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Stefan van Dam (Sliedrecht, 3 maart 1983) is een Nederlands voormalig betaald  voetballer.

Van Dam kwam in de opleiding van Willem II terecht en debuteerde namens die club in het seizoen 2003/04 in de eredivisie. Hij debuteerde in De Kuip. Dat seizoen speelde Van Dam twee duels, maar kreeg geen nieuw contract. In de zomer van 2004 trok Van Dam naar TOP Oss. Bij die club kende hij een goede start met drie doelpunten in de eerste twee wedstrijden. Uiteindelijk kwam hij slechts zeven keer in actie voor de ploeg uit Oss en moest hij na het seizoen vertrekken. Hierna kreeg hij geen profcontract meer en kwam sindsdien nog uit voor de amateurvereniging ASWH. Ook speelde hij in die periode voor het Nederlands amateurelftal. Hierna ging hij in maart 2010 spelen voor  de Kozakken Boys zou gaan spelen en een jaar later maakte Van Dam zijn rentree bij zijn oude club Sliedrecht.

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Nirvana's Nevermind at 30: Looking Back At the Classic Album That Shaped a Generation
This past Friday, Nirvana's groundbreaking sophomore album, Nevermind, turned thirty. To celebrate its captivating influence and immortal charm, let's take a look back at how this 90's magnum opus changed the world of rock and roll as we know it.
Sabrina Kwarta, Contributor
This past Friday, Nirvana's groundbreaking sophomore album, Nevermind, turned thirty. Opening with the four power chords that would define a generation, this album paved the way for mainstream grunge — bands like Soungarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice In Chains would soon follow.
To celebrate its captivating influence and immortal charm, let's take a look back at how this 90's magnum opus changed the world of rock and roll as we know it.
Nirvana formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. The original lineup included Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals, Krist Novoselic on bass, and drummer Chad Channing. In January of 1988, they recorded a 10-song demo with legendary grunge producer Jack Endino. Later, Jonathan Poneman, one of the executives at Sub Pop (their label at the time) heard the tape and offered to put out a single — they heartily accepted.
In June of the next year, Bleach, their first album with Sub Pop, was released, setting the band off on a month-long U.S tour. In September of 1990, Channing was eventually dropped and replaced with drummer Dave Grohl.
The band recorded Nevermind between May and June of 1991. With a steady budget of $65,000, they recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, just outside of Los Angeles. Mixed and produced by Butch Vig and Andy Wallace, they made sure the brilliant material of Nevermind didn't get lost in the same cheap production Bleach did.
Producer Butch Vig told Rolling Stone, "The week before I flew to L.A. [to produce Nevermind], Kurt sent a cassette, which was done on a boombox," said Vig. "It was really terrible sounding. You could barely make out anything. But I could hear the start to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' and I knew it was amazing." Speaking of the legendary opening track, he told NPR, "I knew it had to be the leadoff on the record. That it was making a statement. Even though we're not really sure exactly what Kurt is singing about, there's something in there that you understand." The mosh-pitting, angst-ridden audience of the era seemed to agree.
'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was everywhere — blasting on the radio, looping endlessly on MTV. Your parents were probably rocking out to this jangly earworm on a cassette tape while wearing baggy jeans and drinking stale coffee. It was the song that defined the 90's.
Ironically, while being one of the most popular albums of all time, Nevermind made a relatively small splash when it was first released, debuting at No. 144 on the Billboard 200 and selling 6,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen Music.
It was also greatly divided among rock critics. Rolling Stone writer Ira Robbins stated that Nevermind "had Nirvana at the crossroads – a scrappy garageland warriors setting their sights on a land of giants." The magazine even went so far as to give the album a meager three-star rating, the critical equivalent to pigeonholing a record to eternal mediocrity.
But Rolling Stone eventually came around. In 1992, they published a revised four-star review. Then, in 2004, Nevermind's standing shot up even further by earning a five-star ranking in that year's album guide. Since then, it has sold over 30 million copies and counting, and is the 12th selling rock album in the U.S, as reported by Nielsen Music. It also famously kicked Michael Jackson's Dangerous out of the #1 album spot in 1992, and stayed there for 2 weeks.
Vig told the Daily Beast how he felt about the success of Nevermind: "It was a zeitgeist moment, you know? It turned people's heads. Those records don't come along very often." As of 2021, Nevermind sits at #6 on Rolling Stones' list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Nevermind's eternal legacy and charisma stands as a tribute and an inspiration to all — myself included — that will cement Nirvana as an everlasting influence for years to come.
Sabrina Kwarta, Freelancer
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Has China cancelled the dollar peg in the stock exchangem, END OF THE US DOLLAR
News Viral in social media suggests that economic giant china has decided to cancel the Dollar peg in the stock exchange.
Published: 3, May, 2020 01:44:33 PM; Updated: 3, May, 2020 01:45:56 PM Ashwin
News CLAIM: News Viral in social media suggests that economic giant china has decided to cancel the Dollar peg in the stock exchange.
China surprised the world today and decided to cancel the dollar peg in the stock exchange transactions and decided to deal officially and the official link to the Chinese yuan instead of the dollar, and this is a bold and important step in China's economic history.
This means that the dollar has become non-existent in Chinese trading and the US dollar will fall strongly against the Chinese yuan and may affect it in global markets. And all the global markets were stunned by the decision.
The news was discussed widely. It is an economic war that could lead the world to a devastating war that cannot be neglected if Americaacts foolishly in the face of this decision !! China 2021 will lead the world.
This is China's old dream and what it planned to achieve for decades or more. China plans a separate digital currency e-RMB, to take on fights with $. China starts a major trial of state-run digital currency.
The explosive rally of digital currency-related stocks followed news that after several years of anticipation, China's government released a timeline for rolling out its new digital currency in four cities.
In the next month, government workers in these cities will use a smartphone application to receive at least a portion of their paychecks in the form of digital payment, marking a milestone on the path toward the world's first digital currency system by a major central bank. The report says the e-RMB has reportedly been adopted into the monetary systems of several cities.
Experts say the digital currency could represent a serious threat to an American asset that has reigned unchallenged for decades: the U.S. dollar.
In recent months, China's central bank has stepped up its development of the e-RMB, which is set to be the first digital currency operated by a major economy. It has reportedly begun trials in several cities, including Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chengdu, as well as a new area south of Beijing, Xiong'an, and areas that will host some of the events for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Sina News said the currency would be used to subsidize transport in Suzhou, but in Xiong'an the trial primarily focused on food and retail. Some reports also claim businesses including McDonald's and Starbucks have agreed to be part of the trial.
Digital payment platforms are already widespread in China including Alipay, owned by Alibaba's Ant Financial, and WeChat Pay, owned by Tencent, but they do not replace existing currency.
"A sovereign digital currency provides a functional alternative to the dollar settlement system and blunts the impact of any sanctions or threats of exclusion both at a country and company level," last week's China Daily report said.
"It may also facilitate integration into globally traded currency markets with a reduced risk of politically inspired disruption."A decline in cash usage is expected to continue amid the growing popularity of digital payment platforms and as people avoid physical contact during the coronavirus pandemic.
A sovereign *digital currency provides a functional alternative to the dollar* settlement system and blunts the impact of any sanctions or threats of exclusion both at a country and company level," last week's China Daily report said.
Some government employees and public servants to receive their salaries in the digital currency from May.
Sudden Chinese decision shakes the corners of the entire world China surprised the world today and decided to cancel the dollar peg in the stock exchange transactions and decided to deal officially and the official link to the Chinese yuan instead of the dollar,#day37oflockdown
Sudden Chinese decision shakes the corners of the entire world
China surprised the world today and decided to cancel the dollar peg in the stock exchange transactions and decided to deal officially and the official link to the Chinese yuan instead of the dollar,#day37oflockdown pic.twitter.com/yIZkn4KRMg
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China surprised the world today and decided to cancel the dollar peg in the stock exchange transactions and decided to deal officially and the official link to the Chinese yuan instead of the dollar, and this is a bold and important step in China's economic history.#EconomicWar
— Bhât Aîjãz ( بٹ اعجاز)❁ (@Bhataijaz143) May 2, 2020
TRUTH & Verification: The news shared by thousands on social media claiming of the Chinese decision to cancel the Dollar peg in the stock exchange is not true. We did not find any news references from any of the Chinese websites or government links by china.
The renminbi is the official currency of China, and one of the world's major reserve currencies. The yuan is the basic unit of the renminbi but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts where "Chinese yuan" is widely used to refer to the renminbi
As per IMF, During the last review concluded in November 2015, the Board decided that the Chinese renminbi (RMB) met the criteria for SDR basket inclusion. Following this decision, the Chinese RMB joined the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, and British pound sterling in the SDR basket, effective October 1, 2016, and the three-month benchmark yield for China Treasury bonds was included the SDRi basket. During the 2015 review, the Board also approved a new formula—assigning equal shares to the currency issuer's exports and a composite financial indicator—to determine the weights of currencies in the SDR basket.
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Austrian dramatist; born at Prague Nov. 13, 1856. He made his début in 1881 with a drama entitled "Die Schauspielerin." His other works are: "Kampf um die Sprache," 1884; "Die Armen," novel, 1885; "Presse und Staat," 1886; "Eherecht," a comedy, 1886; "Schule der Frauen," comedy, 1887; "Der Ring des Polykrates," comedy, 1888; "Gesellschafterin," comedy, 1889; "Der Hundertste Geburtstag," play, 1891; "Mein Papa," farce, 1893; "Johann Strauss," play, 1894; "Demetrius," a rewritten version of Hebbel's play, 1895; "Volksfreund," sketch, 1898;and "Beitrag zur Goethefeier in Prag," 1899. He published also the "Prager Dichterbuch," 1893.
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Punters and the riddle of a quest for profit IS IT WORTH BETTING TO VALUE-LINE ODDS?
Is it Worth Betting to Value-Line Odds?
A subject that invariably crops up in discussions about betting is the issue of betting to your own price lines. It's a topic that we've covered before in PPM, and one which just keeps on popping up in letters we receive from our readers and in the columns of racing publications around the world.
Books have been written on it, the latest called The Six Secrets of Successful Bettors. It quotes a range of well-known US identities on the subject and what they have to say makes for interesting reading.
Cary Fotias, an American analyst who has put together a ground-breaking handicapping text, is regarded highly in the US so what he says about value-line betting deserves serious consideration.
"Always put a price on a horse's head, and only bet when you're getting a couple of odds levels better," says Fotias.
In contrast, Steve Crist, a top editor at the Daily Racing Form in America, and the author of a best-selling autobiography on his life in racing, makes an excellent point about the difficulty of trying to live and die solely by strictly adhering to a set line.
Crist says: "I don't know a single horseplayer whose entire game consists of betting 4/1 shots that should be 3/1. That's a brutally rigorous way to play and not very entertaining.
"I'm also not convinced that anyone has got this thing down to a sufficiently exact science to say with certainty that a horse has precisely a 20 per cent versus a 25 per cent chance of victory.
Speed ratings guru Andy Beyer has this to say on the subject: "I don't make a formal value line. I guess I've been doing this long enough that it's more or less instinctive. You have an idea in a race and suddenly the horses are 11/8 and 7/2 and you say this is terrible. Or sometimes you'll like it, and you'll say 11/8 and 7/2, yeah, that's a square price.
Value, then, is important, really important, in betting but how you chase value is the question.
Andy Beyer adds: "I'm selection-oriented. I generally will have my ideas on a race pretty well fixed and then I just need to make sure that the odds aren't ridiculously underlaid before I bet it.
Another gambler whose opinion is worth respect is professional operator Ernie Dahlman. He says: "It's intuitive for me and it's becoming more difficult because I see more and more numbers changing at the last minute. One minute an exacta pays $50, the next it's $34. One minute a number is 12, then it's 9.
"Well, he's 1/9 because I bet $2K on him; he's not going to go off at 1/9. If he was then I wouldn't bet him either.
Paul Braseth, publisher of Northwest Track Review, comments: "I'll say I'm going to play this horse if I get 4/1 or higher. I make some judgment as to what a horse's chances are of winning.
Jim Mazur, who writes books about racing statistics at various US tracks, is one of those punters who doesn't make a priceline of his own but he admits that he should.
He says: "I don't make a value line and I really should. I will do it intuitively, but not for every horse. A lot of times I'll look at a race like the 2003 Kentucky Derby and I'll see that maybe a length or two separated a couple of the contenders in their previous race and then next time out they're together again and Empire Maker is 2/1 and Funny Cide is 12/1 and that to me is distorted value.
Cary Fotias concedes that he doesn't make a price line on every race, and says:? "It's very time consuming converting all of these estimates into a 100 per cent odds line that accurately reflects my opinion.
New York-based professional handicapper Paul Cornman has mixed feelings about drawing up his own price lines.
He says: "I don't actually have a value line on paper but I think about it. A year ago I referred to myself as the world's worst line maker. I think I'm up to about sixth from the bottom now because I've met a few people who are worse than I am.
Roxy Roxborough, the man who sets the odds lines in Las Vegas, has this to say: "One of the most important things for me is value. Whenever I handicap a race, I assess a price for each horse; I make a morning line/odds line and I use it as a gauge for betting.
Renowned US handicapper and writer Jim Quinn says: "I definitely make a line on the races I play. I can do it now intuitively to make an 80 per cent line. I do it almost all the time and regret it when I don't do it. As for a horse's price, at first it seemed crucial for me to get generous odds on my number one horse.
Players lose because they're not proficient handicappers.
They put too much emphasis on secondary factors.
The main reason they lose is because they play too many underlays.
** The Six Secrets of Successful Bettors (DRF PRESS 2005).
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There is little evidence that screening women for breast cancer may save lives, according to researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Denmark. Researchers said that there is little or no difference in breast cancer death rates between screening areas and non-screening regions where
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Researchers said that there is little or no difference in breast cancer death rates between screening areas and non-screening regions where no women had been screened.
The Nordic Cochrane Center's Karsten Jorgensen, who led the research, said for every 2,000 women who are screened over ten years, only one stands to have her life saved by the mammogram programme.
Jorgensen also said the risk of an unnecessary breast cancer diagnosis was also ten times higher, according to Reuters.
The study published in the British Medical Journal found that breast cancer mortality fell 1% a year in screened areas among Danish women aged 55–74 and by 2% in non-screened areas.
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Q: Why does Parallel class does not stop on call to .Break()? I need to search for a substring in more than 10k files and return the first match. To do so, I wrote this method using the Parallel class:
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Exclusive Talk To Stu Bannatyne, One Of The World's Best Sailors, About Music And Life
Photo by Jen Edney/Volvo Ocean Race
We spoke exclusively this week to Legendary New Zealand sailor Stu Bannatyne, dubbed the 'King of the Southern Ocean' who has spent a major part of the last two decades racing through that area of the world.
He is what I would descibe as the "Roger Federer" of Round the world Sailing.
He has competed in seven Volvo Ocean Races.
Bannatyne won the Volvo Ocean Race (then known as the Whitbread Round the World Race) in his first attempt, when he sailed on NZ Endeavour during the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race.
He has also sailed in eight Fastnet Races, three Transpacific Yacht Races and in 11 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races.
He admits that he's addicted to the pull of the most remote areas of the planet.
I caught up with him this week in Cape Town on board the race yacht –Dongfeng Racing prior to departure to talk music.
You are from New Zealand so which band do you love is it: Crowded House or Split Enz or Super Groove?
Split Enz for sure.
Split Enz was a rock band from New Zealand that was popular during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was founded 1973 by Tim Finn and Phil Judd.
I love songs like "I Got You" a number one hit for them, "One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat". Hopefully that won't happen on leg three to Melbourne .In fact you will be reading this while we are deep in the Southern ocean on the way to Melbourne .It should take 18 days.
Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
I am happiest when spending time with my family
What does sailing mean to you?
It is my whole world.
Any funny moments on a Volvo65?
There are many funny moments and there are a lot of funny moments that I probably can't or won't tell you about either.
Do you play music on board – what is on the play list?
No I don't listen to music. If I did have a playlist though it would be George Thorogood for getting amped up. "Bad to the bone" for example is good to get you fired up if you need it.
Don't really have heroes as such but through sailing I certainly admire people like Peter Blake for what he has achieved in the sport. More recently I am a big fan of Peter Burling too.
Which living person do you admire most and why?
My wife, definitely! She runs our household and our family when I am away (which is a lot!) and works full time as well. She is just an amazing person.
Not sure if it really counts as a possession but my family, for sure! Other than that, I am quite fond of my tractor. I got a tractor earlier this year to get on top of looking after the grass and doing a few odd jobs at home.
Normally my height makes me stand out. In terms of sailing, it would probably be my even temperament.
If you were not a sailor what would you do?
I would probably be an engineer working in the marine industry.
Pick five words to describe yourself?
Level headed, conservative (sometimes), family man – technically five words?
5 favorite albums of all time
So you want to be a rock and roll star –The Byrds
Back in Black – AC/DC
The Wall – Pink Floyd
Split Enz Greatest Hits for sure.
Top Gun starring Tom Cruise
Family of course!
What is your favorite word?
I have never thought about that one. I wouldn't have a clue!
Your greatest achievement?
Losing someone close to me.
Spending time with the family.
Whilst racing I tend to?
Focus pretty hard on just the racing. Nothing else.
It is not a life lesson as such but just live by morals and standards that you believe in.
There is nowhere else I would rather be than here.
Photo by Jeremie Lecaudey/Volvo Ocean Race.
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Pictures from In port race won by DongFeng Racing on Friday 8 December 2017
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On Friday 8th December Dongfeng Race Team wins a spectacular Cape Town In-Port Race
We had the privilege to be out on a media boat to witness the action first hand .
These magnificent racing beasts did over 19 knots as a gentle SW breeze blew over Table Bay .A flotilla of media boats and small rubber ducks followed the action.
Dongfeng Race Team beat a resurgent MAPFRE and team AkzoNobel in Cape Town on Friday…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing and Dongfeng Race Team traded blows throughout the first half of the Cape Town In-Port Race course on Friday afternoon, before the Chinese-French team grabbed the lead midway through the race and stretched away for their first win in the series.
The victory vaults skipper Charles Caudrelier's team to second place on the leaderboard for the In-Port Race Series, just behind MAPFRE who retained the overall lead with a fightback second place finish on Friday.
"The team did a fantastic job, very nice boat handling and good speed, so well done to the full team," Caudrelier said after the race.
"Our start was not fantastic, but after that we made a good call to tack a bit earlier and put pressure on Vestas and then we found some good speed. That was a key factor."
Conditions were spectacular on the waters off Cape Town, with wind near 20 knots, under bright, sunny skies. Boat handling was at a premium in the fresh conditions and on the first two laps of the course, there were several very close crosses as the boats approached the turning gates.
Near the end of the second run, Vestas 11th Hour Racing were sailing on an awkward wind angle to the mark and had difficulty furling their big A3 downwind sail in preparation for the rounding.
It didn't hurt them immediately but when they next tried to deploy the sail at the final top mark, it wouldn't fully unfurl, and the team was very slow for most of the final run.
"We started well," said navigator Simon Fisher. "At the second top mark Dongfeng did a great job, pushing us to the less favoured side, which pushed us back into the fleet, which put pressure on the downwind drop, which meant we didn't have a great furl, and that hurt us on the last run. It's just a great example of how things can snowball."
The mistake cost the team two places, as both MAPFRE and team AkzoNobel raced past on the run to the finish.
The second place finish represented a tremendous comeback for MAPFRE who were forced into a penalty turn just before the start, leaving them them the last to get across the line.
But the Spanish team kept pushing its way up the fleet, finally forcing team AkzoNobel away with an aggressive luff near the final top mark, setting the table for the pass of Vestas 11th Hour Racing on the final run.
Further back, Brunel and Scallywag engaged in a luffing match early on the first run. The Umpires penalised Scallywag for an infraction and following the penalty turn, David Witt's team were trailing the fleet.
At the finish, a hard-charging Brunel nearly stole a place from Turn the Tide on Plastic. But Dee Caffari's team, who had a very strong start to the race, held on for fifth place.
The boats depart for the start of leg three on Sunday 10 December at 14h00 local time to Melbourne via the Southern Ocean and via the roaring 40's and raging 50's .
credit for above pic : Cape Town stopover. In-Port Race. 08 December. Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race -All others pictures by Martin Myers
Cape Town In-Port Race Results
1. Dongfeng Race Team
2. MAPFRE
3. team AkzoNobel
4. Vestas 11th Hour Racing
5. Turn the Tide on Plastic
6. Team Brunel
7. Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag
Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race Series Leaderboard
1. MAPFRE — 19 points
2. Dongfeng Race Team — 18 points
3. Team Brunel — 13 points
4. Vestas 11th Hour Racing — 12 points
5. team AkzoNobel — 11 points
6. Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag — 6 points
7. Turn the Tide on Plastic — 5 points
Filed under News Tagged with Cape town, Dongfeng Race Team, MAPFRE, Vestas 11th hour racing, volvo ocean race
Powell names unchanged side for HSBC Cape Town Sevens
Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell rewarded the 12 players who won the opening tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai when he named an unchanged squad for the highly anticipated HSBC Cape Town Sevens on Wednesday.
The tournament takes place in the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday and Sunday and tickets were sold out in a matter of hours after they went on sale a couple of months ago.
"All the players would love to play in their only home tournament on the circuit, so the result at the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens made it easy for me to pick the team," said Powell.
"Everyone returned fit from that tournament and will have the added motivation of playing in front of a very supportive home crowd.
"The only change to our squad is the official reserve – we have included Siviwe Soyizwapi in the place of Marco Labuschagne – which was part of our planning all along.
"Siviwe travelled to Dubai as captain of the SA Rugby Sevens Academy squad, which gave him the opportunity to get some playing time. He performed very well there and he will slot in easily, should one of our players pick up and injury which rules him out of the tournament."
Powell admitted that he was feeling slightly nervous as the tournament approached, but he is comfortable that his squad prepared well.
"We needed to fine-tune a couple of things that we did not execute well in Dubai," said Powell.
"This we did that and still have two training sessions left this week, so we have to ensure the players are mentally ready for the big event."
South Africa will play Russia, France and Kenya in Pool A of the competition on Saturday.
The Springbok Sevens team for the HSBC Cape Town Sevens:
1. Chris Dry (63 tournaments, 304 matches, 455 points, 91 tries)
2. Philip Snyman (captain, 48 tournaments, 213 matches, 306 points, 55 tries)
3. Tim Agaba (11 tournaments, 55 matches, 45 points, 9 tries)
4. Kwagga Smith (28 tournaments, 141 matches, 290 points, 58 tries)
5. Werner Kok (30 tournaments, 148 matches, 360 points, 72 tries)
6. Kyle Brown (59 tournaments, 291 matches, 395 points, 79 tries)
7. Branco du Preez (56 tournaments, 281 matches, 1079 points, 79 tries)
8. Rosko Specman (22 tournaments, 117 matches, 278 points, 50 tries)
9. Justin Geduld (31 tournaments, 158 matches, 684 points, 76 tries)
10. Cecil Afrika (54 tournaments, 279 matches, 1322 points, 152 tries)
11. Seabelo Senatla (34 tournaments, 173 matches, 980 points, 196 tries)
12. Ruhan Nel (22 tournaments, 110 matches, 187 points, 37 tries)
13. Siviwe Soyizwapi* (12 tournament, 57 matches, 175 points, 35 tries)
*Replacement Player
• Cecil Afrika is South Africa's all-time leading points' scorer in the World Series – 1322 points
• Seabelo Senatla is the all-time leading try-scorer for the Blitzboks – 196 tries
South Africa's schedule for Saturday, 9 December is (SA kick-off times):
12h49: Russia
16h10: France
19h56: Kenya
Issued by SA Rugby Communications
Filed under News Tagged with HSBC 7'S CAPE TOWN, NEIL POWELL


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Sonia Leigh and Friends Live in London!
Sonia Leigh's career is something to be marvelled at. Her versatility as a songwriter is unrivalled and the hard work she puts in as an independent artist is reflected in the miles she travels and the amount of shows she does year in year out. But more than all of this Sonia is the kind of person who gets along with everybody, she can often be found at the end of a show sharing a smile and a pint with her fans and she's always willing to help aspiring musicians as her work with Supajam shows. With this attitude it's no surprise that Sonia Leigh is bringing out a record called Sonia Leigh and Friends. In this day and age where many musicians treat the industry as though it was one big x-factor style competition it is refreshing to hear such an album where musicians of such high calibre from different genres come together in one of the most prestigious studios in the World (Abbey Road) and create something truly special.
There is an eclectic collection of songs on this record, a good representation of Sonia's career and a typical live show. The album is book-ended by instrumentals Claire De Lune Part 1 to open and part 2 to close, played on the piano by Jessie Maryon Davies. The second track Alabama Bound became a favourite amongst fans whilst she was touring with Broken Witt Rebels last year and this version recorded at Abbey Road studios really captures the live energy of that song. Sonia's unique and gritty vocals shine through on old favourites My Name Is Money and Bar. Much like the live shows there is a feel of freedom for Sonia and the musicians to bounce off each other. Jack is Back is very different to the version she released on her last record Mad Hatter, it begins a lot slower, more stripped back which gives more emphasis to the latter half of the song which has more of a Rock feel to it, the emotion almost switches from a sombre beginning to a feisty, angrier end.
One of my favourite parts of Sonia's live shows is when she surprises new fans - particularly at festivals, by turning round and playing a number 1 hit she co-wrote with the Zac Brown Band. So I was delighted to see her own version of this song on this record which she performs with Katy Hurt and The Bass Brothers. It is a beautiful stripped back rendition. We reach a pinnacle on Dead Man's Sunrise where the level of musicianship is heard loud and clear as electric guitarists Gab Zsapka and Linda Burrato have a riff-off towards the end of the song. This record is amazing in the way that it has really captured the energy and vibe of a Sonia Leigh show. Walking in the Moonlight follows a favourite of mine off Mad Hatter.
Then we hear a couple of new songs from Sonia, the first one being Ladder to the Moon which is actually my favourite on the record, you hear the emotion and assertiveness in Sonia's vocals.
On Rob the Man Sonia collaborates with Ollie Beach and Nadine Daniels, the volume ramps up and when all three sing the oohs at the end of the song there is something haunting about it. They are three very different voices but they work well together. Then another energetic number ensues as we hear another favourite off Mad Hatter, Sky Submarine. The penultimate is a well known Tom Waits song, Ol' 55 and this version is phenomenal, all the guests coming together and making those harmonies, the song just soars in that chorus and that fiddle is fantastic.
This record in some ways is an odd mix but something we've come to expect from Sonia, a songwriter and performer who doesn't like to put themselves in a box. There's Country, there's Pop, there's Rock and Roll, it feels like an essential for any fans collection but a great introduction to who Sonia Leigh is for anyone not familiar with her music.


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La línia ferroviària Lleida - la Pobla de Segur uneix Lleida, Balaguer, Tremp i la Pobla de Segur com a nuclis més importants connectant el Pla de Lleida i el Prepirineu. El 1924 s'obrí el tram fins a Balaguer i el 1951 arribà a la Pobla. La infraestructura és propietat de FGC (l'operador ferroviari de la Generalitat) d'ençà de 2005, que també assumí el 2016 l'operació amb la compra d'unitats de tren de pròpies, la sèrie 331.

Hi ha 10 serveis diaris per direcció entre Lleida i Balaguer, 6 dels quals finalitzen son trajecte de la línia RL1, els 4 que resten de la línia RL2 continuen el trajecte fins a la Pobla de Segur.
El 70% del volum d'usuaris es concentra en el primer tram. A més s'ofereix un servei de caràcter turístic sota la marca Tren dels Llacs.

Es triga uns vint-i-sis minuts a fer el traçat Lleida-Balaguer i una hora i trenta-cinc minuts com a màxim a percórrer íntegrament el trajecte fins a la Pobla.

Els horaris dels trens estan coordinats amb els busos que inicien trajecte de l'estació de la Pobla de Segur i van cap a Sort i Esterri d'Àneu lligats a cada sortida i arribada i durant l'estiu, cap a la Vall Fosca fins al telefèric de l'Estany Gento, amb dues expedicions diàries.

Història

Els inicis: Transpirinenc Central
El tram entre Lleida i la Pobla de Segur és només una secció d'una gran línia internacional de 850 km que havia d'unir Baeza (Jaén), amb la comuna francesa de Sent Gironç (l'Arieja), passant per Albacete, Utiel, Terol i Alcanyís. Pel tram català s'aprofitaria la línia Lleida-Balaguer (inaugurada l'1 de febrer de 1924 i construïda per l'estat) i es perllongaria cap a la frontera travessant els Pirineus pel port de Salau.

L'any 1926, durant el règim de Primo de Rivera s'aprovà l'anomenat Pla de Ferrocarrils d'Urgent Construcció, conegut per Pla Guadalhorce per Rafael Benjumea Burín, comte de Guadalhorce, el ministre que l'impulsà. Aquest pla preveia la construcció de milers de quilòmetres de noves línies fèrries que haurien de millorar les comunicacions de Madrid amb la resta de la península i França. L'adveniment de la Segona República, però, comportà la suspensió del Pla i la posterior guerra civil impossibilità l'execució de moltes de les grans obres públiques projectades a l'època. Per tot això de la línia Baeza-Lleida-St. Girons només se'n construí alguns trams inconnexes que no van arribar a entrar en funcionament.

Amb la instauració de la dictadura franquista es recuperà el Pla Guadalhorce i es reinicià la construcció de noves línies ferroviàries per la nova empresa estatal, Renfe. Així doncs, el tren arribaria a Cellers el 1949, a Tremp el 1950 i a la Pobla de Segur el 13 de novembre de 1951.

L'any 1962, per recomanació del Banc Mundial, l'Estat espanyol va decidir aturar la construcció de noves línies fèrries i concentrar-se en la millora de les ja operatives. Això va suposar que el govern paralitzés la línia Baeza-Saint-Girons; al tram sud es va desaprofitar el tram entre Baeza i Utiel, pràcticament finalitzat, i al nord es descartà la interconnexió amb França a favor de les de Canfranc i Puigcerdà, ja operatives. Conseqüentment, la línia que hauria d'haver travessat el cor dels Pirineus moriria a la Pobla de Segur, tot i haver arranjat ja el terreny per perllongar-la fins a Sort.

Línia secundària i decadència
Durant la dècada dels 60 i els 70 Espanya va viure una gran popularització del vehicle privat, que cada cop era més assequible per a les economies familiars, juntament amb el gradual despoblament de zones rurals com els Pirineus. El transport per carretera va desplaçar el ferroviari a un segon pla, i tant les inversions governamentals (concentrades en ampliar i millorar la xarxa de carreteres) com el passatge de les línies en actiu minvà notablement.

Entrats els 80, el nou govern de Felipe González prioritzà l'ingrés d'Espanya a la Comunitat Econòmica Europea. Una de les mesures preses per assolir el sanejament econòmic requerit per accedir a la CEE fou establir el 1984 un "contracte-programa" amb Renfe que comprometria l'ens ferroviari a racionalitzar la despesa per continuar sent subvencionada. Una de les clàusules del contracte ordenava que l'1 de gener de 1985 s'haurien de tancar totes les línies considerades "altament deficitàries", és a dir, aquelles que no podien generar el 23% de la seua despesa en concepte d'ingressos. D'altra banda, però, les comunitats autònomes, diputacions i altres ens locals podrien evitar el tancament d'aquelles línies que transcorreguessin pel seu territori si es comprometien a sufragar els costos que generessin.

Una de les línies assenyalades per a ser tancada fou la Lleida - la Pobla de Segur, fet que fou immediatament criticat per les institucions del territori i la Generalitat de Catalunya. Els usuaris de la línia iniciaren una campanya per a evitar el seu tancament sota el lema «Volem lo tren!». Finalment, la línia s'assegurà la seua supervivència gràcies a un acord entre Renfe i les institucions catalanes (Diputació de Lleida i Generalitat), que sufragarien a parts iguals el cost d'operar el ferrocarril, taxat en 67,6 milions de pessetes per a l'any 1985. Addicionalment, ambdues parts invertirien 120 milions més per a millorar la infraestructura ferroviària.

Des d'aquell moment s'inicià una llarga batalla política entre el govern català i el govern estatal per aconseguir que es traspassés la línia a la Generalitat. El principal escull fou que el govern socialista de González i posteriorment el popular d'Aznar exigien una compensació econòmica (al voltant dels 1.000 milions de pessetes) pel traspàs, quelcom inacceptable pels catalans perquè la línia exigia una gran inversió econòmica a causa del seu pèssim estat de conservació.

Finalment, però, el govern de Rodríguez Zapatero acordà el 2004 el traspàs gratuït de la línia a la Generalitat, que es feu efectiu a partir de l'1 de gener de 2005. Segons les condicions de l'acord, el govern català passaria a ser propietari de tota la infraestructura des del quilòmetre 1,927 fins a la Pobla, i tindria dret a utilitzar la via des d'aquest mateix quilòmetre fins l'estació Lleida-Pirineus i a fer-ne ús. Paral·lelament, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya i Renfe signaren un conveni segons el qual l'ens estatal es fa càrrec de gestionar la línia i aportar material mòbil perquè la companyia catalana no disposava encara de recursos propis adients.

Traspàs a la Generalitat de Catalunya i renovació

Una de les primeres mesures preses pel govern català per revitalitzar la línia fou renovar la via des de Balaguer fins a la Pobla (el tram Balaguer-Lleida ja es renovà, amb material de segona mà, el 2002). Les obres, amb un pressupost de 60 milions d'euros, s'iniciaren el juny de 2005, es perllongaren durant un any i aconseguiren que el trajecte entre la capital lleidatana i el municipi pallarès es fes en una hora i cinquanta minuts, aproximadament deu minuts menys del que es trigava abans de la remodelació. Mentre s'executaven les obres un bus substitutori cobrí el trajecte entre la capital de la Noguera, la Pobla i, com a extensió del servei, Sort. Al tram que va romandre obert s'aprofità la disponibilitat de material mòbil per augmentar les freqüències entre Balaguer i Lleida, amb bona acceptació entre els usuaris. El 2006 Renfe substituí part del material mòbil que circula per la línia amb nous trens, cosa que va permetre mantenir les noves freqüències entre la capital del Segrià i la de la Noguera, tot i que entre aquesta i la Pobla continuaren sent les mateixes que abans del traspàs, tres al dia.

La línia va veure incrementat considerablement el seu nombre de passatgers des que fou propietat de FGC, la qual anuncià que pretenia oferir un servei de rodalies entre Lleida i Balaguer i potenciar el vessant turístic de la línia en el tram Balaguer - la Pobla.

A la fi de 2006 s'adequà i reobrí al públic l'estació de Tremp i s'hi instal·là un bar als baixos de l'edifici on també s'expedeixen els bitllets, seguint un model que ja aplica Rodalies de Catalunya en algunes de les estacions a l'àrea de Barcelona.

Des de l'abril de 2008 la línia forma part del sistema tarifari integrat de l'Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida, el que permet utilitzar un mateix bitllet i transbordar gratuïtament entre el tren (de Lleida fins a Àger, límit de l'àmbit territorial de l'ATM Lleida) i les diverses línies d'autobús urbans i interurbans que formen part del STI lleidatà. Per a fer-ho efectiu, les estacions i el personal disposen d'aparells capaços de llegir targetes sense contacte.

Per explotar el vessant turístic de la línia FGC creà el 2009 la marca Tren dels Llacs, fent referència als diversos embassaments que el tren envolta durant bona part del trajecte.

L'octubre de 2011 el nou Govern de Catalunya anuncià que Renfe deixaria de gestionar la línia i que es convocaria un concurs per a cercar un nou operador. Tot i això Renfe continuaria vinculada a la línia aportant el seu material mòbil i també a través d'una participació minoritària a l'empresa guanyadora del concurs.

El gener de 2012 Renfe anuncià que reduiria a la meitat la freqüència de pas entre Lleida i Balaguer i deixaria un únic tren per sentit entre la capital de la Noguera i la Pobla de Segur. Segons el Govern, l'ocupació dels trens entre Lleida i Balaguer era del 8,3% i del 3,9% entre Balaguer i la Pobla, el que suposava una subvenció de 46,9 € per passatger. L'empresa denuncià també els alts costos que Renfe cobrava al govern anualment per operar la línia (3 milions d'euros) i es reafirmà en la intenció de cercar un nou gestor.

Les mesures anunciades foren criticades pels alcaldes del Pallars Jussà mentre que la Paeria de Lleida demanà que el Govern escoltés el territori a l'hora d'aplicar canvis a la gestió de la línia. Al seu torn, l'Associació per a la Promoció del Transport Públic considerava que aquestes retallades podien conduir la línia al seu tancament i defensaven que una millor gestió en podria augmentar la rendibilitat econòmica i social.

Usuaris de la línia també mostraren el seu rebuig a les xarxes socials i instaren a recuperar l'esperit de les protestes de 1984 per a evitar un eventual tancament de la línia.

El juny de 2012 la Generalitat aprovà la compra de dos trens per a la línia amb un cost de 9,4 milions d'euros. Ambdós són unitats d'un model d'ample ibèric ja existent al mercat que permet diverses configuracions segons la demanda. Amb l'adquisició es pretén que FGC o un operador privat gestionin directament la línia tot prescindint del contracte amb Renfe.

Les dues noves unitats 331 van ser presentades en societat el 16 de gener de 2016 pel nou President de la Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, i el nou conseller de Territori i Sostenibilitat, Josep Rull, als dipòsits de Pla de la Vilanoveta, Lleida. Durant els mesos posteriors es va tramitar la seva homologació per circular per la xarxa RFIG a l'estació de Lleida-Prineus.

El 25 de juliol de 2016 entraren en servei els 2 nous trens de la sèrie 331 de FGC que substitueixen els trens de Renfe que s'utilitzaven fins al moment amb un increment de serveis i una reducció de temps de viatge d'uns 15 minuts en la totalitat del recorregut. També es modernitzà l'ús de noves tecnologies, com són el seguiment de trens en temps real via satèl·lit i l'ús de drons per controlar talussos.

Es va estrenar nomenclatura a la línia. El 13 de gener de 2018, els serveis entre Lleida i Balaguer passaren a denominar-se RL1, mentre que els arribaven a la Pobla de Segur es denominaren RL2. El mateix dia es convertiren 5 estacions més a demanda o facultatives.

El 22 de març del 2022 va arribar a l'estació de Vilanoveta la tercera unitat de la sèrie 331 de FGC. Després de les proves corresponents amb el tren entre Balaguer i La pobla de segur, l'unitat 331.03 ja es troba en servei comercial.

Línies

Estacions i baixadors

La línia té 17 parades, algunes de les quals són facultatives, que significa que cal prémer el botó per sol·licitar la parada del tren a l'estació en qüestió. Per fer-ho possible, hi ha botons dins del tren i també a l'andana de totes les parades facultatives.

Només a Balaguer hi ha despatx de venda de bitllets, a la resta es compra el bitllet directament al revisor, a bord del tren. A Lleida Pirineus tot i haver taquilla i màquines d'autovenda de bitllets, només es venen bitllets de Renfe. La llista d'estacions i baixadors d'aquesta línia és la següent:

 Lleida Pirineus
 Alcoletge*
 Vilanova de la Barca
 Térmens
 Vallfogona de Balaguer*
 Balaguer
 Gerb*
 Sant Llorenç de Montgai*
 Santa Linya*
 Vilanova de la Sal*
 Àger*
 Cellers-Llimiana*
 Guàrdia de Tremp*
 Palau de Noguera*
 Tremp
 Salàs de Pallars*
 La Pobla de Segur

* Són parades facultatives o a demanda. És a dir, cal prémer el botó de sol·licitud de parada del tren o de l'estació en qüestió.

Característiques tècniques

 Longitud: 89,35 km de via, sense electrificar.
 Ample de via: ibèric (1.668 mm).
 Unitats de tren: 3
 Ingressos: 490.000€ (2008), 750.000 € (2016)
 Puntualitat: 99,35% (2016)
 Estacions i baixadors: 17.
 Túnels: 41.
 Túnel més llarg: Coll de Porta (o Palau), amb 3.499 m sota la serra del Mont-roig.
 Ponts: 31.
 Pont més llarg: pont sobre el riu Segre a Balaguer, de 160 m
 Passos a nivell: 21.
 Tipus de bloqueig: telefònic.

Llistat de túnels des de Sant Llorenç de Montgai fins a Salàs de Pallars, que sumen un total de 14,5 km

Material mòbil

Trens dièsel

El servei regular de la línia es realitza amb el següent material dièsel:
 3 unitats de la sèrie 331 de FGC. Aquestes unitats constitueixen els primers trens fabricats sota comanda de FGC específicament per aquesta línia i van ser fabricats per l'empresa suïssa Stadler a la ciutat de Bussnang. Disposen d'una capacitat de 201 passatgers, amb 104 seients distribuïts en dos cotxes i assoleixen una velocitat màxima de 120 km/h.
 331.01, 331.02 i 331.03

Trens turístics

L'Associació per a la Reconstrucció de Material Ferroviari organitza circulacions especials amb aquest material clàssic:

 Locomotores dièsel 10.817, 10.820 i 10.838 popularment conegudes com a "yeye's".
 Locomotora de Vapor 282F-0421, popularment coneguda com a "La Garrafeta".

Material retirat
Material de Renfe que ha deixat de se la operadora de la línia.
 Unitats 593, popularment conegudes com a "camells". Disposaven de 228 seients distribuïts en tres cotxes i podien assolir una velocitat màxima de 120 km/h. Tres d'aquestes d'unitats operaven el servei a la línia des de la dècada dels 80 fins al 2006. Renfe retirà aquesta sèrie del seu parc mòbil, desballestant els trens existents o reformant-los. De fet, les unitats 596 "tamagotxis" no són més que una modificació de les 593 emprant únicament els seus cotxes motors (reduint així les places i millorant-ne l'eficàcia en línies de poc trànsit com la de la Pobla).
 Unitats 592.2, popularment conegudes com a "supermans". Disposen de 200 seients distribuïts en tres cotxes i assoleixen una velocitat màxima de 140 km/h.
 Unitats 596, popularment conegudes com a "tamagotxis". Disposen de 56 seients distribuïts en un únic cotxe i assoleixen una velocitat màxima de 120 km/h.

Ocupació
L'ocupació total de la línia durant els darrers anys és la següent:

* El tram Balaguer - la Pobla de Segur va romandre tancat per obres entre juny de 2005 i juny de 2006.

** El tram Balaguer - la Pobla de Segur va romandre sense servei durant 8 mesos després que un tren topés amb una esllavissada a Àger, provocada pel temporal Glòria. L'any 2020 també es va veure afectat per la pandèmia de la covid-19.

Previsió de creixement
Previsió de passatges des de 2022 fins al 2028

Dades per estació
Segons s'indica en la Memòria Anual d'FGC del 2016, i 2018  el nombre de viatges realitzats en el 2016 i 2018 segons l'estació d'origen és:

* El tram Balaguer - la Pobla de Segur va romandre sense servei durant 8 mesos després que un tren topés amb una esllavissada a Àger, provocada pel temporal Glòria. L'any 2020 també es va veure afectat per la pandèmia de la covid-19*

Projectes de futur
FGC ha anunciat l'adquisició d'una tercera unitat de la sèrie 331 que estarà enllestida el 2022 per guanyar fiabilitat. Actualment el servei està supeditat que les unitats 331.01 i 331.02 estiguin operatives. Està en projecte la construcció de l'estació de Polígon Industrial el Segre, situada al polígon industrial del mateix nom als afores de Lleida.

La creació del nucli ferroviari de rodalies a l'àrea de Lleida, previst al Pla de transport de viatgers de Catalunya (2008-2012), aposta per l'inclusió del tram entre Lleida i Balaguer i la seva potenciació. Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya estudia electrificar la línia entre el tram de Lleida-Balaguer un cop obtingui els trens per la futura línia el Prat - Aeroport ja que aquests trens són de les mateixes característiques que els de la línia Lleida - la Pobla de Segur.

Per a més llarg termini també s'ha estudiat la possible prolongació de la línia cap a Sort (des d'on podria dirigir-se a Esterri d'Àneu i França) o cap a la Seu d'Urgell i Andorra, un trajecte que podria necessitar d'un túnel de 20 km.

Referències

Vegeu també
 Rodalia de Lleida
 Xarxa ferroviària de Catalunya
 Associació per a la Reconstrucció de Material Ferroviari

Bibliografia complementària

Enllaços externs
 Web oficial de la Línia de la Pobla
 Trenscat.com/pobla, web no oficial sobre la Línia de la Pobla
 Un viatge amb el tren dels llacs

Serveis regionals a Catalunya
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Línies de ferrocarril a Catalunya

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Watch GWAR Destroy a 'Rick and Morty' Pop Up Bar
By Jamie Lovett - November 7, 2018 09:07 am EST
A piece of Rick and Morty fandom was destroyed in perhaps the most glorious manner possible.
The Wubba Lubba Dub pub was a three-tier Rick and Morty-themed pop-up bar in Washington, DC created by Drink Company. The bar was open for a single night before it was shut down by a cease and desist letter from Turner Broadcasting and Adult Swim.
The letter required all the artwork used in the bar be destroyed. Drink Company decided to comply by getting heavy metal band GWAR, also alien demon gods from myth and legend, to do the destruction for them. GWAR made a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of Rick and Morty and also happen to be the subjects of the themed bar that will replace the Wubba Lubba Dub Pub.
Vice reporter and Rick and Morty fan Beckett Mufson was on hand to help with the destruction. You can watch GWAR destroy the images of the Smith family, the Mr. Meeseeks, Anatomy Park, and more in the video above.
Rick and Morty follows disgruntled super scientist Rick Sanchez and his hapless grandson Morty Smith on their wild sci-fi misadventures. After a long wait for word of a new season, Adult Swim put in an order for 70 new episodes of Rick and Morty. According to series co-creator Justin Roiland, that big episode order should put an end to long delays between season of the show.
"We're super excited that, for the first time ever, we're locked in, we know what the future is, we have job security," Roiland shared with Polygon. "[Co-creator Dan] Harmon is in great spirits, we have a great writer's room. We want the episodes to stay good, but we do also want to try to turn them around a little quicker now that we have this big order, I think it gives us the ability to be faster. We're not going to do these long breaks, these chasms in between seasons anymore. We're going to schedule vacation time and just keep the machine going. It's going to be really cool."
"It's exciting, it's a little surreal," Roiland said. "Even just being in the writer's room for half the day every day this week, the ideas are ... it's going to be great."
Are you sad about the destruction of the Rick and Morty pop up bar? Let us know in the comments!
The first three seasons of Rick and Morty are now available on DVD. Production on the fourth season is underway. Adult Swim has not announced a premiere date.
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Q: Group of workstations refuse to SSH to one another, but can connect just fine in and out to others I have a group of Ubuntu 14.04 workstations that are all clones deployed via image. After imaging, they are assigned a static IP and they also delete/regenerate their host keys. Each of them on their own seems fine, they can connect to the file server, computing cluster, etc. just fine, but they can't connect to each other via SSH, and just hang endlessly (until they time out after ~10 minutes) on debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent.
I can connect to them all just fine via a Windows laptop, or an older 12.04 workstation, or a 12.04 server, or from one problem workstation to another by hopping through anything else, but not like-to-like.

A: I was able to reproduce the symptom by introducing a PMTU black hole in my network connectivity.
On Ubuntu 12.04 the key exchange init message is about 1KB in size, which is well within the typical network MTU. On Ubuntu 14.04 the key exchange init message has grown to almost 2KB in size making it the first message during the connection to exceed a typical network MTU.
This means the symptom of an MTU issue will have changed. Earlier you may have been able to connect, but transferring a large file over the connection or running a command which produce lots of output quickly, could stall the connection. But now an MTU issue cause the connection to stall before authentication.
Reducing the MTU on the network interface is a usable workaround until you identify the root cause. It can also be used to confirm that the problem is indeed MTU related. If the network interface is called eth0, you could try this command:
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Chrome 55 memory improvements
by Martin Brinkmann on October 09, 2016 in Google Chrome - 13 comments
The web browser Google Chrome 55 will use less memory thanks to improvements made to the browser's JavaScript engine.
Memory use may be one of the deciding factors when it comes to selecting a browser. While it may not play a big role on systems with plenty of RAM, say 4 Gigabyte or more, it is still a hot topic on systems with less.
Google Chrome is known for its memory hunger. If you open ten sites in Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge, you will likely notice that Chrome requires the most memory.
You may check and control memory use in Chrome in various ways, for instance by installing extensions like Tab Limiter.
Google announced recently that Chrome 55 will ship with memory improvements that reduce the browser's memory hunger.
The first part of the announcement details how Google tracked and measured the improvements. While interesting from a technical point of view, the first couple of paragraphs offer little information on the improvements.
The sites that Google benchmarked memory usage on includes several important properties including Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Imgur, Flipboard and the New York Times.
Google highlights two main areas of improvement in the second half of the post: JavaScript Heap Size Reduction, and Zone Memory Reduction.
The first improves memory usage on low-memory devices through the introduction of a memory reduction mode that fine-tunes garbage collection heuristics to lower memory usage of the JavaScript garbage collected heap.
Google noticed an average heap size reduction of 50% when it ran benchmark tests on Chrome 53 and 55.
The second memory related improvement that went into Chrome 55 benefits the browser on all devices.
One of the main improvements in regards to Zone Memory comes "from reducing memory consumption during background parsing" according to Google. Background parsing allows the JavaScript engine of Chrome to parse JavaScript scripts while the page is loaded.
Google noticed that the parser would keep zones alive longer than necessary. The company's engineers changed the duration which resulted in "reduced average and peak memory usage" in Chrome.
Improvements are noticeable on all sites Google used to benchmark the improvements.
The reductions look impressive on first glance, but it remains to be seen if users will notice similar memory use improvements when their version of Chrome is updated to version 55.
Users who don't want to wait can download the Dev or Canary version of Chrome which are already at version 55 and 56 respectively to see if they notice improvements when using the browser.
Google plans to release Chrome 55 to the release channel in December 2016.
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Paranam Kid said on October 9, 2016 at 12:43 pm
I don't have any confidence in heap size reduction. Opera introduced it on their Dev version, and it DOES NOT work, Opera Dev's memory footprint just keeps ballooning, reaching 2.5 – 3 Gb in 1 session !!
In my view HSR is just marketing hype.
bwat47 said on October 10, 2016 at 5:15 pm
that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with heap size reduction, could just be a bug in the dev version or something
flyli5411 said on October 9, 2016 at 1:22 pm
Been using SlimJet browser now for few months ,Basically half memory compared to
Firefox and Chrome ,Also just a really nice browser
with lots of customizations etc.
Anonymous said on October 9, 2016 at 2:06 pm
Would be also nice to see memory consumption comparison between Chrome 55, Opera and Firefox 50 (when it's going to be released once in November).
Kubrick. said on October 9, 2016 at 2:08 pm
my experience with chrome on linux in terms of memory usage has always been encouraging.Naturally if more tabs are opened then memory usage will increase and this is by chrome design.For goodness sake if you have 4-8gb ram then why worry about memory usage,it is what memory is for,
Parker Lewis said on October 9, 2016 at 4:07 pm
I've heard this argument expressed so many times. Some people have little memory, some people have to run huge programs concurrently. If programmers were all as liberal with RAM as users who believe in this kind of arguments, it's not 8Gb that we would need to have a fast computer with apps that don't crash. (The consequence of a lack of RAM is not just an unusably slow computer, it's crashes too.)
This can be (somewhat) illustrated by some low RAM Android phones. Android is pretty liberal with RAM because it "believes" in its ability to keep it fully in use and manage it without speed loss or app crashes. But if your phone has less than 1GB you will have to close apps manually if you want your phone to stay snappy. Apps will then be slower to start, but will work better and crash less.
So yes, IMO an unnecessarily RAM hungry app is simply badly designed.
PBo said on October 9, 2016 at 11:12 pm
Switching between several projects and activities, I can easily have several dozens tabs and browser windows open simultaneously. I use different desktops to accomodate different activities. I often see 7 or 8 GB virtual memory used only by browsers and had to buy another 8GB of RAM just for that. This is eventually partially swapped.
However, RAM is not the only issue. The permanent usage of 1 to 8% CPU by each browser can add up to more than 20% CPU being used for nothing by minimized windows for long as the computer is not asleep, so 12 hours a day. The global javascript switch doesn't prevent it any more in Firefox and firefox-based browsers after version 27 or 28. Why ? I have now been stuck for years at version 27. It's not extensions because it's the same all extensions disabled. In chrome and derived browsers, I have found no working global javascript switching extension. When will a browser integrate this option that scripts be stopped in background or minimized windows, please ???? I don't pay for electricity, CPUs and laptop batteries to have them spoilt this way.
Rudolf Hunk said on October 9, 2016 at 10:56 pm
I upgraded to version 55 and my Chrome now uses more memory than ever? :P
Taomyn said on October 10, 2016 at 9:55 am
How about Google fixes their damned cached file system as well? I have some heavily used machines and their Windows profiles include Chrome folders nearly 10GB in size and nearly a million files. This is just crazy as the only way to clear it is to completely clear the file system and thus losing valuable site information. It also makes regular virus/malware scans ten times longer than they need to be.
Ben said on October 10, 2016 at 12:56 pm
They should allow the "one process" flag that is in chromium instead of disabling it.
Anonymous said on October 13, 2016 at 3:17 am
Do you have this info for Firefox as an comparison?
kubrick said on October 14, 2016 at 7:03 pm
im getting an adobe flash plugin is not supported message on my flashgame site…workaround or solutiom.?
Stavros Morten said on October 19, 2016 at 1:07 pm
Why memory reduction is being advertised as being done by google when it was started by Opera team?


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Peenko's Ones to Watch in 2010: Mitchell Museum
By Lloyd Meredith
2nd article and I've got another cracker for you, none other than Glasgow four piece Mitchell Museum. In my eyes they're the most exciting and innovative band to emerge from these shores in ages. Trying to pigeon hole their sound certainly isn't easy, they take elements of pop, folk, psych and electronica and blend it into something truly special. I managed to get a few words from the band, so get reading then check the links below.
Would you care to introduce yourself?
Hello my name is Cammy, and I'll be answering your questions today. I play in a band called Mitchell Museum with 3 other boys. Their names are Dougie , Kris and my brother Raindeer….and we are all friends….apart from Kris and Dougie…they are enemies….and I hate Raindeer…which is a shame really.
How would you describe the music you make?
I find it very hard to describe the music we make….some people have said we sound like the Flaming Lips, others have said we remind them of Animal Collective and another person once said we sound like Cast…..I don't think we sound like Cast.
How did you start out making music?
We were all in different bands. The different bands split up. We went to a New Years Eve party. Raindeer was a bit drunk and found a piano and started "playing it"…with his fists. Dougie, Kris and myself joined Raindeer in his noise. People told us it sounded quite nice…so we made the noise into a band called Mitchell Museum. (That's a very short version of what happened).
What process goes into the way you write songs?
Normally I'll think about something that gets on my nerves and I'll try to make a song out of that. Next I'll make a demo of the song on my eight track. I'll then give the demo to the other boys and they'll make much better bass, drum and guitar parts for the song during a band practice…and that's it really.
What can we expect to see/hear from you in 2010?
You can expect to see me kicking Dougie at our gigs. I don't know why, but for some reason I've started kicking Dougie at the end of our shows… Don't worry he kicks me back…in fact at the last gig he made me bleed. Aside from bleeding at gigs, we're going to be making exciting new sounds come out of our recently purchased, and quite impossible to use, new samplers….hopefully. Probably most importantly, we've just finished our first album, and I think you'll be hearing that some time soon. It's called "The Peters Port Memorial Service"…. We really hope you like it.
Lastly, the question that's on everyone's lips is it possible to blow a balloon up under water?
After a lot of research….(mostly typing "blowing up a balloon under water" on YouTube) I have found out that it is possible to blow up a balloon under water……and here's the scientific proof.
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INTL CAREER: 2015 - 2021
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Wicketkeeper
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For several years, it appeared Mohammad Rizwan's international career would only happen in a parallel universe, racking up domestic runs even as he struggled to get a game in the national side. But for someone who played an international for the first time in two years in January 2019, Mohammad Rizwan was spoken of remarkably frequently. Most often, he was used as a stick to threaten current first-choice Pakistan wicketkeeper and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, but the Peshawar native had qualities of his own that suggested he might have been unfortunate not to play for Pakistan more often.
A limited batsman but a technically sound keeper when he first rose through the ranks, Rizwan made his international debut shortly after the 2015 World Cup when the slot behind the stumps was still up for grabs. He made a bright start against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, averaging nearly 60 with the bat in his first eight innings, but against more challenging opposition, his deficiencies were quickly exposed. A lengthy lean patch followed, and once he lost his place to Sarfaraz for the World T20 in 2016, there was little doubt who Pakistan's No. 1 wicketkeeper was. After the debacle at the World T20, Sarfaraz was appointed captain of the limited-overs sides, and consequently Rizwan's game time diminished further, coming to a complete halt until Sarfaraz sat out the last five games on the tour to South Africa in January 2019 serving a ban.
On the domestic circuit, Rizwan has been a prolific run-accumulator, averaging a shade under 50 in List A cricket and 41 at first-class level. He doesn't, however, seem to have the shots necessary to make him a valuable asset in T20Is, but with that being Sarfaraz's strongest suit, both as a batsman and captain, it would have been hard to dislodge him in the format at any rate.
Having made his debut over a decade ago on Pakistan's domestic circuit, Rizwan has been an ever-present participant in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, plying his trade with the hugely successful SNGPL side, helping his side to three titles in the last four years. For that, the reward of a solitary Test cap in 2016 feels somewhat inadequate.
He played for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, serving as back-up to Chadwick Walton for a couple of seasons, but once Sarfaraz Ahmed was dropped from the side, Rizwan's career trajectory skyrocketed.
A 95 in Brisbane in his first Test since being called up got him off to a good start, but it was Pakistan's tour to England where he truly cemented his spot as Pakistan's first choice wicketkeeper. A pair of half-centuries in Southampton combined with a near-perfect series behind the stumps demonstrated to Pakistan they have found a long-term wicketkeeping solution, and Rizwan found himself appointed vice-captain of the Test side, and fast-tracked into the white ball team.
T20s and Rizwan didn't seem naturally suited to each other, but 2021 has seen him make a mockery of those predictions with a record-breaking year. He began by smashing an unbeaten 104 against South Africa, followed up by seven further half-centuries that saw him amass the most T20I runs in a single year by any player. For good measure, he was also the second highest runscorer at the 2021 PSL - behind only his Pakistan opening partner Babar Azam - and led Multan Sultans to the PSL title.
His stability and consistency at the top of the order converted what tended to be a Pakistan weakness into a Pakistan strength. Rizwan now appears to be in the prime of his career, and one of Pakistan's most prized assets heading into the 2021 World T20.
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Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
Test 19 28 5 972 115* 42.26 1939 50.12 1 7 114 3 52 2
ODI 41 37 7 864 115 28.80 986 87.62 2 4 77 6 37 1
T20I 55 44 12 1639 104* 51.21 1271 128.95 1 13 150 47 31 7
FC 99 149 25 5395 224 43.50 10218 52.79 11 28 648 14 279 17
List A 140 129 33 4497 141* 46.84 5039 89.24 11 22 396 48 130 17
T20 167 138 36 4065 104* 39.85 3255 124.88 1 29 380 105 110 37
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T20I 55 - - - - - - - - - - - -
FC 99 11 225 131 4 2/10 2/10 32.75 3.49 56.2 0 0 0
List A 140 - - - - - - - - - - - -
T20 167 1 12 22 1 1/22 1/22 22.00 11.00 12.0 0 0 0
Most catches in a series (31)
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Most player-of-the-series awards (4)
Twenty20 Internationals
Most catches in career (29)
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Peshawar vs Abbottabad at Peshawar - December 28 - 30, 2008
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P Panthers vs Leopards at Peshawar - March 12, 2009
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The Battle of Port Midi refers to a battle during the Yemeni Civil War between the Saudi coalition-backed Hadi loyalists and the Houthi government. Although Hadi loyalists seized the port, the Houthi fighters along with the popular committees  managed to conduct some attacks around Midi. The conflict also had spillovers in the rest of the Hajjah Governorate. On 26 January 2017, Hadi loyalists extended their control to Harad District in Hajjah Governorate.

The main battle
The battle began on 19 December 2015, when the loyalists captured the city of Haradh after fierce fighting left dozens dead on both sides. The port was a very strategic location for the Houthis because Port Midi was used to supply weapons to the capital, Sana'a, and for using the surrounding area to launch missiles against Saudi Arabian villages. At the end of December, the loyalists advanced very quickly as they managed to capture the surrounding area, pushing the Houthis back. The Houthi fighters suffered airstrikes from the Saudi Arabian coalition.

On 7 January 2016, the loyalists captured Port Midi after reported heavy fighting, but despite losing Port Midi, the Houthis, along with a battalion of troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, maintained control over a long stretch of the coastline.

Insurgency

On 8 of February, popular committees aligned with the Houthi Government attacked Saudi soldiers moving to reinforce the Midi area, destroying at least 2 armored vehicles before escaping.

Four days later, on 12 of February, fighters of popular committees backed by the Houthi government shot down a Saudi surveillance plane flying in Midi district, with no reported casualties. On 6 March, Saudi jets launched 11 raids on Midi district targeting alleged pro Houthi targets.

In late March, a Saudi airstrike killed more than 78 civilians, including 22 children. The death toll later rose to 107, with some Humanitarian organisations claiming that 129 civilians were killed in the airstrikes and more than 100 wounded.

On 10 July, a local pro-Hadi commander was killed by a missile strike launched by pro-Houthi army forces.

On 3 September, Houthi forces launched an offensive in the region, killing at least 11 soldiers and wounding another 28, according to pro-Hadi forces. Saudi warplanes also launched at least 15 airstrikes against the advancing Houthi forces. Reports also emerged that Houthi fighters captured the port from Hadi loyalists.

On 21 September, at least 26 civilians were killed and 60 wounded when missiles from an Arab coalition air strike hit a residential area where rebel leaders were staying in Hodeidah, according to medics and residents.

In mid-November, fifteen loyalists and 23 fighters were killed in the clashes as loyalists launched an attack on three fronts to recapture the town of Midi and nearby Haradh.

On the night of 22 November, three soldiers were killed and four wounded by Houthi sniper fire near Midi. On the other day, fighting around the town of Midi killed 18 Houthis and four government soldiers, according to a loyalist commander on the ground.

On 26 November, pro-Hadi forces announced 22 Houthis were killed in artillery shelling and clashes with government forces in Midi district.

Houthi forces retreated from the contested town of Midi, following clashes on December 5, according to pro-Hadi government sources.

In January 2017, pro-Hadi loyalists pushed back the Houthis and Saleh troops more than 40 km and secured the Midi and Harad fronts. Air and artillery strikes from Saudi and Arab coalition forced the Houthis to retreat. It allowed Pro-Hadi forces to clear a wide area around port of Midi and extend their control up to the interior of Harad district in Hajjah Governorate.

On 30 January 2017, at least 37 Houthis and allied fighters were killed or injured, according to a statement issued by the Yemeni army's Fifth Brigade. Six army personnel had also been killed during fighting in Harad and Midi districts.

On 13 February 2017, at least 8 people from both sides were killed during clashes in Hodeida, a hospital source confirmed.

On 6 March 2017, a Saudi coalition airstrike on a military base in Bajil killed 16 Houthis and wounding 23, said a medical official and a military source.

On 7 March 2017, Houthis attacked Hadi loyalists, killing 6, including a pro-Hadi government officer, Suleiman Mukhit.

On 10 March 2017, an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition on a market in the Red Sea port of Khokha killed 20 civilians and six Houthi fighters.

On 14 March 2017, the pro-government Yemeni Ministry of Defence said on its official news site, that as many as 28 Houthi fighters were killed in Midi District.

On 3 April 2017, pro-government forces captured a major road that connects the town with Haradh and claimed to have stormed some neighborhoods in the town of Midi.

On 1 July 2017, at least 14 Houthi fighters, including a spokesman were killed after pro-government forces repelled their attack in Midi, according to the Yemeni army.

References

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