Jack Bosch talks about the lessons he learned from the legendary Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. In this episode, Jack Bosch discusses his views on house flipping and – more importantly – how you should change your relationship with money in order to gain long term financial freedom.
There is a very simple strategy to growing your passive income, and it all comes down to how you spend your money.
Jack: Jack Bosch here, and welcome to the Forever Cash live real estate podcast. In this episode, I'm going to re-explain a concept that the famous author, Robert Kiyosaki, explained in his book, "Rich Dad Poor Dad." There's a lot of questions that people have, or people, I think, have misunderstood some of his message, and I'm going to explain it in a slightly different way. See you in a moment.
Narrator: Welcome to the Forever Cash live real estate investing podcast with your hosts Jack and Michelle Bosch. Together, let's uncover the secrets to building true wealth through real estate and living a purpose-driven life.
Jack: All right, so here we go. What Robert Kiyosaki talks about with his cash flow, quiet rent, and all these kind of things is basically a whole bunch of different things. One of the things he talks about is… And, by the way, I love his books. I read almost all of them. They're great books, and he does a great job educating the public about that a job is not a path to financial independence.
So, what he talks about is the four quadrants, which is, like one of them is employee, one of them is self-employed, one of them is investor, and one of them is a business owner. And I'm not even going to jump into that too much because that concept, I think, can sometimes be confusing to several people, because they're like, "Well, is the only way to financial independence being a business owner?" No, you can get there as an investor. As a matter of fact, I actually think that, ultimately. Or, "Is the only way to get there as an investor?" Well, no, you can get there as a business owner. No, you can get there as a W-2 person too. The key is, though, is that your activities and your outlook on what money is and how to use money needs to change, and that is going to be the critical distinguishing factor on whether or not you make it to financial independence.
So, here's one of my statements that Michelle and I have created. That is, basically, the money you make is not there to be spent on stuff. The money you make, you should be using to actually invest. So, from that point of view is, no matter which way you make the money, whether it's W-2, whether it's a self-employed person, like a doctor, dentist, or mowing the neighbors' lawns, right, or as a business owner, is that money should be used, as much of it as possible, should be used to invest in two things only, in yourself for more knowledge, for more capability, for more, yeah, for more capability, and/or into assets that ultimately spit out cash flow.
So, what Kiyosaki talks about in "Rich Dad Poor Dad," how the first few properties he went and flipped, this is not a license for everyone to just go flip for the rest of your life. What Michelle and I learned from that was, yes, that you need, in order to make money, you've got to flip, right, I mean, if you pick real estate. Flipping is a great method to make money, but it's not the end of it all, and that's where a lot of people go wrong. A lot of people, they just, flip, flip, flip, flip, flip, flip, flip, and they flip for the rest of their life, and then they use all the money. They start getting used to it, and they start realizing, "Oh, man, I'm making good money with those flips. Let me upgrade my lifestyle. Let me buy the big car. Let me go on the big vacation. Let me do all this stuff." And then, they actually just burn through more money because they figured out a way to make more money, and flipping is that way to make more money.
So, Michelle even, and I even fell into that trap at the beginning because we started flipping, flipping, flipping, flipping, and after a while, keeping our expenses really low, we realized, "Oh, man, this is not stopping. This is actually scalable. Let's keep going." And then, we started upscaling our lifestyle, but soon enough, we realized, at some point of time, we realized that, "Well, you can't retire from flipping." So, what you've got to do is, at some point of time, you've got to take the money that you make flipping, keep your expenses low, and roll that money over into passive cash flow. And Kiyosaki talks about that in his book. When he, basically, after flipping the first properties, he made enough money to actually buy a few of these same condos. He like flipped a bunch, a bunch of condos, distressed condos. He made enough money to actually buy a few of them and then have them, hold on to them, and have the appreciation and the cash flow work in your favor.
Because, if you buy and hold, especially when you bought low, in a way that you get cash flow, then you actually have appreciation and cash flow work in your favor. You get cash flow every month, but the asset, also, is going up in value every month and every year, and then at some point of time, when you go sell them or roll it over into something else, you now have enjoyed the cash flow for 5, 7, 10 years, and you turn around, and you sell the asset for 2, 3, 4 times what you bought it for, and you really doubled the benefits of that, all the while while getting tax benefits all along. So, you really have a triple whammy in that case, and that's how real wealth is being generated.
So, when we realized that, we started… We continued flipping, because there's nothing wrong with flipping as long as you're using it. As a matter of fact, our land flipping method, where you buy properties for 5 to 25 cents on the dollar is a perfect way to flip. Well, like if you can buy something for $2,000, everyone can afford it, nobody needs a loan for that. You take it in for 20, you sell it for… You take it in for $2,000, you sell it for $20,000, make an $18,000 profit. You do that 10, 20, 30 times a year, you're making a load of money. And then what you do is, you take that money and you roll that over into two things. In your own education, because in order to then know about how to buy and hold houses, you've got to know about houses, so you've got to educate yourself, right. And then, you can even roll it in multi-family, which is the explanation of why we do those great things right now. We flip, actively, land, but we buy houses to hold, and we buy apartment complexes to hold for long-term, right, mid-term and long-term.
Because, when you do that, you have now, you're going from an active income strategy to a long-term wealth strategy, right. Hope that makes sense, a long-term wealth strategy. And that's what Kiyosaki mentions when he talks about Monopoly, take four little houses into a big hotel. Well, but he's not exactly clear about it. He just, he talks about all these different ways. He talks about building passive cash flow, but really what he's talking about is: Step one, learn how to flip. Step two, learn how to take the money that you invest in yourself, of course, then learn how to take the money that you make and roll that money over into long-term passive cash flow. And when you do that, of course, you also want to invest it, not in treasuries for 2% or in bonds for whatever they give these days, but instead, into assets that give you a 10, 15, 20% return, after-tax return, on your money, because when you do that, you're actually playing in Warren Buffett territory. You know that? Everyone is like, all the stock market is talking about how nobody can beat Warren Buffett. You know what? You can beat Warren Buffett.
In real estate, by using modest leverage, by getting the deals after that you get below market, by getting deals for cash flow, the appreciation, tax benefits, when you take this all together, a very, very, on a consistent basis, every year pretty much, our returns rival those of Warren Buffett. Now, go figure. Are we geniuses? No. We're following Robert Kiyosaki's model, just that we tweaked it into land. We're flipping land, and then we're going and, actually, instead of financing land, we're selling land with installment payments. Therefore, we're creating cash flow from land, but even that cash flow is only temporary, right, and then we roll all that over and buy free and clear rental houses and buy apartment complexes with it.
That's the true meaning of Robert Kiyosaki's getting out of the rat race. When your passive income is above your active income, then you are financially free. And, by the way, when you play at Robert Kiyosaki's game, cash flow, you often don't have to be the highest earner to get out of the rat race. You don't have to be the highest earner to get out of the rat race. You can literally get out of the rat race by keeping your expenses also low and just building that passive income. And you build that by creating cash, rolling cash into passive income, keeping your expenses low, and then keep running it. And the most thing that we spend on is our personal education, as well as our investments. That's what we put our money into.
So, I hope that was useful as a clarification, as a guideline also, of what Kiyosaki really meant when he talked about that. And looking forward to your feedback, right. When you see that, we would love to get your five-star review off this podcast. The five-star reviews really, really help us, so make sure you go to iTunes, give us a five-star review. And then, other than that, we'll see you in the next episode. Thank you. Bye-bye.
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Q: How can I "tell" MySQL to return the maximum value for each category and some other value associated with that max value? Here I have my table called "Pais"(Country in Spanish), Id_Pais is the Primary Key and Continente_FK(Continente stands for Continent) is a foreign key that relates each country to a continent, below you can see my data
What I'm trying to do is a table that shows me by continent the maximum extension of a country AND the name of the country that has the max extension, I have done the first part already with these code:
SELECT MAX(Extension) FROM Pais GROUP BY Continente_FK;

That code shows me the max extension associated with each continent, I tried this other code, but it only shows me the max extension out of all countries, not the max for each continent(the max out of all):
SELECT C.Id_Continente, P.Nombre, P.Extension,C.Nombre
FROM Pais P RIGHT OUTER JOIN Continente C ON C.Id_Continente=P.Continente_FK
WHERE P.Extension=(SELECT MAX(Extension) FROM Pais)
GROUP BY C.Id_Continente;

"Nombre" means "Name"
I really don't know how to tell MySQL to "give" the name that has associated the max extension, please help.
Thanks!

A: You're missing a condition in the subquery:
SELECT C.Id_Continente, P.Nombre, P.Extension,C.Nombre
FROM Pais P RIGHT OUTER JOIN Continente C
ON C.Id_Continente=P.Continente_FK
WHERE P.Extension=(SELECT MAX(Extension) FROM Pais P2
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GROUP BY C.Id_Continente;

The only problem I see is if you have two countries from the same continent with same extension (which is unlikely). You'll always get one result per continent.

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: Le Chant du Diable ou Morts de Peur au Québec () est un slasher américain réalisé par Victor Salva, sorti en 2001.

Synopsis
Les vacances d'été sont enfin arrivées et, comme chaque année, Trish et Daryl, deux étudiants, frère et sœur, prennent la route pour rendre visite à leurs parents. Sur le chemin, un routier agressif emboutit l'arrière de leur voiture sans raison apparente.

Quelques kilomètres plus loin, Trish et Daryl revoient le même camion, à côté d'une église abandonnée. Ils aperçoivent le conducteur, entièrement vêtu de loques, qui jette un corps dans une canalisation. Malgré les protestations de Trish, Daryl veut en avoir le cœur net : il s'engage dans le conduit et va y faire une découverte terrifiante.

Synopsis détaillé
Trish Jenner et son frère Daryl rentrent de l'université pour les vacances d'été. Alors qu'ils traversent la campagne de Floride, un vieux camion les menace mais finit par passer. Ils observent plus tard le même camion garé à côté d'une église abandonnée avec le chauffeur glissant ce qui semble être des corps enveloppés dans des draps tachés de sang dans un grand tuyau dépassant du sol. Ayant remarqué leur voiture passer, le conducteur les poursuit et les fait sortir de la route.

Après le départ du camion, Daryl convainc Trish de retourner à l'église. Après enquête, Daryl entend des bruits provenant de l'intérieur du tuyau et rampe à l'intérieur avec Trish se tenant sur ses pieds, mais finit par tomber. Au fond, il trouve un homme mourant avec des points de suture le long de son ventre, des centaines d'autres corps cousus aux murs et le plafond du sous-sol, et les corps de Kenny et Darla, un couple de bal qui avait disparu vingt-trois ans auparavant. Après s'être échappés, les deux fuient les lieux et tentent de contacter la police dans un restaurant, où ils sont appelés par une femme étrange qui leur dit qu'ils sont en danger. Elle joue la chanson "Jeepers Creepers" sur un tourne-disque et leur dit que la chanson "Jeepers Creepers" est le chant du diable, et confus, ils ignorent son avertissement et partent avec deux policiers qui assurent une escorte de sécurité. En voyageant, la police apprend que l'église a pris feu et que toute preuve potentielle a été détruite. Les policiers sont alors attaqués et tués par le chauffeur, qui charge leurs corps dans le camion. Témoins des conséquences, Trish et Daryl partent terrorisés.

Le couple s'arrête chez une femme âgée et recluse vivant seule avec ses chats, la suppliant d'appeler la police. La femme s'exécute jusqu'à ce qu'elle remarque le chauffeur se cachant dans sa cour en prenant la place d'un épouvantail, le chauffeur se cache dans la maison et fait fuir tous les chats, pensant que le chauffeur veut faire du mal à ses chats la femme tente de le tuer avec son fusil mais finalement le chauffeur la tue avant de révéler son visage inhumain à Trish et Daryl. Trish écrase à plusieurs reprises le conducteur avec sa voiture mais reste horrifiée en voyant une aile géante déchirer son trench-coat et se rabattre en l'air. Les deux jeunes partent et se rendent à un poste de police local, où ils sont approchés par Jezelle Hartman, la femme qui les a appelés au restaurant. Elle leur raconte la vraie nature de leur poursuivant : c'est une ancienne créature, connue sous le nom du "Creeper", qui se réveille tous les 23 ans au printemps pendant vingt-trois jours pour se régaler de parties du corps humain, qui forment alors des parties de son propre corps. Elle leur dit aussi qu'elle cherche ses victimes par la peur et qu'en sentant la peur de Trish et Daryl, le Creeper a trouvé un parfum qui l'a mis en appétit.

Le Creeper blessé arrive au poste de police, coupe le courant et mange plusieurs prisonniers pour remplacer ses organes endommagés. Le Creeper est encerclé  par la police mais en tue un certain nombre et échappe à la capture. Pris au piège, Jezelle prévient Trish et Daryl que l'un d'eux mourra d'une mort horrible. Daryl demande à savoir qui, et Jezelle regarde Trish. Le Creeper les trouve mais épargne Jezelle avant de coincer Trish et Daryl dans une salle d'interrogatoire à l'étage. Après les avoir reniflé et goûté, le Creeper jette Trish de côté et choisit Daryl. Trish offre sa vie pour celle de son frère, si au début, le Creeper semble obéir aux obligations de Trish, il finit par s'échapper par une fenêtre et s'envole avec Daryl. Le lendemain, Trish est récupérée par ses parents et Jezelle rentre chez elle avec regret. Dans une usine abandonnée, il est révélé que le Creeper a enlevé l'arrière de la tête de Daryl et lui a pris les yeux. Il est révélé que le Creeper voulait les yeux de Darry, car la peur qu'il a ressenti ayant vu les corps dans le sous-sol de l'église a fait de lui une proie de choix pour le Creeper. Dans une scène de post-crédits, le Creeper conduit son camion sous le soleil couchant à la recherche de nouvelles proies, en voyant la caméra, il appuie sur le klaxon de son véhicule avant de lancer un sourire maléfique.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Titre français :  : Le Chant du diable
 Titre québécois : Morts de peur
 Réalisation : Victor Salva
 Scénario : Victor Salva
 Direction artistique : Kevin Egeland
 Décors : Steven Legler
 Costumes : Emae Villalobos
 Directeur de la photographie : Don E. FauntLeRoy
 Montage : Ed Marx
 Musique : Bennett Salvay
 Effets spéciaux visuels : Michael Arbogast, Joel P. Blanchard, Roy Ceballos, Max Ink Cafe
 Effets spéciaux de maquillage : Brian Penikas
 Production : Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Luse, J. Todd Harris, Linda Reisman, Barry Opper, Mario Ohoven, Eberhard Kayser
 Sociétés de production : VCL Communications GmbH, Cinerenta-Cinebeta, American Zoetrope
 Société de distribution : Capitol Films
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : anglais
 Format : couleur - 35 mm - 1,85:1 - son Dolby Digital, DTS
 Genre : Horreur, thriller
 Durée : 90 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
 États-Unis :
 France :
 Interdit aux moins de 12 ans

Distribution
 Gina Philips (VQ : Camille Cyr-Desmarais) : Patricia "Trish" Jenner
 Justin Long (VQ : Hugolin Chevrette) : Darius "Daryl" Jenner
 Jonathan Breck : The Creeper/Bald Cop
 Patricia Belcher (VF : Frédérique Cantrel ; VQ : Johanne Léveillé) : Jezelle Gay Hartman
 Brandon Smith (VQ : Louis-Georges Girard): sergent Davis Tubbs
 Eileen Brennan (VQ : Michèle Deslauriers): la dame aux chats
 Jon Beshara : Agent Robert Gideon
 Avis-Marie Barnes (VQ : Lisette Dufour) : Agent Natasha Weston
 Tom Tarantini : Roach
 Patrick Cherry (VQ : Jean-François Beaupré): Binky Plutzker

 Version française
 Studio de doublage : Dubbing Brothers
 Direction artistique : Jean-Pierre Dorat
 Adaptation : Philippe Millet
Source et légende : Version québécoise (VQ) sur Doublage QC.

Distinctions

Récompenses et Nominations
 Crystal Reel Awards 2002
 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA 2002 (nommé)
 International Horror Guild Awards 2002 (nommé)
 Festival international du film de Catalogne 2001 (nommé)
 Fantastic'Arts 2002 (en compétition)

Autour du film
 Gina Philips (Trish) et Justin Long (Darry) n'ont pas été autorisés à voir le déguisement de « Jonathan Breck » () avant que les scènes soient filmées pour être plus choqués devant la caméra.
 La scène de la camionnette qui dépasse les frères et sœurs a été inspirée par l'émission Unsolved Mysteries : Dennis DePue.
 La camionnette est une Chevrolet « Chevy COE » 1941 personnalisée pour le film.

Articles connexes
 Jeepers Creepers 2, de Victor Salva, sorti en 2003.
 Jeepers Creepers 3, de Victor Salva, sorti en 2017.
 Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, sorti en 2022.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 2001
Film d'horreur américain
Thriller (film) américain
Film produit par Francis Ford Coppola
Slasher
Film d'United Artists
Film d'American Zoetrope

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[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading="Your Family Photos are NOT just for You" heading_tag="h1″ default_sub_heading="They are also for your children" subheading_tag="h2″][/ultimate_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280″ screen_wide_spacer_size="30″ screen_normal_resolution="1024″ screen_tablet_resolution="800″ screen_mobile_resolution="480″ sizing="" sizing_wide="" sizing_normal="" sizing_tablet="" sizing_mobile=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2″][dfd_single_image image="18513″][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2″][vc_column_text]Your Family Photos are NOT just for You! They are also for your children. Hang on tight, I'm going to get a little morbid here. If us as parents get our wish, our children will outlive us. There will come a time when all there is left are memories of us. If you are one of those that get their annual family photos, your kids will thank you one day! They are not going to care that you weren't that tanned that year, or you gained 10 lbs or you had 100lbs to loose. These are people who love you and want nothing more than to have just one more minute with you.
You see, our children will grow up. They will create their own lives, their own memories. At that time they will treasure the moments you captured. Not just of them, but of them and you!
We don't know what tomorrow holds, all we can do is treasure what is today. Hold on to moments, their little hugs and snuggles. The whispers of I love you in your ear and just how sweet they look when they sleep![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280″ screen_wide_spacer_size="80″ screen_normal_resolution="1024″ screen_tablet_resolution="800″ screen_mobile_resolution="480″ sizing="" sizing_wide="" sizing_normal="" sizing_tablet="" sizing_mobile=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2″][vc_column_text]We live in the age of electronics. Our phones are our camera's today. I love that! I am always ready. When my kids have a moment. I am ready to capture it (unless the damn thing is charging). DSLR camera's are becoming more and more affordable. Our generation is ready when it comes to photos of our little ones!
BUT and this is a big fat but! What do you do with all those photos? Digital images don't store very well. Computers crash, do you have a back-up method? CD's are fairly unreliable. If the CD/DVD gets scratched, it is very difficult to retrieve the data on that disc. USB is better, but will probably not last a few decades as who knows what we will use in 5 years from now.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2″][vc_single_image image="18602″ item_animation="transition.bounceIn"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280″ screen_wide_spacer_size="60″ screen_normal_resolution="1024″ screen_tablet_resolution="800″ screen_mobile_resolution="480″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It can be a daunting task of getting your photos printed. Let's face it, each one of us probably have well over a thousand pictures by the time our little one turns one! Maybe our new years resolution should be to get a certain amount of them printed each month.
Give photos as gifts! Grandparents quite often have everything they want and need. A lovely photo gift will mean the world to them!


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"But you couldn't even wake up for five days?"
"I know you can't believe it, but magicians sometimes be like this. Duke-nim will have to adjust to it. I'm going to say the same thing even if you bring a doctor or a priest."
"So don't worry too much. There are a lot of sleeping princesses in the magic tower. I'll assure you."
Ethan sighed quietly at Sarah's words. It had been quite some time since the existence of a magician last appeared in the Empire. Even the Empire could not grasp the power possessed by a magician, let alone individual doctors or priests. He had no choice but to believe what Sarah said. But his sharp sense was telling that something bad was happening to Sarah's health.
'Build your strength until your surroundings dry up, you monster bastard. By eating everyone around you, including your mother.'
Ethan clenched his fists at the thought that this power his mother had feared all her life might have made Sarah like that. If you wanted something, the more desperate it was, the more brutally it would be taken away. His mother's shouting like a curse was still buzzing in his head.
"Duke-nim."
At that moment, Sarah placed her hand on Ethan's clenched fist and called out to him. Ethan looked at her, not knowing what expression he was making.
"My goal is to be around until Claude-nim grows up."
"It's my personality that I have to get what I want. I think Duke-nim knows this well because he has stepped back from my stubbornness several times, no?"
"That's right, too."
"So trust me. I'm okay. I wouldn't even start if I was going to run away in fear of this power."
Ethan's eyes shook slightly at Sarah's words. The anxiety he felt when he saw her not waking up with her eyes closed still remained intact at his fingertips. Ethan realized what the fear was that unconsciously shook him. Why he wanted Sarah to open her eyes.
'I want to throw up.'
He was afraid Sarah would disappear forever. That woman, who said she was not afraid of Ambrosia's power, said she didn't expect this, and she was afraid and ran away, saying it was terrible. He was afraid it would hurt Claude, who had already fallen in love with her because she hadn't appeared forever since then. He was afraid he would find himself hoping for Sarah without realizing it. That was how he was afraid she'd let Claude and himself go. Ethan realized that she was the first salvation he had tasted, and at this moment he opened his eyes and saw Sarah smiling at him.
Ethan sighed briefly and hardened his face. It was the first time he openly realized his feelings like this. It was not as pleasant as he thought to realize that he was desperate. It meant that the existence of the woman named Sarah Millen inside him was bigger than expected. To the point of him discovering it by himself.
"By any chance, do you not like it?"
Looking at Ethan's face hardened by shock, Sarah asked in a cautious voice. Claude also looked up at him with a terrified look, wondering if his father was trying to reject Sarah.
When Claude grabbed his hem in a whimper, Ethan looked at the two as if he had come to his senses.
"No, I'm not."
Ethan took a deep breath and clasped Claude's hand awkwardly, which was holding his hem.
"Can I ask you why you're doing this?"
"I've become curious about why you're putting so much effort into me and Claude."
At Ethan's question, Sarah smiled as she looked at Claude's face looking at her. The softly curved corners of her eyes and the bright smile on her lips were as fresh and bright as the sunlight.
"It doesn't take that long to fall in love with someone. I'm already in love, and now that I know this loveliness, I can't help it."
Six years. For as long as six years, she had been researching on how to end Ambrosia's curse, thinking of Claude. During that period, it was right to say that she only thought of the child and Ambrosia like crazy enough to be called obsessed. At that time, it was true that she felt deeply sorry for Claude, worried, and guilty. The first time she fell in love with the real Claude was when she met the child and met his tear-soaked eyes.
"There was plenty of loveliness existing in front of my eyes. So what can I do? I have no choice but to fall in love."
Claude's eyes were filled with great joy when she heard Sarah's answer. Kissing the tears dripping down from those big eyes, Sarah continued.
"You don't need a grand reason, for the human heart. It's flowing without me knowing. I just quickly acknowledged that."
"So, Duke-nim, don't be afraid to give your heart either."
At Sarah's words, Ethan looked at her silently for a moment. Looking at his forehead narrowed like a habit as if he was thinking complicatedly, Sarah thought for a moment that she might have forced him to admit his feelings for Claude. It was time for Sarah to apologize, saying it was too early, thinking of a father-son relationship that would still be awkward.
"Sarah is truly a miraculous person to me and Claude."
Listening to Ethan's soft voice with a short smile, Sarah opened her eyes wide and gaped.
'He smiled.'
Ethan Ambrosia smiled. The corners of his lips curled up softly, and the spring sunshine-like energy permeated his icy lips. In addition, a warm feeling lingered in his navy blue eyes, which had always gleamed, and the glow shone along his curved eyes. It wasn't the first time he smiled in front of Sarah. Sometimes he smiled out of courtesy or showed a smile on one corner of his mouth. But at this moment, Sarah could see that he smiled sincerely at her.
'……How can a person smile like that?'
Sarah, who held her breath without realizing it, soon blinked with a deep breath. Ethan's bright smile quickly faded, but it was stuck very clearly in Sarah's mind.
'This is cheating. I'm as happy as when Claude-nim called me by my name.'
It was as if Ethan, who pretended not to be, who was always wary of her, finally recognized himself for the first time. Sarah's cheeks slightly heated up because the untamed beast seemed to have shown his true feelings for a brief moment.
"So, Duke-nim. Won't you tell me what happened to the First Prince? Duke Ambrosia-nim didn't just blow away the five days I slept, right?"
In response to Sarah's question, who was changing the subject for no reason, Ethan said with a relaxed expression on his face, as if he had forgotten the slightest thoughts.
"Although Marquis Bollun put a lot of effort, it seems that the First Prince's deprivation of the right to be the heir to the throne will proceed without any problems."
"Oh my, the First Prince must be heartbroken."
Even though she clicked her tongue as if she was sad, there was a hint of surprise that Sarah could not hide in her voice. The First Prince's madness was not what happened yesterday or today, so the case of attempting to wield a sword at Sarah and Claude could have ended with a few months of self-reflection.
However, the fact that the Duke of Ambrosia, who declared that he would not be involved in the issue of succession to the throne at all, took it to the point of stripping the First Prince of the right to the throne, was an achievement that could not be achieved with ordinary abilities.
"How did it happen?"
"I've only said a few words of personal advice to His Majesty."
"His Majesty wanted to know about your mood, so I was just telling him that having a conversation with you was impossible."
While cleverly hiding the facts, cleverly telling the truth. Sarah knew how scary Ethan Ambrosia was, but this was the first time she realized it. The Emperor would not have believed that Sarah was seriously wounded by the sword of the First Prince because the Emperor knew that Sarah Millen was a magician. However, Ethan Ambrosia's words were also true because she was actually hit to the point of falling asleep for five days. The Emperor, unaware of this fact, misunderstood that Sarah was angry with the First Prince.
"Did you sell me?"
"After the death of the Emperor, shouldn't the great magician's wrath be directed toward the Empire?"
Ethan shrugged, wondering what the problem was.
"I was just hinting to the Emperor that the Emperor was an Empire. It's the Emperor's job to interpret this, not my job."
"Wow, you're so mean. I'm not a person who has that much anger."
"I just didn't correct what the Emperor thought."
"…… So scary."
"If it's a compliment, I'll appreciate it."
Sarah finally shook her head and sighed deeply. As a result, the First Prince, the Emperor's most cherished and beloved son, was completely removed from the throne.
"Then how are you going to deal with the First Prince?"
Another smile appeared on Ethan's lips at Sarah's question. Obviously, it was a smile with a completely different meaning from before.
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Strictly Come Dancing 2020 results! Who left? Latest celebrity voted off
This week's Strictly Come Dancing 2020 results - 6 December
Another celebrity has left Strictly Come Dancing 2020 in tonight's results - who was eliminated?
This weekend the six remaining couples danced twice to impress the viewers at home as well as judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood.
At the end of Sunday night (6 December), one more couple waved goodbye to the ballroom.
Who left Strictly Come Dancing 2020 this week?
Those in the bottom two were JJ Chalmers and his partner Amy Dowden and Jamie Laing and his partner Karen Hauer.
After the dance off, it was JJ Chalmers who left Strictly Come Dancing 2020 this week.
In the dance-off both couples performed their routines again, JJ and Amy performed their Charleston to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jamie and Karen performed their Jive to Everybody's Talking About Jamie in a bid to impress the judges and remain in the competition
The judges then chose who to save and it was a split decision.
Strictly Come Dancing 2020 results
Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Jamie and Karen: "Well I think both couples danced to the best of their abilities and both couples upped their game considerably. But for me the best couple on the night that I would like to go through to semi finals - Jamie and Karen."
Motsi Mabuse chose to save JJ and Amy: "I actually think we saw two different dancing styles which both have their own qualities; both energetic, both so great at this dance off - very difficult decision. I saw a little hiccup with one dance, so I'm saving JJ and Amy."
Head Judge Shirley Ballas had the deciding vote and chose to save Jamie and Karen: "Both couples lifted their game, I adored both performances very very much, and both couples made small mistakes, both couples. But on a more powerful and through difficulty of choreography and through sheer determination, I'm going to save Jamie."
When asked by Tess about his time on the show, JJ said: "I'm unbelievably proud. I never thought I would make it this far, I've gotten half decent maybe at something which I had no clue about to begin with and I've enjoyed every second of it, it has just been an absolute blast.
"It's just a privilege to be in this long. I mean this competition is insane! To be counted among that cast at this stage in particular means the world to me. It's meant everything. It's been an unbelievable challenge, well outside my comfort zone but I've had this one to just keep me in it and I can't quite express what she means to me."
Referring to Amy's battle with Crohn's disease JJ added: "She's lived through so much in her own right in fairness and I know that any day she can wake up and she could be hospitalised essentially so she lives fearing she'll let people down. But the way you've built me up, you could never let me down."
The remaining couples will take to the dancefloor next week, when Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday 12 December at 7PM with the results show on Sunday 13 December at 7:30PM on BBC One.
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Sri Lanka: July 25, 2001
The final casualty count for the rebel aircraft attack is; 14 rebels, seven airport police dead, 12 airport police and four airport staff wounded. Three commercial aircraft were destroyed (two 250 ton AirBus 330s and one 300 ton AirBus 340) and three damaged. Six fix winged military aircraft (two Ifirs, one MiG-27 and three K-8 trainers) and two helicopters (a Mi-24 gunship and a Mi-17 transport) were destroyed. The 14 man rebel suicide squad were seen having a last meal at a picnic area outside the airport in the hours before they made their assault. Civilians reported the suspicious group of men, but police did nothing. Because of a drought, electricity was turned off to most users before midnight. This cut the lights around much of the air port and air base perimeter fence. That's when the rebels went to a remote portion of the perimeter fence, changed into military uniforms and picked up their weapons and explosives (which were apparently brought there by other rebels.) The fence was then cut, the airbase entered and attacks made against military aircraft with anti-tank rockets (RPG/bazooka type.) Airport security police were slow to respond, and this allowed the rebels to move over to the adjacent civilian airport and attack large transports. At least three of these attacks were made by suicide bombers (who had explosives strapped to their bodies.) The rebels had a lot of weapons with them, including nine assault rifles, three machine guns, one 40-mm
grenade launcher, eight explosive charges and six shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons (RPGs).


Hundreds of rebels and their families have boarded buses to leave a besieged opposition-held neighbourhood of the Syrian capital Damascus, according to state TV and opposition activists. They are heading for rebel-held areas in the country's north under an agreement between the warring sides in the country.
The development is the latest in a series of population transfers in the war-torn country over the past year. However, the evacuation of some 1,500 people from the north-eastern Barzeh neighbourhood in Damascus is the first in this area. It is also the first since Russia, Turkey, and Iran agreed on Friday to enforce a ceasefire between government and opposition forces in four areas in Syria.
Barzeh came under siege last month, after government forces captured a major road near the area separating it from rebel-held eastern suburbs of Damascus. Over the past months, tens of thousands of people living in besieged areas around Damascus, Homs, and Aleppo – Syria's largest city – have surrendered after prolonged sieges in exchange for safe relocation to opposition-held areas elsewhere in the country.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said hundreds are expected to leave Barzeh, with around 1,500 expected to leave on Monday and more in the coming weeks. Mazen al-Shami, an opposition activist based near Damascus, said the opposition fighters and their families are boarding the buses in Barzeh to head to the rebel-held north-western province of Idlib. He posted a photo online showing fighters with their automatic rifles standing near buses.
The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said some 500 fighters will head to Idlib, while dozens of other Barzeh residents plan to stay, apparently benefiting from an amnesty offered to opposition fighters who decided to return to normal civilian lives. Syrian state TV said some 60 buses and ambulances of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were in Barzeh for the evacuations.
Some opposition activists have criticised the population movements as "forced displacement". Last month, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the forced movement of civilians could constitute a war crime. He said the UN has repeatedly expressed concern at local evacuation agreements that follow the decimation of an area and result in the forced displacement of civilians.
The UN chief reminded Syria's government and opposition groups that forced displacement of civilians is "permissible solely in order to guarantee their security or for imperative military necessity". Otherwise, forced movements are prohibited and may be war crimes, he said.
As for the Russia-Iran-Turkey ceasefire deal, there are still questions about how it will be enforced.
Russia and Iran, which support the government, and Turkey, which backs the rebels, may deploy armed forces to secure the four so-called "de-escalation zones", in what would amount to unprecedented coordination between the three countries.
Even if the agreement is enforced, it is unlikely to end the conflict. Despite several rounds of UN-mediated negotiations in Geneva, the government and opposition remain at odds over President Bashar Assad's future role in Syria. The United States is not party to the de-escalation agreement, and the Syrian government and opposition have not signed on to the deal. The armed opposition is critical of the agreement and has demanded a national ceasefire instead.
Later, Syria's foreign minister said there will be no international forces under UN supervision as part of the deal struck by Russia, Iran and Turkey.
Mr al-Moallem told reporters at a news conference in the Syrian capital that the agreement signed in the Kazakh capital, Astana, stipulates for the deployment of "military police" at observation centres in four so-called de-escalation zones. He did not elaborate on who the military police would be but appeared to be inferring to Russian observers already on the ground in Syria.
Mr al-Moallem reiterated his government's commitment to the Astana deal but said it is "premature" to talk about whether it will be successful. He said "there are still logistical details that will be discussed in Damascus and we will see the extent of commitment to this agreement". He added that militants must be purged out of safe zones envisaged by the agreement.
He said armed Syrian opposition groups must separate themselves from extremist groups such as al Qaida's Syria branch. Mr al-Moallem said "it is the duty" of these armed groups to force the militants from their areas so that they can become safe.
He added that it is also the duty of the agreement's guarantors to help the armed factions push the militants from their areas. Mr al-Moallem said the Syrian army's military priority now is to liberate areas in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border held by the Islamic State group.


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By D. Buffa Posted on October 2, 2020 October 31, 2020
How 'Kingdom' went from a DirecTV cult favorite to a Netflix hit
On July 1, an MMA series named "Kingdom," centered around a roughneck California family of fighters and the gym that houses their exploits, debuted on Netflix to instant acclaim from television fans who either had no idea it ever existed before, or simply were happy to find premium content.
To some people, it was the second show with that name available on Netflix. While the other dealt with a "Game of Thrones" medieval-type world, Byron Balasco's fighting drama showcased in great detail what true battle scars look like, the ones earned inside-as well as outside-of the octagon.
Balasco's show ran for three seasons and 40 episodes on the DirecTV-licensed Audience Network back in 2014 through 2016, receiving near flawless reviews from critics but a very small cult audience. Due to the limited range the cable channel had, few people flocked their way for original content. When it quietly closed its doors a little over four years ago with a bittersweet rush of a series finale, no one really knew that it even existed.
But Netflix fixed that this summer. With COVID-19 boxing most indoors for long stretches, "Kingdom" found the right route to success. With a cast knocking the raw and edgy dialogue out of the park, Balasco's words found a newer and much larger audience primed for this level of entertainment. You knew Frank Grillo, Jonathan Tucker, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Joanna Going, Mac Brandt, and the other members of the esteemed cast from somewhere-but you weren't sure which role it was. You knew Nick Jonas could sing, but could he fight? Could this group of eclectic talent fight? They were an island of misfit-yet heavy-hitting and big hearted-talent.
I was hooked after the first hour. It was like watching people you knew, rolled out looking and speaking a little differently. Balasco's souls carry real world weight with them, so the stories always come off as authentic and powerful. It's not just cutting weight and making another human being tap out. "Kingdom" explored the many different ways that life can make the strongest of humans tap out without even laying a hand on them in the first place.
These are the kind of roles that actors decide to sleep in their car for. The script resembles a perfectly cut ribeye steak to performers, giving them the best work of their lives. "Kingdom" is no different. Frank Grillo may have beat up Captain America to most mainstream customers, but he sank his heart and soul into the anti-hero of Navy Street, Alvey Kulina. Part fighter, part cave man who doesn't like to age, Alvey carries his past around with him like an extra arm to hit you with, a painful swagger that has taken a toll.
Kiele Sanchez's Lisa Prince was far from a mere princess of Navy Street; while Alvey trained fighters and chased the past, Lisa kept the books updated and the lights on. She made the boat run smoothly, while Alvey tweaked the engine with new talent. But sometimes, the best new talent can be a face from the past.
That face, Ryan Wheeler (played to hard-boiled perfection by Lauria), represented an intersection of shared chaos for Alvey and Lisa. The same could be said for Going's Christina, Alvey's ex-wife and the mother of their two sons, Jay and Nate (Tucker and Jonas), who starts showing up in her kids' lives and around Alvey's world. Nate is an ambitious young fighter who is also a closeted gay man trying to figure out how to express that to his dad and brother. Jay is a former cage fighter who allows too many drugs to sleep in his house, thus making him a double-edged sword of epic persuasion.
Talk about a dream role for an actor. Tucker sinks everything he has and knows into his performance as the older Kulina brother, a burnt-out prodigy who is trying to get his wings back. You may know his face from other roles (including last year's "City on a Hill"), but his soul will forever belong to Jay Kulina. It's not just the crackerjack smile or whipsmart sense of humor, or his endearing kindness and warm heart towards his family, but the dangerous sharpness to his actions. A grenade with the pin hanging more loose than required, Jay is capable of anything.
The same can't be said for Jonas' Nate. A guy slowly being strangled living inside the sheets of a more marketable version of himself, Nate wants to win fights and make his dad and brother proud, he wants to live freely someday. Lauria's Wheeler is a similar combustible engine, this one built around self-torment and rage. A past including a brutal assault that landed him four years in prison and a large chip weighing on his shoulder at all times due to his past romance with Lisa have churned Ryan into what he is: effortless physicality bordering on unpredictable behavior that will shock you at times.
I'd be remiss if I left out Paul Walter Hauser's Keith, a troubled young man whom Ryan takes under his wing. Or maybe you could say it was the other way around at times. Two ex-cons who become unlikely friends, for better or worse, Hauser matches Lauria's power in every scene, down to the very painful yet true final moments in Season 3. It's great work that shouldn't be forgotten.
Natalie Martinez is a promising if unstable young fighter who shows up to shake up Navy Street. Brandt's nurse/fighter could be called a soldier of Navy Street, refueling fighter's engines and being there in a time of need. Brandt has been in over 60 projects in his career, but his Mac Sullivan stands as his best work. There's more where Mac came from, and that flows throughout the entire cast.
A great show that simply needed to be reborn elsewhere, "Kingdom" has gained a whole new fan base in the two-plus months it has been streaming on Netflix. Constantly rated in the top ten most viewed and recently spawning a personal fan page on social media, Balasco's show is gaining momentum for a proposed fourth season.
While nothing official has been announced, one can see a future batch of episodes-a fourth season essentially-become more of a reality than a dream. That's what it was with DirecTV for so many years. The series wasn't even available in its entirety, as in one spot or package, until iTunes picked it up last September.
One could say a lot has changed this year for the longtime, and brand, lovers of the series. These days, the aforementioned social media powerhouse influencer known simply as "Bring Back Kingdom" had a Facebook grow from 50 people to nearly 3,500 in a little over a month. All you will find there are good people who truly love the show and want to help more people find it. The discussions on there have led to even deeper discovery of a show that hid its pearls just well enough for a viewer to dig them up.
At its heart, in some unique way, "Kingdom" will always be a cult classic. More well-known than ever before, yet still carrying that quietly dignified yet wild blend of warrior heart that a smaller portion of viewers completely connect to. The show chased after that demon known to many real life fighters who can't undo the ties that bind the world of martial arts to a soul permanently. Those real people appreciated the level of authenticity that Balasco and company brought to the story lines.
These days, someone new everyday is exploring "Kingdom," the latest show that Netflix helped stand reborn.
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3 Replies to "How 'Kingdom' went from a DirecTV cult favorite to a Netflix hit"
msjadeli says: 3 months ago Reply
Excellent write-up! I'm one of the new fans who watched it on netflix and also belong to the fb BringBackKingdom page.
D. Buffa says: 3 months ago Reply
Thank you! The words come easy!
msjadeli says: 3 months ago
You're welcome. Do you mind if I share this on my blog? I want to get the word out about Kingdom 🙂


In a recent survey ordered by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to judge the performance of Chief Ministers, Telangana state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been voted as the best CM in the country.
The survey was taken up in all states and Union Territories between April and June this year and submitted to the Prime Minister recently. Telangana state sources informed that the schemes implemented by KCR such as Mission Kakatiya, Haritha Haram, Mission Bhagiratha, etc; enabled him grab the position.
Mr. Modi and several other Unioin ministers praised Mission Bhagiratha on many occasions, as the scheme aims to supply tap water to every household in Telangana by laying 1.25 lakh km pipelines by 2018; while Mission Kakatiya aims to restore 45,000-odd lakes in five years, and Haritha Haram aims at planting 230 crore saplings in five years.
These three schemes by the Telangana government, stood out among all other schemes which are being implemented in the rest of the country.


Nick Made A Funny Mini-Series. Then They Sat On It For Years: Whatever Happened To 'Bug Salad'?
Nick Made A Funny Mini-Series. Then They Sat On It For Years: Whatever Happened To 'Bug Salad'?
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Back in January of 2014, Cartoon Brew debuted Bug Salad, a promising and funny short created by Carl Faruolo, then a director on Nickelodeon's Sanjay and Craig.
The quirky concept was part of Nickelodeon's Animated Shorts program, the same initiative that spurred series like The Loud House and Breadwinners, but unlike those other projects, Bug Salad took an unwieldy, winding path through the world of television development that included the production of five additional shorts.
"Bug Salad" creator Carl Faruolo.
Finally, more than five years after Faruolo's initial pitch, Nickelodeon recently premiered those shorts on its Facebook and Youtube. The timing seems somewhat odd, as Faruolo left Nickelodeon earlier this year to join the Animaniacs reboot at Warner Bros. as supervising director. We caught up with Faruolo to learn more about the project's long gestation period.
Faruolo first pitched Bug Salad when he heard about Nickelodeon's Animated Shorts Program a few months after he was brought on board as a director for Sanjay and Craig in 2012. The short he created for the program received a positive response right off the bat.
Despite this disappointment, Faruolo was excited to have had the chance to develop his own content. He particularly appreciated the level of support and wiggle room the program afforded him.
Russell Hicks, who was president of content development and production for Nickelodeon at the time, wasn't satisfied with the fate of Bug Salad. A couple months after the pilot, Hicks turned around and greenlit the stillborn project for five more shorts. By this time, Faruolo had moved on from Sanjay and Craig to become supervising producer on Pig Goat Banana Cricket, and began working on Bug Salad production simultaneously.
For a time, things seemed to be running along smoothly. A May 2016 Variety article announced that the episodes would debut as a "short-form digital series," but listed no specifics about the release platform or timeline.
Eventually, it became clear that Bug Salad had been lost to the wind once again.
Faruolo believes that part of the problem, at least initially, was Viacom's ongoing $1 billion lawsuit with Google and Youtube. In 2007, the media giant claimed that Youtube was benefiting from ad revenue generated by traffic to hundreds of thousands of copyrighted Viacom clips that were being illegally posted by Youtube users. Faruolo indicates that during this time, Nickelodeon was loath to post digital content on Youtube, but lacked an appropriate platform of its own. But in 2014, after seven years of legal battle and just a few months after Bug Salad's Cartoon Brew debut, the two parties reached a non-monetary settlement. So what was the hold-up two years later?
An extremely high turnover rate at the executive level within Nickelodeon, according to Faruolo. He says he faced a new set of execs at every checkpoint, from pitching Bug Salad to finishing production on the five additional shorts. And then, in June 2016, Hicks, who had been Bug Salad's staunch advocate, left the company, slowing the process once again.
Another champion of the shorts was Nick veteran Mary Harrington, who was in charge of the shorts program when Faruolo first pitched his idea, and served as executive producer on the first short. Harrington, however, also eventually moved to another department within the company. Despite his misfortune, Faruolo remains grateful of the support he received over the long and winding course of development.
In fact, Faruolo is optimistic about Nickelodeon's future potential, and approves of Chris Viscardi's appointment to senior vice president of animation production and development.
Overall, the Bug Salad creator refuses to be bitter about his experiences with development hell. Rather, Faruolo seems to accept that this sort of process is part and parcel of development at any major studio.
What's most important to Faruolo is that last fall's launch of the Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Facebook page provided an accessible platform for Bug Salad to be shared with the world.


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Christiane Olivier (* 1976 in Kerpen) ist eine deutsche Schauspielerin und Komikerin mit belgischen Wurzeln.

Ausbildung und Karriere
Christiane Olivier absolvierte nach ihrer Schulausbildung, welche sie mit dem Abitur abschloss, eine Schauspielausbildung am Studio Jack Garfein in Paris. Zu sehen war sie unter anderem in den RTL-Serien Die Wache und Balko und in den Kinofilmen Late Show und Praxis Dr. Hasenbein.

Als Theaterschauspielerin hatte sie Engagements an den Düsseldorfer Kammerspielen, am Theater der Keller in Köln, am Theater am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin, am Theater im Ballsaal und am Grenzlandtheater Aachen.

Nachdem Olivier seit 1994 als Darstellerin und Autorin für Sketche der Satire- und Comedy-Sendung Schmidteinander tätig war, startete sie ihre Karriere als Komikerin.

Seit 2004 gastierte sie bundesweit auf Kleinkunstbühnen mit ihrem Solo-Programm Olga. Sie schuf in diesem Programm die Kunstfigur Olga Putin, die aus Russland nach Deutschland kommt, um Karriere in der Politik zu machen. Oliviers Figur Olga Putin hält sich mit Aushilfsjobs als Toilettenfrau und Fitness-Trainerin über Wasser und muss erkennen, dass Politik hierzulande anders funktioniert als in Russland. 2008/2009 war sie als Olga Putin in der Sat.1-Comedyshow Die Bunkershow zu sehen.

In ihrem Solo-Programm Christiane verkörpert Olivier eine aus Belgien stammende alleinerziehende Mutter, mit einem Sohn in der Pubertät. Oliviers Figur Christiane entspricht dem Rollentypus einer MILF. Mit Auszügen aus ihrem Programm Christiane trat Olivier im Januar 2013 auch in der Fernsehshow TV total auf. Im November 2013 war sie mit Christiane auch in der Comedyshow NightWash zu Gast. Ihre MILF-Figur Christiane entwickelte Olivier in ihrem Solo-Programm Milfschnitte – das Soloprogramm weiter, mit dem sie 2015 unter anderem im Pantheon Theater in Bonn auftritt.

2011 trat sie in der Fernsehsendung Quatsch Comedy Club auf. 2012 ist sie beim Hamburger Comedy Pokal aufgetreten; 2015 war sie dort wieder zu sehen. Im Jahr 2013 war sie neben Marek Fis in der SWR-Sendung StandUpMigranten zu Gast. Außerdem hat sie an der 2015 bei RTL Television ausgestrahlten Fernsehsendung Der RTL Comedy Grand Prix teilgenommen. 2016 spielte sie in der 4-teiligen Comedy-Dokusoap-Fernsehserie Achtung, die Dietrichs kommen! mit, die 2017 auf RTL II ausgestrahlt wurde.

Olivier lebt derzeit in Köln.

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Mass Effect 4 to be shown off at Comic Con?
Every year in San Diego, Comic Con descends on the city and promises to bring plenty of geeks to town. Lately, though, it has become more about series and movies than actual comic books, and sometimes even big video games. This time, it looks like Mass Effect 4 might get shown off, too.
Mass Effect developers from the Edmonton and Montreal studios discuss what it's like to expand on a well-established and beloved video game franchise. Panelists Carl Boulay (lead animator), Fabrice Condominas (producer), Mike Gamble (producer), Noel Lukasewich (senior artist), and Jessica Merizan (community manager), share their experiences in shaping the next Mass Effect game with new possibilities while staying true to the critically acclaimed series. Moderated by Nerdist.com.
Producers and artists talking about making the new Mass Effect game? Awesome! That should hopefully mean that we get to see some new concept art, at least, and maybe get some choice tidbits about gameplay, development and when we will actually see more. The SDCC panel takes place 26 July, so it's not too much longer to wait for some more news.
I don't want to distract from my excitement for Dragon Age: Inquisition – that game looks far too beautiful. I really am curious what they will do with the new Mass Effect, though. We've been told it won't just be a reboot of Shepard's story, so how will they approach that universe in a new way? I trust Bioware to make an awesome epic out of it, here's just hoping that they have an ending already planned.


Rory joined the Centre for Social Justice in 2017 as Head of Criminal Justice. Rory has previously worked in strategy at PwC and started working on criminal justice while at the Institute for Government. His criminal justice policy experience is blended with frontline practice, spending five years as a police officer working across response, neighbourhoods and gangs in the Metropolitan Police.
Rory is passionate about tackling crime head on, intervening early, and ensuring that we develop an approach to criminal justice that seizes opportunities to tackle the root causes of crime. The creation and maintenance of sustainable employment is a key element and is delighted to support the work of Clean Sheet in connecting responsible employers with individuals eager to turn their backs on crime.
Rory regularly writes and appears in the media, across the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, FT, Evening Standard and the BBC. He also regularly presents at conferences on criminal justice and policing.


Out and About, riding to Finnon.
It's been over a month since my last update. Apologies. The street cred of any blog is it's frequency and it's relevance and I am currently failing on both.
And since I am mentioning frequency, I should point out that my bus is frequently parked these days. I'll post a follow up later. For now, I'll post the highlights of the most recent Finnon Lake campout.
Joe hosts two campouts a year at Finnon lake. I've posted a couple of them, this one from two years ago has the correct tone.
This year, I had to take the motorcycle as the bus is about to undergo major surgery. I was also a little under the weather. Note to guy on plane: Hey man, when you are that sick, please don't fly. The rest of us don't need your cooties.
I arrive Saturday mid-day, there are plenty of other BMW motorcycles there. We like our vehicles german, and our engines horizontally opposed. Just like our women. What?!? I'm kidding.
and the Oaks are beginning to come into full bloomage.
It's a typical sunset at Finnon, we all gather at the restaurant across the lake to eat.
And since I'm sick, I got to bed early and miss the usual campfire rounds of drinking and lies.
But the next morning I wake up to the geese trumpeting.
And John, Melissa making coffee.
The motorcycle crew gets breakfast and leaves. They have to head to Santa Barbara, so they are gone early.
The rest of us head up the hill to Gene's place. Gene is the guy with the burnt out bus. He also flies airplanes.
We cook up some meat on his grill for lunch before I head home.
It's a smaller VW crowd, but a larger overall crowd this year.
We did have one late comer. He was pretty much ready for anything.


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Our inspections are more thorough and our reports are more detailed than those of other inspectors and firms in the area.
I enjoy the challenge of figuring out how a home works and describing it's operation to our client in their report.
I enjoy the feelings of trust and appreciation we receive from our clients after they've reviewed their reports.
I enjoy helping clients to better understand exactly what they are buying.
But most of all I enjoy giving our clients a road map that will help take their home from it's existing condition to one of optimal performance.
They were extremely knowledgeable in each phase of inspection. They had laid out a resolution to all my questions. I recommend "Domicile" as your first contact for home inspection!!
We interview them to determine their main concerns about the home they are purchasing and work with them to schedule the inspection at their convenience.
I have 40 years of experience as a union carpenter, general contractor, house flipper, forensic investigator, and home inspector. There's not a lot that I don't know about residential construction.


You can purchase a 70-73 fiberglass front clip that will bolt on, but I'm not sure a nose from a donor car will bolt right up. You'll need all of the brackets for sure. You'll also need the hood, if I'm not mistaken.
Yes, the early hood would be different than the 77 hood.
Get my hands on the wheel, slide down in the seat"
If you get a whole front clip, you can change it over. That would include fenders, hood and rad support from the early car. The difference in the fenders is only the sheet metal bracket that is spot welded to the front edge of the fender. I have drilled out the brackets from early (70-74) rotted fenders and welded them into later (75-81) fenders. All 70-76 hoods have the 2 deep grooves that match the round headlight noses from those years. 77-81 hoods are much flatter to match the quad headlight noses. There are 3 or 4 different rad supports. There are a lot of little differences between them but the biggest difference that may affect the swap is that early supports are hung by the mount, under the subframe, while later ones are mounted on top of the subframe. I think the change was somewhere around 74 to 76. Not sure. If you do go with a 70-73 nose don't get a 73. they are much heavier than the 70-72. You can see the difference if you look at the backside. The 70-72 looks almost hollow and the 73 looks as though it was turned upside down and cement poured in to fill it up. Hope this helps.


Brandon Crane young Ben Hanscom of Stephen King's IT and Dr. Bob Tesla of Midnight Monster Movies!
Eduardo Sanchez co-creator of The Blair Witch Project joined Nasty Neal and guest host Connar Frazier!
Marlon Taylor who played young 'Mike Hanlon' in the iconic mini series Stephen King's 'IT'!
Scream queen Victoria De Mare returns along with Florence Hartigan of Ridley Scott's Phoenix Forgotten!
Tim Abell "Balthazar Kane" of Circus Kane talked with Nasty Neal!
Creature Zone Cryptocast with cryptozoologist Scott Marlowe and special guest author and cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard discussing the 'Thunderbird'.
Tuesday Knight of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 4' and Aaron Mirtes writer/director of 'Clowntergeist' joined Nasty Neal!
Craig Anderson joined Nasty Neal to discuss "Red Christmas" opening today in California!
John Kassir the voice of The Crypt Keeper & director Rene Perez and star Stormi Maya of the new slasher Playing with Dolls : Havoc joined Nasty Neal!
Connar Frazier director of the upcoming documentary "Babysitter" about the real life tragedy of Nathan Forrest Winters who was sexually assaulted by director Victor Salva.
Caroline Williams and Sadie Katz of the new Blood Feast!


PCSO Annabel Twiddy & Donnerbolzen A Wiltshire Police Community Support Officer is celebrating after displaying her show jumping skills to the Queen while competing in her first ever police event at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Riding her horse Donnerbolzen, PCSO Annabel Twiddy, of the West Swindon Neighbourhood Policing Team, represented Wiltshire Police,and beat off competition from 98 others to win individually.
Her individual performance put PCSO Twiddy's team into sixth place out of a total of 33 teams. "All three members of each team jumped, and then the top 12 teams went into a jump off in the afternoon where Her Majesty The Queen came to watch."
"Our team qualified, and I was put forward to jump again," she said.
"I've now been invited to represent the UK Mainland forces in Guernsey in August. Our team has also qualified for the Forces Equine Championships." "It was a true honour to present Wiltshire in front of the Queen, and I am so proud to have ridden for the force. I can't wait to do it again soon."
Annabel started with Wiltshire Police as a Special Constable in May 2013 and five months later joined the control room as a dispatch assistant and 999 call handler. In January 2015, she began training as a PCSO before joining the West sector team. A keen horse rider, she represented England Under 18s in show jumping: "I have ridden since before I could walk."
"I used to compete and breed horses full time but when the recession came around, unfortunately I had to sell all my horses bar one, which took me from 13 to one."
In 2015 PCSO Twiddy found Forces Equine who organise teams and various events for serving officers. This enabled her to compete in a mixed police team, with officers from Avon and Somerset and Derbyshire.
"Permission and uniform was granted - I had a special PCSO tunic made for me and I was issued with a hat band and badge for my riding hat." She is currently in the top three of the Forces Equine Champions League.
Annabel and Donnerbolzen...watched by The Queen.


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Midlands man accused of stabbing nephew walks free from court
Longford man cleared of assaulting family member following four day trial
A man has been found not guilty of stabbing his nephew following a late night drink and drug-fuelled incident in Longford town almost a year and a half ago.
Martin Stokes, with an address at 88 Springlawn, Longford was acquitted last week of carrying out a Section 3 assault causing harm to Gerald Stokes at Palace Crescent on September 11, 2016.
Mr Stokes had pleaded not guilty to the sole charge before Judge John Hannon which resulted in a near four day trial at Longford Circuit Criminal Court.
Prosecuting Counsel Shane Geraghty BL outlined to the court at the outset that it would be alleged the injured party, Gerald Stokes was out socialising in Longford town on the night of the incident.
Later that evening, Mr Stokes, he added, went back to his cousin's Patrick 'Flick' Stokes' house to watch a boxing match on TV.
The middleweight unification encounter between British boxer Kell Brook and Gennady Golovkin, attracted a number of Mr Stokes' close relations to also take in the pay-per-view clash at his cousin's household.
Among them were his brothers Michael and Brian, otherwise known as 'Barney' and cousins Michael 'Red' Stokes, Joe Stokes, Patrick 'Flick' Stokes and Michael Doyle.
Also there was his uncle Martin, two other women, including Patrick Stokes' wife Helen Marie, who were in the kitchen area of the house and the couple's children who were upstairs in bed.
Upon the fight's completion, the group minus their Uncle retired to Brian Stokes' car which was parked in a driveway a few doors down.
It was the prosecution's case that Mr Stokes approached the car sometime after armed with a knife where he assaulted his nephew, stabbing him once across the neck while also inflicting another wound to the top of Gerald Stokes' head.
The injuries resulted in Mr Stokes requiring 17 to 18 stitches to his neck, leaving him with a permanent scar.
Taking to the witness stand on the first day of the trial last week, Mr Stokes said he had been drinking in McKeon's Bar in Longford town with his cousin Michael Doyle earlier that evening.
He told the court that after around five pints he spoke to his cousin Patrick 'Flick' Stokes who invited him to watch the fight back at his house.
After purchasing cans of alcohol, the pair took up the offer where they were joined by the rest of the party.
When the fight was over, Mr Stokes said he and the group continued drinking and taking drugs in his brother Brian's car.
This came after his cousin Patrick 'Flick' Stokes and his wife "had a few words".
However, when asked to recall what happened to him next, Mr Stokes said all he could recall was the injuries he sustained to his head and neck areas.
"At first I thought it was Martin (who inflicted injuries) but now I can't be sure it was him," he told the court.
"I know I made a statement (saying) that it was him but I was on serious drugs.
"I wouldn't be 100 per cent and I don't want to send an innocent man to prison."
When pressed further by Mr Geraghty, Mr Stokes said a combination of alcohol, cocaine and sedatives or 'D10s' may have clouded his thinking.
"I was drunk and stoned," he said. "I was in a different world. It could have been anyone."
Mr Geraghty asked why Mr Stokes failed to mention taking any drugs on the night of the alleged incident as he read out his original statement given to investigating officer, Sgt Declan McGlynn less than 24 hours afterwards.
In the course of that exchange, Mr Geraghty reminded Mr Stokes how he described his uncle coming out of the house and approaching the car he and the others were sitting in.
After getting out of the back seat, Mr Stokes told Sgt McGlynn that his uncle had grabbed him in a headlock "and with his free hand reached in and cut my neck".
Mr Geraghty continued, revealing his statement at the time claimed his uncle also hit him over the head with the knife before attempting to launch a third onslaught as Mr Stokes' cousin, Michael Doyle pushed him away.
"You told Sgt McGlynn: 'I am now in fear of him (Martin Stokes) after the two cuts he gave me," said Mr Geraghty.
"Martin Stokes is a dangerous, mad man ."
Mr Stokes' two brothers Michael and Brian said they too could not be sure of the identity of who carried out the alleged assault despite both, in their own statements, clearly identifying Martin Stokes as the culprit.
Those denials prompted Mr Geraghty to make a Section 16 application under the Criminal Justice Act and to treat all three as hostile witnesses.
The former was a stipulation brought in by then Justice Minister Michael McDowell in 2006 on foot of the collapse of Limerick gangster Liam Keane three years previously.
Mr Keane, who was on trial for murder, walked free from court after six prosecution witnesses denied making statements central to the case against him.
Under Section 16 of the Act, statements can be admitted where the witness later denies the contents, as long as the court was satisfied that the original statement was made voluntarily and was reliable.
Judge John Hannon ruled in favour of that application despite claims from defence counsel Gerald Groarke the move could open up the possibility of convicting his client on paper statements and not evidence given from the witness box.
Testimonies were also given by Michael Doyle, Patrick 'Flick' Stokes and Joe Stokes, none of whom could pinpoint Martin Stokes as the aggressor on the night.
There was evidence too from Thomas Oliver Keenan and his wife Bernadette, neighbours who ferried Gerald Stokes to Midoc , a GP out of hours service soon after the alleged incident.
Bernadette Stokes, Gerald Stokes' mother gave evidence of having come across the weapon suspected of having been used in the melee.
She described the knife, which she later handed over to gardaí, as being "long" with a yellow handle.
The State's case also heard direct evidence from Detective Gardaí Clive Glancy and Orla Geraghty.
They told the court seeing the accused standing inside the door of 22 Palace Crescent at around 1:25am before shouting: "It was only a scratch, the next time I will kill him."
Sgt Declan McGlynn said he arrested Mr Stokes on September 12 at 10:35pm and interviewed him the following morning accompanied by Garda Colm Satchwell.
As he read out extracts of Mr Stokes' interview to the court, Mr Geraghty told the court the accused indicated to gardaí he had become irritated at the drug taking that was going on in the house.
"I had six cans of Budweiser. They were taking coke (cocaine). I was upset for the kids. I didn't want the kids of Helen Marie to be upset.
"I was annoyed at them running up and down the stairs taking coke as the kids were upstairs."
Mr Geraghty, in continuing to relay excerpts of the interview, said Mr Stokes denied any knowledge of who or how his nephew was stabbed.
"It's a load of crap," he said, when pressed over his alleged involvement.
"I don't know (who is responsible). I didn't stab Gerry, I think the world of Gerry."
Asked why accusations over his supposed culpability had come his way in the immediate aftermath of the incident, Mr Stokes implied third parties were at play in influencing the minds of those at the scene.
"My wife, Margaret Stokes has them all brainwashed. Whatever she says is right," he told gardaí.
"I am innocent. I didn't do it, that's all I have to say."
Defence Counsel Gerard Groarke asked if Mr Stokes was suspected of having committed the offence why wasn't the clothes he was allegedly wearing on the night seized for forensic analysis.
Sgt Mary Mangan was likewise questioned by Mr Groarke over what, if any evidence, was found on the knife which was allegedly used in the incident.
She said despite follow up examinations revealing a "partial fingerpint ", no evidence could be found to suggest it belonged to Mr Stokes.
In their closing arguments to the jury last Friday, Mr Geraghty and Mr Groarke both attempted to impress upon the jury the strength of their respective submissions.
The former began his address by referring to the "unusual feature" which surrounded the contradictory evidence given by the State's three main witnesses, Gerald, Michael and Brian Stokes.
In referring back to the court's earlier ruling to allow all three witnesses initial statements to be presented as evidence, Mr Geraghty indicated there was no ambiguity as to Mr Stokes' guilt.
He said admissions made by the victim saying he was "now in fear" of his uncle after "the two cuts he gave me" was indisputable evidence.
He insisted there was a motive too, illustrated by Mr Stokes' annoyance that drug taking was going on inside the house, something which prompted him to take the law into his own hands.
His opposite number, Mr Groarke opened his closing speech by asking the jury to put themselves in the shoes of his client.
"They (three State witnesses) make statements a year and a half ago and that's what's now being used to convict you, adding that all the State had to go on was a "piece of paper written up a year and a half ago".
He continued: "None of the three witnesses say they know who did it, so how on earth do you know?"
In his charge to the jury, Judge John Hannon confirmed the three State witnesses were now being treated as 'hostile' witnesses due to "material inconsistencies" between the trio's statements and direct oral evidence.
Critically, he said it was up to them to assess the credibility of each when determining if the defendant was guilty or not guilty.
Shortly before 4:30pm on Friday, a knock came on the jury's door culminating in a unanimous not guilty verdict being read out.


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Two new additions to billionaire's row
Aston Martin and Bentley have launched exclusive models for a handful of lucky owners.
by: Chris Carter
Dominic Fraser
The hotly anticipated Geneva Motor Show, which was to be held last week, was in the end cancelled due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. "But that didn't stop many manufacturers from showing their exciting new vehicles online, [with] several companies livestreaming launches," says Motor1.com. The list of new launches included electric superminis and 1,700bhp hypercars from Koenigsegg, "and everything in-between".
One of the stars of the show that never happened was Aston Martin's new V12 Speedster. "Paying more for less is a well-established mantra in the car business" and this car is no exception, says Jason Barlow in GQ. Ferrari reworked the no-roof/almost-no-windscreen concept with its limited-run SP1 and 2 cars, and McLaren did something similar with the Elva. Now we can add Aston Martin's Speedster "to billionaire's row". Look under the bonnet and you will discover the "full-fat 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 used in the DB11 and DBS Superleggera", says Ollie Kew in Top Gear magazine. That's a little "like putting a cruise-ship engine in a pedalo". Nevertheless, you can expect 691bhp from this set-up, "which is a mighty total for a car that's about as well-protected from the elements as a Himalayan goat herder". Just 88 will be made, each costing £765,000.
That makes the Speedster a bargain compared with the Bentley Mulliner Bacalar, which is twice as expensive. Not that that put off any of its buyers: all of the 12 cars made have been snapped up. Built for Bentley under the auspices of its coachbuilding division, Mulliner, the Bacalar boasts personal touches such as bespoke doors and dashboards. "I love the bold haunches, an exaggerated treatment of the rear wheel arch that has been a Bentley design trope since the gorgeous R-type Continental of the early 50s," says Paul Hudson in The Daily Telegraph. The Bacalar packs a 6.0-litre, twin-turbocharged W12 TSI engine mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Expect more bespoke Bentleys in the near future.
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Zenernet Goes Dark By Closing Doors
Joe Mendez Nov 28, 2022
On October 19th 2022, Zenernet (an American solar installation company) decided to close its doors and shut business down for good. Zenernet made promises that the company couldn't keep and as a result, they have given up making promises all together.
Zenernet Leaves Customers and Contractors Behind
The announcement of closure was made to remaining employees at Zenernet, but not to the public. Customers were left without any direct communications for weeks until they were eventually given instructions to reach out to Zenernet's attorney. Instead, the company has left customers in the dark wondering if their projects will ever get done.
Customers are left wondering if they will ever get their money back from contracts they signed. Many of these contracts were created up to two years ago. Unfortunately, this has left a sour taste for customers relying on Zenernet to complete, or even start, their solar panel installation projects.
Contractors were also left stranded with no communication from Zenernet, leaving the burden on them to help customers. In many cases customers paid Zenernet in full for work performed, but Zenernet did not pay material suppliers or subcontractors. Now customers have non operational solar systems and potential liens on their properties from unpaid vendors that Zenernet has not paid.
This is especially unfortunate with customers hoping to be operational in 2022 for tax credit purposes or for customers hoping to be interconnected under California NEM 2.0 rules, which are expected to transition to NEM 3.0 in a few weeks.
Testimonials From Zenernet Victims
Joe Mendez, President and Owner of Local Solar, made the following statement about the situation in the Zenernet Victim Support Group on Facebook
A Zeneret client posted the following about her experience with Zenernet and subsequent experience with Local Solar.
Source: Zenernet Victim Support Group on Facebook
What's Next For Zenernet Customers?
Although Zenernet is attempting to restructure the organization and get its financial affairs back in order, it's highly unlikely that customers will see a refund anytime soon. For customers dealing with improperly installed solar panels or unfinished projects, they will not have to hire other companies to finish the work.
Unfortunately, the solar industry is open to scams just like any other industry. Our company and team is deeply disturbed by the way Zenernet has abandoned customers and its contractors. Local Solar was directly affected as Zenernet was our largest vendor.
Has This Happened Before?
Yes, Zenernet isn't the first company to value greed over growth. This is far from the first time a solar company has deceived customers. It also happened recently with Pink Solar, formerly known as Power Home Solar. These companies have a few things in common: they aren't local solar companies focused on serving their community.
Zenernet and Pink Solar are national solar installation companies that value profit over everything else. As these CEO's are finding out, this is not a sustainable way to run a company. It's definitely not a winning solution to building trust with customers and making a meaningful contribution to the growth of the solar power industry.
Zenernet used a sales to subcontractor model that too often puts profits over people. Local Solar is based on providing valuable service with no subcontractors or sales people - you deal directly with the people doing the work and you actually get what you pay for.
How Local Solar is Helping
Despite the direct financial hit to the company, Local Solar has been doing everything possible to help people affected by the Zenernet situation. Joe Mendez has been working tirelessly to discount and provide services to customers who need them, but now to add insult to injury, Zenernet's attorneys have recently demanded that Joe stop communicating with customers of Zenernet under threat of legal action.
Many fees have already been waived in order to do the right thing: get customers what they paid for in the first place. As a local company, we support our community and we will continue to provide quality, reliable installation service to all of our customers.
At the base of Local Solar, a division of Steadfast Home, we believe in honest work for honest pay, and the key elements that separate us from most solar companies are:
No sales people
No subcontractors
Our President, Joe Mendez is involved with the training and fulfillment of all projects. He has worked with the largest solar companies in the industry, and is considered one of the best in the business in terms of quality, honesty, efficiency and communication.
If you are interested in learning more about how we can help you, please contact us or give us a call at (949) 662-3167.
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Q: Axios & Typescript: Return array object with only the props specified I'm trying to build an API that fetches the ERC20 tokens in my balance. For this, I'm using nextjs & axios with TypeScript.
The issue I have is that the response outputed by my endpoint returns way too much data, rather than the only 3 props defined in my Token type. Here is how it goes:
util/api.ts
import axios from 'axios';
import console from 'console';

type Token = {
  contractAddress: string;
  tokenName: string;
  tokenSymbol: string;
};

async function getTokens(walletAddress: string) {
  const params = {
    action: 'tokentx',
    address: walletAddress,
    offset: 5,
    startblock: 0,
    endblock: 999999999,
    sort: 'asc',
    apikey: 'XXXXX'
  }

  try {
    const response = await axios.request<Token[]>({
      url: 'https://api.etherscan.io/api?module=account',
      params: params
    }).then((response) => {
      return response.data
    });

    return response
  } catch (error) {
    if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
      console.log('error message: ', error.message);
      return error.message;
    } else {
      console.log('unexpected error: ', error);
      return 'An unexpected error occurred';
    }
  }
}

export async function getWalletBalance(walletAddress: string) {
  let tokens = await getTokens(walletAddress)
  return tokens
}

pages/api/balances/[network]/[wallet.ts]
import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
import NextCors from "nextjs-cors";
import { getWalletBalance } from "../../../../util/api";

export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
  await NextCors(req, res, {
    methods: ["GET"],
    origin: "*",
    optionsSuccessStatus: 200,
  });

  const { wallet } = req.query as { wallet: string };

  try {
    const balance = await getWalletBalance(wallet);
    res.json({ balance });
  } catch (e) {
    res.status(400).json({ error: (e as Error).message });
  }
};

How can I make it so that getTokens() only returns an array of Token with only the contractAddress, tokenName, tokenSymbol props, in order for the endpoint to output only the JSON I need?

A: If you're looking to reduce the data returned from the api.etherscan.io
in your own proxy api you'd need to filter out only the props you need. you can achieve it like so:
.then((response) => {
      return response.data.map(x=>({
         contractAddress:x.contractAddress
         tokenName:x.tokenName
         tokenSymbol:x.tokenSymbol
    });
  })

I don't know much about the 3rd party endpoint but I assuming its a REST endpoint so you couldn't take advantage of Graphql's ability to reduce overfetching by specifying the properties of the type you're interested in.


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B100 may refer to:

Radio stations
 KBEA-FM (99.7 FM, "B100"), a radio station in Muscatine, Iowa, U.S.
WBYT (100.7 FM. "B100"), a radio station in South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
 KFMB-FM (100.7 FM, "B-100")), a radio station in San Diego, California, U.S., now known as KFBG
 CKBZ-FM (100.3 FM, "B-100"), a radio station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Others
 B100 (New York City bus)
 Great Ocean Road (route number B100), Victoria, Australia
 An abbreviation for 100% biodiesel
 100 amp, type B – a standard circuit breaker current rating


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Q: How to solve exception with Xcode 6.1 with fatal error: expectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value I have a problem with Swift in Xcode since two days and I don't know the answer. I searched for this problem but I've found no solution that works for me. Two days ago I did a change because of another problem, see this link.
Now I have the problem that I will get the exception message unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value when I want to handle an element of another view controller. In my little example I have two view controllers (ViewController, ViewController2). On ViewController I added a button and on ViewController2 I added a label. Both elements are referenced correctly. On clicking the button on ViewController I want to print the text of the label of ViewController2. But then I get the fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value.
Maybe I have a general problem with Xcode 6.1? How can I solve the problem?
Here is my code for ViewController:
class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

    @IBAction func onClick(sender: AnyObject) {

        let view2 = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("view2") as ViewController2;

        //IN THIS LINE I GET THE FATAL ERROR
        println(view2.label.text)
    }
}

Here is my code for ViewController2:
class ViewController2: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet var label: UILabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }
}

A: Calling instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier gets you an instance of ViewController2 -- it doesn't load that VC's view from the storyboard. (It's effectively the same calling init(nibName:bundle: on the VC class.) As such, its @IBOutlet variables haven't been hooked up yet. When you try to reference one, you get nil, and since you're referencing it through an implicitly unwrapped optional and then trying to access one of its properties, you get the "unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value" crash.
@IBOutlet variables are only guaranteed to have been loaded as of viewDidLoad. If you're instantiating the VC through instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier, you'll need to tell it to load its view (by accessing its view property) before you can access any of the outlets.


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