But in "She was pretty", FINALLY the truth is revealed. After Seung Joon goes to find Hye Jin, on the sight of the accident, they return home together. At Hye Jin's place they part, but she decides to go after him and take the chance to tell him who she is. At that moment she witnesses, what should have been witnessed a long time ago. Min Ha Ri as Hye Jin talking to Seung Joon.
Btw isn't Hye Jin's hair supposed to get curly after the Rain?
Anyway Kim Hye Jin not only has straight hair now, but she is saint. She excuses Min Ha Ri, because she thinks she had her reasons to do, what she did. Shin Hyuk face, was pretty much the face I had, when I heard all these.
At least she is confident about her love for Seung Joon, but she expresses her feeling for him, to poor Shin Hyuk, who is always there for her. But despite her confidence, at work she avoids Seung Joon because she feels awkward about the hug they had the night before. Being a girl, I understand her awkwardness, but if I had Seung Joon in from of me I wouldn't hesitate for the world.
After a whole day at work, with Hye Jin avoiding Seung Joon she gets trapped when she has to deliver him some clothes. There Seung Joon gets the chance, to make the greatest confession of all times. You don't have to say I love you, in order to love a person. He puts his feeling simple.I like spending time with you and I'm always concerned about you, doesn't this explain love in the simplest way?
Let's take a break here for one cute scene of this episode. I know the girl is chaebol digger, but she got stuck with the cutest employee, that's a lucky girl.
Shin Hyuk doesn't seem able to find his love thought, knowing that, he seems like is going to give up. Love is a battlefield and he decides to surrender with a goodbye hug from Hye Jin.
Seung Joon waits for Min Ha Ri, at the hotel where he sees her real name on the wall for the best employee. FINALLYYYYYYYYYYY.
"Who are you Min Ha Ri" says Seung Joon, as he looks at her with his judging eyes. WHO ARE YOU?????? I was so much waiting for that scene and it was done simple and nice. Min Ha Ri once again says, I wanted to explain earlier aka never and says the truth.
Then Seung Joon realises that Hye Jin is his childhood friend and all the thoughts he had she might be that girl, they get confirmed. Min Ha Ri tries to talk to him but he simply runs to his first and only love, leaving Min Ha Ri crying. Seriously cry us a river. Girl what did you except, be thankful you got away from it nicely.
He finds Kim Hye Jin and they finally spend time together, with their real identities. He blames his self for not realising who Hye Jin was earlier and it's a well deserved blaming, but we forgive your handsome face.
He tells Hye Jin that, it wouldn't matter to him if she had appeared as she was. I can believe that since he fell for Hye Jin, while she was the not make overed Hye Jin.
Min Ha Ri plays it cool and she pretends to be ok with everything. I'm confused to who is in fault here, since Kim Hye Jin and Mi Ha Ri make it looks like, Ha Ri is the victim. She lies to her friend. pretending she is back to her old life. but Hye Jin finds her crying.
Feeling guilty about Min Ha Ri, for whatever reason. She decides to keep it typical with Seung Joon, making him confused.
But despite the fact that she trying to avoid her love and making everything for her lying friend to feel comfortable. Min Ha Ri stays an annoying character and declares she is going quit, please do.
We are to the point where Min Ha Ri even when she is not lying, she gets in the way of Hye Jin's love life in other ways. Thankfully Hye Jin talks everything out with Seung Joon, when he goes to her parent's place and spends the night. I would be really frustrated if episodes went, with Hye Jin avoiding Seung Joon because of the liar.
Seung Joon I like you too and I like you even more when you ask Shin Hyuk to stay in the end of the episode. I forgot to mention that Min Ha Ri is leaving with her mother and Hye Jin goes to find her at the airport but I care more, about Shin Hyuk staying and that is what I expect from the next episode.
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I was wondering where the story would go once the truth is out, and I must say I don't know what to think. I can't say I liked these 2 episodes nor that I disliked them either. I feel like there are missing pieces somewhere to connect the dots about why they act as they act now that everything is revealed.
Like we see Ha Ri crying, but why is she really crying? maybe a couple of scenes with her and Shin Hyuk who is also heartbroken could have helped not to make it so melo. I mean, does she cry only because she lost Sung Joon or because she also lost Hye Jin? I want to believe it's for both reasons (because of her letter) and not only for the first one which Show emphasized a lot to turn her into a selfish coward… Then again, it also depends of how you perceive the Hye Jin-Ha Ri friendship before Sung Joon. Personally, I don't think Ha Ri was meant to be the cliché "she's beautiful= she's evil, doesn't care about others and torments the Candy girl for fun". I think they balanced out and helped out each other in a way that made them both happy. Show could have given Ha Ri a chance to act on that. The point was for Sung Joon to find out without Ha Ri telling him, and it still could have worked with her giving him the letter and the letter getting lost or him never finding the time to read it… At least she would have shown some courage and prove with her actions what Hye Jin means to her. Instead, Show goes the noble idiocy road with Hye Jin, acting like she can't be with Sung Joon now because of Ha Ri., so Ha Ri is still in the way, although Sung Joon pushed her out.. Why after getting through all that trouble? I think it was nice how Sung Joon was honest about how he likes present Kim Hye Jin, but the discussion over and over again with her not telling him "it's b/c of Ha Ri", then her and Ha Ri fighting over "I'll leave so you two can be happy." "No, I'll leave so you two can be happy", why? He already made his choice anyway, told present Hye Jin he would love her, regardless of their past friendship (which we know it's true because Show showed us in rge 10 previous episodes), so why? It's like all of this could have happened before Sung Joon knew about Hye Jin being his childhood Hye JIn and it would have mad sense because Sung Joon was planning to "break up" with Ha Ri for present Hye Jin anyway. Making Ha Ri's mom come back from Japan was very convenient to push Ha Ri to leave, but still… why? Like I said, I feel like I'm missing something here, matbe the next episode will make it clearer. The last stage will be the reveal of Shin Hyuk's identity, although I don't see how much of a climax it can bring now? Well, there's still one month to go for the characters. Will "Most' be discontinued? Will Hye Jin embrace a career as a writer? One thing, though. I was impressed by Hwang Suk Jung's good pronunciation when she spoke French.
I agree with everything you said. They turned Ha Ri into a coeard and unlikable character, she wouldn't even say anything to Hye Jin, even when Shin Hyuk told her she knew the truth. I would prefer for the revalation to happen more intresting, not that I didn't like the episodes. But sometimes it seems they could make things better. Are you from France?
I studied French in school for three years, but I remember only things like "ca va?" "ca va bien merci". I have many friends in French that they've come to Greece for vacations.
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Kauan on kärsitty (pol. Od dawna) - fińska pieśń wojskowa, opowiadająca o udziale Finów w wojnie rosyjsko-tureckiej. W tekście utworu, jest wspomnienie o miejscowości Gornyj Dubnik, gdzie w 1877 rozegrała się batalia, zwycięska dla Rosjan, w której brał udział Fiński Gwardyjski Regiment Strzelców.

Inne tytuły pieśni to Oi kallis kotimaa, Hurraa nyt komppania kotiamme kohti i Suomen kaartin paluumarssi.

W oparciu o melodię pieśni oparto inne pieśni wojskowe:

Vapaussoturin valloituslaulu - pieśń oddziałów Valkoiset z okresu wojny domowej w Finlandii.

Ryssälauma - wersja pieśni z okresu Wojny Zimowej

Hurra nun zieht unsre Schar nah der Heimat - niemiecka wersja będąca jednocześnie tłumaczeniem pieśni. Trafiła do żołnierzy niemieckich bezpośrednio od Finów podczas II Wojny Światowej.

Tekst pieśni

Kauan on kärsitty

Kauan on kärsitty vilua ja nälkää
Balkanin vuorilla taistellessa

Oi kallis kotimaa, Suomi sulo Pohjola
ei löydy maata sen armaampaa.

Musiikki se pelasi, kun pojat ne marssi
Gornij Dubnjakin valleilla

Oi kallis kotimaa, Suomi sulo Pohjola,
ei löydy maata sen armaampaa.

Poikia on haudattuna Balkanin santaan
toiselle puolelle Tonavan

Oi kallis kotimaa, Suomi sulo Pohjola,
ei löydy maata sen armaampaa.

Jos ruumiimme kuolee, niin sielumme jääpi
perinnöksi armahan syntymämaan.

Oi kallis kotimaa, Suomi sulo Pohjola,
ei löydy maata sen armaampaa.

Hurraa, nyt komppania kotiamme kohti
Suomemme suloisille rannoille!

Oi kallis kotimaa, Suomi sulo Pohjola,
ei löydy maata sen armaampaa.

Vapaussoturin valloitauslaulu

Kauan on kärsitty ryssien valtaa
Suomen kansan vapautta suojellessa,
Ylös pojat Pohjanmaan!
Urhot kalliin Karjalan!
Jäämit ja Savon miehet rintamahan!

Sotahan nyt marssimme kotikulta jääköön
Jääkäriveri tässä velvoittaa
Ylös veljet valkoiset!
Alas ryssät punaiset!
Ei auta vihamiestä armahtaa!

Voittoja väkeviä saatu jo monta
Meillä on Valkoisessa Suomessa
Oulu olkoon omamme!
Vaasa varsin varmamme!
Viipuria vastahan nyt vierimme!

Veriset on taistelut takanamme käyty
Kuka heitä kaikkia muistaakaan
Vaskivesi, Varkaus!
Mäntyharjun harppaus!
Karjalan kaikkivoipa varjelemus!

Hannilan harjuilla pommit ne paukkuu!
Raudussa shrapnellit räiskähtelee!
Ahvola se ankarin!
Soninmäki sankarin!
Pullilankin punikit viel' rangaistaan!

Tulkohon ryssiä tuhannen tuhatta!
Karjalan armeija kestää sen
Aika on jo ahdistaa!
Punakaartit puhdistaa!
Venäläisen verikoiran karkoittaa!

Kuolema korkea - sankarin palkka!
Urhojen haudoilla hurratahan
Ruumis saakoon haavan vaan!
Kuulat käykööt kulkuaan!
Sielu jääpi perinnöksi syntymämaan.

Viaporin linnahan leijonalippu
Jukoliste, poijat, me nostetahan!
Suomen voimat näytetään!
Keinot karskit käytetään!
Jääkäriveri tässä velvoittaa!

Hurra nun zieht unsre Schar nah der Heimat

Hurra nun zieht unsre Schar nach der Heimat
Finnlands schönsten Gefilden zu
Nordisches Heimatland
Finnland du mein Vaterland
Gibt doch kein Land, daß uns so lieb wie du

Viel Burschen liegen im Sande des Balkan
drüben am fernen Donaustrand
Nordisches Heimatland….

Die Musik spielt als die Burschen marschierten
bis vor die Wälle von Gorny Dubniak
Nordisches Heimatland….

Als auf den Bergen des Balkans wir kämpften
Hunger und Kälte so mancher litt
Nordisches Heimatland….

Stirbt unser Leib unser Geist bleibt bestehen
erben soll ihn unser teures Vaterland
Nordisches Heimatland….

Przypisy

Muzyka w Finlandii
Pieśni wojskowe

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Our family farm is located in County Westmeath, Ireland – pretty much in the center of the country.
I am most looking forward to meeting the other participants and in working towards solutions to common problems that we all face. It's nice to know that everyone shares similar issues and that none of us are alone in figuring them out.
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Did Doctor Who Just Jump the Shark?
You may have seen the news last week that the new Doctor Who is going to be played by a woman. 35 year old Jodie Whittaker, of Broadchurch, Venus and Attack the Block, has been chosen to replace Peter Capaldi in the BBC sci-fi series, taking over in this year's Christmas special.
This raises some important questions for the future of one of the world's longest running TV series. Can the Doctor be played by a woman? Should the Doctor be played by a woman? And will this lead to a glorious new pangender future for the series, or will it sound its death knell?
In the original series of Doctor Who, running from 1963 to 1989, seven actors played the character in successive regenerations, and each was male - William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. An eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, appeared in an ill-fated 1996 TV movie designed to revive the series and aimed uneasily at audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Some people will also remember the 1960s films, when the Doctor was played by Peter Cushing. Since the series was revived in 2005, another four Doctors (Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi) have appeared, plus a fifth regeneration seen in the 50th anniversary special, played by John Hurt. Not including the Peter Cushing films, that makes a total of 13 Doctors since 1963, all male.
In the last couple of years the outgoing showrunner, Steven Moffat, has introduced the notion of Time Lords changing gender. The Doctor's nemesis, The Master, was curiously regenerated as a prancing Scotswoman, played by Michelle Gomez, and Capaldi's Doctor has recently made jokey references to having once been a woman. This was obviously intended to soften audiences up for the idea of a female Doctor.
The answer to the question "Can a Woman Play the Doctor?" is a tentative Yes. Doctor Who is a sci-fi/fantasy series where the ground rules have mostly been made up as the show goes along. But the idea that Time Lords can change gender has come along very late in the day for such a fundamental character element and has been introduced specifically to enable a woman to play the part. It's an awkward piece of retconning to a character who has already been established over 50 years as a male, or at least outwardly a human male. So the answer to the question "Should a Woman Play the Doctor?" is a lot more debatable. Change and renewal are important elements in the appeal of Doctor Who, but so are continuity and respect for the rich history of the series. If anyone can play the Doctor, then what does Doctor Who now represent, other than a character undergoing a sort of permanent identity crisis?
Many people will be familiar with the concept of "jumping the shark", a reference to an episode in the TV series Happy Days when the Fonz water skis over a shark. When a TV series jumps the shark, it does something drastic or gimmicky to draw attention to itself in the hope of reversing a declining audience. And, 12 years after the series was revived, the audience for Doctor Who is declining.
Many fans had high hopes for the series under Steven Moffat's stewardship. He wrote some of the best episodes of the first few series, including the classic Blink and The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances two parter. But the series has often been self indulgent during his reign as showrunner with hazy and inconsistent plotting and a dearth of good scripts, particularly in the early Peter Capaldi series.
Since 2005, Doctor Who's aggregated ratings have generally held steady at about 7.5 million per week on average, occasionally reaching 10 million or more for the appearance of a new Doctor or a Christmas special. Since Peter Capaldi took over, ratings have dropped to around 6 million for the 2015 series and 5.5 million in 2017. This includes people watching on catch up services, which is the BBC's preferred calculation, since the live viewing figures are much worse. One recent episode had under 3 million people watching the show live, and most episodes of the latest series had viewing figures under 4 million, pretty bad for a relatively expensive flagship show. So casting a female Doctor looks like a slightly desperate attempt to get people to watch the show again. And I think it's clear that Whittaker was cast precisely because she was a woman, not despite it. This is totally unscientific and anecdotal, but I've been struck by how many people I've seen online saying that they don't watch Doctor Who, or stopped watching years ago, but claim they will start watching again now that there's a female Doctor. But I think it's extremely unlikely that a casting gimmick like this really will bring these people back, despite what they say.
One of the reasons Doctor Who is such a cash cow is the enormous merchandising opportunities it presents. But I'm not convinced that the traditionally most enthusiastic Doctor Who audience, boys of say 6-12 years old, will be all that excited by a woman Doctor. Joanne Rowling was asked by her publishers to use the name "J.K. Rowling" for the Harry Potter books because it was believed that boys would be less likely to read a book written by a woman. I think it's also true that they will be a lot less likely to want to identify with or emulate a woman character in a TV series. Watching Doctor Who is likely to become increasingly uncool for this audience, and with them goes most of the market for TARDIS toys, miniature Daleks, books, comics, games, action figures and all the other Doctor Who branded tat. As for the adult audience, they may feel that the show is no longer the one they grew up with, and if the BBC has little care or respect for the series' history, then why should they?
There's a tendency to think of Doctor Who as a permanent feature of the TV landscape, but the series has been killed off before, in the 1980s, by gimmickry, miscasting and poor creative decisions. It's ominous that among those welcoming the news on Twitter were Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, the two men who starred in Doctor Who during its most chaotic and disastrous era, as it hurtled headlong towards its inevitable cancellation.
Some Twitter users have even claimed they are excited to see a woman Doctor, because their young daughters also liked the all-female Ghostbusters. Since the new Ghostbusters alienated its existing fanbase and was a box office disaster, this is not exactly a good omen either.
A lot of the reaction to this has been surprisingly unpleasant. Not only from those making "women driver" jokes about struggling to park the TARDIS, but from some of the media, which has treated anyone unenthusiastic about this change as a sexist, Cro-Magnon throwback who thinks women should be chained to the kitchen sink. Even the Daily Telegraph, not exactly renowned as a hotbed of pinko liberalism, ranted that objectors were "swivel-eyed Doctor Who fans, probably the sort of people who collect contraband gun magazines and lobby for the return of capital punishment".
Well maybe I'm wrong but, as I sit here swivelling my eyes and re-ordering my collection of "contraband gun magazines" (whatever that means), I can't help thinking that Doctor Who is in serious danger, and may be heading for its next cancellation. One of the more popular Doctors, Peter Davison, also expressed his concern this week about the loss of a significant male role model for young boys.
For cultural historians of the future I think this will prove to be a fascinating moment. It's the most 2017 thing to happen in 2017, and perhaps it couldn't have happened at any other time. It reflects so perfectly our current obsessions with identity politics and gender.
What do you think of the casting of a female Doctor? Is it a long overdue change, or a betrayal of the series' history and origins? And will this revitalise Doctor Who, or kill it off?
Categories: British TV
Wlfric Gausman 14 January, 2021
I am a long time fan of Doctor Who in the states. I have watched as many of the old as I can find and followed in 2005 with a fervor. I started losing interest around the end of Tennant's run due to the start of hypocritical preachy nature (saying he would never use a gun.... when in the old series he often did, and bombs, and other devices of destruction to save the day). I forced myself through Matt Smith's overly complex for the sake of complexity plots. I watched some Capaldi with hope and then really lost interest with the ignoring of the Doctor's History and memory. Then when the Doctor became a woman he was no longer the man I fell in love with. I won't watch it again and I hope that if it is revived it is retconned as a horrible fever dream after a regeneration and HE is the Doctor again.

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School asks parents for money to fix roof because it doesn't have enough
October 31, 2015 | 11 Comments
Wales Online is reporting that a school in Wales rated 'excellent' by inspectors has called on parents to put their hand in their pocket to help cover the cost of a new roof and computers.
Governors at Rhiwbeina Primary School in Cardiff say they are facing a "significant budget shortfall" of more than £100,000 next year and warned that "difficult financial decisions" were likely to be made unless support is found.
In a letter to parents, the school's governing body said: "The school is facing huge costs pressures around staff budgets and other improvements necessary to maintain the school to the standard we expect our children to be taught in and to provide the teaching staff with the tools they need.
"The infant school roof for example needs to be replaced, as do all the computers and projectors used by the teachers in every classroom.
"Even without replacing the school roof or investing in new computers, the school faces a significant budget shortfall of over £100,000 from April 1, 2016. This rises to nearly £200,000 from April 1, 2017.
"The school is not permitted to deliver a deficit budget and therefore financial cut backs and difficult financial decisions, that may impact on planned educational initiatives, are increasingly likely."
Governors said they had relayed their predicament to Cardiff council but had been advised that no further funding was currently available.
They added: "With this information in mind, the governing body would be very grateful for the continuing support and assistance of parents with regards all matters financial.
"Other schools in north Cardiff for example ask parents for a termly voluntary contribution per family, that would go towards updating valuable educational facilities and resources, such as the IT suites, class based technology, [and] sports facilities etc…"
More at: School asks parents for money to fix roof because it doesn't have enough
Whether in Wales or elsewhere, how common is it becoming for schools to ask parents for termly voluntary contributions?
I know it happens commonly in faith schools in England to support building repairs, with some accusations the requests are demands rather than requests, but as budget cuts bite are we going to see more and more of it?
And, if so, that will presumably widen the gap between those in schools in disadvantaged areas and those at schools in more prosperous areas?
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The_Data_Adonis	 October 31, 2015 at 8:32 am
SchoolsImprove must not be true the government say we are repairing roofs while the sun shines. Tongue firmly in cheek
andylutwyche	 October 31, 2015 at 8:45 am
SchoolsImprove Expect lots of fund raising pleas from schools all over the UK as austerity bites
PrincesBold	 October 31, 2015 at 8:57 am
andylutwyche Cold calling, an extra curricular activity for the year 6 pupils in the summer holidays at our kids school, I'm not joking!
PrincesBold Jeepers!
thiskidsthinkin	 October 31, 2015 at 6:35 pm
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Q: How to enter multiple table data in mongoDB using json I am trying to learn mongodb. Suppose there are two tables and they are related. For example like this -
1st table has
    First name- Fred, last name- Zhang, age- 20, id- s1234
2nd table has
    id- s1234, course- COSC2406, semester- 1
    id- s1234, course- COSC1127, semester- 1
    id- s1234, course- COSC2110, semester- 1

how to insert data in the mongo db? I wrote it like this, not sure is it correct or not -
db.users.insert({
    given_name: 'Fred',
    family_name: 'Zhang',
    Age: 20,
    student_number: 's1234',
    Course: ['COSC2406', 'COSC1127', 'COSC2110'],
    Semester: 1
});

Thank you in advance

A: This would be a assuming that what you want to model has the "student_number" and the "Semester" as what is basically a unique identifier for the entries. But there would be a way to do this without accumulating the array contents in code.
You can make use of the upsert functionality in the .update() method, with the help of of few other operators in the statement.
I am going to assume you are going this inside a loop of sorts, so everything on the right side values is actually a variable:
db.users.update(
    {
        "student_number": student_number,
        "Semester": semester
    },
    {
        "$setOnInsert": {
            "given_name": given_name,
            "family_name": family_name,
            "Age": age
        },
        "$addToSet": { "courses": course }
    },
    { "upsert": true }
)

What this does in an "upsert" operation is first looks for a document that may exist in your collection that matches the query criteria given. In this case a "student_number" with the current "Semester" value.
When that match is found, the document is merely "updated". So what is being done here is using the $addToSet operator in order to "update" only unique values into the "courses" array element. This would seem to make sense to have unique courses but if that is not your case then of course you can simply use the $push operator instead. So that is the operation you want to happen every time, whether the document was "matched" or not.
In the case where no "matching" document is found, a new document will then be inserted into the collection. This is where the $setOnInsert operator comes in.
So the point of that section is that it will only be called when a new document is created as there is no need to update those fields with the same information every time. In addition to this, the fields you specified in the query criteria have explicit values, so the behavior of the "upsert" is to automatically create those fields with those values in the newly created document.
After a new document is created, then the next "upsert" statement that uses the same criteria will of course only "update" the now existing document, and as such only your new course information would be added.
Overall working like this allows you to "pre-join" the two tables from your source with an appropriate query. Then you are just looping the results without needing to write code for trying to group the correct entries together and simply letting MongoDB do the accumulation work for you.
Of course you can always just write the code to do this yourself and it would result in fewer "trips" to the database in order to insert your already accumulated records if that would suit your needs.
As a final note, though it does require some additional complexity, you can get better performance out of the operation as shown by using the newly introduced "batch updates" functionality.For this your MongoDB server version will need to be 2.6 or higher. But that is one way of still reducing the logic while maintaining fewer actual "over the wire" writes to the database.

A: You can either have two separate collections - one with student details and other with courses and link them with "id".
Else you can have a single document with courses as inner document in form of array as below:
{
"FirstName": "Fred",
"LastName": "Zhang",
"age": 20,
"id": "s1234",
"Courses": [
    {
        "courseId": "COSC2406",
        "semester": 1
    },
    {
        "courseId": "COSC1127",
        "semester": 1
    },
    {
        "courseId": "COSC2110",
        "semester": 1
    },
    {
        "courseId": "COSC2110",
        "semester": 2
    }
]

}

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Q: When should I mark a column as the primary key? I have a table like this:
// cookies
+----+---------+-------------------+------------+
| id | user_id |       token       |   expire   |
+----+---------+-------------------+------------+
| 1  | 32423   | dki3j4rf9u3e40... | 1467586386 |
| 2  | 65734   | erhj5473fv34gv... | 1467586521 |
| 3  | 21432   | 8u34ijf34t43gf... | 1467586640 |
+----+---------+-------------------+------------+

A few days that I think about it. I guess I don't need to id column. Currently id column is PK and also I have an unique-index on token column to make it fast for searching.
Now I want to know, can I remove id column and make token column as PK? Is that normal?
To be honest, I've never created a table without id column (It's always been the PK), So that's weird for me to choose token column as the PK.

A: If the table has natural primary key that will not change then it is appropriate to use it as the PK
If it is long some times you might use an ID as the PK for performance
As covered in good detail in the answer from Nagy. Since it is out of order it will fragment. The unique index will also fragment.
If you use the natural key then the FK is going to be longer. But now in a query you don't have to join back to this table to get the natural key.

A: This question might head towards a bit of a religious war as you are basically asking about natural vs surrogate primary key.
There are all sorts of different considerations that might be relevant and many different people will have many different opinions on what is the best option in any given case. A google search will find enough articles and posts about the topic to keep you busy reading them for ages.
Personally I like using a natural key, when one is available, but when in doubt I'll always use a surrogate key. Remember the primary key has certain characteristics that are required or at least a good idea. It has to be unique. It shouldn't need to be changed ever if at all possible. It can't be optional. It can be helpful if it is compact. Be careful when considering this because somethings that might seem like natural keys at first don't actually work well in the long run. For example SSNs might seem like a good option, if you ignore the fact that you should be encrypting them, because they'd seem to be unique, static and permanently tied to specific user but that isn't actually the case. The same SSN can be issued to multiple people, rare but can happen, you also have cases of identify theft or potential fake SSNs used by illegal immigrants. You could also end up merging data from another system, say you buy out or are bought out by a competitor, and you might have someone in both systems but might not want to combine their records together.
Ideally we'd need more details to make a recommendation. I'm assuming User_id is a foreign key and that is why you picked Token over User_ID as your replacement primary key. If the relationship is a One to One relationship, each user can only have one entry in the table and one token, you could still use the FK as the PK. In that case one could also ask why these fields aren't simply on the Users table.
If you've never used a natural key on a single table odds are you've had some unnecessary surrogate keys but this example might not be the best example of a natural key for your system.

A: As Joe Celko never tires of noting, the concept of Primary Key is an artifact of pre-Relational database technology. As such it is wholly within the Physical Design of your database. At the Logical Design level it is necessary to have a Unique constraint on the column token to preserve the integrity of your data, as that column is a Natural Key for your table.
Then the question is (a) whether or not to have an additional surrogate key to assist in performance of Foreign Key lookups; and (b) if yes, then should the table be clustered on the Natural Key; the Surrogate Key; or in some cases on neither (heap storage, using an implied RowID as surrogate Key). In only one case will it be necessary to specify as part of Logical Design that a Surrogate Key be present in the table - when it must be allowed for the Natural Key to be editable.
These two questions are not part of the Logical Design of your database, so need not be addressed early if your development methodology allows for convenient schema updates to your DB.
As an aspect of Physical Design, the answers to these two questions will be properly based on the estimated table sizes, and the frequency of FK lookups into this table. In order to make a sensible design one should be well read on  the affect of index structure and construction over time.
It is unfortunate that the term Primary Key, which originates as an artifact of pre-relational database technology, was first co-opted into the Logical domain by Date, Boyce, Codd, et al; and then co-opted back into the Physical domain by the major RDBMS vendors. I avoid the term completely when I can, and specify all my indices as being simply Unique or Non-Unique, and decide which one will be clustered as late in the development cycle as I can.

A: It depends on many things. Assuming you're using innodb it comes with a big price. So you need to value and balance pros and cons for your use case.
Downsides of big varchar column:

*

*Due to the random order of tokens

*

*your inserts are going to be significantly slower,

*will cause massive fragmentation and

*much more frequent page splits

*Due to this fragmentation the table will actually use you more space than you can save on omitting the the 4 or 8 byte integer key you're using.

*If you have any other keys they are going to contain this big primary key at the end further bloating your table: https://www.percona.com/blog/2006/10/03/long-primary-key-for-innodb-tables/
Upsides of natural primary key:

*

*By the nature of InnoDB primary key lookups are very fast so if you query your table by only this columns this might give you some edge (although adaptive hash index helps quite a lot with secondary key lookups)

Most of the times people are trying to use natural keys to eliminate the id column for space consideration which is just the opposite of what is actually happening. If you want that for query optimization and that outweighs the downsides than go for it.

A: Other answers have addressed the main issues.  There are two side issues worth noting.  The first is mutability and the second is trustworthiness.
It is usually necessary, or at least very desirable, to have the primary key be immutable.  If it can be modified at will, and if it's the target of recorded references, then the modification has to be cascaded to all of the references, or else references will be orphaned.  Foreign keys are the most obvious case of recorded references, but they aren't the only case.
For most databases, auto-increment integers are immutable, and in cases like yours that's a plus.
Natural keys are sometimes mutable, and are sometimes used as identifiers.  Many websites that support identified users use email address as the userid.  This works out well in practice.  Most users have an email address, they are supposedly unique, and the user can remember it.  So the user references their account this way, even if the account has an internal id that is merely a meaningless number.  When a user changes their email address, they are going to want to change their userid at most websites, in order to cut down on how much they have to remember.  If the website won't allow that, because the userid is marked as a PK in the database, that's a data management problem.
Second, when you rely on natural data for the row identifiers, you get into trouble when they are wrong, due to error or deceit.  For example, when you hire employees, there is always the possibility that you will hire someone who gave you a false social security number.  If you later hire someone with that social security number, now you are up the creek.  I don't know your case well enough to say whether this consideration applies here.


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Episode 7: "Beyond Quantum Consciousness"
In this 7th episode, Professor Hoffman and Dr. Deepak Chopra discuss the nature of light and how it relat...
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Episode 6: "The Construction of Everyday Reality"
In Episode 6, Dr. Chopra and Professor Hoffman explore the "Observer Principle," and the nature of reality.
Dr. Chopra explains that reality is an external construction, and as such, he suggests our body and COVID-19 are examples of physical constructions in non-local awareness. He shares that in the illusion or dreamscape that we call "reality," you go by the rules of the illusion.
Professor Hoffman distinguishes between what is literally true vs. seriously true and our choice in perceptions.
Series Title: "Conversations at the Intersection of Cutting Edge Science & Spirituality" with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Professor Don Hoffman, and Awake TV host Jennifer Hill.
In this series, Jennifer K. Hill, Awake TV host of "Conversations for Consciousness" and co-founder of MetaBizics, interviews Deepak Chopra and Donald Hoffman about their respective new books: Metahuman and A Case Against Reality. During this discussion, Chopra and Hoffman delve into and reveal their perspectives on what consciousness is, and how it impacts our ability to see the truth of our realities. Chopra and Hoffman explore the intersection of science and spirituality, and what that means for the future of human beings and artificial intelligence.
About Deepak Chopra:
DEEPAK CHOPRA™ MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 89 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 90th book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century." https://www.deepakchopra.com/metahuman
https://digitaldeepak.ai www.deepakchopra.com.
"21-Day Meditation" Series with Deepak: https://bit.ly/deepak-meditations
Total Meditation new book: https://www.amazon.com/Total-Meditation-Practices-Living-Awakened/dp/1984825313/ref=sr_1_1
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About Don Hoffman:
Donald Hoffman received a PhD from MIT, and is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association for early career research, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public Radio, Discover Magazine, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. He has a TED Talk titled "Do we see reality as it is?"
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Jennifer K. Hill has appeared on many major news outlets around the world including: KNX Radio, BBC News, ABC, NBC, FOX and E! News, and has been quoted in numerous online articles as well including The Ladders and Glassdoor. In addition, Jennifer has been featured speaker for various conferences, law firms and corporations around the United States.
In 2013, Jennifer published her book "Stop Hoping, Start Hunting! A Job Seeker's Guide to Finding a Dream Job," and in 2020 she published "101 Spiritual Tools for Uncertain Times." She has also since published two widely acclaimed white papers focused on transformation in the legal industry.
Jennifer also hosts a weekly radio show on LA Talk Radio, called "Get Yourself the Job," with over 30,000 listeners a month, where she interviews experts and authors from around the world on the subject of landing one's dream job. Jennifer is very passionate about contributing to her community. She built her first school in Nepal in 2017 by partnering with BuildOn.org and recently built her second school in Senegal in November of 2019.
In 2020, Jennifer co-created the Coalition for Global Unity which hosts weekly, free meditations with leaders, teachers and influencers from around the world every Monday at 12pm PT on Awake TV Network (www.awaketvnetwork.live).
Recently, Jennifer Hill has partnered with renown celebrity vocal coach Arthur Joseph to create a masterclass on deeper listening. Arthur's exclusive clientele includes Pierce Brosnan, Quincy Jones and Emmitt Smith. Learn more at: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/509002401/communication-strategist-and-speech-coach-to-the-stars-arthur-joseph-to-teach-in-workshop-first-time-in-20-years.
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Q: How to create a video upload and playback file using php and msql I have the following code that allows me to upload a file to a database but I have cannot get that file to playback on my html page:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>

<link href="site.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>A</title>

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text-html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body style="background-color:black">

<?php

define('DB_Name', 'gaufensr_abs3x');
define('DB_User', 'gaufensr_owner');
define('DB_Password', 'Mlee@0407');
define('DB_Host', 'localhost');

$link = mysql_connect(DB_Host, DB_User, DB_Password);

if (!$link) {
      die('could not connect:' . mysql_error());

}

$db_selected = mysql_select_db(DB_Name, $link);

if (!@db_selected) {
    die('can\t use' . DB_Name. ': ' . mysql_error());

}

echo 'CONNECTED SUCCESSFULLY';

$value = $_Post['submit'];

$sql = "INSERT INTO videos (video_name) VALUES ('$value')";

if (!mysql_query($sql)) {
     die('ERROR: ' .mysql_error());

}

mysql_close();

?>

<?php

if (isset($_GET['id']))
{
      $id = $_GET['id'];
      $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM 'videos' WHERE id='$id'");
       while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))
       {
             $id = $row['id'];
         $video_name = $row['video_name'];
       }

    echo "You are watching " .$video_name. "<br />";
    echo "<embed src='$id' width='560' height='315'></embed>";

}

else
{

   echo "Error!";

}

?>

</body>
</html>

When i upload a file I get the following error:CONNECTED SUCCESSFULLY Error!
I am just learning php and mysql; Any help would be great.  Thanks in advance you guys.

A: Firstly, you're using the incorrect identifiers for your table, being regular single quotes.
FROM 'videos'

Those should be ticks or none at all.
FROM `videos`

Having used or die(mysql_error()) to mysql_query() would have signaled the syntax error.

Sidenote: Your present code is open to SQL injection. Use mysqli with prepared statements, or PDO with prepared statements, they're much safer.

Then this $_Post that should be in uppercase $_POST is a superglobal.

*

*http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.superglobals.php
Plus, you are closing your DB connection too early with mysql_close(); where you have it placed now.

*

*Place it after your queries, at the end of your code. That could have adverse effects.

Your conditional statement if (isset($_GET['id'])){...} could also play a part in all this.

Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) which will help find errors.
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

// rest of your code

Sidenote: Error reporting should only be done in staging, and never production.


"The time will come when the Constitution and government will hang by a brittle thread and will be ready to fall into other hands but this people, the latter-day saints will step forth and save it."
— Joseph Smith, May, 1843.
Romney and his wife Ann visit the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Boca Raton, Fla. recently. He would be the first Mormon president.
If history is any indicator Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's election. Yes, the polls show it close and the electoral map actually tilts in President Obama's favor but never before in history has a president been returned to power with such a dismal economic performance.
The housing crisis remains untouched, crushing the middle class. Even the smallest tweaks expected by the real estate community within 90 days of the inauguration of Obama have been consistently ignored for the full four years.
Real inflation is appalling and has robbed the poor and the retired on fixed incomes. I say "real inflation," as opposed to the new government-media revised fake figures, redesigned to help rescue the failing presidency of George W. Bush, figures that now exclude food and oil prices, the two most basic factors in our economic lives.
Wall Street remains corrupt. No one has been made accountable for the fraud. Even when facts and details and names are laid out by the media, the Justice Department ignores it. There has been much rhetoric but not the slightest effort to prosecute a single big name.
Barack Obama named Timothy Geitner as the secretary of treasury. If McCain had won he might have done the same thing. The fact that Geitner and other appointees had cheated on their income taxes was hardly a subject of conversation. "Only the little people pay taxes."
5.) Corruption within government is rampant. For example, Pentagon contracts have been awarded to put American boots on the ground in Australia. Get this. The Obama administration borrowed money from China to allegedly protect Australia from China, protection that the Aussies themselves eschew. CBS exposed how members of Congress buy stocks on the NYSE and then go into rooms to decide the policies that impact those investments.
6.) The War in Afghanistan is still on. It is the longest war in American history. Obama promised to end it if elected. Now he promises to end it if re-elected.
7.) On Obama's watch civil liberties are in the toilet. Under the administration of George W. Bush civil libertarians were outraged because a president could tap your phone with only a judge's signature. Now a president can kill you without one.
8.) Under Obama we have seen the collapse of the Fourth Estate, once a powerful force of its own in the checks and balances within society. The national media is now run by corporations and corporate advertisers, all dependent directly or indirectly on zero percent interest loans from the Federal Reserve, which is mounting a ferocious fight to keep its deliberations and monetary awards secret.
In 2008, afraid of being called racist for challenging Obama as a candidate, media giants have remained silent throughout the last four years. Journalism is timid and virtually dead in America. Only a handful of investigative journalists remain, their work mainly focused overseas.
Sources are now compromised by news agencies, under threat of government action. Major stories, even crimes, are ignored based on global corporate interests. The discerning public has moved online.
The list can go on and on. Suffice it to say, that Joseph Smith's prophecy of 1843 is upon us.
At times Mitt Romney has run an unnecessarily mean-spirited and insular campaign, one that is the antithesis of the generosity and optimism of the past great winning, coalition building, campaigns of FDR and Ronald Reagan. But the economy still makes this his election to lose.
Only America's guilt over racism and it infatuation with Barack Obama's personality can save the incumbent.
The grand spectacle of inaugurating a Mormon president in 2013 after inaugurating an African-American in 2009 would make this another seminal moment in our history. The long suffering and persecution of a gracious, hardworking and honorable people would finally come to an end.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir would sing at the inauguration and there would be chills up our spines and tears in our eyes. The Mormon journey would finally be over. All of America would now be their home. It would be another true healing.
But whether Mitt Romney can fulfill the prophet's words and save us is another question altogether. Can Romney, the wounded animal, still carrying his grudges, deserved as they may be, now heal the land? Can the man who will change his opinion on any issue to add a few numbers to his popularity have the strength of character to lead us?
And finally, what exactly did Joseph Smith's prophecy mean? He didn't say that the Constitution would be restored just that it would be "saved" and in another paragraph, that it would be "born away" by its savior.
If the historic trend continues and Mitt Romney wins, as I suspect, where will Mitt Romney decide to take it?
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A Thrill Seeker's Guide To The World's Most Terrifying Roller Coasters
There are certain physical and psychological thrills which we have enjoyed for centuries and continue to do so today.
One classic example is the zoo. London Zoo in Regent's Park is thought to be the first modern zoo and opened its doors to the public back in 1826.
Ever since then, we have enjoyed the experience of being a panel of glass away from some of nature's most fascinating creatures.
Another good example is the amusement park, which is still a popular day out for children and adults alike.
The first amusement parks began in the late 19th century, offering many things we would still recognise today.
From competition stalls to optical illusions, sugary treats to roller coasters which are perhaps the main feature, we still enjoy them all today.
One of the first roller coasters ever built was the Switchback Railway at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.
While it doesn't exactly sound thrilling to us, its top speed of six mph made it a hugely popular attraction at the time.
Roller coasters quickly became a global sensation and their success hasn't taken its foot off the accelerator since.
This is, of course, despite the emergence of increasingly brilliant home entertainment system such as VR technology.
Regardless of what you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home, seemingly there's still an appetite for the physical thrill of a rollercoaster.
Part of this is down to the variety available to us in the many parks around the world.
We've come a long way since the humble wooden railway. Now we have the extremes of vertical drops, +100 mph speeds and even break-away tracks!
There are roller coasters being unveiled every couple of years which are breaking the boundaries of what we previously thought was possible.
Travel site globehunters.com has created a great infographic which offers up some of the most outstanding and truly spine-tingling rides on the planet.
It's called 'A Thrill Seeker's Guide To The World's Most Terrifying Roller Coasters' and you can check it out at the bottom of this post.
This great infographic pulls together all of the top roller coasters in the world, from those with the highest speeds to those with dizzying heights.
One of the most impressive coasters in the list is the Formula Rossa which is situated in Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.
To celebrate the engineering brilliance of the famous car manufacturer, this roller coaster reaches staggering speeds of 149 mph.
Riders of the Formula Rossa will go from 0-149 mph in just 5 seconds while experiencing highs of 4.8Gs.
As well as the fastest coaster in the world, this list also presents the tallest. Kingda Ka in the US is a dizzying 456 ft tall and is only the second strata roller coaster in the world.
It also reaches an eye-watering 128 mph in just 3.5 seconds. Regardless of how much of a roller enthusiast you are, this ride will certainly get the butterflies in your stomach fluttering.
If you fancy testing your metal, take a look at the list below and plan your world trip of the most terrifying roller coasters.
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HISTORY OF TULIP FESTIVAL
By the 1930's the community of Orange City was well established and a second generation had grown and retired. As the European homeland seemed further from reality, a movement started to begin a celebration to honor the traditions and customs of their Dutch ancestors. The Dutch innate tendency toward cleanliness and beauty combined with a historical background of the flower culture was the inspiration for the Tulip Festival. In 1936 the Tulip Festival officially began.
Orange City Tulip Float
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Tulip Parade
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PARADE OF FLAGS IN VOLKSPARADE
The Dutch Heritage Boosters sponsor a group of volunteers who walk at the beginning of the Volksparade in costume carrying flags from all 12 providences of the Netherlands, as well as the Dutch national flag.
Dutch Parade of Flags
DUTCH HERITAGE WALK
Volunteers who have Dutch costumes are welcome participate in the Volksparade as part of the Dutch Heritage Walk. Reminiscent of 19th century street vendors in the Netherlands, this interactive and colorful part of the parade features vendor carts for produce, baked goods, fish, sewing goods, and flowers. There are also bicyclists, a common form of transportation in the flat Netherlands, women selling flowers, cheese carriers, and former Tulip Courts. The Dutch Heritage Boosters provide the flower baskets and carts. Please meet at Tulip Town Bulb Company at the beginning of each parade
DUTCH PUPPET THEATRE
Handmade puppets entertain in this traditional puppet show, or poppenkast. In the Netherlands from the 17th to 19th Centuries, puppet shows took place in the streets. Travelling puppeteers from abroad performed in the Netherlands, and many Dutch puppeteers played abroad. In our modern-day puppet show, based around Dutch-themed scripts, meet traditional Dutch protagonists named Jan Klaassen and Katrijn.
Performances are daily during Tulip Festival at 4:45 p.m. and located in the City Hall Basement (125 Central Avenue SE) There is no cost to attend.
Tulip Festival 2018


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One matchup to watch Sunday:
The Browns pride themselves on Red Zone defense, where they were among the NFL leaders last season and where they made a stand in the New Orleans loss last week by forcing three field goals.
The Red Zone used to be the Twilight Zone for the Bengals offense, but then running back Rudi Johnson started playing regularly. He seems to have that sixth sense for the end zone the closer he gets to it. As Bengals radio analyst Dave Lapham says, his body is built for it.
"You're going to get hit in the Red Zone, and Rudi has that great contact balance," Lapham said.
Sunday's game-breaking touchdown came from just outside the Red Zone, from the 22-yard line. Compare Johnson's work from the 22 on in compared to the franchise's all-time leading rusher, Corey Dillon.
In 107 games as a Bengal, Dillon scored 45 rushing touchdowns with 15 coming from between the four-yard line and the 22. He scored 21 touchdowns from three yards and in, and he scored nine on runs of at least 31.
In 55 games as a Bengal, Johnson has scored 34 rushing touchdowns and he already has scored more from between the 4 and 22 than Dillon with 16. He's also scored 16 TDs from three yards and in, and he also has touchdown runs of 36 and 49 yards.
Which shows a bunch of things, some of which are that Dillon broke the long one more frequently and he played on inferior offenses than Johnson in which he was the only threat. But it also shows how dangerous and effective Johnson is in the Red Zone, a place that is hard to score because of the restricted area. Particularly for a vertical offense.
"It's tough to pass down there," said quarterback Carson Palmer, "just because the routes have to be shorter.
"It makes it difficult. It makes windows smaller, it makes holes smaller. You don't have as much time to hold on to the ball, you're looking downfield, they can bring different pressures, and they're not covering as much field. The Red Zone is obviously a lot more difficult than moving the ball any other place on the field."
But with Johnson coming to the rescue, the Bengals don't have to risk as many throws down there. Palmer and Johnson have led Cincinnati to NFL rankings of 11 in 2005 and 19 in 2004 in touchdown percentage in the Red Zone, and the Bengals are in the middle of the pack now after going 1-for-3 in the opener, although Johnson's 22-yarder didn't count.
But, like right guard Bobbie Williams said, "To have a guy like Rudi who can smell the end zone, and can score from outside the red zone, we'll take it."
Another reason for Johnson having better numbers than Dillon in tight? For his last two seasons, the Bengals struggled at the tight end position while Johnson has had the benefit of two excellent blockers in Reggie Kelly and Tony Stewart, as Kelly demonstrated on the detonation of the right side on the 22-yarder in Kansas City.
But what can you say about Johnson? He just hammers along. If he scores 12 rushing touchdowns for the third straight season, he'll tie Dillon with 45 in 70 games, 19 behind Pete Johnson's club record of 64 rushing TDs.
Jeanty
NOT TOO BIG: The Bengals' Rashad Jeanty was the only undrafted rookie to start an opener last weekend in the NFL when he lined up at strong-side linebacker. Elias Stats confirmed Wednesday that it was Jeanty who recovered Dante Hall's fumbled punt that led to the Bengals' first points of the season on Shayne Graham's field goal.
The Arrowhead Stadium sellout didn't faze Jeanty. Probably because he was playing in his 38th professional game after three seasons playing in the Canadian Football League where, yes, they do get big crowds.
"The big Labor Day game up there would always get about 70,000 people," said Jeanty, who played for Edmonton against Calgary. "That's a really big rivalry and I have to say that it's prepared me. I was surprised at how calm I was during the preseason games."
Head coach Marvin Lewis smiled when asked Wednesday about Jeanty. With most of his coaches on vacation, Lewis worked out Jeanty back in January and liked his ability to bend and run and could see a CFL defensive end as an NFL linebacker.
But Jeanty had some concerns, like possibly staying at home and signing with the Dolphins. Like Lewis said, however, all that seems trivial now.
"After I worked him out here at the stadium, and he went back home, he was getting pressure from a couple different areas. It would've been easier to stay home and been with the local team (Miami Dolphins), but we convinced him to come," Lewis said. "And I reminded him of that the other day -- some of the points he kept asking, trying to understand a little better and how trivial they were particularly now that he had to trust in me. With what I had experienced on the field with him, I thought that we could work with him. That helps him as well. That's why he's so committed and plays so hard.
"Everything you tell him, he really takes to heart. He's very conscientious at that, and understands. This was a big opportunity for him."
Houshmandzadeh
T.J. READY? Wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh said Wednesday he'll probably play Sunday, but then caught himself. That's Lewis' department, but Lewis did classify Houshmandzadeh as probable even though he didn't practice.
Houshmandzadeh, generally regarded as one of the best route runners in the league, has worked on the side since catching a ball against the Packers Aug. 28, and coming down awkwardly on his heel and bruised it.
"I feel better than I did yesterday," he said. "In my position, my feet are everything."


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Dermot Alexander Reeve OBE (born 2 April 1963, Kowloon, Hong Kong) is an English former cricketer, best known as an unorthodox all-rounder and captain and, most recently, coach of the New Zealand side, Central Districts.
Reeve played in three tests and twenty nine ODIs for England. He played English county cricket for Sussex, Warwickshire and Somerset. He is a former Hong Kong sports personality of the year, gained for his cricketing efforts in that country.
Reeve first played cricket in England as a member of the MCC Young Cricketers – an academy of up and coming young players between the ages of 18 and 20, who are based at Lord's. He signed for Sussex for the 1983 English season, and took 42 wickets in the County Championship at 29.35 apiece, although he was less successful with the bat and did not reach 50 in his 20 innings that year. He remained with Sussex for six seasons, his most successful being 1987, when he managed a batting average of over 40 and took 42 wickets at under 30.
He moved to Warwickshire in 1988, and it was here that he gained his greatest successes. In the batsman-friendly summer of 1990, he averaged 54, making his highest first-class score of 202 not out (against an attack including Curtly Ambrose), and making two other centuries on the way to a total of 1,412 runs. Reeve was made captain in 1993, and in 1994 led the county to an unprecedented domestic treble, winning the County Championship, the AXA Equity and Law League and the Benson & Hedges Cup, only being defeated in the final of the NatWest Trophy. This achievement came despite well-publicised differences of opinion with Warwickshire's star batsman, Brian Lara, vividly described a few years later by Reeve in his book Winning Ways. One of his improvisations against left-arm spinner, Rajesh Maru, of Hampshire was to drop his bat to avoid being caught out by the close fielders.
The following season, Warwickshire retained their Championship and NatWest Trophy crowns, but Reeve left Warwickshire after playing until halfway through the 1996 season. Reeve made over £500,000 tax free during his benefit year with Warwickshire. Reeve was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1996, and received the OBE for services to cricket that same year. He moved on to become coach to Somerset (for whom he also played several games in one-day cricket in 1998), and also began to work in television cricket commentary for Channel 4.
Reeve played for Hong Kong at the 1982 ICC Trophy, averaging 34.50 with the bat and 15.71 with the ball. He returned to international cricket in 1991, playing for England. Reeve played only three Test matches for England, but his improvising style was better suited to One Day Internationals and he made twenty nine appearances in this form of the game, appearing in both the 1992 and 1996 World Cups. However, he never scored highly in ODIs, and his batting average would have been considerably lower, but for his high proportion of not-out innings.
Following his retirement from cricket, Reeve was involved with the Channel 4 broadcasting coverage of cricket from the start when the channel won the rights from the BBC to show England Tests in the UK. Duties included fronting the studio discussions with pundits, commentary, introducing and presenting awards after televised matches, and interviewing both present and past players. In May 2005, Reeve admitted that he had an addiction to cocaine, and had used the drug prior to commentating on the 2004 first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's. Reeve duly quit Channel Four after working for five years as part of their commentary team. He also admitted to using marijuana whilst he was an active player for Warwickshire but only out of season.
In more recent years, Reeve has worked as a commentator on the BBC radio show. Test Match Special. He has also commentated on the IPL television coverage.
"Following his cocaine revelations in 2005, Reeve's family, who have no involvement in his memorabilia business, built a lucrative new life in Australia and New Zealand. Their assets included a $4 million waterfront mansion at Clontarf. Reeve also built a reputation as a prolific seller of memorabilia on the online auction site eBay."
Further scandal was to follow Reeve at the end of 2009, when he was exposed as a seller of highly dubious Donald Bradman "signatures" on plain card and limited edition Weet-bix cards which were later confirmed by the Bradman Museum to be poor copies of the original Legend's signature. Reeve had been selling these "poorly mimicked and inconsistent" copies of signatures on the website eBay for 3 years at prices ranging from AUSD $100 to AUSD $1500 to hundreds of unsuspecting buyers. Reeve explained that he had bought the contested autographs from a source in the UK, however his eBay feedback account showed that he had bought a high quantity of unsigned packs of Bradman Weet-bix collectors cards from other eBay traders between 2005 and 2008.
These cards (now duly signed, despite Bradman dying in 2001) reappeared on commemorative bats and other associated Bradman cricket memorabilia.
Several complaints were made to the guardian of Bradman's name, reputation and copyright, the Bradman Museum, by a number of concerned collectors who knew the items to be highly questionable but no action appeared to be taken until a well-known memorabilia collector, John Alvarez, challenged Reeve and exposed him to the media. At the time of writing, Reeve has decided to cease his lucrative but unethical practice via eBay. Reeve believed that by issuing a Certificate of Authenticity to buyers (confirming his opinion that the signature was genuine) meant that his status as a former International cricketer would add extra credibility to the scam. Several well-known authenticators throughout the world issued press releases to collectors informing them of Reeve's activities in the Bradman memorabilia market.
In July 2008, Reeve was named the coach of the Central Districts and had relocated with his family to New Zealand two years prior. Despite leading the side to the Plunket Shield four-day final in 2008–09 before winning the 2009–10 Twenty20 competition, his tenure as coach was at times controversial, one particular incident seeing him fined and censured for accusing England international Ravi Bopara of ball-tampering during a domestic one-day match. On 7 April 2010, he ended his stint as coach of the Stags by mutual consent to spend time with his family, now living in Sydney, Australia.
He served as coach for the Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League.


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Students Catch a Star: researching and observing a solar eclipse
Sai Pathmanathan
Students Jan Měšťan and Jan Kotek and teacher Marek Tyle from the Gymnázium Písek in the Czech Republic won the 2007 Catch a Star competition. Sai Pathmanathan describes their prize-winning project.
The partial solar eclipse
Image courtesy of Marek Tyle,
Jan Měšťan and Jan Kotek
Jan Měšťan has been interested in astronomy for several years. When he heard about the international astronomy competition, Catch a Starw1, he asked his school friend Jan Kotek to take part too. With the help of their physics and information technology teacher, Marek Tyle, the two Czech 15-year-olds not only entered the competition, but won first prize. The competition is run by the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO)w2 and the European Association for Astronomy Educationw3. Their prize was a week-long visit to the La Silla Paranal observatory in Chile, operated by ESO.
Their project involved researching and observing the solar eclipse that occurred on 29 March 2006. The total eclipse was only observable in Libya, Turkey and Russia but from their school in the Czech Republic, the teenagers hoped to observe a partial eclipse. The project was not simply a chance for two enthusiastic students to enter a competition, it was an inspiration for the whole school. Jan and Jan gave a presentation to other students at their school, the Gymnázium Písek, after which the whole school observed the eclipse. Moreover, as part of the project, they hoped to carry out some scientific experiments during the eclipse.
Jan and Jan were interested in why solar eclipses occur, how to predict their occurrence, the characteristics of solar eclipses, and when they occurred in history. They investigated why solar eclipses are important to modern scientists, what observational methods astronomers use and how to use equipment to collect meaningful data.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, the Moon and Earth are in a straight line (which can only happen during a new moon), so that the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth. Because the Moon and the Sun appear approximately the same size at this time (the Moon is approximately 400 times nearer to Earth than the Sun and has a diameter approximately 400 times smaller), the Moon can cover up ('occult') the Sun, when viewed from Earth.
A similar situation occurs during the more frequent lunar eclipse, when the Moon and Earth swap positions, so that Earth casts its shadow on the Moon. Eclipses also occur elsewhere in the Universe: total solar eclipses can be observed on Jupiter when its moon, Io, casts a shadow on it, or when Saturn's moon, Titan, comes between it and the Sun. Planetary transits (when a planet can be seen to cross the Sun) may also be observed from Earth, with the Venus transit being perhaps the most important as it was used historically to measure the distance between Earth and the Sun.
Jan and Jan were fascinated by documented appearances of the solar eclipse throughout history; their findings formed part of their project and presentation to the rest of the school. The first written record of a solar eclipse is from 2137 BC, when two Chinese court astronomers were executed because they forgot to alert the emperor to the forthcoming total solar eclipse. At the time, Chinese people believed that a dragon was coming to eat the Sun.
During their research, Jan and Jan became increasingly aware of the scientific significance of the phenomenon. During a solar eclipse, astronomers can observe properties of the Sun that are normally invisible, such as the corona or the solar chromosphere (a thin, coloured layer of the Sun's atmosphere), from which they can learn about the structure and composition of the Sun. By looking at the shape of the Moon as it crosses the Sun, they can draw conclusions about the structure of the lunar surface. Furthermore, the decreased levels of sunlight during an eclipse allow astronomers to observe stars, asteroids and comets and the other objects that are very close to the solar disc and cannot normally be seen. The low light levels also affect living organisms: many flowers close their petals and animals may go to sleep. Not only astronomers, therefore, but also botanists, ethologists and psychologists are interested in the effects of solar eclipses.
The presentation
Their presentation on 14 March 2006
Jan M?š?an and Jan Kotek
The main aim of their project was to show the partial solar eclipse to students of Gymnázium Písek and to share what they had learned during their research. So that everyone would be well informed on the day, Jan and Jan delivered a presentation to their fellow students 15 days before the eclipse. Their presentation included:
General information about the solar eclipse (origin, types, significance for humans)
Information about the total solar eclipse on 29 March (such as its path of totality and maximum duration)
Details of the planned observation of the partial solar eclipse at Gymnázium Písek (observation devices, observation safety)
A description of the scientific experiments to be conducted during the observation (measuring the decrease in brightness and temperature)
How to make a filter to observe the eclipse
Organising students so that they could all take part in the observation (644 students and teachers all wanted to watch).
At the end of the presentation, everybody received an information leaflet about the planned observation to pass on to other interested people. Three school noticeboards were also dedicated to information about the eclipse.
The observation
The last solar eclipse seen in the Czech Republic was on 3 October 2005, although clouds made it difficult to observe. Jan and Jan were hopeful, however, that the solar eclipse on 29 March 2006 would be more visible and that they could gather some useful data.
Jan and Jan chose a suitable terrace from which observations could be made. They and other students at Gymnázium Písek planned to use a variety of observation devices, including solar filters (made from X-ray films), binoculars with solar filters for safe observation of the Sun, telescopes, cameras and devices to measure light levels and temperatures.
The live programme of the
total solar eclipse in the
Projection of the partial solar
eclipse on the palm
Construction of t
he apparatus
The day of the eclipse dawned cloudy and the students were anxious that they would not be able to see anything. But by 9.15 in the morning, the sky had cleared up and the observation went ahead as planned. From 9.40, classes began to visit the observation platform. The live broadcast of the total solar eclipse viewed from Turkey was shown on a television screen in the assembly hall for everyone to see.
The air temperature was around 11°C and there was a strong wind outside; sometimes the Sun hid itself behind clouds. Because of this unpredictable weather, Jan and Jan could not carry out their planned scientific experiments (measuring the decline in brightness and temperature). However, it did mean that they could spend more time helping fellow students to use their observation devices and telling them more about what they had learned about solar eclipses during their project. Even though they were disappointed by the weather, Jan and Jan learned (and taught) a lot about solar eclipses and hope that everyone enjoyed the experience as much as they did.
Report from Paranal
Just before Science in School went to press, the prize winners sent this report.
Paranal, Chile, is a really amazing place: it is in the Atacama desert, believed to be the driest place on Earth, and has the best astronomical technology in the world.
We visited the platform of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) for the first time on 12 August. From the platform, there is a wonderful view of the Andes and the Pacific – especially beautiful at sunset. Until the third day of our visit, the sky was very cloudy, but then, at about midnight, the sky cleared and we watched the telescope domes opening. First, we visited the dome of the telescope Yepun, one of the four main telescopes of the VLT.
Stan Stefl explains how the
telescope works. From left:
Stan Stefl, Jan Měšťan,
Marek Tyle and Jan Kotek
Aerial view of the Paranal
summit, with the sun setting
over the cloud-covered Pacific
Image courtesy of ESO
The auxiliary telescope at sunset
Next, we visited the control centre and met Stan Stefl, a Czech astronomer working at Paranal. We asked him about his work at ESO and the instruments at Paranal and he explained how the VLT interferometer works: it combines the light from the individual telescopes into a giant virtual telescope. This helped us to understand the work of the astronomers at Paranal. After our visit to the control centre, we took some pictures of the southern sky and saw the Magellanic Clouds (see image) and the Southern Cross. We would like to thank Laura Ventura, public relations manager of the Paranal observatory, who showed us other objects in the sky and helped us with our stay in Chile.
We also investigated other features of Paranal: we went walking in the area surrounding the observatory, visited the gym and enjoyed delicious meals in the very cosy dining room. Paranal made a great impression on us: it is a very good facility for astronomers and scientists from all over the world. In addition to Paranal, we visited the ESO headquarters in Santiago and Antofagasta and made a day trip to the city of Valparaíso.
We will inform our schoolmates about our trip and use the knowledge that we gained in future physics lessons.
Marek Tyle, Jan Měšťan and Jan Kotek
Jan Měšťan and Jan Kotek would like to thank the management and the director of their school, Mr Petr Pícha, for allowing the observation to take place; their teacher Mr Jakub Cenek, who helped with the translation of the project; a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of South Bohemia in ?eské Bud?jovice, Mgr Petr Jelínek, who acted as a consultant during this project; Pavel Vajík, who allowed them to borrow his Proximus 100 reflector; and the weather, for not being too cruel during the observation.
w1 – Full details of the project are available on the Catch a Star website: www.eso.org/catchastar/cas2007/
w2 – To learn about ESO's work and to view (and use) ESO's stunning astronomical images, see www.eso.org
w3 – The European Association for Astronomy Education works to improve and promote astronomical education at all levels in all European institutions involved in teaching astronomy: www.eaae-astro.org
w4 – For more details about the Very Large Telescope and the Paranal Observatory, see:
Pierce-Price D (2006) Running one of the world's largest telescopes. Science in School 1: 56-60.
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This article is an interesting story about the development of an astronomy project by school students: the two teenagers succeeded in preparing presentations, experiments and an observation session in their school for other pupils, taking advantage of a partial solar eclipse. This could encourage teachers to consider how a local scientifically interesting event can be used to trigger a bonanza of social, cultural, educational and experimental events.
Problems with the weather during the eclipse are a rather common occurrence for experimental astronomers; the students, therefore, could fully experience a real astronomer's disappointment, which can be a daily companion to experimental scientists.
The report is suitable mainly for teachers of physics and astronomy and is presented in plain and simple language.
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Fu tra quegli intellettuali gaelici che a Dublino facevano gruppo intorno al poeta e lessicografo Tadhg Ó Neachtáin.

Di Mac Gabhráin si conoscono poche opere, ma brillanti e significative per la poesia gaelica del primo Settecento.

Molto noto è il suo Pléaráca na Ruarcach (Il festino degli O'Rourke) che descrive un tumultuoso banchetto con divertimenti e risse. Questa poesia fu messa in musica da un popolare arpista e artista di quei tempi, Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin (Turlough Carolan), e piacque a Jonathan Swift che nel 1720 la traspose in inglese col titolo The Description of an Irish Feast.

A Mac Gabhráin è attribuita anche la spassosa poesia Achasán an Mharcaigh (La sfuriata del cavaliere), in cui un cavaliere si sfoga a insultare il proprio cavallo dopo essere stato disarcionato e aver fatto la figuraccia di cadere a terra proprio mentre la sua bella lo guardava dalla finestra.
La poesia comincia con i versi: "Ronzino che m'hai fatto perdere l'amata, - va' al diavolo e abbandona la mia vista; - [...] Non ti vergogni, o stupido ronzino, - diabolico bighellone sgraziato, - a lasciarmi a pancia in giù nella cacca - sotto gli occhi della mia futura sposa?"; e prosegue con una immaginosa e colorita serie di maledizioni equine.

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Bibliografia
 Ó Tuama, Seán (a cura di): An Duanaire 1600-1900 (antologia poetica 1600-1900) in gaelico, con traduzione a fronte in versi inglesi di Thomas Kinsella, The Dolmen Press, Mountrath (Portlaoise), ristampa 1990, pag.134 e seg.;
 Welch, Robert (a cura di): The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996, voce Mac Gabhráin, Aodh.


The once-every-decade process of redrawing legislative and congressional districts is getting under way in state capitals around the country. To start, Sun Belt states will gain and Rust Belt states will lose seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. But win or lose, states have to redraw lines to make sure that legislative and congressional districts have equal populations and give fair opportunities to minority groups. The process is intensely political, with parties maneuvering for advantage and incumbents seeking to hold on to friendly territory. Republicans are in a good position after gaining control of legislatures in a majority of states last November. But demographic trends, especially the growth of Latino populations in some states, may limit the GOP's opportunities. In addition, California and Florida will be operating under new rules pushed by good-government groups that seek to limit "gerrymandering," line-drawing for purely partisan reasons. After redistricting plans are completed, many will be challenged in court, where outcomes are difficult to predict.


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