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Going for old
31st March 2018 /0 Comments/in Village life /by Mary Murphy
There's not much by way of night life in the village. The local pub/café closes at 9pm. And that's it. No restaurants, no bars, no cinema, no theatre, Nada. Our entertainment of choice is watching movies and TV series projected onto a wall in the front room. A French colleague back in my Chichester days had such a set-up in her house and I loved it. No TV as the focal point in the room. Just one plain white wall as your screen. Magic.
But as I have a tendency to binge and watch for hours, the next most important ingredient in a perfect village winter evening is a couch. A comfortable couch (kanapé). The one we inherited with the house makes a great bed but a crap sofa. So we went shopping.
And wowser – what an eye-opener. People in this part of the world must have massive houses with massive rooms because the sofas we saw, for the most part, were massive with massive price tags. Huge, L-shaped puffy things in plush-toy fabrics. We wanted a three-seater, no longer than 220 cm. How difficult could that be? Of the hundreds we saw and the tens we sat on, we only came close three times.
The first was on a tour of the myriad furniture shops in Keszthely. It was small enough, grey enough, and affordable enough. They would order it and upholster it in a fabric of my choosing. It would take 8 to 10 weeks to arrive. We came, we sat, we thought, and then at the end of the day, after striking out everywhere else, we came back, ready to order. But on the second sitting, himself decided it was just a tad too small. Not quite deep enough. It didn't put the lounge in loungeable. Now, on the Belbin team ranking, I'm off the scale when it comes to being a completer-finisher. I want everything done now. I have zero patience. Waiting just ain't in my nature. I had a mission that Friday – I wanted to buy a couch. End of. And I have a cut-off point when shopping, when the enjoyment needle goes from grand to losing the will to live. I was at tipping point when I heard the backtrack, I think I screamed.
Our ever-friendly assistant had come upstairs, notepad in hand, ready to take the order. I told her he had changed his mind and muttered that perhaps I needed to change my husband as well as the sofa (and no, I didn't get married – don't ask – it's just easier). She looked at him and at me and at the couch, and then told me quite sternly that he looked good – and that I wouldn't do any better were I to change him. Sometimes humour doesn't translate. One of us left happy.
It took me a few days to forget the experience and to psych myself up for a trip to Max City, a three-story building in Buda full of designer furniture shops (SF – you'd love it). It was a little depressing seeing so much fab stuff on sale and knowing it was way beyond our means and not just a few yards beyond but marathons beyond. That said, I doubt in any lifetime that I'd be able to justify spending the price of a new car (or a house in an even more remote village) on a sofa that wasn't at least 100 years old and had been sat on by Hemingway. And although definitely out of our price range generally, we did find a second possible. A blue one that would go very nicely with the faint thread of blue on the fab Kerry Woolen Mills blanket that covers the bed, a bargain I picked up in Killarney last year. Good height. Right length. Super comfortable. Nice legs. Made in Poland. A 12-week order period. Delivery to the Kis-Balaton would be an additional 20%. Definitely at the upper limit of our price bracket but my back was screaming for a new sofa. The only drawback was that you couldn't take off the cushions or turn them over. So were a glass of red wine to spill, we'd be screwed. Oh they could sell me an all-purpose magic fabric cleaner but really??? And when did I get so practical?
We went down a notch or three and popped into Kika, another massive department store with all sorts of stuff you never knew you needed. Again, more massive sofas, and of all of them, just one possible. Half the price of the blue sofa, but not nearly as well made, It didn't have that sturdy feeling. But it was available on the spot, no waiting period. And the colour would work with the grey in the fab Kerry Woolen Mills blanket that covers the bed (I love that blanket). And the cushion covers unzipped for easy cleaning. We were almost there – but delivery would cost an additional whopping 70%. I'd reached my tipping point. I was losing the will to live.
Thoroughly disillusioned with the new-sofa offer, and not prepared to wait 12 weeks for something I might ruin on the first sitting, I reverted to type. I much prefer old stuff. It's better made, for one thing. It's stood the test of time already and hasn't given up the ghost. The day we were in Keszthely, we'd stopped at one of those Holland Bútor shops – shops selling old furniture imported from Holland alongside Hungarian antiques. There are quite a few in the county so business must be good. While we were there, we'd seen a couple of old brown leather sofas that were very comfortable. But at that stage, I wasn't thinking brown or leather or old. But there comes a point in life when comfort trumps style, especially when your back is screaming for mercy and there's a whole six seasons left in the series you're watching.
So we went back again, for another sit, and another look this week. Of course it was nothing like I'd remembered. I'd convinced myself it was a low-backed brown-buttoned Chesterfield … but it wasn't. But it is extremely well made. Solid. In good nick. Affordable. And it was available. Any spills could be easily washed off. And it would age well with time. My Hungarian got us through it. We bought. Yer man delivered the next day, for free. And my back is happy. Yep, going for old is where it's at.
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30th March 2018 /2 Comments/in Budapest, Random thoughts, Reviews /by Mary Murphy
A few months back, in a workshop I was running, a participant included an image of The Great Wave by Japanese artist Hokusai in their presentation. I was the only person in the room not to have seen it before and thereby not to recognise it. The shame of it. Where had I been? Coincidentally, that same week, I saw an advertisement for a screening of a documentary from the British Museum about the artist and his work. The first two were sold out but I managed to get tickets for the screening in March.
In the months that followed, I forgot all about it. When the day dawned, I was up to my tonsils – a litany of meetings strung together like beads on an abacus all totting up to a controlled frenzy. But we had tickets. So we went. To Várkert Bazár, billed as 'a renovated 19th-century Neo-Renaissance complex of exhibition halls, theaters, gardens & restaurants. I'd not been before and the venue was another reason I'd chosen to go. But wow… Hokusai! Where have you been all my life?
Hokusai was painting right up till his death, some four months after his 90th birthday (depending on which page you read on the WWW). And by his own reckoning his best work was the work he did shortly before he died.
From around the age of six, I had the habit of sketching from life. I became an artist, and from fifty on began producing works that won some reputation, but nothing I did before the age of seventy was worthy of attention. At seventy-three, I began to grasp the structures of birds and beasts, insects and fish, and of the way plants grow. If I go on trying, I will surely understand them still better by the time I am eighty-six, so that by ninety I will have penetrated to their essential nature. At one hundred, I may well have a positively divine understanding of them, while at one hundred and thirty, forty, or more I will have reached the stage where every dot and every stroke I paint will be alive. May Heaven, that grants long life, give me the chance to prove that this is no lie.
Interestingly, a variation of this translation also appears on the web. Or perhaps he was paraphrasing himself.
When I am 80 you will see real progress. At 90 I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At 100, I shall be a marvellous artist. At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age.
There's a good biography of his life on the Katsushika Hokusai website, which says that he changed his name more than 30 times during his career, a practice common to artists of that era in that part of the world. My favourite was Old Man Mad (Crazy) about Art (Drawing): Gakyō Rōjin Manji. The Guardian ran a piece on him last year and included some pictures of his prints. It's worth checking out.
It's said that Claude Debussy was inspired to write La mer after seeing The Great Wave, and while it's arguably his most famous print, I was more taken by Poppies. I can feel the wind as I look at it. Amazing stuff.
Of course, I changed my mind a million times as the documentary went on. And then, when we got a virtual tour of the exhibition in London, I changed it yet again. I was very taken with this one but I'm not so sure I'd like it on my wall. But how alive it is. Those eyes. Still, after all the back and forth, I'm sticking with Poppies as my all-time Hokusai fave.
If you get a chance to see the documentary, make the time for it. If you're one of the lucky ones who got to see the exhibition somewhere in the world, I'm suitably envious. It's possible to order hand-painted reproductions of all his work from Japan, and with a 365-day return policy. Once I've decided what size I want my Poppies, I'll be doing just that. What a man.
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What's the opposite of gun?
29th March 2018 /2 Comments/in Random thoughts, Reviews /by Mary Murphy
I have a fondness for poetry. Not all poetry. Some poetry. I like slam poetry, with its fast and furious pace, its jumble of words cascading over one another as thoughts rush out and feelings rush in. I'm a fan of the Canadian spoken word poet Shane Koyczan and travelled last year to Bristol to hear him live. He didn't disappoint. You might know him for his poem on bullying To This Day…For the Bullied and the Beautiful that went viral a few years back. He suffers from depression and speaks openly about it, as he does many other issues that are so human, so prescient, so now. He makes sense.
And while WB Yeats gets my vote for an old Irish classic, an Irish classic in the making is the fab Neil McCarthy. Of anyone, he's the one responsible for reconnecting me with the joy that is the spoken word. He's going to be in Budapest launching his latest book on May 10th – at Massolit. If you're in town, don't miss him. When Neil recommends a listen or a read, I listen and I read. Enter Brendan Constantine and his opposites game. Given the debate that's reverberating through the USA, supported by all those on the outside looking in, it's a topical one. One that gives pause for thought – and more.
I've finally made time to listen and to read. I've realigned my priorities and taken the back control I'd temporarily lost to the gigging world. No more working myself to near exhaustion. Life is far too short not to make time for poetry.
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28th March 2018 /0 Comments/in 2018 Grateful 52, Budapest, Random thoughts /by Mary Murphy
Charles (Chuck) Swindoll is a pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He's 83. He used to stutter. I still stammer. He was a member of his school's marching band. I was a member of mine, too. He has a radio program – Insight for Living – that is broadcast on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. I'd like one of those. I dabbled briefly in it one year in with a series of podcasts called Hotline to Heaven. And it's on my list to do again. Occasionally, I get posts in my inbox that mention him. A few weeks back, I got this one on the Giving Tree.
'When the boy was young he swung from the tree's branches, ate her apples, and slept in her shade…But as he grew up he spent less and less time with the tree. "Come on, let's play," said the tree. But the young man was only interested in money. "Then take all my apples and sell them," said the tree. The man did, and the tree was happy. He didn't return for a long time, but the tree smiled when he passed by one day. "Come on, let's play!" But the man, older and tired of the world, wanted to get away from it all. "Cut me down. Take my trunk, make a boat, then you can sail away," said the tree. The man did, and the tree was happy. Many seasons passed – and the tree waited. Finally the man returned, too old to play, or pursue riches, or sail the seas. "I have a pretty good stump left. Sit down here and rest," said the tree. The man did, and the tree was happy.'
Swindoll likens the tree to the many people who gave of themselves so that 'he might grow, accomplish his goals, and find wholeness and satisfaction.' And, indeed, there were times he was a giving tree himself. I was reminded of this earlier this week as I went about my business in Budapest. I had resolved some time ago that if I were approached on the street by someone asking for money, I'd give. Something, anything. My various pockets all have at least a 500 ft note in them, ready for the off. And when it comes to doling out the forints, I try not to discriminate. I read this verse on FB a few years back and it's stuck in my head. It's made me want to work on not being judgmental but it's hard. It's as if I'm preprogrammed to make snap decisions that catapult me into the role of judge and jury. So to avoid this, I try to give regardless.
But I still judge. And this means that after I've walked by an outstretched hand having judged it too well manicured to be in need, or after I've stepped over legs shod in designer-brand shoes that I can't afford myself, I have this internal debate that could last second or minutes. After 12 months solid practice, 8 out of 10 times I'll double back. But I'm still not there. I'm a work in progress.
Sadly, it seems like the asks are getting more and more plentiful. The number of people of all ages on the streets of Budapest asking for help is heartbreaking. And yes, perhaps for a sizeable number of them it's a mafia-run day job. But what of the others, those in real need? Am I to be the one to judge? Perhaps, if I were smarter or more streetwise, I could. But I'm not. So I give. I'm aiming for 100%, but I'm not there yet.
I'm grateful for all the trees in my life – you know who you are. With thanks.
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A palpable realignment of the soul
23rd March 2018 /0 Comments/in Budapest, Random thoughts, Reviews /by Mary Murphy
There are days when I'd cry at the sight of a cat crossing the road, or an episode of Coronation Street, or a Guinness advert. And there are days when tears are beyond summons, when death and destruction are greeted with a shrug and a whatever. I can't find a correlation – not mood, not diet, not weather. It's odd. But these days, for the sake of my sanity, I'm putting everything down to menopause and hormones. And I mean everything. If the bakery has run out of croissants, it's down to not enough oestrogen in the kitchen. If the price of petrol has jumped overnight, it's down to too much testosterone in the oil fields. And for everything else that goes wrong in my world, it's down to not enough progesterone in my system.
Twice in my life, I've been moved to tears by a piece of art. Once was in Costa Rica in May last year. I'm not sure what happened. I was on holiday. In great form. Loving life. And then wham!$% … I was bawling my eyes in the Hidden Garden Art Gallery. I'm still not quite sure what happened, but ever conscious of what the universe might be trying to tell me (having learned to my cost that that little voice should be listened to) I bought it. Fast forward a few months and I found myself in an art studio over in Buda where the fab Hungarian artist Karl Meszlényi works his magic. He was pulling out canvases from here and there, trolling through paintings on the web that are on show in galleries in the city and abroad, and giving me a rundown on his art. I spotted something interesting in the corner: a rather large mixed media piece roughly framed in black wood. I asked to see it. He pulled it out and set it on the sofa.
I stood, I looked. I thought. And then wham!$% … I was bawling my eyes out once again. And this wasn't the hysterical, expletive-ridden, just-stubbed-my-toe type of bawling. It was the kind that gathers in your feet and works itself up your body, getting bigger and bigger until it explodes, quietly. It's accompanied by an overwhelming sense of something going on inside – a palpable realignment of the soul, perhaps. As it was the second time it had happened, I wasn't nearly as embarrassed. I just stood there and let it all out. And with him being a painter and undoubtedly no stranger to artistic temperament, he took it all in his stride.
The piece is called Moon Two – it's one of a series he did. Moon Blue is on the Saatchi website which gives a more knowledgeable, arty explanation than anything I could come up with. Roughly paraphrased, it's painted acrylic, oil, tempera, and ink on canvas using mixed media with wood, stone, straw and bird's nest. The abstract expression, is 'all about texture, a stone breaking the monochrome, as daily events consecutively break into people's monochrome lives.' The term monochrome lives is used as a metaphor for the unresponsiveness of people to the speed of the world, a scream in a world of social deafness.
Mine has the same constituent parts…and some walnuts. That said, when I was busy going with the flow of emotion, moonscapes weren't even on my periphery. What struck me about it all was the earthiness. The textures. The black and white. And curiously, it has something similar going on as the Costa Rica find. I'm a fan of black and white and the myriad greys in between, a reflection of my state of mind. While I might like my choices to be limited to either/or, my morals to be defined by good/bad, and my conscience to be guided by right/wrong, it's the bits along the spectrum that I have to live with.
The piece hangs in the hallway. It's the first thing I see when I come in the door and what I pass each time I enter or leave the kitchen. Were I given to flights of fancy, I'd say it whispers, that it knows my mood. I'd say that it darkens and brightens in sync with my soul. Occasionally, very occasionally, I feel an upsurge of emotion as I pass and when I stop to look at it, I lose myself in the shades and grey and know that I need to slow down, to re-calibrate, to centre myself.
Karl told me he isn't an artist; he's a painter. He explained that artists express themselves while painters study the techniques of visual communication. And for all its seeming randomness, this piece is a study of technique with each piece of straw, each nutshell, each twig placed with a higher purpose, be that Karl's or the universe's. There's an order to it all that somehow makes sense.
Thanks again to Liz Frommer for the introduction. If you're in the market for some statement pieces or simply want to see a painter in their home environs, contact her at lizfrommer@gmail.com
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Who on earth am I?
21st March 2018 /5 Comments/in Budapest, Hungary, Random thoughts /by Mary Murphy
Occasionally, very occasionally, I consciously do a bad thing. I'm sure I do lots of bad things without thinking. I'm human. But to actually do something sacrilegious in full consciousness, wide awake, knowing that I'm defacing someone else's property, that's a rarity. But it happens. The last time it happened was on a flight to Malta from Munich. I was leafing through the in-flight magazine – which, admittedly, is one of the better ones I've seen. And I came across a piece on a project with a working title Walking in Circles. Billed as 'an artistic and literary project supported by the Arts Council Malta', it's an 'illustrated poetic journey' that started in 2017 and will be launched in book form in November 2018. I've combed the Arts Council's website and can't find any more details, so I hope this wasn't just a flash in a pan. That said, if it was, I'm glad I happened across it when I did.
It seems that it will deal with the concept of Malta moving 'from an emigrating nation to an immigrant hostess'. When I tore out the pages (I know, I know, how bad of me!) I missed one. I could have taken the whole magazine; it would have been easier. But that would have been just one more thing to carry. And I didn't want it all, just a piece of it. A little like eating a muffin top and leaving the rest. Am I just one step away from tearing a page out of a book? But enough of my mental angst.
What caught my eye was a poem by Giulia Privitelli with an accompanying illustration by Steven Bonello
Who on earth am I
or what I've done
that love I should deserve?
Is it a right that I could claim
or simply given and I've no say?
Like the moment of every birth
suddenly, a life's just there.
So what would that make me
should I withhold
this 'right' to many, twice as many?
A thief perhaps
of riches I've already got.
But what is this need to show the other
that within is what really matters
the core, the soul, that captivating pulse
pulsing far beyond the limits of our sight
or the reasoning of our mind?
Isn't this what I'd rather trust?
Feel here, my aching heart,
it pulls and pushes as my guide
and repeats what we've been told
through ancient wisdom, centuries old:
'To love is to know,
forget your fear, don't shift the blame,
you are blessed and without shame,
you are loved, and called by name.'
But tradition that resists all change
is a harmful poison, a barren land
and like stagnant water pushed down my throat
it burns with the taste of bitter and cold
and my faith is shaken, it trembles
and shivers in its hold.
I was reminded of this recently when I watched a video of János Lázár (the Hungarian Prime Minister's Chief of Staff) set against the backdrop of a neighbourhood in Vienna, Austria. As migrants from all sorts of countries go about their business in the background, Lázár warns Hungarians that this, too, could happen in Budapest, if the opposition parties get their way and let the migrants in: spiralling crime, dirty streets, and good Christian locals being forced to leave their neighbourhoods in the face of the deluge of foreign migrants seeking refuge from abroad. The piece caught the attention of global media. The video was posted on Facebook, who took it down soon after saying it contravened user policy. But then, it had a think and put it back up because it was newsworthy. mmmmm…..
As the election day in Hungary approaches, I wonder which will prevail: fear or love.
Illustration by Steven Bonello
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A little bit of me died tonight
19th March 2018 /0 Comments/in Budapest, Reviews /by Mary Murphy
I like experiential presents. They don't take up shelf space or add to the the clutter of twenty-first-century living. They can be enjoyed over and over again, moments relived, memories recalled. I like jazz, too. So a Christmas present of two tickets to see jazz legend Dianne Reeves play in Budapest was a good choice. Thanks MI.
I'd be hard-pushed to describe what Reeves does on stage, lacking as I do the jazz vocabulary to do her justice. So I'll borrow from her website: it's a 'melding of R&B, Latin and pop elements within the framework of 21st Century jazz.' Yep – I caught that meld. And l marvelled at her scat singing – 'vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, and nonsense syllables' that I'd seen Ella Fitzgerald nail with Mel Torme on video once, a video that I managed to find.
Years and years and years ago, a cousin of mine went through a phase of singing everything. And I mean everything. Ask her what had happened in school or what she wanted for dinner or what she was going to wear that day and you'd get verse after verse after verse delivered in a sing-song voice that was cute at first…but quickly became annoying. While I can't imagine Reeves ever being annoying, I can imagine her singing all the time. She sang her hello, she sang through the usual 'great to be back' bits, and she sang through her band intro. She sang it all. And she improvised. And although Reeves ain't quite Ella, she's a mean scat singer. With her quartet of super-talented musicians [Romero Lubambo on guitar, Peter Martin on piano, Reginald Veal on bass, and Terreno Gully on drums], she says they treat the stage not as a stage but as a playground. Every jazz musician gives what she calls a 'jazz sensibility' to the songs they were raised on. She mentioned Chicago, and Stevie Wonder, and Fleetwood Mac. And while I was wondering what she meant by jazz sensibility, she showed us with her cover of Fleetwood Mac's Dreams. [The cover we heard tonight was a lot jazzier than this, from 2015.]
She came back onstage for an encore – and then she got serious. Her short commentary on the state of the world ended with her asking us to stay lifted, to hold on to our consciousness, to our humanity. She asked us to be a light in the world. She finished with a cover of Mali Music's Beautiful, and when the chorus came [I put my lighter in the air for you], there wasn't one cigarette lighter to be seen; it was all mobile phone flashlights. So not cool, people. So not cool.
And then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I officially belong to another generation. I'm at the 'back in my day' stage where I have legitimate reflections of a life that my teenage nephews would see as fodder for history books. And as Reeves sang her heart out, a little piece of mine broke off. I was overcome by a wave of nostalgia that rode in on the back of a series of flashbacks to gigs I'd been to in my early 20s, where cigarette lighters were de rigueur and having a Zippo lighter meant not having burned grooves on your thumb. But no more, I thought, no more. That life is done. Reeves' final words – one note, one voice, one people, one world, one love – though poignant, were lost on me. This one will take some time to process.
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17th March 2018 /0 Comments/in 2018 Grateful 52, Random thoughts /by Mary Murphy
Sometimes you just need a laugh. And if that laugh can be sustained over a few hours, all the better. When the world goes askew and the media is full of the bad stuff happening, when things are not working as smoothly as they used to, when way too much time is spent on wondering what if, then laughter is just about the best tonic there is. Yes, it might be a temporary relief, it might be treating the symptoms and not the disease, it might be covering or colouring the root cause of the malaise, but for those few hours, life suspends.
Trolling through the NetFlix offer a few weeks back, I happened across a show called Grace and Frankie. Back in 2015 Grace (Jane Fonda) used to be married Robert (Martin Sheen). Frankie (Lily Tomlin) used to be married to Sol (the gorgeous Sam Waterston). Now, after 40 years of being married, the two boys come out and get married themselves. All are in their seventies on the show and in their late seventies and eighties in real life. Each of the last four series has had 13 episodes. That's some amount of work, lads. Some amount of work. It's not the first time that Fonda and Tomlin have worked together – remember 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton?
The brainchild of Martha Kaufman, co-creator of Friends, Grace and Frankie addresses all sorts of social issues in a funny (often hilarious) and empathetic way. From ageism to adoption, From drug addiction, to dementia. From gay rights to gun rights. It focuses, too, on the septuagenarian world and what it feels like to be invisible. Each episode brings wit and wisdom to play and gives an insight into life and how we deal with it. Supposedly shot in La Jolla, San Diego (if you're to believe the cast), it's actually shot in Malibu, but that's neither here nor there.
A stellar list of guest appearances includes four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason, Craig T. Nelson (of Coach fame), the delectable Sam Elliott, Peter Gallaghar, and Friend, Lisa Kudrow. The theme song is Stuck in the Middle with you but the closing tune changes every week and were all 52 put together, they'd make a fab playlist for a old rockers party.
What I like most about the show though, and I like it all, is that these seventy-somethings are sassy and in-your-face. And though their friends might be dying off around them, they've rallied and are taking on the world. It's not glamorised – the aches and pains are peppered with senior moments. But it is brutally honest in confronting how we expect our elderly to be. It has a thing or three to teach us.
It's been an iffy week. But Grace and Frankie have helped immeasurably. Thanks ladies. I'm grateful to you.
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Fast-forward 35 years
13th March 2018 /1 Comment/in Random thoughts, Reviews /by Mary Murphy
I missed my 30-year school reunion. I was in Israel at the time. It was so successful that there was another one a year or so later. I got to that one and caught up with people I hadn't seen in years. I remember a collective wondering at where the time had gone. American TV school reunions fascinate me, as do the High School yearbooks, where people are voted most likely to succeed, most likely to become millionaires, most likely to grow bunions. They're the go-to resource when it comes to solving murders in TV whodunnits. Ireland is way more casual – we didn't get any further than the simple autograph book. And as we collected witty (and not-so-witty) rhymes from our soon-to-be-former classmates, I don't think any of us stopped to wonder who among us would be famous – some day, even if one of our own, Murray Boland [now BAFTA-Award-winning executive producer in the UK] had made an appearance on the Late Late Toy Show while we were still in school – and that was like, Wow! Totes amaze.
I was in Edinburgh visiting one of my many cousins a quare few years ago, when I saw an episode of MacIntyre Investigates and realised that said same Donal MacIntyre had been in my class at school. Mad! I was a little in awe, reading his Wikipedia page. Who'd have thunk it. I never would have figured him for the type to get beaten up in bars and have to go on the lam when the thugs and gurriers he was investigating came looking for their ounce of flesh.
I was suitably impressed by Mick O'Toole's photography and his ad campaigns. One of his most impressive photos is that of a man washing his face in the sea. Stunning. And staying with the sea, his short film on wave energy for Maynooth University has some jawdropping imagery. There's a lotta talent lurking there, and I don't ever remember him with a camera.
More recently though, another classmate came to light. Katrina Costello (although I could have sworn she went by Caitriona … she probably changed it to make it easier for the international brigade) is now a cinematographer/director whose documentary The Silver Branch was up for an award at the IFTA this year. And while I wouldn't have the bladder control needed to live Donal's life, reading about what Caitriona has been up to had me green with envy.
I contracted on mostly six months on, six months off periods — working in some of the major stock exchanges and banking capitals of the world," she explains. "That allowed me the opportunity to do what I love; to go alone photographing and living in the far-off reaches of the world — from the mountains of Asia to the basin of the Amazon.
My ability with a camera wouldn't even touch the shadow of the foot of a tripod in comparison to Mike or Caitriona, I have zero interest in being in or on TV like Murray. But a six-month on/six-month off schedule? And the wherewithal to travel? That I could do.
When I got over the envy and watched the trailer for her documentary, I was gobsmacked. It's beautiful. Simply beautiful. I've been quoting it since. And it's featured in the Fléadh in Galway later this year (Friday, 14th July) but I'll be wedding it up that night somewhere in Portugal. I need to figure out another way to see the full thing.
The Silver Branch is a philosophical vision-poem on the life of farmer/poet Patrick McCormack, descendant of the generations of farmers who have lived off the wild landscape of the Burren in County Clare. Patrick and his rural community are drawn into a divisive battle with the Government, leading him and a small group of friends to the Supreme Court to decide on the fate of this iconic wilderness. Through Patrick's eyes, and in his words, this beautifully shot film immerses us in the exquisite texture of the natural world, bringing us a rare glimpse of a disappearing way of life with all its richness and roguery, and leading to a deep connection with the Earth and our ancestral wild spirit. And though it is centred around [sic] one man's life and a bitter-sweet end-of-era evocation, it explores much deeper themes: the relationship between man and landscape, between tradition and spirit, between body and soul. The Silver Branch is a story of hope – hope that we as individuals can make a difference to our universe.
My favourite line from the trailer is that everyone needs time and space and have a favourite place to come and see and visit and listen and be at peace. I have that. I'm lucky.
I'm sure many of the 70 or so who were in the Class of 1983 have done wild and wonderful things with their lives. That their fame has escaped me has probably lots to do with my paltry presence and engagement with social media, and little to do with the ineffectiveness of the village grapevine. I'm simply not in the know. It is nice, though, to see what 35 years can do to a life, and to take a tangential pride in the success of those you once sat beside in school. Note to self: Search for that autograph book. Some of those signatures could be worth money 🙂
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Delighted the boys pulled it off this afternoon and fingers crossed nothing untoward happens between now and next Sunday when it'll all be over. A nod to Scotland for doing so well this year. Marrying a fondness for quotations and a grá for rugby, I came across this list of Rugby Quotations that's worth a share. Not quite sure what Oscar Wilde was banging on about in No. 8 but hey, each to their own. For me, I'm doubly grateful to the lads for the entertainment they provide during the Six Nations and that for adrenaline rush that tells us we're still alive. They know how to rise the Irish in me.
1."Remember that rugby is a team game; all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to Jonah."
FAX to All Blacks before 1995 World Cup semi-final.
2."You've got to get your first tackle in early, even if it's late."
Ray Gravell, Welsh hardman explains his rugby philosophy.
3."The relationship between the Welsh and the English is based on trust and understanding. They don't trust us and we don't understand them."
Dudley Wood, English RFU secretary on Anglo-Welsh relations, 1986.
4."A player of ours has been proven guilty of biting. That's a scar that will never heal."
Andy Robinson, Bath (in England) coach after his prop Kevin Yates was suspended for taking a chunk out of an opposing flanker's ear
5."Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous."
Chris Laidlaw, New Zealand All Black.
6."Rugby is a wonderful show: dance, opera and, suddenly, the blood of a killing."
Richard Burton, Welsh actor.
7."Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that."
Joe Theismann, American football player.
8."Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city."
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer.
9."Rugby is a game for the mentally deficient… That is why it was invented by the British. Who else but an Englishman could invent an oval ball?"
Peter Cook, English comedian and satirist.
10."Rugby players are either piano shifters or piano movers. Fortunately, I am one of those who can play a tune."
Pierre Danos, French rugby player.
11."Look what these bastards have done to Wales. They've taken our coal, our water, our steel. They buy our houses and they only live in them for a fortnight every 12 months. What have they given us? Absolutely nothing. We've been exploited, raped, controlled and punished by the English – and that's who you are playing this afternoon."
Phil Bennett, Pre-game pep talk before facing England, 1977.
12."We've lost seven of our last eight matches. Only team that we've beaten was Western Samoa. Good job we didn't play the whole of Samoa."
Gareth Davies, Welsh rugby player, 1989.
13."The French selectors never do anything by halves; for the first international of the season against Ireland they dropped half the three-quarter line."
Nigel Starmer-Smith, BBC TV (1974).
14."The job of Welsh coach is like a minor part in a Quentin Tarantino film: you stagger on, you hallucinate, nobody seems to understand a word you say, you throw up, you get shot. Poor old Kevin Bowring has come up through the coaching structure so he knows what it takes … 15 more players than Wales have at present."
Mark Reason, Total Sport (1996).
15."Rugby is played by men with odd shaped balls."
Car bumper sticker
16."The pub is as much a part of rugby as is the playing field."
John Dickenson
17."The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier."
Virginia Graham, US writer and commentator, referring to the 'muddied oafs' image conjured up by Rudyard Kipling in his poem 'The Islanders' (1903).
18."Rugby may have many problems, but the gravest is undoubtedly that of the persistence of summer."
Chris Laidlaw
19."The advantage law is the best law in rugby, because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game."
Derek Robinson
Gareth Davies (1989)
21."In 1823, William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball in his arms and ran with it. And for the next 156 years forwards have been trying to work out why."
Sir Tasker Watkins (1979)
22."Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair… come the revolution the backs will be the first to be lined up against the wall and shot for living parasitically off the work of others."
Peter Fizsimmons
23."Grandmother or tails, sir?"
To Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips, Gordonstoun School's rugby captain, for his pre-match coin-toss preference from an anonymous rugby referee in 1995.
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Andie MacDowell's Managers Told Her Not to Go Gray, But She's 'Never Felt More Powerful'
"I feel more honest. I feel like I'm not pretending. I feel like I'm embracing right where I am."
By Kayla Blanton
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Andie MacDowell, 63, says she's "never felt more powerful." since embracing her natural gray hair.
At first, she was hesitant to make the change, especially because her managers said it wasn't the right time.
Now, she loves the look and she hopes it will encourage a more age-positive environment for women in Hollywood and around the world.
By this time, you've probably witnessed the breathtaking beauty that is Andie MacDowell's salt-and-pepper hair. She first debuted her natural grays on Instagram, and then took it to the red carpet for this year's Cannes Film Festival. And now that the hard part is over—revealing what's stereotypically an "aged" look in Hollywood—MacDowell says she's "never felt more powerful."
The actress, 63, spoke with Vogue about her thought process leading up to the change, and how she hopes it will inspire the world to embrace women aging naturally in the same way it does men.
"I did Google actors with salt-and-pepper hair. There's lots of men that do it!" she explained. She said she likes to compare her shade to George Clooney's, who is widely celebrated for the "edgy" look. And once she started exposing herself to more people who have gone gray, she quickly realized that her previously colored brunette hair made it look like she was trying to look younger, which she didn't like.
"The age on my face, to me, no longer matched. I somehow feel like I look younger because it looks more natural," she said. "It's not like I'm trying to hide something. I think that it's a power move, and that's what I kept telling my managers. It's exactly what I need to be doing right here."
Believe it or not, MacDowell's managers didn't think it was the right time to go gray, but she pushed for it, because it's her hair after all. "I said, 'I think you're wrong, and I'm going to be more powerful if I embrace where I am right now. It's time because in two years I'm going to be 65,'" she recalled. "'If I don't do it now, I won't have the chance to be salt and pepper. I always wanted to be salt and pepper!'"
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Her managers were hesitant to approve the look because they knew that it could potentially limit her work prospects, which did intimidate MacDowell at first, but she got over it. "I was so cautious because I didn't want anybody to be upset, and I was trying to figure out how I could wear wigs to please people. But then once I did it, it was just so clear to me that my instincts were right," she admitted. "I feel more honest. I feel like I'm not pretending. I feel like I'm embracing right where I am. I feel really comfortable. And in a lot of ways, I think it's more striking on my face. I just feel like it suits me."
To care for her silver strands, she stays away from purple shampoos because they can be drying, but she loves a good purple conditioner. "It's amazing how they work. I love L'Oreal's different purple products," she said.
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Her new look has already inspired many, and although she'd never judge another woman for coloring her grays, she hopes her bold move can at least create some pause for reflection.
"I don't want people to have the expectation that I need to look younger to have value or to be beautiful or desirable," she said. "We don't do that to men! We love an older man. We love men as they age. I would love the same expectation for women, and we're getting there...you know, baby steps."
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Hello blog friends! Are you ready for some football? Oops...I mean...are you ready for a new Color Throwdown Challenge? Actually, I'm ready for both! Check out these great primary colors that our hostess Lynn has chosen...a reflection of back to school time. Those chevrons on the cake jumped out at me immediately and I knew I wanted to use MFT's Zigzag Die-Namics and their Happy Birthday sentiment die that I got as a freebie with one of my orders (it's available to buy).
The balloon stamps and dies are from WPlus9's Whole Lotta Happy set. I added the balloon strings freehand with a black gel pen. This was a really quick and easy card to throw together!
INK: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight.
Congratulations to our guest star stamper - Agnieszka Danek-Wisniak! Be sure to stop by her blog and say hello.
I'm sad to see Wanda Guess leave as our guest designer - her cards are always so inspiring - but stay tuned...we'll have another talented guestie to announce next week!
To get all the details on how to play along with the challenge, please go to the Color Throwdown blog and check out the info on the right sidebar! You can also check out the rest of the design teams' creations for more inspiration on the CTD blog.. or you can clink on their blog links below.
Mary has a wonderful fall color palette for the Color Challenge on SCS and the dessert option is to create a fall card. Well, I'm really ready for some cooler temps after so many ongoing hot and humid days, so I was all over this challenge and pulled out my fave Falling Leaves from the Tim Holtz collection by Stampers Anonymous! They were stamped using Garden Green, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze inks. I pulled the 4th color - Chocolate Chip - into the mix by adding it in narrow borders and with the sentiment. The metallic leaf embellishments are from Lawn Fawn. Stitched dies are all by Lil' Inker Designs.
That's it for today...looking forward to another day off work and hopefully will get some fall decorating completed along with dusting! I have dust bunnies that would probably qualify for the Guinness World Book of Records!
I'm running a little late to the party, but wanted to wish Julee and all the Verve gang a very happy birthday! NINE years of wonderful images, some of the best sentiments ever... plus the dies, ribbons and sequins that make up the Verve store! Of course I had to create a birthday card for the Mojo Monday challenge. It's the last week in August (yikes!), so that means it's tall and skinny week. My card is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and I love the challenge of a narrower card base!
glitter via Crystal Stickles! The cupcake and sentiment are from Verve's Small Packages stamp set and I used their Pennant Trim die as well. Other dies used...Stitched Fishtail Flags by MFT and All Framed Up Confetti Cuts by Reverse Confetti. Papers are from the Sugar Shoppe 6x6 pad by Doodlebug Design, Inc.
but it's been a good day off for me! I set the alarm early (for me anyway) and got my bod out of bed at 7:00 AM (remember, I'm a second shifter) and went to a huge consignment/church sale for children's clothing, toys, etc. I was glad I went early because the selection is so much better in the early hours! Soon after I got home, the two grands - Quinn is almost 2 and Cash is 5 weeks old - came over for a swim (check out that huge pool - lol!), some lunch and some stamping! Yes, Quinn loves to get inky and especially loves any animal stamps. Guess I'd better bring this chatter to a close and get on with telling you about this card I made for the new CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge!
I struggled with the sketch a bit until it dawned on me to think of the vertical rows as an alternative to the interpretation. I started by clear embossing the Barnwood Background stamp - new from Concord and 9th - on Ranger watercolor CS. I then did a watercolor wash over it using Evergreen Bough and Cracked Pistachio distress inks. I love the way these two colors blend together! I had trouble capturing the embossed shine in my photo but it's there IRL. The sentiment (a freebie with an MFT order) was die cut 4 times - 3 with the Cool Caribbean CS and once with metallic copper CS. I added some fine copper thread (from the new SU catalog) by looping it over a tiny glue dot. I wish this thread were just a wee bit thicker as it's almost too fine to even see well. The stitched frame is part of Reverse Confetti's new All Framed Up die set in their August release (*Oops...I see it's already OOS!). I cut three of the Layering Leaves dies by Concord and 9th from copper CS. I can't wait to play more with this die set...so many possible uses are running through my brain!
A quick post to share a tag inspired by the current Tag, You're It Challenge! Michelle has a simple design with a watercolored background and block sentiment. I already had this background in my leftover pile, so I die cut the tag using my favorite Reverse Confetti die. The florals were stamped with Pumpkin Spice and Beanstalk Pure Color dye inks by WPlus9; flower centers are Daffodil Delight by SU. Floral stamps and matching dies are from PTI's Bitty Bouquets set. The sentiment is MFT's Label Maker Sentiments. I added clear Wink of Stella brush marker to add sparkle to the flower centers and topped off the tag with Caribbean twine from The Twinery.
I just came across a genius DIY stain removal tip!
Take a 10ml roller bottle and add 1 capful of Thieves cleaner (product by Young Living) and then fill with distilled water. You now have a portable, easy to use stain remover solution!
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Here we are with another Color Throwdown Challenge for you and Lori has some fabulous summery colors - lime green, yellow and blue! I first dabbled with some yellow and green watercoloring using an angled brush. I thought I was going to add blue butterflies, but suddenly I changed direction and decided on this sentiment and bird die by Concord and 9th.
Generally, watercolors lighten up considerably when you dry them, but I'm finding out that Gold Class Mission watercolors stay much darker than distress inks that I often use. The blue is a little darker than I planned, but hey...we always say as long as it's close and we're having fun...it's a go! Besides...it was late at night and I simply didn't want to do it over - lol!
STAMPS: By Your Side (Concord and 9th).
PAPER: Key Lime Collection by Bo Bunny; Ranger watercolor CS.
DIES: By Your Side Bird Die (Concord and 9th); Edge Essentials Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti).
Congrats to our guest star stamper - Karen Davis of Karen Creates Cards! Be sure to stop by her blog and say hello.
Sadly, this is the last week for our uber talented August guest designer - Wanda Guess! Her work is so inspiring! But...stay tuned...next week we'll announce a new guestie.
I'm burning the midnight oil with this card...created for the Color Challenge on SCS to use Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Emerald Envy. I skipped dessert which was to use a bird. I'm also playing along with the CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge. I usually have lots of white space with CAS designs but decided to use patterned papers instead. The individual gluing down of the tiny hydrangea blooms probably will have the CAS police coming after me - lol! It really is a fairly quick and simple process. I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment twice then topped off the stem with a tiny twine bow.
STAMPS: Hydrangea Set by Impression Obsession.
PAPER: Color Ways by Paper House (Michael's), Real Red, Emerald Envy, White.
INK: Real Red, Emerald Envy, Memento Tuxedo Black.
ACCESSORIES: Hydrangea dies by IO; Jute twine.
Good Monday everyone! Julee has another great sketch for the Mojo Monday Challenge! I started with a mix of 3 patterned papers from My Mind's Eye "A Mother's Love" 6x6 pad - one of my faves with the coral/gray/aqua/green color palette. I already had this tag cut from a previous project and decided it would fit the layout perfectly. I white embossed on Watermelon Wonder CS by SU and fussy cut the flowers from Verve's Be Blessed set. The sentiment is a combination of a stamp from Simply Amazing with a die from the Amazing Adjectives dies - also by Verve. I tucked in some Sprightly Sprigs die cut leaves using a scrap of olive green CS.
I thought I'd check out the Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS and discovered a great gallery by the FS, Donna Idlet! I CASEed her care HERE...a clean and simple design with the base as the frame and a corner collage as the focal point. I used WPlus9 Pure Color inks: Sweet Gelato, Cranberry Crush, Appletini, and Silver Lining. I stamped the Memento Tuxedo Black sentiment twice using my MISTI. I layered the matching Brushed Blossom die over the stamped images - from the Brushed Blossom set by Concord and 9th. Quick and easy!
It has been a really long week for some reason and am SOOO glad a weekend off is coming up very soon! While waiting on laundry to finish, I decided to go ahead and create a birthday card for a really special granny that is turning 100! No...it's not my granny, but a fellow stamper is asking for a card shower and will hopefully reach her goal of having at least 100 cards sent to her granny. Since her fave color is red, I knew it had to have some red flowers. She seems to have a colorful personality, so I couldn't just stop at red. There had to be multiple happy colors! I wanted a subtle brick background, so used Lake House Pure Color ink (WPlus9) with a mini Tim Holtz stencil. Papers are from My Mind's Eye "On the Sunny Side" 6x6 pad. Other inks used: Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Garden Green by SU and Gala Red Last Leaf, Beanstalk, Lake House and Falling for Blue by WPlus9. I layered some of the elements with different sized foam dots. A sticker stitch border was the finishing touch.
This card was based on the current MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge which was such a fun layout to work with! The dryer buzzer just called my name, so have to run!
It's Color Throwdown Challenge day and you will love Lisa's fabulous color palette - orange, green, light pink and white! I can't seem to stop using watercolor backgrounds, so yet again...I went with Carved Pumpkin, Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry distress inks. I actually used the colors again on another sheet of Ranger watercolor CS so I could die cut these scribble circles. I backed them with a textured pink CS from my scrap pile, so I'm not sure of the paper source. The leaf background is a watercolor mix of Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron distress inks with an Old Olive CS for the top outline layer. I cut three of the sentiment dies and adhered them together to give it the feel of chipboard.
DIES: Swirlies, All Framed Up and Fancy Words Confetti Cuts by Reverse Confetti; Layered Leaves Die-Namics by MFT.
Congrats go out to Penny Ward of Penny Ward INK - our talented guest star stamper! Be sure to stop and visit her blog!
YG05, RV02, RV06, Y17, YR68.
August is ticking right along and students in our area have already returned to school a week ago. It really feels like summer is slipping by quickly, so I'm cranking out as many floral cards as I can before the pumpkins and Christmas themed cards begin - lol!
STAMPS: Hope Blooms (Verve); Sunny Days (Verve).
PAPER: Spring 6x6 pad by Echo Park; White Linen CS by PTI for the card base.
INK: Daffodil Delight (SU), Ocean Drive (WPlus9).
MISCELLANEOUS: Yellow Stickles; Stitched rectangle dies by Lil' Inker Designs; Leafy Sprigs dies by Verve.
Need some more inspiration for this sketch? Click on the mojomakers' blog links below...or...you can go to the Mojo Monday blog and click on the first seven thumbnails.
actually a Christmas trio of dies called Flourish, Holly and Mistletoe. I cut two flourishes - one in gray and one in black - to give it a shadow effect. The 2 step flowers - Garden bunch stamp set by Reverse Confetti - were stamped with Cool Caribbean and Tempting Turquoise. The vellum leaves (Large Mariana Vine die by Poppystamps) were on my leftover pile and I cut it into thirds and tucked them in and around the flowers. I also 'shadowed' the sentiment die (Fancy Words Confetti Cuts by Reverse Confetti) by layering white over Cool Caribbean. Once again...the RC Edge Essentials Confetti Cuts were used (the tiny scallop and the stitched line)...absolutely LOVE this die set!
I'm in love with Reverse Confetti's Toucan of Friendship stamp set and matching dies that were just released on Monday! So much fun to color with Copics! The toucan and flowers were all popped with foam dots. The layout is a fun new one for the Freshly Made Sketches #249 Challenge. Have to give RC a shout out for their amazingly FAST shipping. Ordered on Monday and arrived in my mailbox on Wednesday! Texas to Virginia via snail mail is pretty impressive!
Thanks for stopping by...I'm heading out to work shortly so have to bring this quick post to a close.


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Q: Как отправить сигнал CTRL+C подпроцессу работающему в потоке python? Пытаюсь модифицировать существующий код.
В потоке запускается подпроцесс, внешняя программа. Мне необходимо из функции перезапустить эту программу. То есть остановить её, отправив ctrl + c, затем обратно поместить в поток. Как это сделать?
Фрагмент запуска внешней программы привожу ниже:
rtl_thread=threading.Thread(
    target=lambda: subprocess.Popen("rtl_sdr", shell=True),
    args=()
)
rtl_thread.start()

Полная оригинальная версия кода:
# Start rtl thread
if os.system("csdr 2> /dev/null") == 32512: # check for csdr
    print "[openwebrx-main] You need to install \"csdr\" to run OpenWebRX!\n"
    return

if os.system("nmux --help 2> /dev/null") == 32512: # check for nmux
    print "[openwebrx-main] You need to install an up-to-date version of \"csdr\" that contains the \"nmux\" tool to run OpenWebRX! Please upgrade \"csdr\"!\n"
    return

if cfg.start_rtl_thread:
    nmux_bufcnt = nmux_bufsize = 0

    while nmux_bufsize < cfg.samp_rate / 4:
        nmux_bufsize += 4096

    while nmux_bufsize * nmux_bufcnt < cfg.nmux_memory * 1e6:
        nmux_bufcnt += 1

    if nmux_bufcnt == 0 or nmux_bufsize == 0:
        print "[openwebrx-main] Error: nmux_bufsize or nmux_bufcnt is zero. These depend on nmux_memory and samp_rate options in config_webrx.py"
        return

    print "[openwebrx-main] nmux_bufsize = %d, nmux_bufcnt = %d" % (nmux_bufsize, nmux_bufcnt)

    cfg.start_rtl_command += "| nmux --bufsize %d --bufcnt %d --port %d --address 127.0.0.1" % (nmux_bufsize, nmux_bufcnt, cfg.iq_server_port)

    rtl_thread=threading.Thread(
        target=lambda: subprocess.Popen(cfg.start_rtl_command, shell=True),
        args=()
    )
    rtl_thread.start()

    print "[openwebrx-main] Started rtl_thread: " + cfg.start_rtl_command

A: Не совсем понимаю зачем строить конструкцию Thread + lambda + Popen.
Просто можно запустить:
process1 = subprocess.Popen(cfg.start_rtl_command, shell=True)

Popen создает отдельный процесс с бегущей программой.
Потом убить процесс по необходимости:
process1.kill()

И перезапустить при первой командой.

A: CTRL+C это сигнал SIGTERM, который посылает terminate()
process = subprocess.Popen(
    cfg.start_rtl_command,
    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
    shell=False
)
process.terminate()

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UT Austin Removes Confederate Statue
By Luqman Adeniyi
The Jefferson Davis statue will no longer cast a shadow on the University Texas main mall after its removal Sunday morning.
About 100 students, university staff members and other Austinites gathered to see the relocation of the controversial statue of the Confederate president. Workers wrapped the statue in plastic and cut its bolts loose from its column before lifting it onto a trailer on the back of a truck.
UT President Greg Fenves announced during the summer the statue will move to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. The decision came after he received recommendations from a task force he assembled on the future of statues of Confederate veterans. The fatal shooting of nine people inside a black church in South Carolina in June sparked nationwide debate about Confederate symbols across the South.
Fenves said a statue of President Woodrow Wilson will also be moved for symmetry on the South Mall.
The removal of the Jefferson Davis statue was briefly postponed after the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a confederate heritage group, asked a judge to block the move. Last week a state district judge gave UT the right to continue.
Kirk D. Lyons, a lawyer for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, said he will work to have the statue put back.
"This is the beginning of legal procedure; this is the beginning of the fight," Lyons said.
Lyons said the removal of the statue has, "awakened the sleeping giant." He said the Sons of Confederate Veterans intends to tap its supporters on social media, where it has launched a GoFundMe campaign that has raised $8,805 in the past 16 days.
UT Student Body President Xavier Rotnofsky — who proposed the removal of the statue as part of his satirical campaign — said the fight is over and he is happy to see the statue being moved.
"It's very satisfying," Rotnofsky said. "What started off as a very far-fetched idea during the campaign — we came through with and the school year has barely started."
He said the national conversation after the South Carolina shooting and the passion of students on UT's campus made the removal possible.
UT public health junior Amber Magee, who was on hand to see the statue come down, said Fenves' decision to move it makes it feel like she matters on campus.
"I think that this more than anything, it is a fantastic first step for showing support for students of color, for really anything that students identify as an impairment to their personal experience, education or their personal growth," Magee said.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.
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Address: 15206 Beach Way Drive Location: Corpus Christi Type: Townhouse View: Beach View Area: 1305 Sq.Ft.
Padre Beach View 206 is a beach-side townhouse built in 2015 that will have you feeling like you've escaped to a far off Tropical Paradise! Let the ocean waves crashing ashore outside your patio door lull you to sleep at night, then awaken to a beautiful view of the sun rising over the Gulf of Mexico while sipping your morning coffee on your private balcony or patio. This unit features Tiki decor throughout including bamboo, palms, surf theme and of course, your very own Tiki Hut Barefoot Bar equipped with a Margaritaville Margarita Machine! The entire 1st floor is a great room that features a fully stocked kitchen, living and dining areas. This is the perfect common area to spend time with family and friends. Also, downstairs is a half bathroom and laundry room. This unit offers a queen size fold out bed in the living room credenza cabinet. Moving upstairs you'll find a loft equipped with a full size click-clack sofa and 3 bedrooms. The master bedroom now comes with a king size bed with private bathroom and access to a private balcony looking out over the Gulf of Mexico. The two additional bedrooms share a hallway bathroom. In one bedroom you'll find a king size bed and the other room has a full/twin bunk bed with a twin size trundle bed. This property also offers a private patio with private entry/exit towards the beach and a picnic table and additional patio furniture. The outdoor space at Padre Beach View showcases Coastal style architecture similar to East coast vacation homes. Included is a private, in-ground saltwater pool that's heated for year-round enjoyment with a splash zone for the kids. There's ample seating available around the pool including poolside cabanas, picnic tables and lounge chairs. BBQ grills are also available in the pool area. The entire complex features lush tropical landscaping and cool coastal color schemes. And it's all just steps from the beach! To take a must see Virtual Tour of this Townhouse across the street from the beach CLICK HERE Linens for every bed and towels for every guest are provided. This unit requires a 2 night minimum stay.
Overall we had a nice week. The condo was well equipped and attractively decorated. When we arrived there was a very strong insecticide odor. The odor was so offensive we weren't sure we could stay. We opened the windows and doors to clear the air, but unfortunately let in lots of mosquitoes. That helped enough to where we could stay but the odor didn't go away for 3 or 4 days. On day 4 we noticed ants in the kitchen coming from the locked closet, leading us to believe that the insecticide was an attempt to solve the ant problem. Other than the insects we enjoyed our stay.
When we walked in, I was surprised at how accurate the pictures were to the place. We absolutely loved the entire home. It was just what we were looking for. We tried to book it for fathers day but it is already booked. It rained the first night we were there and the kids enjoyed playing with the game consoles they had upstairs and downstairs. TV and blue ray in every room. Outside of the master bedroom we had a balcony with Beach view.. it was amazing!
Very Nice Condo, great location fun décor. We had 6 people so lots of room, I would say more than 8 people would be crowded but very nice place to stay, will rent again!
It was very nice and very clean. My family had a blast swimming at the pool. Although the power went out for a couple hours due to ownership change, the customer service was superb making sure everything was ok. I would rent this condo again.
Our condo was spacious, , clean, great location to pool and the beach !!! Loved the Tiki Bar motif. Well appointed kitchen with all necessities.
Everything was perfect! Great place that will hold many special memories.
We had the best stay here! The place is even better than the photos, in an awesome location, and the management company was super friendly and reliable. We are planning on making this an annual trip and will definitely be back! I could not recommend this place more, such a perfect home away from home.
Very enjoyable, Great place to stay. Had a great time.
Padre Beach View 206K...AKA "Tiki House" by my girlfriends, was one of the best vacation rental properties I have ever rented. The house was fun, inviting & very well kept! Everything was easily accessible from the condo...we walked to the beach & to the local restaurant and everything else- shopping was a quick drive. It was a very pleasurable stay. We will definitely stay in this one again!
A quick weekend trip to visit my son at college for his birthday. We had 3 generations at the condo and it was perfect! The condo was clean, everything was provided in the condo and the decorations were incredible. Location was perfect for going to beach during the day and at night for bonfires on the beach. The back patio is smaller than it seems in pictures but it wasn't even an issue. Loved the small touches in the decorating that you would notice little things even on the last day. Highly recommend this condo for its location and overall amenities. The Boathouse restaurant/bar is within walking distance, we also visited Mikel May's pier and Angry Marlin restaurants just down the street. Can't wait to go back again on our next visit.
We spent the month of March in Padre Beach View 206K. The property description was accurate. The main level was everything we had expected. The kitchen was great, well stocked with everything we needed. It worked perfect for a large group. Living room worked well also. The tv sound was not that great, but all the tv's in the place was great when we had guests. The carpeting on the steps leading to the bedrooms really needs to be cleaned or replaced. The bedrooms were fine. The master bedroom bed could be updated. Sheets did not fit the bed. It was crowded when we had 8 people, but that was only for a short time. Loved the deck and the deck chairs were wonderful. Lovely morning coffee and views of the Gulf. Laundry facilities worked well. The pool was great for grandchildren, however, it was pretty chilly for being a heated pool. The unit was very clean and well maintained even with the few concerns mentioned above. We had very good customer service from management. We very much enjoyed the beach, walking and looking for shells. We had two fires down on the beach and that was fun. Did enjoy riding horses on the beach, Bob's Pier, great seafood restaurants, National Seashore, The Lexington, The Texas Aquarium, a short trip to San Antonio and Kingsville. We would highly recommend this property to friends or relatives.
We stayed at Padre Beach View 206K. OMG!!! What a beautiful place. My son visiting from Colorado is a surfer and broke his leg before coming down. This place was spectacular. The décor was great. Very clean, spacious, comfortable. Close to the beach. My children and grandchildren had a fantastic time at the pool!!! Very family oriented. The Staff at Padre Escapes are wonderful a Special Thank You to Jeremy for finding the best place for my family and making this vacation possible for us!!! I highly recommend Padre Escapes for your rentals. We will be using them again for future gatherings!!
We all loved this place. It was a big enough place for us to all spread out and have room.
The only complaint we have is the two extra sleeping areas (futon upstairs and credenza in living room) were very uncomfortable. I would not count those as a place to have someone sleep. Even my 5 year old woke up from the cadenza and complained of it being uncomfortable and she is a child and they can sleep anywhere.
Other than that, it was a great place to stay and we will be back again next year.
In love with the house! Very comfortable, clean & nice, we really enjoy that trip .
First time using VRBO and was very pleased. This was a family vacation, 6 adults and 2 children. The space was just right for the number of people we had. Found it to be clean and very comfortable. The pool was great. We rented a golf cart which made the stay so fun. Overall pleased with our choice for this vacation!
Had a good stay with family over the 4th of July 2015. Pick of information for rental was easy. Location and condition of rental was good.
Glad to hear you enjoyed your stay. Thank you for the feedback, we hope to see you back again soon.
We've vacationed on the Island dozens of times and Padre Beach View is the absolute best property we've ever stayed in. Gorgeous on the inside and a great view. Nice pool, great location and it was stocked with everything we needed. Can't wait to come back!
We loved our stay. The beach theme was perfect. Everyone we talked to in regards to our unit we extremely polite, helpful and prompt in attention. We would definitely stay with you again.
Our family of five stayed here for 5 weeks in the fall as we were in the process of moving and loved every minute of it. The condo has everything you could need for a weekend or a monthlong stay. Plenty of towels, bedding, and kitchen supplies. Wonderfully decorated. My kids enjoyed the pool area and we were able to walk to the beach. The management company was great - booking, check-in, and checkout were very easy. We would absolutely stay here again and would recommend this unit to friends.
Great location ! The townhome was beautiful and spacious. Looking forward to planning our next stay.
Great to hear you enjoyed your time with us. Hope we see you back again soon!
Would have loved to stay there forever. And so did everyone else with us.
We held a family reunion over Thanksgiving, using two different rental units at Padre Beach View. Our unit (206) has a great ocean view, and the Tiki + surfing decor is fun. The unit was well equipped, and the large seating capacity of the dining area and kitchen island was a big help for Thanksgiving dinner.
My minor complaints are (1) the management provided not even a single coffee filter to get us started the first morning; (2) despite our renting for 8 days, management provided only 1 garbage bag and 2 dishwasher packets (come on, don't be so cheap!); (3) it's hard to believe this complex provides no recycling bins---that's just environmentally irresponsible, especially in a city that has curbside recycling pickup!
Great to hear you all enjoyed the property so much. Sorry to hear you were disappointed about the coffee filters, trash bags and dishwasher packets. We do not supply coffee filters but typically other guests leave these behind and we will leave them in the property for the next guest to use. We do advertise that we only stock "a starter supply of bath soap, dish soap, toilet paper, paper towels, detergent, and trash bags" and since we manage your family's unit (the other one you stayed in) it surprises me that this would be such a disappointment to you. I love the recycling bins idea and I have passed your recommendation on to the HOA. Thank you very much for your feedback.
It's always fun to get together, and this property was the icing on the cake!! There was plenty of room for our 3 families... The kids enjoyed the PlayStation and Xbox during downtime and the grown ups appreciated the Margarita machine and well-stocked kitchen! We loved the easy access to the beach and heated saltwater pool!
We can't wait to plan our next stay!
Thank you for sharing this great property!
The rental was clean, well kept, and a nice retreat. The description of the property was spot on. The layout works well for large families or families with kids. Access to the beach is right across the street and a short walk. Also, the complex provides a nice pool, easy parking, etc. I would definitely use the property again.
I rented this condo for a gathering with my children! We had a great time, the proximity to the beach was perfect. A walk down a sidewalk took us to the sea wall and a few steps down and we were right on the beach. The condo was furnished very well and a plus was the Margarita Machine that turned out perfect frozen margaritas. We loved the salt water pool. Great balcony off the guest bedroom for a perfect spot for viewing sunrises and first cup of coffee to start the day! We will definable be back soon!!
We were pleased to find this jewel at the last minute. The check in process was great. Having to drive over 400 miles to get there we were close to the latest check in time. After calling the office staff were very nice and stated they would wait on us and they did. Management was excellent - checked in us to insure all was well. The facility was beautiful and very comfortable for my husband and our three grandchildren.
We had a great stay at unit 206! Next time we will get a 4 bedroom, but overall we had enough room. We really enjoyed the margarita machine, the place was very clean and it was a short walk to the beach. We had a slight problem with the door code (after hours) and the management co fixed it immediately.
We loved everything about our rental. It was clean, well stocked and located in an area where we experienced both tranquillity, and places to kick up our heels. The management at Padre Escapes made us feel important and respected. This was our first month long stay anywhere, and will be tough to beat. We loved it.
Our second trip/stay in the townhomes and we chose a different unit. Plenty of room for us to enjoy being together or some time apart. Loved the table, great for meals together and just conversing. Beach just a tad away so we made many trips back and forth. Downside, the unit could have used some extra cleaning. All of us kept stepping on stickers embedded in the rugs throughout, dusting, sweeping and some of the dishes were dirty. The master bedroom bed left a lot to be desired. Overall, we had a blast and will definitely come down again!!!
Thank you for your feedback. Being as close to the beach as these properties are sand and stickers are always a battle. We'll have those dishes double checked but it is hard to inspect all the dishes when the previous renter put them away dirty and it is tough to provide the comfort of rugs without a periodic annoying sticker burr showing up ? vacuums do not always extract the burrs. Thank you again for your feedback, hope we see you back again soon.
On such short notice we were amazed by how great this location was!
Great location and short walking distance to the beach. The condo is very spacious and accommodating for large families or groups. Assigned parking is a very short walk from the front door and street parking is even closer to the back patio area which was really convenient for loading and unloading luggage, ice chests, chairs, etc.
Great to hear you enjoyed your stay! Hope we see you back again soon.
Thank you for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed the property, This is the first we've heard of a "damp and musty" smell, we will certainly look into it and address it if needed. Hope we see you back again soon.
The townhouse was just as the pictures showed. The kitchen had everything we needed to prepare meals. Having a high chair was useful.
Great to hear you enjoyed it so much. Thank you for your feedback, hope we see you back again soon.
We had a great time. The décor of the tiki hut-surf shack is a lot of fun. The location is great close to the water park,the beach,HEB,walmart,etc. My wife said when we go back she wants to stay at the same address.


As dirty as the real Rossi. Very realistic gameplay.
What a dirt race, if you do this in real life you have a DSQ. Kick other drivers or touching they in the overtakes are so dirt and non beautiful.
It´s Rossi gameplay dude. Kicks are allowed.
Full Real life Valentino, kicking other drivers out of the race!
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is there any demo of this game or any other motogp game wich has the demo? because i really want to try a motogp game wich has demo for ps4…can you help me guys?
I have been to multiple races, one thing developers need to add is sound, the sound is not realistic, have they been to race track? I mean the surround sound of whole race track and vibration of 1200 CC engine?


John Scheeler is a fifth year in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, majoring in Architecture with a focus in Computer Science and Information Science. During his 5 years on campus John has been involved with multiple campus research labs, including the Cornell Program of Computer Graphics. When he isn't in a lab, John can be found playing for the Cornell Men's Club Hockey Team, TA'ing classes, or advising multiple Cornell startups.


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Reduction from €267,500 to €163,499 Priced to sell !!!
Excellent location, the river Loir is at the bottom of the garden. Great for fishermen or water lovers. This block of 5 units has already had the first larger house completed which is a great main house with 4 gites attached to be finished, the second gite is nearly completed and just needs the finishing touches added and the other 3 have been divided ready for complete renovation.
There is off road parking on the drive to the side of the main house.
The main house has a quality fitted kitchen diner 23m2, utility room 7m2 and bathroom 4m2, lounge with wood burning stove 23m2 and a back room snug/reading room 11m2 with stairs to the first floor.
On the first floor off the 11m2 landing there is main bedroom suite 23m2, with walk in dressing room 6m2 and beautiful ensuite bathroom 6m2. Family bathroom 6m2 and bedroom 2 24m2. Stairs from the landing go to the 2nd floor with 2 further bedrooms 20m2 and 18m2.
Property 2 has kitchen units installed 11m2 and lounge diner 24m2, stairs to the first floor hall with a bathroom 5m2 and 2 bedrooms 15m2 and 7m2 .
Units 3, 4 and 5 are in need of full renovation.
The nearest main town is Le Lude which has all amenities and stunning Chateau just 10 minutes drive.


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The Arabs of Palestine
MARTHA GELLHORN, novelist, journalist, and former war correspondent, has recently returned from a journey to the Middle East, where she went to see the "Palestinian Refugee Problem" in terms of real life, real people. Here she reports how the Arab refugees and the Arab Israelis live, and what they say about themselves, their past and their future.
Sinclair Lewis and the Nobel Prize
Novelist, critic, and teacher, one of the moving spirits at the University of California, Mark Schorer has been at work for more than a decade on his big biography of Sinclair Lewis, the October choice of the Book-of-the-Month Club, from which this chapter is taken.
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Why Manhattan's Skyscrapers Are Empty
Derek Thompson
Approximately half of the luxury-condo units that have come onto the market in the past five years are still unsold.
In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant.
Such is the tale of two cities within America's largest metro. Even as 80,000 people sleep in New York City's shelters or on its streets, Manhattan residents have watched skinny condominium skyscrapers rise across the island. These colossal stalagmites initially transformed not only the city's skyline but also the real-estate market for new homes. From 2011 to 2019, the average price of a newly listed condo in New York soared from $1.15 million to $3.77 million.
But the bust is upon us. Today, nearly half of the Manhattan luxury-condo units that have come onto the market in the past five years are still unsold, according to The New York Times.
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The Disintegration of the American Presidency
Susan Hennessey
Benjamin Wittes
The president's job is to oversee the whole of the executive branch, but under Trump the inverse is happening.
On January 13, 2020, a political scientist named Daniel Drezner tweeted a screenshot of a Washington Post article, along with a cheeky comment: "I'll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like a toddler." The screenshot showed a quotation about handling the president from a former senior administration official: "He'd get spun up, and if you bought some time, you could get him calmed down, and then explain to him what his decision might do."
Drezner's tweet was part of a lengthy thread. A very lengthy thread. The tweet, in fact, was the 1,163rd entry in a thread that began back in April 2017, with the same comment appended to a screenshot from The Washington Post: "Trump turns on the television almost as soon as he wakes, then checks in periodically throughout the day in the small dining room off the Oval Office, and continues late into the evening when he's back in his private residence. 'Once he goes upstairs, there's no managing him,' said one adviser." Drezner had highlighted the quotation from the adviser.
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'
"We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom."
In April 1963, King was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, after he defied a state court's injunction and led a march of black protesters without a permit, urging an Easter boycott of white-owned stores. A statement published in The Birmingham News, written by eight moderate white clergymen, criticized the march and other demonstrations.
This prompted King to write a lengthy response, begun in the margins of the newspaper. He smuggled it out with the help of his lawyer, and the nearly 7,000 words were transcribed. The eloquent call for "constructive, nonviolent tension" to force an end to unjust laws became a landmark document of the civil-rights movement. The letter was printed in part or in full by several publications, including the New York Post, Liberation magazine, The New Leader, and The Christian Century. The Atlantic published it in the August 1963 issue.
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College-Educated Voters Are Ruining American Politics
Eitan Hersh
Political hobbyism is to public affairs what watching SportsCenter is to playing football.
Many college-educated people think they are deeply engaged in politics. They follow the news—reading articles like this one—and debate the latest developments on social media. They might sign an online petition or throw a $5 online donation at a presidential candidate. Mostly, they consume political information as a way of satisfying their own emotional and intellectual needs. These people are political hobbyists. What they are doing is no closer to engaging in politics than watching SportsCenter is to playing football.
For Querys Matias, politics isn't just a hobby. Matias is a 63-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic. She lives in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a small city on the New Hampshire border. In her day job, Matias is a bus monitor for a special-needs school. In her evenings, she amasses power.
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Britain Could Be Canada
Tom McTague
Ottawa's ability to balance its interests and partners offers lessons for London.
In the scramble to find a model for its post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, Britain has considered a series of options: the Norway model, the closest of all trading relationships available absent actual membership of the bloc; the Swiss model, more complicated but with more sovereignty; and the Canada model, the loosest of all.
But perhaps this has been the entirely wrong way of looking at the challenge. For too long, Brexit has been viewed as an end in itself, not a beginning. At the root of much of the back-and-forth between Brexiteers and Remainers has been the fallacy that whichever model is chosen, that will be the end of the matter—that the politics of Britain's relationship with its continental neighbors will come to an end, the new state of affairs locked in from then on.
The President Sang Amazing Grace
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Joan Baez performs the mournful song in a new animated video that remembers Obama's visit to Charleston.


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The Otter Creek Watershed Insect Control District (OCW), formerly known informally as the BLSG, serves the member towns of Brandon, Goshen, Leicester, Pittsford, and Salisbury. The district was organized in 1978 under Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated § 4861 – 4866 in response to a strongly supported local demand that something be done about the nuisance mosquito problem in the area. Spread throughout those towns are nearly 16,000 acres of Class 2 wetlands and extensive forested areas, all of which are mosquito breeding habitat. Also in the district are active summer resort areas around Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake which are very important to the local economy. Located on Lake Dunmore are Branbury State Park, a Vermont Fish and Wildlife boat launch, Kampersville and Waterhouse campgrounds, and environmental boys' and girls' camps operated by the Keewaydin Foundation. This is in addition to the numerous year-round and summer homes that surround both lakes. Obviously, mosquito populations can have a profound effect on enjoyment of the lakes… and outdoor summer activities elsewhere in the district.
Our mission as a union municipal district is to control nuisance mosquito and biting fly populations in member towns. Ongoing, effective insect control is critical to maintaining the quality of life that people in this area expect. To accomplish our mission, the OCW uses a variety of methods (referred to as Integrated Pest Management) in a manner consistent with the highest level of safety and minimal adverse impacts on humans, wildlife, and the environment, including non-target organisms. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (ANR DEC) issues a Pesticide General Permit (under the aegis of the U.S. Clean Water Act) that allows the OCW to use pesticides in and around the State's waters. That permit, renewed every five years, is supplemented by detailed comprehensive Regulations for the Control of Pesticides that are promulgated by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM).
The OCW is funded by the taxpayers of the five member towns, a larvicide program grant from the VAAFM, a donation from the Lake Dunmore Fern Lake Association, and a contract for services that the OCW provides to the Town of Proctor.
The OCW is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of two representatives and an alternate representative appointed by each member town's Select Board. If you are interested in serving on the OCW Board please contact the Chair of your town's Select Board.
The OCW is thankful for the ongoing steady support provided by the Select Boards and citizens of member towns. Communication and cooperation with property owners, other residents, ANR DEC, and VAAFM are critical components in the OCW's effort to reduce and control biting insect populations in a safe, effective, and environmentally sensitive manner.


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All-Milk Price Up a $1 From October
| By: Jim Dickrell
The United States Department of Agriculture released its November Agricultural Prices report this week, reporting that the U.S. All-Milk Price came in at $17.60, a full dollar per hundredweight higher than October. But the November price was still 60¢/cwt lower than a year ago.
A number of Midwest states, likely driven by higher cheese and butter prices, were up more than the national average. Wisconsin's all-milk price for November was $18.70/cwt, up $1.70 from October. Minnesota's all-milk price was also up $1.70, to $18.90. South Dakota was up $1.60, to $19.80/cwt, and Iowa was up $1.50, to $18.80.
California's November all-milk price came in at $16.86, still lagging the national average price by 74¢/cwt. But California's all-milk price was still better than New Mexico's, at $15.60, Arizona's, at $15.80, and Michigan, at $16.00. The highest all-milk price reported for November came in Florida, at $19.90. But that's just a dime higher than prices in South Dakota and Oregon. You can read the complete Ag Prices report here.
USDA had not posted the milk-feed margin for November yet this morning. But our estimate is $9.98/cwt, based on the all-milk price of $17.60, corn at $3.23/bu, alfalfa at $130/ton and soybean meal at $322.41. A $9.98 margin would be the highest margin in a year, when the November 2015 milk-feed margin came in at $10.01.
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Bashir is being held under tight security in solitary confinement, a source at the prison said. Since his removal by the military last Thursday, Bashir had been detained under heavy guard in the presidential residence inside the compound that also houses the Defence Ministry, the family sources said.
The military ousted Bashir after weeks of protests against him that culminated in a sit-in outside the Defence Ministry compound that began on April 6. Protests are still going on despite his removal. Awad Ibn Auf, who announced Bashir's removal and said he was being detained in a "safe place", stepped down as head of the ruling Transitional Military Council after only a day in the post.


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Tatyana Troina (30 de junho de 1981) é uma basquetebolista profissional bielorrussa.

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Tatyana Troina integrou a Seleção Bielorrussa de Basquetebol Feminino, na Rio 2016, que terminou na nona colocação.

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