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Matt Damon helped Harvey Weinstein shut down a NYT exposé in 2004
Harvey Weinstein, Matt Damon, Russell Crowe
The New York Times got a lot of credit last week for being "brave" enough to write about Harvey Weinstein's history of alleged sexual abuse, misconduct, harassment and worse. Many have said "this is the worst-kept secret in Hollywood," but until women come forward and tell their stories publicly, and until major outlets like the Times start reporting the stories openly, nothing will ever change. That's how predators are enabled, when their behavior is only told in whispers, and never in mainstream media.
The NYT also ran a media-criticism piece over the weekend about how "media enablers" helped Weinstein over the years. Which is true – The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, none of the trade papers would touch the story for fear of losing access, and fear of being sued into oblivion. But the NY Times' media-criticism came across as rather smug in some quarters because… well, in 2004, the NY Times killed their own Weinstein exposé even though they had facts on their side. The Wrap's Sharon Waxman was the NYT reporter on the Weinstein story back then, and she wrote about the situation – go here to read. Here's the main crux of her story:
I applaud The New York Times and writers Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey for getting the story in print. I'm sure it was a long and difficult road. But I simply gagged when I read Jim Rutenberg's sanctimonious piece on Saturday about the "media enablers" who kept this story from the public for decades. "Until now," he puffed, "no journalistic outfit had been able, or perhaps willing, to nail the details and hit publish." That's right, Jim. No one — including The New York Times.
In 2004, I was still a fairly new reporter at The New York Times when I got the green light to look into oft-repeated allegations of sexual misconduct by Weinstein. It was believed that many occurred in Europe during festivals and other business trips there. I traveled to Rome and tracked down the man who held the plum position of running Miramax Italy. According to multiple accounts, he had no film experience and his real job was to take care of Weinstein's women needs, among other things.
As head of Miramax Italy in 2003 and 2004, Fabrizio Lombardo was paid $400,000 for less than a year of employment. He was on the payroll of Miramax and thus the Walt Disney Company, which had bought the indie studio in 1993. I had people on the record telling me Lombardo knew nothing about film, and others citing evenings he organized with Russian escorts. At the time, he denied that he was on the payroll to help Weinstein with favors. From the story: "Reached in Italy, Mr. Lombardo declined to comment on the circumstances of his leaving Miramax or Ricucci, saying they were legal matters being handled by lawyers. 'I am very proud of what we achieved at Miramax here in Italy,' he said of his work for the film company. 'It cannot be that they hired me because I'm a friend.'"
I also tracked down a woman in London who had been paid off after an unwanted sexual encounter with Weinstein. She was terrified to speak because of her non-disclosure agreement, but at least we had evidence of a pay-off. The story I reported never ran.
After intense pressure from Weinstein, which included having Matt Damon and Russell Crowe call me directly to vouch for Lombardo and unknown discussions well above my head at the Times, the story was gutted. I was told at the time that Weinstein had visited the newsroom in person to make his displeasure known. I knew he was a major advertiser in the Times, and that he was a powerful person overall. But I had the facts, and this was the Times. Right? Wrong. The story was stripped of any reference to sexual favors or coercion and buried on the inside of the Culture section, an obscure story about Miramax firing an Italian executive. Who cared?
The Times' then-culture editor Jon Landman, now an editor-at-large for Bloomberg, thought the story was unimportant, asking me why it mattered. "He's not a publicly elected official," he told me. I explained, to no avail, that a public company would certainly have a problem with a procurer on the payroll for hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the time, Disney told me they had no idea Lombardo existed.
[From The Wrap]
Waxman goes on to talk about how much it hurt to think about the years since then, and how many women Weinstein had likely abused or harassed in that time. I tend to believe – until I see evidence to the contrary – that Weinstein could and did use his famous friends as cover without those friends knowing the whole story. Of course there were always whispers about Weinstein's behavior, but as I said – until those whispers become actual news articles and lawsuits, many people will ignore the whispers. Maybe I'm being too gentle on Russell Crowe and Matt Damon, but isn't it more likely that back then, they called the NYT to back up Weinstein without knowing what the actual NYT story was about?
As for the NYT's smugness… yeah. But like Rebecca Traister talked about last week, the power Weinstein had 1997-2007 was absolutely enormous, and he doesn't have the same kind of reach now. That's why this story came out now instead of back then: because Weinstein no longer has the power and authority to shut it down. And maybe Matt Damon was no longer in the mood to call up the NYT to act as a character reference.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
153 Responses to "Matt Damon helped Harvey Weinstein shut down a NYT exposé in 2004"
Bluetop says:
What is up with Matt Damon lately??? He's breaking my heart
Pam_L says:
This was back in 2004, 13 years ago. Damon wasn't even married then.
Sassback says:
So you have to be married to understand what a predator is?
QueenB says:
I dont think that was the point Pam made. Just that its pretty long ago. So its not just "lately" like Bluetop said.
Yep, what QueenB said.
denisemich says:
Matt Damon is a good ole boy from Boston. He lives and breathes the privilege man club. He got Harvey jr. aka Casey Affleck an Oscar.
Please don't be surprised.
homeslice says:
MC2 says:
This! We will see what Matt Damon does…….This part of the story is really interesting to me.
JustBitchy says:
This 100%. Casey Affleck is a pig as well
kibbles says:
He's best friends with the Afflecks and he has shown his true colors in recent years with his mansplaining and whitesplaining. Yes, he is part of the old boys club and he knew how to play the game with Weinsten in order to get an Oscar for Good Will Hunting. There would have been no way that Damon would have thrown his career away at that time by not vouching for Weinstein. Damon wouldn't be where he is in Hollywood today without him.
His character was revealed in the Minnie Driver breakup also!
Liberty says:
Not surprised, just surprised it's getting out.
HeidiM says:
Matt Damon worked with Gretchen Mol in Rounders in 1997~~ a Miramax production. That's 20 yrs ago that HE KNEW what was going on. So Matt Damon can offically FUCK OFF. and I want to see no more " the nicest guy in Hollywood" stories about Matt Damon.
The more we know about him, more revolting he gets.
lucy2 says:
Exactly Layla. For a while there I really liked him, but wow, has my opinion changed in the past few years.
To go to bat to protect someone like Weinstein, that's just gross.
Damon seems to be yet another actor who's a master at controlling his public persona. This story has so many arms and legs, all horrifying.
notlistening says:
He´s so disgusting.
SoyFrappe says:
I'm skipping all his movies in the future, along with Russell Crowe's and Chris Pratt's (animal abuser and hunter).
This is just my reading of it (and I could easily be wrong) but Matt Damon's always seemed a bit off when it comes to these things. He's very good at saying the right thing in interviews and projecting an image of self awareness and progressiveness but every now and then the image slips a little and you can see the massive self-involved privilege underneath.
I always get the feeling that at some point in the future, he'll be involved in some sort of big scandal, whether it's to do with employees, affairs or something else.
But that's just a feeling – he really could be just a nice guy.
I get how you feel about Matt. He seemed like Mr Perfect for so long, it's disappointing and even a little heartbreaking that he's not. But he's NOT the main villain here. Not even close.
Also remember: everyone was in fear of Harvey then. If he asked you to make a call, you made a call, because if you got on his wrong side your career would suffer. Yes it would have been lovely if Matt had the gumption to stand up and refuse but I don't think it would have been an easy thing to do and going along with it isn't necessarily about privilege at all, maybe even the opposite.
Having said that, it's a valid point denisemich made above about this + his loyalty for Casey. Loyalty to old friends and the people who got you to where you are is a good thing – but when does condoning their flaws turn it into a bad thing?
Sigh... says:
@ Mara:
This is where I have ALWAYS been with Damon.
From dumping Minnie Driver on tv (don't know if that was ever refuted), to his seemingly coded claptrap of blaming JLo (who I'm not a fan/follower of, but still, no) for his addict pal's slump, to the public disrespect of yet another WOC, Ms Brown (while married to a WOC), to swiping at DiCap (however justified), the thing about gay actors, then Damonsplaining "The Wall" by dismissing whitewashing, his "nice guy" always seemed to have an undercurrent of…seething (???) to me. Same w/ (The) Affleck(s), only Affleck's manifests in self-sabatoge. Damon's had a compelling career for the most part, but he's never been a compelling person, IMHO.
I would not be surprised if *something* more close to home came out about him. But I feel that about 95% of HW, so…
The Other Katherine says:
@Mara, I think there's a reason The Talented Mr. Ripley worked so well for him.
Who's to say that Damon hasn't had major scandals? He just covered and hid them really well. What grown ass man calls someone up and is like, na-uh, you can't say that about my friend. A first grader is who.
Harvey was Mafia'esque back in the 90′s and early 2000′s. He's a scary dude.
Wonder what's going to happen to Marchesa, guess we'll find out which side of the cloth the loyalty lies next big event.
PPP says:
He's the kind of white liberal Get Out was written about.
Adele Dazeem says:
Wow. Yes. This.
That picture with Renee… I wonder if her self imposed exile from Hollywood had anything to do with Harvey.
Margo S. says:
Renee!!! No!!!!! Get your hand off of him! Ugh!!!
Lauren II says:
What happened to Renee's thriving career? She won an Oscar in 2004, and a Golden Globe as well.
Why is Renee snuggling up to Harvey? Disgusting.
AVVSAJNC says:
Her body language is pretty revealing in that pic – it says to me (and I'm no expert) that she's using that hand on his leg as a blocking move while still appearing friendly – look where her other hand is – covering her chest. His arm is around her – I think this a women who hates this situation but knows how powerful the man is. This is just conjecture on my part but it's interesting to me.
Thank you! I was trying to figure out who that was. I wouldn't be surprised about Renee though…
AVVSAJNC, I thought the body language in that photo was fascinating, too. It's like a silent power struggle.
Don't kill me I am French says:
No,Weinstein only harassed the up and coming actresses or the women without power
LAK says:
If i recall, Renee was the first A-list actress to wear Marchesa on the red carpet and that was about a minute after Harvey went public with his romance with his now wife.
Yes, she was the first A-lister to wear Marchesa. I read an article about Marchesa shortly before the NYT expose. Unfortunately, money talks. I'm sure there were a lot of "nice" people and those who typically stand up for women's rights who accepted Harvey because they didn't want to ruin their careers or their chances of getting an Oscar. There are things in Hollywood that you must do to survive, or else be blacklisted. It's horrible, and there is no excuse to enable an abuser, but it's very likely that a lot of actors and actresses looked away and did not bother asking more questions about what he did outside of their professional work relationship.
That picture makes me queasy. Ugh.
Yea you're being too generous.
Again non-industry people have known the deal with these guy for years and years. So knowing that what do you think people inside hollywood know? Cmon this is not rocket science his casting couch behavior has been talked about for decades. Same behavior that has been talked about with countless others like Bryan Singer. I have no doubt that Crowe and Damon were covering for his buddy. The same Damon that went to bat to secure Affleck his oscar.
Welcome to Hollywood.
How did Damon secure Aff!eck an Oscar? They co-wrote Good Will Hunting.
She means Casey Affleck.
I believe she's referring to Casey Affleck, not Ben.
Casey Affleck who won an oscar for a movie Matt produced
It's insane. The comments on Meryl's article are "everybody knew" and the ones here are "it was so long ago! I'm sure he had no idea!"
We go easier on men. We shouldn't. I think Harvey would be a hell of a lot more likely to behave badly around Matt Damon than Merly Streep.
I've been consistent with my belief…everyone knew. Sorry not buying the faux 'oh my goodness" coming from people that worked with him. Nor do i get bending over backwards to pretend that women did know and looked the other way.
I believe plenty of men and women in the industry knew and turned the other cheek.
YUP. I went through the Meryl Page pointing this out to like eight commenters before I gave up. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MEN WHO WERE AND ACTIVE PART OF THIS AND HAVE EMPATHY FOR THE WOMEN WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT OR WERE VICTIMS.
Agreed! Damon has proven himself to be racially problematic and sexist.
I totally agree with you. There is no way that people inside Hollywood did not know anything about this because even us, living onnthe outside of Hollywood have heard about this. For years now. I think that with the the Weinstein Company going ahead and actually distancing from him. I am hoping it actually change things a bit. Or at least shift the conversation a bit to the fact that the so called code of silence is enabling perves like him on every single level.
At the same time it just shows that most people in this world are opportunists and majority of us will make compromises withourselves for certain goals and opportunities. So do we need to cancel every Hollywood male that enabled or stayed silent about this and dis not stend up for women or those starlets that talk about feminist and empowerment and then turn their heads the other way or say that "they know nothing"? Probably not but we still need to call them out because it allows for a conversation to move forward and for societies to improve.
magnoliarose says:
I am beginning to think these cancel campaigns are getting ridiculous. There is no way of knowing everything about everyone or what they knew or not. Harvey, the man, is canceled. Everyone else just didn't have the bravery or power to champion a cause.
Harvey is the creep.
Matt Damon was already a star with the Bourne franchise at the time. He was also an Oscar winner.
He could have said no, he was already a rich man working with great directors at the time.
He did, he didn't care what was happening to all these women
Without Weinstein,no "Will Hunting"
Eveil says:
Well, I was already unimpressed with Matt Damon and the lot of them so this piece does nothing but to confirm those beliefs.
The Original Mia says:
Guess we know who really helped Casey last Oscar season. Damon had the experience from dealing with ol' Harvey.
mouse tolliver says:
Matt Damon inserted himself into Affleck's Oscar campaign so that he could discourage reporters from asking uncomfortable questions.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/11/why-the-casey-affleck-sex-harassment-allegations-wont-stick.html
Matt Damon has milked his image as a father of daughters to market himself as a feminist, but a feminist does not make himself complicit with Harvey and Casey. Shame on you Matt.
Sorry but you're being way too kind on Matt Damon. He knew. He didn't care. Why would he care when his and friend Ben Affleck were reaping the benefits.
But again this goes back to how women are the ones being held accountable. Imagine if it came out that Jennifer Lawrence had done this…
I've never liked Damon; this doesn't surprise me.
mayamae says:
Or Natalie Portman! All hell would be raining down. And there would be no one defending them by calling the accusers misogynists who hate beautiful women.
JaneSaid says:
No, Matt Damon does not get a pass.
Damon is a smug a**. His activism is in direct opposition to how he lives day-to-day. His a hypocrite. Defending Harvey and Casey both sexually abusive towards women. Damon himself revealed to be sexist a** on Project Greenlight. At least he is consisent…
@JaneSaid: ITA. No passes for Damon. I already liked him a lot less since his awful "mansplaining to a WOC" incident last year, and this seals the deal. He's complicit.
I will give the actors a small benefit of the doubt especially since it seems like the called to varify the Italian guy did know film. Except I've meant Weinstein and knew within seconds of a public interaction and then seeing him with starlets that every rumor was true. Horrible man. That being said the idea that the times killing a story when he was powerful making sense is the entire problem. When he had power is when they should have run the story. Doing it now is great but not as as impactful as when he had massive influence.
Jayna says:
He called to verify that the guy on the payroll really was on set working on the movie he worked on, vouching for him.
And, yeah, using company funds to hire prostitutes is a story, but it's not like the use of prostitutes and studios is unheard of.
I know it's not unheard of that doesn't change my point that to explain away the times killing his abuse of power story because of his power at the time isn't ok. If we don't go after powerful people when they are powerful we can't stop abuses.
Serene Wolf says:
Behold, the real Matt Damon. 😈
Ayra. says:
Oh please, they knew exactly what they were doing. That attempt at defending them makes no sense. They covered for their "friend", end of story.
Everything is coming out fast, and I hope it takes down as many people as possible with it.
You think some of the mega-A listers that worked with this guy had NO idea about him and his disgusting past? Because prepare to be shocked, women and men didn't care and continued to work with him, this was not a secret. Take a look at Streep, who sounded defensive and blamed the media. Look at Woody Allen.
Anyone that had a decent place in the film industry knew, American and European.
Even people outside knew to some extent, so miss me with that "oh, she/he surely didn't know" when some of the celebs come out.
Well said Arya. Of course everyone knew! But the thing is, it's not only him. He's just the most powerful. People like him are all over the film industry "You want to get ahead lady? Blow me and my friend and you'll get the job." It's terrible. And if you said no? Guess what. You didn't get the gig. Not saying at all that every position in the industry is obtained through these measures, but some are. The point is is that non should be. The abuse of power needs to end.
CharlieBouquet says:
Ick. Hollywood holds glamour no more. One big semen crusted testicle boil.
Enough Already says:
My breakfast though :/
Lol! : s
Talie says:
Actors are the biggest gossips of all…so how they wouldn't know seems mind-boggling. Whatever helps them sleep at night.
Sisi says:
Honest question, since I have no idea how it works:
if you work with a production company like TWC – be it you are hired to be in one of their movies or a movie you are in is bought by them – do you sign a contract with the company? Have people signed away their right to openly talk about it?
Miss S says:
This is a good question.
Yes, they would. Don't slag off the prod cos./studio goes into contracts as standard. It also doesn't last forever but throughout production, promo and release periods at least.
An actor can also end up in a TWC production even without signing with them originally, beyond the distribution scenario. Say Actor A signs on with Production Company B for a movie that's not funded. There's a clause in there saying Actor A will also sign with other production companies brought in by Company B for this project for funding. In this situation, Actor A may be able to re-negotiate money or promo terms if Company B brings in Company C—this will often get reported as the signing because that's when the project is funded and real—but in reality Actor A signed already and can't leave unless Company B releases him or her, even if Actor A doesn't want to work with Company C. This is done so projects don't fall apart while prod cos. get funding together.
If both Crowe and Damon called her on Weinstein's behalf, why is Matt Damon's name the only one in the article headline? It reads to me like those 'unknown discussions well above her head' was the reason the story was killed rather than anything Crowe or Damon said to her.
I think it's because Matt Damon is well known as a liberal and a feminist, whereas Russell Crowe has kept a lower profile on that front and weren't there allegations (proved?) of him being violent and abusive? Not to say that's Russell Crowe isn't complicit, but I think the topic here is Matt Damon's hypocrisy.
But what is he hypocritical about?? If you read the article above, the reporter states that Crowe and Damon called her to vouch for Fabrizio Lombardo's knowledge of the film business, not to vouch for anything Weinstein was reported to have done. And that may have been all they were aware of at the time, that Lombardo's legitimacy in the film industry was being questioned, not that she was researching an espose on Weinstein for sexual misconduct.
IA that based on the story Damon and Crowe appear to have only contacted her about the Lombardo's legitimacy.
Did they vouch for more regarding Harvey? She does not say.
However, at this point in the current scandal it would serve Damon (and Crowe) well to make his stance clear. He played a role, however small or unwitting, in killing a previous NYT expose. Damon and so many other men who benefited from Harvey, whether they knew something or not, need to speak out.
Silence is what allows this to continue (and I don't mean from the victims but from bystanders/witnesses) who have their own power but refuse to use it.
On a side note
I was reading a story from a reporter who was once a waitress in one of Harvey's restaurants and how he had a SOP for his "dates" with young actresses. The entire staff knew. It was a running "joke" about his "office tours."
The entire thing is disgusting.
Now from her account you cannot know the nature of the encounters – assault, harassment, etc but from the power dynamic alone it sound like none of those women would have chosen to be there. http://nypost.com/2017/10/07/i-witnessed-weinsteins-sleaziness-up-close-ex-waitress/
I would take the Post with a large grain of salt. They are a conservative rag that is very much like the Daily Mail and exaggerate against liberals quite often. I have laughed out loud at some of their lying antics. Sometimes there is some truth, but they always try to make stories sound as salacious as possible.
Nibbi says:
ET TU MATT? …
crap. i've always loved him.
man. if i was closely associated w HW over the years, i'd be sweating bullets right now.
MMC says:
Yeah, if my mother, an executive assistant with a regional theater chain, knew of and experienced Weinstein's vulgarity, hard to believe higher ups were oblivious.
Please, say it louder!
This wasn't something shocking within the industry, everyone knew. A quick google search would have even said it. Everyone, younger stars and older stars in Hollywood, people in theater..
Now it's just to see how they'll twist it so it doesn't hurt them.
I'm not affiliated with the entertainment industry at all, and I've heard rumors about him for years.
I can understand not wanting to speak publicly based on rumors alone, not direct knowledge. But I can't understand stepping in to defend the guy and try to stop an expose.
becoo says:
Sadly, I find myself reflecting a lot lately on the quote, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." It is sickening that the cover-up as made possible by enablers have allowed additional women to come to harm. I'm really curious as to whether MD or RC, being such recognizable and beloved faces in HW (and, ahem, white faces), will face any backlash whatsoever. How on earth will their PR people try to spin this?
It's sad that this story could have run so long ago, but nothing but props to the current team at NYTimes who helped it see the light of day. Brave expose can help prevent these and other crimes.
It was only a story about escorts finally
JRenee says:
More to come I'm sure, finally facts not hushed rumors. Hopefully this will help expose others.
launicaangelina says:
Matt is faux woke. I never bought his "woke" image.
BorderMollie says:
Same. He's one of those woke white people you see so often on SJW Twitter. They say all the right things, but it's obvious it's all just a ploy to raise their own brand.
Yep, as much as I like him and it pains me, things are piling up against him lately.
Isn't the bigger scandal that he had the power to stop the times in 2004? I am for calling Matt Damon and Russel Crowe as well as other enablers out, but I cannot get my head round the fact that he had the power to stop the times – one of the most well known and most respected newspapers in the world. We are not talking about a tiny dependent village newspaper. And it took them 13 years to finally come up again – with the bigger story one could say but still, 13 years and he didn't go into hiding after 2004.
Nic919 says:
I agree that the NYT not publishing this is very bad. Makes you wonder what else they don't publish like all the stuff about Dump that has been circling on twitter including his involvement with underage girls.
I agree the times should stop with their victory lap when they sat on this story since 2004.
Damon and Crowe calling to kill it is disgusting but the fact that the times didn't just run it with their quotes is a disgrace for America's paper of record.
That is part of the point I have been making. He was so powerful he could stop the NYT so you think a lowly actor is going to be brave enough to go on a crusade against that kind of power? It just isn't realistic.
I really think there is a misconception about what is written above. Please read it again. Crowe and Damon did not call the reporter to stop the story on Weinstein. They called the reporter to verify that Fabrizio Lombardo, the guy being accused of not having a real job in the film industry, was indeed a real deal in the film industry. They did not call to kill the story . It was those calls to people about the reporter's head that killed the story, and that wasn't Crowe or Damon.
I Choose Me says:
I was starting to doubt my own reading comprehension. So many people who've misread what the article actually says.
I'm no Matt Damon fan. I've soured on him since that incident with Effy and other tone deaf remarks he's made, plus his habit of name dropping irks me, but if we're gonna drag him let's do it for things he's actually said and done and not on speculation on what he might've known. Also the article at that point was about paid escorts. We don't know if Damon and or Russell even knew if that's what the story was about.
I'm saving all my vitriol for Harvey Weinstein, whom I'd love to see in handcuffs and frogmarched to jail.
jugil1 says:
I cancelled Damon after the Effie Brown debacle. He's a fraud.
I cancelled him after The Wall.
Bug says:
Can someone explain this Wall thing?
You're not alone. I canceled him then, too.
Sarah_sr says:
Went to the TheWrap comments section.Worst mistake of the day. It's almost as toxic as dailyfail comment section. Has it always been like this?
As for Damon, I used to like him and thought he deserved better friends than the ones he had. But the old adage is true – a man is known by the company he keeps. He's as bad as his besties. He just used to be more subtle.
Merritt says:
I'm not surprised Matt Damon would do that. Especially after how he shut down the stories about Casey Affleck. Damon is a horrible person. The way he whitesplained to Effie Brown should have been a red flag to more people.
You aren't going to find people in Hollywood who haven't worked with Weinstein or had dealings with him. I hope this doesn't turn into anyone who ever was in the same room with him getting attacked.
Oh please with that trumpism. The article explicitly states that Matt specifically vouched for him. No one is "attacking" Matt by telling the truth.
No, the article explicitly states that Damon and Crowe made a call to vouch for the random Italian. Stop accusing people with differing opinions of -isms. Back off.
Your comment on the Meryl article is as follows:
"I don't believe for one second that Meryl didn't know anything. In all her years she never heard from one woman who had been so much as propositioned? Now we know that she's a liar. Should have just stayed silent."
So you're more willing to hold her accountable, though she had nothing to do with this, than Matt Damon, who played an active part. Interesting.
perplexed says:
I think it might be more "understandable" if Damon kept silent (like most people do, because they might not want to get involved), but I don't why he would actively intervene to kill the story. The latter is quite strange, even if he's a pretend feminist.
Lenn says:
I heard stories about so called good boy Matt Damon as well. When they were filming Oceans Twelve here in Amsterdam he enjoyed the good life, let's just say.
He wasn't married in 2004 when "Ocean's 12″ was filmed.
Mannori says:
"Maybe I'm being too gentle on Russell Crowe and Matt Damon, but isn't it more likely that back then, they called the NYT to back up Weinstein without knowing what the actual NYT story was about?"
1) Yes, you're being too gentle. Way too gentle.
2) They knew back then. They knew even more than what the report had. They all knew, and know.
I cannot really blame Matt Damon or anyone without more evidence right away. Firstly, it was 13 years ago, the may have not know exactly what the expose was about. Do not tell me that all of you are so amazingly moral that you never covered for one of your friends questionable acts, especially when that person told you only their side of the story. I did. And I regret it.
Second, it is hard sometimes to believe that a friend, a person you are close whit may be such a monster. Especially when it was not your own experience. This does not cancel the disgusting behavior and the responsibility but let's not pretend famous people are not human and they do not make every day mistakes and do not have bad judgement.
When someone you know "so well: turns this way that is a great existential crisis in the sense that you start to question yourself and your own goodness. This is not an excuse and cannot compare with the horror those women went trough, but it is a valid statement and a reason for their actions and I will judge on their behavior from now on and how they handle this situation.
If Damon had stayed silent that would have made some sense. But he directly called up the NYT times. If I don't know what a story is about I would just stay out of the fray, not vouch for someone.
littlemissnaughty says:
Well, yes and no. Let's be honest. They all knew. Don't tell me H'wood is less gossip-y than any other industry. They're not. In my firm, it's insane and I've heard worse from friends and family. People gossip, and it's incredibly rare that you work in a company/industry for years and don't know the basic gossip "facts".
It's different if you're talking about a smaller circle, i.e. family. For some reason, it's easier to not see things when they are happening right in front of you or maybe it's just that people know to hide it in these situations. I can honestly say I've never covered for anyone who did something remotely as disgusting and criminal as this pig. And I wouldn't. Who the hell wants to be friends with people like that? I've ended friendships because people were unrepentant about cheating and continued to treat their partners like dirt. I don't want that sh*t and drama in my life.
If anyone vouches for him now then I will have an issue because it is public and can't be denied or explained away or ignored.
PrettyPuppy says:
Way too kind to Matt Damon, he like everyone else in Hollywood knew and did nothing. None of them did sh-t and I'm giving none of them the benefit of the doubt.
And god only knows what Matt Damon himself demands women do behind the scenes to get roles from in his movies. He has a squicky clean image but I suspect he's just better at hiding his predatory ways. If you hang around sexual predators like Weinstein and Casey Affleck most likely you're one as well.
Olive says:
we already knew Damon was trash.
Did we? I don't think Matt Damon is trash.
Yea we did. And if you don't please see Effie Brown and Casey Affleck for more recent evidence of his trash tendancies
Let me put this another way. Please speak for yourselves and not for me or anyone else who doesn't feel or believe the way you do. All I'm saying.
Amelie says:
In the age of social media it is much harder to kill this kind of story and Harvey doesn't appear to be social media savvy unlike his colleague Donald Trump who has fully embraced Twitter. Twitter/Facebook/Snapchat didn't exist back then in late 90s-early 2000s or were simply beginning to emerge (I got my FB account in 2006). Obviously in a month the furor of this story will have died down but social media really does make a huge impact when scandals like this come to light.
I never trusted Damon's good-guy grin.
I hope Damon carrer die, there you go, I say it
And don't forget Damon's racist bullshit in the last Project Greenlight. Abhorrent.
He runs with the asshole affleck boys
Why is it hard to believe what he does?
Fathers of daughters can rape another woman.
Also Harvey probably held Matt by his balls then
Keira says:
Yes, the company you keep and all that.
Okay well if Meryl is claiming that she didn't know and she's been A list for decades, then as far as I can see that opens the door for everyone else to claim that they also had no idea, and that their experience with HW was different.
Yet, she didn't play an active role in enabling his behavior.
What's Inside says:
They all play the Hollywood game.
stinky says:
My sister mentioned that while one sleaze was hitting on Shirley Temple, another one was after her mom. . ….
I've always thought of Damon as a very average actor with very average looks. He lucked into his fame and is not going to rock the boat.
THIS. I remember in the late 90s and early 2000s, so many of my friends swooned over Damon. Especially smart liberal women because he had Harvard cred, was from Boston, and stood up for liberal causes. I never thought he was good looking for an actor, even when he was young. He looks okay for a normal guy, but for an actor, he is short and his face isn't striking in any way. Yes, he and Affleck lucked into this business, in part because of Weinstein. They would never go against him, especially 15-20 years ago. Maybe now that they don't need him anymore.
Zuzus Girl says:
Damon has always been creepy to me. He just hides it better. He also showed who he is on the Greenlight project.
RBC says:
I somehow think that Harvey is going to drag quite a few people down with him. You don't become such a major power player without knowing where the bodies are buried.
Cleo says:
Using your celebrity muscle to squash an piece of investigative journalism in the New York Times is a very big deal.
I've always disliked Damon, major a**hole, horrible actor, pretty ugly too.
Well psychologically you can be around a person that's good to you and maybe good to other people in front of you, and when they do things that show a red flag, the natural tendency is to excuse it. And in the case of people who knew what Jerry Sandusky was doing, it's self preservation kicking in, and that's human nature. No I must've heard wrong, no I couldn't have seen/heard what I thought I did, he's been nice to x person in the past this must be an off day for him, no he supports women and feminism I must be interpreting it the wrong way, no h can't be that wa he's helped me out so much when no one else did.
We all think we'd be the big hero to step up and say something but time and again real life examples show that psychologically society isn't really capable of going against the grain like that.
Harla says:
This x's 1,000,000. Hell, a president was elected because so many people choose to only see what they want to see, only believe what works for them.
Yeah, but men actively enabling this behavior is such a major part of this toxic culture. It needs to be called out, Damon and Crowe need to be shamed, there need to be consequences, otherwise the toxic culture just continues.
i agree men need to be called out for enabling, but I'm not entirely sure this is enabling. A better example of enabling is the Billy Bush tape, going along, egging it on, chortling. But how can you enable something you just don't see? It's just not registering in their brains as harassment, abuse, misogyny, etc and THATS what needs to change. Listening to that little red flag when it goes up instead of brushing it away because we can't fathom this hugely powerful nice man can actually be an abuser. That requires your whole life view changing and realistically how many of us are capable of that? Even YOUR reply shows someone set in their ways and not easily accepting that others can be flawed and not what we want them to be.
Ladidah says:
@Tess, what you said.
I had a lecherous, sexually harassing boss, and it depressed me to no end when I told people about my experience with him, yet they refused to condemn the boss because, "Well, he has helped so-and-so (a lady) a lot," and "maybe he was just trying to help you too." f*ck these people, he had a history, lawsuits had been settled, and they all knew the gossip. I was disappointed no one helped me take a stand, though why would they,they had nothing to gain from it.
Even if Matt Damon "didn't know" about the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, no one is really thinking a lot about why. Matt Damon could afford to not know. He could afford to tune out the background noise. He had no horse in this race. He could afford to not think about it, to dismiss the allegations against Weinstein because "he's such a nice guy!" Women couldn't afford that luxury of being blind to Harvey Weinstein's excesses because that would be career ending for them. Matt Damon and people like Matt Damon could.
And even beyond that, if men weren't "aware" of the whispers about Harvey Weinstein's behaviour, or the extent or depth of it, think about why they had the luxury of not knowing. That has everything to do with the fact that they are men. They have the luxury of not believing women who might have told them. They have the luxury of thinking "oh it can't be so bad" when they hear the rumours. Even if Matt Damon didn't know (and it's a huge "if") the reasoning behind WHY he didn't know is just as horrifying. It shows how men don't give much credence or weight to the experiences of women.
Moreover, this is how abusers operate. They show different parts of themselves to different people. Many abusers are charming, kind and friendly to a lot of different people while being cruel to others. They know how to manipulate, and we've seen from the women who have spoken up about Harvey Weinstein that this is a man who knew how to manipulate BIG time.
@ A You are so right.
I know it is not the most honorable behavior not to be a whistleblower, but I know how manipulative these kinds of people are. They are in constant manipulation mode and steps ahead of anyone else because what they do all damn day is plot their moves and set traps. They cover their bases before anyone else even knows that the bases even exist. They know what to do to who and what the right things to say are at every given moment.
His schlubby cretin behavior would actually be a cover for some people because they can mistake it for lacking cunning or discipline. He did it on purpose and enjoyed other people's disgust.
That is why I keep saying the blame lies with Harvey.
One of his tactics is a classic. Build the reputation as being a hard ass and be a pain in the butt to some people and then turn around and successfully champion them to win awards. Then the next time you work with them grumble and then pretend to be humble and give them the perception that you are 100 percent behind them and grant them a bigger budget. Be there for them and offer them your ear 24 hours a day.
At times, you commiserate and do things to show them how much you believe in them and even create a common enemy. That is always a successful bonding tactic. Surround yourself with righteous causes and cultivate important friends outside of the industry because that truly impresses people, shows you have pull in other areas. Show someone you want to get close to how powerful you are by procuring something they couldn't and offhandedly give it to them. He funds his wife's fashion follies, and she gets to pretend she is talented.
On and on they get people invested in them, so they would be very reluctant to turn on him because Harvey got that doctor to see my mother who was ill or Harvey made a deal for the house we wanted or Harvey was there for me when no one else would touch me for a project. Underneath it all he is a good guy, he would make sure to make some people believe that. They read people and give them what they don't even know they want and play on their weaknesses.
Most people are simply living life, but people like him are scheming and have 30 different faces they use to get what they want. And private investigators are always handy to get some good blackmail material as a backup plan.
Great assessment. I appreciate the reasonableness and astuteness of your comments all over these threads. You seem to have a good grasp of human psychology and understand how complicated we all are.
With you all the way on your reiteration that the blame lies with Harvey.
Do you think anyone other than his lawyers are taking his calls? Is he feeling isolated and shunned or not really and it's all good just on the down low for awhile? I'm truly curious about that.
Oozam says:
I think people can be forgiven for a lot if they're not falsely presenting themselves as being morally superior or a decent person. People will judge you by the standard you claim to represent. That's why I find Damon an insufferable fraud. Everything he presents is a lie so how can you believe anything from someone like that? If there were bodies found under his house I wouldn't be surprised. He's a compulsive liar and manipulater. Far more so than most in Hollywood.
Tulsi 2020 says:
I feel that way about a lot of virtue signaling thirsty celebrities.
tuxedo2201 says:
I think Damon and Crowe were using Lombardo services as well and Weinstein jumped at the opportunity.
Island_girl says:
Ever since Damon told President Obama to g
"Grow some balls" I was done with him.
Flipper says:
Damon protected Weinstein and allowed him to continue his predatory behavior on young girls. Damon has daughters of his own. I guess it's ok to condone such behavior as long as it is not your own kids. Right?
Cakes says:
I hope the creeps who abused the Coreys are shaking in their boots.
There sure is a bro-posse in Hollywood and it needs to stop! Men protecting men, blind of their misconduts.. this is an old story. I think, maybe Damon and Crowe didn't fully know but could have imagined some of it, so I don't condone them (or any other man who turned a blind eye).
Come on. Proof of Waxman's unethical tactics again. If you read the article, it says Damon and Crowe called her to vouch for the italian Miramax guy, who was being accused of just being there to provide escorts for Weinstein (which is different from rape and harassment, by the way). In the context mentioned, it means they just called to tell her he indeed did some movie work and wasn't just a glorified pimp.
That's quite different than saying they blocked an exposé on Weinstein. Until she releases the whole story with proof, you're all just jumping on the moral bashing with only prejudice on your side.
Flem says:
Miramax and Weinstein got Good Will Hunting produced. Which started both Damon and Affleck's career.

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Waikanae River
Find sources: "Waikanae River" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Waikanae River flowing towards sea
Waikanae River entering Tasman Sea at Waikanae Beach
Waikanae River is located on the Kapiti Coast in the North Island of New Zealand.
The river drains the western flanks of the Tararua Ranges around Reikorangi and the Akatarawa Valley, then passes to the south of the town of Waikanae before entering the Tasman Sea at Waikanae Beach. Tributaries include the Maungakotukutuku Stream, Ngatiawa River, and Reikorangi Stream. The estuary of the river is a significant reserve providing shelter and habitat for local and migratory seabirds. It also provides a major recreational location, both for residents and tourists.
Water up to a maximum amount is taken out of the river as water supply for Waikanae and Paraparaumu. This sometimes leads to water restrictions if the river runs low, however in January 2005 the river burst its banks after heavy rain. The river has good water quality and high aquatic biodiversity, but there are occasional blooms of toxic cyanobacteria after prolonged periods of low flow during hot, dry weather.
Bridges[edit]
The first bridge was built about 1885 by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. It was a 3-span timber truss bridge.[1] In 1925 a fence of old rails was built to protect the bridge, backed by fifteen old square iron tanks (sent from East Town), filled with river bed stones.[2] By 1938 the bridge had been rebuilt in steel and concrete.[3]
The next bridge was built nearby and opened in 1901. It was also 3 timber spans and 247 ft (75 m) long.[4]
The latest bridge is on the Kapiti Expressway. It is a single T-beam, 35 m (115 ft) above the river, with a 39 m (128 ft) span.[5]
^ "Wellington and Manawatu Railway bridge over Waikanae river about 1885". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Wellington-Napier Express crossing the bridge at Waikanae". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "WAIKANAE BRIDGE. THE OPENING CEREMONY. EVENING POST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 September 1901. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "REFINEMENT ERA FOR PRESTRESSED BRIDGES IN NEW ZEALAND (2003 - TODAY)" (PDF). October 2018.
Photo of the Waikanae River from the Cyclopaedia of New Zealand c1897
Photo of the Waikanae rail and road bridges and express train on bridge c1939
Photo of the Waikanae rail and road bridges and express train leaving bridge c1938
South bank of Waikanae River with strata identified
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Coordinates: 40°53′S 175°00′E / 40.883°S 175.000°E / -40.883; 175.000
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package com.dimitrov.hackernews.hackernewsreader.Jobs;

import android.os.AsyncTask;

import com.dimitrov.hackernews.hackernewsreader.Utils.Constants;
import com.dimitrov.hackernews.hackernewsreader.Interfaces.FetchedPosts;
import com.dimitrov.hackernews.hackernewsreader.Models.Post;
import com.firebase.client.DataSnapshot;
import com.firebase.client.Firebase;
import com.firebase.client.FirebaseError;
import com.firebase.client.Query;
import com.firebase.client.ValueEventListener;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class FetchPostsJob extends AsyncTask<Long, Void, Void> {

    private FetchedPosts mPostsListener;
    private static final String HACKER_NEWS_ITEM_URL = "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=";

    public FetchPostsJob(FetchedPosts listener) {
        mPostsListener = listener;
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Long... params) {

        Firebase topPosts = new Firebase(Constants.KEY_TOP_POSTS);

        Query query = topPosts;
        query.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot snapshot) {
                ArrayList children = (ArrayList) snapshot.getValue();

                final ArrayList<Post> postList = new ArrayList<Post>();

                final int[] index = {1};
                for (Iterator<Long> i = children.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
                    Firebase itemsRef = new Firebase(Constants.KEY_ITEM_URL + i.next());
                    itemsRef.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
                        @Override
                        public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot snapshot) {

                            HashMap<String, Object> item = (HashMap<String, Object>) snapshot.getValue();

                            Post post = new Post((Long) item.get(Constants.KEY_ID), index[0]);
                            post.setKids((ArrayList<String>) item.get(Constants.KEY_KIDS));
                            post.setTime((Long) item.get(Constants.KEY_TIME));
                            post.setTitle((String) item.get(Constants.KEY_TITLE));

                            String url = (String) item.get(Constants.KEY_URL);
                            if (url.isEmpty()) {
                                url = HACKER_NEWS_ITEM_URL + post.getId();
                            }
                            post.setUrl(url);

                            String prettyUrl = url;
                            String[] splitUrl = prettyUrl.split("/");
                            if (splitUrl.length > 2) {
                                prettyUrl = splitUrl[2];
                            }
                            post.setPrettyUrl(prettyUrl);

                            postList.add(post);
                            index[0] = index[0] + 1;

                            mPostsListener.FetchedPosts(postList);
                        }

                        @Override
                        public void onCancelled(FirebaseError firebaseError) {
                            System.out.println("FAILed to read: " + firebaseError.getMessage());
                        }
                    });
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onCancelled(FirebaseError firebaseError) {
                System.out.println("FAILed to read: " + firebaseError.getMessage());
            }
        });

        return null;
    }
}

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+ Co-Op Modes
Check Out The Opening Trailer And Gameplay Footage For Attack On Titan 2
News 3/20/2018 at 5:00 PM by Enoch Starnes 0
Orchestral scores galore!
Starting today, at this very moment, you can swing around, gawk at, and slay naked giants in Attack on Titan 2. Let's be honest with each other, who among us wouldn't take that opportunity? In my opinion, naked giants have had it too good for too long. It's time to really show them what's what.
Perhaps, for whatever reason, you're not quite as convinced. No worries! Check out these two new videos from KOEI and see how you feel afterward. There's over an hour of footage between the two, so if you fully watch both and are still feeling ambivalent... well, no one can say you didn't give it the ol' college try.
The first, and by far shorter, of the two is the game's opening cinematic.
Next up is a pre-launch livestream hosted by two of the game's voice actors - Yui Ishikawa and Hiro Shimono. There's a lot to it, including quite a bit of actual gameplay, and while it's entirely in Japanese, KOEI has graciously included English subtitles to guide us through its sixty-six minute runtime.
Again, the game is out today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. If you think you might enjoy four player online co-op focused on, well, attacking titans, it's worth checking out.
Attack on Titan 2 Developer Interview
Attack on Titan 2 Co-Op Review
Attack on Titan 2 Hands-On Impressions


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#define ARCGIS_RUNTIME_TOOLKIT_CPP_QUICK_DEMO_SCENEQUCIKVIEWPROXY_H

#include "GeoModelProxy.h"

#include <QObject>
#include <QPointer>

namespace Esri {
namespace ArcGISRuntime {
  class SceneQuickView;
}
}

class SceneQuickViewProxy : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  Q_PROPERTY(GeoModelProxy* scene READ scene NOTIFY sceneChangedProxy)
public:
  Q_INVOKABLE explicit SceneQuickViewProxy(QObject* parent = nullptr);
  ~SceneQuickViewProxy() override;

private:
  GeoModelProxy* scene();

signals:
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private:
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Q: writing for loop as goto, will improve speed? According to optimization, will writing for loop as goto improve speed ?
I tried to write for loop as goto, but I wonder there are any run_time speed up ?
ex :
  for ( .. ) {

  }

  as

  A:

  if ( ... )
       goto A

A: No there aren't.
At the machine level, there are only goto statements (well, jumps, really), and the compiler generally does a much better job than any human when optimizing loops (via techniques such as loop unrolling, for instance), because it has a much better knowledge of the underlying architecture.
This is not to say that goto is useless -- in some situations it is very useful. Just not for implementing loops. It may be used if you want to enter inside a loop statement, though.

A: Almost assuredly not.  Compiler optimizers are pretty darn good these days.

A: If you are using gcc, or other modern compiler, it is more likely to preform worse, since most modern compilers optimize your loops with loop unrolling [among other optimizations].

A: trying to optimize your code by hand is a bad idea: a modern compiler is able to optimize your code and will do a much better job than you. but don't forget to turn on optimizations when compiling...
also, using a goto statement instead of a loop will render your code unreadable: the intent of the loop is lost, so the code is harder to grasp. this calls for a maintenance nightmare later.

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For The Record: Quick News On K-Fed, Gerald LeVert, Katt Williams, Jay-Z, Nas, 'Borat' & More
Federline's lawyer issues statement; Nas previews LP with Jay; students sue for 'Borat' portrayal.
Kevin Federline's lawyer, Mark Kaplan, has issued a new statement regarding K-Fed's divorce with Britney Spears. "Kevin is prepared to go the distance in order to do what he feels is necessary to protect and safeguard the children and will not be intimidated or dissuaded from pursuit of those goals." ...
K-Fed's not alone, of course, as he will soon join Jason Alexander as one of Spears' ex-husbands. Alexander had some choice words for Federline on "Extra": "I don't hate the guy. I think he made an idiot of himself," Alexander said, among other remarks. Alexander also revealed that he's still infatuated with Spears, saying, "I still love her." "Give me a call. I'm a good guy to talk to ... and I'm here for you." ...
Katt Williams is out on bail after having served three days at a Los Angeles jail. The comedian, who was released Friday (November 10), had been detained on a weapons charge at Los Angeles International Airport while on his way to New York. "Good stuff happens, bad stuff happens," Williams said in a video clip that's spreading fast on YouTube. ...
Nas hosted an album-listening session at Sony Music Studios in New York on Thursday evening for his forthcoming Def Jam debut, Hip-Hop Is Dead ... The N. Label president Jay-Z was in attendance, as were superproducers Swizz Beatz and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. The crowd of reporters and industry insiders was teased with a brief clip of the long-awaited Nas/Jay-Z collabo cut. ... Later that night, Jay celebrated the one-year anniversary of his 40/40 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hov was accompanied by Beyoncé, while Nas and Clive Davis were among the celebrities who made the trek down to A.C. for the festivities. ... Juvenile is in the clear. A six-person jury ruled in favor of the New Orleans rapper on Thursday, AP reports, exonerating him in a lawsuit that claimed he was responsible for an off-duty police officer injuring her knee during a shopping mall melee involving Juvenile. An attorney for the officer said he will file a motion for a new trial or appeal. ...
You can now add a couple of frat boys to the list of people who don't think "Borat" is funny. According to The Associated Press, two fraternity brothers from a university in South Carolina have filed suit against 20th Century Fox and three production companies associated with the hit movie, claiming that they were tricked into making boozy racist and sexist comments in the film and engaging in behavior "they otherwise would not have engaged in." The suit claims that the movie's production crew took the students, who are not named in the filing, to a bar to loosen them up for what they were told would be a documentary shown outside of the U.S. The men claim the comments they made while on camera have caused embarrassment and are asking for damages and for the studio to stop using their likenesses in the film's advertising. A studio spokesperson said the lawsuit has no merit. ...
Hinder have set a new record for rock-ringtone sales. Their song "Lips of an Angel" has sold more than 1 million units. ... On March 6, squeaky-clean pop-punksters Relient K will release Five Score and Seven Years Ago, the follow-up to their 2004 breakthrough disc, MMHMM. The new album is produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, the Used) and features 14 songs, including "Come Right Out and Say It," "Forgiven" and "Bite My Tongue." It's book-ended by a pair of tracks ("Plead the Fifth" and the 11 minute album-closer "Deathbed") that are, according to frontman Matt Thiessen, about "a 19th century man with an intriguing conspiracy theory about Abraham Lincoln, and an aging cancer patient, respectively" (sounds, um, awesome!). The first single from Five Score, "Must Have Done Something Right," is expected to hit radio soon. ...
Bloc Party have been forced to drop off their current tour with Panic! at the Disco after drummer Matt Tong suffered a collapsed lung following Thursday night's show in Atlanta, according to the band's Web site. Tong was admitted to an Atlanta hospital after the show; he is in stable condition and not in any immediate danger but will likely remain in the hospital for three days of observation. It is not known when he will be able to return to the stage, which means the group will miss upcoming shows in Charlotte, North Carolina; Fairfax, Virginia; and next week's Madison Square Garden concerts in New York. ... The Texas chapter of the Recording Academy will honor indie rap label Swishahouse — founded by DJ Michael "5000" Watts and home to Paul Wall and Mike Jones — on Monday at its Governors Awards gala in Austin, Texas. ZZ Top, Yolanda Adams and the founders of the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference will also be honored at the ceremony, which includes a silent auction with proceeds benefiting MusiCares' support of Texas musicians. ...
A survey has been posted on the Ozzfest Web site, where metal fans can put in their two cents and perhaps even shape the lineup for the festival's 12th run. The questionnaire asks about past Ozzfests and seeks suggestions for bands that should grace the stage in 2007. ... Mastodon will hit the road next year with Converge and Priestess for a full U.S. trek that's set to kick off in Minneapolis on February 5. Just 11 dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. Gigs are currently booked through a February 17 show in Washington, D.C. ... There was more grit than glitz at Thursday night's tribute to Bob Dylan at New York's Lincoln Center, where musicians just jammed away to their favorite Dylan song. Some went the sad route (Philip Glass and Natalie Merchant's take on "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll") while others played for laughs (Sandra Bernhard turned into a storyteller and belted out "Like a Rolling Stone"). The audience burst into cheers as Rosanne Cash sang, "Who's gonna take away his license to kill? You are," in Dylan's "License to Kill," and the Roots received a standing ovation for "Masters of War." Ryan Adams, Cat Power, Patti Smith and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah also performed. ...
Legendary R&B vocalist Gerald LeVert passed away Friday in his Cleveland home, his record label has confirmed. He was 40. According to early reports, the singer, best known for his hit single "Casanova," died of heart complications. "[LeVert] was one of the greatest voices of our time, who sang with unmatched soulfulness and power, as well as a tremendously gifted composer and an accomplished producer," read a statement issued by Atlantic Records. The feisty singer made his debut in the '80s as one-third of LeVert alongside his younger brother and childhood friend. He released his first solo album, Private Line, in 1991, and went on to release more than 10 LPs. That includes collaborative efforts with his father, former O'Jays singer Eddie LeVert, and a group project with Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill called LSG. Gerald LeVert is survived by his four children. ... Jack Palance has also died, AP reports. The actor died of natural causes and was 87 years old. Palance appeared in more than 100 movies, including "Shane" and "Sudden Fear," both of which earned him Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor. When he later accepted that trophy for his unforgettable role in 1991's "City Slickers," the then-73-year-old surprised the Academy Awards crowd by doing one-handed push-ups onstage.
Diddy and Kim Porter are content now, committed to one another and expecting twin daughters. But it wasn't that long ago that the man formerly known as Puff Daddy was split from Porter, the mother of his son Justin, and in the midst of a high-profile relationship with Jennifer Lopez. "With Jennifer, I was attracted to someone who had the same energy as me," Diddy explained in the December issue of Essence. "But that isn't necessarily the best. Because I'm so aggressive, the best energy for me is someone who slows me down and makes me feel like I can breathe. It's hard for me to breathe. When I'm around Kim I feel like I can do that." ...
In other Diddy news, he's signed on with hip-hop veteran Chris Lighty's Violator management, the company confirmed Thursday (November 9). Lighty, who has helped guide the careers of 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Mobb Deep, will oversee Diddy's music and branding ventures, according to a report in the New York Daily News. ... Taylor Hicks will sing the national anthem at the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Ford 400 on November 19 at Homestead Miami Speedway. ...
It may be time for Lindsay Lohan to consider getting a driver. The accident-prone actress was involved in her third car crash in two years early Tuesday morning. People magazine reports that the 20-year-old singer/actress was rear-ended by a paparazzo around 2 a.m. while driving in Los Angeles. According to her spokesperson, Lohan was not injured in the incident. In May 2005, a photographer was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after hitting Lohan's car. ...
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The McGrath (Irish: Mac Raith, commonly now Mac Craith) family is an Irish clan. The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Craith, recorded in other written texts as Mag Craith, Mag Raith and Macraith, including the Annals of the Four Masters and the Annals of Ulster. McGrath is a surname of ancient Irish origin, and is borne by the descendants of a number of septs, each with a common origin in the Kingdom of Thomond, a kingdom that existed before the Norman invasion and was located in north Munster.

Tradition states the McGraths are of Dál gCais ancestry, stemming from Cormac Cas, King of the Province of Munster in the 3rd century AD. The Irish surname Mac Craith is considered to be patronymic in origin, being a name derived from the first name of the original bearer. The prefix 'Mac' in Mac Craith, denotes 'son of' and is followed by the genitive form of Rath, a personal name meaning 'good fortune', or 'grace'. The final -c in Mac was subsequently carried across and prefixed to the personal name Rath.

As the native Irish language was replaced by English, so the spelling of the family name Mac Craith was transformed.  The most widely used anglicised spelling of Mac Craith is McGrath. However other variants exist, including Magrath, McGraw, Macrae, MacCrae, McCreagh, MacGraith, Megrath, MacReagh, MacCraw, McCreath, MacGrae, Makrayth, McKray. These are simply anglicised variations of the same name.

Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (941 - 1014 AD)
During the High Kingship of Brian Bóruma Mac Cennéide or Brian Boru as he is more commonly referred, the Mac Craith Clan as a separate entity did not exist and the ancestors of the Mac Craith possibly formed part of a wider family group.

Historical sources state these proto-Mac Craiths were the descendants of Cinnéide (Kennedy), the Father of Brian Boru, and when Brian died they were within the generational range that made them eligible for the leadership position within the wider Clan group, they were part of the deirbhfhine. This allowed any man whose father, grandfather or great grandfather eligible for election as King. In the lifetime of the king, one man of the deirbhfhine was nominated Tánaiste, or heir, to succeed on the king's death.
With the election of one of Brian's sons as King and the passage of time, these proto-Mac Craiths were no longer eligible for leadership of the O'Brien dynasty (descendants of Brian Boru) Clan, and so developed into a separate dynasty.

Brian Boru's Father Cinnéide had the support of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in his rise to power.  This link may have drawn the Mac Craith Clan north to Ulster to settle the lands around Lough Derg in Tyrone, Fermanagh and Donegal. The Mac Craith Clan established a buffer zone through their control of the Termon (Church) lands around the holy islands of Lough Derg. An area known as Termonmagrath. This buffer zone provided a neutral territory protected by Irish custom and insulated the Uí Néill of Tyrone from the other powerful dynasty in Ulster, the O'Donnell dynasty of Tyrconnell (Co. Donegal).

Earliest references

The earliest reference to the name McGrath occurs in a citation from 1086 AD referring to a McGrath who was described as the Chief Poet of the Province of Munster.  This McGrath, the progenitor of the Clan Mac Craith, was related to the O'Briens of Thomond and served them as poets.
The Mac Craith lineage is as follows:

Lórcan → Cinnéide → Etchtighern (Brother of Brian Boru) → Flan → Craith.

Craith may have been born around 970 AD. In 1097 AD the Annals of Innisfallen record the "Son of Mac Craith the poet died". This is the first instance of Mac Craith being used as a family name. As poets the Mac Craiths are important enough to be recorded in the Annals.

McGrath Sept of Ulster - Tearmann Mac Craith

Termonmagrath (in Gaelic: Tearmann Mac Craith) exists in the Barony of Tirhugh in southern Donegal.  The territory incorporates the modern town of Pettigo and the ancient pilgrimage island and lake of Lough Derg. Termonmagrath is also the location of Castle McGrath (also known as Termon Castle). To the north of the McGrath territory and just outside Ballybofey is Carraig McGrath, possibly the inauguration site of the McGrath Chieftains.

The Clan McGrath were the hereditary Coarbs of the famous pilgrimage island known as St. Patrick's Purgatory on Lough Derg. They were also protectors of the Augustinian monastic settlement on Saint's Island, Lough Derg and provided many Prior's of the pilgrimage site in the medieval period. The Clan McGrath controlled the routes to the pilgrimage islands and the revenues gained from pilgrims making their way from across Europe. The Annals of Ulster detail the names and lineage of the McGrath Chieftains of Ulster from the 12th century until the eventual dispossession of McGrath lands in the 17th century. This valuable source also gives information on the Termon.

The Termon was under the divine protection of the local Saint Davog (Dabhog) and the McGrath Chieftain. We find the annals describing this Termon as Tearmann Dabhog (St. Davog's Termon) until the end of the 15th century when in 1496 the Annals of Ulster begin to refer to it as Tearmann Mhic Craith (McGrath's Termon) from the Clan who held the hereditary office of Corab (in Gaelic: Comharba).

Archbishop Miler McGrath 1523 - 1622 AD

Perhaps the most infamous of the McGraths of Termonmcgath is Archbishop Miler McGrath (also spelt Myler Magrath 1523–1622 AD). Miler was the son of the McGrath Chief, Donnchadh and was destined for the religious life. He became a Franciscan and studied in Rome where he acquired the Roman Catholic bishopric of Down and Connor. Although kinsman and foster brother of the Gaelic Lord and Chieftain Shane O'Neill, Miler was himself a master in the game of politics and alliances. In 1569 he conformed to the reformed faith and was initially granted the Protestant bishopric of Clogher, thus holding a Roman Catholic and Protestant bishopric at the same time. This continued until 1580 when he was eventually deprived of the Catholic bishopric for heresy.

Miler would expand his influence and power across Ireland and in 1571 AD became Archbishop of Rock of Cashel in Tipperary. Miler brought 200 armed men from his ancestral home at Termonmagrath, consisting mainly of his McGrath kinsmen.  Their descendants are still found today in Co. Tipperary. Miler patrolled his lands in Tipperary, carrying a sword and wearing armour, a sign perhaps of the dangers in which a man such as he found himself.  Miler married Amy, the daughter of the O'Meara Chieftain and fathered four sons and two daughters.

In 1622 aged 100 years Miler died. Prior to his death he commissioned his tomb stone which today bears an effigy in the robes of a Catholic bishop. It is debated as to whether this is an actual representation of Miler or a later addition to the tomb. It is a tradition that Miler converted back to the Catholic faith before his death.  Miler had his coat of arms carved on his tombstone, these are re-created in the above artwork. Miler's arms are the earliest depiction of the McGrath Arms.

The Ulster McGrath Chiefs of Termonmagrath 13th - 18th century

Giolla Adhamhnain Mac Craith
Nicholas, son of Giolla Mac Craith
Muiris son of Nicholas Mac Craith
Mark son of Muiris Mac Craith
Sean Mor son of Muiris Mac Craith
Matthew brother of Sean Mor Mac Craith
Sean Bui 'the fair haired' son of Sean Mor Mac Craith
Diarmuid son of Mark, son of Muiris Mac Craith
Rory son of Diarmuid, son of Mark Mac Craith
Torlough, son of Andrew Mac Craith
The Mac Craith (First Name Unknown) Chieftain between 1549 and 1562
Donncha Mac Craith, Father of Archbishop Miler McGrath
James, son of Archbishop Miler McGrath
Turlough, son of James McGrath, Captain of 140 rebels in Donegal during the 1641 Rebellion

Late 17th and early 18th century

Brian, son of Turlough McGrath, a rebel, is outlawed for his part in the Jacobite wars in Ireland
Seámus Og, son of Turlough is McGrath of the Termon
Reamonn, son of Seámus Og is McGrath of the Termon

McGrath Sept of County Tipperary
The Civil Survey of 1654 AD for Co. Tipperary effectively groups together three main clusters of McGraths. One are the descendants of Archbishop Miler McGrath and his kinsmen in central Tipperary, the other is a family listed as McCragh in northwest Tipperary and the third was again listed as McCragh in the Cahir area.
Members of the Thomond branch of the McGraths migrated to the Cahir area of Tipperary in the late 16th century and established a bardic school.

A McCraith family occupied the tower house at Loughlohery both before and after the Cromwellian transplantation that removed many Irish families from their homesteads. Their descendants still occupy the townland of Loughlohery to this day. Over the subsequent years some of these McCraghs migrated into Co. Limerick, Co. Cork and Co. Waterford.

McGrath Sept of County Waterford
The best known Waterford McGraths, often referred to as McCragh, were located on the eastern slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains. These families were descended from the Mac Craiths of Thomond and were associated with the Fitzgerald family (Earl of Desmond). The McGraths and O'Briens were invited to occupy the slopes of the Knockmealdown and Commeragh Mountains respectively to protect the Fitzgerald territory from incursion from the North.

The head of the clan in the early 1600s was Philip McCragh of Sliabh Gua who constructed a castle called Sleady Castle in 1628 at Curragh na Sleady. The walls of this impressive 17th century, four story structure are still standing. Sleady Castle is located just east of Cappaquin a little off the road to Clonmel. The family also had a castle at Mountain Castle (which is still standing), where Philip lived prior to building Sleady Castle.

A tower house at Abbeyside across the river from Dungarvan was built by a member of this family in the mid 1500s. They were protectors and patrons of the nearby Augustinian Abbey. The castle was finally demolished in the 1960s. The site of the castle was marked with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in 2015.

Arms
The McGrath family are armigerous in Ireland and in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The earliest recorded McGrath Arms are that of the McGrath Chieftain of Ulster. These are recorded as 'argent, three lions passant gules' in the book
Irish Pedigrees: The Stem of the Irish Nation by John Hart and in Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins by Edward MacLysaght. However, the McGrath Arms are recorded in a slightly different form in 16th and 17th century sources, including on a portrait of Archbishop Miler McGrath dated 1570. In the portrait (pictured above) the red lions can be seen against a white field on the shield positioned at the top left corner. The lions are passant guardant, that is looking towards the viewer.  Above the shield is a Bishop's mitre. In 1622, the death of Archbishop Miler McGrath saw him interred in a tomb at the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick at the Rock of Cashel. Above the head of the effigy and on the tomb itself is a carved stone coat of arms.  These arms depict three lions passant guardant in the first quarter, the arms of the McGrath Chieftain of Ulster. Miler being a native of the Termonmagrath, the Termon lands of the McGraths of Ulster and son of the McGrath Chieftain, Miler naturally depicts these arms on his coat of arms.

The other quarters include a cross pattee, a motif often used by Bishops and Bishoprics. A battleaxe, possibly representing defence of the faith and a demi-antelope possibly representing steadfastness. The antelopes horns possibly represent the old and new testaments. The motto is SALUS IN FIDE, salvation by faith. All very much pointing to the ecclesiastical coat of arms of an Archbishop.

References

External links

The Origins of the McGrath Family by Michael F. McGraw

 Cumann Chlann Mhic Craith / The Clan McGrath Society

McGrath
Septs of the Dál gCais

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Q: Comparing two numbers with different precision typescript firebase Im using firebase, and I want to retrieve the users that have a specific address coordinates.
For that Im using this method
 showPopUpInfo(longitude:any, latitude:any){
    return this.afs.collection('Utilizador',ref=>ref.where('morada.Coordenadas.latitude', '==', latitude).where('morada.Coordenadas.longitude', '==' , longitude)).get()
}

the values of variables latitude and longitude are:
longitude : -8.364
latitude : 41.237
My firebase "Utilizador" document:

the ouput of the query is:

In my opinion the user is not found because, in spite of the values of latitude and longitude are the same the precison of latitude and longitude are different, but I dont know how to solve this problem

A: Actually, the document's values for latitude and longitude are stored as strings, as shown in this screenshot. You can tell because they have quotes around them.  If you hover the mouse over that field, you will also see "(string)" to the right.
If you're using number values in your query, the query will never match this document, because Firebase does not consider any number to be equal to any string.
If your query is actually using the exact same strings, you will come up with a match.  But storing numbers as strings is generally not recommended, as you will lose the ability to correctly perform range queries over those number values, since strings sort differently than numbers.
One point of advice - don't use the TypeScript type any in your function.  Be specific, and accept only string or number, as required by the query. This will help raise errors in your code if you're passing something of the wrong type.

A: The more typical approach to find objects at a certain location is to use geo-queries based on ranges. With a small enough range, you can exactly the result you want. Unfortunately such geoqueries are not built into Firestore at the moment.
And since Firestore can queries can only contain range filter on a single field, you can't do longitude and latitude with that directly. Instead most developer use a solution that is built on top of that, based on Geohashes. Geohashes combine latitude and longitude into a single (alphanumerical) value that can be filtered on ranges.
To learn more about running geoqueries on Firestore, I'd recommend watching the video of my talk on the topic. But definitely also check out these other questions where the topic of geoquerying on Firestore is covered:

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*How to run a geo "nearby" query with firestore?

*How to query closest GeoPoints in a collection in Firebase Cloud Firestore?

*How to filter Firestore collection data using function (for location distance filtering)

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La Unión de Isidoro Montes de Oca är en kommun i Mexiko.   Den ligger i delstaten Guerrero, i den södra delen av landet,  km sydväst om huvudstaden Mexico City. Antalet invånare är . Arean är  kvadratkilometer.

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Följande samhällen finns i La Unión de Isidoro Montes de Oca:

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 Surcua
 Los Llanos de Temalhuacán
 Tamacuas
 Troncones
 Junta de los Ríos
 El Huaricho
 El Chico
 El Huicumo
 Chutla de Nava
 Las Tinajas
 La Majahua
 La Saladita
 Colonia Santa Fe
 El Entronque de la Unión
 San José Casas Viejas
 La Compuerta
 Los Cajones
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Savannklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är maj, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är september, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är september, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är april, med  mm nederbörd.

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Impressionism, Nature, Landscape, Color, Light.
Adolphe Blondheim was a renowned American artist who was known for his impressionistic paintings that focused on nature and its beauty. His works often depicted scenes of tranquility and beauty, allowing viewers to feel as if they were part of the natural environment. Blondheim was also a master at capturing the light, texture and atmosphere of a particular moment in time. He was known for his use of vibrant and intense colors, as well as his ability to create delicate and poetic brushstrokes. His works often explored the relationship between humans and nature, capturing the interconnectedness of the two. Blondheim's works are a reminder of the beauty that nature has to offer, and serve as a source of inspiration for designers and creatives alike.
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Is password strength validation a good idea?
Like probably most of the people in the world I have also only few password that I have in my mind and ready to used when needed. But unfortunately none of them are strong. Some of these are from time when I first used internet. Sometimes I come across sites that need strong password and those annoy me a bit.
As a site owner I would not validate password. Probably only lenght of the password. I think in point of user experience it's bad idea to force users to do something they don't want to. Maybe even drive them away from registering.
I would question what value does it generate for you and is it bigger than getting users to make up new password for you.
As a developer I know why strong password is better but I tend to think, it's users own problem if somebody can guess ones password. If site is bruteforced and your password is found- your problem. Also site should not allow bruteforcing at all. So where is the problem anyway? Database leakage is only possible way I can think of at moment.
Do we really need strong password with scrambled symbols and letters to be safe? Check out article The Usability of Passwords by Thomas Baekdal. It talks about password security and is quite interesting along this topic.
So, what you think about this as user, owner or developer? I am really interested in your feedback.


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