we worked through an example of using a computation graph to compute a function J.
Now, let's take a clean diversion of that computation graph.
So here's a computation graph.
Let's say you want to compute the derivative of J with respect to v.
change it a little bit, how would the value of J change?
Well, J is defined as 3 times v.
And right now, v = 11.
will get bumped up to 33.003.
So here, we've increased v by 0.001.
And the net result of that is that J goes out 3 times as much.
So the derivative of J with respect to v is equal to 3.
Because the increase in J is 3 times the increase in v.
we had in the previous video, where we had f(a) = 3a.
a slightly sloppy notation, you can write as df/da = 3.
and so dJ/dv = 3.
v playing the role of a in this previous example that we had from an earlier video.
with respect to v, then we've done one step of backpropagation.
So we call it one step backwards in this graph.
In other words, if we bump up the value of a, how does that affect the value of J?
Well, let's go through the example, where now a = 5.
So let's bump it up to 5.001.
The net impact of that is that v, which was a + u, so that was previously 11.
This would get increased to 11.001.
J now gets bumped up to 33.003.
So what we're seeing is that if you increase a by 0.001, J increases by 0.003.
just plug in a new value.
that J ends up being 33.003.
And so the increase to J is 3 times the increase to a.
So that means this derivative is equal to 3.
then that will change v.
And through changing v, that would change J.
First, by changing a, you end up increasing v.
Well, how much does v increase?
It is increased by an amount that's determined by dv/da.
And then the change in v will cause the value of J to also increase.
nudge a times how much J changes when you nudge v.
So in calculus, again, this is called the chain rule.
v changes by the same amount.
dv/dJ = 3 and dv/da = 1.
that actually gives you the correct value that dJ/da = 3.
it can then help you to compute dJ/da.
And so that's another step of this backward calculation.
I just want to introduce one more new notational convention.
there will usually be some final output variable that you really care about.
So a final output variable that you really care about or that you want to optimize.
And in this case, this final output variable is J.
It's really the last node in your computation graph.
So d of this final output variable with respect to some other variable.
Then we just call that dvar.
such as a, b, c, u or v.
And when you implement this in software, what do you call this variable name?
you could give us a very long variable name like dFinalOurputVar/dvar.
But that's a very long variable name.
You could call this, I guess, dJdvar.
respect to this final output variable, I'm going to introduce a new notation.
we're just going to use the variable name dvar in order to represent that quantity.
the final output variable you care about such as J.
you're computing in your code.
So this thing here in your code, you use dv to denote this value.
So dv would be equal to 3.
which is we also figured out to be equal to 3.
So we've done backpropagation partially through this computation graph.
Let's go through the rest of this example on the next slide.
So let's go to a cleaned up copy of the computation graph.
far is go backward here and figured out that dv = 3.
where the code is really dJ/dv.
We've figured out that da = 3.
And again, da is the variable name in your code and that's really the value dJ/da.
And we hand wave how we've gone backwards on these two edges like so.
Now let's keep computing derivatives.
Now let's look at the value u.
then we start off with u = 6.
which is previously 11, goes up to 11.001.
And so J goes from 33 to 33.003.
And so the increase in J is 3x, so this is equal.
And the analysis for u is very similar to the analysis we did for a.
where this we had already figured out was 3.
And this turns out to be equal to 1.
So we've gone up one more step of backpropagation.
We end up computing that du is also equal to 3.
And du is, of course, just this dJ/du.
Now we just step through one last example in detail.
So here, imagine if you are allowed to change the value of b.
maximize the value of J.
what's the slope of this function J when you change the value of b a little bit?
this can be written as the product of two things.
so b = 3 to, say, 3.001.
The way that it will affect J is it will first affect u.
So how much does it affect u?
Well, u is defined as b times c.
because c = 2 in our example here.
And so this tells us that du/db = 2.
Because when you bump up b by 0.001, u increases twice as much.
So du/db, this is equal to 2.
And now, we know that u has gone up twice as much as b has gone up.
We've already figured out that this is equal to 3.
And so by multiplying these two out, we find that dJ/db = 6.
And again, here's the reasoning for the second part of the argument.
Which is we want to know when u goes up by 0.002, how does that affect J?
u goes up by 0.002, J goes up 3 times as much.
So J should go up by 0.006.
So this comes from the fact that dJ/du = 3.
then u becomes 6.002, v becomes 11.002.
So that's a + u, so that's 5 + u.
that ends up being equal to 33.006.
And so that's how you get that dJ/db = 6.
And to fill that in, this is if we go backwards, so this is db = 6.
And db really is the Python code variable name for dJ/db.
And I won't go through the last example in great detail.
this turns out to be dJ/du times du.
And this turns out to be 9, this turns out to be 3 times 3.
I won't go through that example in detail.
So through this last step, it is possible to derive that dc is equal to.
so is through a right to left computation following the direction of the red arrows.
And in particular, we'll first compute the derivative with respect to v.
computing the derivative with respect to a and the derivative with respect to u.
example, this term over here and this term over here.
the derivative with respect to c.
calculation to compute the cost function such as J that you might want to optimize.
And a backwards or a right to left calculation to compute derivatives.
I know some of those details, but they've gone by really quickly.
But if you didn't follow all the details, don't worry about it.
we'll go over this again in the context of logistic regression.
need to compute the derivatives of the logistic regression model.


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'Energy regions' are regional initiatives, which are engaged in becoming energy self-sufficient by using regionally available energy sources. They support the overall transition towards renewable-based energy and are of key interest to understand how the energy systems and institutional settings in these energy regions changed over time. In this article, a historical and integrative perspective is employed in analyzing the transition process of an Austrian energy region towards energy self-sufficiency. Specifically, (i) an Energy Flow Analysis (EFA) was performed for three points in time (1990, 2000, and 2010); (ii) the institutionalization process was analyzed in terms of the key actors, key milestones, and key factors influencing the transition process; and (iii) an integrative analysis was performed to indicate how the technical and social systems are interrelated. It was found that the most significant changes in the energy region were the efforts made in setting up a decentralized energy system. The co-action of actors from all spheres of society is crucial for aiding energy transition while this process needs to be supported by activities fostering awareness, generate acceptance, and engage the public at large. While there is a clear correspondence between improvements in energy self-sufficiency and the requisite effort at institutionalization, there is also a noticeable time delay between the development of an 'energy vision' and the subsequent impact on energy infrastructure.
Hecher, M., et al. "An integrative analysis of energy transitions in energy regions: A case study of ökoEnergieland in Austria." Ecological Economics 121 (2016): 40-53.


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Bentley's Song "Hold The Light" in Only The Brave Hits Theaters Nationwide on Friday (10/20)
NASHVILLE, TN – Oct. 16, 2017 – Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley returns to Good Morning Americatomorrow (10/17) live from Austin, TX. Throughout the summer, GMA along with King's Hawaiian sought out the biggest Country music fans to host Bentley for the concert event, while others across the country will be able to tune-in to watch on ABC at 7:00A local time.
Later this week, the Arizona native's first-ever song written and recorded for a motion picture "Hold The Light" featured in Columbia Pictures and Black Label Media's Only The Brave will hit theaters nationwide on Friday, Oct. 20. Fans can watch the music video for the track here: http://bit.ly/2gneV9U
Current CMA "Male Vocalist of the Year" nominee Dierks Bentley has a "reputation as one of the hardest-working entertainers in country music" (Music Row) as "he sells out enormous tours, is a perennial favorite of format radio stations, and earns critical acclaim without compromising his artistic vision" (Entertainment Weekly). With 17 No. One hits and more than one billion digital streams, he "continues to take risks that pay off" (USA Today) as his eighth studio album BLACK has been hailed the "most fully-formed LP of his career," (TIME). After making its debut at the No. One position on Billboard's all-genre Top Albums Chart and Top Country Albums chart, BLACK has garnered nominations from the ACM, CMA, GRAMMY and Billboard Music Awards while earning three consecutive No. Ones; the gold-certified title track and the PLATINUM certified hits "Somewhere On A Beach" and "Different For Girls." "The bluegrass picker, the love song singer and the stadium rocker all packaged together" (Associated Press) has been a Grand Ole Opry member for over a decade and has illustrated his depth and diversity as an artist with "ferocious live performances" (Fresno Bee) throughout his 2017 WHAT THE HELL WORLD TOUR, which claimed the top spot on Billboard's Hot Tours selling over 750,000 tickets. For more information visit www.dierks.com.

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Northwest Nazarene vs Metro. State (2/21/04)
Box score (NCAA)
Northwest Nazarene at Metro. State
2/21/04 at Denver, Colorado (Auraria Field)
Northwest Nazarene 10 (1-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
Burkhart,Tyson lf........  4  1  1  1   0  1  0  0   0
Andra,Tim 2b.............  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  3   0
Wingerter,Ben 3b.........  3  1  1  1   0  1  0  2   0
McCarthy,Kevin 1b........  3  2  2  2   1  1  9  0   1
Richardson,Dan ss........  4  2  3  0   0  0  0  3   0
Pfeifer,Chad c...........  2  1  1  2   1  0  8  0   0
Vibbert,Jake rf..........  4  1  0  0   0  3  1  0   0
Patee,Nick dh/p..........  3  1  2  3   0  0  0  1   0
Tabali,Keanu cf..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   3
Stotz,Gabe p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 29 10 10  9   3  6 21 11   4
Metro. State 7 (6-2)
Thorne, N. rf............  4  0  1  0   0  2  2  1   1
Cleland, C. ss...........  3  3  3  1   1  0  3  3   0
Edwards, J. 1b...........  2  1  1  1   1  0  6  0   0
Fuller, R. dh............  4  0  1  1   0  2  0  0   1
Christiansen cf..........  2  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Francis, P. ph..........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Floyd, R. 2b.............  4  2  2  1   0  0  0  3   2
Workman, P. 3b...........  2  0  1  0   1  1  1  1   0
Ludwig, M. c.............  4  0  1  3   0  0  6  0   1
Fisher, C. lf............  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   2
Bilek, M. p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Moreno, S. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Burns, B. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Crump, M. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Jacobs, J. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 29  7 11  7   3  8 21  9   7
Northwest Nazarene.. 010 207 0 - 10 10  1
Metro. State........ 103 021 0 -  7 11  2
E - Tabali; Cleland, C.; Workman, P.. DP - NNU 1; MSCD 1. LOB - NNU 4; MSCD
7. 2B - McCarthy; Richardson; Cleland, C.; Christiansen; Floyd, R. 2. HR -
Cleland, C.. HBP - Wingerter. SH - Patee; Christiansen; Workman, P.. SF -
Pfeifer; Edwards, J.. SB - Thorne, N.; Workman, P..
Northwest Nazarene     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
Stotz,Gabe..........  5.1 10  7  5  3  5 24 29
Patee,Nick..........  1.2  1  0  0  0  3  5  6
Metro. State           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
Bilek, M............  4.0  4  3  2  1  4 15 18
Moreno, S...........  1.0  1  0  0  0  1  4  4
Burns, B............  0.0  2  4  4  1  0  3  4
Crump, M............  0.1  2  3  3  1  0  3  5
Jacobs, J...........  1.2  1  0  0  0  1  4  4
Win - Stotz (1-0).  Loss - Burns, B. (0-1).  Save - Patee (1).
WP - Stotz. HBP - by Crump, M. (Wingerter). PB - Pfeifer; Ludwig, M..
Umpires - HP: Kevin Ainsworth  1B: Robert Wilson
Start: 3:00   Time: 2:20   Attendance: 82
Burns, B. faced 4 batters in the 6th.
Game: NNU04
Northwest Nazarene at Metro. State - Play-by-Play
Northwest Nazarene starters: 17/lf Burkhart; 9/2b Andra; 14/3b Wingerter;
32/1b McCarthy; 3/ss Richardson; 19/c Pfeifer; 24/rf Vibbert; 5/dh Patee;
27/cf Tabali; 28/p Stotz;
Metro. State starters: 13/rf Thorne, N.; 16/ss Cleland, C.; 20/1b Edwards,
J.; 22/dh Fuller, R.; 21/cf Christiansen; 2/2b Floyd, R.; 8/3b Workman,
P.; 5/c Ludwig, M.; 29/lf Fisher, C.; 3/p Bilek, M.;
Northwest Nazarene - inning 1
Burkhart struck out looking. Andra grounded out to 3b. Wingerter flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Metro. State - inning 1
Thorne, N. struck out swinging. Cleland, C. singled to right field.
Edwards, J. singled through the left side; Cleland, C. advanced to third.
Fuller, R. singled to right field, RBI; Edwards, J. advanced to second;
Cleland, C. scored. Christiansen grounded out to p, bunt, SAC; Fuller, R.
advanced to second; Edwards, J. advanced to third. Floyd, R. grounded out
to ss. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
McCarthy doubled to center field. Richardson singled to left center;
McCarthy advanced to third. Pfeifer reached on an error by ss, RBI;
Richardson advanced to second on an error by ss; McCarthy scored on an
error by ss, unearned. Vibbert struck out swinging. Patee grounded out to
p, bunt, SAC; Pfeifer advanced to second; Richardson advanced to third.
Tabali grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Workman, P. singled up the middle. Workman, P. stole second. Ludwig, M.
grounded out to 2b; Workman, P. advanced to third. Fisher, C. struck out
looking. Thorne, N. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Burkhart out at first 2b to p. Andra popped up to ss. Wingerter struck
out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cleland, C. homered to center field, RBI. Edwards, J. walked. Fuller, R.
struck out swinging. Christiansen struck out swinging. Floyd, R. doubled
down the lf line; Edwards, J. advanced to third. Workman, P. walked.
Ludwig, M. singled to right center, 2 RBI; Workman, P. advanced to third;
Floyd, R. scored; Edwards, J. scored. Fisher, C. reached on a fielder's
choice; Ludwig, M. out at second ss to 2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
McCarthy walked. Richardson doubled down the lf line; McCarthy advanced
to third. Pfeifer flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; Richardson advanced to
third; McCarthy scored. Vibbert struck out swinging. Patee singled to
shortstop, RBI; Richardson scored. Tabali flied out to rf. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Thorne, N. singled up the middle. Thorne, N. stole second. Thorne, N.
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Cleland, C. walked. Edwards, J.
grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Cleland, C. out on the play.
Fuller, R. flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Moreno, S. to p for Bilek, M.. Burkhart grounded out to ss. Andra
grounded out to 2b. Wingerter singled to right center. McCarthy struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Christiansen doubled to left field. Floyd, R. reached on an error by cf,
advanced to second, RBI; Christiansen scored, unearned. Workman, P.
grounded out to 3b, bunt, SAC; Floyd, R. advanced to third. Ludwig, M.
grounded out to 2b, RBI; Floyd, R. scored, unearned. Fisher, C. grounded
out to p. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Burns, B. to p for Moreno, S.. Richardson singled up the middle. Pfeifer
walked; Richardson advanced to second. Vibbert reached on an error by 3b;
Pfeifer advanced to second; Richardson advanced to third. Patee singled
through the right side, 2 RBI; Vibbert advanced to third; Pfeifer scored;
Richardson scored. Crump, M. to p for Burns, B.. Tabali lined out to ss.
Burkhart singled through the left side, RBI; Patee advanced to second;
Vibbert scored. Andra walked; Burkhart advanced to second; Patee advanced
to third. Wingerter hit by pitch, RBI; Andra advanced to second; Burkhart
advanced to third; Patee scored. Wingerter advanced to second on a passed
ball; Andra advanced to third on a passed ball; Burkhart scored on a
passed ball. McCarthy singled up the middle, advanced to second on the
throw, 2 RBI; Wingerter scored; Andra scored. Jacobs, J. to p for Crump,
M.. Richardson flied out to rf; McCarthy out at third rf to ss to 3b. 7
runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Thorne, N. grounded out to ss. Cleland, C. doubled to center field. / to
dh for Patee. Patee to p for Stotz. Cleland, C. advanced to third on a
passed ball. Edwards, J. flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Cleland, C. scored.
Fuller, R. struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pfeifer singled to right center. Vibbert struck out swinging. Patee to p.
/  for Patee. Patee grounded into double play ss to 1b; Pfeifer out on
the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Francis, P. pinch hit for Christiansen. Francis, P. struck out swinging.
Floyd, R. doubled to right field. Workman, P. struck out swinging.
Ludwig, M. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.


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import ccdash
import os
import platform
import re
import subprocess
import sys
import time

class Operation:
    """\
    The Operation class describes the individual ccdash operation to be
    performed.

    """
    # Types:
    UPDATE = "update"           # Update operation
    CONFIGURE = "configure"     # Configure operation
    BUILD = "build"             # Build operation
    TEST = "test"               # Unit test operation

    def __init__(self, type, cmdline, name="", wdir=""):
        self.type = type
        self.cmdline = cmdline
        self.name = name
        self.wdir = wdir
        if self.type==self.TEST and not self.name:
            raise "name required for tests"

    def encode(self, base_dir):
        s = [self.type]
        if self.type == self.TEST:
            s.append(self.name)
        if self.type != self.UPDATE:
            s.append(self.cmdline)
        s.append("-w")
        if self.wdir:
            s.append(base_dir + "/" + self.wdir)
        else:
            s.append(base_dir)
        return s

#
# Update operation
#
update_ops = [Operation(Operation.UPDATE, "")]

#
# The standard library tests (e.g. pjlib-test, pjsip-test, etc.)
#
std_test_ops= [
    Operation(Operation.TEST, "./pjlib-test$SUFFIX", name="pjlib test",
              wdir="pjlib/bin"),
    Operation(Operation.TEST, "./pjlib-util-test$SUFFIX",
              name="pjlib-util test", wdir="pjlib-util/bin"),
    Operation(Operation.TEST, "./pjnath-test$SUFFIX", name="pjnath test",
              wdir="pjnath/bin"),
    Operation(Operation.TEST, "./pjmedia-test$SUFFIX", name="pjmedia test",
              wdir="pjmedia/bin"),
    Operation(Operation.TEST, "./pjsip-test$SUFFIX", name="pjsip test",
              wdir="pjsip/bin")
]

#
# These are pjsua Python based unit test operations
#
def build_pjsua_test_ops(pjsua_exe=""):
    ops = []
    if pjsua_exe:
        exe = " -e ../../pjsip-apps/bin/" + pjsua_exe
    else:
        exe = ""
    cwd = os.getcwd()
    os.chdir("../pjsua")
    os.system("python runall.py --list > list")
    f = open("list", "r")
    for e in f:
        e = e.rstrip("\r\n ")
        (mod,param) = e.split(None,2)
        name = mod[4:mod.find(".py")] + "_" + \
               param[param.find("/")+1:param.find(".py")]
        ops.append(Operation(Operation.TEST, "python run.py" + exe + " " + \
                             e, name=name, wdir="tests/pjsua"))
    f.close()
    os.remove("list")
    os.chdir(cwd)
    return ops

#
# Get gcc version
#
def gcc_version(gcc):
    proc = subprocess.Popen(gcc + " -v", stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
    ver = ""
    while True:
        s = proc.stdout.readline()
        if not s:
            break
        if s.find("gcc version") >= 0:
            ver = s.split(None, 3)[2]
            break
    proc.wait()
    return "gcc-" + ver

#
# Get Visual Studio version
#
def vs_get_version():
    proc = subprocess.Popen("cl", stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
    while True:
        s = proc.stdout.readline()
        if s=="":
            break
        pos = s.find("Version")
        if pos > 0:
            proc.wait()
            s = s[pos+8:]
            ver = s.split(None, 1)[0]
            major = ver[0:2]
            if major=="12":
                return "vs6"
            elif major=="13":
                return "vs2003"
            elif major=="14":
                return "vs2005"
            elif major=="15":
                return "vs2008"
            else:
                return "vs-" + major
    proc.wait()
    return "vs-unknown"

#
# Test config
#
class BaseConfig:
    def __init__(self, base_dir, url, site, group, options=None):
        self.base_dir = base_dir
        self.url = url
        self.site = site
        self.group = group
        self.options = options

#
# Base class for test configurator
#
class TestBuilder:
    def __init__(self, config, build_config_name="",
                 user_mak="", config_site="", exclude=[], not_exclude=[]):
        self.config = config                        # BaseConfig instance
        self.build_config_name = build_config_name  # Optional build suffix
        self.user_mak = user_mak                    # To be put in user.mak
        self.config_site = config_site              # To be put in config_s..
        self.saved_user_mak = ""                    # To restore user.mak
        self.saved_config_site = ""                 # To restore config_s..
        self.exclude = exclude                      # List of exclude pattern
        self.not_exclude = not_exclude              # List of include pattern
        self.ccdash_args = []                       # ccdash cmd line

    def stamp(self):
        return time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M", time.localtime())

    def pre_action(self):
        # Override user.mak
        name = self.config.base_dir + "/user.mak"
        if os.access(name, os.F_OK):
            f = open(name, "r")
            self.saved_user_mak = f.read()
            f.close()
        if True:
            f = open(name, "w")
            f.write(self.user_mak)
            f.close()
        # Override config_site.h
        name = self.config.base_dir + "/pjlib/include/pj/config_site.h"
        if os.access(name, os.F_OK):
            f = open(name, "r")
            self.saved_config_site= f.read()
            f.close()
        if True:
            f = open(name, "wt")
            f.write(self.config_site)
            f.close()

    def post_action(self):
        # Restore user.mak
        name = self.config.base_dir + "/user.mak"
        f = open(name, "wt")
        f.write(self.saved_user_mak)
        f.close()
        # Restore config_site.h
        name = self.config.base_dir + "/pjlib/include/pj/config_site.h"
        f = open(name, "wt")
        f.write(self.saved_config_site)
        f.close()

    def build_tests(self):
        # This should be overridden by subclasses
        pass

    def execute(self):
        if len(self.ccdash_args)==0:
            self.build_tests()
        self.pre_action()
	mandatory_op = ["update", "configure", "build"]
        counter = 0
        for a in self.ccdash_args:
            # Check if this test is in exclusion list
            fullcmd = " ".join(a)
            excluded = False
            included = False
            for pat in self.exclude:
                if pat and re.search(pat, fullcmd) != None:
                    excluded = True
                    break
            if excluded:
                for pat in self.not_exclude:
                    if pat and re.search(pat, fullcmd) != None:
                        included = True
                        break
            if excluded and not included:
                if len(fullcmd)>60:
                    fullcmd = fullcmd[0:60] + ".."
                print "Skipping '%s'" % (fullcmd)
                continue

            b = ["ccdash.py"]
            b.extend(a)
            a = b
            #print a
            try:
                rc = ccdash.main(a)
            except Exception, e:
                errmsg = str(e)
                print "**** Error: ccdash got exception %s ****" % errmsg
                rc = -1
            except:
                print "**** Error: ccdash got unknown exception ****"
                rc = -1

	    if rc!=0 and a[1] in mandatory_op:
		print "Stopping because of error.."
		break
            counter = counter + 1
        self.post_action()

#
# GNU test configurator
#
class GNUTestBuilder(TestBuilder):
    """\
    This class creates list of tests suitable for GNU targets.

    """
    def __init__(self, config, build_config_name="", user_mak="", \
                 config_site="", cross_compile="", exclude=[], not_exclude=[]):
        """\
        Parameters:
        config              - BaseConfig instance
        build_config_name   - Optional name to be added as suffix to the build
                              name. Sample: "min-size", "O4", "TLS", etc.
        user_mak            - Contents to be put on user.mak
        config_site         - Contents to be put on config_site.h
        cross_compile       - Optional cross-compile prefix. Must include the
                              trailing dash, e.g. "arm-unknown-linux-"
        exclude             - List of regular expression patterns for tests
                              that will be excluded from the run
        not_exclude         - List of regular expression patterns for tests
                              that will be run regardless of whether they
                              match the excluded pattern.

        """
        TestBuilder.__init__(self, config, build_config_name=build_config_name,
                             user_mak=user_mak, config_site=config_site,
                             exclude=exclude, not_exclude=not_exclude)
        self.cross_compile = cross_compile
        if self.cross_compile and self.cross_compile[-1] != '-':
            self.cross_compile.append("-")

    def build_tests(self):
        if self.cross_compile:
            suffix = "-" + self.cross_compile[0:-1]
            build_name =  self.cross_compile + \
                          gcc_version(self.cross_compile + "gcc")
        else:
            proc = subprocess.Popen("sh "+self.config.base_dir+"/config.guess",
                                    shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            plat = proc.stdout.readline().rstrip(" \r\n")
            build_name =  plat + "-"+gcc_version(self.cross_compile + "gcc")
            suffix = "-" + plat

        if self.build_config_name:
            build_name = build_name + "-" + self.build_config_name
        cmds = []
        cmds.extend(update_ops)
	cmds.append(Operation(Operation.CONFIGURE, "sh ./configure"))
	if sys.platform=="win32":
	    # Don't build python module on Mingw
	    cmds.append(Operation(Operation.BUILD,
			    "sh -c 'make distclean && make dep && make'"))
	else:
	    cmds.append(Operation(Operation.BUILD,
			    "sh -c 'make distclean && make dep && make" + \
			    " && cd pjsip-apps/src/python && " + \
			    "python setup.py clean build'"))

        cmds.extend(std_test_ops)
        cmds.extend(build_pjsua_test_ops())
        self.ccdash_args = []
        for c in cmds:
            c.cmdline = c.cmdline.replace("$SUFFIX", suffix)
            args = c.encode(self.config.base_dir)
            args.extend(["-U", self.config.url,
                         "-S", self.config.site,
                         "-T", self.stamp(),
                         "-B", build_name,
                         "-G", self.config.group])
            args.extend(self.config.options)
            self.ccdash_args.append(args)

#
# MSVC test configurator
#
class MSVCTestBuilder(TestBuilder):
    """\
    This class creates list of tests suitable for Visual Studio builds.
    You need to set the MSVC environment variables (typically by calling
    vcvars32.bat) prior to running this class.

    """
    def __init__(self, config, target="Release|Win32", build_config_name="",
                 config_site="", exclude=[], not_exclude=[]):
        """\
        Parameters:
        config              - BaseConfig instance
        target              - Visual Studio build configuration to build.
                              Sample: "Debug|Win32", "Release|Win32".
        build_config_name   - Optional name to be added as suffix to the build
                              name. Sample: "Debug", "Release", "IPv6", etc.
        config_site         - Contents to be put on config_site.h
        exclude             - List of regular expression patterns for tests
                              that will be excluded from the run
        not_exclude         - List of regular expression patterns for tests
                              that will be run regardless of whether they
                              match the excluded pattern.

        """
        TestBuilder.__init__(self, config, build_config_name=build_config_name,
                             config_site=config_site, exclude=exclude,
                             not_exclude=not_exclude)
        self.target = target.lower()

    def build_tests(self):

        (vsbuild,sys) = self.target.split("|",2)

        build_name = sys + "-" + vs_get_version() + "-" + vsbuild

        if self.build_config_name:
            build_name = build_name + "-" + self.build_config_name

        vccmd = "vcbuild.exe /nologo /nohtmllog /nocolor /rebuild " + \
                "pjproject-vs8.sln " + " \"" + self.target + "\""

        suffix = "-i386-win32-vc8-" + vsbuild
        pjsua = "pjsua_vc8"
        if vsbuild=="debug":
            pjsua = pjsua + "d"

        cmds = []
        cmds.extend(update_ops)
        cmds.append(Operation(Operation.CONFIGURE, "CMD /C echo Nothing to do"))
        cmds.append(Operation(Operation.BUILD, vccmd))
        cmds.extend(std_test_ops)
        cmds.extend(build_pjsua_test_ops(pjsua))

        self.ccdash_args = []
        for c in cmds:
            c.cmdline = c.cmdline.replace("$SUFFIX", suffix)
            args = c.encode(self.config.base_dir)
            args.extend(["-U", self.config.url,
                         "-S", self.config.site,
                         "-T", self.stamp(),
                         "-B", build_name,
                         "-G", self.config.group])
            args.extend(self.config.options)
            self.ccdash_args.append(args)

#
# Symbian test configurator
#
class SymbianTestBuilder(TestBuilder):
    """\
    This class creates list of tests suitable for Symbian builds. You need to
    set the command line build settings prior to running this class (typically
    that involves setting the EPOCROOT variable and current device).

    """
    def __init__(self, config, target="gcce urel", build_config_name="",
                 config_site="", exclude=[], not_exclude=[]):
        """\
        Parameters:
        config              - BaseConfig instance
        target              - Symbian target to build. Default is "gcce urel".
        build_config_name   - Optional name to be added as suffix to the build
                              name. Sample: "APS", "VAS", etc.
        config_site         - Contents to be put on config_site.h
        exclude             - List of regular expression patterns for tests
                              that will be excluded from the run
        not_exclude         - List of regular expression patterns for tests
                              that will be run regardless of whether they
                              match the excluded pattern.

        """
        TestBuilder.__init__(self, config, build_config_name=build_config_name,
                             config_site=config_site, exclude=exclude,
                             not_exclude=not_exclude)
        self.target = target.lower()

    def build_tests(self):

        # Check that EPOCROOT is set
        if not "EPOCROOT" in os.environ:
            print "Error: EPOCROOT environment variable is not set"
            sys.exit(1)
        epocroot = os.environ["EPOCROOT"]
        # EPOCROOT must have trailing backslash
        if epocroot[-1] != "\\":
            epocroot = epocroot + "\\"
            os.environ["EPOCROOT"] = epocroot
        sdk1 = epocroot.split("\\")[-2]

        # Check that correct device is set
        proc = subprocess.Popen("devices", stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
        sdk2 = ""
        while True:
            line = proc.stdout.readline()
            if line.find("- default") > 0:
                sdk2 = line.split(":",1)[0]
                break
        proc.wait()

        if sdk1 != sdk2:
            print "Error: default SDK in device doesn't match EPOCROOT"
            print "Default device SDK =", sdk2
            print "EPOCROOT SDK =", sdk1
            sys.exit(1)

        build_name = sdk2.replace("_", "-") + "-" + \
                     self.target.replace(" ", "-")

        if self.build_config_name:
            build_name = build_name + "-" + self.build_config_name

        cmdline = "cmd /C \"cd build.symbian && bldmake bldfiles && abld build %s\"" % (self.target)

        cmds = []
        cmds.extend(update_ops)
        cmds.append(Operation(Operation.CONFIGURE, "CMD /C echo Nothing to do"))
        cmds.extend([Operation(Operation.BUILD, cmdline)])

        self.ccdash_args = []
        suffix = ""
        for c in cmds:
            c.cmdline = c.cmdline.replace("$SUFFIX", suffix)
            args = c.encode(self.config.base_dir)
            args.extend(["-U", self.config.url,
                         "-S", self.config.site,
                         "-T", self.stamp(),
                         "-B", build_name,
                         "-G", self.config.group])
            args.extend(self.config.options)
            self.ccdash_args.append(args)

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Cancer Bring People Together
Posted by arts_louisville | Mar 3, 2018 | Theatre | 0
Ako & Jay Patterson in God Said This. Photo by Jonathan Roberts.
God Said This
By Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Morgan Gould
Review by Keith Waits
Entire contents copyright © 2018 by Keith Waits. All rights reserved.
The 42nd Annual Humana Festival opens with a play about family and loss that connects deeply with its audience. God Said This, by Leah Nanako Winkler, introduces a family fractured by the past and the mother's battle with cancer.
James (Jay Patterson), a recovering alcoholic and amateur geologist, speaks directly to the audience in a series of monologues that frame the scenes involving his ailing wife, Masako (Ako) and his two daughters. The eldest, Hiro (Satomi Blair), lives in New York City and has been somewhat estranged from her father, while Sophie (Emma Kikue), a born-again Christian, still lives close to home in Lexington, Kentucky. Both daughters have serious issues with their father, a hulking, disheveled figure who speaks in blunt fashion but are close to their mother, a tiny, bedridden woman who exhibits great charm and nurturing compassion even while struggling with the indignities of chemotherapy.
The dysfunctional family is a ubiquitous theme in American culture, and few of us claim a family history that doesn't include some disruption and discontent; and cancer has been a common experience for this generation, so the playwright is stepping onto well-traveled paths here. But she grounds her story in authenticity, and steps lightly around the multiple clichés that the material offers by giving the characters unique yet identifiable voices. In the way of all families, the daughters are incapable of speaking with each other or their father without injecting a lifetime's worth of baggage into every sentence.
The play is really about the path to reconciliation with their father, and Winkler carefully charts that journey so that the audience travels with them to that new level of understanding. When Masako says, in her broken English, "Cancer bring everyone together", she states the obvious but heartfelt idea that is the source of the play's power. After years of anger, bitterness, and recrimination, confronting our own mortality may be the one thing that will always provide the larger, more expansive perspective required for healing.
Jay Patterson, a busy character actor recognizable from numerous film and television roles (Places in the Heart, Law & Order: SVU) magnificently realizes the gruff curmudgeon James with a soft center that only Masako sees. His performance is filled with humor and stubbornness in equal measure and makes us appreciate how James' inability to express his love for his family more directly is actually emblematic of a hard-won personal integrity.
Satomi Blair, so impressive in last year's Humana production of I Now Pronounce, is equally strong here as Hiro. She benefits from the greater time on stage afforded her character because of multiple scenes with an old high school buddy, John (Tom Coiner). At first the character seems superfluous, however raucously funny and entertaining Coiner's work may be, but eventually, John also proves crucial to Hiro's shifting perspective on her family, and the chemistry between Blair and Coiner is deeply engaging.
Sophie's evangelical personality makes an easy target for jokes, but Winkler dispenses with most of them early on, so that we are allowed to see her fully as a sister and daughter striving to reconnect with Hiro and James, and Emma Kikue's performance fleshes the character out more fully than the script. That Masako's own relationship with God is central to her character reinforces the role of faith in the story, but Winkler doesn't let it be overbearing.
Masako is the least developed character in the sense that she is so much defined by the details of cancer therapy, and Ako manages to be accurate with the visceral reality of that struggle while bringing effortless charm and compassion to the role. Positioned throughout the play in a hospital bed around which all the action takes place, she provides a winning center on several levels.
Before the play is over, Winkler detours away from her conventional narrative structure to carry us through final scenes that fill out the emotional needs of the story in a most satisfying manner. The design work is of a very high quality, but the aesthetic of the production is appropriately spare and concentrated.
It's a good start for this year's Festival.
February 28 – April 8, 2018
Part of the 42nd Humana Festival of New American Plays
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Actorstheatre.org
Keith Waits is a native of Louisville who works at Louisville Visual Art during the days, including being the host of LVA's Artebella On The Radio on WXOX 97.1 FM / ARTxFM.com, but spends most of his evenings indulging his taste for theatre, music and visual arts. His work has appeared in Pure Uncut Candy, TheatreLouisville, and Louisville Mojo. He is now Managing Editor for Arts-Louisville.com.
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Author(s): Jane Fonda
This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation. In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, DC to lead weekly climate change demonstrations on Capitol Hill. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays (FDF), and has since led thousands of people in non-violent civil disobedience, risking arrest to protest for action. In her new book, Fonda weaves her deeply personal journey as an activist alongside interviews with leading climate scientists, and discussions of specific issues, such as water, migration, and human rights, to emphasise what is at stake. Most significantly, Fonda provides concrete solutions, and things the average person can do to combat the climate crisis in their community. No stranger to protest, Fonda's life has been famously shaped by activism. And now, on the eve of the next US presidential election, she is once again galvanizing the public to take to the streets. Many of us understand that our climate is in a crisis, and realise that a moral responsibility rests on our shoulders. 2019 saw atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases hit the highest level ever recorded in human history, and our window of opportunity to avoid disaster is quickly closing. As Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace US and Fonda's partner in developing FDF, has declared, "Change is inevitable; by design, or by disaster." Together, we can commandeer change for the positive – but it will require collective actions taken by social movements on an unprecedented scale. The problems we face now require every one of us to join the fight. The fight for not only our immediate future, but for the future of generations to come.
Publisher : Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
Imprint : Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
Author : Jane Fonda
Dewey classification : 333.720973


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Planning the 'gentle and phased' reopening of Teamwork centres
We are planning the 'gentle and phased' reopening of our three centres over the coming months - with our blended and remote support continuing for those who choose to stay at home.
We have been working hard to support service-users – autistic adults and adults with mental health needs and learning and physical disabilities – through the lockdown, and have received positive feedback about our remote Covid-19 'Living & Learning' service.
With Government lockdown restrictions easing and following advice from Northamptonshire Adult Social Services (NASS), Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) and Public Health England (PHE), we are now able to share plans to gradually welcome people back to our Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough centres.
John Bruce, strategic director at Teamwork Trust said: "We intend for the process to be very gentle and phased so that we can keep everyone feeling safe, supported and happy.
"We are aiming to reopen the Kettering centre first in early July, the Wellingborough centre around the end of July, and our Corby centre at the beginning of August, but these timescales could change so we are keeping in touch with service-users, parents and carers.
"The centres will look a bit different with new social distancing rules in place to minimise the risk of coronavirus, but what's also different is that members will now have a choice about how they would like to access our services - choosing activities in the centres or continuing our blended home service. We will be talking through the options with everybody over the coming weeks.
"It has been a difficult period but we are looking forward to carefully easing everybody back into a new routine."
An overview of some of the other measures which will apply at all of Teamwork's centres:
Teamwork Trust staff are still committed to fostering a safe, friendly, welcoming and supportive environment at all times.
We are planning to set up online 'walk throughs' and virtual reality maps so that service-users can familiarise themselves with how the centres will look before they return.
All centres will be deep cleaned before they are reopened, and deep cleaning will continue on a regular basis – usually overnight or early morning when the building is empty.
We will have easy-to-follow processes in place to ensure 2m social distancing – these will include arrowed one-way systems, individual work areas, restrictions on the number of members taking part in tasks, and many other changes which our friendly staff will guide everyone through.
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We will have a quick and easy process to temperature-check everyone who enters the building
We have purchased large amounts of antibacterial gel for members and staff to use, and we will continually encourage hand washing and good hygiene.
Further changes will be announced as the date to reopen gets closer.
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IND vs ENG | Axar Patel adds to India's selection headache; tough road ahead for Kuldeep, Washington
Axar, who has a ton and 13 half-centuries in First-class cricket, is likely to get a chance to flaunt his batting side when India line up against England at the same venue for the fourth and final Test of the series.
Written by: Ameya Barve @ameya_2112 New Delhi Updated on: February 26, 2021 19:16 IST
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Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav
Minutes after Joe Root registered his maiden five-wicket haul on a so-called subdued Motera strip, Rohit Sharma lunged down the track and hit the England skipper for a huge six over midwicket, wrapping up the pink-ball Test in just over five sessions and handing India a famous win in Ahmedabad. A virgin Motera strip -- questioned by many former players for not being suitable to orchestrate a five-day Test match -- weighted in favour of spin as the Axar Patel-Ravichandran Ashwin was the wrecker-in-chief with the pink cherry.
Across two days which resembled a Twenty20 carnival with a turning track as the protagonist, India crushed the visitors by 10 wickets to go atop the World Test Championship table and take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series.
Local boy Axar picked his third five-wicket haul in three consecutive Test innings while Ashwin dismissed four en route to reaching 400 Test wickets and eclipsing part-time spinner Root's bowling show on Day 2. Ashwin became the fourth Indian after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh (417) to achieve the feat. Only Muttiah Muralitharan was faster to the landmark, needing 72 matches
While Ashwin's milestone was no less than a prodigious feat, it was Axar who pulled the strings at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Playing only his second Test and coming into the side as a like-for-like replacement for an injured Ravindra Jadeja, Axar had big shoes to fill. Jadeja and Axar, two Gujarati left-arm spinning all-rounder as skipper Virat Kohli put it, have a few things in common, at least in the bowling wing.
Apart from belonging to the same state, both the tweakers rely on their pace and a stump-to-stump line to confine the opposition batsmen. That's exactly what Axar did on a rank turner at Motera but ironically, it was his arm ball and wicket-to-wicket accuracy that fetched him wickets. England folded for 81 in their second innings, their lowest ever Test total against India, falling prey to Axar's approach. He took 11 wickets and became the first Indian in the history of Test cricket to take 10 wickets in a Day-Night contest.
"Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Jofra Archer have been licking their lips," Ben Stokes had said ahead of the pink-ball Test. However, across 140.2 overs in Ahmedabad, it was spin all over. While Axar and Ashwin spun the web, Root and Jack Leach also left an impact by bundling out India for just 145 in the first innings, keeping England in the game until an anticlimax in the second innings saw them getting knocked out from the WTC final.
Indian team management spoilt for choices
India, however, will now face a happy headache on the spin-bowling front. Axar, previously lost amid the Ashwin-Jadeja and Kuldeep-Chahal duo, will add a new dimension to the spin weaponry, especially in home conditions. One won't lift a finger to argue over Jadeja's all-round abilities being superior to Axar. But if the team management decides to include Axar as a bowling all-rounder, we could very well see Axar, Ashwin and Jadeja conducting India's spin unit, possibly on home tracks.
Dubbed as one of the best all-rounders in modern-day cricket, Jadeja puts more on the table, combining his tight line with lower-order knocks and exceptional fielding. He had fractured his thumb in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and wasn't included in the Test and T20I squad against England.
"It seems easy when it (Test-match five-for) happens, otherwise it feels different. Now that it's happening, I just want to continue my work - not thinking it's easy or difficult. Now that I am taking wickets, no one is making fun of my batting. But I hope to contribute with the bat more too," said Axar after bagging the Man of the Match award in the third Test.
Washington Sundar's fate
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Washington Sundar and Virat Kohli
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Not long ago, Washington Sundar became a household name across India and Australia. Not only did the all-rounder create multiple records on his Test debut, but also played a crucial role in India retaining the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Sundar was roped into the playing XI for the Brisbane Test after a back injury to R Ashwin. After picking up a three-wicket haul with the ball, Sundar went on to score maiden Test fifty. Shining on the batting front, he added a 121-run stand for the seventh wicket - the highest seventh-wicket stand by India in a Test match in Brisbane.
Washington, 21, was included in the pink-ball Test as India wanted someone who can bat as well. "We wanted to have a spinning option and Washi (Sundar) provides a lot with the bat as well. And having a cushion with the bat helps especially in this situation when we bat second as the game could be evened out after the first innings," skipper Kohli said at the toss.
However, after a Test that saw Sundar's inclusion being of very little use, he might be pipped by Jadeja or Axar in future, with India going with the troika of Ashwin-Jadeja-Axar on home turf.
Clouds loom over Kuldeep Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem
Kuldeep Yadav would've hoped for an extension when he made a return to the Indian Test set-up after over two years with the second Test in Chennai. On a rank turner at Chepauk, Kuldeep replaced a hapless Shahbaz Nadeem who conceded as many as 233 runs in the first Test.
Kuldeep, on his much-awaited return, plucked two wickets and didn't go much wrong before he found himself warming the benches again. Though it was Washington who came back into the side at Kuldeep's expense, he didn't have much work to do with the pink cherry, with Axar single-handedly stealing the show. India now Ashwin, Jadeja and now Axar to play ahead of Kuldeep, sharply reducing Kuldeep's chances of a turnaround.
Talking about Nadeem, luck has been playing a major role in deciding his fate. Axar was initially slated to play the first Test before a last-minute injury ruled him out, making Nadeem toil on a flat deck in Chennai. Within a few days, Nadeem finds himself amid two potent all-rounders, Ashwin and Axar, who can contribute with the bat as well.
The grind in picking India's bowling starters has never been harder. The pace unit, comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini and Mohammed Siraj looks stacked. With Hardik Pandya's return, the team management is likely to prefer him over Washington when it comes to selecting a batting all-rounder. While Nadeem and Kuldeep can still squeeze into the Test set-up, Axar seems like the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle.
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Patti Smith, Jesse Paris Smith and Eric Hoegemeyer in Music and Poetry
Tuesday January 31 2023 • 12:18pm - 12:18pm ET
Patti Smith performs live in The Greene Space
Singer, songwriter and poet Patti Smith opened an evening of music and poetry in The Greene Space by reading these lines from T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Wasteland":
April is the cruelest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing / Memory and desire, stirring.
"We are going to speak of, this evening, the things that stir us," Smith said. The April 23 event, Mixing Memory and Desire: An Evening of Music, Poetry, Sound and Remembrance, was presented by WNYC's Spinning on Air and hosted by David Garland.
Smith was joined on stage by composer-musicians Jesse Paris Smith and Eric Hoegemeyer (of Brooklyn's Tree Laboratory). Their mission that evening: to honor the chaos and transformation of spring through performances of both original pieces and interpretations of works by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, W.G. Sebald and more.
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Dove hunting season preview: Spring estimates for south zone show record high numbers
Opening day of dove season begins at 30 minutes before sunrise on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in the state's north and central zones; Sept. 14 in the south zone.
Dove season gets under way at 30 minutes before sunrise on Sept. 1 in most of Texas. Nearly 273,000 hunters went afield last year and killed nearly 6 million doves, including about 3.8 million mourning doves.
By Matt Williams
12:52 PM on Aug 21, 2021 CDT
Excitement among Texas dove hunters always spikes as August gives way to September because they know good times are just around the corner. Opening day of dove season begins at 30 minutes before sunrise on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in the state's north and central zones; Sept. 14 in the south zone.
Dove season is the first domino to fall in a long line of hallowed hunting seasons that will come and go between now and next spring. More than 1 million Texans will head to the outdoors in the meantime, including close to 300,000 men, women and youngsters who call themselves dove hunters.
If it sounds as if dove season is a big deal in Texas, that's because it is. As hunter participation goes, dove hunting ranks second only to deer hunting. It represents a plump cash cow that pumps more than $300 million annually into the state's economy, much of it spent in rural communities that roll out the red carpet to dove hunters each year.
In Coleman, where dove hunting is believed to generate at least $5 million annually for area businesses, preparations are under way for the 2021 Coleman County Dove Fest. The hunter appreciation event is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m Sept. 4 at the Bill Franklin Rodeo Grounds, where hunters can take a midday break, enjoy a fresh catfish dinner and have a chance to win shotguns and other door prizes with a $20 admission. The event is free for kids 10 and younger and active military.
There's plenty more be excited about this season, whether you're headed to Coleman County or another dove hunting hub. At the root of it all are an abundant dove population and a wealth of good places to hunt for an affordable price.
In my book, dove hunting represents what is arguably the lowest cost, high quality experience available on Texas' long list of sport hunting options. Expect to pay a reputable outfitter $75 to $150 per day for an unguided day hunt on private land, possibly more or less depending on the area of the state, date and services rendered. All-inclusive hunts with meals and lodging may be significantly more.
The Texas Dove Hunters Association's website (texasdovehunters.com) is a great place to shop for a dove hunting trip. The TDHA maintains a lengthy list of outfitters divided by hunting zones. Most list the county, acreage, available facilities and whether you'll have the option to hunt around grain, water or both.
Good outfitters will have prescouted fields and should be able to put you in position to have a chance to bag a few birds, but they can't work miracles. Doves, particularly those darting, diving mourners, are challenging targets that can be difficult to hit. Plus, doves are migratory birds that are weather and pressure sensitive. Just because a field is buzzing with birds one day doesn't necessarily mean they'll be there the next.
Public hunting represents an even cheaper option. Do-it-yourself hunters can buy a $48 Annual Public Hunting Permit (available where licenses are sold) that provides hunters with access to more than 1 million acres of public land, including 100-plus private tracts the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has under lease for dove and small game hunting.
The dove leases, which range from 40 acres to 2,000 acres, are located in areas with good dove habitat. Several are found in close proximity to Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Beaumont, San Antonio and Austin-Waco. You can view interactive maps of each lease at the TPWD website (tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/public/).
Bounty of birds
Every Texas dove season is a good one thanks to the bounty of birds that live here, especially mourning doves. Wildlife experts estimate the state's resident mourning dove population at around 25 million.
That's significantly more than any other state and about 13.7% of the national total estimated at 183 million in 2019. Factor in the 20 million to 30 million northern migrants that pass through Texas en route to Mexico and Central America each fall, plus the state's resident white-winged dove population of 12 million, and the number can easily swell between 50 million to 60 million birds, according to Owen Fitzsimmons, TPWD's webless migratory game bird program leader.
After the freeze
Fitzsimmons is forecasting another banner season this fall, although hunters are likely to notice fewer white-wings in the Panhandle region. The biologist said the birds were hit hard by the severe freeze that held temperatures near zero or below for several consecutive days last February. Numbers could be down as much as 50% below average.
"Staff are reporting seeing a lot less white-wings than usual, so it seems likely they were hit pretty hard by the winter storm," he said. "I'm also hearing about a lot of hatch-year white-wings in that area, so I expect a quick recovery."
In addition to fewer white-wings, Panhandle hunters may notice doves that suffered frostbite. Fitzsimmons says some birds literally froze parts of their beaks off. Other lost toes.
"It's not uncommon to see frostbite damage like this in late-season migrant birds, but it's much more prevalent this year in our local population, particularly white-wings," he said. "Our banders are reporting birds in very healthy condition otherwise, despite some missing most of their feet or most of their bill. That shows how resilient wild birds really are."
Fitzsimmons says mourning dove numbers are slightly below the long-term average in the central and north zones, but the totals are up from the state's last spring survey in 2019.
Perhaps the brightest spot statewide is South Texas, where spring survey estimates show mourning and white-winged dove numbers are at record highs and roughly double the long-term average.
"On top of that, hatch-year production has been high," Fitzsimmons said. "The south zone looks to be in for a really, really good season this year."
Season outlook
Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife(Staff Graphic)
Fitzsimmons says above average summer rainfall has spurred excellent range conditions across much of the state. With lots of food and water on the landscape, he thinks birds could be tough to pinpoint with plenty of goodies from which to choose. He won't be surprised if the banner range conditions hold a lot of migrating birds later in the season, which could result in good hunting all the way through October, possibly well into the season's second split.
Here's a synopsis of his forecast for the three hunting zones:
North zone: Look for an average season early, but things could improve as the season progresses since the excellent range conditions will likely hold birds that are migrating. North zone hunters may have less white-wing opportunity this year, particularly in the Panhandle.
Central zone: Hunters will likely see an average season early, although it may be hit or miss. Heavy hail and rainstorms this spring may have affected peak nesting in counties west of the Austin-San Antonio corridor, while other areas likely had a productive breeding season. He expects good range conditions will mean excellent hunting conditions throughout most of the season.
South zone: This season could be one of the best ever. Breeding survey estimates are the highest since they began in 2008 and conditions have been excellent all summer. Fitzsimmons urges white-wing hunters to take advantage of two extra Special White-winged Dove Days that were added this season. South zone hunters will now have Friday, Saturday and Sunday hunting opportunities the first two weekends of September before the regular season starts on Sept. 14.
Nothing can spoil a great hunting trip any quicker than a tragic accident that leaves someone injured. Or worse.
Hunting is a safe activity that's getting safer in Texas thanks to a mandatory hunter education law that requires every hunter born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, to successfully complete a hunter education course before they can legally hunt. The law was implemented in Texas in 1988.
Though hunting accidents still occur way more often than they should, they don't happen near as often as they once did.
There were 24 hunting-related accidents in Texas last year compared with 105 in 1968. The 2020 toll included one fatality that occurred in Jack County after a hunter misidentified another for a turkey and shot him with .223 rifle at 60-65 yards.
Of the 23 nonfatal accidents, 14 involved shotguns, including 11 that occurred while hunting doves.
One of the leading causes of those accidents was swinging on birds outside a safe zone of fire.
Swinging on game is a hunter judgment error. It occurs when a hunter tracks a passing dove or another animal and pulls the trigger as the target crosses in front of another individual positioned outside the shooter's safe zone of fire.
You don't have to be near the shooter to be seriously injured. Stray shotshell pellets can penetrate the body up to 250 yards away, according to Steve Hall, TPWD hunter education coordinator.
Hall has a friend who was the victim in a swinging-on-game incident several years ago. A stray pellet traveled around 200 yards, struck the man in the eye and penetrated his tear duct. The pellet remains lodged behind the man's eye today.
A female Texas game warden was an unintended target last year. According to TPWD reports, the warden was checking dove hunters when another hunter positioned about 35 yards away, on the opposite side of a public road, fired their direction. Pellets struck the warden in the face, arm and leg.
Hall says other common causes of dove hunting accidents involve careless handing of firearms in or around vehicles, pointing firearms in an unsafe direction, obstructions in a barrel or firearms that are faulty.
The message here is to use your head out there. Never shoot in the direction of other hunters, across roadways, towards houses, etc. If you are unsure, don't shoot.
It's smart to play some defense, too. I always try to set up well away from other hunters in a position that is well out of the primary line of fire. When hunting around water holes, it's never a good idea to have hunters positioned on both sides. Always wear impact resistant shooting glasses to protect your eyes from stray pellets and some sort of ear protection.
Hall offered some other dove hunting safety tips:
Always point muzzle in a safe direction and treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until you fire and be sure of target.
Unload immediately when not hunting or when crossing difficult terrain/fences.
Inspect shotguns and ammunition before hunt, ensuring they are in good shape.
Make sure ammunition you carry in the field matches only your firearm.
Wear blaze orange into and out of the field so other hunters know your location.
Valid hunting license/migratory bird endorsement.
Pump and auto-loader shotguns must be plugged to hold no more than three shells.
Don't mingle your birds with those belonging to other hunters.
It is illegal to bait migratory birds. Avoid hunting around areas you suspect to have been baited.
Know the official sunrise and sunset times. Legal shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.
Don't litter. Pick up spent shotshell hulls and trash.
Hunter education is required of all hunters born on or after Sept. 2, 1971. Carry your certification card while in the field.
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