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Of the many wonders of Hawaii there is one small, but significant one; made in Hawaii clothing. Many prints capture the essence of the Hawaiian lifestyle. The local people and the wonderful, curious streams of tourists from all parts of the world love, and sometimes cherish and even collect Hawaiian print clothing.
Locals are inherently kind, generous and adhere to strong ('Ohana) family values. They have unique respect for their island land ('Aina) and the ocean (Kai) that surrounds them. The spirit (Aloha) of the islands is captured in a never ending stream of images and color. The images displayed on Hawaiian clothing are full of beautiful and wondrous flora. The expression of the ubiquitous hang-loose is in the essence of many prints. There is a feeling of freedom from the open collar from a men's tropical print shirt; no more ties. The bright colorful, comfortable fitting women's dress for grandmother ('tutu) are abundantly available; the mu'u mu'u or house dress. Floral tropical prints are common sights in the neighborhoods of every Hawaiian city and town. The Hawaiian print has become more than an alluring symbol of the islands. It is dress de rigueur. The Aloha print of the Hawaiian style clothing is recognized everywhere in the world. The Hawaiian lifestyle is relaxed, laid back and hang loose. Many times tourists prefer the loudest, brightest, outlandish prints for fun. Beautiful Hawaiian prints come from recollections of ancient tribal motifs embedded from generations living with respect to the island's nature. Tropical Polynesian prints are worn for ceremonial occasions, themed parties and weddings. Restaurants, hotels and bars employ their worker with Hawaiian prints for uniforms.
You've heard of Aloha Friday. Many mainland companies have an Aloha Friday day. Each employee have the option to wear a Hawaiian print shirt or dress. Starbucks Coffee and First Hawaiian Bank are two local organisations that do this. Hawaiian prints are embodied in hotel entertainment luaus as well as Mainland backyard luau parties. Many Hawaiian style shirts reflect a myriad of themes or topics; parrots, airplanes, turtles, guitars, ukuleles, Christmas, tropical drinks, motorcycles and even pink flamingos. It is common to find an Hawaiian print reflecting the abundance of our islands' nature. Aloha prints display tributes to ancient traditions, today's and yesteryear of island life styles. Hawaiian island's history and it's traditional symbols can be found on an adult or child's T-shirt as well as all styles of Aloha wear. Much is said about the never ending images that express the nature and spirit of Hawaii as it is displayed on the local clothing made in Honolulu.
The showroom contains tens of thousands of shirts and dresses.
The showroom is packed from floor to ceiling with hanging made in Hawaii garments. No other retail store on Maui, bar none, comes close to the variety and stock on display at our showroom. You will be truly amazed. Please DO NOT bring children unless you can manage them. No food, drink or smoking allowed in the showroom.
Mornings are occupied with picking, packing and shipping our on-line customer's orders. Federal Express picks up at 11:00 A.M. weekdays. We are passionate about shipping your purchases out to you as fast as possible. MauiShirts.com ships hundreds of packages per week to the mainland and all parts of the world.
MauiShirts.com was established as an on-line internet source of made in Hawaii clothing in 1998. We offer Paradise Found, R. J. Clancey, Kalaheo, Shannon Marie, Puanani, Two Palms, Cubavera white pants and shirts, HIC Hawaiian Island Creations Boardshorts, Bamboo Cay Swim Trunks, Rugged Shark & Teva Sandals and Shoes, Sportailor emboridered shirts and cargo shorts and other brands and much more. There are over 40,000 on-hand items of Men's, Women's, Girl's & Boy's shirts and women's styles hanging in the showroom/s at all times. Many Paradise Found, R. J. Clancey, Shannon Marie and Cubavera prints and styles are 100% owned by MauiShirts.com. No other retailer or on-line seller offers more of a variety.
MauiShirts.com supplies many mainland, international and Hawaiian restaurants and hotels with matching shirt and dress uniforms.
On March 4th, 2008, the long awaited hand carved tiki arrived. It required six months to carve, dry and stain.
The Hawaiian Temple Image, Kuka' ilimoku, was the personal War God of King Kamehameha I. The great warrior chief, Kamehameha, gave this deity of war, credit for his success, in uniting the islands of Hawai'i into one Kingdom.
The Tiki, Kuka' ilimoku, was hand carved from conception, Oct., 2007, by TikiMaster, Kailua, Hawaii from Acacia Koa Wood, (Monkey Pod).
The Tiki, Kuka' ilimoku, was respectfully blessed by the Reverend Kahuna Earl Kukahiko, March 4, 2008.
Tiki Kuka' ilimoku specs: 28 cubes, 68" High, 20" X 28" wide, weight approx. 200 lbs.
Top, from left to right: Rentin Bruce Horswil, Robin Rael, Mickey Steinborn, Dave Aguilera, Kahana Bob, Johnnie Pender, Big Kahuna - Earl Kukahiko, Mary Fay, Steve Perron.
I am here with Robin Rael and the Big Kahuna - Earl Kukahiko.
That's Kahana Bob in the background.
She has been a resident of Maui for over 20 years, and truly embodies the spirit of aloha.


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Nicolas Castaneda
Harpist/Composer & Entrepeneur
Colombian harpist, composer and entrepreneur Nicolás Castañeda Lozano represents a new wave of Latin American musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended innovation and tradition. His promising career has been notable for seeking more possibilities both to play the Colombian harp and to develop a new identity and contemporary sounds through his experience as a composer.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1989, Castañeda began his career playing Colombian percussion instruments, clarinet and llanera harp; playing the folk music of his country. From the first years of his performance, Castañeda obtained awards in his native land for his outstanding performance in national and international competitions such as the Joropo International Tournament and the Young Interpreters series of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia. In 2013, Castañeda obtained a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts, United States of America. During his musical studies at the university, Castañeda participated in different events representing the university, and mixed his musical language with different world music. In 2015, Castañeda was recognized by the BMI Foundation for his academic and artistic excellence in the jazz and music production department at Berklee College of Music. Finally, in 2016, he obtained his award-winning academic degree in music with a specialization in jazz composition; being the first Colombian harpist of folkloric tradition graduated from one of the world-renowned universities.
Currently, Castañeda is developing different musical productions both as a solo harpist and as an ensemble leader through his forthcoming second album. In addition, Castañeda is also creating different academic publications as a composer, which are focused on the development of traditional Colombian music; starting as a fundamental axis the writing and musical notation of the different traditional instruments and their application in the instrumental performance, through musical compositions and educational books in different formats, both traditional and other music.
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You see the flashing crosswalk signal, so you start to stroll across the crosswalk. Suddenly, though, a motor vehicle moves quickly toward you. You attempt to get out of its way, but it ends up striking you, leaving you injured.


One of the solitary most important concepts in organisation is the sales funnel. Sales funnels can boost your earnings online by automating your service. They provide a path of the very least resistance to growing as well as scaling your business on auto-pilot. Yet after hanging around with some of the globe's ideal marketing experts, I can tell you with near certainty, not only how sales funnels will certainly permit you to make more cash online, however which particular funnels you should apply.
Now, if you're anything like me, you might be averse to particular funnels. For instance, I'm never an e-commerce guy, yet I do know that free-plus-shipping funnels are definitely squashing it. Actually, simply this past week, while going to the Closing Table Mastermind with Perry Belcher and also Roland Frasier, I obtained much more understanding into the attractive "tripwire" funnel, allegedly coined by Perry Belcher.
However, Belcher really did not develop the concept. He attracted that from an old Columbia House advertisement that offered 13 CDs or tapes for the huge price of $1.00. Remember it? Yet most of us recognize that this tempting deal (aka tripwire) had way more to it than simply the $1.00 cost. Behind-the-scenes, there was a continuity program at work. In Columbia House's' design, this was called negative choice billing. That indicates, you automatically obtain regular month-to-month shipments (together with an expense) unless you expressly mention otherwise.
So why is this so powerful as well as what does it have to do with sales funnels? As a matter of fact, what you'll discover is that Columbia House's sales funnel was quite basic. You just selected the CDs or tapes you wanted for a dollar, after that obtained a regular monthly delivery every month at a pre-defined price. They would constantly bill you for those CDs or tapes each and every single month. There were variants of this deal too where you might grab 11 CDs or tapes for one cent after that obtain the 12th free.
In any case you consider it, these were all irresistible deals. This was as well great to pass up. But what Columbia House as well as other companies recognized was that, although they would lose cash out of the gate, they would certainly, typically, over time, generate income hand over initially. And that is the power of the sales funnel. Before automation, this is just how sales funnels worked. And, if you contacted, you would certainly obtain a real-time individual efficiently strolling you via the funnel.
The Columbia House instance uses deep understanding right into the psychology of an offer that's tempting. By very first determining the life time worth of a consumer as well as their retention price, Columbia House identified that it can spend a particular quantity of cash getting customers and also still be highly successful. That's essentially what's done with sales funnels today. And also what really makes those sales funnels so effective are tripwires.
Today, it's the tripwire that develops the irresistible deal. Although Columbia House really did not rather have significant up-sells or down-sells in their funnels, they developed a basic two step funnel that worked. It functioned due to the fact that the tripwire was so appealing. It appealed deeply to the customer. After all, just how can you resist a deal like that for 12 or 13 CDs or tapes for $1 or 1 cent when they were retailing at around $10 each at the time.
One more effective example of this was via Sports Illustrated. Actually, Sports Illustrated was effectively on the decline at the time it introduced its advanced tripwire. There's something concerning tangible things that people simply connect with. Even when you're using an electronic details product on the back end, by sweetening the deal with a concrete great, you can quite essentially send your conversions with the roof.
In the example of Sports Illustrated, take yourself back to 1990 when publication registration rates were starting to drop off. In that period, Sports Illustrated experienced a 7% decrease in their flow in the initial fifty percent of the year. Now, no matter what they did, they were unable to obtain the registration prices up. Also by supplying deep discount rates on memberships, consumers weren't grabbing it. Plus, if they discounted too outstanding, it would certainly affect their capacity to obtain marketers paying costs prices without showing that customers were paying close to the full cover rate of the magazine.
Sports Illustrated, had by Time, Inc., wasn't the only magazine that was experiencing under the business's umbrella. Individuals publication had additionally experienced a severe decrease of 5%. Time, Inc., understood that it needed to do something quickly. So it started to provide a tripwire that included sports slips on VHS. Nevertheless, the cost was inflated as well as there were just many bloopers it might provide. So, they resorted to the football phone as the new tripwire.
Why the football phone? Initially, it interested the target audience. And, it was special as well as exciting. Much more amazing than a boring magazine subscription. The football-shaped phone idea was developed by Sports Illustrated's supervisor of blood circulation at the time, Michael Loeb. Back then, advertising on cord was likewise extremely affordable. Plus, the phone, which was sourced from China, only cost a few dollars "landed". So everything made good sense.
Loeb worked on the logistics of this deal for lots of months. Nonetheless, that had not been the only deal. They additionally devised a deal that included a tennis shoe phone. If you'll reflect to 1990-1991, it was both supplies that were running practically simultaneously. Speak about an early-on split-test, right?
So, what were the results of all this? Over 1 million new customers. That's right. And those deals just competed a minimal time. But it effectively conserved the firm. That's the power of a tripwire offer. It's a substantial item that obtains people thrilled regarding whatever else the core deal is. In fact, some people will only buy what you're marketing exclusively for the uniqueness of the substantial tripwire deal.
Sales funnels are one of the single most effective ideas in company today for an extremely specific reason. It's not simply the example of the tripwire that's powerful. It's the whole kittycat play dirty, so to speak. There are so many parts and components to what make a sales funnel job so well that I wanted to break it down and also provide some even more instances to offer a deeper understanding to how you can use them to enhance your income online.
Now, if you're not using a sales funnel right now, or if you're simply discovering what a sales funnel is, then there are a couple of methods you can swiftly take advantage of this effective idea in your business to develop explosive results. Firstly, if you do not have a ClickFunnels account, go right here as well as sign up for the 14-day free trial. When you have actually configuration your account, order a custom-made domain and also begin building your funnel. If you require aid, enjoy some of the on-boarding videos consisted of with ClickFunnels.
It matters not if you have an existing business or you're working to configuration a brand-new company, funnels are the key to expanding and scaling no matter where you're starting from. However, there are 5 particular ways you can use sales funnels to enhance your earnings today. It doesn't matter what company you're in or what you're offering, you can leverage these today, now, to create eruptive outcomes.
At the Inner Circle mastermind this week, Russell Brunson studied the hook-story-offer technique that precedes developing the funnel. Can you construct a sales funnel prior to you have a hook and also a story? Yes. Yet you could have trouble getting grip, specifically if you're competing in a red ocean. Red seas are entrepreneur-infested waters contending for the same pool of customers, whereas blue oceans are a place where few business owners are swimming in.
What does that inform you? Spend the moment on the hook and also the story. Yes, the offer is likewise vital. But it's the hook and the tale that's going to reel leads in. For instance, Brunson utilized the narrative of fit-to-fat-to-fat founder, Drew Manning. Manning, that remained in fantastic form, went out there and obtained a lot of weight over a 6 month duration to better recognize what it seems like to be fat. Yet after that he headed out there and also lost all the weight.
That right there is an incredible hook as well as story. It's special. And also, as a result of that, Manning has actually experienced a meteoric surge, even though his deal isn't that good. However when the hook as well as the tale is so great, the deal is virtually unimportant. Effectively, you can sell just about anything when the hook and the story just squash it. Another instance is the story of Robert Allen that would constantly say he might be dropped in any type of city in the country and get a residence no cash down within 60 days. And that's precisely what he did. His brand name has actually corrected a billion bucks in sales because of it.
Those are all excellent hooks as well as tales. Without that, your offer will have a hard time. If you can create an one-of-a-kind means to create your hook and also tale, the rest will form. Because there is so much red ocean available, this is probably among the most crucial indicate make prior to you release any type of sales funnel.
Tripwires are fantastic low-barrier-of-entry items that make prospects whip out their credit cards. Typically, these are too-good-to-pass-up products that are used at an unbelievable rate. Just think about the tripwire used by Columbia House or Sports Illustrated, for example. Tripwires aid make it less complicated to get new customers, and then to ascend them up your value ladder.
Anything that makes client acquisition harder, such as a pricey services or product out of the gate, is mosting likely to make growing and scaling your business more difficult. The fact is that it costs 5 times as much to bring in a new client as it does to keep an existing one. That's why tripwires are so effective. They reduced the barrier-of-entry right into your business. And anything that can reduce the barrier of entry is always optimal.
An additional excellent method to release a sales funnel and conveniently raise your earnings whatever company you're in is with a lead magnet. The lead magnet requires to include actual worth. Yet it can be in numerous layouts such as a PDF digital book, list, rip off sheet and more. After the download, you can provide a single deal. This indicates a three-step funnel. You could also develop an up-sell if they take the one-time offer or even a payment-plan down-sell if they deny it.
Why do a lead magnet with loads of value? Initially, you're setting yourself up as an expert. If that content is absolutely actionable, as well as it adds a huge amount of value to the prospect's life, then they're mosting likely to regard you as the authority. Yet it does something even more than that. It's a matter of micro-commitments. The concept? Obtain a person to concur to do 3 tiny things for you and also the fourth one is instantaneously an of course.
Among the most effective sales funnels you can develop is based around the webinar. As a matter of fact, it was the webinar that conserved Brunson's organisation from personal bankruptcy a couple of times. It was a mix and conclusion of expertise that result in the ideal webinar manuscript, which produces the basis for the best sales funnel. Several of it came from Jason Fladlien, while other pieces originated from elsewhere in Brunson's journey.
However, all that information combined right into the format of an ideal webinar as well as funnel, has actually essentially transformed the businesses of plenty of business owners that've taken their understanding and monetized it through the rapid pressure of webinars. Developing a webinar is among the surest paths to success with a sales funnel. Actually, the webinar funnel is rather possibly one of the most transformative funnel you can introduce for any kind of business, brand-new or old.
Another method to enhance your earnings with a sales funnel is to build a high-ticket coaching funnel that goes from application to phone call to close.
The application allows you to extract those who aren't serious. As well as, on the telephone call, you can seal the deal. Now, this sort of sales funnel jobs if you have actually already had results with clients. If not, help free until you obtain outcomes for people. Then, gather testimonials as well as utilize those as component of the pitch for the coaching.
Possibly among the greatest and also most prominent sales funnels these days is the free-plus-shipping offer funnel. It makes a great access point into any funnel by creating an one-time deal or up-sell after the offer, similar to a tripwire funnel. Nonetheless, the distinction below is the power of the word free. Yes, tripwires, which are extremely affordable product and services, work well. But there is genuine power in words cost-free.
Actually, individuals will certainly raise and down for a cost-free offer, also if they have to cover the delivery and also handling, instead of taking an offer that they even have to pay a tiny quantity of loan for.


If you are tackling a bathroom renovation, you want to get the most beautiful, functional space you can. Choosing a perfect bathroom sink is critical. What kind of bathroom sink installation will work for you? Consider the five main types of bathroom sink installations.
These sinks are easy to install, because they have a sturdy rim that can support their own weight. Essentially, sinks of this type fit into a hole cut in your bathroom countertop. If you plan to reuse your existing cabinetry after your bathroom remodel, this type of sink might be the best option for you.
Vessel sinks have gained in popularity over the last few years. These sinks are largely considered to have the most elegant style. Sitting on the top of the counter, these sinks look like a bowl. Also, since they are higher, they are often more convenient to use.
What kind of bathroom sink installation will work for you? If you don't have much space, a wall-mounted sink might be a good option. Since these sinks attach to the wall, they don't take up valuable floor space.
Unlike their wall-mounted cousins, pedestal sinks have a stand that supports them. Since they do not sit on a large cabinet or vanity, though, these sinks are also effective in tight space.
If you want to maximize your counterspace and deliver a clean look, you might consider under-mount sinks. These basins sit under your countertop, so you will not have a rim to contend with.
With these types of sink installations, you might be wondering what kind of bathroom sink installation will work for you? By working with a skilled remodeling contractor, you can find the best sink for your bathroom project.


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"Earlier this year, AP photographer David Guttenfelder was allowed to document daily life in the isolated country from Pyongyang to the spiritual Mount Paektu – under the government's terms.
North Korean people rest next to the railroad tracks in a town in North Korea's North Hamgyong province on June 20, 2014. The AP was granted permission to embark on a weeklong road trip across North Korea to the country's spiritual summit, Mount Paektu – on the government's terms. An AP reporter and photographer weren't allowed to interview people on the street or wander off course, and government "minders" accompanied them the entire way.
Portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are illuminated on a building as the sun rises over Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 14.
An apartment block stands behind hotel room curtains on the main street in Hamhung, North Korea, on June 15.
Men share a picnic lunch and North Korean-brewed and bottled Taedonggang beer along the road in North Korea's North Hwanghae province on June 16.
The remains of lunch sit on a restaurant table in the city of Wonsan, North Korea, on June 15.
Farmers walk in a rainstorm with their cattle near Hyesan, North Korea, in the Ryanggang province on June 16.
Statues of animals playing musical instruments stand along the roadside south of Samsu, North Korea, in the Ryanggang province on June 16.
Boys play soccer in the town of Hyesan in North Korea's Ryanggang province on June 16.
A deer's hoof, used as a door handle, hangs June 17 from the front door of the home where North Koreans say the late leader Kim Jong Il was born near Mount Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province.


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Top 5 Patterns from Shasta Day 1
Bryant Smith fires a jerkbait.
February 18, 2016 by Jody White
Day one of the Costa FLW Series presented by Minn Kota on Shasta Lake offered a stiff challenge on the weather side of things that many anglers overcame with flying colors. The best of the early going was Richard Dobyns of Marysville, Calif., who struck for 16-2 and holds the slimmest of leads going into the second day.
If there was any unifying factor besides the nasty weather it was that reaction baits ruled. Among the top anglers, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits and other moving baits seemed to be the go-to lures for those who did especially well.
Read about Dobyns' leading pattern here.
2. Miles Howe – San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – 16-1 (5)
Just an ounce behind the leader, Miles Howe of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., caught them big on day one.
"I'm fishing a reaction bait," reveals Howe. "During practice I only got a handful of bites on it, but with this weather change the bite turned on. I feel good about tomorrow [Friday]. I kinda stopped fishing what I was doing around 12:30. If this weather holds up I feel like I could get the same thing again."
Quitting shortly after noon likely impacted his numbers, but even then Howe wasn't catching a lot of fish. He says he only had six bites all morning, but they happened to be the right ones.
Howe says that he's focused in on a few specific areas close together, and is simply running them over and over to get his bites. Though getting only a few bites a day is always risky, Howe certainly appears to be dialed in on bass of the right size.
3. Bryant Smith – Castro Valley, Calif. – 14-13 (5)
Leading the group behind the top two is Bryant Smith, who hails from Castro Valley, Calif., and who finished in the top 10 of the 2015 FLW Series season finale on Clear Lake. Bryan certainly had solid fish, but his total was greatly boosted by the day's Big Bass, a mammoth 7-2 spot worth an extra $250.
"I was just running around, running as many points as I could, throwing reaction baits all day," states Smith. "It's the same plan tomorrow; I probably won't get lucky again like I did today though."
Other than lucking into the giant, Smith lost one other quality fish and boated upwards of 30 keepers. He might not be too confident now, but a couple good bites Friday and the quality of keepers he seems to be on might prove to be a winning recipe.
4. Sage Baker – Shasta Lake, Calif. – 13-15 (5)
Forced to come in early because of a battery issue, Sage Baker of Shasta Lake, Calif., is a favorite likely to move up in the standings Friday.
Baker says he began his day fishing in creeks, but quickly moved to a run-and-gun pattern with reaction baits.
"I only caught 8 or 10 fish, but the ones I caught were good ones," says Baker. "I couldn't catch a giant, but they're the right size. I had a small fish right around 2 pounds, and I had to put a few on the balance beam to cull up from there.
"The weather didn't affect things too bad for me. The fish have been super shallow, and it has gotten better throughout the day with the warmer weather. Today it was just slow and steady throughout."
Having plenty of experience on Shasta, Baker seems happy to try and repeat his pattern on day two. Despite burning nearly a full tank of gas, he's still got some spots left, as he says he specifically tried to save some potentially productive areas for the second day.
5. Justin Kerr – Simi Valley, Calif. – 13-14 (5)
Justin Kerr of Simi Valley, Calif., grabbed fifth place on the strength of a hot morning.
Kerr confesses that he caught all his weight by about 10 a.m. throwing reaction baits (the bait du jour, no doubt), but couldn't upgrade at all after that. That would be fine and dandy if he could count on a repeat, but Kerr is concerned about his second-round performance.
"A couple guys are fishing the same area, including on who did really well," says Kerr. "Unfortunately, I think it could muddy up too. We'll just have to see what the rain does to it and if it is still good tomorrow."
Format: All boaters and co-anglers will compete for two days. The top 10 boaters and co-anglers based on cumulative weight after two days of competition will advance to the third and final round, with the winner in each division determined by the heaviest cumulative three-day weight.
Takeoff Time: 7:00 a.m. PT
Takeoff Location: Bridge Bay Resort, 10300 Bridge Bay Road, Redding, Calif.
Weigh-In Time: Days 1 and 2 at 3 p.m.; Day 3 at 3:30 p.m.
Weigh-In Location: Bridge Bay Resort, 10300 Bridge Bay Road, Redding, Calif.
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For three years running now, the Costa FLW Series Northern Division presented by Gajo Baits has kicked off on Lake Champlain. The tournament, which is presented by Polaris, should offer great fishing like usual, but it's going to be far different than the last two FLW Series tilts on the big Northern lake. READ MORE »
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Dudley Wins Historic 4th AOY
Taking to the second to last day of the 2019 FLW Tour season, David Dudley finally did it again, triumphing over John Cox to win a historic fourth FLW Tour Angler of the Year title. Winning his first AOY in 2008, and then going back-to-back in 2011 and 2012, Dudley is now the only pro with four titles to their credit, surpassing both Clark Wendlandt and Andy Morgan. READ MORE »


the One who brought us together.
1. I was too young.
Our love story began almost 23 years ago in July of 1984. I had just finished my 10th grade year in high school, and was enjoying summer break. The uncle of one of my friends was on my mind, but I never dreamed it possible that he would be interested in me. Add to that the fact that he was eight years older than me, and it seemed like the greatest improbability that we would ever get together.
2. He was too old.
3. We came from opposites…..and in some ways still are.
Because of our age differences, we have different perspectives of many things in general. I was a "disco"…he was a "rock". I was just entering the real world. He had been out of school for 8 years. I wanted a new car. He had already learned the benefits of no payments on a used car.
Even in our families, there were differences. My parents divorced at my early age of five. On top of that my mother had to work long hours and endure the hardships of raising a family of four children on her small teacher's salary alone, as well as continuing to finish her degree. Consequently, my brother, sisters and I became independent at a young age, having to cook meals, take care of the house and ourselves as the need demanded.
Kenneth's parents were married for many, many years until his father passed away. His mother was a homemaker who still was doing his laundry for him at the age of 26! His Dad rose at 5:00 a.m. to begin cooking a feast everyday so that it would be ready for Kenneth at lunch and dinner. I remember visiting often and never seeing anything less than a tender, well-cooked meat, some sort of dried beans, cornbread, vegetables, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, bread and dessert! It was like a never-ending Thanksgiving meal!
These differences in time and family have been challenging, as many times we fail to understand the thoughts of each other, but also rewarding because we share experiences with each other, learning to appreciate our strengths and weaknesses.
4. We are good for each other.
From the "get-go" it seemed that our union was meant to be. We knew within the first four months that we would spend the rest of our lives together. In December of 1984, Kenneth proposed to me and we defied the odds of such a relationship, staying together through the rest of my high school years, finally getting married on June 7, 1986.
During our engagement period, God began talking to us about our relationship with Him. Kenneth had been out of church for some time, and began attending with me. His love for the Lord grew and grew as he devoured the Word. In no time, Kenneth quickly outgrew the knowledge and wisdom I had of the bible and all its' wonders. God continued talking to both of us about marriage, and how our relationship should be during that time and in the future, and although we didn't always respond as He wanted us to, we credit our Lord for the lessons we learned. We can now confidently say that when we do listen to Him, we grow, and when we don't, we fall. When others in our family, school and community felt we would never make it, we know it was God who pulled us through.
5. We have been blessed.
I wish I could say it has been 20+ years of "bliss", but that would be stretching it! But….it HAS been wonderful so far! We have been through good and bad times, which is all we ever expected. We have learned that through trial and hardship, God speaks the loudest. Sometimes He has to scream at us to make His voice known, but in the end, we are blessed to overcome.
When we need a few more dollars to make ends meet, He provides it. When we need a few moments of peace, He provides it. When we do not understand what to do next, He gives us peace and assurance. Because of our Lord, we are blessed beyond measure.
I think it was during the 3rd year of our marriage that we had the most difficulty. Kenneth had just lost his job. I had just had our second child, and was battling with a toddler at the same time, — all at the ripe ole' age of 21! We sold almost everything we owned, preparing to move to California where he had been promised a job, which never came through. So, we basically started over again, finding a little house to rent for $150.00 a month. (You can imagine what a dream home it was!?) It was stressful, to say the least!!! If there was any time that either one of us might have considered leaving, it may have been then. But…God had different plans. He showed us that we can trust Him to bring us through hard times.
We know the "secret" to a long marriage……God and commitment! Because we are committed to "forever", I know that we can depend on God and lean on each other to get through it.
Although we are content in the Lord and His provision, we are not satisfied with the way things are right now. Normally, that might be seen as a bad thing, but in our eyes, it only strengthens the union we have made. Marriage is a constant "tweeking" of what works and what doesn't. As you become one, you realize what battles are worth picking, and what battles aren't. One of our biggest arguments early in our marriage happened because we couldn't agree on how to fix a box of macaroni and cheese!?!! Wow!…that was definately NOT an argument worth making!
When there is so much divorce and hurting families, we desire to keep ours together and strong…but it takes work. Work that we are willing to do, and sacrifice that we are willing to make. We want more of God's blessings, more of God's wisdom, and more of His infinite mercies upon our family. We pray that our children will benefit from our relationship, excusing us when we fail, but most of all seeing that we desire to be instruments of God, teaching them to live as He would want.
Selfishly, we wish we had a regular moment to spend together everyday. With our four kids, his two jobs, church, and school, we stay on the go most days….but for now, we are content to steal moments together whenever we can.
This Valentine's Day, I declare "My Prince" as king of the Day! For today, I abolish the couch pillow rule as he described in his post, "Man Law", forgive the undone "Honey-Do List", praise the overflowing stack of books on the bookshelf, and ignore the misplaced items around the house! I thank God for a best friend, confidant, and love.
I think I saw that exact picture last night on Americas Most Wanted.
You two mean so much to Josh and I. You are a true testimony of how God can work in two peoples lives, and make disciples within the confines of family and the church.
I pray that we continue to learn from what God has done in your lives and that in 20 years I can post just as goofy of a picture as Josh.
We love yall and Happy Valentines day!
Thanks Jacki! We love you too!
I dont think the picture is goofy at all.
For all of you that thought you knew my dad, that's who he really is. Thanks mom for that post. I'm blessed to have parents that are Godly and have taught me the things that are most important in life. Work is not important. Money means nothing. God and Family have always been the foundation of our lives. Thank you for being the great parents that you are.
Julie…this is a beautiful post. We have cherished having the opportunity to cultivate a friendship with you guys. We truly feel that you are kindred spirits.
I wish you would have saved that picture of your prince until the end as kind of the "big splash finale!". Nice crown Kenneth. Wow!
Would you mind if I republished it on our blog? I think it would be a blessing and encouragement!


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Placement into courses is determined by recommendation of prior instructors and past achievement in Talmudic and related studies. The accelerated program addresses the needs of highly motivated and gifted students. The Honors classes are intended for students who possess strong vocabulary, terminology, and familiarity with the Talmud text. Students in Regular classes, who demonstrate high motivation, and who master necessary skills, are encouraged to move to the Honors Program.
In this introductory course, the primary purpose is to help the student see the Talmud as the foundation of day-to-day practice. The instructor stresses critical thinking and analytical skills in understanding the Talmudic thought process. The format of the class includes both conventional and collaborative (chavruta) study. This course covers Masechet Berachot and the study of practical Halacha, with special emphasis placed on Hilchot Berachot, Hilchot Tefillah and Hilchot HaChagim. Students learn how to read and comprehend Aramaic text, terminology, and working vocabulary. Also, students study selected Rashi commentary and Tosaphot to help understand Rashi's role as a primary aide in the study of Talmud. In addition, students are introduced to the historical and analytical process used to determine contemporary Jewish Law (Halacha).
In this Accelerated Talmud course, the primary objectives are to equip students with the skills to internalize important concepts and principles of Talmudic and Halacha study, and to acquire the vocabulary and terminology necessary for independent Talmud and Halacha study. Students also develop the skill of tracing a Halachic practice through the Shulchan Aruch to determine the conclusive ruling. This course introduces students to the Talmudic thought process through formal Gemara learning and development of their Aramaic vocabulary. This course is intended for students with strong critical thinking skills, good Hebrew comprehension, and some prior study of Mishnayot and Talmud. Students who enter the Acclerated class have demonstrated high motivation in their Torah studies and have developed fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic reading and comprehension skills.
This course stresses the need for strong reading, pronunciation, and comprehension skills. Students study key phrases, terminology, and transition words to prepare for future independent study. Students are introduced to the hierarchy of Halachic authority to help students understand the practical difference between Mishna and Braitha and between Tannaic and Amoraic statements. Also, students learn how to analyze Talmudic statements and the implications that are derived from them. In practical Halacha, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is studied because of its clarity and brevity.
In this advanced level course, students build on skills acquired in Talmud 1A. The pace of this course is intensified because of the expectation that students have mastered transition words and phrases, which are key to comprehending the Talmudic text. At this level, students develop a working knowledge of the "mapping" of the Talmudic page. Students have mastered transition words and phrases which are key to comprehending the Talmudic text. At this leve students develop a working knowledge of the "mapping" of the Talmudic page. Students study selected Tosafot from the text and practical Aramaic grammer. Also, students evaluate the presentation of two conflicting ideas, the practical differences between them, and support for each side. Students are trained to conceptualize principles of a topic under discussion, and to identify a legitimate Talmudic difficulty and itsresolution. Increased attention is given to the study of Mishna Berura, which provides a background that enriches the understanding of the issue while exposing students to the terminology and vocabulary they will encounter throughout their Talmudic studies.
In this course, students are given the opportunity to engage in collaborative learning (chavruta), which allows students to put into practice the skills that they have learned and to examine ideas presented with peers. The pace of this course is intensified because of the expectation that students have mastered transition words and phrases, which are key to comprehending the Talmudic text. Students build on the skills acquired in their sophomore year. Students study selected Tosafot from the text and practical Aramaic grammar. At this level, students evaluate the presentation of analysis of two conflicting ideas, the practical differences between them, and support for each side. Students are trained to conceptualize principles of a topic under discussion, and to identify a legitimate Talmudic difficulty and its resolution. This class provides increased attention to the study of Mishna Berura.
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In this Accelerated Talmud course, the primary objectives are to invest students with the skills to internalize important concepts and principles of Talmudic and Halacha study, and to reinforce the vocabulary and terminology necessary for independent Talmud and Halacha study. Students also master the skill of tracing a Halachic practice through the Shulchan Aruch to determine the conclusive ruling. This course further develops students' familiarity with the Talmudic thought process, through formal Gemara learning and development of their Aramaic vocabulary. This course is intended for students with strong critical thinking skills, good Hebrew and Aramaic comprehension, and some prior study of Talmud. Students who enter the Acclerated class have demonstrated very high motivation in their Torah studies and have developed fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic reading and comprehension skills.
In this Talmud Honors class, students are expected to prepare Talmud independently and master the technical elements of reading and comprehension that are essential for future independent learning. Significant time is given for students to engage in cooperative study (chavruta), which reinforces these independent learning skills. Students are introduced to the fast pace of b'kiyut, in which an entire Maseschet (30-35 Talmudic folios) is completed within the course of the year. Classroom discussions include the introduction of Rishonim and Acharonim, and comparative analysis of their respective positions. By nature, the study of Tosafot elevates skills of comparative analysis and critical thinking. Students are encouraged to explore alternative interpretations of a common text. Students learn to utilize the En Mishpat (Halachic reference for Mishneh Torah, Tur Shulchan Aruch, and S'MaG.) Methodology is learned to enable the student to follow a sugya from initial debate to the rendering of a halachic decision. This class is conducted almost exclusively in Ivrit.
In this introductory course, the primary objectives are to equip students with the skills to internalize important concepts and principles of Talmudic and Halacha study, and to acquire the vocabulary and terminology necessary for independent Talmud and Halacha study. Through the study of Mishnayot selected from various Masechtot, students are introduced to the analytical process of the development of contemporary Jewish Law as it relates to Shabbat, Holy Days, Kashrut, prayer and daily life. In addition, students develop the skill of tracing a Halachic practice through the Shulchan Aruch to determine the conclusive ruling.
In this Honors Talmud course, the primary objectives are to equip students with the skills to internalize important concepts and principles of Talmudic and Halacha study, and to acquire the vocabulary and terminology necessary for independent Talmud and Halacha study. Through the study of Mishnayot selected from various Masechtot, students are introduced to the analytical process of the development of contemporary Jewish Law as it relates to Shabbat, Holy Days, Kashrut, prayer and daily life. Students also develop the skill of tracing a Halachic practice through the Shulchan Aruch to determine the conclusive ruling. During the final quarter of this course students experience the Talmudic thought process when formal Gemara learning is introduced and Aramaic vocabulary is taught. This course is intended for students with strong critical thinking skills, good Hebrew comprehension, and some prior study of Mishnayot. Students who enter the Honors class have demonstrated high motivation in their Torah studies and have developed a proficiency in Hebrew reading and comprehension skills.
In this course, the primary purpose is to help students develop strong critical thinking and analytical skills in understanding the Talmudic thought process. The format of the class includes conventional and cooperative (chavruta) study. This course covers the study of practical Halcha, with special emphasis placed on Hilchot Berachot, Hilchot Tefillah and Hilchot HaChagim. Students learn how to read and comprehend Aramaic text, terminology, and working vocabulary. Also, students study selected Rashi commentary to help them understand Rashi's role as a primary aide in the study of Talmud. In addition, students are introduced to the historical and analytical process by which we determine contemporary Jewish Law (Halacha).


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Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Australia- Day 2
October 17, 2018 ~ Saad719
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on their first official Tour as a married couple, to Australia, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand, from October 16th to the 31st, mainly in connection with the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney. Right before the start of the visit the couple announced that the Duchess is expecting their first child. Click HERE to take a look at the previous days of the Tour.
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On the morning of October 17th, the Duke and Duchess flew to the town of Dubbo, situated on the Macquarie River, 300 kilometres northwest of Sydney, where they first visited the Royal Flying Doctor Service to learn more about the life-saving role the aviation service provides for people living in rural and regional areas.
Afterwards, the Royal Couple saw first-hand the hardships of the farmers of New South Wales suffering from drought, by visiting a local farming family, the Woodleys, for whom the Duchess brought homemade banana bread (which she baked the previous evening) and 'Royal Blend' Fortnum and Mason tea. They then traveled to Victoria Park to join people from Dubbo and surrounding areas at a picnic in the park to celebrate community spirit within the region, where the Duke gave a speech.
In the afternoon, the Duke and Duchess visited the Dubbo College Senior Campus working to improve the education outcomes of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and met students opening up their classrooms to present their work and participating in a session of netball and touch football drills on the school oval.
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Go Real, helping families find the greener side of life.
Recently it has been reported that local authorities in the UK are introducing charges for larger bin collections, which have been nicknamed the "nappy tax". This has been met with much outrage by many families and, if they are not aware of the alternatives and the true cost of using single use products, then this outrage is understandable. In my opinion, this "tax" is long overdue.
Single use nappies are an expensive luxury. They are expensive to buy in the first place, then they are expensive to dispose of. It's estimated that every baby in single use nappies produces around a tonne of nappy waste between birth and potty training. If your local authority still sends waste to landfill there is a landfill tax that they must pay of around £100 for every tonne of waste. Whether your local authority sends non-recyclable waste to landfill or to be incinerated there is the cost of the bin lorries and the men and women collecting the waste and driving the lorries. This has to be paid for.
But that's what I pay my council tax for? We all pay council tax, but clearly this disposable culture, which so many people have become accustomed to is too much for local authorities to handle – the costs of disposal will be rising the more households throw away. Then there's the matter of why should those who are more waste conscious actively trying to reduce their household waste pay for those who are less active in waste reduction?
It has been reported that Dorset will gain around an extra £100,000 and Northumbaland are introducing some of the highest charges where households need to pay £62 for a large bin. I do not believe this is done out of greed by councils, I believe that we are throwing too much away and the costs of disposal simply are not being met.
Like I said in the beginning of this post, I think this is long overdue. We as a society cannot continue to throw things "away" whenever we please. Have you looked into where "away" is? Are you aware of the effects that "away" has on the environment. And when we do throw things "away" we need to take responsibility for this and pay for it when we are required to.
I am very aware that for some families these extra costs will be really scary. Most of us in the UK are constantly tightening are belts and trying to find ways to save money in order to pay essential bills and to put food on the table.
So, what can households do to both reduce waste and save money?
1, Switch to reusable nappies.
It doesn't matter how old your little one is, we believe it's never too late to switch. There is a huge amount of information here! You can read all about where to start and how to wash them. If you're not sure about them, or have no idea which to buy, contact your local nappy library They can show you loads of different styles and brands of nappies and loan them to you so you can "try before you buy".
If you are worried about the initial cost of setting up with cloth, you may be lucky enough to find that your local authority will give you cash back, or vouchers to spend on reusable nappies. You could also buy pre loved nappies. By saving just £5 a week in pregnancy you'll find that you have saved enough cash to buy your nappies too. You will also find that volunteer run nappy libraries will have long term loan kits for those in financial hardship.
2, Switch to reusable menstrual products.
If there are menstruating people in your house hold you could rid your bin from being filled up with pads and tampons each month by making this switch. There is again, loads of information here! Again, it can be costly to set up with a full stash of reusable products. I built up my stash of washable pads by sewing and buying one or two each month until I had enough to use them full time, with just one wash at the end of my cycle.
If you like getting take away coffee, take your own cup. Many high street coffee houses now offer a discount when you use a reusable take away cup now too! I love my Klean Kanteen insulated cup, keeps my drinks warm for ages at the same time as reducing waste!
This one may sound obvious. Check with your local authority that you are recycling everything you can. Here in Cornwall the council have increased the amount of plastic that you can recycle, it's well worth checking you're recycling everything you can!
These are just four changes you could make. There are so many more!
There are loads of tips for waste reduction in the Zero Waste Hero's Facebook group!


RANK in Excel (Formula, Examples) | How to Use RANK Function?
It is a no-brainer to guess what RANK Function means is. Because the word RANK itself suggests it ranks something within the set of categories.
RANK Function in Excel solves the problem of rank the range numbers based on their value in ascending or descending order.
RANK is one of the statistical function in excel. Usually, in mathematics and statistics, we need to rank the people, product, or service based on the score within the group of categories. RANK Function in Excel will help us to rank the numbers or scores within a set of numbers or scores.
RANK Formula in Excel includes two mandatory arguments and one optional argument.
Number: This is the value or number we want to find the rank.
Ref: This is the list of numbers in a range or in an array, you want to your "Number" compared to.
[Order]: Whether you want your ranking in Ascending or Descending order. Type 0 for descending and type 1 for ascending order.
Ranking products, people, or services can help you to compare one against another. The best thing is we can see which is at the top, which is at the average level, and which is at the bottom.
We can analyze each one of them based on the rank given. If the product or service is at the bottom level, we can study that particular product or service and find the root cause for that product or service poor performance and take necessary action against them.
If you start typing RANK function in excel it will show you 3 types of RANK functions.
In Excel 2007 and earlier versions, an only RANK Function was available. However, later on, a RANK Function has been replaced by RANK.AVG and RANK.EQ functions.
Though RANK Function still works in recent versions, it may not be available in future versions.
RANK Function in Excel is very simple and easy to use. Let understand the working of RANK Function in Excel by some RANK Formula example.
I have totally 12 teams that participated in the Kabaddi tournament recently. I have team names, their total points in the first two columns.
I have to rank each team when I compared to other teams in the list.
Since RANK works only for compatibility in earlier versions, I am using RANK.EQ function instead of a RANK Function here.
Note: Both work exactly the same way.
Apply the RANK.EQ function in cell C2.
Note: I have not mentioned the order reference. Therefore, excel by default ranks in descending order.
=RANK.EQ (B2, $B$2:$B$13) returned a number (rank) of 12. In this list, I have total of 12 teams. This team scored 12 points, which is the lowest among all the 12 teams we have taken into consideration. Therefore, formula ranked it as 12 i.e. the last rank.
=RANK.EQ (B3, $B$2:$B$13) returned a number (rank) of 1. This team scored 105 points, which is the highest among all the 12 teams we have taken into consideration. Therefore, formula ranked it as 1 i.e. first rank.
This is how RANK or RANK.EQ function helps us to find out the rank of each team when we compared against each other in the same group.
One common problem with RANK.EQ function is if there are two same values then it gives the same ranking to both the values.
Consider the below data for this example. I have a batsmen name and their career average data.
Apply the RANK.EQ function in cell C2 and the formula should like the below one.
If I apply a RANK formula to this data both Sachin and Dravid, get the rank 1.
My point is if the formula finds two duplicate values then it has to show 1 for the first-ever value it found and the next value to the other number.
There are many ways we can find the unique ranks in these cases. In this example, I am using RANK.EQ with COUNTIF function.
=RANK.EQ (B2, $B$2:$B$6) this will find the rank for this set.
COUNTIF ($B$2:B2, B2) – 1. COUNTIF formula will do the magic here. For the first cell, I have mentioned $B$2:B2 means at this range what is the total count of the B2 value then deduct that value from 1.
The first RANK returns 1 and COUNTIF returns 1 but since we mentioned -1 it becomes zero, therefore, 1+0 = 1. For Sachin RANK remains 1.
For Dravid, we got the Rank as 2. Here RANK returns 1 but COUNTIF returns 2 but since we mentioned -1 it becomes 1 therefore 1 + 1 = 2. The rank for Dravid is 2, not 1.
This is how we can get unique ranks in case of duplicate values.
A RANK Function is replaced by RANK.EQ in 2010 and later versions.
A RANK Function in Excel can accept only numerical values. Anything other than numerical values, we will get an error as #VALUE!
If the number you are testing is not present in the list of numbers we will get #N/A! Error.
The RANK Function in Excel gives the same ranking in the case of duplicate values. Anyhow, we can get unique ranks by using the COUNTIF function.
Data need not sort in ascending or descending order to get the results.


This AWTWNS news packet for 8 December 2018 contains one article, with a late update. It may be reproduced or used in any way, in whole or in part, as long as it is credited.
7 December, 2018. A World to Win News Service. The Yellow Vest revolt that erupted suddenly among the usually ignored and voiceless lower classes in France's rural areas and smaller cities has stormed into the centre of political life and may have blasted a hole in the dam through which much broader and diverse social discontent can erupt. "The house is on fire" is the assessment prevalent among the country's "political class" – but the flames have been kindling. Following the shocks of the Brexit referendum in Britain, the election of Trump in the US, Merkel's comedown in Germany and the establishment last Spring of a fascist-dominated governmnt in neighbouring Italy, Macron had been looked to and had accepted the mantle of "leader of the free world", champion of the social-democratic order that has characterized the country and the Western world since World War 2. Jokes made the rounds among his admirers that France's young President could walk on water. Now this champion of the free world, head of what only months ago was considered the most stable country in Europe, has armoured cars on the boulevards of Paris, and the City of Light is lit up by the flames of burning cars.
The deep crisis of the world capitalist-imperialist system and the challenges this is posing to the major global powers has given rise to sharp contention between powerful opposing forces in the ruling classes in most major powers about whether to maintain the structures of bourgeois democracy, with parliamentary rule, the rule of law and the norms and institutions associated with this, or impose openly terroristic rule – a fascist order. As the existing order fragments and is hammered by this infighting, as the social fabric is stretched and ripped apart, masses in country after country have been swept into the maelstrom of events.
As Macron scrambles to contain the Yellow Vest revolt, the fascist leader Marine Le Pen, who now more than ever is Macron's most serious rival, is working to use the revolt to force her way into power by any means possible. Posing as the only person who can save France from even more chaos and bloodshed, she warned that if Macron doesn't resign, the only way he can stop the Yellow Vests is to have people shot down. Since the good majority of French people are in sympathy with the Yellow Vests, that could have even more catastrophic consequences for the country's political stability than the previously unimaginable step of the President's stepping down. At this point, Macron has done two things few people would have predicted: making concessions to the kinds of popular demands he said he would never concede to, and staying silent in the face of rumours that the army could be called out.
The government had deployed most of its security forces in a wide perimeter around the presidential palace at the foot of the Champs Elysées, one of the most luxurious avenues in the world. The authorities managed to avoid their worst fear, the storming of the presidential palace, but they were unable to dominate the fast-moving crowds that came together suddenly, attacked and then scattered and regathered elsewhere. Despite the cold, thousands defied the water cannons and armoured riot trucks rampaging under the Christmas lights, and glittering high-end shops were smashed and looted from one end of the avenue to the other. Barricades went up on adjoining streets to assert the crowd's control of these territories reknowned for their ostentatious wealth. Hundreds of cars and half a dozen buildings were burned. In revenge for their humiliation, the police and paramilitary CRS security forces mercilessly piled on and beat isolated protesters.
More than 400 people were arrested on Saturday 1 December, most held without charges for days and others sentenced immediately. According to the authorities, they were predominantly employed men in their twenties and especially thirties from "the provinces", towns and small cities physically and above all socially distant from the capital. Some were searched and arrested as they returned to their parked cars with provincial license plates or were about to aboard trains for home.
What propelled this defiance in Paris was something that could be called the "anti-Paris", people in the provinces who believe they are being smothered by everything Paris represents. For three weeks, especially on consecutive Saturdays, hundreds of thousands of people acting in scattered small groups blocked highways and crossroads all over the country, in small towns and big cities alike, along with fuel depots, warehouses and other strategic facilities. Tending to be surprisingly older for such a physical protest movement, they include small business owners, the self-employed (like craftsmen, technicians and truck drivers), lower level employees (nurses' aids, sales clerks), and workers in factories and other rural workplaces. The social composition seems to vary widely in different regions and even different neighbouring towns. Many are poor, others not so poor, but almost all are having trouble making it to the end of the month. One older woman in northern France told a reporter, "We're the little people, not the littlest, but the middle of the little." What initially triggered the protest was a problem common to rural, small town and suburban people in general, the increasingly painful price of fuel for their cars and trucks.
Macron's "reforms" were meant to make France more "business-friendly" but were broadly felt to be flagrantly inequitable. For instance, he all but abolished a wealth tax on the rich, while imposing a flat tax of 8.6 percent on all pensions regardless of income. The Yellow Vests chose to focus their anger on a government-decreed hike in the price of diesel fuel scheduled for 1 January. Their adopted uniform is the florescent emergency vest that signals drivers in distress.
Typically the Yellow Vests consider themselves people who live by relying on their own efforts, and see the government as making it even harder for them to do that. With France's once extensive local train networks gutted, more and more people outside Paris drive long distances not only for work but because public services are rapidly receding from rural areas. They feel despised by the Parisian "elite" or "the upper caste". Some refer to themselves as the "sans dents", the "toothless people" as the aristocracy used to call the peasants, a joke, but a bitter one where there are very few dentists and false teeth are a luxury.
Macron justified the diesel tax as key to France's ecological transition. But not only would the tax hit poorer people hardest, Macron has maintained France's heavy reliance on nuclear power. Critics also pointed out the hypocrisy of the government, which had encouraged people for years to buy diesel vehicles in order to prop up France's automotive industry, a pillar of French industry and the whole economy, against ever fiercer global competition. All this amounts to shameful hypocrisy in a country whose flagship company is Total, a leader in pillaging the world's natural resources and imposing carbon fuel dependence.
The mainstream of the Yellow Vest protest, while fueled by anger at Macron's reforms and the destruction of the country's safety net and the outrageous inequalities that have been aggravated since the 2008 crisis, tends to look back to the "Trente Glorieuses", the Glorious Thirty years of advancing France's economy after World War 2, and especially to the way things used to be, or at least the way they were "supposed" to be back then, when there seemed to be a social contract between those on high and those below in which everyone benefited, at least a little. It's no accident that in the beginning, and still today, when confronted by the police, the Yellow Vests chant, "The police with us", meaning that even if the police are not now with "us", they should be. One police union has even declared its support for the Yellow Vests. At roadblocks near borders in northern France, some Yellow Vests have demanded to know the nationality of drivers and inspected lorries for immigrants, turning people over to the border police and often bragging that they are doing the work of the police better than the police themselves.
There's been much debate about the degree to which the movement is led or being used by the "far right", meaning not Macron (who's called a centrist only because almost all of the forces to his "left" have collapsed), but Le Pen's Rassemblement National (formerly known as the FN, National Front) and the remnants of France's traditional right, now even more openly fascist than Le Pen, who recently has been trying to seem more inclusive. There are clearly fascist forces directly involved, including "Catho-fascho" (fascists encouraged by priests and bishops), upper middle class youth fighting groups, "identitarians", currently illegal fascist terrorist groups, royalists and others. To some extent the regions where the Yellow Vests have been strongest map onto those where Le Pen did best in the previous presidential elections. Many Yellow Vests say they are apolitical and don't vote for anyone, but with some exceptions, few are against the role played by Le Pen supporters in their movement, and the frequent appearance of fascist banners in mass protests has further normalized their presence in the country.
Macron and the party he created overnight came to power as an "alternative" to all of the old main parties of the traditional right and left whose collapse signified the collapsing legitimacy of the broader political establishment. His project is to dismantle the old social-democratic welfare state that claimed to stand for "social solidarity" between all classes, while restoring the legitimacy of the current bourgeois-democratic, parliamentary political set-up. For instance, Macron rejected the small and almost symbolic increase in the minimum wage that presidents traditionally grant, arguing that his goal is not to improve the conditions of people in poverty but get rid of poverty by making French capitalists more competitive in the world. This hasn't worked. The enthusiasm among many people of all classes that led to his election has been followed by a situation where most in the middle and lower classes feel like he is picking their pockets for the benefit of the rich. This had led to a further delegitimization of the existing political structure.
Again, the Yellow Vest movement cannot be evaluated as an isolated phenomenon. Le Pen's fascist party has been a major force on France's political scene for over a generation; not only did she make it to the run-offs for President 18 months ago, but her party is leading in the polls for the upcoming European Parliament elections. Le Pen has played a major role in shifting the whole political process to the right. As the mainstream of traditional French politics collapses, as it has in growing numbers of other Western countries, there is an increasing basis for major sections of the ruling class to support her bid for power. Macron is hoping that cancelling the fuel price hike will divide the Yellow Vests and cut off the most determined among them from those among the middle classes whose greatest concern is order, and undoubtedly to use an iron fist on hard-core elements who persist. But stepping up repression against a popular protest risks losing the support among those who look to him as a rampart against the fascists, even as this paves the way for the even more clearly authoritarian Le Pen.
The "far left", meaning especially Jean-Luc Melenchon, head of La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), echoed Le Pen's call for Macron to step down and make way for new elections. Instead of building people's understanding and ability to stop fascism through their own independent mass action, Melenchon is putting forward working through the very channels that have brought about this situation in the first place as the only way to put a halt to it. That's a reactionary and potentially disastrous game based on a terrible underestimation of the danger of fascism and an abandonment of the people's interests. Melenchon's programme, hailed by some as the "left populism" needed to combat Le Pen's "right populism", combines defense of the social welfare state with naked French nationalism. His support for the "republic" comes down to support for the continuity of the French state and French society more or less as it is today, proudly defending the welfare of "the French" against foreign rival states and upholding their relative privileges as citizens of one of the handful of countries whose great wealth has been built on the backs of the world's peoples. But if you're going to go with this kind of nationalist project, why settle for the toned-down version of the latecomer Melenchon, instead of the real deal, the unabashed and aggressive nationalism of the original fascist, Le Pen?!
The "other France" the Yellow Vests represent are not the only suffering sections of the people. There is also the "other France" of urban, multinational poor working class and lower middle class districts. For example, there is a movement in Marseille protesting the recent collapse of two buildings that killed eight people in a teeming, lively multinational neighbourhood with some of the country's most dilapidated housing. An angry march crossed a Yellow Vest procession. The Yellow Vests carried French flags. People in the other march told them to "flush that banner down the toilet." After the marches converged, police started firing teargas grenades indiscriminately, not only at the protesters but also aiming into apartment building windows, killing an 80-year-old woman. All this poses the question of how to unite the oppressed.
There are other, extremely important stirrings of discontent in France. On the same day as the first Yellow Vest demonstration of some 8,000 people in Paris, at least 20,000 and maybe many more mainly young women and some men marched against sexual violence against women. Many tens of thousands more took to the streets in secondary cities, a fresh sight in a country where the "Me too" movement has met resistance and the intellectual establishment likes to focus on the oppression of women in Moslem countries. Young women raised slogans explicitly targeting patriarchy and male supremacy. Their energy, anger, diversity and numbers totally overflowed expectations. This, too was a heterogeneous and contradictory thing, but it was fresh and forward-looking, with many participants longing for real, liberating social change, springing from a basic faultline in class society, the oppression of women that cannot be ended without transforming the world.
How to go beyond the inevitably temporary intersection of different interest groups and unite the people against their enemy, the capitalist-imperialist ruling class and its state? Not like Melenchon, trying to unite different parts of the masses on the basis of nationalism and futile dreams of reviving the social-democratic welfare state. And not like the anarchists trying to prove that the character of the Yellow Vest movement can be changed and the movement led by proving to be the best street fighters against the police. The people can't be united spontaneously. Revolutionaries can't tail after anyone.
Macron and the defenders of the established social democratic order in France have no answers to the oppression and suffeirng of the people. Nor do LePen and the fascist forces waiting in the wings and readying to pounce. These two contending forces ultimately represent different forms of the outmoded order of exploitation, oppression, wars for empire, and environmental catastrophe, and LePen's fascist alternative promises only to step all this up and do it all more violently and efficiently.
As the Yellow Vest protests rock the country, what is needed is, in the words of an Open Letter on the Midterm elections in the US (revcom.us), "… a radically different alternative, a third future – a radical break with all camps of imperialism, a different society based on eliminating all forms of exploitation and oppression, overcoming the social relations, morality and ways of thinking that have been stamped on people by trying to survive in those societies, one that is as different from today as day from night. A future for the emancipation of humanity. There is today a highly developed vision and strategy and a leadership founded on a scientific method for understanding the dynamics of society and how it could be radically transformed through revolution." This alternative – Bob Avakian's new communism – needs urgently to be placed in the hands of a core of people in France who can stride boldly into these stormy seas, so that more and more people begin to understand the real situation and become transformed to fight amidst it for the emancipation of humanity.
The government congratulated itself that "only" 125,000 people came out, according to its statistics – a very large number considering its threat to use stronger teargas, beatings, pre-emptive mass arrests and maybe live bullets. In fact, 2,000 people were detained and at least 1,200 among them jailed. Some 89,000 gendarmes and CRS paramilitary forces were called out that day nationwide, in addition to the regular police.
In Paris, major football matches, concerts and all other events where crowds gather were cancelled. Museums closed, as well as key tourist sites like the Eiffel Tower. The dozen armoured vehicles surrounding the Arc de Triumphe enabled the security forces to hold it this time, but the tens of thousands of of people who flooded the streets across the city two weeks before Christmas were not shoppers. Department stores were shut, shop windows boarded up, cafes took their tables and chairs inside and few civilian vehicles were to be seen. The police kept larger groups of protesters surrounded, but scattered, small groups of people driven from the Champs-Elysees and others coming from all directions played cat-and-mouse with the security forces, repeatedly confronting them until a wind and rainstorm that night.
Yellow Vest encampments continue to stake out roundabouts in every region, but the situation is no longer so directly defined by the rural areas or even the movement itself. The huge numbers of people entering cities to protest on Saturday often found themselves fighting in the streets alongside students and urban youth of all social classes and people who identify with other social movements. This happened in Toulouse and Nantes, which saw some of the most important clashes, as well as Paris. Many more teenagers and university-age protesters were on the capital's streets than the previous three Saturdays. There and in several other cities large contingents of environmental activists converged with Yellow Vest concentrations. This is especially significant since the authorities and their intellectuals have depicted the Yellow Vests as opposed to ecological concerns.
Yet often these convergences took place on Yellow Vest terms, as a movement of the French people against a wealthy elite disrupting the unity of the nation. Environmental activists and other leftists in Paris hung two very large canvases across a statue of Marianne, symbol of the 1789 French revolution. One depicted her as usual, waving the French flag with one hand and carrying a rifle with the other as she leads the people into battle to overthrow the monarchy, only now wearing a yellow vest over her usually naked torso. The other screamed, "Give us our money back", referencing the anti-tax hatred now being expressed by much of French society as a whole, in all its class, ethnic, gender and other diversity. A large banner saying "Furious, not fascist" went against the trend to avoid making distinctions in the name of unity.
France's political crisis is growing all the more acute because neither repression nor concessions seems likely to stop it. Solutions within the framework of "normal" politics seem difficult and tenuous. What is known as the "political class" is paralysed and dispirited and finds itself with little argument or even much will to oppose the claim of fascists like Marine Le Pen that only they can hold France together. The call for turning over the state to the armed forces chief of staff fired by Macron no longer seems like total lunacy. What makes the situation so dangerous is not only all that, but the fact that the mainstream of the Yellow Vest movement and many other political forces tailing in its wake are prisoners of an inherently, if not always obviously, nationalist outlook that can prove easy prey for organised fascist forces.
There are deep divisions in French society about who gets to be considered really French – especially regarding immigrants and their children and grandchildren in the ghettos. "Power to the people" could mean different things. Many people from the excluded sections of society tend to support the Yellow Vest demands, despite their nervousness about racism. At the same time, many rural and urban Yellow Vest supporters share establishment fears that this political disorder may facilitate ghetto rebellions against the prevailing social order of the kind that shook the country in 2005. While many Yellow Vest supporters defend the anti-police violence associated with this movement as necessary to make their voices heard, some of these same people and others who feel threatened by disorder blame it on ghetto youth. This was true even before now, when some ghetto youth in tracksuits and hoodies are coming into the city centres to confront the police whom they, more than anyone, have reason to hate.
About half the inhabitants of Mantes-la-Jolie , the site of several ghetto rebellions in recent decades, live in overcrowded public housing towers surrounded by open fields. They are separated from the rest of the town and the nearly inaccessible capital city not so much by distance as deliberate transportation barriers. When multiracial high school students blocked school entrances and set fires as part of the national wave of revolt, the police arrested about 150 of them immediately. Videos seen by millions show the school kids, some as young as 12, lined up against a wall or forced to kneel in rows with their hands behind their heads, often tied, as police taunt them, standing over them as if they were about to be executed. Nothing like this has happened to all-"white" groups of protesters, even rioters.
In Paris and several cities on the following Saturday, rows of protesters facing off with security forces took to their knees with their hands behind their heads in solidarity with the Mantes-la-Joie pupils.


Filed by Panda Bear on Mar 5th, 2010 under Birthday, Cookie, Panda Bear's Posts. Leave a Purr or Hiss.
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You are the very cutest Cookie I know!


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Q: GitHub - After removed from a repository it doesn't show my contributtions On my Github profile I did a lot of contributions in private repositories of my previous job.
But, they removed me from their repositories and my contributions graph become almost all blank, as if I never contributed  or sent code with my GitHub account profile (because most of my contributions were in my previous job repositories).
I don't think that this is fair. Other future employers may think that I don't have much experience or contribution because I don't have code to show to them.
Is there a correct way to think about this or solve it? What should I do?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Q: spring mvc can't access .html files I searched all over the site and nothing suggested worked!
I'm tryng to make a spring-mvc and angularJS application; This is my project structure:
angularState
-src/main/java/it.controller.DefaultController.java
-src/main/webapp
--index.jsp
--WEB-INF
---dispatcher-servlet.xml
---web.xml
---static
----default.html

so in my web.xml I have:
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>
        /WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml
    </param-value>
</context-param>

in the dispatcher-servlet.xml:
<context:component-scan base-package="it.controller"></context:component-scan>
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<context:annotation-config />
<mvc:resources location="/WEB-INF/static/" mapping="/static/**" />

in the index.jsp:
<% response.sendRedirect("default"); %>

then in the controller:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/default")
public class DefaultController {
public String showDefault(){
    return "/static/default.html";
}
}

I've always used jsp and everything was fine; now I've tried every single question of the site:
I've tried
-mvc:default-servlet-handler
-InternalResourceViewResolver with prefix "/WEB-INF/static" and suffix ".html" or even suffix void
-InternalResourceViewResolver void and the controller method returning "/WEB-INF/static/default.html"
NOTHING!
nothing showed the default.html. why that .html file is so complicated!

A: This is because normally *.jsp style uri patterns are handled by the servlet container and in your case *.html is not being handled by the container and instead the path is being delegated to Spring MVC which does not know how to render these extensions
As a quick fix you can try below code in conf/web.xml
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Or
Content negotiating view resolver can also be used in place of InternalResourceViewResolver(I Guess you might be using this) which return a suitable view based on file extension declared in "mediaTypes" property)
Example
 <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
          <property name="order" value="1" />
          <property name="mediaTypes">
            <map>
               <entry key="json" value="application/json" />
                <entry key="html" value="text/html"/>
            </map>
          </property>

A: For anyone who will google, here the answer.
the problem was pretty simple: All I was wrong was the controller method; the original controller method was:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/default")
public class DefaultController {
    public String showDefault(){
        return "/static/default.html";
    }
}

the correct version must be:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/default")
public class DefaultController {
@RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET)
    public String showDefault(){
        return "/static/default.html";
    }
}

because every page must have a GET access, more than all, the homepage!
Because of that missing @RequestMapping on the method, every config I tried gave me errors on the .html files. As I sayd, .html files only needs the
<mvc:resources location="/WEB-INF/static/" mapping="/static/**" />

to be configured because they're static resources and they don't need the help of the servlet. Hope this will help someone, thanks to everyone who tried.


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Q: Oracle - Deleting overlapping records Due to mistake while populating a table with data there are erroneous records in the table now. In particular, there are overlapping timestamps. Now I want to delete the records, which have the characteristics shown in the following example:

Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('1','3',to_timestamp('27.05.2016 17:27:08','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('31.05.2016 18:34:16','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('2','3',to_timestamp('31.05.2016 18:34:16','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('31.05.2016 18:34:26','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('3','3',to_timestamp('31.05.2016 18:34:26','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('01.06.2016 08:56:51','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('4','3',to_timestamp('01.06.2016 08:56:51','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('01.06.2016 18:38:30','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('5','3',to_timestamp('01.06.2016 18:38:30','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('08.06.2016 15:23:22','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('6','3',to_timestamp('08.06.2016 15:23:22','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('08.06.2016 21:02:21','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('7','3',to_timestamp('08.06.2016 17:09:02','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('08.06.2016 19:04:05','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('8','3',to_timestamp('08.06.2016 19:04:05','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('08.06.2016 21:02:21','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('9','3',to_timestamp('08.06.2016 21:02:21','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('09.09.9999 00:00:00','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('10','6',to_timestamp('20.06.2016 21:23:48','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('20.06.2016 21:23:56','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('11','6',to_timestamp('20.06.2016 21:23:56','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('21.06.2016 08:59:16','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('12','6',to_timestamp('21.06.2016 08:22:35','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('21.06.2016 08:23:02','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('13','6',to_timestamp('21.06.2016 08:23:02','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('21.06.2016 08:59:16','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('14','6',to_timestamp('21.06.2016 08:59:16','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('21.06.2016 12:06:49','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('15','6',to_timestamp('21.06.2016 12:06:49','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('22.06.2016 06:29:51','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('16','6',to_timestamp('22.06.2016 06:29:51','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('22.06.2016 08:18:18','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('17','6',to_timestamp('22.06.2016 08:18:18','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('22.06.2016 08:24:58','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('18','6',to_timestamp('22.06.2016 08:24:58','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('22.06.2016 08:38:18','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));
Insert into TEST_OVERLAP (TICKET_SK,TICKET_ID,VALID_FROM,VALID_TO) values ('19','6',to_timestamp('22.06.2016 08:38:18','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'),to_timestamp('09.09.9999 00:00:00','DD.MM.RR HH24:MI:SSXFF'));

The amount of records to delete could also be larger than 2 per ticket_id.
How could this be done?

A: If I correctly understood you want to delete every record that have a record with same ticket_id and a timeframe that completely contains the record.
Here's a query that do the job:
DELETE tickets t
WHERE EXISTS (
    SELECT *
    FROM tickets t2
    WHERE t2.ticket_id  =  t.ticket_id
      AND t2.valid_from <  t.valid_from
      AND t2.valid_to   >= t.valid_to
);