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import React from "react";
import renderer from "react-test-renderer";

import Group from "./Group";

describe("side-nav/Group", () => {
  describe("snapshot tests", () => {
    const cases = [
      {
        description: "renders with no props",
        props: {},
      },
    ];

    cases.forEach(({ description, props: { children, ...otherProps } }) => {
      it(description, () => {
        const wrapper = <Group {...otherProps}>{children}</Group>;
        const tree = renderer.create(wrapper).toJSON();

        expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
      });
    });
  });
});

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Frauenbründl steht für:
 Frauenbründl (Bad Abbach), Ortsteil des Marktes Bad Abbach, Landkreis Kelheim, Bayern
 Frauenbründl (Baiern), Ortsteil der Gemeinde Baiern, Landkreis Ebersberg, Bayern
 Frauenbründl (Straubing), Ortsteil der kreisfreien Stadt Straubing, Bayern

 Frauenbründl (Maria Laach), Quelle bei Maria Laach am Jauerling, Niederösterreich

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26 September 2015 / SF News / Eve Batey
SFFD Quickly Extinguishes Showy SoMa Blaze
It took the San Francisco Fire Department about half-an-hour to control a dramatic-looking SoMa fire Friday night, after flames broke out between two buildings.
According to tweets from the SFFD union, the two-alarm fire broke out between 204 Dore Street and 1351 Harrison Street, two buildings that abut one another at the corner of Dore and Harrison in SoMa.
ABC7 reports that the flames were first reported at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
"Witnesses say the firefighters got to the scene really quickly and prevented the fire from spreading," they report, and by 8 p.m. the flames were extinguished.
The Red Cross is assisting six residents from the building that have been displaced by damage caused by the blaze, and said that no injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
At publication time, SFFD had yet to release any information on the exact cause of the blaze, and said that an investigation is ongoing.
The @SFFDNERT working hard on a Friday night! #Fire on my street #SFFD @sfchronicle @SFist pic.twitter.com/5flf7QG1GM
— Dr. Austin Davis (@DrAustinDavis) September 26, 2015
Video: Man Attempts To Beat Muni Bus Into Submission, Fails
Without context, this video posted to YouTube on Friday remains a curious non sequitur: an enraged man repeatedly bashes a 30 Stockton Muni bus while yelling such threats as "I'll fucking kill you.
Saturday Morning Special: SF Chronicle Loses Key Player
SFPD says that the pick-up truck used by a driver to strike and seriously injure a pedestrian two weeks ago was a "sonic blue" 2001-2005 model year Ford Ranger. [Bay City News] Huge,
Eve Batey

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Q: Javascript-Promise Hola alguien sería tan amable de explicarme estos puntos que he dejado comentado en este ejercicio. La verdad no lo encuentro por ninguna parte y no entiendo el porque de colocarlos y que hacen y a que se refieren, quiero seguir aprendiendo y estoy un poco estancado en esta parte, cordial saludo y muchas gracias!
Código:
```const users=[{
id:1,
name:"Cristian"},
{id:2,
name:"Perlita"},
{id:3,
name:"Ramon"
}]

const email=[
{id:1,
email:"cristianjosehcls@gmail.com"},
{id:2,
email:"cristikajose@gmail.com"}]

const getUser=(id)=>{
const usuarios=users.find(usaurio=>usaurio.id==id)
const promise=new Promise((resolve,reject)=>
{if(!usuarios){reject(`no existe el id de users con parametro ${id}`)}else{resolve(usuarios)}
})
return promise
}
const getEmail=(user)=>{
const correos=email.find(mensajes=>mensajes.id==user.id)/*De donde sale este user.id? Si es del nombre del parametro porque el .id a que se refiere?*/
const promise=new Promise((resolve, reject)=>{if(!correos){reject (`no existe un id de correo comparativo a ${user.name}`)/*se que el user es el parametro pero el .name a que se refiere y porque se coloca y a que se refiere en todo el codigo?*/}else{resolve({id:user.id,
    name:user.name,
    email:correos.email})}}) /*no entiendo en donde sale todo este codigo:id:user.id,
    name:user.name,
    email:correos.email. Se que se crea un objeto pero nose a que corresponde cada cosa y el porque de colocarse asi?*/
return promise
}

getUser(1).then(positive => getEmail(positive))/*Que es lo que hace realmente positive => getEmail(positive) es decir realmente para que de la flecha y todo lo demas en el codigo, esas son todas mis dudas gracias!*/
    .then(res => console.log(res))
    .catch(err => console.log(err))```

A: getEmail() es una funcion que retorna una  promesa el cual recibe como parametro user, donde se espera que este parametro tenga la propiedades id y name.
const getEmail = (user) => {
  const correos = email.find(mensajes => mensajes.id == user.id)
  const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    if (!correos) {
      reject(`no existe un id de correo comparativo a ${user.name}`)
    } else {
      resolve({
        id: user.id,
        name: user.name,
        email: correos.email
      })
    }
  })
  return promise
}

Segun developer.mozilla.org:

El método find() devuelve el valor del primer elemento del array que
cumple la función de prueba proporcionada.

Entonces la funcion que tiene es de obtener el primer email que tenga el mismo id que de alguno de los usuarios en el array.
const correos = email.find(mensajes => mensajes.id == user.id)

Una Promise retorna un resolve o un reject, el primero se usa si se cumple el resultado esperado en este caso si existe el email entonces se crea un objeto con el id, name y el email del usuario. Con reject podemos retornar el error.
const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  if (!correos) {
    reject(`no existe un id de correo comparativo a ${user.name}`)
  } else {
    resolve({
      id: user.id,
      name: user.name,
      email: correos.email
    })
  }
})

Para consumir una Promise se usa .then() para obtener los datos que se resolvieron en la promesa y .catch() para obtener los errores que retorna reject.
getUser(1).then(user => getEmail(user))
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.log(err))

Entonces positive es lo que retorna la funcion getUser(1) con ese id para posteriormente pasar ese usuario como parametro a la funcion getEmail(positive) y asi finalmente obtener el usuario con su id, name y el email. Tambien es bueno resaltar que positive es solo un nombre que tu puedes asignar como en este caso yo lo cambie por user.

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We'll Defend Sir Ahmadu Bello's Integrity, Honour– Emir Sanusi Lamido, Northern Governors Say
Last updated Jan 16, 2016 265 0
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has warned those criticizing northern leaders; past and present, especially those who murdered the region's 1st Premier Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna of sokoto to desist from doing so, as the region leaders and people will defend their integrity and honour.
He also said those who would want to re-write the history through distortion of facts of what actually happened in 1966 coup will not succeed
The Emir and the nineteen Northern Governors made the assertion and warning at the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the assassination of Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto held at Arewa House, Kaduna, northwest Nigeria.
Sanusi said the history of the 1966 coup is being re-written and even if the North and Northerners has forgiven and forgot what happened, they would not allow the history be distorted.
"Tomorrow marks exactly 50 years to an incident in the history of this country in which a number of leaders were killed. Sir Ahmadu Bello was one, Sir Tafawa Balewa was another, Chief Akintola was another, Chief Okotie Eboh was another, including a number of Generals that hail from this part of the country and from the Western part of the country.
"Now this has happened and the events that followed are known but sad, we have gone over them, we have moved on to become one country. But fifty years later, before our very eyes, this history is being re-written and those who killed are claiming to be the victims.
"It is important that we keep history truthful. Even if we forgive and forget, we should never allow history to be re-written. Because what is happening in Nigeria today, is a new story, a new narrative. Sardauna was not a victim, Tafawa Balewa was not a victim, they were the cause of the problem; we cannot accept this" he said.
He stressed that the North and Northerners would not want to open old wounds as everyone has been hurt, offended, marginalised, loss people, produced good and corrupt leaders, and no one has he monopoly of power, corruption or oppression.
He added that like every human, Sardauna and Balewa had their flaws, but were heroes and better than anything that this country has produced.
"I think we owe it to the memory of these gentle men who were murdered, that people do not add insult to injury. And so long as we are alive, we will defend their honour. We are calling for peace, we are calling for unity, we are calling for tolerance, but we are insisting on respect; we would not be disrespected"
Corroborating the Emir, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-rufai who represented President Muhammadu Buhari and spoke on behalf of Northern Governors said all of them present at the occasion concur fully with the sentiment expressed by the Emir.
"As Northern Governors, we want peace in Nigeria. We want unity in our diversity. We want progress and development in Nigeria, but we will not accept a situation in which our parents, our forefathers are being insulted. We would not accept any revisionist attempt to re-write history and discredit those whose legacies we enjoy" he warned.
In attendance among the nineteen Northern Governors were Governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Sokoto, Borno, Zamfara; Atiku Bagudu, Darius Ishaku, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Kashim Shetima and Abdulaziz Yari, respectively.
Ex- Chief Justice Blames Nigeria's Enemies Over Dead Of First Northern Premier
IF I WIN, You All Will Leave America" Donald Trump Tells Nigerians.


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Q: focus on current record selected i am working on a dynamic database which must be extremely professional and user friendly for the "non-access" users..
I am not sure if any code exists for this or if it is capable but I need to put a focus or highlight the record in a form (in a table type view) to emphasise with great details that the user is currently on that record.  the little Arrow on the record selector is not enough.
My first choice is that the record currently beign used remains in black colour or perhaps even enlarges whicle the other records in the rows (above and below) are greyed or faded so that it is blatently obvious that they are not selected but are available.
I would greatly appreicate any advice..
Thanks

A: I googled 'access forms change current row indicator' and the first result was http://access.mvps.org/access/forms/frm0047.htm which looks pretty good (although maybe not very supportable).
The problem with what you want to do is that Access doesn't do that easily; Access does a lot of things for you at the price of accepting the way it does them. When you want to change that you will have problems.
Cheers -


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import time
import signal
import sys
import smbus
import robot_data_pb2
from oled_display import OledDisplay

class RobotDriver:
    SERVO_STOP = 90

    def __init__(self, i2c_address=0x04, i2c_bus=1, oled_display=None):
        self.i2c_address = i2c_address
        self.i2c_bus = smbus.SMBus(i2c_bus)
        self.oled_display = oled_display

        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.exit_gracefully)
        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.exit_gracefully)
        self.current_state = robot_data_pb2.RobotData()
        self.set_state(s0_pos=90, s1_pos=90, led_pattern=robot_data_pb2.RobotData.OFF)

    def exit_gracefully(self, signum, frame):
        print('Exiting.')
        self.set_state(s0_pos=90, s1_pos=90, led_pattern=robot_data_pb2.RobotData.OFF)
        if self.oled_display:
            self.oled_display.clear()

        sys.exit(0)

    def get_state(self):
        try:
            data_length = self.i2c_bus.read_byte(self.i2c_address)
            #print('Length: {}'.format(data_length))
            i = 0;
            data = []
            while i < data_length:
                data.append(self.i2c_bus.read_byte(self.i2c_address))
                i+=1

            rd = robot_data_pb2.RobotData()
            rd.ParseFromString("".join(map(chr, data)))
            print(rd)

            if self.oled_display:
                oled_text = ['RobotState:',
                             's0: {}, s1: {}'.format(rd.s0_pos, rd.s1_pos),
                             'sF: {}, sB: {}'.format(rd.sonarf, rd.sonarb),
                            ]
                self.oled_display.display_text('\n'.join(oled_text))
        except Exception as e:
            print('Error getting state from robot.')

    def set_state(self, s0_pos, s1_pos, led_pattern):
        try:
            self.current_state.s0_pos=s0_pos
            self.current_state.s1_pos=s1_pos
            self.current_state.led_pattern=led_pattern
            self.current_state.sonarf=0
            self.current_state.sonarb=0

            data = self.current_state.SerializeToString()
            data_size = len(data)
            # write header
            self.i2c_bus.write_byte(self.i2c_address, (data_size >> 8) & 0xFF)
            self.i2c_bus.write_byte(self.i2c_address, data_size & 0xFF)
            # write data
            for c in data:
                self.i2c_bus.write_byte(self.i2c_address, ord(c))
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    oled = OledDisplay()
    driver = RobotDriver(oled_display=oled)

    while True:
        for i in range(90, 40, -5):
            driver.set_state(s0_pos=i, s1_pos=i, led_pattern=robot_data_pb2.RobotData.RAINBOW)
            time.sleep(.5)
            driver.get_state()

        for i in range(40, 90, 5):
            driver.set_state(s0_pos=i, s1_pos=i, led_pattern=robot_data_pb2.RobotData.RAINBOW)
            time.sleep(.5)
            driver.get_state()


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Tussocks, scrub, gorse, grass, hillocks and heather ... oh boy
The oldest golf tournament is an ageless and enduring test, and only four South Africans have won it
Craig Ray
Take away the grandstands, flagsticks, advertising hoardings and TV towers and a links golf course looks much the same as it did in 1860 when Scotland's Willie Park senior won the first Open Championship at Prestwick.
Shaped by nature's mounds and swales, the only sign of man's interference are the clipped shorter bits that make up the fairways and greens.It's what makes the oldest golf tournament an ageless and enduring test. Modern technology, from space age clubs to balls that can combat the wind, can only take players so far on these rugged coastline courses. Extreme weather and imperfect bounces usually have the final say.
The 147th Open Championship, which starts at Carnoustie on Scotland's northeast shores on Thursday, is the most sought-fter title in the game. And one of the most recognised sporting events on the planet.
Most pros say playing a windswept links in conditions that can change dramatically during a round is still one of the greatest tests of their skill, patience and courage.
One false shot can end a tournament, but one brave swing can positively alter their lives forever.
The title of Open Champion, or as the Royal and Ancient (R&A), the custodians of the game, prefer, "the Champion Golfer of the Year", is a lifelong ticket to recognition and status.
Even in a sporting calendar that clashes with attention from Wimbledon, the Tour de France and the World Cup every four years, the Open is always a highlight of the year and an indelible part of the British summer.In South Africa we have an affinity for the tournament thanks to the rich success local golfers have achieved on those ragged links courses.
The Claret Jug, the prize for winning the Open, has been in SA's possession 10 times with the great Bobby Locke leading the way with four titles.
Gary Player won three Opens among the nine majors he won during his illustrious career while Ernie Els has two titles to his credit and Louis Oosthuizen one.Els's second win, at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012, is the last time a South African won the Claret Jug but this year there are 12 locals in the field and any one of them could bring it back.
Being the original championship golf tournament underpins the Open's prestige but, like all old institutions trying to survive in a modern world, it too had to be dragged into the 21st century.Muirfield, host of 16 Championships and one of the 10 courses on the current Open roster, faced the prospect of losing its status as an Open venue unless it admitted female members. In March 2017, the privately owned club eventually voted to allow female members, which considering it was 17 years into the 21st century underlines the theory that not all traditions are good.
But the Open trades in tradition and history and for the most part it has been a positive story of sporting excellence, and occasionally despair.For every Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, there is another player with a story of golfing tragedy, farce, or both that has left them Claret Jug-less.
Frenchman Jean van de Velde holds the unofficial title of most infamous Open meltdown when he threw away a two-shot lead on the final hole at the 1999 Championship at Carnoustie.
A triple bogey on the last, which included playing a shot, pants rolled up, barefooted and ankle-deep in water in the Barrie Burn that cuts across the 18th fairway, is one of the most replayed Open disasters in history.
The Open requires patience, precision, skill, temperament and a slice of luck. With winds generally increasing during the day, making the most of benign scoring conditions when they present themselves is a key to winning the title.
Oosthuizen did just that in 2010 when he won at St Andrews. Making the most of good conditions with a 65 on day one, in which a record 73 players shot under par in the sedate environment that rendered the Old Course at St Andrews defenceless against the power hitters.
The next day Oosthuizen teed off early and carded a 67 in near windless conditions. But by late morning the breeze had turned nasty and his early score was the lowest of the day as he held a five shot lead at the halfway mark. He would win by seven shots.
The luck of the draw plays a part at the Open, but players still have to capitalise by making the most of the elements when they offer respite.
That's why it's such compelling drama and remains impervious to all the challenges and competition from other sporting events in a more global world.
How will Tiger hack it at nasty Carnoustie?
Blasts from the past: Louis breezes in to grab ...
Blasts from the past: Player grabs US Open for ...
Blasts from the past: Bobby locked, loaded and on ...
Blasts from the past: Losing streak for 1997 Boks drags on
By David Isaacson
SPORTS DAY: Spinners need to rock up to the Lankan party
By Bareng-Batho Kortjaas


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AWKWARD PHONE CALLS PRANK – Part 2!!
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Steeple Rock/Te Aroaro-o-Kupe is a large rock off Seatoun at the west of the entrance to Wellington Harbour, rising  above sea level. The rock plays a role in warning ships off the coast. It is the location of a marine light and an unbeaconed trig station ('Steeple Rock Light', geodetic code B0XX).

Its Māori name is Te Aroaro-o-Kupe (The front of Kupe or The presence of Kupe). The name was officially changed in 2009 from the English "Steeple Rock" to the current dual name of Steeple Rock/Te Aroaro-o-Kupe as part of the 2009 Treaty of Waitangi settlement between Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika and the New Zealand government. The previous Māori name of the rock was Te Ure o Kupe (The penis of Kupe). Kupe, the legendary discoverer of Aotearoa, is said to have injured himself on the rock while swimming.

In earlier times Steeple Rock was also known as Pinnacle Rock. This should not be confused with The Pinnacles, a group of rocks extending from the tip of Point Dorset, south of Steeple Rock.

While Steeple Rock is not as much of a hazard to shipping as Barrett Reef to the south, several ships have got into trouble around the rock, for example:

 1844 Royal William, sloop. Got stuck and had to be pulled off Steeple Rock.
 1874 Anne Melhuish, barque. Got stuck at Steeple Rock.
 1889 Willie McLaren, barque. Damaged when it hit a rock near Steeple Rock. Took on water, so the captain took the ship to Worser Bay where it sank.
 1921 Rona, barque. Ran aground on Steeple Rock. Refloated and repaired.
 1968 TEV Wahine, inter-island passenger ferry. The Wahine struck Barrett Reef and then drifted north until she foundered near Steeple Rock. 53 lives lost.

References

Wellington Harbour
Rock formations of the Wellington Region


Harry Bell (Challenging Restaurant Was A Big Macstake, Herne Bay Gazette, November 13) says Canterbury is moving towards a 24-hour economy. It ought not to and, indeed, it can not. He cites the American experience with approval. Let us take New York as an example. New York is a large modern city with a grid pattern of wide streets. It is famed for never sleeping; incomers know it and residents have adjusted to it. Shops and pharmacies, restaurants and diners as well as bars are open all night. Police are on patrol and exercise zero tolerance of bad behaviour. Public transport runs round the clock. That is what I call a 24-hour economy. Canterbury, by contrast, is a small, walled, medieval city with narrow echoing streets. Its residents need sleep; nothing except bars and takeaways are open at night; the police are rarely present and there is no public transport.
The only thing which is available after midnight is alcohol. We have the disadvantages of 24-hour licensing without the advantages of a 24-hour economy. The situation is unlikely to change. Canterbury has a lot going for it, but it is the wrong size and shape and it lacks the infrastructure and the resources for a genuine 24-hour economy. Let us instead develop its many existing attractions, and strengthen the community in the city centre. After all, "it is people, not walls, that make a city".


Passiflora. This superlative genus offers more than 500 species, most native to tropical America. Maypop, P. incarnata, is a well-known exception, found growing wild in the Southeast U.S along with a few other species.
Every aspect of these vines will knock your socks off, from their Daliesque flowers to their singular fruit. Plant a passion vine and head for cover before you are lost in an evocation of its steamy, lush jungle origin. To 20 feet or more in one season under optimal conditions, with flowering spring through fall.
We have Darwin to thank for discovering that the beak of the Panama hummingbird adapted itself to fertilize the flowers of Passiflora racemosa, as depicted in the above painting.
Requires regular water and food for best performance. Full sun. Watch for nematodes in soils that harbor them. Butterflies love certain species but who doesn't love butterflies? Some species self-protect by producing nodal growths that mimic butterfly eggs. Fruit set can be enhanced indoors by brushing pollen among flowers. Fruit drops, wrinkles and ripens over a few weeks before it's ready to enjoy. Self-fertile, evergreen. Vines will go dormant and drop leaves during cold spells. Prune hard in early spring. Zone 10, Zone 9 with protection.
Passiflora edulis 'Red Rover' sends gardeners on over for its typical edulis flowers followed by large maroon fruit and handsome deep green foliage. Vigorous yet compact, 'Red Rover' is a choice landscape specimen as well as a fine contributor to the kitchen fruit basket. Grown in 5 gal containers, vines are semi-dormant as of February 2019 and have lost many of their leaves. WILL BE AVAILABLE LATE SPRING 2019.
Passiflora edulis 'Black Knight' has crinkled, bright green leaves and produces intricate white blossoms followed by black egg-shaped fruit filled with tasty pulp. Another Patrick Worley hybrid, this selection offers compact growth for the species, which translates to a superlative container growing experience. Grown in 1 gal containers, about 2' tall, semi-dormant as of March 2018. OUT OF STOCK.
Passiflora edulis 'Black Knight' in 5 gal containers. As of May 2017 these passion vines are well-established, with numerous branching from the crown to 4'. OUT OF STOCK.
Passiflora edulis 'Frederick' is yet another offspring of Patrick Worley wizardry. With fragrant white flowers and goose egg fruit filled with ambrosia, this vine is a treasure in suitable climates where temperatures stay above 30 degrees F. Like most passion vines, let the fruit drop then wrinkle before savoring. Grown in 1 gal containers, plants are about 3' tall, very full as of July 2018. OUT OF STOCK UNTIL LATE SPRING 2019.
Passiflora vitifolia.. Named for the resemblance of its leaves to grape vines. Also known as the fragrant passion vine, this vigorous grower to 20' produces true red flowers spring through fall that are followed by fragrant fruit that can take up to a month to ripen after dropping off the vine. Frost sensitive. Plants are grown in 1 gal containers. OUT OF STOCK.
Passiflora edulis 'Nancy Garrison' hails from a found passion vine in front of an old farm house in San Jose. Its provenance explains its superior performance in northern California, where it can withstand a few degrees of frost better than other edible cultivars. Fruit has a distinctive pineapple flavor, same remarkable flower. Grown in 5 gal containers, plants as of April 2019 are 3' tall, still partly deciduous, new growth just beginning. OUT OF STOCK.


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Report: Mariners Acquire Morse In 3-Team Swap
By Eric Reining
Michael Morse, a big right-handed bat the Rangers have been linked to this offseason — even if it was only wishful thinking from the fan base — has been traded from the Nationals to the Mariners as part of a three team trade. As per MLB Trade Rumors, Seattle will send catcher John Jaso to Oakland, and the Athletics will ship off RHP A.J. Cole to the Nationals.
Morse, 30, has spent the last four years in the Nationals organization, with whom he hit 67 home runs in roughly 1,300 plate appearances. He's known as a large, hulking bat in the middle of the lineup, though his bat is basically the only tool he possesses that translates onto the field. His defense is atrocious according to Fangraphs' UZR, where — as a 1B/OF — he's cost his team 28.4 runs in the last three years alone.
He's basically a guy mainstream traditionalist fans would consider a good player before the new wave of baseball knowledge came into effect. Damn those Sabermetricians.
Along with his pretty solid power, and his not so so-so prowess to man a position, another alarming set of stats comes by way of his strikeout-to-walk ratio. Throughout his career, he's posted a 5.9% walk rate, or basically a walk every 17 plate appearances. That's well below average both at 1B and for corner outfielders. He also totes with him a lifetime 21.8% strikeout rate, or about a K every 5 plate appearances. Not so good.
That's the main reason he wouldn't have fit in Arlington. He doesn't mesh with the current makeup of the lineup.
Aside Morse, the real winners of today's trade are none other than last year's AL West Champions, the Oakland A's. They acquired the left-handed power of the now former catcher of the Mariners, John Jaso. Last year Jaso, 29, produced a triple slash line of .276/.394/.456, a robust 143 wRC+ — elite for a catcher, even if it was only in 108 games. Converse to Morse, Jaso actually has a lifetime walk rate of 13.3%, with a K rate at only 12.2%.
After ascertaining Chris Young for Cliff Pennington, and now Jaso for A.J Cole, Oakland has gotten their hands on two positional upgrades at minimal cost. All of a sudden, it appears, just like in 2012, that if Oakland's young rotation can measure up to its competition in 2013, the A's will be a force to be reckoned with in the West.


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Alia Bhatt Reacts To Fan Frenzy
Even a monk must at some time relinquish the act of meditation. Known to be always calm pleasant and friendly with the public, Alia Bhatt found herself losing her cool the other day when a group of fans chased her down to her gym demanding pictures with her.
To rewind to the beginning of the drama that ensued about a week ago, Alia came down from her apartment to the ground level to find the usual crowd of expectant fans waiting for a deedar of their darling diva.
Says an eyewitness, "Alia smiled and waved as usual. But begged off being clicked as she was getting late.When she rushed off to the gym in her car, the fans followed her to the gym in the hope of getting the picture at the gym. This is when Alia understandably lost her cool and told he security to intervene."
I had asked Alia about fan attention in another context and this is what she had to say: "I love the attention. I love clicking pictures with my fans, interacting with them. But there are times when you want to be left alone, like when you are coming out of a restaurant after a meal with the family…Fans, if they really love you, need to respect your need for space when needed."


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\section{Introduction}

In recent years, multi-wavelength selection techniques have been successful
in identifying different populations of star-forming galaxies at high redshifts,
$z \gtrsim 6$ [see \citet{ellis08} for a recent review]. An important class
of such galaxies consists of the Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters (hereafter LAEs),
objects identified through their excess emission in narrow-band images centred
on the redshifted Lyman-$\alpha$ wavelength
(e.g. \citealp{hu98,rhoads00,taniguchi05}). Follow-up Lyman-$\alpha$
spectroscopy has yielded accurate redshifts for a significant fraction
of the LAE population (e.g. \citealp{taniguchi05,kashikawa06}), unlike most other
high-$z$ star-forming galaxies (e.g. Lyman-break systems, sub-mm galaxies),
which typically only have photometric redshifts. In fact, an LAE at $z = 6.96$
\citep{iye06} has the highest confirmed spectroscopic redshift of all
presently-known galaxies.

LAEs constitute a significant fraction of the star-forming galaxy population
at $z \sim 6$, sufficient to reionize the Universe at earlier epochs (e.g. \citealp{fan06}).
The number density of LAEs and the typical shape of the Lyman-$\alpha$
emission line therefore provide important probes of physical conditions in the Universe
around the epoch of reionization (e.g. \citealp{haiman99,haiman02,kashikawa06}).
Equally important, the steep drop in the space density of quasars at $z \gtrsim 6$
implies that they would be unable to produce the ultraviolet (UV) background
radiation required to reionize the Universe (e.g. \citealp{fan01}). Star-forming
galaxies like the LAEs are thus most likely to have been responsible for reionization
(e.g. \citealp{yan04}). Understanding the factors that influence the
star-formation activity in these systems (e.g. the molecular gas content,
the star formation efficiency, etc) is hence of much importance.

Recent studies of individual LAEs at $4.2 < z < 6.6$ have shown
that these galaxies have a wide range of properties, with best-fit stellar masses
ranging from $\sim 10^8 -10^{10} \: M_\odot$, ages from $\sim 3 - 1000$~Myr and
metallicities from $0.005 - 1 \: Z_\odot$ (e.g. \citealp{chary05,lai07,finkelstein09a}).
Evidence has also been found for significant amounts of dust in LAEs, with UV
extinctions of $A_{\rm UV} \sim 0.5 - 5$~mag. (e.g. \citealp{chary05,finkelstein09a}).
\citet{chary05} suggest that the observed decrease in the the cosmic star-formation
rate at $z > 6$ (e.g. \citealp{stanway04}) might be explained by the presence of
dust in the $z > 6$ LAE population. Typical star-formation rates (SFRs) in LAEs, as
inferred from their UV continua, are low, a few tens of solar masses per year (e.g.
\citealp{taniguchi05}); these are $2-5$ times larger than the SFRs derived from
the resonantly-scattered Lyman-$\alpha$ line. While this difference could arise
from dust obscuration effects, H{\sc i}\ absorption by the damping wing of the
Gunn-Petersen trough is likely to also contribute towards reducing the
strength of the Lyman-$\alpha$ line for LAEs at $z > 6.5$ \citep{haiman02}.
We note that the tentative detection of the H$\alpha$ line in a single
$z \sim 6.56$ LAE \citep{chary05} yielded a significantly higher SFR estimate
($140 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$) than that obtained even from the rest-frame
UV continuum ($\sim 9\: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$); this emphasizes the possibility
that the SFRs in other LAEs might have been under-estimated due to dust extinction.

The detectability of high-$z$ galaxies like the LAEs relies on their undergoing
an elevated level of star-formation activity, which naturally requires fuel
in the form of molecular gas. Such gas is most effectively studied through observations
of redshifted CO emission lines (e.g. \citealp{solomon05}). The luminosity in the
low-{\it J}~\ CO lines can be used to estimate the total molecular gas mass fueling
the star-formation activity, while the CO line widths provide a measure of the
dynamical mass of the galaxy. Studies of molecular gas at high redshifts, $z > 4$,
have so far focused on the most massive, far-infrared-luminous systems, the sub-mm galaxies
or quasars (e.g. \citealp{schinnerer08,walter03}), and no information is available in
the literature on the molecular gas content of ``normal'' star-forming galaxies,
such as the LAEs.

In the present work, we address this outstanding problem by conducting a sensitive
search for low-excitation CO line emission in two $z > 6.5$ LAEs with the
Green Bank Telescope (GBT), which allows us to place strong constraints
on their total molecular gas masses. Throughout this {\it Letter}, we adopt a cosmological
model with $(\Omega_\Lambda, \Omega_m, h) = (0.73, 0.27, 0.71)$ \citep{spergel07}.

\begin{figure*}[t!]
\centering
\epsfig{file=fig1.eps,width=\textwidth}
\caption{GBT spectra in the redshifted CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line from HCM~6A (left panels, [A]
and [C]) and IOK-1 (right panels, [B] and [D]). The spectra in the top and bottom panels
have been smoothed to velocity resolutions of 50~km~s$^{-1}$ and 150~km~s$^{-1}$, respectively.
The velocity scale of each spectrum is relative to the Ly$\alpha$ redshift, while
 the error bar in each panel indicates the redshift uncertainty (conservatively,
$\Delta z = 0.01$).}
\label{fig:spectra}
\end{figure*}

\section{The targets}
\label{sec:sources}

Our two target LAEs were selected to have $z > 6.5$, to ensure that their redshifted
CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ lines could be observed with the sensitive GBT Ku-band receiver.
The first system, HCM~6A at $z \sim 6.56$ \citep{hu02}, is perhaps the best candidate LAE
for a search for molecular emission as it is strongly lensed by a foreground cluster
(Abell~370, at $z \sim 0.375$; \citealp{kneib93}), with a magnification factor of
$\sim 4.5$; this significantly improves the sensitivity to CO emission. It also
has the highest estimated SFR of all known LAEs; \citet{chary05} found excess broad-band
emission in a {\it Spitzer} IRAC~4.5$\mu$m image, compared to the continuum at
other wavelengths, and argue that this is due to strong H$\alpha$ emission, with
an implied SFR of $140 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$. The SFR inferred from the UV
continuum (uncorrected for dust effects) is significantly lower than this,
$\sim 9 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$ \citep{hu02}, similar to values obtained in other
LAEs at $z \sim 6.5$ (e.g. \citealp{taniguchi05}). If the SFR derived from the
{\it Spitzer} image is correct, the discrepancy between the two SFR values implies
a high dust extinction, $A_{\rm UV} \sim 2.6$~mag, consistent with the value
independently derived from a fit to the broad-band photometric data (\citealp{chary05};
see also \citealp{schaerer05}). Such a high SFR would be similar
to that of nearby ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs), which have typical
molecular gas masses of $10^{9-10} \: M_{\odot}$ (e.g. \citealp{downes98}).
Conversely, \citet{boone07} argue that the limits on the 850~$\mu$m and
1.2~mm continuum flux densities of HCM~6A imply
upper limits to the SFR in the range $10 - 90$~M$_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$, for
assumed dust temperatures in the range $18-54$~K; these SFR estimates are
somewhat lower than the values obtained by \citet{chary05} and \citet{schaerer05}.
 \citet{chary05} argue that the properties of HCM~6A are similar to those of
other $z \gtrsim 6$ LAEs; the molecular gas properties derived for this
object are thus likely to be representative of the entire population.

Our second target, IOK-1, was discovered in a Subaru survey for $z \sim 7$
LAEs \citep{iye06} and has the highest spectroscopically-confirmed redshift
of all known galaxies. \citet{iye06} obtain a star-formation rate of
$(10 \pm 2) \: M_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$ from the Lyman-$\alpha$ line luminosity.
\citet{taniguchi05} find that the SFR estimated from the UV continua of
$z \sim 6.5$ LAEs is typically $\sim 5$ times larger than that inferred
from the Lyman-$\alpha$ line, implying that the SFR of IOK-1 is likely to be
$\gtrsim 50 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$, among the highest of the $z > 6$ LAE
population. This system has not so far been observed at sub-mm or infrared
wavelengths and no information is thus available on its dust properties.

\section{Observations and data analysis}
\label{sec:obs}

The search for CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ emission ($\nu_{\rm rest} = 115.2712$~GHz) from the two
LAEs was carried out with the GBT $12.0 - 15.4$~GHz Ku-band receiver
between August and September 2008, during excellent summer observing conditions.
The Auto-Correlation Spectrometer was used as the backend,
with two circular polarizations and a bandwidth of 200~MHz, sub-divided into
8192 channels and centred on the redshifted CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line frequencies (14.48~GHz and
15.25~GHz). This yielded a total velocity coverage of $\sim 4000$~km~s$^{-1}$\ and an
initial velocity resolution of $\sim 1$~km~s$^{-1}$, after Hanning-smoothing and re-sampling.
Dual-beam nodding was used to calibrate the system bandpass, with a nodding timescale
of 2~minutes. The telescope pointing was corrected every $2$~hours by observations
of nearby bright calibrators. System temperatures were measured online by
firing a noise diode, and were typically found to lie in the range $22 - 30$~K.
The standard flux calibrators, 3C48, 3C147 and/or 3C286 were used to verify
the absolute flux scales at the observing frequencies; we estimate that the uncertainty
in the flux calibration is less than 10\%. The total observing times were
$\sim 25$~hours for  HCM~6A and $\sim 23$~hours for IOK-1, including overheads
associated with dual-beam nodding, pointing and flux calibration. Note that the
full-width-at-half-maximum of the GBT Ku-band beam is $\sim 50''$ (corresponding to
a spatial scale of $\sim 280$~kpc at $z = 6.56$), implying that all CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ emission
from the LAEs (and any nearby galaxies at similar redshifts) would lie within
the telescope beam.

The data were analyzed using the {\sc GBTIDL}\footnote{http://gbtidl.sourceforge.net}
data analysis package, following standard procedures. A second-order baseline was
fit to each scan during the initial calibration, after which the data were examined
on a scan-by-scan basis for residual baseline structure; this was done independently
for both polarizations.  Conservatively, all scans showing baseline structure on
scales of a few tens of MHz (that might mimic a putative spectral line) were edited
out and not included in the final analysis; this resulted in the excision of
$\sim 25$\% of data for each target. The final on-source integration times
were $\sim 12$~hours for HCM~6A and $\sim 11$~hours for IOK-1. For each
source, data from the two polarizations were combined together with appropriate
weights, based on their root-mean-square (RMS) noise values to produce the final
spectra. The spectra were then smoothed to coarser resolutions (50, 150 and 300~km~s$^{-1}$)
to search for CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line emission.

\section{Results}
\label{sec:results}

\begin{table*}[t!]
\caption{Results from the GBT observations of HCM~6A and IOK-1.
\label{tab:tab1}}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
\hline
\hline
Source & $z_{Ly\alpha}$ & $\nu_{{\rm CO} 1-0}$ & On-source time &
RMS$^\star$ &  $L^\prime_{\rm CO}$ ($3\sigma$) & $M_{\rm H_2}$ ($3\sigma$)  \\
       &                &  GHz                 &  Hrs.         &
$\mu$Jy &  $\times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2}$

& $\times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2} (X_{\rm CO}/0.8) \: M_\odot$ \\
       &                &                      &               &         &K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$    & \\
\hline
HCM~6A & 6.56 & 15.25 & 12 & 22.0 & $< 6.1 \times 10^9$~$^\dagger$     & $< 4.9 \times 10^{9}$~$^\dagger$ \\
IOK-1  & 6.96 & 14.48 & 11 & 17.3 & $< 2.3 \times 10^{10}$  & $< 1.9 \times 10^{10}$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\vskip 0.1in
\noindent $^\star${}The quoted values of RMS noise, $L^\prime_{\rm CO}$ and $M_{\rm H_2}$
are at a velocity resolution of $300$~km~s$^{-1}$. \\
\noindent $^\dagger${}For HCM~6A, the luminosity and mass limits have
been corrected for a magnification factor of 4.5.
\end{center}
\end{table*}

The final spectra obtained towards HCM~6A and IOK-1 are shown in the four panels of
Fig.~\ref{fig:spectra}, at velocity resolutions of $\sim 50$~km~s$^{-1}$\ and $\sim 150$~km~s$^{-1}$.
The final RMS noise values per $50$~km~s$^{-1}$\ channel are 52~$\mu$Jy (HCM~6A) and
$51$~$\mu$Jy (IOK-1), and per $150$~km~s$^{-1}$\ channel are $31 \mu$Jy
(HCM~6A) and $30 \mu$Jy (IOK-1). No evidence for CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line emission was seen
in the spectra at these (or other) velocity resolutions.

The non-detections of CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line emission place strong constraints on the CO line
luminosities, which can, in turn, be used to derive limits on the total mass
of cold molecular gas
in the two LAEs. Following \citet{solomon05}, the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity
$L^\prime_{\rm CO}$ can be written as
\begin{equation}
L^\prime_{\rm CO} = 3.25 \times 10^7 \: S_{\rm CO} \: \Delta V \: \nu^{-2}_{\rm obs}\:  D_L^2 \: (1+z)^{-3} \:\: ,
\end{equation}
where $\nu_{\rm obs}$ is the observing frequency (in GHz), $D_L$ is the
luminosity distance (in Mpc), and $L^\prime_{\rm CO}$ is in K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^{2}$.
For our non-detections, $S_{\rm CO} \times \Delta V \equiv 3\sigma_{\Delta V}
\times \Delta V$ (in Jy~km~s$^{-1}$) gives the $3\sigma$
upper limit on the integrated flux density in the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line, where $\sigma_{\Delta V}$
is the RMS noise at the velocity resolution $\Delta V$. We will assume a
line width of $\Delta V = 300$~km~s$^{-1}$, similar to the median observed width in
high-$z$ quasars (e.g. \citealp{carilli06}).
We then obtain $3\sigma$ CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity limits of $L^\prime_{\rm CO}
< 6.1 \times 10^{9} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2}$~K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$ (HCM~6A)
and $L^\prime_{\rm CO} < 2.3 \times 10^{10} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2}$~K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$
(IOK-1), after correcting the HCM~6A luminosity for the lensing magnification
factor of 4.5 \citep{kneib93}.

To convert the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity to an estimate of the total molecular gas
mass requires the CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor $X_{\rm CO}$ (e.g. \citealp{solomon05}).
For virialized molecular clouds in a quiescent galaxy like the Milky Way, the
conversion factor is typically $X_{\rm CO} \sim 4.6 \: M_{\odot}$~(K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$)$^{-1}$
(e.g. \citealp{solomon91}); conversely, luminous infrared galaxies have far lower
CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factors [$X_{\rm CO} \sim 0.8 \: M_{\odot}$~(K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$)$^{-1}$;
e.g. \citealp{downes98}].
For the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy, M82, \citet{weiss01} find that
the lowest values of the conversion factor are measured towards the central
star-forming regions where the UV radiation field is most intense.
Given that the two LAEs observed here appear to be undergoing elevated levels
of star-formation, we adopt the conversion factor $X_{\rm CO} =
0.8 \: M_{\odot}$~(K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$)$^{-1}$.
Note that this conversion factor is also used for CO line studies of
high-$z$ sub-mm galaxies (e.g. \citealp{greve05}), allowing a direct
comparison between the inferred molecular masses of sub-mm galaxies and LAEs.
Using this conversion factor then yields $M_{\rm H_2} < 4.9 \times 10^{9} \times
(\Delta V/300)^{1/2}  \times (X_{\rm CO}/0.8) \: M_{\odot}$ for HCM~6A, and
$M_{\rm H_2} < 1.9 \times 10^{10} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2} \times (X_{\rm CO}/0.8)
\: M_{\odot}$ for IOK-1.  We emphasize that the upper limits to the molecular
gas mass would be higher than the above values if the Milky Way conversion
factor were applicable to these LAEs. The results of our observations
are summarized in Table~\ref{tab:tab1}.

Finally, the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity and the FIR luminosity are correlated
in nearby starburst and spiral galaxies \citep{gao04}, with
${\rm log} L_{\rm FIR} = (1.26 \pm 0.08) \times {\rm log} L'_{\rm CO} - 0.81$
\citep{riechers06}. Our limits on the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity can be combined with
this relation to infer the FIR luminosity of the two LAEs and thence, their SFRs.
We obtain $L_{\rm FIR} < 3.3 \times 10^{11} \: L_\odot$ (HCM~6A) and
$L_{\rm FIR} < 1.8 \times 10^{12} \: L_\odot$ (IOK-1), and SFRs
of $< 66 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$
(HCM~6A) and $< 360 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$ (IOK-1), on using the relation
SFR~$ = 2 \times 10^{-10} \: (L_{\rm FIR}/L_\odot) \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$
\citep{kennicutt98b}. The limit to the SFR in HCM~6A is similar to that
obtained from the 1.2~mm and 850~$\mu$m continuum imaging
(SFR~$< 10-90 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$; \citealp{boone07}). While
our SFR limit in HCM~6A is significantly lower than the estimate of
$140 \: M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$ from the tentative detection of H$\alpha$
emission \citep{chary05}, it should be pointed out that our result depends
on the assumption that the local correlation between CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity
and FIR luminosity is applicable in $z > 6$ LAEs. Note, however, that some
classes of high-redshift galaxies [e.g. the ``B$z$K'' galaxies, selected
as outliers in plots of $({\rm B}-z)$ versus $(z-{\rm K})$ colors;
\citealp{daddi04}] have larger CO line luminosities than predicted by
the FIR-CO relation, with large molecular gas masses but low star formation
efficiencies \citep{daddi08}. If the high-redshift LAEs are similar to
the B$z$K galaxies, our limits to the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosities would imply
even lower FIR luminosities, and star-formation rates, than those listed above.

\section{Discussion}
\label{sec:discuss}

These are the first constraints on the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity and the
molecular gas mass of $z \gtrsim 6$ LAEs, providing a new window into physical
conditions in star-forming galaxies at the highest redshifts. The high inferred
SFR and dust extinction in HCM~6A, as well as its large magnification factor,
imply that it is one of the best candidates
for a detection of CO emission in a high-$z$ LAE. The limit on its CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line
luminosity obtained here is the deepest ever obtained for a $z \gtrsim 6$
galaxy. For the assumed CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor, the molecular gas mass
limit is within a factor of $\sim 2$ of the molecular gas mass of the Milky Way
(e.g. \citealp{combes91}). While the limit on the CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity of IOK-1
is not as strong, it is lower than the median luminosity in high-$z$ sub-mm
galaxies ($L'_{\rm CO} = 3.8 \times 10^{10}$~K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$; \citealp{greve05})
and similar to the luminosities of lower-redshift B$z$K galaxies (which have
similar SFRs; e.g. \citealp{daddi08}). Our results for both LAEs rule out
the presence of extreme CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosities, such as those seen in sub-mm galaxies
or hyperluminous IR quasars (e.g. \citealp{greve05,walter03,carilli07}).
LAEs thus appear to either contain significantly lower quantities of cold
molecular gas or have significantly higher CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factors
than sub-mm galaxies or FIR-bright quasar hosts. The latter possibility cannot
be ruled out as the CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor is likely to depend on
metallicity (e.g. \citealp{maloney88}), and quasar host galaxies and sub-mm
galaxies appear to be dusty, metal-rich systems.

Finally, it is clear that molecular gas must be present in LAEs to fuel the
observed star-formation activity and dust reddening. In cases where the CO
line emission is optically thick and thermalized, the flux density in the
CO lines scales $\propto \nu^2 \propto J_{\rm U}^2$, where $J_{\rm U}$ is
the rotational quantum number of the upper level. This suggests that,
despite the sensitive limits obtained here, the $J_{\rm U} \ge 5$ CO lines
may provide a more effective avenue to probe the molecular gas content of high-$z$
LAEs, with planned facilities like the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) and
the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA). For example, for optically-thick,
thermalized emission, ALMA would be able to detect the CO~{\it J}=6-5 \ line from
a $z = 6.5$ star-forming galaxy with $M_{\rm H_2} = 3 \times 10^9 \: M_{\odot}$
in $3$~hours of on-source integration time. Unfortunately, the high kinetic
temperatures and densities required to raise the CO molecules to the high-$J$
excitation states are unlikely to be present in ``normal'' star-forming galaxies
like the LAEs. For example, Fig.~9 of \citet{ao08} shows that the CO line
intensities are sub-thermal at $J_{\rm U} \ge 5$ in almost all galaxies (including
ULIRGs and sub-mm galaxies) with observations of these lines. The sole exception
is the lensed quasar APM08279+5255, where a combination of AGN heating and very
high gas densities appears to yield the high CO excitation \citep{weiss07}.
This implies that it is likely to be difficult to detect the high-$J$ CO lines
from $z \gtrsim 6$ LAEs even with ALMA. The $158 \mu$m fine-structure transition
of ionized carbon may hence prove the best candidate for mapping the large-scale
structure of high-$z$ star-forming galaxies and determining their dynamical masses
\citep{walter08}. A search for this transition in HCM~6A is currently in progress
[Kanekar et al. (\textit{in prep.})].

\section{Summary}
\label{sec:sum}

We have carried out a deep GBT Ku-band search for CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line emission from two
high-redshift Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters, HCM~6A at $z \sim 6.56$ and IOK-1 at
$z \sim 6.96$. Our non-detection of CO emission from the lensed LAE, HCM~6A,
implies strong constraints on its CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosity and molecular gas mass,
$L^\prime_{\rm CO} < 6.1 \times 10^{9} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2}$~K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$
and $M_{\rm H_2} < 4.9 \times 10^{9} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2} \times
(X_{\rm CO}/0.8) \: M_\odot$, the strongest obtained to date for a
$z \gtrsim 6$ galaxy. In the case of IOK-1, the absence of a lensing
magnification factor implies that the limits on the line luminosity and
molecular gas mass are somewhat less sensitive than for HCM~6A; we obtain
$L^\prime_{\rm CO} < 2.3 \times 10^{9} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2}$~K~km~s$^{-1}$~pc$^2$
and $M_{\rm H_2} < 1.9 \times 10^{10} \times (\Delta V/300)^{1/2} \times
(X_{\rm CO}/0.8) \: M_\odot$. If HCM~6A is a typical LAE at these redshifts,
our results imply that LAEs are unlikely to show high CO~{\it J}=$1-0$ \ line luminosities
(such as those found in quasar host galaxies at similar redshifts), due to
either a lower molecular gas content or a higher value of the CO-to-H$_2$
conversion factor.  It hence appears that observations of redshifted CO
line emission are unlikely to be an effective means of studying gas dynamics
in the less-luminous galaxies responsible for reionizing the Universe, even
with upcoming arrays such as ALMA and the EVLA.

\section{Acknowledgments}

JW, NK and CC are grateful for support from the Max-Planck Society and the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. We thank the Green Bank staff for the
development and implementation of a new dynamic scheduling system which
enabled us to obtain excellent high-frequency observing conditions for
this project (GBT08B-043).  We thank the anonymous referee for
helpful suggestions on the original manuscript, and Frederic Boone for comments.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is operated by
Associated Universities, Inc, under cooperative agreement with the
National Science Foundation.

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1987: Less Than Zero
"Drugs! Drugs are bad! Don't do them!"
"But you are all so cool that you make me want to do drugs."
1988: Fresh Horses
"Wait, is that Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy together again? And Ben Stiller? And Viggo Mortensen?"
"I don't know, I never saw the movie."
"Yeah, me neither."
1989: Weekend at Bernies
"Hey, know what would be a funny idea for a movie…?"
"Actually, no. No, that wouldn't be that funny at all."
"Great! We'll make two of them."
Andrew, if you're googling your name and come across this post? Fist to the heart–you're the best. I still love you a little. Want to get the kids together for a playdate sometime?
Older: Three, on Three
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62 thoughts on "Mom101 schools you on the best movies of the 80s, all of them starring Andrew McCarthy"
Ahhh, yes. Andrew McCarthy. He who adorned my bedroom walls with his centerfolds in Tiger Beat and Teen Beat magazines.
MrsWaltz says:
"BLAINE?! That's not a NAME..!" Sorry. Had to be done.
workout mommy says:
you just brought back a flood of memories for me! (and a headful of 80s tunes that will be stuck there all day!)
Ok, perhaps one of my favorite posts of yours ever. But I must say, that sound you may have heard at the end of 1989 was the sound of Andrew McCarthy's career dying a swift, but painful death. I was thrilled when Lipstick Jungle resurrected him would love to hear his penis-monologue musings on fatherhood. THAT can be our next get together! Now, what ever happened to Judd Nelson–I always loved the bad boys.
I had a co-worker in LA who looked just like AM.
eastvillagemom says:
yes!!! For me, pretty in pink was his zenith. That is when I fell in love. Because he was the NICE cute preppy rich guy. All of the cute preppy rich guys at my school were mean. Or at least I think they were, they never actaully talked to me. Great, hilarious post!
You mean there are people on this planet who <>don't know<> about the Brat Pack? Hullo! I learned from St. Elmo's Fire and his character searching for the elusive meaning of life that there was supposed to actually be something beyond college.I think I need to go lie down.
Oh man, you've outdone yourself here. McCarthy was my favorite of the bunch.
Lora says:
OMG…AM was IT for me. I was so excited when he showed up in Lipstick Jungle (is that show coming back, BTW?). I have always wanted to touch his hair…it just looks like it would be so soft, dontcha think?
Count me a member of the oldies club, I have seen them all (except that horse one. I don't remember that at all!) Love him.
sarah doow says:
If it helps, I've heard of the Brat Pack. But Rob Lowe is Sam Seaborn and that's that.
Jen Boggs says:
Mom 101, I heart you!
hey, don't judge us all by just a few idiots. i knew who andrew mccarthy was long before you went into the list. and i was born in the '80's. so can i be an honorary cool kid or something now?
Mrs. N says:
I heart AM.But I feel you on the old person pain–I teach middle school and I had a student refer to 80's pop as "oldies" which made me want to cry a little.
You know, I always thought he looked a little shifty…
Rock on sister!
Jenni says:
oh, andrew mccarthy. hold on a second while i swoon…
I saw Andrew McCarthy at a restaurant in the West Village ten years ago and I almost fell off my chair. Only Michael Schoeffling would've been better. Roland Gift was at the next table–twenty points for anyone under 30 who knows who he is!
Alexis, OH Michael Schoeffling. Be still my heart. I was crushed to see the synopsis of Pretty in Pink on the cable guide as something like "girl falls for other girl's boyfriend." Um NO, that's not what it was about AT ALL!Lara, you're cool to me. Especially because you're born in the 80s.
Bea says:
Have you ever seen <>The New Waterford Girl<>? Awesome Canadian movie with Andrew McCarthy playing the semi-creepy teacher who is semi-in love with the teenage protagonist. Still cute though!
MetroDad says:
HBO must be reading your mind. "Pretty in Pink" is available this week on HBO on Demand. Always loved that movie. Would have been better if my man Ducky got the girl.
I loved him, don't get me wrong, but he looked like he does now when he made Pretty in Pink. Dude was the oldest high school student EVAH.Other than Luke Perry in 90210 that is.
Amanda Petite Mommy says:
Always loved him in movies. I feel old now. 😉
the mama bird diaries says:
I almost crumbled at that man's feet when I heard him order a bagel in a coffee shop. I mean, he is the grooviest. The kids are still using the word groovy, right?
Cherise says:
You have totally left out Heaven Help Us (1985), one of my TOP TEEN MOVIES ever. Loved Andrew McCarthy and his quiet sweetness and hands-on-her-face kissing style in every movie he was in. Yes, I remember it all…
You did it. You drove me out of lurkdom with this.Ah, Andrew. My love for you (well, the idea of you as the rich-but-flawed-and-somewhat-attainable-my-next-boyfriend) is enough to get me to watch the monstrosity that is Lipstick Jungle.These movies? Classics.
How can one not know who Andrew McCarthy is? Sigh…Though I admit that the face who plastered my walls most frequently was Ralph Macchio. I know, he didn't run with the cool kids, but he was my karate kid.
Mrs. Waltz beat me to it.I can't believe they didn't know who he is… geesh, I feel old.
WickedStepMom says:
God, I use to have the hughest crush on him. ::sighs::
They didn't know who he was? So, so, sad. I just want him to lick me all over. And then I want rough sex with James Spader.
Weekend at Bernie's are highly underrated movies. And who knew that Andrew McCarthy was a virgin in the second movie? I mean after all of that time spent with a mannequin AND Molly Ringwald.
Fraulein says:
Oddly enough just the other night Mr. Fraulein and I watched "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and I realized that I still have every word of the dialogue memorized.
Ah, what great times. Mannequin was just on the other day!! I just watched Pretty in Pink again recently and was shocked to realize that Jon Cryer was Duckie!! They just don't make movies like they used to, that's for sure.
Sharifa says:
LMBO (laughing my butt off) I feel like that everyday at work with my barely our of college co-workers who say they "like madonna b/c she reminds them of britney spears." ugh, the humanity! LOL.
This fits so perfectly for me this week. I was just telling someone seven years younger than me a St. Elmo's Fire analogy, and she DIDN'T KNOW ST. ELMO'S FIRE. And then my "fuck him, and you can still keep the car" joke totally fell flat.DAMN.
*swoon*
Dorene says:
Bookmarking this link as "Movies I need to see again (and again)".. Love Andrew McCarthy. I cannot wait until my daughter is old enough to watch all of these movies with me and actually understand what is going on. Um, up to a point anyway. Or maybe not. Wait, let me rethink this.
I actually OWNED Fresh Horses. I did. It was crap, but I could not get enough of that Andrew & Molly combo, you know? I was a sucker for ALLL of those John Hughes era 80s movies. 16 Candles? THE BEST. Breakfast Club? EVEN BESTER. And then how about dancing the "Molly Ringwald"? You know, when shes dancing on the landing in the library? Epitomy COOL. And I worked hard to perfect it. And Andrew was THE man back then. Altho, I kinda heart Jake Ryan (whatever his real name is) more tho. 😉
amy turn sharp of doobleh-vay says:
fresh horses was so strange and scrumptious…the mind has a way of letting go or some malarkey- I loved it!
Her Bad Mother says:
DOOOOOOD.fist to the heart, indeed.
Cagey (Kelli Oliver George) says:
Ah, sweet, sweet Andrew and his stray, shifty eyes. LOVE HIM. My kid always giggles when I do the Booga Booga cheer for him. My children well be well-versed in the 80s pop culture, dammit. Or I will have failed as a mother.
R says:
I was born in 1980, and therefore missed out of some of these movies – but I did enjoy Pretty in Pink, loved Mannequin (and the Breakfast Club too even though he was MIA in that one) and just a couple weeks ago I enjoyed him in a TV Movie – Straight From the Heart… still a hottie AM!! Even as a moody, rude, sarcastic, emotionally scarred cowboy… LOVE HIM!
LOVED the synopsises (synopsese? What the F spell check? How IS it spelled??).
Sunny says:
St.Elmo's fire was back in the day when Demi was the age her hubby is now. I loved Molly Ringwald, she always had the best leading men(boys)to act with.
Roland Gift – Fine Young Cannibals. He once asked ME if he could sit at my table in a club in Detroit; it was an after-hours party for one of his shows. I said sure, and was ready to strike up a conversation when he opened his arms and two scantily clad babes snuggled in. Eew. I moved.I have to say, I was wary of AM being as sexy as an adult as he was as back in the day. I was wrong…he is hot in LJ (I actually blogged about this a couple of months ago).He blogged a bit while making LJ last season; it's interesting. He seems super nice, which only makes my crush stronger.
Tracey - Just Another Mommy Blog says:
SUCH a cutie pie. So brooding. So lost looking. Made you want to grab him up and take care of him, you know?
Now, let me say in my defense that not only am I well-acquainted with all of those movies, I even love (most) of them. But I don't like Andrew McCarthy. As an actor, I mean. He's probably a supremely cool person, but my walls had Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson and Michael Schoeffling (Jake from 16 Candles). At least Rob still looks good.
Patamomma says:
Andrew was indeed a hottie! But, I loved Judd Nelson in the Breakfast Club. Definitely a Cult Classic of the time. Patty
I was about to go berserk on you for not mentioning 16 Candles or Breakfast Club. Then I remembered that Andrew McCarthy wasn't IN those. And THAT? Is ANOTHER kick-in-the-pants sign of my advancing age.That, and the fact that I HEART Weekend At Bernies. (The first one, because hello, I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them.) I swear to you, I am not proud to tell you this, but I must quote at least one line from that movie on a daily basis, even if it's just , "You schmuck.".
Tootsie Farklepants says:
Ooohhhh St. Elmo's Fire. Awesome. Also before Demi Moore had any boobs.
If Nate had really loved you, he would have gotten on the phone so you could RACE down there with a kid under each arm. Self respect be damned. I love that man. With all my heart. God bless TBS for keeping the reruns coming…
MMMMM…. he's so yummy! He makes my heart go pitter patter!I too LOVE Andrew McCarthy. Thanks for this post…. I have something nice to think about all day….
BabyonBored says:
Hey Liz, That's so cool that you linked to Dani's website and Afterbirth! She's one of my closest friends and if you EVER get a chance to see that show you should do it. It's full of amazing writers…(I've done it)…including your beloved, Andrew.
OMG I now totally have Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now stuck in my head while I dream on being on the back of that motorbike with AM…. Sigh…
Lala says:
As we expect our second child, hubby and I are going over our list of names…I put Blaine on the table and hubby said, " G-sus, Lara. Would you please come to this century? John Hughes has moved on, so should you." Hubby slept on the couch (don't mess with a pregnant lady in a heat wave!)Anywho, those movies, along with their leading men, helped me through the worst (and best) years of my life- the eighties. The movies, the music…ahhh, the golden years!!!
J at www.jellyjules.com says:
I saw Fresh Horses. What kind of fan are you, if you're not willing to suffer through that CRAP for true love? Actually, I think I called in sick from work to see it. I should have gone to work.You know what I LOVED about Pretty in Pink? How bored and 45 years old the rich kids acted. Just too funny.I was suckered into buying the 'Everything's Ducky' version of Pretty in Pink on DVD, hoping that it would have an alternate ending where she ends up with Ducky…Nope. But one thing I did find out is that she originally DID end up with Ducky, and it sucked, so they had to reshoot the ending. But Andrew had shaved his head bald for a roll in another movie, so they had to make him a crappy wig. Which explains why he looks so WEIRD at the PROM. (I had to cap PROM, because, duh, "WHAT ABOUT PROM?!?!?!")Sorry for getting so excited about a celebrity post. I can't help it.
stephanie (bad mom) says:
Sad that it took me two weeks to read this, but still satisfying.I was pretty sure I would marry Andrew McCarthy and actually get a little bitter about it occasionally. Like whenever my real husband just doesn't show me a sweet thoughtful face when I'm irrationally upset.I hope your kids play together someday. Report back.
@J at http://www.jellyjules.com: in the novelization of the book– which yes, I purchased from my neighborhood grocery store– has that original ending. Why did I not have the foresight to keep that book?!P.S. I saw Class twice in a row at the theatre, but I had to sneak in because it's rated R and I was nowhere near 17.
I love Andrew McCarthy and all those John Hughes films. So much so that I taught a freshman composition class called "Composition and John Hughes" a few years ago. It was me and 18 year olds watching and analyzing John Hughes films and we did watch and write about "Pretty in Pink." It was a pretty fun class to teach, esp. with the quiz over "Ferris Bueller." 🙂
Loved him. Met him. Completely froze. Then Eric Stoltz walked in…
I would just like to let you know that I am a 20-something and I know who Andrew McCarthy is. Also, pretty in pink is awesome.
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Melissa Gamble: Her Classroom Is A Space To Listen, Discuss, And Learn About Important Issues
Updated: Sep 6, 2020
Melissa has carved an untraditional path for herself towards teaching, and one that has really caught my attention. Her success proves that the skills and knowledge from one industry can help to build a strong case for change in another. Her studies focus on critical race theory and anti-racism practice for white educators, experiential learning and professional development. With her degree in law, and being part of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team at Columbia College Chicago, she is making the case on very important topics while also creating courses centered around them. We can't escape how politics, law and systemic racism has affected our country, and the school is so fortunate to have someone who has been both personally and professionally affected. She gives me her view on the ethics and visions of what could and should be within education and political standards in the fashion industry by starting with the simple notion of trusting your intuition. Her own experience of growing up with self-doubt and having her fair share of sexism and elitism in her professional life has given her the strength to help students see their own potential and bring their own individual contribution to society. Melissa has found what it takes to really look out for yourself and how that perspective can bring value to others as well. I have to admit that I am also fortunate to have benefited from this value-driven approach of hers. Without her help, I wouldn't be able to find the balance of focusing on the positives of higher education and cut through all the noise of the difficulties adjunct faculty face, to just remember that I am valued and appreciated.
You have a degree in law, so if you can talk about what that experience was like and how a shift in your professional path led you to teaching in academia?
My career path has had a lot of unexpected twists and turns. I knew practicing law was not the right fit for me. I loved the attorneys at the firm where I worked, but the legal field was not the right place for me. Once I let go of what I "should do" and focused on what I wanted to do, it all changed. I look at whether the opportunity interests me intellectually, does it fulfill some purpose that I feel passionate about, and will I be working with people that I respect, can learn from, and generally, align with my values. I have always loved all types of design, but I knew I wasn't "the designer." After transitioning into fashion, I quickly learned the value that I could bring to the fashion industry came from my business and legal knowledge not design knowledge. After working with fashion designers and entrepreneurs for a number of years, I was invited to apply for a position at Columbia College Chicago as they were launching the Fashion Studies department. "Teaching" per se had not occurred to me until that time, but as I thought about the opportunity, I realized that I'd been teaching designer and entrepreneurs for years already. The chance to provide students with knowledge before they launch their businesses, help them to learn what questions to ask, and when to go to a legal or accounting professional for help made so much sense to me. As an attorney, I often worked with clients who did not seek legal counsel, did not know what they were getting into, and you have to help them unravel the problems they've encountered. As the Director of Fashion for the city, I worked with many designers and entrepreneurs who graduated from arts programs and started a business but didn't know anything about running a business. Teaching at Columbia College Chicago gave me the opportunity to help people from the very beginning of their business.
What is your opinion on higher education and is there a cause that you are most passionate about when it comes to the administration, students, or curriculum?
I've had discussions with folks who work for the tech-based certification companies who believe that a four-year degree isn't necessary. I disagree. The growth that happens for students intellectually, emotionally, and even physically is significant in that four years. The change I see in students from the time they come in as freshman to the time they leave as seniors is incredible. That doesn't happen without the time, space, and intellectual challenges to explore and push yourself as an individual. To find yourself in uncomfortable situations, and have to figure out how to deal with them. To develop your professional self, and really think about who you want to be and what's important to you. That doesn't happen in certificate classes, and it doesn't happen as fully at community colleges when you're living at home. I am most passionate about two things: (i) helping students develop to their own best potential, and think about themselves as individuals, not about who the college, society, or even their families think they should be, and (ii) the journey toward racial equity and antiracism that I am on and that the college is on as well. I am proud of the ways in which Columbia College Chicago strives to develop each student's potential, and the critical focus on addressing systemic racism issues, working to build racial equity for students, faculty, and staff, and supporting efforts toward antiracism as an institution and individual community members. All of that is much more difficult to do, if not impossible in the current climate, at a public institution.
The Black Lives Matter movement has sparked so much passion, love and controversy, this past month and I know it sparks something for you. Can you speak to your efforts on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team for the School of Fine and Performing Arts at the college?
As a white person, I will never be done reading up on this and working to understand and change the ways in which I contribute to a highly racist system and need to better myself in personal interactions. I think about that every day, and I've been working on this for a few years now… It will not happen overnight, and white people have to be in it for the long haul and be willing to get really uncomfortable.
I am part of the DEI team for our department and the School of Fine and Performing Arts. In addition to the Undoing Racism training which we participated in 3 years ago, we have launched a book club for faculty and will transition that into a reading group open to faculty, staff, students, and our community partners this coming academic year. We are working on a plan for a mentorship program for all students, but also, a mentorship experience specific to students of color as we know that they face very specific issues and challenges in the workplace and in the fashion industry. At the SFPA level, we have worked to determine where faculty in various departments are in this work, what resources are needed, and other ways in which we can support faculty in this work inside and outside the classroom. We think about this specifically as it relates to classroom experiences for our students. That is a paramount concern because racism in the classroom is detrimental to a student's ability to learn and has physical and emotional impacts that can prevent them from succeeding in the ways they could otherwise, and that is unacceptable to us. We also think about it as it relates to experiences outside the classroom as well. That being said, it's a long road. There is much more to do, and it will take time. We try to identify where we can have the most impact at a given point in time with the human and financial resources we have available.
"In academia, and especially at Columbia College Chicago, we can have discussions and explore ideas that would never be accepted in many corporations – or even public institutions. We have that privilege, and we want to effect change wherever we can."
When it comes to teaching and learning, I truly believe both students and teachers can benefit from attributes of physical, spiritual, emotional or intellectual decisions and experiences. How would you describe your experience with this in both a private and public sector?
I agree with you. I probably teach more from the physical, emotional, and intellectual decisions. I feel like students are in very different places as it relates to spirituality so I try to respect and support wherever they are, and if they choose to incorporate that into their work, then I fully support it, but I don't necessarily bring it into my teaching practice quite as much for that reason. For me, the physical and emotional are crucial. If you are not in a place physically or emotionally to learn, to engage, or challenge yourself intellectually, you're not going to get much out of class. This part was really challenging last semester when we had to transition mid-semester to fully online work and deal with pandemic, job losses, etc. We were all working hard to manage emotional well-being, and sometimes, we could do it better than others. So, I dialed my expectations way back, and there was a lot more leniency in terms of deadlines, coming to the Zoom sessions etc. than I usually have because I felt like students needed support and not deadlines. Intellectually, I think about challenging students preconceived notions about the industry. Helping them think more critically about their work and the industry, and explore and develop who they want to be professionally. No question the corporate sector and public institutions could benefit as well. That is one of the reasons we decided to include our community partners in the reading group on race. In academia, and especially at Columbia College Chicago, we can have discussions and explore ideas that would never be accepted in many corporations – or even public institutions. We have that privilege, and we want to effect change wherever we can. If we have a couple of community partners that are open to participating with us in this group, maybe it affords them a time and space to listen, discuss, and learn about these issues that they wouldn't otherwise have.
What do you hope for in the future, and is there any advice you could have given yourself years ago that might have prepared you to establish the work you want to do for this type of future?
Hmmm, that's a hard one. It's ok that you're career is not a straight path and to trust myself – intuition over all. I grew up with a lot of self-doubt and have dealt with my fair share of sexism and elitism in my professional life. I've fought that throughout my career in different ways and at different times. Over time, I learned what I needed to do to take care of myself with that, and I realized that I have a perspective that is valuable for myself and for others. So, I listen to that and am more rooted in that. That doesn't mean I don't listen or respect other people, but rather, I don't immediately discount myself. I wish I could have known and embodied that from the beginning of my career. But, hey, live and learn, right?
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Can armed humanitarian intervention ever be justified?
Since its beginnings armed humanitarian intervention has represented a dilemma to war, peace and international ethics because it involves the moral issue of when to intervene and if these interventions are justifiable. Moreover there are the different theories in favour and against of armed intervention. This essay will discuss: Can armed humanitarian intervention ever be justified?
In order to make this essay clearer is to believe that a couple of definitions should be made beforehand; humanitarian intervention and armed intervention. Firstly, 'humanitarian intervention is traditionally defined as the use of force by states to protect human rights. This definition presumes that states should do the intervening in order to maintain civil rights and of course the welfare and peace in society'.[1]Nowadays, it is sometimes argued that this traditional definition is obsolete because humanitarian intervention is increasingly a matter of collective action under UN auspices, not action undertaken by states acting on their own authority and under their own law. Secondly, we speak of armed intervention when that exercise involves the use of military force. An armed intervention is humanitarian when its aim is to protect innocent people who are not nationals of the intervening state from violence perpetrated or permitted by the government of the target state.[2] Additionally, armed intervention to stop a massacre is likely to be only the first of many measures needed to restore order to a chaotic society and prevent subsequent massacres. If prevention is important, then is to believe that the challenge for humanitarian policy is to move from responding to humanitarian crises to forestalling them.
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British and US 'special relationship' (foreign policy)
How far does Britain's special relationship with the US constrain its foreign policy?
The 'special relationship' is a phrase used to describe close political, diplomatic, cultural and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States. The term was first used in 1946 in a speech made by Winston Churchill. In recent decades, it has been argued that the' special relationship' is about control and how to keep both interests aligned. Today, is to believe that to a very large extent Britain special relationship with the United States constrained its foreign policy. This essay will discuss: How far does Britain's special relationship with the US constrain its foreign policy?
As a concept foreign policy aims to ensure the security of its people and territory, promotes its aims in the international arena, and encourage co-operation with other countries. The special relationship between Britain and United States is close and robust because British and American values are essentially the same, which explains why national interests are often aligned. 'The US-UK relationship is strong because it delivers for both of us. The alliance is not sustained by our historical ties or blind loyalty. This is a partnership of choice that serves our national interests.'[1] Still, in many aspects for both parties foreign policy is dependant one on each other. At the moment, it is evident that there is a distinctive relationship between Britain and the United States, but it exists at the top and bottom with very little in between. At the top, the common language and a degree of shared relationship and culture between leaders has clearly provided Britain with some extra diplomatic leverage with US policy-makers. At the bottom, there is a degree of detailed co-operation and understanding between the armed services of the two countries and their intelligence organizations. However, Britain and the US perhaps understood one another much less well than they assumed, despite the link of a common language. Britain was a 'little island', the US a subcontinent; Britain believed in the committed to the welfare state and massive state intervention in the economy; the US, at least in theory, remained committed to private enterprise. 'Anti-Americanism in Britain was matched by certain anti-British sentiments in the US, especially among the Irish.'[2]
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The Wolf Song és una pel·lícula estatunidenca dirigida per Victor Fleming i estrenada el 1929, protagonitzada per  Gary Cooper i Lupe Vélez. Basada en una història de Harvey Fergusson, la pel·lícula és sobre un home que va cap a l'oest el 1840 buscant aventura i troba un grup d'homes de muntanya que el porten a les Muntanyes Rocoses per caçar castors i gats. L'home coneix una bonica dona mexicana a Taos que ve d'una família orgullosa i rica. S'enamoren i fugen, i ell es trenca entre el seu amor per ella i el seu desig de viatjar. La pel·lícula conté una banda sonora sincronitzada i efectes de so, í es van sincronitzar  seqüències cantades. Aquesta pel·lícula pre-Codi és notable per mostrar Gary Cooper gairebé nu mentre s'afaita i renta en un riu.

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Sam Lash és un tramper que no coneix altra cosa que la crida de l'aventura. Per casualitat, coneix Lola Salazar, la filla d'una rica família mexicana i s'hi casa, malgrat la seva aversió per al matrimoni. Però molt de pressa, enyora la seva antiga existència i decideix reunir-se amb els seus companys d'abans...

Banda sonora
 "Love Take My Heart" (Arthur J. Lamb i  A. Teres)
 "Mi Amado" (Harry Warren, Sam Lewis, i Joe Young)
 "Yo Te Amo Means I Love You" (Richard A. Whiting i Al Bryan)

Repartiment
 Gary Cooper: Sam Lash
 Lupe Vélez: Lola Salazar
 Louis Wolheim: Gullion
 Constantine Romanoff: Rube Thatcher
 Michael Vavitch: Don Solomon Salazar
 Ann Brody: Duenna
 Russ Columbo: Ambrosio Guiterrez
 Augustina López: Louisa
 George Regas: Black Wolf
 Leone Lane
 Guy Oliver

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Pel·lícules dels Estats Units del 1929
Pel·lícules de western de la dècada del 1920
Pel·lícules dels Estats Units en blanc i negre
Pel·lícules mudes
Pel·lícules dirigides per Victor Fleming


Within 200 m. bus stop, inhabited area. Within 1 km church, bar / restaurant. Between 1 and 5 km ATM, supermarket, pharmacy. Over 10 km hospital.
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As a big proponent of Lena Luthor and Supercorp, the Kara and Lena ship, I adored this episode.
The end was intriguing. Lena, we are lead to believe, is even better at chess than Lex. Now, does this mean she's better at playing good and hiding her true colors, befriending a Super before ultimately turning out to be their enemy? I think that's what the show's suggesting but I honestly think it would be more interesting if it turned out that Lena is just a good egg trying to make it through the world with an evil family.
Whether or not Lena ultimately turns out to be a big bad, she was innocent this week, framed by her mother and Cyborg Superman (who, frustratingly, is still just a Cyborg, not a Superman). The trouble we go through to get our children to open a biometric safe full of weapons, am I right? Maybe it's because I just watched last week's Agents of SHIELD as I'm sitting down to write this, but Lillian's anti-alien sentiment just feels…done. I'm sorry but Agents of SHIELD is doing this better. I wish Metallo would get a new shtick. At least Lillian's motivations are all tangled up with her affection for her son and some serious crazy.
I will say, with all the Luthors and all the talk about Lex it feels weird we've never seen him. I mean, we did get baby Lex in this episode, but it feels a little bizarre to have his presence so felt, especially in this episode, without a face to stick to it. We've seen Superman and that was so much fun. Is it so wrong for me to want a deeper look into this universe? I want to meet Lex. And Lois! I've been complaining about the show doing too much so it's probably coming across hypocritical that I want them to add more characters but how much fun would it be if Kara had to go to Metropolis for an episode or two?
I think my favorite moment this week was probably Lena shouting "Don't hurt her!" at her mother. That and Lena sending Kara an office-ful of flowers. And the implication that Kara carried Lena in her arms away from a fiery explosion. Is it any wonder I ship these two? Plus their chemistry is off the charts and, I'm sorry, but I'm just not seeing it with Mon-El. Maybe I'm wary of investing in Mon-El as a character because I really can't see him surviving the season? The whole will they won't they thing they're creating could so easily be leading up to Mon-El sacrificing himself for Kara in very dramatic fashion. Lena Luthor feels more permanent. Like she's going to be around a while, whether as Kara's friend and ally or as something more sinister, only time will tell.
The whole big fight scene was enjoyable as hell, especially when J'onn showed up. I know they can't use him like this all the time because it's Kara's show but it is fun to see them fighting cape to cape.
Baby Lena is seriously one of the cutest things I've ever seen.
I really hated James' reasoning behind blaming Lena. If she'll betray her own mother, what won't she do? Really? She betrayed her mother to save lives. Now saving people is suspicious? I get that he's prejudiced against Lena because of her brother, but that was a real logic pretzel.
Katie McGrath is just earth-shatteringly beautiful.
A couple of episodes back, they did something with Lena and Winn and I thought that was the direction they were going. Guess not, judging by Winn's reaction this week.
And yes, Riverdale is deliciously fun, despite my misgivings.
I don't know what to do with Supergirl. I have dropped the show twice, but then I was thinking it might get better... And then I realize that that was exactly what I was thinking with Smallville and wasted 10 years (!!!) on a show I didn't appreciate.
Hmmm...what to do? And I don't look forward to the musical ep. Can't stand musicals.
Lena is great! I totally agree that last scene where they discussed the flowers, hard not to ship those two. I noticed Katie McGrath's Irish accent sneaking out more than I ever have in this episode! She does a pretty good job though normally.
Grumpy TJ, I'm having the same issues with Supergirl. Except for a few good episodes here and there, I barely pay attention to it when it is on. However, I am looking forward to the musical. I love musicals, I wish in real life that people would spontaneously start singing and dancing. Well, as long as they are good singers. I spent about 5 minutes at the SPN Karaoke before I couldn't take it anymore.
I thought they are going to spring the Mon-El secret plot at the end but I only got it right that there will be a cliffhanger.
I also would love to see Lena upgraded to series regular. She is the de facto replacement for Max Lord after all. He's not missed.