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Kanye West makes an appearance at an Apple store.
Kanye West's bizarre Apple store rant
by Patrick Knox
RAPPER Kanye West has popped up in an Apple store following his controversial meeting with Donald Trump to give a "keynote" speech.
West began ranting to stunned customers at the shop in Washington DC about his meeting with the US President after arriving with his entourage and clambering up onto a table.
Earlier that day West made headlines for delivering a strange 10-minute monologue while sitting across from Trump in the Oval Office.
Wearing his "Make America Great Again" hat - an edited version of Trump's campaign headgear - the fired-up rapper swore in front of the President during his 10-minute-long monologue.
Then, later that day, he reappeared in a Georgetown Apple store this time wearing a purple version of his baseball cap.
After getting up on a table, he yelled: "It hurts us as people, specifically black people, the idea, because we say, was America ever great for us?"
West continued: "So we made an updated hat that said 'Make America Great,' and Trump wore the hat so he is open to adjusting and listening."
The speech ended with West leaving after telling everyone he was "going to Africa".
During his meeting with the President he talked about a wide range of subjects - and even advised Trump to dump Air Force One.
West said he should replace it with an "iPlane".
In the pitch West claimed the hydrogen-powered "iPlane One" would replace the President's Air Force One.
West proudly explained to President Trump and a packed Oval Office: "We're gonna have Apple, an American company, work on this plane."
He used his iPhone X to show Trump and Jared Kushner an image of a futuristic aircraft, which looks like something you might see on Star Trek.
But despite presenting the unusual plane as if it were his own idea, he had actually stolen its picture.
He'd taken it from a 2012 master's thesis written by industrial designer Shabtai Hirshberg, who had aimed to imagine what air travel would look like in 2030.
He also made one noticeable gaffe during his meeting with Trump: he carelessly revealed his iPhone X's passcode when he opened it.
And even worse than letting cameras film him type his passcode is the code itself, which being "000000" is probably the most guessable password after "123456".
The topic of West's potential future presidential career was also raised - with the star suggesting that could happen "only after 2024".
"Let's stop worrying about the future, all we have is today. Trump is on his hero's journey right now.
He might not have thought he'd have a crazy motherf***** like [me]," the musician added.
But left wing celebs and legends from the rap and hip-hop world reacted in fury at West's meeting with Trump.
Rapper 50cent was among those who slammed the meeting.
On Instagram, he posted a mock-up image that lampooned Trump as a superhero, saying: "You make me feel like Superman, Obama said l was a idiot f*** these n***** l'm wit you Master.
"Let's make America great again LOL. Get the strap."
Rapper Kanye West smiles as he listens to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office. Picture: AP
Writing alongside a screenshot of an image on Rolling Stone magazine's cover, he also said: "This is not Hip Hop this is mental illness."
Meanwhile, hip-hop star T.I publicly unfriended West on Instagram.
He said: "This is the most repulsive, disgraceful, embarrassing act of desperation & auctioning off of one's soul to gain power I've ever seen.
"You ass kissing and boot licking on a whole new level & I refuse to associate myself with something so vile, weak & inconsiderate to the effect this has on the greater good of ALL OUR PEOPLE!!!!"
This story originally appeared on TheSun.co.uk and is reproduced here with permission.
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When you choose a Patagonian vacation at Estancia Ranquilco, you elect to take time for yourself, away from email, Facebook, texting and phones. The world of the Estancia is a tech-free, simpler world, where your hours are filled with adventure, luxury, beauty and peace of mind.
As a guest, you can choose to be pampered or challenged, or a little bit of both. What is a surety is that you will spend days without technology. Many guests find a sense of self they didn't even know they had lost when they choose this Patagonia travel adventure.
Many of us, caught in the fast pace of our lives, are tethered to the trappings of the twenty-first century. In response (or, maybe, in protest) we regularly try to steal moments of peace. We may take a weekend horseback ride on well-worn paths, walk on the beach, or simply share a glass of wine with friends.
But even when we steal those moments, our technology isn't far behind. To say we're addicted to our smartphones, tablets and laptops is an understatement for many of us. Taking a break from technology is tough; staying away while still surrounded by opportunities to text and email is borderline impossible for any length of time.
At the Estancia, you don't have to steal moments of peace. Each moment offers that opportunity.The world of the estancia is one where you can ride horseback in magnificent scenery, take walks along rivers seen by very few, and enjoy delicious wine every day. It's a glorious way to go off the grid and into the natural rhythms of the Argentinian cordillera.
Instead of responding to the 'chirps' and 'tweets' of your smartphone, your ears will become accustomed to the rhythms of nature. You'll often wake to the same sounds each morning: rustling wind, birds, perhaps a distant snort of one of the estancia's horses.
Your eyes become accustomed as well to looking up, and not angling downward to read that last message or send that text response. Instead, you can enjoy the changes in the patterns of the sky, watch the trail ahead as you climb further on horseback, or close your eyes and enjoy a relaxing siesta under a shade tree.
When you're in conversation with people and a new, unfamiliar word comes up, what's the first thing you normally do now? Do you "google it?" Do you stop talking to each other and start relating to the phone? Even when you've found the answer, do you read it to each other, still not looking into eyes?
At the Estancia, no one googles anything. People talk to each other about possibilities, usually while sharing time around a campfire, at the dinner table, or at an asado. They learn from each other and with each other, often building lasting relationships.
Depending on technology to communicate seems to drain time out of the day. Off the grid, that time is yours to structure in other ways. You might choose a steep climb through the Andes, fly fishing in the pristine waters of the Trocoman River, or learning lassoing from the Estancia gauchos.
It's a time when stress seems to melt away. You work, play and relax in tune with your own natural rhythms. You are in a gorgeous setting with friendly, compassionate people, great horses, pristine rivers, and boundless opportunity for adventure. It's the most beautiful way possible to let go, unplug, and recharge.


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Plight Of A Dalit Woman – A Never Ending Oppression
The triangular amalgamation of being a woman, lower caste and a Dalit has made the development worst and slowest for Dalit women.
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Freedom can not be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression –Nelson Mandela
Caste-based division of Indian Hindu communities is established since ancient times when king Manu divided the entire Hindu into many partitions based on their work /skill set, which was called a caste system. Subsequently, it became their identity and profession also. Women from each caste have been discriminated based on their perceived inferior gender. But when it comes to Dalits (the untouchables) women it became a horrific chronicle because Dalit /untouchable communities themselves are being treated as inferior communities by upper caste. As a result, they have become economically underprivileged also, wherein women due to the nature of their gender face multiple levels of discrimination, be it caste-based, gender-based or economic and political, Dalit women were last to receive any kind of fair treatment.
Since a person's caste is always inherited by its birth only, no matter how many social welfare schemes come and go, a Dalit woman will always be a Dalit. She can be a prime minister by virtue of her deeds but she cannot be a man or an upper caste person ever. So being on the bottom of the hierarchy of the social group pyramid, Dalit women have been living an extremely vulnerable life.
The Dalit women consist of 16 % population of Indian women as per census on 2011, but when we look at human development indicator rate of growth, Dalit women are really lagging behind with respect to women of upper castes. This disparity is prevalent in all aspects, whether it is health, education, exposure to politics, job opportunities or social acceptance at various levels. In this article, we will come across a different kind of distress experienced by Dalit woman.
Domestic violence and discrimination from upper caste society leads to a feeling among Dalit men that they are inferior. Thus they become victims of various crimes and socio-economic conditions. All of this frustration comes out on the females, generally their wives in the form of domestic violence.
There is no doubt that domestic violence is prevalent amongst all sects of society be it urban or rural towards females. However, in the case of Dalit women, they face prejudice from the upper caster women since they are mostly employed as domestic help with them. Later, they face domestic violence at home also. It is an endless labyrinth for them.
The National Crime Bureau's official government statistics for 2012 tell us that every 16 minutes, a non-Dalit commits a crime on a Dalit. 1574 Dalit women were raped and 671 Dalits murdered in 2012 (source: http://https://yourstory.com/2016/06/caste-india)
Caste-based prostitution
Many temples in Nepal and South India have been appointing a female slave of the god called as a devadasi. The concept was that this woman is married to God and will serve only the temple in her lifetime. This was initially associated with dance, music and having high social status, but subsequently, this tradition started getting misused by the priest of the temple and these devadasis became the prostitute of that temple. They were mainly from the Dalit communities because of their powerless and poverty-ridden social status.
The Devadasis of modern India are largely in parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra. They are called Mathangi in Maharashtra, Jogini or Mathamma in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and Devadasi in Karnataka. The female children are forced into becoming Devadasis by their own parents because these girls are their only source of income in most cases. Besides these devadasis, a majority of the prostitutes of Indian cities and small towns are traded with these Dalits, lower caste or some minority communities females. 90% of sex workers' daughters in India follow their mothers into the same profession.
Unemployment and disguised employment at its highest level
The percentage rate of unemployed Dalits women in both urban and rural India are higher than women from upper caste category. According to a recent national sample survey, the majority of employed Dalits women are associated as agricultural labourers. This can be credited to lack of education and necessary skill set along with unfair treatment from upper caste people. A Dalit woman can be employed for cleaning and sweeping but never for cooking because of their untouchability status besides cooking work earns more wages as well. It is estimated that around 1.3 million Dalits in India, mostly women, make their living through manual scavenging from dry toilets, railway tracks and different sewers by hands only. Though this is caste based occupation, women were forced by their families to do this earn for a living.
Malnutrition and poor health status
Although there has been a significant decline in malnutrition from the time of independence till date but the decline rate is slower in case of Dalit woman compared to Dalit men and upper caste women. The likelihood of a Dalit woman being malnourished is way higher than an upper caste woman. The reasons could be lower income level, less health awareness, poor prenatal, antenatal and postnatal care of both baby and mother. According to recent data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), Dalit women in India die younger than upper caste women. It's not a surprise that the average age of Dalit woman at death is much lower than upper caste people. This can be because of poor nutrition, sanitation and lack of healthy lifestyles. A research report from the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies in 2013 reveals that the average age at death for Dalit women was 39.5 years against 54.1 years for higher-caste women. (source: http://https://wokejournal.com/2018/02/17/un-report-an-indian-dalit-woman-dies-14-years-younger-than-an-upper-caste-woman/)
The triangular amalgamation (being women, lower caste and Dalit), has made the development worst and slowest for Dalit women. In spite of several welfare schemes and caste-based reservation systems, we have left Dalit women without both voice and departure, and it is slaying them. They are trapped in an unsophisticated patriarchal system with no expression and assistance to better their condition. They are restrained without exit possibilities because of the exploitative social structure which does not give them any other identity apart from an untouchable woman.
Religion is against women's right and women's freedom; in all societies, all the women are oppressed by all the religion –Taslima Nasrin
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Some time ago, Imtiaz Ali and Hansal Mehta respectively spoke of biopics of Madhubala and Meena Kumari. But do these biopics do justice to these women?
Reena Daruwalla
I recently came across a Reddit thread that discussed the fact that filmmaker Imtiaz Ali had announced making a biopic of Madhubala, and I wanted to explore this a little.
Of late, biopics based on the lives of beautiful but fatefully tragic women such as Lady Diana and Marilyn Monroe have created waves. Closer at home, we hear about the possibilities of biopics being made on the lives of Meena Kumari and Madhubala as well. These were hugely famous, stunningly beautiful women who were the heartthrobs of millions; who died tragically young.
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Are Indian Women Angrier Now Than 10 Yrs Ago Or Are People Finally Paying Attention?
A new Gallup poll reveals that up to 40% of Indian women are angry compared to 27% of men. This is a change from 29% angry women and 28% angry men 10 years ago, in 2012.
Indian women are praised as 'susheel', virtuous and to be emulated when they are obedient, ready to serve others and when they put the wishes of others before their own. However, Indian women no longer seem content to be in the constrictive mould that the patriarchy has fashioned for them. A Gallup poll looked at the issue of women's anger, their worry, stress, sadness and found that women consistently feel these emotions more than men, particularly in India.
Women are angry

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We know that opting for the drive-through instead of cooking at home can add up quickly when it comes to calories. But, according to a new study, sitting down to eat at a restaurant may not be a whole lot better!
The study—published in Public Health Nutrition—found that sit-down meals at restaurants may cause you to consume an average of 200 extra calories per meal. Researchers asked more than 12,000 people, ages 20 to 64, about their eating habits on two separate days. About 30 percent of the participants had fast food on both days. Around 28 percent of the participants ate at a sit-down restaurant on the first day; 20 percent ate at a restaurant on the second day. All the other participants ate at home on both days.
Those who ate at fast-food joints consumed an extra 194 calories per day, while participants who ate at sit-down restaurants ate about 205 extra calories per day. And full-service restaurant-eaters also consumed more salt: about 451 milligrams (fast food diners downed about 296 milligrams per day). The study's authors say that those extra calories and sodium shots come from larger portions and things like sweetened beverages.
There's more research to be done, but, in the meantime, study coauthor Lisa Powell says there's one clear takeaway: "Eating out at restaurants should be the exception, not the norm."
How often do you go out to eat? Do you try to eat healthily when you do?


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The prestigious 'Sir William Darling Award for outstanding service to the City of Edinburgh' was presented on 4th November 2004, by the Lord Provost of the City, in the magnificent City Chambers on 'the Royal Mile' in Edinburgh.The recipient of this annual award was Sr Aelred Timmins, St Catharine's Convent of Mercy, Edinburgh.
The Citation spoke of Sr Aelred's founding and tireless work in the Project for the Homeless of Edinburgh which has flourished since its inception some 14 years ago. The Provost spoke of the City's deep debt of gratitude for all that is done to alleviate the distress of the less fortunate of this great City.
Sr Aelred receives a personal gift of a Lucken Booth brooch, symbol of friendship
Sr Aelred graciously accepted the Award, - framed Citation, handsome silver brooch and a cheque - on behalf of the Congregation, the Lauriston Community and the great body of Volunteers who work on the Project, many of whom were present in the Chambers. It was a most enjoyable experience.
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Q: Oversampling for text classification in python? I have a text data frame that I want to classify. But I need to do oversampling first. Please find sample data below:
df=[['I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am going to class today','I am not going to class today','I am not going to class today','I am not going to class today','I am not going to class today'],['Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Positive','Negative','Negative','Negative','Negative']]
df=pd.DataFrame(df)
df=df.transpose()
df.columns=['Features','Class']
df
          Features                       Class
0   I am going to class today       Positive
1   I am going to class today       Positive
2   I am going to class today       Positive
3   I am going to class today       Positive
4   I am going to class today       Positive
5   I am going to class today       Positive
6   I am going to class today       Positive
7   I am going to class today       Positive
8   I am going to class today       Positive
9   I am going to class today       Positive
10  I am not going to class today   Negative
11  I am not going to class today   Negative
12  I am not going to class today   Negative
13  I am not going to class today   Negative

oversample = RandomOverSampler(sampling_strategy='minority')
# fit and apply the transform
X_over, y_over = oversample.fit_resample(df['Features'], df['Class'])
# summarize class distribution
print(Counter(y_over))

But this is not working and giving me ValueError: Expected 2D array, got 1D array instead:. How can I oversample this data?

A: I found the problem. I needed to reshape my data.
X_over, y_over = oversample.fit_resample(df['Features'].values.reshape(-1,1), df['Class'])

This is working now.
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Institutional Corruption
by Jose Ma. Montelibano May 8, 2015
written by Jose Ma. Montelibano May 8, 2015
Maybe because I write a weekly article in an opinion page, I tend to connect what I write about over time. There is that issue of coherency. Though life teaches us to learn new things every day, there are certain fundamental views and values that must stand the test of time. These basically define our character, the unchanging or hardly changing facets of our lives by which people know and judge us.
Partisanship, especially in politics, is not only divisive and but is a serious obstacle to efficiency and progress. It takes away the value of what needs to be done in favor of who needs to do it. Visions, missions, and programs are sacrificed for personalities. The common good is subordinated for the good of a person or a group. That is the cost of partisanship.
No wonder, then, that elections are not held too often. Governance is badly disturbed by politicking. Partisanship and governance are strange bedfellows; in fact, they should not sleep in the same bed at all. Partisanship corrupts governance because it promotes a jaundiced view that one side knows better than the other. Worse, it creates a hypocrisy that hides favoritism under the cloak of superior ideas or morals. Why else would societies like ours limit partisan politics to a few months every several years if these were not so destructive to governance?
Unfortunately, this is democracy as we have chosen it, as we have molded to suit our culture. The United States of America defined democracy to us when it was a foreign master who invaded, subjugated and ruled us. They could never teach us democracy and be consistent with democratic principles, not as conquerors and colonizers anyway. It is not difficult to understand, then, why we think we are democratic even when elitism remains the core nature of our governance.
Democracy is understood to be the rule of the majority where the majority reflects the common good. But democracy has deeper values, like equality in worth and dignity, like equality before the eyes of the law, like equality of opportunity for the fruits of the motherland. Of course, this kind of democracy is not present in the Philippines except, ironically, in the words and spirit of the Constitution.
It can be argued that democracy is a work in progress. From colonial rule all the way to the common good via majority rule is a long and arduous journey, even when the colonial master had left the land. But our particular journey will never prosper unless an equal opportunity to survive is first established. Human survival refers to easy access to land ownership or tenure, decent homes that protect lives from the elements, and food security. But the lack of these fundamental needs guarantee that democracy is only for some, not for all.
It is poverty that should be unconstitutional, more especially because the natural attributes of the motherland is wealth and fertility in abundance. Poverty is a crime that can only be committed by those who have the power to provide, or to deny, the basic human needs for survival.
If democracy is to work, it has to reverse the impact of our colonial and feudal history. It was not just the loss of political and religious freedom that marked our colonization but, first and foremost, the loss of our economic freedom. The transition to democracy, therefore, must begin with the return of economic freedom through the return of what was materially stolen by the colonial masters. The return of political and religious freedom does not compensate when the platform of economic freedom is withheld.
The loss of ownership or control of land at a time when land was the fundamental economic asset of man and society caused the inevitable journey to the massive poverty of the Filipino people. The government policy of selling back to Filipinos what was originally stolen from them by foreign powers is not only immoral but is institutional corruption. Unless government recognizes its own historical amnesia, it becomes an accomplice to a historical wrong and perpetuates its horrible consequences on the victims.
In the face of abject and massive poverty, wealth and power are not accomplishments that can be touted. Instead, they should be explained and justified. If foreign powers had victimized the natives, why did a few profit? Were they collaborators? Were they traitors? Were they profiteers? If the foreign masters had left our shores, why had a local class replaced them, not only in authority but also in wealth? From what? From whom?
Why are we not curious at the massiveness of poverty when the natural wealth and fertility of our lands remain while those who forcibly took possession of them had to go and leave everything behind? Is it because the history of our poor is so insignificant in value, or are the poor themselves without value?
I had always tried to assume that those in power today carry no malice against our majority poor. I had always tried to attribute it to a historical amnesia rather than greed or lust for power. But I now realize that it is not as easy as that, that historical amnesia also carries with it a disregard for the poor themselves. Because the powers that be do not care, or do not care enough, they have no curiosity about the cause of poverty. And because they do not care, or do not care enough, the solutions they will propose will never be same as solutions they will propose if the problem were theirs.
And life will go on as usual. Politics will become more intense as election season nears. The House of Representatives and the Senate will go on with sensational cases, all political in nature, all denied to be partisan yet cannot be anything else. Meanwhile, the greatest crime of all, the greatest theft of all, the greatest loss of all, will not be thought of, will not be debated, will not be investigated. And the poor will have to un-poor themselves, blamed for their own misery.
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Q: I need assistance with my PDO book database I'm working on a small online system to sort my books, but stumbled upon a problem now I've been trying for hours to solve without any luck.
In my database I have a table titles with the book information (title_id, title, author...) and a second table title_relations with the fields title_relation_id, title_id, to_title_id and titlerelation.
When I call upon the information of a book there is a field related titles which is supposed to list all prequels, sequels and spin-offs.
The database looks like this:
titles
title_id  1
title     Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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title_id  2
title     Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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title_id  3
title     Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
...
title_relations
title_relation_id    1
title_id             1
to_title_id          2
titlerelation        prequel

title_relation_id    1
title_id             1
to_title_id          3
titlerelation        prequel

Now I'm calling up the information for The Fellowship of the Ring and want to be shown links to The Two Towers and The Return of the King. How do I go about getting that information there?
I got it working for one title relation, but for more than that I'd need a
foreach($title_relations as $row) {
}

where it saves the information from title_relations into variables ($to_title_id_1, $titlerelation_1, $to_title_id_2, $titlerelation_2, ...), an array or something else like that.
Nothing I tried worked, so any help offered would be highly appreciated.
I'm using PDO to get the database information.
Old code (not working):
try {
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
$dbh->exec("SET CHARACTER SET utf8");

if($page == 'title'){
    #titles zuordnen
    $titles = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM titles WHERE title_id = $id");
    $titles->execute();

    while($row = $titles->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
        $title = $row->title;
        /* deleted the other infos */
    }

    #title_relations zuordnen
    $title_relations = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM title_relations WHERE title_id = $id");
    $title_relations->execute();

    while($row = $title_relations->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
        $to_title = $row->to_title_id;
        $relation_type = $row->titlerelation;
    }

    #to_title Seriennamen zuordnen
    $series_name = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM titles WHERE title_id = $to_title");
    $series_name->execute();

    while($row = $series_name->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
        $series = $row->title;
    }
}

#Datenbank schließen
$dbh = null; } catch(PDOException $exceptionpdo){
echo 'ERROR: ' . $exceptionpdo->getMessage(); }

Current code (working!):
try {
    $dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
    $dbh->exec("SET CHARACTER SET utf8");

    if($page == 'title'){
        // titles zuordnen
        // Here I binded the $id in execute, not in prepare
        $titles = $dbh->prepare("SELECT title FROM titles WHERE title_id = ?");
        $titles->bindParam(1, $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
        $titles->execute();

        // Here you are expecting a single row, I guess title_id is a primary key, so you don't needa loop
        $row = $titles->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
        $title = $row->title;

        // title_relations zuordnen
        $title_relations = $dbh->prepare("SELECT title_relation_id, title_id, to_title_id, titlerelation FROM title_relations WHERE title_id = ?");
        $title_relations->bindParam(1, $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
        $title_relations->execute();

        $series = array(); // In this array we will store all the related titles

        while($row = $title_relations->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
            // zu_title Serieninfo zuordnen
            $series_info = $dbh->prepare("SELECT title_id, title FROM titles WHERE title_id = ?");
            $series_info->bindParam(1, $row->to_title_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
            $series_info->execute();

            while($row = $series_info->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
                $series[] = $row;
            }
        }

    #Datenbank schließen
    $dbh = null;
}

} catch(PDOException $exceptionpdo){
    echo 'ERROR: ' . $exceptionpdo->getMessage();
}

A: You shoul supply your query to better understand and adapt this answer to your specific needs.
Without that the simplest example I can think of, basicaly you use just one query with left join to return the title even if it has no relations (good for simple smaller tables). In this example I just print the related titles to STDOUT with an identation.
// Your get this from whatever, $_GET ... etc ...
$title_id = 1; // exemple id1 = Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

$sth = $dbh->prepare('select t1.title, t2.title
       from titles as t1
       left join title_relations as trel on (t1.title_id=trel.title_id)
       left join titles as t2 on (t2.title_id=trel.to_title_id)
       where t1.title_id=?');
$sth->bindParam(1, $title_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$sth->execute();
$result = $sth->fetchAll();

// original title
echo $result[0]['title'];

// related title
foreach($results as $row)
{
    echo "\t".$row['title'];
}

@update
Based on your code, a working version would be:
@disclaimer, this is based on your code, I am not recomanding to do select in a while loop, I will just use a single query like the version above (or a variation of it).
try
{
    $dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
    $dbh->exec("SET CHARACTER SET utf8");

    if($page == 'title')
    {
        $series = array(); // In this array we will store all the related titles

        // titles zuordnen
        // Here I binded the $id in execute, not in prepare
        $titles = $dbh->prepare("SELECT title_id, title, author /*put your other columns*/ FROM titles WHERE title_id = ?");
        $titles->bindParam(1, $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
        $titles->execute();

        // Here you are expecting a single row, I guess title_id is a primary key, so you don't needa loop
        $row = $titles->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
        $title = $row->title;
        /* deleted the other infos */

        // title_relations zuordnen
        $title_relations = $dbh->prepare("SELECT title_relation_id, title_id, to_title_id, titlerelation FROM title_relations WHERE title_id = ?");
        $title_relations->bindParam(1, $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
        $title_relations->execute();

        while($row = $title_relations->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
        {
            // This is in a loop, it will store just the value from the last row !
            // $relation_type = $row->titlerelation;

            // to_title Seriennamen zuordnen
            $series_name = $dbh->prepare("SELECT title_id, title, author /*put your other columns*/ FROM titles WHERE title_id = ?");
            $series_name->bindParam(1, $row->to_title_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
            $series_name->execute();

            while($row = $series_name->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
            {
                // $series = will store the values just from the last row, changed it to an array to store all relations
                $series[$row->title_id] = $row->title;
            }
        }
    }

    // Datenbank schließen
    $dbh = null;
} catch(PDOException $exceptionpdo)
{
    echo 'ERROR: ' . $exceptionpdo->getMessage();
}

Your code return just one relation because you query-ed just the last row returned from title_relations. To solve this (again in the context of your code) I moved the last query in the while of title_relations.
To be able to acces all relations I made an (array)$series, you just store the last row in the (string)$series.

A: You need to be able traverse these relations in both directions (prequel / sequel) so you need to search by to_title_id as well as by title_id.
SELECT * FROM title_relations WHERE title_id = ? OR to_title_id = ?
To recurse, and see The Return of the King from The Fellowship of the Ring your best bet is probably to run a second query (and a third if you want to go deeper) then cache the results in a json array/hash structure using something like memcache. However, to do this for Harry Potter or the Foundation series the recursion gets a bit out of hand, let alone if you have any Star Trek novels.
I've done something similar from my own library project, but I used a series table and a title_series table that stores each title's order in the series. Then it only takes one query to find the related titles.


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Q: How do I replace a group of reserved chars into " " in Ruby on Rails? I want to replace the following reserved chars into spaces:
+ - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \

This is my code, but it doesn't work. Did I miss anything?
keyword = keyword.gsub(/\\+-&\\|!\\(\\)\\{\\}\\[\\]\\^"~\\*\\?:\\\\/, ' ')

A: Just do this.
keyword.gsub!(/[+\-&|!(){}\[\]^"~*?:\\]/, " ")

Check:
>> keyword = '+ - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \\'
=> "+ - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ \" ~ * ? : \\"
>> keyword.gsub!(/[+\-&|!(){}\[\]^"~*?:\\]/, " ")
=> "                                   "

Character classes (enclosed by []) are easier to reason about in this case. You need to escape - and [ and ] and \.

A: This is what tr is for:
keyword.tr '-+&|!(){}[]^"~*?:\\', " "
#=> "                                   "

A: Here's a benchmark showing the speed difference between gsub and tr:
require 'benchmark'
require 'pp'

STR = '+ - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \\'
LONG_STR = STR * 1_000
N = 1_000

puts `ruby -v`

pp STR.gsub(/[+&|!(){}\[\]^"~*:?\\-]/, ' ')
pp STR.tr('-+&|!(){}[]^"~*?:\\', ' ')

Benchmark.bm(5) do |b|
  b.report('gsub') { N.times { LONG_STR.gsub(/[+&|!(){}\[\]^"~*:?\\-]/, ' ') } }
  b.report('tr') { N.times { LONG_STR.tr('+&|!(){}[]^"~*:?\\-', ' ') } }
end

And the output:
ruby 1.8.7 (2012-02-08 patchlevel 358) [universal-darwin12.0]
"                                   "
"                                   "
          user     system      total        real
gsub  13.300000   0.190000  13.490000 ( 13.524779)
tr     0.080000   0.010000   0.090000 (  0.090045)

ruby 1.9.3p392 (2013-02-22 revision 39386) [x86_64-darwin12.2.0]
"                                   "
"                                   "
            user     system      total        real
gsub   17.890000   0.040000  17.930000 ( 18.016657)
tr      0.270000   0.000000   0.270000 (  0.283021)

ruby 2.0.0p0 (2013-02-24 revision 39474) [x86_64-darwin12.2.0]
"                                   "
"                                   "
            user     system      total        real
gsub    7.310000   0.020000   7.330000 (  7.361403)
tr      0.140000   0.010000   0.150000 (  0.145816)

It's interesting that 1.8.7 out-performed 1.9.3. I suspect it's because of the addition of multibyte character support in 1.9+.
I've done several benchmarks with 2.0 and have been very happy with the speed improvements I've seen.

A: \W = Any non-word character
>> keyword = '+ - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \\'
=> "+ - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ \" ~ * ? : \\"
>> keyword.gsub!(/\W/," ")
=> "                                   "


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The Crypt is an independent 2009 horror film written and directed by Craig McMahon. The film depicts a group of thieves who break into a catacomb to steal jewels and then encounter undead beings intent on killing them.

Plot
The movie begins with a sole grave robber in 1979, who steals his way into the crypt in order to find jewelry. He is killed by the undead after he finds some jewelry and is trying to get more.
Decades later, a man is shown getting out of prison. His girlfriend picks him up at the prison gate with a car and takes him to a meeting place with some of her friends. There, one experienced thief, a lady, says that she knows how to make much money quickly by getting jewelry from a crypt under the city and that she has connections able to sell the jewelry for them. She shows the others a gold ring from down below. She says that rich families during the Great Depression in the U.S. were afraid that the government would take the jewelry away from them, so they buried their riches in the crypts with the remains of their family members.
At first the others are very unhappy about the idea of the scheme and are about to leave, but the ringleader manages to persuade them to go with her.

The group makes it into the crypt and the members fill their backpacks with diamond necklaces and other expensive jewelry from the concrete coffins, but one by one several of the members of the group are killed by the undead, who apparently are taking revenge for the people taking the jewelry. In the end, only the ringleader and the girlfriend of the one guy who was released from prison make it out of the crypt alive. Before they leave the crypt, they get rid of the jewelry, one of them saying that they would not get out of there alive with it.

Once back at her apartment, the ringleader finds a very expensive diamond studded piece of jewelry in her belongings that she remembers having put in her brassiere while first treasure hunting in the crypt. She shows her friend, but her friend is really angry about it and wants her to get rid of it apparently because she fears that the undead would come out of the crypt to kill them. The ringleader puts the piece of jewelry in her car and is later killed by the same undead individual who killed most of the other people.
The remaining lady has a dream that her boyfriend, the one newly released from prison, is an undead and is angry at her for having left him down in the crypt. She goes back down into the crypt and sees that he is still alive. She dumps the jewelry that he has into the water, but he indicates that he is not sure that it is all of the jewelry that he has. Right after that, the undead kills the boyfriend by crushing his head. His girlfriend is shown in shock leaning up against the wall of the crypt. The movie ends.

Cast

References

External links

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2009 horror films
2009 films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


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Posted on December 6, 2011by Ad rem
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A male cross-breed dog, Pusuke, is seen in this file photo from Dec. 24, 2010.
(ABCNews)…Pusuke, listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest-living dog, died in Japan on Monday. He was 26 years old — or somewhere between 117 and 185 in "human years," according to various calculations. There is no official method for converting dog years to human years.
The dog's owner, Yumiko Shinohara, said the male cross-breed died at Sakura in the Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, according to the Kyodo news agency.
Pusuke was reportedly eating well and staying active until Monday, when he lost his appetite and had difficulty breathing. Pusuke died peacefully, minutes after his owner returned home from a walk.
"I think (Pusuke) waited for me to come home," she said, according to Kyodo.
Born in April of 1985, Pusuke was recognized last December as the world's oldest-living dog.
The oldest-known dog on record, according to Guinness, was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey, who lived to the ripe old age of 29 years and five months before it was put down in November 1939.
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Another reason owners go the testing route is to uncover possible explanations for behaviors that might be inherited, such as herding people and other pets or rooting around in chipmunk or mole holes.
Other owners want to know whether their dogs have a high proportion of a breed predisposed to a particular ailment or frailty, although experts caution that it's impossible to know which traits, including propensity for disease or medical problems, a mongrel might inherit from any particular breed.
No one offering such tests suggests a mongrel assumes some sort of elevated status upon learning a purebred bloodhound or dachshund entered his ancestry generations ago.
Indeed, the companies celebrate the characteristics of mixed breeds, and some experts applaud "hybrid vigor," the belief that mixing unrelated breeds can create a stronger, healthier dog than purebreds, which can pass on genetic conditions found in specific breeds.
Many clients are "very surprised" upon receiving word of what breeds populate their dog's background, Fretwell says.
Meg Retinger, chief administrative officer of BioPet Vet Lab in Knoxville, Tenn., says: "Some people say, 'That's just exactly what I thought.' "Others" have such preconceived notions about what their pet is they just won't accept the results."
In January, the lab began marketing its $59.95 DNA Breed Identification kit, which tests for 61 AKC breeds using cheek cells scraped by the owner.
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A mongrel with a German shepherd parent or grandparent, for example, might not have the black and tan coloring, the saddle pattern on its back or even the long muzzle. Some could not show any shepherd characteristics.
Size, color and a host of physical features such as ear and muzzle shape and tail type are influenced by genetics, and when several breeds meld in one dog, it's tough for even experts to eyeball a mutt and accurately assess what lies within.
Connie Steele of Colorado Springs learned that. This year she adopted a black-and-white dog that shelter personnel thought was mostly border collie and about 1½ years old. She soon discovered from her veterinarian that Ellie was still a puppy, probably less border collie than believed and almost certain to grow a lot more.
Steele had Ellie tested because, she jokes, she wanted "a bit of warning if I'm going to need to plan ahead for a larger house to accommodate a 2-year-old pony-sized dog."
Upon receiving Ellie's results, Steele did not begin house-shopping, though she was surprised by the breeds found in her background. Steele believes the information she now has about Ellie and also Kayla, another recently adopted shelter dog, offers clues about how to approach their training.
Most DNA tests show three or four different breeds in the mixed breeds' ancestries, and many show five or six, experts say. Several more probably are in the mix, but the amounts have been so dissipated over the generations, they are merely weak traces, unlikely to influence a dog's appearance or behavior.
And, yes, a few dogs comprise so many disparate breeds, the experts and their tests just can't solve the puzzle.
"Even the best test can't answer every question of biology," says Dennis Fantin, chief of operations for MetaMorphix, a company in Beltsville, Md., that has done testing for the AKC for years. The company now offers a $119.95 mixed-breed cheek-swab kit. The Canine Heritage XL Breed Test can detect 108 breeds.
Sometimes, any pure DNA has become "so diluted" by encounters with mixed breeds over the generations that no answers emerge, Fantin says.
Their owners are told the mystery must remain.
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Bat and Ball Dog Ejected From Game By Umpire
A quick potty break got Master Yogi Berra, pictured, thrown off his baseball team's field during a game last Tuesday. (Photo Courtesy of the Greensboro Grasshoppers)
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Greensboro Grasshoppers weren't the only ones that took a major hit during last Tuesday's 6-9 loss to the Asheville Tourists.
The baseball team's mascot, Master Yogi Berra, a bat and ball fetching dog, was ejected off the field during the fourth inning. The male mutt was reportedly shamed after he relieved himself on the field.
"When you gotta go, you gotta go," Donald Moore, the Grasshopers' general manager, told the Greensboro News and Record. Trouble started when Yogi was fetching a ball launched to center field in between innings. When he was running back to homeplate, he stopped and squatted. Homeplate umpire Jason Hutchings reportedly did not look lightly on the incident.
Yogi is thought to be the first dog ever ejected from a professional game. He made his first appearance at NewBridge Bank Park in June 2008, at the ripe age of 8-weeks-old. An active interest in baseball apparently runs in the family — Yogi is the little brother of Miss Babe Ruth, another Grasshoppers' canine mascot.
Though Yogi has been scorned by some, Moore expressed sympathy for the embarrassed dog.
"Yogi's had a tough start to his season and I hope this doesn't get him down," said Moore, who also owns the team. "He clearly couldn't control himself out there. He's such a competitor and he wanted to do his duties as he's been trained.
"We all hope Yogi feels better soon and he returns to us ready to entertain our fans. You know, he's volunteering his time out there, so I hope he doesn't get fined too much … Let's hope this is an isolated incident and Yogi can learn from this experience."
Moore also jokingly said that Yogi had been feeling under the weather last week, which could have accounted for his momentary lapse of bladder control. Yogi is now being listed as day-to-day on the team's injury report.
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Eric Pulier is definitely one of most admired CEO in the tech and software industry. Pulier has 3 careers as an author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Eric Pulier holds a degree in English and American Literature, which he earned from Harvard. Pulier has been dedicated to providing help to individuals suffering financial distress and kids with chronic illnesses. Pulier takes the lead in many areas of technological innovation in the industry.
Eric Pulier comes from New Jersey. Pulier has demonstrated a keen interest in computers and programming since childhood. Eric Pulier worked as a writer and also as an editor for The Harvard Crimson when he was a Harvard student.
Eric Pulier is responsible for shaping parts of the technological world. Pulier gained recognition for his publications as an author., Eric Pulier established People Doing Things in 1991. People Doing Things works in the area of medical and educational technology. Pulier was imperative in establishing Arkana, Desktone, MediaPlatform during their start-up phases, as well as in creating U.S. Media Interactive. Pulier provided considerable investments because of his involvement and success in the technology industry through his contacts in the tech universe.
Eric Pulier's efforts as a philanthropist, have been helping young people with very serious illnesses. Pulier founded Starbright World, which has helped children experience online communication inside secure environments. Eric Pulier is a board member of Painted Turtle, a summer camp, does not seek profits as well as being on the board of XPrize.
Forbes and the Harvard Crimson, have featured a number of Eric Pulier's articles in their publications. Eric Pulier alongside Hugh Taylor are co-authors of Understanding Enterprise SOA . which was published for the first time in 2006. Their book speaks about service-oriented architecture while featuring important insight. Their publication received several positive reviews from its readers.
Eric Pulier is a father of four and he resides in Los Angeles. Pulier's present activities related to a number of business and charity goals. This year, Pulier founded his latest startup company, vAtomic Systems. This new company tracks digital products and makes it possible for clients to trade products in online environments. vAtomic Systems might mold the future of online business and app business.
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3 Ways Eric Pulier Is Changing The Tech Industry
January 8, 2017 - Author: steph
Breaking New Ground In Tech
From the 4th grade onward, Pulier has written programs. Naturally, someone with that sort of prodigious talent will produce some ground breaking innovation. Regardless of where you look, Pulier has had some hand in just about every single category of software. He has produced social networks, APIs, remote desktop software, and practically anything else you would need or want in software. That success has enabled Pulier to collect a massive fortunes thanks to the millions, and in some cases hundreds of millions, of dollars the companies he sells tend to sell for after he's laid the groundwork for them.
Giving Back To The World
Far from a scrooge, Eric Pulier uses his fortune and genius to help others in need. When the Starbright Foundation wanted to give chronically ill children a way to connect to each other, they got in touch with Eric Pulier. Ultimately, he came through for them with the creation of the Starbright World. As the first private social network, the Starbright World made it possible for children in more 70 hospitals to reach out to each other and socialize. Keep in mind this happened in the 90s before the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Even within the lives of ordinary people, there simply wasn't anything similar to what Starbright World did.
Leading The Charge On Progress
With a career spanning more than 2 decades, Eric Pulier is one of the leading engineers in the tech industry. He has produced countless innovations and created some of the most important companies in software today. Despite the years of experience behind him, Pulier never tires of bringing new innovation to the table. In fact, he produces at least one patent every single year. Outside of his work life, Pulier is a family man focused on spending time with his 4 children. To give his children the best world possible, Pulier devotes himself to solving the world's problems. He is an active member of the Clinton Global Iniative and uses his platform to tackle the most important issues of our time.
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Author, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur: Eric Pulier
December 2, 2016 - Author: steph
Being good at what you do is something to be applauded for, but being good in multiple subjects is an exceptional feat. Eric Pulier is proud father of four whom lives in Los Angeles, California. Without any more information on the subject, Pulier would be just another average guy, but when you dig deeper into the root, you'll see why this man is so great of a person.
Eric Pulier is an entrepreneur, published author, technologist, and philanthropist. He's has major success across the board and has done work in a variety of business sectors. Pulier has been the founder/co-founder of over 15 companies and he's raised large amounts of funds for many of these companies. Not thousands of dollars, but more so millions. When it comes to practicing what you preach, this guy personifies this notion perfectly. His huge success has allowed him to invest in venture capital funds such as eCompanies, Trident Capital, and Monitor Ventures. Pulier also spends time investing in start-up businesses in the media and technology fields of work.
This Teaneck, New Jersey native started from a humble beginning, but who knew that he would provide so much greatness during his adult years. Pulier has an extensive range in education as he attended both MIT and Harvard University. He majored in English and American Literature, but also studied computer science and by 1988, he'd graduate Magna Cum Laude. Eric Pulier was now on his way and destined for greatness. Here are some of his many achievements:
ServiceMesh Inc-Co-Founder
XPRIZE-Innovative Board Member
FLY-Managing Partner/Founder
StarBright World-Co-founder
Media Platform Inc-Co-Founder/Director
US Interactive Inc-Co-Founder/Chairman
This article only scratches the surface of what this man has accomplished and hopefully in the future, he'll continue on path to greatness.
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Samsung has begun the rollout of the Android 9 Pie update for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones, several users report. The update is currently said to be live in Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands markets. It is expected to reach other countries over the coming weeks. The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are the fifth and sixth Samsung phones respectively to receive the stable Android 9 Pie update. The software update brings the company's One user interface as well as the February security patch to the smartphones.
In terms of specifications, the Samsung Galaxy S8 features a 5.8-inch QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED display while the Galaxy S8+ sports a 6.2-inch QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED display. Both the smartphones sport 12-megapixel 'Dual Pixel' rear camera with optical image stabilisation and an f/1.7 aperture, while there is an 8-megapixel front camera with autofocus on board as well, featuring an f/1.7 aperture.


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Branstad declares state of emergency in response to bird flu
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state of emergency was declared Friday by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad with nearly 17 million chickens and turkeys dead, dying or scheduled to be euthanized due to a widening bird flu outbreak.
The proclamation, in effect until May 31 unless terminated earlier, activates disaster response and recovery procedures for the state's homeland security and emergency management personnel. It also authorizes use of state resources, supplies, equipment and materials to track and monitor bird flu, establish restrictions around affected farms and assist in the rapid detection of cases.
It also allows state agencies to help in the disposal of poultry carcasses, an increasing problem in a state where about 27 percent of its 60 million egg-laying chickens will be wiped out.
Iowa is the nation's leading egg producer, providing one of every five eggs consumed in the country. The state is ninth in turkey production and has lost well over 110,000 turkeys. The state now has 21 cases of the H5N2 virus in 10 counties.
"This is a magnitude much greater than anything we've dealt with in recent modern times," Branstad said.
Overall, the outbreak has led to Midwest chicken and turkey producers losing more than 21 million birds. Minnesota, which has lost some 4 million birds in 19 counties this spring, declared a state of emergency earlier this week.
Four additional farms were added Friday to the Iowa list of those with probable disease outbreak, including a second turkey farm in Sac County and turkey farms in Pocahontas and Cherokee counties.
Madison County, located southwest of Des Moines, is the only county affected that isn't in northwest Iowa. An egg-laying chicken farm with 1 million birds had a positive preliminary test.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said it's important to step up the state's response now.
"Unfortunately despite the best efforts of everyone to slow the spread of the disease, outbreaks are continuing to appear," he said.
State officials have developed expanded biosecurity guidelines that ask poultry farmers to treat all commercial chicken and turkey farms as potential positive sites and implement strict controls on traffic, personnel and feed.
Northey directed farms to disinfect all vehicles and consider any person on site "something that needs disinfected so as not to spread the virus within the site."
Authorities have asked producers not to give chickens or turkeys kept in largely enclosed barns feed that is stored outside. Spilled feed should be cleaned up to avoid attracting wild birds, which researchers have suggested first dropped the virus on the farms during migration.
He said as biosecurity is increased and weather turns warmer, officials hope the virus will die off.


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First Official Poster and Trailer Released for 'Assassin's Creed'
Using Jimmy Kimmel Live! as their vessel, 20th Century Fox, in association with Regency Enterprises and Ubisoft Entertainment, has unveiled the first official trailer for their upcoming video game adaptation, Assassin's Creed. Directed by Justin Kursel (Macbeth) and starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Apocalypse), Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises), and Jeremy Irons (Batman v Superman), Assassin's Creed follows Callum Lynch (Fassbender) as he explores the memories of his ancestors through a device known as the Animus.
There is a lot to appreciate from the following trailer for fans of the ongoing, seemingly never-ending, video game franchise. Like the games, Fassbender's Lynch lives out events of an ancestor who was an assassin. Much of the character's free running and overall appearance resembles what fans of the games would expect. Unlike the games, though, this movie features a character created specifically for this film and will also be set during the Spanish Inquisition, an era not explored in the games. Additionally, fans will notice some major changes to the design of the Animus.
Assassin's Creed definitely looks like it could be a fun ride and there are some very strong actors lending their talents to the film. That being said, typically video game movies end up receiving generally poor reviews. Let's hope this isn't the case with Assassin's Creed. Check out the official trailer below (which oddly plays out to Kanye West's "I Am A God") and feel free to let us know what you think in the comments.
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The Royal Rumble is one of the best wrestling events of the year: some may argue that the surprises make it more fun than WrestleMania itself. While the allure of the event may now be diminished slightly thanks to the Greatest Royal Rumble (which was actually anything but), the Royal Rumble winners still get a chance on the Grandest Stage of Them All. Whoever wins gets a shot at a title of their choosing at WrestleMania.
The Royal Rumble event pits thirty wrestlers against each other with two starting the match in the first and second spots — every few minutes, a new wrestler makes their entrance. To win, you must be the last man standing after twenty-nine other wrestlers have been eliminated with both feet touching the floor after going over the top rope. There's always shenanigans, which is part of what makes the Royal Rumble so damn fun to watch each year.
Here are the men's Royal Rumble winners in chronological order.
Do you think anybody will ever be able to beat Stone Cold's win counts at the Royal Rumble, or even last as long as Rey Mysterio? Watch this space.


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If you have seen the movie, but not read the book, don't worry—they're totally different. For starters, the mouse is adopted into the family in the movie, which is the basis of the movie's plot. For the book, we're lead to believe the mouse is delivered by natural birth—the first step in a long line of disbeliefs. I get it—imagination is fun and made-up, but after a while it became too much to go along with.
The book is really a series of events versus a straight-forward story. Stuart comes off as a highly-educated mouse that handles himself well in a variety of situations. Whether he's driving invisible cars or standing as a school's substitute teacher—he does it all in style. I'm not sure why people let him do these things or why they accept his microscopic money, but it's all just part of the story.
What really put us (me and my kids) off from this book are the final two or three chapters. (Nothing really to spoil here, since there's not really a plot.) Stuart's off to find his bird friend, but stops in town and tries to court this tiny girl (no explanation on where she came from). He writes this ridiculously long letter to her that seems to take up half the chapter. He continues searching for the bird. The rest is up to your imagination. Does he find the bird? Does he return to his family? Who knows.
The movie wasn't "awesome", but at least it had a plot and a satisfying ending. This book was pretty fun, but dropped off into the "huh?" territory about mid-way through, quickly killing itself out by the end. My recommendation is to just re-read the first half of the book over and over.


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 Paul Hartnoll (* 1968), britischer Musiker, Gründer der Band Orbital
 Phil Hartnoll (* 1965), britischer Musiker, Gründer der Band Orbital
 Phyllis Hartnoll (1906–1997), britische Dichterin, Schriftstellerin
Sean Hartnoll, britischer Physiker
 William Hartnoll (1841–1932), australischer Politiker


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DNC chair condemns Michigan GOP, says they tolerate anti-gay bias
FERNDALE, Mich. -- The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee has joined leading state Democrats in condemning Michigan Republicans for their handling of anti-gay remarks by a GOP National Committee member and their failure to extend civil rights to gays.
By Staff Reports Wednesday, December 18, 2013
FERNDALE, Mich. — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee has joined leading state Democrats in condemning Michigan Republicans for their handling of anti-gay remarks by a GOP National Committee member and their failure to extend civil rights to gays.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic National Committee leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined U.S. Senate candidate Gary Peters and gubernatorial candidate Mark Shauer at a gay rights forum Tuesday in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale.
Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema attacked same-sex marriage, and said that gays want free healthcare because they are dying of AIDS.
Agema said that during his career with American Airlines he witnessed LGBT workers claiming a person living with AIDS as their partner simply so that person could get medical benefits.
"Folks, they (gay people) want free medical because they're dying (when they're) between 30 and 44 years old," he said. "To me, it's a moral issue. It's a Biblical issue. Traditional marriage is where it should be and it's in our platform. Those in our party who oppose traditional marriage are wrong," said Agema.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has condemned Agema but hasn't urged his resignation. Snyder says he'd consider but won't lead the push for expanding the state's civil rights act to cover sexual orientation.
Earlier this year, Agema came under fire after he posted an excerpt on Facebook from an article titled "Everyone Should Know These Statistics On Homosexuals."
Among the claims in the article is that gay people "account for half the murders in large cities" and that "part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy lifestyle."
Wasserman Schultz says "intolerance is in the Republican Party's DNA."
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Federal judge questions if Ohio officials can refuse to recognize legal gay unions
'Duck Dynasty' patriarch makes 'vile' statements to describe LGBT people
Will the FDA's proposed changes to the gay blood donation ban change anything?
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Arkansas moves forward on criminalizing drag shows
The measure endangers trans people, too.
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More than half of LGBTQ+ parents in Florida are considering moving out of state
Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Republicans have terrified queer families into leaving.
Supreme Court may be forced to consider transgender bathroom bans
The court may have to take up the issue following a lower court decision denying a transgender student access to the boys' restroom at his public high school.


Everyone's talking about never events, ever since CMS announced its no pay policy for never events last month. But, hey, the CMS reg just implemented a DRA provision that's a couple years old. Not only that, the commercial P4P gang — e.g., the Leapfrog Group — already has never events policies in place that go beyond the CMS reg (including apologies and real no-pay rules).
Update 9/25/07: In an email exchange, the Leapfrog Group's Rachel Weissburg elaborates: "Leapfrog supports CMS's policy but would like to see it expand to address all 28 Serious Reportable Events. . . . Leapfrog's Never Events policy . . . also asks hospitals to apologize, report the event, and perform a root cause analysis – critical steps in preventing the event from ever occurring again and also healing the breach of trust between physican/hospital and patient."
The proposed CMS rule change is more limited in scope. If adopted, it will take effect on Oct. 1, 2008, and "will mean that hospitals will not benefit from higher reimbursement for [specific] conditions that were not present at the patient's admission," says CMS spokeswoman Ellen Griffith-Cohen. "We cannot speculate how the private sector will respond."
So why the brouhaha now? Well, chalk it up to the 800-pound gorilla nature of CMS. And some hospital folk just get wrapped around the axle of rules like this. Consider one of the issues on the table in today's Boston Globe article on never events and the no-pay rule: does the rule mean a hospital can't bill for additional surgeries required because of an HAI? Probably. Does it mean that it has to pay a crosstown rival's bills if a patient with an HAI wants to go elsewhere for followup treatment? Hmm.
Yes, there are issues to be ironed out, but the core concept is a sound one.
Anyone out there know what I'm talking about? HCFA — predecessor to CMS — and the regulated community took ten years and a bajillion pages of comments to hash out a regulatory scheme designed to implement a zero tolerance statutory scheme governing nursing facility survey and certification. (Echoes of never events.) In the real world, the statutory standard of absolute "compliance" with Medicare conditions of participation morphed into "substantial compliance." Maybe, at first blush, that seems incompatible with the concept of never events. However, it seems to me that some real-world testing of the never event concept needs to happen, including an approach that recognizes that not all never events can be tied to medical errors, just as the lawyer-bashers out there (come, come, you know who you are) would have it that not all bad outcomes can be tied to negligence or malpractice.
While the core concept may be sound, another argument against no-pay for never events is that the dollars at stake are not significant enough to get hospitals' attention. Lest that be construed as an invitation to add more never events to the list and add penalties to withholding of payment, let me simply suggest that CMS and other payors could get more bang for the buck in other quality initiatives.
HAI is just one of the many never events flagged by both Leapfrog and CMS. Massachusetts' Department of Public Health has been wrestling with the issue as well, as illustrated by a recent report on HAI in Massachusetts. Last week, DPH revealed (in a presentation by Paul Dreyer to the Public Health Council) that it would like to expand its hospital surveyor staff and add review of infection control policies, practices and outcomes — and sharing of best practices across institutions — to the work of the survey teams. Like the Leapfrog initiative, this approach is focused on rooting out the bad and nurturing the good. And it seems that it can be more positive than punitive.