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A Dan Aykroyd Christmas film makes merry on streaming
By Justine	 Last updated Nov 27, 2021
A widely panned Dan Aykroyd Christmas movie has found new life on the streaming charts.
According to FlixPatrol, Christmas with the Kranks, which also stars Santa Claus' Tim Allen and Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis, is currently a top ten film on iTunes, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. On iTunes, the film is widely popular among viewers in Lithuania and El Salvador. At the same time, those in the United States have streamed Christmas with the Kranks on Hulu. As for Amazon Prime, the movie has scored big with audience members in the United Kingdom.
Christmas with the Kranks follows Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) as they embark on the holidays alone. The Kranks, who originally planned to abstain from their traditional Christmas festivities and board a cruise to the Caribbean, are forced to put together a celebration after their daughter decides to come home last minute. In addition to the party, the Kranks are dealing with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors (Dan Aykroyd and M. Emmet Walsh) set on winning the annual "best-decorated street" competition.
The film also stars Dava Hulsey, Julie Gonzalo, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston, Kim Rhodes, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Arden Myrin, and Rene Lavan. Upon its release in 2004, Christmas with the Kranks generated $96.6 million compared to its $60 million budget. Despite the slight commercial success, according to Rotten Tomatoes, Christmas with the Kranks is the second-worst reviewed Christmas film on the site coming in at 5% on the Tomatometer.
Since then, Aykroyd has played in the following projects, 50 First Dates, I Now Pronounce You Chuck, and Larry and Yogi Bear. He is currently a part of the latest installment of Ghostbusters, a role that made him famous in 1984, called Ghostbusters: After Life. He is playing alongside MCU's actor and this year's People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive Paul Rudd.
Christmas with the Kranks is now streaming on iTunes, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
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is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

As of July 2011, the district has an estimated population of 31,058. The total area is 195.52 km2.

Towns and villages
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Merger
On March 27, 2006, the town of Kamiishizu, along with the town of Sunomata from Anpachi District, merged into the city of Ōgaki.

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Thanos #1
by Anthony Spada | May 1, 2019 | Comics | Comics, Marvel
With Endgame hitting theaters this previous week, it's only natural that we find a Thanos comic hitting the shelves. Marvel has a hefty track record of shameless marketing when it comes to their comic books, and it's hard to really blame them. It weighs a little heavy with the Star Wars stuff especially, but it can't really be helped. The saving grace of these marketing ploys however, is that Marvel often uses strong talent to craft these stories, and from what I'm hearing, and with the creative team on this comic book, Thanos is no exception. This is by no means a movie adaptation similar to what Marvel does with every Star Wars movie, though I'm actually surprised they don't do them for their MCU movies, but rather a dark maturely rated look into Thanos' character and his daughter Gamora. Naturally, I upon hearing about this direction they were taking this, I was intrigued to see how the writers would balance utilizing the content from Infinity War and employing their own ideas and story elements. Of course, there was only one way to find out.
Despite the comics name, this first issue and potentially those going forward from here are actually a Gamora origin story. The issue opens with her exclaiming that in order for "you", presumably not the reader, to understand everything going on, you need to first understand where she came from and how she was raised. Cut to a young but extremely successful Thanos, a brutal warlord hellbent on slaughter and domination. Similar to the movies and to Thanos generally as a character, he's primarily interested in keeping threats down, strong species curbed, and innocents slaughtered. There is an extreme hue of bloodlust from Thanos throughout the lengthy comic book, and you really feel here that he believes what he is doing is wholly right and necessary, and that even more importantly, only he can accomplish it. His elite soldiers, while loyal, grow somewhat impatient as they're constantly tasked with menial missions that provide no challenge to their nigh incontestable killing prowess. It becomes clear to both the reader and these soldiers, that Thanos is not himself, and because of his apparent inevitability as a merciless warlord, they have to figure out why and how to fix it. When slaughtering a large village of innocent and peaceful people, Thanos stumbles upon none other than a young Gamora, and a new relationship begins. His soldier's and his own mission to return Thanos to his normal self may have just solved itself.
This comic book is certainly an interesting change of pace from your typical Marvel comic book. More mature and serious comics do make their appearances every now and again with the Marvel universe but they're typically in the form of the more obvious characters like DareDevil and Punisher, characters we now often associate with their R rated Netflix shows. While Thanos certainly isn't anything to gawk over from a violence or vulgarity perspective, it also doesn't mind being casual about how much of a complete psychopath Thanos is, and that's rad. Additionally, the story here is interesting enough. While we've seen a lot of this before in previous comics and even somewhat in Infinity War, the scenes we get between the action with Thanos on his ship, and his soldiers trying to figure out their mysterious leader as he broods all on his lonesome are by far the most interesting, and make the comic worth the read. These movies will naturally create a lot of Thanos fans, he's a cool villain, so I think he deserved a comic book that doesn't tread too far into the "this is just because the movie is out" territory. I think this comic book delivers that in a strong enough sense, and that's good enough for me.

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2014: the best, the worst, the ... is this thing on?
Lucky for you, a snowstorm cut my vacation short.
I was supposed to be away for one more day and because of that I was pretty certain my traditional New Year's Eve extravaganza would a mere vaganza. What did it matter? No one has read a card blog since August anyway. But a sudden lake-effect snowstorm (is there any other kind?) forced me to speed home a day early and here I am watching it pile up outside right now.
So, as curious as I am to see what a vaganza would look like, I am now able to supply the full effects of an end-of-the-year card extravaganza. As I've said before, you will see no detailed list of "goals" on this blog. My goals all fall under the following heading: DO BETTER. There's my goal.
Nothing this year matches completing that. Nothing.
2014 Panini Donruss was awful in just about every way. Just look at the travesty below.
But even worse, nearly 25 percent of the base set was short-printed. There is never any good time to SP base cards, but Panini Donruss didn't even have anything worth SPing.
Just horrible and keep in mind the stupefying 2014 Archives is out there.
It's been a long time since I've seen a set praised unanimously through the blogging world as much as 2014 Topps Stadium Club was. Oh sure, I heard a few complaints about card stock, which I think is picking nits, but otherwise everyone seemed to love it. And that's why I was able to complete the team set so quickly (and, yes, I already mentioned how many Dodgers there are in the set back on Nov. 4).
I hope I wasn't badgering anyone to make 1975-style mini card pages, but I'm glad that whatever I did got these pages made. As long as Topps keeps producing cards this size, people are going to need the pages. I'm happy I'm not the only one who recognized a need. UltraPro did and now my '75 Topps mini set is fully paged and for FREEEEEEE! (yes, there was selfish motive, too. The greatest inventions start with selfish motives).
COMC, in an attempt to get all of its inventory named after a messy falling out with Beckett, implemented a contest in which collectors could receive credit to buy cards in exchange for recording inventory. I got a good bunch of Dodgers oddballs for nothing just because I knew who was on a 1994 Topps card.
I can feel my brain seething every time I see that scripted "Chicago" on this card. Unfortunately, because it features my favorite player, I am unable to cut it into tiny little pieces and mail it back to Panini with a viciously penned letter that ends with "NEVER DO THIS AGAIN." And it makes me all the angrier.
It wasn't a big-ticket item this year, but that doesn't make it any less valuable. This is one of the greatest cards of the '50s.
The first is a signature from Andy Messersmith and the second from Mario Mendoza.
And I don't even collect autographs.
It's mine because Kate likes me best.
Thirteen 2013 Opening Day blasters for $2.98 apiece.
Yeah, I know there are only six there. I went back a few times. Because each time I couldn't believe my eyes.
The card on the left (all four of them) is an insert. The card on the right is a base card. They were all pulled out of those 13 2013 Opening Day blasters. An insert is supposed to be more difficult to pull than a base card. There is no Santa Claus.
Topps didn't think there were enough parallels in 2014 so they added at least three more (there's probably more, I'm losing track of everything). These yellow ones are already scarce because they were issued only in hanger boxes and Topps made sure those hanger boxes disappeared out of stores as quickly as possible. But I've already graduated past the point of spending $12.99 for a yellow-bordered card of Mark Ellis. So good luck with that.
Black-backed Heritage card is a case pull, I believe.
Eight of these purple chromed cards came out of the same blaster as the black-backed card.
Miss USA signed for me. One of the letters in her name anyway.
OK, it was seven years too late. It was still cool.
I didn't pull these, Nachos Grande did. But since I paid for them, I'm taking full credit.
Topps doesn't know what a pastime is. If being a "family man" is now a pastime, we're doomed.
The Allen & Ginter World's Deadliest Predators insert set is fantastic. Every card back is like reading the start of an idea for a horror film. I need to collect this set. And make movies.
A 1961 Topps Roger Maris card cost me 7 cents.
Each of those cards were 7 cents, too.
As you can see, vintage is always a priority.
This card says "Boogya!" on it -- you know, "Booya!" except "Boog" for Boog Powell. Ha, ha. Ho, ho. Isn't that sooo funny?
I remove myself from any conversation in which anyone utters "Booya". So you can imagine what would happen if someone said "Boogya". Hide the sharp silverware.
I talked to Tommy John. In the post office. Yeah, all I did was tell him I was a fan boy. But what else would you talk to Tommy John about? He already knows everything on Tommy John surgery.
The Major League insert set in Archives this year was a good idea and as someone who enjoys pop culture, I should have embraced it. But I never enjoyed the movie as much as others did, so it was kind of lost on me. What can I say, 2014 Archives struck out on every damn pitch.
IT IS 2014 -- WHY AM I PULLING MISCUT CARDS OUT OF PACKS? THESE THINGS COST LIKE 27 CENTS APIECE! FIX IT!
I can't really explain why I love this card so much. I generally despise baseball played in a domed stadium. But nostalgia is not rational. The Astrodome comes straight from my childhood and to see it in all of its 1965 splendor is why it's my third favorite card of the year.
Whenever I'm watching baseball these days, I'm stunned over how many players, when they remove their caps, are bald. It seems like it's more prevalent than it used to be.
Or maybe I'm just more aware of it because bald players have been showing up on Heritage the last couple of years.
You have a cap. Use it.
OK, I'm just picking on Archives now, but why aren't these deckle-edge inserts glossy? That was the appeal of the original deckle-edge cards. They were glossy! Do you think kids went around and said, "Ooooh, cool, look at all the scalloped edging!"? Of course not. They liked them because they were glossy!
All right I'm done with Archives now.
I finally got my hands on a rip card. All those A&G boxes I busted and never one rip card. Sure, this rip card had already had its inner card removed, but I'm not above receiving used cards.
I still don't know why I decided in 2014 to try to complete 1981 Donruss.
Including nobodies with supposedly popular websites in respected card sets. I will never enjoy 2014 Allen and Ginter as much as I should because people like this somehow paid their way to get into the set (I have no proof that such a thing happened, it's just that I can't explain it any other way).
This is quirky done right. I love this card of Carl Crawford's stunning, over-the-fence catch and flip. It lends an unexpected quality to an expected subset without doing something stupid like throwing a squirrel into the picture.
Most of my most intensive posts were related not to words but to numbers -- the number of 666 cards over the years; cards whose card numbers match the year the card was issued. Some of these posts were well-read, some not so much, but I suppose the only thing that counts is that now you know.
Readers left in droves. Sorry, there's no card for that. Just overwhelming depression and an overpowering urge to leave the computer.
Just the other day I received a 1952 Ralph Branca card from the Tim Wallach collector. He also sent this contest form in which you can win Joc Pederson's 1994 Buick Century.
Apparently the contest is still live, although there are no Albuquerque Isotopes anymore. The contest also asks me for my "seat number". It's kind of difficult to have a seat number if I've never been to Albuquerque.
In general, I think buybacks are annoying. Who wants a stamp on a card from 1959? But ever since I started receiving buybacks of 1970s cards -- the 1975 set and Dodgers from that period -- I've started to be amused by them. I can't stop giggling when I see a stamp like this on a '70s card that I know so well.
How the hell did a 2014 Topps Toys R Us purple parallel of Joey Votto end up in the street curb in front of my house when there isn't a Toys R Us within a hour-and-a-half of my home?
I apologize to the kiddies for the language, but, heck I already told you there's no Santa Claus.
I bought a 2012 A&G blaster because I hoped that it was on sale. (yes, I italicized and underlined that word on purpose). It turns out it was $19.99 and the only card I needed was this mini of Tony Gwynn. But at least I admit my mistakes. And italicize them and underline them.
That it might cost me triple digits to get this card of Bart Shirley and only because some high rollers decided out of the clear blue that it has "cache". Phooey. And phooey on the person who invented the word "cache".
I know this isn't a new development and has actually been around for decades, but, like parallels, it's been ramped up to an annoying degree. I don't think I find anything more bothersome about modern cards than this.
All right, there's no chance I complete 1972 Topps in 2015. But don't tell baby 2015 Night Owl that. His hopes will never be higher.
It's an easy pick this year.
The best photos tell stories and this one could tell you one for the 60-plus years that it has been around. This is more amazing to me than the David Ortiz-Obama selfie card in the same set because of the setting of the Robinson card (plus I have an aversion to politicians appearing on my baseball cards). This is Robinson signing for a fan during spring training in 1948 in the Dominican Republic. Can you imagine everything going on around Robinson at this very moment? I have so many questions.
And speaking of questions, it's time to select the 2014 Person of the Year.
A year ago it was "Maybe Josh Donaldson". Two years ago it was Adron Chambers.
If you've noticed a pattern, it's that the Person of the Year is someone who causes me bafflement.
So this year's selection is perfectly appropriate.
Congratulations, Bill Wetmore -- whoever you are -- you are the 2014 Person of the Year.
If it wasn't for you, there is no way I would have been able to obtain all of those late '50s and 1960s cards at a card show for mere pennies apiece. Sure, most of them featured your name stamped all over the place (or sometimes your cohort Bob Bolton), but that served only to discourage the dealer and enable me to walk away with a '61 Roger Maris for a nickel and two pennies.
And a card of Birdie Jacksonville Tebbetts.
And thanks to those of you who are still reading. Why you're doing so when so many have left might be an even bigger mystery.


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What's in a Name? – On Titles and Other Tidbits
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(this post contains spoilers – like this one right here, for this post and the fact it contains spoilers!)
The next time someone calls you out for 'over-analysis', throw them some Mother's Basement. A critic who made his name picking apart the OPs of popular and influential shows, he won't rest until he's pointed out the significance of every detail and directorial choice he can spot. Like an academic exercise in 'close reading', this – contrary to what you'll hear from commentators on Reddit or Tumblr who just wanted the two girls in Hibike! to kiss already dammit – is exactly what the anime critic, to the extent that time and interest allows, should be doing after they watch a show normally in order to work out how the material performs itself to the viewer.
Analyzing an OP is akin to poring over the cover of a novel or album; you sure as Magano can, should and do judge a book by its cover! Else there wouldn't be covers, and when the next Harry Potter and the Twilight Games gets reprinted with a new aesthetic on the front, you wouldn't bat an eyelid. But you will. In literary theory, the things that come before the material, the 'text', that try to market it to us and inform us of what we're in for, are called 'paratexts'. Mother's Basement has done incredible work that, dare I say it, tends towards largely objective readings of what and how paratextual OPs of popular shows communicate to the audience.
Today I want to extend that practice, and think about titles.
The more you subconsciously take in an aspect of art, the more pragmatic and exact we can get about how it affected you. A title serves a number of functions that are rarely discussed but always in effect; they echo everything they stand for whenever we think about a show, sit down to watch it or see it halfway when the ad-break starts. The last few seasons in particular hold a number of great examples of how a Naruto by any other name would not be as… ninja-y?.. despite how simple a choice of title may look.
The Power of Premise
Those who view Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress as an Attack on Titan rip-off must be missing all the inversion of their old work Wit Studio have been stressing in the Kabaneri – some of it signposted even before it aired.
Attack on Titan's title grabs us because it constantly prefaces a world of defense against an insurmountable threat, noted as singular, with the thought of active offense, the goal of the protagonist and the group he joins. It may not be the most thematically rich, but Wit's first outing had a good interplay throughout between whether one should risk their life or hoard what they have left. Or both. Potato Girl was the best microcosm we had of that.
And yet, an accurate translation of Shingeki no Kyojin alters the mood of the subject and reads instead as 'Advance of the Giants'. The roles are reversed, and a more faithful translation encapsulates the premise of the onslaught of the titans along with the development of the premise into Eren 'advancing' as a 'giant' himself, ultimately tying into the show's handling of human evolution. I prefer this translation: it has a thematic weight that evolves along with the show while remaining the same reference point linguistically. The show likewise encourages us to apply the concern of human extinction in a variety of circumstances.
'Kabaneri', on the other hand, operates very differently. The cover art of Attack on Titan tells us plainly enough what a titan looks like, but that history of titular monsters, identifiable in most post-apocalypses with an unknown quantity in their title, presents Kabaneri as a question rather than the answer; we can't be sure, form the title alone, which side to place them on, good or bad, which fits their very role in the story. Even titles that unpack the question for you – DanMachi and Netoge being prime examples – operate effectively, if a little less interestingly, in this way. Theme is always a matter of a question, and a title should deliver that as seriously or humorously as is fitting for the show.
Placed in the genitive mood, subject to an 'Iron Fortress', the 'Kabaneri' of Wit's current IP are far more intriguing than the quickly-definable 'Titan' of Shingeki's Western translation, and sets up a sense of belonging that the show has already counter-acted with the difficulty of Kabaneri being accepted by a society that so fears its own kind becoming Kabane to any extent. More irony can be felt from this 'Iron Fortress' having been demonstrated as incredibly fragile; the iron hearts of the Kabane outlast the psychological fortifications against fear the bushi have put in place, which quickly crumble under pressure.
Kabaneri offers us a great case for how a title will shift in its relationship to the material, filling us with expectations that the show can then tear apart. Puella Magi Madoka Magica forecasted innocence, and we know how long that lasted; hardly anyone is 'living' at Gakkou Gurashi!'s school, and the whole theme of the show is really about learning to live beyond it; and recently, High School Fleet has given us a bunch of girls who have quickly become separated from their High School and their Fleet.
Titles like these establish irony between the expected premise and the 'real' premise of the show. Sometimes that 'real 'premise is actually delivered in the summary of the show you can read on MAL or whatever streaming site you use; but it's still of great value. A title giving you one feeling and the reality of the show messing with that natural expectation backgrounds your experience of the show with a foundation of active engagement. Having that before a show even starts makes your mind go 'hey, this might be cool!'.
One-Word Wonders
This active relationship between title and material extends to the most simple of cases. Take Kiznaiver: once again, reading this title is a question, not an answer. How can you notice Kiznaiver without asking what one is? The very foreignness of the word is attractive, and its sharpness of pronunciation fits the art of the show previewed to you. You get a confirmation that Trigger are forefront about the provocation and – in a positive context – 'edginess' of the show, in the same way Kokoro Connect gives you confirmation that the cast shown in the cover art won't just fill your time with mindless gags that never develop their relationships with each other.
Foreignness doesn't only have to be from other languages. Dragon Ball is, grammatically, a single compound noun that poses its own question: like Kiznaiver, just what is it? We easily find out it's the most important, revered, wish-granting variety of artifact in the show, but that speaks of more than itself. The narrative of Dragon Ball is a mystical pilgrimage, a training of the mind and body in order to have ones wishes fulfilled. The same theme resonates in the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West, Toriyama's primary inspiration for the series. We quickly go from seeking out the meaning of 'Dragon Ball' into anticipation of what wishes will be sought out through them. Even the most archetypal battle Shounen engages its audience actively from the outset.
We also feel the singular 'Dragon Ball' emphasizing the significance of the objects far better than if they were plural. Would 'Dragon Balls' have as good a ring to it?
These are great titles; in some ways, perfect titles. But of course there are bad titles too.
Misfits and Misdirection
Musaigen no Phantom World advertises its 'myriad colours' as though it wants people to only appreciate the superficiality of the show, which would be fine – it is blatantly superficial – if not for each episode beginning with a few minutes of complicated science or philosophy that finds its heavy-handed way into holding a tenuous link with the episode's plot.
Still, the show actively mocks intellectualism too, so perhaps the writer just thinks all academics are superficial. For all his smarts, the MC gets out-done by a teddy bear when it comes to technological proficiency, the element we often see him in throughout the series, which matches his artistic talent and to a greater extent defines what little of his character there is. Musaigen no Phantom World is a terrible title insofar as it gives us no questions, no engagement, and only links into the aspects of the show that, whenever it performs well, it is actively trying to avoid.
Sword Art Online has the obvious problem of prefacing future seasons not set in SAO with the memory that the show's time spent in SAO was painfully short-lived, and no amount of fairies getting assaulted by tentacles or perverted elf-kings will fill that void. It reaches the point that some fans will refer to the show when not in SAO as the title of the game it is actually set it, such as Gun Gale Online. Why not-set-in-SAO sequels to SAO didn't adopt this practice themselves speaks of how desperately the series tries to cling onto its initial fervor and success despite the rising ineptitude of its writer, as Mother's Basement's review of the four SAO openings makes impossible to miss.
Perhaps we keep 'Sword' in the title because Kirito is a bladed one-trick pony. But there's no continuity of theme or narrative between the arcs of SAO, an it would be respectful to its own lack of coherency if the show transformed its title over time. At least Chuunibyo put 'Ren' on the end of its second series so we know which one to tell people not to watch, while that 'Ren' is as pointless as the existence of the second season in the first place.
The best contrast between a great title and an abysmal one is facilitated by none other than divider-0f-the-critics Jun Maeda. Say what you like about Angel Beats! and Charlotte! – I adore the first, despise the second, and my hatred of the second has really helped me understand people's dislike of the first. But Angel Beats! sells itself infinitely better than Charlotte through its title. We are quickly given who 'Angel' is, but only at the end of the show do we realize the significance of her 'Beats', and how those define Otonashi's character simultaneously with Kanade's transform the title at the end into a monument, if you enjoyed the show, of the incredible beauty of the revelation of the ending. By having these 'Beats!' run throughout the show as a titular preface and beyond it as a memory of the reality of their meaning, the title signifies everything the show stands for in its musing upon the vitality of life at the beginning of, through and beyond itself, regardless of how short lived your life, or the show you're watching, turns out to be.
Charlotte is the name of the random meteor that gave all the kids super powers. That's it. If you have anything more to say about it thematically, I'll be more in shock than viewers were as they witnessed the Guinness World Record for the number of plot holes in a finale broken in the show's final episode.
Consider how much more can be felt from X-men or Watchmen or Boku no Hero Academia – any other story about a bunch of people with super powers. One Punch Man creates an irony with its title against the fact that the best narratives of the show lie in the heroes around him, like Mumen Rider, who cannot solve their problems with one punch. Neither can Saitama solve their problems with his punches. My Hero Academia emphasizes the emotional and personal tie Deku has to being able to follow in the footsteps of All Might through the possessive pronoun, which is contrasted against every initial effort of world-building working towards making Deku feel isolated.
Charlotte is a lump of rock that fell from space, with a girl's name. The 'title drop' moment is as forgettable as any meteor shower – pretty to look at, but we're far beyond the time we used to give mystical significance to astrological phenomena, and neither are we going to instill Charlotte with any deep meanings beyond noticing it as a lifeless bit of fallout from Maeda's otherwise stellar and successful career (whether or not you like any of his work).
Some of these thoughts about titles are things that may not even register subconsciously with some viewers; but the important thing is that they can resonate with them, and titles inherently connect to what you watch in an evolving relationship as you progress through the material. The more you think about them, the more you can cement your thoughts on the wider themes of the show in an objective reference to what the writer is trying to get people to notice.
We could list every title and pick it apart for all it could possibly be worth, but that would stop being illustrative. What I hope these ramblings have done is inspired you to think more yourself about the value of a well-chosen title; has anyone ever factored it into their MAL review or 'first impressions' of a season? I know I haven't appreciated the importance of titles enough until now. The title is the first bastion of interest that shoots you into the story. The very first impression starts there.
As always, thanks for reading, and see you next time!
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The Executive Editorial Board of Australian Prescriber wants to alert readers to a significant change for the journal. If handled incorrectly this imposed change may threaten the journal's existence.
When you publish an independent drug bulletin, you expect to attract criticism from a range of sources, including the pharmaceutical industry. It can therefore be difficult to find a 'home' that both promotes the journal's primary role of publishing independent information, and insulates it from attack.
Australian Prescriber started life in 1975 in the Department of Health, within what is now the Drug Safety and Evaluation Branch of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Publication has been continuous except for a period from 1982 to 1983 when it was halted as an economy measure. This resulted in a national and international outcry which quickly led to the journal's revival. The Department transferred Australian Prescriber from the TGA to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch in 1993, partly due to pressure from the pharmaceutical industry. In 2001, following the shake-up of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, the funding of Australian Prescriber became the responsibility of the Pharmaceutical Access and Quality Branch of the Department of Health and Aged Care.
Despite these upheavals, Australian Prescriber continues to be a valued source of independent therapeutic information. This presumably reflects the fact that the Department has never interfered with the editorial process, which remains firmly in the control of the Executive Editorial Board of practising clinicians.
The circulation of the journal, which is sent to all practising and student doctors, pharmacists and dentists in Australia, is the largest of any medical journal in Australia. The extraordinary success of the electronic version of the journal is attested to by the large number of visitors to the Australian Prescriber web site (200 000 hits per month). This is no doubt because the public funding of Australian Prescriber enables it to be one of the few journals that makes its full text freely available on the internet. Readership surveys have also attested to the popularity of the journal, with the new drugs section being particularly valued by the readers.
Given the success of Australian Prescriber it is surprising that the Department has outsourced the journal to the National Prescribing Service (NPS) on a short-term contract. This change was not sought by the NPS, and is not consistent with the recommendations of a departmental review carried out under the supervision of the Pharmaceutical Health and Rational use of Medicines (PHARM) committee. The Executive Editorial Board was not consulted until well after the outsourcing decision had been made. No particularly cogent reason for the transfer has ever been given to the Board. The cost of Australian Prescriber should not be a concern as it is, of course, minute when compared with the $3.8 billion annual cost of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Although the Executive Editorial Board was not consulted it did not immediately reject the proposal. If the focus of the change is to promote the quality use of medicines the transfer could be beneficial. However, if the focus is on cost cutting and making it easier to cease funding the journal when the outsourcing contract expires, the move could lead to the demise of Australian Prescriber.
The Executive Editorial Board is committed to ensuring that:
sufficient funding is allocated to the NPS to allow Australian Prescriber to continue to be published at least as frequently and with the same size and quality as at present
Australian Prescriber continues to be sent free of charge to all practising and student doctors, pharmacists and dentists in Australia
formal arrangements are made between the Department and the NPS to allow continuing access to resources of information currently available to Australian Prescriber by virtue of it being housed within the Department
negotiations occur with the current editorial staff to ensure the editorial continuity essential for a journal such as Australian Prescriber.
The Executive Editorial Board is determined to defend Australian Prescriber and the international reputation it has developed over 26 years. We will have no hesitation in challenging the Department and the NPS over any issues we think have not been addressed, until they are satisfactorily resolved for the benefit of our readers.
Date published: 01 January 2002


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Q: can I set more than one .whereEqualTo pointing to a field in a document in a firestore query? I have a document that has city as a field. I want to query a document which has
city == "Tokyo" and city == "Osaka".
how to do that ?
I have tried this one:
query = ref
            .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_CITY,"Tokyo")
            .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_CITY,"Osaka")
            .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_IS_ACTIVE,true)
            .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_HAS_BEEN_APPROVED,false)
            .whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_DATE_START_TIME,now.toDate())

          .whereLessThanOrEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_DATE_START_TIME,oneMonthFromNow.toDate())
            .orderBy(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_DATE_START_TIME, Query.Direction.ASCENDING)
            .limit(limit)

but I don't receive any document, If I only set one query pointing to
a city, like this only .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_CITY,"Tokyo") , then it works, but it only give me all documents that has tokyo in the city field

A: From the docs:

You can only perform range comparisons (<, <=, >, >=) on a single field, and you can include at most one array-contains or array-contains-any clause in a compound query

https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/query-data/queries
citiesRef.whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo("state", "CA")
        .whereLessThanOrEqualTo("state", "IN");
citiesRef.whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
        .whereGreaterThan("population", 1000000);

A: I am guessing when you say you want city == "Tokyo" and city == "Osaka" you meant OR. Firestore recently released OR logic
query = ref
        .whereIn(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_CITY,Arrays.asList("Tokyo", "Osaka"))
        .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_IS_ACTIVE,true)
        .whereEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_HAS_BEEN_APPROVED,false)
 .whereGreaterThanOrEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_DATE_START_TIME,now.toDate())
 .whereLessThanOrEqualTo(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_DATE_START_TIME,oneMonthFromNow.toDate())
        .orderBy(FIRESTORE_EVENT_FIELD_DATE_START_TIME, Query.Direction.ASCENDING)
        .limit(limit)

In your current query, you are not receiving any document because your first two where are mutually exclusive

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Midwest Farmers Lament the Demise of Farm Radio
Jan 21, 2004 Mar 26, 2019 | by Leon Lazaroff
Original Article on Chicago Tribune
Jim Ufkin misses his familiar lunch companions.
The corn and soybean farmer from Hooppole, Ill., about 130 miles west of Chicago, spends most of his day driving his tractor or working in his barn. Lunch was not only a time to rest and eat, but also to catch up on business by listening to Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong on the "The Noon Show," a half-hour farm news show.
For nearly a half century, "The Noon Show" boomed across the Midwest from Chicago's WGN-AM 720. But earlier this month, in a business decision that says as much about changes in the Midwest and agriculture as it does about broadcasting, WGN canceled the show, citing declining ratings and advertising revenue.
Throughout the Midwest, radio farm shows are disappearing, as consolidation ripples through agriculture, reducing the number of listeners and companies willing to pay to reach a rural audience.
In the past year, radio stations in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and North Dakota–owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc. and Infinity Broadcasting Corp., the nation's largest radio operators–have eliminated or scaled back locally produced farm programming. Often farm broadcasting has been replaced by syndicated programming, such as Rush Limbaugh's talk show.
Citing a drop in agriculture advertising, stations in Cedar Rapids, Ft. Dodge and Burlington, Iowa, in August replaced locally produced programs with a simulcast noon show from their larger sister station, WHO-AM in Des Moines. But even at WHO, General Manager Joel McCrea said agricultural advertising has fallen to 6 percent of the station's revenues from 21 percent in 1999.
Largely to blame for the decline is a wave of mergers among agricultural equipment, seed and chemical companies that remade the industry in the late 1990s. Meanwhile, the decades-long turn from family to corporate farming has shrunk the rural target audience.
Since 1999, membership in the National Association of Farm Broadcasters has dropped to about 150 from about 230. But the loss may be most obvious at Chicago's WGN, where Samuelson held forth for 43 years and became a farm-broadcasting legend. His partner for the last 26 years has been Armstrong. The pair plan to continue their alliance in syndicated media projects.
They were like family for many farmers, such as Ufkin, who considered "The Noon Show" a bridge between farmers and the consumers of their products in the city.
An uproar in rural areas
"Orion and Max were there to keep the urban people straight, to tell them what it takes to grow food," Ufkin said. "I tell you, this has created a real uproar in rural areas."
Though farmers have plenty of Internet options for information these days, Ufkin said the radio remained the most convenient and often the fastest way for him to get news about government trade policies or the mood of Chicago futures traders.
But perhaps more important, farmers learned what the numbers meant, said John Hawkins, news service director for the Illinois Farm Bureau.
"What you get from a farm broadcaster is the analysis," he said. "You can get the raw data from anywhere."
Samuelson, 70, doesn't want to sound bitter. He said he has had a wonderful run at WGN, a station owned by Tribune Co., which also owns the Chicago Tribune.
"I understand that there's a lot of pressure from owners to go where the money is," he said. "But it makes you wonder about serving the local market and diversity in what you hear."
Ever since he joined WGN in 1960, Samuelson, the son of a Wisconsin dairy farmer, has heard about the trend of fewer farmers and the waning need for farm broadcasting. Each time a new station manager was hired, he said, plans were floated to overhaul the lunch hour.
"The first thing each of them wanted to do was get that noon farm show off the air," he said. "But because we always had the ad revenues, it was enough to overcome the argument that the station was losing city listeners during the noon hour."
Show was a survivor
But in recent years, WGN said it was losing those listeners and, more important, ad revenue. "The Noon Show" had outlived all other farm shows on Chicago radio stations by more than a decade.
"We have a real need to compete with programming that appeals to a wider audience in the Chicago metro area," WGN General Manager Mark Krieschen said. In place of "The Noon Show," Steve Cochran's talk show is being extended.
Most of the complaints that the station received about removing "The Noon Show" came from outside of the 11-county area that covers WGN's Arbitron ratings, Krieschen said.
"Frankly, there aren't many farms in that 11-county area," he said.
Samuelson and Armstrong will continue to deliver one- to two-minute reports on WGN throughout the day, starting at 5:05 a.m. And "The Noon Show" will continue to air on Saturdays. But for many listeners, it won't be the same.
Faced with the prospect of even less farm talk on radio, Ken Root, president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, spends as much time pressing radio stations to retain agricultural programming as he does researching new broadcast opportunities in satellite radio and hand-held devices.
A government broadcasting license, Root notes, requires certain programming that meets local needs and interests.
"My concern is that even in places where there is no metro audience, radio conglomerates treat those markets the same as they do the big cities," he said.
But WHO's McCrea argues that if there were money to be made in locally produced farm broadcasting, other radio stations would pick up the slack.
Samuelson said he's answered about 560 e-mails from people upset that the show was taken off the air. He says about 40 percent were from city listeners.
"There's a growing interest on the part of the non-farm consumer to know more about our food supply and how food is grown," he said. "Farmers looked to us to be their voice in the city and the suburbs, and I think people in Chicago are going to miss that regular contact with farmers."
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Super Realistic Autocross: Arcade Racer
Super Realistic Autocross is an arcade-style racing simulator developed by the indie studio Doonamai. Back in 2016, the CEO Kyle Klouda was dreaming about developing games. However, he lacked the motivation to do it, because everybody said he would fail. But once he pushed through that negativity, he finally founded his indie studio Doonamai, LLC. The origin of the name comes from the greek word "dunamai" which means "to have the power to do something". And with their games, Doonamai aim to cease the negativity in today's gaming community and show that everybody can be a game developer. Just as long as they wish so.
Super Realistic Autocross is a racing simulator that combines funny arcade graphics with super realistic cone physics and provides over 50 tracks by release that you can practice your driving skills on. Some of which were designed by pros and others that are real-life autocross tracks. With a successful Kickstarter funding campaign, Super Realistic Autocross plans to add double the amount of racing tracks via free patches and updates. This makes sure that you will never get bored and you will have a wider and wider variety of tracks to race on.
One of the main features of Super Realistic Autocross is that it teaches you how to be a real driver. You know, everyone can drive really fast. But driving really fast around taking low-angled turns is what turns you into a real driver. It is going to teach you the fundamentals of autocross and how to use a car to its full capabilities.
In Super Realistic Autocross you can also be a Cone Murderer. That's right, you can finally let all your rage out on those poor cones. According to the devs, if you aren't killing cones, you aren't trying hard enough and I agree. But you have to be careful, because due to being a Super Realistic Autocross, some of the cones may fight back!
Main feature of Super Realistic Autocross include:
Racing on tracks with various environments
Facing ridiculous and outrageous obstacles
Learning the basics of Realistic Autocross
A leaderboard where you get to beat the times of all the professionals!
And what's better than beating yourself by learning all the cars and improving your time on each track? That's right, beating your friends to it.
Super Realistic Autocross is a very fun game, made from developers with a great sense of humour and that also fight for a good cause in the gaming industry. The obvious sarcasm in the developing of this game and the way it is presented is hilarious and I think it's what makes it so much fun. After their successful Kickstarter, Doonamai have big plans for the game, one of which includes the game being transferred to Virtual Reality! If you want to have tons of fun with a cool and simple game, then definitely check out Super Realistic Autocross on Steam and add it to your wishlist for to see every update until its release in February 2019.
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