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Q: Get each file size inside a Folder using SQL We are keeping images in Folder which can have images & sub folder & these sub folders can also have images & sub folders for example
c:\myImageFolder\image1.png    //'myImageFolder' have image
c:\myImageFolder\Folder1\imagex.png // 'myImageFolder' have another folder inside which is 'Folder1'.
c:\myImageFolder\Folder1\ChildFolder1\imagen.png // 'myImageFolder' have 'Folder1' which have 'ChildFolder1' which have imagen.png

We need to know that how many images are in there over 1 MB, over 750KB and 500KB?
Some facts:

*

*We need to do it through SQL

*We are using SQL Server 2008

*myImageFolder contains more than thousands sub folders

*myImageFolder size is nearly 5 GB

Thanks in advance for your valuable time & help.
Note: I found the solution, you can find it here

A: If security isn't a huge issue and you can enable xp_cmdshell on your sql instance, you can use the command shell directory listings to get the info. For example
Declare @Dir VARCHAR(256)
DECLARE @CMD VARCHAR(256)
SET @Dir = 'C:\myImageFolder\'
SET @CMD = 'DIR "'+@DIR+'" /A /S'

CREATE TABLE #tmp
    (returnval NVARCHAR(500), rownum INT IDENTITY(1,1))

-- Populate Temp Table with the contents of the outfiles directory
    INSERT #tmp EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @cmd

-- Delete rows with no file information
    DELETE FROM #tmp WHERE returnval IS NULL
    DELETE FROM #tmp WHERE ISNUMERIC(LEFT(returnval,1))=0 AND returnval NOT LIKE '%Directory of%'
    DELETE FROM #tmp WHERE returnval LIKE '%<DIR>          .%'

-- Separate the output into its proper columns
    SELECT
        rownum,
        (SELECT TOP 1 REPLACE(returnVal, ' Directory of ','') FROM #tmp t2 WHERE t2.rownum < t.rownum AND t2.returnval LIKE ' Directory of%' ORDER BY t2.rownum DESC) Directory,
        CAST(LEFT(returnval,10) AS DATETIME) AS file_date,
        CASE WHEN SUBSTRING(returnval,22,17) LIKE '%<DIR>%' THEN NULL ELSE CAST(REPLACE(SUBSTRING(returnval,22,17),',','') AS NUMERIC) END AS 'size(bytes)',
        RIGHT(RTRIM([returnval]),LEN(RTRIM([returnval]))-39) AS [file_name],
        CASE WHEN SUBSTRING(returnval,22,17) LIKE '%<DIR>%' THEN 'Directory' ELSE 'File' END AS [Type],
        CASE WHEN SUBSTRING(returnval,22,17) LIKE '%<DIR>%' THEN NULL ELSE RIGHT(rtrim([returnval]), CHARINDEX('.',REVERSE(RTRIM([returnval])))) END AS extension
    FROM #tmp t
    WHERE returnval NOT LIKE '%Directory of%'

A: I think you may be able to use sp_OAGetProperty. Something along the lines of ...
DECLARE @OLEResult INT
DECLARE @FS INT
DECLARE @FileID INT
DECLARE @Size BIGINT

-- Create an instance of the file system object
EXEC @OLEResult = sp_OACreate 'Scripting.FileSystemObject', @FS OUT
EXEC @OLEResult = sp_OAMethod @FS, 'GetFile', @FileID OUT, 'C:\Filename'
EXEC @OLEResult = sp_OAGetProperty @FileID, 'Size', @Size OUT

--@Size now holds file size

You may need to use sp_configure to change the configuration option for 'Ole Automation Procedures'
Check out this link

A: You can create a c# function and add it to your SQL Server 2008 database and call the function from inside of SQL. Either a CLR Stored Procedure, or a CLR function would work fine for your scenario.
Creating CLR Stored Procedures - MSDN
Or, what you could also do (which makes more sense to me, but would take more work)... how does your program upload files? - Tap into that routine and also create an entry in the database that indicates its size and location.

A: Check this solution:
ALTER  PROCEDURE   [dbo].[GetListOfFileWithSize]
(
    @Dir    VARCHAR(1000)
)
AS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Variable decleration
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    declare @curdir nvarchar(400)
    declare @line varchar(400)
    declare @command varchar(400)
    declare @counter int

    DECLARE @1MB    DECIMAL
    SET     @1MB = 1024 * 1024

    DECLARE @1KB    DECIMAL
    SET     @1KB = 1024

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Temp tables creation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE #dirs (DIRID int identity(1,1), directory varchar(400))
CREATE TABLE #tempoutput (line varchar(400))
CREATE TABLE output (Directory varchar(400), FilePath VARCHAR(400), SizeInMB DECIMAL(13,2), SizeInKB DECIMAL(13,2))

CREATE TABLE #tempFilePaths (Files VARCHAR(500))
CREATE TABLE #tempFileInformation (FilePath VARCHAR(500), FileSize VARCHAR(100))

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Call xp_cmdshell
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SET @command = 'dir "'+ @Dir +'" /S/O/B/A:D'
     INSERT INTO #dirs exec xp_cmdshell @command
     INSERT INTO #dirs SELECT @Dir
     SET @counter = (select count(*) from #dirs)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Process the return data
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        WHILE @Counter <> 0
          BEGIN
            DECLARE @filesize INT
            SET @curdir = (SELECT directory FROM #dirs WHERE DIRID = @counter)
            SET @command = 'dir "' + @curdir +'"'
            ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                -- Clear the table
                DELETE FROM #tempFilePaths

                INSERT INTO #tempFilePaths
                EXEC MASTER..XP_CMDSHELL @command

                --delete all directories
                DELETE #tempFilePaths WHERE Files LIKE '%<dir>%'

                --delete all informational messages
                DELETE #tempFilePaths WHERE Files LIKE ' %'

                --delete the null values
                DELETE #tempFilePaths WHERE Files IS NULL

                --get rid of dateinfo
                UPDATE #tempFilePaths SET files =RIGHT(files,(LEN(files)-20))

                --get rid of leading spaces
                UPDATE #tempFilePaths SET files =LTRIM(files)

                --split data into size and filename
                ----------------------------------------------------------
                -- Clear the table
                DELETE FROM #tempFileInformation;

                -- Store the FileName & Size
                INSERT INTO #tempFileInformation
                SELECT
                        RIGHT(files,LEN(files) -PATINDEX('% %',files)) AS FilePath,
                        LEFT(files,PATINDEX('% %',files)) AS FileSize
                FROM    #tempFilePaths

                --------------------------------
                --  Remove the commas
                UPDATE  #tempFileInformation
                SET FileSize = REPLACE(FileSize, ',','')

                --------------------------------
                --  Remove the white space
                UPDATE  #tempFileInformation
                SET FileSize = REPLACE(FileSize, char(160) , '')

                --------------------------------------------------------------
                -- Store the results in the output table
                --------------------------------------------------------------

                INSERT INTO output--(FilePath, SizeInMB, SizeInKB)
                SELECT
                        @curdir,
                        FilePath,
                        CAST(CAST(FileSize AS DECIMAL(13,2))/ @1MB AS DECIMAL(13,2)),
                        CAST(CAST(FileSize AS DECIMAL(13,2))/ @1KB AS DECIMAL(13,2))
                FROM    #tempFileInformation

            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

            Set @counter = @counter -1
           END

    DELETE FROM OUTPUT WHERE Directory is null
----------------------------------------------
-- DROP temp tables
----------------------------------------------
DROP TABLE #Tempoutput
DROP TABLE #dirs
DROP TABLE #tempFilePaths
DROP TABLE #tempFileInformation
--DROP TABLE #tempfinal

SELECT  * FROM  OutPut
DROP TABLE output

And guys it works!!!

A: Version 2.0 of perfect solution!!
-- =============================================
-- Author:      Carlos Dominguez (krlosnando@gmail.com)
-- Create date: July 07th 2017
-- Description: Scan folders and files Size
-- Example: EXEC [dbo].[spScanFolder] 'C:\Users\Public'
-- =============================================
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[spScanFolder]
(
    @FolderToScan VARCHAR(1000)
)
AS
BEGIN
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Variable declaration
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DECLARE @CurrentDir VARCHAR(400)
    DECLARE @Line VARCHAR(400)
    DECLARE @Command VARCHAR(400)
    DECLARE @Counter int

    DECLARE @1MB DECIMAL
    SET @1MB = 1024 * 1024

    DECLARE @1KB DECIMAL
    SET @1KB = 1024

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- DROP temp tables
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempDirs') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempDirs END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempOutput') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempOutput END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempResult') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempResult END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempFilePaths') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempFilePaths END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempFileInfo') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempFileInfo END

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Temp tables creation
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CREATE TABLE #tableTempDirs (DIRID int identity(1,1), directory varchar(400))
    CREATE TABLE #tableTempOutput (line varchar(400))
    CREATE TABLE #tableTempResult (Directory varchar(400), FilePath VARCHAR(400), SizeInMB DECIMAL(13,2), SizeInKB DECIMAL(13,2))
    CREATE TABLE #tableTempFilePaths (Files VARCHAR(500))
    CREATE TABLE #tableTempFileInfo (FilePath VARCHAR(500), FileSize VARCHAR(100))

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Call xp_cmdshell
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    SET @Command = 'dir "'+ @FolderToScan +'" /S/O/B/A:D'
    INSERT INTO #tableTempDirs EXEC xp_cmdshell @Command
    INSERT INTO #tableTempDirs SELECT @FolderToScan
    DELETE FROM #tableTempDirs WHERE Directory is null

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Remove text to extract file information from command result "05/27/2017  12:26 PM 5,208 rulog.txt"
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    SET @Counter = (select count(*) from #tableTempDirs)
    WHILE @Counter <> 0
    BEGIN
        DECLARE @filesize INT
        SET @CurrentDir = (SELECT directory FROM #tableTempDirs WHERE DIRID = @Counter)
        SET @Command = 'dir "' + @CurrentDir +'"'

        -- Clear the table
        TRUNCATE TABLE #tableTempFilePaths

        -- Get files from current directory
        INSERT INTO #tableTempFilePaths
        EXEC MASTER..XP_CMDSHELL @Command

        --delete all directories
        DELETE #tableTempFilePaths WHERE Files LIKE '%<dir>%'

        --delete all informational messages
        DELETE #tableTempFilePaths WHERE Files LIKE ' %'

        --delete the null values
        DELETE #tableTempFilePaths WHERE Files IS NULL

        --delete files without date "05/27/2017  12:26 PM 5,208 rulog.txt"
        --Fix error: Invalid length parameter passed to the right function.
        DELETE #tableTempFilePaths WHERE LEN(files) < 20

        --get rid of dateinfo
        UPDATE #tableTempFilePaths SET files = RIGHT(files,(LEN(files)-20))

        --get rid of leading spaces
        UPDATE #tableTempFilePaths SET files =LTRIM(files)

        --split data into size and filename and clear the table
        TRUNCATE TABLE #tableTempFileInfo;

        -- Store the FileName & Size
        INSERT INTO #tableTempFileInfo
        SELECT
            RIGHT(files,LEN(files) -PATINDEX('% %',files)) AS FilePath,
            LEFT(files,PATINDEX('% %',files)) AS FileSize
        FROM
            #tableTempFilePaths

        --Remove the commas
        UPDATE #tableTempFileInfo
        SET FileSize = REPLACE(FileSize, ',','')

        --------------------------------------------------------------
        -- Store the results in the output table
        -- Fix Error: conveting varchar to decimal
        --------------------------------------------------------------
        INSERT INTO #tableTempResult--(FilePath, SizeInMB, SizeInKB)
        SELECT
            @CurrentDir,
            FilePath,
            CASE FileSize
                WHEN 'File ' THEN 0
                ELSE CAST(CAST(FileSize AS DECIMAL(13,2))/ @1MB AS DECIMAL(13,2))
            END,
            CASE FileSize
                WHEN 'File ' THEN 0
                ELSE CAST(CAST(FileSize AS DECIMAL(13,2))/ @1KB AS DECIMAL(13,2))
            END
        FROM
            #tableTempFileInfo

        Set @Counter = @Counter -1
    END

    -- Remove null directories
    DELETE FROM #tableTempResult WHERE Directory is null

    ----------------------------------------------
    -- Show result
    ----------------------------------------------
    SELECT * FROM  #tableTempResult

    ----------------------------------------------
    -- DROP temp tables
    ----------------------------------------------
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempDirs') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempDirs END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempOutput') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempOutput END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempResult') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempResult END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempFilePaths') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempFilePaths END
    IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tableTempFileInfo') IS NOT NULL BEGIN  DROP TABLE #tableTempFileInfo END
END

A: Here is a solution using xp_cmdshell to run powershell that returns xml which can be parsed because why not.
set nocount on;

declare @path varchar(1000), @cmd varchar(2000);

-- File path
set @path = 'c:\temp';
-- Powershell command to get a directory listing and output in to its clixml for parsing
set @cmd = 'powershell.exe -noprofile -outputformat xml -command "get-childitem -path ''' + @path + ''' -File"';

-- output table for xp_cmdshell
create table #cmdOutput ( [output] varchar(max));

-- run powershell command and collect output
insert into #cmdOutput ( output ) exec sys.xp_cmdshell @cmd;

-- remove some values for paring xml, agg to a single string, cast as xml
with cte as ( select cast(string_agg(
                          iif(a.output like '%xmlns%', replace(a.output, 'xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/2004/04"', ''), a.output), ''
                          ) as xml) myDoc from #cmdOutput a where a.output <> '#< CLIXML'
            )
-- select data out of xml
select b.fileObj.value('(./Props/S)[1]', 'varchar(1000)') [Name]
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/I64)[1]', 'bigint') [Length]
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/S)[2]', 'varchar(1000)') DirectoryName
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/B)[1]', 'bit') IsReadOnly
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/B)[2]', 'bit') [Exists]
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/S)[3]', 'varchar(1000)') FullName
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/S)[4]', 'varchar(1000)') Extension
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/DT)[1]', 'datetime2') CreationTime
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/DT)[3]', 'datetime2') LastAccessTime
  , b.fileObj.value('(./Props/DT)[5]', 'datetime2') LastWriteTime
from cte a
cross apply a.myDoc.nodes('/Objs/Obj') as b(fileObj)
where b.fileObj.value('(./Props/S)[1]', 'varchar(1000)') is not null

-- clean it up
drop table #cmdOutput;


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Arrested Teachers in the News 24 Feb 2014 (Monday)
Discussion in 'Daily Arrest Blotters (No Longer Updated)' started by TMP, Feb 26, 2014.
Sex abuse, female perps:
Additional news items for:
Melissa Lindgren, Fullerton, California (arrested Feb 2014)
Jennifer Collins McNeill, Thorsby, Alabama (arrested Aug 2013)
Elizabeth Moss, Sumter, South Carolina (arrested Feb 2014)
Sex abuse, male perps:
Jerry Hoss Jr. (Anderson, Indiana), 43, former (2005 - 2013) principal at Frankton Junior Senior High School, Frankton-Lapel Community Schools, Frankton, Indiana, "faces child exploitation charges for allegedly exchanging inappropriate text messages with two female students"
Jerry Hoss Jr., Frankton, Indiana (arrested Feb 2014)
Anthony J. Miller (xxx Liberty Lane, Westerville, Ohio), 32, teacher at Carson Elementary School, Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio, "alleged to have had sexual relations with a student"
Anthony J. Miller, Newark, Ohio (arrested Feb 2014)
Christopher Nicholas Patterson (3300 North Loop West, Conroe, Texas), 31, assistant athletic trainer (contract employee) for Willis ISD, Willis, Texas, "charged with improper relationship between an educator and a student ... with online solicitation of a minor"
Christopher Nicholas Patterson, Willis, Texas (arrested Feb 2014)
Other sex stuff:
Craig A. Cohen (East Pennsburg, Pennsylvania), 29, 8th-grade science teacher at East Pennsboro Area Middle School, East Pennsboro Area School District, Enola, Pennsylvania, "child pornography charges"
Craig A. Cohen, Enola, Pennsylvania (arrested Feb 2014) [child porn]
Reid A. Fontaine, 31, IT specialist for Farmington Public Schools, Farmington, Connecticut, "videotaped attempting to have sex with a cow"
Reid A. Fontaine, Farmington, Connecticut (arrested Feb 2014) [attempted to have sex with a cow]
Kristi Faye Steuber (Lutz, Florida), 41, teacher's aide at Paul R. Smith Middle School, Pasco County Schools, Holiday, Florida, "charge of driving under the influence ... inexplicably nude from the waist down"
Kristi Faye Steuber, Holiday, Florida (arrested Feb 2014) [half-naked DUI]
Study abroad:
Edward Clay (Alcester Road, England, United Kingdom), 27, teacher at Stratford-upon-Avon High School, Warwickshire Schools, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom, "21 charges of possessing indecent images of children"
Edward Clay, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom (arrested Sept 2013) [child porn]
Kelly Ann-Marie Burgess, Bristol, England, United Kingdom (charged Feb 2014) [UK cougar]
Christopher Nicholas Patterson, Willis, Texas, Conroe, Willis ISD, Melissa Lindgren, Fullerton, California, La Mirada, Nicolas Junior High School, Fullerton School District, Huntsville Memorial Hospital, Jerry Hoss Jr., Frankton, Indiana, Anderson, Frankton Junior Senior High School, Frankton-Lapel Community Schools, Craig Cohen, Enola, Pennsylvania, East Pennsboro Area Middle School, East Pennsboro Area School District, East Pennsburg, Craig A. Cohen, Anthony J. Miller, Newark, Ohio, Carson Elementary School, Newark City Schools, Heritage Middle School, Newark High School, Westerville, Kristi Faye Steuber, Holiday, Florida, Paul R. Smith Middle School, Pasco County Schools, Lutz, Thorsby High School, Chilton County Schools, Thorsby, Alabama, Jennifer Collins McNeill, Elizabeth Moss, Sumter, South Carolina, Chestnut Oaks Middle School, Sumter School District, Kelly Burgess, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Newport, St Katherine's School, Somerset County Council, Edward Clay, Stratford-upon-Avon, Alcester Road, Stratford-upon-Avon High School, Reid Fontaine, Farmington Public Schools, Farmington, Connecticut, Michael H. Jones, Reid A. Fontaine, warwickshire schools

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Ohh my gosh you guys. I'm so excited to be sharing this with you.
I love toffee. Easily one of my favorite candies!! And this Matzo Toffee is a totally fun spin on the classic.
Matzo is an unleavened bread, or cracker really, that is traditionally eaten at Passover. It's crispy and salty.
I grew up eating it all the time with cream cheese and a sprinkle of salt (Still one of my go-to snacks).
With Passover this week, I thought it was pretty appropriate to show y'all this tasty treat!
There's so much texture going on here. You've got all the usual English Toffee friends: Crispy almonds, flaky sea salt, sweet brown sugar toffee. The crunchy Matzo gives it just a little something extra with this delicious toasty flavor from being baked at a high temperature (traditionally in a brick oven). YUM. This recipe makes quite a lot so you can definitely share it at sizable gathering.
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment, and lay out the Matzo crackers in an even layer (you'll have to break some up a bit for it to fit flat). Preheat the oven to In a medium saucepan, melt the butter on medium heat. Add the brown sugar, and stir until it dissolves entirely. Keep cooking just until the mixture starts to bubble. Carefully pour the toffee over the crackers and use a spatula to spread over evenly. Bake for 10-20 minutes until the toffee has a nice shiny look to it. Remove from the oven and distribute the chocolate chips over the top evenly. Tent with foil and allow to sit for about 20 minutes. Then use an offset spatula to spread the chocolate over evenly, and sprinkle with the almonds and sea salt. Allow to firm up in the refrigerator for about 2 hours, then break apart to serve.
I find pretty much anything to do with bread and dough making/baking fascinating. Passover requires avoiding chemetz, or fermented grains. It is stated that when making Matzo, the dough mixing/baking process cannot exceed 18 minutes or it will be considered a fermented dough. Crazy right?
Well, since I'm not all that Jewish religiously (I just like the food and fun!), I'm gonna be making some non-Passover approved bakes this weekend too.
BUT, for any Jewish friends out there that need a Passover friendly sweet treat, this toffee is for you!


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Kim Jong Un wants more 'strategic military power' – Action News Now
After watching the successful test launch of a hypersonic missile, Kim Jong-un called on North Korean scientists to step up their work to strengthen "the country's strategic military power."
On Tuesday, radars in South Korea and Japan detected a rocket launch from a North Korean launch pad that turned out to be a hypersonic missile from Pyongyang.
The country's Rodong Sinmun newspaper published a photo of leader Kim Jong Un attending the briefing on its front page the next day. Western experts interpreted this as a message to the world, especially the United States, that North Korea's leadership sees the hypersonic missile program as one of its top priorities and may ignore Western complaints.
Pyongyang's mouthpiece KCNA said Kim Jong-un urged military scientists to "Further accelerate the steady increase in the quality and quantity of strategic military forces, and further modernize the military."
The missile launched by North Korea on Tuesday reportedly had a first range of 600 kilometers (375 miles)"gliding jump flight" and then the 240 km "motorized corkscrew" before it hit its target in the ocean 1,000 kilometers away.
Tuesday's launch drew harsh criticism from South Korea and Japan, as well as the United States, among others. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland described Pyongyang's recent show of force as dangerous and destabilizing. The U.S. official also lamented that while the U.S. said it was "open dialogue,"North Korea has chosen"launch missile"Instead.
The EU has also joined the condemnation, calling the missile launch a "Threats to international peace and security."
UN Secretary-General António Guterres also expressed concern.
Multiple UN resolutions prohibit North Korea from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. However, Pyongyang has insisted on its right to do so, incurring international sanctions.
In fact, the country launched another such rocket less than a week ago, with the first North Korean-made hypersonic missile launched into the sky in September 2021.
The latest test comes at a time when talks between the Pyongyang side and Seoul and Washington have all but stalled. North Korea says in principle ready for dialogue, but only if U.S. and its allies give up "hostile policy" and lift sanctions.
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Once, when I was just a lad, I fell off my bike.
One's peers are notoriously poor sources of sympathy and good advice.
If you fall off your bike, you should get right back up on it again.
The logic behind this statement is that, if you get right back up on your bike, you will prevent cyclophobia and/or tropophobia from setting in.
I think the same is true of writing.
If you fall (or are pushed) off of the "bicycle of writing", you should get right up, dust yourself off, bandage up any contusions, shake off your concussion, and get right back up on that sucker.
If you don't, self-doubt and fear will prevent you from writing again. Add to that lethargy, laziness, and apathy. Isn't it amazing all the different kinds of neuroses that writing can inspire in a person?
Anyway, I fell off the "bicycle of writing" a week ago and have gone a whole week not writing. And, truthfully, I probably could have gone another week without writing anything. And then a month would have gone by. Then a year.
This would have all culminated in me forgetting the password to my blog and thus having to start another one, but with a lot less enthusiasm.
Good thing this blog broke my fall.
I"m happy you came back after a break. It's easy to let self-doubt stop you, but your blog, just like a bicycle, has a really good balance. I enjoy the thoughts on work, writing, weekends and the stories you write so well. Try not to doubt yourself, you are popping wheelies with your blog!
Thanks, Nick! I really appreciate the vote of confidence. I just wish I had more interesting things to write about sometimes. I'm not sure how many more "posts about nothing" I'll be able to write before everyone is on to me and stops reading! Ha ha!
Glad that you are back, Biff – I missed your easy humour and warm presence. Stick around so we can soak up the writerly vibes and power tool acumen. I want that sander back. What are you even using it for?
Thinks, Bro! I am horribly behind on responding to comments, so I'm not off to a great start on picking my blog back up. But with your encouragement we'll get through this winter of our discontent.
As for the sander, it may be a total loss. Turns out, it is not ideal for making grated cheese.
When I was a kid I once took a fall from my bicycle because the frame separated into two pieces. I don't think I've ever broken the blog that badly, but flat tires, bent rims, and the chain falling off does seem to happen all too often. At least I don't get bloody elbows if the laptop doesn't cooperate.
Well done on once again pumping up the tires and taking it for a ride.
Ouch! I had something similar happen to me with one of my bikes. I was flying down a hill (showing off for a girl, naturally) and the bike fell apart and I ended up skidding down the rest of the hill on just my forehead. I still have the scar.
Here's hoping that our blogs in 2019 are a safer ride that our bides were!
Let's start a bike trauma support group! I'll start: my friend ran over my stomach. Had treads for a week! Bounced back since I was eight at the time.
I'm in! Will donuts be served at the meetings? If not, I'm out.
Anyway, your bike tread story is way cooler than my head trauma story. I can't compete with that.
OF COURSE donuts will be served. And bagels. Which are just old donuts. Knew that when I had that bike accident, in some far-flung future I'd be relating it to an invisible audience on a magic box smarter than the entire Apollo space program.
I, too, hoped that my bike accident would someday turn into a "cool story, bro" situation over a beer in a sports bar. Sadly, to date, that has not happened. But maybe at our first meeting of the Bike Accident Survivors Test And Research Development Society I'll be able to share my story and at last be awarded the elusive "cool story, bro" award. But an old donut would be good, too.
Funny, I read this, and immediately thought 'what a coincidence' as I fell off the writing bike 'just' last night!
Glad you are braver than I.
Hi Kat! I hope the fall didn't hurt too much. But we can do this. We just need to stick with it.
It actually did more that anticipated haha.
Thanks, Candice! It's good to be back. Hopefully, I can stick with it.
But did your head crack the blog?
Yes, but nothing that some silicone caulking can't fix. Or a can of Crack-B-Gone.
Thank you! The well had just run dry, I guess. I'm trying to get back in the groove, though. Thanks for always being so encouraging!
That's why our dinner is usually late when I'm cooking, as I say to myself I'm not going in the kitchen till I've written something today!
I wish I had that much discipline! I'm afraid everyone in my family might have perished from starvation if they waited for me to finish writing something. Sometimes there are days at a time when I cannot get a single word down on the page.
And stop setting the bar so high for the rest of us. A good writer AND a good cook? Come on!


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import net.minecraft.block.BlockButton;
import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.IIconRegister;

import com.shinoow.abyssalcraft.AbyssalCraft;

import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;
import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;

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	public DLTbutton()
	{
		super(true);
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	public void registerBlockIcons(IIconRegister par1IconRegister)
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Did you know?... 8th August, 2018
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Did you know?... Fortnum & Mason has introduced a 'sparkling tea' range as an alternative to sparkling wine. The organic Copenhagen Sparkling Tea collection has both alcoholic and non-alcoholic bubbles made using a white wine base for alcoholic versions, and grape juice for the non-alcoholic fizz. The drinks are available in three variants, two alcoholic and one non-alcoholic, with an average RRP of £18.
Did you know?... Iceland has become the only supermarket chain in the UK to sell plastic-free chewing gum. Simply Gum is made from all natural ingredients and is completely biodegradable, making it better for the environment. The gum is made from a tree sap called chicle which is extracted from the sapodilla tree, native to Central America.
Did you know?... In the UK, new research has found that 60% of Brits are unaware that their Cadbury Flake 99s have not realised that most ice cream vans have swapped the Cadbury's staple with a cheaper alternative. A further 70% said that they wouldn't even consider the chocolates to be faked.
Did you know?... Waitrose has become the first retailer in the UK to start selling private-label home-compostable coffee pods. The retailer will introduce the environmentally friendly pods by December this year, made from cardboard packaging. They will be compatible with Nespresso machines.
Did you know?... Dublin-based metal and glass packaging manufacturer Ardagh Group announced the opening of its new can ends facility in Manaus, Brazil. The new facility houses state-of-the-art production and inspection equipment with the capacity to produce 12 million ends per day. Over 80 people will be employed at the new facility.
Did you know?... The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Tom Duggan, has called for Heinz to be fined $10 million for misleading customers by claiming one of its snacks which is marketed for toddlers was 'beneficial' for young children. Heinz has said that the penalty is extreme and "oppressive", and suggested that $400,000 would be 'a more appropriate figure'.
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The real story of Philadelphia's traditional public schools over the last few years is one of slight progress in some areas, but mostly flat results. This is true across most of the ways we look at schools: test scores, climate, college and career, and educator effectiveness.
So who is really benefitting from the improvements heralded by Philadelphia's politicians?
Mayor Kenney cites Andrew Jackson Elementary in South Philadelphia as his example of a school proving that the district is improving, in his recent comments in the Inquirer. The school is indeed making progress, but Kenney conveniently leaves out the fact that the neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, resulting in significant changes to the student population.
In schools with an SPR score below 10, 92% of the students are African American or Latino.
In the highest-achieving District schools, the student body is only 16% African American. In the District's lowest-achieving schools, the student population is 69% African American.
In the District's lowest-achieving schools (where 75% of the students are African American and only 5% are white), only 4% of the students are able to demonstrate grade-level math skills and 14% are able to read on grade level.
We get it. The work of educating kids, particularly low-income kids, is hard. So it's natural to want to celebrate progress. But the recent round of positive statements isn't just dishonest, it's a cynical attempt by the political establishment to lobby for more money from Harrisburg. It's not a coincidence that this full court press happened right before Governor Wolf announced his budget asking for another big increase in education spending. We also want more money in our schools, but until we are honest about the state of Philadelphia's failing schools, we won't get serious about finding solutions. Our kids don't need political posturing. They need better schools.


First up we have a potentially crippling exploit with Exchange 2000, in which a malformed mail attribute can spike the system CPU to 100% load while the malicious message is being processed. Re-starting the service or re-booting the Exchange server will not correct it; the process will resume automatically as soon as the service is re-started. Depending on the attacker's ingenuity, a server could be taken down for anywhere from a few seconds to several hours.
The problem lies in the Store function that processes messages, which takes precedence over other Store functions which might otherwise be invoked to clear the offending message, MS says. It was discovered by a team of researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.
This isn't quite k1dd13 stuff. An attacker would have to create a raw message and establish a direct connection to the target server. It's not something one can accomplish by playing around with an e-mail client; a successful attacker would have to be quite familiar with SMTP, which narrows the threat field.
That being said, the potential for a crippling DoS attack is sufficient for MS to brand this one 'critical', a denomination which it avoids like the plague. As usual the MS bulletin is unbearably vague about what's going on here, with frequent recourse to meaningless generalities like 'a specially malformed attribute'.
On the positive side there's no potential for a system compromise here, Exchange 5.5 is not affected, and there is a patch for 2K posted here. The patch, we're told, will reject messages possessed of those 'specially malformed attributes', whatever they happen to be.
As for the malicious potential here, we'll just leave that to the admirably evil imaginations of our beloved readers.
On the plus side, style sheets are not selected by default, so when the exploit runs, users should be asked if they want to view the file with the style sheet. How many will think, 'yeah, that sounds like an improvement' as opposed to those who will think, 'stuff that Redmond gimmick' we can't guess.
For a workaround, Guninski offers this bit of wisdom: "Power-off the poor Windoze box if you see Excel mentioning style sheets."


"As Executive Director Environment and Resources Policy in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Adrian's responsibilities include the development and coordination of strategic policy on water management issues across Queensland. He currently represents the Queensland Government on the COAG working group on water and chairs a national working group on climate change adaptation providing advice to COAG.
↑ Directors, International Water Centre, accessed February 7, 2009.
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06th Oct2017
'Rogue Trooper Redux' gets a new trailer – and Switch debut date!
Rogue Trooper Redux deploys onto the blasted wastes of Nu-Earth later this month – including on Nintendo Switch!
Originally slated to release soon after other platforms, development of the Nintendo Switch edition has now finished ahead of schedule. Today Rebellion can reveal Rogue Trooper Redux launches on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC globally AND on Nintendo Switch in North America on October 17th. The Switch edition for Europe and other territories is also targeted for October 17th, and a final release date will be confirmed soon.
Today's brand new '101′ trailer showcases the pioneering third-person gameplay and features that made the original a cult classic, offering new fans a thorough debrief on the game's universe, campaign, modes, and the unique biochip abilities that make Rogue a one-man army, including:
A BAFTA-nominated story faithful to the 2000 AD comic and universe of the same name.
A thrilling singleplayer campaign blending stealth, action, cover-based shooting and epic set pieces.
Tactical smarts: Listen out for Helm's strategic advice and confuse the enemy with distractions and holodecoys.
Withering firepower: Transform Rogue's sentient rifle Gunnar into a sentry gun, sniper rifle, mortar, missile launcher and more.
Powerful upgrades: collect salvage to upgrade weapons and order Bagman to manufacture explosives under fire.
Two intense co-op modes for 2-4 players online.
Rogue Trooper Redux will be available for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch starting October 17th for just £19.99 / $24.99
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A new course will enable students at the Technical University of Denmark to extract extra value from the food industry's by-products by creating new, sustainable ingredients.
Overall, Danish companies account for 14% of the world market for ingredients. Denmark's position of strength is due, among other things, to knowledge institutions such as the Technical University of Denmark conducting research into the development of healthy, safe and sustainable ingredients.
Researchers at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, are e.g. well on the way to extracting ingredients from by-products from the production of potato flour and they have managed to extract omega-3 fatty acids from fish trimmings and antioxidants from seaweed, which can be used to enrich food.
There are, however, many unexplored opportunities hidden in the huge amounts of by-products that food producers generate.
As part of the university's increased focus on the field of ingredients, the National Food Institute will offer master's students a new course where they can gain a thorough knowledge of the role that ingredients such as emulsifiers, antioxidants and stabilizers play in food. The students will also gain an insight into how to transform components in different by-products into valuable, sustainable ingredients.
The course consists mainly of case-based work, where students will develop a new idea on how to extract ingredients from different by-products such as pulp from the production of potato flour and juice, and trimmings from the processing of fish. The course could also require the students to extract several ingredients from the same resource, such as microalgae or seaweed.
The exercises have no set answer. They require the students to think out of the box and find innovative ideas that can lead to the development of new ingredients thereby creating value from a low-value by-product.
The course is offered for the first time during the spring semester 2019. Read the course description in the DTU course base.
The National Food Institute's efforts to develop a sustainable food and feed production supports the UN's Sustainable Development Goal aimed at increasing sustainable production patterns.


Photography by Stephen Charles (click for photographers Flickr page).
Prophetic pragmatism, one of the most fully elaborated and progressive expressions of post-Marxist politics in the present era, appeals to academicians, politicians, and business leaders precisely because it poses no serious threat to the class of individuals who control and appropriate the lion's hare of the Earth's resources and humanity's collectively generated wealth.
[I]t seeks to implement a reform agenda that attempts to address the needs of both rulers and ruled by establishing cross-class alliances on the grounds of shared moral, parental, or national identity…and…it seeks to solve human problems without challenging the moral legitimacy and social consequences of privatized control of production and planning of social development (185-6).
Wood, Mark David. 2000. Cornel West and the Politics of Prophetic Pragmatism. Illinois: University of Illinois Press.
Lefebvre, Henri. 2009. Dialectical Materialism. Translated by John Sturrock. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
The events we have studied occurred at a particular moment of the historical process, in a particular field defined by class struggle; and the class struggle itself takes place between [individuals] who are produced by the contemporary mode of production…Conversely the working class defined itself by and through this struggle by its degree of emancipation, that is to say, both by its practices and by its consciousness of itself (which amounts to the same thing). But in truth, the workers' tactics, the militancy of the proletariat and its degree of class-consciousness are determined not only by the nature, differentiation and importance of the apparatuses (unions, etc.) but also by the more or less immediate opportunity for serial individuals to dissolve their seriality in combat groups, and by the aggressiveness, violence, tenacity and discipline of these groups themselves in the course of the action they undertake (699).
Satre, Jean-Paul. 2004. Edited by Jonathan Ree and translated by Alan Sheridan-Smith. Critique of Dialectical Reason: Volume 1. New York: Verso.
On a critique of Rosa Luxemburg's (1871-1919) "Critrique of the Russian Revolution" György Lukács points out the mistake of just solely focusing on the proletariat in countries that are majority non-proletarian, such as Russia, which had been mostly peasant and feudal based.
[Her essay] consists in the overestimation of its purely proletarian character, and therefore the overestimation both of the external power and the inner clarity and maturity that the proletarian class can possess and in fact did possess in the first phase of the revolution. And at the same time we as a corollary the underestimation of the importance of the non-proletarian elements in the revolution. And this includes the non-proletarian elements outside as well as the power wielded by such idologies within the proletariat itself. And this false assessment of the true driving forces leads to the decisive point of her misinterpretation: to the underplyaing of the role of the party in revolution and of its conscious political action, as opposed to the necessity of being driven along by the elemental forces of economic development (274-5).
Lukács, György. 1971. Translated by Rodney Livingstone. History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics. Cambridge: MIT Press.
[I]n the movement of History, an exploiting class, by tightening its bonds against an enemy and by becoming aware of itself as a unity of individuals in solidarity, shows the exploited classes their material being as a collective and as a point of departure for a constant effort to establish lived bonds of solidarity between its members. There is nothing surprising about this: in this inert quasi-totality, constantly swept by great movements of counter-finality, the historical collectivity, the dialectical law, is at work: the constitution of group (on the basis, of course, of real, material conditions) as an ensemble of solidarities has the dialectical consequence of making it the negation of the rest of the social field, and, as a result, of occasioning, in this field in so far as it is defined as non-grouped, the conditions for an antagonistic grouping (on the basis of scarcity and in divided social systems) (346).
Thus the common praxis, as the totalisation and struggle against a common praxis of the enemy, realises itself in everyone as the new, free efficacity of [their] praxis, as the free intensification of [their] efort; every freedom creates itself laterally as the totalisation of all freedoms, and totalisation comes to it through the others as a lateral dimension of its individuality, in so far as it is freely individual for them. This has nothing to do with the radical transformation of freedom as individual praxis, since the statute of this freedom is to live the very totality of the group as a practical dimension to be realised in and by its individuality. But it is true that there is a new relation between freedoms here, since in every totalisation of the group, the freedom acknowledge themselves to be the same…And the unity of this freedom beneath the shifting multiplicity of the syntheses is itself, and fundamentally, the relation between a negative unity of all (totalisation through annihilation by the enemy) and the negation of this negation to the extent that it is occasioned as totalising and that it produces itself freely on this basis (402-3).


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In 2011, seventeen years after Cobain's death, Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27, and there was a large amount of media attention devoted to the club once again.Three years earlier, she had expressed a fear of dying at that age.
It was not until the death of Kurt Cobain, about two and a half decades after the last occurred, that the first idea of a "27 Club" was spread in the public perception.This system is the most commonly used time notation in the world today, and is the international standard (ISO 8601) notation for time of day.The 27 Club is a term used to refer to popular musicians who have died at the age of 27, often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse.He is unwilling to leave the protected environment of his home as he is still not confident enough to exercise his own discretion. The lover: In this stage he is always remorseful due to some reason or other, especially the loss of love.He tries to express feelings through song or some other cultural activity. The soldier: It is in this age that he thinks less of himself and begins to think more of others. He is always working towards making a reputation for himself and gaining recognition, however short-lived it may be, even at the cost of his own life. The justice: In this stage he has acquired wisdom through the many experiences he has had in life. The number Eight is considered to be a lucky number in Chinese and other Asian cultures.
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In the 1950s many jazz clubs sprang up around the city, fuelled by the young population.


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Seoul's Stream a 'Vision' for L.A.
Angelenos who would like to revitalize the Los Angeles River might want to visit the Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul.
The clean waterway flows placidly through the busy commercial heart of this city of 10 million, tucked between towering skyscrapers and bordered by lush grasses, walkways and artwork.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa visited the Cheonggyecheon (pronounced Chong-ee-chon) on Monday, his first morning in South Korea and the midpoint of a 16-day trade mission through East Asia.
"This is fantastic," Villaraigosa said as he stooped down from a stone step and dipped his fingers in the water, one of Seoul's three vice mayors at his side. "It shows you what you can do. It takes vision."
After the tour, Villaraigosa met Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon at City Hall and signed a river revitalization pact.
"This agreement will provide us the tools to share environmental knowledge and technology, as we work to restore the Los Angeles River," Villaraigosa said. "The Cheonggyecheon River has shown that 'Yes, we can un-pave paradise.' "
The Cheonggyecheon was not always so pleasant. People once washed their laundry at the water's dirty edge and cars zoomed overhead on a double-decker roadway that blocked light and kept the stream from breathing.
The city spent $360 million to transform the Cheonggyecheon, removing the road, adding burbling waterfalls, gentle rapids and square stones that allow visitors to cross along its roughly 3 1/2 -mile route through the South Korean capital.
Leaders in Seoul say the Cheonggyecheon's rebirth has helped lower the surrounding temperature and more than triple the number of animal species living in and around it.
Those who knew the Cheonggyecheon before and after its revival -- including Los Angeles architect Christopher Pak, a member of Villaraigosa's delegation who spent his childhood in Seoul -- say the stream offers a valuable lesson for Los Angeles.
For one, it has a meditative quality that attracts visitors -- more than 3 million since it opened last fall after its two-year restoration.
There is no graffiti along its walls and there are no cigarette butts on the ground.
"To have an open space that stretches like that enriches and refreshes the people who are around the project," said Pak, who will join Villaraigosa today to announce an unrelated $240-million investment by a South Korean company in a condominium and retail development on Wilshire Boulevard in L.A.'s Koreatown.
Villaraigosa has pledged to remake the L.A. River as part of his effort to link the city through an "emerald necklace" of parks and other green space. Los Angeles officials are now studying the Cheonggyecheon and other urban waterways as they plot a future for the trash-strewn L.A. River, which has long endured failed aspirations of becoming a lush, inviting landmark.
Seoul city leaders were eager to show Villaraigosa their urban jewel during a presentation with colorful maps on the plaza overlooking the stream. Then they took him on a walking tour, his entourage following at a comfortable distance. The officials pointed out that the Han River, which winds like a snake through Seoul, feeds the Cheonggyecheon, once the water is purified.
"I hope your plan to restore the L.A. River will contribute to the quality of life in Los Angeles," Oh told Villaraigosa back at City Hall. Their delegations applauded politely and a string quartet prepared to play the American folk song, "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River."


(December 6, 2017 – Panama City) Representatives from the ministries of defense, foreign affairs, public security, and national armed forces of 10 Latin American states met in Panama City on December 5-6, to discuss how to protect students, teachers, and schools from attack, and schools from military use, in wars around the world. All 10 countries have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, a political commitment developed by the governments of Norway and Argentina.
The workshop was hosted by the governments of Panama, Argentina, and Norway, and the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA).
Together with regional and international peacekeeping and education experts, state representatives exchanged practices and experience regarding the protection of schools and universities during armed conflict. Participants in the workshop discussed ways in which their governments can meet the commitments made in the Safe Schools Declaration and, in particular, implement explicit protections for schools from being used for military purposes during wartime into relevant domestic policies and operational frameworks.
In the majority of armed conflicts around the world, schools and other education infrastructure are taken over by armed forces and armed groups to be used in support of their military operations. Using a school building as a base, barracks, weapons cache, or firing position can turn it into a target of attack. When children attend school alongside soldiers, they may be exposed to a range of risks, including the possibility of death, injury, psychological trauma, child recruitment, or sexual abuse. Girls are often disproportionately affected, as their parents may be particularly wary of sending them to school when there is a risk of violence. GCPEA has found that military use of educational infrastructure has occurred in at least 28 countries around the world since 2013, including Colombia and many countries where Latin American forces are deployed as peacekeepers.
During the workshop, the International Committee of the Red Cross shared details of its practical experience in preventing and responding to attacks on educational facilities. The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations outlined the protection of education in peacekeeping operations, and shared advice on how different stakeholders – both civilian and military – can work together to protect schools and universities from attack and prevent their use for military purposes. Geneva Call discussed its work with armed non-state actors to increase their awareness of the importance of protecting education and avoiding military use of schools.
Representatives of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict and the Global Education Cluster spoke about the importance of monitoring and reporting attacks on education and how their organizations contribute to this work. Lively discussions of the challenges to education that occur in situations of armed conflict were moderated by representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Ministry of Defense of El Salvador.
The event also featured a discussion and analysis led by Darin Reeves, Director of Training of the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, of a toolkit to guide understanding and implementation of the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military use during Armed Conflict, which was developed through a partnership between GCPEA and the Dallaire Initiative. The toolkit contains guidance and sample generic instruments that can help states to strengthen trainings and practices on the protection of educational facilities from military use and attack.
In addition, Laura Perez, UNICEF Advocacy and Policy Specialist, introduced participants to the recently launched The Safe Schools Declaration: A Framework for Action, a GCPEA document that provides governments with suggestions, recommendations, and examples of good practice to assist them in implementing the commitments contained within the Declaration.
Latin American countries are significant contributors of police, military experts, and troops to UN peacekeeping operations, among them nine of the countries that have endorsed the Declaration: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
El Salvador recently became the 71st country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration.


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Mandarin is the leading newspaper of the Chinese community in Spain. It is the first Spanish publication specializing in Chinese economy, tourism and culture.
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On my main Windows PC, I used to use Microsoft Outlook as my main email client, but really have moved away from Microsoft Office to Libre office as my main office suite. So I needed to change my email client. The default windows mail within Windows 10 is ok, did support the several accounts I use including IMAP and Google accounts. It just didn't suit my needs the one main problem I had was the list of emails, I couldn't change it from being separated in day headings, I just prefer a full list of my emails.
I had used Mozilla Thunderbird before, but thought would give it a go again. Setting up my various email accounts was easy and can see all accounts from the left. Below are the solutions to these various options using addons, to download these either can use the links provided below or the best way is to search for them within the addons section within thunderbird.
All my contacts are stored in Google contacts so the first thing to do was set this up, by default Thunderbird doesn't have syncing with Google for contacts. Though there is a add-on for this called Gcontactssync Setup is very easy just setup your Gmail account to want to sync with, you have a few options to choose, one is account and contacts group you want to sync. The other is the way the sync works, which can be from Thunderbird to Gmail or vice versa, or two way sync. Personally I have it the Gmail syncs to Thunderbird only, ie if make a change in Thunderbird that isn't transferred to Google. As I use my tablet to sort all my contacts anyway.
The one great part of the default windows 10 mail is that when an email came in it showed up in the action centre (The right side swipe notification area) By default Thunderbird just shows a little popup notification within the notification tray at the bottom right.
If you want the email notification within the action Centre you can download a addon called Gnotifer For this to work you do need to have Thunderbird open unlike the email notifications from windows mail.
Adding your google Calender is very easy and built into thunderbird. Just go to FILE – NEW – CALENDER On the window that opens choose on the network on the next screen you can then choose Icalendar (ICS), CalDav, Sun Java and Google calendar. Choose the google calender option and you should see your google account listed just choose that and on the next screen choose the calenders you want to subscribe to this does include any google tasks list you have.
On a note of the tasks lists, I did find I had to re-add any new lists that I had created, but all you need to do is the same as above.
If like me you want to see all your email from your different accounts in one list you can set in unified folders. Simply select View | Folders | Unified from the menu. you will now see the inbox etc showing the total amount of emails and under the headings you can access the individual account separate. If you dont like it like this again select View | Folders | all to return to separate account lists.
These are just the addons for Thunderbird that I use to make the email client better for me, though there are loads available to download to suit really anyone.
I have had to migrate a customer from Windows Mail in windows 7 to thunderbird on their new pc's.
To transfer contacts first open the windows contacts, click export, choose CSV file format and choose a location and file name to save. Then within thunderbird open Address Book. Click Tools – Import – Address Books in Windows choose type Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt) choose your CSV (comma separated values) file, just tick the field you want to import, click OK. And now you have your contacts wont in thunderbird.
Email import. First you need to backup your email within windows mail, to do this within windows mail open File – Export – Messages Select microsoft windows mail, then browse to a directory to store the emails, click next, then choose either all folder or select the folder you want, then click next depending on how many emails depend on the time it will take.
to import into thunderbird you will need a third party addon called [Importexporttools] (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/) once installed within thunderbird, create a folder to store you imported files, right click on that folder you will now see a menu option called importexporttools then import all messages from directory – also from its sub directories browse to the folder you saved your exported email, then click select Folder after a few minutes all email will be imported into thunderbird.


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Bigg Boss 14: Why #ShamlessKavita is trending on Twitter? Deets inside!
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It's known that recently Kavita Kaushik, Aly Goni, Nikki Tamboli, and Rahul Vaidya were evicted from this game show. The singer is soon going to make a comeback in the show. However, Rakhi Sawant's entry has not been done in the house yet. Manu Punjabi was one of "commoners" who had participated in the 10th installment of the reality show, which was based on the theme of Commoners vs Celebrities... [Full Article...]
Loki and his insane dimensional journeys in his first trailer
As we kept the tissue boxes close, it became the highest-grossing film of all time, overtaking James Cameron's Avatar . While Endgame still holds that title in 2020, Marvel are continuing to bring the people what they want, announcing the series which comes as part of a collection of shows and movies which are set to release in the wake of Endgame . [Full Article...]
Taylor Swift Reveals the Story Behind 'No Body, No Crime' on 'Evermore'
As Swift sings in the song, "You got shiny friends since you left town". The majority of fans love " Evermore " and the single "Long Story Short", but as this isn't the first time Taylor Swift "shades" Tom Hiddleston in a record, people couldn't keep the comments to themselves. [Full Article...]
The Princess and the Frog Series, Tiana, In Development for Disney+
The news for the upcoming series was declared during Disney's Investors Day. The animated musical film also got two nominations at the Oscars. Keep reading to learn everything we know about the new Disney+ series so far! We recently got the great news that a spinoff series of Moana is in development. [Full Article...]
Sky News anchor suspended for breaching virus restrictions
According to The Guardian , Burley will be paid for the entire six months. In a statement she said: " I have today agreed with Sky News to step back from my broadcasting role for a period of reflection ". Her actions are forbidden under current restrictions, of which the influential anchor has been a vocal champion. Sky News said it "takes breaches like this very seriously indeed". [Full Article...]
Charley Pride, legendary singer, dies at 86 of COVID complications
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Blue Ivy Carter Earns First Grammy Nomination
The eight-year-old was added to the list of nominees for best music video for her mother's song Brown Skin Girl on Friday. Wizkid , who appears on the song and in the video, was also added to the nominees, but SAINt JHN-who is featured on the track but does not appear in the video-was still not listed as a nominee. [Full Article...]
Christian Bale To Play The Villain In 'Thor: Love And Thunder'
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If you travel anywhere in nature it's important to leave the space better than you found it. This concept is called "Leave No Trace" and is practiced and enforced in hiking, backpacking, and traveling communities. You can find more information about it here, but the name speaks for itself. Practicing Leave No Trace in less-urbanized regions can range from easy tasks like picking up litter and using a BPA-free water bottle to keep plastic waste out of landfills and the environment; to being mindful of your effect on the ecosystems around you and treading lightly. An example of treading lightly can be being conscious of your body while snorkeling/scuba diving to better avoid touching or stepping on the coral or stirring up sediment, which prevents damage to the reef's fragile ecosystem. While pack-in and pack-out practices, like using a reusable bottle, may be a given to some, they can be less intuitive when looking beyond trash (continued in tip #2).
When traveling in fragile ecosystems, or regions without proper sanitation, it's important to know that the products you use will most likely be disposed of in that region. Avoid packing products with microbeads, aerosols, and sulfates. Using biodegradable soap, shampoo, and other products can ensure you leave the place you visit just as pristine for locals and future visitors. Taking a backpacking trip can be inexpensive, and if you follow the Leave No Trace principles you can actually accomplish leaving only footprints behind. It's important to always stick to the trail when hiking. Trails may get worn down, but they are established in nature and predictable for wildlife. Going rogue and blazing your own trail can disturb wildlife and habitat security.
If you're taking a tour, find out how the tour company gives back to the local community. Do they practice Leave No Trace? Do they hire local guides? Do they take a leading role in preserving the area's natural resources? Do some research before booking a tour and look for one that keeps environments safe and money in the local community. An example of an unsustainable tour could be one that promises hands-on encounters with wild animals, such as riding elephants or walking with lions, as they often illegally capture, transport, and abuse millions of animals each year (tip #4). While there are some responsible tour companies that allow contact with threatened animals, there are many that are damaging. You can also give back to the community by signing up for voluntourism or working with a non-profit; it doesn't take a lot of extra effort to make a huge difference in the local community when you travel.
Conservation is an important aspect of travel, regardless of whether it's domestic or international, and it can be as easy as not buying anything made from endangered plants or animals, unsustainable hardwoods, or ancient artifacts. Sometimes endangered or protected species are sold to tourists as souvenirs, which directly inhibits their recovery and negates all conservation efforts towards saving them. With that said, some endangered or protected species are sold by authorized resellers, which should be researched before a purchase is made. If an authorized storefront sells endangered/protected organisms or paraphernalia of sorts, they will likely tell you and display their permit information. Otherwise you can access a thorough list of all endangered/protected/threatened organisms by searching the IUCN Red List website (operated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources).
Now you're prepared for whatever sustainable summer excursions you may take in the next two months. Stay safe, stay green, stay cool and most importantly enjoy!


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In Memoriam: Alumnus Jeremy G. Chan
Jeremy G. Chan passed away in Medford, NJ in a boating accident on May 29, 2010. He was 23 years old.
Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, on September 26, 1986, Jeremy attended Mountain Lakes High School before matriculating to the University of Pennsylvania. Jeremy excelled at Penn, earning selection to Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society on his way to graduating magna cum laude with a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and minors in mathematics and economics. Jeremy also helped to found and served as first pledge chair of the Tau Gamma Chapter of Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity at Penn.
Jeremy worked in Princeton, NJ for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation's largest philanthropy dedicated to American health and health care.
He is survived by his loving parents, Wellington and Lillian Chan of Mountain Lakes, NJ. Jeremy is also survived by his brother Justin and sister Jessica.
Memorial and interment services were held June 2 and 3 in Denville, NJ and at Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown, NJ. More than a dozen of Jeremy's classmates and brothers from Penn attended the services.
As a founding member of Theta Tau, Jeremy put brotherhood above all and his dedication and love for his friends were an inspiration to those who knew him. In Jeremy's memory, the brothers and alumni of Theta Tau and Penn are establishing a yearly honor to be awarded to the brother chosen as most helpful to his or her fellow brothers and engineers. To suit Jeremy's signature style, the award will take the form of a specially embroidered Penn baseball cap. For more information or to contribute, please contact Daniel White (whitedp@seas.upenn.edu).


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Manny Pacquiao record: Early life, personal life, career and record of former boxer
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao Sr., CLH (/pkia/ PAK-ee-ow; born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and professional boxer. He is recognised as one of the best professional boxers of all time and is known as "PacMan". He is presently a senator in the Philippines and the party president of the ruling PDP–Laban coalition.
Source: Facebook.
Manny Pacquiao is boxing's only eight-division world champion, having won twelve major world titles.
He was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five different weight classes, the first boxer to win major world titles in four of the eight "glamour divisions": flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight, and the only boxer to hold world crowns throughout four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s).
Pacquiao's 25 pay-per-view fights had produced $1.2 billion in revenue as of 2015. According to Forbes, he was the world's second most paid athlete in 2015.
Pacquiao, at the age of 40, became the oldest welterweight world champion in history, as well as the first boxer in history to become a recognised four-time welterweight champion, after defeating Keith Thurman to capture the WBA (Super) welterweight championship in July 2019.
Source: Childhood Biography.
Pacquiao grew up in General Santos, Philippines, and was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon. He is the son of Pacquiao's parents, Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran-Pacquiao. His parents divorced while he was in sixth grade, following his father's adultery. He is the fourth of six siblings, one of which is also a politician and former professional boxer, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao.
Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and grew up in General Santos, Philippines. Pacquiao's parents are Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran-Pacquiao. Following his father's adultery, his parents split when he was in sixth grade. He is the fourth of six siblings, one of them, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao, is also a politician and former professional boxer.
Source: Reddit
Mejia began training his nephew in a small home gym in 1990. Pacquiao began boxing in a park in General Santos after 6 months of training, later going to other places to fight higher-ranked opponents.
He was regarded as the top junior boxer in the southern Philippines by the age of 15. He relocated to Manila when he was 15 years old. The boxer made his professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight in January 1995, at the age of 16.
Pacquiao took and passed a high school equivalency exam in February 2007, and was issued a high school diploma by the Department of Education.
Source: Filipino News.
On May 10, 1999, Pacquiao married Jinkee Jamora. Emmanuel Jr. (Jimuel), Michael Stephen, Mary Divine Grace (Princess), Queen Elizabeth (Queenie), and Israel are their five children.
Jimuel, his first son, is an amateur boxer, while Michael, his second son, is a rapper. Queenie, his daughter, was born in the United States. He currently resides in General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines. However, as a congressman from Sarangani's lone district, he is officially residing in Kiamba, Sarangani, his wife's birthplace.
Pacquiao graduated from the University of Makati on December 11, 2019, with a bachelor's degree in political science, majoring in local government administration, through the Philippine Councilors League-Legislative Academy's (PCCLA) Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP), which allows qualified Filipinos to complete a collegiate-level education through informal education.
The boxer was raised in the Catholic faith but is now an Evangelical Protestant. Pacquiao claimed to have experienced a dream in which he saw a couple of angels and heard the voice of God, which led him to become a passionate believer.
He spoke out about the continued racially motivated attacks on Asian-Americans in the United States in April 2021, challenging anyone who engaged in racist attacks to fight him rather than their victims. He continued by saying "[Our] blood is only one colour! (sic). Stop discriminating!" he exclaimed, before concluding with a capitalised "Peace and love to everyone."
Professional boxing
Source: Pinterest.
Many boxing historians consider Pacquiao to be one of the best professional fighters of all time, and he is the only boxer in history to have won twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions.
He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in five different weight divisions, and the first boxer in history to win major world titles in four of boxing's original eight weight divisions, also known as the "glamour divisions": flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight.
Pacquiao, at the age of 40, became the oldest welterweight world champion in history, as well as the first boxer to become a recognised four-time welterweight champion, after defeating Keith Thurman to capture the WBA (Super) welterweight championship in July 2019. Pacquiao is also the only boxer to have held world titles in four distinct decades, in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.
Source: Boxing Guru.
He was selected Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), WBC, HBO, and WBO Fighter of the Decade for the 2000s. He has also been named Ring magazine and BWAA Fighter of the Year three times, in 2006, 2008, and 2009, as well as the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.
Pacquiao was ranked second on ESPN's ranking of the top pound-for-pound fighters of the last 25 years in 2016. BoxRec ranks Pacquiao as the third greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound, as well as the greatest Asian boxer of all time. BoxRec also gave Pacquiao a 5-Star rating in 16 of his victories.
Most sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports, About.com, BoxRec, and The Ring, rated Pacquiao as the best active boxer in the world, pound for pound, from his rise to lightweight until his losses at welterweight in 2012. He is also the top-ten active boxer on The Ring's pound-for-pound list for the longest time.
Pacquiao's 25 pay-per-view (PPV) fights have produced around 20.1 million buys and $1.2 billion in revenue.
According to Forbes, he was the world's second most paid athlete in 2015.
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Catskill Mountains Film Festival rolls out the red carpet
By Katherine Speller, Thu, 5/1/2014 - 1:15 pm
Who needs an Oscar? The first place winners at the Catskill Mountains Film Festival take home a home-grown version of the iconic golden statuette: the "Catty," a cat hand-carved by a Catskills woodworker out of foraged mountain birch.
Left: A "Catty," the official award of the Catskill Mountains Film Festival. Contributed photo.
One hundred films hand-picked films from New York State and beyond will screen at three local venues during the 2014 festival, which runs from Friday, May 2 through Sunday, May 4.
Adult, high school and college-aged filmmakers will vie to win the coveted Catty in each of six categories, from narrative and documentary features and shorts to music videos and animation.
Their work will appear alongside the work of established filmmakers, including actor Bill Pullman, Academy-Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams, and Oscar-nominated director David France. On Saturday night, the filmmakers will walk a red carpet lined with photographers to the awards ceremony.
Despite the big names and the glitz, local documentary filmmaker Jessica Vecchione, the festival's organizer, says that the festival will have a hometown feel.
"This is not the Hollywood or Indie-wood world," she said. "Our aim is to hear about people meeting each other, networking, talking, helping people make their films and do their art."
To that end, there are some unusual items on the festival schedule. Middle schoolers will compete in their own 10-minute short film category. Folks without fancy equipment can enter the "iPhoneography" category, for films made with a non-professional camera.
Vecchione herself only began making films in 2008, and she has designed the film festival to welcome and encourage new filmmakers, especially those who may not be ready to submit to the big-name festivals. Locals, particularly students and fresh-faced filmmakers, are the stars of this show.
Vecchione believes that every filmmaker should have the experience of having a group of people watch their film on a big screen. Not having that opportunity is "missing part of the process," she said.
"Every time it happens — if it's a minute or an hour — when that screening's over and people are looking at me and asking questions, it just makes me want to make more films," she said. "We want to give that experience to new filmmakers. That'll keep them hooked."
Two hundred entries
Roughly 80 percent of the films that will screen at the festival were made by New York State filmmakers.
The festival's organizers decided to concentrate most of their marketing in New York, but to leave opportunities for less local films to submit as well. They used Withoutabox.com, a submission clearinghouse owned by Amazon, to advertise the festival to nationally. As a result, they got 200 entries.
"That really shocked us," Vecchione said. "I told everyone we'd probably get 75, but I would've been happy with 50."
So far, the committee has gotten RSVPs from about 60 percent of those participants to make the trek to the festival and to field question-and-answer sessions following their screenings.
"We're looking forward to meeting these filmmakers whom we feel we have a relationship with already," Vecchione said. "All the filmmakers will wear lanyards to identify themselves, so we'll know who to go up to and shake their hands."
One of those filmmakers is Sean Gallagher of Westchester, who will be showing his documentary, "Brothers of The Blacklist." The film tells the story of a 1992 racial profiling incident at SUNY Oneonta that became the longest-litigated civil rights case in American history. While investigating an attack on an elderly woman, police requested the names and addresses of all 125 black men attending SUNY Oneonta, "under the assumption that if you were black, you were a suspect," Gallagher said.
"It really shocked me that such an incident occurred at the school, but I knew nothing about it, just like the rest of the students on campus and many in the community," he said.
Because the incident happened in the local area, Gallagher knows that his film might hit close to home. Racism remains a live issue on the SUNY Oneonta campus, where a new professor's arrest on traffic charges recently sparked fears of racial profiling, and university hiring decisions have come under fire from a student anti-racism group. "There is always the possibility of disagreements in views," Gallagher said. "I hope it really triggers some dialogue."
"A real one"
It has been Vecchione's dream to bring a "modern cultural art event" to the Catskills. With her at the helm, the Catskill Mountains Film Festival has grown explosively in just two years.
In August 2012, Vecchione organized a small "test festival," where 42 films, all with Catskills connections, were screened at the SUNY Delhi campus and in a nearby church basement. Three hundred people attended, so Vecchione decided to begin organizing "a real one." A year later, the festival organized in series of filmmaking workshops at SUNY Delhi and had an organizing committee of 25 people.
After a year and a half of planning, the 2014 is the real deal. Festival organizers landed Hollywood veteran Bill Pullman, who starred in 1990s blockbuster "Independence Day," as the festival's honorary chair, and David France, a part-time local resident whose film "How to Survive a Plague" was nominated for an Oscar in 2012, as its keynote speaker. Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams, who also has close ties to the local area, will serve as a festival judge, and will screen his newest film, "God Loves Uganda."
France, who has been to countless film festivals all over the world, said the festival will inspire local filmmakers.
"I've been to festivals over the world, in big cities and small villages, and they all have the same impact," France said. "The festivals encourage creativity and storytelling, and they bring people together to share insights about the world around us."
The Catskill Mountains Film Festival. May 2, 3 and 4. Screenings at five Catskills locations: the Open Eye Theater in Margaretville, the Walton Theatre in Walton, and three on-campus venues at SUNY Delhi — the Okun Theatre, Farrell Commons and the Centennial Center. Awards ceremony 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3 in the Okun Theatre. A complete list and schedule of participating films can be found on the festival's website, catskillmountainsfilmfestival.org.
The Watershed Post is a sponsor of the Catskill Mountains Film Festival.
Below: A trailer for the Catskill Mountains Film Festival, produced by Vecc Videography.
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Rozier is letting everyone know that he's "taking over the Puma world."
Celtics guard Terry Rozier has signed with Puma, Bleacher Report reports. Rozier and Puma reportedly agreed to the deal a few weeks ago, according to Jared Weiss of The Athletic.
Puma recently re-launched its basketball category with the signing of the No. 1 overall draft pick DeAndre Ayton and Duke phenom Marvin Bagley III.
Rozier will join the roster of young Puma players as the brand's first guard.
"I'm competing with the Puma world and I'm taking over that s--t...from the jump," Rozier told B/R Kicks. "That's my whole thing. I feel like I'm going to turn it up because -- I ain't gonna knock nobody on Puma, but I feel like I'm very marketable, I'm the guy that they needed to sign."
The former Nike wearer is now all in on team Puma and added that his intent is to have fun with this new deal and to stay loyal to his community.
The 24-year-old averaged 11.3 points per game last season, shooting .395 from the field. He played two years of college basketball at Louisville before going 16th overall in the 2015 NBA draft to the Celtics.


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Why should we look at original gravestones rather than relying exclusively on transcriptions? In most cases, there is an easy answer to that question — the transcription does not preserve the iconography present on the original. Other important aspects of the stone are also lost in transcription — type and quality of stone, size, position, proximity to other stones, etc. A photograph fills in some — but not all — of those holes.
But even with this stone, which has very little embellishment, a transcription would miss some intriguing details. For example, the original omission of the year implies that this stone may have been carved in late 1778 or early 1779, when the carver (or epitaph writer) when the year in question was so obvious that it slipped the writer's mind. That may be overthinking things — perhaps it was just a matter of an eye skipping a line — but it seems much easier to forget to specify the year for a recent event than a distant one.
Young Oratio's name also makes me wonder about the production of this stone. He was obviously named for General Horatio Gates, whose victory at the Battle of Saratoga in October of 1777 made him an American hero. Yet, the carver misspelled both names. Why? If he was working from a written order, the mistake may have originated with the family member or friend who composed the epitaph. If he was working from an oral order, he may have done his best to spell it phonetically. In either case, two things seem to be true: 1) the first try, beginning with "Or-" was not satisfactory and had to be gouged out, resulting in a second spelling that was still wrong, and 2) whoever came up with this spelling knew about Horatio Gates through oral sources, but may never have seen his name spelled correctly. Taken together, these clues indicate that people in Groton were talking about Horatio Gates, but they weren't all reading about him. Perhaps they heard his name when a newspaper was read aloud or when a minister prayed for military success.
Someone should put a book together on phonetic spelling on stones/documents (unless it's out there somewhere?). The probate for Providence stonecarver Asa Fox includes his son "Oris" -- which turned out to be later Boston stonecarver "Horace" Fox. Then there's the regional accent issues (which you've partially documented with your instances of "depated this life"). I like "Washbon" instead of "Washburn," "Kezier" instead of "Kezia," etc. I came across "Patridge" in the paper today and having seen this on a number of stones always figured it was a "Partridge" with an accent; but I'm not sure all "Patridges" were in fact "Partridges." Then there's "Soule" which I first pronounced as if it were French, then realized it was probably pronounced "soul" with a silent "e"; but then came across a couple stones that spelled it "Sowle" -- but was that pronounced "sow" as in a female swine, or as in planting seed?
Oratio's dad was recently the subject of J.L. Bell's blog.
I am a descendant of Captain Asa so this stone and the JL Bell reference delights me!