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Results for Best High School Football Coach 2013
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Galen Brantley
Galen Brantley has won four state titles in six years. His overall career record is 56-5.
Total Votes: 19,080
Greg Lawrence
Under Lawrence, Sherwood has competed for state championships in five of the last nine seasons, bringing home 5A titles in 2010 and 2012. Lawrence has a 171-49 record over 19 seasons.
Kale Ane
After a seven-year NFL career, Ane returned to his alma mater to coach. The 15-year coach recently became the 25th Hawaii high school coach to surpass 100 career wins.
Ken Higbee
He has won the last five 8-man state titles in a row and started 2013 with a 57-game winning streak. His 18-year record is 172-21.
Total Votes: 180,332
Mike Herrington
From a family of coaching brothers, Herrington has won six Southern Section championships. In 25 years he has posted a 248-69-1 record.
Wiley Allred
Royal City, WA
Allred has turned Royal into one of the most consistent programs in the state. He has led it to a 158-20 record in 14 years and won four state titles with two runner-up finishes.


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CodeNEXT
Austin commissions slam CodeNEXT
CodeNEXT: Overview & Actions
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Sept. 27, 2017 edition for additional graphics and quotes from Heritage residents.
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By Christopher Neely| Posted Aug. 29, 2017 at 7:40 am
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Sean Kelly sits outside Elizabeth Street Café in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood, not far away from the single-family home he purchased for $150,000 in 1997.
He, like many of his neighbors, said he is concerned that the zoning maps proposed by CodeNEXT—the rewrite of the city's land development code—ignore the vision of Bouldin Creek the city adopted into policy in 2002 after the residents of the community just south of Lady Bird Lake spent many volunteer hours crafting their neighborhood plan.
Kelly, a member of the neighborhood's contact team—the group in each neighborhood's unique planning process that acts as a middleman between the city's planning and zoning staff and neighborhood residents—said CodeNEXT's disregard of the neighborhood plan will cause sweeping changes to Bouldin Creek.
"[CodeNEXT] arbitrarily and capriciously changes what was previously in statute without any real voting input by the neighborhoods it would affect," Kelly said. "It changes significantly the land use that pre-existed and what everyone understood was what we were doing in the neighborhoods."
Imagine Austin—the city's 30-year comprehensive plan adopted in 2012—and CodeNEXT's zoning proposals are too loyal to neighborhood plans, said Frank Harren, an urbanist and representative for the Tarrytown Neighborhood Association.
Citing an internal city audit released last year that asserted the plans were outdated and reference neither the city's current nor former comprehensive master plans, Harren said there is an inherent conflict in respecting existing neighborhood plans in the CodeNEXT process.
"It's more than complexity," Harren said. "[Existing neighborhood plans and Imagine Austin] are in actual
contradiction."
The outdated plans and their effort to lock in single-family zoning in the urban core where market pressure is most intense, Harren said, exacerbate Austin's affordability crisis and are largely to blame for what he sees as the city's inability to move forward.
Although Imagine Austin states that achieving its goals will "require a revision of the land development code," any rewrite of the code must "recognize, respect and reflect" the vision of neighborhood plans.
However, city staff members have said that early mistakes, a lack of city resources and the city's rapid growth have created deep-seated issues in the neighborhood planning process that city officials say are difficult, and too intensive, to immediately amend.
A balancing act
Jerry Rusthoven, the assistant director of planning and zoning who is among the city planners working to implement CodeNEXT, said these issues have not made the CodeNEXT process any easier.
"Some people feel I'm not following the neighborhood plans closely enough, and others think [the plans] should be tossed in the garbage and ignored," Rusthoven said. "I have to live with both [kinds of] people and also follow the adopted policy of council."
In the case of Bouldin Creek, the neighborhood plan's future land-use map—which zones the neighborhood for future land use and is approved as guiding policy by City Council—planned the interior of the neighborhood with single-family unit lots, which means a maximum of two units per lot. CodeNEXT proposes T3 and T4 zones for the same area, which provide the opportunity to build three and four units per lot, respectively.
Kelly, who is retired and lives on a fixed income, said today the land underneath his home is worth $325,000, and his property taxes have quadrupled since his first bill as a homeowner.
"If [CodeNEXT's proposed zoning] goes through, our land values are going to skyrocket, whether we have any interest in putting triplexes or quads on a standard lot or not," Kelly said.
Andy Cantu, executive director of Evolve Austin, a group advocating for CodeNEXT to be more density-aggressive in its zoning, said the lack of "missing middle" housing—such as triplexes and quadriplexes—aggravates the city's affordability crisis and homeowners' struggle to pay increasing taxes.
Although single-family zoning may have worked in 2002, Cantu said Austin is now a different city, and the neighborhoods and their plans need to evolve with the city.
"[Neighborhood planning] is important and people who live in neighborhoods should have a say in the process, but the way Austin is managing that process is not ideal," he said.
Lack of resources, early mistakes
Although plans require city staffers to review and update neighborhood plans every five years, Rusthoven said none of the 30 plans, which average more than 10 years in age, have been revisited for official updates. He also said the existing neighborhood plans do not really reference a greater comprehensive plan, even though Austin Tomorrow was the comprehensive plan before Imagine Austin.
David King is the vice chairman of the city's Small Area Planning Joint Committee, which he said was formed to figure out why Austin was so "behind the curve" in neighborhood planning. King blamed a lack of resources at the planning and zoning department.
Part of the committee's role is to research what other cities are doing in small-area planning. As an example of best practices, King points to Seattle, where the planning areas are divided by council district, within which are individual neighborhoods. Seattle also has a separate department of neighborhoods that works with the planning and zoning department and the neighborhoods to draft and update neighborhood plans.
King said the existing plans need to be reconciled with Imagine Austin, but those changes need to occur as part of an involved process with the neighborhoods—not through the sole discretion of CodeNEXT planners.
"The plans shouldn't be locked in time, but the process of amending them needs to be by the neighborhood working with the city. I think we can do that," King said.
Although Rusthoven agreed that existing plans need updates and reconciliation with Imagine Austin, he said the planning and zoning department's plate is full, and the lack of resources in the planning and zoning department keeps that from being an immediate priority.
"Council said we're supposed to go back and update the plans every five years; we haven't done it for a single one of them yet," Rusthoven said. "Right now we're working on the CodeNEXT process, and when we're done we're going to be looking at the new areas to map. I can't tell you updating plans is the first thing we're going to do after CodeNEXT because I don't think it is."
However, he said the city is learning from past mistakes and adapting its process. Rusthoven said neighborhood planning after CodeNEXT will be more deliberate and based on specific criteria—such as expected growth and areas near upcoming mobility bond projects—as opposed to the free-for-all, next-in-line strategy from before that gave the city its existing landscape of neighborhood plans.
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All the religions of India believe in karma but in different ways. The Indus religion and culture believes in karma in a very special way. Karma is defined linguistically as work done, that results in its consequences. The so called Hindu religion has well defined karma in the Bhagavad-Gita, where Krishna defines karma as duty without caring for the rewards. The trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva) – Creator, Sustainer and Destroyer/Renewer commands the existence of world. Whenever a-dharma dominates, Lord Vishnu re-embodies himself and restores dharma, i.e. religion or justice.
Reading crisscross over the text of seal # 321 of the Fairservis' collection shows that under the flag of Kunthunath, (field animal as symbol of the 17th Jina) one can, doing away with the four Dur Dhyans or evil thoughts, as a shrawaka also take the shelter of the 2nd Dharm Dhyan, and begin renunciation with penance observing Ratnatraya, so that one can reach the state of the 4th Shukla Dhyan (on top of the spirituality ladder) to fight off the eight karmas thus achieving salvation. This aspect of Jain culture is also seen in several Indus seals, through depiction of a ladder.


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from django.test import TransactionTestCase, mock

class TestSerializedRollbackInhibitsPostMigrate(TransactionTestCase):
    """
    TransactionTestCase._fixture_teardown() inhibits the post_migrate signal
    for test classes with serialized_rollback=True.
    """
    available_apps = ['test_utils']
    serialized_rollback = True

    def setUp(self):
        # self.available_apps must be None to test the serialized_rollback
        # condition.
        self.available_apps = None

    def tearDown(self):
        self.available_apps = ['test_utils']

    @mock.patch('django.test.testcases.call_command')
    def test(self, call_command):
        # with a mocked call_command(), this doesn't have any effect.
        self._fixture_teardown()
        call_command.assert_called_with(
            'flush', interactive=False, allow_cascade=False,
            reset_sequences=False, inhibit_post_migrate=True,
            database='default', verbosity=0,
        )

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Confidence is one of the keys to success. There are many sources of confidence, such as hard work, body language, past achievements, etc.
Try giving yourself a steady diet of positive thoughts and affirmations, throughout your day, and especially during competition. You get what you focus on, but unfortunately, most people focus on the negative, or what they don't want to happen.


KALENDRA - If you are seeing this, you probably have experienced the inevitable, or at least I have. It was a pleasure tormenting you all and I will so miss it. But I am not an ungracious guest so I have left you all a gift.....one which will appear upon my removal from the base and one which will complete my memory. I do hope you get a bang out of this last one, as the 200 kilos of Tarmanian Mining Explosive located in one of your lower decks is so hard to come by. You should be appreciative at the expense I have extolled upon you.:: Suddenly the crowd panicked and all hell broke lose....:: Till we meet again. Good Night and sweet dreams.
Kalendra Solret's visit to SB 118 is short, but devastating. The StarBase itself is heavily damaged, and the officers are left scrambling to repair its systems. The discovery of thousands of small explosives force Admiral Wolf and Captain Arvanon to evacuate the base and activate the self-destruct.
While Starfleet tows the components of a new base to the area, Starfleet Intelligence learns of a Maqui uprising. The Maqui are supposedly gathering support as they head towards Utopia Planetia. The officers of SB 118 take the USS Xanth, a Defiant-class starship, to intercept.
The officers face another series of shocks as they learn that Lieutenant JG Hamlet is suffering from amnesia, then is killed as a band of Maqui beam aboard the Xanth and take over the sick bay. The crew of the Xanth continues their mission, gathering information via interrogation and a captured Maqui ship, looking for clues that will tell them how the Maqui are going to approach the shipyards at Utopia Planetia.
Kalendra's visit to SB 118 is short, but devastating (see last months Reporter). The StarBase itself is heavily damaged, and the officers are left scrambling to repair its systems. The discovery of thousands of small explosives force Admiral Wolf and Captain Arvanon to evacuate the base and activate the self-destruct.
Things are finally starting to look better. The damage to the starbase is being repaired bit by bit. Now that the COMM system is reliable, I've asked for reports from all departments. I should be hearing something soon, hopefully.
The R&D team is aboard. It is my hope that we have repaired enough of our systems that we can put them to work upgrading what we just repaired. ::I pause...that sounds wierd to me...:: I've looked over their records...they should do good work.
Had it not been for Starfleet's direct orders, I would like to try to save the base. One of my officers thinks he found a way to diffuse the bombs. However, as much as I want to save her, my orders stand.
I guess I had to insist on being the last one off because--in spite of the fact that I haven't admitted it to anyone--this is my home, too. But, as Captain, it is my duty to be the last one on base, even more so since I set the self-destruct.
But it is more than that. I have been trained by Starfleet....drilled...tested. And the one thing that was drilled into my mind and my heart the most was the phrase, "the Captain is responsible for the ship." I know some of my officers may not completely understand this...but...someday, if they themselves become Captains, they will understand.
After watching Starbase 118 reduced to it's component atoms by a combination of self-destruct and machinations of Kalendra Solret. The crew of Starbase 118 found themselves aboard Starbase 118's defiant-class vessel the USS Xanth.
Starfleet assured us that the new Starbase would be completed in a matter of days and the command staff of the Starbase were given the mission to intercept a re-emergent Maquis celle before they triggered any incidents that may justify Dominion-Cardassian incursions into Starfleet territory.
It was soon discovered that the Marquis were on there way to UP shipyards where a number of older classes were undergoing a refit to bring them into line with the newer classes of vessels. It soon became clear that the Marquis were attempting to seize at least one of the refitted vessels.
A maquis group managed to beam an away team aboard and take sickbay hostage. The seige was ended and the group imprisoned but not before one of the maquis was beaten to death by the 2nd Science officer....On interrogation.. the Maquis leader informed us of the location of an asteroid base.
On the way to the base disaster struck - Lt Hamlet was lost - presumed dead when his quarters were converted into a 'detonation chamber' the contents of his quarters reduced to their component elements. An investigation failed to find sufficient evidence to arrest his suspected assassin.
On the return trip Lt. Cmdr. Aquiss almost met the same fate as Lt Hamlet - but was rescued by Lt Tekra.
The Starbase 118 officers--still aboard the Defiant class warship USS XANTH--capture the last ship that was hijacked from Utopia Planetia by the Maquis. The crew's return to the starbase is not a peaceful one. Engineers Sharp and Fairaget discover a strange device--soon nicknamed Aurora--which claims to be sentient, then disappears. Soon after the XANTH docks with SB 118, an attempt is made on Captain Arvanon's life, and an unknown force attempts to gain access to Starbase 118's computers.
A routine staff meeting is turned upside-down by the new Deck Officer, Ensign Barry White. The investigation into Lieutenant JG Hamlet's death is given new life, even as the crew of the Starbase prepares for his funeral.
The crew's investigations into Hamlet's death and into the disappearance of Aurora continue, and the crew continues to adjust to life on their new 18-mile high home. Many activities are taking place all over the station now, some involving some involving some less-than-virtuous characters, but whether or not they have any connection to the starbase's current problems has yet to be seen.
Captain's Log, Stardate 237506.13 The mission the Admiral gave us worries me greatly. But it isn't because of the Maqui. It is my belief that this will become a race. Not a race to stop the Maqui before they do something major, but a race to stop them period.
The Cardassians hate the Maqui, to put it nicely, which is why one of the first Dominion tasks was to "cleanse" the Demilitarized Zone. However, if word gets back to the Cardassians that a Maqui group still exists, we may find a Dominion/Cardassian task force in the area soon thereafter. And with the components for the new starbase still in tow, Starfleet--at least temporarily--does not have the ability to deal with an attack in this sector.
We must stop the Maqui before the Cardassians hear about this, or things could get ugly.
Things have seemed to settle down, and our pursuit of the Maqui-controlled vessel has been fruitless thus far. I am beginning to wonder if they really did manage to sneak onto SB 118, or if they just decided to quite while they were ahead. Time will tell.
In the meantime, I've ordered the Xanth back to SB 118 for minor repairs and a crew-change. The starbase is fully assembled, and the crew is working on making it fully operational. The new base is enormous...more than 15 miles high, and the on-board population is expected to be enormous, also.
On a note closer to home, I am a little concerned about my crew. As Captain, it is not really my place to mingle with them, although sometimes I think I should. But I have noticed a lack of relationships of a more...personal nature. It is good to see that most of the officers are able to work together, but I have to say I would like to see some friendships develop, as well. Maybe time will grant me my request.
After Hamlet of Dane's death attempts are made on the lives of Lt. Commander Aquiss and Captain Arvanon. One lead is in the sentient computer cube Aurora, but the crew have trouble deciphering the information held within. At Hamlet of Dane's funeral it comes out that he has a wife by the name of Lady Ophelia, a fact which makes his girlfriend extremely distraught. Shortly afterwards the USS Xanth is hijacked and is retaken by actions from Lt. Commander Aquiss. Unfortunately Ensign Barry White was blown to smithereens by a bomb before anyone could save him.
Hamlet's plot thickens as Lt. Tekra finds that Lady Ophelia intends to auction off all of his experimental technology to the highest bidder. His logs also showed that he had been dodging assassins for over two years. Ophelia contacts a group of people who are suspected of crimes by Starfleet intel - but no one can prove anything - all of them fabulously rich and to be bidders on the technology. In the end Ophelia gathers all her buyers but Dr. Dane's robotic creations rebel rendering them all unconscious. Starfleet security swoops in and arrests everyone.
Things get worse when poisonous lizards are released onto StarBase 118. They kill two people and cannot be stopped by force fields. The chaos deepens as they start heading for the command center. Engineers find a nest of lizards and find they are resistant to phaser fire, so medical works overtime on finding an antidote to the poisonous bite. Engineers lure them out with the lizards perfect atmosphere while medical creates an antidote.
The investigation into the death of Lieutenant, JG Hamlet of Dane and the attempts on the lives of Lieutenant Commander Aquiss and Captain Arvanon took an interesting twist last month when the base was overrun by a species of lizard. These red, green, blue, and brown reptiles were about 2 feet long and were immune to the effects of phaser fire. Things on the base were further complicated by the fact that these lizards could evade sensors and walk through force fields.
Things took another interesting turn when a random turbolift malfunction kills the starbase's new Deck Officer, Han Sedona. The crew has no time to grieve, however, as the lizards begin to multiply at a frightening rate. As the total population on the starbase reaches 8000 lizards, Captain Arvanon, Lieutenant Kal'tora, and Lieutenants JG Sharp, Fairaget, and Speed put together a plan to trap the lizards with gravity well traps and knock them out with anestisine gas.
Captain's Log, Stardate 237507.20 Things are starting to pick up, only for the worst. After an attempt on my behalf to examine Hamlet's quarters on the Xanth, I am almost trapped in his quarters, as well. I am not sure where to re-start this investigation, but one of the remaining lose threads is that box that my Engineers found. I don't know if know finding "Aurora" will help, or even if it is still around, but I will find that out soon. However, for the time being, I have ordered that the starbase be placed on security alert.
I wish I could say that things have been normal, but that is not the case. Aquiss has been forced to disable the Xanth. An annoying action, but one that was necessary. At least we know the starbase's shields can repel quantum torpedos, but that is a small consolation.
Hamlet's funeral wasn't even normal. I have to admit that the more I find out about that man and the people that know him, the more confused I become.
The crew seems to be adjusting to a reality without Hamlet, but it is hard. Even though he kept to himself, he really did involve himself with the crew, but in ways I am only beginning to understand. Kal'tora seems to be the hardest hit, but not anymore, for reasons which I will not detail here.
Hamlet of Dane reappears revealing that he faked his death in order to assist the arrests of wanted criminals and his ex-wife.
Report Source: StarBase 118 Things took an interesting twist a couple of weeks ago when a Dominion attempted to destroy the Starbase with a subspace rift. However, the Starbase was instead sent 400 years into the future. The crew suddenly found themselves in a bind on two fronts. They were without and XO, and they were caught in the middle of a Borg/Dominion war, with no Federation reinforcements in sight.
As Hamlet takes his ship and goes in search of the RSC headquarters, Arvanon, Savik, and Fairaget work to keep the heavily damaged Starbase in one piece. Rather undramatically, however, the rift engulfs the Starbase again, sending it back to the past.
Now, with the arrival of Lt Commander Treetus as the new XO and the marriage of Hamlet and Lt Kal'tora on hand, the Starbase crew is taking a well-deserved break.
Things have calmed down for the moment. Well....and then, they haven't. I've just sent my actiing XO, Savik, a message about the XANTH. It seems that she will be staying with us after all, since the Admiral is taking the Intrepid class MANTIS with him.
As for my crew, they have gone through a lot....too much, actually. With two officers killed within the past month, and half of the "core" sent to the colony with the Admiral, it is going to be tough for everyone to get to know everyone else. However, I know it will happen, eventually.
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Movies/Television Celebrity News
Eric Ladin Joining HBO's 'The Brink'
Eric Ladin has joined the cast for HBO's pilot, 'The Brink.'
Eric Ladin has recently joined the cast for HBO's newest pilot, The Brink. The new show is a dark comedy based around a geopolitical crisis and the effect it has on three different men: the U.S. Secretary of State, a Foreign Service officer and a Navy fighter pilot. Eric Laden will be playing a lieutenant who is the fighter pilot's right hand man.
Jack Black, Tim Robbins and Pablo Schreiber are among other who will be starring in the pilot. The Brink was directed by Jay Roach and based on Roberto Benabib's script. Jerry Weintraub is on board in the role of executive producer.
Ladin is no stranger to HBO, with previous work on Boardwalk Empire, Big Love, and Generation Kill. He will also be seen on the cable channel's other new pilot, Bosch. Ladin's other work includes roles in The Killing and Mad Men.
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'The Killing' to Return for a 4th Season on Netflix
'The Killing' will be returning for a 4th season, but this time exclusively on Netflix.
HPC News – The Killing cannot be killed. Hollywood Production Center's longtime tenant will be continuing their work on their popular television series The Killing from our offices. The hit television show first aired in 2011 on AMC, and continued to air three seasons until the cable network announced the show's cancellation earlier in 2013. However, Netflix recently announced that they would be picking up the series and continuing the 4th season. This 4th season will air 6 episodes and will be considered the "final season." The series' stars Joel Kinnaman (who plays Stephen Holder) and Mireille Enos (who plays Sarah Linden) will be returning to the show to explore a new police case.
The Killing has gained a lot of popularity on Netflix's streaming service, which helped it grow its audience for three seasons. The show had originally been cancelled after two seasons, but Fox TV Studios later announced that it would be returning after all due to a unique deal with AMC and Netflix. In this deal the streaming service, which had already built up an audience from the first 2 seasons being on its service, would stream the 3rd season 90 days after the finale aired on AMC to offset costs. When AMC announced that they would be pulling the plug for good in 2013, Netflix stepped in to pick up a 4th season to be aired exclusively to Netflix users. The wildly popular streaming service believe this show is perfect for on-demand viewing, so they have given Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder the chance at a proper goodbye.
Production for the 4th season of The Killing is set to begin in February.
View the full story at The Hollywood Reporter.
Tags Los Angeles, Production, The Killing, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox TV Studios, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Sarah Linden, Stephen Holder, AMC, Glendale, Hollywood Production Center, Hollywood Production Center-Glendale, Netflix, Television
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Breaking Bad Fans Welcome "Better Call Saul"
"Better Call Saul" will officially be the "Breaking Bad" spin-off as the series wraps up its final season.
While many fans mourn the imminent end of Breaking Bad, AMC has offered a way to ease the pain. AMC has announced that they are moving forward with their Breaking Bad spin-off that will be based on the ever-meddling lawyer, Saul Goodman. The show has been announced with the working title Better Call Saul and will be a prequel that focuses on the Saul Goodman character before he became Walter and Jesse's lawyer.
Bob Odenkirk will be the star of the show as he returns as Saul. Vince Gilligan, the mastermind and creator of Breaking Bad will stay tied to this new project, which he expressed enthusiasm for. The series has not been formally ordered by AMC, but they are expecting to finalize soon.
The news comes as Breaking Bad airs its final episodes this month. The series finale is set to air on Sunday, September 29. AMC has a lot going on with the recent news of Mad Men finishing its 7 season run in 2014. It was also announced that The Killing, which just wrapped up its 3rd season this August, has been cancelled. However, AMC is ready to launch two dramas next year, which we hope will be a hit.
Tags Mad Men, Hollywood Happenings, Television, Summer Television, AMC, Los Angeles, Spin-off, Breaking Bad, Jesse Pinkman, Walter White, Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Jesse, Hollywood, prequel, Saul Goodman, The Killing, Vince Gilligan, Walter


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Handguns Revolvers
A Singular Cimarron
September 24, 2010 By jeff john
The popular Single Action Model P is now available in stainless steel.
By Jeff John
The popular Cimarron Model P is now available in a stainless steel variant.
Cimarron Firearms has long been known for importing the best-quality handguns and rifles produced by the Beretta-owned firm of Aldo Uberti. One material Uberti has always been loath to work with is stainless steel. It is much harder on the tools and creates the headache of keeping otherwise look-alike stainless and carbon-steel parts separate throughout the finishing process.
After years of gentle nudging, Mike Harvey, Cimarron's president, finally convinced Uberti to build a stainless Colt SAA. Although the Ruger Vaquero is still stronger, the Vaquero weighs 5 3/4 ounces more and balances differently than the Colt SAA and its clones. If you're happy with the original ballistics of the .45 Colt, the weight savings combined with the stainless steel makes this revolver an excellent choice for a trail gun.
This is one good-looking revolver, too. The steel is evenly and expertly polished with no ripples present. The fit of the triggerguard, backstrap and loading gate is excellent. The polish around the hammer, trigger and bolt screws is almost flawless, with the barest hint of dishing. The hammer is deeply checkered in an early style and is fitted with a small firing pin. No firing-pin bushing is present; the firing pin goes right through a hole in the frame. The cylinder is beveled the way 1st generation Colt SAAs were. The grips, which are select, are nicely figured and heavily varnished. The fit of the grips gets a B+. The only problem here was a hardly noticeable gap between frame and grip. The screws are all stainless, but the hand, bolt and springs are carbon steel.
As usual with a firearm without a transfer-bar safety, only five rounds should be loaded and the hammer rested on an empty chamber. The arm does come with a safety, though. The cylinder base-pin is longer than usual and has two notches. To use it as a safety, cock the hammer to its first notch, depress the transverse cylinder-pin catch, and push the cylinder pin in to its last notch. This effectively blocks the firing pin from striking the primer of a cartridge. When the safety is deployed, the gun still functions normally for loading and unloading. Practically speaking, the ability to carry one extra round is outweighed by the amount of time it takes to remove the safety for firing.
Accuracy was all that one could desire. Cowboy Action loads from Black Hills and Winchester delivered 25-yard groups in the 2 3/4- and three-inch range. In keeping with its added mission as a trail gun, G&A's Executive Editor Payton Miller tried Winchester 225-grain Silvertips off a rest and shot a splendid six-shot group of 2 1/2 inches with five rounds in a 1 1/4-inch cluster and three of those touching.
Model P Stainless
Maker: Aldo Uberti And Co.
Importer: Cimarron Arms
Action Type: Single-action revolver
Caliber: .45 Colt (tested), .357 Mag.
Barrel Length: 4 3/4, 5 1/2, 7 1/2 in.
Overall Length: 10 5/8 in.
Finish: Polished stainless
Sights: Fixed; blade front, U-notch rear
Grips: Varnished walnut
The group itself was 1 3/4 inches left and 2 1/2 inches high on the bull using a six o'clock hold. The 255-grain bullets shot just over the front sight and a little left. There were no malfunctions of any kind during the 200-plus-round test. As usual, the cartridges dropped from the chambers without the use of the ejector until the chambers became fouled after a box or so of cast bullets. Then the brass needed to be touched with the rod to fall free.
The 1/16-inch-wide traditional Colt-style front sight is square and polished on the rounded contours, which throws some glare into the sight picture. That's one of the only drawbacks to nickel-plated or stainless single actions with fixed sights. Sans paint, there is no good answer to the dilemma, but it isn't too much of a detriment at close range.
Cowboy Action competitors might want to keep a small bottle of Testor's flat-back model paint along with a few cotton swabs handy to blacken the blade and rear notch. The trick also works for field shooters, but carrying the revolver in a holster for extended periods will wear the paint off the top of the sight where it's needed most anyway, so it might not really matter.
Although Cowboy Action shooters are a major audience for this revolver, it is also meant for those who wish to pack a Colt-style single action afield as an alternative to carbon-steel guns and their higher maintenance. Stainless steel will rust if it is badly neglected in a harsh climate (the stainless blend must have a good quantity of carbon steel in order to be heat-treated properly).
The fit of the loading gate, backstrap and triggerguard is superb. The metal is expertly polished and ripple-free. The cylinder is held in place by the late-style transverse pin, and the ejector rod has the smaller head of the later guns as well.
Still, it withstands harsh weather much better and longer than any traditionally finished carbon steel. It is also much easier to spiff up. A good way to touch up stainless is with a 3M Scotch-Brite pad. The pads come in a variety of grits that will deliver everything from a subdued brushed look all the way to a nickel-like high polish.
The Model P Stainless is disassembled the same as a late-model Colt. Cock the hammer to its half-cock position, open the loading gate, and ensure that the revolver is unloaded. Close the loading gate, depress the transverse pin on the front of the frame, and withdraw the cylinder pin. Open the loading gate, and remove the cylinder from the frame. Rea
ssemble in reverse order.
If one desires to pack a traditional single action afield when inclement weather might be encountered, a stainless steel revolver is the best choice. Cowboy Action shooters who desire ease of maintenance along with utility will find stainless a good option as well. If you're one who cherishes the ease of maintenance along with the lively feel of the Colt SAA, then the Cimarron stainless Model P will warrant a strong look.
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May 18, 2018 IDGC of Volga
Chuvashenergo branch power engineers are ready to perform large scale repair works
May 18, 2018 Lenta
Lenta opens its first supermarket in Barnaul
May 17, 2018 ALROSA
ALROSA representative elected as RJC Vice Chair
ALROSA CEO meets the Chair of the Kimberley Process
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LUKOIL completes integrated geophysical model for Denisov license area
IDGC of Volga, PJSC summarized results of 2017-2018 autumn-winter period
Q1 2018 IFRS financial results
LUKOIL reports preliminary operating data for the first quarter of 2018
LUKOIL hosts a discussion on non-financial reporting in energy sector in Brussels
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================================================================= Datum:	November 25th 2011 Titel:	Ragequit File:	ragequit.pk3 Autor:	Victor "DaEngineer" Karp Email:	daengineer [at] gmx [dot] de Blog:	http://victorkarp.wordpress.com Ragequit was made in two days. I was bored of working on one of these complex maps that take hours and hours and don't develop noticeably. So I played CS:S for a while... and rage quitted in the end. Advised be a friend to try out simple stuff without a concept in mind I made Ragequit. And guess what? I played the most entertaining rounds of tourney I had for a long time just hours later. ================================================================= Map information Tourney:	Yes	Deathmatch:	Yes (but the map's too small for anything else than 1v1) Team Deathmatch:	No CTF:	No Bot File (aas):	Yes, but bots don't understand the layout New sound effects:	No New Textures:	Yes New Music:	No How to play: Place ragequit.pk3 in your baseq3 directory. The map is selectable in the skirmish menu. ================================================================= Map is based on:	A rage quit and a good advice Editor: GtkRadiant 1.5.0 Other tools:	Notepad ================================================================= Credits The textures are from www.cgtextures.com ================================================================= I would like to thank... Patrick "Scout" Schotte. Your advice to make a map without a concept was just what I needed. And of course thanks for the play testing as well. Counter-Strike Source for making me rage quit. ================================================================= Distribution / Copyright / Permissions Copyright (c) 2011 Victor "DaEngineer" Karp All rights reserved. Quake III Arena is a registered trademark of id Software, Inc. This level may be electronically distributed only at NO CHARGE to the recipient in its current state, MUST include this .txt file, and may NOT be modified IN ANY WAY. Uploading this level to ANY website is PROHIBITED without prior written permission. =================================================================
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes (* 17. September 1884 in Elmira, im US-Bundesstaat New York; † 8. April 1920 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist. Der früh verstorbene Griffes gilt als bekanntester amerikanischer Vertreter des musikalischen Impressionismus.

Leben
Nach frühem Klavier- und Orgelunterricht in seiner Heimatstadt studierte Griffes ab 1903 am Stern'schen Konservatorium in Berlin Klavier bei Gottfried Galston und Komposition bei Philipp Bartholomé Rüfer – zunächst mit dem Ziel einer Pianisten-Karriere. Er verlegte sich jedoch zunehmend auf die Komposition und nahm u. a. Unterricht bei Engelbert Humperdinck. 1907 in die USA zurückgekehrt, nahm er eine Stellung als Musiklehrer an der Hackley School in Tarrytown an, die er zeitlebens – auf das bescheidene Gehalt angewiesen – innehatte. Daneben nahm er am New Yorker Musikleben teil: 1916 spielte er dort in der amerikanischen Erstaufführung von Strawinskis Petruschka in der Fassung für 2 Klavier mit, 1918 wurde ein Konzert mit Werken von Griffes veranstaltet.

Griffes verstarb im Alter von 35 Jahren an den Spätfolgen einer Influenza, die er sich Ende 1919 zugezogen hatte (möglicherweise der Spanischen Grippe). Sein Grab befindet sich im Bloomfield Cemetery, Essex County, New Jersey. Griffes führte detaillierte Tagebücher, die allerdings nach seinem Tod teilweise von seiner Schwester vernichtet wurden, da sie Griffes' Homosexualität offenkundig machten.

Werk
In den frühen Werken der deutschen Spätromantik verpflichtet, entwickelte sich Griffes zum bekanntesten amerikanischen Vertreter des musikalischen Impressionismus, dessen Merkmale etwa ab 1911 in seiner Musik erscheinen. Er studierte neben der Musik der französischen Impressionisten auch die Werke zeitgenössischer russischer Komponisten, beispielsweise von Alexander Skrjabin, dessen Einfluss in seinem Werk ebenfalls erkennbar ist, beispielsweise im Gebrauch synthetischer Tonleitern und Ganztonleitern. Griffes experimentierte außerdem mit ostasiatischen Skalen.

Seine bekanntesten Werke sind White Peacock für Klavier (1917), die Klaviersonate in F (1918), die Tondichtung The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan nach einem Fragment von Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1919) und das für Georges Barrère geschriebene Poem für Flöte und Orchester (1919). Er schrieb darüber hinaus zahlreiche programmatische Stücke für Klavier, Kammerensembles und Gesang. Angesichts seines kurzen Lebens und der gleichzeitigen Lehrverpflichtungen ist sein Werkkatalog verhältnismäßig umfangreich; einige seiner Kompositionen werden bis heute gespielt bzw. sind auf Tonträgern verfügbar.

Literatur

 The Concise Edition of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th ed. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. New York, Schirmer Books, 1993. ISBN 002872416X

Weblinks

  auf: Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing
 Biographie bei naxos.com
 Inventar der Manuskripte von Griffes in der New York Public Library

Einzelnachweise

Komponist klassischer Musik (20. Jahrhundert)
Komponist (Vereinigte Staaten)
Geboren 1884
Gestorben 1920
Mann
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Q: jQuery animate scrolltop it's not working I'm trying to use the scroll effect using jQuery animate scrolltop but it's not working and I can't figure out why.
My whole code can be found here...  https://codepen.io/andresq820/project/editor/Aogyqr
My navbar has the following links and the jQuery class for each starting with js--

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I then have each section labeled with the respective class where I want the scroll to land as follows

My jQuery code is below
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$('.js--scroll-to-main').click(function(){
    $('html, body').animate({scrollTop: $('header').offset().top}, 1000);
});

$('.js--scroll-to-about_us').click(function(){
    $('html, body').animate({scrollTop: $('.js--section-about_us').offset().top}, 1000);
});

$('.js--scroll-to-services').click(function(){
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});

$('.js--scroll-to-contact_us').click(function(){
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A: Firstly, this line
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Try
$('.js--scroll-to-about_us').click(function(){
//alert("alert here to see if the link is making contact");
$('#section-about_us').slideDown(1000);
});

See if that works.

A: You've to wrap the whole jQuery code inside document.ready function. Then the smooth scrolling effect will work. Hope it'll be help you. Here is the whole code.

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Algeria Adamant on Violating Migrants' Rights
Algeria, Headlines
Algerian authorities have deported more than 27,000 Sub-Saharan migrants since 2015, in a move that is praised by the interior ministry and denounced by rights groups that see in Algeria's crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers a violation of elementary rights.
"We have already repatriated 27,000 illegal African migrants to their countries since 2015," Algerian Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui told the parliament in Algiers.
The black-man-hunt has been clearly endorsed by authorities in Algeria at a time the country was hard-hit by the slump in oil prices. As the country braces for austerity measures, further threatening the fragile social peace, authorities have surfed on xenophobia blaming Sub-Saharans fleeing wars and hardships for the structural illness of the Algerian economy.
In a wave of anti-migrant drive, last year, authorities in Algiers imposed a segregationist move banning migrants from using taxis and buses in a blatant disregard for human dignity and in total violation of basic human rights.
The transportation authority had indeed threatened last October to impose fines on drivers who venture to transport migrants, pro-regime media reported.
In the face of Algeria's unrelenting crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers who are denied the right to apply for refugee status, international rights watchdogs have lambasted Algeria's shameful practices.
In its annual report, Amnesty International deplored that Algeria failed to improve on human rights at all levels, registering degrading treatment of migrants by Algerian authorities.
Human Rights Watch, for its part, drew attention to the summary deportation by Algerian authorities of hundreds of Sub-Saharans who are often abandoned in the desert border with Mali in harsh conditions.
Earlier in February, the International Organization for Migration (IMO) confirmed that it has saved 1000 Sub-Saharan migrants rounded up by Algerian authorities and bussed in harsh conditions to Algeria's southern borders. These migrants are usually taken from Zeralda prison and sent to the southern city of Tamanrasset. Afterwards, authorities take them to the border with Niger where they are abandoned to their fate.
Niger has repeatedly protested the inhumane treatment suffered by its nationals in Algeria.
Also, the anti-migrant discrimination and xenophobic rhetoric were behind the recall of the Guinean Ambassador to Algiers late last year. The decision by Guinean President, Alpha Conde, who was then AU chairman, drew attention to the double speak of Algeria, which aspires to have a voice in Africa while mistreating Africans on its soil.
Civil society associations in Guinea, Gabon and Niger have urged the African Union to put the issue of the human rights violations by Algerian authorities against Sub-Saharan migrants on the agenda.
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Two Derbyshire churches have windows smashed by vandals
Witnesses reported sounds of gunfire
Brad BakerJournalist
St John the Baptist church in Church Street, Staveley (Image: Google)
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A Derbyshire church is picking up the pieces after it had its windows damaged in mindless acts of vandalism.
St John The Baptist Church, in Staveley, is believed to have been targeted at some point during the weekend.
It's the second of two churches in the village to have been vandalised. The Methodist Church on Chesterfield Road has also recently had windows deliberately broken.
Holes are visible across the stained glass at St John the Baptist and witnesses reported hearing what they believed to be gunfire in the area, but assumed that it was caused by a car backfiring.
Derbyshire police are investigating the incident and would like to speak to anyone with information.
Officers from the Staveley Safer Neighbourhood Team have attended the scene to make inquiries.
Red rings indicate points of damage across the stained glass window of St John the Baptist Church, Church Street (Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)
Officers said: "Staveley SNT are appealing for anyone who has seen anything or knows any information regarding criminal damage to a window of the Methodist Church in Staveley. It was reported to have happened Friday evening or in the early hours of Saturday.
"We have also had reports of similar damage to St John the Baptist church. If anyone has seen anything or has any information, please let us know by calling 101."
It is thought to be the first time that St John the Baptist church has been targeted in this way.
Shattered glass at the Methodist Church in Chesterfield Road, Staveley (Image: Derbyshire Constabulary)
Steven Jones, rector at St John the Baptist church, said: "It will just become a process now, sorting it out through insurance. If there's one thing I would say to whoever has done this, is why they felt a need to do this?
"We are very fortunate as this is the only time this has ever happened. Given the state of the country in 2020, we are very fortunate."
Those with information are to quote reference number 20000410091 in any correspondence with the police.
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As part of its mandate to promote India's relations with other countries through study, research, discussions, lectures, exchange of ideas and information, ICWA has signed 53 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with partner institutions in various countries. ICWA has also signed MoUs with 21 national academic & research institutions with a view to have collaboration with them in organising national and international conferences throughout the nation, to spread awareness amongst students, faculty, researchers and policy makers, providing platforms for the generation of new ideas, and strengthening the understanding of international politics and Indian foreign policy.


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        if(argc != 3) {
            if(id == 0) {
                printf("Usage:\n>> %s matrix_A matrix_B\n",argv[0]);
            }
            MPI_Finalize();
            exit(1);
        }

        if (id == 0) {
            read_matrix_binaryformat (argv[1], &A, &rowsA, &colsA);
            read_matrix_binaryformat (argv[2], &B, &rowsB, &colsB);
        }

        if (p == 1) {
            create_matrix(&C,rowsA,colsB);
            matrix_multiplication (&A,&B,&C,rowsA,colsB,colsA);

            char* filename = "matrix_C.bin";
            write_matrix_binaryformat (filename, C, rowsA, colsB);
            free(A);
            free(B);
            free(C);
            MPI_Finalize();
            return 0;
        }

        // For this assignment we have chosen to bcast the whole matrix B:
        MPI_Bcast (&B, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        MPI_Bcast (&colsA, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        MPI_Bcast (&colsB, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        MPI_Bcast (&rowsA, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        MPI_Bcast (&rowsB, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        local_rows = BLOCK_SIZE(id, p, rowsA);

        /*    SCATTER VALUES    */

        int *proc_elements = (int*)malloc(p*sizeof(int)); // amount of elements for each processor
        int *displace = (int*)malloc(p*sizeof(int)); // displacement of elements for each processor
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i<p; i++) {
            proc_elements[i] = BLOCK_SIZE(i, p, rowsA)*colsA;
            displace[i] = BLOCK_LOW(i, p, rowsA)*colsA;
        }

        create_matrix(&local_A,local_rows,colsA);

        MPI_Scatterv(&A[0],&proc_elements[0],&displace[0],MPI_DOUBLE,&local_A[0],
                     local_rows*colsA,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        /*    END  SCATTER  VALUES  */

        create_matrix (&local_C,local_rows,colsB);
        matrix_multiplication (&local_A,&B,&local_C,local_rows,colsB,colsA);

        /*    GATHER VALUES    */

        MPI_Gatherv(&local_C[0], rowsA*colsB, MPI_DOUBLE,&C[0],
              &proc_elements[0],&displace[0],MPI_DOUBLE,0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        /*    END  GATHER VALUES  */

        char* filename = "matrix_C.bin";
        write_matrix_binaryformat (filename, C, rowsA, colsB);

        free (proc_elements);
        free (displace);
        free (local_A);
        free (local_C);
        free (A);
        free (B);
        free (C);
        MPI_Finalize ();
        return 0;
    }

    void create_matrix (double ***C,int rows,int cols) {
        *C = (double**)malloc(rows*sizeof(double*));
        (*C)[0] = (double*)malloc(rows*cols*sizeof(double));
        int i;
        for (i=1; i<rows; i++)
            (*C)[i] = (*C)[i-1] + cols;
    }

    void matrix_multiplication (double ***A, double ***B, double ***C, int rowsC,int colsC,int colsA) {
        double sum;
        int i,j,k;
        for (i = 0; i < rowsC; i++) {
            for (j = 0; j < colsC; j++) {
                sum = 0.0;
                for (k = 0; k < colsA; k++) {
                    sum = sum + (*A)[i][k]*(*B)[k][j];
                }
                (*C)[i][j] = sum;
            }
        }
    }

    /* Reads a 2D array from a binary file*/
    void read_matrix_binaryformat (char* filename, double*** matrix, int* num_rows, int* num_cols) {
        int i;
        FILE* fp = fopen (filename,"rb");
        fread (num_rows, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
        fread (num_cols, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
        /* storage allocation of the matrix */
        *matrix = (double**)malloc((*num_rows)*sizeof(double*));
        (*matrix)[0] = (double*)malloc((*num_rows)*(*num_cols)*sizeof(double));
        for (i=1; i<(*num_rows); i++)
            (*matrix)[i] = (*matrix)[i-1]+(*num_cols);
        /* read in the entire matrix */
        fread ((*matrix)[0], sizeof(double), (*num_rows)*(*num_cols), fp);
        fclose (fp);
    }

    /* Writes a 2D array in a binary file */
    void write_matrix_binaryformat (char* filename, double** matrix, int num_rows, int num_cols) {
      FILE *fp = fopen (filename,"wb");
      fwrite (&num_rows, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
      fwrite (&num_cols, sizeof(int), 1, fp);
      fwrite (matrix[0], sizeof(double), num_rows*num_cols, fp);
      fclose (fp);
    }

My task is to do a parallel matrix multiplication of matrix A and B and gather the results in matrix C.
I am doing this by dividing matrix A in rowwise pieces and each process is going to use its piece to multiply matrix B, and get back its piece from the multiplication. Then I am going to gather all the pieces from the processes and put them together to matrix C.
I allready posted a similiar question, but this code is improved and I have progressed but I am still getting a segmentation fault after the scatterv call.

A: So I see a few problems right away:
    MPI_Bcast (&B, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

Here, you're passing not a pointer to doubles, but a pointer to a pointer to a pointer to a double (B is defined as double **B) and you're telling MPI to follow that pointer and send 1 double from there.   That is not going to work.
You might think that what you're accomplishing here is sending the pointer to the matrix, from which all tasks can read the array -- that doesn't work.   The processes don't share a common memory space (that's why MPI is called distributed memory programming) and the pointer doesn't go anywhere.   You're actually going to have to send the contents of the matrix,
    MPI_Bcast (&(B[0][0]), rowsB*colsB, MPI_DOUBLE, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

and you're going to have to make sure the other processes have correctly allocated memory for the B matrix ahead of time.
There's similar pointer problems elsewhere:
    MPI_Scatterv(&A[0], ..., &local_A[0]

Again, A is a pointer to a pointer to doubles (double **A) as is local_A, and you need to be pointing MPI to pointer to doubles for this to work, something like
    MPI_Scatterv(&(A[0][0]), ..., &(local_A[0][0])

that error seems to be present in all the communications routines.
Remember that anything that looks like (buffer, count, TYPE) in MPI means that the MPI routines follow the pointer buffer and send the next count pieces of data of type TYPE there.   MPI can't follow pointers within the buffer you sent becaue in general it doens't know they're there.   It just takes the next (count * sizeof(TYPE)) bytes from pointer buffer and does whatever communications is appropriate with them.   So you have to pass it a pointer to a stream of data of type TYPE.
Having said all that, it would be a lot easier to work with you on this if you had narrowed things down a bit; right now the program you've posted includes a lot of I/O stuff that's irrelevant, and it means that no one can just run your program to see what happens without first figuring out the matrix format and then generating two matrices on their own.   When posting a question about source code, you really want to post a (a) small bit of source which (b) reproduces the problem and (c) is completely self-contained.

A: Consider this an extended comment as Jonathan Dursi has already given a fairly elaborate answer. You matrices are really represented in a weird way but at least you followed the advice given to your other question and allocate space for them as contiguous blocks and not separately for each row.
Given that, you should replace:
MPI_Scatterv(&A[0],&proc_elements[0],&displace[0],MPI_DOUBLE,&local_A[0],
             local_rows*colsA,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD);

with
MPI_Scatterv(A[0],&proc_elements[0],&displace[0],MPI_DOUBLE,local_A[0],
             local_rows*colsA,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD);

A[0] already points to the beginning of the matrix data and there is no need to make a pointer to it. The same goes for local_A[0] as well as for the parameters to the MPI_Gatherv() call.
It has been said many times already - MPI doesn't do pointer chasing and only works with flat buffers.
I've also noticed another mistake in your code - memory for your matrices is not freed correctly. You are only freeing the array of pointers and not the matrix data itself:
free(A);

should really become
free(A[0]); free(A);


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Fantasmi del mare è un film del 1948 diretto da Francesco De Robertis.

È il primo film significativo del regista, specializzato in film di guerra e alto ufficiale della Marina Militare, che ha dedicato una vasta filmografia all'ambiente della Marina Militare Italiana.

Trama
Il sottoufficiale della Marina Militare, il Capo Arena, custode di una nave in disarmo, ricostruisce l'ultima fase della seconda guerra mondiale e rievoca un episodio dell'8 settembre 1943. A bordo della nave, sulla quale è imbarcato anche il figlio del comandante, prende una drammatica decisione che riguarda le sorti dell'equipaggio.

Produzione
La produzione è curata da Michele Savini per CCI. La distribuzione è affidata alla Atlantis Film.

Regia
Il film si avvale della collaborazione tecnica alla regia di Vittorio Cottafavi. De Robertis si affida ancora per la fotografia a Carlo Bellero, che firma, in tutto, otto suoi film.

Cast
De Robertis inserisce nel cast per la prima volta l'attore debuttante Nino Milano, l'unico che apparirà in cinque film del regista. Affida il ruolo di "Comandante" a Nicola Morabito, uno dei pochi attori che il regista riconferma per la seconda volta. Fa debuttare nel cinema il barese Umberto Raho, che sarà interprete di un centinaio di film.

Riprese
Il film è interamente girato in un set allestito nell'Arsenale Militare Marittimo di Taranto.

Una scena è girata alla vicina "Villa Peripato".

Accoglienza

Critica
In concomitanza con il neorealismo, Francesco De Robertis dedica il suo film al mondo della Marina Militare, e utilizza attori poco conosciuti, fra i quali la giovane attrice di teatro Anna Arena (ligure) e Raf Pindi (originario della Puglia). Durante la lavorazione il film aveva il titolo di RottaSud. Un lavoro corretto, come del resto tutti i film di De Robertis, specialista in storie marinare

La povertà di mezzi non permette all'autore gli squarci marini delle opere precedenti; montaggio serrato, uso espressivo dei primi piani, disegno preciso delle singole psicologie e dialoghi ineccepibili tengono desta l'attenzione.

Riconoscimenti
Il Comune ove è nato, San Marco in Lamis, in provincia di Foggia, ha voluto dedicare il Cinema Comunale a "F. De Robertis".

Il film ha aperto la rassegna di film bellici curata da Maurizio Cabona per le celebrazioni per la Festa delle Forze Armate il 5 novembre 2008 al cinema Trevi di Roma. Ignazio La Russa ha inaugurato la rassegna, realizzata in collaborazione con Ministero della difesa ed il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Cineteca Nazionale).

Note

Voci correlate
 Neorealismo (cinema)
 Giulio Cesare (nave da battaglia)

Collegamenti esterni

Film sulla seconda guerra mondiale
Film sulla marina


Being a new synth guy one of the first songs I want to learn is Brian Eno's classic An Ending and Deep Blue Day.
An Ending: I read it was done on a DX-7 sounds like 3 voices with a high octave saw way back in mix. What are the root notes (very hard to get exact with elastic sounds) and can it be played on a Gaia 3 octave board- all I have to work with right now. What wave forms are they sound like a sine and an LFO driven square, could be wrong though. If I am correct me!
It seems to me, for the most part, it's a series of minor chords. In Brian Eno's composition of course a large part of the sound is how the chords fade from one another, with absolutely no percussive qualities. I'm not familiar with the Roland Gaia, but as with much of Eno's work I'd suggest a lot of what gives this particular song a powerful quality is his production and treatment of the recording.
Thanx I saw that one. Theres also a nice 'strings' cover of it with no video. I just hate when people are unwilling to share the chords- maybe he hasn't checked back. It doesn't help me too much, but the timing is there. If I had $1 for every time I steered someone to the right guitar effect sound -I'd be retired.
I agree. Eno prolly doesn't have ONE stock synth. That album 'Apollo' was done with modified DX-7's from what I read on Wiki.
He likely had a click track for 'Ascent' as a nice 4/4 fits right in.
looking for someone to work out the voicings for you?
I'll get you started I guess.
just curious but did you even *try* to figure it out yourself?
it's not that hard and it's good practice for your ear.
Thanx I saw that one. Theres also a nice 'strings' cover of it with no video. I just hate when people are unwilling to share the chords- maybe he hasn't checked back.
I'm assuming, among the comments on that YouTube video I linked to, yours is by "progrockfan90" requesting a transcription? Take a good look at the video -- he isn't reading from sheet music, but rather listening to the Eno track on headphones and playing it out on the piano by ear. If you'd like him to write it out for you, you're asking him to undertake several hours of work. If you have a piano, or piano software, you could piece together what keys are being played by replaying each part of the video and playing along, matching keys, over the course of an hour or two.
It doesn't help me too much, but the timing is there. If I had $1 for every time I steered someone to the right guitar effect sound -I'd be retired.
Steering someone to a file on the internet and sitting down and transcribing a song are two entirely different efforts.
Eno prolly doesn't have ONE stock synth.
Eno most certainly doesn't have "one stock synth", but that's not what I was saying at all by "a lot of what gives this particular song a powerful quality is his production and treatment of the recording". Rather, Brian Eno's use of effects, EQ's, compressors and other mixing tools is a creative endeavour in and of itself, which most certainly plays an important part in the sound of his music.
That album 'Apollo' was done with modified DX-7's from what I read on Wiki.
I've never heard of Brian Eno owning, or using, a modified DX-7. Unlike most synthesists at the time, and now for that matter, Brian Eno has an exceptional understanding of how the DX-7 works and how to get the most out of it however. It's my understanding a great deal of DX-7 presets, on the keyboard itself and on expansion-cartridges, were designed primarily by Eno and a handful of other synthesists.
There is no single root to Eno's track by the way, as many chords and keys are used.
Take the song and throw it into melodyne.
Thanx for feedback. Great as usual.
I am just teaching myself technique. Very odd transition being a 20 year guitar player learning synth. Timing my left hand is difficult since I play guitar right handed, but my right had surprisingly seems up to task even though I fret with my left.
I have a good ear since I don't read music but know keys obviously. I did figure the basic notes and layered some sounds. I'm still familiarizing myself with what wave form is what and how it applies to what music I listen to. Much like locking myself in a room as a kid and learning Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden.
I seems one can get away with OK technique with synth, it's the actual sound design process that needs developing and what makes synth playing so addictive..
I have a good ear since I don't read music but know keys obviously.
if you didn't recognize this as a I-IV-V joint from listening to it, your ear still has some work to do.
Daniel Lanois himself says a bit about it. It was a CS80.
He's talking about Apollo as a whole, so it is possible this track was done with a DX7 and treated to death.
If you want to transcribe this track, why don't you start by listening to the top line, which is most clearly audible, then try and fill in the lower parts?
Wasn't the recording of this reversed?
I think it is a CS80, through a "shimmer" type effect (like the one made by the great Valhalla shimmer plug-in ValhallaShimmer: $50 – ValhallaDSP ) made probably an ams 15-80 harmonizer into a Lexicon reverb into a Yamaha spx90. And I do think that the recording was then reversed, which gives this great slow attack.
No, but the backward reverb effect was done in the mix.
I can get the "shimmer" with the LFO at a relatively fast rate, assigned to the amp section of the synth. I tried a slow chorus with high depth effect and got similar results. I am getting some great sounds out of my Digitech RP1000 floor unit. Can't have enough modulation. Helps with EQing as well.


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HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN INDIA
Rights of the citizens arc the pillars of democracy. No political system can claim to be democratic. if it fails to make provisions for rights of people. Without rights, the citizens cannot develop their full potential. Laski has rightly remarked that the rights are those conditions of life without which no man can develop his best self. That is why all democratic countries make provisions for the enjoyment of certain fundamental rights by its citizens. India too has made provisions for certain fundamental rights in the Constitution. There are certain other legal provisions to ensure the interests and rights of weaker sections like SC/ST, women, children, minorities, disabled etc.
However, the root question is that why we need separate set of human rights at international level. when rights are guaranteed at national level in democratic Societies ?. the answer to this question requires the understanding of evolution and nature of human rights.
Human Rights : Evolution, Meaning and Nature
The evolution of human rights as universal code of conduct at international level can be traced after the Second World War. Many scholars have observed that one of the main factors responsible for the world war II was the large scale violation of rights of citizens in Germany and Italy. Lack of democracy and human rights in these countries disabled citizens and the rulers adopted aggressive militaristic policy at international level. Thus. the violation of citizens rights in any part of the world contains the potential danger for the international peace and security. This assumption led the United Nations to encourage and promote certain basic human rights in all regions of the world for the sake of peace and security.
The notion of human rights got concrete shape when U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10 ,1948.
Each year December 10, is observed as the International Human Rights Day. The Declaration contains five kinds of rights-civil, political, economic. social and cultural-which are available to all people of the world without any discrimination.
Thus. Human Rights may be defined as those minimal conditions of life which are available to all persons of the world as human being. without any discrimination on any ground like caste, creed place of birth, sex etc. The Human Rights are universal in nature as they are available to all people at all places. Secondly. they are natural as these rights are available to people by birth. They are not the gift of any external agency. Thirdly, they are inalienable as no persons can develop as a human being without the enjoyment of these rights. Fourthly. human rights are interdependent and indivisible. They should be treated as an integrated set of conditions essential for human being.
Contemporary Significance of Human Rights
The basic question is why the notion of human rights has become significant in contemporary global affairs, even if there is adequate arrangement of citizens rights at national level in each county ? There are a number of factors responsible for their growing significance In the contemporary world. First. It is now well established that people have certain basic rights as human beings. without which individuals cannot develop their best self. Thus human rights are needed for the development of people as well as society
Secondly, the development and expansion of democracy has emphasized that the people and their rights and human dignity are at the heart of the governance and a prerequisite of good governance. Thirdly, the contemporary process of globalization anchored by the growth of information and communication technology has led to the increasing connectedness among nations, comm unities and people at global level. The world has, become, what Mac Luhan calls a 'global village'. Thus the violation of rights of people in one part of the globe may lead to threat to the peace in other parts also. Thus the positive association between the respect for human rights and global peace has become more pronounced in the era of globalization . Therefore, the protection of human rights is no more a national concern merely but it has become now a global concern. Fourthly, the international human rights regime has become more elaborate and systematic. At present it is used by international community to judge the behavior of nations and rulers. The establishment of the International Criminal Court has expanded the scope of human right violation even by individual rulers and administrators. Also, the protection of human rights is used not only to measure the human development across the world but also as a precondition for conducting trade or advancing financial assistance by donor agencies as well as rich nations.
International Bill of Human Rights
As noted earlier, the world community led by the United Nations has developed a set of human rights which is known as the International Bill of Human Rights. Every member state of the UN, including India has to reorient its domestic human rights regime in tune with the International bill of human rights. This is not a matter of legal choice but a matter of legal as well as moral responsibility. Thus, in order to understand the nature of rights issues in India. one has to understand the nature of International Bill of Human Rights.
The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Eight other treaties adopted by the UN General Assembly and ratified
by the nation states including India.
The Universal Declaration of Human Right adopted by the General Assembly on 10th December, 1948 is the first major efforts towards the codification of human rights. India is party to this declaration. Even before the adoption of this declaration. The UN Charter reaffirmed its faith in "the fundamental human rights and in dignity and worth of human person."
The Universal Human Rights Declaration. 1948, contains 30 Articles. Article 1 and 2 sum up the ba.sic spirit of these rights. Article 1 declares that 'a1l human beings arc born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and act towards each other in the spirit of brotherhood." Article 2 of this Declaration states. "everyone is entitled to all rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex. language, religion, political or other opinion."
Besides this declaration the eight separate treaties adopted by the General Assembly and ratified by the member states of the UN from time to time also form the part of the International Bill of Human Rights. These eight treaties adopted so far are given below
(1) The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, which came into force on January 1969. India joined this treaty the same year.
(2) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which came into force on March 23, 1976. India acceded to the treaty in 1979.
(3) The International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, which also came into force on March 23. 1976. India ratified this treaty in 1979.
(4) The Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women, came into force on September 3, 1981. India joined this treaty in 1993.
(5) The Convention Against Torture, other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which came into force on June 26. 1987. India acceded to this treaty in 1997.
(6) The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on September 2
1990 and was adopted by India in 1992.
(7) The International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Family. This convention came into force on July I, 2003. It was ratified by India in 2007.
(8) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. which came into force on
May 3, 2008.
India is yet to adopt to this convention. From the foregoing it is clear that India has accepted legal obligations under a general or specific international human rights treaties. It should also be noted that the UN has appointed a separate committee for each treaty to enforce its provisions throughout the world. These committees regularly meet in Geneva for this purpose. India has served as member in many of Committees.
Classification of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions five types of human rights. Since this declaration was not legally binding in nature, the UN adopted two separate treaties to give these rights a legal sanctions. These treaties are—(1) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and (2) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The five types of General Rights and given below—
(1) Civil Rights—This category of rights includes (a) Right to equality in dignity as well as equality before law as all human beings are born free and equal. (b) Right to life. liberty and security of persons (c) Right against slavery and servitude (d) Right against arbitrary arrest and Right to fair hearing (e) Right to freedom of movement and residence within the country (f) Right to freedom of thought conscience and religion (g) Right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. It should be emphasized that all these civil human rights have been included in Fundamental Rights under the Indian Constitution.
(2) Political Rights—This category of rights include—(a) Right to participate in the political process and elections (b) Right to equal access to political offices and posts (c) Right of the people to establish the government on the basis of their consent (d) Right to nationality and (e) Right to seek and enjoy asylum in other countries. These rights are also incorporated in the India Constitution.
(3) Economic Rights—Thee rights include (a) Right to own property (b) Right to social security under adverse conditions (c) Right to work and protection against employment and equal pay for equal work
(d) Right to a standard of living which is adequate to health and well being (e) Right to rest and Leisure including reasonable hours of work and holidays (1) Right to form and join trade unions. In India, these rights have been incorporated under the Directive Principles of state policy.
(4) Social Rights—This category of rights include—(a) Right to marry and found a family (h) Right of the family to full protection of society and state (C) Right to mother and children for special care and assistance (d) Right to primary, education. Some of these rights have been incorporated within the Fundamental Rights to life and personal liberty under the Constitution of India. It should be noted that the right to Elementary education up-to 14 years of age was recognized as the Fundamental Right in India vide the 86th constitutional amendment passed in 2002
(5) Cultural Rights—These rights include—(a) Right to participate in the cultural life of the community (b) Right to protection of the moral or material Interest arising of any intellectual property. ta India the minorities have been given certain cultural and educational rights under the category of fundamental Rights. The intellectual property rights are protected by separate laws in this regard.
Human rights issues in India emerge from the interaction of three kinds of factors — first, the provisions of the International Bill of Human Rights which India has adopted
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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SICILY: A Musical Tour of the Island's Past and Present
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Palermo: Quattro Canti, Porta Nuova, Piazza Indipendenza, Palazzo dei Normanni, San Cataldo, Parco Garibaldi, Church of St. Zita
Sicilians, Puppets at the Museo Internazionale delle Marionette / Antonio Pasqualino
Stromboli and Vulcano Islands / Central Sicilian Landscape near Vizzini
Monreale: Cathedral and Benedictine Cloisters
Sicilian Flora around Etna / Landscapes and Townscapes of Piazza Armerina
Greek Temples of Selinunte, Agrigento and Segesta
Palermo: Fontana Pretoria and Fish Market
Lipari Islands
Greek Theatre, Segesta / Catacombs of the Convento dei Cappuccini, Palermo / Cemetery of Francavilla
Villa Palagonia, Bagheria
Noto / Vizzini / Modica
Sicily has a remarkably varied history. From the ninth century BC it served as a Phoenician outpost and was later colonised by the Greeks, then became part of the Carthaginian Empire until absorbed by the Romans in the third century BC. After occupation by the Ostrogoths, in AD 353 it was reconquered by the Byzantines and subsequently ruled in turn by Saracens, Normans, Germans, French and Spanish. Only in the mid-nineteenth century was the island drawn into the unified country of Italy. The historical changes that Sicily has undergone are reflected in its culture.
The music chosen for this tour of Sicily is largely Italian, ranging from the Vienna court composer Salieri to Verdi and Leoncavallo. Other composers included are Mozart, Mendelssohn and Bach, the last represented by a characteristic Sicilian dance, and the Italian violinist and composer Paganini.
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