Have you ever heard of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? If your mind just went blank, don't worry, most of us experience the same. Despite public unawareness, COPD is soon likely to become one of the top 3 leading causes of death in the world, according to WHO. Why, if so prevalent, this disease goes widely unrecognized? We teamed up with one of the global pharmaceutical companies in trying to unravel this mystery and fix the ramifications.
The objective was very clear. To come up with a communication strategy leading to an increase in the number of general practitioners (GPs), who refer their patients, with COPD symptoms, to a pulmonologist.
First, we needed to delve into the underlying issue. What was the reason that so few general practitioners referred their patients to another specialist? Could it be that they are not even familiar with COPD? Or is it because there is some animosity between the two group of doctors, GPs and pulmonologists?
Several focus groups were conducted with doctors which shed light on major causes. It had to do with the ability of physicians to see beyond the stereotype of what a typical patient suffering from COPD looked like. In most cases, they misdiagnosed COPD as bronchitis or asthma(which has similar symptoms), thus not providing right treatment. Right, so once we were street-smart, we need to become book-smart (not like we aren't, usually).
We reviewed current behavioral studies and research that looked into potential reasons for misdiagnosis. We learned that many physicians do not understand basic statistics, percentages and frequencies. Scared, yet? We were. But not enough to discourage us from intervening.
The research also described ways to effectively communicate and address the nitty-gritty of diagnosis. If provided with the right information, GPs won't have such a hard time coming up with right diagnosis. We knew it needed to be memorable, stick like a glue, and easy-to-apply.
The strategy, we designed, focused on overcoming Availability bias. It is, in fact, one of the most prevalent biases out there (so yeah, you are probably doing it too).
To put it short and sweet, it's a mental shortcut. When making a decision (evaluating a specific topic, concept), we rely on more immediate examples that come to mind, than on objective information. If you can quickly think of multiple examples of something happening, you will believe that it is more common. In our case, COPD just didn't come to mind.
To overcome this, we needed to create a strong association the doctors would have regarding COPD, then it would come to mind more easily.
There are two ways to achieve this. Through strong emotions or repeated exposure to the disease. To excite emotions, we decided to use stories of specific patients, who haven't been diagnosed in time and it has had a severe impact on their life.
To make sure repeated exposure occurred, we designed a series of newsletters and landing pages introducing storied of different patients, but sharing a single call-to-action "If you suspect COPD, refer the patient to a pneumologist." We knew that with doctors it's not enough to convey a story, if it's not supported by hard facts (this is even more curious, since we learned recently, few of them can make head or tails out of numbers).
Also, we were smart about the amount of information we provided, so that the information overload would not occur. To achieve this, each message only conveyed three facts with simple wording (we got rid of percentage, which most of us don't understand anyway, and replaced them with frequency).
On top of that, we also crafted our stories to revoke the stereotype GPs had of COPD patients. One of them is that the disease is more prevalent in men than women (not true). We made sure to include more women as our lead characters. At this point you probably think we are really smart, right? But we didn't rest on our laurels.
The final solution consisted of four newsletters and four landing pages.We believe that even this little intervention makes a difference, in the grand scheme of things, which is making sure less patients suffer and die prematurely just because they are being treated for the wrong disease.


These advertising posters were created by Murilo Melo for Companhia Athletica Gyms. He made them by using thousands of electronic parts, by dismantling sloth-inducing televisions, video games, and computers.
Every sport team, sport event, sportswear company and sports governing body need a great designed but also smart logo. Sport logos are much harder to design than normal logos because in sports the logo defines the mentality of the team that motivates them to move forward, fight and win.
Sports photographers have scoured the world to capture important moments in all competitions in 2010. There are pictures "with soul", because they surprised the next important phases or some that seem incredible, and emotions – the players or fans.


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Name: Ecuador Gold
Software: ELK Studios
Game Type: Multipayline slot
Paylines: 4096
Ecuador Gold will follow in the footsteps of dozens of other slots, and will deliver a theme that's inspired by long lost temples of the South American jungles. You have mostly images of idols and representations of birds, wild animals and humans, as the Inca people would've drawn them.
The developer that created Ecuador Gold is called Elk Studios. Though they've been around since 2012, this is still a company that I'd consider small. They have around two dozen slot machines released, most of them of high quality and with several cool features present. They're interesting to try out, if nothing else, and you can count on them delivering awesome graphics.
How To Play It
When it comes to the bets which are possible in an ELK Studios slot, the range that you can work with is always the same, and it goes from $0.20 to $100. It will have 100 coins in it as well, no matter what kind of wager you've selected, with the highest denomination reaching $1.
Something that you can't really find at other developers, the option to select a betting strategy is one that's worth looking into. As long as you're comfortable letting the slot decide the wager, there are certain strategies that you can pick, which will take the amount up or down, depending on the previous spins and their outcome.
The game has 6 reels to start with, and 4096 ways to win. The game area can expand in size, and it can have up to 262,144 wins in one round.
The Avalanche, as it's called here, is a mechanic that we've seen many times before in slots. It's going to remove winning symbols in some way, through explosions in this particular case, and will allow others to land in the empty positions. Waves of consecutive wins may trigger this way, all of them part of the same initial paid spin.
The extra ability of the Avalanche in this case is the expansion of its game area, which adds one row with each new wave. At most, you can reach a total of 8 rows of symbols, and at that point you'd have 262,144 ways to win, which is just huge. Once the consecutive wins stop coming, the reels reset to their original size.
Free Drops are the game's free spins, and by landing 3 to 6 symbols, you can get 10 to 25 rounds. Here, the rows once expanded will remain at their large size, so they don't reset after a round's Avalanche is over.
One more regular feature is provided, a wild symbol which you can use to make forming winning combinations easier.
Maximum Payouts
I like the potential of Ecuador Gold, though you will find even better options out there if big wins are your target. It will pay 2,500x the stake at its highest, and this can mean $250,000 cash coming your way.
Volatility wise, it's described as a 9 out of 10, so while there are even more volatile slots out there, few will go as high as Ecuador Gold does.
Even so, you will find that the slot's RTP is set to 96.1%, which is a decent return, one that you're not going to be dissatisfied with. Since we're talking about RTP that is calculated over billions of spins, it doesn't tell you anything about the outcome of your own rounds.
I think you will enjoy the graphics, features and even the rewards which are possible in Ecuador Gold. The game has high volatility, and players seem to appreciate that these days.
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There were times where all I wanted to do was delete ALL my accounts. But I didn't, for some reason.. even though I was confused about what I wanted and was scared to PHYSICALLY put my entire self out for the world to read about, see and ultimately judge. All I knew… I needed a break to escape from everything and just focus on my health! In this time I also wanted to take the time to research, get to know and teach my self a few things I wanted to know more about, including food photography, that would help me grow and improve! And that's what I did, between visiting my mum in hospital.
I spent most nights researching blogging essentials and other blogs for inspiration. I went through Pinterest first and from there I found some awesome blogs like A Beautiful Mess that had very useful tips and tricks. I also taught myself a little professional food photograph using tools and learning all about camera settings, and dropped by some op shops looking at props I could use. I'm still in the middle of concepts and idea making for a new website design, but for now, I'm ready and excited to return and get back to what I love most – sharing my love of food and nutrition!
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What is the difference between DAV (Disabled Veterans) and Wounded Warriors?
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What constitutes practicing law without a license?
Has the 6100 block of Myrtle Grove Road been developed? What is the price point of the homes?
Are there alligators in Alligator Creek, under the bridge on 74/76 between Wilmington and Leland?
How many people applied for open-choice middle school in New Hanover County Schools?
Were floating dry docks built during WWII along the Northeast Cape Fear River?
How do I apply for a job at the new VA clinic?
How can I find out which medals and ribbons I am due from my military service?
Are there any plans to fly Korean War veterans to Washington to visit the Korean War Memorial?
What local community groups are helping active and former military adjust to civilian life?
To get my VA disability benefits, I need old medical records that seem unavailable. Any ideas?
What is the history of the Sun Drop children's TV show from the 1960s?
Does the Coast Guard offer tours of the cutter Diligence while it's in port?
The Purple Heart Medal is awarded to service members who receive wonds in combat. Bigstock photo
Both are nonprofits whose aim is to help service members who were wounded or became ill while serving. But the Disabled American Veterans is a membership organization while the Wounded Warrior Project raises funds and provides an array of services.
The DAV (www.dav.org) is an organization of veterans who were wounded or left with illness after serving. It's open to anyone who served in the armed forces "during a period of war or under conditions simulating war" and was wounded, disabled or left with a long-term illness as a result of military service, and was discharged or retired under honorable conditions.
Wilmington Chapter 11 of the DAV is an active chapter whose services including help with transportation to VA facilities, loaning wheelchairs and sickroom equipment, helping file VA claims and providing information to veterans and their families. It has nearly 1,500 members. For more information, call 910-612-9358.
The Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org) raises money to help service members and their families who "incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001."
It is supported by a number of organizations and individuals.
WWP operates 22 program offices across the United States and Germany. It currently serves more than 60,000 "warriors" and nearly 9,000 family members, according to a recent press release, and it aims to serve 100,000 injured service members by 2017. It offers a variety of programs and services ranging from medical and mental health support to employment assistance.
The Warrior Ride (www.thewarriorride.org), a Brunswick County-based nonprofit founded by Bob and Debra Racine, is not affiliated with the Wounded Warrior Project. The Warrior Ride creates cycling events with bicycles adapted for use by injured service members and veterans. Co-founder Debra Racine died last year.
StarNews: Voices of Conscience – The Duke of golf balls
StarNews: Here Now: Veterans group to bring Wall replica to Ogden Park
How many local service members died in World War I and World War II?
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Vandals desecrate memorial to Holohan
A SHRINE dedicated to the memory of schoolboy Robert Holohan has been desecrated.
Sean O'Riordan
Gardaí yesterday confirmed the memorial, which is at the spot where 11-year-old's body was found in Inch, Co Cork, was vandalised.
A senior garda spokesman said Robert's family was devastated by the news.
Gardaí searched the area yesterday after getting a tip-off from a member of the public. They are satisfied the attack was deliberate. However, they are not aware of any motive.
They found a metal cross put up by the landowner was missing along with pictures of Robert and some of his toys.
"We discovered some of the toys thrown into the nearby valley and others items scattered around the general area," the garda spokesman said.
He described the vandalism as "a particularly vile and despicable act" and added that they had evidence the shrine was intact on Tuesday afternoon.
They believe it was attacked between Tuesday night and yesterday morning. Last night most of the shrine had been restored.
Robert disappeared from his home in Midleton on January 4, 2005. Following intensive searches his body was discovered, eight days later and nine miles away, at Inch Strand. The discovery was made possible using mobile phone triangulation techniques.
Gardaí closed the remote site for four days while they carried out a detailed technical examination. When it was reopened to the public on January 16, 2005, the shrine was erected by family members and friends. Dozens of flowers were also left at the scene by strangers shocked by the killing.
A garda spokesman said: "Nothing has ever happened to this shrine before. We are very anxious to contact anybody who was in the area of Inch Strand between Tuesday night and Thursday morning and who may have seen anything suspicious."
He said anybody with information should contact Midleton garda station at (021) 4621550.
Robert's next door neighbour, Wayne O'Donoghue, pleaded guilty last January to his manslaughter.
He given a four-year sentence at a special sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Ennis.
However, on February 20 the Director of Public Prosecutions lodged an appeal against the leniency of sentence.
It is understood the DPP laid out six separate grounds for the appeal.
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Who even listens to this guy anymore?
So, while you attempted to sound like a commander in chief, and get all macho-man and all -- your point, I guess, was reminding all Americans that you are not going to let them scare us. Yeah, like all, 'not on my watch' kinda way.
Hmmmmm but now that contradicts the message to all Americans here at home.
"With this holiday season coming up we want the public to continue to go to public events, celebrate the holiday season, travel, be with their families and the like..."
Hmmmmm wonder what the intelligence reports really say?
Obama went on to add, he wasn't aware of the "details" on this -- sounding eerily familiar to the way he says, "oh I learned about this the same time you did" or "I heard on the news about this story, that, uh, Fast and Furious." or "I can assure you that I certainly did not know anything about the IG report before the IG report had been leaked through the press." or [IRS Scandal] "from the same news reports that I think most people learned about this. I think it was on Friday." or [wiretapping] "found out about the news reports, uh, yesterday on the road." For more on all of that, go HERE.
The thing is, he goes fast and furious, like gone in 60 seconds, from acting in the cover of darkness to acting like he is totally in the dark about all of it. He IS an amazing piece of work at work.
Right. Like Benghazi, for example.
Well, perhaps, just maybe, go look for that letter documenting the written, formal, complaint -- and highlighted here on the old G Thing, above, provided courtesy of The Daily Beast. That would be a good start, considering you get your news like the rest of us.
Then perhaps, look in the Oval Office; it should be sitting on your desk by now.
The media needs to help in this, I just want to say. You know, during the course of this week — a very difficult week — it is understandable that this has been a primary focus. But one of the things that has to happen is how we report on this has to maintain perspective and not empower in any way these terrorist organizations or elevate them in ways that make it easier for them to recruit or make them stronger.
And just who is "elevating" these actions? Is it elevating simply by reporting on it somehow?
Really? "The media needs to help in this..." This propaganda tango is sounding more Venezuelan than American, just sayin.' Just what perspective are you searching for, Mr. President; what narrative do you want the media to use?
So the truth is -- it wouldn't be a stretch to think that, as President, you may have mentioned to somebody, to talk to somebody, to dumb down the Centcom Intelligence to fit the narrative of your administration. I mean, your legacy is at stake, right; your Nobel Peace Prize is staring at you in the face, and you've got to be somebody -- a president who wholeheartedly and genuinely deserves the prize, the legacy, a library in Indonesia, a round of golf everyday, and whatever else you want.
Rest assured -- the truth will come to the surface soon enough, as another post at The NY Times highlights a story about the Pentagon...expanding it's inquiry....here. I feel good about that; you feel good about that? Yeah, yeah, nothing and no one stands in the way of getting to the bottom of it, I'm totally confident in the process.
Oh my word -- all of a sudden I have a BMW commercial ringing in my ear. Have you heard this line, blurted out somewhere in the middle of it?
"Best way to predict the future is to create it."
Once this president is out of office, everything KNOWN and UNKNOWN will come to light. And in no uncertain terms, America will discover all the intelligence it needs to know, and, with great shock, realize that treason was committed on her friendly shores -- our shores -- over and over and over again.
We've been attacked from within. It's done.
The president's allegiance is not what it appears to be; it never was. The dumbing down of the truth began some time during his first campaign -- with a fawning mainstream media already wide eyed and bushy-tailed to follow the charismatic leader of a whole new world with no (real) questions asked.
what a long day it's been.
I love that part, "like men."
And to think, it's so sexist, isn't it!...Oh the shame. Oh the crime. Oh Thomas Paine -- I love you, man.
And Oh how I dream of a time gone by when men were men and women were women and nobody was confused about anything. I know -- thump on the head to me. Whatever.
Yesterday -- Veteran's Day -- I spent the better part of a morning surrounded by MEN, veterans, real men, with their service to America dating back twenty...fifty, sixty, seventy years...and many of them were seated with their wives of twenty...forty, fifty, sixty years right next to them. It was a beautiful thing, let me tell you.
About a dozen boys of the Camp Pendleton Young Marines stood at attention throughout the entire forty-five minute program -- which took great skill, considering less than six feet in front of them, the "half-time show" featured a dance troupe from the local school, Santa Fe Christian, tapping out a fine boogie woogie number (of course, accompanied by the school band) -- to a classic, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B."
Giving high marks on costume -- dressed in red satin and gloves -- the modern day ensemble takes home a decent honorable mention. But the trophy, that goes to the sisters simply on points for originality and, for something that I like to call -- setting the bar; and certainly not to discount the many years of service in the business of keeping the morale up for our boys. Hoo rah.
The thing is, we know what "better" is. It's a cut above.
Now Ted Cruz did better than Jeb; he left his mark in the hearts and minds of those listening.
Marco Rubio did better than Jeb, and quite possibly even better than Cruz; he left his mark in the hearts and minds of those listening.
But like most things in life -- it's subjective.
I'm sure for some people, what Thomas Paine said, might be offensive. Take it out of context, take it out of the 1700's and thrust it into the year 2015 and we have immediate controversy. But let's not quibble, shall we.
Why wouldn't a woman -- especially a woman currently in police uniform -- insist on staying fit, on their own, for their own benefit, for the betterment of both community and her own life itself? Talk about a life and death situation that naturally raises the bar -- demanding the call for being better than the average joe a personal standard in the every day! Holy super girl, this might be such an occasion.
But let's consider for a moment how women got here. Women have cried discrimination for decades -- fighting tooth and french manicured nail, long and hard, to make gains in male dominated careers, be it local police forces or one of our honorable armed forces...including now in combat zones...and this is where we take it? Griping under the fatigue of the demands of being in what is, for all intents and purposes, a man's domain? Are you kidding me?
Dig deep, put down the doughnut, get back in shape, and shut up.
Did I mention you stupid girls need to shut up?
...The guest speaker at my local Veterans Day service, Lt. Col. Scott Hall (a very handsome Fighter Pilot!), offered these words in his closing.
According to the stats: 19.3 million veterans in U.S. in 2014, with 1.6 million of them listed as female (but do we really know anymore?)... And talk about physically fit -- most often, the cream of the crop, all of them; Bergdahl aside, it's a group of men and women who act with honor and courage and strength better than most of us upon any given day.
it would be an understatement to say, there is no time like the present. Think about it.
But this is where I must leave it for one day.


Kristin Haynes remembers her first thought after her breast cancer diagnosis: The open-endedness of it all is so alarming.
"How is my life going to be impacted? How is my daughter's life going to be impacted? Is this going to be something that takes my life the next go-around?" Haynes recalls wondering.
That was in August 2016. Now, nearly six months after her diagnosis, Haynes recently completed her chemotherapy treatment and will undergo surgery. Still, she feels she is in a strange place as she spends most of her days fatigued and trying to keep up with her 8-year-old.
One part of her life that didn't feel so strange was her ability to keep her hair during her treatment with chemotherapy. Haynes was able to do so because of scalp cooling and the financial assistance that she received from HairToStay, a nonprofit organization that offers need-based grants to offset the expense of scalp cooling systems for chemotherapy patients being treated in the United States.
Shortly before her chemotherapy began, Haynes was doing research online on how to keep her hair and stumbled upon HairToStay. After going through its application process, she received partial reimbursement from the organization for the cooling caps that she was renting from Penguin Cold Caps.
Women from all over the country, like Haynes, are getting help from HairToStay, which officially launched in April 2016. It has approved nearly 300 applications and has raised about a half a million dollars to date.
Cooling caps have been established and used successfully in other countries, but are fairly new to the U.S., with only one current FDA-cleared device, the DigniCap scalp cooling system. The caps work by narrowing the blood vessels beneath the skin of the scalp, reducing the amount of chemotherapy medicine that reaches the hair follicles.
The price of the cooling caps varies depending on the manufacturer, the number of chemotherapy sessions and the number of months that the caps need to be used. But the average cost is $1,500 to $3,000 per patient and is not covered by insurance.
Knowing the price, Patsy Graham, a breast cancer survivor who used cooling caps during her own treatment, and Bethany Hornthal co-founded HairToStay. Both women volunteer their time to fundraise for donations that offset the costs for patients who have been diagnosed with a solid tumor, are in chemotherapy and have a household income that is up to three times the federal poverty level.
"There's a number of our recipients who say that, 'Without funding from HairToStay, I wouldn't have been able to do scalp cooling, period,' those are the people we want to make sure we take care of," says Hornthal.
HairToStay works with five suppliers: Dignicap scalp cooling system, Chemo Cold Caps, Penguin Cold Caps, Arctic Cold Caps and Wishcaps.
Recent studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association show promising results with the use of scalp cooling. In the SCALP randomized clinical trial, the authors concluded that women with stage 1 to 2 breast cancer receiving chemotherapy with a taxane, anthracycline or both, who underwent scalp cooling, were more likely to have less than 50 percent hair loss after the fourth chemotherapy cycle compared with those who didn't receive scalp cooling.
However, there are some challenges in using cooling caps. Women have reported cold-induced headaches, neck and shoulder discomfort and chills during the cooling-down period.
Manuel cooling caps require the help of another person. These caps are kept in a special freezer before they are worn; however, during the chemotherapy infusion session, they thaw out and need to be replaced with a new cap about every 30 minutes.
Hornthal notes that finding an oncologist who is aware and patient-oriented is important to the process of using cooling caps. "It takes a little more effort on their part to have a patient using this device, because the oncologist needs to explain the scalp cooling option and patients may have additional questions at times throughout the process. It also takes more time in the infusion center," she says.
But many women are willing to take on these challenges over the alternative — losing some or all of their hair. Haynes had two main reasons for giving cooling caps a try.
For more information on how to donate or apply for funding assistance from HairToStay, visit hairtostay.org/ or call 800-270-1897.


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Q: Function-App Proxy unable to pass through Certificate"X-ARR-ClientCert" to another Function-App's functions My scenario:
I want to use Function-App Proxy(use like APIM) to expose all my functions including those resides in other Function-App as well.
Problem Statement
I am unable to surpass the Certificate coming from client(caller) via proxy to backend functions.
Meanwhile, If the functions reside in the same function-app(which is used as a proxy) then the certificate passes to that function.
I am unable to find the exact reason, why it is not possible to surpass the certificate to backend functions resides in another Function-App?

Even I tried to send Certificate to Backend function by explicitly setting the header in the proxy backend url, but no luck.
FunctionB certificate settings:

I tried to return the Certificate details from the Function. Following this link.
Please suggest, how can i achieve the solution to this scenario.

A: I had a similar question, but client certificates don't appear to be supported by Azure Function App proxies at this time.
"Proxy does not store any certs and does not validate any middle tier certs." - https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-host/issues/1961

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Commissioned by the Marin Community Foundation (MCF), A Portrait of Marin: Marin County Human Development Report 2012 was launched with a community conversation on January 18, 2012 in Marin, California. Donor and Advisory Panel
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A PORTRAIT OF MARIN: Marin County Human Development Report 2012
Some Marinites are enjoying extraordinarily high levels of well-being and access to opportunity, while others are experiencing levels of health, education, and standard of living that prevailed in the nation three decades ago. At the top of the rankings is Ross (HDI: 9.70), with the Canal area of San Rafael scoring the lowest (HDI: 3.18), below that of West Virginia, the lowest ranked state. Rankings are provided for the major racial and ethnic groups, men and women, and Marin's fifty-one census tracts for which there are reliable U.S Census data.
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There is a 13-year gap in life span separating towns in Marin County. Residents of Ross have the longest lives (88 years), outliving residents of Hamilton in southern Novato (75.2 years) by 13 years.
The average Ross resident lives nearly 8 years longer than the average Californian and an astonishing decade longer than the national average.
While 88 percent of white children are enrolled in preschool, only 47 percent of Latino children are.
While fewer than 30 percent of American adults have completed at least a four-year college degree, in Marin, over half have.
In Marin, as across the nation, the schools whose students have greater needs tend to get fewer public dollars.
The typical female worker living in Marin earns nearly $14,000 less per year than the typical male worker – a larger earnings gap than California ($10,217) and the overall national average ($11,179).
Though Marin's planners have targeted employment in areas such as biotechnology and software as a way to stimulate the recovery and the county's long-term growth, the lion's share of job growth that has occurred over the last two decades in Marin is overwhelmingly at the other end of the scale: low-wage service employment.
The distribution of income in Marin is exceedingly lopsided; the top fifth of Marin taxpayers take home about 71 percent of the county's total income. The bottom fifth earns 1.3 percent of the total income.
A Portrait of Marin highlights actions that Marinites can take to lock in human development successes today while setting the stage for significant budget savings and improved well-being tomorrow. These include creating an environment that reduces health risks; investing in preschool, and addressing the lower per-pupil spending in schools whose students have greatest needs; and expanding affordably priced housing to increase options for older adults and working families and to reduce Marin's car congestion and pollution.
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PMV Pharma Closes $70M in Series D Financing
CRANBURY, NJ, PMV Pharmaceuticals announced the completion of a $70 million Series D financing round.
Farmer's Business Network Nabs $250M Series F
SAN CARLOS, CA, Farmer's Business Network, (FBN), the leading direct-to-farm ag tech platform and farmer network, has closed $250 million in Series F funding.
CloudPay Announces $35M Growth Financing
NEW YORK, NY, Leading global payroll provider CloudPay has raised $35 million in growth capital.
Buckle Scoops Up $31M Series A Round
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Buckle has filed its Regulation D and disclosed it raised $31 million through its Series A funding.
Yotpo Secures $75M Series E Funding
NEW YORK, NY, Yotpo, the leading SaaS-based eCommerce marketing platform that helps retail brands accelerate online revenue growth, today announced $75 million in Series E funding.
MikMak Scores $10M Series A
NEW YORK, NY, MikMak announced it has raised a $10 million Series A round of funding.
SoChatti Grabs $2.2M
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, SoChatti has closed $2.2 million in a Series A financing round.
Minnow Technologies Raises $2.2M Seed Round
SEATTLE, WA, Minnow Technologies has secured $2.2 million in an oversubscribed seed round.
Indigo Ag Announces $535M Series F Financing
BOSTON, MA, Indigo Agriculture has announced the closing of $360M in additional financing, combined with $175M in convertible equity.
Breezeway Pulls In $8M Series A
BOSTON, MA, Breezeway, the leading property operations and services platform, today announced its Series A funding, raising a total of $8 million.
Kyber Data Science Announces $10M Series A
NEW YORK, NY, Kyber Data Science announced a $10 million Series A financing round led by Cowen and Ian McKinnon.
Lemonaid Health Inks $33M in Series B
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Lemonaid Health has raised a $33 million Series B round of funding.


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This exhibit introduces the many individuals who documented and studied Minnesota's natural environment between the 1870s and 1940s and showcases our natural wonders.
From apples to zinnias, stunning images in this horticultural alphabet highlight Andersen Horticultural Library's special collections of vintage seed catalogs, treasured rare books, and 19th-century garden magazines. This upcoming exhibit at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Reedy Gallery opens May 23, 2015.
This exhibition features the work of two local artists whose photographs and drawings are inspired by nature and science. It is a companion exhibit to Sustainable Acts: Mother Earth's Embrace, a joint exhibition of art devoted to the intersection of the arts and sciences.
From 16th-century recipes to Louis Pasteur's groundbreaking microbial investigations of fermentation, this exhibit explores the historical health and medical relevance of beer, wine, spirits, and more.
The iconography of the tarot deck has been a source of inspiration for Art Institute International photography student, Madalyn Rowell. For this series of portraits, Rowell used familiar faces and matched them with particular tarot cards. The exhibit "Interior/Exterior: Portraits of the Major Arcana" is on view July 17 through September 17, 2015 at the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, 210 Rapson Hall, 89 Church St. S.E.
"The Job Is Never Done" celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Social Welfare History Archives, founded in 1964 by University of Minnesota Emeritus Professor, Clarke Chambers.
A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anti-Communists, Racism, and Antisemitism at the University of Minnesota, 1930-1942 examines the campus climate during a time of division over issues including racial and economic equality, opposition to war, and students rights. Exhibit panels on display at Wilson Library, fourth floor, feature archival images and descriptions. This is the reprisal of the exhibit originally displayed at Elmer L. Andersen Library in fall 2017.


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Q: How do I link a Django foreign key selected in a form with an inline form? Introduction
Hello! I am a self-taught novice python/Django coder working on my family business truck maintenance Django app. I have some of the basics of Django and python3 down, but other basics escape me as everything I am learning has been done for practicality sake and not built from the foundations of these languages.
I have the following types of models:

*

*Truck - a single truck

*Service - a single instance of a repair/maintenance service for a single truck

*Photo - a single picture from the photologue app

*PhotoExtended - an add-on model one-to-one with Photo where it can be linked to a truck and/or a service. A photo will ALWAYS be associated with a truck, but may or may not be associated with a service.

relevant models.py:
class PhotoExtended(models.Model):

    # Link back to Photologue's Photo model.
    photo = models.OneToOneField(Photo, related_name='extended', on_delete=models.RESTRICT)
    truck = models.ForeignKey('Truck', on_delete=models.CASCADE,
                        default = DEFAULT_TRUCK_ID, help_text="Truck in the picture.")
    service = models.ForeignKey('Service', on_delete=models.PROTECT,
                        null=True, blank=True, help_text="Service being performed or finished in the picture.")
    receipt = models.BooleanField(help_text="Is the picture for a receipt?", null=True, default=False)

    # Boilerplate code to make a prettier display in the admin interface.
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = u'Associated photo'
        verbose_name_plural = u'Associated photos'

    def __str__(self):
        return self.photo.title

The problem at hand
In the admin form set up, I have a nice service form with an inline PhotoExtended form; however, I have not figured out how to update the PhotoExtended truck foreign key with the value selected in the form. A lot of the answers I found date back to earlier versions of Django, so updating them to the current specifications hasn't worked for me.
shortened admin.py:
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
from django.urls import reverse
from photologue.admin import PhotoAdmin as PhotoAdminDefault, PhotoAdminForm
from photologue.models import Photo
from .models import Truck, Service, PhotoExtended

class PhotoExtendedInline(admin.StackedInline):
    model = PhotoExtended
    max_num=4
    extra=0
    can_delete = True
class PhotoAdmin(PhotoAdminDefault):
    inlines = [PhotoExtendedInline, ]
    view_on_site=False

class ServiceAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
...
    inlines = [
        PhotoExtendedInline,
    ]
    date_hierarchy = 'service_date'
...

In short, I need a way to access the information that was entered in the parent form and use it to prepopulate the Truck foreign key in the inline form. The Service foreign key gets linked automatically, but not the one for the Truck.
I would be grateful for any and all help with my question. Thank you!

A: I figured it out! Kind of. It only works for already saved forms.
First, I had to add add a class to the ServiceAdmin form:
    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        request._service_obj = obj
        return super(ServiceAdmin, self).get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)

Then, for the Inline form, I had to add a foreignkey form method:
    def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request=None, **kwargs):
        formfield = super(PhotoExtendedInline_Service, self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)
        if db_field.name == 'truck':
            if request._service_obj is not None:
                formfield.queryset = formfield.queryset.filter(service__exact = request._service_obj)
            else:
                formfield.queryset = formfield.queryset.none()
        return formfield

I hope this helps out future coders!


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BURLINGTON, N.J. — The New Jersey man under investigation over more than $400,000 raised online for a homeless good Samaritan said Tuesday answers are coming in the confusing case.
Mark D'Amico appeared in a southern New Jersey court on unrelated traffic charges and mostly declined to address the headline-grabbing GoFundMe case, but when a reporter asked if everything would become clear, D'Amico responded, "Crystal clear."
It's the latest development in a one-time feel-good story that has turned into a clash over money — and now involves a criminal probe into D'Amico and his girlfriend Katelyn McClure.
The Burlington County prosecutor is investigating D'Amico and McClure over a GoFundMe page they set up for Johnny Bobbitt, the homeless man who helped McClure get gas with his last $20 when she became stranded on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia last year.
Badway, the couple's attorney, said in court this month that Bobbitt got about $200,000, but his lawyer said it was only $75,000. Badway has said he thinks it's likely that the couple would be indicted.
Bobbitt's attorney said earlier that Bobbitt was about to enter a residential treatment program to address drug addiction.


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Державна виборча комісія Північної Македонії () — державний орган, що, згідно з Конституцією Північної Македонії, відповідає за проведення всіх виборів у Північній Македонії. Складається з голови, заступника голови та членів. Усі її члени обираються Зборами Північної Македонії на основі попереднього політичного консенсусу.

Основні засади
Державна виборча комісія складається з сімох членів (голова, заступник голови та п'ять інших членів). Вони виконують свої обов'язки на професійній основі, маючи право бути переобраними. Їхній мандат діє чотири роки, а обираються вони протягом 60 днів від дня проведення установчої сесії Зборів Північної Македонії. Опозиційні політичні партії висувають голову і двох членів ДВК, а правлячі партії — заступника голови та трьох інших членів. Усіх їх обирають Збори (парламент) двома третинами голосів від загальної кількості представників. Кандидатами в члени ДВК повинні бути громадяни Північної Македонії з постійним місцем проживання в Північній Македонії, які є випускниками юридичних вишів і мають не менш ніж вісім років юридичного стажу та не входять до керівних органів політичних партій.

Колишні голови комісії
Дотеперішні голови ДВК такі:
 Никола Коневський, 1990-1994
 Петар Найданов, 1994-
 Ліляна Інгілізова-Ристова, 1995-1999
 Йосиф Луковський, 1999-2002
 Мир'яна Лазарова-Трайковська, 2002-2003
 Стево Пендаровський, 2004-
 Йован Йосифовський, 2006
 Александар Новаковський, 2006-2011
 Борис Кондарко, 2011-2013
 Никола Рилковський, 2013-2015
 Александар Чичаковський 2015-2017

Див. також
 Вибори у Північній Македонії

Примітки

Посилання
 Офіційна вебсторінка

Уряд Північної Македонії
Вибори в Північній Македонії
Виборчі комісії

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OSCE records more than 500 explosions in ORDLO
The OSCE SMM recorded 503 explosions in Donbas during the period from 19:30 on February 27 to 19:30 on February 28.
This was said in the SMM's report of March 1.
"In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including about 500 explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (about 620 explosions). Nearly 80% of the explosions were recorded south-east of Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk) in the evenings between 27 and 28 February," the report reads.
In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including three explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (six explosions).
"The SMM observed armoured combat vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun in the security zone. In non-government-controlled areas, the SMM saw four IFVs (BMP-1) in Katerynivka (formerly Yuvileine, 8km west of Luhansk) and two armoured personnel carriers (APC) (MT‑LB) in Vesela Hora (16km north of Luhansk), all on February 28, and an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23, 23mm) mounted on an APC (MT‑LB) near Smile (31km north-west of Luhansk) on February 27," the report says.
On the evening and night of February 27-28, while in Svitlodarsk, the SMM heard over 300 explosions as well as bursts of heavy-machine-gun fire, all 4-6km south and south-east. On February 28, while at the same location, the SMM heard about 60 undetermined explosions as well as bursts of heavy-machine-gun fire, all 3-6km south-east.
Militants deny SMM full access at seven checkpoints in Donbas
Russian-led forces fire small arms at Joint Forces positions near Krasnohorivka
Invaders violate ceasefire in Donbas 10 times. One Ukrainian soldier killed, another one wounded
Serhiy Shypilov, chief of surgical clinic at Kharkiv Hospital


Irene Isabella Margarethe Paulina Caecilia Freiin von Meyendorff or commonly known as Irene von Meyendorff was born on June 6, 1916 in Reval, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Estonia], is a Actress. Go on reading to know Sean Irene von Meyendorff net worth in 2018, professional career and personal life below.
What is Irene von Meyendorff Net worth & Salary.
Born in 1916 as the eldest child of a German-Baltic aristocrat, Baroness Irene Isabella Margarete Pauline Caecila von Meyendorff actually never planned to become a movie star. When the Russian Revolution broke out, the family escaped to Germany, where Irene's mother Elisabeth left her conservative husband with the children to live a very unconventional life in the theatre circles of Weimar/Thuringia. In the early 1930's Irene came to Berlin to work as a cutter in the UFA film studios of Babelsberg. As a breathtaking beautiful, ice-cold blond young woman she would have been the ideal star for Alfred Hitchcock movies. But these were the 1930's and she lived in Nazi Germany. When she was discovered for the screen, her debut was only a mediocre swashbuckler movie - which unexpectedly made her a star. Her best part maybe was the noble Hamburg Patrician daughter Octavia in Veit Harlan's Opfergang (1944). She never was a sympathizer of the Nazi system. Her first husband, Dr. Heinz Zahler, was a member of the Kreisau Circle, a group of religious motivated anti-Nazi-bourgeois. Her beauty attracted Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda, who got a harsh rebuff by her ("You would degrade me - and you would degrade yourself"). Joseph Goebbels's infamous nick name "Bock von Babelsberg" (the old horny goat of Babelsberg) was Irene's creation. After the war she only played minor parts in German films. In 1961 she met British actor James Robertson Justice, fell in love with him and left her second husband Pit Severin, a journalist from Hamburg, to follow James Robertson Justice to England. It was 1968 when she returned a last time to screen for a small part in the costume drama Mayerling (1968). She never was interested to continue her career. 8 years after James Robertson Justice's death in 1975, she met and later married philanthropist Keith Bromley. Even at the age of 70 she sailed to the Artic and the Orinoco River. On September 28, 2001, she died in Hampshire after a full, remarkable life.


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from django.db.models.options import normalize_together
from django.utils.functional import cached_property

# Used by OrderByField to allow for unique_together and db_constraint to be field declared
class UniqueForFieldsMixin:
    """ Mixin first to a Field to add a unique_for_fields field option """
    unique_for_fields = None
    db_constraint = None

    def __init__(self, unique_for_fields=None, db_constraint=True, *args, **kwargs):
        if 'unique' in kwargs:
            raise ValueError('{cls} may not be explicitly declared unique'.format(cls=self.__class__))
        if unique_for_fields:
            self.unique_for_fields = tuple(unique_for_fields)
        else:
            kwargs['unique'] = True
        # Use different internal name to dodge schema_editor checks that make fk constraints
        self.unique_db_constraint = db_constraint
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def deconstruct(self):
        name, path, args, kwargs = super().deconstruct()
        if self.unique_for_fields:
            kwargs['unique_for_fields'] = self.unique_for_fields
        kwargs['db_constraint'] = self.unique_db_constraint
        # Remove unique from field definition
        kwargs.pop('unique', None)
        return name, path, args, kwargs

    def contribute_to_class(self, cls, *args, **kwargs):
        super().contribute_to_class(cls, *args, **kwargs)

        # Add any necessary unique_together index to the model
        if self.unique_for_fields and self.unique_db_constraint:
            # Alter only original_attr to fake being a declared unique_together
            # Cannot modify cls._meta.unique_together as it breaks state consistency for migrations
            ut = set((self.unique_together, )).union(normalize_together(cls._meta.original_attrs.get('unique_together')))
            cls._meta.original_attrs['unique_together'] = ut

    def get_filter_kwargs_for_object(self, model_instance):
        """
        Return a dict that when passed as kwargs to self.model.filter(), would
        yield all instances within this grouping.
        """
        return {
            attname: getattr(model_instance, attname)
            for attname in self.group_attnames}

    def get_group(self, model_instance):
        return self.model.objects.filter(**self.get_filter_kwargs_for_object(model_instance))

    @cached_property
    def unique_together(self):
        return self.unique_for_fields + (self.name, )

    @cached_property
    def group_attnames(self):
        return [self.model._meta.get_field(field_name).get_attname() for field_name in self.unique_for_fields]

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Danny Brough
Huddersfield Giants chief pays tribute to departing Danny Brough
Former Man Of Steel is to leave after nine seasons
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Huddersfield Giants' Danny Brough
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Richard Thewlis has paid tribute to Danny Brough after the Giants legend's departure from the John Smith's Stadium.
The 35-year-old has rejoined Wakefield Trinity for a third spell and a two-year deal, ending a nine-year association with the Giants, for whom he scored 1,815 points in 247 appearances.
Full back Scott Grix will return to the Giants from Wakefield as part of the seal.
And Giants managing director Richard Thewlis has hailed Brough's impact with the Claret and Gold.
He said: "We need to pay tribute to Danny and wish him well at his new club and reflect on a stellar career here.
"He has the longer-term security at Wakefield, who were willing to grant this to him and he is, of course, still fondly remembered for his time there.
"Danny has played around 250 games for the Giants and scored a multitude of points as we all know and ticked off many records along the way.
Huddersfield Giants Managing Director Richard Thewlis
"He has been an instrumental and key figure in the side since joining back in 2010.
"His family have supported him every step of the way and we've seen the boys grow up here with Jenna watching some great teams and non-more so than in 2013 when Danny was the captain who lifted our first ever Super League Leaders Shield and of course became that year's Man of Steel.
"He will surely go down in the club's history books as one of our greatest ever players in the modern era.
"Our work begins on Monday, which is day one of our pre-season with the players and coaching staff, to fill the void he leaves and having spoken to a goodly number I know that they are relishing the challenge ahead.
"In bringing Scott Grix back to the club he has a specific remit to coach and develop the young full-backs McIntosh and Senior and the younger halves Holmes, Russell and Farrell.
"This is a key area for us and every club and its great to have someone who has such a good rapport with the players, knows the club inside and out and of course was a fine player himself at the very top level for over 15 years and is highly respected by all.
"Many fans have asked over the years what happens when Broughy leaves and that time has now come."
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Google Chromecast Gets an Upgrade, Google Home Support
By Angela Moscaritolo
The third-gen Chromecast is 15 percent faster than its predecessor and supports streaming in 1080p at 60 frames per second. It also works with Google Home.
Amidst the launch of the Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub yesterday, Google also quietly released a new Chromecast media streamer.
Featuring a new design, the third-gen Chromecast is 15 percent faster than its predecessor and supports streaming in 1080p at 60 frames per second for "a more lifelike image," Chromecast Product Manager Jess Bonner wrote in a blog post.
"When you're watching the game, it will feel even more like you're there," Bonner promised.
SEE ALSO: 22 Things You Didn't Know Your Chromecast Could Do
It works with Google Home, so you can control it with voice commands such as "Hey Google, play Cobra Kai from YouTube" or "Hey Google, play The Crown on Netflix" (as long as you have a Netflix subscription).
When it's not in use, the new Chromecast can turn your TV into a digital photo frame displaying images from Google Photos. With Google's new Live Albums feature, also available on Home Hub, you can "enjoy a constantly updating stream of photos of the people and pets you care about and skip blurry ones and duplicates," Bonner wrote.
Later this year, you'll be able to add Chromecast to speaker groups, so you can pump the jams throughout your house.
Like previous versions, the new Chromecast is $35. It comes in two new colors, chalk and charcoal, and is available for purchase now in the US, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and Sweden.
The second-generation Chromecast, released in 2015, earned an "excellent" rating in PCMag's review, and our Editors' Choice for media streamers. We praised its affordable price, easy setup, and noted its compatibility with many apps and services. The main downside we noted is that it requires a smartphone, tablet, or PC to control.
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Breeders Cup Hopefuls in Super Saturday at Belmont
With the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic due to take place at Churchill Downs on November 5, punters will no doubt be paying close attention to the performance of their favorites in upcoming races, including the six graded stakes on Belmont Park's Super Saturday card this weekend – the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational; the Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational; the Flower Bowl Invitational; the Beldame; the Vosburgh; and the Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap. All six races feature prime contenders for the prestigious Breeders Cup, and Saturday's races can be a make-or-break scenario for eligibility.
Contenders for the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup, run over a distance of 1 1/4 miles, include Stay Thirsty, Flat Out, Birdrun and Drosselmeyer. The $350,000 Beldame race over 1 1/8 miles for fillies has pegged Horse of the Year hopeful Havre de Grace as a favorite, while Uncle Mo is favored to win in the one-mile, turf-track Kelso, with Jackson Bend seen as his biggest rival.
The 1 1/2 mile Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, with a $500,000 purse, will feature competitors Cape Blanco, Sword Dancer, Teaks North, and Mission Approved. The six-furlong Vosburgh, with a purse of $350,000 features Big Drama, Euroears and Trappe Shot. The $500,000 Flower Bowl, a 1 1/4 mile race, will see Deluxe making her second start against Stacelita.
This will be Uncle Mo's second start since being laid up for four months due to ill health caused by a liver problem. Fans are hopeful that he has regained his former strength and spirit that had experts comparing him to the legendary Seattle Slew, with hopes for a Triple Crown Victory spurred on by his Breeders' Cup Juvenile victory last year. His first race following his illness was the Grade 1 King's Bishop where he lost by a nose to Caleb's Posse, a horse which many believe he would have beaten with ease in the past. Nonetheless, loyal fans will be watching for his full return to form on Saturday, which could put him in the running as favorite for the Breeders' Cup.
The rivalry between Havre de Grace and Blind Luck will not continue through to the Saturday Special at Belmont, as Blind Luck remains on the West Coast to run at Santa Anita in the Lady's Secret on Saturday. Nor will their paths cross in the Breeders' Cup Classic, as Blind Luck's trainer, Ferry Hollendorfer, says she will be running in the Ladies Classic, while Havre de Grace is aiming for the Breeders Cup Classic.


Map of Isla Margarita, La Restinga is right in the center. Venezuela.
The yellow cocina (kitchen) at a restaurant at La Restinga lagoon on Isla Margarita.
Souvenirs, looking towards the jetty arrival area at La Restinga.
Palms and shops at La Restinga lagoon, a popular place to visit on Isla Margarita.
Palm trees and the shop greet visitors to La Restinga on Isla Margarita.


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Why am I inside?
Saturday, 31 May 2014 14:45:58 CDT David-Braverman Chicago, Weather (0)
It's the end of May, and the weather matches. I pushed some software into production this morning, which is already more productivity than necessary on a day like this.
Forget it. I'm going outside. See you in June.
Cubs season tickets are not an investement
Friday, 30 May 2014 11:57:37 CDT David-Braverman Entertainment, Chicago (0)
Since the Cubs' 8-4 win over the Giants on Monday, they haven't gotten a run in 20 innings.
That may have something to do with them being the worst team in the MLB today. Yes, at 19-32, they're behind Arizona (23-33), Houston (23-32), and Tampa Bay (23-31), and 26 other teams.
Hully gee. Only 105 games left to play this year...
This is my surprised face. I appear surprised.
Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:21:02 PDT David-Braverman Entertainment, Chicago, Travel (0)
I appreciate my friends getting 5th-row seats at AT&T park tonight. And yet, the Cubs still lost.
So, voilà:
To clarify: I was legitimately surprised that my friends got such awesome seats. I was not surprised that, having won yesterday, the Cubs lost tonight.
Getting lucky on Hotwire
Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:30:16 PDT David-Braverman Entertainment, Chicago, Travel (0)
I enjoy a healthy dose of randomness when traveling, because it means sometimes you get a hotel room with this view:
It's hard to see, but I'm looking directly at AT&T Park, where the Cubs are playing in about two hours. Since they won last night, I fully expect they've used up their allotted runs for the rest of May, but it will still be fun to see a baseball game.
In memoriam: Atari, Inc. (1972-1984)
Monday, 26 May 2014 12:56:06 PDT David-Braverman Work (0)
A couple weeks ago I read a Snopes article about how Atari may have buried millions of E.T. game cartridges in New Mexico. After reading it, I found a copy of Zap! The rise and fall of Atari, on which much of the article was based.
The book was fascinating. Author Scott Cohen describes the meteoric rise of the company from Nolan Bushnell's Pong game until the company's self-inflicted and fatal shot to the head on 7 December 1982. Since Cohen wrote it in late 1983, the story ends a few months before the company did. But Atari had already been measured twice by that point, so no one reading the book when it came out would have any doubt about its prospects.
It always astounds me how companies keep making the same mistakes. Societies do too; but one can explain the timescale of human idiocy (usually 75-125 years) because people who would have known better tend to die eventually. Companies can flame out in just a few years.
Take Atari. In short, the company died because management—in particular CEO Ray Kassar—made a series of horrible decisions and ignored the lessons from their consequences. The initial growth and success of the company after Kassar took over was impressive, but it happened despite management, not because of it. The company's future sales required continuous development of new games, but management thought creating software wasn't any different than building cars.
At one point, four of Atari's top engineers, the guys creating the products Atari needed to sell, asked for commissions on the millions of game cartridges that people bought. In other words, they wanted recognition for their successes. Kassar responded, "You are no more important to that game than the guy on the assembly line who puts it together." The engineers quit and formed Activision, which then ate Atari's lunch.
With massive turnover in engineering, a game console that had not been upgraded in six years, over-saturation of the game cartridge market, poorly-reviewed products, and direct competition from technically superior products like personal computers, one would think management would notice the problem. Nope. On 7 December 1982, Atari announced disappointing earnings and precipitated the video game crash that left none of the original players standing.
The book concludes with a description of Silicon Valley as the new Detroit:
Silicon Valley is no longer the place for development and technology that it was. Now it's a meat market. What is happening to the Valley happened to Detroit, except there it was spread out over forty years. There are more companies in the Valley now than before, but it's not the hot spot it was. More companies are thinking about moving to the Midwest, since "cheap" labor down South is no longer cheap. Much of Silicon Valley will probably end up in Detroit, where all those auto workers are standing around with nothing to do.
So, not all of the book is accurate... It was a good read, though.
Because it's there
Monday, 26 May 2014 09:15:25 PDT David-Braverman Travel (0)
Another gratuitous ocean photo:
One of the best parts about visiting my folks:
Confidence in our institutions
Sunday, 25 May 2014 06:45:11 PDT David-Braverman Politics (0)
One of the most dangerous parts of the Republican Party's strategy over the last thirty years has been its hostility towards institutions of government. The strategy seems to be that by de-funding or otherwise de-ligitimating the government, the government performs badly, causing people to lose faith in government and demand it be de-funded further. With no institutional options, people seek services from private companies instead, enriching the owners of those companies.
Take schools, for example. Urban schools suck in the U.S. But rather than debate the funding formulas that divert resources from the schools needing it most to the schools needing it least—just compare schools in exclusive New Trier Township with the Chicago Public Schools, for example—conservatives attack teachers, saying they're to blame. Never mind this is completely inconsistent from their reasoning on exorbitant CEO salaries, which they say have to be two orders of magnitude higher than in the 1970s because otherwise the companies can't attract talent, but somehow raising teacher salaries encourages laziness. (I mean, just look at the way Ayn Rand fanboy Eddie Lampert turned Sears around, totally justifying his $3.15 bn net worth, right?)
From the Times this weekend comes a depressing reminder about a historical process that will no doubt reduce the public's faith in an entire branch of government. This time it's the Supreme Court, which not only has issued a series of 5-4 decisions containing blatant Republican partisan hackery (which reduces their precedential value and makes the cases likely to be re-litigated in a generation), but it turns out they re-writing their opinions, sometimes five years after the fact:
[M]ost changes are neither prompt nor publicized, and the court's secretive editing process has led judges and law professors astray, causing them to rely on passages that were later scrubbed from the official record. The widening public access to online versions of the court's decisions, some of which do not reflect the final wording, has made the longstanding problem more pronounced.
Unannounced changes have not reversed decisions outright, but they have withdrawn conclusions on significant points of law.
In an internal memorandum in 1981, Justice Harry A. Blackmun offered reasons that the court operated "on a strange and 'reverse' basis, where the professional editing is done after initial public release." Once an opinion has garnered the five votes needed to have it speak for the court, he said, the author wants to issue it immediately to guard against defections and "get 'on the scoreboard.' "
There are four generations of opinions, and only the last is said to be final. So-called bench opinions, in booklet form, are available at the court when decisions are announced. Slip opinions are posted on the court's website soon after. They are followed by preliminary softcover prints and then by the only official versions, which are published in hardcover volumes called United States Reports. The official versions of opinions from 2008 were published in 2013.
Now, as a JD, I understand that common law can be slippery sometimes. It still saddens me to hear about things that make sense in ways more nuanced than most people will understand. Even smart people blow off nuances they don't want to hear, as anyone who's ever given an cost estimate to a sales guy understands ("we have a 10% chance of finishing in 8 days and a 90% chance of finishing in 16" lodges in the sales brain as "they'll be done in a week").
Someday I'll expound on my wish for defined terms of office in the Federal judiciary*. For now, I'll just be sad.
* Nine years for district courts (renewable), 13 for courts of appeal and 17 for justices (non-renewable). This prevents any president from reappointing the same judge, so the judges are still free to defy the person who appointed them, but still keeps a certain amount of churn that keeps them honest. At least we'd be done with Scalia and Thomas already.
Early-morning walks
Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:58:46 PDT David-Braverman Chicago, Weather, Travel (0)
When I go anywhere for only a couple of days, I try not to shift my body clock. It prevents jet lag, mostly.
This weekend I'm at my folks' house outside San Francisco, which has a two-hour time difference from Chicago. That is why I woke up at 5am and walked to the local Peet's Coffee, as I usually do.
This trip I may allow my clock to drift westward, though. I'm going to Tuesday night's Cubs game at AT&T Park at 7:05pm—9:05pm Central time—and would like to see the whole game. The Cubs might even win. I mean, they have a 1-in-3 shot, right?
I do like getting to the Peet's this early, though. First, the just-before-dawn walk is quiet and even a little spooky down the local bike trail, but today I got a tremendous view of the crescent Moon and Venus, which are passing just 2° from each other this morning. I'm never up this early at home unless I'm still up, which hasn't happened in years anyway.
Second, the Peet's is quiet right now. In two hours it'll be packed with families and locals (the fishermen who stay here for hours at a time most mornings are more colorful than any of the characters at the Alibi Room). Time to write for a bit, and wait for the rest of my family to wake up.
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From Academy Award® Nominee writer/director Kenneth Lonergan comes a stirring drama of rare beauty and shocking gravity. Anna Paquin, Matt Damon and Mark Ruffalo lead a celebrated cast in the story of a Manhattan teenager whose life is profoundly altered after witnessing a terrible accident. Experience an emotional teen's extraordinary journey to set things right as her innocent ideals come crashing against the harsh realities of the adult world.
Kenneth Lonergan
Gary Gilbert
Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jean Reno, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Jeannie Berlin, Kieran Culkin
© 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Critics Consensus: A surfeit of ideas contributes to Margaret's excessive run time, but Anna Paquin does a admirable job of guiding viewers through emotional hell.
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... captures the essence of New York City life (or the Upper West Side version of it, anyway) as w...
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Abbie Bernstein
Margaret has some intriguing ideas that don't often get dramatized in this fashion, and it has a f...
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Let's hope [Director Kenneth] Longeran's next film doesn't take over a decade to appear -- and tha...
Pat Padua
So contrived and ham-handed that its successes are mostly drowned in its failures.
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Robert Koehler
In Margaret, everyone has her own opera.
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Martin Tsai
"Margaret" not only faithfully captures a young woman's growing pains, it also serves as an emblem...
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This movie may be a lot of things, but finished isn't one of them.
Guy Lodge
Knotty, ambitious and trading in messy human truths, it's the work of a master dramatist. Here's h...
A messy-yet-poignant dramatic opera about the power of regret, loss, and worst of all, being a tee...
Chaotic coming-of-age drama with teen sex, drugs.
Parents need to know that this meandering drama about what happens to a 17-year-old after she witnesses a horrible bus accident depicts a pretty stark, often depressing existence. Fathers are absentee, teenage boys aren't faithful, mothers are narcissists. It's pretty heavy material for tweens and teens who may be fans of star Anna Paquin and is more appropriate for older teens and adults. Look for references and scenes depicting smoking (the main character smokes like a chimney -- not just cigarettes. but marijuana too) and drinking among teens. Sex acts between teens and a teen girl and an adult are implied from movements, plus there's adult breast-baring. There's also some swearing, including "f--k" and "c--t."
Genre:Drama
Release Date:September 30, 2011
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StarCraft: Remastered will let you fight the 4K swarm in August
By Darren Allan 2017-06-30T10:55:34.18Z PC
Better graphics and sound, along with new matchmaking and leaderboards
Blizzard's remastered version of StarCraft will go on sale on Monday 14 August, for Windows and Mac machines priced at £13 or $15 over in the US (around AU$20).
The classic RTS is up for pre-order now via Blizzard's online store, and you get the original game plus the Brood War expansion, all of which has been brought up-to-date for contemporary gaming.
The core gameplay remains the same, but the enhancements include better graphics, support for widescreen monitors and 4K resolution, along with improved music, sound and remastered dialogue to boot.
You also get player profiles that track individual stats, a new matchmaking and leaderboard system, plus there's now saving to the cloud (not just for your campaign, but also for replays, hotkeys and so forth).
Blizzard has also made it possible to switch between this remastered version and the original StarCraft game by simply clicking a button.
Soon you'll be able to play Starcraft natively in Windows 10
Bonus skins
All in all, it sounds like a compelling recipe with which to revisit the classic sci-fi RTS, and it's worth bearing in mind that those who pre-order before the launch of StarCraft: Remastered will get a neat little in-game bonus.
Namely three unique building skins: the Char Hive, Korhal Command Center, and Aiur Nexus. As well as that, those who own StarCraft II will get some additional goodies in that game, including three unique portraits and the Alexei Stukov co-op commander.
And all this won't break the bank, because as mentioned, the asking price is pitched at a palatable level.
The original StarCraft (which was made available as a free download back in April) was launched almost two decades ago, back in 1998, but it's still played today – and will be seeing a lot more action come August, no doubt.
It was preceded by the original WarCraft RTS, of course, which first came out in 1994. Rumor has it that Blizzard seemingly looked at the possibility of doing WarCraft: Remastered, but decided that revamping this particular golden oldie wouldn't work as well, or be much fun to play.
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NewGuinean Beer 15 On the occasion of his visit to Amsterdam, Mr. S. Kokubu, sole importer of Heineken beer in Japan, presented a miniature, silver- plated replica of a work by the Japanese artist Yoshiynki Chosa, to Mr. J. van der Werf, member of the Executive Board of Heineken and to Mr. A. Ypma (centre), regional Export Manager Australasia. The original was commissioned by Mr. Kokubu to commemorate his firm's 270th anniversary. This year Amstel Beer is being re-introduced on the Swedish market and to that end an agreement was reached with the Warby Brewery and a sales organization Saljbolaget. The above photograph shows the signing of the contract in the Heineken boardroom in Amsterdam. From left to right standing: A.P.H. van Heeringen, (Area Market Manager Amstel), G. Burman (Managing Director Warby BreweryK. Brandt. (Regional Export Manager). Sitting from left to right: A.A. Vellekoop, (Head Licensing Dept.), H. Holm (managing director Saljbolaget), K. Lindfors (retired member of the board Swedish KF Coorporation), A.H. Heineken, G. van Schaik, I Member of Executive Board of Heineken Mr. K.J. Webb, Group Marketing Controller, South Pacific Brewery Limited South Pacific Brewery Ltd. owns two plants in Papua New Guinea and is one of Heineken's 57 associated breweries. A visit to Holland by its Group Marketing Controller, Mr. Ken Webb, gave us a chance to ask him how beer was sold in that far away country with its 3'/2 million inhabitants. Selling beer is made more difficult than usual there because of a ban on normal advertising via the media. Only sales promotions on the licensed premises are permitted. This makes life pretty tough for the advertising man because it often means plain hard work: like organizing raffle evenings with a tombola ticket free' for each customer buying a beer. And the prizes? Food parcels for the wives, and they stay at home! At such promotions private video shows play a rather important part. Videotaped instruction programmes on how to box recorded when boxing champions trained pupils are presented, alternated by interviews with the champs about their future plans, training methods and so on, whilst occasionally a customer may just be daring enough to walk on the steely stomach of the best Commonwealth boxer. Live Kung Fu exhibitions are also brought to the bars. South Pacific Brewery also livens up the evenings by engaging a band which often accompanies the audience in a rendering of special SP songs in pidgin English, the official language along with the Queen's English. Having only two official tongues is quite an achievement for a country which has about 700 languages and dialects. Distribution is done by truck and small ships and very rarely by air. Airfreight is the only means, however, when it comes to supplying the new Ok-tedi gold mine project. No road leads there as yet, for it is located in forbidding territory where there are 345 days of rain a year. South Pacific Brewery has plans to start exporting soon. Distribution-wise this should after all prove simpler than delivering beer to some of the more remote corners of Papua New Guinea, and it will benefit the national economy as well. Enjoying an SP-beer A Papua Highlander with SP-hat
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