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Why Should I Care?
We've all seen them, a side effect of the current demand for memoirs. We see them in bookstores, at airports, online. They're ubiquitous–the celebrity memoir. I can't look down my nose at all celebrity memoirs, because I own a couple and have really enjoyed them. I read Tina Fey's Bossypants and laughed in an unladylike manner on a flight to LaGuardia. I recently received Miranda Hart's Is It Just Me? for Christmas (for those of you who aren't big fans of BBC sitcoms, Miranda Hart is a British comedienne famous for her wildly popular show Miranda), and I'm loving the quirky British humor. So no, I'm not immune to the allure of the celebrity memoir, but Miranda Hart and Tina Fey are truly talented actors with basic writing abilities, unlike some of the other ghostwritten memoirs currently clogging bookshelves.
The Lena Dunham Effect
I wasn't planning on writing a post about the popularity of the celebrity memoir (from here on out, I'm calling it the CM because I'm tired of typing that out over and over), but I came across this article on my PW Daily e-mail about Lena Dunham being upset over Gawker publishing and mocking her book proposal, which was purchased by Random House for upwards of $3.5 million dollars. Although I didn't have a chance to read the whole proposal because Gawker had taken down most of the proposal apart from choice excerpts by the time I read it, I did skim through the comments section and found the usual mixture of admiration and anger. Quick disclaimer: I have no feelings one way or the other about Lena Dunham. I saw her on The Colbert Report, but I've never watched her show, so I have no idea if she really is the voice of my generation. From what snippets I read completely out of context, I was unimpressed with her writing, but I have no room to judge considering that I don't have my own TV show on HBO. If I were workshopping those snippets, I'd pretty much tell her that it's been done, and her writing sounds more like what I wrote during my angsty phase at eighteen than anything I'd expect from a mature, experienced writer. The book is intended to be advice for girls, but her upbringing was so vastly different from my own–my parents are definitely not NYC artists and I didn't go to a tiny liberal arts school–that I don't think I'd glean anything useful or relevant. I'm getting off topic, my apologies. I suppose people will assume, "Haters gonna hate" and that I'm jealous. I'm really not. I have no desire to be famous; mostly I just want to be able to pay my bills with a little left over for savings and shoes.
The Surprising Bristol Palin Pull
The visceral reaction from many readers on the comments section got me wondering not about our fascination with celebrity (yawn) but instead about why Bristol Palin actually got a memoir as did Justin Bieber. Bristol Palin is famous because of her mother, and Justin Bieber is a talentless tween heartthrob, but hey, they sold. And that's what I wanted to tell those enraged commenters: Lena Dunham got her millions from Random House because the publisher expects good sales from such a well-known figure. I've already written about how the marketability of an author is one of the biggest factors in the acquisitions process, and I have to reiterate that lesson here. Although a writer might be the next Ernest Hemingway, unless a publisher anticipates strong sales because of that writer's brand recognition, that writer will have a hard time getting a deal. He or she must demonstrably prove that this book is different from/better than other books in the same market and that he or she already has a strong media presence. I want to ask these books, "Why should I care what you have to say?" But I already know the answer. Perhaps I don't care personally, but we as a society care about what celebrities have to say. The proof is easy to find: celebrity gossip blogs and magazines, blockbuster movies, etc.
All About the Money
So yes, I understand cognitively Lena Dunham's deal, even if I'm not a fan of her show. I get why celebrities get book deals while other writers are left to desiccate quietly in a desert of lameness. But what bothers me more is the fact that we as an audience and a public are willing to buy these books. The writing often isn't engaging or well done; the subject matter is often self-indulgent and navel-gazing; and the intellectual rigor of reading such books is minimal. It's the literary equivalent of eating candy or watching Say Yes to the Dress. My grandmother's house used to have this vintage 1970s wallpaper (original) that had all sorts of old-school jokes written on it. One that comes to mind is, "Western civilization? It's a good idea." I'd like to say that the biggest symbols of our cultural demise are reality TV, beauty as self-esteem, and Congress' complete inability to act, but really I think one of the greatest signs of our cultural downfall is the lack of great writing in the marketplace. Yes, there are still some literary giants out there, but the real moneymakers are books like the 50 Shades of Grey series (ew) and Twilight (do not even get me started).
So yes, I'd very much like to smack down any publisher who gives an exorbitant amount of money to an author for a CM deal, but they're just giving the public what we want: an easy read with a recognizable name. We read what we know and can depend on. We like the familiar–a well-known name, an established author, a familiar topic. I'll be honest, I'd rather spend an afternoon curled up with a book by Tim Gunn than wading through The Sound and the Fury, so perhaps I have no room to argue with the state of pop books. The dichotomy and discussion of high brow/low brow literature is an old one, and in truth, I'm more interested in how long this publishing trend will last.
I'm fairly certain I've already discussed the popularity of the CM, but here I'm wanting to address that it's not about the writing; it's not about the book. It's about what appeals to the lowest common denominator, what will yield the biggest profit. None of us can argue with the bottom line.


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NEWARK, N.J. (News 12/CNN) - A father who was down on his luck returned home to New Jersey, and thanks to a chance encounter with a transit police officer, his family reunited after more than two decades.
When Jose Lopez moved to Florida years ago, he lost everything: his home, his job and communication with his loved ones. Looking for his daughters, Lopez returned to his home state of New Jersey.
Still homeless, Lopez encountered New Jersey Transit Police Officer Josua Robles at a train station, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
"When I asked him where he was headed, he said, 'Long Branch.' I asked what was out there, and he said it was his family. So, I said if you have their information, I can contact them for you, and he said he didn't have their information," Robles said.
Robles reached out to Crisis Outreach Officer Sean Pfeifer, who got to work tracking down Lopez's family. He called dozens of phone numbers throughout the state, leaving voicemail messages and even signing up for a White Pages Premium account to access more numbers.
"As a father and as a son myself, I wanted to make sure I did everything I possibly could to find Mr. Lopez's family," Pfeifer said.
In the end, Pfeifer was able to contact one of Lopez's daughters. Transit police say she was amazed to hear her father had been located, and she was excited to see him.
"So, I called my sister, and I was like 'Something weird is happening. I got a call from the New Jersey Transit Police, talking about Dad.' She said, 'Wait a minute, I got the same number,'" said Angela Viviani, Lopez's daughter.
Pfeifer arranged for a meeting and a makeover, and Lopez received new clothes, a haircut and a shave.
The family reunion was emotional for everyone. Lopez's two daughters, Kristie Viviani and Angela Viviani, were just 17 and 10, respectively, the last time they saw their father.
"As soon as Officer Pfeiffer walked him in, it was just immediate. I saw his face. I remember the eyes," Kristie Viviani said.
Together again, Lopez embraced his daughters and met his grandchildren for the first time.
"I'm thinking I'm in heaven. I have my two best girls. I got good friends," Lopez said.
Lopez is now working to find permanent housing through a program with the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris County.
Copyright 2019 News 12 New Jersey, Sean Pfeifer via CNN. All rights reserved.

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I got my flu shot today . . .
I got my flu shot today . . .
I get up every morning at 5:30 a.m.
I have a routine. Let the dogs out to potty. Put on water for tea. Get breakfast ready for Rocky and Millie. Sometimes the cat graces us with his presence and I feed him breakfast, too.
Today was a typical morning . . . until the cat decided he was done with his breakfast and wanted to go outside . . . thru the back door. Now we all know that the most direct route from Point A to Point B is a straight line so it should be no surprise that his route would include him walking under Millie . . . while she was eating her breakfast. Millie tries to give the cat a wide berth and avoids him at all costs. Fluff's departure had disaster written all over it. It was one of those things that you see happening but are powerless to stop. My first thought was "This isn't going to end well." As soon as I had that thought . . . it happened.
Millie's calmly (and happily!) eating her breakfast.
Millie is standing between Fluff and the back door so Fluff tries to squeeze under Millie's stomach to get to the back door.
Millie jumps out of the way. Stepping on the cat – not once but twice! Crashing into the food bowl and sending her food flying all over the kitchen.
Fluff ended up under the kitchen table.
Millie ended up in Prince Charming's lap trying to figure out what the heck just happened.
Rocky's looking at all of Millie's food on the floor wondering if he should help Mommy clean up the mess.
Prince Charming is trying to figure out why Millie is suddenly trying to climb into his lap.
I'm standing there laughing at the whole scene and thinking . . . it's too early for this shit!
Filed under 4 legged kids, family, PostADay, Prince Charming
Prince Charming asked me this morning if I'd let him do a guest post . . .
I said yes . . .
Heaven help me . . .
Filed under PostADay
Rocky and Millie were kind enough to let us sleep in until about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Of course, I had to get up at 6:30 to let them pee and eat breakfast. Small price to pay I suppose.
When I finally woke up, I looked over at the side of the bed and saw two little faces looking at me. They were sitting side by side, resting their chins on the side of the bed, looking at me as if to say "Hey, Mom, are you ever gonna wake up? We wanna go out and play!"
I laughed so hard I woke up Prince Charming!
Filed under PostADay
When XH and I separated last year, one of my biggest fears was being a single girl living all alone in a older house. The Little House was built in 1923. It's in good shape but sometimes things go wrong in an older house. In the 20 years that we had lived in the house, Ex-Hubby had done all the home improvement projects – plumbing, painting, repairs, remodeling. He had determined early in our relationship that I wasn't "handy" and he didn't have the patience or the desire to teach me how to do any of that kind of stuff. Me being me . . . I didn't question this.
When Prince Charming was here in November, somehow the conversation came to how the bathtub stopper thing wasn't working and he taught me how to fix it! It took less than a half hour, the part cost probably $10. It wasn't hard to do. It was wonderful feeling to know that I really could do the single girl living alone in an old house thing.
As excited as I was to have this new found knowledge, it got me to thinking . . . if it was so easy to do, why didn't (ex now but at the time) Hubby fix it? The stopper thing hadn't worked correctly for a couple of years and when I told him about it, he said it was too complicated for him to fix. He told me to go to the hardware store and buy a rubber stopper thing to put over the drain to keep the water in the tub. Not knowing any better (and not having any reason to doubt his advice), that's exactly what I did. As I sat there in the bathroom with Prince Charming after fixing the tub, the little doubts about Ex-Hubby's home maintenance skills started creeping in. Did he really not know how to do it or did he just not want to do it? We had a shower in the basement that we use most of the time. The tub was only used if I needed to soak something or wash the dogs. I've probably only used the tub three times since I fixed the stopper. But nonetheless, it was a little unsettling to think that Hubby would choose not to do something because he didn't think it was important.
Almost as soon as Prince Charming moved in, I started a "Honey Do" list of things that I wanted to change/fix/repair here at The Little House. I've explained each project and his answer to each task is "okay, honey. let me check it out and I'll tell you what we need to do." Prince Charming has told me that he has lots of experience in working in old houses and Prince Charming's Dad has verified that experience and has offered to help with some of the projects. I know about Prince Charming's Dad's experience. He's was the "go-to" guy for the Community Involvement Group in the Little Place Where I Grew Up. My Mom drafted all of us kids to help work events for the committee so I've seen Prince Charming's Dad at work! Since I don't have a whole lot of experience, I have to take Prince Charming's experience on faith. Just like I did with XH. Gotta admit it's a bit of a scary feeling to know that I don't know enough to tell if I'm being fed a line of bullshit again.
So Prince Charming has reviewed the "Honey Do" list and he's told me what we need to do for each project. He's also asked me questions about why things were done a certain way. My usual answer is "I don't know. He always did that kind of stuff and I didn't have any input." Prince Charming's usual response to that is to fold his arms, look at the ground, and shake his head. Evidently, XH's skills weren't all that . . . and it appears that XH was the king of the shortcut . . . get it done cheap/quick instead of get it done right. Every project that Prince Charming and I are planning will involve some amount of repair to what XH put in before we can make the changes we want to make. It's been completely unnerving to hear what was done wrong, what shortcuts were taken, how simple/cheap it would have been to do it correctly. It makes me angry. It makes me sad. It makes me weary. I thought XH loved The Little House as much as I did but I guess I was wrong. He didn't think enough of The Little House (where he lived for 20 years!) to take care of her correctly. He didn't think enough of me to take better care of my beautiful little dream house. Gotta tell ya, that realization took my breath away and made me cry like a baby.
So Prince Charming is teaching me. About home repair – he's giving me the skills I need to be able to help him properly take care of The Little House. About trust in a relationship – his trust that I have the desire and the willingness to learn what he is teaching me and my trust that he cares enough about me and The Little House to do the projects the way they need to be done. About letting go – I have to let go of my anger towards XH over this . . . XH's lack of concern is just another sign that he was just as unhappy in the marriage as I was.
Filed under divorce, ex-hubby, PostADay, Prince Charming
Prince Charming got a job! In his field! Making pretty good money! He'll be only 5 minutes from home! We're happy as clams!
Prince Charming got a letter today from the divorce court about his lack of response to the temporary support order pertaining to his divorce. He needs to respond within 24 hours or there will be serious consequences.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry . . . and I've done a lot of both today!
Filed under PostADay, Prince Charming
Yes, I know . . . I'm never here anymore! And that's after I agreed to the Post A Day thing . . . I know. I suck. I'm sorry.
Yes, I know . . . It's boring to read about Prince Charming all the time. All I ever do is talk about him. But I can certainly tell you that it's not boring being this happy with Prince Charming. I spent a lot of lonely years wishing and dreaming for this kind of happiness. It always seemed like it was just out of my grasp. What was I doing wrong? Everybody else had it (or so it seemed) . . . why couldn't I?
Prince Charming still doesn't have a job . . . and the economy here in Smalltown is still very stunted . . . but he continues to look and he still has hope that he will find something (anything) soon . . . and he's still trying to explain to The Queen's (his STBX) attorney how he's supposed to comply with a temporary support order if he doesn't have a job . . . if you are a praying person we'd appreciate if you'd say one or two for him/us.
We're still the disgustingly happy couple that everyone thinks has been together forever. We go. We do. We laugh. We share. When they catch us kissing in the kitchen, Rocky and Millie look at us like "Oh, man, do you have to keep doing that?!" I just realized yesterday that Millie has spent as much of her life with Prince Charming as she did with the Ex-Hubby.
Remember how I kept wondering when "boringly normal" would come back to my life? Well, it's here! And I'm thrilled!
I promise I'll be around more often . . .
Yes, I know . . . you've heard that before!
Filed under 4 legged kids, divorce, ex-hubby, family, Play, PostADay, Prince Charming, Stuff
My last post . . . the one called "There's A Reason Why He's My Ex-Husband" . . .
It was post #666 . . .
Filed under PostADay
I know this . . . and yet I fall for it every time.
He pretends to be nice.
He asks for my help with something.
Since I'm still naive enough to think we can be friends even if we aren't married anymore . . . I give my best advice.
Then he does the complete opposite . . .
And poor Prince Charming watches quietly by the sidelines . . .


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• Birth—May 15, 1962
• Where—Palo Alto, California, USA
• Education—B.A., Yale University; M.F.A., Columbia University
• Awards—Guggenheim Fellowship; Asian| American Literary Award
• Currently—lives in New York, New York
Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. After studying art as an undergraduate at Yale University she pursued a career as a painter for several years before turning to fiction writing at age 30. She received her MFA from Columbia.
Her first novel, When the Emperor Was Divine (2002), is about the internment of a Japanese-American family during World War II. It was a New York Times Notable Book, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers finalist. The book is based on Otsuka's own family history: her grandfather was arrested by the FBI as a suspected spy for Japan the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, and her mother, uncle and grandmother spent three years in an internment camp in Topaz, Utah. When the Emperor Was Divine has been translated into six languages and sold more than 250,000 copies. The New York Times called it "a resonant and beautifully nuanced achievement" and USA Today described it as "A gem of a book and one of the most vivid history lessons you'll ever learn."
Her second novel, The Buddha in the Attic (2011), is about a group of young Japanese 'picture brides' who sailed to America in the early 1900s to become the wives of men they had never met and knew only by their photographs.
Otsuka's fiction has been published in Granta and Harper's and read aloud on PRI's "Selected Shorts" and BBC Radio 4's "Book at Bedtime." She lives in New York City, where she writes every afternoon in her neighborhood cafe.
When asked what book most influenced her life or career, here is what she said:
When I first started writing I read all of Hemingway's short stories, beginning with the Nick Adams stories in In Our Time. I remember thinking, 'oh, so that's how you do it.' Now I'm much less convinced, however, that there's a right way to do it. Still, he was the writer I first imprinted myself on, and I go back to his stories often, if only for the pleasure of listening to the sound of his sentences, his cadences. (Author bio from Barnes & Noble.)
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Saturday's disappointing victory (if there is such a thing, this was it) over McNeese State wasn't on TV, so you;re goin to have to wait until next Thursday to see…what's that? You actually want to see what happened that night?
Well then, here you go. It's the most important parts of the game, scrunched into 10 minutes.


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Just had a weird problem with my Weller WSL with WMP pencil:
Symptom of initial failure:
The base unit was resetting and making a clicking noise while the iron temperature dropped.
When I looked closer the clicking noise was a screw I had put on the top of the base unit - every time it reset the screw jumped!
After opening the WMP pencil I discovered the strain relief failed and the wires inside the iron were shorting. After fixing that it worked perfectly but the base unit had become locked to 375°C! [Speculation is that the EEPROM in the micro was corrupted by all the hard resets and/or the EM pulses].
Symptom of locked base unit:
Trying to change the temperature failed with the display just flashing when up or down is pushed. Just in case you didn't know nearly all solder stations for production environments can be locked to prevent inexperienced people altering the soldering parameters.
Purchase a WCB1 calibrator for $1500 (only joking! read on...)
|Opened WSL / WSD81 base unit - the reset jumper is to the right of the "up button" at the top right
- Open the case (spudgers needed, start with prying open the keyholes sideways on either side of the heatsink on the back and then pry the case up from the slots along both sides starting at the back. It should pop off towards the front).
- Install a jumper on the empty 0.1" pitch pins to the right of the "Up" button on the top right of the PCB. In the picture they are just visible to the right of the black square which is the up button.
- Power on the base unit - watch out for the live 120/240V!
- Wait for the display to show FSE.
- Remove the jumper while it is powered on.
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- Profit!
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Viggle Eclipses 3 Million Registered Users
Viggle, a company that has developed a second-screen platform that offers rewards for watching TV shows, said it has eclipsed 3 million registered users after adding 400,000 in May.
Viggle, which counts DirecTV among its customers and GetGlue among its competitors, said "active" users likewise grew 26% in May, to 838,189, with 29% of all registered users considered active in the month. Viggle determines active users by calculating how many registered users have logged into the company's app at any time during the month.
Among other stats, the company said its users "checked in" to TV shows more than 24.93 million times in May, marking the single-month record for the company. Overall, Viggle users have checked into shows more than 250 million times, the company said. By June 10, users spent an average of 68 minutes and 40 seconds per session in the second-screen app, according to Viggle.
As part of a loyalty program that awards points to users based on how much TV they watch after checking in, Viggle awards items such as Starbucks and Foot Locker gift cards.
"Our efforts to enhance users' television viewing experience through Viggle's unique audio verified check-in and reward system is resonating with the marketplace and engaging current and new Vigglers," said Viggle president and CEO Greg Consiglio, in a statement. "The company's rise in registered users, now three million strong with 250 million check-ins since launch, demonstrates our users' desire to accumulate points and earn tangible rewards."
The recent surge in registrations and overall usage has been reflected in stronger revenues, but not enough to avoid losses. According to a 10-Q filed on May 15 for the three-month period ended March 31, Viggle posted a net loss of $43.07 million (53 cents per share) on revenues of $3.39 million, up from $556,000 in the year-ago quarter. It ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $2.08 million.


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*Catsburg, Chilton, Coronel, Ehrlacher, Guerrieri, Huff and Michelisz on Guia Race
Nicky Catsburg (#63 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 WTCC)
"Mandarin is so fast, maybe flat out and really exciting"
"It was actually quite scary going to Macau for the first time last year even though you're never really scared as a driver. But Macau is something special, especially Mandarin, the second corner. It's so fast, maybe a short lift but maybe flat out and really exciting. At Macau you just have to be close to the walls and be comfortable being close to the walls. I don't feel I really know Macau because we had a lot of red flags last year but maybe I have an advantage over my Polestar Cyan Racing team-mates Thed Björk and Néstor Girolami, who have never been there. I'm not the biggest fan of street circuits but I like the challenge of Macau. People compare Macau to the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It's totally different with the walls but, like the Nordschleife, Macau punishes you when you push too much."
Tom Chilton (#3 Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC)
"It's risky and it's down to luck but I really enjoy racing at Macau"
"Macau is one of the hardest race tracks in the world, 100 per cent. I really enjoy racing there but it's always quite risky. Somebody can have a big crash and if they can't get the yellow flags out in time you can be collected. I've seen cars stacked on top of each other and if you can't fix your car there will be no race in Qatar for you so a lot of it is down to luck. I would say I know Macau well now but I have never managed to get a podium there. I've had fifths and things like but I've never had a podium so I'm itching for a podium badly and will be trying to get my first one this year. I've had podiums at other street tracks, like Porto and Vila Real, which are hard places to go."
Tom Coronel (#9 ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1)
"It's a special vibe but Macau is not a holiday, it's stressful"
"If you ask a driver what would be the coolest race track on planet earth the Nordschleife and Macau are in big competition. Macau is a circuit where you need to build your confidence and I'm always a bit over-confident. I was leading the Formula 3 race once when I crashed at Mandarin because I was looking in my mirrors. And once you have a little scratch your confidence is cracked. This is why I tell the young guys to build up your speed and get in the flow of Macau, which is like Monaco with the glamour, the casinos and all the impressive hotels. It's special vibe but it's not a holiday because you're at work although you need a little party on the Sunday night because after stress you need relaxation and Macau is one of those stressful places. I was very happy when Macau was back on the calendar because it belongs to the WTCC and I've always been quick there. The hardest corner for me has always been Mandarin because you are always holding your breath. I did it twice flat with a WTCC car, one time it worked out with new tyres and the second time I tried it I crashed my car. But it was flat. You have the posts on the left side and the car starts to move, always once, twice, you turn in but the wobble is a little bit different and if you're not on the right moment you just miss the apex and you have a big shunt. It's one of those big corners that makes it cool for a race car driver but also the most challenging."
Yann Ehrlacher (#68 RC Motorsport LADA Vesta WTCC)
"Macau is one step further in everything"
"Vila Real was already quite tough but they say Macau is one step further in everything. My mother [Cathy Muller] raced there in F3 and told me it's a mythical place and my uncle [Yvan Muller] raced there many times in the WTCC and I remember waking up at 4am to watch on TV when he was fighting for the world championship. Everybody knows about Macau so it will be really nice to take part. Maybe I can have a taxi ride with Yvan to look at the walls, the lines, the bumps. I understand some of the corners are a bit blind so it's all about being confident with the car and learning the track as quickly as possible. Sorry for the expression but you really need to bring your balls with you because it's a big challenge for a rookie driver and it's going to be interesting. I will learn a lot."
Esteban Guerrieri (#86 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC)
"You've got to give everything and even more"
"I raced there in 2007 in Formula 3. Before I went to the Nürburgring Nordschleife this year I always said Macau was the most intense single lap for concentration. The Nürburgring Nordschleife is double that but at Macau you have to go between walls on full power at 100 per cent, you give everything and even more to get the maximum out of the car. I like street courses and Macau is top of the street courses. You never know where is the limit or when you are close to the limit. You don't realise you've gone too much until you hit the wall. In a normal race track you go off the track and you realised you've gone too far. At Macau you never realise how hard you are pushing. When I went there in 2007 I was top-five in first qualifying but my second qualifying was not good, P12 or P13 or something. Then I was a victim of Mandarin corner at the start and it was not a good weekend. But I enjoyed it."
Rob Huff (#12 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Citroën C-Elysée WTCC)
"There aren't any circuits as unforgiving as Macau"
"I'm massively excited to be going back, probably much more than anyone else. Macau has always been a magical place for me from the first moment I went there. I've always been quick and confident there but I don't know the answer why. It's always been a place that's clicked with me. To have eight victories is something special and I want to build on that. I went there for the first time with no apprehension, no idea really. I hadn't really heard of the place if I'm honest. The first year my good friend [and fellow WTCC racer] Tom Coronel helped me out. He'd been there many times before and we spent two hours from 2am on the Monday and Tuesday before the race going around in a taxi. Although you can't do a full lap of Macau in a taxi it was a big help. For whatever reason we've got the lap record in a Lada Granta but don't ask me how. We were quicker than José María López in a Citroën C-Elysée and no one could touch him in 2014. Okay, I got lucky because Tiago [Monteiro] lost the powersteering when he was leading, but I beat Yvan Muller in another Citroën and he was behind me the whole time. At Macau you don't get away with any mistakes. There are circuits that are as challenging but there aren't any that are as unforgiving as Macau. There is no room for error. Those who push the boundaries on every corner can get rewarded but it can also be a disaster. There's no such thing as a small amount of damage at Macau."
Norbert Michelisz (#5 Castrol Honda World Touring Team Honda Civic WTCC)
"The closer the race gets the more excited I get"
"Macau is one of my favourite circuits and it's really a pleasure to go back there because I won my first WTCC race there in 2010 so I have some really special memories. It's a really challenging circuit, a bit like Nürburgring and driving on circuits like this it's something special. It's unique and something a racing car driver looks for. Because of this I was really enthusiastic when I saw Macau was back on the calendar. And the closer the race gets the more excited I get."


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3. Pattern Matching – Be Explicit
Pattern matching is a way of writing conditional code by mainly decomposing data into subcomponents. It is a high level construct allowing programmers to think naturally about their algorithms rather than in programming terms. Under the hood pattern matching expressions just are empowered if/switch expressions, so don't worry to use them, they are efficient.
In F# you can do pattern matching on the terms before the (=) operator in a let expression, using the function syntax or the match with syntax. You can decompose most data structures which have a literal representation in the code such as lists, tuples (kind of array containing values of different types), numbers, strings, booleans etc.…
So you can do:
Let see an examples for each of these constructs:
Here the pattern is firstName, lastName, age, which matches a tuple of three values, indeed the comma operator (,) helps to build tuples. Tuples are defined by their size, and type, which is an union of other types. On the right side of the (=) operator, an other tuple "Dorian", "Corompt", 23 of size 3 and of type string * string * int , the (*) operator indicating an union of types. Thanks to pattern matching we decompose this tuples, giving the value "Dorian" to firstName, "Corompt" to lastName and 23 to age.
You could also have written:
You can interpret even simple value binding as pattern matching, making it a more general concept. In the example above person is bound to a tuple, you can think person as a named pattern to match everything, and in this precise case it is a tuple.
In the previous example we named the subcomponents in the pattern to get their values, but in some case you don't need all subcomponents, in these case you can use the joker/wildcard pattern ( _) to mach the values that should be ignored.
Let's say we want to represent a 3D point with a tuple of type float * float * float we need functions to access each coordinates of this structure:
In functional languages functions are standard values (see my article on 1st Class Functions), so you can define them with let since let helps to bind names to values.The syntax is let functionName argument1 argument2 … = body. In our example each functions take one argument (a tuple of three values), we used the (_) joker pattern to represent coordinates we don't need.
In the interactive console we can try the functions we just defined:
It works as expected.
You already saw a function using pattern matching on numbers:
The function construct returns as value a function taking a single argument on which pattern matching is applied, even if you don't see it, this argument exists. The pipe (|) allows to define possible branches for the match, the branches patterns are tested sequentially from top to bottom. In the fact definition the first branch matches the pattern 0 which is the same constant value and attributes an expression value to it, 1. The second branch matches everything (with some constraints on the type which is inferred by the compiler) and name the value matched n so it can be used in the expressions associated to this match which is n * fact(n – 1).
The match with construct allows to apply pattern matching on a specific expression. Actually the previous fact definition is equivalent to the following:
The function construct is therefore just a syntax sugar to allow concise definitions of particular pattern matching functions.
I told you that a named pattern of the form n (aka only a name) matches everything, so you may have questions:
Does it mean that if I call fact "test" this will call factorial on a string, matching it with the n pattern?
No, in F# everything is typed, in the first branch you specify 0 –> 1, the compiler infers that your function returns an int and that it takes an int so that x should be an int. The second branch has to confirm this hypothesis. So the compiler looks at n –> n * fact(n - 1), it looks first at the result n * fact(n - 1) , n is of unknown type, fact is of type: int –> int and the (*) operator is of type int –> int so the whole expression should have type int ->int meaning that n and x are of type int.
What if I give a negative integer to this fact definition?
This function will make your program crash. Indeed, take fact –1 one for example, -1 it will be matched against n and lead to n * fact(n - 1), it continues recursion with fact –2; fact –3,… x being negative will never be matched against 0, so this function will loop indefinitely and because this definition is not recursive it will push its context on the stack on each loop iteration, leading to a stack overflow. Of course there is a solution to this problem, we can use condition (or guards) on pattern to put constraints on them. Pattern conditions are specified through the use of the when keyword:
After adding this pattern condition you will get a warning which tells you that your pattern matching is incomplete. What does it mean? It simply means that your matching expression doesn't take into account all input it could be given. Indeed if you call now fact –1, where does it branch to? If you don't define an additional pattern it will leads to a match failure runtime exception.
Let's just add a third branch to correct this and encompass all possible values:
The third branch uses the (_) joker pattern to match everything else (negative integers) and throw a failure exception with the given message thanks to the failwith function.
What if while decomposing list of the form h :: t, I want to keep a reference of the entire list not only the head and the tail?
You can use the as keyword to name pattern components for example (h :: t) as ls –> ls matches a non empty list (it has a head and a tail) and returns its value.
Real life functions
When I speak about functional programming languages with imperative programmer colleagues, they tend to consider them as unusable.
I always hear "They are toys good for maths, experiments, but not real life applications…"
When I hear these words, it makes me smile. The basis of OOP concept, as well as important programming technics such as garbage collection, exception handling, generics, software threads, closures, predicates, sequences, most list manipulation functions or technologies (LINQ for example) they are proud to use in their imperative languages come from functional programming languages…
I recently noticed that after closures, and LINQ the next "big" feature coming to C# is asynchronous operations handling through the use of the await keyword, a new concept heavily used in Windows 8 Metro Style UI programming. As you will see this feature is just a particular application of F# workflows (Haskell Monads) that I will introduce in a next article.
They try to interpret and criticize functional programming from their imperative programming knowledge. As you cannot judge a culture you don't know or understand you cannot judge a paradigm you never tried. Be open.
I am going to show you how are implemented some "real life" functions that are the pillars of most functional programming languages. And explain you how these functions relates to the .NET LINQ technology.
Let's say you have a list employees aliases, you want to get their list of emails, where each email is of the form email@example.com. First, what you need is a function taking an alias and returning an email, then a way of mapping this function to each alias in the list.
C# (without LINQ):
And F#:
Thinking imperatively you would try to decompose the second step in something iterative by thinking at the computer level: "I need to iterate through the list, call the function to create the email from the current iteration alias and then adding to a second list". With a functional programming you think at a high level, you just do what you said!
The map function represents the pattern of applying a function in a context (a list in our case) and returning a new context containing the result. Its non tail recursive implementation for lists is trivial using pattern matching:
Now that you have this email list, let say you want to sort it alphabetically. You would like to sort it efficiently, looking for a solution you found the quicksort algorithm on Wikipedia (you could use the List.sort function, the purpose is to teach you how to think functionally):
Quicksort is a divide and conquer algorithm. Quicksort first divides a large list into two smaller sub-lists: the low elements and the high elements. Quicksort can then recursively sort the sub-lists.
The steps are:
- Pick an element, called a pivot, from the list.
- Reorder the list so that all elements with values less than the pivot come before the pivot, while all elements with values greater than the pivot come after it (equal values can go either way). After this partitioning, the pivot is in its final position. This is called the partition operation.
- Recursively sort the sub-list of lesser elements and the sub-list of greater elements.
The base case of the recursion are lists of size zero or one, which never need to be sorted.
So we need to choose an element as a pivot in the list, let's take the first element of the list. Then the result is a recursion on the elements of the list smaller than the pivot, the pivot, and a recursion on the element greater than the pivot.
Here a simple and concise implementation in F#:
I did exactly what is stated above. I took the first element of the list p as a pivot thanks to pattern matching, I applied qsort recursively on a list composed of the elements smaller than p thanks to the List.filter function, and I concatenated the result thanks to the list concatenation operator (@) with a list containing the pivot p and a list composed of the elements greater than p on which qsort has been recursively applied.
The fun … –> … construct is a way of creating anonymous functions, learn more about closures with my article on 1st Class Functions.
The filter function represents the pattern of filtering elements in a sequence satisfying a condition, and returning a new sequence of retained elements. Its non tail recursive implementation for lists is trivial using pattern matching:
Functions like f are called predicates, they represent conditions and return a boolean value. We use f in the guard to know if we need to keep the element in the resulting list, or switch to the next branch and keep filtering the remaining elements discarding the first element.
map and filter are amongst the most important functions in functional programming languages.
Do you know LINQ?
In my first example I showed you how creating a list of emails from a list of aliases in F# was concise and clear compared to C#, but you could quite rightly argue that I didn't use LINQ.
For example if you want to create a list of emails with aliases that contains the 'o' letter and then sort it alphabetically in C# with LINQ you could do it easily:
I wrote earlier, that LINQ was coming from functional programming, do you see the link with the functions map, filter and qsort, I have shown you?
The Select method is just a map, the Where method a filter, and OrderBy method a sorting function!
The (|>) operator is called the pipe operator (same role as the Powershell or UNIX shell pipe), it allows you to chain expressions by calling the function on its right with its right most parameter equals to the result of the expression on the left. If you know Haskell, it is equivalent to a right currying of the function. You will learn more about it when talking about partial function application and composition in my article on 1st Class Function.
It is not a coincidence if LINQ, inferred typing (var) and closures (F# functions are closures) appeared together in C# 3.0. They all are functional concepts.
So if some of your C# developer colleagues tell you how great is C# with LINQ compared to your toys, don't tell them you could recode LINQ with your toys in 1 line of code, it could be vexing.


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Eighteen years are missing. The day my little princess will celebrate her 20th birthday, I will take out my old backpack, and I will leave for a long holiday. I do not know yet where I will travel. Maybe back to Patagonia, 30 years later. Or coast to coast, from Bombay to Calcutta. I am not sure yet, and I have some 18 years in front of me to draw my travel plan — if I would ever need one. I might just take a train, then another one, and follow the flow of my thoughts, till I reach the ocean. Whatever ocean.
Today, my girl is two-year old. Time ran so fast. It feels like yesterday that we went to the hospital, a cold morning of a rainy Scandinavian autumn. I remember her first cry, her dark big eyes, those little hands grabbing my fingers. We spent the first three hours in a warm hug, waiting for mamma. I sang for her. I still do it.
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It has not been an easy ride: others have children, we have a Jedi knight. Strong is the Force in her. One hour after her birth, a nurse came to check how we were doing. My girl all naked in my arms, and the blanket on the floor. "You need to cover the child" — the nurse told me. "You see, I am trying, but she keeps taking the blanket away: I think that my daughter does not want a blanket!" The woman looked at me in disbelief, and answered sharply: "That's impossible, she is just born, keep the child wrapped up!" Two years later, I can tell you: my girl is still sleeping without any blanket. We spent 730 nights trying to cover her up. One minute later, it does not matter how deep is her sleep, she kicks the cover away.
I love this little girl more than my own life. She knows it. Every time her blue eyes look straight into mine, I stop breathing, the world is still, my ears are rumbling: I feel her power, she reads into my mind, control my thoughts, decide my actions.
Under general anesthesia
I decided it: she will have the exclusive right of harvesting my energies and my life for the first 20 years. Then I will take a holiday. God got tired just after 6 days: I do not have that privilege. I could get a decent sleep only twice, in the last two years. In both cases, I was under general anesthesia.
Since she was born, my little girl climbs every night between us, then over us, then pushes our blanket away, takes my pillow (whatever pillow I sleep on, she wants that pillow for the night!) and finally sleeps happily. We don't sleep, but we are happy to look at her.
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Please visit our FAQ page for further information. We are CONFIDENT in providing the BEST products that have information IMMEDIATELY available when it counts. We are so confident we encourage you to compare us to Medic Alert, Road ID, Med-ID and Universal Medical ID (our competitors) so that you can ensure you have the BEST product at the BEST prices, with NO membership or yearly fees and FREE engraving on all your Emergency ID. Ensure your Medical Jewellery contains your MEDICAL CONDITION, ALLERGIES and IMPORTANTLY who you want called in an EMERGENCY if you or your loved ones are taken to hospital or involved in an accident or medical incident.
MyID Sticker Pack with FREE online DETAILED profile.
Price Includes:
4 Stickers
Free online Emergency Profile
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Emergency ID Australia are now the sole distributor for MyID products which have been tailored for the Australian market!
The most advanced medical ID where YOU are in control of your emergency & medical information including: your photo (for immediate recognition), your vital medical conditions, personal details, emergency contacts, allergies, medications, doctors contact details and MORE!
Your DETAILED information online, for life, at NO COST, accessible 24/7. You can update or remove your profile at any time (eg if you lose your ID).
MyID is the easiest way to access, store, and manage your health and emergency information. Your profile can be accessed anytime, anywhere in the world, from your MyID products, such as bracelets, necklaces, key tags, sticker kits.
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The MyID Sticker Kit gives first responders more ways to access your online medical profile. Each kit comes with 4 vinyl stickers, all with the same ID and PIN to be used to access one profile. MyID Stickers are perfect for a helmet, wallet, phone, watch, bike, fridge, and much more!
All orders are posted within 2 business days of receiving payment.
We are PROUD of our products, outstanding reputation and award winning customer service. We even encourage you to compare us to our competitors, Medic Alert and Identify Yourself at Universal Medical ID, by viewing the comparison table on our home page. We thank you for supporting a 100% Founded, Owned & Operated AUSTRALIAN business that sends Emergency ID WORLDWIDE!


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This directory is comprised of contacts with the phrase "Doctor/Physician" found in their job title.
Doctors-Physicians help keep the working world healthy. Healthy employees are able to work more, and focus better. Doctors will find these contacts useful in seeking other Doctors for help and other services.
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On this search page you can run additional searches and the results will always be limited to Doctors-Physicians. So, if you are just looking for Doctors-Physicians in a particular state, run your search below. If this is a common search you would like to run, we recommend that you bookmark this page.
If you would like more detailed information on Doctors-Physicians listed here, please contact us at [email protected], or 866-535-3960.
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