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Mardles
About Mardles
Morris On!
Music and Song Clubs
Music and Song Sessions
Events & Venue contacts
Folk Tutors
The Bridge in the Club Tent at Cambridge Folk Festival 2019
Strumming and Dreaming
from Les Ray
The undersigned is delighted and privileged to be involved in running The Bridge, the umbrella group for folk clubs, sessions and open mics around the Cambridge area that we launched in 2017. Last year we were invited to organise some music for the Club Tent on the Saturday afternoon of Cambridge Folk Festival (see my column in issue 144), and I'm please to say we've been invited back this year.
We'll be packing a huge variety of fine music by young and not-so-young performers into our three hours. The promising youngsters include Lizzy Hardingham from Hertfordshire, who won the Royston Folk Club Young Artists Award last year, I Claudia and Josh Robins from Cambridge, the former an exciting, eclectic performer and the latter a fine songwriter with an excellent selection of covers (he can often be seen busking in Cambridge).
Two more experienced acts are When Rivers Meet and 4-piece band DodoBones. When Rivers Meet are a blues and roots rock duo from Essex, and exciting live act who combine well crafted self-penned songs and reworked traditionals. DodoBones, from Hertfordshire, are an acoustic indie band with an ironic-pop edge.
Our 'veteran' this year is Terry Hiscock, a founder member of the band Hunter Muskett, who were formed back in 1969. After two albums they eventually wound up the band in 1974, but reformed in 2010 to record a third album and return to performing. Terry will be performing his own beautifully crafted songs, accompanying his fine voice with skilful guitar playing.
Cambridge 105 Radio are hoping to be broadcasting from the Cherry Hinton site again this year, including a special Festival Edition of my show Strummers and Dreamers, so look out for details on the station's website closer to the time. For performer profiles and photos and website links, check out The Bridge website.
https://www.cambridgebridge.co.uk
https://cambridge105.co.uk
https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/folk-festival
Earache - 2019 May
(for those with a finger on the pulse)
Steve Eamer and Suze Close We've noticed a drop off in attendance at some venues in recent times, some of it maybe to do with the uncertain economic climate in which we live, and maybe because it can be difficult to ascertain what's going on where at the moment. As it happens and fortuitously our information and data correspondent Vince Matthews has been updating a gig list for general use and we are able to bring you exclusive access to his deliberations, aided by reference to Mardles, Adrian from King's Lynn and Philippa from Suffolk and various snippetts gleaned on the way.
Read more: Earache - 2019 May
I looked East and I looked West
by Simon Haines and George Monger
I looked East and I looked West, was the title of a weekend to celebrate the life and music of Julia Clifford, organised by Katie and John Howson and held at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket on the weekend of 26-28 April.
I was not able to attend the whole weekend, so this is necessarily a partial – in both senses of the word - account of what went on.
Julia Clifford (1914-1997), was a wonderful fiddle player born into a musical family in Lisheen, Co. Kerry, in an area known as Sliabh Luachra, renowned for its poets and traditional musicians. Through seminal recordings made in the 1970s, Julia and her brother Denis Murphy helped define what is now a well-known genre of Irish traditional music. Julia and her husband John Clifford, also a musician, had been living in London since the 1940s, but shortly after the recordings came out, they moved out to Thetford in Norfolk, and as far as publically available information goes, they all but disappeared from view. However, this period, and especially after 1981 when John died, was actually a busy period of music-making for Julia, with a younger generation of enthusiasts and a new audience on the English folk scene.
Saturday evening concert finale
Read more: I looked East and I looked West
Cardboard Fox @ The Seagull
Award winning UK Bluegrass band, Cardboard Fox
Cardboard Fox are a unique and powerful combination of dexterous instrumental playing, memorable songwriting and energetic live shows.
All four musicians have their musical roots in bluegrass but their collective influences reach much further and this shows in their music. Formed in late 2013 in Bath, England, the band features the sibling harmonies of Charlotte and Laura Carrivick (the Carrivick Sisters) on guitar/vocals and fiddle/vocals respectively, the extraordinary talents of young mandolin player Joe Tozer and the driving and technically demanding double bass playing and harmony vocals of John Breese.
The band has toured throughout the UK and Europe as well as appearing in North America, including being the first ever UK band to gain a highly sought after showcase spot at the International Bluegrass Music Association's 2016 World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Read more: Cardboard Fox @ The Seagull
Folk Song in Eastern England : Traditional Song - Ely 11 May
Folk Song in Eastern England : Traditional Song event in Ely 11th May 2019
A recent notification from Steve Roud
The Traditional Song Forum (TSF) is an informal co-operative organisation which exists to assist people interested in the subject by holding events and meetings up and down the country to get people together to share enthusiasms, support and information.
We will be holding a meeting in Ely on Saturday 11th May, with the theme for the afternoon session (1pm - 4pm) Folk Song in Eastern England, which will include contributions from local experts on the history of traditional song in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere in the region. Anyone interested can come along. The event is free of charge - but seating is limited so you must book a ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/traditional-song-forum-meeting-in-ely-cambs-tickets-59113717721
For further information, please contact Steve Roud (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Martin Graebe (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). For more information on the Traditional Song Forum (also free to join), see: http://tradsong.org/
Claire Hastings at The Seagull Theatre
The 3rd Suffolk Song & Ale
Norwich Slow Session
Good Lovelies @ Seagull Theatre
Morris Dancing and Me
Pakefield Acoustic Music day
The Cellar Sessions
CROMER'S 'FOLK ON THE PIER' 2019
Leveret at The Apex
Stop Press Wayward Sessions
Suffolk Norfolk Morris Cambridgeshire Singer Bands Ceilidh Advert Essex UncleWalter Earache
This Woman's Work BBC Sounds
Herding Cats - CD from Wolfnote
REVIEW Folk Recorder by Val Woollard and Friends
Hannah Scott at The Canopy Theatre
Music for Glynn Thomas' Etchings
Obituary: Dave Benford of The Cambridge Crofters
From Melodeon to Button Accordion
21st Century Morris?
Morris Clubs; Morris and Molly Teams in East Anglia
Scottish CD Reviews
EATMT Autumn Concert Party
Suffolk Folk
Norfolk Folk Association
About NFA
Artist Profiles - Singer

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"My paintings are about the human and architectural faces of the inner-city suburbs – the unseen, often ignored everyday places of my hometown.
I love the way light transforms, touching buildings that may be ordinary, neglected or lonely, to give them a new life and beauty. Places can be threatening, dull or energising, often affecting several generations of people who live there. They are imbued with the past lives and deeds of earlier residents until someone different comes along to change them.


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HAM RADIO HISTORY
WEB SITE LINKS
Face To Voice
Ham Radio Links
Hams Having FUN
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Ham Shack
History of the 2100 Net
In 1991 a recently licensed ham, Roland - N7UKY, joined a Round Robin group on 147.360. He was encouraged to do so by a long time friend WB7OAR. WB7OAR had convinced Roland to become a ham. It was a small group. The original participants were..
WB7OAR - Glen Winkler
K2MAT - Charlie
K7JKG - Maurice
N7UKY - Roland
WB7VPR - Frank Hudson
At this time, the group was not considered as a NET... More to come later..
73 vs. 73's
With a lot of brass pounding under my belt, 73 has Always been correct. 73's would never be sent in CW. After seeing the 1AW QSL card from January 29, 1925 with Hiram Percy Maxium's signature, I must admit that I was WRONG. Either on voice or in print is correct. However, make you own decision on this one. de W5ORV
The ARRL Begins
In 1914, Hiram Percy Maxim of Hartford, Connecticut, was a prominent businessman, engineer, and inventor (notably of the Maxim Silencer). He was also an active radio amateur, with one of the best-equipped stations in the Hartford area. One night in April he attempted to send a message to another ham in Springfield, Massachusetts. He had a one-kilowatt station (call 1WH), and Springfield was only 30 miles (48 km) away, well within his normal range. He was unable to make contact, and remembering that he knew another ham in Windsor Locks, about halfway, he contacted the Windsor Locks ham, and asked him to relay the message, which was successfully done. This was not the first time a message had been relayed, but it set Maxim to thinking. At that time, a great deal, perhaps most of amateur radio activity consisted of sending and receiving messages, not only between amateurs, but involving the general public as well. But at that time the maximum reliable range of a station was a few hundred miles or less, and so Maxim realized that a formally organized relay system would be of tremendous use to amateurs.
Maxim was a member of the Radio Club of Hartford, and he presented a plan for the organization of an "American Radio Relay League" (he had already decided on the name) to the club at its April 1914 meeting. The club agreed to sponsor the development of such an organization. Maxim and Clarence Tuska, the secretary of the Hartford Radio Club, developed application forms and sent them out to every amateur station they could think of. Although they limited membership to highly qualified amateurs only, the response was tremendous. By September 1914 they had over 230 stations on the roster.


On the day the legal aid bill has its second reading in the House of Lords, there is finally some detail on the £20 million announced during the Commons stages of the bill.
The Cabinet Office has announced £16.8million to help fund the advice sector in England (the balance going to the devolved administrators, who do not seem to have made any announcements yet).
The fund will be administered by the Big Lottery, and will support housing, debt, welfare benefits and employment advice services. Each grant will be for service delivery and be between £40,000 and £70,000. To qualify, organisations must show that they provide advice in at least one of those areas and have suffered a cut of least 10% in central or local government funding in the financial year 2011-12. More details of the exact criteria will follow when applications open before the end of the month.
There is also to be a review of the future of the advice sector, concluding early next year, though there has as yet been no further detail on that.
£17million, while welcome, is a small amount compared to the cuts social welfare advice providers are facing; scope cuts, of course, will not take effect until the next financial year.
Meanwhile, the House of Lords debate on second reading can be seen here; how much reliance will ministers place on this new fund to try to placate opposition?


Earlier this summer I had the honor of being a panelist and presenter at MojoFest, a wildly impressive and inspiring conference about mobile journalism in Galway, Ireland. I was excited to meet a few of my social media friends in real life. Much thanks to Brendan O Se, the award-winning Cork-based photographer who was in charge of arranging the mobile photography panel, for including me.


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MB acquired Protacon which is a leading automation engineering and IT services company
Translink Corporate Finance announces the sale of Protacon Group Oy to a leading Finnish private equity investor MB Funds. Translink acted as an advisor to the owners of Protacon.
Protacon is a Finnish engineering company specializing in industrial automation, software and digitalization services. Protacon serves pulp & paper, energy and maritime industries.
Protacon has 10 offices in Finland and one in China. Currently, Protacon has 270 automation and digitalisation professionals.
MB Funds is a leading Finnish private equity investor that focuses on Finnish companies with sales of 20 to 200 MEUR.
About Translink Finland
Translink Corporate Finance Finland, based in Helsinki, is one of the leading M&A boutiques in the Finnish market. Since its foundation more than 15 years ago, their partners completed more than 100 M&A transactions in different industries, worked closely together with a number of business partners and industry players, both locally and internationally. In addition Translink Finland is a Certified Adviser on NASDAQ OMX First North.
Nummenpää
Chairman Translink International
Managing Partner Translink Finland
tnummenpaa@translinkcf.com
Bowes Dermatology was sold to GTCR
Translink advises LBE Fluides on sale to Nox Group
TERO NUMMENPÄÄ
Tero's experience in corporate finance and advisory is vast. Before founding Translink Finland, he worked as an Investment Manager at the firm PCA Infocom Finance Oy. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Translink International AG, which coordinates the Translink group's international operations. Tero holds an M.Sc. (Tech.) from the University of Tampere and an MBA from Virginia Tech. He is a member of our M&A Automotive and M&A IT groups and has closed several transactions in these sectors.


I wasn't the biggest kid in school. I was picked on, called names, not able to defend myself. I know what it's like to be beat down. Literally, figuratively. Physically, emotionally, financially. "You're not good enough", "You're not smart enough", "You're not athletic enough." No one wants to be picked last for anything. I have been many times. No one wants to be the smallest or weakest. I have been many times. No one wants to be the last to learn something. I have been many times. You name it, I have experienced it. I let it fuel me. Those experiences shaped who I am today.
I got bigger, stronger, smarter, quicker. I overcame. I wasn't the most popular kid in school, but now people want to know me. I wasn't the most athletic kid, but now I can compete with most. I wasn't the smartest kid in class, but now I can learn whatever you want to teach me. None of this was by accident. None of this was lost on me.
Because I was weak, I can now appreciate being strong.
Because I was left out, I can now include anyone. Because I was slow to learn, I can now explain in a simplified way to make sure someone comprehends. All of this, is through God's grace. His love. His design for me and my path in life. Why does this matter to you? Because I know that there are people struggling reading this right now. There are people that are hurting in all aspects of life and you feel like there is no one to talk to. No one understands.
If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, what do you do about it? Here are some practical applications that you can use to make BIG change in your life, no matter what you are facing.
You have to be aware of your situation.
If you don't fully understand where you are in life, how can you change a bad situation? If you don't realize you're not achieving all your goals, how can you start getting to your desired level? If you don't realize you need to lose weight, why would you start making healthy decisions. If you don't realize you are broke, how are you going to start making wise financial decisions?
Once you have awareness, you can start to make a positive move towards fixing the situation.
People who have no self-awareness are difficult and unpleasant to be around. If everyone else is in your life seems to be the problem, you probably need to look in the mirror.
Again, I am telling you this from experience. At one point, I was 190 lbs in High School. I was working out, eating right, using supplements, and I was in peak condition. In 2008, after about 2 years of marriage, I was 190 again. This time, I was not working out, eating healthy, and the body composition was completely different. When I realized I was uncomfortable with this, I became aware and knew it was time for a change.
Make a decision to do something about it.
Now that you have become aware, you can do something about it. When you see the light about anything, you wonder how you were so blind in the first place. Once you know what the problem is, you have to work on a solution of how to fix it.
In the example above, I made a decision that I was going to get back in shape. I made subtle changes that, over time, made a huge difference. I stopped drinking soft drinks all day, I cut out fried foods, started drinking lots of water, and started back to the gym. I went 3 days a week for the first year.
When you make a decision to do something about a problem, it is not going to be easy.
Take a step in right direction then keep moving forward, one step at a time.
Now that the decision has been made, you have to stay focused and committed. That obstacle is going to seem bigger now that you have decided to do something about it. That voice in your head is going to tell you quit and it's just too hard. Commitment to your goal, and to yourself, is what allows you to achieve breakthrough in life.
This is the hardest time after you have walked through the first two steps. You are aware, and now you have decided to do something about it. The food will never look better. The gym will never seem more difficult, and you will have to constantly remind yourself why you are making the change in the first place.
Again, if it is weight loss, you have to stand firm in your decision to improve yourself. If you have given up certain food items, don't even look at them or have them in your house. If you are going to the gym a certain number of days a week, make sure you get there. Showing up is a major part of commitment.
It is easy to quit if you are the only one holding yourself accountable. If you don't have anyone checking on your progress, who is going to make sure you keep going? Even if you have extremely strong will, you need someone to support you in your decision. We all need moral support, no matter the situation.
Have a person, or group of people, who can help you walk out the decision and help you stay committed to your goals.
Maybe you get a workout partner, join a workout small group, or attend fitness classes to help you stand firm. Eat lunch with healthy friends or go to places that have healthy menus. Maybe you join a diet club like Weight Watchers. Again, this all goes back to awareness. You have to know how much support you need. If you need a lot, ask for a lot of help. If you need a little, you still need someone to make sure you are on the right track.
In the Beginning, I shared with you that I have made many changes throughout my life. While the example I used was based on weight loss and exercise, these steps can be used for any area of life change. For me, I went from 190, down to 165, and now I hover around 168. That is where I want to be and I am in the best shape of my life and have been for several years now. My commitment level has only increased over time and I now exercise 6 to 7 times a week. Once you start to see results, your activities will become easier and easier and your commitment becomes a lifestyle change.
Apply these to any area you are struggling in and you can expect similar results: Spiritual, Financial, Relational, Personal, these are universal. I have made positive decisions in all of these areas of life and you can to if you take these steps. I believe in you and your ability to do it.
Search yourself for areas that are in need of improvement and then once you become aware, make a decision, commit to that decision, and then make sure you have others holding you accountable. I hope your success story is a great one that you will share with others to make a positive impact in their lives one day. Best of luck!


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Next Social Issues & Processes
Social Issues & Processes 9781447313366-01-000 9781447313366-01-000 9781447313366
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/making-policy-move-towards-a-politics-of-translation-and-assemblage/john-clarke/dave-bainton/hardback/9781447313366-01-000.html
Making Policy Move Towards a Politics of Translation and Assemblage
By John Clarke (Author), Dave Bainton (Author), Noemi Lendvai (Author), Paul Stubbs (Author)
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/making-policy-move-towards-a-politics-of-translation-and-assemblage/john-clarke/dave-bainton/hardback/9781447313366-01-000.html £75.00
Responding to increasing interest in the movement of policies between places, sites and settings, this timely book, written by key people in the field, argues that treating policy's movement as an active process of `translation', in which policies are interpreted, inflected and re-worked as they change location, is of critical importance for studying policy.
Dave Bainton is a lecturer in Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London and works on relationships between education and development in the Global South. John Clarke is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University. His work stretches across cultural studies, anthropology and policy studies. Noemi Lendvai is a Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bristol and works on post-communist transformations and the Europeanisation of welfare. Paul Stubbs is a UK-born sociologist, currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia whose work at the junctions of research, activism and advocacy/consultancy focuses on social policy in South East Europe
Contributor: John Clarke
Imprint: Policy Press
Publisher: Policy Press
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Q: How to convert a string in uint with a symbol in it in c# I have the problem that when I want to type in the console e.g. 0x12345678 it should convert it to an uint and save it as an uint, but it crashes on me and says that it has the wrong format.
uint zahl = 0x12345678;
uint zahl2;

Console.Write(zahl);    //Puts out into the Console: 305419896

zahl2 = Convert.ToUInt32(Console.ReadLine());   //I type in the Console 0x12345678 and after I press Enter it crashes

Console.Write(zahl2);

Console.ReadLine();

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I attended the ISA annual conference in York last week. It was, as usual, a very interesting few days which covered a wide range of educational initiatives. I found the afternoon dedicated to leadership the most interesting session, mainly due to some of the constructive discussion between fellow heads around what makes a great leader. This led to many delegates discussing various colleagues and their leadership attributes. Many more familiar names of successful leaders and entrepreneurs were also discussed; Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Barack Obama (not Donald Trump you'll note), Warren Buffet, Teresa May and even Alex Ferguson!
Now, I am nowhere near as successful as Steve Jobs (I wish), but in my opinion lifelong learning is the most important quality in developing and moving forward in life. It is the first step in becoming an outstanding performer. In today's fast paced world, if you don't keep learning, you're standing still and falling behind. However, the unfortunate truth is that most of us grow up and stop learning. We stop dreaming and become fixated on merely surviving the modern world of adulthood. We no longer look beyond the next week or month ahead? We no longer look to what we can improve? We no longer set ourselves goals or targets to aspire to?
The important message from the above video is that we should never stop learning. I have a thirst for knowledge and do my best to quench it through learning. I try to learn something new every day, but it can be difficult sometimes to achieve. Most of the time my learning is trivial, but sometimes it is profound. Regardless, I endeavour to keep on learning.
…are humble. We admit what we don't know. This is the first step in learning what we need to know.
…question the status quo. We realise that because something is right today, it may not be right tomorrow. We know that doing things "the way we've always done them" is not good reasoning.
…are intellectually curious. We truly want to learn and find learning fun, interesting and stimulating. We see life as a journey in which we are constantly learning.
…are willing to try new ideas. We experiment and see what works. When things work, we use them. When things don't, we try again.
…are not afraid to fail. We see failure as an opportunity to learn. Just as we incorporate what works into our repertoire, we use failures as stepping stones to other experiments.
…are tolerant of ambiguity. Learning creates ambiguity. Pupils and staff are willing to let go of past ways of doing things in order to come up with new ways of doing things in the future.
…focus on staying ahead of the pack. We are adaptive – of new technology and new ways of thinking. We realise that knowledge has a short shelf life today. We keep learning to stay ahead.
The overriding undercurrent here is simple. Successful learners are created at Forest Park and develop into outstanding performers. Outstanding performers remain outstanding performers by becoming lifelong learners. We continually expand our knowledge at school in order to get out in front of the pack and stay there. We begin our lifelong learning journey by focusing on our strengths and work to improve these strengths every day. Building on our strengths helps us improve our weaknesses and helps us succeed in life.


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The latest on the presidential horse race.
Tag Archives: 2016 Louisiana Republican Primary
Mike Huckabee Breaks Open Big Lead in Louisiana Primary Race
2016, Republicans
PPP, 2/6-2/9
Louisiana GOP
Mike Huckabee: 20
Bobby Jindal: 13
Rand Paul: 10
Jeb Bush: 9
Chris Christie: 8
Paul Ryan: 8
Marco Rubio: 7
Scott Walker: 2
Undecided: 12
In 2008, Mike Huckabee won a number of southern states before ultimately losing the nomination race to John McCain and the former Arkansas Governor appears poised to make a strong stand in Dixie once again.
A new PPP poll, conducted between February 6 and February 9, sampling 309 Republican primary voters, has found that Huckabee leads the Louisiana primary race with 20 percent of the vote. Huckabee wasn't included in the last PPP Louisiana poll, conducted all the way back in August, but is clearly the frontrunner by a sizeable margin.
While candidates like Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Paul Ryan have seen a strong homefield advantage in their respective states, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is seeing just a tiny homefield bump, receiving 13 percent of the vote. That's good enough for second place, and an improvement from his 10 percent back in August, but the Bayou State guv doesn't stand much of a chance in the nomination race if he can't even win his own state's primary.
Ted Cruz, the Senator from neighboring Texas, finished third in the poll, receiving 12 percent of the vote. That's a strong jump from the 8 percent he saw last year and has allowed him to leapfrog the likes of Rand Paul and Jeb Bush.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul finished right behind Cruz with 10 percent of the vote, a significant decline from the 18 percent he saw last summer.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush also fell off significantly, receiving just 9 percent of the vote after polling at 17 percent in the August poll.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was never a big hit in the south, having received 10 percent in the last poll, and has now fallen off to 8 percent following his string of scandals.
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan also fell off slightly, receiving 8 percent of the vote after seeing 11 percent last year. Florida Senator Marco Rubio finished right behind him with 7 percent and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker finished dead last with a mere 2 percent. Twelve percent of respondents said they remain undecided.
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Shelby American has released an energetic promo video for the 2018 Shelby Super Snake, showing off its monster 597kW V8 that's nestled under the bonnet.
Yes, that's right. 800hp. This comes thanks to a heavily enhanced 5.0-litre supercharged V8, which can propel the Mustang from 0-60mph in just 3.5 seconds. That's if you can get traction to get off the line.
In the video below we get to see the new Super Snake laying down some rubber. We also get a taste of the engine sound as it hunts around the circuit. Check it out below.


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Q: Output only active I am trying to make this IP scanner only show the active IPs that it pings any help be awesome.
thank you.
# Script to ping all IP addresses in a /24 subnet
import os

network = input ("Enter IP Network to scan: ")
print(network)

# Iterate over all usable IPs in this subnet
for host in range (1, 254):
 print("Pinging " + network + "." + str(host))
 os.system("ping -c 2 " + network + "." + str(host))

A: IMHO you do not to analyze output of ping command but its exit code. According to man page
 The ping utility exits with one of the following values:
 0       At least one response was heard from the specified host.
 2       The transmission was successful but no responses were received.
 any other value An error occurred.

So the code might be like this.
import os

network = input ("Enter IP Network to scan: ")
print(network)

for host in range (1, 254):
   print("Pinging " + network + "." + str(host))
   h = network + "." + str(host)
   res = os.system("ping -q -c 2 " + h)
   if res == 1 or res == 2:
       print("host " + h + "is active"

A: On pinging the IP, you get some results in some string format. Try thinking about how different IPs produce different results. For example, for an active IP address, this is how the string might look like-
PING 10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms

--- 10.0.0.254 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1021ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.030/0.037/0.044/0.007 ms

And for an inactive one,
PING 10.0.0.253 (10.0.0.253) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.0.0.254 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.254 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 10.0.0.253 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 1015ms
pipe 2

So think about how you can parse these string objects to decide? One very simple example that one can observe is,
if 'Unreachable' not in output:
    print(ip + ' is active')

You can also look at ping statistics and retrieve the packet loss. If it's 100%, the network is down! Look at how you can play around with strings, how you can split based on tokens, or find substrings. You can also use regular expressions if you are feeling naughty.


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San Francisco Chronicle best-sellers, Dec. 15
Entertainment // Books
San Francisco Chronicle best-sellers
HARDCOVER PAPERBACK
FICTION Bay Area
1. THE GOLDFINCH
(Little, Brown; $30)
2. DOG SONGS
Mary Oliver (Penguin Press; $26.95)
3. THE VALLEY
OF AMAZEMENT
Amy Tan (Ecco; $29.99)
4. THE GODS OF GUILT (Lincoln Lawyer)*
Michael Connelly (Little, Brown; $28)
5. S.
J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst
(Mulholland; $35)
6. THE CIRCLE
Dave Eggers (Knopf/McSweeney's; $27.95)
7. AIMLESS LOVE: New and Selected Poems
Billy Collins (Random House; $26)
8. THE LUMINARIES
Eleanor Catton (Little, Brown; $27)
9. THE GOOD LORD BIRD
James McBride (Riverhead; $27.95)
10. THE LOWLAND
Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf; $27.95)
FICTION National
1. CROSS MY HEART (Alex Cross) *
(Little, Brown; $14.50)
2. SYCAMORE ROW
(Doubleday; $28.95)
3. TAKEDOWN TWENTY
(Bantam; $28)
4. THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN
Mitch Albom (Harper; $24.99)
5. KING AND MAXWELL
David Baldacci (Grand Central; $28)
6. DOCTOR SLEEP
Stephen King (Scribner; $30)
Donna Tartt (Little, Brown; $30)
9. THE LONGEST RIDE
Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central; $27)
10. THE SUPREME MACARONI COMPANY
Adriana Trigiani (Harper)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. DAVID AND GOLIATH: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
2. I AM MALALA: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
3. THE BULLY PULPIT: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft,
and the Golden Age of Journalism
Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&S; $40)
4. STITCHES: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
Anne Lamott (Riverhead; $17.95)
5. THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD II
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan
(Clarkson Potter; $35)
6. ONE SUMMER: America, 1927
Bill Bryson (Doubleday; $28.95)
7. THINGS THAT MATTER
Charles Krauthammer (Crown Forum; $28)
8. MY PROMISED LAND: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit (Spiegel & Grau; $28)
9. COOL GRAY CITY OF LOVE: 49 Views
Gary Kamiya (Bloomsbury; $27)
10. JERUSALEM: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
(Ten Speed Press; $35)
NONFICTION National
1. THINGS THAT MATTER: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
3. KILLING JESUS: A History
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard (Holt; $28)
4. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SIX: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
(Sentinel; $27.95)
5. MIRACLES AND MASSACRES
Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Hannah Beck
(Threshold Editions/Mercury Arts; $27)
6. THE BULLY PULPIT: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism *
7. HUMANS OF NEW YORK
Brandon Stanton (St. Martin's; $29.99)
8. I AM MALALA: The Girl Who Stood Up for
Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzai (Little, Brown; $26)
9. SI-COLOGY 1: Tales and Wisdom From Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle
Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach
(Howard Books; $22.99)
10. MY PROMISED LAND: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit (Spiegel & Grau; 28.99)
1. DEAR LIFE
(Vintage; $15.95)
2. WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE
Maria Semple
(Back Bay/Little, Brown; $14.99)
3. BEAUTIFUL RUINS
Jess Walter (Harper Perennial; $15.99)
4. TELEGRAPH AVENUE
Michael Chabon (Harper Perennial; $16.99)
5. FLIGHT BEHAVIOR
Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial; $16.99)
6. MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE
Robin Sloan (Picador; $15)
7. THE ROUND HOUSE
Louise Erdrich (Harper Perennial; $15.99)
8. THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON
Adam Johnson (Random House; $15)
9. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2013
Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor
(Mariner; $14.95)
10. THE DINNER
Herman Koch (Hogarth; $14)
1. DARK WITCH: Book One of the Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy
(Berkley; $14.99)
3. THE STORYTELLER
Legendary Bay Area Italian restaurant Oliveto has reopened after closure — for now
Amid affordable housing crisis, Lake Tahoe set to get 40 new luxury condo units
'Ticking swine-bomb': The population of feral pigs has exploded in California. This new bill seeks to control it.
A Canadian restaurant was closed after it accepted dog photos instead of vaccination proof
(Emily Bestler/Atria; $16)
4. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
E L James (Vintage; $15.95)
Maria Semple (Back Bay/Little, Brown; $14.99)
6. THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
M.L. Stedman (Scribner; $16)
7. THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho (HarperOne; $14.99)
8. ORPHAN TRAIN
(Morrow/HarperCollins; $14.99)9. THE HARBINGER
Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine; $9.44)
10. BEAUTIFUL RUINS
1. HYPERBOLE AND A HALF
(Touchstone; $17.99)
2. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: My Year in a Women's Prison
Piper Kerman
(Spiegel & Grau; $16)
3. WILD: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
4. UNLIKELY LOVES: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom
Jennifer S. Holland (Workman; $13.95)
5. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris (Back Bay; $10)
6. SEASON OF THE WITCH: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
David Talbot (Free Press; $16)
7. 2014 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Zagat (Zagat; $16.95)
8. WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2014 *
Sarah Janssen (Ed.) (World Almanac; $13.99)
9. THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY
Jared Diamond (Penguin; $18)
10. QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Susan Cain (Broadway; $16)
1. PROOF OF HEAVEN:
A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander, M.D.
(S&S; $15.99)
2. OUTLIERS: The Story of Success
3. QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
4. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: My Year
in a Women's Prison
Piper Kerman (Spiegel & Grau; $16)
5. LONE SURVIVOR
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
(Back Bay/Little, Brown; $6.19)
6. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
Ben Carson with Candy Carson
(Zondervan; $18.89)
7. IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling (Three Rivers; $14)
Cheryl Strayed (Vintage; $15.95)
9. HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $15.95)
10. AMERICAN SNIPER: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Chris Kyle (Harper/HarperCollins; $5.92)


Growing up, Zemaitis always gravitated toward science. So it was no surprise when she headed to Vassar to study geology followed by two master's at Bard, one in climate science and policy and the other in sustainable business. Throughout her studies, Zemaitis has worked in the field. She spent over two years with a Tidal Power start-up and then worked with a Hudson Valley initiative to turn farm waste products into fuel. For the past seven years, Zemaitis has been a sustainable business consultant on a freelance basis and since 2012 has been a climate specialist with the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Although she has been working in governmental organizations on and off for years, Zemaitis knew the start-up environment was more her thing and took the opportunity of her final MBA project to do a market analysis and business model of a concept she had bouncing around in her head.
Boy, did those numbers look good. And the business?
Zemaitis didn't have to look far for a partner. Her classmate's husband, Blake Goble, is an architect and immediately took to UpHomes when Zemaitis presented the concept of balancing the impact of materials, energy efficiency, the design and economics.
The approach could be loosely described as being the "IKEA kitchen of houses". Customers can combine the 250 square-foot modules as they wish and design the home online with the help of a consultant. UpHomes meet the federal HUD standard and can be rapidly manufactured and easily transported. Prices start at $100K.
It's been overwhelming at times starting something so big, but Zemaitis is in this for the long run. "I'm looking to create something that lasts. I don't want to get in and cash out, and I'm not interested in working with people like that. I want to develop partnerships with developers and small businesses and, longer term, look at the disaster recovery and public housing market.
It's very helpful to have start-up experience. You can recognize and avoid pitfalls in advance.
Be able to learn – be teachable and open – and surround yourself with like-minded people.
When you start your own company, that's when you start asking for favors.
Be ok with a lot of risk and uncertainty, not to mention stress. Reassure yourself and keep moving forward.
Congratulations to Libby, an alum of our Bard Center for Environmental Policy and MBA in Sustainability!
I can't wait to see an Uphome built. They sound so amazing. Exactly what the housing market needs!


I am adding a new dark stories segment as part of The Dark Web Podcast starting this week. My intention is to take my favorite happy, upbeat sitcoms, kids shows, videos games, etc., and turn them inside out. The premise is simple. I will take a look at a favorite story from my childhood and find the dark side hidden beneath the surface. What that entails will vary from episode to episode. I am thinking something like what if Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World was secretly a serial killer or pervert? What if Saved by the Bell was really a hallucination and Zach Morris was really on drugs the whole time?
I am going to keep it playful and fun but at the same time open myself up to contemplating how dark could some of the eccentric characters really be in all of these. I am planning to go really dark here, the likes of which I have not dabbled on my show yet. I am mostly attracting an audience that finds these things more appealing and since my twisted mind often contemplates the sicker things in life I figured it was high time I pulled back the curtain to unveil the inner psychopath which has been running the show this entire time.
When I sat out to do this podcast my intention was to keep it dark. I wanted it to fit in with the tone of the website. I have strayed at times but not any more.
Here is a sampling of what is to come. Freddy Krueger is one of my heroes. I am going to to be presenting a case as to why he is a tragic figure and not the monster he has been made out to be. I am going to, within the context of the show, look into the soul of the man behind the demon to determine where the line between humanity and monster was crossed, if it was.
My hope is to provide a more entertaining portion of the podcast that will open people up to contemplating darker things. Maybe get people seeing the world in a different perspective. I would not consider myself goth by any stretch but I am certainly drawn to death. I work for a newspaper, death is a part of my daily routine in some respects.
Life is not always drawn in categories of black and white. Sometimes things that are perceived as black might really be the good while things thought of as good might be the true evil.
I am not preparing to do this lightly. I am truly expecting to put some thought into these topics. I don't expect I will have, nor take, the time to devote to researching much. My intention is to make it a more entertaining segment with a dark focus. Consider it a contemplative analysis of TV shows. It might be better to define it as an attempt to ask questions people might not think to ask. I am not sure if it will gain much traction. I am hoping if I do it well there would be an audience. If not, or if I lose interest, well that's often how it goes. It's hard to produce a show with so little feedback from the audience.
I am not sure how dark I intend to go but I am going to dig into this Mr. Feeny scumbag for the first segment at the very least.
← Gore in horror is okay but in a medical drama its too much?


Writing and directing team Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's latest film, "Focus", is one that decides early on it is best to let the audience in on the main character's line of work by spending the majority of the first act explaining exactly what he does and how he does it. Perhaps reminding of the early scenes in "Casino" and more recently "Now You See Me", the script initially uses a chance meeting between a con man, Nicky (Will Smith), and a would be con woman, Jess (Margot Robbie), which leads them to begin a business relationship and thus the necessary grand tour of the operation. In this case, the operation being a full fledged racket centered on every kind of thievery imaginable. This is where the film's slight of hand is basically given away, so as to allow the audience to be fully briefed on the ins and outs of credit card fraud, pickpocketing, identity theft, keystroking and password theft, and what ever else these characters can think of to add to their multimillion dollar operation.
The beginning scenes allow our two leads to become acquainted in a way which at first appears to be on a mainly physical level. Margot Robbie, you may recall, stole scenes from Leo DiCaprio in 2013's "The Wolf of Wall Street" with the kind of screen presence some may end up comparing to a young Marilyn Monroe. Her good looks and charm appear to be the perfect fit for this film as well, since her character has to be convincing and/or distracting to those she is looking to ultimately steal from. When Jess first meets Nicky, she comes on to him in a not so subtle way that leads to the two of them making their way to her hotel room. In what we are told is the oldest con in the book, a would be husband barges into the room as Jess and Nicky are sprawled on the bed. Of course, unbeknownst to Jess, Nicky is a con man as well and immediately begins picking apart their scheme as if he was the one who invented it.
Still, Nicky sees something in Jess and decides to offer her a position within his organization. This is where we are given a tour and explanation, along with Jess, as to how the organization operates. From the perspective of an outsider looking in, it is pretty impressive. The office looks like that of a Silicon Valley tech firm crossed with the counting room in a mob run Vegas casino. High end computer hardware with sophisticated programs are stealing and selling credit card numbers, social security numbers, and pin numbers to cash hungry buyers all over the world. Tables full of expensive stolen jewelry, watches, and still in the box electronics occupy another area, while others are busy counting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, organizing the money into $10,000 increments. It's a sight to see, and Jess wastes no time in telling Nicky she wants in.
After she proves her worth in a series of slickly edited pick pocket set ups on the streets of New Orleans, the group has planned what appears to be a number of heists during Super Bowl weekend in the city. This sets up what is probably the single best set piece in the film, in which Nicky and Jess find themselves pitted against a reckless gambler with deep pockets who is seated beside them in a Louisiana Superdome luxury suite during the big game. As we see earlier in the film, Nicky seems to have a bit of a gambling problem, but as the head of his very own organized crime syndicate, he can simply tell someone in the counting room to toss him a "dime" when he loses big at the track. When he goes head to head with Liyuan (BD Wong) in the luxury suite, the bets begin with a couple dollars over which team will be assessed the next penalty, but then get way out of hand when pride begins to take over the egos of both men. Ficarra and Requa both expertly write and then pull off this sequence with an astounding amount of tension and, at times, laughter. Their script, in fact, moves briskly to this point with snappy dialogue and some nifty character development, but then in one swift stroke, it falters.
When we are hit with the "3 Years Later" title card about half way through, the crew is on to a new heist in Buenos Aires where Nicky, who abruptly ends his relationship with Jess after the previous job, somehow finds himself reunited with her as he begins a con on a group of wealthy race car team owners. What he intends on doing as far as the con really isn't important to the plot anymore, as the focus now seems to be on the on again off again relationship between Nicky and Jess, a decision by the filmmakers that severely detracts from the cool factor the story had going for it in the previous two acts. Instead of continuing to delve into the high tech world of cybercrime, we are left with a series of back and forth double crosses between a group of people who we already know lie and cheat for a living. As an audience, you know at some point there will be a reveal amongst those we see on screen most often, so the surprises, when they come, seem to limp on screen without the sorely needed bravado that would make them impactful to the story.


AUGUST 02, 2017 (DETROIT) – JACK Entertainment LLC is excited to announce that it has received the Silver Romero Award in recognition of the company's marketing and technology leadership for its development of the Greektown Casino-Hotel Mobile App. The casino received the award at the 2017 Casino Marketing & Technology Conference in Las Vegas on July 20.
The Greektown Casino-Hotel Mobile App offers unmatched convenience, allowing guests to use a smartphone for loyalty program transactions at the property. Guests can scan their Virtual Player's Card™ at table games, promotional kiosks, the GT Rewards® desk and the parking garage. They also can use it to pay for meals with comps at any casino food and beverage venue. In addition to serving as a Virtual Player's Card, the mobile app allows guests to view promotions and account information, receive special mobile offers, request vehicles from valet, and locate slot machines on the gaming floor.
The Romero Awards, named after casino marketing pioneer and author, John Romero, recognize excellence in casino marketing across a broad range of casino classes and marketing categories. The Greektown Casino-Hotel Mobile App was selected in the electronic marketing category for large casinos from 120 entries. Entries were judged by an esteemed group of marketing professionals with over 125 years of combined experience in the field.
JACK Entertainment partnered with JOINGO, the leading provider of mobile engagement solutions for the casino gaming industry, to develop the unique mobile app. The Greektown Casino-Hotel Mobile App is free to download through the App Store for iPhones and the Google Play store for Android smartphones.
JACK Entertainment LLC is a Detroit-based urban gaming company focused on the development of gaming facilities that are designed to maximize connectivity and economic impact in the communities where we are located. JACK Entertainment LLC and its affiliates' ("JACK Entertainment") portfolio of properties includes more than 13,000 gaming positions, 400,000 square feet of gaming space, 400 hotel rooms, and 35 bars and restaurants. JACK Entertainment is comprised of approximately 7,000 team members across four states and generates more than $1.4 billion in revenues. JACK Entertainment opened Ohio's first casino in Cleveland in May 2012 and opened Ohio's fourth and final commercial casino in Cincinnati in March 2013. In April 2013, JACK Entertainment opened one of Ohio's seven racinos at its Cleveland-area thoroughbred racetrack, Thistledown Racino. Additionally, in April 2013, JACK Entertainment acquired downtown Detroit's Greektown Casino-Hotel. JACK Entertainment also owns northern Kentucky's historic thoroughbred racetrack, Turfway Park, and is a partner in Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, located in the heart of the stadium district in downtown Baltimore.


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Caritas Sri Lanka in collaboration with its local and international partners has been constantly engaging in work of humanitarian aid to strengthen and empower the less privileged communities of our nation. Especially the partners contribution as funding and capacity building has been brought about better living conditions, improved coexistence and positive appeals within inter-cultural setups…
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The obligation to establish a Social and Economic Development Centre for the benefit of the destitute, the downtrodden and marginalized people of the nation, fortifying the Catholic Social Teachings on the life and dignity of the human person and work of solidarity, was the development of late, His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Cooray. Fr. Joe Fernando…
A story of Fight against Poverty by CBO members in Sri Lanka, Maduragama,
Under the Civic Dialogue and Cross Community Activities project, funded by Caritas Korea, a barren paddy field for 10 years in Maduragama in the district of Puttalam was harvested by the CBO members of the project on 14th of February 2020. The initiative comes as an solution to the poverty widespread in the region. Caritas…
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Emergence of the food security program amidst COVID -19 challenge to defeat Hunger
"No one should die of Hunger-End Hunger by 2025"- Pope Francis Caritas Sri Lanka –SEDEC is implementing the program "Addressing causes for poverty and ensuring food security for farming communities" by aiming to switch over to sustainable agricultural practices through development of Home gardens with the support of Caritas Norway/NORAD. This program is implemented in…
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CULTIVATE A GARDEN AND GROW YOUR OWN FOOD DURING THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
The Coronavirus pandemic and its disastrous spread with no known solution is adding stress to most of our lives right now, but spending the time doing some gardening at home helps us not just to maintain sanity, but also as a source of our own food during this uncertain period, is a perfect way to…
Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC strives towards a "Zero Carbon Foot Print' era
Caritas Sri Lanka conscious of its responsibility of protecting the environment and taking its cue from the exhortations of Pope Francis as reiterated in the "Laudato si" to act more responsibly to safeguard the resources of mother earth and manage its resources in a sustainable manner, has over the years embarked on installing solar panels…
"Now I have a steady income…"
Ms. Sahayamalar lost her husband during the period of war. She is the secretary of the Periyakulam village WRDS as well as the Self Help Group (SHG) of her own neighborhood. Her main source of income is by cultivation of 1 ½ acres paddy field, but unfortunately the rice crop last season was lost due…
''I am thankful and happy that I am helped till this day.''
My name is Preethini Roshika Perera. I am 27 years old, a third year undergraduate at the Univerisity of Kelaniya. I am from Yaya 2, Rajanganaya in the North Central Province. We come from a very poor family and my father is a labourer and mother is a house-wife. I have one sister who is…
Bhavani's New Home
Ms. Bhavani has a sister and two brothers, one of whom is a mason while her younger brother is a good electrical wiring technician. The family lost their parents during the Tsunami disaster of December 2004 and was looked after by relatives for a short period until a benevolent Catholic sister, Sr. Arul took them…
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Mary's Journey Through Reconciliation
I am Mary Anitta, 27 year old living with my parents. I have two younger sisters and a brother displaced from due to the war. We lost everything including my secondary education. When I return to Maniyamthoodam after the war, there was nothing left. With the little support given by the Government and NGOs, we…
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Kanthi's Family Reunion
On 16th February 2017, Marial Kanthi migrated to Kuwait to work as a housemaid. When she migrated her daughter was 3 years old. Till 1995 he had regular contact with the family in Sri Lanka, however after that there was no communication at all. Marial Kanthi's husband, Edward approached Caritas Colombo-Seth Sarana and requested to…
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Ranjani's Organic Home Garden
My name is Ranjani Gunawardana and a mother of two. In 2014 Caritas Anuradhapura-Sethsaviya came to our village and formed a SHG. I came to know that Sethsaviya was educating the locals to cultivate their home gardens without using poisonous agro-chemicals. However by then I was not a member and simply staying at home, as…
Safe Drinking Water To The Village Children
My name is Perumal Shamila and I am 25 years old. I live in the Cullen Estate, Badulla. I am a pre-school teacher. I am also the secretary of the community based society named "Kalar Udeer", which is under the GGH project (Green Gold Harvesters) implemented by the USCOD Caritas Badulla. Under the GGH project,…
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In this story, a king comes to a servant to settle up. The servant owes him 10,000 talents. The man can't pay. Under the law, the king has the right to sell the man's wife and children as slaves to repay the debt. That was the law. But when the man fell to his knees and begged for more time, the king took pity. He extended grace. He did more than give more time — he cancelled the debt altogether.
The same man, who had received this huge gift of grace then goes out and finds a fellow servant who owes him only 100 denari. (By comparison, it takes 6000 denari to make up just one talent). It's a huge distinction– in our economy, millions of dollars compared to just a few dollars.
He not only demands payment, but even gets physical – grabbing the man and choking him. The man begs for more time. But instead of giving more time–or even cancelling the debt as had been done for him, he throws the man in prison.
Both men had the right legally to throw the debtor into prison or to sell relatives into slavery. But the king – even with such a huge amount owed – chose to extend grace.
We hear that story and it fills us with a bit of outrage. We want to go after that unmerciful, unforgiving servant. We celebrate a bit when we see the king at the end of the story goes back and has him thrown into prison.
Because he received grace, he should have been happy to extend grace.
But the reality is…you and I are that man who owes 10,000 talents – our sin tips the scales. It can't be measured. We owe a debt we cannot pay. But Jesus paid our bill. He forgave our sin. He extended grace even though we didn't deserve it.
An awareness of the blessing upon blessing, the grace upon grace we have received should prompt us to give because we have received.
The woman of God extends grace because she has received grace.
Join me for the next five days, as I share five Give-Out-Grace pearls to encourage you in your journey of faith to be a giver of grace.


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Prepare to Feast at Mosman's Three New Dining Hotspots
COVID-19 may have put a spanner in the works of the hospitality industry but Mosman is fighting back with three new restaurant openings that will make dining out more fun. Here's where you can go for your next foodie adventure.
It's unfortunate that many restaurants have had to close their doors due to the financial strain and impact of the pandemic. But after some of the shakiest months in recent history, we have a glimmer of hope from these new local businesses popping up in the area.
The Raglan
Heirloom Beetroot Salad: If only all healthy dishes looked this good. Image: The Raglan
The Raglan, which opened its doors to Mosman at the beginning of November, prides itself on giving guests a premium dining experience using premium ingredients. Its philosophy since the very beginning has been to "refine local ingredients with innovative gastronomy to bring out a revival of Australian cuisine".
You can visit The Raglan for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Expect dishes such as The Raglan's crab meat egg benedict or chef's special French omelette to entice your mornings or the restaurant's special salad made with heirloom beetroot, prawn burger for a later meal.
At dinner, your options include bluefin tuna done two ways, pan-seared spiced quail, seafood linguine, lamb rack and so much more. Check out its full food menu and wine list here.
Address: Shop 1/143A Raglan St, Mosman NSW 2088
Website: https://theraglan.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theraglanrestaurant
Instagram: @theraglanrestaurant
Cali Press
Summer drinks and lite bites in Mosman are sorted. Image: Cali Press
Nourish bar Cali Press launched its first North Shore flagship on October 1, in the heart of Mosman on Military Road. If you haven't been there yet, be sure to check out the off-duty health haunt for Eastern Suburbs celebs including Pip Edwards and Tash Oakley.
Cali Press may have grown up since its early days as a Bondi Beach juicery, but it continues to draw parallels between delicious food and a clean and balanced diet, inspired by the Californian way of life.
The cafe has also picked up the expertise of serial food entrepreneur, Phillip Blanco who brings a passion for food and strong local knowledge to Cali Press's first foray into the North Shore.
Its menu features popular items like 'The Godfather' with 'Pacino mylk', espresso shot, banana, vanilla bean, cinnamon, dates, almond butter and the signature 'Berry collagen' smoothie with real vegan collagen, the ultimate beauty tonic to rejuvenate skin. The veggie-packed 'Macro bowl' is also a hit on the healthy bowl menu.
Address: Shop 1/914 Military Rd, Mosman NSW 2088
Website: https://calipress.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CaliPressMosman
Instagram: @calipressjuice
France in Mosman. Image: L'Heritage
You're about to say 'bienvenue' to a new French Bistro dining destination, L'Héritage, opening mid-December in the spectacular Chowder Bay, brought to you by the same team as popular Frenchy's cafe.
The restaurant is situated in a historic building overlooking Clifton Gardens and Sydney Harbour which means you will soon be indulging in classic French home-cooked meals and local and French wines with a beautiful view. The bistro will be open seven days a week to serve you breakfast, lunch, dinners and cater to private events.
"Our menu is my personal interpretation of the meals I love to eat when I'm out in the local bistros of Paris," says Julien Audibert-Lebon, Head Chef, L'Héritage. "With recipes and knowledge handed down through the generations, French cooking is my passion."
Breakfast options include fresh interpretations of French classics like Croissant Benedict. The lunch and dinner menu will transport you straight to the heart of Paris with dishes such as chicken liver pâté, escargots (snails) and salmon rillettes. Mains include Canard à l'orange (duck with orange duck jus), Entrecote frites (scotch fillet with chips), Bouillabaisse (seafood stew) and Poisson du jour (fish of the day).
Last but not least, their French desserts will likely entice your taste buds. These include Mousse au chocolat, Poire Belle Helene (poached pear with Chantilly cream and Belgian chocolate sauce) and a selection of house-made gelato. Cheese lovers can enjoy a fine selection of imported French cheeses along with their French wine.
Address: 7b Chowderbay Rd Sydney, NSW, Australia 2088
Website: https://lheritage.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bistrolheritage-100164921622155
Instagram: @bistro.lheritage
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President calls for stronger investment from RoK enterprises
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 5 received representatives of large enterprises of the Republic of Korea (RoK) operating in Vietnam, as part of his State visit to the Northeast Asian country.
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B2B meeting to connect Vietnamese, RoK enterprises
Investment chances in ASEAN introduced to RoK enterprises
Meeting with Chairman and CEO of CJ Group Sohn Kyung-shik in Seoul, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly valued the firm's realization of its investment commitments in the fields of food and animal feed production, biotechnology, logistics, and culture in Vietnam. It currently has 24 subsidiaries operating in eight main sectors in Vietnam, earning USD 1.5 billion in revenue, rising 10-fold over the last 10 years.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives Chairman and CEO of CJ Group Sohn Kyung-shik in Seoul on December 5.
He asked CJ to continue expanding investment in Vietnam, turn the country into its global production and business center, move its Southeast Asia headquarters to Vietnam so as to optimize opportunities generated by the free trade agreements (FTAs) to which Vietnam is a party, and actively distribute Vietnamese goods to global markets.
Sohn noted over the past years, his group has implemented the commitments on clean food production and biotechnology, turning Vietnam into the third largest among its 30 markets around the world.
In the time ahead, the country will become the production and business center of CJ in Southeast Asia, he added.
Talking to Chairman of Lotte Group Shin Dong-bin, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Vietnam always creates conditions for this enterprise to increase its presence and continue operating successfully in Vietnam.
He welcomed Lotte's launch of a major urban project in Ho Chi Minh City last September and preparation for opening Lotte Mall Tay Ho in Hanoi in August 2023.
He asked the group to consider investing in a modern trade center and residential area in Long An province, adding that agencies and localities of Vietnam will coordinate with Lotte to ensure harmonious interests between the two sides.
At the meeting with Vice Chairman and CEO of LG Corp. Kwon Bong-seok, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc applauded the group's strong investment in Vietnam and creation of jobs for tens of thousands of workers in the country.
The State leader expressed his hope that LG will increase investment in Vietnam, especially in the areas it is strong at like automobile and mobile phone components, strengthen cooperation in IT and software training, and place its biggest manufacturing center in Vietnam.
The country will provide the best investment environment and infrastructure for investors, he affirmed.
Kwon said LG, present in Vietnam since 1995, has invested USD 5.3 billion in multiple fields so far, including camera, electronics, household appliance, and auto component production, and it is planning to pour another USD 4 billion into the country.
It hopes to continue investment cooperation in various areas in Vietnam and develop the country into its center for manufacturing smartphone cameras in the future, he stated.
Receiving Chairman of Daewoo E&C Jung Won-ju, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the group's strong investment in Vietnam, which he described as an appropriate move amid flourishing relations between the two countries.
He asked Daewoo E&C to build a big hospital in Vietnam, which has a population of 100 million with high demand for medical examination and treatment, and invest in the development of infrastructure, oil and gas, smart cities, and services for the RoK's investment ecosystem in the Southeast Asian country.
Jung noted his firm wishes to invest more in Vietnam, particularly in oil and gas, green growth, environment, and community development, adding that it is about to hold a Vietnam - RoK investment cooperation forum in mid-December so as to enhance partnerships between leading enterprises of the two countries.
Meeting CEO of Hyundai Motor Chang Jae-hoon, the Vietnamese leader lauded its successful investment in the country and called on the firm to keep working with businesses of Vietnam to invest in supporting industries, especially automobile spare part production.
He welcomed its investment in electric vehicle manufacturing in Vietnam, saying that he will assign ministries and sectors to consider tax and infrastructure support policies and encourage the use of e-vehicles in the country. The President also called on Hyundai Motor to make strong investment to turn Vietnam into its regional and global center in the auto industry.
Chang expressed the firm's intention to expand investment in e-vehicle production to serve not only the Vietnamese market but also Asia.
Meanwhile, President highly valued GS E&C Corp.'s practical and effective contribution to infrastructure development in Vietnam, asking it to continue expanding cooperation and investment in green energy, environmental protection, climate change adaptation, and infrastructure, especially transport, urban, healthcare, energy, and digital infrastructure.
Vice Chairman and CEO of GS E&C Lim Byeong-yong informed the leader of some important projects his company is implementing in Vietnam, noting that it is working hard to carry out some new residential areas in Vietnam and develop a system of international schools to improve educational infrastructure in the south of Ho Chi Minh City.
Talking to President and CEO of Doosan Heavy Yeonin Jung, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly valued the enterprises' manufacturing of heavy-duty equipment in Vietnam and asked it to join the country in creating green and clean energy solutions and realizing the sustainable development goals.
Vietnam welcomes Korean businesses, including Doosan, stepping up renewable energy development in the country, he added.
Jung said his firm is shifting its investment from coal-fired thermal power to renewable energy to produce electricity. It is applying the RoK's advanced wind power model to Vietnam, cooperating with Vietnamese partners to develop green energy sources, and sharing experience with the Vietnamese side so as to obtain the best interests together.
Also on December 5, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a group of Saigontel's partners led by Lee Kang-hoon - President of the Korea Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development Corporation (KIND) under the RoK's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, along with a group of Dat Viet/Kocham partners.
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Michael Joyce Reginald "Mick" Woods (1857 - 12 November 1934) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography
Woods was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, the son of the Michael Woods and his wife Sarah (née McCreah). He was educated in Goulburn and he spent all his working life in the railways.

On 12 August 1879 he married Bridget Pickering at Dalby and together had three sons. Bridget died in 1884 and four years later, on 23 July 1888, Woods married Deborah Ann Gilbert (died 1902) and together had three sons and three daughters. He died in Brisbane in November 1934 and his funeral proceeded from his daughter's residence in Bulimba to the Balmoral Cemetery.

Public life
Woods started out in Queensland state politics as a member of the Labour Party, but in 1907 he switched to the Kidstonites for six months, then the Opposition Party for three months before rejoining the Kidstonites in February 1908. For his last year in parliament he sat as an independent Opposition member.

In 1902 he won the seat of Woothakata. He held the seat until he was defeated by future Queensland Premier, Ted Theodore in 1909.

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Hurricane Dorian howling over North…
Hurricane Dorian howling over North Carolina's Outer Banks
Waves pound the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle, N.C.,as Hurricane Dorian moves north off the coast. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP)
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PUBLISHED: September 6, 2019 at 5:22 am | UPDATED: September 6, 2019 at 5:23 am
By JEFFREY COLLINS
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Dorian howled over North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday, lashing the low-lying barrier islands as a weakened Category 1 hurricane.
Dorian's eye was 10 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as the storm moved northeast at 14 mph (22 kph). It's expected to remain a hurricane as it sweeps up the Eastern Seaboard today and Saturday, lashing the New England shore with heavy surf.
Forecasters said large and destructive waves could reach nearly to the ceilings of one-story structures along the 200-mile (320-kilometer) string of barrier islands and spits. Earlier Friday, the eye passed just to the east of Cape Lookout, the southernmost point in the island chain.
"Do not let your guard down," Dare County emergency managers warned people who insisted on riding out the storm. Water levels were dropping on the western side of the islands, but that water will return rapidly as winds shift, "bringing extreme soundside flooding for some areas," the county said.
Ann Warner, who owns Howard's Pub on Ocracoke Island, said people did what they could to prepare.
"The boats are tied down. Yards are cleaned up. Businesses are closed. People are hunkered down," Warner said by phone on Thursday.
She lives near the southern end of island chain, and said about half the 1,000 residents of Ocracoke stuck it out. Ferries stopped service the day before, so "If you want to change your mind, it's too late. We're on our own."
The hurricane hammered the Bahamas with 185 mph (295 kph) winds, killing at least 30 people, but swept past Florida at a relatively safe distance and merely grazed Georgia before hugging the South Carolina-North Carolina coastline. At least four people were killed in the U.S.; all were men in Florida or North Carolina who died in falls or by electrocution while trimming trees, putting up storm shutters or otherwise getting ready for the hurricane.
More than 370,000 people were without electricity early Friday in the Carolinas and Virginia, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.
Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away some roofs and flipped recreational vehicles in South and North Carolina before it weakened early Friday to 90 mph (145 kph), making it a Category 1 storm.
Heavy rain fell horizontally in coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, where trees bent in the wind and traffic lights swayed. About a dozen roads were flooded, but it was nothing like last year's Hurricane Florence, which battered the city and closed bridges, isolating the city for days.
"We prepared for the worst and that didn't happen. That's OK," said Ross Page, out walking his dogs early Friday after waking up without electricity. "We got lucky."
Dorian swamped roads in historic downtown of Charleston, South Carolina, and knocked down some 150 trees and toppled power lines. Gusts had topped 80 mph (129 kph) in some areas. The port city of handsome antebellum homes sits on a peninsula that is prone to flooding even from ordinary storms.
Dorian apparently spawned at least one tornado in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, damaging several homes, and another twister touched down in the beach town of Emerald Isle, North Carolina, mangling and overturning several trailer homes in a jumble of sheet metal. No immediate injuries were reported.
Navy ships were ordered to ride out the storm at sea, and military aircraft were moved inland. More than 700 airline flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday were canceled. Hundreds of shelter animals were airlifted from coastal South Carolina to Delaware.
Associated Press reporters Meg Kinnard in Charleston, South Carolina; Russ Bynum in Tybee Island, Georgia; Skip Foreman in Charlotte, North Carolina; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Seth Borenstein in Washington; and David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report.
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After the Bengals started the 2017 NFL season 0–2, scoring only 9 points and no touchdowns, the team fired their offensive coordinator and replaced him with quarterback coach Bill Lazor. The improvement under Lazor was minimal and the Bengals never recovered from the bad start, finishing 7-9 on the 2017 season.
This year, Lazor is back as O-coordinator, but the Bengals have revamped almost their entire coaching staff, hiring 6 coaches in total. They have retained their longtime head coach Marvin Lewis as well, but they did hire Teryl Austin, formerly of the Detroit Lions, as defensive coordinator.
So how does this all affect the Cincinnati Bengals betting situation?
If quarterback in Andy Dalton can return to form supported by a rejuvenated running game and a re-shuffled offensive line paired with a more well rounded and hopefully injury-free defense, the Bengals have a chance to bounce back this season. However, that is a lot of 'ifs', so a lot of things have to go right for them in order for that to happen. Our NFL sportsbook shows Bengals betting odds being among the worst in their division.
Running the 2018 Gauntlet
Another thing working against the Bengals this season is their tough schedule: They will play eight games before they get a bye, and they have to play back-to-back games on the road against playoff teams in Atlanta and Carolina, plus another a few weeks later in Kansas City. At home it doesn't get any easier, with a home opener against Baltimore and later on in week six against AFC North champ Pittsburgh.
One positive in the schedule is that the Bengals are slated to play 14 games at 1 p.m., which historically is a good hour for them. In the past 12 seasons, they are under .500 in primetime games.
Places to improve
Regardless of the revamped coaching staff and positive changes on offence, there are still plenty of positions on the field that need to be improved, namely on the offensive line.
Currently the only stable presence they have on the offensive line is Cody Glenn. They are still waiting for first round draft pick Billy Price to recover from injury, and even when he recovers, he will be raw. So if Glenn goes down and Price struggles with his rehab it could leave the offensive line terribly exposed.
At linebacker, the Bengals are working with a unit made up of former Pro Bowler Vontaze Burfict, veteran Vincent Rey and rookie Malik Jefferson, who hasn't played a snap in the NFL yet. The combo of these three isn't the worst one could imagine, but it's certainly not the best, either. Last season the Bengals defense was fourth overall in the league in tackles, but was 18th in overall yards yielded, 30th overall in rushing defense.
To help the situation, in the offseason the Bengals signed linebacker Preston Brown, formerly of the Buffalo Bills, to help out at that position. Brown had 144 tackles in 2017, which tied him for first in the League.
Nick Vigil, who was injured against the Browns, is also expected to return this season, which should also provide some relief at linebacker. In his 27 career starts over the last two seasons, Vigil has 100 combined tackles and one sack.
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Here is where our story reaches the present
Looking back, it hardly seems possible we got to this point from 60 books in a small room above a store in 1865. What would J.S. Boughton think if he could see his library now?
The same might be asked of us when future Lawrencians look back on the library of today. What can we imagine the library will be like then?
In an oral history interview, library director Brad Allen reflects,
I think at root libraries will always continue to look at the context of the world that they live in, that we all live in, and make sure that we are evening the playing field, that whenever there's an equity issue that we're there to face it. And if somebody doesn't have access to something, we figure out how to provide it, because there always will be these divides. But what the divide is is always changing…And what that looks like in the future, you know, I really don't know.
Who indeed can know what kind of information and services the people of Lawrence will need in the coming years and decades? So much has changed in the 150 years the library has been in existence and so much will continue to change. But at its deepest essence, the library has remained the same. It has always been a place for people to gather and freely access resources unavailable to them anywhere else.
And so one thing can be certain of: whatever Lawrencians of the future need (floating interactive holograms, is my guess), the Lawrence Public Library will be there to provide it.
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The Carnegie Library (1904-1937)
Nellie Griswold Beatty, Librarian
Library of the Great Depression
Lillian J. Constant, Librarian
The Expanded Carnegie (1937-1972)
Mid-Century Library
Expanding Library
Race for Space
The New Library (1972-2010)
Diversifying Library