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sog	in Free Agents, Players, Red Sox, Signings, yankees	 December 24, 2008 1,945 Words
Things Are Never As Bad As They Seem, Though They Could Be Better
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"It's not all good and it's not all bad
Don't believe everything you read" – Mr. E
Mark Teixeira agreed to terms while I was somewhere over the Atlantic, I think, barreling down to JFK at five hundred miles an hour at thirty thousand feet. In spite of their DirecTV service, however, I didn't hear about it till we touched down, the cellphone reconnected and the text messages flooded in.
My first reaction, as documented by Twitter, was probably similar to many of yours: "every text message I get notifying me that the Yankees signed Teixeira is like a kick in the crotch from Santa." The majority of you I've heard from remain angry, to go with grim, depressed and pessimistic. And who knows, you could well be right to feel that way. But with the initial shock worn off, I'm far more au fait than I expected to be at this point.
Consider that, in retrospect, this is perhaps the least surprising thing that could have happened.
We knew the Empire would be flexing their financial muscles in an unprecedented fashion, given the twin realities of a shiny new park (built, in part, with tax dollars) and a distinct lack of postseason play for the to be retired House that Ruth Built.
And even if we knew that John Henry's parting words – "we will not be a factor" – to Boras and Teixeira this week were oh-so-carefully crafted to avoid closing any doors (even as they proved accurate), we also knew that the owner was concerned about the impact the financial crisis would have on baseball and that he would therefore have limits to the Red Sox financial commitments. Not to mention that provisions like the no-trade the Yankees granted him go against our (intelligent) policy.
You know what? I think the club is right here.
The Red Sox identified a player that they wanted, they pursued him aggressively – offering, until the Yankees showed up, the highest AAV – and they came up short. To a team with greater (limitless?) financial resources. Where's the shame in that? If we can all agree that every player should have a cost ceiling – and we should, at least, be able to agree on that – why should we agonize when we lose players because they fall outside of it?
No one's saying you have to like it. But to conclude – as many in the media are doing right now – that this is an outright failure on the part of our front office or ownership group is a rather egregious misunderstanding of the situation. In my opinion.
In the opening paragraph to his piece "Did Yanks win … or did Sox just lose?," the Globe's Tony "I'd-trade-Buchholz-in-a-minute" Massarotti said the following:
They ultimately lost Mark Teixeira to the Yankees for maybe $1 million-$2 million a year, roughly 1 percent of their 2008 payroll.
Intended or not, the obvious implication to this reader is that the Sox lost because they were cheap. Which strikes me as not only incorrect, but shockingly naive.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the Sox extended themselves beyond the already staggering sum of $21M per year they were offering to someone playing first base. Let's also say, again, for the sake of argument, that Teixeira didn't prefer the Yankees all along – as has been claimed. Is Mazz really going to argue that the Yankees couldn't have simply upped the price tag again? And again? That they couldn't, ultimately, afford to outspend us? Or, alternatively, to stretch us to a point at which, even if we won, the contract would be unreasonably burdensome?
Of course they could.
That, my friends, is how Boras plays clubs. And our refusal to play his game is but one reason I remain glad that Theo, John Henry and the gang are running this club as dispassionately and rationally as possible. Because we've seen how running the club by catering to public sentiment works: we have eighty long years of history that tells us it's the wrong way to do things.
This deal, as far as I'm concerned, came down to one thing: the Yankees have more money to spend. Nothing more, nothing less.
And no, I'm not going to cry foul about that.
Because it's true that even with C.C., Burnett and Tex, the Yankee payroll will still be less than last year. Which is, it should be noted, something of a comment on the lack of correlation between payroll to performance as measured by record. But we'll leave that argument for another time, not least because the Yankees have spent more wisely this trip around.
Is the following also true?
Even before their latest spending spree, the Yankees finished 2008 with a record payroll of $222.5 million, according to figures sent to clubs in recent days by the commissioner's office. The $75 million gap between the Yankees and the next-highest spender, the Red Sox ($147.1 million), was more than the payroll of nine teams.
Sure. And I will undoubtedly be throwing that at my Yankee fan friends all season long, to best exploit their Puritanical guilt at having the top four salaries in the sport aggregated on their roster. Three on the infield alone.
But I'll also be mindful of the delta between our payroll and that of the Rays. Not least because of how those guys played last year.
Few of the beat writers I've seen, meanwhile, have actually looked at what this means; they're writing mostly about this feels. Fortunately, Law and Neyer – as writers with no connection to the club – have done what was necessary. Here are their reads.
First up, Law.
Give the Yankees credit: They're not some nouveau riche team throwing their money around on whatever shiny baubles they come across in free agency. Signing three of the top four free agents on the market is a sign that they have excellent taste, even if they don't seem to have a credit limit.
The signing of free agent Mark Teixeira fills a hole that has glared more and more every year of this decade at first base.
He's probably the best defensive player relative to his position on the Yankees now, and could be one of only two or three who are above average depending on how the rest of the roster shakes out. He adds significant power to a lineup that had just two players slug over .500 this past year, and his .410 OBP in 2008 would have led the Yankees by 18 points.
Coupled with the loss of Jason Giambi, the signing of Teixeira means a net gain to the Yankees of four to five wins, considering both his bat and his defense. He also eliminates the need the Yankees had for a right-handed caddy for Giambi, since Teixeira is a true switch-hitter with power and patience from both sides of the plate. The Yanks still have to find a solution in center field, unless they decide to give Melky Cabrera the job again and live with the consequences if he continues to struggle. However, if they re-sign Andy Pettitte, they're just about done.
The Red Sox were in on the Teixeira chase until the last moment, and I have to wonder if they feel that they were used to drive up the price for the Yankees. Still, Boston is in good shape offensively and defensively without him. The Red Sox are still hoping that Mike Lowell returns at least mostly to form, but they're set at first base in the short term with Kevin Youkilis and the long term with top prospect Lars Anderson reaching Double-A this year at age 20.
Not good news, but nor is the sky falling. Neyer's view is a bit less good for us.
And just like that, the equation has changed.
Just like that, the conventional wisdom is now going to be that the Yankees are the team to beat.
You know what, though? I'm here to tell you that the conventional wisdom … is, as usual, exactly right. Of course the Yankees are the team to beat. The Yankees won 89 games this past season, and they've added the best pitcher in the majors and the second-best first baseman. They're also likely to get more production next year from Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada, and Chien-Ming Wang is probably going to (roughly) double his eight wins of this year.
A week ago, the Yankees were merely another of the fine teams in the American League East, no worse but no better than the Red Sox or the Rays. Today, though? If you pride yourself on holding unconventional views, then by all means, you should predict one of those other teams will win the East. Just don't bet good money on it.
Given that they know the math better than I do, I'll take their word for it. But you'll forgive me if I don't write off the 2009 season as a lost cause in December.
Giambi in 145 games in 2008 put up an .876 OPS. Teixeira put up a .962. So that's an upgrade for them, clearly. They're getting Giambi circa 2005 to replace Giambi circa 2009, but one that can actually play defense.
How's he compare to Youk, tho? Well, the Greek God himself spotted the Sox with a .959 in 08. Not too shabby, even by Teixeira standards. And for those arguing that it was a career year for He Whose Beard Frightens Children, you may well be right. But here's his career progression: .780, .805, .810, .843, .959. Looks reasonably like progress to me. And given that he's 29, he's still got a few good years ahead, I think. But who knows. And yes, of course, it would be nice to have two Teixeira's instead of one.
But at least we have the one.
No, I'm with the Press Herald's Kevin Thomas who says:
Mark Teixeira has signed with the New York Yankees and … if you listen to some media folk, the Red Sox have failed miserably and are in trouble.
Hmm indeed (though I'd feel better if he hadn't cited Steve Phillips in that piece, as I think…little of him).
While Mazz would apparently suggest that by claiming anything other than "we're doomed…DOOMED!" I am "perpetuating organizational propaganda," I think we'll have a pretty good club in 2009. The Yankees may well win the 95 games the Red Sox front office projects them to every year, but there's a long way to go between here and there. Or maybe you knew the Rays would take the division last year?
Anyway, in case you're still in need of it, the Top 5 Reasons to Be Happy We Didn't Sign Teixeira:
5. Keeping Lowell gives us premium gloves at third and first (assuming Lowell is reasonably healthy), instead of premium at first and average at third.
4. Eight years is a long time in an uncertain – even for NY – economy. Particularly with a no trade.
3. Our best positional prospect, Lars Anderson, plays the same position as Teixeira.
2. Even with a banged up Lowell, a month and a half without Papi and a few months with a half-Papi, we were second in the league in runs scored. The Yankees, with the two previous highest contracts in the game manning the left side of their infield? Seventh.
1. The spectacularly irritating and fact-free will-he-or-won't-he-sign saga is now over. For at least eight years.
So we'll see what '09 brings. If this doesn't get the Yankees over the top, we may yet see a repeat of their 2003 strategy, as documented by The Onion. And who wants that?
If nothing else, the rivalry is back.
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What is this imaginary sphere that surrounds the Earth?
As the seasons change, so does the night sky and as you gain a familiarity with the stars and planets you will notice new constellations and astronomical objects belonging to our Solar System, as well as our immediate portion of the Universe, creep into view from winter through to autumn.
Stepping outdoors into a clear night armed with layers of warm clothing and a hot drink, as well as an optional deck chair (to avoid a sore neck in the morning from looking up!), you have all you really need to learn your way around the night sky for your very first evening's session; you might not realise it, but your eyes alone are a wonderful device when it comes to taking in what nature has to offer. Take a look at the illustration above to get to grips with the celestial sphere so you can perfect your observation techniques.


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If we have a nice enough function, all of these lines form a plane called the tangent plane to the surface at the point. The tangent plane to the surface z=-x^2-y^2 at the point (0,2) is shown below. The logical questions are under what conditions does the tangent plane exist and what is the equation of the tangent plane to a surface at a given point.
Use the Slope Applet to find a line whose slope is -3/4 = -0.75. Apply the slope formula to the points reported by the applet and verify that the slope is -0.75. Apply the slope formula to the points reported by the applet and verify that the slope is -0.75.


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Cliquez une catégorie pour voir toutes compositions de Charles Marie Widor dans cette catégorie. Cliquez le titre d'une composition pour voir informations plus détaillées.
Composed by Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). Arranged by Craig Garner. Romantic Period, General Worship. Score, Set of Parts. 36 pages. Published by Dorm 40 Music (S0.169699).
Flute and Piano. Composed by Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). Edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann. Arranged by Klaus Schilde. Sheet music. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 50 pages. G. Henle #HN1218. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481218).
Composed by Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). Arranged by Christina Harmon. Romantic Period, European, Recital. 20 pages. Published by Christina Harmon (S0.308597).
Composed by Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). Edited by John R. Near. This edition: critical edition. Score. Published by A-R Editions (A2.N015).
Composed by Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). Masterworks; Organ Solo; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles. Kalmus Edition. Masterwork; Romantic. Book. 48 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K04033. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition (AP.K04033).
Composed by Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937). Leduc. Classical. Book Only. Heugel & Cie #ALHE19231. Published by Heugel & Cie (HL.48187224).
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Widor composed 10 symphonies, several with organ, piano and cello concertos, chamber music, numerous organ works, one ballet (La Korrigane), one opera (Les Pêcheurs de Saint-Jean).
He was organ player at the Saint Sulpice in Paris. Succeeded César Franck at the Paris Conservatory for organ. He published a book about "La musique grecques et les Chants de l'Eglise latine".
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And we love it already!
Aside from her songs with band Paramore, what we love most about Hayley Williams is her ever-changing hair color. She's gone from orange to red to half blonde—and more. So naturally, there'll come a time when she'll work with a beauty brand to release a hair color line or come up with her own. Hayley went for the latter.
In May, she finally debuted Good Dye Young with her colorist and friend Brian O'Connor and L'Oreal alum Erik Hoover. The punk rock princess made the announcement during her fan cruise Parahoy!. She released five "beautifully obnoxious" shades at first—red, orange, yellow, pink, and blue. But in this new interview with Nylon, the singer-songwriter revealed that she's still planning to add more colors and more products to her line.
"We're already getting ready to work on new colors. I know that people are like, 'What about purple?' I would like to eventually hit the point where we're doing more than just color—by giving people a way to take care of their colored hair so that they can make it a part of their lives," she said.
And if you're looking to try one color from the line, we suggest you try yellow—it's Hayley's favorite! "It's so ridiculous and fun to wear. When I had it in, I got more compliments on my hair than ever," she said. "I thought people weren't going to be into the green undertone that we put in it, but that's what I really loved about it."


This entry was posted in Poetry, Short Stories and tagged attitude, children's poem, children's story, fantasy, free, monsters, poetry, science fiction, verse.
Thanks for reading, and I am a glutton for feedback – so thank you! I got some other similar comments on the text earlier, and made the changes. Larger and less fancy, no italics. I ordered a proof so I can see the actual size versus on the laptop, and adjust again if necessary. Happy Writing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. The illustrations are done and I'm hoping it will be our this autumn. 🙂 Thanks for taking a peek and have a great week!
I don't mean to miss posts and do very much wish to arrive in a timely manner. . . . Just happy you have the words all here in a fantastic book all completed and ready for the public, Diana.
Thanks so much for sharing my children's story. It's coming along. One more illustration and it's done!
I LOVE this. It's so pretty. And witty. And gorgeous. Wow, Diana!
This is wonderful and so beautifully illustrated! I love it! Love the lesson and rhythm you use.
Thanks, Sharon. I wrote the story a couple years ago and thought illustrating it would be a fun way to be creative this summer. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
This was wonderful I read it mo my nephew he simply loved it!!!
Nice work! I especially love those first two beautiful designs. What a fun project!
Thank you, Marcia. I'm having fun with this and enjoying a different kind of creativity. I'm looking forward to painting the monsters 🙂 Thanks for the kind comment and have a great day!


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Amy är ett kvinnonamn med ursprung i det latinska ordet amata som betyder älskad och dess fornfranska motsvarighet Amee (franska: Aimée).. Formen Amy är egentligen ett försök att uttala det franska namnet på engelska. Det äldsta belägget för Amy i Sverige är från år 1835. Vanligtvis uttalas namnet "äj-mi", som på engelska.

Den 31 december 2014 fanns det totalt 1 429 kvinnor folkbokförda i Sverige med namnet Amy, varav 858 bar det som tilltalsnamn.

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        self.items = []

    def isEmpty(self):
        return self.items == []

    def enqueue(self, item):
        self.items.insert(0,item)

    def dequeue(self):
        return self.items.pop()

    def size(self):
        return len(self.items)

tasks = [
   {
      'id': 1,
      'title': u'Buy groceries',
      'description': u'Milk, Cheese, Pizza, Fruit, Tylenol',
      'done': False
   },
   {
      'id': 2,
      'title': u'Learn Python',
      'description': u'Need to find a good Python tutorial on the web',
      'done': False
   }
]

q = Queue()

@app.route('/todo/api/v1.0/tasks', methods=['GET'])
def get_tasks():

   q.enqueue('cat')
   print("Size: " + str(q.size()))

   return jsonify({'tasks': tasks})

def record_loop(loop_on):
   while True:
      if loop_on.value == True:
         print("loop running")

         q.enqueue('dog')
         print("Size: " + str(q.size()))

      time.sleep(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
   recording_on = Value('b', True)
   p = Process(target=record_loop, args=(recording_on,))
   p.start()
   app.run(debug=True, use_reloader=False)
   p.join()

I have a global class called queue. The queue's data is shared between 2 different functions, but its not working.
Why is the queue in the function 'get_tasks()' size always equal 1? I thought queues are thread safe and they can be shared between different processes?

A: When you create a new process, it copies the current environment and re-creates it in the new environment.  Once you create the process, those global variables are no longer shared.
However, the multiprocessing library has included ways to communicate between processes
You can still use a queue, but you'll have to use the multiprocessing Queue instead of your home-rolled one.  Under the hood, each process has its own Queue object, and they're simply piping information back and forth between the processes to sync the queue state.

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About the author of Nastik Deliberations
Arun N M is active both online and offline in promoting scientific temper and fighting religious nonsense and pseudoscience. He is an MD, specialised in Internal Medicine and works in Kerala , India. He is most of the time aware of his privileges as a straight male, cis, upper caste medical doctor.
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Hindu Right wins Indian election with more seats and votes
Is it good to have pharma ads on tv ?
The story so far of "New" Atheism from Kerala
Coming back again
Constitutional morality triumphs over Societal morality
Hindutva propaganda through Indian medical journal ?
Atheism and caste based job reservation
John Morales on Gandhi at 150
Beena Shaw on Hindu Right wins Indian election with more seats and votes
Sujith Valson on The story so far of "New" Atheism from Kerala
Alfonso on Religious belief kills a 13 year old girl by imposed fasting
Pierce R. Butler on Hindu Right wins Indian election with more seats and votes
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Ancient Vedic literature have a mantra for marital rape
The most famous Indian atheist
Himalayan thoughts
Bezwada Wilson gets a very deserving award
2016 Ambedkar atheism Bangladesh BJP blasphemy blasphemy charges Casteism Charlie Hebdo deaths Demonetisation Diabetes Diphtheria feminism France freedom of expression free speech Gujarat hindu right Hindutva Homeopathy India islam Islamist terror Kashmir Kerala Lahore blast LGBTQ Malaysia Misogyny Modi moral policing murder Olympics Pakistan Patriarchy Pseudo science Racism RSS Shirin Dalvi terror Trump violence women entry Yemen
Can an atheist avail the benefit of affirmative action from the Government in India like reserved jobs which is based on caste into which a person is born ?
Indian (Hindu) society was deeply divided by the hierarchical caste system. It originated around 2000 years ago.
Affirmative action, atheism, Casteism, Dalits, India
Tragedy turned her into a fighter
My first post on this blog was about a horrific murder which exposed the casteist underbelly of India. It happened exactly a year ago near my town. Sanker, a Dalit youth was hacked to death in broad daylight for daring to love and marry a girl who was born to a higher caste. The girl had severe injuries too but survived. The attack was ordered by members of the girl's family. Severely traumatized, the girl tried to kill herself by consuming poison but was saved.
Now the happy news. The girl in question is slowly turning over a new life.
Following her attempt to take her own life, she was counseled by her in-laws, several NGOs and volunteers. "They told me dying was not the solution. I was told to live through this caste violence to prove the point that I wanted to. I decided that I will make the dreams that my husband and I had, come true," says Kowsalya. Now, a year later, that is what she has done.
After her suicide bid, she had moved back in with Sankar's family, where she initially started taking tuitions for children from 1st standard to the 12th standard. "I wanted to do something to remove my mind from what happened. Plus, there was nobody to teach these children from the locality English. So I decided that I should do it," says Kowsalya. But what she thought would be a favour to the students, turned out to be of great help to her, when it came to cracking the defence ministry exams.
Casteism, Dalits, India
Savitribai Phule – a pioneer Social Reformer
January 3 is the birth anniversary of the great 19th century Indian social reformer Savitribai Phule. She was born in 1831.
She is considered to be a pioneer in the field of education, especially education of women and oppressed castes/classes.
Belonging to a backward caste herself she was educated at her home by her husband, Jotirao Phule, who himself was a great social reformer.
Image credit – Dalit Vision
In the social and educational history of India, Mahatma Jotirao Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule stand out as an extraordinary couple. They were engaged in a passionate struggle to build a movement for equality between men and women and for social justice. Recognising that knowledge is power and that the progress of women and Dalit-Bahujans was impossible without it, they dedicated their entire life to spreading education. The distinction of starting the first school for girls and the Native Library in the country goes to them. They started the Literacy Mission in India in 1854-55. In 1863, they started a home for the prevention of infanticide in their own house, for the safety of pregnant, exploited Brahman widows and to nurture these children. By establishing the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society for Truth Seeking), they initiated the practice of the Satyashodhak marriage ñ a marriage without dowry or a wedding at minimum cost. By throwing open the well in his house for ëuntouchablesí, Jotirao directly initiated a programme to oppose the caste system. Both Jotirao and Savitribai did not just stop at opposing child marriage; they also organised widow remarriages. They had no children of their own but they adopted a child of a Brahman widow, gave him medical education and arranged an inter-caste marriage for him. This couple did the historical work of building a holistic and integrated revolutionary cultural, social and educational movement of women-shudra and-atishudras of the country.
Here are few images from a graphic novel on Savitribai Phule called "Journey of a trail blazer".
Many Indians are unaware of this great reformer. Only recently she has appeared in history textbooks in schools. So it was pleasantly surprising to see Google producing a doodle today for her in India.
I will end this post with a poem written by Savitribai.
The Plight of the Shudras
Haunted by 'The Gods on Earth',
For two thousand years,
The perpetual service of the Brahmins,
Became the plight of the Shudras.
Looking at their condition,
The heart screams its protest,
The mind blanks out,
Struggling to find a way out.
Education is the path,
For the Shudras to walk,
For education grants humanity
freeing one from an animal-like existence
Dalits, Female Literacy, feminism, Gender discrimination
Two contrasting Independence Day celebrations in India
On August 15th, there were two very contrasting Independence Day celebrations in India.
One was the official function in the capital New Delhi were the Prime minister spoke for more than 90 minutes. It was described as the most "weak" and sleep inducing speech given by Narendra Modi.
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Dalits, Freedom struggle, Social oppression
Dalit pride march creates history in Gujarat
August 15th is India's Independence Day. This year the most significant of Independence Day celebrations will take place in Una, Gujarat.
Una was the town that recently witnessed this cruel and inhuman public flogging of Dalits for allegedly killing cows.
On July 31st more than ten thousand Dalits converged for a mega meeting at Ahmedbad in protest against Dalit atrocities taking place all over the country.
Dalits, Freedom struggle, India
When he was just out of school he was appalled and disgusted to see workers doing manual scavenging of human excreta from dry latrines. When he conveyed his disgust to his parents they revealed that they were also doing the same job. It was shocking for him to know that he belonged to a"thotti" (manual scavenger) family. He contemplated suicide, but somehow decided to live on.
That day in 1986 changed his life, and saw the beginning of a movement that will liberate lakhs of manual scavengers all over India. It will also result in him, Bezwada Wilson, getting the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for 2016.
Activism, Casteism, Dalits, India, Manual scavenging
Dalit protests taste early success
Dalits mercilessly beaten by Hindutva groups in Una, Gujarat for allegedly killing a cow- from Indian express
In protest Dalits who usually take care of cows dead due to natural causes, refuses to do such work. From Truth of Gujarat FB page
Casteism, Dalits, Hindutva, India
Dalits in Gujarat won't take it lying down any more
Dalit Organisations have called for state wide protest shut down on Wednesday in Gujarat, India. They have decided not to take it lying down anymore.
The inhumane violence on them, clearly depicted by a video which had gone viral in which a group of upper caste Hindutva goons were seen thrashing Dalit youths mercilessly in full public view in the town of Una was perhaps the breaking point.
Image credit – NDTV
Atheism, Racism and Casteism
Just happened to see a disgusting video frothing with racism by a popular atheist You Tuber. It was deservedly decimated by Martin Hughes and P Z Myers wrote a post about it too (of course that's how I came to know about the video).
While watching that video, I had a déjà vu feeling. So I tried substituting in parts of the transcript the word Dalit for black.
The video is in the format of a group of blacks questioning the You tuber.
Admit it, you hate blacksDalits !
If I hate anything about Black Dalit culture, it's that it's such a victim culture. Almost a victim cult — "Our Lady of Perpetual Victimization." Every unfairness that exists in your life is the fault of white upper caste people or society stacked against you. You might as well tattoo, "It's because I'm black Dalit, isn't it?" to your fucking forehead.
When asked about pushing out blacksDalits out of slums to make city beautiful
What would I rather have — a slum Ambedkar colony filled with thugs who would probably shoot rob me as soon as look at me, or shops, cafe's, restaurants, and apartments?
"What are you going to do about systematic racism casteism ?"
[Racism Casteism against black Dalit people] is not my problem in the first place. What are [the people in the video I'm responding to (Dalits)] going to do to end discrimination against atheists? Right, you ain't gonna do shit, because it's not your problem and you don't give a shit
Yes, I have heard these sentiments from some upper caste "Hindu atheists" in India. Have also heard somewhat similar things from some ex Christians and ex Muslims too. I also know atheists who believe Dalits and black Africans are less "brainy" and it is due to their "genes".
Yes, atheists can be racist and casteist too, and when they are like that, they are much more toxic.
atheism, Casteism, Dalits, Racism
Battle to re-write California history text books
What should history text books in California call the area of Asia, which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka ? Should they call it India or South Asia ? How should those text books portray caste system? Should they mention family of birth is the most important factor deciding caste or should it say professional excellence also play a big role in it ?
There is a raging battle going on in California on these questions.
Dalits, Hindutva, History, India


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Q: HTML5 - type="number" prevents non-numbers in Chrome but not in IE & FF I'm coding a site in MVC and I have a price field in my form.
My Razor code looks like this:
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Price, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "myclass", min = 0, max = 1000000 } })

and my ViewModel property looks like this:
[Display(Name = "Price")]
[Range(0, 1000000, ErrorMessage="Please enter a valid Price")]
public int Price { get; set; }

In Chrome the user can't enter any other characters than . but in Firefox and Internet Explorer they can, which is not what I want.
Is it correct that HTML5 standards do not extend to the UI? And does Chrome doing a bonus? Or should IE and FF block letters (e.g. characters like $) and I have done something wrong?
EDIT: If I begin the input with, say, $ in IE it blanks the control upon losing focus. In Firefox it remains.

A: I resolved this by using JQuery. These are the steps:
1) Create an external file to load - MyUtils.js
2) Paste in this JQuery code:
// Use like: $('#SomeId').forceNumeric()
jQuery.fn.forceNumeric = function (intsOnly) {
    return this.each(function () {
      $(this).keydown(function (e) {
        var key = e.which || e.keyCode;
        if (!e.shiftKey && !e.altKey && !e.ctrlKey &&
            // numbers
            key >= 48 && key <= 57 ||
            // Numeric keypad
            key >= 96 && key <= 105 ||
            // Backspace and Tab and Enter
           key == 8 || key == 9 || key == 13 ||
            // Home and End
           key == 35 || key == 36 ||
            // left and right arrows
           key == 37 || key == 39 ||
            // Del and Ins
           key == 46 || key == 45)
        {
            // ints only: look for a decimal. Disallow comma
            // minus and period on keypad
                if ((intsOnly) && (key == 190 || key == 188 || key == 109 || key == 110)) {
                    return false;
            }
                // Input is OKAY
                return true;
            }
        return false;
         });
    });
}

3) On the page you want to use this, load the js file
    e.g. script src="/Scripts/MyUtils.js"
4) Apply the method to the field on setup
$('#Price').forceNumeric(true);


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Welcome to the Effingham County, Illinois Genealogy web site. My name is Linda (Kralman) Lambert. Even though I live in Arizona now (about 50 miles northwest of Phoenix) and have been here since 1972, I adopted the Effingham County GenWeb site in the spring of 1997. I was raised and educated in Teutopolis (3 miles east of Effingham). I graduated from Teutopolis High School in 1960. My family still lives in Effingham and Teutopolis, and my roots remain deeply embedded in Effingham County.
This site is part of the ILGenWeb Project which is a part of the USGenWeb Project.
Effingham County NEEDS VOLUNTEERS to do lookups. If you own or have access to any Effingham County reference books (such as census, cemetery, marriage, obituaries, newspaper abstracts, etc.) and would be willing to do lookups for other Effingham County researchers, then please contact me.
Do You Know Why.......
Do you know why.............I provide links to so many places instead of posting the information here? It's because I want the people who do the work to get the credit for it. If I posted it here, even though I put their name on it, it could be construed that I did the work when I actually did not.
As someone whose work has been "stolen" and posted on other sites without credit, I am extremely sensitive to this issue. I would rather be criticized for providing links than let anyone think I am "stealing" their work.
So now you know why............
MAILING LIST FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY
You can subscribe to the list in mail mode by sending an e-mail message to:
[email protected] that contains only the word "subscribe" in both the subject line and in the body of the email (without the quotes).
After sending your subscription request to the list you will receive a message with the subject of "Complete your Subscription to ILEFFING-L-request" letting you know that we received a request to subscribe your email address to the mailing list and asking you to click on a link that will lead you to the confirmation page. The confirmation page has two options, "Cancel my subscription request" and "Subscribe to list ILEFFING-L-request". On this page you also have the choice of selecting whether you would like to receive digests.
MAILING LIST FOR TEUTOPOLIS, ILLINOIS
(I started this list for those of us who have roots in Teutopolis)
After sending your subscription request to the list you will receive a message with the subject of "Complete your Subscription to IL-TEUTOPOLIS-L-request" letting you know that we received a request to subscribe your email address to the mailing list and asking you to click on a link that will lead you to the confirmation page. The confirmation page has two options, "Cancel my subscription request" and "Subscribe to list IL-TEUTOPOLIS-L-request". On this page you also have the choice of selecting whether you would like to receive digests.
EFFINGHAM COUNTY HISTORY
Effingham County was formed in 1831 from Fayette and Crawford counties.
Effingham County (as well as the county seat, Effingham) was named after a British nobleman, Lord Edward Effingham, who resigned his commission as general in the British army in 1775, refusing to serve in the war against the colonies. (Information courtesy of Jon N. Austin, Executive Director of The Illinois State Historical Society. From Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties published by the Illinois Secretary of State, 1994).
There is a growing belief that the county was named after General Edward Effingham. He was a surveyor in Effingham County and served with General Ewing in the Blackhawk War. It seems that it was a common practice to name communities and counties after the surveyors who surveyed them.
So.....there are two possibilities to account for the origin of Effingham County's name as well as the city of Effingham's name.
Effingham County traces its roots back to 1814, when the first pioneers settled along the Little Wabash River. For the next 40 years, this area witnessed little growth, adding population only when a farm family journeying west along the old Cumberland Trail stopped to work for a living in the rich prairie soil.
When the railroad came in the early 1850's, the sleepy farming area changed. Stores and hotels opened as the county's first "boom" took place. The first name of the community located on the ground where Effingham now stands was Wehunka, named for an Indian chief whose followers had located here. The name was changed from Wehunka to Ewington and then to Broughton (not to be confused with Broughton in Hamilton County). In 1859, the village of Broughton was made the county seat and its name was changed to Effingham. The second "boom" in 1959 took place when the Interstate Highway System was formed. The city of Effingham is located at the intersection of I-57 and I-70 and has become a hub for America's motoring public.
Effingham County---the "Crossroads of America"
EFFINGHAM COUNTY SPECIAL EVENTS
Information needed and welcomed!!!!!!!
If you know of anything that is genealogy or history related that you would like included here, please contact me This means genealogy workshops, genealogy seminars, family reunions, school reunions, family anniversaries (particularly 25th and 50th anniversaries), church picnics, genealogy software classses, (anything related to genealogy), genealogy society meetings, genealogy software user group meetings, historical tours, etc.
Send me your information (use the link above) so that I can add it. Don't you think this would be a good way to reach those long-lost cousins? Perhaps they would attend......(it's worth a try, don't you think?)
September 26, 2015 - Effingham County Old Settlers Reunion
Location: Effingham County Courthouse Square, Effingham, Illinois
Bring your lawn chair and come enjoy a history-filled fun family day.
Surnames/Queries
Submit Queries -- If you change email addresses without notifying me, the chances are very good that your entire query will be deleted. In that case, you must resubmit your query with a current email address. In addition to submitting a query here, you may find it helpful to post your query to the Effingham County Mailing List (see instructions above). Subscribers to this mailing list will receive your posting minutes after you hit "send". This may give you a faster response. Your query will be posted to the GenWeb page when I do the next update.
Read Queries
Submit Surnames -- If I am notified that an email address is no longer valid, I will remove that entire surname entry. If you find that this has happened, you must resubmit your surname with a current email address.
Surnames - A
Surnames - Ba-Bm
Surnames - Bn-Bz
Surnames - C
Surnames - D-E
Surnames - F
Surnames - Ga-Gi
Surnames - Gj-Gz
Surnames - H
Surnames - I
Surnames - J
Surnames - K
Surnames - L
Surnames - Ma-Mi
Surnames - Mj-Mz
Surnames - N-O
Surnames - P-Q
Surnames - R
Surnames - Sa-Si
Surnames - Sj-Sq
Surnames - Sr-Sz
Surnames - T-U
Surnames - V
Surnames - W-Z
Good Stuff About Effingham County
Reference & Lookup Volunteers
Includes information about the Effingham County Genealogical and Historical Society and their publications for sale. Link to ECGHS membership form. Please note that even though I include information about the ECGHS and am a member, I am not the contact person for the Society. You will need to contact them directly (information on page). I include this information about the Society as a courtesy.
Cemetery books for sale from the Effingham County DAR chapter are also listed on this page.
Information about the Effingham County Clerk's office is included in this section.
Did You Know ... An Alphabetical List of Cemeteries (including nearest town and the township); Tips and Hints to Make Your Research Easier; Meanings of Old Tombstone Carvings; Importance of Military Records, etc. Don't miss the work-in-progress list of Civil War Veterans (both North & South) buried in Effingham County.
Then and Now..... Don't overlook this section, which contains various tidbits of information that may break down some of the bricks in your research brick wall. (e.g., Diseases/Causes of Death; Occupations; Time Line for Effingham County; and The New Time Line for Wars, Epidemics and Natural Disasters, Effingham County Poor Farm, etc.)
Effingham.com
Civil War Regiments/Companies of Illinois
Effingham County in the Civil War
Political Graveyard - Effingham County
Perkins' History, Lore and Maps of Effingham County
Effingham County and National Road Museum
Veterans Affairs National Cemetery System
Recent Effingham County Obituaries (Link to Effingham Daily News)
USGenWeb Sites for Surrounding Counties
Clay County, Illinois
Cumberland County, Illinois
Fayette County, Illinois
Jasper County, Illinois
Shelby County, Illinois
Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present
ILGenWeb Map
Some Other Good Genealogy WWW Links
USGenWeb Project
ILGenWeb Project
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
Illinois On-Line Data Bases
Illinois State-Wide Index to Marriages
Illinois City-County Locator
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Inflation Calculator (calculates what land purchased in the past is worth today)
Illinois in the Civil War
Illinois State Genealogical Society
Illinois Public Domain Land Sales
Illinois Section of USGenWeb Archives
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Illinois
Color Landform Atlas: Illinois
Ordering Illinois Vital Records - U.S. Vital Records Info.
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In his book 'My Spiritual Journey', the Dalai Lama notes that the negative feelings that arise from "enemies" are the real element of tension we must confront and not the challenging people themselves.
He says that if we truly want to progress, we must regard our enemies as our best teachers. You also may be familiar with Abraham Lincoln's line, "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" It seems that differences between us become the barrier to friendships and unity all too often, but lots of people take big steps to overcome that and in doing so, lead by example. Recently two notable instances have occurred.
In a campaign where the hashtag '#ArabsAndJewsRefuseToBeEnemies' emerged, Jews and Arabs came together to share messages of peace and stories of how their differences had not prevented them becoming friends and families. In another move towards unity beyond differences, a new religious centre has opened in Berlin to bring Christians, Jews and Muslims together in prayer and to learn from one another.


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Lidköpings Mekaniska Verkstad (LMV) är ett svenskt företag inom verkstadsindustrin och grundades 1875. Företaget producerade ursprungligen många olika komponenter och maskiner som såldes vidare till industrin. År 1908 köpte SKF sin första slipmaskin av LMV. År 1929 fusionerades SKF och LMV. Från år 2000 ingick LMV i KMT Group, Karolin Machine Tool AB. LMV blev då ett helägt dotterbolag till LMT (Lidköping Machine Tools) som båda ingick i KMT-gruppen.

I mars 2008 köptes företaget av Norekon Invest AB och ingår sedan dess i samma koncern som verkstadsföretaget Noremech AB med Norekon som moderbolag.

I december 2019 köptes Lidköpings Mekaniska Verkstads AB av Motala Verkstad Group AB (MVG).

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Q: Aggregate/Group_by second minimum value in R I have used either group_by() in dplyr or the aggregate() function to aggregate across columns in R. For my current problem I want to group by an individual but finding the second lowest of one column (Number) and the lowest of another (Year). So, if my data looks like this:
Number     Individual     Year     Value
123        M. Smith       2010     234
435        M. Smith       2011     346
435        M. Smith       2012     356
524        M. Smith       2015     432
119        J. Jones       2010     345
119        J. Jones       2012     432
254        J. Jones       2013     453
876        J. Jones       2014     654

I want it to become:
Number     Individual     Year     Value
435        M. Smith       2011     346
254        J. Jones       2013     453

Thank you.

A: We can use the dplyr package. dt2 is the final output. The idea is to filter out the minimum in the Number column, then arrange the data frame by Individual, Number, and Year. Finally, select the first row of each group.
# Load package
library(dplyr)

# Create example data frame
dt <- read.table(text = "Number     Individual     Year     Value
123        'M. Smith'       2010     234
                 435        'M. Smith'       2011     346
                 435        'M. Smith'       2012     356
                 524        'M. Smith'       2015     432
                 119        'J. Jones'       2010     345
                 119        'J. Jones'       2012     432
                 254        'J. Jones'       2013     453
                 876        'J. Jones'       2014     654",
                 header = TRUE, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

# Process the data
dt2 <- dt %>%
  group_by(Individual) %>%
  filter(Number != min(Number)) %>%
  arrange(Individual, Number, Year) %>%
  slice(1)

A: We can use dplyr
library(dplyr)
df1 %>%
    group_by(Individual) %>%
    arrange(Individual, Number) %>%
    filter(Number != max(Number)) %>%
    slice(which.max(Number))
# A tibble: 2 x 4
# Groups:   Individual [2]
#  Number Individual  Year Value
#   <int>      <chr> <int> <int>
#1    254   J. Jones  2013   453
#2    435   M. Smith  2011   346


On saturday 1st of march 2014 Chelo was present at the sandcastle competition on Hout Bay beach. This competition is organised yearly by the Valley Pre-Primary school to raise funds for education projects. What a great beach day it was. Lots of bucket and spade action, good music and impressive sand castles !
A big thank you to everyone that joined us in the fun.
Children in year 4 donate their own earned money to chelo!


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Family & Companions
Danny Baldwin, Daniel Leroy Baldwin
Massapequa, New York, USA
The self-described "black sheep" of movie star siblings the Baldwin brothers - along with Alec, William and Stephen - Daniel Baldwin entered the family business relatively late in life, and while an early television role garnered him strong notices, his continuing battle with drug abuse eventually threatened to overshadow his work as an actor. After chipping away at minor roles in films ...
Oba - The Last Samurai (2011)
Christmas with a Capital C (2011)
Nine Dead (2010)
Shut Up and Shoot! (2009)
Shadowheart (2009)
Elizabeth Baldwin
Married in April 1990; divorced in 1996.
Isabella Hofmann
Actor. Born c. 1960; met on the series "Homicide: Life on the Street".
The self-described "black sheep" of movie star siblings the Baldwin brothers - along with Alec, William and Stephen - Daniel Baldwin entered the family business relatively late in life, and while an early television role garnered him strong notices, his continuing battle with drug abuse eventually threatened to overshadow his work as an actor. After chipping away at minor roles in films that included "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" (1991) and "Hero" (1992), he broke out with a prominent regular cast role on the celebrated police procedural "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC, 1993-99). Promising work in projects such as "Mulholland Falls" (1996), "Trees Lounge" (1996), and "John Carpenter's Vampires" (1998) was quickly eclipsed by a much publicized drug overdose in a luxury New York City hotel. What followed was a lengthy stretch of appearances in direct-to-DVD movies, punctuated by multiple arrests, stints on reality television, and the occasional high-profile project, such as the Emmy-winning cable drama "Grey Gardens" (HBO, 2008). Obviously talented as an actor in his own right, it became clear that the shadow Baldwin most needed to get out from under was not that of his illustrious brothers, but his own personal demons.
Born Daniel Leroy Baldwin on Oct. 5, 1960 in Massapequa, NY, he was the third of six children born to Alexander, a local high school football coach and social studies teacher, and Carol Baldwin, a homemaker. His father's work ethic and his mother's brave - and successful - battle against breast cancer would greatly influence Baldwin in his later years. Growing up with his highly competitive siblings in the large, middle-class Irish-American family, he found his niche as an outstanding football player while attending McKenna Junior High School and Alfred G. Berner High School, the latter of which he graduated from in 1979. After attending Indiana's Ball State University as a psychology major for a period of time, he fell into the occupation of a professional sports-betting handicapper for several years before finally succumbing, as his brothers had before him, to the siren call of acting. Having accrued a bit of a nest egg from his days as an odds-maker, Baldwin studied acting and theater - something he had dabbled in at Ball State - at the famed HB Studio in New York. Within a year, he became the final Baldwin brother to make his acting debut with a small role in the Loni Anderson-Patrick Duffy made-for-TV thriller "Too Good to Be True" (NBC, 1988). Certainly his family name had helped open a few doors, but the aspiring actor soon realized that if he were to make a real go of it in the highly competitive industry, he would have to stand on his own ability.
After guest turns on several television sitcoms, Baldwin landed his first feature film role opposite Tom Cruise in the Oliver Stone-directed "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), which also featured his younger brother Stephen, who had entered the "family business" a few years earlier. He picked up work as a series regular on the short-lived Valerie Bertinelli sitcom "Sydney" (CBS, 1990), prior to a small turn in the Dan Aykroyd comedy disaster "Nothing But Trouble" (1991), which co-starred Chevy Chase and Demi Moore. That same year, he played the trench-coated bad guy in the disappointing Don Johnson-Mickey Rourke action-adventure "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" (1991), and later garnered a minor role as a firefighter in the Dustin Hoffman-Andy Garcia drama "Hero" (1992). With his nascent career gaining momentum, Baldwin won the title role in the historical Western "Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life" (CBS, 1992). A subsequent series spin-off followed, although Baldwin would not reprise his role, due to the fact that he had already joined the cast of the gritty ensemble police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC, 1993-99). Cast as tough-talking Detective Beau Felton in the Baltimore-based series, he garnered good reviews, but nonetheless left the show after two seasons, with his character written out and eventually reported as the victim of an offscreen murder.
TV movies such as "The Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" (HBO, 1993), in which he played the gargantuan Daryl Hannah's loutish husband, and a turn as Charles Bronson's son in "Family of Cops" (CBS, 1995), played to Baldwin's strengths. His big screen career, however, failed to ignite, despite admirable contributions to Lee Tamahori's stylish noir thriller "Mulholland Falls" (1996) and "Trees Lounge" (1996), an ensemble drama starring, written and directed by Steve Buscemi. A string of direct-to-video releases followed before better roles slowly began coming his way. Unfortunately, while in New York to begin work on a film in February 1998, Baldwin was arrested after police responded to a disturbance call at the posh Plaza Hotel. Rambling incoherently and stark naked in his room, the actor was arrested and taken to the hospital where he was treated for a nearly fatal cocaine overdose. Fired from the production he had been in town to film, the troubled star next appeared onscreen in "John Carpenter's Vampires" (1998) - a project filmed before the New York incident - while Baldwin was ensconced in a rehab facility. As vampire hunter James Woods' trusted cohort, the role exhibited some of Baldwin's best feature work, although it was his drug-fueled meltdown at the Plaza that earned him the most press at the time.
Also filmed prior to Baldwin's incident at the Plaza - albeit less seen than "Vampires" - was the crime thriller "Phoenix" (1998), in which he played a cop drawn into a robbery scheme with his gambling addict friend and fellow officer, Ray Liotta. Struggling to put his career back on track, Baldwin continued to pay the bills with steady work in low-budget and direct-to-DVD movies, which boasted such titles as "The Treat" (1998), "Love Kills" (1999), "Active Stealth" (1999), and "Double Frame" (2000). Baldwin was called back to that familiar Baltimore police precinct when he revived his breakout role as a spirit version of the deceased Det. Felton during the closing dream sequence of "Homicide: The Movie" (NBC, 2000). Working both behind and in front of the camera, he made his directorial debut with a pair of low-budget actioners, "The Fall" (2001), and "Tunnel" (2002), and later appeared alongside rapper-turned-actor Coolio in trash cinema impresario Mark L. Lester's erotic thriller "Stealing Candy" (2003). Shortly thereafter, he played one of the titular sleazy "Paparazzi" (2004) in the Mel Gibson-produced tale of role reversal and revenge that starred another actor frequently in the news for his own struggles with drug addiction - Tom Sizemore.
Like so many other public personalities who found their original careers floundering, Baldwin inevitably turned to reality television and took part in the weight-loss competition "Celebrity Fit Club" (VHI, 2005-2010) on the show's first season. Considered a model team captain up until his no-show for the final weigh-in, Baldwin later revealed that his sudden departure had been due to his continued narcotics abuse and his entering a rehab facility. A brief, but notable, appearance came for Baldwin with a pair of guest spots in the final season of "The Sopranos" (HBO, 1999-2007), in which he played himself taking part in a slasher movie being produced by Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), a mobster with dreams of Hollywood. The personal travails for Baldwin continued, however, with a dangerous car accident and a series of arrests throughout 2006-07. In retrospect, it came as a surprise to no one when he turned up on another reality program - "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" (VH1, 2007-13) in 2008. Excuses were made and rumors swirled when Baldwin also left this program abruptly, only to later divulge that his departure was in large part a result of inappropriate text messages sent between himself and fellow celebrity patient Mary Carey, a porn star who had previously made a bid for the Governorship of California.
Baldwin was in better television company when he joined a cast that included Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in the biographical drama "Grey Gardens" (HBO, 2008). Beginning in 2008, he brought his considerable first hand experience of run-ins with the law to bear as a celebrity guest commentator on "The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest" (truTV, 2007- ). The actor was lured back to reality TV when he joined his brother, Stephen Baldwin, in the jungles of Costa Rica for the short-lived reality game show "I'm a Celebrity. Get Me Out of Here!" (NBC, 2009), only to become the second person evicted from the camp. Baldwin temporarily lined up a recurring role as Moe Kitchener, a military school instructor harboring a dark secret, for the final season of "Cold Case" (CBS, 2003-2010). Participating in a project near and dear to his heart, Baldwin next appeared in the breast cancer awareness documentary "1 a Minute" (2010). His brother William contributed to the film, as well, and both spoke eloquently about their mother's winning battle against the horrible disease.
Director (Feature Film)
Cast (Feature Film)
Moola (2008)
The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (2007)
The Blue Rose (2007)
The Devil's Dominoes (2007)
Grey Gardens (2007)
Our Fathers (2005)
Paparazzi (2004)
Open House (2003)
Family Under Siege (2002)
Seale
In Pursuit (2001)
Killing Moon (2001)
Frank Conroy
Active Stealth (2000)
Silver Man (2000)
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
Desert Thunder (1999)
Wild Grizzly (1999)
Water Damage (1999)
Paul Preedy
The Pandora Project (1998)
John Lacy
On the Border (1998)
Fallout (1998)
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
Phoenix (1998)
The Treat (1998)
Love Kills (1998)
The Invader (1997)
Twisted Desire (1996)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Mccafferty
Trees Lounge (1996)
Yesterday's Target (1996)
Family of Cops (1995)
Bodily Harm (1995)
Sam Mckeon
Dead on Sight (1994)
Lone Justice (1994)
Ned Blessing
Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
Knight Moves (1993)
Andy Wagner
Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (1992)
The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man (1991)
L.A. Takedown (1989)
Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
Too Good to Be True (1988)
Cast (Special)
Anonymous Rex (2004)
World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game (2004)
Miss USA 2001 (2001)
Jones Beach: An American Riviera (1999)
Comedy Central's Documentary of the Making of the Remake of "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman" (1993)
Yesterday/Today (1992)
Curse of the Corn People (1989)
TV debut in NBC movie "Too Good to be True"
Feature debut in "Born on the Fourth of July"
TV series debut as regular in CBS sitcom "Sydney"
First sizeable film role in "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man"
Had small role in Stephen Frears' "Hero" starring Dustin Hoffman
Played title role in "Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life" (CBS), not cast in the short-lived 1993 series ("Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times") that followed
Starred opposite Daryl Hannah in HBO remake of "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman"
Had regular role of Detective Beau Felton on NBC series "Homicide: Life on the Street"
Returned to the Ned Blessing role for the feature "Lone Justice"
Portrayed Charles Bronson's son in CBS movie "A Family of Cops"; replaced by Joe Penny in sequels
Appeared in two features, Lee Tamahori's "Mulholland Falls" and Steve Buscemi's feature directing debut, "Trees Lounge"
Acted opposite significant other Isabella Hofmann in NBC movie "Twisted Desire"
Delivered arguably his best feature work to date in "John Carpenter's Vampires" as James Woods' vampire-hunting partner (filmed before hotel incident)
Replaced by Michael Rispoli in "It Had to Be You" after much-publicized cocaine overdose at NYC's Plaza Hotel
Feature directorial debut, "Fall"; also co-starred with Michael Madsen and Chad McQueen; released direct-to-video
Starred in "Paparazzi" about a celebrity who turns the tables on a persistent photographer; produced by Mel Gibson
Cast in Showtime's "Our Fathers," an adaptation of David France's epic book about the sex scandals in the Roman Catholic Church
Portrayed Julius Krug, the former secretary of the interior in HBO Films' "Grey Gardens."
Cast in a recurring role in the final episodes of HBO's Emmy-winning mob drama "The Sopranos"
Took on the recurring role of Moe Kitchener on the series "Cold Case."
Appeared on the procedural "Hawaii Five-O."
Appeared in the horror comedy "Lady Psycho Killer."
Alexander Baldwin Jr
Teacher. Taught history in high school in Massapequa, New York; also coached football; died of lung cancer in 1983.
Carol Baldwin
Born in 1930; breast cancer survivor and formidable figure in the national drive to raise funds for breast cancer research.
Born in 1955; non-acting mother of six and head of Stephen Baldwin's fan club; married to landscaper Charles Keuchler.
Actor. Born on April 3, 1958; married to actress Kim Basinger.
Actor. Born on February 21, 1963; married to singer-actress Chynna Phillips.
Jane Baldwin
Physical therapist. Born c. 1965; married to car dealership manager Randy Sasso.
Actor. Born on May 12, 1967; married to graphics designer Kennya Deodato Baldwin.
Kahlea Baldwin
Mother, Elizabeth Baldwin.
Atticus Baldwin
Born prematurely on July 13, 1996; mother, Isabella Hofmann.


It doesn't get more ludicrous than this: a Muslim lecturing Americans about slavery.
America's historic strength is not diversity, but an enforced commonality of value.
Once we lose respect for one another, once the hatespeakers among gain us ascendency, there is no turning back.
Should conservatives be concerned about liberals' venomous "narrative" of President Trump? Not with the language they use.
Once again, the liberals appear to be duped by their own foolish view of the importance of skin tone.
Let's dispense with feel-good nonsense about the wild world, which the British have raised to an art form, and visit a society where large wild animals flourish. Of course, I refer to the hunting culture of the United States.
It's about time we all got on board with what is really teaching our kids nowadays. And it's not public schools.
Growing up, I don't believe I ever once heard the word diversity used to describe something socially valuable.
Great Britain has a tradition of some pretty tough men writing about or for children.
How many assistants does a politician need? Abraham Lincoln had two. New York mayor Bill de Blasio has over two hundred.


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Introducing Microsoft LINQ, 9780735623910 (0735623910), Microsoft Press, 2007
Your first look at building data-rich applications using Microsoft LINQ.
Get a head start using Microsoft Language Integrated Query (LINQ). Two experienced developers give you advanced insights and expert guidance for using this unified model for data access. You will learn how to write queries in your native programming language-Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C#--using next-generation querying facilities in the Microsoft .NET Framework.
Discover how to:
Query and manipulate different data domains with a unified syntax
Work with local type inference, lambda expressions, and extension methods
Use XML literals, late binding over XML, and relaxed delegates
Query items using methods and generics in the System.Linq namespace
Apply deferred query evaluation and extension methods resolution
Query relational structures and physical models with LINQ to ADO.NET
Convert queries into native SQL with LINQ to SQL
Define and manage XML content by using LINQ to XML
Paolo Pialorsi is a consultant, trainer, and author who focuses on software development, concentrating on .NET, XML, and Web services. He is a founder of DevLeap, a group focused on producing sophisticated content for the developer community. He has written three books about XML and Web Services.
Marco Russo is a founder of DevLeap. He is a regular contributor to developer user communities and is an avid blogger on Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence and other Microsoft technologies. Marco provides consulting and training to professional developers on the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft SQL Server and is the author of two Italian books about C# and the common language runtime.
Cisco Routers for the Desperate: Router and Switch Management, the Easy Way
No Starch Press, 2009
Cisco routers and switches are the cornerstones of many networks. But when things break, repairs can intimidate even the most competent administrator. Luckily, just knowing the "in case of emergency" basics will take you far.
Just like the original, this second edition of the highly acclaimed Cisco Routers for the...
Problems & Solutions In Scientific Computing With C++ And Java Simulations
World Scientific Publishing, 2004
Scientific computing is a collection of tools, techniques and theories required to develop and solve mathematical models in science and engineering on a computer. The purpose of this book is to supply a collection of problems together with their detailed solution which will prove to be valuable to students as well as to research workers in the...
Dreamweaver MX 2004 Solutions
Sybex, 2004
Core Dreamweaver Skills and Solutions, Made Easy
Dreamweaver MX 2004 Solutions was created for results-oriented Dreamweaver users who seek practical instruction on everyday techniques and speedy resolutions to persistent problems. Author/instructor Ethan Watrall applies his effective, no-nonsense teaching style...
C Pocket Reference
O'Reilly, 2002
C is one of the oldest programming languages and still one of the most widely used. Whether you're an experienced C programmer or you're new to the language, you know how frustrating it can be to hunt through hundreds of pages in your reference books to find that bit of information on a certain function, type or other syntax element....
Brooks Cole, 2011
Get a good grade in your precalculus course with PRECALCULUS, Seventh Edition. Written in a clear, student-friendly style, the book also provides a graphical perspective so you can develop a visual understanding of college algebra and trigonometry. With great examples, exercises, applications, and real-life data--and a range of online study...
Slick2D Game Development
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Develop simple, yet engaging games with the Slick2D game engine
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Cisco Blogs / Networking / You Can Have It All: SASE and Secure SD-WAN with One SD-Architecture
You Can Have It All: SASE and Secure SD-WAN with One SD-Architecture
Ravi Chandrasekaran
As the workplace becomes more disrupted and the workforce more distributed, data and applications need to be accessible from anywhere with both security and optimized performance. Organizations need a secure, agile network fabric to keep everything and everyone securely connected and collaborating. Just in time to meet this new normal of operations, Cisco SD-WAN is playing an outsized role in securely connecting data centers, cloud resources, SaaS applications, and the distributed workforce. Cisco Secure SD-WAN supports organizations in the ways in which they need to work today, while preparing for as yet unforeseen connectivity challenges in the future.
With Secure SD-WAN in use by over 6000 organizations, there is another evolution of wide-area networking on the horizon that will enable IT to adapt to the constant stream of disruptive forces from security threats and workforce realignments. It's called various names by the IT analyst community, but typically referred to as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) or Software-Defined Branch (SD-Branch). SASE is a software-defined architecture executed primarily in the cloud edge along with security and many network functions, including SD-WAN, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access, and Firewall as a Service (FWaaS).
There are critical use cases for SASE—especially in the context of remote workers and distributed branches that have minimal on-site IT support—where cloud-hosted security and networking is very efficient and effective. However, I think the key question IT needs to answer is: "What is the best architecture to meet the needs of business operations?" Are pure cloud networking and security services as defined in the SASE framework the most appropriate for all aspects of an enterprise? Are there cases when Secure SD-WAN is a better fit to solve application access and data protection scenarios? Are there remote sites—branches, WFH—that do not have access to high-bandwidth connections needed to send all SaaS traffic to a SASE cloud for security screening? What about using a flexible combination, so that SASE (pure cloud) and Secure SD-WAN (hybrid cloud, point of presence (PoP), and on-premise) can be applied as needed to fit specific use cases while relying on the same software-defined architecture to implement and manage it all? Let's look at some of the reasons why you may want to differentiate implementations of secure wide area networking.
Traffic Flows, Latency, and Data Privacy Regulations Inhibit Cloud-Only Security
Just as every enterprise has differences based on geography, customer distribution, and type of business, within each enterprise are departments with separate operational needs and regulations. For example, direct internet connections to applications are very common now as branch and remote workers access SaaS providers directly without first tunneling through data center security services. In these cases, sending traffic to a cloud security broker makes perfect sense—especially when the next step is an on-ramp tuned for cloud application performance. In these cases, SASE cloud security is provided by Cisco Umbrella to protect both outbound and inbound traffic.
However, not all threats arrive from the internet. Many types of threats still propagate in enterprises in the east-west direction—using local traffic traveling from a device to an on-site application or among IoT devices. Protecting east-west / lateral flow traffic from spreading infections is better suited to segmentation with security groups which is beyond the scope of pure cloud security. Enterprise security segmentation policies are not available in the context of cloud security because it requires integration at the management layer, control plane, and data plane. However, segmentation can be managed via Secure SD-WAN with a centralized identity service engine (ISE) shared across the fabrics. At the same time, security policies can be implemented in a distributed manner close to the origin of the threats to prevent lateral movement as quickly as they are detected with AI End-Point Analytics.
In cases where predictable latency and optimized throughput is of critical importance, sending traffic over a WAN interface to a cloud security broker can increase end-to-end latency, which can lower the Quality of Experience for some use cases such as video conferencing. Requiring all traffic from a branch to flow through a cloud security broker makes optimizing the middle-mile much more complex to manage. Providing security in edge routers, at a branch or in a local PoP, enables NetOps to optimize middle-mile performance to keep applications performing as promised in SLAs. Whether in the branch or in a PoP, security policies are applied and traffic routed according to the application's latency and throughput requirements.
Data privacy is a global variable that can affect how different geographic divisions of an organization can or cannot leverage cloud capabilities. Data privacy regulations like GDPR can prevent some organizations from adopting cloud-hosted security because personal data must be kept within specific geographic boundaries (countries, regions). California has more restrictive privacy laws than many other states, for example, so operations there need to treat personal data traffic judiciously when using cloud services for security. Organizations in the U.S. federal government also have privacy requirements that make it complicated to send data to cloud security brokers for processing. These types of regulatory requirements warrant the application of security policies on-premise before traffic exits the source and hits the WAN, therefore cloud-hosted security may be difficult to implement correctly. In these cases, the edge-based application-aware next generation firewall in Secure SD-WAN provides the necessary security protection for sensitive data.
Focus on Establishing the Necessary Security and Performance Policies Instead of Where Security is Applied
These examples demonstrate that there are optimal use cases for both SASE and Secure SD-WAN. A Software-Defined Architecture that supports both enables IT to implement security and network performance policies that are most appropriate for the changing workplace and workforce. Effective enterprise-wide security policy management should focus less on where the security functions are implemented and more on the types of policies that need to be enabled to protect data, applications, and devices while providing optimal performance for the workforce.
Cisco provides unified security policy management across the network of branches, edges, secure internet gateways, colocation, and cloud with granular visibility through vManage and application-aware, enterprise grade firewalls, URL filtering, Snort IPS, Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), and Umbrella DNS-layer security.
Cisco SD-WAN with edge security stack or SD-WAN with Umbrella Cloud Security (SASE) both leverage the Cisco Identity Service Engine's Security Group Access Control Lists for segmentation policy management and enforcement across the WAN.
When applications require very low and predictable latency, enforcing security policies on a Secure SD-WAN edge device like the Cisco Catalyst 8000 optimizes the middle-mile for secure application Quality of Experience.
Security can also be applied in regional PoP/colocation providers to gain control over middle-mile performance and achieve more predictable latency results for applications.
To provide unified security insights to stop threats before they spread, Cisco SecureX is a single dashboard for monitoring security events and incidents across the network fabric.
Duo Zero Trust Network Access adds control over permissions to connect to applications and data resources with single sign-on policies.
You Can Have It All: SASE and Secure SD-WAN
As organizations adapt to changes in workplace, workforce, and application distribution, Secure SD-WAN enables enterprises to transition to a Secure Access Service Edge where and when it is needed. IT benefits by being able to provide both network agility and security in ways that best fit an organization's structure and operations. Cisco's continuous evolution of Secure SD-WAN with data center, edge, PoP, and cloud security offerings enable a smooth transition to whatever the next "new normal" may be.
Using the Cisco SD-WAN integration with Cisco Umbrella gives us effective cloud security throughout our SD-WAN fabric. We can now see which devices employees are using to connect to Tamimi Markets' SD-WAN, restrict them to the most secure protocols, and even limit the applications they can use while connected to the network. We've never had application visibility like this before. This added security protects our staff from the ever-present threats on the internet.
— Joel Marquez, IT Director at Tamimi Markets
Vistara airlines is able to perform consistent, future-ready security checks across DNS and firewalls, while defining communication frameworks across its offices and IT offices. "Vistara's growing business required a strong and cost-effective solution to run a spectrum of applications with minimal downtime and maximum performance. Cisco's SD-WAN was the right solution to help us do this. (With) Cisco SD-WAN, our network topology is now optimized and centralized across all of our operations and IT offices, making it easier to manage data and incrementally save costs."
Subhash Kumar Mishra Head of IT Enterprise, Vistara
For more information read a white paper on the Roadmap to SASE or visit the SASE webpage.
Tags: Cisco SASE SD-Branch SD-WAN SD-WAN security
Amarnath pallampati says:
Great overview and use cases, Ravi. Thank you
Colin Martin - Keysight Technologies says:
Ravi,
Solid overview of how It all comes together. Infographics are well done, easy to visualize the complete solution.


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Popular Mechanics: What You Should Know About Murder Hornets
Are these bugs really deserving of such a menacing nickname? Here's the truth.
The nickname alone is pretty menacing: murder hornet. Based on that moniker, you might assume these critters are out for blood—but that's not the case.
Even though murder hornets—known as Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia)—are typically more aggressive and larger than your average hornet (they can grow between 1.5 and 2 inches long), they don't really deserve their bad rep.
You might be concerned about reports that V. mandarinia has been spotted in the U.S. for the first time, especially since they're an invasive species and their presence could spell doom for native honey bees, so Popular Mechanics spoke to two experts—Katie Lee, Ph.D., a researcher studying bee health, and Matt Bertone, Ph.D., the director of the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic at North Carolina State University—to discover what all the buzz is about. Here's what they had to say.
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Q: Quick sort implement by queue? Can I implement quick sort using queue?
I found this article only https://www.quora.com/Can-we-use-a-queue-in-quicksort-in-C.
Is this article correct?
If yes, why does the textbook always implement quick sort by stack or recursive method only?
Because the information about this question is rare, so I ask here.

A: bad cache performance
With stack, we have enough temporal locality, while with queue it is lost completely. We basically are trying to sort the array in breadth first search way in queue method.
EDIT(from Will Ness' answer): And larger arrays(>RAM), queue method won't even work, since it requires O(n) space for sorting an array of size n. While stack based method required only log n space. All theoretical time complexity of both of them is same.

A:
why does the textbook always implement quick sort by stack or recursive method only

Because the essence of quicksort is that it is in-place, and sorting is achieved by repeated partitions of the same array that is being sorted.
The partitions are done from the top down, from bigger-sized portions of the array down to smaller and smaller ones.
If we use stack to manage the-work-yet-to-be-done, the size of that stack will be logarithmic in the array's size (if the partition being put on the stack is the bigger one, always). This is equivalent to depth-first traversal.
But if we'd use queue for that, it would be equivalent to breadth-first traversal, and the size of the queue would be linear (which is exponentially worse than logarithmic).