The first time I heard someone refer to another person as the "genuine article" or the "real article", I didn't really get it, dear readers.
I thought all people were real. After all, we are all standing there visible to the world around us. Admittedly, I was probably 9 or 10 years old.
That cultural idiom is there for a reason though, because it's easy to substitute in behaviour in order to gain something from other(s). And that is the challenge – genuine good will is a difficult thing to accomplish. Anyone can donate their things away and be perceived as generous, but if we stop to consider what's going on behind the scenes, in the mind of the donating party, the only one who really knows if they are donating something with the intention of benevolence, kindness or from a place of friendliness is the gift giver.
Now I want to tie this in with an example. There is this great scene from the movie Planes, Trains, & Automobiles that perfectly encapsulates my point. It's the one where John Candy gives the infamous John Hughes type speech – it is brilliant, emotional, and timeless in it's delivery.
We could very easily read that scene from the perspective that Del Griffith is a moralistic character we should aspire to be like, especially after we know the twist of the film, and sit down for a second viewing. But consider this for a minute creative cuties, what if John Candy really was manipulating Steve Martin's character into doing the right thing by using emotions to transform their relationship into one of interdependence? Maybe it was intentional maybe it wasn't, but the guy is lonely and is seeking affirmation that his decisions are well founded and that his life has meaning.
Now this variation of the narrative is played to great effect in a parody scene that Family Guy did years later.
Sometimes we enact a process of goodwill to develop our own moral compass – Investing personal meaning that it is important to do charitable works in order to feel good and to contribute to society proper. This of course is also not a guaranteed act of genuine good will, but it is on the right track towards selfless behaviour of a pure intent.
In business, gaining a reputation of goodwill is sometimes just as important to customers as the valuation of it's goods and/or services. An intangible asset that contributes to the brand in a positive way. When we take this idea into the realm of the arts, and the salable component of art making, we can see how artists might craft their art to make themselves appear more vivacious, charitable, intelligent, rebellious, funny, dangerous or any combination of traits that help demonstrate the value and intent of the work. I've written about this before, but by viewing the artist as an individual comes the risk that we don't like what that artist says and does, but we enjoy their work for personal reasons.
My theory is this, if you make art for the purpose of self development and pleasure FIRST, and then add in a layer of consciousness next, altruistic behaviour naturally evolves out of it.
In a very generalized way, the philosopher Aristotle probably said it best, your ethos or character is established through a number of factors – your level of goodwill, trustworthiness, authority on topic(s), similarity to others, and resonating communication abilities. One of the most powerful ways to demonstrate goodwill is through is through empathy. To relate to others by aligning with them demonstrates your understanding of them and it makes way for your message to be received in a strong light.
In the holiday season, it can be very easy to get lost in the state of affairs. Wanting to do good without understanding what it means to be good. When you make your art, live your life, share your purpose with the intent of empathy, no matter what your passion is, people are more likely to tune into your message, and you will connect with them in a positive way. This is important and essential in a world where many don't relate to those around them.
But that is just a theory – my last wisdom based theory of the year in fact. Luckily, I've got one more post to share tomorrow.


Last time, we discussed the types of videos you might want to use to promote your cause and your fundraising campaign. Videos are powerful tools that can really help tell your story to prospective donors. They can also be embarrassing displays of hubris that will turn off - well anyone. In this post, we are looking at the three basic types of videos you might create.
The Hard Ask is the simplest. A spokesperson for the organization looks directly into the camera and says why they believe in the organization and ask the viewer to support the organization. If you decide to do this type you probably have a good deal riding on its success. First these are the shortest of the three types. It is ideally about two - three minutes long. If you can't make an "ask" in that timeframe you might want to move to a different type. Also, make sure that the spokesperson you use has a strong voice and steady gaze. A display of confidence is key to the Hard Ask.
The Soft Ask uses photos related to your cause and a voice over that tells a story and implies that more needs to be done. Five minutes is a good length for the "Soft Ask." This type of video needs intriguing story telling and must be visually appealing. Also, studies have shown that positive images tend to do better than negative images.
The one exception seems to be animal causes. At least, it seems that way considering the number of late night and cable commercials for these causes that have slow motion video and distressed sounding voice overs. Before you go in the sad/negative direction, I would strongly recommend that you think carefully about how your audience sees your organization and cause. The sad/negative video can backfire on you. A positive approach is much safer and is a proven effective approach.
The Passive Ask can use either of the two previous approaches there is just no "ask" built into the voiceover or personal pitch. The point is to connect on a "personal" level with the viewer usually using a combination of photos and video. It too needs a strong voiceover. So where is the "ask"? It should be the final image of the video. Usually, a stagnant slide with a call to action. Something like - "To learn more and to show your support please visit us at - www.xxxxxxx.org."
There should always be a call to action at the end of the video. Ideally, the call to action will take the form of a web address or hyperlink built into your video that does directly to a donation page. It should be the final image of the video. Usually, a stagnant slide with a call to action. Something like - "To learn more and to show your support please visit us at - www.xxxxxxx.org."
You might also create an annotation (or bubble) on your video that includes text and a link. These can be created with your video or through video sites like YouTube.
No matter the type of video there should always be a call to action at the end of the video. No matter how you do it just make sure the donation process is clear and easy to use. If it isn't then you have wasted your time and that of your prospect.
If you want to see what might be considered embarrassing videos the best way is to search Youtube and Vimeo for non-profit videos. Also check out other organizations that are similar to yours and see what type of videos they are posting. I would love to post the good, bad and the just plain ugly but that wouldn't be thoughtful. Besides I like having friends in the field - SMILE.
I received lots of feedback and questions on the last post, but the main things readers wanted to know were about cost and quality. At first, you might think these two issues are both the same. Well, they can be, obviously the easiest way to create a great video is to hire a video company to do your videos for you. Now this option can have lots of pluses; less of your time needed, greater quality, and advice from an expert. Of course, the cost can be prohibitive, every iteration of your video will be a new investment, and turnaround can be slow.
So what other option do you have? Though I am not a fan of pro bono work, I have seen excellent work done by board members and volunteers. Also, there are a number of ways to make a great video using software that you probably already have on your computer. PowerPoint and iMovie are your two best options. For a simple video made up of stagnant images, PowerPoint is great. You can add transitions from image to image and an audio track. A history video or yearly recap are good choices for this method. You can also add a movie to your video. Once you create the PowerPoint you can save it into multiple formats including ones that work great on YouTube and ones that can be embedded in your website. IMovie on the Apple platform is a more advanced program but one you can use to create a professional looking video.
Surprisingly, with a smartphone, a video editing program like IMovie and some patience you could create a pretty slick video.
Also, there is always a question about how long a video ought to be. This article from the article share section of this site - The Optimal Length of Every Social Media Update and More. This a great article on hoe long just about everything in social media.
Please leave more comments and maybe we will do another post on videos. If nothing else I will probably do a mini post on video hosting. You can find the mini post on the home page of this blog.
Something simple like "To learn more and to show your support, please visit our website - www.charityofchoice.org."


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On Monday 19 April 2010 Sir John Dyson was sworn in as the twelfth justice of the Supreme Court. The Court released an up to date "group photograph" (right), showing the court's full complement of justices. The Court's restrained press office released its third press release of the year to mark the occasion.
The press release describes a "simple ceremony" in which Sir John took the judicial oath
"watched by the other Justices of the Supreme Court, also dressed in their ceremonial robes, as well as friends, family and other guests"
As far as we are aware, the ceremony was not filmed (if we are wrong, please send us the link). The Press Release was not widely picked up. The ceremony attracted a short comment on the Times "Law Central" blog and in the "Guardian". The absence of any other media comment reflects the court's continuing low media profile. A report in the Solicitors' Journal confirms that Sir John will not be known as a 'lord' and that new female justices of the Supreme Court will be referred to as 'Dame', rather than 'Lady.'
Sian Lewis said:
I was interested to read the piece above. Three major press agencies took photographs following Sir John's swearing in and these images have been distributed widely, resulting in photos appearing in both the Guardian and Independent. It may well have been that other media chose not to cover on the basis they had run stories previously when the announcement of Sir John's appointment was made by the Government. Just a thought….
It may also be worth noting that while this was the third 'press release' sent out by the 'restrained' press office of the Court since January there have been sixteen press summaries for judgments issued in that time, plus alerts to media contacts for all of these. The media were also alerted to cases of possible interest before the start of the Term in a briefing document. Not sure what you mean by a continuing low media profile when the decisions and proceedings at the Court generate widespread coverage across a range of media. See for example today's coverage in The Guardian, Sun, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Times and Independent.
To be clear, your point about "Dame" and "Lady" refers to new female Justices.
Finally we did film the swearing in and it was made available to all major broadcasters as usual.
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R&D Close to Manufacturing
Packaging firm SIG has announced that it is investing €12 million in a new technology centre, close to its packaging facilities in Linnich, Germany.
Prometeon Tyre Group has opened its largest global dedicated R&D Centre at its plant in Kocaeli, Turkey.
FIMER has announced plans to set up its new R&D Center of Excellence for the utility sector in Italy, close to its manufacturing facilities
Vaisala has opened a new R&D center in Finland. The new center is a unique arena for product development, comprising all levels from ideation to hardware and software design, development, and testing. Located on the same campus area as Vaisala's head office and production facilities in Vantaa, Finland, the new building hosts around 300 experts,
FCA expanding its R&D center in Tofas, Turkey.
Great Wall Motors aims to set Thailand as a hub for right-hand-drive vehicle production and export in Asean, especially for the new energy and electric vehicles. GWM also plans to set up an R&D centre in Thailand.
Indoor air company Halton Group opens new R&D center for its Lahti plant in Finland.The Hub will focus on the target environments of the company's Marine business: galleys and cabins, as well as energy production and industrial environments. In addition to physical demo facilities, the center will use VR technology to model solutions.
Intel is another example with an investment of $350 million in Costa Rica to revamp testing and assembly operations.
Japan's Fuji Electric to expand Indian manufacturing, R&D operations. It plans to hire 200 people.
LG to set up R&D center for vehicle component solutions in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Siemens Healthineers to invest Rs 1300 crore building R&D and manufacturing hub in India.


Windows 10 and when shutdown isn't really shutting down.
Windows 10 is soooo stable it doesn't ever really need to be shutdown. Or that appears to be the belief at Redmond these days. Well we all know that is a big pile of manure. In their infinite wisdom MS has set the default action of shutdown in windows 10 to turn the machine off, but not really. The machine goes off but it saves the state of memory so that when you turn it back on, it just picks up where it left off. Pretty much like the old Hibernate behavior from the Windows 7 and earlier days. But here's the thing, they don't tell you that's what is happening or any obvious way of changing the behavior. In fact the only way you find out that windows never really shuts down is that when you look in the system log, you never see an event log event stating that it was started, which means it never shut down. Turns out this is a behavior caused by a power setting in Windows 10. Find the Settings page for Default power buttons. (It's under the "Chose what the power button does" heading on the left side in the power options section of control panel - at least until they move it again) On that page the first shutdown setting item is "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" . By default that is checked. Uncheck that setting and from now on, when you tell your system to shutdown, not only will it power off, but when you start up, windows will actually start from scratch instead of the state it was in when you shutdown. Off is now really off.
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South Carolina to host Alabama in 2019 SEC football opener
The Gamecocks release their 2019 schedule, which includes the top three teams in the AP 2018 rankings
South Carolina to host Alabama in 2019 SEC football opener The Gamecocks release their 2019 schedule, which includes the top three teams in the AP 2018 rankings Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/usc/2018/09/18/south-carolina-host-alabama-2019-sec-football-opener/1348365002/
Josh Kendall, The State Published 3:03 p.m. ET Sept. 18, 2018 | Updated 4:01 p.m. ET Sept. 18, 2018
Sep 8, 2018; Columbia, SC, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback Jake Bentley (19) passes against the Georgia Bulldogs in the first half at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports(Photo: Jeff Blake, Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports)
Alabama is coming back to Williams-Brice Stadium.
For the first time since 2010, when South Carolina upset then-No. 1 and defending national champion Alabama, the Crimson Tide has returned to the Gamecocks schedule, which was released Tuesday after the SEC announced its full conference slate.
South Carolina's schedule is highlighted by the Sept. 14 visit from Alabama, which has only played in Columbia, S.C., five times before. The Crimson Tide is the Gamecocks yearly rotating Western Division opponent. South Carolina's next game against Alabama after next year will be in 2024 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
There's another rarity on the schedule, too: two open dates. The regular season begins on Aug. 31 and ends on Nov. 30, and the 14-week span allows for two open dates for all conference teams. South Carolina will be off on Oct. 5, one week prior to facing Georgia, and Nov. 23, one week prior to playing Clemson.
With the Tide, Bulldogs and Tigers all on the schedule, South Carolina will be playing the three teams currently ranked Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 in 2019.
South Carolina will open the season in Charlotte, N.C., for the fourth time when they play North Carolina on Aug. 31. The Gamecocks, who are 3-0 all-time in Bank of America Stadium, beat the Tar Heels 17-13 in 2015 in Charlotte.
South Carolina 2019 Football Schedule
Aug. 31 North Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.)
Sept. 7 Charleston Southern (Williams-Brice Stadium)
Sept. 14 Alabama (Williams-Brice Stadium)
Sept. 21 Missouri (Columbia, Mo.)
Sept. 28 Kentucky (Williams-Brice Stadium)
Oct. 5 Open Date
Oct. 12 Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
Oct. 19 Florida (Williams-Brice Stadium)
Oct. 26 Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Nov. 2 Vanderbilt (Williams-Brice Stadium)
Nov. 9 Appalachian State (Williams-Brice Stadium)
Nov. 16 Texas A&M (College Station, Texas)
Nov. 23 Open Date
Nov. 30 Clemson (Williams-Brice Stadium)
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Q: 2D array summation operations I am trying to figure out a way to solve my research problem. I have a 2D array, or so-called nested list with dimension let's say 3*30;
list = {{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.994429, 0.980929, 0.971825,
0.967241, 0.967241, 0.971825, 0.980929, 0.994429, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.998888, 0.971825,
0.948683, 0.929755, 0.915302, 0.905539, 0.900617, 0.900617,
0.905539, 0.915302, 0.929755, 0.948683, 0.971825, 0.998888, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.971825, 0.939267, 0.910433,
0.885689, 0.865384, 0.849837, 0.839312, 0.834, 0.834, 0.839312,
0.849837, 0.865384, 0.885689, 0.910433, 0.939267, 0.971825, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0}}

So each row will have 30 elements and there are 3 rows totally.
The TableForm is clearly showing them:

Imagine this list has ten 3*3 element blocks. For example,the first and second block both has 9 zeros.
I want to calculate the total value of each block and generate a new list in which every element is the summation for that small block. So it will generate 1*10 list in the end.
What I have done so far:
I think first I could partition the original list into some small groups.
list = Partition[Flatten[list], 3]

And then using Part to subtract the small groups and do further operations.
Maybe something like
     list[[1]]+list[[11]]+list[[21]]
could gives me similar results. But I am confused if I am doing this too clumsy. Could you give some of your thoughts? Appreciate the help!

A: BlockMap[Total[#, 2]&, list, {3, 3}]

{{0, 0, 2.90998, 6.5062, 8.1646, 8.1646, 6.5062, 2.90998, 0, 0}}

Also:
Partition[list, {3, 3}, {3, 3}, None, {}, Plus]

{{0, 0, 2.90998, 6.5062, 8.1646, 8.1646, 6.5062, 2.90998, 0, 0}}

A: You can make a nested partition and sum at the two deepest levels
Total[Partition[list, {3, 3}], {3, 4}]

{{0, 0, 2.90998, 6.506198, 8.164602, 8.164602, 6.506198, 2.90998, 0, 0}}

Or more general:
block = {3, 3};
Total[Partition[list, block], {Length[block] + 1, ∞}]

A: Because I wanted to use ArrayReshape(although it seems to be an overkill here):
array = Transpose /@ ArrayReshape[Transpose@list, {10, 3, 3}];
MatrixForm /@ array

Total /@ Flatten /@ array

{0, 0, 2.90998, 6.5062, 8.1646, 8.1646, 6.5062, 2.90998, 0, 0}

The Transpose /@ in array is not needed, I used it to obtain a clear display. In short:
Total /@ Flatten /@ ArrayReshape[Transpose@list, {10, 3, 3}]

gives the desired output.

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This course is intended for people in a variety of roles and fields who have a basic understanding of Microsoft Office and want to incorporate digital note-taking and note collaboration by using Microsoft OneNote. In addition to creating and modifying OneNote notebooks, this course will introduce you to inserting images and embedding files into notebooks, categorizing content, sharing content with OneDrive®, and exporting content to other file formats.
In this course, you will develop digital note-taking skills by creating, modifying, and managing OneNote notebooks that work with other Microsoft Office programs. You will: Navigate and customize the OneNote interface and environment. Add and format text, images, audio, links, and drawing objects to a notebook. Embed Excel spreadsheets and attach other files to a notebook. Categorize, organize, and search notebook content. Check spelling in, print, and password-protect notebooks. Use Outlook and OneDrive to send and share notebook content. Export notebook content and manage notebook history and backups.


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Stuart Paterson 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman) and exciting new theatre company WildChild bring Morpurgo's novel to life in this charming adaptation. With the voice of Grandmother kindly recorded by Jenny Agutter!
Join Michael, Stella, a buffoonery of orangutans and Japanese war survivor Kensuke on their fight to protect the Kingdom. With enchanting storytelling, puppetry and original music this production is sure to win over your children's hearts and captivate the whole family's imagination!
Off on the adventure of a lifetime, Michael, his parents and their faithful dog Stella set sail around the world. Then the night before his twelfth birthday, disaster strikes. Washed overboard, Michael finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone…
Kensuke's Kingdom is a delightful children's classic by former Children's Laureate, Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE! Celebrated as the creator of War Horse he has written more than one hundred books and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Children's Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal four times.


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Obviously, if you want to find an event during Tampa Bay Beer Week, all you have to do is check the official Events page. So many to choose from, there is definitely something for everyone. Here are a few more that I would recommend checking out!
Didn't get tickets to Brewers Ball? Fear not, there is still plenty to do. As Brandon's only Brewery, BrewworX is launching four new hand crafted beers! There will be live music all day, headlined by Zebron & James, and a new beer launched every 90 minutes. There is not cost for the event, just whatever you want to drink or eat.
For more info, check out the Event Page on Facebook.
The Independent has made a name for itself over the years for being simply one of the best when it comes to beer culture. Join them as they celebrate the wonderful Beers of Belgium during the annual "Cheers to Belgian Beers" mini-Belgian beer festival. Brewery representatives from Belgian breweries will be on hand to discuss the history and brewing process of the various Belgian beer styles such as Saisons, Blondes, Dubbels, Tripels, Trappist ales, Sours, and Witbiers while you taste your way through the styles. A limited amount of Cantillon will be available for tasting while supplies last. Includes commemorative tasting glass.
Can you smell what Pair O'Dice is cookin'? Get your Roody-Poo Candy Asses down to the brewery and give your tastebuds The People's Elbow. They are hosting a Stout SMACKDOWN to celebrate Tampa Bay Beer Week! Don't think you can handle it? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK! Free to attend and just pay for what you want to drink.
Plus the usual stellar lineup of Belgian, French and of course Saint Somewhere offerings!
For updates and more info, check out the Event Page.
I just can't wait! Hope to see some of you out there!
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Bitcoin Braces for $11,000 on Weaker Dollar Demand
Bitcoin rose above $10,000 in an overnight rally Monday for the first time since May 8, 2020.
The gains surfaced as investors sold the US dollar for riskier assets amid optimism about economic recovery.
Other factors, including the U.S.-China tensions and the stock market's upside, also contributed to the rally.
Bitcoin rose Monday in a surprising rally that took its price up by almost $1,000 in less than 12 hours.
BTCUSD jumps $10,000 price level | Source: TradingView.com
The benchmark cryptocurrency climbed 10.17 percent to $10,428 ahead of the UTC midnight close. The wild move uphill helped bitcoin break above crucial technical resistances defined by a long-term descending trendline and a $10,000 price level.
It further indicated traders' likelihood of testing $11,000 in the coming weeks.
Weaker Dollar
The moves in the bitcoin market took its cues from supportive macro fundamentals.
On Monday, the WSJ Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against 16 other currencies, plunged 0.57 percent to 92. Observers noted that investors sold the dollar to buy riskier currencies, a sentiment that may have fueled the bitcoin price rally above $10,000.
WSJ Dollar Index falls in three back-to-back sessions | Source: WSJ
The index was trading at a new year-to-date high – near 97 – in March 2020. The month saw almost every risky asset falling to its record yearly lows amid a global market rout. The meltdown appeared as major economies entered a lockdown stage amid a fast-spreading virus pandemic.
Investors sold other assets, including Bitcoin, to seek safety in the US dollar.
But the situation is now flipping back towards normal. The number of infections and deaths caused by the virus dropped in the U.S. Europe, and China. It prompted governments to ease lockdown restrictions, leading to a modest rise in factory activity.
Chris Turner, the head of the Forex strategy at ING Bank, said the confidence is slowly returning into the market, which is prompting investors to short the dollar and move into riskier alternatives. The fiat homecoming, overall, is leaving Bitcoin in a healthier state.
The U.S.-China Rift
Bitcoin's tick above $10,000 also appeared against the backdrop of an escalating geopolitical rift between the U.S. and China.
Traders pinned their sentiments on Donald Trump's repeated warnings to Beijing over their controversial Hong Kong security law. While the U.S. president is yet to take substantial action against the mainland, investors have already started weighing in the possibilities of yet another trade war.
The sentiment surfaced after China ordered its regional companies to temporarily stop the purchasing of U.S. farm products, including soybeans.
"If it is true China will buy [fewer] soybeans, it will increase the chances of escalation with the U.S.," Seema Shah, chief strategist at Principal Global Investors, told WSJ.
Bitcoin tends to react positively against a trade war. The cryptocurrency rose by more than 200 percent against the one that started in 2019. Traders believe it would perform a similar upside stunt as worries over the new "cold war" between the U.S. and China rise.
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when you get welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 most bizarre nostalgic commercials when I was a little lad if I wanted berries and cream, Mommy made me do the little dance for this list.
We'll be looking at 10 of the weirdest commercials from years past.
What are some of the strangest commercials you remember from your childhood?
Let us know in the comments below number 10.
Starburst berries and cream.
While some bizarre advertisements are just hazy childhood memories, others have made comebacks in recent years, either from the company themselves or in the form of internet memes, berries and cream berries and cream berries and cream.
I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream.
The latter happened in 2021 with starbursts, berries and cream add when comedian Justin Mcelroy posted a clip of the commercial to Tiktok berries and cream berries and cream.
The ad, which shows a little lad dressed in old fashioned clothes dancing and singing about his love for berries and cream was a surprise hit, inspiring a number of memes and remixes.
An interview was even released with the little lad himself, Jack Fervor Since doing the commercial, the actor and choreographer has taught at Bard College and choreographed scenes for Alvin, The armadillo in the netflix documentary mascots.
I love putting on the mask and just being inside of him.
It's like I can, I can be, I can move any way I want and I love it.
Number nine Winston cigarettes In 1971 cigarette commercials were banned from american television making this next series of advertisements seemed like a real product of the Stone Age.
The easy drawing filter cigarette that tastes good.
Like a cigarette should.
Winston takes good like a cigarette should was the basis of a jingle advertising Winston cigarettes, but it's the brand spokesperson, not their slogan, which has landed them a spot on this list who was their spokesperson, none other than the family friendly suburban caveman.
The Flintstones living in a world where the teen centric show Stranger Things came under fire for the amount of smoking shown on screen, it may seem hard to imagine a cartoon character selling cigarettes, but this was the surreal reality for americans in the 19 sixties.
Number eight Earthworm Jim Blam Oh, this commercial for Earthworm Jim shows plenty of footage from the cartoony side scrolling adventure game, but it may be hard to focus on gameplay when the story is being told by a deranged grandma.
This is the story of video game.
The ad, which aired in 1994 to coincide with the first games released on Sega genesis and super Nintendo features an older woman who begins to eat from a bowl of wriggling live worms.
As she explains the new game as it goes on, the woman becomes more and more excited by the story, her voice becoming deeper and her hair becoming unkempt.
It may seem like a strange way to advertise a video game, but it created a lasting impression on its young demographic and I tried to get marketing to prove that but they said number seven meal energy anthropomorphic animals that is animals with human qualities are a popular character type in animation, especially for Children.
As mayor of Zootopia.
I am proud to announce that my mammal inclusion initiative has produced its first police Academy Graduate characters like mickey mouse, bugs, bunny and even smokey bear have made lasting impressions on american pop culture.
Unfortunately for me, oh energy.
Their attempt at creating anthropomorphic animal characters just comes across as a little well creepy.
Hey look she's got her nose done.
Yeah, I know.
She said it was for medical reasons, medical reasons.
What a crock in the ad, an ostrich and giraffe with uncannily human faces discuss a rhino's recent nose job and ultimately decided to customize their water.
Like she customized her nose with meo energy while talking there, passed by a similarly uncanny camel who is implied to have had her humps done.
I think those are real.
Those do not exist in nature, not any nature.
I've been in number six big banana ink crayons Charles, nelson Reilly was an actor who lent his voice to a number of animated characters, including evil henchman killer In all dogs go to heaven and Mr Toad in the 1987 adaptation of the Wind in the Willows.
He also played the alien game show host D.
On space Cats where he was represented by a green disembodied head prior to these roles.
However, Riley could be seen on american television in a rather wacky big banana ink crayon advertisement commercial which ran in 1973 showed Riley dressed in a banana costume, singing about how great the new crayons were to a classroom full of students who were also dressed as bananas.
Number five Airheads fruit spinners.
You may not think that a regular human face would make for a bizarre commercial mascot, but what if that face was spun upside down?
This is the case for the 2010 Airhead fruit spinners commercials which show excited chins and mouths talking about the fruity flavors of fruit spinners.
Okay, like trying to describe the juicy fruity flavors of fruit, you know what I mean?
To complete the look the strange creatures are given googly eyes, eyelashes and small human arms, making them feel a bit reminiscent of the late nineties slash early two thousand's thumb based parody franchise beginning with thumb wars, the phantom cuticle look, I'm trying to keep a low profile.
I oh God, but the but a lot of money and he's right over there at the end of the ad, the chin creatures are cleverly turned into the Airheads logo.
A red balloon with a face.
Airheads fruit spinners with a big fruity flavor crazy enough to make your taste buds spin number four Hummer H three.
What better way is there to sell your product than with a depiction of true love?
What makes this Hummer H three ad bazaar is that the true love on display is between a giant robot and Godzilla like monster the unlikely pair meat while destroying a city and immediately hit it off with a monster getting pregnant and eventually giving birth to a Hummer age three.
Yes, you heard correctly, The monster gives birth to a Hummer.
The tagline for the ad, which played during Super Bowl 40 was fittingly it's a little monster paired with the Hummer slogan, like nothing else truer words were never spoken.
Number three, pole position video game graphics have improved a lot since the 19 eighties as witnessed by the pole position ads for the games released on the Atari 2600.
Hey, you look like a real jerk.
Well I am a corporate executive.
One ad features a corporate executive who stops exciting things from happening, taking a sunday drive with his family, They get shaken out of his car by a giant disembodied hand and dropped into a race car.
The family then race against each other with some cars running into signs and exploding.
All of this live action action is juxtaposed against actual gameplay footage which is laughably tame by today's standards position.
Most realistic video game ever to hammer in the absurdity.
The commercial ends with the slogan number two bud ice.
It's not every day that a company tries to sell you its product by implying that you'll be stalked if you have it.
But that was the premise of a series of bud ice ads that aired in the mid-1990s, authorities say it is now safe to serve, but that's right.
Just bring it all out in the open, there nothing to worry about, everything's fine.
Most of the ads played out like a short thriller or horror scene ending with a shot of a penguin hauntingly singing the tune as the human protagonist screamed and ran away in fear, the slogan drink.
But despite the ads, strange content, it was a hit with american television viewers with the series dark comedic edge working in bud ice's favor.
Police have no clues except for a sound heard by one of the night watchman Dooby dooby doo Dooby dooby.
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Number one Quiznos.
If you lived in America in the early 2000's chances are you saw one of these bizarre commercials for the sub shop Quiznos.
Mhm ads, puzzled and occasionally charmed those who saw them featuring abrasively weird creatures, Photoshop to have buggy eyes, human mouths and hats naturally these creatures screamed about their love for tasty, toasted subs.
If you do some digging, you can find that these animals are called sponge monkeys and were created by a man named joe l've.
Each for a video called We Like the Moon.
The Quiznos, chief marketing officer, was a fan of the video and ordered a series of attention grabbing ads from beach for the company unleashing the sponge monkeys onto TVs across the country.
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Two-time ALPB champion Brownell returns
(Central Islip, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2015) – The three-time Atlantic League champion Long Island Ducks today announced the signing of pitcher John Brownell. The two-time Atlantic League champion returns for his fourth consecutive season with the Ducks.
"John has been an integral piece of our starting rotation during each of the past three seasons," says Ducks president and general manager Michael Pfaff. "His experience and success in the Atlantic League will be great assets for our club."
Brownell returns to the Ducks after an historic season in 2014. The right-hander set new franchise records in games started with 29 and innings pitched with 202, breaking the previous records of 28 (Randy Leek, 2008 and B.J. LaMura, 2009) and 179 (Bob Zimmermann, 2012), respectively. He led the Atlantic League in both categories along with complete games (5) and finished second in the league in wins (13) and strikeouts (130). Overall, the Nebraska resident was 13-9 with a 3.61 ERA. Prior to the start of the season, he was voted by fans as the right-handed starting pitcher on the franchise's 15th Anniversary All-Time Team.
The 31-year-old began his career with the Ducks in September of 2012. He made four appearances (three starts) in the regular season before posting a 2.84 ERA in two playoff starts. The following season, he led the Atlantic League with seven complete games and two shutouts while finishing second in strikeouts (133), third in innings pitched (166.1) and ninth in ERA (3.90). The University of Oklahoma alum then won all three of his postseason starts, posted a 2.88 ERA and earned Championship Series MVP honors. In his Ducks career, Brownell is 24-21 with a 3.86 ERA and 278 strikeouts over 59 regular season games (58 starts) and 4-0 with a 2.87 ERA and 27 strikeouts in five postseason starts.


The Marketing Cycle is the basis for support B.Lindgren CONSULTING will provide for your organization. For successful marketing, communication must flow in a constant dynamic cycle between customer and company. Energizing that cycle is one way B.Lindgren CONSULTING will support your marketing effort.
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Our approach to marketing has been guided by many resources. One of current interest is SPIN (TM) Selling developed by Neil Rackham. It is an important way for you or your company to achieve sales success with large accounts. The approach uses a four phase framework in which questioning provides a foundation for building customer/client confidence in your product or service. B.Lindgren CONSULTING can support your organization's use of these concepts.
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A few days ago a conversation turned to marketing for a small business. We used to say that the first priority is a great business name that leaves no doubt about what the business is about. Names like Apple, Google and Amazon changed all of that thinking but branding now follows the selection of a business name.
Next is business cards and a brochure that calls for action. Those are the leave-behind tools when the business ideas are promoted with potential customers and stakeholders.
Of course, today there is no business or organization that can neglect their Web site.
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On Saturday, April 27, 2013, watch live streaming video of the Cincinnati Rollergirls battling the Killamazoo Derby Darlins, thanks to our partners at ICRC-TV, and follow along with our live textcast!
On Saturday, April 27, the 38th-ranked Cincinnati Rollergirls Black Sheep will battle an untested opponent: The 52nd-ranked Killamazoo Derby Darlins of Kalamazoo, MI. Tank has a preview.
After suffering a 3-point loss to the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls' Flatliners just one month before, the Cincinnati Rollergirls' Black Sheep exacted revenge with a crushing 185-point win on Saturday, April 6. Tank has a recap.
Taking inspiration from Major League Baseball, we've asked our jammers to pick songs that will play when they roll up to the jammer line. Here are our 2013 jammers' picks.
On Saturday, April 6, 2013, watch live streaming video of the Cincinnati Rollergirls battling the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls, thanks to our partners at ICRC-TV, and follow along with our live textcast!
In one of the most anticipated games of the 2013 Cincinnati Rollergirls season, CRG will battle Bloomington's Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls in a grudge match on Saturday, April 6 at the Cincinnati Gardens. Tank has a preview.
For the third year in a row, the Cincinnati Rollergirls have been voted Cincinnati's Best Amateur/Semi-Pro Team by the readers of CityBeat in the 2013 Best of Cincinnati readers' poll.
This year's opening weekend for the Cincinnati Rollergirls was an incredibly successful one for the organization as a whole with wins for the Black Sheep and Violent Lambs over NEO Roller Derby on March 23 and the Cincinnati Junior Rollergirls over NEO Jr. the following morning.


3-D Monster: DREDD Returns to The Screen?
"then a DREDD movie meeting with DNA in london on monday. really glad not to be missing this weekend."
No director as yet has been confirmed for the comic book project. Maybe after the Monday we'll have much more news."
The movie is set up with DNA Films and Fox Searchlight. Producer is Allon Reich who did (28 Weeks Later) and his partner in crime Alex Garland too is writing the film. Pictured above is some of the conceptual art he created for the meeting. After the 1995 Stallone debacle, I certainly hope they get it right this time! I would love to see either an unknown, Clive Owen or Gerard Butler as Dredd, but he'll need to keep the helmet on for all or most of the movie! I would also love to see Judge Death and the other Dark Judges as the main villains. This is one of the best sci-fi comics of all time, and the movie-makers have a golden opportunity to have a seriously viable franchise on their hands as long as they remain faithful to the source material.


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Q: Html2canvas not working highcharts to png doesn't work on Firefox and IE We are using html2canvas.js and canvg.js (@version 2.0.1) and highcharts.js to download a chart into png image.
This works as expected in Chrome, however in IE and Firefox this not working.
Below are screenshots of the download in Chrome, IE and Firefox:
Chrome:
Chrome image
Firefox:
Firefox image
code:
var svg = $('#previewImage');

html2canvas(svg, {
  onrendered: function(canvas) {
    $("#previewImage").append(canvas);
    var imgageData = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
    download(imgageData, filename + '.png');
  }
});
}

function download(data, filename) {
  $('#previewImage').css('display', 'none');
  var a = document.createElement('a');
  a.download = filename;
  a.href = data
  document.body.appendChild(a);
  a.click();
  a.remove();
}


Sabrina Gonzalez, Class of 2015.
2. My internship at David Creech Law Firm, because I have done it for two semesters and I have learned a lot and gotten a lot of hands on experience with Immigration law, which is what I want my career to be. I think being in that setting is very important to me and feeling like I am helping the Hispanic community.
3. I think staying involved in my sorority (Alpha Chi Omega) since freshman year, because I am really proud of our national philanthropy is domestic violence awareness. Through that I have learned a lot about how to encourage and empower other women.
So I am graduating a semester early. During that semester off I want to study for the LSAT and apply to Law school and get into law school. But I also want to do something meaningful like an internship or traveling.
I don't necessarily have one dream job, because I see myself doing different things. But my dream is to be happy and successful in whatever I end up in the law field. As the first person in my immediate to graduate in the United States is already a dream in being here and making it this far.
I would say to other Latino students and everyone "Whatever you do, never be afraid to fail and no matter what obstacles you go to, if you want to achieve something, you can. If you fail at something, you find an even better way to do it. So keep going, the worst the thing you can do is give up after you fail."


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Q: Asterik wildcard in string comparision I want to perform string matching using asterisk() wildcard in javascript. If user enters "vv*k" then:
"vivek" should match.
There can be any number of asterisks. I implemented for a simple case where asterisk can be either at the starting,ending or middle position.
function matchString(pattern,columnValue)
{
    if(pattern.indexOf('*')>-1){
        if (pattern[0] == '*')
        {
            return columnValue.endsWith(pattern.substr(1,pattern.length - 1)) ? true:false
        }
        else if (pattern[pattern.length - 1] == '*')
        {
            return columnValue.startsWith(pattern.substr(0,pattern.length  -1)) ? true:false
        }else{
           var stringArray =  pattern.split('*')
           return columnValue.startsWith(stringArray[0]) &&  columnValue.endsWith(stringArray[stringArray.length-1]) ? true:false
        }
    }else{
       return (columnValue.indexOf(pattern)>-1)
    }
    return false;
}

I want to implement it using Regex so that any number of asteriks can be used at any position.

A: if you meant "viv*k" -> "vivek", how about:-

function matchString(pattern,columnValue){
    var regex = new RegExp('^' + pattern.replace(/\*/g, '.{1}') + '$');
    return regex.test(columnValue);
}

alert('pattern = "*oo *a*", value = "foo bar", match = ' + matchString('*oo *a*', 'foo bar'));

Edit
Added ^ for start and $ for end


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Q: Publish android application to play market under Google's policy I haven't published android application to Google play market and I'm planning to publish one, but in my application, I used some code fragment I suspect they can be rejected by Google.
First is open mobile data (3G/4G LTE) automatically by java reflection:
    public static void setMobileDataEnabled(Context context, boolean enabled) {
    try {
        final ConnectivityManager conman = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        final Class<?> conmanClass = Class.forName(conman.getClass().getName());
        final Field iConnectivityManagerField = conmanClass.getDeclaredField("mService");
        iConnectivityManagerField.setAccessible(true);
        final Object iConnectivityManager = iConnectivityManagerField.get(conman);
        final Class<?> iConnectivityManagerClass = Class.forName(iConnectivityManager.getClass().getName());
        final Method setMobileDataEnabledMethod = iConnectivityManagerClass.getDeclaredMethod("setMobileDataEnabled", Boolean.TYPE);
        setMobileDataEnabledMethod.setAccessible(true);
        setMobileDataEnabledMethod.invoke(iConnectivityManager, enabled);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Second is open wifi automatically:
WifiConfiguration wifiConfig = new WifiConfiguration();
wifiConfig.SSID = String.format("\"%s\"", ssid);
wifiConfig.preSharedKey = String.format("\"%s\"", key);
WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager)getSystemService(WIFI_SERVICE);
//remember id
int netId = wifiManager.addNetwork(wifiConfig);
wifiManager.disconnect();
wifiManager.enableNetwork(netId, true);
wifiManager.reconnect();

Can anyone explain to me the possibility for both these code be rejected by Google?

A: Read this policy if your app satisfy this
Google Play Apps Policy Center
Also refer this
Policy and best practice
If your app doesn't violate this policies than you app is safe on play store.


If you are looking for a healthy and productive activity for your children to get involved with, then Karate classes in Shrewsbury, MA may be just the thing that you are looking for. Signing your child up for Karate classes in Shrewsbury MA not only gives them something productive to do, it has many other advantages as well. Below you will find some of the reasons that you should let your child study the martial arts.
The first benefit of taking karate is the ability to face your fears. Although, many parents think that karate will make their children violent, nothing could be further from the truth. Karate teaches that you only use the arts in certain situations, and also teaches a child to control their temper and have a little discipline. Children who refuse to follow the rules will not be allowed to advance in the martial arts, and may be asked to leave the school.
Karate also teaches self-confidence and self-esteem. It also teaches kids to respect not only themselves, but others as well. These are things that should be being taught in schools, but for some reason the teaching is lacking when it comes to self-confidence, self-esteem, and respect. Karate teaches these things, and many more to children while they are still having fun doing something that they love.
Last, but not least, karate is a sport that will follow them forever. They can advance through the belts, and even when they are grown, this is a love that they can practice forever. Unlike football, and other sports, karate will always be there. It's a great way to stay physically active, even as you get older.
When you decide to start looking for a karate school for your child, make sure that you do your research and then research again. You want a school that stresses everything that was discussed above, and one that puts your child first.
You will want to watch a lesson before you make a final decision, and let your child watch a lesson and meet the instructor as well. After all he will be the one taking the lessons, not you.


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Q: Chrome not completely deleting indexedDB database I've been trying to close and delete an indexedDB database, but I'd say about 10% of the time it gets stuck in a less than desirable state. What happens is it will delete all of the object stores, but leave the database entry as you can see in the screenshot below.

The goal is to completely delete the indexedDB database in one fell swoop when the user logs out and then reload the page. When the database isn't completely deleted it can cause issues when the user logs in as onupgradeneeded isn't called and the object stores aren't recreated.
this.db.close();

var request = indexedDB.deleteDatabase("mcfarljwtest2");

request.onsuccess = function() {
    setTimeout(function() {
        location.reload(true);
    }, 1000);
};

request.onerror = function(error) {
    console.log(error);
};

Is there something I'm missing or overlooking here to get it to completely delete 100% of the time?

A: You've found a bug in Chrome!
I filed this as https://crbug.com/539931 and just landed a fix. Barring any unexpected side effects, the fix should be in Chrome 48.
As you noted above, it's specific to having devtools open and actively inspecting the database resources, so it is unlikely to affect end-users, just developers.


I think you are the one being spanked, mate!
somehow don't see you as a cat eating a bag of crisps... but hey maybe that's your thing, you know?
OK - I'll behave, but try and find one for me, too if you get a mo.
The one above is Stewie from "the Family Guy" if anyone has it on dvd here I'd love to watch it - it's absolutely brilliant!!
Is the guitarist in number 3 Stevie Ray Vaughn??
Come on! Where's the beef? We need some good avatars that are at home in the august confines of that open pit sewer known to all and sundry as Bardak!
Certainly, you must have an avatar which reflects the strength, nobility, and natural beauty of my cuddly, white, thick furred Arctic ursine species ;) ;) ;)!
Thanks - really - I'd use it as a signature if technically possible :).
No sweet white furballs for me? Seriously, where are you getting them? I'll just search myself - the ones you're posting are more entertaining than what I want :) :) :)!
Is the above for me? Are you OK??
Really, don't go out of your way for me. I like the ones you're posting here in any case and there are plenty of nature pics I can turn into avatars. Just that the last one seemed kind of sad, and with the confused smiley I kind of thought you might be feeling out of sorts today - but I'm glad you're OK :) :)!
;) for some nice girl!
aysihsK, you are so advanced in finding new Avatars!
I just wonder where do you find them?


A thin film is a layer of a material or an assembly of multilayers of different materials ranging from nanometers to several micrometers in thickness. Optical coatings, optical filters, semiconductor lasers, quantum well structures, and nonlinear frequency convertors are some of the main applications of thin films. This dissertation is concerned with some aspects of optical propagation through, and at the interface of, some specific thin film structures, such as a double negative metamaterial and nonlinear photonic bandgap structures. A versatile imaging system that captures the near field radiation from subwavelength objects for high resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit can be accomplished with new types of thin film materials not found in nature. One such material, termed a metamaterial with a double negative index, has been recently developed in our laboratory from a binary mixture of nanoparticles comprising silver and silicon carbide. A nanoscale structure comprising the sub-wavelength object, the single layer thin-film metamaterial superlens imaging setup to accurately characterize super resolution imaging for arbitrary polarized illumination of the object has now been fabricated as part of this dissertation and will be tested as part of future work. Secondly, electromagnetic wave reflection at a single interface is one of the most basic optical phenomena presented in nature. Snell's laws and the Fresnel equations determine the wave vectors and amplitudes for reflection and transmission. However, when a focused electromagnetic beam is incident at the interface between two layers, the reflected and transmitted beams suffer spatial shifts such as the Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Fedorov shifts. In this dissertation, the Imbert-Fedorov shift is theoretically and experimentally investigated at the interface between air and a double negative index metamaterial. Finally, nonlinear effects such as optical second order and third order harmonic generation in thin films such as photonic bandgap structures are attracting growing attention due the enhancement of the participating electromagnetic waves inside the structure, leading to vastly increased conversion efficiency. In this dissertation, a method based on the transfer matrix method is developed to numerically simulate the second harmonic and third harmonic generation in such periodic nonlinear photonic bandgap structures.
Li, Han, "Analysis and applications of novel optical single- and multi-layer structures" (2015). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 1076.


January to March Cash Back – Krunk4Ever!
Apparently every bank thinks gas is used the least often during the 1st quarter of the year. Fidelity is definitely the winner this round by having restaurants and groceries.


If I create a new Live Set, I can work with my OhmRGB without any trouble. But if I close LIVE and open the Live Set again, the controller just goes blank. I use an iMac with OSX Mavericks and Live 9.
Presumably, your using one of our scripts? Which one are you using?
BTW, when I select the Livid Ohm64 (just to try), it will launch clips but without any led indicators as to what clips do I have.
Have you tried doing a factory reset with the editor?


Interstate 90 runs east-west across Indiana. The entire life of I-90 in Indiana is on the Indiana East-West Toll Road. This is the major artery of Northern Indiana.
Interstate 90 is multi-plexed in Indiana.
...Interstate 80, from Portage, IN to the Ohio/Indiana State Line.
Info on the Indiana East-West Toll Road.
BGS on WB I-90 at I-65.
EB I-90/IN E-W Toll one mile from I-65.
EB I-90/IN E-W Toll a half mile from I-65.
EB I-90/IN E-W Toll at I-65.
First BGS on WB I-80/90.
WB I-80/90 a half mile from the interchange.
WB I-80/90 one mile the interchange with I-80/94.
WB I-80/90 one half mile from their split.
WB I-90 at WB I-80/94.
A BGS a half mile from I-94 on EB I-90.
A BGS one miles from I-80/94.
A BGS a half mile from I-80/94.
The first BGS on EB I-80/90.
Second BGS on EB I-80/90.
BGS at I-69 on EB I-80/90.
The two mile BGS on WB I-80/90.
A BGS one mile from I-69 on WB I-80/90.
A BGS at I-69 on WB I-80/90.
Toll Plaza's on I-90 in Indiana.
Stop ahead sign on WB I-90.
WB I-90 at the Westpoint Barrier.
Portage Toll, near Portage. EB gets a Ticket; WB pays toll.
WB I-80/90 at the Portage Toll.
The Portage Toll Plaza on WB I-80/90.
The stop ahead sign on EB I-80/90.
The Portage Toll Plaza on EB I-80/90.
EB I-80/90 near the Portage Toll Plaza.
Lane markers on EB I-80/90 at the Portage Toll Plaza.
EB I-80/90 at the Portage Toll Plaza.
The first toll warning sign on EB I-80/90.
A reduced speed sign on EB I-80/90.
The Eastpoint Barrier on EB I-80/90.
The 2 mile warning sign on WB I-80/90.
The one mile warning sign on WB I-80/90.
The brakes sign on WB I-80/90.
A reduce speed sign on WB I-80/90.
The stop ahead sing on WB I-80/90.
The Eastpoint Barrier on WB I-80/90.
An advisory sign on WB I-80/90 two miles from the plaza.
An advisory sign on WB I-80/90 one mile form the plaza.
Lane markers on WB I-80/90.
WB I-80/90 near the plaza.
WB I-80/90 at the plaza.
There are no branches of I-90 in Indiana.
WB I-80/90 at the Indiana/Ohio State Line.
A straight look at WB I-80/90 entering Indiana from Ohio.
EB I-80/90 near the Ohio/Indiana State Line.
EB I-80/90 near U.S. Rt. 20.
EB I-80/90 east of I-69.
A BGS on SB I-69.
EB I-80/90 west of I-69.
EB I-80/90 at M.P. 142.
EB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 9.
EB I-80/90 at IN St Rt 9.
A guide marker on WB U.S. Rt. 12 in Sturgis, MI.
EB I-80/90 west of IN St Rt 9.
EB I-80/90 east of U.S. Rt. 131/IN St Rt 13.
A junction marker on SB U.S. Rt. 131.
A guide marker on SB U.S. Rt. 131.
EB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 15.
A set of guide markers on NB IN St Rt 15/EB IN St Rt 120 in Bristol.
EB I-80/90 west of IN St Rt 15.
EB I-80/90 east of ECH 17.
EB I-80/90 at ECH 17.
EB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 19.
EB I-80/90 at IN St Rt 19.
EB I-80/90 at the St. Joseph/Elkhart County Line.
EB I-80/90 at the IN E-W Toll Rd Service Center near Elkhart.
WB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 331.
A junction marker on NB IN St Rt 23.
A junction marker on SB IN St Rt 23.
A BGS on SB IN St Rt 331.
A guide marker in Mishawaka.
EB I-80/90 east of South Bend.
EB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 933.
A set of guide markers in South Bend.
A BGS on SB IN St Rt 933 in South Bend.
A BGS on NB BUSN U.S. Rt. 31/IN St Rt 933.
Ramp from IN St Rt 933 in South Bend.
The ramp from IN St Rt 933.
WB I-80/90 near IN St Rt 933.
EB I-80/90 west of IN St Rt 933.
EB I-80/90 in South Bend.
WB I-80/90 in South Bend.
EB I-80/90 east of U.S. Rt. 31.
A BGS on EB I-80/90.
A BGS on WB U.S. Rt. 20/NB U.S. Rt. 31.
A BGS on NB U.S. Rt. 31.
A BGS at the toll plaza for U.S. Rt. 31.
A BGS near the South Bend Airport.
A BGS on EB U.S. Rt. 20.
A BGS on SB U.S. Rt. 31.
A unique bridge on WB I-80/90 in South Bend.
EB I-80/90; IN E-W Toll Road at the St. Joseph/La Porte County Line.
WB I-80/90 near Rolling Prairie.
EB I-80/90 near Rolling Prairie.
EB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 39.
EB I-80/90 at IN St Rt 39.
WB I-80/90 near La Porte.
EB I-80/90 at the Porter/La Porte County Line.
EB I-80/90 east of U.S. Rt. 421.
A guide marker on SB U.S. Rt. 421.
EB I-80/90 west of U.S. Rt. 421.
EB I-80/90 east of IN St Rt 49.
A junction marker on SB IN St Rt. 49.
A BGS on NB IN St Rt 49.
EB I-80/90 at IN St Rt 49.
WB I-80/90 west of IN St Rt 49.
A junction marker in Portage.
A set of guide markers in Portage.
WB I-80/90 west of Portage.
WB I-80/90 east of the Portage Service Plaza.
Speed limit sign on WB I-80/90.
Milage sign on WB I-80/90.
WB I-80/90 at the Portage/Lake County Line.
A set of BGS's on ramps from I-80.
EB I-90 at Lake Station.
WB I-90 west of I-80/94.
EB I-90 west of I-94.
A junction assembly on WB U.S. Rt. 6/NB IN St Rt 51 in Lake Station.
A group of guide markers on WB U.S. Rt. 6/NB IN St Rt 51 in Lake Station.
Overhead signs on WB U.S. Rt. 6/NB IN St Rt 51 in Lake Station.
A set of overhead signs on SB IN St Rt 51.
WB I-90 at Lake Street in Gary.
WB I-90 west of Lake Street in Gary.
EB I-90 east of I-65.
A BGS on EB U.S. Rt. 12/20.
WB I-90/IN E-W Toll west of I-65.
A BGS on NB IN St Rt 53.
A guide marker on EB U.S. Rt. 12/20.
EB I-90/IN E-W Toll west of Broadway.
WB I-90/IN E-W Toll west of Grant Street.
EB I-90/IN E-W Toll west of Grant Street.
A set of guide markers on EB I-90.
WB I-90/IN E-W Toll east of IN St Rt 912.
A set of BGS's in Gary.
A BGS on NB IN St Rt 912.
A BGS on SB IN St Rt 912.
A set of guide markers in Gary.
Toll warning sign on the ramp for EB I-90 in Gary.
A BGS on the ramp from IN St Rt 912.
WB I-90 at IN St Rt 912.
Sign on WB I-90 with IN Toll Rd shield.
WB I-90 near U.S. Rt. 20 in East Chicago.
A guide marker on SB U.S. Rt .41 in Hammond.
A BGS on WB I-90.
WB I-90 at U.S. Rt. 41.
WB I-90 at Wolf Lake.
EB I-90/IN E-W Toll east of the Westpoint Barrier.
BGS on NB U.S. Rt. 41 for I-90.
A BGS on EB I-90/Chicago Skyway in Illinois.
A BGS on EB U.S. Rt. 12/20; SB U.S. Rt. 41.
WB I-90 near the Illinois state line.


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California Healthline Daily Edition
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Wednesday, Jun 26 2019
California Healthline Original Stories	1
'An Arm And A Leg': Why Are Drug Prices So Random? Meet Mr. PBM
Coverage & Access 1
Wildfires 1
Homeless Crisis 1
Elections 3
Immigration 5
National Roundup 7
Latest From California Healthline:
California Healthline Original Stories
Beware at the pharmacy counter: Your insurance company could be in cahoots with a pharmacy benefit manager — and the negotiations that go on between them are trade secrets.	(Dan Weissmann, 6/26)
Good morning! Here's your top California health news for the day.
San Francisco Becomes First City In Nation To Ban Sale Of E-Cigarettes, Possibly Leading The Way For Others: San Francisco will become the first US city to effectively ban e-cigarette sales, after the city's board of supervisors unanimously voted in favor of an, which says "no person shall sell or distribute an electronic cigarette to a person in San Francisco" unless that product has undergone premarket review by the US Food and Drug Administration. To date, none have. "We've worked for decades to decrease tobacco usage and try to end nicotine addiction," said Shamann Walton, a member of the board of supervisors and a co-author of the bill banning e-cigarettes, which will go into effect 30 days after it is signed by the mayor. "Now you have this device loaded with nicotine and chemicals that's drawing people to addiction. We need to keep it out of the hands of young people." Merchants will be allowed six months to deplete their stock, and the ban will not affect the sale of conventional cigarettes or cannabis joints. "On the face of it, it's ludicrous that we would ban e-cigarettes, but permit the sale of tobacco and cannabis," said Dr. Steven A. Schroeder, a professor of health at the University of California, San Francisco. "It's really smart politics but dubious public health."
Juul, which is headquartered in San Francisco, is working on a ballot initiative to get the issue in front of voters in November. On Tuesday, a Juul spokesman described the company's plans to support "new strict regulation and enforcement, instead of prohibition." The company's proposals include electronic age verification technology, limiting the amount of the product that can be purchased at one time, and city permits for online sellers of vaping products. Juul has already amassed the signatures required to move forward with the proposal, according to a statement Monday.
Read more from Catherine Ho of the San Francisco Chronicle; Chris Kirkham, Uday Sampath Kumar and Jane Lanhee Lee of Reuters; Thomas Fuller of The New York Times; Michael Nedelman of CNN; Kristen Lam of USA Today; and Laura Klivins of KQED.
Meanwhile, officials in the Bay Area cities of Richmond and Livermore are considering bills that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes — following in the footsteps of San Francisco city officials. Read more from Catherine Ho of the San Francisco Chronicle.
California Rolls Out Program On Background Checks For Ammunition Purchases, While Gun Advocates Stock Up, File Lawsuit: California has among the most stringent gun laws in the country and on Monday a far-reaching new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase. Gov. Gavin Newsom and other proponents said it will save lives but opponents are suing in hopes of eventually undoing a law they said will mostly harm millions of law-abiding gun owners. The state Department of Justice, which will administer the background check program, estimates there will be 13.2 million ammunition purchases each year. But 13 million will be by people who already cleared background checks when they bought guns in California, so they are already registered in the state's gun owners' database. They will pay a $1 processing fee each time they pick up bullets or shotgun shells. Advocates cheered the restrictions, but mixed messages from state leaders have confused gun owners and advocacy groups alike about whether identification known as Real ID would be required starting July 1. Read more from Sophia Bollag and Bryan Anderson of the Sacramento Bee; and Don Thompson of The Associated Press.
Eight Highest-Paid County Employees In California Last Year Were All Physicians Or Physician Managers For San Joaquin County: Two neurosurgeons and a trauma surgeon, all of whom practice at San Joaquin General Hospital, each made more than $1 million between regular pay and other pay last year. For context, Sacramento's highest-paid county employee was a captain at the Sheriff's Office who made $354,396 in 2018. The highest paid county employee in California outside San Joaquin County was a pharmacy services chief who made $820,520. San Joaquin General CEO David Culberson told The Sacramento Bee last year that physicians' sky-high wages are a product of limited specialists. Because San Joaquin General is a Level III Trauma Center, it is required to staff a neurosurgeon 24/7, and there were only three on staff in 2017. "We don't have a training program here, so we don't have the fellows and the faculty members that are able to respond to neurosurgical needs," Culberson told The Bee in 2018. "Basically, what that means is we're having our physicians in-house 24/7 for trauma and anesthesia." Read more from Michael McGough of the Sacramento Bee.
Below, check out the full round-up of California Healthline original stories, state coverage and the best of the rest of the national news for the day.
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Coverage & Access
The California Health Report: Proposal To Change Poverty Calculations Could Cause 30,000 To Lose Public Benefits In California
California advocacy groups are decrying a Trump administration proposal to change one of the measurements to determine the federal poverty level, a move that could force tens of thousands of state residents to lose their public benefits over the next decade. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has proposed switching calculations for the federal poverty level from the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers to what is known as the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The former calculates what a large array of goods cost over the passage of time. The latter is based on how consumer-spending habits change to buy less expensive goods. (Shinkman, 6/25)
CNBC: California Blue Shield Exec Slams 'zombie' Workplace Wellness Programs
Companies have embraced health surveys, biometric screenings and other wellness offerings, as a way to keep employees healthy and lower their overall medical costs. But studies are finding that most traditional workplace wellness programs do not work, and large employers aren't reporting a reduction in their health-related spending, which is now at a record high.One of California's largest health insurers has had enough. (Farr, 6/25)
Los Angeles Times: Wildfires Fueled By Climate Change Will Mean Shorter Lives For Many Americans
Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent, affecting tens of millions of people and causing a jump in premature deaths. That emerging reality is prompting people in cities and rural areas alike to prepare for another summer of sooty skies along the West Coast and in the Rocky Mountains — the regions widely expected to suffer most from blazes tied to dryer, warmer conditions. (Brown, 6/25)
Homeless Crisis
Capital Public Radio: Plan For Homeless 'Village' Of Tiny Homes Draws Opposition From Woodland Residents
City and county leaders have shelved plans for a "tiny homes village" for homeless individuals in downtown Woodland, saying they'll focus now on a larger residential "campus" for those without a home on the city's outskirts. Officials said last week they backed away from the downtown village after two dozen residents blasted the idea at a recent Yolo County supervisors meeting. (Nichols, 6/25)
The Associated Press: 2020 Democrats Converge In Miami For 1st Night Of Debates
Ten presidential candidates, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, will converge on the debate stage on Wednesday on the first night of Democratic debates to offer their pitches to voters and attempt a breakout moment for their campaigns. For many of the White House hopefuls, it will be the highest-profile opportunity yet to offer their vision for the country and, if for just two hours, chip into a political news cycle often dominated by President Donald Trump. Given the massive field , the debate will be split over two nights , with 10 other candidates — including former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — appearing Thursday. (6/26)
Politico: Five Topics To Watch For In The First Democratic Debates
Thanks to Bernie Sanders' 2016 run for president, "Medicare for All" has cemented itself firmly in the Democratic lexicon. Now, the 2020 candidates have embraced policies aimed at addressing the cost of health care that range from Sanders' single-payer plan to improving the Affordable Care Act. Look for health care to be one of the most prominent issues over which candidates clash during the debates.Supporters of California Sen. Eric Swalwell were most likely to say health care was their top issue, while supporters of author Marianne Williamson were least likely to rank it the issue they cared most about. (Jin and Oprysko, 6/25)
The Hill: Poll Finds Trump Vulnerable On Health Care In Battleground States
A majority of people polled in four major battleground states would not vote for a president who supports many of the policies being pursued by the Trump administration, according to a new survey. The poll, conducted on behalf of pro-ObamaCare group Protect Our Care, found voters in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin would not consider voting for a presidential candidate who supports policies including eliminating protections for people with pre-existing conditions, cutting funding for Medicare or letting insurance companies stop covering the costs of prescription drugs. (Weixel, 6/25)
The New York Times: Migrant Children Moved Back To Troubled Texas Border Facility
At the squat, sand-colored concrete border station in Texas that has become the center of debate over President Trump's immigration policies, a chaotic shuffle of migrant children continued on Tuesday as more than 100 were moved back into a facility that days earlier had been emptied in the midst of criticism that young detainees there were hungry, crying and unwashed. The transfer came just days after 249 children originally housed at the station in Clint, Tex., had been moved to other facilities to relieve overcrowding. (Rubio and Dickerson, 6/25)
Politico: 'Kids Are Really Suffering' As Migrant Surge Overwhelms Health Department
Hundreds of migrant children being transferred from squalid, overcrowded Border Patrol detention centers are heading into the custody of a federal refugee agency that's already struggling to feed and care for tens of thousands of minors. The Office of Refugee Resettlement is so swamped with new arrivals that it is burning through cash to house children in military bases around the country, including one in Oklahoma that interned Japanese-Americans during World War II. On Tuesday, the agency even had to send 100 children back to a much-criticized Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, saying it lacks the room to take them. (Rayasam and Diamond, 6/25)
The New York Times: Mark Morgan To Lead Customs And Border Protection In Latest Shake-Up During Migrant Crisis
Turmoil intensified on Tuesday inside the agency responsible for securing the country's borders as a top official was replaced by an immigration hard-liner and former Fox News contributor who last week pushed for nationwide raids to deport undocumented families. That hard-liner, Mark Morgan, will take over as the head of Customs and Border Protection, administration officials said Tuesday. (Kanno-Youngs and Haberman, 6/25)
The New York Times: House Approves Border Aid, Seeking To Curb Trump's Crackdown
A divided House voted on Tuesday to send $4.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the border to address horrific conditions facing a crush of migrants, attaching significant rules on how the money could be spent in the first action by Democrats to rein in President Trump's immigration crackdown. But the package — which passed by a vote of 230 to 195 nearly along party lines, only after Democratic leaders toughened restrictions on the money to win over liberal skeptics — faces a tough path to enactment. (Hirschfeld Davis and Cochrane, 6/25)
The Washington Post: Former Captives Contrast Conditions With U.S. Treatment Of Child Migrants
American journalist Michael Scott Moore, abducted in 2012 while reporting in Somalia, watched Fabian argue that minimal necessities, like toiletries and sleeping conditions, were not essential to meet minimum "safe and sanitary" standards. "That was — let's say — below my experience in Somalia," he told The Washington Post Tuesday of his more than two years in captivity. "The conditions were about as miserable as you could imagine," he said, describing a barren and concrete prison house. Often there was no electricity, he said, "but we had certain minimum things that kept it from being completely wretched." (Paul, 6/25)
National Roundup
The Hill: Senate Finance Leaders In Talks On Deal To Limit Drug Price Increases
The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are in bipartisan talks on a potentially sweeping deal to limit drug price increases in Medicare, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the panel, is pushing to make drug companies pay back rebates to Medicare's prescription drug program, called Part D, if their prices rise faster than inflation. Another measure would force drug companies to pay money back to Medicare if they launch a new drug with a high price. (Sullivan, 6/26)
Politico: How The VA Uses Algorithms To Predict Suicide
The Department of Veterans Affairs is using artificial intelligence to figure out which veterans are in critical need of mental health treatment as part of a massive effort to stem suicide in its ranks, a top priority of President Donald Trump and his VA leadership. A computer program scours millions of records for medications, treatment, traumatic events, overall health and other information, and based on prior experience, it plucks out the names of veterans most likely to die by suicide in the next year. Clinicians then reach out to them directly, sometimes before the patient has expressed suicidal thoughts to anyone. (Ravindranath, 6/25)
Reuters: Special Report: How Judges Added To The Grim Toll Of Opioids
The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy drug makers, feckless doctors and lax regulators. But there's another group that has contributed to the depth and duration of the catastrophe: judges. Judges like Booker T. Stephens. Until his retirement in May, Stephens sat on the West Virginia Circuit Court in Welch, deep in Appalachian coal country, where addiction took early root among miners who were prescribed the blockbuster opioid OxyContin for the pain their jobs inflicted. And it was in his court where the first lawsuit filed by a state against OxyContin's maker, Purdue Pharma LP, landed in 2001. (6/25)
The New York Times: Botox Maker Allergan Is Sold To AbbVie In $63 Billion Deal
The drugmaker AbbVie said on Tuesday that it planned to buy Allergan, the maker of Botox, for about $63 billion, in one of the biggest mergers in the health care industry this year. The deal represents a classic response to a perennial drug industry challenge: how to recover when a blockbuster drug is losing its patent protection. In acquiring Allergan, AbbVie gets to bypass the risky process of research and development by buying a portfolio of popular products as it faces the loss of patent protection for Humira, a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis that is the world's top-selling drug. (Thomas and de la Merced, 6/25)
The New York Times: Judge Halts Treatments At Florida Stem Cell Clinic
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a permanent injunction against U.S. Stem Cell, a Sunrise, Fla., clinic accused of blinding three patients by injecting a fat extract into their eyes. The company is just one of hundreds of businesses that have sprung up around the country offering to treat a wide array of illnesses with products they say contain stem cells that have healing and regenerative properties. Medical experts say there is no proof that such treatments work. (Grady, 6/25)
The Washington Post: They Turn To Facebook And YouTube To Find A Cure For Cancer — And Get Sucked Into A World Of Bogus Medicine
Mari pressed kale leaves through the juicer, preparing the smoothie that she believed had saved her life. "I'm a cancer-killer, girl," Mari told her niece, who stood next to her in the kitchen. The pair were filming themselves for a YouTube video. Mari said she was in remission from a dangerous form of cancer, and the video was meant as a testimony to what she believed was the power of the "lemon ginger blast." In went some cucumber, some apple, some bok choy, a whole habanero pepper. (Ohlheiser, 6/25)
The New York Times: Risk For Dementia May Increase With Long-Term Use Of Certain Medicines
Can certain medications increase your risk of dementia? A new study suggests that people who take a class of common medicines called anticholinergic drugs for several years may be more likely to develop dementia as they age. This is not a new hypothesis about these drugs, which are used to treat a wide range of conditions from depression to epilepsy to incontinence. (Belluck, 6/25)
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