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Q: RestTemplate.exchange doesn't work properly. Missing params thrown I've got 2 aplication one calling another. In the first one I have
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
                HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
                MultiValueMap<String, Object> parameters = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
                parameters.add("stationFrom", stationfrom);
                parameters.add("stationTo", stationto);
                parameters.add("operator", 5);
                parameters.add("dateTimeFrom", sdfnative.format(sdfeskm.parse(departuredate)));
                parameters.add("dateTimeTo", sdfnative.format(sdfeskm.parse(departuredate).getTime() + 60*60*1000));
                HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>> request = new HttpEntity<>(parameters, headers);
                jsonTrain = restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.GET, request, String.class).toString();

the url is defined as global http://ip:8090/connection/search
When I'm looking at the request I can see that every parameter has it's proper value, but in the restTemplate.exchange line I got error "Parameter stationFrom is missing"
My endpoint on provided IP looks like :
@GetMapping(value = "/connection/search")
public ResponseEntity<String> getConnection(@RequestParam(value = "stationFrom") int stationFrom,
                                @RequestParam(value = "stationTo") int stationTo,
                                @RequestParam(value = "operator") int operator,
                                @RequestParam(value = "dateTimeFrom") String dateTimeFrom,
                                @RequestParam(value = "dateTimeTo") String dateTimeTo) throws JSONException

I don't know why it throws me this error if stationFrom has for example value 40 and I can see it in debug/logs
Of course calling provided endpoint from postman, with the same data gives me expected result :)

A: You are passing the query parameters (RequestParams) as headers.
Check the following example how to pass RequestParams:
public void findUserById()
{
        String username = "chathuranga";
        String password = "123";
        Integer userId = 1;

        String url = "http://localhost:" + port + "/users/" + userId;

        //setting up the HTTP Basic Authentication header value
        String authorizationHeader = "Basic " + DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary((username + ":" + password).getBytes());

        HttpHeaders requestHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
        //set up HTTP Basic Authentication Header
        requestHeaders.add("Authorization", authorizationHeader);
        requestHeaders.add("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE);

        //request entity is created with request headers
        HttpEntity<AddUserRequest> requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(requestHeaders);

        //adding the query params to the URL
        UriComponentsBuilder uriBuilder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromHttpUrl(url)
                .queryParam("name", "chathuranga")
                .queryParam("email", "chathuranga.t@gmail.com");

        ResponseEntity<FindUserResponse> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(
                uriBuilder.toUriString(),
                HttpMethod.GET,
                requestEntity,
                FindUserResponse.class
        );

        if (responseEntity.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.OK) {
            System.out.println("response received");
            System.out.println(responseEntity.getBody());
        } else {
            System.out.println("error occurred");
            System.out.println(responseEntity.getStatusCode());
        }
}


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Select Academic Year: 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022
LS/0146 - CONTEMPORARY POPULAR MUSIC
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IGNAZIO MACCHIARELLA (Tit.)
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[32/17] LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION [17/00 - Ord. 2019] PERCORSO COMUNE 6 30
The course aims a comprehensive introduction to the scientific study of music as sound, social practice and symbolic language.
1. Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students can identify and recognize the essential components of a musical performance; they identify the main formal and contextual elements of both folk and popular song; they know how to define some basic mechanisms of today's production, circulation, fruition of music; they can distinguish the contextual elements of the musics analysed during classes.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students are able to give consideration to the sound reproduction devices influence on today's making music. They can propose basic elements of reflection on the variety of music of our day as a representation of different cultural instances in the construction of identities, in the definition of global / local relationships, in the dynamics of power, in interpersonal communication, in the representations of the relationships between groups and individuals and so on. They get basic notions of sound / music archives, their activity and function
3. Making judgements
Students are able to describe musical performances of oral tradition similar to those studied in the class and to reflect on the relationship between text and music highlighting the main types of their interactions
4. Communication skills: At the end of the course, students think critically about the presence and importance of music in the social life of our time. They also use the basic lexicon of ethnomusicology and discuss some basic concepts, first of all the same concept of "music"; and also they effectively communicate the acquired knowledge and skills.
5. Learning skills. At the end of the course students know how to access the main sound archives of music of oral tradition in the world; they know how to critically relate to the mass of information on music and how to improve their skills so as to be ready to continuing their studies in master's degree courses.
There are no specific course requirements. The classes are open to all. Students can attend the literacy workshops and basic music practice organized by the MusE (Unica Musica Ensemble), achieving an additional CFU. Moreover the frequency of "Ethnomusicology of Sardinia" and of "Sociology of Music and Cinema" is highly recommended. It is assumed that the student has an interest in the musical diversity of the world and is available for a reasoned listening. Class attendance is strongly recommended
The module deals with popular music as a symbolic communication tool. By overcoming the clichés suggested by the term commercial music, the class will aim to highlight the most recurring mechanisms of meaning within the "galaxy" of musical expressions circulating mostly through the mass media and enjoyed by a large public of mass. The first lessons will present the different meanings of the concept of popular music, its origin in Britain and its coming in Italy, and the history of studies. Following lessons, through the deepening of some famous songs, will offer some basic notions on the formal structure and the harmonic system of a song. The final part will be dedicated to insights on the Neapolitan song and the origins of the Italian canzone. During classes numerous audio-video materials will be analyzed
Lectures with class discussions and practicals
Verification of learning
o Oral examination.
o The questions will concern the basic themes of the course, with special regard to the concept of human musicality
o Competence in framing the ethomusicological studies as a tool for interpretation of contemporary music landscape
o Competence in description of at least two musical practices introduced in the central part of the course.
o Competence in description of a oral tradition music performance
o Expressive proficiency and use of an appropriate terminology.
- Allan F. Moore, Come si ascolta la popular music. In Enciclopedia della musica, Volume 1, Einaudi Torino 2001.
- Richard Middleton. Lo studio della popular music, in Enciclopedia della Musica, Volume 2, Einaudi, Torino, 2002.
- Una antologia di saggi, con materiali multimediali, che verrà messa a disposizione dal docente al termine delle lezioni.
At the end of the course an anthology of essays, with multimedia materials, will be made available by the teacher
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Rate Hike Talk Spins Momentum Towards Dollar
Ben HernandezDec 21, 2021
Forthcoming rate hikes could make 2022 the year of the almighty dollar after 2021 was dominated by a bullish cryptocurrency run.
Bullish dollar investors can thank the U.S. Federal Reserve for acknowledging the strength of inflation and responding with rate hikes for the new year. To go along with the hawkishness, the Omicron variant is also causing investors to seek a safe haven in the greenback.
"The dollar rose on Friday as traders retreated from riskier currencies amid talk of interest rate hikes by central bankers and concerns about the spread of Omicron cases," CNBC reports. "The dollar index against major currencies was up nearly 0.6% in afternoon trading in New York, recouping all of the value it had lost on Thursday following a series of central bank policy statements."
Exchange traded fund (ETF) investors looking for an opportunity can use the Invesco DB US Dollar Bullish (UUP A) to capture the dollar's upward momentum. UUP tracks the price movement of the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies, including the European Union's euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Canadian dollar, the Swedish krona, and the Swiss franc.
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UDN seeks to track the changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Deutsche Bank Short US Dollar Index Futures Index. The index reflects the changes in market value over time, whether positive or negative, of a short position in the DX Contract that expires during the months of March, June, September, and December.
The fund seeks to track the index by establishing short positions in DX Contracts. DX Contracts are linked to the six underlying, or index, currencies of the U.S. Dollar Index (USDX®), or the USDX®. The index currencies are the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc.
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Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Chronofile and the Irony of the Future
by christel | Jun 19, 2013 | Blog, We Love...
After happening upon about 36 hours of video of Buckminster Fuller lectures from the 1970s, digitized from tape, on YouTube the other day (thanks, GnosticMedia!), I couldn't help but think about how hard the architect, philosopher, designer and futurist would have shit his pants if he could see the world I live in.
If you've never heard of Buckminster Fuller (or Bucky, as he was known), don't feel bad; he's most well-known for his work with geodesic domes and doesn't seem to get a lot of attention outside of the design field. He was born in 1895 and died in 1983, a year before I was born, and was shaped by the unprecedented breakneck pace of change of the twentieth century. He was a true interdisciplinarian, a non-conformist, a man of letters and ideas, able to understand and communicate the overarching narrative of history as he had lived it.
He also kept the most insanely meticulous journal of a human life ever created. This journal, in which (according to Wikipedia) he documented every mundane detail of his life every 15 minutes from 1920 to 1983, came to be known as the Dymaxion Chronofile:
"The Dymaxion Chronofile is Buckminster Fuller's attempt to document his life as completely as possible. He created a very large scrapbook in which he documented his life every 15 minutes from 1920 to 1983. The scrapbook contains copies of all correspondence, bills, notes, sketches, and clippings from newspapers. The total collection is estimated to be 270 feet (80 m) worth of paper. This is said to be the most documented human life in history." (Wikipedia)
"If somebody kept a very accurate record of a human being, going through the era from the Gay '90s, from a very different kind of world through the turn of the century—as far into the twentieth century as you might live. I decided to make myself a good case history of such a human being and it meant that I could not be judge of what was valid to put in or not. I must put everything in, so I started a very rigorous record."
– Buckminster Fuller, Oregon Lecture #9, p.324, 12 July 1962
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Bucky spent his early years getting expelled from Harvard twice, flitting from job to job, working with machines and going bankrupt. In his thirties he decided to buckle down and "search for the principles governing the universe and help advance the evolution of humanity in accordance with them… finding ways of doing more with less to the end that all people everywhere can have more and more." He wrote a bathtub full of books and spent much of his life working on developing methods of cheap, sustainable housing and transportation.
He believed firmly in the power of one person not only to influence the world, but to steer the entire course of the future (his headstone reads "Call me Trim Tab" — a trimtab is a tiny moving part on a wing or a rudder that directs the whole device with the smallest of movements). And it seems as though he felt an intense obligation to history and record-keeping and had a prescient idea of the value of information in the future, which led to his obsession with documenting his life.
The journals themselves are fantastic pieces of artistic and literary value and I think Bucky would have been delighted with our ability to digitize analogue artifacts and disseminate them with very little time, energy or cost to everyone in the entire world who can get access to an Internet connection. I imagine that if he were still alive, he would have changed and adapted and embraced the world as we know it in 2013, and revelled in our capacity to do so much more with less.
But when I went googling, appreciating my position as an armchair knowledge sponge with instant access to more information than Bucky could have imagined, I found something shocking: the Buckminster Fuller Institute, second hit after Wikipedia, had forgotten to pay its hosting company (it's now back up and worth a visit), and Stanford University, holder of the Chronofile, uses a Flash gallery unviewable on devices.
Sad trombone. In a world where currency transactions are instant and an eight-year-old can build a website, how can this possibly happen? Have we come over the speed bump of the twentieth century only to be stymied by trivialities? Now that we have found so many ways to do more with less, are we now trying to find out how little we can do before imploding as a global civilization?
My smartphone — the one I have to coat in plastic and rubber because I'm clumsier than a greased-up toddler — is more powerful than the most expensive military-grade bachelor-apartment-sized computer available in Bucky's day. My desktop computer could run like 10 nuclear research centres in the 1960s. I can fly to places in a few hours that would have taken months to reach a century ago. With a couple of clicks I can get a ground level panoramic view of any street in the world, download and watch any piece of media ever created, and have anything I could possibly want delivered to my door in a few days. With all that shit handled, you'd imagine we'd have more time for solving problems.
And we do. More people in the world are healthier, cleaner, better educated and richer than ever before in the history of the planet. However much I bitch about the Harper government and world politics and current events, I will have a much better life than almost every woman who lived before me. Sometimes I feel bad, given my privileged position, about the amount of time I spend looking at cat pictures and watching reality tv shows and documenting all the inane details of my life on Facebook.
But I imagine people must have thought Bucky was wasting his time with his Chronofile, noting his hygiene habits and pasting in his train tickets and receipts. The technological history of the past 500 years of human civilization is about overcoming the problems of documenting, storing, duplicating and disseminating information. We've gotten so good at recording knowledge that we're doing it all day, every day, in real time. The issue of corporate data collection currently has newsworthy ethical problems, but think about it in a scientific way: a significant proportion of the eight billion people on this planet are generating numerous packets of recorded, cheaply store-able information every day. This is more information than could ever be optimally grasped and utilized by our civilization, ever. We have so much information that we pay people to get rid of it.
These days, there seems to be a pervasive attitude of trivialization among older, educated people when it comes to new media and things like Facebook and internet culture. But are exponentially-increasing leisure time, computer literacy and global interconnectivity — results of our reliance on computers to collect and analyze data — really the hallmarks of a post-peak society hurtling towards self-induced apocalypse? Every generation seems to disparage the next, but the truth is that human history has been developing in new and highly unpredictable ways for millenia, and some people are uncomfortable with change — and, I suppose, with the idea that a journal or a Facebook profile might be the only faded imprint of your life after you're gone.
When I think of the changes that took place within Bucky's lifetime — nearly everything we know about the origin of the human species and composition of the universe, the human brain, space and flight, the development and ubiquitous integration of digital technology — how can I not expect that the world I know now will be ancient and unrecognizable by the time I live out my (astoundingly lengthy, comparatively) life expectancy? We have the chance to participate in a world that's changing faster than at any other time in the past, and we each have the ability to contribute to the collection and understanding of the world's store of information from our desk chairs. And we all have a responsibility to take advantage of the technology that has grown from the work of the generations that came before, instead of opining for a nostalgic version of the past that may never have existed.
So be an armchair explorer. Be grateful for your smartphone. Learn how to participate in the changing cultural, intellectual and technological landscape of the world we live in. And don't take it for granted, because if there is an afterlife, you can bet your balls that Plato and Descartes and Galileo and Newton and all the other human pillars of civilization are looking down on us from the big Tavern in the Sky, green with envy.


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Attack of the killer widgets Colin O'Flynn draws attention to growing security weaknesses in our smart homes
Alec Bruce May 1, 2019
Halifax computer engineer Colin O'Flynn makes one thing perfectly clear: Your fridge can't hurt you.
The future is a different story.
"Think about down the road, and the stuff you're going to buy," says the Dalhousie University assistant professor and co-founder of New AE Technology Inc. "I'm talking about the 'Internet of Things.' Even your thermostat is a pretty complicated computer, which might be connected to your doorbell. Someone could hook up to that and get into your Wi-Fi."
In 2016, the researcher and his colleagues at the Weizmann Institute of Science, near Tel Aviv in Israel, made global headlines by hacking Philips Hue smart bulbs installed on that campus.
"We can cause lights to flicker at a range of over 70 metres while driving," O'Flynn, Eyal Ronen, Adi Shamir and Achi-Or Weingarten wrote in one report, adding, "Philips has already confirmed and fixed the takeover vulnerability.
That was the point of the exercise: To draw attention to growing security weaknesses in the online-enriched, but otherwise ordinary, devices we take for granted.
Through New AE, the computer scientist's proprietary technology enables technicians to attack their own products and, theoretically, solve problems before they occur. Over the past couple of years, the enterprise has sold more than 1,000 units to private and public organizations.
Says O'Flynn: "The biggest thing is ransomware. Someone demands $100,000 to keep the lights on. Then, what do you do?"
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Nico Carpentier is an assistant professor working at the Communication Studies Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB - Free University of Brussels). He is co-director of the VUB research centre CEMESO and vice-president of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). His theoretical focus is on discourse theory, his research interests are situated in the relationship between media, journalism, politics and culture, especially towards social domains as war & conflict, ideology, participation and democracy.
The critical usually finds itself in a difficult relationship with the social. Its strong investment into social change renders it both necessary and uncomfortable. Its necessity originates from the impossibility to ultimately stabilise and saturate the social, which generates spaces for difference and diversity, which in turn are the conditions of possibility for dissensus. Although we might cherish fantasies about societal consensus and harmony, and at the same time deeply fear the total loss of individuality in a Brave New World, the social is structurally characterised by conflict, which simultaneously opens up the spaces for the critical to be elaborated.
This broad perspective towards the critical opens up a wide variety of objectives and uses of the critical. Following Gramsci's distinction between traditional and organic intellectuals, we can distinguish between critical projects that serve specific hegemonies, and critical projects that try to mediate between these hegemonies and other (potentially counter-hegemonic) discourses. Obviously, the third cluster of critical projects then consists of the counter-hegemonic discourses themselves.
One consequence of this basic typology is that the critical cannot be equated with the counter-hegemonic. The signifier 'the critical' is part of a play of resistance and incorporation, where a diversity of societal projects formulate claims towards the critical and where other projects in their turn retaliate by launching counter-claims about their being 'truly' critical. In other words, the critical is always ideological, as it uses specific political reference points and utopias. These 'not-places' and 'never-to-be-places' provide the critical with its ultimate horizons, whose phantasmagoric realization serve as its breeding grounds. Given the multitude of potential reference points, the critical functions as a floating signifier, that can be articulated in different, even contradictory, discourses. One example –in this issue of Politics and Culture- can be found in Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft's article, and the discussion on the position of the critical towards secularism and religion.
But this is not the only complication that the critical has to face in relation to the counter-hegemonic. As argued elsewhere (see Cammaerts & Carpentier, 2009), a social order is not constituted by merely one hegemony, but by a network of articulated hegemonies, that (sometimes) interlock, and mutually enhance and enforce each other. In order to be successful, or even understandable, critical projects need their anchorages into that social order, which implies the unavoidable acceptance of some (components of) these hegemonies in order to resist other hegemonies. When critical projects attempt to tackle multiple hegemonies at the same time, they tend to become radical, which brings about the risk of total disarticulation from the social and the consequent loss of their discursive strength.
The need for anchorage into the social provides the critical with its worldliness but also renders the critical always particular, partial and cultural. Theo Jung's historical approach towards the critical (or what's left of it) in this issue of Politics and Culture only bears witness of this cultural situatedness. But at the same time, the anchorage of the critical into the social does not make it comfortable, as it dislodges and deconstructs other components of the social. This situates the critical in a dialectics of reaffirmation and disapproval, of compliance and resistance, of stability and change. Its 'negative' side nevertheless remains one of its main characteristics, which is often aimed against the taken-for-granted and against what is considered to be at the heart of the social.
Not surprisingly, these attempts to de-doxify the social can sometimes become articulated as social threats, which legitimises the fierce reactions, social sanctions and criminalisations that the critical then has to face. In this issue of Politics and Culture we can find an example in Sina Rahmani's article on the history of the Black Block, but also Leo Strauss' "Persecution and the Art of Writing" (discussed in Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft's article) provides us with an example, as it describes how philosophers like Maimonides hid meanings in their texts to avoid persecution. As these two examples show, the critical is sometimes confronted with (state) apparati that attempt to protect their ideological projects through the use of (state) violence, showing that hegemonies are still protected by the use of force if this is deemed necessary.
However relevant the (analysis of the) discursive struggle over the critical is, the broad approach behind it triggers the risk of radical relativism and nihilism. Arguably, many critical projects close to Cultural Studies have been discursive (and activist) watchdogs of a series of universalised values, like human rights, social justice, democracy, and peace, without neglecting the constructed nature of their universalisation processes and the situatedness of their articulations. So it comes as no surprise that one of the essays in this issue, written by Rob Leurs, looks at the discourse-theoretical toolbox and what its non-essentialism can offer to Cultural Studies. But at the same time these universalised values do provide the anchorage of the critical into the social, their importance strategically and temporarily fixed to disrupt other certainties and to critically demonstrate the prices paid for the lack of the radicalised realisation of human rights, social justice, democracy, and peace (without wanting to produce an exhaustive list).
To give two examples: First, Said's call for intellectuals to speak truth to power, so crucial to our academic activity, not only presupposes access to this truth (however constructed truthfulness might be) but it also requires an anchorage into social justice and power, where structural power imbalances become important enough to be scrutinised and publically exposed, however difficult that might prove to be. Another example is Mouffe's call for the hegemony of democracy. Strongly attached to diversity and fluidity, Mouffe simultaneously privileges the democratic as an anchorage point, as this democratic horizon allows for the conversion of antagonisms into agonisms. The attachment to the basic principles of democracy thus become the starting point of a critical project that meticulously analyses how conflict is ignored and pushed to the outsides of society, only to come back with a vengeance.
These examples also make it clear that there are many sites and locations of the critical and its anchorage points. And this again brings me to this issue of Politics and Culture, as a number of essays investigate how the critical is deployed in several locations. Philosophy (addressed in the articles written by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft and Rob Leurs) and activism (discussed in Sina Rahmani's article) have already been mentioned. Two other articles, written by Sebastian Nestler and Fien Adriaens, look at popular culture as a site for the critical, while Daniel Ashton looks at education and Heather Davis studies the role (community) arts practice can play. Together with a series of book reviews, these essays show how the critical remains a free-floating enterprise and a crucial site of human agency, paradoxically made possible by the fluidity of the social and by the partial fixation of the critical through its anchorage into the social.
Cammaerts, Bart, Carpentier, Nico (2009) 'Blogging the 2003 Iraq War: Challenging the Ideological Model of War and Mainstream Journalism?', OBS*, 3(2), http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs/article/view/276.
Mouffe, Chantal (2005) On the political. London: Routledge.
Said, Edward (1996) Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures. New York: Vintage.
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Why are there 52 cards in a deck of playing cards?
What were playing cards originally used for?
The four suits represent the four seasons, while the 52 cards represent the 52 weeks in a year. The thirteen cards per suit represent the thirteen lunar cycles. That being said, with the broad range of suits, deck sizes, face cards and games all over the world, playing cards will probably continue to evolve and grow.
Who invented playing cards and why?
PLAYING cards were invented by the Chinese before AD1000. They reached Europe around 1360, not directly from China but from the Mameluke empire of Egypt. The history of suitmarks demonstrates a fascinating interplay between words, shapes and concepts.
Some have suggested that the playing cards first functioned as "play money" and represented the stakes used for other gambling games, and later became part of the games themselves. Others have proposed connections between playing cards and chess or dice games, but this is again speculative.
What was the first card game?
The first reference to the card game in world history dates no later than the 9th century, when the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang Dynasty writer Su E, described Princess Tongchang (daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang) playing the "leaf game" with members of the Wei clan (the family of the princess


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Need a Laugh? Sketchbook All About The Bachelor
Posted in The Bachelor/Bachelorette Recaps by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM
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Peek Into a Hilarious Sketchbook All About The Bachelor.
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The Bachelor Recap – The Women Tell All Season 16
Posted in Television & Movies, The Bachelor/Bachelorette Recaps by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM
Before we even get to The Women Tell All, we have to get to everyone else ever affiliated with The Bachelor or Bachelorette, as this episode starts out with clips and interviews from a Bachelor/Bachelorette reunion party, which will be the breeding grounds of the Bachelor Pad 3…eww. Oh, and Ali's gonna be there after breaking off her engagement with latin lover Roberto…And so is Ed, after breaking off his engagement with Canadian Bachelorette Jillian. Doesn't that all sound like so much fun? Well, this girl needs a break from all the crazies (I need to mentally prepare for the Bentleys of the world during Emily's season coming up – I'm quite looking forward to it, actually) and Bachelor Pad is all of 'em, all the crazies, all together under one big roof. You'll have to fill me in on how that goes. Thanks.
The recap of Ben's journey to love is a jam-packed session, reliving every ounce of awkward in just one episode is far too much for me to handle. I will admit I had to fast forward a lot. Watching once was enough, thanks. Plus, I hadn't even had any wine. Free advice: have some wine while watching The Women Tell All. It's a cat fight. Meow.
Here's the gist of what we learn on this night where the rejected come together, tans too orange, smiles too plastic, skirts too short, heels too high…
Blakeley: is not a competitor, is not friendly, and was just there to meet Ben. Her excuse for poor behavior while filming: she was just "too mature" for everyone else.
Jennifer: looks awesome. Whoa. Good on you, lady.
Brittney: was not at all attracted to Ben and therefore sent herself home.
Samantha: the instigator, otherwise known as the chihuahua in the house. Shedoesnotstoptalking.
Shawntel is back (again) and disappointed (again) and saddened (as always) by how rudely she was treated by the bullies in the house. Every woman there would like to confront Shawntel and hands fly when Chris asks if anyone has any questions.
Elyse is orange.
Erika – who are you? I don't know but way to tell America you've got big hips. That's all I'll remember.
Emily is playing the princess in purple. She says she's happy about the way things ended because she deserves better than Ben, who showed her only that he cared more about preserving his relationship with Courtney than respecting her or the other women. She gets a lot of air time and probably because she was very likeable and America can't understand why he's keeping Courtney around either.
Nicki is heartbroken but herself again.
Kacie B. doesn't think Ben would've fit in at her family's house in the South for Christmas. Ben probably would've said the same thing about every other day of the year, too.
A good chunk of the show is spent bashing on Courtney, which is understandable but seems a bit unfair seeing as she isn't there to defend herself, and there's more than a 50% chance Ben is going to choose her (seriously, people, don't act surprised – he is gaga over her and that's been very obvious for a long while now). So really this ends up being all of Ben's ex-girlfriends slamming his current girlfriend. Not pretty. And the point is taken a little more seriously when Chris Harrison announces that Courtney is there in person to defend herself – surprise! Aha! And now this becomes the producer's "let's try to make America at least like her a little bit before the finale" episode.
Courtney says she regrets a lot and is disappointed in herself. It sounds quite as if she's had some coaching (maybe from a publicist or Bachelor Brad's therapist?) to respond to everyone's harsh comments. Even Chris calls her out, wondering aloud if all the other ladies are buying what she's trying to sell or if they believe she's just there to repair her image. I'll take the latter for 500, Chris. Her defense to her poor behavior and regular jabs at the girls is that she was extremely uncomfortable and she didn't think any of it through. After the commercial break she's worked up some tears and manages to spill out a lot of blanket apologies. As soon as Chris takes over the conversation to tell her she has said all she can say to the other women, the tears have dried and she says her thanks and goodbye, hops into her limo and drives off.
Side note: What's up with all the purple tonight?
Ben is welcomed to the stage and he appropriately welcomes Chris to his nightmare. We don't learn anything new, there is nothing shocking or exciting, just every single girl asking "why did I get sent home? What did I do wrong?" Totally pathetic. Chris doesn't ask Ben if he's with someone now, whether he's engaged, happy, dating…nothing. Hopefully the After the Final Rose episode will be more interesting than this.
Chris says this was an unusually emotional season. Hmmm…seemed quite usual to me. What say you? Who is your pick for the final rose?! Will there be a proposal?
P.S. Maybe my favorite part of this Women Tell All is Manic Monica confronting crazy Blogger Jenna about her breakdown on television, trying to make amends by offering her a tampon of which they will share. "Jenna, will you accept this tampon?" What was your favorite part?
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The Bachelor Recap episode 9, season 16
This week we're in beautiful Switzerland with awkward fantasy date card invitations to look forward to. Yay!
First is the worst
Nicki arrives to meet Ben and he doesn't seem all too excited to see her …maybe the elementary school kids have it right: first is the worst.
I'm sure you're surprised to hear they'll be taking a helicopter ride to see the city. I have to say, while it's cool because it's not a very common mode of transportation, I really think the helicopter date is a good plan if you want to rule out any opportunities for forced intimacy and conversation. It's loud, you're looking away from each other out separate windows, it's difficult to hear what the other person is saying, plus there's lots of nodding and empty smiling. The helicopter lands on a mountaintop for the pair to set up a picnic. Nicki is reliving telling him she loves him and he seems to just laugh it off.
At my house we're a little disappointed there was no yodeling involved in this date. Seriously, what else are you supposed to do on a mountaintop in the Swiss Alps with a girl you aren't really that into? Totally blew it, Ben.
Fireside dinner
Ben says he feels comfortable with Nicki and every time he sees her, he feels better. It seems awkward. And then it gets worse: Nicki asks how many kids he wants. Like he's practicing for this conversation that he might want to have with someone he actually likes, Ben says the "more the merrier – four" and recalls that he and his sister and dad conspired to create a big family. As if she realizes she isn't fitting into this little life Ben has planned, she confidently affirms that she came from a small family and she'd like two kids. Well, settled then. This isn't working.
Despite the fact that Ben says he is nervous about giving her the fantasy suite card, (which I don't believe unless he means that he is nervous she'll say yes and he'll have to keep pretending with her) and she accepts. Of course. And Ben is flattered. And off they go. And despite the fact that Nicki says she doesn't take this lightly, she later says something along these lines: hey, folks, we're a few short weeks away from the proposal…I gotta try this guy out, and, plus, the last guy I was with was my ex husband.
Nicki tells Ben she is confident she can make him happy. Next they're in the hot tub. Woof. Is it itchy in here or is it just me? Ugh, yeah, this is awkward.
Second, the best
"Hey, I know I just had intimate relations with contestant #1, but now Lindzi's here and I'm excited…welcome, Lindzi."
–what Ben should say in his opening voice over
To start their romantic day together, according to Ben they'll be repelling down 300 feet in a canyon. And a few minutes in we realize in disappointment they aren't actually repelling, but rather someone up at the top is slowly lowering them down. Sounds like a metaphor for their relationship if I ever heard one – what Lindzi thinks will be a fun and exciting adventure is really just going to be a slow and anguishing let down. In the midst of their snail's pace descent, Ben tells the camera, "I love this woman" and I almost let myself believe Lindzi has a shot against Courtney's crazy head mind games. Almost.
Hey, surprise! Another hot tub! Finally at dinner, Lindzi tells Ben she is falling in love with him and is hoping for a proposal at the end. Ben tells the camera he is really starting to fall in love with her too. Upon receiving the fantasy suite invitation, Lindzi gives the obligatory "I usually don't stay the night with anyone, but I want to spend more time with you" speech. And Ben loves her. And she probably is the best.
Third's the golden bird
Saving his best for last, Ben finally gets his beloved Courtney all alone (just the way she demands it). They take a train ride (where they get to talk and hear each other and cuddle up all cozy like, as opposed to a helicopter ride – see above). At my house, we're surprised to be halfway through their date and realizing we're not yet annoyed by Courtney. They picnic with cows, and when Courtney brings up having a hard time with the girls, Ben tells her he wishes she would have made it easier for him and tells her it was all very messed up. And that's the end of that conversation. Oh, and now Courtney loves him so much and is sorry that she treated those girls so poorly because it has made him second guess her. Oops.
At dinner, Courtney tries again to open up to Ben by confessing she has a hard time with girls, she puts walls up…Ben says he just feels cautious about the fact that Courtney is saying she doesn't get along with women…he has a lot of girl friends, he's very close to his mom and sister…is that going to be okay? (No.) Courtney tells him that she acknowledges and regrets those mistakes. She wants normal in her life. Really? (No.)
Ben gives Courtney the fantasy suite card and says he feels really good about where they are. He wants uninterrupted everything, just to be with her. Courtney is calm and triumphant. In a wine barrel of a hot tub (oh, sorry…surprise!) it gets rather steamy.
"It's the smallest hot tub I've ever been in, and I'm not complaining!" – Ben, also triumphant about saving the best girl and best hot tub for last.
Hot Mess Hotel Guest
Helicopter – check.
Hot tubs – check.
Previously sent home contestant knocking on hotel door to sort out feelings and confront Bachelor – check.
Back from the depths of rejection, in a not-so-surprising move, is cutie pie Kacie B. A self-proclaimed "hot mess," Kacie says she feels like when she left she didn't know what to say and couldn't – still can't – rationalize what it is that happened. (remember the now famous girl next door yelling in the limo "What the f$%! happened? What the f$%! happened?!"?) She was so confident in what they had and she didn't see getting sent home, and she can't get over it. So, Ben: "what the f$%! happened? His answer: they were worlds apart, two families with different backgrounds, and he doesn't feel like he could give her all the things she needed. She didn't do anything wrong, but Ben didn't see her in the end and he didn't want to hurt her. It's easy to see that Kacie realizes her daddy who doesn't drink and momma who won't let her live with a boy before getting married have completely jeopardized their relationship so she tries to make Ben see his mistake by informing him that while she respects her parents, they don't speak for her. Ooh…ouch. Wonder if Ben wishes he would've asked about those sorts of things before sending her home? Recognizing that she's too far gone, Kacie tells him she loves him and cares about him, warning that Courtney will break his heart. Ben asks for reasons why and Kacie proclaims Courtney to be "in it to win it," recalling Courtney advising the girls of the plenty of fish in the sea if Ben isn't the one. Ben seems distraught and Kacie is laying on a hotel hallway floor to catch her breath.
Roses:
Lindzi, the normal one, first impression rose winner
Courtney, the unstable one…still winning
Nicki says goodbye and tells Ben she just wants the best for him and hopes he is making the right decision. Ben tells her how incredible she is and that he cried a little bit today at the thought of sending her home but couldn't ignore his doubts. He tells her she deserves everything. Nicki says she fell in love with him and fears he will be hurt one day…she hopes she is proved wrong but if she was being honest I bet she'd say she knows who he's going to choose and sees that he's gonna get hurt. Regardless of a really unflattering dress choice, it's an emotional and sad goodbye.
Next week: The Women Tell All…
Final episode: Zurmat, Switzerland. (I've been there…it's amazing). And a stunning engagement ring! Whose will it be?!?
P.S. From Emily, a preview of her upcoming season:
Back normal, being a single mom, ready to meet her husband and not be lonely after kiddo goes to bed. Oh, hey, Ali is still wearing yellow in case anyone was wondering if anything had changed. Ali and Ashley H. try to give her advice…you know, because they were so successful. Eww. They go to watch Titanic in 3D and I can't take these three women seriously wearing 3D glasses. That was ridiculous. But…I like her. I still have hope that her season will be better than these last two.
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The Bachelor Recap Episode 8, season 16 – Hometown dates
Florida: Lindzi
We watch as Lindzi shows Ben the ropes around horses. Not too sure that there's any real conversations going on between the two of them. Here's a fun conversation they included to highlight their strong connection:
Lindzi: "You been on a horse farm much?"
Ben: "No."
Lindzi: "Huh. Really?"
Lindzi says she was in a serious relationship with a guy – the only other guy she's brought home to meet the fam – but he broke her heart. Ben seems relieved some other guy already broke her in so he doesn't have to do the dirty work.
[I just have to pause right now to get up on a soapbox and say how much I loathe when these contestants announce any variation of this: "after just a few weeks, I am now so ready to be married to this man…" eww. No, you're lying to me, you're lying to America and you're lying to yourself. Stop it. Now back to regularly scheduled recapping…]
Dad says he's got some chilled Chardonnay waiting for Ben. Sounds like dad did his research. In a made-for-tv moment, Ben and Lindzi recall their first date at San Francisco city hall, which just so happens to be where Lindzi's parents were married. aww…
Dear dad challenges Ben to a horse cart race and my favorite part is Ben holding onto the little dog for dear life. It also happens to be a jack russell terrier, which Ben also owns. Either that's a coincidence or dad went a little too far overboard doing the research.
In alone one with mom, Ben asks if Lindzi is ready to be engaged. Mom says yes. Ben tells dad he has strong feelings for Lindzi and while he's not ready to propose he would want her dad's blessing. Harry doesn't quite give a straight out yes but he tells Ben he's a stand up guy and he hopes they continue to build a great relationship. But then toasting later, Harry says they'd be trilled to have Ben as a son-in-law.
Lindzi is in love. Ben is happy. He thinks he is falling in love with her.
Ben's Pros about Lindzi: level, grounded. (wow, that's exciting romance).
Kacie B. in Tennessee
Ben pulls up to meet Kacie B. at a high school and finds a marching band playing while Kacie twirls her baton like a beauty pageant pro. Kacie explains that the football field is named after her grandfather, a man whose love story has inspired her.
Ready to meet the fam? Okay, great. Hey, by the way, Kacie's dad doesn't drink. Oh, and one other thing — he's a federal probation officer. Might be a bit of a problem because, ya know…Ben makes wine for a living. Ah, the business of booze. That's the devil's work here in the bible belt, Ben. Not sure why, knowing this, Ben decides to bring a bottle of wine as a gift. Apparently not the brightest fella.
Dad is skeptical and grills Ben quite a bit – he takes marriage very seriously and cautions Ben to not rush into marriage. Dad somewhat threateningly asks that Ben let Kacie know soon if she is not "the one" so as to shield her from more harm. And just when Benny boy thinks he's come up for air, Mom doesn't give him much breathing room either. Oh, and you betcha boy that she's seen The Bachelor before – she knows how this all works and she is not a fan of the whole moving into together before marriage idea. No siree. Ben says that if he wants to propose then he will be asking both mom and dad for permission but after this disaster-of-a-day it doesn't seem like that'll be happening anytime soon.
Despite the awful first encounter meeting her folks, Kacie pulls her sister aside and tells her that Ben is her future husband then informs her father that she will say yes if Ben asks her to marry him. Dad says if Ben were to ask him for his permission he would say no. Awkward.
Pros about Kacie B.: Ben feels at ease, she brings out the good in him, she knows what she wants.
Cons about Kacie B.: parents are very conservative and might have scared Ben off.
"Make every decision prayerfully and carefully."
– good advice from Kacie B's dad
According to Ben, his relationship with Nicki has been slow to go (translation: she's going home soon)
"The last time I brought a man home under these circumstances, I married him." – Nicki, not helping
In true Texas fashion, Nicki takes Ben into a boot shop and they get geared up with boots, hats and buckles. I usually love cowboys but Ben is not doing my generalization fantasy any favors. Yuck.
Nicki is boring Ben to death with talk about her parents' concern now that she's been married and divorced already and seemingly headed straight down that path again.
"Everyone feels like i gave up but I did not. I put everything I could in for about two years…"
– Nicki, on perseverence
Ben tells Nicki's family that he was going to wear the cowboy hat and whole getup but he decided his greasy, undone hair would give off a better impression.
"Well, dad, last time [I got married] I leap into something I wasn't ready for…and this time I'm gonna be sure…i'm gonna wait six weeks and test our relationship on national television to make sure it's for real." -Nicki (okay, I may have taken some courtesies on this one)
Anyone notice Nicki's creepy brother? Almost expected him to tell Ben he made him a painting a la Todd Cleary in Wedding Crashers. Aside from that, Nicki's family seems pretty normal.
When Nicki says "I'm in love with you" Ben just says "I know." Eek.
Scottsdale, AZ is Courtney's hometown.
Now that she's back at home on her own Courtney says she feels bad about the way he's treated the girls so far. Probably because she doesn't really have to interact with them too much anymore. When she introduces her family, I'm surprised she has a sister. What happened to all that "I don't get along with girls talk"?
Talking about Ben like he's not sitting next to her at the table, Courtney announces to her family that she's in like/love with Ben. Mom says she's not convinced.
We see a more genuine side to Courtney at home and perhaps my favorite thing that she says is that she feels deserving – she didn't say it in her normal snotty way but in an actual sincere sentiment. At least so it seems. Either that or she paid these people to be her pretend family so she could seem like she's got it together. What about you? Do you like Courtney more without the other girls around?
After telling Ben she feels ready and excited for the next chapter together, they just so happen to stumble upon a wedding being set up on property. Courtney tells Ben she always envisioned getting married there. Coincidentally, she's wearing a white dress. And happens to have pen and paper to write vows. And rings. And a bow tie for Ben. Oh, and a pastor to preside over their vows [perhaps another paid actor?].
Ben wonders if she is too good to be true…but he's decided the answer is no.
I laugh out loud when I hear Courtney recite the vows that she's apparently just written because she quotes Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw word-for-word: "I'm looking for real love; consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love…" wow. But then she goes on to tell him she's ready to get married and she is in love with him. And he eats. it. up. And I can practically see the thought cloud above Courtney's head: this is such a done deal. [smirk, giggle, eye sparkle].
Courtney, Ben's #1 says "I do" to the rose (ya know, because they're 'almost married')
Lindzi, the downhome country cowgirl
Nicki, on her way to divorce #2
I had a feeling that Kacie B. (my favorite) would be going home but it was still sad to see. It was clear from her home visit that their lives are very different. Instead of giving her any explanation or clarity about why he's sending her home, Ben just apologizes a few times and sends her on her way. She keeps it together in front of him but loses it in the limo and I wish she would've asked him instead of crying/yelling at the cameraman in the limo "What the f*%! happened? What the f*%! happened?" Indeed. What f*%! did happen, Ben? (poor thing, that video clip is going to be referenced every time anyone speaks her name moving forward. We can all watch for it at The Women Tell All episode). My theory is that Ben knows he's going to pick someone else (Courtney) and he took dear 'ole bible-hugging, criminal rehabilitator daddy for reals and decided to cut Kacie B. loose before it went on too much longer. What's your theory?
Gotta say, though, I wouldve really liked to see Kacie B. and her dad pull out batons (hers school issued with tassels, his law enforcement issued) and give Ben a few whacks for being such an idiot and never even combing his hair. (really, somebody tell this guy that the seriously matted part down the center is not doing him any good).
Now that my favorite, cutie pie Kacie B., is out of the running, I'm even more convinced that Courtney is Ben's final pick. Lindzi seems way too normal and nice to win so I'm gonna say shes the one left crying on a mountaintop somewhere with crushed dreams and a broken heart. And I just don't see it with Nicki so I count her out. Who is your pick?
Up next: Switzerland. Helicopter (surprised?), mountaintops, hot tubs, someone comes back, and Courtney wonders if she screwed up talking so badly about all the other girls….
P.S. Did you blink? If you did, you might have missed the sneak peek at Emily's upcoming season of The Bachelorette. I heart her way more than I ever liked Ben so I'm optimistic. Looking forward to a few weeks of her endearing accent. Apparently her daughter is old enough now to be subjected to the harsh limelight of reality tv (for those of you who forget Brad's season, such was the main theme of Emily's uncertainty despite being quite the Souther Belle charmer). What about you – excited about Emily? I wonder if Bentley will be a contestant…think Brad will make a guest appearance with his therapist in tow? Are you in for another season of this? Of course you are. Me too. Glad we agree.
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Q: how do i extract only 5-digit strings from cells in excel? I have a bunch of data which contains any number of 5-digit strings in completely inconsistent formats, and i want to extract these 5-digit strings (in bold) out. I am not bothered about strings containing less than or more than 5-digits. as an example, this is the kind of data i have in my file

Cell A1: "1. 76589 - wholesale activities. 2. 33476 - general"
Cell A2: "WHOLESALE ACTIVITIES (76589). SHIPPING (12235). REAL
  ESTATE ACTIVITIES (67333)"
Cell A3: "1. 33476 General. 658709 annual road. Unknown 563"

I've tried the usual SEARCH/FIND, MIN, LEFT/RIGHT/MID functions, but am not sure how to get them to produce the result i need, and even text-to-columns wasn't giving me a clean result
thanks in advance

A: Here is a macro that will split your line into the columns as you requested.
The range being processed is whatever you have selected.
The results are written into the adjacent columns on the same row.
Depending on your worksheet setup, you may want to "clear out" the rows where the results are going before executing the extraction code.
You can also write code to select the data to be processed automatically.  Plenty of examples on this forum.

Option Explicit
Sub Extract5Digits()
    Dim R As Range, C As Range
    Dim RE As Object, MC As Object, M As Object
    Dim I As Long

Set R = Selection
Set RE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
With RE
    .Global = True
    .Pattern = "\b\d{5}\b"
    For Each C In R
        If .test(C.Text) = True Then
            I = 0
            Set MC = .Execute(C.Text)
            For Each M In MC
                I = I + 1
                C.Offset(0, I) = M
            Next M
        End If
    Next C
End With
End Sub

A: Simply with Excel functions this is impossibile.
The best way for you is to use the Regex 55 library in VBA.
Let's consider this example:
+---+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|   |                              A                               |
+---+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Cell A3: "1. 33476 General. 658709 annual road. Unknown 563" |
| 2 | 33476                                                        |
+---+--------------------------------------------------------------+

From the Excel file hit Alt + F11, then go to Tools => Reference and select "Microsoft VBScript Regular Expression 5.5".
Then you can use the following function definition:
Public Function Get5DigitsNumer(search_str As String)
Dim regEx As New VBScript_RegExp_55.RegExp
Dim matches
    GetStringInParens = ""
    regEx.Pattern = "[0-9]{5}"
    regEx.Global = True
    If regEx.test(search_str) Then
        Set matches = regEx.Execute(search_str)
        GetStringInParens = matches(0).SubMatches(0)
    End If
End Function

At this time you can use the following code:
Sub PatternExtractor()
    Range("A2").Value = Get5DigitsNumer(Range("A1"))
End Sub

which take the value of cell A1 and extract the 5 digits numer, thn the result is saved into cell A2.
At the time I don't have any idea how this code could work where the same cell contains more than one time; like "Cell A1: "1. 76589 - wholesale activities. 2. 33476 - general" in your example.
I suggest you to have a look at this answer. The pattern is different but the question is really similar to yours.

A: The only way that you can do it is by writing a regex in VBA. I would recommend you to look at this question.

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Florida's Democratic Rep. Val Demings officially launches campaign to unseat GOP Sen. Marco Rubio
Thu, June 10, 2021 by ABC News
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HomePoliticsFlorida's Democratic Rep. Val Demings officially launches campaign to unseat GOP Sen. Marco Rubio
(NEW YORK) — After months of speculation, Florida Rep. Val Demings announced Wednesday morning that she is officially running against Republican incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio for his Senate seat.
"Unlike some in Washington, I never tire of standing up for what I believe is right, because no one is above the law," she said in a launch video on Twitter. "But it turns out, there are some in Washington who prefer the same old tired ways of doing business. Too tired to fight big efforts to suppress the people's vote, they fall back to tired talking points and backward solutions."
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Demings, 64, who is Black, was one of about a dozen women President Joe Biden considered as his pick for vice president. She also served as one of seven House managers at former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. Since Vice President Kamala Harris' departure from the Senate, the upper chamber has no Black women serving as senators.
Now in her third term representing Florida's 10th Congressional District, Demings has been on the fence for months considering a run for the U.S. Senate or Florida governor.
One source told ABC News in May that her decision to jump into the Senate race came down to her increasing frustration with Senate Republicans and what she sees as their "obstruction" of critical legislation.
The source said Republican opposition to Biden's massive COVID-19 relief package "pushed her over the edge."
Rubio, who pursued an unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2016, had already begun attacking Demings earlier this week and came out with a statement Wednesday morning slamming Demings' voting record while touting his record of bipartisanship.
"Marco has consistently delivered for Florida families. He created the small business rescue plan that saved millions of Florida Jobs, took on his own party to double the Child Tax Credit, and fought to ensure Florida veterans receive the care they earned," Rubio's campaign manager Mark Morgan said in a statement reacting to Demings' announcement. "Florida deserves a Senator with a proven track record of fighting, and winning, for Florida families."
Rubio is running for a third term in Florida, a state that has consistently been on Democrats' wish list.
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ABC News' Rachel Scott contributed to this report.
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Cool project by the MIT Robust Robotics Group – Micro Air Vehicle made to autonomously seek out a target without GPS in a tight environment. The MAV uses a real time laser to detect walls in 3D which allow it to detect a window and fly trough it.
This cleaver collage student rigged up his dorm door to unlock and lock with a simple automotive style Key Fob.
How to build a weedeater motorized bicycle by Davids Farm.
Kip Kay is serious about waking up on time. He adds some automotive style driven horns to his cheap old alarm clock. The results a alarm clock from hell.
Great little tutorial about interfacing the Arduino microcomputer to a Memsic 2125 Accelerometer. Calculating g-forces you can detect tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration.


Have your say! How do we make Beaufort Street better?
Have your say! How do we make Beaufort Street even better?
The Beaufort Street Network is creating a Better Beaufort Street. We've got loads of ideas. But we also want to hear from you!
There are two easy ways to get involved.
Complete the online survey below and you will not only be helping the Network, but you'll be in with a chance to WIN A SPECIAL DINNER FOR TWO PEOPLE at Montefiore Cafe Restaurant including starters, main courses and tea/coffee.
The survey finishes on Sunday 31 May 2015, so grab a drink and don't miss out on telling us your thoughts.
We'll be walking down to the laneway between St Michael's and Orno Interiors (opposite Beaufort St Merchant) with stops outside IGA Supermarket and Caffissimo. Not too far!
Why: We'll explain what we are doing to create a better Beaufort Street. And we want to hear from you! You'll also get to meet other local people passionate about improving Beaufort Street.
We have received some fantastic feedback at previous workshops. This is a chance to get out on the street and discuss the challenges and opportunities.


Water for the Oppressed (WFTO) is a faith based organization focused on meeting the needs of the oppressed by providing clean drinking water. WFTO was formed in 2005 after C.W. Bing returned from Africa and realized the tremendous need for clean water and how the love of God could be demonstrated through meeting these water needs. In May 2006, WFTO was incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. We are now moving forward in ministering to the people of Zambia, Africa by drilling water wells and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
C.W. and Leslie would like to share with you what the Lord Jesus Christ has made possible through their lives. C.W. and Leslie accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior early in life. They were married in 1987 and have one son, Claude. In the years following their marriage, C.W. and Leslie matured together in their Christian faith. C.W. served the local church in such roles as deacon, Sunday school teacher and interim pastor while Leslie served as Sunday school teacher and WMU director.
In 1994, Bing's Well Drilling, Inc. was established and served the residential and commercial community for many years. The Lord blessed C.W. and Leslie with a successful business which provided the freedom to be involved in foreign mission outreach. They were able to minister in such areas as Mexico, South America, and Africa. It was during C.W.'s work in Sudan repairing and drilling water wells that the Lord called him and Leslie to full-time mission outreach in Africa. In October 2005, the Lord laid it upon their hearts to dissolve Bing's Well Drilling, Inc.
On December 30th, 2005, C.W. and Leslie officially closed their well drilling business in order to become full-time missionaries to Zambia, Africa. The Lord closed one door and opened another by leading them to establish a non-profit ministry, Water for the Oppressed, Inc. The ministry vision is to reach the people of Zambia with water for the body and "living water" for the spirit. In May 2006, WFTO was incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. We are now moving forward in ministering to the people of Zambia, Africa by drilling water wells and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Water for the Oppressed invites you to become a partner as we together become the extended hands and feet of Jesus to those in need.


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I'm curious why you wouldn't want a preseasoned pan.
Because I only eat kosher food. I have no way of knowing if the oil used for seasoning is kosher. It might contain fat from a non-kosher animal.
Cooking kosher food in such a pot would make the food unkosher.
Lodge used to sell kosher-verified pre-seasoned pans. Which just means that an independent organization certified that the oil they used was kosher. (It was vegetable oil.) Unfortunately, Lodge no longer does this.
But through additional internet research I've learned that some self-cleaning ovens reach a temperature of 800°F. So I can put the pan in the oven and running a self-clean cycle, which will destroy (by burning) any non-kosher ingredients that might be on the pan.
I need to verify with a reliable source (a rabbi) that this is acceptable. Apparently some modern self-cleaning ovens only get to 700°F, which isn't sufficient. Further research is required.


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Q: Conversion of a datetime2 data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value This is my simple code for database insertion. But when am trying to insert to datetime column in the database, I got the error:

Conversion of a datetime2 data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value

I tried some marked as answers here but none of those worked for me, I am using ASP.NET Core 5 MVC.
public void rfrPost()
{
    nfmsdb.request_for_refund.Add(new request_for_refund
                                      {
                                          date_requested = date_requested
                                      });

    nfmsdb.SaveChanges();
}

My model in edmx:
public partial class request_for_refund
{
    public DateTime date_requested { get; set; }
}

My column datatype in the database:
date_requested DateTime Nullable Yes

Thank you

A: I think this error occurs because the range of datetime and datetime2 is different. I think there is a detailed answer here.

Both the DATETIME and DATETIME2 map to System.DateTime in .NET - you cannot really do a "conversion", since it's really the same .NET type.
See the MSDN doc page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb675168.aspx
There are two different values for the "SqlDbType" for these two - can
you specify those in your DataColumn definition?
BUT: on SQL Server, the date range supported is quite different.
DATETIME supports 1753/1/1 to "eternity" (9999/12/31), while DATETIME2
supports 0001/1/1 through eternity.
So what you really need to do is check for the year of the date - if
it's before 1753, you need to change it to something AFTER 1753 in
order for the DATETIME column in SQL Server to handle it.


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HomeCompanies & PortraitsBENEO Invests 4.3 million Euro in New Belgian Facility
BENEO Invests 4.3 million Euro in New Belgian Facility
March 5, 2019 Companies & Portraits, Hot Off The Vegan Press
LTR: Dr. Stephan Meeder, CFO CropEnergies; Christophe Lacroix, Mayor of Wanze (Belgium); Christoph Boettger, Member of the Executive Board BENEO (Photo by PHDPH)
BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers of functional ingredients, has invested 4.3 million Euro into a new production plant for vegetal protein in Wanze, Belgium. The opening of the new facility was officially announced at an inauguration ceremony on Friday 1st March 2019 to mark the occasion. The plant is part of the existing BioWanze factory, a modern biorefinery producing food, feed and ethanol.
BENEO offers functional ingredients derived from chicory roots, beet sugar, rice and wheat. BENEO's textured wheat protein comprises wheat flour, wheat protein and water. With a neutral taste and stable texture, the ingredient can be used to replace meat in a wide range of traditionally meat-based products, such as burgers, nuggets and bolognaise sauce. BENEO is a division of the Südzucker Group that employs more than 1000 people and has production units in Belgium, Chile, Germany and Italy.
The move comes following growing demand for plant-based proteins worldwide as consumer interest in meat-free alternatives continues to rise. Christoph Boettger, Executive Board Member at BENEO, commented: "We are seeing a big shift in consumer diets as an increasing number of consumers actively try to reduce their meat intake and seek out alternatives. Wheat protein was the most-used plant-based protein in new meat substitute launches in 2018 and we see great potential for this market in 2019 and beyond."
The new facility will be operated by BioWanze, a subsidiary of CropEnergies, the leading European manufacturer of sustainably produced ethanol. Its biorefinery in Belgium utilizes the entire raw material to produce high-quality food, feed and fuel with no waste.
Christoph Boettger, Member of the Executive Board BENEO
Boettger continued: "We're pleased to be working with our sister company, CropEnergies, and its team at BioWanze as a trusted partner in this exciting new development for our business. Through this significant investment and new production facilty, BENEO can take its first steps in exploring the market for textured plant-based proteins to allow its customers to capitalise on this rising trend."
André Tonneaux, Director of BioWanze, said: "We look forward to working closely with BENEO as we embark on this new joint venture to produce plant-based proteins. As well as expanding production capabilities, this investment will secure future growth and open up important employment opportunities here in Wallonia."


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Back When they Bucked with Jim Aplan
Jim Aplan, Texas, 1957 - Courtesy of family
Written by: Ruth Nicolaus
Jim Aplan grew up in Casey Tibbs' shadow.
The Rapid City, S.D. cowboy was born in Casey's hometown of Ft. Pierre, S.D., and Jim followed Casey and his rodeo buddies down the rodeo road. But since Tibbs was two years older, Jim's mother wouldn't allow him to travel with the soon-to-be-famous cowboy, and Casey went on to national fame and recognition while Jim stayed closer to home.
Jim was born in 1931, the youngest child of Frank and Helen Fischer Aplan. His family owned Fischer Bros. General Store in town, and anything that happened in the county was "duly reported in the general store," Jim said. "I was always kind of thrilled with the cowboys who came into the store," he remembered, "much to my family's dismay. They were dead set against anything rodeo."
Jim's mother's family, the Fischers, also owned two large ranches, and even though they were in the cattle business, there was no tolerance of rodeo. "Of course, wherever the cowboys were, you could find me."
The rodeo bug had bitten Jim, and he loved to follow Tibbs and another South Dakota cowboy, Billy Myers, as they went to rodeos. Tibbs and Meyers won money at the Ft. Pierre rodeo, and went on to Huron, and Jim followed. He was only sixteen, and hadn't gotten permission from his mother, so she sent after him to come home. Tibbs and Meyers went on to compete across the country while Jim stayed home.
His mother sent him to a boarding school in Canon City, Colo. The school had its own herd of horses, with students caring for them, and it had its own rodeo. The first rodeo paycheck Jim won was in the wild cow milking at that school. He graduated from boarding school and went on to junior college in Trinidad, Colo.
That's where his pro rodeo began in earnest. He was befriended by stock contractor L.D. Ward, and traveled with Ward and rodeoed. It got him away from his family, which was an advantage. "I couldn't rodeo in South Dakota. Too much pressure. A lot of families encourage their kids in rodeo. Nobody encouraged me, they discouraged me."
He worked all the events as he traveled with Ward, but the saddle bronc riding and bull riding were his strength. He was best at the bucking horse riding, mostly because he'd grown up breaking horses. "I could ride a tough horse, but nobody ever showed me how," he said. "I never looked very good doing it. I could usually place because I didn't buck off. That's how I got by."
Jim's rodeo life might have looked a lot different if he'd have gone to North Dakota in 1955. All-around hands Jim and Tom Tescher, excellent bareback, saddle bronc and bull riders and bulldoggers as well, asked him to come north with them for the summer. "Had I done that, it would have helped me," Jim said. Instead, he went to work for East Coast rodeo producer Jim Eskew, who was well-known for the western entertainment at his rodeos. Aplan fought bulls and clowned for him, and competed as well.
In those days, nearly anyone would work as a bullfighter, and at some rodeos, the cowboys would stand in the arena, in front of the chutes, and randomly step out in front of a bull during a ride. "It sure made me mad when they did it to me," while he was riding, Jim said, as it could ruin a ride and the score.
There wasn't much training for bullfighting in those days. "It wasn't like today, where they go to school for it and learn moves. Then we just got out there and did it and hoped we didn't get killed or get some rider hurt. That's the nightmare of all bullfighters."
Full story available in our June 15, 2015 issue.
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Medical coding expertise can lead to many career opportunities. Maryland billing and coding specialists may find themselves working for premier institutions such as John Hopkins University, the University of Maryland Medical Center, Sinai Hospital of Boston, or MedStar. Some medical coders are employed by facilities located in other states. It is not uncommon for a successful medical coder to work remotely. However, employers do generally want to see some experience on-site.
Medical billers and coders often seek third party certification through the AAPC or the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as validation of their skill. Advance planning is advisable. There are significant differences between hospital inpatient medical coding and physician's office medical coding; there are also some differences in employer's ideal, or preferred, certification. Outpatient hospital coding is, to a lesser degree, its own discipline.
The AAPC's Certified Professional Coder (CPC) has traditionally been considered the premier credential for doctor's office settings, AHIMA's Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) the premier credential for hospital coding. Each organization now offers multiple credentials for different settings or specialties; the difficulty level will not necessarily be the same. There are many considerations when choosing a certifying agency. Often one is also choosing a professional organization. The AAPC requires membership as a prerequisite for credentialing. AHIMA does not mandate membership, but does reduce examination fees. Both organizations offer many resources, including continuing education and networking opportunities.
Some certificate programs are aligned to the requirements of a particular certification. In some cases, this will be an entry-level credential like the AHIMA Certified Coding Associate (CCA); the CCA is a generalist credential.
Education and credentialing both contribute to higher salaries. The AAPC reported that its South Central Region membership averaged $49,116 in 2015.
A person who seeks AHIMA's CCA credential should have some coding coursework if he or she does not have experience in the field. However, this is a recommendation, not a mandate. A CCA candidate will take a two-hour multiple choice examination.
A person can test for CCS on the strength of an academic program that includes the following: anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical terminology, reimbursement methodology, pharmacology, and intermediate/ advanced CPT and ICD-10 coding. At the CCS level, prerequisites are mandatory. However, there are multiple ways of meeting them. A person may qualify on the basis of two years of experience or health information management certification. A person who first earns the CCA (or a qualifying credential through another organization) needs just a year of experience. The CCS examination is four hours. It includes 97 multiple choice questions and eight medical scenarios.
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) are accepted as coding credentials in some settings. Certification as an RHIT or RHIA requires completion of a degree program in health information management. A person can test for RHIT on the strength of an accredited associate's level program or a foreign program.
A person who seeks the AAPC's CPC, Certified Professional Coder-Payer (CPC-P), or Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) will need a year of experience (two years if he or she has not completed at least a short program in medical coding). The person may test in advance but will receive a lower designation: Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice (CPC-A), Certified Professional Coder-Payer-Apprentice (CPC-A-P), or Certified Outpatient Coder-Apprentice (COC-A). Once the professional has documented all requirements, the 'A' designation will be removed. CPC, CPC-P, and COC examinations are five hours and forty minutes; they are multiple choice. Candidates can find sample questions as well as registration materials on the AAPC website (https://www.aapc.com/certification/cpc).
The Certified Professional Biller certification does not include an apprentice designation. However, it is not as widely sought as a stand-alone credential. Candidates should be aware that the CPC is frequently referenced even among positions designated as billing specialist. A CPC can be a desirable credential for positions such as billing manager or revenue cycle liaison.
The Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC) has no apprentice designation either. However, CIC is a difficult examination that includes some open-ended questions. Inpatient coding is known to be demanding.
Employers often like to see real-world experience. In some cases, experience and education can be substituted for each other; policy may vary a good deal by employer.
Coding specialists can expect to continue to prove themselves after hiring. The employer may specify a minimum accuracy rate. Above the entry-level, the requirement can be quite high: 95%.
Individuals who hold apprentice certification through the AAPC can get credit for a year of experience if they complete the online practicum program, Practicode. The experience can help one remove their 'A'. It is at the discretion of the individual employer, though, whether it will meet experience standards. Practicode involves working through hundreds of medical records. As such, it is a far more comprehensive coding experience than a certification examination.
An individual who has already earned a degree in a related field (for example, nursing) will be at an advantage in some instances. A nurse may achieve a position like document improvement specialist if he or she has coding experience and certification. Degrees in health information management are of course highly valued.
The Maryland Health Information Management Association (MdHIMA) is Maryland's AHIMA chapter (http://www.mdhima.org).


[astro-ph/0408479] Caught in the Act?
Abstract: Which came first, the stars and gas that make up a galaxy, or the giant black hole at its centre? Observations of a distant galaxy, caught as it forms, could help solve this chicken-and-egg problem.


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Shoeb Ahmad
punk rock. sound art. composition
Sensaround
im/modesty
Twin Pedals
Design/Score
In The Rite II: Solo
Winery Psalms
n o p l a c e
In Loco Parentis
Our Shadows Pass Only Once
Andie Meredith
Sound/Visual Art
transparency (b)
broken-binary-brown
The Make-Up
Canberra Obscura
Whirlwind Lullabies
installation / two HD videos with stereo sound, 28 minutes
In 2018, Canberra's You Are Here decided to step back from running a festival program and undertook a twelve-month program of research, planning and strategising, which was aimed to "regroup, reassess and reacquaint ourselves with the city and its creative communities".
Part of this research and development process was to commission five artists from a range of disciplines and creative communities and ask them to:
a) take an unflinching critical eye at the past and future of You Are Here and engage with questions like: What does Better mean for artists and art? What does Help mean? What does Growth mean?
b) reflect on Canberra as a city and as a situation for artistic practice. How has the city changed since You Are Here began? What is lost, and what is gained? What spaces intersect with our aims? What use is art in the making of a city (for right or for wrong)? And so on. (quoted from the You Are Here website)
With these instructions, I came up with the 'transparency' concept. Having worked within arts administration and number of government funded organisations during my work life, I thought that the notion of public accountability and knowledge was important to explore for a forward thinking group such as You Are Here.
Rather than just responding to a great idea from my own point of view, I placed festival 'gap year' producers Nick Delatovic and Yolande Norris into the heart of the work, using their minds as the thoughts to use as my narrative. While I knew that they had deep thoughts about how the festival should move forward, I also provoked them with questions around how You Are Here was placed within the Australian arts landscape, what the festival come to represent for the Canberra community in general and how was it placed to support Canberra-based practitioners to find their voice within the wider world.
The idea of 'transparency' is something that is manipulated time and time again so I played with the notion that while people will speak about a topic with transparency in mind, you may only hear what they say but not always understand the meanings in real time, only to reflect on it in hindsight. Using the audio recorded during my interviews with Nick and Yolande, the final work juxtaposes a cut-up of the text where the words spoken have been removed and sped up so it becomes a hyper-kinetic blur of breathes, glottal stops and thought pauses while important comments on the thoughts mentioned earlier are quoted and suspended in motion for the viewer to ponder.