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Image Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for a sneak peek of A Distant Soil #42, Bushido #5, Five Ghosts #6, Mice Templar IV – Legend #8, Prophet #40, Saga #15, Sex #8, and Witchblade #170.
Bushido #5
Story By: Rob Levin
Art By: Jessada Sutthi
Price: $2.99
VAMPIRES IN FEUDAL JAPAN! Kichiro is an outsider in feudal Japan. Lacking the Japanese blood that would allow him to become a samurai, Kichiro must fulfill his dreams of serving the shogun in a less traditional manner… by eliminating every foreign supernatural threat that rears its fangs!
This Halloween month, treat yourself to an issue of BUSHIDO each Wednesday! All FIVE issues of Top Cow's and Heroes and Villains Entertainment's latest series will be released in October. Order now… if you dare!
A Distant Soil #42
By: Colleen Doran
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
The resistance dissolves into warring factions intent on seizing power. And the faction that gets hold of Liana is determined to destroy the tradition of Avatar rule. Off with her head! The final chapter of A Distant Soil continues, with only 9 issues left!
Five Ghosts #6
Story By: Frank J. Barbiere
Art By: Garry Brown
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Fabian travels to Japan to aid an old ally in the search for a mythical weapon: the legendary sword known as MASAMUNE!
A special stand-alone tale featuring artist GARRY BROWN (The Massive, Mass Effect)!
Mice Templar IV: Legend #8
Story By: Bryan J. L. Glass
Story By: Michael Avon Oeming
Art By: Victor Santos
Cover By: Michael Avon Oeming
Price: $3.99
The true madness of King Icarus is revealed as he launches his war against the heavens, forcing the owls of Wotan to defend the Great Ash Tree from the rat horde. But as the sacred Fields of Gold burn, former High Priest Micah unleashes true justice against the corruption of the priestly order!
Prophet #40
Story By: Brandon Graham
Story By: Simon Roy
Art By: Simon Roy
Art By: Giannis Milonogiannis
Cover By: Farel Dalrymple
Price: $3.99
Old man Prophet goes looking for ancient heroes in hopes of tracking down the missing Badrock.
Saga #15
Story By: Brian K. Vaughan
Art By: Fiona Staples
Price: $2.99
Everything starts coming together.
Sex #8
Story By: Joe Casey
Art By: Piotr Kowalski
Price: $2.99
Simon Cooke finally comes face to face with the psycho-social phenomenon known as… the Saturnalia! What surprises await him? More importantly: Who's gonna get naked? It's all been building to this climax so, whatever you do, don't you dare miss it!
Witchblade #170
Story By: Ron Marz
Cover By: Marc Silvestri
Price: $2.99
Sara Pezzini has been a cop, a mother, a girlfriend, and a private investigator. She is none of those things anymore. The only thing tying Sara to her past and preventing her from forging a new chapter in life is the Witchblade. But with everything else gone, who will Sara Pezzini be if she gives up the Witchblade?


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We started out this morning with breakfast in the hotel. As usual, they had a wide selection of Asian and Western selections. I started with toast, but then added Yunnan noodles and fruit to it. Michael decided to go all out Chinese and had the noodle hot bowl. This is a meal that you make yourself by starting with rice noodles, adding vegetables and/or meat to the top. You then dip up your selection of sauces (Michael did LOTS of chili sauce). The soup is completed by adding some broth from a pot that is simmering nearby. He thought that it was wonderful and happily slurped his way thru breakfast.
We were met at 9:00 by our driver and driven to Doug's house where we were joined by Doug and also a Canadian scientist (Bob) who lives part time in Kunming.
The plan for the day was to look at available houses and see if we could find one that we liked. We are looking for a townhouse and were confused by the fact that there were so few of them available. As we talked to Doug, we found out that the Kunming government made a plan to bring a lot more people to the city in the next few years as this helps their status with the national government. To this end, about 18 months ago, they quit allowing "single family dwellings" to be built and instead are putting in high rise apartment buildings.
We did look at 5 different homes, however two of those were duplexes with the bottom three floors being one house and the next two floors being a second one. Unfortunately, we did not find one that we both liked and that we thought we could easily live in. There are two more that we will look at tomorrow.
We returned to the hotel about 3:00 and spent some time talking, relaxing and taking a short stroll around the Green Lake Park. At about 7:00 we decided to go out to Salvadore's Coffee Shop which is about ½ mile from the hotel. We had visited there on the last trip and wanted to try the food. It is owned by four American's and the menu is extensive….mostly Western food. We had a couple of sandwiches and then headed back to the hotel.

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Distributed Monitoring System at Probe Level (TDM / Wireless/ IP Networks)
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GL Communications Inc. a global leader in telecom test and measurement solutions, announced today its insight into Distributed Monitoring System at Probe Level. This gives an insight into the GL's new an addon tool for the operators looking for cost-effective and simple plug-and-play solution, a simplified web-based network surveillance system - NetSurveyorWeb™ Lite,.
The NetSurveyorWeb™ Lite version is enhanced to work with GL's Voice Band Analyzer and Delay Measurement tools to analyse captured voice traffic and provide precise voice and one-way delay metrics.
[See the complete illustration here: https://www.gl.com/images/netsurveyorweblite-network-architecture.jpg]
[See the product announcement newsletter: https://www.gl.com/newsletter/distributed-monitoring-system-at-probe-level-newsletter.html]
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Speaking to the press, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the GL Communications Inc said, "In today's advanced telecom networks, surveillance of network characteristics is becoming more important than ever before. Performance Monitoring, Remote Protocol Analysis, Voice Quality Analysis, Delay Measurements, Capacity Management, Troubleshooting, Security, Fraud Detection, Alarm Monitoring, Billing Verification, Failure Prediction and Traffic Engineering are some aspects that necessitate continuous monitoring of network health".
"Any network operator, service provider, or equipment manufacturer must have the means to perform capture and surveillance tasks remotely, automatically, and non-intrusively. Fortunately, the network backbone contains a wealth of information that can be monitored and collected to support these activities".
He further added, "GL Communications tailored test equipment and software solutions meet the critical aspects of network surveillance for real-time deployment readiness, 24/7 availability, non-intrusive monitoring, alerting, and reporting".
Mr. Kulkarni further explained, "GL's new easy-to-deploy NetSurveyorWeb™ Lite application and accompanying probes helps customers get in-depth analysis of each and every call on their network for troubleshooting. NetSurveyorWeb™ Lite is a web-based application that facilitates display of Call Detail Records (CDRs), filter-out the calls of interest, play voice files, analyze voice traffic, perform critical voice/fax/delay measurements, consolidate different reports, build custom KPIs and alerts that are of critical importance to customers".
"NetSurveyorWeb™ Lite is an integrated and a cost-effective monitoring system, that allows multiple protocol analysis probes, and all central system components such as database engine, and web server to run on a single system. The architecture is uniform across all types of networks, TDM, IP, and Wireless. This results in a reliable user-friendly and uniform approach to Reports, Administration, and Maintenance. The system allows for easy plug-and-play and simplified deployment process to start monitoring the networks".
About GL Communications Inc.,
GL Communications Inc is a global provider of test and measurement solutions and has over the years worked with major telecom equipment vendors, service providers, and system integrators to meet the testing requirements arising at various stages of telecom products development life cycle.
GL offers a broad set of test solutions that help perform all types of testing on networks, from initial system design, to fine-tuning, troubleshooting, live deployment, and monitoring. The products are widely used to verify and ensure 'quality and reliability' of Wireless (4G LTE, 3G, 2G), SONET/SDH, IP, TDM, and PSTN networks.
GL core product development is backed by a dedicated team of R&D experts to match evolving market and technical challenges in a most cost-effective and innovative way.
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Independence to host Varsity Triangular tonight
January 8, 2020 (Independence, IA) – Independence wrestlers are gearing up for a big matchup this week. Independence will take on Vinton-Shellsburg and Williamsburg in a Varsity Triangular this Thursday in the Independence High School gym.
According to the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association's latest Dual Team Rankings, Independence and Williamsburg are currently tied for #2 in the state in 2A wrestling. All three participating teams are members of the WaMaC west division, making this week's matchup an important one for the team race.
Independence is sending four ranked wrestlers to the dual according to IAwrestle, including Isaiah Weber (ranked #2 at 126 lbs), Matthew Doyle (ranked #5 at 160 lbs), Cole Davis (ranked #1 at 170 lbs), and Christian Kremer (ranked #7 at 195 lbs).
The dual will start at 6 p.m. in the high school gym with Williamsburg vs. Vinton-Shellsburg, followed by Independence vs. Williamsburg around 7:15 p.m., and Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Independence around 8:30 p.m.
For more information regarding Independence Wrestling, contact Coach Michael Doyle at email@example.com. Additional ranking information can be found at IAwrestle.com.


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Custom clangd in CLion
I'm working on some custom language extensions for C++ implemented in clang. I'm at the stage now where I'd like to get them to work within editors. I've had success with language-server style approaches (i.e. plugins for sublime/vscode implemented from the system's clangd or libclang), but CLion doesn't seem to allow for a customized clangd path. I presume this means that CLion's clangd is customized in someway.
1. Will it ever be possible to specify a custom clangd?
2. How important are JetBrain's customizations to clangd for integration with CLion? I.e., if i swap out the underlying clangd, might that be expected to work somewhat?
I've seen this post: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360009924479-Custom-clangd- unfortunately this is more aimed at non-standard architectures (and the solution was to use qemu to bridge the gap).
- We don't plan to implement such feature in CLion. It might be implemented in Fleet, but I can't promise that for sure at this stage of Fleet development.
- Very important. Almost all the main functions are customized.
Thanks for the response. It's a shame, but I expected as much.
I was unaware of Fleet up until now. Presuming this is an "answer" to the new-wave semi-IDEs, I don't expect it'll be too different to current language server based integrations, but time will tell. I only hope Fleet isn't using electron :)
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- Shall you close your existing personal loan with a new personal loan?
- It depends on how much will all cost you - Read here the likely cost as well as other solutions
Is your existing personal loan EMI too high for you? Think of suitable alternatives and implement the best one. Otherwise, if you delay employing the right solution, you could default and find yourself in all sorts of trouble. Not only the credit score will come down, but even the late payment charges will mount along with legal complications.
But what are the solutions you have? Shall you take another personal loan at a lower interest rate to pay off your existing loan? Many borrowers are asking this question, but is it the right solution for you? If not, what else do you have? We will talk about everything here. Let's read!
So Should You Take a New Loan to Close Your Running Personal Loan?
Don't implement any solution just for the sake of it. Do your loan mathematics properly before deciding. A new personal loan will come with a processing fee, while the closure of existing loan will have foreclosure charges. So, calculate all these and see whether it is a feasible solution for you.
Let's Calculate
We have mentioned below an example depicting your likely personal loan repayment scenario. It will help you get a feel of the situation.
Example – You took a personal loan of INR 8 lakh for 5 years at an interest rate of 17% around 2 years ago. Now, if you take a new loan at 14%, will it benefit you? It will depend on the overall cost. The processing fee comes at 2% of the loan amount plus applicable Goods and Services Tax (GST). The foreclosure fee levied on closing your existing personal loan is 4% of the outstanding balance plus 18% GST.
So, how much will you pay before the new personal loan EMI begins? Let's find out!
|Loan Aspects
|Amount (In INR)
|EMI Payable on INR 8 Lakh at 17%
|Interest Payable on INR 8 Lakh at 17%
|Interest Paid Till Now
|Outstanding Loan Balance After 2 Years
|Foreclosure Fee Applicable to the Closure of Running Personal Loan
|26,321.48 (5,57,658 x 4%) x 18%
|Processing Fee Applicable to the New Personal Loan
|Payment to be Made Before the Commencement of New Personal Loan EMI
(26,321.48 +13,452)
Check How We Have Calculated the Processing Fee Above
To close the existing loan amount of INR 5,57,658, you will need to take a new loan of around 5,70,000, considering a 2% processing fee. The fee would be around INR 13,452 including tax. Now, this fee will get deducted from the applied amount and the net amount will get disbursed to your bank account. If we do all the calculations, the net disbursal amount will be around the existing loan balance of INR 5,57,658.
So What Will be the EMI for a New Personal Loan?
Let's stick to the above example where you could end up paying INR 39,773.48 at the time of new loan application. Now, what will be the new personal loan EMI? How lower is it in comparison to the old personal loan EMI? Let's find out using the Personal Loan EMI Calculator. Well, the new loan will be around INR 5,70,000 at an interest rate of 14% per annum.
The EMI will also depend on the time for which you are going to take a new loan. Assuming you want a new loan for the time left in your existing personal loan i.e. 3 years, the EMI will be INR 19,481. The total interest outgo on a new loan will amount to INR 1,31,325.
So, the difference in EMI between the old and new personal loan is not much i.e. INR 341 (19,882-19,481). On the interest front, you will pay INR 3,66,153 including the interest you have already paid on your existing loan. If we add INR 39,773.48, the total payment will come as INR 4,05,926.48, which is more than the likely interest payment of INR 3,92,924 on an existing personal loan. So, there's no worth taking a new loan given the overall obligations.
Maybe if you can get the new loan at a much lower interest rate, you can think of. Do the calculations and see if the overall interest payment is reasonably lower than INR 3,92,924, if not significant.
But What About When There are No Processing Fees and Prepayment Charges on a Personal Loan?
It's rare in a personal loan to have no processing fee and prepayment charges. But during the festive season, lenders can come with such offers. Even individuals with strong credit and income profiles can bag such offers. If such an offer comes your way, grab it and reduce your overall obligations. Consider the above example where processing fee and prepayment charges constitute around INR 39,773.48. So, if we remove that, the total loan cost will come as INR 3,66,153, saving you around INR 26,771 (3,92,924-3,66,153) on the overall transaction.
Can You Think About a Personal Loan Balance Transfer?
A personal loan balance transfer is a process by which you can transfer your existing loan to another lender at a lower rate of interest. But you will still need to pay a foreclosure pay to the existing lender and a balance transfer fee to the new lender. Here also, you need to calculate these costs and see whether they reduce your overall interest payment. We advise a balance transfer only when the new interest rate is lower than the existing one by at least 5-6%. Even then, check the cost using the technique shown above.
But some lenders may not have a foreclosure fee and won't charge on a balance transfer either. If you find two such lenders, a balance transfer will yield you the ideal result.
What Else Can You Do to Reduce Your Personal Loan Obligations?
If you had the savings to pay off your entire outstanding balance, you probably won't have thought of taking a new loan. But if you have the savings to pay off the loan partly, do that and reduce your obligations. Let's consider the above example to understand the same.
So, the 5-year personal loan of INR 8 lakh taken at an interest rate of 17% has an outstanding balance of INR 5,57,658. If you have savings of say INR 2 lakh but can pay INR 1.50 lakh towards the part payment of the loan, how will it play out? Let's check out!
|Loan Aspects
|Amount (In INR)
|EMI Payable on INR 8 Lakh at 17%
|Interest Payable on INR 8 Lakh at 17%
|Interest Paid Till 2 Years
|Outstanding Loan Balance After 2 Years
|Part Payment Amount
|Outstanding Loan Balance After Part Payment
|EMI Payable After Part Payment
|Savings in Terms of EMI
|Interest Payable After Part Payment
|Interest Paid Till Now + Interest Payable After Part Payment
|42,526 (3,92,924-3,50,398)
The lender will debit a part payment fee on the amount prepaid. In case the fee is 4%, the part payment charges will come as INR 7,080 including 18% GST. So, the overall savings will reduce to INR 35,446 (42,526-7,080), which is still a decent number.
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Mexico's stay policy required many foreigners to stay on the Mexican side of the southern border while awaiting the results of their asylum applications.
Previously, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end the stay-in-Mexico policy after DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas drafted a new memorandum in a second attempt to scrap the program. A decision in August by Federal Judge Matthew Kaczmaryk in Amarillo struck Mayorkas' first memorandum ending the MPP.
The country's high court declined a call after Kaczmaryk's decision. However, on February 18, the Supreme Court granted the administration's motion for a chance to argue that it should be allowed to end the stay-in-Mexico policy, which was first instituted by former President Trump in early 2019.
The issues in dispute are whether Title 8 of the U.S. Code requires the federal government to implement the MPP and whether the Fifth Circuit was correct in its decision to invalidate Mayorkas' second memorandum, which he issued on October 21 of last year after the DHS dragged its feet for months to comply with the order of Kaczmaryk.
Attorneys General Ken Paxton of Texas and Eric Schmitt of Missouri alleged that Mayorkas' termination of the MPP violated the Administrative Procedure Act and other federal laws.
The pleadings will take place before the Republican of May 24 runoff between Paxton and his opponent, Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
Paxton touted his lawsuit against Biden challenging the president's decision unsuccessful efforts drastically reduce illegal immigration. bush too Biden sued on its decision to halt construction of the federal border wall project.
A copy of the Supreme Court document detailing the issues presented in the appeal can be found below.


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The Insurance Appraisal Clause is a clause within most insurance policies that allows for an appeals type process to be used when the insured and the insurance company disagree on the amount to be awarded for an insurance claim. It's an excellent tool that more and more insured property owners are taking advantage of to get what they feel is a more fair award amount to repair the damages ensued. Hiring an Appraiser or a Public Adjusting firm that employs Insurance Appraisers could very well be the smartest thing you do when you have to file a claim. The state of Texas, because of the massive amount of storm damage claims daily, is nicely acquainted with the appraisal process, and it appears that New York is jumping on the Bandwagon! Appraisal is not something that Insurance companies are excited about, because it allows to third parties to decide the amount that they will have to pay. Despite attempts to keep this tool quiet, the word is finally getting out. Home and Business-owners are tired of just taking what they're given, and they're doing something about it!
To find out more about the Appraisal Process, click here. To read the full article about New York State joining Texas, click on the link below.
Original Source – http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ny-joins-texas-in-the-broad-use-of-appra-20511/?utm_source=LU_Emails


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Unlike other "rotary vises" that simply "rotate" to position the hook, the Norvise is designed to "spin" the hook to apply material. With the hook shank held in perfect alignment with the axis of rotation (on centerline) it works like a lathe and provides for better thread tension control and more precise material placement.
Precision ball bearings and heavy brass hubs enable the Nor-vise to also work like a spinning wheel for dubbing like you have never seen before. Perfectly shaped and textured bodies, with all the dubbing materials, can be created, without wax, better, faster, and much easier than by any other method.
Lots of other body materials such as lead, wire, tinsel, floss, chenille, plastics, etc. can also be "spun on" very quickly and smoothly. Another unique technique with the Norvise is to use its spinning capability to "reinforce" materials such as herl and hackle with the working thread.
Norvise - Standard Vise
Norvise Standard Inline Jaws
Norvise Large Jaws
Norvise Fine Point Jaws
Norvise Fly Tying Bobbin Kit
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Yesterday on Facebook, Jeff Shaumeyer with a currently hot meme:
Inexplicably, there are still people in America who believe this is always true!
A chain of responses followed (including a long unhappy response by me). Highlights below (reproduced here with permission).
— Jeff Bowles: Sure. If you're white.
— Jeff Shaumeyer: Which, I suppose, is why it's white people who keep saying this.
— Julian Lander: Is this where I note that I have no memory of any interaction with the police that was in any way adversarial? And my interactions with them otherwise have been exceedingly rare, if you omit those on traffic details and such. I'm not sure I've spoken to an on-duty policeman in my life. [This is not a claim of moral superiority but an assertion of ignorance.]
(In a separate mailing, JL added: I'm concerned about being misinterpreted. I hope you understand that my statement was an explanation of why I lack perspective in this area, and am hesitant to claim expertise.)
— Jeff Shaumeyer: This is why, when AOC [American congressional representative Alexandia Ocasio-Cortez] was asked what an America without police would look like, she said "a white suburb". Most White people have very little experience with police. My experience has been about once every 45 years.
— Christopher Walker: In my earlier years I was more visually identifiable as a gay person. My one (non-traffic) experience with on-duty policemen was having two of them not interfere while a small gang of zealots spat on me.
I was still a white person, so my life was not in danger
— AZ: I'm white but gay, and my experiences with the police here in Palo Alto have been, with only one exception, fraught. (Though nothing like the experiences of my black friends, virtually all of whom have been picked up and aggressively grilled by the cops for just being some place the cops thought they don't belong.)
A while back I reported a burglary, and as soon as the officer entered my house and saw that was a fag's place he became quite hostile and tried very hard to make the burglary my fault (suggesting that I had allowed friends — meaning other queers — into the house). Fortunately, he had a rookie cop with him, who was young and sympathetic and did some careful mediation. But I'm truly sorry I reported the burglary.
(Back some years, I got regular death threats on the phone for being a faggot, and never even considered reporting them to the cops; it would have been a disaster.)
The one occasion when I escaped the hostility involved a homeless man, quite drunk, who collapsed on the sidewalk outside my house. When the cops came to my report I was outside on the street and wore nothing that smelled of queerness, so they just treated me as an ordinary concerned citizen. Remarkable because it was unproblematic, what white people generally expect.
Back in Columbus [when I taught at Ohio State, 1969-98] it was much much worse. Because of the political activism of my household and my gay activism, the cops tapped our phone and surveilled my activities, assembling a giant collection of materials that they hoped to use against me (I discovered this from an Ohio State colleague in criminology who was astonished to see the collection at police headquarters and warned me about it.)
So no, cops are not my friends. I view every one of them with grave suspicion. (Of course there are decent cops, like that rookie above, but the default assumption has to be that they're persecutors, not protectors.)
I say again that my experiences are minuscule in comparison to what my black (and latino) friends regularly encounter, and the experiences of my friends, who are middle-class professionals, are minuscule in comparison to what working-class black and brown folk encounter on a daily basis. Whitefolk just have no idea.
— Jeff Shaumeyer > Arnold Zwicky: thanks for the comment, and your fortitude. When most [straight] white folks shout their desire for "law and order", they have no idea what "keeping order" really means for people who are not like them.
— Jeff Bowles: Here's a simple example: twice or three times, in my 20s, I "got off" or "got away with" something that a policeman pretty much warned me and sent me home. One involved teenage college drinking, another involved pot. I've even written a short story about one of the events.
Then I realized, years later: I was some white, clean-cut college kid.
What would those "lucky outcomes" have been, if I had been something else?
What indeed?
And then, another piece of the story: from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Ga. officer fired for posting 'absolutely intolerable' meme, comments on Facebook" by Stephanie Toone on 6/23/20:
A Georgia police officer has been terminated after her Facebook post and comments received complaints for being deemed racially insensitive.
The Butler Police Department officer has been terminated after posting about police activity on her personal Facebook page, according to news station WRBL. On Monday, the officer was placed on administrative leave, but department officials decided to terminate the officer after investigation Tuesday.
… The unnamed officer's Facebook post included a meme with the caption written on it that reads: "Have you ever noticed that the police leave you alone if you're not doing anything illegal?


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Due to the major storm expected to impact our region, Mohawk Dental is rescheduling all of Monday's appointments. At this time, we are planning on seeing Tuesday's patients as scheduled.
Our new patient form is now available online! We are proud to make our patient form available online so you can complete them at your leisure, saving you time waiting… read more →
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Tickets On Sale Friday, Aug. 2 at 10 a.m.
LAS VEGAS — This November, comedian and actor Nate Bargatze will make his Wynn Las Vegas debut with a one-night-only engagement of his "Good Problem to Have" Tour at the Encore Theater. Bargatze will bring his relatable humor to the stage on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets for this performance will be available for purchase on Friday, Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. PDT.
Hailing from Old Hickory, Tenn., Bargatze is no stranger to show business. Influenced by his father, a former clown turned world class magician, Bargatze quickly rose to fame performing his clean stand-up routines. Bargatze has received rave reviews for his Netflix specials "The Standups" (2017) and his first-ever solo Netflix special, "The Tennessee Kid" which premiered globally in March 2019.
Bargatze has toured with Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon, has been named one of Esquire's "Best New Comedians" by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron's "Comedians to Watch" by Rolling Stone and one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch." Bargatze can be seen performing regularly at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Sasquatch, the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival and more.
Ticket Information
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019
- Public On-Sale: Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at 10 a.m. PDT
- Price: $39.50-$99.50 plus applicable fees
- Points Of Purchase: Wynn Las Vegas Box Office (702-770-9966) or WynnLasVegas.com
For more information, visit natebargatze.com.
About Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and was once again named the best resort in Nevada on Condé Nast Traveler's 2018 "Gold List," a title received for the tenth time. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,750 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 192,000 square feet of casino space, 21 signature dining experiences, 11 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 290,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 160,000 square feet of retail space as well as two theaters, two nightclubs, a beach club and recreation and leisure facilities. Wynn Las Vegas recently unveiled Wynn Plaza, a Strip-front expansion that offers a collection of world-renowned luxury, contemporary, and lifestyle brands. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com, or follow on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
About AEG Presents
AEG Presents is one of the largest live music companies in the world. The company is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including producing and promoting global and regional concert tours, music events and world-renowned festivals. AEG Presents operates in North America, Europe and Asia through 16 regional offices that support its tours which include such artists as Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Justin Bieber, BTS, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and Kenny Chesney; produce or support over 25 music festivals, including the iconic Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Stagecoach, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Hangout Festival, Electric Forest, and Firefly; and owns, manages or books more than 80 clubs and theaters. AEG Presents produces and promotes more than 11,000 shows annually worldwide and conducts business under such globally renowned brands as AEG Presents, Goldenvoice, The Bowery Presents, Concerts West, Messina Touring Group, Marshall Arts LTD, Madison House Presents and PromoWest Productions. The company also operates The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and produces the residency shows of Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Reba, Brooks & Dunn and Jerry Seinfeld and is the exclusive promoter at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. For more information visit aegpresents.com.


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Give Back: YMCA Honolulu's Hurricane Harvey Donation Drive
Donate keiki items to family hurricane shelters in Houston.
Courtesy: YMCA of Greater Houston
Courtesy: YMCA of Greater Houston
Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey swamped the Houston area, about 20,000 people are still living in shelters or hotels. Many are families. Thousands are staying in more than 30 hurricane shelters based at Houston YMCAs.
The YMCAs have started kid-focused programs to restore fun and a sense of normalcy for those dealing with the devastation. The Houston YMCA, along with the City of Houston and Children's Museum of Houston, created "Fun Zones" in each shelter, with toys and activities for the kids. The organization is also running day camps in communities where schools are still closed and after-school care in other areas, all featuring science, technology, reading, arts and crafts activities.
Photo: Courtesy YMCA of Greater Houston
YMCA employee Shannon Wells Stone rescues a child from the aftermath of the storm on Aug. 28.
Photo: Courtesy YMCA of Greater Houston
Hawai'i families can help by donating supplies for the kids at the Houston YMCAs. The YMCA of Honolulu partnered with Pasha Hawai'i and Hawai'i Stevedores, Inc. to fill and ship a 40-foot container full of supplies to Texas. Families can drop off donations at a drive-through at YMCA's Nu'uanu location Friday, Sept. 15, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The container ships Monday.
It's an opportunity to get your child involved in giving back. Select gently-used games and toys together. Take your keiki shopping for new school supplies or his or her favorite snack to donate to other kids in need.
Here are some of the items being requested:
- Sports equipment including basketballs, basketball nets, hula hoops, parachutes, jump ropes, soccer and baseballs.
- Indoor and outdoor play equipment: slides, climbing gyms, scooters, bikes and ride-on toys.
- LEGO and building toys
- Cars, trains, toy trucks
- Action figures and dolls
- Arts and craft kits and supplies including glue, paint, scissors, craft paper, beads and more.
- Games and puzzles
- Dress up and pretend play items
- Stuffed animals
- Toddler toys
- Crayons, markers and coloring books
- Clear or mesh backpacks
- School supplies
- Non-perishable snacks
The drive-through donation drop-off will be at the Nu'uanu YMCA, 1441 Pali Highway, Friday, Sept. 15 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. For a full list of items, go to ymcahonolulu.org.


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I had to double check this was an actual NASA video and not a fan-made one as it's quite.. psychedelic with the music and the visuals. But really, when you discover just how binary black holes distort and bend light as they pass each other, what other choice do you have?
Chemistry labs of the future are trending heavily toward being almost entirely run and operated by AI and machines. I don't just mean for the grunt work, I mean for basically everything.
From modeling experiments to designing new compounds, to synthesizing and evaluating the result and interpreting the data. That's almost the entirety of what a chemist does!
They are calling it 'looped intelligence' and basically it's the entire scientific method, all run by AI.
So where will humans fit in, if labs go this route? Well they will still be the ones (in theory and for now) setting the overall objectives and then ultimately doing the final stage of 'understanding' of what the AI has created, but the vast majority will be done by very precise machinery and AI powered, computer learning software that adapts and gets better and smarter and more creative the more time in the lab it gets. Very cool, and as always a little scary.
Basically this could speed up the rate of discovery for new chemical compounds exponentially, ones that could cure cancer or aging, or any number of things in maybe the not-too-distant future. We aren't there yet but perhaps super close.
bearnard23 Wrote: Yeah, we need to solve this issue because we are now close to 'Kessler syndrome', which represents a state where the object density is so high that one collision is enough to generate a cascade effect, leading to further collisions.


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Hyderabad, (Aryavarth) At a time when spurt in Covid-19 cases in some states, including Maharashtra have raised fears of a second wave, Telangana has stopped issuing daily media bulletins on the pandemic.
Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao said instead of daily bulletin, the department will issue it once a week.
The move has come as a surprise to people as the bulletin was helping them to keep track of the situation on daily basis. The bulletin was containing vital information like number of new cases and deaths reported, number of tests conducted, recoveries, district-wise daily count of cases and bed status in government and private hospitals.
Only two days ago, health minister Eatala Rajender had said that the health department was on alert following an advisory from the Centre. He also revealed that they were focusing on districts bordering Maharashtra where there is a spike in cases.
Stating that there is no major spike in cases in the state, the director of public health said in case of any significant development, the media will be informed.
He justified the move to stop issuing daily bulletins saying the department can use human resources for Covid-19 vaccination drive instead.
The health department had started issuing daily bulletins since March last year. However, as the information provided then was not comprehensive, Telangana High Court while hearing Public Interest Litigations (PILs) had pulled up health authorities.
Following directions of the high court, the department started issuing comprehensive media bulletins, giving all vital statistics including the list of government and private testing centres, hospitals, bed occupancy and containment zones.
The number of daily Covid cases in Telangana has increased from single digit in March-April to nearly 3,000 in August-September. The numbers have been on decline for last 3-4 months.
The state on an average was logging 150-170 cases during the current month. However, the department had reduced the number of daily tests since the launch of vaccination for healthcare and frontline workers last month.


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Vendors commended for cooperating with the Kingstown Town Board
Vendors of the Uptown Market have been commended for cooperating with the Kingstown Town Board and for adhering to the rules set for vending in the market.
The commendation comes from Warden of the Kingstown Town Board, Clayton Burgin, who was providing NBC News with an update on the use of the markets.
The Kingstown Town Board Warden said that the aim was to ensure that vendors ply their trade in a clean and sanitary environment.
The Kingstown Vegetable Markets were officially opened in November last year.


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UDF Basic Building Block
Update 29-Apr-2015: Added 2 examples for get values based on another field that matched condition string.
Update 27-Apr-2015: Added 7 examples for Handle leading and trailing zero and space trimming and padding, 2 example for Context handling.
Update 26-Apr-2015: Added 2 examples for Delimited string to context values and the reverse way.
Update 25-Apr-2015: Added DisplayQueue screenshots.
UDF can be written for many different purpose, and with many different way of coding. Still, there should be some reusable coding/statement/patterns that keep on occurs again and again. In this document, is my attempt to list down some common coding/statement and patterns that known. Below meant to be building blocks, mean not use it standalone, and should mix and match with other building blocks to come out something useful. It just like LEGO


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Not creepy at all
Yahoo Sports has a new segment called "Random offseason tweet of the day" and our very own James Franklin was the subject of yesterday's post tweeting this picture:
via pbs.twimg.com
For those of you that are not so observant, Franklin Photoshoped the Lion logos in Hack's eyes. Dr. Saturday had this to say:
I get that sophomore quarterback Christian Hackenberg is the face of the program and everything, but even though the Nittany Lion logos in the eyes thing is pretty cool, this might be a little too up close and personal.
Do you think this is creepy or cool? Let us know in the comments.
Allen Robinson who?
You may think that losing Big Ten's leading wide receiver might limit Hackenberg's options but Victory Bell Rings thinks the cupboard is still pretty full.
Coach Franklin Roundup
With most of the current players having played for at least 2 and some 3 different head coaches you can imagine that trust is an issue. Coach Franklin recognizes that and is trying to build a foundation.
For us to get where we want to go they have to let us in, they can't do it by themselves and we can't do it by ourselves, we have to do it together. So I think our players have tremendous chemistry and we're working every single day to build that trust and to build that chemistry as an entire organization.
Along with the players trust he's also trying to keep his promises, that includes singing 'Happy Birthday' to a 90-year-old grandparent.
Franklin was a keynote speaker at a banquet for high school seniors lauded for their athletic and academic performance(emphasis mine).
"Scholar-athletes — this is what it's all about," said Franklin, "I want us to have the highest GPA in the country. I want us to have the highest graduation rate in the country," Franklin said. "But I also know we have to win some football games or we won't be around here for very long."
Finally, if you are a Nittany Lion Alumni or Nittany Lion Club member you can register before the public to see one of the stops of the Coaches Caravan beginning in May. Here's your info.
In scores of other games
The Lady Lions are ready to take on Florida tonight. The Penn State Hockey team is eager for next season and feel they've made great improvements from the beginning of the season. The Lacrosse team find themselves ranked in the coaches (17) and the media (20) polls. While the Penn State Wrestling team were winning their 4th straight championship the Fencing team was winning it's 13th overall.
Lastly, the greatest story to come from the Wrestling team's championship was not of Ed Ruth winning a PSU record 3 national titles, or David Taylor's dominant year but it was the perseverance of 6th year senior James English on his way to a 7th place All-American finish. You think you have it tough listen to what English endured (skip to 8:40) James English is truly my new hero:


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Friday, November 6, 2015
Review: How to Seduce a Scot by Christy English
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Hmmm... I don't think I'm adding this one to the wish list, cute is not enough right now for a book to make the cut! ;)ReplyDelete
Oh gosh- I hate when a book disappoints:( Especially in the romance of the characters because I love some love done well;) At least it was a cute read!ReplyDelete
I had this happen with a different series where the title had the word 'highland' Scot in it, the cover showed a model in plaid with a sword, and the story was pure Victorian London with a mild romance and mild heat. Nice story, but my expectations and the pre-reading clues that hyped me up were disappointed.ReplyDelete
So, I guess if I went in looking on this as just another London society historical sweet romance, I might like it well enough. ;)
Nice review, Alyssa!
Umm-yes, I love a good Highlander and when reading an HR I want tons of heated chemistry and romantic moments to balance out all that emotional growth you mentioned. I need both, lol, so I can understand wanting a bit more than 'cute' in the story :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous review Alyssa. <3 I'm glad you liked this one :D YAY for it being cute. <3 But ugh. Not steamy? Now that is just depressing from a romance book, lol :D But glad you still liked it. Thank you for sharing. <3ReplyDelete
guess you wanted him more, rough around the edges right? less gentleman, more... a man so to speak hah. I love my scotsReplyDelete
Hmmm... The cover looks to be a lot more daring, right? I love scots in historical romances :) Too bad it wasn't what you expected, but you did like a lot of the book, so that's good.ReplyDelete
I love comments! I will always try and reply to your comments, as well as leave some comment love on your blog! :)
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For the second month in a row, Netflix grew its Indian catalog primarily through the addition of third-party titles, many of which returned after previously expiring from the streaming service. New Original content added this month included one Hindi film, a Kannada true-crime series, and Kota Factory Season 2. Here are all of the new Indian movies and TV series added to Netflix in September 2021.
Missed any of the Indian August 2021 additions?
N = Netflix Original
New Indian Movies on Netflix: September 2021
Anjaam (1994)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 170 Minutes
Director: Rahul Rawali
Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan, Tinnu Anand
Genre: Drama, Thriller | Added to Netflix: September 1
An industrialist's twisted obsession with a beautiful flight attendant costs her everything, until all that remains is her desire for revenge. Shah Rukh Khan won a 1994 Filmfare Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Negative Role" for his part in Anjaam. Madhuri Dixit was nominated for "Best Actress" for Anjaam but lost to herself for her performance in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (also available on Netflix).
Shikara (2020)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 118 Minutes
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Cast: Sadia Khateeb, Aadil Khan, Zain Khan Durrani
Genre: Drama, History, Romance | Added to Netflix: September 1
A love story spanning three decades follows a couple from their idyllic life in Kashmir to their forced relocation to a refugee camp within India. Kashmir-born director Vidhu Vinod Chopra drew inspiration from his family's own experience and from the book Our Moon Has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita, who co-wrote Shikara's screenplay.
Dhanak (2015)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 106 Minutes
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast: Hetal Gada, Krrish Chhabria, Vipin Sharma
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Feel-Good | Added to Netflix: September 2
Dhanak ("Rainbow") is a hidden gem! 10-year-old Pari makes a promise to her little brother Chotu to cure his blindness. When Pari sees her favorite movie star on a poster for a vision charity, she takes Chotu on a 300 km trek across the deserts of Rajasthan to meet the star at a film shoot and ask for his help. The siblings are absolutely adorable, and the story is sweet and funny, with just enough danger to keep things interesting. It's a delightful modern fairy tale.
Gurgaon (2016)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 107 Minutes
Director: Shanker Raman
Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Akshay Oberoi, Aamir Bashir
Genre: Crime, Thriller | Added to Netflix: September 2
Drowning in gambling debt and sick of being overlooked by his wealthy father in favor of his sister, Nikki hatches a scheme to kidnap his sister Preet and extract ransom money from their dad. Of course, things don't go as smoothly as Nikki planned in this neo-noir thriller.
Angamaly Diaries (2017)
Language: Malayalam
Runtime: 132 Minutes
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery
Cast: Antony Varghese, Sarath Kumar, Tito Wilson
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller | Added to Netflix: September 5
Angamaly Diaries is back on Netflix. A group of childhood friends grow up to form a gang — led by the ambitious Vincent Pepe (Antony Varghese) — in order to exert their influence over their hometown of Angamaly. Director Lijo Jose Pellissery cast 86 debutant actors for this tale of romance, fights, and friendship.
Little Singham: Black Shadow (2021)
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 47 Minutes
Director: Prakash Satam
Cast: Sumriddhi Shukla, Jigna Bharadwaj, Sonal Kaushal
Genre: Kids, Animation | Added to Netflix: September 11
Little Singham's inner strength is put to the test when he's forced to battle his demonic arch-enemy Kaal without his superpowers.
Tughlaq Durbar (2021)
Languages: Tamil & Telugu
Runtime: 145 Minutes
Director: Delhiprasad Deenadayalan
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Parthiban, Raashi Khanna
Genre: Social Issue Drama | Added to Netflix: September 11
Vijay Sethupathi stars as Singam, an aspiring politician with a traumatic childhood. Just as Singam gains the favor of a powerful but corrupt legislator named Rayappan, a head injury creates an alter ego within Singam's mind: a vigilante devoted to exposing crooked politicians.
Ankahi Kahaniya (2021) N
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 110 Minutes
Directors: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, Abhishek Chaubey, Saket Chaudhary
Cast: Abhishek Banerjee, Rinku Rajguru, Kunal Kapoor
Genre: Romance, Drama, Anthology | Added to Netflix: September 17
Ankahi Kahaniya ("Untold Stories") is an anthology film that's actually classified as a single movie, unlike other recent Netflix anthologies that have been subdivided into segments. Three talented directors — including Abhishek Chaubey, who directed a segment in June's Original series Ray — tell tales of blossoming romance, infidelity, and a man in love with a mannequin.
Avvai Shanmughi (1996)
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 161 Minutes
Director: K.S. Ravikumar
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Meena, Gemini Ganesan
Genre: Comedy | Added to Netflix: September 20
In this remake of Mrs. Doubtfire, Kamal Haasan plays a divorced father who disguises himself as an old woman and works as a nanny in order to spend time with his daughter. Avvai Shanmughi is directed by K.S. Ravikumar and written by the delightfully named Crazy Mohan.
Jeans (1998)
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 175 Minutes
Director: S. Shankar
Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prashanth, Nassar
Genre: Romantic Comedy | Added to Netflix: September 20
All three of the lead actors in Jeans play double roles. When father Nachiappan (who has a twin brother named Pechiappan) learns that his son Visu (who has a twin brother named Ramu) has fallen in love with Madhu, he forbids the marriage on the grounds that his sons must marry a set of identical twins. So Madhu invents a fake twin sister named Vaishnavi for Ramu in order to buy Visu time to change Nachiappan's mind. Jeans was India's submission to the 1998 Oscars in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category, although it ultimately wasn't nominated.
Minsara Kanavu (1997)
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 153 Minutes
Director: Rajiv Menon
Cast: Kajol, Prabhu Deva, Arvind Swamy
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance | Added to Netflix: September 20
Thomas reunites with his childhood friend Priya and falls in love with her, but she wants to become a nun. Thomas employs Deva's help to persuade Priya give up her holy ambitions, only for Deva and Priya to fall for each other. Minsara Kanavu features a soundtrack by A.R. Rahman.
New Indian TV Series on Netflix: September 2021
Luv Kushh (2012)
Language: Hindi
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Cast: Sonam Shekhawat
Genre: Kids, Animated | Added to Netflix: September 2
This animated series follows the exploits of energetic brothers Luv and Kushh, the twin sons of Lord Rama and Sita who appear in the last book of the Ramayana.
Dharmakshetra (2014)
Language: Hindi
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
Cast: Bajrangbali Singh, Gaurav Ghatnekar, Chandan Anand
Genre: Drama, Epic| Added to Netflix: September 15
Following the battle of Mahabharata, the god Chitragupta stands in judgment of the participants. Each episode features a different character recounting their role in the war.
Raja Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyan (2014)
Language: Hindi
Season: 1
Episodes: 11
Cast: Manwendra Tripathy
Genre: Food, History, Documentary | Added to Netflix: September 15
The documentary series Raja Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyan ("Kings, Kitchens and Other Stories") examines the cultural significance and historical influences on food from eleven different regions in India, paying particular attention to royal dining habits.
Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015)
Language: Hindi
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
Cast: Radhika Apte, Atul Srivastava, Bhanu Uday
Genre: Drama, Period Piece | Added to Netflix: September 15
Fans of the terrific Netflix Original black comedy Ludo will want to check out director Anurag Basu's earlier TV project, Stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Over the course of 26 episodes, Basu brings to life 20 classic novels and short stories by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Each story has its own unique background score, and authentic costumes were used to create the feel of Bengal in the 1920s.
Crime Stories: India Detectives (2021) N
Language: Kannada
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Genre: Documentary, True Crime | Added to Netflix: September 22
Viewers follow police in Bengaluru (aka Bangalore) as they investigate four real-life crimes, from kidnapping to murder. The series' dialogue is primarily in Kannada, but dubbed Hindi and English language options are available as well.
Kota Factory (2021) N
Language: Hindi
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 10
Cast: Mayur More, Jitendra Kumar, Ranjan Raj
Genre: Comedy, Drama | Added to Netflix: September 24
Netflix picked up the web series Kota Factory after its first season, boosting the budget for a second season of the black & white comedy/drama. The aspiring engineering students are back for another round of classes designed to help them pass their college entrance exams, struggling with difficult decisions and raging hormones along the way.
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