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Television|James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86
James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86
James Garner, who appeared in more than 50 films but was best known for his TV roles in "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files," has died at 86.
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In 1958 Mr. Garner was cast as the womanizing gambler Bret Maverick, the role that made him a star.
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Mr. Garner married Lois Clarke in 1956. They arrived at Idlewild Airport in New York in 1959.
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An avid golfer, Mr. Garner competed in the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur golf championship at Pebble Beach in 1959.
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An understated comic actor, Mr. Garner appeared in romantic comedies, including "Move Over, Darling" with Doris Day in 1963.
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Mr. Garner with Donald Pleasence in the 1963 film "The Great Escape" in which he played the Scrounger.
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Mr. Garner was active in civil rights and environmental causes. He joined Diahann Carroll and Marlon Brando at the March on Washington in 1963.
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In 1964 he starred with Julie Andrews in "The Americanization of Emily," which he called his favorite of all his films.
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In 1966, he starred as a race car driver in "Grand Prix," a film that sparked his interest in auto racing.
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Mr. Garner rehearses a scene with Joan Hackett in the comic western "Support Your Local Sheriff" in 1969.
The television series "Nichols" was said to have been his favorite. The show was produced by his own company, Cherokee Productions, in 1971.
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Notable films included "Victor/Victoria" (1982), in which he was reunited with Ms. Andrews.
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Mr. Garner served in the Army during the Korean War and was presented with one of his two Purple Hearts in 1983.
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Mr. Garner's one Academy Award nomination was for the 1985 romantic comedy "Murphy's Romance" which also starred Sally Field.
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One of Mr. Garner's most popular roles was as the cranky sleuth Jim Rockford in the 1970s series "The Rockford Files."
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Mr. Garner had recurring roles on a number of television shows, including "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter."
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Mr. Garner with Gena Rowlands in the 2004 film "The Notebook."
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Mr. Garner said that he never even wanted to be an actor. "It's always been a means to an end, which is to make a living."
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By Bruce Weber
James Garner, the wry and handsome leading man who slid seamlessly between television and the movies but was best known as the amiable gambler Bret Maverick in the 1950s western "Maverick" and the cranky sleuth Jim Rockford in the 1970s series "The Rockford Files," died on Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86.
His publicist, Jennifer Allen, said he died of natural causes.
He was a genuine star but as an actor something of a paradox: a lantern-jawed, brawny athlete whose physical appeal was both enhanced and undercut by a disarming wit. He appeared in more than 50 films, many of them dramas — but, as he established in one of his notable early performances, as a battle-shy naval officer in "The Americanization of Emily" (1964) and had shown before that in "Maverick" — he was most at home as an iconoclast, a flawed or unlikely hero.
An understated comic actor, he was especially adept at conveying life's tiny bedevilments. One of his most memorable roles was as a perpetually flummoxed pitchman for Polaroid cameras in the late 1970s and early 1980s, in droll commercials in which he played a vexed husband and Mariette Hartley played his needling wife. They were so persuasive that Ms. Hartley had a shirt printed with the declaration "I am not Mrs. James Garner."
His one Academy Award nomination was for the 1985 romantic comedy "Murphy's Romance," in which he played a small-town druggist who woos the new-in-town divorced mom (Sally Field) with a mixture of self-reliance, grouchy charm and lack of sympathy for fools.
Even Rockford, a semi-tough ex-con (he had served five years on a bum rap for armed robbery) who lived in a beat-up trailer in a Malibu beach parking lot, drove a Pontiac Firebird and could handle himself in a fight (though he probably took more punches than he gave), was exasperated most of the time by one thing or another: his money problems, the penchant of his father (Noah Beery Jr.) for getting into trouble or getting in the way, the hustles of his con-artist pal Angel (Stuart Margolin), his dicey relationship with the local police.
"Maverick" had been in part a sendup of the conventional western drama, and "The Rockford Files" similarly made fun of the standard television detective, the man's man who upholds law and order and has everything under control. A sucker for a pretty girl and with a distinctly '70s fashion sense — he favored loud houndstooth jackets — Rockford was perpetually wandering into threatening situations in which he ended up pursued by criminal goons or corrupt cops. He tried, mostly successfully, to steer clear of using guns; instead, a bit of a con artist himself, he relied on impersonations and other ruses — and high-speed driving skills.
Mr. Garner on screen with Julie Andrews in "The Americanization of Emily" (1964).CreditMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer, via Photofest
Every episode of the show, which ran from 1974 to 1980 and more often than not involved at least one car chase and Rockford's getting beaten up a time or two, began with a distinctive theme song featuring a synthesizer and a blues harmonica and a message coming in on a newfangled gadget — Rockford's telephone answering machine — that underscored his unheroic existence: "Jim, this is Norma at the market. It bounced. Do you want us to tear it up, send it back or put it with the others?"
In his 2011 autobiography, "The Garner Files," written with Jon Winokur, Mr. Garner confessed to having a live-and-let-live attitude with the caveat that when he was pushed, he shoved back. What distinguished his performance as Rockford was how well that more-put-upon-than-macho persona came across. Rockford's reactions — startled, nonplused and annoyed being his specialties — appeared native to him.
His naturalness led John J. O'Connor, writing in The New York Times, to liken Mr. Garner to Gary Cooper and James Stewart. And like those two actors, Mr. Garner usually got the girl.
Mr. Garner came to acting late, and by accident. On his own after the age of 14 and a bit of a drifter, he had been working an endless series of jobs: telephone installer, oil field roughneck, chauffeur, dishwasher, janitor, lifeguard, grocery clerk, salesman and, fatefully, gas station attendant. While pumping gas in Los Angeles, he met a young man named Paul Gregory, who was working nearby as a soda jerk but wanted to be an agent.
Years later, after Mr. Garner had served in the Army during the Korean War — he was wounded in action twice, earning two Purple Hearts — he was working as a carpet layer in Los Angeles for a business run by his father. One afternoon he was driving on La Cienega Boulevard and saw a sign: Paul Gregory & Associates. Just then a car pulled out of a space in front of the building, and Mr. Garner, on a whim, pulled in. He was 25.
Mr. Gregory, by then an agent and a theatrical producer, hired him for a nonspeaking part in his production of Herman Wouk's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," which starred Henry Fonda, John Hodiak and Lloyd Nolan. It opened in Santa Barbara and toured the country before going to Broadway, where it opened in January 1954 and ran for 415 performances. Mr. Garner said he learned to act from running lines with the stars and watching them perform, especially Fonda, another good-looking actor with a sly streak.
Mr. Garner slid seamlessly between television and the movies but was best known as the amiable gambler Bret Maverick in the 1950s western "Maverick."
"I swiped practically all my acting style from him," he once said.
Mr. Garner claimed to have stage fright and no desire to act in the theater. He later played Lieutenant Maryk (the Hodiak role) in a touring company of the play directed by Charles Laughton, but afterward would almost never appear onstage again. Still, it was the serendipitous stop on La Cienega that changed his life.
"The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office," he wrote in "The Garner Files."
James Scott Bumgarner was born in Norman, Okla., on April 7, 1928. His paternal grandfather had participated in the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 and was later shot to death by the son of a widow with whom he'd been having an affair. His maternal grandfather was a full-blooded Cherokee. (Mr. Garner would later name his production company Cherokee Productions.)
His first home was the back of a small store that his father, Weldon, known as Bill, ran in the nearby hamlet of Denver. His mother, Mildred, died when he was 4. When he was 7, the store burned down and his father left James and his two older brothers to be raised by relatives; when his father remarried, the family reunited, but James's stepmother was abusive, he said in his memoir, and after a violent episode at home, he left.
He worked in Oklahoma, Texas and Los Angeles, where his father finally resettled. He went briefly to Hollywood High School but returned to Norman, where he played football and basketball, to finish. In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, he was drafted.
Mr. Garner's first Hollywood break came when he met Richard L. Bare, a director of the television western "Cheyenne," who cast him in a small part. That and other bit roles led to a contract with Warner Bros., which featured him in several movies — including "Sayonara" (1957), starring Marlon Brando and based on James Michener's novel set in Japan about interracial romance — and sliced the first syllable from his last name.
James Garner as a detective with quirks in "The Rockford Files" on TV (1974-80).CreditNBC,via Photofest
His first lead role was in "Darby's Rangers" (1958) as the World War II hero William Darby, a part he was given after Charlton Heston walked off the set in a dispute with the studio over money. At about the same time he was cast as the womanizing gambler Bret Maverick, the role that made him a star.
Alone among westerns of the 1950s, "Maverick," which made its debut in 1957, was about an antihero. He didn't much care for horses or guns, and he was motivated by something much less grand than law and order: money. But you rooted for him because he was on the right side of moral issues, he had a natural affinity for the little guy being pushed by the bully, and he was more fun than anyone else.
"If you look at Maverick and Rockford, they're pretty much the same guy," Mr. Garner wrote. "One is a gambler and the other a detective, but their attitudes are identical."
In a Maverick-like (or Rockford-like) move, Mr. Garner left the series in 1960 after winning a breach-of-contract suit against Warner Bros. over its refusal to pay him during a writers' strike. He did not return to series television for a decade.
He found steady work in movies, however. In "The Children's Hour" (1961), an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play, he played a doctor engaged to a schoolteacher (Audrey Hepburn) accused of being a lesbian. He appeared uncomfortable in that earnest role, but he was winning and warm in "The Great Escape" (1963), the World War II adventure about captured Allied fliers plotting to break out of a German prison camp, as Bob Hendley, the resourceful prisoner known as the Scrounger.
In 1964 he starred with Julie Andrews in "The Americanization of Emily," which he called his favorite of all his films. He played the personal attendant of a Navy admiral, a fish out of water and the voice of the movie's pacifist point of view.
Mr. Garner as a western gambler in the TV series "Maverick," which ran from 1957 to 1962.CreditABC, via Photofest
Written by Paddy Chayefsky, it included perhaps the longest and most impassioned speech of his career: "I don't trust people who make bitter reflections about war, Mrs. Barham," he said, in part. "It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades."
In 1966, he starred as an avenging frontier scout in the violent western "Duel at Diablo" and as a high-speed driver in "Grand Prix," a film that sparked his interest in auto racing. He drove in the Baja 1000 off-road race several times, and he drove the pace car at the Indianapolis 500 in 1975, 1978 and 1985.
He also appeared in romantic comedies, including three in 1963: "The Thrill of It All" and "Move Over, Darling," both with Doris Day, and "The Wheeler Dealers," opposite Lee Remick. There was also a comic western, "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969), and a follow-up, "Support Your Local Gunfighter" (1971). Other notable films included "Victor/Victoria" (1982), in which he was reunited with Ms. Andrews and played a man who falls in love with a woman even though she has been masquerading as a man.
Mr. Garner was often injured on the job; during the Rockford years, he had several knee operations and back trouble. More seriously, in 1988, he had a quintuple bypass operation, which cost him his job as spokesman for the beef industry.
After surgery, he made a vigorous return to work. He appeared in the television films "My Name Is Bill W" (1989), starring James Woods as a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and "Barbarians at the Gate" (1993), based on the best-selling book about the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco; in "My Fellow Americans" (1996), a comic adventure in which he and Jack Lemmon played feuding former presidents who find themselves framed by the sitting president and end up together on the lam; and in the romantic film "The Notebook" (2004).
He also reprised his Rockford character in several television movies and appeared in the movie version of "Maverick" (1994) as Marshal Zane Cooper, a foil to the title character, played by Mel Gibson.
Mr. Garner with Gena Rowlands in "The Notebook" (2004)CreditNew Line Cinema, via Photofest
Of Mr. Garner's other forays into series television, "Nichols" was said to have been his own favorite. A dark comic western set in Arizona in the early 20th century that was produced by Cherokee in 1971, it starred Mr. Garner as a retired soldier who becomes sheriff of his hometown. When NBC canceled it after one season, Mr. Garner was so incensed that he had his character killed in the final episode.
He later had recurring roles on a number of shows, including "Chicago Hope," "First Monday" and "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter"; in the short-lived animated series "God, the Devil and Bob," he was the voice of God.
Mr. Garner disdained the pretentiousness of the acting profession. "I'm a Methodist but not as an actor," he wrote in "The Garner Files." "I'm from the Spencer Tracy school: Be on time, know your words, hit your marks, and tell the truth. I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take himself too seriously, and shouldn't try to make acting something it isn't. Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote."
Nor did he sit still for the dog-eat-dog business side of Hollywood. In the early 1980s he again sued his employer, this time Universal, which he accused of cheating him out of his share of profits on "The Rockford Files." Universal settled the case in 1989, reportedly paying him more than $14 million.
Mr. Garner, a lifelong Democrat who was active in behalf of civil rights and environmental causes, always said he met his wife, the former Lois Clarke, in 1956 at a presidential campaign rally for Adlai Stevenson, though in "The Garner Files" Mrs. Garner said they had actually met at a party earlier. She survives him, as do their daughter, Greta, known as Gigi, and Mrs. Garner's daughter from a previous marriage, Kimberly.
Persuasively ambivalent as a hero of westerns, war movies and detective stories, Mr. Garner's performances may have reflected his feelings about his profession.
"I was never enamored of the business, never even wanted to be an actor, really," he told The New York Times in 1984. "It's always been a means to an end, which is to make a living."
Correction: July 20, 2014
An earlier version of this obituary misspelled the surname of the co-author of Mr. Garner's 2011 autobiography, "The Garner Files." He is Jon Winokur, not Vinokur. It also erroneously included a survivor. Mr. Garner's brother Jack died in 2011.
An obituary on Monday about the actor James Garner referred incorrectly to a production of "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" in which he appeared early in his career. Charles Laughton directed that production; he did not star in it. The obituary also omitted a word from an excerpt of a speech Mr. Garner delivered in the movie "The Americanization of Emily." He said, "And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades" — not "always the widows."
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AFFINITY WATER UPDATE
Melissa Ahmet, Allesandro Marsili and Lina Nieto, from Affinity Water, gave a verbal update to Members.
Melissa Ahmet, Allesandro Marsili and Lina Nieto, from Affinity Water, gave a verbal update to Members, including:
· The water industry was an extremely complex system.
· Affinity Water are responsible for supply from Surrey through to North Herts and this area is expected to experience population growth which will further impact on water supplies.
· Chalk streams account for approximately 8-9% in this area.
· This area has the lowest annual rainfall compared to other parts of the UK, therefore droughts will happen and this will be increasingly unavoidable due to climate change. It is important to make the system as resilient to this as possible.
· No single action will solve the issues regarding water supply and combatting droughts and it will continue to be a problem as everyone requires water access.
· Affinity Water has worked in partnership with others to try and improve the supply, including consumer groups, river action groups and local organisations and will continue to develop these partnerships.
· Affinity Water was the first company in the UK to launch two consumer campaigns.
· The network is very complicated and the Affinity Water network is made up of 17 companies and the system was not fully connected, so these would need to be joined up through investment in the assets to assist with moving water around the system from wetter to drier locations.
· Water Resources Management Plans were detailed plans to demonstrate how supply and demand would be managed in the years to come. These demonstrates the issues and explain the mitigatory factors and these are scrutinised.
· North Herts is an extremely dry part of the supply area, but Surrey has a lot of water. There needs to be a better way of moving water around the system to mitigate with the shortages experienced in some areas.
· While there has been an increased focus on limiting leakage of water from the system, this action alone will not be enough to prevent water shortages with the planned increases in population and therefore better ability to move water around the system would support the work being done regarding leakage.
· Large schemes of intervention to improve the system will require a lot of planning and will take time to develop, but this is being explored not to deal with the expected increases in population.
· In this area there will be a slight decrease in extraction from 2025 from 1477 to 1407 megalitres per day. This will not improve the issues, but will help to prevent the situation getting worse.
· The Environment Agency has a system to flag where an area is at risk and this was flagged for Ivel Springs in 2015 and an investigation was begun by Affinity Water. This found that the extraction in Baldock had an impact on the spring.
· The proposed augmentation scheme would help mitigate against the depletion of water at Ivel Springs.
· The 90% over-extraction rate previously quoted was a very simple measurements and was very inaccurate as it did not take into account the full picture of the site. The Affinity Water rate estimated this to be 30-45%, which was still a problem and was roughly 10% higher than target.
· Water extraction is to feed consumers, if there was less consumption by customers then Affinity Water would extract less water. In comparison to other parts of the UK, this area is around 10-15 litres per person per day higher than the national average.
Councillor Jim McNally noted that it is not being refuted that that more water is being extracted that recommended from Ivel Springs. Ivel Springs has never been dry in winter, as experienced now, and the situation will be worse in the summer and this will eventually lead to an ecological disaster. He understood the dilemma faced by water companies who had a statutory obligation to provide water for users.
In response, Lina Nieto advised:
· The water companies take the issue very seriously and the regulators ensure this area is heavily monitored.
· The Water Resources South East consultation had just closed and this will look at regional planning between water companies, as it has become obvious companies cannot deal with these issues in isolation.
· Drafting plans to deal with these issues, such as building reservoirs, but these will be long term projects and could take 15-20 years.
· In the short term the focus will be on reducing leakage from the system and reducing the consumption of water by consumers.
· It was important for local people to engage with the consultations taking place, as they can offer local insight and knowledge which otherwise water companies would not necessarily have access to.
In response to questions Lina Nieto and Allesandro Marsili advised:
· Leakage is calculated over a 3 year average, currently in year 2, and it was felt that by the end of year 3 the targets set by the regulator would be met.
· The water industry has committed to reducing leakage by 50% in the next few decades.
· The target is around 150megalitres per day across the entire Affinity Water area, but exact figures could be provided at a later stage if required.
· Extraction is based on demand and recharge is based on the weather. In some periods you will have fluctuation between extraction and recharge.
· Climate change can have an impact on the recharge and chalk aquifers have very low retention of water.
· There is no evidence that the extraction is affecting the situation long term – if there was no extraction the water would return to normal levels within a year.
· There was no data specific in this area, as there was no flow measure historically. There has been monitoring since 2015 and the data available does not show a decline, but this does not show long term decline and anecdotal local evidence suggests it may seem lower.
· The reservoir proposed at Abingdon was not wanted by local residents in the past, but this was now being explored again and it was hoped that the planning inspectorates would take a different view this time.
· From 2022 onwards more substantial schemes will be processed and affordability would be explored, but this will need to be funded and will have an impact of customers' bills.
· Affinity Water had decided that shareholders would get no dividends, so all money will be invested in improving the system, until 2025 and would be further reviewed at that point.
· Further, more accurate, figures on leakage can be provided and a meeting with the Head of Leakage set up to provide explanation, if required. It was expected that Affinity Water would hit their three year targets.
· Planning authorities can support Affinity Water and reduce consumption of water by design on developments. It has been suggested that it be designed to limit 110 megalitres per person per day, with other authorities going further.
· Affinity Water was only water based, so issues experienced with sewage in the area would be the responsibility of Anglian Water.
· Supply 2040 and Supply 2050 policies were aimed at focussing on longer term connectivity of pipes and the system.
· Over years public water companies have been brought and amalgamated into on larger company and there was a lot of focus on bringing together these previously separate networks, but this will take time and money.
· Ofwat will allocate funds and this has to be stuck to and any underspend has to be handed back to Ofwat and there is not an ability to make money.
The Chair thanked Allessandro, Lina and Melissa for their attendance and presentation. He noted that it was good to hear that leakage was important to the company now and requested that the Head of Leakage provide leakage rates for 2001, 2011 and 2021 for both this area and the national averages, and this would show trends over the 30 year period.
Melissa Ahmet noted that there was further information available which would be shared with the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Officer for distribution.


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Spread the frosting onto the cupcake using a spatula or butter knife, then sprinkle with shaved coconut and serve.
When making the buttercream frosting, leave the cocoa to the side and complete the process.
Divide the unflavoured buttercream frosting into two equal batches and add the coconut essence to one batch and cocoa to the other.
Spoon equal amounts of both frosting flavours into the one piping bag (trying to keep one flavour to one side and the other flavour to the other side, but it doesn't matter if they start mixing). Pipe the icing onto the cupcakes in a swirl shape (like soft serve ice cream) and it will create a marbled effect. Then sprinkle with coconut and serve.
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Q: How to split a table by two columns in FastReport? I have a typical FastReport report with a table inside of a MasterData band. The table is pretty lengthy and narrow, so I'm thinking about splitting it in half and placing the lower half next to the upper half like so:
A        A  D
B        B  E
C   ->   C  F
D
E
F

There's a catch - rows on the table are 1-3 lines tall.
I have tried using MasterData.Columns property. Two problems with it are: it splits the table by-row, making it AB CD EF, which is not acceptable, also it does not account for row heights, so if for example row A is taller than others, then there's unwanted gap after D on the second column (despite the StretchMode = smMaxHeight).
My FastReport version is 4.7.

A: FastReport has two ways to make a column report.
You already discovered one of them "band columns" - this method prints band from left to right and then down.
The second way is a page columns.
With Page column FR prints band till the end of the page and then moves to next column. I think this method exactly what you are looking for.
To make a page columns just double click on the page in the report designer, select other options tab and set the number of columns you want to print.

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Q: Dyadic Hilbert symbols and higher unit groups Let $F$ be a local dyadic number field, $\mathfrak{p}$ its maximal ideal, $(*,*)_F$ its quadratic Hilbert symbol and $e$ its ramification index (i.e. $\mathfrak{p}^e$ is exact divisor of $2$). Fix an even $s\le 2e$. What is then the smallest $t\ge 0$ such that $(U_s,U_t)_F=1$ (i.e. such that for all $a\in U_s$ and $b\in U_t$, we have $(a,b)_F=1$). Here $U_s$ are the $s$-units, i.e. $U_s=1+\mathfrak{p}^s$ for $s\ge 1$, and $U_0$ are the units of $K$.
By the Local Square Theorem the elements of $U_{2e+1}$ are squares, hence such a $t$ exists. By the very last exercise in Serre's "Local Fields" we know that $t\le 2e-s$ (in fact, I do not have a proof for this and would be grateful for a complete reference).
Is always $t=2e-s$ (which is true for $\mathbb Q$), or are there fields and even $s<2e$ with $t<2e-s$?
I know that there are explicit formulas for dyadic Hilbert symbols (Vostokov/Letsko, Henniart, ...) which possibly would enable me to work out an answer to my question. However, to become comfortable with these formulas seems to be not so obvious and I would be happy for a reference or any hint to a more conceptual proof avoiding such formulas.

A: More generally, allow $p$ to be any prime and let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbf{Q}_p$ containing a primitive $p$-th root $\zeta$ of $1$ (which is automatic when $p=2$).  The ramification index $e$ of $K$ over $\mathbf{Q}_p$ is divisible by $p-1$ (because $K$ contains $\mathbf{Q}_p(\zeta)$ by hypothesis); define $e_1$ by $e=(p-1)e_1$.
A little work as in Chapter 15 of Hasse's Number Theory (or as in Section V of Local discriminants) allows you to determine the structure of the filtered $\mathbf{F}_p$-space $K^\times\!/K^{\times p}$.  The filtration on this quotient comes from the filtration
$$
\cdots U_2\subset U_1\subset\mathfrak{o}_K^\times\subset K^\times
$$
on $K^\times$, where $\mathfrak{o}_K$ is the ring of integers of $K$, with unique maximal ideal $\mathfrak{p}_K$, and, for every $i>0$, $U_i=1+\mathfrak{p}_K^i$ is the kernel of $\mathfrak{o}_K^\times\to(\mathfrak{o}/\mathfrak{p}_K^i)^\times$. Denote the image of $U_i$ in $\overline{K^\times}=K^\times\!/K^{\times p}$ by $\bar U_i$.  Then the image of $\mathfrak{o}_K^\times$ is $\bar U_1$,
we have $\bar U_{pe_1+1}=\{1\}$, and the filtration on $\overline{K^\times}$ looks like
$$
\{1\}
\subset_1\bar U_{pe_1}
\subset_f\bar U_{pe_1-1}
\cdots
\subset_f\bar U_{pi+1}
=\bar U_{pi}
\subset_f\cdots
\subset_f\bar U_1
\subset_1\overline{K^\times}.
$$
Here, $i$ is any integer in the interval $[1,e_1[$ (which is empty when
$e_1=1$), an inclusion $E\subset_rE'$ means that $E$ is a codimension-$r$ subspace of $E'$, and $f$ is the residual degree of $K$ over $\mathbf{Q}_p$.
We have the hilbertian pairing $\overline{K^\times}\times\overline{K^\times}\to{}_pK^\times$, where ${}_pK^\times$ is of course the group of $p$-th roots of $1$ in $K$.
The orthogonal complement of the subspace $\bar U_i$ for the hilbertian pairing is precisely $\bar U_{pe_1-i+1}$, for every $i\in[0,pe_1+1]$, provided we adopt the convention $\bar U_0=\overline{K^\times}$.
It is amusing to try to figure out the analogue of all this when $K$ is a finite extension of $\mathbf{F}_p((\pi))$, where $\pi$ is transcendental.
Addendum 1 Okay, here is a brief sketch of the proof.  First, before the hilbertian pairing, there is the kummerian pairing :
$$
\overline{K^\times}\times\mathrm{Gal}(M|K)\to{}_pK^\times,
$$
where $M$ is the maximal abelian extension of $K$ of exponent $p$.  The group $G=\mathrm{Gal}(M|K)$ comes with a natural filtration : the ramification filtration in the upper numbering.  One may ask : how is the filtration on $\overline{K^\times}$ related to the filtration on $G$ ?  Answer : The two filtrations are orthogonal to each other in an appropriate sense.  See for example Section IX of Local discriminants.
Secondly, we have the reciprocity isomorphism $\rho:\overline{K^\times}\to G$ (with a normalisation which doesn't affect anything here), and the hilbertian pairing is obtained from the kummerian pairing via this isomorphism.  Moreover, the filtration on $G$ is the image of the filtration on $\overline{K^\times}$ by $\rho$.  Putting these two things together gives you the result.
Addendum 2  What happens when the local field $K$ has characteristic $p$ ?  Kummer theory has to be replaced by Artin-Schreier theory, so we have to first understand the filtration on $\overline{K^+}=K^+/\wp(K^+)$, where $K^+$ is the additive group of $K$ and $\wp(x)=x^p-x$.  Denoting the image of $\mathfrak{p}_K^i$ by $\overline{\mathfrak{p}^i}$, it turns out that $\overline{\mathfrak{p}}=\{0\}$, and the analogous picture is
$$
\{\bar0\}\subset_1
\overline{\mathfrak{p}^0}\subset_f
\overline{\mathfrak{p}^{-1}}
\cdots\subset_f
\overline{\mathfrak{p}^{pj+1}}
=
\overline{\mathfrak{p}^{pj}}
\subset_f
\overline{\mathfrak{p}^{pj-1}}
\cdots\subset K^+\!/\wp(K^+).
$$
See for example Further remarks.
Let $M$ be the maximal abelian extension of $K$ [edit of exponent $p$] and $G=\mathrm{Gal}(M|K)$.  We have the analogous pairing
$$
\overline{K^+}\times G\to\mathbf{F}_p,
$$
and we still have the ramfication filtration (in the upper numbering) on $G$.  It turns out that the two filtrations are orthogonal to each other under this pairing.
As before, putting $\overline{K^\times}=K^\times\!/K^{\times p}$, we have the reciprocity isomorphism $\rho:\overline{K^\times}\to G$, and it carries the filtration on $\overline{K^\times}$ (which is no longer finite) onto the filtration on $G$.
Putting these two facts together gives the analogous result in characteristic $p$.  I leave for you the pleasure of working out the details.
Addendum 3 (2016/09/06) Still not convinced ?  Some more details can be found in my Note arXiv:1609.01160.


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Surviving too many months in the van and a resultant vocal cord scare for frontman Stefan Babcock, Canadian punks PUP live to tell another tale on their sophomore release, The Dream Is Over. Using the glib prognosis from Babcock's doctor as both their album title and rallying cry, the Toronto-based quartet come off even more ferocious than before on this spirited ten-song effort. With their strong hooks, gang vocals, and spastic transitions, PUP offer a visceral mix of unity and chaos. They've also got a sense of humor that helps keep from getting mired in potential emo/pop-punk tropes, making them sound, at times, like a freaked-out, hardcore Dead Milkmen. Album-opener "If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will" is a fairly self-explanatory airing of band-related grievances with entertaining lines like "everything you do makes me wanna vomit, if this tour doesn't kill you, buddy, I'm on it." It's a sentiment countless hardscrabble rockers likely share toward their bandmates after too way many hours in close-quartered Econoline vans, but it's all just part of the narrative for the PUP brotherhood who, from the sound of it, remain as tight as ever. Their penchant for tasty guitar leads and catchy, fist-raising melodies manifests itself on highlights like "Sleep in the Heat" and "Can't Win." For all their self-deprecation and ramshackle bombast, there's no hiding the band's innate musicality, which reveals itself in the myriad of clever changes and occasional bursts of slick vocal harmony, especially on the epic closer "Pine Point." If the dream really is over for PUP, they sound awfully confident. ~ Timothy Monger
Spin - "The meat of the album is about relationships gone awry, but the edges of that are where PUP really flourish."
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Adams, Maurianne and Blumenfeld, Warren. Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (Routledge; 3 edition).
Adams, Paul and Novak, Michael. Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is (Encounter Books, November 2015).
What is social justice? For Friedrich Hayek, it was a mirage—a meaningless, ideological, incoherent, vacuous cliché. He believed the term should be avoided, abandoned, and allowed to die a natural death. For its proponents, social justice is a catchall term that can be used to justify any progressive-sounding government program. It endures because it venerates its champions and brands its opponents as supporters of social injustice, and thus as enemies of humankind. As an ideological marker, social justice always works best when it is not too sharply defined.
Michael Novak and Paul Adams seek to clarify the true meaning of social justice and to rescue it from its ideological captors. In examining figures ranging from Antonio Rosmini, Abraham Lincoln, and Hayek, to Popes Leo XIII, John Paul II, and Francis, the authors reveal that social justice is not a synonym for "progressive" government as we have come to believe. Rather, it is a virtue rooted in Catholic social teaching and developed as an alternative to the unchecked power of the state. Almost all social workers see themselves as progressives, not conservatives. Yet many of their "best practices" aim to empower families and local communities. They stress not individual or state, but the vast social space between them. Left and right surprisingly meet.
In this surprising reintroduction of its original intention, social justice represents an immensely powerful virtue for nurturing personal responsibility and building the human communities that can counter the widespread surrender to an ever-growing state.
Annan, Kent. Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World (InterVarsity Press 2016).
No one said pursuing justice would be easy. The road can be so challenging and the destination so distant that you may be discouraged by a lack of progress, compassion or commitment in your quest for justice. How do you stay committed to the journey when God's kingdom can seem so slow in coming? Kent Annan understands the struggle of working for justice over the long haul. He confesses, "Over the past twenty years, I've succumbed to various failed shortcuts instead of living the freedom of faithful practices." In this book, he shares practices he has learned that will encourage and help you to keep making a difference in the face of the world's challenging issues. All Christians are called to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly in the world. Slow Kingdom Coming will guide and strengthen you on this journey to persevere until God's kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven.
Barry, Brian. Why Social Justice Matters (Polity, 2005).
In the past twenty years, social injustice has increased enormously in Britain and the United States, regardless of the party in power. At the same time, the idea of social justice itself has been subverted, as the mantras of personal responsibility and equal opportunity have been employed as an excuse for doing nothing about the enrichment of the few at the expense of the many and for making ever harsher demands on the poor and vulnerable.
With grace and wit, Brian Barry exposes the shoddy logic and distortion of reality that underpins this ideology. Once we understand the role of the social structure in limiting options, we have to recognize that really putting into practice ideas such as equal opportunity and personal responsibility would require a fundamental transformation of almost all existing institutions.
Bates Clark, John. Social Justice Without Socialism (Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, November 2009).
It is currently reported that the late King Edward once said, "We are all Socialists, now": and if the term "Socialism" meant to-day what His Majesty probably meant by it, many of us could truthfully make a similar statement. Without any doubt, we could do so if we attached to the term the meaning which it had when it was first invented. It came into use in the thirties of the last century, and expressed a certain disappointment over the result of political reform.
Bush, Gail and Meyer, Randy. Indivisible: Poems for Social Justice (Norwood House Press, 2013).
Anthology including over 50 works of poetry by 20th century writers on issues related to social justice in American society.
Capeheart, Professor Loretta and Milovanovic, Professor Dragan. Social Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements (Rutgers University Press 2007).
An eye for an eye, the balance of scales--for centuries, these and other traditional concepts exemplified the public's perception of justice. Today, popular culture, including television shows like Law and Order, informs the public's vision. But do age-old symbols, portrayals in the media, and existing systems truly represent justice in all of its nuanced forms, or do we need to think beyond these notions?
In Social Justice: Theories, Issues, and Movements, Loretta Capeheart and Dragan Milovanovic respond to the need for a comprehensive introduction to this topic. The authors argue that common conceptions of criminal justice--which accept, for the most part, a politically established definition of crime--are too limited. Instead, they show the relevancy of history, political economy, culture, critique, and cross-cultural engagement to the advancement of justice.
Drawing on contemporary issues ranging from globalization to the environment, this essential textbook--ideal for course use--encourages practitioners, reformists, activists, and scholars to question the limits of the law in its present state in order to develop a fairer system at the local, national, and global levels.
Christensen, Linda and Watson, Dyan. Rhythm and Resistance: Teaching Poetry for Social Justice (Rethinking Schools, April 2015).
Rhythm and Resistance offers practical lessons about how to teach poetry to build community, understand literature and history, talk back to injustice, and construct stronger literacy skills across content areas and grade levels from elementary school to graduate school. Rhythm and Resistance reclaims poetry as a necessary part of a larger vision of what it means to teach for justice.
Clayton, Matthew and Williams, Andrew. Social Justice (Wiley-Blackwell, February 13, 2004).
This reader brings together classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice.
-A collection of classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice.
-Includes classic discussions of justice by Locke and Hume.
-Provides broad coverage of contemporary discussions, including theoretical pieces by John Rawls, Robert Nozick and Ronald Dworkin.
-Contains papers that apply theories of justice to concrete issues, such as gender and the family, the market, world poverty, cultural rights, and future generations.
-Philosophically challenging yet accessible to students.
Crow, Dale. The Bully Within (Traitmarker Books, 2016).
My name is Dale Crowe, and I want to introduce you to the bully within me: Dale Crowe the Boxer. A little more than sixteen years ago, I was an up-and-coming, cruiser-weight boxer with a record of 15 and 0. I wasn't Mike Tyson - not even close - but many people around me believed that with a serious commitment on my part I could have been a genuine contender. Well, I failed. I didn't fail because I wasn't good enough, but because I believed I wasn't good enough. Dale the Boxer told me that I wasn't good enough. And I believed him. Today, in addition to being called Dale Crowe, I'm also known as inmate #519-303. But Dale Crowe doesn't have much to do with the terrible things I did or the fame I won. Nevertheless, this is my story.
Crow, Dale. Grab the Bully by the Horns (Traitmarker Books, 2016).
Grab the Bully by the Horns is a series of my personal meditations from prison. While some of the meditations might seem simplistic to some and complex to others, I wanted to share with you a few of the beliefs and practices that have changed my life. When I finished writing this book, I experienced some inner struggles. Originally, I thought that the struggles were gone. While I have experienced some higher realizations, I do experience hard times. The difference now is that I can face those hard times and dissolve them much more quickly by aligning myself with higher principles. Now that I have this knowledge of Self, I will not stop until I reach the highest state of enlightenment. This is my birthright. That is your birthright.
Curl, John. For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America (PM Press, 2009).
Seeking to reclaim a history that has remained largely ignored by most historians, this dramatic and stirring account examines each of the definitive American cooperative movements for social change—farmer, union, consumer, and communalist—that have been all but erased from collective memory. Focusing far beyond one particular era, organization, leader, or form of cooperation, the expansive analysis documents the multigenerational struggle of the American working people for social justice. With an expansive sweep and breathtaking detail, the chronicle considers Native American times and follows the American worker from the colonial workshop to the modern mass-assembly line, ultimately painting a vivid panorama of those who built the United States and those who will shape its future.
Dewhurst, Marit. Social Justice Art: A Framework for Activist Art Pedagogy (Harvard Education Press, 2014).
In this lively and groundbreaking book, arts educator Marit Dewhurst examines why art is an effective way to engage students in thinking about the role they might play in addressing social injustice.
Based on interviews and observations of sixteen high schoolers participating in an activist arts class at a New York City museum, Dewhurst identifies three learning processes common to the act of creating art that have an impact on social justice: connecting, questioning, and translating. Noting that "one of the challenges of social justice art education has been the difficulty of naming effective strategies that can be used across multiple contexts," Dewhurst outlines core strategies for an "activist arts pedagogy" and offers concrete suggestions for educators seeking to incorporate activist art projects inside or outside formal school settings.
Eubanks, Virginia. Digital Dead End: Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age (MIT Press, 2011).
The idea that technology will pave the road to prosperity has been promoted through both boom and bust. Today we are told that universal broadband access, high-tech jobs, and cutting-edge science will pull us out of our current economic downturn and move us toward social and economic equality. In Digital Dead End, Virginia Eubanks argues that to believe this is to engage in a kind of magical thinking: a technological utopia will come about simply because we want it to. This vision of the miraculous power of high-tech development is driven by flawed assumptions about race, class, and gender. The realities of the information age are more complicated, particularly for poor and working-class women and families. For them, information technology can be both a tool of liberation and a means of oppression.
But despite the inequities of the high-tech global economy, optimism and innovation flourished when Eubanks worked with a community of resourceful women living at her local YWCA. Eubanks describes a new approach to creating a broadly inclusive and empowering "technology for people," popular technology, which entails shifting the focus from teaching technical skill to nurturing critical technological citizenship, building resources for learning, and fostering social movement.
Hanson Weller, Stephanie. Mountains of the Moon: Stories About Social Justice (Saint Mary's Press, September 1999).
The ten short stories in this collection for young adults put flesh and blood on issues of justice at personal and societal levels and offer in-depth material for reflecting on the meaning and practice of Christian justice.
Hoefer, Richard. Advocacy Practice for Social Justice (Lyceum Books, July 2015).
Current economic and social forces are creating a society with less equality, justice and opportunity for all but the privileged few. Social workers are called upon by their code of ethics to counteract these trends of social inequality and actively work to achieve social justice. Hoefer s empirically-based, step-by-step approach demonstrates how to integrate advocacy for social justice into everyday social work practice. The book shows through anecdotes, case studies, examples, and the author's own personal experiences, exactly how advocacy can be conducted with successful outcomes. Each chapter builds upon the previous to provide a concise yet detailed blueprint for conducting successful advocacy.
Jaffe, David. Changing the World from the Inside Out: A Jewish Approach to Personal and Social Change (Shambhala Publications, 2016).
An inspiring and accessible guide, drawn from Jewish wisdom, for building the inner qualities necessary to work effectively for social justice.
Leacock, Stephen. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice (Echo Library, June 25, 2008).
These are troubled times. As the echoes of the war die away the sound of a new conflict rises on our ears. All the world is filled with industrial unrest. Strike follows upon strike. A world that has known five years of fighting has lost its taste for the honest drudgery of work. Cincinnatus will not back to his plow, or, at the best, stands sullenly between his plow-handles arguing for a higher wage.
Linker, Maureen. Intellectual Empathy: Critical Thinking for Social Justice (University of Michigan Press, 2014).
Intellectual Empathy provides a step-by-step method for facilitating discussions of socially divisive issues. Maureen Linker, a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, developed Intellectual Empathy after more than a decade of teaching critical thinking in metropolitan Detroit, one of the most racially and economically divided urban areas, at the crossroads of one of the Midwest's largest Muslim communities. The skills acquired through Intellectual Empathy have proven to be significant for students who pursue careers in education, social work, law, business, and medicine.
Miller, David. Principles of Social Justice (Harvard University Press, 2001).
Social justice has been the animating ideal of democratic governments throughout the twentieth century. Even those who oppose it recognize its potency. Yet the meaning of social justice remains obscure, and existing theories put forward by political philosophers to explain it have failed to capture the way people in general think about issues of social justice. This book develops a new theory. David Miller argues that principles of justice must be understood contextually, with each principle finding its natural home in a different form of human association. Because modern societies are complex, the theory of justice must be complex, too. The three primary components in Miller's scheme are the principles of desert, need, and equality.
The book uses empirical research to demonstrate the central role played by these principles in popular conceptions of justice. It then offers a close analysis of each concept, defending principles of desert and need against a range of critical attacks, and exploring instances when justice requires equal distribution and when it does not. Finally, it argues that social justice understood in this way remains a viable political ideal even in a world characterized by economic globalization and political multiculturalism. Accessibly written, and drawing upon the resources of both political philosophy and the social sciences, this book will appeal to readers with interest in public policy as well as to students of politics, philosophy, and sociology.
Nagara, Innosanto. A is for Activist (Triangle Square, 2013).
Raboteau, Albert J. American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice (Princeton University Press, 2016).
American Prophets sheds critical new light on the lives and thought of seven major prophetic figures in twentieth-century America whose social activism was motivated by a deeply felt compassion for those suffering injustice.
Sensoy, Ozlem and DiAngelo, Robin. Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education (Multicultural Education) (Teachers College Press 2011).
This practical handbook will introduce readers to social justice education, providing tools for developing ''critical social justice literacy'' and for taking action towards a more just society. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, this book offers a collection of detailed and engaging explanations of key concepts in social justice education, including critical thinking, socialization, group identity, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, power, privilege, and White supremacy. Based on extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the authors address the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. They provide recognizable examples, scenarios, and vignettes illustrating these concepts. This unique resource has many user-friendly features, including ''definition boxes'' for key terms, ''stop boxes'' to remind readers of previously explained ideas, ''perspective check boxes'' to draw attention to alternative standpoints, a glossary, and a chapter responding to the most common rebuttals encountered when leading discussions on concepts in critical social justice. There are discussion questions and extension activities at the end of each chapter, and an appendix designed to lend pedagogical support to those newer to teaching social justice education.
Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Spiegel & Grau, August 2015).
Tornielli, Andrea and Galeazzi, Giacomo. This Economy Kills: Pope Francis on Capitalism and Social Justice (Liturgical Press, 2015).
When Pope Francis wrote in his apostolic letter The Joy of the Gospel that the economy of the West is one that "kills," he was immediately labeled by some as a Marxist. Criticisms came fast and furious, not only from financial columnists and conservative cable personalities, but also from some Catholic commentators, especially in the United States.
In This Economy Kills, two of the most respected journalists covering the Vatican today explore the pope's teaching and witness on the topic: the ways it relates to other topics like war, the environment, and family life; its connections to the teaching of his predecessors; and the criticism it has generated, especially from the direction of the United States. This fascinating book includes the full text of an extended interview the authors conducted with Francis on the topic of capitalism and social justice, appearing here in English for the first time.
This Economy Kills is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Pope Francis's convictions about the world we live in and the way he believes Christians are called to shape it.
Vogt, Brandon. Saints and Social Justice: A Guide to Changing the World (Our Sunday Visitor, 2014).


Noted and and well-loved country music performer and songwriter Randall Clay Snowden, known professionally as Randall Clay, has passed away according to his family. After going missing earlier this week and sending friends and family into a frantic search, his mother Pat Snowden has confirmed that he has died. No cause of death has been disclosed, but the family has confirmed that no foul play was involved.
Randall Clay went missing in the Pensacola, FL earlier this week, just as Hurricane Michael was set to make landfall on Wednesday (10-10) just east of the area. Friends and family made calls to hospitals and other facilities and were in contact with the local police, but the impending hurricane hampered search efforts.
Originally from Apopka, Florida near Orlando, and frequenting Nashville as a songwriter, Randall Clay would perform at places such as The Douglas Corner Cafe, and the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, TX, making him a well-respected songwriter in both the Nashville and Texas music scenes.
Randall Clay had recently received some of the widest recognition of his career when Warner Bros. recording artist Ashley McBryde cut the songs "American Scandal," "Tired of Being Happy," and "El Dorado" co-written by Clay for her recent album Girl Going Nowhere. Randall Clay also wrote or co-wrote songs for other notable artists such as William Clark Green, Josh Ward, Hannah Aldridge, Curtis Braly, The Lacs, Taryn Papa, Jason Cassidy, and others. Clay's time as a "circus roustabout" (as described by William Clark Green) was part of the inspiration behind the title track of Green's 2015 record Ringling Road, which was co-written with Clay and Ross Cooper.
Blue Foley said further details on Randall Clay's death will be made available in five to ten business days when more is known.
With Jason Cassidy, Randall Clay wrote songs such as "What Waylon Wouldn't Say" and "Willie," proving Clay's devotion to country music. Though not a household name, Randall Clay was one of those critical members of the country music community living in the shadows of the spotlight, penning important songs, inspiring others with his craft, and elevating the efforts of everyone around him to write and perform songs to touch people and keep the legacy of country music alive.
So sad. And,on the day President Trump signed legislation for songwriters and royalties.
So sad to hear this. I saw Randall in August at CJ Watson's memorial and he recognized and hugged me even though it had been more than a dozen years since I'd last seen him. Been listening to his songs on Reverbnation…let's make sure we celebrate all our talented friends, right now, let them know their worth before the moment's gone.
I'm a friend and fan of Ashley McBryde. I saw a post with a photo of her and Randall Clay yesterday. Her Memphis fans have been trying to figure out her sadness. Awe, now we understand.
What a talent with such a beautiful voice!
Luv YA Ol Buddy !!
you were a great kid and a good man.your dream came true you became all you wanted..i'll never forget our basketball games,you and chuck playing basketball just being great kids..you will be missed ..chuck said love ya couz we'll finish that game we started..we'll all get together soon and have one of them uncle waynes cookouts again..love ya always take care, hugs..your aunt Mary..
LITTLE RANDYwas his name. Growing up as a child,playing with my children they were cuz's. I used to change his diaper. Gosh just don' seem right that he has left us very soon in life. I will say he grew up a fine man with a world of talent and the of fans adored him. His Moma God Bless her she has been thru alot in life but you can say she loved her kids.


Bretton Woods, Bretton Woods, N.H.
Description: Trails west of the Presidentials with tremendous views and a variety of terrain.
Fair 2012-01-10 Fair due to limited trail: 0.5 km manmade at center good cover with trackset. Minor upgrade, mostly flat. Nothing otherwise. Phil L.


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Q: Communications between master and workers: is it a better practice to use http requests or scp files and monitor file creation? [Background]:
I'm implementing a simplified version of mapreduce framework in python. Basically master will assign a file to each worker, and worker will process the file and send the result back. After receiving all results from workers master will aggregate results, i.e. act as a single reducer.
[My Question]:
My college and I had different opinions on how to implement the communications between master and workers.
My way is to open http servers on master and workers(python has built-in http server SimpleHttpServer). Basically master will send a post request with the file as data, and worker will acknowledge the file. After processing the file, the worker will send another post request with the result (json object) to master.
But my college thinks I should use scp to transfer file from master to workers, and let workers write result into a file. workers should use scp to transfer the result file to master (for example, in a certain directory), and let master periodically check that directory to see if there is a result file.
[My Reasoning]:
The reasons I think http servers is a better solution are as follows:

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*It's possible to use temporary folder and no need to tell worker a specific directory to place files.

*If monitoring on file creation, one has to make sure the result file from worker get copied to master after watchdog starts.

*Monitoring file creation may have to deal with stale files, e.g. files from last run. This may require some sort of timestamp, which I think is a little hacky.

I guess the major con for using http servers is that python does not have very good built-in http server. But I still feel that transferring file and monitoring file creation is not as clean as using http requests.
Any suggestions will be appreciated! And also if possible please do not mark this as "mainly opinion-based". I've tried to provided as much info as I can and I think at least for this certain scenario one solution is better than the other.
[More info]

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*Each file is less than 100 MB. (Most of them are roughly 40 MB)

*File transfer is on private network, and the file content is not sensitive. I guess there is no need to encrypt them.

*Results are much smaller than the input file.

*There are roughly 20 workers, and file numbers are roughly 40.


The oil-resistant rubber sheet is a sheet rubber product with a certain thickness and a large area which is made of oil-resistant rubber as the main raw material. Nitrile rubber and neoprene rubber are two kinds of synthetic rubbers with excellent oil resistance, and the price of nitrile rubber is common. Low price than neoprene, it is the first choice for oil-resistant rubber sheets; but at present, many companies choose to use nitrile reclaimed rubber in oil-resistant rubber sheets when producing oil-resistant rubber sheets. Why?
The nitrile reclaimed rubber raw materials are sub-branded nitrile rubber, nitrile water gel and waste nitrile rubber products such as nitrile gloves. The process is processed by multiple processes. The molecular structure and performance characteristics are basically the same as those of nitrile rubber. Good rubber compatibility (the reason why nitrile reclaimed rubber is perfectly compatible with nitrile rubber is not to be said).
In terms of market conditions this year, the price of nitrile rubber has continued to rise since July. For example, the highest price of Lanhua nitrile rubber 3305E reached 24,500 yuan/ton in September, an increase of more than 20%; although the market price of nitrile rubber after September A slight decline, but as of the end of October (2018.10.31) Shanghai area nitrile rubber 3305E market price is still 23,600 yuan / ton; then look at the reclaimed rubber market, the market price of nitrile reclaimed rubber has been maintained compared with nitrile rubber In a relatively stable state, even the high-glued nitrile reclaimed rubber product price is below 8,000 yuan / ton, only 1/3 of the original rubber price, so the use of nitrile reclaimed rubber in the oil-resistant rubber sheet It can significantly reduce the cost of raw materials, which is the most important reason for oil-resistant rubber sheet enterprises to choose nitrile reclaimed rubber.
Waste nitrile rubber or waste nitrile rubber products undergo strict desulfurization, filtration and other processes during processing. The molecular structure is severely damaged and fully smelted. Therefore, its fluidity and plasticity are better than that of nitrile rubber. The shrinkage is small, the dimensional stability is good, and the surface of the calendered film is smooth. When used in the production of oil-resistant rubber sheets in nitrile rubber, the processing technology of the rubber compound can be obviously improved, and the production energy consumption can be reduced.
As an ideal substitute for nitrile rubber, nitrile reclaimed rubber is low in price and good in processing performance. So why is it just "mixed" rather than "completely used"? I would like to say that all things are mixed with good and bad. The elasticity and strength of nitrile reclaimed rubber have a certain gap with the original rubber. Therefore, if the completely used nitrile reclaimed rubber will lead to the deterioration of the quality of the oil resistant rubber sheet, The best solution is to use the nitrile reclaimed rubber in the nitrile rubber. The specific dosage is determined according to the nitrile reclaimed rubber index and the specific requirements of the oil resistant rubber sheet.


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An End in Themselves
McKenzie Wark, The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International
Verso, 208pp, £14.99, ISBN 978184467720
reviewed by Ian Birchall
Few left currents have been as adept at using capitalist marketing techniques as the Situationists, with their relentless self-promotion. They have succeeded in fooling a younger generation by retrospectively inserting themselves into a history to which they were at best marginal. Thus Jonathan Derbyshire (Guardian, 20 August) assures us that they exerted 'the most profound influence on the French student movement in May 1968'. I was in Paris in the aftermath of the general strike, meeting and interviewing activists; nobody, absolutely nobody, mentioned the Situationists.
So McKenzie Wark's new book makes an interesting if contradictory contribution. Though highly favourable to the Situationists (so-called because they sought 'the production of new situations as an end in themselves'), he actually provides an honest account which helps to cut them down to size. He traces their intellectual trajectory from their origins in the Letterist International, and rather than focussing exclusively on the group's principal theorist, Guy Debord, he draws out the important contributions of artist Asger Jorn and novelist Alexander Trocchi, as well as more (relatively) obscure figures such as writer Isidore Isou and urbanist Constant Nieuwenhuys.
Wark locates Situationism within the intellectual context of its time, drawing interesting parallels with the thought of Henri Lefebvre and Derrida, and even Sartre and Raymond Williams. We learn of the Situationists' acute humour – such as the slogan for dormitory suburbs around factories: 'Remember, you are sleeping for the boss', or Jorn's spoof kinship diagrams for imaginary tribes, which 'seem baffling at first, until the reader decodes the forest of symbols and realizes that anyone can fuck anyone'. But Wark also shows some of the low points, with Jorn's confused misunderstanding of Marx's value theory and a long summary of Michèle Bernstein's romantic novels, which I shall strenuously avoid reading.
He gives brief but often illuminating explanations of some of the key Situationist concepts: dérive (drifting, turbulent liquid movement), détournement (quoting in order to change and appropriate for different purposes) and potlatch (gift without expectation of reciprocation. Wark's highly laudable aim is not to give a purely historical account (though his book is carefully documented) but to seek in Situationism resources for rebels of the future, those seeking to 'leave the twenty-first century'. Unfortunately those resources are rather slender. Situationism was essentially an aesthetic movement. It came up against the discovery that in modern capitalism aesthetics and politics are inextricably linked; but the attempt to move into politics was derisory, and if it had been less irrelevant would have been catastrophic.
Take Debord's slogan 'Never work', which so appeals to Wark. It is a refreshing response to the tedious diatribes about 'hard-working families' with which the CameronMiliband duo belabour us. It may be a legitimate personal motto for an artist or a professional revolutionary. But for the rest of us it is a nonsense. No human society can exist without labour, and presumably Debord was quite happy that someone else's labour should produce his food and clothing. As for the Situationist hope that work was disappearing, it was based on a complete misreading. Anyone in work today can tell you that their job is harder and more time-consuming than it was thirty years ago.
Wark deals lightly with the Situationists' history of splits and expulsions, which reads like a parody of the worst manifestations of the far left. But as Wark acutely notes, the big difference was that, while the Situationists were very hot on expulsions, they made little effort to recruit. Since they started with nine members, the results were foreseeable.
May 1968, the biggest general strike in human history, put would-be revolutionaries to the test. The Situationists failed miserably. They noted quite correctly that the working class was isolated in face of the state and the trade unions. But there is no evidence that they joined other revolutionaries at the factory gates, trying, despite their small numbers, to by-pass the conservative influence of the French Communist Party. Then, when the movement began to go down, the state banned a number of revolutionary organisations. The serious revolutionaries in France recognised that this was a gesture to the regime's conservative middle-class supporters; it meant a bit of harassment but was certainly not something on the scale of Chile 1973; they changed their names and reorganised themselves within a matter of days. The Situationists were not banned (doubtless nobody in the state security apparatus had even heard of them), but they fled to Brussels in any event.
Essentially the Situationists were comedians. Comedians have a valuable role to play, not only in amusing us, but in undermining some of the myths that bolster up the status quo. But to expect political guidance from them is like imagining Ernie Wise leading the October Revolution.
Ian Birchall is a historian and translator. His most recent book is Tony Cliff: A Marxist for his Time.


by Thompson, C. J. S.
NY: Rider nd (c.1946), cloth & dj, 176pp, 14 illustrations on coated stock, several of which are full-page, including frontispiece, and six illustrations in the text, nice copy of this handsome book. Thompson has been somewhat forgotten in recent years, unjustly so. He tells a great story with careful (if not terribly deep) attention to the facts.


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Take a stand. Find allies. Build winning voting blocs. Get Control of Government.
2012: How U.S. Voters Can Wrest Control of Congress from Special Interests
(Revised 09.29.10)
The electorate's dissatisfaction with the nation's lawmakers has reached a critical stage. A majority of U.S. voters want to see most elected representatives in Congress defeated because they favor special interests over voters' interests. Unfortunately, legal obstacles erected by the two major parties prevent voters from replacing most of these representatives unless they use the large scale collective action power of the Internet to work around them.
These obstacles range from federal and state election laws to campaign finance laws and Supreme Court decisions that favor private over public funding of elections. Voters can't change these laws within the foreseeable future. But they can circumvent them at the Congressional election district level. The web savvy 125 million voters who used the Internet to influence the outcome of the 2008 elections can use breakthrough web technologies to elect a majority of Congressional representatives untainted by special interests in 2012.
These technological advances, particularly the web application discussed in this series, enable voters to build winning transpartisan voting blocs in their…
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to have to create more demand. Markets are a bit of a chicken-and-egg relationship. Many retailers will tell you that they only provide what their customers want. That is only part of my modus operandi.
I want to showcase the possibility of a better performing future, so much of what I sell and promote is currently considered ahead of the market. But how will the market know what it wants if we don't inspire it to want more?
2. For whom do you choose the beautiful home accessories, furniture and sleep materials for (i.e. your 'ideal consumer'). What pieces are you currently in love with?
outfitted by m. Our house has sofas that are completely synthetic-free and chemical-free, yet always has people and pets lounging on them. Every bed is completely natural, as well, and guests always rave about their amazing sleep and how soft the organic sheets are. It's a real point of pride that I think everybody wants to feel about their home so I sell what I like and think my family and guests would like.
3. How has m-smart design evolved as a business since it first began? What has surprised you the most?
become a personal mission to educate and create more critical consumers in this area.
4. As an entrepreneur sharing advice with other entrepreneurs, what marketing or PR strategies worked and didn't work for you?
I don't believe in advertising. On a personal level, I feel that magazines should cost somewhere more in the range of $75-$100 per issue because of the embodied energy and the costs of their entire lifecycle, and offer strong content by subscription, but instead businesses offset them through useless advertising. Even other media leave me skeptical. Except perhaps for the Mac ads on tv, I can't think of a single item that I ever went out of my way to purchase because of an ad. Social marketing and consumer-driven branding is definitely the way to go moving forward. Letting go of controlling your message is risky and not for the faint of heart, but offers much stronger buy-in from your tribe in the long run. I am a big fan of the Cluetrain Manifesto. Almost ten years on, it is still a fantastic caveat for all businesses considering how to communicate with their target market.
5. I really like the edgy, unapologeticaly political page on your company site as well as the story of your daughter as an inspiration. Can you tell me about these two pages on your site?
ROI on 'green' business, I think I will scream like that guy in the movie 'Network'. Do we really have to ask ourselves anymore if something is worth it when it is so obviously a moral imperative?
6. The cliche question: what do you wish you knew then (the year you started your business) that you knew now?
right now and will have a smaller showroom housed within another friendly 'green' business by the fall, having closed our West Vancouver shop. I see a new iteration of online retailing coming.
urgently solutions and new ideas are needed!
Interview brought to you by Green Printer's "Design Goes Green" blog series.


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Vrhe  – wieś w Słowenii, w gminie miejskiej Celje. W 2018 roku liczyła 243 mieszkańców.

Przypisy

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Le ski alpin est inscrit pour la première fois au programme des Jeux olympiques en 1936, à Garmisch-Partenkirchen en Allemagne, avec un combiné.

Le Comité international olympique, fidèle à une conception pure et dure de l'amateurisme, interdit de compétition les moniteurs, considérés comme des professionnels : l'Autriche et la Suisse sont ainsi privés de leurs meilleurs coureurs.
Arnold Lunn, déjà agacé par la propagande nazie, se prononce alors en faveur d'un boycottage ; en vain.
Le conflit entre le Comité international olympique et la Fédération internationale de ski se poursuivra et le ski alpin ne sera pas inscrit au programme des Jeux olympiques de 1940, finalement annulés par la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

L'Allemagne réalise un doublé chez les hommes avec Franz Pfnür et Gustav Lantschner, un Autrichien fraîchement naturalisé allemand, et chez les femmes avec Christl Cranz, malgré une chute dans la descente, et Käthe Grasegger.

Le Français Émile Allais obtient la médaille de bronze.

Le Norvégien Birger Ruud, vainqueur de la descente, termine  du combiné et remporte une médaille d'or en saut à ski.

Podiums
Les épreuves se sont déroulées du 7 au .

Résultats

Hommes

Femmes

Tableau des médailles

Notes et références

Épreuve aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1936
Ski alpin aux Jeux olympiques
Ski en 1936


This meal was complimentary, however, all views remain my own.
January always brings an influx of Vegan offerings and as a fairly new Vegan, this brings me great joy! So many resturaunts are now offering Vegan options, which is a great move into being more inclusive of those with different dietry requirements.
Wagamama actually launched their vegetarian/vegan menu back in the summer last year. I remember popping along with Yasmina to try when it first became avaliable, and believe me when I say it has some pretty tasty meals on offer.
Earlier in the month Intu Metrocentre invited myself and seven other bloggers along to their Wagamama restaurant to sample their Vegan offerings to help celebrate Veganuary.
Once we had all arrived and settled into our seats we were offered samples of some Vegan-friendly soft drinks, a cool and refreshing cucumber and mint, my personal favourite. We also had mango and ginger, which had a kick of cayenne pepper to tickle your tastebuds.
The assistant manager, then talked us through the history behind the brand whilst we waited for the first few dishes to come out.
Wagamama actually began back in 1992 – did you know it had been going that long? I sure didn't. They opened their first restaurant in London, where they focused on the fast-paced, freshly made and nourishing Asian food they're infamous for.
Using fresh ingredients, packed full of flavour and served as and when the dishes were ready. Over the past 26 years, they've focused on refining their flavours, experimenting with new recipes and grown to the brand we all know and love today.
We were then introduced to a range of different starters available on the Vegan menu, this included Edamamme beans which come salted, or if you can handle the heat, with chilli. These are a great source of protein and so easy to nibble away on as they also taste delicious!
We also had Wok Fried Greens which is one of my personal favourites, which are packed with flavours of garlic, ginger and soy and totally irresistible. These were served alongside some Yasai Steamed Gyoza and a plateful of Yasai Yaki Soba with Udon Noodles.
The Yasai Yaki Soba is something I've never tried before, but quickly became my favourite dish of the night. I'll definitely be ordering this next time I head to Wagamamas.
Whilst waiting for our next round of food to be ready, we headed to the kitchen to learn about how all the vegan food is prepped and made to order.
It was interesting to hear that the staff begin the day by prepping all the fresh ingredents together. This helps ensure all of the produce is as fresh as can be and all ready to go when orders come in.
The kitchen itself has separate cooking stations for the Vegan dishes and those that contain meat, fish and dairy. This is a new addition to their kitchens and allows for the food to be completely free from cross-contamination.
After our little tour of the kitchen facilities, it was time to sample some more dishes. First up was the mixed mushroom and panko aubergine Hirata steamed buns. I've had these a few times since they launched and they're quickly becoming a firm favourite. Crispy panko vegetables served in a soft and squishy steamed bun – delicious!
Here we got to sample two different dishes containing Tofu. Kare Burosu – a curried noodle dish topped with silken tofu in a crispy spicey crumb. The second was the Yasai Samla Curry. This contained a much firmer version of Tofu and is my preferred way of eating it. This just proves how versatile Tofu can be, it's all about how you prepare it.
The final main dish we got to try was the infamous Vegatsu Curry. This was the one dish I was most looking forward to. I'd never had a chance to try this before, so was excited to see what the fuss was about. The dish itself is made from Seitan, a meat substitute made from wheat gluten.
I had pretty high hopes for this dish, and truthfully it wasn't my favourite. I've had Seitan before in the past, but personally I found this dish a little too heavy for my liking. However luckily for me, their Yasai Katsu Curry is now Vegan friendly as they've ditched the egg in the coating.
We finished our very large meal, with two of their Vegan friendly desserts. Two flavours of fruit sorbet, Lemongrass and lime, and Pink Guava and passionfruit.
We all agreed that we would happily purchase the Pink Guava and Passionfruit sorbet in a giant tub to eat at home. For something that contains no dairy, it was so creamy and rich like normal ice cream.
A huge thank you to Intu-Metrocentre and Wagamama for allowing us all to sample their Vegan delights. There are definitley a few dishes I probably wouldn't have ordered of my own accord. But will certainly be eating next time I'm there.
Have you tried any of the Wagamama Vegan dishes? I'd love to know what your favourite dishes are!


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Successful Rescue of Seven Newborn Puppies from Under an Arizona House
Ingenious puppy rescue on GoPro video
By Jonathan Wood, November 2020, Updated June 2021
In mid-October, a call came into the Arizona Humane Society's (AHS) Emergency Dispatch in from someone who reported seeing free-roaming adult dogs entering and exiting a hole under an abandoned Phoenix house slated for demolition. When the two AHS Emergency Animal Medical Technicians™ (EAMTs), Theresa Scheckel and Dan McGrath, arrived on the scene, witnesses told them they believed the female dog had recently given birth, but that the puppies were nowhere to be found.
A video clip of the operation shows two malnourished adult dogs squeezing through a narrow gap between the building and the ground and excitedly responding to Scheckel and McGrath's whistles and coaxing. The dogs seem people-friendly, and the female looks to be a nursing mother.
Scheckel and McGrath begin digging larger holes to gain access and search for the puppies. McGrath then slides under the house and discovers the puppies in a pile (as shown in the Go Pro footage) in the extremely narrow crawl space. Remaining under the house, McGrath places the puppies on a gurney, then slides them out to his partner, who carefully removes them and places them on the ground nearby.
Once out from under the building, the seven pups—so young that their eyes were still closed—and mother were reunited, and all the dogs (two adults and seven puppies) were taken to the Arizona Humane Society's trauma hospital for medical exams.
The puppies, five males and two females, appeared to be less than two weeks old. The mother, who seemed to be an approximately year-old Lab mix, had puncture wounds to her torso, likely from constantly entering the crawl space. Mother and puppies rested comfortably in AHS's Mutternity Suites, an extension of its trauma hospital and a quiet space for pregnant and nursing mothers, then spent a few weeks in an AHS Foster Hero home. They are now ready for adoption (their sweet-natured mother, who's been named Rose, has already found her forever family).
This mom and her pups are eight of more than 4,300 homeless pets that AHS EAMTs rescue each year. In total, AHS takes in nearly 18,000 of the Valley's most vulnerable pets annually and cares for them in its trauma hospital and intensive care units. To learn more about AHS, please visit www.azhumane.org.
Photo: Arizona Humane Society
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Q: how to pass arrays between functions Can someone help me? I having a problem with a C program. Here it is:
In my main  I call a function (func A)  where two of the arguments are a second function (fun B) and "user data" (that in principle can be a single number, char or array). This "user data" is also an argument of the function B. I have everything working when the "user data" is a single integer but now I need to use it as an array. So the present working structure is like this:
static int FunB(...,void *userdata_)
{
   int *a=userdata_;
   ...
   (here I use *a that in this case will be 47)
   ...
}

int main()
{
   int b=47;
   funcA(...,FunB,&b)
}

So now I want b in the main as an array (for example  {3,45} ) in order to pass more that one single "data" to the function B.
Thanks

A: There are at least two ways to do it.
First
static int FunB(..., void *userdata_)
{
   int *a = userdata_;
   /* Here `a[0]` is 3, and `a[1]` is 45 */
   ...
}

int main()
{
   int b[] = { 3, 45 };
   funcA(..., FunB, b); /* Note: `b`, not `&b` */
}

Second
static int FunB(..., void *userdata_)
{
   int (*a)[2] = userdata_;
   /* Here `(*a)[0]` is 3, and `(*a)[1]` is 45 */
   ...
}

int main()
{
   int b[] = { 3, 45 };
   funcA(..., FunB, &b); /* Note: `&b`, not `b` */
}

Chose which one you like more. Note that the second variant is specifically tailored for the situations when the array size is fixed and known at compile time (exactly 2 in this case). In such situations the second variant is actually preferable.
If the array size is not fixed then you have to use the first variant. And of course you have to pass that size to FunB somehow.
Pay attention how the array is passed to funcA (either as b or as &b) and how it is accessed in FunB (either as a[i] or as (*a)[i]) in both variants. If you fail to do it properly the code might compile but won't work.