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That's Rock 'N' Roll
Raspberries / Eric Carmen
My Own Review of "The Essential"
By blackhawkpat,
April 9, 2014 in That's Rock 'N' Roll
blackhawkpat
• Chicago, IL
James on here and several other people on various sites had asked for a review of the CD from the fans, so here is mine. I will not touch on all the songs, as I could go on for days about this record, but just wanted to interject a few thoughts, albeit, in depth, and yes, I know, I sometimes I write in fragments! Haha
It opens with "Get The Message†and this is a terrific remix, so much improved over the various bootleg copies of this song floating around the internet. I feel that the remix makes it sound like a new record out today, performed by a young band. Really great job by Mark Wilder on this one.
We then move to the five Raspberries songs, which in all honesty, I don't hear much difference in, but we knew that before we opened the CD. There is something that really stands out to me in "Let's Pretendâ€, however. In different packages over the years, there is a part during the fade out, where Eric hits this great note, just as the record cuts off. Almost every version has this so low in volume, that you need to really listen hard for it. On this new mix, it is very clear and equally as loud as any part in the fade out, so clearly someone took notice of this great part. Really made me happy!
As we advance into Eric's solo career, I'm kind of glad that they jumbled the songs out of the order they appear on his first solo album, even though those first four are synched together in my brain from so many plays over the years. My favorite Eric tune, "Sunrise†gets the leadoff, just as it does on the album, but here, there is such greater clarity for all the instruments and the lead vocal sounds a skoch louder to me. I have always gotten a laugh out of Eric saying on here that Arista and Geffen often asked for "Son Of Go All The Way†or "Son Of All By Myselfâ€, because even as a teenager I used to think of "Sunrise†as "Son Of Love Lies Bleeding†in style and structure, but actually the counterpoint of it lyrically, with such uplifting words. People talk of great songs that impact them, but this one, is simply the piece de resistance to me. It's perfect…..
Let's discuss "All By Myselfâ€â€¦.with all due respect to Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Il Divo and anyone else who has ever covered this song, NO ONE sings it with the heart, or hits the notes with feeling, the way Eric Carmen does. I've always felt that the writer of any song usually does the best version because they know the pain, they know the hurt, they lived it, but this is far beyond that. This song always hit home to me because as a kid, people always knew me as a "Raspberries guy†while they were flaunting Led Zeppelin and Yes and groups of that ilk. I remember being at a party and sneaking this album on the week it was out and when this song topped the charts shortly after, and it was like my own validation of "alright, bitches, I was right about this guy all along, wasn't I?†The piano is so clean on this new remix that it makes me feel Mark has some classical background and knows how to hit that special mix of pop and classical, which very few ever accomplish. I get goosebumps thinking that one day we might get a chance to hear this song live with an orchestra playing those strings in the second movement parts. THAT would be amazing!
"Last Night†sounds drastically different right from the start, as there seems to be a deadening of both the drums and bass parts, which really makes the piano more dominant and brighter, launching this song into a wall of sound with incredible vocals. I still will never forgive Eric's management team for not getting him on "the Carson show†to do this for the world to hear!
We then get a couple of live versions of "Starting Over†and "That's Rock and Rollâ€. The piano sound is brilliant on the live "Starting Over†and ohhh, that modulation at the end! "That's Rock and Rollâ€, which should have been his second single, reminds us what a great live rock and roll singer Eric is for those of us, like me, who have been fortunate to see solo shows of his over the years. So, ironic that on the very album he would pen the brilliant lyric of "caught in image prisonâ€, regarding his former band, but then his current record company tried to push him with a balladeer image, like Barry Manilow, rather than a performer like Billy Joel, who was allowed to do ballads and rock. Now, I love all three of these piano virtuosos, but I also know Eric can rock out with the best of them and the world should know that, too. One of the many solo shows of his I have seen, he did "TRNR†with a fast bluesy twinge. This was after Shaun Cassidy had the hit and on the "Boats†tour with Hall and Oates and they said on stage they were doing a "different version†of it. I wonder if Eric even remembers that? "TRNR†and "It Hurts Too Much†are just fantastic rock vocals and need to be heard on these new remixes. Clive Davis insinuates he doesn't make mistakes, but, really (?), those weren't pushed as singles? Clive……
"Run Away†is the most improved song of the entire CD. Pure brilliance in sound, performance, and quality. While I have always loved this song, the remix takes it to new heights. This song should have been the basis for a movie and the interludes of it could easily be subbed in during breaks I would love to ask Eric some day if he ever considered writing music for movies or stage? I like that this plays first on the CD of all the "Boats†songs, as I have read Eric wanted it first on the original record. Wonder is this is a little dig at Clive? The intro is so clean in the new recording, just like "All By Myself".
I was amazed to learn in the packaging, which is also very slick and insanely cool in design for all of us long time fans, that "The Way We Used To Be†was sung in one take, but if I have learned anything from him as a singer, when it feels right, it's right, whether on the first take or take number one hundred, as long as you can hear the raw emotion in your voice. This song is often a hot topic on this website from people loving it to loathing it and I don't know why? One of my favorite Beatles songs is "For No One†and even though this record gives a positive "it's not too late for you and me†at the end, which "For No One†does not, they both deliver a message of "what happened to us?†I just want to ask people who do not care for this song, haven't you ever been in love with someone and one day it's just gone? You wonder how you can remember a time when you would do anything to spend five minutes with that person and now, later, you want to push them into traffic. How did that happen? This song is for anyone who still yearns for someone and if a ballad can be an anthem, this is it.. Just a fabulous recording.
I would be remiss if I did not mention "Brand New Yearâ€. His many fans have waited patiently for new music since "Winter Dreamsâ€. It's a perfect ending for this CD, as a retrospective of his career, but what we all help will be a jump start to further new recordings, with a positive message of "hey, we've all been through some stuff over the years together, haven't we? But it's a brand new year, so we showed them, eh? We made it†that type of thing. I love the weary sound of his voice at the start, letting us know of all he has been through and yet, he turns that sweet voice on in the chorus again that we have expected so many times over the years. Thanks for getting back in the studio, Eric, for all of us that have hoped for this moment. You were inspired by a special person and it's a record that inspires us all. Makes me happy for you, Eric, and hope you know, if you are reading, what it does for us.
There are several other great musical moments in the package, but I just wanted to touch on a few. Warm and crystal clear sounds for the piano, but yet crunch and edge to the guitars where it needs it the most. Simply, a terrific job by Eric and Mark Wilder, and kudos to those at Sony for giving us what we have long waited for. We could debate here that we wish there might have been some songs added that were not, but that is why we hope for a box set some day.
On a scale of 1-5, I give it a TEN! (But, you knew that!) I know it has been somewhat difficult to find so far, but what CD isn't these days? It's just a sign of the times. I know in my own recordings, I sell ten times the downloads that I do of the physicals CD's, so I think it's just a process we all need to learn to accept in this day and age. Doesn't make me happy, but it's just the way it is now.
If you haven't bought this yet and you are on here reading, my only question is, WHAT are you waiting for?
• Hanover, Pa.
What a beautiful, heartfelt review. Quite poetic....
MANY THX <3
redd :)
Eric Carmen
Thanks for the terrific review, Pat!
I'd like to weigh in on a couple of points.
First, the "Raspberries" tracks.
Mark Wilder got to PERSONALLY transfer all the Sony owned tracks from analogue to digital. What I didn't know until last week is that, because Capitol owns the Raspberries stuff, we had to use what they gave us, which was some sort of analogue to digital transfer, done by God knows who, probably years ago. Because of the highly compressed nature of most of the tracks to begin with, AND not having the ability to have Mark do the transfers, I think there is the least difference in the "Raspberries tracks. Having said that, I know that Tim REALLY wanted to hear Wally's Rickenbacker 12 string on "IWBWY", and I hear a higher high end and a lower low end on these tracks than has ever been there before. Turn "Tonight" up really loud and Jim's drums sound like cannons!!!
"Run Away" was sung in one take. "The Way We Used To Be" was my one-take piano/ voice demo. All we did was overdub the strings, because I honestly didn't think I could sing it any better than that if I had done 50 takes. There's something about singing a song when it's just finished and brand new, and you don't really KNOW how to sing it, yet. More often than not, those are my best vocal performances. Actually all three of the ballads on the Geffen album were my one take piano/ voice demos.
And now for the "fun" part! I was speaking with Tim, yesterday, and he told me that there is an even HIGHER QUALITY format for digital remastering, quite a bit higher, actually. And he tossed out the idea that, perhaps, we should start with my first solo album, and remaster the whole album using that HD format. Then we could do each of my solo albums that way. Sounds like fun to me!
Raspbernie
I was speaking with Tim, yesterday, and he told me that there is an even HIGHER QUALITY format for digital remastering, quite a bit higher, actually. And he tossed out the idea that, perhaps, we should start with my first solo, and remaster the whole album using that HD format. Then we could do each of my solo albums that way. Sounds like fun to me!
YES to all of that!!!
Mary Ellen
• New Orleans
From one inspired person to another - BRAVO!! You have such a stellar writing technique with clear attention to detail. What a great read!!
(Just FYI the 1976 tickets aren't mine. )
Eric and Bernie,
Definitely lots more fun in 2014 so far than 1974!!
More of Eric's music being remastered...here we go again...so exciting!!!
Most interesting and best review yet, Pat!..you can write with (better) than the best of them.
...and thanks again to Eric for more terrific insight.
This is a special time for this website.
MikeD
• NE Ohio
This is the greatest website because you get insights/ responses from the actual artist! Just wondering, was the first Raspberries LP recorded on 16 track? Was Starting Over 24 track? Would love to have your entire catalogue remastered! Spoke recently to Harry Maslin (via Facebook) who said how much he enjoyed working with you.
Harry is great guy and a terrific producer AND a wonderful human being. We were both going through a lot of craziness in our personal lives when the "Tonight You're Mine" album was recorded, but , somehow, we got through it, and "It Hurts Too Much" and "Tonight You're Mine" sound better than ever on "The Essential....". I've communicated with Harry, recently, via Facebook, and it's really great to know that the stuff we did together has turned out so well. He's a class act.
By the way, Raspberries first three albums, I believe were 16 track, recorded at 15 IPS. HORRIFIC!!!!!! State of the art in 1972 was 24 tracks at 30 IPS. I think the only Raspberries album recorded with a 24 track recorder was "Starting Over," and, if I'm not mistaken, even that was recorded at 15 IPS. Just awful!!!!!
I'll explain what this means, tomorrow. Too tired now. Must sleep.
G'night.
Thamks for the technical info. Always interested in the recording process. Interesting that they used a 16-track at 15 Inches Per Second when they could have given you 24 @30. Slighted again! There was a noticable progression among the four albums, each one sounded better and better. Wasn't the great Shelly Yakus involved as engineer? To these ears, Side 3 and Starting Over sound phenomenal, especially the drums. Amazing that Band on the Run was done on 8 tracks!
In the "old days" of recording on tape, you ran the tape speed at 15 IPS ( inches per second ) or 30 IPS. At 30 IPS you got twice as much signal to noise, hence better sound quality. A lot of what we used to do when I worked with Val Garay and Greg Ladanyi at Sound Factory was about trying to eliminate "noise." We would wait until the last possible nanosecond to cue in the vocal mic, because if you had it in, say, during the intro of "Boats", you would hear an unnecessary "hiss" ( noise ) before the vocal started.
We did the same thing with every instrument, because each track with an open mic would contribute more noise. Running the tape at 15 IPS, you would get twice as much noise to signal. The only upshot of 15 IPS was that you could get more "takes" on a reel of tape. At 30 IPS, you might get four takes, at 15, you might get eight.
And, yes, Shelly Yakus was the lead engineer on all four Raspberries albums.
I am the undisputed "Tangent King"....
It goes without saying how much I love this gift.."The Essential"...
BUT it's tangent time....
Technology...AND TIME move so fast that certain references in lyrics....("If I should call you up invest a DIME"....OR "Western Union".dit-da- dit) etc. make me wonder where did the time go when these references to prices..activities and technology were my world when I was in college.
Man..."Last Night" is an amazing sounding song and an amazing song...
It made me wistful 'cause it doesn't seem so long ago that on a night following a breakup..I too woulda been smoking....playing records...and watching Carson...:)
Truly Ira!!
Great news on the higher quality talk for the solo records. I am really looking forward to hearing that. James is correct in that this is a special time for the website.
Thanks for the technical aspect regarding IPS and how it affects tape. I think you mentioned that "Brand New Year" was recorded digitally. Just curious of your opinion between recording to tape vs. the digital realm. "Convenience" comes to mind for digital, specifically the ease of editing/ splicing. Always noticed the bad edit on B. Joel's "My Life" single! To me, (older dude!), you just can't beat the sound of 2 inch tape, recorded, engineered, and mixed well. Just wonder how long hard drives will hold up 25 years from now as a source of a master.
paperdoll82
• East Tennessee
I love "Last Night, because of those '70s references. They kind of make me feel like I'm in on a private joke. And the "Tonight" drums — I was driving when I first heard them on "Essential," and I seriously looked around to see if there had been a crash or something outside!
Cheryl...I don't really long for the old days...
Guess I'm lucky...because for me...
"These Are The Good Old Days"- C.Simon
But I love the 70's references too..
MANY rewards for us all..in the digital age...
(THIS site for one..)
BUT 45's...eatin' things that weren't good for you...and not knowin' it..
...our naivete in nearly EVERY aspect of life that we thought we had mastered....
And prayin' for songs by Eric and your other favorites to climb the charts on your local Top 40 Station...not bad memories..
Tape may be a little warmer sounding, but digital is so CLEAN!!!!!! I never noticed any lack of warmth recording "Brand New Year." The bass sounds rich. The highs sound higher. I don't know if I'd want to go back to tape again.
I don't long for the past either Ira. All those times did help make us what we are today, and I'm reasonably certain some of those times were pretty great.
BNY does sound great. Love the production. As for tape vs. digital, the people involved really make the difference, too. We've all heard terrible recordings done at reputable studios. It's getting difficult to get parts for my old Tascam reel deck & tape costs a fortune. My digital setup is much easier to use. Also bought a Tascam DP-08, about the size of an Ipad. Built in condenser mics, effects, EQ, runs on batteries, etc...incredible the technology these days. Great for demos. Getting back to Harry Maslin, his drum sounds on Carmine's kit (on TYM) were so great. So powerful. Also loved the piano on "You Need Some Lovin' ".
Tim From Wisconsin
I'm not a musician, but I'd love to know more about the Bass used for "Brand New Year" - The sound is awesome! It almost sounds like a stand-up Bass like Leland Sklar uses sometimes, or maybe a fretless Bass?
As to tape speed, I remember trying to convince people that the sound from my 8-Track player in my car sounded better than the cassette player they had since the tape traveled faster in 8-Track Tapes? I thought 8-Track Tapes were great besides the fact that songs would get cut in half, you could only fast forward the tape, and the loud "clunk" as the player switched tracks!
Ira, no way would I go back to 1974! I was a geeky, shy kid who totally didn't fit in with my peers. Still geeky, more outspoken than I should be, and with the Internet and communications what they are, it's easier to find a place to fit — or perhaps it doesn't matter as much.
Either way, if there had been mention of my mom's Harvest Gold appliances in "Last Night," it would be EXACTLY as I remember the '70s.
And on another, somewhat related tangent, have you noticed that Fallon comes through the curtains for his monologue on "The Tonight Show"? Just like Carson.
Jimmy Fallon is the first rightful heir to the Johnny Carson show, that I have ever seen.
My prediction is that he will be the guy that everyone who follows him will be compared to. Just a hunch. He's smart, talented, likeable, quick as a whip, and, I can only judge him by my own instincts, the guy that people will look back on,
in twenty -five years, to compare the "new" guy to.
He's the first guy, I think, that could really inhabit Johnny Carson's late-night spot, for years to come. Excellent choice, NBC! I love Colbert, too, but it's apples and oranges.
I agree about Fallon. They made the right choice. How cool was it to hear the snippet of "All by Myself" on last night's show?


I recently passed a significant milestone. In early 2009 I landed a job at Oracle. 10 years later, I'd like to share some personal reflections from a decade at a tech giant and why I'm still here.
For context, I joined Oracle in an era when Great Britain had no tennis Grand Slam contenders. January 2009 was pre-iPad, pre-bitcoin, pre-AWS reserved instance model. In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, the movie Avatar was released and Lady Gaga exploded onto US and UK charts.
18 months after finishing university and working for a small business in the UK, I took my first steps into building 510 on Oracle's Thames Valley Park campus. Ties were a little more optional at this point, but everyone wore a suit. I was excited to start a job at a large organization and pleased to discover that there was complementary fruit juice in every kitchen, on every floor of the building! I had made it to the big leagues! A colleague showed me around and we wandered down to the Security Office for the obligatory photo. My badge was ready for collection at the end of the day. By the way, a quick hint to my corporate colleagues, if your security badge or LinkedIn profile photo is 10 years old (we all know by the way!), it's time for an update.
I have had a number of roles within my career at Oracle and I'm now part of the team delivering the Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem, an accelerator initiative for startups. When I get the chance to speak with founders, I often share my observations of Oracle's evolution and trajectory. It's been an amazing journey and I believe we're just getting started!
There will be a range of opinions and perceptions out there about Oracle. I'll leave licensing practices for another debate! Here's what I've observed historically. Even Oracle's most bitter opponents generally agree that the technology has always been world-leading in terms of capability. Oracle's hallmarks have long been 'enterprise-grade' security, scalability and availability. For a long time, 'complete, open, integrated' captured the engineering vision behind Oracle software. The delivery mechanism has changed (more about cloud later), but the commitment to excellence in technology has not.
Oracle is a highly acquisitive company. This has significantly shaped our business and the technology stack. A year into my career at Oracle, 2010 saw the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. I think this was met with confusion by many in the industry and curiosity by visionaries who began to piece together the potential jigsaw that would emerge years later. From Java and MySQL right down to tape storage, Sun came with a lot of significant building blocks and represented a key shift in Oracle's evolution as a business. Combining software from Oracle and hardware from Sun (or was it HP initially?!), Oracle made huge investments in the Appliance / Converged Infrastructure market with an expansive family of 'Engineered Systems'; optimized solutions, engineered to simplify IT.
Significant application acquisitions were 'before my time' including, JD Edwards, Siebel and Peoplesoft. Undoubtedly 'legacy' but given an enduring roadmap under what Oracle has labeled an "Applications Unlimited" strategy. There are numerous examples of Oracle's respect for heritage, as well as a forceful pursuit of what is next. I argue that our history enables our future. It's difficult to single out the most important acquisitions in recent years; there have been several. Netsuite? Dyn? Eloqua?... Each came with its own story to build into the narrative. When Oracle acquired Vitrue in 2012, Oracle's Social Relationship Management capabilities gained a boost. More importantly, in my opinion, we gained founder Reggie Bradford plus a team that had successfully built multiple startup businesses. Reggie spearheaded Oracle's fledgling efforts to engage with the startup ecosystem around the world. Reggie sadly passed away last year. A bold, envisioned team continues to build on the foundation laid under his leadership.
The highest priority in recent years has been Cloud. I'll be candid, Oracle was late to the Cloud party and we've mostly stopped pretending otherwise, certainly in terms of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure (IaaS). Two important points on this. Firstly, Google was late to the Search Engine party. However, they got it right and no one has asked Jeeves for anything in a long time! Secondly, Oracle's Cloud engineering effort in recent years has been phenomenal. Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure capabilities (and price list) are not only on par with better known public Cloud providers but now in our - albeit biased - opinion, decisively outstrips the competition.
In the last decade at a tech giant, I've witnessed and been part of an extreme transformation. I'm not referring to my dress code alone. In 10 years, Oracle have continued to build upon foundations of world-class engineering and a mission to simplify technology, enabling innovators. Additionally, thanks in no small part to revolutionary shifts in Cloud, Oracle has become relevant and valuable not only to the largest of corporate customers but also to the emerging businesses who will shape the coming years. What will the next decade bring?


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Boxing sparring 'has adverse effect on brain'
Previous studies have focussed on contests, not sparring. Picture: Getty
Routine sparring in boxing can cause short-term impairments in brain-to-muscle communication and decreased memory performance, according to new research.
The findings emerged from a University of Stirling study that assessed boxers before and after a nine-minute sparring session where athletes trade punches without the aim of incapacitating each other.
This study, alongside the team's 2016 research into the impact of heading footballs, is one of the first to show that routine impact in sport – thought to be innocuous – results in measurable changes in the brain.
Experts believe the findings raise further questions around the safety of other sports, where similar routine impacts occur, and say further research is required.
Dr Thomas Di Virgilio led the latest study alongside colleagues in the university's brains multi-disciplinary research team.
He said: "There are still questions surrounding the relationship between repetitive routine head impacts – such as heading in football or sparring in boxing – and brain health. The truth is we do not currently know how much impact is safe.
"For many years, a debate has taken place around the safety of boxing. However, these discussions often focus on heavy blows inflicted during competitive fights. In contrast, we looked at subconcussive impacts – those below the concussion threshold – inflicted during training sessions.
"Our findings are important because they show routine practices may have immediate effects on the brain. Furthermore, athletes may be at greater risk of injury if the communications between the brain and muscles are impaired." The team assessed the motor control and cognitive function of 20 boxers and Muay Thai athletes before and after a nine-minute sparring session, which consists of three rounds of three minutes.
Measurements were taken immediately after the session, and then one hour and 24 hours later. Motor control was measured using transcranial magnetic stimulation, which uses magnetic fields to stimulate the nerve cells in the brains of participants to understand how it communicates with the muscles.
The participants also completed a series of tests providing objective measures of cognitive function. The team found one hour after sparring, the participants showed impaired brain-to-muscle communications and decreased memory performance, relative to controls.
John Bercow's extravagant bill in last months as speaker revealed

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Q: is there a way to handle all antlr exception types in a rule catch[...] block I'm using ANTLR3 with the C runtime.
I'd like to do some custom error handling.  What I'm really after is that if there is an antlr matching exception of any kind in a sub rule I'd like to tell ANTLR to skip trying to handle it and let it percolate up to a more global rule.
At that rule I'll log it and then try to resume.
I've set the rule catch method like so, so that all rules won't try to recover.
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This allows me to insert catch handlers on the rules that i want.
At my rule of interest i can then use the catch syntax like so:
catch [ANTLR3_RECOGNITION_EXCEPTION]
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The problem is that this syntax seems to only allow me to catch one type of exception.  I'd like to be able to catch all exception types.
Is there a way to do this?
I thought I could overload all the recovery functions but then some code generates exceptions like so:
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which means I'll need to catch all possible exceptions.
Any thoughts??

A: I've ended up trying two solutions for this.
Approach 1)
Overloading the rulecatch setting to set the exception type to one specific type
@rulecatch
{
    if (HASEXCEPTION())
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    // This is ugly.  We set the exception type to ANTLR3_RECOGNITION_EXCEPTION so we can always
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This allows me to use one catch block as all exceptions will be of that type.
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I just use multiple catch blocks and they all dispatch to a common function to handle the error
catch [ANTLR3_RECOGNITION_EXCEPTION]
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When I installed wordpress on Poppit Sands site it was as a bit of an experiment and I used the default location of domainname/wp I loved wordpress and decided to go with it for the site after adding a fair bit of content.
With that done, I moved all the files in the root directory of my website to a new folder (with the exception of the /wp directrory and any other files you wish to keep there. You want to keep .htaccess). After that I moved all the files and folders in the /wp directory into the root directory. So far so good. My website is back, but still slightly broken. Images have a hard coded reference to their original location. I manually updated the theme's header image location by re-uploading the jpg.
So I currently have broken images and any old external references (and the juicy pagerank) will be all pointing to a nice 404 page not found entry. SO the clever bit and probably the only but worth reading is this.
You have a small file in the root directory of .htacess or at least you should. If you moved it earlier then put it back ! This files has amoungst other things rules to re-direct webpage requests to something / somewhere else. This is a very powerful little file.
Anyway ours is a simple requirement. Any requests for any content with WP in the name need translating to the same address without WP. Telling the web browser and google that this is a permanent move (code – 301) means page rank and search engine listings will migrate over time.
You should already have entries in there, put it towards the top before any other clever stuff you may have. Save the file and you are done. Now all the images still link to an address with WP in them but they do resolve correctly and the site works. I will probably go back thru old posts and edit in html to remove the wp from the path. BUt no rush.
It should take about 20 mins to do max…. but make sure you back everything up first…. and know how to put it back !!


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O Partido Comunista do Luxemburgo (em luxemburguês: Kommunistesch Partei Lëtzebuerg; em francês: Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois; em alemão: Kommunistische Partei Luxemburg), com a sigla de KPL/PCL, é um partido político do Luxemburgo.
Fundado em 1921, na cidade de Niederkorn, é o partido mais antigo do Luxemburgo. De ideologia comunista e marxista-leninista, em 1937, o governo do Luxemburgo tentou banir o partido mas sem sucesso.

Após a 2ª Guerra Mundial, o partido fez parte de um governo de unidade nacional, entre 1945 a 1947, mas após 1947, nunca mais entrou no governo. O partido ocupou papel de relevo até a década de 1970, mas com a Perestroika e com a queda do comunismo no leste europeu, o partido perdeu votantes, até ficar sem deputados em 1994, pela primeira vez desde 1937.

Em 1999, o partido voltou a eleger um deputado na aliança de A Esquerda, mas rompeu com esta aliança em 2004. A partir de 2004, voltou a concorrer às eleições do Luxemburgo sozinho, mas sem o sucesso do passado.

Resultados eleitorais

Eleições legislativas

Eleições europeias

Ligações externas
 http://www.kp-l.org/ (Site oficial do Partido Comunista do Luxemburgo)
 http://www.zlv.lu/ (Publicação alinhada com o Partido Comunista do Luxemburgo)

Partidos políticos de Luxemburgo
Partidos políticos comunistas da Europa
Partidos políticos fundados em 1921
Partidos políticos eurocéticos
Partidos políticos de extrema-esquerda
Luxemburgo

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Glashard shows gigantic artworks in Schiedam
Just across the border with Schiedam, you'll find an immense terrain that will be the location of a spacious art event. At the former location of a glass factory, some 25 artists are invited to create gigantic artworks during Glashard.
Opperclaes (designers Linda van der Vleuten and Bruce Tsai-Meu-Chong) oversees the expo and has selected international artists with roots in graffiti culture. Among them locals like Onno Poeisz, Daan Botlek, Gino Bud Hoiting, Saïd Kinos and Jeroen Jongeleen. They show their work on the inside and outside of warehouses and mostly will produce their work on the spot. Visitors can also get to work with a spray can and self-made materials.
Glashard is organised by Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. Due to a delayed municipal renovation, the building has been closed longer than expected. In the meantime, exhibitions are held on location in the city like the site of Glasfabriek, near the centre of Schiedam and the M4H-area in the western part of Rotterdam, known for Keilecafe, Weelde and AVL Mundo. In the future, the complex will be transformed into a modern, urban and hospitable area for living, working and recreation. But for now, it will be an outdoor gallery space.
It's no surprise het Stedelijk Museum Schiedam asked Opperclaes to curate the event. About ten years ago, the duo started a gallery on the Claes de Vrieselaan in Rotterdam for starting artists. Now, Opperclaes is responsible for cultural projects in the public space. The name refers to the street and is a corruption of upper class.
Glashard handwriting
Opperclaes chose makers with their own handwriting who mainly work in the abstract. "Some started as graffiti-makers under a pseudonym and now exhibit as visual artists under their own name, others presented themselves as visual artists from the beginning. For them, it is sometimes still a search how they relate to the contemporary art scene."
Work by Daan Botlek
Although the artists share a love of the format, their work is quite diverse. There are colourful forms by Hense and Momo, both from the US, and – on the outside of a shed – black-and-white work by Yann L'Outsider from France. Mina Hamada, a Korean artist living in Spain, works in a more or less figurative way. And then there are artists with a typographic background, a kind of letter or calligraphy painters, such as the Dutch High On Type and ST4 from Tunisia. Others experiment with self-made materials, such as Daan Botlek, who lives around the corner from the Glasfabriek.
Glashard opens October 16 and runs until January 16 of 2022.
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It's a Pizza Party in Rashional Observations Episode 14. I'm not sure how he does it but Rash seems to always capture the story of the week. He wasn't even playing until 3pm but there he was at the 11am game ready to capture Pizza coming fresh out the oven and turn it into this week's feast. He's the hardest working man in the WSL.
After you absorb the magic of the Pizza segment, you are in for another taste of Al Bummer who continues his solidification of the 2017 Rashional character of the year. Add a little more Gerald, a little more Q, a little more Johnny, Dubin getting freaked by a King and a lot of drunk people kicking a soccer ball to get a recipe that works for Rash's 14th episode.
Rashional Observations Episode 14 from Williamsburg Softball League on Vimeo.


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Q: Can you say "to pursue a program"? Can you say "to pursue a program," as in "I am currently pursuing a program in Chinese language"? What are other suitable verbs to use in this case/are there any synonyms for "to take classes"?

A: I'd say yes on the basis that a program (or programme) can be defined as "a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim" so "I'm pursuing a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim to learn Chinese" is a valid meaningful statement.
I'm deliberately avoiding getting into the debate about program vs programme because I don't want to provoke a traditionalist vs progressive holy war. Peace!


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The field methods my research team and I employ to answer simple questions like those posed above are likewise rather simple. They entail two components: 1) describing and monitoring each of the forest types and 2) determining how animal populations are affected by variation in the forest across space and through time. We use a series of botanical plots to assess the types of plants in each forest type and measure their productivity over time. There are ten plots in each of the seven forest types, and each month we visit every one of the more than 6,000 plants in these plots to determine whether they are flowering or fruiting. This provides us with a sensitive measure of spatial and temporal changes in plant food availability for animals. We monitor animal populations and their diets by walking standardized four kilometer survey walks in each of the seven forest types four times per month, and conduct more detailed observations on target primate species to better understand their behavior, diets, and demography. Below I briefly describe two ways that these data can produce non-obvious insights that can meaningfully inform our efforts to conserve threatened species. The examples relate to two non-human primate species, both of which are endangered and serve crucial roles in maintaining the healthy functioning of Indonesian tropical forests.
The first study addresses movements of Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) populations among the seven forest types at Cabang Panti. The study is ongoing, and is being funded in part by a generous contribution from the Orangutan Conservancy. Although data collection is still underway, some interesting patterns have begun to emerge from our first four years of study. Using data from our vertebrate survey walks we can calculate the number of orangutans in each of the seven forest types each month, and compare the distribution of orangutans to the measures of food availability derived from our botanical plots. The number of orangutans in each forest type varies dramatically from month to month (from zero to more than twelve individuals per square kilometer), which reflects both the movement of individuals into and out of the study site and how the orangutans within the study site are distributing themselves among the different habitats. This wide variation is remarkable, but even more interesting is how much the relative importance of different forest types varies over time. Six of the seven forest types have each housed more than 90% of the entire study site's population for a period of at least a month. In a particularly notable example, during one three month period 75% of all orangutans found in the study site were found in the peat swamp forest. These dramatic shifts seem to be well explained by variation in food availability across the gradient of forest types. Orangutans appear to prefer to spend time in the lowland forest habitats (freshwater swamps, alluvial forests, and low elevation forest on sandstone and granite soils), and the number of orangutans found there per month is well predicted by the amount of food present during that period. The other forest types, the upland forests and especially the peat swamp forests, are used as fallback habitats– orangutans go there when times are bad in the lowlands. In other words, orangutans migrate across the complex habitat landscape to buffer themselves against spatial and temporal variation in plant food availability.
At even this relatively preliminary stage in the analysis, our results suggest a number of important lessons for orangutan conservation. First, all forest types contribute to maintaining the orangutan population at Gunung Palung and are therefore worthy of protection. Even the montane forest, which is normally largely devoid of orangutans, housed the entire orangutan population in our study site during one of the months in our sample. Second, peat swamp forests are especially important for orangutan preservation because they provide sustenance during lean periods when food is unavailable in their preferred lowland forests. Indonesian peat swamps are at great risk, both due to forest fires and the fact that they contain a number of prized timber species that attract loggers. Their status as orangutan fallback habitats provides added incentive for their protection. A final lesson, related to the first two, is that the absence of orangutans from an area during certain periods does not necessarily imply that the area is irrelevant for orangutan conservation. During one period of more than four months we did not observe any orangutans in the peat swamp forest, even though we know this habitat is likely crucial for their long-term viability at Gunung Palung. If a short study were conducted in the peat swamp during this time that aimed to assess the importance of this forest type for orangutans it would conclude precisely the wrong thing: that peat swamp forest is unimportant for the orangutans at Gunung Palung. This is dangerous and disconcerting, especially when one considers that some major conservation groups have strongly advocated using rapid surveys to assess an area's conservation importance.
The second study examined the demography and population ecology of Bornean White-Bearded Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis). As part of my dissertation research, I lived at Cabang Panti for two years, gathering detailed data on the quality of the seven forest types for gibbons and examining how this variation in habitat quality affected the 33 gibbon groups that I was monitoring. Some of these groups had territories in high quality forests, while others lived in much poorer quality habitats. The montane forests appeared to be particularly low quality, and I noticed that at high elevations gibbon groups tended to be smaller than in the lowlands, and contain very few infants. I wondered what the long-term consequences of these patterns might be and created a simple mathematical model to examine the demography of gibbon populations at Cabang Panti. The results were striking, showing that groups living high on the mountain were not reproducing enough to maintain a viable population there. The clear implication was that the montane forest was inadequate to support gibbons and that the only reason they persist there is because of emigration from the high quality lowland forests, where gibbons were reproducing well.
As with the orangutan population study, this simple demographic result has important implications for conservation of gibbons at Gunung Palung. First, it clearly shows that gibbons inhabit forests that cannot support them in the long term, meaning that a rapid survey conducted at Gunung Palung would erroneously suggest that the montane forest is good gibbon habitat. This is, of course, the converse of the third lesson derived from the study I describe above: in the orangutan study, the absence of animals did not mean that a habitat was unimportant; here, the presence of animals does not necessarily mean that a habitat is important. Second, because lowland, source forests are being disproportionately lost due to logging, fire, and agricultural encroachment, the conservation status of gibbons at Gunung Palung is worse than it appears. As lowland forests are being lost, those concerned about gibbon conservation might find consolation in the knowledge that gibbons can be found high atop the mountain, well away from most forest destruction. In reality, however, since the montane forests cannot themselves support gibbons, gibbon populations there would likely go extinct if lowland forests were lost– even if the montane forest itself were never logged.
The final implication is more subtle, but no less important. Those of us interested in maintaining populations of threatened animals frequently use computer simulations known as Population Viability Analyses to assess the anticipated outcomes of various threats and management alternatives. We make every effort to inform our models using data from wild populations on birth rates, death rates, abundance, and so forth. This seems like good practice– using real data is, after all, desirable. The problem is that most long-term studies are conducted in the best quality habitats, where vital population parameters likely indicate "best case scenarios." It is understandable that scientists want to study in places where they will see the largest number of animals, but if we use information gathered at such sites in our models we are likely using estimates of crucial parameters that are overly optimistic and not representative of many, perhaps most, places that our study species occupy. This would lead to biased and dangerously optimistic conclusions about, for example, the chances of population persistence or a species' ability to rebound from habitat degradation.
In closing, I return to the personal question that I implied at the outset: has conservation at Gunung Palung been meaningfully advanced by my scientific research? Of course I would like to think so, although I am not at all sure that it has. Conservationists– or, more specifically, scientists involved in conservation– are often portrayed as pessimists. According to the stereotype, we tend to focus on bad news rather than good news, threats rather than opportunities, failures rather than successes. It is hard not to be acutely aware of the perilous state of nature conservation in much of the tropics and the uphill struggle required to achieve even modest goals. But in realty, most of us are, at heart, optimists. We believe that small groups of committed people can make a difference. We can envision a future in which the needs of wildlife and the needs of humanity are not seen as competing goals. We place great hope in the burgeoning indigenous conservation movements across the tropics. If we didn't believe these things, we would have given up long ago. But optimism is not the same thing as demonstrable success, and I still wrestle with the question of how best to make a real difference.
At present I try to take some comfort in the knowledge that the results and lessons for conservation I discussed here would not have emerged without ongoing, continuous monitoring of primate populations and their habitats over a period of many years at Cabang Panti. This emphasizes the importance of long-term research, at Gunung Palung and elsewhere. There is still much that we need to know that only extended field studies can tell us. This has always been true, but in an era of rapid climate change and unprecedented human alteration of the environment the need for field studies conducted over periods of many years has never been greater. Only the long-term perspective of such studies can adequately document the effects of climatic and environmental change on tropical forests and the cascading effects on the species that inhabit them. In recent years, shrinking research funding and decreased political enthusiasm (at least in Indonesia) have made the protection and support of established research sites harder than ever. These challenges mean that hard work is needed to keep these valuable resources open and functioning. In the end, perhaps my best contribution will simply be having had a hand in keeping our research station viable.
Dr. Andy Marshall is an ecologist, conservation biologist and evolutionary anthropologist who works primarily on primates and tropical rain forests. For the past sixteen years, he has mainly focused on research and conservation in Indonesia, where he has conducted more than sixty months of fieldwork. Andy is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California,Davis. He and Dr. Cheryl Knott co-direct the Cabang Panti Research Station in collaboration with the Gunung Palung National Park Bureau. He would like to take this opportunity to express heartfelt thanks to his long-term field staff and sources of research funding (especially The Orangutan Conservancy, The Leakey Foundation, The Hellman Foundation, and UC Davis).
Wonderful article, very informative. I wish that all the hard work – the 60 months and 16 years would really pay off. We need more dedicated people like Andy.
Very educational! You deserve a huge "thank you" for your commitment to bringing the public such vital information.
This article was so interesting and informative. Fascinating preliminary conclusions. Thank you for sharing this article and for all the dedication and hard work for the survival of these species and crucial habitat.
Nice article Andy. A very honest appraisal of the conservation value of field research. In the end it all boils down to the presence of conscientious people in areas that badly need protecting. Better if its home grown, but equally valid if in the end if all interested parties work together.
Very thought-provoking, Andy & OC! I love hearing from folks in the trenches, esp. having been one myself a couple of times (as a volunteer – not as a researcher). Especially interesting was that species observed in one area is not indicative of where they spend the majority of their time, nor does the absence of a species indicate that is doesn't need that area to survive. Clearly, more studies are needed to determine this within rainforest the layers. The question is: do orangutans, gibbons, rhinos, tigers, etc. have the kind of time? That's where I believe politicians, educators, communities, businesses, philanthropists, & whoever else must work with scientists to quite literally buy time for species most at risk.
Thank you all for your thoughtful comments and interest in our work at Gunung Palung (and hi Mike!).
Lesa raises an important issue regarding how much time many threatened species have. My view is that we are naive if we think we can halt the rate of population decline completely (at least in most cases). Often, the short- to medium-term goal has to be to slow the rate of decline as much as possible, so that there are still populations of animals and tracts of forest left when prevailing attitudes, values, and incentive structures have changed in a way that is more favorable for conservation. There will always be tensions between alternative land uses, as there are in other countries, but a more level playing field will ensure that endangered species and ecosystems are more appropriately valued in those calculations. Altering perceptions and priorities does not happen overnight, of course, but things are moving in the right direction.
Very nice and honest piece. Thanks for sharing this. If scientific research means you are able to spend long periods of time out in the forest working in solidarity with local people and the forest then you become well placed to be a great advocate for its protection however many papers or articles you publish. Keep it up Andy!
You have done great work and it so valuable to read up to date information. Often reports are out of date; and as deforestation is such a rapid process its hard to know what the current position is. I've recently been to East Kalimantan and carried our a short 3 week voluntary program with Orangutans. It provided me with an up to date insight into the complicated process of conservation; but left me bewildered as to whether ANYTHING could be done to save the forest. On return I am much more optomistic that at least somethng will be done so long as big companies are forced by campaigners to do the right thing as quickly as possible. I am doing my little bit with my own company in relation to sustainable palm oil. We are not big users like Unilver but on the basis that everything counts we are significant and my passion for the best outcome has been recognised in our company and has given people a wake up call. The sustainable palm oil process has been excrutiatingly slow over the last few years but I'm working onthe basis that 2012 has to have a step change in speeding up. The more focus that conservation groups can give this the better it will be; particularly when supported by solid research data such as yours.
I hope you and your team and others like you feel very valuable.
wonderful article – I am thrilled you are where you are and working so hard; don't sell yourself and your work short. Thank you so much.
Very interesting and informative article and inspiring inspite the odds.


Android's Dungeon: The Android's Dungeon Endorses!
I have to fill out my absentee ballot, so I thought I'd share the research I did to come to my decisions. So long secret ballot -- take that, Australia!
I think Jon Stewart summed it up best: "If one guy drove me into a ditch and said, 'Don't worry, I know how to get us out of this,' I'd give the keys to a 7-year-old." The Android's Dungeon recommends a vote for John Kerry.
Let's take a look at an article about the Mikulski/Pipkin debate, since I, like 99% of Marylanders, didn't watch it. Let's see. Pipkin criticized Mikulski for voting to raise taxes "350 times", opposing the Medicare prescription drug bill, and opposing some of Bush's court nominees. On the first charge, if he's using the same math Bush uses to count how many times Kerry has voted to raise taxes, he's lying. Also, even if she has, we have a deficit spiraling out of control, so maybe we should send her back to keep trying. On the second charge, the prescription drug bill was a big waste. The Bush administration covered up the bill's true costs. Finally, the Constitution gives the Senate the task of approving judicial nominees. Inherent in that is the right to disapprove. If Mikulski says she voted for 95% of the Bush nominees, that seems a bit high. The Android's Dungeon recommends a vote for Barbara Mikulski.
We've got the second most powerful Democrat in the House representing us. Why mess up a good thing? The Android's Dungeon recommends a vote for Steny Hoyer.
"Vote for No More Than Three"? Conveniently, there are only three people on the ballot. I tend to think judges should stay in office unless they embarrass themselves significantly. In fact, I'm not sure we should be voting on them. So I Googled the candidates to see if I came up with anything embarrassing. I didn't find anything embarrassing -- well, not for them, but I think the State of Maryland should be embarrassed for misspelling "Judge". The Android's Dungeon doesn't really care how you vote on this one.
This one is a "for continuance in office" that passes the Google test.
Questions A-E are for approving bonds allowing the county to borrow money for roads, libraries, public safety, county buildings and community colleges. The League of Women Voters directs me to a web site where I can look up the text of these bills. Unfortunately, the text just gives a list of projects and refers me to the county "capital program" for details. I can't find the county capital program on-line. They're making this too difficult. In general, I'm going to vote no. But the roads need help, and I find it hard to believe that libraries can't use the money, so yes on A & B, no on C, D & E.
Questions F, G, H and I are a big mess, but it's basically explained here. The key here is Question H, which will add 2 at-large seats to the County Council. Seems reasonable enough. But it will also make the top vote-getter from the two at-large seats the Council Chair. That seems a little pointless. Question G will overturn that second provision. Question F will amend the term limits rules to prevent my council member from running for one of the at-large seats. I hate term limits, so no on that. Question I will make the at-large members non-voting members. This is just a big waste of time. So yes on G & H, no on F & I.
Question J reduces the number of hours the county can hire temporary employees for. If they want me to vote for this, they need to explain it better. No on J.


This study assesses the current status and future prospects of the Western European industrial protective clothing market. It takes into account revenue generated from sales of high-visibility, heat and flame resistant, chemical, cold and wet weather, antistatic, and chainsaw protective clothing from 2011 to 2019. Revenue is recorded at the manufacturer level. The study captures and analyzes the key technological trends across different end-user industries. Industry challenges as well as market drivers and restraints are also discussed. The increasing customer focus on comfort and manufacturer focus on multifunctional products, and the impact of general end-user industry growth trends, are covered. Strategic recommendations are provided.


Nick McCrory, front, and diving partner David Boudia both do Pilates.
She knows me well. This week, I've been coming into the studio inspired by the strength and beauty of the athletes, wondering how to transform the Ladder Barrel into a Pommel Horse, who can swing off the Cadillac frame like the Fab 5 on Parallel Bars, and which one of my lucky clients wants to try leaping off the roof and onto the Chair for Pike. Okay, maybe we won't try the last one….yet!
Take away the element of diving in the air, competing for your country and millions of viewers watching, and you have Rolling like a Ball.
Picture a: Sit with your arms wrapped around your legs, holding on above your ankles or behind your knees. Pull your heels in as close to your glutes as possible. Lift your feet off the floor, round your back, and look down at your belly button.
Picture b and c: Pull your stomach muscles in and roll back to your shoulder blades.
Picture d: Return up and hold your balance, keeping your feet off the floor. Inhale to roll back, Exhale to come up.
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Earthwork, Demo Proceed on IDOT's $48M I-55 Project
Tue December 22, 2020 - Midwest Edition #26
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent
Serious progress is occurring on the Illinois Department of Transportation's (IDOT) $48,038,549.23 north contract for the I-55 Interchange at Weber Road project as Judlau Construction Inc. crews have put in a solid effort since spring 2019.
Serious progress is occurring on the Illinois Department of Transportation's (IDOT) $48,038,549.23 north contract for the I-55 Interchange at Weber Road project as Judlau Construction Inc. crews have put in a solid effort since spring 2019.
They have quickly advanced from the pre-stage phase to the demolition of the eastbound bridge on the existing interchange, as well as engaging in earth work and other heavy construction activities, to meet the fall 2022 delivery date.
IDOT awarded the contract to Judlau in 2018. The plan was to start the operation in October 2018, but utility relocation delayed the operations. Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) completed the switching of power from the existing lines to new lines and services in 2019, and self-performed the removal of existing system. The removal of aerial cable over I-55 was accomplished last spring.
The pre-stage work had crews remove median barrier along I-55 within the staging area and engage in earth work operations that included topsoil stripping, embankment and aggregate sub-base installation for temporary pavement. Since then, crews have completed the following: stage 1 piers, abutments, pavement removal, embankment, ramp removal, subbase, subgrade and electrical, and they continue with storm sewer installation, and road, bridge and interchange activities.
The work zone for the entire project, the north and south segments, runs from 119th Street north/Rodeo Road of the interchange to 135th Street/Romeo Road to the south and 0.5 mi. east and west of Weber along I-55. The reconstruction and widening of the concrete road is taking place in Will County and within the villages of Romeoville and Bolingbrook.
The north contract work zone covers 1.55 mi. of road in Romeoville and Bolingbrook from Normantown Road to 115th Street, including the intersections at Rodeo Drive/Remington Boulevard, Remington Boulevard/Windham Parkway, Lakeview Drive and Normantown Road. Advance tree removal was completed in November 2017.
"A time extension was granted due to delays in relocating utility lines," IDOT officials told Construction Equipment Guide. "Based on the new completion date, the project is on schedule."
Weber Road, a north-south artery with two lanes in each direction, is being rebuilt to have three lanes each direction. The existing interchange is being reconstructed as a diverging diamond interchange (DDI). Crews also are reconstructing I-55 ramps; building dual bridge structures and retaining wall; installing interconnected traffic signals through the interchange, sidewalks and a 10-ft. wide shared-use path; overhead sign structures; CCTV cameras and fiber-optic connection and continuous LED roadway lighting with four high mast light towers; putting in an enclosed drainage system with in-line detention, signage, and pavement markings; and various intersection improvements.
In addition to new lanes, Normantown Road will have new dual left turn lanes for southbound and eastbound traffic and right turn lanes for three legs of the intersection. Fence stone sound walls are being placed adjacent to residential areas.
The Weber Rd. mainline will consist of a 12-ft. aggregate subgrade and a 10.25-in. PCC pavement (jointed). For the expressway ramps, there will be a 12-ft. aggregate subgrade; 8-ft. HMA binder course; 2.25-in. polymerized HMA binder; a 2-in. polymerized HMA surface; and a 12.25-in. HMA pavement. The side street pavement widening and resurfacing will have a 12-ft. aggregate subgrade; 8.75-in. HMA binder course; .75-in. polymerized HMA leveling binder; and a 1.25-in. HMA surface.
"The purpose of the project is to address safety, operational and capacity deficiencies in the Interstate 55 and Weber Road Interchange project study area," stated an IDOT web page. "This section of Weber Road and the interchange with I-55 are critical commuting links for the region and serve a number of businesses and industries locally."
The interchange was built in 1990 when much of the area around Weber Road was primarily used by farmers and motorists from nearby residential subdivisions.
"Since 1990, the population in Will County has nearly doubled, making it one of the fastest growing counties in the nation," stated the project web page. "The interchange and roadway are congested and traffic volumes are anticipated to continue to increase as growth continues in the region. In 2009, Will County completed a feasibility study of possible improvements to the interchange."
Stage 1 is ongoing and will see the reconstruction of the west half of Weber Road, construction of a new northbound bridge and ramp construction. Stage 2, fall of 2020 throughout 2021, will focus on the reconstruction of the eastern half of Weber Road, reconstruction of an existing bridge deck for future southbound traffic and ramp reconstruction. Stage 3, to start in 2021, will see the construction of new medians, complete ramp reconstruction and complete the installation of sidewalks and the multi-use path in the bridge area. Stage 4, the cleanup and punch list phase, will occur between the fall of 2021 and summer of 2022.
For the pre-stage work, Judlau crews prepared the site for major construction via median removal; the installation of temporary pavement, traffic signals and storm sewer; and utility relocation.
Key milestones for the 2020 construction season are: building a new bridge for future northbound traffic and completing the southbound lanes on Weber Road.
Much of the work centers on the interchange.
"The biggest challenge so far was getting all of the utilities relocated so work could begin on the new construction," stated IDOT construction officials. "ComEd experienced unanticipated challenges when they began transferring power to their relocated facilities. This, in turn, caused delays to the start of construction on the south half of the project. To help keep the project on track, we implemented the work zone on the north half of the project where ComEd no longer had conflicts."
Judlau crews completed the demolition work for Stage 1 — the westbound bridge on the interchange — and have started the substructure work. Night work has been minimal, but night shifts were scheduled to remove the deck and beams.
IDOT noted that it has a solid working relationship with Judlau, particularly in keeping the project moving on schedule.
The earth work operations are proceeding smoothly, with no major challenges expected. This work will continue for the duration of the project. Materials are brought in from outside sources to meet all structural requirements.
Lane closures provide crews with traffic-free work areas, particularly in the interchange section where the new west bridge is being constructed. Below the new span, another bridge is being constructed using a portion of the old bridge, which will see the installation of a new deck.
The new bridge, still under construction and 10 ft. longer than the old one, will be 252 ft. long and have a width of 60 ft.
"We are reducing the width because the DDI facilitates movement and allows for the free flow of traffic in the adjacent areas," stated IDOT, which pointed out that the demolition went smoothly and that a similar process will be repeated for the westbound bridge. "Judlau did it in stages, and every precaution was taken to ensure that debris did not fall below. For the overhang portion, this was done at night with lance closures."
False decking has been set up to separate the two bridges. For the main (upper) bridge, work is ongoing to build the substructure.
"All work is following the progress schedule," stated IDOT. "Work on the superstructure continues with portions of the new deck to be poured in fall 2021."
The construction of the new roads and ramps for Stages 1 and 2 will be done in phases, along with traffic shifts. Crews have demolished eastbound interchange bridge and are working on new substructure.
"Aggregate base for the new road was placed from the north end of the project down to the interchange," stated IDOT construction officials. "The retaining wall at the southwest corner of 119th and Weber Road is complete. Storm sewer work within the interchange is on-going. Earthwork in all four infields is on-going. The working platform for the ground columns was installed along with the Stage 1 ground columns. Stage 1 storm sewer work on Normantown Road is complete. All work in the center median of I-55 was complete and traffic shifted four feet left into the Stage 1A configuration. Construction of the abutments are complete, [as well as] drilled shafts and steel piles for the retaining wall in front of Speedway, south of the interchange.
"Earthwork and storm sewer will continue at the interchange. South of the interchange, concrete facing for the retaining wall in front of Speedway will be formed and poured, and embankment placed behind the wall and grading for the new roadbed will be done. Embankment and storm sewer will be placed in the slough area. Normantown Road will be graded for the new roadbed."
Peak days thus far have seen more than 40 Judlau and subcontractor employees on-site. Local and regional subcontractors have been hired.
The amounts of new materials to be removed via the demolition of the existing interchange and roads and new materials to be brought in, such as concrete and steel, are still being tabulated.
Judlau expects to re-use suitable earth that has been excavated, as well as HMA and crushed concrete from various items that have been removed.
Prairie Material is providing some of the concrete being poured for the project.
Equipment-wise, Judlau is using: cranes excavators, dozers — including Komatsu models, loaders, motor graders, rollers, pavers, telehandlers, pile driving equipment and other standard construction vehicles. CEG
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text:
"SPARE MOMENTS"
By a Reader, Zelda Feld, 18 Wayside
Avenue, Hagerstown, Md.
Sometimes when I am lonely,
And have not a thing to do,
I take my pen and paper
And decide to write to you.
"The Sentinel" from off the shelf
I quickly take in hand,
And turn to "The Sabbath Angel"-
It's nearly at the end.
Oh, here's a Word-Golf Puzzle!
It's just the very thing.
You have to change "hate" into
"love"-
I'm sure that will not sting.
Now here's a Poem Contest,
It suits me very well.
I'll write about Shabuous,
And its story I shall tell.
And prizes, too, are offered
For the best Poem that is made,
And I surely should feel happy
If I scored the highest grade.
But, for fun and recreation,
This is the kind I choose!
For there's nothing like "The
Sentinel"
To chase away the blues.
Very amusing. Don't you think
that with her serious poem which we
printed a week or two ago, and this
one, that Zelda has earned her "Hon-orable
Mention"? I do!
FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
Seest thou a man that is hasty in
his words? There is more hope for a
fool than for him.
TALES FROM THE MAGIC BOOK
Retold by Judith Ish-Kishor
The Sacrifice God Did Not Want
Now, as a sign that Abram was to
become the father of a great nation,
God changed his name to "AbraHAm,"
which means "Father of the Multi-tude."
And Sarah's name he altered
to "SaraH," or "Princess."
"But I have not even ONE child, 0
Lord!" said Abraham, sadly. "My
faithful servant, Eliezer of Damascus,
is my heir. How, then, is it possible
that a great people shall spring from
me, and inherit all this land?"
"You shall have a son," God an-swered
him. "I will do all that I
have promised you. Look up at the
heavens! Can you count the stars?
Innumerable as they are, shall your
descendants be!"
Abraham and Sarah had given up
hope of having children. A year later,
however, God's Word came true, and a
son was born to them. Sarah named
him "Isaac," which means "Laugh-ter."
And surely no little boy ever
brought so much gladness as he did!
His mother was as happy as the day
was long. As for Abraham, he had
never known that there could be so
A Young Folks' Page, Conducted by Judith Ish-Kishor
(Copyright, 1929, by Judith Ish-Kishor)
RIDDLE BOX
Here is the delayed
The only one who got Theodore Engelman's Square Puzzle, of June 7th, is tl
ligent girl, Zelda Feld, 18 Wayside avenue, Hagerstown, Md. Frances Feigenblatt
nearly right.
JUNE 14-Word-building. Who made the greatest number of words out o
cost"?-Theodore Engelman, 6334 Waldron street, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Zelda Feld
above), are tied, with 86. Helen Blumenstein, 123 Warren avenue, Apollo, Pa., 62.
J. Feigenblatt, 915 Dinsmore avenue, Far Rockaway, N. Y., 60. Naomi Biron, 254
street, Washington, D. C., 56. Oscar Reichel, 767 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, N.
Ruby Fogel, 125 Broad street, Georgetown, S. C., 52. Naomi Levin, 2523 Reisterto
Baltimore, Md., 50. Helen Gutstein, 1413 Jonquil terrace, Chicago, Ill., 48.
JUNE 21-Another of Theodore's Square Puzzles-"Ezra"-"Alex." Again
cessful ones are Zelda Feld and Frances J. Feigenblatt (this time, completely right).
JUNE 28-Diamond Puzzle-"Sabbath." Many of you nearly right. Only I
Engelman, and Howard Engelman, 6334 Waldron street, Pittsburgh, Pa., were quite
Harriet Goldstein, Brownsville, Pa., had "Tubal" instead of "Jubal."
Our Fourth of July Puzzle was supplied by Harry Weintraub, if you remembe
is the answer to it.
1. A Minor Prophet--- --------------------- .. H osea
2. The father of King Ahab --.---- ---------- --.. 0 mri
3. A precious stone on the High Priest's breast-plate-- 0 nyx
4. A proud queen who lost her throne----- ----. V ashti
5. An ancient oppressor of the Israelites .-------- E gyptians
6. A later enemy of the Jews-- -- ------.------ R ome
The first letters, then, make the name of "a student, and engineer, a cabine
and a president.-Mr. "Hoover."
If you guessed it, you'll be on the Honor Roll at the end of this month.
this Number Puzzle. It ought to be popular with you!
Find the name of a King who fought against Abraham. It has 12 letters.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Letters 4, 3, 5 and 6 make a pet name, a word of endearment.
Letters 6, 5, 1, 2, 3 and 7 make the name of Joseph's mother.
Letters 7, 3, 8 and 2 make the name of Joseph's aunt.
Letters 9, 10, 11 and 12 are a measure of grain, that was offered every day
Pesach and Shevuoth.
Letters 12, 8 and 10 are the male sheep, often mentioned in the Bible.
With these clues, you ought to be able to track that King down!-Then I'll pu
the Detective Squad and on the Honor Roll.
much joy in life! Morning, noon, and
night, he thanked God for his over-flowing
happiness.
The child began to talk, to walk, to
eat solid food, to hold itself straight,
to ask questions. Their delight in him
never ceased for a moment. Isaac
grew to be a lively, stalwart boy of
seven or eight.
One day, while Abraham was think-ing
how dear the child was to him, he
heard the news that a neighboring
Amorite chieftain had given his only
son to be killed on the altar of his
idol, whom he called "Shemesh, God
of the Sun." A few days later, he
met this man and was surprised to see
no sign of grief on his face for the
loss of the child.
"We must not grieve!" the Amo-rite
explained. "Even his mother did
not weep, for the child must be given
willingly. Then the god accepts the
offering. For who is so mighty as the
Sun? He can dry up wells, he can
burn up the land, he can destroy us
all! But when we offer him the dear-est
possession we have-a first-born
child-he is merciful and spares us."
Abraham could see that the man
was perfectly sincere.
"This Amorite makes such a pre-cious
offering to his idol!", he thought.
"That man fears his god." But to my
God who is the Master of Heaven and
Earth, whom I love, I have never
given any sacrifice but lambs or sheep
or cattle from my numberless flocks.
I never miss what I give Him-it is so
little, compared to what I have." Then
came a dreadful thought: "Would I
be strong enough to offer up my only
son to the God Who gave him to me?"
Now, God saw the struggle in Abra-ham's
mind, and decided to settle this
question, once and for alw
said to Abraham:
"Take your son, your
whom you love so much, and
up to me as a burnt offerir
land of Moriah, on the sp
shall show you!"
Then Abraham rose earl
morning, and prepared ever3
the offering. Sarah dressec
in a new tunic that she had v
embroidered with her own h
kissed him tenderly. She k
that he was going on a th
journey with his father, to s
God in a new place. And 1
neyed until the Hill of M(
in sight. Here Abraham lefi
ants together with the do)
bore the provisions. He
carry the load of wood, and ]
took a long knife and a br
of hot coals. They starte
hill.
"Father," said Isaac, "we
the wood, and the fire, and
for a sacrifice. But whei
lamb?"
"God will provide a lamb,
said Abraham heavily. On
mit of the hill he built an
rough stones, and laid the v
it. Then he took hold of
tied him to the wood. Now,
very much surprised; but h<
fectly still, for he trusted
completely. Abraham tool
knife . . . but his strength f
He hid his face with his
turned away for a moment.
was torn between love for h
love for God.
"Abraham! Abraham!"
Voice. The old man looker
"Here am I!" And God's Messen-ger
answered:
"Lay not your hand upon the lad,
nor do anything to him! I know that
you love Me, for you have not kept
back your only son from Me." Then
hat intel. Abraham wept for joy, and, kissed
was very Isaac and took him off from the altar.
f And in the middle of their happiness, "Pente they heard a bleating sound near-by.
Frances And lo! a ram was entangled by its
48-14th horns in the thicket. So they took it
Y., 54 as a sign from God and offered the
Woa d, ram in place of the boy. And again
the suc- they heard the voice of God's Messen-ger:
raheod ore "By Myself have I sworn that I will correct. multiply your seed as the stars of the
r. heaven, and as the sand which is upon
the seashore; . . . and in your seed
shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed, because you have hearkened
to My voice."
So Abraham and Isaac went home
together in great contentment. Now
t officer, Abraham knew his God better than
ever, and understood to the full how
Now try different He was from all other gods.
And from that day onward, the He-brew
people have known, by this story,
that God does not want a human sac-rifice.
He does not wish us to suffer
or grieve, but to be happy as well as
between good, and to enjoy His precious gifts
as much as we can.
it you in HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
1 A Monument for the Jew Who Backed
the Revolution
rays. He
Some of our New York readers may
only one, know the small grassy triangle at Six-offer
him ty-sixth street and Broadway. A statue
ig, in the of Dante, the great Italian poet, stands
ot that I there. And nearby, a monument will
soon be erected in memory of the Jew-ly
in the ish patriot, Haym Solomon, who sup-ything
for ported the American Revolution with
I her son everything he had.
woven and He was born in Poland, and his
ands, and miserable life there taught him to ap-
;new only preciate the freedom he found in
free days' America. When the revolt broke out,
acrifice to he sided, of course, with the Colonists,
they jour- and narrowly escaped being hanged in
oriah was New York by the British, for discour-t
his serv- aging and arguing with recruits to
nkey that their army. When the war was over
let Isaac and the first President was elected,
he himself Washington and his cabinet were faced
'azier full with many difficulties. They needed
d up the money to keep the wheels of the Gov-ernment
turning-to pay police, to
have here guard the coast, to give pensions to
the knife disabled soldiers, to provide wages for
re is the the clerks and officials who worked for
them. Not many men were wealthy
son" enough - or rash enough! - to lend
my son, money to the new, untried country. But the sum- Havm Solomon came forward with the altar of bulk of his fortune! $350,000 is a lot iood upon of money, even now. At that time, it
Isaac and was worth fifty times as much. But he
Isaac was lent it all to the Government, and he
Slay per- never got it back. He never asked for his father it. He died; and when his youngest
k up the son came of age, he found that nothing
ailed him. was left of his father's estate.
hand andt All students -of history, Gentiles as
is heart well as Jews, agree that Haym Solo- is son and mon's memory ought to be honored.
He has a great-grandson living-Mr. S.
cried a Stanwood Menken, who is a lawyer in
i up, say- New York.
(Continued on Page 39)
Description v.75 no. 5 (Aug. 2, 1929). The Sentinel was published weekly by the Sentinel Pub. Co. from 1911-1996.
Transcript THE SENTINEL "SPARE MOMENTS" By a Reader, Zelda Feld, 18 Wayside Avenue, Hagerstown, Md. I Sometimes when I am lonely, And have not a thing to do, I take my pen and paper And decide to write to you. II "The Sentinel" from off the shelf I quickly take in hand, And turn to "The Sabbath Angel"- It's nearly at the end. III Oh, here's a Word-Golf Puzzle! It's just the very thing. You have to change "hate" into "love"- I'm sure that will not sting. IV Now here's a Poem Contest, It suits me very well. I'll write about Shabuous, And its story I shall tell. V And prizes, too, are offered For the best Poem that is made, And I surely should feel happy If I scored the highest grade. VI But, for fun and recreation, This is the kind I choose! For there's nothing like "The Sentinel" To chase away the blues. Very amusing. Don't you think that with her serious poem which we printed a week or two ago, and this one, that Zelda has earned her "Hon-orable Mention"? I do! FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. TALES FROM THE MAGIC BOOK Retold by Judith Ish-Kishor The Sacrifice God Did Not Want Now, as a sign that Abram was to become the father of a great nation, God changed his name to "AbraHAm," which means "Father of the Multi-tude." And Sarah's name he altered to "SaraH," or "Princess." "But I have not even ONE child, 0 Lord!" said Abraham, sadly. "My faithful servant, Eliezer of Damascus, is my heir. How, then, is it possible that a great people shall spring from me, and inherit all this land?" "You shall have a son," God an-swered him. "I will do all that I have promised you. Look up at the heavens! Can you count the stars? Innumerable as they are, shall your descendants be!" Abraham and Sarah had given up hope of having children. A year later, however, God's Word came true, and a son was born to them. Sarah named him "Isaac," which means "Laugh-ter." And surely no little boy ever brought so much gladness as he did! His mother was as happy as the day was long. As for Abraham, he had never known that there could be so A Young Folks' Page, Conducted by Judith Ish-Kishor (Copyright, 1929, by Judith Ish-Kishor) RIDDLE BOX Here is the delayed HONOR ROLL The only one who got Theodore Engelman's Square Puzzle, of June 7th, is tl ligent girl, Zelda Feld, 18 Wayside avenue, Hagerstown, Md. Frances Feigenblatt nearly right. JUNE 14-Word-building. Who made the greatest number of words out o cost"?-Theodore Engelman, 6334 Waldron street, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Zelda Feld above), are tied, with 86. Helen Blumenstein, 123 Warren avenue, Apollo, Pa., 62. J. Feigenblatt, 915 Dinsmore avenue, Far Rockaway, N. Y., 60. Naomi Biron, 254 street, Washington, D. C., 56. Oscar Reichel, 767 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, N. Ruby Fogel, 125 Broad street, Georgetown, S. C., 52. Naomi Levin, 2523 Reisterto Baltimore, Md., 50. Helen Gutstein, 1413 Jonquil terrace, Chicago, Ill., 48. JUNE 21-Another of Theodore's Square Puzzles-"Ezra"-"Alex." Again cessful ones are Zelda Feld and Frances J. Feigenblatt (this time, completely right). JUNE 28-Diamond Puzzle-"Sabbath." Many of you nearly right. Only I Engelman, and Howard Engelman, 6334 Waldron street, Pittsburgh, Pa., were quite Harriet Goldstein, Brownsville, Pa., had "Tubal" instead of "Jubal." Our Fourth of July Puzzle was supplied by Harry Weintraub, if you remembe is the answer to it. 1. A Minor Prophet--- --------------------- .. H osea 2. The father of King Ahab --.---- ---------- --.. 0 mri 3. A precious stone on the High Priest's breast-plate-- 0 nyx 4. A proud queen who lost her throne----- ----. V ashti 5. An ancient oppressor of the Israelites .-------- E gyptians 6. A later enemy of the Jews-- -- ------.------ R ome The first letters, then, make the name of "a student, and engineer, a cabine and a president.-Mr. "Hoover." If you guessed it, you'll be on the Honor Roll at the end of this month. this Number Puzzle. It ought to be popular with you! Find the name of a King who fought against Abraham. It has 12 letters. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 * * * * * * * * * * * * Letters 4, 3, 5 and 6 make a pet name, a word of endearment. Letters 6, 5, 1, 2, 3 and 7 make the name of Joseph's mother. Letters 7, 3, 8 and 2 make the name of Joseph's aunt. Letters 9, 10, 11 and 12 are a measure of grain, that was offered every day Pesach and Shevuoth. Letters 12, 8 and 10 are the male sheep, often mentioned in the Bible. With these clues, you ought to be able to track that King down!-Then I'll pu the Detective Squad and on the Honor Roll. much joy in life! Morning, noon, and night, he thanked God for his over-flowing happiness. The child began to talk, to walk, to eat solid food, to hold itself straight, to ask questions. Their delight in him never ceased for a moment. Isaac grew to be a lively, stalwart boy of seven or eight. One day, while Abraham was think-ing how dear the child was to him, he heard the news that a neighboring Amorite chieftain had given his only son to be killed on the altar of his idol, whom he called "Shemesh, God of the Sun." A few days later, he met this man and was surprised to see no sign of grief on his face for the loss of the child. "We must not grieve!" the Amo-rite explained. "Even his mother did not weep, for the child must be given willingly. Then the god accepts the offering. For who is so mighty as the Sun? He can dry up wells, he can burn up the land, he can destroy us all! But when we offer him the dear-est possession we have-a first-born child-he is merciful and spares us." Abraham could see that the man was perfectly sincere. "This Amorite makes such a pre-cious offering to his idol!", he thought. "That man fears his god." But to my God who is the Master of Heaven and Earth, whom I love, I have never given any sacrifice but lambs or sheep or cattle from my numberless flocks. I never miss what I give Him-it is so little, compared to what I have." Then came a dreadful thought: "Would I be strong enough to offer up my only son to the God Who gave him to me?" Now, God saw the struggle in Abra-ham's mind, and decided to settle this question, once and for alw said to Abraham: "Take your son, your whom you love so much, and up to me as a burnt offerir land of Moriah, on the sp shall show you!" Then Abraham rose earl morning, and prepared ever3 the offering. Sarah dressec in a new tunic that she had v embroidered with her own h kissed him tenderly. She k that he was going on a th journey with his father, to s God in a new place. And 1 neyed until the Hill of M( in sight. Here Abraham lefi ants together with the do) bore the provisions. He carry the load of wood, and ] took a long knife and a br of hot coals. They starte hill. "Father," said Isaac, "we the wood, and the fire, and for a sacrifice. But whei lamb?" "God will provide a lamb, said Abraham heavily. On mit of the hill he built an rough stones, and laid the v it. Then he took hold of tied him to the wood. Now, very much surprised; but h< fectly still, for he trusted completely. Abraham tool knife . . . but his strength f He hid his face with his turned away for a moment. was torn between love for h love for God. "Abraham! Abraham!" Voice. The old man looker ing: 11 "Here am I!" And God's Messen-ger answered: "Lay not your hand upon the lad, nor do anything to him! I know that you love Me, for you have not kept back your only son from Me." Then hat intel. Abraham wept for joy, and, kissed was very Isaac and took him off from the altar. f And in the middle of their happiness, "Pente they heard a bleating sound near-by. Frances And lo! a ram was entangled by its 48-14th horns in the thicket. So they took it Y., 54 as a sign from God and offered the Woa d, ram in place of the boy. And again the suc- they heard the voice of God's Messen-ger: raheod ore "By Myself have I sworn that I will correct. multiply your seed as the stars of the r. heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; . . . and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have hearkened to My voice." So Abraham and Isaac went home together in great contentment. Now t officer, Abraham knew his God better than ever, and understood to the full how Now try different He was from all other gods. And from that day onward, the He-brew people have known, by this story, that God does not want a human sac-rifice. He does not wish us to suffer or grieve, but to be happy as well as between good, and to enjoy His precious gifts as much as we can. it you in HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE 1 A Monument for the Jew Who Backed the Revolution rays. He Some of our New York readers may only one, know the small grassy triangle at Six-offer him ty-sixth street and Broadway. A statue ig, in the of Dante, the great Italian poet, stands ot that I there. And nearby, a monument will soon be erected in memory of the Jew-ly in the ish patriot, Haym Solomon, who sup-ything for ported the American Revolution with I her son everything he had. woven and He was born in Poland, and his ands, and miserable life there taught him to ap- ;new only preciate the freedom he found in free days' America. When the revolt broke out, acrifice to he sided, of course, with the Colonists, they jour- and narrowly escaped being hanged in oriah was New York by the British, for discour-t his serv- aging and arguing with recruits to nkey that their army. When the war was over let Isaac and the first President was elected, he himself Washington and his cabinet were faced 'azier full with many difficulties. They needed d up the money to keep the wheels of the Gov-ernment turning-to pay police, to have here guard the coast, to give pensions to the knife disabled soldiers, to provide wages for re is the the clerks and officials who worked for them. Not many men were wealthy son" enough - or rash enough! - to lend my son, money to the new, untried country. But the sum- Havm Solomon came forward with the altar of bulk of his fortune! $350,000 is a lot iood upon of money, even now. At that time, it Isaac and was worth fifty times as much. But he Isaac was lent it all to the Government, and he Slay per- never got it back. He never asked for his father it. He died; and when his youngest k up the son came of age, he found that nothing ailed him. was left of his father's estate. hand andt All students -of history, Gentiles as is heart well as Jews, agree that Haym Solo- is son and mon's memory ought to be honored. He has a great-grandson living-Mr. S. cried a Stanwood Menken, who is a lawyer in i up, say- New York. (Continued on Page 39)


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Q: How to clear shared memory using php? I want to ask about why after I use shmop_delete($shmid) and shmop_close($shmid) there is nothing happen? the first string is still attaced.
This is my php code:
    $key = 864;
    $mode = 'c';
    $permission = 0644;
    $size = 1024;
$shmid = shmop_open($key, $mode, $permission, 1024);

$string = "Hello World !!!";

shmop_write($shmid, $string, 0);

$size = shmop_size($shmid);
echo shmop_read($shmid, 0, $size);

shmop_delete($shmid);
shmop_close($shmid);

First Result: Hello World !!!
Then I change $string = "TEST".
After that I run the code again with result : TESTo World !!! (Unwanted Result).
The result I want is : TEST
why the 'o World !!!' is still attached although I already did shmop_delete and shmop_close? And How I can erase it from Shared Memory? Thx...

A: When you first write "Hello World" it's writing the length of those 11 chars.  When "Test" is written, it only writes the length of "Test" into the shared memory.  That is why the rest of the string is still attached.  One potential solution is to take the length written like so:
$shm_bytes_written = shmop_write($shmid, $string, 0);
and pad the next string to that length.  Or I guess you could write the entire size of the shared block, but that's probably not what you want.
Edit:
The code should be something like this (not tested nor compiled).  This is for ASCII.  If you're using UTF-8, you'll need to handle getting the string length a bit differently.  Hopefully you get the idea
$shmid = shmop_open($key, $mode, $permission, 1024);

$string = "Hello World !!!";

$s1bytes = strlen( $string );

$shm_bytes_written = shmop_write($shmid, $string, 0);

$string2 = "Test";

$padLen = strlen( $string ) - strlen( $string2 );

$s2Pad = str_pad( "Test", $padLen );

$shm_bytes_written = shmop_write($shmid, $s2Pad, 0);

$size = shmop_size($shmid);
echo shmop_read($shmid, 0, $size);

shmop_delete($shmid);
shmop_close($shmid);

A: I got one solution from php.net shmop_read's comment by Craig Manley
demo code, 'hello' overwrite 'helloworld':

$shmid = shmop_open(10014, "c", 0755, 2048);
$size = shmop_size($shmid);
$write = "helloworld";
$writeStr = str_to_nts($write);
shmop_write($shmid,$writeStr, 0);
$str = shmop_read($shmid, 0, $size);
$rawStr =  str_from_mem($str);
$oldLengh = mb_strlen($rawStr, '8bit');
echo $rawStr . "\n";
echo $oldLengh . "\n";

$writeStr = "hello";
shmop_write($shmid, str_to_nts($writeStr), 0);
$str = shmop_read($shmid, 0, $size);
$rawStr =  str_from_mem($str);
$newLengh = mb_strlen($rawStr, '8bit');
echo $rawStr . "\n";
echo $newLengh . "\n";
shmop_delete($shmid);
shmop_close($shmid);

definition:
function str_from_mem(&$value) {
    $i = strpos($value, "\0");
    if ($i === false) {
        return $value;
    }
    $result =  substr($value, 0, $i);
    return $result;
}
function str_to_nts($value) {
    return "$value\0";
}

And as Craig Manley's comment: shmop_read() reads and returns the whole memory segment's data. This is not useful if you're just working with strings.

A: I'm new to shmop, and I couldn't find anything about this either. I found a simple solution which works for me, starting with your own code:
$key = 864; $mode = 'c'; $permission = 0644; $size = 1024;
$shmid = shmop_open($key, $mode, $permission, $size);

$string = 'lengthy';
$string = str_pad($string,$size,"\0");
shmop_write($shmid,$string,0);

$string = 'short';
$string = str_pad($string,$size,"\0");
shmop_write($shmid,$string,0);

$string = shmop_read($shmid,0,0);
$string = rtrim($string);
print $string;

OK, it's a bit stretched out, but the trick is to use str_pad($string,$size,"\0") to zero-fill the string, so you can trim the result after reading.
If you really just want to clear out the string, you could try:
$string = str_repeat("\0",$size);
shmop_write($shmid,$string,0);