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The Poor Stockinger
THE POOR STOCKINGER, THE LUDDITE CROPPER AND THE DELUDED FOLLOWERS OF JOANNA SOUTHCOTT
Wednesday 10 October 2012, at 6pm
London ICA Cinema 1
Luke Fowler, The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, UK, 2012, 61 min
The new work by Luke Fowler, a current nominee for the Turner Prize, explores the role played by left wing intellectuals in the working class communities of post-war Yorkshire. At night schools organised by the Workers' Educational Association, adults with no other access to further education were taught by progressive thinkers such as Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and E.P. Thompson, from whose treatise The Making of the English Working Class the film takes its long-winded title. As in previous studies of R.D. Laing and Cornelius Cardew, Fowler makes effective use of archival and contemporary materials. The result is far from a conventional documentary: in place of objective commentary, the soundtrack features the lilting voice of artist Cerith Wyn Evans reading Thompson's class reports (pointed and often droll). For the present-day images of municipal buildings, West Riding towns and surrounding landscapes, Fowler shot in collaboration with American independent filmmaker Peter Hutton. (Mark Webber)
The screening on 10 October will feature an extended introduction by Dr Tom Steele.
Also Screening: Sunday 21 October 2012, at 4pm, BFI Southbank NFT 3
Luke Fowler, UK, 2012, video, colour, sound, 61 min
The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott focuses on the work of the Marxist historian Edward Palmer-Thompson, who, from 1946 (at the age of 24), was employed by the Workers' Education Association (WEA) to teach literature and social history to adults in the industrial towns of the West Riding. These classes provided education to people who had been historically unable to access a university education. E.P. Thompson became synonymous with the discipline of 'cultural studies' that emerged in Post-War Britain, along with fellow northern socialists Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart.
Fowler's film explores the issues that were at stake for progressive educationalists. Like E.P. Thompson, many desired to use their teaching to create 'revolutionaries' and pursue the original WEA values of delivering a 'socially purposeful' education. The film captures a moment of optimism, in which E.P. Thompson's ideas for progressive education came together with those of the West Riding and its existing tradition of political resistance and activism.
The film draws together archival material from television, the University of Leeds Department of Extra-Mural Studies and the Workers' Education Association. These archival documents are set against present-day film footage and sounds gathered on location in the former West Riding region of Yorkshire.
In realising this new commission, Fowler has worked in collaboration with acclaimed American independent filmmaker Peter Hutton and Yorkshire-born writer/filmmaker George Clark. The film was first exhibited at The Hepworth Wakefield in Summer 2012 before touring to Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
Commissioned by The Hepworth Wakefield, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, and Film and Video Umbrella, through the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Museums: commission to collect. Supported by Arts Council England. Special thanks to the Yorkshire Film Archive.
The screening on 10 October 2012 will be introduced by Dr. Tom Steele, Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. From 1973-1987, he was a Tutor Organiser for the WEA in Leeds. His latest book, with Richard Taylor, is "British Labour and Higher Education 1945 to 2000: Ideology, Policy and Practice" (Continuum Publishing, 2010).


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Patrolman Thomas Edward Goodwin
Goshen Police Department
Goshen Police Department, Indiana
End of Watch Friday, December 11, 1998
Thomas Edward Goodwin
Patrolman Thomas Goodwin was shot and killed after responding to a shooting call at a mobile home park.
Patrolman Goodwin was roping off an area at a crime scene when the suspect appeared and opened fire, striking him in the head. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
The suspect then barricaded himself in his trailer for several hours. He was finally arrested after tear gas was fired inside. In early 1999 the man was transferred to the Indiana State Mental Hospital in order to be evaluated for his ability to stand trial. On May 6, 2005, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Patrolman Goodwin was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Goshen Police Department for eight years. He is survived by his sister.
Tour 8 years
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Offender Sentenced to life
ambush, shooting call
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Q: dafny non aliased memory weird behavior I have a dafny defined graph ADT (from this SO question) brought here again for completeness:
class Graph
{
    var adjList : seq<seq<int>>;
    constructor (adjListInput : seq<seq<int>>)
        ensures adjList == adjListInput
    {
        adjList := adjListInput;
    }
}
function ValidGraph(G : Graph) : bool
    reads G
{
    (forall u :: 0 <= u < |G.adjList| ==> forall v   :: 0 <= v <     |G.adjList[u]| ==> 0 <= G.adjList[u][v] < |G.adjList|) &&
    (forall u :: 0 <= u < |G.adjList| ==> forall v,w :: 0 <= v < w < |G.adjList[u]| ==> G.adjList[u][v] != G.adjList[u][w])
}
method main()
{
    var G : Graph := new Graph([[1,2],[0,2],[0,1]]);
    var nonRelatedArray := new int[8];
    var i := 0; while (i < 14)
    {
        // nonRelatedArray[3] := 55;
        i := i + 1;
    }
    assert (ValidGraph(G));
}

If I remove the write comment to nonRelatedArray at index 3, I get an assertion violation, which is a bit weird because it seems reasonable that the memory model would be able to determine that nonRelatedArray is (well) non related to G.

A: You can fix this by adding modifies nonRelatedArray to the loop. The key to this modifies clause is that it does not mention G. So then Dafny knows that G will not be modified by the loop, so it will still be a valid graph.
It is a little confusing what happens if you leave off a modifies clause from a loop. If you don't do any writes to the heap (like when you comment out the write above), then Dafny (actually, Boogie) is able to automatically see that nothing is changed at all. But if you do any writes into the heap, Dafny's default modifies clause all of a sudden becomes "anything the surrounding scope is allowed to modify". If you want something other than these two defaults, you need to ask for it explicitly by giving a modifies clause.

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(PRESS RELEASE) -- The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is set to end its third season in spectacular fashion this year with the AUD$6,300 buy-in APPT Grand Final running from December 1-6 at the Star City Casino in beautiful Sydney, Australia.
A wealth of different tournaments are taking place at the Grand Final which looks set to be one of the most exciting poker "festivals" ever held in the Asia Pacific region. Among the stars taking part are Team PokerStars PROs and former world champions Peter Eastgate and Joe Hachem as well as fellow team members Lee Nelson, Emad Tahtouh, Tony Hachem, Eric Assadourian and APPT Season 1 Grand Final winner Grant Levy. This season's APPT champions - Simon Watt, Dermot Blain and Dong-bin Han – have also won a seat into the Grand Final as part of their prize.
Jeffrey Haas, President of the PokerStars.net APPT, said: "This season's APPT has been a great success with over a thousand players competing in the three events already held in Macau, Auckland and Cebu in the Philippines. This has been made possible by massive enthusiasm for the tour right across the region. This season's Grand Final in Sydney is set to cement the tour's reputation for providing incredible events in great locations."
The schedule kicks off next Sunday with the AUD $200 Pink Diamond Ladies No Limit Hold'em tournament. A host of other events are taking place every day in the run-up to the APPT Grand Final, including a deep stack tournament, PLO event and mega satellites to the Main Event. Once the Main Event is under way, side events include the: AUD $15,300 High Roller, a bigger buy-in (AUD $550) Ladies Tournament, an AUD $1,100 team event, an AUD $3,200 Heads-Up event and the AUD $340 Camp Quality Charity Event in aid of the Australian Children and Families Cancer Charity.
On December 7, the annual APPT Tournament of Champions event will take place. This invitation-only Tournament of Champions features winners from the APPT as well as some of the biggest names in poker, all competing to help their favorite charities. In its first year, the event was won by former world champion and Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem from Australia and last season by American Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso.
Online free-to-enter satellite tournaments at PokerStars.net are still running, and winners can make their way to the APPT Grand Final for free - receiving a prize package worth USD $9,500 which includes tournament buy-in and accommodation at the luxurious Star City Hotel in Sydney.
Live satellites are running almost every day at Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Visit the Big Game Poker website at http://www.biggamepoker.com.au for full details.
The huge success of the recent APPT event in the Philippines, which was held on the luxury resort island of Cebu and broke records for an event in the country, will help stimulate even more interest in this season's APPT Grand Final.
Last year's APPT Grand Final Main Event attracted a total of 477 players with 34-year-old local Martin Rowe taking home over USD $648,046 for clinching the title. The first ever APPT Grand Final was won by Grant Levy, who snagged USD $850,000 for his achievement and is now a member of Team PokerStars PRO Australia.


Nia Jones is no stranger to flying to Australia. Earlier this year she flew with her Welsh teammates to compete in the Netball competition at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. This time however, the ball will be a different shape, as she heads off to Melbourne to take part in the AFLW International Rookie Camp.
Alongside 17 other sportswomen from around the world, Jones was selected to take part in the Camp, which will be attended by several AFLW clubs.
It must seem like a long time since she was initially approached and had the CrossCoders scheme recommended to her by AFLW player Lauren Spark.
Jones brings plenty of experience, although not from any oval-shaped ball-sports. Capped 28 times for the Welsh national soccer team, she scored on her senior Wales debut, something she ranks as her proudest sporting moment.
Jones currently plays for the Celtic Dragons in the Vitality Netball Superleague and has represented Wales at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
However, ahead of her trip to Melbourne, Jones has had to swap her netball shoes for football boots, confessing to giving them a good scrub with a toothbrush shortly before leaving for Melbourne.
The 25-year-old says she will bring several skills from her netball and soccer background including a high work rate, spatial awareness, quick reactions and communication skills.
Since announcing that she had made it through to the International Rookie Camp, Jones says that her friends, family and teammates are all pretty shocked, but not too surprised.
"They know I like a challenge. They've all been really supportive and I've had lots of lovely messages that have given me a great boost prior to the camp. They all mucked together to help me film clips, practice my handballing, packing kit and even buying and fitting my gum shield!
Jones knows she will have some serious competition if she wants to grab herself a professional Australian rules contract, and has admitted to having a little Instagram stalk of the other CrossCoders.
Jones admits that this is by far the most random moment of her life.


We Have A New GHSA 7A Women's Champion!!!!
The Mustang Diving team ventured down to Georgia Tech for the 2019 GHSA State Diving Championships. The team dove very well at the county meet, and the excitement had been growing, coming into the State meet. The dive team prepared all week, had their final practice and attended a State Team Dinner at Tin Lizzy's in Kennesaw.
On the morning of Thursday, February 8th, the dive team woke up, and prepared to take on the best Georgia has to offer.
The dive team had a great GHSA State Meet. Our excellent divers dove exceptionally well, and the results confirm that "hard work pays off."
Here are the results of the GHSA STATE DIVE MEET.
Kennesaw Mountain's Kyler Dixon prevailed, winning the Class AAAAAAA championship with a score of 542.20, beating Norcross' Abby Camarda (526.65) and Etowah's Kassa Gutierrez (512.85). Kyler won the event by scoring over 15 Pts more than the second place competitor, and set a new school record, by 50 Pts.
Kennesaw Mountain's Kyler Dixon scored well, with a school record of 586.60 Pts., but could not fend off 4 other swimmers. Coming out on top was Peter Smithson, of Collins Hill, with a state record of 762.35 points.
Congratulations to the divers and coaches for a fantastic season. Our divers, with the exception of Karsten Dixon, will be back next year, and will be even stronger. More great meets are to come.


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Pakistan v England 2022
Jack Leach has overcome hurdle after hurdle and now holds a significant position in the history of English spinners
by Cameron Ponsonby December 10, 2022 - 12:09pm 3 minute read
Jack Leach became the twentieth spinner to take 100 wickets for England with an excellent spell in Multan, finishing with 4-98.
It is no small achievement to take 100 Test wickets. Of the 709 players to have played Test cricket for the men's England team, only 49 have managed the feat. Of those, 20 have been spinners. And of those, 13 have been left-armers.
For Leach it is an achievement in more ways than one, his health struggles in New Zealand in 2019 were well documented and he has often had to battle for his place in the side. Following his illness, Leach lost his place in the side to Dom Bess – widely regarded as a less threatening spinner but a more capable lower order batter. After regaining his place in the side, Leach had a tough tour of Australia last winter and his place was once more under threat with Moeen Ali briefly 'unretiring' and Matt Parkinson banging on the door.
Leach suffered from a lack of clarity in his role. Was he in the team to attack or defend? Was he going to be picked next week or left out? The only certainty he had was uncertainty. That all changed with the appointment of Stokes as captain who all but banned boundary riders off Leach and told him to go on the all-out attack.
The change in attitude resulted in Leach's first 10-wicket haul for England at Headingley this year. As having gone 18 months without an international five-for, he'd take two in one game against New Zealand to finish with match figures of 10-166. It was a reversal of fortune for Leach, who in the first match of the summer had ruled himself out on the first morning with concussion before having the game of his career in the very next outing.
In all, Leach's career average for England sits at 33.75, with four five-fors and an excellent economy rate of 2.93. Under Stokes as captain, he averages 40.17 whilst his economy is slightly higher at 3.17. A rise that is no doubt in part a result of the more attacking fields he has bowled to.
His record at home vs away is lopsided. Of his 31 Tests, 12 have come at home and 19 away and he has bowled almost three times as many overs away from home (870) as he has on familiar ground (300). At home he has taken 28 wickets at an average of 32.71 and away from home he has taken 74 wickets at 34.14.
Whilst Leach's career numbers as well as those he has under Stokes seem unremarkable in isolation, within the context of history he stands strong.
In particular, his fourth innings record is exceptional. 32 of his 102 wickets have come in the final innings of the match and his average is a fantastic 18.81. For context Graeme Swann, arguably England's greatest ever spinner, has a fourth innings average of 27.52.
Overall, since 1980, of English spinners to take more than 50 wickets he has the third best average behind only Swann and Nick Cook. His career average is better than that of Monty Panesar (34.71), Moeen Ali (36.66), Phil Tufnell (37.68), Adil Rashid (39.83) and Ashley Giles (40.60). Each of those bowlers hold a significant position in the history of spinners in the country. And Leach will be no different.
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A teenage boy is dead in Winona after being shot Thursday night.
UPDATED on 07/07/18 at 4:10 p.m.: Winona police have arrested Markevion Merritt, 16, just after 1 p.m. on Saturday according to Chief Investigator Dan Herod.
Merritt turned himself into police after an arrest warrant for the teen was issued around 12:30 a.m. Friday morning says Herod.
He adds Merritt will be charged as an adult and bond has been set at $500,000 by Judge Donald Bond.
Merritt sits at the Carroll-Montgomery County Regional Correctional Facility and is scheduled to appear in Winona Municipal Court on Tuesday, July 10 at 2 p.m. for a preliminary hearing.
UPDATED on 07/07/18 at 1:43 p.m.: Chief Investigator Dan Herod say they have a suspect in custody. We are working to learn the identify of the suspect accused of shooting and killing a 16 year old boy on Thursday night.
WINONA, Miss. (WTVA) - A 16-year-old boy is dead in Winona after being shot Thursday night.
Chief Investigator Dan Herod with Winona police says officers were dispatched to Silver Street sometime near 10:36 p.m. for a report of someone being shot.
When officers arrived, they found a person in the street suffering from a gunshot wound. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene by Montgomery County Coroner Allan Pratt.
A suspect has been identified, Herod says. The name of the suspect was not released.
This is an ongoing investigation and officers are still gathering facts.


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Q: Solidity: Return a mapping from inside a struct here is my code:
pragma solidity 0.7.4;
pragma experimental ABIEncoderV2;

mapping(uint => ProductWithBids) public internalProducts;

struct SecretBids {
        uint values;
        bool fake;
        string secret;
    }

struct ProductWithBids {
        uint id;
        string name;
        uint price;
        address payable owner;
        address payable beneficiary;
        bool purchased;

        mapping(address => Bid[]) bids;
        mapping(address => SecretBids[]) nakedBids;
        // Allowed withdrawals of previous bids
        mapping(address => uint) pendingReturns;

        uint bidsCount;

        bool ended;
        uint biddingEnd;
        uint revealEnd;

        address highestBidder;
        uint highestBid;
    }

function getNakedBids(uint _id)
    public
    view
    returns(SecretBids[] memory product) {
        ProductWithBids storage selectedProduct = internalProducts[_id];
        return selectedProduct.nakedBids;
    }

i need to return the nakedBids but i get the following error :
TypeError: Return argument type mapping(address => struct eShop.SecretBids storage ref[] storage ref) is not implicitly convertible to expected type (type of first return variable) struct eShop.SecretBids memory[] memory.
return selectedProduct.nakedBids;
I get what the error means, i think i have tried everything and looked everywhere. From what i have found is that solidity doesn't support at all this action .Does anyone has any idea what i can try next? If i missed any other important code parts let me know. Thanks in advance.
I also tried :
returns(mapping(address => SecretBids[]) memory nakedBids)

but then i get the following error:
Types containing (nested) mappings can only be parameters or return variables of internal or library functions.
returns(mapping(address => SecretBids[]) memory nakedBids) {
^-----------------------------------------------^
,TypeError: Type mapping(address => struct eShop.SecretBids[]) is only valid in storage because it contains a (nested) mapping.
returns(mapping(address => SecretBids[]) memory nakedBids)
ps: if i change it to storage it complains that Data location must be memory.

A: By the way, you should move mapping(address => SecretBids[]) nakedBids; out of the struct, and let it be a storage variable on its own.
nakedBids is an array of SecretBids struct.
My answer is based on solidity v0.5.x (hopefully similar to 0.7.4). Return array of struct is not supported in solidity yet. Instead you can return tuple.
returns (uint[] memory, bool[] memory, string[] memory)

A: I pretty much gave up on the idea of creating a getter. So i got the data i needed in a more direct way. Probably is not the best way but it worked for me. Feel free to share any other solutions.
Here is the code:
    function reveal(
        uint _id
    )
    public
    payable
    {
        ProductWithBids storage selectedProduct = internalProducts[_id];
        //onlyAfter biddingEnd && onlyBefore revealEnd
        require(block.timestamp > selectedProduct.biddingEnd);
        require(block.timestamp < selectedProduct.revealEnd);
        uint count = selectedProduct.bidsCount;

        uint[] memory values = new uint[](count);
        bool[] memory fake = new bool[](count);
        string[] memory secret = new string[](count);

        for (uint i = 0; i < count; i++) {
            values[i] = selectedProduct.nakedBids[msg.sender][i].values;
            fake[i] = selectedProduct.nakedBids[msg.sender][i].fake;
            secret[i] = selectedProduct.nakedBids[msg.sender][i].secret;
        }

        revealInternal(
            values,
            fake,
            secret,
            _id
        );
    }

I did not go from the start with this solution because i needed the react-js to do it from the front-end and then just pass it in revealInternal(...);


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Home>Gossip> Alec Baldwin "Not Responsible" For Halyna Hutchins' Death, Her Dad Says
Alec Baldwin "Not Responsible" For Halyna Hutchins' Death, Her Dad Says
Hutchins was tragically killed on the set of "Rust" last week.
The film industry has been mourning the loss of 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins this week. The mother of one was working as the director of photography on an upcoming Western film called Rust when she was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin, who was unaware that the gun given to him was loaded.
Since the incident occurred on Thursday, an investigation has been launched. Baldwin shared on Twitter that he is "fully cooperating" with authorities and that is "heart is broken" for all who knew and loved Halyna.
The late woman's father, Anatoly Androsovych has also shared a statement, telling The Sun that he doesn't "hold Alec Baldwin responsible – it is the responsibility of the props people who handle the guns." He also shared that, "we still can't believe Halyna is dead and her mother is going out of her mind with grief."
Halyna leaves behind a son, 9-year-old Andros, who Anatoly said "has been very badly affected" by the death of his mother. "He is lost without [her]," The Sun interview revealed. The cinematographer's sister, Svetlana, has also shared her thoughts on the tragic incident.
"How was this negligence allowed by such a team of professionals? This is just such an absolutely absurd coincidence," she said, also sharing that she wants to be there next to her mom, Halyna's husband, and their son to ensure that they feel supported.
The Androsovych family is reportedly seeking visas so that Halyna's mother, Olga, and Svetlana can travel to the U.S. and stay with young Andros and his father, Matthew as they mourn the unexpected loss.
RIP Halyna.
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Deadly Superbug and Flesh-Eating Bacteria
By Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Oz says the most common cause of this flesh-eating bacteria is streptococcus, the strain that causes strep throat.
Tanya's medical nightmare may have stemmed from a co-worker who brought strep into the kitchen.
"They [may have] coughed on you. They sneezed, [and] it got on the knife," Dr. Oz says. "The knife cuts a little deeper than usual, so now the bacteria has a way of getting down into the muscle."
Unfortunately, Dr. Oz says 75 percent of people who are infected with this rare bacteria don't survive to tell their stories. To prevent this from happening, Dr. Oz encourages you to be assertive with your doctors and do what your mother taught you...wash your hands! "It's the most fundamental message," he says.
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CJ E&M fiiiiinally releases the MV for the Jessica OST that has been playing on Sooyoung's drama, Dating Agency: Cyrano, in the past few weeks. "The One Like You" is a sorrowful ballad that works perfectly with Jessica's gentle voice.
Listen to Jessica while looking at Sooyoung? Yes please.
UPDATE: The song will be released March 13th!
If you haven't heard if yet, here it is!
Here comes our OST Queen performing "Closer" live. This OST is for the drama "To the Beautiful You," which has been receiving attention for having stars sing its OSTs. Have a listen to her smooth, soothing vocals below!
Taeyeon, a Good Vocal Teacher?
Duh duh duh duhhhh! And here we are to congratulate our Kid Leader Taeyeon on her vocal talents!
On May 10 – 16, a poll was held asking the question, "Which idol do you think will also be a good vocal teacher?". And the winner goes to (drumroll) the OST Queen Taeyeon, with 43% of the votes! Sistar's Hyorin took second with 13%, and 2AM's Changmin was third with 12%. Congrats to Taeyeon!


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Le Parti travailliste populaire (en anglais : People's Labour Party) est un parti politique en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.

Il est fondé en 2001, la même année que le Parti travailliste de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Le Parti travailliste est créé par le Congrès des syndicats de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (PNGTUC), à l'instar de partis travaillistes dans d'autres pays anglophones issus de mouvements syndicaux ; à l'inverse, le Parti travailliste populaire n'est pas lié aux syndicats et est créé par un homme d'affaires, Peter Yama. Après la disparition du Parti travailliste à la fin des années 2010, le parti reconnu comme la voix politique du Congrès des syndicats est le Parti travailliste unifié.

Le Parti travailliste populaire obtient quatre sièges au Parlement national aux élections de 2002, deux en 2007, aucun en 2012, deux en 2017 et un seul en 2022. Peter Yama est le ministre du Travail et des Relations sociales dans le gouvernement de coalition de Sir Michael Somare d'août à novembre 2003.

Le parti se définit comme portant les idées du socialisme démocratique, ainsi qu'une politique mettant « Dieu avant tout ». Il indique promouvoir la compassion, la liberté individuelle et les droits des travailleurs. Il dit soutenir les syndicats, propose une hausse du salaire minimum pour les travailleurs en zone rurale, une baisse de l'impôt sur le revenu pour les travailleurs, et une obligation faite aux employeurs de fournir un logement à leurs employés. Il propose aussi la création d'un département ministériel consacré aux diverses Églises chrétiennes, et qui financerait celles-ci à hauteur de 10 % du produit intérieur brut du pays.

Résultats électoraux

Voir aussi
 partis politiques de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Références

Parti politique en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Parti politique social-démocrate en Océanie
Parti politique fondé en 2001

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Q: Possible to do better than an upper bound for$\int^{\infty}_0 e^{-x}\log(x)\ dx$? I used the series expansion of $e^{-x}$ and the fact that $\log(x)$ was less than $x$ in the $(0, \infty)$ to get an upper bound and so use simple comparison to show this was indeed integrable over $(0,\infty)$.
Can I do any better? Definitely can't integrate by parts or use any familiar tools but can I write in the form of a summation or something?
According to Wolfram the answer is $\gamma$ the E-M constant.
Edit: Nope that's a horrific mistake: "$\log(x)$ was less than $x$"
Edit: I have realised what I said works in $(1,\infty)$. The problem is $(0,1)$ On $(1,\infty)$ $log(x) < x$ and $e^{x}=1+x+...+\frac{x^3}{6}...\geq \frac{x^3}{6}$ which is integrable.
so $e^{-x}\log(x) \leq \frac{6}{x^2} $
we integrate that in $(1,\infty)$ to get $6$.
The other region I can't figure out

A: You should break apart the interval and isolate positive and negative contributions. The correct value is $- \gamma$ not $\gamma$.
On $[0,1]$ we have $e^{-1} \leqslant e^{-x} \leqslant 1$ and $\log x \leqslant \log x e^{-x} \leqslant e^{-1} \log x.$
Hence,
$$\int_0^1 \log x \, dx = -1 \leqslant \int_0^1 \log x e^{-x} \, dx \leqslant - e^{-1}.$$
On $[1 , \infty)$ we have using $\log x = 2 \log \sqrt{x} < 2(\sqrt{x} -1)$
$$0 <
\int_1^\infty \log x e^{-x} \, dx \leqslant \int_1^\infty  2(\sqrt{x}-1) e^{-x}  dx = \sqrt{\pi} \text{erfc}(1) =0.278806.$$
So a first cut (that beats $6$ and at least shows that the value is negative) is
$$-1 \leqslant \int_0^\infty  \log x e^{-x}  dx  \leqslant -0.089073$$
Using the less tight bound $\log x < x -1$ we get $0$ as the upper bound for the integral.

A: First, we write the integral of interest as
$$\int_0^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt=\int_0^x e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt+\int_x^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt \tag 1$$
Note that by integrating by parts with $u=\log(x)$ and $v=-e^{-x}$, we can write the second integral on the right-hand side of $(1)$ as
$$\int_x^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt=e^{-x}\log(x)+\int_x^\infty \frac{e^{-t}}{t}\,dt \tag 2$$

Now, in THIS ANSWER, I showed that the integral on the right-hand side of $(2)$ satisfies the bounds
$$\frac{1}{2}e^{-x}\ln\left(1+\frac{2}{x}\right)<\int_{x}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-t}}{t}dx<e^{-x}\ln\left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)\tag 3$$

Combining $(2)$ and $(3)$ reveals
$$\frac12 e^{-x}\log(x(x+2))\le \int_x^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt\le e^{-x}\log(1+x) \tag 4$$
Letting $x=1$, we find that
$$\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #C0A000]{\frac12 e^{-1}\log(3)\le \int_1^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt\le e^{-1}\log(2)} \tag 5$$

Next, we see that the first integral on the right-hand side of $(1)$ can be written
$$\begin{align}
\int_0^1 e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt&=\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\int_0^\infty t^{n} e^{-t}\,dt\\\\
&=-\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n}{n\,n!} \tag 6
\end{align}$$
We easily obtain upper and lower bounds for the rapidly convergent alternating series in $(6)$ and find that
$$\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #C0A000]{-0.796599599297056 \le \int_0^1 e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt \le -0.796599599297053} \tag 7$$
Putting together $(5)$ and $(7)$, we obtain
$$-\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n}{n\,n!}+\frac12 e^{-1}\log(3) \le \int_0^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt \le -\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n}{n\,n!}+e^{-1}\log(2)$$
Therefore, we find that the integral of interest is bounded by
$$\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #C0A000]{-0.594521161887402 \le \int_0^\infty e^{-t}\log(t)\,dt \le -0.541605001863052}
$$


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Q: How to prevent stylelint from generating error on first word of JS file? I just switched to stylelint. When I open a JS file, it registers an error on the first word in code:
import React from 'react';
It highlights "import" and flags it with Unknown word (CssSyntaxError)
OTW, it's great for my CSS.

A: Similar question here:
Can I stop stylelint extension from validating JavaScript file?
However, the selected answer is in the stylelint documents as a non-preferred method for skipping JS files:
https://github.com/stylelint/stylelint/blob/master/docs/user-guide/configuration.md#ignorefiles
The preferred answer is found in the docs here:
https://github.com/stylelint/stylelint/blob/master/docs/user-guide/configuration.md#ignorefiles
Create .stylelintignore file and set it up like .gitignore. I added **/*.js and stylelint ignores my JS files.
I am using React and I am not sure if stylint should look at JS files. However, this has fixed my problem for now. If stylelint is supposed to look at JS files, I'd be interested in how I should configure it to work correctly.


Sergeant-Mayor G. R. Bradford, killed in South Africa, 19.12.1899.
Towards the end of Paeroa's long Puke Road as it nears the bridge across the Waihou River, stands the prominent stone marking the site of Paeroa's first settler, Joshua Thorp, who built there his residence, "Belmont", the first in the district. It stood on the knoll of high ground, behind the stone.
The Maori chief with whom Mr Thorp negotiated the sale of the land was the notorious Taraia. In their endeavours to share out among them the two hundred pounds paid by Mr Thorp, the tribesmen became completely baffled. At last they sought a parley with him asking, instead of the money which they handed back, that he give them his mare and its foal which they would accept in full payment for the land.
This account, fairly well known, I assume, was given to me many years ago by the late Mr W H Taylor, a highly respected citizen of Paeroa, and an authority on its early Maori history.
What I did not know, and what I feel not many today know, was the location of Taraia's pa from which he set out on his warlike raids on other tribes and to which he returned with the grisly human remains from his cannibalistic feasts, even after white settlers were living in the district.
The article states that, on the other side of the road from the Memorial Stone, and nearer Paeroa where there is another point of high ground, there was a "formidable strongly-palisaded pa, the headquarters of the notable cannibal chief Taraia." On that piece of high ground, on the left side of Puke Road, as one travels from Paeroa, once lived some of the descendants of Joshua Thorp, notably his grand-daughter, the well-known Miss Leila Thorp, within stonethrow of their pioneer ancestor's first home in the district.
In all my years in Paeroa, with all my interest in, and teaching of its early history, and with all my eagerness to have my pupils visit such historic spots, I was regrettably unaware of this noteworthy site, which I feel might well be recorded in the Journals of our local history.


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Distillate is a fantastic new website which features the latest fashion, homewares, handcrafted goods, photography, art and recipes. Unlike many other sites, Distillate ensures that their national and international content can be shipped here to Australia. There is nothing more annoying than falling in love with something only to find you can't buy it!
Distillate has recently featured The Small Object (above) who I featured here.
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Buffalo Bills 31-34 Jacksonville Jaguars: Allen Hurns touchdown seals dramatic Wembley win
PUBLISHED: 11:00 26 October 2015
By David Ballheimer
Buffalo Bills' Robert Woods (left) scores his side's third touchdown of the game during the NFL International match at Wembley Stadium.
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Jacksonville Jaguars won their second match of the season in thrilling fashion, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with a little more than two minutes remaining against Buffalo Bills at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
The Bills more than played their part in a capitivating contest – not well-played but always entertaining – in front of a crowd of 84,021 at England's national stadium.
In truth, the Jaguars should have been out of sight after scoring 27 points in the second quarter, although they did allow a late Buffalo score before the half.
The Jaguars fell behind to a Dean Carpenter field before scoring touchdowns on an 11-yard pass from Blake Bortles to Allen Robinson, a fumble recovery by Chris Clemons, an interception return by Telvin Smith and a 26-yard rush by TJ Yeldon.
EJ Manuel who fumbled and threw interceptions far too frequently, did throw a scoring pass to Robert Woods before Carpenter added a second field goal just before the half.
What might have been a key moment came at the start of the second half when Jacksonville marched to the Buffalo one-yard-line, but failed in four attempts to go that longest yard.
Instead, Buffalo then took hold of the ball and turned their long possession into a third Carpenter field goal. After a quick three-and-out from the Jaguars, the Bills struck quickly, Manuel throwing a 60-yard scoring pass to Marcus Easley. They went for a two-point conversion and LeShaun McCoy converted to make it a three-point game.
The next Jaguars possession ended on the second play, a long pass from Bortles which was perfectly read by Bills defensive back Corey Graham. He returned the interception 60 yards to give Buffalo their second lead of the game
Back came the Jaguars, aided by a controversial pass interference penalty against the Bills and, on the game-winning throw, a Buffalo defensive lineman seemed to be held as he tried to get to Bortles.
Without that pressure, Bortles lofted a long pass to Allen Hurns, who caught the ball at full stretch and landed on the goal-line for the winning touchdown.


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Have Retirement. Will Travel.
He's Wayne and I'm Antoinette. Since July 2010 we've been traveling North America, living full-time in our motorhome (see it at page bottom) with two rescued dogs. Our adventures are chronicled as a virtual retirement and travel memoir. Click a tab below to see our camping history, get answers to full-time RV questions, see our travel map, our dogs, favorite places and things we've noticed along the way.
Camping History
Things I Notice...
Lexie and Ozzie
Munising and Pictured Rocks On Lake Superior
We're in Munising on the northwestern coast of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan staying at a municipal campground on the South Bay of Lake Superior.
Munising became our destination so we could see Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It was named the country's first National Lakeshore in 1966 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. This area has over a hundred miles of hiking trails, dozens of waterfalls, beautiful rock formations, sandy beaches and at least one shipwreck that can be seen from the water's surface.
The weather here has been warm and humid. The mosquitoes here are healthy and plentiful. The flies are also pretty hearty. We avoid being outside at dawn and dusk and we've made a sport of eradicating the little buggers from the coach every night before bedtime. Otherwise, we awake to a buzzzzzz in our ears. I've smacked my ears 'till they hurt.
Dogs are allowed on the shore of Lake Superior at the campground.
Ozzie (L) and Lexie (on leash) like strolling and sniffing around on the sand.
The first afternoon here we met a nice couple in a campsite across from us. He's John and she's Jerilyn. They're from somewhere in the palm of Michigan's mitten. John and Jerilyn have a sweet little girl named Maggie who is a little larger than Lexie, about Ozzie's size, but I'm not sure what breed. Maggie is a show stopper with cute antics and tons of personality.
Along about the third day here, we learned about a nearby pontoon boat rental business. The prices were reasonable. We decided to invite John and Jerilyn to join us for a half-day excursion, taking all three dogs along; something we can never do when we take a public boat tour. Happily, they agreed and we planned to leave the dock around 1 p.m. the next day.
John and Jerilyn with Maggie the show dog.
Lexie and Ozzie were couch potatoes while boating.
East Channel Lighthouse on Grand Island
John and Jerilyn were easy to like, relaxed and nearing retirement. Wayne and I did our best to convert them to retirement as full-time RV'ers and think we might have gotten them to think about it, at least. It's always such fun to rendezvous with other RV'ers and we would surely like to team up with them again.
Jerilyn, John and Maggie
The Pictured Rocks stretch for about 15 miles along Lake Superior from Sand Point on the west to just after Spray Falls on the east. They are spectacular!
Along one of the beach areas, we disembarked and took the pups for a walk.
Our pontoon (at least for the afternoon).
The name "Pictured Rocks" comes from the streaks of mineral stain that decorate the face of the weather-sculpted cliffs. Sandstone cliffs of ochre, tan, and brown - sandwiched with layers of white, green, orange, and black - glisten against the cloud-streaked sky and clear waters of Lake Superior.
Petit Portal or Lovers Leap? Not sure which.
Saltless and Shark Free!
The wild beauty of Pictured Rocks includes sandstone cliffs, beaches, sand dunes, waterfalls, lakes, forest, and shoreline. All this beckoned us to visit the Pictured Rocks.
Petit Portal close-up from the opposite side.
Notice the crystal clear fresh water.
Colorful and bold, the Pictured Rocks tower 50 to 200 feet directly up from Lake Superior. Sometimes, a photograph just can't capture the majesty of such places. Take a look at how tiny the boat looks in the photograph below.
To get a good perspective of the size of the rock cliff, look at the pontoon boat to the left.
Pictured Rocks Lakeshore hugs the Lake Superior shoreline for more than 40 miles. Our outing barely made a dent in it.
Chapel Beach and Falls
Chapel Rock
Notice the huge tree atop the flat rock with gaps between the lower rock layers.
The sun was warm but the air was cool enough that being in the shade made a sweatshirt necessary. I don't think we could have ordered a better weather day.
Spray Falls
Miner's Castle
The day was memorable and perfect in every way. Turns out it would be the last pretty afternoon for awhile. Next day, late in the afternoon, an enormous black cloud and fierce wind came up, followed by rain. Two more days of rain, dense and frequent fog banks and plummeting temperatures came along too.
We'll be pushing on soon -- continuing westward and then north through the U.P. Come on along.
Why "Sault" Is "Soo" and The "Gitche Gumee"
Northward bound still, our next stop is Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula. This travel day was rainy, breezy and downright chilly. With a few miles to go today, we stopped for lunch and puppy pee-pee at one of the final rest areas on I-75 before reaching our destination.
Ozzie enjoys a view from his window perch. Lexie is intimidated by the sprawling window.
When we decided to make Soo Locks Campground our destination for this area, I simply had to find out more about the strange pronunciation of the a word spelled s-a-u-l-t. Though I am of French heritage, I don't speak French and therefore, didn't know that "Soo" is simply the English pronunciation of "Sault". Now I know. And that's not to be confused with the American Indian "Sioux" ... also pronounced "Soo". Thanks to the internet. You know they can't put it on the internet if it's not true.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is very much like Canada. We're finding this area to be more rugged and rural than the lush green, well-groomed areas on the Lake Michigan coast we left last week. Moreover, today's overcast skies, dense fog and the industrial "look" of Sault Ste. Marie also reminds us of many places we've visited in Canada. We love it.
Reaching Sault Ste. Marie, one of the first buildings to catch our attention was the fabulous Cloverland Electrical Cooperative Hydroelectric Plant. It is gargantuan at 1/4 mile in length. Construction began in 1898 and was completed in 1902. Cloverland was, at that time, the second largest hydro facility ever built, second only to Niagara Falls.
Constructed of steel and red sandstone excavated from the power canal.
The plant is 1/4 mile long, 80' wide and has seventy-four horizontal shaft turbines located on the generation floor level.
Each turbine has four runners (blades) that drive the 60-cycle generators.
Soo Locks
The same afternoon we arrived at Soo Locks Campground, after setting up camp, we had to take in the Soo Locks as these kind of operations are simply irresistible to either of us.
A couple of Soo Lock factoids:
The Army Corps of Engineers are the stewards,
11,000 vessels carrying 90 million tons of cargo pass through the locks annually
The largest freighters going through the locks are 1,000 feet in length
One 1,000 foot freighter might carry 72,000 tons in a single load
Most cargo through these locks is either iron ore, coal, grain or stone
The channels are maintained at a maximum draft of 25.5 feet
There are four locks, Poe Lock is the largest, built in 1968 and accommodates 1000' vessels
The Hydropower plant generates more than 150 million kilowatt hours of power a year
This aerial view of Soo Locks is looking toward Lake Superior.
St. Marys Falls (or rapids) is on in the lower right corner.
The St. Marys River is 63 miles long and drops 21 feet from Lake Superior to Lakes Huron and Michigan. Most of this drop occurs at the St. Marys Rapids. It's the only water connection between Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes.
The Ojibway (Chippewa) Indians who lived here long ago, carried their canoes around the rapids to reach Lake Superior from the St. Marys River.
The Corps of Engineers welcomes visitors to Soo Locks and have built a fabulous viewing stand from which we could easily watch the freighters move into place in the locks, drop (or raise) to the necessary level and then move on through. It was a great process to watch.
There's Wayne standing in front of the visitors observation platform.
The Administration Building and Lockmasters Tower in the background.
MacArthur Lock and the Administration Building
The Soo Locks Visitors Center posts a schedule of freighters scheduled to arrive for processing through the locks. Right on time, the Cason J Callaway made its way through Poe Lock.
Just like a little boy.
The International Bridge and Railroad Bridge are just upstream from Soo Locks. They provide passage into Canada from the U.S. The vehicle traffic lines were long coming south from Canada.
The International Bridge high over the St. Marys River going into Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Inside the Soo Locks Visitors Center, we found a treasure trove of information about the Great Lakes, freighters, history of the area and engineering feats that resulted in the Soo Locks being built.
I've finally re-learned all the names of the Great Lakes and their respective positions. I'm sure this was previously memorized somewhere in grammar school, but was long forgotten. Funny how this knowledge seems so valuable to me as I grow older.
Because I've become so captivated by shipping and the Great Lakes, we simply had to tour the Valley Camp Freighter Museum in Sault Ste. Marie.
The Valley Camp was such a long freighter, I couldn't get it in a single photo.
The Valley Camp was built in 1917 for the Producers Steamship Company. It was first named Louis W. Hill. It changed names and hands several times. In 1957, it's final sale was to Republic Steel Corporation. From 1917 until it's last voyage in 1966, the 11,500 ton ship logged some 3 million miles and carried in excess of 16 million tons of cargo. It's 550 feet long with a beam of 58 feet and a depth of 31 feet. The Valley Camp carried a crew of 32.
Typical cargo of Great Lake freighters -- Taconite (iron ore), grain and coal.
The Valley Camp Tour Ship contains several Great Lakes aquariums, many freight ship related displays and allows tours of the crews quarters. We especially liked the lighthouse displays.
All about how the lights work in the lighthouses. Fascinating
One end of the Valley Camp's cargo hold was completed a part of the museum.
The other end was left empty. It was an eerie sight. Damp, dark and huge.
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Maybe it's because I liked, and was quite moved by the Gordon Lightfoot song. Or maybe I gave too much though about the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, her captain and crew in a storm. It could be that I have a certain fear of sinking ships. Whatever the reason, the Edmund Fitzgerald display inside the Valley Camp Freighter Museum was especially moving.
Lifeboat No. 2 washed ashore and was found two days after the Edmund Fitzgerald went down.
The other side of the lifeboat in the previous picture.
Lifeboat No. 1 was also recovered.
Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Music and lyrics ©1976 by Gordon Lightfoot
Lyrics | Gordon Lightfoot lyrics - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald lyrics
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee."
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand
tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,
that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early.
The ship was the pride of the American side
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
with a crew and good captain well seasoned,
concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
when they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
and a wave broke over the railing.
And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too
'twas the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
when the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
in the face of a hurricane west wind.
When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
"Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in;
he said,"Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Does any one know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
if they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'er.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
they may have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
in the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
the islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
with the Gales of November remembered.
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
in the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral."
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee."
"Superior," they said, "never gives up her dead
when the gales of November come early!"
We're Yoopers
The time came to continue travel up the little finger side of Michigan's mitten and we were blessed with some great weather for it. Our travel today was mostly along US 31 and luckily, around lunchtime, we came upon Friske Orchards at Ellsworth. It's asparagus season in this region and there have been plenty roadside stands but none that would accommodate the huge rig. Friske's has a great parking area in the rear, lots of grass -- good for walking dogs and just taking a break.
Inside Friske's Orchard store we bought cherry jams, fresh asparagus, cream of asparagus soup, cherry candy and fresh baked cookies. The soup and cookies were lunch. Oh how good it was! After about an hour, we pulled out again to continue today's journey.
I've been looking forward to see another of the Great Lakes and as we finally reached the Strait of Mackinac, I got my chance. Lake Huron is on one side, Lake Michigan is on the other.
Taken through the coach window, we got some glare.
And what a beautiful bridge! Mackinac Bridge, like most bridges, is probably always in process of being painted. As we crossed, traffic was reduced to a single lane. Not enjoyable for someone like me who has a phobia about high bridges. It was thrilling nevertheless.
From Bridgeview Park
Just across the bridge, a lovely "Bridgeview Park" offers spectacular afternoon views of the bridge and honors the building of it. It was completed in November 1957, is known as "Mighty Mac" and is the world's third longest suspension bridge. Surprisingly the bridge was envisioned as early as the 1880's. It is Michigan's #1 Civil Engineering Project of the 20th century. Four workers died in it's construction.
And So We Reached the UP (and became Yoopers)...
"Yooper" is a common term for residents of the Upper Penisula of Michigan. It is derived from the initials U.P. which is pronounced you-pee. U.P. stands for Upper Peninsula, as opposed to the lower peninsula of Michigan
St Ignace is where we are based for exploration of the area here on the southern fringe of the upper peninsula. Temperatures are noticeably cooler there than where we've been. Unseasonably so, we're told.
The lighthouse at St Ignace
Remember Marquette and Joliet?
Statue of Father Jacques Marquette
These names were familiar from high school American history, but I had to read to refresh my memory: In a nutshell...
Marquette and Joliet found and explored the Mississippi River in the 1670's. They were the first Europeans to do so.
Fr. Jacques Marquette was a Catholic missionary and explorer. He was born in France. Sometime around 1669 to 1671, he met Louis Joliet, a French-Canadian trader and explorer born near Québec City.
After the Mississippi River expedition, Father Marquette stayed by Lake Michigan; Louis Joliet returned to Québec.
Father Marquette preached among the Illinois Indians until his death in 1675. The location of his remains was forgotten, then found again. He was finally reburied here in St. Ignace.
At the grave of Father Marquette
Wayne got himself all engrossed in the Marquette and Joliet exploration and then, of course, we visited the grave of the Fr. Marquette.
Another day we went back across the bridge to Mackinaw City and explored an American Revolutionary War site along the waterfront. Fort Michilimackinac was built by the French in 1714-1715 to control the fur trade and European development of the upper Great Lakes.
Another great Michigan lighthouse.
This one is part of the Fort Michilimackinac State Park along the Mackinaw Strait.
The photo below was also taken at Fort Michilimackinack State Park. It's a nice area with exceptional views of Mackinac Bridge with a sandy beach, the lighthouse and park with picnic area.
Ozzie and Lexie wanted their picture taken with Big Mac in the background. Pop and I obliged.
Since we arrived in the Mackinac Strait area, we've been seeing sighs for PASTIES. Not pastries, mind you. We didn't know what they were so we stopped in at this nice little pastie shop in Mackinaw City and ordered up!
Hunt's has two locations in this area. The lady behind the counter explained pasties to me.
Wayne hates rutabaga but he sat in the car while I went in to learn about and then order our pasties. Turns out the pasties are made with onion potato and the dreaded rutabaga! Only the meat was optional. I chose ground beef with a side of beef gravy. I didn't mention to Wayne that he would be eating rutabaga.
Our first pasties
Once he had raved about the pastie and when most of it had already been eaten, I told Wayne about the rutabaga. He's changed his mind about rutabaga. It was fabulous. Later, while talking about pasties with some of the locals, I learned they aren't hard to make. Sometime when I'm in a rare cooking mood, I'll give it a whirl.
Another attraction in Mackinaw City is the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw docked there. It's a 290' ship decommissioned in 2006 and now serves as a Maritime Museum. We didn't go aboard although the idea of it's work is fascinating. It made a nice photo too, I thought.
USCG Mackinaw
We'll be heading north from here... making our way to Sault Ste. Marie to see if we can find out how "SAULT" became pronounced "SOO".... Hope you'll travel along with us.
The Top Quarter Of The World
Traverse City, Michigan has been a nice surprise. It's a beautiful town. Weather's been cooperative too -- warm in the sun, sweatshirts in the shade and along the water's edge.
It's been suggested that we take a day trip up Mission Peninsula. It's a short ride... maybe 30 miles each way and the ride north on the western side takes us past some real nice houses -- not gaudy elaborate like so many you see along the coasts in Florida. These are just pretty houses with neat yards.
Mission Point State Park and the lighthouse there marks the end of the lovely ride up Michigan Highway 37 along East Traverse Bay. We passed cherry orchards, farms, lovely neighborhoods and vineyards.
Old Mission Lighthouse was operational from 1870 until 1933.
A better view of the Old Mission Lighthouse
Notice the single cloud looks a bit like a star.
Dogs are allowed on the Old Mission State Park property. Lexie and Ozzie get to take advantage of this time to check out Lake Michigan... well, kind of anyway. We took a walk out through the rocks to see what we could see.... We didn't go all the way to the water. Lexie's legs are just too short for such an undertaking.
Wayne took the pictures as he hates getting his feet sandy.
The Top Quarter
The imaginary line right through this area marks the 45 parallel. What that means is that when we step out onto the shore of Old Mission peninsula, we're standing north of the halfway mark between the North Pole and the Equator. That means we're in the top quarter of the whole world! Wow!
Lexie (R) and Ozzie (L) are in halfway between the North Pole and the Equator!
The return down the peninsula was less beautiful but we did pass some nice orchards, vineyards and even a field or two of what looked like "hops", but I'm not absolutely sure and there was no one to ask.
One of the nicest vineyard and bay views
The homes in and around Traverse City were so nice, I couldn't help but snap a few pictures.
A typical house in this area
We'll move along tomorrow morning, making our way to the Upper Peninsula and explore some more of the top quarter of the world. Come along if you like.
Muskegon: Shipping Out
Anybody who knows Wayne knows he likes military history. Anytime we're near anything military, we soak up some of it's past. Our visit to Muskegon today took us to two docking locations: USS LST 393 and USS Silversides.
USS LST 393 is one of the last two Landing Ship Tanks of the 1,051 built during World War II. Built in 1942, USS LST 393 was involved in the invasions of Sicily, Italy and D-Day in France.
The USS LST 393 Veterans Museum and tours of the ship are in their eighth year of operation and are open seven days a week during the summer season. For all the details, check out the website at http://www.lst393.org/. The ship is at Mart Dock, on the Muskegon Lake waterfront, just off Shoreline Drive in the heart of downtown Muskegon.
Wayne at the ships museum entrance
From there we made our way to the docking location of the USS Silversides in the Beachwood-Bluffton area. This is at the Milwaukee-Muskegon Channel. The sun was bright, the sky was clear and the breeze was pretty stiff causing the wind chill to be near the point of being uncomfortable. It was downright cold to me.
Entry to the USS Silversides Submarine Museum
That's a torpedo tube at the bottom left of the photo above. It's 23 foot long and likely came from the aft torpedo room of the USS Barbaro SS 317. It is made of bronze to resist salt water corrosion.
The device in the photo below is a Hedgehog, one of just a handful on display in the whole world. It is an "anti-submarine" weapon. The Hedgehog was first developed by the British Royal Navy and was improved upon by the US Navy. This weapon caused much more damage to submarines (a 25% damage rate) than the old "depth charges" that had a damage rate of just 7%.
Hedgehog. All 24 mortars fire at once, forming a circle 100 feet across, landing 750 feet ahead of the surface ship.
Here's another unusual display: a submarine rescue chamber. It is dropped into the sea from the surface ship and attaches to the submarine's escape hatch. Interestingly enough, a chamber like this one rescued the crew of 33 from the USS Squalus off the coast of New Hampshire in 1939. One of the men rescued that day would become the final skipper of the USS Silversides.
This particular rescue chamber was built in 1957 for $1 million. It was never used.
The USCSC Mclane, a prohibition era Coast Guard Cutter is docked behind the USS Silversides at this location. It's part of the ship tour at this location too. I didn't get a good shot of it though.
But the USS Silversides is the main attraction. Commissioned just a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Silversides completed 14 combat war patrols in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Silversides is officially credited with sinking 23 major Japanese ships (the third highest total for any U.S. Navy Submarine) for an approximate tonnage of 90,080. Silversides received four Presidential Unit Citations and 12 Battle Stars for her wartime service.
Portions of the 1943 film Destination Tokyo were actually inspired by the real-life events
which occurred aboard the USS Silversides during the war.
Decommissioned from active service in 1946, Silversides was moved to Chicago where it was utilized by the U.S. Navy Reserve until 1969. Moving to Muskegon, Michigan in 1987, Silversides has been painstakingly maintained in its World War II configuration.
Wayne read that the USS Silversides is considered the U.S. Navy's most successful surviving World War II submarine.
Leaving the USS Silversides Submarine Museum, we drove along the 2.5 mile sandy Pere Marquette Beach and saw the lighthouse by the same name.
Pere Marquette Lighthouse.
Pere Marquette Beach
We took a different route back to Trailways Campground in Montague and happened to pass the spectacularly gargantuan "Michigan Adventure" amusement park. It has, without a doubt, the largest string of roller coaster I can ever remember seeing. I forgot to take a picture -- we came upon it without warning.
View of White Lake and Montague coming from Whitehall.
Campground entrance.
The world's largest working weathervane in the background.
Tomorrow morning, we'll be "shipping out" -- leaving this pleasant lakefront town and campground. I managed to miss fresh asparagus at the local farmers market on both Wednesday and Saturday. Drat. Maybe the next stop.
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Who Are These Old People?
I just don't know about these two old people hiding out in our midst. They seem to 'hobo' along everywhere we go. Although I've never gotten a real close look, I caught a glimpse of her in the mirror. She is about my height, but is much heavier with lots of gray hair and wrinkles. He looks a lot like Wayne without hair.
We know they're here -- I've found their toenail clippings in the shower. Lately they've been putting food stains onto the fronts of our shirts and they never pick up any of the crumbs they let fall to the floor.
These old people really have some odd habits too. Sometimes in the middle of the night I hear them scooting around the house going to and from the kitchen and bathroom. They mark book pages with clothes pins and put rubber bands around the checkbook. At night they hide stuff from us. It started with the car keys, and glasses -- then the cellphone... now they're hiding important papers. They think it's funny I guess.
These old geezers have an insatiable appetite. As a matter of fact, all they do is eat, take naps and watch old movies on tv. I think there's something wrong with them. They even talk back to the tv! And believe me... they have an opinion about everything!
At least they go to bed early. But then again, they sure get up early too!
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The currency trading market is the biggest financial market in the world. The market is not regulated highly and is largely controlled by global market forces of demand and supply.
Most of the retail currency exchange happens online rather than on exchange floors and this has led to the market being accessible to anyone in the world who has an internet connection.
This high number of market participants has led to many myths in the market. You can find them on online forums, in newspapers, or even when talking to friends at your local favorite hangout.
Here are the top ten truths and facts on online forex trading that will wipe away all those myths you have come across.
Here is a review of some of the best brokers in the market: Top brokers.
One common blunder made by a majority of new traders is overtrading. Most of them feel that every single minute that they spend away from the forex market represents lost opportunities.
This is one very simple truth. The most successful forex traders do not make instant profits; they analyze the markets, make trades, and make small gains on each trade.
These modest gains are then invested back into the currency trading online and used to earn even more small profits.
In this way, the trader ends up with a very profitable online forex trading account.
Such shrewd traders may start with a small micro account of even $50 and in a year or two you find they are comfortably living solely on their forex trading earnings.
In high contrast, forex market failures reach for high profits within a short period and end up failing miserably.
Banks are mandated by their clients to hold cash for them and buy foreign currency on their behalf.
At the same time, banks use customers' deposits to make their own investments and increase their profits. Most of their investments are with overseas partners and clients.
That makes banking institutions some of the biggest players in the forex market. The fact of the matter is that 70% of all daily forex day trading is done by banks.
The table below shows the market share of the top 10 players in the global forex market with only about 20% of the market left for other participants.
The simple truth is that anyone who trades in a direction opposite to what the major players are trading will fail.
The forex market is a truly global market. Nevertheless, some players within certain geographical regions are more actively involved in the market than others.
Currently, over one-third (approximately 34.1%) of the world's forex global trade is generated from the UK.
Market participants in the US account for approximately 16% of the total global forex trades.
That means the rest of the world shares out the remaining 50% of the market.
Chasing instant riches in the forex market is akin to chasing the wind. By approaching forex trading like some lottery or get rich quick scheme, a trader sets himself/herself up for inevitable failure.
Any trader who hopes to have a secure future should forget instant riches and adopt a strategy that will see small but constant profits throughout their trading career.
To achieve success, the trader should adopt effective money management strategies, risk management strategies, and a good strategy that allows him/her to profit from currency price movements.
Part of being disciplined includes keeping a trade journal and recording all trades you make in the fx exchange.
I know you have heard this said several times before and there is no bigger true than this: The forex market is the biggest market in the world.
The amount of currency traded per day amounts to over $4.0 trillion.
About 40% comes from forex swaps, 25% comes from spot trading transactions, 15% from dealer transactions, 10% s comes from forward transactions and 5% from gaps.
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 I have decided to take a chance and plant my second early potatoes a lot earlier than I usually do, I think the earlier I plant them the longer the growing season. I should reap some benefits from this decision.
My Runner Bean bed has been prepared and I have dug in a liberal amount of horse manure to give the growing plants plenty of nourishment when I sow the seeds next month.
The tomato plants are showing well at home and I have some very vigorous sweet pea plants that I grew from seeds that I managed to save from last year.
The brassica seeds I set last week in my oversized tub are showing through nicely, they grew well in this tub last year before I transplanted them to their final growing positions.


New to Hong Kong and Macau?
If you have recently moved to Hong Kong or Macau, you may wish to meet with other Irish people who are part of a local organisation or business network who can provide you with general advice, information and guidance.
There are also many different types of Irish societies and organisations in Hong Kong and Macau, in the areas of music, Irish language, sport, business, and more.
Below is a selection of some of these groups and societies. If you wish to add a group to the list, please contact the Consulate. This list is provided for information purposes only. Please note that the Consulate is not responsible for the content of external websites or activities of groups/societies.
The Young Irish Professionals Network aims to support young (and young at heart) professionals in HK through unique opportunities for professional development and personal enrichment.
Hong Kong Gaelic Football Club provides an opportunity for people in Hong Kong to partake in Gaelic football and hurling/camogie.
The Ireland Funds is an international charitable organisation operating in 11 countries including China.
Echoes of Erin Dance School offers children from 3 years old and adults' classes in traditional and performance Irish Dancing.
O'Connor Barton Irish Dance provides Irish dancing classes to children and adults from the age of 3 upwards.
MyGovHK: a useful website providing information on a wide range of Government services, for people considering a move to Hong Kong. It also provides information for residents and businesses.
The Irish Chamber of Commerce of Macau (ICCM) is an independent, non-profit organization which actively promotes & develops trade, investment & business opportunities between Ireland & Macau.
Are you under 30 and interested in coming to Hong Kong for a year? Ireland and Hong Kong have a Working Holiday Scheme in place which allows up to 200 young people to work here casually for up to one year. Irish people interested in applying for the Working Holiday Scheme should review the requirements set out by the Hong Kong Immigration Department and contact the Chinese Embassy in Dublin to make an application.


So far we've covered the history of proverbs, the history of idioms, the history of portmanteaus and now we move on the history of similes.
Meaning extremely clean or pure, one theory as to it's origin is that the 'whistle' is actually a reference to the whistling sound of a sword as it passes through the air. This theory is backed up by a quote from the early 19th century – "A first rate shot.(his) head taken off as clean as a whistle".
There is also the chance that the phrase used to be "as clean as a whittle", referring to a piece of smooth wood after it is 'whittled'.
Another, and perhaps more likely theory is that the simile is in referring the pure sound a whistle makes, or perhaps, the smooth surface of a willow stick that is used to make a whistle.
To describe a person or organisation as 'clean as a whistle' implies that they are honest, guiltless or flawless. This use of the phrase may come from the fact that wooden whistles are easily damaged and have to be absolutely clean to make the sounds intended.
Some also think that the phrase originates in trains; where the brass, especially the whistle was always bright and gleaming.
A variation of the phrase is used in Robert Burn's poem 'Earnest Cry', the line being "Paint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle; Her mutchkin stoup as toom's a whissle", using 'toom' (meaning 'empty') rather than 'clean'.
This phrase seems to originate in the north of England, meaning silly, foolish or stupid. One theory is that the phrase originated as 'as soft as a brush' as 'soft' is a northern English term for stupid, and the 'brush' is actually the tail of a fox.
Another theory is that 'brush' was another name for a chimney sweep, the idea being that the boys were often dropped on their heads when being lowered into chimneys and it made them stupid.
It seems that this simile started appearing in the 1950s . One example is in 'The Sociology of an English Village: Gosforth' by William Morgan Williams from 1956.
'Daft' itself was used long before this however, and can be dated back to 1859 (William Dickinson's 'A Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Cumberland') and was used in the variation 'daft as a besom' – a 'besom' being a brush made from twigs. In William Brockett's 1846 'A Glossary of North Country Words' lists 'fond-as-a-buzzom' meaning 'fond, silly, foolish' with fond then meaning foolish (the present day meaning of fond comes from 'displaying a foolish affection for').
A pretty obvious one, alluding to a fish swimming open mouthed and taking in the water (most fresh water fish take in water through absorption but salt water fish do actually drink the water).
'As pleased as Punch' comes from the puppet character Mr. Punch. This name itself comes from Polichinello, which was the name of a puppet that was used in 16th century Italy in a theatre production called Commedia dell'arte.
Punch and Judy were puppet shows originating in Italy too, but from the 17th century they became a tradition often held on British beaches in the summertime.
"Oh! how my fingers itch to pull thy nose! As pleased as Punch, I'd hold it in my gripe".
Initially, the expression was 'as proud as Punch', both variations were used in Charles Dickens novels interchangeably, for example in David Copperfield (1850) – "I am as proud as Punch to think that I once had the honour of being connected with your family" and then in Hard Times (1854) – "When Sissy got into the school here.. her father was as pleased as Punch".
The original phrase was actually to 'sleep like a top'. A 'top' being a spinning top; the children's toy. This comes from the fact that when a top is spinning the 'precessional effect' can cause its axis to remain stationary and it can appear to be still, that is, 'sleeping'.
The expression 'sleep like a top' can be traced back to at least 1693, when it appeared in William Congreve's 'The Old Batchelour' – "Should he seem to rouse, 'tis but well lashing him, and he will sleep like a Top".
'Sleep like a log' similarly derives from the immobility of logs. However, some suggest it comes from the sound of sawing being like the sound of snoring.
Who was Larry? It seems that there are two likely contenders. The first is Larry Foley, the Australian boxer who never lost a fight. He retired at 32 in 1870 and collected winnings of £1,000 for his last fight.
The other theory is that it is a reference to the Cornish and later Australian/New Zealand slang term 'larrikin', which means a hooligan (and could also be where 'larking about' comes from).
The earliest printed reference is found in 1868 and is also from New Zealand. In H. W. Harper's 'Letters from New Zealand' it reads "We are beset with larrikins, who lurk about in the darkness and deliver every sort of attack on the walls and roof with stones and sticks".
The earliest known recording of the phrase itself is from the New Zealand writer G. L. Meredith in 1875: "We would be as happy as Larry if it were not for the rats".
'Fiddle' in this context means 'violin'. 'Fit' didn't mean healthy at this point, instead it meant 'suitable', similar to how we use 'fit for purpose' now.
Similarly to the whistle mentioned earlier, violins need to be cleaned and kept in good condition to get the best sound. This could be described as the violin being healthy or 'fit'. Because of this, a person's health could be compared to that of a violin (or a fiddle).
It is thought by some that the practise of hammering in doornails and bending them at the end to secure them, therefore rendering them useless afterwards, is where the 'deadness' comes from.
It has been suggested that this phrase came about because open clams can look like they are 'smiling'. However, there is a full version of this phrase which is lesser known 'as happy as a clam at high water'. This makes more sense, as clams are safest from predators at high tide.
By the 1840s the phrase was included in John Russell Bartlett's 'Dictionary Of Americanisms – A Glossary of Words And Phrases Usually Regarded As Peculiar To The United States'.
In this case, 'good' means genuine (not counterfeit) rather than well behaved. When banknotes were first introduced they were not used in the same way they are used now. Coins were used as real money but often notes would be used as IOUs or promises of payment, but not the payment itself.