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Jurassic World Eats Box Office Competition Whole Over Opening Weekend
By Simon Pollock on June 18, 2015 in Articles › Entertainment
DNA preserved in amber extracted, reconstructed, and born again. The rebirth of dinosaurs. It almost seemed like it could work.
We suspended disbelief in 1993, when Steven Spielberg built a fortune out of Michael Crichton's fate-testing tale about real live dinosaurs roaming the earth again in the 20th century. We did it again for The Lost World in 1997, and again in Jurassic Park III in 2001.
But the real test of faith might be the opening weekend box office returns for Jurassic World, the fourth installment of the franchise, which has repeatedly torn down modern technology with its blood-dripping jaws and claws. When the books closed on this past weekend, World's latest victim was not innocent park goers on a remote island, it was the record books. Clearing Marvel's: The Avengers by $1.4 million, the scaly thriller now holds the #1 spot for biggest opening weekend at $208.8 million (domestic) according to various sources. The next closest earner was Fox's espionage and comedy darling Spy, which logged $15.6 million.
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What does it take to spin yet another version of seemingly the same story (seriously, we get it – humans should not mess with dinosaurs) into what is on pace to be on the top-grossing all time list? Believe it or not, it's in the genes.
A quick glance at the franchise fossil record shows an impressive pedigree. Each of World's predecessors also thrashed into the #1 spot on opening weekend, going all the way back to Jurassic Park in '93. Park tore down the competition with $47 million on that fateful first weekend, with Sly Stallone's Cliffhanger barely holding on in second, at a what was even then a measly $7.6 million on its third weekend. Park went on to gross $402.5 domestically, which even after 22 years and a staggering number of CGI-infused films, is good enough to keep the series patriarch on the top 20 all-time list stateside, per Boxofficemojo.com.
Neither The Lost World, nor Jurassic Park III made it onto that list of top domestic performers, even though they both owned during their first three days of release. In fact, as of June 15, World had already grossed over $230 million here in the states, which is more than either of its now lesser genetic cousins. This latest reptilian creation is almost certainly on pace to out-earn even its parentage. Is World about to take over the box office like its super-rex antagonist is taking over the island amusement park?
Speaking of hostile takeovers, it'd be foolish to chat about box office earnings without looking beyond our borders – besides, the movie has "World" in its name.
The international gross champion remains James Cameron's 3D pioneer, Avatar, which sits comfortably atop the totem pole at $2.78 billion worldwide. The "2" part of that number came from ticket sales everywhere outside the US, our fellow citizens handled the ".78". Jake Sully and the Na'vi people stayed in theaters for 234 days to earn that figure.
World, which will probably keep plenty of its momentum going forward over the next few weeks, as moviegoers seek shelter from summer, has already grossed nearly a third of Avatar's earnings after less than a week in theaters, with international gross coming in close to $550 million so far. But it's a sequel – can World take down Avatar and its runner up Titanic, both of whom exist without franchise counterparts?
(Pause to clap for James Cameron, who's got his fingerprints on both of those behemoth films).
Well, the idea of World taking the title may not be as ridiculous as you might think. Only four of the Top 10 worldwide grossing movies aren't sequels. World would hardly be the first Oedipus Rex-ian story. Furious 7 out performed all of its predecessors, and Avengers: Age of Ultron is less than $200 million away from surpassing its older brother.
Say all you want about recycling a story for the fourth-time around, moviegoers everywhere are devouring World faster than its starring cast of rogue dinosaurs can consume some innocent extras.
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María Miyasiro is a UN Volunteer serving in Peru with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a specialist in geographic information systems and remote sensing within the EbA (Ecosystem-based Adaptation) Lomas project. In celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity, María shares her experience of protecting a unique ecosystem on a digital and volunteer basis.
"I started to get involved in the study and conservation of the Lomas because of my thesis. However, if I have been at it for four years, it is due to the people and organizations with whom I collaborate. United, we are achieving goals that, until recently, seemed too far away," María states soon after our interview begins.
The Lomas (Spanish for hills) are ecosystems with singular ecological conditions originated by the dense winter fog in the surroundings of the Peruvian capital, an environment of great biological and geological value. "For a city like Lima – the second-largest city settled on a desert with ten million inhabitants and few green spaces – having such areas is a great opportunity to reduce the impact of climate change and contribute to more resilient and sustainable communities," María explains.
She also tells how, unfortunately, most citizens are unaware of the value of these green treasures and their impact on conserving the environment. The Lomas' existence is thus threatened by land traffickers and the indifference of those who should protect them.
María, a geographical engineer from the National University of San Marcos, wrote her thesis driven by her passion for this unique ecosystem in her city; however, her efforts didn't stop there.
In Lima, funded by the Global Environment Fund (GEF), UNDP and the Peruvian National Service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP) have been working collaboratively to protect and manage the Lomas areas in a sustainable way; and this was the perfect opportunity for her to work directly on the issue.
"I am here as a UN Volunteer to help preserve this region and contribute to the development of the vulnerable communities that inhabit it. Collaborating with the leaders of social organizations protecting the Lomas has been a very enriching experience. Seeing their daily struggle, learning from their experiences and their vision of the territory is my main inspiration to give my best," she shares with a smile.
María says: "Four UN Volunteers have been serving at EbA Lomas since 2017, and right now two of us continue: Jorge Ricaldi, a specialist in fog water capture, and myself. I perform various tasks within the team; I am currently working on collecting information using drones, satellite images, aerial photographs and fieldwork, and also carrying out different activities, such as workshops, together with public institutions, municipalities, and social organizations."
María also highlights her coordination role between the Ministry of Culture or the Peruvian Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET, in Spanish) and local administrations, tasks in which she is in charge of offering technical assistance. In addition to this, she took part in the elaboration of the documentation for Lima's first Regional Conservation Area (ACR, in Spanish), the Sistema de Lomas de Lima ACR, established in December 2019. "The natural value of this ecosystem is the initial origin of these projects, but the Lomas is also relevant from a geological and cultural point of view," María declares.
Among the several initiatives that she has been working on, María mentions the Lomas de Lima Geoportal and the Geolomas viewer. These are mapping tools responding to the specific needs of the defenders of the Lomas and local officials in charge of this area.
"They often lack material resources and specialized personnel, and they need to know the spatial dimension of the territory where they are working and the uses that are given to the land, as well as to locate areas of interest and potential incidents," María shares. "The data we have been collecting is extremely useful for all of this, and through the development of simple visual and interactive tools we can facilitate their work enormously."
To extend the use of these tools and promote specialized training about the geographical and legal circumstances of the Lomas among the neighbors and those who work in the field, Maria's team has conducted many workshops during this time.
"Due to the impact of the pandemic, we had to put face-to-face activities on hold in March 2020," María says. "Therefore, online communication became essential, and I took care of recording and video editing the workshops so that they were available to anyone." She points out too how important it is in such an extraordinary situation to have different profiles in the team, as well as to rely on local volunteer structures and neighborhood collaboration.
María is clear that volunteering is key to face the challenges of the region: "I loved the meetings with UN Volunteers serving with other agencies, thanks to which I was able to learn about different projects, such as social initiatives. Not long ago, a UN Volunteer with the same assignment but in Pakistan, who had recently started in their role, contacted me seeking advice."
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Birthplace: Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Died: 7-Jun-1779
Location of death: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Religion
Executive summary: Divine Legation
English critic and divine, Bishop of Gloucester, was born at Newark on the 24th of December 1698. His father belonged to an old Cheshire family and was town clerk of Newark. William was educated at Oakham and Newark grammar schools, and in 1714 he was articled to Mr. Kirke, attorney at East Markham, in Nottinghamshire. After serving his time he returned to Newark with the intention of practicing as a solicitor; but, having given some time to the study of Latin and Greek, he left the law and was ordained deacon by the Archbishop of York in 1723, and in 1727 received priest's orders from the Bishop of London. He had occupied the interval in various literary labors, the most important being the notes he contributed to Theobald's edition of William Shakespeare, and an anonymous share in a pamphlet on the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, The Legal Judicature in Chancery stated (1727). This was an answer to another anonymous pamphlet, written by Philip Yorke, afterwards Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, who replied in an enlarged edition (1728) of his original Discourse of the Judicial Authority... of Master of the Rolls. Warburton now received from Sir Robert Sutton the small living of Greasley, in Nottinghamshire, exchanged next year for that of Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire. He held in addition, from 1730, the living of Frisby in Lincolnshire. In 1728 he was made an honorary M.A. of Cambridge. At Brant Broughton for eighteen years he spent his time in study, the first result of which was his treatise on the Alliance between Church and State (1736). The book brought Warburton into favor at court, and he probably only missed immediate preferment by the death of Queen Caroline. His next and best-known work, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist ( 2 vols., 1737-41), preserves his name as the author of the most daring and ingenious of theological paradoxes. The deists had made the absence of any inculcation of the doctrine of a future life an objection to the divine authority of the Mosaic writings. Warburton boldly admitted the fact and turned it against the adversary by maintaining that no merely human legislator would have omitted such a sanction of morality. The author's extraordinary power, learning and originality were acknowledged on all hands, though he excited censure and suspicion by his tenderness to the alleged heresies of Conyers Middleton. The book aroused much controversy. In a pamphlet of "Remarks" (1742), he replied to John Tillard, and Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections (1744-45) was an answer to Akenside, Conyers Middleton (who had up to this time been his friend), Richard Pococke, Nicholas Mann, Richard Grey, Henry Stebbing and other of his critics. As he characterized his opponents in general as the "pestilent herd of libertine scribblers with which the island is overrun", it is no matter of surprise that the book made him many bitter enemies.
Either in quest of paradox, or actually unable to recognize the real tendencies of Alexander Pope's Essay on Man, he entered upon its defense against the Examen of Jean Pierre de Crousaz, in a series of articles (1738-39) contributed to The Works of the Learned. Whether Pope had really understood the tendency of his own work has always been doubtful, but there is no question that he was glad of an apologist, and that Warburton's jeu d'esprit in the long run did more for his fortunes than all his erudition. It occasioned a sincere friendship between him and Pope, whom he persuaded to add a fourth book to the Dunciad, and encouraged to substitute Colley Cibber for Theobald as the hero of the poem in the edition of 1743 published under the editorship of Warburton. Pope bequeathed him the copyright and the editorship of his works, and contributed even more to his advancement by introducing him to Murray, afterwards Lord Mansfield, who obtained for him in 1746 the preachership of Lincoln's Inn, and to Ralph Allen, who, says Johnson, "gave him his niece and his estate, and, by consequence, a bishopric." The marriage took place in 1745, and from that time Warburton resided principally at his father-in-law's estate at Prior Park, in Gloucestershire, which he inherited on Allen's death in 1764. In 1747 appeared his edition of Shakespeare, into which, as he expressed it, Pope's earlier edition was melted down. He had previously entrusted notes and emendations on Shakespeare to Sir Thomas Hanmer, whose unauthorized use of them led to a heated controversy. As early as 1727 Warburton had corresponded with Theobald on Shakespearean subjects. He now accused him of stealing his ideas and denied his critical ability. Theobald's superiority to Warburton as a Shakespearean critic has long since been acknowledged. Warburton was further kept busy by the attacks on his Divine Legation from all quarters, by a dispute with Bolingbroke respecting Pope's behaviour in the affair of Bolingbroke's Patriot King, by his edition of Pope's works (1751) and by a vindication in 1750 of the alleged miraculous interruption of the rebuilding of the temple of Jerusalem undertaken by Julian, in answer to Conyers Middleton. Warburton's manner of dealing with opponents was both insolent and rancorous, but it did him no disservice. He became prebendary of Gloucester in 1753, chaplain to the king in 1754, prebendary of Durham in 1755, dean of Bristol in 1757, and in 1759 Bishop of Gloucester. He continued to write so long as the infirmities of age allowed, collecting and publishing his sermons, and toiling to complete the Divine Legation, further fragments of which were published with his posthumous Works. He wrote a defense of revealed religion in his View of Lord Bolingbroke's Philosophy (1754), and David Hume's Natural History of Religion called forth some Remarks... "by a gentleman of Cambridge" from Warburton, in which his friend and biographer, Richard Hurd, had a share (1757). He made in 1762 a vigorous attack on Methodism under the title of The Doctrine of Grace. He also engaged in a keen controversy with Robert Lowth, afterwards Bishop of London, on the book of Job, in which Lowth brought home charges of lack of scholarship and of insolence that admitted of no denial. His last important act was to found in 1768 the Warburtonian lecture at Lincoln's Inn, "to prove the truth of revealed religion... from the completion of the prophecies of the Old and New Testament which relate to the Christian Church, especially to the apostacy of Papal Rome." He died at Gloucester on the 7th of June 1779. Warburton was undoubtedly a great man, but his intellect, marred by wilfulness and the passion for paradox, effected no result in any degree adequate to its power. He was a warm and constant friend, and gave many proofs of gratitude to his benefactors.
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Things To Do In Vancouver This Weekend Return toUNCATEGORIZED Unmanned Air Vehicle demo reel
Cronenberg retrospective comes to Vancouver's Cinematheque
by Shawn Conner	in Uncategorized on March 7, 2014
A scene from 1977's Rabid, starring Frank Moore and Marilyn Chambers and directed by David Cronenberg.
Before there was Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, there was David Cronenberg.
Since his first, early low-budget horror film, the Toronto filmmaker has helped spread the word that there's something not quite right about us Canadians. We may be polite and nice on the surface, but underneath – well, watch Dead Ringers, Rabid or Scanners to get a sense of what's really going on beneath our placid surface(s).
And now, Cronenberg is getting the retrospective he deserves. Beginning April 3 and ongoing until May 2, Cinematheque (1131 Howe St.) presents From Within: The Films Of David Cronenberg. A comprehensive series, From Within follows the career trajectory of the director, from early films like The Came From Within and Rabid to recent films like Eastern Promises, A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis, along with mid-career masterpieces/oddities The Fly, Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch. The retrospective kicks off April 3 with an opening night that includes refreshments and a newly restored director's cut of Videodrome (the one with James Woods, Blondie's Debbie Harry and a VCR). Ernest Mathijs, UBC Film Studies Professor and author of The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero will introduce the 1983 cult classic.
The retrospective was organized by the Toronto International Film Festival and features newly struck 35mm prints and new digital restorations from Cronenberg's oeuvre.
From the press release: "From his earliest, most scandalously subversive films, Cronenberg's visceral cinema has been drawn to issues of the body, and body horror — to the uncharted territories within the human, psychological, biological and sexual. 'For me,' Cronenberg has said, 'the body is the first fact of human existence.'"
Well (and creepily) said, Mr. Cronenberg!
For more info, visit the Cinematheque's From Within: The Films of David Cronenberg page.
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Frank Hyde (1849–1937) was a British portrait and figure painter. He was a war artist and portrait painter, best known for his works of Capri. He also created comic characters for greeting cards for Raphael Tuck.

Early life and education
Frank Hyde was born in Surrey to a gentleman who retired from the army, Captain John Francis, and Elizabeth Gudge Hyde in 1849. His father inherited Hyde End Manor, the family seat and a 1,500-acre estate in Berkshire, where he grew up with five brothers.

Hyde studied and exhibited his works of art in London at the Royal Academy of Arts. Later, Hyde inherited Hyde End Manor and later sold it.

Career
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, he served the Royal Engineers as a 1st Lieutenant and then began created illustrations for The Graphic, working as a war artist. Battle of Sedan was depicted by Hyde for The Graphic.

In the late 1870s, he purchased a villa or the former Santa Teresa monastery at Anacapri on the island of Capri, where he made portraits of local model Rosina Ferrara and became a friend of John Singer Sargent. In 1914, he wrote the article Island of the Sirens about Capri for the International Studio about the allure of the people, culture, and island for artists over the years. It was one of many travel articles written by Hyde.

He is likely best known for his paintings of Ferrara and the one entitled Capri. In the late 1880s, he made the painting The Eton Boy.

During World War I, Hyde was a Captain and made paintings of the war, including First Battalion, the Royal West Kent, at Neuve Chapelle, 1914. An exhibit about the war, "Coming Home: Conflict & Care", at Maidstone Museum has shown three of his paintings, including Arrival of a Convoy of Wounded Soldiers at Maidstone East and Trones Wood, about the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

His painting, Bugler Timmins RM, The Boy Hero, about 14-year-old World War I hero Charles Timmins of , in the collection of Napier Road School is on loan to the Historic Dockyard in Chatham. Tug of War (1891) is in the collection of the Salford Museum and Art Gallery of Manchester. Capri Coastal Scene with Some Figures and  Arrival of a Convoy of Wounded Soldiers at Maidstone East (1917) and in the collection of Maidstone Museum.

Personal life
In November 1876, Hyde was married to Constance Mary Louise Felgate, who died within a year. In 1881, he married Florence Ellen Louise Rowley. In a year, they had a daughter named Mina and in 1884 had a son, Francis Angerstein Clarendon Rowley-Hyde. The couple divorced in 1887 and Florence died three years later.

Since the 1870s, Hyde travelled extensively. He then lived in Pett Wood Cottage, his final residence in England at Stockbury, Kent. He lived there for the rest of his life. He died while living there on 4 September 1937 and was buried on Sutton Road at the Maidstone Cemetery.

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is a virtue or that poetry is a place in which to hide.
to everyone it is not poetry.
You can work this out for yourselves, I doubt, once you start to take it apart, it bears examination by intelligent people.
And from a review of one of its books, it quotes this, 'In this collection, to adapt Auden's phrase, poetry makes something happen.' Hardly an adaptation of Auden, it contradicts him. And it's an odd thing to say. What does it mean that poems in this or that book 'make something happen'? Make what happen? How? Prove it.
of the experience and the quality of the ideas.
There is more subtlety here, but are poets in this book ahead of the game really, 'imagining first'? And who's listening (so that there is an effect)?
Who is this 'we'? What might 'no longer abide' mean? Does he mean dictatorship by people who think his way? And where has he been, who has he been reading? And not reading?
The chimera of 'pleasant illusions or the exploration of isolated pain' - as a description of all other poetry - isn't worth a response, while yet an open discussion of all of poetry's ways and means, its necessities, it's strangeness in our psyche, its music, how the process elates and humbles, demands and denies, connects and misses, should never be closed off, should it?
Nor is it historically or currently the case that whatever the non-obviously-political-poetry a person may write, this hasn't and doesn't put down a marker or speak for whatever the poet's political affiliation, solidarities or courage.
I could be on firm ground if I suggest poems of political protest, of social concern, of agit prop, have rarely transcended their moment. This isn't even a negation, the moment demands what the moment needs, but in terms of longer-term consequence for us as human puzzles, surely something besides is necessary to us. Anyway, it happens. I have myself written poems of the political or cultural moment, but it's not what I do best, it's not my necessity Ð which isn't either 'pleasant illusions or the exploration of isolated pain'.
If risk bringing myself into this, it is not to defend my own work but to say we are a mixed bunch, we humans, we poets, and the capricious angel of 'poetry' isn't owned by any one or group of us.
Sadly, the way the book is set up by the publisher and editor ghetto-like in politics, does ill justice to the range of poems and to some in particular. And are readers to bring critical thought to the book or to love it wholesale because of its stated credentials?
Perhaps I should have begun this review by saying I am myself broadly a member of this club politically; it could be thought lately that Capitalist exploitation is falling apart, but it's not, it is being propped up to continue in the same old ways; so that what hurts in this book will hurt again, injustice, incidental and long-term brutality will be the order of the world's days.
Whether these poems or any poems 'make things happen' differently is something else. Perhaps some do. I have marked poems in this book that seem to me mere prose statements, others tell the story but are forgettable as poetry, some sing and get a hold on me, others spell out sanely and clearly, sharply as poems, how this or that was or is.
How involved in what they describe all the poets are, how near or far their experience and understanding, what it does for them to have made the poem, what it does for readers, whether the world is changed in any way, these are for me open questions.
And I recommend this book. It should make for make for significant reading and discussion, as one of the many possibilities poetry has in store for us. There are, for me, some memorable poems. To quote from one, untypically complex, mid-way through, Tim Seibles' 'Night Flight', 'I spend a lot of darkness / trying not to give up/ on being human, listening / to the engines of powerful things / moving us around:É.' The listening here, the not knowing, the wondering, there isn't so much of this in the book as to make me think it's all here, what matters.
And there is a wonderful poem by Doug Anderson, 'Bamboo Bridge', where a group of soldiers, himself it seems really there, one of them, come upon a naked young woman, who doesn't see them, then does.


Downtown Disney has undergone a lot of change this past year, with some stores leaving, others moving in, lots of makeovers everywhere, and remaining tenants transforming their spaces into modern, spacious, revitalized settings. Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria falls under the last category. Its exterior has been remodeled to provide a sleep, contemporary look, but there have been changes inside as well. The ground floor dining hall has been redone with new lighting, a more open kitchen layout, and new graphics. It's a little eclectic, but clean and fun, and I think it's a welcome vibe to the reimagined Downtown Disney!


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A: If I understand correctly, only your WHERE-clause is different, based on "Crediteur code".
You could move the IF inside of the WHERE-clause. That will leave you with a single SELECT-statement. Does this alternative work for you?
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So maybe SEPTA isn't into the idea. But it's an idea all the same, and a step closer to action and change. You can join in to spark the conversation around transportation and election days by signing the petition here.
Dena Driscoll, a co-chair of urbanist political action committee 5th Square, was just "thinking out loud" one Saturday morning a couple weeks ago when she sent out a tweet that—she now hopes—will make voting easier for more people in a city that needs more people to vote.
.@septa should be free on Election Day.
As of Wednesday, eight days after the petition was posted, it had clocked over 560 signatures—surpassing the initial 500 signature benchmark.
The petition also made reference to a study from Tuft's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, which stated that for voters between the ages of 18 and 29, 38 percent of youth of color and 27 percent white youth said that lack of transportation was an issue with voting in 2016.
However, it's hard to say to what degree that problem exists in Philadelphia. There are 1,686 polling places across the city of Philadelphia—for many, a trip to the polls is no longer than a short walk. For Lisa Deeley, chair of the Philadelphia City Commissioners, which oversee elections in the city, the petition may not be warranted.
And, of course, someone has to foot the bill for such a huge city-wide discount. It's the reason, Driscoll says, that their petition is addressed to not just SEPTA, but also Mayor Kenney and City Council. "We do figure that somebody will have to pay for it, and you know, could that come from the city? Or could that come from a donation or sponsorship from a company? We didn't know," Driscoll said.
SEPTA declined to estimate how much providing free rides all day on Election Day would cost, WHYY reported. However, Rich Burnfield, the Deputy General Manager for SEPTA, said that it costs between $25,000-$30,000 just to offer free transportation on the Broad Street Line after an Eagles game. "Just from one station [NRG Station] for four hours," says Burnfield.
In any case, even if there will be no transportation offerings from the city, there are still other options. Both Uber and Lyft, the car-pooling service companies, will be offering free and discounted fares to the polls on Nov. 6th. If you prefer to take a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation, Indego, the city's official bike share program, is also providing free day passes on Nov. 5th and 6th.


According to AAA, 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for Thanksgiving this year, 2.5 million more people than last year. While most people will drive (more than 48 million, in fact), fliers account for the largest growth, with air travel up by 5.4 percent to 4.27 million travelers.
Welcome to the airport holiday hassle. Packed airports come with Thanksgiving, reappear in December and hit again at Spring Break.
To help fliers prepare for the crush, I've created the essential survival tools. Here's what you should carry to the airport and on the plane.
Pack medications in your carry-on, especially prescription meds but also over-the-counter pain relievers in case tensions (and the headaches that can attend them) arise.
Bring your airline's customer service number; mine are programmed into my smartphone. If a flight is delayed or canceled, getting an agent on the phone may lead to the quickest fix. Not that a fix will be possible, given full flights, so be prepared for the worst.
Bring toiletries. Toothpaste and toothbrush, face wipes, lotions and deodorant can help you feel fresh during a grueling airport stay.
Another potential bundle of joy (or, at least, relief) is a change of clothing. Plus, a pair of socks, clean underwear and a T-shirt rolled up in a jacket makes a fine pillow. I also wear an oversized scarf, which can double as a blanket in a pinch.
The right electronics — ear buds, power cord, mobile charger — ensure that a phone can act as a lifeline to family, music and other forms of escape.
Entertainment options are important. Mine range from magazines and novels (paperback, please) to movies preloaded onto a device.
Hydration is the key to health; bring a water bottle to fill up at airport drinking fountains.
Healthy snacks, from apples to power bars, can help keep me happy, no matter the circumstances.


Even comic strips know credit unions are a good, desired employee benefit.
Garry Trudeau's comic strip "Doonesbury" mentions credit unions Tuesday as a perk when an employee asks a human resources staffer at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about his CIA employee benefits.
Credit unions are part of a "basic civil service package" he's told.
To view the comic strip, click here.


Quinn C et al. A self-management group for people with dementia. J Dementia Care 2016 ; 24(5) : 29-32. Septembre-octobre 2016. Quinn C et al. A pilot randomized controlled trial of a self-management group intervention for people with early-stage dementia (The SMART study). Int Psychogeriatr 2016 ; 28(5) : 787-800. Mai 2016. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26674087.
Murphy J et al. Talking Mats : a model of communication training. J Dementia Care 2016 ; 24(5) : 22-25. Septembre-octobre 2016.


Hello I would first like to thank you for the great product you're offering.
Is there anyway to make it appear back again there? I've tried to look it up but couldn't find it... Should I reinstall an older version?
No, I'm afraid that was a matter of us not renewing our license for that data (too expensive + too many problems) so there's no way to get it even in an older version. We are hoping to offer a better thesaurus add-on in the future, though.
I have to say that the synonyms and antonyms feature in the "Words" section was one of the MOST useful features for me.
I can already read a significant number of individual characters, so the focus for me has been on increasing my general vocabulary. With the synonyms / antonyms feature I can easily and quickly learn adjacent vocabulary to add nuance to my current stock of words. PLEASE bring this feature back - either in its original form or in a newer better thesaurus (as you mentioned above).
Great product. Will antonyms and synonyms eventually be add-on modules?
Possibly, but we'd have to have data that was of high enough quality for us to charge for them.
Also, frankly the decision to release them free before was kind of stupid in that it's now created an environment where if we launch substantially the same thing but as a paid add-on people will be up in arms about how we're charging for something we used to give away; the baseline has to be higher.
Well, I still have the old data in mine - but if you release it as a paid on addition, I'll happily pay for it.
It's only a data point, and not something to base your business off of, but just letting you know.
I'd love to have this feature!


The hoof capsule is a remarkable structure. It's designed absorb and dissipate energy, among many other tasks. When there's a void or the hoof capsule is not working properly, its ability to function correctly is compromised.
A well balanced foot is critical to dissipating energy in a healthy and a patched hoof capsule.
If there is any question about whether the foot will react poorly to a patch, it's best to consult a veterinarian first.
Protect the coronary band by wrapping it with plastic wrap. Acrylic will bond quickly to it and irritate the skin.
Using Play-Doh as a dam will ensure that acrylic will not cover the areas that you will need to drive your nails.
Smithtown, N.Y., father and son farrier team Gary and Jesse Werner dedicate much of their hoof-care practice toward repairing compromised hoof wall with the use of acrylics.
Jeff Cota has been a writer, photographer and editor with newspapers and magazines for 25 years. A native of Maine, he is the Managing Editor of American Farriers Journal.
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Objects in Time: Studies of Persistence in B-time
Tobias Hansson Wahlberg
Dissertation, Lund University (2009)
This thesis is about the conceptualization of persistence of physical, middle-sized objects within the theoretical framework of the revisionary 'B-theory' of time. According to the B-theory, time does not flow, but is an extended and inherently directed fourth dimension along which the history of the universe is 'laid out' once and for all. It is a widespread view among philosophers that if we accept the B-theory, the commonsensical 'endurance theory' of persistence will have to be rejected. The endurance theory says that objects persist through time by being wholly present at distinct times as numerically the same entity. Instead of endurantism, it has been argued, we have to adopt either 'perdurantism' or the 'stage theory'. Perdurantism is the theory that objects are four-dimensional 'space-time worms' persisting through time by having distinct temporal parts at distinct times. The stage theory says that objects are instantaneous temporal parts (stages) of space-time worms, persisting by having distinct temporal counterparts at distinct times. In the thesis, it is argued that no good arguments have been provided for the conclusion that we are obliged to drop the endurance theory by acceptance of the B-theory. This conclusion stands even if the endurance theory incorporates the claim that objects endure through intrinsic change. It is also shown that perdurantism and the stage theory come with unwelcome consequences. Paper I demonstrates that the main arguments for the view that objects cannot endure in B-time intrinsically unchanged fail. Papers II and III do the same with respect to the traditional arguments against endurance through intrinsic change in B-time. Paper III also contains a detailed account of the semantics of the tenseless copula, which occurs frequently in the debate. The contention of Paper IV is that four-dimensional space-time worms, as traditionally understood, are not suited to take dispositional predicates. In Paper V, it is shown that the stage theory needs to introduce an overabundance of persistence-concepts, many of which will have to be simultaneously applicable to a single object (qua falling under a single sortal), in order for the theory to be consistent. The final article, Paper VI, investigates the sense in which persistence can, as is sometimes suggested, be a 'conventional matter'. It also asks whether alleged cases of 'conventional persistence' create trouble for the endurance theory. It is argued that conventions can only enter at a trivial semantic level, and that the endurance theory is no more threatened by such conventions than are its rivals.
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Design | Home Tours
The Cheeky Wallpaper in This Portland Home Will Make You Look Twice
Not your typical toile.
By Lydia Geisel
We believe everyone deserves to come home to a welcoming and inviting environment—medical professionals especially. On the rare occasion that they get to spend an entire day at home, free from the pressures of their pager and patients, you can bet they relish the bliss of sinking into a sofa with a fresh batch of popcorn and a movie. This Portland, Maine, townhouse designed by Tyler Karu for a young doctor makes every moment count.
"I worked with my client to put together a scheme that's really reflective of who she is," says designer. "What elements does she already own that we can incorporate? How can we execute a style that's representative of her but also respectful of the architecture?"
Drawing on her client's New York City roots and industrial style, Karu peppered the home with subtle references to her hometown while also bringing her own eye for vintage furniture to the table. Heavy on character and color, what was once a clean slate is now brimming with unexpected nods to the past. Can you name another home where old medical books and The Notorious B.I.G peacefully coexist? Ahead, Karu walks us through this playful waterfront retreat.
Create Your Own Character With Custom Details
photo by Justin Levesque
Far from cookie-cutter but nevertheless new, Karu's first task was to introduce some charm to the contemporary townhouse. To elevate the blank slate, she kicked it off with custom birch plywood shelves that now flank both sides of the living room fireplace.
"The shelves themselves are very architectural," says the designer, who topped each surface with a curated array of books, antiques, and smaller treasures. "It just gave us another way to showcase her books and the accessories that mattered to her. That was a jumping-off point in the living room for sure."
"I was approaching the styling situation from the idea that these shelves are architectural—it's more of a display piece."
Go Beyond the Standard Bookshelf
In between stacks of medical books, you'll find antique cartons, fresh flowers, large glassware, and plenty of breathing room. "I like to play with positive and negative space, so you can actually see the details of the shelf," explains Karu.
Instead of piling on the books, Karu carved out room for meaningful memorabilia, including a street sign from her client's Dartmouth days and an antique fan from the Brimfield Antique Show. "I was approaching the styling situation from the idea that these shelves are architectural—it's more of a display piece," she adds.
Mix and Match Vintage Styles
An effortless blend of new, old, and older, the dining area will change everything you thought you knew about what it means to mix eras. Convinced the dining set is new and the light fixture is vintage? Try again.
"It's a cool mix. I found the table base at Brimfield and had a quartz top made for it. Then, we found the dining chairs at the Portland Flea-For-All. The light is from Restoration Hardware," shares Karu.
"Those two elements aren't the same style, but we threw them together and it worked. It's really unexpected."
Even the simple pairing of the mid-century-modern table base with the schoolhouse-style chairs was a daring choice. "I love the combination of the table and the chairs, given that they're both vintage but from completely different sources," she continues. "Those two elements aren't the same style, but we threw them together and it worked. It's really unexpected."
Reminisce Through Prints
When a room makes you look twice, you know you've nailed it. Here, the head-turner comes in the form of a tiny-but-mighty powder room that's swathed in a cheeky toile wallpaper from Flavor Paper.
"I'd seen this wallpaper a million places and have always really loved it," says Karu. "When we decided to wallpaper the bathroom, she was like, 'If we're going to do it, let's just go for it.' Being that she's from New York, we thought that the Brooklyn toile was pretty perfect."
The designer picked up on the print's sweet and salty energy by powder-coating the sconce in a fire-engine red.
Balance Out Heavy Furniture with a Playful Palette
Karu made another bold lighting choice in the master bedroom, but this time it wasn't a matter of matching the walls but rather lightening the mood.
"I thought the orange-red in the lobster print would go really well with the mint green sconces from 143 and the pink throw at the foot of the bed. They all offset the heavy four-poster bed," she explains.
"Make sure the space is planned and conducive to whatever your priorities are, whether that's lounging around on a big couch or entertaining around a big dining table."
Invest in Your Floor Plan
Karu's trick for spicing up a clean slate? Nail down your floor plan before you move on to the fun stuff. "Make sure the space is planned and conducive to whatever your priorities are, whether that's lounging around on a big couch or entertaining around a big dining table," she suggests.
When you really want to make a new space feel like home, swapping out the lighting is also a great way to add a personal touch. However, if that's not an option, invest in the items that have the power to ground a room. "Really good rugs can usually transition with you into another home and they just anchor a room nicely," says Karu.
Of course, if you're feeling extra adventurous, a kitschy-cool wallpaper print will always do the trick.
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Stop The Hidden Spy In Your Email
How to block emails from tracking your behavior: Internet Scambusters #971
A tiny single pixel hidden in your email can report your reactions and responses back to the sender without you knowing.
They've been around for years but now this spying is such a common practice that one Internet security expert described its use as "endemic."
In this week's issue, we'll tell you how these "web beacons" work, what they do, and how you can block them.
When an email lands in your inbox, you may think it's just for you, that the sender has no idea what you do with it, and that it's for your eyes only. Not so.
Crooks, spammers, scammers, and even legitimate marketing organizations can tell almost instantly if you opened it and what you did with it. They may also know your location and even what type of device you're using.
At its most basic level, this email tracking as it's known is down to a single tiny dot, invisible to the naked eye, hidden in the message.
The culprit is known as a tracker pixel or spy pixel. As you may know, pixels are the little electronic dots that make up a digital image.
And it's not difficult to drop a tracker into a message. There are many totally legal apps that allow anyone, whether an individual or an organization, to drop a pixel spy into a message. You don't need any technical or programming skills.
Earlier this year, an email messaging service called Hey identified that as many as two-thirds of the messages sent to its users contained these "spies," which are also known as "web beacons."
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The firm handles more than a million emails a day -- though, in this case, Hey tries to identify the pixels and block them. Multiplying that by the number of email service providers adds up to a huge number of spies, a situation Hey describes as "endemic."
Tech site ZDNet explains: "The recipient of an email does not need to directly engage with the pixel in any way for it to track certain activities. Instead, when an email is opened, the tracking pixel is automatically downloaded -- and this lets a server, owned by a marketer, know that the email has been read, when, and how long it was open.
"Servers may also record the number of times an email is opened, the IP address linked to a user's location, and device usage."
The spy pixel is usually buried inside a picture or graphic that's automatically downloaded into a message (rather than in an attachment) when you view or open it. The information can then be used to identify your level of interest and your potential vulnerability to a marketing message or even a scam.
Attempts to create laws to prevent the use of trackers have foundered because when an individual signs up to receive emails from organizations, they may unknowingly give their consent, buried in the small print of terms and conditions that most of us never bother to read.
Business magazine Fast Company describes the use of trackers as "creepy," noting for example: "By using tracking pixels, a stalker could see when an object of his or her obsession has read their latest email screed."
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How To Block The Trackers
Here are a few things you can do to block email tracking:
Check if your email provider either routinely blocks trackers or will do so at your request. For example, do a search on "Does (name of your provider) block email trackers?"
This search may also provide information about how to block the trackers yourself. You'll also find more detailed information on how to defeat the trackers on some of the most popular PC, Mac, and mobile email clients, as well as more useful background, in the previously mentioned Fast Company report here: How to Stop Emails From Spying on You.
Install an extension to your email that will spot and block them. Again, for example, search on "Apps to block email trackers in (name of your provider)." For example, an extension called Ugly Mail allows you to identify and disable Gmail trackers. Yahoo and Outlook webmail can be blocked by another extension called Trocker.
Check the terms and conditions of any organization that you sign up for to receive regular emails. Even if you don't feel like reading the lot, open the T&Cs and do a text search for words like "track," "monitor," and "email."
Switch off the automatic downloading of images that accompany messages. Many email clients already do this, giving you the option to download them just for a specific email when you open it.
ZDNet quotes Hey founder David Heinemeier Hansson as describing email trackers as "a grotesque invasion of privacy." But it's more sinister than that. When scammers are able to monitor your behavior in such detail, you're much more likely to be a potential victim.
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Here's a neat and nasty trick that data harvesters can use to learn more about you via social media sites, without you realizing.
As we've warned before, what appear as innocent posts asking a simple question, can be used to help build a picture about your identity. By itself, the individual data item may be of limited use but, behind the scenes, marketers and data brokers add each bit to a description they're building of you.
Users think they're just a bit of fun and happily answer the questions that may be about their favorite movie, food, nickname, or latest purchase. But the outcome goes far beyond that.
In the latest trick, a Facebook post asks users what their age would be if the number was reversed. So "18" becomes "81." Sound innocent enough? But all the poster now has to do is reverse the number back to its original and tie it in to your profile, which is already identified through your username.
Now they know how old you are. Now you know what they're up to. Think twice before joining in the "game."
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Q: Java generics problem I'm working on a project where I am trying to use generics but I'm having a hard time.
Say I have a many cars, all of them implemented in a different class (eg. audi.java, toyota.java, etc..) and each of them have a method called startCar(). Now I want to create a class Cars that lets other classes use these cars. However the following will not work. How should I go about implementing it?
public class Cars {
 private MyCar mycar;
 private class MyCar <MySpecificBrandOfCar>{
    private MySpeicifBrand mySpecifcCar;
    public MyCar(){}
 }
 public Cars(){
     myCar = new myCar<audi>;
 }
 ..other methods..
}

I also tried creating an interface, but that gave errors too.
Thanks
EDIT, attempted nfechner's suggestion
Thanks for all the responses!
Would the following work (NB:GenericCar is an interface that is implemented by all cars (eg. audi.java) and has functions such as startCar()
public class Car{
    private GenericCar mycar;
    public Car(){
        mycar = new audi();
    }
}

A: Generics can't be used to instantiate a class unfortunately, not in Java. Perhaps you could be a bit more specific about your intention, but you might find it useful to have some base class Car and have each specific car extend it. If you define the startCar() method in the base class Car, every subtype of Car will also have this method through polymorphism.
public class Car{
    public void startCar(){ }
}

public class Audi extends Car{}

public class Toyota extends Car{}

and so on.

A: Your code looks a bit overengineered. What's wrong with a simple Car interface, that all car types implement?

A: In this example Inheritance and Polymorphism will be a better solution than Generics.
Check this example. Java Tutorial - Inheritance and Polymorphism

A: You should not use generics here. (Think of them as type-parameters you do not want to fix, e.g. as for Collection).
If cars of different brands do behave differently, do inheritance instead, like Jonathan suggests.
But a better design is using composition instead of inheritance, i.e. Cars have a field of the class Brand. This is especially the case if the behavior is not strongly influenced. And I don't think an Audi behaves that much different from a Toyota.
Furthermore, I don't think there are that many brands, and you probably only need one instance of each brand. So use an enum instead of a class for Brand. In detail:
public class Car {
 public static enum Brand { Audi, Toyota };
 private Brand brand;

 public Cars(Brand brandParam){
     this.brand = brandParam;
 }
 //..other methods, getter and setter for brand
}

You can put methods in the Brand enum for the small and specific varying behavior. I think Josh Bloch, the author of Java Enums, explains their capabilities very well in Effective Java, 2nd edition.
Finally, try to choose better names for your classes and variables (I don't think MyCar is telling you anything).

A: This is not a circumstance where using generics is appropriate.  You should use an interface or a superclass.  I'm not sure what errors you were seeing with an interface, but it would be easier to fix them than to try to fix your problems with this approach.


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Home | Society
Collapsing road kills 9; boy seen saving baby
By HOU LIQIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2020-01-15 08:53
Rescuers using a crane to extract a bus from a sinkhole in Xining, Qinghai province, on Jan 13, 2020. [Photo/China News Service]
The sudden collapse of a road into a sinkhole in Xining, Qinghai province, on Monday killed nine people, authorities said.
The incident occurred at around 5:30 pm near a bus stop on Nandajie Street. Sixteen people were injured and were sent to the hospital. All are in stable condition, according to the city's emergency management bureau.
Online videos show people at the bus stop running from the collapsing road as a bus fell in. A boy was seen rescuing an infant from the edge of the hole and carrying the baby to safety.
Then the boy returned to the hole to save others, but a second collapse caused him to fall in. Yellow smoke arose from the hole after an explosion.
The video of the boy went viral on the internet, with many netizens moved by his courage and worried about his safety.
The boy was seen getting into an ambulance in another video, accompanied by an adult. His clothes, which were black, had been yellowed. Local authorities confirmed in an interview with news website ThePaper.cn that the boy was safe.
An investigation into the collapse is underway. Local authorities said at a news conference that more than 1,000 rescuers participated in the effort to save people.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a team to Xining for rescue and investigation, the ministry said in a news release. It also urged governments to roll out corrective measures to prevent road collapses in urban areas.
It was not the first time a deadly road collapse has made headlines in China. In February 2018, a road collapsed in Foshan, Guangdong province, claiming 11 lives. About 30 meters of the road sank about 6 meters.
That collapse was caused by flooding at a nearby subway construction site, according to the Work Safety Committee of the State Council.
In 2016, three people fell into a huge sinkhole in Zhengzhou, Henan province, and one of them died. The collapse was triggered by broken water pipes beneath the surface during heavy rain.


Steve Schwalbach running in Florida to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association.
Imagine running across an entire state in just one day.
That's the goal of Steve Schwalbach (48) as he runs 42 miles in one day across the state of Rhode Island on Saturday, September 17, 2016. The next day he plans to participate in the Newport Walk (18 miles) where he'll also be doing a presentation.
This is not Steve's first state to run through. In 2014 he ran 208 miles through the state of Kentucky from the Tennessee border to Tower Park in Fort Thomas in seven days. Then, in 2015, he decided to tackle Ohio and ran 328 miles from Cleveland, Ohio to Fort Thomas, Kentucky in nine days. Last Spring he took on Florida. He ran 234 miles from Daytona Beach to Sarasota, Florida in seven days. He's also run in several marathons including the Boston Marathon.
Steve's run is personal. His mother, Margaret "Jackie" Schwalbach, died from Alzheimer's in March of 2015.
Steve Schwalbach with his mother, Jackie Schwalbach.
In 2004, Steve saw his mom bedridden from the disease. "I just wanted to do something to fight this terrible disease," said Steve. So he decided to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association by going back to what he loved in high school — running. Steve was on Highland's track team in 1981-1985 when they won the state championship in 1983. He ran competitively in college, but then gave it up for nine years.
Steve runs not only in honor of his mother, Jackie, but also a close family friend, Clem Fennell II, who also died of Alzheimers. Clem was one of the founders of the Fort Thomas Junior Football League which was started almost 60 years ago.
"I'm not a doctor, not a scientist, I'm just a runner trying to make a difference." says Steve.
When Steve decided to do his first run to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association, friends and family all seemed to know someone who was struggling from the disease. He ran that first time with the names of 15 people on the back of his shirt. Now, at least nine of those people have passed.
With each stride and each breath, Steve hopes to get closer to the goal so many others want also, a cure for Alzheimers.


Retail supply chain powerhouse Manhattan Associates continues to perform well as demonstrated by its Q3 financial report showing a revenue gain of $17.8 million (14 percent) and a license revenue increase of $2.1 million (12 percent) based on comparisons with Q2. License revenue, however, fell below $17 million, after three consecutive quarters above that mark. For the nine months of 2014, license revenue was $52 million, which compares to $45.1 million for the same nine-month period in 2013. Total revenue for the first three quarters of 2014 increased from $306.9 million to $361.7 million. License revenue from net new customers was estimated to represent 30 percent of the total.
The mix of license fee revenue in the third quarter is in line with past reports with a 50-50 split between warehouse management and our other solutions. Warehouse management software (WMS) and non-WMS license and services revenue activity continues to be driven by omni-channel initiatives and legacy supply chain modernization. The retail, consumer goods, and life sciences markets were the strongest license fee contributors, with more than half of license fee revenues attributed to those sources.
To bolster its successful omni-channel initiative, the company in August acquired Global Bay Technologies from VeriFone. The technology Global Bay brings is in the retail store point-of-sale, customer management, and inventory management areas.
Manhattan's CEO Eddie Capel described the value of the Global Bay acquisition during his company's webcast last week.
In terms of total revenue, Manhattan's CFO Dennis Story provided a geographical representation of how the major markets performed.
The largest percentage of increase year-over-year came from the Americas, which grew 18 percent. Europe, the Middle East and Africa was next, showing a 12 percent gain, and Asia Pacific increased revenue 11 percent compared to Q3 last year. That translates into license revenue of $15.6 million in the Americas, $589,000 in EMEA, and $705,000 for APAC.
Services revenue in the third quarter totaled $98.5 million, an increase of 16 percent year-over-year. Manhattan divides its service revenue into two revenue streams: consulting and maintenance. The consulting side of the business chipped in $69.4 million growing, which is a 20 percent bump compared to Q3 2013. Maintenance revenue was pegged at $29.1 million. That's a 7 percent increasing compared to 2013.
"We're very pleased with our third quarter performance in a generally tepid macro environment," Capel said.
Based on the third quarter financial news, Manhattan raised its total revenue guidance estimate. It was previously estimated as coming in between $472 million to $477 million. The new estimate is between $479 million and $481 million. These end of the year estimates represent a 16 percent rate of growth.
In addition to having a solid customer base of IBM midrange users (primarily running the warehouse management software), Manhattan Associates also develops software for the Unix and Windows .NET platforms.
Gartner has recognized Manhattan Associates WMS as an industry leader for the past seven years.


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The Scariest Thing About The Hellcat Is The Third Owner
I have decided today to address one of the most serious issues currently threatening our great nation. I am not talking about murder. I am also not talking about gun violence, or terrorism, or even people who board airplanes with nothing to read. No, no: I am referring to the third owner of the Dodge Challenger and Charger Hellcat.
For those of you who don't know what the Hellcat is, please allow me to provide the following background: it is a 707-horsepower rental car.
Do you know that Dodge Charger you rented a few months ago? When you landed in Dallas? And they were out of midsize sedans? And you couldn't figure out why it smelled so bad? And the interior was made out of the same quality plastic they use for a Parmesan cheese container? Well, imagine that thing with more power than a Ferrari Enzo. That's a Hellcat.
At the moment, they sell the Hellcat in two varieties. There is the Dodge Challenger Hellcat, which is a rather large two-door vehicle. And there is a Dodge Charger Hellcat, which is a rather large four-door vehicle. Reportedly they will soon be making a Hellcat version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, which will serve as the primary example for at least the next decade when people in other countries discuss American excess.
Now, if you're interested in cars, all of this probably seems pretty cool. Classic Dodge design. Rear-wheel drive. Seven hundred tire-smokin' horsepower. So how could this possibly be a problem?!
Well, I'll tell you why it's a problem: because of the third owner.
You see, the first owner of the Hellcat is going to be a pretty careful, cautious, reasonable guy. The car's price tag ensures that: most Hellcats cost somewhere in the $60,000-plus range, which is right in the heart of "careful, cautious, reasonable guy" territory. If you're spending sixty grand on a car, you've probably been around enough attorneys in your life to know that the guy with the 707-horsepower car is the first person to get sued after an accident, even if the accident involved an industrial forklift and the 707-horsepower car was parked four blocks away. So you're careful.
But I suspect most first owners won't keep their Hellcats very long. This is due to the time-honored societal law that states, in no uncertain terms: Rich people get bored quickly.
The Hellcat is the hot car your average rich car enthusiast wants right now, but next year he'll want something else, then something else, and eventually he'll get a divorce because his wife caught him cheating with a woman whose skin has the same orange hue as Donald Trump's hair.
For proof of this theory, think about other "hot" cars over the last few years: the 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo. The 2008 Audi R8. The 2009 Nissan GT-R. How many of those are still with their first owners? The answer is none, or close to none: they've all gone through at least one eBay auction where the seller has used more exclamation points than a Hallelujah-filled gospel song.
And so, the responsibility of Hellcat preservation falls on the second owner. The second owner is different from the first owner in the sense that he didn't buy the Hellcat because it was the latest and greatest thing. He bought it because he lusted after it from the moment it came out – he just couldn't afford it right away. So he buys the thing when it's one or two years old, somewhere in the fifty or sixty grand range, and he cherishes it. I mean he cherishes it. To the point where he creates one of those little plaques that he places next to his car when he brings it to cars and coffee.
But after eight or nine years, the second owner is ready to move on. And that's when he unleashes the terror of the Hellcat on our society: he sells it to the third owner.
The third owner will buy a Hellcat ten years from now. He will be under 30 years old. He'll look for one with high miles, or a rebuilt title. And he'll drive the thing like a cocaine fiend playing Mario Kart.
The problem with the Hellcat's third owner is that he won't be as cautious as the first owner, and he won't be as obsessed with preservation as the second owner. He'll just want cheap speed, and the Hellcat will provide it.
Now, if you're the parent of a young child, this could be a serious problem when your kid grows up. Consider it: when I was 20, the fastest thing anybody could reasonably afford was a first-generation Cadillac CTS-V, which had 400 horsepower and a gear lever that felt like you were stirring butter with a rope.
But if your kid is eight or nine years old right now, he will reach 20 at a time when the seven-hundred-seven horsepower Hellcat is something his friends might be driving. As a parent, this changes your duties: you will have to educate your child about crossing the street, and talking to strangers, and finances, and sex, and friends with Hellcats.
Now, I admit that we've seen this happen before. BMW M3s have gotten cheaper. Porsche 911s have gotten cheaper. Corvettes, and Mustangs, and Camaros have gotten cheaper. But none of these cars offer the sheer speed the Hellcat does; the sheer I just stepped on the pedal and the next thing you know I was on my roof in the swamp performance that you can really only get with a 700-horsepower Chrysler rental car.
Think of it this way: by 2026, a high-mileage Hellcat will be a sub-$30,000 way to get 700 horsepower; a 200-mph car that no longer requires a professional degree, or an MBA, or a long, successful career, or a profitable startup. All it will require is a promotion to assistant manager of a Pizza Hut.
May God help us all.
Photo credit: Kurt Bradley
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars, which his mother says is "fairly decent." He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer.


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Best Dog Walkers in Daughertys Todd Grant of New Smyrna Beach, FL | Wag!
Daugherty's Todd Grant is a rural community on Mooneyham Drive, situated in a heavily wooded area close to Turnbull Bay. Despite the rural setting, living here puts you within a ten-minute drive of downtown New Smyrna Beach where you can find a wide selection of restaurants, shops, and other amenities.
A drive further to the east puts you on the beachside where there is more shopping, several more excellent restaurants for you to check out, and numerous pubs and taverns.
For those who crave the great outdoors, there are also several large green spaces for you and your dog to go for long hikes in. Each of these areas has something different to offer the two of you for your daily hikes. Then again, the neighborhood is surrounded by trees, so you may find that there are enough trails running through the woods for your daily walks so you can save the bigger areas for weekend walks.
Unlike many of the communities in New Smyrna where homes have completely taken over the terrain, here in Daugherty's Todd Grant, it's still a heavily wooded area. Most of the homes here have very large yards mixed in with large tracts of trees. You aren't likely to have to deal with much in the way of traffic beyond those who live here.
With this in mind and, given the fact the area is heavily wooded, extra care should be exercised while out walking your pup. The trees make the roads shady in some areas and dappled with sunlight in others. This can make it very hard for motorists to see you.
The walking out here should be nice and easy with flat terrain and lot of shade for you and your dog to enjoy. However, if you want something a little more exciting to explore, there are several green spaces nearby.
Beyond the vast areas of woods surrounding the neighborhood, there are several green spaces within a five to ten-minute drive of your home. The Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve offers miles of trails for you to go walking on through a wide range of terrain.
You can also take your dog over to the beach where you can enjoy walking along miles of sand. Use the soft sand for the outbound leg of your walks and then come back on the wet sand and in the ocean to cool off, taking some time to have a swim if you'd like!
If you prefer to have a wide-open grassy area for your dog to play on, you can take them over to Doris Leeper Park. Along with acres of woods, the park also features a vast grassy area that is a very popular place for bringing dogs out to play.