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05/26/2015 07:55 pm ET Updated May 26, 2016
Why Comedian/Podcaster Marc Maron is a Preist and a Prophet
By Christian Piatt
You may not know Marc Maron, but you should. Originally known as a crass, nihilistic comedian, he's found a remarkable second life for himself in podcasting. And before you stop reading right there, consider that Marc's WTF podcast is the first-ever podcast to be catalogued by the Library of Congress. This modest show that he records in the garage of his house also gave birth to a TV show in the Independent Film Channel, called "Maron," in which he talks with podcast guests in his garage. The show is now into its third season.
Maron isn't the first to find fertile ground for himself in the alternate media world of podcasting. Adam Corolla, known as the voice on a handful of mostly shitty cartoons and as the clown serving as foil on the old "Dr. Drew" radio sex talk shows, has a huge following on his podcast. Even I have found my largest audience through our Homebrewed CultureCast, with approximately 25,000 downloads and listens per episode, and which we record on a laptop in my office at the back of my house. But when done right, it's a phenomenon in itself.
Marc Maron isn't podcast-famous simply because he's some kind of podcasting genius. It's because of a combination of things. Terry Gross, host of NPR's epic interview show, Fresh Air, explained why she allowed for the rare exception on her own show, welcoming in Maron to play host and interview her, instead of the other way around. And on top of that, the interview took place in front of a live audience of 2,000 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
No pressure.
But in true Maron form, he lived up to what Gross loves about him in spades. He started the whole interview by doing three things: he admitted he was nervous, he made fun of himself and he made people laugh. And though all of this may have been done intuitively, it's all part of the Marc Maron magic formula that leads millions to pay attention on TV and to his podcast.
Incidentally, Maron's podcast is currently in the top 10 most popular podcasts on iTunes, and his interview with Terry Gross is among the top 10 episodes among all podcasts as well, in case you don't want to take my word for it.
So what does Marc Maron do that is so magical? In a word, he represents and delivers what so many of us are seeking in our culture today. We want to know people. Like, really, really know them. Or at least we want to think we do. And Marc does this brilliantly, both about himself and the people he interviews. How, you might wonder? That gets back to the three special things he did to start out the Terry Gross interview.
First he admitted a weakness or flaw by confessing he was nervous. Of course everyone wondered if a guy who does his show from his garage was anxious about interviewing a notoriously private radio personality on her own show in front of an audience of thousands. So he named what a lot of us were thinking. Plus, he made himself seem more human. After all, who among us wouldn't be feeling the same way? So he came across as just like us in that moment.
Second, he offered some self-deprecating comments. This is typical of comedians, especially today. This is because it gives other people permission to laugh at them, for one. Also, it makes us feel like we can trust them. It's a way of saying "don't worry, I have my guard down." It's a way of coming across as unthreatening, which is critical for comedy. We have to trust the comedian (or interviewer) to take us somewhere, and unless we already know them (or think we do at least), it's hard to trust that. This is especially the case with edgier comedians like Maron, Louis CK and the like, who touch on so many taboo subjects. So how do we know it's OK to laugh? Because they are willing to laugh at everything, including themselves. And we're invited to laugh along with them.
That's the final piece that's so important: humor. More than anything else, laughter helps disarm us. It helps relax us, break any tension between two people, or a crowd of people and their guide, even with millions of listeners. Once someone makes you laugh, you feel like they "get you." They must think like you do, or at least understand how you think, in order to get inside your head and make you laugh. Once someone has you laughing, they usually have permission to go much, much deeper.
And that's what Marc Maron does so incredibly well. The thousands of onlookers or millions of listeners later on sort of vanish, or better yet, become advocates and fellow travelers because we're all in it together. We're sharing a personal experience, and in a way, it becomes sacred.
This is why crass, dark, edgy people like Louis CK, Marc Maron, Amy Schumer and Jon Stewart are the priests and prophets of our time. They're not just entertainers; they're cultural curators, voices who help us understand ourselves and the world around us better. And they do it all not in spite of the fart jokes and coarse language; in a way, they're able to achieve all of this because of the off-color humor.
You may notice I qualified statements about really knowing these. We tend to feel like we really know them when they share so much through their various media. Hell, Marc Maron got choked up and started to cry at the end of his interview with Terry Gross. And it felt real. I'm not saying it wasn't real, but we know only as much as he wants us to know. He has created an artifice of authenticity in his work that feels real enough to us to suggest real intimacy, and this is what we lack so profoundly in today's culture.
We're too busy, too scared, to incapable, or maybe all of the above, simply to sit down and have "real conversations" with friends and loved ones like the ones Marc has on his shows. We find something wildly cathartic about the outrage Jon Stewart expresses about current events, and about the depths of apparent vulnerability Louis C.K. offers in his comedy routine and in his T.V. show, Louie. Amy Schumer takes the teeth out of human sexuality by helping us laugh at it, robbing it of some of its power.
We want in our lives what they are able to do, apparently so effortlessly. They're emotional and social surrogates for us. And as any great artist does, they practice getting to know their medium and honing their voice so much that by the time they're in the public eye, it is second nature. It's effortless. It's a part of them.
But that doesn't mean it's all of them.
I know that sounds dark, and it is in a way. But it can also serve as a model, as a means of permission-giving for us to do likewise. That is provided we don't stop with the quick fix offered by the media itself, accepting this demonstration of apparent reality as sufficient to keep our own loneliness and social stuntedness at arm's-length.
I love all of the comedians I mentioned in this piece, and I'd like to think I'm learning something from all of them in my own work. What they offer has value. But it's not enough to replace our own socio-cultural grammar. We have to learn to live by such an example, and not just find it sufficient to try and live through it.
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Bipartisan, half of the time…
by Matt Berger December 22, 2016 February 21, 2017
My first political memory is asking my parents for whom they were voting for president in 1972, President Richard Nixon or Democrat George McGovern. "McGovern" my parents said. And just like that, at the age of six, I became a Democrat.
I am still a proud Democrat.
Wait, you ask. Isn't this blog a repository for interesting, data-driven stories told with little-to-no subjective point-of-view?
Yes, it is. But sometimes personal backstory is necessary to provide context for later posts, especially if in one or more of those posts I question the actions of one of our major political parties.
Now, returning to the early 1970s…
My mother and I spent the summer of 1974 in Atlantic City, NJ; my father would drive down from suburban Philadelphia most weekends. One Thursday evening in August, I was watching TV in the small front parlor of the home of a family friend. That is how I watched President Nixon resign from the presidency "effective at noon tomorrow." Not quite eight years old, I only partially understood what I was watching, though every adult's somber expression told me it was something big.
I knew little about the new Republican President, Gerald Ford, but he seemed like a nice man. I still love the fact that he made his own toast in the White House kitchen. Being a Democrat, I rooted for Jimmy Carter to beat him in 1976, but not because of anything I disliked about Ford.
As a sidebar, I now view the 1976 presidential election as one in which the country would have won either way. Ford was—and Carter still is—a distinctly good and honorable man who tried his best to use the power of the federal government to improve people's lives. I also think he was right to pardon Nixon: no other punishment would have hurt Nixon as much as resigning did, and the country was allowed to start to heal.
Three years later, a woman named Barbara Bush spoke to my middle school. She was campaigning for her husband George, who was running for president as a Republican. I was in 8th grade, and I was fascinated by learning about the liberal-conservative spectrum. While I was gravitating to uber-liberal Democrats like Jerry Brown (more than President Carter, or even Ted Kennedy), there was something about Bush I liked. His "voodoo economics" talk and strong support of something called Planned Parenthood made him seem like a true moderate, someone I could at least respect, if not always agree with.
Hold that thought for a moment.
Bush ended up becoming Ronald Reagan's 1980 running mate. Despite reluctantly supporting Carter over Reagan (and John Anderson), we were devastated by the Republican landslide that November. But by April 1981, my Democratic mother was talking about how well her small carpet-cleaning business (which she had bought from its previous owner a year or so earlier, greatly improving our personal financial situation) was doing in the first few months of the Reagan Administration. For a time, it really did feel like we were making a fresh start from the turbulent 1970s.
Back home, Pennsylvania was narrowly electing a series of liberal-to-moderate Republicans who, again, I admired without always agreeing with them: Senator John Heinz in 1976 (even as Carter won Pennsylvania by 2.7 percentage points), Governor Richard Thornburgh in 1978, and Senator Arlen Specter in 1980. Heinz easily won reelection twice before dying in a plane crash in 1991 at the age of 52. Like most Pennsylvanians, I was deeply saddened by the loss of this good man. I met Senator Specter in 2003, when he reaffirmed his strong support for Title X (the federal funding program for family planning services) to my Family Planning Council colleagues and me. My mother loved Thornburgh for pushing funding for state-university partnerships to treat folks with mental retardation. My only sibling is an older sister, who has suffered from severe mental retardation since a few months after her birth and has lived in a wonderful state-funded Center for more than 40 years. In 1986, I voted for pro-choice Republican Bill Scranton for governor, still my only Republican vote. (Only with hindsight do I regret voting for Democrat John Silber over Republican Bill Weld for governor of Massachusetts in 1990.)
The 1988 presidential campaign was so banal that the Washington Post did not endorse either Bush or Michael Dukakis. Bush's campaign sank to some particularly ugly depths (Willie Horton, flag-burning, demonizing liberals). The afternoon after Bush won, however, I watched President-elect Bush introduced James Baker as his nominee for Secretary of State. My surprised reaction was "wow, the governing Bush looks like an entirely different cat." Other Bush Administration picks like Jack Kemp (HUD), Dick Darman (OMB), Thornburgh (Justice), Liddy Dole (Labor), and Brent Scowcroft (National Security Advisor) signaled to me a mature, less-ideological approach to governing.
The point of this stroll through the first half of my life is that as a strong partisan Democrat, I could still find common ground with many Republicans. On a personal level, one of my closest friends in high school was a staunch Republican who loved Reagan as much as I loved Walter Mondale. Mondale was my first presidential vote, in 1984, and still one of my proudest.
I plan to argue in a later post that something began to go haywire with the Republican Party right around Bush's failed reelection campaign in 1992 and the subsequent Republican takeover of the House and Senate in 1994. I now feel that the party—with a few possible exceptions like Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker—has become completely unhinged.
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151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 380
AS AMENDED BY
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend Chapter 51, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by placing all of the existing provisions of that chapter into a new "Subchapter I" and adding a new "Subchapter II" as shown by underline as follows:
Subchapter II. Public Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program
§ 5151. Establishment; statement of purpose.
(a) There is established a Public Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program for attorneys employed by the State of Delaware or one of Delaware's civil legal aid organizations for the purpose of practicing law. The program allows qualified applicants to apply for a payment from the State to the applicant's lending agency to pay a portion of the applicant's qualified educational loan. The Council shall administer the program.
(b) The purpose of the program is to improve the recruitment and retention of attorneys employed by the state of Delaware or one of Delaware's civil legal aid organizations to ensure high quality legal services.
(c) The application prescribed, and policies adopted pursuant to this subchapter shall be available on the Council's website.
§ 5152. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Award" means the Council's decision to make a loan payment on an applicant's behalf.
(2) "Civil legal aid organization" means Community Legal Aid Society, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, or Legal Services Corporation of Delaware.
(3) "Council" means the Delaware Criminal Justice Council.
(4) "Lending agency" means an entity that provides a qualified education loan.
(5) "Loan payment" means a payment by the Council to a successful applicant's lending agency of a portion of the applicant's qualified educational loan.
(6) "Loan award committee" means a committee composed of the following members:
a. Executive Director of the Council.
b. The Chief Defender, or the Chief Defender's designee.
c. The Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee.
d. The Chief Justice, or the Chief Justice's designee.
e. A member of the Delaware bar appointed by the Governor.
(7) "Program" means the Public Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program established in this subchapter.
(8) "Qualified educational loan" means a government, commercial, or foundation loan for actual costs paid for tuition and reasonable educational expenses related to an applicant's undergraduate or law degree program.
§ 5153. Funding.
(a) Appropriations for the program will be made to the Council through the Budget Appropriations Bill in a separate line item appropriation. The Council is authorized to accept private donations and federal funding to support the program.
(b) The Council may use up to 5% of the amount appropriated for the program to cover costs of administering the program.
§ 5154. Eligibility for the program.
To qualify to participate in the program, all of the following must apply:
(1) The applicant has secured a qualified educational loan prior to submitting an application.
(2) The applicant is an active member in good standing of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware or is practicing law under Rule 55.
(3) The applicant has been an employee of the State of Delaware or one of Delaware's civil legal aid organizations for at least a year, and the applicant's primary job function is the practice of law.
§ 5155. Application.
(a) The application to participate in the program shall require the applicant to certify that they meet the eligibility requirements of § 5154 of this subchapter. The application shall otherwise be in the form prescribed by the Council.
(b) The applicant must submit a new, completed application each year, along with any additional information the Council may request in accordance with program regulations.
§ 5156. Decision and disbursement.
(a) The ability to make awards each year is contingent upon the availability of funds.
(b) Funds are to be distributed evenly amongst the qualified applicants per year, with the loan award committee meeting annually to oversee the allocation of funds.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if there there are insufficient funds to make an award to every applicant who satisfies the requirements of this subchapter, the loan award committee shall give priority to applicants having the greatest financial need.
(d) The applicants having the greatest financial need is determined in the sole discretion of the loan award committee. The Council shall request all of the following information, but the weight to be given to the information shall be determined in the sole discretion of the loan award committee:
(1) The applicant's income.
(2) The applicant's spousal income.
(3) The number of the applicant's dependents.
(4) The total amount of the applicant's qualified educational loans.
(5) The applicant's monthly loan payment amount.
(e) The Council shall make payment directly to the applicant's lending agency on behalf of the applicant.
(f) An applicant may receive only 1 award per year and may receive no more than 10 awards in the applicant's lifetime. An award may be made as a single annual payment or disbursed over periodic intervals, at the Council's discretion.
(g) Applicants who make over $110,000 a year are ineligible for an award under this subchapter.
§ 5157. Amount of award.
An award shall be a minimum of $2,500 and shall not exceed $5,000.
§ 5158. Rules and regulations.
The Council may adopt implementing rules and regulations. Rules and regulations shall be adopted in consultation with the loan award committee.
§ 5159. Penalties.
If an applicant knowingly submits false information or commits fraud in connection with the application process, the Council may reevaluate the applicant's eligibility for an award and may withdraw an award. Any award made as the result of deliberate fraud may be recovered by the State through an action at law.
§ 5160. Annual reporting.
Each fiscal year, the Council shall report to the General Assembly, the Attorney General, Chief Defender, and the Chief Justice the following summary data, which shall be de-identified to the greatest extent possible:
(1) The aggregate number of attorneys who applied for an award.
(2) The aggregate number of attorneys who received an award.
(3) The race, ethnicity, age, and gender represented by attorneys who applied for an award.
(4) The race, ethnicity, age, and gender represented by attorneys who received an award.
(5) The employer of attorneys who applied for an award.
(6) The employer of attorneys who received an award.
(7) The legal practice areas of attorneys who applied for an award.
(8) The legal practice areas of attorneys who received an award.
(9) The average amount of an award to an attorney under to the program.
(10) Other summary data identified by the loan award committee.
Section 2. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, the remainder of such provisions, and the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.
Approved October 24, 2022
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I have to agree with your Amanda Jean, that your challenge has been a real boost for me. I too have been trying to finish up ufo's and wips. Thanks for the incentive.
I love hand knit socks!!! I just finished one for hubby and apparently lost my kitchener mojo. I'll have to rip back the toe and fix it :) Your socks look great. I love the color!!!
Cute socks, I love to make them too.
I cannot believe you knitted socks. I can crochet like a mad woman, but knitting always amazes me. And socks...???!!! AWESOME!
"Finish it Up Friday" is great! Especially because the next day turns into "Start Something New Saturday" and the cycle continues!
Your socks look great! Knitting socks is something I could never figure out.
I don't see how Friday coming faster can be a bad thing. I finally figured out what I'm going to do for my retreat squares. Now I just need to cut them and get them basted!
I love these Finish It Up Fridays :) AND I especially love those socks!
Ohhh, those socks looks so comfy and warm! Great Friday finish. Thanks again for the weekly motivation!
Now that I'm moving to a cold climate, I'm going to have to learn to knit socks. I'm actually very excited to do so. Yours look great!
Nice job -- love the color. I crochet but have never learned to knit -- maybe someday.
Don't have a Friday finish -- spent several days last week with my grandkids in Omaha and did no sewing. Maybe next week -- still have a quilt top I'd really like to finish.
Great socks! I'm not participating in this finish it up friday (although I really should), but it's fun to see what others get done! Talking about getting done, I just undid my DD's sock for the third time...I have a week to finish them off, so come what may, no more undoing!
Love your socks. I started knitting socks last year and finally have enough to wear a knitted pair everyday.
Thanks for hosting. It's great to have some finishes to check off my list.
Love your socks! And thanks for the linky party - it's always a spur to finish something!!
Yay for your new socks! They look fantastic. :) Thanks for hosting this linky!
Yay you! I dream od knitting one day, but you have socks to prove you can!! I LOVE them!
Great socks. And a great linky party to create incentive to get things finished.
I love these red socks! They look warm!
And thank you for the finish-it-up Friday, Amanda, is such a good idea and really fun! My problem is I usually start something new every three or four days! But now I am more motivated to finish one or two little things faster!
I admire anyone who can knit socks - i have only done scarves, hats, and blankets. socks kind of freak me out, but yours are amazing!
I didn't finish anything, but I started a new pair of socks this afternoon. I learned toe-up in order to avoid kitchener! Hand knit socks just feel good!
Nice color for your socks:) I need to start something so I can join the finish it up thing.
I love the whole concept - thanks so much! And great job on the socks!
I feel you cheering me on. I'm almost done with my finish and when I've felt like abandoning it, I've called on the Collective Mojo of your readers. Once I'm done, I get the reward of browsing the other finishes. Yippee!
Your socks are fantastic. I am glad you warded off the case of SSS (second sock syndrome).
This friday I'm home from work and ready to sit down with a glass of wine and hand work on my quilt for the boyfriend. I hope by next friday I can finish it - then on to the Christmas present for my daughter. I was going to be a house warming present but NOT! I love the socks. That's something I want to learn next.
Wow, those socks look professional. And pretty.
Thanks for the link-up! It's been great for me too! LOVE the socks! i actually just bought a "sock loom" and some yarn the other day. Maybe soon I'll have a home made pair of socks of my own ;-).
OMG! You can knit socks? I am completely awe struck! Just by the knitting of socks mind you, not even by the fact that you finished them! Great work!
What pattern did you use for your socks? They are too cute! I just learned to knit and am finishing up a Harry Potter house scarf.
Your socks look wonderful! I just started my first pair ever & from the toe up. I've never even tried a hand knit pair on, so I'm hoping I love them. What yarn & pattern did you use? Do you have a favorite sock knitting yarn?
LOVE the socks! Wish I could knit just so I could make socks. I can crochet but no knitting.
I am so sad I missed Finish it up Friday. I did have some finsihes but sadly, my dial up connection was not adequate for posting about them. Maybe next week!
Love your socks Amanda, all that knitting and then you step all over them...lol I love knitting too!! Friday came way to fast for me last week, I'll see you this week though. Hope your having a great week.
I start builing the fabrics over a period of time, and I think the results are better for my patience. I use the weekly 40%off coupons that Joanne's have in the Sunday paper and that helps quite a bit.
I love the red socks! knitting is a good diversion from sewing and quilting. I am not up to the level of socks yet. Yours look like they are made by a pro.
can't comment on your most recent post. Will miss your posts and pictures ... hope to see you back here soon!
Take the time you need. Life is busy, the holidays are upon us, you have a family to tend to. Real life must come before on-line life.
Be well. Keep safe. God Bless You.
I'll miss following you. Take whatever it is to make things better so you will want to come back. I'll miss you just like the last time.
I hope your break is helpful. Really enjoy looking at all your projects...life sometimes feels like it is a roller coaster, it moves so quickly. I hope you find a more healthy pace!!!
Thanks for sharing your quilting with us! Thanks for also being "real" and knowing when you need to step off the merry go round. Enjoy the break!
I am a new follower of your blog and have really enjoyed it so far. Lucky for me, I can go back and read old posts (new to me) during your break! Your quilting blog is the best one I've found so far - I love the color and design choices you make, and your explanations are so clear!
I hope you get the time off you need and come back soon!
Thank you for this wonderful incentive! I hope you are getting the much deserved rest you need, and I look forward to when you are back on the blog! You are missed!!! Meanwhile, I will do my best to stay faithful to the mission of finishing what I once started!


Cannes: Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das' much-awaited "Manto" directorial, which stars actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto, has made its way to the Un Certain Regard segment of the prestigious 71st Cannes Film Festival.
The official line-up was announced on the gala's website on Thursday.
"Manto", a biographical historical period drama film about the writer who is known for his writings around the partition of India and Pakistan, is the only Indian film in Un Certain Regard category of the gala. The film fest is to be held from May 8 to 19.
"We are in Cannes! 'Manto' is selected in the official section Un Certain Regards. Exciting moment for the entire crew and cast," Nandita tweeted.
The film also features Tahir Raj Bhasin as Shyam Chaddha, who was Manto's friend, confidant and inspiration for a number of stories.
Actress Rasika Dugal essays the role of Manto's wife Safia, while Rajshri Deshpande will play the part of author Ismat Chughtai. Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor too also be seen essaying a minor role in the film.
The background score of the movie has been given by table maestro Zakir Hussain while the music has been composed by Sneha Khanwalkar.
Cannes Film Festival will this year open with Asghar Farhadi's Spanish-language thriller "Everybody Knows", starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darin.
Among the films in the special screenings section are Gilles Porte's documentary "The State Against Mandela and The Others", "10 Years in Thailand" and Wim Wenders's documentary "Pope Francis – A Man of his Word".
Netflix has boycotted the festival to protest films produced by streaming platforms from being banned from the competition section.


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Memphis suffers against Minnesota to get their 11th straight win
Ddespite the suffering throughout the game, the Memphis GrizzlieIts got a last minute win which effectively gave them their 11th win of the season. After the Grizzly bears achieved their 10th consecutive victory against the Golden State Warriors earlier this week they had a tough game on Thursday. Everyone wanted to see the game between the top talents of Minnesota against this young and restless team from Memphis led by Ja Morant. In the polls, the Grizzly bears are actually considered title contenders with the current run they have. But the Wood wolves were more than ready to take on this challenge and they almost did it.
Throughout the game it was a fast paced affair in which there was no clear dominant team. The scoreboard stayed close until the dying minutes of the fourth quarter with Minnesita getting D'Angelo Russell sent off for five fouls, he finished with 29 points. Anthony Edwards scored 30 and Karl-Anthony Towns got 25. In the last few minutes, John konchar was the one who scored a saving three-pointers that actually gave the Grizzly bears this 11th victory, he also got an impressive 17 rebounds. This young team is thirsty to go as far as possible, they are doing wonders as a whole. Jackson Jr. scored 20 points, Ja Morant got 16 and Desmond Scourge got 21 for Memphis final victory 116-108.
What's next for the Grizzlies and Timberwolves?
After this 11th consecutive victory, Memphis Grizzly reach an impressive 30-14 record and have an incredibly complicated game against Luka Doncic's Dallas Mavericks Friday. The loss put the Timberwolves 20-22 and they rest for two consecutive days before facing the Warriors of the Golden State Sunday afternoon. It was close but the whole world will wait to see how long the Grizzly bears can take that winning streak.
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Q: Page item not being persistent? In my ASP.NET page, I have a generic class that is defined as below:
public partial class log_states : BasePage
{
    protected class StatesUsed
    {
        public int StateCode { get; set; }
        public string StateName { get; set; }
    }
    private List<StatesUsed> _statesUsed;
}

In the Page_Load() event, I initialize _statesUsed like below, and bind it to a grid:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        _statesUsed = new List<StatesUsed>();
        BindMyGrid();
    }
}

private void BindMyGrid()
{
    gvStates.DataSource = _statesUsed;
    gvStates.DataBind();
}

I then have a form to add new States. When the user adds a state, I'm trying to add it to the local _statesUsed variable, and rebind the grid. Example:
protected void btnAddState_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    _statesUsed.Add(new StatesUsed { StateCode = 1, StateName = "Test" });

    BindMyGrid();
}

This always fails when trying to add the new item saying "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"...
How do I keep _statesUsed persistant? The idea is to add all user input using the generic class and then update the database at one go. If you know of another way to accomplish this, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks in advance!

A: If you want to keep stuff "alive" through multiple postbacks you either have to store stuff to a database, use Session, use the Viewstate, or store it temporarily in shared server memory. Which of these you choose is dependent on your use case,
In your case I would probably add an asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="HiddenFieldUsedStateIDs" in which I wrote the IDs comma separated whenever there is a change and then read the values into the generic list in Page_Load (on every Page_Load, not just !IsPostBack)
This would utilize the Viewstate mechanism in Asp.Net to write the values to the rendered HTML and read it back into the HiddenField's value on each post

A: Instead of
private List<StatesUsed> _statesUsed;

I'm usually using something similar to:
private List<StatesUsed> _statesUsed
{
    get
    {
        var result = ViewState["_stateUsed"] as List<StatesUsed>;

        if ( result == null )
        {
            result = new List<StatesUsed>();
            ViewState["_stateUsed"] = result;
        }

        return result;
    }
}

I.e. I am persisting page class variables to the ViewState.

A: Asuuming that your viewstate in not disabled, you could do,
  protected void btnAddMat_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
         List<StatesUsed> temp = null;

        temp =  (List<StatesUsed>)gvStates.DataSource;
        if(temp != null)
          temp.Add(new StatesUsed { StateCode = 1, StateName = "Test" });
gvStates.DataBind();
   }

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https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Bruce-Morris-to-get-trial-in-discrimination-case-13936835.php
Bruce Morris to get trial in discrimination case
By Justin Papp
Published 4:52 pm EDT, Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Former state representative and Norwalk Public Schools employee Bruce Morris, April 7, 2018, at the Norwalk Police Department in Norwalk, Conn.
Photo: Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media
NORWALK — Bruce Morris will get his day in court in his discrimination lawsuit against the City of Norwalk, the Board of Education and Norwalk Public Schools, a Stamford Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
The judge shot down a summary judgment motion filed by the defendants, ruling instead that the case would go to a jury trial, schedule for this October in Stamford.
"The judge determined there was a sufficient amount of facts which a jury is required to review and make a determination," said Morris' attorney, Dan Angelone, of Trumbull-based Angelone Law Offices, LLC. "We're looking forward to having our day in court, my client has been looking forward to having his day for a while."
Morris' complaint was first filed in July 2017, after his position was eliminated in 2016. It alleged that he was targeted by members of the Board of Education and, in some cases, Central Office staff, who conspired to have his get him out of the district. The suit cites emails sent by current board member, and former chair, Mike Lyons, from 2015. Among them are exchanges about roughly $200,000 in cuts that needed be be trimmed from that year's budget.
"Top of the list? Bruce Morris; saves over $80K and solves the budget problem. I ran that possibility past Adamowski and he asked that we not do that. He fully understands what a snake Morris is, but having been appointed a racial vote, he doesn't want a race war starting up over Morris just as he's taking office," Lyons wrote, referring to the five-to-four vote along racial lines to approve the hiring of Superintendent Steven J. Adamowski earlier that month. "But better to leave this to Adamowski, who can build a solid record on Bruce, than for us to lay him off and have protests from now to election day."
In other emails authored by Lyons, he refers to Morris as a "snake" and one of "Four Horsemen" damaging the district, along with Lynne Moore, who was reassigned from her position as principal at West Rocks School to a housemaster at Norwalk High, Tony Ditrio, the former Kendall Elementary principal who retired in 2016, and former Deputy Superintendent of Schools Anthony Daddona, who retired in 2015.
In a Jan. 15, 2016, email to other board members, Lyons, again referencing proposed budget cuts, wrote, "Here it is(.) Bye Bye Brucie! Morris and his assistant's positions are eliminated in this budget."
Lyons and his attorney, Dennis M. Dauro, of Rocky Hill-based Karsten & Tallberg, LLC., did not respond to a request for comment on the judge's decision. Norwalk Public Schools Chief Communication Officer Brenda Wilcox Williams said the district could not comment on an ongoing legal matter.
In past filings The defendants allege that questions about Morris' work habits were often raised and that there was speculation the former state representative was performing his legislative duties on school time. They also state that the elimination of Morris' position was driven by budgetary factors. He was one of 24 school employees laid off in the budget cycle, and his was one of three central office positions cut — the other two were held by white employees — according to the document.
In a May filing in support of a summary judgment, Dauro, on behalf of the defendants, stated that Morris' the elimination of Morris's position as school climate coordinator was the result of an organizational shift in a tight-budget year that led Adamowski, not the Board of Education, to make the cut. As for Lyons, Dauro states he was acting with the good of the district in mind.
"Even if tartly put, Lyons was merely prioritizing the District's best interests above those of a select few," Duaro wrote, adding that Morris' claims were speculative, "political fantasy" and based on Morris' "imperceptive self-aggrandizement."
The case is due back in Stamford Superior Court Oct. 10.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles gets into air taxi business with Silicon Valley's Archer
by Eric D. Lawrence
Credit: Archer
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, known for its love of heavy-duty horsepower in its Hemis and Hellcats, is partnering with a Silicon Valley air taxi start-up with plans to produce electric aircraft in 2023.
FCA, whose brands include Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Maserati, has already collaborated with Palo Alto, California-based Archer on cockpit design, which the companies expect to unveil later this year, according to a news release Tuesday. The deal will allow Archer "to benefit from access to FCA's low-cost supply chain, advanced composite materials capabilities and engineering and design experience."
Archer is to build high-volume, composite electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, known as eVTOL, the release said.
"While we are not sharing specific details around our production plans and location at this time, our goal is to start volume manufacturing in 2023 and conduct the first consumer flights in 2024," according to Louise Bristow, a spokesperson for Archer.
Financial terms of the deal were not provided, with Bristow noting Archer is privately owned. FCA is expected to complete its merger with Peugeot maker PSA Group to form Stellantis on Saturday. Bristow said the merger would not affect the partnership directly, but FCA's supply chain and other capabilities could benefit from collaboration with PSA.
FCA is leaping into an area where numerous companies, such as Uber and General Motors, have seen potential. In a 2019 research paper, Morgan Stanley referenced "a total addressable market of $1.5 trillion for autonomous aircraft by 2040."
Many of the proposals for this type of air travel have focused on the use of autonomous flying technology.
For the time being, Archer's aircraft will not be autonomous, although autonomous options are being explored, Bristow said. Instead, the aircraft will carry a pilot and four passengers.
Bristow said the focus would be on passenger transport, as opposed to hauling cargo or making deliveries.
Archer's aircraft will be able to travel 60 miles at up to 150 mph, according to the news release. Archer's website said that range is possible using current commercially available battery technology.
The aircraft will "take off vertically like a helicopter, fly forward like an airplane, and will be 100% electric. There is no runway required and the vehicles can land vertically on a traditional helicopter landing pad or retrofitted landing site," the website said.
Questions remain, of course, about how quickly technology often identified with science fiction is truly likely to be in wide use. Regulations and control infrastructure are some of the areas of uncertainty.
Archer cofounders Brett Adcock and Adam Goldstein said in a posting that they intend to keep costs to fly affordable.
"Our goal is to make our service is affordable for the masses. This means driving operating costs down to the price of ride sharing and over time to the cost of car ownership," they said.
They also said they intend to make the aircraft as safe as commercial airliners and keep the "flyover noise at or below equivalent sound levels of residential neighborhoods."
Goldstein, in the release, touted the potential for mass electric air travel to transform transportation.
"This is a first-of-its-kind deal for one of Detroit's Big Three automakers in moving into the urban air mobility space. There is now a clear path for Archer to bring mass production to this industry, changing the way people travel in and around cities forever," Goldstein said.
Doug Ostermann, vice president and head of global business development of FCA, mentioned the mutual benefits of the partnership.
"Electrification within the transportation sector whether on roads or in the air is the future and with any new and rapidly developing technology, scale is important. Our partnership with Archer has mutual benefits and will enable innovative, environmentally friendly transportation solutions to be brought to market at an accelerated pace," Ostermann said in the release.
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== Orodreth's Genealogy == New user here, but I'm familiar with Tolkien Gateway since years ago and I'd like to say I appreciate this space for sticking with Tolkien's canon and not including stuff from adaptations and fanfiction in its content. That said, I feel a strong need to address this old question in hand again. I remember that a while ago, the article on Orodreth used to contain very clear information on his parentage, explicitly explaining that he was a son of Finarfin according to The Silmarillion and a son of Angrod according to the Unfinished Tales. I come here now to express my regret and disappointment that the editors of Tolkien Gateway have changed their stance and decided to single out their preferred version of the tale while at the same time completely ignoring the alternative, equally official version. According to the published books "The Silmarillion" and "The Children of Húrin", Orodreth is the son of Finarfin. This is the only version of his genealogy that is presented in actual story books, officially edited and published by Christopher Tolkien, the latter upon several DECADES of revision. As late as 2007, Christopher still chose to maintain Orodreth as the son of Finarfin in his final version of The Children of Húrin. That said, I consider it very inadequate and inaccurate to pretend that this version of the tale doesn't exist or is a disqualified version. I believe this article should give the published version more credit, at least as much credit as it gives to Tolkien's draft notes. The lack of such clarity confuses fans and readers all over the internet, specially the casual ones, as they don't understand why the books say one thing and the Tolkien Gateway says something completely different. I'm not editing the article myself because, as I said, I'm a new user and I don't want to mess with the work of the more dutiful editors. However I want to leave my opinion and suggestion here. {{unsigned|Es157}}
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namespace CCAPI_Demo
{
    partial class Form1
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Variable nécessaire au concepteur.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Nettoyage des ressources utilisées.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true si les ressources managées doivent être supprimées ; sinon, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Code généré par le Concepteur Windows Form

        /// <summary>
        /// Méthode requise pour la prise en charge du concepteur - ne modifiez pas
        /// le contenu de cette méthode avec l'éditeur de code.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.groupConnect = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.btnConnect = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.BoxIP = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.lblIP = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.groupProc = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.lblValue = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblOffset = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.btnSetMem = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.BoxValue = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.BoxOffset = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.btnRefresh = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.comboProcs = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
            this.lblProcs = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.groupCID = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.btnCID = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.BoxCID = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.groupInfo = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.lblRSX = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblCELL = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblLV2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblFW = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblR = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblC = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblLV = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblF = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.groupLedColor = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.radioRed = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.radioGreen = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.groupLedMode = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.radioBlink = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.radioOff = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.radioOn = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.groupBuzz = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.comboBuzzer = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
            this.btnBuzzer = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnLed = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.groupNotify = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.btnNotify = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.BoxNotify = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.groupDefaultProc = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.btnAttach = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnDefProc = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.btnDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.groupConnect.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupProc.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupCID.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupInfo.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupLedColor.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupLedMode.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupBuzz.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupNotify.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupDefaultProc.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            // groupConnect
            //
            this.groupConnect.Controls.Add(this.btnConnect);
            this.groupConnect.Controls.Add(this.BoxIP);
            this.groupConnect.Controls.Add(this.lblIP);
            this.groupConnect.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(14, 8);
            this.groupConnect.Name = "groupConnect";
            this.groupConnect.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(355, 51);
            this.groupConnect.TabIndex = 0;
            this.groupConnect.TabStop = false;
            this.groupConnect.Text = "Connection v1";
            //
            // btnConnect
            //
            this.btnConnect.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(258, 17);
            this.btnConnect.Name = "btnConnect";
            this.btnConnect.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnConnect.TabIndex = 2;
            this.btnConnect.Text = "Connect";
            this.btnConnect.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnConnect.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnConnect_Click);
            //
            // BoxIP
            //
            this.BoxIP.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(74, 19);
            this.BoxIP.Name = "BoxIP";
            this.BoxIP.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(178, 20);
            this.BoxIP.TabIndex = 1;
            this.BoxIP.Text = "192.168.1.13";
            //
            // lblIP
            //
            this.lblIP.AutoSize = true;
            this.lblIP.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(22, 22);
            this.lblIP.Name = "lblIP";
            this.lblIP.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(46, 13);
            this.lblIP.TabIndex = 0;
            this.lblIP.Text = "PS3 IP :";
            //
            // groupProc
            //
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.lblValue);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.lblOffset);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.btnSetMem);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.BoxValue);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.BoxOffset);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.btnRefresh);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.comboProcs);
            this.groupProc.Controls.Add(this.lblProcs);
            this.groupProc.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(14, 142);
            this.groupProc.Name = "groupProc";
            this.groupProc.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(355, 104);
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            this.groupProc.Text = "Processes";
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            // lblValue
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            this.lblValue.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(36, 79);
            this.lblValue.Name = "lblValue";
            this.lblValue.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(40, 13);
            this.lblValue.TabIndex = 7;
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            this.lblOffset.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(35, 53);
            this.lblOffset.Name = "lblOffset";
            this.lblOffset.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(41, 13);
            this.lblOffset.TabIndex = 6;
            this.lblOffset.Text = "Offset :\r\n";
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            // btnSetMem
            //
            this.btnSetMem.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(182, 50);
            this.btnSetMem.Name = "btnSetMem";
            this.btnSetMem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(82, 46);
            this.btnSetMem.TabIndex = 5;
            this.btnSetMem.Text = "SET";
            this.btnSetMem.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnSetMem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnSetMem_Click);
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            // BoxValue
            //
            this.BoxValue.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(82, 76);
            this.BoxValue.Name = "BoxValue";
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            this.BoxOffset.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(82, 50);
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            //
            this.btnRefresh.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(270, 21);
            this.btnRefresh.Name = "btnRefresh";
            this.btnRefresh.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(71, 23);
            this.btnRefresh.TabIndex = 2;
            this.btnRefresh.Text = "refresh";
            this.btnRefresh.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
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            this.comboProcs.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(182, 21);
            this.comboProcs.TabIndex = 1;
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            this.lblProcs.AutoSize = true;
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            this.lblProcs.Name = "lblProcs";
            this.lblProcs.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(62, 13);
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            this.lblProcs.Text = "Processes :";
            //
            // groupCID
            //
            this.groupCID.Controls.Add(this.btnCID);
            this.groupCID.Controls.Add(this.BoxCID);
            this.groupCID.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(14, 252);
            this.groupCID.Name = "groupCID";
            this.groupCID.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(355, 50);
            this.groupCID.TabIndex = 2;
            this.groupCID.TabStop = false;
            this.groupCID.Text = "Set Console ID";
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            // btnCID
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            this.btnCID.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(265, 17);
            this.btnCID.Name = "btnCID";
            this.btnCID.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnCID.TabIndex = 4;
            this.btnCID.Text = "SET";
            this.btnCID.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnCID.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnCID_Click);
            //
            // BoxCID
            //
            this.BoxCID.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 19);
            this.BoxCID.Name = "BoxCID";
            this.BoxCID.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(243, 20);
            this.BoxCID.TabIndex = 3;
            //
            // groupInfo
            //
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblRSX);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblCELL);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblLV2);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblFW);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblR);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblC);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblLV);
            this.groupInfo.Controls.Add(this.lblF);
            this.groupInfo.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(388, 12);
            this.groupInfo.Name = "groupInfo";
            this.groupInfo.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(147, 152);
            this.groupInfo.TabIndex = 3;
            this.groupInfo.TabStop = false;
            this.groupInfo.Text = "Console Information :";
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            // lblRSX
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            this.lblRSX.AutoSize = true;
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            this.lblRSX.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(13, 13);
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            this.btnAttach.Text = "Attach Default Process Game !";
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            this.btnDefProc.Text = "SET";
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            this.btnDefProc.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnDefProc_Click);
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            this.Controls.Add(this.groupDefaultProc);
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            this.groupCID.PerformLayout();
            this.groupInfo.ResumeLayout(false);
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            this.groupLedColor.PerformLayout();
            this.groupLedMode.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.groupLedMode.PerformLayout();
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        private System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton radioOn;
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        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnLed;
        private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupNotify;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnNotify;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox BoxNotify;
        private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupDefaultProc;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnAttach;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnDefProc;
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}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I will find a clip to post for ya, I don't live in Wisconsin, I live in Texas.
and your not a cowboy fan?
Did you get into GB due to the farve years?
are you on tv in the GB area??
Well you could include a clip of you on your show ?
If you did by some chance get on let me know.
Thing is the more tapes you send in the better chance you have.
many who have been selected, had sent in tapes for years.
It drives me crazy the morons they cast, I have tried so many times to get on the show, Would I win, I don't know, but I would have a blast everyday I was out there and play the hell out of the game.
and come off good on tv.
Well, the couple was on the other tribe so they cant vote them out. I thought it was a wise decision to vote out Paul. If they never have a swap then they won't be able to get rid of Ken, he is their best provider at camp and their strongest competitor. You keep him until the merge so that the other tribe targets him.Paul sunk his own ship by showing the ladies that he wasn't going to be loyal to them.
to fashion a personna specifically for your time on the show ??
they think everyone will love or bow down to them.
well these people arent the experts we are lol.
They got rid of paul and left the couple intact.
I dont see a real threat in the couple at this point.
I think I would have got rid of paul too.
Funny previews show the oriental woman now being the dictator!
I was surprised jeff said other team had to approve the deal, no way they would approve it!
yeah I agree, but they dont always show us all the stuff going on.
For some reason the blk girl and nerdy one,decided to switch to team couple , why I dont know.
Did both tribes vote out a oriental female ??
Seems like the other one did too last week.
oftentimes the person who has been the most irritating to most people is the one to go first.
I am pulling for the Gen Xers yeah me too.
but later it will be a mix of the 2.
then build from that, like corners.
Saw ep 1 and it was ok, they seem......definitely have better people this time.
and bad things could have happened but luckily didnt.
The one woman got the sand in eye due to that late evac, and then no treatment for it ??
I dont get that, she should be able to get that treated.
I doubt that clears up on its own and could endanger her eye.
I think that rachel was just not liked, the weakest link is the gay guy, he also bailed on the puzzle.
she had no idea how the game is played.
I think many people that get on the show have only seen a few seasons.
1 week to go, and we find out if it is a bunch of bozo's or not.
Then some old guy say were gonna kick their butts !
have done a poor job on who they pick.


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BBMRI-NLBiobanking and Biomolecular Research Infrastructure, the Netherlands (BBMRI-NL)
http://www.bbmri.nl/
Prof. dr. C.T.N. Wijmenga
PO Box 30.001 9700 RB Groningen
BBMRI-NL2.0 is the innovative integration of three complementary national infrastructure initiatives: BBMRINL1.0 (biobanking), EPI2 (population imaging), and CTMM-TraIT (IT for translational research) for precision medicine. A biobank is a collection of medical, lifestyle, socioeconomic, molecular and imaging data and biological material from patients and healthy individuals.
BBMRI-NL2.0 has received € 9.8 million to build a national infrastructure that integrates the full range of biobanking and population imaging activities in the Netherlands. Such a national biobank infrastructure will enable ground-breaking biomedical research, resulting in the development and delivery of better diagnostics and therapeutics, new life style interventions and other ways to prevent disease. The infrastructure will ensure the leading position of the Netherlands in this area of international science is maintained and enhanced.
Biobanks are collections of samples, data and images of individuals taken at different stages of their lives, either when they are ill or when they are healthy. Participants have agreed to take part in health-checks or population health studies and/or patients have explicitly or implicitly (informed opt out) consented to their data, images and samples being collected in a biobank. Biobanks are a vital source of information for fundamental and translational biomedical research aimed at the precision medicine, i.e. the development of better predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory (4P) health care.
Historically, Dutch biobanks were developed independently; based on, for example, research interest, local or regional activities, or clinical discipline. Today, in the era of genomics and modern imaging, there is an urgent need to interconnect the extremely valuable information held in biobanks through a large-scale, standardized biobank infrastructure to avoid redundancy, create efficient research workflows, streamline and facilitate data access, and optimally link various sorts of data.
Such a national biobank infrastructure will enable efficient health monitoring, validation of life style interventions and other ways to prevent disease, deliver better diagnostics and therapeutics, and expand the leading position of the Netherlands in international biomedical research. An overarching large-scale biobank infrastructure is also essential to help generate the evidence base required by registration and reimbursement authorities to assess the impact/quality/cost-benefit ratio of screening programs, medications and treatments.
The Netherlands is currently one of the world-leaders in biobanking with respect to its number of biobanks, the different types of biobanks (both clinical and population), the amount of material held by them, and its internationally acknowledged expertise. More than 5% of Dutch citizens actively participate in biobanks. In recent years, several important nationwide initiatives have been undertaken to organize and professionalize biobanking, including the String of Pearls Institute (PSI), the European Population Imaging Infrastructure (EPI2), and the Translational Research IT project of the Centre for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM-TraIT).
BBMRI-NL (Biobanking and BioMolecular Research Infrastructure Netherlands) was established to align, connect, complement and enrich biobanks, and to lay the groundwork for a robust national biobank facility. The first phase of BBMRI-NL (BBMRI-NL1.0; 2009-2015) was highly successful and united >200 Dutch biobanks (population and clinical), jointly containing materials and data from >900,000 individuals, 13 million biobanked samples, and a wide spectrum of accessory data. It laid the foundation for a well-organized national biobanking infrastructure for Dutch biomedical research for collecting, managing and distributing data, samples and imaging for personalized medicine and health research.
BBMRI-NL is the Dutch hub of the BBMRI ERIC (BBMRI European Research Infrastructure Consortium) and is closely aligned with major European initiatives and Grand Challenges in the European Framework programme (e.g. Healthy Aging in Horizon 2020), and national initiatives, like the Life Sciences & Health top sector.
With the recent complementary initiatives of EPI2 and CTMM-TraIT and major extra funding for data collection in specific sub-populations (notably the Deltaplan Dementia), the time has come to make the next decisive step towards a truly nationally integrated NL Biobank Research Facility with the initiation of BBMRI-NL2.0. In the future, biobanking will increasingly be integrated with clinical care to warrant the full potential of precision medicine. BBMRI-NL 2.0 will allow biomedical researchers to contribute to precision medicine by providing standards for linking and harmonizing diverse data sets, tools for coordinated access to biomedical resources, long-term storage of biomaterials, technologies, standards and know-how, and cutting-edge IT systems for integrative data analysis.
BBMRI-NL2.is already bringing together Dutch biobanks and imaging collections that are among the largest in Europe, by building on proven success and extensive expertise in the compilation and analysis of such extensive datasets. BBMRI-NL2.0 is also in the process of fully integrated access for researchers of biobank data to investigate e.g. how genetic and environmental factors contribute to chronic diseases. The research results from BBMRI-NL2.0 will drive new and improved ways to diagnose and predict disease, and highlight factors critical to disease prevention, healthy ageing or optimal development, and thus to the quality of life. It will cement the Netherlands leading position in biobank-based biomedical research.
In 2016 BBMRI-NL, EATRIS-NL, and DTL/ELIXIR-NL joined forces and developed a common vision and roadmap on how The Netherlands can set further course for a comprehensive Nation-wide Personalized Medicine & Health Research infrastructure: <b>Health Research Infrastructure (Health-RI)</b>. The goal is to bundle and connect a wide range of resources including the BBMRI-NL aligned biobanks, IT-technologies, facilities and data collections into one large-scale research infrastructure. With its content ranging from genes, molecules and images to their clinical cognates, Health-RI will provide a unique repository of integrated data that optimally prepares the Netherlands for implementation of precision medicine and precision health for every Dutch citizen, while enhancing quality and reproducibility of research. Health-RI will make BBMRI-NL2.0 a highly visible and attractive partner for international collaborations, including Horizon 2020.
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text:
Home Legal Truckers protest California gig-work law that could make them employees
Truckers protest California gig-work law that could make them employees
With the blare of truck horns punctuating their chants, dozens of truck owner-operators gathered outside government office buildings in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Fremont, Salinas and other cities this week to protest California's new gig-work law, which could make them employees rather than independent contractors.
The truck drivers waved signs such as "No on AB5," referring to legislation set to take effect Jan. 1 that creates steeper hurdles for classifying someone as an independent contractor. Its says workers are employees unless they are free from a company's control, do work not central to the company's business, and have their own independent enterprise doing similar work.
Drivers interviewed at the Oakland protest on Tuesday said they feel that should remain independent because they invested upwards of $200,000 to buy big-rig trucks specifically so they could run their own businesses.
The model is simple: Truck brokers — several of whom also attended the protest and helped organize it —offer them one-day local assignments to work in construction, highway repairs, agriculture, disaster cleanup and other areas, which they can accept or reject, the drivers said.
"I don't want to work under someone else anymore," said Parmjit Singh of Pittsburgh, who paid $215,000 two years ago for his 10-wheeler Peterbilt dump truck, capable of hauling 18 tons. "Now if I don't like (a potential job), I can say no. If it's in San Jose, I say that's too far for me. If you're an employee, you cannot say no."
Like many other drivers, who include a sizable immigrant population, he said he particularly values the freedom to spend extended time in his home country, India.
Ironically, the drivers' anti-AB5 protest overlapped with a San Francisco protest Wednesday by Uber and Lyft drivers who want the companies to make them employees.
Singh said he feels the two driving professions are distinctive.
"An Uber or Lyft driver can spend a few thousand dollars on a car and stat driving right away," he said. "We spend $200,000" and get Class A licenses, Motor Carrier Permits, and required insurance. "There is a big difference."
Tu Ngo of American Canyon said he worked as the executive manager of a Walgreens drugstore for a dozen years and felt he hit a ceiling as an employee.
Owning his own truck allows him to pursue the American dream he was seeking when he fled Vietnam in 1982, he said. Eventually he'd like to buy even more trucks. "We have freedom of religion and speech here, but I don't understand why they don't offer you more financial freedom," he said about the new law.
Eduardo Rangel of Hayward said he previously worked at as an employee of a trucking company, and his brother continues to do so.
He finds being independent much more remunerative. His annual gross income is about $190,000 without even working every month; after expenses, he nets about half that.
"My brother works 12 months to make the same money I make in eight months," he said. As an employee, he was gone from home from about 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. or 7 p.m., he said.
He values being able to arrange his schedule to attend his young sons' soccer games and spend time with them in the summer. He also takes a month to visit Mexico.
"I make enough money to support my family and I get the joy of picking my sons up from school and taking them to soccer practice," he said.
The dozens of drivers who participated stopped working during their protests Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, but many other drivers and brokers did not participate in the protests and work action.
"I won't lie; there's likely no impact from the stoppage," said Gary Smithart, a field superindentent for broker Mag Trucking of Hayward. He thinks brokers and drivers who didn't participate are ultimately hurting themselves.
However, there are plenty of independent drivers who take the opposite view, testifying at legislative hearings on AB5 that they would appreciate the security of employment.
AB5 does exempt truck owner-operators who work with construction companies registered as public works contractors.
Drivers at the protest said they generally don't do hauling for the Port of Oakland.
At the port, spokesman Mike Zampa said that more than half its drivers, possibly as many as three-quarters, are independent owner-operators. The rest are employees of trucking companies. While the Port of Oakland has 9,000 registered truck drivers, he thinks the actual number is much lower, because some drivers register and then stop working.
If AB5 causes drivers to be reclassified, the drivers would work for "licensed motor carriers" — i.e., trucking companies, he said.
The port would not be their employer. "The port does not employ any truck drivers," he said.
Carolyn Said is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: csaid@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @csaid
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