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Topic: Best way to client-side load or hide state/province drop down?
Hi folks. First post, with hopefully a rudimentary answer. Maybe I'm just trying too hard, because I have done this plenty of times with plain old javascript before Rails entered my life. But now that I'm trying to work within the Rails form_for system, I am finding that what should be a simple task has become arduous beyond compare. I'm ready to tear out what little hair I have left, and I have yet to find anything online that addresses what I thought
would be a common scenario.
So, the scenario:
A user create/edit page. When a user selects US or Canada, the state/province drop down loads accordingly. If he selects a different country, the dropdown disappears. When the form is submitted, the user and his address are saved accordingly.
User model: has_one :address
Address model: has_one :state, has_one :country
State and Country are models with database values.
<% form_for :user, :url => {:action => "update", :id => @user} do |f| %>
<%= render :partial => "user_form", :locals => {:f => f} %>
<% end %>
First name: <%= f.text_field :first_name %>

Last name: <%= f.text_field :first_name %>

<% fields_for :address do |a| %>

City: <%= a.text_field :city %>

Country: <%= a.select :country_id, COUNTRIES %>

State: <%= a.select :state_id, STATES %>

<% end %>
At first, I tried putting the state selector and text in its own partial, thinking that via a custom onchange event on the country selector and by using RJS I would be able to reload the state selector from a controller method or hide it altogether. But in practice it can't be done because the state selector needs a form reference and the controller can't pass that in. It got ugly real fast.
So where I stand now, I'm looking at writing a custom javascript method, fired from an onchange event on the country selector, that would reload the contents of the state selector. Have I missed some magical rails ingredient or helper that would make this better? Has it just been too long a day? Any help appreciated.


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Northampton moved provisionally top of the Aviva Premiership table with a 24-6 win over Wasps at Franklin's Gardens on Friday.
Northampton moved provisionally top of the Premiership table with a 24-6 win over Wasps at Franklin's Gardens on Friday.
The Saints got off to a flying start when Ken Pisi launched a stunning counter-attack in response to an aimless long kick after just five minutes and the Samoan international gave it to full-back James Wilson to score in the right-hand corner.
And the Kiwi Wilson won a penalty for Stephen Myler to convert moments later after he chased his own kick and forced Wasps scrum-half Joe Simpson to hold on in the tackle.
Nicky Robinson did get the visitors back into the match with a couple of successful penalties but Myler cancelled them out with two of his own to make the score 14-6 at the break and Wasps' task was made even harder when Tim Payne was sent to the sin bin right on the stroke of half-time.
The Londoners survived the opening ten minutes of the second period intact until they were restored to their full complement but it wasn't long before they fell further behind as the New Zealander Wilson grabbed his second try of the game.
A superb bulldozing run and offload from former Leeds and Sale centre Luther Burrell gave Wilson the opportunity and the 29-year-old stretched his arm out just far enough to touch the ball down on the try-line.
Myler added the conversion and a late penalty to seal the win as the visitors struggled to even look like mounting any kind of comeback and Northampton move to the top of the table, while Wasps' struggles continue.
The scorers:
For Northampton:
Tries: Wilson 2
Con: Myler
Pens: Myler 4
For Wasps:
Pens: Robinson 2
Northampton: 15 James Wilson, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 Dom Waldouck, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Vasily Artemyev, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Rhys Oakley, 7 Tom Wood, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Christian Day, 4 Samu Manoa, 3 Paul Doran Jones, 2 Dylan Hartley (capt), 1 Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements: 16 Mike Haywood, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Mark Sorenson, 20 Phil Dowson, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Tom May.
Wasps: 15 Tommy Bell, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Chris Bell, 11 James Bailey, 10 Nick Robinson, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 James Haskell, 6 Joe Launchbury, 4 Tom Palmer, 4 Marco Wentzel (c), 3 Zak Taulafo, 2 Tom Lindsay, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Fabio Staibano, 19 Sam Jones, 20 James Cannon, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Lee Thomas, 23 Elliot Daly.
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Albuterol Side Effects
In Summary
Commonly reported side effects of albuterol include: tremor. Other side effects include: hypersensitivity reaction, tachycardia, and tremor. See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects.
For the Consumer
Applies to albuterol: oral syrup, oral tablet, oral tablet extended release
Other dosage forms:
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by albuterol. In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
Major Side Effects
You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking albuterol:More common:
- Shakiness in the legs, arms, hands, or feet
- trembling or shaking of the hands or feet
- Fast, irregular, pounding, or racing heartbeat or pulse
- Cough
- difficulty breathing
- difficulty with swallowing
- hives or welts
- hoarseness
- large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs
- noisy breathing
- redness of the skin
- shortness of breath
- skin rash
- slow or irregular breathing
- swelling of the mouth or throat
- tightness in the chest
- wheezing
- Agitation
- anxiety
- arm, back, or jaw pain
- blurred vision
- chest pain or discomfort
- confusion
- convulsions
- extra heartbeats
- fainting
- hallucinations
- headache
- irritability
- lightheadedness
- mood or mental changes
- muscle pain or cramps
- muscle spasm or jerking of all extremities
- nervousness
- nightmares
- pounding in the ears
- restlessness
- sudden loss of consciousness
- sweating
- total body jerking
- unusual feeling of excitement
- vomiting
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with albuterol may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:Less common:
- Dizziness
- feeling of warmth
- irritability
- nausea
- redness of the face, neck, arms, and occasionally, upper chest
- sleeplessness
- trouble with holding or releasing urine
- trouble sleeping
- unable to sleep
- Sleepiness
- unusual drowsiness
- Bad, unusual, or unpleasant (after) taste
- change in taste
- feeling of constant movement of self or surroundings
- gagging
- rough, scratchy sound to voice
- sensation of spinning
- tightness in the throat
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to albuterol: compounding powder, inhalation aerosol, inhalation aerosol with adapter, inhalation capsule, inhalation powder, inhalation solution, oral syrup, oral tablet, oral tablet extended release
Albuterol is generally well-tolerated and adverse effects seen are consistent with its pharmacological activity. In general, the severity of these adverse effects is dependent on the dose and route of administration. Administration by metered-dose inhaler (MDI) is associated with less systemic effects than administration of higher dosages orally or by nebulizer. Tolerance may develop to the adverse effects of albuterol.[Ref]
Changes in heart rate of approximately 20% may be produced by 0.18 mg of albuterol by MDI. Aggravation of angina may be due to tachycardia produced by albuterol. Atrial fibrillation was reported in one patient when a spacer device was utilized with an albuterol inhaler, thus increasing the available dose for systemic absorption. Supraventricular ectopic beats and ventricular tachycardia have also been reported. Higher doses of albuterol should be used with caution in patients with cardiac disease, arrhythmias, or hypertension. All of these effects are dose-related and lower doses may be tolerated.[Ref]
The cardiovascular side effects have included palpitations, peripheral vasodilatation and reflex tachycardia with blood pressure increasing or decreasing. Albuterol in higher dosages has been reported to aggravate angina, myocardial ischemia, or cause atrial or ventricular arrhythmias. Pulmonary edema has been reported in pregnant patients receiving intravenous albuterol. Postmarketing reports have included hypotension.[Ref]
Musculoskeletal side effects have included tremors, particularly at higher dosages. Tolerance can develop to the tremorogenic effects. Severe muscle cramping may occur infrequently.[Ref]
Following doses of 15 mg albuterol via nebulizer, hyperkalemic patients on hemodialysis experienced a 0.9 mEq/L decrease in plasma potassium which was sustained for 6 hours. Albuterol may stimulate sodium-potassium ATPase, resulting in an intracellular shift of potassium.
Transient lactic acidosis has been reported after administration of inhaled albuterol for an asthma attack.[Ref]
Metabolic side effects have included hypokalemia, and less commonly, hyperglycemia and lactic acidosis. Postmarketing reports have included metabolic acidosis. Diabetic ketoacidosis has been reported due to overdose of albuterol.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects have included restlessness, anxiety, nervousness, irritability, and insomnia. Postmarketing reports have included tremor.[Ref]
Psychiatric side effects have included psychoses presenting as auditory hallucinations and persecutory delusions. These effects are generally associated with higher dosages.[Ref]
Concern over the development of tachyphylaxis to the bronchodilating effects of albuterol has been expressed. Although conflicting data exist, complete tolerance has not been reported.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects have included paradoxical bronchospasm.[Ref]
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Circa Lighting and Interiors Chicago invited guests to meet Thomas O'Brien and celebrate the release of his new book, Aero. O'Brien signed copies, mingled with guests, and one lucky guest was gifted with a Thomas O'Brien table lamp. Guests were invited to an exclusive dinner at Coco Pazzo immediately following the event.
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Ron Howard talks about how impossible it is to pick a "best" picture, while Alyssa Milano talks motherhood and Mehcad Brooks admits to party-hopping.
HOLLYWOOD -- The upside of not being nominated for an Oscar? "The parties are more fun," says Ron Howard.
But, the low-key director admits, "It's more exciting if the pressure's on."
Howard doesn't "have a movie in the mix," at Sunday's Academy Awards, but that doesn't mean he can't hit the party circuit. He and composer Hans Zimmer were hosts of the Vanity Fair and Fiat party at packed Cecconi's in Hollywood Thursday night. It was a benefit for the United Nations International Labor Organization and Green Jobs Program.
Howard couldn't say which film he's rooting for. And of the Oscars, he acknowledged what all film buffs will say — that it's kind of impossible to pick a "best" film. "It's a great tradition, but obviously you can't really choose a best movie or best director."
Yes, it happens, he says. "We do it. And we all sort of play the game and we celebrate the outcome and of course it carries with it a lot of weight and a lot of meaning, but in our heart of hearts, we know you can't really turn an art form into a horse race. And yet, it's still a great opportunity to celebrate movies and creativity — and a great time to bump into colleagues."
Documentary guru Michael Moore was at the party with Emad Burnat, Palestinian director of Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras. Burnat recounted how when he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Turkey with his wife and 8-year-old son late Tuesday, agents kept him for "one hour and a half."
As for why they kept him? "I thought maybe it was political," said Burnat. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection told AP that "travelers may be referred for further inspection for a variety of reasons to include identity verification, intent of travel and confirmation of admissibility.")
At the party, Moore said "all" the documentaries nominated for Oscars this year "are good." And as for what he's working on now? "My next movie, that I don't talk about."
Meanwhile, Adrien Brody wasn't shy about smooching his model girlfriend Lara Lieto, who sported a super-short body-hugging beige dress.
And Alyssa Milano and her agent husband David Bugliari, who reps Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper, were having a date night. Their son, Milo, is 17 months. "He's talking, walking."
Milano's new ABC show, Mistresses, will air in May, she says. "Other than that I'm working on motherhood."
Is she ready for another one? "Thinking about it," she said. "More ready this month than I was last month."
At the DJ table, Necessary Roughness star Mehcad Brooks was helping pick music, posing with fans for photos and having a drink. He was winding down after presenting an award earlier at the Essence luncheon to his friend, mentor and Desperate Housewives co-star Alfre Woodard. "Two very different parties!" he said with a smile.


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Just "Peachy" Dish at bin on the lake this August
It's that time of year when just the smell of a ripened peach puts us in summer mode... how fitting that the peach is August's Destination Dish ingredient!
bin on the lake's Chef Dylan Giordan has the perfect summer dessert featuring peaches. We hope you try it out at home and let us know what you think. Bon Appetite!
Stuffed peach with sesame crisp
½ c marcona almonds
12 ea nilla wafers
½ c butter, soft
2 T sugar
2 ea egg yolks
½ T amaretto
4 ea red haven peaches
8 ea sesame crisps
Serves 8
Preheat the oven to 350. Chop the almonds in a food processor. Beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add the sugar, egg and continue beating until light and fluffy. Beat in the cookies and almonds and amaretto.
Cut each peach in half following the line and remove the pit. Spoon 2 T of the filling into the cavity of the peach and roast 20 minutes. When roasted, serve with a scoop of sorbet or ice cream (I suggest ginger ice cream) and garnish with a sesame crisp. Serve immediately.
Sesame crisp
1 c Powdered sugar
3 T Butter
3 T Honey
2 T Orange Juice
½ c White sesame seeds
¼ c Black sesame seeds
¼ c Flour
½ ea Orange, zested
Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients. Line a baking sheet with parchment sprayed w/ vegelene or a silpat. Scoop small balls of batter onto the baking sheet, and bake 10 to 12 minutes.


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Electoral College
The Electoral College is the method by which the United States elects a president every four years. The Founders wanted Electors to gather in each state rather than in a common place, thereby minimizing intrigue and corruption. Each state then votes on the presidential candidate. The details are specified in the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 3.
The electoral procedure is as follows:
- Political parties and independent presidential candidates select their electors.
- Political parties nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates.
- On the Tuesday following the first Monday of November, people choose the electors of their state depending on their presidential preference.
- On the Monday following the second Wednesday of December, electors of each state meet in their state capital to cast separate votes for the president and vice president. They are only allowed to cast votes for presidents and vice presidents of their own states.
- The ballots are than sealed and sent to the President of the Senate (the Vice President), who opens them on January 6.
- Candidates who win the majority of ballots for president and vice president will then be declared the winners. If no one wins the majority of the ballots for president, then the House of Representatives makes the choice from among the top three contenders. In this situation, each state's delegation has one vote and the majority of the states will have to elect the president. If there is no winner for vice president the senate will select between the top two contenders.
- At noon, January 20, the new president and vice president will be sworn into office.
The number of electors from each state is determined as being the same as the combined number of that state's senators and representatives. As the number of senators is always two, and the number of representatives is roughly proportional to the state's population, this means that larger states have more electors than smaller states, but smaller states have a proportionately higher number of electors. This mechanism was devised by the Founding Fathers as a compromise between large states (who felt they should have a greater say than the smaller states) and small states (who feared a straight proportional number would leave them too little influence).[1]
Nearly all the states vote on a winner-take-all basis, such that whoever wins a plurality of the votes in that state then receives all of the Electoral College votes for that state. The only two exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, which divide their electoral votes along congressional districts. Both states would therefore be able to split their share of votes between candidates. In practise however, this never happened until 2008, when Barack Obama won Nebraska's second congressional district, therefore winning one of Nebraska's five votes. The remaining four were won by John McCain.
Elections in 1800 and 1824 required the House of Representatives to select a president, as no candidate won a majority. The 1824 vote leader, Andrew Jackson, was later elected in 1828. In 1876, Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but Rutherford B. Hayes won with the elector vote. No one since has won a majority of the popular vote and lost the election.
In 1888, Grover Cleveland got a plurality of the popular vote (by a margin of 110,476) but Benjamin Harrison won the electoral college vote, and became president. In 1960, Richard Nixon got a plurality of the popular vote, unless you count votes for John F. Kennedy that actually went to electors that were pledged to vote for someone else. In the 2000 election, Al Gore narrowly got a plurality of the popular vote, and George W. Bush narrowly won the electoral vote. After a careful recount of the election results in Florida, George W. Bush was declared the 43rd President of the United States.
1. Bloom, Sol, and Johnson, Lars. The Story of the Constitution. Christian Liberty Press, 2001.
2. For an essay on attempts to abolish the Electoral College, see Essay:Electoral College.


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Debuting at Cedar Point in May of this year, Gatekeeper has become the longest wing-style roller coaster at 4,164 feet with the longest vertical drop of any wing-style roller coaster—a whopping 164 feet!
Reaching speeds of more than 65 miles per hour, this attraction takes riders through several spirals, twists, and rolling flyover maneuvers.
Now through August 26th, visitors to Six Flags Great America will have a rare chance to experience the beloved hills, twists, and turns of its best-known wooden roller coaster, Viper—backwards.
Just imagine going on this entire ride—hills, twists, turns, and all—in reverse.
Get ready to soar through the trees on Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City's latest addition.
This wooden coaster currently holds records for being the world's steepest, and for being the only wooden roller coaster in the world to actually twist upside down, with not one, but two barrel rolls.
Experience Goldstriker at California's Great America in Santa Clara, Calif.
At 108.2 feet high, Goldstriker at California's Great Adventure whisks riders along 3,197 feet of track at a whopping 53.7 mph, making it the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in Northern California.
The Texas Skyscreamer at Six Flags Over Texas is the world's tallest swing ride, sending riders on a whirlwind 35 mph flight in a 124-foot-wide circle above the park.
Visit the Skyscreamer at night for unparalleled views of the downtown Dallas and Fort Worth area, and see if you can spot nearby Cowboys Stadium or the Texas Rangers Ballpark—if you can keep your eyes open that is.
If you're in the San Francisco Bay area, keep an eye out for Undertow, a new thrill ride opening in August at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, one of Budget Travel's favorite American Boardwalks.
Riders board four-person cars with two people facing forward and two facing backward. The cars continue to rotate throughout the entire ride, guaranteeing that no two trips will be exactly the same, and making this the only spinning roller coaster in Northern California.
Full Throttle debuted at Six Flags Magic Mountain in June, making it the world's tallest and fastest looping roller coaster.
Those brave enough to try it can ride along the inside and outside of the record-breaking 160-foot loop and experience three zero-to-70 mph launches.
Debuting in May of this year, River Rush officially became Tennessee's first-ever water roller coaster.
You'll climb like a roller coaster and experience four drops, the largest being a 25-foot fall at a 45-degree angle.
Join Steve Carell's infamous super-villian, Gru, and other characters from Despicable Me on an epic Minion-filled adventure—in 3-D.
You'll feel like you're part of the action thanks to a nifty 3-D attraction based on the Despicable Me films.
Available at both Universal Studios theme parks in Florida and California, Transformers 3D is being billed as "an immersive, next generation thrill ride blurring the line between fiction and reality."
You'll fight alongside Optimus Prime and friends as the evil Decepticons wreak havoc on humanity in one of the park's latest 3-D attractions.
The New Fantasyland in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom is now home to new attractions like The Enchanted Forest, an area inspired by Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.
Classic Disney rides like Dumbo The Flying Elephant are now a part of the new section's Storybook Circus.
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The Atlantic, June 2008
At Irma's in Houston, Mexican food is in the right hands—mothers' and grandmothers'.
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The Atlantic, June 2008
At Irma's in Houston, Mexican food is in the right hands—mothers' and grandmothers'.
When President Obama left, I stayed on at the National Security Council in order to serve my country. I lasted eight days.
In 2011, I was hired, straight out of college, to work at the White House and eventually the National Security Council. My job there was to promote and protect the best of what my country stands for. I am a hijab-wearing Muslim woman––I was the only hijabi in the West Wing––and the Obama administration always made me feel welcome and included.
Like most of my fellow American Muslims, I spent much of 2016 watching with consternation as Donald Trump vilified our community. Despite this––or because of it––I thought I should try to stay on the NSC staff during the Trump Administration, in order to give the new president and his aides a more nuanced view of Islam, and of America's Muslim citizens.
Moonlight won Best Picture, but only after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner.
A largely predictable Oscars ceremony ended in the most stunning way possible, as Moonlight was named Best Picture—but only after the producers of La La Land took the stage, gave their speeches, and then were interrupted with the news that the wrong envelope had been opened. The final moments of the 89th Academy Awards are likely to be pulled apart and obsessed over for generations; it was the epitome of live television, the kind of epic screw-up that dreams are made of. Perhaps it was fitting for such a surprising win: For most of the night, La La Land's victory seemed obvious as it collected six trophies, including Best Director.
But it was Moonlight that won the final trophy of the evening, snagging three Oscars in all (including Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay). Its victory represents a hugely unexpected triumph for the writer/director Barry Jenkins, and the indie studio A24. That a film about a young gay African-American boy growing up in Miami, made for $1.5 million by a filmmaker with only one minor feature to his name, could break through over a throwback showbiz musical that has grossed $140 million and counting at the box office was unanticipated, to say the least.
Two of the world's three richest people extol the virtue, and relevance, of optimism in the age of Trump—and predict a comeback for fact-based discourse.
Bill Gates, the world's richest man, and Warren Buffett, the third richest, are—not entirely coincidentally—two of the most unremittingly optimistic men on the planet. So when I met the two of them in New York recently to talk about the state of humankind, and about the future of American democracy, I had a clear understanding of my mission, which was to pressure-test their sanguinity at every turn.
I tried, and failed, though not completely. Both men appear to doubt some of President Trump's innovations in rhetoric and policy. Both men have warm feelings about immigrants, and also about facts, and so are predisposed to react skeptically to recent developments in the capital. When I asked whether they believed America needed to be made great again, Buffett nearly jumped out of his chair: "We are great! We are great!" And when I asked about the Trump Administration's problematic relationship with empiricism, Gates said, "I predict a comeback for the truth." He went on to say, "To the degree that certain solutions are created not based on facts, I believe these won't be as successful as those that are based on facts. Democracy is a self-correcting thing."
Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments.
First, listen to the story with the happy ending: At 61, the executive was in excellent health. His blood pressure was a bit high, but everything else looked good, and he exercised regularly. Then he had a scare. He went for a brisk post-lunch walk on a cool winter day, and his chest began to hurt. Back inside his office, he sat down, and the pain disappeared as quickly as it had come.
That night, he thought more about it: middle-aged man, high blood pressure, stressful job, chest discomfort. The next day, he went to a local emergency department. Doctors determined that the man had not suffered a heart attack and that the electrical activity of his heart was completely normal. All signs suggested that the executive had stable angina—chest pain that occurs when the heart muscle is getting less blood-borne oxygen than it needs, often because an artery is partially blocked.
Technology has its own purposes.
"No… it's a magic potty," my daughter used to lament, age 3 or so, before refusing to use a public restroom stall with an automatic-flush toilet. As a small person, she was accustomed to the infrared sensor detecting erratic motion at the top of her head and violently flushing beneath her. Better, in her mind, just to delay relief than to subject herself to the magic potty's dark dealings.
It's hardly just a problem for small people. What adult hasn't suffered the pneumatic public toilet's whirlwind underneath them? Or again when attempting to exit the stall? So many ordinary objects and experiences have become technologized—made dependent on computers, sensors, and other apparatuses meant to improve them—that they have also ceased to work in their usual manner. It's common to think of such defects as matters of bad design. That's true, in part. But technology is also more precarious than it once was. Unstable, and unpredictable. At least from the perspective of human users. From the vantage point of technology, if it can be said to have a vantage point, it's evolving separately from human use.
The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here's the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
It's 2021, and President Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in for his second term. The 45th president has visibly aged over the past four years. He rests heavily on his daughter Ivanka's arm during his infrequent public appearances.
Fortunately for him, he did not need to campaign hard for reelection. His has been a popular presidency: Big tax cuts, big spending, and big deficits have worked their familiar expansive magic. Wages have grown strongly in the Trump years, especially for men without a college degree, even if rising inflation is beginning to bite into the gains. The president's supporters credit his restrictive immigration policies and his TrumpWorks infrastructure program.
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Reporting on the Philippines' drug war
Since the middle of last year, a group of Filipino reporters, photographers, and cameramen have been at the frontline of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. They are a different type of war correspondent, and the drug war, a different type of war.
The correspondents work what they call the "night shift," the unholy hours between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., when the dead bodies are found. They wait at Manila's main police station and rush from there to the site of the most recent kill. They keep count of the corpses, talk to witnesses and families, interview the police, attend wakes and funerals. A lot of what the world learned about the carnage, especially in the early months, is due largely to the night shift reporters.
Priming kids to expect rewards for good behavior can harm their social skills in the long term.
After working with thousands of families over my years as a family psychologist, I've found that one of the most common predicaments parents face is how to get kids to do what they're asked. And one of the most common questions parents ask is about tools they can use to help them achieve this goal.
One such tool is the sticker chart, a type of behavior-modification system in which children receive stickers in exchange for desired behaviors like brushing their teeth, cleaning their room, or doing their homework. Kids can later "spend" their accrued stickers on prizes, outings, and treats.
Though data on how widely sticker charts are used (and when and why they became so popular) is difficult to find, anecdotal evidence suggests that these charts have become fairly commonplace in American parenting. Google searches for "sticker chart," "chore chart," and "reward chart" collectively return more than 1 million results. Amazon has more than 1,300 combined product results for the same searches. Reddit, too, is teeming with forums for parents asking each other about the merits of the charts and discussing specific strategies.
It's a great physics thought experiment—and an awful accident in 1978.
What would happen if you stuck your body inside a particle accelerator? The scenario seems like the start of a bad Marvel comic, but it happens to shed light on our intuitions about radiation, the vulnerability of the human body, and the very nature of matter. Particle accelerators allow physicists to study subatomic particles by speeding them up in powerful magnetic fields and then tracing the interactions that result from collisions. By delving into the mysteries of the universe, colliders have entered the zeitgeist and tapped the wonders and fears of our age.
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The Emery County Commission met in the November commission meeting to address the items on the agenda. Dave Viccars from the division of forestry, fire and state lands was on hand to discuss the Utah wildland urban interface code-HB-146.
Viccars said he was a representative of the counties when it comes to dealing with House Bill 146. "There has been an increase in wildfire activity in Utah in recent years. We will be going before the legislature next year for more money for firefighting costs. People are building homes in traditional wildfire areas."
Viccars explained that he retired as a fire chief after 28 years and also spent five years as the state fire marshall. The state is striving to make things workable for the counties as they identify areas where the new code will be applied. The original code was similar to California's and California issues are not applicable to Utah, so provisions and changes have been made to the code to adjust to Utah's needs. The counties were supposed to adopt the code by September of this year and 10 have done so with the others somewhere in the process.
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Kofford said it was his understanding that the county's all volunteer fire departments didn't need to have the wildfire training and now he's hearing that they do need the wildfire training and he asked Viccars for clarification on that. Kofford pointed out it is very hard for the volunteers to attend training as they all have full time employment and aren't available during the daytime hours. Nights and weekends are the only time and it is asking a lot for these volunteers to do this. Kofford wondered if something could be done to facilitate training of the local firefighters. "If they need another 40 hours of training then they're probably not going to get it done," said Kofford.
Viccars replied only the red carded people engage in wildland firefighting. Other firefighters could engage in auxiliary functions like water shuttling. Viccars said they will deliver training to the local jurisdictions and the state will pay for the training. They also held over part of the fire wardens from the summer fire season and they will help with the training for locals.
Rudy Sandoval, the local representative, has scheduled training for next May for the firefighters in our area. It was pointed out that wildland firefighters are mostly young, hardy men. Viccars said firefighting has become more specialized. He recently helped with a wildland fire in Salt Lake County and the fire chief in charge said he was glad to have the wildland firemen take over because they are trained in structural fires only. So his team kept the homes safe and the wildfire team took care of the flames on the hillsides.
"This wildland fire code is something that should have been done years ago, but we are starting now to keep communities safe from fire," said Viccars.
Commissioner Ira Hatch said, "It is mandatory that we get a plan on line and we really appreciate Rudy's help with this. It's tough. We need to meld everything into the fire training, we just don't have the time. Over a period of time we can get everyone trained. We are commited to it," said Hatch.
Mike McCandless said the original code wouldn't work, but the revisions have helped a lot and the type I roofing will solve a lot of problems as well.
Kofford said the fire chiefs meet every second Monday of the month and two weeks ago a representative from the Fire Academy was there and he told a different story.
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Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2005
Matt playfully weaves slanderous stories about celebrities, aristocracy and outcasts. A fast hard-hitting hybrid of stand-up, character, micro-dramas and songs, classy romantic and rude. High-energy and unashamedly slick. 'Derek and Clive meets Elgar'.
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Matt Devereaux has clearly come to the Fringe well ahead of his time. Judging by his aristocratic accent, he has the cash to blow on staging a show to blow on an exercise that might help him grow as a comic.
It is more for him than his audience, who have to suffer a 40 minutes of poor material as he struggles to find his comedy feet.
The sparse few who do show up endure a lot of aimless chit-chat. For example, after explaining that his surname is French, he embarks on an unfocussed discussion of the language with a fellow speaker in the room, showing off his mastery of French tongue-twisters, though I'm not quite sure why.
He has got quite a range of accents, all employed to no good effect. He does a Loyd Grossman, for instance, just to say he can be a bit annoying. Or he adopts a harsh Ulster tone to imagine Margaret Thatcher in a porn film. What is this, I Love 1989? Not just in references, but in tired, aching style.
Add to the mix of styles he can't quite settle on a crushingly dull comedy song, and some stand-up that doesn't come from the heart… more like the colon.
There are some glimmers of hope for Devereaux, with a small smattering of lines suggesting sly wordplay might be his forte.
With a bit of experience and hard work, he could have a solid ten minutes in time for next year's festival. Which is a bit tough when he's doing 40 at this one.
Date of review: Aug 2005
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Sir Peter Hall - 03/04/2013
The "toff" act can be seen on youtube. A performance made a few months before the Edinburgh show that so upset Mr Bennett. Simply type in the name 'matt devereaux' and 'My friend Prince Philip' and watch an excerpt from the old asylum club in London. It is so obviously a comic caricature. Matt is not that brilliant and actor, though he was obviously good enough to raise the resentful petty-bourgeois hackles of this reviewer. A more sophisticated crowd at this performance laugh heartily at what is essentially a harmless spoof!
With virtually the same material this performer was a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year. How could such an improvement taken place within seven months? Bennett has a reputation as an inverted snob of which this review is a typical example.!
matt Devereaux - 06/11/2009
Bennett get over it. Feel free to to come to tea at my posh house in north London. x
Julian Defries - 03/08/2009
Matt is one of the most talented comedians in the business. The 'Posh with cash to blow' insinuation by this critic is absurd.
Zorro the avanger - 25/10/2007
Your reviewer is a halfwit who missed out on the golden age of NME contrary "journalism" (which ended around the time Julie Burchill started writing for the Face) and erroneously believes his "I'm-SOOOO-iconoclastic-me" stance has any significance whatsoever outside the environs of his arse, where it remains firmly stuck.
Suzanne - 22/03/2007
I caught one of Matt's shows the other day. Loads of laughs, so I thought I'd Google him and found this rubbish. The opinions of this critic represent unresearched prejudice.
Aidan H - 31/12/2006
This 'critic' has obviously come to Edinburgh ahead of his/her time - with a bit more hard work and er...experience he/she might manage a decent paragraph next time round. I have seen Matt Devereaux on several occasions and he is an exceptionally funny, polished and orginal entertainer. Oh and imagine my surprise when I discovered he wasn't aristocratic at all! He was putting it all on, like an act or something!
Brett Goldstein - 08/12/2006
I saw Matt Devereaux at the Try Out night at Downstairs at the Kings Head, and he stormed it. He was by far one of the best acts on and I would gladly see him again. He also proved himself to be a mean beatboxer.
Shorty - 28/10/2005
Your evident ignorance of Devereaux's prodigious past work makes one question your authority as a 'critic' in this field. Accusing him of being an aristocrat who thinks he can muddle through on the comedy circuit is hilarious - like accusing Ali G of being a black street kid chancing it is a TV roving reporter. It's his ACT for godsakes
Matt Devereaux - 26/10/2005
The posh persona is adopted as part of the act . but that seemed to go over your head alas.


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Emery County participated in the mid-term elections on Nov. 7 with the following results. In Commissioner A Gary Kofford, incumbent, received 2,005 votes to defeat challenger Mike Hurdsman who received 1,747 votes. In the Commissioner B race Jeff Horrocks received 1,995 votes and defeated Kent Wilson who received 1,805 votes. In the sheriff's race incumbent LaMar Guymon received 1,995 votes to defeat challenger Gordon Bennett who received 1,854 votes. In the county clerk/auditor race Brenda Dugmore defeated challenger Kollette Cologie by 2,231 votes to 1,563.
The swimming pool referendum passed with 2,733 for votes and 986 votes against. The county also voted to retain Judges Steve Stream, Betty Burns, Ronald E. Nehring and Jill N. Parrish. Dixie Allen received 3,319 votes for state school board of education district #14. Those running unopposed who retained their seats are: Kris Bell-county assessor, Steve Barton-treasurer, Dixie Swasey-county recorder, David Blackwell-county attorney. In the state races Orrin Hatch received 2,758 votes and Pete Ashdown received 780 votes from Emery County. In the third congressional district Jim Matheson received 2,385 votes to Lavar Christensen's 1,333 votes. For State House of Representatives seat #69 Brad King received 259 votes from Green River. In State House of Representatives seat #70, Kay McIff received 2,682 votes from Emery County. On the constitutional amendment #1 for votes were 2,109 and against 1,452.
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Ezekiel is shown the valley of dry bones—Israel will inherit the land in the Resurrection—The stick of Judah (the Bible) and the stick of Joseph (the Book of Mormon) will become one in the Lord's hand—The children of Israel will be gathered and cleansed—David (the Messiah) will reign over them—They will receive the everlasting gospel covenant.
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2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
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7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together,
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
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There are still an abundance of events going on, hell, when ISN'T there an abundance of events going on!?! But some of the best ones I've been to are still rocking, and some of the best I have yet to go to… are almost upon us!
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By SPENCER WRIGHTSalt Lake City
In the past, while I have patently disagreed with most of the opinions written in by Patrick Sundstrom, this time, I need to write in defense of him, at least partly. While I wouldn't incorrectly refer to Islamic Extremists as "fascists" as he does, he made some good points in his Aug. 28 opinion (in his retort to Cody Thornton), on how they are similar to Nazi fascists. While there are no two groups that are absolutely identical, in some cases, there are certain analogies that can be formed to help us understand another group better. I commend Mr. Sundstrom for pointing out similarities between two groups to illustrate his point.
Mr. Sundstrom wrote, "First, the Nazi party was the only political party in Germany after Hitler took power. No dissent against the Nazi party was tolerated. After the Islamic fascists took control of Afghanistan they became the only political party. No dissent against the Islamic fascists was tolerated. Hmmm."
I would heartily agree with Mr. Sundstrom that when a government does not tolerate dissent that is a sign of fascism. Kind of like when Mr. Sundstrom wrote regarding the U.S. government during World War II, "People like Mr. Wright remained silent because they understood what the consequences of losing the war were. They also knew the government would not tolerate their cowardice and sedition as it does now." I find it interesting that in both cases he mentioned the respective governments not "tolerating" dissent or sedition.
I completely agree with Mr. Sundstrom's more recent assessment and would add that, in defiance to fascism, dissent should be praised as a necessary quality of a free society when people see something wrong with the government, and that a government is utterly wrong to stifle opinions with which they do not agree. The Nazis were wrong to stifle dissent; the Taliban were wrong to stifle dissent. The U.S. government is wrong when it stifles dissent (and it has apologized many times since then for its WWII "fascist" behavior). On that point, Mr. Sundstrom, I couldn't agree more. Dissent is a sign of a free society; stifling of dissent (or even a belief that stifling dissent is good) is a sign of fascism. You're preaching to the choir on this one.
Mr. Sundstrom explained further, "Second, the Nazis believed the world should be dominated and controlled by them and if you were not a member of the party you should be enslaved or killed. The Islamic fascists believe the world should be controlled by them and if you are not a true believer of Islam you should be enslaved or killed. Hmmm."
I would fully agree with Sundstrom's assessment on both of these group's beliefs. The only difference is (which I believe was Mr. Thornton's point) Nazi Germany had the military might to carry out their belief. Islamic Fundamentalists, while they may at some future time acquire a nuke, do not have the military power to carry out their belief (even if they do acquire a nuke). The American public may rightfully worry about a terrorist attack, but to believe terrorists will overpower our military and take over our country is the height of unfounded fear. (That is, of course, unless we stretch our military too thin in exercises like Iraq.)
So while Sundstrom's current point is well taken, his original assessment of February 14th, 2006, incorrectly stated, "The one thing the democrats need to understand and they probably never will is this. If we lose the war on terror, the constitution will not amount to a hill of beans. We will be living under the terrorists." This original assessment is patently untrue, totally unfounded, and utilizes fear and false information. I'm also assuming that this distinction was the very point Mr. Thornton was making and the distinction that Mr. Sundstrom can't or doesn't want to see. While we are not 100 percent safe (nor will we ever be) and are vulnerable to an attack by terrorists, we will never be overrun and ruled by terrorists. This is in stark contrast to Nazi Germany that actually had the military might to act on its belief.
Sundstrom had stated in his Aug. 7 opinion, "In closing, I would like to remind Mr. Wright and your readers who don't already get it that the enemy is Islamic Fascism, not George W. Bush."
Once again, while I wouldn't refer to them as fascists, I totally agree that one of our enemies is Islamic Extremists. But two wrongs don't make a right, and just because George Bush fights against terrorists doesn't make his methods right. In many conflicts, there is not a good guy versus a bad guy. Sometimes, there are just two bad guys. And honestly, I'm a lot less afraid for what Islamic Extremists can theoretically do to this country than what one very misguided president is already doing. Fortunately in this country, we are still free to dissent as both Mr. Sundstom and I both agree is necessary for a free society.
I sure am glad that Mr. Sundstrom and I are finding some common ground. Thank you, Mr. Sundstrom, for helping me to understand that fascist beliefs can be found not only in traditional fascism, but also Islamic Extremists or even belief systems here in the United States. While I rarely agree with him, I appreciate Mr. Sundstrom's opinion and am glad that there are people who do not agree with me. As with anyone, I would never want Mr. Sundstrom's opinion stifled. I wonder if Mr. Sundstrom feels the same about my opinion or whether he would want to stifle my opinion. Oh wait, I already knew the answer to that when he said, "People like Mr. Wright remained silent because they understood what the consequences of losing the war were. They also knew the government would not tolerate their cowardice and sedition as it does now."
If we could only silence the dissent and "sedition" of those liberals, then we'd win the war, right, Mr. Sundstrom? Now let's see: the Nazis believed stifling dissent was good for the Reich, the Taliban believed stifling dissent was good for Afghanistan, President Bush believes stifling dissent is good for America, and Mr. Sundstrom also believes stifling dissent is good for America. Hmmm.


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My daughter's plan to transfer to a different college (university) away from home next year - I will really miss her!
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And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
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