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Q: Clean way to combine multiple jars? Preferably using Ant I have runtime dependencies on some external jars that I would like to "rejar" into a single jar. These external dependencies are stored in an external_jars directory, and I'd like to be able to not have to list them all (i.e., not to need to change my build scripts if my dependencies change). Any thoughts?
Google gave me a good answer on how to do this - if you don't mind listing out each jar as a dependency:
http://markmail.org/message/zijbwm46maxzzoo5
Roughly, I want something along the lines of the following, which would combine all jars in the lib directory into out.jar (with some sane overwrite rules).
jar -combine -out out.jar -in lib/*.jar

A: Try extracting your JAR's to a marshalling directory first:
<target name="combine-jars">
    <mkdir dir="${marshall.dir}"/>
    <unzip dest="${marshall.dir}">
        <fileset dir="${external.jar.dir}">
            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
        </fileset>
    </unzip>
    <jar destfile="${combined.jar}" basedir="${marshall.dir"}>
    <delete dir="${marshall.dir}"/>
</target>

Where ${marshall.dir} is a temporary directory, ${external.jar.dir} is where you keep the JAR's, and ${combined.jar} is the target JAR.

A: Vladimir's answer is a correct one, but I feel that what he suggests implies repacking all jars in a one big out.jar, which is then feeded to Ant Jar task as a single <zipfileset> or something like that. This two-step approach is unnecessary. I'm not sure whether this is connected with Ant version, but I have Ant 1.7.1, and its <jar> task understands <zipgroupfileset>, which allows to feed all contents of third party jars' directly.
<jar destfile="MyApplication.jar">
  <zipgroupfileset dir="lib" includes="*.jar" />
  <!-- other options -->
  <manifest>
    <attribute name="Main-Class" value="Main.MainClass" />
  </manifest>
</jar>

A: Just use zipgroupfileset with the Ant Zip task
<zip destfile="out.jar">
    <zipgroupfileset dir="lib" includes="*.jar"/>
</zip>

This will flatten all included jar libraries' content.

A: If using maven, why wouldn't you ? :)
Just use the maven-shade-plugin, works like a charm !
  <project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.5</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>shade</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <transformers>
                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                  <mainClass>com.YOUR_COMPANY.YOUR_MAIN_CLASS</mainClass>
                </transformer>
              </transformers>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

A: You could check out jarjar:
http://code.google.com/p/jarjar/

A: This is my solution:
<target name="-post-jar">
    <echo>Packaging ${application.title} into a single JAR</echo>

    <jar destfile="${basedir}${file.separator}${dist.dir}${file.separator}_${ant.project.name}_.jar">
        <zipgroupfileset dir="${basedir}${file.separator}${dist.dir}" includes="${ant.project.name}.jar"/>
        <zipgroupfileset dir="${basedir}${file.separator}${dist.dir}${file.separator}lib" includes="*.jar"/>
        <manifest>
            <attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main.class}"/>
        </manifest>
    </jar>
</target>

A: The question is well answered. I wanted mention one tool I find useful - One-Jar.  One-Jar handles resources more cleanly (by keeping all of them).  This more useful if the code needs to process MANIFEST files.
Sample XML copied from website..
<import file="one-jar-ant-task.xml"/>

    <target name="hello" depends="init">
        <!-- Build lib.jar -->
        <javac destdir="${classes.dir}/lib">
            <src path="${lib.dir}" />
        </javac>
        <jar destfile="${build.dir}/lib.jar" >
            <fileset dir="${classes.dir}/lib"/>
        </jar>
        <!-- Build classes for main.jar -->
        <javac destdir="${classes.dir}/src">
            <src path="${src.dir}" />
            <classpath path="${build.dir}/lib.jar"/>
        </javac>
        <!-- Construct the One-JAR file -->
        <one-jar destfile="hello.jar" manifest="hello.mf">
            <main>
                <!-- Construct main.jar from classes and source code -->
                <fileset dir="${classes.dir}/src"/>
            </main>
            <lib>
                <fileset file="${build.dir}/lib.jar" />
            </lib>
        </one-jar>
        <echo>
          Now you can run the Hello One-JAR example using
          $ java -jar hello.jar
        </echo>

    </target>

A: If you are building with ant (I am using ant from eclipse), you can just add the extra jar files
by saying to ant to add them...
Not necessarily the best method if you have a project maintained by multiple people but it works for one person project and is easy.
for example my target that was building the .jar file was:
<jar destfile="${plugin.jar}" basedir="${plugin.build.dir}">
    <manifest>
        <attribute name="Author" value="ntg"/>
        ................................
        <attribute name="Plugin-Version" value="${version.entry.commit.revision}"/>
    </manifest>
</jar>

I just added one line to make it:
<jar ....">
    <zipgroupfileset dir="${external-lib-dir}" includes="*.jar"/>
    <manifest>
        ................................
    </manifest>
</jar>

where
<property name="external-lib-dir" value="C:\...\eclipseWorkspace\Filter\external\...\lib" />

was the dir with the external jars.
And that's it... You can add multiple zipgroupfileset  tags as well.

A: Have you considered using Maven or some other system which manages your dependencies automatically? Then you would not need to specify where each library is located, what their names are, and what transitive dependencies your direct dependencies have. You would just state in one place what the dependency and its version are, and the system would take care of downloading the libraries, configuring the classpath and building the project.

A: Well, I am not so much in to programming - but something simpler worked for me...if the question meant - combining jar files in to one. Ofcourse, this is manual, dirty solution.
I just untarred all the tars...and then..created a new tar file, by adding all the directories formed by untarring- in to the new tar file. it worked.

A: Maven or other build tools can't "manage" the resolution of multiple versions of class files.  In fact, Maven causes these problems in the first place, through transitive inclusion of all downstream jar files that are not explicitly required by a project.
Suppose somewhere in the transitive closure of a project (all libraries and modules required by the project, and all it's dependent projects, recursively) there are two versions of a class file.  How could Maven possibly know which one is the 'correct' one?  which one was intended by the programmer?
It can't because this information was lost when explicit dependencies were thrown away in favor of transitive ones (to save XML typing).

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Racial Slurs Found in the Library at the University of North Carolina Greensboro
Filed in Campus Racial Incidents on December 20, 2013
Vandals wrote racial slurs on book covers, walls, and desks in the African American studies section of the library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Two White men were seen on surveillance video leaving the area where the vandalism occurred.
Linda Brady, chancellor of the university stated, "This despicable action – involving racial slurs and damaged property – has been characterized as a hate crime and a full investigation is under way. This is more than just vandalism; it is an affront to the university community."
Update: A White male freshman at the university was arrested and charged with ethnic intimidation in connection with the incident.
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What Will Amazon's 'Netflix for Books' Do to Libraries?
The details: Amazon is supposedly discussing with publishers a way to get books on the e-tailer's digital platform so users could read an unlimited number for a subscription fee. The digital library reportedly would be part of Amazon's growing Prime services, which put unlimited streaming video under its umbrella earlier this year, in addition to giving subscribers free two-day shipping for $79/year. Amazon's digital books library, which would basically operate like a "Netflix for Books" (as a side note, it seems relevant to point out that Netflix has had problems since Amazon's Prime Streaming Video feature was added), would, like every announcement Amazon makes, momentously affect others. This time, those "others" are libraries.
Na abertura da quinta conferência internacional do Plano Nacional de Leitura, em Lisboa, Marçal Grilo revelou que o serviço educativo e a Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação vão encetar a realização de um estudo intitulado «Novas ferramentas de leitura».
For those who enjoy visiting the public library, don't fret. There is not much chance that libraries will be closing their doors anytime soon. The selection of eBooks compared to books on the shelves is limited, but new eBook titles are being added as the program becomes more popular. Still, some people appreciate the atmosphere of the library offering quiet reading areas, community rooms for local book clubs, computers with high speed internet, and more. However, people who previously thought the library was outdated will have a newfound respect for the updated technology. Downloadable eBooks are conveniently available online any time through selected locations, even when the library is closed for the day.
Google is close to launching an Australian version of its e-bookstore, the first time the digital company has expanded the service outside the United States.
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The self-pub platform Smashwords has reached a new milestone today. In what is probably a first for (the non-Amazon) self-publishing, Smashwords now has over 70 thousand books in its catalog from more than 28 thousand authors.
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Amazon has launched a Spanish website, although Spanish readers will have to wait to get their hands on the Kindle.
The site, Amazon.es, went live today (14th September) and is offering books in Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Basque. Products have a minimum discount of 5% and there is free delivery for purchases above €19 (£16.49).
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The Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Aalto University and the National Engineering Center of Digital Television (NERC-DTV) plan to make a low-power, reception only device based on an E-ink screen. The screen and general hardware design are expected to cheap and require minimal power, and that should make it possible to power the e-reader completely from a solar panel.
Publishers are missing the ebook and ereader boat – Why is this?
The Publishing Industry is undergoing a massive shift in revenue streams right now and its inability to understand it has already claimed its second largest book retailer and devalued the perceived value of a bestseller from $27.99 to $9.99. Borders miscalculated the consumer's readiness to adopt the format and had no stake in the game to offset the loss in print sales.
This new service is based on the technology developed by Discovereads, a company that was bought by Goodreads a few months back. Goodreads then fed all its member records into the recommendation engine. That's over 6 million members who have an average of 140 books on their shelves.
The recommendation engine measures over 20 billion data points. It tracks the reviews of a book, of course, but it also tracks when and where each book is read by each user. It also notes the relationship between books; for example, if a large number of users go from book A to B to C then a user who has already read A and B might want to read C.
The big buzz around e-books are devices, like Amazon's upcoming tablet, and apps such as Booktrack that take interacting with stories to a new level.
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why should we be encouraging people to watch basketball?
Basketball is one of the most loved sports on the planet although in Scotland it comes behind football, rugby and most likely golf too. However, the reason it is such a loved sport around the world is that it is the most engaging and magnetising sports around.
But why should we be encouraging more young people to watch it?
Improve Your Own Game
The best part about basketball is how much you can affect your own personal development by working hard and trying new things. Every players main goal, is to get better and be the best possible player they can. When trying to get to that peak, nearly all players rely on a coach or parent to tell them what they should be improving on rather than finding out for themselves.
Watching basketball and even videos of yourself playing basketball allows you to become the coach, this allows you to see people playing from a perspective that you do not get when you are playing yourself. It's the the same perspective that your coach will see when you are on the floor or in training. You can watch basketball in real time or even slow things down with tools like YouTube where you can watch and re-watch the same sequence over and over to learn.
Watching your own video of playing allows you to see things you wouldn't have noticed before as you would be doing them rather than reviewing them. This allow you to pinpoint the good and the bad, which will allow you to focus on developing the skills that need the most work.
Scotland has a great basketball history, with one of our own descendants being the creator of the modern game. However, basketball is behind in Scotland, with sports culture in this country aiming constantly toward the big 4 in Football, Tennis, Rugby and Golf.
Basketball is highly competitive, it's accessible, it's both fun to play and watch, it's high paced, and it's a teamwork sport that promotes inclusion at the grassroots level.
It is the perfect sport for all, however promoting the viewing of the sport is one of the best ways to grow awareness and attract new people to view and participate. Glasgow Rocks and the BBL have made a great start to this with promoting the sport and now securing a network deal with SkySports to televise the British Basketball League during the 20/21 season.
- Online streaming service for Basketballscotland Senior National League one male and female game per week?
- Clubs filming and uploading games to YouTube or Streaming their games online?
- Clubs promoting within the local community to attend local games and pro games to increase viewership?
- Attempt to access traditional media more (TV, Newspaper, Radio)?
- More online accessible content for basketball in Scotland?
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Medicare Payment and Reimbursement
A look at early hospital concerns over the proposed release of negotiated charges
Rich Daly
National hospital advocacy groups warned that negative consequences could result for hospitals, patients and health plans from the proposal to require release of negotiated charges.
For-profit hospital executives had a mixed reaction to the requirement.
An industry adviser expects rural and low-income hospitals to face the largest financial effects.
National hospital advocates, individual executives and an industry adviser identified early concerns with the proposed mandatory release of hospital-negotiated charges.
The Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System CY20 proposed rule would require all nonfederal hospitals to post online their gross charges and payer-specific negotiated charges.
The initial concerns raised by national hospital advocacy groups included the potential of the rule to:
Create a heavy administrative burden for hospitals
Undermine hospitals' ability to negotiate equitable payment
Leave consumers with little actionable information with which to make informed care decisions
Limit choices available to patients in the private market
Fuel anticompetitive behavior among commercial health insurers
"While we support transparency, today's proposal misses the mark, exceeds the Administration's legal authority and should be abandoned," Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, said in a written statement.
"This policy fails to address consumers' information needs to truly understand price, including information on copays and deductibles," said Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs for Premier. "Moreover, disclosing payer-negotiated rates harms health systems' negotiating power, creating anticompetitive market distortions."
For-profit hospital executives see pluses and minuses
Executives at two of the largest for-profit health systems this week told investors they had more nuanced views of the proposal.
Bill Rutherford, executive vice president and CFO of HCA Healthcare, said the 185-hospital chain expects the requirement to create "some opportunities, maybe some challenges there."
Sam Hazen, CEO, of HCA Healthcare, said the chain has pushed for 10 years to narrow the spread among charges negotiated with various health plans. Additionally, he said, HCA hospitals' charges are very competitive in their local markets, which has resulted in of 80% of 2020 contract negotiations being completed already.
"To Bill's point, there could be a market here or there where we are under a competitor," meaning at a disadvantage on pricing, Hazen said. "We believe that in a handful of cases, there could be a market here or there where maybe we are in a better position from a pricing standpoint, and we will just have to sort that out over time."
Steve Filton, executive vice president and CFO of 26-hospital Universal Health Services, said it remains unclear whether requiring the release of rates paid between commercial health plans and private hospitals will prove legal.
In response to concerns that the initiative may undermine hospitals' negotiating positions, Filton said if smaller insurers demand that their rates be cut to match those offered to larger health plans, "We are just not going to do it, and no one is going to be able to force us to do that, unless the government decides that they're just going to set prices all around.
"So, I don't think we view transparency as something that will change our everyday business practices by a great deal."
Specific provisions could prove tricky
Lynda Mischel, a managing principal at Lumina Health Partners, which advises hospitals, described the proposed requirement to publicly disclose health plan-specific rates as "problematic," due to contractual requirements that such negotiations remain private.
Small hospitals and rural facilities are likely to lack the resources or personnel to readily meet the disclosure requirements, Mischel said in an interview. Rates used in financial and billing systems are based on CPT codes and will need to be translated into plain English for patients.
"I don't think it's as easy as the federal government thinks it is," Mischel said.
That was echoed in criticism of the proposal by Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, president and CEO of America's Essential Hospitals, which represents safety-net hospitals.
Another wrinkle is that well-funded hospitals may forgo compliance with the new requirement to avoid impacts on health plan negotiations and could consider the annual penalty of $109,500 just a cost of doing business, Mischel said. However, low-revenue hospitals will struggle to either meet the requirement or pay the penalty.
CMS noted in the rule that it opted against exempting rural hospitals, but Mischel argued against that position since charge transparency provides little benefit in rural areas. Patients in those areas frequently have access to only one hospital, meaning price shopping is not possible.
CMS officials also raised the possibility that they may exempt hospitals from the charge disclosure requirement in cases when a hospital provides patients with price transparency tools for common procedures and services. But that option also likely would provide little benefit for low-income hospitals, which struggle to afford — and rarely offer — such price calculators, Mischel said.
Additionally, the cost of compliance is likely to far exceed the $1,017.24 annual cost per hospital as estimated by CMS.
"What they're asking for is far more complicated than $1,000 would allow," Mischel said.
was a senior editor in HFMA's Washington, D.C., Office.
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I have been trying to talk my girl into a fairy tea party sort of birthday party for the last couple of years, mostly because of the tiny food, but she has been staunchly disinterested. Last month, though, her brother was in a school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, & she was glued to her seat with wide-eyed fairy love the entire time (2 hours!). So then there was plenty of fairy talk for the next few days, & one day in the car I said "You know what I think would be fun to do sometime? Have a fairy party." And she said "YES! FOR MY BIRTHDAY!" And I said "Oh, wow, that's a terrific idea you just had!"
And then, after a triumphant phone call to my husband in which I gloated about having PUT ONE OVER on my four year old, I immediately started plotting.
with her red bow in back.
She took it for a test run this morning, & it seems to hold up ok.
This one, she says, is "for regular," when she's a "workity fairy," which is different than the fancy birthday party fairy, & which implies that she has BIG PLANS for her fairy wardrobe. Probably I'm going to need some more tulle.
Hee, hee. That is so something I do to my daughter. Of course, this year I think she pulled one over on me since her party is going to be at the swimming pool.
nice trick! if it is anything like here, one day in the next six months he will never again be disinterested and will think you are the smartest and the fanciest and will want to do everything you do all the time and follow you around like a hollywood stalker. it's not a bad gig, though I find that the constant scrutiny is kind of wilting.
I envy you...boys won't do fairy parties...though my youngest invited a girl for a tea party when he was 4. That's about as close as I ever got to girly. (He's 17 now and would die if I reminded him.) Buy loads of tulle and have a ball.
I'm so jealous! I so want to do a fairy party but my kids will have none of it. Maybe I'll try some of your genius logic to nudge them a little.
Looks great! Nothing like putting one over on them in our own creative way.
Oh, how I wish I was invited to a fairy party! Tiny food. Tulle. Just perfect!
good job on the trickery and the skirt!
we had a fairy party for jane one year. the girls decorated headbands as an activity. we used lots of tiny petals off of fake flowers and sequins and beads. it kept them busy and was a fun favor to take home with their skirt.
More tulle and I imagine glitter too! Darling photos!
That is soo adorable..It's going to be a great party..
So fancy! Gotta love the tutu!
OH, I so wish my girls were young enough to play fairies again!!!
Love the tutu! We are having a fairies and pirates party for my 4 year old this year (boys are invited). I am also all for unnecessary serging!
it's not a bad gig, though I find that the constant scrutiny is kind of wilting.


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16 Fascinating (And Festive) Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Beloved Holiday Movies
The FBI thought It's a Wonderful Life was Communist propaganda in disguise.
by Mary Colussi
1. Jon Favreau, the director of Elf, told 20/20 that the movie's team initially asked Macy's if they would be the department store/winter wonderland at the center of the film.
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But, in the spirit of keeping holiday magic alive, Macy's turned them down. Since one of the department store scenes involves Buddy the Elf accusing the store's Santa of being an imposter, the folks at Macy's were worried that kids would clue into the fact that their Santas weren't the real deal.
Favreau said, "Because we're using a Santa, of course, everybody thinks Macy's. But Macy's didn't like the idea that there was a fake Santa working there. They felt it would blow the illusion for kids."
Gimbels, a department store company that shuttered in 1987, took Macy's place.
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2. Hugh Grant really, really, really didn't want to do that dancing scene in Love Actually.
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Richard Curtis, the writer and director of the film, told the Daily Beast, "He was hugely grumpy about it. He was so wanting his bit not to be fake; he wanted to feel as though he could be prime minister. ... The fault line was the dance, because there was no way he could do that in a prime ministerial manner."
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Grant's dance was filmed on the last day of shooting, since the actor had put it off for so long.
3. The Screen Junkies YouTube series Honest Action consults medical professionals about the types of injuries (and fatalities) that would ensue if onscreen action happened in real life. According to their video about Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, the Wet Bandits would die 23 times from the injuries inflicted on them by Kevin McCallister.
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According to Dr. Adam Friedlander, Harry would die 9 times, and poor Marv would bite it no less than 14.
This is to say nothing about the damage to their souls and psyches that two movies spent in the company of Kevin would do.
4. Speaking of the Home Alone movies, the Plaza Hotel, aka where Kevin sets up shop in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, offers a "Home Alone 2: Fun in New York" package.
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The package includes a four-hour limo ride around New York City, complete with a large cheese pizza. And when you return to your "luxurious guest room," you can expect a "Home Alone sundae (16 scoops of assorted ice cream, whipped cream, maraschino cherries, M&M's, brownie bits, chocolate, caramel, and raspberry sauce)."
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There's no price listed, presumably because that would put a damper on the festive whimsy of the whole thing.
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5. Miracle on 34th Street, one of the most famous Christmas movies of all time, wasn't released in December. Instead, it premiered on May 2, 1947.
According to Gothamist, this odd debut came about because the head of 20th Century Fox Studio, Darryl F. Zanuck, believed that movies released in the summer performed better. Therefore, the film's marketing downplayed its "Christmas setting."
6. Speaking of beloved classics: Remember It's a Wonderful Life, the moving 1946 film about a man realizing in the midst of his lowest moment how meaningful his life has been to those around him?
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Yeah, the FBI thought it was Communist propaganda.
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According to the Independent, an FBI agent in Los Angeles wrote a memo detailing their suspicions. The agency originally looked into the film because two of its screenwriters, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, were believed to be "very close to known Communists."
The agent who watched It's a Wonderful Life wrote in the memo that it "represented a rather obvious attempt to discredit bankers," and that it "deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters." Referring specifically to the film's villainous banker character Mr. Potter, the agent, who probably did not go on to become a screenwriter, wrote that the movie could've shown Mr. Potter "following the rules as laid down by the State Bank Examiners in connection with making loans."
While the agent's report was delivered to the House Un-American Activities Committee, no action was taken against the film.
7. During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Jim Carrey revealed that the cumbersome costume he wore in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas was so awful that he literally underwent anti-torture training to deal with it.
Carrey said the process of applying his makeup was "like being buried alive every day," and that it took eight and a half hours on the first day. After that harrowing experience, Carrey tried to quit, so producer Brian Grazer decided to hire "a gentleman who is trained to teach CIA operatives how to endure torture."
The techniques the expert suggested to Carrey included eating throughout the day, turning on the TV to distract himself, and smoking cigarettes. Carrey had to use a cigarette holder to smoke, so as not to risk igniting his yak fur costume.
8. The scene in A Christmas Story where Flick, played by Scott Schwartz, gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole is one of the film's most iconic. But don't worry: Schwartz didn't actually have to lick a frozen pole.
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Schwartz told Yahoo! Entertainment that the flagpole was outfitted with a hidden suction device, not unlike a "small vacuum cleaner." When Flick licked the flagpole, it was this device, not the frozen metal, that held his tongue in place, through a small opening the size of "your pinky nail."
He said that while the stunt wasn't painful, the frigid filming conditions were another matter. Schwartz said, "The worst part about it was just the bitter, bitter cold that we had. We were two days out there, and it was between 20 and 25 below zero with the wind chill."
9. In Chicago Magazine's oral history of Home Alone, director Chris Columbus said that John Hughes sent him the script (written by Hughes himself) after Columbus decided to leave another festive Hughes project: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
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Columbus decided to leave Christmas Vacation because star Chevy Chase proved just too difficult to work with. Said Columbus, "To be completely honest, Chevy treated me like dirt. ... Then I had another meeting with Chevy, and it was worse. I called John and said, 'There's no way I can do this movie. I know I need to work, but I can't do it with this guy.' John was very understanding."
Two weeks later, Hughes asked Columbus if he wanted to direct Home Alone. Columbus said, "I thought, 'Wow, this guy is really supporting me when no one else in Hollywood was going to.' John was my savior."
10. In an essay for Vulture, Harold & Kumar screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg revealed that A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas was one of two possible ideas for the third movie in the series. The other was Harold & Kumar and the Legend of Eazy-E's Stash, wherein the title characters "find out about an amazing bag of weed that once belonged to Eazy-E in the early nineties" and go on a quest to recover it.
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The producers liked the Eazy-E idea, but soon after Hurwitz and Schlossberg began work on it, they had to drop it, because "the logistics of getting the rights to Eazy-E's estate were more challenging than distributing a holiday film." Thus, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas was born.
The screenwriting duo wrote, "In the end, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas turned out almost exactly as we imagined when we first conceived of it. Whether it will ever be as brilliant as The Legend of Eazy-E's Stash, we'll unfortunately never know."
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11. Director Henry Selick told the Daily Beast that filming the stop-motion animation for The Nightmare Before Christmas took a year and a half. Said Selick, "At its peak, it was about 120 people working on it, and we had between 12–17 animators on the job. It's an insane way to make a movie, but a lot of fun. It's joy, along with a lot of pain."
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The most difficult character to animate was Oogie Boogie, since "he's big and pretty shapeless." Selick said that the moment where it's revealed that Oogie Boogie is filled with bugs took about four months to pull off, and that it "took some years off a few animators' lives."
Side note: What's the general consensus on The Nightmare Before Christmas? Is it a Halloween-y Christmas movie, or a Christmas-y Halloween movie?
12. According to Mental Floss, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) is partially blamed for the death of the aluminum Christmas tree trend.
In the special, Charlie Brown and his friend Linus reject Lucy's suggestion to buy an aluminum tree, and instead choose a real one.
The aluminum Christmas tree was seen as "a symbol of everything that had gone wrong with Christmas," and sales dropped. However, the retro decorations have seen a recent, nostalgia-driven spike in popularity.
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13. Director Robert Zemeckis told BBC that Chris Van Allsburg, the author of The Polar Express, sold the movie rights to his book on the condition that it not be adapted into "an animated cartoon."
But Zemeckis didn't want to do a live-action adaptation, because "all the charm of the beautiful illustrations that were in the book would be lost, and I think they are so much a part of the emotion of the story."
When Zemeckis met with Ken Ralston of Sony Imageworks, Ralston came up with the compromise of "doing it 'virtual' using motion capture."
14. Michael Caine told GQ that he wanted to star in The Muppet Christmas Carol because his daughter, who was 7 at the time, was too young to watch any of his other movies.
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Caine said, "I had never made a movie that a 7-year-old can see. And so a man mentioned the Muppets and I said, 'That's it! I'll do that!' ... And it was absolutely perfect at that time for what I wanted. I could make it, and my daughter could see it. That's why I did it. And it was lovely."
Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1992 film.
15. In an interview with FilmIsNow, Mo'Nique said that while some scenes in Almost Christmas took longer to film because the actors were having so much fun together and making each other laugh, the cast "got it done" out of respect for their legendary co-star Danny Glover.
Mo'Nique said, "When you are working with a legend, a living legend, and that's what Mr. Glover is to us, when you are working with that living legend, you don't want to mess around, because you want to respect what you're in front of. So, though we had a great time, we got it done, because we wanted to make sure we reserved our legend. We didn't want to have him there all hours of the night."
Mo'Nique then joked that Glover taught the cast how to take a good nap.
16. And finally: If you've ever been confused by the moment in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer where Yukon Cornelius licks his pickax, you're picking up on a deleted scene that explains a key plot point: Yukon is mining peppermint, not coal or silver or other such decidedly un-delicious materials.
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In the deleted scene, Yukon licks his ax after it hits the ground, then says, "Peppermint! What I've been searching for all my life! I've struck it rich. I've got me a peppermint mine. Wahoo!"
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Historian Rick Goldschmidt told the HuffPost, "The 'Peppermint Mine Scene' has not been on TV since 1964. The special as it airs on CBS is not right."


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Which Wind Instrument Is Least Common in Jazz Music?
August 24, 2021 February 5, 2021 by Lee Cardwell
Jazz bands are made up of various sizes and different operational arrangements. But if there's one thing that they commonly share, then it's the type of instruments they use.
It's a widely known fact that these bands generally use horns and rhythm instruments.
But have you ever asked yourself about the other least commonly used instruments in jazz music? And in this case, I mean the wind instruments.
Well, if your answer is yes. Then this article seeks to give you answers. But before that, let's have a clear understanding of:
What Is the Defining Characteristic of Jazz?
Swing and Syncopation
Bent Notes and Innovative Modes
Distinctive Voices
The Nose Flute
Electronic Varitone Saxophone
Bagpipe
Which Wind Instruments Are Popular In Jazz Music?
Sometimes, at a standard level, it's tough for jazz fans to agree on the type of music that qualifies to be classified as genuine jazz.
But if you're careful enough, you can easily distinguish this genre of music from the others by various traits, including:
The term swing as used musically, refers to the specific rhythmic momentum that triggers you into a dancing mode or simply snapping your fingers as you listen to a great jazz tune.
And to achieve this, jazz musicians usually incorporate the use of Syncopation, which is the art of coming up with various accents and strategically using them in specific parts of the tunes.
Therefore, as you listen to the jazz swings, you can't help but get mesmerized by the awesome beats no matter how frequently/scarcely the players decide to emphasize them.
The best part is that players are at liberty to improvise by creating versus using their own words, melody, and add a touch of accent.
The secret players use is bouncing back and forth of ideas, hitting beats harder and slow, among others.
One thing that you should always remember about jazz music is the fact that it allows players to combine various notes, in a way that can't be achieved even on piano.
And one trick they use is note bending to create unique sounds, which can only be associated with the mysterious, energetic, and tension-causing nature of jazz.
And that's not all. Jazz players also use modes, which in this case refers to a group of notes/scales. So, they typically focus on 1-2 modes instead of fast chord changes, to achieve unique melodies.
This is the main reason as to why jazz is always evolving and surrounded with a lot of excitement.
We must agree that every jazz musician is different. And just like their personalities, their voices are also unique.
This is the reason as to why die-hard jazz music fans can easily identify a musician by the sound of their lyrics.
The way they phrase words, emphasize on specific parts, their unique improvised styles, among other elements, are some of the attributes that people use to give players their musical personalities.
That's why it's often said that to be an excellent jazz player, you first have to be a composer, then a musician.
Now that you already have an understanding of the various defining characteristics of jazz let's move on to the 5 least common wind instruments in jazz music.
The history of the nose flute takes us back to Taiwan, where it's believe to have been invented around 1891.
In the beginning, it was referred to as the nose whistle. And its sound is pretty similar to that of the slide whistle.
The currently used around the world, but is most played among the tribes of Taiwan.
Now, when it comes to jazz, the nose flute was commonly played by Rahsaan Kirk, who was a renowned candid and blind saxophonist.
During his performances, he used to combine the tenor saxophone, the Manzello, the Stritch, the flute, and the nose flute.
But there really hasn't been many jazz musician who has been able to pick up from where he left successfully. But, you really never know what the future presents.
And this could be because of the challenging nature the nose flute presents, especially to learners.
You first have to know how to correctly press the nose flute against your nose, exhaling through the nose only, changing the pitch, and many more.
But, if you want to learn how to play it, you can watch the video below and try it out;
Saxophones come in different varieties. And while the use of common saxophones such as the alto and tenor saxophones is common in most jazz bands. Very few are bold to try something new.
The use of the Electronic Varitone Saxophone was first introduced to jazz lovers by the late Sonny Stitt.
For those who haven't heard of him, Stitt, whose real name was Edward Boatner, was a famous African-American jazz saxophonist.
His style of playing revolved around warm romantic improvised techniques, which gained him a special place in the hearts of many jazz fans.
And it's because of his bold nature that Sonny Stitt experimented with the electric Varitone saxophone in his two famous albums, which he released around 1966-1967.
Presently, electric Saxophone can be found in selective music stores. And it's an excellent instrument for both the professional and amateurs players.
The fact that it's light-weighted, not bulky and comprises numerous attractive features, makes it an ideal pick for practice even by players who are always traveling.
But even with all these features, I cannot confidently state that the electronic Saxophone can comfortably replace the standard Saxophone.
You can, however, try tunes on it and see how they flow. The good thing is that you can comfortably use play songs just the same way you do with the regular Saxophone.
The major difference is that it doesn't use buttons, and you can increase the volume to suit your needs without disturbing your neighbors.
The Oboe belongs to the woodwind instruments category. It usually measures around 25 ½ inches long and weighs from 2 pounds.
As its name suggests, this instrument is primarily made of wood. But that isn't always the case. It isn't uncommon to come across some made out of other synthetic materials such as plastic and resin.
The Oboe is quite complex to learn, and therefore, players who want to use it should be serious, or else they won't even manage to produce a good sound.
That said, in the jazz industry, the Oboe was first used by Roscoe Mitchell, who still is a legend in the Avant-Garde jazz subsection.
This jazz master has managed to produce fantastic work, which cuts across various music genres.
In his performances, this famous jazz musician can be seen using various instruments ranging from the recorder, flute, piccolo, and the Clarinet.
It's not until 2019, when he included the Oboe in his award-winning Nonaah album show, alongside the flute and the piano.
Despite the common assumptions that the Bagpipes are Irish or Scottish, they actually originated from the African country of Egypt. And according to Historians, it's the Roman armies, which invaded Egypt, which introduced it to the Scots, later on.
Musically, learning how to play the Bagpipe can be pretty tricky for starters. One needs to be well skilled in other similar instruments even to manage to play the simplest of songs.
And I think this could be the reason as to why most jazz players stay away from it. I mean, who wants to complicate their lives further? Not ordinarily anyone.
Rufus Harlesy Jr. wasn't just anyone when it comes to the world of jazz music.
He dared to be different and insisted on using the Bagpipe as his principal instrument during his performances and recordings.
His very first performance using a bagpipe being in 1964. So you can imagine how the reception was. His fans weren't impressed, and some thought he had lost his mind.
In fact, history has it that most of his neighbors complained to the police about the noises he made while practicing. But that didn't slow him down.
And his efforts seemed to bear fruits as his first jazz album, "Bagpipe Blues," which was released in 1965, become a hit.
From that time, more and more jazz musicians are trying out the Bagpipe in various parts of the world. And although this instrument isn't as famous as it should be, it's at least on the move.
Therefore, if you find this instrument exciting and would like to try it out, you should be ready to exercise patience.
It could take you over two years to truly master it and gain the confidence to use it in your performances.
The best part is that you can sign up for classes and see how things unfold.
If you have ever come across a double-reed woodwind instrument, with 2 thin strips of materials, then that could have been a Bassoon.
It's the two thin strips that help players to produce sounds by vibrating.
In fact, a quick examination of this musical instrument will show you how closely it resembles the Saxophone and a bong.
This wind instrument can be used alone as it produces a high warm sound, which can easily be confused with that of a baritone performer.
Learning the bassoon is hard. And this could be the reason why most jazz musicians don't include it in their orchestra performances.
But there's one jazz musician who was the first one to take chances with the bassoon and prove that it can be used in plays as well.
And her name is Karen Borca. She still remains to be the only full-time bassoonist in both Avant jazz and Free jazz.
Borca being a free jazz player, means that she can readily break any rule without facing much criticism. And she has so far used it to her advantage. Well, the correct way.
She's also an active member of the famous Cecil Taylor Unit, a creation of Cecil Taylor, who also happens to be a Free jazz pioneer, a poet, and even a pianist.
What does the future have in store for the aspiring bassoon players?
What I would say is that, although there aren't many jazz musicians using this instrument presently, if you want to learn how to play it, you can always start, though it won't be easy.
So, be ready to spend years learning and gaining professional experience from time to time performances.
Enough with the rarely used wind instruments in jazz. Now let's turn your attention to the commonly used wind instruments in jazz.
If you ask most individuals, they will readily confess that the first instrument they think of whenever they hear the term "jazz music" is the Saxophone.
These instruments come in various sizes, which produce different tones and notes.
But the most famous of them all is the alto Saxophone, which is also the easiest to learn, closely followed closely by the tenor sax.
They are also easy to play and readily available in most music stores.
This instrument might not be the easiest to learn, but you will commonly notice it in most jazz bands.
Most jazz performers like it because of its size, and it sprung to fame around the 1930s, when it was the most popular tool in the jazz genre.
You know that bold and bright sound that usually defines the jazz music? Well, it's mostly the outcome of the trumpet.
So, as you can see, trumpets are famous in the jazz sector. And from time to time, bands swap them with cornets, which are equally rich in sound.
And although they're a bit hard to learn, they are affordable, thus accessible to most jazz players for practice.
The jazz musical style has always been rich and full of surprises, making it one of the most famous and loved genres across the world.
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But there are also those instruments that are rarely used in jazz music no matter how good they sound.
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Zuo Shusheng (; born 13 April 1958 in Tianjin) is a former Chinese international soccer player and manager. As a player, he played for Tianjin City FC (now currently known as Tianjin Teda F.C.) and Dutch team FC Zwolle before he retired. As a manager, he returned to his former club in Tianjin where he has twice managed them in his career, with his greatest achievement being when he managed the club to a fourth-place finish in the 2008 Chinese Super League and a chance to play in the 2009 AFC Champions League for the first time.

Club career
Zuo Shusheng started his football career when he played for Tianjin City FC (currently known as Tianjin Teda F.C.) in the 1978 league season. With them he helped them win the 1980 as well as the 1983 league title (which they shared with Guangdong Provincial Team in 1983). After begin an integral member of the Tianjin squad for ten years he would be given the opportunity join FC Zwolle of the Netherlands in 1988.

International career
Zuo Shusheng would make his debut against South Korea on December 29, 1978 in an Asian Cup qualifier which China lost 1–0. Despite the defeat he would still be included in the squad that took part in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and while the tournament saw China play disappointingly Zuo Shusheng would nevertheless start to become an integral member of the Chinese team. By the time of the 1984 AFC Asian Cup arrived Zuo Shusheng would now captain the team to a runners up position, however he retired from international football in 1985 after China lost a crucial 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Hong Kong.

Management career
After he retired Zuo Shusheng was allowed to become the head coach of Tianjin City FC  for a short period when they didn't compete in the 1992 league season. Later he became assistant coach for Tianjin while completing his management training. After finishing his management training Zuo Shusheng would officially become the new head coach of Tianjin Teda when he replaced Lin Xinjiang (蔺新江) in the second half of 1996 league season to help Tianjin fight against relegation from the top tier and he would eventually help them to a respectable eighth in the league. The 1997 league season was to be far more difficult for Zuo Shusheng when Tianjin struggled to get results at the beginning of the season and this led Zuo Shusheng to resign as the head coach during the middle of the league season.

He would join Chengdu Wuniu and Gansu Tianma as a trainer until 2007 when Tianjin Teda would bring back Zuo Shusheng to the club but this time as the head coach of reserve team. Zuo Shusheng would once again return to Tianjin senior team as head coach in 2008 when Jozef Jarabinský was sacked during the 2008 league season. The appointment would see Tianjin quickly move up the table and end the season in fourth place as well as a position within the AFC Champions League for the first time. During the 2009 AFC Champions League Tianjin struggled within the competition while also being unable to improve upon last years final league position, this saw the club replace him with Arie Haan at the beginning of the 2010 league season.

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International stats
Profile at Tianjin Teda official website (Chinese)

1958 births
Living people
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Chinese expatriate footballers
Footballers from Tianjin
Chinese football managers
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Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players
PEC Zwolle players
Eredivisie players
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
1980 AFC Asian Cup players
1984 AFC Asian Cup players
Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games
Association football midfielders
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Chinese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands


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Top Ranked Huskies and Bulldogs Face-off This Weekend
wmpcic / January 10, 2019
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St. Cloud, MN – This series exemplifies what is great about college hockey. This may not be the most critical series in the NCHC this weekend but numerous story lines exist. The defending Penrose Cup Champion faces the defending National Champion. The #1 ranked team in college hockey faces #5. The former UMD assistant coach returns to Duluth as the SCSU head coach to try to derail his mentor. Teammates from the recent World Junior Tournament suddenly become adversaries on the ice. Both teams have positioned themselves to be near locks for the NCAA tourney assuming the wheels don't suddenly fall off on each. It should be a large and lively crowd with an abundance of visitors in cardinal and black in the house. This pairing has set itself up for a tremendous weekend of competitive hockey and I wouldn't want to miss it. Read on.
#1 SCSU Huskies (14-2-2 | 6-0-2 NCHC) vs #5 UMD Bulldogs (11-5-2 | 4-3-1 NCHC)
TV: MY9 TV (Duluth)
Live Stats: UMD Bulldogs
Live Stream: NCHC.TV $
Live Audio Stream: TUNEIN RADIO
Radio: 96.7 FM (St. Cloud)
Tickets: UMD Bulldogs
Where: Amsoil Arena – Duluth, MN
When: Friday, January 11 – 7:05 PM CT | Saturday, January 12 – 7:05 PM CT
Series notes – SCSU
Series Notes – UMD
Road Trip Ranking #2 for 2018-19
Last Time Out:
The Huskies participated in the Three Rivers Classic College Hockey Tournament in Pittsburgh, PA last weekend and had mixed results. On Friday, at the Lemieux Sports Complex the Huskies suffered a 7-2 loss to Union College. With the atmosphere more like a scrimmage than a regular season game, the Huskies fell behind early, could never gain any scoring traction and lost only their second game of the 2018-19 season. Despite being on the short-end of every statistical category in this game Union dominated in the only category that counted – number of goals. Kevin Fitzgerald scored both goals for the Huskies.
On Saturday, the venue was changed to PPG Paints Arena to face tournament host Robert Morris in the consolation match-up. In a game that saw the 100 career milestone reached by both Jimmy Schuldt and Robby Jackson the Huskies scored three times in period three to gain a 5-2 win. Jackson played an energetic and determined third period and scored two key third period goals to lead the Huskies. With the game tied 2-2 early in period three Jackson went to work and scored two consecutive goals – his 99th and 100th points but most importantly leading the Huskies to their 14th win of the season. Schuldt picked up an assist on Saturday to attain his 100 career points as well. Jeff Smith captured the win in goal for the Huskies.
The Bulldogs had an exhibition date with the USA U18 NTDP on Saturday, January 5th and were upended 4-2. Team USA outshot the Bulldogs 39-28, never trailed and earned their 7th win vs Division One competition this season. Hunter Sheppard and Nick Deery shared time in goal and Tanner Laderoute and Justin Richards netted the goals for UMD.
Head to Head:
In all-time competition that goes back to the year 1946, the Huskies carry a 67-50-9 advantage. During the Division One era, SCSU again holds a 64-46-8 advantage. In the last five, SCSU is 3-2-0 and in the last ten, the teams are knotted at 5-5-0. The Huskies are 8-6-2 at Amsoil Arena going back to February of 2011. The games have historically been very tight at Amsoil with eight of the contests decided by two or less goals and four games going to an overtime session.
Scouting the UMD Bulldogs
UMD surprised many with their post-season run culminating in their National Championship in 2018. Picked to win the NCHC this season, the Bulldogs continued their winning ways into the 2018-19 season with a 10-2-1 start . However, they hit a rough patch in December with a 1-3-1 record and every contest a close one. Their only win was a 4-2 overtime victory vs MSU-Mankato in the Desert Classic in Arizona. Currently, ranked #5 in the recent polls and #6 in the Pairwise they look to be a participant once again in NCAA post-season play. Heading into the season, UMD's strength was from the goaltender out with junior Hunter Sheppard anchoring the defense and convincing the media that the defending champs would be the team to beat in the NCHC. Sheppard and the defense have lived up to expectations thus far with the 4th ranked defense in college hockey yielding 2 goals per game and a penalty kill that is tops in the country with a crazy 92.65% kill percentage. Add to that solid numbers by Sheppard, 6th in GAA at 1.85 and a .917 SV% and it's obvious you won't score a lot of goals on this team.
Defensively, the Bulldogs are led by three of the top defensemen in college hockey in Scott Perunovich, Mikey Anderson and Dylan Samberg. Throw the rough and tumble Nick Wolfe into the mix and it's simply a tough unit to play against. Sophomore Perunovich does it all for the Bulldogs logging lots of minutes and is a key player on special teams. And, by the way, he leads the squad in points with 18 points in 18 games. Anderson, named captain of the USA World Junior team is a hybrid defenseman and can play solid defense but contribute offensively as well. He has seven points in 16 games and is +4. Samberg is a rugged defenseman with skill and complements the play of linemate Mikey Anderson much like Wolfe complements the play of Perunovich.
This is not an offense that will blow you away like some past UMD teams but is solid and consistent in their play and has good leadership in players like Parker McKay and Peter Krieger. McKay is having a solid season with 8-7-15 and 2 game-winning goals and third on the squad in points. He leads the team in goals scored. Sophomore Justin Richards has been a key offensive player as well – second in team points with 16 and two game-winning goals. Minnesota Wild draft choice Nick Swaney missed a few games due to injury but can be a reliable scorer and has five goals in 16 games. First-year player Noah Cates was also a member of the USA World Junior team and looks to play more of a role the second half of the season. Disappointing thus far is the production of Dallas Stars draft first-round choice Riley Tufte who was expected to have a more prominent role in the offense this year. With seven points and +1 they need to get Tufte in gear the second half of the season. It's interesting that he has 4 power play goals but not a single five on five goal. Another interesting offensive statistic is that forward Kobe Roth has five goals with four of them on the man-advantage.
Team Offense: 3.06 GPG (20th)
Team Defense: 2.00 GAPG (4th)
Power Play: 20.29% (20th)
Penalty Kill: 92.65% (1st)
Penalties (Average Min. Per Game): 14.11 (9th)
Scouting the SCSU Huskies:
The #1 ranked Huskies enter the second half of the season with the fewest losses in college hockey. They had college hockey's longest undefeated streak at 10 games until they were blown out 7-2 by Union in the Three Rivers Classic last weekend. However, it wasn't that it was a poor effort or performance by the Huskies. They played hard and dominated statistically but had marginal goaltending and it was simply a game that got out of hand on the score sheet. They've been excelling on both ends of the ice ranked second in the nation in offense and eighth in defense. Special teams have been strong – fourth nationally on the penalty kill and sixth on the power play. Seniors are providing tremendous leadership, there is balanced scoring, the first-year class is contributing and despite some inconsistently, both goaltenders are getting the job done. Most importantly, and this is a key, they get their two best centermen back for the UMD series. Junior forward Ryan Poehling was off earning the tournament MVP in the World Junior tournament and Blake Lizotte missed several games due to injury. Both bring talent and consistent play back to this important position.
Both senior forward Robby Jackson and senior defenseman, Jimmy Schuldt reached the 100 point career milepost last weekend in Pittsburgh and have performed as well as expected all season. They'll go down in Husky Hockey history as two of the very best at their respective positions. They'll both be integral to the SCSU success the second half of the season.
Currently, the Huskies are the eighth-ranked defense in the nation allowing only 2.11 goals per game. Led by All-American, Hobey Baker finalist, pre-season All-NCHC pick and captain, Jimmy Schuldt (5-12-17 +3), alternate captain and senior Jon Lizotte (1-3-4 +6), and talented puck mover Jack Ahcan (2-14-16 +16), this diverse unit of defenders is one of the top threesome in college hockey. Ahcan's numbers are very similar to UMD's dynamic defenseman, Scott Perunovich. Add to the group, sophomore, Luke Jaycox (1-1-2 +5) and a talented group of newcomers – Brendan Bushy (+3) , NHL draft choice Nick Perbix (1-9-10 +14) and local native Spencer Meier (0-5-5 +3) and you have one of the most talent-laden defensive units in college hockey. Tyler Anderson, another solid contributor sustained an upper body injury vs Mount Royal and is back in the lineup as well. The entire unit is plus 48 and not a single regular is in the minus.
The Huskies are currently ranked second in the nation on offense with a lot of depth at forward and seniors Robby Jackson, Patrick Newell and Jacob Benson have experienced loads of success during their time at SCSU. They've experienced a Frozen Faceoff Championship, a Penrose Cup and have been a part of two NCAA tournament squads. Pre-season all-league NCHC pick Robby Jackson, led the Huskies in scoring in 2017-18 and currently is second in team points with 19 and is +9. Jackson has joine the 100 point club this season. Senior Patrick Newell is an experienced forward being counted on to be a leader this season. Skilled and tough along the boards for his size he currently leads the forwards with 11 goals and 21 points. Senior Jacob Benson was named alternate captain and he has 2 goals and four points in 18 games.
Montreal Canadiens first-rounder, Ryan Poehling has 17 points in 16 games and returned this week after playing for Team USA in the World Junior Championships. He was named MVP of the tournament, led Team USA in scoring and named the tourney's top forward. The Poehling twins, Jack and Nick along with Kevin Fitzgerald are preferably matched against the opponents top line. They've combined for 29 points and are plus 16. Sophomore Blake Lizotte made the NCHC All-Rookie team last season and is one of the most exciting forwards in college hockey. He is the Huskies top face-off player and currently has 15 points in 16 games and is +11. Easton Brodzinski is another member of the 2017-18 NCHC All-Rookie team and it was well-deserved. A natural goal scorer with a wicked wrist shot he netted 14 goals his rookie season and tends to score in bunches. He has 8 goals and three game-winning goals and 4 power pay goals. Sophomore Kevin Fitzgerald was a surprise as a rookie earning 38 games of playing time and skating with the Poehling twins contributes to a relentless forecheck. He has 10 goals including one game-winner.
Minnesota Wild draft choice Sam Hentges and Nolan Walker are already prominent contributors to the lineup. Walker has an outstanding shooting percentage of 26% and Hentges 23%. Hentges and Walker have combined for 10 goals and 26 points and both are making a serious case to make the NCHC all-rookie team. Micah Miller is finally getting his sea legs and has worked his way into a regular role in the lineup. Extremely hard to knock off his skates, he controls the puck down low and it'll only be a matter of time before the puck starts going into the net for him.
With senior Jeff Smith and sophomore David Hrenak, the Huskies have a solid one-two punch at goaltender. Hrenak has lost one game, is 10-1-1 and has a 2.22 GAA and a .903 SV% and two shutouts. Smith has split time with Hrenak and is 4-1-1 with two shutouts and outstanding 1.89 GAA and .922 SV%.
National Statistics:
Offense: 4.06 (2nd)
Defense: 2.11 (8th)
Power Play: 21.09% (6th)
Penalty Kill: 88.89% (4th)
Penalties (Average Min. Per Game): 10.78 (36th)
Game Prospectus:
SCSU coach Brett Larson returns to Duluth where he was a part of the national championship team last season. The media attention has been intense and probably a little distracting as he attempts to prepare his #1 Huskies to face top rival UMD and his mentor, Scott Sandelin. Larson calls this "a big league series" and that "it's going to be exciting and fun but once the puck drops it's just a game. I have to put some of that stuff (all the media attention) out of my mind. There is a lot of mutual respect between the teams and we'll want to beat each other. We won't surprise them and they won't surprise us. It's going to be fast, hard and good hockey. We know they'll come hard on the forecheck and try to disrupt our defensemen. We need to take the right angle on them and make them move the puck before they want to."
There's no reason not to expect both games to be close if not low-scoring contests. That's been the history of these teams when they meet. Obviously goaltending will be a key and the Huskies need to have a big night from David Hrenak who is exected to be Friday's starter. If he falters Jeff Smith has proven he can step right in and lead the Huskies to success. The Bulldogs do tend to spend some time in the penalty box but they can afford to – their penalty kill is tops in college hockey. It'll be an interesting matchup on special teams with two of the top units in the nation both on the man-advantage and penalty kill.
There will be four players back from the World Junior Championships – three for UMD and one SCSU. It's be interesting to see how much energy these players have after a grueling world tourney. The Huskies line combinations will be back to normal with the return of Ryan Poehling and Blake Lizotte.
After last weekend, the Huskies need to tighten up a bit on defense. UMD will certainly do their best to pressure the Huskies defense and try to force turnovers. I expect the teams to test each other early and it should turn out to be a high energy series.
This should be an outstanding college hockey matchup this weekend. .
All the links for this weekends games can be found HERE
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Q: Sql- enforcing referential integrity on sub tables I have three tables:
property
`id` MEDIUMINT(8) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`user_id` MEDIUMINT(8) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`title` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
`alias_title` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`primary_category` TINYINT(3) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`second_category` TINYINT(3) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`reference_number` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
`description` VARCHAR(10000) NOT NULL,
`no_of_bedrooms` TINYINT(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`no_of_bathrooms` TINYINT(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL

property Rental
`property_id` MEDIUMINT(8) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`minimum_rental_months` TINYINT(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`minimum_rental_years` TINYINT(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`maximum_rental_months` TINYINT(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`maximum_rental_years` TINYINT(2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`available_from` DATE NOT NULL,
`available_to` DATE NOT NULL,
`type_of_letting` TINYINT(1) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`price` DECIMAL(7,2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`deposit` DECIMAL(7,2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`additionals_included_with_rent` VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL

property Sales
`property_id` MEDIUMINT(8) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`price` DECIMAL(10,2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL

The situation is that a property can either be a rental property or a sales property. It needs to be one of the other. property_id is a foreign to property in both sales and rental. However with this structure a user could in effect create a property that does not belong to rental or sales. I need to put some constraint in so a property must in either of the sales or rental tables.
I would then need to query to find all properties and the associated details.
Can someone please let me know the best way of me ensuring a property must either belong to rental or sales in this instance.

A: What you describe would result in a chicken-or-the-egg problem. You cannot insert into the appropriate "subtable" first, as the foreign key property_id requires the general entry to exist first. But neither can you insert into the general table first, at least if you could express the constraint you're asking for here. And as you cannot insert into two tables simultaneously, that would mean you cannot insert your data at all, unless you disable consistency checks for a while, which I'd consider really bad style.
I can see no clean solution to this at the databse constraints level. So I suggest you deal with possible inconsistencies (i.e. properties of unknown type) at the application level.


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To elaborate on one of the points I began to address in the first part of this series of posts, it has been painfully obvious to me (and to others) when entering the United States, that white people are essentially not subject to Secondary Review. Put bluntly, Secondary Review is meant for brown and black people. Moreover, while allegations of profiling people on the basis of their race, religion, etc. are almost always denied by the authorities in non-airport portions of the United States, it is part of the official policy of the United States to engage in profiling in the passport control/customs areas of U.S. airports. Sadly, these days, one can understand how 'JFK' has come to be experienced as 'Jim Fucking Krow' for too many people.
In anticipation of returning to the United States in late December, after being out of the country for almost a year, I braced myself for some difficult realities. While I was looking forward to a relatively uninterrupted electricity supply in the United States—after living through 5 months of a Pakistan still dealing with the legacy of gross inattention to the energy demands of a rapidly expanding Pakistani middle class—I was more than cognizant that much of my impending Saint Louis electricity use would be directed at counteracting a Midwestern winter. Beyond my meteorological concerns, however, I was also contemplating a Saint Louis that had seemingly pivoted while I was gone, transforming from a place where palpable racial tensions were perpetually and hopelessly postponed, to a place demanding immediate racial justice. I was hopeful about the new conversation in Saint Louis, but also wary of it: Saint Louis is a city of intrigue, hope, and revenge. How would this all play out?
Little did I know that Abu Dhabi airport would give me a firsthand lesson on where the United States is on its broken arc of racial justice.
Not long before my departure from Lahore, in the context of a Comparative Law class discussion of James Whitman's "Harsh Justice," a Pakistani student of mine remarked "Well, everyone knows how racist the American legal system is…" Teaching Comparative Law (anywhere) is always a bit of a whiplash experience, as one has to often navigate students' harsh assessments of foreign cultures and legal systems without knowing much about students' actual experiences with and knowledge of these other places. ["Woah, did they just say that???"] I remember agreeing with this student verbally, but slightly wincing inside. There was nuance to add to this acrylic portrait of the American legal system, right? Some watercolor to blur the legal lines between black and white, maybe no?
The optimist in me always wants to reply "yes" to these kinds of questions, but it's come increasingly difficult as I myself become more and more intimately familiarized with the two-tierness of American legality, especially when this two-tierness is embodied so physically in American airports' architecture and spatial organization. On this latest trip back to Saint Louis from Lahore, I transited first through Abu Dhabi, and then San Francisco. In a controversial move, the U.S. government has recently set up a passport and customs screening unit within a portion of the Abu Dhabi airport for flights and passengers bound for the United States (similar to what the U.S. has in the Toronto and Montreal airports for U.S.-bound flights).
Apparently, the Emiratis have demanded some significant degree of control over this facility (scroll through the comments), so this is may be what explains why the Secondary Review area in this technically-American facility was separated from the main screening area, but through a wide and open portal. This portal allowed passengers sent to Secondary Review to see other passengers and also be seen by other passengers—in other words, not a typical American black site. In fact, the area was quite brightly lit. Begging the question, there was even a play-space for children set up in this particular Secondary Review area. Abu Dhabi Secondary Review staff were polite—they were not American, and not white—but tight-lipped. Ironically, while we were all just about to get on an Etihad flight—etihad means 'unity' in both Arabic and Urdu—everyone except me in Secondary Review was brown.
This was not to be my last experience with Secondary Review on this voyage, however. Indeed, upon arriving in San Francisco very early in the morning, and after presenting my passport to one of the officers on duty, I was directed again to Secondary Review. Double Secondary Review??? Was watching Nymphomaniac in Pakistan on Netflix via a VPN really that evil? Was watching Volume 2 doubly evil?
For those of you who have seen Volume 2 of the Nymphomaniac series, and remember the part where the protagonist goes to a shady linoleum-floored office, down a fluorescent-lit corridor, behind a closed door, for her 'sessions,' this is what Secondary Review on 'Murica-'Murica soil essentially looks like. Indeed, in SFO, I was SFO. After presenting my passport, I was sent down a hallway to a secluded room with a sign above it, ominously declaring "Secondary Review." This was no Abu Dhabi. Detained children have nothing to play with in this room. There were rows of black pleather chairs set up. These black chairs would soon be filled with brown people.
Somehow on this early morning in late December, I had been the first person selected for Secondary Review. In front of me, behind a nondescript counter in an otherwise unpopulated room, an Asian-American officer took my passport. I felt momentarily relieved, grateful not to have a white American conducting this questioning. This relief would soon evaporate.
To be continued. Comments are welcome; I am moderating.


The guide, which is promoted by Movimento Turismo del Vino Sicily and the first in Italy to be translated into English, "narrates" the historical, cultural and artistic landscape of the island through the productive entities of member wineries of the Movimento.
Alessio Planeta, of the winery of the same name; Elio Savoca, President Movimento Turismo del Vino Sicily; Gori Sparacino, President Federazione Strade del Vino and Sapori di Sicilia all participated in the initiative.
"Tastes of Sicily: A Tour of Emotions" is a journey to get to know the winemaking areas at each stop and their producers that are in line with the goals of the Movimento.
The itineraries are organized as follows: "Tastes of the Journey" (Sapori di viaggio) including the provinces of Palermo and Trapani, a long trip from Pantelleria to Castelbuono; "Pearls of Etna and the Aeolian Islands" (Perle dell'Etna e Isole Eolie) which includes the provinces of Catania and Messina; "Fragrances of the Gattopardo" (Profumi del Gattopardo) encompassing Agrigento, Caltanissetta and Enna; and "All Good Things Baroque" (Bontà Barrocche) about the provinces of Ragusa and Siracusa.