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The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP
for Wyre and Preston North
About Ben Wallace
Over Wyre Focus - October 2015
Friday, 16 October, 2015
As well as a holiday in Anglesey, I have enjoyed spending time with my family in the constituency this summer. I've been busy out and about meeting local residents and businesses too.
One of the biggest issues facing local residents this summer has been the requirement to boil tap water before consumption, due to the contamination of our water by the Cryptosporidium bug. I really do appreciate the difficulties and disruption this has caused to households, particularly in the preparation of cold drinks and food. I am pleased that the requirement to boil water has now been lifted across the constituency, but am angry at the length of time which United Utilities took to resolve the matter. Following my visit to the Franklaw Water Treatment Works, which I mentioned in my last column, I continued to be in regular contact with senior managers at United Utilities demanding that they ensure that the infection was eliminated and that the company increased its efforts to communicate with those affected. I pushed for compensation to be awarded and am continuing to raise concerns about some aspects of the current offer which are not acceptable.
I also spoke to the Environment Secretary, Liz Truss MP, to raise my concerns and those expressed by local residents. As a result the Government intervened to insist that United Utilities provided greater clarity to local residents, in terms of when water needed to be boiled and the progress which was being made to clear the network of the contamination.
Going forward, lessons must be learned. To do this, we need to know how the contamination was caused and I will be following closely the work of the Drinking Water Inspectorate, which is responsible for investigating. I will not hesitate to call for a full Parliamentary Inquiry, if I have any doubts about the veracity of the Inspectorate's investigation.
Over the summer, I was delighted to visit the new RSPCA Animal Centre in Stalmine. It is an impressive, state of the art animal centre, which helps to rehome animals which have been removed from their owners by RSPCA Officers due to welfare concerns. The new centre opened this summer after 10 years of planning and at a cost of just under £3 million (paid for by the generosity of donations and legacies from local people).
I also visited the British Association of Dental Nurses, which is based at Hillhouse. The BADN is the only professional association with its headquarters in Wyre. They work to protect and represent the interests of dental nurses and I will be helping them with a number of issues which they raised with me, ranging from training to taxation and pensions.
I had an enjoyable, but serious, meeting with dairy farmers from around Out Rawcliffe who are concerned about milk prices. In Westminster, I am in touch with the Farming Minister to raise their calls for stronger powers for the Grocery Adjudicator to help tackle the abuse of the supply chain by the market dominance of the supermarkets and for more help for small and medium-sized farms with regard to milk pricing, specifically collective bargaining.
I regret to inform you that the deadline for challenging the decision to grant planning permission to Halite/Canatxx for the gas storage facility under the Wyre has now passed. I understand that Halite/Canatxx has not intended to complete the construction of the facility itself and instead hopes to find a buyer. Given the level of debt the company has incurred in getting to this stage, the price they will need to achieve for the site will be significant. We will have to hope that there is no appetite to develop the site. Please be assured that I refuse to give up opposing this development. I have raised my concerns about the environmental impact with the European Commission, which still has the power to halt the development.
I know that there is a great deal of concern in Garstang regarding the proposals for the redevelopment of the Community Centre, particularly about the potential design of the new building and the removal of much needed parking. As yet no formal planning application has been submitted. I am meeting with Wyre Councillors this week to discuss the proposals and then intend to make contact with the developer, Keyworker Homes North West, to see whether I can influence the plans before an application is submitted.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you. You can email me at wallaceb@parliament.uk or write to me at the House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. If you would like to book an appointment please call my Office at the House of Commons on 0207 219 5804. Alternatively, I can be contacted at my Constituency Office on 01995 672976.
The Rt Hon Ben Wallace for Wyre and Preston North
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Currently, Martinha's future is uncertain. We are calling for transparency. The Portuguese Government has stated that she is their 'property', yet they have allowed her to remain in solitary confinement, in a barren concrete tank, for years. From this lack of action, we believe that there is little or no attention paid to her welfare. With claims that she has a liver disease and digestive tract issues, she may never be releasable. However, none of these aspects are excuses for holding her under inadequate conditions.
Barren concrete tanks are no place for any whale, dolphin or porpoise. They are incredibly intelligent animals and their large brains require stimulation (just like us, they get bored). Appropriate 'environmental enrichment' provides some alleviation from the boredom of living in a tiny box. Simple things such as seaweed to play with, as well as more complex items that require her to use her brain to solve a puzzle (such as a fish inside a container, which she must manipulate to extract the fish), would help to provide stimulation.
Common dolphins are typically an extremely gregarious species; group are often comprised of hundreds of individuals. At times 'superpods' of thousands can be seen travelling, socialising and hunting together. Even if there are no other common dolphins for her to be placed with, she should not be housed alone. Solitary confinement is tantamount to torture for a species that has evolved for millions of years to be highly social.
It is our strong recommendation that Martinha is moved from wherever she is to a seaside sanctuary. Such a location would provide a larger area for her to live in and an environment where she has some variety (e.g., it may have a small beach, rocky coast, seaweed and other natural living organisms such as sponges, fish and birds, as well as tides and temperature differences). All of these elements will provide enrichment (see 'Provide Enrichment' above for some additional options).
A seaside sanctuary will also allow Martinha to exhibit more of her natural behaviours, which she is unable to do in any tank.
Although the permanent release of Martinha may not be possible, the rehabilitation and release of common dolphins is not new. Three individuals have been released in the USA (Zagzebski et al., 2006). Two were tagged with satellite-radio transmitters prior to their release in 1994 and 1995. One of the individuals was tracked for 31 days off the coast of California, immediately moving off shore into deep water where it began moving north. It travelled approximately 400 km within five days of release, then covered more than 250 km until radio contact was lost (Zagzebski et al., 2006).
A juvenile common dolphin was also rescued and then released back into his native population in the Bay of Algeciras (Spain) in the summer of 2013, after spending a night in a medical tank of small dimensions. Later, on the day of his release, he was observed swimming with his presumed mother. Even though the number of common dolphins who have been released from captivity is relatively low, in the past few decades more than 100 individuals from 11 cetacean species have been released from captivity after rescue or after being held following deliberate captures, or even after being held in display facilities for several years.
Zagzebski, K.A., Gulland, F.M.D., Haulena, M., Lander, M.E., Greig, D.J., Gage, L.J., Hanson, M.B., Yochem, P.M. & Stewart, B., 2006. Twenty-five years of rehabilitation of odontocetes stranded in central and northern Florida, 1977 to 2002. Aquatic Mammals, 32(3), 334-345.


The HLEG's mission is to help developing a joint strategy to make data management in the Union more effective and efficient, in full respect of data protection requirements, to better protect its external borders and to enhance its internal security.
(a)	to give advice and assist the Commission in order to achieve the interoperability and interconnection of information systems and data management for border management and security; (b)	to develop an overall strategic vision on the interoperability and interconnection of information systems and on a more effective and efficient data management for border management and security in the Union ; (c)	to establish cooperation and coordination between the Commission and Member States on questions relating to the implementation of Union legislation on the interoperability and interconnection of information systems and data management for border management and security in the Union.
Activity Report First meeting of the HLEG held on 20 June 2016 in Brussels.
Activity Report The HLEG foresees five meeting between June 2016 and May 2017. The first meeting of the group will take place on 20 June 2016. The dates of the next meetings will be made available once the meetings are confirmed.
Selection Procedure (members) The group will be composed of members of Type D - Member States' authorities and Type E - other public entities, such as authorities from non-EU countries (including candidate countries), EU bodies, offices or agencies, and international organisations.
Internal Rules of Procedure Internal rules of procedure presented during the first meeting of the group of 20 June 2016 and adopted by silence procedure on 27 June 2016.


Sacramento, CA: The fate of a common agricultural pesticide linked to irreversible brain damage in young children remains mired in state bureaucracy, in a process that could take up to three more years to resolve. At a hearing Thursday in Sacramento to consider listing the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos as a Toxic Air Contaminant, emotions ran high as residents of agricultural communities showed up with a simple demand: Ban it now.
A proposed federal ban of chlorpyrifos was reversed by the Trump Administration's EPA last year. Since then, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has been conducting its own review of the science, and in July announced its conclusion that current levels of exposure pose a risk of brain harm to babies and children.
But what comes next is less clear, as the state continues a painstaking process of review and decision-making that many scientists and advocates decry as needless stalling on one of most toxic and most thoroughly reviewed pesticides still used in California.
Once chlorpyrifos is listed as a Toxic Air Contaminant, the Department of Pesticide Regulation must come up with additional measures to protect public health in consultation with other state and local agencies, including the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the California Air Resources Board. DPR then has 2 years to adopt control measures, which could include anything from increased buffer zones to an outright ban. A final decision is expected in 2021.
But advocates pushed back against this timeline, noting that the Toxic Air Contaminant regulatory process requires the Department to immediately cancel registrations of a chemical that "demonstrated serious uncontrollable adverse effects"; that is "detrimental … to the public health and safety" even when used properly; that causes greater detriment to the environment than the benefit received; or when there are alternatives that are less destructive to the environment. Among the coalition of more than 100 organizations calling for immediate cancellation are the California School Employees Association, California Nurses Association, and United Farm Workers of America.
Their demand was echoed by a dozen state legislators who signed on to a letter authored by Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) calling for an immediate ban.
"After a year of further investigation, three different California scientific bodies confirmed what EPA officials previously found: chlorpyrifos is too harmful to use in any amount. The pesticide is found in our air, water and food, and impacts children's developing brains. Legislators agree with California families: we can't wait any longer. It's time for us to suspend or ban it," said Asm. Friedman.
Californians for Pesticide Reform is a diverse, statewide coalition of over 190 member groups working to strengthen pesticide policies in California to protect public health and the environment. Member groups include public and children's health advocates, clean air and water groups, health practitioners, environmental justice groups, labor, education, farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates from across the state.


A memoirs of sorts reflecting the talks I've had with most engineers that I met in SF the last few years. It's funny to encounter at first, but when you're living it everyday, it really drains one's patience. Maybe I'm having the worst of luck meeting people here, but this has been the bulk of my experience. All responses are based on real conversations I've had; many are actually toned down from the original statements while others are pretty much direct quotes (besides obvious name changes, etc).
Sam and the engineer shake hands.
Engineer: I shook your hands for 4 seconds. The ideal handshake should only be about 2.5.
Sam: Um.. ok. I guess we're carpooling to the camping trip together yeah? I'm pretty excited.
Sam: So... it looks like we're going to be on this trip for a while. Why don't you tell me about yourself?
Sam: Okay... Well, that's cool. I'm mainly freelancing for startups. First time being in the city for me. I previously studied finance though, so it's a weird mix.
Sam: This is my first time going hiking at Yellowstone as well. Can't wait to see it. You?
Engineer: *Checks Yelp* I guess it should be fun. It's 4.5 stars only though. We should have gone to Yosemite. It's 5 stars.
Sam: Yellowstone should be better, in my opinion. Much more to see.
Engineer: Where do you get that? I don't see any reviews saying there's more to see at Yellowstone.
Sam: Well, it's way bigger and has a wider variety of landscapes due to the volcanic activity.
Engineer: Just because it's bigger and has more variety doesn't mean there's more to see.
Sam: I guess. So what do you like to do?
Sam: Yeah, I know... I mean what do you like to do outside of work? Me personally - I like to do a variety of things like tennis, acting, dancing... Right now, I'm trying to get into music composition.
Engineer: Are you getting paid for it?
Engineer: Is it for a project?
Engineer: Then why would you do it? It seems like an inefficient use of your time.
Engineer: You should better value your time. Time is limited. Anything wasted is opportunity cost.
Sam: I just enjoy composing music. It's not about opportunity.
Engineer: What is your goal?
Engineer: In life. What is your goal in life?
Sam: Oh... well I have many. Why do you ask?
Engineer: How does making music help you towards that goal?
Sam: It doesn't have to. Like I said, I just enjoy making music.
Engineer: Are you taking classes?
Sam: No, I'm teaching myself mainly.
Engineer: But you studied finance.
Engineer: How do you know you're actually making music?
Sam: What do you mean? I just compose what sounds nice to me or whatever I want to hear.
Engineer: People study years to learn music. It's an entire field of its own. You can't just make it up.
Sam: There are people who learn to compose outside of school. I mean - what about the first composers? Or even composers that get far without schooling?
Sam: There's plenty. If you want someone famous, there's Mozart who was self taught.
Engineer: But you're not Mozart.
Sam: Yeah I know... I'm not saying I'm a musical genius, just that I think I can get pretty far without a teacher.
Engineer: How? You wouldn't know if you were doing things right.
Engineer: Yes, I'm creative. The judge said so when I was doing a tech presentation. I won an award for the best slide deck.
Sam: Right. See, it's common sense. It's like intuition, logic. You just know when you have something that sounds nice.
Engineer: No such thing as common sense. Also, you can't test logic, so you can't know it's true. The only thing that's true is what's backed by data or agreed by everyone.
Sam: What if you were alone on an island with no connectivity? Then you have no people around and no data. You'd use logic to figure out what's real and what's not.
Engineer: No you don't know that. Neither of us have ever been alone on an island.
Sam: Hypothetically. Use your imagination.
Engineer: How would I know? It's not real. It's made up. Why do you ask these questions that have no answers? It's pointless.
Engineer: Have you ever driven before?
Sam: Yes? This is my car.
Engineer: But have you driven before?
Engineer: Then why are you nervous?
Engineer: Get out of the driver's seat. I should drive. You clearly haven't driven before.
Sam: You've never seen me drive. I haven't even started the car yet.
Engineer: I will call the police if you don't switch over. You are a danger to both your own life and that of others. Maybe you drove once or twice, but this is a big trip and you're clearly not ready for it.
Sam: Where are you getting this from? The car isn't even moving yet.
Engineer: Then start the car. See if you can even back out of the driveway.
Sam proceeds to start the car and back out of the driveway.
Engineer: Not bad. You didn't give any indication previously that you had prior experience.
Engineer: You should drive a little slower.
Engineer: You should drive a little faster.
Sam: I can't. There's a car in front of me.
Engineer: You're driving too far below the speed limit.
Sam: Please don't back seat drive.
Engineer: I'm not back seat driving! I'm in the passenger seat!
Sam: That's not... Ok, look. I'm the one driving here. I need to focus and not have distractions.
Engineer: You should read a book called "Becoming an Expert in Driving." You will become a better driver if you do.
Sam: I'm fine, thank you.
Engineer: How would you know you can't improve if you haven't read it?
Sam: You don't know anything about me. I could have read it, and we'd still be having the same conversation.
Engineer: If you've read it, then who's the author? What is the first sentence in the book?
Sam: That's beside the point. You're making assumptions about my experience when you've barely met me.
Engineer: Someone who's experienced about driving would not make the mistakes you are making.
Sam: That is your opinion.
Engineer: No, that is scientifically proven in the book if you read it. Are you going to disagree with decades of research?
Sam: No, you just haven't given me a single reason to believe a word you're saying. All you've done is give me your conclusions or defer to higher authority.
Engineer: You're being defensive. You should be more open-minded to critique. Otherwise you can't improve.
Sam: I am plenty open-minded.
Engineer: Then why don't you do what I tell you?
Sam: That's not what... Being open-minded just means I acknowledge and consider your opinion; it does not mean I have to agree or accept your suggestions.
Engineer: How is that open? That is close-minded!
Sam: If being open-minded meant everyone always agreed, then you could have people agreeing with things that are wrong. There'd be nothing to be open-minded about.
Engineer: I am older and more educated. You should trust that I know better than you. I'm just trying to help you. Don't be so argumentative. You will never be good driver this way.
Sam: Look, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I appreciate you trying to help, but you can definitely be more polite about it.
Engineer: I am being polite! It's impolite if I start with the word "you" more than 50% of the time when giving advice, but I only used the word "you" 25% of the time. This is according to a tech talk, which unlike the stuff you're saying is actually backed by data.
Engineer: You can't just use one-off examples to make your conclusions. That's very biased and error-prone. Any introductory statistics text would tell you you need a large sample size of at least 20 for anything to be statistically significant or meaningful.
Sam: So do you need to get hit by a car 20 times before you know it hurts?
Engineer: Yes! Why do you ask these dumb questions?!
Engineer: The speed limit is 60. Why is everyone going 15?
Sam: Looks like there's an accident... Wow that's really sad. Did you hear that? The mom went back for her daughter after the car flipped, but the car exploded and killed them both.
Engineer: It is sad, but I don't get it. Is she stupid or something?
Engineer: She survived. Why go back in?
Engineer: But her daughter was already dead.
Engineer: The chance of anyone surviving an accident like that is so low. The mom basically threw her life away.
Sam: Well perhaps she couldn't bear living without her daughter.
Engineer: People like that need to learn to adapt. People die all the time. You can't live your life in fear.
Engineer: That was a one-off thing. The chances of you encountering terrorism is less than that of being struck by lightning.
Sam: No, those were guys literally out to kill as many people as they could. If we didn't act to stop them, they'd have killed many more. Nothing to do with chance at all.
Engineer: Like I said, we'll probably never come across it, so stuff like that is not worth worrying about. People need to learn to accept and enjoy life even in the worst situations.
Sam: Easy to say when it's not you or your loved one at stake.
Engineer: Even if it was, I'd just accept the situation rather than throw my life away like that woman just did.
Sam: If everyone thought like that, we'd never have moved on from the Stone Age, Dark Ages, or even slavery.
Engineer: Actually, if you do your research, slaves learned to accept their situation and lived very happy lives. You just assume they weren't happy because you wouldn't be.
Sam: I don't need a book to tell me how people feel.
Engineer: I think you do though. You should learn to have more empathy. Build up your EQ. Then you can understand people better who are different from you.
Sam: ... You're the one who just minutes ago couldn't empathize with a mom going back for her daughter.
Engineer: No, I did empathize with her. I said it was sad. You're the one without empathy. The book said the slaves were happy, but you couldn't feel it. You can't relate. You can't empathize.
Sam: That's not... That's sympathizing, not empathizing. There's a difference. Do you even know what empathy is?
Engineer: Yes. I empathize all the time.
Engineer: I watch movies, I watch TV, I play games... And when the characters are happy or sad, I feel the same way. I can empathize with them.
Sam: That's not... Okay. Feeling what the movie tells you to feel is not empathy. You don't empathize with a fictional character. That trivializes the word. You're sympathizing, not empathizing. Feeling sad for someone is not the same as putting yourself in their shoes. There's a back and forth interaction to it.
Engineer: You're just saying that because you can't empathize with them.
Sam: No, I'm saying that because the definition of empathy requires interaction with real people.
Engineer: But I *empathize* with them. You just can't. Do you empathize with TV characters? Do you feel sad when the characters are sad?
Engineer: There! You just said it! You can't empathize! You're the one who can't relate!
Sam: Choosing not to call watching a TV show empathizing is not the same as being unable to empathize.
Engineer: Hi, I'm looking for the organizer... of the after work party?
Sam: Oh hey, it's you again.
Engineer: Sorry, I'm looking for someone named Sam.
Sam: I am Sam. This is my event.
Engineer: Oh, sorry. It's nice to meet you. I'm an engineer.
The engineer extends his hand for a handshake.
Engineer: Oh we have? Sorry, I'm not good with faces.
Sam: We went to Yellowstone last year.
Engineer: Oh that was you? Oh of course I remember. Sorry, it's been a while.
Sam: No, it was someone else. I just happen to have the same exact name and know you went to Yellowstone.
Engineer: Oh, my bad. I'm bad with faces.
Sam: ... Did you seriously not know that was a joke?
Engineer: Well, you didn't raise your voice or anything. How would I know unless you give some sign?
Engineer: You're the only one that jokes like that.
Sam: People joke like that all the time. Maybe you just never noticed.
Engineer: It's not noticeable. You should rethink the way you tell jokes. Otherwise no one would be able to tell.
Sam: People can tell. It's like if I said everyone should just jump off a cliff. It's not literal.
Engineer: You need to give some sign. Like, if we were texting, I'd put an emoji or lol to signify the joke.
Sam: That's like saying you need the fake clapper on a show to know when the funny parts are.
Sam: Here have some cake. How is it?
Engineer: Not bad. What do other people think?
Engineer: Oh. Yeah, it's pretty good.
Sam: Thanks. I made it myself.
Engineer: Wait, you can cook?
Engineer: But I thought you studied finance.
Sam: I did, but I do other things too.
Engineer: But how would you know you're doing it right.
Engineer: Oh we did? Oh we did... But you didn't give me a straight answer. You always dance around the question.
Sam: I think I'm pretty explicit.
Engineer: See? You're avoiding the question again.
Engineer: How do you know you're doing it right?
Sam: ... You just taste it. Like the cake here. You like it right?
Engineer: Well I said it wasn't bad. I wouldn't know if it was that good though because I'm not a chef.
Sam: You'll never guess what I got you.
Engineer: Huh, what's this? Oh, I mean - Ooh, a present!
Sam: Yup, open it. What do you think?
Sam: Haha, I figured you'd like it. Wait, what are you doing?
Engineer: Sorry, let me check something.


I've been writing up some of the plants that are new at Chelsea this year for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show website; you can check them out here. One that especially impressed me was a new lily called 'Kushi Maya' which is an exclusive to H. W. Hyde and Son (though it's not yet on their website). OK, there are plenty of new lilies every year so what's so special about this one?
Well, firstly, it's a hybrid between Lilium nepalense and an Oriental Hybrid lily, types which are so distantly related to each other that they don't usually hybridise at all.
Secondly, just take a look - click on the picture to enlarge it and you'll see. The huge flowers are white at the edges of each petal, shading to hazy green and with a darker green streak through the centre of each. Then the centre is bloodied in deep crimson and the anthers are chocolate brown. Isn't it gorgeous? And on top of all that it has a wonderful fragrance.
So how did this hybrid come about? Richard Hyde, the current Hyde who's running the company which was established in 1926, told me: "'Kushi Maya' is the result of cutting edge embryo recovery techniques. Firstly, a flower of L. nepalense was pollinated with pollen from an Oriental Hybrid flower, a specially selected, but unnamed, seedling. Quite straightforward this, but what happened next is the clever bit.
"After about 40 days, long before it was fully ripe, the seed pod was harvested and taken to a laboratory. Here, two tiny embryos were removed from the endosperm and placed in sterile test tubes filled with a special growing medium where they grew into young plants. Without being recovered like this they would have aborted, due to the huge genetic differences between the two parents. Even using this technique, very wide hybrids like 'Kushi Maya' are both very difficult and hugely expensive to obtain."
My question, of course, is this: if one embryo grew to be the lovely 'Kushi Maya' - what happened to the other one?!
Anyway, it's a lovely plant. But what about that name? "Kushi Maya," Richard told me, "is a name given to female Nepalese children, it's English translation is Happy Love." Gardeners, says your reporter cornily, will be happy to love this new lily.
The RHS Chelsea website has my write-ups of this year's Chelsea newcomers.
Start here for full RHS coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show.
That lily is beautiful, we visited Chelsea last year and I can still remember the wonderful smell of H W Hyde and Son's display that filled the air. We purchased some bulbs of the heavily scented 'Muscadet' and 'Tiger Woods' which should very soon be coming into flower.
Yes, the scent of lilies - especially in an enclosed space like the Chelsea pavilion - is marvellous. And HW Hyde won a Gold Medal at this year's show.


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Q: Makefile: define FAKE_* if the file FAKE_*.txt is detected I am working on a single part of a system, and I have to cheat some measurement that I do not have (I do not have the complete system).
In the make file I added this part :
ifneq ("$(wildcard FAKE_FOO.txt)","")
    EndMessage += "WARNING : Version with FAKE_FOO"
    Info += FAKE_FOO
    CC_OPTS_APP += -DFAKE_FOO
endif

ifneq ("$(wildcard FAKE_BAR.txt)","")
    EndMessage += "WARNING : Version with FAKE_BAR"
    Info += FAKE_BAR
    CC_OPTS_APP += -DFAKE_BAR
endif

Then when the make command detect a file FAKE_FOO.txt it is definning FAKE_FOO. When the make command detect a file FAKE_BAR.txt it is definning FAKE_BAR.
etc...
In the code I have stuff like this :
#ifdef FAKE_FOO
    /* do or define my stuff, for my case */
#else
    /* do or define the normal stuff for the rest of the team */
#endif

This is very nice, so I can work with the same code as my team, I just need to create the file FAKE*.txt. Those file are in the ignore list so I am sure to not pollute the official repository.
I would like to avoid to edit the makefile every time I am using another FAKE_*.txt file.
How can I put this in a generic mode, in order to define FAKE_* for each FAKE_*.txt file ?

A: Use the foreach function and Canned Recipes:
define do_fake
    # Need another $(eval) call here to set the bare variable immediately
    # so the expansions on the next lines work correctly.
    $(eval bare=$(1:.txt=))
    EndMessage += "WARNING : Version with $(bare)"
    Info += $(bare)
    CC_OPTS_APP += -D$(bare)
endef

# Loop over ever FAKE_*.txt file calling the do_fake canned
# recipe/macro/define for each file.
# Use $(eval) on the result so the macro can return make statements
# and so the make parser is happy.
$(foreach f,$(wildcard FAKE_*.txt), $(eval $(call do_fake,$f)))

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/ Randy Traves to Release 'Storms of Life' Anniversary Edition
Randy Traves to Release 'Storms of Life' Anniversary Edition
Oldies Radio Live 365 2 June 2021
Randy Travis released his debut album Storms of Life on June 2nd, 1986. Thirty-five years later, the country music vocalist will revisit the LP with a deluxe reissue. Storms of Life (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) arrives September 24th.
The upcoming set includes the 10 original tracks remastered, as well as three previously unreleased songs: "Ain't No Use," "Carryin' Fire," and "The Wall." Storms of Life, featuring some of Travis' most memorable songs, like "Diggin' Up Bones" and "On the Other Hand," went on to top the country albums chart. It's sold more than 3 million copies and is certified triple Platinum.
Travis suffered a stroke in 2013 that affected his ability to speak and sing. He continues to rehabilitate with help from his wife Mary and gives occasional interviews. Last year, Travis released the early recording "Fool's Love Affair," a track cut before the release of Storms of Life. The seven-time Grammy winner also released the gospel album Precious Memories and an accompanying DVD titled Worship & Faith.
The upcoming deluxe edition is available for preorder August 27th.
Storms of Life (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Track Listing:
1. "On the Other Hand" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz)
2. "The Storms of Life" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals)
3. "My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)" (Ronny Scaife, Don Singleton, Phil Thomas)
4. "Diggin' Up Bones" (Al Gore, Paul Overstreet, Nat Stuckey)
5. "No Place Like Home" (Paul Overstreet)
6. "1982" (Buddy Blackmon, Vip Vipperman)
7. "Send My Body" (Randy Travis)
8. "Messin' With My Mind" (Joseph Allen, Charlie Williams)
9. "Reasons I Cheat" (Randy Travis)
10. "There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae)
Previously unreleased bonus tracks:
"Ain't No Use"
"Carryin' Fire"

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Great Hera! CW Passes On 'Amazon', But Wonder Woman Might Still Have a Chance
February 4, 2013 Amanda Broyles	Leave a comment
Poor Diana, at first blush it seems like she just can't catch a break.
After the fiasco that was the NBC attempt at a Wonder Woman show, it looked as if the CW, who has had success with comic book based television, was all set to put their own pilot, Amazon, to production this summer with a premiere this fall. Sadly, that is no longer the case.
However, all hope is not lost because it appears as if they are only sending it back to the screenwriter, Allan Heinberg, in hopes to make it stronger because they are of the belief that it could be another hit, much like Smallville and this year's Arrow. When they first started looking at casting the show (under the super secret code name Isis), Heinberg had not yet finished the script. I'm sure they could have gone forward with the pilot as it was, but in the interest of creating yet another possibly long running show, they decided to put it off until it is more polished. This is actually really good news.
[box_light]Getting another DC drama on the air has been important for the CW, especially in light of the success of Arrow this season, so Amazon remains a high priority at the network, sources say.
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As of now it looks like Amazon will premiere either in the mid-season, so January of 2014, or in the next pilot season which would be fall of 2014.
If you've been playing along at home, you will realize that there is a possibility of shows about Green Arrow, Booster Gold, and Wonder Woman on television at the same time. This might be the definition of heaven. So geeks, let's all gather together and offer up a toast to the success of The Avengers, without whom, we might not have this moment. Who knows when superheroes will be this cool again? Let's enjoy it while we can!
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Comic Rack! Spider-Men 2 Planned, The X-Files Returns & Channel 52 Debuts!
January 30, 2013 Adam Popovich	Leave a comment
Welcome to Comic Rack! My pick of the top five comic news stories in no particular order…
Smallville Writer Is Kickstarting His Own Graphic Novel
Smallville was one of those shows I always had a love/hate relationship with. I remember being WAY into it when it first started, because it was sort of like Ultimate DC, but before Ultimate Marvel was even really a thing. Then it got progressively sillier, and Lana Lang became one of the must frustrating characters on all of television history, and no amount of watery eyes and doughy pouty lips could save her from fans hatred. Regardless, I did enjoy it as a guilty pleasure. When I read about Bryan Q. Miller trying his hand at his own comic book, it makes me wonder if what I liked was his writing, or just the Superman stuff?
On top of that, I really like how Kickstarter has actually given a relatively stable platform for budding indie artists and writers to get funding for their books to be published and read. It's far superior to other traditional publishing venues in that it's being paid by and directly given to the people who want to read it. Well, the book itself is called Earthward, and takes place in the future on a spaceship and that description alone already has me. The fact that it's all ages is good too, because I really enjoy comics and shows that are meant to be all ages, but don't dumb themselves down for the kiddie's sake.
DC Bringing All The News, Some Of The Facts With Channel 52
One of my favorite things about comics when I was younger was the letters/promo section at the end. It always felt like after you finished your comic you got a little bonus there, and if you were lucky enough you could write in and get your letter featured in an upcoming issue, and that concept is something I still really like and wish was more prevalent in the industry. Well, at the very least the promo side of it is being retained by DC, who are changing things up. Previously there used to be the All Access pages towards the back of the book, detailing different tie ins or what have you, and lately there's been the DC Nation that functions in the same way. It looks like DC is looking to change it up once again and have the section be re-branded and interpreted in a new way, as "Channel 52". It's a move that looks like it's establishing their own set of characters, and looks to be a bit more narrative based, so as to give the impression of being more of an extra, rather than just a collection of promos. Hopefully it ends up being as interesting an idea as they want us to think it is.
The X- Files Returns! In Comic Form!
The X-Files is one of those shows I remember fondly from my youth. I remember coming home on a Friday and being too scared of the shows opening sequence to actually finish the rest of the episode sometimes. When I was younger aliens and cryptids and things like that all really scared the crap out of me. Now as a staunch skeptic I find them silly, but my love for the show still remains. The ideas behind the show, and the possibilities behind the world not being the boring bit of doldrums we see it as every day is an enticing, refreshing thought. The X-Files also seemed like one of those shows that could have gone on forever, if it didn't get bogged down with it's own weirdo mythology, and the increasing fan pressure for Mulder and Scully to drop their platonic friendship for something more. Then there were those two movies that weren't so good. Hopefully the comic can bring back some of that old goodness in comic form.
Spider–Men 2 Is Officially Planned
Last year the Ultimate Spider-Man and the Marvel Spider-Man had a whole story dedicated to them meeting up and having shenanigans. It was called Spider-Men and I didn't read it, because you know, Spider-Man. (For those not familiar with this column, I'm not a Spider-Man fan. Sorry.) But I can see the appeal. A lot of folks did, because it was one of the best reviewed and received books of the year, and Brian Michael Bendis is looking to continue that story this year with obviously titled Spider-Men 2. Now I'm sure a more knowledgeable fan could provide better speculation or even answers but I'm wondering how this is going to tie into the recent revelations from Superior-Spider-Man? I'm guessing it'll just be another Spider-Man to throw into the fray of Spider-Men, and it'll be an all out Spider War! Which reminds me, I have a pitch for a new reality TV show to write.
Action Comics 17 & 18 Now Supersized
So there's good new and bad news about Action Comics this week. The good news is that it's going to be a dollar cheaper than expected. With the original price at $4.99, and the digital copy combo going for a whopping $5.99, the prices are coming down to a slightly more reasonable $3.99 and $4.99 respectively. The bad news is that the price comes down because they're being cut from 48 pages to 40, but are still being advertised as Super-Sized, which is confusing. The other bad news is of course, Grant Morrison is leaving the book. By far my favorite writer out there, the fact that he's leaving the Superman character is depressing, but all good things have to come to an end eventually. Action Comics was one of the books that at the beginning of the New 52, showed me that new things could still be done with iconic classic characters, and really made Superman seem interesting and new again while still being familiar and the same. It's one of the better Superman books I've ever read and I'm really hoping it'll stay that way once Morrison leaves.
That's all for this week's edition! We'll see you next time at the Comic Rack!
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New Clip & Trailer for The CW's 'Arrow'
May 25, 2012 Scoot Allan	1 Comment
We took a look at the upcoming Smallville replacement Arrow, which focuses on Oliver Queen AKA Green Arrow. You can check out all the details and our first look at Stephen Amell as Ollie here. It wasn't long after that Arrow moved from the pilot stage with a season order of episodes. And it wasn't too long after that we got the first clip and the trailer. And by not long after I mean not long ago. As in it just happened. So…
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First Look at The CW's 'Arrow'
March 29, 2012 Scoot Allan	Leave a comment
Are you part of the crowd that just doesn't know what to do with themselves now that Smallville is over? I'm talking to you Darth Saeris! Anyway, don't fret, because CW has green-lit a pilot for a series based on Green Arrow cleverly titled Arrow! Only, it's not the Green Arrow you are used to. Justin Hartley played Oliver Queen for pretty much the last half of Smallville, and I think he did a pretty good job. But that doesn't matter, because this series has nothing to do with that Oliver Queen.
Now before I get into the show I just want to say; I love Green Arrow. Such a great character that is wholly unique in his perspective on the world. Not afraid to speak his mind and fight for what's right, this hard nosed left-winger with a desire to fight for the underprivileged of society stood out in comics and has continued to do so for decades.
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Star Wars – The Clone Wars: The Return of Darth Maul Trailer
February 23, 2012 Stephen Sanchez	Leave a comment
It's been pretty official by now that Darth Maul is returning, and kudos to Lucasfilm for their clever re-release of the Phantom Menace and his simultaneous Clone Wars appearance which is sheer marketing genius. It seems like I can't go into any store where there are toys or books without seeing that ugly Sith bastard adorned on something. Even my McDonald's Happy Meal toy was a top spinner with him on it! But anyways….
Maul is back and whether you like it or not you have to admit the trailer for his return in the final season's arc looks pretty excellent. Not to mention the fact that he is being voiced by none other than Sam Witwer who is a sort of sci-fi superstar at the moment. Witwer has done extensive work with the Star Wars franchise, starting off with the Force Unleashed video games as Darth Vader's secret apprentice Starkiller who kicked major ass with his uber force abilities. Some may not know that he also voiced the Emperor in the Force Unleashed and did a damn fine job. This is also not his first appearance on the Clone Wars as he also played the Dark Side being "The Son" in the Mortis Trilogy. He also played a large part in the 8th season of Smallville as Davis Bloome A.K.A. Doomsday and is currently playing the vampire Aidan on the American version of Being Human. Being Human was recently renewed by SyFy for it's third season. And all of that on top of a missed chance to be featured in an entire flashback episode of the Walking Dead in a storyline that was set up by show creator Frank Darabont, but was ultimately discarded after his "leaving" the show. The guy is a talented actor no doubt, but his voice acting sure packs a punch too. Check out the video below to see how intense Witwer gets when he is slipping into his crazy Darth Maul persona:
Freaky ain't it? For more of the half Sith Lord, check out the FULL trailer below the bump and prepare to change your underpants afterwards:
So it would look as if Ventress is choosing to side with the Night Sisters of Dathomir and that Dooku may be getting some payback for their attempted assassination of him: Grievous style. I'm interested to see the Night Sisters in combat, particularly Mother Talzin who is seen in the trailer unleashing some crazy witch powers on the Separatist forces. But let's face it, that's all bantha poodoo compared to what I think may be the best part of the episode arc and that's Obi-Wan v.s. Maul…. the rematch! This has potential to be one of the best moments on the Clone Wars, overshadowing even the awesomeness that was Savage Oppress's debut last season. But then again I thought that with the return of Boba Fett and I was left quite crestfallen. But this has to be way better than the little half pint bounty hunter. The part where Maul emit's a harsh "Jedi!" and his mechanical leg steps on the ground before Obi-Wan was chilling and gave me a case of the goosbumps. What's everyone's thought on the whole deal? Expanded Universe blasphemy or totally awesome? I for one am glad they stuck with the Star Wars Visionaries robo-legs concept. It wouldn't have done to see a Darth Maul walking on his hands and using the lightsaber with his mouth.
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The Return of Smallville… Via Comic Book!
Smallville may be over, but DC Comics is giving the loyal fans of the loosely based Superman show a little somethin' somethin' in the form of a Smallville comic book! According to IGN, the comic will be released in small parts throughout April digitally and then in a full comic book in May. And for those of you who initially worried like I did that it would take place in between all of the Smallville episodes, have no fear. The comic will take place after the show ended and after Clark finally donned the Super suit!
"Six months after Clark Kent donned the cape and took to the skies to save Earth from Apokolips… enter Season 11!" explains Miller. "New allies abound! New enemies afoot! And old friends return where they're least expected! Pere and colorist Chris Beckett have done a fantastic job of capturing the look of the show and the players, and Gary and Cat are knocking it out of the park on covers. I couldn't be more excited to help give seasoned viewers and new readers an all-access pass to Clark's first year in the cape."
The announcement confirmed that alongside Clark will be show regulars Oliver Queen, Chloe Sullivan, Lois Lane, and even Lex Luthor.
I guess if I have to see Michael Rosenbaum Lex Luthor in comic book form then that will suffice. But really, I can't wait to see what they do with new villains from the Superman world and possibly even bringing back old ones. I for sure was not overly impressed with the fight against Doomsday because it was like watching a Mike Tyson fight on pay per view. But in comics as with animation, they can pretty much do whatever they want.
I'll be very interested to see how everything has played out since the show has ended. How is Lex after his memory of knowing Clark was pretty much erased? What about the other twenty people who know Clark's secret identity and didn't have a memory wipe? I'm ready and waiting for this comic to come out in the next couple of months because Smallville is like Star Wars to me; I don't want it to end even though it's not quite what it used to be. Though this comic does have some potential to be pretty damned good. It will almost be like an Elseworlds comic or Superman: Earth One. What about the rest of the Smallville faithful? Good news or should Smallville just die a natural death? Let it be known in the comment section below!
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'If Only One More' – TV Shows We'd Love to Have Gotten One More Season Out Of…
June 26, 2011 DrKronner	4 Comments
So for our latest Staff Piece we decided to take a look at shows we feel could've gone a little longer. This list is consists of TV shows that could've benefited from one more season…
Deadwood (Brian Kronner)
This is one of those shows whose cancellation seemed to make no sense. I mean it obviously came down to the monetary expense of the show's production and the never stellar ratings like anything else, but it seemed popular enough to survive those obstacles. Critically loved and awarded (28 Emmy Nominations in 3 Years), this is the show that put Ian McShane on the map and won him a Golden Globe during the 2nd season. The show itself ended somewhat ambiguously, with Bullock (Olyphant) and Al Swearengen (McShane) having to join forces against Hearst, who is taking over the town. The season ended with Hearst leaving town, victorious, and many local matters unresolved amongst our principal characters.
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The Hero Express – Cap's USO costume, Jor-El cast in 'Man of Steel', and a surprise on the set of 'The Dark Knight Rises'
June 16, 2011 Scoot Allan	1 Comment
Welcome to the Hero Express, a new speedy look through the news filled world of superhero movies here on Grizzly Bomb. So let's get to it. Oh, and consider this your SPOILER ALERT, as The Dark Knight Rises news is pretty revealing.
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'Hawkman' Treatment: Indiana Jones meets DaVinci Code?
June 7, 2011 Scoot Allan	Leave a comment
Now obviously nothing is confirmed, or even moving forward, but there has been a report of a Hawkman film treatment out there. And there's no doubt that DC will be looking at ways to market any and all heroes. Lately it seems comic book movies are getting better and better, and DC has yet to fully tap that market. Sometimes not for their lack of trying.
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The 10 Worst Superhero TV Projects
May 30, 2011 Scoot Allan	27 Comments
TV and Superheroes rarely mix well, and on the off-chance they do it probably isn't the best representation of superheroes on the market. Smallville worked, Lois & Clark kind of worked. That's… about… it. So it's obviously time to present a list about some of these less than awesome superhero shows. The problem was I had TOO many shows/TV movies to choose from, so I expect to hear about what I've missed or that my choices suck or that I need to put down the fork. Wait, what? Anyways, let's get to the list. We didn't stick to comic heroes, because sometimes the ones created just for television pretty much define this list.
10.) My Secret Identity
It's possible this show missed a lot of people's radar as it was a Canadian TV series, but it aired in syndication in the States. I personally loved this show as a kid, but giving it another look kind brought shame to my younger self. Might have to re-evaluate my love for Biker Mice From Mars.
My Secret Identity is basically Back to the Future meets The Sentry, except no god like powers or Time Travel. Let me explain. Jerry O' Connell, the fat kid from Stand By Me (he probably hates it when people call him that) plays Andrew Clements, a 14-year-old kid who is zapped by a photon beam while helping his neighbor, 4th smartest man in the world Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoat (the fact that he's a smart guy inventor dude is obviously the B2TF connection), played by Derek McGrath. Obviously, this grants him super powers (a la The Sentry… sort of). Super speed, Invulnerability, and levitation, with super strength added in later seasons, because why not? He actually used aerosol cans to direct his flight for a time, but that was changed pretty quick.
If you recognized his friend Kirk, played by Christopher Bolton, then you've probably seen another Canadian show called Rent-A-Goalie, and I applaud you. Regardless, this show is a terrible excuse at a superhero show, made even more so with Degrassi level quality and Canadian film mentalities. No offense to my homeland's cinema, but… well…
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Rothstein Files: Miller Set For Lyons To Be Arizona's Point Guard
Filed Under:Arizona Wildcats, Duquesne, Jon Rothstein, Jordin Mayes, Josiah Turner, Kevin Parrom, Mark Lyons, Nick Johnson, Pac-12, Sean Miller, Stanford Cardinal, T.J. McConnell, Tu Holloway, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, Xavier Musketeers
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Sean Miller was okay with what had been assembled.
Entering his fourth season as head coach of Arizona, Miller looked at his potential roster for next year in mid-April and was beyond comfortable. Despite the transfer of incumbent point guard Josiah Turner, the Wildcats had put together one of the nation's top recruiting classes and had enough solid veterans returning to be in position to compete for a PAC-12 title and a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
"I felt good about our team heading into next season," Miller said on Monday. "I knew we were deceptive because we had certain pieces like Kevin Parrom and Jordin Mayes that weren't at their best last season, and that would change next year."
Then the landscape drastically changed when Xavier announced that Mark Lyons wasn't going to return to the Musketeers in 2012-13, and he'd be eligible to transfer to a school without sitting out a year since he'd already completed his necessary undergraduate coursework.
Found money? It certainly seemed that way.
For Miller and Lyons, the connection was instant. Miller recruited the talented guard when he was head coach at Xavier and he needed an elite-level player to lead his offense.
Lyons, meanwhile, craved the chance to have the ball in his hands more after playing alongside Tu Holloway for his entire college career. Other schools called but the situation pointed towards the Wildcats when the process began, and it stayed that way until Lyons committed to the Wildcats two weeks ago. The marriage has all the makings of one that should benefit both parties.
"There aren't many players in college basketball that have his on-court resume," Miller said of Lyons, who averaged 15.1 points per game last season. "I coached Mark at Xavier when he was a partial qualifier, and since then he's won three conference titles and been to three Sweet 16's."
The presence of Lyons should ease the burden on both Mayes and Nick Johnson, two combo guards who would have had to play point guard had Lyons not wound up in Tucson.
"He's going to take pressure off everybody," Miller said of Lyons. "He's been well coached and he moves his feet really well defensively. He's a tremendous competitor."
Despite the fact that this will be Arizona's third point guard in three seasons, Lyons should be the perfect bridge for Miller to get to next season when he hands the baton to Duquesne transfer T.J. McConnell, who will sit out this year but have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
"Each point guard has their own personality, and as a head coach you have to adapt to that personality," Miller said. "We want our point guard to be good offensively, pressure the ball on defense, and maybe most importantly be an extension of the coach on the floor."
The addition of Lyons immediately makes Arizona — along with UCLA — the co-favorites to win the conference. Stanford, Washington and potentially USC should all be in the top half of the league as well.
"The PAC-12 will be much improved from last year," Miller said. "As far as our team goes, we have 10 legit guys now. We're going to have a very inexperienced frontcourt and a real seasoned backcourt. We have a chance to be a better shooting team as well. We know there's always going to be expectations here, and I knew what I was getting into when I took the job. You can't duck expectations, it's the gift of being at Arizona. That's why we have 14,500 [fans] at every game."
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Sisters share love of golf
August 26, 2014 | Jason Moon | No Comments
Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (left) and Sister Jenny Howard sharing a moment on the golf course.
Sisters of Providence General Council members Sister Jenny Howard and Sister Dawn Tomaszewski both love the game of golf.
Both Sister Jenny and Sister Dawn have athletic backgrounds.
While they don't get an opportunity to play as often as they might like, they enjoy the moments they have on courses.
For Sister Dawn, her love of the game stems from her family.
Sister Dawn said when she was a child, her father would get up at 5 a.m., on Sunday morning, and head to the golf course for 18 holes with his brothers.
"He would wake up, go golfing, but also be back in time for noon Mass," Sister Dawn said. "That continued even after I moved out."
As an adult, Sister Dawn started joining her father and brothers for a round of golf when they vacationed together.
"Golfing was really an opportunity for me to spend significant time with my dad and my brothers," Sister Dawn said. "When I moved back to Chicago after my father retired, we played regularly. It was a special time for me and my dad. He was always teaching the game."
But for Sister Dawn, playing golf with her father wasn't only about learning the game. She said he also sprinkled in some life lessons as well.
"It really was a holy time to be with my dad," she said. "I continue that tradition today. When I vacation with my brother and his family, there is always a golf game involved. My brother doesn't give me too much instruction on the golf course, but he is always telling his kids how to improve. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
Sister Jenny, on the other hand, began playing the sport before she joined the Sisters of Providence.
"I had friends who played golf in Indianapolis," Sister Jenny said. At the time, she was a teacher in her hometown. She even joined a league with her colleagues.
"I have always loved to play golf," Sister Jenny said.
However, after committing to religious life, Sister Jenny said she cut down her trips to courses.
"I don't have a lot of time for golf," she said, adding she plays four times each year, including two practice rounds before taking part in golf scrambles. "But I look forward to it.
"I love being out in nature," she continued. "I love being with friends. It's a time to relax. I enjoy the moment."
More than likely, participants in the 12th annual Hole-y-One Golf Scramble will see both Sister Dawn and Sister Jenny on the links Friday, Sept. 12, at the Country Club of Terre Haute.
Sister Dawn plays with her father's clubs. Sister Jenny also still uses the same irons she had in 1978 when she began playing.
"I have always loved that the Congregation calls this the Hole-y-One Scramble," Sister Dawn said. "Playing golf with my dad and my family has been a holy time, a sacred time."
Sister Jenny also enjoys time spent working with others to help set up the golf outing.
"I was part of the initial planning for the first (golf scramble)," she said. "The initial idea of hosting a golf scramble was as a 'friend-raiser,' more than a 'fundraiser.' It is wonderful to see how many people enjoy participating in the 'outing' every year, and how relationships have grown over the years."
As one of several who contacts door prize donors each year, Sister Jenny said, "the local restaurants and businesses seem genuinely interested in being a part of this annual event sponsored by the Sisters. I am always amazed, and truly grateful, for their generosity, and for the mutual relationships that have been developed over the years with this Terre Haute community."
Sister Dawn added that the relationships the Sisters of Providence have built with the people who take part in the scramble has been wonderful.
"I hope the golf outing enhances our relationships with people in the community," she said. "We're grateful for their support and, hopefully, we are providing them with an opportunity to have fun and nurture their own relationships with the people with whom they are golfing!"
"I love the experience of connecting with the community," Sister Jenny added. "There are some people I see only at the golf outing. I love all of it. And I love the sport (of golf), but I'm not going to give up my day job."
Cost to participate in the scramble is $350 for a team or $90 for a single player. In addition, cost to be a hole sponsor is $175. The deadline to register for the tourney is Friday, Sept. 5, 2014.
For more information or to find out about sponsorships, call Diane Weidenbenner at 812-535-2802 or email dweidenb@spsmw.org.
Jason Moon serves as media relations manager for the Sisters of Providence. Previously, he spent more than 16 years in the newspaper industry.
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Vandals wreck school's play area and then write "sorry" in the sand
Th bword "sorry" was left scrawled in this sand after vandals wrecked a reception play area at Garstang Community Primary School
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Published: 14:11 Updated: 14:22 Tuesday 14 May 2019
Vandals trashed a Garstang school's play area and then scrawled "sorry" in the sand.
The apology added insult to injury for Garstang Community Primary School head Mrs Steph Reeves and staff.
Garstang Community Primary School headteacher Mrs Steph Reeves
They returned to work on Monday to discover the much loved reception outdoor area for youngest pupils had been wrecked over the weekend.
Mrs Reeves said: "I think it's just bored youths. They just got in and trashed it, throwing sand and tyres around. They'd thrown the sandpit (contents) all over the floor and then written the word sorry in it. Nothing was broken, but that's not the point."
Posting on social media the school had a clear message for the vandals: "So awful to return to school after the weekend to find that our reception outdoor area has been wrecked over the weekend. This is the area our four and five year olds love, and our staff have worked hard to create. How sad that some mindless people find spoiling it a bit of fun. Writing 'sorry' in the sand you threw all over the floor doesn't make it one bit better."
The school has since received many offers of help.
The scene in the reception area after the vandals visited
Order was restored by staff before pupils saw the damage. Mrs Reeves said: " We cleared it up. It probably took half an hour, but that half hour should be time when teacher are preparing lessons."
She is concerned about future vandalism, as the school recently won a £10,000 Lottery award to transform another outside area.
The play area was created some 10 years ago and Mrs Reeves said: "The children absolutely love it. We're currently working towards the Lancashire County Council's Step Outdoors quality mark so we had really developed it over the past year. There's a fairy garden, small world play and parents had made things."
She has a direct message for those involved in the destruction: "I'd say think back to their primary school years and how much they enjoyed their environment. If they want something to do
Wellingtons were removed from a special stand and thrown down
I'm sure we could find them something to do, some gardening or work. We do have fantastic students who come here on work placements and really enjoy themselves. If you're 16 or 17 and it's years since you've been in primary school they come back and they love it. Perhaps these could do with trying something like a working placement in a primary school to just remind themselves."
She also had another message for the vandals: "Please think about if it was your little brother or sister in that (reception) class."
For its next outdoor project the school is looking forward to transforming its outdoor theatre area.
Mrs Reeves said: "We're going to make it into a quiet space called 'Time To Talk'."


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Image via WikipediaI remember being teased in fourth game for being able to multiply 4-digit numbers in my head.
Actually, it wouldn't have helped anyway because, had I told them that I couldn't do such a ridiculous thing, they would have simply teased me for not being able to multiply 4-digit numbers in my head.
But that's all water under the bridge, including my not being able to multiply 4-digit numbers in my head. Want to learn how?
Many cases are not that difficult once you know a couple of mental math tricks related to "Vedic mathematics".
While some people like to play of the mysticism of the name, Vedic Math is just a system of mathematics that was created by the Vedas people hundreds/thousands of years ago, rediscovered on old Sanskrit manuscripts by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji in 1911 and decoded from Sanskrit into modern-day mathematical notation over the following seven years. So, while not super-mystical, it is friggin' awesome.
It would have the digits of pi on it in some cool fashion and would have the phrase "Approximation Is For Wimps" at the bottom. It would be funny for a lot of reasons: 1. Just having so many digits of pi plastered on a shirt has intrinsic humor, b. It plays off of the fact that most math nerds are seen as wimps (or they definitely don't line up with the term "jock"), and 3) It's ironic because even the 3141 digits or so on the shirt will still be an approximation.
They brought them to the table before dinner, and I was trying to think of something that we could do with them in order to teach them some principle. We decided to create mazes out of the pennies, with the pennies as the walls.
Divisible by two:If the number ends in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8, it is divisible by 2.
Divisible by five:If the number ends in 0 or 5, it is divisible by 5.
Divisible by ten:If the number ends in 0, it is divisible by 10.
Divisible by nine: If you add all the digits in a number together and that new number is divisible by 9, then it is also divisible by 9.


Over the decade that I've been hiking the Superstitions I've heard sketchy rumors of a monster saguaro somewhere "out there" from the Peralta trailhead. Earlier this season some of us in conversation with a ranger confirmed it was on Dutchman beyond the end of Bluff Spring trail. Also we were informed that the old cactus was in decline, so we'd better go soon if we wanted to see it while it still stood.
Tuesday of this week Dana, Debbie, and I set out to find the oldtimer and pay our respects. It had rained overnight, and the morning started cool and overcast. Perfect weather for the early morning climb up cardiac hill, which would have been a real killer most warm/sunny April mornings. Overall the trip turned out to be 10 miles, with just under 1,700 feet of aggregate elevation gain. We were thankful for the cool conditions.
To anyone who wants to see this big cactus (advertised to have 57 arms), the route is all the way out Bluff Spring trail to the junction with Dutchman, then north on Dutchman 1.5 miles. As you pass northwestward over a low saddle you'll see the fabled cactus ahead in the valley.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. The fun is in getting there!
The hike out Bluff Spring trail gives top down views of three major Superstition drainages, first Barkley Basin, then Peralta Canyon, and at the crest, Barks Canyon. Because of leftover clouds from the night before, these scenes are quite different than our usual sunlit cobalt colored skies.
Here is Barkley Basin looking east from Cardiac Hill. For perspective reference, the formation in the left of the photo is Miners Needle.
Higher on the trail you get this view looking up Peralta Canyon toward Fremont Pass. You can pick out segments of trail 102 among the vegetation in the center of the canyon.
At the crest of Bluff Spring trail, the panorama down into Barks Canyon and a bonus peek at Weavers Needle distant in the morning mist.
Recent hikes have been dominated by the springtime plants and flowers, and this hike was no exception.
Here an agave ("century plant") launches its' flower/seed spike toward the sky, expending all the energy it has nurtured over many years, in one last burst of life, passing its' seed to hopefully start the next generation.
Hedgehogs are starting to pop open their beautiful pink blossoms, and we found a few examples of desert mariposa, such as this beauty.
Once or twice a season we come across some unexplained curiosity on the trail. Near the crest of Bluff Spring trail we came across this makeshift stretcher which had been cobbled together from an old tarp, boot laces, and seed stalks from an agave plant. Our best guess is that some hikers or backpackers transported an injured companion to this high exposed spot for a helicopter extraction. Either that, or they got tired of carrying him and dumped him over a cliff into the nearby canyon, then abandoned the stretcher here.
OK, back to the old cactus. Here a couple of shots closeup. As you can see, it really does appear on its' "last legs". Because saguaro don't have "rings" like trees it isn't possible to accurately determine their age, but estimates are 200-300 years as the usual span of a normal specimen. Given it's unusual size, I think we can put this one on the high end of that scale, meaning it probably stood here back when Washington was fighting the Redcoats.
As we retraced our route back to the trailhead the sky became more broken clouds with patches of sunlight. Barkley Basin was quite a different sight than our morning view a few hours earlier.
See you all next hiking season. Thanks for the memories.
Oohhhh Cobalt skies! thanks for putting the effort of finding the right words to describe your photos and what we see. KEEP WRITING!
Thanks, Teach, for your support! See you in the fall.
Good one – allmost made it there two years ago. My knee gave out. Maby this winter.
Hans: Your descriptions and pictures are wonderful. Also your continued efforts to seek out trails and sights to share is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the great pictures and blog. You've outdone yourself this time. We are looking forward to hiking with you next season!
I really enjoy your stories….hope to meet and thank you next year….


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Q: Is the union of nowhere dense sets which are separated by disjoint open sets nowhere dense? Proposition: In a topological space, Let F be a collection of nowhere dense sets such that each member of F is contained in a open sets and the family of all those open sets is disjoint. Then the union of members of F is nowhere dense.
We know that the finite union of nowhere dense is nowhere dense and a set  But in the infinite case mentioned above I was looking for a proof of this proposition.
Thanks!

A: Let us establish a bit of notation: For each $A\in F$ there is an open set $V(A)\supseteq A$, and it is given that if $A\ne B$ then $V(A)\cap V(B)=\emptyset$.
I propose to show that $\bigcup F$ is nowhere dense by showing that its closure has empty interior. Therefore, pick an interior point $x$ of the closure, and try to get a contradiction from that.
By assumption, there is an open set $U\ni x$ consisting of points of closure of $\bigcup F$. So $U\cap A\ne\emptyset$ for at least one $A\in F$. Moreover, $U\cap V(A)\subseteq\overline{\bigcup F}$. Note carefully that if $B\in F\setminus\{A\}$ then $B\cap V(A)=\emptyset$, so $\overline{\bigcup (F\setminus\{A\})}\cap V(A)=\emptyset$.
I am tempted to leave you to take it from there. In fact, I hereby give in to that temptation.

A: HINT: Let $\mathscr{F}$ be a family of nowhere dense sets in $X$. Assume that for each $F\in\mathscr{F}$ there is an open set $U_F$ such that $F\subseteq U_F$, and the family $\{U_F:F\in\mathscr{F}\}$ is pairwise disjoint. Let $F=\operatorname{cl}\bigcup\mathscr{F}$, and suppose that $V$ is an open subset of $F$.

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*Show that if $F\in\mathscr{F}$, then $V\cap U_F\subseteq\operatorname{cl}F$; conclude that $V\cap U_F=\varnothing$ for each $F\in\mathscr{F}$.

*Use the previous result to show that $V=\varnothing$.


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Le Dazangjing (大藏經 ; pinyin: Dà Zàng Jīng « Grande collection de sutras »), Canon chinois ou Tripitaka chinois, est le canon bouddhiste utilisé en Chine, au Japon, en Corée et partiellement au Vietnam. Il est composé surtout de textes mahayana, mais comprend aussi des textes issus des écoles du bouddhisme ancien qui ont leur équivalent dans le canon pali, ainsi que certains textes appartenant au bouddhisme tantrique. Comme le canon originel en pali, il est divisé en « trois corbeilles » : Sutras (經 jing), Vinaya (律 lü) et Abhidharma (論 lun). Un second niveau de subdivision distingue les textes hinayana (Agama), les textes mahayana et les divers (雜 za). La principale édition de référence depuis les années 1930 est le Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō produit au Japon en prenant pour référence essentielle le Tripitaka Koreana. Le contenu du Daizōkyō est accessible en ligne.

co : Dae Jang Kyung ; ja : Daizōkyō ; vi : Đại Tạng Kinh

Premiers corpus mahayana
Selon la tradition, la première mise en ordre du canon mahayana (accompagnée de la traduction en sanscrit des textes rédigés en gandhari, langue vernaculaire locale) eut lieu dans l'Empire kouchan (au Cachemire ou à Jalandhar) sous le règne de Kanishka  (127-147), lors d'un concile présidé par Vasumitra. Cinq cents moines auraient accompli le travail en douze ans. Il est parfois mentionné dans le courant theravada comme le « concile des moines hérétiques ».

Premiers index et recueils bouddhistes chinois

Catalogues
Le premier catalogue notable serait celui de la bibliothèque bouddhiste de Liang Wudi conservée au temple de Hualin (華林院) près de Nankin, compilé par le moine Baochang (寶唱). Suivront celui des Wei (533-534), ceux de Wendi  (594-602) et Yangdi (605-16) des Sui. Le plus important est le Catalogue de Kaiyuan (开元释教录) compilé sous les Tang par le moine Zhisheng (智昇), qui répertorie 2275 textes traduits depuis les Han postérieurs (~67) j'usqu'à la  de l'ère de Kaiyuan (713-741), ainsi que 1073 textes ou extraits divers (compléments, répétitions, provenance incertaine etc.). Les canons officiels compilés à partir des Song se baseront sur ce catalogue.

Textes sur pierre
Les textes gravés sur pierre constituent une référence importante pour le repérage des modifications et erreurs de copie ultérieures à leur date de gravure. L'ensemble le plus connu est celui des « sutras de pierre de Fangshan » (房山石經) abrités dans le domaine du temple Yunju près de Pékin. Neuf grottes contenant 4195 dalles sont connues depuis l'origine, une dixième en abritant 10 082 fut découverte en 1956. On doit l'existence de cet ensemble au moine Jingwan (靜琬, fin du ) des Sui qui aurait ainsi réalisé un vœu exprimé par son maître Huisi. Débuté à l'ère Daye (大業 605-617), le travail fut poursuivi sous les Tang, les Liao, les Jin et les Ming.

Il existe aussi des ensembles de textes bouddhistes sur pierre à Taishan et Culaishan (徂徕山) au Shandong (le second : textes Prajnaparamita), à Fengyu (风峪) près de Taiyuan au Shanxi et
à Beixiangtangshan (北响堂山) au Hebei.

Canons

Éditions chinoises
Le premier canon proprement dit apparaît sous les Song après le développement de la xylographie. Il s'agit du Canon de Kaibao (开宝藏) dont les plaques furent fabriquées sous Song Taizu (968-976) à Yizhou, Sichuan,dans l'ancien pays de Shu, d'où son autre nom de Shuben (屬本). Il prend pour référence le Catalogue de Kaiyuan et sera la base des canons suivants, soit dix-huit éditions chinoises (huit des Song aux Jin, deux sous les Yuan, cinq sous les Ming et trois sous les Qing), trois éditions coréennes et huit éditions japonaises.

Quelques éditions notables:

 Canon de Kaibao (開寶藏) 5048 rouleaux, 1076 chapitres, Song (971-983), Hangzhou ; premier canon, il fut introduit en Corée, au Japon et dans le royaume Khitan.
 Canon Khitan (契丹藏) ou Canon des Liao (遼藏) 6006 rouleaux,1373 chapitres (1031-1064)
 Canon de Chongning (崇寧萬壽大藏經) 6108 rouleaux, 1440 chapitres, Song (1080-1104), Fuzhou ; le premier plié en accordéon.
 Canon de Pilu (毗盧藏) 6132 rouleaux,1451 chapitres, Song (1112-1176), Fuzhou
 Canon de Yuanjue (思溪圓覺藏) ou premier Canon de Siqi (前思溪藏) 5480 rouleaux, 1435 chapitres,  Song (1132), Huzhou
 Canon de Zifu (資福藏) ou second Canon de Siqi (後思溪藏) 5940 rouleaux,145 chapitres, Song (1175)
 Canon de Zhaozang (趙城藏) ou Canon des Jin (金藏) 6900 rouleaux,1570 chapitres, (1149-1173)
 Canon de Jisha (磧砂藏) 6362 rouleaux, 1535 chapitres, Song (1225-1322), Suzhou ; complété sous les Yuan avec l'aide de moines de l'ex-royaume tangout adeptes du vajrayana, il contient des illustrations.
 Canon de Puning (普寧藏) 6327 rouleaux, 1594 chapitres, Yuan (1277-1290), œuvre de l'Ecole des Nuages blancs (白雲宗) ; l'édition complémentaire (1306) inclut de nombreux textes vajrayana.
 Canon de Hongfa (弘法藏) 7182 rouleaux,1654 chapitres, première édition officielle des Yuan (1264-1294) Pékin ; retrouvé à la fin du  à Pékin.
 Canon officiel des Yuan (元官藏) 6500 rouleaux, (1330-1336), Yunnan ; retrouvé à la fin du  à Pékin.
 Canon de Hongwu (洪武南藏) ou premier Canon du Sud (初刻南藏) 7000 rouleaux, 1600 chapitres, Ming (1372-1399), Nankin ; un exemplaire en a été retrouvé au Sichuan en 1934.
 Canon du Sud de Yongle (永樂南藏) ou Canon du Sud (南藏) 6331 rouleaux, 1610 chapitres, Ming (1412-1417)
 Canon du Nord de Yongle (永樂北藏) ou Canon du Nord (北藏) 6924 rouleaux, 1662 chapitres, Ming (1421-1440), Pékin
 Canon de Wulin (武林藏), Ming (1422), Hangzhou ; fragments découverts en 1982.
 Canon de Wanli (萬曆藏) 6234 rouleaux, 1659 chapitres, Ming (1589-1657), Nankin ; redécouvert en 1983 au Shanxi.
 Canon de Jiaxing (嘉興藏) ou Canon de Jingshan (徑山藏) 12600 rouleaux, 2090 chapitres, Ming-Qing (1589-1676) ; première édition composée de livrets cousus, il comprend de nombreux textes de la catégorie "divers".
 Canon de Qianlong (乾隆版大藏經), Canon impérial (龍藏) ou Canon des Qing (清藏) 7168 rouleaux, 1669 chapitres. (1735-1738). Pékin
 Canon de Pinqie (頻伽藏) 8416 rouleaux, 1116 chapitres, Qing (1909-1913), Shanghai
 Canon de Puhui (普慧藏) (1943), Shanghai; il devait rassembler tous les textes  laissés jusque-là de côté mais ne fut jamais achevé.
 Canon Zhonghua (中華藏) 4200 textes, 23000 fascicules, (1984), Pékin.
 Il y a également lieu de mentionner les 720 volumes du Canon conservé dans l'ancien temple de Guanyin de Jilin, qui a été imprimé en 1735 à la 13e année de Yongzheng ère de la dynastie Qing (1644–1911). On ne compte que  deux séries datées de 1735 impressions de gravures sur bois de Canon chinois en Chine.

Éditions coréennes
Les Coréens avaient reçu de Chine au moins deux collections importantes de textes, en 565 et 928. Un exemplaire du  premier canon chinois imprimé, le Shuben (蜀本), arriva en 991 sur la requête du roi de Koryŏ, suivi d'autres éditions en 1021, 1063 et 1083 ; des textes Prajnaparamita traduits par Xuanzang parvinrent en 1022.

Le premier canon imprimé en Corée fut commandité en 1010 par le roi Hyŏnjong, selon la tradition sous la forme d'un vœu fait pour le départ des troupes chinoises qui occupaient alors le pays ; le travail aurait demandé plus de quarante ans. Une autre édition importante (1010 titres en 4740 rouleaux) fut réalisée quelques décennies plus tard, enrichie par les efforts du moine et érudit Ŭich'ŏn, fils du roi Munjong. Parti en Chine contre le vœu de son père, il en revint un an plus tard avec 3000 rouleaux et expédia des envoyés en Chine et au Japon à la recherche de textes tardifs rédigés en Extrême-Orient, excluant toutefois les textes Chan. Le catalogue fut publié en 1090. Ce canon fut brûlé par les Mongols en 1232-1233. Le roi ordonna alors sa reconstitution, qui est sous le nom de Tripitaka Koreana le plus ancien canon survivant, qui a servi de référence pour les récents canons japonais, dont le Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo (1924-34). Réalisé sous la direction du moine Sugi, le Tripitaka Koreana se base sur le Shuben enrichi des apports du Canon des Liao, mais les textes plus récents inclus par Ŭich'ŏn ne furent pas retenus.

Éditions japonaises
Le canon chinois a également pénétré vers 987 au Japon où des textes bouddhistes avaient commencé à parvenir à partir du , tout d'abord en provenance de Corée. Il est généralement connu sous les noms de Daizōkyō (chinois Dazangjing 大藏經) ou Issaikyō (一切経) « intégralité des sutras », et divisé en Kyōzō (Sutras), Ritsuzō (Vinaya), Ronzō (Abidharma) et Zatsu (divers). Les textes sont pour la grande majorité en chinois mais peuvent être lus en japonais.

La première édition locale fut imprimée sur ordre de l'empereur Horikawa en 1102. D'autres suivirent en 1278, 1288, et entre 1338 et 1358. À l'Époque d'Edo paraissent le Tenkaizo (天海藏) ou Tanejizo (寬永寺藏) (1637-1648), et l'Obakuban Daizoku (黃檗藏) ou Tetsugen Issaikyo (鐵眼一切経) (1678) du moine Tetsugen Doko (1630-1682). À la fin du  est compilé le Dainihon kotei shukusatsu daizokyo (日本校訂縮刷大藏經), (1880-1885), basé essentiellement sur le Tripitaka Koreana, le Zifu (Song), le Puning (Yuan) et le Jiaxing (Ming), ainsi que le Catalogue de Nanjo compilé par Nanjo Bunyu (南条文雄 1849-1927). Au début du  paraissent le Manjizo (卍字藏) ou Dainihon kōtei kunten daizokyo (日本校訂訓點大藏經) (1902-1905), puis le Manji zoku zo (卍字續藏) (1905-1912) après la destruction du précédent dans un incendie. Le Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo compilé entre 1924 et 1934 est devenu la version de référence au .

Autres
Les empereurs tangout obtinrent leur première version du canon chinois de Renzong des Song. Une traduction en tangoute fut entreprise, particulièrement rapide dans la deuxième moitié du  sous le patronage de l'impératrice douairière Liang qui sollicita des versions plus récentes de la cour chinoise pour compléter l'ensemble. La première édition tangoute équivalant aux deux-tiers du canon Song fut achevée entre 1090 et 1094. Une impression eut lieu sous les Yuan en 1302 à Hangzhou, presque un siècle après la disparition de l'empire tangout.

Au Vietnam, la première version du canon chinois fut obtenue en 1008 par l'empereur Lê Đại-Hành ; d'autres versions suivirent en 1018, 1034 et 1239. Cette dernière fut la base d'une édition imprimée sous la direction du moine Pháp Loa (法螺禪師 1284-1330), protégé de l'empereur Trân Anh-tôn. En 2006 fut entreprise une traduction en vietnamien de la version de la Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association du Daizokyo.

Le canon chinois a aussi fait l'objet de traductions partielles en mongol et en mandchou.

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Voir aussi

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 Tanjur

Liens externes
  Schéma des relations entre les différentes éditions du canon chinois p.6
  Editions du Dazangjing
  佛教藏經目錄數位資料庫
  中華電子佛典協會(CBETA)

Texte bouddhique
Mahâyâna
Bouddhisme en Chine

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