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Q: letsencrypt-auto certonly does'nt work no matter which command I use with ./letsencypt-auto the result is always the same as blew, am I missing something here.
here is an output on ./letsencrypt-auto certonly.
[root@tipsycore letsencrypt]# ./letsencrypt-auto certonly
#Bootstrapping dependencies for RedHat-based OSes...
#yum is /usr/bin/yum
#Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
#Setting up Install Process
#Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
# * base: mirror.zetup.net
# * epel: ftp.lysator.liu.se
# * extras: mirror.zetup.net
# * updates: mirror.zetup.net
#Package python-2.6.6-64.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
#Package python-devel-2.6.6-64.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest #version
#Package python-virtualenv-1.10.1-1.el6.noarch already installed and latest #version
#Nothing to do
#Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
#Setting up Install Process
#Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
# * base: mirror.zetup.net
# * epel: ftp.lysator.liu.se
# * extras: mirror.zetup.net
# * updates: mirror.zetup.net
#Package gcc-4.4.7-16.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
#Package dialog-1.1-9.20080819.1.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest #version
#Package augeas-libs-1.0.0-10.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
#Package openssl-devel-1.0.1e-42.el6_7.2.x86_64 already installed and latest #version
#Package libffi-devel-3.0.5-3.2.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest #version
#Package redhat-rpm-config-9.0.3-44.el6.centos.noarch already installed and #latest version
#Package ca-certificates-2015.2.4-65.0.1.el6_6.noarch already installed and #latest version
#Nothing to do
#Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
#Setting up Install Process
#Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
# * base: mirror.zetup.net
# * epel: ftp.lysator.liu.se
# * extras: mirror.zetup.net
# * updates: mirror.zetup.net
#Package 2:mod_ssl-2.2.15-47.el6.vm.x86_64 already installed and latest #version
#Nothing to do
#WARNING: Python 2.6 support is very experimental at present...
#if you would like to work on improving it, please ensure you have backups
#and then run this script again with the --debug flag!
#[root@tipsycore letsencrypt]#

A: The problem is (somewhat confusingly) described by the last message you get in the output from letsencrypt-auto:
#WARNING: Python 2.6 support is very experimental at present...
#if you would like to work on improving it, please ensure you have backups
#and then run this script again with the --debug flag!

The LetsEncrypt client you are running requires Python 2.7 or above.  You have Python 2.6 installed. I have a blog post describing the way I solved this problem:  https://thelastcicada.com/solving-the-python-2-6-issue-for-letencrypt-on-centos-6.  Below I will go into further detail and summarize my solution.
I'm going to assume from this issue and the output of your letsencrypt-auto that you are running CentOS 6 or a similar RHEL6-based operating system.  This is important because systems tools on CentOS 6 are all based on Python 2.6 (yum in particular is) and your system can therefore not upgrade safely past Python 2.6.  CentOS 7 doesn't have this problem and comes packaged with a newer version of Python.
To solve this on CentOS 6, you could run letsencrypt-auto --debug, as noted in the error message, but that just allows you to run the experimental Python 2.6 code that isn't yet well supported.  Alternatively, you can use Software Collections to install Python 2.7 on CentOS 6 in it's own environment that can run alongside Python 2.6 and not mess up your system's default Python installation.
The basic steps are:

*

*yum install centos-release-SCL to install the Software Collections package

*yum install python27 to install Python 2.7

*scl enable python27 "/root/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto certonly  --agree-tos --webroot --webroot-path /var/www/html/mywebsite.com -d mywebsite.com" to run the LetsEncrypt client using the Python 2.7 version via Software Collections.  The flags passed to letsencrypt-auto are typical ones I use when requesting an SSL certificate to install with Nginx - your configuration my vary.

Hope this helps and good luck!

A: Try this:
Lets encrypt Centos 6
# yum install centos-release-SCL
# yum install python27 python27-python-devel python27-python-setuptools python27-python-tools python27-python-virtualenv
# ln -s /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
# ln -s /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so
# ll /usr/lib64/libpyt*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root      19 Aug 22  2016 /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so -> libpython2.6.so.1.0
-r-xr-xr-x. 1 root root 1669840 Aug 18  2016 /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      51 Mar  1 17:59 /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so -> /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      51 Mar  1 17:59 /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 -> /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
# /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin/python2.7 -V
Python 2.7.8
# vim ~/.bash_profile
PATH=/opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin/:$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH
# python -V
Python 2.6.6
# source  ~/.bash_profile
# python -V
Python 2.7.8
# git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
# cd /opt/letsencrypt/
# service nginx stop
# ./letsencrypt-auto certonly --standalone -d <YOUR_DOMAIN.COM>


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Q: How to use css3 flexbox to create multi-column layout without expanding vertically? I'm playing with css3's flexbox in Chrome (no need to worry about cross-browser for this). I'm having a hard time convincing it to lay out my content the way I'd like. Here's a sketch of my goal:

Here's a jsFiddle of my attempt: http://jsfiddle.net/Yht4V/2/ This seems to work great except each .group will expand its height rather than create multiple columns.
I'm using flexbox pervasively here. The body lays out vertically, with the #content div taking the remaining height of the page. Each .group is laid out horizontally. Finally, each .item is laid out within a .group vertically with wrapping.
Unfortunately, each .group ends up as a single column by expanding the #content height, which causes a vertical scrollbar (unwanted). If I set the height of each .group to a fixed pixel size, the items break out into multiple columns, but this defeats the fluidity of the flexbox. Here's what it looks like with fixed heights: http://jsfiddle.net/Yht4V/3/
So, how can I get my #content div to not expand vertically since everything is managed with flexboxes without setting a fixed height? I was expecting the flexbox to trigger more columns instead of expanding the height of its parent and causing a scrollbar.

A: From what I've seen with the Chrome and Opera implementations for Flexbox, a flex-direction of column requires restricting the height of the element, otherwise it will continue expanding vertically.  It doesn't have to be a fixed value, it can be a percentage.
That said, the layout you want for your .group elements can also be achieved by using the CSS Columns module.  The flow of the elements will be similar to that of the flexbox column orientation, but it will create columns as long as there's enough width for them, regardless of how long the document is.
http://jsfiddle.net/Yht4V/8/ (you'll have to excuse the lack of prefixes)
html {
    height: 100%;
}

body {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    flex-flow: column nowrap;
}

h1 {
    padding: 1em;
}

#content {
    padding: 10px;
    background-color: #eee;
    display: flex;
    flex-grow: 1;
}

#content > .group {
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    border: 1px solid #cfcfcf;
    background-color: #ddd;
    flex: 1 1 auto;
}

#content > .group:first-child {
    columns: 10em;
    flex-grow: 2;
}

#content > .group .item {
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    background-color: #aaa;
    break-inside: avoid;
}

#content > .group .item:first-child {
    margin-top: 0;
}

Leaving it as a bunch of nested flexboxes, this was about as close as I could get it:
http://jsfiddle.net/Yht4V/9/ (again, no prefixes)
html {
    height: 100%;
}

body {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    flex-flow: column nowrap;
}

h1 {
    padding: 1em;
}

#content {
    padding: 10px;
    background-color: #eee;
    display: flex;
    flex: 1 1 auto;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

#content > .group {
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    border: 1px solid #cfcfcf;
    background-color: #ddd;

    display: flex;
    flex-flow: column wrap;
    flex: 1 1 30%;
    max-height: 100%;
}

#content > .group .item {
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    background-color: #aaa;
}

A: Replace the following in your css -
display: -webkit-flex;
to the following -
display: -webkit-box;
This worked very well for me :-)

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3 things to watch as the Mavericks visit the Nuggets
Can the Mavericks win their second game in a row and reach .500 for the first time this season?
By Tim Yeager@HouseMavericks Jan 7, 2021, 12:01am CST
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Editor's Note on the Editor's Note: MPJ is out so earlier reports from the Denver Post were wrong
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect MPJ playing tonight
The Dallas Mavericks (3-4) look to reach .500 Thursday night for the first time this season as they go on the road to take on Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets (3-4). The Mavericks have yet to win two games in-a-row this season. They have another opportunity to do so in Denver and will be looking for a bit more consistency as they enter a tough stretch of games on their schedule the rest of January.
Denver, after a rough start to the season, has some momentum after playing and winning their two-game series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Nuggets will be without Michael Porter Jr. due to health and safety protocols (contact tracing), per Shams Charania (edit: he IS playing), but are led by All-Star center Nikola Jokic who is averaging a triple-double through seven games this season.
Here are three things to watch for:
The Mavericks Starting Five
Rick Carlisle changed up the starting lineup for the first time this season before Monday's game in Houston, replacing Tim Hardaway Jr. with Maxi Kleber and Dwight Powell with Willie Cauley-Stein.
"We felt that we needed to get bigger and more physical to be a better defensive team," Carlisle explained after the Mavericks 13-point win in Houston.
Bigger and more physical is a must when you play the Nuggets. Cauley-Stein and Kleber are both around 45 pounds lighter than Jokic. For a one game sample-size versus a smaller Rockets team, though, it worked. The Mavericks out rebounded the Rockets 16-7 in the first quarter and that helped pave the way for the Mavericks' third win of the season. That leads me to my next thing to watch for.
Rebound, Rebound and Rebound
When the Mavericks have won the rebounding battle this season, they have won the basketball game. Here are the rebounding numbers in their seven games so far this season:
Game 1 vs Suns: -11 (L)
Game 2 vs Lakers: -27 (L)
Game 3 vs Clippers: +16 (W)
Game 4 vs Hornets: -10 (L)
Game 5 vs Heat: +10 (W)
Game 6 vs Bulls: -2 (L)
Game 7 vs Rockets: +16 (W)
It can't be that simple, right? I think it is. Basketball is a simple game and to usually win you need to either shoot a higher percentage than your opponent and/or you need to put yourself in a position to shoot more shots than them. So how do you get more shots than your opponent? Well, you need to get more rebounds.
Per ESPN.com, Denver ranks second best in the league in opponent rebounds per game only allowing 40.3. Whereas Dallas is very much middle of the pack when it comes to opponent rebounding.
Luka Doncic, coming off a 16-rebound game, has proven to be one of the best rebounding guards, but can the Mavericks big men help Dallas win the rebounding battle against one of the better rebounding centers in the league?
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Tim Hardaway Jr. came off the bench for the first time this season Monday in Houston and responded with one of his best games as a member of the Dallas Mavericks. He scored 30 points (11-of-14 overall, 8-of-10 from three) in 31 minutes of play. The man was absolutely on fire. Per ESPN's Tim MacMahon, he became only the fifth player in Dallas Mavericks history to score 30+ points off the bench shooting 14 or fewer shots.
Was this simply just one of those good shooting nights some shooters have or can he truly thrive for this Mavericks team in the 6th Man role?
Hardaway has been clear in the past that he very much prefers starting, but when asked about coming off the bench he gave a very professional answer: "It's coach's decision and you got to be a pro. I've said since day one I'm here to help this team any way I can. Coach called someone else's number so I had to stay engaged in the game and make sure when I got in the game to make an impact."
We'll see what kind of impact Hardaway can continue to make in this new 6th Man role off the bench for the Mavericks.
9:00PM CT on TNT, Fox Sports Southwest - Dallas
If you're one of those living locally with FSSW problems, you can listen live on ESPN 103.3 FM / 1270 AM (ESP).
Where will the Dallas Mavericks be by the NBA Trade Deadline? Let's guess on the record range

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It's official: St. Louis gets an MLS team, building on city's 'rich soccer tradition'
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After decades of hoping for St. Louis soccer fans, it's official: The city will get a Major League Soccer team.
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced Tuesday in St. Louis that MLS has awarded an expansion team to the city, calling it a "city with a rich soccer tradition" that MLS has been eyeing as a team location for decades.
The team will begin playing in 2022 in a new soccer stadium located in the newly dubbed "Downtown West" district of St. Louis, near Union Station. MLS teams currently play 17 home games a year, plus three pre-season games.
St. Louis' MLS team, which does not yet have a name, joins the 11-time World Series champion Cardinals of Major League Baseball and the reigning Stanley Cup champion Blues of the NHL as the city's three major professional sports teams.
"It is with great pride that we welcome St. Louis to Major League Soccer," said Garber. "St. Louis is a city with a rich soccer tradition, and it is a market we have considered since the league's inception. Our league becomes stronger today with the addition of the city's deeply dedicated soccer fans, and the committed and innovative local ownership group led by Carolyn Kindle Betz, the Taylor family, and Jim Kavanaugh."
The St. Louis team will be the only MLS team in Missouri, since Sporting Kansas City, a member of the MLS Western Conference, plays across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas.
Reports that St. Louis would get the soccer team leaked last week, but no one confirmed the news until the official announcement. Garber hinted at what was to come Tuesday morning by tweeting a photo of a statue in downtown St. Louis with an MLS scarf.
Former MLS player Taylor Twellman emceed the announcement of the new team, flanked by owner Carolyn Kindle Betz, left, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Mayor Lyda Krewson and Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed. Photo by Erin Achenbach.
Past efforts over the last 15 years to bring an MLS team to St. Louis had stalled, but an ownership group led by Carolyn Kindle Betz of the Enterprise Holdings Foundation and other members of the Taylor family that own Enterprise, one of the largest rental car companies in the world, succeeded where others had failed with a plan for a $250 million mostly privately financed stadium.
The sales pitch for a St. Louis soccer team also included the selling point that the team would be the first MLS team that is majority female-owned, one of few such teams in sports.
Along with Kindle Betz, the team is owned by six other female members of the Taylor family. The ownership group is completed by two highly respected executives who also have deep roots in the St. Louis business and philanthropic community: Enterprise Holdings executive chairman Andy Taylor, and World Wide Technology CEO Jim Kavanaugh, who was a professional soccer player and Olympian and also owns the St. Louis FC, a second-tier professional team that currently plays in Fenton.
Along with Kindle Betz and Garber, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed welcomed the team Tuesday at the kickoff event. The Board of Aldermen will have to approve some incentives and financing for the stadium, such as special taxing districts that will cover only games and other stadium events.
With the announcement of the new soccer team along with the Blues winning the Stanley Cup and St. Louis hosting record crowds at the PGA Championship last year, several speakers at the kickoff event called 2019 the best year in St. Louis sports history.
The stadium will have a seating capacity of 22,500 to 25,500 and will be open-air. Rendering courtesy of MLS4THELOU.com.
To welcome the team, a crowd packed the Palladium in St. Louis wearing #MLS4TheLou scarves inscribed with the date, 8.20.19. A group of "St. Louligans," soccer fans who support St. Louis FC, chanted "STL, STL" as the event opened and later joined in a chorus of a song sung to the tune of "When the Saints Go Marching In": "St. Louis is wonderful, St. Louis is wonderful." They also chanted "CBK, CBK" to congratulate Kindle Betz.
In a video shown at the rollout, Kindle Betz said, "We wanted #MLS4TheLou. And we got it." And after the event announcing her first day as a team owner, she proudly posed with a sign that said just that, in a similar style to youngsters going off to their first days at school.
In the MLS official statement on the new team, she reflected on how far the team has come in the year since the announcement that the group was seeking an MLS team in October at Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis.
"It's an incredible feeling to now be able to say, St. Louis is home to the first official majority female-led ownership group in MLS," said Kindle Betz. "Our MLS team and stadium will only add to St. Louis' renaissance currently underway and will provide us with a great opportunity to bring together many different segments of the community, uniting people in their love for the game."
St. Louis' club and its new downtown soccer stadium are central elements of a major development project in the Downtown West district near Union Station, which will see the St. Louis Aquarium open next year and a new Ferris wheel potentially open this year.
In addition to the stadium, the development will include mixed-use retail, restaurants and gathering spaces open year-round to the public. The project will support the continued revitalization of St. Louis, a community that is regarded as one of the best places in America to raise a family and cherished for its blend of business, cultural, educational, and sports institutions.
The addition of St. Louis to MLS is the latest pivotal chapter in soccer's explosive growth in North America. Krewson and other speakers emphasized how a professional soccer team will enhance St. Louis' image on the world stage, since soccer is so widely followed internationally.
The city — regarded by many as one of the most passionate soccer markets in North America — has a diverse population, devoted fan base, and great tradition in the game. The U.S. team that upset England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup included five American immigrants from the St. Louis neighborhood known as "The Hill." The men's team at St. Louis University has won 10 NCAA championships, and the Hermann Trophy — the Heisman for college soccer — is awarded annually at the Missouri Athletic Club.
The new MLS club is expected to be immensely popular, as sports fans of St. Louis have a deep history of supporting soccer, the MLS said. The U.S. Women's National Team's "friendlies" at Busch Stadium in preparation for the 2015 and 2019 FIFA World Cups each drew more than 35,000 fans — two of the top three crowds for the U.S. for non-World Cup games during that four-year span. In 2015, the U.S. Men's National Team defeated St. Vincent and the Grenadines in a World Cup qualifier before more than 43,000 fans at Busch Stadium.
The city's USL team, St. Louis FC — whose arrival in 2015 was spearheaded by Kavanaugh, who played soccer professionally and at St. Louis University — has amassed a spirited following. This year, St. Louis FC advanced to the semifinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
St. Louis also is a breeding ground for elite soccer players. The youth soccer programs of the St. Louis metropolitan area include more than 50,000 players. Those programs have helped develop several players into professionals, including current MLS players Will Bruin (Seattle Sounders) and Joe Willis (Houston Dynamo), Tim Ream (Fulham) of the English Championship, rising star Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen) of the Bundesliga, and Becky Sauerbrunn (Utah Royals) of the NWSL and the FIFA World Cup champion U.S. Women's National Team. In addition, many former MLS players are from St. Louis, including Taylor Twellman, Brad Davis, Chris Klein and Steve Ralston.
With the addition of the MLS team in St. Louis, 18 clubs have joined MLS since 2005, "fulfilling a vision for strategic expansion that has transformed the landscape of professional soccer across North America," the league said in a news release.
Home to nine Fortune 500 companies and several of the world's largest privately-held businesses — including Enterprise Holdings and World Wide Technology, the club also is expected to receive strong support from the city's corporate community. More than 20 CEOs from St. Louis-based businesses met with Commissioner Garber and club ownership prior to today's announcement.
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Major League Soccer expected to announce today that St. Louis gets a team
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Some leaders like the ones on Facebook apply a critical mentality approach to run their activities. Instead of leading the team, the managers use their capacity to support their employees. Thus, when the method is used well in a company, it alters how an individual view his role in a team.
Hence, if there are relevant mistakes in the team, he can use the approach to change them. Sometimes when leaders enact some small changes in their groups, they should always remain positive and expect a great impact in all their interactions.
Recently, the management of many companies established that more than ¾ of the employees do not present more information to their bosses because they think that they would victimize them on incorrect information. Thus, the chances of introducing innovations in the industries would be minimal since many individuals are unwilling to engage in serious issues affecting the company.
Hence, Google discovered the aspect of psychological safety where it encourages the employees to focus on all their activities. With diverse operations, individuals can get interested in activities that supports them to succeed in their business. Thus, they get motivated because they feel that the organization can help them to solve their challenges and provide appropriate solutions to their problems.
Pelvic floor disorder, a condition present mostly in women who have already experienced giving birth, affects 250 million plus women worldwide. Scientists are trying to understand why a lot of women are affected, and they are also trying to generate a treatment that would allow those who are affected with the condition to live normal lives. Private individuals are also doing their part to prevent the spread of the condition, and to help those who are suffering from pelvic floor disorders. One of them is Marc Beer, who is an American businessman known as the mind behind the establishment of Renovia Inc. The company that he founded focuses on the creation of treatment options for people who are diagnosed with pelvic floor disorders. According to Marc Beer, Renovia Inc. has a huge success rate for developing a new treatment against pelvic floor disorders, and the company is currently conducting research on how they could develop a treatment for other diseases that mostly affect the female population.
Marc Beer has extensive experience in the medical sector, and he used his connections to establish his own company that would focus on the prevention of diseases that mostly target women. His company, which is headquartered in the city of Boston, receives a lot of investment of third-party entities. One of the most recent funding that Marc Beer secured came from a group of investors who lend him $42 million. The money that they raised will be used in research, and some will be spent on the production of treatments. Marc Beer did not expect that his business partners will be helping him extensively in running the company, and he said that he will continue producing great results from the research that he became a part of.
James River Capital is a privately owned company that is located in Richmond, Virginia. They were founded in 1986. It was in 1995 when Paul Saunders and Kevin Brant joined the company as CEO and President of the company. They helped to make the company independent. James River Capital provides investment advisory services, commodity trading, investment trading, and other related services.
In a recently posted article, they explained the best ways to improve your leadership skills within your company. They give their best three known ways to improve your skills as a leader. They encourage supporting your team, encouraging and welcoming, and making everyone's opinion matter.
As a team leader, the most common thing people would do is to "lead" their team. James River encourages that instead, you should support your team. By shifting the word from "lead" to "support", you will change how you approach and interact with your team. They state that even the smallest changes can make the biggest impact.
Lastly, they state that in team meeting you should be sure that everyone's opinion matters. One of the strategies is that you write down the names of people in your meeting and place a check mark next to their name when they speak. Then, make sure they each get a chance to state their opinion or information. Also to encourage quiet employees to voice their opinion. This will make your employees feel valued and wanted.
All in all, to make better leaders they encourage three main strategies. Support instead of lead, encourage escalation and appreciate when matters arise, and to value every employee's opinion and voice. By following or adapting these strategies you should be able to increase and change your leadership skills for the best.
Most people always yearn for financial freedom, but the problem is they don't have an idea of how to achieve that goal. Sometimes it takes a professional to figure out what your financial need is and help you draw a proper roadmap towards your financial freedom. Wealth Solutions is an example of a company designed to help people who have money but lack adequate knowledge on how to invest it. Based in Austin, Texas, Wealth Solutions helps its clients to not only grow but also to protect and manage their assets.
Richard Blair is the Founder and CEO of Wealth Solutions. He is an experienced businessman with several professional and academic accreditations such as RICP, CFC, CAS, and CES. The company is run as a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) company. Richard Dwayne Blair believes that all everyone has a potential to create and multiply wealth. According to him, most people have the money but lack adequate knowledge of how to invest that money properly. As a result, he came up with strategies aimed at helping people from Austin, Texas to overcome that problem.
What the first pillar does is to help in dragonizing the major financial problem of a client. It is a stage where the company takes a look at the financial background of a client and determines ways of assisting him or her. Through that, the company is also able to understand a client's strengths, goals and risk levels.
The purpose of the second pillar is to come up with a long-lasting strategy which caters to the needs of a client. The company at this stage helps to come up with the best investment plans where a client can reap maximum benefits.
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Richard Blair was influenced by his mother and grandmother to start providing financial solution services in Austin, Texas. He learned from them that teaching had a great impact on changing the lives of other people.
AvaTrade is a valuable trading platform that creates diversified results. They are stable and secure, with more than ten years in the industry of stock trading. While they continue to offer new services and products, there are a lot of ways that AvaTrade ensures that users are safe throughout the process.
Cybersecurity is of critical importance when it comes to user safety and standards of information control. AvaTrade is able to address these concerns and ongoing user friendliness standards at the same time. While there are multiple levels of changes that take place with AvaTrade, they have continually improved the safety and security of their network and platform at its core. Since there are so many variegated aspects of cybersecurity and infrastructure that must be addressed, AvaTrade explores new concepts while making people feel safe in the available platform.
AvaTrade is a reliable and useful system for trading online. The Mt4 Technology that is used in its implementation and design creates a robust method for exploring stocks and investing in them too. Users can also gain a sense of security and leverage useful tutorials based on the ongoing content that is available through their resources section. For example, users can gain access to tutorials, informational videos, and other strategic guides from experts.
These teachers can provide valuable evidence that help AvaTrade customers improve their chances of success with trading online. Many of these resources advise against poor investments and provide useful tips for how to create strategy portfolio management. The benefits of AvaTrade are internal to their system as well as to the way they educate their user base for the best results.
There are a lot of people who agree with the validity and incredible benefits of AvaTrade. They have more than two hundred thousand thousand people that use the platform on a regular basis. Two million tracks are processed each moth accounting for sixty billion dollars going through the platform. There are a lot of benefits to the vast scope of this giant in the Forex trading community. AvaTrade makes a big difference because they offer secure solutions to those who need it the most.


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Pakistan's Democracy Endangered
by Pakistan Army
Pakistan's hard-won democracy won in 2007 after eight years of military regime of General Musharraf seems to be endangered once again by the Pakistan Army, this time maybe not by a direct military coup by the Pakistan Army but by a very subtly contrived machination by it to impress upon the United States that but for the Pakistani civilian government, the Pakistan Army on its own would have liquidated the creeping Talibanization of Pakistan. That this sort of Pakistan Army contrived campaign is making headway is evidenced by the public dissatisfaction expressed by President Obama and other top US officials on Pakistan's civilian Government. This in turn has generated strong reactions from Pakistan's civil society and media which feel that once again United States tactical expediencies in relation to the new US AF-PAK Strategy would place Pakistan's democracy on the backburner and bring to the fore the Pakistan Army.
The United States seemingly seems to overlook the fact that even with the return of democracy to Pakistan the Pakistan Army and its notorious intelligence agency, the ISI, who are the architects and sponsors of the Taliban, are still not in control of Pakistan's elected civilian Government. Furthermore, to the credit of Pakistan's civilian Government it needs to be highlighted that when Prime Minister Gilani issued orders to place the ISI under the Ministry of Interior, he was made to retract the order under pressure by General Kayani, the Western publicized so-called apolitical Pakistan Army Chief.
Further, the present civilian Government in Pakistan came into existence with the approval and political nod from the United States which in 2007 belatedly came to the rightful conclusion that democracy in Pakistan could no longer be postponed. This US decision was right in 2007 and its validity in 2009 is even decidedly stronger.
The United States needs to recognize that if the Pakistan Army double-timed the United States on the issue of Taliban and Al Qaeda for eight years of military rule by General Musharraf what makes it so sure that General Kayani would do better. On the contrary the indicators seemed to be stacked otherwise against the United States.
It also needs to dawn on the United States policy establishment that if eight years of Pakistan Army rule could not turn around the strategic situation in favor of the United States, is it not unfair for the United States to expect results from a civilian Government which has been hardly in power for a year.
The United States needs to be more patient and exercise restraint in its criticism of the civilian Government because by doing so it encourages Pakistan Army-allied right-wingers in Pakistan to the detriment of US strategies in the region and over-all American national security interests.
The Pakistan Army is not only the bane of Pakistan's existence but also a bane for the United States strategic interests in South Asia and also in the successful prosecution of America's war to liquidate the Taliban and Al Qaeda menace.
The Pakistan Army is emboldened to disregard United States strategic sensitivities in the region despite existing on American doles and this can only arise if Pakistan Army is sure that others can bail out the Pakistan Army from any retributions arising from the United States Who are these other parties on which the Pakistan Army is counting on? The United States needs to decipher the answer to this question.
Overall, one needs to emphasize that whatever be the strategic priorities of the United States in the region, but when it comes to Pakistan the top-most American priority should be to ensure that democracy in Pakistan stays at all costs.


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Q: Joomla save, save and close, save and new, save as copy buttons not work I update a joomla 1.5 site to jommla 2.5.9. I make a sub directory under the public_html and do all upgrading process there. In that directory save, save and close, save and new, save as copy button work correctly. But when I transfer this to public_html these buttons not work. I also try akeeba backup method but result same.
Can anyone tell me where is the problem.

A: Use Akeeba "backup" and "kickstart" to back up and mover your 1.5 site first. Then update from the new location.
https://www.akeebabackup.com/products.html - developer link
https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/backup/1606 - Joomla extention link.
I NEVER build a Joomla X.X site without FIRST installing Akeeba, it the BEST component for backing up, moving and restoring sites.
Good luck!


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Q: How to use PHP variable with a Wordpress Shortcode of AAWP Plugin I use Wordpress with the GeneratePress Theme. A feature of this theme called "Elements" let you write php code which will be executed on a specific hook. These Hooks can be found here: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/
I use the AAWP plugin to show an amazon bestseller list. I want to get the Wordpress category and place it into the bestseller parameter of the aawp shortcode to get Products for the respective categories.
I already read posts here about using php variables in wordpress shortcodes but it seems that something other than the syntax is the problem.
I have this code
<?php

 $categories = get_the_category();

if ( ! empty($categories ) ) {
    $category = $categories[0];
    $name = $category->name;
    $bestseller = 'bestseller="'.$name.'"';
    $shortCode = '[aawp grid="3" '.$bestseller.' items="3" filter_items="20" orderby="percentage_saved" order="desc"]';

echo do_shortcode($shortCode);
}

?>

The amazon list doesnt appear on my page. It seems that the "bestseller" parameter is neccesarry in order to get shown.
The variable doesnt really get recognized.
When I remove the variable and replace it with a hardcoded bestseller parameter its working fine.
When I use this code:
<?php

 $categories = get_the_category();

if ( ! empty($categories ) ) {
    $category = $categories[0];
    $name = $category->name;
    $bestseller = 'bestseller="'.$name.'"';
    $shortCode = '[aawp template="angebot-vertical" grid="3" bestseller="'.$name.'" items="3" filter_items="20" orderby="percentage_saved" order="desc"]';

echo do_shortcode($shortCode);
}

?>

It seems that the bestseller value doesnt get read but the "empty" bestseller parameter is enough to show the amazon list, so it just shows random products.
How can I make this work? I just want to place a variable as a value into the "bestseller" parameter. Should be the easiest thing but it doesnt work in the scope of this GeneratePress Elements Hook whith the AAWP shortcode

A: You're possibly not getting what you believe you need back from get_the_category(). Assuming you're able to get the category id you can use get_cat_name() function to return the category name.
<?php

 $cat_name = get_cat_name($category_id);

if ( ! empty($cat_name) ) {
    $shortCode = '[aawp template="angebot-vertical" grid="3" bestseller="'.$cat_name.'" items="3" filter_items="20" orderby="percentage_saved" order="desc"]';

echo do_shortcode($shortCode);
}

?>


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From the days when he dominated Little League in California to his being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles last week, baseball has come easy for Mark Smith.
"The problem with Mark is he was always so much bigger and stronger than all his peers, and that made him a lazy kid," said John Meiers, his coach at Arcadia High School in Southern California. "One day in practice I just lost it and screamed at him in front of the entire ballclub.
"I told him that he thought he was so good, some Division I hotshot who is going to be this big star and play in the major leagues. I told him he wasn't going to amount to anything, that his career was going to be over after high school, because talent alone wasn't enough."
A star outfielder whose future never was questioned to that point, Smith -- whom Meiers described as "the cream of the crop by just existing" -- left practice that day a humbled young man. Now, after being selected ninth in the first round of Tuesday's amateur draft, Smith credits that tongue-lashing with turning his career around.
"I just went home shocked," said Smith, who hit .468 that senior season in high school. "It put me in reality and motivated me to work hard and maximize my talent. I just wish he had done it earlier."
Coming off his junior season at the University of Southern California, Smith has no apparent flaws in his game. You want power? The 6-foot-2, 200-pound athlete had 16 home runs, 80 RBI and a team-leading .668 slugging percentage in helping his team to a 46-17-1 record.
You want speed? How about 18 steals in 22 attempts with seven triples? Consistency? Try the .417 on-base percentage and a .336 batting average.
"He's certainly one of the best players in the West, and he destroyed the Arizona Wildcats this year," said Jerry Kindall, coach at Arizona and an assistant coach on Team USA, which will represent the country in international competition. "You have to include him with the highly regarded players I've seen in my 20 years. I saw Fred Lynn and some of the other terrific players coming out of this conference, and Mark ranks right up there."
Smith was an All-Pac-10 pick and an All-American this season, but he wasn't highly recruited out of high school because of his work habits. It was only after his performance during the tryouts for the annual California North-South high school All-Star game after his senior year that Southern Cal came calling.
"I told him that I would be in the stands promoting him, but that I would be embarrassed if he wasn't doing it between the white lines," Meiers said. "This was a kid that a lot of people would say, 'Fine, but can he get his uniform dirty?' But Mark put on a show, crashing into walls making catches, diving into bases, breaking up double plays. He was incredible."
And Smith's effort hasn't been questioned since. During a typical season, Smith will spend hours viewing baseball tapes to pick out his flaws, as well as weaknesses in opponents. And, while at home, he's either working out in the weight room or hitting more than 150 balls a day in the backyard batting cage.
"Working hard has gotten addictive," Smith said. "I realized after my freshman year that I could play this game. And after the Cape Cod season [where, using wood bats, Smith hit .408 last summer against top college players], I realized I could do it well professionally."
Smith said he is hoping to attend tryouts in Tennessee next week for Team USA, but will first try to come to terms with the Orioles. Meanwhile, he plans on working out in the cage and with weights daily.
"I think I'm a guy who doesn't have many holes -- I think I can run, throw, hit for power and hit for average," said Smith. "I'm happy with what I've done, but I'm not content. I keep feeling this need to go to the next level."
The man who once questioned Smith's heart said he has no doubts that that will happen.
"He wasn't driven in high school, but he's a driven young man now," Meiers said. "He'll be in your yard before long. There's no doubt that Smitty's going to be there."


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Which is the most beautiful country in India?
India's national flag is hoisted on the masthead of the state-run National Herald newspaper in New Delhi, India, March 3, 2020.
It is also the country's second most-loved flag, after the Union Jack.
This is the fifth year the national flag has been hoisted by the state, after it was hoisted in 2021.
(Photo by AFP/Getty Images) The National Herald, a state-owned newspaper, is known for its patriotic and often provocative articles.
The paper has a circulation of around 80,000.
The newspaper was founded in 1931 and is known as the "voice of India's nationalist elite".
The national flag was hoised in 2021 by the government after the country was in a state of emergency.
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This is a true Farm to Table experience and our most popular camp every year!
We'll start with a field trip to Boones Ferry Farm to pick a HUGE amount of ripe Oregon berries!! Day 2 you'll sew an apron first thing that you can wear for the rest of the time in the kitchen. You will be using the berries that you pick all week to make fruit leather, jam, hand pies, sugar scrub & lip balm, strawberry lemonade, strawberry shortcake, homemade english muffins with fresh butter & jam and more! We've added 1 hour per day to this camp. We are going to walk to nearby Rossman Park or Millennium Plaza (both just 2 or 3 blocks from the shop) each day to have lunch and get out our wiggles. We think this is a great addition to the camp and will be fun outdoor playtime.
If you would like to drop off at 9:30am each day please let us know via email or call us. It's an additional $9 per day.


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Newsham forms Choice Genetics, adopts CT scanning
GROUPE Grimaud's swine breeding companies — Newsham Choice Genetics and Pen Ar Lan — are combining under the Choice Genetics name, according to an announcement at the World Pork Expo June 5.
Choice Genetics will have subsidiaries in the U.S., Brazil, France, Germany, Poland and Vietnam.
Choice Genetics also announced that it has incorporated computed tomography (CT) scanning into its selection technology. The scanning technology is now targeted for testing 10,000 paternal line animals annually and is positioned to expand to 20,000 animals per year, including both maternal and paternal lines, according to the announcement.
As research indicates that CT results have a 99% correlation with carcass data and a high correlation with feed utilization, the company expects this technology "to produce significant competitive advantages," the announcement said.
Dr. Derek Petry, Choice Genetics vice president for research and development, said the company's latest trials demonstrated that frontline products showed "an overall competitive advantage in total value versus the best alternative." CT will allow "faster genetic progress in carcass value and feed conversion," he said.
Grimaud, headquartered in Roussay, France, is the second-largest multi-species genetics company in the world.
It acquired Newsham Choice Genetics in 2008 (Feedstuffs, April 21, 2008). Newsham, via a number of acquisitions, incorporates the genetic technology of Newsham Hybrids USA, Seghersgenetics USA, Monsanto Choice Genetics and DeKalb Swine Breeders.
Grimaud also established the Novogen layer genetics business in 2008 (Feedstuffs, Sept. 15, 2008) and owns the Hubbard chicken genetics business, which it acquired from Merial Ltd. in 2005 (Feedstuffs, April 4, 2005). It also has duck, geese, pigeon and rabbit genetics.
Grimaud supplies customers in more than 100 countries in Europe, Asia and North and South America.
The World Pork Expo is the world's largest swine-specific event and was held June 5-8 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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The CDMT carries out studies for the display of individual pieces, sets and collections. It also designs and produces mannequins and supports applying the criteria of preventive conservation.
Creation of supports for exhibits: displayed flat, rolled, semi-rolled, or hung vertically.
Creation of various types of supports for clothing and other textile pieces; crinolines and bustles to add volume; recreations of historical costumes; clothing and accessories to help to explain the message of the pieces.
Creation of individual supports for complements of all kinds: gloves, shoes, hats, and so on.
The CDMT has sixty models for reproducing historical mannequins, dated between 1650 and 2000. Thanks to this collection we can faithfully recreate the form of a standard model for a specific historical era.
The Bodytheque was created by a cooperation agreement with the researcher Carmen Lucini. It welcomes requests from other museums or institutions.


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Q: How to rename the keys in Firebase Storage and Database I am using Firebase storage to upload some photos as 1,2,3 etc. I then use Firebase Database to save the download URL for those photos in the same manner. I was wondering how should I deal with the files once I delete one of the images in between. For instance, let's say I delete image 2 and there are 7 images. How should I rename the keys for 3,4,5,6,7 and make them 2,3,4,5,6 ?!

A: The best advice is to not use such sequential numbers, since they don't scale very well. Your current question is one of the many problems with it. For more, see https://firebase.googleblog.com/2014/04/best-practices-arrays-in-firebase.html.
The recommended approach is to use a Firebase Database push ID to name/identify the files. You can easily get this with ref.push().key or ref.push().getKey(). These IDs are always-incrementing, but not sequential. While slightly less readable, they scale better, can be generated why you're offline, and you don't have to regenerate the other IDs when you remove a file/node.
Also see Mike's answer here: Creating a new unique path to Firebase Storage, coupled with storing it in the database?

A: Firebase Functions onDelete for the RTD
https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/database-events?hl=es-419
Don't allow user to delete in storage but allow them.to delete the reference in the RTD. Then Functions will take care of backend logic.
Please make sure your data structure is correct, that sounds like an array and you should allow push keys, use a Map instead


First Persona game. Really liked it, but I felt like it kinda dragged on a little too long at the end. Combat was fun, actually liked the voice acting (dub), but felt like the story was a little lacking in some spots near the end. Kind of wish it was shorter, because I'd like to play it again..but no way I can replay a 100+ hour RPG when there are so many other games I wanna focus on.
But, I finally beat all the endings to Has Been Heroes. Ugh, that last ghoul fight was extremely hard. I had to redo it so many times, something always just seemed to kill me in one hit!


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The Honorable L. Priscilla Hall
Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department
The Honorable L. Priscilla Hall was appointed Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department by New York State Governor David Patterson in March 2009. Prior to this, Justice Hall served as the Administrative Judge of the Criminal Division of the Kings County Supreme Court. She was elected as to the New York State Supreme Court in 1993 and has also served as Judge of the New York State Court of Claims; a Judge of the Criminal Court of New York City, and as Inspector General of the New York City Human Resources Administration. Justice Hall believes that the courts must work to maintain the public confidence in our judicial system and has worked to achieve this objective. She has served as president of the New York State Association of Women Justices, vice-president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, chair of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, and president of the Association of Black Women Attorneys.
After graduating magna cum laude from Howard University with the distinction of being a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Justice Hall pursued a Master of Science degree from Columbia University School of Journalism, graduating in 1969. She received her Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law in 1973.


Aspiring paleontologists take note – Melbourne Museum is bringing some of its rarest and most fascinating paleontological artefacts out of the vaults for one day only. As part of this year's National Science Week, the museum is hosting Science on Show, a one-day event where you can see fossilised objects from another era.
Head into Melbourne Museum between 10am and 4.30pm on Sunday, August 19 to view fossilised insects, tiny dinosaurs, bizarre whales and giants from the Ice Age. Scientists will be on hand to share the story of each item, as well as relay their latest discoveries around climate change, de-extinction (also called resurrection biology, or bringing back extinct species through cloning, genome editing and other scientific methods) and mysterious marsupials.
Precocious paleontologists can even bring in their own fossils (or rocks) and have them identified by an expert. Science on Show is suitable for everyone, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Entry is free with admission to the museum.


Beautiful serviced and unserviced campsites are located along the lake in the southwest corner of town complete with playground and marina. Landscaped walking paths include a trail to the golf course and the aerated lake has fish ready to catch all year. Phone for campground reservations.


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Ondo Bars Akure Monarch From Installing Minor Chiefs
Ondo State Government has barred Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade, from installing Olus and Baales in some villages in Akure North local government area.
Deji of Akure has been having a running battle with some villages in Akure North over appointing traditional leaders for them.
Those in contestation with him are insisting that the influence of Deji of Akure ends on Akure South local government.
The Ondo State government had in a letter dated April 19th, 2021 and signed by Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Segun Odunsoya, directed Oba Aladetoyinbo to stay away and maintain the status quo over the appointment of minor chiefs at Ago Sonibare in Ala/Ajagbusi, Eleyewo Community, Ago-Ajapada in Ofosu Forest, Ago Tedibomi in Ala/Ajagbusi, Agunla Community in Ayede-Ogbese, Ilado/Elemo and Isinigbo, all in Akure North Local Government Area.
Besides, the state government also directed that all actions leading to the creation/carving out of new communities in Akure from old ones should stop forthwith, while those already created should be reversed immediately.
Some of the affected traditional rulers and village Heads under the auspices Association of Olus and Baales in Akure North Local Government Area thanked the state government for allowing status quo ante to remain in respect of controversial chieftaincy matters including the appointment of some minor chiefs.
The Olus/ Baales through a letter signed by their lawyer, Mr Femi Emmanuel Emodamori and addressed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, appealed for some Olus to be upgraded to the status of an Oba.
According to the letter, "Upgrading the Olus and Baales in the duly recognized communities in Akure North Local Government Area to the status of Obas, even if they are categorized in the least grade of recognized chiefs, just as the State Government had successfully done in all the communities now in Ifedore Local Government Area which were formerly part of the old Akure Local Government.
"By so doing, the community heads to be recognized as Obas would automatically become the Prescribed Authority for the appointment of minor chiefs in their respective communities, in line with paragraphs 10 and 11 of the Ondo State Government White Paper on Morgan Chieftaincy Review Commission of July 1981.
"Fortunately, the Recognized Chiefs or Obas in Akure North Local Government are fully in support of these suggested measures in the overall interest of peace, and their position in that regard was evident during the public hearings of the Ajama Commission of Enquiry (and)
The upgrading of some or any of the Recognized Chiefs or Obas in Akure North Local Government to First Class or category "A" Oba(s)."
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Q: How to read in selective image files from a folder, where the search criteria is in a PandaFrame frame? Through cv2 in Python from PIL import Image

import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
import os

The following is the filtering out the pandaframe:
m = 3000
Metadata = pd.read_csv('ISIC_2019_Training_GroundTruth.csv')

MelanomaData = Metadata.filter(["image" ,"MEL"])
MelanomaData = MelanomaData[MelanomaData.MEL == 1]
MelanomaData = MelanomaData[:-m]

When I tried to read in the image files I get NoneType in my variable explorer view:
ImageList = []
ResizingImages = []
image_name_list  = MelanomaData['image'].tolist()
path_string = 'H:/My Documents/FYP/Skin Detection/ISIC_2019_Training_Input/'

datapath = os.path.join(path_string, '.jpg')

for files in datapath:
    for image_name in image_name_list:
        img = cv2.imread(image_name)
        ImageList.append(img)

The search criteria is found in the image column:
    image                                MEL

2   ISIC_0000002                         1.0
4   ISIC_0000004                         1.0
12  ISIC_0000013                         1.0
21  ISIC_0000022_downsampled             1.0

This is the CSV file screenshot, but I only need the image and MEL columns, which is what I extracted, and displayed in the first section where I extracted and filtered that column:

This is the link to the csv file.


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Q: Creating Trac Tickets From Website is it possible for my website visitors to create Trac tickets from my website rather than being logged into the Trac system?  For example: I have a feedback form on my website that sends the form information to an e-mail address.  What I would like to do is have that form communicate with Trac and dynamically create a ticket with each form submission, instead of sending an e-mail.
I've taken a look at the page source of the "New Ticket" page on Trac.  It looks like the form has a hidden input field with the name "__FORM_TOKEN" and generates obscure data for the field's value that seems to be generated randomly.  I'm guessing this is a security measure (probably to block users from attempting cross-domain communication?)
Simply copying the form's action field with the appropriate hidden fields onto my website form doesn't do the trick.
Is what I am doing even possible?  Trac doesn't seem to serve this kind of purpose.  Thanks.

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A: When you assign the TICKET_CREATE permission to the anonymous group, everyone can create tickets with no need to login.


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Ichirō Suzuki (jap. , Suzuki Ichirō, meist nur bekannt unter Ichirō; * 22. Oktober 1973 in Toyoyama, Präfektur Aichi, Japan) ist ein ehemaliger japanischer Baseballspieler in der Major League Baseball (MLB) auf der Position des Outfielders. Ichirō war der erste Japaner, der sich als Stammspieler auf einer Feldposition in der MLB etablierte.

Von seiner ersten Saison an gehörte Ichirō zu den stärksten Spielern der MLB. Bislang gewann er in jedem seiner zehn Jahre in Seattle einen Gold Glove und spielte für das All-Star-Team. Zusätzlich wurde er 2001, 2007 und 2009 als Silver Slugger ausgezeichnet. In der Saison 2004 stellte Ichirō einen neuen Rekord für Hits (262) in einer Saison auf.

Jugend
Ichirō begann das Baseballspielen im Alter von sieben Jahren. Er bat seinen Vater Nobuyuki Suzuki ihn zu unterrichten, um ein besserer Spieler zu werden. Die beiden trainierten täglich, wobei Ichirō 50 Pitches warf und bei 200 Pitches seines Vaters als Schlagmann agierte. Zudem bekam Ichirō je 50 Infield- und Outfield-Bälle, die er verteidigte. Zum Abschluss schlug er noch 250 bis 300 Bälle aus einer Wurfmaschine.

Als Jugendspieler hatte Ichirō das Wort shūchū (Konzentration) auf seinem Handschuh geschrieben. Im Alter von 12 Jahren setzte er sich endgültig das Ziel, Baseballprofi zu werden, und teilte von nun an die Vision seines Vaters. Nobuyuki sagte einmal: "Baseball war Spaß für uns beide", doch Ichirō sagte später "Es war vielleicht Spaß für ihn, aber für mich war es mehr wie Star of the Giants". Star of the Giants ist ein populäres japanisches Manga und eine Animeserie, die von dem schwierigen Weg eines Jungen zum Baseballprofi erzählt. Der Vater des Jungen fordert von ihm rigoroses Training ein. Ichirō sagte in Bezug auf das Training mit seinem Vater einmal: "Es grenzte an Erniedrigung und ich habe gelitten."

Als Ichirō dem Baseballteam der Oberschule beitrat, sagte sein Vater dem Trainer: "Egal wie gut Ichirō ist, Du darfst ihn nie loben. Wir müssen ihn geistig stark machen." Als Ichirō auf die Oberschule ging, wurde er von einer Schule mit einer prestigeträchtigen Baseballvergangenheit ausgewählt. Ichirō wurde aufgrund seines starken Wurfarms damals nicht als Outfielder, sondern als Pitcher eingesetzt.

In seiner Oberschulkarriere brachte es Ichirō auf einen Schlagdurchschnitt von 0,505 und 19 Home Runs. Bestandteile der sehr harten Trainingsmethoden waren unter anderem das Schleudern von Autoreifen oder das Schlagen von Bällen mit einer schweren Schaufel. Diese Methoden stärkten seine Handgelenke und Hüften und erhöhten die Kraft und die Ausdauer des eher schmächtig gebauten Ichirō.

Beim Draft der japanischen Profiliga wurde Ichirō allerdings erst in der vierten und letzten Runde "gezogen", da die Teams ihn für zu klein (180 cm) und zu leicht (54 kg) hielten, um professionell Baseball zu spielen.

Karriere in Japan
Ichirō debütierte 1992 im Alter von 18 Jahren in der Pacific League, spielte aber in den ersten beiden Jahren hauptsächlich in einem Farmteam, da der Manager den unorthodoxen Schwungstil von Ichirō nicht akzeptierte. Ichirōs Schwung, der den Spitznamen "Pendulum" (dt.: Pendel) bekam, ist im Prinzip mit dem konventionellen Schwung nicht vereinbar. Ichirō macht eine "pendelartige" Bewegung seines Fußes und legt sein Gewicht während des Schwungs nach vorne. Normalerweise soll beim Schwung das Gewicht auf dem hinteren Bein liegen, um den Ball effektiv schlagen zu können.

In der Saison 1994 begünstigte ein Managerwechsel Ichirōs Karriere. Er wurde in den erweiterten Kader der BlueWave geholt. Zudem wurde ihm erlaubt, so zu schwingen, wie er es wollte. Er dankte es dem Manager mit einem japanischen Saisonrekord von 210 Hits in 130 Spielen. Sein Schlagdurchschnitt von 0,385 brachte ihm zudem den ersten von sieben aufeinanderfolgenden Titeln in dieser Statistik ein. Zudem gelangen ihm 13 Homeruns und er stahl 29 Bases, was ihm die erste von drei Ernennungen zum MVP in der Pacific League einbrachte.

In der Saison 1994 fing der Spieler an "Ichiro" anstatt "Suzuki" auf seinem Jersey als Namen zu verwenden. Grund hierfür war, dass Suzuki der zweithäufigste Nachname in Japan ist. Dadurch wollte sich Ichirō von der Masse abheben. Dies wurde vom Management begrüßt, welches ihn als aufstrebenden Spieler mit Starpotenzial sah und ein gewisses Image und Individualität vermitteln wollte. Obwohl Ichirō diese Taktik des schwachen Teams nicht unbedingt mochte, blieb er bei der Aufschrift und wurde schon bald von Autogrammwünschen überhäuft.

In der Saison 1995 führte Ichirō die Blue Wave zu ihrem ersten Pacific-League-Titel seit zwölf Jahren. Zu seinem zweiten Titel beim Schlagdurchschnitt kamen noch erste Plätze in den Statistiken RBI (80), Homeruns (25) und gestohlene Bases (49). Zu dieser Zeit begann die japanische Presse ihn als "Die Menschliche Schlagmaschine" zu bezeichnen. Im Jahr 1996 erhielt Ichirō dann den dritten MVP-Award in Folge. Das Team besiegte den Champion der Central League, die Yomiuri Giants, in der Nihon Series.

Im Jahr 2000 war Ichirō noch ein Jahr davon entfernt, als Free Agent geeignet zu sein. Doch die BlueWave gehörten nicht mehr zu den besten Teams Japans und konnten sich den Star nicht mehr leisten. Um ihn nicht ein Jahr später ohne Ablöse ziehen lassen zu müssen, erlaubten sie ihm, Gespräche mit Teams der Major League Baseball aufzunehmen. Ichirō nutzte das so genannte Posting system, eine Abmachung zwischen der MLB und der japanischen Profiliga, die eingeführt wurde, um die japanischen Teams davor zu bewahren, ihre jungen Talente ohne finanziellen Ausgleich nach Amerika ziehen lassen zu müssen. Die Seattle Mariners gewannen die "Auktion" mit einem Gebot von etwa 13 Millionen US-Dollar. Ichirō unterschrieb daraufhin einen Dreijahresvertrag in Seattle mit einem Volumen von 14 Millionen US-Dollar und wurde der erste japanische Feldspieler der MLB-Geschichte.

In seinen neun Jahren in Japan brachte Ichirō es auf einen Gesamtschlagdurchschnitt von 0,353 und gewann sieben Gold Gloves.

Karriere in der Major League Baseball

2001–2003

Am 9. November 2000 erhielt Ichirō bei den Seattle Mariners einen Vertrag mit einem Volumen von etwa 14 Millionen US-Dollar. Das Medieninteresse an Ichirō war überwältigend, da er der erste Japaner war, der den Sprung als Feldspieler in die MLB schaffte. Bis dato waren einzig und allein Pitcher aus Japan in der Profiliga aktiv. Ähnliche Kritiken wie die beim Draft in Japan kamen auch in Amerika auf. Es wurde bezweifelt, dass Ichirōs Statur ausreichen würde, um sich durchzusetzen. Zudem werden in der MLB jede Saison 162 Spiele gespielt, deutlich mehr als in Japan. Ichirō lieferte, vor allem in der Defensive, ein beeindruckendes Debüt im Spiel gegen die Oakland Athletics ab.

Ichirō spielte eine herausragende Rookie-Saison im Jahr 2001. Er brachte es auf 242 Hits und brach damit einen Rekord von 1930. Zudem führte er die Liga mit einem Schlagdurchschnitt von 0,350 und mit 56 gestohlenen Bases an. Des Weiteren gelangen ihm zwei großartige Serien von Spielen mit Hits: Eine mit 15 und eine mit 23 Spielen. Er kam auf das Cover der Sports Illustrated und beschwor ein Mediengewitter sowohl in den USA als auch in Japan herauf.

Die Mariners verbuchten neue Rekorde im Ticketabsatz und japanische Baseballfans buchten reihenweise Reisen im Wert von 2.000 US-Dollar, um die Spiele in Seattle zu besuchen. Mehr als 150 japanische Reporter und Fotografen ließen sich akkreditieren und im Stadium wurde das Sushi Ichirolls verkauft.

Mit der Hilfe der Major League Baseball, die erlaubte die All-Star-Abstimmung auch in Japan zuzulassen, erhielt Ichirō als erster Rookie mehr Stimmen zur Wahl als alle anderen MLB-Profis. Am Ende der Saison wurde Ichirō zum Most Valuable Player und zum Rookie of the Year in der American League gewählt. Damit war er erst der zweite Spieler nach Fred Lynn, der beide Auszeichnungen in seiner ersten MLB-Saison erhielt. Einige Sportjournalisten allerdings kritisierten, dass Ichirō den "Rookie-Status" hatte, da er sehr viel Erfahrung aus der japanischen Profiliga mitbrachte. Dies sei ein unfairer Vorteil gegenüber den Spielern, die aus den Minor-League Teams kamen.

In den Jahren 2002 und 2003 konnte Ichirō die sehr guten Leistungen bestätigen. Er schaffte jeweils über 200 Hits, wurde ins All-Star-Team gewählt und gewann in beiden Jahren einen Gold Glove Award.

2004: Ichirōs Rekordejagd
In der Saison 2004 konnte Ichirō diverse Rekorde in der Major League Baseball aufstellen:
 26. August: Mit einem Double gegen die Kansas City Royals wurde Ichirō der erste Spieler, der in jedem seiner ersten vier Jahre 200 Hits schaffte.
 28. August: Ichirō war der erste Spieler der MLB-Geschichte, der drei Monate in Folge 50 Hits schaffte.
 31. August: Ichirō beendete den August mit 56 Hits, den meisten seit 1938. Damals schaffte Jeff Heath 58.
 17. September: Ichirō schaffte sein 199sten Single der Saison. Damit schlug er den Rekord von Lloyd Waner, der 1927 198 schaffte.
 22. September: Ichirō brach den 79 Jahre alten Rekord von Harry Heilmann in der Kategorie Hits on the Road (Hits bei Auswärtsspielen), nachdem er seinen 135sten Hit schaffte.
 1. Oktober: Ichirō schaffte die Hits 258 und 259 und brach damit den Rekord von George Sisler, der seit 1920 Bestand hatte. Zudem brach er den Rekord der Hits in einer Zeitspanne von vier Jahren mit insgesamt 919 Hits.
 3. Oktober: Ichirō beendete die Saison mit 262 Hits. Zudem war er Erster der Schlagdurchschnittstatistik mit .372. Seine 225 Singles der Saison brachen den ewigen Rekord von Willie Keeler aus dem Jahr 1898. Ichirō verpasste zudem nur knapp Willie Wilsons Rekord der meisten at bats. Ichirō ging 704 mal zum Schlag, Wilsons Rekord steht bei 706.

2005–2006
In der Saison 2005 schaffte es Ichirō bereits das fünfte Mal in Folge mehr als 200 Hits in einer Saison zu erreichen. Damit war er der erste Spieler, dem dies in seinen ersten fünf Profijahren gelang. Zudem schafften es vor ihm erst fünf andere Spieler über 200 Hits in fünf aufeinanderfolgenden Spielzeiten zu erreichen, nämlich Willie Keeler, Wade Boggs, Chuck Klein, Al Simmons und Charlie Gehringer. Zudem schlug er in dieser Saison 15 Homeruns, was einen neuen persönlichen Rekord darstellte.

Der Saisonstart 2006 war für Ichirōs Verhältnisse eher schwach. So konnte er im April zum Beispiel nur einen Schlagdurchschnitt von .200 vorweisen. Im Saisonverlauf steigerte er sich dann stetig und beendete die Saison mit einem Schlagdurchschnitt von .322, was ihm in dieser Statistik Platz sechs der American League und Platz elf in der MLB einbrachte. Zudem schaffte er 224 Hits (Platz eins der MLB), 110 Runs und 45 gestohlene Bases.

Die Fans wählten Ichirō in das All-Star-Team der American League. Dies war bereits die sechste Teilnahme im sechsten Profijahr in Amerika. Bei den sechs Teilnahmen war Ichirō fünfmal in der Startformation. Nur 2005 begann er als Ersatzspieler. Ichirō gewann zudem zum sechsten Mal den Gold Glove Award.

2010
In der Saison 2010 gelang es Ichirō als erstem Spieler in der MLB, seine Serie von Spielzeiten mit mindestens 200 Hits auf mittlerweile 10 Saisons auszubauen. Pete Rose gelangen zwar zuvor ebenfalls 10 Spielzeiten mit dieser Leistung, allerdings nicht wie durch Ichirō in zehn aufeinanderfolgenden Saisons. Für seine defensiven Leistungen im Outfield wurde er zum zehnten Mal in Folge mit einem Gold Glove ausgezeichnet. Damit liegt er in der Liste der gewonnenen Gold Gloves im Outfield auf dem geteilten dritten Platz hinter Roberto Clemente und Willie Mays, die jeweils zwölf Mal erfolgreich waren.

Trivia
 Im Januar 2006 spielte Ichirō sich in der Fernsehserie Furuhata Ninzaburō selbst. Seine Rolle war die des Mörders.

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