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By Claudia Koenig
Since my first visit to Israel, I have met many born-again Gentile Christians who cannot be distinguished from Jews. They become look-a-like Jews. Women dress according to Jewish customs and cover their heads. Men grow long beards and wear a tzitzit and talit. Some begin to attend synagogues and mix Jewish rituals with their Christian beliefs. They are now receiving the law of Moses, rejecting the freedom in Jesus Christ. They have left their first Teacher and Counselor, Jesus—the Son of God, who is the wisdom of God—and have looked to the wisdom of a Jewish Rabbi, a man.
I often wonder, how can the spiritually lost Jews see their Messiah, the Light of the World, in the Gentile Christians who want to be Jews? The Jews look upon these Gentiles and wonder what their Christian beliefs could not do for them that they would look to the Jewish religion and customs.
How can one share the true living Son of God, the Messiah, to the Jews in Israel amid such confusion? Where is the authenticity of the knowing and having an intimate relationship with the Messiah by the power of the Holy Spirit, that would lead the Jews to jealousy through conviction of sin and that would plead for repentance to know their Messiah of whom they witnessed living inside the born-again Gentile heart?
"Abba, Father, You sent the Apostle Paul to the Gentiles because the Jews rejected Yeshua. Restore the Gentiles who now live in and visit Israel, and Your people, to their first love, Your Messiah. Cause the Gentiles to once again embrace the Light, Yeshua, so that in the midst of the Israeli Jews, they may bear witness of the Messiah, who pursues after their souls, so that the Jews may believe in Yeshua and have eternal life. In the Name of the Son of God, Holy Spirit, in Your power, bring down from heaven the light of the nations, Jesus, into the heart of the Gentile that the Jew may see Yeshua and bring into the Jews the glory of Israel, Yeshua, that the Gentiles may see Jesus. Cause the world to know that God has a Son who has created one new people, the Gentile and the Jew in Himself, the light and glory of the God of Israel.
"Abba, do the Gentiles not know that the Jews are crying out to know their Messiah and that when the Gentile believers follow the law of Moses, they are denying the power of salvation in Christ to the Jews? Abba, cause them to return to their first love, Yeshua. He is soon to return, and Your people, the Jews, need the Gentiles to bear witness that Yeshua is their Messiah! Abba, they say that the Jews have veils over their eyes, but Your Word says that when a Jew believes in Yeshua, the veil is removed!"
Act 13:46 (NLT): Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles."
1 Corinthians 1:24: But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 John 2:27: But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.
Luke 2:32: "He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel."
Ephesians 2:14: For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
2 Corinthians 3:14: But the people's minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. Zechariah 12:3
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. Zechariah 12:9
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The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin
In brief: Sarah Smith has been offered a once in a lifetime opportunity – a bookshop swap in Paris! She's determined that everything will go to plan, but of course it doesn't…
The good: Rebecca Raisin's books are twinkly, sparkly and evoke such a wonderful sense of place.
The not-so-good: Need more Ridge (although Luiz was a decent substitute).
Why I chose it: Always enjoy Rebecca Raisin's books – thanks for the eARC!
Publisher: Carina UK
Setting: Predominantly Paris
When I'm looking for a heart-warming story, I often turn to Rebecca Raisin's books. I know there will be a happily ever after and I know that there will be intricate descriptions of scrumptious food. In The Little Bookshop on the Seine, I had two added bonuses – gorgeous descriptions of Paris and the return of Sarah Smith, the ultimate booklover and bookseller. Sarah lives and breathes books, plus she truly cares for them.
In this novel, Sarah gets out of her comfort zone by agreeing to a bookshop swap with Sophie, who runs Once Upon a Time in Paris. It's a challenge for Sarah to leave the friendship and comforts of small town Ashford, but she hopes that it will give more chances for her to see boyfriend Ridge, a freelance investigative reporter. When Sarah gets to Paris, the place is just as she imagined – until she gets to the bookshop. Inside it's utter chaos, with staff turning up when they want to, money going missing and books being taken. Sarah needs to find her inner boss to take control, but Ridge is further and further away…can her new friends help her to find her feet?
The story isn't strictly a romance (although there are some gorgeous subplots involving it), but the growth of Sarah as a person (she's more to me than just a character). I shared in her joys (such as getting access to special cheese just for the locals) and was quite angry when her bookshop colleagues mocked her leadership and American ways. Sarah is a delightful girl – how can anyone be so mean to someone who lives and breathes books? Yes, she can be naïve at times, but this story finds her growing into a confident woman. Sure, she has problems – Ridge's lack of communication being one of them, but she works through her pain and is ultimately rewarded.
I also adored most of the new supporting characters. Oceane and TJ were great friends for Sarah, quirky and witty with a good dose of support. It really took me a long time to warm to Beatrice (Sarah, I don't think you should have forgiven that easily) but she was redeemed by the end of the book. Perhaps she needs a book of her own to find out more about her past? Sophie ran a bit hot and cold for me, even though she's never physically in the same room (or country) as Sarah. Her business practices were mind-boggling strange at times. Also Lil, CeeCee and the gang took her under their wing back in Ashford so she must be pretty nice. It was great to see the girls of the Gingerbread Café again and we got just enough information to keep us happy. But this was Sarah's story and she really shines in it.
Once again, Rebecca Raisin's writing twinkles off the page, enveloping the reader fully within Sarah's world in Paris. It's like a love letter to Paris, emphasising all that is beautiful and engaging about the city. If you're a booklover or a Francophile, you will adore this book.
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Charlie Samboy, Vice President
By NYCEDC Jun 22 2015
Call it coincidence, call it fate, but who better to be the Governments & Community Relations (GovCo) representative for the Bronx than Charlie Samboy? After all, Charlie was born, raised, and served on the community board…all in the Bronx.
Charlie's family hails from the Dominican Republic, and he is the first generation to be born the U.S.. He says that he learned to speak English partly by watching Mr. Rogers on PBS.
His parents always worked very hard: his dad is a livery cab driver and his mom is a home baker.
It couldn't get any better, this a great opportunity to leave a positive impact on my community via the projects I'm working on.
Charlie Samboy
Vice President, Governments & Community Relations
Due to a childhood fascination with planes (one of his favorite movies is Top Gun), Charlie attended a special aviation high school in Queens and graduated with two aircraft technician's licenses. He worked at several jobs and finally landed at JFK working nights for Jet Blue and later for Virgin, while attending Hunter College during the day.
Charlie received his bachelor's degree in 2009 in political science and a master's degree from Hunter in urban policy. Before graduating, he was hired as an assistant to the CFO at Hunter and also interned for Ruben Diaz, the then Bronx borough president. Charlie got his first taste of community government and he was hooked—he always wanted to be able to give back to the community. His education and his network could now help him take things to the next level.
Charlie knew about NYCEDC in college and about the different programs and initiatives we were involved in. He heard about an opening and reached out to Lusheena Warner, his former colleague, who was working at NYCEDC. After a series of interviews, he secured his position in GovCo.
With the Bronx as part of his life, the job representing his home borough is the perfect fit.
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Yes, it does snow here once in a while!
More common is the heavy rain in the bottom pictures.
Weather data back through 1930 shows appreciable snow only once: January 24, 1949, when it snowed 3.0 inches.
The first two photos were originally listed as "about 1950". The weather data narrows it to 1/24/1949.
Arroyo Rd, looking south. This is most likely January 24, 1949, when 3 inches of snow fell in Livermore.
Probably taken January 24, 1949 from Arroyo Road, Looking across the road down to Olivina, Wetmore Rd on Right (Looking West) from post card. The trees are along the driveway to the Olivina house (no longer there) and winery. The "Olivina" sign would be to the right.
Stereograph. McLeod building flooded "Flooded conditions at Bank of Livermore. With shovel - Fred Mathiesen, cashier of Bank. 1906-07.
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NSL side Kangemi All-Stars in huge trouble as 'sponsor' steps down
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Nyarunda has been funding the club for several years now, but Goal can exclusively reveal that he has thrown in the towel
National Super League side Kangemi All Stars is facing an indefinite future following the exit of chairman Dan Nyarundu, who was also the financier of the club.
Nyarunda has been funding the club for several years now, but Goal can exclusively reveal that he has thrown in the towel. All-Stars head coach Joseph Orangi says the exit of the chairman caught the team unawares and as it stands, the club is heading towards the wrong direction.
"He, Nyarunda, came and told us that he has spent a lot of money to ensure the club is run smoothly, however, he will have to cut short the funding because he has exhausted what he had. It was a decision that caught us off guard and we have to find immediate solutions.
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"We do not know where to start from and what is remaining is for us to literally beg for incentives from well-wishers to help us honor our league matches. Like our match against Shabana, we had to contribute for players to turn out at Camp Toyoyo.
"I am requesting any potential sponsor to come for our aid, we are currently desperate for funds."
The team has managed to get just three points from the three matches played in the NSL this season.


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Peter O'Donnell (ur. 11 kwietnia 1920 w Lewisham, w Londynie, zm. 3 maja 2010 w Brighton) – angielski pisarz i autor komiksów. Publikował również pod pseudonimem "Madeleine Brent".

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Urodził się 11 kwietnia 1920 w Lewisham, dzielnicy Londynu, jako syn Bernarda O'Donnella, dziennikarza "Empire News". Zaczął pisać w wieku 16 lat. Przed II wojną światową wstąpił do wojska i służył podczas wojny m.in. w Syrii, Egipcie i Włoszech. Po zakończeniu służby zajął się tworzeniem komiksów, w tym adaptacji przygód Jamesa Bonda dla "Daily Express". W 1963 opublikował pierwszy komiks z przygodami Modesty Blaise, zaś dwa lata później, w 1965, książkę z jej przygodami. Łącznie wydał 13 książek na jej temat oraz 9 innych tytułów (powieści przygodowych i romansów gotyckich) pod pseudonimem "Madeleine Brent". Akcje tych utworów rozgrywają się częściowo w Anglii, a częściowo w odległych krajach, takich jak Tybet, Australia czy Meksyk.

Miał żonę Constance, którą poślubił w 1940, i dwie córki. Zmarł w Brighton w wieku 90 lat.

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Urodzeni w 1920
Zmarli w 2010
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Based on the Stephen King short novel, screenwriter and director Frank Darabont brings forth a tale of an innocent man named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who has been accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Unable to prove his innocence, Andy Durfresne is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine. Reserved and out of his depth within the prison, he eventually befriends Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), the man who "knows how to get things" in prison for a price. For Andy, he makes the strange request of a rock hammer as he wishes to create a chess piece collection. Although an unusual request, he accommodates Andy and also his request for a poster of a Hollywood film starlet for his room.
The two commence a lasting friendship, especially during Andy's first couple of years at Shawshank where his life soon goes from bad to worse as he is targeted by a group of predators known as the sisters only to be brutally abused. Eventually he finds a way out of their net and eventually becomes the accountant for the staff of the prison, thanks to his banking background. The warden also devises a way for Andy to help him skim from the system where he creates a fake account to assist the warden.
Trouble arrives again for Andy in the form of a young inmate named Tommy (Gil Bellows) who he takes under his wing to help him study to get his high school diploma. When Tommy learns the circumstances that sent Andy to prison, he reveals he once did time at another facility with a killer who confessed to murdering a woman and her lover and the crime was pinned on an innocent banker which was him.
From the news Andy approaches the warden about this information, however if Andy is released, the warden's nefarious skimming from the system threatens his very operation and he arranges for Tommy to have an "accident". Andy becomes a broken man and spends several months in solitary confinement and when he returns to the general population, he eventually completes his grand plan of framing the warden, escaping prison and starting a new life for himself. The Shawshank Redemption is a beautifully written movie about one man's difficult struggle in a world he has no chance of coping, unless he changes. With that said, The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about human courage in the face of unbeatable odds that makes this one of the most memorable movies of the 20th century.
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Skipton International raising interest rates
Skipton International is today (16 December 2016) raising interest rates on a range of savings accounts and is to launch a new two-year bond with a market-leading 1.75% AER.
The new bond, which matures 15 January 2019, is available to new and existing customers on balances between £10,000 and £5 million.
Jim Coupe, Managing Director, Skipton International, said: "We are committed to offering our customers a good return on their savings, and with some of the best rates on the market, our offshore savings accounts constantly deliver that. In addition to the new bond, customers who require more flexibility may be interested in our updated range of variable rate savings accounts, which also offer higher rates of interest."
Skipton International won Best Offshore Account Provider 2016 at the Moneyfacts Awards; the third time Skipton has won a Moneyfacts Award, and the bank has been commended, highly commended, or has won an award for the past seven years.
Jim said: "Competitive interest rates are just one factor behind our success as an offshore savings provider; excellent levels of customer service, and a quick and straightforward system for opening new accounts are equally important."
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The Acoustic Simulation, Measurements and Tactics Branch research centers on characterization of environmental acoustics and the theoretical understanding and numerical modeling of how acoustic waves interact in the marine environment. This research is used in the development of technology used for prediction, system performance estimation, and tactical strategy planning.
The Marine Geosciences Division focuses its applied scientific research in three primary areas: (1) characterizing the seafloor and coastal areas, (2) modeling of the seafloor and modeling of the processes causing changes in the seafloor, and (3) furthering precise 4D geospatial information science and technologies.
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I don't suppose this will be a controversial issue and probably won't be discussed much nationally. But in a few recent threads it has been pointed out over and over that Michael Brown was unarmed, as if that means it is an open and shut case that Wilson is therefore guilty of murder.
Some cannot seem to imagine how a scenario can unfold where an unarmed man can do any harm to a person who is armed.
Here is one case where the officer is dead. And I know some of you will breath a sign of relief that the criminal wasn't hurt instead. Had the officer reacted a millisecond too early and shot the prisoner, we'd all enjoy the luxury of second-guessing his decision making through careful analysis from the safety of our homes.
But let's dispense with this nonsense that because someone is "unarmed" that it trumps any need for any other facts about the case.
I don't suppose this will be a controversial issue and probably won't be discussed much nationally. But in a few recent threads it has been pointed out over and over that Michael Brown was unarmed, as if that means it is an ...[text shortened]... se that because someone is "unarmed" that it trumps any need for any other facts about the case.
TS: But let's dispense with this nonsense that because someone is "unarmed" that it trumps any need for any other facts about the case.
Let's dispense with the nonsense that anybody ever made such a claim.
The fact that Michael Brown was unarmed has been repeated over and over and over again with the clear intend to dismiss the importance of many other easily known facts.
Perhaps the officer did not properly handcuff the prisoner. Seems like it would be reasonable to have two officers transporting a prisoner.
That wasn't the only reason it was controversial. There were witnesses that claimed Brown had surrendered with his arms over his head, and was shot anyway. There was also the fact that there were about seven bullet wounds, including one to the head; this made some people believe that Brown was fleeing, since few people would continue to attack after being hit with one bullet, let alone five more. On top of this, the city in which Brown was killed (Ferguson) has quite a history of alleged police misconduct toward blacks; that fact alone added a lot more to the controversial nature of Brown's case.
Personally, I don't think Brown is comparable with a case like Treyvon Martin. Martin was an unarmed kid minding his own business who was needlessly killed by a (Hispanic) white man. Brown was apparently a scumbag who robbed a store earlier that day, and seemed to be looking for trouble.
That wasn't the only reason it was controversial. There were witnesses that claimed Brown had surrendered with his arms over his head, and was shot anyway. There was also the fact that there were about seven bullet wounds, including one to the head; this made some people believe that Brown was fleeing, since few people would continue to attack after being h ...[text shortened]... apparently a scumbag who robbed a store earlier that day, and seemed to be looking for trouble.
Potentially interesting conversations. Too bad none of these points can be discussed in detail without someone bringing up the fact that Brown was unarmed as if that ends all other debate. The fact that Brown was unarmed will serve as an eternal thought-stopper to short circuit any discussion of other points of contention.
Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Since he was not properly handcuffed, he really didn't shoot the police officer. Obviously Techsouth doesn't really have a point.
Yes you want your cake and eat it too!
If a cop regains control of the gun long enough to shoot the bad guy, then the cop shoots an unarmed guy.
If the bad guy gains control and shoots the cop, then an armed suspect shoots the cop.
It must be great living in your world where you get to decide how things should be viewed.
I should also bring up that much of what you say here are things that have been thoroughly debunked. I don't know why these debunked claims keep coming up. Are we ever going to dispense with the fantasy that Brown was fleeing when he was shot?
But how long would we be able to discuss that before someone jumps in the thread with condescending remarks about how Brown was "unarmed" as if that trumps all discussion?
a suspect being transported to prison allegedly shot and killed the police officer who was driving him, officials said.
I never disputed that. I'm only pointing out how there was more than one issue that caused controversy.
The question of whether someone is armed is a relevant factor in whether the use of deadly force was justified.
Relevant, yes. Trumps all else, no.
And when facts are known that show Wilson's life was in danger even though Brown didn't have a gun, then the fact that Brown was unarmed ceases to be particularly germane.
So, let me get this? That an officer makes a mistake is a good reason for him to be dead? It obviously forgives the transgression of the killer?
The attempts at distraction from the point of the OP are insane. I've argued, rather that nobody with bad intentions is "unarmed". Karate means empty hands. Many other deadly martial arts require no additional weapons but one's own body. And a resourceful human can use many things as weapons, so the notion of innocence due to being unarmed is ludicrous.


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Illinois becomes the first state to require insurers to cover EpiPens for kids
Illinois becomes the first state to require insurers to cover expensive, life-saving EpiPens for children
On Tuesday, Governor JB Pritzker signed a first-of-its-kind bill into law
All health insurance companies will have to cover EpiPens for children that need them, effective January 1
EpiPens can stop anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening allergic reaction
A pack of three costs around $600 without insurance - and prices are rising
It's not clear what percentage of the cost insurers will be responsible for
The bill is the first such law in the US
By Natalie Rahhal Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:10 BST, 14 August 2019 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 14 August 2019
All health insurers in Illinois must now cover EpiPens for children, according to legislation signed into law on Tuesday.
Prices for the life-saving emergency allergy injections have sky rocketed over the last decade.
Without insurance, a pack of three EpiPens costs about $300 - a cost that many parents simply can't afford, but is still cheaper than the $1,634 average monthly cost of health insurance for a family.
And there's nothing stopping those pricey insurance plans from excluding EpiPens, leaving parents to pay for both healthcare and the anaphylactic shock antidote.
Illinois is setting a different precedent, however, forcing all insurers providing coverage in the state to pay at least part of the cost of children's EpiPens when they're deemed medically necessary.
EpiPens for children now must be covered by all health insurance companies providing care in the state of Illinois thanks to a new, first-of-its-kind state bill signed into law on Tuesday
An estimated 200 people die of food allergies every year.
When an allergy is severe enough, it can trigger anaphylactic shock, in which the throat swells and closes, and the person can no longer breath.
Some of these fatalities are children, who may be ill-equipped to recognize or communicate what's happening to them.
The shot of epinephrine, or adrenaline, in an EpiPen, can cut short the reaction, reducing swelling and allowing the throat to re-open.
Some states, including New York, have introduced legislation that requires workers be trained to prepare food without cross contamination that can be deadly for children with allergies.
This legislation - called Elijah's law, after a little boy who died after his daycare gave him food to which he was deathly allergic and failed to respond properly - also requires daycare workers to be trained to administer an EpiPen.
But that training is all for naught if children's families can't afford an EpiPen to send with them to daycare or school.
Illinois is the first state to take steps to make sure that that won't happen.
House Bill 3435 was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker on Tuesday and will to into effect on January 1, 2020.
From then on out all insurers will have to cover EpiPens for children with severe enough allergies for doctors to deem the anaphylaxis antidote necessary.
That will likely include about 40 percent of the one in 13 kids who've gone into anaphylactic shock from food allergies.
But it won't include the 2.9 percent of Illinois children who are still uninsured.
Mylan got FDA approval for a generic form of the EpiPen shot earlier this year - but $109 a pen is far from 'affordable for those living below the poverty.
Still, the state considers it a win for kids' healthcare where few efforts have managed to offset rising drug prices.
'This legilsation takes a big step forward in protecting our children and families,' said Governor Pritzker in a Tuesday tweet.
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The D&RGW's famous little train carried on the tradition of the California Zephyr… sort of.
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The Rio Grande Zephyr was born upon the demise of that famous train, the California Zephyr. The CZ operated between Chicago and Oakland from 1949 through 1970, as a collaborative effort between three railroads–the Western Pacific (WP), the Rio Grande (D&RGW), and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q, or Burlington). As passenger traffic declined, first one and then the other of Rio Grande's partners pulled out of the CZ, leaving only the middle segment. Rio Grande, however, decided to keep operating its portion of the route. The D&RGW also chose not to participate in Amtrak (upon its formation in 1971), so it continued operating the newly-renamed Rio Grande Zephyr independently. Its schedule changed to a thrice-weekly run between Denver and Salt Lake, using a single trainset. One day it traveled west, the next day it returned east.
Having begun as a remnant of the CZ, the RGZ quickly took on a personality of its own. Whereas the CZ had been a cross-country experience, the RGZ became primarily a local tourist vehicle, with most of its ridership traveling between Denver and Glenwood Springs. Not being an overnight train, no sleeping cars were included in the consist, but a first-class dining car and lounge service were maintained. And the vista-dome cars which made the CZ famous were still there too.
The definitive book on the Rio Grande Zephyr is "Never on Wednesday", by Mel Patrick and Richard Loveman (Passenger Train Journal Publishing, 1980). The full story of the train is told in wonderful photographs and text. The three weekly trips of the train dictated one day of rest for maintenance, which was Wednesday– hence the title.
The Rio Grande Zephyr plied the rails for a dozen years after the discontinuance of the California Zephyr, until the economics of the operation finally persuaded Rio Grande management to accept Amtrak's continued offers for the sale of the route. On April 23-24, 1983, the RGZ made its last run, foreshortened to a Denver-Grand Junction round trip by the disastrous mudslide in Thistle, Utah. After the Thistle bypass was completed, Amtrak rerouted its San Francisco Zephyr and re-christened it as the California Zephyr. Since that time the new CZ has operated the route on a daily schedule, using newer Superliner equipment. Domes are a thing of the past now. We're not likely to see another train equal to the Rio Grande Zephyr.
My introduction to the Rio Grande Zephyr came on November 7/8, 1981, via a ride from Denver to Glenwood Springs and back with my parents. Frequently thereafter, I could be found trackside with camera in hand, listening for the distinctive sound of the three F9 locomotives as they powered their way westward or whined downgrade coming into Denver. My wife and I rode the train on August 14, 1982 as part of our honeymoon. But that was the last time; before our first anniversary came, the train had been discontinued.
A Note About the Photographs: During the time the train was still running, I did not yet own a decent camera (being a broke newly-married college student in 1983). Most of my own photographs which appear here were taken either on a 110 or a disk camera (with only a couple of exceptions), so the resolution isn't that great. But, Little is better than Nothing! Fortunately, I have had several people kind enough to loan me their high-quality photos, which greatly enhance the experience.


Founder and former chief executive officer of Lynch Syndrome International, inspirational author, and criminal investigator Lindy Bruzzone has announced the debut of her memoir, My Father's Daughter: A Story of Survival, Life, and Lynch Syndrome Hereditary Cancers. The book was released in honor of Lynch Syndrome Hereditary Cancer Awareness Day on March 22, 2016. Plans to promote her book include Bruzzone presenting the opening speech for the annual conference for the European organization, Lynch Syndrome U.K., scheduled in Bristol, England, on May 7, 2016.
As a child, Lindy Bruzzone knew how she would most likely die. It would be like everyone else in her family who had passed away from cancer—her father, his father and his mother and most of those in between. For them, it was how life ended.
In My Father's Daughter, she tells the story of her ancestors confronting challenges beginning in the early 1600s when they crossed the ocean seeking freedom. They fought for survival as they migrated westward and settled in Los Angeles County in the 1890s. It was there, following World War I, when members of her grandfather's family died, one by one, of hereditary cancer during a particularly ugly time in America, during the eugenics movement.
She offers fond childhood memories of growing up within the security of small town, Carson City, Nevada, where her parents live humbly and teach their children to care for themselves in the event cancer strikes again. Lindy challenges mortality—first as a teen, then as a single mother working within California prison yards of Soledad and San Quentin, and supervising the most violent parolees on California's mean streets of Oakland and Richmond. She works as an investigative consultant as cancer hits members of her family and she awaits her turn for cancer to strike.
My Father's Daughter discusses the day she was diagnosed with late staged cancer. Instead of the ending of a life, a new beginning occurs. Bruzzone undertakes a genetic journey working with an outstanding medical team to understand and live with the hereditary cancer condition of Lynch syndrome. A roadmap for survival through life, this memoir inspires strength and gratitude in seeing how Bruzzone learns how to live as her father's daughter.
My Father's Daughter: A Story of Survival Through Life and the Hereditary Cancers of Lynch Syndrome is now available for order through I-universe Publishing Company. It is expected to be available for e-reading through Kindle by the end of March.
To learn more about Lynch syndrome, please visit Lynch Syndrome International online.
Lindy Bruzzone is available for interviews and appearances. For booking presentations, media appearances, interviews, and/or book-signings, contact lindaleebruzzone(at)gmail(dot)com.


During my second visit to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius in 2007, I discovered by accident that the geographical center of the European continent lies nearby this city.
Surprised by this information, I discovered that there are at least ten of these geographical centers in Europe. This fact, together with the appointment of Vilnius as the cultural center ( cultural capital ) of Europe in 2009, led to the idea to photograph all these centers.
The remarkable thing about the locations of these centers is that they all lie in the former Eastern Bloc of Europe.
The trip led through Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. All of them ( but Latvia ) have monuments that mark the site of "the" geographical center of Europe. The trip resulted in the exhibition "Miss Center of Europe" in Vilnius in 2009. A photobook is in preparation.


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BEIRUT - Intense fighting on Monday between rebels and Syrian regime forces killed six people, including two children and two women in the southern city of Daraa, two rights groups said.
The fighting comes on the second day of Eid al-Fitr, a major Muslim holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, and a day after the United Nation's new envoy to Syria acknowledged that he had no concrete ideas to end the conflict.
Lakhdar Brahimi also said in a Sunday interview that his mission would be difficult without a unified position by the U.N. Security Council.
"The problem is not what I can do differently, it is how others are going to behave differently," Brahimi told The Associated Press at his Paris home on Sunday.
"If they spoke in one voice and were clearly supportive of what I will be doing on their behalf, that is what I need," Brahimi said in response to what he wants from the Security Council. "Without a unified voice from the Security Council, I think it will be difficult," the former Algerian foreign minister added.
Monday's violence in Daraa, birthplace of the country's 18-month-old uprising, was reported by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination committees.
The two groups also reported fighting across much of the rest of the country, with the most intense violence in the suburbs of Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, with scores killed or wounded.
The reports could not be independently confirmed, but an activist in the Damascus area, El-said Mohammed, said seven people were killed and at least 70 wounded when government forces shelled the town of Moadamiyeh with tanks and mortars. He said the defection on Sunday to the rebels' side of some 30 troops along with a tank from army forces in the area may have been behind Monday's shelling.
Mohammed spoke by Skype from the greater Damascus area. His information could not be verified, but the Observatory said five civilians and three rebels were killed in the shelling in Moadamiyeh.
Brahimi was named Friday to replace former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as peace envoy to Syria. He served as a U.N. envoy in Afghanistan and Iraq and helped negotiate the end of Lebanon's civil war as an Arab League envoy.
He said Annan's mission failed "because the international community was not as supportive as he needed them to be."
Russia and China have used their veto power at the Security Council to block strong Western- and Arab-backed action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.
Brahimi was travelling to New York Sunday. Later he will go to Cairo for meetings with the Arab League.
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Anthony Edwards was ejected in a homecoming game for the Atlanta native while Karl-Anthony Towns picked up both a technical and flagrant foul at the end of the third quarter to cap off one of the most maddening 12 minutes of the Wolves' season.
Sachin Gupta and Chris Finch talk frequently, and honestly, about the team, just as they did during their days in the Houston Rockets organization.
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review by Nathan Toper at 1:19pm on Wednesday 4th June 2014
�Its hard to find the way once that light went out�.
Detective Bluth is a troubled individual. He's taken a job finding a missing man in the X Zone; an area surrounded in mystery since every inhabitant went missing ten years previous and the environment became twisted and toxic. With only your trusted bottle of Absinthe, you enter the area and aim to resolve the job.
Since the death of his daughter, Bluth has turned to alcohol. While he is aware of his dangerous dependence on absinthe, and that it led to his wife leaving him shortly after (�She didn't want to see me drink myself to death�), he has no willpower to stop. He doesn't believe he's worth saving. He's just carrying on his own existence.
Spate is a 2d platformer in which you are constantly travelling deeper into the inhabitable zone. The atmosphere is engrossing; sorrowful strings accompany your journey, highly saturated colours change frequently in the background and as you travel further Bluth narrates his thoughts. These are both on his current predicament and the circumstances of the last decade that has led him to his addiction, situation and complacent opinion of his own life. Both the script and voice work are excellent, and you'll find yourself completely engrossed in his story throughout.
At the start the simple platforming appears to be a means to an end; with tried and tested platforming conventions: synchronised saws for you to pass through, jump pads and conveniently placed canons. It increasingly becomes more meaningful as the narrative progresses in surprising and affecting ways. It's not difficult, and at the start it feels like this may be derivative to the game. However, it does get a little bit harder later on, but it's not really the point of the game. I'd compare it to Thomas Was Alone. If you stripped that game of its narration, sound and writing, it would be a simplistic and average game. However, with everything in place, it creates a memorable experience. Spate is a tremendous sum of it's parts.
Spate raises some interesting issues. Bluth's alcoholism, represented through his narration, also manifests through control of the player. You can press X to take a swig of his absinthe. This causes the screen to increase in saturation dramatically, twist and turn is an almost nauseating manner and I swear I sometimes saw some things appear in the background. You can also jump twice as high though there is no point in the game where this is required. This effect lasts a few seconds at a time. It's interesting, that you can do this, and it fits with the narration, but there is no need to. You just do it to experience the effects, seemingly in line with Bluth's desire.
I encountered some bugs along the journey. There are a couple sections where you take control of an airship, and in a sequence comparable to Flappy Bird, hold down the gas for a boost as you try and avoid obstacles protruding from the ceiling and floor. These sections aren't difficult and there are frequent checkpoints. However, one time I died I spawned without the ship and was left stuck in the area. I couldn't move on due to instant-death areas on either side of the checkpoint. Another (more amusing) bug left me floating up to the heavens, to the top of the map and a strange shape appeared; in a scene reminiscent of the aforementioned Thomas Was Alone (I took a screenshot. You can see it here). I left it going for a while unsure whether this was a bug or not, but it became apparent it was. Quitting to the main menu and re-loading corrected both bugs. There were a few minor annoyances too. The jump is very floaty, though the second jump (powered by rockets on your back) is great for precision so this didn't cause too many problems. There were also some frame rate issues and screen tearing too.
The combination of a fascinating narrative, with maturely written musings on alcoholism and various other issues relevant to Bluth, narration performed well, a deeply atmospheric aesthetic and solid, if a little simplistic, platforming create a truly memorable experience. Though it's a little rough along it's two hour journey, it's been a while since I was so engrossed in a narrative. It questions you as a player along the way, and I was not quite sure if I was experiencing one man's hallucinations from an absinthe induced fever dream or a strange and twisted area in his reality.
+ Powerful writing and voice work create engrossing narrative.
+ Atmospheric aesthetic takes great use of saturated colours.
+ Soundtrack is a little unconventional and highly effective.
+ It gets more and more intriguing the further you go.
- Floaty jump makes some precision a little tricky.
- Some frame rate issues and a couple bugs required re-loading the game from the menu.
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Deciphering the coral genome for the first time
July 25, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Marine Genomics Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST, Onna Village) succeeded for the first time in deciphering the genome of Acropora digitifera, a coral that inhabits the seas around Okinawa Prefecture.
On July 24, the Unit published a collaborative paper in the online version of Nature, the world's most cited interdisciplinary science journal, based in the United Kingdom.
Although previous analysis of fossil remains has suggested that this coral was estimated to have existed 240 million years ago, this new study indicates that there is a high possibility that it might actually have originated as long ago as 500 million years ago.
The Unit started three years ago. Thirty-three year-old Chuya Shinzato and other researchers from OIST joined it to work on deciphering the genome of this rare organism.
The study also revealed that the coral possesses the gene that creates a substance that can absorb ultraviolet rays in order to protect itself from the sun's rays. Past studies presumed that the symbiotic zooxanthella inside the coral carried out this role.
The Unit will continue to study the genomic information of the zooxanthella and will focus on how the coral responds to rising sea temperatures and other environmental changes, in the hope that the studies will help to ascertain the cause of coral bleaching.
Dr. Noriyuki Sato, Principal Investigator of the Unit said, "Okinawa is a hot spot of the marine ecosystem. In future it could become a major center of coral studies with regard to genome deciphering."
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Local leader and college shortlisted for Wales' national leadership awards
Principal and Chief Executive Mark Jones from Gower College Swansea has been named a finalist in this year's Leading Wales Awards.
The 2018 Leading Wales Awards – in association with the Institute of Leadership and Management – have announced this year's shortlist and are holding their judging interviews on Thursday 12 July.
Mark has been nominated in the Leadership in the Public Sector category for his role as Principal and Chief Executive at Gower College Swansea – one of Wales' largest further education colleges – and is one of only four finalists in the category.
Speaking about the news, Principal Mark Jones said: "Whilst I am delighted to have been shortlisted for this national award, this is only testament to the commitment and dedication of teaching and support staff from across the College. The past few years have been very successful for the College and our students and success like this doesn't come along without a huge team effort and for which I am very grateful."
Gower College Swansea has also been shortlisted in the Inspiring Great Leadership category. This is an organisational award which recognises successful engagement strategies such as inspiring the development of the leadership skills of its employees.
Barbara Chidgey, Chair of the Leading Wales Awards, said: "If ever there was a time for leadership that transforms all that we do – that time is definitely now as we seek to transform the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of Wales for our future generations and truly build the Wales We Want. For this reason, the 2018 Leading Wales Awards sought nominees whose leadership is inspirational and making a real difference in Wales, contributing to transforming their community, business, or organisation.
"The shortlist reflects a very high standard and diverse range of leaders working in all sectors across Wales.
"On behalf of the Leading Wales Awards Consortium I would like to thank everyone who worked hard to nominate and share such fantastic examples of "Leaders in Wales". It's set to be another very exciting year for Wales' only leadership awards."
The winners will be announced at the lunchtime awards ceremony, which will take place at Hilton Cardiff on Thursday 27 September.
This year's shortlist can be found at https://leadingwalesawards.wales/2018-leading-wales-awards-finalists/
For more information please visit https://leadingwalesawards.wales/
For more information regarding the Leading Wales Awards, please contact Alex McArthur on 0117 2140471 or email alex@mcarthur-davies.co.uk
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Steven Dyson joined as a Director on November 4, 2011. Mr. Dyson began his employment at Apax Partners in 2000. Currently, he is a Partner in the Healthcare team. Mr. Dyson has worked on many significant deals with companies such as Unilabs, Capio, General Healthcare Group and Zeneus Pharma. Prior to joining Apax, Mr. Dyson worked at McKinsey & Co. He currently serves as a Director and a member of the Compensation Committee of Unilabs and as a Director of several subsidiary holding companies of General Healthcare Group. Mr. Dyson earned a Master's degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biology from Cambridge University.
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Q: Two UDP binding operations to same port succeeds although expected to fail I'm listening to UDP messages by binding to a specific port and address using node.js:
var dgram = require('dgram');

var socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
var messageNumber = 0;

socket.on('message', function(data) {
    console.log('MESSAGE ' + (++messageNumber));
});

socket.bind(4353, '127.0.0.1');

The above code is able to receive messages, as I checked by the following sender code:
var dgram = require('dgram');

var socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
var address = '127.0.0.1';

setInterval(function() {
    socket.send(new Buffer('hello'), 0, 5, 4353, address);
}, 1000);

Now I'm starting another receiver while the first one is still running (using the same code above). I would expect one of the following:

*

*The second bind should fail (most probably).

*The second bind should succeed and both will receive the messages.

According to the following discussion the first option is the correct assuming node.js not using SO_REUSEPORT by default:
Let two UDP-servers listen on the same port?
However what happens is that it doesn't fail, and only the last receiver gets the sender's messages. If I close the last receiver, the first one starts getting the messages again.
What's going on here?
EDIT: It seems that there are differences between machines. On Ubuntu machine I got the phenomenon described above. On Windows machine I got that the FIRST receiver gets the sender's messages (and again, when closing that receiver the other one starts receiving the messages). The common for both cases is that only one receiver receives the messages and the other one has no indication about that the port is in use (neither exception nor error - I tried also registering to "error" event).

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Carolina Hurricanes potential moves: Part 2-Doing deals
by Matt Karash | Aug 2, 2016 | Daily Cup of Joe
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Tuesday's Daily Cup of Joe is part 2 of a 3-part series which will fill up most of the first week of August. Yesterday part 1 detailed other teams' situations that could make players available. Part 2 today names some specific players and deals that might make sense. Part 3 will discuss why the probability is high that none of these deals will actually happen.
As noted briefly and to be covered in more detail in part 3, I do not see Ron Francis bidding aggressively to do a deal at this point. My best guess is that he is content to enter the season pretty much with the roster he has possibly with a few player try outs and maybe a depth addition before training camp. But Francis has shown a knack for opportunistically finding good deals with teams that need to make a move.
Considering possible upgrades in net
In re-signing Cam Ward even before other deals went down and either staying out of or at least not winning bidding wars for Frederik Andersen or Brian Elliott, I think Francis implicitly stated that he was willing to return to the ice in 2016-17 with the 2015-16 tandem of Lack and Ward.
But might he be willing to upgrade if the price is right? Ben Bishop in Tampa Bay and Marc-Andre Fleury in Pittsburgh could potentially be lost for nothing next summer – Bishop to free agency and Fleury potentially to the expansion draft. But with young netminders and teams clearly aiming to win a Stanley Cup, it is possible that both teams hold the veterans at least part way into the 2016-17 season to make sure everything is on track with the young replacements. It is even possible that both teams keep their veteran netminders as insurance even into the playoffs. A Stanley Cup win would make missing out on a draft pick or 2 very easy to swallow.
But realizing that there just are not many, if any, teams shopping for expensive goalies, and also staring at each other's situation, just maybe one of Yzerman or Rutherford blinks and gets what he can for a goalie seemingly destined to leave soon anyway.
Ben Bishop
Bishop is a tricky situation on 3 fronts. First, if Yzerman wants a Frederik Andersen-like ransom (a first and a second round pick), best guess is that Francis quickly says no thank you and moves on. In addition to that, a deal would need to see Francis negotiate an extension with Bishop who is earning $5.9 million in 2016-17. The first question is whether Francis could get even get budget approval for the addition (nothing has been said of a firm budget ceiling for Francis, but I believe there is one). Then there is the matter of term. Ideal for the Hurricanes would be to have a goalie signed for 2-3 years (as Ward and Lack are now) which at least leaves an opening if Nedeljkovic develops on schedule and is ready to become a starter in 2-3 years.
Deal I would do/obstacles: I only think this deal makes sense if Francis can pay as little as possible on 3 fronts and then chuck some cost savings into the deal. For me, it would take Yzerman settling for a single second round pick, Bishop accepting a 3-year deal for $5.5 million per year and Tampa also taking Eddie Lack and possibly Jay McClement back in the trade. In other words, there are a ton of obstacles and really long odds. Interesting to note is that this situation could change significantly by December if Vasilevskiy settles in and rolls as a starter through the first half of the season and no other teams show an interest in Bishop.
In terms of financials, I actually think Fleury could be an easier deal to get done. The challenge here is that Pens GM Jim Rutherford might prefer not to deal Fleury to a Metropolitan Division opponent. But with limited demand for expensive goalies, who knows. Fleury is a bit older at 31 years old and maybe a little less exciting than Bishop which could be perfect. He is signed for 3 more years at $5.75 million which lines up well with a potential Nedeljkovic timeline.
Deal I would do/obstacles: This one fits into the "I'll help, but I'm not paying anything" category like the Versteeg deal last summer. At a basic level, I would trade Lack straight up for Fleury and offer only modest futures in addition (i.e. a mid-round pick). If Rutherford wants to unload the contract and save cap $ while getting a serviceable backup at half the cost in return, that is great. If he thinks Fleury garners a sizable return, then no thanks. The obstacles are how highly/stubbornly Rutherford values Fleury given the situation and how averse he is to trading him in division.
At the end of the day, I think if Francis wanted to do differently in net for the 2016-17 season, he would have been much slower re-signing Cam Ward (who was re-signed before Elliott or Andersen were moved) and would have chased Andersen. Odds are that the Canes at least start the 2016-17 season with Ward and Lack.
Eyeing a playmaking top line center
From the very beginning of the summer, I pegged the Canes 2 biggest needs as an upgrade in net (see above) and a playmaking center around which a scoring line to complement Jordan Staal's line could be built. Francis did add Teuvo Teravainen who is a promising but mostly unproven center and Lee Stempniak who put up 50+ points at right wing last season to go with rookie wild card Sebastian Aho. But there is still room for a proven offensive catalyst. Important to note is that neither of the players that I am proposing are older players to fill a gap for a short period of time. Both are young (23 and 25 years old) and both are under contract for at least 3 more seasons. As such, I view them as fitting within the plan of building a sustainable winner with young players.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Nugent-Hopkins is 23 years old, a proven NHL scorer and signed for 5 more years at a not cheap but somewhat reasonable $6 million per season. If acquired, he is a big commitment expected to anchor the scoring-leaning line opposite Jordan Staal's line for years to come. Nugent-Hopkins has been on my radar and writing list since the beginning of the summer, so I will skip repeating it here.
Matt Duchene
Duchene's situation is a bit different. Duchene is 25 years old and is only signed for 3 more seasons (still decent). His scoring totals are not significantly greater than Nugent-Hopkins, but I think his ceiling is a bit higher and my hunch is still that it costs even more to get him. He is skilled and speedy top line center who would fit Bill Peters system that emphasizes pace incredibly well.
Deal I would do/obstacles: IF either player is available, the desired target is a top 4 defenseman in the category of Tyson Barrie (to Edmonton for Nugent-Hopkins), Kevin Shattenkirk or Cam Fowler (or 1 of Anaheim's other proven young defensemen). The Canes cannot play in this bidding war, but if that fails and 1 of the 2 crazy GMs goes EBay "to the best offer" then I would still put forward an offer of Brett Pesce + a draft pick no higher than a second-rounder plus another lesser prospect or pick. That is a big price, but first line scoring/playmaking centers are hard to find. For such a deal to happen, I think 1 of the 2 GMs would need to have a fit of craziness. But it is not at all out out of the question that either GM is capable of just the craziness required. The real kicker would be if Colorado traded Barrie to Edmonton for Nugent-Hopkins plus, then looked to move Duchene but did not get interest from Anaheim. Could the Canes then steal Duchene in a Nashville-Johansen type move? One can hope.
The other way to help Tampa Bay
As much as I like Ben Bishop as a goalie, I actually do not like the combination of costs that it would likely take to get and keep him. If Yzerman wants to play hardball and get anything close to fair value for Bishop, I am on record as being more than willing to walk away. But one way or another Yzerman needs to cut some salary possibly for 2016-17 and certainly for 2017-18.
Aside from getting a small ransom for Bishop, the other deals that Yzerman would love to do involve unloading expensive contracts for underperforming veterans. He bit the bullet and bought out Matthew Carle to clear some cap space. The other 2 players in the cross hairs are Valtteri Filppula and Ryan Callahan. I would not touch Callahan and the $5.8 million that he is due for 4 more years. I would also not take Valtteri Filppula and the $5 million that he is owed for 2 more years even if he was free. He would not be worth anything close to that as a free agent.
But let's take another spin on the "NHL salary cap world ride" that produced both the 'Kris Versteeg and Joakim Nordstrom for pretty nothing to make the cap' trade and also the 'if you take Bickell's contract, you get Teravainen for very little' trade.
This might sound crazy, but Bryan Bickell for Valtteri Filppula straight up could actually make sense for both teams. Tampa Bay gets a $1 million salary cap savings for 2016-17 which might be just enough to get Kucherov and Namestnikov signed and still squeeze under the cap. They also now have a bad contract that ends at the end of the 2016-17 season. When their cap troubles become even bigger next summer, they are not staring at the last year of Filppula's $5 million salary. He seems almost certain to be bought out next summer out of necessity if no other option emerges. On a team that is incredibly deep at forward, Bickell just becomes a fourth-liner not significantly different from where Filppula had fallen to. The Hurricanes get the better player in the deal, a chance to significantly upgrade their fourth line and a player who could slot higher with a rebound. Even in a down year, Filppula scored 31 points last year. For 2016-17, I think the Hurricanes win the deal significantly with the better player at only $500,000 more real salary. Filppula would also be 1 of the 2 70-game forwards that the Canes would expose to the expansion draft next summer. The cost for the Hurricanes 2016-17 win is that when Bickell becomes a free agent this summer, the Canes are still locked in to another expensive $5 million cost for 2016-17 for Filppula. Really interesting from a Hurricanes standpoint would be if the Canes could also include Jay McClement in the deal which is who Filppula would replace. Whether McClement goes or not, I think the Canes have a significantly better fourth line something like Di Giuseppe/Filppula/Stalberg with McClement either gone or an extra.
Deal I would do/obstacles: I am really close to liking this deal if it includes McClement, but I barely pass simply because of the financial cost for 2017-18. $5 million next summer has the potential to buy much much more than Valtteri Filppula, and based on what we have seen so far this summer, I think Francis leans toward preserving flexibility for 2017-18 and beyond over taking some risks to improve 2016-17's chances. So despite the fact that I think this is an interesting 1 to bandy around in August, I would not do it.
I get where the Bruins need help on the blue line at any level. Either Brett Pesce or Ryan Murphy could be a decent fit though Boston seems more likely to chase a top 4 like Fowler or Shattenkirk. An article earlier this summer had the Canes trading a package for 30-year old David Krejci and his big $7M+ contract for 5 more years. That seems to go against everything that Francis has done thus far in terms of getting younger and avoiding risky contracts.
Deal I would do/obstacles: I just do not see what the deal is here. Krejci is not exciting for me. If he was available for his current contract as a free agent this summer (so no trade cost) at 30 years old and 5 years at $7.3 million, I would pass. Krejci is a good player, but that contract is fraught with risk because of age and recent injury issues. I am not sure which, if any, young forwards the Bruins might part with, but I guess that would be the avenue worth exploring.
Is it wrong that I have yet to give up on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins? Compliment me on my tenacity or unpolitely tell me to give it up already in the comments. 🙂
charlestoncane	on August 2, 2016 at 2:18 pm
You are definitely tenacious, but I am not sold on RNH. A player that has fallen to 3C for Edmonton does not seem like a player that should suddenly be the answer for the Canes offensive woes as a 1/2C. I understand which players are ahead of him on the depth chart there, but as the veteran of the group, he should have the ability (skill and confidence) to stay ahead of at least one of them. Duchene is a much better fit for Peters system and a proven 1C. I don't think anyone can say that RNH is a 1C at this time. Having said that, I also don't think the Canes have the players to get that deal done, outside of dealing Faulk which I absolutely would not do.
puckgod	on August 2, 2016 at 5:10 pm
Agree with Duchene, RNH-not so much…
Re. Goalies, would take either Bishop or Fleury in a heartbeat, if available… and for a longish term…3-6 years! Either would be a major upgrade, and I'd consider moving Faulk if needed (to make it work)…not my preference BUT, we can backfill a Dman easier than acquire a stud keeper! Never would I even consider worrying about the possibility of Ned…whether he might make the team, or when!!
That won't be a problem, or its a good problem to have. The team still needs help, and sitting on 18M in capspace isnt going to help…
I believe that Fleury could be had for less than Bishop in terms of assets going back (probably Lack or Ward plus Pesce or McKeown). His shorter term also provides more flexibility. If Ned or Altshuller is ready in 3 years when Fleury's contract is up then great. If not, give Fleury an extension assuming he is performing the way the Canes need a goalie to perform. You are right that, without a shutdown type of keeper, the Canes will be a bubble wild card team at best for the foreseeable future. I also agree with Matt that what you see is what we are going to get for the start of the season.
caniac97	on August 2, 2016 at 3:10 pm
I would be ok with the RNH deal, likewise if we lose Murphy I am ok with that. Would you include Hayden Fluery(sp) if McKewon(sp) has a better camp?
goaliedad	on August 2, 2016 at 7:28 pm
I think you've certainly nailed the areas that I wish we would've already upgraded by now – the true 1C and the goalie position. Fleury would be an upgrade to Cam – stats prove this out – but in your scenario, we'd get rid of Lack, which would mean we'd have both Cam and Fleury – I can't see RF carrying that much salary for this position. I tend to agree that RF is done tinkering with this position for the upcoming season. And signing Cam has been his only move backwards in my opinion. Concerning the 1C, this one's a tough one. RNH would require one of our strong young D (if not Faulk)to get here, and the question remains if he's really worth it. Maybe on this team, he'd finally realize his full potential, being away from the other young Edmonton centers (and the Canadian media) that I'm sure has been a distraction on several levels. But I have a feeling just getting him here is going to be the tough part. The possibility does exist, however, that once here, and he does perform to his potential, this could be on of RF's best moves to date.
Matt Karash	on August 3, 2016 at 2:05 am
Greatly appreciate the opportunity to read others' opinions instead of writing into a vacuum! Thanks to everyone for helping make the site active and feel more like a real coffee shop discussion. 🙂


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Q: gRPC C# crash (Exception does not bubble up) I am using gRPC version 0.14.0 in C#. It is part of an API provided by a vendor.  When the server is up, all remote invocations work fine.  When the server is not available, the invocation would crash and no exception is being bubble up.
This what my code looks like
        try
        {
            Channel channel = new Channel("127.0.0.1", 12122, ChannelCredentials.Insecure);
            UtilityService.IUtilityServiceClient stub = UtilityService.NewClient(channel);
            var fiveSecondsInFuture = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(5).ToUniversalTime();
            var asynchCall = stub.KeepAlive(new Ping { }, deadline: fiveSecondsInFuture);
            Console.WriteLine(asynchCall.GetStatus());
            var result = asynchCall.ResponseStream.ToListAsync().Result;
        } catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Something went wrong");
        }

What is the best way to handle situations when the server is not available?


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Q: Create WCF Data Service for use in service host I have a service application that host several WCF endpoints through different bindings. I want now to host a WCF Data Service in the same service Host. This post makes me believe it's possible. However, every single example on how to create a WCF Data Service creates it from inside an ASP.NET Web project, not a Class Library or Service Application. In fact, the WCF Data Service doesn't even show up in the Add New Item when selected from one of these project types.
My question is how do I create a WCF Data Service inside a Class Library, that will be called by a service host, that's already hosting several other WCF endpoints? The link I already referenced shows me how to host the Data Service after it's created, but since it doesn't show up as an option of the Add New Item, I'm kinna stuck.

A: Yes, you can host a WCF Data Service in your own assembly - with a few little tricks.
Here's how:

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*put your data model (EF Data Model) into its own assembly, let's call it DataModel

*create a new class library project (call it MyDataServiceHost)

*add a few references:

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*your DataModel assembly with the data layer

*System.ServiceModel

*System.ServiceModel.Web

*System.Data.Services.Client

*System.Data.Services - you cannot pick this from the usual Add Reference dialog under the .NET category - you need to browse for the assembly file. Find the directory C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.0 (or C:\Program Files (x86)\... on a 64-bit machine) and pick the System.Data.Services.dll inside it

*add a new class to that class library and call it e.g. YourDataService.cs - it will look something like this:
using System.Data.Services;
using System.Data.Services.Common;

using DataModel;

namespace MyDataServiceHost
{
    public class YourDataService : DataService<YourModelEntities>
    {
        // This method is called only once to initialize service-wide policies.
        public static void InitializeService(DataServiceConfiguration config)
        {
            // TODO: set rules to indicate which entity sets and service operations are visible, updatable, etc.
            // Examples:
            config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("*", EntitySetRights.AllRead);
            config.DataServiceBehavior.MaxProtocolVersion = DataServiceProtocolVersion.V2;
        }
    }
}

You can name the class anything you like, and it has to derive from DataService<T> where T is the name of your data model; if you're using Entity Framework, it's the name of your object context class - typically something like (database)Entities or whatever you picked when you created the EDM

*add another class to your new project, call it MyDataServiceHost.cs and it will look something like this:
using System;
using System.Data.Services;

using DataModel;

namespace MyDataServiceHost
{
    public class MyDataServiceHost
    {
        public static void LaunchDataService(string baseAddress)
        {
            Uri[] baseAddresses = new Uri[1];
            baseAddresses[0] = new Uri(baseAddress);

            using(DataServiceHost host = new DataServiceHost(typeof(YourDataService), baseAddresses))
            {
                host.Open();
                Console.WriteLine("DataService up and running.....");

                Console.ReadLine();
                host.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

It instantiates a DataServiceHost, which is derived from WebServiceHost (which in turn is derived from ServiceHost) and it will spin up the WCF Data Service runtime for you.

*now you can start up your WCF Data Service from any app using:
MyDataServiceHost.LaunchDataService("http://localhost:4444/YourService");

*last thing to remember: the app that you use to launch the WCF Data Service must have the connection string (the EDM connection string, if you're using Entity Framework) in its app.config (or web.config) in order for this to work!

A: One way you may be able to accomplish this is to create an ASP.NET project to contain the WCF Data Service and then define a custom data service host (scroll down to the 'Defining a Custom Data Service Host' section) that acts as a mediator between your existing WCF host and the Data Service.

A: After a lot of digging, I found the answer at this post: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/adodotnetdataservices/thread/3191377e-f3f9-4d46-8daf-431cf74cef7c
I need to use the DataService<T> class, passing my ObjectContext that holds all my Entities. Worked perfectly


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