorite Number?
Favorite Sport to Watch?
Football the last couple of years.
I heard that Neil Gaiman should be on MPR's Midmorning this morning, either at 9:00 or 10:00. And the show should eventually be archived there, so if you, like me, won't be in front of a radio at that time...
(later addition: it's an interesting interview, and is available on their site at the current moment...)
It's one of those days.
Science fiction legend Poul Anderson passed away -- [Windowseat will be listing some obits and the like]. What's frustrating is that he's yet another one of those authors that I'm much more familiar with by reputation than by actually reading his works. One of my initial thoughts, and this is a terribly sad sign of a Doctor Who fan, was "oh, he's the writer Chief Mover Poul from Robots of Death was named after". And I'm a bit embarassed and saddened by that. That clear tributes and references like that -- which you've known about for years -- weren't followed up on, and should have been. And you want to go and read a bunch of things, but you should have done that years ago...
Also, Korey Stringer of the Minnesota Vikings died of heat stroke after practicing in yesterday's weather. It's perhaps a bit odd linking a science fiction legend and a young football player, and it's really only a tragedy of timing that links them. The friends, families, and fans of both will miss them terribly, and forever, and my thoughts go out to them. There's just never enough time.
Tragic.


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After tackling a wide range of subjects from patent law, to polar bear penises, to the unflappable patience of C-Span's Steve Scully, the most recent Last Week Tonight closed out with some news we could actually use. Apparently, CNN has a plan in place for the end of the world and it involves a grainy old video, the wishes of Ted Turner, and a dreary marching band. Not content to let that stand as humanity's final filmed moment, John Oliver and staff put together a more fitting tribute to humanity in the event of Armageddon. Adorable saloon cats? Check. Dilophosaurii? Check. And, most importantly, Martin Sheen a.k.a. President Bartlett on hand to narrate it all? Check, check, and check! Doomsday has never been so uplifting.


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Justin Jefferson Is Joining Elite Company In 2022
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In his first two seasons in the NFL, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson put up big numbers, but he was arguably underrated or even overlooked.
But those days are over, as he is having a monster season, and in doing so, he has helped the Vikings become a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
Jefferson currently leads the league in receiving yards with 1,756, and it has put him in some very select company, as he has become only one of 10 players to ever surpass 1,700 receiving yards in a single season.
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The impressive thing is that he has played 15 games so far, so he could very well end up threatening or even surpassing Calvin Johnson's all-time mark.
Thanks to Jefferson's fireworks this season, Minnesota is 12-3, and if the Philadelphia Eagles falter a bit before the season ends, it could end up with the best record in the NFC.
Jefferson Has Made Minnesota Into A Force
Although the Louisiana State University product had 1,400 and 1,616 yards, respectively, in his first two pro seasons, the Vikings didn't make the playoffs, and many didn't expect a whole lot out of them in 2022.
But Jefferson is having the type of season that Cooper Kupp had for the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, and it could very well send Minnesota to the Super Bowl, a place it hasn't been to since the 1976 season and the days of Fran Tarkenton.
Jefferson is part of a talented group of wideouts who were taken in the 2020 NFL Draft, which includes CeeDee Lamb, Jerry Jeudy and Brandon Aiyuk.
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The iconic outdoor amphitheatre the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles is as renowned for its live performances as it is for its architecture – a 'band shell' comprised of a distinctive set of concentric arches. It was also the key driver for a third generation Southern Californian resident who wanted to transform her backyard.
Enter LA-based designer Daniel Vandenbark, founder and principal of DEZINE, Inc, a firm that specialises in interior and exterior design.
"I was hired to create a contemporary deco garden that is easy to maintain and that could be transformed for dancing, barbecues and wine," Daniel explains.
Daniel is in the unique position of being an EcoSmart Fire dealer, which he has been doing for over seven years.
"In my design work I enjoy specifying EcoSmart Fire because of its flexibility and suitability for an array of designs."
Daniel Vandenbark, founder and principal of DEZINE
"For this Hollywood project, my client already knew about EcoSmart Fire, so it was a very easy sell!" Daniel explains that the design of the fire was inspired by the Hollywood Bowl, which is located close to the home. The concept was to have an arc 'suspended' over an Ecosmart's XL900 burner, similar to the arches of the Hollywood Bowl.
"Deco style has been highly influential in Hollywood," Daniel explains. "Initially we envisioned the arc in concrete, but there were a number of obstacles to achieving this, so I suggested metal. It took my metal fabricator and me a number of hours, and many iterations to come up with a viable solution and get the right fit.
"The idea was for the stainless steel to be as uninterrupted as possible and appear as though it was 'floating'. Because of the small space, I wanted as much floor space visible as possible to help create the illusion of more space."
That solution was delivered in the juxtaposition of the cantilevered concrete base to hold the XL900 and completed by the stainless steel arch. "We meticulously measured the ideal arch and created a custom mount to allow that arch to hover with minimal interruption from any vantage point in the garden," says Daniel.
The ends are allowed to seemingly disappear with the fire-tempered glass, while mimicking the curve of the stainless steel. "I was so nervous with the installation, as the design was such that even a quarter of an inch of error in any detail, it would be completely visible from anywhere in the garden. But it all went exactly as I hoped it would. It was a perfect installation," Daniel says.
"The metal arc ensures a beautiful outdoor fire with a long, tall flame that glows off the stainless steel. With the XL900 burner you get such a big, full flame."
Daniel's signature style has been described as bohemian-eclectic and modern-timeless. He focuses on creating "spiritual environments", and fire often plays a key role. "Fire is innately spiritual and brings light and spirituality into a space," Daniel says.
Over the past 12 years, Daniel's design work has taken him from Southern California to Denver to Houston and New York, and as far as Berlin, Germany and Chamonix, France.
DEZINE'S eco-showroom makes available a wide range of products, including EcoSmart Fire. "We believe in quality, period," Daniel says. "Aligning ourselves with brands committed to excellence is what makes our job beautiful."
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Uluru is quite literally the heart of Australia – this magnificent rock formation represents the nation's natural history and heritage and plays spiritual home to the world's oldest living culture, the indigenous Australians.
Resort-Style
The epitome of an English country house by the sea, the four-star Hotel Miramar occupies one of the most spectacular vantage points in Bournemouth, a large resort town on the south coast of England. Designed in true Edwardian style, the popular wedding venue features curved balconies, ornate plaster cornices, and timber skirting and architraves.
a restaurant and dining space located on South Australia's Murray River, prides itself on using local produce to create superb food, wine, cocktails and craft beer, and providing a stylish venue for friends and family to gather to enjoy these specialties.
Industrial Panache
From a formal dining space full of luxurious fabrics and elegant furnishings, to a casual eatery featuring industrial detail like steel and moody colours – Cristina Hofman from At Home Interiors truly transformed this waterfront restaurant.
RAW Design
An "opulent New York loft with raw aesthetics and industrial elements" – this is the vision renowned Australian hair stylist Anthony Nader had for his refurbished salon in the trendy inner Sydney suburb of Surry Hills.
Theatrical Elements
When you think of theatre, what comes to mind? Drama, glamour, music and movement – these are just some theatrical elements the award-winning Simeone Deary Design Group captured in their redesign of the boutique Allegro Hotel in the heart of downtown Chicago.
Dramatic Entrance
Located in Times Square, in the heart of New York City's theatre district, it made sense that the centrepiece of the Paramount Hotel lobby be somewhat dramatic.
Italian Flare
EcoSmart Fire is well placed at Criniti's. The FAMILY chain of Italian restaurants in Sydney prides itself on offering the best of the best – and with EcoSmart Fires installed in two of the four restaurants, they are in good company, whether it's Ducati motorcycles suspended from the ceiling in one of the restaurants, or a Ferrari engine forming the structure for the light fitting in the private dining room.


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Distinction: Highest point of the lower 48 United States (without Alaska).
Photo album of Mount Whitney.
Summary: Even though technically Mount Whitney is not the highest peak of any country along the way, it fit very nicely into the Panamerican Peak project and route. I had also tried to climb Mt. Whitney on Labor Day weekend in 2005 from Florida, but had to turn around due to altitude sickness (see trip report). So naturally I had wanted to come back and finish the climb. The normal route to the top poses no technical difficulty and despite the altitude during the summer months you can hike up in shorts and trail shoes. Other than bad weather gear no mountaineering equipment is required. I climbed Mount Whitney from the trail head at the portal road camp ground in one long day together with Gary and Lynn, whom I had met earlier during my trip in British Columbia.
See also the Mt. Whitney Wikipedia page for interesting facts and photos (like an awesome 360 summit panorama night shot).
Drive to Mt. Whitney from Fallbrook to Lone Pine in rental car; 280mi, 5.5h drive time. Arrive in Lone Pine by about 9pm. Drive up Horseshoe Meadows road to around 9000ft and sleep in sleeping bag, no tent, starry night and brilliant milkyway.
Wake up around 6am to amazing colors and sunrise. Lots of photos in early light on the drive down to Lone Pine. There breakfast and updates to Blog. Pick up of permits at visitor center and meeting with Lynn and Gary. Then grocery shopping, followed by lunch. We drive up the Whitney Portal road to the campground and luckily there is still space available for us due to a cancellation. We park and prepare our stuff for the next day. We also hike around the trailhead and another trail (Meysaw Lakes trail) to move and facilitate acclimatization. Beautifully warm evening light. Then we drive down again for dinner and some last-minute shopping. We're back at the CG by 8:30 and go to sleep by 9pm. The alarm is set for 4am!
Very early start, cool air until sunrise about 2hrs later, steady gaining altitude and better and better views over Owens Valley. In upper parts of the ascent some beautiful lakes amidst the dry and barren rocks of the High Sierra. Fantastic panorama view opens up at the ridge to the West at about 4000m altitude and noon. From here following the ridge with some up and down. Reaching the summit around 1:30pm. We stay on the summit for at least one hour and take in the panorama. I beam into my Flip Mino video camera to have made the summit on Panamerican Peak #3 – "3 down, 13 to go".
Long descent with beautiful afternoon and mellow evening light. We reach Wonder Lake just before the sun sets on the horizon below and casting our shadows far out to the East. The descent turns into a bit of a race against time and I just barely reach the trail head with the last daylight without having to pull out my headlamp. Gary and Lynn are doing the smart thing, resting and drinking some more and then using their headlamps for the last part of the descent. We are all back at the trail head around 8pm after some 14hrs on the trail, (8 up, 1 on top, 5 down).
Now we drive down to Lone Pine for a big, celebratory steak dinner. What a great day in the High Sierra!


The Garifuna Collective promises to carry the torch of cultural innovation and promotion passed on by Andy Palacio far into the future and expands on the story of this fascinating community, which is struggling to retain its unique language, music, and traditions in the face of globalization.
The band consists of the best musicians in the fertile Garifuna music scene. They bring together the deep cultural roots of Garifuna music, mixed with modern grooves, arrangements, and instruments. Unique hand drums, the "primera" and "segunda", turtle shells and jawbones, guitars and bass. The musicians create a powerful energy on stage, building hypnotizing rhythms that form the backbone for the haunting melodies and powerful vocals that characterize the project.
The lead singers of the current incarnation of the group reflect an intergenerational approach, women with striking voices and engaging personalities, whose songs echoed with the joys and sorrows they had experienced during their lives.
Stonetree founder Ivan Duran says, "Since Wátina came out, there isn't any more fear that Garifuna music is going to die out. Andy's biggest legacy is just showing the way, proving that the world is interested in this culture's music. It helped children in small villages to understand that their culture is just as important as anybody else's. That sense of self-pride is a potent message that continues to echo across Belize and inspire new musicians to keep their traditions thriving." The Garifuna Collective carries on that mission and reveals that the well of Garifuna musical talent is deep and continues to be refreshed by new generations.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia. The attraction is sure to grow with Monday's arrival of a NASA lander named InSight.
Mars — "an incredible natural laboratory" — is reasonably easy to get to, and the U.S., at least, has a proven track record there, noted Lori Glaze, NASA's acting director of planetary science.


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Worlds Without End: Q&A with Exoplanet Hunter Sara Seager
Top 100 Stories of 2013
A pioneering planet-hunter shares her thoughts on Kepler, exoplanets, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrials.
By Adam Hadhazy|Monday, January 06, 2014
RELATED TAGS: EXOPLANETS, EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
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In the mid-1990s, the discovery of worlds beyond our solar system changed astronomy forever. At the time, Sara Seager was slogging through graduate school, unhappy and unsure she even wanted a career in science. She decided to go for broke and devote her career to the new exoplanets, even though some doubted they were even real.
Soon, she published pioneering papers exploring the likely atmospheres of these exotic worlds and how we might identify an Earth-like "twin." Exoplanet research now turns up new wonders nearly every week, and in 2013 Seager won a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellowship for her discoveries.
Discover talked with Seager, now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about what's next in planet hunting.
Discover: What recent exoplanetary finds have amazed you?
Sarah Seager: The best thing that's happened in the past year or so is the [large] number of potentially habitable planets that have been found. I grew up with this field, so for me it's so thrilling. The entire field is just snowballing.
The discoveries often are made possible by new instruments. What new equipment are you especially eager to use?
SS: Any time you put a new and more capable instrument on a telescope, you always find new things. The latest is the Gemini Planet Imager [in Chile]. It blocks out starlight, so you can see the planet directly and study its atmosphere. It will do direct imaging of giant Jupiter-like planets.
Your "starshade" idea, which could be launched into orbit by about 2022, would improve planetary picture-snapping. What's the idea here?
SS: The challenge in finding an Earth twin is, how do you block out the light of a sunlike star to find a planet that's 10 billion times fainter than it? The starshade does the hard work by blocking out all the starlight, spatially separating the planet and the star. You can use this shade with the equipment we already have, such as small commercial space telescopes that we already use for remote sensing of Earth's atmosphere.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is set to launch in 2017, and the James Webb Space Telescope will launch in 2018. What will they do?
SS: TESS will do an all-sky survey to find rocky worlds around the bright, closest M-stars [red dwarfs that are common and smaller than the sun — and therefore more likely to reveal the shadows cast by planets], about 500,000 stars. We'll follow up with the James Webb to look at the atmospheres of this small pool of planets.
When a planet travels in front of its star, some of the starlight passes through the atmosphere, and some of the atmospheric gases leave telltale signatures on that starlight. By separating out the starlight from the planet light, we can identify molecules in the planet's atmosphere and look for gases produced by life, like oxygen, ozone and ammonia.
With these newfound abilities to detect extraterrestrial life, you've recently revised the famous 1961 Drake equation, which calculates the odds for finding intelligent alien life and has influenced the search for it ever since. Why? What's changed about our chances of success?
SS: I decided to revise the equation to tell the world that the real search for alien life is ongoing. The equation now tells us what the chances are that we'll be able to find signs of life on a rocky exoplanet in the next decade with TESS and the James Webb.
The new equation has six terms. The first three are quantifiable: How many stars can we look at? How many are "quiet," or not producing lots of radiation that could destroy biosignature gases or interfere with planet detection? And, how many stars have rocky planets in the habitable zone?
The next three terms of the equation involve the fraction of planets that can be observed, that have life and produce a detectable biosignature gas. Plugging in the numbers, the punch line is: If there is a rocky planet transiting a nearby bright M-star with signs of life in its atmosphere, we will be able to find it.
Sara Seager at MIT's building 54, the mother ship for her search for alien life.
The Top Exoplanet Discoveries of 2013
Some of the strangest details of the 3,500 likely alien worlds detected so far were discovered last year.
Kepler-62f
This rocky planet identified in April is closer to Earth's size than any other world found in the habitable zone, the region around a star where surface water neither completely freezes nor boils away. This "super-Earth" is only 40 percent bigger than our planet.
HD 189733b
This "hot Jupiter" was found long ago, but last year, the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that it is blue, the result of light-scattering glassy particles in its scorching, whirling atmosphere.
Kepler-37b
The smallest exoplanet yet found around a sunlike star, this nubbin discovered in February is just slightly larger than our moon.
Kepler-7b
In September, visible and infrared light reflections from this hot, gassy planet provided the first alien weather report: clouds in the west, but clear skies out east.
GJ 504b
The lightest exoplanet directly imaged so far. Infrared data from Hawaii's Subaru Telescope in August suggest it is magenta-colored.
Dubbed "Einstein's planet," researchers found this hot Jupiter in May using a technique based on the special theory of relativity: The gravitational tug of the exoplanet upon its star produces minor stellar brightening and shape-distorting effects.
Kepler's Life After Death
What a run it was: For about four years, the Kepler space telescope watched more than 100,000 stars, looking for very slight dimming — a sign that a planet had crossed in front. By May, two of the four reaction wheels that precisely point the telescope had failed, leaving it too unstable to detect exoplanets around bright stars.
But half of Kepler's data hasn't yet been analyzed; this latter portion is where Earth-size worlds in habitable orbits are most likely to turn up, because the longer the mission and the more data the telescope collects, the stronger the signals are from these planets.
Says principal investigator Bill Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Center: "The mission is entering its most exciting phase."
[This article originally appeared in print as "Worlds Without End."]
A Planet's Core and a Dead Star Give Us a Glimpse of Earth's Future
An Ancient Stellar Flyby Could Have Put Planet Nine into its Distant Orbit
Maybe Next Time: Barnard's Star B is Likely Uninhabitable
The Complicated History of Planets Around Barnard's Star
Earthbound NASA Rover Uncovers Clues to Finding Life on Mars
Life on the Moon? Maybe Long Ago
Conditions for Life Might Exist On The New Planet Discovered Around Barnard's Star
How Do Planetary Systems Outweigh the Disks They Formed In?
TESS Spots an Exocomet Around One of the Brightest Stars


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Q: Spark creates a extra column when reading a dataframe I am reading a JSON file into a Spark Dataframe and it creates a extra column at the end.
var df : DataFrame = Seq(
  (1.0, "a"),
  (0.0, "b"),
  (0.0, "c"),
  (1.0, "d")
).toDF("col1", "col2")

df.write.mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).format("json").save("/home/neelesh/year=2018/")

val newDF = sqlContext.read.json("/home/neelesh/year=2018/*")
newDF.show

The output of newDF.show is:
+----+----+----+
|col1|col2|year|
+----+----+----+
| 1.0|   a|2018|
| 0.0|   b|2018|
| 0.0|   c|2018|
| 1.0|   d|2018|
+----+----+----+

However the JSON file is stored as:
{"col1":1.0,"col2":"a"}
{"col1":0.0,"col2":"b"}
{"col1":0.0,"col2":"c"}
{"col1":1.0,"col2":"d"}

The extra column is not added if year=2018 is removed from the path. What can be the issue here?
I am running Spark 1.6.2 with Scala 2.10.5

A: Spark uses directory structure field=value as partition information see https://spark.apache.org/docs/2.1.0/sql-programming-guide.html#partition-discovery
so in your case the year=2018 is considered a year partition and thus an additonal column

A: Could you try:
val newDF = sqlContext.read.json("/home/neelesh/year=2018")
newDF.show

+----+----+
|col1|col2|
+----+----+
| 1.0|   A|
| 0.0|   B|
| 0.0|   C|
| 1.0|   D|
+----+----+

quoting from spark 1.6

Starting from Spark 1.6.0, partition discovery only finds partitions
  under the given paths by default. For the above example, if users pass
  path/to/table/gender=male to either SQLContext.read.parquet or
  SQLContext.read.load, gender will not be considered as a partitioning
  column


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