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THE BANKRUPT.

   Oft have you pray'd me, when in youth,
   Never to err from paths of truth;
   But youth to vice is much too prone,
   And mine by far too much, I own.
   Induced to riot, swear, and game,
   I thought in vice t'acquire fame;
   But found the pois'ning scenes of riot
   Soon robb'd my mind of joy and quiet.
   The usual course of rakes I ran,
   The dupe of woman and of man.
   Careless of fortune's smile or frown,
   My desk I left t'enjoy the town,
   At folly dash'd in wisdom's spite,
   Idled by day, revell'd by night:
   But short was that delusive scene,
   And I awoke to sorrow keen.
   Debt press'd on debt: I could not pay,
   And found that credit had its day.
   No friend to aid, what should I do?
   I made bad worse: to liquor flew:
   For when my bill-book I survey'd,
   I shrunk, as if I'd seen my shade;
   And to drive terror from my mind,
   Drank on, and care gave to the wind:
   But wine nor words can charm away
   The banker's clerk who comes for pay.
   Payment is press'd, the cash is gone:
   Too late I cry, 'what must be done?'
   Horrow! a docket struck appears:
   I look aghast, my wife's in tears.
   The naked truth stares in my face,
   And shows me more than one disgrace.
   My keys a messenger demands;
   While, as a culprit often stands,
   The humbled bankrupt lowers his view,
   And sees the law its work pursue.
   Soon comes of all his goods, the sale;
   Which, like light straw before a gale,
   The hammer-man puffs clean away,
   And cries, 'they must be sold this day.'
   They are so, and I'll tell you how:
   At loss you'll readily allow.
   Then comes the tedious, humbling task,
   To answer all commiss'ners ask;
   And those who mean to act most fair,
   Will at first meeting e'er appear,
   To questions ask'd will answer true,
   And clearly state accounts to view.
   A second he need not attend,
   But if not may perhaps offend.
   Happy the man who then can lay
   His hand upon his heart, and say,
   'You all my books and deeds may scan
   I'm honest, though distress'd man.
   My own just wants, and losses great,
   Have brought me to this low estate.'
   Then comes the last dread meeting on,
   Dreadful to such as will act wrong,
   And through dishonesty or shame
   Evasive answers 'tempt to frame:
   For vain his shifts; howe'er he try,
   He can't elude the searching eye
   Of lawyers, who'll in all things pry:
   His private foibles e'en mast out--
   Grievous exposure 'tis no doubt!
   And if he's fraudl'lent found, must go
   To witness scenes of vice and woe;
   Of liberty deprived, to wail
   His faults and folly in a jail:
   But should his conduct seem least fair,
   England's blest laws will set him clear;
   Not only so, but means will give
   T'enable him again to live:
   For such the law, that when 'tis found
   There's fifteen shillings in the pound,
   A handsome drawback he's allow'd,
   When, 'stead of shamed, he may look proud;
   And be his <DW37>'dend e'er so low,
   They'll never let him coinless go.
   Yes, be it e'er a Briton's pride,
   That mercy in his courts preside.
   But e'er he's paid, he must await
   T'obtain a fair certificate.
   Some cases there however are
   Which, at first view, may seem severe;
   Suppose his creditors are ten;
   Four sign, the rest refuse: what then?
   If their demand exceed the four
   They'll keep the bankrupt in their pow'r;
   And although he has all resign'd,
   If unproved debts remain behind,
   Inhuman creditors then may
   His body into prison lay,
   Where oft the wretch, to sooth his grief,
   In dissipation seeks relief.
   Sometimes a parent may prevent
   Unmeaningly the law's intent;
   And merc'less creditors decline
   The hapless debtor's deed to sign,
   In hopes the father may one day
   The long-neglected son's debts pay.
   The Lawyer and the Auctioneer,
   Plunges all parties in despair;
   When Creditors their bills do see,
   Each sighing say nought's left for me.

AN ADDRESS
TO THE
INSOLVENT.

   Embarress'd man be just and true,
   Insolvent acts releases you;
   I mean your person from a jail,
   Tho' keen reproach the man assail.
   Take my advice when e'er you find,
   Misfortunes canker in your mind;
   Resign your trade give up your store,
   For going on will hurt you more.
   When e'er you find you cannot pay,
   Your trade give up without delay;
   Too apt we are when cares oppress,
   To liquor fly to make them less.
   Many I fear from business stray,
   Soon as they find they cannot pay;
   Others to prisons frequent fly,
   To waste their time in luxury.
   Painful sensations are their doom,
   When they behold a prison's gloom;
   Do not suppose I mean there are,
   But few in prisons that act fair.
   Yes, I should hope not one in ten,
   Pursue a base ungenerous plan.
   If it's your fate to be confin'd,
   Enter a jail with fervent mind;
   To give up all were all is due,
   And virtue's course through life pursue.
   Abstain from drinking, or you'll find,
   Doing such things disturb the mind;
   Think of your wife and view the tear,
   That start from her caus'd by despair.
   A prison's horrors shake her frame,
   When she at entrance say her name;
   Perhaps an infant in her arms,
   Raise in your mind grief's quick alarms.
   Sometimes an aged father flies,
   To see you there before he dies;
   Likely a tender mother say,
   My son I'll see without delay.
   Each brings affections sighs and tears,
   With throbbing hearts and thousand fears;
   Perhaps their little all they give,
   That you from prison quickly live.
   A brother comes a brother say,
   I cannot from you keep away;
   Take my last shilling I've no more,
   You know the reason I am poor.
   Let my forgiveness dry your tears,
   And lull to rest a brother's fears;
   A tender sister, close the scene
   Of anguish, grief, and sorrow keen;
   She gives a sigh and said adieu,
   And waft her blessings then on you.
   Johnson who keeps the County Jail,
   The captives fate he much bewail;
   And tries the utmost in his power,
   To soften each corroding hour,
   Of those appointed to his care,
   And lull to rest the mind's despair.
   Respect to all he daily pay,
   While they the prison laws obey;
   But if decorum's rules they break,
   Coercive steps he quickly take;
   Till order is restor'd again,
   And they from acting wrong refrain.
   Each turnkey is a civil man,
   And will oblige you if they can;
   Yet faithful to their trust they are,
   And will do nothing that's unfair.
   On City prison now I dwell,
   The captives like their keeper well;
   They say he's kind to every man,
   And ease their troubles all he can.

TO THE MEMORY
OF AN
AFFECTIONATE PARENT.

   My pen cannot describe or tears convey,
   The pangs I felt when late I bad farewell;
   I view'd in death's embrace a parent lay,
   And heard the passing of the mournful bell.

   Nine month's disease its ravages had made,
   E'er death reliev'd her from all sufferings here;
   I saw the Sexton with his Iron spade,
   Mark out the spot, and place the gloomy bier.

   Affecting scene! while recollection last,
   I'll trace the parting of our sad adieu;
   Dwell on those scenes that are for ever past,
   Tho' in my mind it troubles fresh renew.

   Just before death had wield the fatal blow,
   That stops the power of utterance or sigh;
   She with a voice angelic soft and low,
   Cried, Lord! forgive me e'er my spirit fly.

   Oft have I seen my virtuous parent stray,
   O'er her lov'd garden pensive and forlorn;
   To cull the flowers each succeeding day,
   And view the beauties of a summer's morn.

   Scarce did the flower adorn the spot around,
   But her hand planted in its proper place;
   No fonder lover of those sweets were found,
   While she their beauties in her mind cou'd trace.

   Three days before her suffering were o'er,
   She crav'd assistance to her favourite spot;
   And said my roses I shall see no more,
   And when I'm absent they will be forgot.

   But for her sake a faithful servant toil,
   To free the flowers from weeds from morn till night;
   Or bring fresh water to the thirsty soil,
   To that lov'd spot that gave her oft delight.

   Anticipation to the panting heart,
   Convey'd the dread decree of fate's ordain;
   To say she must from earthly scenes depart,
   And not to them for ever turn again,

   Meekness thro' life had mark'd her for her care,
   While resignation claim'd her for her own;
   Sometimes her mind wou'd cheerful still appear,
   And strive to stifle pain's afflicting groan.

   Oh God! she cried, thy mercy let me crave,
   Till life's short span is taken quite away;
   Then may I rest at peace within the grave,
   To wait thy summons for the awful day.

   Scarce had religion brought sweet hope, to aid
   The virtuous victim in the pangs of death;
   When soft a guardian angel gently said,
   You'll dwell with me when time extinguish breath.

   A few short struggles and the scene was o'er,
   Death with his victim flew above the skies;
   I shall thro' life her absence oft deplore,
   Till recollection from my memory flies.

   The humble cottagers their Mistress bore,
   To her cold home each face bedew'd with tears;
   She to her mansion to return no more,
   For death has silenc'd all her hopes and fears.

   Oh! had you seen my good and worthy sire,
   In sorrow's garment his last duty pay;
   To her whose virtues did esteem acquire,
   Or ease the troubles of a luckless day.

   Two sorrowing sons increas'd the gloomy day,
   Who will while life remain her loss deplore;
   Till recollection from them fade away,
   Or erring mortals here do sin no more.

   Each little mourner drop'd affection's tear,
   When dust on dust the coffin hid from view;
   Their youthful sighs denoted their despair,
   When they of Grandma' bid a long adieu.

THOUGHTS ON PASSING THROUGH
A
CHURCH-YARD.

   I've pac'd the sacred yard, oh death! thy sting,
   Expunge from earth the beggar and the king;
   A marble monument, a stone foretell,
   The characters below, here acted well:
   Each grave a warning give, and yet we see,
   Few strive to gain a bless'd eternity:
   Kindred and neighbours with departing sigh,
   Cry, write o'er me, 'remember all must die!'
   Can we these warnings with indifferance view,
   And still a life of guilt and sin pursue.
   So frail our natures that at times we pray,
   At church at morn, yet sin the after day;
   Much shall we tremble, when the trumpets sound,
   To call us to our God with Angels round.
   There shall we tottering hear the just decree,
   Of him alone, who can all spirits free:
   How oft we find when sickness brings distress,
   We wish our sufferings and our crimes were less;
   It is our crimes that most our anguish brings,
   And paint grim death, with all his bitter stings,
   Then erring man if happiness you crave,
   Repent and sin no more this side the grave.

ON THE DEATH
OF
MR. CHARLES SAVORY.

   When fortune smil'd, his friendly care
      Was to relieve distress;
   And ease the wretched in dispair,
      Or make their troubles less.
   When to him misfortune stray'd,
      No brothers gave relief;
   To assist the man each seem'd afraid,
      Or ease the brow of grief.
   A trifling pittance neighbours say,
      The elder B---r sent;
   Not half enough in life's decay,
      To pay his nurse and rent.
   From his misfortunes well its known,
      Their anger did increase;
   He wish'd his friend would make it known,
      He died with all at peace.
   Within the church beside his wife,
      My friend's remains are laid;
   Remov'd from all the pangs of life,
      Or B---s to upbraid.
   Benevolence came forth with speed,
      While pity went before;
   Holding J. Barber's hand to aid,
      The man that's now no more.
   Oh Barber! such a heart as thine,
      Are seldom found in man;
   Thy generous deeds to endless time,
      Will prove sweet comforts plan.
   What proof thou gives of friendly care,
      To take his orphan girl;
   And dry the child's fresh starting tear,
      And from her grief to hurl.
   Oh daughter of my late lov'd friend,
      Religious guide pursue;
   Till your last moments here do end,
      Or tomb encompass you.

EPITAPH TO THE ABOVE.

   Faithful in friendship kind to all,
      The needy poor around;
   And those who gave a friendly call,
      A hearty welcome found.

   Deceit ne'er harbour'd in his breast,
      Or flattery in his mind;
   From troubles here he surely rest,
      And hope forgiveness find.

THE
INJURED TO THE INJURER.

   You vilest of the human race,
   A traitorous fiend with double face;
   A fawning sycophant from youth,
   Who never spoke a word of truth:
   Who shed thy tears like crocodile;
   Apparent virtue prov'd all vile:
   You ask'd for cash the other day;
   And for your coach hire home to pay.
   Poor needy wretch I lent you gold,
   You in return my credit sold:
   But vile ingrate, the world shall know,
   You've prov'd my base ungenerous foe.
   From watchmen who protect the laws,
   Did I not screen you from their paws;
   Said that at home I soon should be,
   Soon as arriv'd you came to me.
   Said that you wanted forty pounds,
   You stamp'd, and swore, and struck the ground.
   Tho' press'd myself I lent it you,
   With blessings on me bade adieu:
   'Twas Sunday night that we did part,
   I thought 'twas with an honest heart;
   You said my brothers here would be,
   To lend me aid and set me free:
   Instead of brothers, bailiffs came
   To caption me and hurt my name.
   They had a writ from Mr Blake,
   My body into prison take;
   Vile wretch you'll have the public scorn,
   To curse the day that you were born:
   I'll publish to the world your knavery,
   And write my name the injur'd, SAVORY.
   Interest leads mankind to stray,
   From honesty both night and day;
   When fortune smiles, friends we do meet,
   That greet us kindly in the street;
   But when they see us in distress,
   You'll frequent find their number less.
   Too well I know this to be true,
   And worthy neighbours so do you;
   When you can spend a pound-note free,
   A clever fellow you will be;
   But when your purse is empty grown,
   Those compliments from you are flown;
   Its not dear sir I wish to see,
   You at my house to dine and tea;
   Do but just say you'll to them roam,
   They'll say they cannot be at home.

ON THE DEATH
OF
LORD NELSON.

   The fleets of haughty France and Spain,
   No more will triumph on the main,
         Though Nelson is no more:
   Our hero's blood was dearly bought;
   To conquer them he bravely fought,
         And died in vict'ry's arms.

   'We'll avenge his death,' the seamen cry,
   'We'll fight, we'll conquer, or we'll die,
         And will their force deride:
   Our little ones shall lisp his name,
   And to acquire a Nelson's fame,
         Will ever be their pride.'

   Before cold death had closed his eyes,
   Cover'd with wounds, the hero cries,
         'Is victory our own?'
   'We've conquer'd,' cried the valiant crew,
   He smiling bade them all adieu,
         And died without a groan.

   Yet, ere he flew, he did enquire,
   How many ships were then on fire,
         And others that had struck:
   Well pleased the hero then was seen,
   When told the number was fifteen;
         For England was his care.

   Then with a bright benignant smile,
   Inploring blessings on our isle,
         Bade Collingwood adieu:
   Oh, gracious God! my soul receive,
   From troubles England quick relieve,
         And peace again renew.

   Oh death! thy keen unwelcome blow,
   Laid England's darling bleeding low,
         The hour he gain'd the day;
   Soon as thy hand, had clos'd his eyes,
   A beautious angel from the skies;
         Flew with his soul away.

   To taste sweet joys beyond the grave,
   That are allotted for the brave,
         Who fall in victory's arms:
   Many a tar we hope to find,
   Will prove he has the hero's mind,
         When signals raise alarms.

TRUTH.

   The unsuspecting often meet deceit,
   By fawning wretches that would kiss their feet;
   Such is the case, that man to man you'll see,
   Would for a shilling a curs'd traitor be.
   Too well I know by sad experience bought,
   Man have by artful means my ruin sought;
   And would have plung'd me in extreme distress,
   To gain their aims, or make their troubles less.
   Mankind sometimes will act a knavish part,
   And unexpected use deceit and art.
   The world is grown so fond of getting cash,
   That for its sake they'll do what's base or rash:
   Will make him drunk to gain a neighbour's wife,
   Forge a last will, or take away his life:
   A rape commit and laws avenge defy,
   Flog a poor boy, or tell a flagrant lye:
   Oft have I seen a poor and friendless child,
   Flog'd near to death and made by torments wild;
   For faults so small that blame you cou'd not see,
   Nor cou'd his Master mention them to me;
   When I the monster did upbraid, he swore
   Another time he'd give him ten times more.
   Scenes such as these too often do appear,
   And pity 'tis some punishments severe,
   Was not inflicted on the sordid elf,
   Either by hanging, or the loss of wealth.

BETSY'S TEARS,
A SONG.

   Oh Betsy hide that starting tear,
      That fain would speak distress;
   A cherub's aid will soon appear,
      And make your sufferings less.

   You say no pity you can crave,
      For misery here below;
   Then rest your hopes beyond the grave,
      Where God great mercy show.

   To every damsel in distress,
      If penitents they prove;
   He quickly make their sorrows less,
      And send again his love.

   The villian that betray'd in youth,
      An artless maid astray;
   Was stranger to the love of truth,
      Or what the scriptures say.

   An earthly guardian he was made,
      By him that is no more;
   He'll find chastisement's sharpen'd blade,
      On him torments pour.

   No retribution he can make,
      While on this earth he crawls;
   God will speedy vengance take,
      When he the reptile calls.

THE REPROACH.

   Canst thou see my wasted frame,
   And hear aloud sad Betsy's name,
         And still unmov'd remain;
   Yes, thou canst hear it every day,
   And to it oft attention pay:
         Without a sigh or pain.

   But when ye do in heaven appear,
   My Father's spirit will be there;
         And hear thy awful doom.
   Thy soul will then tormented be,
   For dealing so unjust with me;
         Who wither'd ere my bloom.

   When virtuous souls are with the blest,
   Thy guilty shade will find no rest;
         But hurl'd to endless pain,
   Were wicked man is made to know,
   That Satan dealt the painful blow;
         And will torment again.

   No wealth can lull to rest my fears,
   Or time dry up my falling tears;
         Till I from life am flown:
   Then do I hope once more to see,
   My parents both along with me;
         And they their Betsy own.

ALBERT TO HANNAH.

   I've read your letter o'er and o'er again,
   Happy to find you faithful do remain,
   Besides forgiveness; though too much I fear,
   I long have made you victim to despair.
   You say two years with fervency I strove
   To keep affection, constancy, and love;
   But soon as crosses came upon my mind,
   Was careless of you, and appear'd unkind.
   I knew my home was neat, serene, and nice;
   But, ah! that home I lost, allured by vice.
   Soon as you fled, a different scene in view,
   Gone all attention soon as I lost you.
   The quick retort was always in my ears,
   You've drown'd a virtuous wife in sorrow's tears.
   Soon as I found all hopes to meet you fled,
   I pray'd I might be number'd with the dead:
   Oblivion's aid I oft invok'd by drink,
   I could not meditate nor dared to think.
   You say it cost you tears to write to me,
   But they'll disperse when you a convert see.
   Long I've invok'd a pardon from above,
   To make me worthy of the wife I love:
   Return, and till my days are at an end,
   I'll prove protector, guardian, and a friend.
   The converse delicate, the smile sincere,
   Will check the sigh, and stop the rising tear;
   Cheerful as formerly we'll pass our life,
   A happy husband I, and you the wife.

ON SEEING AN AMIABLE WOMAN
DISTRESSED IN MIND.

   Oh gracious God, her peace restore,
      And make her sufferings less;
   Let frenzied thoughts disturb no more,
      Or sorrow on her press.

   Pour down thy blessings, on a mind
      Encompass'd round by grief;
   Let fortune smile and friends be kind,
      To nature grant relief.

   'Twas pure affection caus'd her tears,
      And furrow'd beauty's face;
   But thou can lull to rest her fears,
      By thy almighty grace.

   May guardian angels plant their seat,
      Beside the lovely fair;
   While hope and comfort frequent meet,
      To keep her from despair.

   Tranquillity thou dove-ey'd maid,
      A visit quickly pay;
   Of virtue's self, be not afraid,
      Stay with her all the day.

A MOTHER'S ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

   Accept oh Lord! a mother's prayer,
   And shield my child from sickness here;
   May Judah, ever constant prove
   Herself deserving of thy love:
   Sweet Robert in this vale of tears,
   Survived with me three sickening years,
   Before it was thy will to say,
   He shall the debt of nature pay:
   On lov'd Maria now I dwell,
   My grief for her no pen can tell;
   To spare a mother's pangs she flew,
   To thee, ere I cou'd say adieu!
   The babe was not a year with me,
   Ere angels wafted her to thee:
   For Charlotte's life, oh Lord!  I pray,
   And Robert's too both night and day;
   Should it be thy will to call
   Them from my sight, I pray, that all
   My children may obtain a rest,
   Were souls are number'd with the blest.
   Henry a mother's last delight,
   Improve O Lord, his health and sight,
   That quick I find his strength increase,
   My thanks to thee, shall never cease.

ON SEEING A YOUNG NOBLEMAN
IMPRISONED FOR DEBT.

   The victim of sorrow with gloom on his mind,
   Sighs for those pleasures he late left behind;
   The bottle, the play-house, card-room and ball,
   And the fine guilded chariot kept at the hall;
   Enjoy'd but at night in dreams mix'd with sorrow,
   That leaves the imprudent as hopeless to morrow.
   With anguish he views his now alter'd state,
   Laments his past folly but finds it too late;
   His bottle companions in assistance will fail,
   Soon as they hear he is plac'd in a jail:
   Fair economy's rules he brings to his view,
   Determines in future her plans to pursue;
   The downfal of life, oft the delicate kill,
   By a strong dose of adversity's pill;
   Neglected in prison, yields up his life,
   And leaves in despair his children and wife;
   Oblig'd to return to her father's once more,
   Endeavours again her peace to restore;
   Grief so harress'd once a heart blith and gay,
   Death soon appear'd and took her quick away.

LIFE.

   When e'er you walk the hill or street,
   A flaunting dressing thing you'll meet;
   Her wanton air would fain beguile,
   A thoughtless youth to stray awhile:
   Her conversation gross he'll find,
   Chaste modesty she leaves behind;
   That Goddess seldom now appear,
   Where people walk to take the air.
   She daily must in Laces dress,
   Altho' her parents in distress:
   She'll get them any way she can,
   To marry some unthinking man.
   When he the flaunter do obtain,
   On pleasure's wings she fix her brain;
   His shirts or stockings she can't mend,
   But must them to a neighbour send;
   And tells her husband, he must stray
   With her to see a merry play.
   He must comply, or else he'll find
   She teazes much his gloomy mind;
   Often she does the man reproach,
   Because he cannot keep a Coach:
   Tells him she cannot rest at home,
   And do with finer people roam;
   The husband now alarm'd appears,
   Too just his reason for his fears:
   Truth silence now his sad alarms,
   She's fled into another's arms.
   Parents oft cause a girl's distress,
   By letting her devote to dress;
   Time which they should frequent spend,
   At house-work, or their clothes to mend:
   A watch must now adorn the side,
   To fill their minds with erring pride;
   Tells her that every <DW2> admire,
   And soon she'll gain a Country squire;
   Again I say a boarding school,
   Too often makes sweet Miss a fool;
   Put such strange notions in her brain,
   As she cannot good sense retain:
   When Miss is taken from the school,
   She wants in every thing to rule;
   There she perhaps may learn to dance,
   Alike the paltry things from France:
   This plain truth I dare to tell,
   But few from them correctly spell;
   Too often write so bad a hand,
   That scarce one line you understand;
   Their education often makes,
   Them only fit for lords or rakes.
   To Miss and schools I bid adieu,
   And will another tale pursue.
   Many a tradesman in this place,
   Brings on themselves their own disgrace;
   Politics engross their mind,
   And cause their friends to be unkind:
   The horns anounce the papers in,
   His daily pleasures now begin;
   Two hours are wasted in this day,
   Which time he should to business pay;
   Customers too frequent call,
   And cannot see the man at all:
   Each one declares he'll call no more,
   As he had been there oft before.
   No wonder that he cannot pay,
   As thus he trifles time away:
   We often do our fate bewail,
   When adverse gales do us assail;
   The money that we waste away,
   Frequent we should to others pay;
   Careless of our neighbours grief,
   We only seek our own relief;
   The cause we have such dismal times,
   Is chiefly owing to our crimes.
   The pipe and bottle frequent stay,
   The man who should attention pay;
   To business, or to any thing
   Which may perhaps a profit bring;
   Insteads of wine, drink humble ale,
   Drop fine gigs thus ends my tale.

ON SEEING COLOURS CONSECRATED:
PRESENTED BY MRS. BERKLEY.

   Berkley, the female champion of our cause,
   While gratitude exists demands applause;
   The morn was fine and pleasant was the scene,
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   And loyalty appear'd on every face;
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   The same good order then was plainly seen,
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   The Captain with due modesty and grace,
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   With manners pleasing and with accents just,
   The worthy fair one yields the sacred trust;
   Speaks of their duty in the hour of strife,
   Never to yield those colours but with life:
   With manliness the Captain quick replies,
   No man will yield them! madam, till he dies;
   Ensigns receiv'd them from the Captain's hand,
   May God protect them ever in this land.

                                  FINIS.

                                * * * * *

                        LANE AND WALKER, PRINTERS.

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/* Hash.c
 * 	Arbitrary depth, arbitrary size, arbitrary hash
 *
 *  (c) 2008, 2011, 2013 Christopher J. McKenzie
 */
#include "common.h"
#include "hash.h"
#include "parse.h"

extern int errno;
typedef int	Severity;
typedef char	bool;

enum
{
	NONFATAL=0,
	FATAL=1,
};
enum
{
	false,
	true
};

Node *g_head = 0;
char *g_fname = "hash";
bool g_fnameflag = false;
struct stat g_dp;
const HashTable hash_prototype =
{
	0,
	64,	// Default to 64 entries
	63,	// The mask
	0	// Needs to be allocated
};

// Local functions
static inline void 	setError(char *file, int lineno, char *message, char*varname, Severity s);
static inline size_t	hashResize(Node*toResize);
static inline Node*	hashInsert(Node*toSearch, Node**toInsert, bool*created, bool force);
static inline size_t	hashFind(Node*toSearch, char*key);
static inline size_t	hash(char*tohash);
static inline Node*	nodeCreate(NodeType type, char*key, char*value);
static int 		dataLoadHead();
static int 		dataSaveHead();
static void 		printUsage(char*progname );
void 			cleanup(Node*toClean);

// A couple macros
#ifdef _DEBUG
#define mmalloc(bytes) 			malloc(bytes);printf("malloc: %d\t<%s@%d>\n", bytes, __FILE__, __LINE__);
#define mrealloc(pointer, bytes) 	realloc(pointer, bytes);printf("realloc: %d\t<%s@%d>\n", bytes, __FILE__, __LINE__);
#define BAILIFNOT(Node, Check) 	if(Node->type != Check) return 0;
#define NULLCHECK(var)		if(var == NULL) setError(__FILE__, __LINE__, "Null exception", " var ", FATAL);
#define ASSERT(n) 		if( ! ( n ) ) { printf("<ASSERT FAILURE@%s:%d>", __FILE__, __LINE__); fflush(0); __asm("int $0x3"); }
#define TRACE(n)		printf("trace: %s <%s@%d>\n", n, __FILE__, __LINE__);fflush(0);
#else //_DEBUG
#define mmalloc(bytes) 			malloc(bytes)
#define mrealloc(pointer, bytes)	realloc(pointer, bytes)
#define BAILIFNOT(Node, Check) 	{}
#define NULLCHECK(var)		{}
#define ASSERT(n)		{}
#define TRACE(n)		{}
#endif //_DEBUG
#define TABS	"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t"
#define TABOUT	(depth) ? (strlen(TABS) + TABS - depth + 1) : ""
// RESIZE policy
#define RESIZEIF(n)		((n * 3) / 5)

static inline void setError(char *file, int lineno, char *message, char*varname, Severity s)
{
	printf("%s@%d: %s %c%s%c\n",
			file? file : "(unknown)",
			lineno? lineno : -1,
			message? message : "An error occured",
			varname? '(' : ' ',
			varname? varname : " ",
			varname? ')' : ' ');
	switch(s)
	{
		case FATAL:
			exit -1;
			break;
		case NONFATAL:
		default:
			break;
	}
}

void dumpNode(Node*nd, size_t depth, size_t maxdepth)
{
	switch(nd->type)
	{
		case HASH:
			{
				size_t ix;
				if(depth < maxdepth)
				{
					if(depth > 0)
					{
						printf("%s@\t%s\n", TABOUT, nd->key);
					}
					for(ix = 0; ix < nd->hash->size_maximum; ix++)
					{
						if(nd->hash->table[ix])
						{
							dumpNode(nd->hash->table[ix], depth + 1, maxdepth);
						}
					}
				}
				else
				{
					printf("%s@\t%s\n", TABOUT, nd->key);
				}
			}
			break;

		case TUPLE:
			printf("%s%s\t%s\n", TABOUT, nd->key, nd->value? nd->value: "<NULL>");
			break;
	}
}

// Resize a hash according to a policy
// If the policy isn't met then this doesn't resize
static inline size_t	hashResize(Node*toResize)
{
	static size_t ix;
	static HashTable *hash;
	Node **tempHash;
	TRACE("hashResize");

	NULLCHECK(toResize);
	BAILIFNOT(toResize, HASH);

       	hash = toResize->hash;

	// Resize
	if( RESIZEIF(hash->size_maximum) < hash->size_current)
	{
		// Create a temporary hash
		tempHash = mmalloc(hash->size_maximum * sizeof(Node*));
		ASSERT(tempHash != NULL);
		// Copy the current hash over to it	(maximum because data can be sparse)
		memcpy(tempHash, hash->table, hash->size_maximum * sizeof(Node*));

		// Increase the size of the current hash
		hash->size_maximum <<= 1;
		hash->size_mask = hash->size_maximum - 1;

		hash->table = (Node**)mrealloc(hash->table, hash->size_maximum * sizeof(Node*));
		ASSERT(hash->table != NULL);

		// Clear it
		memset(hash->table, 0, hash->size_maximum * sizeof(Node*));

		// Repopulate it
		for(ix = 0; ix < hash->size_current; ix++)
		{
			if(tempHash[ix])
			{
				hashInsert(toResize, &(tempHash[ix]), 0, false);
			}
		}

		// Free up the temporary hash
		free(tempHash);
	}

	// Return the (new) maximum size
	return hash->size_maximum;
}

/*
 * Insert something into a hash
 * Returns the place of insert
 * Resizes if necessary.
 */
static inline Node*	hashInsert(Node*toSearch, Node**toInsert, bool*created, bool force)
{
	static size_t insertionPlace;
	static HashTable *hash;

	NULLCHECK(toSearch);
	NULLCHECK(*toInsert);
	BAILIFNOT(toSearch, HASH);
	TRACE("hashInsert");

	// See if it needs a resize
	hashResize(toSearch);

	hash = toSearch->hash;
	insertionPlace = hashFind(toSearch, (*toInsert)->key);
	// See if anything is there already
	if ( (hash->table[insertionPlace] == NULL) || force == true)
	{
		if(hash->table[insertionPlace] != NULL)
		{
			cleanup(hash->table[insertionPlace]);
		}

		if(created)
		{
			*created = true;
		}
		hash->size_current++;
		hash->table[insertionPlace] = (Node*)mmalloc(sizeof(Node));
		memcpy(hash->table[insertionPlace], *toInsert, sizeof(Node));
	}
	else
	{
		if(created)
		{
			*created = false;
		}
		cleanup(*toInsert);
		(*toInsert) = hash->table[insertionPlace];
	}
	switch(hash->table[insertionPlace]->type)
	{
		case HASH:
			return hash->table[insertionPlace];
			break;
		default:
		case TUPLE:
			return toSearch;
			break;
	}
}

/*
 * Find an insertion point in a hash
 * for a given key value
 */
static inline size_t	hashFind(Node*toSearch, char*key)
{
	static size_t index;
	static Node **table;

	NULLCHECK(toSearch);
	NULLCHECK(key);
	BAILIFNOT(toSearch, HASH)
	TRACE("hashFind");

	index = (hash(key) & toSearch->hash->size_mask);
	table = toSearch->hash->table;

	for(;;)
	{
		// See if it matches
		if(!table[index])
		{
			return index;
		}

		if(strcmp(table[index]->key, key))
		{
			index++;
			index &= toSearch->hash->size_mask;
			continue;
		}
		return index;
		break;
	}
}

/*
 * Compute the starting point of a hash search
 */
static inline size_t	hash(char*tohash)
{
	static size_t hash_result = 0;
	static int letterno = 0;

	NULLCHECK(tohash);
	TRACE("Hash");

	// The hash algorithm starts with an size_t of 0
	hash_result = 0;

	// It takes each letter and xors it with the previous hash_result while incrementing a variable
	// And bitshifting the letter left letterno spaces
	for(letterno = 0; (tohash[letterno]) && (letterno < 24); letterno++)
	{
		hash_result = hash_result ^ (tohash[letterno] << letterno);
	}
	// Returns the hash_result;
	return hash_result;
}

/*
 * Create a node for insertion purposes
 */
static inline Node*nodeCreate(NodeType type, char*key, char*value)
{
	Node*newNode = (Node*)mmalloc(sizeof(Node));
	ASSERT(newNode != NULL);

	NULLCHECK(key);
	TRACE("nodeCreate");

	// Assign the type
	newNode->type = type;

	// Assign the key
	newNode->key = (char*)mmalloc(strlen(key) + 1);
	ASSERT(newNode->key);
	strcpy(newNode->key, key);

	// Create the type
	switch(type)
	{
		case HASH:
			newNode->hash = (HashTable*)mmalloc(sizeof(HashTable));
			ASSERT(newNode->hash != NULL);
			memcpy(newNode->hash, &hash_prototype, sizeof(HashTable));

			newNode->hash->table = (Node**)mmalloc(sizeof(Node*) * newNode->hash->size_maximum);
			ASSERT(newNode->hash->table != NULL);
			memset(newNode->hash->table, 0, sizeof(Node*) * newNode->hash->size_maximum);
			break;

		case TUPLE:
			NULLCHECK(value);
			newNode->value = (char*)mmalloc(strlen(value) + 1);
			ASSERT(newNode->value);
			strcpy(newNode->value, value);
			break;
	}

	return newNode;
}

#define BUFFORCE ret = write(fd, buffer, strlen(buffer));\
	ASSERT(ret == strlen(buffer));\
	\
	memset(buffer, 0, bufsize);\

#define BUFCHECK if(strlen(buffer) > ((bufsize * 3) / 4)) { BUFFORCE }
#define BUFMATH	buffer + strlen(buffer), bufsize - strlen(buffer)
// The dataSave is recursive

#define bufsize 4096
static int dataSave(int fd, Node*node, int depth)
{
	char buffer[bufsize] = {0};
	size_t ix;
	size_t ret;
	TRACE("dataSave");

	for( ix = 0; ix < node->hash->size_maximum; ix++ )
	{
		if(node->hash->table[ix] != NULL)
		{
			switch(node->hash->table[ix]->type)
			{
				case TUPLE:
					snprintf( BUFMATH, "\n%s\"%s\"\t\"%s\"", TABOUT, node->hash->table[ix]->key, node->hash->table[ix]->value);
					BUFCHECK
					break;
				case HASH:
					snprintf( BUFMATH, "\n%s\"%s\"\n%s{", TABOUT, node->hash->table[ix]->key, TABOUT);
					// Force this stuff to be written to disk first!
					BUFFORCE
					// Recurse down
					dataSave(fd, node->hash->table[ix], depth + 1);
					snprintf( BUFMATH, "\n%s}", TABOUT);
					break;
			}
		}
	}
	// Force the buffer to be written before returning
	BUFFORCE
	return node->hash->size_current;
}

static int dataSaveHead()
{
	int fd = open(g_fname, O_TRUNC | O_RDWR);
	int ret;
	char buffer[] = "HEAD\n{";
	char end[] = "\n}\n";
	TRACE("dataSaveHead");
	ret = write(fd, buffer, strlen(buffer));
	ASSERT(ret == strlen(buffer));

	if(g_head->hash)
	{
		dataSave(fd, g_head, 1);
	}
	ret = write(fd, end, strlen(end));
	ASSERT(ret == strlen(end));

	// Close the file descriptor
	close(fd);
}

static char** dataLoadRecursive(char **start, Node*Current)
{
	Node*insertNode;

	TRACE("dataLoadRecursive");
	while(start[1] && strlen(start[1]))
	{
		// It's a hash
		if(start[1][0] == '{' )
		{
			insertNode = nodeCreate(HASH, start[0], 0);
			hashInsert(Current, &insertNode, 0, false);
			start = dataLoadRecursive(start + 2, insertNode);

		}
		else if(start[0][0] == '}')
		{
			start ++;
			// End of scope
			return start;
		}
		else
		{
			insertNode = nodeCreate(TUPLE, start[0], start[1]);
			hashInsert(Current, &insertNode, 0, false);
			start += 2;
		}
	}

	return start;
}

#define MAXTOKENS	65536
static int dataLoadHead() {
	int fd,
	    ret;

  size_t sz;

	char	*buffer,
		**parsed;

	TRACE("dataLoadHead");
	umask(0);

	if(g_fnameflag == false) {

		if(! chdir((const char*)getenv("HOME")) ) {
      doerror();
    }

		if(stat(".array", &g_dp)) {

			mkdir(".array",0755);
		}

		if(!chdir(".array")) {        //assuming this is successful now
      doerror();
    }
	}

	if(stat(g_fname, &g_dp)) {

		creat(g_fname, 0644);

	} else {
		// Create a buffer for the file
		buffer = (char*)mmalloc(g_dp.st_size);
		NULLCHECK(buffer);

		// Create a buffer for the tokens
		parsed = (char**)mmalloc(MAXTOKENS * sizeof(char*));
		NULLCHECK(parsed);

		// Open the file
		fd = open(g_fname, O_RDONLY);

		// Read the whole file in
		sz = read(fd, buffer, g_dp.st_size);
    if(sz != g_dp.st_size) {
      doerror();
    }

		close(fd);

		parse(buffer, parsed, MAXTOKENS);

		dataLoadRecursive(parsed + 2, g_head);
	}

	return 1;
}

static void printUsage(char *progname)
{
	TRACE("printUsage");
	printf("hash %s - General purpose hashing for the masses.\n", VERSION);
	printf("Usage: %s [ option | hash ]* (key) (value)\n", progname);
	printf("\n");
	printf("options:\n");
	printf("  -f --file dbase  User specified database\n");
	printf("  -a --all         Show the entire tree\n");
	printf("  -F --force       Overwrite any existing value\n");
	printf("     --delete      Delete a key or hash table\n");
	printf("  -h --help        This screen\n");
	printf("  -s --stdin       Read from stdin\n");
	printf("     --version     Version\n");
	printf("\n");
	printf("hash	one or more recursive hash names\n");
	printf("key	key\n");
	printf("value	value\n");

	return;
}

void cleanup(Node*toClean)
{
	size_t ix;
	TRACE("Cleanup");
	free(toClean->key);
	switch(toClean->type)
	{
		case TUPLE:
			free(toClean->value);
			break;
		case HASH:
			for(ix = 0; ix < toClean->hash->size_maximum; ix++)
			{
				if(toClean->hash->table[ix])
				{
					cleanup(toClean->hash->table[ix]);
				}
			}
			free(toClean->hash->table);
			free(toClean->hash);
			break;
	}
	free(toClean);
}

int main(int argc, char*argv[])
{
	bool 	created = false,
		cmdsearch = true,
	    	usestdin = false,
		firstentry = true,
	    	force = false,
	    	doDelete = false;

	int maxnode = 1;

	char *progname = argv[0];

	Node*insertNode = NULL;
	Node*currentNode = NULL;

	g_head = nodeCreate(HASH, "HEAD", 0);
	currentNode = g_head;

	if(argc <= 1)
	{
		dataLoadHead();
	}

	while(argc > 1)
	{
		if(cmdsearch == true && argv[1][0] == '-')
		{
			if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--help"))
			{
				printUsage(progname);
				goto end;
			}
			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--"))
			{
				cmdsearch = false;
			}
			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--version"))
			{
				printf("%s\n", VERSION);
				goto end;
			}
			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-f") || (!strcmp(argv[1], "--fname" )))
			{
				g_fname = argv[2];
				g_fnameflag = true;
				argc--;
				argv++;
			}

			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-s") || (!strcmp(argv[1], "--stdin" )))
			{
				usestdin = true;
			}
			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-a") || (!strcmp(argv[1], "--all" )))
			{
				maxnode = 65535;
			}
			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-F") || (!strcmp(argv[1], "--force" )))
			{
				force = true;
			}
			else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--delete"))
			{
				doDelete = true;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			if(firstentry == true)
			{
				dataLoadHead();
				firstentry = false;
			}
			if (argc == 3)
			{
				insertNode = nodeCreate(TUPLE, argv[1], argv[2]);
				currentNode = hashInsert(currentNode, &insertNode, &created, force);
				if(insertNode->type == TUPLE)
				{
					// Go double time (key/value pair)
					argv++;
					argc--;
				}
			}
			else
			{
				insertNode = nodeCreate(HASH, argv[1], 0);
				if(argc < 3)
				{
					currentNode = hashInsert(currentNode, &insertNode, &created, force);
				}
				else
				{
					currentNode = hashInsert(currentNode, &insertNode, &created, false);
				}
			}
		}
		argv++;
		argc--;
	}
	if(insertNode == NULL)
	{
		insertNode = g_head;
	}
	if(doDelete == true)
	{
		cleanup(insertNode);
	}
	else
	{
		if(created == false)
		{
			dumpNode(insertNode, 0, maxnode);
		}
	}
	dataSaveHead();
end:
	cleanup(g_head);
	return(0);
}

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Jason Hammel is a solid Fantasy addition. (ljworld.com)
Welcome back to another week of Fantasy baseball. We're into late-April now, and perhaps the glut of rained out games that's plagued MLB is now over. It's time to dip into the waiver wire.
This week, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has confirmed the idea that if the season is shortened, salaries will be cut as well; the Mets have sent struggling starter Matt Harvey to the bullpen; and Carlos Rodon is feeling good and hopes to return to the White Sox in about a month, so you might want to consider stashing him now.
And now, let's get to this week's Fantasy baseball waiver wire recommendations, with plenty of options for those of you seeking rotation help.
Jason Hammel, SP, Kansas City Royals (ESPN: 2.9 per cent; CBS: 10 per cent): Tampa Bay's 10th round pick in 2002 has enjoyed a pretty fine career, proving durable as a control specialist and generally, a No. 4 type starter. He got roughed up in his season debut, but has pitched much better since then, highlighted by a tough no-decision on Friday when he gave up just five hits and two runs over nine innings (which tied his career high). Over his last three starts, Hammel has only given up 16 hits and four runs in 20 IP with 13 Ks against four walks. He remains winless thanks to KC's popgun attack, but with a 3.20 ERA and .235 BAA through 25 1/3 IP, he's definitely worth adding. Hammel was on his game Friday, racking up 11 swinging strikes, the second time in four starts he's hit double digits. At this rate, he could top his career high in innings pitched for the second straight season, and perhaps even reach 200 for the first time. Maybe Hammel can even provide some of that "rhythm" that the Royals need (see video below).
Bartolo Colon, SP/RP, Texas Rangers (ESPN: 8.3 per cent; CBS: 11 per cent): Speaking of veteran hurlers, few have anything on Colon, still chugging along at the age of 44. Splitting his duties between the pen and rotation, he's been excellent in either role, most recently limiting the World Champion Astros to a single hit over 7 2/3 IP. Colon has no record yet, but his 0.70 WHIP, 1.45 ERA and superb K/BB rate scream for Fantasy attention. He barely tops 90 on the radar gun these days, but considering how crap he was last year, this latest renaissance is truly remarkable.
Homer Bailey, SP, Cincinnati Reds (ESPN: 5 per cent; CBS: 18 per cent): What is this, alumni week? We're coming at you with a bunch of greybeard hurlers this week, but what can we say? The geriatric set has taken over! Cincy's 2004 first rounder, a lost cause for most of the last three seasons, looks pretty good this season. In fact, he's tossed quality outings in three of his four starts, putting up a pretty solid ERA despite a big goose egg in the win column. Maybe Bailey is simply healthy at last. It's worth picking him up to find out.
Braden Shipley, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks (ESPN: 0.1 per cent; CBS: 1 per cent): Hardly a grizzled veteran, Shipley still seems to have been knocking on the door for some time. Well, that opportunity may finally arrive now that Taijuan Walker has been lost for the season to Tommy John surgery. Shipley made the bigs last year, pitching in 10 games, mostly relief, but failing to earn a win. He's begun the season at Triple-A and has shown better control and improved hit rates. Let's see if this minor league vet can finally stick in the Show.
Arizona pinch hitter Christian Walker's first hit of the season, coming in the eighth inning on Friday, ensured that the Padres remain the only MLB team that has never recorded a no-hitter in their history.
Detroit outfielder JaCoby Jones is starting to heat up in a big way. He was 3-for-6 in Friday's double header, scoring three runs and driving in three with a double, a triple and a walk-off home run. Jones also swiped a bag and now has seven hits in the last four games. Give him a look in AL-only leagues.
White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar passed out in the dugout Friday and went sent to hospital for testing. It turns out he suffered an aneurysm, leaving him in stable, but critical condition. Despite his ugly ERA, he's pitched extremely well other than the homers allowed. Farquhar has not walked a batter and has a splendid 0.75 WHIP. Let's hope he recovers quickly.
North Carolina high school outfielder Jordyn Adams keeps climbing the draft boards. Perhaps he won't head off and play college football after all. KC, with four picks in the top 40, may gamble on trying to lure him to baseball.
Rookie reliever Brad Keller got off to a fine start for the Royals, but now has a blown save and loss over his last three appearances. For a while, it looked like he was working his way into high leverage situations, recording his first hold just over a week ago.
Finally, something can stop Angels' two-way star Shohei Ohtani — major league baseballs. A blister, possibly caused by the seams on major league balls, forced him out early in his last start on Tuesday. Still, Ohtani has a 0.80 WHIP through 15 IP and is getting on base at a .390 clip through 10 games as a hitter.
Back to the June draft, California HS SS Brice Turang, a preseason American Family Insurance All-USA player, remains on track to be a first round pick. His father Brian played two seasons as a utility man for the Mariners.
Now it's your turn. Let us know in the comments below who your favourite Fantasy baseball waiver wire pick of the week is.
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Brawl Stars and MLBB are other games to get high revenues
Asif Zubayer PalakOctober 8, 2021Last Updated: October 9, 2021
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In 2021 alone, Tencent's MOBA title Honor of Kings, also known as Arena of Valor, has acquired more than $2 billion across the App Store and the Google Play Store, making its total revenue stand at a whopping $10 billion since its launch in 2015. With the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been investing both of their time and money into video games more than ever.
This surge was especially noticed globally across the video games in the MOBA sub-genre with an average of 43% monthly revenue increase in 2020. And to top it off, this sub-genre has noticed substantial growth in its average monthly revenue by 14% to over $300 million as of 2021 which is highly dominated by the cheering popularity of Honor of Kings.
MOBA revenues over the years (Image via Sensor Tower)
About Honor of Kings
Honor of Kings is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) created by TiMi Studio Group and distributed by Tencent Games for the Chinese market's iOS and Android mobile platforms. Honor of Kings was formerly known as League of Kings, but it was renamed in response to Riot Games' objections about potential intellectual property infringement from League of Legends, another popular MOBA in the West.
When Honor of Kings was published in 2015, it quickly became popular in mainland China, influencing a worldwide adaptation of the game, Arena of Valor, which was released in October 2016. Honor of Kings had over 100 million active daily players and over 200 million monthly active players in 2020, making it one of the most popular and highest-grossing games of all time.
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Nokia mulls Windows Phone 7
It has been reported on Venturebeat that Nokia may be considering Windows Phone 7 as a platform for its future smartphones.
Despite the upcoming release of Symbian ^3 on its promising N8 handset it still seems that it might not be quite enough for them to compete with the other OS big boys out there.
Nokia has also joined forces with Intel to develop the MeeGo mobile platform which has yet to appear on any handsets and doesn't show any signs of becoming a serious competitor.
If they were to make a Windows Phone 7 handset they would need to beef up the internal hardware, one area in which the N8 lacks. The 600MHz processor it features may just not be enough to cut it in the current smartphone/OS wars, so a more powerful option would be a necessity.
Nokia has seen a sharp decline in its company value since the release of the iPhone in 2007 and depending on how well the N8 does the move to Windows Phone 7 might be a strategically wise move.
Microsoft's mobile platform currently has five launch partners; HTC, Samsung, LG, Acer and Dell and is a significant improvement over the previous WinMo OS. With an app store which could potentially rival Apple's and Android's if the number of developers who have already downloaded the SDK is anything to go by, not to mention Xbox LIVE integration, then it would give Nokia the full smartphone experience on their handsets which the Ovi Store just can't compete with.
Rumors that the Finnish company would be ditching the Symbian platform entirely have proved untrue and were ridiculous to begin with. This was demonstrated last week when Nokia and AT&T announced a competition to entice developers to make apps for the Ovi Store with up for $10million in prize money up for grabs.
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"It's part of our normal course of business. Lenders, investors, everyone want studies done to prove the property is safe. It's very standard procedure," said Tom Anderson, managing director of Cohen-Esrey Development Group.
"We are winding our way through the approval process," he said.
Swift Creek Environmental performed Wednesday's tests, Anderson said.
The project has received its tax-exempt bond allocation and other approvals that are needed.
Closing on the sale of the historic downtown hotel could happen in February. Renovation work on the downtown building is expected to begin this spring.
However, the federal government shutdown could slow things down because the historic tax credit review process is at the federal level.
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The National Park Service received the information in mid-December, but it was approved before the shutdown.
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The project will convert the hotel's upper floors into more than 90 apartment units.
Cohen-Esrey will be the general contractor for the project and the building's property manager once work is completed.
The firm will hire local subcontractors whenever possible.
Certain areas of the building have been identified as having high historical significance and will be restored to their original condition as much as possible.
They include the hotel's lobby, Palm Room ballroom and roof garden. Restoring and relighting the large Hotel Grim sign on top of the building is also in the budget.
Developer Jim Sari, who began the project before bringing on Cohen-Esrey as partners this summer, announced in May 2017 that he would also develop two abandoned buildings near the Grim. But plans to renovate the former Sears store at 301 Pine St. and the Harrell Building at 317 N. State Line Ave. have been sidelined.


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From rock bottom to redemption: The Chris Taylor story-part one
TOPICS:Chris TaylorFrom Addict To Civic Leader
Contributed Photo/Courtesy Chris Taylor: Safford City Councilor and Army combat veteran Chris Taylor shares his tumultuous ride to the man he has become.
Posted By: Eric Burk January 12, 2017
Part one: Learning to battle the addiction
By Eric Burk
SAFFORD – "Here's some Oxycontin for the pain," the Veteran's Affairs doctor told Chris Taylor when he returned from combat in Afghanistan. Although Taylor was seeking treatment for physical pain, narcotics became a way to treat emotional pain. What began as treatment would turn into a worse battle than Taylor ever saw on the battlefield, but would enable Taylor to emerge as not merely a combat veteran, but as a civic hero and leader.
Taylor grew up admiring his grandfather, Dick Bingham, who served 32 years as a Safford firefighter and fire chief. In his teens, Taylor was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became an Eagle Scout, and developed into a strong high school athlete playing football and basketball. Although he knew people who experimented with drugs, he avoided that life.
Contributed Photo/Courtesy Chris Taylor: Chris Taylor runs with the football for Safford High School
In his junior year, he took a brutal football tackle, suffering a serious back injury. As his father rushed him to the hospital, the bumping car sent stabbing pain through his body, causing him to repeatedly lose consciousness.
"There's going to be a little prick," said the emergency room nurse. Morphine was Taylor's first narcotic experience. "Almost instantly, it was like this comforting feeling, this warm rush came over me. I had the worst pain one second, and the best feeling I had ever felt in my life the next," Taylor recalls. He was hospitalized three days, followed by months of physical therapy.
Six months later, Taylor and some friends were at Sonic, where someone was selling Oxycontin. His friends told him that it was like morphine, except in pill form, and that it had to be safe because doctors prescribed it. He liked it, and became an occasional Oxycontin user.
Oxycontin is a semisynthetic opioid narcotic prescription drug made partly from the opium poppy. The same plant that morphine and heroin is derived from.
In his senior year, Taylor was a starting tailback, an important position that dominated Taylor's life. In the first scrimmage of the season, Taylor seriously injured his ankle, and instead of losing his starting spot on the team, Taylor began regularly using Oxycontin to treat the post-game pain. Taylor did not realize it, but he built a tolerance to the drug. As he did so, his Friday night habit turned into a necessity after every practice session, and he needed more to achieve the same effect.
Triple tragedy struck in April 2004, right before his 18th birthday and his high school graduation. A week-and-a-half before his birthday, his grandmother suddenly died at 69. Then, on his birthday, two friends, also seniors, died in a car accident. Taylor was traumatized. "That's when I started using opiates to mask the emotional pain," he said.
Without high school sports, Taylor floundered in his first two years as an adult. He took a few college classes and worked a little. He also started using Oxycontin daily.
In 2006, one of Taylor's close friends died while serving his last mission in Iraq as a Marine. Instead of coming home to his wife and baby, he was killed in action. His friend's sacrifice inspired Taylor to quit Oxycontin. After six months of being clean, Taylor joined the Army, just in time for the surge, the point of highest American military involvement in the Middle East.
Taylor thrived in the military environment, which provided camaraderie, structure, and goals that he missed from football. Taylor was deployed in January 2009, and spent his first night in Afghanistan watching President Obama's first inauguration.
Taylor was a Psychological Operations Specialist, part of a three man group that worked with a Special Forces team. He lived close to villagers in towns the size of Safford.
"We would get to know the villagers, and see where we could help," he said. "The main mission we had was to train the Afghan soldiers so that they could defend their own country against the Taliban."
Taylor's team worked to legitimize the democratically elected government and taught the local leaders how to provide defense and civic necessities.
Contributed Photo/Courtesy Chris Taylor: Chris Taylor works with Afghan children during his service augmenting a Special Forces team.
Taylor's team worked back-to-back missions, switching from attacks against the Taliban to service missions, providing wells, bridges and school security. There were constant battles and constant service opportunities. "I got to really know and love the people," he said.
The violence was visceral. "My interpreter was shot right in front of me. I had Afghan soldiers (who) were killed literally right next to me."
Taylor also saw children used as human shields, and lost American friends in the fighting. But he had no time to process the horror. Taylor spent eight months on tour, then had five months back in the U.S. for training before going back to Afghanistan. His second tour was even more traumatic. In our interview, Taylor skipped over this period quickly.
After that tour, he had to decide if he should re-enlist.
"When I came home, things slowed down a little bit, and all these experiences came over me . . . It became very apparent quickly that something was wrong," he said. "I was having nightmares almost every night. I was angry when I never was before."
While back in the U.S., Taylor went to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for ruptured discs in his back. There he was given Oxycontin for the physical pain. Taylor remembered how Oxycontin masked the trauma from high school, and began using narcotics to fight his post-traumatic stress. Taylor wanted to re-enlist, but knew he could not. As his friends were dying overseas, Taylor's anger built.
"I even lost my love and care for the innocent civilians," he said. But he did not ask for help, thinking, "I'm an elite soldier, a paratrooper, I can deal with this. I don't need help."
Without the purpose of being a soldier, Taylor's dependence on Oxycontin increased rapidly. At the same time, law enforcement was cracking down on prescription drug abuse. Dealers brought in heroin to meet the growing demand. As an unemployed veteran, Taylor embraced the cheaper, more powerful effects of heroin.
This is part one of a two-part series regarding the fall and rise of Chris Taylor from drug addict to civic leader.
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from django.http import Http404

dummy_image = DummyImage.objects.order_by('?').first()
if dummy_image is None:
    raise Http404
else:
    dummy_image = dummy_image.image_url.url

A: If you want use get_object_or_404() or get_list_or_404() u can change class Meta in models.py for ordering:
class Category(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True)

    class Meta:
        ordering = ('-created',)

When you render template u can seen needed ordering elements.

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Q: Can I disable identifier checking in SQL Server 2005? I have an assortment of database objects (tables, functions, views, stored procedures) each scripted into its own file (constraints are in the same file as the table they alter) that I'd like to be able execute in an arbitrary order.  Is this possible in SQL Server 2005?
Some objects as an example:
Table A (references Table B)
Table B (references Function A)
Function A (references View A)
View A (references Table C)
Must be run in the following order:
Table C
View A
Function A
Table B
Table A
If the scripts are run out of order, errors about the missing objects are thrown.
The reason I ask is that in a project I'm working on we maintain each database object in its own file (for source control purposes), and then maintain a master script that creates each database object in the correct order.  This requires the master script to be manually edited any time an object is added to the schema.  I'd like to be able to just execute each script as it is found in the file system.

A: In my experience the most problematic issue is with views, which can reference recursively. I once wrote a utility to iterate through the scripts until the errors were all resolved. Which only works when you're loading everything. Order was important - I think I did UDTs, tables, FKs, views (iteratively), SPs and UDFs (iteratively until we decided that SPs calling SPs was a bad idea, and UDFs are generally a bad idea.)

A: If you script the foreign keys into separate files, you can get rid of table-table dependencies, if you run the FK script after creating all tables.
As far as I'm aware, functions and procedures check for object existence only in JOIN clauses.
The only difficulty I found was views depending on views, as a view definition requires that the objects the view depends on do exist.

A: I found this page where the author has written a nice procedure for doing exactly what you are talking about. Sounds like you just need to have two versions of it, one for disabling the constraints and another to re-enable then.

A: APEX SQL Script is supposed to analyze the dependencies and order the script appropriately, but even then I've had problems.


Occasionally the blocked pump indicator may be lit on your washing machine, signalling a blockage. Keeping the pump clear on your Bosch washing machine is crucial to its ability to drain water properly. Performing a few easy steps to clear the blockage can prevent a costly repair bill.
Turn off the washing machine. Unplug the washing machine from the electricity. Turn off the water supply to the machine.
Remove the cover on the bottom of the machine. Unscrew the hose lock mechanism. Pull the thin hose from underneath the front of the machine. Place the end of the hose in the bucket. Remove the cap, let the water drain out. Once the hose is empty, open the pump by unscrewing the cap from the pump. Towels will be needed to soak up the remaining water in the pump.
Using your hand, clear the blockage in the way of the pump.
Pour fresh water from the bucket into the pump to flush out any debris and clear the pump and hose.
Drain the pump by letting the water run out through the thin hose. Screw the cap back on the pump. Replace the hose lock mechanism. Replace the cover on the bottom of the washing machine.
Reconnect the water supply. Plug the washing machine into the electrical socket. Turn the washing machine on. The blocked pump indicator will no longer be lit and you may resume washing.


You may remember a time a while back when it felt like almost every blogger was featuring British skincare brand Bee Good.
I read every review with interest (especially since they were pretty much all positive!) but never got round to trying any of their products. Until now.
Before we start, here's a little bit about the brand. Bee Good was founded in 2008 by Simon, a beekeeper, and his wife, Caroline. Caroline was interested in using the excess honey and beeswax to create skincare products and so the brand was born. I really love that they've found a use for the excess instead of simply throwing it away.
I received the Award Winners* gift pack, £9.50, which contains a small 30ml tube of the much-hyped Honey & Propolis 2-in-1 Cream Cleanser and 10ml of the Vanilla & Honey Lip Balm.
The gift pack comes with a teeny muslin cloth, which is so small that there's no point it even being there; I may use it as a duster. But the cleanser itself is lovely. The creamy texture feels soft and nourishing on the skin, without being too heavy, while the eucalyptus scent reminds me strongly of Liz Earle's Cleanse & Polish — something to bear in mind if you like/dislike that particular smell, although the honey in this does balance it out a bit.
I would only ever use this as a morning and/or second cleanser, though, because it stings like nothing else when you use it to take your make-up off. This is never welcome, but it's especially unwelcome when you have to put contact lenses in the next day.
That said, the Honey & Propolis Cleanser hasn't upset my skin or caused an acne flare-up, nor did I wake up with panda eyes the next day. I won't be investing in the full-size version but I'd be happy to use it in the mornings for now.
I'll be upfront: I'm in love. I am not loyal to lip balms in the slightest and try to have as many on the go as possible (insert your own jokes here) but this is definitely one I can see myself buying again. Smooth and moisturising with a sweet scent, it glides on lips and has a long-lasting effect, instead of drying your skin out about half an hour or so.
For some reason I was convinced this had white chocolate in, but no — it's the sweetness of the vanilla and honey that does it. Some may find it quite sickly but I have to admit, I like it. It's comforting in the same way your favourite dessert is after you've had a difficult day.
Have you tried anything from Bee Good before? What did you think? Let me know in the comments!


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package changes

import (
	"sort"
)

// RuleSetChanges is a ruleset diff.
type RuleSetChanges struct {
	Namespace          string              `json:"namespace"`
	MappingRuleChanges []MappingRuleChange `json:"mappingRuleChanges"`
	RollupRuleChanges  []RollupRuleChange  `json:"rollupRuleChanges"`
}

// Sort sorts the ruleset diff by op and rule names.
func (d *RuleSetChanges) Sort() {
	sort.Sort(mappingRuleChangesByOpAscNameAscIDAsc(d.MappingRuleChanges))
	sort.Sort(rollupRuleChangesByOpAscNameAscIDAsc(d.RollupRuleChanges))
}


Dola is about to take rice but all stop her. Dola asks what happened? why did you people scream? Vedsheree says dont eat these rice. Dola asks why? Chitali says dont eat, they make you fat, it will destroy your figure. Shekhar says thats why I dont let Vedsheree eat it too. Dola says dont worry. Ansh says they are simple rice, eat something else. Ruby says they are right, you have put on weight. Dola says you mean to say I am fat? Chitali says no you are slim. Ruby says dont lie. Dola says Ruby you are wrong. Ruby says then dont listen to me, I will make you eat these rice only. Dola says leave it, I will eat something else.
Nishant asks Saanvi to bring glassy things from room. Saanvi goes to bring them. Nishant says its going to be morning soon, why didnt they bring seed with things till now?
Dola sit down to eat. She goes to wash hands.
Family members bring flower to Nishant. It lights up. Dola is passingby room and sees light. Ruby says its nothing. lets go.
Nishant says how will we bring it infront of Dola? Chitali says lets make it something. Nishant says we have to wait for sometime. Chitali makes laddos to hide flower inside.
Dola sees Mohana's casket broken. Ruby says I mistakenly threw my heels on it.
Ansh and Piya ties ropes near balcony.
Dola sees light again and says its from swarp seed. She comes to balcony. All family members hide arrows behind their backs with swarp lok flower laddos on end. Sunlight comes up. Nishant hangs mirror on ropes. They all turn arrows to her. Dola says you all cheated me. She does mantra and makes mirror move down, light goes back. Nishant says we have to do something, we have to make it back up again. Dola says to Vedsheree that you cheated me. She grabs Vedsheree and Chitali and starts eating their lives. Ansh sees mirror being held by witch tree. He punches it and throws it back. All family members take their positions and throws arrows at Dola. She starts becoming of dust. Piya says now see my family power. Dola becomes into bubbles.
Mohana wakes up and is in casket.
Piya washes her face. Ansh comes there and says you saved us. He pulls her closer and romances with her. Rishi comes there and says lock your door, family is calling you both, he leaves.
PRECAP- Mohana and Dola run to Piya and glare at her. They team up against her. Mohana and Dola throw poisonous liquid at her to finish her but Piya takes Durga's avatar and a big lion come there to help her.


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I FINALLY saw one in town today. For Sale even.
Real nice for being 11 years old. Just a few defects. Interior was nearly flawless....Heck, the bolsters weren't even worn!!
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Die Wetmoreralle (Rallus wetmorei) ist eine seltene Vogelart aus der Familie der Rallen. Sie ist in Venezuela endemisch. Das Artepitheton ehrt den US-amerikanischen Ornithologen Alexander Wetmore.

Merkmale
Die Wetmoreralle erreicht eine Größe von 24 bis 27 Zentimetern. Das Gefieder ist überwiegend braun. Der Scheitel ist oliv-braun. Über den Augen verläuft ein heller rehbrauner Überaugenstreif. Die Zügel sind dunkelgrau. Das übrige Gesicht ist stumpf ockerbraun. Die Oberseite und der Schwanz sind ockerbraun mit schwarz-braunen Stricheln. Die Oberflügeldecken sind mehr einfarbig. Die Schirmfedern sind dunkelbraun. Das Kinn ist weißlich lohfarben. Die Kehle ist ockerbraun. Die Unterseite ist ockerbraun und zeigt keine Strähnenmuster. Der Unterbauch ist mehr rosa ockerbraun. Die Unterschwanzdecken können manchmal weißlich sein. Die Iris ist rötlich-braun. Der relativ gerade, dünne Schnabel ist dunkeloliv. Die Basis des Unterschnabels ist heller braun. Die Beine sind oliv-braun.

Vorkommen
Die Wetmoreralle ist auf ein kleines Gebiet an der Nordküste von Venezuela beschränkt, wo sie in der Vergangenheit an höchstens neun Fundorten und in den letzten Jahren nur noch im östlichen Falcón, im nördlichen Carabobo, in Aragua und in Zulia nachgewiesen wurde. Bei ihrer Entdeckung war sie zumindest lokal häufig. 1944 und 1945 wurden 11 Exemplare bei Puerto Cabello/San Esteban gefangen. Im Mai 1951 wurden 11 Exemplare bei Tucacas gesammelt. Sie kommt noch immer in Tucacas vor, wo im Juni 1999 sechs Paare beobachtet wurden. Der letzte Nachweis in Falcón war im Jahre 1986 im Reserva de Fauna Silvestre de Cuare. Ein Exemplar wurde im Jahre 2000 an der Las-Peonias-Lagune nahe Maracaibo in Zulia gesichtet. Die neuesten Nachweise in Aragua waren ein Paar bei Playa de Cata 15 Kilometer östlich von La Ciénaga im April 1991 und je ein Paar im Henri-Pittier-Nationalpark in den Jahren 1991 und 1993. In Carabobo ist die Wetmoreralle seit 1945 nicht mehr gesichtet worden.

Lebensraum und Lebensweise
Die Wetmoreralle ist offenbar standorttreu und bewohnt Küstenmangrovewälder, flache Salzwasser- und saisonal überschwemmte Brackwasserlagunen sowie Marschland, das von halophytischer Vegetation, darunter Batis maritima, dominiert ist. Die Lebensweise der Wetmoreralle ist kaum erforscht. Die Brutzeit beginnt vermutlich im April oder Mai.

Bestand und Gefährdung
BirdLife International klassifiziert die Wetmoreralle in die Kategorie "stark gefährdet" (endangered) und schätzt den Bestand auf 250 bis 1000 Exemplare. Als Hauptgefährdung gilt die Zerstörung der Mangrovenlebensräume durch den Bau von Siedlungen sowie durch die fortschreitende Ölförderung. Das Reserva de Fauna Silvestre de Cuare ist durch illegale Siedlungen, durch den Bau von Hotels, durch den Tourismus, illegales Jagen, Verschmutzung durch Haushaltsabwässer, Pestizide und Quecksilber, durch eine geplante Golfanlage sowie durch Beschränkungen der Wasserströmung durch den Straßenbau gefährdet. Entwicklungsprojekte bedrohen die Küstenfeuchtgebiete von San Esteban und im Henri-Pittier-Nationalpark. Die Playa-de-Cata-Lagune wurde durch einen Damm vom Meer abgeschnitten, um den Strand für den Tourismus zu erschließen.

Literatur
 Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal: Handbook of the birds of the world. Band 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 1996, ISBN 84-87334-20-2.
 Sidney Dillon Ripley: Rails of the World - A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Codline, Boston 1977, ISBN 0874748046.

Weblinks
 Factsheet auf BirdLife International

Rallenvögel

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