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const _ = require('lodash')
const path = require('path')
const fs = require('fs-extra')
const Handlebars = require('./handlebars')
const isBinaryFile = require('isbinaryfile')

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  }

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        continue
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      let variables = this.parseVariables(fullPath + content)

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        if (!retObj[variableName]) {
          retObj[variableName] = variables[variableName]
        }

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          retObj[variableName].description = variables[variableName].description
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    return retObj
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      if (variable) {
        this.storeVariable(retObj, variable)
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        let subAst = this.parseAst(node.program.body)

        for (let variableName in subAst) {
          this.storeVariable(retObj, {
            name: variableName,
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DD: Oxygen; Aluminium; Sulphur; Silver series; Anacardiaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Ericaceae; Primulaceae.
Thymelaeaceae are a family in Malvales in the Apg3 classification. Thymelaeaceae and Neuradaceae are early diverging lineages of Malvales. Thymelaeaceae have been placed in Myrtales in the past.
In this Plant theory Thymelaeaceae are included in Huerteales in Phase 2 and placed in Subphase 6. Aquilariaceae are split off from Thymelaeaceae. Thymelaeaceae have strong qualities of Phase 6, Oxygen and Sulphur.
The circumscription of genera in Thymelaeaceae has always been especially difficult.
1. 1 Octolepis group: Arnhemia, Deltairia, Lethedon, Octolepis, Solmsia.
1. 2 Gonystylus group: Aetoxylon, Amyxa, Gonystylus.
2. 2 Aquilarieae: Aquilaria, Gyrinops.
2. 3. 1 Linostoma group: Craterosiphon, Dicranolepis, Enkleia, Jedda, Linostoma, Lophostoma, Synaptolepis.
2. 3. 2 Phaleria group: Phaleria, Peddiea.
2. 3. 3 Daphne group: Daphne, Daphnopsis, Diarthron, Dirca, Edgeworthia, Funifera, Goodallia, Lagetta, Ovidia, Rhamnoneuron, Schoenobiblus, Stellera, Thymelaea, Wikstroemia.
2. 3. 4 Gnidia group: Dais, Drapetes, Gnidia, Kelleria, Lachnaea, Passerina, Pimelea, Struthiola.
Incertae sedis: Linodendron, Stephanodaphne, Lasiadenia.


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BMA Cymru Wales Calls for Healthcare Workers to be Vaccinated Urgently
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Health Technology Wales , 11th January 2021
BMA Cymru Wales is calling for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine to be administered to frontline healthcare workers who have received the first dose, within the maximum 42-day timeline tested in the original trial and in-line with World Health Organisation guidance.
The Association is also calling for all remaining vaccinations for staff to be accelerated to ensure maximum protection for staff and patients. The Association says this is essential to protect an already depleted workforce and to help prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed in the next few weeks.
BMA Cymru Wales has already condemned the disparity in vaccination roll out for staff in different health boards, with some areas moving forward with vaccinations and others where staff are unable to get through on email or phone lines and are left in the dark about when they can get a vaccine.
Dr David Bailey, Chair of BMA Welsh Council said:
"Despite our calls for the publication of health board vaccination plans and improved communication to staff on the ground, doctors and other healthcare professionals are still struggling to access vaccinations in some parts of Wales and there is a complete lack of transparency around availability and delivery. This cannot continue.
"We're hearing first-hand from members of a huge disparity in vaccination roll out for staff in different health boards, with some areas completing first stage vaccinations and others where staff are unable to get through on email or phone lines and are left in the dark about when they can get a vaccine. It's not good enough when lives are on the line.
"We met with the Chief Medical Officer this week to raise concerns about the planned delay between administration of the first and second Pfizer vaccine, including concerns about the evidence base, the impact on morale and staffing shortages. Given the reality that healthcare workers are more likely to be exposed to and infected with the virus, it is important that they are offered the fullest protection at the earliest opportunity. They are unable to isolate between doses and will continue to provide patient care. Unfortunately, there was no appetite to change position.
"We agree that the evidence for rolling out the Oxford vaccine with a delayed second dose seems robust, but we still need to ensure all vaccinations are done as quickly as possible. Without doctors and other healthcare professionals being fit and able to continue working, people in Wales will suffer. Giving all healthcare workers a vaccination could save their lives so they can help save yours.
"Furthermore, we have called for full transparency from Welsh Government on vaccination supply and the speed at which they are being delivered to the workforce."
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It collaborates with partners across health, social care and the technology sectors to ensure an all-Wales approach to the identification, appraisal and adoption of non-medicine health technologies. HTW supports evidence-informed decision making, which is essential for health and care providers to deliver safe and high quality care services.
They are funded by Welsh Government and hosted within NHS Wales, but independent of both. Their remit covers any health technology that isn't a medicine, such as medical devices, surgical procedures, psychological therapies, tele-monitoring or rehabilitation.
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Buehler Reacts To #NoShowKnute
Posted: 2018-04-09 07:45:00	by Danise Lee
BEND, OR -- two-term State Representative Knute Buehler (R-Bend) has opted out of several recent candidate forums and debates, during his run for Governor, earning him a new nickname. The Democratic Party of Oregon is using the hashtag "No-Show Knute" to refer to Buehler, saying he's largely abandoned his District 54 constituents in favor of his gubernatorial ambitions.
The Bend Republican begs to differ, pointing to the last session where he supported funding for OSU Cascades and fought higher taxes, "Governor Brown's proposal for a new complex energy tax scheme and what it would mean for everyday, hardworking constituents in my district is they would've paid $1,000 more a year in their energy costs, and due to the leadership I showed in the legislature, that was defeated, and they're running scared, and they should be. We're going to have a new Governor after November of 2018." He adds, "Governor Brown and her powerful special interests want to do everything possible to defeat Knute Buehler, the most likely person to be our next Governor. They're running scared, so they're trying to put that out there as much as possible instead of talking about the big problems that Governor Brown has not solved over the last three years and, actually, big problems that have been avoided and made worse by her administration."
He tells KBND News he's the opposite of #NoShow, "I talk to people all over the state, I give speeches, I meet with individuals, I meet with groups, I attend events; by the end of the month, we've been to 50 Republican events across the state. So, we talk to all kinds of people everywhere."
Buehler regrets the failure of a bill he says would've protected foster children. He says he's focused on learning how best to remedy the situation if elected Governor, along with PERS reform and lowering taxes. He won't attend tonight's Redmond Patriots town hall meeting with other gubernatorial candidates, opting instead to meet with Central Oregon foster families. He's endorsed Republican Cheri Helt as his replacement for District 54.


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The Georgia Supreme Court has explained that in a premises liability case, a plaintiff has to show his or her injury was cause by a hazard on an owner or occupier's land that the owner should have removed in the exercise of ordinary care to protect the invited public's safety. In a trip and fall or slip and fall case, a plaintiff must show (1) the defendant actually knew or should have known of a danger and (2) the plaintiff exercised ordinary care but still didn't know of the hazard because of the defendant's actions.
In a recent case a Georgia couple filed a personal injury and loss of consortium suit against a store and the company that owned it. The case arose one evening when the couple and their young daughter entered the store at the produce area and shopped for 35-40 minutes. The husband and daughter went to the checkout area, but the wife went back to the produce section for a bag of lettuce.
She picked up a bag and went towards the checkout area to join her family. However, she slipped and fell on clear liquid, probably water, in the flower section.
She later testified that she was watching where she was walking, but didn't see anything on the floor before falling, only seeing the puddle after her fall. However, there was no evidence the store and its owner had actual knowledge of the liquid on the floor. Therefore, to recover under Georgia slip and fall law, the plaintiff had to show that the store had "constructive knowledge" of the puddle.
The husband and wife sued. At trial, the defendants requested a directed verdict — a directed verdict would have removed the case from being determined by the jury. The motion for directed verdict was denied. The jury found for the couple and awarded the plaintiff more than $2.5 million in damages on her personal injury claim and awarded her husband $150,000 for loss of consortium. The store appealed on the grounds that it was entitled to directed verdict because the plaintiffs hadn't shown actual or constructive knowledge.
In Georgia, "constructive knowledge" can be shown where an employee was in the immediate vicinity of the fall before it happened and had a chance to correct the condition. It can also be shown if the hazardous condition was there for so long, it would have been found if the storeowner had exercised reasonable care in maintaining and observing the premises.
The Georgia Court of Appeals explained that the amount of time a substance must be on the floor for an owner to discover it must be examined on a case-by-case basis. A plaintiff can prove this element with evidence from which a reasonable inference that there was no reasonable inspection procedure or it wasn't followed.
In this case, the owner could not show it inspected the area in question on the day the plaintiff fell. However, the safety policy presented at trial did require employees to inspect the store on an hourly basis.
On appeal, the defendant argued that the plaintiffs hadn't presented evidence showing how long water had been on the floor or that a reasonable inspection would have discovered it.
The appellate court explained that where evidence raises the inference that a reasonable inspection would have uncovered a foreign substance on the floor, it is up to the jury to determine the issue of constructive knowledge. In this case, there was evidence from which the jury could make an inference of constructive knowledge. Specifically, a former store employee had testified that she had seen water on the floor by the flowers before. It was anticipated water would drip onto the floor when shoppers removed flowers from vases. For that reason, non-skid floor mats were often used in that area. The mats weren't used on the day of the fall.
The fall had happened on the busiest time of the week at the end of the day. The store had not been able to show any employee inspected or cleaned the area that day. Accordingly, the appellate court found there was enough evidence from which a jury could infer the spill had been present for enough time that it should have been discovered by employees had they adhered to reasonable inspection procedures. Therefore it was proper for the lower court to deny the directed verdict requested by the defendants.
If you are hurt on somebody else's property, you may be wondering if you can file a premises liability lawsuit. Experienced Atlanta personal injury attorney Terrence R. Bethune can evaluate your case and fight for any compensation you may deserve. Contact us at 404-875-7800 or via our online form.
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Transcranial Sonography in Neurodegenerative Diseases with Cognitive Decline
Authors: Favaretto, Silviaa; * | Walter, Uweb | Baracchini, Claudioa | Cagnin, Annachiaraa; c
Affiliations: [a] Department of Neurosciences (DNS), University of Padova, Padova, Italy | [b] Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany | [c] San Camillo Hospital IRCCS, Venice, Italy
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Silvia Favaretto, Department of Neurosciences (DNS), University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 5, 35128 Padova, Italy. Tel.: +39 49 8213600; E-mail: silvfav@gmail.com.
Abstract: Transcranial sonography (TCS) of the brain parenchyma detects alterations in the substantia nigra (SN), raphe nuclei and basal ganglia; this technique has been established as a tool for the early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and differential diagnosis from atypical parkinsonian syndromes. Here, we aimed to review the main applications of TCS in neurodegenerative diseases presenting with dementia syndrome, focusing on Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), frontotemporal lobar degeneration, idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, and atypical and secondary parkinsonisms. The finding of bilaterally marked hyperechogenicity of the SN appears as a characteristic feature of DLB, while it is found only in a minority of AD patients. SN hyperechogenicity is also detected in most patients with corticobasal degeneration and in about one third of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy, in which is constantly associated with hyperechogenic alterations of the basal ganglia. In conclusion, TCS is a valid supportive tool in the diagnostic workup of patients with dementia due to different neurodegenerative conditions. A promising new application is the differentiation of DLB from AD even at the early stages of these diseases.
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, neurodegenerative diseases, sonography, substantia nigra
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-170382
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 29-40, 2018
Accepted 31 August 2017


Balenciaga. Does that name ring a bell for you guys? If you guys are anything like me, you probably never heard of the brand, let alone pronounce it! Girls, I know you're likely to have heard about the brand before.
Basically, Balenciaga is a Spanish luxury fashion house. You know, those brands we can only see from outside their glass window because we know we can never afford their stuff.
This Spring/Summer 2017 collection, Balenciaga had their models strutting down the walkway with large bags.. but hold up! Don't they look a bit too familiar?
Yes, these bag look awfully like those plastic bags us Asians use to, well, basically fit anything really.
What were the designers thinking you ask??? Apparently these are being marketed as "market bags" and the designers wanted a really large but structured bag that still stood out with bright stripes and floral prints. The final design just-so-happens to look eerily similar to our pasar or borong bags us Asians know all too well.
That's not the best part! Wait till you see the prices!
Mmhmm, these babies are actually going for about RM5,805 to RM9,668 depending on the size you choose. Not including shipping and taxes also weih!!
Consumers get to choose between an S, M and XL sized bags to fashionably carry it around. Thoughhh, the ones we've been using all these while only cost RM5-10.
Here's their catalogue we compiled just in case any of you wanna buy la harh.
But apparently that's not the only design they had. Local fashion designer Rizalman Ibrahim (@rizalman71) pointed out their other bag design in a recent instagram post saying that it looks just like the 'bag toto' Malaysians would occasionally buy.
That 'bag toto' is typically used by folks up north shopping near the Thai boarder. I'm no fashion guru by any means but I'm pretty sure that doesn't match anything! But that didn't stop the maestros from trying to incorporate it.
As you can tell our fellow Malaysians took to Facebook to jeer at this "new trend". Sometimes with epic results!
So gaiz how about y'all? Ready to rock that Beg Toto or Beg Borong? Just ask your parents for them, I'm sure they would have a few lying around!


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Leading Video Test & Measurement provider Omnitek will be showcasing its new Ultra TQ at this years IBC (15 19 September).
The Ultra TQ is the next generation broadcast waveform rasterizer based on the highly successful Ultra 4K Tool Box and Ultra XR technology. This heritage ensures that the Ultra TQ can perform QC and monitoring of SD-SDI/HD-SDI/3G-SDI signals as standard.
As UHD and 4K become more prevalent, broadcast equipment manufacturers must be able to seamlessly inter-connect SDI formats and convert between quad-link 3G, dual-link 6G and single-link 12G-SDI.
Innovative Test & Measurement manufacturer, Omnitek, will be at the HPA Tech Retreat at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire on 13th and 14th July, where Mike Hodson, company President will be in attendance to demonstrate the 4K/UHD analysis, conversion and generation capabilities of the Ultra XR and 4K Tool Box.
Test & Measurement leader, Omnitek begins worldwide shipping of the Ultra 4K Tool Box featuring the analysis, generation and conversion of UHDTV signals including the worlds very first 12G-SDI Physical Layer analysis and generation toolset. The Tool Box is now in full production and shipping to satisfy the demand for 12G-SDI product design.
Video engineering design consultancy Omnitek is spinning out its in-house expertise in high speed video interfacing technologies to enable manufacturers to speed up their own designs and catch the wave of UHD without breaking the bank on expensive development teams and long timescales.
Extending its lead at the high speed end of UHD technology, Omnitek is debuting a major innovation in video test and measurement with the addition of never-before-seen features in a mainstream video Test & Measurement product. The new Advanced Physical Layer (PHY_ADV) option for Omniteks already popular Ultra 4K Tool Box brings features only otherwise seen on expensive digital oscilloscopes costing around five times the price.
Proving 4K TVs expected wide appeal, Omniteks customer base for its Ultra 4K Tool Box encompasses users across the spectrum of video infrastructure.
Innovative Video Test & Measurement Equipment manufacturer and Video Application Design Consultancy OmniTek will have a range of novel facilities on show on Stand H25 at BVE 2013 at the ExCeL London Exhibition Centre in February (Feb 26th 28th).


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'If they find us it's death or kidnap': the Eritrean footballers on the run
January 12, 2020 / By Courtney Ross
As Eritrea internationals use matches abroad to defect and seek asylum, we speak to one of the players hiding in Uganda. The moment Mewael Yosief had been expecting all his life came a couple of hours after what should are the top of his young football career. Two goals and a man-of-the-match display from the tall midfielder in Eritrea's 5-0 victory over Zanzibar on 29 September 2019, which found out a Cecafa Under-20 Challenge Cup semi-final against the East African heavyweights Kenya, was hailed by a tweet from Yemane Gebremeskel, the country's minister of data , praising his performance. https://www.maxbetsbobet.org agen sbobet international
But because the officialdom staying with the squad at their hotel in Uganda toasted their victory and therefore the coach's prediction that they might even continue to win the tournament for the primary time, Yosief and his teammates Simon Asmelash, Hermon Yohannes and Hanibal Tekle seized their opportunity.
"Everyone was celebrating our victory that meant we might be within the semi-finals in order that they didn't think we were getting to run away," the 19-year-old remembers. "When we asked the guards if we could choose a walk, they said: 'OK you'll go.' That's once we defected."
After three weeks on the run, they released a video via at some point Seyoum – a gaggle focused on human rights for Eritreans that was found out by the London- and Stockholm-based campaigner Vanessa Tsehaye – during which they begged the United Nations diplomat for Refugees (UNHCR) to grant them asylum during a new country.
"We wanted to invite help," Yosief says. "After that, the UNHCR contacted us and told us they might take us to a secure house and here we are. Now we are expecting a choice but it's to be in favour for us. We cannot stay here in Uganda. There are numerous Eritreans working for the govt here and that they are still hunting us.
"I'm unsure how they acknowledged but one among the folks that helped us escape suddenly went missing at some point ," he adds. "After three weeks, he finally called us and he said the govt had been trying to kidnap him. he's now hiding also and that we can't contact him any longer . you've got to know that this is often serious. it's not a joke. the sole thing that's keeping us safe is that the incontrovertible fact that they don't know where we are. If they find us it's either death or kidnap. If they're successful, they're going to manage to bring us back to Eritrea and punish us for the remainder of our lives. you'd never hear again from any folks . If it's tough for them to kidnap us, then they're going to just kill us."
The four players are awaiting the results of their asylum application after they were introduced by Tsehaye to the American attorney Kimberley Motley. Motley believes the choice could take a while despite the high-profile nature of their case.
"It all really depends on the Ugandan government and UNHCR," she says. "Unfortunately there are tons of individuals from Eritrea who are seeking asylum in Uganda. It's very typical for them."
Two of them have contracted malaria since their arrival at their current house at the top of October and Yosief admits their spirits are low after numerous weeks trying to evade capture.
"It's a very hard life," he says. "We are sick. This place … it's distant from civilisation so it's good for cover but there are not any facilities and it's hard to seek out enough food. Our bodies are feeling weak. We cannot contact our families. It's very sad for us. But we are still surviving through hope."
Phil Parkinson straining to keep dark clouds away from Sunderland
Sunderland are unbeaten in five games and within touching distance of a play-off place in League One.
With owner Stewart Donald reiterating his desire to sell the club this week the manager's focus is on maintaining a promotion push as high-flying Wycombe visit on Saturday
It is a wet, windy Thursday lunchtime at Sunderland's training ground and nervous eyes rest on a learner driver honing their reversing skills within the players' parking lot .
Back within the not so distant days when the Academy of sunshine was a Premier League practice base, suffering from Porsches and Bentleys, such a cameo would are unthinkable. Now the absence of previously prominent security sentries afford this once state-of-the-art complex a rather neglected, semi-deserted, air. With nobody staffing main reception, the building's sheet glass front doors are locked. judi online https://www.judibolaterbaik.co
Almost three years after throwing in the towel of English football's top tier, and deep into the second season of an unwanted League One sojourn, the consequences of some brutal cost-cutting are clearly apparent. It would, though, be very wrong to assume Sunderland is an uncared-for club.
Instead it provokes such powerful emotions that recent weeks have witnessed the eruption of an unsightly war between supporters and therefore the board, with the manager, Phil Parkinson, briefly threatening to become fatal accident before results improved and fans began arguing among themselves.
The learner's clutch control appears infinitely less jerky than the recently chaotic, and highly charged, manoeuvres at the 49,000-capacity Stadium of sunshine .
To understand the events that prefaced the hostile fall-out from a disappointing home draw with Bolton on Boxing Day , it's necessary to rewind to May 2018 when Stewart Donald, previously the owner of non-league Eastleigh, bought Sunderland from the American billionaire Ellis Short following two successive relegations. Donald's initial plan involved an instantaneous return to the Championship before attracting the type of large-scale investment he, personally, couldn't provide. Instead Jack Ross narrowly omitted on promotion and was sacked last October. Parkinson has since steered Sunderland, six-times English champions, to a historic nadir: mid-table within the third tier.
Matters boiled over on Boxing Day when involves the previous Bradford and Bolton manager's head were augmented by a sometimes uneasy, social-media-fuelled amalgam of varied fans groups demanding Donald go too. This coalition swiftly issued a proper statement demanding he sell out .
Considering Donald has spent much of the past nine months actively, openly and forlornly attempting to seek out a buyer it seemed academic but he took the hint and, on Monday, issued an emotional club bulletin reiterating his intentions to depart.
As reaffirmations go it all appeared a touch bizarre. If appeasement was the aim it arguably merely deflected yet more pressure on to Parkinson's team at a time once they are unbeaten in five games and within touching distance of a play-off place before Saturday's game against high-flying Wycombe.
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Obama was wrong not to mention climate change in his State of the Union
By David Roberts on Jan 27, 2011
In his 2009 State of the Union-esque speech, Obama spoke of "saving our planet from the ravages of climate change." In his 2010 SOTU, he affirmed the "overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change." In 2011, fresh off the hottest year on record, Obama said … nothing about climate change. It didn't come up.
This is a failure on Obama's part. A moral failure, a failure of leadership, but also, I would argue, a political failure.
Andy Revkin and Bryan Walsh both note the obvious reason for the omission: climate change has become a "partisan issue." It's "divisive." As Revkin says, Obama is trying to "build a new American energy conversation on points of agreement rather than clear ideological flash points like global warming." I understand that. But I think capitulating to that logic is myopic and counterproductive.
First of all, consider the larger analogy at the heart of Obama's speech: America is at a "Sputnik moment." Well, why was Sputnik a Sputnik moment? Not because Americans said, "Wow, the USSR is getting really good at technology! We're getting outcompeted!" No, what the public said was, "Holy sh*t! Our mortal enemy is putting stuff in space! They're going to rain rockets down on us and we're all going to die!" In other words, Sputnik was not some friendly challenge to see who can win the race to the future (or whatever). It was a threat. That's what lit a fire under America's ass and that's why America rose to the challenge.
Obama wants to launch a clean energy race. And good for him. But what are the stakes? What is the threat? Where is the urgency? If it's just about international competition, why not focus on good macroeconomic policy — why go to such lengths to build up this economic sector, these technologies? Why not just leave it to the market?
Here's why: The U.S. needs to get at or close to zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century or there will be severe and possibly irreversible changes in the climate, leading to massive, widespread human suffering. That's why we don't have time to wait for the invisible hand of the market. That's why we need massive investments, tighter regulations, and a price on climate pollution. That's the threat. Without it, a push for clean energy is a nice slogan that can easily be shunted aside when, oh, gas prices are rising, or there's a recession, or Joe Manchin need to get reelected.
The threat of climate change is what justifies and animates the clean energy race. That's the substantive need.
But telling the truth about climate change is also good politics. Avoiding the issue because it's an "ideological flash point" is just to allow Republicans to succeed in making it an ideological flash point! It is to affirm that it's partisan and divisive, which is exactly what conservatives have been trying to make it for years. If they can do it to climate, why won't they go right on to do it to clean energy, or innovation, or investment? (Hint: They already are.) It gives them control over public dialogue.
In fact, the best American scientists, along with scientists all over the world, say climate change is a pressing threat to our nation's health and security. One does not tiptoe around such threats because a core group of ideologues in the other party doesn't like hearing about them. That's not leadership.
I think what I said last year about why climate change is ultimately a political winner holds up. Pardon the self-quoting:
Why? The answer is simple, and you can find it in the next window over. No, not the browser window, the glass one, on the wall. Out there in the non-virtual world of trees and clouds and stuff, outside the self-contained, win-the-morning circle jerk that is American politics, climate change is happening. It is an extant phenomenon. It cannot be banished by refusal to acknowledge it.
No matter what derangements currently hold sway over American politics, eventually, reality will out. The crazy weather will get worse, ice fields will melt, agriculture will suffer, food shortages will get more severe. Sooner or later, American politics will have to deal with climate change — that is a certainty.
When that day comes, the party that has spoken honestly about climate change throughout the waxing and waning of public opinion will a) look prescient and morally courageous, and b) be trusted by the American people to develop solutions. Alternatively, if both parties have been mushmouthing about energy independence and "all of the above," neither will benefit.
This is a lesson Democrats seem incapable of learning: Voters respond to strength and conviction. Even if they don't agree or share the same priorities, they respect people who stick to their guns. Forever chasing polls and changing messages sends a meta-message to voters: We don't believe it ourselves, not really. We'll say whatever you want to hear. The reason voters view Dems as weak and Republicans as tough is that Republicans don't go running for the hills every time a news cycle doesn't go their way. They are relentlessly on message and in pursuit of their agenda.
Democrats know climate change is a serious problem. They know eventually voters will come to see it that way. So why not tell the truth, without equivocation or apology, right now? Aside from being the right thing to do, there's every reason to believe it's in the party's best interests. It's hard to see in these fevered political times, but in the long run, truth is good politics.


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Root & Bone is coming to South Miami, and an unnamed wood-fired seafood restaurant will debut in north-central Indianapolis.
Sweet tea-brined fried chicken, beet-dyed deviled eggs, and grilled mango will be on the menu when Top Chef alums Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth open Root & Bone in Miami before year's end.
Then a few months later, in late winter or early spring, McInnis and Booth will drop anchor on their first restaurant in Indianapolis, which will center around a wood-fired oven. Housed inside a former grocery store, the concept will be similar to the couple's upscale seafood shack Stiltsville Fish Bar in Miami Beach.
McInnis and Booth, who got engaged on ABC's The Chew this past March, debuted the quaint, farmhouse-inspired Root & Bone back in 2013 in Manhattan's East Village. Five years later, they've served biscuits, mac and cheese, and collard greens to neighborhood locals and celebrities like Reese Witherspoon. In September 2017, they relocated back to Miami – where the couple first met and jumpstarted their culinary careers – to open Stiltsville Fish Bar. Around the same time, they opened a small Root & Bone pop-up inside the Shelborne Hotel in Miami Beach.
Located in South Miami, which is about 10 miles from downtown Miami, the permanent Root & Bone Miami will be double in size compared to the NYC flagship. Through a partnership with Miami-based Grove Bay Hospitality Group, the menu will include McInnis and Booth's best-selling items from up north, including deviled eggs with pickled beets, biscuits with honey chicken jus, shrimp and grits, and baskets of lemon dusted fried chicken. Expect Miami-specific items as well, such as a grilled mango salad, a Southern-inspired arepa, a selection of roasted and grilled local vegetables, and a unique spice or sauce for their fried chicken.
Similar to New York, the Miami space will feature white-washed brick and wood with vintage tables and chairs. A large bar will sling whiskey and bourbon cocktails to more than a dozen high-top seats, and the kitchen will be mostly open with a window to showcase pastry chefs rolling biscuits and baking pies.
As for McInnis and Booth's wood-fired restaurant, expect their own interpretation of Florida flavors in the Midwest. Through a partnership with Tom Collins, president of Luke Family Brands (which owns Luke Oil), and restaurateur Scott Wise, the restaurant will be located in "SoBro," short for South Broad Ripple, a neighborhood in north-central Indianapolis. Expect a chef's counter bar, as well as a chef's table in the middle of the kitchen, where diners may be invited for a drink or a tour.
A peek into the menu reveals a whole-roasted wood-fired steelhead with tarragon and Meyer lemon butter, shell and bone grilled oysters with bone marrow brown butter, hot sauce, and crunchy sourdough, a tomahawk steak with whipped uni butter, crunchy shallots, and cilantro chili chimichurri, and coconut shrimp with aji amarillo aioli. There will also be a selection of flatbreads and a variation of the couple's fried chicken. The restaurant itself will include more than 160 seats with an expansive front porch.


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Some might remember The Clientele as the purveyors of the surprise #1 album in my Best albums of 2017 back in December. Well, I've been loving on this London-based indie pop band for quite some time.
My first encounter with them was their second album, 2003's "The violet hour", a reverb-drenched, 60s psych influenced album. They expanded their sound some with string arrangements on "Strange geometry" in 2005 and following a tour in 2006, added violinist/keyboard player, Mel Draisey to the fold, ensuring more lovely strings for future recordings. "God save The Clientele" does not disappoint in this regard, also including the use of pedal steel and slide guitar to really take their already beautifully full sound even further.
Recorded in the States, where they oddly seem to be more popular than they are in their home country, "God Save The Clientele" is notable among all their albums up to this point for having some honest to goodness and obviously upbeat pop numbers. It initially took me aback, hearing something breathily sung by frontman Alasdair MacLean that I might be able to dance to. Incidentally, it was while The Clientele were on support for this album in the spring of 2007 that I got to see them live for the first time with my good friend Jez, another big fan of the group. And though we didn't dance, there was plenty to enjoy about the set.
For those that enjoy delicate and lilting psychedelic pop, "God Save The Clientele" might just be your thing. I highly recommend giving them a shot and you could do worse than to start with one of my three picks for you below.
"Winter on Victoria Street": As I mentioned above, there were some obvious pop numbers on this album and though they were a bit of a surprise, I would count them among my favourites on the album, and this one is included. The bopping piano meander provides the song its structure and both a rhythm and a melody for MacLean to "da da da" along to. Then, he loops his own vocals back so that he is singing in round with himself, a fun effect that reflects the "haunting" theme in the lyrics, a malevolence outside the house where he is trying to "get off" with a girl. Whoops.
"Here comes the phantom": Speaking of boppy numbers, the opening tune on the album almost has a "Sweet Caroline" feel, guitars and peppy drums marching in line. And in between such synchronized rhythms are string flourishes that flit and flutter like singing birds. It all feels idyllic and full of sunshine, not at all resembling the crime fighting superhero stories hinted at in the title. Indeed, the lyrics are all wind in the leaves and summer sun and picking flowers. Lovely stuff.
"Bookshop casanova": Ah yes. Here's the song. One of the best song titles ever and very likely my favourite out of all The Clientele's tunes. It's that ticky-tack tapping on the cymbal and the driving guitar that really does it, and yes, I just said driving guitar in relation to Alasdair MacLean and company. Then, there's the lovely touch by Mel Draisey's violin and a wonderful song becomes perfection. And really at its core, the song is about one bookshop clerk attempting seduce another, love in the quietest and most unassuming of places. "Now see that dying summer moon, it's shining just for me and you." What a nice thought.


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Espresso-charged IPO: Luckin Coffee to set a new world record
Super-charged Chinese coffee chain is set to be the first company to list on a stock market only two years after it was founded. But it's cash-burning strategy implies more funds will be raised afterwards.
Luckin Coffee, the Chinese coffee chain that aims to challenge Starbucks in its home market, will set a world record as the first startup to list at a billion-dollar valuation only two years after it was founded. That is, if it is able to complete its up to $510 million US initial public offering later this month.
Should Luckin Coffee be able to make its debut on May 17 as scheduled, the high-flying startup will trade its shares publicly just 20 months after it was set up in October 2017. It will break Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo's record of listing just 33 months after it was founded.
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Q: Groovy precedence issue I'm implementing a weighted lottery in groovy.  It allows some participants to have a better chance at winning than others (basically exactly like the NBA draft).  It works by tossing each participant into an array N times where N is the number of chances you have to win.  It then picks a random index from that array.
Like a good little coder, I wrote a test.  It picks a winner from the group 100 times and outputs how many times each participant was picked.  The expectation being that it would fall roughly in line with how many times they should be picked (based on their number of chances).  The results were...off.
I narrowed the issue down to a single line that, if split into 2 separate statements, works perfectly.  A slimmed down version of the routine is below.  The "bad" version is active and the "good version" is commented out
def randomInRange(int min, int max) {
       Random rand = new Random()
       rand.nextInt((max - min) + 1) + min
}

def bob = [name:'bob', timesPicked:0]
def joe = [name:'joe', timesPicked:0]
def don = [name:'don', timesPicked:0]

def chanceWheel = []

//don should get picked a lot more
2.times{chanceWheel << bob}
2.times{chanceWheel << joe}
6.times{chanceWheel << don}

//pick somebody at random from the chance wheel
100.times{
    //this will produce timesPicked counts that do NOT sum to 100 and usually under-represents don
    chanceWheel[randomInRange(0,9)].timesPicked++

    //splitting the logic into 2 lines will always have the correct sum of timesPicked with roughly the right distribution of winners
    //def picked = chanceWheel[randomInRange(0,9)]
    //picked.timesPicked++
}

println bob
println joe
println don

My question is what is wrong with the one liner version?  My guess is that its an order of execution issue but I cannot for the life of my figure out where its going off the rails.

A: chanceWheel[randomInRange(0,9)].timesPicked++

is
chanceWheel[randomInRange(0,9)].timesPicked =
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which calls randomRange() twice in contrast to the working example where it is called once and assigned to a variable.

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Bayerischer Hof – The icon of Munich
Bayerischer Hof is one of the most famous hotels in Germany. The property is in fact much more than a hotel. It is a hospitality destination where entertainment, gastronomy, design and wellness are combined into a luxurious Bavarian experience.
Bayerischer Hof boasts 337 rooms, of which 74 are suites. Each and every room is individually designed in a style ranging from traditional German to contemporary design. They are spacious, with double rooms starting at a 40 square meters. A unique experience are the rooms designed by Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt. These rooms are sleek, minimalistic and feature a mix between industrial concrete, lots of wood and authentic artistic details. Of course, luxury is the standard in all rooms in they all have flat-screen TV with multimedia features, luxurious bathrooms and amenities. The suites are the option for those looking for extra space and luxury. The biggest one, the Penthouse Garden Suite, even ranges up to 350 square metres. This suite is also designed by Axel Vervoordt and features panoramic windows with breath-taking views over Munich.
Hotel assets
Bayerischer Hof is much more than just a hotel: it is a true destination on its own, with besides five restaurants and six bars, an incredible entertainment offer. At the astor@Cinema Lounge, guests can watch the latest movies from comfortable sofas. A unique experience! For evening and night entertainment, there is a fine jazz club, a piano bar and an in-house boulevard theatre.
The Blue Spa is the place for wellness. It is a beautiful health and beauty retreat spread out over four floors with great views on the city of Munich. There is an amazing pool with sliding glass roof, a steam bath, saunas, a solarium, a sun terrace and a gym. Several treatments and massages can be booked at the Blue Spa.
With 40 (!) air-conditioned banquet and function rooms, the hotel has different options meetings and events as well. The rooms range from 17 to 1700 square meter and can take up to 2.500 guests. The Palais Monteglas is truly impressive, with various classic salons and the majestic Königssaal room.
One of the biggest assets of Bayerischer Hof is the amazing food and beverage offer. The property features no less than six restaurants and five bars and has become a true culinary destination.
The flagship restaurant of the hotel is Atelier restaurant that holds 3 Michelin stars. Here, Head chef Jan Hartwig serves a seasonal fine-dining cuisine on the highest level. For more information, please consult our separate article.
At Palais Keller, guests can enjoy Bavarian classics beneath a historic vaulted ceiling
At the Blue Spa Lounge guests can opt for light dishes, a barbecue and great drinks on winter garden and terrace,overlooking the rooftops of Munich
The Roof garden and roof garden lounge offer the possibility for a champagne breakfast buffet and an à la carte breakfast area
At the Garden the chefs serve classics and brasserie dishes with a modern twist
Trader Vic's has become famous with Polynesian specialities from a beech oven, cooked according to original recipes
For great drinks and cocktails, head to one of the five bars. Our favourite? The Falk's Bar, where you can enjoy award-winning cocktails in the listed hall of mirrors.
Bayerischer Hof is a true example of iconic hospitality in Germany. Much more than a hotel, this property offers amazing options for entertainment, business and gastronomy. From a day full of wellness to three Michelin star dining, from a Sofa cinema to a fine jazz club. It's always hard to leave Bayerischer Hof – the icon of Munich!
Bayerischer Hof scored 89 points of 100 points in our rating system.
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Tag Archives: Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Hi-Ho the Glamorous Life: How Theater Became a Good-Girl Pursuit
Marissa Skudlarek, always ahead of her time.
Last Saturday, I read a New York Times story about how the Ziegfeld Club is transitioning from an institution that will support down-on-their-luck aging showgirls to one that will support women who are creating new works of musical theater. It's a fun story, mixing human interest, glamorous New York theater history, and upbeat modern-day feminism. But it also seems to epitomize something I was talking about earlier that day with my editor, Stuart Bousel: the way that theater went from being perceived as disreputable, to being a hobby that "nice girls" could participate in.
This point came up in a larger conversation that Stuart and I were having about the lack of roles for actresses. We know that there are more male roles than female ones in theater and yet, per anecdotal evidence, many more women show up to auditions than men do. Also, though there are always exceptions, severely male-heavy casts seem more prevalent in older (but still post-Renaissance) plays than in newer ones. Stuart and I wondered if perhaps, back in the day, there weren't more women than men auditioning. Is the oversupply of women in theater a contemporary phenomenon?
Well, we Anglophones do come from a tradition that didn't even allow women onstage till the late 1600s, and for hundreds of years after that, considered actresses one step above prostitutes. (For a play that deals with many of these themes, see Compleat Female Stage Beauty, opening this weekend at the New Conservatory Theatre Center.) If Shakespeare had had adult women in his company, if acting had been a more respectable pursuit in the centuries that followed, would classic plays feature more gender-balanced casts?
And then, Stuart and I continued our speculations, what happened to change the perceived respectability of being an actress? It's reasonable to suppose that in the past, many women who might have been interested in theater were dissuaded from pursuing it, due to the stigma it might bring upon them and their families. Theater represented a step up in fame and prestige for women from poor families (Sarah Bernhardt was the daughter of a prostitute), but bourgeois women would see it as a comedown. In older plays and novels there's a frequent trope where a respectable family's playboy son brings home his new wife to meet the parents and – gasp! horror! – she is an actress!
That's all in the past, though. Now, American bourgeois families might dissuade their daughters from pursuing theater because it's not a lucrative profession, but not because they consider theater immoral. If anything, girls who do high-school theater these days are considered a bit nerdy and uncool (viz. the term "theater geek"), not as temptresses and home-wreckers in training. As Stuart put it, "Theater went from being considered on par with prostitution, to being considered on par with the chess club."
What's less clear to us is exactly when, and why, this shift occurred. When did actresses become respectable; when did theater become something that middle-class "good girls" could freely pursue? Can it, along with so much else about modern society, be traced to the sexual revolution? Perhaps one reason that actresses were not considered respectable is that, in the past, very few women other than actresses earned their own money and dictated the terms of their own lives. But when it became socially acceptable for women to join the workforce, earn money, live alone in the big city, date multiple people, etc., one could no longer condemn actresses for doing those things.
I realize that there's still something inherently misogynistic about dividing women into "good girls" and "bad girls." And that there are still many problems with the way that women are represented in theater, both onstage and offstage. At the same time, I do think it's a sign of progress that we've gotten rid of the association between actresses and immorality.
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde wrote "The only thing worth loving is an actress," and I can't help hearing that as another one of Wilde's famous paradoxes, turning the conventional wisdom of Victorian society on its head. Wilde wrote "The only thing worth loving is an actress" because that idea affronted the mores of his day. But even Wilde, progressive and defiant though he was, was still somewhat stuck in the Victorian era: his actress character, Sibyl Vane, primarily functions as a love interest. She is virtuous, but she is also tragic and doomed, in a melodramatic fashion. Again, I don't dispute that there are still problems with gender parity and misogyny in theater, and in the world at large. But I'm glad we've reached a point where the conversation about actresses has expanded to include far more than just whether they are "worth loving."
Marissa Skudlarek is a San Francisco-based playwright, producer, and arts writer. She's pretty sure that if theater were still popularly associated with prostitution, she'd never have had the courage to pursue it. Find Marissa at marissabidilla.blogspot.com or on Twitter @MarissaSkud.
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John Cassani named Caloosahatchee Waterkeeper
AMY BENNETT WILLIAMS
AWILLIAMS@NEWS-PRESS.COM
For decades, John Cassani has championed the Caloosahatchee and its watershed, but now the Alva scientist has an official job title for his passionate avocation: Calusa Waterkeeper.
He'll be pioneering the position in Southwest Florida, though Waterkeepers work in other parts of the state and the nation as part of a nonprofit environmental advocacy network.
In his new role, Cassani, retired deputy director of the Lee County Hyacinth Control District, will work to protect and preserve waters of the Caloosahatchee region "by combining his firsthand knowledge of the waterway with an unwavering commitment to the rights of the community and to the rule of law," according to a release. His territory: Lake Okeechobee west through the Caloosahatchee River to the coastal estuaries and near-shore waters.
"Waterkeeper Alliance is thrilled to have John Cassani to be the eyes, ears, and voice for this vital watershed and community," Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance said in the release. "Every community deserves to have swimmable, drinkable and fishable water, and John Cassani is a proven leader in the fight for clean water in the region."
Caloosahatchee Riverwatch ready for powerful change
That fight is nothing new to biologist Cassani, who has been part of most of the region's ecologically focused nonprofits over the years — Riverwatch, the Caloosahatchee Bromeliad Society, Audubon, the Southwest Florida Amphibian Monitoring Network and the Southwest Florida Watershed Council, which he helped found in 2001.
Force for nature: Cassani fights for Florida environment
Calusa Waterkeeper is a new name for the nonprofit Caloosahatchee River Citizens Association, also known as Riverwatch, which formed 21 years ago to support the health of the Caloosahatchee and its watershed. It's part of Waterkeeper Alliance, a global movement uniting more than 300 Waterkeeper organizations around the world and focusing citizen advocacy on issues that affect waterways, from pollution to climate change. Waterkeepers patrol and protect more than 2.4 million square miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.


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Item 8291 - Apollo 13 Lunar Module Flown Stowage Assembly Catalog 581 (Apr 2020)
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Impressive flown stowage assembly cover with straps carried into lunar orbit aboard the Lunar Module Aquarius during the Apollo 13 mission, measuring approximately 13″ x 3.25″, made of Beta cloth and featuring button snaps to either end. The strap is attractively mounted and double-matted with NASA 'meatball' and Apollo 13 insignia patches, a descriptive plaque, and a large photo of Swigert handing over a hose assembly with a similar strap; framed in a museum-quality display with UV-resistant glass to an overall size of 22 x 27.25. In very fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from The Space Collective, outlining the history of this piece: "The flown stowage assembly cover with straps…came from the collection of William 'Bill' Looney, Grumman Lunar Module Test Manager from Feb 1966 to Feb 1973. The material was given to Bill by his boss, Ted Mormon, and was left over from the creation of the Apollo 13 Grumman Awards. Bill worked at Grumman for 35 years and was the Lunar Module Test Manager at Kennedy Space Center for Apollo's 10, 13, and 15, and supported Apollo 5 (the first LM to fly) and Apollo 11."


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Q: UDF reload in PySpark I am using PySpark (inside an Jupyter Notebook, which connects to a Spark-cluster) and some UDFs. The UDF takes a list as the an additional parameter and I construct the UDF like this:
my_udf = F.udf(partial(my_normal_fn, list_param=list), StringType())

Everything works fine, with regard to executing the function. But I noticed that the UDF is never updated.
To clarify: When I update the list, for example by altering a element in the list, the UDF is not updated. The old version with the old list is still used. Even if I execute the whole notebook again.
I have to restart the Jupyter Kernel in order to use new version of the list. Which is really annoying...
Any thoughts?

A: I found the solution.
My my_normal_fn did have the following signature:
def my_normal_fn(x, list_param=[]):
    dosomestuffwith_x_and_list_param

Changing it to
def my_normal_fn(x, list_param):
    dosomestuffwith_x_and_list_param

Did the trick. See here for more information.
Thanks to user Drjones78 of the SparkML-Slack channel.


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OPINION TOP 5
By Nicholas Hirst
. October 2, 2020
Everybody loves lists. They take the deciding out of wanting. They provide the validation for desire. Want to confirm that those magnificent, good-looking big, fat, easy-turning skis are the best you could buy? Find them on a best five list.
Dry, sweat-wicking tops, steep and deeps, groomers, ski stores, ski schools, on-mountain restaurants, après ski? Same thing. Find a list and pick. No need to think, the list does your thinking for you.
But fun though they are, lists are biased, unreliable and often wrong. They give the illusion of democratic process but increasingly they are part of the fabric of our shopping and travelling lives. Lists like the ones in this edition of "Ski & Bike Magazine" at least have the benefit of having been selected by real people and so, they have some validity representing the passions of readers who cared to submit and, gloriously, they are an expression of a subjective, collective wish to present the truly great top choices as opposed to the algorithms that try to control our online experiences.
You know those lists: "selected for you", "you liked that so we recommend this", "people that chose that also chose," and so on, endlessly directing us along a path that reinforces the choices we have made in the past.
What's the problem with that? Well, it favours mass opinion over the eclectic, the interesting, fascinating and out-of-the way. Five favourite runs, whether chosen by real people or algorithms will favour the view of the majority. It will produce runs from Mt. Tremblant and Whistler over Owl's Head and Bromont. Couloir Extreme at Blackcomb over Ptarmigan Chutes at Lake Louise. Which provides the better experience? Try them!
Yes, powder days at Jay Peak are a thing | Photo courtesy of Jay Peak Resort, Vermont
Perhaps the best part of lists is what they miss: the hidden gems, The Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, powder days at Jay Peak and, courtesy of the Travel Ski edition of the "New York Times", the Hotel Minturn, just five minutes from Vail, Colorado and around half the price of staying at the resort itself.
If I were to make my own Top Five list, it would include the tiny, 400-metre Asessippi Ski Area in Manitoba, a good four-drive from Winnipeg. Yes. A ski hill on the prairies approached along a gravel track by a grain silo in a farmer's field, Asessippi opens as you travel not up, but down into a glaciated valley. It's another world, well-known to your one-time Manitoban "Ski & Bike Magazine" editor Jean-François Ravenelle: a piece of quite steep, beautiful Alpine magic in a sea of flatness. It's a resort that keeps going because the next best mountain needs an airplane to get there.
JF Ravenelle at Sutton, Qc | Photo credit: Bernard Brault
Other jewels are the glades at Sutton after a snowfall, the windswept top of Owl's Head and Stowe, and the Alta Lodge at Alta, Utah.
The Alta Lodge is one of those magic places that you don't know about unless someone tells you. Like winter and medicines advertised on American television, it's not for everyone. It's not cheap even in American dollars, but it has remained miraculously old school as is the ski area which doesn't allow snowboards (head over to the linked Snowbird with your board and cruise through high level cloud). Alta Lodge is like a club. You see the same people, at the same time every year. Those that went when it first opened in 1959 are thinning out now, but their children go for the rustic experience, wonderful dinners and instant friendships with skiers from all over North America. Where else do you gather in the avalanche strengthened lounge to wait out the danger on the slopes opposite? Where else does it snow so much that your tracks have disappeared by the time you have skied to the lift and returned?
Alta Lodge, Utah | Photo courtesy of Altalodge.com
But my Top of any Top Five would be five reasons to never stop skiing. I'm an old guy who tried NOT to get a pass that said "Senior" on it because of the attitudes of younger skiers. What's that old guy doing on this slope? Best skiing lesson I ever had was from a 72-year-old. Fittest recreational skier I have come across was 69. If you can still ski double-blacks, fall and get up without damage, why stop? I've skied better as I've gotten older (is that reason number four?)
When I raced masters with the Toronto Ski Club, the fastest guy was a 61-year-old ex-Austrian ski team member who we used in the fastest, youngest age category.
He was just better than the rest of us and would never have been picked in a Top Five local skiers list, but he, like the very best in skiing, was a hidden gem. Top Five "hidden gems" may be a contradiction, but it may be the best Top Five list and the East is full of them.
Michael Aronson, November 26, 2020 @ 12:29 am Reply
I enjoyed your article. Made me laugh a few times. Thanks
Aimee Dodge, November 26, 2020 @ 6:16 am Reply
We're so glad you enjoyed it!
JF Ravenelle, November 28, 2020 @ 4:25 pm Reply
Thank you for the kind words, Michael!
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His line for the Trenton Thunder last night: four innings, no runs, two hits, four strikeouts, and most important, no problems with his injured left groin. (Much to the dismay of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Pettitte accomplished this during Game 2 of the teams' playoff series.) The Yankees would like Pettitte to make one more start in the minors before returning to the big-league club — he was on a strict limit of four innings or 65 pitches, whichever came first — though the Yankees might not have a farm team in action Tuesday, when he'd next be scheduled to pitch.
Otherwise, Pettitte says he thinks he could throw four or five "decent" innings if he makes his next start in the majors, admitting, "I realize my stamina is nowhere where it needs to be." The sooner that stamina returns, the better, though, as the Yankees schedule takes a turn for the brutal beginning tonight: Two series each against Tampa Bay and Boston, and one each against Texas, Toronto, and Baltimore. (Only the O's are under .500 in that group, and even they're over that mark under Buck Showalter.) The next six days, especially, could prove to be something of a playoff preview: Three games in Texas (the team they'd face in the ALDS if the season ended today), then three at Tampa Bay (the team they very well may face in the ALCS, should they advance that far). And yes, they will see Cliff Lee, who returns to the Rangers' rotation on Sunday afternoon.


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Tigers To Select Tyler Alexander
By Steve Adams | July 2, 2019 at 8:15pm CDT
8:15pm: The Tigers announced Alexander as the starter for tomorrow's second game. A 40-man roster move will be announced tomorrow.
8:11pm: Tonight's game between the Tigers and White Sox has been postponed due to rain, which could impact the team's decision with Alexander, McCosky tweets.
7:58pm: The Tigers will select the contract of lefty Tyler Alexander tomorrow, reports Chris McCosky of the Detroit News. He'll be the 26th man of tomorrow's doubleheader against the White Sox and start Game 2 of that twin bill.
Alexander, 24, was a second-round pick out of Texas Christian University back in 2015. He's had a rough start to the season due largely to troubles with the long ball, as evidenced by an unsightly 6.23 ERA. Alexander, however, has a pristine 87-to-18 K/BB ratio in 73 2/3 innings (10.6 K/9, 2.2 BB/9) and has a 3.67 ERA through 34 1/3 innings over the course of his past six starts. He'll get the nod over many of the club's more heralded pitching prospects, but because he'll serve as the 26th man, his promotion will be a one-off appearance anyhow. His addition to the 40-man roster should put Alexander in line to make some additional appearances for an injury-depleted Tigers pitching staff later in the season.
Alexander's standing within the Tigers' prospect rankings has slipped as the team's system has improved over the course of its rebuild. He was once considered to be among the organization's more promising overall prospects but has taken a bit of a backseat with the arrival of new arms and some diminished results of his own in recent seasons. Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen of Fangraphs mentioned him in their overview of Detroit's system heading into the season, writing that Alexander "throws strikes and eats innings and is a good bet to at least be a sixth starter type of depth arm."
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athleticsnchill
I know this probably shouldn't surprise me, but there are two left handed pitchers named Tyler Alexander? The A's have a LHP Tyler Alexander pitching for Triple A Las Vegas too.
tigerdoc616
Maybe not. Tonight's game was PPD, and the Tigers are listing Boyd and Norris for the games tomorrow on their website. Which stinks because Boyd was then scheduled to pitch against the Red Sox on Sunday, a game I have tickets to. Now it won't likely be him.
tigerfan4ever
They changed it on the site. He's starting game 2, Norris game 1 and Boyd on Thursday. Friday is Soto. I'm guessing Sunday is Zimmermann. I believe I heard they plan on calling someone up again or going with a bullpen game on Saturday but that was before the rainout.
Just saw the current pitching matchups for the Red Sox series…Zimmermann is pitching on Saturday and TBA Sunday.
And yet they changed it again…..looks like my original speculation is correct.
Oh, I give up. They've changed it again. Soto tonight followed by TBDs tomorrow and Sunday. It's anybody's guess now, including apparently the Tigers.
And the winner of Friday night's start is…….Ryan Carpenter.


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