Lord Jesus, send Your Spirit to help us read the scriptures with the same mind that You read them to the disciples on the way to Emmaus. In the light of the Word, written in the bible, You helped them to discover the presence of God in the disturbing events of Your arrest and death.
Create in us silence so that we may listen to Your voice in Creation in scripture and in the events of our lives. Above all, help us hear Your voice in people, especially those who are poor and suffering. May Your word guide us so that we, like the two disciples journeying to Emmaus, may experience the force of Your resurrection by bringing peace and justice to others. We ask this of You, Jesus, son of Mary, who revealed to us the Father and sent us Your Spirit. Amen.
The liturgy of the third Sunday in Advent presents the figure of John the Baptist and describes his place in God's plan. Thus, it helps us to find our place and prepares us for Christmas. John the Baptist was a great man. He was a prophet who had many disciples. Jesus described him as the greatest among those born of woman. Nevertheless, according to Jesus, the least in the kingdom of God is greater than John the Baptist (Mt 11:11). John knew this as well. He was praised by others but did not praise himself. When Jesus began to proclaim the kingdom of God, John gave way to Him. His disciples, however, did not have this spirit of generosity. They were envious. John helped them to overcome their resentment. It is not easy to cede one's place of leadership to others and collaborate with them for the sake of the mission.
John 1:6-8: John's place in God's plan: to give witness to the light.
John 1:19-21: John's negative witness concerning himself: he is not the one people think he is.
John 1:22-24: John's positive witness regarding himself: he prepares the way for the Lord.
John 1:25-28: The meaning of John's baptism: he prepares for one greater than he. The one who is coming after him.
6-8:A man came, sent by God. His name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness to the light, so that everyone might believe through him. He was not the light. He was to bear witness to the light.
25-28: Now those who had been sent were Pharisees, and they put this question to him: "Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?" John answered them, "I baptise with water; but standing among you - unknown to you - is one who is coming after me, and I am not fit to undo the straps of his sandals." This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising.
a) What aspect of John the Baptist's attitude drew my attention and pleased me?
b) Three times John defines himself negatively: I am not the Messiah, I am not Elijah, I am not the Prophet. What do these three denials tell us about the person of John?
c) Using a phrase from the Old Testament, John draws attention away from himself and towards Jesus. What does this tell us about John? What does this tell us about Jesus?
d) What does John say about baptism? What is the difference between John's baptism and Jesus' baptism?
e) Why did Jesus say that John is the greatest while at the same time saying the least in the kingdom is greater than he?
f) How can all this help us prepare for Christmas?
* The Gospel of John was written towards the end of the first century. In those days, wherever there were communities of Jews in Palestine and in Asia Minor, there were those also who had come in contact with John the Baptist or who had been baptized by him (Acts 19:3). Outwardly, John's movement was very similar to that of Jesus. Both proclaimed the coming of the kingdom of God (Mt 3:1-2) and both demanded conversion (Mt 4:17). There must have been some rivalry among the followers of John and those of Jesus. Thus John's answer concerning Jesus was not just for those sent by the priests and Pharisees in John's time, but also for the Christian communities of the end of the first century. In fact, the four Gospels are careful to quote John the Baptist's words when he says that he is not the Messiah (Mt 3:3,11, Mk 1:2,7, Lk 3:4,16, Jn 1:10-23,30, 3:28-30).
* John 1:6-8: John's place in God's plan: to give witness to the light.
* John 1:19-21: John's negative witness concerning himself: he is not the one others think he is.
The Jews wanted to learn who this John was who baptized people in the desert and drew people to himself. Therefore, they sent emissaries to ask "who are you?" John's reply is strange. Rather than say who he is, he tells them who he is not: "I am not the Messiah!" He then adds two other negative replies: he is not Elijah nor is he the Prophet. Both figures play a part in the messianic hope. In messianic times, Elijah would return to lead the hearts of fathers back to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. In other words, he would have returned to restore human solidarity (Mt 3:23-24, Si 48:10). The Prophet would bring the work started by Moses to a conclusion. He was seen by the people as the long awaited Messiah (Dt 18:15). John rejects these messianic titles because he is not the Messiah.
Later, however, it is Jesus himself who says that John the Baptist was Elijah (Mt 17:12-13). How can we explain this statement? The fact is that there were various interpretations concerning the mission of Elijah. Some said that the Messiah would be like a new Elijah. In this sense, John was not Elijah. Others said that Elijah's mission consisted of preparing the way for the coming of the Messiah. In this sense, John was Elijah.
In this dialogue between John and the Pharisees and the priests, we see the catechesis of the communities of the end of the first century. The questions put by the priests and Pharisees on the meaning of John the Baptist in God's plan are the questions of the communities. Thus, Jesus' replies as written by the Evangelist, are also addressed to the communities.
* John 1:22-24: John's positive witness: he is only one who prepares the way.
"Why do you baptize if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?" Those sent by the priests and Pharisees wanted a clear answer because they had to render an account to those who had sent them to interrogate John. It was not sufficient for them to know what John was not. They wanted to know who he was and what he meant in God's plan. John's reply is a phrase taken from the prophet Isaiah which is quoted in the four Gospels: "I am a voice crying in the desert. Prepare the way of the Lord" (Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3; Lk 3:4; Jn 1:23). In this use of the Old Testament, we see the mysticism that animated the reading of the Sacred Scripture by the first Christians. They found these words expressed their experience of God in Jesus (cf 2Tim 3:15-17).
* John 1:25-28: The meaning of John's baptism and person.
In Christian communities at the end of the first century, there were those who knew only of John's baptism (Acts 18:25; 19:3). When they met other Christians who had received the baptism of Jesus, they wanted to know what John's baptism meant. In those days, there were many kinds of baptisms. Baptism was a form whereby a person committed him/herself to a particular message. Those who accepted the message were invited to confirm their decision by means of a baptism (ablution, purification or bath). For instance, through the baptism of John a person would bind him/herself to the message proclaimed by John. Through the baptism of Jesus, one bound oneself to the message of Jesus that gave him/her the gift of the Spirit (Acts 10:44-48; 19:5-6).
There is among you one whom you do not know. This statement of John refers to Jesus who is present among the multitude. When John was writing his Gospel, Jesus continued to be present in the communities and among the people, above all in the poor with whom he identified. Today, He is in our midst in many ways. Very often, we do not recognize Him.
* John the Baptist in John's Gospel.
1) John came to give witness to the light (Jn 1:6-8).
2) Jesus came after John and was John's disciple. Nevertheless, He is more important than John because He was before John: "He who comes after me ranks before me because He existed before me" (Jn 1:15,30). Jesus is the creative Word standing by the Father even from the beginning of creation (Jn 1:1-3).
3) John confessed openly: "I am not the Christ. I am not Elijah. I am not the Prophet awaited by the people. I am only a voice crying in the desert: straighten the path of the Lord" (Jn 1:19-23).
4) When compared to Jesus, John considers himself unworthy to undo the straps of His sandals and says "He must increase and I must decrease" (Jn 1:27; 3:30).
5) John declared to the people concerning Jesus: "I saw the Spirit coming down on Him from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. He is going to baptize with the Holy Spirit" (Jn 1:32-33).
6) John points to Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (Jn 1:29,36), God's chosen one (Jn 1:34).
* A Gallery of Jesus' meeting with people in John's Gospel.
In his Gospel, John relates in detail various meetings that Jesus had with people throughout his itinerant life in Palestine: with the first disciples (Jn 1:35-51), with Nicodemus (Jn 3:1-13; 4:14; 7:50-52; 19:39), with John the Baptist (Jn 3:22-36), with the Samaritan woman (Jn 4:1-42), with the woman about to be stoned (Jn 8:1-11), and with Martha and Mary (Jn 11:17-37). These and other meetings are described as if they were tableaux hung on the walls of an art gallery. To attentive eyes, and to those who are able to appreciate things beyond the details, they reveal the identity of Jesus. At the same time, they reveal the characteristics of the communities that believed in Jesus and witnessed to His presence. They are also mirrors which help us to discover what goes on within ourselves when we meet Jesus. The mirror of the meeting between Jesus and John the Baptist, which we are reflecting on during this third Sunday in Advent, helps us prepare for the meeting with Jesus in the coming feast of Christmas.
time forth and for evermore.
Lord Jesus, we thank for the word that has enabled us to understand better the will of the Father. May your Spirit enlighten our actions and grant us the strength to practice that which your Word has revealed to us. May we, like Mary, your mother, not only listen to, but also practice, the Word. You who live and reign with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.


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Beyond the Shamrock: Cool St. Patrick's Day Traditions and History
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March 11, 2022 March 10, 2022 Lisa Tate
St. Patrick's Day is approaching, and our family always gears up to make it special.
We have our corned beef and colcannon makings (Irish mashed potatoes and cabbage) ready to for cooking, and our St. Patrick's Day tree is shining bright.
What?! You don't have a St. Patrick's Day tree? Okay, maybe we're the weird ones, here, but we do in fact have a little tree we keep on our mantel with some trappings of the season. There are the standard string of shamrocks and an Irish flag (my maternal grandma's family immigrated from Donegal), but there are other cool things about St. Patrick's Day celebrations that go beyond the shamrock, rainbows, and leprechauns.
Many people may know St. Patrick's Day is the annual remembrance of the death day of the Patron Saint of Ireland, so here are five cool ways people celebrate that might be less familiar:
Wearin' of the…Blue?
St. Patrick's Day celebrations are popular in the United States thanks to Irish immigrants, but everyone who celebrates wants to wear the green. Today, green has been the symbol of Irish pride since 1641, and it was the color of the flag of the Great Irish Rebellion. Before that, however, when Henry the VIII claimed himself king in 1641, his flag was blue. The Irish Presidential flag is still blue, and the symbol on it, a harp, is just as much a symbol of Ireland as the shamrock. Bards were the biggest part of Gaelic entertainment. Of course, the Irish flag itself uses green for Irish nationalism and Catholicism. Orange is for the Order of Orange and Protestant minority, and white is for "lasting peace" between the two.
The Irish Presidential Flag's blue color goes back to Henry VIII. Image: Public Domain
Multicultural Celebrations
Around the world, different cities have blended their own cultures with St. Patrick's Day festivities to make their own, completely unique events. For example, the Caribbean Island of Montserrat celebrates its Irish culture with its African culture, as it also celebrates the slave rebellion. Part of the celebration is a calypso competition. One Japanese celebration, in Ise, flies the Japanese and Irish flags together during its St. Patrick's Day parade, which starts at a Shinto Temple dedicated to the sun goddess. Tokyo also has some huge parades celebrating the day. Closer to Ireland, the Welsh city of Banwen used St. Patrick's Day to celebrate his birth, as they claim the city is the birthplace of St. Patrick in 385 AD. Their parade ends at a stone marking what they say is his birthplace.
Here's peek at the awesome parade in Harajuku, Tokyo:
The Corned Beef Melting Pot
People love cooking corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day (my family included), but that practice is more American than traditionally Irish. According a history of the dish from Smithsonian Magazine, the Gaelic culture wasn't that big on beef at all. Pork was the preference, and beef was more a British dish; in the 1600s more was brought to Ireland. "Corned Beef" was a reference to the big salt pieces used to preserve it. For a while, Irish corned beef was in big exports. There's a long, complicated history with the Cattle Act and salt taxes, and wars in Europe that contributed to this, but let's jump ahead to the Great Famine that brought many Irish immigrants to America. They were not making much money, but enough to buy meat…and they chose corned beef. The beef was almost exclusively brisket bought from Jewish butchers, and corned beef like the kind we enjoy today was kosher beef with potted cabbage and potatoes.
If you want to eat like they do in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, try lamb and bacon instead of corned beef.
Corned beef is more popular in America than Ireland on March 17, but no matter. It is always tasty.
Image: Lisa Tate
Running 'o the Snakes
Legend has it that St. Patrick ran all the snakes out of Ireland. They apparently all went to San Francisco for a while. As San Francisco has always like to do things their own way, one local radio station hosted snake races every year from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s. The snakes had to make their way through a 16-foot-course in ten seconds, and the first year they used boa constrictors brought in from Florida. Eventually, it grew to a "bring-your-own-snake" event, and even organizations and clubs sponsored their own snake racers. By 1972, there were around 60 snakes competing.
St. Patrick's World's Records
Since the Guinness Book of World Records (originally Guinness Book of Records) started in the 1950s as a marketing tool for the Irish stout, Guinness, here's a couple of world records for everyone:
The World's Largest St. Patrick's Day Parade is in New York City, and often has more than 150,000 participants.
The World's Shortest St. Patrick's Parade is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, as it takes place on the 98-foot-long Bridge Street, World's Shortest Street in Everyday Use.
The aforementioned Monserrat, where St. Patrick's Day is an official national holiday, boasts the longest St. Patrick's celebration. It lasts for 10 days.
St. Patrick's Day, like many other observances that evolved from a certain region, culture, or historic event, gives people one more reason to put aside their troubles and celebrate something. Troubles are many in this world or ours, but we have only been given one life here on it. Find the time to do something fun, whether it is low-key dinner with your family or stepping out to a big public parade.
As one of the many, many Irish blessings goes:
"Remember to forget the things that made you sad.
Yet never forget the things that made you glad."
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WEEK THREE – Getting Your Characters Talking, Interacting With Each Other, and Creating a Scene- Simon Longman
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Coming up with characters is something I find really hard to do without making them talk to each other. Which sounds kind of weird – how'd you make characters talk to each other when you don't have characters to talk to each other? Bear with me though. By now you might have thought about characters and who they are and what they do. What they've got in their pockets. When the last time they cried was. Or laughed. Or bled. How old they are. What age. Where they live. All that stuff which is rich and needed to add texture and depth to a scene, and ultimately the play. But for now I want you, if you've got all this, to forget most of it, for now. Close the notebook pages with all that written down. Don't look at any of it. You might remember their name. You might remember where they're from. That's fine. But everything else – save all that for later. The only place I can write from is when I've simplified things down to where I can't simplify them anymore. And this is especially true when getting characters talking, finding out their objectives, and getting a scene written. So hopefully having a go at the following might help dialogue to flow, find some action and discover things about your characters that you didn't know were there before they started communicating.
1. A skeleton scene.
All scenes can essentially be stripped down to a really basic thing. – a character wants something and another character may or may not be willing to give them this thing. That thing could be an object, a secret, some information etc. And the scene works around this basic set up. So write a scene that's literally as basic as this – one character wants something, the other is unwilling to give it to them. Take one of your characters that you might have thought of. And then drop them in with someone else that you've never thought of before. And write around your character with NOTHING preplanned. Let it flow. So no location, no names, no ages, nothing. It's just voices. All it that happens is someone wants something. Remember. Don't add anything yet. And don't be precious or hard on yourself. Just let the dialogue flow. Don't stop to put character names in. No beats or pauses or silences. No stage directions. Just keep going. Something like this:
Give it to me.
Said no.
I'll get it.
You won't.
Just give-
No stop asking me alright?
Have to sometime.
Give in. Won't have any choice.
Said you're not having it.
Won't ask again.
Told you no alright so stop fucking asking-
I'll get it anyway you know.
If you won't give it then I'll just get it somewhere else.
I'll find out.
I will. I'll ask around. Can get anything.
You're lying.
Can't hide it forever.
I can and I will. Alright?
I'll find out from somewhere. From someone. I'll keep asking. Keep asking. Don't believe
Stop it. Please.
You'll give up soon. You know you will. You'll have to.
We can all agree this isn't the most amazing piece of writing anyone has seen. Because it took about 30 seconds to write. But things are happening in the scene. Tactics are changing. When you wrote yours did you notice that things quickly became stale? That a character didn't want to give the other character the thing? And what happened? You were forced to change tactics. And you most likely did this naturally. In the little scene above the first tactic shift occurred on the line "have to sometime". A time limit has been placed on our characters. That came out of nowhere. I didn't pre-plan this. It just occurred naturally. So time has become part of the world, causing a slight pressure to build. Another tactic shift happens with "I'll find out from somewhere". On that line a world outside of these two voices has opened up – there are other people in the lives of these two voices that can be used to get what the character wants. The world has expanded just with one line.
Have a look at your scene and see each time the tactic shifted. Go over each line because things might be hidden. Then just make a quick note of what the change does to expand the world. Time limits? Other people? Fears? You'll find that there is a lot of things that came up completely naturally while you were writing, but maybe didn't notice. This is the good stuff. The stuff that shows your characters are driving your dialogue and forcing you to happen upon things that weren't preplanned. Next…
2. Add something physical
Keep the little skeleton scene you just wrote. And now we're going to throw something at it. Remember, it still should have nothing inside it. Expect maybe one of your characters you came up with. So we've still got no location, no ages, no pre-planned ideas of the relationship. But now let's throw something into the scene that's a physical thing. That, on stage, will have a nice visual presence. That will immediately get an audience leaning forward, wanting to find out the situation straight away. So choose one of the following:
One of the characters is bleeding.
One of the characters is covered in sick.
One of the characters has wet themselves.
One of the characters is ten years old.
One of the characters has a broken leg.
One of the characters is soaking wet.
One of the characters has no shoes or socks on.
One of the characters has make-up running down their face.
Choose quickly. First one you thought was interesting. Don't dwell. Just stick with it. Now throw that at the scene you just wrote. Don't write a brand new scene. Use your skeleton one but add lines and take away lines to incorporate the physicality in. So for example. If one of my characters was bleeding (doesn't matter which, just choose one and go with it) a bit of the scene might look like this:
… Can't hide it forever.
I'll find out from somewhere. From someone. I'll keep asking. Keep asking. Don't believe me?
Stop it. Please. Feel dizzy.
Yeah probably. Get you a plaster if you tell me.
Don't need a plaster need you to fuck off.
I'm not going anywhere. I'll just stand here watching you bleed until you tell me.
With a little bit of blood the scene changes and the characters develop. We also create some history. What's just happened to cause the blood? Why does one character seem completely uninterested in helping unless they get what they want? And also the tension has gone up massively. Adding richness and texture to the scene. Do this to your scene. Remember. We still have no idea what the thing they want is, we're just interested in playing around with dialogue and finding out some things about your character that might only come up when put in situations like this. And now…
3. Put them somewhere with some situation
Location is a really amazing way of developing characters. Putting my characters in landscapes and seeing how they behave is sometimes the most useful thing I can do. And those landscapes might be completely not what I want to write about. So sometimes shoving some characters in ridiculous situations is a fun thing to do. And might throw up some things about them that you can take to more appropriate locations for the play you want to write. I do it when I'm stuck (which happens a lot) and it sometimes throws something up about the characters that I didn't know was there before, which hopefully let's everything become unstuck again. So same thing, adding to parts 1 and 2. Choose one of the following locations and situations:
On a bench in a park in the middle of a city, at five in the morning.
In a pub car park at half ten at night, in December.
At a countryside bus stop at dawn, in the rain.
In a space-station on Mercury, the oxygen is running out.
In a dinghy in the middle of the ocean, with no food and little water.
In the middle of a field, at night.
In a bathroom of a small flat, a sink covered in blood.
On an empty train station platform at two o'clock in the morning, in the middle of summer.
In a deserted quarry in the mountains, at midnight.
Again, one that caught your interest. Although you might like absolutely none of them. And fair enough. But that's not the point. The point is to put your characters in places you might not of thought of before, and see how they react, because all we're doing here is getting them talking, and finding out some things about them and how these things can be used to build scenes that have tension and texture, rooted on a skeleton that is strong. So do the same thing again. Take your scene from parts 1 and 2 and throw one of the above at it. So I'll drop mine in a pub car park. And it looks like this:
I'll find out from someone, Just keep asking. Only half ten isn't it?
Big pre-christmas lock in isn't it mate? People'll get shitfaced then someone'll tell me.
Stop it alright? Not going to tell you. Feel fucking dizzy and all.
Yeah no shit. Get you a plaster. If you tell me.
Don't need a plaster need you to fuck off back inside. And get us a pint.
You're not going back in looking like that are you?
Only a scratch.
Only a scratch? Head's split open mate.
Not that bad is it?
I wouldn't look in a mirror.
Go get us a pint. Be fine.
I'm not going anywhere. I'll just stand here watching you bleed until you tell me. Then I might get you a pint. If they let you back in. Which they won't. Because you acted like a twat.
Some more things have come up. A relationship is forming. It feels like they've know each other. How long, not sure. But definitely there's history. They drink together. They feel like friends. So does this happen a lot? One of them get's in a fight in a pub and the other one doesn't seem that bothered about helping? Who have they wound up to get like this? The world around them feels like it's starting to breathe with them. The pub is full of drinkers. We know the time of year. We know there's a secret or a piece of information that needs to be found out. What we don't know is ages, names, genders, sexualities, etc. But from this exercise some things kind of feel right. Like maybe this:
The character who is bleeding is eighteen. They live at home with their Mum. Their Dad died and they are quite happy about that. The drinkers in the pub all loved their Dad. But that man wasn't what people think he was. And this person, just made through lines of dialogue, now covered in blood, is struggling to reveal the past to the community, changing the memory of their dead father. Etc etc etc.
All this has come from the scene we did in step 1. And only with two additional things – bleeding and a pub car park in December – we've got a world that feels like it exists. A couple of characters. A relationship. And feels like tension exists within it.
What happened with your scene? Did you find out things about your character you didn't know was there before? And what about the other character in the scene? Are they useful to you? Can you take them with you and put them in the play you're thinking of writing? Maybe the scene you've just written is the start of a new play itself that you didn't know was in your head? Or the end scene? Or a scene that go fit in with a play you might be stuck with? Or maybe you got nothing from it in this sense. But you've played around with some dialogue. Which is useful too. Because writing dialogue is, in itself, a thing that is good to practice to get used to the rhythms and pace of. Everything is useful, even if you don't feel like it is. Somewhere something will stick, it just takes time.
Keeping playing around like this. Maybe switch the physicality around. What happens when the other character is the one that is soaking wet, or covered in sick? How does the power shift in the scene? Put them in a different location too, if you like. And now maybe open your notebook on your characters you came up with. Is there something you've forgotten that you can put in the scene? Did you write down their fears? Or what they keep in their pocket? Can one of these be brought in to change things? Remember to not over-clutter the scene, keep it simple.
Simplifying things is so important in writing. I used to think that having every tiny piece of a character mapped out completely was the only place to begin writing from. For some people it might be. Which is fine. But for me I can't write like that at all. I have to give my characters the bare minimum, and build them up through dialogue. Rachel De-Lahay's exercise at 26 mins from her workshop on journey, character and dialogue is really good for simplifying and exploring without any clutter and is definitely worth a watch, and a go at.
For the opening scene of Gundog I essentially did the above. I knew I wanted to write about a couple of sisters in the countryside. I had their names. But not much else. So I decided to put them in a field in the middle of the night. One had a shotgun. They were pointing it at someone who I had no idea who they were before writing the scene. And then threw a dead lamb on the ground. And out of those small physicality's and locations I got the opening of the play. And the character of Guy. And learned a lot of things about who Becky and Anna were.
It's worth remembering with exercises like this is that it's all above playing around. And not being self critical about what you're writing. Because that will just make you anxious and you just won't write a word, but just think about writing a word, then maybe write a word, then hate the word, delete the word, and go back to the start, and continue like that forever. Which isn't a good place to be in. There's a time and a place for being self-critical and asking questions of the play – once you've got your first draft done, in my opinion. That's really important. But at this early stage. Just play. Allow yourself to be stupid. Allow yourself to be serious. Write dialogue that goes nowhere just to see how your characters begin to talk to each other. For Island Town, I wrote so many pages about the three characters drinking cider and talking about a pumpkin and generally pissing about. Just because letting them talk to each other without any worry of "where is this going?" was a good way of finding out some things about them. And from those pages I cut loads out and got a scene, still with a pumpkin, but with a sense of depth about who Kate, Pete and Sam were and how they were essentially using each other to escape from their respective situations at home, which were causing them to worry and feel anxiety.
Chloe Moss' play Christmas Is Miles Away is a really good example of this kind of thing. In her play, two sixteen year olds try and set up a tent in a bit of parkland in Manchester. This situation is brilliant. It immediately gives the characters an action and a distraction, adds tension to their relationship, and also gives the audience some questions about them.
Dennis Kelly's Orphans is another useful example. The very opening of the play – a character stands covered in blood, a couple are nicely dressed in the middle of a meal. It's such a brilliant stage image. We are immediately drawn in, trying to work out the situation. Then the characters begin talking and we're working it all out with them.
Have a go. Don't worry. Just play around. You might get a scene out of it. You might get two lines of dialogue that you quite like. You might discover a new character. You might find out something about a character you've thought about but never knew was there. You might become unstuck. You might find the spark of a new play. And on, and maybe, on. All of which, are useful things.
Simon Longman is a playwright from the West Midlands. His plays include Island Town (Paines Plough), Gundog (Royal Court), Rails (TBTL), White Sky (RWCMD/Royal Court), Sparks (Old Red Lion) and Milked (Pentabus Theatre Company). In 2018 he was awarded the 49th George Devine award for Most Promising Playwright and has previously won the Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme.
For more on dialogue from the Bruntwood Prize archives see 2005 winner Ben Musgrave on Scene and Action and the 2015 Livestream workshop with Dawn Walton
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We would like to start saying a big 'thank you' to everyone who participated in the 2016 School Enterprise Challenge Logo Mini-Competition! We had an incredible amount of submissions this year, with over 100 schools sending in wonderful logos. We really enjoyed looking at every single one and picking a winner was very difficult process for us because we really liked them all!
For this reason, as well as an overall winner, we have also picked two runners-up and a further 7 logos which we think stood out from the rest. We wanted to recognise as many logos as possible. Please comment in the section at the bottom of this page to show your appreciation for these great logos!
The Winner of the 2016 Logo Mini-Competition comes from Mount Abu Public School in India. This stylish and colourful design does a fantastic job of advertising their school business, Herbs & Cure. We think it has everything a good logo should: Bright colours, simple but elegant design and includes the name of the business. Congratulations to the Mount Abu SEC students for their brilliant logo!
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Lansing, MI: The Michigan Supreme Court has determined that state-authorized medical cannabis patients possess legal protections from criminal prosecution in cases involving the internal possession of THC while driving.
In a unanimous opinion (People v Koon), the Court determined that patients who are compliant with the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) may not be criminally convicted of being 'under the influence' absent evidence of behavioral impairment. Michigan traffic safety laws classify the operation of a motor vehicle with any amount of THC in one's system to be a criminal offense, regardless of whether or not they are impaired by the substance.
"The Michigan Vehicle Code's zero-tolerance provision, MCL 257.625(8), which is inconsistent with the MMMA, does not apply to the medical use of marijuana," the Court ruled. "If defendant is shown to have been under the influence of marijuana, then the MMMA's protections will not apply, and the prosecution may seek to convict defendant under any statute of which he was in violation, including MCL 257.625(8)."
The state's zero tolerance per se drug law remains applicable to non-patients. Under these types of traffic safety laws, motorists are guilty per se (in fact) of a criminal traffic safety violation if they engage in the act of driving while detectable levels of certain controlled substances or, in some cases, their inert metabolites (byproducts) are present in the defendants' blood or urine. Proof of actual impairment is not a requirement for a conviction under such laws.
Ten states - Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wisconsin - impose zero tolerance per se thresholds for the presence of cannabinoids and/or their metabolites. (State-authorized medical cannabis patients in Arizona and Rhode Island are exempt by statute from prosecution under these per se statutes unless the state can provide additional evidence of psychomotor impairment.) In May, Oklahoma lawmakers also approved zero tolerance per se legislation, House Bill 1441, criminalizing the presence of THC and its metabolites in a driver's blood or urine. That law goes into effect on October 1, 2013.
Five additional states impose non-zero-tolerant per se thresholds for cannabinoids in blood: Montana (5ng/ml -- law takes effect on October 1, 2013), Pennsylvania (1ng/ml), Ohio (2ng/ml), Nevada (2ng/ml) and Washington (5ng/ml).
Last month, Colorado lawmakers also approved legislation, effective as of July 1, 2013, stating that the presence of THC/blood levels above 5ng/ml "gives rise to permissible inference that the defendant was under the influence."
However, according to the United States National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA): "It is difficult to establish a relationship between a person's THC blood or plasma concentration and performance impairing effects. ... It is inadvisable to try and predict effects based on blood THC concentrations alone."
In addition, a 2013 academic review of per se drugged driving laws and their impact on road safety found "no evidence that per se drugged driving laws reduce traffic fatalities."
For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org. NORML's white paper, "Cannabis and Driving: A Scientific and Rational Review," is available online at: http://norml.org/library/item/cannabis-and-driving-a-scientific-and-rational-review.


At the August 18th, 1988 press conference in London, Jim and his team announced a new television project, Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories. With characters designed by Ron Mueck, Peter Brooke and Jamie Courtier and built in the Hampstead Creature Shop, the series was directed by Brian Henson, a first for him, and produced by Roberta Jimenez Kurtz, previously a Henson publicist. The series, thirty-nine eight-minute segments (that were grouped in threes into thirteen thirty-minute episodes) were adapted by David Angus from the original Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank Baum, creator of The Wizard of Oz. The idea was to present not just the well-known nursery rhymes but also the stories behind them. The show premiered in the UK on ITV that September 5th and in the US on The Disney Channel August 26, 1990.
Jim worked with Brian and Kurtz to develop the show, but, according to Brian, the intention was for Jim to have just "peripheral involvement" once production started. Jim did visit the set in Plymouth to watch Brian direct, mostly as a proud parent rather than a collaborator, and the first thirteen segments were completed before Jim's passing in 1990.
See a sample of Jim Henson's Mother Goose.
Original storyboards for "Little Miss Muffet" Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories.
Laura Goodwin playing Little Miss Muffett.
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How is the rest of your summer shaping up? Since returning from vacation, I *think* I'm ready for all things fall – knits, homemade PSLs, and changing leaves.
This photo is from an abandoned castle on the Tejo River in Portugal. In order to reach the castle, you need to take a boat (less than 5 minutes). It has a stunning view of the landscape and gave me some Game of Thrones vibes.
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U.S. regulators are allowing for the release of 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory, but material to make many more must be thrown out because of possible contamination, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration announced that it had determined that two batches from the plant could be released. But it said several other batches are not suitable for use and additional batches are still under review.
A second person familiar with the decision confirmed that it would allow for 10 million doses to be released. Both people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release details about it.
The doses originated at an Emergent BioSolutions factory, known as Bayview, that is making the vaccine for J&J. Those doses would be the first from the factory approved for use. J&J doses that had been administered came from other plants.
Emergent is one of several contractors for J&J that produces its one-shot vaccine in bulk. The concentrated vaccine then is shipped to other factories for final steps, including diluting them to the correct strength, putting them in vials and packaging them up.
Roughly 100 million doses made from bulk vaccine produced at Emergent's factory had been set aside for additional testing by FDA staff after factory employees accidentally contaminated a batch.
That contamination led the FDA to shut down the factory in mid-April and send in a team of inspectors. They spent a week going through the factory and reviewing security camera footage that showed employees carelessly handling vaccine materials. The inspectors reported unsanitary conditions, poorly trained employees and other problems.
The lapses have hampered J&J's efforts to be a major player in vaccinating people, particularly in remote areas and poor countries, given that it's the only drugmaker with an authorized vaccine that only requires one dose and standard refrigeration.
The problems forced J&J to import millions of doses from its factory in the Netherlands and to miss supply commitments.
Emergent's factory had a history of FDA citations for problems including mold, dirty walls and floors, poorly trained employees and an inadequate strategy to prevent contamination, yet it was given a huge role in COVID-19 vaccine production by the Trump administration. Emergent was handed a lucrative contract to make many millions of COVID-19 vaccines for both J&J and AstraZeneca at the Bayview factory.
Emergent's chief executive has blamed the contamination and other problems on the complexity of scaling up the factory in just months to make two different vaccines.
The Biden administration is working to find a different American manufacturing partner for the British drugmaker, which has yet to request authorization to distribute it in the U.S.
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Charting the routes to commercialization: The absorption and transfer of energy conservation technologies
Gordon Kingsley, Barry Bozeman
This study examines how innovations in energy conservation technologies (ECT's) developed through public sponsorship become commercialized. In the typical ECT project, public support is used as a catalyst bringing public and private organizations together to perform the work. The variety of routes to commercialization this creates can be analysed using two concepts: absorption and transfer. Absorption is adoption of an ECT by an organization participating in the project. Transfer is adoption by nonparticipants. Two cases sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (the Energy Authority) are analysed. In the first case commercialization is limited to the absorption process. In the second case both absorption and transfer are used in commercialization.
International Journal of Global Energy Issues
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Kingsley, G., & Bozeman, B. (1997). Charting the routes to commercialization: The absorption and transfer of energy conservation technologies. International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 9(1-2), 8-15.
Charting the routes to commercialization : The absorption and transfer of energy conservation technologies. / Kingsley, Gordon; Bozeman, Barry.
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Clear. High: 68 °F / 20 °C . Wind NNE 6 mph / 10 km/h .
Partly Cloudy. High: 62 °F / 17 °C . Wind NNW 6 mph / 10 km/h .
Scattered Clouds. High: 62 °F / 17 °C . Wind WSW 8 mph / 14 km/h .
I see clouds today. Sweet.
After winter the dams were WAAaaayyyyy down, the main water supply was something like 10 metres from being full - a dire situation at the beginning of 8 months of dry summer.
last few days were 80s F....so this is great. We need moisture terribly.
Indian summer for Melbourne in the next few days. 30 degrees forecast for Good Friday.
Then it's all downhill for months and months and months.
Around 40C/104F today, no clouds.
For God's sake, go and beg/borrow/steal/buy a fan. You know it makes sense.
Throwing it down here, although I'll take that over the tornadoes that some of my family had to deal with in Texas yesterday.
About 6 degrees right now and rain, but just a little rain..
Sorry to hear about the tornadoes BYOP.
A cool 38C max today.
sub 10C, windy and snow/sleet for Saturday to Monday!!
And I thought Denmark & Germany were miserable during the last week when I visited.
23 degrees and sunny here today. Clinging to summer by our finger nails.
Scattered Clouds. High: 68 °F / 20 °C . Wind SW 11 mph / 18 km/h .
Well that's the forecast but haven't seen the sun much in the last two weeks.
Entering that time of year in Southern California as "June Gloom" early morning low clouds hazy afternoon sunshine. it may or may not clear along the coast.
Scattered Clouds. High: 63 °F / 17 °C . Wind SW 11 mph / 18 km/h .
28 C today, nice sunny weather. Supposed to be the same tomorrow, but I'll be hiking with all kinds of heavy gear. Probably go through more water than Floyd on la Joux Plane.


Map and chart visualizations are now available for both Premium Trip Attributes Metrics and Visitor Home and Work Metrics.
The Visualization Builder has been reorganized and now includes more options for selecting Projects, Metrics, Zones, and Time Periods.
We have instituted minor user interface changes in the "Create Projects" tab that make selecting a data source easier. When you create a project, first select your "Project Type" from the dropdown menu. Next, select your data source. Only data sources that are applicable to the project type that you selected will appear. Selecting a project tag (if applicable) is now the last step.
We have renamed "Premium A: Trip Attributes" and "Premium B: Traveler Attributes" to "Premium Trip Attributes" and "Premium Traveler Attributes." You will see this change in the "Create Projects" tab and in all other places where these terms appear.
Custom Day Types and Day Parts are now available for our new "Visitor Home and Work Analysis" project type. This project type (introduced in our last software release) provides Metrics that describe the likely home and work locations of visitors to specific Zones. To add this project to your account, contact your StreetLight Data Account Executive.
Previously, two of the Vistor Metrics were only available for limited time periods: work locations were only for Average Weekdays, and tourism were only for the All-Day Day Part. Now both Metrics are available for all time periods.
Note that the definition of "All Day" for this project type has changed from 6am-10pm. "All-Day" is now defined as 12am-12am for consistency with the default Day Parts for all other travel projects. The new "Retail Hours" Day Part covers 6am-10pm instead.
Visitor Home and Work Analysis projects run previously are not automatically updated to reflect the new default Day Parts. If you need these values, recreate the project.
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Home National Bank, Blackwell, Oklahoma, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with RCB Bank, Claremore, Oklahoma, to assume all of the deposits of Home National Bank.
The 15 branches of Home National Bank will reopen on Saturday as branches of RCB Bank. Depositors of Home National Bank will automatically become depositors of RCB Bank. Deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC, so there is no need for customers to change their banking relationship in order to retain their deposit insurance coverage. Customers of Home National Bank should continue to use their existing branch until they receive notice from RCB Bank that it has completed systems changes to allow other RCB Bank branches to process their accounts as well.
This evening and over the weekend, depositors of Home National Bank can access their money by writing checks or using ATM or debit cards. Checks drawn on the bank will continue to be processed. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.
As of March 31, 2010, Home National Bank had approximately $644.5 million in total assets and $560.7 million in total deposits. RCB Bank paid the FDIC a premium of 0.22 percent for the deposits of Home National Bank. In addition to assuming the deposits, RCB Bank agreed to purchase approximately $340.7 million of the failed bank's assets.
Customers who have questions about today's transaction can call the FDIC toll-free at 1-800-405-8357. The phone number will be operational this evening until 9:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time (CDT); on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., CDT; on Sunday from noon to 6:00 p.m., CDT; and thereafter from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., CDT. Interested parties also can visit the FDIC's Web site at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/homenatlok.html.
In a separate transaction with the FDIC, Enterprise Bank & Trust, Clayton, Missouri agreed to purchase approximately $260.8 million of Home National Bank's assets. The FDIC will retain the remaining assets for later disposition.
The FDIC and Enterprise Bank & Trust entered into a loss-share transaction on $260.8 million of Home National Bank's assets purchased from the FDIC. Enterprise Bank & Trust will share in the losses on the asset pools covered under the loss-share agreement. The loss-share transaction is projected to maximize returns on the assets covered by keeping them in the private sector. The transaction also is expected to minimize disruptions for loan customers. For more information on loss share, please visit: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/lossshare/index.html.
The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $78.7 million. Compared to other alternatives, these transactions were the "least costly" resolution for the FDIC's DIF. Home National Bank is the 90th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the first in Oklahoma. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was First State Bank of Altus, Altus, on July 31, 2009.


Hi guys, in my limited spare time I thought I'd compare 2 cars on the same track from 2 games. It's difficult to do this and not really fair in any way, but it is interesting to see the differences. I'm using stock DeLoreans at Laguna. If some of you could run the FM3 version I'll run the GT5 version and FM3 version and do some comparisons about the cars and tracks.
I'll do that but i suggest we have someone closer to your skill level to give you a fair comparison.lol. You know who you are guys.lol.
We'll post a range of times.
There is one little catch to this, FM3 has the original DMC12, but GT5 has the DMC12 S2 '04. The later version has the spec II up grade 192hp/206tq and 2839lbs, so you'll have to build the FM3 DeLorean up as close as you can to the spec II GT5 car. Best I came up with was 193hp/206tq and 2838lbs while retaining the same 2.8L displacement size engine. 1 more hp and 1 less pound should not be a huge difference.
My best run at Laguna with the all stock DMC12 FM3 car was 1:49.657. My best run with the spec II version FM3 (E-226) car was 1:42.964.
Well, this is interesting, I just discovered something. I've forgotten about the fact that GT5 cars are not static models, and have to be freshened up from time to time. After changing the oil and making sure the GT5 DeLorean was perfect, I got a better than stock hp/tq reading from it. It should be at 197hp according to the car magazines, but it went up to 201hp/216tq. (the mags don't report what the tq should be) but amazingly, after running 12 hard laps with the car, it got "broke in" (I guess?) and was slightly better again! It now sits at 202hp/217tq!
So, what I'm going to do is build the FM3 DeLorean to 197hp/216tq and re-test it. From what I can tell already, the FM3 track is quite possibly shorter/smaller than the GT5 version of Laguna. Visually the GT5 version looks a lot wider, and feels bigger too. The clue is in the lap times, my perfectly prepared GT5 car runs a slower lap time than the FM3 car even though it has 8 more hp and 10lb-ft more tq, and even though both cars have nearly the same top speed. The FM3 car seems to have more acceleration in the midrange even though it bogs 3rd gear more than the GT5 car. This means that it could be two things working here, a slightly shorter/smaller track, and a faster car running on the smaller track. Because the laps times are not very close. And when I add the hp/tq, the times are going to be even farther apart.
Okay, I built a new FM3 DMC12 S2 car that is as close to the real car as I can make it without changing the engine's cubic inches/cc/L. It remains a 2.8L V6 with the correct 197hp, and the calculated 210lb-ft of tq. It is now a E-232 car that weighs 2843 instead of the 2839 it should. But this is as close as I can get it. The only thing I changed was engine parts.
It's interesting that the calculated benchmark tests are way off the actual 'as tested' numbers.
Very interesting results. The FM3 car seems to be way faster than the GT5 car even though it has less power, and slower test numbers. Somehow, on the respective tracks the FM3 car is almost 6sec a lap faster! That's a big difference, and tells me that the FM3 track is probably shorter than the GT5 track to account for this. Tire compound will make a difference too, but I suspect it is track length at the root. Visually the GT5 track is considerably wider looking, and was probably scaled to allow for its larger grid of 16 cars to exist. With that, it probably is longer as well, and more true to scale.
See if any of you guys can do better than I did in the stock Delorean from GT5.
Have to get one of the youngsters to do this.LOL.
That because xbox and FM3 is better lol jk although, I will never own a PS3.


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Strip Clubs Say Taxes Violate Freedom Of Expression
Anna North
Filed to: TexasFiled to: Texas
rape crisis centers
Strip clubs in Texas are supposed to pay a special tax to help fund sexual assault prevention programs. But some allege the tax violates clubs' First Amendment rights — and lots of clubs simply aren't paying.
According to the Times, Texas levied the five-dollar-per-patron fee in 2007, claiming it would raise $40 million for rape crisis centers and low-income health insurance. But strip clubs sued, claiming "that nude dancing is a form of expression and that the so-called pole tax violates free speech protections." The tax has been tied up in court since then, and in the meantime, many strip clubs are refusing to pay.
This isn't the only First Amendment challenge to a tax law going on in Texas. Dow Jones & Co is suing the state over its decision to impose a sales tax on the Wall Street Journal — the company argues that the tax violates Journal reporters' right to free speech and equal protection, since not all publications must pay sales tax (those that cost less than $1.50 an issue are exempt). Whether stripping is a form of expression or a service that can be taxed — and whether services should be taxed in the first place — are questions for lawyers and economists. But it does seem strange to tie strip club taxes to sexual assault prevention. It's almost as if Texas is saying that strip clubs contribute to assault and should be responsible for helping stop it. As much as rape crisis centers and other service providers need funding, strip clubs are not a cause of rape — and the Texas tax code shouldn't be implying that they are.
Strip Club Tax And Revenue Are Tangled In The Courts [NYT]
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package org.openspaces.core;

import com.j_spaces.core.client.ReadModifiers;
import com.j_spaces.javax.cache.CacheEntry;
import com.j_spaces.javax.cache.CacheException;
import com.j_spaces.javax.cache.CacheListener;
import com.j_spaces.map.IMap;
import net.jini.core.transaction.Transaction;
import org.openspaces.core.exception.ExceptionTranslator;
import org.openspaces.core.map.LockHandle;
import org.openspaces.core.map.LockManager;
import org.openspaces.core.transaction.TransactionProvider;
import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * An implementation of the {@link org.openspaces.core.GigaMap} interface simplifying the work with
 * JCache and Map interface on top of the Space.
 *
 *
Provides declarative transactions support (for methods that are by nature transactional, such as
 * get and put) and the ability to set defaults for both timeToLive
 * and waitForResponse.
 *
 *
Will also automatically apply the current running transaction isolation level when performing read
 * operations (that in turn are translated into the Space).
 *
 * @author kimchy
 */
public class DefaultGigaMap implements GigaMap {

    final private IMap map;

    final private TransactionProvider txProvider;

    final private ExceptionTranslator exTranslator;

    private long defaultWaitForResponse = 0;

    private long defaultTimeToLive = Long.MAX_VALUE;

    private long defaultLockTimeToLive = 60000;

    private long defaultWaitingForLockTimeout = 10000;

    private int defaultIsolationLevel;

    final private LockManager lockManager;

    /**
     * Constructs a new DefaultGigaMap implementation.
     *
     * @param map          The map implementation to delegate operations to
     * @param txProvider   The transaction provider for declarative transaction ex.
     * @param exTranslator Exception translator to translate low level exceptions into GigaSpaces runtime
     *                     exception
     */
    public DefaultGigaMap(IMap map, TransactionProvider txProvider, ExceptionTranslator exTranslator,
                          int defaultIsolationLevel) {
        this.map = map;
        this.lockManager = new LockManager(map);
        this.txProvider = txProvider;
        this.exTranslator = exTranslator;
        // set the default read take modifiers according to the default isolation level
        // NOTE: by default, Map implementation use REPEATABLE_READ
        switch (defaultIsolationLevel) {
            case TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_DEFAULT:
                this.defaultIsolationLevel = ReadModifiers.REPEATABLE_READ;
                break;
            case TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_UNCOMMITTED:
                this.defaultIsolationLevel = ReadModifiers.DIRTY_READ;
                break;
            case TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_COMMITTED:
                this.defaultIsolationLevel = ReadModifiers.READ_COMMITTED;
                break;
            case TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_REPEATABLE_READ:
                this.defaultIsolationLevel = ReadModifiers.REPEATABLE_READ;
                break;
            case TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_SERIALIZABLE:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("GigaMap does not support serializable isolation level");
        }
    }

    public void setDefaultWaitForResponse(long defaultWaitForResponse) {
        this.defaultWaitForResponse = defaultWaitForResponse;
    }

    public void setDefaultTimeToLive(long defaultTimeToLive) {
        this.defaultTimeToLive = defaultTimeToLive;
    }

    public void setDefaultLockTimeToLive(long defaultLockTimeToLive) {
        this.defaultLockTimeToLive = defaultLockTimeToLive;
    }

    public void setDefaultWaitingForLockTimeout(long defaultWaitingForLockTimeout) {
        this.defaultWaitingForLockTimeout = defaultWaitingForLockTimeout;
    }

    public IMap getMap() {
        return this.map;
    }

    public TransactionProvider getTxProvider() {
        return this.txProvider;
    }

    public int size() {
        try {
            return map.size();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public boolean isEmpty() {
        try {
            return map.isEmpty();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
        try {
            return map.containsKey(key);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
        try {
            return map.containsValue(value);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Object get(Object key) {
        return get(key, defaultWaitForResponse);
    }

    public Object get(Object key, long waitForResponse) {
        return get(key, waitForResponse, getModifiersForIsolationLevel());
    }

    public Object get(Object key, long waitForResponse, int modifiers) {
        try {
            return map.get(key, getCurrentTransaction(), waitForResponse, modifiers);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Object put(Object key, Object value) {
        return put(key, value, defaultTimeToLive);
    }

    public Object put(Object key, Object value, long timeToLive) {
        return put(key, value, timeToLive, defaultWaitForResponse);
    }

    public Object put(Object key, Object value, long timeToLive, long timeout) {
        try {
            return map.put(key, value, getCurrentTransaction(), timeToLive, timeout);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Object put(Object key, Object value, LockHandle lockHandle) {
        return put(key, value, defaultTimeToLive, lockHandle);
    }

    public Object put(Object key, Object value, long timeToLive, LockHandle lockHandle) {
        try {
            return map.put(key, value, lockHandle.getTransaction(), timeToLive);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Object remove(Object key) {
        return remove(key, defaultWaitForResponse);
    }

    public Object remove(Object key, long waitForResponse) {
        try {
            return map.remove(key, getCurrentTransaction(), waitForResponse);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Object remove(Object key, long waitForResponse, LockHandle lockHandle) {
        try {
            return map.remove(key, lockHandle.getTransaction(), waitForResponse);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public void putAll(Map t) {
        putAll(t, defaultTimeToLive);
    }

    public void putAll(Map t, long timeToLive) {
        try {
            map.putAll(t, getCurrentTransaction(), timeToLive);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public void clear() {
        try {
            map.clear();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public void clear(boolean clearMaster) {
        try {
            map.clear(clearMaster);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Set keySet() {
        try {
            return map.keySet();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Collection values() {
        try {
            return map.values();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Set entrySet() {
        try {
            return map.entrySet();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    // Cache methods
    public void addListener(CacheListener cacheListener) {
        map.addListener(cacheListener);
    }

    public boolean evict(Object key) {
        try {
            return map.evict(key);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Map getAll(Collection keys) throws CacheException {
        try {
            return map.getAll(keys);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public CacheEntry getCacheEntry(Object key) {
        try {
            return map.getCacheEntry(key);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public void load(Object key) throws CacheException {
        try {
            map.load(key);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public void loadAll(Collection keys) throws CacheException {
        try {
            map.load(keys);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public Object peek(Object key) {
        try {
            return map.peek(key);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw exTranslator.translate(e);
        }
    }

    public void removeListener(CacheListener cacheListener) {
        map.removeListener(cacheListener);
    }

    // Support methods

    public Transaction getCurrentTransaction() {
        Transaction.Created txCreated = txProvider.getCurrentTransaction(this, map.getMasterSpace());
        if (txCreated != null) {
            return txCreated.transaction;
        }
        return null;
    }

    public LockHandle lock(Object key) {
        return lock(key, defaultLockTimeToLive, defaultWaitingForLockTimeout);
    }

    public LockHandle lock(Object key, long lockTimeToLive, long waitingForLockTimeout) {
        return lockManager.lock(key, lockTimeToLive, waitingForLockTimeout);
    }

    public void unlock(Object key) {
        lockManager.unlock(key);
    }

    public boolean isLocked(Object key) {
        return lockManager.islocked(key);
    }

    public void putAndUnlock(Object key, Object value) {
        lockManager.putAndUnlock(key, value);
    }

    public long getDefaultTimeToLive() {
        return this.defaultTimeToLive;
    }

    public long getDefaultWaitForResponse() {
        return this.defaultWaitForResponse;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the isolation level from the current running transaction (enabling the usage of Spring
     * declarative isolation level settings). If there is no transaction in progress or the
     * transaction isolation is
     * {@link org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition#ISOLATION_DEFAULT} will use the
     * default isolation level associated with this class (which is REPEATABLE_READ).
     */
    public int getModifiersForIsolationLevel() {
        int isolationLevel = txProvider.getCurrentTransactionIsolationLevel(this);
        if (isolationLevel == TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_DEFAULT) {
            return defaultIsolationLevel;
        } else if (isolationLevel == TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_UNCOMMITTED) {
            return ReadModifiers.DIRTY_READ;
        } else if (isolationLevel == TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_COMMITTED) {
            return ReadModifiers.READ_COMMITTED;
        } else if (isolationLevel == TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_REPEATABLE_READ) {
            return ReadModifiers.REPEATABLE_READ;
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("GigaSpaces does not support isolation level [" + isolationLevel + "]");
        }
    }
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return map.toString();
    }
}

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Вячесла́в Никола́евич Воробьёв (27 ноября 1962) — советский и российский футболист, защитник и полузащитник.

Карьера
В 1981 году был в составе «Кубани», однако за основу на поле не выходил, играл только в турнире дублёров Высшей лиги. В 1982 году провёл 11 матчей за новороссийский «Цемент».

Затем играл за ростовский СКА, в составе в сезоне 1985 года дебютировал в Высшей лиге, где провёл 2 встречи. В 1986 году вернулся в «Кубань», за которую на этот раз сыграл 40 матчей и забил 1 гол, который в итоге стал единственным в его карьере. Кроме того, принял участие в 3 поединках Кубка СССР.

С 1987 по 1988 год защищал цвета куйбышевских «Крыльев Советов», провёл 43 матча в первенстве и 4 встречи в Кубке. С 1988 по 1989 снова выступал за «Кубань», сыграл 50 матчей в первенстве и 1 встречу в Кубке СССР.

С 1990 по 1991 год играл за клуб «Тигина-Апоэль», провёл 68 матчей. С 1992 по 1993 год защищал цвета «КАМАЗа», в составе которого принял участие в 45 матчах (из них 17 в Высшей лиге России) в чемпионате и первенстве, и ещё 5 встреч провёл в Кубке России. В 1992 году стал с командой победителем Первой лиги России. Кроме того, в 1993 году сыграл 4 матча за «КАМАЗ»-д во Второй лиге.

После завершения карьеры профессионального футболиста продолжил играть на любительском уровне в команде ветеранов ФК «Кубань».

Достижения
 Победитель Первой лиги России (выход в Высшую лигу): 1992

Примечания

Футболисты СССР
Футболисты России
Игроки ФК «Черноморец» Новороссийск
Игроки ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону
Игроки ФК «Кубань»
Игроки ФК «Крылья Советов»
Игроки ФК «Тигина»
Игроки ФК «КАМАЗ»
Игроки ФК «КАМАЗ-2»

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First time lotto player in Freeborn County wins $100K
Mar 2, 2019 @ 3:01am
(Roseville, MN) – An Emmons man who purchased a lottery ticket for the very first time had a strong case of beginners luck.
Anthony Lopez won $100,000 on a Crossword scratch ticket from the Minnesota Lottery. "A friend told me I should buy a lottery ticket," explained Lopez, who said he was reluctant at first but "he talked me into it."
Lopez purchased his ticket at Shell Food Mart in Albert Lea on February 22. He says he's looking forward to paying off his dad's car and buying a new car for himself.
Shell Food Mart, on Bridge Avenue, will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
When asked if he'll continue to play the lottery, Lopez responded: "I'll probably play once in a while, but not very often."
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