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"Wait, what!?" Gisella exclaimed, Ivanna's jacket fluttering in the breeze, "Tyrell's band is the Dead Rights!?"
"Yeah, that's what Juni said, mon," Larissa said, huddling into her own jacket, "Can we please get out of the cold?" Gisella nodded and the two of them headed towards Ivanna's house. The two of them got inside right as Isabella had pulled into the driveway. They shut the door behind them and Larissa quickly headed to the kitchen to make some warm tea. Isabella walked in from the garage and set her briefcase on the ground. She sighed and floped down on the couch. Gisella sat down next to her.
"Today was rough. Cursed expenditures didn't even send out and people are behind on their reports...GAH!" Isabella complained. She sighed and then turned to Gisella. "Sorry about that. How you been, Gisella?"
"I've been alright. We moved onto the next round," Gisella said, pulling out a printed sheet of paper, "Now there are only 256 bands left in the competition."
"Wow, those numbers sure dwindled fast. Guess they really calculated everything out," Isabella said, taking a look at the paper, "Seems that next, you'll be going up against some group called 'Little Boys Blue.' Not the name I would have chosen for a band, but I guess it works for them."
Gisella turned around to see how far away Larissa was, then turned back to Isabella. "Isabella, professionally speaking, do you think that just me and Larissa could work as a band?"
"Well," Isabella replied, "I have seen and heard my fair share of two person bands." Gisella's eyes actually seemed a little disheartened at the news, "However, given both of your musical experience, I don't think you two will be able to win with just yourselves." Gisella's eyes perked up and she smiled. "What are you smiling about?" Isabella nervously asked.
"I was thinking..." Gisella started.
"That's always a bad sign," Isabella teased, but listened.
"I was thinking about adding Rosa to our band," Gisella explained, "I heard her playing a few days ago and she sounds really good."
"Hmm, I haven't ever heard her play before," Isabella said, "Have you talked to Larissa about it?"
"Larissa is less than excited about the idea, but we need another member if we're going to have a good chance to win."
"True," Isabella said, "How do you think you'll convince her?"
Gisella sighed and pondered for a bit, "I'm not sure, but I better think of something soon."
"ARGH! It don't make sense, mon," Larissa exclaimed, slamming her knife on the grill, "Why can't I get the notes to sound right?"
"Well, you are trying to make a song from just a bass guitar and drums," Naomi stated, drinking a glass of Caribbean Splash.
"I know that, but still, mon. I shouldn't be having trouble with this," Larissa sighed and sliced up some vegetables for another customer.
"Have you had any inspiration for a song? Maybe if you write the lyrics first, the notes will just flow to you," Naomi suggested.
Larissa sighed and rested her head on her arm after cleaing her grill. "Maybe, I don't know, mon." She twirled her knife in her right hand and stared off into the distance until Naomi interrupted her train of thought.
"That's quite the knife you've got there. I've never seen a kind like that," Naomi said, leaning in to try to get a closer look.
Larissa was taken aback by this and leaned away from Naomi, but still tried to keep her ground. "Umm, thanks, I guess, mon."
Naomi laughed, her night black hair bobbing, and leaned in even closer. "That doesn't look like a Rawchester Knife. What kind of knife is it?"
"You know knives, mon?" Larissa asked, a bit nervous.
"Yeah, they've just always fascinated me for some reason," Naomi said, drinking some more of her Caribbean Splash, "Your knife sure seems to go through quite the bit of abuse."
Larissa chuckled and twirled her knife, bringing it up to her face and kissing the spine of it. "This little baby of mine has been with me ever since I was born, mon. I think it belonged to my mum, whoever she be."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Naomi apologized, "I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories."
Larissa shook her head and laughed a little. "I ain't got any bad memories of my parents, because I don't have any memories of them at all, mon."
"You don't?" Naomi asked, a bit surprised.
"None at all, mon. I was raised in an orphanage and fled to America when I was young," Larissa said, kissing the spine of her knife again.
"You were raised in Jamaica, correct?" Naomi asked.
"That's right, mon."
"Then, how did you wind up all the way in Utah? I'd expect you in somewhere like Florida or Georgia. You know, somewhere on the east coast," Naomi said.
"Well, it's quite the long story, mon," Larissa said, this time juggling her knife and a few potatoes in the air.
"I don't really have anywhere to go," Naomi said, drinking some more Caribbean Splash, "and it doesn't really look like there are too many customers."
Larissa chuckled and caught all the potatoes on her left arm and her knife by the handle with her right. "Alright then, if you really want to know, I'll tell you mon. It started when I first decided to leave the orphanage..."
"I can't believe it's already Halloween," Gisella said, clutching Ivanna's jacket tighter from the wind, "I really hope this party doesn't last too long."
"Hey now, mon," Larissa said, huddling herself inside a large wool coat, "If there's any excuse to keep out of this cold, it's worth staying."
"If you wanted to keep warm, you should have stayed home," Larissa said, stopping to adjust her leg brace, "You didn't have to come, you know."
Larissa laughed and adjusted her hockey mask. "You think I'd miss out on something like this, mon? It's about time that I finally managed to get everything together for my costume. I've been planning to dress up as Jason for years now."
"What's stopped you before?" Larissa asked, looking over Larissa's well made costume, "I can't imagine that costume's taken you years to make."
"I just never found time to wear it properly, mon," Larissa said, twirling her knife, "I always had to work before whenever there was a Hallow's Eve party."
"I can see how that would be a hinderance," Gisella said, starting to limp along.
They arrived at the party a few minutes later. It was being held at the gym on Globellum U, the same one that Gisella had used to seek shelter from the rain storm weeks ago. The lights were dimmed and covered in purple, green, and orange sheets of film, casting an eerie glow over the court. Tables had been set up along the sides of the gym for snacks and drinks, each with their own dry ice station to add extra fog. People were scattered all around the dance floor, all of them in costume. Some of the people had costumes that were bought, others had hand-made ones. Both Larissa and Gisella prided themselves on always making their own costumes. A DJ was playing music in front of the stage, but it seemed like he wasn't the only form of musical entertainment tonight. A stage had been set up on the far wall from the entrance, along with a drum kit and instruments.
"Hope they weren't expecting us to play, mon," Larissa said, looking around the dance floor. She twirled her knife in one hand and opened up a flask with the other.
"You're drinking already, Larissa? We just got here," Gisella said to Larissa in a hushed tone.
Larissa laughed and turned to her zombie friend, "You really think I wasn't going to drink today?"
"Well," Gisella said, "I knew you planned to. I just didn't think that it would be so soon."
Larissa chuckled and dranks some more. She put her flask back in her jacket and started to walk around the dance floor. Gisella tried to follow her, but the sea of people separated the two fo them. Larissa worked her way to the center of the dance floor and started to dance, letting go of anything social fears. Gisella saw her and smiled. She wished she could be as impulsive and expressive as her friend, but instead, she kept near the back.
The dance floor had turned into an arena as Larissa took on dance challengers, knocking them all down one by one with her moves. Despite never having a formal lesson on dancing, Larissa's natural attractive and showboat motions helped her win the applause of the crowd. Her drinking also helped her to let go of any fears when she danced. Larissa was one of those people who could get so drunk, they were somehow even more amazing at different things without negative effects. Larissa claimed it was due to her being both amazonian height and of Jamaican origin. The music played was mainly a mix of techno and pop, but despite being not the sort of music Larissa was used to, she had no problems improvising dance after dance. One of the competitors lost, and now exhausted, walked over to the punch bowl near where Gisella was standing.
"Man, she is good," said the girl dressed as a succubus. Her voice sounded familiar, but the succubus had a voice distortion device around her neck like a choker. She wore a mask over her face that covered all but her lips. "I've never seen anyone be able to dance like that."
"Yeah," Gisella said, dancing by herself, softly moving her hips and shoulders to the beat, "She's real great when it comes to showing off."
"I can tell," the succubus said. She drank some of the punch and leaned against the wall, "So, you know her?"
"Yeah, we've been good friends for quite some time," Gisella replied, getting back into character and slurring some of her words. She paused a few times when talking and gave a dazed look to the succubus.
"Wow, that's an excellent zombie costume you got there," the succubus replied.
Gisella smiled and gave her best zombie groan. "Thanks. Nice succubus outfit."
"Oh, thanks," the succubus said, drinking more of the punch. The two of them turned back to watching Larissa, who definitely seemed to be wearing out. "Seems like the dancing queen might just need to step down from her throne for a bit."
"Yeah, definitely seems that way," Gisella chuckled, drinking some punch, "So, do you have any idea who's performing tonight?"
"No, but I heard it's a local band. They're going to perform and record their song for this round's Battle of the Bands," the succubus replied.
Man, I wish that we had thought of that Gisella thought.
The music from the DJ suddenly died down as the DJ began to pack up. A murmur rose from the crowd, but then it escaladed into a roar of applause. The lights shifted from Larissa and the dance floor onto the stage, but the crowd of people made it too hard to see who was actually getting on stage. Gisella tired to stand on her toes in order to see, but her bad leg wouldn't cooperate. She nearly collapsed, had the succubus not caught her.
"Thanks," Gisella said, a tad embarrased to have nearly fallen on her face.
"No problem. Did you see who was on stage?" the succubus asked. She was clearly shorter than Gisella, so she couldn't exactly just stand on her toes to see.
"No, I couldn't," Gisella said, escalating her voice in order to allow the succubus to hear over the roar of the crowd. Larissa clearly stood out because of her height and her drunken swaying, but the bright lights from the stage made it too hard to see anyone else; however, neither Gisella or the succubus needed to see who was on stage to recognize who it was.
"Hello Globellum U!" shouted the lead vocals, "We are the Dead Rights, and what better night for us to perform than Halloween?"
Gisella's eyes widen and she rushed into the crowd. "Sorry!" she said back to the succubus and weaved her way through the crowd, "Larissa!"
Larissa looked at Gisella and swayed back and forth. She had a drunken smile plastered on her face with her knife tucked into her jacket. "What's wrong, mon?"
"We have to go do... something. Come on!" Gisella grabbed hold of Larissa's arm and dragged her through the crowd.
"Whoa! Where's the fire, mon?" Larissa drunkenly made out, but followed Gisella.
The two of passed by the succubus as they fled from the party. "Sorry to cut our conversations short! I had fun talking to you!" Gisella said to the succubus and the two of them left.
"It was nice talking to you too," the succubus said as the two of them left. She turned back to the stage and drank more of her punch. "I can't believe she and I both dated him," she said with a hint of regret and animosity toward the lead singer on stage, "at the same time."
"Okay, so, I think it would sound better if it transitioned from an A chord to a G chord when you played the E chord in that part," Gisella said, writing down on some note sheets.
The woman with the light cherry blonde hair sat down on Gisella's couch and huffed, "I know what I'm doing, Gisella." She rest her guitar on her knee and strummed a few notes.
"I never said you didn't, Rosa. I was talking about my part and I was asking for your opinion," Gisella said, not looking up from the paper.
"You should know what you're doing by now," Rosa said, placing her hands on her hips.
Gisella sighed and strummed a few notes on her bass guitar. "I half wish Larissa was here so we could finish the song."
"And the other half?"
"The other half is that Larissa would stay away so she wouldn't leave," Gisella said, trying to repeat some of her parts.
Rosa gave a confused look to Gisella. "Leave? Why would she leave?"
"It's simple," Gisella said, "You're here."
"Me?" Rosa exclaimed, "Why would she ever want to deter herself from MY prescence?"
"Gee, I can't think of a single reason," Gisella sarcastically said, rolling her eyes. Rosa huffed, but played along on her guitar. They strummed for a few minutes until the sound of a door unlocking interrupted them. Gisella tensed up and waited as Larissa entered the room.
"Geeze, work was a strain, mon," Larissa said, stretching her back. She yawned and sat down on a nearby chair, closing her eyes. "So, how's the song coming?"
"It's coming along, but, you know, I can only do so much," Gisella said, quickly covering Rosa's mouth before Rosa could say anything, "I can't really write down your parts for the drums. I only know bass guitar."
"Alright then, mon. Let me hear what you got," Larissa said, still keeping her eyes closed.
Gisella nodded, but gestured for Rosa to keep quiet. Rosa nodded back and Gisella proceeded to play what she had for the song. The notes fluidly strung together in a rhythmic harmony and Larissa swayed her head to the beat. Larissa hummed a tune while Gisella proceeded to sing the lyrics. Rosa's eyes widened a bit at the sound of Gisella's singing in person. It was singing unlike any that Rosa had ever heard before, and different than hearing it from a recording. Gisella continued to sing until she reached the end of what Rosa and she had written. She stopped playing while Larissa continued to hum the tune she had started in her head.
"You...you have a lovely voice," Rosa said, a little flustered at giving Gisella a compliment instead of an insult.
"Oh, thanks," Gisella said, but then her and Rosa's eyes both shot wide open as they realized what just happened. Larissa's eyes flew open and she quickly looked around. Her eyes locked onto Rosa and she went to reach for her drum sticks when Gisella blocked the way. "Larissa! Don't hurt her!"
"And why the hell not, mon? After all that she put us through?" Larissa exclaimed, twirling her drumsticks.
"She's not what she's lead us to believe, Larissa."
Larissa glared at Rosa, then to Gisella. "When this bites your rear, it's al your fault, mon." With that, Larissa began to storm off home, but turned to Rosa, pointing her drum stick at her. "Princess, the tenth, my house, 5 o' clock, don't be late."
"...So you know how it grinds...the Gears of Life," Gisella sang, waiting patiently for Larissa to finish her drums and for the that light cherry blonde hair's previous chord to fade out.
"That's a rap, girls," Isabella said, shutting off the camera. She pressed a few buttons and grabbed a nearby electric cord. Isabella then proceeded to begin to upload the song to the website.
"See, Larissa? I told you Rosa could play," Gisella said, putting her bass guitar in its case.
"She did well enough, mon," Larissa said, twirling her drum sticks in her right hand.
"Well enough?" Rosa asked, offended, "I did amazing. I don't know what kind of beeswax has filled up your ears, but I played perfectly."
"The hell did you just say, mon!?" Larissa growled, slamming her drum sticks on her drums.
"Oh, so now you can hear?" Rosa taunted, smirking.
Larissa was ready to lunge at Rosa, but Gisella stepped between them. "Larissa! Stop! We don't need to fight, girls, alright?" Gisella said, glaring at both of them. Rosa huffed and Larissa grunted.
"Ugh, fine, mon," Larissa said, leaning back against the wall behind her. She drummed a few notes and closed her eyes.
"Hmph," Rosa grunted, "You should be treating me with more respect, Jamaican! Without me, you wouldn't even have a song for this round!"
"We don't need you for this round, mon!" Larissa exclaimed, clenching her fist around her drum sticks, but a glare from Gisella made her relax her grip.
"Look, both of you need to be nicer to each other!" Gisella said, giving glares to both of them, "Understood?"
Larissa scrunched up her face, but said, "Yes, Gisella, mon. I will try to be nicer to the princess."
"Fine, I'll try," Rosa said, putting her guitar in its case.
"Good," Gisella said, taking a deep sigh of relief, "Isabella, how is the song upload coming."
"It's going good," Isabella replied, not looking up from her computer, "However, it seems that next round, it's going to be another amp vs amp battle for you three."
"Amp vs amp?" Rosa stuttered, "You mean, actually on stage...live?"
"Yep," Isabella said, "The battle will either be against the Nighttime Swingers or the Spark Jackets."
"And the strange names continue, mon," Larissa said, twirling her drum sticks.
"It seems that the Nighttime Swingers are a blues themed band while the Spark Jackets are a pop band."
"Well, I'd much rather go against the blues than pop music, mon," Larissa said, drumming a beat.
"Yeah," Rosa said, sweating a little, "Being on stage, live, in front of hundreds, if not thousands of people...so fun..."


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#include <graphene/chain/database.hpp>
#include <graphene/chain/evaluator.hpp>
#include <graphene/chain/fba_object.hpp>

namespace graphene { namespace chain {

bool fba_accumulator_object::is_configured( const database& db )const
{
   if( !designated_asset.valid() )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because designated asset was not configured", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }
   const asset_object* dasset = db.find(*designated_asset);
   if( dasset == nullptr )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  designated asset does not exist", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }
   if( dasset->is_market_issued() )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  FBA is a BitAsset", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }

   const uint16_t allowed_flags = charge_market_fee;

   // check enabled issuer_permissions bits is subset of allowed_flags bits
   if( (dasset->options.issuer_permissions & allowed_flags) != dasset->options.issuer_permissions )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  Disallowed permissions enabled", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }

   // check enabled issuer_permissions bits is subset of allowed_flags bits
   if( (dasset->options.flags & allowed_flags) != dasset->options.flags )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  Disallowed flags enabled", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }

   if( !dasset->buyback_account.valid() )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  designated asset does not have a buyback account", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }
   const account_object& issuer_acct = dasset->issuer(db);

   if( issuer_acct.owner_special_authority.which() != special_authority::tag< top_holders_special_authority >::value )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  designated asset issuer has not set owner top_n control", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }
   if( issuer_acct.active_special_authority.which() != special_authority::tag< top_holders_special_authority >::value )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  designated asset issuer has not set active top_n control", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }
   if( issuer_acct.owner_special_authority.get< top_holders_special_authority >().asset != *designated_asset )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  designated asset issuer's top_n_control is not set to designated asset", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }
   if( issuer_acct.active_special_authority.get< top_holders_special_authority >().asset != *designated_asset )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because of FBA misconfiguration:  designated asset issuer's top_n_control is not set to designated asset", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }

   if( issuer_acct.top_n_control_flags != (account_object::top_n_control_owner | account_object::top_n_control_active) )
   {
      ilog( "FBA fee in block ${b} not paid because designated asset's top_n control has not yet activated (wait until next maintenance interval)", ("b", db.head_block_num()) );
      return false;
   }

   return true;
}

} }

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package kawa.standard;
import gnu.mapping.*;
import gnu.lists.*;

/**
 * Implement the Scheme standard function "append".
 * @author Per Bothner
 */

public class append extends ProcedureN
{
  public static final append append = new append();
  static { append.setName("append"); }

  public Object applyN (Object[] args)
  {
    return append$V(args);
  }

  public static Object append$V (Object[] args)
  {
    int count = args.length;
    if (count == 0)
      return LList.Empty;
    Object result = args[count - 1];
    for (int i = count - 1; --i >= 0; )
      {
	Object list = args[i];
	Object copy = null;
	Pair last = null;
	while (list instanceof Pair)
	  {
	    Pair list_pair = (Pair) list;
	    Pair new_pair = new Pair (list_pair.getCar(), null);
	    if (last == null)
	      copy = new_pair;
	    else
	      last.setCdr(new_pair);
	    last = new_pair;
	    list = list_pair.getCdr();
	  }
	if (list != LList.Empty)
	  throw new WrongType(append, i+1, args[i], "list");
	if (last != null)
	  {
	    last.setCdr(result);
	    result = copy;
	  }
      }
    return result;
  }
}


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After 20 years on the police force, Detective Sergeant Johnson has seen too much. One day while interrogating a snide, sarcastic suspect in a child molestation case, all of his pent up anger and hatred surfaces and Johnson loses control, killing the man. What had started out as a routine investigation has turned into a case of police brutality, and Johnson must now attempt to reconcile his own violent behaviour.
Distant Voices: Still Lives
"The film is made up of two separate films, shot two years apart, but with the same cast and crew. The first section, 'Distant Voices', chronicles the early life of a working-class Catholic family living under a domineering father. The second section, 'Still Lives', sees the children grown up and emerging into a brighter 1950s Britain, only a few years from rock and roll and The Beatles, yet somehow still a lifetime away.
Sir James Bond is persuaded to rejoin Her Majesty's secret service and head an operation to smash SMERSH.
John Huston; Kenneth Hughes; Val Guest; Robert Parrish; Joseph McGrath; Ken Hughes; Joe McGrath
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
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A Field in England
England 1648 AD.. A small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by two men: O'Neil and Cutler. O'Neil, an alchemist, forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure.
Outlander: Season Two
Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. In Season 2, Claire and Jamie arrive in France, hell-bent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart and stopping the battle of Culloden. With the help of Jamie's cousin, they are thrown into the lavish world of French society, where intrigue and parties are abundant but political gain proves far less fruitful. Altering the course of history prese [...]
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
Henry VI, Parts I and II and Richard III tell the story of an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. These exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language.
A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally securing her freedom in England.
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A Royal Night Out
Inspired by true events, this charming romantic comedy recounts the glorious celebration of the end of World War II in Europe; and the singular evening when Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret leave the confines of Buckingham Palace to join the festivities, while giving their chaperones the slip.
Outlander: Season One Volume Two
As Outlander continues, Claire and Jamie's relationship is tested by ruthless Redcoats, volatile clan politics, and a brutal witch trial, which force Jamie and Claire to escape to a new home. Just when their life as a married couple begins to take shape, Jamie is once again drawn into Captain Randall's darkness. Ultimately, Claire discovers there is a fate worse than death as she struggles to save Jamie's heart, as well as his soul.
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life.
Sarah Gavron
Downton Abbey: Season 5
As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he can't help but question his place in the world. Mary is finally coming to accept that she would like to marry again, but will she ever be able to find the same happiness that she had with Matthew? And with no news of her beloved Gregson, Edith suffers under the burden of her terrible secret. Downstairs, all of the servants must consider what effect social changes may have on their working lives. [...]
Yes Prime Minister
Yes Prime Minister: The Complete Collection
The adventures of a well meaning Prime Minister and the behind the scenes machinations of his cabinet members.
Peter Whitmore; Sydney Lotterby
In 1870s London, a prostitute known as Sugar sees a potential way out of the brothel she works for when she is taken in by William Rackham, the son of a wealthy businessman.
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A young gentlewoman's matchmaking schemes for herself and others cause upheaval in her English village.
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Sherlock: Season One
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and Watson navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to get at the truth.
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Green Street Hooligans
Matt, banished from Harvard when his roommate sets him up as a drug-bust patsy, relocates to England, reconnecting with his sister Shannon. The naive Yank quickly finds himself passed off to Shannon's brother-in-law. Pete is a member of a 'firm'-thugs who with their ferociously bloodthirsty, off-the-pitch street battles are emblematic of the testosterone fueled psychosis of British football hooliganism-"supporting the home team," West Ham United. At first the butt of jokes, Matt is inexorably sucked in by these mad, bad, dangerous-to-know Hammers fans and into the black hole of thuggery, first hoisting incalculable pints, singing indecipherable anthems, preparing, again and again, to war on the terraces of the home turf for nothing much at all.
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Главная страница » Free Spy App » How to Spy on Facebook Messages Free
Spying has become a need for many people. It not only allows you to know what the user of the target phone is doing, but also enables you to be at peace that they are not in danger and are doing the right thing at the right time. This article explains a simple, efficient and easy way to remotely spy on Facebook accounts.
Part 1: How to Spy on Facebook Messages for Free
Cocospy is a digital phone application tailored to enable you to spy on your boyfriend's, children or employees phone activities stealthily. For those interested in spying on Facebook Messenger chats, Cocospy comes with a Facebook spy feature that is designed to enable you to spy on Facebook Messenger chats for free.
Cocospy Facebook Spy feature enables you to:
Check private messages and group chats between the target phone account and other Facebook users.
View Facebook profiles of those in communication with the target phone user.
Gain access to all media files shared on the platform to and from the target phone user.
For Android devices you need to physically access the target to install and activate the Cocospy application. After this, you can start remotely spying on the target cell phone.
Additionally, upon completion of installation and activation on the target device, the Cocospy icon automatically deletes itself from the screen. The user of the target phone can therefore not know of the existence of the application.
1.2 Do I need to jailbreak or root the target phone to spy on FB messages?
No, you don't need. With Cocospy's unique and most advanced technology, you do NOT need to root or jailbreak the target phone.
1.3 How to Remotely Spy on Facebook Messages
Step 1: The first step is to create a Cocospy account. It is important to provide the correct email address as you Sign Up so as to ensure you receive your login details and application download links.
Step 2: For target android device: using the application download links, install and activate Cocospy on the target device.
Step 3: On the monitoring phone, add a new target device and ensure you indicate the operating system as being Android. This is important because monitoring on Android and iOS is rather different.
Step 4: Open the Cocospy account on the monitoring phone. On the dashboard, click on 'Facebook Messages' feature to begin the spying process. Upon activation of the feature, you will be able to view and gain access in to the Facebook account on the target phone.
Cocospy is a monitoring app with a vast range of spying features at your disposal. You can view the screenshots taken on the target device, monitor calls, read text messages, and monitor the phonebook, calendar and notes. The list below gives the spying features available for both Android and iOS devices.
Call logs
Text messages (including iMessages)
Installed applications list
How to Spy on Facebook Messages Free Conclusion
We have discussed in detail how you can use the Facebook spy tool on Cocospy to freely monitor Facebook Messenger chats on the target phone. Facebook is increasingly becoming a platform where online harassment and cyberbullying is taking root hence the need to protect your kids.
For those wishing to spy on Facebook Messages, the Cocospy application is definitely the best way to go. It is not only affordable but also provides users with the unique Facebook spy feature, that is designed specifically for spying on Facebook Messenger chats. The fact that it is remote and hidden is definitely extremely advantageous.


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Q: node not recognizing duplicated entries I'm trying to create a basic MEAN stack CRUD api to add shops into my database. I want every shop to have a unique name (to avoid adding duplicates). So far, everything gets saved into the database even if I post the same request 10 times. Went trough the code a couple of times and can't figure out what's wrong, if anyone could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.
shop model:
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var bcrypt = require('bcrypt-nodejs');

//shop schema
var ShopSchema = new Schema({
    name: { type: String, required: true, index: { unique: true }},
    address: { type: String, required: true, index: { unique: true }}
});

module.exports = mongoose.model('Shop', ShopSchema);

post function:
apiRouter.route('/shops')
    //create a shop
    .post(function(req, res) {
        //new instance of shop model
        var shop = new Shop();
        //set the shop information
        shop.name = req.body.name;
        shop.address = req.body.address;
        //save shop and check for errors
        shop.save(function(err) {
            if(err) {
                //duplicate entry
                if(err.code == 11000) {
                    return res.json({ success: false, message: 'A shop with that name already exists.'});
                }
                else {
                    return res.send(err);
                }
            }
            else {
                res.json({ message:'Shop created! '});
            }
        });
    })

I do not receive errors of any kind, like I said everything just gets written into the database.
Thanks for the help.

A: Basically your writes haven't finished before the new entries are saved.  You can read more about creating unique keys Here, but the gist is below.  The solution is to create an index over the unique fields ahead of time.

When we declare a property to be unique, we're actually declaring that we want a database-level index on that property. Some database abstraction layers will issue a query to see if a there's another record with the same value for the unique property, and if that query comes back empty, it allows the save or update to proceed. If you trust this method, you either have incredibly low traffic or you're about to learn about race conditions, because 2 or more requests could have their checks to the database occur before any writes go out, and you end up with non-unique data in your DB.
In between the time that check query is issued, another insert could come along doing the exact same thing, and you still end up with duplication. Uniqueness can't be correctly validated at the application level. So it's good that Mongoose tries to create an index for us.

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A very rare find situated on a sought-after road in the popular area of Greenbank. This substantial Victorian house has been beautifully extended and reconfigured to provide four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two reception rooms and a kitchen. The house has an abundance of character throughout, working in balance with several more modern areas of the house, such as the recently fitted four-piece family bathroom on the first floor and the practical loft conversion which provides two bedrooms, a bathroom and storage in the eaves. St Leonard's Road is a quiet residential road at the heart of Greenbank. The house is just a short walk from popular local shops and venues such as Este's Kitchen and The Greenbank Pub, whilst also being well-placed for families due to its proximity to both May Park Primary School and Whitehall Primary, both well-regarded schools.
The private rear garden measures approximately 12 metres in length.
St Leonard's Road is a quiet road which sits within the popular residential pocket of Greenbank, to the north-east of Easton. The area is shielded from any through-traffic due to the position of Rosemary Green, Greenbank Cemetery and the Bristol to Bath Railway Path, which surround the area. Residents of this area are extremely complimentary about the neighbourhood and local community. The area benefits from its proximity to Bristol City Centre, two local train stations and the M32, making it very accessible to commuters. However, it is the amenities on the doorstep which have enhanced the popularity of the area. The independent shops and cafés of St Marks Road are a short walk away, with popular venues such as The Greenbank Pub and Este's Kitchen closer still. Families occupy many of the houses in this area, with many still looking to move to the area due to the recent success of the nearby Whitehall Primary, May Park Primary and Bannerman Road Primary Schools.
All additional appliances within the kitchen are free standing and therefore are not automatically included within the sale, but may be available for separate negotiation.
Our sellers have agreed the purchase of a property which in turn has no onward chain.
Awaiting updated energy performance certificate. The property has a modern Vaillant gas combination boiler. According to Bristol City Council, the property has 'Good' solar power potential.


Representatives of the government of Colombia and the FARC-EP meet this morning in Havana to initiate their twentieth cycle of peace talks. In the last round of talks, which ended on Thursday, January 23, the parties continued to review each other's proposals on illicit crop cultivation and drug-trafficking. They issued no joint statement at the close of the cycle as they had done after prior rounds, but this does not appear to be a reason for concern. The upcoming cycle will be the fourth round of discussions on illicit crops and drug trafficking, and expectations are growing that an agreement on this issue may be forthcoming early this year. In recent statements, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that an accord was unlikely before the presidential elections scheduled for May 25, but that he expected to have a full peace accord by year's end. (See "El presidente de Colombia confía en firmar la paz con las Farc este año").
In the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, Switzerland, President Santos announced on January 24 that the military offensive in Colombia continues "as though the peace talks don't exist" and that the peace talks continue in Havana "as though the conflict in Colombia doesn't exist." (See Santos's statement here.) The first part of Santos's statement could not be more true. In the weeks following the lifting of the FARC's unilateral ceasefire on January 15, military confrontations in Colombia assumed new intensity.
In the first three weeks of 2014, the Minister of Defense reported that 36 guerrillas had been killed and 76 captured.
A joint operation of the Air Force and Army confiscated two tons of explosives said to belong to the Manuel Vásquez front the Army of National Liberation (ELN) in a rural area of the Department of Cauca.
The Army reported 14 FARC attacks on oil pipelines and installations in Putumayo in the week after the ceasefire was lifted.
In late Jan., a joint Air Force-Army operation confiscated two tons of explosives said to belong to the Manuel Vásquez front the Army of National Liberation (ELN) in a rural area of the Department of Cauca. (See "Hallan más de dos toneladas de explosives en el Cauca.") Talks with the ELN have been imminent for months now.
The FARC investigation into and recognition of responsibility for harming civilians suggests that a shift in attitudes is taking place within the insurgency, which previously might have justified such attacks as simply collateral damage. This shift bodes well for a transition to peace.
The second part of Santos's statement, namely, that the peace talks continue in Havana "as though the conflict in Colombia doesn't exist," sounds like wishful thinking, though the parties have sought to insulate the conversations from events at home. The effort to protect the talks from what is happening on the ground in Colombia may prove difficult to maintain as Congressional and Presidential elections approach.
In particular, ongoing threats against the Marcha Patriótica–the political-social movement which was established in part to provide a place for demobilized FARC ex-combatants to participate in politics–contribute to a growing climate of skepticism about the government's ability to provide credible guarantees for democratic engagement for FARC ex-combatants and threaten to undermine the government's position in Cuba. On Jan. 20, Marcha Patriótica leader Piedad Córdoba announced that the lack of security for the group's members is prompting her to consider disbanding it. Córdoba charges that twenty-nine Marcha Patriótica members have been killed, three members have disappeared, and judicial cases have been opened against 200 Marcha Patriótica members since the entity was given legal standing in April 2012. (The shooting of an additional member, peasant leader Duvis Galvis, on Jan. 27 brought the total dead to 30). This is indeed troubling for the process.
On Wed., Jan. 22, 2014, the FARC's lead negotiator, Iván Márquez, read a communiqué confirming that attacks on Marcha Patriótica members are undermining FARC confidence in the government's word and are a "betrayal" (mentis) of the agreement on political participation reached in Havana last November. (See "Farc instan a Gobierno a detener "via crucis" de movimiento Marcha Patriótica.") Márquez called on the government to take actions to stop the attacks. This weekend, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón called on Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre to investigate the charges. This is a first step, and more is needed. A strong and unequivocal government response that brings to justice those responsible for these attacks and assures the safety and due process of all those engaged in social and political movements will be the surest way to counter such skepticism.
Finally, in Havana last week, it was notable that the 33 heads of state gathered for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) meetings gave a unanimous vote of support for the Colombian peace process and the leaders declared Latin America and the Caribbean to be a "zone of peace." Hopes are high that for the next summit in Costa Rica in 2015 peace will be at hand in Colombia and this will become a reality.
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Dear Ben–Thanks for your comment. I think Santos took most people by surprise when he launched the talks before his second term. Most of us, myself included, assumed he would wait to be re-elected before taking on the peace agenda. That would have been the safer bet at the time. This is not to say this is not a political issue that can be turned to a candidate's advantage–it's just not clear yet if it is a liability or an asset at the polls to favor peace.
nevertheless I simply had to ask. Appreciate it!
The technology isn't that difficult. The research and writing takes time, but it is good discipline.


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Q: Execute java prog without Runtime.exec()? Does any "JavaExecutor" exist? Is there any way to run a Java program from inside another Java program without using Runtime exec?
Is there some kind of JavaExecutor tool which one could use with a DiagnosticCollector? (Like JavaCompiler)?

A: Call it through Reflection if you want to pass in class name during runtime. If program throws an exception, capture the stack trace and use it for further diagnostics.

A: Yes,IBM provides one Diagnostics Collector for gathering documentation and diagnostic data associated with Java Virtual Machine (JVM) problems. At JVM start up it runs a Diagnostic Configuration Check.


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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care breaks ground on new facility
Isaac Brambila
ibrambila@tahoedailytribune.com
Members and supporters of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care break ground on a new site Thursday at 1551 Al Tahoe Blvd.
Isaac Brambila | Tahoe Daily Tribune
For more than a decade, a golden shovel waited for its time to shine. Over the years its intended use shifted. The sparkle from the original tool faded. On Thursday, some 37 years after Cheryl and Tom Millham began efforts to preserve wildlife at Lake Tahoe, the reconditioned shovel rested next to six platinum shovels at what will be the new location of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
Tom Millham, secretary and treasurer of LTWC, told the story of the shovel to dozens of supporters who gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony. About 20 years ago the center received a donation. The return address, in Oxnard, Calif., included the name Thomas Millham. It was a name that caught Tom Millham's attention, but as he eventually found, he had no relation to the man. Thomas Millham was simply another supporter. Tom Millham eventually reached out to the Oxnard Millham, who invited Tom Millham to visit if he was ever in the area. About 12 years ago Tom and Cheryl Millham called and arranged a visit. At the time, Thomas Millham and his family were clearing out some of their home in preparation for a move to Kansas. Thomas Millham gave the Millhams several things, including the golden shovel.
"He said, 'I want you to use this when you break ground on your new property,'" Tom Millham told supporters during an emotional speech.
"Since we've had this thing — 12-15 years ago — some of our volunteers didn't realize how special it was and they used it, and all the paint had gotten washed away."
The shovel was perfectly golden and ready to dig Thursday. Cheryl Millham pushed the golden shovel into the dirt next to her husband.
The shovel's journey has mirrored that of the Millhams and what LTWC has endured to arrive at a new wildlife care center, which they currently run out of their home.
It all began shortly after 1976, when the Millhams moved to Lake Tahoe. They were managing the marina at Camp Richardson, which was then called Bender's Camp Richardson's Marina. They were there for seven seasons. During the second year, Cheryl Millham noticed things happening with wildlife that she didn't like. No one was doing anything about it.
Tom and Cheryl Millham met with the game warden, whom offered to help with the permit process for a wildlife center. Cheryl Millham later read a magazine article about Wildlife Rescue in Palo Alto, Calif., and a training class offered there. They attended the class, and when they returned, they contacted several agencies and presented a plan. They asked for help from the agencies, and the original center came together on a .75-acre site on Cherry Hills Circle.
The new facility is expected to be open in spring 2017. It will be located on a 27-acre property on Al Tahoe Boulevard near the intersection with Pioneer Trail. This year contractors will take down 160 trees to make room for the site's planned structures. During the planning stages, a design was worked out that spares most of the larger trees in the area. Grading and infrastructure work are scheduled to take place after that. Next year work on foundations and structures is expected to begin.
The new center will have 12 bird and animal cages, five more than the current center. The new site will also have larger cages and an expanded area for injured birds. It will nearly triple the center's capacity for animal care.
The wildlife center has raised roughly $3.5 million for the project, about 40 percent of the money it needs. Still, there is confidence the rest of the money will be raised by the end of the year, Tom Millham previously told the Tribune.
To donate, volunteer or for more information about the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, visit http://www.ltwc.org.


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Tyler James (it took the fire)
This blog post has ruminated within me for about a week. I've been listening to this music over and over and discovering subtle nuances, enjoying particular lines of lyric and becoming more and more convinced that Tyler James has found a way into my heart to stay. Last week, I downloaded this first full-length album It Took the Fire. A breathtaking collection of songs that wrap around my spleen and squeeze. I feel warm and musical and somehow safe and tense all at the same time, like when you're listening to a (good) inspirational speaker who spurs you to action, or looking at a painting so lovely that you almost want to cry. Listening to Tyler James is like that. I want to live inside his music. I'm smiling all the time and I can't stop. It's been far too long since I've felt this way, and all I have to say is: it's about time. I have not been able to stop listening to this album (though I stop from time to time for needed audio rest). I have forced my mom to admit she likes it, my brother to download it and suggested it to everyone that I have talked with since. You are no exception.
While vulnerable, and frankly beautiful this album avoids being overly emotional. The lyrics are honest and real, and you get the feeling that they were written by a person, a very expressive person who is excellent with wordplay and meter, but a person nonetheless. Most of the songs tell stories with just enough detail that you can see. I chose to download the album after hearing these lyrics (combined with excellent musical accompaniment) from the first song "All I Got": "It was in the dead of winter/You were such a pretty sight/Bloomin' up through the frozen landscape/You were more than worth a fight/With nothing much to offer,/we opened up the wine/And up on the roof, we laid silent/Underneath the starlight."
Another standout of the set is "Stay Humble" which functions both as a song to pump me up and, yes, remind me to be humble, and a song to ponder the deeper lyrical challenges.
As a song to my generation, I love "Soapbox Shakedown" and "Tried to Measure" is human and sweetly sad, as well as the hauntingly emotional familiar: "Don't Leave."
Tyler is from Washington State originally, grew up in Iowa and now lives in Nashville, TN. You can hear a bit of all of that in his music, and the result is intoxicating. It is not every day that I listen to an album (yes, all at once, in order) and put it on again and again. As I do, and as I bring new people into the group who knows Tyler James, I smile to think of a quote of his I found on his website: "I wanted my record to reflect the community we have in Nashville," he says. "I still have hope that there are people out there who get together with friends, open up a bottle of wine and listen to records." I hope so too.
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New Toronto Promoter Hoping to Follow Quebec's Lead
By: Ed Hitchins
When Ryan Frazer talks about boxing in Canada, he points to one place known for its resounding success.
"Quebec has winners," Frazer says. "David Lemieux has been around the world and back. Otis and Howard Grant. Their commission supports them.
Trainer DeWith Frazer (second from left) is hoping his network, which includes stars such as (from left) Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis and Roy Jones, will launch his son Ryan's forte in promoting to a high level.
"Their amateur shows are bigger than ours. Guys like myself and other promoters need to show up at these amateur shows and help these kids," he says.
It's part of the 23-year-old's motivation to start North Corner Promotions in Toronto, Ont. Fresh out of St. Lawrence College in with a degree in marketing, Frazer says couldn't see himself in a long-term, 9-to-5 situation.
"I came home from college and I see the boxing scene in Toronto isn't that great," Frazer says. "I felt I could really spice things up around here. My father told me if I pursue it, I can really make a difference for boxing in Ontario."
His dad would know a thing or two about that.
Trainer Dewith Frazer has been involved in boxing for the better part of 30 years, and some of his notable clients including 1988 Olympic silver medalist Egerton Marcus, as well as former IBF champion Steve Molitor.
The elder Frazer says Ontario has lagged in boxing for a generation for a multitude of reasons, finances being a major problem.
"What we've been suffering from here is something called 'not-to-many-action,'" Dewith says. "You may see a fighter fight in June. But you won't see him until the next June.
"That can't work. Especially with a young guy coming up, they need to be active. Not only to get publicity, but also to grow," says Dewith at his studio in Mississauga, Ont.
He says that during the past three decades, most promoters in Ontario aren't boxing promoters.
"They don't know the environment," Dewith argues. "Boxing is a very small business. If they don't know you, they won't do business with you. There hasn't been anyone here that has been known to the boxing community.
"We see Lennox [Lewis] come into the mix," he says. "He could make a difference, because he is a known commodity."
Dewith believes his experience and networks linking top people will be able to help his son's endeavour create a fan base in order to harness and nurture developing talent.
"When I need a fighter that we're having a problem, we could call Roy Jones," he says. "Bob Arum and Top Rank do sign fighters from here. I know about Zsolt [Daranyi Jr] who's contract was recently bought by Cameron Duncan from Top Rank. We have local fighters from here that Top Rank or Golden Boy have no problem allowing us to promote them in our city.
"It is a huge asset to know that," Dewith says.
However, in a congested sports market that includes teams in Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NHL, the Frazers face an uphill climb promoting in the Canada's largest city.
Dewith however is not deterred by that.
"The thing is, we have talent here," he says. "Talent sells. We have kids that have the talent.
"We have to teach them how to speak to the media, how to dress, how to do charity work. We also have to teach the value of our sport," Dewith says. "That's what people are looking for right now, a leader."
Hoping to put together their first show later this summer, Ryan has very lofty expectations. And he hopes to host the regular shows that are the norm in La Belle Province in just a few years.
"I want to make Casino Rama (in Rama, Ont.) the spot within five years," Ryan says. "That's the only resort we have like Vegas around here. I feel if I can make it there, I can possibly do Fallsview Casino (In Niagara Falls) as well.
"The boxing community is here, we just have to work together," Ryan says.


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The final episode of Season 1 of "The Good Doctor" was called "More" (watch )
Shaun makes a mistake in heart surgery because he is distracted with having discovered has mentor DSr, Glassman has an apparently inoperable brain glioma. But Shaun figures out how to do the biopsy and plant he surgery that will save Glassman's life, and fix the other mistake which had caused an aneurysm.
The issue of reporting surgeon's mistakes is covered.
The series will return in the fall.
The previous episode (March 19) was called "Smile" and involved the Mobius Syndrome and a complicated medical identity theft scam, taking advantage of an opioid addict. Shaun has a great line, "I am a person."
Labels: The Good Doctor
Local TV station presents report on bone marrow donation from viewpoint of donor; then ABC News reports on a liver transplant
Today, WJLA7 in Washington DC aired a report on the medical procedures behind bone marrow donation. The report was introduced by Robin Roberts from ABC News; she had received one from a sister from an unusual pre-leukemia. But this report concerned the bone marrow registry for those without possible relative matches
The link is hot there yet, but here is a similar video. (Note: the original ABC News link is there now as of 3/28, here ).
Like many other organ donations while alive, this procedure was not possible when I was growing up. So the idea that it could be expected or be virtuous was not familiar at the time. By the late 1970s, the idea of "super donors" of plasma and platelets was becoming circulated. Of course, the HIV epidemic eliminated gay men from any such donation until recently.
Marrow donation is more demanding than ordinary blood donation; it takes a number of hours, maybe two days, and can have some side effects and be intrusive on body sanctity.
Later, on ABC World News Tonight, there was a story of a young man who took eight weeks out of his life to make a donation of part of his liver to a young child for a transplant. This was very invasive. I had not heard this was possible. Here is a Mayo Clinic link.
Today there are different expectations than in the past, and they have become more personal.
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Labels: medicine
Stormy Daniels talks on CBS 60 Minutes to Anderson Cooper
Here's the transcript of Stormy Daniel's Interview with Anderson Cooper on CBS 60 Minutes. .
There is a 60 Minutes "Overtime" segment where Stormy Daniels explains why she went public. Then a second Overtime segment (each one is less than a minute) shows her attorney explaining how illegal campaign contributions may have happened.
The campaign contribution issue has a distant relation to an issue I have presented previously on other blogs, when back in 2005 there was controversy over whether unpaid political blogging could be seen as "contributions", and played into an incident when I worked as a substitute teacher.
Stormy Daniels (Stephanie Gregory Clifford) has been an actress, screenwriter and director in the pornographic film business. On 2006 at Lake Tahoe, she says she had unprotected sex with Trump, whom she was not attracted to. (Who would be? This is hardly what Masters and Johnson had in mind in their 90s book "Heterosexuality".) In the ensuing years she would meet him again, but one day in Las Vegas got approached by a thug in a parking lot threatening her to remain silent.
She took the hush money right before the 2016 election to protect her daughter. That brings up the campaign contribution. The recent threats for a $20 million suit were converted.
AOL has five takeways from the episode.
Labels: 60 Minutes, heterosexuality, Trump
"Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Election Filming Reveals Election Tricks" from UK Channel 4 (20 minutes)
This looks like a spy caper. The film focuses not so much on the use of social media data, but instead on setting up politicians, to throw elections all over the world.
And all these men in business suits meeting in London pubs enjoy their lives so much.
By Aurelien Guichard from London, United Kingdom - 30 St Mary Axe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
Labels: elections, espionage, UK Channel 4
Mark Zuckerberg appears on CNN AC360 and offers to testify before Congress, accept more regulation
Mark Zuckerberg reappeared and was interviewed by CNN's Laurie Segall on AC360 tonight from Facebook's headquarters.
Here is the CNN link.
The interview as conducted in two parts. Zuckerberg said he favored federal regulation of Internet ads similar to what is done for TV, inasmuch as those who paid for ads should be made public and transparent.'
Theoretically, similar regulation of content itself could follow (as we know from the scurry on 2005 over McCain-Feingdol).
Most CNN commentators gave Zuckerberg for at least starting the conversation.
Zuckerberg said he would be willing to testify before Congress. He admitted that bad actors were likely to be trying to swing the 2018 midterm elections but that Facebook had a handle on it.
He also said that when he invented Facebook in his dorm room in February 2004, he had no idea that he could manipulate elections, wars, and international propaganda in fourteen years -- primarily because the "masses" don't have the cognitive ability to recognize tribalistic fallacies. Zuckerberg would have been aware of my own site (doaskdotell) on gays in the military when a freshman in 2003, because it became a major controversy at Harvard and my site at the time got lots of hits all the time because of its unusual setup. I had "reach" then, which is not quite the same as "influence" but leads to it.
Internet companies will face real problems in the sustainability of their business models. Facebook, the product was the "user" and this seems no longer as acceptable, so it puts free user-generated content at risk at a conceptual level, as being gratuitous or of nuisance value if others don't pay for it. That's why this about more than just who pays for the ads. Who pays for the news stories if they "divide people" and inspire crime (like Comet Ping Pong).
The idea that Facebook is a neutral platform is a hostile foreign power can target it with fake accounts to overwhelm a certain less literate and propaganda-susceptible "peoples".
Today Congress passed the "Backpage bill" that would erode CDA Section 230 protections; this is distantly related to Facebook's problems and could complicate things.
On PBS, Frontline offered a disturbing interview with a former Facebook executive.
Labels: AC360, Facebook
I took a look at ABC's "For the People" , created by Paul William Davies. Tonight's episode was called "Rahowa".
On the "Mother Court" in the southern District of New York (federal), controversial cases are assigned to prosecutors and public defenders.
In one case, a young male prosecutor reluctantly agrees to go harder after doctors running opioid mills.
But the more interesting storyline concerns a young defense attorney played by Wesam Keesh, who defends a skinhead with nazi-tattoos on a bald head, accused of a shooting. He talks about the abstraction of free speech with body art and objectionable idea, and then says there is no actual evidence that the defendant used a weapon.
The defendant doesn't like the attorney. The actor is the same person whom I believe plays the teenager in an accident forgiveness ad for auto insurance.
Labels: criminal justice system issues, For the People, television series (dramatic)
Shaun blurts out a question about attractiveness for marriage in newest episode of "The Good Doctor"
"The Good Doctor" resumed new episodes on Monday March 12 with "Pain".
Shaun treats another man from his past, who has become paralyzed in an accident that broke a neck vertebra. Recent pain may suggest a tumor. But ironically the nerves may reheal and the man may walk again.
Shaun asks, in front of other doctors, why a woman would want to marry a man already paralyzed, with the girl friend present. OK I've had those thoughts but wouldn't blurt it out now.
At then end of the episode Shaun is playing video games with a friend (perhaps gay) at the apartment.
There are two more new episodes this season, and the series resumes with a second season fall 2018. When will Shaun's cat return?
Labels: medicine, The Good Doctor
CNN series: "Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History"
Sunday night, CNN premiered its new series: "Pope: The MostPowerful Man in History".
The one hour pilot present Pope Frances as having to soften the absolutism of Catholic doctrine in the past.
It also gave a history of late Rome, as the empire split into pieces with a Greek Orthodox church several hundred years after Christ, after the promotion of Christianity by Constantine the Great. The standard of living in Rome itself declined.
The documentary also depicts the Crusades, where Muslim communities in Jerusalem and the middle East were sacked, often with multiple home invasions, helping set up a motive for radical Islam today.
Subsequent episodes covered papal renunciation.
Labels: CNN: Pope
"The Kennedy's" as part of the "American Dynasties" series on CNN premiered Sunday night.
Jack Kennedy's heroism in the PT109 is questioned; he was quite weak physically, and may have mishandled the battle, and was thought left.
Joseph Kennedy was at one time though of as a "fascist" by FDR.
JFK's younger sister Rosemary was permanently disabled by a barbaric lobotomy in the 1940s; the operation was to continue until she stopped singing.
Earlier Sunday night, the Van Jones show hosted "candidate" Oprah Winfrey.
Update: March 28
Subsequent episodes have covered the 1960 television campaign and election, and then the year 1961, where Kennedy learned "OJT" and was seriously challenged by the Soviets on Berlin. Kennedy found that the Soviets were not as determined to avoid nuclear war as he had been. The famous snowy Inauguration ("ask not") is shown.
Labels: The Kennedy's
In an NBC New Special, Megyn Kelly sits down with Russian president Vladimir Putin for an interview, with translation. Here is the link.
Putin denies directing any hacks against American social media and any attempt to throw the election to Donald Trump. However Putin notes that private individuals and private companies could have decided to do so (which contradicts his own control of the media).
Putin faces re-election very soon.
The spirited Russian national anthem played at least once.
And Putin, shirtless with a hairless body, on horseback, appears. Frankly, he looks like he is starting transition.
And yet, the broadcast recalls the idea of a KGB agent tough guy.
Picture: The Philadelphia Orchestra recently performed the Shostakovich Symphony #7, the "Leningrad", at Strathmore in Bethesda, MD.
Labels: Dateline, modern Russia
Adam Rippon looks sharp hosting the Today show this week
Openly gay Olympic skater Adam Rippon helped host the Today Show on NBC Thursday, March 8.
Rippon discussed his trip to the Oscars and buying a tuxedo (like "The Good Doctor" in a recent episode). Rippon is said to be one of the older skating finalists, although he looks younger than 28. (Well, Will Ripley on CNN looks younger than 37.)
Rippon would obviously be credible as an anchor for a daytime network lifestyle or broadcast show.
He also has said that now could be a good time to meet with Vice President Mike Pence and make amends for past squabbles over homophobia. This would also look good now since President Trump will soon meet with Kim Jong Un.
Labels: lgbt issues, NBC Today
SNL taps into the talent of Leslie Jones, without Milo's permission
Leslie Jones (or her doppleganger) appeared on SNL last night. (You may need to turn off https to make the embed work.)
She made fun of the winter Olympics, and especially of the fact that the Koreans are physically short. That reminded me of Will Ripley's encounter on the beach on CNN.
I could imagine someone making a doppleganger of Milo Yiannopoulos for SNL, and pitting the double against Leslie with Ghostbusters in the background.
Of course, the North Korean nuclear crisis is nothing to make fun of. But they could do a caricature of Kim Jong Un and his deliberate weight gain to look like a god king. Let Milo's double do the fat-shaming.
Why is it that that SNL always presents Sean Spicer as trans? Trump would have banned Spicer from the military. Spicer is in the Naval Reserve.
Labels: SNL


The American Daffodil Society have an excellent facility (Daffseek) for displaying information about daffodil cultivars and species. We intend therefore on this website to concentrate on displaying information on people in the UK and Ireland who have significantly contributed to the development of daffodil interest. If you have information on anyone not included already then please let us know. To see information on specific people then click on their name.
Congratulations on the setting up of your website which I found very interesting and informative.
I am a local councillor in Ponteland, Northumberland, and I'm looking for information about a gentleman called Gordon Harrison, who bred daffodils and lived in this area before his death in 1971. I have obtained from the RHS a list of all the varieties that he registered, and would like to try to obtain some of his varieties to plant locally, as a memorial to him and his work. His daughter still lives in the area, though herself now in her seventies, and it would be lovely to plant a memorial display in the near future. Any information would be of help. Many thanks.
We have passed on your enquiry to Jan Dalton who lives in Richmond and is the archivist of the Daffodil Society. If there are any of Gordon Harrison's cultivars still around then Jan would know. He may also have other information which is relevant.


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Q: How much runway does the space shuttle need to land? A textbook question proposes the following scenario:
NASA needs to plan emergency landing sites for the Space Shuttle (RIP). There are a number of things to consider. The shuttle touches down no sooner than $300$ meters into runway track, and upon touching down deploys a parachute, which takes 5 seconds to be fully deployed. Once the speed decreases to $60\ \mathrm{km/hr}$, the brakes can be applied and require $200$ meters further to arrive at a complete stop. Here are the rest of the specs (not necessarily accurate in real life):

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*Total Landing Mass: $104,328\ \mathrm{kg}$

*Velocity: $350\ \mathrm{km/hr}$

*Area of parachute: $68.0625 \pi$

*$C_D$, the drag coefficient of the parachute: $1.4$

*$\rho_\text{air}$, the density of air: $1.1774\ \mathrm{kg/m^3}$

The question is, asses NASA's decision to land the space decision at an airport with a runway of $11,000\ \mathrm{ft}$.

MY ATTEMPT

I begun my assesment by assuming the Shuttle touches down at the $300$ meter mark, at which it is travelling at $350\ \mathrm{km/hr}$.
Immediately the parachute deploys and takes five seconds to deploy.
Once the parachute deploys, a negative Force is applied to the Shuttle in the form of $$m \frac{dV}{dt} = - \frac{1}{2} \rho_\text{air}C_DAV^2 = - \frac{1}{2}(1.1774)(1.4)(68.0625 \pi)(V^2) \approx-56.0958 \pi V^2$$
Out of this, I formed a function for velocity based on time by solving this as a differential equation and got:
$$ \frac{1}{V^2}dV = .005377 \pi dt \longrightarrow - \frac{1}{V} = .0005377 \pi t +C$$ and as a function of $t$:
$$v(t) = - 185.977 \frac{1}{ \pi t} + C $$
Since my initial condition is $350$ when $t=0$, my function finally is:
$$ v(t) = - 185.977 \frac{1}{ \pi 0} + 350  $$
But I'm dividing by zero!
My goal was to see how far the shuttle travels in the time it takes to reach $60\ \mathrm{km/hr}$ and determine if it has enough track to make it.
I'm not sure if what I'm doing so far, or my strategy is correct. Obviously what I'm doing is somewhat flawed.
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks!

A: You're correctly saying:
$$ \frac{dv}{dt} = const \times v^2 $$
and therefore:
$$ \frac{dt}{dv} = const \times v^{-2} $$
so:
$$ t = -\frac{B}{v} + C $$
for some constants $B$ and $C$. however this gives you:
$$ v(t) = -\frac{B}{t - C} $$
So $t$ may be zero at the moment the parachute deploys, but $t - C$ isn't. The constant $B$ is $2m/\rho C_d A$ and you need to find $C$ from the initial conditions. A qick bit of algebra will tell you that $C = B/v(0)$ so:
$$ v(t) = -\frac{B}{t - B/v_0} $$


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Geoge new interview in the Telegraph
by kat19 on Mon 10 Jun 2019, 01:06
There a new interview of George in the Telegraph, hopefully one of you that has access will be able to post the whole interview here. I'm not able to access it fully...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/george-clooney-interview-second-world-war-changed-america-better/
Learning to love George Clooney
Re: Geoge new interview in the Telegraph
Me too, Kat. Ended up buying the paper! I'm hoping another publication will print or quote it down the line
by party animal - not! on Tue 11 Jun 2019, 10:11
Loads and loads of coverage in the UK pre Catch-22 on mainstream tv next week, many stories looking for different angles. Here's the one on the BBC News website today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48394921
by annemarie on Tue 11 Jun 2019, 10:42
Catch 22: How George Clooney was lured back to TV
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
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Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionClooney directs, produces and stars in the new adaptation of Catch 22
Until now, George Clooney has been a silver fox who has largely stuck to the silver screen.
Despite originally making his name in the 1990s medical drama ER, the last two decades have seen him stick to box office smashes like Gravity and Ocean's Eleven.
The very few TV appearances he has made have been for live TV specials or cameo appearances, but for his latest project, Clooney is tackling something much bigger - Catch 22.
A new adaptation of Joseph Heller's 1961 classic satirical novel is about to hit screens, with Clooney not only one of the stars, but also a director and executive producer.
The actor has joined a string of big-screen names - like Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jane Fonda, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon - in moving to the small screen for his latest venture.
"George Clooney has come to TV for a reason," writes Daniel D'Addario in Variety. "It's a way to surmount a tricky piece of the American literary canon, but to do so with the benefit of six hours and streaming-service money."
Clooney himself acknowledges streaming offered a way of telling the story which released him from the constraints of film.
"A lot of the type of stories that I like to tell don't involve superheroes," he tells BBC News.
Image copyrightCHANNEL 4Image captionClooney plays Lieutenant Scheisskopf in the new adaptation
"So it's not such a bad thing to be able to do these kinds of stories on streaming services, so it's great.
"I read [Catch-22] 40 years ago… when I was just born!" he jokes, "and I just remember it being a very special book. I didn't remember that much about it, but then the screenplay came around and I thought it was great, just a fantastic story."
Is his ultimate goal that viewers will be inclined to read Heller's literary original?
"If you ever do anything that encourages people to read, that's probably a good idea, because that doesn't happen very often," Clooney replies.
"Why read when there's such good television out there?!"
What is a Catch 22?
Image copyrightCHANNEL 4
While Catch 22 is the title of a Joseph Heller novel first and foremost, its meaning has taken on a life of its own in the English language.
The catch occurs when all your options in a situation lead to the same frustrating outcome. Whatever you do, you cannot win.
In Heller's book, an American World War Two bomber pilot called Yossarian was caught in the original Catch 22.
Stationed in Italy and afraid of being shot down, he wanted to be declared insane so he could be sent home.
But military rules said fear of death was a rational response, so anyone who asked to be grounded could not possibly be truly crazy. And those who were insane would not request to be sent home in the first place, as they wouldn't fear the danger. Therefore, effectively no-one could be sent home.
The 1970 film adaptation of Catch 22, directed by Mike Nichols, received a mixed response from audiences and critics.
Many felt that tackling such a towering work of literature in two hours was an almost impossible task.
"The truth is, the book is a big, sprawling, beautiful mess of a book," director and star of the series Grant Heslov tells BBC News.
Image copyrightEPAImage captionL-R: Ellen Kuras, Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler and Tessa Ferrer
"And I think Mike Nichols would tell you, two hours is not enough time to tell that story. So for us, we got the chance to really delve into the arcs of all the major characters, and you just couldn't do that in a film."
In particular, the complex lead character of Yossarian, played here by Christopher Abbott, is given plenty of time to breathe in this iteration.
"We wanted to get the best actors we possibly could for the project," Clooney explains.
"But," he adds with perfect comic timing, "we couldn't afford them, so we got these guys.
"And Hugh [Laurie] did us a favour," he says of the project's other big name. "We're part of a fraternity, we played doctors."
Laurie (famous for playing a doctor on House as Clooney was for doing on ER), is similarly good-humoured about accepting the offer to star in the project.
"When the emperor sends a signal across the water, you drop whatever it is you're doing and answer the call," he says.
"If what you're doing happens to be nothing, it's a little bit easier."
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionL-R: Catch 22 stars Tessa Ferrer, Hugh Laurie and Kyle Chandler
Laurie plays Major de Coverley in Catch 22 - an adaptation that has gone down broadly well with critics.
"Catch 22 is an almost perfect series," wrote Merrill Barr in Forbes.
"Every actor is bringing their A-game to the table and the writing is absolutely top-notch.
"And thanks to its short episode order, the series is also going to serve as a brisk ride that won't soon be forgotten by those that choose to hop on."
Writing in Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz said: "It works better as a TV show than you might think, though not well enough to quell the feeling that we have yet to see an adaptation as scathing as the source material."
But, said Mike Hale of The New York Times: "Apparently the Catch 22 of Catch 22 is that to put it on screen, you have to eviscerate it.
"If you aren't particularly attached to the book, and if you have a taste for World War Two melodramas with lots of big-band music on the soundtrack, then this Catch 22 may suit you fine."
He added the decision to tell the story in chronological order of the book "has the effect of diminishing Yossarian".
"The result is that for most of the series, Yossarian just seems petulant and whiny - instead of living inside his breakdown, as you do in the book, you wait for it to finally arrive."
Image copyrightCHANNEL 4Image captionFriday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler plays Colonel Cathcart in Catch 22
Speaking about how he began the process of adapting the book for the screen, co-writer Luke Davies jokes: "I started with fear, pain and anxiety.
"Just trying to work out how to wrestle it into shape, it's such a massive, dense novel. So I started with whiteboards."
Producer and director Ellen Kuras explains the classic novel "was required reading in American high schools.
"I remember it as something that was rambling. It was thematic but at the same time it was hard to follow."
Indeed, when it came to studying the source material in preparation for her role as Nurse Duckett, Tessa Ferrer turned to more modern technology to help digest it.
"I went back and forth listening to it as an audiobook and reading it on Kindle, so I could get it done in a timely manner!
We ask all the cast and creatives what it was like working with Clooney, and all say he was a total delight. Well, almost all.
"It's terrible. He's miserable, he complains a lot, he is without any charm whatsoever," jokes executive producer Richard Brown.
"He's not even good looking! All of it's a lie."
Here's another one - a bit better at the angles - from Sky news here:
https://news.sky.com/story/george-clooney-i-didnt-expect-kids-and-a-wife-but-amal-walked-in-and-everything-changed-11739118
Ps Cannot wait for the next project!!
by Joanna on Tue 11 Jun 2019, 12:05
Catch 22 is on UK TV....
June 20 on Channel 4 at 9 pm.
Sorry if this is posted already....LOL
party animal - not! wrote: Here's another one - a bit better at the angles - from Sky news here:
......And then "she walked out" according to rubbish mags !
When WILL it end.....all these ridiculous invented stories.
They married in 2014 not 2015. They will never stop writing those ridiculous lies. Unfortunately, there are people who want to read the crap and believe it.
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