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Sprint's HTC EVO 4G: 5 Killer Features
By Jared Newman
PCWorld Mar 24, 2010 11:06 am PDT
At least on paper, the HTC EVO 4G from Sprint absolutely crushes. It's not just one killer feature that puts the EVO over the top; the spec sheet reads like a wish list for anyone who's owned a touchscreen smartphone. We won't find out until this summer whether Sprint's exclusive 4G phone makes the best of its features, but in the meantime, here are five things to get excited about:
4.3-Inch Touch Screen
Only one other Android phone has a screen that comes close, the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S, which has a 4-inch touch screen. HTC has tried the 4.3-inch format before with the HTC HD2, but that phone loses points for running the soon-to-be outdated Windows Mobile 6.5. Sprints promise of downloading, watching and editing high definition content on the EVO makes the large screen even more enticing.
Two Cameras
It's about time we saw this feature on a high-end smartphone. On the back the EVO is an 8-megapixel camera–itself an impressive bullet point–for photos and "HD-capable" video capture. There's also a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, presumably for video chat and self portraits. Please let this become a standard feature on smartphones to come.
"Leap" to Multitask
As you'd expect, HTC layers its Sense user interface on top of Android 2.1, but with a new feature called "Leap." This is a multitasking manager that reveals every open program when you pinch anywhere on the phone's home screen. It's an idea that's begging to copied–fodder for a future patent lawsuit, perhaps?
The Kickstand
When a phone has a large screen for viewing HD content, it ought to have a kickstand for propping the screen upright on a table or desk, as the EVO does. It may seem insignificant, but long flights are already uncomfortable enough without craning your neck downward to see your phone's screen.
4G, of Course
The feature that gets top billing in the HTC EVO 4G is the one you're least likely to use for a while. Yes, the phone works over Sprint's budding 4G network, which makes for some impressive download speeds. Unless you're in one of the 27 cities where Sprint has already rolled out the next generation of mobile broadband, or one of the 15 that will come online this year, you'll rely on plain-old 3G instead. But think of it as future-proofing. You'll probably be stuck with a two-year contract anyhow.
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Before I Hang
Before I Hang (1940) starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Van Sloan
Before I Hang is a rather enjoyable Boris Karloff film, with a fine supporting cast, and a strong theme the allure of eternal life and a strong question: is murder in the blood?
The film begins with the elderly Dr. John Garth, a scientist investigating a way to reverse the aging process and so extend the human life span. Unfortunately, before his research was complete, an elderly friends pain had become intolerable, and Dr. Garth committed murder a mercy killing.
The warden speaks to the elderly Dr. Garth (Boris Karloff) in Before I Hang
Dr Garth is sentenced to death by hanging in three weeks but in the interim, the warden of the prison (Ben Taggert) is permitting him to continue to his work, assisted by Dr. Ralph Howard (Edward Van Sloan, aka. Professor Van Helsing in Dracula, Dracula's Daughter). They work day and night, and devise an experimental serum, using the blood of an executed prisoner, just before Dr. Garth's execution. Since he's about to be executed, and has nothing to lose, Dr. Garth is the first test subject. However, just as he's about to be executed, his sentence is commuted to life in prison. However, the serum's effects on Dr. Garth cause him to collapse.
When he awakes, he finds that he has survived the treatment, and is now physically twenty years younger. Once recovered, the two scientists decide to continue their experiment, this time using Dr. Howard as the subject. However, Dr. Garth is overcome by homicidal urge and murders Dr. Howard instead. When a prisoner comes upon the scene, Dr. Garth murders him as well.
Afterward, Dr. Garth has no memory of committing the murders, and prison officials decide that the prisoner murdered Dr. Howard, and attempted to kill Dr. Garth, who must have killed him in self-defense. This leads to Dr. Garth being hailed as a hero, and leads to a pardon from the governor, making him a free man.
Dr. Garth returns home to his loving daughter, Martha (Evelyn Keyes Here Comes Mr. Jordan, The Jolson Story), and he decides to continue his research into the anti-aging serum. He contacts three of his elderly friends, and offers them the gift of youth but they refuse, at least initially. However, one of them is a pianist (Pedro de Cordoba), whose aging is making it difficult to perform and he agrees to the treatment.
Boris Karloff as Dr. Garth in Before I Hang
When Dr. Garth goes to his house to administer the treatment, he is again overcome by the homicidal urges of the executed prisoner, and murders his old friend. He goes to confess his guilt to another friend, but murders the man as he attempts to call for help.
Martha Garth suspects that something is wrong with her father, and confronts him. Dr. Garth begs her to leave as he continues to fight the impulses of the murderous blood, but she refuses and he attacks her. She faints and Dr. Garth is able to flee, and spare her life.
Dr. Garth, now being pursued by the police, approaches the prison where he had been incarcerated. The warden admits him, but Garth immediately makes aggressive movements toward the armed guard at the gate. The guard shoots him and the dying doctor confesses that he committed suicide in order to prevent himself from killing anyone else.
In short, Before I Hang is a very enjoyable Boris Karloff film with a likable cast, thats all the more important in this film. Karloff is sympathetic figure, compelled to murder despite it being contrary to his will a loving father being compelled to murder his daughter. Likewise, his victims are likable people, making it all the more sad when their friend is compelled to murder him. The acting is fine, and the movie is quite good.
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Despite this, savers still face an uphill struggle. Inflation remains significantly higher than the rates which are on offer from even the best savings accounts. And with interest rates unlikely to move to 'normal' levels for many years, the reality is that the real return on cash is likely to remain negative for a sustained period of time.
As a result, investing in high-yielding shares such as British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) and Aviva (LON:AV.) could be a sound move.
The UK interest rate is currently expected to reach 2% in 2020. Even if it meets estimates, this would mean that cash returns remain negative over the next couple of years. Inflation is expected to be above 2% during the same time period, which could mean further misery for savers in what may prove to be an uncertain period for the wider economy.
Brexit, of course, could have a significant impact on interest rates and on inflation. At the time of writing, a 'no-deal' scenario remains a distinct possibility, with the political risk associated with the 'Chequers Plan' being relatively high.
Even if a deal is agreed between the EU and the UK, uncertainty is likely to remain high. This could contribute to relatively slow GDP growth, with the UK economy forecast to grow by just 0.5% per annum between now and 2020. As a result, interest rate rises could be slower than expected, given their potential to choke-off what is already anticipated to be a low level of growth.
While dividend shares such as British American Tobacco and Aviva do not guarantee the return of capital, they do offer a significantly higher return on capital than cash. The two stocks have forward dividend yields of 4.9% and 5.9% respectively for the current year, with dividend growth of 7.2% and 12.8% forecast for 2019 respectively.
Of course, British American Tobacco is experiencing a transitionary period which is leading to uncertainty among investors. Cigarette volumes are falling across the industry, and although price rises are more than offsetting this, it is clearly an unsustainable strategy in the long run. However, with demand for reduced-risk products increasing, the company is well-placed to benefit from a new growth avenue. It expects to double revenue from next generation products this year, with further growth expected in future.
Aviva also seems to have a bright future. It reported solid results today which showed that it is performing in line with expectations. It has been able to redeploy part of its excess capital in areas such as reducing leverage and commencing a share buyback programme. Since the company has a diverse spread of operations including access to a number of fast-growing markets, it seems to be in a strong position to deliver further dividend growth in future years.
Therefore, while interest rates may now be at their highest level since 2009, the reality is that savers may continue to be disappointed by their real returns for many years. Buying dividend shares may be riskier than holding cash when it comes to the return of capital, but the rewards could be worth it.


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"For nearly 50 years, the City of Virginia Beach has created an ideal environment for Stihl to continue to grow our business and offer meaningful careers to over 2,500 current employees in Hampton Roads," said Terry Horan, president of Stihl Inc. "We are incredibly proud to be able to continue to expand our Virginia Beach-based manufacturing operations to fulfill the increased demands of our more than 10,000 loyal Stihl dealers nationwide and their customers."
The Virginia Beach Development Authority (VBDA) voted to award Stihl an Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP) grant of $500,000 for the expansion based on job creation and retention, plus capital investment estimated at $49 million. In addition to increasing its footprint in Virginia Beach, Stihl plans to invest in state-of-the-art equipment and add highly skilled positions to its team, including maintenance mechatronic technicians, process engineers, tool and die makers, project coordinators, and machine operators.
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Party that nominated Thai princess for PM faces ban after king's rebuke
Published On: February 10, 2019 04:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
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BANGKOK, Feb 10: The Thai political party that nominated a princess as its candidate for prime minister could be banned from a general election in March after an activist said on Sunday he would file a petition seeking its dissolution.
Thailand's Election Commission is to meet on Monday to consider the candidacy of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, who stunned the nation on Friday when she said she would be the prime ministerial candidate for a populist party loyal to ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Her announcement drew a swift rebuke from King Maha Vajiralongkorn, the princess's younger brother, who issued a statement hours later saying it was "inappropriate" for members of the royal family to enter politics.
The March 24 election is the first since a military coup in 2014 toppled an elected pro-Thaksin government. The current junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, is also contesting the race for prime minister, as the candidate of a pro-military party.
The nomination of the king's elder sister, who has starred in soap operas and an action movie and gave up her royal titles after marrying an American, was a shocking move by forces loyal to Thaksin, who face an uphill battle in the election.
The Election Commission has until Friday to rule on the princess's candidacy. It is unlikely its members would disregard the wishes of the king, who while a constitutional monarch, is considered semi-divine in Thai society.
On Sunday, an activist said he would file a petition to disqualify the Thai Raksa Chart party, which nominated the princess.
"The royal announcement made it clear that the party violated electoral law," Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, told Reuters.
Srisuwan said his complaint to the Election Commission would ask it to recommend that a Constitutional Court dissolve the party.
Thai Raksa Chart's executive chairman Chaturon Chaisaeng declined to comment on the request to disband it. The party said it would accept the king's message and "move forward into the election arena to solve problems for the country".
The royal family has a long-standing tradition of staying out of politics, and electoral law forbids parties from using the monarchy in campaigns.
Parties loyal to former telecommunications tycoon Thaksin have defeated pro-establishment parties to win every election since 2001, but every time have been removed by court rulings or coups.
The gambit to nominate a member of the royal family could backfire on Thai Raksa Chart, said Titipol Phakdeewanich, dean of the faculty of political science at Ubon Ratchathani University.
"Things are now more unpredictable," Titipol told Reuters.
If the party is dissolved, it could give more seats to anti-Thaksin affiliated parties like the pro-junta, Phalang Pracharat and progressive Future Forward party, he said.
Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, lives in self-imposed exile after being convicted of corruption in absentia.
He responded to the events on Twitter late on Saturday telling supporters to "keep moving forward" and "learn from past experiences but live for today and the future".
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Nurses from Guatemala Graduate from Rigorous Neonatal Program
Posted on Dec 19, 2018 by Ashley Roberts
Nine nurses from three hospitals in Guatemala participated in a pilot neonatal care program from The Nightwatch Foundation and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.
Nine nurses from three hospitals in Guatemala—Hospital Universitario Esperanza, Hospital Herrera Llerandi and Nuestra Señora Del Pilar Hospital—proudly walked the stage at a recent graduation ceremony surrounded by their families and friends.
They were recognized for completing an intense program that will help nurses like Magda Camey and Marleny Garcia to improve neonatal health care in their country.
"We dream of being better each day," Camey says. "There are many things we would like to implement but are taking it one step at a time—with the hope of a future that we want."
"It is personal growth," Garcia explains. "There isn't a price, there isn't something that says we've got to get to this level, and what we're trying to do is be change agents."
The course was crafted by The Nightwatch Foundation in partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Roberto Sosa, M.D., medical director of the hospital's International Program, spearheaded the curriculum and identified Spanish-speaking faculty to teach. He had one major goal in mind:
"That we create a seed," he says. "So that they can go to their own hospitals and teach them what they learn. So the nurses will benefit and of course their patients will benefit."
The inspiration behind this whole program? Little Alexia, now 8 years old and thriving.
"Alexia was born here in Guatemala and at that time she was a micro-preemie, so she was 2½ pounds and she was born with a congenital problem in her esophagus," says Michelle, who is a co-founder of The Nightwatch Foundation.
She was transported here to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital to receive the expert care she desperately needed.
"We knew that our best hope was taking her abroad," Michelle explains. "We've been friends with Dr. Sosa's family for years, so it was a no-brainer. We had a point of reference and a contact and he was wonderful in facilitating us getting there."
Michelle and her family started The Nightwatch Foundation as a way to give back after Alexia's scary start at life. The name comes from the idea that nighttime is when nurses are sometimes the sole health care provider, which means proper training is important.
"I'm super emotional especially if I think back on how much work this has been," Michelle says.
It's been a lot of work for Michelle and her family—and a lot of work from the nurses. Each of them were hand-selected and went through an intense online curriculum with exams along the way.
"I'm super proud of the commitment that they've had and the work that they've done, Michelle says. "They've been super enthusiastic, and I think that we were able to get a stellar group of nurses."
It all wrapped up with a trip to Johns Hopkins All Children's to get in-person, hands-on education including medical simulation and observation in the neonatal intensive care unit. Now the nurses have new knowledge for better patient outcomes.
The nurses received a certificate of attendance for the week that they were in the United States at Johns Hopkins All Children's, and they also received a diploma certifying that they successfully completed the educational course, and that means everything to Marleny and Magda.
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Rep. Brown Loses; McCain, Rubio Win; All Others
Veteran Sen. John McCain (R) won his re-nomination campaign last night in Arizona, but with a lesser majority than expected. McCain topped former state Sen. Kelli Ward, 52-39%, which proved worse than his GOP primary margin six years ago (56%). Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Flagstaff) was unopposed on the Democratic side. The rather tepid McCain victory last night increases her chances in the general election.
Sen. Marco Rubio rebounded strongly from his failed presidential campaign with a 72% victory in his statewide Republican primary, yesterday. More than 1.4 million Republican voters cast ballots in the nomination contest. Businessman Carlos Beruff, who spent more than $8 million of his own money on his campaign, finished a distant second with only 19% support.
Sen. Rubio now advances to the general election to face, as expected, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Jupiter) who won his Democratic primary with 59% of the vote. Controversial Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Orlando), who was close early in the campaign, fell to only 18%, just ahead of also-ran candidate Pam Keith, an attorney and Navy veteran (15%). About 300,000 fewer Democrats than Republicans participated in the primary election. Sen. Rubio has been consistently gaining momentum, so he begins the general election as the slight favorite.
Controversial Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu split the conservative vote last night in winning the Republican primary in the open 1st District. He topped a field of five GOP opponents by a twelve-point margin in attracting 32% support. The Sheriff will now face former state Sen. Tom O'Halleran, a former Republican, who easily won the Democratic primary. The expansive 1st District that is equivalent in size to Pennsylvania is a politically marginal seat that either party could win. A very close general election contest is expected.
In retiring Rep. Matt Salmon's (R-Mesa) 5th District, former GoDaddy.com executive Christine Jones appears to have eked out a primary win. She scored a closed 30-29-22-20% victory over state Senate President Andy Biggs, who had Rep. Salmon's support along with many conservative organizations, former Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley, and state Rep. Justin Olsen, respectively. Ms. Jones has an 876 vote lead over Biggs, and will stand unless there are still enough absentee and uncounted votes remaining that will change the outcome. If the margin holds, and likely it will, Ms. Jones will go onto clinch the southeastern Phoenix suburban seat in the general election.
Despite moderate outside Super PAC spending against him, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Prescott) scored a 71% re-nomination victory in his 4th Congressional District.
A very busy congressional primary evening culminated in Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) losing her bid for re-nomination in the newly constituted 5th District. The seat was radically changed in the court-ordered redistricting plan. The CD again anchors in Jacksonville, but now travels due west to Tallahassee instead of going south to Gainesville, Sanford, and Orlando.
Former state legislator and two-time congressional candidate Al Lawson scored a 48-39% Democratic primary victory over the 12-term incumbent who is facing a federal indictment for alleged non-profit financial violations. Lawson swept the district's new regions and dominated the Tallahassee vote, the area he had represented in the legislature. Rep. Brown, despite her strong performance in Jacksonville, becomes the fifth incumbent to lose re-nomination. Three of the five were directly related to mid-decade redistricting plans.
Completing one of the most talked about primary challenges, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Weston) turned back law professor Tim Canova, 57-43%, from a low turnout of just over 50,000 voters. Both candidates spent well over $3 million apiece, and featured involvement from both Democratic presidential candidates. Though Bernie Sanders and his supporters were heavily backing Canova, the district's presidential primary vote overwhelming for Hillary Clinton gave Wasserman Schultz a needed additional boost.
In the open 1st District, the candidate projected as the Republican nomination favorite, state Rep. Matt Gaetz, fulfilled the analyst predictions and easily took the nomination over a crowded GOP field of candidates. Mr. Gaetz will easily win the general election and replace the retiring incumbent, Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla/Pensacola). Just under 99,000 votes were cast in the GOP primary.
The open 2nd District, made safely Republican in redistricting and forcing freshman Democrat Gwen Graham (D-Tallahassee) to the political sidelines, witnessed a very tight GOP primary battle. Dr. Neal Dunn, enjoying strong Republican establishment support, nipped conservative former State Department official Mary Thomas (41-39%) with just over 81,000 votes being cast. Dr. Dunn will now cruise to victory in the general election.
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Back in Orlando, the primary night proved a poor one for the Grayson family. While Rep. Alan Grayson was badly losing the Senate primary, his wife, Dr. Dena Grayson, finished third in the Democratic primary to succeed him. The winner was state Sen. Darren Soto, who will win the general election and head to Washington in January.
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Despite a severe shortage of psychiatric beds in North and South Carolina, 29 counties with no psychiatrists at all, a 41 percent increase in patients and drastically reduced funding from the two states, Martha Whitecotton found ways to make progress for patients because, "through them we experience how difficult the world is to navigate for those least able to navigate it." With her team at Atrium, Whitecotton built a new behavioral health center, ramped up use of telepsychiatry, created a patient placement department just for behavioral health care and contracted with a new transport company to reduce that burden from police.
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Sen. Denning and Rep. Wolfe Moore formed a bipartisan duo within the Kansas State House and Senate to shift monies that had previously been used to operate and fund the Rainbow Mental Health Facility while leading community discussions and not losing sight of what was needed by patients with mental illness or addiction issues in their communities. They advocated to keep the funding within the community to expand the facility's capacity for crisis stabilization in Johnson and Wyandotte counties, where large numbers of jail inmates have mental illnesses or problems with drugs or alcohol that led to their incarceration.
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RI International was managing its admissions and discharges using a low-tech, centrally located dry erase board. RI's CEO and president, David Covington said, "[To] dramatically improve access and throughput for our crisis programs … we had to leave the post-it notes, white boards and voicemails behind." In partnership with Behavioral Health Link, they created Crisis Tech 360 and upped their game. Now RI uses Crisis Tech 360 for up-to-the-minute census information on its 200 beds and has increased its occupancy rates without increasing length of stay.
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Our beloved son Alistair died suddenly and unexpectedly of a brain tumour on the 7th February 2007. He was aged 42, full of life and as fit as a fiddle. Doing well in his business, with his lovely girlfriend Rachel, he had a happy and successful life ahead of him.
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Why Mary Poppins Returns is Disney's Best Reimagining to Date
by Matt Fagerholm
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"Can't put me finger / on what lies in store / But I feel what's to happen / all happened before."—Bert (Dick Van Dyke) in "Mary Poppins"
Fifty-four years after its release, "Mary Poppins" remains the greatest Disney film of all time. Had "Mary Poppins Returns" been a mere remake of Robert Stevenson's 1964 Oscar-winning classic, it would rightly be labeled a work of heresy. But what director Rob Marshall has pulled off here is more akin to James Bobin's "The Muppets" or J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Both of these gems achieved the seemingly impossible task of recapturing the appeal of the landmark crowd-pleasers from which they spawned, and that had evaded numerous imitators. Viewers who criticized Abrams for hewing too close to the formula of "A New Hope" failed to take into account just how monumental an achievement it was to make a film that felt like "Star Wars." Even George Lucas couldn't replicate his own signature blend of space opera and Saturday morning serials in his enervated prequel trilogy. With "Mary Poppins Returns," Marshall has triumphed in making a film that—with the exception of its technological flourishes—feels like it could've been released in the 1960s, preferably as the first half of a double bill with this year's similarly goofy "Christopher Robin." No attempt is made to modernize the source material of P.L. Travers' books or the Vaudevillian charm that characterized Stevenson's film. On an aesthetic level, it is as transporting a throwback as Todd Haynes' "Far from Heaven," with every cobblestone of the Banks family's street, Cherry Tree Lane, meticulously recreated in an indoor set, courtesy of ace production designer John Myhre.
"Finding Neverland" scribe David Magee loosely mirrors the beats of the original film in his screenplay, just as composer Marc Shaiman and his "Hairspray" co-lyricist Scott Wittman have created nine new songs that pay homage, in one way or another, to the unforgettable numbers by Robert and Richard Sherman—the melodies of which are interwoven throughout the score. So immortal were the songs in "Mary Poppins" that the Sherman Brothers themselves couldn't equal them in either "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" or "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," though both films went on to become widely beloved as well. How extraordinary it is to see, in 2018, a brand new old-fashioned musical, complete with an overture accompanied by paintings evocative of legendary matte artist Peter Ellenshaw. "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda channels the exuberance of Dick Van Dyke's jack-of-all-trades Bert as lamplighter Jack, who opens the film with "(Underneath the) Lovely London Sky," a stirring spin on "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Playing the adult version of Matthew Garber's Michael Banks, Ben Whishaw sings "A Conversation," a poignant remembrance of his late wife, in the speak-singing style of Michael's father (David Tomlinson), who once expounded about "The Life I Lead."
No actor in the history of cinema has possessed the indelible screen persona, let alone the pipes, of Julie Andrews, and a "Mary Poppins" film featuring her in any role other than the titular one would feel profoundly wrong. Andrews was entirely correct in turning down a cameo role, providing Emily Blunt the space needed to create her own version of the character. She is a complete delight—sweet, sardonic and more zesty than deadpan. Her singing voice may not hit Andrews' high notes, but it is more than capable of belting "Can You Imagine That?" (the equivalent to "A Spoonful of Sugar" that kicks off the enchantment), "The Royal Doulton Music Hall" (an abbreviated "Jolly Holiday"), "A Cover Is Not the Book" (Mary and Jack's irreverent tongue-twisting duet that tips its hat to "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") and "The Place Where Lost Things Go" (a lullaby reminiscent of both "Stay Awake" and "Feed the Birds").
Meryl Streep delivers her best musical performance in ages as Topsy, Mary's dotty cousin who, like Uncle Albert, has a supernatural conundrum in need of fixing, as detailed in "Turning Turtle" (a much more urgent number than "I Love to Laugh"). Jack and his fellow lamplighters' big dance routine, "Trip a Little Light Fantastic," is being pushed as an Oscar contender, though it's not nearly as acrobatic or catchy as "Step in Time," which was itself inspired by the British music hall anthem, "Knees Up Mother Brown." My favorite song of them all is saved for last: "Nowhere to Go But Up," a joyous companion piece to "Let's Go Fly a Kite," performed by living legend Angela Lansbury (who might as well be playing the grandmother of Eglantine Price, the benevolent witch she brought to life in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks").
By the time Lansbury materialized for the grand finale, I was already levitating in my seat. Had my critical faculties been rendered useless by the glorious imagery drawn frame-by-frame, thanks to a team of veteran animators who were brought out of retirement solely for the occasion? (The fact animated flowers initially leap from a bowl, after Mary's spinning of it causes the designs on its rim to coalesce as in a zoetrope, is a brilliant touch.) Or was it the peerless casting of Julie Walters as Ellen, the Banks clan's longtime maid who nails the accent of Hermione Baddeley, and David Warner as Admiral Boom, a hilarious yet less surly version of Jane and Michael's delusional neighbor? Or perhaps it was the cameo by Karen Dotrice (the original Jane Banks), who shows up just long enough to utter her trademark line, "Many thanks, sincerely." I have no doubt my love of the picture was increased exponentially by the marvelous appearance of Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Dawes Jr., the son of the banker he played incognito in "Mary Poppins." Inhabiting that role in the original film was Arthur Malet, who went on to play Tootles in Steven Spielberg's "Hook," where he received his own opportunity to defy gravity just like Mr. Dawes, Sr. The 92-year-old Van Dyke does not soar through the air on wires in "Mary Poppins Returns," but he does leap atop a desk and dance, a euphoric sight that had the crowd at my preview screening applauding.
I'm reminded of a priceless story Van Dyke shared on the 40th anniversary DVD of "Mary Poppins." "When I was playing the old man," he recalled, "we would break for lunch, and on my way to the commissary, I liked to wait for the buses with the tourists to come along. Then I would start to cross the street. The bus would stop, and I would take forever to cross the road, turning toward the driver to say, 'Thank you!' Once the bus began moving on, I'd let it get 20 yards away before I'd pass it in a dead sprint, as fast as I could run." That's the same sort of childlike spirit that appears to have informed Marshall's approach to this movie. It has the same kinetic pacing as the director's sensational stage-to-screen adaptation, "Chicago," and it could likely be transferred onto the stage without much alteration. What I admire most about the picture is its refusal to simply recycle what came before. It puts forth the effort to come up with new songs, set-pieces and emotional payoffs, rather than go through the motions of what had already been perfected. In an era where shot-for-shot duplicates are the new norm at Disney, "Mary Poppins Returns" stands as a definitive example of how to honor a masterpiece. "Mary Poppins" will always be irreplaceable, but this endearing tribute succeeded in making me feel like a kid again.
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Q: How to use dummy variable in lm() as dependent variable? I imported two csv files, which include the same variables at two different times. Then I managed to generate a new third csv file with the function rbind(). I tried to create a linear regression with the lm() function, whereas the time is used as a dummy variable. The other variables are numeric, I changed them from categorized to numeric. The output shows some variables as numeric and others categorized, which is suspect to me. I would like to take the mean of the variables and plot them against the dummy variable, where I always get an Error that the variable lengths are different.
I already tried the glm() function and took the mean of each variable. I also defined the variables as numeric.
gh_old_small_short <- read.csv(file.choose(), header=T, sep=";")
gh_new_small_short <- read.csv(file.choose(), header=T, sep=";")

ghold <- rbind(gh_old_small_short, gh_new_small_short,  fill=T)
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She repeated US demands that Myanmar's rulers immediately release Suu Kyi, jailed for most of the past 20 years, embark on credible democratic reform and engage in dialogue with the opposition and ethnic minorities.
Clinton had raised expectations earlier this year that Washington might be rethinking its economic sanctions against Myanmar, also known as Burma.
But she said: "Engagement versus sanctions is a false choice, in our opinion, so going forward we will be employing both of those tools, pursuing our same goals."
Clinton also stressed Washington's desire to deal with country's military rulers.
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Welcoming the US policy shift, Zaw Oo, a professor at Thailand's Chiang Mai University, told Al Jazeera: "The sanctions are not sufficient to promote democracy in Burma. They are becoming less effective.
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There were nearly 700 fatalities resulting from alcohol-related car accidents in Indiana in 2009. Of these fatalities nearly 250 were merely alcohol-related while more than 200 were the result of drunk drivers. Through the Christmas and New Year holiday, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is pushing its Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving. This campaign has been going strong since 2006 and in celebration of its fifth anniversary, MADD released a report rating each state on its efforts to reduce the risks of drunk driving traffic accidents. These types of accidents account for a third of all traffic accidents on U.S. roadways. These accidents are completely preventable, too. Unnecessary deaths results from irresponsible driving habits."While we've made substantial progress with the Campaign…there is still much work to be done," said MADD National President Jan Withers.
Our Gary drunk driving accident lawyers understand that Indiana was only ranked with two out of five starts in this report. The nation overall received 3 out of 5 stars in its fight against drunk drivers. Our state lacks a number of tools for meaningful progress in fighting drunk driving accidents. In our state, only some judges require ignition interlock devices for first-time DUI offenders, but legislative leadership is needed to require these devices of all drunk drivers. The report also says that our state should enact more penalties on those who are convicted of a DUI when a child is present in the vehicle.
-Requiring ignition interlock devices for all those who are convicted of drunk driving.
-Enhancing penalties for drivers who are busted for drunk driving with children in the vehicle.
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-Using some sort of Administrative License Revocation for those who have been convicted of a DUI.
Drunk driving accidents cost the nation more than $130 billion each year. These costs include about $70 billion in quality-of-life costs and roughly $60 billion in monetary costs. Local and state governments fork out roughly $3 billion while the federal government hands out almost $5 billion. Employers typically hand out nearly $11 billion. Of the $11 billion, nearly $4 billion related to accidents involving work trips while nearly $10 billion results from accidents that happen outside of work involving employees and benefit-eligible dependents.
During the holiday season, drunk driving car accidents are more common than during any other time of the year. The goal of MADD's campaign is to ultimately to help to stop drunk driving accidents on our roadways. Please be safe through the remainder of 2011 and drive responsibly. If you'll be drinking at a holiday gathering, please arrange a safe and sober way home. You're also asked to keep an eye on your friends and family members to make sure everyone is making a conscious effort to keep our roadways safe through the remainder of the year. Enjoy safe and Happy Holidays!
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Q: request.raw_post is returning nil when sending in a webhook The application I'm working on is currently taking in webhooks from GitHub. We're trying to do something like the following:
raw_payload = request.raw_post
original_payload = JSON.parse(raw_payload)

And then original_payload would be the parsed raw data from the webhook. Everything works locally when I use a curl command to send the webhook: the raw data is found, and the JSON is parsed. However, whenever I put it up on my staging environment and  it starts getting real webhooks from GitHub, it starts to break with this error:
TypeError (no implicit conversion of nil into String):
json (1.8.3) lib/json/common.rb:155:in `initialize'
json (1.8.3) lib/json/common.rb:155:in `new'
json (1.8.3) lib/json/common.rb:155:in `parse'

on the line that states JSON.parse(raw_payload), basically meaning that raw_payload is nil. What scenario would have request.raw_post return nil on staging, but work correctly in development?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!

A: Figured out my own question. The issue was happening with the whole request.raw_post thing. Although the true reason to why raw_post was returning nil unfortunately remains sort of a mystery (we assume it has something to do with the webhook data being deleted and refreshed before we can grab it), we did find a workaround:
raw_parameters = request.request_parameters

And then we can grab values from raw_parameters like so:
new_request[:github_action] = raw_parameters["action"]

Moreover, this way, if there is no raw_parameters["action"], then nothing will change with new_request. This solved all of our issues!
Sorry I couldn't find the exact reason raw_post was returning nil!


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