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This unit focused on the future tenses, thus finishing our study of tenses. The future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and the future perfect continuous tenses were all covered, as well as the `going to + infinitive` tense. A recap of the present simple and present continuous tenses with a focus on how they relate to the future was also included. I learnt of the difficulty that students face when learning the future tenses and the mistakes that are typically made. As always, it is important to make clear to students that if the rules are learnt and followed then they will have less trouble using the tenses correctly.


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Target to launch gender-neutral decor line for kids
Target has continued and even strengthened its move to eschew gender lines for some children's categories, unveiling a gender-neutral home decor line Sunday, available Feb. 21.
The line, dubbed Pillowfort, includes some 400 items, including bedding, wall decorations, accent pillows, rugs, lamps, storage units, and furniture, and will replace the retailer's Circo line.
Pillowfort's patterns and colors eschews pinks and purples or navy blues and browns for more neutral colors, and includes designs for kids normally only found at more upscale retailers. The retailer worked with parents and kids in developing the line.
Last year, Target removed gender lines separating bedding and toys for boys and girls after a social media firestorm and amid increasing criticism in the wider culture that toys and other items shouldn't be designated just for boys or just for girls.
For some people, perhaps especially those on a budget looking for the kind of design approach found at Target in apparel and home goods, the on-the-nose colors and designs of room decor items for girls and boys can be a tiresome kind of tyranny.
"It was an aisle of pink, fairy princesses, ponies and flowers," Julie Guggemos, Target's SVP of design and product development told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "And for the boys it was rockets and dinosaurs. Well, you know what? Girls like rockets and basketball. And boys like ponies. Who are we to say what a child's individual expression is? We really wanted to develop a collection that would be universal."
Indeed, Target says this move isn't driven by a desire to make a political statement, but rather to meet the demands from its customers. And the requests aren't just coming from parents: Target found in focus groups that kids themselves have a desire for a greater range of designs.
The retailer will still carry plenty of designs, like Disney Frozen or sports, that many kids look for, and says that even Pillowfort will show up in gender-based searches online. Some items will simply show up in both searches for girls or boys decor.
The retailer is also planning to overhaul its kids clothing section, although that doesn't involve a move to androgynous clothing so much as a reflection of the fact that all kids enjoy, say, T-shirts with science themes.
The Pillowfort announcement is already garnering some complaints on social media from people against the idea of gender-neutral designs (or vehemently for the idea of gender-specific ones), but Target is no doubt aware that its move won't strike everyone as a good thing. But, with some millennials now entering parenthood, apparently much more tolerant of gender self-identification and blurred lines, the retailer is able to make a broad cross-section of customers happy.
"They're making bold moves," retail consultant Carol Spieckerman told the Star-Tribune. "You can't do that without alienating some people. One person's helpful guidance is another person's controlling prescription."
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Target takes gender-neutral approach with new kids home brand
Target press release Calling All Parents & Kids: Pillowfort is the Home Collection of Your Dreams
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Author: pat
Near the Jaime C. Velasquez Park at Salcedo
I was stunned by the efficiency of things. But first, I was stunned by the candor of the Starbucks barista at Leviste, who remarked that I still wanted hot coffee despite the heat wave. I didn't tell her that I was buying coffee because my body needs it, and that I woke up from a room that wasn't too hot. But more importantly, I bought coffee because my body needs it.
Salcedo Village on a Sunday is a world in itself. You can walk around the well-manicured lawns, text while crossing the street, do similarly risky things, and be fine. I imagine there are people who live here who rarely set foot outside the village because they think that to do so is to court danger. Unlike them, I'm in Metro Manila for a reason, so I stepped out of the utopia for a few hours.
I went to Paranaque to check up on people and things. I expected the Skyway toll fee to be around 150 pesos, but it was only 72. Once again, stunned. I thought prices of things would have doubled, tripled while I was away.
There were the same old shops along Dona Soledad Avenue, which wasn't comforting. Comforting would be seeing the Zagu store near the Sunville entrance. The BPI and the Mercury Drug branches were right where they're supposed to be. It's always comforting to see BPIs and Mercury Drug stores. New restaurants have opened; there's now a Chowking in the spot where a bakery used to be. It was a bakery that looked like it sold only two types of bread, ones you wouldn't eat. Not pandesal because obviously you'd eat that. If there are restaurants in Betterliving that you love, you better appreciate them while they're still there because they'll be gone soon. You can't expect shops and things to stay in Betterliving forever; only the BPI branches and Mercury Drug stores do.
Annex 35 is still cramped and difficult to drive in. I remember Jom teasing me about it several years ago. He was hoping I'd be offended at his observations that our subdivision is inferior to the other subdivisions because the streets are narrow and most of the homeowners' cars are parked where they're not supposed to be. But what made it all ridiculous according to him was that the security guards at the entrance were insanely strict. The punchline he was probably going for was: Who would want to rob this village!? I didn't have the heart to tell him that unambitious robbers would.
I regret taking off F&Z's plastic cover
People are welcome to help themselves to my college textbooks. It's tough to declutter because people nowadays like fewer books in their homes. That's not an opinion. Everyone wants digital versions of everything, which to me is not the best way to live. If you're not spending on physical books and music CDs, what is it that you do for fun? I could never give up my book and CD collections, but I know that the lack of storage will always be an issue. I almost gave away many of my books a year ago because I thought they were just going to rot in their poorly ventilated, cramped shelves, and I knew I had to do something. So, I could never be accused of being unevolved. But I'm glad I didn't give them all away! They are to me what children are to straight people. I'm not proud of the fact that I used to cover my books in plastic, but that corny habit turned out to be hugely beneficial to some of my books that have been saved from quick degradation. I'm very sorry I took off Franny & Zooey's cover. It's not too late to save her, though.
By patin Books, CD, JD Salinger, Manila, People I Know, Uncategorized April 15, 2019 April 16, 2019 678 Words2 Comments
I was furious at the Grab driver who went to the wrong pick-up location, so I left a nasty comment about why I cancelled: "The driver went to the wrong location and asked stupid questions", which was stupid feedback because it was I, in fact, who misused the app and pinned the wrong location. I rarely take cars for transportation for this and other reasons.
In the Thai Airways flight, I noticed how Pinoys often have to be told what to do and what not to do (eg, don't stand up while the 'fasten seatbelt' sign is on, remain seated until the plane comes to a complete stop, etc.), but I'm pretty sure this happens a lot on flights with non-Pinoys. I should stop obsessing over Pinoys' behavior on flights.
NAIA 1 looks brand new and no longer repulsive. I wondered how DDS peeps feel about landing in an airport that was named after an Aquino.
7-11 Hotdogs and their soggy bread – I don't miss them!
We went to Marikina for Lei's mom's wake. I didn't peep at the remains because I… didn't want to. Her son Khalil has grown facial hair and hips. He didn't recognize me — as he shouldn't! — so he didn't make mano. That's alright, I don't look like someone you would mano.
Program scheduling idea for future wakes:
-Put a podium near the casket. Don't come out until there are enough guests to entertain.
-Hand out leaflets with details on how the person died. If possible, include information about the deceased's "journey", from the first signs of the illness to the hospital admission to the doctors' final diagnosis, to the present.
-Field questions from the guests. There should be no more than 10 questions per session, or it could go on until the wee hours of the morning, which would exhaust you and defeat the purpose of holding such a session in the first place.
-Huge crowns of flowers almost always look gaudy and probably cost a lot. Ask guests to just give monetary donations. Cash is the ONLY thing that will help the deceased's family. Kind, consoling words and hugs are okay. Flowers are just future trash.
In front of Goto Bob in J. Molina Street
After the wake, we went to Goto Bob, a karinderya that serves exquisite-tasting goto. I have no words for how good the goto was. It was creamy, warm, and brothy, and the beef bits were tender. The calamansi made it even more exquisite. The tokwa't baboy was cold, so I ate only the tokwa. Goto is 25 pesos. It's a meal I truly won't forget.
On the Grab Car on the way home, the radio station was playing the same old ballads. Realization: This is why legacy artists like Barbara Streisand hold concerts in far-flung countries like ours; our radio stations play their songs for years because there is a demand. "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbara Streisand and Bryan Adams was a #1 hit during the early '90s. It's not my favorite Barbara Streisand song, and guess what? I don't have a favorite Barbara Streisand song.
By patin Manila, People I Know, Travel April 14, 2019 April 16, 2019 548 WordsLeave a comment
Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer was banned in the US and the UK in the '60s because it was "obscene". I think HM got lucky because without the infamy, it probably wouldn't have attracted plenty of attention; it would just be a novel with a central character that happens to be fascinated by cunts. It's interesting that in the '60s, books have the power to scandalize people. Nowadays, it's hard to imagine people being outraged by a book's luridness. What's not difficult to imagine though is some people disliking its self-indulgence and lack of a story. Henry Miller isn't the loveliest of humans but it's silly to dislike the book because he's occasionally vile and a cynic.
The novel's narrator Henry Miller would like you to think that he thinks about nothing but food, sex, and writing. But he thinks about a lot of things, too. He's a penniless writer in Paris, which is exactly what you should be if you want to write a semi-autobiographical novel about being down and out. There are long, beautiful paragraphs that are at once hypnotic and exasperating. Reading about writers is fatiguing me a bit, but Henry Miller's prose put me into a trance. Also, I hate starting books and not finishing them. I'd also give any book about the expat life a chance. I liked JM Coetzee's 'Youth' because it had the nerve to touch upon visa problems. But HM's too cool for that. He'd rather write about the 'Paris that grows inside you like cancer, and grows and grows until you are eaten away by it.'
To him, being a vagabond who's consumed by thoughts of how to get fed day by day is more compelling than worrying about visas and immigration officers. The men are degenerates, foreigners like him who find sanctuary in whorehouses despite being penniless, and the women exist solely for the men's pleasure. There is not a single interesting person because the narrator is too fascinated by his own thoughts to create one. Not that he hasn't any right to be! It's his book, and readers are entitled to certain authors' masturbatory leanings. Ultimately, Henry Miller is just like one of the guys he hung around with in Paris. Sometimes they do and say interesting things, sometimes they're just happy to ramble and exist. And you, the reader, is just happy to get to the next page and experience more of his being, that is, precious, poor and a man who has needs.
By patin Books June 3, 2018 July 1, 2018 435 WordsLeave a comment
An Oxfam store in York
Ads for books
The streets of London are filled with ads and billboards, but there aren't a lot of ads for iPhone X, cosmetics, and skin clearing products, which is a shocker. Instead, there are many, many ads for plays, movies, and books.
My most precious book find was 'Butt', a compendium of Butt magazine's most intriguing interviews, which I found in one of the Waterstoneses (the five-storey one, the one where I could spend the rest of my life).
Fun fact: the United Kingdom, not Kinokuniya, has all the books you could ever want. But I could be wrong. Hearing strangers talk about books in the bookstore was a heart-stopping experience that has never happened to me before.
In Bangkok, we have Dasa, secondhand book and CD sellers. In the UK, they have Oxfam. Oxfam is better because every penny you spend goes to charity (and to the salary of Oxfam employees). When you buy a bunch of books, CDs, vinyl, or DVDs from Oxfam, you're not really hoarding but donating and living your best Christian life.
I posted a photo of myself browsing CDs at HMV on Instagram and it came off sounding a bit shady because I captioned it with 'I love museums'. I didn't mean to imply that CDs, DVDs and Blurays are relics from the past. If you know me, you know that I am never shady toward anything that I hold dear. I need to explain this.
I spent around 4 hours in HMV stores – one in London and another in York – an amount of time that could have been spent in more ~important~ places or in other horror tours. But, to borrow a phrase from tour brochures, no visit to the UK is complete without a 4-hour stop at the local record store!
And what a record store. They have CDs from 1997, one of the best years in music, and DVDs and Bluray of movies and TV shows that you will never find in Asia. I bought Jeff Buckley's 'You and I', which is probably the 57th Jeff Buckley posthumous live album release. It is the rare Jeff Buckley album that's properly mastered, ie, doesn't sound like it was lifted from cassette tape recordings like the albums 'Live at L'Olympia', 'Grace Around the World', and 'Mystery White Boy'. Jeff Buckley died in 1997.
Only those who remain fascinated by physical media would see the wonders of such a magical place like HMV. Having visited a 1st world country for the first time, I was stunned to see a record store like HMV whose continued existence in the UK can be explained by two things:
1.) Piracy is a serious offense
2.) People consume culture by the bucketful, and we all know that the best way to consume things is by the bucketful. I only stayed for a week but the Brits seem very, very cultured. It's very nice.
Whenever I go to an exotic country like the UK, I try to visit a record store and look for Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan albums. I collect things, I don't know why! But here's a nice Italo Calvino quote from his essay "Hermit in Paris" which explains this mania of mine:
So now we are entering into the limitless Paris adored by collectors, this city which invites you to make collections of everything, because it accumulates and classifies and redistributes, where you can search as in an archaeological excavation. The collector's experience can still be an existential adventure, a search of the self through objects, an exploration of the world which is at the same time a realization of the self.
Thanks, Italo.
European food is blandish but some sausages are scrumptious. I say this as a very Asian person who has only stayed in the UK for 7 days. Asian food is so good that you can't not have it for more than 3 days. It seems silly to eat Chinese food while in Sheffield but on your 3rd day without an Asian meal, you start yearning for Asian soup and other Asian dishes that assault your Asian senses.
Harry Potter shops
There are plenty of Harry Potter stores in York which JK Rowling probably liked. York was exquisite. It's no wonder pubs are a big thing; they're warm places filled with stone-cold foxes, a great variety of beer, and human warmth. Yes, human warmth. Everyone knows everyone, and if you don't know anyone, you could try butting in a conversation, or go with someone like our friend Aya who's the mayor of Sheffield's London Street pubs. She could really rule that pub circuit.
If I were a Potter person, I would have died on right there on The Shambles, a quaint little district lined with wizard and witch-themed stores with names like 'The Store That Shall Not Be Named' and such. But what I am is a Chucky stan, which is why I was more excited about the HMV stores where all the Child's Play movies are sold along with many horror movies, including the elusive 'Cult of Chucky ' and 'Halloween H20'.
I have a suggestion: The Philippines should market Jose Rizal's novels 'Noli Me Tangere' and 'El Filibusterismo' like York does JK's Harry Potter. Then, we shall put up Noli Me-El Fili stores all over the country, so someone could die in our streets out of sheer joy of finding a store that sells exclusive Ibarra collectibles.
Dreamgirls would never leave you
I was stunned upon realizing that the 'Listen' number in the 'Dreamgirls' movie was turned into a Beyoncé solo performance. In the play, it's a Deena and Effie duet about listening to the girl you originally were, before you turned into a duplicitous, scene-stealing broad. I bet they changed it in the movie to make sure Jennifer Hudson doesn't out-Beyoncé Beyoncé, which she ended up doing anyway. The West End play was very good. The Curtis character, unremarkable in the movie, is a commanding charmer in the play.
Trip steps
I fell down the stairs in the Air BnB apartment where we stayed, and it's not even one of the trip steps which the Scottish peoples deployed in the old days to trick burglars into killing themselves. No one can be sure that the 'trip steps' were designed to kill burglars, rather than just seriously injuring them, but given the Scots' fascination with killings and executions (at least in the old days), that's probably the real intention. If you're walking around Scotland, watch your steps.
Could I live in the UK?
I probably could, but I was told that the cold can be unbearable. I have no doubt that's true. And for a thin-skinned skinny Asian like me, it could be a big problem.
I thought, yes, I could live in the UK because the people are polite, and as we all know all we really need in this world to survive is the warmth of human friendship and to be treated with politeness at all times. Living in a cold country like England sounds exciting and if things don't turn out well, I could Down and Out in Paris and London myself and write a bad memoir about my difficulties with visas and things. I'd like to see a movie where someone moves to another country and shows how difficult it is to legitimize one's residence. London has Waterstones and HMV, — also things necessary to survive — but for now we stay put.
By patin Books, CD, Travel April 14, 2018 April 15, 2018 1,282 WordsLeave a comment
Greyfriars Cemetery
We went on a 'dark side' tour of Edinburgh's freezing, history-rich streets for the low price of 10 pounds. Paula the tour guide wasn't as compelling a storyteller as Adam, the Scottish-Czech guy who took us around town for an animated two-hour Edinburgh history tour. After the tour, you'd want to hug Adam and wipe the dribble of spit on his chin, and give him all your money. Listening to Paula meant working up the appetite to be scared, which was totally fine by me. I suspect a lively 'dark side' tour would have been cheesy.
At various stops, she told stories about grave robbery, infanticide, and serial killings committed by Edinburgh's murder icons William Burke and William Hair, buddies from the 18th century who made easy money selling murdered harlots and drunkards' fresh cadavers to medical schools. The two were eventually caught, and the neat semi-twist is that when they died, their bodies were donated to the medical schools at no cost. It was a good story that could have been corny if told in a costume, maybe.
Old Calton Cemetery
Paula also took us to the Old Calton cemetery which would have been frightening if there were less than 10 people (there were 16 of us) in the group. She made us step into a random mausoleum to tell the story of a woman who was buried prematurely and had her finger cut off by grave robbers who wanted her precious rings. And because it was told by Paula in her decidedly unthrilled, slightly snarky manner, you have to decide whether it was tragic, comedic or both. I chose tragic.
At other stops, Paula told stories about the witch trials which Adam had already covered with greater verve. The phrase 'witch trials' makes much more sense to me now thanks to the Scottish snack's little history lesson.
The last stop was about the enduring impact of Akasha, the Queen of the Damned. It's about a guy who wanted to become a vampire so badly that he ate animal liver for a year and murdered his best friend who called him out on his folly. Unlike the subjects in the earlier tales, the killer in this final stop was caught because his DNA was all over the corpse – an obvious detail that would have been completely boring in a modern era 'horror tour'. This Akasha-motivated crime happened in the '00s, so…surprise! She saved this story for last for twist's sake, which was very Paula of her.
The lesson of the horror tour is, probably, depravity, corruption of the soul, etc, can happen in any era in Edinburgh. Thanks, Paula. It was a very cold tour, but I think that was the intention.
By patin Travel March 28, 2018 March 28, 2018 473 WordsLeave a comment
Casual Fun Idea: Read David Sedaris' Theft By Finding, Diaries 1977-2002
As expected, the book is a delight. Imagine taking a peek at David Sedaris's diaries and reading about stuff that happened to him in real life, from the '70s through to early '00s. Of course, these had already been edited, but they're 'raw' compared to the finished and/or stylized essays in his other books.
Some observations, thoughts, feelings:
1. He's a well-known author with a huge following, so of course his diaries would be of great interest to millions of people who've read him and love him. But a book filled with seemingly nondescript, humdrum entries would have to be extraordinarily entertaining to be worth buying. So thank goodness his diaries are funny. I think it's difficult to fake funny.
2. It's great to read a famous author's diaries and not have it be packaged as an 'insightful peek' into his inner life. It definitely is that, but it's terrific that it's just really a collection of his diaries, like, 'here are David Sedaris's diaries, culled from his years of diarizing, transcribed from his numerous notebooks. We think you'll enjoy it, and some of you, we're pretty sure, will do find it immensely readable, enjoyable. Some of you will not, and that's okay.'
3. Some of the most interesting, life-changing events happened in the '90s. It's when he moved to New York. It's when he 'decided' to have a crush on his long-time partner Hugh. It's when he found work as an Elf in Macy's, which resulted in the hilarious 'Santaland Diaries.' Thank you, '90s.
4. If you're thinking of keeping a diary, try to leave out most of your thoughts and feelings. Just tell your notebook what happened and see how it turns out after several days' or weeks' entries. Hilarity, comedy, drama, tragedy could still ensue if you diarize well.
5. You really could make something out of your diary entries, compile them and turn them into a bestselling collection of essays. The 'trick' is to buy small notebooks that you can carry around wherever you go.
6. It's difficult to determine whether he knew his diaries would be read by the general public someday, and whether that line of thinking was a contributing factor in creating what is now 'Theft by Finding 1987-2002.' He just kept writing and look how that turned out.
By patin Books, Uncategorized February 12, 2018 February 12, 2018 402 WordsLeave a comment
'Call Me By Your Name' is the Complete Fantasy
Elio and Oliver live a life of privilege. Elio is young, free, gorgeous, and has parents who own a charming Italian house. Oliver, a guest of his father's, is likable, smart, and sexy. They're two guys who fall for each other in a lovely Italian suburb and they both play at being strictly brotherly toward each other. They can do whatever they want except be romantic in public.
Elio may be too young for Oliver, and their romance could have come off as predatory, but it's very clear (in the book and in the movie) that Elio desires Oliver as much as Oliver likes the taste of Elio's peach-housed man juice. Elio and Oliver. Oliver and Elio. Nothing and no one's being corrupted except for a piece of peach.
But still, they have to keep up appearances that everything in the world is as straight as they should be. This is why when Oliver gives Elio a playful massage, it has to appear perfunctory. It's why Elio has to take Oliver to a secluded pond for a grope and make out session, and why they have to wait for midnight to consummate a fantasy.
It seems perfectly alright to let the world know; the story is set in 80s Italy when gay unions are tolerated. Elio's parents would have understood too because they're the intelligent and uncruel sort. But it's two guys in love. Whether it's in 1983 or 2017, you know there are barriers and those barriers are great.
And so they do what they must do. They escape to the mountains where they can yell each other's name abandonedly, go to town to puke in the streets, and wild it out to 'Love My Way'.
When Elio and Oliver share a tight hug and bid their wordless goodbyes in the train station, I got dehydrated. When Elio's dad tells him to nurse his pain, and that he envies their beautiful friendship, I turned into a prune.
As an expert in this sort of thing, I can say with some authority that this is really how it happens. That is exactly the way it happens in trees at midnight when we have to be quiet and pretend like we're just friends with that person with whom we climb the tree. Some of us get over that phase where we climb trees in our parents' Italian summer house to make out with the house guest, but we never forget the bittersweet memories of these unforgettable late-night climbs.
By patin Movies January 25, 2018 January 26, 2018 432 WordsLeave a comment


This year saw the 25th anniversery of the Circuit Of Ireland Retrospective Trail, running from Friday 29th of October to Sunday 31st. The event got event underway from Lisburn City Centre at midday Friday and headed straight for Wallace Park, a popular test last year followed by a loop of 3 new tests in the Hillsborough area. They then venturde back to the familiar territory of Nutts corner for a mix of new and old tests over the land of the old airfields in the area. Then it was back to HQ and some dinner while night falls before they ventured back out to traverse the countryside on the Night Navigation section of the event.
The Saturday leg of the event started with a trip to the new territory of Castlewellan for some closed road regularities in the forests of the area, before returning to Newry and an extended version of last years Gullion regularity.
The Sunday leg went down the Ards peninsula to Kirkistown Racing Circuit to what was the first special test on the Retro to be over 5 miles long, and for good measure it was done twice. It then headed for the grand finale of tests in Belfasts Titanic Quarter in the shadow of the famous Harland and Wolfe cranes Sampson and Goliath.


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Der Fischer-Grand-Prix 1982 fand 18. bis 31. Oktober 1982 in Wien statt. Das Teilnehmerfeld des Einzelbewerbs bestand aus 32 Spielern, jenes des Doppelbewerbs aus 16 Paaren. Das Turnier war mit 100.000$ dotiert.

Keiner der Titelverteidiger (Ivan Lendl im Einzel, Steve Denton/Tim Wilkison im Doppel) trat zur Titelverteidiger an. Den Einzeltitel sicherte sich der US-Amerikaner Brian Gottfried, den Doppelbewerb gewannen der Franzose Henri Leconte und der Tschechoslowake Pavel Složil.

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 Offizielle Homepage Bank Austria TennisTrophy
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 Turnierplan Doppel auf der ATP Homepage

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Our first coffee from the Huila region is proving to be an incredible find. It's exceptionally balanced, creamy and full bodied. Look for notes of caramel, red apple, tangerine and honey.
Our Review: The association that produces this coffee was started not too long ago in 2012. The farmers decided to start the association in order to achieve better commercialization and higher premiums. In this short time these producers have worked extremely hard to become certified as not only a fair trade organization but organic as well. Ultimately this has resulted in better recognition for the work of the farmers and their families and has opened the door to a wide variety of consumers. After being washed the beans are sun dried, overall creating a clean and well balanced cup.
This represents our first coffee from the Huila region (as far as any of us can remember at least)! We weren't sure what to expect, but from the moment the beans were ground, we were blown away. An aroma crammed full of caramel and honey gives way to a cup with exception balance, crisp front end and delightfully creamy texture. Notes of caramel, red apple, tangerine and honey linger on the tongue making for a memorable cup of joe, to say the least!


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EVA Air adds first Boeing 787-10 to its fleet
22nd Jun. 2019 Nick Wenzel
EVA Air already operates a fleet of four Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets. Photo: © N509FZ
EVA Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner and joins the growing list of Boeing 787-10 operators.
The brand new aircraft is the first of 20 new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners that will be added to EVA Air's existing fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.
The airline plans to use the 787-10 on high-density routes within Asia later this summer. EVA Air's new Boeing aircraft features a two-class configuration for 342 total passengers, 38 more seats than on its 787-9 Dreamliner.
So far, the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft has been delivered to launch customer Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, United Airlines, All Nippon Airways – and now EVA Air. In addition to the Boeing 787, the Taiwanese carrier operates the Boeing 777-300ER, as well as Airbus A321 and A330 aircraft. EVA Air Cargo conducts freighter operations with a fleet of Boeing 777 cargo planes.
Read more: Air New Zealand agreed to buy eight Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner.
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Singapore Airlines signs for Airbus A350F
15th Dec. 2021 Jarne W.
Singapore Airlines has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for seven new Airbus A350F freighter aircraft with an option for further five jets. Starting in 2025, Singapore Airlines plans to replace their … [read more]
Lufthansa announces new Summer 2022 destinations
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8-Year-Old Fatally Tortured By Mother And Her Boyfriend
A Los Angeles nurse's testimony has shed light on the gruesome details of an 8-year-old's injuries after he was fatally abused by his mother and her boyfriend.
Alison Segal said she was working at the Antelope Valley Hospital on May 22, 2013, when 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez was brought in after being found unresponsive in his home, KABC reported. She said she was working in the forensic unit, helping patients who were victims of abuse.
Segal said she observed Gabriel when he arrived at the hospital, but could not provide a comprehensive assessment because his condition was deemed too critical. The boy was then rushed to Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Gabriel's mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, had been arrested on accusations of torturing the young boy to death.
According to Gabriel's chart, the child fell in the shower. But Segal said she knew there was more to the story. She explained that the boy was on a ventilator and that his heart stopped twice.
"They had to resuscitate him with extreme measures," Segal said.
The nurse added that the child's temperature was just 88 degrees, which is considerably low for someone his age. She then described the disturbing details of Gabriel's injuries.
According to Segal, Gabriel's body was covered in bruises. His arms and legs were swollen, and BB gun injuries appeared on his neck and groin area. One BB remained lodged in Gabriel's groin.
Segal said she also spotted older injuries that were just starting to heal. She said Gabriel was missing skin missing from his neck, and there was also trauma to his private parts.
"There were abrasions. There were open wounds. There was bruising. There was swelling. There was marks on the legs," Segal said of the boy's condition, adding that he had cuts and marks all over his head, and he was missing teeth.
Gabriel's 14-year-old sister, Virginia, also testified in court. She said Pearl had previously beaten both her and her brother with a baseball bat, and that she would shoot Gabriel with a BB gun.
Virginia added that Aguirre also participated in the abuse. She said her mother's boyfriend was punching Gabriel on the night of his death, NBC News reported.
"He had knocked the air out of him and he fell over and he didn't get back up," Virginia said as she cried. "So they picked him up, they threw him in the shower and they kept yelling at him to wake up. When he didn't wake up, my mother decided to call the police."
Virginia said her mother then told her to clean her brother's blood off the floor.
John Alan, Aguirre's attorney, said his client committed "unspeakable acts of abuse" against the child, but added that evidence would show that "Isauro never intended for Gabriel to die."
Sources: WABC, NBC / Featured Images: James/Flickr / Embedded Images: Gabriel's Justice/Facebook, NBC LA, and ABC 7 via Daily Mail
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A child's first visit to the dentist should be a pleasant experience in order to instill a positive association with visiting the dentist and ensure a healthy attitude to dental treatment for years to come.
Why do we need to wear elastics?
When you come for your monthly braces appointment, sometimes the doctor will prescribe for you to wear elastics. Why do you need to do that? Well, the doctor prescribed them for you to wear in order to correct your bite or to shift a group of teeth at the same time.
When elastics are first placed, please take a photo of where the demonstration elastics were placed. Then, use elastics exactly as prescribed. If not, the problem may worsen.
Duration of wear is 22-23 hours a day if you only wear for 8-12 hours, the teeth will not shift as they will move back to their original position while you are not wearing the elastics.
Please change each set of elastics every 24 hours. The package of elastics should last you at least 1.5 months.
Doing braces is not extremely painful but you should expect some discomfort when you initially start treatment. One would need to get used to the extra bulk of the brackets on each teeth. There may also be abrasions against your cheek. You will also experience some tightness during each round of braces adjustment.
Till date, nothing detrimental has been documented on teeth whitening and microscopic research shows no changes to the tooth surface with use of 10% bleaching solution. There is no study that we have come across showing any irreversible damage to the tooth structure.
Why do we need to go for regular dental checkups?
To maintain good oral health, it is important to visit your dentist every six months. Going for your regular check-ups helps keep your gums and teeth healthy. It also allows early detection of any problems such as gum disease, oral cancer and cavities.


Cason Gregory. When Cason was a toddler he was nervous all the time. Anytime our routine changed he would have so many questions and concerns about all the unknown things. That is not to say he wasn't a happy little boy who loved to play with his cars, his puzzles, read books with you, but one small inkling of abnormal and we were in for a treat.
One Sunday when Cason was 4 years old, I offered to take my mother-in-law to SAMs Club. We both grabbed a cart, I had my list, my children and off we went. We hadn't been shopping for very long when the lights began to dim. I looked up the hours on my phone to find the closing time was 6 p.m and it was JUST before 6 p.m. I informed my MIL that they were closing soon and I started to grab the items I needed from my list. Cason began to freak out of me.
For YEARS after that shopping trip, Cason would ask what time the store/restaurant closed when we arrived. He wanted to ensure we had PLENTY of time!!
Lately, he asks to go grocery shopping with me. I guess he's over the traumatizing SAMs fiasco. He'll push the cart, we'll find something fun and act goofy. But, the absolute best conversations I have with him are the one-on-one car ride conversations. When I think he is going to open up to me, I'll take the back roads home, or make an excuse to drive to the next town to get gas. Anything just to have a few more minutes with him.
My Darlin Cason, you are so bright, funny and loving. I am so excited about your future and can't wait to see where this funny world is going to take you. But for now, I'll take all the car rides and trips to the grocery store. I'm so beyond blessed to be your Momma!
It seems that everyone either loves to make or is adamantly against New Year's resolutions. I don't have "resolutions" but general goals for this year. I guess there isn't much of a difference, but resolutions seem so final if I fail. One of my goals for 2019 is to find something positive about each day and write it down. Even if it was a terrible day, find something positive and be grateful.
I was inspired by the lovely Public Figure/Vlogger on Facebook/Instagram Kristina Kuzmic who had a video on this very subject. She is very raw and real but can find the good in any situation. Even on her darkest day, she found one positive thing that she was able to write down and ended her day on a peaceful note.
I started this a couple of days before 1/1/2019 thinking it would help get me into the swing of writing before the new year. I even set a daily alarm on my phone for the evening to help remind me to write something down. I was using the notes app on my phone, but I found it wasn't useful for what I was trying to accomplish. So, I went searching in the App Store. Low and behold, I found the Grateful app.
This app is super user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing to the eye, allows you to add pictures, more notes about your day, add titles to your daily entry, set daily reminders and if you want to upgrade; backup to the cloud or Dropbox. I know I'm only three days into the new year, (I usually wait until I'm in bed so I haven't been Grateful yet today) but it really does end my day on a positive note. I don't include if my day was terrible, explain why, nor explain how the grateful made it better; I solely focus on the positive.
Another goal of mine is to clean up my dirty, filthy mouth. I say bad words. I say ALL the bad words. I say them at work, at home, in the car, at the mall, when I run, when I crawl, under my breath, when I sneeze… in short, I say too many bad words. I probably can't have a conversation without saying a bad word. So one of my goals is to watch my mouth. So far on the fourth day of 2019…I'm failing. Miserably failing. It's been pointed out to me that I've said a word and I didn't even realize I've said it. *Sigh* Clearly I have my work cut out for me!!
Lastly, my diet has been shameful. SO, as with so many people starting the new year, I've cleaned up my diet. I've added shakes, salads, eliminated foods I shouldn't be eating, added workouts all to get myself into a healthier me. I need to focus on me. I hope that my eating habits transfer to my family because they are in dire need of a healthier lifestyle as well, but I can't force that upon them. I can only guide them by leading a good example.
Anywhoo, I wish you all the success of 2019 and please, feel free to share with me some of your 2019 resolutions or goals for this beautiful new year!


The way he looks at her, tells me I have no chance.
The way she looks at him, tells me I have no chance.
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ترجمات أخرى للأغنية "我愛的人 (Wǒ ài de rén)"
Idioms from "我愛的人 (Wǒ ài de rén)"


This Saturday we are hosting an all area CrossFit workout for lululemon. Workout times will be 8-930-11am. Everyone is welcome, but it's not like a free friend day so some CrossFit experience is suggested. Stay after for a lululemon trunk show and lululemon giveaways in every class. Rise and grind will also be there Witt shakes and tea bombs.


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Collecting Air Miles through Yahoo! search engine: the dream now reality
Canada's largest loyalty program now offers a new way to earn rewards! Yahoo! search engine now offer the possibility to earn Air Miles, at no price. I first learn about this exciting opportunity on the cover of free newspaper Metro.
The best marketing combination of all times: Air Miles and Yahoo!
I use Yahoo! search engine on a regular basis. I am also a user of its email and Messenger services. (...).
Air Miles is my favorite rewards program because it's allowing to redeem loyalty points in order to receive a discount on bus tickets (among other things). Examples: For as low as 150 reward miles, Air Miles program allow users to receive 40% off on regular Greyhound Canada bus ticket. And for only 50 reward miles, it's possible to receive 40% off on Orleans Express tickets. And here's where the Air Miles program is getting very rewarding.
The new Air Miles toolbar allows member to collect up to 30 Air Miles per month. Which mean, each month, it makes it almost possible to reach 50 Air Miles in order to purchase an Orleans Express bus ticket at 40% off. Interesting!
Both combined, Yahoo! search engine and Air Miles rewards program are getting very powerful.
How it work?
First, a toolbar is needed. The download is free of charge! The toolbar is available at the following address:
https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/Toolbar
As an Air Miles member, your collector number will be needed. It's actually being requested before downloading the toolbar. And if you're not an Air Miles member yet, registered now! The new Air Miles toolbar make it even more rewarding to enroll to the Air Miles program. The toolbar download can be done through Firefox or Internet Explorer. And it takes less than 2 minutes to be completed.
Once the download is completed, restart your computer, and start searching! As soon as the minimum of 50 valid searches is completed, you will earn 5 Air Miles. It's that easy and rewarding.
And if, like me, you like to track down your Air Miles account balance, you will no longer needed to log in into your rewards account – a simple look at the toolbar will allow you to find out how much Air Miles you have.
As a Canadian resident, I had below described my views on the Air Miles program offered in Canada. The same program is also available in the US, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
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Hyolyn And MAMAMOO's Hwasa Share Thoughts On Their Controversial Award Show Performance Outfits
by S. Park
Hyolyn and MAMAMOO's Hwasa shared stories about the outfits from their award show performances, which caused quite a stir among the Korean public for being more revealing than the average girl group outfit.
On the January 30 broadcast of MBC's "Radio Star," the singers appeared as guests and answered questions about their outfits.
Hyolyn performed the "Black Knight" drama soundtrack "Wind-Up Clock" (literal title)," "See Sea," and "Dally" at the 2018 KBS Drama Awards. When Host Cha Tae Hyun asked if she knew the outfit would cause this much controversy, Hyolyn replied, "Of course I didn't know."
She continued, "After the performance, I was disappointed about my singing skills, and before the performance, I was worried in case there might not be any lively reactions from the audience. But the atmosphere was better than I expected. So after the performance, I thought the atmosphere was good and I had fun, but just that I didn't sing well. That was what I mostly thought about. I was very surprised [that the outfit became controversial]."
When host Yoon Jong Shin brought up how she said she chose the outfit after lots of thought, Hyolyn explained, "When I was in SISTAR, I was always at the broadcasting studios during the time of the year-end award shows. But this time, I thought the year would go by without me attending a single award show. KBS then contacted me and asked me to perform. They gave me such a good opportunity, so I worked hard to prepare for it."
She continued, "That outfit was handmade by a designer, and it's the only one that exists in the world. It's an outfit I purchased because I wanted to wear something amazing at my solo concert. I wanted to wear the most luxurious and amazing outfit I owned at that event." Hyolyn then made everyone laugh by adding, "I've given the outfit to a mannequin. I bought a mannequin and put that outfit on it."
Hwasa also made headlines when she wore a red bodysuit during her performance at the 2018 MAMA Fan's Choice in Japan.
"While preparing for the performance, I thought it'd be great to wear an outfit like this and called my stylist right away," explained Hwasa. "I'm the type of person who doesn't think that something is too much. I just prepare while thinking that it's a part of the performance, and people around me will tell me that something might be too much."
She continued, "I thought that I'd rather not wear something revealing at all if I couldn't commit to it. I also don't think that it's important what I wear. Instead, I think about what I can wear to make the performance even better, or how I can pull it off well."
Hyoyln commented, "While listening, I thought that it was cool how the way we think is similar. Since I only focus on the performance, I also had many instances where people tried to stop me [from wearing certain outfits]."
When Hwasa mentioned that Hyolyn has often worn outfits like that before, Hyolyn explained, "I've had many concepts like that for my past albums, so I guess I momentarily forgot that it's a bit much. All of the concepts that I released so far were like this, so when I saw Hwasa's performance, I thought, 'Where did she buy that?'"
Host Kim Gook Jin asked Hwasa about a negative factor of the red bodysuit, and Hwasa answered, "It gets stuck. But if I adjust it while performing, people may think that it's uncomfortable for me, so I never fixed it."
She added, "It was my first time preparing and performing alone, so I was really determined. I performed [with so much energy] as if I had lost my memory. After I finished, I went into the dressing room where there was a shower. When I went inside, I suddenly choked up. I felt as if I was alive, and I felt so happy."
"Radio Star" airs on Wednesdays at 11:10 p.m. KST. Check out an episode below!
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Basement flooding can seem like an overwhelming issue for homeowners. There are certain things that homeowners can look out for to try and stop their basement from flooding. If caught early enough, this could save you a lot of time, money, and headaches in the long run.
The most common claim that homeowners make to their insurance companies is water damage. Not only is your basement flooded, but this flooding can lead to other extensive damage to the walls, floors, and your personal belongings in that area.
Our expert team at Bay Crawl Space and Foundation Repair can provide a free inspection to either fix water damage you've already experienced, or assess your basement's current state and provide tips on how to prevent water damage in the future. We offer several different waterproofing solutions to keep your basement dry and prevent further damage to your home.
If your basement windows aren't sealed properly, they could allow water to seep through and flood your basement during heavy rains. Aside from the flooding, water coming through your basement windows could also lead to other issues like water stains on the walls, damaged drywall, or soaked insulation.
A plumbing failure in your home could cause your basement to fill with water. Depending on the location of the leak, your basement could be flooded very quickly! Common plumbing failures typically include bursting washer hoses or leaking water heaters, so it's important to check the durability of these in your home and get them replaced if needed.
If there are cracks in the floor or the walls of your foundation, this makes your basement very susceptible to flooding during heavy rains. As the outside ground saturates with rainwater, it has no other place to go and builds up around your foundation. Even the smallest foundation cracks can let water pass through, so it's important to get those repaired before your basement floods.


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Soph Retief drops new single 'Sick of U'
September 6, 2018 September 6, 2018 Bafana FM Africa News
Soph Retief is a singer-songwriter based in London composing in styles such as pop, electronic and soul.
Born and raised in Singapore, Soph Retief grew up singing and playing the violin, piano and guitar. Soph Retief wrote her first composition at 12 years old and since then she has been continuously bringing her music to the studio.
Soph Retief won the 2016 MTV Project Aloft Star South East Asia songwriting competition as well as awards in the 2017 UK Open Mic and Future Music Songwriting competition.
Soph Retief is currently located in London studying a BA in Music whilst regularly developing her songs in the studio and performing live.
Soph Retief is infuenced by artists including Adele, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Hailee Steinfeld.
The brand new single 'Sick of U' from Soph Retief was produced by Mateo Donoghue at Audiohaus Studios ( Jess Glynn, Sugababes, Skepta, Calum Best ) and is out now from all good digital stores worldwide.
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Employed in certain industries or owning certain companies may need travel frequently to a lot of places. Which means that you'd spend a great deal of time each year on foreign places as well as on an airplane. When you can virtually look for a flight to all over the world, you might also need to stick to a flight ticket schedule, sign in and boarding rules, countless other passengers and potentially bad flying meals. Individuals who've your budget or even the financial capacity can really opt to utilize a business jet for traveling. This kind of plane will help you steer clear of the hassles of business air traveling, while reaching your destination within the preferred possible way. Top plane manufacturers have develop these single to 3 engine planes for potential proprietors or renters to make use of, which makes it simple to find the correct one to fit your traveling needs.
Constant traveling is frequently tiring, and getting to handle the normal process of commercial flights is much more taxing. Lots who are able to afford it decide to purchase a business jet to go somewhere with. These are typically smaller sized planes that may seat a couple of to as much as 20 people, with respect to the size. Many effective business proprietors decide to buy their very own plane due to the freedom it enables these to choose their flight plan, rather to be subject to commercial flight schedules. You are able to leave when you want and you'll certainly be comfy throughout the flight as these planes are often created for comfort. You may also expect that meals is just wish it. Yet another good price is to employ pilots and flight family and friends full-time. Without having the millions to spare to purchase one or believe that owning one is much, you'll be able to employ a corporate jet charter or perhaps a private plane rental. You are able to choose to employ a business jet to make use of only when it's needed. This enables you to achieve the same perks as owning one, but with no added price of upkeep of the plane. Whenever you charter a personal plane to be used, it arrives with employees to operate the plane and wait for you, and all sorts of formulations are relaxed and for you.
Should you choose really possess a plane, but you are not traveling year-round, you are able to really gain an origin of earnings from this. You are able to work with a company jet charter company to book your business jet when you are not utilizing it. You just need to make certain to schedule together any time you require the plane and it is staff.


That's right, we can forgive you — but can your skin? There are a few steps you can take to restoring your skin in recovery mode. Get thyself to a sink, and start here.
Assess the damage. Now that you've cleared your canvas of last night's makeup residue, you'll probably be a little wiser to what's actually going on. Blackheads and clusters of clogged pores are standard fare, but you may see dryness and flakiness, too. Your skin could be a total breakout-fest in one area and dry in sensitive in another, so it's important to treat each area as it needs to be treated rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
stop breakouts in their tracks and temporarily quell dryness and discomfort.
We encourage you to mix and match to suit your skin's needs — a deep-cleansing mud formula or acid peel for oily or acne-prone areas, a creamy hydrating mask for irritation or sensitivity … the options are endless. we have a lot of face masks and you can use them. You can find them in our Korean Beauty range.
Leave it alone. We know. Easier said than done. Once you've rinsed your mask off and patted dry, warm a few drops of nourishing oil between your palms and press it into your skin, then let it be. If you have any particularly aggressive pimples making their presence known, apply a thin layer of a benzoyl peroxide formula beneath your moisturizing oil, then let it be.
We can also tell you exactly what you shouldn't do, and that's apply more makeup. As ridiculous as it sounds that you need to let your skin breathe, there's truth to the fact that makeup hinders its renewal process. At the very least, take a day off from foundation. You'll be better for it, we promise.
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Q: wxpython app crashing using pjsip with multi-threads I'm doing an app with wxpython and pjsip, I need to use multithreads so each call is handle by it own thread, but for some reason the app is crashing and unexpectedly closing immediately leaving on of the following errors:
Gdk-ERROR **: The program 'python' received an X Window System error.

This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter).
python: xcb_io.c:221: poll_for_event: Assertion `(((long) (event_sequence) - (long) (dpy->request)) <= 0)' failed.

I read that this happen with multithreads and wxpython. I try using wx.callafter() and wx.lib.pubusub.Subscribe, but I still have the same problems.

A: Anything from a thread other than the main thread when related to wxPython has to be wrapped in a threadsafe method. There are 3 of these: wx.CallAfter, wx.CallLater and wx.PostEvent. If you try to access a wxPython method directly from a separate thread, then you'll almost certainly have issues. Pubsub is awesome, but it's not threadsafe. It too must be wrapped in one of the threadsafe methods.
The wxPython wiki has several threading examples and I wrote a simple tutorial on the topic as well. If those don't help, then you'll need to create a small, runnable example and post it here or on the wxPython mailing list.

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dsthedev – it's ds, the dev!
You've reached the website of dsthedev. I am a front-end web developer located in the Midwest (U.S). Currently I work as a freelance web developer for hire. Previously I worked for Adams Publishing Group, who recently acquired the Eau Claire Press Company, and Satellite Six before that.
This is my little slice of the internet, and it's in a constant state of flux. You can view my portfolio, read about me and my experience, or check out intermittent sandbox experiments I'm working on.


If you are one of the 28 million people in the UK suffering from chronic pain, you are clearly not alone. Pain is a signal that something needs medical attention and should always be investigated by a medical professional. However, our psychological attitudes, beliefs, expectations and general well-being can have a direct effect on how we feel.
Depression, anxiety, boredom and relaxation all influence the intensity of physical pain and soreness because of the way the mind and body influence one another. Hypnotherapy can be used to influence both psychologic references to the discomfort and physical experience of it. If fact, The National Council for Hypnotherapy says hypnotherapy can be 'highly effective in dealing with pain management' and people often undergo surgery and dental work using hypnosis as the anaesthetic.
Before you make an appointment to visit me for pain management, please ensure that your discomfort has been fully investigated by your GP to clarify that any underlying cause is being resolved.
When you come to see me for pain management hypnotherapy there is an added bonus that the progressive relaxation and distress techniques I teach you can then be used as self-hypnosis so you can leave the hypnotherapy session with a tool to help you manage your distress every day.
If you are ready to reduce pain in your life, get in touch.


"Houdini received this sort of letter every day, but Clayton Hutton's was different. Clayton Hutton was different. By accepting his challenge – by promising Clayton Hutton the considerable sum of £100 if the packing case in question defeated him – Houdini set in motion a strange chain of events that would, in a wonderfully mad and circuitous manner, impact the course of a vast global conflict that was at the time still 26 years away." Somebody please commission Christian to write a book? Soon? Thanks! (This is great).
"Mavis Batey, who has died aged 92, was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park, cracking the Enigma ciphers that led to the Royal Navy's victory at Matapan, its first fleet action since Trafalgar." Today's Bletchley obituary; as expected, a completely excellent life by all accounts.
Bookmarked to return to at some point. Some of these I've heard, some I'd like to hear.
"The Po-2 biplanes flown by the Night Witches had an advantage over the faster, deadlier German Messerschmitts: their maximum speed was lower than the German planes' stall speed, making them hard to shoot down." Flying by night, with no radar or radio, dropping bombs on German positions; remarkable women, all.
It was History Hack Day this weekend. My friend Ben Griffiths scraped the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's register to try to contextualise the death of his great-uncle in World War II.
Before you read on, please do read his story. It's worth your time.
Ben's hack is intelligent and, as ever, he explains it with precision and grace. But really, it wasn't the hack I wanted to draw to your attention; it was the story he tells.
Like many hacks at such events, it begins with a data, scraped or ingested, and Ben's plotted it over time, marking the categories his great-uncle is represented by.
But data over time isn't a story; it's just data over time. A graph; or, if you like, a plot. What makes it a story? A storyteller; someone to intervene, to show you what lies between the points, what hangs off that skeleton. Someone to write narrative – or, in Ben's case, to relate history, both world and personal.
I'm left, after all this, thinking of just how young these bomber boys were. Looking at this data has been a much more moving exercise than I was expecting.
I found it very affecting, too, but not just because I was looking at the data: I was looking at it through the lens that Ben offered me in the story he told. When you consider it's the story of one tragic loss amid 12,395 others, you pause, reflect, and try to perhaps comprehend that.
In the end, I couldn't, entirely, but I tried – and because somebody told me just one story, about one individual, his plane, and his colleagues, I perhaps came closer to an understanding than I otherwise might have. And, because of that, I'm very grateful Ben shared that single story. I'd call that a very worthwhile hack.


A chance to play on grass!
There was a mixed turnout in this round with group one getting on court for a good number of competitive matches and group two unfortunately not making it off the start line. We are always here to help arrange matches so do get in touch in the future if you are struggling. Thanks to everyone who did get involved and we hope to see you all next time for many more matches throughout the spring!
Robin played the most matches and this proved to be a successful strategy as he finished with three hard fought wins under his belt to claim pole position. Gabriel takes the bragging rights for defeating the new champ in closely contested encounter. Philip beat runner up rival Sreyas in a marathon match "spread over about four weeks" to come home with the silver.
Disappointingly no matches were played in this round- what happened group two? Do remember we are always happy to help you get matches arranged if you let us know!
Looking for previous matches? Visit the Golders Hill Park archive.
The results listed here include the current and previous round of Singles matches for Golders Hill Park.


Few homes truly rock the twilight photo shoot. Sometimes it looks like you're hiding something, like imperfect masonry or ugly landscaping. And then there are grand homes and estates for which it seems that twilight photoshoots were truly made. This listing, from Jarrad Barnes of Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate's Gullotto-Barnes group, is absolutely stunning in a very sublime, almost ethereal way. It's like a monolith, and when lit at night, it is spectacular, not unlike a sculpture. Now that's architecture!
A home like this is truly a high-caliber home, and such a listing deserves an equally high-caliber mortgage professional to guide you through the process. Look no further than Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, a seasoned loan expert who can guide you through the process of prequalification and beyond, making sure there are no hiccups when you've found your dream home. Don't waste time and call Lisa Peters at Caliber Home Loans today.


Kandis Terry spent the summer of 2018 in New York City with Camille A. Brown & Dancers (CABD) as part of her 21st Century Internship — a program in collaboration with UMS and the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
One of the most memorable experiences from my internship was attending the extraordinary Dance/USA annual conference in Los Angeles. There I engaged in a delightful conversation with leaders representing many demographics about social stature, gender, and race within movement and culture—in particular, Black men, women, boys, and girls. Although these topics are not always given the spotlight or recognition in what is known today as a common and adequate professionalism in the art of dance, Camille's work gives voice to social issues that have been presumably swept under the rug for a long time.
Much of my time in New York was surrounded around mental health awareness. I had the pleasure of working with CABD's Managing Director Indira Goodwine, whose sense of positive morale and work ethic I really looked up to. She taught me to grow and continue be the best version of myself, or at least strive to be.
On my first day of my internship, I observed her talk as part of a three-member panel at the Gibney Dance Choreographic Center, which represented a perfect balance of poise, eloquence, and artistic measure. Each artist spoke to their unique experiences as a professional dancer up to this point in their respective careers.
Know who you are as a person and who you are as a dancer.
Instagram gives you instant access to publicity at your fingertips.
'Word of Mouth' is important.
Go see shows, take class!
Put in hard work now.
It was a great way to start my internship! From that point on I knew it was my job and my responsibility to capture and embrace all of the tasks and opportunities presented to me over these next upcoming summer months.
While at U-M, my educational experience has been enriched but challenging. This internship saved me. It showed me that many artists of color struggle with mental wellness. In response and efforts to address this epidemic, we must be resilient and push forward with our talents and passion for creativity.
At times I have felt lost, but my 21st Century Internship experience, in its entirety, was an affirmation for me, and the beginning to my course and journey towards healing and setting new goals.


Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Sylva Medical Office Building.
Software giant Microsoft is considering a site at an Alamance County industrial parkto build a massive data storage center facility.
Campus Apartments, the oldest and one of the largest privately held student housing companies in the nation, has expanded its third party management portfolio to include 14 new properties.
Film: Tax credit should keep cameras rolling in N.C.


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Why Rwanda?
Chris Hale
One question we get asked a lot is why did we choose to start our business in Rwanda?
Kountable assesses market opportunities based on a balance of government policies, business friendly environment, anti corruption regulation and technology access. But to answer the question about "Why Rwanda" specifically we need to look back at recent history.
In 1999, after managing to break a 50 year cycle of violence that culminated in the horrific 1994 genocide, the Rwandan government set out some big goals to bring stability and a long term vision to the war torn country—these goals were outlined in a document called Vision 2020 and much progress has been made during the last 15 years towards their implementation, leading to a growth revolution for the country and its economy.
As part of these goals, the government committed to support and develop its entrepreneurial middle class—widely acknowledged as the key to creating a strong middle income economy. They also committed to and have achieved an efficient state with a low corruption, SME friendly policies, and a sound technological infrastructure.
These developments have created a uniquely positive environment for entrepreneurial growth, making it a role model among emerging economies. Rwandan entrepreneurs are tech savvy, internationally connected, and well supported by a government that believes in entrepreneurship.
All these factors and the market opportunity made Rwanda a logical place to launch Kountable. However, we must give credit to a special group of entrepreneurs in its capital, Kigali, for helping us really see the potential of what Kountable could be in Rwanda.
We were fortunate to be able to develop the business model for Kountable and then run our pilot program with a group of exceptional Rwandan entrepreneurs who are part of the Bigger Future Program, led by David Ormesher, a successful American entrepreneur from Chicago. David has been traveling to Kigali every quarter to coach these entrepreneurs for five years, and my co-founder Catherine had been involved in developing Bigger Future from the start. When we needed a place to test the initial idea that would become Kountable on a real group of developing world entrepreneurs, the Bigger Future group was a natural fit, and the group's enthusiastic response and willingness to share about their challenges with financing made Kountable what it is today.
On hearing their stories over the course of a year, it was clear that these entrepreneurs were ready to grow much faster than available access to finance would allow. It was a headwind that they would do almost anything to get around, even taking financing at very unfavorable rates in some cases just to be able to execute high-profile deals to prove their capability. Affordable financing was the major missing ingredient in their ability to take on the bigger contracts and projects that would allow them to expand more quickly, hire and train more staff, and develop capacity and learn. In doing so, they would significantly multiply their contribution to Rwanda's economic & social growth goals.
By working with Kountable, the entrepreneurs we've partnered with have been able to keep more business inside Rwanda. Many are providing vital supplies for hospitals, schools and government agencies, allowing these institutions to provide better services for Rwandans. Some of these projects could have been done by foreign companies, but then the know-how, employment and increased capability would not be generated inside Rwanda. Investing in Rwandan entrepreneurs is investing in Rwanda's future.
Kountable has now evaluated over 500 small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and has partnered with 30 on projects delivering $5 million in gross revenues to these businesses and into the Rwandan economy. Our entrepreneurs there have worked with us in good faith and many are now repeat customers. The challenges we've overcome together have helped us strengthen our model and build better tools to make the process easier and more efficient for all. Rwanda has been a great place for us to learn and grow our model while having a significant positive impact.
In the weekend of our official launch in Kigali, we received requests for $12M US in fundable projects. This was the tip of the iceberg in terms of demand for what Kountable offers. The Rwandan institutions we have approached to partner with us to better address this demand have been open and willing to explore new possibilities, and highly supportive of our growth and presence. They understand what this kind of financing can do for the country and its base of entrepreneurs and how important this is in order to reach their ambitious 2020 development goals. As Kountable scales and branches out into other markets, we look forward to continuing to play a role in Rwanda's growth and development by supporting its inspiring and capable community of entrepreneurs.
Read How Kountable is Making a Huge Impact in Kenyan Trade Market ⟶
From Leadership
Navigating Medical Supply Chains through COVID: From the New Seller's Market to the Next New Normal
Everyone has suddenly become much more aware of the very real role that functioning supply chains play in our quality of life, as individuals and societies, and that broken supply chains can, in fact, cost lives. The question of the day, month and year is, how do we fix them, and quickly? With a bit of support, SMEs can be a big part of the solution.
Kountable Launches Its Marketplace for Global Trade at BootstrapLabs AI Conference
CEO Chris Hale demonstrates the role Kountable can play in accelerating progress of the world's biggest organizations towards equipping people for success in underserved markets.


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Closing Every Tab Not In Anger But In Disappointment Links
* I have a new essay out on zombies and the elderly in this great new book on zombies, medicine, and comics: The Walking Med: Zombies and the Medical Image. And if you're interested in my Octavia Butler book, podcaster Jonah Sutton-Morse (@cabbageandkings) is going through it piece by piece on Twitter with #mmsfoeb. Also, check out this LARB interview with Ayana Jamieson on her work in the Butler archives!
* CFP: Comics Remixed: Adaptation and Graphic Narrative, University of Florida. CFP: ASLE 2017 (Detroit, MI). CFP: Special Issue of Green Letters on Crime Fiction and Ecology. CFP: Global Dystopia.
* Maybe the best thing you'll read this year: Clickhole's Oral History of Star Trek.
* Wes Anderson made a Christmas commercial. Updated Power Rankings coming soon!
* 'Feast or Famine' for Humanities Ph.D.s.
* Las Vegas is a microcosm. "The world is turning into this giant Skinner box for the self," Schüll told me. "The experience that is being designed for in banking or health care is the same as in Candy Crush. It's about looping people into these flows of incentive and reward. Your coffee at Starbucks, your education software, your credit card, the meds you need for your diabetes. Every consumer interface is becoming like a slot machine."
* Jesuit university presidents issue statement supporting undocumented students. Catholic college leaders pledge solidarity with undocumented students. Dissent on sanctuary cities.
* Public universities and the doom loop. UW-Madison drops out of top five research universities for first time since 1972. Student visas, university finances, and Trump.
* Stealing it fair and square: In split decision, federal judges rule Wisconsin's redistricting law an unconstitutional gerrymander. And so on and so on.
* The 13 impossible crises that humanity now faces.
* How Stable Are Democracies? 'Warning Signs Are Flashing Red.' Maybe the Internet Isn't a Fantastic Tool for Democracy After All. Postelection Harassment, Case by Case. Here are 20 lessons from across the fearful 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of today. Making White Supremacy Acceptable Again. Trump and the Sundown Town. No one can stop President Trump from using nuclear weapons. That's by design. If only someone had thought of this eight years ago! A time for treason.
Justification for all of America's bananas, anti-democratic institutions was always to prevent the exact trainwreck they are now abetting.
— Gerry Canavan (@gerrycanavan) November 29, 2016
* Texas Elector Resigns: Trump Is Not Qualified And I Cannot Vote For Him. Trump and the End of Expertise. On Taking the Electoral College Literally. Some Schmittian reflections on the election. Stop Calling the United States a Banana Republic. Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President. Emoluments. A running list of how Donald Trump's new position may be helping his business interests. A billionaire coup d'etat. Wunderkind. Voting under the influence of celebrity. We have an institution that could stop this (no not that one), but it won't. Wheeeeee! Wheeeeeeeeeeee!
* And I'm afraid the news only gets worse.
* If you were designing a political strategy with the goal of long-term defeat, I don't think you could do better than actual existing Democrats.
* "I would rather lose than win the way you guys did," Ms. Palmieri said." Respectfully disagree! The Myth of the Rust Belt Revolt. Who Lost the White House? Careful! We don't want to learn anything from this.
It's not only The Simpsons who "predict" the future! A model Donald Trump crushes NY in this now-eerie still from the Ghostbusters set, 1984 pic.twitter.com/aSdhGM2h9v
— Histry in Pictures (@Histreepix) November 24, 2016
* I was reminded recently of this post from @rortybomb a few years ago that, I think, got the Obama years right earlier and better than just about anyone. And here he is on the election: Learning from Trump in Retrospect.
* Maybe America is simply too big.
* Inside the bizarre world of the military-entertainment industry's racialized gamification of war.
* Trump's already working miracles: Dykes to Watch Out For is out of retirement.
* The Nitty-Gritty on Getting a Job: The 5 Things Your English Professors Don't Teach You.
* Remembering Scott Eric Kaufman.
* Huge Cracks In the West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Signal Its Collapse.
* Marx as food theorist.
* Four Futures: Life After Capitalism review – will robots bring utopia or terror?
* The Mobility Myth.
* I Was a Teenage Nazi.
* If I developed a drug and then tested it myself without a control group, you might be a bit suspicious about my claims that everyone who took it recovered from his head cold after two weeks and thus that my drug is a success. But these are precisely the sorts of claims that we find in assessment.
* A world map of every country's tourism slogan. Here Are the Real Boundaries of American Metropolises, Decided by an Algorithm.
* The youth concussion crisis.
* Cheating at the Olympics Is at Epic Levels.
* Pardoning Edward Snowden.
* Mr. Plinkett and 21st-Century Star Wars Fandom. An addendum.
* Moana before Moana. This one's pretty great by the way, my kids loved it.
* From the archives: Terry Bisson's "Meat."
* Stanislaw Lem: The Man with the Future Inside Him.
* The genetics of success?
* U.S. Military Preps for Gene Drives Run Amok.
* Fidel Castro: The Playboy Interview.
* Cap'n Crunch presents The Earliest Show.
* Coming soon: Saladin Ahmed's Black Bolt. Grant Morrison's The Savage Sword of Jesus Christ.
* Parker Posey Will Play Dr. Smith and Now We Suddenly Care a Lot About Netflix's Lost in Space. TNT fires up a Snowpiercer pilot. Behind the scenes of the new MST3K. The Cursed Child is coming to Broadway.
* "Magneto Was Right": Recalibrating the Comic Book Movie for the Trump Age.
* Now my childhood is over: both Florence Henderson and Joe Denver have died.
* Of course you had me at "Science fiction vintage Japanese matchbox art mashup prints."
* A brief history of progress.
* The first, last, and only truly great object of our time.
* And say what you will about OK Go, this one's pretty damn good.
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I Have (Not a Joke) 300 Tabs Open and This Afternoon I Am Closing Them All: Election Night Links!
Seriously, can you even imagine how aggressively evil the GOP nominee will have to be in order to get people fired up about Clinton?
I've been so ridiculously busy I haven't been able to tend to my open tabs at all. There's over 300 — and I'm not leaving this room until I've closed them all. Let's go!
* Really, I've been so busy I haven't even been able to shamelessly self-promote: I missed announcing my trip to Atlanta for SLSA 2016 and my presentations on "Literary Studies after Blackfish" and the upcoming almost-almost-done issue of Paradoxa on "Global Weirding," as well as my New Inquiry review of the (fantastic) end to Liu Cixin's (fantastic) Three-Body trilogy. My new essay on "Geriatric Zombies" from The Walking Med was namechecked as part of a larger zombie news report in the Seattle Times. Most importantly I haven't been able to hype my Octavia Butler book, which is printed and apparently shipping. I've even held one in my hands!
* Meanwhile, here's my guess for tonight's final results, just to get it out of the way: 340-198.
* CFP: Letters to Octavia Butler. CFP: The Comics of Alison Bechdel. CFP: English Studies in Ruins? CFP: The World of Harry Potter.
* A new issue of the Eaton Journal in Archival Research in Science Fiction is out, including a piece from Larisa Mikhaylova on Star Trek fandom in Russia.
* French town upholds law against UFOs.
* Invisible Planets / Invisible Frameworks — Assembling an Anthology of Contemporary Chinese SF. I've been reading the Invisible Planets collection and it's great.
* Why we should lower the voting age in America.
* Žižek on the lesser evil. Jameson on fascism, but not yet. Study Confirms Network Evening Newscasts Have Abandoned Policy Coverage For 2016 Campaign. Americans, Politics, and Social Media. Stop Calling the United States a Banana Republic. Yes, Trump Really Is Saying 'Big League,' Not 'Bigly,' Linguists Say. The 282 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List. No, "we" are not collectively responsible for anything. Journey to the Center of the Alt-Right. Ivanka is the real threat. A Reading Guide for Those in Despair About American Politics. And did someone order a Constitutional crisis with a 4-4 Supreme Court?
* What Happens if You Vote and Die Before Election Day? Too late for all of us, alas.
* In contrast to the Fordist society observed by Gramsci, power now seeks to circumvent the public sphere, in order to avoid the constraints of critical reason. Increasingly, it is non-representational codes—of software, finance, human biology—that mediate between past, present and future, allowing society to cohere. Where, for example, employee engagement cannot be achieved via cultural or psychological means, increasingly business is looking to solutions such as wearable technology, that treat the worker as an item of fixed capital to be monitored physically, rather than human capital to be employed. The key human characteristics are those that are repeated in a quasi-mechanical fashion: footsteps, nightly sleep, respiration, heartbeat. These metronomic qualities of life come to represent each passing moment as yet another one of the same. The New Neoliberalism.
* "We are all Thomas More's children": 500 years of Utopia. And at LARB.
* It isn't every day that a street criminal—a high-school dropout with two felony convictions—is accused of stealing a centuries-old violin worth as much as $6 million. But nothing about the heist of the Lipinski Stradivarius, which galvanized the music world last winter, was normal, or even logical.
* How America Outlawed Adolescence. The Cognitive Benefits of Being a Man-Child.
* Inside the NSA's For-Sale Spy Town. The Indiana Town That Modernism Built.
* Where Ph.D.s Work. IPFW Community Shocked by Restructuring Recommendations. Last month's strike at Harvard. And its results. A City Clerk Opposed an Early-Voting Site at UW–Green Bay Because 'Students Lean More Toward the Democrats.' Saudi college student in Wisconsin dies after assault. Johns Hopkins threatens to close its interdisciplinary Humanities Center, sparking outcry from students and faculty members. San Diego State University tuition, 1959. How State Budget Cuts Affect Your Education.
* Cornell looks for ways to cut time professors spend on administrative requirements, as opposed to teaching and research.
* The Heterodox Academy Guide to Colleges rates America's top 150 universities (as listed by US News and World Reports) and will soon rate the Top 50 Liberal Arts Schools according to their commitment to viewpoint diversity.
* The American Association of University Professors has launched an investigation focused on the dismissal of Nathanial Bork, who had taught philosophy courses at the college for six years before he was dismissed. The AAUP says that his dismissal raises concerns both because of the issues he raises about rigor and also because he was fired shortly after he complained about the situation to the Higher Learning Commission, the college's accreditor. Further, Bork was active in efforts to improve the working conditions of adjuncts at the college.
* A More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Japanese Design Award. Love this.
* Borges and maps.
* "University Paid for Bigfoot Expedition."
* Dig this Beatnik glossary.
* Starship Troopers coming back just as documentary footage of 2016. A darker, grittier Muppet Babies, for a tragic time.
* Quentin Tarantino still insists he's going to stop at 10 movies.
* Playing with History: What Sid Meier's Video Game Empire Got Right and Wrong About 'Civilization.'
* "Capitalism Broke Earth, Let's Protect Mars."
* Inside Magic Leap, The Secretive $4.5 Billion Startup Changing Computing Forever.
* The video for Soul Asylum's 1993 smash hit featured real missing kids. Some eventually came home; some never did.
* Her toddler suddenly paralyzed, mother tries to solve a vexing medical mystery. Football Alters the Brains of Kids as Young as 8. Why treating diabetes keeps getting more expensive. The Other Sister: Returning Home to Care for an Autistic Sibling.
* Inmates Explain How They'd Run Prisons.
* If Women Wrote Men the Way Men Write Women.
* Zork in your browser.
* Russia Reveals 'Satan 2' Nuclear Missile Capable of Destroying Texas in One Blow. Bathroom air freshener causes emergency response at nuclear site.
* Why can't the Star Trek timeline advance?
* The end of butterflies.
* The Venom From This Snake Will Make Your Life a Living Hell.
* Inside The Strange, Paranoid World Of Julian Assange.
* Ruin chic.
* Why Did This Guy Collect 500 Screenshots of Soda Machines in Video Games? Because He's a Genius. And elsewhere on the Jacob Brogan science beat: Everyone Poops. Some Animals Eat It. Why?
* Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, Thumb U.N. won't intervene.
* Now Is The Perfect Time For The Indians To Quietly Abandon Chief Wahoo.
* Deep time's uncanny future is full of ghostly human traces. How the Concept of Deep Time Is Changing.
* The Average American Melts 645 Square Feet of Arctic Ice Every Year.
* In rural North Dakota, a small county and an insular religious sect are caught in a stand-off over a decaying piece of America's atomic history: The Pyramid at the End of the World.
* Penn State Fined Record $2.4 Million in Jerry Sandusky Case.
* Dibs on the screenplay: Yellowstone's "Zone of Death." And I'll take this one too: The Canadian Military Is Investigating a Mysterious Noise In the Arctic.
* How Doctor Strange went from being a racist Asian caricature to a magical white savior.
* A new favorite poem:
here's a sweet short poem by Tom French, who I'll be reading with this Sun., 1pm @IrishArtsCenter – y'all should come pic.twitter.com/VN2Yofc1yp
— Jana Prikryl (@janaprikryl) November 3, 2016
* Animal minds: the new anthropomorphism.
* You weren't educated, you were trained.
* Twenty-first century Victorians.
* Remembering Tom Hayden.
* How We Tell Campus Rape Stories After Rolling Stone.
* Native lives matter. Tribe vows to fight North Dakota pipeline through winter. The world watches. A Standing Rock Syllabus.
* Superheroes and sadness. Pixar and sadness.
* Presenting The Black Mirror Expanded Universe.
* Wildlife numbers more than halve since 1970s in mass extinction. Inside the Frozen Zoo That Could Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life.
* The secret history of Teaching with Calvin & Hobbes.
* A bad idea, but fine: The Adventures of Young Dumbledore.
* Kardashev Type III Societies (Apparently) Do Not Exist.
* And frankly you had me at LEGO, but I like the rest too: LEGO's New Line of Female Superheroes Is the Toy We Deserve.
quick why was it important than Obama beat Hillary Clinton again
— Gerry Canavan (@gerrycanavan) May 15, 2014
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Banana Republics
Matt Yglesias has your must-read pithy observation about conservatives' newfound disdain for "banana republics," with Steve Benen, Josh Marshall, Glenn Greenwald, and Steve Benen again filling in the gaps.
Tagged with America, banana republics, Bush, imperialism, junta parties, politics, Republicans, torture, truth and reconciliation commissions, United Fruit Company
The Bailout, Part 89
Olbermann and Maddow on MSNBC are reporting that the Asian markets are tanking in response to the failure of the bailout. The Nikkei is already down 5%, and the Australian stock market dropped 4% in the first fifteen minutes of trading.
I had my quarrels with him during the primaries, but at a moment like this I find Paul Krugman really indispensable. Fun, too; here he is on today's political failures:
So what we now have is non-functional government in the face of a major crisis, because Congress includes a quorum of crazies and nobody trusts the White House an inch.
As a friend said last night, we've become a banana republic with nukes.
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Q: Where to put the DESC clause in this query without having an error? I am new to sql and having issues with the following query:
SELECT AVG(people.weight),
             (people.playerid),
       (people.namefirst),
       (people.namelast),
       (batting.teamid),
       (teams.teamid),
       (teams.name)
 FROM people
 JOIN batting
 ON people.playerid = batting.playerid
 JOIN teams
 ON teams.teamid = batting.teamid
 GROUP BY (people.playerid),
       (people.namefirst),
       (people.namelast),
       (batting.teamid),
       (teams.teamid),
       (teams.name)
 LIMIT 30;

Where am I supposed to enter the DESC clause in the query without having an error ? What am I doing wrong ?
Thank you in advance.

A: DESC can be one of two things:
DESC is an optional part of the ORDER BY clause and goes after the GROUP BY but before the LIMIT. It controls whether the sort happens in ascending or descending order.
DESC can describe the table structure (I think this is specific to MySQL though), but this seems to have nothing to do with your select query.