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By Walter Olson
Well, isn't this a shame:
Brad Fitch, president and CEO of the Congressional Management Foundation, told Bloomberg BNA Feb. 16 that House "Democratic chiefs of staff are freaking out" about finding room in their budget for overtime wages.
It's not clear whether the Obama administration's forthcoming edict on overtime will apply to legislative staffers, but House Democratic leadership decided it would be prudent for their members to at least gesture toward the spirit of the controversial rule by preparing for compliance. [BNA Daily Labor Report] Now "the rule is creating administrative headaches" and more:
"We don't have a set‐hour kind of situation here; some kids work 12, 14, 16 hours a day, weekends, and I feel terrible that I cannot afford to give raises to the staff," Rep. Alcee Hastings (D‑Fla.) told Bloomberg BNA Feb. 11.
With $320,000 slashed from members' representational allowances (MRAs) over the past four years, "I don't see how we could pay overtime" for the "17 or 18 people that each of us is allowed to have — that's problematic for me," added Hastings, a senior member of the House Rules Committee.
Some members fear that an overtime mandate will result in having to send staffers home at 5 p.m., leaving phones unanswered and impairing constituent service. "Most members are of the sentiment that it's impractical to be paying overtime," said former Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran, now a lobbyist, who suggests that members choose to close one of their district offices or reduce constituent correspondence to adjust to a smaller staff number.
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The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind™ has recently entered into a partnership with the Walt Disney Studios to showcase rarities from "the Disney vault" several times a year in the coming months…and TCM premiered this new collaboration this past December 21 with airings of live-action Disney classics like Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) and Third Man on the Mountain (1959). There was also plenty of Disney animation on hand; three classic cartoon shorts—Santa's Workshop (1932), On Ice (1935) and Chip an' Dale (1947)—were showcased beginning at the eight o'clock hour…though I stupidly forgot that in DVR-ing them, I needed to do it manually as opposed to conforming to the way they programmed with U-Verse. I didn't get the entirety of Workshop—which was no big deal, since I had seen the cartoon on a number of occasions. Back when Los Parentes Yesteryear and I were residing in Savannah, part of our arrangement in being held hostage to Bombast Comcast was that I had access to a free Disney cartoon weekly as part of their internet service…and so one Christmas, I showed Workshop to a younger niece Rachel, who demanded to see it again and again…and again.
I also grabbed Tee Cee Em's showing of the October 27, 1954 premiere telecast of Disneyland, which honestly has to be one of the most amazing commercial ventures in the history of broadcasting. In a nutshell, Walt asked the American Broadcasting Company for funds to complete his famed theme park in Anaheim, CA…and in return, he provided them with a monster TV show hit. (I've also chuckled at the irony that Disney now owns ABC—talk about your Faustian bargains.) As you can guess from the title of the first installment—"The Disneyland Story"—it's essentially an ad for the park that eventually opened its doors in July of 1955. But it's undeniably entertaining television: there are appearances from Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre (promoting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea); Fess Parker singing The Ballad of Davy Crockett, the Mickey-Donald-Goofy cartoon Lonesome Ghosts (1937) and a lot more.
What I really wanted to catch (and eventually did so with the help of the DVR) was The Reluctant Dragon (1941), Disney's first combination live-action/animation feature film (though you could also make a strong case that 1940's Fantasia can lay claim to that throne). I remember taping the film from the halcyon days of The Disney Channel but for some odd reason never got around to watching it (even though I had seen the actual Dragon featurette during my days of working at Ballbuster Blockbuster Video). It's been released on DVD and Blu-ray a few times in the past, but you know how Disney home video releases operate—it's either offered as exclusives or for a limited time only (you snooze, you lose). (I joined the Disney Movie Club about a year ago, ostensibly to pick up DVDs that I could show my nephew Davis…but since he's moved on to the PNW, I only rarely get an opportunity to trot out the animated classics. I offered to unspool Peter Pan for him the last time he was here, but Kat asked me not to go out of my way. Since I personally love the Disney animated feature films, this is really no big loss.)
Robert Benchley poses with serial heroines Louise Currie and Frances Gifford…here playing Disney employees in The Reluctant Dragon (1941).
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) was a project designed to showcase the Disney Studios' state-of-the-art facilities in Burbank (built thanks to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), allowing humorist Robert Benchley to tour the jernt when Mrs. Benchley (Nana Bryant) decrees that he suggest to Walt adapting Kenneth Grahame's book of the same name. Bob visits many areas of the Mouse Factory: the camera room (here is where the film changes to breathtakingly lush Technicolor after being presented in monochrome for the first 20 minutes), the Foley (sound effects) department, the ink-and-paint department, etc. and meets many of Disney's real and non-real employees. For example, Frances "Jungle Girl" Gifford plays a studio artist (named Doris), Frank Faylen leads the studio orchestra, and in the sequence where Benchley tours the storyboard section, one of the men (Al) putting together the "Baby Weems" cartoon is Alan Ladd. The real people who were toiling at the studio at the time (and who have parts in the film) include vocal talent Florence Gill (as Clara Cluck) and Clarence Nash (the voice of Donald Duck), as well as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Wolfgang Reitherman and Norm Ferguson.
Though more than a few actors were hired to play Disney employees (since a good many of them were on strike), this actor here actually worked at the studio as an animator at one time (on Fantasia and Bambi). That's Mister John Dehner in his feature film debut.
The animated part of the film includes the Reluctant Dragon featurette, as well as Baby Weems (which I first saw on a repeat of The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1970s) and the Goofy cartoon How to Ride a Horse (eventually released as a single short in 1950). The viewer also gets glimpses of Bambi (then in production) and a "Casey, Jr." sequence from Dumbo (1941), though it was eventually shortened in the final film. Dragon was released in 1941 for a number of reasons, chiefly to recoup some of the losses Disney sustained as a result of World War II (the company surrendered a lot of their foreign market money due to the war) and also the financial failure of Fantasia (1940). The war also meant that the materials the studio needed to produce their animated features would soon be in short supply (this is why sharp-eyed viewers will spot maquettes of characters from Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp, both of which were postponed until after WW2). If that wasn't bad enough, ol' Walt was having to deal with the infamous animators' strike at the time of Dragon's release (which is kind of ironic, considering the movie portrays the company as a Utopian, harmonic place in which to work). The movie, rushed into production to make Disney a bit more solvent, cost $600,000 to make…and only raked in $400,000 at the box office.
A still from a never-released Robert Benchley MGM short, How to Be an Anti-Semite. (Yeah, I went there.)
I was predisposed to like Reluctant Dragon mostly because of my fondness for Robert Benchley, who really provides most of the incentive to sit down with the film. Still, I came away from the movie slightly disappointed as some who saw it during its original release; the studio wouldn't really master mixing live-action and animation until The Three Caballeros (1945), and as the pizza de resistance, the Dragon featurette itself is kind of bland and boring. (I also wish there had been more of Disney himself in the film; his participation is pretty short and sweet, greeting Benchley as if he just finished eighteen holes on the course.) But there's a lot of good stuff to be found in Dragon: Leonard Maltin, who co-hosted the TCM presentation with Ben Mankiewicz, has challenged the Baby Weems segment as one of the studio's best (its limited animation predates that of the later UPA output) and I have to admit I enjoyed it, too.
Tee Cee Em's next "Treasures from the Disney Vault" is scheduled for March 15 in 2015: included on the schedule are airings of Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959; 8pm)—one of Disney's finest live-action features—and The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966; 3:15am)…but I'm most excited about The Three Caballeros, another Disneyland episode ("The Story of the Animated Drawing") and the 2008 documentary Walt & El Grupo. Stay tuned on the blog for more Disney classics in Thrilling Days of Yesteryear's award-winning feature "Adventures in Blu-ray"!*
*Okay…technically this is a lie. The Blu-ray reviews have not won any awards.
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08/19/2014 12:55 pm ET Updated Aug 19, 2014
Internet Outage Left Doctors Without Records For Hours
By Gerry Smith
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For several hours last week, doctors at PIM Associates, a primary care practice in Philadelphia, couldn't see patients' lab results or what medications they were taking.
Those digital records are stored in the cloud by a company called Practice Fusion, which makes software to help doctors track patients.
But Practice Fusion's service was disrupted over two days last week because its data center provider suffered an outage. That prevented many of the 112,000 health care providers who rely on the company's software from accessing patient records.
"If you're in an office that's completely electronic and the system goes down, you're flying blind," Kelly Gallagher, a medical assistant at PIM Associates, told HuffPost. "It could be potentially dangerous."
The episode offered an example of the potential drawbacks of electronic health records. It also highlighted how technology glitches can have serious human consequences. In this case, some out-of-date Internet equipment created confusion for many doctors.
The Obama administration spent billions of dollars in federal stimulus money to persuade doctors to convert their records from paper to digital form. Proponents said digital records would reduce costs and improve patient care by smoothing coordination between medical providers and reducing unneeded procedures. By last year, 78 percent of office-based physicians and 58 percent of hospitals were using an electronic health record system, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health care philanthropy organization.
But the ability to view electronic health records online depends on the reliability of technology companies -- which can experience glitches and outages. Last August, an electronic health record system made by Epic Systems went dark for a day, preventing nurses and staff at clinics in Northern California from accessing patient information. Last March, an outage involving a digital health record system in Boulder, Colorado, made by Meditech prevented some people from scheduling surgeries, getting test results or making appointments, according to the Boulder Daily Camera.
Health care providers face similar risks as other industries that store data in the cloud, but the stakes for doctors are often higher. One New York doctor who uses Practice Fusion's software said the outage could have been "a disaster if you're dealing with life and death situations."
The doctor requested that his name not be used because he said he worried that Practice Fusion might further disrupt his service. "My whole practice is in their hands," he added.
Practice Fusion said the outage affected about one-third of its users, but didn't compromise data security. The outage "was out of our and our data center partner's control," a company spokesperson told HuffPost.
"We worked closely with our partner to minimize the outage's impact to our broader user base," the spokesperson said. "We are monitoring the situation closely with our data center partner to address any other issues that may arise."
Practice Fusion attributed the outage to what experts are calling a rare Internet "brownout." Internet traffic is carried by a series of routers and switches, but the Web is now becoming too big and complicated for some of the old equipment. Last week, for the first time, the number of pathways for carrying Internet traffic crossed the critical threshold of 512,000. Many old Internet routers and switches can't remember that many pathways, creating disruptions or outages across some parts of the Internet where that equipment needs to be replaced
Practice Fusion was not the only company affected. LastPass, a service for managing passwords, said a data center it relies on went down last week, temporarily preventing users from connecting to its service. The Web hosting provider Liquid Web also said its customers suffered disruptions last week because the pathway threshold was crossed.
Jim Cowie, chief scientist at Dyn, a company that tracks network management, said such disruptions will only continue in the coming months as the Internet keeps growing and its aging equipment is not replaced.
"We're going to see more of these small, localized outages wherever there are vulnerable pieces of equipment," Cowie said.
Many companies back up their virtual infrastructure in multiple data centers in case one data center fails. Practice Fusion said it had a backup plan it could have implemented, "but we chose not to do so because it would have caused all our users -- not just the portion initially affected -- to lose connectivity during the work day."
In a blog post, the company recommended that affected customers print out any patient records they need.
For doctors, some of whom have complained about converting to electronic records, the Internet outage last week gave them justification for still keeping old-fashioned paper records.
"Sobering not to have had access to my practice for the last two days. Thank god for paper charts," Meenakshi Budhraja, a gastroenterologist in Little Rock, Arkansas, tweeted.
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Thinking about running your own business in Liverpool? The city has much to offer prospective entrepreneurs, so we've created a franchise guide for the region. Here's why we believe you should consider franchising in Liverpool.
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Liverpool is home to a significant pool of talent, attracting 58,000 students and producing 30,000 graduates every year. Workers make an average salary of £35,800, which ranges from £31,100 in Sefton and £39,600 in Knowsley. These figures are just slightly lower than the UK average, £38,600.
The city also has a fairly young population, with an average age of 39.6, compared to 40.3 in England and Wales as a whole. In fact, 64.7 percent of people are of working age, while 62.3 percent are aged between 16 and 64 in England and Wales.
Property prices are around £162,000, much lower than the £300,000 average asking price across England and Wales. In general, there are 2.31 people per household.
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The city is widely considered a great place to live and work. It's often ranked one of the friendliest cities in the UK, and boasts a rich cultural history in music and the arts.
Did you know? Liverpool is home to Europe's biggest bio-manufacturing cluster and the UK's largest wealth management centre outside of London.
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Liverpool is investing heavily in its infrastructure and offers fantastic opportunities for both employees and business owners across the industries. Some of the city's fastest growing sectors include:
Engineering and manufacturing - Liverpool specialises in supercomputing, robotics, virtual reality and the Internet of Things. The city's reputation for manufacturing lives on to this day, as Jaguar Land Rover completes the building of a new vehicle in the region every 80 seconds. Liverpool is also home to Europe's largest bio-manufacturing cluster.
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Creative and media - Liverpool is known across the globe for its role in the history of music and culture. It's the birthplace of a huge number of notable actors, comedians, producers and writers. Interestingly, it's the city most used for film locations after London, and it's been named a 'City of Music' by Unesco.
Energy and sustainability - Did you know Liverpool has the second biggest group of offshore wind farms in the world? Its coastal location makes it a convenient region for the development of sustainable practices, and it has been identified as a Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering.
Logistics - Many companies use Liverpool's port to move goods across Northern Ireland and foreign countries. Businesses in the city can reach suppliers across the globe, thanks to the region's convenient transport links.
As you can see, Liverpool offers opportunities for business growth across a wide range of industries, from creative media to financial services.
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Western | Comedy
Beth Grant, Billy Crystal, Jon Lovitz, David Paymer
The second part of City Slickers begins after the death of Curly. It is the 40th birthday of Mitch Robbins and the day begins quite good until he returns home (after a hard day at the radio station) and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil (from the first part) and unfortunately with Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona instead of attending a meeting in Las Vegas. The adventurous journey reveals many surprises until everything seems to be over when the map gets lost...
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City Slickers (1991)
Bruno Kirby, Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Jeffrey Tambor
Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. There they meet cowboy Curly who not only teaches them how to become real cowboys, but also one or two other things about life in the open air of the west.
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The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Drama | Fantasy | Comedy
Christopher Walken, James Gammon, John Heard, Julie Carmen
In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local Hispanic farmers, they cannot arouse much opposition because of the short term opportunities offered by construction jobs. But when Joe Mondragon illegally diverts water to irrigate his bean field, the local people support him because of their resentment of water use laws that favor the rich like Devine. When the Governor sends in ruthless troubleshooter Kyril Montana to settle things quickly before the lucrative development is cancelled, a small war threatens to erupt.
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Frankenweenie (1984)
Sci-Fi | Comedy | Family | Short
Paul Bartel, Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Sofia Coppola
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.
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Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Beverly D'Angelo, George Dzundza, Joe Grifasi, Teri Garr
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by it's Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
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Adventure | Fantasy | Comedy | Family
Frank Whaley, Rick Ducommun, Fred Savage, Daniel Stern
A child meets the monster that lives under his bed. He even becomes one of his best friends. Soon the child discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
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Celtic Pride (1996)
Comedy | Sport
Christopher McDonald, Paul Guilfoyle, Adam Hendershott, Dan Aykroyd
The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after the end of the season. Mike and Jimmy, two die-hard sports fans who will risk anything for the Celtics to win, are really getting into the games. The Celtics would be a sure win if it weren't for Lewis Scott, the cocky, loud-mouth star of the Jazz. After Scott himself punishes the Celtics in a bad loss, Mike and Jimmy decide to take things into their own hands by kidnaping Scott and holding him until after the crucial game takes place.
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The Next Three Days (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller | Romance
Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Beghe, Aisha Hinds
Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
Fantasy | Comedy | Family | Sport
Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey, Albert Hall, Amy Morton
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. Although he's close to his mother Mary, Henry hates Mary's latest boyfriend, Jack Bradfield. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches that are as fast as 103 mph. Henry is spotted at nearby Wrigley Field by Larry "Fish" Fisher, the general manager of the struggling Chicago Cubs, after Henry throws an opponent's home-run ball all the way from the outfield bleachers back to the catcher, and it seems that Henry may be the pitcher that team owner Bob Carson has been praying for. At first, Cubs manager Sal Martinella doesn't like Henry being on the team, but despite the rawness of his talent, Henry revives everyone's team spirit and reignites the enthusiasm of the fans...
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Crime | Adventure | Comedy | Family
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget!
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Home Alone (1991)
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the family was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv, about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice.
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Leviathan (1989)
Thriller | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Horror
Ernie Hudson, Hector Elizondo, Peter Weller, Eugene Lipinski
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Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. In a story owing a lot to _Alien_ and _The Thing_, the crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one. Part of a wave of underwater movies including _The Abyss_ and _Deep Star Six_.
Otis (2008)
Crime | Thriller | Horror | Comedy
Kevin Pollak, Ashley Greene, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Illeana Douglas
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Suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson, goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate, are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent takes charge of the case.But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis, Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents. And, fed up with the tragi-comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate, and Riley's brother, Reed decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands.
Very Bad Things (1998)
Crime | Thriller | Comedy
Cameron Diaz, Jeremy Piven, Christian Slater, Jeanne Tripplehorn
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A group of friends head to Las Vegas for a bachelor party.. only things go wrong and a woman is killed. Soon, the bodies are piling up and the friends find themselves turning against one another as the coverup builds.
Blue Thunder (1983)
Crime | Drama | Thriller | Action
Malcolm McDowell, Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Clifford A. Pellow
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Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. It's makers want to show what it will do, but have to train a Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy, to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. Murphy and the project pilot have differences going back to Vietnam. The conflict between them continues to heat up as Murphy begins to suspect that Blue Thunder is more than has been disclosed.
Whip It (2009)
Drama | Sport
Marcia Gay Harden, Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, Jimmy Fallon
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In a town near Austin, Bliss Cavendar's strong-willed mom believes Bliss, at 17, can win pageants - the key to a happy life. Bliss isn't the beauty pageant type: she's shy, quiet, and has just one friend, Pash, her fellow waitress at a diner. Things change for Bliss when she discovers a women's roller derby league in Austin, tries out, proves to be whip fast, and makes a team. Now she needs to become someone tough on the rink, keep her parents from finding out where she goes twice a week, and do something about a first crush, on a musician she meets at the derby. Meanwhile, mom still sees Bliss as Miss Bluebonnet. Things are on a collision course; will everyone get banged up?
My Blue Heaven (1990)
Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Melanie Mayron
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An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.
Breaking Away (1979)
Drama | Comedy | Family | Sport
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley
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A small-town teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.


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Four Years Later…
Published on January 20, 2021 January 20, 2021 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
"This is America's day. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope"
President Joe Biden says "democracy has prevailed" as he becomes the 46th president of the United Stateshttps://t.co/hQBfBFbUvQ pic.twitter.com/QX0jNFs1Up
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 20, 2021
Once upon a time I did political write-ups (and I'm surprised at how in-depth some of them are) before I turned my attention back to the mess in my own country (and watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine in full seven times).
I went back and read some of the old posts and I understand why I wasn't at all surprised or shocked by the insurrection on Jan 7th. As far back as 2017, there was violence. I even mentioned deliberate coded messaging in terms of how Trump interacts with his supporters through the media.
Everything is more or less there.
I only blogged about it for a year, year and a half?
Yet, somehow it was allowed to get to the point where domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol building. The questions will be asked and answered, but there are a lot of people who've stood by and done nothing over the past four years and I hope they can live with themselves.
I hope Trump supporters receive the deprogramming they need.
Most importantly, I hope Trump is never allowed anywhere near the White House again.
Not only for the sake of democracy, but for transparency across the entire world.
I hope he's never allowed Twitter again so that media can focus on holding all politicians accountable, and not just the ones who love attention.
I also hope he goes away quietly (but I know I'm just deluding myself!).
Categories Other, politics•Tags donald trump, USA
no justice, no peace
Published on August 29, 2020 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
So, if I'm to get this right… The police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake in the back six times for…well, the reason is unknown (to me), although they supposedly found a knife in his car several days later. Currently, he's in hospital and…he may never walk again.
Still, they didn't have to shoot him up like that. With three children in the car. That one split second of lunacy will have far reaching impacts on Blake's family and his children when it could have been dealt with peacefully.
Anyway, not to be outdone by the initial act of idiocy, the police proceeded to allow an alarmed militia to turn up to the protests that followed, and provided them with bottled water and thanked them for assisting.
'Cause what's a couple more bullets when they've already fired six into one person?
It's such a stupid and ridiculous thing to do when they caused the issues to begin with! Stop using excessive force against black people and people won't have a reason to be out in the streets. It's that simple.
Predictably, it turned into such a shit show that a seventeen year old white boy ended up killing two (white) protesters for no reason. Well, they took him on because he was running around with a gun — and the inevitable happened. I am absolute not condoning the kid's actions, but if the police had brains, it would not have happened in the first place.
Also, can I get some stats on white on white crime? Or do we reserve that for black people?
Protesting is not a crime, not is it a reason to take someone's life. Counter-protest, disagree, scream, shout, but forming armed militias to take on people protesting? Even if some take advantage and loot or destroy property – it's not right.
There is a very famous saying – two wrongs don't make a right.
Not that anything is right about this situation – quite contrary. Once again, people are bringing up arrest records and sure, Jacob Blake is not a perfect person – but again, there is no such thing as a perfect victim and it's not right for the police to shoot him six times.
Of course, the white supremacists and self-haters are out in full force, but…still, we have to hope and pray things change someday.
Categories Other, politics•Tags #blacklivesmatter, Jacob Blake, police brutality, racism, USA
you're fired, ivanka
Published on June 7, 2020 June 7, 2020 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
First of all:
Ivanka Trump was part of the procession that made its way to the church and reportedly carried the Bible that her father used in her purse.
…now she's upset about 'cancel culture' and 'viewpoint discrimination'
The Guardian reports that…
Ivanka Trump has hit out at "cancel culture and viewpoint discrimination" after plans for her to give a virtual commencement speech to students in Kansas were canceled amid criticism of Donald Trump's response to anti-police brutality protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
Questions – why did they even want her to give the speech in the first place? All she seems to do is advise her father – and not very well.
Secondly, what is 'viewpoint discrimination'?
Viewpoint discrimination is a form of content discrimination particularly disfavored by the courts. When the government engages in content discrimination, it is restricting speech on a given subject matter.
So, she's complaining about that but…
President Donald Trump engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination when his staff blocked certain individuals from responding to his Tweets, a federal appeals court panel has ruled.
…it's okay when her own father does it! Not just then but as recently as a few weeks ago.
Perhaps Ivanka should stick to carrying photo-op Bibles.
Categories politics•Tags donald trump, ivanka trump
stupid and senseless: covid-19 edition
Published on March 15, 2020 March 15, 2020 by supernaturalsnark3 Comments
(…and before anyone calls me insensitive, I'm here to complain about other people's insensitivity – stupid & senseless so happens to be the perfect way to do it).
Something worse than Supernatural (post season 5) is upon us – COVID-19 – a globe trotting virus that simply doesn't give a fuck.
In usual fashion, people have taken this opportunity to show us how much they suck.
I've decided to give you a nice little round up.
First up we have the UK government whose plan for the virus has to be the most insane thing I've ever heard – until I realised that there's basically no money. They're not testing every case because they can't afford to and they simply don't have the means to either. How could they when the same government have been cutting service for the past ten years? So they're basically like, 'if you catch it, you're on your own and hey, maybe you'll be immune?'.
God save us all. Continue reading "stupid and senseless: covid-19 edition" →
Categories Other, politics•Tags blogging, covid-19, people suck, snark, stupid and senseless, virus
when you're too smart for your own good
Published on March 4, 2018 March 4, 2018 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
I'll be honest, 2018 has gotten off to a shaky start and I haven't been keeping up with the news much. It's been Trump, Trump, Trump for a year and it's become rather tiring.
That being said, it's time to check back in and this week didn't disappoint.
We have Melania and her Einstein visa, Hope Hicks and her wife-beating ex-boyfriend, and her resignation. We have Jarvanka getting their security clearances downgraded. Gen. Kelly appears to have gone power mad. Sessions and Trump are like two old pensioners who spend their time arguing with each other. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is still the resident WH Bullshitter. It's been a long week for Trump.
Oh and Roy Moore has no money.
Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is pleading for money to pay for his legal bills as he fights a lawsuit against a woman who says he molested her when she was 14.
Moore said on a campaign Facebook page Thursday that his "resources have been depleted."
Maybe he should auction off his guns? Just a suggestion.
However, what caught my attention was an ethics story. We have whistleblower drama, extravagant furniture and feigned ignorance.
The worst thing about smart people is that they can easily go rogue and end up with a severely inflated opinion of themselves. Being an expert in their field means that they can do anything. Yet, they struggle with basic tasks like operating a toaster. Maintaining budgets, being able to talk about what they do. Or, not being smart enough to know that they have no business running a governmental department.
Yes, these musings are in honour of Ben Carson. Ben Carson is one of those frustrating black people who had his black membership revoked a long time ago. He's an embarrassment as far as I'm concerned. The kind of person that misuses the good fortune they've been given. His comments on people on welfare are disgusting. His comments about slavery are even worse. He truly has no shame.
However, people like him are always the ones that are thrifty with their money while playing fast and loose with other people's.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is under fire spending $31,000 on a lavish dining set for his office.
Call me crazy, but why does he need a dining set at all? Are we supposed to believe that there are going to be enough working lunches and dinners that's it's a requirement? Not only that, it's custom made. Supposedly the order has been cancelled but somewhere out there there's someone with half a dining set who's probably not happy.
I know that government officials think they're above the rest of us, but what's wrong with IKEA? Maybe Ben Carson can get a team of people on welfare to assemble it for him, seeing as how poverty is a 'state of mind' and all that.
I think the most ludicrous part is that the actual budget for redecorating was $5,000. That's still a lot of money. However…
Carson's wife, Candy, said that "$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair".
Carson's department also signed a contract last year to spend $165,000 on "lounge furniture" for its Washington headquarters from the retailer OFS Brands of Huntingburg, Indiana, according to federal procurement records.
All of this amidst the fact that they stand to lose at least six billion dollars of funding. Oh, wait. Ben Carson couldn't care less about housing. That might be because you know, he's a brain surgeon with absolutely no experience and also someone with no basic human compassion or understanding of how people less fortunate than him live.
Naturally, Ben Carson is denying all knowledge of this. I guess he just signed off on a bunch of papers that he read but only comprehended after the ink dried (that's actually plausible).
Meanwhile in the UK….
Theresa May's Mansion House speech on Britain's future relationship with EU was dismissed as vague and unworkable
…not much has changed.
The big news this week was the collapse of Maplin and Toys'R'Us.
Two of the UK's best-known retailers, Toys R Us and the electronics specialist Maplin, have collapsed into administration on the same day, putting 5,500 jobs at risk.
…another sign of how Brexit will be good for the UK, surely?
"The business [Maplin] has worked hard over recent months to mitigate a combination of impacts from sterling devaluation post-Brexit, a weak consumer environment and the withdrawal of credit insurance."
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To conclude: DOUBLE UGH.
Over in Nigeria, the government took a week to admit that yes, 110 girls were kidnapped by a terrorist group they've absolutely failed to do anything about.
Infinity ugh.
Categories News, Other, politics•Tags Ben Carson, brexit, furniture, Nigeria, theresa may, trump, uk politics, us politics
the threat is real, but the hysteria is fake
Published on November 30, 2017 November 30, 2017 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
I've grown tired of Trump and writing about it was so utterly depressing that I've stopped. However, considering that he managed to drag the UK into his bullshit, I shall comment.
Donald Trump has shared a series of Islamophobic tweets from far-right extremist group Britain First, sparking condemnation for spreading its "deplorable" ideology to a global audience.
The first video, originally shared by deputy leader Jayda Fransen's account, claimed to show "Muslim migrants beating up a Dutch boy on crutches".
A second re-post was captioned "Muslim destroys statue of Virgin Mary", while a third read "Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death". [link]
Britain First are a bunch of crazy, whackos, however, that doesn't mean that they don't have their admirers. I'm sure you'll find some wayward Christians who agree with them but will never say so out loud. That doesn't legitimise Britain First in any way. The President of the United States retweeting them might. Getting a cosign from David Duke also isn't a good thing.
At this point, Trump is making the rest of the world root for North Korea. He can't get a tax bill together, the federal government might shut down next month, North Korea are trying to blow up the country yet he had time to retweet some anti-Muslim bullshit.
Naturally, his useless minions are out in force to defend him.
"Whether it's a real video, the threat is real," Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters. "His goal is to promote strong border security and strong national security."
Whether it's a real video? That's like saying a bank robber didn't commit a crime because there were only counterfeit notes in the vault. Girl, bye. Go and parrot your lies and subterfuge elsewhere.
I'm not talking about the nature of the video," she said. "…The threat is real, what the President is talking about – the need for national security and military spending – those are very real things, there's nothing fake about that."
Yeah…. swap out Muslims for Trump and those words ring true. The threat is already in the country. In the Oval office with his tiny fingers tapping out his next tweet.
Meanwhile, Theresa May had this to say:
The Prime Minister earlier said the billionaire was "wrong" to have retweeted messages by Britain First's deputy leader that featured misleading, Islamophobic videos.
Her spokesman added: "British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents – decency, tolerance and respect."
Weaaaaak. Not surprising, though.
In true buffoon fashion, Trump repsonded via Twitter. To the wrong account. And then deleted it.
He reposted it of course.
I wish that we could delete him.
Categories News, Other, politics•Tags Britain First, Islam, politics, snark, trump, twitter, US
The price of freedom
Published on October 3, 2017 October 3, 2017 by supernaturalsnark5 Comments
People's reactions to mass shootings often range from false concern, to no concern, taking several hours to tweet about it and…
… debating gun control.
The simple fact of the matter is that none of those reactions will undo the devastating and horrible action that happened in Las Vegas.
According to Bill O'Reilly, being targeted by someone who allegedly had up to 10 modified/semi-automatic weapons with him is the 'price of freedom's. He also claims that gun control won't stop psychopaths from harming people. No, but it might stop them from shooting people. Or harming themselves. Guns are not toys.
There seems to be this weird never ending cycle of mass shooting in the US that do not have an impact on those that are pro-guns. I'm from a different country entirely and I feel sick every time I hear about a shooting in the US. I have no idea why people feel like the Second Amendment means they don't have a right to ensure the safety of millions of people.
This chart shows the huge discrepancy between the US and other countries.
(source & more information here)
The main difference? The US has a lot more guns.
Sadly, I don't see anything changing.
RIP to those who lost their lives and my thoughts are with those who were hurt. Life is effing cruel.
-S.
Categories News, Other, politics•Tags America, bill o'reilly, gun control, las vegas, news, US
Idiot(s) of the week
Published on October 1, 2017 October 8, 2017 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
1.. Donald Trump
I'm not even going to go into it because I am tired of hearing about Trump. Just Google 'Donald Trump Puerto Rico' and go from there.
2. Jim Carrey
Yoo, what eff is Jim Carrey on? He's out there sounding like he binge read fifty self-help and meditation books in a week and now he just speaks in weird sweeping statements that mean nothing at all.
Existential crisis or heightened case of preexisting douchebaggery? You decide.
The stuff about his ex is terrible too. The more he denies it, the more believable it is. Calling her immature and emotionally damaged when she's dead and can't defend herself was a low move even if her family are trying to sue him.
3. Boris Johnson
Apparently £140k isn't enough to live on. Meanwhile, people in the UK are relying on food banks to feed their families. Out of touch doesn't even cover it.
Add that to the fact that he's trying to overthrow Theresa May.
Cabinet ministers and senior Tories have warned Boris Johnson that "nobody is unsackable", demanded he get behind Theresa May and made clear they do not want a leadership contest.
The backlash against Mr Johnson was spelt out in the back rooms at the Conservative conference, at fringe events and from the main stage, where successive big hitters called for unity.
One cabinet minister told The Independent it "needs to stop" after Mr Johnson again publicly demanded changes to Ms May's Brexit plans at the weekend, while another ex-minister said the Foreign Secretary looked "incredibly disloyal".
If there's one thing the United Kingdom is actually united on it's Boris Johnson. The poor man's Donald Trump. No one wants him anywhere near Downing Street.
This dude is straight up nuts. In fact, he's the physical embodiment of the word incompetent.
I have no sympathy for Theresa May. She gave him the power he lost after the leadership debacle with Michael Gove.
See also: Yay for colonialism!
4. Jacob Rees-Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who recently said he was against abortion even for pregnancies resulting from rape, has admitted that his investment firm profits from pills used in abortions.
Mr Rees-Mogg, a devout Catholic who has been touted as a possible replacement for Theresa May as leader of the Conservatives, defended his fund, Somerset Capital Management's £5m investment in an Indonesian company called Kalbe Farma.
Mr Rees-Mogg told the Sunday Mirror: "It would be wrong to pretend that I like it but the world is not always what you want it to be.
Why are politicians always the worst people?
Categories Idiots Of The Week, News, Other, politics•Tags idiots, news, politics, snark, trump, UK, US
#TakeAKnee
Published on September 24, 2017 September 24, 2017 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
I'm tired of coming up with new ways to insult Trump. I think calling people who respect themselves and want to be treated equally 'sons of bitches' really just sums up what a cantankerous, ill-mannered, orange faced, lying sack of useless bullshit Donald Trump really is.
Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
'Disinviting' Steph Curry and co is just sour grapes on his part. Lebron summed it all up in two words. 'U bum'.
Haven't had to use the dry eraser since January 20. #TakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/Qoja0lO8XW
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) September 24, 2017
I'm with everyone who took a stand against him today.
Categories News, Other, politics, Sports•Tags #takeaknee, black issues, donald trump, NFL, protest, racial injustice, Sports, us politics
they couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery
Published on September 3, 2017 by supernaturalsnarkLeave a comment
… otherwise known as the UK's Brexit position.
[see here for a definition of the title if you need one]
From this article we have:
As the third round of discussions closes on Thursday, the British team are increasingly certain that the hands of EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier are tied by the rigidly worded mandate handed to him by the EU27 member states.
In what universe are his hands tied? His job is to negotiate, not to blindly say, well, there's twenty seven countries versus the UK, so let me do you a favour!
British officials believe that the mandate given to Mr Barnier has prevented him having sufficient space to negotiate progress, in particular robbing him of the ability to move on to future trade relations, before separation issues like the divorce bill, citizens' rights, and the Northern Ireland border are addressed
Once again, that's how negotiations work. Future trade relations don't benefit the EU, they would benefit the UK. The EU's interest is…the EU. I'm not sure why the UK refuse to understand that no one is interested in making it easy for them.
A source familiar with the UK's negotiating position said: "There is some concern about what the UK says is an inflexibility to the Commission's approach, that it's difficult to negotiate with people who have perhaps not been given the flexibility to negotiate."
This is all funny considering that Theresa May's job isn't even secure (not that she's noticed).
Theresa May has been warned that the Conservative Party will decide on her future, after she indicated she would lead it into the next election.
The Prime Minister surprised Tory colleagues with her defiant statement during a trip to Japan, where she insisted she was "not a quitter", despite reports she would stand down after overseeing the Brexit process.
During the three-day trip to Japan, where she is seeking to boost future trade relations after Brexit, Ms May confirmed that she intends to fight the next election.
Oh Mayhem. They don't want you as their leader anymore. They can't even compliment you properly.
However, former party chairman Grant Shapps said it was "too early" to talk about going "on and on", and that her comments would "raise eyebrows" among party members after the disastrous election result in June which saw Ms May wipe out her Commons majority.
He also gave faint praise to the Government's Brexit strategy, saying people were "impressed by the Brexit papers: not necessarily even the contents, just that we were getting on with the job".
Not necessarily even the contents.
It's like being happy that your child has just learnt how to go potty. You're happy that they've done it but… not necessarily happy with the contents.
What a bunch of clueless, insensitive idiots.
The Government has been slammed by a UN Committee for failing to uphold the rights of disabled people through a string of austerity policies.
An inquiry into the UK's progress in fulfilling its commitments to a major UN convention found ministers have failed people with disabilities through a catalogue of policies in recent years, affecting a range of areas from access to healthcare to equality in education and work.
Back in the BREXIT IS THE BEST! camp…
Lord Harris, a retail tycoon estimated to be worth more than £100m, claimed he could only employ staff for 35 hours a week under current EU laws.
However, the European Working Time Directive states employees should not be forced to work longer than 48 hours, and they can opt-out if they decide.
After admitting "we haven't done too badly" when the presenter told him "you've done alright out of it," he added: "I just feel we would be better off out of the EU."
Lord Harris is now among the 1,000 richest people in the UK, according to The Sunday Times RichList.
…What the actual fuck? He basically has no idea what the EU rules are. Didn't anyone tell him that the EU rules actually allows him to employ his workers for crazy hours. Or does he know but decided to try and defend his stance with a made up number? You tell me.
Over in the US of Awful (sorry)…
President Donald Trump has pledged that he will give $1 million to those survivors of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. But if past pledges are any indication, they probably shouldn't hold their breath.In 2012, Trump allegedly spoke to Mary Pat Christie, who headed one of the nonprofit coalitions that was working to help those in New Jersey hurt by the storm.
No one was able to find Trump's donation to the fund.
Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold noted that Trump also pledged $1 million to a veterans group. It was only after reporters revealed the donation never came, that Trump was finally forced to give. He's only given $1 million donations twice ever.
Good luck getting that scrilla, Texas.
Other news:
Trump and his team are racking up huge travel bills
Mike Pence for President
Another interesting Brexit/UK government article
Inspirational quote of the week:
Have a good time!
It was said by man of the hour, Donald Trump, to a group of Harvey victims.
Seven days after the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States in a dozen years struck the coast of Texas, leaving hundreds of square miles underwater and at least 50 people dead, a buoyant President Donald Trump arrived in Houston on Saturday morning to urge victims of the storm's devastation to "have a good time!" in the face of losing their homes and loved ones.
The sooner that we don't have to hear about this pus bucket (Trump) the better… ugh.
I'm gonna close out with some Linkin Park because this song is fitting.
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Morning Everybody...........
Fantasy Bob has little to add to worldwide sadness and affection at the death of the great Richie Benaud. The voice of summer.
FB has long been aware of Richie's wise observation that captaincy is 90% luck and 10% skill. Other than in its reference to 10% skill, Richie could have had FB in mind when he first spoke it.
But FB has taken Richie's wisdom even further. Richie completed his quote with the suggestion that you shouldn't attempt captaincy without that 10% skill. FB has done not only that, but has also dispensed with the 90% luck.
Exactly what his captaincy consists in is a mystery. It is certainly a mystery to his long suffering team mates in the Carlton All Star 4th XI. Maybe Richie could have made sense of it - but only he.
Silly Point 10 April 2015 at 21:35
He might just have said "A pretty good effort there..........."
fantasy bob 11 April 2015 at 10:52
Oh dear, FB was hoping for a trademark pause followed by a laconic 'Marvellous............'


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Q: Copy Table Failing with ERROR 000732 in ArcPy? Very new to Python. I am trying to copy between Feature Datasets, Feature Classes, and Tables between two GDBs. Here's my code:
The following attempt works when Irfan_FC is a feature class:
#Copy Feature Class [Works]
gp.CopyFeatures_management(r"C:\path\_FGB.gdb\Irfan_FC", r"C:\path\OUTPUT\db_output.gdb\Irfan_FC")

The attempt fails when IrfanTable1 is a table:
#Copy Table [Fails]
gp.CopyFeatures_management(r"C:\path\Irfan_Simple_Input_TBL.gdb\IrfanTable1", r"C:\path\OUTPUT\db_output.gdb\IrfanTable1"

ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset C:\AGOL_Backup\Data\Irfan_Simple_Input_TBL.gdb\IrfanTable1 does not exist or is not supported

Eventually, this code will copy from a flat GDB (no datasets) into a target GDB which will have datasets but right now I will be happy to copy just tables.

A: Problem with my code was that I was using the 'CopyFeatures_management' function, which seems to expect a 'Feature Class' but I was trying to copy a static table. The code below copies static tables and is working for me.
  gp.CopyRows_management(r"C:\path\Irfan_Simple_Input_TBL.gdb\IrfanTable1", r"C:\path\OUTPUT\db_output.gdb\IrfanTable1")

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Americans felt the holiday shopping spirit this year, with U.S. retail sales growing at their best pace in six years, while Amazon ( AMZN ) reported a gangbusters holiday season with its customers across the world shopping at record levels.
[ibd-display-video id=3046210 width=50 float=left autostart=true] Holiday sales, excluding automobiles, rose 4.9% from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve - the largest year-over-year increase since 2011 - with e-commerce sales vaulting 18.1% compared to a year ago, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks both online and in-store spending.
"Overall, this year was a big win for retail," said Sarah Quinlan, a senior vice president at Mastercard. "The strong U.S. economy was a contributing factor, but we also have to recognize that retailers who tried new strategies to engage holiday shoppers were the beneficiaries of this sales increase."
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Shares of Amazon rose 0.7% on the stock market today , avoding their fifth straight modest loss. Amazon has advanced 8% from its late October breakout from a late-stage base.
Other retail stocks jumped, including a 4.6% gain for Macy's, 5.4% for JC Penney ( JCP ) and 6% for Kohl's (KSS) as department stores led all industry groups. Wal-Mart rose 1%, Best Buy (BBY) 1.1%. Costco edged up 0.1%.
Macy's hit its best levels since early May, J.C. Penney retook its 50-day moving average, Kohl's set a 1-year best and Best Buy an all-time high. Wal-Mart is one of four Dow stocks near buy points .
Macy's and Costco have advanced 26% and 8% in the past month, respectively, vs. a 3% gain for the S&P 500 and a 2% decline for Amazon.
Other retail stocks with big Tuesday gains include Children's Place (PLCE), Finish Line (FINL) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF).
Mastercard (MA) rose 0.3% in Tuesday trade.
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Amazon reported Tuesday that more than 4 million people started Prime free trials or began paid memberships in one week of this holiday season alone. The Echo Dot smart speaker was the No. 1 selling product from any manufacturer in any category this holiday season.


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O Mainstream Top 40 é uma parada musical da revista Billboard. Ele mede tempo de exposição das canções nas rádios, sendo essas canções mais orientadas ao pop.

Ligações externas
BDS Top 40 Mainstream
Billboard Top 40/CHR no Radio-Info.com

Tabelas musicais de singles da Billboard
Paradas de sucesso dos Estados Unidos
Música pop

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Vox Media Announces Merger With New York Media
Naomi LaChance
Vox Media has acquired New York Media, according to a report published in the New York Times Tuesday. Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff said that the company would not lay off editorial employees or fold any publications.
"Nothing changes editorially for any of our brands," Bankoff said.
Both companies have had layoffs recently, though. In March, New York Magazine laid off 16 full-time staff members and 16 part-time workers as part of a "restructuring." In 2018, Vox laid off 50 employees. Later that year, Vox folded its style site Racked.
In June, the Vox union secured a contract after 14 months of negotiations and 300 workers walked off the job. Under the Writers Guild of America, East, workers were able ensure a $56,000 minimum salary and four months of paid parental leave.
New York Magazine recognized its workers' union with NewsGuild of New York/CWA Local 31003 in February, but apparently haven't agreed to a contract.
Pamela Wasserstein, the chief executive of New York Media and the new Vox Media president, told the Times: "No one had to do this. It's a brilliant, in our view, opportunity, so that's why we leaned into it. It's not out of need. It's out of ambition."
According to the Times, Vox Media has raised $300 million in funding, with $200 million of that coming from NBCUniversal.
Staffers at New York Magazine said they were not notified of the merger before the article was published.
Bankoff then delivered this beautiful word salad that says absolutely nothing and shows he is just as great a wordsmith as some of his staffers.
"We see a lot of mergers that are done for the wrong reason: because one or two companies might be desperate, or for financial engineering," Bankoff said. "We've been struck by the lackluster ambitions of a lot of the other tie-ups, and the lackluster rationales. What was important to us both was making sure that the market knew that this was something different."
The merger will mean many different sites will be under the same management, including two food blogs. Curbed, The Cut, Eater, Grub Street, Intelligencer, New York Magazine, Polygon, Recode, SB Nation, The Strategist, The Verge, Vox, and Vulture will all reportedly be one big happy family called Vox Media.
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On Tuesday, September 29th all VLUS staff and scholars celebrated the first ever "Day of Problem Solving." The day celebrated the creativity and perseverance needed to solve complex tasks. Working in advisory groups, scholars and staff in tackled a complex problem together. Whether talking in small groups, using diagrams on white boards, or silently working with pencil and paper, everyone took on the challenge. At the end of the activity the groups reflected on the skills needed to take on such challenging tasks.
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This focus on problem solving will be sustained throughout the year with the VLUS Problem of the Month routine, adapted from Inside Mathematics. Each month VLUS will present our scholars with a non-routine problem for them to attack. At the end of the month scholars may submit a write-up of their thinking. Three VLUS scholars will then be selected to share their thinking with the school. Again, the Problem of the Month routine focuses on celebrating the problem solving process to highlight the thinking and perseverance of all scholars.
October 1st marks VLUS first Problem of the Month called "Squirreling it Away." VLUS looks forward to seeing what its excellent problem solvers come up with this month!