Drinkwater (left) has made four appearances for Chelsea this seasonChelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater declined an England call-up but manager Gareth Southgate says any talk of club-versus-country rows is "nonsense".Drinkwater is lacking fitness and news of his decision comes after six players pulled out of Southgate's squad for friendlies with Germany and Brazil."The players are injured and cannot play," Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I am not a manager who wants to reel players out until they break. I don't take risks with players."He added: "I have man-to-man discussions with them around where they are at and how much risk we want to take."Hearing this talk of club v country, it is a nonsense."Drinkwater joined Chelsea from Leicester on transfer deadline day in August but only made his debut for his new club in late October because of a thigh problem."I spoke to Danny earlier in the week but he feels he is not fit enough to play," Southgate added.Tottenham's Harry Kane is among the six withdrawals but his club manager Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed the striker is "OK" and "available" for the Premier League trip to rivals Arsenal on 18 November.Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph, Jordan Henderson, Dele Alli and Harry Winks are the other players to have pulled out.Meanwhile, Chelsea defender Gary Cahill was the only player missing from training on Thursday morning. Two England Under-20 internationals - Tayo Edun of Fulham and Jay Dasilva, who is on loan at Charlton from Chelsea - were invited to take part in the session.Crystal Palace midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 21, will reportedly be given his England debut against Germany on Friday (kick-off 20:00 GMT). Southgate's side face Brazil at Wembley Stadium next Tuesday (20:00).
Drinkwater has played just one hour and 43 minutes of football this seasonBy Ian Dennis, BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter at St. George's Park:Only Danny Drinkwater can gauge his own fitness levels but one wonders whether he may regret his decision over time. Troubled by a calf injury, Drinkwater did take another knock to his calf against Manchester United on Sunday and I am told as a result he is being treated lightly this week at the training ground in Cobham. Bear in mind he arrived at Chelsea with a thigh problem so you can understand the need to get fully fit - he has only played one hour and 43 minutes of football this season. However, Danny Rose is also not 100% fit after a nine-month lay-off and was desperate to be back involved with England. He spent two days doing recovery at St George's Park before training on Wednesday. The reality for those who are not with England means there is an opportunity for others. Time is in short supply to impress Gareth Southgate because from March the England manager will look to narrow things down and focus on the group who are likely to be taken to Russia for the World Cup.
Scotland and England players wore black armbands with poppy symbols during their World Cup qualifier at Wembley last NovemberThe last meeting between England and Germany in March was marred by a section of England supporters booing the German national anthem and singing chants referencing World War Two.Football Association chairman Greg Clarke described the behaviour as "inappropriate, disrespectful and disappointing", while two supporters' club members were issued lifetime bans for making Nazi gestures.This match will see both sets of players wearing black armbands bearing poppies."We have moved on from those times. People who do that don't represent us as a team," said Southgate. "We are talking about individuals. The vast majority support us brilliantly."Germany have agreed to wear a poppy for this fixture. That is something that should be noted."
Bierhoff scored 37 goals for Germany, including two in the final of Euro 96 against Czech Republic at WembleyGermany's general manager Oliver Bierhoff says the World and Confederations Cup champions cannot "let up for a second" as they look to defend their crown in Russia next year.The former AC Milan striker said: "We can't rest on our laurels after the successful qualification campaign and the Confederations Cup win."It is completely different at a World Cup. We are the ones being chased. We can see what is going on in countries around the world. England are the Under-17 and Under-20 world champions, and France and Brazil have also been improving massively."Everyone will be watching us and will want to knock us off the top. We know the great potential we have."Southgate added: "I spoke about enthusiasm about our youth and our Under-17s will be there with their World Cup trophy - that will be a nice moment for everybody. "They will be games our supporters will look forward to seeing not just us but the opposition as well."
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke City), Joe Hart (West Ham - loan from Manchester City), Jordan Pickford (Everton).Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Michael Keane (Everton), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Danny Rose (Tottenham), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle Walker (Manchester City).Midfielders: Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace - loan from Chelsea), Ashley Young (Manchester United), Jack Cork (Burnley).Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Swansea - loan from Chelsea), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).


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Q: Use column, but ignore data in column I have a table that has bad indexes, and I am building a php page where you can fill in any of the fields and it will give you results based on what was filled in. Here is the query I want to run. The problem is that there are no indexes on just fname
select * from members where 1 and fname = 'Ryan' limit 30

To get my query to use an index, I need to add lname to the query. What I don't know, is how to add it without it doing anything (if that is even possible).
select * from members where 1 and lname = '{ANYTHING}' and fname = 'Ryan' limit 30

I used {ANYTHING} as a placeholder to mean, well any value. Doing this will use an index, but how do I tell mysql to ignore what is in that column for a search (if possible)?

A: If your index is on (lname,fname) and you don't know lname, then the index is essentially useless for the kind of query you are doing.
This makes sense if you think about it - the index is ordered first by lname then by fname.  Without lname there is no way to find a given fname in the index without just scanning the entire thing, which of course defeats the purpose of using an index in the first place.
It would be like finding all the Johns or Erics in the phone book (which is "indexed" by last name then first name).  Without a last name to go by, knowing the first name is useless or at least no better than scanning the entire phone book.
Also, a ref to the MySQL docs, from here

MySQL cannot use an index if the columns do not form a leftmost
prefix of the index. Suppose that you have the SELECT statements shown
here:
SELECT * FROM tbl_name WHERE col1=val1;
SELECT * FROM tbl_name WHERE col1=val1 AND col2=val2;
SELECT * FROM tbl_name WHERE col2=val2;
SELECT * FROM tbl_name WHERE col2=val2 AND col3=val3;
If an index exists on (col1, col2, col3), only the first two queries
use the index. The third and fourth queries do involve indexed
columns, but (col2) and (col2, col3) are not leftmost prefixes of
(col1, col2, col3).

A: SELECT * FROM members WHERE lname is not null AND fname = 'Ryan'

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/2ef93/3

A: At once I think probably you want this. If not we'd rethink :-)
select * from members where 1 and lname LIKE '%' and fname = 'Ryan' limit 30

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#include "config.h"

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/param.h>

#include <time.h>

#include "logfile.hh"
#include "lnav_util.hh"

using namespace std;

static const size_t MAX_UNRECOGNIZED_LINES = 1000;
static const size_t INDEX_RESERVE_INCREMENT = 1024;

logfile::logfile(string filename, auto_fd fd)
throw (error)
    : lf_filename(filename),
      lf_index_time(0),
      lf_index_size(0),
      lf_is_closed(false),
      lf_logline_observer(NULL),
      lf_logfile_observer(NULL),
      lf_longest_line(0)
{
    require(filename.size() > 0);

    this->lf_time_offset.tv_sec = 0;
    this->lf_time_offset.tv_usec = 0;

    memset(&this->lf_stat, 0, sizeof(this->lf_stat));
    if (fd == -1) {
        char resolved_path[PATH_MAX];

        errno = 0;
        if (realpath(filename.c_str(), resolved_path) == NULL) {
            throw error(resolved_path, errno);
        }
        filename = resolved_path;

        if (stat(filename.c_str(), &this->lf_stat) == -1) {
            throw error(filename, errno);
        }

        if (!S_ISREG(this->lf_stat.st_mode)) {
            throw error(filename, EINVAL);
        }

        if ((fd = open(filename.c_str(), O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
            throw error(filename, errno);
        }

        fd.close_on_exec();

        this->lf_valid_filename = true;
    }
    else {
        log_perror(fstat(fd, &this->lf_stat));
        this->lf_valid_filename = false;
    }

    this->lf_content_id = hash_string(this->lf_filename);
    this->lf_line_buffer.set_fd(fd);
    this->lf_index.reserve(INDEX_RESERVE_INCREMENT);

    ensure(this->invariant());
}

logfile::~logfile()
{ }

bool logfile::exists(void) const
{
    struct stat st;

    if (!this->lf_valid_filename) {
        return true;
    }

    if (::stat(this->lf_filename.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
        return false;
    }

    return this->lf_stat.st_dev == st.st_dev &&
           this->lf_stat.st_ino == st.st_ino &&
           this->lf_stat.st_size <= st.st_size;
}

void logfile::set_format_base_time(log_format *lf)
{
    time_t file_time = this->lf_line_buffer.get_file_time();

    if (file_time == 0) {
        file_time = this->lf_stat.st_mtime;
    }
    lf->lf_date_time.set_base_time(file_time);
}

void logfile::process_prefix(off_t offset, shared_buffer_ref &sbr)
{
    log_format::scan_result_t found = log_format::SCAN_NO_MATCH;

    if (this->lf_format.get() != NULL) {
        /* We've locked onto a format, just use that scanner. */
        found = this->lf_format->scan(this->lf_index, offset, sbr);
    }
    else if (this->lf_index.size() < MAX_UNRECOGNIZED_LINES) {
        vector<log_format *> &root_formats =
            log_format::get_root_formats();
        vector<log_format *>::iterator iter;

        /*
         * Try each scanner until we get a match.  Fortunately, all the formats
         * are sufficiently different that there are no ambiguities...
         */
        for (iter = root_formats.begin();
             iter != root_formats.end() && (found != log_format::SCAN_MATCH);
             ++iter) {
            if (!(*iter)->match_name(this->lf_filename)) {
                continue;
            }

            (*iter)->clear();
            this->set_format_base_time(*iter);
            found = (*iter)->scan(this->lf_index, offset, sbr);
            if (found == log_format::SCAN_MATCH) {
#if 0
                require(this->lf_index.size() == 1 ||
                       (this->lf_index[this->lf_index.size() - 2] <
                        this->lf_index[this->lf_index.size() - 1]));
#endif
                log_info("%s:%d:log format found -- %s",
                    this->lf_filename.c_str(),
                    this->lf_index.size(),
                    (*iter)->get_name().get());

                this->lf_format =
                    auto_ptr<log_format>((*iter)->specialized());
                this->set_format_base_time(this->lf_format.get());
                this->lf_content_id = hash_string(string(sbr.get_data(), sbr.length()));

                /*
                 * We'll go ahead and assume that any previous lines were
                 * written out at the same time as the last one, so we need to
                 * go back and update everything.
                 */
                logline &last_line = this->lf_index[this->lf_index.size() - 1];

                for (size_t lpc = 0; lpc < this->lf_index.size() - 1; lpc++) {
                    this->lf_index[lpc].set_time(last_line.get_time());
                    this->lf_index[lpc].set_millis(last_line.get_millis());
                }
            }
        }
    }

    switch (found) {
        case log_format::SCAN_MATCH:
            if (this->lf_index.size() >= 2) {
                logline &second_to_last = this->lf_index[this->lf_index.size() - 2];
                logline &latest = this->lf_index.back();

                if (latest < second_to_last) {
                    latest.set_time(second_to_last.get_time());
                    latest.set_millis(second_to_last.get_millis());
                }
            }
            break;
        case log_format::SCAN_NO_MATCH: {
            logline::level_t last_level = logline::LEVEL_UNKNOWN;
            time_t last_time = this->lf_index_time;
            short last_millis = 0;
            uint8_t last_mod = 0, last_opid = 0;

            if (!this->lf_index.empty()) {
                logline &ll = this->lf_index.back();

                /*
                 * Assume this line is part of the previous one(s) and copy the
                 * metadata over.
                 */
                last_time = ll.get_time();
                last_millis = ll.get_millis();
                if (this->lf_format.get() != NULL) {
                    last_level = (logline::level_t)
                            (ll.get_level() | logline::LEVEL_CONTINUED);
                }
                last_mod = ll.get_module_id();
                last_opid = ll.get_opid();
            }
            this->lf_index.push_back(logline(offset,
                                             last_time,
                                             last_millis,
                                             last_level,
                                             last_mod,
                                             last_opid));
            break;
        }
        case log_format::SCAN_INCOMPLETE:
            break;
    }
}

bool logfile::rebuild_index()
throw (line_buffer::error, logfile::error)
{
    bool        retval = false;
    struct stat st;

    if (fstat(this->lf_line_buffer.get_fd(), &st) == -1) {
        throw error(this->lf_filename, errno);
    }

    /* Check for new data based on the file size. */
    if (this->lf_index_size < st.st_size) {
        bool has_format = this->lf_format.get() != NULL;
        shared_buffer_ref sbr;
        off_t  last_off, off;
        line_value lv;

        if (!this->lf_index.empty()) {
            off = this->lf_index.back().get_offset();

            /*
             * Drop the last line we read since it might have been a partial
             * read.
             */
            while (this->lf_index.back().get_sub_offset() != 0) {
                this->lf_index.pop_back();
            }
            this->lf_index.pop_back();
        }
        else {
            off = 0;
        }
        last_off = off;
        if (this->lf_logline_observer != NULL) {
            this->lf_logline_observer->logline_restart(*this);
        }
        while (this->lf_line_buffer.read_line(off, sbr, &lv)) {
            size_t old_size = this->lf_index.size();

            this->lf_longest_line = std::max(this->lf_longest_line, sbr.length());
            this->lf_partial_line = lv.lv_partial;
            this->process_prefix(last_off, sbr);
            last_off = off;

            for (logfile::iterator iter = this->begin() + old_size;
                    iter != this->end(); ++iter) {
                if (this->lf_logline_observer != NULL) {
                    this->lf_logline_observer->logline_new_line(*this, iter, sbr);
                }
            }

            if (this->lf_logfile_observer != NULL) {
                this->lf_logfile_observer->logfile_indexing(
                    *this,
                    this->lf_line_buffer.get_read_offset(off),
                    st.st_size);
            }

            if (!has_format && this->lf_format.get() != NULL) {
                break;
            }
        }
        if (this->lf_logline_observer != NULL) {
            this->lf_logline_observer->logline_eof(*this);
        }

        /*
         * The file can still grow between the above fstat and when we're
         * doing the scanning, so use the line buffer's notion of the file
         * size.
         */
        this->lf_index_size = off;

        retval = true;
    }

    this->lf_index_time = this->lf_line_buffer.get_file_time();
    if (!this->lf_index_time) {
        this->lf_index_time = st.st_mtime;
    }

    return retval;
}

void logfile::read_line(logfile::iterator ll, string &line_out)
{
    try {
        off_t       off = ll->get_offset();
        shared_buffer_ref sbr;

        line_out.clear();
        if (this->lf_line_buffer.read_line(off, sbr)) {
            if (this->lf_format.get() != NULL) {
                this->lf_format->get_subline(*ll, sbr);
            }
            line_out.append(sbr.get_data(), sbr.length());
        }
        else {
            /* XXX */
        }
    }
    catch (line_buffer::error & e) {
        /* ... */
    }
}

bool logfile::read_line(logfile::iterator ll, shared_buffer_ref &sbr)
{
    try {
        off_t       off = ll->get_offset();

        if (this->lf_line_buffer.read_line(off, sbr)) {
            if (this->lf_format.get() != NULL) {
                this->lf_format->get_subline(*ll, sbr);
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
    catch (line_buffer::error & e) {
    }
    return false;
}

void logfile::read_full_message(logfile::iterator ll,
                                string &msg_out,
                                int max_lines)
{
    ostringstream stream;

    do {
        try {
            off_t       off = ll->get_offset();
            shared_buffer_ref sbr;

            if (stream.tellp() > 0) {
                stream.write("\n", 1);
            }
            if (this->lf_line_buffer.read_line(off, sbr)) {
                this->lf_format->get_subline(*ll, sbr);
                stream.write(sbr.get_data(), sbr.length());
            }
            else {
                /* XXX */
            }
        }
        catch (line_buffer::error & e) {
            /* ... */
        }
        ++ll;
        if (max_lines != -1) {
            max_lines -= 1;
        }
    } while (ll != this->end() && ll->is_continued() &&
             (max_lines == -1 || max_lines > 0));

    msg_out = stream.str();
}

void logfile::read_full_message(logfile::iterator ll,
                                shared_buffer_ref &msg_out,
                                int max_lines)
{
    require(ll->get_sub_offset() == 0);

    size_t line_len = this->line_length(ll);

    try {
        off_t       off = ll->get_offset();

        if (this->lf_line_buffer.read_range(off, line_len, msg_out)) {
            if (this->lf_format.get() != NULL) {
                this->lf_format->get_subline(*ll, msg_out, true);
            }
        }
        else {
                /* XXX */
        }
    }
    catch (line_buffer::error & e) {
        /* ... */
    }
}

void logfile::set_logline_observer(logline_observer *llo)
{
    this->lf_logline_observer = llo;
    if (llo != NULL) {
        this->reobserve_from(this->begin());
    }
}

void logfile::reobserve_from(iterator iter)
{
    if (this->lf_logline_observer != NULL) {
        for (; iter != this->end(); ++iter) {
            off_t offset = std::distance(this->begin(), iter);
            shared_buffer_ref sbr;

            if (this->lf_logfile_observer != NULL) {
                this->lf_logfile_observer->logfile_indexing(
                        *this, offset, this->size());
            }

            this->read_line(iter, sbr);
            this->lf_logline_observer->logline_new_line(*this, iter, sbr);
        }
        if (this->lf_logfile_observer != NULL) {
            this->lf_logfile_observer->logfile_indexing(
                    *this, this->size(), this->size());
        }

        this->lf_logline_observer->logline_eof(*this);
    }
}

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Nio launches driverless electric car concept – and plans to make it reality by 2020
Rima Sabina Aouf | 14 March 2017 3 comments
Chinese brand Nio has announced it will bring a fully autonomous electric car to the market in the next three years, but has offered a preview of its plans with a concept vehicle on show at the SXSW event in Texas.
An evolution of the start-up NextEV, the Nio brand launched late last year with the EP9 supercar.
The company has now revealed its plans to make self-driving electric vehicles available to US consumers in 2020, and has used the Eve concept to demonstrate some of the features in development.
The car is completely designed around autonomy, with a living-room-like interior, voice-activated assistant and wrap-around augmented-reality screen.
"In 2015, commuters in the US spent over 8 billion hours in their cars commuting," said Nio's US CEO Padmasree Warrior. "Nio's autonomous electric cars will make your journey safe, productive and enjoyable."
"Our cars will be your companion and will know your needs. They will be a welcoming living space that moves you."
Eve is in line with similar autonomous vehicle concepts from Volkswagen and BMW, but unlike these brands, Nio has set itself a timeframe for bringing a version of its concept to market.
A key feature of the car at this concept stage is Nomi, the artificial intelligence that runs the vehicle. Nomi will automatically tailor the driving experience to what it has learnt about individual users.
Passengers can communicate with it through conversation, or use controllers positioned within the car. They also have the option to use a smart windscreen, which extends from the dashboard across the roof, forming an interactive canopy.
The screen can be completely transparent, or it can be set to display information, imagery and controls as an overlay. Nio even suggests using it to stargaze, with an overlaid guide to the sky's constellations, while you drift off to sleep.
World's first driverless race car unveiled at MWC 2017
The sides of the car, meanwhile, can transform from opaque to transparent, depending on whether the occupants want to be sheltered from sight, or to enjoy any views around them.
Inside, the car is laid out to be more like a living space, with six seats that face each other rather than all looking forwards. The plushest of the chairs, positioned opposite a slim foldaway seat, reclines to allow a passenger to sleep more comfortably.
Another two have a folding table in between them so that passengers can work or play games during a trip, while the two seats at the front of the vehicle face forwards, and are best suited for passengers who wish to enjoy the view.
As a connected machine, Eve will be able to share intelligence and co-ordinate its movements with other smart vehicles, potentially creating a more efficient flow of traffic.
Like cars on the road today, it communicates with pedestrians and other human road users through its lighting. Eve's are slim, colour-coded strips attached to the four sides of the car.
Nio presented the Eve concept at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, which runs from 10 to 19 March 2017. The company joins a race among car manufacturers to be the first to bring fully driverless technology to the roads.
Google's Waymo is arguably winning, with its autonomous Chrysler minivan promised for release this year.
California moves to usher in driverless vehicles
Tesla's Elon Musk has estimated the company's fully self-driving vehicles will be ready in 2018, and in the meantime, its Autopilot technology is among the most advanced currently on the roads.
Meanwhile, the US state of California has proposed a new regulatory framework for autonomous cars, which would make it legal for driverless vehicles meeting the set safety requirements to use its roads.
Nio plans to begin testing its own driverless technology in the state soon, using the Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit it was granted in October 2016.
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Posted on September 30, 2016 by spokanevetsforpeace
Three people were arrested during an oil train protest along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail lines that run through Spokane on Sept. 29, 2016. (Nina Culver / The Spokesman-Review)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 2016, 7:23 P.M.
Oil and coal train protest shuts down BNSF tracks in Spokane
By Nina Culver ninac@spokesman.com(509) 459-5473
Three people were arrested Thursday evening in a protest against oil and coal trains that shut down the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks near Trent Avenue and Napa Street.
This protest, organized by Veterans for Peace, is the second in Spokane in the last month. The first was organized by the Raging Grannies and also saw three people arrested.
About a dozen protesters gathered on the tracks in front of a stopped train to speak against oil and coal trains as well as global warming. "I'm here to witness to my faith," said the Rev. George Taylor, a Lutheran pastor. "Oil and coal trains are an abomination to the Lord."
The stopped train visible on the tracks was pulling a large number of what appeared to be oil tanker cars. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said he would not confirm what the train was carrying. Three trains were halted by the protest, he said.
A BNSF police officer warned the crowd to disperse and most of them did. The three remaining – Taylor, activist Rusty Nelson and Maevea Aeolus – were arrested and face charges of trespassing and blocking a train.
Nancy Nelson, who was arrested and charged after the first protest last month, said her husband Rusty was arrested because things like speaking out at council meetings, signing petitions and writing letters wasn't working.
"We have to do what we can," she said. "In our minds they are death trains."
Melonas said people are welcome to speak their mind about oil trains, but the company asks that people not block the train tracks.
"It's extremely dangerous as well as disruptive," he said.
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Got any summer birthdays coming up and don't know what to get for your mum, sister, best friend or whoever?
NEVER FEAR. Because I just found out about some amazingly foodie gifts that dare to be different. As they're all on the theme of flowers, they're perfect for summer. And surely every girl likes chocolate…right?!
This first one shouldn't even melt in the sun, and even the least green-fingered (like me) should be able to get them to grow. They're CHOCOLATE FLOWERS. YES. GENUINELY.
Straight out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, these sprout flowers that smell of chocolate. The £9.95 kit (from Prezzybox) includes everything you need to get started, including pots, compost, chocolate-scented daisy seeds, and plant markers. An original gift that's rewarding on so many levels – especially for those who are dieting!
At £5 per posy, they're not cheap but look divine. Created in Italy and made partly from sugared almonds, they're then pulled together with crepe paper for a delicate gift. NotOnTheHighStreet also offers chocolate roses priced at £7 for nine small ones or £40 for 5 large ones (and by large I hope they mean 'the size of your own face').
When Lucky's offered to send me a free box of their chocolates, I jumped at the chance (come on, free chocolate? You wouldn't be able to resist either). The main draw for me was that unlike most commercial chocolate (as opposed to ballotin-ridden, artisanal, sold-in-posh-boutiques chocolate), Lucky's focuses on using Valrhona chocolate (which I believe I've already spoken about at great length). However, they are no ordinary chocolate company, firstly for their focus mainly on cake, and secondly for their Alice in Wonderland theme.
I was initially a little disappointed when the box arrived due to the Alice in Wonderland theme not being as obvious as I'd hoped. When I showed the box to my husband, and asked him what it reminded him of, he promptly came out with the name of some modern art guru that nobody's ever heard of. A far cry from the white rabbit and Mad Hatter, then.
But let's get to the important stuff: the cakes. They're roughly Fondant-Fancy size, are square, and have the Lucky's logo on top of them. On the website, you can create the box by choosing any combination of 12 cakes from the following flavours: Salty Insanity, Going Bananas, Looney Raspberry, Fruity Rhapsody, Chunky Nutter, and Mocha Madness. However, my box contained not only 2 Looney Raspberrys, 2 Coco Rush and 2 Chunky Nutters, but also one each of Salty Insanity, Fruity Rhapsody, Fancy Fudge, Hurry Bunny, Nutty Delay, and Sour Kick – of which half, as you will have noticed, are not available on the website for selection for this particular gift box. Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice would say.
Anyway, it was certainly beneficial to test a fuller sample of the range of flavours the company has to offer. Plus, since they were so large, we were able to cut each cake in two, thus making the box last longer and allowing us both to test all flavours. Despite my husband not being a fan of white chocolate, he enjoyed the Looney Raspberry more than I did, whereas I preferred the Fruity Rhapsody. As you will remember from my toffee-and-caramel-related tirade in my post on Quality Street vs Roses, it was great to see a genuinely diverse selection of flavours available. As well as the fruit versions, there were traditional nutty variants (Chunky Nutter, Nutty Delay, Coco Rush) and a fudge version (Fancy Fudge). Hurry Bunny – a white chocolate, cinnamon and blueberry confection – was risky yet strangely alluring.
However, to me the stars of the show were the more innovative creations: namely Salty Insanity and Sour Kick. The former is described on the website as "Valrhona 60% cacao dark chocolate…sea salt caramel notes", while the latter combines honey cake with apricot compote and 40% milk chocolate. These I could happily eat a whole box of.
But what goes up must come down, and unfortunately there were a few downsides. It perhaps goes without saying that the Alice in Wonderland thing needs to be played up far more strongly if done at all. Secondly, and funnily enough, with all of the other flavours incorporated into each cake, the high quality chocolate sadly ended up taking a back seat: in a blind taste test you would not know it was Valrhona. Finally, perhaps the biggest drawback lies in the price; while the flavours are strong and the cakes are well-made, at £35 for 270g net weight, it's really very expensive for what it is. Fine for a gift at a push, but I would have reservations about spending this amount on myself. Plus, even if I did have £35 to spend on chocolate (or indeed cake) I find myself thinking I would get a better deal elsewhere, whether at a mainstream chain (you can have 1kg of chocolate for this price at Jeff de Bruges, for instance), a posh supermarket (at Marks and Spencer, for your £35, you can have this, for example – which, you'll note, serves 40 people), or even an independent chocolaterie.
So sorry, Lucky's – it might be a nice idea as a one-off gift for friends or relatives this Christmas, but I don't think I'll be joining your roll of regular customers anytime soon.


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SINGAPORE, 27 October 2014 – Singapore Changi Airport registered 4.25 million passenger movements in September 2014, a decline of 0.5% year-on-year. Aircraft landings and takeoffs decreased by 5.0% to 27,020. On the cargo front, 147,800 tonnes of airfreight were processed last month, 2.7% lower than a year before.
During the month, traffic to South Asia and Northeast Asia grew by 11% and 2% respectively, but other regions, including Southeast Asia, Africa and the Americas, saw lower passenger movements. Among Changi Airport's top 10 country markets, India registered double-digit growth, while China and Thailand traffic dipped, down 6% and 9% respectively year-on-year.
In the first three quarters of this year, 40.09 million passengers travelled through Changi Airport, 0.9% more than the corresponding period in 2013. Aircraft movements moved in tandem, growing by 0.6% to 255,260. During the same period, cargo shipments totalled 1.37 million tonnes, a growth of 0.3%.
Passenger traffic growth in the first nine months of this year was fuelled by stronger travel demand on Northeast Asia, South Asia and Southwest Pacific routes. Southeast Asia traffic registered little change for the same period, as growth for Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam was offset by a 15% decline for Thailand.
Jakarta continued to top the list of Changi Airport's busiest routes this year, followed by Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila. Traffic to and from Denpasar-Bali registered more than 20% growth in the first nine months, the highest among Changi Airport's top 10 destinations.
In the 12 months ending September 2014, Changi Airport registered 54.1 million passengers, representing a growth of 1.5% from a year ago.
As at 1 October 2014, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to over 300 cities in some 70 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,400 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 90 seconds.
New Airline – Taipei-based low cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan (IATA: IT) launched its first scheduled service between Singapore and Taipei on 26 September, the seventh airline to operate this route.
New Services – Tigerair launched a new weekly service to Jinan on 16 September. With this latest addition, Tigerair now serves seven Chinese cities from Singapore.
On 19 September, China Eastern commenced a daily service to Lanzhou via Kunming.
From 1 October, Air India offers daily non-stop services between Mumbai and Singapore, and between Chennai and Singapore, replacing the previous daily Mumbai – Chennai – Singapore service. With this operational change, Air India adds close to 1,800 one-way seats each week.
New Stores – Popular durian specialist Durian Mpire has opened its second outlet in the Departure Check-in Hall of Terminal 2. Over in Terminal 3, local home décor chain Exim Arts has its first airport outlet, offering a selection of unique home and floral decorations for shoppers.
New perfumes and cosmetics operator The Shilla Duty Free commenced operations at Changi Airport on 1 October. While operating the existing stores, Shilla will renovate them in phases until the beginning of next year, as well as introduce over 70 new brands to the existing collection by January 2015.
Five other new retail outlets have also commenced operations in the transit areas of Changi Airport. In Terminal 2, shoppers have two new high end fashion boutiques to choose from, Bally and Longchamp. Over at Terminal 1, luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo opened its first standalone boutique at Changi, offering a larger range of quality hand-made wares to discerning shoppers. Casual wear brand adidas Originals also opened its first airport store, delighting lovers of the signature three stripes, while last-minute souvenir hunters have a new option in Cocoa & Co, with its wide variety of chocolates and candies.
'Be A Changi Millionaire' Monthly Winner – Mr Qin Peng certainly had resounding luck on his side when he made his purchase of a pair of Audio-Technica earphones at Changi Airport last month. The 29-year-old Chinese gaming concept artist, who works in Singapore, was heading home to visit his girlfriend when he made the lucky purchase that made him the September finalist for the 'Be a Changi Millionaire' 2014 Grand Draw. Mr Qin will bring his girlfriend for the Grand Draw next year. "Because ever since I knew her, she has been my lucky star," he said.


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"The Interview": Well, that was a lot of work to see an okay movie
"The Interview" is now streaming on several major services, including YouTube and Google Play, and is playing in several theaters, but none in Madison or Milwaukee. R, 1:44, two and a half stars out of four.
"The Interview" is something of a disappointment, and I'm not just saying that because North Korea has gotten its Internet back up. After the achingly funny apocalyptic comedy of "This is the End" and the (relatively) more grounded comedy of last summer's "Neighbors," Seth Rogen and his writing-directing partner Evan Goldberg seem to be coasting a little this time around, with a potentially great, risky comic idea that they're not quite sure what to do with.
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"Neighbors": Guess who's coming to our toga party?
"Neighbors" opens Friday at Point, Eastgate, Star Cinema and Sundance. R, 1:36, three stars out of four.
The marketing department at Universal Pictures must have flipped out when they heard about the premise of "Neighbors." A fraternity house living next to a house with new parents? They'd be able to get both college students and twentysomething couples on date night in the theater on date night!
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"This is the End": When the apocalypse comes, it's going to be superbad
"This is the End" opens Wednesday at Point, Eastgate and Star Cinema. R, 1:59, three stars out of four.
This is the way the world ends; not with a bang, but with Jonah Hill whimpering.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's hilarious "This is the End" finds the sweet spot between apocalyptic horror-comedy and Hollywood satire, a sweet spot I didn't even know existed. Raunchy, nutty, gory and even sometimes sweet, the movie doesn't stray too far from their breakthrough as screenwriters, "Superbad." Only, this time, instead of two friends worrying about whether girls will tear their friendship apart, they worry that demons from the gaping maw of Hell will tear them apart. Literally.
Rogen plays a version of himself, a pampered Hollywood actor who invites his old friend Jay Baruchel (the two are both Canadians and former "Undeclared" cast members) to Los Angeles for a weekend of weed and PS3. The friendship has grown strained over the years as Rogen's become more famous, and Baruchel is resentful of his new Hollywood lifestyle. The duo go over to James Franco's fortress-like house that's packed with celebrity friends from the Rogenverse (including Mindy Kaling, Jason Segel, and a riotous cameo by Michael Cera as a coked-out, hyper-aggressive version of his sweet, gentle onscreen persona). Baruchel is ready to bail.
And then the Rapture hits. The worthy ascend to Heaven riding beams of blue light (good joke: the Hollywood night sky shows maybe 12 or 15 of these blue lights, tops) leaving everyone else to suffer doomsday. A giant sinkhole opens up on Franco's front lawn, and celeb after celeb gets sucked into its fierydepths.
Rogen, Baruchel and Franco barricade themselves in Franco's house along with Hill, Craig Robinson and Danny McBride, and the film becomes a variation on the usual "hangout comedy," as the actors trade insults, pass the time making a homemade "Pineapple Express" sequel, and worry about the growls and screams they hear outside the front door. The central joke of the film is that these pampered Hollywood actors are self-centered babies who are totally unsuited for a crisis situation'; Franco doesn't know if he has any tools in his mansion, but his basement is full of memorabilia from "Spider-Man 3" and "Flyboys." They're so self-involved that they firmly believe they're essential to the human race. "We bring joy to people," Franco says. "You have to pretend it's hot when it's really cold," Robinson offers as part of his skillset.
That Rogen and Goldberg (who wrote and for the first time directed) would nail these kind of laughs is not surprising. What is unexpected is how well they weave in some genuinely scary jolts in between the laughs, keeping the audience on its toes. The mix of horror and comedy helps solve one of the biggest weaknesses of Rogen's (and his mentor Apatow's) previous films — the sometimes exhaustive pacing, hitting the same kind of joke again and again for over two hours. Here, you don't know what's coming around the next corner, and that gives the tighter "This is the End" much more momentum.
Even though we know how it's going to end. In a summer where the world seems to be going up in flames over and over again, from "After Earth" to "World War Z," "This is the End" seems perfectly timed to show that you don't need to take the death and destruction of every single thing you've ever known or loved so darn seriously.
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ANTI- Records for Epitaph Records, c.2007
The little label that's chock-full of big names.
As the daughter label of Epitaph Records, Anti- has focused on working with established artists in order to provide a playground where artists can explore their own ambitions, free from the menacing influence of mainstream production. When it came time to release these musings to the masses, the Anti- website was born.
Cuban Council employed its tried & tested homegrown CMS framework to customize a set of tools around the label and its needs, both then and now. From aggregated tour data to media content customized by the artists themselves and even a retail store locator, the Anti- site provides fans worldwide with comprehensive & easy access to their favorite artists.
The design concept and foundation were concocted with sheer brilliance and whimsical imagination by none other than one Paul Kremer of oilpanllc.com – a longtime friend and hero as well as semi-professional angler.
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Eio Books was an American-based small press publishing house founded in 2004 in the city of Brattleboro, Vermont.  In 2011, it opened a second office in Ross, California.  Begun by Sydney Longfellow and Ki Longfellow, it is primarily known for the 2005 publication of Longfellow's novel, The Secret Magdalene, an exploration of the mystery of gnosis told through an interpretation of the life of Mary Magdalene.

Eio Books established itself through the success of its first publication.  Ki Longfellow is the author of a number of books published by HarperCollins and Doubleday.  The first in her Eio Books published trilogy of gnosis, The Secret Magdalene enjoyed instant acclaim and was then purchased and republished by Crown Publishing Group, the historical division of Random House.  It has also been optioned by Nancy Savoca for a feature film now in active preproduction.

Eio Books has also published the second in Longfellow's trilogy: Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria (2009), and in February 2011, it offered Twinka Thiebaud's intimate memoir of Henry Miller and his table talk, What Doncha Know? about Henry Miller.  This book contains not only Thiebaud's musings on her years of living with an aging Miller, but dozens of Miller's own personal tales about his life and times.

In May, 2011, Eio Books produced its first book of fantasy and psychological horror: Houdini Heart.  It was considered for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.

Early in 2012, Eio reprinted Ki Longfellow's first published novel, China Blues (published under the name Pamela Longfellow): (HarperCollins (UK), Doubleday (US), as well as eight foreign language printings.  In 1989 China Blues was the subject of a bidding war between a number of major publishers.

Recently, the small publishing house added a new name to its roster of writers: James C. McKay, a highly placed litigator who served as the special prosecutor investigating the part of Edwin Meese III in the Wedtech scandal.  At the time, Meese was Attorney General under the Reagan Administration.  McKay's two books, one a memoir and one a thriller set in and around the Food and Drug Administration are being prepared for publication.  The semi-autobiographical Billy's War was published in April 2013.

Also in early April 2013, Longfellow's first three titles in a series of murder mysteries in the hardboiled noir tradition featuring Sam Russo, 1940s Staten Island, New York Private Eye, saw print. In 2015, the fourth Sam Russo, Dead on the Rocks', was published.

On January 26, 2018, Ki finished a nine-year project, writing the book she'd promised her husband Vivian Stanshall she would write for him. The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall, a Fairytale of Grimm Art is part biography, part memoir and a large part Art Book. Around March 2022, the Eiobooks.com website was quietly shut down with no redirect put in its place.

Titles
 The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow
 Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria by Ki Longfellow
 What Doncha Know? about Henry Miller by Twinka Thiebaud
 Houdini Heart by Ki Longfellow
 China Blues by Ki Longfellow
 Billy's War by James C. McKay
 Shadow Roll, a Sam Russo Mystery (Case 1) by Ki Longfellow
 Good Dog, Bad Dog, a Sam Russo Mystery (Case 2) by Ki Longfellow
 The Girl in the Next Room, a Sam Russo Mystery (Case 3) by Ki Longfellow
 Dead on the Rocks, a Sam Russo Mystery Case 4)
 The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall, a Fairytale of Grimm Art''

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American Pancake: Ian McFarland- free and easy alt folk belie a darker story on "Up And Down"
Ian McFarland- free and easy alt folk belie a darker story on "Up And Down"
"Up And Down" is intended to be relate-able to daily highs and lows people face. "Up And Down" is meant to be an easy listening track and to help keep positive through adversary.
All Ian's music can be found on streaming services (3 EPs and 2 singles).
Next two singles are after this one drops on the 25th are "Santa Fe" Oct. 5th and "Tell A Lie' Oct 25th.
23 year old Ian McFarland is a multi-instrumentalist who's influences are Mac DeMarco, Tame Imapala, and Wavves. Ian started making music at 10 years old when he was given a casio piano for his birthday. Ian is currently working on two EPs one which features him as the sole performer and one with his new L.A. based group.


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United States Eventing Association: The United States Eventing Association is the national organization dedicated to the education and development of horses and riders in the sport of eventing. The USEA recognizes 260 competitions nationwide. The organization is a non-profit 501 C (3) corporation and is run by approximately 20 Board of Governors.
United States Equestrian Federation: The United States Equestrian Federation is National Governing Body for Equestrian Sports in the US. It was formerly the American Horse Show Association. The USEF trains, selects, and funds the United States Equestrian Team which consistently wins medals at the highest level of international competition, including the Olympic Games. The USEF also licenses equestrian competitions of all levels across the United States each year. The USEF serves as the National Federation (NF) to the FEI and is a member of the US Olympic Committee.
FEI: The Federation Equestre Internationale ( FEI) is the sole authority for all international events in Dressage , Para-Equestrian Dressage, Jumping, Eventing, Driving, Para-Equestrian Driving, Endurance , Vaulting and Reining. It is an umbrella organization that works in conjunction with the National Federations of each member country to regulate and govern the equestrian disciplines named above. Membership in the FEI is open to the one national governing body from any country which is effectively in control of or is in a position to effectively control at least the Olympic Equestrian Disciplines, and preferably recognized by its National Olympic Committee.
CCI: Concours Complet International (CCI) is an international three-day event that is governed by the FEI. CCI Competitions are held under FEI rules for Three Day Events, including the General Rules and Veterinary Regulations. They are international three-day events, as opposed to a national competition or a one- or two-day horse trial.
CIC: Concours International Combiné (CIC) is a FEI horse trials. The CIC may be held over one day, and is thus considered an international one-day event . However, it must follow FEI rules. The CIC is held only at the one to three-star levels.
Classic Format: The traditional long-format of eventing which includes roads and tracks (Phases A and C) and steeplechase (Phase B) on endurance day. The Classic Format is currently being held at the Training and Preliminary levels.
Combined Test: A combined test is a competition which encompasses dressage and show jumping , but leaves out the cross country phase.
Roads and Tracks: Phases A and C on endurance day in a long format event . Phase A of the roads and tracks is a warming-up period, usually done at a brisk trot, for the purpose of relaxing and loosening up both horse and rider. In a Preliminary Three-Day Phase A (3,520-4,400 meters) is ridden at 220 meters per minute (mpm). The time range is between 16-20 minutes and the majority of the pace is at the trot with some canter sections to warm the horse up for the steeplechase . The track will lead directly to the start for Phase B, the steeplechase. At the end of the steeplechase, the horse and rider go directly into Phase C, the second roads and tracks. The ranges for this phase are between 4,400-6,600 meters at 220 mpm with the time allowed ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. This phase is very important for allowing the horse to relax and recover and to get his wind back to normal. The pace is usually a quiet trot, interspersed with periods of walking and an occasional relaxed canter. Some riders also dismount and run beside their horse during this phase. The end of Phase C brings the pair to the ten-minute Vet Box prior to starting out on Phase D, the cross-country .
Steeplechase: Phase B on Endurance day in a long format event . In a Preliminary Three-Day the steeplechase phase is between 1,710 and 2,240 meters long and is ridden at a gallop (570-640 meters per minute) over five to seven brush jumps. At the end of the steeplechase, the horse and rider go directly into Phase C, the second roads and tracks .
Three-day Event: An equestrian event incorporating the three equestrian disciplines of dressage , cross-country and jumping in one series of tests for horse and rider. Each phase is held on a distinct day with the entire event lasting three or four days.
The Beginner Novice level is designed to introduce green horses and riders to Horse Trials, combining dressage, cross-country and Beginner jumping tests. It is designed for competitors and horses that have already had experience schooling competitions in all three disciplines. The entire experience should be safe, inviting and educational to build confidence and a desire to progress. Competitors should be prepared to do a walk, trot and canter dressage test with 20-meter figures and a halt. The cross-country should include a variety of introductory obstacles, including a bank-up, a shallow natural ditch, an inviting water crossing and a brush. Obstacles must have a minimum of two strides between two numbered obstacles. Such combinations of straight forward efforts are the only obstacles composed of several elements that are permitted. The jumping course should be inviting and straightforward and may include one double of two strides. Jumps can reach the height of 2'7".
The Novice Level is a continuing introduction to Horse Trials. It is designed for competitors and horses with some experience at lower levels or for experienced riders and horses new to the sport. The dressage will not differ greatly from Beginner Novice. The cross-country will invite bold, forward movement involving galloping in balance and jumping out of stride. The obstacles will be more substantial and may include a drop, a double, and a simple obstacle out of water. At such water obstacles, the exit shall not be revetted. The jumping course shall include a double and a variety of straight and spread fences, which may include a triple bar. Jumps can be up to the height of 2'11".
The Training Level is an elementary examination of competitors and horses with some experience and training. The dressage test may ask for further development of the basic gaits, including lengthening at the trot and canter, as well as 10-meter trot and 15-meter canter figures. The cross-country should include obstacles formed of two, or possibly three, elements involving the previously introduced banks, drops and ditches. Jumps into and out of water and narrow fences should be introduced. While these questions are becoming more sophisticated, they must remain positive and inviting in nature. The jumping course shall include two doubles or a triple, a variety of turns, and sequences of various types of obstacles. Jumps up to the height of 3'3". Training Three-Day- A long-format event held at the training level.
The Preliminary Level is a moderate examination of competitors and horses in a regular training program preparing for One Star Events. The dressage test may include medium paces at the trot and canter, as well as the introduction of leg yielding, shoulder in, rein back, and changes of lead through the trot. The cross-country should include tests of accuracy, agility, boldness, control, judgment and jumping ability. Obstacles may now include angled lines, corners, simple bounces, slopes, and combinations involving water or narrow fences. The jumping course shall include two doubles, or a double and a triple, and may incorporate alternative obstacles. It will emphasize quickness of recovery, and may require lengthening or shortening stride. Jumps can reach the height of 3'7". Preliminary Three-Day- A long-format event held at the preliminary level.
The Intermediate Level is an examination of increasing technical difficulty preparing competitors and horses for Two Star Events. The dressage test may include canter to halt and walk to canter transitions, as well as turns on the haunches, simple changes, and counter canter. The cross-country should now combine in more elaborate settings the tests introduced at the Preliminary Level, such as combinations with more than one question to be solved. Obstacles to be expected include banks, ditches, or water with narrow elements, a bounce combined with other elements, or corners in a combination. The jumping course will include more related distances, and emphasis will be placed on lines of obstacles with jumps up to 3'11".
The Advanced Level is the highest national level of Horse Trials. It offers tests of significant difficulty designed to prepare competitors and horses for either Three or Four Star Events. The dressage test may include extensions in all three paces, half pass at the trot and canter, and single flying changes. The cross-country should be clearly a test of boldness and scope as it now combines size (3'11) with technical difficulty. Combinations with multiple questions are to be expected, such as bounces into water, coffins with short distances or significant slopes, and bending lines or related distances between narrow questions. The jumping course will similarly relate virtually all obstacles, distances and turns with jumps up to 4'11".
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Addition by Adoption: Kids, Causes & 140 Characters
Cover design by Brian White
Love, laughter and lunacy in 140 characters.
A work-at-home dad turns to Twitter to share updates about kids, causes and life. It's a curated selection of bizarre quotes, funny stories and temper tantrums. Woven between potty-training woes and breakfast time songs is a family growing through adoption and learning how to change the world, one status update at a time.
You'll find humor, parental commiseration and life-changing wonder mixed into a quick and compelling read.
Build a Well
A book that talks about a bunch of causes but doesn't do anything is kind of silly. So let's do something. Let's build a well. A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to charity: water to fund a clean water well in Ethiopia.
Update: We did it! On September 22, 2010 our campaign hit the $5,000 goal to fund a well in Ethiopia. Incredible! At this point additional money will continue to help charity: water provide clean water.
In the fall of 2012 we received an email that the well was completed. Check out the pictures and learn more about the well you built.
A well costs $5,000. A portion of the proceeds from each copy of Addition by Adoption is donated to the well (if you buy on Amazon $2 is donated). You can also skip the book and make a direct donation to charity: water.
Why Build a Well?
In late March 2009 we traveled to Ethiopia to bring home our son Milo. While there, we witnessed the reality of unclean water:
Time and time again we saw the people of Ethiopia carrying these 5 gallon jerry cans, often walking hours to muddy water holes for their daily supply of tainted water.
Milo came home with giardia, a water-borne intestinal parasite common among people with no access to clean water.
I fell sick for a day, stricken down by water unintentionally consumed either in the shower or from rinsed dishes. Thankfully it was a mild case (yay for meds!).
We know firsthand what a lack of clean water can do.
Clean water saves lives:
A whopping 80% of all sickness and disease are caused by unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation (charity: water).
One billion people have no access to safe, clean drinking water. In Ethiopia somewhere between 70-80% of the population has no access to clean water (UNICEF/SIM).
42,000 people die every week from unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation—90% are children under 5 (charity: water). In Ethiopia that's 300,000 kids every year—it's the country's number one cause of infant mortality (SIM).
Why charity: water?
charity: water is an organization that brings clean, safe water to people who need it. For $20 they can provide one person with clean water for up to 20 years. They're great about proving their work and partnering with organizations already on the ground (Living Water International, A Glimmer of Hope, Healing Hands, Concern, etc.). They do a lot of work in Ethiopia (35% of their work, in fact), they've been featured on CNN and ABC News, and 100% of money donated goes to water (administrative costs are covered by private donors). charity: water is the organization I supported with the 2009 Bald Birthday Benefit.
There are a lot of great organizations that provide clean water, pick your favorite and support them. I've picked charity: water.
A book of tweets? Seriously? No. It's not just a book of tweets.
It's a curated selection of tweets, pulling out roughly 500 Twitter posts from more than 3,000. I've pulled out the good stuff and organized it into logical chapters with their own introduction. I've also cut out the technical jargon, the hashtags, the links and the clutter that wouldn't make any sense in a printed book.
The result is a compelling narrative in a concise, 82-page book. Who would have thought you'd find that from a bunch of tweets?
Chapter 1: Waiting
Chapter 2: Boy
Chapter 3: Ethiopia
Chapter 4: Home
Chapter 5: Water
Chapter 6: Family
A number of people have helped with the book (too many to mention), but a lot of credit goes to Brian White of TriLion Studios for the cover design and Ronald Cox for the interior design. Some of the photos also came from Barbara O'Brien.
Since a book of Twitter posts is still a book you lose some of those links to interesting content. So now you can check them out:
There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene
Video of Lexi saying "Yopi-opia"
Two-year-old photographer? We set up a Flickr account of Lexi's early pictures. We haven't updated it in a while, but it's an awesome collection of blurry photos of the floor and ceiling.
Hillary Clinton intro video from the 2008 Democratic National Convention that made me tear up. And I don't like Hillary (nor could I spell her name right).
My thoughts on spending a night homeless as a part of the Cardboard Box City event.
Our 2008 Christmas card featuring Lexi holding a picture of Milo.
Remembering Winston Erlandson, Abby's grandfather.
Lexi's 'W' birthday cake.
The homecoming blog post from Brian Seay as his newly expanded family returns from Ethiopia.
Ethiopia photos! Our album of 1,100+ photos from our trip to Ethiopia to meet Milo (many of the photos were taken out the window of a moving bus, so don't expect stellar quality).
I mentioned a friend who needed to be medivaced from Ethiopia. Here's the blog post first describing her accident. You can go backward to read about her time in Ethiopia or forward to learn about her complete recovery.
Describing the goodbye ceremony at the care center: Milo leaves his mark in Ethiopia.
Watch Internet geeks carrying 40 pounds of dirty water like Ethiopians do daily.
One Day Without Shoes
The acoustic rock stylings of Shaun Groves, who caused Lexi to dance and Milo to sleep.
Bald Birthday Benefit recap
Walk for Water video
Head shaving video
Story of a family who adopted from Ethiopia and moved back.
Photo of the Day: Celebrating a new well in Southern Ethiopia thanks to charity: water.
The folk rock stylings of Justin McRoberts.
Watch Milo crawl.
Social Media Breakfast for Minneapolis/St. Paul, a great networking group for Internet geeks.
Recap of my second homeless experience.
At the courthouse: "We're a family!"
Causes we talk about in the book:
Humane Society's Walk for Animals
Project Home & Families Moving Forward (beneficiaries of the Cardboard Box City homeless experience)
InvisiblePeople.tv
Lexi's Christmas causes: AHOPE & Red Letters Campaign
Our agency: Children's Home Society & Family Services
Of course you can follow the continuing adventures of Kevin, Abby, Lexi and Milo on my blog and on Twitter. I've also started a page collecting all sorts of Ethiopia-related links and resources.
Watch Ethiopian women walking miles to collect water.
Ethiopian mother talks about her sick son: "Finally we figured out it was the water."
Ethiopian man sings: "You're gonna help us drink clean water!"
Christa Bannister – Sept. 8, 2010
Pioneer Press – June 20, 2010
Creating Culture – June 8, 2010
BeDeviant – May 28, 2010
Wrecked for the Ordinary – May 12, 2010
SocialWrkr24/7 – May 10, 2010
Faith & Geekery – May 7, 2010
Tim Bursch – April 19, 2010
Something Beautiful Podcast – April 15, 2010
Johnny Laird – April 14, 2010
Jason Boyett – April 13, 2010
Reviews & Reactions:
"Twitter updates re: adoption process was a very unique yet powerful way of sharing info & I was amazed at how emotional I got reading it."
–Book Dads, Oct. 12, 2010
"Funny and touching and entertaining and inspiring all at once."
–Tara's View on Books, June 26, 2010
"Laugh-out-loud funny in parts, whilst touching and moving in others."
–Twittercism, June 9, 2010
"It's a call to global awakening."
–Heart Cries, June 7, 2010
"As inspiring as it was funny."
–Creating Culture, June 7, 2010
"It is a good book and a good cause."
–ChurchCrunch, May 25, 2010
"The book had a great message and the author does a great job at allowing others to understand the adoption process."
–Dad of Divas, May 17, 2010
"Interesting book about adoption mixed with 140 characters."
–Chris Brogan, May 12, 2010
"This book is creative, funny, inspiring and a quick read."
–Kem Meyer, May 11, 2010
"Entertaining and inspiring."
-Musician Shaun Groves, May 11, 2010
"The honesty in this book is refreshing and inspiring."
–Jeffrey Martin, May 11, 2010
"Clever, ironic, and written like a Dad… both hilarious and heartwarming."
–SocialWrkr24/7, May 11, 2010
"It's a candid, touching story that is a must-read for anyone who wants a front row seat to the incredible thing that happens when a family chooses to bring an adopted child into their life."
–Tim Schraeder, May 11, 2010
"The tweets are funny, personal, and endearing, and they give us a great model for documenting and reflecting on our adoption journeys."
–Adoptive Dads, May 10, 2010
"What a great parenting & adoption inspiration!"
–Pam Parish, May 6, 2010
"Reading your book moved us to set up a campaign for my son's 1st birthday."
–KittenCrush, May 6, 2010
"Hilarious! A must read! I will be passing this one around and gifting it to friends."
–Divine Dishes, May 6, 2010
"Started reading Addition by Adoption last night. I stayed up late giggling!"
–Kirsten Vogel, May 6, 2010
"You can't really go wrong with this book."
–Faith & Geekery, May 5, 2010
"Hendricks puts together a fun, compelling read."
–Minnesota Christian Chronicle [PDF], May 2010
"Kevin is an example of what makes Twitter good."
–Geoff Graham, April 21, 2010
"If you're one who is still wondering, 'What's the point of Twitter?' or you have people asking you that question, Addition by Adoption goes a long way… not to explaining the answer but to exemplifying an answer."
–Paul Steinbrueck, April 19, 2010
"I normally don't do math books, but…"
-Musician Justin McRoberts, April 17, 2010
–Anne Jackson, author of Mad Church Disease, April 16, 2010
"…a hilarious look at adoption, parenting, and life."
–Joshua Cody, April 15, 2010
"Funny, inspirational and well written. So glad I got a chance to pre-read this… you should seriously order it now."
–Shawn Wood, author of 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One, April 15, 2010
"It's a must-read for anyone who has adopted or is considering adoption. Shoot, it's a must-read for anyone who's a parent."
–Matt Todd, April 15, 2010
"Wow. I've enjoyed @kevinhendricks tweets, but his new book, Addition by Adoption, is crazy good."
–Jaime Hunt, April 14, 2010
"The book is an amazing testimony to the power of a Tweet and to the power of ambient intimacy."
–Jonathan Blundell, April 14, 2010
"I was also relieved to find out that I am not the only parent who sometimes feels it necessary to hide behind closed doors and eat large amounts of chocolate in order to regain sanity."
–Julie Gumm, April 13, 2010
"If you like quirky families, quality writing, good causes, and heart-warming adoption stories, this is the book for you."
–Jason Boyett, author of O Me of Little Faith, April 13, 2010
"Interesting new book…"
–Jonathan Acuff, author of Stuff Christians Like, April 13, 2010
"Kevin's heart for his daughter and the cause of adoption drips from the pages, leaving you with an overwhelming sense that God's plan for [his] family has been and will always be addition by adoption."
–Sam DuRegger, April 13, 2010
"I found myself bursting out in laughter and sometimes holding back the tears."
–Mike Rusch, April 13, 2010
"One hundred forty characters may seem brief, but Addition by Adoption speaks volumes about love, faith, laughter and this crazy thing called life."
–Greg Swan, April 8, 2010
"Buy this book, it'll warm the cockles of your heart."
–Brandon Mendelson, April 6, 2010
10 ways you can help spread the word about Addition by Adoption:
Buy a copy. You gotta drink the Kool-Aid, so to speak.
Tell your mom. My mom likes it—I bet yours will too.
Status update it. Post it to Twitter, Facebook or your favorite status update engine. Some sample posts are below if you prefer not to think:
Addition by Adoption: A new Twitter book about kids, causes and adoption. Proceeds will fund a well in Ethiopia. http://ow.ly/1Hwzk
[Tweet it!]
Buy a book, build a well w/ @charitywater: http://ow.ly/1Hwzk
OMG! Some dork turned his tweets into a book: http://ow.ly/1Hwzk
Or write your own. You can use our short link to send people directly to the main book page: http://ow.ly/1w0dc. You can use this short link to send people directly to Amazon: http://ow.ly/1Hwzk.
Blog it. Use your self-published independent media platform to promote my self-published independent book. We DIYers have to stick together. I'm happy to do an interview, write a guest post or do whatever will work—contact me and we'll set it up.
Sing a song. Ridiculous songs are awesome. Exhibit A: I like puppies. Bonus points if you make a video out of it. Heck, free autographed copy if you post said video to YouTube.
Write an Amazon review. Find my book, scroll down to the Customer Review section and click on "Create your own review." You will need to be logged in. You don't have to write anything long or fancy. If all else fails you can just say "This book is awesome."
Tell your friends. Mention it in person. I hear face-to-face conversation is the latest rage.
Like it. This one's easy: Any time you see me or anyone else talking about the book on Facebook, click that handy little 'like' button. Popular posts show up more often in people's 'top news' feed. I'll be artificially popular!
Buy a copy for a friend. I know every help-me-promote-my-book-author says this, but seriously—you've got friends who would like it and everyone loves a random, out-of-the-blue gift. Buy 3 copies and you qualify for Amazon's free shipping. The book also qualifies for Amazon's 4-for-3 deal. We also have a 10-copy package and we'll gladly customize other multiple copy packages for you.
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Passionate about emerging technology, entrepreneurship, and social justice, Erin Horne McKinney is the co-founder of Black Female Founders (#BFF) and KissIntel. Erin is a serial entrepreneur and intrapreneur with nearly two decades of tech policy, marketing communications, economic and business development experience.
KissIntel is the first mobile application to function as a "CRM for dating" by creating a platform where users can aggregate, track their dates, compare and rate dates, get instant feedback from their family and friends in real time, and manage their dating interactions with virtual touches.


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This year should be the seniors' show
'Dinosaurs' who passed up the NBA, like Warrick, Simien, Hodge will take center stage
Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick is one of the nation's best players — and it's no coincidence that he's a senior.Rick Wilking / Reuters
Nov. 11, 2004, 5:22 AM UTC / Source: a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm" linktype="External" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true">The Washington Post</a
By By Mark Schlabach
Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick was talking with reporters during last month's Big East preseason news conference in New York, when he looked around the room and saw Providence forward Ryan Gomes and Notre Dame point guard Chris Thomas.
"College seniors, especially the ones that make an impact, they're dinosaurs," Warrick said. "A lot of guys in this room had a decision to go pro and it's kind of funny we all made the same decision. It's great for college basketball that we all came back."
Forget about the one-year wonders. This college basketball season is about the upperclassmen — players such as Warrick, Gomes and Thomas — who all spurned the lure of NBA riches and instead remained true to their schools and will play for one more chance to make the Final Four in St. Louis next April.
From Gonzaga to Marquette to Vermont, there are realistic NCAA tournament hopes because star players returned to play one more year. At Kansas, seniors Wayne Simien, Keith Langford and Aaron Miles each delayed turning pro after nearly advancing to their third Final Four last March. Georgia Tech, the team that beat the Jayhawks in the NCAA regional finals last season, welcomes back four of five starters because guards B.J. Elder and Jarrett Jack stayed in school.
The Yellow Jackets are one of six ACC teams ranked in the preseason Associated Press top 25 poll and one of three in the top five. Wake Forest and North Carolina, ranked 2 and 4, respectively, have all five starters back. N.C. State is ranked because all-American forward Julius Hodge returned to school, and Maryland, which won the ACC tournament last season, lost only one starter. Mississippi State forward Lawrence Roberts, the reigning SEC player of the year, nearly entered the NBA draft but returned to school.
Seniority is the reason Kansas is ranked No. 1 in the preseason for the first time since 1956-57, when Wilt Chamberlain led it to the national championship game. The Jayhawks' expectations are as high this season, largely because of their four seniors, who already have won 87 games, including 12 in the NCAA tournament.
"A lot of coaches feel a team is only as good as the seniors allow them to be," Kansas Coach Bill Self said. "That's one reason we feel we have a special team, because of those four guys. It's a huge reason, maybe the biggest reason. . . . Talent alone doesn't win games. I think that's why this team has a chance to have a great year, because they are talented but they know how to win games."
The Jayhawks aren't the only team banking on its experience. Oklahoma State, ranked No. 7 in the preseason, welcomes back four starters with an average age of 23. Seniors Joey Graham, Stephen Graham and John Lucas III helped the Cowboys win 31 games and advance to the Final Four last season.
More and more, college basketball players are staying in school — and they're being rewarded. In June's NBA draft, only 12 college players who hadn't exhausted their eligibility were among the 59 players selected, and teams drafted nearly twice as many college seniors as underclassmen. In 2003, only 11 college underclassmen were drafted, and twice as many seniors were selected. That's a big change from three years ago, when 24 college underclassmen were among the 57 players taken in the 2001 NBA draft.
"You're still going to have kids leave early every year, but it's not like every program has one leaving," Georgia Tech Coach Paul Hewitt said. "We've had one leave. Maryland had one leave. North Carolina has had one leave since I've been in the ACC. There are kids going pro, but I don't think it's as prevalent as a lot of people think."
While other coaches have changed their recruiting philosophies, staying away from the McDonald's all-Americans who are likely to stay in school for only one or two seasons, Hewitt said he's still going after the best players, even after Chris Bosh jilted the Yellow Jackets for the NBA draft after his freshman season two years ago.
"Our strategy is to get the best players to compete in the ACC," Hewitt said.
Still, Gonzaga, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, Providence and Saint Joseph's all won big last year without any McDonald's all-Americans on their roster.
Illinois, ranked No. 5 in the preseason, has eight juniors and seniors on its roster and returns every significant contributor from a team that won the Big 10 championship and lost to Duke in the round of 16. Arizona lost sophomore Andre Iguodala to the NBA draft, but the Wildcats return everybody else, including seniors Channing Frye and Salim Stoudamire, who could have joined their teammate in the pros. Washington, a surprise team in the NCAA tournament last season and picked to finish second in the Pacific-10 behind Arizona, returns its top nine players from last season. Overall, the Pac-10 returns 39 of its top 50 scorers.
"In this day and age, senior leadership can make a big difference at tournament time," Arizona Coach Lute Olson said.
Two programs who will be forced to rely on youth are defending national champion Connecticut and perennial power Kentucky, a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament the past two seasons. The Huskies lost all-Americans Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon, the second and third picks in June's NBA draft after leaving school as juniors, and senior point guard Taliek Brown. The Wildcats lost senior guards Gerald Fitch and Cliff Hawkins, and could start as many as three newcomers.
"No one has lost as many seniors as the SEC," Wildcats Coach Tubby Smith said. "Every year is a new challenge, but with the loss of the majority of our experienced players, it's going to be even more challenging. Those players are going to be hard to replace and we are going to hurt from the loss of their valuable experience. But, as always, the expectations are high for us."
By Mark Schlabach


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German PR 'to drive Europe'
Updated: 19:00 EST, 1 May 2000
Germany will be the driving force in European public relations this year, predicts David Wright, chief executive of Incepta, the group which includes Citigate Dewe Rogerson.
In February it bought its German joint venture partner SEA, which handled the second tranche of the privatisation of Deutsche Telekom. Incepta will now handle the third tranche and also Deutsche Post's privatisation later this year.
In London, deals such as Punch's acquisition of Allied Domecq's pubs helped drive pre-tax profits up by 82% to £14m on revenues 54% higher at £170m. Earnings per share rose by 40% to 2.88p and the dividend is raised 19% to 0.5p.
Wright expects to make acquisitions in the next six months. The shares, which have quadrupled in the past 12 months, rose 2p to 109 1/2p in early trades.


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The Thunder certainly struggled in multiple aspects in game one against Portland. While it wasn't an ugly loss, it was certainly an ugly performance from Oklahoma City. Despite playing terribly on offense and allowing way too many easy looks on defense, OKC only lost by 5. This should be an encouragement for the team knowing they still had a chance despite the poor performance. That being said, what should the Thunder do after the loss in the opening game of the series?
What The Thunder CAN'T Do.
What Oklahoma City can't do, is assume the shots are going to fall in game two. The Thunder shot a post-season worst 15% on 5/33 from beyond the arc. Just because they didn't fall in game one, doesn't mean they will in game two. Paul George's shot is clearly suffering from the shoulder injury. With that in mind, find other ways to contribute on offense. Shooting 4/15 from beyond the arc isn't what this team needs from George.
The Thunder could very well come out on Tuesday night and light it up from the three, but they cannot expect that to happen. The game plan has to be to find other ways to score. If the shots start falling along the way, awesome. If not, there needs to be another plan in place.
Secondly, OKC can't come out and expect the officiating to be any different. At this point, assume you aren't going to get those calls. While the team may not agree with the calls they received in game one, it's been that way all season. Perhaps it's time to change the way you play a little, instead of whining to the officials all game long. Play to the way the officials are calling the game. It shouldn't be that difficult to know the way they call things at this point.
What The Thunder SHOULD Do.
What Oklahoma City should do is continue to feed the ball inside to Steven Adams. Adams had six attempts in the first quarter, and then only eight more for the remaining 36 minutes of the game. Enes Kanter may have had the advantage in game one, but I still think he is the biggest liability for Portland. If I was the Thunder, I'd continue to feed the ball inside. In my opinion, Adams should be taking 20 or more shots per game in this series.
Lastly, the Thunder should continue to keep defense as their number one priority. Portland shot lights out from the three in game one, especially in the first quarter when they went 7/10. There's no way they shoot that way again in this series.
Oklahoma City should not be discouraged in their defense after Sunday afternoon. Despite the incredible shooting from Portland in the first twelve minutes, the Thunder only gave up 65 points for the rest of the game. If this team continues to keep up the pace on defense, the shots on offense will start falling for the Thunder.
The 5 point loss in game one isn't going to decide this series. However, the way Oklahoma City comes out in game two is going to decide it. The Thunder did a lot of things wrong on Sunday, but they also showed a lot of promise. OKC isn't out of this yet, in fact, I'd say they still have a very solid chance of winning this series.


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Team GB's gold rush continued on day 13 of the Rio Olympics with victory in the triathlon, taekwondo and sailing.
Alistair Brownlee and brother Jonny stormed the triathlon, as Alistair defended his title from London 2012 with his younger sibling taking silver - an improvement on bronze four years earlier.
Jade Jones also retained her title after winning the 57kg taekwondo final, while Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark took gold in the women's sailing.
Thursday's success takes Team GB's medal haul to 22 gold, 21 silver and 13 bronze - making 55 in total.
This summer's Games are the most successful away Games for Team GB in history.
Alistair Brownlee became the first man to defend the Olympic triathlon title after he saw off the challenge of his brother Jonny to win Team GB's 20th gold medal of Rio 2016.
The London 2012 stars from Yorkshire became the dominant performers on the roads along the Copacabana after finishing the opening swim among the leaders.
Both brothers remained close on the middle bike leg but 28-year-old Alistair moved away from 26-year-old Jonny in the closing running section of the race.
The champion celebrated by walking towards the victory line, allowing his brother to almost catch up, before the pair fell to the ground and embraced.
Afterwards, the brothers described their achievements as "magical".
Defending Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones retained her gold medal late on Thursday.
The 23-year-old from Wales beat Spaniard Eva Calvo Gomez 16-7 in the final of the 57kg category.
Jones looked elated as she sealed the gold medal, four years on from winning her first Olympic gold at London 2012.
"It still doesn't feel real that I won in London so to have done it again is just crazy. I'm so proud of myself because I didn't realise how much pressure I would feel coming into these Games," she said.
Sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark won the gold medal in the women's 470 class.
Four years on from taking silver, the duo arrived in Brazil determined to go one better.
Mills and Clark produced an opening series as impressive as it was consistent to see them head into the women's 470 medal race all but assured of gold.
The British duo merely had to complete the double-point medal race without disqualification and duly did so, easing home in eighth in the delayed finale to rubber-stamp glory.
Elsewhere, there were more medals for Team GB.
Liam Heath and Jon Schofield won silver in the men's kayak double 200m final.
Meanwhile, Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge won the country's first Olympic badminton men's doubles medal, beating China's Hong Wei and Chai Biao to take bronze.
Britain remains ahead of China in the medals table on second, but 13 golds behind the USA in first position.


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Australian national meat judging team announced
Five students have been named as the 2016 Australian National Meat Judging team to travel to America in January 2017.
This week 20 Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging students joined the Meat & Livestock Australia team in Brisbane for a complete paddock to plate tour of the Queensland meat industry. Over five days the students visited working farms and butchers, Australian Country Choice and Oakey Beef Exports processing plants, Kerwee Feedlot and Swickers Pork Processing Facility.
The 10 finalists, and 10 coach's pick students, were selected for their performance at the Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) week held in Wagga Wagga from Monday, July 4, to Friday, July 8. Here, almost 170 students from 14 different institutions from Australia, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and the USA participated in industry presentations, interactive workshops, a careers expo and two meat judging competitions.
On Wednesday the top five students were selected to join Australian coaches Demelsa Lollback and Tim Ryan on an extensive four-week tour of the US meat industry in January, where they will represent Australia at three meat judging competitions.
Congratulations to the top five students Macky Lawrence from Charles Sturt University, Olivia Swan from Murdoch University, Chloe Gould from the University of Queensland, and Gabrielle Ryan and Rachel Tulloch from the University of Sydney.


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Tim Conway dies- Takes Comedy to Heaven
The star of "The Carol Burnett Show" died on Tuesday. He was 85.
The comic actor, Tim Conway, who is best defined by his role of Mr. Tudball in The Carol Brunett Show, died on Tuesday morning, 14 May, in Los Angeles.
We lost one of the greatest today – Tim Conway may be the greatest ever! I will never forget on an Emmy Awards when Harvey Korman won & Tim did not. Harvey went up to accept his award, Tim went up and stood right next to him, not saying a word. Ginnie & I will miss him greatly!! pic.twitter.com/Pvn3LEYH7K
— Bob Newhart (@BobNewhart) May 14, 2019
He was the winner of four Emmy awards – three for co-starring in the Carol Burnett Show, and fourth for being a member of the show's writing team.
#TimConway if laughter were coins, you'd have amassed a fortune beyond imagining. Thank you for all of it, dear man. RIP
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) May 14, 2019
Tim Conway was the first person to make me laugh so hard I cried. Just like he always did to Harvey Korman weekly on The Carol Burnett Show. What a beautiful gift to give the world. pic.twitter.com/5AlCty7CFS
— Adam (Edge) Copeland (@EdgeRatedR) May 14, 2019
Conway's long time friend and colleague Burnett expressed her feelings, "I'm heartbroken. He was one in a million, not only as a brilliant comedian but as a loving human being. I cherish the times we had together both on the screen and off. He'll be in my heart forever."
Conway was quoted in 2010 that he had dreamed of a career in comedy since he was a child. "I was really kind of the class clown." He added, "When you're small, you either are funny or you get beat up a lot."
Tim Conway made me laugh harder than almost anyone on TV, ever. He shaped my sense of humor, inspired my love for comedy. So sad to lose someone so funny. #RIP pic.twitter.com/XAcNxWbylm
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) May 14, 2019
The little fella from Ohio walked onto "The Carol Burnett Show" & showed us a thing or two about comedy. He was a genius & his pairing w/Harvey Korman was made in heaven. Every week, he left the entire country helpless w/laughter. How did that big heart fit into that little body?
— Dick Van Dyke (@iammrvandy) May 15, 2019
This man made me laugh so much! So much #respect for the great Tim Conway. https://t.co/UmRHFadN9P
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) May 15, 2019
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