Where in the World Is Gerry San Diego?
Since this has been an annual trip for so many years, I really am at a loss as to what to say or write about this fine American city. Our dear friends are in Italy, so I will not be visiting them. And a few folks from back home will be around for a few beers and laughs. Mostly, I am here for the Giants short two game series against the Padres.
The trip is a little different, in that I am flying down from home, rather than driving. I am staying in the Gaslamp area, using public transportation, and walking most everywhere, once I land. When we drive, we usually head out of the city for shopping, wine tasting, beaches, and other points of interest.
Most of you reading this are much younger, and perhaps do not recall the period around 1955. The polio vaccine developed by Dr. Salk was approved for general use. President Eisenhower gave him a special citation at a ceremony held in the Rose Garden at the White House. And of course, President Franklin Roosevelt had contracted polio in 1921, while on a summer vacation on Campobello Island, his summer vacation home. He also helped crate the "March of Dimes Foundation" that became the primary funding source for Salk's studies and vaccine trials.
But what makes this most memorable is that we received the vaccine at school. Back in 1955, I would have been about 9 years old, and attending Lincoln Elementary School in Kingsburg, in the 3rd or 4th grade. I can recall lining up like we did for lunch, alphabetically, of course. We marched over to the cafeteria/multi-purpose room for our shots. This was before the oral vaccine was available.
Obviously, there was no controversy about vaccinating children, much less at school. There was no choice. And for the most part, polio became an afterthought on the American health scene. Despite this, I found out later that several of my classmates actually contracted polio prior to this period. In 1952, there were 57,000 cases of polio. The number dropped to less than a thousand a decade later.
Thankfully, the oral vaccine came along about a decade later (1962), when the live virus replaced Salk's vaccine. Dr. Albert Sabin developed the oral vaccine, which was both less expensive and easier to use. A drop of vaccine was placed on a sugar cube. What a great idea! By the way, Sabin and Salk were rivals as you might expect.
People probably don't know that, in 1952, Salk tested the vaccine on himself, his wife, and his three children. He actually boiled the needles and syringes on his kitchen stovetop! And to his credit, he did not feel justified in patenting the vaccine, since much of the studies were publicly funded.
Salk went on to establish the Salk Center for Biological Studies in 1963. He went on to study both multiple sclerosis and cancer. He moved on later to HIV and AIDS. He died of heart failure in 1995 in La Jolla. But he will always be remembered as the man who stopped polio!!
So, while I am here for baseball, I try to remember hat the area is known for great scientific breakthroughs in the biological sciences. Now they need to control the Hepatitis outbreak here. The homeless situation here is staggering!! The weather is too good, and the streets are too friendly.
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These are the oldest cities of Mesopotamian civilization. Uruk dates as far back as 3500 B.C. and contains valuable remains of a temple built atop a ziggurat. Eridu is famous for its royal tombs and civilian graves, which are differentiated by the decorations and gifts each social status received.
Across all Mesopotamian sites, the findings of these clay tablets are extremely important, since they are some of the oldest examples of writing in human civilization. These pieces of writing tell us about local history as well as the types of crops and trade that were common in those areas.
While the most famous homes of the dead in Egypt are the massive pyramids, just as important are the older tombs, which were smaller and made out of wood. By the fourth millennium B.C., you begin to see the first elaborate stone and brick tombs with fancier gifts. These were the forefathers of what would later become the lavish setups at the pyramids.
Many sites in the Indus Valley were destroyed in the 19th century, so any find from this civilization is valuable in the study of ancient Asian history. These towns have been found to have rather developed flood control systems, as well as a semblance of indoor plumbing and a yet-to-be-deciphered writing system.
This is the oldest of the Chinese cities that have been excavated. As the Shang capital, An-yang housed thousands of oracle bones, which had questions about the future inscribed on them. Other bronze utensils used most likely for rituals have been found at the site.
A more recent building in Chinese history is the extravagant tomb commissioned for the emperor of the Qin dynasty sometime in the late 1st millennium B.C. This tomb spanned 500 acres and is most famous for its collection of life-sized terra cotta figures of warriors to protect the emperor in the afterlife. It also contains artifacts of every precious material available at the time, from gold to jade to silk.
Places such as San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico have given us insight into some of the earliest Central American civilizations. The Olmec sites are famous for the large stone heads that the civilization produced, as well as for the evidence about some of the oldest ball sports.
Later on, the Mayans would overtake the Olmecs and extend their influence from Teotihuacan in central Mexico down to Guatemala. As a result, their pyramids are littered across Central America, and so are the examples of their obsidian trade, their astronomically-oriented centers, and their raised-field agriculture.
By the time the Greeks came onto the world stage, there was enough writing to record the necessary history, but the archaeological finds concerning Bronze Age (1600 to 1100 B.C.) sites are still of great use to corroborate those records. For example, there is Mycenae, where there was a fortified town with lavish tombs. The site dates back to this very time period. The oldest stone sculptures in Greece have been dated to the 600s B.C.
Rome, being the capital of the most recent of the great ancient civilizations, has provided us with archaeological discoveries that uncover even the minutiae of everyday life in Italy. This includes the unearthing of streets, burial grounds, and even kitchens.


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CAPSULE: CHINGASO THE CLOWN (2006)
March 19, 2013 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies)	Leave a comment
"Chingaso the Clown" runs for 15 minutes (12 minutes without credits) and can be viewed on YouTube in its entirety by clicking this link. The film is mildly Not Safe for Work (NSFW) and would likely be rated R for language and violence.
DIRECTED BY: Elias Matar
FEATURING: Quinn Larson, David Hyatt, Roberta Orlandi
PLOT: A man paints his face and heads off to seek revenge on crime kingpin Bastard the Clown and his Clown Army.
WHY IT WON'T MAKE THE LIST: Ending on a cliffhanger, "Chingaso the Clown" not really a full length standalone film; it's a pitch for a feature that was never made. It's not bad, but even at full length this action movie parody wouldn't be weird enough to qualify for the List solely because its chief combatants wear greasepaint and crack bad puns.
COMMENTS: We at 366 Weird Movies pledge that we'll give any movie a hearing, so long as it meets a basic minimum level of weirdness and quality. "Chingaso the Clown" is proof of that promise. However, we don't promise that we'll get to it promptly. The short film "Chingaso the Clown" was made in 2006, and we were asked to review it in 2010; at that point, director Elias Matar was still hoping to expand the short into a feature. He's since made a different feature film (Ashes, a about a doctor who accidentally creates a zombie virus) and let the chingasotheclown.com domain expire, which suggests the project has been abandoned. Which is a bit of a shame, because "Chingaso the Clown," the short, isn't half bad, and almost certainly could have been turned into a viable feature (Troma has released much worse full length films, some of which were probably completed for less than it cost to make the short version "Chingaso"). The premise—an alternate universe in which unscrupulous clowns run the world's crime cartels—is high concept enough, although the mime vs. clown rivalry angle is lifted from 1991's Shakes the Clown. The acting is much higher quality than is usually seen in this level of filmmaking: as vengeful Chingaso, Quinn Larson has only one note but nails it; David Hyatt is suitably Joker-esque in the most difficult role as the villain; and former Miss Italy (and sometime television actress) Roberta Orlandi adds a touch of Hollywood glamor that legitimizes the project. The direction is also competent: angles and lighting are interesting, visual effects are inexpensive but judiciously used, and the film shows good attention to detail with no obvious continuity problems. The fight scene choreography could be improved but isn't off-putting, and the script is mildly amusing throughout, with one, maybe two decent belly laughs. Is it weird? Not so very, but the B-movie spoof crowd would have eaten this up, if it was served to them cheaply enough (they're a miserly crowd). Unfortunately, Alex de la Iglesia's impressive The Last Circus was released in 2010 and pretty much stole the thunder from any subsequent clown vs. clown slugfests. Sorry we didn't get to the review before that, but even a glowing review from us wasn't likely to make the difference between funding "Chingaso" and letting the poor guy hang up his floppy shoes for good.
More important than the fate of "Chingaso the Clown" itself is what the movie says about the state of the low-budget film industry today. Two decades ago, before cheap digital cameras and the proliferation of broadband internet, the skill required to make a film like "Chingaso" would be in high demand. Today, however, competition is cutthroat: anyone can make a short movie, and most people who do are giving them away for free on YouTube. We, the entertainment consumers, are drowning in a sea of product, and at this moment in time it's not good enough for a producer to be skilled. You've got to be lucky, too, and even going viral only gives you Andy Warhol's fifteen minutes to exploit your popularity.
"…the film is so wonderful that it's a shame the feature-length version has yet to be made… the excess of violence achieves a unique balance between the hilarious and the grotesque."–Phil Hall, Film Threat (festival screening)
(This movie was nominated for review by "zinotchka." Suggest a weird movie of your own here.)
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SATURDAY SHORT: DEAR RAYMOND (2012)
December 29, 2012 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies)	1 Comment
A blue-skinned man wearing a white clown suit and angel wings sketches obsessively, ignoring various supplicants who come before him. The bizarre symbolism actually makes sense if you know Alfred Eaker and Raymond Thunder-Sky.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHVquPrYqQI]
2012Alfred EakerClownJ. Ross EakerOutsider ArtRaymond Thunder-Sky
CAPSULE: THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL (2012)
DIRECTED BY: Darren Lynn Bousman
FEATURING: Terrance Zdunich, Sean Patrick Flanery, Briana Evigan, Jessica Lowndes, Dayton Callie
PLOT: A suicide, a jewel thief, and a thug's girlfriend die and find themselves at an afterlife circus run by the Devil; he reads the stories of their sins retold as fables, which they re-enact to musical accompaniment supplied by carnies.
WHY IT WON'T MAKE THE LIST: The Devil's Carnival is a lot like director Darren Lynn Bousman's previous horror musical effort, Repo: The Genetic Opera, only on a smaller scale. If that one didn't make it onto the List, then logically this one shouldn't, either.
COMMENTS: Hell is eternal musical theater! I knew it! The Devil's Carnival looks like refugees from a Fellini circus took over unused sets from Moulin Rouge. Hell's color scheme is candy apple red and hot dog mustard yellow, and all the demons have mime-white faces with black and red designs equally inspired by medieval harlequins and KISS. The plot to this musical is delightfully warped, in more ways than one. It involves suicide, thievery, and women in masochistic relationships, but it also benefits from a wild narrative that veers between reality, fantasy, and song and dance numbers at a whim. Fittingly, none of the denizens of the carnival seem the slightest bit surprised by any of it; the three hellbound souls receiving their poetic punishments wonder why they're suddenly at a state fair designed by David Lynch for all of five seconds before they start accepting the dream at face value. I always like it when a movie script takes on too much and mixes its metaphors. Carnival starts off as Dante by way of Cirque du Soleil, then, one-third of the way in, after each of the three stories is already in progress, the Devil starts reading a book of Aesop's fables which illustrate the sins (adding to the confusion, the last section, "The Devil's Due," doesn't even refer to Aesop—the quote's from from Shakespeare and the plot's from nowhere in particular). Along with the three fables, we also get a backstage peek at the Devil's lieutenant casting the night's morality plays and a subplot about the Lucifer-God rivalry, all shoehorned in around a dozen songs in a movie that's only an hour long. The script's a mess, but I don't mean that as a criticism: the overabundance of ideas and references in The Devil's Carnival gives the entire enterprise a loose and crazy feeling that's appropriate and appealing. The costume and set design is superlative, and the demonic hoofers—the Hobo Clown, the Painted Doll, and plastic-haired greaser Scorpion—are all a morbid hoot. Where The Devil's Carnival loses me is with the songs. They are impressively staged and consistently performed in a Weimar-era German cabaret style. The Hobo Clown, ragged hat extended for alms, croons a demented doggerel silhouetted by footlights while a topless woman is whipped in the background (like all of Carnival, this is a surprisingly PG-13 rendition of some very dark material). But the melodies, while appropriately carnivalesque, aren't memorable, and the libretto can't match the ambition of the mise-en-scene. There's too much repetition, and more than once the lyrics fall back on the cheap trick of incorporating children's nursery rhymes to cop a little irony. Songs like "Kiss the Girls," with a man menaced by a gang of sexy clowns in Bozo's of Hollywood lingerie, look great, but make little sense. The lip-syncing is also frequently off, providing another distraction. Ivan L. Moody, a veteran of several minor metal bands with a surprisingly melodious baritone, gives the best performance; but the best conceived number is "Prick," a love badly sung by a painted waif to a bullfrog that makes clever use of the double meaning in the title. Still, there is nothing here that you'd want to put on your I-Pod (Repo cultists, many of whom bought this soundtrack on the release date without having heard a note, may naturally disagree). Divorced from their presentations, the songs are all competent but forgettable, and, like its predecessor Genetic Opera, it's that lack of memorable tunes that keeps The Devil's Carnival from making the leap to the next artistic level. If Bousman could just borrow the talents of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, or even Richard O'Brien, for just a week sometime, he might make something really magical. The film is part of a planned series, and ends on a bit of a cliffhanger. Carnival may not have blown me away, but the best compliment I can give it as that it has me looking forward to the next installment—and, it makes me consider looking backward to reassess Repo.
While Bousman continues to make horror movies like Mother's Day within the Hollywood system, The Devil's Carnival cements his credibility as a cult filmmaker and suggests he's dedicated to the more interesting, less-marketable horror-musical concept. The mid-range production values, cable TV-friendly naughtiness, cliffhanger ending and hour-long length of Carnival make it look like a pilot for an HBO series, although there's no evidence it was ever intended for the small screen. The marketing of the film, which was self-financed by Bousman and partner Terrance Zdunich (who wrote the script and plays the Devil), is innovative: a VOD/Netflix streaming release, supplemented by a collector's edition DVD/Blu-ray (limited to 6660 copies) and a "carnival road tour." Hopefully this nontraditional distribution strategy will work and allow the pair to retain their artistic independence by selling directly to the fans.
"Dismiss Repo and Carnival as weird musicals for weird people if you like, but there's always room for a filmmaker who treats his ticket-buyers well and delivers something sort of … unsafe."–Scott Weinberg, FearNet (contemporaneous)
2012AfterlifeAllegoryCarnivalClownDarren Lynn BousmanFableHellHorrorIndependent filmMusicalSean Patrick Flanery
VICTOR SJOSTROM'S HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924) STARRING LON CHANEY
July 7, 2011 Alfred Eaker	2 Comments
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) is part of the 2011 Warner Archive Lon Chaney collection, and in this film Chaney gives one of his most natural, assured performances—in no small part due to director Victor Sjöström, who also directed Chaney, with Norma Shearer, in the following year's Tower Of Lies (unfortunately, yet another lost film). Victor Sjostrom is something of an icon. He was a favorite director of stars Greta Garbo and Lillian Gish, and his masterpiece, The Phantom Carriage (1921), was a considerable influence on Ingmar Bergman. After the coming of sound Sjostrom retired from directing to return to his first love of acting, but he still served as mentor to the young Bergman; Bergman repaid the favor by casting Sjostrom in the extraordinarily beautiful role of Dr. Isak Borg for Wild Strawberries (1957, possibly Bergman's greatest film).
After seeing the films Sjostrom had made in Sweden, Producer Irving Thalberg recruited Sjostrom to Hollywood. He Who Gets Slapped was the first film the director made at MGM, and it proved to be a lucrative endeavor for all concerned. Sjostrom was one of the few directors respected by both Louis B. Mayer and Thalberg. He Who Gets Slapped is based off the 1914 play by Leonid Andreyev. The resulting film looks, thinks and acts far more European than anything Hollywood studios had produced at that time.
It is a tale of degradation, humiliation, pathos, and sacrifice. Thankfully, it is a film in which we do not find ourselves rooting for the Donald Trumps or Paris Hiltons of the world. Chaney is the destitute but prolific scientist Paul Beaumont, so dedicated in his work that he, inevitably, is rendered the oblivious fool. Beaumont's filthy rich patron is the Baron de Regnard (Marc McDermott). Regnard has been helping himself to Beaumont's selfish wife Maria (Ruth King) and additionally plans to steal the fruit of Beaumont's scientific labors.
The world of Paul Beaumont comes crashing down when Regnard presents Beaumont's work, as his own, to the Academy. Beaumont tries, in vain, to convince the Academy of the theft, but they take the side of the affluent Regnard as opposed to the unknown, poverty stricken Beaumont. Beaumont is belittled by his patron's betrayal, by the mocking laughter of the academy, by the discovery of his wife's infidelity, and, finally, by Regnard's humiliating slap to his face. It is a slap which Beaumont now obsessively echoes in repetition every night. On the Continue reading VICTOR SJOSTROM'S HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924) STARRING LON CHANEY →
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FILM FESTIVAL DOUBLE FEATURE: THE LAST CIRCUS [BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA] (2010)/RAINBOWS END (2010)
April 5, 2011 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies)	Leave a comment
Your faithful correspondent has returned from the field with reports on two offbeat festival films…
Alex de la Iglesia bolsters his already fine cult film résumé (Acción Mutante, The Day of the Beast) with this b-movie styled action/melodrama that's also an allegory for the Spanish Civil War. The movie's best sequence is the prologue, where the Republican army conscripts a circus troupe into emergency action ("a clown with a machete—you'll scare the s**t out of them"!) Flash forward to 1973, when the embittered son of one of the Shanghaied carnies embarks upon a career as a "Sad Clown," but is immediately smitten by a beautiful trapeze artist. Unfortunately for him, the acrobat Natalia is the personal property of the "Happy Clown," a psychotic, drunken woman-beater who just happens to be great with kids. The two mountebanks' working relationship quickly turns sour as they take turns beating the greasepaint off each other in a brutal rivalry that eventually leaves both of them mutilated and insane. Which mad harlequin will Natalia choose? The Spanish Civil War angle is simplistic and neither adds nor subtracts from the narrative, which starts as a tawdry carnival melodrama and morphs into an action movie with a high-flying, clown-mauling showdown atop a giant cross. A few Sad Clown dream sequences–he keeps seeing his dead father and archival footage of Spanish pop singer Raphael singing a vintage ballad in clownface—add nominal weirdness, but these touches aren't pervasive enough to raise the film above the level of aggressively offbeat. Still, there are those who are going to want to check out any film where an insane jester uses lye, an iron, and some clerical vestments to improvise his own clown costume, then steals a cache of automatic weapons and walks the streets of Madrid armed to the teeth with homicidal gleam in his eye. One final note: my movie-going companion was disappointed in the lack of variety in the clown-on-clown violence; he had been hoping to see a wide variety of Bozos brutalizing each other in an all-out melee. So be forewarned—if you consider two killer clowns too few, this Circus is not for you.
THE LAST CIRCUS [Balada Triste de Trompeta] (2010). Dir. Álex de la Iglesia, Featuring Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang.
If The Last Circus is edgy, Rainbows End occupies the opposite end of the offbeat spectrum—it's whimsical. Ostensibly a documentary about six east Texas eccentrics on a road trip to California to pursue a motley assortment of dreams, it's also one of the funniest movies yours truly has had the privilege of checking out in 2011. It's the characters who drive the bus in this episodic feature—and in this case that bus needs a push start, leaks radiator fluid, and at times is literally held together with duct tape. Continue reading FILM FESTIVAL DOUBLE FEATURE: THE LAST CIRCUS [BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA] (2010)/RAINBOWS END (2010) →
2010ActionAlex de la IglesiaAllegoryCarolina BangCircusClownComedyDocumentaryEric HeuberPsychobillyQuirkySpanish Civil WarTexas
CAPSULE: BIG MONEY RUSTLAS (2010)
December 7, 2010 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies)	3 Comments
DIRECTED BY: Paul Andresen
FEATURING: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope
PLOT: Sugar Wolf, son of slain sheriff Grizzly Wolf, returns to restore law and order to the town of Mudbug, now in the grips of gambling baron Baby Chips.
WHY IT WON'T MAKE THE LIST: Despite the fact that both hero and villain wear "insane" clown makeup and speak in hip-hop patois, it's the existence of this movie that's really strange, not its content.
COMMENTS: If you assumed there was no way a Western performed by washed-up white rap stars in greasepaint could fail to deliver some sort of camp value, then you've seriously underestimated the lack of wit of the bizarre cultural phenomenon known as the Insane Clown Posse. (So you'll know what you're getting into, in the DVD commentary, clown Shaggy 2 Dope confesses that, to him, a closeup of a horse's anus is the funniest feces ever [to paraphrase]). Starting from a script that would have been rejected by Troma studios as too lowbrow, tasteless and juvenile, Big Money Rustlas ambles its way onto the screen with all the charm of a syphilitic cowpoke and all comedy value of Eminem doing a vaudeville routine. Since they're merely inserting their generic gangsta personae into a generic Western revenge tale, the insane clowns need to stuff the movie full of gags to keep up the interest for ninety minutes; but the jokes overwhelmingly fall flat. The incongruity of two dudes in Stetson hats and evil harlequin makeup speaking dialogue like "give him his f***in' money you platypus lookin' motherf***er!" only goes so far. The novelty value fades away after about fifteen or twenty minutes, and Shaggy and Violent's boastful, grating personalities take over instead. To be fair, there are a few decent jokes in Rustlas: Sugar Wolf's mother, the town prostitute, also wears clown makeup, and there's an Indian who sits by the town entrance with a jar of corn liquor and changes the Mudbug population sign every time a villager is killed. There are also isolated weird moments to jerk you awake: a gunfighter who inexplicably shoots laser beams from his eyeballs, and an S&M whipping scene with a mini-dominatrix lashing a clown wearing a baby bonnet. Most of what little entertainment value there is here, however, comes from watching the parade of near-celebrity cameos: besides relatively big roles for cult star Jason Mewes (the "Jay" of "Jay and Silent Bob,") and retired dwarf porn star Bridgette Powerz, we also catch sight of Todd Bridges, Jimmy Walker, Brigitte Neilsen, wrestler Jimmy Hart, Dustin Diamond, Vanilla Ice, Tom Sizemore (!), and Ron Jeremy (it just wouldn't be a crappy low budget comedy without a Hedgehog sighting). Most of the cast is made up of rap "stars" unknown outside of the Insane Clown Posse galaxy, guys like Monoxide, Boondox and (I kid you not) Blaze Ya Dead Homie. There is no rap music outside of the opening credits. More surprisingly, in a movie packed with profanity, violence, homophobia, toilet humor, and macho posturing, there is no nudity; this must be because of the Insane Clown Posse's enormous respect for bitches.
This movie is a more expensive remake of/prequel to Insane Clown Posse's 2000 effort Big Money Hustlas (which told the same basic story in a faux-blaxploitation style). Insane Clown Posse is a rap duo who had some success in the late 1990s. Until this movie, I was unaware that they still had a dedicated cult following (emphasis on "cult") a decade later. ICP have created a small media empire for their fans, consisting of a stable of all-white rappers on their own "Psychopathic Records" label, an internet radio station, and a pro wrestling venture. Followers call themselves "juggalos," emulate their hero's makeup, and have their own private lingo revolving around "clown love." If this internet petition is to be believed, some of them consider being a juggalo to be a religion. There have been so many violent incidents involving ICP fans (including the stoning of former bisexual reality star turned failed rapper Tila Tequila) that "juggalos" have been defined as a gang in some school districts. The fact that the mediocre music of these two arrested adolescents could inspire such slavish devotion in thousands of susceptible youth, without the band having scored a charting single since 1998, is far weirder than anything Shaggy and Violent could ever put on film.
"…what the movie is essentially about is how much more awesome the two guys in clown makeup are than anyone else they encounter. That's the movie's worldview: women are objects, and anyone not wearing clown makeup should hand over their money and then be killed, presumably for not wearing clown makeup. Or maybe because they're 'insane.' The Rational Clown Posse would never act that way."–Patrick Bromley, DVD Verdict (DVD)
2010BewareClownComedyDirect to videoHip HopOdditySpoofVanity projectWestern
SATURDAY SHORT: UNCLE JACK (2010)
October 2, 2010 Cameron Jorgensen	Leave a comment
Jamin Winans, director of the Certified Weird film Ink, was commissioned by Pentax to shoot a short film using only the K-7 HD DSLR camera. They couldn't have picked a better person for the job. Winans thrives on making quality cinema with a minuscule budget. Most everyone agrees, though, that Winans and his team would benefit from better funding for their future projects; they definitely deserve it.
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Q: Module compiled with Swift 4.2 cannot be imported by the Swift 5.0.1 compiler My project is working on Xcode 10.1, but when I am trying to work with Xcode 10.2.1, I got this issues:
"Module compiled with Swift 4.2 cannot be imported by the Swift 5.0.1 compiler: /xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx.framework/Modules/xxx.swiftmodule/i386.swiftmodule"
"Module compiled with Swift 4.2 cannot be imported by the Swift 5.0.1 compiler: /xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx.framework/Modules/xxx.swiftmodule/x86_64.swiftmodule"
I am getting this issues about embedded framework that I am using. When I checked the same issues, I didn't find any solutions on internet. Do you guys have any idea?
Thanks.

A: You have to recompile all of your dependencies with the same version of the compiler by Clean All -> Build.
Also make sure that Locations -> Command Line Tools is set to the latest Xcode 10.2.1 if you have both versions installed side-by-side.

A: I understand this is an external module/framework.
If you don't have access to the source files then you need to request the vendor to update the framework, i.e., compile it with Swift 5.
If that is not possible then you need to keep your project on Swift 4.2 until further...
Cheers!

A: Change your Swift Language Version from build setting.
Go to YourTarget > Build Settings > Swift Language Version for all of your Xcode targets.

Hope this will work.

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Giving Back Locally | $50,000+ Commitment to West Bloomfield Police Foundation
by Kelleigh Lamb May 24, 2019
Thin Blue Line USA is honored to give back to the West Bloomfield Police Foundation for the fourth consecutive year. Located in the same county as Thin Blue Line USA, our relationship with this foundation is one that we hold close to our hearts. It is truly a privilege to continue to donate to the foundation and to our local area.
The foundation started in 2001 to assist the West Bloomfield Police Department, as well as the surrounding community. In 2012, the department tragically lost an officer after he was shot and killed in the line of duty. The foundation provided immediate help to the surviving family and eased their financial burden as they faced such an unexpected and devastating loss. They also host various events throughout the community, including women's self-defense seminars and other interactive fundraisers that benefit the police department.
An additional service the West Bloomfield Police Foundation provides is their scholarship program. Thin Blue Line USA is proud to have committed $15,000 this year to the foundation. Our donation will assist the scholarship program and be awarded to students who have a parent in law enforcement. In total, Thin Blue Line USA will have donated $55,000 back to the West Bloomfield Police Foundation since our first contribution in 2016.
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No Support for Bras Causing Postmenopausal Breast Cancer › HOPE Cancer Connection, Inc.
When a postmenopausal woman complains, "my bra is killing me," it can be safely chalked up to a poor fit, not to an increased risk for breast cancer.
In a large population-based case-control study of postmenopausal women conducted in the Pacific Northwest, investigators could find no link between bras and the risk for either invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) or invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC).
"No aspect of bra wearing, including bra cup size, recency, average number of hours/day worn, wearing a bra with an underwire, or age first began regularly wearing a bra, was associated with risks of either IDC or ILC breast cancer," write Lu Chen, MPH, and colleagues from the division of public health sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Their findings were published online September 5 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Admittedly, the potential for frat-boy jokes is huge, but patient concerns about potentially modifiable risk factors - however unlikely - deserve to be taken seriously, Chen said in an interview with reporters.
"Some people worry that the reason breast cancer is more common in developed than in developing countries is the difference in bra-wearing patterns; we saw that in the lay media as well," Chen explained. "Even though the biologic plausibility of this notion is quite weak, bra wearing is essentially ubiquitous today, so we thought this was an important question to address," she said.
Proponents of the carcinogenic bra theory contend that a constricting bra - particularly one with underwire - can block the flow of lymphatic fluid and inhibit the disposal of toxins, leading to increased exposure and, potentially, an increased risk for breast cancer.
In a previous study, investigators examined data on 2325 breast cancer cases and 7008 control subjects, and found that "among bra users, larger cup size was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer (P about .026), although the association was found only among postmenopausal women and was accounted for, in part, by obesity" (Eur J Cancer. 1991;27:131-135).
In addition, a 2005 book, provocatively entitled Dressed To Kill: The Link between Breast Cancer and Bras, struck fear in the hearts of bra-wearing women and lingerie manufacturers. The promotional copy says that the book "presents evidence supporting the authors' theory that bras suppress the lymphatic system, causing toxins to accumulate in the tissues of the breasts, leading to a variety of health problems."
To see whether that idea holds water, Chen and colleagues drew on data from a population-based study of breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women in the Seattle-Puget Sound area of Washington.
They identified 454 women with IDC, 590 with ILC, and 469 control subjects selected from the community by random-digit dialing.
A face-to-face interview was conducted with both case and control subjects to find out about potential breast cancer risk factors, including reproductive history, medical history, family history of cancer, body size, and use of hormonal replacement.
The women were also asked about their bra cup and band sizes, the age at which they started regularly wearing a bra, whether they wore underwire bras, and the number of hours per day and days per week they wore a bra at different times of their lives.
The team found no evidence of a link between breast cancer risk and bra size, type, or frequency of wearing.
On multivariate analysis, there was a nearly 2-fold risk for both IDC (odds ratio [OR], 1.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0 - 3.6) and ILC (OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.0 - 3.6) in women who reported wearing A-cup sized bras, but neither association was significant.
The study was limited by participant self-reporting of bra-wearing habits, which could be subject to recall bias, and by the fact only 1 of the more than 1500 women interviewed reported never wearing a bra, compelling the investigators to base the primary comparison on hours of bra wearing rather than comparing wearing with not wearing a bra, Chen told Medscape Medical News.
Although the theory linking bras with risk for breast cancer was debunked by Chen's group, a cancer specialist not involved in the study said he understands why the team took it on, and why the theory persists.
"If you do a Web search, there are popular myths out there about the causes of breast cancer - this is just one of many - although there is no, or rather very minimal, rigorous evidence to refute the idea or the fear that bras cause breast cancer," said Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, associate director of prevention and control at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
"Globally, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women," he explained. Unlike some other cancers, "we don't have a major strategy out there to prevent it, even though we know what causes it."
People are often more willing to look for something else to blame rather than acknowledge that a combination of biology and modifiable risk factors, such as alcohol use and obesity, are known to contribute to breast cancer risk.
"From a standpoint of risk perception and action, it's easier to think the causes are external to what we're doing, rather than accept, both individually and as a society, that it's our lifestyle that's the root cause here for the high burden of breast cancer and other cancers," Dr. Colditz said.
The study was funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute. Ms. Chen, her coauthors, and Dr. Colditz have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


AGC Networks has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary has finalized the acquisition of Black Box Corporation.
The combination with Black Box will substantially strengthen AGC's presence and offerings to 25+ countries across six continents. The acquisition will also help add US$600 million to AGC's revenue, taking the company's combined revenue to over US$750 million, and global headcount to more than 4,000 people serving clients worldwide.
A concrete benefit of this acquisition is the diversity of offerings, markets and clients between the two companies, with little overlap. This diversity presents tremendous opportunities for clients, vendors and global team members. They strongly believe in the philosophy of think globally but act locally where their relationships exist.


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Davis Cup/BJK Cup Experts Corner In Play News Read
Rivard: What's next for Davis Cup?
Davis Cup, Davis Cup Finals, Team Canada, Madrid, Peter Polansky, Brayden Schnur
The 2021 season has come to a close for Canadian tennis.
And things didn't exactly end on a high note.
At Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup, our national squads—minus their top players—didn't make it past the playoffs and came home sooner rather than later.
At Davis Cup, the men suffered six losses in six matches.
Granted, the bar was low given that the Canadian top 3 were absent.
You can read all about it here.
In a strange twist of fate, the finalists of the first edition of the new Davis Cup were sent packing along with host and titleholder Spain, which tried to make do without Nadal (injury), Bautista Agut (injury) or Alcaraz (COVID-19).
As we wait to find out which nation will be crowned the new champion of the world's oldest team event, the tennis world is pondering its future.
Photo : Martin Sidorjak/Tennis Canada
For the past two years, purists have been deploring the disappearance of the original format: four annual team tournaments and a final played on the home turf of one of the finalists. Having that local crowd in the stands was among the weekend's highlights, and players loved it.
But the superstars didn't love the four stops on top of their already hectic schedules.
And so, the International Tennis Federation reached out to Kosmos, an investment group founded and chaired by Gerard Piqué, to organize the new Davis Cup. After the first two editions with finals in Madrid, Kosmos is now planning to move the tournament to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
For five years.
It's a decision a lot of players and former players who are now at the helm of their national teams disagree with. Among them is Lleyton Hewitt.
The 2002 Wimbledon champion and two-time Davis Cup winner made that very clear after his team's loss to Croatia in the opening tie in Turin.
"So, if they are going and selling the soul of the Davis Cup to the Middle East for another five years, they are really killing the competition," said Hewitt in comments reported by the BBC. "Some of my greatest memories were playing in Davis Cup semis and finals, in front of packed houses, and it didn't matter if it was in Australia or it was away. The atmosphere was incredible. Davis Cup was held in the highest regard—it was up there with the pinnacle of our sport in men's tennis."
Like I said, he was very clear.
After 121 years of history, it seems Davis Cup has reached a crossroads.
After losing tens of millions of dollars the first time around, Kosmos is likely looking to make up for the shortfall by signing a presumably lucrative contract with the wealthy Persian Gulf state, whose neighbour will be presenting another world-class sporting event next year: the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
A number of players have already said they wouldn't be making the trek to the Emirates so late in the season.
Tradition, modernity, passion, money, long flights, family priorities, social requirements…it's a delicate balance.
No Djokovic Down Under?
After a disappointing end to the season (according to the World No.1's fantastically high standards, of course), it now seems more and more likely that Novak Djokovic will miss the first Slam of 2022.
At least that's what his dad, Srdjan Djokovic, implied on Serbian television last week.
Twenty months into the global pandemic, and Novak is still refusing to say if he's gotten the jab or even intends to.
He's certainly among the last players standing in that regard. Just six months ago, only 50% of athletes were vaccinated, making tennis the world's most vaccine-hesitant sport. But according to Craig Tiley, CEO of Tennis Australia, things have improved and 85% of the members of the WTA and ATP are now immunized.
The AO has made its vaccination policy for athletes who want to enter the state of Victoria and compete from January 17 to 30 unequivocal, with exemptions only in rare cases.
"Of course, he would want to go with all his heart," said the senior Djokovic. "Because he is a sportsman and there are a lot of our people, the [Serbian] diaspora, there who would be delighted to see Novak. But I really don't know if that will happen. Probably not under these conditions, with this blackmail and when it's done that way."
Did you flinch at the term blackmail? Srdjan Djokovic wasn't done.
He called Tiley out on what should be deemed a recognized vaccine and the reasons for which the Russian and Chinese vaccines aren't OK. The transcript is here. Based on what he said, it's doubtful Novak will be in the mix in Melbourne.
Over at the Tennis Channel, Andy Roddick had this to say: "Nobody knows except Novak what he's going to do and if he's going to play the game the way it has to be played to participate in Australia. If he doesn't, opportunity's knocking for Medvedev, Zverev. Rafa's going to be foaming at the mouth to get there and get to that 21st Slam."
Photo : Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Now, I'd like to revisit the word disappointing, which I used to qualify Novak' season.
The youngest of the three kingpins of men's tennis is embarking on his 355th week at No.1. In the past three years, he's spent a mere 13 weeks not at No.1. He's the favourite to win a 21st major and move ahead of the other two members of the triad.
After his loss to Alexander Zverev in the semis at the Tokyo Games in early August, Nole posted a very respectable 14-4 record, but the tumble he took in Japan dashed his dream of a Golden Slam. To make matters worse, he was upset by Pablo Carreno Busta in the bronze medal match.
He then took a month off and headed to New York to secure a Calendar Slam, but things ended with him in tears. He triumphed at the Paris Masters but was ousted by Zverev in the semis of the ATP Finals.
Photo : Ella Ling/ATP Tour
There's no question that the string of upsets has taken its toll, on top of the fact that he'll probably have to skip Melbourne. He's got to be wanting some time off and a step back, and it may not be the best time to get him to reconsider his stance on vaccination. Still, he'll have to decide eventually.
As far as the vaccine mandate, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon will likely follow Melbourne's lead. With new variants popping up, it's doubtful the events will reconsider.
Will the players (superstars or not) who remain against the most elementary and logical form of virus protection be able to stand their ground for much longer?
Genie's new balance
She hasn't been in action on the courts recently, but Eugenie Bouchard is rarely out of the spotlight.
Despite the shoulder injury that's kept her away for the past eight months, she's been making appearances on social media and TV, including the Tennis Channel.
And that's exactly where she promoted the launch of a new co-branded line by New Balance that's slated for release on December 1.
She hasn't played a WTA match since Lin Zhu beat her in the opening round in Monterrey on March 16.
After working hard in physiotherapy to heal her shoulder, she had to resign herself to arthroscopic surgery in June and the standard long-haul rehab. It's really a shame, since her fight to the final in Guadalajara helped her move up to No.116. She's now back down to No.249.
In a promotional video entitled In Their Shoes released on Tennis.com, Genie talks about a typical day on the court and at the gym, complete with massage and PT, and the aggressive game she developed growing up on Canada's very quick indoor surfaces.
A @newbalance x @bandier "Her Advantage" campaign features NB tennis athlete @geniebouchard in the co-branded NB 327s (one in mustard and one in navy) plus fleece crewnecks & hoodies, tanks, tights, bodysuits, track pants and a sherpa coat. Collection launches Dec. 1. pic.twitter.com/K2snXrLxcA
— Tim Newcomb (@tdnewcomb) November 19, 2021
When asked about her collab with New Balance, she said: "Personally, I think it's really cool that I can be part of the design process with what I'm wearing on court and also things like lifestyle and shoes."
She's currently rehabbing and training and plans to get back out on tour as soon as she's ready, more motivated than ever.
No one knows how much longer Eugenie Bouchard will play professionally, but her future seems bright regardless. It wouldn't surprise anyone to catch her on TV providing commentary or expert analysis. The camera loves her, and she's a natural.
Montreal sports fans have already seen another athlete with the same gifts off the ice. A dynamic character who is set to follow in Eugenie's footsteps once his career is over, hockey player P. K. Subban.
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Bland Shire Library's Seniors Computer Kiosk comprises three computers with broadband access for use by older members of our local community and offers support to those who are new to computers and the internet.
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Student Profile: Ria Brown
What type of research opportunities did the program offer?
I had the opportunity to be paired with a research fellow and worked closely with her on her work. I along with another TPP scholar and an MS3 were all placed into a "research island" with a clinical fellow. Her research focused on mortality in Sickle Cell Disease, specifically in older adolescents who were transitioning from pediatric to adult care. I aided in writing multiple parts of the paper, which is on its way to being published, and in creating a research poster. This allowed me to gain valuable skills in how to interpret data and how to write scientifically. The poster was presented at the annual Health Equity Research Summit, and it won an award for best poster.
How did the program help you in the medical school application process?
The Career Development Center was a great resource when I was completing secondary applications. We had weekly didactic lectures from a host of different staff and faculty, including medical school admission committee members and residency program directors. We also had representatives from TMDSAS and AMCAS speak with us about their specific applications.
The program also encouraged us to do our own research regarding the application process. One of our assignments included researching a medical school, their stats (MCAT scores, average GPA etc.) and their admissions process and then presenting our findings to our classmates.
The free MCAT prep is a major draw of the program. Kaplan courses were integrated into the program, and we were given free Kaplan MCAT study material. Ideally this helps strengthens applicant's applications by improving their MCAT scores.
How did the faculty and staff serve as resources for you?
The staff in the program is very supportive. They provide information on webinars and lectures, but they also push you to pursue other opportunities. My cohort still has a GroupMe chat group with all our classmates, and the program director posts about various lectures and webinars we should attend. So even after the program ends, the support continues.
What did you take away from this program?
I had the opportunity to make connections with Baylor faculty, which was helpful to me when I started here as a first-year medical student. The observership program also allowed me to become familiar with the affiliate hospitals where Baylor students rotate. Getting a glimpse into Baylor before I became a student here was helpful to me personally. For participants in the program overall, the significant take-aways were:
Quality research experience and the strengthening of knowledge of clinical research
Clinical experience through shadowing
Insight on the medical school admissions process and how to be a good applicant


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Next-Generation UTI Treatment
By Sondra Forsyth
University of Michigan Medical School researchers have identified bacterial genes that cause the urinary tract infections (UTIs) to spread. The discovery points the way to a potential new target for treating UTIs, which are a global public health concern mostly affecting women. UTIs lead to lost work time, emergency room visits, and health care spending of $3.5 billion in the United States.
The research findings reveal the specific genes expressed by Escherichia coli, the bacteria that most often causes UTIs in otherwise healthy people. The study was published in December 2014 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A release from the university quotes senior study author Harry T. Mobley, Ph.D. as saying, "The bacterium is becoming resistant to currently available antibiotics, making it imperative to develop new treatment and prevention strategies. The next logical step is to identify and develop therapies that selectively block these UTI-specific genes."
In the study of 42 women, 7.7 percent had infections that were resistant to ciprofloxacin and 15.3 percent did not respond to trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole, two antibiotics commonly used for treatment.
The U-M team used genomic screening tools to take a deeper look at the mechanisms for infection. Rather than the expected virulence factor, the newly discovered E. coli-specific genes helped protect the bacterial species from the toxic effect of metal ions the body uses to fight infection.
Attacking this function, and other mechanisms that promote survival of the bacteria in the urinary tract, may be a strategy for new microbial agents, the authors say.
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Knowledge Days is ACGI Software's users conference – a three day event bringing together our awesome community of customers, staff, resource partners, and industry experts to gain insight, learn, get inspired, and make connections. Valuable takeaways from KDays 2018 will be building your skills and creating a playbook for success.
Gain Insight – Version 8.5 is coming!
Learn from The Best. ACGI's product experts, savvy customers, and resource partners will share techniques and strategies for getting the most out of your system and expanding your knowledge.
Have a Voice. Represent your organization among ACGI's thriving users group community ("The AUG"). Collectively, you and your peers help to shape ACGI's direction with its products and services.
Engage with ACGI's Partners. Visit the ACGI Resource Partner Expo to learn how to extend the value of your Association Anywhere and Certelligence through integration with best-in-class technologies.
Enjoy Your Stay in Baltimore. KDays 2018 is sure to keep you moving and networking! Be sure to attend our welcome reception, customer appreciation dinner and ad-hoc networking opportunities. Oh yeah, and for you early-risers join ACGI's pack for some fresh air and a morning walk/run around the Inner Harbor. Come to Baltimore early or stay for the weekend.
Are you ready? Let's start by justifying your trip!


Did you know that colors have mental and emotional effects on people, thus creating brand relevance and motivating purchases? A recent article, 10 Colors That Increase Sales, and Why by Brian Morris says that marketers and graphic designers believe that colors plays significant roles in the success of any marketing campaign.
Here are ten colors that boost sales, along with the particular emotions they signify.
Red: The most popular color for marketing (just don't overdo it). It signifies power—it draws the attention of the people and it holds it.
Pink: If you are striving to captivate the young female demographic, then pink is the ideal color for you. It's feminine, attractive and cool.
Purple: It is the color of royalty. If you want a touch of elegance and prestige to your marketing materials, then go for purple.
Orange: It signifies energy and attraction. It makes customers feel they're doing business with a cutting-edge company.
Yellow: Yellow is a dominant color, but it is also the most treacherous shade. Use yellow to attract your audience's attention, but let them know you're confident in your abilities.
Blue: Blue is the color for you if you want your business to be viewed as trustworthy and cool. For best results, blend it with complementary colors.
Green: Known for its versatility—it is warm, pleasing and inviting. It denotes wealth, health and goodwill.
Black: Black is another extremely versatile hue, Use as a contrasting color to add drama to whatever mood you want to project. It can be modern or traditional, exciting or relaxing.
Brown: It is known as a comfort color, providing relaxation to customers.
Gold: It also signifies elegance and prestige. Mix with purple or green, gold is an influential color that denotes wealth and pedigree.
Now that you have the ideas what colors can be used to attract customers, you might also be looking for workspace solutions to fit your business needs. YourOffice offers you a wide choice of office and workspace solutions: flexible office space, team office space and virtual office packages. You'll have access to a complete array of office support and concierge services as well as state-of-the-art business technology.
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var protoQuery = require('../prototypes/protoQuery'),
	testThrow = require('./tools').testThrow;

describe('protoQuery', function() {

	var par = 'foo',
		parColon = ':foo',
		parUpper = 'FOO',
		parCamel = 'Foo',
		parUnderscore = 'foo_bar',
		parWithNum = 'foo2',
		parWithBuck = '$foo',
		parStartNum = '2foo',
		parNum = 1,
		parNumColon = ':1',
		parTrash = '@#$@$NJFD',
		par2 = 'bar',
		par2Colon = ':bar';

	var pars = {foo: 3},
		parsNum = [3],
		parsMul = {foo: 3, bar: 14},
		parsMulColon = {':foo': 3, ':bar': 14},
		parsMulNum = [3, 14],
		parsExcess = {foo: 3, bar: 14, baz: 15},
		parsExcessNum = [3, 14, 15],
		names = ['foo', 'bar'],
		namesColon = [':foo', ':bar'],
		namesNum = ['1', '2'],
		namesExcess = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
		pars2 = {bar: 14};

	var str = 'select * from foobar where foo = :foo',
		str2 = 'select * from foobar where foo = :bar',
		strNum = 'select * from foobar where foo = :1',
		strSticked = 'select * from foobar where foo = :foobar',
		strSimple = 'select * from dual',
		strMul = 'select * from foobar where foo = :foo and bar = :bar',
		strMulNum = 'select * from foobar where foo = :1 and bar = :2',
		strMulNumShifted = 'select * from foobar where foo = :5 and bar = :6',
		strMulExcess = 'select * from foobar where foo = :foo and bar = :bar and baz = :baz',
		strIn = 'select * from foobar where foo in (:foo)',
		strTrashed = 'select * from foobar where foo in (@#$@$NJFD)',
		strInvalidPar = 'select * from foobar where foo = :2foo',
		subStr = 'select * from barfoo',
		strWithSub = 'select * from foobar where foo in (select * from barfoo)';

	var offset = 4;

	describe('_validateName()', function() {

		var check = protoQuery._validateName;

		it('checks validity of name of table or column, etc', function() {
			expect(check(par)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(parUnderscore)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(parWithNum)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(parWithBuck)).toBe(true);
		});

		it('throws an error if a name is invalid', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, parNum)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, String(parNum))).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, '1' + par)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, parTrash)).toBe(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_validateNames()', function() {

		var check = protoQuery._validateNames;

		it('checks validity of an array of names of tables, columns, etc', function() {
			expect(check([par, parUnderscore, parWithNum, parWithBuck])).toBe(true);
		});

		it('throws an error if some name in an array is invalid', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, [par, parNum])).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, [String(parNum), '1' + par, parTrash])).toBe(true);
		});

		it('considers an empty array as valid', function() {
			expect(check([])).toBe(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_validateParName()', function() {
		var check = protoQuery._validateParName;

		it('checks validity for name of parameter', function() {
			expect(check(par)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(parUnderscore)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(parWithNum)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(parNum)).toBe(true);
			expect(check(String(parNum))).toBe(true);

		});

		it('throws an error if a parameter name is invalid', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, parWithBuck)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, '1'+par)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, parTrash)).toBe(true);
		});

		it('accepts colon prefixed parameter name', function() {
			expect(check(parColon)).toBe(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_validateParNames()', function() {

		var check = protoQuery._validateParNames;

		it('checks validity of an array of names of parameters', function() {
			expect(check([par, parUnderscore, parWithNum, parNum, String(parNum)])).toBe(true);
		});

		it('throws an error if some name in an array is invalid', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, [par, parWithBuck])).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, [String(parNum), '1' + par, parTrash])).toBe(true);
		});

		it('considers an empty array as valid', function() {
			expect(check([])).toBe(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_clearParName()', function() {

		var clear = protoQuery._clearParName;

		it('makes a parameter name lowercase and removes a colon if any', function() {
			expect(clear(parUpper)).toEqual(par);
			expect(clear(parCamel)).toEqual(par);
			expect(clear(parColon)).toEqual(par);
			expect(clear(parNumColon)).toEqual(String(parNum));
		});

		it('doesn\'t modify already clear names', function() {
			expect(clear(par)).toEqual(par);
		});

	});

	describe('_clearParNames()', function() {

		var clear = protoQuery._clearParNames;

		it('applies _clearParName() to an array', function() {
			expect(clear(namesColon)).toEqual(names);
		});

		it('returns an empty array when an empty array provided', function() {
			expect(clear([])).toEqual([]);
		});

	});

	describe('_extractParNamesFromStr()', function() {
		var extract = protoQuery._extractParNamesFromStr;

		it('extracts an array of parameters names from query string', function() {
			expect(extract(str)).toEqual([par]);
			expect(extract(strMul)).toEqual(names);
		});

		it('clears names of colons', function() {
			expect(extract(str)).not.toEqual([':'+par]);
		});

		it('finds numeric parameters', function() {
			expect(extract(strNum)).toEqual([String(parNum)]);
			expect(extract(strMulNum)).toEqual(namesNum);
		});

		it('returns an empty array if no parameters found', function() {
			expect(extract(strSimple)).toEqual([]);
		});

		it('throws an error when a string contains unvalid names of parameters', function() {
			expect(testThrow(extract, strInvalidPar)).toBe(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_extractParNamesFromObj()', function() {
		var check = protoQuery._extractParNamesFromObj;

		it('returns an array of names from an array of parameters', function() {
			expect(check(parsMulNum)).toEqual(['1', '2']);
		});

		it('turns array indexes to names, adding +1', function() {
			expect(check(parsMulNum)).not.toEqual(['0', '1']);
		});

		it('returns an array of object keys from an object of parameters', function() {
			expect(check(parsMul)).toEqual(names);
		});

		it('clears names of colons in object', function() {
			expect(check(parsMulColon)).toEqual(names);
		});
	});

	describe('_checkParsMatchStr()', function() {
		var check = protoQuery._checkParsMatchStr;

		it('checks if all given parameters are valid and presented in a string', function() {
			expect(!!check(strMul, parsMul)).toBe(true);
			expect(!!check(strMulNum, parsMulNum)).toBe(true);
		});

		it('returns an array of names if parameters matched', function() {
			expect(check(strMul, parsMul)).toEqual(names);
			expect(check(strMulNum, parsMulNum)).toEqual(namesNum);
		});

		it('throws an error when some parameters in string not found in object, and conversely', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, strMul, parsMulNum)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, strMulNum, parsMul)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, str, [par2])).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, str2, [par])).toBe(true);
		});

		it('doesn\'t throw an error if an object/array has an surplus of parameters', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, strMul, parsExcess)).toBe(false);
			expect(testThrow(check, strMulNum, parsExcessNum)).toBe(false);
		});

		it('throws an error if a string has an surplus of parameters', function() {
			expect(testThrow(check, strMulExcess, parsMul)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, strMul, pars)).toBe(true);
			expect(testThrow(check, strMulNum, parsNum)).toBe(true);
		});

	});

	describe('_replaceParNameInStr()', function() {
		var replace = protoQuery._replaceParNameInStr;

		it('replaces one parameter name ("from") to another ("to") by default', function() {
			expect(replace(str, par, par2)).toBe(str2);
		});

		it('accepts numeric names', function() {
			expect(replace(str, par, parNum)).toBe(strNum);
			expect(replace(strNum, parNum, par)).toBe(str);
		});

		it('accepts names with colons', function() {
			expect(replace(str, parColon, par2Colon)).toBe(str2);
		});

		it('can replace a parameter to a custom string, using it as is, if "toCustomString" is explicitly set to true', function() {
			expect(replace(strIn, par, parTrash, true)).toBe(strTrashed);
		});

		it('hence can replace a parameter to a subquery', function() {
			expect(replace(strIn, par, subStr, true)).toBe(strWithSub);
		});
	});

	describe('_parametrizeString()', function() {
		var param = protoQuery._parametrizeString;

		it('accepts a string query and parameters as an object or array and returns an object consisting of modified query string and array of bound parameters', function() {
			expect(typeof param(strMulNum, parsMulNum).sql).toEqual('string');
			expect(Array.prototype.isPrototypeOf(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum).params)).toEqual(true);
			expect(Array.prototype.isPrototypeOf(param(strMul, parsMul).params)).toEqual(true);
		});

		it('returns unmodified string and empty array if there are no parameters', function() {
			expect(param(strSimple, []).sql).toEqual(strSimple);
			expect(param(strSimple, []).params).toEqual([]);
		});

		it('returns unmodified string and array if proper string and params as array provided without offset', function() {
			expect(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum).sql).toEqual(strMulNum);
			expect(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum).params).toEqual(parsMulNum);
		});

		it('shifts numeric parameters in string if "offset" provided', function() {
			expect(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum, offset).sql).toEqual(strMulNumShifted);
			expect(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum, offset).params).toEqual(parsMulNum);
		});

		it('assumes "offset" a length of already existed parameters array to stack on, so offset=0 is equal to undefined', function(){
			expect(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum, 0).sql).toEqual(strMulNum);
			expect(param(strMulNum, parsMulNum, 0).params).toEqual(parsMulNum);
		})

		it('alters named parameters of string to numeric and provides corresponding array of parameters', function() {
			expect(param(strMul, parsMul).sql).toEqual(strMulNum);
			expect(param(strMul, parsMul).params).toEqual(parsMulNum);
		});

		it('uses shift with named parameters similar to array case', function() {
			expect(param(strMul, parsMul, offset).sql).toEqual(strMulNumShifted);
			expect(param(strMul, parsMul, offset).params).toEqual(parsMulNum);
		});

		it('throws an error if there are surplus parameters in a string', function() {
			expect(testThrow(param, str, [])).toEqual(true);
			expect(testThrow(param, strMul, pars)).toEqual(true);
			expect(testThrow(param, strMulNum, parsNum)).toEqual(true);
		});

		it('doesn\'t throw an error if there are surplus parameters in a object', function() {
			expect(testThrow(param, str, parsExcess)).toEqual(false);
			expect(testThrow(param, strNum, parsExcessNum)).toEqual(false);
		});

		it('throws an error if there are improper parameters', function() {
			expect(testThrow(param, str2, pars)).toEqual(true);
		});

		it('throws an error if there are invalid parameters', function() {
			expect(testThrow(param, strInvalidPar, parStartNum)).toEqual(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_dispatchParsToArr()', function() {

		var dispatch = protoQuery._dispatchParsToArr;

		it('takes an array of sql strings and common params object and ' +
		   'returns an array of objects of strings and related parameters for each string', function() {

		   	expect(dispatch([str, str2], parsMul)).toEqual([
		   		{sql: str, params: pars},
		   		{sql: str2, params: pars2}
		   	]);

		   	expect(dispatch([str, str2], parsMulColon)).toEqual([
		   		{sql: str, params: pars},
		   		{sql: str2, params: pars2}
		   	]);

		});

		it('accepts a mix of parametrized and not parametrized strings', function() {
			var s = 'baz = 2';
			expect(dispatch([str, s], parsMul)).toEqual([
		   		{sql: str, params: pars},
		   		{sql: s, params: {}}
			]);
		})

		it('accepts objects besides sql strings and uses them without modifying', function() {
			var obj = {just: 'object'};

			expect(dispatch([str, obj], parsMul)).toEqual([
		   		{sql: str, params: pars},
		   		{cond: obj}
			]);

		});

	});

	describe('_validateRow()', function() {
		var validate = protoQuery._validateRow;

		it('silently pass through itself routes that are valid and mached given columns', function() {
			expect(validate(parsExcessNum, namesExcess)).toBe(true);
			expect(validate(parsExcess, namesExcess)).toBe(true);
		});

		it('throws an error if row is an object and lacks some column', function() {
			expect(testThrow(validate, parsMul, namesExcess)).toBe(true);
		});
	});

	describe('_examineRows()', function() {
		var exam = protoQuery._examineRows;

		it('determines if there is a single row or array of rows', function() {
			expect(exam(parsExcessNum, namesExcess).singleRow).toBe(true);
			expect(exam(parsExcess, namesExcess).singleRow).toBe(true);
			expect(exam([parsExcessNum, parsExcessNum], namesExcess).singleRow).toBe(false);
			expect(exam([parsExcess, parsExcess], namesExcess).singleRow).toBe(false);
		});

		it('determines if row is an array or an object', function() {
			expect(exam(parsExcessNum, namesExcess).rowAsArr).toBe(true);
			expect(exam(parsExcess, namesExcess).rowAsArr).toBe(false);
			expect(exam([parsExcessNum, parsExcessNum], namesExcess).rowAsArr).toBe(true);
			expect(exam([parsExcess, parsExcess], namesExcess).rowAsArr).toBe(false);
		});

	});

	describe('_extractRow()', function() {
		var extract = protoQuery._extractRow;

		it('returns unchanged row if it is an array', function() {
			expect(extract(parsExcessNum, namesExcess)).toEqual(parsExcessNum);
		});

		it('returns an array ordered in the same order as provided array of column names', function() {
			expect(extract(parsExcess, namesExcess)).toEqual(parsExcessNum);
		});
	});

	describe('_extractRows()', function() {
		var extract = protoQuery._extractRows;

		it('returns a flattern array of arrays if each row is an array', function() {
			expect(extract([parsExcessNum, parsExcessNum], namesExcess)).toEqual(parsExcessNum.concat(parsExcessNum));
		});

		it('returns a flattern array of arrays, each array is in the same order as column names', function() {
			expect(extract([parsExcess, parsExcess], namesExcess)).toEqual(parsExcessNum.concat(parsExcessNum));
		});
	});

});


Sometimes I look at my toothbrush and think, you're named wrong. I mean, no one ever says, I'm going to go brush my tooth. Unless, well, you do actually have only one tooth. I'm confident in saying most of us have more than one little calcified stump, therefore it should be called a teethbrush. It's probably just me, and this has absolutely nothing to do with this month's poll. I've literally just brushed my teeth. I wouldn't ponder this for long, but rather, bear with me as Aaron is off gallivanting around Dragon*Con *naked, I've been handed the reigns to come up with this month's poll.
Last month DC and Marvel went toe-to-toe, and your votes were split in deciding who struck the Balboa killer blow. From here on, both companies will live in harmony, as equals. That's right, the battle is over, but the galaxy spanning adventures of the Transformers will continue and the greatest Autobot of them all; Optimus Prime, will retur—what? Oh, sorry. Geek tangent. Poll. Right. Ok.
This month, DOOM! has a franchise related question for you: which is the best horror franchise of recent times? Yes, this would be perfect for October, but it's September – you see we like to be the early bird… because we like worms. Or something. This made sense in my head five minutes back.
Which is the best horror franchise of recent times?
* Did I say naked? He probably isn't, but then again, I'm not there, so I can't rule out the possibility that he is.
Sadly, I don't know who to vote for this month.
I'm a fan of all four franchises (have yet to see Scre4m) but I think I'd pluck for PA currently too. Surprising, seeing as it's the franchise currently with the least entries.


Pancake Day always makes me think of the Mrs Pepperpot books from my childhood and how she managed to make her and her husband 30 pancakes for dinner when she was the size of a pepperpot.
As I whisk the batter I remember the quirky illustrations by Bjorn Berg and the flyaway wisps of hair that had escaped from Mrs Pepperpot's bun. My favourite bit was when her cat licked the plates clean so she didn't fall in a sink of washing-up water. I'm still not sure why her husband didn't help her?
I'll let my husband wash-up the pancake pans tonight after I've finished making them as the cats' mouths are still a little mousey from the little present they brought in earlier.
If you're hankering after a copy of Mrs Pepperpot's Busy Day there are some copies on Amazon with the 70s/80s cover from a few pence.
Aw, I loved Mrs Pepperpot. I remember my teacher at infants school reading this to us.


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Big Word Club
Big Word Club is a education technology company that runs a classroom-based digital literacy program intended to increase the vocabulary of children in preschool through sixth grade as a supplement to the normal classroom literacy curriculum. The program uses animated books, songs, and dance...
Bihar Department of Rural Development
Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS)
The Government of Bihar (GoB), through the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), an autonomous body under the Department of Rural Development, is spearheading the World Bank aided Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP), locally known as JEEViKA with the objective of social & economic...
Bilim Akademisi
Science Academy was established on November 25, 2011 in Istanbul as an independent non-governmental organization to promote, practice and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom and integrity.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to bringing innovations in health and learning to the global community. They have partnered with J-PAL on several interventions in Latin America and Africa.
Bill of Rights Institute
The Bill of Rights Institute educates young people about the words and ideas of America's Founders, the liberties guaranteed in U.S. founding documents, and how founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society in the United States.
Biotech International
Biotech International Limited (BIL) is a professionally managed company, led by industry experts, qualified and experienced professionals, driven and dedicated to creating a progressive scenario in the field of agri biotechnology.
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. is a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs in the Eastern United States. The company currently operates over 205 Clubs in 15 states from Maine to Florida and employs more than 25,000 Team Members.
Blue Meridian Partners
Blue Meridian Partners is a pioneering philanthropic model for finding and funding scalable solutions to the problems that trap America's young people and families in poverty and limit economic mobility.
Borde Politico
Boston Bar Foundation
Bougainville Police Service
BPI BanKO
BanKO works with microfinance institutions (MFIs) such as thrift and rural banks, NGOs, cooperatives, and lending institutions, offering wholesale loans and partnership agreements that enable them to extend financial services to their respective members and improve on their operations and...
BRAC seeks to improve the well being of the poorest in Africa and Asia, and has worked with J-PAL to improve the health and financial services of the poor in Uganda and Pakistan.
Breakthrough's mission is to prevent violence against women and girls by transforming the norms and cultures that enable it. Working out of centers in India and the U.S., Breakthrough creates innovative, relevant multimedia tools and programs - from short animations to long-term leadership training...
Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a chain of nursery and primary schools delivering high-quality education for just $5 a month (on average).
Bridges to Prosperity (B2P)
Bridges to Prosperity designs, builds, and maintains durable and environmentally sustainable bridges to connect the rural last mile to the rest of the world.
briq is a research platform seeking to advance innovative thinking about the sources and consequences of inequality while pushing the frontiers of behavioral economics research.
Bringing Britain the smooth running homes of today and tomorrow.
The Broad Foundations were established by entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts. The Broad Foundations, which include The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and The Broad Art Foundation, have assets of $2.1 billion.
The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research was established in 1988 to serve as a living tribute to the attorneys, community organizers and plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, Brown v. the Board of Education.
Buendía y Laredo
Buendía & Laredo is a leading consultancy in the design, implementation and analysis of market research and public opinion in Mexico.
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DOI: 10.1039/c2sm07377c
Interaction of toroidal focal conic defects with shear flow
Sourav Chatterjee
Shelley L. Anna
Fcd Formation Induced By Shear Quench 1
"…In this section, we explain our results in the non-equilibrium FCD formation when the system is subjected to shear stress-quench from high to low values [ 18 ]. Some studies on the FCD formation behavior under shear have been also reported [ 73 , 74 ].…"
Section: Fcd Formation Induced By Shear Quenchmentioning
Structural Rheology of the Smectic Phase
Komura
In this review article, we discuss the rheological properties of the thermotropic smectic liquid crystal 8CB with focal conic domains (FCDs) from the viewpoint of structural rheology. It is known that the unbinding of the dislocation loops in the smectic phase drives the smectic-nematic transition. Here we discuss how the unbinding of the dislocation loops affects the evolution of the FCD size, linear and nonlinear rheological behaviors of the smectic phase. By studying the FCD formation from the perpendicularly oriented smectic layers, we also argue that dislocations play a key role in the structural development in layered systems. Furthermore, similarities in the rheological behavior between the FCDs in the smectic phase and the onion structures in the lyotropic lamellar phase suggest that these systems share a common physical origin for the elasticity.
"… 25 The experimental picture up to date is broad and well understood on a macroscopic length scale. [27] [28] [29] Additionally, theoretical approaches such as elasticity theory capture the experimental picture adequately. 21, 30 Moreover, the interest in equilibrium 31, 32 and nonequilibrium 33, 34 properties of LC confined to mesoscopic or even nanoscopic geometries has grown in the past years.…"
A novel model for smectic liquid crystals: Elastic anisotropy and response to a steady-state flow
Püschel-Schlotthauer
Turrión
Stieger
The Journal of Chemical Physics
By means of a combination of equilibrium Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics we investigate the ordered, uniaxial phases (i.e., nematic and smectic A) of a model liquid crystal. We characterize equilibrium behavior through their diffusive behavior and elastic properties. As one approaches the equilibrium isotropic-nematic phase transition, diffusion becomes anisotropic in that self-diffusion D in the direction orthogonal to a molecule's long axis is more hindered than self-diffusion D in the direction parallel to that axis. Close to nematic-smectic A phase transition the opposite is true, D < D. The Frank elastic constants K, K, and K for the respective splay, twist, and bend deformations of the director field n̂ are no longer equal and exhibit a temperature dependence observed experimentally for cyanobiphenyls. Under nonequilibrium conditions, a pressure gradient applied to the smectic A phase generates Poiseuille-like or plug flow depending on whether the convective velocity is parallel or orthogonal to the plane of smectic layers. We find that in Poiseuille-like flow the viscosity of the smectic A phase is higher than in plug flow. This can be rationalized via the velocity-field component in the direction of the flow. In a sufficiently strong flow these smectic layers are not destroyed but significantly bent.
"…Very recently, Chatterjee and Anna studied the effects of shear and dilation ows on toroidal and parabolic FCD formations. 11, 12 They showed that the critical dilation required for parabolic FCD formation increases under shear ow because such ow annihilates dislocations.…"
Section: Discussionmentioning
"…When shear ow is applied to a smectic phase, non-equilibrium dislocations and textural defects such as focal conic domains (FCDs) are formed, which signicantly inuence the smectic rheology. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Defect-mediated rheology in the smectic phase is an important issue in structural rheology, which deals with the ow properties inuenced by meso-scale structures in so matter. 13 Defects and dislocations affect both rheological responses and dynamic phase behaviors of so matter.…"
Structural rheology of focal conic domains: a stress-quench experiment
We study the dynamics of focal conic domain (FCD) formation in a thermotropic smectic phase under shear stress. It is known that increasing the shear stress induces a non-equilibrium phase transition from a smectic phase with FCDs (SmAI) to another smectic phase (SmAII) in which the layers are oriented. By quenching the shear stress from the SmAII phase to the SmAI phase, we find three characteristic modes in the FCD formation process. The first mode is attributed to the edge dislocation dynamics induced by climb motions. The second mode results from FCD formation. The first and second modes show slowing down close to the smectic-nematic transition temperature, implying that the dynamics are dominated by dislocation unbinding. The third mode originates from the alignment of FCDs which form oily streaks. Such an alignment occurs when the shear stress balances the line tension of the oily streaks.


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If you are looking for a getaway from busy, modern life, and want to be surrounded by peaceful countryside, rivers and green fields, then Hoi An Riverside Resort & Spa is the place to go.
With architecture that combines French and Vietnamese styles, the resort boasts white villas with high ceilings and doors, and each has a balcony surrounded by creepers and bamboo.
The scenery is very typical Vietnamese countryside. Here life is green, relaxing and peaceful. The balcony looks out over a garden set off by Cham statues and a small pond full of water lilies. Now and then, on wandering in the garden, I came across small plots of cultivated rice.
Vietnam Voyages | Vietnam Packages.
We booked into a deluxe suite where the balcony overlooked a bend of the Hoi An River and green rice paddies. The interior decor was in the dark, relaxing Hoi An style.
From my bed I could watch the local women cycling to and from the fields, their bikes laden with newly harvested rice. Sometimes, from my balcony I also could watch the fishermen rowing a bamboo boat or patiently waiting for the fish.
The restaurant of the resort is right next to the river. Besides Hoi An specialties, the menu includes chả giò cung đình (royal fried spring rolls), cơm gà (chicken and fried rice), and nộm hoa chuối, a fresh banana flower salad with a flavor that balances salty, sweet and spicy.
While we were enjoying the scrumptious yet light dinner, several hundred of the illuminated floating flowers, called hoa đăng, suddenly appeared on the river. Slowly, the breeze and current carried the floating flowers down river to the sea.
During the day, I would spend hours just sitting on the balcony looking at the lively activity in the fields below me. The lights and colors of the landscape were like an interesting film that would never get to the end of the reel.
In the early morning, hard working farmers visited the fields to check their crops and fishermen rowed boats on the river. Later in the day, boys clinging to the backs of big, black buffalo rode past against the backdrop of bright yellow rice fields. At sunset, countless white birds returned to their nests following a day foraging for food.
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Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at today's press briefing to announce that despite the "fake news" from critics, high profile lawyers are coming aboard his legal defense team. Shoving aside Sarah Huckabee Sanders like an immigrant worker at his golf course, Trump stood up to the microphone and beamed at the press.
"I'm here to prove that all of you spreading lies that top lawyers don't want to work for me are just fake news that no one should ever believe," Trump sneered. "The truth is that I have just hired some of the most famous lawyers to come on board and they can't wait to get started to end this Russia hoax for once and all. I'm very proud to announce that joining my legal team will be…Harvey Dent, Saul Goodman and Vinny Gambini," boasted Trump.
Trump declared that relying on tv for his decision-making on personnel has gone so well, he is going to be selecting military leaders in the same way. "I need a new general and I've watched this Gomer Pyle guy all of my life, I like the cut of his jib," Trump remarked.
Love this, AdLib! And — given The Donald's age — I think we should assume that as his thoughts drift further and further back into the distant past, it's just a matter of time before he picks up the old rotary dial phone in the black and white oval office and gives Perry Mason a ring.
Knowing what an stable genius Trump is, he'd probably want to hire the prosecutor who always loses to Perry Mason to represent him.
Happy to see that Harvey Dent (Two Face) is now aboard the Trump train, though I'm not sure Dent has enough faces for Trump, who would flip flop his way into other dimensions if he could.