ITI Asset Management Ltd. has appointed Vikas Rathie as National Sales Head. He will spearhead the sales and distribution function of the AMC for the mutual fund schemes spanning equity and fixed income products. Vikas Rathie brings with him around 22 years of experience in Sales and Business Development of mutual funds, insurance, telecom and logistics domains across geographies. He is a Bachelor of Engineering from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore and MBA from IMT Ghaziabad. He joins from Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management. "He brings with him enormous experience and domain expertise to provide leadership to the sales function," ITI Asset Management Ltd., CEO & CIO, George Heber Joseph said.
Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company has launched Guaranteed Income Plan, which offers guaranteed benefits. It is a non par, non linked guaranteed income plan which offers different cash back payouts at different stages of life depending on the individual financial needs of the customer. Anuj Mathur, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Limited said, "Guaranteed Income Plan is our second product after Guaranteed Savings Plan which was launched in Q3FY19. Both our insurance products are designed to offer long term benefits with regular guaranteed income, one time pay out survival benefits and sum assured in case of any untoward eventuality."
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Bringing to a close their month long fight against oral cancer via National Oral Cancer Awareness Month and World Cancer Day between January 3 and February 04, 2019, Indian Dental Association (IDA) in partnership with World Health Organization (WHO), Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and Government of Maharashtra held a programme recently. During its month long drive, street plays on oral cancer awareness were held by IDA at 12 different locations in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. "The event saw slew of activities held over a month to spread awareness about the ill effects of the tobacco. Students from NSS unit of two leading colleges performed street plays on the subject by leaving behind a huge impact about oral health," says Dr. Ashok Dhoble, Hon. Secretary, Indian Dental Association (IDA).
Excess2sell – India's premier B2B online platform for liquidating ageing assets has announced the launch of its mobile app. "The mobile app is a natural extension to our online platform which will help us leverage the large mobile user base in the country. Exess2sell is a one of a kind B2B marketplace that is offering buyers and sellers a solution to their perennial overstock problems. This challenge is all the more pronounced in the tier 2 and 3 markets where the seller has no choice but to hold on to the unsold stock and eventually bear the losses. The app is aimed at providing the solution right in the hands of B2B buyers and sellers enabling instant access to overstock inventory and best deals," says Rajan Sharma, Founder & CEO, excess2sell.
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The Sattenspiel Surgical Arts Pavilion, located at 1050 West Main Street, Freehold, New Jersey, is a fully accredited surgical facility dedicated to the specialty of facial plastic and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Sattenspiel, a pioneer in outpatient ambulatory surgery, developed one of the first surgical facilities of this type in New Jersey. Since its inception in 1983, over thirty years ago, the Pavilion has been serving the best interests and fulfilling the needs of thousands of people with concerns about their appearance.
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All members of the professional and administrative staff at the Sattenspiel Surgical Arts Pavilion are specially trained and experienced in the management of facial plastic and aesthetic patients. Special attention and extra time is afforded to each of our patients to provide the required expertise and comfort so important in the delivery of superior care. The staff is knowledgeable, friendly and understanding. They are very attentive to the needs of our patients, promoting a positive and pleasant experience in our facility.


Old Catton Pre-school opened in 1962 and is run by a committee. The provision has operated from Lodge Lane First School since September 2007. It is situated in Old Catton, close to Norwich. There is an enclosed outdoor play area. A maximum of 22 children aged from two to five years may attend the group at any one time. It is open each weekday from 09:00 to 11:30 and 12:30 to 15:00 during school term times.


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Q: Get Minute difference from two SQL columns I have two columns in a table:
1st column only stores hhmm (Ex. 2350 aka 11:50pm) in varchar(257) format.
2nd column is the timestamp.
How do I get the minute difference between the two?
Here's the example of two columns. When in Management Studio, I click Alt + F1 to view info about the table, I am told Column 1 is varchar type and Column 2 is Datetime type:

A: This would have been a lot quicker and easier if you had provided this as consumable data. I did not bother typing all your sample data. The challenge here is that the data is improperly stored. I realize this is outside your control but you still have to force this back into a usable datatype. You will need to add some validation to this to ensure that the values are valid times. This also doesn't handle crossing day boundaries but given the nature of the data I don't know how you could even pretend to deal with that well.
create table #Something
(
    Col1 varchar(10)
    , Col2 datetime
)

insert #Something
select '1230', '2014-12-19 13:09:00.000' union all
select '1350', '2015-08-10 14:49:00.000'

select Col1
    , Col2
    , DATEDIFF(minute, cast(STUFF(Col1, 3, 0, ':') as time), CAST(Col2 as time))
from #Something

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pub use std::collections::HashSet;

pub use tdd_kata::thread_counting_kata::day_2::{ThreadCounter, Counter};

pub use expectest::prelude::be_equal_to;

describe! thread_counting_tests {

    it "should create a new thread counter" {
        ThreadCounter::new(3, 100);
    }

    it "should count from 1 till 100" {
        let thread_counter = ThreadCounter::new(3, 100);
        let counter = Counter::new();

        thread_counter.count_in_threads(&counter);

        let ret = (1..101).collect::<HashSet<i32>>();

        expect!(counter.numbers()).to(be_equal_to(ret));
    }

    it "should count from 1 till 200" {
        let thread_counter = ThreadCounter::new(3, 200);
        let counter = Counter::new();

        thread_counter.count_in_threads(&counter);

        let ret = (1..201).collect::<HashSet<i32>>();

        expect!(counter.numbers()).to(be_equal_to(ret));
    }

    it "should count in 3 threads" {
        let thread_counter = ThreadCounter::new(3, 100);
        let counter = Counter::new();

        thread_counter.count_in_threads(&counter);

        expect!(counter.threads()).to(be_equal_to(3));
    }

    it "should count in 5 threads" {
        let thread_counter = ThreadCounter::new(5, 100);
        let counter = Counter::new();

        thread_counter.count_in_threads(&counter);

        expect!(counter.threads()).to(be_equal_to(5));
    }
}

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I wrote my first book in 2nd grade. I'm not going to lie–it was terrible.
I see the world through a writer's eyes–stories waiting to be told.
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The Number Ones is een compilatiealbum van de Britse band The Beatles. Het album werd op 13 mei 1983 uitgebracht en verscheen alleen in Australië op de markt. Het is een lokale versie van het compilatiealbum 20 Greatest Hits, dat in 1982 in de rest van de wereld verscheen. Aangezien de band 23 nummer 1-hits had in Australië, werd dit album hierop aangepast. Niet alle nummers pasten op een normale lp, dus werden de nummers "Love Me Do", "I Feel Fine" en "Rock and Roll Music" uitgebracht op een bijgevoegde ep. Het album stond een week op de bovenste plaats in de Australische albumhitlijsten.

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Muziekalbum van The Beatles
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Muziekalbum geproduceerd door George Martin
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Frolicking somewhere between the dusty vintage past and the psychedelic rafters of the future, Buffaloswans are a five-piece beast from Vancouver, BC who play in the fields and forests of Cosmic American Music. Their live performance is a shimmering achievement within the local music scene in Vancouver where they have performed on bills with everyone from Dan Mangan to Two Hours Traffic. Made up of excruciatingly talented musicians and sound engineers, Scott Bell, Jobi Mihajlovich, James Lamb, Stephan Mihajlovich, and James Green, their dynamic recordings, and explicitly mystical lyricism are exemplified by a fantastically dance inducing stage performance. The Buffaloswans are bound to immediately breeze right into your heart, and leave you with magic in your mind days later.
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Four young designers explored the theme for this year's programme which was 'disruption', chosen by Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic.
The 'Designers in Residence' show has a slight 'in development' feel to it as it explores something unknown. We wanted to bring this into the exhibition design with leaning canvases, whitewashed windows and impromptu metal trestles. Refining these known references is a subtle reference to something new and forward thinking. The content was carefully spread out and given space to breath in the gallery.


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Telephone Line (track) by Electric Light Orchestra
Telephone Line by Electric Light Orchestra
From the album A New World Record (track #2)
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Telephone Line appears on the following album(s) by Electric Light Orchestra:
A New World Record (track #2) (this album) (1976)
Afterglow (track #20) (compilation) (1990)
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (track #9) (compilation) (2003)
Flashback (track #23) (compilation) (2000)
All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (track #11) (compilation) (2005)
ELO's Greatest Hits (track #8) (compilation) (1979)
Strange Magic: The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (track #12) (compilation) (1995)
Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (track #7) (compilation) (2012)
ELO Classics (track #3) (compilation) (1990)
Four Light Years (Box Set) (track #2) (compilation) (1980)
Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line / Poorboy- UA GOOD F175
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "TELEPHONE LINE" 7" 45 RPM w/PS Green Vinyl 1977
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)- Telephone line & Poorboy 7" 45 RPM (#133)
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I love this song beyond words. The production on it is impeccable, and speaks to a very specific feeling that most of us have felt in our lifetime.
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CNN Reporter: CIA 'Operates in Their Own World,' You Don't Investigate Them
Appearing Wednesday on CNN Tonight with host Don Lemon, network reporter Shimon Prokupecz expressed concerned over a report stating the Department of Justice seeks to interview senior CIA officials as part of Attorney General William Barr's review of the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
A partial transcript is as follows:
DON LEMON: You know this New York Times report mentioned that the Justice Department is now questioning CIA officers as they review this Russia investigation, which is?
SHIMON PROKUPECZ: It's troubling because it's not — you don't do this. The CIA kind of operates in their own world. And for the Department of Justice to start begin questioning CIA agents, people who work there, questioning their work. You know for me I think what all this comes down to is former CIA director, John Brennan. I know the president obviously has been very unhappy with the way John Brennan has behaved since he left office. I think it goes back to that.
He's very concerned about the information and how some of the information that the CIA had really may not have been stood up. They couldn't verify a lot of the information. And the CIA, certainly John Brennan, was sounding a lot of alarms to Congress saying something's going on here. I know he was talking to people at the FBI at the time concerned something was going on. But what we're seeing from the Attorney General right now is that he's saying that they with were acting on a lot of information that he's concerned was not verified, there was no there, there. And perhaps they were overreacting and therefore caused other people to start reacting like the FBI and so it's very — this is we're in an extremely unprecedented time in terms of when you have Department of Justice officials now questioning CIA agents and analysts.
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Reinaldo Marcus Green, who helmed 2018 crime-drama Monsters and Men, is to direct the upcoming film.
Wahlberg, 47, was most recently seen onscreen in action movie Mile 22 and comedy-drama Instant Family, and is currently in the post-production phases of his frequent collaborator Peter Berg's Wonderland, in which he plays an ex-felon named Spenser who returns to Boston's criminal underworld to unravel a twisted murder conspiracy.
Meanwhile, former Nashville star Britton has garnered praise for her TV roles, including her performance as Vivien Harmon on American Horror Story and as Debra Newell on Dirty John. The 52-year-old is also portraying Beth Ailes in Jay Roach's forthcoming biographical drama about former Fox News boss Roger Ailes, also featuring Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie.


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It reminded me of "640K ought to be enough for anybody." But more so that they seem to continue down the same limited mindset. The wireless providers seem fixed on an all encompassing end to end design, controlling everything from the content to the browser. I've been suggesting for quite some time that they focus simply on providing the network, let the applications and content sort themselves out. They've built expensive and impressive networks and continue to improve them, but access is so constrained. Price the access at a reasonable price, make it widely accessible and I think you'll have an explosion of users and uses. The possibilities when you have near ubiquitous data access on a mobile device are immense.


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"Bachelor in Paradise" Episode 2 Recap Including Who is the Next Bachelor?
Posted on August 12, 2014 7:04 am
In case you missed my tweet this past Saturday night, it's official: Chris Soules will be the next "Bachelor." Official in that I'm reporting it. Not sure when ABC plans to make their announcement, but it's a done deal. Chris signed his contract last week, and film crews were in Iowa over the weekend filming him. He was filmed at the Franklin Hotel/Restaurant in Strawberry Point (where production stayed), a bar in Arlington called the Wagon Wheel, and was also filmed at the Iowa State Fair this past weekend. I appreciate the shout out by the Des Moines Register but, ummmmm, "he allegedly gets his information from…show's producers." Not quite. But hey, if people wanna think that, go right ahead. Now, some of you might say, "Yeah, but didn't production film Arie last month in Arizona?" Yes, they did. Chris is your "Bachelor." Just like pretty much every other spoiler I give you, if you doubt it, I guess you'll have to wait til ABC makes it "official." I'm just telling you it's him. My guess is they won't announce it until sometime in September much, much closer to when filming begins.
Of course with that tweet, it has elicited numerous responses as does the announcement every season. Some people love it, some people hate it. Here's where I stand: Considering I told you Chris would be the "Bachelor" back on May 13th, I can't say I'm surprised. I'm fine with it. I mean, it's my job. No matter who they cast, I'm still going to spoil and write about it. So it's pretty insignificant to me who gets the lead role. I guess I'm more surprised that Arie was even brought into the mix, when honestly, I don't think he was ever a serious candidate. I think that was more or less to just make it seem like there was a competition for it since Chris had been on everyone's mind from the beginning when I said it would be him. And what better person to jerk around than Arie, who is DYING to be the "Bachelor" so badly, he's willing to believe their BS every year when they come to him and say, "Hey, would you want to be the Bachelor?" Oh well. I guess it's back to Cracker Barrel for Arie to try and make new friends. Hey, anyone want to take a guess how many times Arie is gonna visit his new pastor friend after getting passed over yet AGAIN for this gig? My guess is zero. His failed attempt at convincing everyone he's a changed man with his guest column on Sean's blog was ridiculous, and I'm guessing he's got a plethora of barely legal skirt he'll begin chasing immediately. Good luck to him.
As I say every single season with this show: it does not matter who the lead is. People are going to watch. There's plenty of people out there who reacted positively to the news that Chris is the "Bachelor" and can't wait to see him. This argument of, "Who wants to move to Iowa and be farmer's wife" is completely irrelevant. Sure, they'll cast a bunch of girls who aren't interested, and I'm sure the cattiness in the house will surround exactly that point, but it doesn't matter. First off, all it takes is one, and secondly, this show has never been about finding someone a spouse. Never will be either. It's a television show meant to entertain. So regardless of what you think of Chris, I'm pretty sure if you've watched this show for years, you're going to continue to watch and that's all they care about. For all those who say, "Ugh, I hate Chris. I'm not watching next season." Guess what? No one cares. Because you announce you're not watching a show, is that some earth shattering event that's going to change the course of television forever? Like I said, no one cares, and for all those that won't watch, they'll be plenty of others that will.
Making a social media announcement that you're not going to watch a television show because you're upset it's Chris only emphasizes, at least to me, that you WILL watch because you will want to comment on social media on how much you hate him as the "Bachelor" and would've preferred someone else. People are so transparent sometimes. As for the Arie crazies who got kicked in the nuts yet again, well, it couldn't have happened to bigger bunch of lunatics that deserved it more. Thank God I won't have to talk about him for at least another year, you know, when inevitably the "Bachelor" announcement rolls around again and his obsessive nut jobs get tricked into thinking he's got a chance. Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
On Thursday's video chat, someone asked about the E! special that aired back in 2010 that I was on called "The Bachelor: Then and Now" and what happened with that whole thing since they removed my parts after the first airing. RealityBlurred.com covered it at the time, and I
wrote a piece breaking it all down. Pretty funny to look back on now that the higher ups at ABC went to that length to take me off a TV show that had already been filmed. Someone emailed me after the chat on Thursday and said they still have my episode on their DVR and are finding a way to get it to me. Once I get it, I will post it. I haven't seen that thing in years.
Ratings are in and I'd pretty surprised the show kept its audience from last week. Usually after the premiere, a show like this will lose a little of its audience until the end when it picks up again, but it delivered the same 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.1 million viewers overall. I guess people are enjoying this train wreck.
Get your "Reader Emails" and "Dr. Reality Steve" questions in the next couple of days. Right now, the mailbag is fairly light for a Tuesday, so I can pretty much guarantee your email will make it in Thursday's column if you get it in today or tomorrow.
jessicat
It's a coincidence (not ironic) that Michelle and Rozlyn were both on Jake's season.
I'm 1000% sure I won't be watching The Bachelor next January.
Guess I'm unlike most viewers you mention here, but the choice does affect my watching and reading habits. Didn't watch one minute of Juan Pablo and won't be watching one minute of Chris. Didn't read one of your columns during JP and won't need to during Chris either.
See you for the Bachelorette.
Justalittlefan
So……it's weird that crazy Ashlee gets a pass in your column and her craziness is attributed to "editing" – yet you go nuts on Elise. Don't care for either one actually, but I do find that odd.
If you read Steve's column from last episode, he had a LOT to say about AshLee's crazy. A LOT. Cause she was crazy last episode. She had maybe about 4 seconds of screen time this episode. Hard to talk about the crazy when we didn't see any.
Not every single contestant is worth focusing on every episode.
I'm enjoying the hell out of this show. It's like a cotton candy snow-cone for the brain.
bachphan99
If you really want to be a writer Steve, please learn how to edit…and proofread…and spell check. It's really getting worse by the minute. If this is really your chosen profession (sad, yes) then at least take the time to care.
Other things, do you really think they meant that reenactment to be anything but funny? You do realize that not everyone that works on the show is a Producer right? I mean you even call him a cameraman and then a producer right after. Dude was in audio. Not a producer, not the same thing. Also, Chris saying "you can only imagine where it went from there" clearly intimates more than just flirting went on. And do you think anyone said anything about it being a scandal? And yes, of course what he did was wrong….likely why they fired him. Do you think he woulda jumped off the balcony had it just been flirting? Think she woulda been "naked under a towel" had it just been flirting? If so, you are even more of a dolt than I originally thought.
Also, I have a source that I promise you is better than Steve's. Contracts have not been signed. That's a promise from me so a lie by him.
If he wants to prove it on his sources than go ahead, but it's a bald faced lie….just like old stevie is prone to do
I agree with bachphan99 about Steve's punctuation, grammar and spelling. If this is his chosen profession, he really should take the time to edit his posts a bit better.
I'm not a huge fan of his recaps. I really only read his blog for the spoilers and the extra information that he gives along the way. It seems like he's trying too hard to be funny or something, and it doesn't work for me. If anyone wants to read some really witty and hilarious recaps, check out Jen Frase, Sharleen Joynt (All the Pretty Pandas), or Lincee Ray (I Hate Green Beans).
bachphan99:
It's "THEN go ahead","not THAN go ahead". If you're going to bash someone's editing, at least make sure your writing is polished. Steve isn't perfect (I tried to give him a lesson on let's/lets; I don't think he read it or cares!), but don't bash if your own grammar sucks.
I think its lame Steve asserts things as true when they are just his opinion. He emphatically said Ben and Courtney didn't have sex in the ocean, yet she admits to it in her book. He emphatically said 100% Emily would never be the Bachelorette. He guaranteed Brad 2.0 selected Chantal as the F1 and berated anyone who suggested otherwise. He guaranteed Brooks was the F1 in Des's season. It is now equally lame for him to guarantee only flirting occurred between Michelle and the audio guy. If they were only flirting he probably wouldn't have jumped off the balcony.
@jessicat, I LOVE the three blogs you listed for recaps! The I hate green beans photo recap about Andi's fantasy suite dates made me laugh so hard my face was literally covered in tears, my husband thought there was something seriously wrong with me lol. Good recommendations!
caffeinequeen
I will admit that I don't pay strict attention to every utterance on this stupid show, but I don't recall the BIP production admitting that "nothing physical" happened between Michelle K and Ryan. When the handler, Lauren, was telling her version of the story, she said that Michelle answered the door only wearing a towel and appeared to be naked underneath. Ryan was in the room at the time. Unless Michelle is channeling clothing-optional Lucy, then it's not a stretch to think that they were doing more than talking. He probably barely (see what I did there?) got his clothes back on before he made the fateful and guilt-driven decision to jump from balcony.
Let them have each other. The premise was not that these people find a spouse in "paradise," so who cares who they hook up with?
Wow. The grammar police are out in force today. Nice job with that. Nobody finds that the least bit annoying. And a visit from the person with inside sources. Even better. Now we just need an Arie fan to pop off and we'll have a tri-fecta of irritating posts.
Oh…. And …. E-I-E-I-O. That's now the official theme song for next seasons Bachelor. Either that or Pickin and Grinnin from Hee-Haw.
Vessel:
I'm glad you like those recaps too!
I didn't want to put Steve down or anything, but I just enjoy those other blogs more. Steve is great at what he does with the spoilers and other updates regarding all things "Bachelor" though.
meg5
Steve is quick to point out that Elise is an idiot – yes. But Dylan is equally as stupid. They had a connection, yet he said it was time to see other people and go one dates with other people in the house. Then he was mad at her for doing that. Then he was eliminated from the show. If he would have stuck it out with Elise as a relationship, they could have made it to the end. Even though there wasn't prize money, there could have been. And probably more money from ABC to go on. Graham clearly wasn't into Ashlee but he kept giving her roses. Pair up or go home, Dylan. He had an opportunity to stay on and he was too stubborn and jealous to forgive her and move on.
jmania123
I can't stand the morally self righteous Bachelor police who seek to expose those not there for the right reasons. Ben took advantage of a free vacation. So what? He took the space of those who would have come on for the right reasons? I don't know that he really toyed with any women's emotions on the show as he never had a date or seemed to connect with any of them as Chris Harrison claims. Okay, we get it that it is funny that the guy's name is Putz. Did Harrison need to call him Mr. Putz repeatedly in his blog? Did the show cast people who are clearly emotionally damaged like Elise and AshLee for the right reasons or for drama? Was Chris B, who went from serious contestant to disgusting creep, cast for the right reason?
juliette99:
I don't claim to be a writer. I am prone to the occasional typo in a comments section. But ok.
My point still stands. Dude is a liar and a poor writer that fills his column with hypocritical statements.
I'd love for him to tell me about the contracts though because I know it to be false…just like a lot of stuff he claims to be fact.
bachphan99,
Thus far, you have brought precisely ZERO information, facts or data to the table. About anything. Or anyone.
You can promise people a good source all you want, but until you deliver, it's all just blahblahblah…. Most people shut up until they put up. Might be something to think about.
Meanwhile, I don't imagine Steve is holding his breath about his "competition" in the spoilerverse. And whether he reads THESE comments or not, I've never seen him address them in the last 5 years. So why not just relax, enjoy the site and have a laugh?
I think it's true that RS is not a good writer. Because he is not a writer, he is a blogger. Two different animals. RS could not write for the LA Times because he makes grammatical mistakes, deals in rumors and innuendo and, in fact, can be hypocritical/inconsistent in his commentary. This is pretty common in the blogosphere. That's why the grammar police are so funny. You want good grammar? Pickup the Wall Street Journal. Good grammar, consistency and pure facts? On the internet, that ship has sailed. It's purely entertainment and either you like it or you don't. There aren't going to be Pulitzer's awarded for blogs. Ever.
Then I guess his dream of Grantland should die and die now rob22. But that is a fair point.
As for angelfish, I was trying to enjoy but I have to say it's hard to do when he is neither funny nor accurate.
And it seems I am delivering just as much as Steve is. He never reveals his sources either. And I didn't say his outcome is wrong, but I did say that he lying about the contracts being signed because they haven't and that is a fact. Doubt me all you want, just as Steve likes to tell you, it's true. If he wants to reveal his "source" I'll gladly reveal mine. But until then it seems like he is just making baseless claims based on the fact that they were filming in Iowa….just like they did in Arizona.
And I know he reads these comments because he once referred to me in his AskRS comments. So I'll continue to call him out on what he knows is false and do my best to enlighten his readers that this guy is just making stuff up.
If he ever wants to debate, I'm here and waiting…
bachfan14
What kind of moron calls his fans the disgusting names that RS does? Not funny, rude, full of himself, annoying.
i havent read anything from the grammar police in years. thought we were beyond that. who the f cares about a spelling mistake or a missing apostrophe? its a blog. and just so boring to call people out just to call them out. anyway, sometimes steve is hilarious. when he goes off on tagents and imaginary scenarios like he did a lot in juan pahblows season. i was in stitches reading about one contestants son running and screaming down the hall when his mom told him juan pahblow was his new step dad. or his very long references to 80's movies and music. and he does have off days. also, he posts in less than a day after the ep airs. anyway, im a fan of steves, can you tell?
I'm a little dumbfounded. Steve, during Andi's finale, you went out of your way to defend her decision to have sex with two guys while planning to accept a proposal from one of them and condemned Nick for outing this fact on TV and then went on about how vile it is for people to be 'slut-shaming' a woman for doing this. And I thought… hey, it's refreshing to read this – he's an evolved kind of guy. And then going through this recap, I'm pretty taken aback. You called Elise a "blonde bimbo who will spread her legs for anyone who gives her the least bit of attention", she wears a "stripper-like bikini" and is a "giant slut bag" for hooking up with two different guys on a dating show, along with a host of other insults. To be clear, I'm not a fan of Elise (or any of these people) but I don't get why Elise gets called a "giant slut bag" for hooking up with two guys, while seeing a future with one of them (ie. Dylan) while Andi gets defended for doing the same (except it's sex, not just making out in an ocean), while planning a future with one of them? Kind of disappointed that you felt self-righteous enough to finger-wag at the Andi haters and take a moral stance while basically raking Elise over the coals and cracking the slut-whip on her for basically making out with two guys on a dumb vacation dating show. Sorry, love your recaps in general, but had to point out the slut-shaming hypocrisy on that one.
cjscjs711
I agree, too much cracking of the slut whip.
I have to admit tho, ABC has really gotten too extreme with this one. Between the vapid dialogue we're given (never anything substantial although they claim to each other they've had deep conversations) paired with the excessively silly or mock dramatic music, I half wonder whether they're truly trying to present drama or present comedy. I'd like to get into the stories of these people but what I'm presented with – gives me the feeling they want to entertain us by making us laugh at these people. Which I don't like doing.
Even their B-roll footage makes me think "WTF?" Grasses blowing in the wind, uninteresting waves, etc.
Steve's blog reflects the more slapstick approach, which, I don't know whose fault that is. Tho I agree Steve's forte is spoilers, not pure recaps.
All in all, this show does not seem to have been produced by the A Team.
@bachphan99: I don't see what the problem is. You can start your own spoiler site like he did, and get paid by advertisers like he does.
thedoctor
I agree with cjsj.
The show seems to be going out if its way to make some of the participants look bad.
Why was Elise the center of attention for about half the show? Where were Lacy's boobs? I did not even know Ben was around until the fake GF letter. What was up with Michele's break down, menopause?
While I do find this more entertaining than the bachelorette, the whole concept seem pretty stupid. Plus there is not enough drunkedness, not enough slutting around. A few make out sessions, big deal.
I have a real job thanks. I just happen to find people that pretend to be in the know patting themselves on the back for spreading rumor as fact and occasionally getting it right pretty reprehensible. Hoping some of you do as well if it is pointed out to you
shouldbeworking
I have to say that reading the comments on here is more entertaining that Steve's blog.
I have been reading Steve for too many years to count. I don't have any problem with him or anything he writes. He is a blogger! He has brightened up my week with his hilarious comments and I don't mind him getting up on his soap box proclaiming his opinions either when he feels the need to do so.
I had to disagree with his assessment of Andi and her behavior towards Nick, but Steve is entitled to his views on the subject. His sources are private and he feels no need to disclose how he gets his information or from whom.
If his writing style is offensive to anyone, please go elsewhere which should cut down the annoyance factor. I admire his ability to spoil these insipid shows and will continue to read his blog. We all have choices and Steve happens to be mine.
serapa
What's with all the brutes insulting Steve? You're reading his articles, so obviously you love this ##it. Get real. Like you can all put wonderful sentences together and spoil 90% of the Bachelor franchise's seasons. You realize that Steve writes 5 or 6 pages in less than 24 hours right? You realize that he could be tired or sick and he still produces???
Loved the commentary about Elise. I LOL'd my butt off!!! I feel bad for Elise, but she brought it on herself. I would be in hiding if I were her.
Tragedy or Comedy? Both. You know the participants are totally egged on by producers to get those ridiculous cringe and/or laugh worthy sound bites. And apparently if they aren't "revealing enough", we get raccoons, hysterical crying which may or may not even have been connected with Ben's g.f. back home, broken feet, yet another ocean make-out session, etc. The Elise train wreck was no doubt manipulated. I'm guessing that if you really care all that much about how they are going to portray you on the show, you know enough after your first go-round to stay home.
@Athena – I know! I was thinking the same things! And was SO surprised that Steve – who is usually, if anything, on the skeptical or cynical side of things – seemed to take all of this as genuine. Reading his blog of Tuesday, it ALmost sounded written by someone else.
And the guy jumping off the balcony? Don't people normally exit a room the same way they came in? So why wouldn't he just leave through the adjoining room door back into his room? And it struck me that someone (Lauren) would not be able to hold back laughter when – no matter for how stupid – someone ended up with two broken ankles or legs. I just looked askance at that whole scenario for so many reasons….
Whoever suggested Michelle Money is going through menopause-she is 33! The exact same age as AshLee and Clare. Not sure why you think she's older than the rest, she sure doesn't look it, either.
@bachphan99- Steve doesn't post spoilers based on rumors, if he isn't sure he qualifies his writing by saying "From what I'm hearing…" and his spoilers he gets it right a lot more than "occasionally" as you put it. Are you new to this site? For years now his track record has been nearly 100%. Yeah he got Desiree's final guy wrong, but that is the vast exception, not the rule. Anyone else (Ali, Brad 2.0) he corrected before the episode aired so you really can't even count them.
mommyof2
This show is terrible! It's so obvious that the budget for this show is tiny (especially compared to the elaborate locations and dates of the Bachelor/ette shows), and there's no action, point, or end-game. If this show took place in the fall when other shows were on, there's no way I'd continue watching it. The show's saving grace is that it's on in the summer when nothing else is on to compete. Maybe I'll read my book next Mon. Night instead. Naw, I'll probably just continue to waste my time watching this train wreck of a show.
steve is very mean this week. really bashing the girls. not creative in his recaps, just slut this, slut that. above i rave about him, im a fan. just wanted to come back and agree with you all.
Mush, I think RS was rough on the contestants of both sexes. Buttkowski and Ben got pretty rough treatment too. Why? Don't you think that the show, and anyone who chooses to go on it, invite mockery? In fact, isn't that the "real point" of the show? To invite mockery and pull an audience from those that enjoy a good train wreck? I can think of no other reason to air an abortion like BIP. And the contestants have all been through the wringer at least once before. They know what's coming. Buttkowski is ripped a new one every time he shows his face in public by multiple bloggers. You don't see him hiding shamefully from more public scrutiny. You know the old axiom, any publicity is good publicity. These people live their lives and participate in franchise opportunities accordingly. So, RS is just taking free whacks at the whack-a-moles. Why wouldn't he? Btw: the blogs mentioned above, Jen Frase and Sharleen, took their turns with their whack-a-mole mallets too.
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Three longtime favorites—including the Disneyland® Railroad—have reopened.
You can once again paddle to Tom Sawyer Island, hop aboard the Disneyland® Railroad and catch the Fantasmic! water, light and pyrotechnic show. These three classic attractions reopen at Disneyland® Park this summer, appeasing longtime fans with glimmers of nostalgia and offering first-time guests a glimpse into the Anaheim park's past.
The attractions were closed while the Rivers of America artificial river was rerouted to make space for the park's 14-acre Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Some of the returning attractions feature new magic, while others remain the same as the day they first opened.
"The reopening of these attractions this summer is special because a lot of them were a part of the original park when Walt Disney first opened the resort," says Disneyland® Resort spokesperson Michael Ramirez.
With the Rivers of America flowing once again, guests can sail the waters aboard the Mark Twain Riverboat, Sailing Ship Columbia and Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes. The sights along the waterway continue to celebrate the four majestic American rivers Walt Disney honored—the Mississippi, Missouri, Columbia and Rio Grande—when he designed the attraction for the park's opening in 1955.
When the ships set sail, they'll pass by some new views. The waterfront on the north bank, for example, overlooks the enhanced Columbia Gorge stretch of the river, which boasts thundering waterfalls and indigenous rock formations.
The new waterfront will also include several elevated riverside trestles that the new route of the Disneyland® Railroad will pass over. And, for the first time, the Disneyland® Railroad will be making a left-hand turn as it heads toward Mickey's Toontown Station in Fantasyland.
Rafts are once again crossing the river to the Pirate's Lair at Tom Sawyer Island, where guests can explore a maze of caves and traverse the swaying suspension bridge.
The island and river served as the stage for the nighttime Fantastmic! spectacular when it debuted in 1992. The spectacle—which brings to life favorite Disney characters and movie moments with fountains, lasers, fireworks and giant water screens—returns with new scenes based on Aladdin, The Lion King, Tangled and Pirates of the Caribbean joining the show.
"There will be some new magic," Ramirez says.
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Home Entertainment Mohanlal - The Complete Actor turns 60
Mohanlal - The Complete Actor turns 60
Thursday 21 May 2020 12:06 am IST
Mohanlal, the complete actor turned 60. Being one of the finest actors of the nation, Mohanlal has garnered so much love and respect from around the world. From being an antagonist to becoming one of the finest and biggest actors of the country, there is much that the actor has done.
As everything comes at a cost, the stardom and the glorious fame and the performer within him came at a cost. The cost is nothing other than, hard work, sacrifice and being down-to-earth amidst of all.
Mohanlal made his acting debut as a teenager in the Malayalam film 'Thiranottam'.
Mohanlal has won five National Film Awards—two Best Actor, a Special Jury Mention and a Special Jury Award for acting, and an award for Best Feature Film, also nine Kerala State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South and numerous other accolades.
The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001, and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest civilian honours for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor to be awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army.
He received honorary doctorates from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010 and from University of Calicut in 2018.
Taekwondo Headquarters situated at Seoul, South Korea, conferred Mohanlal with the honourary title of 'black belt' in Taekwondo.
Mohanlal has been a goodwill ambassador for the government and other nonprofit organisations, mainly for public service ads and humanitarian causes.
Why Mohanlal is a complete actor?
Diligence is one of the most striking features of actor Mohanlal.We have read many peoples praising about Mohanlal's dedication. But here we are putting few stories.
"During the shooting of Ram Gopal Varma's 'Company' movie the cinematographer used to ask Mohanlal, in-between shots when lighting was going on, sir why don't you sit inside caravan or why don't you sit in the makeup room to which Mohanlal said, "No this is my office, let me get used to this space".
During the shooting of epic film "Iruvar" Mohanlal hid his natures call for 2 hours for the sake of the last long procession scene.
Maniyanpilla Raju said that one cannot find an artist as dedicated as Mohanlal. He said, "If you ask why people conquer heights, I remember an incident. During the shoot of the film 'Adhipan.' A day Mohanlal was very ill and I took him to the hospital. The doctor suggested that he should take complete rest(bed rest) for three days, as he is having a really bad sore throat. He can't even swallow saliva, so taking rest was so important. So after visiting the doctor, we came back and he was changing into his costume and getting ready for the shoot.
No one is born as a legend. Your deeds make you into a legend. Actor Mohanlal is undoubtfully a legend.Many directors has shared the sacrifising mind of Mohanlal in the shooting locations.He sacrifies alot also makes the co-workers comfortable.
Prithviraj Sukumaran says during shooting of 'Lucifer' in Russia. The temperature was -16 degree Celsius and you can see actor Mohanlal walking in the freezing cold with sandbags in both hands, weighing more than 20 kilograms each. The sandbags are used to balance the camera holding apparatus. The actor had a heated tent to sit back and relax until the director calls for a take. But actor Mohanlal chose to lose his comfort zone and help the team to arrange for the shoot.
Ask any film personnel in M-Town about actor Mohanlal and they might have one thing to say in common! How humble the actor is! He is known for treating people around him with ease and astonishing them with his simplicity.
Finest actor
Actor Mohanlal is undoubtfully one of the finest actors in the whole globe. The actor's charisma and elegance in acting remain unmatchable and gets refined every moment.While talking to media, the Big B, Amitabh Bachchan said, "I have great admiration for Mohanlal.I think he is one of the finest actors in the country today. He is so relaxed and so normal and so effortless in his performance. I always keep telling him that. I had the good fortune to work with him in Ram Gopal Varma's film. And I always believe that he is the most natural actor that we have in the country today."
The actor has eventually reigned the M-Town over his long forty years in the showbiz. The actor has risen into stardom and success that is beyond words that he himself has become a brand. The fame and stardom are so fierce that, even movies that are made in his name tend to become huge hits.
Almost every box office records in Mollywood has been created by him and he is the one who created a global market for Mollywood with his gigantic fan base all over the world.
The mighty 100 cr Club
Pulimurugan became the first Malayalam film to collect Rs 100 crore at the box office.
Box office king of film industry
The actor is undoubtedly the state's king of the box office, despite the younger generation of stars steadily establishing themselves with good cinema and blockbusters.
3 guiness record
The first one was when his fans unit in Gulf countries, named Lal Cares, made the biggest charity box in the world. The second time he got the achievement when the 3D version of his biggest box office hit named Pulimurugan had been premiered in front of a record-breaking number of audience.The third time he had received the participation certificate from Guinness book of world records for being a part of the longest documentary made in the world till now. It has been a biographical documentary on Philipose Mar Chrysostom, which has been directed by popular Mollywood filmmaker Blessy. It is 48 hours and 10 minutes long and Mohanlal had lent his voice for this documentary.
We Wish Mohanlal A Very Happy Birthday.
Malyalam actor Mohanlal turns a script writer
Mohanlal turns 59


You may have been wondering if there is an effective and easy way to repair your home or camp awning. There is no need for you to go for an expensive way. Repairing does not need to be that expensive.
An awning can be fixed in many different reasons. The most expected reason is that the fabric has been damaged. Due to the fact that it is exposed outside and it is prone from having tears and holes. And that is why it will require an awning repair NJ or for worse cases replace it. Sometimes, a fabric may be in a good condition, but the stitches have become undone and thus, needing to be reattached.
Always have a repair kit with you. Include a clear tape for repair. Tape that matches your textile patterns are also available. Have an outdoor glue or water proof glue in your kit. It is important to remove and clean all the dirt and everything that surrounds the area with a water based, non abrasive textile solution for cleaning, before doing the repair.
Clean it off from top to bottom area that will needs to be fixed with a water based solution for cleaning. An oil based solution for cleaning will really not work for this time. Get off all the dirt, molds and everything that you see. Watch out and avoid creating a larger damage. Check out for small holes or areas that you think are about create tear. Preventing small holes and tears will help to avoid leaks during rainy days and making the hole worse.
When everything is already clean, pat it dry with an absorbent towel or any clean cloth. Use it to absorb the moisture. Do not leave the moisture in the area. Allow the air to help it in, absorbing the moisture.
When applying the tape, put a board or place it on a flat surface under the tear. When you put a tape in a wrong kind of way, do not remove it. Removing it will make the tear or hole worse. Instead, apply another tape to cover the tear.
For tears or holes that reaches bigger than three feet, use a patch. This patch is also available in patterns that will match your awnings. Choose a the perfect match for you. Trim it in a shape of a square, in a height and width two inches larger than the hole.
trim the loose or hanging material from the edge of the hole with a fabric scissors or a sharp knife. Smooth the edge of the material if you want to have a very clean finish. And apply the outdoor glue around the hole.
Replacing it with a new one is not always an option. Repairing it will cost you just a little that replacing. You can fix and do it yourself and surely it will not cost too much. But if you a budget, you can always hire someone to do and fix it for you.
You can visit www.atlanticawningcompany.com for more helpful information about Save It And Have An Awning Repair.


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Mets' Pete Alonso breaks MLB rookie home run record
Updated: September 28, 2019 9:27 PM EDT
The Judge has been overruled.
New York Mets rookie Pete Alonso hit his 53rd home run of the season on Saturday, breaking the major league record for home runs by a rookie.
The New York Yankees' Aaron Judge had set the record in 2017.
With none on and two out and facing a 2-1 count in the bottom of the third inning Saturday, Alonso slugged a 92 mph fastball from Atlanta's Mike Foltynewicz an estimated 415 feet, clearing the wall just right of straightaway center.
As he headed to first, Alonso raised both arms with the home crowd on its feet. The solo blast gave the Mets a 3-0 lead.
Once he crossed home plate, Alonso was greeted by a group of teammates in front of the dugout, then spent another minute receiving congratulations from teammates and acknowledging the crowd.
Alonso, 24, entered Saturday leading all rookies in numerous statistical categories, including games, at-bats, runs scored and RBIs.
He has also already set several team single-season marks this season for all players — not just rookies — including most home runs, total bases and extra-base hits.


We said goodbye to our beloved Murphy this morning after a wonderful life together. We adopted him as a 6 year old dog from Animatch. We had Murphy with our family for almost 8 1/2 years. Never underestimate a senior dog. He was the most amazing companion. Thanks to Helen and the amazing staff for your wonderful work. You brought us tremendous joy.


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Effect of the Conditions of Transfer on the Structure and Optical Properties of Langmuir Graphene Oxide Films during Deposition on a Substrate
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Seliverstova, E.V.; Ibrayev, N.Kh.; Dzhanabekova, R.Kh.
The effect the solvent and transfer pressure of graphene oxide (SLGO) Langmuir–Blodgett films on the physicochemical properties of monolayers, and on their structural and optical properties, is studied. Examination of the physicochemical properties of SLGO monolayers on subphase surfaces that are formed from SLGO dispersions in different organic solvents reveals that monolayer behavior is virtually independent of the solvent. Electron microscope and optical studies show that the monolayers formed from SLGO disper-sions in DMF and acetone have the highest transfer coefficients. It is concluded that the structural heteroge-neity of the surfaces of graphene oxide films results from simultaneous effect of electrostatic interactions between graphene oxide particles and Van der Waals interactions with the solvation shell of the particles. Studies focusing on the effect the pressure of transferring a graphene oxide monolayer onto the surface of a solid substrate has on structural features of LB films show that films produced at low surface pressures have more homogeneous structures.
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This is one of those properties that starts out quite sweet. Nice look to it, good-sized rooms, detached and big garden. And then it goes all horror movie on you.
Hughlings House, in the village of Nether Stowey half an hour from the M5, has five bedrooms and bathroom upstairs; hall, sitting room, library (get them!), kitchen, dining room, and loo downstairs.
There's a conservatory and store attached, and gardens, garage and parking area outside and the streetview shows it sitting on a pleasant, relatively quiet, lane. So far so good.
Here's the first set of pictures.
And then it all gets a bit nasty.
See what I mean? Doesn't look impossible to deal with on the renovation scale, at least not against some of my 'Wreck' picks, but clearly some rooms even the estate agent didn't want to enter!
I love this wallpaper - anyone know whether you can still buy it?
Hughlings House is up for sale by sealed bid informal tender (deadline March 22nd) with a guide price of £250k, via Chanin & Thomas. Details and more pictures here. Also on OnTheMarket here.


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T. R. Stockdale
American judge
Thomas Ringland Stockdale
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 6th district
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895
Henry Smith Van Eaton
Walter McKennon Denny
(1828-03-28)March 28, 1828
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
January 8, 1899(1899-01-08) (aged 70)
Summit, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting place
Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi, U.S.
Thomas Ringland Stockdale (March 28, 1828 – January 8, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born at West Union Church near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Stockdale graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1856 and received a master's degree in 1859.[1] He taught school in Pike County, Mississippi,[2] received his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1859 and practiced in Woodville, Mississippi.[3]
During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army. Enlisting as a private in the 16th Mississippi Infantry in 1861, he was promoted to lieutenant, captain and major, and served as regimental adjutant. He later commanded a battalion in the 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment and then served as the regiment's second in command with the rank of lieutenant colonel.[4][5]
After the war Stockdale resumed the practice of law in Summit, Mississippi. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868. He was also a Democratic presidential elector in 1872 and 1884.[6]
Stockdale was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1886 and served four terms, March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894.[7][8][9][10]
In 1896 Stockdale was appointed to fill a vacancy as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court and he served until 1897.[11]
He died in Summit, Mississippi on January 8, 1899, and was interred in Summit's Woodlawn Cemetery.[12][13][14]
Stockdale's home has been preserved by the Summit Historical Society, and the grounds of his home also contain a memorial to Stockdale.[15]
^ Richard Zuczek, Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era, Volume 1, 2006, page 613
^ Firebird Press, Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi Volume 2, Part 2, 1999, pages 840 to 841
^ John Howard Brown, The Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 7, page 219
^ Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta Quarterly, January, 1891, page 194
^ Broadfoot Publishing, Confederate Military History: Mississippi, 1987, page 481
^ Dunbar Rowland, Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons, Volume 2, 1907, page 734
^ Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, 1901, page 894
^ Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Official and Statistical Register, 1904, pages 315 to 317
^ Atlanta Constitution, The Campaign in Mississippi: Populists Are Making a Fight but Without Hope, October 8, 1894
^ New York Times, Missouri Democratic; They Elect Twelve Out of the Fifteen Members of Congress, November 7, 1894
^ Mississippi Supreme Court, Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, Volume 74, 1898, page iii
^ Star Publishing Company, Reunion Proceedings of the Jefferson Class of '56, 1902, page 28
^ Thomas E. Spencer, Where They're Buried, 2009, page 213
^ Baltimore Sun, Ex-Judge Stockdale Dead, January 10, 1899
^ Summit Historical Society, Stockdale Dedication page, accessed November 19, 2012
United States Congress. "T. R. Stockdale (id: S000934)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Eva Chin
Born and raised on her grandmother's farm in Kahuku, Hawaii, Eva Chin's success as a chef was no surprise. Eva is currently the Executive Head Chef at Avling, Toronto's latest restaurant for contemporary Chinese/Canadian cuisine. Her Samoan-Hawaiian and Singaporean-Chinese heritage shows through in every dish she makes. Eva has a degree in psychology, but after taking time off to travel after graduating, she found herself in the restaurant industry, and the rest is history. Prior to her current position, she worked at notable restaurants around the world, including Australia's Brae, Norway's Maaemo and Canada's Momofuku Kojin. In the summer of 2021, Eva launched a pop-up called The Soy Luck Club. She started the passion brand to create and share Chinese cuisine through personal stories and experiences. Connect with her on Instagram: @ridetowander.
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Walking to school is a childhood routine that creates indelible memories. Decades later, many former walkers still remember vivid details of their daily trek back and forth: the red door accenting a small white house, the friendly collie bounding across a fenced yard, the cheerful woman waving from her garden on warm days. With fondness they also recall seasonal changes - shuffling through leaves in autumn, crunching over snow in winter, spotting the first crocuses in spring.
But in the past quarter-century, a combination of court-ordered busing and the consolidation of neighborhood schools has created a generation of students whose memories center around riding rather than walking. Even the youngest children have become pint-sized commuters as fleets of school buses lumber through cities and suburbs, transporting students to classrooms far from home.
Now Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston wants to reverse that trend. Last week he unveiled a plan to build five "walk-to" schools. Within six years, he vows, virtually all children in the city will live within walking distance of neighborhood schools, although parents will still be able to choose their schools.
Eventually, the move could save $17 million in busing costs. That money, Menino says, would be poured into education. He promises "quality" in all schools.
Not surprisingly, the mayor's plan has sparked controversy. Opponents fear that richer neighborhoods will get better schools and more support, thus undoing decades of efforts to desegregate classrooms and equalize education.
Yet his pledge comes as welcome news to those who think that the return of neighborhood schools will strengthen communities and families, enabling more parents to attend parent-teacher conferences and volunteer. Studies show that one of the greatest predictors of a student's success is parental involvement in school.
More than ever, many neighborhoods serve as little more than bedroom communities, the place where children and working parents gather at the end of a long day to eat and sleep before leaving again in the morning. No wonder "community" has become a cherished ideal, a word symbolizing Americans' fondest hopes for a sense of connection and belonging. No wonder religious leaders speak of "communities of faith" and civic leaders urge "community involvement."
It will take more than the rebirth of neighborhood schools to rebuild a fragile sense of community. "Walk-to" schools will not be possible in all areas. School buses remain essential for many students, offering convenience, efficiency, and safety. Parental concerns about children's safety as they walk will, in fact, be a key issue to address.
In addition, many working parents don't have the time or flexibility to follow the lead of a mother on our suburban street, a professor, who walks her two elementary-school children to a neighborhood school nine blocks away, pushing her preschooler in a stroller. The 15-minute walk, she says, offers time for conversation and closeness.
Still, walking-distance schools represent a promising new-old idea. At a time when health specialists are despairing over the rise in childhood obesity, and when recess is disappearing in some schools, the prospect of fresh air and exercise twice a day sounds promising. In the process of wearing out a little shoe leather, students will also discover a different kind of education and enrichment. Not all classrooms are indoors.


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There are so many concepts and ideas swirling in my head this week, but nothing with enough concreteness to justify a column's worth of brain dump. So I think I'll jump back to simpler times and instead give my two cents on a couple current events. Let's talk about Cyprus and their thieving government (but I repeat myself) and the power of the US president.
The grizzlies were extra playful on Friday during our trip to the zoo. The one was working hard to get the others into the water. I only caught 2.5 minutes of it, but they were playing for some time before that and after.
Last week, I discussed my values as a voluntaryist and how they guided my behavior as both a member of society and a member of my family. This week, and more appropriate for this column, I'd like to discuss the reasons for the values I hold as a voluntaryist. They are many and varied, from the ethical and moral to the consequential. One caveat, I wan't to be careful not to engage in "moralizing." Though I have moral reasons for some of my values, I recognize that morality is largely subjective in nature. Who's to say that my morals are superior to yours? Instead, I'll discuss (what I believe are) the logical consequences of my morals and you can determine how attractive they are.
I will own this interpretation, but I think that all voluntaryism really comes down to is a system of values. Looking over the last few years, I can see that what has been the primary mover in my evolution toward freedom are the change in values that I hold. And each change was preceded be a conscious, free will decision to accept some new idea. That's very important; to know that I was never coerced into changing my values. Many of the ideas that I discovered held great intellectual weight for me, but the choice to accept them was completely voluntary. Whether or not I would accept the idea had mostly to do with other, more basic values that I hold, such as truth, justice, and logical consistency. As a system of values, here is what voluntaryism is to me.
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Through the end of February, 358 books sold in the US, Europe, and Great Britain. Murray Rothbard's For a New Libertysold the most at 67 copies; followed by Carl Menger's Principles of Economics at 20 copies, and Etienne de La Boetie's The Politics of Obedience at 19 copies. Of the 358 books that have sold, 275 copies went to the US (dollars), 47 copies went to Great Britain (pounds), and 36 copies went to mainland Europe (euros).
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Q: Why Tcp faster than http? I had a discussion with my manager, he said tcp is faster than http because of tcp is work on layer lower than http.
Then I remember about the OSI Model that I learnt in university, so I think what he meant is because http work on application layer but tcp work on transport layer (which is 2 layers belows) so is faster...
So my questions is:

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*Is lower layers works faster than upper layers is becasue there is less layers need to access when doing data transfers betweens two computers?

*If so, that's mean when we use tcp (i.e with WCF), the commnicuation will be start at transport layers => down to physical layer => another computer's physical layer => up to transport layers?  But I throught the data still need to be understand by the application, so it will still has to goes up to Application layer?
Thanks in advance.

A: There is always a layer above TCP. The question is really about how much overhead the stuff above TCP adds. HTTP is relatively chunky because each transmission requires a bunch of header cruft in both the request and the response. It also tends to be used in a stateless mode, whereby each request/response uses a separate TCP session. Keep-alives can ameliorate the session-per-request, but not the headers.

A: I noted the WCF tag, so I guess you're comparing NetTcp to for example BasicHttp. As @Marcelo Cantos pointed out, both drive on the TCP protocol.
Whereas the BasicHttpbinding uses HTTP for transport, a message is first encapsulated in XML (which is pretty verbose and data-eager) and then sent through HTTP, using lots of data for headers.
On the contrary, NetTcp uses a (proprietary?) protocol, where the message encoding and headers are specifically designed to decrease bandwidth usage.
In a common scenario you won't see any difference, but when dealing with lots of requests or larger amounts of data (especially binary data, which has to be encoded to fit in XML which increases its size), you might gain benefits by using NetTcp.

A: You are correct: TCP and HTTP are protocols that operate on different layers.
In general: in order for applications to utilize networking they need to operate at the application layer.  The speed that any given protocol goes depends on the overhead it demands.  HTTP typically operates over TCP, so it requires all of the overhead of TCP, all of the overhead of the layers under TCP, and all the overhead that HTTP requires itself (it has some rather large headers).
You're essentially comparing apples to oranges in comparing the speeds of TCP and HTTP.  It makes more sense to compare TCP vs UDP vs other transport layer protocols -- and HTTP vs FTP vs other application layer protocols.


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Killing An American City From Within
To My Lawyer:
Yesterday, I was vividly reminded of the post-apocalypse M.O., typified by FEMA trailers sans keys or electricity, our sociopathic President restoring electricity in Jackson Square just long enough to spew a pack of badly-rendered, at that, lies, and putting harried, exhausted, Domed citizens on planes without informing them of their destinations - you know, kind of like slaves.
The word "disgrace" doesn't come close to describing how horribly the federal and state government, as well as incompetent city officials, have treated and continue to treat those in the throes of suffering: not refugees, but taxpaying American citizens.
When the National Guard or FEMA kicked in my apartment door early last September, they jarred the door so much that it was no longer properly aligned. When I returned in early November, my deadbolt barely locked from the outside with my key, the same key I'd used for two years. My landlords had installed a few screws to the inside portion of the deadbolt, holding it in makeshift place until repairs could be made, which, as it turned out, didn't occur until the day after the one-year anniversary.
In the last year, I repeatedly informed the property manager that I could not lock my deadbolt - only the skimpy, manual doorknob lock - from the outside. Well, I could, but the key that had functioned fine before now required five to ten minutes of fiddling for the lock to spring. Given that I live alone, that said manager has this bad habit of surrounding me with psychotic male criminal tenants - such as the gang of foreign roofers downstairs, one of whom was arrested for beating up his underage girlfriend on the front lawn, or a long-standing tenant's new "house boy," who is all but stalking me with his level of intrusiveness - and that crime has skyrocketed to the point where groups of young men are walking around screaming at women in the street, I do not want to be playing with my deadbolt outside at night, alone in the dark.
When I visited my native New York for a few weeks this month, the friend watching my place was able to jimmy the deadbolt with her copy of my key - but she also knows how to pick locks. I don't and, fortunately, neither do my neighbors because they're the sort who would rob me blind, then come sniffing around asking "what happened."
Why don't I move?
A perusal of New Orleans Craig's List should answer that question - i.e., I am not paying Manhattan prices to a) live in a disaster area or b) go to a parallel - and more expensive - situation within this city. C) I am not ready to give up on a place I love just yet, though the hate side of our relationship has been steadily flourishing and I've - sadly - accepted that it may become too psychologically detrimental to live here, which some will scoff at, much as they sneer "Good riddance" to Harry Anderson, who, while no genius, held town hall meetings to try and generate some sort of dialogue and progress. There is a faction of natives here, though, that seem allergic to positive growth and change, and I'm beginning to think that theirs is the majority attitude. Until the last six months, I thought I'd live here forever. Now, that seems doubtful.
There are transient types afoot everywhere, too, as well as our very own homegrown criminals, emboldened for years by the revolving-door court system. The difference now is that there are less of us non-criminal types, given that not even half the former population has returned, and, thus, slimmer pickins for the criminals. They must turn to the people closest to them for sustenance: their neighbors. A female friend who also lives alone is confronted and followed by a roofer neighbor from Tennessee every day. "Don't be afraid of me - have a drink with me" was his opening salvo and he is hardly atypical. In the Lower Garden District, my pretty-on-the-outside, CandyLand-esque neighborhood, which is falling further and further down crime-wise, I am the only woman I know who lives alone. This, apparently, makes me a target. I understand, of course, that I am more likely to be harassed, bothered, raped, even, living alone as a woman, though I don't accept it, but I have never felt threatened and hunted as a result of my single occupancy - until 2005, post-apocalypse.
There is a spectrum of harassment; on the lighter side, we have a dude I've never met coming up to me at the Alternative Media Expo and saying, "You live at such and such. I used to live next door - you never said 'hello' to me," as if I owe him something, as if I should stop, smile, bow and curtsy to every male I see on the street, as if they're automatically worthy of my trust when at least half of them in my 'hood are drug dealers, sleazeballs, predators, and, on the heavier side, we have Houseboy II trespassing and smoking on my porch on a daily basis, despite having his own porch and me having asthma, and trying to involve himself with me and every male visitor I have over, including the repairman yesterday.
My biggest fear is not him attacking me, but me tossing his meddlesome ass down the 15 stairs leading up to my porch if he gets in my face one more time and, part two, subsequently being remanded to OPP - the New Orleans court system is such that the opposite of justice will be served in almost every scenario.
So, here I am with these neighbors, in this neighborhood, in this city, with no functioning deadbolt in place when I am away from "home."
And here I am, after the repairman replaces the door yesterday, in the same situation: a key that no longer turns the deadbolt sans lock-picking skills. The door being misaligned has been my property manager's explanation for this key malfunction. I have asked her a handful of times now whether she has or will replace the deadbolt or key and she has answered "No, it's the door, not a new key or lock" every time.
Imagine my rage when, after the repairman informs her my key still doesn't fit my only door, she looks at my key, then pulls out her own key to my place, which is a totally different shape and size, and tells me I got "confused" and have been using the wrong key all along - that there is no way the deadbolt key I have, which functioned for two years prior to our apocalypse, ever worked.
At times like this, it comes in very, very handy to have a friend to drop in on and literally yell your head off to, sans backing away slowly, admonitions to "calm down" or judgment.
Takes the pressure down a notch or so.
The repairman agrees with my conclusion that she changed the deadbolt without telling me. He arranges to finish his work today and lets me know he will get the key for me from her; he sees, I'm sure, how illogical and unnecessarily antagonistic - if in a lax, clueless Barbara Bush/Michael Brown fashion - she is.
Why are people berating those who decide to leave when there is very little impetus for them to stay?
Why are people still throwing garbage everywhere instead of bagging it when some had to literally wade through garbage and sewage to survive, not as a result of slovenliness?
Why, more often than not, is the reaction from natives to the increased armed robberies and public drug dealing in the LGD "Oh, it must be spilling over from Central City" sans any anger, disgust, worry, fear, desire for change and/or the desire to be a part of this change?
Why is "renovating," which the repairman informs me - on the sly - will be happening at my building, often a synonym for throwing struggling disaster victims out on the street and/or jacking the rent?
That this sort of behavior is acted out not by aloof, short-sighted government types, but fellow citizens makes it all the more sick and shocking.
As of 2:30 P.M. on August 30, 2006, over a year after my deadbolt lock was changed, I have yet to receive the right key, though I'm told via phone that it's on my coffee table waiting for me, now that repairs are - supposedly - done. I have yet to not only feel, but be truly safe or at ease in my apartment thanks to my realtor's propensity for criminal tenants and cowering in fear, shared with many in the LGD and the city as a whole. I have yet to dial 911 or contact my local precinct today, but, the way these honkies roll, I just might have to. If only to get a key to my own apartment. I've had to accept making regular emergency calls as a routine part of my life now, like so many others.
If it weren't for my friends and fellow writers and artists, there's no way I'd still be here. I should note, too, that most of these fine people lived here before the apocalypse and came back to rebuild for love of this city, though many were not born or raised here - and that, contrary to the provincial snobbery certain longstanding white New Orleanians like to engage in, riding high now on their sick decimation of the black middle class, we are not outsiders, Yankees, carpetbaggers, or opportunists: we are the lifeblood of this city.
And we are leaving in droves.
Ssssh
I'll be transporting some contraband tomorrow.
Like C. Ray, I've been traveling a lot lately.


For the first time in a long time I'm feeling like I'm ahead of the game. And that's despite my cold coming back, and even despite the fact that some enthusiastic shoveling resulted in a tweaked back.
You see, last year the micro regional Tour de Buffalo Wing in Downtown Schenectady didn't happen until March. And this year, we're going to be touring the buffalo wings of Downtown Albany on February 18! That means I can start cleaning up my culinary act in March and hopefully be back in fighting shape by swimsuit season.
Yep. I said Downtown Albany. Team Pine Hills made some compelling arguments, and I have absolutely every intention of getting back to Pine Hills for a follow up Tour de Buffalo Wing, but this Saturday, we're completing the three city downtown trifecta.
Some other decisions have been made too, so get ready to hear about which local places made the cut and learn the rest of the details for Saturday's tour.
Last year, doing the Tour de Buffalo Wing in Schenectady, I learned something important. It pays to be flexible. It can be challenging to go into a local business with a group of eight people, order one or two baskets of food, eat, and leave.
So in 2016 we chose a central gathering place, divided into teams, and went our separate ways to evaluate the five wing joints on the list. And that worked beautifully.
This year we will replicate that strategy.
Depending on how many people show up, we're going to split up into groups with a maximum size of five people per group and a minimum size of three. The idea here is that a basket of wings typically has 10 pieces. Two pieces per person is more than enough to evaluate the specimen. And should we need to break into smaller teams, it's still a manageable task.
Downtown Albany has a new coffee shop. Well, an old coffee shop with a new location. Stacks Espresso is now downtown at 488 Broadway. We'll meet there at 11:30am.
There we will divide into teams, and hand out scoresheets. Each team will split the cost of the wings as evenly as they can. Please bring cash and bring it in plenty of small bills to facilitate the process. Some places we'll be going are cash only anyhow. So seriously, don't show up without cash. K? Thanks.
As usual, we're not making any effort to alert the places in advance that we're coming. We're not hiding what we're doing, but we're not looking for any special treatment. It does no good if the wings we get on the tour are better than the wings we would get on a return visit.
So which places made the cut? Well, once we decided on the part of town, the places were pretty easy.
Wings come from a bar tradition, and for this outing we're going for a traditional version of buffalo wings. That means we're sticking to places that are more like watering holes. And to keep things consistent at each place we'll ask for one batch of wings, "medium crispy". Although, if we end up with enough people, we may field a "hot and crispy" team as well.
Sadly, we had to say goodbye to The Hollow since it doesn't open until 5p on Saturday. The Victory Cafe of today is not the Victory Cafe of blessed memory. While I had some initial interest in The Olde English, it's clear they do not specialize in traditional buffalo wings. And while I was tempted by the downtown tavern Pinto & Hobbs in the nominations phase, it became clear with further research that the food isn't why people go there.
So we've got our plan. We've got a date, February 18. We've got a time, 11:30am. We've got a meeting spot at Stacks on Broadway.
Now all we need are a few crazy people who want to be a part of this. Let me known in the comments, email, or via social media if you want in so I know how many scoresheets to bring. Don't forget a pen, small bills, comfortable pants, and a good pair of walking shoes.
Fixed. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, February 18!
Zena – I can't be there, but let me know your winner!
What happened to Victory Cafe btw? I haven't been in years.