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Andrew Chuang, Marketing, BoD
Operations Manager, New York Tong Ren Tang
Andrew Chuang is currently an Operations Manager at New York Tong Ren Tang who is helping the company expand into multiple income streams, including retail, manufacturing, and advertising. After successes in a diverse set of industries, including commercial and fashion photography, television and commercial production, fitness, coaching athletes, and content marketing, Andrew has returned to his family business to continue the work started by his father and brother. As made evident by his many interests and pursuits, Andrew believes in having a broad set of knowledge and abilities and applying them to solve a diverse range of problems, so as to constantly learn, grow, and evolve.
Andrew is currently continuing his education in management from Harvard Business School's extension program, as well as in computer sciences and software development from The Flatiron School. He holds a BA in digital arts and photography and a BS in chemistry from Stony Brook University.


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Bigtincan hub Powers More Than 10 Million Content Interactions in 2015
Mobile content enablement platform sees tremendous growth in usage as it continues to transform how work is done on mobile devices
BOSTON, Mass. – March 03, 2016 – Bigtincan, a leader in mobile content enablement for field sales and service organizations, today confirmed powering more than 10 million content interactions in the Bigtincan Hub—the company's easy-to-use mobile sales and service enablement platform—in 2015. With the U.S. mobile worker population expected to grow from 96.2 million in 2015 to 105.4 million in 2020 (IDC), Bigtincan is poised to expand its leading mobile content management technology to the exploding mobile workforce in 2016 and beyond.*
A recent study from market research firm Webtorials found that "…estimated productivity loss by worker type due to gap in [employee mobility] deployment is substantial: $12,493 per knowledge worker, $9,283 per information worker, and $2,993 per service worker." Bigtincan hub closes this productivity gap by automatically delivering the right content, training and expert knowledge to a user's mobile device in the timeframe that they need it, thereby saving significant costs.
"It's no longer a question of if employees should go mobile, but rather how to best enable our already mobile workforce with technology that helps them win," said David Keane, co-founder and CEO, Bigtincan. "The spike in Bigtincan hub interactions is a strong indicator of this market demand, with a clear trajectory of worldwide growth to follow. This activity is the most important measure of our impact and a platform that empowers our users to succeed."
Bigtincan announced the fifth generation of its industry-leading Bigtincan hub solution earlier in 2016, with a focus on providing a powerful, multi-screen enablement solution for sales and service organizations. Starting with iOS, and then extending in 2016 to other platforms, delivered in a single app with an intuitive user experience, this next generation Bigtincan hub can be purchased through its global network of authorized resellers.
*Source: IDC, U.S. Mobile Worker Forecast, 2015-2020 (Doc #256194), June 2015
Gartner Includes Bigtincan in Market Guide for Digital Content...
Bigtincan Hub Beats Out Hundreds of Apps in 2015 Tabby Awards
Bigtincan hub named "Best of 2014" in the Mobile Star Awards™

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Haydn and Kayla held a special, heart-felt wedding at Annabella the Wedding Chapel and then Mooloolaba Beach. After meeting through an old friend six years ago the time had come to tie the knot. What a stunning day for two absolutely gorgeous souls! The Marriage Proposal: After 6 years, Haydn surprised Kayla with an evening in Brisbane, complete with torrential rain. After a lovely dinner and walk along the Brisbane River, Haydn and Kayla stopped along South Bank, with the rain easing on cue. After procrastinating and buying time as a drunken party boat went along the river and a security car driving along the boardwalk. Once these cleared, Haydn went down on one knee and proposed. What defines you as a couple? We are two determined and strong-minded people who have worked extremely hard for where we are, individually and as a couple. We both enjoy having fun and socialising.


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LONDON – September 06, 2016 - Alvanon, the global apparel business expert, has appointed May Fong to the position of senior consultant for the Asia Pacific region. In her new role, Fong will meet with fashion business clients to identify their brand-building and business-growth challenges, explain Alvanon's technical and advisory capabilities and offer customized best practice solutions.
The announcement was made by Alvanon's Executive Director Don Howard.
"Alvanon's existing and prospective clients throughout the Asia Pacific arena will benefit from May Fong's proven ability to anticipate, recognize and address their most intricate of fashion business concerns," Howard reports. "Plus, she is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and English, which will allow her to coordinate planning among fashion businesses that interact across Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States.
"May brings exceptional value to Alvanon's knowledge base," Howard adds, "particularly in the areas of retail operations, merchandising, product development and supply chain management."
May comes to Alvanon from Lacoste Asia Pacific, where she served as Senior Regional Product Manager. She holds a Master of Management from The Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia and a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Alvanon's Presentation at HKRITA
Separately, Alvanon's CEO Janice Wang will address "Disruption and Innovation in High Performance Apparel" as a featured speaker September 9th at HKRITA - Innovation and Technology Symposium 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong, Meeting Room S224. The theme of the symposium is "When Fashion Meets Technology, the art and science of our industry."
http://hkritacom.webhosthk.net/Symposium2016/index.html
"High performance sportswear has been dominating the bulk of growth in the apparel market. Consumers are demanding ever more personalized, more functional and more fashionable goods in a shorter space of time. We will look at the advantages of manufacturing locally and how the customer demands a more sustainable product," she says. "We'll also share insights on happenings at some major brands. Under Armour's new Lighthouse Project, Nike's new partnership with Apollo Global Management and Adidas' Speed Factory."
Wang is a founding family member of Alvanon, and speaks worldwide on a broad range of fashion business issues.
HKRITA (Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel) is the premier R and D center for textiles and apparel. It works to foster technology advancement, innovations and breakthroughs to improve Hong Kong's global competitiveness, and is hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.


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Heinrich Otto Deichmann (born 30 November 1962 in Essen, West Germany) is a German entrepreneur and CEO of the family business Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH.

Biography
Deichmann was born to Heinz-Horst and Ruth Deichmann, the only son in a family of four siblings. After finishing high school in 1982, Heinrich Otto studied business administration, historical sciences, philosophy and theology at the University of Cologne.

His father Heinz-Horst Deichmann, who was a medical doctor and entrepreneur in Essen, Germany, founded the Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH. The company goes back until 1913 when the ancestors of the Deichmann family opened a shoe store named Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH in Essen. As of 1989 to 1999 he started as a Managing Director in the family company and became Chairman of the Board when he took over in 1999 from his father, who died in October 2014. The company is now Europe's leading shoe retailer. It operates some 3,600 stores in 24 countries, including the Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway chains in the U.S.

Deichmann is one of the richest Germans with an estimated Net Worth as of March 2017 with US$7.7 billion.

Personal life
Deichmann is married and father of two children. He likes to go to museums and classical music concerts.

References

External links
 English webseite of Deichmann shoes

1962 births
Living people
German businesspeople in retailing
20th-century German businesspeople
21st-century German businesspeople
Businesspeople from Essen
German billionaires

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Cosby publicist Andrew Wyatt made the original announcement on Good Day Alabama.
Four days after a judge declared a mistrial in Andrea Constand's sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, the 79-year-old comedian wants to "get back to work"—teaching young people about the threat of being accused of sexual violence, Cosby representatives said on Wednesday.
It's clear that the issue in question isn't sexual assault itself, which studies have shown to affect as many as 1 in 5 college women, but rather the danger that young men (and even "married men," Wyatt laughed) could be falsely accused. "People need to be educated on a brush against a shoulder—anything at this point can be considered sexual assault," Benson chimed in.
More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual violence, with many of the stories following the same pattern: Younger women claiming that Cosby drugged them before the alleged assaults. Prosecutors in the Constand case have vowed to retry him.
Bill Cosby Is Apparently Planning to Teach Young Men How To Avoid Sexual Assault Accusations, Because the World Is a Terrible Place.


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Dr. Barragan a Yorba Linda dentist specializes in the usage of Invisalign braces. One of the primary concerns people often have about dental braces is the aesthetic impact of the metalwork on their smile. Especially for adults, the prospect of wearing unattractive metal braces for long periods of time can be very discouraging. Dr. Barragan wants all his patients to have the best experience when visiting his Yorba Linda Dentistry. Invisalign braces offer an almost invisible aligning system that straightens teeth fast and contains no metal, the process is wonderful for adults.
Invisalign braces Yorba Linda treatment consists of a series of custom-made aligning trays. When you visit our dentist office in Yorba Linda, Dr. Barragan will change the trays every several weeks to fit the new tooth configuration. In addition to the reduced visual impact, Invisalign® aligning trays can be temporarily removed for important occasions – meaning that treatment duration is patient-controlled. A great number of people report complete satisfaction with both the Invisalign® treatment and the stunning results.
Dr. Barragan's Yorba Linda dentistry will answer all your questions like: What kind of bite problems can Invisalign® correct?
Traditional dental braces, Invisalign® aligning trays and dental veneers are three different ways to perfect the alignment of the teeth. There are many different considerations to make when considering which treatment will be best, and each of these options works better in certain situations. Making an appointment to discuss your best treatment plan with Dr. Barragan at his very convenient Yorba Linda dentist office is the best way to insure you're on the right track.
First, Dr. Barragan needs to devise an initial treatment plan before creating the special aligning trays. Three-dimensional digital images are taken of the entire jaw. These images allow Dr. Barragan to move specific teeth on the screen, view the jaw from different angles, and also foresee what the face might look like in years to come. In essence, this technology can show how Invisalign® trays will change the facial aesthetics.
Life with Invisalign® aligning trays may take several weeks to get used to. The trays should be worn constantly, except when eating and drinking. It is important to remove the trays when consuming food or drink because food can become trapped between the tray and the teeth, causing tooth decay. When you have your consultation with Dr. Barragan at his Yorba Linda dentist office, all the concerns will be explained in a way that will allow you to feel very comfortable with the decision to use Invisalign®.
If you have questions about Invisalign®, and want a great Yorba Linda Dentist. Give us a call we will be happy to discuss all your concerns.


In my last article, I gave suggestions regarding things all athletes should do prior to an endurance race. There was great feedback from athletes, but they also wanted to know what they shouldn't do before a race.
While some athletes actually say don't try anything new, I completely agree, but I always think that you end up trying something new anyway. But really don't try something new at a big race. If what you were planning doesn't go as planned, it can derail your mind and screw up the entire day. And this is all because you should have known better to not try something new on race day.
Racing plans have a purpose, just like new parents have a birthing plan. It's a schedule of exactly how you want the day to go. A good racing plan has contingencies included regarding problems that may or may not occur on the event day.
Don't give in to the voices telling you to get in more training the week of your race because you don't feel ready. I have to constantly remind my athletes to stay relaxed and convince them that the training has been accomplished and it will all play out on race day. It's not that they aren't actually ready, but they feel unready usually due to their friends or training partners continuing to train hard before the same or different race.
An athlete can be his or her own worst enemy, and doing tough workouts the week of your big race can completely ruin everything you have worked for. Tapering is a challenge for most athletes, so you're not alone. But knowing you should try to focus on not training too much the week of your race is key. I constantly tell my athletes that it is better to be 10% undertrained than 1% overtrained. You can make up that 10% on race day, but once you are overtrained, it takes time to recover back to your normal self.
Some athletes think they can just show up and do well. Wrong. You need to warm up if you expect to do well. I realize you may not be able to swim prior to your race, but bringing stretch cords is a way to mimic the swimming motion. If you feel that you don't have time, doing some dynamic stretches ahead of time is a great and quick to get the blood moving.
Getting your muscles ready for race day can help get you great results. That means warming up when you are running anything from a 5km to a marathon-distance race. Your marathon warm up may not be long, but it's better than feeling stiff, slow, and sluggish when you start. If you don't warm up for your race, then you can expect crappy results.
You may be having of the worst days of your athletic career, but if you aren't being carried off on a stretcher or your bike isn't completely broken in half, there isn't any real reason to quit a race early. Even for you professional athletes, all endurance events should be finished even if you have to walk to the finish.
You'd be surprised what you can learn about yourself, about others, and more when you take a different perspective on a day that you just want to quit. I am guilty of this and it wouldn't be right of me if I didn't say that I haven't quit, because I have. At the event in question, I was sick with food poisoning and made it through the swim and bike, but I was just three miles into the run when I quit. Looking back I regret that decision. I wish I had stuck it out and to this day I still think about it.
So don't just quit unless you have some serious reason as to why you can't continue. It's the tough days at your race that will help define your character and motivate you in the future to push through the temporary pain.
These are my essentials to not do prior to your race, but this can't be an all-encompassing list, so I challenge you, the reader. I want you to comment or repost this article with some of your pre-race don'ts. I know I missed some, so let me know your thoughts.


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Heroin overdose antidote training at addiction treatment center in Vernon Hills
Bob Susnjara
Follow @DHBobSusnjara
An addiction treatment center in Vernon Hills is scheduled to host the latest suburban training session on administering an antidote for heroin and other drug overdoses.
Training on how to use naloxone on someone experiencing an opioid overdose will be offered for free from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kiva Recovery, 935 Lakeview Parkway. Nonprofit drug-awareness advocacy group Live4Lali Inc. will co-host the session.
Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko and Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim are among the officials supporting the effort.
Filenko said getting naloxone into the hands of families struggling with addiction to heroin or powerful painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet is a common-sense approach to a problem affecting all suburbs.
"It's an antidote on hand that could potentially save someone's life," said Filenko, head of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force.
Generally sold under the generic name naloxone through prescriptions, the drug counteracts the effects of the heroin and certain painkillers. It's been used for many years in hospital emergency rooms and by paramedics, but public health agencies have started giving it to addicts and their families.
Naloxone blocks certain drug receptors in the brain. The injectable and nasal spray forms that people are trained to administer don't counteract alcohol or cocaine overdoses.
Tuesday's class will be limited to 50 participants and include an overview of opioids, tips on how to recognize an overdose, guidance on handling a loved one's substance abuse and a question-and-answer period, organizers say.
In August, a naloxone training class was held as part of a rally that launched International Overdose Awareness Week. Training classes with a 50-person limit will be offered on the first Tuesday of each month at Kiva Recovery in Vernon Hills in 2014.
Registration for Tuesday's naloxone class is required at naloxonesaveslives.eventbrite.com.
Live4Lali is named in memory of Alex Laliberte, a 20-year-old who died of a heroin overdose in his mother's Buffalo Grove home in 2008. His sister, Chelsea Laliberte, started Live4Lali in 2009 to raise awareness about substance abuse in Lake County.
Twitter: @DHBobSusnjara
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Siblings of drug addicts face unique pain


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Q: discord bot doesn't respond I'm trying to create a discord bot right now.
After a few errors it seems like it works.
The Bot is online, no errors shown but he doesn't respond to the command !image.
I gave the bot all permissions to send images, see the channel and upload files.
He's visible in the Channel & is online after i start the script.
I want that the bot post a random picture.
from discord.ext import commands
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import random,discord,os

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TOKEN = os.getenv('TOKEN')                                      #Load discord token from env file

help_command = commands.DefaultHelpCommand(                     # Change the no category to commands
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India ranks top among world's most disaster-prone countries with rising number of homeless people at an average annual displacement of 2.3 million, uprooted due to calamities such as floods, cyclone or earthquakes.
A UN study, to be released on the International Day for Disaster Reduction on Friday, forecast a continued rise in homelessness. The paper says eight of the top ten most disaster-prone countries are in South and South-east Asia, India being on the top, followed by China which has an annual average displacement at 1.3 million, a million people less affected than India.
The estimation of displaced people in India may be on the lower side considering that in the recent Bihar floods alone, more than 1.75 crores (about 17.5 million) people were affected and 8.55 lakh were evacuated. The state disaster mitigation authorities ran 1,358 relief camps with 4.22 lakh inmates taking shelter in them. Floods had affected at least half a dozen other states this year. Inadequate preparedness and failure to evacuate in time led to over 500 people dead in Bihar itself.
"Most of this displacement is being driven by flooding which is on the increase in a warming world where population growth in hazard-prone parts of the globe has increased exposure," observed the study, jointly conducted by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre of the Norwegian Refugee Council and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
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You can submit this application by mail to the nearest Department of Public Social Services office of the County of Los Angeles, or you can go to the nearest Department of Public Social Services office of the County of Los Angeles to submit your application.
In order to meet requirements for the application process, you must go to a Department of Public Social Services office of the County of Los Angeles for a full intake interview. This application may not be submitted by mail. To assist you in preparing for the process, you may fill out the application ahead of time and bring it with you to the Department of Public Social Services office of the County of Los Angeles.
Questions regarding application forms will be answered at your local Head Start agency. Call (877)PRE-K-Kid or (877)773-5543.
Read the full list of eligibility requirements, detailed examples, and learn about the Advanced EITC – Publication 596.
To apply for the Federal EITC, one must file an income tax return. This can be done by completing IRS Form 1040a and Schedule EIC.
The Medi-Cal application is comprised of three parts: Introduction, Application, and Instructions. Please download all three documents.
Apply By Mail: Applications can be mailed to the Medi-Cal Mail-in Application Office at: P.O. Box 77267, Los Angeles, CA 90007-9819.
Apply In Person: Please visit the nearest District Office.
Application: Disability must be certified by an authorized health provider or other professional. Forms are available from the DDTP website (http://www.ddtp.org) or by calling the Call Center at 800-806-1191.
*Please Note: Applications may be found in the back of your local yellow pages in the Coupon Section.
Application: Disability must be certified by an authorized health provider or other professional. Forms are available from the DDTP website (http://www.ddtp.org), Eligibility for CTAP Equipment, or by calling the Call Center at 800-806-1191.


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Q: Merging multiple CSV files using the date column when dates are different I have many csv files in a folder which are arranged into four columns. Here is an example with DatA.csv.

Date
positivity
Polarity

12-Jun-97
10
30

26-Jun-97
20
31

07-Jul-97
22
27

The column date has different observations in each of those csv files. For example, dataset B has the following:
(datB.csv)

Date
positivity
Polarity

14-Jun-97
14
17

I want to combine all the polarity columns from the csv files into one using the "date" variable, while keeping the filename. For example the above would be

Date
datA
Polarity

12-Jun-97
30

14-Jun-97

18

26-Jun-97
31

07-Jul-97
27

I am not sure if I should be using left_join?

A: If your dates (keys) occur in multiple csv files, and you want to retain them all plus combine the data for the same date in multiple csvs, you could use an outer join (i.e., merge(..., all = TRUE).  More on joins here.
If dates are unique between csv files, you don't need to join; you can just rbind, like this:
library(dplyr)

files <- list.files(pattern = ".csv")
files
#> [1] "DatA.csv" "DatB.csv"
output <- data.frame()

for(file in files){
  f <- read.csv(file)
  f[,file] <- f$polarity
  output <- dplyr::bind_rows(output, f)
}
output
#>   X      Date positivity polarity DatA.csv DatB.csv
#> 1 1 12-Jun-97         10       30       30       NA
#> 2 2 26-Jun-97         20       31       31       NA
#> 3 3 07-Jul-97         22       27       27       NA
#> 4 1 14-Jun-97         14       18       NA       18

Created on 2021-10-06 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)

Data:
DatA.csv <- data.frame(
  Date = c("12-Jun-97", "26-Jun-97", "07-Jul-97"),
  positivity = c(10, 20, 22),
  polarity = c(30, 31, 27))

DatB.csv <- data.frame(Date = "14-Jun-97", positivity = 14, polarity = 18)

write.csv(DatA.csv, "DatA.csv")
write.csv(DatB.csv, "DatB.csv")


My wife and I own a sole-proprietership event rental and Disc jockey service company. ( See my profile ) We have credit score around 600. (still trying to pay off debts from previous marraige ) We own a manufactured home, and cannot find financing for growing our business. We have shown very little profit as every dime not needed for living expenses has gone back into the business. We have purchased all our equiptment, vehicles needed to deliver ect. from proceeds of the business. I owe $ 58,000.00 on the house and it had a fha appraisal in July of 07 '. My question is, where do I go to get financing to grow my business faster.
Re: Need operating capital !
I would be interested in helping you obtain financing.
Please email me at d.skolnick@skolnick-associates.com.
How much of this operating capital will you be using for marketing and advertising? Businesses do not grow without it.
Ineed this capital to advertise my seasonal business, and also to buy more equiptment to compete with nationwide chains in my area, also billboard ads,ect. I am trying to build awareness locally. We have operated on a shoesting since birth. Need to become household name !
Have you tried undercutting the competition by just a little on such things as childrens birthday parties and political events? Contact the Republican and Democrat precint chairmen in your area and work your way up the ladder. Also you can join the Chamber of Commerce...offer great service at a lower cost and see what happens.
Do you generate financial statements on a monthly basis that clearly separate both revenue streams and the monies withdrawn for personal use? Also, can you list the capital expenses you've made for new equipment and when you subtract them out of your monthly gross sales would your business show a profit before any owner withdrawals?
Clearly separating your two related but different businesses financially and marketing plan wise would be a good first step towards determing the amount and type of financing you need. Once you've done that on paper, you will have a better picture of internal and external loan sources for the operating capital you have noq clearly defined you need. And, the person you discuss a possible loan from will understand what they're investing in and how you'll be able to repay them.
We do keep records monthly, however i have not seperated the two businesses as I have been running them together. We can start out with a customers back yard and transform it into a elegant wedding. We deliver, set-up as to planning that took palce with customer, with Canopies, tables and chairs, lighting, and we d.j. the event also. That is why I think of it as one business. I will work on the seperation to determine how to promote them seperately. My yellow pages ads and all online advertising are geared to complete package deals. I do have accounts that are bread and butter for off season. You have looked at my website do you think it needs to be changed ? What aspects do you think are negative and in need of change ?
Both separate businesses are great cross sellers for each other. Think of them as part of a larger umbrella organization which can channel business back and forth. But, analyze them separately in all aspects of running a successful business.
You mentioned "bread and butter" customers. Which business do they use? What are they worth to you in gross revenue and profit? How did you acquire them and could they be a model for more of the same (if their profitability is good) and could they provide referrals?
Web sites often reflect either the business owners personality, the web designers style, the expectation of the marketplace they serve (again your DJ business and event business may be two different looks or not) or just some how evolved without solid marketing plan behind them. I noticed a real mix of lots of things with two different styles (white space and equipment pictures & hard bright colors with play dates). I'd start with a solid business and marketing plan mission statement for each business and your overall umbrella organization and designed the web site(s) around that.


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Once you've read The Outsider - here there be SPOILERS
Thread starter Neil W
Neil W
Isle of Wight UK
Genuinely - read no further if you want to avoid spoilers.
When a boy is raped with a tree branch and savagely murdered, fingerprints, witnesses and DNA point to the much-loved local kids' baseball coach, and he is very publically arrested. It turns out that he has a solid alibi. Then tragedy strikes.
Stephen King sets up a fabulous crime mystery before the book steps away from the crime mystery into more familiar King territory. I enjoyed it nonetheless: the characters, dialogue and texture are as rich as usual, and it is exciting and full of incident. I was a little disappointed that it didn't solve its own conundrum by the rules it appeared to have set out under - truth be told, I would have loved it to have been a straightforward crime thriller without a supernatural element, no matter how well done - but it's Stephen King, you know what you're getting.
And the wonderful Holly Gibney from the Mr Mercedes trilogy shows up and plays a major part, so there's that.
Oh, and I was blown away by the coach's death - didn't see that coming at all.
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...it's magic of the printed word variety...
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I liked it a great deal more than Sleeping Beauties.
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Me likey big big!
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Loved the style, the plot, the characters-----awesome read!
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Low-BDNF Gork
I love the reference to "Here There Be Tygers." I just finished! I saw a lot of parallels to other books in The Outsider. The mention of "ka" is a reference to the Dark Tower, I assume (still haven't read those)? I was also reminded of IT, both in the villain and in the group confrontation at the Marysville Hole. Also, I felt like it was similar to Doctor Sleep. Also, is it coincidence that the detective shares a name with the child from Storm of the Century?
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I have to agree that I felt a discontinuity or asymmetry in the "rules," not so much because of the supernatural element but because Holly shows up so late that it becomes a different story. I had similar feelings about Finders Keepers (which I still greatly enjoyed), and worried that the rumored future Holly Gibney book would be similar. Ralph was fine, but between him and Howie and Alec and Sablo, they all seemed a little diluted to me. Same with Jack and El Cuco, I thought they were less powerful (effective) because we're really only faced with them at the very end. And whether he was influenced by an ancient evil or not, I had a hard time buying that Jack was so eager to kill a fellow officer for giving him a bad performance review and cutting his fishing trip short. I mean, nobody wants their skin to rot off, so there was that.
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Happy to be here!
Whew! Just finished! What a ride and what an amazing tale!
From the moment she showed up, I was so happy to see Holly, but at the same time, so worried that something would happen to her. I know, I get too attached. Sue me!
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New book is on its way, so I read just the first sentence of the first post above.
Coolallosaurus
I got the book on Thursday as a reward for meeting a writing goal. Mowed through it in four days. It was a fun, fast read and I am so excited the boards are open again so I can join the discussion! Below are some thoughts and some wild, non-scholarly, just-for-fun speculation (all of the spoilers follow).
Spoiler: Like, real spoilers, including the end
I do agree that it felt like two different novels (one in the Bill Hodges trilogy universe and the other in the world of It). I definitely thought the novel was going in the direction of Hitchcock's The Wrong Man up until that courthouse scene. I was so excited to see Holly make a kick butt return and save everyone! It's been fun to see SK develop Holly as a character over the course of four novels.
I enjoyed Oklahoma and Texas settings. King really gets the heat, dust, rattlesnakes, and desolation of the midwest and south.
When Holly and Ralph confront the outsider, and he asked if they had seen others like him, I read that as potential for a connection with Pennywise and Derry. They both have that link to creepy-crawly creatures (spiders and worms), living off of fear of the innocent, and shapeshifting. The outsider's control of Jack also reminded me of Pennywise's control of the adult Henry Bowers. Maybe Pennywise and the outsider are cousins? Imagine that family reunion!
The ending felt very, very neat. Almost too neat, which makes me wonder if there is potential for more to come. While Holly and Ralph escaped without worms, and while the creatures seemed to be dying, the fact that Holly and Ralph didn't seal the cave after they left seems to leave possibilities open (i.e. one of the worms made it after all and got in to the Texas HP who went into the cave). Ralph's nightmare with the worm in the bathroom felt like a Stranger Things nod (from the final episode of the first season). If that's the case, the moment from Stranger Things being referenced led to a second season, so who knows with The Outsider. I realize a lot of SK's novels are open-ended enough to be continued, so more than likely The Outsider is it's own closed circuit and I am just having a lot of fun with speculation.
SK raises some interesting questions about belief, the supernatural, evil, and the empirical nature of evidence. I marked up a number of really lovely quotes about how most people understand the evil acts of humanity as falling within the natural realm of understanding (rather than supernatural). The quotes might be useful for teasing out a discussion about genre (horror, supernatural, mystery, suspense, crime fiction, true crime, etc . . . )
All of the references were fun! I had never read "William Wilson" before (not much of a poe person), so that's now on my list. Until Jeannie's reference to Poe, I was thinking of Dostoevsky's The Double. I didn't realize "William Wilson" pre-dates The Double by about five years. I am also going to have to check out Partners in Crime as I had not encountered Tommy and Tuppence before although, I do appreciate the X-files style pairing of disbelieving Ralph and open to the supernatural Jeannie. Dracula was an interesting reference I wasn't expecting, but it ended up making sense with Jack.
And, speaking of books, SK makes an appearance through the avatar of Harlan Coben, the popular mystery writer. Terry wants to go down to the conference for Coben and because the theme was about teaching popular adult literature which has "been a hot-button issue for years" (The Outsider 87). Coben is known for his good plots, and his quote is similar to SK's advice in On Writing. Here's SK's advice about profanity: "I'm not trying to get you to talk dirty, only plain and direct. Remember that the basic rule of vocabulary is use the first word that comes to your mind, if it is appropriate and colorful" (On Writing 110).
I got a bit of a Fargo vibe from Betsy Riggins although I am probably reading too much into the pregnant detective investigating gruesome murder connection (didn't really see it come up anywhere else).
Overall I enjoyed the novel but I probably won't assign it for my class. I may, however, give my students the opportunity to read the novel in a "choose your own adventure" assignment. Did anyone reading this think otherwise, that the novel is a must in a SK class?
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.....best bit he's done in quite a while....it's been a rarity of late, to struggle putting one of his novels down.....
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Spoiler: Randoms thoughts
Just finished it yesterday, I quite enjoyed it. It was nice to see Holly again, though I have to say I was a little disappointed by the ending. I think I just wanted it to go on longer, I guess I wanted to see them spend some more time with El Cuco. Overall though I still really enjoyed it Even though I knew character death was coming at the end, I was still a little bummed out. I've really got to stop getting attached to his character's I got a Desperation vibe at the end, was keeping an eye out for a Tak reference.
Am I the only one who thought of Reuel Gardener's twinner from the talisman when the worms appeared?
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"Have I run too far to get home?"
Loved the book from start to finish. Got a bit of a Dr. Sleep feel from the shapeshifter, kind of a True Knot type vibe, do ya ken? Mainly because the outsider preferred to kill children like the true knot members did and "drink" their essence, sorrow, and pain. Sounds like it was taking steam maybe? A wonderful book, cover to cover.
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...agree with you both....lots of familiar vibes all balled up into one damn fine tale.....
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All good points! I you all could recommend a SK book to follow The Outsider, what would it be? I think my vote would go to It. However, I saw Dr. Sleep, Desperation, andThe Talisman mentioned. I've actually never read The Talisman. Would you all recommend going there next?
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Coolallosaurus said:
On another note, I was at a library book sale today, and learned that Harlan Coben is an actual person when I found a whole box of his books. I had to do a double take because the name sounded so familiar, but I couldn't place it immediately. Needless to say, my wild speculation was very wild indeed. SK is probably the most contemporary author I've read in a really long time, so I was totally out of the loop on that reference. Although, looking up Coben's work, it seems like his plots/themes are relevant to The Outsider.
Stephen King's Book The Outsider Is Becoming a TV Show
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Harlan Coben is an actual person
Well, count me out of the loop, too. I had no idea.
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....it's an unforgettable journey...
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Yep, and pretty good author. Stephen mentioned in the GMA interview that he called up Harlan to get his permission to use him in the novel.
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Fine for Transporting Burmese Python Interstate?
Hi all, I'm new to this forum, I own a baby (5 month old) female albino burmese python. I know that the Lacey Act Constrictor Rule prohibits us from moving these snakes interstate (across state lines) and I was wondering 3 things- 1) what would the fine/penalty be if someone were to transport 1 burm or banned snake interstate? 2) How can we fight this law? and 3) Is there a chance of this law being ever revoked? Any info helps and is greatly appreciated.
Re: Fine for Transporting Burmese Python Interstate?
Moving them across state borders would make you a felon.
more than 5 years, or both, for each violation.
We can fight this law by supporting USARK in their fight to keep the newest species from being permanently added and POTENTIALLY reducing the scope of the Lacey Act's power so that keepers may be able to transport their pets again.
From my understanding, no, there is little hope of having it repealed, only changing the interpretation.
Man, that law is ridiculous.. You're talking a burm here, which is likely CBB in the states.
I second the above. I'm pretty sure Illinois bans owning any constricting snake over six feet because it is "capable" of killing or injuring a person. Sure they are, but so is a black lab.
Does this mean I can't keep a corn snake if it happens to top six feet? Thats ridiculous.
here's a good website from USARK discussing their efforts and what this law means for herpers.
I doubt this. I know there are burms for sale here out in the open.
Thanks all, I agree this law is ridiculous and thank you bigsnakegirl785 for the info but would the fine be that large if someone was to move only one of these "injurious snakes?"
It would appear that you are glossing over the "felony" part, which requires at least one year + 1 day in prison, loss of voting rights, loss of access to a wide variety of occupations, and having to disclose to all future employers that you are a felon.
The size of your fine may vary court by court. The thing to keep in mind, what many courts care about is not the amount of harm you're causing but whether you were intentionally breaking the law. In this case, yes, you would absolutely be violating on purpose, so expect to be out the entire $250,000.
As for how you get caught, FWS reads reptile forums like this one. A simple subpoena will get all the information needed to find you. Or, you might have an ex that knows your story and reports you. Or you might have a neighbor that finds out about your snake and wants it gone.
Large constrictors should only be owned by responsible reptile keepers. People that purposefully break the law are by no stretch of the imagination responsible.
If you move, sell your snake, then buy a new one once you're settled in to your new state. We all care about our snakes but we need to follow all applicable laws, even when they're "dumb" laws.
Well said. Thank you for your words Chairman. As usjally they are well thought out and concise!


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Surviving Antarctica: Geoscience Adventure Ends in Tragedy
Explorer. Adventurer.
Survivor.
When Don Currie, P.Geol., graduated from the University of Alberta's geology program in 1958, he never expected to include these words on his résumé. But in 11 short years, he would earn every single one.
Currie started his career as a prospector in Yukon before moving to Saskatchewan to drill for oil. There, he met the love of his life and future wife, Olga (Ollie) Warnyca.
His travels eventually led him to accept a geology position studying groundwater with the Research Council of Alberta (RCA).
Exploring the world's coldest desert
"Currie, do you want to go to Antarctica?" asked Dr. Tom Berg. Currie and Berg met while working at the RCA, where their love of geology and adventure quickly cemented their friendship. It took Currie only a nanosecond to respond. A year later, the two took a leave without pay from the RCA and were on their way to the southernmost continent.
As part of his PhD research at the University of Wisconsin, Berg received the opportunity to explore the McMurdo Dry Valleys in search of uranium and thorium. Currie was the perfect candidate to analyze core samples and study the heat flow and seismic velocities at drilling sites during the expedition.
The two men landed at Williams Field in a Lockheed Super Constellation. "I remember we both knelt down and kissed the ice runway," wrote Currie in his memoir about the once-in-a lifetime adventure that would leave two men dead. It was October 1969.
They continued north to McMurdo Station, a United States research station on the north tip of Ross Island and Antarctica's largest community. Built on volcanic rock and enduring temperatures as cold as -50°C, the station supported 200 scientists, military personnel, and civilians year-round.
"To be treated by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Navy to the Antarctic experience, exclusive of the sadness, was an honour and a privilege," Curry wrote.
Don Currie, Dr. Tom Berg, and Commander James Brandeau loading the Sikorsky that would later catch fire and crash in Antarctica. When asked if he would ever fly in a helicopter again, Currie was always quick to reply that he didn't have any trouble getting into the one that rescued them.
"It was like someone hitting the side of a building with a 2×4"
On the morning of November 19, 1969, Currie and Berg boarded a Sikorsky helicopter, joined by two New Zealand filmmakers, Jeremy Sykes and Samuel Grau; two crew members, Gordon Little and Claude English; and the pilot and co-pilot, Commander James Brandeau and Lieutenant Michael Mabry.
As they headed towards Wright Valley, fuel from a suddenly ruptured line ignited, causing the magnesium floor to burst into flames—the helicopter slammed into the mountainside. The impact threw them like rag dolls, and the rescue sled broke loose and crashed on the heads of Berg and Sykes—killing them instantly.
Because of the dangerous inflammability of magnesium, the helicopter was consumed by fire, with only a piece of the tail rotor remaining. "Everything else gone, like I mean gone. Black ashes. No flares, no mirrors, no radio," wrote Currie.
Mabry and Little trudged 13 kilometres to an emergency radio station for help. The rest of the injured crew waited eight hours in below-zero temperatures with only the rotor as shelter. Currie's parka and wind pants had burned in the crash—while he was wearing them.
Their eventual rescue was bittersweet. "That's when the sadness hit. All the movies say it should be joy, but it wasn't. We helped the New Zealander into the chopper, and then the crew man, pilot and I embraced with tears in our eyes. We mounted the machine and left the scene."
Currie (right) and Brandeau (left) being treated for second-degree burns.
Dr. Thomas Berg, associate research officer with the Research Council of Alberta (1969). Dr. Berg and Jeremy Sykes, a film director from New Zealand, did not survive the helicopter crash.
Currie continued working as a geoscientist with the RCA, but this time he limited his adventures to the safety of the boardroom. Knowing the importance of giving back to one's profession, he helped guide the future of APEGA as a Councillor (1979 to 1981), and he shared his passion for education by serving on the University of Alberta Student Liaison Committee for almost a decade (1979 to 1988).
Even after retirement, Currie was a key player in industry. In 1986, he became the managing director of the Alberta Chamber of Resources and served in the position for 15 years, lobbying the government to invest in Alberta's oil sands. At the same time, he was the managing director for the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA). To this day, the COAA bestows the Don Currie Award of Recognition upon one member each year who demonstrates long-standing and dedicated service.
Of course, Currie's true love was always his wife, Ollie. After 56 years of marriage, Don and Ollie Currie passed away within eight months of each other in 2018.
Don and Ollie Currie. Don's professional awards include the United States Antarctic Service Medal (1977); an APEGA Honorary Life Membership (1986); the APEGA LC Charlesworth Professional Service Award (1998); an Honorary Engineers Canada Fellowship (2009); and a Geoscientists Canada Fellowship (2014).
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Gibsonia, PA, December 18, 2015 – The Ark and The Dove, Inc. today announced the purchase of the historic site of the "Duquesne Weekend" where nearly 50 years ago the Holy Spirit fell in power on a handful of Duquesne University students. Many in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and others baptized in the Holy Spirit trace their beginnings back to this event.
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In response to Pope Francis' commission to the Renewal, in the hopes of unifying the many expressions of the Renewal, in anticipation of the Jubilee and the 50th anniversary of the Duquesne Weekend, to reclaim our historical site, to increase the visibility and identity of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, to proclaim the love of God though His Son Jesus in the POWER of the Holy Spirit, The Ark and The Dove can be that rallying point for the Renewal worldwide!
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Palestinians Miscalculate Again, Will Not Obtain State Via U.N. In September
Posted by William A. Jacobson	Friday, May 27, 2011 at 5:29pm | 5/27/2011 - 5:29pm
The threat of the Palestinians going directly to the U.N. General Assembly to obtain recognition as a sovereign state has been the latest in a long line of attempts to obtain the 1967 borders and to avoid serious concessions on non-territorial items, such as the return of Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
In a recent Op-Ed in The NY Times, Mahmoud Abbas proclaimed the Palestinians intention to obtain membership as a state at the U.N. this September:
Palestine's admission to the United Nations would pave the way for the internationalization of the conflict as a legal matter, not only a political one. It would also pave the way for us to pursue claims against Israel at the United Nations, human rights treaty bodies and the International Court of Justice….
The State of Palestine intends to be a peace-loving nation, committed to human rights, democracy, the rule of law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. Once admitted to the United Nations, our state stands ready to negotiate all core issues of the conflict with Israel. A key focus of negotiations will be reaching a just solution for Palestinian refugees based on Resolution 194, which the General Assembly passed in 1948.
Palestine would be negotiating from the position of one United Nations member whose territory is militarily occupied by another, however, and not as a vanquished people ready to accept whatever terms are put in front of us.
The pressure from U.N. recognition has led to many chicken-little outcries that Israel must give in now, or else.
It appears that the Palestinian gambit was nothing more than posturing, with one important caveat.
As reported by the Jerusalem Post, the President of the U.N. General Assembly confirms that the Palestinians cannot obtain U.N. recognition as a member state unless the matter is referred to the General Assembly by the Security Council:
The Palestinians cannot circumvent the UN Security Council to avoid a likely US veto if they try to join the United Nations as a sovereign state later this year, a top UN official said on Friday.
But the official made clear a US veto would not put the issue of Palestinian statehood and UN membership to rest.
Some Arab diplomats in New York have suggested it would be possible for the Palestinians to bypass the UN Security Council and go straight to the 192-nation General Assembly to win approval for a planned UN membership application.
The UN charter says that new members are admitted by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the 15-nation Security Council, where the United Sates, Britain, France, China and Russia are permanent members with veto powers.
The current president of the General Assembly, Joseph Deiss of Switzerland, was asked by reporters if there was a way for the Palestinians to become a UN member state if its application was vetoed by the United States, which opposes the idea. Deiss said, "No."
The big caveat is that a permanent U.N. member would have to exercise its veto power. That's us.
A General Assembly resolution unofficially recognizing a Palestinian state would not be insignificant as a further attempt to isolate Israel, but it also would not amount to much more than already exists. In 1947 the General Assembly recognized Jewish and Arab states, and the Palestinians rejected it. In 1988, another General Assembly resolution was passed recognizing Palestinian sovereignty over post-'67 war territory captured by Israel.
Yet the Palestinians do not have a state because they have rejected compromise on the key issues, and have no consensus even as to whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state alongside a Palestinian state.
One of these days the Palestinians will accept that they cannot have it all, just as Benjamin Netanyahu recently acknowledged that there will have to be Israeli territorial compromises.
But one of those days seems as far away as it was in 1947, 1967, 1973, 1988, and last week.
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Chuck Skinner | May 27, 2011 at 6:04 pm
You know, I had a thought while listening to Bebi Netanyahu correctly lecturing President Obama (who has now completely alienated the Jewish voting block). It would never happen, but Netanyahu ought to offer the following to show Arab hypocrisy:
–Given that Israel absorbed roughly the same number of refugees from other Arab states as were the progenitors of the current Palestinian refugees, Israel is ready to compromise on allowing those Palestinian refugees back to the land that they abandoned in 1948 on the condition that all Israelis that were absorbed into Israel be given all THEIR land back in the surrounding Arab countries.–
I have a feeling that we would suddenly hear a lot of hemming and hawing from Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon and the other Gulf states saying "we no longer support the Palestinians on the 'right of return.' Their state must absorb all refugees and descendants."
It's time to put the Arab hypocrisy on display for the entire world to see. Forcing the Arab states to have some skin in the game every time they open their mouths to support the "Palestinian" state should create enough of a Public Relations nightmare for them to keep their mouths shut.
Shayne | May 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Do not underestimate Obama giving in to the Palis demand and not using the veto to block their entry. Obama is surely pissed at Netanyahu for showing him up and we all know how thin-skinned Obama is.
What better way to get back at Bibi, and woo the Arabs than to not veto at the UN. I believe he feels he will still get the Jewish vote – who seem to still support him even after what happened last week – then Obama may just stand down and let the Palis have their state.
This, among other reasons, is why Obama MUST be defeated in 2012. Remember, he may veto it this year because re-election is coming up. But like the administration official said, that doesn't put the issue to rest. Unencumbered by re-election after 2012, Obama may be extraordinarily dangerous.
Juba Doobai! | May 28, 2011 at 2:11 am
Chuck Skinner, you echoed my thought. The Arabs keep yapping about a "right of return" aka genocide of the Jews; they're all for it. What about the Jewish right of return to the assorted Islamic countries and their receipt of fair market value for their land and business holdings, as well as the assets they had in banks, in minerals with which they were forbidden from leaving the country? How about restitution for all of that because obtaining and exercising their "right of return" will result in their genocide.


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