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Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia
Set in the heart of Philadelphia's vibrant historic district, the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia grants guests easy access to top attractions like Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. And that's not all this trendy Kimpton hotel has going for it. Guest rooms come equipped with 300-thread-count sheets, flat-screen TVs and antique furnishings juxtaposed with modern decor. This hotel also receives high praise from guests for its evening wine hours, in-room spa services and fully equipped fitness center. The property's restaurant, the Red Owl Tavern and the Stratus Rooftop Lounge, earn rave reviews from previous visitors as well. Meanwhile, IHG Rewards Club members can earn various perks and points by choosing to stay here. Just keep in mind that many of the hotel's amenities, especially the valet parking, include hefty fees.
The Logan Philadelphia, Curio Collection by Hilton takes its name from its location in Philadelphia's Logan Square. While all accommodations feature local artwork and contemporary furnishings, not all offer views of Logan Square, so recent travelers suggested requesting a room that faces the square to fully enjoy the hotel's stellar location. Other amenities include down duvets, minifridges, flat-screen TVs and Keurig coffee makers. Outside of the guest rooms, lodgers can take advantage of the hotel's fitness center and pool, or they can indulge in some pampering at the on-site spa and nail salon. And though you'll be surrounded by a bevy of restaurants and bars, visitors highly recommend dining at the on-site steakhouse, Urban Farmer, before grabbing a nightcap at the Commons lobby bar. If the weather is nice, you can also take in the views and libations at the Assembly Rooftop Lounge. Many recent guests applauded the customer service offered here, though some others said rooms are a bit worn. What's more, this hotel's ties to Hilton allows members of the Hilton Honors loyalty program to earn or use points here.
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
The Loews Philadelphia Hotel excels at customer service; guests are consistently impressed with the attentive housekeepers and the knowledgeable concierge. And although the property is not über-luxurious, the deluxe amenities – particularly the massive fitness center and the seasonal entrees dished out at Bank & Bourbon Restaurant – satisfy most guests' needs. Plus, the spacious accommodations feature extra touches like free Wi-Fi access, flat-screen TVs, work desks with ergonomic chairs and complimentary morning newspapers to ensure guests are comfortable. Another perk: If you take part in the Loews YouFirst rewards program, you may redeem even more privileges, such as free nights and upgrades. Once you're ready to hit the town, you'll find yourself ideally located within a 15-minute walk of Philadelphia's boutiques, restaurants and beloved sites, including Independence Hall.
As you walk into Le Méridien, you'll wonder if you've wandered into a modern art installation. The hotel's art deco decor is set against a backdrop of stately wood paneling. Previous guests praise the contemporary hotel accommodations; rooms feature 350-thread-count linens, iPod docking stations and flat-screen TVs. Should you plan on spending your day outdoors, you'll find a handful of restaurants, shops and top attractions nearby. Recent visitors say the courteous hotel staff would be happy to help you plan your itinerary. Convention-goers should also keep in mind that Le Méridien's location is one block away from the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Prefer to stay in? Enjoy room service from the privacy of your guest room or retreat to Amuse Restaurant and Bar to indulge in delectable French fare, such as onion soup and steak frites. And because this hotel is part of the Marriott hotel family, Marriott Bonvoy members can earn and use points here.
Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Downtown
less than 0.1 miles to city center
Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Downtown is a 3.5 star hotel located at 21 N Juniper St in Philadelphia. It has a 4.5 overall guest rating based on 1243 reviews.
Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel
The Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel sits within walking distance of one of the best green spaces in Philly. Plus this hotel puts you only steps away from popular tourist attractions like Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, not to mention some trendy restaurants and boutiques. For recent guests, however, one of the best things about this hotel is its welcoming staff and comfortable, large rooms. All accommodations boast premiere amenities like 42-inch flat-screen TVs, coffee makers, cozy robes, premium channels and complimentary wireless internet. Another major asset the hotel has going for it: Azalea Restaurant, which recent patrons applaud for its sophisticated atmosphere and delectable entrees (though they do suggest making reservations far in advance). The only complaint among a few previous visitors is the steep valet parking fee; however most report a pleasant stay overall. If you frequent Marriott properties and take part in their Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program, you may accrue or redeem extra benefits, such as free upgrades.
The Windsor Suites
The Windsor Suites is a 4 star hotel located at 1700 Ben Franklin Pkwy in Philadelphia. It has a 4.5 overall guest rating based on 1782 reviews.
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown is a 4 star hotel located at 1201 Market St in Philadelphia. It has a 4.0 overall guest rating based on 3734 reviews.
Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District is a 3.5 star hotel located at 400 Arch Street in Philadelphia. It has a 4.0 overall guest rating based on 2252 reviews.
Embassy Suites Philadelphia Center City
Embassy Suites Philadelphia Center City is a 3.5 star hotel located at 1776 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy in Philadelphia. It has a 3.5 overall guest rating based on 696 reviews.
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel is a 3.5 star hotel located at 201 North 17th Street in Philadelphia. It has a 3.5 overall guest rating based on 3068 reviews.
The Arch by BridgeStreet
The Arch by BridgeStreet is a 3.5 star hotel located at 100 North 17th Street in Philadelphia.
Penn's View Hotel
Penn's View Hotel is a 3 star hotel located at 14 N Front St in Philadelphia. It has a 4.5 overall guest rating based on 896 reviews.
Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City-Convention Center
Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City-Convention Center is a 3 star hotel located at 1301 Race St in Philadelphia. It has a 4.0 overall guest rating based on 2229 reviews.
Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City
Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City is a 3 star hotel located at 1100 Arch St in Philadelphia. It has a 4.0 overall guest rating based on 1468 reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions About Temple University Hotels
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Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing and Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel are ranked among the best hotels with pools in Philadelphia. View the best hotels with pools.
Top-ranked family hotels in Philadelphia include Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing and Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel. View the best family hotels.
The best hotels offering spa treatments in Philadelphia are The Bellevue Hotel and The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia. View the best spa hotels.
Top hotels offering great fitness facilities and amenities in Philadelphia include Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing and Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel. View the best hotels for fitness.


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'Summer' Claims First Prize at Rhode Island International Film Festival
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Despite a technical glitch that forced the cancellation of Something Like Summer's August 13 screening, the film still earned First Prize in the competition for the Rhode Island International Film Festival's Alternative Spirit Award.
"We feel awful so many people had come to see the movie and went home disappointed," producer Carlos Pedraza said. He planned to contact the festival staff to see what might be done. The festival concluded on August 13.
Jurors in the festival's competition, however, had already seen the film and voted to grant it First Place in the award category honoring LGBTQ feature films. Summer tied for First Place with High Low Forty, directed by Paddy Quinn. Prom King, 2010, directed by Christopher Schaap, won the Grand Prize.
"It's odd to win an award at a film festival at which we never technically screened, but we're grateful."
Carlos Pedraza, Writer & Producer
Something New Ben Baur's short film also takes first place.
BEN BAUR WINS Taking First Place in the Alternative Spirit Award for short films was Summer co-star Ben Baur, with his film, Something New. The short just recently started playing festivals, including Outfest in Los Angeles. Ben wrote and stars in the film, directed by T.J. Marchbank.
Blue Seraph Production's first feature, Judas Kiss, also won First Place in the Alternative Spirit competition at the Rhode Island festival in 2011.
MORE AWARDS This latest award adds to Summer's earlier festival wins for Best First Feature (director David Berry, at Philadelphia and San Diego), Best Supporting Actor (Ben Baur at San Diego and Oklahoma) and Best Soundtrack (Cian McCarthy at San Diego).
"This mainstream festival, one of the top 10 in the country, has established itself as a real supporter of LGBT filmmakers," Pedraza said, "and we're thrilled to have another of our movies honored by them."
RIIFF WAS to have been Summer's New England premiere, with attendees from throughout Southern New England, including Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Produced by the 35-year-old Rhode Island arts organization Flickers, the festival, in its 21st year, "celebrates the independent filmmaking spirit," providing a showcase for 200 international features, documentaries, and shorts.
Something Like Summer was selected from among 6,000 film submissions.
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Carlos is a screenwriter and producer at Blue Seraph Productions, and also oversees its writing consulting division, Blue Serif. Carlos is based in Seattle and Los Angeles.
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Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial Finder
Fight Colorectal Cancer's Clinical Trial Finder is a one-stop place to find and learn more about high-impact research studies for CRC patients. The finder is currently showing trials for MSS (microsatellite-stable) and stage IV CRC patients. The list of trials curated here is sourced from the ClinicalTrials.gov website.
visit the clinical trial finder
The updated Clinical Trial Finder for Colorectal Cancer Patients is now housed on fightcrc.org, making it easier for patients to find and use the tool. Originally created by the late Dr. Tom Marsilje as a curated spreadsheet of clinical trials, the resource allows users to search for trials based on geography, recruitment status, phase, and other factors relevant to trial enrollment. Maia Walker leads the curation of the trial finder.
"Start researching clinical trials as early as possible, at the time of a cancer diagnosis," said Maia Walker, Lead Curator of the Fight Colorectal Cancer Trial Finder. "Worst myth in the house is 'clinical trials are the last resource.'"
Honoring Dr. Tom Marsilje, the inspiration behind the Clinical Trial Finder
This game-changing tool was the brainchild of Dr. Tom Marsilje, who passed away in 2017 from stage IV colorectal cancer at age 45. Many fellow late-stage CRC patients flocked to him as he became vocal and active with his cancer diagnosis online. He wanted to help. Initially, he shared his personal Excel spreadsheet with his fellow patients, showing them how he was sifting through clinical trial options. Then, he had the vision to enhance the technology and add automation to get the tool out far and wide.
We're grateful Tom trusted Fight CRC to house this tool. Our research advocates will continue to follow Tom's logic and keep the curation going for the many more late-stage patients who will turn to this resource for help.
"As a patient, I had no interest in participating in a trial which had both the highest risk of failure as well as limited long-term benefit, even if the experimental therapy worked as designed. I knew that I may only have one shot at a trial, so I wanted to choose that trial wisely and make that potentially single shot count the most!"
- Dr. Tom Marsilje
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There is an IBM Notes issue where cancelling this dialog will render your session unstable.
Ytria has alerted IBM about this error and they have acknowledged its existence.
If you've accidentally clicked Cancel in this dialog, you must close and re-open all applications which are using this Notes session. Otherwise you'll continually get this error: 'The prompt for password was aborted by user (5928)'.
In your IBM Notes client click File > Security > User Security and check 'Don't prompt for a password from other Notes-based programs (reduces security)'.
Or you can click Options > Password Options in any Ytria tool, enter your password in the Notes API Login Options dialog and click Save.
If you don't have a saved password, then the Notes API Login dialog which lists your options will appear automatically when you start your Ytria application.
To avoid seeing this window again you can either check the Do not show this message on startup box, or Save your password.
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Aubrey Plaza revealed she dated Michael Cera
November 3, 2016 by Elvis Michael Leave a Comment
Aubrey: We almost got married in Vegas
Aubrey Plaza has admitted she secretly dated Michael Cera for a while and things got so serious that the two briefly considered getting married. The star said thy drove across the country after shooting Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World and almost eloped in Las Vegas.
She revealed to RuPaul and Michelle Visage on their What's the Tee? podcast: "I dated him for a long time. We drove across the country after we shot that movie and almost got married in Vegas."
When asked if the relationship was due to spending a lot of time working together, she said: "Oh, like animals in captivity? Everyone just wants to f**k each other?"
But the actress then insisted the two are still close and he is still very special, adding: "We love each other. We're still really good friends. He's just a weird little freak and we speak the same language. He's one of the funniest people I know."
Meanwhile, Aubrey had recently revealed she is bisexual and she can't help falling for both girls and guys.
She explained: "I know I have an androgynous thing going on, and there's something masculine about my energy.
Girls are into me–that's no secret. Hey, I'm into them too. I fall in love with girls and guys. I can't help it."
The star went on to claim she feels like an "older gay man" at heart, which brings her closer to her LGBT fanbase.
"I feel like I operate in an old-school way that only gays truly understand. So for me it's the ultimate compliment. My tastes are like an older gay man's, and I think that's who I really am.
Like, I grew up obsessed with Judy Garland, and I was also obsessed with how much she meant to her following."
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Regulators approve tougher rules for Internet providers
Updated: 1:30 PM PST Feb 26, 2015
Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile now must act in the "public interest" when providing a mobile connection to your home or phone, under rules approved Thursday by a divided Federal Communications Commission.The FCC voted 3-2 in favor of rules aimed at enforcing what's called "net neutrality." That's the idea that service providers shouldn't intentionally block or slow web traffic, creating paid fast lanes on the Internet. Net neutrality: What to knowThe plan, which puts the Internet in the same regulatory camp as the telephone and bans business practices that are "unjust or unreasonable," represents the biggest regulatory shakeup to the industry in almost two decades.The goal is to prevent providers from slowing or blocking web traffic, or creating paid fast lanes on the Internet, said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.The vote was expected to trigger industry lawsuits that could take several years to resolve. Still, consumer advocates cheered the regulations as a victory for smaller Internet-based companies which feared they would have to pay "tolls" to move their content.What does net neutrality mean for you?Net neutrality is the idea that websites or videos load at about the same speed. That means you won't be more inclined to watch a particular show on Amazon Prime instead of on Netflix because Amazon has struck a deal with your service provider to load its data faster.Opponents, including many congressional Republicans, said the FCC plan constitutes dangerous government overreach that would eventually drive up consumer costs and discourage industry investment.Republican FCC Commissioners Mike O'Rielly and Ajit Pai, who voted against the plan, alleged that President Barack Obama unfairly used his influence to push through the regulations, calling the plan a "half-baked, illogical, internally inconsistent and indefensible document."Michael Powell, a former Republican FCC chairman who now runs the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, warned that consumers would almost immediately "bear the burden of new taxes and increased costs, and they will likely wait longer for faster and more innovative networks since investment will slow in the face of bureaucratic oversight."Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said he would pursue industry-friendly legislation, although it was unlikely that Obama would sign such a bill. The FCC's five commissioners are expected to testify before a Senate panel March 18."One way or another, I am committed to moving a legislative solution, preferably bipartisan, to stop monopoly-era phone regulations that harm Internet consumers and innovation," Thune said in a statement this week.It's not true that consumers would see new taxes right away. The Internet Tax Freedom Act bans taxes on Internet access, although that bill expires in October. While Congress is expected to renew that legislation, it's conceivable that states could eventually push Congress for the ability to tax Internet service now that it has been deemed a vital public utility."Read my lips. More Internet taxes are coming. It's just a matter of when," Commissioner Pai said.For years, providers mostly agreed not to pick winners and losers among Web traffic because they didn't want to encourage regulators to step in and because they said consumers demanded it. But that started to change around 2005, when YouTube came online and Netflix became increasingly popular. On-demand video became known as data hogs, and evidence began to surface that some providers were manipulating traffic without telling consumers.By 2010, the FCC enacted open Internet rules, but the agency's legal approach was eventually struck down. FCC officials are hoping to erase the legal ambiguity by no longer classifying the Internet as an "information service" but a "telecommunications service" subject to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act.That would dramatically expand regulators' power over the industry by requiring providers to act in the public's interest and enabling the FCC to fine companies found to be employing "unreasonable" business practices.The FCC says it won't apply some sections of Title II, including price controls. That means rates charged to customers for Internet access won't be subject to preapproval. But the law allows the government to investigate if consumers complain that costs are unfair.Also at stake Thursday was Obama's goal of helping local governments build their own fast, cheap broadband. Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, have filed petitions with the agency to help override state laws that restrict them from expanding their broadband service to neighboring towns.The FCC approved these petitions, setting a precedent for other communities that might want to do the same.Nineteen states place restrictions on municipal broadband networks, many with laws encouraged by cable and telephone companies. Advocates of those laws say they are designed to protect taxpayers from municipal projects that are expensive, can fail or may be unnecessary.
Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile now must act in the "public interest" when providing a mobile connection to your home or phone, under rules approved Thursday by a divided Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC voted 3-2 in favor of rules aimed at enforcing what's called "net neutrality." That's the idea that service providers shouldn't intentionally block or slow web traffic, creating paid fast lanes on the Internet.
Net neutrality: What to know
The plan, which puts the Internet in the same regulatory camp as the telephone and bans business practices that are "unjust or unreasonable," represents the biggest regulatory shakeup to the industry in almost two decades.
The goal is to prevent providers from slowing or blocking web traffic, or creating paid fast lanes on the Internet, said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
The vote was expected to trigger industry lawsuits that could take several years to resolve. Still, consumer advocates cheered the regulations as a victory for smaller Internet-based companies which feared they would have to pay "tolls" to move their content.
What does net neutrality mean for you?
Net neutrality is the idea that websites or videos load at about the same speed. That means you won't be more inclined to watch a particular show on Amazon Prime instead of on Netflix because Amazon has struck a deal with your service provider to load its data faster.
Opponents, including many congressional Republicans, said the FCC plan constitutes dangerous government overreach that would eventually drive up consumer costs and discourage industry investment.
Republican FCC Commissioners Mike O'Rielly and Ajit Pai, who voted against the plan, alleged that President Barack Obama unfairly used his influence to push through the regulations, calling the plan a "half-baked, illogical, internally inconsistent and indefensible document."
Michael Powell, a former Republican FCC chairman who now runs the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, warned that consumers would almost immediately "bear the burden of new taxes and increased costs, and they will likely wait longer for faster and more innovative networks since investment will slow in the face of bureaucratic oversight."
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said he would pursue industry-friendly legislation, although it was unlikely that Obama would sign such a bill. The FCC's five commissioners are expected to testify before a Senate panel March 18.
"One way or another, I am committed to moving a legislative solution, preferably bipartisan, to stop monopoly-era phone regulations that harm Internet consumers and innovation," Thune said in a statement this week.
It's not true that consumers would see new taxes right away. The Internet Tax Freedom Act bans taxes on Internet access, although that bill expires in October. While Congress is expected to renew that legislation, it's conceivable that states could eventually push Congress for the ability to tax Internet service now that it has been deemed a vital public utility.
"Read my lips. More Internet taxes are coming. It's just a matter of when," Commissioner Pai said.
For years, providers mostly agreed not to pick winners and losers among Web traffic because they didn't want to encourage regulators to step in and because they said consumers demanded it. But that started to change around 2005, when YouTube came online and Netflix became increasingly popular. On-demand video became known as data hogs, and evidence began to surface that some providers were manipulating traffic without telling consumers.
By 2010, the FCC enacted open Internet rules, but the agency's legal approach was eventually struck down. FCC officials are hoping to erase the legal ambiguity by no longer classifying the Internet as an "information service" but a "telecommunications service" subject to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act.
That would dramatically expand regulators' power over the industry by requiring providers to act in the public's interest and enabling the FCC to fine companies found to be employing "unreasonable" business practices.
The FCC says it won't apply some sections of Title II, including price controls. That means rates charged to customers for Internet access won't be subject to preapproval. But the law allows the government to investigate if consumers complain that costs are unfair.
Also at stake Thursday was Obama's goal of helping local governments build their own fast, cheap broadband. Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, have filed petitions with the agency to help override state laws that restrict them from expanding their broadband service to neighboring towns.
The FCC approved these petitions, setting a precedent for other communities that might want to do the same.
Nineteen states place restrictions on municipal broadband networks, many with laws encouraged by cable and telephone companies. Advocates of those laws say they are designed to protect taxpayers from municipal projects that are expensive, can fail or may be unnecessary.


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The Field quantity
Categories: Books, Central and South America, Children's Books, Explore the World, Family Life, Friendship, Friendship, Social Skills and School Life, Geography and Cultures, Growing Up and Facts of Life, Siblings, Subjects
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Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of the Year
A soccer story—for boy and girls alike—just in time for the World Cup!
"Vini! Come! The field calls!" cries a girl as she and her younger brother rouse their community—family, friends, and the local fruit vendor—for a pickup soccer (futbol) game. Boys and girls, young and old, players and spectators come running—bearing balls, shoes, goals, and a love of the sport.
"Friends versus friends" teams are formed, the field is cleared of cows, and the game begins! But will a tropical rainstorm threaten their plans?
The world's most popular and inclusive sport has found its spirited, poetic, and authentic voice in Baptiste Paul's debut picture book—highlighting the joys of the game along with its universal themes: teamwork, leadership, diversity, and acceptance. Creole words (as spoken in St. Lucia, the author's birthplace island in the Caribbean) add spice to the story and are a strong reminder of the sport's world fame. Bright and brilliant illustrations by debut children's book illustrator Jacqueline Alcántara—winner of the We Need Diverse Books Illustration Mentorship Award—capture the grit and glory of the game and the beauty of the island setting where this particular field was inspired.
Soccer fan or not, the call of The Field is irresistible.
Baptiste Paul
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We're walls deep into the 33rd Melbourne International Comedy Festival and something has become glaringly clear: we're living in a post-Nanette world.
Hannah Gadsby's Barry Award-winning 2016 show has moved the needle.
The Tasmanian-bred performer took comedy as we knew it and gave it a very thorough seeing-to as she skewered toxic masculinity, cliched tropes and the art of the joke.
The 41-year-old became a comedy titan with Nanette, a subversive hour that is waiting for you on Netflix if you've not yet seen it.
I implore you to watch and, to steal from George Michael, listen without prejudice.
Does comedy have to come bearing gifts of wokeness?
Are crowds allowed to switch off the more discerning parts of their brains for an hour and engage their stomach muscles for belly laughs?
Also, are we seeing a tendency for LOLs-merchants to shoehorn a message to the story?
Phil Wang's 4.5-star show Philly Philly Wang Wang is one of the best hours of this year's festival.
He's not down with the sociopolitical soap-boxing trend in stand-up comedy.
"Now comedians are meant to be the champions of society. We're all supposed to be punching up!" he blurts.
Wang is working on two levels, being ferociously facetious and saying what a lot of his crowd are afraid to think.
His contention, however tongue-in-cheek, is that comedians are not the oracles of wisdom we've been led to believe.
He brings up Bill Cosby as an example of someone who acted sanctimonious about not dropping the F-bomb on stage, then did unspeakable acts off it.
Award-winning UK comedian Mark Watson has headed more in the Nanette direction.
The Infinite Show leaves the audience feeling delightfully interconnected and full of compassion.
Intimate secrets abound and by the end of the show the room is a chummy chucklefest.
Watson worked out it was because she felt "much more relaxed than when she entered a retail outlet".
He sympathised: "Oh yes, that makes sense if it makes you think of a simpler time." Gorgeous.
Urzila Carlson took anti-vaxxers to task last year. She is using her vast powers for good again this year by calling out online troll culture.
Comics such as Tom Gleeson and Joel Creasey make sure everyone knows they won't be tying a cute moralistic bow to their material — they just want you to laugh and forgot about reply-all emails and your bloody device for a while.
Dave Chappelle's Netflix specials Equanimity and The Bird Revelation, The Age of Spin and Deep in the Heart of Texas saw him discuss race, sexual harassment and plenty of other careful-you-may-burn-your-fingers gear.
He is everything Kevin Hart is not: progressive.
But what's wrong with having both of them? Nothing. We all laugh at different stuff and, like music, nobody can tell you what you find funny and/or moving.
Speaking of transcendent, Cassie Workman's Giantess show is this festival's "big moment".
It sees the recently transitioned comedian take the audience through the soul-crushing horror and eventual elation of changing sexes.
It's also very, very funny; our man on the ground Patrick Horan awarded it his second ever five-star review.
You can switch your brain on or off at this year's Comedy Festival, highbrow is nothing without lowbrow.
The choice is yours, punk. I dare you to see both.


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Q: Returning JSON after a query in yii I'm new to yii framework. I'm just trying to implement Restful APIs. In the simple case scenario (after following some tutorial) I've succeeded with this:
$result = [];
foreach($this->getData() as $record) {
    $result[] = $record->getAttributes();
}
return $result;

Note that getData() is a built-in method. Where when trying to use queries for more advanced scenarios, it's done this way:
$attributeNames = 'udid,model,appverionid';
$connection = Yii::app()->db;
$command = $connection->createCommand('select ' . $attributeNames . ' from device');
$models = $command->queryAll();

$attributeNames = explode(',', $attributeNames);
$rows = array();
foreach ($models as $model) {
  $row = array();
  foreach ($attributeNames as $name) {
    $row[$name] = CHtml::value($model, $name);
  }
  $rows[] = $row;
}
return $rows;

Is that the best practice to return get JSON from queries results, or maybe it can be done in a better way?
Update:
The final response is returned from the following method:
private function sendAjaxResponse(AjaxResponseInterface $interface)
{
    $success = count($interface->getErrors()) === 0;
    $responseCode = $success ? 200 : 404;
    header("content-type: application/json", true, $responseCode);
    echo json_encode([
    'success' => $success,
    'data' => $interface -> getResponseData(),
    'errors' => $interface -> getErrors()
    ]);
    Yii::app()->end();
}

And I found out that only these lines are sufficient:
$attributeNames = 'udid,model,appverionid';
$connection = Yii::app()->db;
$command = $connection->createCommand('select ' . $attributeNames . ' from device');
$models = $command->queryAll();
return $models;

The other part (the nested loop) seems for encoding with relations (see here) Then my question is what is encoding with relations and when it is helpful?

A: I think you simply need to encode the value before return
foreach ($models as $model) {
   $row = array();
   foreach ($attributeNames as $name) {
     $row[$name] = CHtml::value($model, $name);
   }
   $rows[] = $row;
}
return json_encode($rows);

A: The Yii way of creating JSOn data is using CJson library
$query = "'select ' . $attributeNames . ' from device'";
$command = Yii::app()->db->createCommand($query);
$result = $command->queryAll();

$ret = array_values($result);

/* or ...
  $ret = array();
  foreach ($models as $model) {
      $ret = array();
      foreach ($attributeNames as $name) {
          $row[$name] = CHtml::value($model, $name);
      }
      $ret[] = $row;
  }
*/

echo CJSON::encode($ret);
Yii::app()->end();

A:
Very Simple! Just add this line - \Yii::$app->response->format = \yii\web\Response:: FORMAT_JSON; in your method at start and do other code
  normally.

for example,
public function actionHospitals()
{
    \Yii::$app->response->format = \yii\web\Response:: FORMAT_JSON;
    $hospitals = Hospitals::find()->select('speciality')->distinct()->all();
    return ['hospitals' => $hospitals];
}

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Coffee Makes You Regular - And Regular Coffee May Improve Survival In Colon Cancer
By News Staff | August 25th 2015 05:27 AM | Print | E-mail
Regular consumption of caffeinated coffee may help prevent the return of colon cancer after treatment and improve the chances of a cure, according to a new study.
The patients, all of them treated with surgery and chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer, had the greatest benefit from consuming four or more cups of coffee a day (about 460 milligrams of caffeine), according to the study. These patients were 42 percent less likely to have their cancer return than non-coffee drinkers, and were 33 percent less likely to die from cancer or any other cause.
Two to three cups of coffee daily had a more modest benefit, while little protection was associated with one cup or less, reported the researchers, led by Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber.
The study included nearly 1,000 patients who filled out dietary pattern questionnaires early in the study, during chemotherapy and again about a year later. This "prospective" design eliminated patients' need to recall their coffee-drinking habits years later - a source of potential bias in many observational studies.
"We found that coffee drinkers had a lower risk of the cancer coming back and a significantly greater survival and chance of a cure," Fuchs said. Most recurrences happen within five years of treatment and are uncommon after that, he noted. In patients with stage III disease, the cancer has been found in the lymph nodes near the original tumor but there are no signs of further metastasis. Fuchs said these patients have about a 35 percent chance of recurrence.
As encouraging as the results appear to be, Fuchs is hesitant to make recommendations to patients until the results are confirmed in other studies. "If you are a coffee drinker and are being treated for colon cancer, don't stop," he said. "But if you're not a coffee drinker and wondering whether to start, you should first discuss it with your physician."
Fuchs said the study is the first to study an association between regular coffee and risk of colon cancer recurrence. It adds to a number of recent studies suggesting that coffee may have protective effects against the development of several kinds of cancer, including reduced risks of post-menopausal breast cancer, melanoma, liver cancer, advanced prostate cancer.
Fuchs said the research focused on coffee and other dietary factors because coffee drinking - in addition to possibly being protective against some cancers - had been shown to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Risk factors for diabetes - obesity, a sedentary life style, a Western diet high in calories and sugar, and high levels of insulin - are also implicated in colon cancer.
In analyzing the results of the new study, Fuchs and his colleagues discovered that the lowered risk of cancer recurrence and deaths was entirely due to caffeine and not other components of coffee. He said it's not clear why caffeine has this effect and the question needs further study. One hypothesis is that caffeine consumption increases the body's sensitivity to insulin so less of it is needed, which in turn may help reduce inflammation - a risk factor for diabetes and cancer, Fuchs said.
Other than drinking coffee, Fuchs said, people can take other measures to reduce cancer risks - avoiding obesity, exercising regularly, adopting a healthier diet, and eating nuts, which also reduce the risk of diabetes.
Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Pete Ireland is an award winning film producer, writer and director based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of boutique production house, Opening Act Films.
His films have been selected for Australian Academy-accredited, FIAPF-accredited, and Oscar-accredited film festivals; broadcast on Television in Australia and Europe (Channel 7Two, ABC, OUTTv), and screened in many other film festivals in Australia and overseas.
Pete is also a member of the industry peak body, The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), in the Producer chapter.
Considers himself a renaissance man, while others think him a git.
Pete Ireland was born in Westmead, NSW and raised in Penrith, NSW. Heeding his families advise to "get a real job", he graduated from Sydney University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Economics. While the business world beckoned many of Pete's fellow graduates, he had always harboured more creative aspirations. After working for a year, Pete relocated to the UK for two years of travel and adventures. While drinking Cerveza in a beautiful traditional Spanish square in Madrid, Pete decided it was time to pursue his dream to work in the film industry. All that he needed was to stop dreaming about it and start working to make it happen. And finish his beer.
When he returned to Australia from the UK in 2007, Pete paid off his travelling debts and enrolled at the Sydney Film School in 2008.
Pete produced and directed his first film in 2008, a short documentary called CHASING MEL. The film went on to screen in several film festivals in Australia and overseas, including in the Darling Harbour Australia Day celebrations in 2011.
After Chasing Mel, Pete became more involved in producing. He was line producer on Cara Lipson Dvorjak's short film OWNED in 2009, which went onto screen at The St Kilda Film Festival and won Best Film and the Audience Award at the Australia-Japan Forum at the Japanese Film Festival (Sydney, Australia). It also screened on Australian broadcast television (Channel 7). His first film as Producer in 2010, a short comedy TARZAN THE DEAF was selected in the Warrambeen film festival in Victoria in March 2011 and screened alongside an Oscar winning animation in the Mudgee International Film Festival in 2011.
Pete completed his studies at the Sydney Film School (SFS) in 2010, but remained involved in the school as Chairman of their Alumni representative group, The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) from 2009 to 2014. As chair of the IAB, Pete drove many projects such as: a pitch competition and production funding for SFS Alumni; a documentary opportunity for SFS Alumni in India; professional workshops; and information sessions presented by industry guests (e.g. a funding discussion with the commissioning heads from Screen NSW and Screen Australia).
In order to develop his early career producing skills, Pete accepted a production office role in John Duigan's feature film CARELESS LOVE in January 2011. The film was released theatrically in 2012.
Pete's production THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR (Dir: James Crisp), a short drama about the subject of child abuse, screened in competition at the FIAPF-accredited Shanghai International Film Festival 2012, won Best Drama at The Blue Mountains Film Festival 2011, screened at the Australian Academy (AACTA) accredited Byron Bay Film Festival 2012, screened in the film market at the Oscar accredited Krakow Film Festival 2012, screened in the United States in the Rochester International Film Festival 2012 and won an audience award in the Sandfly Film Festival (Jervis Bay) in 2011.
In 2012, Pete was accepted as a member of the industry peak body, The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), in the Producer chapter.
PART ONE: LOVE (Dir: Tony Radevski), Pete's 2012 short documentary about the love lives of six gay men who are HIV positive, screened at the Mardi Gras Film Festival 2012, and was selected for The Antenna Documentary Festival 2012, the AACTA-accredited Byron Bay Film Festival 2013, and the 23rd Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2012. The film was also nominated for 'Best Documentary' at the Oscar-accredited St Kilda Film Festival and the Blue Mountains Film Festival.
In 2014, Pete wrote and directed the short animated documentary, CHIP. The film was commissioned to screen at TEDxSydney 2014 and then went on to screen at The Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2014, and the AACTA-accredited Byron Bay Film Festival 2015. In January 2015, CHIP won at the Australian Academy Awards (AACTAs), in the 'Social Shorts' Independent category.
In 2015, Pete was one of only two early career producers selected for Screen NSW's 'Emerging Producer Placement' program.
In 2016, Pete completed production on the Metro Screen/Screen Australia funded 'Dedo', which screened on the ABC and in competition at Oscar-accredited Flickerfest. In 2017, Pete's latest short independent film 'Pilè' was completed, and went on to screen in the Oldenburg Film Festival and Oscar-accredited festivals St Kilda and Flickerfest. Pete and his collaborators were funded for Screen Australia's Hot Shots Plus initiative for 'Risen' in 2018, for both a short film and TV series, and he also received post production funding from Screen Australia for web-series collaboration with LGBTIQ writer/director Tonnette Stanford: 'Romp' (the first season of which had over 9 million views).
In 2019 Pete was one of 250 filmmakers selected (from 3,400 applications from 130 countries) for Berlinale Talents, a screen career incubator as part of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Pete is a Screen Producers Australia (SPA) and AACTA member, in the Producer chapter.


Rasheed Wallace fired up a shot and then threw himself to the floor. Then he got up, faked a limp and did it again. "Working on my D-Wade flop," he said, laughing. The dead-on impersonation of some of Heat guard Dwyane Wade 's theatrics actually had the entire team laughing during Thursday's shoot-around. But Wade's flopping, and subsequent trips to the free-throw line didn't seem funny during the Pistons' 87-85 victory Thursday night. "You can't do nothing to D-Wade," Wallace said. "If you say 'boogety-boogety booh' to him, that's a foul. If you give him a hard look, that's a foul." Heading into Thursday, Wade had attempted a league-high 163 free throws — 11.6 per game.
Would that be the "Sportsman of the Year" that you are complaining about. How very droll of you!


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Canada's Conservatives Introduce Legislation to Disarm Long-gun Registry
CTV News (Toronto) / CP
The Conservative government has introduced legislation to formally disarm the contentious long-gun registry, though the bill won't be voted on until the fall. "The effort of trying to track down every single long-gun (rifles and shotguns) in Canada has been ineffective, costly and wasteful and has not led to a reduction in crime with guns," Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day told the media Monday. "Duck-hunters, farmers and law-abiding gun owners do not pose a... (GunPolicy.org)
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Mikhail Kalashnikov Backs UN Small Arms Conference Gun Trade Treaty
Times (UK)
MOSCOW — Hardly a day goes by without Mikhail Kalashnikov turning on his television set and seeing his lethal invention being brandished somewhere. It still makes him proud to see the Kalashnikov assault rifle, better known as the AK-47, in the hands of professional soldiers and national liberation movements. But now, aged 86, he laments that it has become the weapon of choice for terrorists, criminals and child soldiers — and, as such, the most prolific killing... (GunPolicy.org)
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28,000 South Africans Lend Their Faces to Campaign Against Gun Trade
Arms control campaigners are to present the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the world's largest visual petition at 10am at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. They want government to know that thousands of South Africans are calling for tough controls on the international arms trade. Twenty-eight thousand South Africans lent their faces to the international Million Faces Petition, the world's largest-ever visual protest document. Weapons in wrong hands They... (GunPolicy.org)
Canada's Police Chiefs Blast Government's Bill to Dismantle Gun Registry
OTTAWA — Chiefs of police and other supporters of the federal long-gun registry continued to oppose its dismantling yesterday even as the Conservative government tabled legislation designed to do just that. The bill would repeal the requirement for owners to register non-restricted long guns and put the onus on firearms retailers to record sales. The legislation follows the government's announcement last month of an immediate one-year amnesty so that owners of rifles... (GunPolicy.org)
Canada's Long-gun Registry is Ripe for Dismantling
Globe & Mail (Toronto), Editorial
Critics of the Conservatives' gun-registry bill claim the Tories are removing a central plank in the country's gun-control regime. In fact, they are removing a minor plank, and a rotten one at that. The long-gun registry is only one small part of Canada's wide-reaching system for controlling the use and ownership of firearms. If the long-gun registry is abolished as the Conservative government proposes, Canadians will still be required to register handguns, which... (GunPolicy.org)
Gun Registry Death Tabled: Canada's Conservatives Touch Off Hot Debate
Calgary Sun (Alberta)
OTTAWA — The Conservative government touched off a hot summer debate over long guns yesterday as it tabled promised legislation to scrap the registry. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day presented the bill to repeal the controversial program that has cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion over a decade. While all opposition parties officially oppose the move, Day said Tories are confident they can cobble up enough support from stray MPs to pass the bill. "All... (GunPolicy.org)
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Gun Lobby Bill Would Jail Police for Sharing Data on Illicit Gun Trafficking
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), Editorial
Some members of Congress are pushing to keep you in the dark about the sources of guns used in crimes. A bill would make such information hush-hush — even for your police department. It could learn about the origins of firearms involved in crimes it's investigating, but the bill would, incredibly, throw behind bars cops who shared that information with officers from other jurisdictions. Say shootings with the same mode of operation took place in West Allis and in... (GunPolicy.org)
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British Arms Makers Join Call for Global UN Gun Trade Treaty
Financial Times (UK)
LONDON — An unusual coalition of Britain's government, arms manufacturers and campaigning groups will call today for an international treaty to regulate arms sales. Their public expression of support for a treaty will follow a meeting today at the Foreign Office between Margaret Beckett, UK foreign secretary, and representatives of the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA) and campaigning groups including Oxfam and Amnesty International. The association has 625... (GunPolicy.org)
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South African Control Arms Campaign Calls for Curbs on Global Gun Trade
Business Day (Johannesburg)
With no comprehensive global standards to help governments regulate the arms export industry, global public opinion is building behind support for stronger international arms controls, says a survey by the Control Arms Campaign. The effect is that people around the world are supporting the call on governments to introduce global principles to regulate the transfer of weapons and ensure they do not end up in the hands of human rights abusers. The survey results were... (GunPolicy.org)
Good Riddance to Canada's 'Expensive, Useless' Long-gun Registry
National Post (Toronto), Editorial
At long last, the first legislative nails are being hammered into the gun registry's coffin. On Monday, Stockwell Day, the Public Safety Minister, introduced a bill in the House of Commons that would amend the Firearms Act and Criminal Code so that law-abiding Canadian hunters, farmers and sport shooters no longer have to register their "long guns" (rifles and shotguns). All handguns would still have to be registered, and all potential gun owners — even long-gun... (GunPolicy.org)
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American Sovereignty Threatened by United Nations Global Gun Ban
Navasota Examiner (Texas), Opinion
Acclaimed actor James Earl Jones summarized it best when he commented, "The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose." Although that concept seems quite clear to most Americans, the United Nations has failed to grasp its obviousness and is quickly moving towards a global gun ban. As Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National... (GunPolicy.org)
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UN Conference Should Review Progress Made on Arms Control
BuaNews (Tshwane)
JOHANNESBURG — A group of campaigners has called on government to introduce global principles regulating the transfer of weapons and the binding arms trade treaty. The Control Arms campaign is a joint-global initiative by Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms, which includes Gun Free South Africa, the Cease Fire Campaign and the Coalition for Peace in Africa. It aims to reduce arms proliferation, misuse and to... (GunPolicy.org)
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Q: Datadog regex parser rule not applied to logs I have written a regex rule in Grok parser to parse the log url paths. While it says the patterns matches in the sample section, but when checking the live tail i couldn't see the rules getting applied correctly. Please can you help on this.
regex used: parseurl %{regex("^([\/][\w\d\-\/]([a-z][\w\d\-][^\w\d\-\.]))|[\/]"):http.url_details.patternx}.
Sample log patterns: Input: /abcd/efgh?13224 Expected: /abcd/efgh
PS: Iam new to Datadog

A: Your example is JavaScript regex. There are many kinds of regex. Grok regex has a specific syntax; it won't work with arbitrary regex engines.
You need to use Grok syntax rather than JS or PCRE etc. This tool can help you build and test your expressions. https://grokconstructor.appspot.com/


Lay scores of still men, so strewn apart!
Whose martyrs are they, not worth a red cent!
And sign 'peace pacts', with a pious poison pen!
Who left silent sighs, amid, deafening aplombs!
Unsung, unknowns, Those Men With No Tombs!


Mythili Raman is a partner in our Washington, DC office who focuses on litigation and white collar defense and was most recently Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. For her work as head of the Criminal Division, Ms. Raman received the Edmund J. Randolph Award in 2014 for outstanding service, the highest award that the Attorney General can bestow. Additionally, in 2014, after she left the Justice Department, Ms. Raman received the Henry E. Petersen Memorial Award, the highest award given by the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, for making lasting contributions to the Criminal Division. Ms. Raman joined the Justice Department in 1996, where she served with distinction for nearly 18 years. Ms. Raman first served as a federal prosecutor both in the Criminal Division and at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland, where she did extensive trial and appellate work, trying approximately 25 jury trials and arguing several appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She later held a series of high-level leadership positions in the Criminal Division during the Bush and Obama administrations, including Acting Chief of Staff from 2008 to 2009, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2013, and Acting Assistant Attorney General from 2013 to 2014. Following law school, Ms. Raman served as a law clerk to Judge Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked in private practice before joining the Justice Department.


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Explosion in Cali Youth Gangs Fuels Drug Turf War in Colombia
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An official report highlights the startling explosion of youth gangs in the city of Cali, Colombia, feeding the conflict between rival criminal groups the Urabeños and the Rastrojos.
According to a report issued by the Cali Ombudsman's Office, the number of armed teenage gangs identified by the authorities rocketed from 10 in 1992 to 134 in 2012, a more than 13-fold increase. The last three years alone have seen 30 new groups spring up.
Over 2,000 adolescents are now involved in gangs, which commit some 13 percent of murders in the city. They are also involved in drug dealing (microtrafficking), car theft and burglary, and generate internal displacement within the city, as well as constant casual violence.
The report stated that of the 134 gangs, 66 are contracted by neo-paramilitary group the Urabeños or their drug cartel rivals the Rastrojos, who have been fighting a bitter turf war since the Urabeños first moved into the Valle del Cauca region in 2011.
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It should come as no surprise that the Urabeños and the Rastrojos are recruiting from the ranks of teenage gangs –- a time-tested method for large drug trafficking organizations in Colombia.
As the report notes, "The gangs serve as a source of cheap labor, easily accessible and, above all, disposable."
The gang members' status as minors, far from acting as a hindrance to recruitment, is actually a bonus for criminal groups, due to the difficulties of prosecuting and incarcerating minors, who in Colombia can only be sent to low-security detention centers and not prisons.
For the gang members, associating with powerful international criminal organizations is a badge of honor that elevates their status among their peers. Many of the youths are willing to take big risks in exchange, making them ideal for the sort of dangerous and violent tasks required by mafias embroiled in a turf war.
It is no coincidence the number of these gangs has rocketed in the era of large scale drug cartels in the city, beginning with the Cali Cartel, then the Norte del Valle Cartel, and now the feuding Rastrojos and Urabeños. The combination of poverty and lack of opportunities with the huge sums of money available from drug trafficking have created fertile terrain for organized crime, allowing criminal groups to use the city's youth as disposable soldiers.
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Edo Van Breemen
Edo grew up in Miami and Vancouver where he was mentored in classical and improvisational piano. While completing an environmental science degree in university he started two bands, ran a record label, and operated a small underground venue in Vancouver. This led to deeper forays into electronic composition and live improvisational performance. After a composing residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2008, Edo toured extensively with his band Brasstronaut and was introduced to film scoring through connections with a group of emerging directors. Moving to New York in 2011, he worked with a pool of recording musicans including Rafiq Bhatia, Nadia Sirota, Chris Wang, Alexander Overington, and other notable artists on a variety of film scores. Focus on a high level of studio production quality led to an interest in 3-dimensional sound installation work and spatial-sound research. Edo is currently an artist-in-residence at the 4D Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest, Hungary and developing a conceptual immersive sound-therapy programme for meditation and trauma recovery.
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At 8:15 on the morning of 6 August 1945, a 50-70 kg enriched-uranium bomb – the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT – known euphemistically as 'Little Boy' was dropped on the people of Hiroshima.
90,000 people were killed instantly, with 145,000 dead within months. It had obliterated 10 km2 on impact, with the shock wave seconds after destroying everything within a 4 km radius. Unfortunately 3 days later, at 11:02am on 9 August 1945, a 6.2 kg plutonium fission bomb known as 'Fat Man' – the equivalent of 21,000 tons TNT – was dropped on the people of Nagasaki. 40,000 were killed instantly, and 75,000 had died by 1946. This one had been detonated 500m above the city, obliterating 'only' 1 km.
The exact number of people who were slaughtered by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, both immediately after and in the months following, is difficult to determine. The Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-Exposed estimates that the population of Hiroshima at the time of the bombing was between 340,000 and 350,000. Of this total number, approximately 20,000 – less than 15 percent of the casualties – were military personnel. Nagasaki had an estimated population of 250,000 people at the time of the bombing. It was reported that only 150 of the casualties were Japanese military personnel.
The US Administration had wanted to test the limits of their new weapons, to play with its new deadly toys. It could have taken the advice of many scientists and advisers who were proposing a demonstration in an unpopulated area with representatives from various countries present, but instead wanted to test it in a real ?military? environment. Also, containing the USSR's influence after the war created a dilemma for the US in terms of how to end the war. If the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan as the Allies had planned, or if they were to broker the peace with Japan (as Japan had implored them to do), then Russia would have had a greater hold on post war Asia.
Today thermonuclear weapons are 100-1000 times more powerful. The 5 major nuclear powers currently have more than 20,000 nuclear warheads each in their arsenals. But this does not include a number of intact Russian nuclear warheads of indeterminate status – possibly as many as 10,000. Of the more than 30,000 intact warheads belonging to the world?s 8 nuclear weapon states, the vast majority (96 %) are in US or Russian stockpiles. About 17,500 of these warheads are considered operational. The rest are in reserve or retired and awaiting dismantlement. Since 1945, more than 128,000 nuclear warheads have been built worldwide – all but 2 % of them by the United States (55 %) and the Soviet Union or Russia (43 %).
American socialist James P. Cannon noted, "What a harvest of death capitalism has brought to the world! If the skulls of all of the victims could be brought together and piled into one pyramid, what a high mountain that would make. What a monument to the achievements of capitalism that would be, and how fitting a symbol of what capitalist imperialism really is." No final solution to that ultimate form of terrorism – nuclear annihilation – can be found while the stockpiles of WMDs lie in the hands of those elite that see prestige, power and profits as ?success? in life. Capitalism is a system based on death and misery, and only when we transcend a society that values human life as a commodity to be weighed, can we rid ourselves from the terror of a nuclear holocaust.


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Home Entertainment Mattress Mack Net Worth 2022: How Is Mattress Mack So Rich?
Mattress Mack Net Worth 2022: How Is Mattress Mack So Rich?
Entertainment Sinthya Aggarwal May 11, 2022
Mattress Mack is the owner of the Gallery Furniture Retail Chain in the United States. He has created films such as Sidekicks and appeared in various commercials. With two others, he co-authored the book Always Think Big. He is also an outspoken supporter of the tea party.
Mattress Mack Net Worth
Mack is supposedly worth $300 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He is the owner and operator of the Gallery Furniture franchise in Houston. Betting on sports is one of Mack's hobbies.
In reality, he has similar promotions running in his stores. According to the source, Mack has offered customers the opportunity to get their money back on their mattresses if the athlete or team on which they bet wins.
His company has also made a $200 million profit, according to the publication.
Mattress Mack Assets
Mattress – Home Mack is a well-known and accomplished American figure who is also one of the country's wealthiest businesses. Mack has a lot of real estate holdings, including his big Houston home. He also has homes in Starkville, Dallas, and Los Angeles, among other places.
Mattress Mack is an extremely wealthy and successful American businessman. He is a successful businessman who has made various achievements. Mack has a large and impressive collection of automobiles. He has a Rolls Royce, Bentley, Jaguar, Ferrari, and several more luxury vehicles.
Biography of Mattress Mack
Jim McIngvale, or James Franklin McIngvale, is a very successful and well-known name in America. Because of his occupation, he is also known as Mattress Mack. On February 11, 1951, James was born in Starkville, Mississippi, United States.
James Franklin McIngvale spent the majority of his childhood in Mississippi with his family. He moved to Texas after finishing high school and began attending university to further his education.
There, he met his wife, and they married. James currently has four children and six grandchildren with whom he is very happy. James' intelligence and charisma were always razor-sharp. He was a football player at his university, but he was always in business.
Early Years of Mattress Mack
James Franklin Mcingvale (Mattress Mack) was born in Starkville, Mississippi in February 1951 to George and Angela Mcingvale. He has five siblings: two brothers, George and Ralph, and three sisters, Mary, Julia, and Angela.
Surprisingly, he and his brother George were close before his untimely death in 2008. They had indeed been living together for a long time. George was a standout football player for the NCAA champion Texas Longhorns in 1969, starting at centre.
As a kid, Jim was a gifted athlete. Mcingvale played football at the University of North Texas in Denton after graduating from Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas.
The North Texas degree of Mcingvale is unknown. We do know that after college, he worked at a convenience shop and later at a furniture company.
Gallery Furniture has grown to become one of the most successful independent furniture stores in the country. At various times, its stores have had the highest sales per square foot of any store in the United States. The corporation generates $200 million in annual revenue, according to 2005 sources. In a 2015 update, annual revenue was anticipated to be over $150 million.
Mack married Linda McIngvale and had three children with her. Their eldest daughter Elizabeth was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was 12 years old. Several doctors told them that her illness was terminal and that there was nothing they could do.
He then took his 15-year-old daughter to the Menninger Clinic, where she was treated with ERP therapy. She made it through. She is currently works as an assistant professor in the Psychiatry Department of Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.
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Entrepreneurship and other endeavors
Mattress Mack's (Jim McIngvale) fast-paced and enthusiastic sales pitches are well-known. His sales pitches almost always end with a variation of his renowned tagline, "saves you money!"
McIngvale's distinctive sales spiel dates back to the early days of his Gallery Furniture company. His firm wasn't going well, so he put his last $10,000 into a television commercial that would air on two Houston stations. When the advertisement was being made, he didn't like what he saw. Dissatisfied, he improvised a sales pitch and talked quickly due to the short amount of time available. This fast-paced, on-point commercial was extremely successful, significantly increasing his sales.
Sidekicks, an action-comedy featuring Chuck Norris and Jonathan Brandis, was executive produced by Mattress and Linda (his wife) in 1992. After the film, Norris did some advertisements for Gallery Furniture.
Jim McIngvale spoke on W. Edwards Deming's influence on his business strategies at a British Deming Association annual meeting in 1999.
Mattress co-authored the book Always Think Big with Thomas Dunning and John Ivancevich in 2002. Mattress Mack's business career had its ups and downs, according to the book.
Making Money With Gallery Furniture
Mattress Mack is the proprietor of Gallery Furniture, Houston's largest furniture retailer. He started it in 1981 with $5000 in cash and a pickup truck. This business currently employs 210 people.
Gallery Furniture is a $30 million yearly revenue retail firm. The company's headquarters are in Houston, Texas. This private company employs 210 people.
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Alexandre Ananchenko (1967 ) es un político que se desempeñó como primer ministro de Donetsk de 2018 a 2022, cuando renunció a su cargo.

Biografía
Ananchenko nació en 1967 en Selydove, Donetsk, Ucrania. Tiene ciudadanía ucraniana y educación superior. Fue director de la sucursal de una empresa propiedad del oligarca Serhiy Kurchenko en la ciudad de Krivets ( Óblast de Kursk, Rusia),  así como su asesor.  Desde 2013 vive en el este de Ucrania, donde en 2014 colaboró con las fuerzas rusas que invadieron la región de Donbass . El 7 de septiembre de 2018, el jefe interino de la organización terrorista de la República Popular de Donetsk (RPD), Denis Pushilin, lo nombró viceprimer ministro.

En abril de 2022, en respuesta a la invasión rusa de Ucrania, Ananchenko se agregó a la lista de sanciones de la Unión Europea "en respuesta a la continua agresión militar rusa injustificada y no provocada contra Ucrania y otras acciones que dañan o amenazan la integridad territorial, la soberanía y la independencia de Ucrania".  El 8 de junio de 2022 renunció, lo que provocó la renuncia del gobierno de la RPD.

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Haven't done this for a while, but I've come across some very good stuff lately.
If you are interested in China, own any electronic gadgets (a computer for example) or live in the 21st century then you'd better listen to this.
Bit conflicted about this. On one hand "YES! FANTASTIC!", on the other hand I can see myself spending way too much time reading these.
Thanks for that. I am trying to folow you as much as I can.
Just to let you know, parcel arrived today – absolutely perfect, but a little slow to arrive. God bless Parcel Force.
Panto – 2nd performance tonight. It went pretty well last night. I hope to be even better tonight.


SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Pitney Meadows Community Farm invited guests to gather around the silo on Sunday for a public forum discussing the farm's future.
More than 100 local residents attended the Around the Silo: Community Forum event, held Sunday afternoon at the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs, not far from the farm's site at 223 West Ave. in Saratoga Springs.
This meeting was meant to create an open dialogue about the farm as it enters its third year and to collect feedback and input from community members.


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Q: echo [9876543210] displays 1 4 5 6 ... why? Please explain why 1 4 5 6 is displayed for the last four echo statements?  I hit this by accident once, but I am now curious as to why this behavior occurs.
These statements work as expected (for me).
$ echo [ 9876543210 ]
[ 9876543210 ]

$ echo [237890]
[237890]

These echo statements consistently display 1 4 5 6.  Is there something special about these numbers?
$ echo [9876543210]
1 4 5 6

$ echo [abcd9876543210ghi]
1 4 5 6

$ echo [-123456-]
1 4 5 6

$ echo [-7654321-]
1 4 5 6

Thanks!

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*The possible duplicate is related and helpful, but not a duplicate. The possible duplicate is from the perspective of an rm command. This question is from the perspective of a perceived "weird behavior" of an echo command. The underlying answer for both is globbing. Someone searching for issues with an echo command would not easily find the rm question, but would more likely land here.

A: The open bracket [ is a special character to the shell; it opens up a pattern matching algorithm that says "match any of the characters inside the brackets". Because you have 4 files named as: 1, 4, 5, and 6 in your current directory, when the characters inside the brackets contain any of those digits, your shell replaces the pattern-match with those filenames. When you instead use echo [ 9876543210 ] you are calling echo with 3 parameters: [, 9876543210, and ].
You should quote your echo statement's parameters to prevent the shell from seeing it as a pattern matching request.
$ echo '[9876543210]'
[9876543210]

(or remove the files named 1, 4, 5, and 6 -- but that's a workaround to demonstrate the behavior, not a fix).


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The 10 Best Things to Do in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a must-see city! Set against a backdrop of a cobalt blue sea, the old town walls have protected its architectural treasures in a pretty package for centuries. Once visiting this gem on the Adriatic coast, you'll promise to return again.
Stradun
Paved in limestone that shimmers like water in the sunlight, the pedestrian street from the 11th century runs through the heart of the old town and is popular day and night.
Dubrovnik Cathedral
Dedicated to St. Blaise, today's 18th-century Baroque structure stands on the site of previous cathedrals. A gold-plated arm, leg and skull of the saint are in the treasury.
Photo: Matt Zimmerman@Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Dubrovnik Synagogue
Located on Ulica Žudioska (Jewish Street), it's the world's oldest Sephardic synagogue still in use and dates to 1408. It's also the second oldest in Europe, the one in Prague is the oldest.
City Walls of Dubrovnik
The construction of the wall to encircle the city started in the 9th century. It underwent further enhancements, including the addition of 15 forts, in the 15th century.
Lovrijenac
Built upon a rock 121 feet above the sea, the fort dates to the early 14th century. The inscription over the entrance reads: Freedom is not sold for all the gold in the world.
Photo: Kate@Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Mt. Srđ
For a stunning view of Dubrovnik's waves of terracotta rooftops punctuating an endless, azure blue sea, take the cable car up to this mountain top rising over 1300 feet.
Trsteno Arboetum
The lush botanical park in the town of Trsteno boasts a Renaissance residence, Neptune Fountain, and aqueduct. The two Oriental Plane trees at the entrance are 500 years old.
Koločep
Also known as Kalamota Island, this tranquil spot is a quick trip from Dubrovnik. Enjoy a dip in the crystal clear waters or a paddle by kayak through the Blue Cave.
With boat service every 30 minutes from Dubrovnik, the island is a great getaway for the day. There are hiking trails, plenty of peacocks wandering around and places that serve lunch.
The island is famous for its white wines and some say the birthplace of Marco Polo. Blessed with great architecture and history - the town of Korčula will certainly enchant you.
Planning Your Dubrovnik Visit
How many days to spend in Dubrovnik?
You can see the major attractions within the walled city in two full days, but consider Dubrovnik as a base to explore the surrounding area on some day-trips. This option also allows you to enjoy spending more time in the old town in the evening.
You'll only need your own two feet when visiting the attractions in the old town. At first it may seem like a complex maze to navigate, but it's fun to explore. You'll find one side of the Stradun is flat, while the other side is steep in parts. Buses 1A, 1B and 1C run regularly between the old town and the main bus station.
Where to stay in Dubrovnik
Staying within the old town is an ideal place to be, but suggested areas outside the city walls include Lapad and Ploce, the later being a bit hilly with nice views over historical Dubrovnik.
Croatian Kuna (kn)
The cruise ships and 'Game of Thrones' fans flood the city from May to August. Its best to visit during the late Spring when you can wander the city freely and the weather warm but not yet at peak heat. Keep in mind the boats to the islands are infrequent during the off-season.
Things to Do in Dubrovnik
8Culture & History
1Konavle Valley
2Dubrovnik Old Town
3Lokrum
4Lovrijenac
5Walls of Dubrovnik
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What people are saying about Dubrovnik
Adam is the secret highlight of the tour
We had the pleasure of seeing Mostar and Kravica Waterfalls via Laus Tours. The pick up was uncomplicated and well communicated and the minivan was just big enough to allow for the group to get to know each other. There was plenty of time in both places to roam around and see all your heart desired. The highlight of the tour however was our guide Adam. God knows how he comes up with his jokes but he made the whole bus belly laugh throughout. No matter what topic you throw at him, he'll have something to say about it - and it's always well researched. A walking encyclopaedia/stand up comedian, we would take any tour anywhere as long as it's led by this little legend. Highly recommended!
From Dubrovnik: Mostar and Kravice Waterfalls Full-Day Tour Reviewed by Anonymous, 09/10/2019
Great tour with engaging guide. Loved the reference photos too!
I really enjoyed our tour with Joseph. He had a lot of fun information on the show and tried to steer our group so that we'd avoid the crowds. It was nice that he also had a book of photos of scenes from the show so you could see the locations in context on the show. I also liked that he'd throw in some history on Dubrovnik as well, so we learned a little bit more about each spot. Overall a great experience! We did this tour in the afternoon in October, so I'd recommend bringing sunglasses and wear some sunscreen since a lot of the spots were in direct line of the sun at that time. Also, there are a few stairs on this tour, but that's just how Old Town is set up :-)
Dubrovnik: 'Game of Thrones' Tour with Outer Wall Ticket Reviewed by Lauren, 14/10/2019
Great tour of Dubrovnik, inc info for GoT
Great tour of Dubrovnik including lots of information on the filming and locations of Game of thrones. Our guide was Josiph who was very informative and enjoyed teaching us about the Game of Thrones information. He didn't rush the tour and there were just enough people to make sure it ran smoothly. To begin with there were too many people and they split us into groups of 2. Was a good time of day to do the tour at 11am, bit can imagine it would be too hot in the summer months to so it at this time. Had a great day and would definitely recommend this tour.
Dubrovnik: 2-Hour Game of Thrones Tour Reviewed by Michelle, 15/10/2019
An excellent tour with a wonderful guide
A perfect start to our short break. We were shown all the main city sights and given a detailed, often humorous, history of the town. Marco, our guide, was a star - relaxed, funny, very knowledgable and personable. He interacted so well with everything in the group-young and not so young! The supplied headset meant that you could hear clearly everything being described. A highly recommended tour for all ages
Dubrovnik: 1.5-Hour Old Town Guided Walking Tour Reviewed by Eric, 22/10/2019
A great day out and great value for money.
The pick up was initially a bit confusing but after this, the trip came in to its own. Free flowing drink (soft and alcoholic) with a simple but delicious lunch all served by the crew who were great and very friendly. A great day out visiting three of the islands with plenty of time to explore and enjoy the facilities of each.
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Following a multi-agency pitch, Carat India has won the integrated media mandate of Pfizer Magnum business division. The agency has rolled a pan India campaign for the company's brand Gelusil. This campaign is endorsed by Javed Jafri and will be seen across all media formats.
"We are delighted to handle a portfolio of heritage brands such as Gelusil and Becosules that will push us to take the brand conversations to the next level through innovative path breaking approaches both traditionally and digitally. Our vision is to redefine media strategy to deliver gold-standard approach when it comes to the clients' businesses through media and communications. This is a tremendous opportunity for us to leverage our strengths in consumer insights through our proprietary tool CCS to deliver cutting edge integrated media strategy in a digitally convergent world," added Himanka Das, senior vice president – West, Carat India.


Thanks! I need a food stylist. And one of those squeeze bottles of raspberry sauce. And white plates.
But the main thing was, damn, that vanilla ice cream tasted good. It's a good thing it's a huge hassle to make, or I'd be doomed.


A brutal mano-a-mano race in Arkansas' Second District has become a showdown between Sarah Palin's banner carrier Griffin (funded by SarahPAC) and Democrat Joyce Elliott who has drawn homeboy Bill Clinton back to Little Rock.
Here's how caging à la Griffin works: In 2004, Griffin and the Bush re-election committee sent letters to Democratic voters marked "do not forward." Griffin seemed especially interested in sending notes to active duty soldiers sent overseas, especially soldiers of color. When the letters to the servicemen were returned to the RNC as "undeliverable," the Bush crew would then challenge the soldiers' absentee ballots as fraudulent. In other words: Go to Iraq, lose your vote. Mission Accomplished.
This past Monday, the local NBC TV affiliate's news anchor, Melissa Simas, confronted Griffin on air about his using caging to challenge the votes of Black soldiers on active duty overseas. Griffin, pathetically, tried to paint his "Tim Crow" operation as patriotic.
Well, at least this time, he didn't cry.
In June 2007, our BBC Newsnight team disclosed that US Federal Prosecutor David Iglesias was fired because, he told us, the Griffin/Rove/Bush crew wanted him to arrest innocent people for voting fraud. He refused and he was fired. Seven other prosecutors, most of them Republicans, were also dismissed for failure to pursue phony "voter fraud" investigations which would justify the RNC's "caging" operation.
Griffin and the Bush White House, says David Iglesias, justified caging by claiming that aliens and people with improbable names were registering to vote.
One of these resistant prosecutors who chose integrity over politics, Bud Cummins of Little Rock, was replaced with Griffin himself.
The day after BBC broadcast our exposé, Tim Griffin resigned as US prosecutor, literally in tears, blaming "that British reporter" for his downfall. Mr. Griffin, I'm not British, I'm as American as apple pie and post-imperial warfare.
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to get ahead of Dim Griffin.
The RNC's caging lists targeted Blacks, Hispanics, the poor of all shades and Florida's Jewish voters (the Elderly of Zion!), not out of prejudice against this demographic's skin color or religion but a distaste for the color of their vote, Democratic blue.
NBC's Simas closed by reading from a judge's injunction ordering the Republican National Committee to end systematic racially-targeted voter challenges.
Notably, the order was issued before Griffin sent out his list. As attorney Kennedy pointed out, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, promoted by RFK's father, made biased and bogus ballot challenges a federal crime, a breaking-rocks-on-the-chain-gang crime.
A week from Tuesday, the voters of Little Rock will decide if Griffin deserves to go to Washington or the lock-up at Bentonville. Stay tuned.
This is Greg Palast, reporting for Buzzflash, Truthout and you.