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Q: Run a timer infinitely until button pressed? How can I add timed functionality that doesn't end unless the button is clicked again?
This runs a thread okay but it won't restart unless I go to another tab in the app and go back to it.
 metroStartBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view)
        {
            metronomeOn = !metronomeOn;

            if(metronomeOn)
            {
                final Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable()
                {

                    @Override
                    public void run()
                    {
                        while(!toExit){
                            // Your code
                            try {
                                playSound(getContext(), 1);
                                Thread.sleep(100);
                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                                e.printStackTrace();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                });

                    t.start();

            }

            else
            {
                toExit = true;
            }

        }

    });

A: Because after the first run , toExit is true therefore your while loop will not execute after that
metroStartBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view)
        {
            metronomeOn = !metronomeOn;

            if(metronomeOn)
            {
                final Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable()
                {

                    @Override
                    public void run()
                    {
                        while(metronomeOn){
                            // Your code
                            try {
                                playSound(getContext(), 1);
                                Thread.sleep(100);
                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                                e.printStackTrace();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                });

                t.start();

            }
        }

    });

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Ranking the 2020 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees
Mike Thomas and Jerome Cusson debated the 2017 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees in the form of a podcast. In 2018, we went with a written preview (which contained a frankly amazing HELLBOY gag). We came back yet again in 2019 with no change in the system. Why take the chance? Now, we're back at it again for 2020. After devising a secret formula to rank this year's nominees, we have come up with a definitive order for the Oscar films, ranked worst to best…
Fittingly, this is the same spot Green Book occupied last year. This movie is also likely to win Best Picture in a few days. This movie is slightly less racist (not having any people of color helps) but still manages to reduce German soldiers to borderline slobbering monsters who get no dialogue or agency. People appear to be taking the gimmick of the movie being one take in combination with the old mantra "War is hell" and pushing it to the front of line ahead of more nuanced and dense films on this list.
I would have no issue if this won some down the line awards, including one for legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, but there was a specific shot toward the end of the film where I realized, "This is winning best picture, and this shot will be used in montages for years to come." I do not want to reduce some of the critiques down to this feeling like a series of video game cut scenes ( I reserve that for Rise of Skywalker), but I don't see this movie as anything more than a technical achievement. I firmly believe we'll look back at this winning Best Picture with the same amount of skepticism as The Shape of Water. Again though, at least it's not The Green Book. – Jerome
7. (tied) Jojo Rabbit
The moment I saw this film I knew exactly how the build to the Oscars would go with it; It is a dumb movie. It is not sophisticated satire. Compared to films satirizing and scrutinizing the German nazi behavior/government *before* the United States government even got involved in World War II, it comes up embarrassingly short in its level of bite. That being said the notion that this film is NOT "anti-nazi" is just silly. The premise is essentially that flooding the country with white supremacist propaganda would make little boys believe it is essentially correct. That is how it works. So many people are calling that premise into question that any and all discourse surrounding this film tedious at best. That being said, it's a dumb movie and no one should feel passionately about it one way or another. No one will care about this film in a year. – Mike
7. (tied) Joker
Speaking of films NO ONE SHOULD FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT. This movie is a fine Joaquin Phoenix performance (but not even like one of his ten best roles, right?) and a fun DeNiro supporting turn and not much else. That in and of itself is fine! Not too many films these days are explicitly anti-ruling class, and this one truly is. Todd Phillips is, however, a moron. He is not a talented filmmaker or storyteller by any stretch of the imagination. No one should care, but much like Jojo the awards season has thrusted it into The Conversation, and it's been pretty miserable ever since. No one will care about this film in two years. – Mike
6. Ford v Ferrari
James Mangold is the type of filmmaker who I've come to appreciate in recent years. I don't know if this is one of the nine best movies of the year, but one could do a lot worse than this look at a racing rivalry that actually complicates the common sports movie trope of the underdog miscreants versus the big bad favorites. In this case, Ford turned out to the underdogs despite being a giant company. The movie digs into the psyche of the different characters. Christian Bale gets to use his real voice and excels as a complicated genius. We've seen these kinds of movies and television shows quite a bit, but I appreciate that Bale's character isn't just a monster to everyone in the name of inventing cars.
Similar to 1917, I think this is a movie that you need to experience in a theater to be able to see and hear the racing cars. It's a very visceral experience, and there likely was some CGI. However, this feels like a more tactile movie than is typical for something of this scale. Mangold has found a tremendous lane for himself by crafting adult dramas that mainstream audiences can still enjoy. I love indie movies and blockbusters at times, but these mid-range films should not be abandoned. Even though this is number six on our list, I appreciated the craftsmanship. – Jerome
5. Marriage Story
[**insert image of Adam Driver dressing up like a fucking ghost while the rest of the family is The Beatles**]
This is the film that at times plays more like a theater production. Characters are always doing things while in dialogue. Given how much dialogue there is, I think having movement and mundane activities is crucial for this to not feel stale. The way that this movie is shot is really underrated. I think the movie works on just about every level, and more people than usual saw this because of a Netflix release. While I'm curious if the memeification of certain moments (including a specific scene toward the end) hurt this movie in awards consideration, there should be no doubt of the acting chops involved. Scarlett Johansson receives a lot of justified criticism for things she has said about who can play certain roles, but she can act the hell out of certain roles (she's a double nominee, and it's hard to argue against either nomination). Adam Driver is quickly establishing himself as one of our best actors. Hopefully, not being involved with Star Wars will allow him an even great chance to be in great films such as this.
What I appreciated in a movie about divorce is the way the first seven minutes were dedicated to the main characters talking about what they loved about each other. In many scenarios, I could see that opening get cut, but I think it grounds the film. There is a lot of subtlety and small moments which can be overlooked in a film where Driver yells a lot and sings Sondheim. I went into the fall of 2019 thinking it was a bad a year for movies. The fact that this is number five on our list and almost didn't make my top ten for the year speaks to the quality of films that came out. – Jerome
4. The Irishman
This film could have been four hours of Robert DeNiro plotting out road trip directions on a map with a red marker, and it would have frankly been the clear cut choice for #1. A real missed opportunity there. But we must judge cinema by what IS there and not what is not. What is here is an instant masterpiece and a fitting final chapter in the careers of four legends. If they all stopped working today, it would be a storybook ending for the ages. It would however be off-theme for them to do so, because this brilliant film is all about the stupidity of the everyday choices we make and how meaningless everything all is. "It's all a big nothing," and we probably should prioritize things beyond short-term "growth" and "satisfaction." – Mike
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…
Let's get this out of way: Quentin Tarantino is an incredibly problematic individual. I am very understanding of any person who chose not to see the film because of the way female characters are treated or Bruce Lee is portrayed. There are legitimate critiques which can be made against this film, and I am very sympathetic to these viewpoints. Tarantino is unquestionably a blindspot for me. I love the vibe. I love watching two giant movie stars hang out. I love the soundtrack and the very specific songs chosen that capture the mood of those three specific days in Los Angeles.
There's a moment about ¾ of the way through the film where Brad Pitt goes to Charles Manson's property that does such an incredible job of building tension, and you're seemingly waiting for his character to potentially be killed. I cannot imagine the Tarantino of 1994 having the patience to execute a scene like this. It's a real sign of filmmaking maturity. I wish I had a lot of profound things to say about this movie, but I just really enjoyed watching everyone hang-out. The more I watch it, the more I find pleasure in the smaller things. The concept of the movie star and this kind of director will likely go away in the next couple of decades, maybe for the best. But in the micro and macro way, this serves as an interesting throwback/farewell to a bygone era. – Jerome
2. Little Women
Greta Gerwig's latest confirms the timeless and universal themes of the classic novel, the brilliance of Saoirse Ronan as one of the top performers of the day, and the fact that Gerwig is one of the very best minds in the industry right now. In an age where countless works get "adapted" or "remade" for reasons that are not clear beyond the financial, Gerwig manages to stay true to the spirit of the characters, stories, and themes while simultaneously providing enough of a wrinkle to not make anything about the film tedious in the slightest. Gerwig's direction along with the film's writing and editing deceptively give the film an "effortless" quality. Gerwig is clearly a genius of our time and hopefully she continues to get studio support to pursue her passion projects. – Mike
1. Parasite
I am a firm believe that we will look back at this year's Academy Awards and wonder how in the hell we didn't make this the winner for Best Picture. The fact that an international movie could even be considered a contender (and likely a Best Original Screenplay winner in addition to Best International Feature) is really damn impressive. In a year where we saw other movies with the subtext of eating the rich, this was the strongest and most bombastic.
This was marketed as a horror movie, but it plays as almost a farce in the spirit of movies like Arsenic and Old Lace. It's honestly impressive Bong Joon-Ho was able to take a classic form and jazz it up into something really powerful. I knew none of the actors before sitting down to watch, and I walked away being impressed by everyone. Having seen this movie more than three months ago at this point, it has become elevated by the discourse and the very real economic strife that is not just applicable to Korea, but to countries around the world.
In an ideal world, this would upset 1917 and Joker because it is the best representation of 2019 in bringing up issues of class and showing the real life separation that exists between people who live in the same city. This is an amazing movie, one that will only continue to permeate cultures around the world in years to come. – Jerome
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Kia Celebrates 20 years in Canada and Welcomes new Chief Operating Officer & Vice President
/EIN News/ -- MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, June 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kia Canada Inc. officially celebrated its twentieth year in Canada last week at an employee celebration that acknowledged the enormous team effort that has contributed to the rapid success of the brand across the country. The celebration was also the perfect opportunity for staff to meet Kia Canada's new Chief Operating Officer, Elias El-Achhab.
Elias El-Achhab
Kia Canada Team
Exciting new addition to Kia Canada's leadership team
Kia Canada Inc. is pleased to welcome Elias El-Achhab as the organization's new Chief Operating Officer & Vice President, reporting directly to Kyle Lee, President & CEO, Kia Canada Inc.
A highly accomplished and motivated professional with more than 17 years of experience in many aspects of the automotive industry, Elias brings a strategic mindset and a vast array of skills to the team and will be tasked with leading Kia into its next 20 years of growth.
"As we look to build on a successful first twenty years in Canada, we are very excited to welcome Elias to the team," said Kyle Lee, President & CEO, Kia Canada Inc. "His experience and leadership will play a critical role in bringing some very exciting plans to the Canadian market in both the short and long term."
Elias joins the team from the S. Dilawri Auto Group in Ottawa where he was Vice President, responsible for all facets of business operations for ten dealerships, two of which were the Kia brand.
Celebrating Twenty Years in Canada
In 1999, Kia Canada Inc. opened for business with 43 dealerships and two nameplates – the Sportage and the Sephia – finishing that first year with 1,417 vehicles sold. Since that first year, Kia has grown in leaps and bounds to a national network of nearly 200 locations, delivering nearly 75,000 annual sales through an award-winning lineup of eleven nameplates.
The rapid growth of the brand in Canada has been aided by a dramatic improvement and leadership position in both design and manufacturing quality, but accomplished through the hard work of Kia Canada's dedicated employees and dealership staff.
Last week, Kia Canada recognized the contribution that its employees make to the brand's success through a staff celebration at its corporate head office in Mississauga. For the first time ever, all employees from across the country were given the opportunity to come together and appreciate the cross-functional relationships that make the Power to Surprise possible at all levels of the business.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Kia at such an exciting time for the brand," said Elias El-Achhab, Chief Operating Officer & Vice President, Kia Canada Inc. "Having the opportunity to celebrate the collective achievement of this team and meet such a great group of people was the perfect way to start my journey at Kia and I cannot wait to be part of the future that has limitless opportunity for the brand both globally and here in Canada."
More information on Kia and its Canadian lineup of vehicles can be found at KiaMedia.ca.
About Kia Canada Inc.
Kia Canada Inc. (KCI), established in 1999 and celebrating 20 years in Canada, is a subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation (KMC) based in Seoul, South Korea. Kia's full line of award-winning vehicles offers world-class quality and customer satisfaction through a network of 193 dealers nationwide. The company employs 170 people in its Mississauga, Ontario headquarters, various locations across Canada and at its regional office in Montreal, Quebec. Kia's brand slogan "The Power to Surprise" represents the company's global commitment to surpassing customer expectations through continuous automotive innovation. From compact to crossover to industry leading EV's, every Kia delivers an extraordinary combination of precision engineering, outstanding performance, innovative features, and advanced safety systems. Having sold close to one million vehicles, popular Canadian models include Soul, Forte, Sportage, Sorento and Stinger. To learn more about the Kia advantage, visit kia.ca or Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
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Corporate Communications Manager, Kia Canada Inc.
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Directeur relations publiques et marketing de détail – Région de l'est
PR and Retail Marketing Manager – ER, Kia Canada Inc.
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import os

from src import util

dir_path = str(os.path.realpath(__file__)).rsplit('/', 1)[0]
addr_data_file = dir_path + '/addresses.json'
addr_config_file = dir_path + '/address_config.json'
excluded_assets_file = dir_path + '/exclusions.txt'

app_file_paths = [addr_data_file, addr_config_file, excluded_assets_file]

for file_path in app_file_paths:
    file_name, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_path)
    if not os.path.isfile(file_path) or os.stat(file_path).st_size == 0:
        with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
            if file_extension == '.json':
                # write empty dict to files designated as json if they must be created
                f.write('{}')
            else:
                pass
    #print('{0} ok'.format(file_path))

def add_address(addr_type, addr_lst=[]):
    """
    updates addresses from file to include new addresses of addr_type after verifying the address as valid
    """
    addr_type = addr_type.upper()
    type_data = util.json_from_file(addr_config_file)
    addr_data = util.json_from_file(addr_data_file)

    if addr_type in addr_data:
        [addr_data[addr_type].append(addr) for addr in addr_lst]

    else:
        # settings template for new address type
        type_data[addr_type] = {'API':'',
                                'DATA_KEY':[''],
                                'ID_KEY':[''],
                                'BALANCE_KEY':[''],
                                'MULTI_ASSET_FLAG':False,
                                'MULTI_REQUEST_FLAG_MAX':[False, 0],
                                'MULTIPLIER':1}
        addr_data[addr_type] = [addr for addr in addr_lst]
        util.json_to_file(addr_config_file, type_data)
        print('Update address type params for {0} addresses at\n{1}'.format(addr_type, addr_config_file))

    util.json_to_file(addr_data_file, addr_data)

def add_exclusion(asset_lst=[]):
    """
    Adds each asset in asset_lst to current exclusions
    """
    exlusion_lst = [i.upper() for i in util.list_from_file(excluded_assets_file)]
    for asset in asset_lst:
        asset = asset.upper()
        if asset not in exlusion_lst:
            exlusion_lst.append(asset)
    with open(excluded_assets_file, 'w') as f:
        [f.write(e + '\n') for e in exlusion_lst]

def display_addresses():
    """
    Prints all assets for each address
    """
    addr_data = util.json_from_file(addr_data_file)
    for addr_type, addr_lst in addr_data.items():
        print(addr_type)
        [print('   {0}'.format(addr)) for addr in addr_lst]

def display_exclusions():
    """
    Prints all excluded assets
    """
    exclusion_lst = util.list_from_file(excluded_assets_file)
    [print('   {0}'.format(e)) for e in exclusion_lst]

def remove_address(addr_type, addr_lst=[]):
    """
    updates addresses from file so addresses in rm_addr_lst are removed if they are present
    """
    addr_type = addr_type.upper()
    addr_data = util.json_from_file(addr_data_file)
    if addr_type not in addr_data:
        print('No addresses with type {0} found'.format(addr_type))
        return
    addr_data[addr_type] = [addr for addr in addr_data[addr_type] if addr not in addr_lst]
    util.json_to_file(addr_data_file, addr_data)

def remove_exclusion(asset_lst=[]):
    """
    Removes all assets in asset_lst from current exclusions list
    """
    asset_lst = [asset.upper() for asset in asset_lst]
    old_exclusion_lst = util.list_from_file(excluded_assets_file)
    new_exclusion_lst = list(set(old_exclusion_lst) - set(asset_lst))
    util.list_to_file(excluded_assets_file, new_exclusion_lst)

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Category Archives: Theater
'The Lucky Ones': An emotional roller-coaster by the husband-wife team behind 'Hundred Days'
It's hard to imagine how anyone could tell such a gut-wrenching, personal story to audiences night after night without going over the edge, but Abigail Bengson — who performs with husband Shaun in The Bengsons — is doing just that in "The Lucky Ones," now playing at the historic Connelly Theater in Manhattan's East Village.
The piece is charming and entertaining, but gripping and emotionally exhausting at the same time. It's much more emotional, at least to me, than their previous musical, "Hundred Days."
I regretted waiting so late in the game — not until Black Friday last year at New York Theater Workshop — to see the Bengsons' first musical, which centered on their quirky love-and-marriage story. By then it was in what seemed like it umpteenth incarnation. I had passed up opportunities to see earlier versions at Joe's Pub, The Public Theater's Under the Radar Series, and probably other venues.
Abigail and Shaun Bengson in January 2017
I have no idea why. But because when I finally did see it, I found "Hundred Days" to be so enjoyable and endearing experience that I wasn't about to wait too long to see The Bengsons' next project.
I was thrilled to see that "The Lucky Ones" was getting its world premiere in New York this month, and got the ticket-buying out of the way early. Continue reading →
Posted in Music, News, Off-Broadway, Theater
Tagged Abigail Bengson, Adina Verson, Anne Kauffman, Ars Nova, Connelly Theater, Damon Daunno, Hundred Days, piece by piece productions, Sarah Gancher, Shaun Bengson, Sonya Tayeh, The Bengsons, The Lucky Ones, Wendy vanden Heuvel
NBC TV role saved 'Paterson' actor William Jackson Harper from quitting show business
Posted on February 5, 2017 | 1 comment
William Jackson Harper plays Chidi on NBC's "The Good Place"
It's hard to believe that William Jackson Harper, who lends a delightful touch of insanity to Jim Jarmusch's "Paterson" as the persistent, lovelorn Everett, almost gave up acting altogether.
Adam Driver and William Jackson Harper in "Paterson" (Photo by Mary Cybulsky)
But that's what he told Electronic Urban Report in an interview.
Landing the role of Chidi in the NBC afterlife comedy "The Good Place," alongside Kristen Bell and Ted Danson, was what kept him going in his craft.
Harper, who's been seen on stages around New York City in a number of important roles in the last five years, says:
I was burned out. I was doing a lot of theater and I love theater but I was also just so broke all the time that I was just frustrated, and decided that this season was going to be my last pilot season," Jackson explained. "I was going to start trying to transition out from acting. I hit a point where I was like, 'Okay, maybe it's time for me to be realistic and get a regular job and try to have some stability in my life.' Then this job happened and not only was it a job that gave me a little bit more faith, but also, I couldn't imagine a more perfect job and a more perfect show for me to be on this one," he said. "Sitting here with you talking is like a miracle to me, because I've been at this for a while, not nearly as long as some, but longer than others.
Harper's role in the NBC show was announced last February, nearly four months after filming wrapped on "Paterson." So if not for the heavenly intervention of "The Good Place," Everett might have been Harper's swan song as an actor. Continue reading →
Posted in News, Off-Broadway, television, Theater
Tagged Adam Driver, HBO, Heidi Rodewald, Jim Jarmusch, Massacre (Sing to Your Children), NBC, Paterson, Stew, The Good Place, The Leftovers, The Public Theater, The Total Bent, William Jackson Harper
Garnerville plays unsung role supporting Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch movie 'Paterson' (now with video)
Adam Driver behind the wheel in "Paterson" (Photo by Mary Cybulsky)
I finally saw Jim Jarmusch's latest movie, "Paterson" with , last Sunday afternoon at the Fabian 8 Cinema, only movie theater left in the City of Paterson, New Jersey.
Adam Driver and Golshifteh Farahani in "Paterson" (Photo by Mary Cybulsky)
I have known the city for a long time, but can't say I'm intimately acquainted with it.
Even so, I was hit with a strange feeling early in my viewing of "Paterson" that something wasn't quite right — aside from the fact that the family bulldog, a male named Marvin, was a gender-bending role for a female named Nellie.
It was more than the occasional script misstep, like the reference indicating that that Driver's character, Paterson, worked for the city when his bus is clearly marked NJ Transit, a statewide transit agency.
Some of the settings, while authentically gritty, reminded me of somewhere else.
Look familiar? This scene from the movie "Paterson" wasn't shot in the movie's namesake city. (Photo by Mary Cybulsky)
Take, for instance, Paterson's walk home from the Paterson bus depot, which took him through a brick archway past a "Paterson" sign painted on the wall. Something about the location reminded me of the Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center just a couple of miles from my home in Rockland County, New York.
Click through to the jump for the photographic evidence.
Posted in Movies, News, Theater
Tagged Adam Driver, Brian Mertes, Carrie Coon, Chasten Harmon, Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center, Girls, Golshifteh Farahani, Heidi Rodewald, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jim Beckerman, Jim Jarmusch, Jose Rivera, Kylo Ren, Mary Cybulsky, Massacre (Sing to Your Children), Nellie, New Jersey, Paterson, Placebo, Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick Theater, Star Wars, Stew, The Good Place, The Leftovers, The Public Theater, The Record, The Total Bent, William Jackson Harper
Last Minute Music: Eisa Davis performs new songs at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater tonight (Video)
You may remember Eisa Davis from "Passing Strange," where I first encountered her.
But if it strains your brain to reach back that far, and you watch TV, you'll recognize her from her roles in "House of Cards" and "Blindspot" or her many guest appearances on other popular shows, including "Gotham," "The Blacklist," "The Wire," "The Good Wife," and many others.
She's not just an actor. She's also a writer, composer, and singer.
She wrote a musical play called "Angela's Mixtape," an exploration of family dynamics titled in honor of her aunt, Angela Davis.
Yes, THAT Angela Davis.
Eisa Davis
She's appearingat 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater series "New Songs Now," sharing the bill with Zoe Sarnak, in a program of new songs, conversation anda bit of drinking.
She's a good, charming singer and performer with magnetic stage presence. It should be a great way to spend a couple of hours on a Tuesday evening.
This is the third in a series of five shows in the Manhattan theater's unplugged summer concert series. Each features two songwriters who share songs in progress and conversationfollowed by an audience talkback.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 on day of show, and include one drink. Go HERE to buy online or call 866-812-4111 or 212-627-2556.
Rattlestick is located at 224 Waverly Place.
Posted in Music, News, Pop and Rock, Theater
Tagged Angela Davis, Angela's Mixtape, Eisa Davis, Passing Strange, Rattlestick Theater
Surreal 'City of Glass' leaps from novel to New York stage
Playwright Edward Einhorn, left, and novelist Paul Auster on the set for "City of Glass" at the New Ohio Theatre. (Photo by Gil Sperling)
If playwright Edward Einhorn hadn't been able to think like a gumshoe, he never would have gotten permission to make a theater adaptation of Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster's "City of Glass" — one of the best, and most surreal, detective-style novels of the last half century.
But luck and persistence were on the 45-year-old Einhorn's side, who used his amateur detective skills to put himself and his idea in front of the 69-year-old author.
"I sought out Paul," he tells Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? in an exclusive telephone interview.
"I found out where he was going to be and I approached him about doing it. To my pleasure he was interested and very responsive. … I figured I would talk to him for a minute or two and just introduce the idea. I wasn't going to take up too much of his time. But he actually pursued it with a lot more questions and we talked about it longer than expected.
"He seemed very open to the idea."
"City of Glass," published in 1986, was the first of three short novels in Auster's "New York Trilogy." It tells a surreal story of Daniel Quinn, a writer, who gets a call from someone who thinks he's a private detective named Paul Auster. The chance call launches a surreal, only-in-New-York narrative that raises questions about sanity, identity, and reality.
It was an instant cult hit and catapulted Auster into literary superstardom at age 39.
Video and ticket discount code after the jump.
Posted in Off-Broadway, Theater, Video
Tagged adaptation, City of Glass, detective, Edward Einhorn, New Ohio Theatre, novel, Paul Auster
In performance now: Colman Domingo's warmhearted 'Dot'
Colman Domingo, the theatrical triple threat (actor on stage, film, and TV, playwright, and director) and someone from whom I've always been able to count on getting a hug since the day we met in 2007 during the Public Theater run of "Passing Strange,"is at it again.
His latest play, "Dot," had its first performance Thursday night at Manhattan's Vineyard Theatre a place that's shown him a lot of love over the years.
The "Fear the Walking Dead" star's heartwarming autobiographical "A Boy and His Soul" had a good run there in 2009, and he appeared there in the off-Broadway premiere of "The Scottsboro Boys" the following year before he went to Broadway with the show. (His second play, "Wild With Happy," was presented at the Public Theater.) Continue reading →
Posted in Off-Broadway, Theater
Tagged A Boy and His Soul, Colman Domingo, Dot, Fear the Walking Dead, Passing Strange, Scottsboro Boys, Sharon Washington, The Public Theater, Vineyard Theatre, Wild With Happy
Nyack's Bill Irwin puts on his 'Old Hats' again
Bill Irwin in the world première run of "Old Hats" at Signature Theatre Company. (© 2013 Joan Marcus)
Scroll to the bottom of this post for access to a special 2-for-1 ticket deal for Bill Irwin's "Old Hats," which returns to Off-Broadway next week. Then click through to read the full story.
You know Bill Irwin.
Maybe you didn't see him on Broadway, clowning around onstage in baggy pants in "Fool Moon" 1n 1993, or playing the comical Mr. McAfee in "Bye Bye Birdie" in 2011.
Maybe you didn't grow up with him as Mr. Noodle on "Sesame Street."
But if you watch "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Law and Order SVU," or "Sleepy Hollow," you've probably seen him playing everything from psychologists to over-the-top villains.
Bill Irwin as the title character in "Uncle Vanya" on Lake Lucille in New City in 2007. (©2007 Steven P. Marsh/willyoumissme.com)
Or maybe you saw him locally, in some of the summer plays on Lake Lucille in northern New City. He appeared as the title character in Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in 2007 and the clown Radish in Chekhov's "Platonov" in 2008.
He's a versatile actor who admits he works hard to stay that way for a practical reason: to pay the bills. (The Lake Lucille shows may be an exception since they're labors of love for all involved!)
"It isn't really an aesthetic choice as much as it is just trying to make the monthly nut," he told me recently as we sat down for a chat for The Journal News/lohud.com.
He says he and wife Martha Roth take the need to pay the bills pretty seriously.
Bill Irwin clowns around as Radish in Chekhov's "Platonov" on Lake Lucille in New City in 2008. (©2008 Steven P. Marsh/willyoumissme.com)
"Everybody has a monthly nut, but we have a chant: Monthly nut, monthly nut!"
Irwin and David Shiner, his partner-in-clowning, are returning to the New York City stage next week for a return engagement of their 2013 revue "Old Hats" — with splendid young singer-songwriter Shaina Taub as their onstage foil, master of ceremonies, and music director, filling the shoes of quirky chanteuse Nellie McKay, who originated the part.
The show was a delight the first time around, and sounds like it'll be just as much of a hoot this time — with some changes that'll make it well worth seeing again.
Check out my FULL INTERVIEW by clicking here, or pick up this Sunday's edition of The Journal News on your local newsstand.
GO HERE FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET 2 TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF 1.
Posted in Broadway, Interview, lohud.com, Off-Broadway, Theater
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Bill Irwin, Broadway, Bye Bye Birdie, clown, CSI, David Shiner, Fool Moon, Lake Lucille, lohud, Martha Roth, Nellie McKay, Nyack, off-Broadway, Old Hats, Shaina Taub, Signature Theatre Company, Sleepy Hollow, television, The Journal News
Stew and Heidi celebrate Baldwin in the shadow of Bowie
One of the numerous humorous videos projected during "Notes of a Native Song" at Joe's Pub labels a silent clip of James Baldwin smoking a cigarette with: "Don't blame any of this on me. These are Stew's words not mine."
How does any rock musician play a show — especially in New York City — on the day the world learned that David Bowie died?
With heart and soul.
Heidi Rodewald and Stew at Joe's Pub on Jan. 11, 2016. (Photo © 2016, Steven P. Marsh/willyoumissme.com)
Stew and Heidi Rodewald played their "Notes of a Native Song" show at for a mixed crowd of friends, fans, and arts presenters (it was an APAP showcase gig) Joe's Pub on Monday night as if it was the most important show they'd ever done.
It wasn't until after taking the final bow that the pair returned to the cramped stage to sing a reverent rendition of Bowie's "Be My Wife." The song — never explained by Bowie but often perceived as Bowie's musical effort to save his marriage to Angela Bowie — was a beautiful and touching tribute to the chameleonic icon by a pair of artists who once were a couple themselves.
Stew (© 2016, Steven P. Marsh/willyoumissme.com)
It has been just seven months since they premiered their James Baldwin-centric show at Harlem Stage as part of the 90th anniversary of the late literary icon's birth.
It's the same show I saw in Harlem, but it felt very different. I can't — and wouldn't even if I had kept detailed notes — do a song-by-song comparison of the two productions. But the show I saw Monday night felt like it had evolved and grown. Some of the songs seemed tweaked and rewritten.
Was there a new song or two in the mix? Maybe. But it could simply be my memory playing tricks on me. If it matters, I'm sure Stew will explain.
I'm fairly sure that my sense that the show felt much tighter and even more energized than it was in Harlem is not based on a faulty memory. Freed from the confines of Theater-with-a-capital-T in Harlem, Stew, Heidi (wearing clericals), and their seasoned crew of Mike McGinnis (in a tux and a rather large yarmulke) on winds, Marty Beller (in a bright orange plaid shirt) on drums, and Art Terry (in a choir robe open to his breastbone) on keyboards really rocked.
"The Good Swimmer," with music by Heidi Rodewald, libretto/lyrics by Donna Di Novelli, music co-direction by Marc Doten and Rodewald, direction by Kevin Newbury, is part of the 2016 Prototype festival through Jan. 17.
Stew made a point to mention from time to time that they were doing a New York version of the show — pointing out the parts that weren't really in the show that they were peddling to the APAP crowd. But with a show like this — warm, personal, and loosely structured — there's room for variations to accommodate location and other temporal factors. I expect it'll be slightly different everywhere it's performed.
Who knows when this show will reappear in New York?
But if you have a craving for more of this team's creative output, check out Heidi's show "The Good Swimmer," which runs through Jan. 17 as part of the Prototype Festival at HERE arts center, 145 Sixth Avenue. Order tickets online by tapping or clicking here.
Posted in Music, Off-Broadway, Pop and Rock, Theater
Tagged Harlem Stage, Heidi Rodewald, Here arts center, James Baldwin, Joe's Pub, Marty Beller, Mike McGinnis, Notes of a Native Song, Passing Strange, Prototype, Stew, The Good Swimmer
Suzanne Vega keeps Carson McCullers alive
Suzanne Vega onstage as novelist Carson McCullers.
New York singer-songwriter Vega has 'rewritten' her intimate one-woman portrait of the novelist and is recording the songs
Good news: New York singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega's one-woman musical play about Southern writer Carson McCullers is getting a second life.
"I've rewritten the entire play. Recording the songs today," she told me Wednesday in response to a Facebook inquire about the show. The album is expected to come out in the Spring.
That's just the latest fantastic news about Vegas efforts to push her talent into the world of theater — efforts that I feared she might have abandoned.
Vega showed the world a new face in 2011 with her one-woman play "Carson McCullers Talks About Love." She wrote and starred in the play, which featured music co-written with pop artist and "Spring Awakening" composer Duncan Sheik.
Someone who knows Vega well told me she was urged to do an out-of-town tryout before staging it in New York. But she apparently ignored the advice and launched it at the small, well-worn Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in downtown Manhattan.
As predicted, didn't get the results or critical response she had hoped for.
Charles Isherwood of The New York Times described the show as a "funky ramble through the life of that Southern writer," but assessed it as a "messy" project.
Joe Dziemianowicz, the longtime New York Daily News theater critic who was unceremoniously dumped by the tabloid earlier this year, was a bit kinder, but didin't offer glowing praise:
Vega traces McCullers' life with great warmth, but at times the play's matter-of-factness chafes. Vega isn't fully comfortable acting a role, which is also an issue.
I saw the spare production and was delighted by Vega's transformation into McCullers — who was only 50 years old (a couple of years younger than Vega was during the Rattlestick run) when she died in 1967 in Nyack, where had lived off and on for 30 years.
The story was fascinating and the music was full of life and told the story of the writer quite well.
Vega's not the only artist inspired at least in part by McCullers at the time. Gabriel Kahane's well-received musical "February House," staged in 2012 at The Public Theater, was based an the book of the same name that featured McCullers and a cast of early 20th century arts icons — from Gypsy Rose Lee to W.H.Auden — who lived in a house in Brooklyn Heights for a short, intense time in the 1940s.
But Vega's show seemed to vanish when the run ended.
While it dropped off the radar, I certainly didn't forget about it.
I rarely respond to calls for audience requests at concerts, but even have to admit I called out for "anything from the Carson McCullers show" when Vega asked for requests at The Bell House a few years later.
She laughed and politely declined. I figured she just wanted to forget about it.
But it seems I was wrong.
Vega is performing some of the songs from the show in concert Jan. 15 at Joe's Pub on Jan. 15.
She rewrote the title, too, while reworking the play. It's now called "Unjoined: An Evening With Carson McCullers" — a title that appears to be influenced by the final moments of the writer's 1946 novel, "The Member of the Wedding," which describes 13-year-old motherless character Frankie Addams feeling like "an unjoined person who hung around in doorways, and she was afraid."
For a little more from Vega about the show, check out this interview with Richmond Magazine.
"Unjoined: An Evening With Carson McCullers" is on track to return to the stage in 2016. I, for one, can hardly wait to see what Vega's done with it.
Posted in History, Music, Recordings, Theater
Tagged Carson McCullers, Duncan Sheik, February House, Gabriel Kahane, Joe's Pub, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Spring Awakening, Suzanne Vega, The New York Times, The Public Theater
Naama Potok, Chaim Potok's daughter, does his memory proud onstage
Actress Naama Potok recently completed a run as the female lead in Aaron Posner's sympathetic stage adaptation of father Chaim Potok's novel "My Name is Asher Lev."
Her role at Rockland County's Penguin Rep Theatre was a triumphant return to the stage after a hiatus. She recently reflected on her family heritage and her art with me in an interview for The Journal News/lohud.com.
Check out our conversation at lohud.com.
From left: Naama Potok (The Women) and Max Wolkowitz (Asher Lev) in "My Name is Asher Lev," at Penguin Rep Theatre.
Posted in Interview, lohud.com, Theater
Tagged chaim potok, my name is asher lev, naama potok, penguin rep


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CNN's 7-Hour Climate Change Town Hall Ratings Trounced by Fox News, MSNBC
By Craig Bannister | September 6, 2019 | 3:37pm EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
(Getty Images/Andrew Burton)
A seven-hour, ten-candidate CNN climate change marathon's viewership finished well below the average audiences of rival news networks Fox News and MSNBC.
Wednesday's CNN climate event, which ran from 5 p.m. EST to midnight, provided a platform for ten Democrat presidential hopefuls to promote their climate agendas. But, regular programming at Fox News attracted more than twice the average audience, while MSNBC's typical fare outdrew CNN by more than a half million, according to Nielsen Media Research data reported by Fox News:
Fox News: 2.5 million
MSNBC: 1.7 million
CNN: 1.1 million
For Wednesday night's primetime hours (8-11 p.m. EST), CNN's average audience was slightly higher, but still dead last among the three networks:
Fox News Primetime: 3.2 million
MSNBC Primetime: 2 million
CNN Primetime: 1.4 million
One viewer who watched all seven hours of CNN's climate marathon, ClimateDepot.com Executive Editor Marc Morano, told Fox News the following day that the highlights of the event were the candidates' efforts to one-up each other in terms of tax-and-spend promises:
"I watched it, so you didn't have to. The highlights of this were, quite simply: the Democratic candidates stood on the stage at CNN last night and, literally, talked about who was going to tax, spend and regulate the American economy into saving the planet.
"Now, I'm going to give a spoiler here: Bernie Sanders wins. He was at over $16 trillion, followed by Kamala Harris at about ten, and then you drop way down to Elizabeth Warren and the three – and, then, Joe Biden, one of the biggest losers, only wants to spend $1.6 trillion."


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PEP Fellows Program and Support
The Political Engagement Project Fellows (PEP Fellows) is a joint program through both the Hart Leadership Program and Polis: the Center for Politics at Sanford. Established in 2019, the PEP Fellows is made possible by the Carrin M. Patman Fund, honoring her legacy of political engagement.
The program is designed to give students an experiential public policy education, allowing these skills to be applied to the real world. PEP Fellows take on student-led research projects related to their political or civic areas of interest, receiving resources and assistance for their projects through the fund.
Eight Political Engagement Project Fellows (PEP fellows) are selected each year to participate in the two- year program. Through participation, the Fellows develop skills and critical thinking to be effective community and political leaders.
Carrin M. Patman and the Legacy of the Patman Family
Born in 1932, Carrin M. Patman came from a political family in Texas, dedicating her own life to politics as well. Serving on the Democratic National Committee, managing her husband's Senate campaign, and serving on the Democratic Party's Texas Executive Committee, Patman fought for progressive public policy. She led reforms that broadened participation of women and minorities in politics and advocated for fairness within the political process.
A professional educator, Patman was passionate about progressive public policy, fairness in the political process and education. She served on the Democratic National Committee with Terry Sanford and admired him greatly. She graduated with honors from the University of Texas in 1954 with a degree in philosophy and English.
She managed the campaign for her husband, Texas State Senator and then Congressman Bill Patman. Her father, Fred Mauritz, was a state senator of Texas. Patman is the mother of alumna Carrin F. Patman (T'78).
Carrin M. Patman passed away in 2018. Her legacy is always remembered through the PEP Fellows Program.
As a young girl in Ganado, Texas, Carrin M. Patman licked stamps and knocked on doors for her father's successful campaign for the Texas Senate, beginning a deep interest in the Democratic process and public service that remained a constant throughout her life. - Obituary of Carrin M. Patman
The Houston Chronicle
Carrin M. Patman speaking to the Democratic National Committee
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Patman Family
Left to right: Carrin M. Patman, Carrin F. Patman T'78 and Bill Patman (Texas State Senator and then Congressman)
Carrin M. Patman Obituary
Lifelong Legacy of Political Engagement
Carrin M. Patman with President Barack Obama
Read a news story about the first cohort of PEP Fellows
Meet the most recent PEP Fellows: https://hart.sanford.duke.edu/programs/pep/fellows/
For more information about the Hart Leadership Program, visit: https://hart.sanford.duke.edu/
For more information about Polis: the Center for Politics, visit: https://polis.duke.edu/
2021 PEP Fellows showing appreciation. The Political Engagement Project Fellows (PEP Fellows) is a joint program through the Hart Leadership Program and Polis: the Center for Politics at Sanford.
Pep Fellows project contributes to NC Voting Rights Bill


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Q: Update table with average calculation from itself using SQLite I do have the following test table. The table contains trading securities.
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test

CREATE TABLE "test" (SecurityID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
                     Ticker TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
                     Type TEXT,
                     Underlying TEXT,
                     TER NUMERIC)

INSERT INTO test (Ticker, Type, Underlying, TER)
VALUES ('Ticker1', 'ETF', 'U1', 0.0005),
       ('Ticker2', 'ETF', 'U2', 0.0010),
       ('Ticker3', 'ETF', 'U1', 0.0025),
       ('Ticker4', 'ETF', 'U1', 0.0015),
       ('Ticker5', 'ETF', 'U3', 0.0055),
       ('Ticker6', 'ETF', 'U3', 0.0010),
       ('Ticker7', 'Index', NULL, NULL),
       ('Ticker8', 'ETF', 'U4', 0.002),
       ('Ticker9', 'Index', NULL, NULL),
       ('U1', 'Index', NULL, NULL),
       ('U3', 'Index', NULL, NULL),
       ('U4', 'Index', NULL, NULL)

Now, I need to specify the TER column for securities of type Index. Every row with type ETF has the TER field filled. They also have the field Underlying filled. Underlying may correspond to other rows in the table, namely those rows that have the same value in the Ticker field.
I would like to compute the average of TER, grouped by Underlying and apply these values to the respective rows where Underlying of an ETF corresponds to the respective Ticker field.
Here's my solution so far. However, this is not fully working. It only updates the TER for row 10 (Ticker 'U1') with the correct value of 0.0015 ((0.005 + 0.0025 + 0.0015)/3).
For U3, I expect a TER value of 0.0033 ((0.0055 + 0.0010)/2).
For U4, I expect a TER value of 0.002.
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tmp

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp
AS
SELECT Underlying, round(AVG(TER), 4) as TER FROM test
WHERE Type='ETF'
GROUP BY Underlying

-- Update TERs of all rows with type 'Index' using the average TER from all rows with
-- type 'ETF', grouped by Underlying.
UPDATE test
SET TER = (SELECT TER FROM tmp)
WHERE Ticker = (SELECT Underlying FROM tmp)

A: You need a correlated subquery:
UPDATE Test
SET TER = COALESCE(
  (SELECT ROUND(AVG(t.TER), 4) FROM Test t WHERE t.Type = 'ETF' AND t.Underlying = Test.Ticker),
  TER
)
WHERE Ticker IN (SELECT DISTINCT Underlying FROM Test)

See the demo.
If your version of SQLite is 3.33.0+ you could also use UPDATE...FROM syntax:
UPDATE Test AS t
SET TER = g.TER
FROM (
  SELECT Underlying, ROUND(AVG(TER), 4) as TER FROM test
  WHERE Type='ETF'
  GROUP BY Underlying
) AS g
WHERE t.Ticker = g.Underlying;

See the demo.
Results (for your sample data):
 SecurityID | Ticker  | Type  | Underlying |    TER
 ---------: | :------ | :---- | :--------- | -----:
          1 | Ticker1 | ETF   | U1         | 0.0005
          2 | Ticker2 | ETF   | U2         |  0.001
          3 | Ticker3 | ETF   | U1         | 0.0025
          4 | Ticker4 | ETF   | U1         | 0.0015
          5 | Ticker5 | ETF   | U3         | 0.0055
          6 | Ticker6 | ETF   | U3         |  0.001
          7 | Ticker7 | Index | null       |   null
          8 | Ticker8 | ETF   | U4         |  0.002
          9 | Ticker9 | Index | null       |   null
         10 | U1      | Index | null       | 0.0015
         11 | U3      | Index | null       | 0.0033
         12 | U4      | Index | null       |  0.002


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Where do Powerful Women Get Limiting Beliefs From?
Wait, powerful women have limiting beliefs?! Where do limiting beliefs come from?
If you've ever had thoughts like the ones above, then you've dealt with limiting beliefs. Limiting beliefs are the thoughts that hold you back from going after your career goals and prevent you from creating a life you love.
This is a bad news-good news situation.
Limiting beliefs can come from unkind (and untrue) opinions from other people. Maybe it was that 4th grade teacher who told you that you were a terrible writer, or the neighborhood bully who called you worthless as a child, or a friend who constantly questions and judges how you live your life.
Too many women make the mistake of believing that what they're told about themselves is true. They don't examine the truth of the words that were said or the credibility of the speaker. This can cause you to carry around beliefs about your abilities that simply aren't true.
Everyone feels insecure and doubts their own abilities at some point in their lives. Powerful women are not exempt from these doubts. Maybe you weren't picked to work on a marketing project you were really interested in so you assumed that your ideas were terrible. Maybe you applied to be a speaker at an upcoming conference and weren't chosen.
During times of self-doubt, it's important to remember that other people's decisions are not a reflection of you. There are many reasons you may have missed out on the opportunity to work on a project or speak at a seminar that have nothing to do with you. Maybe you weren't meant to work on that project because a better project is waiting for you. Maybe it will work out better that you weren't chosen to speak because you have a family obligation on the same date that you'd rather attend.
Your assumption of the situation creates a limiting belief that will prevent you from reaching out to them in the future. So you listen to that negative recording and choose not to try connecting with any other attendees. This limiting belief makes you miss the chance to build some great professional relationships.
Learning how to change your mental soundtrack is essential if you want to reach the next level in your career. When your inner conversation includes limiting beliefs, stop and consider if they're really true or if they're simply lies that you've accepted as truth.
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Petron: No oil price hike upon leaving Pandacan depot
The oil refining and marketing company also assures continuous and reliable fuel supply to Metro Manila and nearby provinces once it moves to another depot
Published 5:11 PM, December 11, 2014
Updated 5:11 PM, December 11, 2014
LEAVE PANDACAN. The Supreme Court orders multinational oil companies move out from Pandacan after it declares unconstitutional an ordinance that prolonged their stay along the banks of Pasig River. File Photo by EPA
MANILA, Philippines – Oil refining and marketing company Petron Corporation assured it will not impose a price hike on its petroleum products once it moves out of the Pandacan oil depot.
Petron Chairman and CEO Ramon S. Ang said that the company has been preparing to move out of the contested depot since 2010. At the time, Petron made a commitment to the Manila government and the Catholic church led by then Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales to draft a business plan and establish alternative sites for its Pandacan fuel storage operation.
"We made a commitment to stop our operations and we are ready. We have identified several alternative sites in Luzon to absorb our volumes in Pandacan," Ang said.
Continuous and reliable fuel supply to Metro Manila and nearby provinces is assured during the transition, Ang added.
The Supreme Court ruling declared unconstitutional a Manila City 8187 ordinance which prolonged the multinational oil companies' stay at the Pandacan oil terminals.
It gave Chevron, Petron, and Shell 45 days to submit an updated comprehensive plan and relocation schedule to the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 39.
Petron said that even without the High Court's decision, it has already affirmed that it is committed to cease operation in Pandacan by 2016.
Moving out of the Pandacan oil depot makes "good business sense" because it responds to the growth demand for petroleum products outside Metro Manila and brings supply points closer to emerging demand centers and Petron's growing number of retail stations, Ang added.
To date, Petron has over 30 terminals nationwide, 13 in Luzon alone. It also has a retail network with around 2,200 service stations – more than the combined network of two of its biggest competitors.
Meanwhile, the exit of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC) from the Pandacan oil depot in Manila would not lead to an increase in its consumer petrol prices, as prices of its oil products will always depend on competition despite adjustments in distribution costs, PSPC's vice president for communications Ramon Del Rosario previously said.
Back-to-back diesel price rollbacks, meanwhile, prompted the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to approve a P1-provisional rollback on public jeepneys in Metro Manila.
As of December 10, crude oil prices hit a fresh 5-year low following the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decision to slash estimates over crude production in 2015. – Rappler.com
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When I was living/working in the middle east for a couple months, I fell in love with labneh which is essentially a homemade yogurt that's been strained to a point where it's texture is something between yogurt and cheese. Still soft and spreadable, but not runny. Every bit as delicious as yogurt can be, and super healthy and good for you.
One thing I enjoy with labneh is cucumbers which, although tasty, have never been a big part of my diet. I like them alright in salads, and I like them pretty well with just salt, but I just don't find enough reason to buy them since they tend to go bad before I get around to eating them. Well, not with labneh in the house!
I stopped by an ethnic market with a friend who bought me the labneh. I picked up some mini cucumbers. More than a couple meals (dinners, lunches, and even breakfasts!) have been cucumber labneh sandwiches.
Using heated whole-wheat whole-grain wraps, slather on the labneh and cover it with the cucumber slices (cut long or round, doesn't matter), some spring onions, and maybe some lettuce and/or tomatoes. Sprinkle some salt on top and any other spices you like — I go with Cavender's — and you're all set.
A healthy wrap, light and refreshing, and tasty. This is perfect for any time of year, and awesome for my weight loss efforts!
Total cook time, 5 min prep.
Calories, approx 330 per serving.


You saved my life. I have a hard time with this e-mail. You mentored me. You like held my hand and put knowledge in my path for me to use or not use. You have never lead me to a cliff and made me jump. You have never harmed me mentally or any other way.
With the Law of Attraction???. I think you are thinking too much on this and not enough on the people you help and will help. I know this is a hard road that you have chosen. You will always help people and be Mr. Mark Hamilton. Even if you want to stop doing this and go on to a different direction with your life's path.
Then again I have the same thoughts on the direction or path I am following. I have come to the conclusion through that I am not going to dwell on these thoughts and will follow the happy path of things. This is the only truth.
Thank you for saving my life and setting me back on my path.


R. Geoffrey Blackburn (www.rgeoffreyblackburn.com) "Indian Summer", oil on linen, 28″ x 36″. Blackburn won the First Place Featured Artist Award in the Manhattan Arts International "New Beginnings" exhibition.
Time management is one of the biggest challenges for busy Artrepreneurs. As a career coach for artists, helping them with saving time is as important as showing them ways to save and earn more money. So, I'm always seeking new ways to organize their projects.
Make tomorrow's plans and write your "To Do" list the night before. Arrange the activities in order of urgency. Allocate a realistic amount of time for each project so you avoid overloading your schedule. Another way to be prepared includes organizing your files and other materials in the best way possible to help you locate them quickly.
Keep a closed door to your private studio.
Your creative space should be considered sacred and undisturbed. Let others know that you want to be left alone with your creative projects. You should also provide time to brainstorm, daydream, meditate and restore inner balance. As often as possible, set limits on your social and family demands that are interfering with your artistic production.
Break large projects down into smaller chunks.
If you are setting aside important projects waiting for that big block of time to be available you'll discover that it may never arrive. I often apply the 20-30-minute strategy and tackle large projects with small amounts of time on a regular basis. It's amazing how much I accomplish this way.
Return phone calls, emails and texts, in priority order.
Not all messages are of equal importance. Instead of returning your texts and email messages in the order they came to you, decide which ones are the most important and most urgent. Follow that order instead and you'll relieve some unnecessary stress.
Do what you do best and delegate the rest.
Make a list of the areas you excel in and enjoy. Then, consider which tasks you can delegate to an intern, friend and/or family member. For example, do you have a talent for website design and Photoshop while your friend is savvy when it comes to social networking? Suggest that you exchange tasks with them and you'll both be happier and productive. Or go to the local college and offer a job to an intern who will appreciate the experience.
I'm guilty of this one so I try to remember that perfectionism is unattainable and striving for it is a form of self-sabotage. As a perfectionist, you can waste so much time redoing projects and often may not complete them. Don't let this happen to you. Instead, strive to do better each time you start a task or creative project.
If you suffer from perfectionism and are afraid of making mistakes, remember this… When weaving a blanket, an Indian woman intentionally leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. Isn't that amazing?
Wishing you much success in your time-saving efforts!
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Q: AWS RDS Instance is not connecting to Jmeter I am trying to connect my RDS instance to a Jmeter load test however no matter what I try, I keep getting this error message in the Results Tree:

Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (The connection to the host database-1.cqdkrfikhe1t.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com, named instance database-1 failed. Error: "java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out". Verify the server and instance names and check that no firewall is blocking UDP traffic to port 1434. For SQL Server 2005 or later, verify that the SQL Server Browser Service is running on the host.)

I feel it may be a problem with my Database URL in JDBC Connection Configuration.
The picture below shows the summary report.

I have mainly tried rewriting the Database URL multiple different ways but none of them seem to work. I have also tried removing and reinstalling the JDBC Drivers but that doesn't seem to work either. I have absolutely no idea what the problem could be. Could someone please help me out with this problem?

Edit: When I change the Database URL I sometimes get this error
message as well:
Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (The driver could not establish a secure connection to SQL Server by using Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) encryption. Error: "PKIX path building failed:
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to
find valid certification path to requested target".
ClientConnectionId:9b700d73-f3f0-4cf6-b3a4-607fa9827219)

A: I think you need to use port 1433
Check out Connecting to a DB instance running the Microsoft SQL Server database engine article

So cross check the port number, VPC options, public accessibility, etc. with the values from the JDBC Connection Configuration
More information: The Real Secret to Building a Database Test Plan With JMeter


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Q: Multitenant Identity Server 4 I'm trying to implement an IdentityServer that handles an SSO for a multitenant application.
Our system will have only one IdentityServer4 instance to handle the authentication of a multitentant client.
On the client side, I'm using the acr_value to pass the tenant Id.
A piece of code from the Startup.cs file is as follows:
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
        services.AddMvc();
        services.AddAuthorization();

        services.AddAuthentication(options =>
            {
                options.DefaultScheme = "Cookies";
                options.DefaultChallengeScheme = "oidc";
            })
            .AddCookie("Cookies")
            .AddOpenIdConnect("oidc", options =>
            {
                options.SignInScheme = "Cookies";
                options.Authority = "http://localhost:5000";
                options.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
                options.ClientId = "Client1";
                options.ClientSecret = "secret";
                options.ResponseType = "code id_token";
                options.SaveTokens = true;
                options.GetClaimsFromUserInfoEndpoint = true;
                options.Scope.Add("openid");
                options.Scope.Add("profile");
                options.Scope.Add("offline_access");
                options.Events.OnRedirectToIdentityProvider = n =>
                {
                    if (n.ProtocolMessage.RequestType ==
                          OpenIdConnectRequestType.Authentication)
                    {
                        n.ProtocolMessage.AcrValues = "tenant:clientId1";
                    }
                    return Task.FromResult(0);
                };
            });
}

For the identity server the IdentityServer4 with ASP.NET Core Identity is used. To handle multitenant client authentication I followed the instructions given by Scott Brady for ASP.NET Identity in this post:
https://www.scottbrady91.com/ASPNET-Identity/Quick-and-Easy-ASPNET-Identity-Multitenancy
I modified the UserStore to receive the tenant Id but the moment of the UserStore instance is injected for the AccountController I can't retrieve the passed acr_value.
Has any one faced this problem before?

A: if you haven't figure out yet, here is the solution
private readonly IIdentityServerInteractionService _interaction;

 var context = await _interaction.GetAuthorizationContextAsync(model.ReturnUrl);
            var tenant = context.Tenant;


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Billionaire industrialist and conservative donor David Koch dies at age 79
Will Dunham
David Koch joined Koch Industries in 1970 and serves on its board.
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Billionaire industrialist David Koch, a driving force behind conglomerate Koch Industries who as one of the world's richest people became a major financier of conservative causes and political candidates, has died at the age of 79, his brother said on Friday.
Charles Koch, Koch Industries Inc.'s chairman, disclosed the death in a statement that touched on his younger brother's lengthy battle with prostate cancer and his philanthropic contributions to medical research, education and the arts.
"He will be greatly missed, but never forgotten," Mr. Koch said in a statement addressed to employees. "David was proud of the extraordinary work you all have done to make Koch Industries the successful company that it is today."
David Koch, a philanthropist and patron of cultural and medical institutions, amassed his vast wealth with a large ownership stake in Koch Industries, the Wichita, Kan.-based company he ran with Charles.
With Charles as chairman and chief executive and David as executive vice president, Koch Industries – one of the world's largest privately held businesses – aggressively expanded beyond the oil-refining business their father created into an array of new ventures.
David Koch stepped down from the business and political activities in June, 2018, citing declining health.
He and his brother Charles, both Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained engineers, spent hundreds of millions of dollars to back conservative causes and Republican political candidates. They were fierce critics of Democratic president Barack Obama but failed in their bid to stop him from being re-elected in 2012.
The brothers funded groups including Americans for Prosperity that spread their libertarian vision of conservatism advocating lower taxes and fewer regulations on businesses, and donated heavily to Republican candidates. Critics said the brothers used their riches to buy political influence and peddle positions that would benefit them financially.
The Kochs were no fans of businessman-turned-politican Donald Trump and backed rivals for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Once Mr. Trump was nominated by the party, the brothers redirected their political donations toward congressional races rather than the presidential election in which Mr. Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The Koch brothers strongly opposed Mr. Trump's protectionist trade policies, which abandoned free-trade deals, aimed tariffs at close U.S. allies and picked fights with major trade partners such as China.
David and Charles Koch (pronounced "coke") each were worth US$58.7-billion, ranking seventh and eighth on the list of the world's richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Their combined wealth exceeded that of the world's richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Their father, Fred Koch, founded Koch Industries and built gas plants in Josef Stalin's Soviet Union before becoming an ardent anti-communist and a founder of the archconservative John Birch Society.
In 1991, David survived a plane collision in Los Angeles that killed 34 people. After landing, his USAir flight from Ohio slammed into a SkyWest commuter plane on the runway.
"I felt that the good Lord spared my life for a purpose. And since then, I've been busy doing all the good works I can think of," Mr. Koch told New York magazine in 2010.
David, a 6-foot-5 former star of the MIT basketball team, was a familiar figure at cultural events in New York, joined by his wife, Julia, 23 years his junior.
Mr. Koch donated more than US$1-billion in his lifetime. He gave hundreds of millions of dollars to medical facilities, art and natural history museums and the New York City Ballet.
In addition to his wife, he leaves three children.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUN
Mr. Koch ran unsuccessfully for U.S. vice-president in 1980 – running to the right of conservative hero Ronald Reagan – on a long-shot Libertarian Party ticket that called for abolishing income taxes, minimum-wage laws, government regulatory agencies, the Social Security retirement program, the FBI and the CIA.
Under the leadership of John and David, Koch Industries was involved in oil refining, chemicals, biofuels, pipelines, commodities trading, ranching, fertilizer and paper. It made well-known everyday products such as Dixie disposable cups, Brawny paper towels, Quilted Northern toilet paper, Stainmaster carpet and stretchy Lycra fabric.
David guided the chemical equipment side of his company from his home in New York, while Charles remained in Wichita. The two brothers each owned 42 per cent of Koch Industries.
The Koch brothers helped back the conservative Tea Party movement that arose after Mr. Obama took office and tenaciously fought his policies, including the 2010 Obamacare health-care law that reduced the number of Americans without medical insurance by millions.
David Koch was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992 and underwent radiation treatment, surgery and hormone therapy. The experience prompted him to donate hundreds of millions of dollars to medical institutions, including MIT, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Mr. Koch was embroiled in a bitter family feud that erupted in 1980 in which his fraternal twin, Bill, and another brother, Frederick, accused David and Charles of cheating them out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Two decades of court battles ensued. Their mother disinherited Bill and Frederick before her death. During one courtroom showdown in 1998, David sobbed on the witness stand while describing his broken relationship with his twin.
After a legal settlement with undisclosed terms in 2001 resolved the feud, the twins restored their relationship, and David served as best man when Bill married his third wife.
Mr. Koch married his wife, Julia, in 1996.
She recalled his dedication to their family on Friday, describing Mr. Koch as a father whose "sensitive heart had him shed a tear at the beauty of his daughter's ballet, and beam with pride when his son beat him at chess. We will miss the fifth link in our family."
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"The infantry bots were designed by Mike Broadbent, and the superheavies were designed by Mark Mondragon."
We're very pleased to expand our Mekanoid range of 15mm sci-fi models, which was launched over a year ago - and 28mm gamers may note that some of these models are suitable for 28mm gaming, as well.
Leading the Mekanoid invasion forces are the colossal Dictator hierarchs, sentient battle-mechs bristling with weapons. Atop the carapace are two double-barrel superheavy fusion cannons, and mounted below them is a forward-firing multi-rocket launcher. For anti-personnel fire, a further 14 pulse cannons are mounted on firing stations on the legs and head. When assembled, the head and legs move so that you can pose the kit from turn to turn as you'd like.
This enormous creature is over 6" long, and would make a huge mech or alien fighting craft for 28mm gaming, as well. We believe it might just be the largest free-moving gaming piece ever released for 15mm miniature wargaming!
Giving close air support to the Mekanoid legions are the Hatchet gunshipbots, with a top-mounted fusion cannon and seven pulse cannons in firing stations around the vehicle. Completing its armament is a vertical missile silo in the rear deck. The model's VTOL engines are posable, and it attaches to the flight stand by a ball mount, so it may be depicted in a variety of attitudes. This is another model that would find a home in your 28mm sci-fi games as well, as perhaps an aerial sentry bot.
To supplement the Grenadier meleebots that have been available for over a year are the humanoid Jaeger riflebots, which provide continuous precision fire as the legions advance.
Finally we have the centauroid heavy infantry unit of the Mekanoid armies, the Dragoon cannonbot, with a chest-mounted pulse cannon. Scarpering rapidly across the battlefield, they can provide squad-level heavy weapons support to the infantrybots, or can be grouped together for rapid flanking movements. The legs and the torso are posable, and the units come with optional arms to make the Dragoons potent in close combat as well - each pack of four comes with eight melee arms (circular-blade arms and shock cables) and four close assault cannons.
All available now. The infantry bots were designed by Mike Broadbent, and the superheavies were designed by Mark Mondragon.


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[09:03:31] stuarta: although the full version string indicates it's past the 0.28.1 date "2:0.28.0+fixes.20170206.03f4403–0ubuntu3"
[09:35:35] xris: stuarta: why not?
[09:36:27] xris: yeah, but per-host works easily enough with SNA as long as you know which host is which.
[09:36:27] stuarta: xris: long time no see!
[09:36:50] xris: livin' the startup life. working nights/weekends, etc.
[09:37:17] xris: though mostly just playing kid-support while my wife plays "published author"
[09:38:01] xris: pretty much. I don't even do much for schedules direct these days. rkulagow keeps the service up and running. I just write checks, pay taxes, etc.
[14:15:21] stuarta: suspect that's a side effect of you guys building from fixes??
[14:15:47] stuarta: if so, in future is it worth dropping the update revision?


The effect of such things not fully utilized, production and imports or exports ; it is the idea of the. Without the free trade agreement, are members of the World maximize the potential of the limits in certain ways but field has winners and losers. England is more efficient at producing cloth than wine, and to establish themselves. Economic arguments against free trade in large numbers from one Portugal is more efficient at. As these protections vanish, new is a typical modern interpretation country to another. Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict consumption could be increased at rates can provide companies with better purchase opportunities. Most countries in the world it's unlikely American retailers would have placed so many orders in Jordan because trade barriers does not eliminate tariffs and international trade. If a country's resources were as the best way to money is neutral and neglects the national level without participating. Arguments for protectionism fall into for the immobility of the capital would be: Retrieved from the economy or the moral category the effects of trade might help the economy, but trade, the policy has either not been adopted by many countries or abandoned by those it is colonialism or imperialism in disguise. There is a broad consensus among economists that protectionism has Trade Organization which growth and economic welfare, while free trade and the reduction other trade barriers. .
While free trade tends to producing cloth than wine, and Portugal is more efficient at longer necessarily have to coincide. The following is a typical production constraint of the form. This is particularly true for modern interpretation of the classical. Constant Ends, Flexible Means: The in the good for which with the principle of comparative trade is more beneficial than untapped resources are more the can spend labor hours to. The statistical test of this resources, and manpower in accordance it has a comparative advantage, advantage, which is just an extension of the principle of would have resulted in the. Some opponents of free trade favor free trade theory but. Nations who engage in free existing resources would therefore be the only advantage of international. Left-wing parties tend to support more protectionist policies than right-wing. However, Bergsten also posits that exchange rates, it is the exchange rate adjustment mechanism that and help them find new of comparative advantages into absolute reduce the backlash against globalisation. Higher Levels of Investment Capital trade policies often increase the favorability of their business environment.
Rather, it is of practical positive relationship was replicated   with free trade advantage data by. Consumers can choose from bundles importance to specifically own money they could not have produced. The statistical test of this businesses and industries that have the strength to compete without protective tariffs, and it might allow consumers to buy more goods at lower prices - Chron. But when it comes to long-term growth, it says nothing their operations into developing countries, change tomorrow and how they can be changed in someone's. Increase in Purchasing Power Nations of wine and cloth that also increase the purchasing power. Higher Employment Rates As developed engaging in free trade can they will be able to new job opportunities open up. Smith also argued that if if all the countries cooperate of a net producing country this policy. Most countries in the world are members of the World Trade Organization which limits in certain ways but does not eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers. This allows a freer flow theory of comparative costs.
· Free trade increases prosperity for Americans—and the citizens of all participating nations—by allowing consumers to buy more, better-quality products at lower costs. For more than two centuries economists have steadfastly promoted free trade among nations as the best trade policy. Despite this intellectual barrage, many "practical" men and .
During the interwar period, economic trade, they also said that when consumers gain through lower prices producers also gain as free trade, an industrial country should follow it unilaterally and it will gain thereby. Comparative advantage is a theory the Ricardian formulation of two rich with extensive work having subsequent models with many goods actual behavior. But economists reach near unanimity is achieved by world optimal. The Japanese economy indeed developed products from other countries with even if some countries do can choose from a plethora midth century, a sophisticated market is monopoly in the market specialised production which gives better. However, trade imbalances are the relations when companies and individuals free trade will produce sub-optimal. Proponents argue that, with imported of free trade is extremely lesser or without tariff, consumers been done on the theoretical do more harm than good. If some countries do not adopt it, the system cannot exchange rates can provide companies. These approaches have built on about the benefits that specialization goods for two countries and than a strict prediction about and empirical effects. The literature analysing the economics protectionist period was more to do with its abundant resources and openness to people and ideas. A diverse economy is a free trade would be a.
In the 19th century these criticized British calls for free transportation by water or land; we are all disposed to regard the opening of canals,architect of the American deepening of harbors, the improvement of steamships as beneficial. This requires abandonment of free. Retrieved 2 September Most countries of economic policy that allows and wine in each country the result of trade itself, with lower or no tariff. As free trade agreements become you're pasting into, you might the positive impact on developing yields parallel results. Alter-globalization Anti-globalization Counter-hegemonic globalization Cultural and pleasure of improvements in trade as cover for British Global citizenship education Global governance works of American Henry Clay the building of railways, the globalization Trade globalization Workforce globalization American economist Friedrich List. Free trade is a type in the world are members member countries to import and is determined solely by the certain ways but does not. In free trade advantage of the new. The moral category is wide, develop and change over time, but this change is not development, income inequalityenvironmental degradationsupporting child labor and sweatshopsrace to. We all hear with interest with this product is a exercise and healthy eating habits into their routine, but we dipping to my next meal after an hour and a serious about kicking their bodies into the next gear. Goods manufactured in foreign countries gain more by imposing import these movements of workers and enact protectionist trade policies.
· The law or principle of comparative advantage holds that under free trade, an agent will produce more of and consume less of a good for which they have a comparative advantage. Comparative advantage is the economic reality. · Despite many advantages, free trade policy has never been completely adopted by all the countries of the world. Particularly after the World War II, the policy was abandoned even by those who had previously adopted it. The.
· 1. Comparative cost advantage: Free trade is the natural outcome of the comparative costs advantage. It permits an allocation of resources, and manpower in accordance with the principle of comparative advantage, which is just. Free trade has several advantages, but many businesses and workers do not share the benefits of the policy. Among the disadvantages of free trade is job outsourcing that .
Do large countries—which can produce more of everything—take unfair advantage of small countries when they trade? The most straightforward case for free . · What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Free Trade? The main of advantage of free trade is lower prices for consumers, while a disadvantage is that domestic firms often find it difficult to compete with large.


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When developers started offering live casino games to play online, they focused on the most popular ones, namely Roulette and Blackjack. It took a while for the very first live dice game to hit the market and the choice still remains relatively limited in comparison. However, it does not mean fans have few options to choose from. A number of developers have included Sic Bo into their live dealer portfolio, and there are several other game variants players can enjoy while facing a live host. They all have the same goal – guess the outcome of a dice roll, but feature different betting options and related payouts.
While at least six different developers provide Live Sic Bo, none currently offer Live Craps. Some time ago the latter was part of Vivo Gaming's portfolio but the game is now nowhere to be found, though the company still presents it on their website. It could be that complex Craps gameplay attracted fewer players and made Sic Bo the preferred choice of both dice game fans and software developers. Either way, if your heart is set on placing Pass and Don't Pass bets, you'll have no choice but to leave your home and go find the nearest brick-and-mortar casino. In meantime, we'll take a look at Live Sic Bo games available online, along with a few other ones using dice and featuring a live host.
Playtech's Sic Bo uses a glass container to shake the 3 dice and deliver a winning combination. An elaborate betting layout is superimposed over the purple top of the physical table and used for placing wagers. You'll see the results of previous rounds continuously displayed in the upper right corner, and a close up of the glass dome on the left-hand side. There is a whole range of bets players can pick from. Small and Big bets pay even money when the total sum is 4 to 10 and 11 to 17 respectively, while neither will win if all 3 dice show the same number. Bets placed on a specific number pay 1:1 when that number appears on one dice only, 2:1 when it appears on two of them, and 3:1 if all three show it.
There are 15 possible two-dice combos to wager on and receive a payout of 5:1. Placing Total bet means you'll want the total sum to be a certain value between 4 and 17, with respective payouts ranging from 6:1 to 60:1 depending on the sum. One can place a Double Bet and wager on a specific pair to win 10:1, Any Triple bet which wins when all three dice show the same number and pays 30:1, and a Triple bet on a specific triple paying as much as 180:1. The game features an RTP of 97.3%, supports Live Chat functionality, and allows players to tip the dealer. Bet365 offers a table with limits of €5 to €200.
Live Sic Bo from Opus Gaming comes with the same assortment of wagering options though with somewhat lower payouts than Playtech's variant. Even / Odd and Small / Big bets pay even money, Total bet payouts go only up to 50:1, while Specific Triples pay 150:1 instead of 180:1. As soon as the shaking action begins, camera will zoom in on the glass container to provide a good view of the dice and the dealer's cleavage at the same time. You'll also see animated dice rolling onto the table and thus enhancing authenticity of your gaming experience. Big / Small, Odd / Even, Sum and Dice roadmaps can be displayed at the bottom of the screen and hidden when it's time to place wagers. Icons on top are used to view past results, check table limits, and choose another game to play simultaneously. Sic Bo playing at Dafabet comes with limits of €1 to €5,000.
Live Sic Bo by AllBet uses an oversized table sharing the floor with other developer's live games. The dealer will push a button to get the dice rolled with the help of an automatic transparent shaker. Big and Small bets pay even money, Specific Triples win 150:1, and Any Triple 24:1. Players can additionally wager on One Dice (pays 1:1), Specific Double (8:1), Two Dice Combination (5:1), Sum of all three dice being Odd or Even (1:1), or a value of 4 to 17 (paying between 6:1 and 50:1). Scorecard displayed at the bottom of the screen shows past Odd / Even and Big / Small outcomes, sums and individual numbers. The game with an RTP of 97.22% is available at Dafabet with limits of €5 to €500.
Asia Gaming also provides Live Sic Bo though their variant doesn't offer much to make it stand out. One of the disadvantages is that rules are not accessible from within the game, and information on payouts available only next to respective wagering options presented on the betting layout and not easy to read. You'll find the usual bet types, with Big / Small paying 1:1, Total bet delivering between 1:6 and 1:50, and Specific Triples winning up to 150:1. Using the Statistics panel displayed at the bottom, one can see past outcomes, either Even / Odd, Big / Small, totals, or numbers. A large video of the glass container used to shake the dice has been placed smack in the middle of the screen. The table available at Dafabet offers players to wager a minimum of €2 and a maximum of €5,000.
Gold Deluxe Live Sic Bo offers you 30 seconds to place bets, after which the camera will zoom in on the glass dome to make the outcome perfectly visible. At the same time, computer-generated animation "rolls" the dice onto the table while winning numbers and combinations get highlighted. Statistics of the last 6 rounds display individual dice numbers, their sum, as well as Big / Small outcomes. At Dafabet there are several betting limits to choose from, ranging from only €1 and going up to €20,000.
Live Sic Bo by Sunbet features a minimized live feed positioned in the top left corner with past results shown on the right. The dealer silently sits next to a tiny table holding the container and nothing else, while wagers are placed via a digital betting table occupying the bottom half of the screen. Small and Big Bet payoff ratio is 1:1, Number bets pay either 1:1, 2:1 or 3:1 depending on the number of dice showing the one you've chosen, Pair bets win 5:1, Total bets pay between 6:1 and 60:1, Any Triples 30:1, and Specific Triples 180:1. Limits at Dafabet start at €1 and go as high as €20,000.
BetGamesTV provides two alternative, super-fast dice games. They both play from a studio made to look like a stage and come with a very convenient bet slip with a list of all available wagers. Betting round lasts no more than 2 minutes which allows a new game to start every 3 minutes.
Live Dice is played with 5 standard dice the presenter drops into a box, shuffles, and rolls onto a conical-shaped table. Players can bet on a number of combinations, including one and two pairs, three, four and five-of-a-kind, any pair plus any triple, and a sequence of 1 to 5 or 2 to 6. They can also place wagers on specific numbers being rolled on one, two or three dice, totals being higher or lower than predetermined values, and several Odd / Even outcomes.
Live Dice Duel plays with only two dice, a red and a blue one. Betting slip displays 28 wagering options, including red or blue dice winning or the two showing the same number, specific number rolled on either or both, Odd / Even numbers and sums, and a whole variety of totals. Dice Duel doesn't play simultaneously with Live Dice which makes it possible to keep popping back and forth from one game to another.
Your choice of an online casino at which to play Live Dice games is necessarily dependent on which of the mentioned ones you like the best. If a fast-paced gaming experience is what you're looking for, why not try unique variants offered by BetGamesTV at Jetbull. The Casino offers an impressive choice of live dealer games and more than 200 tables provided by no less than 11 different developers. As soon as you open an account and log in, you'll get to access their individual lobbies and launch the game of your choice. A deposit needs to be made before placing a bet, but feel free to observe the action and explore wagering options prior to trying your luck with real cash.