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The NRA's idea of recreation
Dana Milbank
Washington Post Writers Group
The days are growing colder, and soon millions of American hunters will pursue a time-honored tradition. They will load their automatic weapons with armor-piercing bullets, strap on silencers, head off to the picnic grounds on nearby public lakes — and start shooting.
If you do not immediately recognize this pastime as part of America's heritage, then you are sadly out of step with the current Republican majority in Congress. On Tuesday, a House panel took up the "Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2017," which promises "to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting."
Among these recreational enhancements:
Allowing people to bring assault guns and other weapons through jurisdictions where they are banned.
Rolling back decades-old regulations on the use of silencers.
Protecting the use of armor-piercing bullets.
Easing importation of foreign-made assault rifles.
Protecting the practice of baiting birds with grain as they migrate and then mowing them down.
The House Natural Resources Committee was to have had a hearing on the bill in June, before the baseball-practice shooting that seriously wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, led to its cancellation.
But the National Rifle Association was not to be denied. In a statement last week, the gun lobby's director applauded the revival of the bill, which, he said, "will protect America's hunters and recreational shooters and help preserve our outdoor heritage." Among the GOP witnesses for Tuesday's "recreational shooter" hearing: Stephen Halbrook, author of a book that draws parallels between the current gun-control debate and Nazis' disarmament of Jews.
The bill, notably, has not been embraced by the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and drew a lot of opposition from Democrats. Clearly, both groups are dominated by elites who do not understand the joy of pheasant hunting with tungsten-tipped bullets. Allow me to explain.
Consider Title XV of the sportsmen's bill, also known as the "Hearing Protection Act," which makes it easier for gun owners to buy silencers for their weapons. The uninformed might suspect that silencers are used by people who want to fire weapons without being caught by cops or observed by witnesses. But more and more hunters are finding that conventional earplugs and muffs are not adequate for today's weapons — for example, quail hunting with an M777 howitzer or grouse hunting with an FIM-92 Stinger missile launcher.
Sportsmen are further protected by a "Destruction of Records" provision requiring the government to delete silencer sale and transfer information. For obvious reasons, law-abiding hunters would not want silencer purchases to be logged. Such a paper trail would be an obvious tip-off to game animals, particularly those, such as the white-tailed deer, with access to the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
Title XVI of the bill, the "Lawful Purpose and Self-Defense Act," denies the government authority to reclassify bullets as "armor piercing ammunition." It's OK if the ammunition pierces body armor, as long as the manufacturer claims the ammo is meant to be used for sport and not for killing people wearing body armor. This provision is particularly timely because a growing percentage of Western grizzlies have been seen in recent years wearing Kevlar vests when they attack schools in Wyoming.
I take personal comfort in Title XI of the sportsmen's bill, which says that if you can legally own a gun in states with anything-goes gun laws (such as Texas), you can transport that gun through places with restrictive laws (such as Washington, D.C.). People could be free to take their AR-15s, their AK-47s or perhaps even their M134 machine guns to the capital.
They wouldn't be allowed to leave them here, but it's likely some would do so anyway — a welcome development, because I have discovered a population of moles burrowing in my lawn. A weapon that fires 100 rounds a minute would make quick work of them.
Title V, the "Farmer and Hunter Protection Act," would enhance hunters' enjoyment (and farmers' finances) by allowing them to lure migrating birds to certain fields where crops have not been harvested — and shoot them.
Those "Sportsmen" who find this unsporting could instead make their way to one of the recreational areas run by the Army Corps of Engineers, which receives 370 million visitors a year and would receive armed visitors under Title III, the "Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act."
The need for this is transparent. Suppose you are with your family, drinking beer on a pontoon boat on the lake, and another family's boat bumps yours. Under current law, you have no recourse. But under this bill, you could settle things according to your sportsmen's heritage, by raising your silencer-equipped assault gun and firing armor-piercing bullets at migratory birds.
Follow Dana Milbank on Twitter, @Milbank.


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Islamic State affiliate in Somalia vows support for group's new leader
MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Islamic State affiliate in Somalia, one of the most important outposts of the militant group, swore allegiance in a statement on Sunday to the new leader named by the organization following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Somalia's Province posted pictures on Telegram of around a dozen fighters standing among trees, with a caption saying they were pledging allegiance to Quraishi.
Quraishi was named as the organization's leader on Thursday in an audio message that also confirmed Baghdadi's death and vowed revenge against the United States. U.S. special forces killed Baghdadi in a raid in northwest Syria.
Three civilians 'missing' after U.S. airstrike in Somalia's Puntland
The drone strike comes as the rival Al-Shabaab and ISIS militants continue to engage in deadly clashes.
Somalia: Puntland rejects "baseless" claims of insecurity and political uproar
Inside ISIS training camp in Somalia's northeastern Puntland
Somalia: Puntland president appoints new intelligence chief
Ethiopian defense force says it captures ISIS members
Africa 11.09.2019. 12:32
Australia delivers warning over ISIS foothold in Somalia
ISIS in Somalia recruiting up despite an uptick in US airstrikes
US military carries out airstrike on Islamic State in Somalia

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package org.apache.zeppelin.spark

import java.io.File

import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext
import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext}
import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.thrift.InterpreterCompletion
import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.util.InterpreterOutputStream
import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.{InterpreterContext, InterpreterResult}
import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}

import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.Completion.ScalaCompleter
import scala.util.control.NonFatal

/**
  * Base class for different scala versions of SparkInterpreter. It should be
  * binary compatible between multiple scala versions.
  * @param conf
  * @param depFiles
  */
abstract class BaseSparkScalaInterpreter(val conf: SparkConf,
                                         val depFiles: java.util.List[String]) {

  protected lazy val LOGGER: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass)

  private val isTest = conf.getBoolean("zeppelin.spark.test", false)

  protected var sc: SparkContext = _

  protected var sqlContext: SQLContext = _

  protected var sparkSession: Object = _

  protected var sparkHttpServer: Object = _

  protected var sparkUrl: String = _

  protected var scalaCompleter: ScalaCompleter = _

  protected val interpreterOutput: InterpreterOutputStream

  protected def open(): Unit = {
    /* Required for scoped mode.
     * In scoped mode multiple scala compiler (repl) generates class in the same directory.
     * Class names is not randomly generated and look like '$line12.$read$$iw$$iw'
     * Therefore it's possible to generated class conflict(overwrite) with other repl generated
     * class.
     *
     * To prevent generated class name conflict,
     * change prefix of generated class name from each scala compiler (repl) instance.
     *
     * In Spark 2.x, REPL generated wrapper class name should compatible with the pattern
     * ^(\$line(?:\d+)\.\$read)(?:\$\$iw)+$
     *
     * As hashCode() can return a negative integer value and the minus character '-' is invalid
     * in a package name we change it to a numeric value '0' which still conforms to the regexp.
     *
     */
    System.setProperty("scala.repl.name.line", ("$line" + this.hashCode).replace('-', '0'))
  }

  protected def interpret(code: String, context: InterpreterContext): InterpreterResult

  protected def interpret(code: String): InterpreterResult = interpret(code, null)

  protected def scalaInterpret(code: String): scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.IR.Result

  protected def completion(buf: String,
                           cursor: Int,
                           context: InterpreterContext): java.util.List[InterpreterCompletion] = {
    val completions = scalaCompleter.complete(buf, cursor).candidates
      .map(e => new InterpreterCompletion(e, e, null))
    scala.collection.JavaConversions.seqAsJavaList(completions)
  }

  protected def getProgress(jobGroup: String, context: InterpreterContext): Int = {
    val jobIds = sc.statusTracker.getJobIdsForGroup(jobGroup)
    val jobs = jobIds.flatMap { id => sc.statusTracker.getJobInfo(id) }
    val stages = jobs.flatMap { job =>
      job.stageIds().flatMap(sc.statusTracker.getStageInfo)
    }

    val taskCount = stages.map(_.numTasks).sum
    val completedTaskCount = stages.map(_.numCompletedTasks).sum
    if (taskCount == 0) {
      0
    } else {
      (100 * completedTaskCount.toDouble / taskCount).toInt
    }
  }

  protected def bind(name: String, tpe: String, value: Object, modifier: List[String]): Unit

  // for use in java side
  protected def bind(name: String,
                     tpe: String,
                     value: Object,
                     modifier: java.util.List[String]): Unit =
    bind(name, tpe, value, modifier.asScala.toList)

  protected def close(): Unit = {
    if (sc != null) {
      sc.stop()
    }
    if (sparkHttpServer != null) {
      sparkHttpServer.getClass.getMethod("stop").invoke(sparkHttpServer)
    }
    sc = null
    sqlContext = null
    if (sparkSession != null) {
      sparkSession.getClass.getMethod("stop").invoke(sparkSession)
      sparkSession = null
    }

  }

  protected def createSparkContext(): Unit = {
    if (isSparkSessionPresent()) {
      spark2CreateContext()
    } else {
      spark1CreateContext()
    }
  }

  private def spark1CreateContext(): Unit = {
    this.sc = SparkContext.getOrCreate(conf)
    if (!isTest) {
      interpreterOutput.write("Created SparkContext.\n".getBytes())
    }
    getUserFiles().foreach(file => sc.addFile(file))

    sc.getClass.getMethod("ui").invoke(sc).asInstanceOf[Option[_]] match {
      case Some(webui) =>
        sparkUrl = webui.getClass.getMethod("appUIAddress").invoke(webui).asInstanceOf[String]
      case None =>
    }

    val hiveSiteExisted: Boolean =
      Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource("hive-site.xml") != null
    val hiveEnabled = conf.getBoolean("spark.useHiveContext", false)
    if (hiveEnabled && hiveSiteExisted) {
      sqlContext = Class.forName("org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext")
        .getConstructor(classOf[SparkContext]).newInstance(sc).asInstanceOf[SQLContext]
      if (!isTest) {
        interpreterOutput.write("Created sql context (with Hive support).\n".getBytes())
      }
    } else {
      if (hiveEnabled && !hiveSiteExisted && !isTest) {
        interpreterOutput.write(("spark.useHiveContext is set as true but no hive-site.xml" +
          " is found in classpath, so zeppelin will fallback to SQLContext.\n").getBytes())
      }
      sqlContext = Class.forName("org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext")
        .getConstructor(classOf[SparkContext]).newInstance(sc).asInstanceOf[SQLContext]
      if (!isTest) {
        interpreterOutput.write("Created sql context.\n".getBytes())
      }
    }

    bind("sc", "org.apache.spark.SparkContext", sc, List("""@transient"""))
    bind("sqlContext", sqlContext.getClass.getCanonicalName, sqlContext, List("""@transient"""))

    interpret("import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._")
    interpret("import sqlContext.implicits._")
    interpret("import sqlContext.sql")
    interpret("import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._")
  }

  private def spark2CreateContext(): Unit = {
    val sparkClz = Class.forName("org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession$")
    val sparkObj = sparkClz.getField("MODULE$").get(null)

    val builderMethod = sparkClz.getMethod("builder")
    val builder = builderMethod.invoke(sparkObj)
    builder.getClass.getMethod("config", classOf[SparkConf]).invoke(builder, conf)

    if (conf.get("spark.sql.catalogImplementation", "in-memory").toLowerCase == "hive"
        || conf.get("spark.useHiveContext", "false").toLowerCase == "true") {
      val hiveSiteExisted: Boolean =
        Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource("hive-site.xml") != null
      val hiveClassesPresent =
        sparkClz.getMethod("hiveClassesArePresent").invoke(sparkObj).asInstanceOf[Boolean]
      if (hiveSiteExisted && hiveClassesPresent) {
        builder.getClass.getMethod("enableHiveSupport").invoke(builder)
        sparkSession = builder.getClass.getMethod("getOrCreate").invoke(builder)
        if (!isTest) {
          interpreterOutput.write("Created Spark session (with Hive support).\n".getBytes())
        }
      } else {
        if (!hiveClassesPresent && !isTest) {
          interpreterOutput.write(
            "Hive support can not be enabled because spark is not built with hive\n".getBytes)
        }
        if (!hiveSiteExisted && !isTest) {
          interpreterOutput.write(
            "Hive support can not be enabled because no hive-site.xml found\n".getBytes)
        }
        sparkSession = builder.getClass.getMethod("getOrCreate").invoke(builder)
        if (!isTest) {
          interpreterOutput.write("Created Spark session.\n".getBytes())
        }
      }
    } else {
      sparkSession = builder.getClass.getMethod("getOrCreate").invoke(builder)
      if (!isTest) {
        interpreterOutput.write("Created Spark session.\n".getBytes())
      }
    }

    sc = sparkSession.getClass.getMethod("sparkContext").invoke(sparkSession)
      .asInstanceOf[SparkContext]
    getUserFiles().foreach(file => sc.addFile(file))
    sqlContext = sparkSession.getClass.getMethod("sqlContext").invoke(sparkSession)
      .asInstanceOf[SQLContext]
    sc.getClass.getMethod("uiWebUrl").invoke(sc).asInstanceOf[Option[String]] match {
      case Some(url) => sparkUrl = url
      case None =>
    }

    bind("spark", sparkSession.getClass.getCanonicalName, sparkSession, List("""@transient"""))
    bind("sc", "org.apache.spark.SparkContext", sc, List("""@transient"""))
    bind("sqlContext", "org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext", sqlContext, List("""@transient"""))

    interpret("import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._")
    interpret("import spark.implicits._")
    interpret("import spark.sql")
    interpret("import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._")
  }

  private def isSparkSessionPresent(): Boolean = {
    try {
      Class.forName("org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession")
      true
    } catch {
      case _: ClassNotFoundException | _: NoClassDefFoundError => false
    }
  }

  protected def getField(obj: Object, name: String): Object = {
    val field = obj.getClass.getField(name)
    field.setAccessible(true)
    field.get(obj)
  }

  protected def getDeclareField(obj: Object, name: String): Object = {
    val field = obj.getClass.getDeclaredField(name)
    field.setAccessible(true)
    field.get(obj)
  }

  protected def setDeclaredField(obj: Object, name: String, value: Object): Unit = {
    val field = obj.getClass.getDeclaredField(name)
    field.setAccessible(true)
    field.set(obj, value)
  }

  protected def callMethod(obj: Object, name: String): Object = {
    callMethod(obj, name, Array.empty[Class[_]], Array.empty[Object])
  }

  protected def callMethod(obj: Object, name: String,
                           parameterTypes: Array[Class[_]],
                           parameters: Array[Object]): Object = {
    val method = obj.getClass.getMethod(name, parameterTypes: _ *)
    method.setAccessible(true)
    method.invoke(obj, parameters: _ *)
  }

  protected def startHttpServer(outputDir: File): Option[(Object, String)] = {
    try {
      val httpServerClass = Class.forName("org.apache.spark.HttpServer")
      val securityManager = {
        val constructor = Class.forName("org.apache.spark.SecurityManager")
          .getConstructor(classOf[SparkConf])
        constructor.setAccessible(true)
        constructor.newInstance(conf).asInstanceOf[Object]
      }
      val httpServerConstructor = httpServerClass
        .getConstructor(classOf[SparkConf],
          classOf[File],
          Class.forName("org.apache.spark.SecurityManager"),
          classOf[Int],
          classOf[String])
      httpServerConstructor.setAccessible(true)
      // Create Http Server
      val port = conf.getInt("spark.replClassServer.port", 0)
      val server = httpServerConstructor
        .newInstance(conf, outputDir, securityManager, new Integer(port), "HTTP server")
        .asInstanceOf[Object]

      // Start Http Server
      val startMethod = server.getClass.getMethod("start")
      startMethod.setAccessible(true)
      startMethod.invoke(server)

      // Get uri of this Http Server
      val uriMethod = server.getClass.getMethod("uri")
      uriMethod.setAccessible(true)
      val uri = uriMethod.invoke(server).asInstanceOf[String]
      Some((server, uri))
    } catch {
      // Spark 2.0+ removed HttpServer, so return null instead.
      case NonFatal(e) =>
        None
    }
  }

  protected def getUserJars(): Seq[String] = {
    val sparkJars = conf.getOption("spark.jars").map(_.split(","))
      .map(_.filter(_.nonEmpty)).toSeq.flatten
    val depJars = depFiles.asScala.filter(_.endsWith(".jar"))
    val result = sparkJars ++ depJars
    conf.set("spark.jars", result.mkString(","))
    result
  }

  protected def getUserFiles(): Seq[String] = {
    depFiles.asScala.filter(!_.endsWith(".jar"))
  }
}

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Facebook Quietly Acquires its First Blockchain Startup, Chainspace
Blockchain NewsAltcoin NewsApplicationExchangesNEWSOpinion
· February 5, 2019 ·2 min read
News reaching Ethereum World News from Cheddar indicate that facebook has made its first acquisition of a blockchain startup company. The team at the social media giant has quietly acqui-hired the team behind Chainspace: a smart contracts platform. An exact figure of the deal between the two firms is not not been made available but Chainspace was looking to raise approximately $4 Million from an initial round of funding. This is according to people familiar with the matter.
Facebook's History of Acquisitions
The move by facebook does not come as a shock to many as the social media giant has had a history of acquiring startups such as Instagram, Whatsapp, Snaptu, Face.com, Oculus VR and a few others. In the case of Chainspace, the acqui-hire is more or less buying out the company primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff rather than the products and services it supplies.
This then means that the team at Chainspace will be integrated into the yet to be made public vision of the blockchain division at facebook. Visitors of the Chainspace website are met with the following message at the header section of the website.
We're excited to announce that the team is moving on to something new. Chainspace code and documentation will still be open source, and all previously published academic work remains available
According to Cheddar, an unnamed facebook spokesperson confirmed that the firm is not acquiring any of Chainspace's technology. The source explained the following:
Like many other companies, Facebook is exploring ways to leverage the power of blockchain technology. This new small team is exploring many different applications. We don't have anything further to share.
The First of Many for facebook?
Using past records of facebook acquiring technology companies such as Whatsapp and Instagram, it is safe to conclude that Chainspace might be the first of many blockchain startups to be acquired by the social media giant. To note is that facebook has been rumored to be developing a stablecoin to power cross-border transactions on Whatsapp. Therefore, teams and individuals who have similar work experience will be highly sought after by the firm moving forward.
About Chainspace
The project's 2017 whitepaper discussed creating a decentralized infrastructure (or distributed ledger) that supports user defined smart contracts and executes user-supplied transactions on their subjects. The system would be scalable through sharding and the execution of transaction would be verifiable and through the use of S-BAC. The latter is a novel distributed atomic commit protocol for sharding generic smart contract transactions across multiple Byzantine nodes. S-BAC also coordinates the nodes to ensure safety, liveness and security.
What are your thoughts on facebook acqui-hiring the team at Chainspace? Will this be the first of many blockchain acquisitions by facebook? Please let us know in the comment section below.
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Critical reassessment of academic traditions in architectural education shows necessity of individuation as new method of self-education and development of reflective approach to design process. Availability of knowledge resources makes nowadays more actual strategic individual approach to educational programs where students take responsibility for the methods of professional growth.
MARCH, the Spring Term of 2012-2013. Studio 1 "Project of Modern Termae"
Significant size of the country, current urbanization processes and cities' activity gravitation place great importance on all the professions connected with space planning and on the subject itself. But the ongoing situation formed during the last 20 years testifies of the state authorities' indifference to the questions of tactic and strategic space development planning. The article highlights economical and political reasons which drove the once desired and elite profession to the status of survival.
Baikal is one of the most interesting and unique places of the Earth. It is a geological history of Asia for the period of almost 30 mln years, a huge amount of fresh water of excellent quality, deposits and ore occurrences of various minerals, including hydrocarbons, precinctive flora and fauna, the richest taiga, surprising geological and archeological finds. At the same time the ecosystem of the Baikal region is young and evolving. It is connected with the intensive neotectonic movements which influence all ecosystem elements: relief, landscape, climate, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, etc. The study of Lake Baikal and the use of its countless treasures are necessary and possible, but this should be done cautiously and carefully, so as not to disrupt the unstable balance of the Baikal zone ecosystem and in the same time to create favorable conditions for the wise use of resources of the Lake.
The article considers relations between the city of Irkutsk and Lake Baikal in terms of cultural geography. Baikal is included in the UNESCO world heritage list. Unlike the majority of lakes also included in this list, Baikal's coast is inhabited, especially its southern part. Similar situation is, for example, in the cluster "the city of Bergen – Geiranger village – Geirangerfjord" in Norway. The comparative analysis shows how Norway's positive experience of the system "a city – a village – a natural phenomenon" could be used in order to make Irkutsk more attractive for tourists and citizens.
The article reveals the historical factor that influenced the development of tourism infrastructure in Russian national parks. The borders of the recreational influence zone on the territory of the Pribaikalsky national park were defined with the use of landscapegeographical approach based on zoning, while taking into account the wholeness of tourism-recreational ecosystems and urboecosystems.
On the territory under study there are seven small recreational areas: Olkhon Island; the Circum-Baikal Railway; Listvyanka settlement and the Baikal highway; Maloe More Strait; Bolshoe Goloustnoe settlement and its vicinity; Peschanaya Bay and its vicinity; Bolshie Koty settlement and its vicinity. Using statistical and graphoanalytical methods, we have analyzed the condition of the current tourism infrastructure in the Pribaikalsky national park. On the basis of the obtained data we have revealed the general principles of planning of the seven spontaneous tourism areas: the principles of combination, dispersion, discrepancy and opposition.
Exploitation of Nature on "Nobody's Land"


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Q: SignalR JavaScript Not Connecting I've very new to JavaScript. I'm trying to implement a simple SignalR server callback in JavaScript.
First, the _Layout.cshtml

        @RenderBody()

    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/bootstrap")
    @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)

Next, my Index.html

        @section scripts
        {

        }

        @using (@Html.BeginForm("Index", "Home"))
        {

                @{
                    var grid = new WebGrid(Model);

                    @grid.GetHtml(
                    mode: WebGridPagerModes.All,
                    columns:
                    grid.Columns
                    (
                        grid.Column(columnName: "SiteId", header: "Site Id", format: @<text>@item.SiteId</text>),
                        grid.Column(columnName: "Instrument", header: "Instrument", format: @<text>@item.InstrumentId</text> ),
                        .
                        .
                        .
                    ))
                }

        }

I see the "HELLO WORLD" console log at the top, yet I don't see either of the Console logs for "Connected" or "Unable to connect"
I see an error in the console that says "Cannot read property 'client' of undefined"
I've followed many SO posts on similar topics and tried many things. I'm not entirely sure that I have this coded correctly.
Anyone see what's wrong?
Thanks

A: Not sure about the whole function but for starters:
var proxy = $.connection.DashboardHub;

should be

var proxy = $.connection.dashboardHub;
Needs to start with lowercase

A: some mistakes that I catch. first, if you are using a cross domain server as your signalR hubs, then you should include it in you header instead the local one

Second, when you declare the name in client side of SignalR, you HAVE TO use a small case for the first word, even if you set it as an upper case in your server. Means that, if you declare `MyChatHub' in your server, you Will call it as 'myChatHub' in your javascript.
var proxy = $.connection.dashboardHub;

proxy.client.notifyAllClientsOfChanges

third, why would you use a POST method in your AJAX when it is a GET method?

A: Please refer following URL hope it will help you.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/signalr/overview/guide-to-the-api/hubs-api-guide-server

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The draw has taken place for the John Lewis Cosy Christmas Hamper and the lucky winner was Leonard Seymour of Thales.
SEACON would like to congratulate Leonard and thank everyone who took the time to enter. In the meantime we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Texas and the right to defend oneself with deadly force seem to go hand-in-hand. And so it was for one man and his wife on Saturday along the 1100 block of Langwick.
Houston police say a man shot and killed Darryl Milton Franklin Jr., 37, after Franklin tried to steal his car around 6:25 in the morning. Franklin was breaking into the couple's car when they noticed what was happening and rushed over, dragging Franklin out of the vehicle and telling him they were calling the cops, police say. Franklin then allegedly tried to break into other cars in the neighborhood before attempting to carjack a nearby resident.
After calling the police again, the man went up to Franklin for the second time and the two began to fight. The man's wife even got into the action, hitting Franklin several times. Finally, fearing for his life, police say, the man drew his gun and shot Franklin in the chest. The man tried to administer First Aid, but Franklin was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Police later learned that the man had a concealed handgun license.
Houston police are in the midst of a manhunt for suspected killer Ruben Ponce Perdomo, 35. Perdomo is accused of shooting to death Angelica Crisostomo Alor, 28, at about 4:30 am on Saturday at 6015 Hillcroft.
Police responded to a call concerning gunfire and found that Alor had been shot. They took her to Memorial Hermann Hospital Southwest, where she was pronounced dead. Investigators learned that the shooter had fled the scene in a maroon Chevy Avalanche, which was later found less than a mile away on the 6000 block of Gulfton. From there, police were able to determine that Perdomo was the shooter, police say. Murder charges have already been filed against Perdomo.
Houston police are also investigating the shooting of a man and his wife early Monday morning. According to investigators, James Smith Jr., 19, and his spouse were visiting McCollough Park at 900 East 40 ½ Street when an unknown man appeared and fired his gun at them several times. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was taken to Ben Taub hospital in critical condition with several gunshot wounds. Police are looking for witnesses and so far have no suspects.


Sun Sentinel: Written by Andy Reid. September 13, 2014.
Everglades restoration could get torpedoed by a sugar industry push to allow new neighborhoods and shopping centers on 43,000 acres of farmland south of Lake Okeechobee, according to environmental activists.
Dozens of environmental advocacy organizations on Thursday called for Gov. Rick Scott and the South Florida Water Management District to put the brakes on the proposed Sugar Hill development plan for sugar cane fields near Clewiston in Hendry County, not far from Palm Beach County's western boundary.
Continue reading "Big Sugar building proposal raises Everglades restoration concerns"


Do any of the old Southern Subsidiaries survive on paper, ie, Alabama Great Southern, NO&NE, GS&F, etc?
Yes the CNO&TP,CofG,AGS,andNO&NE,and the LOP&G survive as seperate subsidiraries for tax purposes.
-- John Welch (thoroughbred@my-dejanews.com), December 20, 1998.
Unless something's changed in the last couple of years, the corporate name of Carolina & Northwestern Railway is still in use.
-- Matt Bumgarner (StealthNFO@aol.com), December 22, 1998.
There was newspaper article in the Fri., Jan.17, 1969, edition of the Washington (D.C.) EVENING STAR headlined SOUTHERN MERGER PLANS COMPLETE. It goes on to say, "The Southern Rwy. Co. announced today that the merger of two of its rail subsidiaries, the Alabama Great Southern and the New Orleans & North Eastern will become effective on Jan. 31(1969), with the Alabama Great Southern the surviving company." The merger was approved by the ICC and IRS. Did the NO&NE somehow survive this? A later article in the EVENING STAR dated Sat., Sept. 5, 1969, was headlined, SOUTHERN TO MERGER FOUR OF ITS UNITS. It said that the four subsidiaries would be merged into the CNO&TP, but it didn't name the four companies. This may have included AGS, GS&F, etc., or they may have been smaller properties like Chattanooga Traction. All of this was known as corporate simplifacation and was meant to close the books of the subsidiaries as a way to cut costs to the Southern. Any other views?
-- Tom Underwood (tlunder@attglobal.net), January 25, 2000.
The Carolina and Northwest still runs from at least Hickory to Lenoir. I took a roll of pictures a few years back.
-- Roy Frady (RoyFrady@aol.com), February 12, 2000.
According to "The Historical Guide to North American Railroads", The AGS merged with the NO&NE in 1969. Also on page 407, they list several more Southern subsidiaries as of 1988. I counted 19.
-- Jack Grasso (JACKGP20@aol.com), April 12, 2001.
I heard that the CG,and CnToP are NS subsidiaries.and an interestingly enough,Southern Changed its name to NS railway in 1990 and then in 1998 it enveloped the N&W!!!!!!!
-- Gabe Scotto (amtrak001@yahoo.com), October 18, 2004.


The Future of eBay is a 30-page completely FREE eBook, released to my readers last week that covers the latest policy and fee changes on eBay.
A few weeks ago I was invited to the eBay campus for a briefing on the new fee and policy changes. During those briefings I had the opportunity to interview top execs at eBay extensively. The next day, eBay announced several new policies and completely revamped the fixed price listing fee structure. I covered each of the new policies here in the blog (scroll down to see those posts). When I was finished I went back over the posts, reviewed and updated them and put them into an eBook I call The Future of eBay.
In addition to the info on the new policies and fees, I also write about what is coming from eBay over the next year or so and what the impact will be for new, small and medium-sized sellers.
Readers can download a copy of the book by clicking here: The Future of eBay by Skip McGrath.
I also recorded a 20-minute podcast with Ina Steiner of AuctionBytes. Ina was interviewing me on the same topic, but she asked some questions I hadn't thought of, so the podcast gives you a slightly different take on the new policies. You can either listen to the Podcast on your computer or you can download it to listed to later.
That's it for now. There should be some more announcements from eBay soon, so stay tuned.
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Two Amarnath pilgrims died in two separate incidents in Jammu and Reasi districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Jammu today.
Two Amarnath pilgrims died in two separate incidents in Jammu and Reasi districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Jammu on Tuesday.
26-year-old Hari Om, hailing from Chandigarh, died of a heart attack at the cave shrine of Shivkhori in Reasi district last evening, they said.
In a separate incident, 37-year-old Narinder Singh, resident of New Delhi, who was camping in Bagwati Nagar base camp, drowned in a river canal at Mishriwala last evening, they said.


Perhaps more than anyone, Hugo Tottino is at the heart of today's artichoke industry. Born in September 1926 on Molera Road near Castroville, California, he has never strayed from his roots for long. Castroville was the scene of his grade school education before he attended Salinas High School. After he graduated in 1944, he continued his studies and "played football" at Hartnell (it was called Salinas Junior College at the time) briefly before being called up by the Navy in November that same year. After serving in various Pacific ports such as San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Guam, Saipan and Bikini, he was discharged in July 1946 and returned home.
It was his intention to continue with his education at the JC but, as he tells it, "the registration line was too long." Randy Barsotti, a partner in California Artichoke and Vegetable, spotted him standing there and asked Hugo to come work for them. Randy's argument must have been convincing because after two days of school, Hugo started work at California Artichoke and Vegetable (now Ocean Mist Farms) and has been there ever since. Today, he is one of the partners but back then he started working the docks.
During the 1950s, many of his neighboring farmers were going out of business. Heeding some sage advice from his father, he bought existing leases whenever possible. He picked up partners and continued to expand his business. In 1955, when existing canneries were not offering decent prices for artichoke product, he was instrumental in forming Artichoke Industries to process artichokes.
Hugo foresees other changes in the artichoke industry including continued improvements in the seeded (annual) varieties. He says it may take a little time but such development is important because of their higher yields and lower growing costs compared to the Green Globe (perennial) variety. In addition, value-added packaging of artichokes, which should shorten preparation and cooking times, is on the horizon, too.
He also adores his wife, Dolores, to whom he's been married for nearly 50 years. He loves his five children and nine grandchildren. And he cannot imagine the possibility of retirement.


Most people hate airing their dirty laundry. Not Michael McKeown. His massive handmade skivvies will be hanging on a clothesline in a Bushwick alley through April.
The artist's outdoor installation, "Winter Laundry," was due to close this weekend but just got extended at 16 Harrison Place.
"Winter Laundry" is McKeown's whimsical tribute to his upbringing in 1960s England, in a neighborhood where clothes were washed every Monday. "As a child I remember being kind of fascinated by the way things froze, these wooly sweaters that could stand on their own," McKeown said.
For the exhibition (curated by ArtHelix's Bonnie Rychlak), McKeown originally wanted to to do something that involved ice, but historically Bushwick winters had been too warm to sustain frozen sculptures. He thought up "Winter Laundry" as a more manageable alternative, but the weather still posed challenges.
During the week, a locked fence prevents passersby from getting a close look at the clotheslines. As the temperatures rise, McKeown hopes to have the gate opened for a few hours each weekend. A party will coincide with "Winter Laundry's" new closing date.


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Niantic exploring more sponsorships for Pokemon GO
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
When Pokemon GO launched in Japan, it did so by partnering with McDonald's restaurants across the country. Close to 3,000 locations became either PokeStops or Gyms. Developer Niantic is now looking into additional sponsorships, CEO John Hanke has stated.
Fortune reports that Niantic is in talks "with several companies". New relationships could be formed similar to the deal with McDonald's.
During the GamesBeat 2016 conference, Niantic mentioned that paid sponsorships can reduce Niantic's reliance on in-app purchases by players to generate revenue. "It's tough to understand where you want to draw the line," he said. With sponsorships, Niantic felt "we wouldn't have to cave to that pressure to just dial it up a little more."
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Niantic on Pokemon GO – success, cheating, server issues, and more
Yesterday, Forbes published an interview with Niantic CEO John Hanke. It covered Hanke's early days with gaming, working at Keyhold, and eventually starting Niantic.
The middle part of the interview is where the discussion becomes interesting for Pokemon GO plans. Hanke talked about the game's success thus far, cheating (some of "those things may not work in the future"), server issues, and other topics.
We've rounded up some of Hanke's comments below. You can read Forbes' full interview here.
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Pokemon GO Comic-Con panel summary – trading, breeding interest, more
With the huge success of Pokemon GO, Niantic CEO John Hanke appeared at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 today for a panel. The venue was actually upgraded to a bigger hall a few days prior to the event to accommodate demand.
We now have a summary of what Hanke touched on during the panel. To read it in full, head past the break.
Pokemon GO – message from the creators, no change in Nintendo forecast
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News, Videos | 7 Comments
Pokemon GO is now available in Japan. To celebrate, Niantic's John Hanke and Game Freak's Junichi Masuda shared a few words. Most of the message is from Hanke, though Masuda's comments are unfortunately available in Japanese only.
In any case, here's the video:
Aside from the video, Nintendo issued a notice on its investor's website about its forecast in response to Pokemon GO. Essentially, things are staying the same from now. You can read the full message below.
Pokemon GO not out in Japan yet due to lack of "server capacity", Niantic targeting end of July
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 17 Comments
Pokemon GO has landed in more and more countries over the past few days. Japan, however, still has yet to receive it.
Speaking with Forbes, Niantic CEO John Hanke explained that the delay comes down to server capacity.
"At present, the server capacity in Japan is not powerful enough. We are working hard with our partners in Japan to enable the servers to keep up with demand once the game goes online there. We expect it to be released by the end of July."
Forbes also has its own speculation about what's going on, and says "other game watchers and those familiar with Japan's network complexities are suggesting that mid-September looks more likely." I don't think they can afford to wait that long. We'll see what happens!
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Niantic on Pokemon GO – Masuda and Miyamoto's involvement, regular updates planned, more
The Pokemon GO interviews continue. Niantic CEO John Hanke has once again been interviewed, this time by Game Informer. The site caught up with Hank to talk about various aspects surrounding Pokemon GO – from the project's early days, through last week's launch and the future. He commented on how much Junichi Masuda from Game Freak and Shigeru Miyamoto have been involved, the pace of updates, success thus far, and more.
We've rounded up the noteworthy comments from Hanke below. Head on over to Game Informer here for the full interview.
Niantic talks Pokemon GO – how it's decided which Pokemon appear where, safety, more
A few hours ago, Mashable published a new article about Pokemon GO. The piece contains commentary from John Hanke, CEO of developer Niantic.
While speaking with the site, Hanke touched on topics like how it's determined which Pokemon appear where, safety, and more. You can find these responses after the break. For more from Hanke, check out the original peice here.
Niantic talks about what's to come for Pokemon GO
Pokemon GO only just came out a few days ago. Of course, new features will be added to the game over time.
One feature Niantic will be interested in bringing in the future is trading, which company CEO John Hanke acknowledged as a "core element." It'll tie into the app's virtue of players interacting with each other in virtual and real worlds.
Aside from that, Tech Insider reports that other new elements planned include more ways to play with Pokestops and Gyms. Currently, Hanke stated that they're only in Pokemon as "very most basic versions", though in the future, it'll be possible for players to "customize their functions in other ways." Niantic is also working on a global leaderboard so that players can see who's the top trainer.
That's not all though. Improvements are also on the way for the AR technology. Hanke said what's currently in the app is "great first step," but there's more they can do. Regarding Pokemon GO on dedicated AR devices, Hanke teased: "That may be a fun thing to take advantage of."
Pokemon GO's rollout in other regions "paused" due to player overload and server issues
Pokemon GO can only be downloaded in three countries at the moment: the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. The Pokemon Company did say earlier this week that the app is planned for Canada, Europe, and South America "soon". Aside from that, there haven't been many updates.
Speaking with Business Insider, Niantic CEO John Hanke said Pokemon GO's rollout in other regions is "paused until we're comfortable". Hanke's comment was in response to server issues plaguing Pokemon GO since release due to player overload. He added that the company is working on a fix.
Hanke also addressed the success of Pokemon GO thus far. "We thought the game would be popular, but it obviously struck a nerve," he said.
Hanke went on to say that Niantic has already made strides in fixing connecting issues through "a great run" of server availability yesterday evening.
More: John Hanke, Niantic, Pokemon GO, top
Niantic says more news about Pokemon GO will be shared "soon"
John Hanke, chief executive of Niantic, says that the company will have more to say about Pokemon GO "soon." That information comes from an interview conducted by GamesBeat.
Hanke told the site:
"Pokémon Go is looking good. We'll share more details with the world soon. There certainly are a lot of fans."
In other news, Niantic has raised another $5 million from companies such as Alsop Louie, former Havas boss David Jones, Fuji Television, Lucas Nealan, and Cyan and Scott Banister. The Pokemon Company, Google, and Nintendo also invested $30 million last October.
Niantic should be discussing Pokemon GO at GDC 2016 next month. Attendees "will get a first-hand, in-depth look at how players are interacting and exploring the world with one another through Pokemon GO, the collaborative approach to design and development for the game and the next evolution of augmented reality and real-world mobile gameplay experiences."
Nintendo announces new model of the original Switch with longer battery life
Pokemon GO reveals One Piece collaboration
Resident Evil Triple Pack announced for Switch
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled skin renamed to be less racially insensitive
Famitsu review scores (7/17/19)
Upcoming Super Monkey Ball game is a remake of Banana Blitz, out on October 31 in Japan, first screenshots
Blue/Neon Yellow and Neon Purple/Neon Orange Switch Joy-Con announced
Pokemon Detective Pikachu is now the highest-grossing video game movie of all time
Nihon Falcom on why it isn't doing more with Switch
Bandai Namco to offer Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Lite on Switch
Famitsu sales (7/8/19 – 7/14/19)
Luigi's Mansion 3 launches October 31
New Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 footage
Video: Pichu, Isabelle, and Pokemon Trainer amiibo unboxing and close look
Splatoon 2 version 4.9.1 incoming


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The Panthers have dropped both of their previous two meetings with the Rangers.
Henrik Lundqvist was back to form in his return, and what looked like a potential controversy in goal could prove to be a strength for a New York Rangers team that's played with more consistency over the past week.
Lundqvist seems likely to start again as the Rangers visit the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
Lundqvist made 37 saves and stopped 15 of 16 shots in the third period to lift the Rangers to their third win in four games Sunday, 4-3 at Tampa. New York's star goaltender had backed up Cam Talbot in the previous three games and hadn't played since Dec. 20, due in part to the Christmas break.
"He played a real strong game, gave us a chance to win, especially in the third when they had a real strong push and they were tough to handle," coach Alain Vigneault said. "He had some huge saves to make, and he did."
Lundqvist's 2.78 goals-against average is half a goal higher than his career mark, but he performed like the player that compelled New York to give him a seven-year contract extension Dec. 4.
Talbot's outstanding play and Lundqvist's struggles have raised questions as to whether the team had made a mistake, but Sunday's performance showed that Lundqvist is still capable of carrying New York (19-19-2) when necessary.
It could also mean that the club has two goalies that give it a chance to be competitive in every game.
"I know this is a process. It's not going to turn around in one game, but I have to take it 20 minutes at a time and just try to do as good as possible and take it from there," said Lundqvist, who has a 3.68 GAA in his last eight starts.
The Rangers went 3 for 3 on the power play Sunday, leaving them at 8 for 23 (34.8 percent) in the past six games. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists while Rick Nash, Chris Kreider and Benoit Pouliot also scored.
New York is 1-1-0 on its five-game road trip as it gets set to face a Panthers team that ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over Montreal on Sunday. Brian Campbell, Aleksander Barkov and Dmitry Kulikov scored and Scott Clemmensen stopped 21 shots for Florida (15-20-5), which had dropped the first two on a five-game homestand.
Despite the skid, the Panthers are 8-4-0 in their past 12 games.
"We gotta string together as many (wins) as we can get here, so hopefully we can get a good start going and finish it off with a couple more at home here," Campbell said.
The Panthers, one of the worst defensive teams in the league, allowed 15 goals during the losing streak.
The Rangers have taken advantage of those struggles this season, totaling nine goals in winning the first two meetings and defeating Florida 5-2 at Sunrise in the most recent one Nov. 27. Lundqvist made 31 saves and has gone 6-3-0 with a 1.57 GAA in his last nine starts in the series.
New York has taken six of the last eight matchups and five of six at Florida.
Zuccarello has four goals and two assists in a four-game point streak against Florida over the past two seasons. Pouliot has recorded four goals and three assists during a seven-game overall point streak, while Brad Richards has five goals and five assists in his past eight versus the Panthers.
Barkov, a rookie center, has three goals and five assists in the last nine contests.
Rangers defenseman Marc Staal is expected to return after missing 10 games due to a concussion.


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Home bizarre A Lusaka Bus Conductor To Pay K10,000 For Damaging Girlfriends Virginity
A Lusaka Bus Conductor To Pay K10,000 For Damaging Girlfriends Virginity
The Boma Local Court in Lusaka has ordered a 20-year-old man to compensate the father of his girlfriend with K10, 000 for damaging her virginity.
This is in a case in which Shadrick Mumba dragged Richard Nkhoma, a bus conductor to court for impregnating his daughter last year.
Mumba told Senior Local Court Magistrate Juliet Mwila that he now wanted Nkhoma to compensate him.
He said on discovering that his daughter was pregnant in September, 2018, she told him that it was Mr Nkhoma who was responsible.
"We summoned Nkhoma's family which readily accepted that their son was the one responsible. We charged them K1, 000 for accepting the responsibility which they failed to pay and said it was too much," Mumba said.
He said they had not yet charged them for damage from the time they refused to pay admission fee of K1, 000.
"In February, my child delivered and is yet to go back to school as she was in grade 9 when she fell pregnant. What upset me is that Nkhoma followed my daughter to school to beat her up,
"My wife went to Kanyama police to get a call out for him. So I brought him here so that he can start paying me for virginity damage," Mumba said.
"In our tradition, because things were not done in a proper manner I am asking for K40, 000 for damage," he said.
In defence Nkhoma did not deny the allegations and said he was the one who impregnated Mumba's daughter.
He however denied following her to school and beating her up.
The court then ordered Nkhoma to pay Mumba K10, 000 as compensation.


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This has been a landmark year for the Honiton Pantomime, and I would like to thank everyone involved for putting in so much effort and commitment to putting on Sleeping Beauty at the Beehive. Everything you see on stage (and indeed the stage itself) is either made by us from scratch or designed, ordered and built by the team behind the show. I'd like to thank all the volunteers at The Beehive but particularly Martin for the many hours he's put into the technical side of the show and construction of the stage. We have also welcomed many new members this year especially to the principal cast which is great! As always, rehearsals have been full of drama and laughter (both on stage and off) but I am pleased to say that we have made it through admirably and I have to thank everyone for their professionalism and commitment. Now, about the show. We chose the script for Sleeping Beauty last summer, it was Chairperson originally written and directed at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter Barbara Simmonds by their (then) creative director Ben Crocker, Ben has been brilliant in accommodating our needs- we even had to add two extra cats Vice Chairperson because our prospective cast were just too talented! I'm immensly Shaun Bonetta proud of each and every person on the stage, as always the way they have changed, improved and added so much to the show (not just the ad-libbing) is such a joy to see. I'd like to thank them for a Treasurer hilarious 6 months and if you enjoy the show please do tell your Richard Maddox friends and family.
Secretary Rosemary Binmore
Members Jaime Crudge Jo Hutter Dave Pickerell Alex Jackson
Junior Members Sarah Wood Jack Haigh
Welcome to our annual Pantomime, Barbara Simmonds this year at The Beehive. The young and enthusiastic cast have been whipped into shape by Alex, our brilliant director, with music and singing coached by Ian Crew. You are in for an excellent performance and we are excited to be performing at this wonderful venue for the first time. Although many of the older faces might not be appearing on stage this pantomime, we are still in operation back stage as we all enjoy the family atmosphere of this our Pantomime Society. This year we are producing 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' on 31st July and 1st August. We will be looking for talent to join the cast, for this exciting venture, the open evening will be on 17th March. We will still be having fun putting on 'The End of the Pier Show' but as a Christmas special edition with lots of tinsel and mince pies! But all you can do now is sit back and enjoy our Sleeping Beauty, make this a pantomime to remember by giving lots of booing and cheering.
Chiarperson
Principal Cast The Royal Family Aurora .......................................... Chloe Pottinger Orlando .......................................... Abi Jennings Queen Dorothy .......................................... Jeff Hutchinson King Norbert .......................................... Nick Bussian Billy .......................................... Lou Pottinger Kitty .......................................... Jaime Crudge Tommy .......................................... Sarah Pottinger The Immortals Fairy Peaceful .......................................... Beth Hibbert Fairy Graceful .......................................... Zoe Kidson Fairy Thoughtful .......................................... Jaron Bonetta Fairy Beautiful .......................................... Charlie Craig The Baddies Carabosse .......................................... Shaun Bonetta Spindleshanks .......................................... Amelia Hibbert Crumbleshanks .......................................... Tracey Bonetta Royal Dancers Elena Duffin, Sarah Wood, Perry Foot, Lauren Craig, Hannah Ferry, Alice Fox, Mylissa Jones, Lewis Bonetta, Jaron Bonetta, Zara Sillitoe, Bryony Marshallsay The Royal Household/ Zombies/ Villagers
Emma Bishop, Lewis Bonetta, Josh Buss, Lauren Craig, Catherine Clapp, Elena Duffin, Hannah Ferry, Perry Foot, Kira Foster, Alice Fox, Jack Haigh, Maddie Hopgood, Ryan Hutter, Mylissa Jones, Sian Kelly, Val Lloyd, Tamzin Marsh, Bryony Marshallsay, Jack O'Riordan, Cerys Phillips, Dave Pickerell, Ann Reed, Joe Dobson, Daisie Rowland, Zara Sillitoe, Gail Tanton, Sarah Wood
Scenes Aurora's Christening Aurora's 18th Birthday Birthday Baking The Birthday Present Looking for Aurora Sick Dreams Sleeping Beauty The Fairy Battle The Sword Fight Waking Beauty The Music Man The Royal Wedding
The Royal Throneroom The Royal Palace The Royal Kitchen The Topmost Turret The Royal Throneroom Carabosse's Lair Dreamland The Village Pubs The Forest of Thorns The Royal Throneroom The Royal Concert Hall The Royal Palace
Musical Numbers I Gotta Feeling Girls Just Want to Have Fun Not While I'm Around The Military The Rat Dance Love is an Open Door Should I Stay or Should I Go? Sweet Dreams are Made of This
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Behind the Scenes Director .............................................. Alex Jackson Choreographer .............................................. Jaime Crudge Musical Director .............................................. Ian Crew Stage Manager .............................................. Andy Pottinger Stage Hands Barry Simmonds, John Manley, John Brown, Rob Grove, Richard Maddox Lighting .............................................. Kyle Bonetta Martin Pete Rose Sound .............................................. Martin Potts Pete Privett Costumes Mistress .............................................. Karen Wilson Lisa Maria Smith Sewing Ladies Barbara Manley, Janet Wood, Rosemary Binmore Barbara Simmonds, Jan Craig, Mally Pickerell, Jenny Allen Make Up .............................................. Jo Lee Rachel Mandrupson Set Design .............................................. Alex Jackson Barbara Simmonds Barry Simmonds Props .............................................. Barbara Simmonds Barry Simmonds Scenery Andy Pottinger, John Manley, Dave Pickerell, Shaun Bonetta, Tracey Bonetta, Jaime Crudge, Lou Pottinger, Sarah Pottinger Chloe Pottinger, Zara Sillitoe, Lauren Craig, Charlie Craig, Richard Maddox, Barbara Manley, Elena Duffin, Sarah Wood, Jack Haigh
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Alex Jackson Shaun Bonetta Alex Jackson Wendy Van der Plank John Burgess Alex Jackson Dave Pickerell The Beehive
Chaperones Karen Wilson, Jenny Allen, Jenny Bishop, Mally Pickerell, Jenny Holt, Emily Miller, Tina Sillitoe, Jamie Crudge, Tracey Bonetta, Di Wall, Val Lloyd, Rosemary Binmore, Jo Lee, Jo Hutter, Rachel Mandrupson Front of House Jean Bell, Janet Costa Brennan, Jacqui Ford, Barbara Poulton, Roz Withrington, Jo Hutter, Rebecca Bell, Victoria Bell We would like to thank everybody who has helped by putting up posters in their properties and shops and everybody else who has contributed in any way to the pantomime this year. We are very grateful to have such generous help! And of course, you! Without your patronage, we would be unable to continue having such good fun! We would also like to thank the volunteers at The Beehive and everyone who has given so much time and commitment to bringing the Honiton Pantomime to the Beehive. We appreciate your help more than you may know!
About Us Honiton Pantomime Society is a friendly group who perform a pantomime in February and other shows throughout the year. For the past few years we have performed 'The End of the Pier' (EOP) every summer. We have a membership of around 70 people, all of whom are keen to help in different aspects of the productions including on stage, back stage, making scenery, costumes and props, organising sound, lighting, make-up and the front of house. We always look for new people to join us and are always keen for fresh faces to make friends with. In order to ensure everyone has equal opportunity for a part auditions are held for every new show. The chorus is available to everyone and is a great way to get stuck in. Our directors are usually found from within the members, and all have had fabulous times producing wonderful shows. As well as our shows each year, we like to keep ourselves involved in the community, aiding many of the local charities and staging a few fun nights each year (Pub Quizzes, New Year's Parties, etc...). Visit www.honitonpanto.co.uk or follow us on social media
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Noda The National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA), founded in 1899, is the leading representative body for amateur theatre in the UK. The Association has a membership of approximately 2400 amateur theatre groups and over 2000 individual members staging musicals, operas, plays, concerts and pantomimes in a wide variety of venues ranging from the country's leading professional theatres to village halls. Covering a broad spectrum of age ranges NODA member societies meet the needs of all levels of both performers, whether dramatic, dance or musical, and those involved backstage, front of house or in society administration. We are proud to have been nominated for 3 NODA SouthWest awards for last year's production of 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. The awards we have been nominated for are:
June Barker Memorial Cup for Best Pantomime
Wilfred Roe Trophy for Stage Décor
Wilfred Roe Trophy for Chorus Singing
We'd like to thank NODA for their continued support of our productions.
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Past Shows 1985 Cinderella 1986 Aladdin 1987 Jack & the Beanstalk 1988 Dick Whittington 1989 Mother Goose 1990 Babes in the Wood 1991 Snow White 1992 Robinson Crusoe 1993 Little Red Riding Hood 1994 Puss in Boots 1995 Ali Baba 1996 Cinderella 1997 Robin Hood 1998 Hickory Dickory Dock 1999 Jack & the Beanstalk 2000 Sleeping Beauty 2001 Aladdin 2002 Dick Whittington 2003 Jack & Jill 2004 Beauty & the Beast 2005 Old Mother Hubbard Goes West 2006 Snow White 2007 Mother Goose 2008 Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe 2009 Treasure Island 2010 Cinderella End Of the Pier Show 1 2011 King Arthur End Of the Pier Show 2 2012 Babes in the Wood End Of the Pier Show 3 2013 Ali Baba End Of the Pier Show 4 2014 Jack & the Beanstalk End Of the Pier Show 5 2015 Sleeping Beauty
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19.04 Ubuntu Budgie Beta release!
Any queries / issues please let us know on this thread and we'll try to guide you where best to raise the problem.
Hello, it is not possible for me to share my computer.
If I go to settings, sharing and then put the slider on, when I leave sharing and go back, the slider went back to off. This is so from the beginning, but I was thinking that this would be solved, but it is still not working.
Note in the above picture the options I chose - to use a password - switched on the network as well.
Hi, I did a minimal install, I don't see screen sharing at sharing settings.
On another computer, I installed Budgie normally, and now I see screen sharing and if I switch that on, now the slider remains on. So there should be something extra to be installed if you do a minimum install.
I do not know, what to install extra, but I'm trying to find out.
So far, thank you for your support.
There is a list of needed tests somewhere? I installed yesterday on my notebook, till now nothing to report.
Really just use it as normal as you can. Obviously we are interested in looking at the changes listed in the release notes. But equally making sure all existing capabilities work as you would expect. Cheers.
you need the vino package for screen sharing.
Thanks, I reinstalled Budgie the normal way, but I cannot share a folder. Before on Nautilus I could right click and share the folder, but now on right click there is no possibility to share the folder?
There is a plugin called Nemo-share that I think will do this. Will need to check it out … and if it works will look to make it available via backports for 19.04 … and longer term directly from the repos in 19.10/20.04 timescales.
I have added a nemo-share package to our backports PPA.
Reboot - there will now be a "sharing option" on right click of a folder.
Hi, Thanks a lot, it works. regards.
Hello, another thing that doesn't work.
Menu editor doesn't work. To descibe good, I changed language to English Unuted States.
Then I start menu editor again, and surprising, it works well.
So my language is Dutch. If I start in Dutch, and I select menu editor, you see for a while the icon in plank, but then the icon disappears and menu editor did not start.
If you type menulibre into a terminal are there any errors reported ?
(menulibre:31389): dbind-WARNING **: 12:35:59.114: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Thanks - that confirms that there is a python issue when dealing with non-english languages.
This will open a web-browser - login with your launchpad ID.
Then in the detail section copy & paste the above + say that this occurs with the Dutch language.
I'm trying for about an hour how to report this to launchpad. I get a lot of pages how to, but I do not understand. I get an apport report that i can sent, but then I see a message that this is already reported. When i then look, I see a lot of reports from years ago, but then I do not know how to go further.
Ah - the "apport report" is good news - it has recognised your issue.
I've scanned the list for you - indeed this is your report which has just been reported by Fedora.
So you've done everything right. Well done! You can now subscribe to that bug report to get further updates.
The solution they gave works for me, with some differences.


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SAP Basis Manager leads a team of basis administrators who perform strategic design, maintenance and monitoring of all SAP systems. This position manages medium to large size projects of average to high complexity, coordinating project activities to ensure the timely development and delivery of reliable and efficient systems-related solutions to business requirements, managing to scheduled deadlines. The manager will provide guidance and hands on Basis technical leadership to the team in the installation and maintenance of SAP systems (ECC, BW/Hana, S/4, PI/PO, solution manager, Portal SRM, CRM). He/ she will plan, design, document, budget and lead the basis and security activities to support implementation of new SAP systems and add-ons. Work with IT management and business users to develop a strategy for future enhancements. Ensure system stability and optimize system performance. Implement required patches and support packs. Communicate effectively with end users, identifying needs and evaluating alternative functional or technical solutions and strategies to meet their needs. Handle multiple and conflicting priorities in a professional manner, manage the operational support, enhancement and maintenance of the SAP systems, including service levels, understands and complies with ethical, legal and regulatory requirements applicable to our business.
Uses best business practices to ensure success in areas of responsibility. Identify and document risks and review project progress providing follow-up status communications to the relevant stakeholders and management on active IT projects. Ensure compliance with Verizon corporate policy and SAP standard methodology.
Provide guidance on SAP cloud migration, work with vendors like SAP, Deloitte in designing and building infra for 1ERP, One Sourcing, One Planning initiatives.
Accountable for the performance of employees/ contractors reporting to them. Sets goals, ensures that they are met, take corrective actions when necessary and is responsible for continuous process improvement. Assigns personnel to various operations and schedules their activities, reviews and evaluates their work and prepares performance reports.
Designing or participating in the design of key areas such as high availability, disaster recovery and systems management (latest on patches, DB/ system backup, archiving) for all SAP landscapes.
Supporting SAP ERP apps (vSAP, nSAP, wSAP) by collaborating with other IT teams in resolving any production issues and making the apps highly available. Provide support on outages and help resolve them with in MTTR and provide root cause to management.
Knowledge of SAP systems (ECC/ HANA S4, BW, PI/ PO).
A degree in computer science or computer engineering or any other related discipline.
Experience in project management including waterfall and agile methodologies.
Experience in leading/ managing Software projects/ development teams.
Experience triaging/ handling high pressure customer end user/ requests.
Experience with performance tuning, scalability and availability.
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Knowledge and experience of Docker/ Container technologies.
Experience with Sales and Supply chain systems, logistics, Customer Engagement & CRM systems.


You already know how martial arts will improve every aspect of your life. From your physical conditioning, to your health and wellness, and even your confidence and concentration, martial arts has many benefits to the human mind, body, and spirit.
If you are like many others who have made the decision to train in martial arts, then you have taken the first step to unlocking your true potential. But what martial art should you choose to practice? There are many disciplines to choose from, each with their own unique characteristics.
Among these martial arts is Muay Thai. Muay Thai originated from Thailand and is practiced all over the world. It is often referred to as the 'Art of Eight Limbs' because it utilizes fists, elbows, legs, and knees, making any full-contact fighter very efficient. It is also one of the most significant and widely used bases in mixed martial arts.
Today, Evolve Daily shares 5 ways Muay Thai improves your everyday life.
Muay Thai will provide you with enough cardio to really maximize your energy expenditure. It is one of the toughest workouts you will ever experience, but you'll emerge much stronger and fitter because of it.
Hitting the heavy bag is one of the best ways to increase your power in Muay Thai.
The majority of movements in Muay Thai directly impact the core, which is also responsible for stabilizing and protecting your spine. Your core doesn't only include the abdominal muscles, but also the lats, spinal erectors, glute complex, quadratus lumborum, and hip flexors which make up the outer-core muscles.
Whether we realize it or not, stress affects our lives greatly in more ways than one. Stress weakens our immune system, causes high blood pressure, fatigue, and depression. It can put us in a bad mood, decrease the quality of life, and damage our health in irreversible ways.
Everyone wants to look their absolute best, no question, and one of the quickest ways to achieve this is by training in martial arts. Muay Thai, in particular, will undoubtedly leave you in your best ever shape, and in addition, will also have a positive impact on many other areas of your life.
So, what are you waiting for? Give Muay Thai a try today!


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28 inch long Inline Pick (71,12 cm) bended 15 degrees. Bullet 2 1/4 inch (5,72 cm) and diameter 7/16 inch (1,11 cm). This pick allow more handle clearance in confining areas. The sharper ends work great for fine tuning.


The objective of V-BLAST is to recover the symbol vector s(k) from the observations r(k) and the estimate H.
In this paper, an improved ZF-OSIC recursive algorithm has been proposed for the V-BLAST system.
Wolniansky, "Detection Algorithm and Initial Laboratory Results using V-BLAST Space-time Communication Architecture," IEE electron.
Berberidis, "A Square-root Adaptive V-BLAST Algorithm for Fast Time-varying MIMO Channels," in Proc.
Gao, "An Improved Square-root Algorithm for V-BLAST based on Efficient Inverse Cholesky Factorization," IEEE Trans.
Liu, "A Novel Fast Recursive MMSE-SIC Detection Algorithm for V-BLAST Systems," IEEE Trans.
Liu, "Modified Fast Recursive Algorithm for Efficient MMSE-SIC Detection of the V-BLAST system," IEEE Trans.
A low complexity FSD ordering scheme that requires a fraction of the computations of the V-BLAST scheme was proposed in .
Kammeyer, "MMSE extension of V-BLAST based on sorted QR decomposition," in Proc.


We all want the very best for our babies. We tend to research baby gear, food, diapers, and toys but how about baby clothes? The same holds true for what our babies wear when it comes to being socially responsible and free of toxins. Debest Baby is concerned about these things as well. Started by a young couple, Debest Baby has strived to make eco-friendly, high quality baby clothes for their daughter and your child. They make their clothes from naturally colored cotton that is free from toxins, bleach, and dyes.
Why not white cotton? White cotton is a harmful crop boasting 25% of the world's insecticide usage and 10% of pesticide usage to harvest it. Not only that, it requires processing from toxins, bleach, and dyes to turn it that white color that we are all accustomed to seeing. While natural colored cotton isn't widely used in the US, it has shorter fibers than white cotton making it softer.
It reminds me of why we use food dyes. It doesn't do anything to enhance the product, it just produces a color that we think it should be for some reason. We are victims of marketing and it's time to change our mindset for the health of our families and the environment.
Debest Baby clothes are still cute with vibrant colors despite using natural colored cotton. In fact, I love the beige tint to them more than white. It makes them more interesting to the eye and it is surely more practical for baby clothes than white!
They carry a line of short-sleeved and long-sleeved body suits, sleepers, two-piece sets, and even baby blankets.
If you are looking for eco-friendly, toxin-free, natural cotton clothes for your baby then look no further than Debest Baby. They take you, your baby, and the environment to heart when crafting their clothing and accessories and you will feel good about putting your baby in them.
"Victims of Marketing." So much truth in such a small statement. That not only applies to this situation (dyes and such) but to SO much more. Hmmmm…..
I love that they make their clothes from naturally colored cotton that is free from toxins, bleach, and dyes. It is so rare to find things that are not made naturally or with dyes or chemicals in them.
I love the more subtle look of natural cotton, pure white can be so harsh looking plus I'm always worrying about staining anything white.
Looks like a great company for wholesome clothes for my baby due in March!
These look like well made clothes for babies. And very cute patterns.
I never really gave me much thought to the pesticides being used on cotton fields. Makes sense though. Love that theirs isn't! Heading over to their site now! Thanks for your thoughts!
I prefer to use unbleached cotton when making sewing projects, I love the more natural look and feel of it! I had no idea it used so much insecticide worldwide, really shocking.
What sweet baby things! The sweet dreams in stripes sleeper is so cute! It would be fun to have that for a new baby! I like that they are not white too!


Our choir was invited to sing at the 'Carers Celebration' event by the Derbyshire Carers Association on 9th December 2014. We want to say thanks to the Carers Association for the invitation; to Gill Stamp for making the arrangements, looking after us and answering our difficult questions ; and of course - to all the adults who came along to help. You are very appreciated!
On December 15th, our choir sang at St. James', Codnor for our annual, traditional Church Service. It was attended by many members of our local church and community.
On the evening of December 16th, our choir performed at this wonderful annual event, organised by our local parish council and attended by people from our own community and beyond. The Heage Band provided music, and everyone agreed that this was a great way to begin their Christmas celebrations. The collection went to the BBC Children in Need appeal.
To round off a super year, the choir performed in school on 19th December. Each year, Carols Around the Tree features singing and other musical items from all of our children - including our great instrumentalists: masters of the violin, brass, piano and bells! There was also a brilliant poetry reading and performance from our Poetry Competition Champion! We want to thank everyone who came along, packed out the hall, and enjoyed mince pies and a cup of tea! Same time next year?


dance performer at the rambert dance company. teaches classes at a dance studio in hampstead on friday nights.
can someone delete trump? k thnx.
hampstead, in a v british house, with her aunt and her brother.
getting emotionally attached to a guy that she's not officially dating bc she thinks it's a bad idea (bc of all her issues and all his niceness). your regular complicated relationship status, really.


What SEO services can Pineapple web provide me with?
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