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Murder Trial Gone Wrong: US Judge Jails Editor Over Reporter's Use Of Recorder In Court
Judge Stephan Futrell sentenced Gavin Stone, the news editor of the Richmond County Daily Journal, to five days in jail before having him handcuffed in court and hauled off to jail.
Richmond County Daily Journal reporter Matthew Sasser | (The Richmond County Daily Journal via AP)
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A North Carolina Superior Court judge put a small-town newspaper editor behind bars last month after one of his reporters used an audio recorder for note-taking purposes at a murder trial — a punishment the paper and media rights groups consider excessive.
Stone was released the next day but still faces the possibility of more time in lockup.
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Brian Bloom, the paper's publisher, acknowledged that his reporter shouldn't have had the recorder in court because it was not allowed but criticised the judge's move to imprison an editor for a minor infraction committed by a colleague.
"The penalty does not fit the crime," he said. "Let's put this in perspective: You stop a murder trial not once, but twice because a guy had a tape recorder sitting next to him on a bench at a courtroom. Let's put our priorities in place here."
Futrell did not respond to a request for comment.
Superior Court rules allow electronic media and still photography coverage of public judicial proceedings, but grant judges the authority to prohibit the technology.
Staff writer Matthew Sasser, who has worked at the paper only since January, brought the recorder into the courtroom on June 21 and 22 after being screened through courthouse security, Bloom said.
Stone, who in January 2020 received a letter from a different judge reprimanding him for taking a photo inside a courtroom, was aware cellphones were prohibited and had been notified at the time that he wasn't allowed to bring a "cellphone, camera or any other recording device into the courthouse" unless he had a judge's permission.
Having remembered only the prohibition on cellphones, Stone told Sasser that an audio recorder was fine. Sasser used the device during recess to interview a source in the courtroom. When Futrell learned Sasser had the recorder, he halted the trial and directed the reporter to remove it from his courtroom.
Sasser went back to the newsroom. A bailiff called him to return to court to speak with the judge and Stone accompanied him back.
The two expected the judge to speak with them behind closed doors but were surprised when a bailiff directed them inside the courtroom, where Futrell stopped the trial again and found the editor and reporter in criminal contempt of court. The judge sentenced Stone to five days in jail and fined Sasser USD500.
"I was blown away that the decision was made that fast," Stone said. "It happened so fast. There was no real way to process it at the moment and recognize what I was even involved in. All of a sudden, I'm in orange."
Bloom hastily found an attorney who filed an appeal and got Stone out of jail the next day.
"It's a little disturbing when a judge starts contempt proceedings over the use of an unobtrusive, quiet, pocket-sized device that a reporter uses to do their job in a courtroom," said Brooks Fuller, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and an assistant professor of journalism at Elon University.
Jonathan Jones, a private attorney in Durham who handles free speech cases, called the judge's decision "extremely unusual."
Jones said an appeals court should find that Stone was wrongfully held indirect criminal contempt since he wasn't the one disrupting court proceedings.
He said that Stone was entitled to a lawyer before Futrell sentenced him and it's open for debate whether Sasser deserved to be held in contempt.
The newspaper's appeal is scheduled to be heard on July 16. Futrell has removed the original penalties on Stone and Sasser and is allowing an appeals court to decide whether to make the editor and reporter pay as much as USD500 each and serve up to 30 days in jail.
Under North Carolina law, courts can punish someone for criminal contempt if the act was preceded by a clear warning from the court that the conduct was improper.
A person held in criminal contempt can be punished through a formal reprimand, imprisonment of up to 30 days, a fine up to USD500, or any combination of the three.
The newspaper stopped covering the murder trial once Stone was taken into custody, partially out of fear the judge would retaliate. It has not reported on Stone's arrest or Sasser's fine.
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Nudity on the beaches of France: Dos and don'ts
France is world famous for its topless and nudist beaches, even if French ladies are increasingly keeping their swim suits on. Here's what you need to know about dropping your top (or bottoms) on French beaches.
Planning on taking your clothes off on a French beach this summer? Before you do, reads these 10 dos and don'ts. Photo: Pascal Guyot/AFP
The world was chattering this week about an Elle magazine article that said French women, who were once famous for their willingness to go topless, are now more likely than ever to keep their bikini tops on while on the beach.
The change is explained by a mix of skin cancer concern and a new vision of feminism which has left fewer Gallic women ready to go the way of Brigitte Bardot. That said, it's still a country where there is an extraordinary acceptance of bathing in the buff that is evident to anyone who has ever been to the French Riviera in the summer.
But like all things French, getting naked on its beaches is a controlled, civilized affair that is governed by some rules that are pretty simple as long as you know them. After all, how can you tell where it's OK and where it's a crime to do the full monty?
To keep you from being hit with a fine or getting yelled at by an insulted Frenchman, The Local has gathered together some essential things to know before you bare all on the beach or in Paris. There are also some practical tips in here to help you avoid the worst sunburn you've ever had. Click on the link below.
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It's that time of year again. Although I'm happy to see Fashion Week roll around, I can't help but ask myself, where has the year gone? I've been living in NYC for a year now (review of the year to come) and have been lucky enough to be a guest blogger for 5thandJane again.


Whenever I mem edit values for experience, it will reset when I kill the next monster. I'm using the No-GG executable and removed my gameguard folder and its des file. Any ideas?
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Ah yeah, apparently, there is the actual experience value, and then there is the value for what is shown on the player stats. Heh, my mistake.


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By Andrew Lockwood in Music / Festivals on 26 November 2020
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We take a look back at five of our favourite, once banned, music videos to see what made them so controversial.
It's thirty years ago this week that MTV banned Madonna's Justify My Love video. Back in 1990 it was deemed that chicly shot, arty portrayals of men and women enjoying a bit of casual BDSM in the luxury of a hotel room were all a bit too much for Joe Public to appreciate. Fast forward three decades and we're post Fifty Shades, still amidst a pandemic of none too subtle, highly suggestive twerking in almost every Hip-Hop video and nearly every new gritty drama worth it's weight seems to feel the need to throw in a vivid sex scene, full frontal nudity or even self-abuse. Obviously there is an issue of age ratings and watershed times to be considered when certain platforms make their decisions but we thought it high time we took a look back at five of our favourite, once banned videos.
David Bowie - The Next Day.
Who would ban a David Bowie video for heavens sake, surely the man is a legend and undeserving of such an annoyance. Well it seems dressing as a messiah figure and depicting a bloody stigmata to a group of scantily clad women in a bar whilst they're toying with the affections and attentions of various religious figures would do it. You Tube apparently didn't like the near nudity or gory eye balls even though the video starred, as well as Bowie himself, Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax.
Frankie's provocative, sexually charged, Relax, released in 1983 by Paul Morley's ZTT Records, not only had the dubious honour of being a banned single by the BBC but it also had, at one point, both of it's videos banned by the BBC and MTV. Frankie's main protagonists did nothing to help at the time taking out adds depicting them in leather and rubber with captions reading, 'All the nice boys love sea men". The first video shot in a S&M gay bar, that has long since resurfaced, was subsequently replaced by a Godley and Creme version but even that was banned for a time.
Madonna - Justify My Love.
Shot in Paris by Jean-Baptiste Mondino in black and white, the video to accompany Madonna's song Justify My Love, is all very film noir and cinematic. As videos go, it is still pretty racy, although clearly not as racy as when it was released thirty years ago. The BDSM referencing, at times voyeuristic and provocative film is one of a string of Madonna videos, including Erotica, to be banned over time on different networks but then Madge has always loved to push the boundaries and challenge perceptions of decency, maybe she was ahead of her time and paving the way.
Queen - I Want To Break Free.
So, men wearing women's cloths! Outrageous I know. Well back in 1984 it clearly was too unpalatable for those wholesome, God fearing folk over at MTV. A vacuuming Freddie Mercury could clearly unhinge a nation with his camp, quite clearly tongue-in-cheek, depiction of your average housewife of the day. Queen also had their song Body Language banned for being too erotic! (1982 wasn't quite ready for that then)
The Cardigans - My Favourite Game.
With a name like The Cardigans you really can't imagine that there would be any likelihood of causing even the slightest offense to anyone can you? Well when The Cardigans released their video to accompany the song, My Favourite Game, they did cause controversy and the video was, in it's original form banned. The images of reckless driving in the Mojave Desert were certainly too much for MTV UK. The Cardigans joint song writer Nina Persson is seen driving her black 1974 Cadillac Elderado all over the road having jammed the accelerator pedal down with a weighty rock. Four different endings were made by director Jonas Akerlund followed, because of the banning, by five different edits in an attempt to get it shown. In the end cut number five became the most played in the UK. Over in America, and elsewhere, they were less fussy about the many crashes, the deliberate maiming of pedestrians and the potential to encourage joy riding, they just let it play!
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Jack Kibble-White on reaction to Jake's Progress
First published October 2000
Whilst Bleasdale had been away, at least one thing had changed. When people compared him to the "other bearded Liverpudlian writer", they no longer meant Willy Russell. Jimmy McGovern's Cracker shared many of the virtues of Bleasdale's best work: emotional honesty, believable characters, dramatically unflinching, yet able to support moments of almost slapstick humour. In fact, such was the correlation that even Bleasdale's "brother he never had" Robert Lindsay had been McGovern's first choice to assume the role of Fitz. Whilst Bleasdale had been away, Cracker had successfully redefined the boundaries of what popular TV drama could be. So, it was into a surprisingly, healthy television environment that Bleasdale returned with Jake's Progress.
Broadcast in the autumn of 1995, it shared the schedules with the final series of Cracker and also the beginning of Hollyoaks (which started on 23 October) – the Merseyside invasion of TV must have seemed complete. Six weeks later – whilst critics still openly and unanimously applauded McGovern's work on Cracker – the reputation of Bleasdale seemed to have fallen under disrepute. Within the billing of the last episode of Jake's Progress, The Guardian's TV page asked, "Is anyone still watching?" Expectations clearly had not been met. Half a decade on, Jake is still perceived by many as the first sign of the creative downturn of its author. Does it deserve more?
Bleasdale's stock was never so high as when he embarked upon Jake's Progress. His previous work GBH had been universally hailed as a masterpiece, with journals as far afield as the Toronto Sun recognising it as "perhaps the best TV serial ever." Whereas Boys from the Blackstuff had superbly captured the sense of urban decay of a society enduring the Thatcher revolution; and The Monocled Mutineer had confirmed that many of the themes of oppression raised in Blackstuff retained their relevance in a strikingly different context; GBH operated on a far broader canvas. Beginning as a study of local government corruption, the unfolding drama developed in scope to encompass characters, strategies and tragedies that not been previously explored in Bleasdale's humanist, personal writing. The underlying strength of GBH though was its ability to encompass a helicopter view of events without losing the emotional connection to the protagonists. Yet, there was more than just thematic and narrative ambition that marked GBH out from its predecessors. In the blood and fury of superior storytelling we hardly seemed to notice that the central characters no longer lived on run down council estates, nor (more importantly) seemed to aspire to any kind of working class authenticity. Tellingly, the never seen, deceased father of Michael Murray was to be the last significant character penned by Bleasdale who cherished the socialist values once so much at the heart of his work.
Jake's Progress began life as part of the aborted 700-page novel that also spawned GBH. Written specifically for the series' two leads – Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters, it concerned – according to the Independent's Thomas Sutcliffe – "what children do to their parents and vice-versa – about the difficult, emotionally bruising experience of trying to build a family, a construction for which the parts arrive piecemeal and for which the instructions are always missing." The crushing financial reality of the outside world, coupled with two new arrivals (another baby and a mystery girl) into the lives of Jamie and Julie Diadoni formed the basis of what was to be a rigorous analysis into the pressures of the modern family. Perhaps uniquely for a British drama the duration for each episode seemed dependent only upon how long Bleasdale wished them to last. So, Jake's world was served up to us in 100, 80, 75, 90, 75 and 95 minute portions. Writing in the Sunday Times, AA Gill voiced some discomfiture with this seemingly unprecedented artistic freedom: "Jake's Progress has a problem, one I associate with success – nobody has dared edit it. Bleasdale is a small-screen god: what he writes is treated as writ. Jake desperately needed some Tristam to say: 'Alan, baby, lose the first 20 minutes, they're flabby.'"
That we are less able to assume a natural sympathy for a middle-class family living in splendid rural isolation, then a beleaguered couple struggling on a Merseyside estate is probably more of a reflection of our own personal prejudices then any fault on the part of the writer. Perhaps too, this is indicative of the patronising, left wing worthiness that the typical Bleasdale viewer often seems to bring to such dramas, and that the author himself seemed keen to escape. Jake's Progress sought not to imply blame upon any single institution or ideology, but on the understandable fallacies of the individuals who reside within those societies. In pre-publicity, Bleasdale seemed determined that we should understand that Jake's Progress was not fodder for a left-wing doctrine. In this light, it becomes immediately apparent why the author chose to play out his drama in a rural, conservative backdrop. Jake's Progress would contain no explicitly political subtext to counterbalance the human drama (coincidentally, at around the same time McGovern's work also fled the city and made for the hills – or to be more accurate The Lakes), thus expectant fans were unable to discern much about the subject matter that they could deem as immediately "worthy". Was Bleasdale selling out, they asked? A contemporary interview finds the author seeking to distance himself from those who would use his work as a clarion for change: "I have no axe to grind" he comments, "no answers to give and I don't want to change society. I want to reflect it".
Such was our desire to decode and understand this new work so that we might be receptive to its transmission, that all aspects of the production were of significant interest. Talking about the cast to Andrew Duncan in Radio Times, Bleasdale was positively effusive: "I try to get inside actors, so they can bring out something I know is within them. Often they're not aware of it themselves. I 'knew' Robert Lindsay without ever meeting him, after seeing him in a TV series, and always felt he would be the brother I never had. A lot of writers don't even like actors, which bewilders me. I have more respect for them than anyone else in this profession. They breathe life into my work." There was definite reciprocation from the performers as Lindsay described an approach of work from Bleasdale as "the phone call I've been waiting for for years". With episode duration seemingly not an issue, there was an expectation that the characters would be fully formed when they hit our screens. Reports mentioned that earlier drafts of Jake's Progress had dwelt on Jamie's failed career as a fourth on the bill rock star. At one time the series was to begin with "him performing at the closing-down party of the mine where he is a surface worker." Predictably for Jake's Progress, the political connotations were stripped out and the scene removed. Robert Lindsay – for one – was disappointed: "What I'm getting now from the edit is that Jamie is a bit of a waster" the actor disclosed in The Independent. "I voiced my opinions to both the producer and Alan who've been very sympathetic, but in the end the series is about a boy growing up, and that's right. What it makes me realise is that I'll never ever be satisfied with the final cut, and when you start reaching that point, it's time to think about doing something else." Even the actors appeared to be a little unsettled by Bleasdale's "new direction".
So, to the transmission of episode one – and our reception of it. The first episode was broadcast on Thursday 12 October at 9pm, and – as Gill remarked – it did seem somewhat "flabby". It would seem to be a prerequisite for a human drama that the audience is given an opportunity to formulate an opinion of the individual protagonists prior to the action really getting underway. The emotional investment we make is ultimately critical in determining the satisfaction we are able to derive from the drama. As the story begins, Bleasdale seems keen to focus – in particular – on the relationship between Jamie and Jake. Idyllic scenes unfold showing the pair playing on swings and strolling around the hilly coastline of some unspecified Northern English village. Jamie's conversations with his son seem designed to amuse only himself, and – by extension – the author. It is here that Jake's Progress – so quickly – would begin to grate. There is a self-indulgence to Jamie's patois that is never properly justified. Is Bleasdale trying to prove he can write naturalist dialogue with the best of them?
The self-indulgence continues, as we become privy to a barrage of Jamie and Julie's private jokes. We are aware that Bleasdale has grown to know these characters intimately, but we have not yet been able to form our own opinion. The uneasiness that this induces is similar to that of overhearing a couple referring to each other by private nicknames in a public environment. Unless we know them well, it is extremely unsettling. The Guardian quantified this discomfiture very eloquently on the day after transmission: "There's an early scene … where a couple lie in bed laughing like drains at their own jokes. For a few moments it's a rare pleasure to see such relaxed, naturalistic acting. 'We don't make Africas anymore,' says Jamie … Julie looks blank. 'It's been a long time since we rip-roared rampant and stained the sheets and made a map of Africa,' he explains. 'We made a map of Bermuda a couple of weeks ago,' she laughs. 'The first time we made a map of Newfoundland.' Your heart sinks; they're going to name every landmass in the world before the scene is over. But just when you think this self indulgent vulgarity is Alan Bleasdale falling in love with his own humour, you realise that the fact the couple are talking this gag into the ground is a dramatic device to shift your sympathies. Their son, Jake, wanders into the bedroom to find his dad's bottom peeping from under the duvet. 'What are you doing dad?' 'I'm sorry I can't stop at the moment. I'm in search of a rain forest,' Jamie tells his son, but the quip is for his wife – alienating both son and viewers. Jake storms back to his bedroom, furious at being excluded from their world, and our sympathies are firmly with him." Forgiving as this reviewer might be, it is difficult not to conclude that the subtext of this scene, as described here, may have been only in the interpretation of the reviewer, as opposed to planned intent.
Despite the leisurely pace, episode one concludes ensuring that all the key components of the drama are in place. Julie becomes pregnant as a result of Jamie's "equatic explorations"; the uneasy relationship between Jamie and Grace Halliwell (Dorothy Tutin) has been sketched in as little more then a caricature of the beloved Northern comics' mother-in-law/son-in-law relationship; the mysterious introduction of Jamie's future lover – Kate (Amanda Mealing); and of course – the driving force behind the drama: the palm reading are all – in one way or another – set up. For those who would choose to think ill of Jake's Progress, it is easy to identify Monica's (friend of Julie – played by Lindsay Duncan) doomed prediction of Jamie's future ("You will have an affair, just before you die") as a blatant, rather clumsy attempt to provide a dramatic backbone to the meandering story. The proclamation is shown to have an almost immediate and deep impact on Jamie, yet Jake's Progress' greatest downfall is perhaps its failure to make us understand exactly why this should be so. Once again, it is as if Bleasdale has forgotten that we have no previous acquaintance with the Diadonis. Such dramatic imbalances are unusual for Bleasdale, but not uncommon for Jake's Progress. Having accused Bleasdale of time wasting, AA Gill has some more derogatory observations to make: "Finally, and this is a serious criticism, if a writer projects a truly shocking image into my drawing room then he'd better have a damn good dramatic excuse. We saw Jake trying very graphically to hang himself outside a kitchen window while, inside, his father was on the phone hearing about the birth of his new son. Life starting and life ebbing away. It was a horrifyingly well directed and performed little vignette, but it was totally out of kilter … and far worse, dramatically bogus." The conclusion would seem to be that Bleasdale is shoehorning events into the narrative in order to allow him to tell the story he wants.
Episode one concludes just scant minutes after this scene with a teasingly playful moment in which Jake fantasises about luring his new baby brother over a cliff to plummet to certain death. Barclay Wright's performance is extraordinary for a child of his age, yet whilst he seems able to imbue Jake with the requisite unquestioning love for his father that the script calls for, his attempts at revealing the inner machinations of the boy leave him somewhat reminiscent of Macauly Culkin – ensuring that episode one concludes on an emotionally phoney note. Whilst generally effusive, the press' reaction hints at mounting confusion and attempts to compensate for what appears to be shortcomings on the part of the writer. Thomas Sutcliffe concludes his review in The Independent by pondering "It's still not possible to say how Gothic this is going to get … It may turn out to be about innate wickedness after all". Whilst Gill (again) complains that "we're never told why or how Jake is so disturbed". Unable yet to discern his motive, episode one stands as a first real challenge to our preconceptions of what a "good Bleasdale drama" should actually be. The dramatic economies and recognisable battlefields of Blackstuff and GBH are conspicuous by their absence. More disorientating though, these early indications suggest that the comparatively luxuriant settings of Jake's Progress are matched by an indulgence in the scripts that is uncharacteristic and disappointing from an author who – just four years earlier – wrote the best TV drama ever.


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The Rosi's club in Friedrichsheim Berlin has to close at the end of the year 2018. An office building is to be built at the location.
In an interview with the Berliner Morgenpost Sven Averdiek, managing director of Rosi, expires the lease of the club at the end of 2018. The rental contract will not be renewed. With Rosi's 15 years of Berlin club history die. "At that time there were not many alternatives in Friedrichshain", says the managing director. "So we should do something in our neighborhood." The idea: Build a club the way you like it.
The Rosi was from house and techno to indie, reggae, and dancehall. Today the Revalverstrasse is a party mile.
But why would someone open an office building and such a place?
The quarters around the Revalverstrasse became more popular and better apartments were built. The rents are more expensive. There are now not only industrial buildings, but also wonderful residential buildings with high prices. The student district of the past has become an expensive family neighborhood.
Rosi's is a victim of gentrification in Berlin.
Even the Johnny Knüppel club in Kreuzberg is a victim of the gentrification in Berlin.
The last Rosi's Party will take place on the 31st of December.


How do we separate fact from fiction? We are frequently struck by seemingly unusual coincidences. Imagine seeing an inscription describing a fish in your morning reading, then at lunch you are served fish and the conversation turns to "April fish" (or April fools). That afternoon a work associate shows you several pictures of fish and in the evening you are presented with an embroidery of fish-like sea monsters. The next morning a colleague tells you she dreamed of fish. This might be starting to seem spooky. It actually turns out that we shouldn't find this surprising. The reason why has a long history resulting in the unintuitive insight of building randomness directly into our understanding of nature, through the probability distribution.
Tolstoy was skeptical of our understanding of chance. He gave an example of a flock of sheep where one had been chosen for slaughter. This one sheep was given extra food separately from the others and Tolstoy imagined that the flock, with no knowledge of what was coming, must find the continually fattening sheep extraordinary—something he thought the sheep would assign to "chance" due to their limited viewpoint. Tolstoy's solution was for the sheep to stop thinking that things happen only for "the attainment of their sheep aims" and realize that there are hidden aims that explain everything perfectly well, and so there is no need to resort to the concept of chance.
Eighty-three years later Carl Jung published a similar idea in his well-known essay "Synchronicity, An Acausal Connecting Principle." He postulated the existence of a hidden force that is responsible for the occurrence of seemingly related events that otherwise appear to have no causal connection. The initial story of the six fish encounters is Jung's, taken from his book. He finds this string of events unusual, too unusual to be ascribable to chance. He thinks something else must be going on—and labels it the acausal connecting principle.
Persi Diaconis, Stanford Professor and former professor of mine, thinks critically about Jung's example: suppose we encounter the concept of fish once a day on average according to what statisticians call a "Poisson process" (another fish reference!). The Poisson process is a standard mathematical model for counts, for example radioactive decay seems to follow a Poisson process. The model presumes a certain fixed rate at which observations appear on average and otherwise they are random. So we can consider a Poisson process for Jung's example with a long run average rate of one observation per 24 hours and calculate the probability of seeing six or more observations of fish in a 24 hour window. Diaconis finds the chance to be about 22%. Seen from this perspective, Jung shouldn't have been surprised.
Only about two decades after Tolstoy penned his lines about sheep, Karl Pearson brought about a statistical revolution in scientific thinking with a new idea of how observations arose, the same idea used by Diaconis in his probability calculation above. Pearson suggested that nature presents data from an unknown distribution but with some random scatter. His insight was that this is a different concept from measurement error, which adds additional error when the observations are actually recorded.
Before Pearson, science dealt with things that were "real," such as laws describing the movement of the planets or blood flow in horses, to use examples from David Salsburg's book, The Lady Tasting Tea. What Pearson made possible was a probabilistic conception of the world. Planets didn't follow laws with exact precision, even after accounting for measurement error. The exact course of blood flow differed in different horses, but the horse circulatory system wasn't purely random. In estimating distributions rather than the phenomena themselves, we are able to abstract a more accurate picture of the world.
That measurements themselves have a probability distribution was a marked shift from confining randomness to the errors in the measurement. Pearson's conceptualization is useful because it permits us to estimate whether what we see is likely or not, under the assumptions of the distribution. This reasoning is now our principal tool for judging whether or not we think an explanation is likely to be true.
We can, for example, quantify the likelihood of drug effectiveness or carry out particle detection in high energy physics. Is the distribution of the mean response difference between drug treatment and control groups centered at zero? If that seems likely, we can be skeptical of the drug's effectiveness. Are candidate signals so far from the distribution for known particles that they must be from a different distribution, suggesting a new particle? Detecting the Higgs boson requires such a probabilistic understanding of the data to differentiate Higgs signals from other events. In all these cases the key is that we want to know the characteristics of the underlying distribution that generated the phenomena of interest.
Pearson's incorporation of randomness directly into the probability distribution enables us to think critically about likelihoods and quantify our confidence in particular explanations. We can better evaluate when what we see has special meaning and when it does not, permitting us to better reach our "human aims."


Roller-coaster ride on the Emini during Thursday and more hysteria in the Euro. We're approaching another cyclical turning point in the Euro, so I'm cautiously watching for Amateur activity and a possible bottom to form. Meanwhile on the Emini – are we about to have another go at 1,210?
Here's a link to the Forex Charts, Euro and Market Hysteria article mentioned in the video. I'm looking forward to the end of the week and tomorrow's Emini trading.


A small metalsmithing studio in the foothills of the Rockies wants to offer efficient small-batch casting in silver, bronze and copper.
93 backers pledged $7,030 to help bring this project to life.
THE SHORT VERSION: We want to upgrade our casting equipment. Please buy our shiny stuff so we can make more shiny stuff faster and more efficiently.
THE LONG VERSION: We live in a town (considered one of the best small art towns in the USA) that is chock-a-block full of artists. We want to be able to (cost effectively) cast our own designs in whatever amounts we want, whether it be our popular dragonfly or a single special button. The purpose of this Kickstarter project is to upgrade and add to our lost-wax casting equipment so we can do our own casting as well as offer small-batch, artisanal casting to artists, craftsmen and the general public.
Since the announcement that Curtis and Ildanach Studios is one of the "Top 12 Movers, Makers and Shakers" by Handmade Business Magazine, as well as being featured on Arts District (a PBS show about artists), demand for our products has blessedly grown. We want to be able to meet that demand in a responsible way.
Our 30 year-old Mission Statement has been not only to handcraft responsibly but to do so affordably. With the addition of small-batch casting we wish to continue the lineage of creating heirloom quality wearable art and selling it at a reasonable price.
THE PHILOSOPHICAL RANT VERSION: We are the type of people who would rather feel the weight of a sword in our hands than wield one in a video game. We want pancakes made on a hot griddle instead of by a 3-D printer. We want to make wearable art with our own hands and not soul-less jewelry stamped out by machines. We hear the call of the mountains no matter where we roam. We tilt at windmills. We visit sacred spaces and are in awe of the tiniest detail in nature. We turn to crowdfunding because we would rather share our hard work with you than with a bank and a small business loan.
AND NOW, THE SHINY STUFF!
DECAL - Our Saxon Metalsmith holds the traditional hammer, an ancient metalsmithing tool, a bolt of lightning symbolizing Inspiration and the narrow-blade spear representing the journey for perfection. At his feet is the Ildanach Cross - Curtis' Maker's Mark. Based on ancient designs, our metalsmith is also kickin' it, wearing a stylin' raven helm symbolizing an artist's connection to transcendence and has an Awen necklace representing the Creative Soul.
Tibetan Knot - Also known as the Endless Knot, it is seen in Hindu, Buddhist and Celtic cultures.
Orkney Knot - Another version of an Endless Knot, found in Scotland.
Paw (Bear, Cougar or Wolf) - Choose your totem animal.
Celtic Cross - The ring represents female energy and fertility as well as earth energy. The cross represents male energy and fertility as well as universe energy, and the representation of salvation.
Snowflake - No two are ever alike, they say.
Anvil - We love our anvil and use it every day.
Anvil in Silver. It will also be available in Bronze and Copper.
Goddess - Feminine, Nurturing, Creation, Vision. This particular ancient symbol depicts the strength of feminine energy as she upholds the universe, the nurturing and life-bearing aspects and the sacred cup.
Upcycled Nylon Necklaces in action!
BEADED NECKLACES - Your choice of pendant on either Labradorite, Forest Pine Freshwater Pearls or Amber Recycled Glass. Each necklace is 18" long and has a hand-crafted copper clasp.
GARDEN DRAGONFLY - This lovely piece is cast in bronze, measures 3" x 3.5" and is on a brass rod 36" long - we can trim it to the size you need.
BUCKLES - Your choice! Both of the "D" style buckles are for belts 1.5" wide. The Heraldic Beast "O" buckle is for 1.25" wide belt (or it can be a cloak pin). Copper, Bronze or Sterling Silver!
STATEMENT NECKLACES - Limited edition! Numbered and signed by the artist. We will only make 20 of each.
Casting on the Water - Red Creek Jasper and Jade beads, highlighted with copper and bronze beads compliment a pendant made from cast bronze and recycled copper. Handcrafted copper clasp, this stunning piece is 18" with a 2" reclaimed silver safety chain.
Awen Made Manifest (Goddess) - Limited edition, signed with the maker's mark and numbered by the artist, Curtis Rowland.
When Awen becomes embodied by the Source, she takes the form of Mother and Muse - she is the Creative Soul gifted to mere mortals. Arms uplifted in praise, the Universe cradled within her hands, everything becomes possible. Paired with A-grade Labradorite whose depth of fire and lightning within each stone reflects the elements of Creation.
The patron's choice in fire-patinaed, recycled copper, ancient bronze or sterling silver (also known as the soul metal). This necklace is 18" with a 2" reclaimed silver safety chain and a handcrafted copper clasp.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us at IldanachOffice@aol.com.
DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ONE THING? WE ARE HAPPY TO MAKE A SPECIAL BUNDLED REWARD JUST FOR YOU!
Risks and challenges? There are lots. What if the price of silver increases and we have underestimated the cost to create those pieces? - We have been watching the price closely, and will probably buy a bunch before we need it.
What if we don't have time to purchase all the equipment before we need to cast before the deadline? - We already have the basic equipment we need, so we could get stuff done before buying all the things on the wish list. It just might take longer (fewer pieces per cast run, higher chance of failures, etc.).
Other, unforseen risks and challenges? Sure. It's bound to happen. We've been in business a long time and lots of things have gone wrong in those years. We have learned from those lessons, including laughing a lot, killing all the zombies, and then buckling down and getting things done.
For $5 you get one of our fancy decals with our "Kickin' It" Saxon Metalsmith, plus our gratitude. We will pick out a particularly stunning Colorado day (and there are lots), face your general direction and say, "THANK YOU!". Also, we will add your name as a "Guardian of the Arts" to our website.
A zoomy Fob! Your choice of pendant cast in either Bronze or Copper with an upcycled nylon cord. All of the $5 rewards, too!
A zoomy Fob! Your choice of pendant cast in Silver with an upcycled nylon adjustable necklace. All of the $5 rewards, too!
Your choice of pendant cast in either Copper or Bronze on an upcycled nylon cord adjustable necklace (your choice of color). All of the $5 rewards, too!
A zoomy Fob! Your choice of pendant cast in Silver with an upcycled nylon cord. All of the $5 rewards, too!
Your choice of pendant cast in Silver on an upcycled nylon cord adjustable necklace (your choice of color). All of the $5 rewards, too!
Garden Dragonfly. Your choice of Bronze or Copper. A delightful addition to your garden or large potted plant. All of the $5 rewards, too!
BURKE BUNDLE - One Bronze or Copper Fob and one Silver Fob. All of the $5 rewards, too!
Your choice of buckle, in Bronze or Copper. All of the $5 rewards, too!
TWO NECKLACES! Your choice of pendants cast in either Copper or Bronze on upcycled nylon cord adjustable necklaces (your choices of color). All of the $5 rewards, too!
MOORE PACKAGE - Two zoomy Silver Fobs! Your choice of pendants cast in Silver with an upcycled nylon cord. All of the $5 rewards, too!
TWO NECKLACES! Your choice of pendants cast in Silver on upcycled nylon cord adjustable necklace2 (your choices of color). All of the $5 rewards, too!
GROVE BUNDLE - Three Zoomy Copper or Bronze Fobs! All of the $5 rewards, too!
Your choice of buckle, in Silver. All of the $5 rewards, too!
SUE PACKAGE #1 - One Garden Dragonfly, One Silver Fob and one Copper or Bronze Fob. Plus all the $5 rewards!
RUSS PACKAGE - One Garden Dragonfly (Bronze or Copper) and two necklaces (your choice of pendants cast in either Copper or Bronze on upcycled nylon cord adjustable necklaces). All of the $5 rewards, too!
Beaded necklace, your choice of beads, pendant in either Bronze or Copper. 18" length, with a handcrafted copper clasp. All of the $5 rewards, too!
Beaded necklace, your choice of beads, pendant in Silver. 18" length, with a handcrafted copper clasp. All of the $5 rewards, too!
SUE PACKAGE #2 - One Garden Dragonfly, One Silver Fob and two Copper or Bronze Fobs. Plus all the $5 rewards!
BOUDAIN PACKAGE - Five upcycled nylon cord necklaces. Three with Silver pendants and two with Copper or Bronze pendants. Your choice of cord colors. All of the $5 rewards, too!
Casting on the Water, Dragonfly Limited Edition Statement Necklace. All of the $5 rewards, too!
Goddess Limited Edition Statement Necklace. All the $5 rewards, too!
Awen Made Manifest (Goddess) Limited Edition Statement Necklace, with a Copper or Bronze pendant. All the $5 rewards, too!
Awen Made Manifest (Goddess) Limited Edition Statement Necklace, with a Silver pendant. All the $5 rewards, too!
BENNET PACKAGE - One Goddess Statement Necklace (if available), three upcycled nylon necklaces with Copper or Bronze pendant, one beaded necklace with Copper or Bronze pendant. Plus all the $5 rewards!
MANDA PACKAGE - One Goddess Statement Necklace with silver pendant, three upcycled nylon necklaces with Copper or Bronze pendant, one beaded necklace with Silver pendant. Plus all the $5 rewards!
FRODO PACKAGE - One Awen Made Manifest, Goddess Statement Necklace (pendant in silver) One Casting on the Water, Dragonfly Statement Necklace, and Four Silver Fobs. Plus all the $5 rewards!


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Kellie Pickler & Co-Host Break Silence On 'Pickler & Ben' Cancellation
By Miranda Raye on April 9, 2019
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A Beloved Talk Show, Canceled
On March 28, The Tennessean revealed that the Nashville-based daytime talk show Pickler & Ben would be ending after the conclusion of its second season in September. Hosted by country singer Kellie Pickler and media personality Ben Aaron, the show featured charming segments on music, cooking, decorating, and more.
It's DAY 2 of our WATCH & WIN FOODIE SWEEPSTAKES! Today's question: What does Maggie Louise (@maggielouiseconfections) make her edible lipsticks out of? Leave the answer in the comments below for a chance to win a 10-piece @anolon cookware set (RTV $499) and a copy of @mollyyeh's cookbook "Molly on the Range." Check out our Facebook page to learn how to enter again there and stay tuned for tomorrow's question! Contest ends on 2/27/19 at 8:59AM CST. Official rules on picklerandben.com.
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Co-produced by Faith Hill, Pickler & Ben also focused a great deal on the city in which it was filmed. Country stars frequently stopped by as guests, and Pickler and Aaron went out into the world to explore the best attractions Nashville has to offer.
Viewers loved the show's wholesome nature, and it quickly developed a devoted following as a result. One fan even proposed to his girlfriend during a taping!
You can imagine how devastated viewers were when they learned that the show was being canceled. The cancellation news was made all the more shocking since it came just days after the show was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards.
So why is it that the show is being nixed when it's clearly beloved by viewers and has proven to be successful? The Tennessean article cites The E.W. Scripps Company, which oversees Pickler & Ben, as saying the show doesn't seem to promise much "long-term profitability."
Caption this!?? ________________________________________ Picklerandben.com to watch @kelliepickler and @benaarontv try a new game in Facebook's messenger app.?
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Kellie & Ben Finally Speak Up
For nearly two weeks, Pickler and Aaron remained silent about the show's cancellation, even though fans started flooding their social media posts with questions about it. Finally, the two felt it was time to personally address their devoted viewers and explain why their show won't be around much longer.
Aaron described the circumstances that led to the show's cancelation, shedding a bit more light on why it won't be able to continue:
"In the business of television, if you don't air in LA, New York, all of these big cities, you don't make a lot of money. You don't make enough money. And we were on track to do that, and then new shows came out and prevented us from doing that."
The "new shows" Aaron is likely referring to include talk shows hosted by Kelly Clarkson, Tamron Hall, and more. To put it simply, with the influx of new talk shows flooding the airwaves, Pickler & Ben had its planned trajectory cut off and can't afford to be produced in Nashville any longer.
This is our last week of taping in 2018! Request your free studio audience tickets at picklerandben.com/tickets.?
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Sadly, Pickler and Aaron admitted that it would take "a miracle" to save the show, and by a miracle, they mean a whole lot of money…$15 million to be exact.
With tears in their eyes, Pickler and Aaron thanked their viewers for being so loyal, with Pickler saying it was a "blessing" to be able to host the show. She's promising to keep her fingers crossed in the hopes that the show will be saved, and we're sure a lot of others are doing the same!
You can watch Pickler and Aaron's full video addressing their talk show's cancellation below. We sure hate to see it go!
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Sinhalization of the North-East: Verugal
By gnaguleswaran | March 1, 2020
Sinhalization of the North-East: Seruwila-Verugal The Trincomalee District has been subject to the government's colonization efforts dating back to independence from British rule in 1948. The district's geography gives it added significance, as the link to the northern part of the traditional Tamil homeland, and its natural and strategic resources, including its natural deep-sea harbour.1…
Sinhalization of the North-East: Kokkilai
By gnaguleswaran | September 21, 2019
Sinhalization of the North-East: Kokkilai The south-east of the Mullaithivu District has been a target for state-sponsored Sinhala settlements for decades. As with Pulmoaddai, the Kokkilai region of Mullaithivu lies on the strategically important border between the traditional Tamil homeland's northern and eastern regions, and as such has been targeted for state-sponsored Sinhala settlements. Much…
Sinhalization Of The North East: Pulmoaddai
By gnaguleswaran | March 11, 2019
Sinhalization of the North-East: PULMOADDAI Pulmoaddai is a majority Tamil-speaking, Muslim town in the Trincomalee District. The town, part of the Kuchchaveli Divisional Secretariat, is located on the border to the Mullaithivu District, occupying the strategically important region which links the traditional Tamil homeland's northern and eastern regions. The area is known for its valuable…
In The Face Of Genocide
By gnaguleswaran | December 1, 2021
Tamil Resistance & Resilience in the Face of Genocide A global photo campaign to commemorate the Mullivaikkal Massacre The Colonization of the Island (1500-1948) https://pearlaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.The-Colonization-of-the-Island.mp3 Demographics of the Island The inhabitants of the island of Sri Lanka are 74% Sinhalese, the majority of whom are Buddhist; 13% Tamils, who are both Hindu and Christian; and…
By luxvna | October 3, 2021
PUBLICATIONS (25-50 words about Publications) PEARL is operated by a broad community volunteers, and a few staff. Our volunteers have contributed to all levels of our work, including our highest leadership bodies. Recent Statements 2021 Collapse Remembering the Mullivaikkal Massacre, 12 Years On PEARL condemns the arrest of the Mayor of Jaffna, Viswalingam Manivannan, and…


Mission Mode was an unfinished mode found in the game's code. However, due to the fact that it was replaced with competitions some time in development, any time you finish a mission it will upload the time to the Wiimmfi servers. All evidence points to rocket start missions causing this issue, which in Variety Pack's case is mission 1-1. Please do NOT play Mission Mode on a license that you use to do Wiimmfi competitions; otherwise, you will be banned.
Watch out for items in your My Stuff folder (if it's enabled), as Variety Pack does feature modified menus, text and Common.szs. If you find anything in your My Stuff folder that may disrupt gameplay and other things, remove the files or disable My Stuff entirely.
The Variety Pack is a custom track distribution that features 128 custom tracks (32 in the demo and Variety Pack Lite), ranging from difficult to "meme"-like, to even some that are in CTGP Revolution (hence the name "variety"). The pack is owned by Tombwarrior and is developed by Bladestorm227, Skipper93653, MrFib, Diamond, JαmεςH, AlphaFlame, and Bearably. The Great Role Reversal is present in all modes except Mission Mode.
In v1.0 – v1.2, Frantic Mode was introduced as a new mode that uses the ItemSlotTable.slt in every track's SZS file from Electric Shredder. This means that you can get any item in any position, but powerful items have a higher chance of appearing.
From v1.21 onward, Frantic Mode got reworked so that it uses ItemSlot.bin in the Common.szs. However, the chances of getting any item is completely equal. Thunder Clouds were removed entirely and you can no longer get the POW Block in 1st place, making it slightly more balanced.
In v1.4, the mode was renamed to "Chaotic Mode".
Introduced in v1.3, a new mode called Blue Shell Showdown was added, which heavily increases the probability of Blue Shells being received from the item roulette, while every other item has been revoked of its probability or have been made for the lower positions only. The ItemSlot.bin has been modified to give first place dodge items (such as Mushrooms or Stars), which have obviously been balanced depending on their power. Like in normal gameplay, Blue Shells will only appear after 30 seconds into the race.
Although it was fixed in v1.31, there was previously a side effect in this mode that caused objects on certain custom tracks to turn invisible, but still keeping their collision.
If you would like to suggest a new track for v2.0, head to the track wishlist and add the track you would like to see, in v2.0, to the list.
If you want an existing track to be removed for v2.0, head to the removed tracks list and add the track to be removed.
On February 9th, 2019, the first Variety Pack free-for-all was held and streamed on both YouTube and Twitch. The winner was Skipper93653, who won a Steam copy of Golf It!. Stream highlights of Bladestorm227's perspective can be found on YouTube.
Added Easter title screen option in Riivolution.
Renamed "Frantic Mode" to "Chaotic Mode".
Changed the regions for Normal, Chaotic and Blue Shell Showdown modes to 420, 2007 and 2006 respectively.
Temporary buffs to Luigi and Waluigi.
Added four new cup slots.
Changed Variety Pack's UI back to normal.
Luigi and Waluigi return, with their buffs removed.
Added Countdown with region 596.
Added Item Rain with region 609.
Added Double Frame Rate with region 610.
Added Bob-omb Blast with region 611.
Reworked item probabilities for the regular mode.
Changed the regions for Normal, Chaotic and Blue Shell Showdown modes to 607, 608 and 612 respectively.
Reordered tracks replacing Nintendo tracks to fit with the slot.
Buffed certain characters (not available in Mission Mode).
Added The Great Role Reversal (not available in Mission Mode).
Fixed various Mission Mode bugs.
Updated Justin's Bridge Track to fix check points and items.
Fixed Thunder Cloud freeze for PAL users.
Fixed Bash 'n' Dash 'n' Bash's file name in the CT-CODE.
Added Black Loop, replacing Orange Loop.
Added Bumper's Roundabout, replacing Speeding Street.
Added Delfino Bay, replacing Wiimmfi Station.
Added Unfinished Mario Circuit, replacing Bowser's Courtyard.
Updated DS Luigi's Cookie Pinball to Beta 2.
Updated Little Jungle to RC3.1.
Added 1.25× speed modifier to Coastal Island and Icy Mountaintop.
Fixed Frantic Mode for NTSC-U.
Fixed the everlasting Thunder Cloud glitch.
Various fixes for Mission Mode.
Added four more Spiky Topmen on mission 2-8.
Added 3DS Bowser's Castle, replacing Oceanic Raceway.
Added 3DS Music Park, replacing Mushroom Prison.
Added Bowser's Stronghold, replacing Lost Island.
Added Forest Creek, replacing Alpine Skyway.
Added Magma Chamber, replacing Cheese Road 2.
Added One Super Race, replacing Storage Unit.
Updated Black Loop and Luncheon Tour to v1.11.
Updated Icy Vulcan Valley to RC4.1.
Updated Boshi Skatepark to v1.1.
Temporarily buffed Dry Bones, Dry Bowser and King Boo.
Changed Fake Item Box to Triple Fake Item Boxes.
Changed Bob-omb to Double Bob-ombs.
Changed Triple Mushrooms to Quadruple Mushrooms.
Removed Thunder Clouds (thanks to JαmεςH).
Added modified Max Speed code (thanks to JαmεςH and Diamond).
Updated tracks from v1.2 now work in Frantic Mode.
Added New Moon Manor, replacing SSBB Port Town Aero Dive.
Updated Dry Coast to v3.1d.
Updated Icy Vulcan Valley to RC4.2.
Updated Forest Creek to v1.0.3.
Added support for the new Wiimmfi update.
Temporary buffed Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong and Funky Kong for the season.
Added Christmas title screen option in Riivolution.
Added Christmas music option in Riivolution.
Added Blue Shell Showdown mode with region 579.
Added Fishdom Island, replacing Codename: BIGBOX.
Added Chill Hill 2, replacing 3DS Rosalina's Ice World.
Added Warp Pipe Island, replacing DS Dokan Course.
Added Junk Food Wonderland, replacing Electric Shredder.
Updated Black Loop and correctly updated Little Jungle to v2.1.
Updated Forest Creek to v1.0.4.
Updated Icy Mountaintop to v0.7.
Updated New Moon Manor and Unfinished Mario Circuit to v1.1.
Updated Shadow Woods to v1.2.
Updated Torrential Flood Lake to v1.4b.
Updated Evening Harbor to v4.5.
Added "Remove Worldwide Button" code.
Changed online region for Normal and Frantic modes to 581 and 580 respectively.
Updated executables for Wiimms StaticR Tools and Wiimms ISO Tools.
Added directories for the music and new mode.
Changed the UI back to the original Variety Pack colors.
Modified codes injected in the main.dol.
Changed Area 28's track slot to Rainbow Road.
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One need only look up at the ceiling of the Capitol Rotunda, and recoil at the sight of George Washington being assumed into heaven like the Virgin Mary in drag, to realize that America's febrile relationship with the "€œgreat"€ has long required twisting certain men and women, without their consent, into self-indulgent talismans and salable souvenirs.
We"€™re told that we can judge a society by how it treats its animals, and its prisoners, but what if we can judge it, too, by how it treats its celebrities (who are, in some respects, a hybrid of both)? The modern famous are, paradoxically, rare and ubiquitous. There has only been and ever will be one Sinatra, one Marilyn"€"and yet there they are, too, over on that shower curtain, and this cookie jar, revered banalities.
But it's disconcerting that human beings have to undertake such rearguard measures at all.
I regretfully suspect that, in the alleged interest of "€œfan service,"€ the actor might be digitally revived in the future. The same profound affection Trekkers feel for Spock/Nimoy, that will make them initially recoil at the very idea, might also render their yearning to see him one last time hard to resist.
There is it, then: the billions of box office and merchandise dollars at stake, spanning both legacy properties. Exhibit A: Disney"€"being Disney"€"had taken out an insurance policy on Carrie Fisher through Lloyd's of London, triggered to pay out in the event that she was "€œunable to fulfill her three-film [Star Wars] contract."€ That awful eventuality having occurred, Disney will be collecting a check for $50 million.
So, much faster than this very peculiar metamorphosis normally takes, Fisher joined that elite league of celebrities, like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, and James Dean, who turned out to be worth exponentially more dead than alive.
And we wonder why they all take drugs.


I finally recolored porcelain-warehouse's other top. There's 30 different patterns and they come in black & white so there's 60 swatches this time.
Most of the patterns are MM, but some are not.
Update: I've updated them for the 06/02/2016 patch, and I've also updated the thumbnails.


The inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2015 were announced today. It was a fairly decent lineup compared to years past.
I had complained for years that Stevie Ray Vaughan was overlooked, so I am glad that he got in this time. Same with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Green Day is a worthy first-ballot inductee in my opinion. And I am happy that they have capped off their Beatles tribute by giving individual recognition to Ringo Starr.
I was never a fan of the Velvet Underground, but I did get into Lou Reed in the '80s when he came out with his New York album.
RULES: in your status update, list 12 songs that have stayed with you over the years in some way. Don't think too long over the list- just a few minutes. They don't have to be great records or critical darlings, just ones that mean something to you personally.
Yeah, right. OK, that was IMPOSSIBLE. So I broke the rules just a bit by dividing my list into three eras - My earliest years starting with the first album I got as a kid (Elvis) and then moving on to the High School years and then the College/Post-college years.
Oh, and since some songs just go together in my mind, I ended up pairing a few together. So sue me.
After someone put together a list of the Top 25 Movies of the 1980s that did not impress me much, I decided to put together my own list. The '80s encompassed my formative high school and college years, so I figured I could find tons of good movies they were leaving out. But after perusing the lists at Boxofficemojo.com I came up with only 52 candidates for my own list. Not as many as I expected. So on a whim I decided to look at movies from the subsequent decades and found a few more in the '90s and a bunch more from the '00s. And so far in the '10s, not even half-way through, I already have a list as long as the one from the previous decade.
So does this mean that movies are getting better?
First understand that my criteria for good movies is simply whether I enjoyed the movie and would be excited about watching it again. So I tend to favor "popcorn" movies more so than heavy, artsy dramas.
So what appears to be happening is that Hollywood is pumping out more movies suited to my particular taste. I like action/adventure movies, sci-fi and fantasy and animated flicks. And since about 2000, those are the films that have been dominating the domestic box office. The Lord of the Rings films, the Harry Potter series, the Marvel Superhero movies and the Pixar/Disney combination have all blossomed during the past decade. Meanwhile, the James Bond franchise is still going strong and is now joined by the Jason Bourne series and the Mission Impossible flicks. D.C. Comics also made a comeback with the new Batman movies. And new animation studios have been competing quite well with Disney giving us the Ice Age and Madagascar franchises as well as Kung Fu Panda, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon.
And the hits just keep coming with more Marvel Superhero movies in the dock, more Pixar and Disney animation movies (on fire now with the breakout success of Frozen) and another Hobbit movie as well.


The birth of a child is a true miracle! Babies deserve all the tender loving care we can give them to grow and thrive. The same is true for the mothers. They also should be nurtured and cared for to be able to take car of their baby.
To honor and support mothers of new babies I created this bracelet. The crystals on this bracelet can all be beneficial for new or first time mothers and their babies.
I am now also offering bracelets with magnetic closures. Please see picture above for more details.
I crafted this Crystal Healing Bracelet using sterling silver cable chain, sterling silver hoops and closure, metal wire, crimp beads as well as round semi-precious gemstone beads.
If you would like your item placed in a handcrafted gift box, please select this option from the drop down menu of this listing, or purchase it from the gift box listing. Please indicate upon check-out which occasion you would like to have written on the tag on top of the gift box. If you wish, the name of the recipient can be written on the back of the tag.
If you would like to include a brief message to the recipient either specify it in the message to sender box upon check-out or send me a message immediately after your purchase.


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Q: Can't connect Python program to remote MySQL database over the same network Can someone please help me? I am trying to make a simple python - MySQL connection. the code is running on my Dell-Windows Laptop, while the server is running on my Acer-Linux Laptop, they are connected on the same network. But upon running the query it prompts me with this error : Firewall is disabled for both. I tried pinging both of them vise versa and is working. In fact, I have a program with LibreOffice Base and they are interacting properly. But when I try to translate just a simple query in PYTHON seems like it is not working, I just don't know what could be the error on my code. Thank you so much for you help.
    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\JM Dela Cruz\Documents\pyproj\myproject\test1.py", line 3, in <module>
    mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  File "C:\Users\JM Dela Cruz\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\mysql\connector\pooling.py", line 287, in connect
    return MySQLConnection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\JM Dela Cruz\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\mysql\connector\connection.py", line 137, in __init__
    self.connect(**kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\JM Dela Cruz\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\mysql\connector\abstracts.py", line 1095, in connect
    self._open_connection()
  File "C:\Users\JM Dela Cruz\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\mysql\connector\connection.py", line 533, in _open_connection
    self._socket.open_connection()
  File "C:\Users\JM Dela Cruz\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\mysql\connector\network.py", line 569, in open_connection
    raise InterfaceError(
mysql.connector.errors.InterfaceError: 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on '198.168.101.42:3306' (10060 A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond)

My Python Code :
import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="198.168.101.42",
  user="vsearch",
  password="vsearchpasswd",
  database="classicmodels",
  port="3306"
)

mycursor = mydb.cursor()

_SQL="Select * From employees"

myresult = mycursor.execute(_SQL)

print(myresult.fetchall())

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Yankees activate Curtis Granderson from DL
By Bill BaerAug 2, 2013, 10:45 PM EDT
The Yankees have activated outfielder Curtis Granderson from the disabled list and will bat him fifth in tonight's starting lineup against the Padres. Granderson missed the first 38 games of the season with a fractured right forearm. In his eighth game of the season on May 24 against the Rays, Granderson was hit on the left hand with a Cesar Ramos fastball, fracturing the fifth metacarpal. He missed 60 more games.
Granderson's return is a boon for the Yankees, who enter tonight's game against the Padres with the fourth-worst aggregate outfield OPS in the American League at .696. By isolated power (slugging percentage minus batting average), their outfielders have hit for the least amount of power at .122. The league average is .151 and the Rangers lead at .184.
Granderson, 32 years old, is a free agent after the season. The Yankees picked up his $15 million option for the 2013 season, the final leg of a five-year, $30.25 million extension signed with the Tigers in February 2008.


I'm happy (and lucky) to report that Hurricane Irene managed to swerve her little path around the Upper East Side for the most part.
I was awake for plenty of torrential downpouring and some pretty heavy winds, but that was the worst of it where I am.
After yesterday's 16-miler, I was happy to slip into yoga pants and be as lazy as possible all weekend.
I camped out at an apartment that isn't mine — it's much better — and braved the storm by eating (a lot — nachos are delicious), drinking (a lot — Riesling, you are my friend) and sleeping (a lot).
We did venture out for a walk around 7 pm yesterday, before the storm got too bad, and found ourselves at a cute wine bar for a while. The bartender was very generous with her pours, which we took advantage of.
This morning I didn't wake up until almost 10 am.
Thank you, Irene, for giving me an excuse to sleep in guilt-free.
It was a relief to wake up, go for a walk and see that the Upper East Side survived OK.
MY APARTMENT DIDN'T FLOOD! HOORAY!
See? I am happy, so I am doing a bell kick.
After eating all day (mmmm homemade sweet potato fries) and taking a glorious 2-hour afternoon nap, I finally got moving to get in a 4.25 mile run, per Coach Cane's plan.
I ran (very slowly) over by the East River, then ventured up to Central Park.
The winds were strong and there were lots of little branches everywhere, plus a few big trees taking naps on the ground.
Central Park was technically closed, but I snuck my way in.
I ninja kicked this sign down and broke in. Or I just walked past it. I forget exactly what happened.
So did roughly 1 million other people.
Lots of sticks. Lots of leaves.
For my next trick, I will eat more. And then sleep more.
And then sleep in again.
Office closed tomorrow? Fine by me!
TELL ME: Were you affected by Irene the Hurricane Ho? I hope not!
26 Responses to "Scenes From Irene"
I am LOVING the umbrella pictures, and the polka dots. How cute! You're so lucky your office is closed tomorrow..we're open as of now, and I am not looking forward to the commute if the subways are back up by then. I headed out for 7 in Riverside Park and along the Hudson River Path and there were SO many people out, we've all got cabin fever! I was too scared to head over to Central Park, but I'll try tomorrow!
Bahaha Hurricane Ho.. I love it. She was a biatch here in D.C. but not too bad.. just a lot of rain and wind- nothing that unusual really.
Thankfully, no damage over here either! I am VERY glad I got in 6 pre-Irene miles though after being cooped up. You know what I'm not happy about right now – its getting darker earlier – NO!!!! Anyways, glad to know others breached CP and its not all flooded because I may be headed there tmw!
Sounds like the perfect excuse to stay in all weekend! Your arms and legs look super toned in that picture of you jumping!
Haha this whole post cracked me up. I love your writing style. Glad you're safe and Irene didn't hit you too bad!
Didn't get too bad up in Boston, in fact the dang grocery sack that has been in the tree outside of my apartment for the last 6 months is still there! Seriously, it's like that 30 Rock episode. I wasn't impressed by Irene.
Ali your quads muscles are banging in that bell kick picture! Hard work shows girl! Glad you faired the storm okay.
w/o being to creepy; your legs look awesome in the "bell kick" picture.
No effects of Irene here. Well, it was a little windy on Saturday, but I'm all the way on the west coast of FL, so I Can't see how that wind would be related to Irene. But my Husband says that it is..whatever.
Totally love the umbrella pics! I live in the pacific northwest so I'm definitely not experiencing any Irene weather. Glad that your apartment survived and that the weather died down so you could get your run in!
Thank you so much for the Central Park update! Was debating whether I should run today/tomorrow but was afraid of falling trees.
I'm glad to hear that you were not affected too badly by Irene! I've been watching all the storm coverage from Europe and eek it's so scary.
I am pretty jealous your office is closed today as I am in work right now. Luckily it's a pretty slow day here!
The NE burbs of Philly got away fairly unscathed. It was by far the worst hurricane to ever hit up here, but then again they're usually tropical storms around these parts.
Power went out yesterday @10:30 AM; when I left this morning it was still out. It's really creepy how dark it can be without lights. Cross fingers it's back by the time I get home!
omg, please make one of those umbrella photos your new FB picture! all of your weekend eats sound fab (reisling and nachos? yes please!). i'm headed to PA for a few days…but when i come back…i'm gonna plan an excursion to CP. i miss sweat squad!!
I love your hurricane survival plan, any excuse for eating all day and staying in your PJs is fine by me! Glad your apartment didn't flood as well!!
Agreed, Irene is a ho.
Yay for a day off! I love you umbrella pictures.. the jumping one is particularly cute!
We had a few leaks in my apt but overall we were good to go! I'm glad! I'll take a leak over no power and a broken roof anyday! And now I'm off for a run!
Love the bell kick photo!
Love the pictures of you and the umbrella! We only got wind- but not rain in Western NY.


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New York City, 1962, Yankee Stadium. Credit Inge Morath/The Inge Morath Foundation — Magnum Photos
IT was long before baseball ever enchanted me, and long before I ever knew anything of the Yankees, and long before I learned that a pitch could swerve, yet it came back to me, years later, sitting in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium, a curveball from the past.
It was 1975. I was 10 years old. I stood onboard a ferry in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. I was traveling with my father to England for the weekend. We crossed the Irish Sea, the night blanket-black above us. On deck, men in flat caps worked hard at their coughs.
In Liverpool, dawn rose in increments of gray. We boarded a train for London. I had to hush. We were Irish after all. There were bombs going off in Britain in those days. The train swerved through a landscape that seemed exotic and familiar by turns. London, then, was a confusion of red post boxes, terraced houses and chimneystacks.
We made our way out to Highbury, where my favorite team, Stoke City, was playing against Arsenal. Portions of the game still decorate my memory with splinters of despair and joy — my team drew, 1-1 — but it is not the game that later made sense to me.
On the way out of Highbury, my father and I bought a bottle of Powers whiskey. He seldom drank, my father, and the purchase surprised me. We stopped, then, to buy a carton of cigarettes and I knew that the world was shifting somehow: my father never smoked.
"How'd you like to see your grandfather?" he asked.
I had never met my grandfather Jack McCann. He was, I knew, a character — a man given to the Irish trinity of drink and song and exile.
We took a bus to Pimlico Road, tramped up the wide staircase of a decrepit nursing home. My father handed me the bottle of whiskey. "Go on in and give that to your grandda," he said.
A shadow in the bed. He glanced up and said, "Ah, another bleedin' McCann." But he perked up when he saw the bottle, reached out and tousled my hair.
He was a fabulous ruin, my grandfather. I sat on the bed beside him and — suddenly glamorous with whiskey — he told his stories. The greyhounds. The horses. The days with Big Jack Doyle. I sat in my red and white Stoke City shirt, stunned that this was a history that could belong to me.
What I recall is my father lifting me onto his shoulders, late that night, into a foreign city, toward the railway station, and home. A number of stray soccer fans were still singing under the station's eaves.
•Down, 3-1. Bottom of the ninth. One on. Nobody out. The Yankees against the Minnesota Twins. Game 2 of the American League Division Series, October 2009. A-Rod is at the plate. The air has that chewy sense of hope. There is always call for a miracle.
"It's gonna happen, Dad."
This is what baseball can do to the soul: it has the ability to make you believe in spite of all other available evidence. My son, John Michael, is 10 years old. We are in the bleachers. He leans in to me and says that the pitch is going to come in high and fat. It's still a new language to me. The pitch is thrown, and indeed it does — it comes in high and fat, and 94 miles per hour. A-Rod leans into it like he's about to fell a tree and smacks the ball and it soars, that little sphere of cowhide rising up over the Bronx, and it is a moment unlike any other, when you sit with your son in the ballpark, and the ball is high in the air, you feel yourself aware of everything, the night, the neon, the very American-ness of the moment.
And then it strikes you that the ball has an endless quality of fatherhood to it.
We all know these moments. They don't come along very often, but when they do they open up your lungs to the bursting point. It's not simply me sitting with my son in the Bronx, but it's my father sitting with me in London, too, and maybe him with his own father in Dublin, and it all comes back to me, the pure and reckless joy of the past, Arsenal, Stoke City, the dark corners of a nursing home, the slippery deck of a ferry boat and how every moment is carried into other moments.
I stood in the bleachers as A-Rod rounded the bases with that slightly nonchalant grin: a Dominican kid born in Washington Heights had just brought me home.
Baseball is often talked about as the American game, but there is something wildly immigrant about it too. No other game can so solidly confirm the fact that you are in the United States, yet bring you home to your original country at the same time.
If soccer is the world's game, then baseball belongs to those who have left their worlds behind. This is not so much nostalgia as it a sense of saudade — a longing for something that is absent.
I have been in New York for 18 years. Every time I have gone to Yankee Stadium with my two sons and my daughter, I am somehow brought back to my boyhood. Perhaps it is because baseball is so very different from anything I grew up with.
The subway journey out. The hustlers, the bustlers, the bored cops. The jostle at the turnstiles. Up the ramps. Through the shadows. The huge swell of diamond green. The crackle. The billboards. The slight air of the unreal. The guilt when standing for another nation's national anthem. The hot dogs. The bad beer. The catcalls. Siddown. Shaddup. Fuhgeddaboudit.
Learning baseball is learning to love what is left behind also. The world drifts away for a few hours. We can rediscover what it means to be lost. The world is full, once again, of surprise. We go back to who we were.
I slipped into America via baseball. The language intrigued me. The squeeze plays, the fungoes, the bean balls, the curveballs, the steals. The showboating. The pageantry. The lyrical cursing that unfolded across the bleachers.
As the years went on, baseball surrounded me more and more. My son began listening to the radio late at night, under the covers. There was something gloriously tribal about the Yankees for him. He learned to imitate John Sterling, the radio announcer. It is high, it is far, it is gone. An A-bomb from A-Rod. He began playing the game too, and so I would walk to Central Park with him. How far was my own father on the street behind me, juggling a soccer ball at his feet? How far was my dead grandfather?
We become the children of our children, the sons of our sons. We watch our kids as if watching ourselves. We take on the burden of their victories and defeats. It is our privilege, our curse too. We get older and younger at the same time.
I never meant to fall in love with baseball, but I did. I learned to realize that it does what all good sports should do: it creates the possibility of joy.
Sometimes, when walking home from the subway, after being at Yankee Stadium, I have the feeling that a whole country has been knocked around inside me. I am Irish, but I am also American. I am both father and son.
I cherish these moments. It confirms that life is not static. There is so much more left to be lived. There are times that my own boys are so tired that I have to put them on my shoulder and carry them. They are brought forward by the past.
I still recall the night of the A.L.D.S. game against Minnesota. A-Rod tied it up in the ninth. Teixeira closed out the game in the 11th. My son beamed, ear to ear. I think the stars over the Bronx shook that night. The potholes on 161st Street applauded. The 4 train ran on Champagne.
And me, well, I took a little journey a long way home.
This article was originally published in The New York Times on March 30, 2012
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This is the first in a series of short videos where Colum McCann talks about his new novel, Apeirogon. "A work of incredible magnitude . . . McCann finds the emotional accuracy, the sensitivity, and the beauty to tell the heartbreaking reality of life in Israel-Palestine, while allowing readers a glimmer of necessary hope. Apeirogon is greater…
Welcome to the Newsletter
The good folks at Random House asked me to do an occasional newsletter in the run-up to my new novel, APEIROGON (coming Feb 25, 2020), a glimpse behind the curtain, a step behind the pages, to give a little glance into my world.
Praise for Apeirogon
"Every significant novel is an act of reckless originality. Colum McCann's Apeirogon is nothing like any book you've ever read. Think of reading David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red, or George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo for the first time. Think of discovering an entirely unprecedented, and profoundly true, narrative form. Think about feeling that the very idea of the novel, of what it can be and what it's capable of containing, has been expanded, forever."—Michael Cunningham, New York Times bestselling author of The Snow Queen
Patriots of Elsewhere
The following speech was written and delivered by Colum McCann on the occasion of the PEN/Song Lyrics Award in Boston in September 2016, given to Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits.
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Extended Author's Note & Victim Impact Statement
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National Book Award Interview
Interview conducted by Bret Anthony Johnston. Bret Anthony Johnston: First, congratulations on Let the Great World Spin being named a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction! Do you recall the inception of the book? Was there any image or incident or memory that triggered the writing process? Colum McCann: Thanks so much. One only has to…
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Colum McCann talks about winning the National Book Award
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Q: Inherit indentation when using cat in bash function to print multiple lines In the middle of doing cat <<, if we invoke a bash function that uses cat << as well, the indentation is only inherited for the first line.
This is better explained using a simple example script:
#!/bin/bash

write_multiple_lines() {
    cat <<_EOF_

Header

Paragraph

_EOF_
    return
}

cat << _EOF_

    $(write_multiple_lines)

_EOF_

The result is as follows (the
 doesn't follow
's indentation).

Header

Paragraph

while the desired result is

Header

Paragraph

I was expecting the indentation would be inherited if cat << is used. Is there any workaround for this (other than manually adding indentation to subsequent lines as pointed out by @bob dylan in the comment)?

A: The only way to 'preserve' it is to change your input file. The reason why
 is indented is because you've indented it here:
$(write_multiple_lines)

Since you don't want to change your input e.g.
write_multiple_lines() {
    cat <<_EOF_

Header

Paragraph

_EOF_
    return
}

You could change it to echo the spaces for you and then print each line e.g.
#!/bin/bash

write_multiple_lines() {
while read p; do
  echo "    " "$p"
done <<_EOF_

Header

Paragraph

_EOF_
return
}

cat << _EOF_

$(write_multiple_lines)

_EOF_

output:

Header

Paragraph

Though this is less dynamic / obvious then if you formatted it verbatim so I'd stick by my original suggestion before doing something like this.


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 * Let's you use underscore as a service from a controller.
 * Got the idea from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14968297/use-underscore-inside-controllers
 * @author: Andres Aguilar https://github.com/andresesfm
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angular.module('underscore', []).factory('_', ['$window', function($window) {
    return $window._; // assumes underscore has already been loaded on the page
}]);

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