Following a season where weather played a major role in deciding several area football games, Mother Nature had one last trick up her sleeve for last Friday's Port Allegany-Kane District 9 Class A quarterfinal.
The game was moved to Bradford by D-9 officials after midweek rains rendered the well-used field in Kane unplayable, but a wintry blast of 'football weather' starting shortly before kickoff left both teams slipping and sliding on the snow-covered artificial turf at Parkway Field.
Advantage: Kane. With the tandem of Shane (157 yards) and Tyler Rolick (107) combining for three rushing touchdowns behind the blocking of fellow Big 30 All-Stars Jake Shrubb and Toby Fox, the second-seeded Wolves (10-0) plowed their way to a 29-6 victory, advancing to a semifinal rematch against Curwensville while ending Port's 2015 campaign at 6-5 with their third win of the season over the Gators.
With both teams struggling to hang on to the ball in the wintry conditions, the Wolves took an early lead, nearly recovering a Gator fumble in the end zone before the ball squirted out of their grasp and past the back line for a safety.
Following an exchange of punts, the game turned in Port's direction on, of all things, another Gator fumble. A hard hit popped the ball loose from running back Mac Tanner, but center Jacy Richardson was in perfect position to snag it out of midair. He took off for the end zone 65 yards away with his fellow offensive linemen forming a convoy behind him, walling off the desperate Wolves who were giving chase. The two-point conversion attempt failed, but with 3:41 left in the first quarter, the Gators held a 6-2 lead — the first time Kane had trailed since its Week 5 game against Ridgway, and just the second time all season.
The steady burst of lake-effect snow forced a delay soon afterward, with players, coaches, cheerleaders, officials, and volunteers from both towns joining forces to try to clear the sidelines and yard markers with their feet.
For the second-year Port head coach, it brought back memories of the Gators' 2012 D-9 championship game win against Clarion on the same snow-covered turf.
Port was still ahead as the second quarter began, but Kane was beginning to win the field-position battle, with Tyler Rolick returning a punt to the Gator 25, then capping off a short drive by bulling in for a 4-yard touchdown to retake the lead at 8-6.
The Wolves tried to surprise Port with an onside kick, but the ball rolled to a stop in the snow before traveling the required 10 yards. The Gators took over with their best field position of the night, pushing forward to the Kane 21 before sledding to a stop with a turnover on downs.
That was the closest they'd get for the rest of the game. Kane manufactured another scoring drive just before halftime, with Tyler Rolick tacking on his second rushing touchdown from 15 yards out to give the AML champs a 16-6 lead at the break. The Port offense spun its wheels in the snow in the second half, managing just a single first down and 11 yards of offense in the final two quarters, and the Wolves added a late pair of insurance touchdowns to advance to the semifinals.
Afterward, Silfies had plenty of respect for his opponent.
Thirteen Gator seniors played their final football game in orange and black, leaving the program with several holes to fill next season.
First Downs: Port 5, Kane 17.
Rushes-Yds: Port 24-29, Kane 52-257.
Passing Yds: Port 61, Kane 37.
Comp-Att-Int: Port 4-22-1, Kane 4-9-0.
Total Yards: Port 90, Kane 294.
Fumbles-Lost: Port 6-1, Kane 3-1.
Punts-Avg: Port 7-27.1, Kane 6-31.8.
Penalties-Yds: Port 8-80, Kane 6-35.
Total Plays: Port 46, Kane 61.
Time of Poss.: Port 18:33, Kane 29:27.
Rushing: Port – Jacy Richardson 0-65, Josiah Ramadhan 5-10, Jordan Seefeldt 1-0, Mac Tanner 5-(-1), Dylan Baumgarner 6-(-3), Tre Garzel 4-(-5), team 4-(-26). Kane – Shane Rolick 22-157 (TD), Tyler Rolick 23-107 (2 TD), Ange Costanzo 1-(-1), Tyler Weidenhoff 3-(-6), team 3-0.
Passing: Port – Garzel 3-17-0-45 yards, Tanner 1-2-0-16, Baumgarner 0-1-1-0, Seefeldt 0-2-0-0. Kane: S. Rolick 4-9-0-37.
The 2015 season was a challenging one for the Port Allegany High School soccer teams, with the Gator boys fighting through injuries and a difficult schedule while the girls tried to find replacements for the top two goal-scorers in the history of their program.
Despite all that, both squads managed to finish the regular season at .500, then push a higher-seeded opponent to the brink of an upset in first-round District 9 Class A playoff matches. And with several key contributors set to return, both coaches are optimistic about next year.
The Port High boys (9-10) stepped up in class for several games this season, facing New York Class B teams Olean (twice), Hornell, and Wellsville, as well as Pennsy Class AAA school Bradford in a schedule that 10th-year head coach Aaron Clark called "the most aggressive of my tenure." That would've been a tall enough task without missing as many as four starters at a time due to injury/illness.
Just four seniors depart from this year's team, but along with Daniel Bishel and Steven Bressan, that number includes four-year lettermen Garrett Talkington and Gage Caulkins.
Talkington leaves with a career 1.95 goals-against average and the program records for wins (37), shutouts (17), and single-season saves (160), but Clark expects junior-to-be Josh Mealy to step right into his place between the pipes.
"We'll be bringing back a lot of offensive talent in MacKenzie Elliott (10 goals), Brandon McCaslin (team-best 12 and 9 assists), and Calvin Burleson in the three attacking positions in the middle along with every other regular starter," he added.
With Lady Gator 50-goal scorers Somer Buchsenschutz and Lynae Delacour departing via graduation and a young defense/midfield corps, many observers might have expected "three or four" wins, coach Travis Cowburn said.
Instead, with playmaking midfielder Autumn Buchsenschutz taking on more of a scoring role to finish with a team-high nine goals, the Gator girls doubled that total. Their final 8-9-2 record included the program's first-ever wins at Bradford and Elk Catholic.
But to shoot for a fourth consecutive postseason berth next year, Cowburn knows he'll need to replace several players, led by four-year starting goalkeeper Laura Fox.
"My seniors for the year were incredible. It seems like when we needed big plays, it was a senior who did it," he said. "Kylie Bosworth and Emily Conklin were a vital interchangeable part of our team. Their versatility makes a coach's job a lot easier. Ashley Anderson, although having ankle issues, played beautifully. Her abilities let us change out defensive personnel without losing skill. Samantha Metzger was one of our biggest surprises this year. Playing or not, she stepped up to be that leader that teams can rally around for any cause. Being a very driven coach, she and several other players such as Sydney Fitzsimmons, Brianna Roys, and others helped me keep the mood light when the pressure was mounting.
The cupboard isn't bare, though, with Buchsenschutz back for her senior year and younger players like Leah Garzel (5 goals) and Autumn Freer (3) already showing a knack for finding the back of the net.
The 2015 campaign has been a roller-coaster ride for the Port Allegany volleyball team, but the Lady Gators completed their season on a positive note last week with a four-match winning streak to finish the year at .500 (10-10, 9-7 North Tier League).
"The girls certainly rose to the occasion at the end of the season," coach Sharon Daniels wrote in an email to the Reporter Argus. "We had a rough go of it from the midway mark after losing Hannah Lathrop to an injury. We made a few adjustments and brought up a freshman to fill the role. Kierra Keck was definitely up for the challenge and worked so hard to compete. Her job was to block and block she did!
The Lady Gators closed out the year by sweeping the season series against Oswayo Valley (25-9, 20-25, 25-22, 25-22), Cameron County (25-17, 25-20, 25-12), and Austin (25-6, 25-14, 25-11), while celebrating Senior Night by avenging an earlier loss at Smethport with a 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22 win over the Lady Hubbers on Wednesday night.
The team is rounded out with Makayla Hults, Teddi Kaple, Savannah Gray and Giovanna Bruno, with Bell, Daniels, and Bruno the only seniors on a young roster.
Run and stop the run.
Sounds simple enough: Grind out yardage and points by running the football, keep the other team from doing the same, and you'll win games.
It's a formula Kane High School has used with great success lately. Averaging more than 320 rushing yards and scoring almost 40 points per game while allowing fewer than 10, the defending District 9 Class A champs haven't lost since last year's PIAA quarterfinals, rolling through the regular season with an unblemished record.
On Friday night, it earned them their fifth Allegheny Mountain League championship, their second in three years, with a 21-0 victory over Port Allegany at Paul R. Miller Stadium in Kane.
Shane Rolick rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns, twin brother Tyler added 123 to hit the 1,000-yard mark for the season, and Erik Delong contributed a scoring run as the Wolves (9-0) piled up 303 total yards while allowing just 65 to down the Gators (6-4) for the second time this season.
Port didn't make it easy for them, forcing four punts, a pair of turnovers on downs, and a fumble recovered by Nate Lowery to cap a second-half goal-line stand in a physical, hard-hitting contest. But with the Gator offense unable to move the ball, spending almost the entire game on its own side of midfield, Kane's early lead proved to be insurmountable.
The Gators had an opportunity late in the first quarter, moving the ball to the Kane 31 following Delong's 13-yard touchdown run. But the drive halted there, with a six-yard loss and a pair of incompletions leading to a fourth-and-long heave that Shane Rolick picked off at his own 20 to end the threat.
The Wolves responded with a 13-play, 70-yard march to their second score, with Shane Rolick covering the final eight yards and Tyler booting his second extra point to make it 14-0. They had one more chance to add to their lead before halftime, but the Port defense held, forcing a fourth-down incompletion from its own 17 to keep the score within reach.
Neither team was able to move the ball coming out of the locker room, with Kane seemingly facing disaster when a shotgun snap went over the punter's head to set up the Gator offense at the Wolves' 15. A quick 10-yard pass from Tre Garzel to Jordan Seefeldt gave Port first-and-goal at the 5, but they could go no further, turning the ball over on downs.
"They stole the momentum on that play when we made a mistake," Silfies said, "but our motto all year has been picking each other up. The defense stepped up and stole the momentum right back from them. I thought it was huge. And then we didn't get a first down, but Tyler Rolick's punt from deep in our end, getting it over them, that changed field position.
Rolick's booming 56-yard punt flipped the field, and after another exchange of three-and-outs, the Wolves got the ball back at midfield and marched 50 yards for their final score of the night on Shane Rolick's 27-yard read-option burst up the middle.
The win secured the No. 2 seed in the Class A playoffs for Kane, with Port grabbing the first wild-card slot at No. 7. By the luck of the draw, that means another visit to the "Wolves' Den" this Friday night at 7 p.m. for a District 9 quarterfinal game.
Bienkowski knows his Gator squad will once again be the underdog, but they don't plan on backing down.
"We told (the players), 'You get that second chance. You can play with them. They put their pants on one leg at a time. They're not immortals.' We can give them a shot; again, we've got nothing to lose.
First Downs: Port 7, Kane 18.
Rushes-Yds: Port 16-(-11), Kane 61-296.
Passing Yds: Port 76, Kane 7.
Comp-Att-Int: Port 11-33-1, Kane 1-7-0.
Total Yards: Port 65, Kane 303.
Punts-Avg: Port 8-28.0, Kane 4-36.8.
Penalties-Yds: Port 0-0, Kane 7-35.
Total Plays: Port 49, Kane 68.
Time of Poss.: Port 16:42, Kane 31:18.
Rushing: Port – Mac Tanner 6 carries-5 yards, Jordan Seefeldt 2-2, Dylan Baumgarner 3-2, Josiah Ramadhan 2-(-6), Tre Garzel 3-(-14). Kane – Shane Rolick 19-142 (2 TD), Tyler Rolick 30-123, Erik Delong 9-59 (TD), Ange Costanzo 2-3, team 1-(-31).
Passing: Port – Garzel 11-32-1-76 yards, Baumgarner 0-1-0-0. Kane: S. Rolick 1-7-0-7.
Receiving: Port – Baumgarner 5-53, Seefeldt 3-20, Tanner 2-5, Ramadhan 1-(-2). Kane – Tyler Weidenhoff 1-7.
Port and Kane are tied with four AML championship-game victories each, second to Smethport's seven since the league inaugurated its title tilt in 1986.
SERIES RECORD: Port holds a 9-8 edge in the 30 years since the Wolves joined the expanded AML, although Kane has won the last three meetings and seven of the last 10. The two teams have never met in either the AML title game or the District 9 playoffs.
A nightmarish start snowballed into a lopsided defeat for the Gators, with Kane returning a fumble for a touchdown on Port's first play from scrimmage and adding three more scores before the game was five minutes old.
The Gator defense was seeing double, as twin brothers Tyler and Shane Rolick accounted for six of Kane's 10 touchdowns. Behind a massive line averaging 245 pounds per player, Tyler rushed for 216 yards and three scores and added one on a reception, while Shane caught another one of sophomore quarterback Reed Williams' four TD passes and ran a kickoff back 79 yards to cap the Wolves' scoring. Erik Delong (129 rushing yards) also hit triple digits as Kane rolled up 374 yards on the ground and 513 in total offense.
Four weeks into the 2015 schedule, Port Allegany High School's varsity football season stood at a crossroads. Following a lopsided 66-22 setback at Kane with just 16 players healthy enough to dress, the Gators were 1-3. How would they respond?
By not losing another game since that night.
Last Friday, with the defense pitching its third shutout in five weeks, Port celebrated Senior Night at "The Swamp" with a 40-0 demolition of Sheffield to complete a sweep of the Allegheny Mountain League North Division, clinch a District 9 playoff berth, and tune up for a rematch with the Wolves in the AML championship game.
"It's 100 percent, without a doubt, a credit to our kids for just buying into what we were trying to sell them," coach Justin Bienkowski said. "I can't say it enough: I would take the assistant coaches that I have the pleasure to work with, and those 20-plus kids that we have the opportunity to work with … I love all of them. I told them that I would be there for them, I would do anything for them. We've created a football family. It's been really cool.
Following a Sheffield three-and-out on the Wolverines' first series, Mac Tanner jumpstarted Port's point production by fielding a punt on the bounce at midfield and streaking down the sideline for a 50-yard touchdown. Josiah Ramadhan ran in for the two-point conversion, and the Gators took an 8-0 lead six minutes into the game.
As the first quarter ended, Sheffield thought they had a long punt-return score of their own, but a holding penalty brought the ball back to the Gator 45 and the offense couldn't gain any ground from there. On the night, the Wolverines managed just 50 yards of total offense, never running a play from inside the Port 30-yard line until the final three minutes of the game.
The Gators were on the move again midway through the second stanza, with quarterback Jordan Seefeldt breaking free for a 44-yard jaunt from a read-option before a desperate shoestring tackle brought him down.
The tandem of Tanner and Ramadhan moved the ball to the Sheffield 1, and Port rolled out its heavy equipment to cover the final yard. Lining up with a "jumbo" full-house backfield of linemen Nate Lowery, Ethan Budd, and Bryan Stahlman, Lowery rumbled into the end zone behind his blocking backs, and Stahlman tossed a two-point pass to Tanner to double the Gator lead to 16-0.
Port had a chance to add another score just before the half, but a Sheffield interception with 0:03 remaining kept it a two-touchdown margin at the break.
For the fifth game in a row, the Gator defense had the upper hand in making halftime adjustments, forcing a three-and-out on the opponent's opening possession of the third quarter. Sheffield's bad series got even worse when the snap sailed over the punter's head, turning the ball over at its own 22, and Port needed just three plays for Tre Garzel to fire a 16-yard strike to Dylan Baumgarner for the score. This time, it was Budd crashing in for the two-point conversion to make it 24-0.
Another Sheffield punt led to another Gator score a couple of minutes later, with Ramadhan taking a handoff 40 yards to paydirt on the first play of the drive. Lowery added the conversion, and as the third quarter ended with a 32-0 Port lead, time was running out on the Wolverines' penultimate chance to get into the win column.
Baumgarner tacked on his second score of the half following another long Tanner punt return, with a Garzel run keeping the Gators perfect on two-point plays, invoking the running-clock mercy rule at 40-0 with 8:31 left in the game.
Sheffield had one final chance to get on the scoreboard after a roughing-the-passer call erased an 80-yard pick-six by Garzel, but a fumble recovery by Cody Lentz ended the threat and one last kneeldown ran the last few seconds off the clock.
Now, Port (6-3, 5-0 AML North) turns its attention once again to Kane (9-0, 4-0 AML South), with head coach Todd Silfies leading a deep and talented pack of Wolves seeking their second league title in three years. Both teams own four modern-era AML crowns, tied for second place behind Smethport's seven: Port won two of the first three in 1986 and 1988, then went back-to-back in 2011-12, while Kane is 4-0 in the championship game with wins in 2002, 2007, 2008, and 2013.
Bienkowski knows what his squad is up against, with a Wolves offense capable of scoring either on the ground or through the air and a hard-hitting, turnover-happy defense. But, he cautioned, this isn't the same Gator team that took the field back in September.
"It's completely different," he said. "Dylan was injured that night, Jordan was very new (coming back from a preseason injury), Nate Lowery had kind of a tender hamstring. The line was a little bit unsure of themselves. Cameron Fryer gives us more time, Brock Veilleux has seen some more snaps, Jared Mahon got some experience tonight.
It was Port's 14th consecutive win over Sheffield dating back to 2001, their longest current streak against any AML team. The Gators now own a 26-4 edge over the Wolverines since two-division play began in 1986, and lead 47-17-1 since the two schools helped create the original six-team league (along with Coudersport, Otto Township, Smethport, and St. Marys) in 1951.
The Gators moved up to second in this week's Olean Times Herald large-school poll, replacing St. Marys, which dropped to third. Kane, the only undefeated team left in the Big 30, remained the unanimous choice for No. 1.
Port placed a division-best eight players on the AML North all-star team: Dylan Baumgarner (E), Ethan Budd (G), Tre Garzel (QB), and Bryan Stahlman (T) on offense, and TyDel Green (DT), Nate Lowery (LB), Jordan Seefeldt (DB), and Mac Tanner (DB) on defense.
Rushing: Sheffield – Myquandre Stevenson 20 carries-45 yards, Demon Dunning 8-38, Shawn McCullough 2-(-1), Cale Albaugh 3-(-19), team 2-(-29). Port Allegany – Josiah Ramadhan 5-68 (TD), Jordan Seefeldt 6-66, Mac Tanner 10-56, Dylan Baumgarner 4-30 (TD), Tre Garzel 2-13, Nate Lowery 1-1 (TD), Wyatt Dean 2-1, Jared Mahon 1-0.
Passing: Sheffield – Albaugh 3 completions-16 attempts-0 interceptions-16 yards. Port Allegany – Seefeldt 5-9-1-37, Garzel 2-5-0-28 (TD).
Receiving: Sheffield – Dunning 3 catches-16 yards. Port Allegany – Baumgarner 2-28 (TD), Tanner 3-23, Garzel 1-8, Mahon 1-6.


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The 90's are not generally the most beloved of musical eras. The golden age of metal waned into an age of alt rock and grunge, with its faux-tough sensibilities and often minimalistic songcraft compared to the high-speed technical intricacies of classic heavy and thrash metal. All empires must fall, however, and alt rock and grunge found their wings clipped just the same, as the old millennium sighed into the new. Back in those days, an outfit calling themselves Jolly Mon were trying to turn ripples into waves around the Pacific northwest. They must have sensed the time was not right for them, because much like Pennywise the Clown, Jolly Mon went into hibernation for over a decade and a half." Void if opened before 2018.


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Get Paid Lately?
By Jay Allen Sanford, Jan. 2, 2008
Fifty on their heels knows how to get by
Fifty on Their Heels manager Scott Pactor offers advice on how bands can land repeat paying gigs:
"Low bar total equals failure, high bar total equals success," he blogs at catdirtsez.blogspot.com. "The success of the bar ultimately rests on the size of the guest list. This hurts the promoters, but benefits the bar, and the Beauty Bar will cut you if your bar total is low...so the comp list [for a July show] was close to 100. So, that's like $500 that the bands lose [in cover charges], but an additional $1500 or whatever for the bar [in drink sales], so what are you going to do? Cultivate the guest list. Expand the guest list...do you think I care whether I collect the cover? Get in there and drink."
Patrick's II in the Gaslamp Quarter reportedly pays bands $350 on weekday evenings (when there's usually no cover) and $450 on weekends (when admission averages $5).
Local bands report playing for a bar tab at the Zombie Lounge, the Ken Club, and Scolari's.
The Epicentre requires bands to presell a minimum of 32 tickets. Opening bands are expected to draw 32 to 50 people, for which they're paid $1 a head. Supporting acts in the middle of the bill need to bring in 50 to 95 people, which earn bands $1.75 per head. Local headliners are expected to draw 96 or more people, to be paid $2.50 per head. Multiband local showcases are structured to pay $1 per head for the first 50 tickets sold and $2 per head for 51 or more.
A local musician who often plays the Casbah says, "Bands don't compare notes [on pay], but as far as I know, [receiving] door percentages would probably be only for really big bands. I don't know about beer tabs, but bands do play there for free to get a break, especially at local showcases where admission is free. I've never heard of an opening band there not being paid, though in some cases it will vary by crowd size or lack thereof. Openers for a big show probably get paid between $40 and a few hundred, depending on a whole lot of variables."
Another local says, "The Belly Up pays bands when admission will be $10 or more at the door, usually $100 to $200. Some bands opt for lower pay in exchange for more [free] drink tickets."
More stories by Jay Allen Sanford
Not a Bad Battle? — March 5, 2008
The Blues, Indeed — June 14, 2007
This Is Not a Rock and Roll Town — Sept. 28, 2006
Playing for Beans — March 2, 2006
Why does San Diego city council need free food? — May 27, 1999
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A tip to the glossines girl: Charge that stuff on a credit card, then transfer the balance over to another credit card that has 0% interest for one year. As long as ya don't default on your payments, (seriously call the 800 number on the card and mark that on your calendar), its the best way to take care of things like that.
And START A PAYPAL ACCOUNT! With a "donate now" button on your bands myspace. You will get a lot of money coming in that way. Every little bit counts.

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Scott, Cink and Gay commit to play 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions
Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii – The Sentry Tournament of Champions today announced Adam Scott, Stewart Cink, Brian Gay, Martin Laird and Michael Thompson have committed to play in the 2021 limited field event when the tournament returns to Maui from Jan. 6-10.
Adam Scott, 14-time winner on the PGA TOUR, qualified for the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a victory at the Genesis Invitational in February. Scott defeated Sung Kang, Scott Brown and Matt Kuchar by two strokes for his first TOUR win since back-to-back victories at The Honda Classic and World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship in 2016. The Australia native will make his seventh appearance, and first since 2014, at The Plantation Course at Kapalua.
Stewart Cink earned his seventh career TOUR victory with a two-stroke win over Harry Higgs at the Safeway Open in September. The victory marked 4,074 days since Cink's last TOUR win at The Open Championship in 2009; making him one of three players who have gone 11 years between starts at The Plantation Course at Kapalua (Charles Howell III/2008-19 and Vaughn Taylor/2006-17). The 47-year-old will make the return trip to Maui as he looks to improve on a tournament best T5 finish in 2005.
Texas native Brian Gay claimed his fifth TOUR title, and first since 2013, defeating Wyndham Clark in a playoff at the Bermuda Championship in November. At age 48, Gay is the oldest winner on TOUR since 2015 (Davis Love III/Wyndham Championship/51) and became the third player in his 40s to win this year (Cink and Sergio Garcia). Gay will make his fourth appearance at the Sentry Tournament of Champions where his career-best finish came in 2014 (T13).
Martin Laird qualified for the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a win at Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in October. The Scotland native defeated Matthew Wolff and Austin Cook in a playoff for his fourth career TOUR title, which marked his first victory in seven years (2013 Valero Texas Open). Laird will make his fourth trip to The Plantation Course at Kapalua where he finished solo-second at the 2012 event.
Arizona native Michael Thompson picked up his second career TOUR title at the 3M Open in July where he defeated Adam Long by two strokes for a 19-under 265. The win, coming in his 228th start, marked his first victory in seven years (2013 The Honda Classic). The 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions will mark Thompson's second trip to Maui, where he finished T16 in 2014.
There are 28 players who have qualified for the 2021 event courtesy of their PGA TOUR victories this calendar year, including six first timers. An additional 17 players without a victory this calendar year, but who made it to the TOUR Championship are subsequently eligible for the 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions; an additional qualification category for the 2021 event only as a result of changes to the professional golf calendar made by the PGA TOUR due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information about the Sentry Tournament of Champions, please visit SentryTournamentOfChampions.com. Fans are encouraged to follow Sentry Tournament of Champions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


Blue Firth is one of the five New Makers that TOAST will be supporting and nurturing throughout the year. Her raku fired ceramics are simple and beautifully sculptural.
While Blue Firth might not use the term 'artist' to describe herself, that's exactly what she is. Having trained firstly at Loughborough University where she studied painting, she then attended The Royal Academy Schools completing a Masters in FIne Art.
Blue's ceramics draw upon vernacular styles and while the clay she uses is not as localised as she would like ("I'd love to say that I can dig clay out of the ground but in Nottingham it's mainly sand!"), she does source from Stoke on Trent, the home of English pottery, which for her feels genuine to go back to the source.
Blue's work is visually pared back with a natural, rawness to each piece, highlighting the materials used and letting them speak for themselves. Many of her pieces, including those for the New Makers series are unglazed, but when she does opt for a layer of sheen, it's with glazes she takes the time to make herself.
Her latest creations utilise a raku firing technique. Blue uses horsehair in this process (as a keen horse rider, she manages to take off-cuts at the stables where she rides). While the piece is still extremely hot Blue uses the horsehair like a brush, burning expressive, feathery smoke marks onto the surface of the clay. "It's just so momentary, you don't have very long to work with it. That kind of instant commitment to something is really exciting." The resulting pieces are one-of-a-kind, heavy-footed bowls - striking sculptures that can also serve to function in our daily rituals.
"For my own mental health, having a process like this is really fundamental."
Having her own studio where Blue can practice and teach combined with the recent selection for TOAST's New Makers has allowed Blue to start seeing her work with clay as a promising long-term journey, rich in narrative and community. "I don't think I ever saw myself as a craftsperson before because prior to working with clay my work was quite conceptual and large-scaled and never existed for very long," she explains.
Interview by Andie Cusick. Images by Kendal Noctor.


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import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
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import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Types;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

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import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.RuntimeCamelException;
import org.apache.camel.spi.OptimisticLockingAggregationRepository;
import org.apache.camel.spi.RecoverableAggregationRepository;
import org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceSupport;
import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.core.Constants;
import org.springframework.dao.EmptyResultDataAccessException;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.support.AbstractLobCreatingPreparedStatementCallback;
import org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.DefaultLobHandler;
import org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.LobCreator;
import org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.LobHandler;
import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition;
import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition;
import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionCallback;
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    // optimistic locking: version identifier needed to avoid the lost update problem
    protected static final String VERSION = "version";
    protected static final String VERSION_PROPERTY = "CamelOptimisticLockVersion";

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JdbcAggregationRepository.class);
    private static final Constants PROPAGATION_CONSTANTS = new Constants(TransactionDefinition.class);

    protected JdbcCamelCodec codec = new JdbcCamelCodec();
    protected JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
    protected TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate;
    protected TransactionTemplate transactionTemplateReadOnly;
    protected boolean allowSerializedHeaders;

    private JdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper
            = new DefaultJdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper();
    private PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager;
    private DataSource dataSource;
    private int propagationBehavior = TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED;
    private LobHandler lobHandler = new DefaultLobHandler();
    private String repositoryName;
    private boolean returnOldExchange;
    private long recoveryInterval = 5000;
    private boolean useRecovery = true;
    private int maximumRedeliveries;
    private String deadLetterUri;
    private List<String> headersToStoreAsText;
    private boolean storeBodyAsText;

    /**
     * Creates an aggregation repository
     */
    public JdbcAggregationRepository() {
    }

    /**
     * Creates an aggregation repository with the three mandatory parameters
     */
    public JdbcAggregationRepository(PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager, String repositoryName,
                                     DataSource dataSource) {
        this.setRepositoryName(repositoryName);
        this.setTransactionManager(transactionManager);
        this.setDataSource(dataSource);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the name of the repository
     */
    public final void setRepositoryName(String repositoryName) {
        this.repositoryName = repositoryName;
    }

    public final void setTransactionManager(PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager) {
        this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the DataSource to use for accessing the database
     */
    public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
        this.dataSource = dataSource;

        jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
    }

    @Override
    public Exchange add(
            final CamelContext camelContext, final String correlationId,
            final Exchange oldExchange, final Exchange newExchange)
            throws OptimisticLockingException {

        try {
            return add(camelContext, correlationId, newExchange);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper != null && jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper.isOptimisticLocking(e)) {
                throw new OptimisticLockingException();
            } else {
                throw RuntimeCamelException.wrapRuntimeCamelException(e);
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Exchange add(final CamelContext camelContext, final String correlationId, final Exchange exchange) {
        return transactionTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Exchange>() {

            public Exchange doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
                Exchange result = null;
                final String key = correlationId;

                try {
                    LOG.debug("Adding exchange with key {}", key);

                    boolean present = jdbcTemplate.queryForObject(
                            "SELECT COUNT(1) FROM " + getRepositoryName() + " WHERE " + ID + " = ?", Integer.class, key) != 0;

                    // Recover existing exchange with that ID
                    if (isReturnOldExchange() && present) {
                        result = get(key, getRepositoryName(), camelContext);
                    }

                    if (present) {
                        Long versionLong = exchange.getProperty(VERSION_PROPERTY, Long.class);
                        if (versionLong == null) {
                            LOG.debug("Race while inserting record with key {}", key);
                            throw new OptimisticLockingException();
                        } else {
                            long version = versionLong.longValue();
                            LOG.debug("Updating record with key {} and version {}", key, version);
                            update(camelContext, correlationId, exchange, getRepositoryName(), version);
                        }
                    } else {
                        LOG.debug("Inserting record with key {}", key);
                        insert(camelContext, correlationId, exchange, getRepositoryName(), 1L);
                    }

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException("Error adding to repository " + repositoryName + " with key " + key, e);
                }

                return result;
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Updates the current exchange details in the given repository table.
     *
     * @param camelContext   Current CamelContext
     * @param key            Correlation key
     * @param exchange       Aggregated exchange
     * @param repositoryName Table's name
     * @param version        Version identifier
     */
    protected void update(
            final CamelContext camelContext, final String key, final Exchange exchange, String repositoryName, Long version)
            throws Exception {
        StringBuilder queryBuilder = new StringBuilder()
                .append("UPDATE ").append(repositoryName)
                .append(" SET ")
                .append(EXCHANGE).append(" = ?")
                .append(", ")
                .append(VERSION).append(" = ?");
        if (storeBodyAsText) {
            queryBuilder.append(", ").append(BODY).append(" = ?");
        }

        if (hasHeadersToStoreAsText()) {
            for (String headerName : headersToStoreAsText) {
                queryBuilder.append(", ").append(headerName).append(" = ?");
            }
        }

        queryBuilder.append(" WHERE ")
                .append(ID).append(" = ?")
                .append(" AND ")
                .append(VERSION).append(" = ?");

        String sql = queryBuilder.toString();
        updateHelper(camelContext, key, exchange, sql, version);
    }

    /**
     * Inserts a new record into the given repository table. Note: the exchange properties are NOT persisted.
     *
     * @param camelContext   Current CamelContext
     * @param correlationId  Correlation key
     * @param exchange       Aggregated exchange to insert
     * @param repositoryName Table's name
     * @param version        Version identifier
     */
    protected void insert(
            final CamelContext camelContext, final String correlationId, final Exchange exchange, String repositoryName,
            Long version)
            throws Exception {
        // The default totalParameterIndex is 3 for ID, Exchange and version. Depending on logic this will be increased.
        int totalParameterIndex = 3;
        StringBuilder queryBuilder = new StringBuilder()
                .append("INSERT INTO ").append(repositoryName)
                .append('(').append(EXCHANGE)
                .append(", ").append(ID)
                .append(", ").append(VERSION);

        if (storeBodyAsText) {
            queryBuilder.append(", ").append(BODY);
            totalParameterIndex++;
        }

        if (hasHeadersToStoreAsText()) {
            for (String headerName : headersToStoreAsText) {
                queryBuilder.append(", ").append(headerName);
                totalParameterIndex++;
            }
        }

        queryBuilder.append(") VALUES (");

        for (int i = 0; i < totalParameterIndex - 1; i++) {
            queryBuilder.append("?, ");
        }
        queryBuilder.append("?)");

        String sql = queryBuilder.toString();

        insertHelper(camelContext, correlationId, exchange, sql, version);
    }

    protected int insertHelper(
            final CamelContext camelContext, final String key, final Exchange exchange, String sql, final Long version)
            throws Exception {
        final byte[] data = codec.marshallExchange(exchange, allowSerializedHeaders);
        Integer insertCount = jdbcTemplate.execute(sql,
                new AbstractLobCreatingPreparedStatementCallback(getLobHandler()) {
                    @Override
                    protected void setValues(PreparedStatement ps, LobCreator lobCreator) throws SQLException {
                        int totalParameterIndex = 0;
                        lobCreator.setBlobAsBytes(ps, ++totalParameterIndex, data);
                        ps.setString(++totalParameterIndex, key);
                        ps.setLong(++totalParameterIndex, version);
                        if (storeBodyAsText) {
                            ps.setString(++totalParameterIndex, exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class));
                        }
                        if (hasHeadersToStoreAsText()) {
                            for (String headerName : headersToStoreAsText) {
                                String headerValue = exchange.getIn().getHeader(headerName, String.class);
                                ps.setString(++totalParameterIndex, headerValue);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                });
        return insertCount == null ? 0 : insertCount;
    }

    protected int updateHelper(
            final CamelContext camelContext, final String key, final Exchange exchange, String sql, final Long version)
            throws Exception {
        final byte[] data = codec.marshallExchange(exchange, allowSerializedHeaders);
        Integer updateCount = jdbcTemplate.execute(sql,
                new AbstractLobCreatingPreparedStatementCallback(getLobHandler()) {
                    @Override
                    protected void setValues(PreparedStatement ps, LobCreator lobCreator) throws SQLException {
                        int totalParameterIndex = 0;
                        lobCreator.setBlobAsBytes(ps, ++totalParameterIndex, data);
                        ps.setLong(++totalParameterIndex, version + 1);
                        if (storeBodyAsText) {
                            ps.setString(++totalParameterIndex, exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class));
                        }
                        if (hasHeadersToStoreAsText()) {
                            for (String headerName : headersToStoreAsText) {
                                String headerValue = exchange.getIn().getHeader(headerName, String.class);
                                ps.setString(++totalParameterIndex, headerValue);
                            }
                        }
                        ps.setString(++totalParameterIndex, key);
                        ps.setLong(++totalParameterIndex, version);
                    }
                });
        if (updateCount == 1) {
            return updateCount;
        } else {
            // Found stale version while updating record
            throw new OptimisticLockingException();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Exchange get(final CamelContext camelContext, final String correlationId) {
        final String key = correlationId;
        Exchange result = get(key, getRepositoryName(), camelContext);
        LOG.debug("Getting key {} -> {}", key, result);
        return result;
    }

    private Exchange get(final String key, final String repositoryName, final CamelContext camelContext) {
        return transactionTemplateReadOnly.execute(new TransactionCallback<Exchange>() {
            public Exchange doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
                try {

                    Map<String, Object> columns = jdbcTemplate.queryForMap(
                            String.format("SELECT %1$s, %2$s FROM %3$s WHERE %4$s=?", EXCHANGE, VERSION, repositoryName, ID),
                            new Object[] { key }, new int[] { Types.VARCHAR });

                    byte[] marshalledExchange = (byte[]) columns.get(EXCHANGE);
                    long version;
                    Object versionObj = columns.get(VERSION);
                    if (versionObj instanceof BigDecimal) {
                        version = ((BigDecimal) versionObj).longValue();
                    } else {
                        version = (long) versionObj;
                    }

                    Exchange result = codec.unmarshallExchange(camelContext, marshalledExchange);
                    result.setProperty(VERSION_PROPERTY, version);
                    return result;

                } catch (EmptyResultDataAccessException ex) {
                    return null;
                } catch (IOException ex) {
                    // Rollback the transaction
                    throw new RuntimeException("Error getting key " + key + " from repository " + repositoryName, ex);
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                    // Rollback the transaction
                    throw new RuntimeException(ex);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void remove(final CamelContext camelContext, final String correlationId, final Exchange exchange) {
        transactionTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallbackWithoutResult() {
            protected void doInTransactionWithoutResult(TransactionStatus status) {
                final String key = correlationId;
                final String confirmKey = exchange.getExchangeId();
                final long version = exchange.getProperty(VERSION_PROPERTY, Long.class);
                try {
                    LOG.debug("Removing key {}", key);

                    jdbcTemplate.update("DELETE FROM " + getRepositoryName() + " WHERE " + ID + " = ? AND " + VERSION + " = ?",
                            key, version);

                    insert(camelContext, confirmKey, exchange, getRepositoryNameCompleted(), version);
                    LOG.debug("Removed key {}", key);

                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException("Error removing key " + key + " from repository " + repositoryName, e);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void confirm(final CamelContext camelContext, final String exchangeId) {
        confirmWithResult(camelContext, exchangeId);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean confirmWithResult(final CamelContext camelContext, final String exchangeId) {
        return transactionTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Boolean>() {
            public Boolean doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
                LOG.debug("Confirming exchangeId {}", exchangeId);
                final String confirmKey = exchangeId;
                final int mustBeOne = jdbcTemplate
                        .update("DELETE FROM " + getRepositoryNameCompleted() + " WHERE " + ID + " = ?", confirmKey);
                if (mustBeOne != 1) {
                    LOG.error("problem removing row " + confirmKey + " from " + getRepositoryNameCompleted()
                              + " - DELETE statement did not return 1 but " + mustBeOne);
                    return false;
                }
                return true;
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public Set<String> getKeys() {
        return getKeys(getRepositoryName());
    }

    @Override
    public Set<String> scan(CamelContext camelContext) {
        return getKeys(getRepositoryNameCompleted());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the keys in the given repository
     *
     * @param  repositoryName The name of the table
     * @return                Set of keys in the given repository name
     */
    protected Set<String> getKeys(final String repositoryName) {
        return transactionTemplateReadOnly.execute(new TransactionCallback<LinkedHashSet<String>>() {
            public LinkedHashSet<String> doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
                List<String> keys = jdbcTemplate.query("SELECT " + ID + " FROM " + repositoryName,
                        new RowMapper<String>() {
                            public String mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws SQLException {
                                String id = rs.getString(ID);
                                LOG.trace("getKey {}", id);
                                return id;
                            }
                        });
                return new LinkedHashSet<>(keys);
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public Exchange recover(CamelContext camelContext, String exchangeId) {
        final String key = exchangeId;
        Exchange answer = get(key, getRepositoryNameCompleted(), camelContext);
        LOG.debug("Recovering exchangeId {} -> {}", key, answer);
        return answer;
    }

    /**
     * If recovery is enabled then a background task is run every x'th time to scan for failed exchanges to recover and
     * resubmit. By default this interval is 5000 millis.
     */
    @Override
    public void setRecoveryInterval(long interval, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
        this.recoveryInterval = timeUnit.toMillis(interval);
    }

    @Override
    public void setRecoveryInterval(long interval) {
        this.recoveryInterval = interval;
    }

    @Override
    public long getRecoveryIntervalInMillis() {
        return recoveryInterval;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isUseRecovery() {
        return useRecovery;
    }

    /**
     * Whether or not recovery is enabled. This option is by default true. When enabled the Camel Aggregator automatic
     * recover failed aggregated exchange and have them resubmitted.
     */
    @Override
    public void setUseRecovery(boolean useRecovery) {
        this.useRecovery = useRecovery;
    }

    @Override
    public int getMaximumRedeliveries() {
        return maximumRedeliveries;
    }

    @Override
    public void setMaximumRedeliveries(int maximumRedeliveries) {
        this.maximumRedeliveries = maximumRedeliveries;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDeadLetterUri() {
        return deadLetterUri;
    }

    /**
     * An endpoint uri for a Dead Letter Channel where exhausted recovered Exchanges will be moved. If this option is
     * used then the maximumRedeliveries option must also be provided. Important note : if the deadletter route throws
     * an exception, it will be send again to DLQ until it succeed !
     */
    @Override
    public void setDeadLetterUri(String deadLetterUri) {
        this.deadLetterUri = deadLetterUri;
    }

    public boolean isReturnOldExchange() {
        return returnOldExchange;
    }

    /**
     * Whether the get operation should return the old existing Exchange if any existed. By default this option is false
     * to optimize as we do not need the old exchange when aggregating.
     */
    public void setReturnOldExchange(boolean returnOldExchange) {
        this.returnOldExchange = returnOldExchange;
    }

    public void setJdbcCamelCodec(JdbcCamelCodec codec) {
        this.codec = codec;
    }

    public boolean hasHeadersToStoreAsText() {
        return this.headersToStoreAsText != null && !this.headersToStoreAsText.isEmpty();
    }

    public List<String> getHeadersToStoreAsText() {
        return headersToStoreAsText;
    }

    /**
     * Allows to store headers as String which is human readable. By default this option is disabled, storing the
     * headers in binary format.
     *
     * @param headersToStoreAsText the list of headers to store as String
     */
    public void setHeadersToStoreAsText(List<String> headersToStoreAsText) {
        this.headersToStoreAsText = headersToStoreAsText;
    }

    public boolean isStoreBodyAsText() {
        return storeBodyAsText;
    }

    /**
     * Whether to store the message body as String which is human readable. By default this option is false storing the
     * body in binary format.
     */
    public void setStoreBodyAsText(boolean storeBodyAsText) {
        this.storeBodyAsText = storeBodyAsText;
    }

    public boolean isAllowSerializedHeaders() {
        return allowSerializedHeaders;
    }

    public void setAllowSerializedHeaders(boolean allowSerializedHeaders) {
        this.allowSerializedHeaders = allowSerializedHeaders;
    }

    public int getPropagationBehavior() {
        return propagationBehavior;
    }

    /**
     * Sets propagation behavior to use with spring transaction templates which are used for database access. The
     * default is TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED.
     */
    public void setPropagationBehavior(int propagationBehavior) {
        this.propagationBehavior = propagationBehavior;
    }

    /**
     * Sets propagation behavior to use with spring transaction templates which are used for database access. The
     * default is TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED. This setter accepts names of the constants, like
     * "PROPAGATION_REQUIRED".
     *
     * @param propagationBehaviorName
     */
    public void setPropagationBehaviorName(String propagationBehaviorName) {
        if (!propagationBehaviorName.startsWith(DefaultTransactionDefinition.PREFIX_PROPAGATION)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only propagation constants allowed");
        }
        setPropagationBehavior(PROPAGATION_CONSTANTS.asNumber(propagationBehaviorName).intValue());
    }

    public LobHandler getLobHandler() {
        return lobHandler;
    }

    /**
     * Sets a custom LobHandler to use
     */
    public void setLobHandler(LobHandler lobHandler) {
        this.lobHandler = lobHandler;
    }

    public JdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper getJdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper() {
        return jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper;
    }

    public void setJdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper(
            JdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper) {
        this.jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper = jdbcOptimisticLockingExceptionMapper;
    }

    public String getRepositoryName() {
        return repositoryName;
    }

    public String getRepositoryNameCompleted() {
        return getRepositoryName() + "_completed";
    }

    @Override
    protected void doInit() throws Exception {
        super.doInit();

        ObjectHelper.notNull(repositoryName, "RepositoryName");
        ObjectHelper.notNull(transactionManager, "TransactionManager");
        ObjectHelper.notNull(dataSource, "DataSource");

        transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(transactionManager);
        transactionTemplate.setPropagationBehavior(propagationBehavior);

        transactionTemplateReadOnly = new TransactionTemplate(transactionManager);
        transactionTemplateReadOnly.setPropagationBehavior(propagationBehavior);
        transactionTemplateReadOnly.setReadOnly(true);
    }

    private int rowCount(final String repository) {
        return jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("SELECT COUNT(1) FROM " + repository, Integer.class);
    }

    @Override
    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
        super.doStart();

        // log number of existing exchanges
        final int current = rowCount(getRepositoryName());
        final int completed = rowCount(getRepositoryNameCompleted());

        if (current > 0) {
            LOG.info("On startup there are {} aggregate exchanges (not completed) in repository: {}", current,
                    getRepositoryName());
        } else {
            LOG.info("On startup there are no existing aggregate exchanges (not completed) in repository: {}",
                    getRepositoryName());
        }
        if (completed > 0) {
            LOG.warn("On startup there are {} completed exchanges to be recovered in repository: {}", completed,
                    getRepositoryNameCompleted());
        } else {
            LOG.info("On startup there are no completed exchanges to be recovered in repository: {}",
                    getRepositoryNameCompleted());
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void doStop() throws Exception {
        // noop
    }

}

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package com.dawndevelop.blockmonitor.api;

import com.dawndevelop.blockmonitor.BlockMonitor;
import lombok.Builder;
import lombok.Data;
import org.spongepowered.api.world.Location;
import org.spongepowered.api.world.World;

import java.sql.Date;
import java.sql.Timestamp;

@Builder
@Data
public class Event {
    final long Id = BlockMonitor.snowflake.next();

    EventType EventType;

    String EventInformation;

    String PlayerInformation;

    String BlockInformation;

    String ItemStackInformation;

    Location<World> WorldLocation;

    final Timestamp Timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
}


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Variety reported that "Once Upon a Time" star Jamie Dornan has landed the leading role of Christian Grey replacing Charlie Hunnam.
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1. Be vigilant: Homebuyers should first just be aware that they may be a targeted by scammers in this manner, and should act accordingly to verify any suspicious correspondence associated with their home purchase or sale.
3. Talk to your bank: While not all banks may follow the guidelines you suggest, most will honor your request to not allow any wire transfers without a voice verification or other checkpoint from you. This is especially true for business accounts, but even individuals going through a real estate transaction can request a note be added to their primary accounts to put additional steps in place before allowing wire transactions to go through.
4. Don't react immediately to email: Emails asking you to take some type of action, purporting to be from the title company, attorneys, realtors, bank lawyers or others involved in a transaction may not be authentic. Regard any of them with suspicion, and you should follow up on known phone numbers for the individuals making the request to confirm.


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The Schellenger Professor in Electrical Research in The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Engineering leads the EM Lab, a space dedicated to pioneering high-risk, high-payoff concepts in electromagnetics and photonic technologies that are enabled by 3-D printing.
"This is a very significant step and potentially disruptive achievement," Rumpf said. "There are many other large research groups that have been chasing this. It's what everybody in this field is working toward and talking about, yet nobody has yet achieved it. It's sort of the holy grail for 3-D printed circuits, and it was accomplished here at UTEP."
Research on the 3-D/volumetric circuit technology was borne out of the notion that a three-dimensional circuit offers more freedom to make circuits smaller, lighter and more efficient. 3-D printing allows them to be manufactured into arbitrary form factors that can be integrated into any object or surface. The concept offers many opportunities for the manufacturing industry. Rumpf said this recent breakthrough came as a result of years of research and assembling all of the tools and processes it would take to accomplish.
"The last three years were spent developing futuristic CAD (computer-aided design) tools, to produce 3-D/volumetric circuits. These tools do not exist anywhere else," Rumpf said.
Accomplishing these achievements took the work of a team of EM Lab researchers—Gilbert Carranza, Ubaldo Robles, Cesar Valle and Rumpf himself.
Carranza, a doctoral student, began his research in the EM Lab as an undergraduate senior two years ago. When Rumpf presented the challenge of finding a way to design circuits in three dimensions, Carranza jumped at the opportunity. He used an open-sourced CAD software to integrate his custom functions that allowed the EM Lab to design true 3-D circuits.
"We couldn't go anywhere beyond that," Carranza said. "We didn't have the necessary tool to actually translate my design into something that could be read by our 3-D printer."
Enter Robles and Valle. The pair are also doctoral students and EM Lab researchers who spend many hours in the 3-D printing room. Much of the last year was spent trying to bridge the gap between Carranza's software and the printing process. At the beginning of summer, Robles successfully completed an interface that could convert the circuit design into code that the printer can read to build the circuit in one seamless step. From there, Valle and Carranza fine-tuned the process and produced the world's first 3-D/volumetric circuit using their automated process.
"Getting the CAD, code generator, and 3-D printer to play along well together proved the most difficult step," Valle said. "Typically, when you make a circuit, it's two steps. You start with a thin sheet of plastic. On top of that, you form metal traces, then put electrical components onto that. What our tool does that is unique is it combines these processes, and it does it in three dimensions with complete design freedom. We are now able to load 3-D files, hit 'run' and out comes the part. Literally 'File,' 'Print.'"
He added that another aspect of this innovation will be the ability for small businesses that can buy a 3-D printer to become electronics manufacturers with the ability to produce products where each is customized.
"In the future, I don't think you will see places, such as major electronics manufacturing companies, churning out billions of things and dominating the market nearly as often," Rumpf said. "Instead, you may have thousands of small businesses in the U.S. churning out thousands of products, both mass-produced and customized. Our 3-D circuit technology may be the first step to change the paradigm of circuit manufacturing. And it may enable us to exploit and incorporate new physics in traditional planar (2-D) circuitry.
For the EM Lab graduate researchers, the effort provided real-world experience in the development of a technology that holds great promise to revolutionize manufacturing of circuits. It is something they credit with spurring them to continue their academic careers past their undergraduate journeys. Their breakthrough also offers the opportunity that a business could be incubated in El Paso to commercialize the EM Lab's multiple achievements, something that would keep them closer to home.
"I want to stay here in El Paso," Carranza said. "My whole life is here. I didn't think UTEP had anything like this. I expected to graduate then go somewhere else. I never thought I was going to be doing research that could literally change the world until I stumbled upon the EM Lab." Valle echoed those views. "Four years ago, if you asked me if I wanted to get a Ph.D., I would have said, 'no,'" Valle said. "Now, I'm close to getting it. I never considered that UTEP had such incredible opportunities for research like what is happening in the EM Lab."
"What we do is extremely difficult and high-risk," Rumpf said. "EM Lab students spend years just developing the tools they need to do their research. They know when they start their research, they're probably going to fail many times, because we are pushing ourselves that far. The type of person willing to take on this daunting level of risk and challenge is what UTEP and El Paso have to offer. It's a personal philosophy, and I don't think we could have accomplished this any other place but here."


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Try it. See? What are all those weird shapes and colors that you hadn't noticed a moment ago? Look at all the details that merged into the background when you were right side up! And check out the relationships between the details. What's that smell? Don't you find the view far more interesting and lively looking at it sideways?
Looking from a different physical perspective can give a wonderful creative boost.
Is it because of all that blood flowing to your head or to your elbow?
Travel is an easy way to look sideways. Surrounded by so many differences and impressions makes you ultra-alert, hyper-aware of details.
I had a sideways moment recently while I was on holiday, going into Newcastle on the metro. I'm not at all familiar with Newcastle and as I looked at the metro map, the names of the stations just popped out at me, crackling with ideas, images, characters and other worlds. It was as though the names had cracked open and were revealing something deeper.
I didn't have time to write then so I jotted down the station names. I knew right away how I was going to use them and this week will sit down to see what happens with my idea. It's going to be harder work now because I've moved on from that particular state of mind but I'll just have to look at them sideways.
Write using the station names in sequence. You do not have to use the station names as such, or even as a place. You can translate them into an event or character, or use the spirit within the words, or interpret what might be the meaning or origin of the name in whatever way you like. Go with sound and change the spelling if that appeals. Feel free to split a name into two words. Or more. In other words, use the names as creatively as you like. Use all stations.
An extra challenge (because you'll be so familiar with them) is to use the metro or train station names in your own area (if you're not in Newcastle). These won't feel at all exciting to you. But try looking at them sideways.
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This is a very cool idea! I'm curious to see what you come up with! It reminds me of tilting my head back when I'm on a swing and watching the world with the sky on the bottom.
I always love that swing effect! Perhaps that's why I like anti-gravity yoga so much – all that upside down-ness! You're right, I should post what I end up writing, or part of it at least. How about you? Are you going to give it a go?
Man as potential selves. Well, I didn't get that except that we're moving into our own future and that's potential. But I saw it (not sideways) as man as potential shelves. Lying there propped up on one elbow while the world walks past and plops things down on him, since he's – available – that is, potential.
Okay. When I look out the side of my eyes, meaning I stare forward but try to notice what's lateral to me, I pick up on movement (we all do) better than when seeing straight ahead, and we see black, grey and white much better sideways than straight ahead too (variant populations of rods and cones from the centre of the retina to the periphery) so that's another "sideways".
And out of the corner of my eye is where I saw the ghost of the lady who haunted a previous house I lived in. But that's another tale entirely.
Eek! Did you live in my house? I often see a lady ghost but never directly on, just a glance as I turn. Usually she's just behind my left shoulder.
As for your alternative sideways looking, you've reminded me of some really good exercises I used to do in dance classes for lateral vision (I was a clumsy dancer, always bumping into other dancers). Now I've thought of one that will be perfect for my next post. Thanks a million!
Didn't you rick your neck with all that fast looking forward and back?


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Elvis puts his foot in it again by badmouthing American
heroes Ray Charles and James Brown on his US tour.
Seems his history of alienating large sections of the press
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Fred Schruers followed the incident-packed tour and even
managed a word or two with the ill-tempered one.
Des Brown, a snake-hipped, expressionless man who serves as Elvis Costello's tour-manager, is prowling in a downtown club called Great Guildersleeves as his sweating boss bellies up to the mike stand to sing the twenty-fifth song in tonight's three club, April Fool's Day marathon.
After watching Costello play six sets in four days I find Brown's movements more diverting than the stage show. He is playing his nightly game of Search and Destroy the Film.
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Record Mirror, May 19, 1979
Fred Schruers profiles Elvis Costello and reports on the Columbus incident and concerts in Boston, March 29, and New York, April 1.
(article also appeared in Rolling Stone, May 17, 1979)
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Meanwhile, Rodrigo is in Rwanda this week to thank President Kagame for his amazing work in supporting OLPC for all children in the country, and to learn from the program there.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region which seceded from Azerbaijan in 1991, and has been engaged in a low-grade military conflict involving Azerbaijan and Armenia ever since. Recently they have launched a New Education Project to improve primary education across the region.
Many of the children in the region have schools, and some have internet access. This week, they launched a small OLPC project, deploying laptops to 3,300 students in 16 connected primary schools in the cities of Stepanakert (the region's capital), Shushi, and Karin Tak.
This program will improve the quality of education of elementary school students in the NKR, and what is more important, will make more information available to them and their families… within a short period of time we will be able to establish equal educational opportunities in all NKR.
Education is a key factor to breaking the vicious cycle of ethnic hatred and violence for children who live in conflict zones.
I look forward to seeing the project develop, and hope that the recent focus on children and education brings stability and peace to the region.
Rodrigo Arboleda is giving a keynote address today at the International Symposium on Convergence Technologies (ConTech 2011) in Seoul, Korea – a gathering focused on making the world a more intelligent and humane place to live. His talk is "Children as a Mission, not a Market", focusing on the challenges of making modern education available to children in developing parts of the world, and OLPC's lessons learned to date.
OLPC Rwanda has recently spruced up their website, including a list of documents they use for running classes with XOs, and links to their active local blogs. They've also started their own twitter stream – where you can follow Rodrigo's current visit with Kagame and the national team. You can sign up to volunteer from afar, and can leave them feedback via twitter, or on Julia's or Rwagaju's blogs.


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Avant-garde, provocative, subversive and rebellious
– Tom of Finland stamped history with his recognizable artistic style.
A virtuoso of drawing, he fashioned the silhouette of a new Gay man
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Tom of Finland (born Tuoko Laaksonen, 1920–1991), was an iconic and ground-breaking artist who rose to cult status in the international queer community and beyond for his work celebrating the male figure and masculinity during a time when being homosexual was taboo. Created in partnership with Tom of Finland Foundation, Tom of Finland: The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero is a beautifully detailed account full of never, or rarely seen, materials from his archive.
The text was completed just a few months before the death of the artist and he was interviewed at length for it—making this book the only fully approved biography of the legend responsible for creating the muscled, mustachioed gay archetype of the 1960s and '70s. With a foreword by Jean Paul Gaultier, an extensive history, and provocative photos and illustrations, Tom of Finland: The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero brings to life the story of the icon whose erotic depictions of men influenced many artists, including Robert Mapplethorpe and Bruce Weber.
The Official Life and Work of a Gay Hero contains a stunning 60 page portfolio where the reader discovers every technique and style from Tom's nearly fifty year career. It has sections devoted to two impressive 2020 Tom of Finland exhibitions – Love and Liberation and The Darkroom, with introductory text from their curators, and nine images of works in the Reality & Fantasy exhibition in Japan.
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Of course you do, and the House of Illustration exhibition catalogue in ABRAMS Books biography is the place to get it. 2020 was due to be, among other things, a year of celebrations to mark the centenary of Tom of Finland. 2020, as we know, had other ideas, and we had to close the… View Article
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Tom of Finland's drawings leave no-one unaffected. Swelling muscles and genitals, extremely masculine and erotically confident men who enjoy sex together. The photographs Tom took of friends and partners, to use as inspiration and reference-pictures for his world-famous homoerotic drawings, are now exhibited for the first time at Fotografiska. Curated by Berndt Arell, in cooperation… View Article
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Tom of Finland (born Tuoko Laaksonen, 1920–1991), was an iconic and groundbreaking artist who rose to cult status in the international queer community and beyond for his work celebrating the male figure and masculinity during a time when being gay was taboo. "Although he never attended a march or waved a banner at a… View Article
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Add some leather to your bookshelf Artist Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) rose to fame as one of the most significant erotic artists of the last century. He was prolific, having created almost 3,500 illustrations during his 40-year career, and his drawings of hyper-sexualized, masculine men became staples of gay culture. Tom died in… View Article
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In full celebration of Tom of Finland's 100th birthday, the work by F. Valentine Hooven III receives a new edition. In Tom's creations, he instituted male archetypes, inspired by the people he meets: loggers, motorcycle policemen, sailors, businessmen, bikers, men dressed in leather. The most famous erotic representation of Tom from Finland is still the "Kake" today. By Aldric Warnet
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"Biographer F. Valentine Hooven III has filled Tom of Finland with reproductions of Tom's artwork from the 1940s through 1991, when he died. Nearly every bit of it is explicit in nature, drawn in typical over-the-top Tom of Finland style. But readers will find Hooven's narrative to be just as interesting," writes Terri Schlichenmeyer.
Tom of Finland bio reveals dangers of creating erotic art
Sometimes, you can't worry about other people's thoughts. You can listen to them but you don't have to hear them because there are days when making yourself happy supersedes any outside opinion, when you need to pay closer attention to you. As in the new biography "Tom of Finland" by F. Valentine Hooven III, sometimes… View Article
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In 2007, Havells India registered a firm in Isle of Man which became key investment vehicle
Havells India is listed in India, with the public holding 37.44 per cent shares and the promoters retaining the balance 62.56 per cent shares. The promoters comprise three groups: QRG Enterprises Ltd (30.4 per cent); Ajanta Mercantile Ltd (11.01 per cent) and the Gupta Family (21.15 per cent). QRG stands for Qimat Rai Gupta, the group's patriarch.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES company Havells India floated over 50 subsidiaries beginning February 2000, most of them in tax havens.
Appleby records show. Havells India is promoted by Qimat Rai Gupta and his family, which purchased the Havells brand in 1971. The brand was named after its first owner Haveli Ram Gupta.
On February 9, 2007, HIL set up an entity in Isle of Man called Havell's Holdings Ltd — an investment firm that served as its vehicle for its overseas expansion. Havells India funded Havell's Holdings which, in turn, invested EUR 141.25 million in Havells Malta that facilitated its global spread — 52 subsidiaries across Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Havell's Holdings, whose share capital is GBP 116.95 million, is fully owned by Havells India Ltd.
In the 10 years leading up to 2015-16, revenues of Havells India Ltd (HIL) grew almost eight times from Rs 1,681 crore in 2006-07 to Rs 7,714 crore.
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Havells acquired SLI Sylvania's lighting business in 2007 for $300 million using debt and internal accruals but in December 2015 sold 80 per cent of its Malta subsidiary, which was the holding company for all overseas operations, to Inesa UK Ltd, a firm owned by Chinese company Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Co Ltd for EUR 138.4 million.
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This is our best GIF ever.
Well, maybe our favorite GIF of this week anyway. It's the perfect GIF for leaving a thread that has taken a turn for the worse. See the "abandon thread" tag for more. You could also use it when you miss your mark on something.
What is your best GIF ever? Leave it in the comments. We are curious to see what reaction GIFs you guys have in your folders. If you think there are any missing GIFs or GIF tags, let us know. Thanks!