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Lola Montez: Beauty and Song in the Old West
Lola Montez (de:Gouache by Carl Buchner, 1847. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
Lola Montez is known as the "first tabloid celebrity." She was born in a time when women had to use whatever they had to survive. Lola's story is similar to that of her own mother, reflecting the harsh life women endured and their reluctant dependence on men for everything, including their safety, security, and even their success. Although her story begins in Europe, it ends in the early years of the Wild West. The story of Lola Montez could be the story of any woman in the Wild West years, struggling to survive in a new land ruled by men, and somehow succeeding.
Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
Lola was born Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1824 (although this is disputed, this is the date given by Montez in her autobiography). In her lectures she stated that her ancestors were Irish and Moorish-Spanish. Lola's mother, Elizabeth Oliver, was the child of Irish diplomat Charles Silver Oliver, a descendent of the Spanish noble Count de Montalvo, former High Sheriff of Cork, and a member of Parliament in County Limerick.
Elizabeth Oliver was also known to be the most beautiful woman in her social circle. Unfortunately, Elizabeth Oliver eloped with a soldier, Edward Gilbert, and although Montez claimed she was born in the second year of their marriage it was rumoured that her mother was pregnant with Lola at the time of their marriage.
Gilbert was an intelligent man and talented soldier. He was made a Captain in the 44th Irish Regiment before the age of 20. Unfortunately, the marriage and rumors surrounding the marriage of the young couple destroyed any chance that either or both would have been welcomed back into society. The couple lived in Boyle, County Roscommon before Gilbert was sent to India in March of 1823.
Daguerreotype of dancer and actress Lola Montez (1821-1861). TC-75, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University. Public Domain.
The timing of the young family was poor. There was a devestating Cholera epidemic in India in the early 1800s and Lola's father died of Cholera shortly after their arrival. According to the autobiography of Montez, her father's best friend, Lt. Patrick Craigie, was also in the room at the time of his death and Gilbert begged Craigie to care for his young wife and child.
Lola's mother married Lt. Patrick Craigie. Craigie, however, either was not familiar with raising young girls or was an impatient man. He did not want little Lola in the home. It was an important experience for Lola, though. A short lesson on the politics of marital relationships and the fact that women had little power or control over their lives.
Lola was sent to Sunderland, England. Craigie's older sister ran a boarding school in Sunderland, but one can imagine Lola was not greeted with open arms. Her stay in Sunderland lasted less than a year before she was sent on to Bath, the largest city in the county of Somerset, England.
The ancient city of Bath was known for its constant flow of tourists who arrived from around the world for a taste of the healing waters, the social scene and entertainment. It was the perfect environment for Lola's friendly, outgoing, confident personality. She quickly learned the art of flirtation and social behaviors and became interested in dancing, as well.
Craigie was promoted to Major and sent to Calcutta. Lola was separated from her mother and lived with the family of Sir Jasper Nichols, commander of the Bengal forces. Nichols had many daughters and Montez was sent to Paris, along with the Nichols' children, to finish her education.
There were many rumors about Lola's behavior at this time. She was marked as a troublemaker for sticking a flower in a man's hat during church. Apparently, that was all it took to destroy a child's reputation. It was also said that she once through the village naked. In contemporary times, the child would be questioned to see if she was attacked, but instead, Lola was victimized by visious gossip. She was only ten years old. It was yet another painful lesson for Lola, this time about society and gossip. Beautiful little girls lived the same dangerous lives as beautiful grown women, and Lola would have to learn how to survive.
Lola Montez as Mariquita, in the ballet Un jour de carneval of Seville, 1852.
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
Lola was sent to Sunderland, England. Craigie's older sister ran a boarding school in Sunderland, but one can imagine Lola was not greeted with open arms. Her stay in Sunderland lasted less than a year before she was sent on to Bath, the largest city in the county of Somerset, England. The ancient city of Bath was known for its constant flow of tourists who arrived from around the world for a taste of the healing waters, the social scene and entertainment. It was the perfect environment for Lola's friendly, outgoing, confident personality. She quickly learned the art of flirtation and social behaviors and became interested in dancing, as well.
When she returned to the Nichols family at the age of 14 her mother arrived claiming she was there to take her home. Montez was confused by the number of new gowns and fancy clothing that was made for this trip and when she asked her mother's travel escort, 27-year-old Captain James, she discovered she was promised to be married to a sixty-year-old court judge.
Lola Montez at the height of her stage performance career. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
An Arranged Marriage for a Child
Lola was terrified to learn she was to marry a 60-year-old man. She turned to her mother's travel companion, Lt. Thomas James, and begged for his help. In her memoirs, Montez refers to Lt. James in a way that implies he may have been a lover or deeply admired by Lola's mother, but Lola was so insistent with her pleas for rescue from the planned marriage that James proposed an elopment.
They settled in Ireland, but perhaps "settled" is not the right word to use when discussing the life of Lola Montez. In addition to the scandal created by her young age, Lola's husband was also abusive. He spent his days chasing women and drinking. Lola and her husband returned to Spain, but they were not welcomed by her mother.
Lola left her husband and headed for England. She met her next lover, another Army officer, on the ship. They were accused of an open and indecent affair--at her divorce trial, other passengers claimed they often saw Lola's cabin door open and Lola, half-dressed, with the officer. Lola was forced to return to Spain where Lola's husband, Lt. James, granted her a divorce. Lola was only 20 years old.
Lola Montez as Mariquita, in the ballet Un jour de carneval of Seville. 1852: Public Domain.
Spanish Dancing
In an attempt to redefine her image, Lola began an intense study of Spanish dancing in Seville. She traveled to England in 1843 as Lola Montez where she was booked to appear in the royal theatre. She was thrilled by the opportunity. She finally had a chance to make her way in a man's world alone, but her dream was shattered by a man in the audience who recognized Montez as the former wife of Lt. James, and an Irishwoman. The man shouted out in the middle of her dance that she was not a famous Spanish dancer and revealed her previous identity.
At that time, the Irish were experiencing extreme prejudice. The audience was easily led to believe by the man--who had unknown motives--that she was trying to deceive the audience. She was chased from the stage with catcalls and insults. She was considered unemployable due to her tarnished reputation and was passed from one man to another as their beautiful Spanish lover. And she was beautiful, but Lola dreamed of being more than a courtesan. Still, it would be years before she could leave that past behind and fulfill her dream of the dance.
Jules Laure - Portrait of Lola Montez, 1845.
Life moved quickly in these days and within a year Lola was in Paris, France. She once again appeared on stage in the opera Le lazzarone, but reviews were poor. She was forced to fall back on her looks and reputation to survive once more and had yet another scandalous affair, this time with the composer Franz Liszt. She was introduced to novelist George Sand who was also known for her scandalous affairs, but Sand's friendship enabled Lola to meet many important people, including author Alexander Dumas.
Lola Montez (Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert) by George Dury, ca. 1848, Tennessee State Library and Archives. Public Domain.
It is believed that Lola and Dumas also had a romantic affair. But it was her friendship with newspaper publisher Alexandre Dujarier that helped her move forward with her dream, as well as her acquaintance with the newspaper's drama critic. Sadly, her friendship/romance with Dujarier also ended badly when he confronted another man in a jealous rage and challenged him to a duel. Dujarier lost and Lola was forced to move on. The life of a courteson depends on her success in finding and keeping a lover, and whatever she may have felt for Dujarier, he could not help her once he had died.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach - Lola Montez in a classic costume, 1847.
The Countess of Landsfeld
Lola's life took a dramatic turn when she arrived in Munich around 1846. In spite of her reputation for having an explosive temper and lack of popularity with the people, she became the mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria who also made her Countess of Landsfeld, a title that came with a large allowance and political power--one minister, Karl von Abel, was dismissed for objecting to her political position.
Lola, now the Countess, was a liberal in a country divided by its mix of liberal and conservative beliefs. It is possible she was even more politically involved than her husband. When threats of revolution at the local university were relayed to her in 1848, the Countess had the university shut down. The king was forced to reopen the university, but the scandal also forced him to abdicate and Lola barely escaped Bavaria alive. Historians believe Ludwig's relationship with Lola Montez was the cause of his downfall, but he also showed a tendency to use poor judgment in political situations.
Lola Montez with Black Veil, 1853. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
Lola escaped to Switzerland where she waited for her lover, but he never arrived. She then moved to London and married yet another officer, George Trafford Heald, but discovered she would soon be charged with bigamy due to local laws and once again, Lola was on the run. Lola and Heald traveled to France, then Spain. It is believed he drowned in Spain.
There's Something About Lola...
Apparently fed up with life in Europe and her terrible luck with love, Lola decided to try the Wild West and bought a ticket for a boat ride to the U.S. She was 35, which was close to the average life span in the Old West, but her beguiling appearance once again brought her fame and notoriety.
Conrad Kiesel - A portrait of Lola Montez (according to Christie's). Date unknown.
Lola Montez was an expert at re-inventing her image, but when it came to decisions on love, she still had a lot to learn. Before the ship reached California, she was engaged to Mr. Patrick Hull, editor of the San Fransisco Whig.
According to an article in The Maritime Heritage Project, she married Hull a few months later and divorced him two months after the wedding. In yet another scandal, a doctor who was named as co-respondent in the divorce was shot and killed, and his body was found on a hillside near the city.
Historic American Buildings Survey Louis Sanchez Call, Oakland, California - Lola Montez House, 248 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA. Public Domian.
Peace at Last for Lola
Looking back on her story it is easy to imagine that something in her childhood had changed Lola so that she found it difficult to truly love, or maintain a loving relationship. After her marriage to Hull she decided to help women, instead. Of course, she continued to perform and was just as popular in the Old West as she had been in Europe. Surprisingly, the Wild West towns were attractive to famous performers--lonely men with gold in their pockets and nowhere to spend it was the perfect situation for skilled, beautiful performers.
Lola, however, never forgot her life of struggle. She bought a home in Grass Valley where she stayed between performances and was reportedly well-liked by the community. She also started a program helping women who were struggling to survive on her own.
Lola Montez died in financial poverty. She was still a young woman of 39, and it is believed that she died of pneumonia. However, an article in The Irish Times states that she died from the effects of syphillus. Regardless, it is her life that is best remembered. She was a woman confronted with many obstacles who managed to build a career that was golden and left behind a reputation for her kindness and compassion. She gave everything she owned to help the women in the Wild West. She also met a special young girl who she decided to teach how to dance--Charlotte "Lotta" Crabtree. It was a serendipitous meeting--Lotta Crabtree would become the star of the next generation of Wild West entertainers.
Sources: (Please note from the sources that this post was started in May of 2017 and published in June of 2018, I apologize for any discrepensy in the source information.)
Collins, Padraig. "An Irishman's Diary on the glamorous and dangerous Lola Montez." Posted July 16, 2014. Accessed July 25, 2019.
Gilbert, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna. Encyclopedia Brittanica Online, 1911. Accessed May 14, 2017.
"Lola Montez." Death Valley Days. Episode first aired January 4, 1955.
"Lola Montez." Very Important Passengers. Ship Passengers: 1846-1899. The Maritime Heritage Project ~ San Francisco. Accessed January 16, 2018.
Montez, Lola. Autobiography and Lectures of Lola Montez. James Blackwood, Paternoster Rowe. London: 1860.
"Obituary: Death of Lola Montez." News. The New York Times. Originally published January 21, 1861. Accessed online May 12, 2017.
Roper, Ann. "Her Name Was Lola." Hidden History. Aired March 7, 2007. Accessed on Internet Archive Wayback Machine November 7, 2017.


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The party argues that all funds which were promised to the candidate have already been transferred.
Politicians from other parties do not believe this is the real reason, and argue that the funds were stopped due to poor pre-election polls.
Ogórek's support hovers around one-two percent, according to recent surveys.
The Secretary General of SLD Krzysztof Gawkowski says that no media speculation should be placed on the party decision to cut funds.
He said that all obligations to Magdalena Ogórek and her staff have been met. "These decisions were made two months ago," Gawkowski said.
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A Supply Network For the Amazon Age
By Danny Ing, Founder and CTO, Cin7 - 02/08/2017
The biggest companies by market capitalization 15 years ago were deeply rooted in the physical world. No. 3 Exxon sold you the gasoline to drive to no. 5 Walmart back in 2001. Even Microsoft, the no. 2 company, dealt largely in the OS and software for your notebook or desktop PC.
Financial markets today favor the virtual. Today's leaders by market capitalization — Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook — are all tech companies, mostly operating in the online world where you search Google on your iPhone or PC for product information, and buy it on Amazon or Facebook.
These are also the primal forces at play in a new dynamic of supply chains. Young suppliers, particularly in apparel, can now use the globalized, connected world to work with contract manufacturing and logistics providers, and tap online marketplaces, which allow them to grow from nothing to multi-million dollar competitors in a matter of months, not years.
They could not grow exponentially (or even exist) under the old world order that required building a supply chain largely from scratch. Sourcing material and manufacturers was more difficult than today's connected B2B ecommerce world. Developing markets meant clawing their way into retail chains and siloed sales channels.
A new kind of supply
Technology has created something that might be deemed a supply network, as opposed to a supply chain. A supply network includes multiple channels and multiple ways to distribute. It's the obviation of the need to run one's own system of warehouses, and the ability to sell beyond one or two channels. The supply network is holding stock not just in warehouses but with 3PL partners, including whatever you sell through Amazon.
This is why managing a supply network is actually can be more complicated than managing a supply chain. But technology and globalization have created the tools, connections and integrations that make it possible for companies to bring products from widespread manufacturers to far-flung markets without the need for building a supply chain from scratch.
The new kind of company
I've met with a number of these companies myself in the last year. These companies are typically looking to connect to as many marketplaces as possible. They are selling through their own websites, and through Shopify, eBay or Pinterest, and they are looking to sell through Walmart.com and Amazon as well. Which is to say that ecommerce isn't the entire story, but it's a big part of it.
These companies, in short, are typically seeking to integrate their inventory with three or four marketplaces at once, while coordinating with overseas manufacturers and 3PLs for warehousing and shipping.
The common denominator among these companies is that, thanks to supply networks, they can afford to focus most of their resources on their brand and their products. They usually aren't very concerned about the logistics because there is always somebody else with the expertise, the technology and systems, and the price competitiveness to turn aspects of their supply chains into an operating expense.
I met with one particular company that didn't exist two years ago, but today is a $30-million concern. The bulk of the company's sales is through Amazon, but knowing that a single-channel supply chain is risky, they are now seeking to sell through multiple ecommerce channels, to expand to overseas markets, and to sell with big name brick-and-mortar chains as well.
Smart strategic moves, but the company's rapid growth underscores why this feels like the Amazon Age.
Amazon: a marketplace and logistics provider
The advantage today's companies have over suppliers of 15 years ago is most prominently illustrated by Amazon. This isn't just because of Amazon's early lead in ecommerce but more due to the way it has leveraged its investment in warehouses, shipping and fulfilment operations to become so price competitive.
Amazon doesn't just have the faith of the markets — it connects more than 6 million vendors and sellers to 300 million customers. Amazon's continued growth (hiring 1,500 new staff a month on my recent trip to Seattle) is making it one of the biggest threats to brick-and-mortar suppliers who in response are rethinking how their supply chains work.
And now, according to a recent report, Amazon is poised to surpass its brick-and-mortar cousins as the biggest apparel seller in America. Its apparel sales are expected to reach $28 billion in 2017, overshadowing Macy's apparel sales, which analysts predict will come in at $22 billion at the same time (a 4 percent drop from this year's sales).
Amazon isn't just growing, it has arrived, and has embedded itself into the normal business landscape. Manufacturers and suppliers that want their supply networks to reach as many customers as possible must give Amazon extra attention in developing their overall sales strategy.
Vanishing silos
The vast majority of those 6 million sellers and vendors will not achieve the sales success that the emerging leaders will enjoy. But even the success stories have problems managing inventory through their supply networks as they're taking off.
This has to do with what one of our business partners calls "entrepreneurial ADD." His company provides cloud accounting services to a lot of companies selling through Amazon, and many of them are on their way to become successful businesses in a short period of time. The leaders of these companies tend to be so focused on getting up and running quickly that they often do everything themselves. They wear every hat in the business, which tends to "silo" their activity.
Some of these entrepreneurs come to realize that if they want to continue growing, they have to invest in tools and services for managing inventory, fulfilling orders and distribution across all their channels.
But many of the tools on the market today are optimized for a single purpose, a single silo. Many software solutions, for example, continue to market themselves within their specialty. A POS solution will market itself as only a POS solution. Likewise with most inventory management solutions, and EDI/VAN providers.
These siloed tools miss the point of the next generation of silo-less companies. They can't take advantage of the fast-growth opportunities of marketplaces like Amazon if they have to manage an increasing number of tools and solutions simply to do business and grow. They need to move and track their inventory from one part of their supply network (their suppliers and outsourced warehouses) to all the other nodes in their network at once.
This can include Amazon's combination of marketplace and fulfillment channels, and marketplaces such as eBay and Walmart.com, and brick-and-mortar retail partners. There are many companies that also start off in ecommerce but find growth opportunities to expand in their own retail outlets, and thus need a way to track and manage inventory to their POS.
More companies will tap into the rapid growth opportunities on offer in this Amazon Age. But just as their businesses must be focused on building a great product — not bogged down in siloed business processes — so will the solution they adopt focus on managing inventory in a supply network without silos.
Danny Ing is founder and CTO of Cin7, a provider of connected inventory solutions for retail.
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A diagnosis like leukaemia has a tremendous impact on any family, but for an adolescent to receive the news it can be all the more complicated. This is what happened to Lorena when she was 14 years old. It started as a normal summer and she was playing tennis daily. She felt tired but she didn't want to tell her parents because they would tell her that it was because she ate very little. Slowly Lorena began to lose weight and became tired more frequently. "I would climb up the stairs and it would feel like I had run a marathon", she explains. "In addition, I would have abnormally rapid heart beats".
This accelerated heartbeat triggered the alarm bells. One summer night, Lorena was eating dinner with her family and she noticed an abnormally rapid heart beat. Her older brother, who was studying Pharmacy at the time, took her pulse. They were concerned so they decided to take her to the doctor the following day. At first, because she was so pale, the doctor thought she was anaemic, but the results of the blood test revealed a rather different fate. Lorena's family were expecting to wait 15 days for the results of the tests but the same afternoon they were told that she would have to be hospitalized immediately. After a spinal tap, there were no doubts about the diagnosis: "Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia".
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This reaction from a girl of 14 years old to such news can be a little chaotic. At the time, Lorena's plan was to not fall behind in her school work or to lose her friends. "I remember that a girl my age who had had leukaemia came to talk to me in the hospital. She told me that in this situation I would recognise who my real friends were. With this in mind, I decided not to tell anyone. I didn't want any last minute surprises", recalls Lorena.
Her decision could not be carried out in the end because she told her friends and it all went smoothly. "After I thought that I had to be thankful that the leukaemia had been discovered in the summer. I could take the course of treatment more or less normally but I was constantly thinking, why me? Why have I been affected? What have I done to deserve this? But then I looked around and saw babies of only 3 months old who were in the same position and I thought that they deserved this even less than me!!! - explains Lorena.
After everything, in those hard months in the hospital, Lorena not only discovered bad things, she also found her vocation: to take care of the sick. Nowadays, she is 26 years old, and she is a nurse in the same hospital where she got over leukaemia, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. "I find it funny to meet Dr. Estella in the corridors...He and Dr. Ribes were the ones who cured me... and now they are my work colleagues!" she explained happily.
Lorena was sure when she began working at the hospital that: "if possible, I did not want to be in the oncology ward. Not because of the patients, but I would see the mothers of the children and remember how my mother suffered. I was short-tempered and in bad shape and she stayed to sleep with me, getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to work", she comments emotionally.
When asked about plans for the future she is clear: "to continue having a stable job, to start a family, to enjoy my family, my boyfriend and my nephews".
We asked her what she thought she would say to a patient who was going through the same as she went through. She reflected and told us: "to have motivation to see the future, that leukaemia is a pothole, a bad period, but that sooner or later it will pass and that they should face up to the situation in the most positive way possible. Also to appreciate those who are by our side".
And it won't be easy since cancer is a very tough disease for a child, but children are the strongest of all. She makes a comparison that we love: "Children with leukaemia are like ants, they have the capacity to support 50 times their own weight".


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import _ from 'lodash';

import {
  REQUEST_NUT,
  RECEIVE_NUT,
  INVALIDATE_NUT,
  RECEIVE_CONCELHO
} from '../actions';
import { startYear, endYear } from '../config';

const initialState = {
  fetching: false,
  fetched: false,
  data: {}
};

// Cache processing.
let processed = false;

export default function reducer (state = initialState, action) {
  switch (action.type) {
    case INVALIDATE_NUT:
      processed = false;
      return Object.assign({}, state, initialState);
    case REQUEST_NUT:
      return Object.assign({}, state, {
        error: null,
        fetching: true,
        fetched: false
      });
    case RECEIVE_NUT:
    case RECEIVE_CONCELHO:
      state = Object.assign({}, state, { fetching: false, fetched: true });
      if (action.error) {
        state.error = action.error;
      } else if (processed !== action.nutSlug) {
        processed = action.nutSlug;
        let nut = action.data.results.find(o => o.slug === action.nutSlug);
        state.data = processData(nut);
      }
      break;
  }
  return state;
}

function processData (nut) {
  // Sanitize.
  // nut.concelhos = nut.concelhos.map((d, i) => {
  //   if (!d.data['lic-geral']) {
  //     console.info(`Concelho: ${d.name} doesn't have data on "lic-geral"`);
  //     d.data['lic-geral'] = _.range(startYear, endYear + 1).map(y => ({year: y, value: 1}));
  //   }
  //   if (!d.data['lic-mob-reduzida']) {
  //     console.info(`Concelho: ${d.name} doesn't have data on "lic-mob-reduzida"`);
  //     d.data['lic-mob-reduzida'] = _.range(startYear, endYear + 1).map(y => ({year: y, value: 1}));
  //   }
  //   if (!d.data['max-lic-geral']) {
  //     console.info(`Concelho: ${d.name} doesn't have data on "max-lic-geral"`);
  //     d.data['max-lic-geral'] = _.range(startYear, endYear + 1).map(y => ({year: y, value: 1}));
  //   }
  //   if (!d.data['max-lic-mob-reduzida']) {
  //     console.info(`Concelho: ${d.name} doesn't have data on "max-lic-mob-reduzida"`);
  //     d.data['max-lic-mob-reduzida'] = _.range(startYear, endYear + 1).map(y => ({year: y, value: 1}));
  //   }

  //   return d;
  // });

  // Sort concelhos.
  nut.concelhos = _.sortBy(nut.concelhos, 'slug');

  // Licenças and max per district.
  nut.concelhos = nut.concelhos.map(d => {
    d.data.licencasStartY = d.data['lic-geral'][0].value + d.data['lic-mob-reduzida'][0].value;
    d.data.licencasEndY = _.last(d.data['lic-geral']).value + _.last(d.data['lic-mob-reduzida']).value;
    d.data.maxEndY = _.last(d.data['max-lic-geral']).value + _.last(d.data['max-lic-mob-reduzida']).value;

    d.data.change = d.data.licencasEndY - d.data.licencasStartY;

    return d;
  });

  // Total licenças start year.
  nut.data.licencasStartY = nut.data['lic-geral'][0].value + nut.data['lic-mob-reduzida'][0].value;

  // Total licenças mob reduzida start year.
  nut.data.licencasMobReduzidaStartY = _.sumBy(nut.concelhos, d => d.data['lic-mob-reduzida'][0].value);

  // Total licenças mob reduzida end year.
  nut.data.licencasMobReduzidaEndY = _.sumBy(nut.concelhos, d => _.last(d.data['lic-mob-reduzida']).value);

  // Total licenças end year.
  nut.data.licencasEndY = _.last(nut.data['lic-geral']).value + _.last(nut.data['lic-mob-reduzida']).value;

  // Max licenças end year
  nut.data.maxEndY = _.last(nut.data['max-lic-geral']).value + _.last(nut.data['max-lic-mob-reduzida']).value;

  // Pouplação
  nut.data.populacao = _.last(nut.data['pop-residente']).value;

  // Licenças per 1000 habitants.
  nut.data.licencasHab = nut.data.licencasEndY / (nut.data.populacao / 1000);

  nut.data.totalMunicipios = nut.concelhos.length;

  // Number of municípios with lic-mob-reduzida.
  nut.data.totalMunicipiosMobReduzida = _.sumBy(nut.concelhos, d => _.last(d.data['lic-mob-reduzida']).value ? 1 : 0);

  // Compute the timeline at the nut level.
  nut.data.licencasTimeline = _.range(startYear, endYear + 1).map((y, i) => {
    let d = {
      year: y,
      'lic-geral': nut.data['lic-geral'][i].value,
      'lic-mob-reduzida': nut.data['lic-mob-reduzida'][i].value,
      'max-lic-geral': nut.data['max-lic-geral'][i].value,
      'max-lic-mob-reduzida': nut.data['max-lic-mob-reduzida'][i].value
    };

    d['pop-residente'] = nut.data['pop-residente'][i].value;

    d['lic1000'] = (d['lic-geral'] + d['lic-mob-reduzida']) / (d['pop-residente'] / 1000);

    return d;
  });

  return nut;
}

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Sixth Doctor and Peri box set
Tags : Big Finish News Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor Adventures
Four new adventures featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown are coming in August 2020, set after the 1986 tv story "Trial of a Time Lord" and the Big Finish adventure "The Rani Elite".
Scott Handcock (producer/director) told us more: "Ever since the Sixth Doctor and Peri were reunited in The Widow's Assassin back in 2014, listeners have wanted a continuation of their post-Trial of a Time Lord adventures together. And so now, to commemorate twenty years of Doctor Who at Big Finish, they're getting a new collection of stories spanning the cosmos. We travel to nineteenth-century Africa, futuristic Earth colonies and a 1970s film studios plus we meet the ultimate Doctor/companion relationship counsellor in Sigmund Freud!"
1. The Headless Ones by James Parsons & Andrew Stirling-Brown
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On the Earth colony world Rusina, the populace strive to be popular. Likes lead to promotion, dislikes lead to demotion – and more recently, something worse. So when the Doctor investigates the truth behind their subscriber-led society, he finds himself about to become very unpopular indeed.
3. The Vanity Trap by Stuart Manning
Myrna Kendal used to be a Hollywood film star. Now she spends her life reminiscing on chat shows but there is always one unfinished film she refuses to talk about… at least until the TARDIS interrupts a TV interview, and the Doctor and Peri's appearance stirs up long-forgotten memories.
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Doctor Who - The Sixth Doctor and Peri Volume 1 will be released in August 2020, and can now be pre-ordered as a CD box set for £24.99 or on download at £19.99 from Big Finish.
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The 30-year-old tested positive for an anabolic agent in three out-of-competition urine samples in December and November this past year.
He had been found to have had testosterone pellets inserted in his entire body, the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) said.
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Regardless of the effect of the mediation judgment, I have resolved to retire from swimming to pursue other professional interests.
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Q: ifconfig: more different device items than physical NICs/sockets I have a simple router for home users (D-Link DIR-300) with embedded Linux (kernel 2.6.21) and a bunch of networking tools. Inspecting the internals of of this system through telnet, I've got this output (slightly modified and stripped; lo and ifbN skipped) for the ifconfig -a command:
br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          inet addr:192.168.5.1  Bcast:192.168.5.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          RX bytes:94887799 (90.4 MiB)  TX bytes:1042490563 (994.1 MiB)

br8       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          RX bytes:974053699 (928.9 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2150801235 (2.0 GiB)  TX bytes:2142220936 (1.9 GiB)
          Interrupt:3

eth2.1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          RX bytes:17544 (17.1 KiB)  TX bytes:994732248 (948.6 MiB)

eth2.2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:72669 (70.9 KiB)

eth2.3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:55:9C:4D:2E
          RX bytes:96947373 (92.4 MiB)  TX bytes:1045811045 (997.3 MiB)

eth2.4    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:72669 (70.9 KiB)

eth2.5    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2F
          inet addr:ex.te.rn.al  Bcast:ex.te.rn.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          RX bytes:2024079220 (1.8 GiB)  TX bytes:99321148 (94.7 MiB)

eth2.5.35 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E
          ... PROMISC ...
          RX bytes:984221760 (938.6 MiB)  TX bytes:22318 (21.7 KiB)

Physically there are 5 ethernet sockets, but as it could be seen from the above info there are 2 hardware NICs (CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E and CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2F) and this appears logically: LAN and WAN. Maybe I'm wrong even with this, but eth2.5 seems to be the only normal case (its own IP/MAC). Other 8 generates difficulties understanding what's going on there: all 8 records have the same MAC (CB:B2:32:9C:4D:2E), only br0 has an assigned IP, eth2 seems to be special with txqueuelen:1000 and an interrupt (others don't have interrupts, even eth2.5), eth2.2 and eth2.4 are identical with the same amount of TX bytes and they don't recieve bytes, br8 is just receiving bytes.
So, how does this networking magic work?  many different device names, same MAC, different properties
What are the relations between NICs, MAC addresses, device names?

A: According to Network bridge vs. NIC teaming?:

Bridging is usually used when you wish to combine two network connections, but not necessarily have them doing the same task (an example is if you want a VM to appear as a real machine on your network). You can bridge the VM's software NIC (if it has one) with a physical card giving it direct access to then LAN (rather than doing NAT)
It does make the computer see them as 1, but they'll only have one connection to the LAN/Internet.

To know that the interfaces used to create bridge use bridge-utils in linux.
for example brctl show br0, then it will show the interfaces used to create bridge br0 and the hardware address(MAC address) of br0 is the MAC address of first interface that is used to create bridge br0. So here the first interface that you will see after running brctl show is eth2.
After seeing your ifconfig result it seems like there is a bridge between interface eth2 to other interfaces like eth1, eth3, eth4,and eth5 named as eth2.1 and so on.
You are seeing MAC address for eth2.5 is different because of during bridge creation eth5 is taken as first interface.

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Dr. Dedi S Adhuri, Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
Dr. Laely Nurhidayah, Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
Drs. Ary Wahyono, M.Si, Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
Dr. Ikbal Maulana (Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)
Dr. Nina Widyawati (Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)
Tine Suartina, Ph.D (Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)
Prof. Dr. Gregory Lawrence Acciaioli (School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia)
Lilis Mulyani, Ph.D (Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Najib Burhani, (Research Center of Society and Culture - National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)
Yanuar Nugroho, Ph.D, (ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore)
Prof. Dr. Fridus Steijlen, (Koninklijk Instituut voor tall, Land Volkenkund (KITLV), Netherland)
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package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"html/template"

	owm "github.com/briandowns/openweathermap"
	//	"io/ioutil"

	"net/http"
	"os"
)

// URL is a constant that contains where to find the IP locale info
const URL = "http://ip-api.com/json"

// Data will hold the result of the query to get the IP
// address of the caller.
type Data struct {
	Status      string  `json:"status"`
	Country     string  `json:"country"`
	CountryCode string  `json:"countryCode"`
	Region      string  `json:"region"`
	RegionName  string  `json:"regionName"`
	City        string  `json:"city"`
	Zip         string  `json:"zip"`
	Lat         float64 `json:"lat"`
	Lon         float64 `json:"lon"`
	Timezone    string  `json:"timezone"`
	ISP         string  `json:"isp"`
	ORG         string  `json:"org"`
	AS          string  `json:"as"`
	Message     string  `json:"message"`
	Query       string  `json:"query"`
}

// getLocation will get the location details for where this
// application has been run from.
func getLocation() (*Data, error) {
	response, err := http.Get(URL)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer response.Body.Close()
	r := &Data{}
	if err = json.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(&r); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return r, nil
}

// getCurrent gets the current weather for the provided location in
// the units provided.
func getCurrent(l, u, lang string) (*owm.CurrentWeatherData, error) {
	w, err := owm.NewCurrent(u, lang, os.Getenv("OWM_API_KEY")) // Create the instance with the given unit
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	w.CurrentByName(l) // Get the actual data for the given location
	return w, nil
}

// hereHandler will take are of requests coming in for the "/here" route.
func hereHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	location, err := getLocation()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprint(w, http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}
	wd, err := getCurrent(location.City, "F", "en")
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprint(w, http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}
	// Process our template
	t, err := template.ParseFiles("templates/here.html")
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprint(w, http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}
	// We're doin' naughty things below... Ignoring icon file size and possible errors.
	_, _ = owm.RetrieveIcon("static/img", wd.Weather[0].Icon+".png")

	// Write out the template with the given data
	t.Execute(w, wd)
}

// Run the app
func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/here", hereHandler)
	// Make sure we can serve our icon files once retrieved
	http.HandleFunc("/static/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		http.ServeFile(w, r, r.URL.Path[1:])
	})
	http.ListenAndServe(":8888", nil)
}


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Waiting for my dear wife Karen to open together.
Just this morning I received an email from my dear BloggyVille friend Rachel, putting me on alert that she'd put the prize from her Could Do Worse: Adventures in London anniversary sweepstakes in the post.
A bit back Rachel had noted how she'd been publishing her words and photographs here for several years, and would therefore celebrate by putting the names of all who commented on said story in a hat, pulling one out, and sending them a prize.
That's not why I clicked the comment box. I sent my congratulations, respect and admiration, as I've done regularly since we began following each other way back when. She's good, traveling around her London world and sharing images and thoughts of landmarks, not to mention cooking and the arts and the act of living and raising two teens with her husband Steve. She's my kind of person. Click the link above, and you'll see what I mean.
Lo and behold, she drew my name out of that hat. Fair and square.
Today's email — yes, we are real-life friends now who can't yet meet in person, all these miles and all that water in between us, but can send off-the-grid messages of support and encouragement about inevitable peaks and valleys — warned of how the packing of said prize warrants special care while taking it out of the box.
The carton above arrived with the mail this morning, addressed to Mark and Karen, from Rachel and husband Steve. The international labels surely will be saved by me. I hope you don't mind my blurring for privacy's sake. I mentally pronounced the operative word in the last sentence with a British accent, getting even more stoked.
Yet I shall wait until my dear wife returns home from her job at SMG, and we will proceed with care.
Look for an update tomorrow … providing we get through it unscathed.
Have you received a mystery package, and if so, what did it end up containing? Have you won a BloggyVille contest, and if so, from which blogger, and please supply the link. What do you think is inside that box?
It's not ticking or buzzing in any way, Paul. 🙂 No smells.
Can't you take just a wee peak and then re-tape it?
I understand, and thanks for the spelling correction – I typed that comment too quickly!
Thanks, Amy. I think it'll be worth it!
I was wondering how they got it to you with all the addresses rubbed off.
Magic labels. They appear and disappear at the snap of the fingers. Mine!
Me, too, Donna. It's going to be exciting!
I think I may be more anxious than you are Mark! It's hard to see the dimensions of the box from the photo but I'm going with a book or a picture/photograph. You'll have to let us know. I recently won a Metallica bio from a blogger who does book reviews ( a lot of music ones ) therealrene.
Oh yeah, I couldn't really see the height of it that well. Don't break it when you shake it, ha, ha!
mark – first, thank you for your kind words – you are a good friend. Second – i do hope the contents of said package doesn't disappoint. Finally, can't quite believe i emailed you just in time!!
Oooh! Yes I have! Several years ago an ENORMOUS box was delivered to me from my friend Tracey in Alberta. (She is an online friend, too.) I had to push the box through and it barely cleared the doorway! I began opening it immediately, as the box instructed.
It was a refrigerated shipment of Godiva chocolate!
Very cool, Mark … Rachel is a kind and giving person. I'll vouch for that.
Yes, she surely is, Jim. Lucky us to be her friends way over here.
I have received many packages over my lifetime but none which were a prize. So, this is me holding my breath, well at least for a few seconds. . . smiles and will check back tomorrow, Mark!
Thanks, Robin. I will do a good job on the big reveal, my firend. I promise.
congrats and i'm so excited to see what's inside!
Thanks, Beth. It's a great reveal!
Reveal to come tomorrow morning, Wormy. Edward will have to wait. I know he wants to slice it open right off.
How exciting! I look forward to the reveal, Chum. Congrats, by the way!
oh no – it is not you Mark – I just changed my blog stuff again – ha!
I did see that particular gravatar photo at least once before, though, Y. I have to be on my toes, you know?
You too. I'm so glad spring is here at last. Are you into the Rockies like you are the Broncos?
No I am not a baseball fan. But it is funny you mention "spring." I just wrote a poem about that season that I am posting now lol. Mind read much?
Great minds move in the same direction, man. I'll come take a look.
🙂 I am sure you are a safe guy!!
It's a big reveal, Rachel!


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Il tordo sassello (Turdus iliacus ) è un uccello della famiglia dei Turdidi.

Tordo di piccola taglia, esile e irrequieto, ha forme piuttosto slanciate; il piumaggio di ambedue i sessi è di colore bruno-olivastro sul dorso, e bianco-fulvo con striature scure nelle parti inferiori del corpo. È una specie territoriale, monogama e gregaria soprattutto nel periodo delle migrazioni. Si alimenta spesso insieme ad altri turdidi e a storni. Uccello frugivoro e insettivoro, durante la stagione riproduttiva, si ciba soprattutto di insetti, lumache, vermi. Nel corso dello svernamento, si nutre prevalentemente di alimenti vegetali. È forse la specie che maggiormente sfrutta le condizioni meteorologiche, per compiere i movimenti migratori, al punto che i venti non solo influenzano i tempi e le rotte di migrazione, ma addirittura determinano la scelta dei quartieri di svernamento. Utilizzando la spinta del vento, i migratori risparmiano energie e riescono a mantenere velocità medie orarie dell'ordine di 80 chilometri, riducendo così i tempi necessari per la traversata dei tratti di mare.

Quasi tutta la sua popolazione europea è migratrice a lungo raggio o parziale, diffusa come nidificante alle alte e medie latitudini dell'Europa settentrionale e dell'Asia nord-occidentale. Durante la stagione riproduttiva, compresa tra maggio e luglio, si trova nei mosaici di campagna aperta e bosco, in pianura e bassa collina, dove costruisce il nido sugli alberi, nei cespugli e sulle rocce. Abita anche foreste decidue o miste con campi e paludi, radure nella foresta primaria, boschi cedui con sottobosco, boschetti costieri, tundra a salice e betulla e aree coltivate semiaperte. I quartieri di svernamento delle sue popolazioni migratrici europee interessano l'Europa occidentale e i paesi del bacino del Mediterraneo, fino al Maghreb, al Mar Nero, alla regione caucasica e a sud del Mar Caspio, da ottobre a febbraio.

Si sospetta una diminuzione in atto della popolazione complessiva di questa specie, classificata nella Categoria Quasi minacciata della Lista Rossa dell'IUCN. In Italia, è migratore regolare, con doppio passo, in ottobre-novembre e a febbraio-marzo. Nidificante irregolare, sverna su tutto il territorio nazionale, soprattutto in corrispondenza delle regioni centrali, in particolare sul versante tirrenico. È legato agli ambienti planiziali o collinari, dove frequenta la macchia mediterranea, i margini dei coltivi e i boschi di latifoglie. L'Italia settentrionale rappresenta un'importante area di transito, a differenza dell'Italia peninsulare, raggiunta soprattutto da soggetti svernanti.

Descrizione
Raggiunge la lunghezza di 22 cm, ha un'apertura alare di 33-35 cm e un peso medio di 60-80 g. Il piumaggio è di colore bruno-olivastro scuro nelle parti superiori, bianco-fulvo striato di scuro nelle parti inferiori, i fianchi con striature marroni, che spiccano sulla caratteristica colorazione di fondo rosso-arancio, tipica anche del sottoala. Il becco è robusto, marrone nerastro, con la base della mandibola inferiore gialla o giallo-arancio. La coda è di colore marrone scuro, di media lunghezza e quadrata. Il sopracciglio è crema, l'iride bruno scuro. I tarsi sono lunghi e forti, zampe e piedi sono di color rosa-carnicino o grigio carnicino pallido. I sessi non sono distinguibili. Per le dimensioni e le forme pressoché identiche, può essere confuso col tordo bottaccio, dal quale si distingue per il colore più cupo del dorso, per l'evidente ed ampio sopracciglio color crema biancastro, per i fianchi e il sotto-ala castano-ruggine e la striatura del petto.

Biologia

Può superare i 18 anni di età; i due sessi raggiungono la maturità sessuale a dodici mesi. È una specie territoriale, monogama e gregaria soprattutto nel periodo delle migrazioni, il suo istinto gregario è più sviluppato che nel tordo bottaccio, spesso si unisce in stormi con altri turdidi come la cesena. A differenza del tordo bottaccio, non tende a tornare regolarmente nelle stesse aree di svernamento. Tende a migrare in gruppi da pochi uccelli a oltre 200 individui, di notte, emettendo un breve siii, con il quale si mantiene in contatto con i compagni. Possiede un volo caratterizzato da rapidi battiti d'ala interrotti da brevi planate ad ali chiuse; veloce e abbastanza diritto, simile (ma più rapido) a quello del tordo bottaccio, ma in genere vola ad altezze superiori. Anche a terra, ricorda il tordo bottaccio, ma sta in una posizione meno eretta.

Alimentazione
Ricerca il cibo sul terreno nei campi e nel sottobosco, dove corre e saltella agilmente. Si alimenta spesso insieme ad altri turdidi e a storni. Uccello frugivoro e insettivoro, durante la stagione riproduttiva, si ciba soprattutto di insetti e loro larve (cavallette, coleotteri, formiche, millepiedi, mosche), ragni, piccole lumache e vermi. Come le specie congeneri, nel corso dello svernamento, si nutre prevalentemente di alimenti vegetali: agrifoglio, biancospino, edera, ginepro, mirtillo, olive, ramno, ribes, more, sambuco, fragole, olive, pere e uva. In cattività, può essere alimentato con farina di lombrichi, larve di insetti, uva secca, farina di mais, frutta e mangimi pellettati o pastoni a base di insetti.

Riproduzione
La stagione riproduttiva è compresa tra maggio e luglio. La femmina costruisce il nido, a forma di coppa, sugli alberi o nei cespugli e, talvolta, ai piedi di un albero o tra le radici di una pianta abbattuta, sulle rocce, anche all'interno dei parchi cittadini, utilizzando materiale vegetale impastato con fango e tappezzato con piumino. Depone quattro-sei uova, di colore blu chiaro o verdastro con macchie bruno-rossastre, che vengono covate anche dal maschio, per circa 13 giorni. I pulcini sono alimentati da entrambi i genitori per due-tre settimane, poi escono dal nido e continuano ad essere nutriti dal maschio, mentre la femmina inizia una nuova covata.

Voce
Il canto è meno sviluppato e vario di quello del tordo bottaccio, con frasi simili a quelle riprodotte dal merlo, anche se meno complesse e formate da tre o quattro note flautate, che terminano con un suono gutturale. Ogni strofa è costituita da una parte sonora (truui-truui-truui), seguita da un dolce cinguettio cigolante. Il grido di contatto è un sibilante e penetrante detto striscio, prolungato siiiiiip, meno comune un gak nasale. Posato, emette un dolce ppè. Il grido d'allarme consiste in una serie di trèt-trèt-trèt-trèt acuti e sgraziati.

Distribuzione, migrazioni e habitat

Distribuzione
Esistono due sottospecie: Turdus iliacus coburni, che nidifica solamente in Islanda e nelle isole Fær Øer e la sottospecie nominale, che occupa gran parte dell'Eurasia settentrionale, dalla Scozia alla Siberia orientale. L'areale riproduttivo risulta frammentato lungo i propri confini meridionali, in Gran Bretagna, in Svezia meridionale, in Polonia e in Ucraina. I quartieri di svernamento si estendono dalle Isole Britanniche fino al Nord Africa e dal Golfo di Finlandia al Medio Oriente.

Migrazioni
Quasi tutta la popolazione europea è migratrice a lungo raggio o parziale, diffusa come nidificante alle alte e medie latitudini dell'Europa settentrionale e dell'Asia nord-occidentale. I soggetti provenienti da Islanda, Svezia, Finlandia e Russia tendono a raggiungere i quartieri di svernamento in Norvegia, Gran Bretagna, Scozia, Irlanda, Francia settentrionale, Penisola Iberica, Grecia settentrionale, Cipro, Marocco e Israele, da ottobre a febbraio. Il tordo sassello è forse la specie che maggiormente sfrutta le condizioni meteorologiche, per compiere i movimenti migratori, al punto che i venti non solo influenzano i tempi e le rotte di migrazione, ma addirittura determinano la scelta dei quartieri di svernamento. Utilizzando la spinta del vento, i migratori risparmiano energie e riescono a mantenere velocità medie orarie dell'ordine di 80 chilometri (con punte massime di 100 chilometri), riducendo così i tempi necessari per la traversata dei tratti di mare. La migrazione pre-nuziale va da fine gennaio a metà aprile.

Habitat
Nidifica alle latitudini alte e medio-alte della Regione Paleartica in praterie e altopiani della fascia climatica continentale, boreale (taiga) e subartica, evitando le zone dove il terreno rimane ghiacciato o coperto dalla neve. Durante la stagione riproduttiva, questa specie si trova nei mosaici di campagna aperta e bosco in pianura e bassa collina, soprattutto nei bacini fluviali e nelle pianure alluvionali. Abita anche foreste decidue o miste con campi e paludi, radure nella foresta primaria, boschi cedui con sottobosco, boschetti costieri, tundra a salice e betulla, aree coltivate semiaperte, parchi e giardini. I quartieri di svernamento delle popolazioni migratrici europee interessano l'Europa occidentale e i paesi del bacino del Mediterraneo fino al Maghreb, al Mar Nero, nella regione caucasica e a sud del Mar Caspio. Le massime densità si riscontrano in prossimità dei frutteti (soprattutto oliveti e vigneti), ma la specie frequenta abitualmente anche i boschi mediterranei e le campagne alberate. Durante gli inverni particolarmente rigidi, soprattutto nelle parti più settentrionali dell'areale di svernamento, numerosi individui si spingono lungo le coste o in ambienti urbani alla ricerca di condizioni climatiche più favorevoli.

Predatori e parassiti
Il tordo sassello è predato da vari rapaci, tra cui astore, sparviero e civetta ed è parassitato da zecche e pulci ed endoparassiti e patogeni  (vermi piatti, Campilobacter, Haemoproteus, virus dell'encefalite). Inoltre, è parassitato dal cuculo.

Status e conservazione
300.000 - 40.300.000 individui maturi rappresenterebbero la popolazione europea. Si prevede che quest'ultima diminuirà a un tasso del 30% circa nei prossimi 15-16 anni (tre generazioni) e si stima che anche la popolazione russo-asiatica abbia registrato un certo calo. Si sospetta, dunque, che la popolazione complessiva stia diminuendo a un tasso intorno al 30%. Questa specie è, pertanto, precauzionalmente classificata nella Categoria Quasi minacciata della Lista Rossa dell'IUCN.

La consistenza della popolazione può variare fortemente in funzione degli effetti di inverni rigidi e di estati sfavorevolmente fredde; il cambiamento climatico potrebbe avere un effetto su questa specie, in considerazione della sua nidificazione nelle regioni settentrionali. Anche la riduzione delle aree boscate dovuta al pascolo eccessivo può influire negativamente sulla sua presenza in un'area. Inoltre, questa specie è tuttora oggetto di intensa ed estesa attività venatoria e cacciata illegalmente con trappole nel bacino del Mediterraneo, per l'ottima qualità delle sue carni.

Posizione nell'ecosistema

Importante è il ruolo di questo tordo nella propagazione delle specie vegetali che gli forniscono il nutrimento, per le implicazioni relative alla preservazione della biodiversità.

In una prospettiva di lungo termine, considerato il cambiamento climatico che sta determinando la ridistribuzione della vita sulla Terra, il tordo sassello è tra i migratori con il maggior potenziale di dispersione delle piante europee verso latitudini più fredde.

Rapporti con l'uomo
 Leggende, miti e simboli
 Simbologia
 Stemmi, emblemi, armi araldiche
 Nella cultura di massa

Molti paesi hanno emesso francobolli con l'immagine del tordo sassello, tra questi, Albania, Bahrein, Belgio, Georgia, Iran, Isola di Man, Islanda, Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord e Togo.

In Italia
Migratore regolare, con doppi passi da metà ottobre a novembre e a febbraio-marzo, è svernante e nidificante irregolare. I contingenti che transitano o svernano in Italia originano per lo più dalla Penisola Scandinava (Finlandia e Svezia), dalla Russia asiatica e della Siberia. Il tordo sassello sverna su tutto il territorio nazionale, isole maggiori comprese, soprattutto in corrispondenza delle regioni centrali, in particolare sul versante tirrenico. È legato soprattutto agli ambienti planiziali o collinari, dove frequenta la macchia mediterranea, i margini dei coltivi e i boschi di latifoglie. Le presenze aumentano fino alla seconda decade di novembre e si mantengono su livelli medi per tutto il mese di dicembre. L'Italia settentrionale rappresenta un'importante area di transito, a differenza dell'Italia peninsulare che viene raggiunta soprattutto da soggetti svernanti.

Sistematica
Del tordo sassello si riconoscono due distinte sottospecie:

 T. i. iliacus   - dall'Europa settentrionale alla Siberia centrale.
 T. i. coburni    - Islanda e Isole Faroe.

Note

Voci correlate
 Turdus
 Cesena (Turdus pilaris)
 Tordela (Turdus viscivorus)
 Tordo bottaccio (Turdus philomelos)
 Merlo (Turdus merula)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Turdidae
Taxa classificati da Linneo

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Q: Converting individual line segments into line using PostGIS? I have groups of individual linestrings segments with spatially coincident start & end points. I want to convert them into individual linestrings as seen in the picture:

This seems like it should be very easy but I cannot figure out how to do it. ST_Union is just returning all features in the entire set, i.e. every single feature from both groups in the picture becoming a single multilinestring.
I don't have a common identifier field for the groups of linestrings, the only thing that indicates that they belong together is the fact that they touch each other at their endpoints.
Am I missing something obvious here?

A: I think you want ST_LineMerge. I don't have a PostGIS handy right now, but here it is in Spatialite, combining three line segments into one longer segment and a detached short segment:
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_LineMerge(
   ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING ((4 4, 3 7), (1 3, 2 4), (1 3, 3 6))')));
MULTILINESTRING((2 4, 1 3, 3 6), (4 4, 3 7))

you may have to ST_UNION your features to get a MULTILINESTRING to feed it.
PostGIS LineMerge doc here: https://postgis.net/docs/ST_LineMerge.html
With integer coordinates this obviously works well, but look out for floating point arithmetic resulting in non-joining lines - I'm not sure what the tolerance is for snapping segments together with this.


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The 2012 Puerto Rico government transition process is the ongoing process in Puerto Rico regarding the government transition between the outgoing governorship of incumbent Governor Luis Fortuño and the incoming governorship of Alejandro García Padilla, governor-elect. The process is mandated and regulated by Law No. 197 of 2002 and started on November 13, 2012, three working days after the Puerto Rican general election of 2012 as the law requires, once García Padilla was preliminarily certified as Governor-elect by the State Elections Commission.

As expected, the process has unveiled discrepancies between what the incumbent administration portrayed in the media and what the current status of the government of Puerto Rico truly is; in particular its Consolidated Fund, budget balance, labor statistics, and performance and metrics.

Outgoing Committee
The 2012 Puerto Rico Outgoing Committee on Government Transition is the committee in charge of the transition process on behalf of the incumbent administration of Governor Luis Fortuño. The Committee is composed of government officers from Fortuño's administration, including, as required by law:

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! scope=col style="text-align: left" | Name
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| Guillermo Somoza
| Secretary of Justice
| Department of Justice
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| Jesús F. Méndez
| Secretary of Treasury
| Department of Treasury
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| Juan C. Batlle
| President
| Government Development Bank
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| Juan Carlos Pavía
| Director
| Office of Management and Budget
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| Kenneth McClintock
| Secretary of State
| Department of State
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| Miguel Romero
| Chief of Staff
| Secretariat of Governance
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| Rubén A. Hernández Gregorat
| Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
| Department of Transportation and Public Works
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| Rubén Flores Marzán
| President
| Planning Board
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McClintock serves as the Outgoing Committee's president while Romero serves as its executive director.

Incoming Committee
The 2012 Puerto Rico Incoming Committee on Government Transition is the committee in charge of the transition process on behalf of Alejandro García Padilla, Governor-elect. The Committee is composed of aides and assistants of García Padilla, as follows:

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| Alberto Bacó Bagué
| Member
| former Director of the Economic Development Bank and former Executive Vice President of the Government Development Bank
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| Celeste Freytes
| Member
| former Vice President of Academic Affairs of the University of Puerto Rico
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| David H. Chafey Jr.
| Member
| former President of Banco Popular
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| Dolores Rodríguez de Oronoz
| President & Executive Director
| former Appeals Justice and advisor on Rafael Hernández Colón's Office of the Governor
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| Ingrid Vila Biaggi
| Vice President
| former sub-Secretary of Government for Sila Maria Calderón
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| Jorge Sánchez
| Member
| former rector of the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
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| José A. Andréu Fuentes
| Member
| former legal officer for Chief Justice Víctor Pons
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| Juan Acosta Reboyras
| Member
| former member of the Board of First Bank Puerto Rico
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| Juan B. Aponte
| Member
| Emeritus Professor of the University of Puerto Rico
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| Palmira N. Ríos González
| Member
| former President of the Commission on Civil Rights
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| Roberto Pagán Rodríguez
| Member
| President of the Puerto Rican Workers Union
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| Salvador Antonetti Zequeira
| Member
| former Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico
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Rodríguez de Oronoz serves as both the Incoming Committee's President and Executive Director while Vila Biaggi serves as its Vice President.

Controversial issues

In November 16, 2012, the Outgoing Committee admitted in public hearing that the Puerto Rico General Fund was not in fact as robust as previously informed by the incumbent administration. One hearing after,  effectively making the deficit almost three times higher than previously reported and unveiling a cash flow insolvency on the Department of Treasury.

References

External links
 www.leydetransicion2012.pr.gov – official site of the 2012 Outgoing Committee
 www.transicionpuertorico.com – official site of the 2012 Incoming Committee

Puerto Rico government transition processes by session


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It is located at 53° 21' 50" N, 6° 17' 10" W.
Cabra East B has an area of 0.5 km² / 116.7 acres / 0.2 square miles.
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