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But what do you have to say about…THIS!?
Categories: MLB
Tags: I'm 21 occifer
For a good majority of this week, the focus of my conversations with BabyJ has been the ridiculousness of the NBA MVP coverage. It's come up a scary number of times.
Today, a major media outlet (that we enjoy greatly) gave its take on the shitstorm.
We battled the depression with Onion clips like this and this.
I would say everyone's pretty used to critiques on the media. But in one week, it couldn't get any worse, right?
Holy. Christ.
This is ESPN's new investigatory journalism?
A sick twist of Candid Camera, 60 Minutes and everything on Telemundo?
At least it involved some serious discussion first (sarcasm included free).
I imagine the "roundtable discussion" they frequently show on the program went something like this:
Main douchy reporter: OK guys, I've spent the last 14 years getting the Dominican authorities to release this document. I've done some things we must never speak of…Anyway, so we get Miguel Tejada to come into this fake interview. We'll chat about — oh I don't know — his background or something to distract him. Then BAM — I bust out this! (pulls out birth certificate)
Subsequent douchy reporters: Excellent!…Super!…Pulitzer, here we come!…
Why is this news? So he lied about his age. He was poor kid coming to a new country, I'm sure no one in a similar situation would ever think of doing such a thing.
Plus, he's 2 freakin' years older. 2! It's not like he's 50.
It appears your local Channel 5 "gotcha!" brand of journalism has spread to the Leader.
What in the name of Anal Fissure is going on out there!?!?
By BabyJ 3 Comments
Categories: anal fissure, Felix Pie, Kaz Matsui, MLB and twisted testicles
First was the Cubs' outfielder Felix Pie suffering what the docs like to call the ol' "Teste Tornado" on Monday. Or, as reporters call it in their illusion of not prying while prying: testicular torsion. Yup, that's one complimentary ball diagram. From me to you, with love.
[Side story: I actually know of a guy that had this happen to him in high school. After a few days he was perfectly fine in a physical sense. But after earning the knick-name "Timmy Tangles," you could argue he never fully recovered.]
Then, just one day later, we get news from down South (sorry, had to) that Astros' second baseman Kaz Matsui will miss some time due to an injury that, literally, sounds painful. Anal fissure. Just say it out loud to yourself, "Anal. Fissure." Eeesh. (Hope nobody just heard you say that)
Now, a twisted nut seems to occur more often among people involved in a lot of physical activity. But looking at the list of causes for anal fissure, all I can think of comparing this to is what the kids on the street refer to as, "Blowing your O ring." (Not to be confused with "Showing your O face") This injury seems all the more freakishly random, unless Matsui has been on a steady diet of thumbtacks and sand paper.
Me, I blame steroids — or the lack-there-of. By denying our baseball players their God-given right to enhance their performance, we now have outfielders whose testicals are no longer shrunken down to an un-twistable size and infielders who don't even have the strength to push out a poop without landing on the DL.
Bud Selig, I hope you're happy.
I swear I didn't do it, Mom… I mean, Mitchell
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Categories: Excuses, MLB and Steroids
I never thought I'd be able to relate to a Major League Baseball player. That was, until I heard Fernando Vina recreate the same speech I gave to my parents when they found pot in my duffle bag.
"Oh no mom, I've never done anything more than a little weed" … "I pretty much just try some when it's around at a party" … "I was carrying that for a friend" … "Somebody just told me it could help my creativity, you know, help me get a better grade in art class" … " Bottom line. It was stupid. I'm embarrassed now, and it didn't help, either."
OK, so that last one was literally right out of Vina's statement, but you can see the point I'm getting at here. All these steroid shenanigans are just childish. All we've really accomplished is managing to revert a bunch of washed up millionaires into pimple-faced teens, tripping over their words for some semblance of an excuse.
These guys are all putting makeup on pigs at this point. No matter how pretty and innocent they try to cast themselves, they still cheated. I would love for just one of these guys, just one, to come out and say, "You know what, I did it. HGH, steroids, everything that the report says is true and that shouldn't surprise you one bit. These drugs were everywhere when I was playing, and anybody in the league could point you in the direction to get some. So when I felt backed into a corner, I did all I could to protect my future, and that led me to cheating. I'm sorry, but that's what happened."
And the funny thing is, while the media circus would come to town for all of a day, after that, it would pretty much be over for that player. No more prying questions, no more following him and his kid to school. Cuz that's the thing about the media: Once they get what they want, they usually move on.
Instead, we have the guys who have already proved themselves as the most selfish in the sport once, continuing to put themselves and their "image" first. I'm sorry Fernando, but hardly anybody remembers you. You have no image to maintain.
You know who I would rather hear from? All the guys from the Triple-A teams in Texas, Baltimore, New York, and all these other teams riddled with juiced up starters. Those are the guys who never got to live their dream because some melon-headed outfielder cheated his way onto the squad. Those are the guys who lived in apartments when their counterparts had cribs. Those are the real losers in this entire ordeal. Not the fans, not the record books and certainly not the "integrity of the game."
No news is good news?
Categories: Joe Torre, Journalism, journalistic integrity, MLB and New York Times
As I write this, ESPN is reporting that Joe Torre has turned down a $5 million, 1-year deal to remain with the Yankees. However, they keep saying "apparently," so Andy Katz might be on the story.
Either way, thank God this Torre news nightmare is over. What is happening lately with non-news stories being completely over-covered?
First we have Kobe demanding a trade, then not demanding a trade. The next day, Kobe is cleaning out his locker!! Oh wait, sorry, he's just cleaning up his locker.
Then this Joe Torre nonsense started.
Will he come back? Will he leave? Oh my God, I can't sleep until someone hypothesizes!!!
Earlier this week, the SportsNation poll question on espn.com was, "Who should the Yankees keep, Joe Torre or Alex Rodriguez?"
What's that? You didn't know the rule that says a team can only keep either its manager or star player when both are up for contract renewal? You need to read more Baseball Prospectus.
Long ago, in journalism school, I was taught that stories are to be chosen based on how newsworthy they are. I couldn't even tell you what criteria the above stories passed. But, either way, I thought I could always fall back on the sports section of the beacon of spectacular journalism that is the New York Times. Until I saw the following headline.
"The only Yankee News Is That There is Still No News"
Honestly NYT? You've violated Rule 1 of the profession and we haven't even gotten to the lead.
If I'm a reader, who knows nothing about the Yankees, baseball or sports, why would I read this story? Because it contains no news? How do you even write a 16-graph story that contains no news? More rhetorical questions!!
Suddenly, Klosterman's suggestions aren't looking so drastic.
Dispatch from the Windy City
Categories: Chicago Cubs, Curses, Goats, MLB and Playoffs
This wasn't originally going to be a Cubs post, even though I write from the heart of the mayhem.
But it's all just too much, I couldn't take it anymore.
It all started this morning about 5:45 with SportsCenter. Hoping to just hear the best from excited Cubs fans on this the first day of the playoffs, I was greeted with something awful. The anchor (who will remain anonymous) said to lead off the show:
"Winning the Series would be both good and bad in the eyes of Cubs' fans. They would break the team's curse but lose the title of 'Lovable Losers."
If there is a team out there (ANYWHERE) whose fans DON'T want them to win so they can keep the image of losers, please kill me now. Also, since when does said anchor speak for all of Cubdome?
And that got me thinking…
Lots of people (throw me in there) stereotype your everyday Cubs' fan as either 1.) a sorority girl in her pink Soriano jersey or 2.) an East-Coast frat boy with Jimmy Clausen's hair who bought all the "Welcome to the gun show" shirts from Urban Outfitters.
But, since I've moved to Chicago, I haven't met a single fan that fits that description (except when I actually went to Wrigley for a game).
Most are loyal (to say the least) Cubby fans. They have one goal, to see their team win the World Series. Something, you may have heard, they haven't done a very good job of lately.
And awhile later, while pondering these deep thoughts, I came across this (non)story in the New York Times.
Steve Bartman still isn't talking to the media? OMG! Please write about it and include lots of questions with no answers and plenty of references to phones being hung up upon answer:
But does he still hold his old job and still live with his parents in this suburb northwest of Chicago, about 16 miles from Wrigley? 'I know the answer to that question,' Zillmer said.
Another phone call, to a neighbor of Bartman's parents, resulted in a phone receiver being quickly hung up . . . Two visits to the family home in a three-day period yielded no Bartman sightings and no answer to a knock on the door.
Double check.
They just won't drop it.
So for God's sake, Cubs, win the World Series. Win and away go the stereotypes of your fans and the stories about your ugly past which aren't fun to read anymore. Away go taunts from your cross town "rivals" and their fans. Away goes everything…but your loyal fanbase.
Milton Bradley will not be bullied by your umpires
Categories: Board games, Milton Bradley and MLB
So, this really needs to be discussed, even though it's not that fresh.
Milton Bradley tore his ACL while being restrained during an argument with a umpire in Sunday night's game against the Rockies.
Typical Milton, you say?
Not so fast. If you watch the video, which I'm assuming you already have, Milton doesn't appear to say much after reaching first base. Then, jawing with the ump starts. And soon, Milton goes after him.
Milton's side of the story goes like this: Home plate ump asks Milton if he threw his bat at him. Milton says you must be trippin', who told you that? Home plate ump says first base ump. Milton confronts first base ump about untrue accusation, first base ump confirms it then calls Milton a piece of something. Hilarity ensues.
If you watch Milton's explanation though, it's not really that funny. It does seem like the umpire was targeting him because he is, well, Milton Bradley. And, as crazy as he has been, Bradley's analogy to the Tim Duncan situation is rather spot-on.
If Joey Crawford can be suspended for picking on Duncan, this ump should most certainly be suspended for singling out Bradley.
Don't get me wrong, Bradley's injury was half a result of him going bat-shit crazy on the ump, and half a result of the egging on of the ump (who shall remain nameless). But, how can this ump walk away with no punishment? Bradley's season is definitely over, and with it may go the Padres playoff chances.
Wow, a two-video post.


Our city is on the rise, and Seattle's planned projects continue the strategy of smart growth.
Space for Meetings and Plenty of Hotel Rooms, too.
Additional convention center facility to double current footprint, and adjacent 1,260-room Hyatt Regency Seattle.
$1.9B invested to accommodate ever-growing volume of passengers, including new, larger international arrivals facility and expanded North Satellite Terminal.
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GoldSim is dynamic, probabilistic simulation software developed by GoldSim Technology Group.
This general-purpose simulator is a hybrid of several simulation approaches, combining an extension of system dynamics with some aspects of discrete event simulation, and embedding the dynamic simulation engine within a Monte Carlo simulation framework.

While it is a general-purpose simulator, GoldSim has been most extensively used for environmental and engineering risk analysis, with applications in the areas of water resource management
, mining
, radioactive waste management
, geological carbon sequestration
, aerospace mission risk analysis

 and energy.

History

In 1990, Golder Associates, an international engineering consulting firm, was asked by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to develop probabilistic simulation software that could be used to help with decision support and management within the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. The results of this effort were two DOS-based programs (RIP and STRIP), which were used to support radioactive waste management projects within the DOE.

In 1996, in an effort funded by Golder Associates, the US DOE, the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (currently the Japan Atomic Energy Agency) and the Spanish National Radioactive Waste Company (ENRESA), the capabilities of RIP and STRIP were incorporated into a general purpose Windows-based simulator called GoldSim. Subsequent funding was also provided by NASA.

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GoldSim provides a visual and hierarchical modeling environment, which allows users to construct models by adding "elements" (model objects) that represent data, equations, processes or events, and linking them together into graphical representations that resemble influence diagrams. Influence arrows are automatically drawn as elements are referenced by other elements. Complex systems can be translated into hierarchical GoldSim models by creating layer of "containers" (or sub-models). Visual representations and hierarchical structures help users to build very large, complex models that can still be explained to interested stakeholders (e.g., government regulators, elected officials, and the public).

Though it is primarily a continuous simulator, GoldSim has a number of features typically associated with discrete simulators.  By combining these two simulation methods, systems that are best represented using both continuous and discrete dynamics can often be more accurately simulated.  Examples include tracking the quantity of water in a reservoir that is subject to both continuous inflows and outflows, as well as sudden storm events; and tracking the quantity of fuel in a space vehicle as it is subjected to random perturbations (e.g., component failures, extreme environmental conditions).

Because the software was originally developed for complex environmental applications, in which many inputs are uncertain and/or stochastic, in addition to being a dynamic simulator, GoldSim is a Monte Carlo simulator, such that inputs can be defined as distributions and the entire system simulated a large number of times to provide probabilistic outputs.  As such, the software incorporates a number of computational features to facilitate probabilistic simulation of complex systems, including tools for generating and correlating stochastic time series, advanced sampling capabilities (including latin hypercube sampling, nested Monte Carlo analysis, and importance sampling), and support for distributed processing.

See also
Computer Simulation
Monte Carlo Simulation
List of computer simulation software

References

External links

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The Showcase w/ Melissa Leanza & Andy Metz
Music For Everyone Presents The Showcase w/ Stephen Patterson	The Showcase w/ Melissa Leanza & Andy Metz
The Showcase is back!
Sep 21, 7:30pm
24 East King St Lancaster, PA 17602
September 21, 2016 · 7:30pm
$5 cover
The Showcase w/ Melissa Leanza featuring Andy Metz
Tellus 360 and Music For Everyone are preparing to launch Showcase 2016, season three of the popular singer-songwriter series curated by local songwriter Stephen Patterson.
The 2015 season concluded in October with the sold-out Grand Finale show in which 4 artists from the previous 9 shows each had 15 minutes to convince the audience to give them their vote for Singer-Songwriter of the Year. Mindy Nolt walked away with 2015's top honors and the $800 Grand Prize.
Throughout the year we will present 9 new headliners who will compete for a spot in the Grand Finale in October. Shows are in The Temple at 7:30 PM, 3rd Wednesday of each month."
Our September featured artist is Melissa Leanza. The opener for this evening is Andy Metz.
Melissa Leanza
From early on I realized that the creative expression of my self through music soothed my soul. It has only been recently that I found this expression to be enjoyed by others. These songs are about the life of the heart. I am honored to be able to share them through the Singer- Songwriter Showcase.
Andy Metz
Andy Metz has been playing in and out of musical ventures in Lancaster for the past 17 years. Currently he is part of a quintet called Hiding Scarlet. Utilizing his songwriting skills to support the violin fused alternative rock outfit, his songs are reflections of life experiences in regards to literary interests, love, and fatherhood to name a few. Hiding Scarlet is preparing material that will become a recorded album by the end of 2016.


50 million Americans have chronic pain. Advances in research and development have greatly enhanced the ability to treat both acute and chronic pain. However, while the number of treatment options - including antidepressants, anticonvulsants, opioids, nonopioid analgesics, and local anesthetics - for such conditions as neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, low back pain, soft tissue injuries and arthritic conditions has expanded, many patients, particularly those with persistent pain, continue to experience inadequate pain relief and/or intolerable adverse effects. Topical agents, used alone or in combination with other therapies, are proving to be both safe and effective in reducing pain and improving function. Jana Sawynok, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, stated that currently, topical administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and other medications is being used to treat a variety of clinical conditions. Scientific evidence indicates that topical analgesics create an efficacious option for adjuvant drug therapy, with minimal risk of significant systemic absorption and drug-drug interactions.


Apparently, there are many claims to the origin of the hamburger but the most popular one is the one from Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. I read on Travel Channel that the creation of hamburger was pure accident which is no surprise. After all, necessity is the mother of invention. "Legend has it that the hamburger was invented at Louis' Lunch, back in 1895. One day, restaurant owner Louis Lassen was thinking of ways to use up some leftover beef trimmings. As he was passing the meat through the grinder, a hungry customer popped in wanting something to eat on the run. Louis thought quickly, broiled the meat he grounded and placed the meat between 2 pieces of toast — the first hamburger was born!" I think it makes sense. Louis Lassen was a Danish immigrant and who knows, maybe his parents were German from Hamburg and thus the name Hamburger!
Regardless of who created it or why it's called "hamburger", personally, I think it is one of the best inventions of all. Ok, I might be a little bias because of my love for a good burger, but what's not to love! It's simple and can be made in so many different varieties.
As a part of my hamburger history research and to celebrate my findings with a good friend, it was just natural to make it the way it was made the first time. Well, close to the way it was made the first time.
Here's my version with ground turkey, sliced bread, caramelized onions and garlic, and Asian cabbage.
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Metal Mariachi Masters METALACHI Announce Spring 2019 Tour Dates
Tour Begins May 24 in Amarillo, TX | Buy Tickets via www.metalachi.com/upcoming-events
New Album, Tres, Out Now | Available via Digital Platforms & www.metalachi.com
METALACHI – the world's first and only heavy metal mariachi band – have announced several spring tour dates, beginning May 24! The band will perform in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico, wrapping up on June 16. Before then, the band will perform six one-off shows, the first four of which act as METALACHI's very in-demand "Cinco De Mayo" dates.
METALACHI was personally invited by comedian George Lopez to perform at the first show, Vee Quiva Hotel on May 2, as part of the grand opening of his Chingon Kitchen at the same location. See below for all currently confirmed dates. Visit www.metalachi.com/upcoming-events for more information and links to purchase tickets.
In a band statement, METALACHI says, "2019 is quickly shaping up to be our biggest year ever and we can't wait to show everyone what we have in store for them this May and June."
METALACHI Spring 2019 Dates:Cinco De Mayo one-offs:
5/2 – Phoenix, AZ @ Vee Quiva Hotel and Casino (Dos De Mayo)
5/3 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar and Grill (Tres De Mayo)
5/4 – Loveland, CO @ Thunder Mountain Amphitheater (Cuatro De Mayo)
5/5 – Suquamish, WA @ Suquamish Clearwater Casino (Cinco De Mayo)
Additional one-offs:
5/17 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Anaheim
5/19 – Oxnard, CA @ California Strawberry Festival
Full tour begins:
5/24 – Amarillo, TX @ Starlight Ranch Event Center
5/25 – Wichita, KS @ Nortons Brewing Company
5/26 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
5/29 – The Colony, TX @ Lava Cantina
5/30 – Roanoke, TX @ Chop Shop Live
5/31 – New Braunfels, TX @ Billy's Icehouse
6/1 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Brewster Street Icehouse
6/2 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
6/5 – Austin, TX @ Antone's
6/7 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
6/8 – Fort Worth, TX @ Lola's Trailer Park and Saloon
6/9 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
6/12 – Denton, TX @ Andy's Bar
6/13 – Lubbock, TX @ Cactus Theater
6/14 – Las Cruces, NM @ Rio Grande Theatre
6/15 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
6/16 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
METALACHI is touring in support of their most recent full-length album, 2018's Tres. The album is available via all major digital platforms and www.metalachi.com, and features covers of songs originally performed by artists such as Judas Priest, Dio, Journey, Guns N' Roses and more!
The album features METALACHI's popular cover of the Queenclassic, "Bohemian Rhapsody". The music video, which features a cameo by comedian Felipe Esparza and was directed by Michael Estrella, can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/ISIlsp3LIDk
Hailing from Hollywood, CA via Juarez, Mexico, METALACHI is a musical/comedy stage show that somehow seamlessly blends the world of Spinal Tap and Cheech & Chong into an over-the-top stage spectacle. The band is comprised of a five-piece ensemble of classically trained mariachi musician siblings, that have been fused together with the power of heavy metal. Fans can expect an unlikely meshing of metal classics from artist such as Metallica, Slayer, Ozzy Osbourne and more with traditional mariachi standards from the likes of Vicente Fernandez and Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan… all played with traditional mariachi instrumentation but with a stage show that strays far from traditional!
METALACHI takes their cues from outrageous stage shows like KISS, GWAR and Rob Zombie with outrageous costumes, stage production, personas and onstage antics. The band features Vega De La Rockha on vocals, Queen Kyla Vera on violin, Kiko Cane on guitarron, Paco Halen on guitar, El Cucuy on trumpet and is managed by mysterious impresario Warren Moscow.
METALACHI has garnered worldwide acclaim for their unique brand of raucous humor and innovative musical mastery, quickly amassing a loyal and diverse fan base of music lovers in addition to gaining praise from music royalty such as Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Hellyeah), Eric Wilson (Sublime), M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold), Billy Idol, and Howard Stern along the way (fun fact – for the past five years, Sublime has used METALACHI's debut album Uno to time their set changes, blasting the entire album over the PA at their live shows).
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Book Review "The Avengers Storybook Collection"
Age Range: 6 – 8 years
Grade Level: 1 – 3
Series: Storybook Collection
Publisher: Marvel Press
Our Score: 5 out of 5 stars
I wish I had a book like this when I was a kid. "The Avengers Storybook Collection" is a must have for any parent with young boys or even young fan girls for that matter! There is nothing like getting ready a story filled with heroism, adventure and action just before going to slip. These stories are fun, exciting and feature some of our favorite Marvel superheroes. Even though, my daughter is a little young for this one, she still loves it and already came name every character on the cover!
Official Premise: Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Falcon are Earth's Mightiest Marvels-the Avengers! Join them as they work together to battle against sinister Super Villains such as Ultron, Thanos, the Masters of Evil,and more, to keep the Earth safe. Featuring 20 explosive stories of good vs. evil. Avengers assemble!
Let's hope that this Storybook Collection is the first of many. There are literally an infinite collection of characters that they can include in future collections. This one has 20 stories included with all of the favorites like Iron Man and Captain America but I would love to be able to introduce my daughter to some of the lesser known characters as well. They could even do a female superhero only book OOHHHH OOHHHH or even better a villains only book. Who wouldn't want to read a new story featuring everyone's favorite Avenger villain, Loki! Fingers crossed!
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DVD Review "Masters of Sex: Season One"
Starring: Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Bobby Campo, Caitlin FitzGerald, Beau Bridges, Nicholas D'Agosto
Directors: John Madden, Michael Apted
Rated: TV-MA
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: June 24, 2014
Series: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Extras: 3 out of 5 stars
"Masters of Sex" is based on Thomas Maier's biography "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love". The Showtime Original Series aired its first season last year, which consisted of 12 episodes. This is a smart, clever, sexy and very fun show. Showtime has renewed "Masters of Sex" for a second season, which will premiere on July 13th, so keep an eye out for more of this great show.
Official Premise: Based on the book by Thomas Maier, Masters of Sex stars Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominee Michael Sheen and acclaimed actress Lizzy Caplan, who portray the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The series chronicles the unusual lives, romance and pop culture trajectory of Masters and Johnson and the effect their research had on the family and colleagues around them. Their study ignited a sexual revolution and took them from a Midwestern teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine.
The show perfectly cast the amazing Michael Sheen ("TRON Legacy") as Dr. William H. Masters and Lizzy Caplan ("True Blood") as Dr. Virginia E. Johnson. These two have great chemistry together and really deliver some amazing performances. Co-starring alongside them are Nicholas D'Agosto ("Final Destination 5") as Dr. Ethan Haas, Beau Bridges ("The Descendants") as Provost Barton Scully and Allison Janney ("Finding Nemo") as Margaret Scully.
The DVD includes the following special features, an audio commentary with Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears, Michelle Ashford & Sarah Timberman on the show's pilot episode. "Making Masters of Sex" is a behind-the-scenes look of the series. "A Masterful Portrayal: Michael Sheen as Dr. Masters" is a feature on the beloved actor and his taking on the role. "Ahead of Her Time: Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson" is a the same thing for the lead actress. Lastly there are deleted scenes included.
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Robert Trachtenberg talks about working on American Masters' "Mel Brooks: Make A Noise"
Robert Trachtenberg is the Writer, director, producer and editor on the latest American Masters special "Mel Brooks: Make A Noise". Robert has made several films for "American Masters" including specials on Cary Grant, Gene Kelly & George Cukor. He is a bestselling author ("When I Knew") and award-winning photographer. Media Mikes had a chance to chat with Robert about his work with Mel Brooks and his love for photography.
Mike Gencarelli: How did you end up working on "Mel Brooks: Make A Noise" for American Masters?
Robert Trachtenberg: Susan Lacy, who is executive producer of the series, had secured Mel. She thought my sense of humor would pair up nicely with his, so she called and asked ifI'd like to direct the film.
MG: What is it like working with a legend like Mel Brooks?
RT: The old saying, "comedy is serious business" is true: he's very professional, actually very "Old Hollywood" in the way he runs things. We'd meet once a month, film for as long as he could stand, and then do it again the following month.
MG: How much footage was shot to make up this 1 1/2 hour special?
RT: We shot about thirty hours of interviews just with Mel alone over a four month period.
What is your favorite Mel Brooks film?
RT: Probably YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – I think it's the most fully realized of all his films.
MG: How long did it take to get that excellent shot of Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks?
RT: They gave me ten minutes! Guys who cut their teeth in live television have zero patience for an entire shoot – they expect everything to happen fast.
MG: How does this compare from your American Masters specials for Gene Kelly and Cary Grant?
RT: This time my subject was alive so that made a big difference. It's impossible to compare in that Mel required a completely different approach – I knew if I asked the questions correctly, I wouldn't need to rely on critics and academics in the interviews, for example. I really wanted Mel to tell his own story, firsthand. If I did my job right, he would be honest and candid about what worked and what didn't in his career.
MG: I am a big fan of your photography; what does it take to get the perfect shot?
RT: I think the ability to work on your feet – you go in with one idea, and then it can quickly morph into something completely different due to a variety of factors. And you have to be malleable to that.
MG: I have to ask what was it like photographing Larry Hagman?
RT: Perfect example – for some reason I thought he'd be serious, and he couldn't have been more of a lovable goofball.
MG: Do you have plans to write and direct more in the future?
RT: Definitely. I love that Director's Guild health insurance!
Aleksander Nordaas talks about his new film "Thale"
Eric Walter talking about directing "My Amityville Horror"
Brett Alan Coker Talks About His Upcoming Project (And How You Can Help)
Vlad Yudin talks about directing the long-awaited follow up to "Pumping Iron" titled "Generation Iron"
Robert Carlyle talks about his role in film "California Solo"
Filed Under: Film Interviews, Interviews Tagged With: american, brooks, masters, mel, noise, robert, ...
DVD Review "American Masters – Mel Brooks: Make a Noise"
Actors: Mel Brooks
Directors: Robert Trachtenberg
MPAA Rated: Not Rated
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Release Date: May 21, 2013
Film: 4 out of 5 stars
Who doesn't love Mel Brooks? He has delivers some of the best comedy in the business over the last 60 years. Whether it is film, TV, music or Broadway. The man has done it all. This latest American Masters program takes a look at Mel Brooks' career in "Make a Noise". I grew up watching his films from "History of the World, Part 1" to "Blazing Saddles" to The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein". This type of comedy always hit home with me and still has as I have grown up. I look forward to sharing these wonderful films with my daughter now as she grows. They are timeless and will remain that way through time. This program was a great look into Mel Brooks, whether you know everything about him or are just meeting him for the first time. There is a little something for everyone.
Official Premise: After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer; he is one of 14 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners. Yet, the comedy giant has energetically avoided a documentary profile from being made, even issuing an informal gag order on his friends – until now. Brooks has agreed to throw himself into a new documentary about his storied career, giving American Masters exclusive interviews and complete access to his film archives.
In the film we get taken through Mel's life starting from his childhood growing up in Brooklyn to his start in the buisness to his marriage of Anne Bancroft to his Broadway career. There are new interviews with Mel Brooks, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner and Joan Rivers. These are people who know Mel and that have worked wiht him. They give wonderful insight into his career and who the real "Mel Brooks" is. The program runs 90 minutes but I could have watch for at least 3 hours without becoming boring or repetitive. The guy has done so much there is no way to sum it up in just 90 minutes. The bonus feature included on this DVD is over 15 minutes of deleted segments.
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DVD Review "LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu – Rise of Green Ninja"
Actors: Vincent Tong, Kirby Morrow, Michael Adamthwaite, Brent Miller, Paul Dobson
DVD Release Date: December 11, 2012
Our Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Who doesn't love LEGO's? "LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu" is the #1 rated show on Cartoon Network with boys ages 6-11. Well I know I am not in that age-range but this show still has incredible entertainment value, even for a 30 year old. This DVD includes the first seven action-packed episodes from season two of the show. The season consists of 13 episodes, which is actually quite short for an animated series. Since the show is so popular, there is a third season on the way but not until 2014. So if your kids love this show, this will be a good way to hold them over – besides TV repeats, of course. IF you like LEGO (who doesn't) and ninja (who doesn't again), this is a no-brainer both for young and old..er kids.
Official Synopsis: ONE NINJA MUST TRAIN TO SAVE THEIR WORLD. The great Devourer has been defeated, but Lord Garmadon is still at large and what's worse – he now holds the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu, and soon he commands both the Serpentine and the Ninjas' flying ship 'The Bounty'. The four Ninja must train Lloyd for his confrontation with his father, but with limited powers and without a home, it proves more difficult than they could have imagined. And Lloyd is not exactly an A-student either. Garmadon is bent on preventing Lloyd meeting his full potential. He unleashes a series of devious plots including the ultimate Mega weapon, enemy pirates, dark replicas of the four ninjas and a dangerous race across Ninjago. The destiny of the Green Ninja has yet to be fulfilled.
The episodes included are: "Darkness Shall Rise", "Pirates vs. Ninja", "Double Trouble", "Ninjaball Run", "Child's Play", "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" and "The Stone Army". "LEGO Ninjago" has quickly become not only the fastest growing but also the top-selling line in LEGO history. Keep an eye out since The complete second season and complete series of "LEGO: Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu" are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-Ray in early 2013. But for the time being this release will make a really nice stocking stuffer. Hint-Hint parents! I will be there waiting for the new episodes and releases of this fun show. Now if you excuse me I need to go put in some hours on my latest purchase from LEGO Ninjago toy line.
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Blu-ray Review "Masters of the Universe: 25th Anniversary Edition"
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Courteney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeill, Chelsea Field
Director: Gary Goddard
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Extras 1.5 out of 5 stars
I am a child of the 80's and I grew up watching "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". So you could film came out in 1987, that I was one happy five-year old. Well as an adult, I have realized that this film isn't that great after all. I am still a big fan of Dolph Lundgren even though he wasn't the best He-Man. I mean come on "Adam" use your damn sword already. It is not surprised that this film was a critical and box office disappointment. Still this film is still fun to watch (and make fun of). It helps that that it looks nice on Blu-ray well, good job Warner Brothers! Be sure to watch through the credits! I am still waiting for Skeletor to return in a better sequel.
Warner delivered a nice Blu-ray release for this film celebrating its 25th Anniversary. It's 1080p transfer does a good job of showcasing this film's action and special effects. The release also includes the original audio track, DTS-HD MA 2.0. It works well with the action but nothing spectacular that makes you stand up and scream "I have the power!". Ok, so the for quarter century anniversary, I was hoping for a lot more in the special features department. There is a commentary track with Director Gary Goddard. It is cool to hear his comments on the film but overall is nothing special. Lastly there is a (laughable) theatrical trailer. I won't why this film tanked?
Synopsis: Planet Eternia and the Castle of Greyskull are under threat from the evil Skeletor who wants to take over the planet. A group of freedom fighters, led by the heroic He-Man are accidentally transported to Earth by a mysterious Cosmic Key which holds the power to make Skeletor all-powerful. Once on Earth, He-Man joins alliances with two teenagers as they attempt to find the key and return home.
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Upcoming: Jersey Boys at the Fisher Theatre (Detroit), Nov. 17 - Dec. 6
*Disclosure: I am receiving tickets to this show in exchange for posting about it. The opinions expressed here, however, are my own.
I saw the movie Jersey Boys back in June 2014, and it was a great movie - I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. I'm very excited, then, to attend the stage musical, which is coming to Detroit this winter!
About the show:
Tickets are on sale for the return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing Detroit's Fisher Theatre, November 17 – December 6. Tickets will be available for purchase at all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at1-800-982-2787, online at www.broadwayindetroit.com or www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Fisher Theatre box office starting at 10:00 AM on Monday, July 27.
JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the true story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sound and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. The show features all their hits including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Oh What A Night," "Walk Like A Man," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and "Working My Way Back To You."
JERSEY BOYS opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005. The JERSEY BOYS US National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, and is still breaking house records in cities across North America. JERSEY BOYS is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; and in cities across North America and the U.K . on National Tours.
Performance times for JERSEY BOYS appearing November 17 – December 6 at the Fisher Theatre, located at 3011 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit, are:
- Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
- Sunday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.; no evening performance on December 6
- Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
- Monday, November 23 performance at 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, December 3 matinee at 1:00 p.m.
- Sunday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. is a special open captioned performance
- No performance on Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving)
How to get show tickets:
Tickets for JERSEY BOYS range from $35 - $94 (includes parking and facility fees) and will go on sale at 10:00 AM on Sunday, July 26 at all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at 1-800-982-2787, online at www.broadwayindetroit.com or www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Fisher Theatre box office starting at 10:00 AM on Monday, July 27. Tickets for the open captioned performance may be purchased in person at the Fisher Theatre box office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0. A limited number of premium seats will be available through Ticketmaster and at the box office. For group sales (10 or more) please email groups@broadwayindetroit.com or call (313) 871-1132. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice.
For more information, please visit www.JerseyBoysTour.com or www.BroadwayInDetroit.com.
Have you heard of The Four Seasons' music, and/or seen the movie? Will you be seeing the musical while it's on tour this year?
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Cafe Delhi Heights is a chain of casual dining restaurants and is for people who love to indulge in Modern Indian, Continental, American and Italian cuisines, which are catching up the taste of people. Delhiites want it all: pizza, burgers, Banta lemon, Navratra thalis, and they want it in an upscale area with nooks and corners in the same restaurant having different settings, from floor cushions to sofas. This brand defines Delhi more than any other eatery in town. The subtle ambience paired up with an elegant outdoor seating takes you away from the hustle and bustle of the city and lightens your mood in no time. Every dish in the exclusive menu is lip-smacking and is inspired by the provinces itself. The unique culinary style that is required to prepare the speciality recipes is something that the chefs here are efficient at. The eclectic bar menu offers an array of drinks and spirits to choose from. The outlet is located in Sangam Courtyard in RK Puram, Delhi.
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Devansh Taneja
Disliked: Customer Service
Very bad attitude when they talk to customers.
Liked: Food, Customer Service
The place is nice with good ambience. The staff was polite and courteous. The food taste and presentation were nice.The drinks were very well prepared. The experience of dining at lunch hours was pleasant.
G Pawan
Shakes and food weren't good. The place might be for just drinks, cz that's what they don't cook.
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Wynne Rolls the Dice
It seems that all the superlatives have already been used up to describe the Ontario Liberals' irresponsible big-spending pre-election budget, not to mention the profanities. The budget was just formally announced this past Wednesday, but had been foreshadowed in the weeks prior as big-spending announcement after big-spending announcement was made by Premier Wynne and her cronies. Clearly there are no limits to the amount of our money this government will spend in their increasingly desperate quest to be re-elected after 15 years of wasteful, destructive and inefficient government.
The actual details contained in the budget are demoralizing to any sensible Ontario taxpayer. After more than doubling the provincial debt to $325 billion, Finance Minister Sousa promised more of the same with a deficit of $6.7 billion in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, and he forecast at least 6 more years of future budget deficits. The Liberals made a big deal out of pretending to balance the budget last year, while the real experts, like Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk and Financial Accountability Officer J. David Wake, exposed their dishonesty. They clearly pointed out how the budget wasn't ever really balanced at all, as debt was hidden off the books in Hydro utilities and elsewhere.
Even as recently as a couple of months ago, Minister Sousa was still boasting that the budget would be balanced this year. But abysmal political approval numbers caused panic to set in and a new spending spree to be announced. Some of the big-ticket items outlined in the budget include adding 2 billion dollars for pharmaceuticals and hospital spending, 2.1 billion dollars for mental health, and 2.2 billion for "free" daycare. They are now proposing dental-care spending, along with a hodgepodge of other tax dollars sprinkled hither and thither. It seems that the Liberals have pretty much given up on voters in the middle of the political spectrum, instead focusing on stealing as many votes as possible from the NDP with this heavily left-leaning budget.
One of the more laughable comments from Wynne was that she is working hard to make life more affordable for average Ontarians. This is a bit hard to swallow, to say the least, after Wynne and her predecessor Dalton McGuinty worked hard to make life less and less affordable with foolish ideological crusades like "green energy," which more than doubled hydro costs. Add to the list the carbon taxes, which increase the cost of everything; bigger and more expensive government that will require high taxes far into the future, and a legacy of deficits and debt that rival some of the highest per capita in the world.
Bad jokes and dark humour have surrounded this budget. It has been clearly seen as an extreme and desperate attempt to buy Ontarians with their own money. The party continues to amplify all of the bad policies that have led voters to become so very fed-up with this highly unpopular government. But the biggest joke of all may take place if this ploy succeeds in re-electing the Liberals. If it does, it can be pretty much guaranteed that few Ontarians will be laughing by then.
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Update!: Below is our original article from August of 2016, but this past week Lezyne has rolled out a major update to its Year 10 GPS line. In addition to its feature-rich models that are easy on the wallet, now these head units also allow for custom route building too.
If you already own any of the Year 10 GPS cycling computers or watches, you simply have to run a firmware update to add the capability to your unit. This also will fix a few bugs and give you some refined screens in turn-by-turn.
Our local to SLO company has made some serious steps into the GPS market, and their line of computers promised plenty of features packed into small spaces and small price points. Now Lezyne has taken their new market space and expanded it to include watches and accessories. Plus, new integration with Strava Live, added turn-by-turn, ride tracking, and a whole lot of color means Lezyne is keeping pace with the trends without forgetting about price point.
With its new Year 10 expansion, Lezyne is offering the Super GPS, Micro Color GPS, Micro GPS, Macro GPS, Mini GPS, Micro Color GPS Watch, Micro GPS Watch, and heart rate strap, and speed and cadence sensor. Dang. What we like about Lezyne's approach here is price point: the most expensive and most bundled GPS in this group maxes out at $239 (that's with the HRM and speed/cadence sensor). In fact, $99 in Lezyne's lineup here gets you turn-by-turn, email/text alerts, Strava live segments, power data, and more. We think that's pretty decent.
With their introduction of GPS watches, Lezyne has embraced color both in displays and on watch bands. Now the Micro Color GPS offers full Bluetooth and ANT+ connectivity to power meters, hrm, etc., and gives you all the notifications/nav/Strava features when paired with Lezyne's Ally app (iOS and Android). Alone, the unit costs $159.99 and fully bundled at $239.99. According to Lezyne, the unit also weighs a mere 29 grams and has a battery life of up to 14 hours.
For your wrist, the Micro Color GPS Watch will run you $169.99 ($209.99 with heart rate) and has all the features outlined in the computers including full Ant+ and BT connectivity and turn-by-turn. But this is meant for multi-sport with modes for riding, running, and hiking (no word yet on swim mode or waterproofness–more info coming), plus a lifestyle mode for basically tracking how awesome you are. A standard USB port charges the unit (very cool), and it runs for a claimed 100 hours when GPS is off, and 14 hours with GPS mode active. The integrated accelerometer works as a pedometer, and also enhances data recording in its GPS modes.
Of course, you can also grab the plain black Micro GPS Watch without color for $30 less than the color version. Either way, this is a serious move by Lezyne to make fully-functioned GPS watches way more affordable and available to a wider section of athletes.
Get more info at Lezyne's website.


I list 5 documentaries that will change the way you view animal agriculture and possibly make you vegan if you're not already. That's if you dare to watch them.
If you ask any 'new vegan' why they decided to transition to veganism, most likely, the majority of them will tell you it was after watching one of the following documentaries.
'Do you miss meat?' When I meet new people, I often get asked this question. Here is why I don't miss meat, why I never will again and why you probably won't either.
I often get asked the question 'do you miss meat?'. The initial answer is 'yes, sometimes' but the real answer is 'no, not at all'. Let me explain.
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Shiseido, one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world, isn't relying on its reputation alone for business success.
Instead, the 146-year-old Japanese firm is looking to combine the knowledge of start-ups with the its own extensive experience, the company's chief told CNBC on Friday at the annual Singapore Summit.
"Everybody is looking at, you know, new fronts of businesses. Yes, so we are in competition," said Shiseido CEO Masahiko Uotani.
The company has over the past few years acquired start-ups, including Olivo Laboratories, which developed "second skin technology" that creates nearly invisible artificial skin. Another acquisition was Giaran, a start-up with artificial intelligence technology to enable consumers on their phones or computers to virtually remove and apply makeup, The Japan Times reported.
Uotani was quick to note that simply acquiring start-ups with cutting edge technology was not enough for businesses to do well, but it was important to combine expertise that each party could bring to the table.


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January 07, 2019 by Rachel Foran
On the second to last day of the year, in Brooklyn Criminal Court, the vast majority of the defendants peopling the packed arraignment schedule were Black men. Of around 25 men and women taking their turns standing before the judge, only one or two were White. Case files on the attorneys' desk stacked on top of each other, sometimes more than one warrant per person. One Black man was accused by a Rite Aid of stealing bottles of Advil and Motrin; they were, his lawyer said, for his sick children. Even more galling, the charge the state was bringing against him was drug possession, not petit larceny. Another Black man, elderly and ill, was given a chair only when his attorney told the court in some detail about his ailments. A Black woman, by the account her attorney gave, was merely present at an assault committed by her boyfriend rather than, as the state contended, part of it; the bail requested on one of her warrants was in the thousands of dollars. These and the other cases that stick most strongly with me, and which present their own kind of damning pattern within an already racist system, are ones where White prosecutors and White judges levy heavy charges and heavy bail on Black defendants.
Court Watching sometimes lays bare the small moments of humanity that exist within the court system, but more often, it's their absence that I notice. I've been struck, in the wintertime, by the frequency of accused people having been arrested without a coat, or in short pajamas, or in flip-flops. Twice in the last two months, I have seen frail, ill, or elderly defendants unable to stand before the judge. And even without harsher circumstances like these, the court is not set up for the comfort or understanding of people accused of a crime, despite the fact that they are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. The first thing I noticed about the Brooklyn Central Court building, for instance, is how imposing it seems, and how that imposition must be magnified if the reason you're there is because you've been accused of a crime. The limestone facade stands out on its corner of Schermerhorn, diagonally across from a very pricey hotel, and when you enter, there's a winding maze of crowd borders that shuffles you up to the metal detectors. The guards might direct you where to go, depending on the volume of people they're dealing with, or you might be left to find your courtroom yourself. You might have family and friends able to come to your arraignment, or you might not. Childcare, work, school, and all kinds of other obligations regularly make it hard for folks to trek to downtown Brooklyn even for the people they love the most.
When you enter the courtroom as a Court Watcher, it's almost as though you're watching a play from your seat in the audience. (And indeed, lawyers and other court personnel often refer to the pew-like rows of benches as exactly that: the audience.) It's a play in which everyone on "stage" (at the judge's bench, in the prosecution and defense respective warrens of desks, and among the court officers, clustering in various parts of the space) has the script, but the accused person and their family and friends (if they were able to get there) in the seats probably do not. They might not know exactly what's going on, and depending on which judge they're in front of, they might not get it satisfactorily explained. The performative aspect of the courtroom makes sense on some levels. Everyone sinks into the role they have to play. So too does the apparent detachment of regular staff that a lot of Court Watchers have noticed in previous reflections. The courtroom is a daily workplace for bridge officers, court officers, judges, and attorneys, and sometimes you have to detach a little to keep up a regular grind, but it's a daily workplace where other people's lives are irrevocably affected, every hour.
In my time Court Watching, I've gotten used to a lot of what's said, a lot of the legal terms and penal law numbers and other information that gets conveyed only verbally and usually very quickly and sometimes not over a microphone. I've gotten used to it enough to be able to understand most of it, but every time I'm there, I decipher something new, and often I'm struggling, in the echoey, drafty, chatter-filled space, to hear the words in the first place. As a group, Court Watchers share docket numbers and other data, very often purely because one or more of us can't hear it when the bridge officer announces it. How much harder would it be to understand it if my English was more limited, or my hearing in any way impaired, or my emotions high because I wasn't sure if my partner or child would be released that day or not, and if they were, if we could make their bail?
This noise problem (which Court Watchers have been encountering and advocating against for months, but which accused people and their families have been dealing with for years) feels to me to be a function of the insider mentality. When we Court Watch, we make inroads into one of the systems that most aggressively upholds white supremacy, and that also has considerable power to unravel it.
A pattern I didn't expect is the unevenness of how the narrative of the facts of the case, as presented by the District Attorneys and at the heart of the script of the justice performance, gets unfurled. Not every case's facts are shared, which, although sometimes the logical move when a case is easily resolvable on both sides, reveals a tension between efficiency and humanity, tension that I am learning shoots through all the other ways the law is handed down. The system's biases against people of color and poor people are revealed first and foremost by the manner in which a person is arrested by the police, an unendingly racist practice that continually reveals itself both within the NYPD and within other jurisdictions. It makes sense not to tell a story for every defendant if a story isn't needed, for sure, but that raises an important question: who is it needed by? So even though the real place for the extended story is the space of a trial courtroom, one of the spaces that comes after arraignment, the discrepancies sometimes seem to fly in the face of equal treatment under the law. It recently struck me the part of the point of recounting the facts of the case, besides getting the state's case on the record and giving the defense an opportunity to counter, is so the accused person can hear what the state has against them. Each individual deserves to hear their own story in plain and understandable language, and that is not always the case.
The auditory problem is a persistent one, and so far, the response from the court doesn't seem to be the right one. Several weeks back, in an afternoon Court Watch session, our group (and only our group, as far as I could tell) was approached by a court official and offered assistive hearing devices. While a kind thing to do, the offer skewers the source of the real problem, which is systemic. The courtroom is large and loud and drafty, and offering an assistive hearing device is a Band-Aid on a problem that may well marginalize additional people: those with actual hearing impairments. The irony at the heart of both the information gap and the hearing gap that regularly yawn within the courtroom space is that in order for a regular citizen to most fully understand the language and workings of the court system, the best course of action is to be arrested multiple times.
During a shift right before the end of the year, the judge cautioned a White man that the next step ahead of him was Riker's. I was struck by how rarely I've heard that caution from a judge—indeed, how rarely I ever hear the next step in the process said out loud to defendants. If their case isn't dismissed or if they can't make bail, that's where they're heading, sometimes for months. Why did a White judge warn a White defendant, and not the dozens of Black defendants whose bail she'd set earlier in that session? And I've seen other White judges repeat what feels like a script about the importance of doing better and working hard only when the accused person in front of them is a person of color. What I'd like to see in 2019 from White judges and White district attorneys is more of an awareness that the deck our society shuffles is unfairly stacked against people of color in insidious and constant ways; that whiteness or money or both does a heck of a lot to protect certain people from doing time in prison; that the story of what happened at a 'crime scene' is a lot more complex than what a police officer might notice; and primarily, that a conviction for a broken windows crime (especially) can derail a person's life in ways you might not even be able to predict. The responsibility of the justice system should not be to punish, and is rarely, in practice, to rehabilitate; it should be more expansive, more humane, more measured, and cease to contribute to the social structures of white supremacy.
January 07, 2019 /Rachel Foran
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DES a viable solution to India's ever-growing energy demand
December 3, 2018 Anand Gupta 0
December 3, 2018 Anand Gupta
With the development of modern District Energy System (DES), which offers heating and cooling services through a blend of technologies, India can combat the ever-growing primary energy demand in cities.
According to experts, DES supplies "heating and cooling services by using technologies and approaches such as combined heat and power (CHP), thermal storage, heat pumps, and decentralised energy." District energy basically creates synergies between the production and supply of heat, cooling, domestic hot water and electricity and can be integrated with municipal systems such as power, sanitation, sewage treatment, transport and waste.
Modern district energy can reduce primary energy consumption for heating and cooling of urban buildings by an impressive 50 per cent. This powerful technology cuts emissions to achieve global climate goals reduces pollution resulting to saving lives and health expenditure, especially considering the present scenario where the air quality is hitting a new low every passing day, enables energy storage and renewable connection such as untapped waste heat recovery, and much more.
In India, assessments carried out across five cities, namely, Bhopal, Rajkot, Thane, Pune, and Coimbatore, have already confirmed that cooling large buildings through district cooling networks is more cost-effective and significantly better environmentally.
According to experts, the primary energy demand in India escalated from about 450 million tonne oil equivalent (TOE) in 2000 to about 770 million TOE by 2012. The tonne of oil equivalent (TOE) is nothing but a unit of energy which is defined as the amount of energy released by burning one tonne of crude oil.
This demand is further expected to surge to a whopping 1250-1500 million toe by 2030, as estimated in the Integrated Energy Policy Report. Reason for this jump in demand may go up to a number of factors, with significant one's being increasing incomes and economic growth which lead to greater demand for energy services such as lighting, cooking, space cooling, mobility, industrial production, office automation, and so on.
Though several initiatives have been adopted by the Government of India to cater to the rising demand of its citizens such as promoting the use of energy efficient appliances or shifting towards renewable and sustainable energy, however, India still holds significant potential to control this ever-growing energy demand.
Amid all this, various studies and research done in the world suggest that modern district energy can prove to be the most effective approach for many cities to transition to sustainable heating and cooling, by improving energy efficiency and enabling higher shares of renewable energy. Modern district energy has been accepted by countries such as Denmark which has made it the cornerstone of their energy policy to reach their goal of 100 per cent renewable energy, and, similarly, other countries, such as China, are exploring synergies between high levels of wind production and district heating.
At Habitat III in 2016, as a testament to the multiple benefits, 197 nations adopted a New Urban Agenda that recognises 'modern district energy' networks as a key solution to integrating renewable and efficiency in cities.
To facilitate the transition to such systems, UN Environment is leading an initiative on District Energy in Cities. The District Energy in Cities Initiative is a multi-stakeholder partnership coordinated by the UN Environment, with financial support from Danish International Development Agency (DanIDA), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the Government of Italy.
As one of six accelerators of the Sustainable Energy for All (SeforAll) Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform, launched at the Climate Summit in September 2014, the initiative aims at supporting the market transformation efforts to shift the heating and cooling sector to energy efficient and renewable energy solutions. The Initiative aims to double the rate of energy efficiency improvements for heating and cooling in buildings by 2030, helping countries meet their climate and sustainable development targets.
The Initiative supports local and national governments build local know-how and implement enabling policies that will accelerate investment in modern-low-carbon and climate resilient – district energy systems. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is currently providing technical support to cities in seven countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Malaysia, Morocco, Serbia, and India.
In India, the Central government has already considered District Energy (cooling) system as a cross-cutting technology in the "National Cooling Action Plan," a vision document to meet the country's rapidly growing cooling needs in a climate-friendly manner prepared by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC). Also, district cooling may compliment the Smart Cities Initiative of India by improving efficiency and the quality of infrastructure, and thus delivering a more sustainable, livable urban environment.
In order to kick-start the District Cooling Initiative in India, UNEP has signed an agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power, to lead and coordinate the DES-related activities as the National Coordinating Agency till 2020.
With the use of this technology, the predictions point that Electricity and CO2 reductions of at least 35 per cent will be there as a result of significant water and refrigerant reductions. Commercially viable projects have been identified in all five Indian cities- Bhopal, Rajkot, Thane, Pune and Coimbatore and the Initiative will now work with these cities to design investable projects and supportive local policies to demonstrate and expand this technology. These cities were cautiously shortlisted post examining high-level project feasibility, policy frameworks, city potential and benefits of district cooling.
For a demonstration of this technology, out of the five assessed cities, Thane city of Maharashtra state has been chosen initially. Here apart from the demonstration, the initiative will also support the development of a long-term policy and investment plan for district cooling, training and study tours.
Further, the technology is not limited to one city as its long-term vision is to realize the benefits of district cooling to the state and national level governments and encourage them to launch it as a national and state policy. Energy Efficiency Services Limited's (EESL) key role will be to identify suitable business models that can rapidly scale-up this technology in India. Technologies such as district energy (cooling) systems if realised and adopted at an early stage may provide a significant relief in catering the mounting cooling demand of the country over the years.
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namespace DI\Test\UnitTest;

use DI\ContainerBuilder;
use stdClass;

/**
 * Test class for Container
 *
 * @covers \DI\Container
 */
class ContainerGetTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testSetGet()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $dummy = new stdClass();
        $container->set('key', $dummy);
        $this->assertSame($dummy, $container->get('key'));
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \DI\NotFoundException
     */
    public function testGetNotFound()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $container->get('key');
    }

    /**
     * @coversNothing
     */
    public function testClosureIsNotResolved()
    {
        $closure = function () {
            return 'hello';
        };
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $container->set('key', $closure);
        $this->assertSame($closure, $container->get('key'));
    }

    public function testGetWithClassName()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $container->get('stdClass'));
    }

    public function testGetWithPrototypeScope()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        // With @Injectable(scope="prototype") annotation
        $instance1 = $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Prototype');
        $instance2 = $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Prototype');
        $this->assertNotSame($instance1, $instance2);
    }

    public function testGetWithSingletonScope()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        // Without @Injectable annotation => default is Singleton
        $instance1 = $container->get('stdClass');
        $instance2 = $container->get('stdClass');
        $this->assertSame($instance1, $instance2);
        // With @Injectable(scope="singleton") annotation
        $instance3 = $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Singleton');
        $instance4 = $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Singleton');
        $this->assertSame($instance3, $instance4);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \DI\Definition\Exception\DefinitionException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage Error while reading @Injectable on DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\InvalidScope: Value 'foobar' is not part of the enum DI\Scope
     * @coversNothing
     */
    public function testGetWithInvalidScope()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\InvalidScope');
    }

    /**
     * Tests if instantiation unlock works. We should be able to create two instances of the same class.
     */
    public function testCircularDependencies()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Prototype');
        $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Prototype');
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \DI\DependencyException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage Circular dependency detected while trying to resolve entry 'DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Class1CircularDependencies'
     */
    public function testCircularDependencyException()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $container->get('DI\Test\UnitTest\Fixtures\Class1CircularDependencies');
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \DI\DependencyException
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     */
    public function testCircularDependencyExceptionWithAlias()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        // Alias to itself -> infinite recursive loop
        $container->set('foo', \DI\link('foo'));
        $container->get('foo');
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage The name parameter must be of type string
     */
    public function testNonStringParameter()
    {
        $container = ContainerBuilder::buildDevContainer();
        $container->get(new stdClass());
    }
}

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