10 Reasons Why You Should Buy Your Daughter A Horse - PALOS HILLS STABLES, INC.
1. They teach responsibility. (You always have to take care of your horse).
3. They build your immune system. I know that I am hardly sick, and I am sure that it has to do with all of those lovely germs that we have around here every day. You do build up an immunity, eventually.
4. Horses teach the value of money. Those kids who have to help with the expenses of their horses grow up to be the best with their money. At least the students that I had did.
5. Horses instill patience. If you weren't a humble person before, then you will become one. Horses teach humility, patience, compassion, trust....the list goes on and on.
6. Horses are great at keeping secrets. Have a bad day? Talk to your horse. Groom your horse. Have a therapy session with your horse. By the time you leave the barn, you will feel so much better.
7. Horse teach focus and ambition. Nothing makes you raise the bar then wanting to become a better rider. A better person. It is a win/win situation.
8. They come with a built in social-life. Nothing is better than coming out and hanging out with your horsey friends. I still love it....even after 55 years.
9. Horses provide great exercise. We have proof! We have gotten our heart rates to over 150BPM!
10. They will keep your kids out of trouble. They will keep you out of trouble. If this is not the best reason out of all 10, then I don't know what else will convince you.
So, I have made my case. What are you waiting for? And, when your child goes off to college, steal her horse and enjoy the trails. It will be the most fun you will have in your life. But, I will wait until next month about my blog about the middle-aged rider. Have a good one!
would like to get some info on the horse trails. do you offer this service? we are beginners. 1/2 hour or hour? we would prefer an hour. thank you so much.


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Die Frisistik (oder Friesische Philologie, seltener Friesistik) ist die akademische Disziplin, die sich mit den friesischen Sprachen und Literaturen befasst. Das Fach schließt auch die Landeskunde und Kultur der Frieslande ein. In den Niederlanden ist ausschließlich der Begriff Frisistik bzw. Frisistiek üblich, da unter Philologie dort vor allem die Editionsphilologie verstanden wird.

Forschung und Lehre

Deutschland

Universitäten
In Deutschland gibt es nur in Schleswig-Holstein Friesisch-Professuren. An der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel existiert seit 1978 ein eigenständiger Lehrstuhl für friesische Philologie, der heute in einem gemeinsamen Institut mit der Skandinavistik und Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft angesiedelt ist. Am Friesischen Seminar der Europa-Universität Flensburg besteht seit 2016 eine Professur für Nordfriesisch, Minderheitenforschung und Minderheitenpädagogik, daneben wird der Lehrbetrieb auch durch Honorarprofessoren und das Nordfriisk Instituut sichergestellt. Aufgrund der geringen Anzahl an Lehrstühlen gehört die Frisistik in der deutschen Hochschulpolitik zur Gruppe der sogenannten kleinen Fächer (siehe auch Liste der Kleinen Fächer).

Bereits im Jahr 1950 wurde die Nordfriesische Wörterbuchstelle am Nordischen Institut der Universität in Kiel angesiedelt, eine Professur für Friesische Philologie besteht allerdings erst seit 1978. Damit konnte dort das Fach im Rahmen eines Lehramts- oder Magisterstudiengangs im Haupt- und Nebenfach studiert werden. Heute bildet die Frisistik zusammen mit der Skandinavistik und der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft ein gemeinsames Institut an der Philosophischen Fakultät. Seit der Einführung der Bologna-Studiengänge im Jahr 2007 ist das Fach "Friesische Philologie" als eines von zwei Hauptfächern mit den Abschlüssen Bachelor of Arts und Master of Arts wählbar. Module der Frisistik stehen auch Studierenden anderer Fachrichtungen im Rahmen der sogenannten Fachergänzung offen. Als ein vollwertiges Fach im Lehramtsstudium ist die Frisistik allerdings nicht vorgesehen. Lehramtsstudierende haben aber die Möglichkeit, zusätzlich zu ihren beiden Hauptfächern Friesisch als sogenanntes Ergänzungsfach zu studieren. Schwerpunkt der Kieler Forschung und Lehre ist die Nordfriesische Sprache und Literatur, grundsätzlich werden jedoch auch das Westfriesische und das Ostfriesische behandelt.

An der damaligen Pädagogischen Hochschule Flensburg (heute Europa-Universität Flensburg) gab es mit Unterbrechungen seit 1963 zunächst Lehraufträge für Friesisch. Im Jahr 1988 wurde für das Fach eine reguläre Professur eingerichtet, die allerdings bereits 1996 im Zuge von Sparmaßnahmen mit der Emeritierung des Professors wieder aufgehoben wurde. Der Lehrbetrieb des Friesischen Seminars wurde seitdem zunächst wieder mit Lehraufträgen und Honorarprofessuren aufrechterhalten. Im August 2016 wurde eine neue Professur eingerichtet, der neben der Minderheitenforschung und -pädagogik auch das Nordfriesische zugeordnet ist. Bis zum Jahr 1999 konnte Friesisch als eines von drei Fächern im Lehramtsstudium gewählt werden. Aktuell bestehen für Studierende dagegen nur noch eingeschränkte Möglichkeiten, sich mit Friesisch zu befassen. Germanistikstudierende können im Bachelorstudium innerhalb ihres Fachs einen zweisemestrigen Friesisch-Schwerpunkt absolvieren. Lehramtsstudierende aller Fächer können zudem einzelne Kurse im Wahlpflichtbereich belegen. Daneben gibt ein Zertifizierungsangebot zur Erweiterung der Lehrfähigkeit für Masterstudierende und aktive Lehrkräfte. Die Lehrveranstaltungen beziehen sich nahezu ausschließlich auf das Nordfriesische.

An der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg bestand bis 2003 eine Arbeitsstelle Niederdeutsch und Saterfriesisch unter der Leitung von Marron Curtis Fort. Im Jahr 2008 wurde die neue Professur "Germanistische Linguistik: Linguistische Pragmatik und Soziolinguistik / Niederdeutsch" an der Universität eingerichtet, der im Rahmen der Lehramtsausbildung auch das Saterfriesische zugeordnet ist. West- und Nordfriesisch finden keine Berücksichtigung. Wie in Flensburg kann auch in Oldenburg Friesisch nicht als eigenes Fach studiert werden. Kurse zum Saterfriesischen für angehende Lehrkräfte können vor allem innerhalb des Germanistikstudiums belegt werden.

Andere Einrichtungen
Als sogenannte Angegliederte Einrichtung ist das Nordfriisk Instituut in Bredstedt seit 2007 unter Wahrung seiner Eigenständigkeit eng mit der Europa-Universität Flensburg verbunden und bietet in jedem Semester drei Lehrveranstaltungen an der Universität an. Zur Zeit der ersten Flensburger Friesisch-Professur war deren Inhaber Nils Århammar als Direktor für Sprache am Nordfriisk Instituut tätig. 1999 wurde der damalige Institutsdirektor Thomas Steensen zum ersten Honorarprofessor der Universität Flensburg ernannt.

In Alkersum auf Föhr besteht die Ferring Stiftung als wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, die sich vor allem mit der Föhrer und Amrumer Sprache und Landeskunde befasst. Der Leiter der Ferring Stiftung Volkert F. Faltings wurde 2008 ebenfalls Honorarprofessor in Flensburg.

Niederlande
In den Niederlanden ist die Reichsuniversität Groningen die wichtigste Universität für die Frisistik. Dort besteht die Abteilung Friese Taal en Cultuur, der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der westfriesischen Sprache. An den Universitäten Amsterdam und Leiden können Kurse aus dem Gebiet der Frisistik als Neben- und Wahlfächer belegt werden. In Leeuwarden besteht mit der Fryske Akademy seit 1938 eine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung für die Erforschung der friesischen Sprache. An der NHL Stenden in Leeuwarden werden zudem Friesischlehrer ausgebildet.

Berufsfelder
Außerhalb einer wissenschaftlichen Laufbahn werden Frisisten in Deutschland vor allem als Lehrer im Kreis Nordfriesland oder auf Helgoland in Schleswig-Holstein engagiert. Andere Berufsfelder sind beispielsweise Medienarbeit oder Gremienarbeit in friesischen Institutionen.

Geschichte
Von der frühen Neuzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert waren es vor allem gebildete Laien, die sich mit den einzelnen friesischen Dialekten befassten. Als Begründer der modernen Frisistik gilt der Germanist Theodor Siebs, der sich mit allen drei friesischen Sprachzweigen befasste. Siebs Habilitationsschrift aus dem Jahr 1889 trug den Namen Zur Geschichte der englisch-friesischen Sprache. Als wegweisend für die Frisistik gilt seine Geschichte der friesischen Sprache in Hermann Pauls Grundriß der germanischen Philologie im Jahr 1901.

Wichtige Frisisten
 Nils Århammar
 Marron Fort
 Jarich Hoekstra
 Dietrich Hofmann
 Willy Krogmann
 Nils Langer
 Theodor Siebs
 Walther Steller

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Philologie
Kulturwissenschaft
Friesland

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'It Takes My Mind Off This Crazy World.' A Quarantined World Is Here for Rex Chapman's Twitter Feed
The Miami Heat's Rex Chapman (C) is defended by the Los Angeles Laker's center Vlade Divac (L) and guard Nick Van Exel (R) as he tries to get to the basket in their game 27 March at the Miami Arena.
By Sean Gregory
April 6, 2020 1:11 PM EDT
Former NBA player Rex Chapman, who spent a dozen seasons in the league from 1988-2000 with the Charlotte Hornets, Washington Bullets, Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns before holding various front office positions, hit rock-bottom some six years ago. He was fighting a painkiller addiction after undergoing seven surgeries during the last three years of his playing career. He was reduced to living in his car for a few days. In September of 2014, police in Scottsdale, Arizona arrested Chapman for stealing $14,000 worth of goods from an Apple Store over multiple occasions. He pled guilty, repaid the store, and was ordered to complete 750 hours of community service; Chapman has said he doesn't recall the incidents, which he says took place in an opioid-addled fog.
If you would have told Chapman around that time, when his mugshot was splashed across the internet, that a half-dozen years later his popular Twitter account featuring clips of a little girl lying to her mother about liking her cooking while almost barfing it up, a 95-year-old grandmother being serenaded "happy birthday" by family members from an appropriate social distance, a baby and a dog cuddling each other, and a woman smacking a guy square in the crotch after a lame attempt at a prank would bring daily snippets of much-needed joy to hundreds of thousands of people around the world during a global pandemic, how would he have reacted?
"I would have just laughed," Chapman tells TIME. "It sounds absurd even listening to that."
Absurd, but it's all true. Chapman, a former star basketball player at the University of Kentucky, went to rehab after his arrest and is now an analyst for Kentucky Wildcats basketball and NBA TV. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, he had developed a cult following for highlighting ridiculous collisions involving humans, animals, and/or rogue objects, and asking his Twitter audience whether the dustup was a "Block or Charge?" — playing off the utterly subjective basketball violation. (If a player rams into a stationary defender: charge, defense gets the ball. If the defender is moving his or her feet during the dustup: block, foul on the defense. Mostly, the refs just guess along with the rest of us.)
As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated, however, Chapman started highlighting how humans could still connect with one another despite the challenges of social distancing. On March 26, for example, he posted a video a young girl riding home from her final chemotherapy treatment; neighbors lined her street and applauded from their cars. The clip has been viewed 4.2 million times. A post showing an Italian tenor serenading Florence from a balcony during lockdown has been retweeted 25,500 times, drawn 105,200 likes, and attracted 2.5 million views. The one of an older couple turning their garage door into a beer-chugging device — just watch it — is up to nearly one million views.
Chapman now has nearly 645,000 Twitter followers, up from around 580,000 in late March. He often ends his posts with a digital rallying cry: "This is the Twitter content I'm here for" or "Stay at home. Save lives." His feed has morphed into a daily tonic for bored, stressed-out people during a quarantine, a pitch-perfect mixture of silliness and heart, all-too needed for our times.
"I don't care who you are, or what you believe, this has to be scary," says Chapman, wearing a blue Kentucky basketball t-shirt, in a video interview. "If people can look at my Twitter feed once or twice a day, and get some kind of chuckle out of it, some laugh, or something to make them feel good, of just take their mind off of something going on on the television right now, just for two minutes, that makes me feel good. I'm all for that."
Over the past few weeks, Chapman felt an urgency to add earnest appeals for social distancing. "It was taking time for people in some pockets of America to really, really understand how severe this thing is," says Chapman. "And it's frightening. I don't know about a responsibility, but hey, I know that people are looking at that Twitter page right now. You can't just put out nonsense when it comes to this stuff."
In January of 2019, Chapman saw a video of a dolphin leaping out of a wave and bodychecking a paddle boarder into the water. "I said to myself, that's a charge," Champan says. He posted the clip on Twitter, asking his audience "Block or charge?" At the time, he says he had around 70,000 Twitter followers.
"Block or Charge?" quickly caught on: it's now even a blooper show, co-hosted by Chapman, that streams on Adult Swim. "I do like the livestock ones," says Chapman. "People out messing around with bulls. When they just get jacked up. I like it cause what are you doing out there? You deserve this, man. Whatever comes, you deserve it. I hope you don't die. But you've got something coming to you." Chapman laughs. "Those are my favorite," he says. "And the drunk people doing stupid things."
Chapman scours the web daily for content — he'll put "dogs" and "heartwarming" and "feel good" into the search box — while also relying on an a network of Twitter users to send him stuff. "Two of my main sources, I can't even say their last names, one of them lives in the Netherlands, never met him, his name's Sander, another lives in England, his name's Theo," says Chapman. "Theo is a little more edgy. But both of them are spot on with the heartfelt stuff. Spot on."
Throughout his life, Chapman has struggled with social anxiety and depression. So his close friends can't believe he's developed a Mr. Feel Good rep during his crisis. "I'm so not that guy," says Chapman. "I'm faking my way though just like everybody else." Chapman battled opioid addiction for 15 years; he's been clean for five years, but the pandemic has thrown him off his routine. He can no longer swim, an activity that's helped clear his head and fight any demons. He's turned to walks, and listening to his his favorite music acts from the 80s and 90s, like Luther Vandross, Run-DMC, Anita Baker, and bingeing shows like Ozark to keep himself occupied.
While Chapman's Twitter feed may be bringing occasional happiness to his audience, the process of maintaining and updating it, not to mention the positive feedback, has served as therapy for Chapman too. "It takes my mind off of this crazy world right now," Chapman says. "It helps me stay out of my head a little bit."
As his following has increased during the quarantine, Chapman has learned a lesson. "Politically, there's been a lot of people calling for unity for the last three years," says Chapman. "And it seemed like a portion of us haven't really wanted that. What I've seen in the last three weeks are those people saying we need unity right now. Which means they're scared."
Chapman is now using his expanding platform to directly benefit those in need: calls for donations to his COVID-19 relief fun have helped raise more than $200,000, says Chapman, and around $100,000 has already been spent to provide food and personal protective equipment for front line workers in Kentucky and New York City. The fund plans to expand its grants to other COVID-19 hotspots. "This silly Twitter feed," says Chapman, "is helping, helping, helping people across the country right now." We're here for that.
Write to Sean Gregory at sean.gregory@time.com.
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Use Formulas to Create an Excel Variable Chart This page shows you how to use Excel formulas to create an Excel Chart that varies according to the value of a single cell. Imagine you have monthly sales figures for 5 salespeople (as shown in the spreadsheet below), and you want to create a graph that will show the monthly figures for any selected individual. how to make milk jelly with gelatin Use Formulas to Create an Excel Variable Chart This page shows you how to use Excel formulas to create an Excel Chart that varies according to the value of a single cell. Imagine you have monthly sales figures for 5 salespeople (as shown in the spreadsheet below), and you want to create a graph that will show the monthly figures for any selected individual.
Either option 2 or 3 above are still good, or you could consider a Bump Chart (can be created as a Line Chart in Excel). If you can provide a sample of data, it would … how to put your hair up with a hairpin Use Formulas to Create an Excel Variable Chart This page shows you how to use Excel formulas to create an Excel Chart that varies according to the value of a single cell. Imagine you have monthly sales figures for 5 salespeople (as shown in the spreadsheet below), and you want to create a graph that will show the monthly figures for any selected individual.
Use Formulas to Create an Excel Variable Chart This page shows you how to use Excel formulas to create an Excel Chart that varies according to the value of a single cell. Imagine you have monthly sales figures for 5 salespeople (as shown in the spreadsheet below), and you want to create a graph that will show the monthly figures for any selected individual.


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Q: How to set user-based .psql_history in linux? If use postgres in linux, it has a postgres user. So when use psql from this user, it will generate a .psql_history file under this user - /home/postgres/.psql_history.
When set many users on the linux server, all of them want to use the psql under their session like /home/user1. How to make them use psql and generate the psql history to each of them?
Like these

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*/home/user1/.psql_history

*/home/user2/.psql_history

*/home/.../.psql_history

Is it necessary to install postgres client for each user?

A: Create unix user accounts for each person, and set user-name maps in pg_ident  so that everyone connects as postgres.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/auth-username-maps.html
or alternatively create individual database users for each account and give them superuser privs. Optionally  "set session authenticaton postgres" can be set as a startup action in ~/.psqlrc if you want new relations to be owned by postgres - not that it makes much difference if everyone is already superuser.

A: Not an Ideal Configuration
PostgreSQL was created such that the permissions internal to the database are intended to mirror the system directly. You can get around that and it won't be too painful, but you're supposed to run psql as user1 and user2 per your example.
Now what you're asking to do is an especially bad idea. postgres isn't a regular user, it's a Super User. These users can DROP DB and TRUNCATE at will. You probably don't want that account to be shared.
But let's say that you do NOT want to grant each user the ability to connect to the database, or to create new databases. This isn't ideal but if you want to do that there are some mechanisms that may assists you, though subject to the caveat above, I would not share access to the postgres user ever.
Environmental Variables
Use HISTFILE or PSQL_HISTORY or the environmental variable,

HISTFILE
The file name that will be used to store the history list. If unset, the file name is taken from the PSQL_HISTORY environment variable. If that is not set either, the default is ~/.psql_history, or %APPDATA%\postgresql\psql_history on Windows. For example, putting:
\set HISTFILE ~/.psql_history- :DBNAME

in ~/.psqlrc will cause psql to maintain a separate history for each database.
Note: This feature was shamelessly plagiarized from Bash.

You can do this like
postgres$ SQL_HISTORY="/home/otheruser/.psql" psql

Using sudo
You can also do sudo -E (-E is --preserve-env) observe,
❯ sudo -u postgres -- /bin/sh -c "echo ~/.psql_history"
/var/lib/postgresql/.psql_history
❯ sudo -E -u postgres -- /bin/sh -c "echo ~/.psql_history"
/home/ecarroll/.psql_history

You can see above with the -E flag we get the directory of the user that invokes sudo not the user that you're changing to. So you could log in as postgres and log history to your home directory by doing this,
❯ sudo -E -u postgres -- psql

Now you just have to decide who you want to give this very dangerous access to!

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Prior to arriving in Spain, you should make sure that you have at your disposal sufficient funds to cover the reservation sum. The absolute minimum required is normally � 3.000 to � 6.000 - but may be greater for high priced properties. The reservation sum may be paid with a credit card or cash. A cheque if drawn on a foreign bank may take up to ten days to clear by a Spanish bank.
Once a suitable property has been chosen, the purchase terms and price will need to be negotiated with the seller. You may wish to make your offer subject to mortgage or Lawyer approval, or vary final completion dates, or the method of payment. The sales person may at this stage feel it of benefit to bring in a recommended lawyer to assist in the negotiation making sure that any offer meets his legal criteria.
There are many excellent local Lawyers in Spain who may be fluent in your language. A Lawyer will provide the legal guarantees for the purchase of the property ensuring that Spanish legal requirements are met and that the property is bought free of encumbrances, charges, liens or debt and up to date in all its payments of local contributions and community charges etc. The lawyer may also assist the sales team in difficult and complex negotiations with the owner. Using a Lawyer from your home country will increase substantially your legal costs and most certainly will delay the sales process.
Once there is a verbal accord between parties, the next step will be to formalize those offer terms of purchase in writing. Funds should be lodged in a local bank account or with your Lawyer in order to show the seller that there is a real intention to purchase. It is normal practice in Spain to include with the offer a sum of money to reserve the property until exchange of private contracts.
Upon acceptance of the offer by the owner the next step in the sales process is to exchange private contracts of sale or to sign an option to purchase. This may take place within two weeks following formal acceptance of the offer or sooner. Your Lawyer will have completed his searches and investigations of the property and will have arranged with the owner the procedure for the cancellation of any outstanding debts. The private contract of sale or option will reflect all the agreed terms of the offer and sale and set out the date for final completion at the Notary. It is customary practice at this stage to pay ten percent of the purchase price which normally is non-refundable should the purchaser not complete.
A sale is formally completed in Spain, when the public title deeds of purchase are signed before a notary, the final payment made, and possession given to the buyer.
Once signed, the notary will fax a note of the title deed to local land registry. Your Lawyer will also pay on your behalf all the relevant transfer taxes associated with the purchase and will handle the formalities of registration of your title deeds. Final registration of the deed may take up to two months. Similarly, your Lawyer will arrange for the transfer of accounts with the local suppliers of utility services such as water and electricity and organize their payment through a local bank.
There are in principal three fees and two taxes to pay when purchasing property in Spain. As a rule of thumb, you should budget the combined total of these amounts will be around 10% of the purchase price. If you are buying with a mortgage you will need to add another 2 to 3% to the costs.
1) Legal fees: Minimum of � 600 or 1% of the purchase value whichever is the greater, plus value-added tax (I.V.A.) currently charged at 18%.
2) Notary fees: the scale is fixed by law and may range from � 300 for lower price properties to � 841,40 for higher priced properties.
3) Property Registry: as a rule of thumb, 60% of what the notary charges.
Transfer tax (ITP) at 6% or, when buying from a promoter, developer or habitual trades, IVA at 7% or 18% plus Stamp Duty at 1%. The IVA rate of 18% is applicable when purchasing parcels of land, commercial premises, or garage spaces.
Plus Valia: normally payable by the vendor but it may be stipulated that the buyers pays. This may range from a few thousand euros to as much as tens of thousands on larger properties with a lot of land. Who pays this will be discussed in the negotiations and in consultation with your Lawyer.


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Attack on Pearl Harbor (X Books: Total War): World War II Strikes Home in the USA
The U.S. fleet is under attack!
High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBooks, a new series of books designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike. With topics based in science, history, and social studies, these action-packed books will help students unlock the power and pleasure of reading... and always ask for more!
Mess Attendant Dorie Miller wasn't trained for combat. But as Japanese fighter planes fire at his ship, how will Miller and others in the U.S. Navy manage to defend themselves? The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 brought America into World War II.
Series: X Books: Total War
Publisher: Children's Press (February 4, 2020)


Your Nickel's Worth: Cure your Rosacea Condition with Cucumber!
In 1597, a well-known English herbalist named as John Gerard researched thoroughly about cucumber and then he revealed that we can use this for the cure of Rosacea. He mentioned that cucumber has the abilities to cure this skin disease and from that time people suffering from this disease are using cucumber to get rid or get over this ail. So, we can say that this vegetable is the cool and simple remedy for the cure of Rosacea.
Now, I will discuss some crucial benefits of cucumber along with its properties that are good for health as well as to cure Rosacea and other skin disorders. Cucumber is primarily composed of water that's why it acts as a cooling agent to the skin and whole human body. Actually, the best part of cucumber is that it has Vitamin A, C, E and Caffeic acid. All of these vitamins are very good for ski and helps blood cells to freshen the skin. That is why doctors and skin specialists suggest placing cucumber slices on the affected areas is a good practice to cure skin disorders.
These are the basic uses and benefits of cucumber and I am sure that you might be thinking about the use of cucumber to heal Rosacea. Well, a cucumber can be used in many ways to lessen the itching and swelling of skin. First use is to puree the cucumber slices mix them with three to four table spoons of pure natural yogurt. Now, apply the mixture thoroughly on the affected parts of skin just like a face mask. After applying it properly on the affected areas try to give a break of ten minutes to your routine work and lay down. After ten minutes, wash the affected parts with pure cool water.
Another effective use to cure Rosacea is to put cucumber slices on the affected parts and lie back for 10 -15 minutes. This practice helps to reduce the reddishness and swelling of the affected areas. Usually, such type of method is used to cure Ocular Rosacea. Apart from this method, there is another technique to enhance beauty adopted by Cleopatra. Experts suggest that this technique is also helpful to reduce Rosacea. All you have to do is to blend cucumber, a glass of cream, mud; honey and a spoon of olive oil and after blending keep it in refrigerator. Now, when the mixture becomes cool apply it on your face like a face mask and this technique will not only enhance your beauty but also act as a cooling agent to cure Rosacea.


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Q: Having issues attaching ruby to mysql using the mysql2 gem
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*Rails version 6.0.4.6

*Ruby Version 2.7.5p203

*mySql version 8

*OS Window 10

I am having issues getting the mysql2 gem to work. The latest error I have is not being able to locate "mysql2 x64-mingw32" file. I installed the gem using this command:
gem install mysql2 --platform=ruby -- --with-mysql-dir="C:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector C++ 8.0"
--with_mysql-lib="C:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector C++ 8.0\lib64" --with_mysql_include="C:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector C++ 8.0\include"

It appears to have been installed correctly but still will not work. I have run bundle install. I have also tried deleting the gem.lock file and the running bundle install.
If anyone has had success in getting ruby to work with MySQL on a Windows machine, please let me know how you did it.

A: After many trails, it appears the Ruby just doesn't play well with Windows OS. While I expect that some do use Ruby on Windows, it appears the support is lacking, and the community is small.
I installed a Linux terminal on my machine and had much better luck.
Just posting to keep other from pulling their hair out.


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Blazers waive former No. 1 overall pick Oden
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Blazers waive center Greg Oden
Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer
• Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com
• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94
• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics
Greg Oden's time with the Portland Trail Blazers, which effectively ended in February when it was announced that he would soon be undergoing his third microfracture knee surgery, is officially over now.
The Blazers waived Oden Thursday because they needed to create roster room to accommodate all the Portland players acquired earlier in the day in separate trades with New Jersey and Houston.
In his five pro seasons since the Blazers selected him No. 1 overall ahead of Kevin Durant in the 2007 NBA draft, Oden has appeared in only 82 games and endured five knee surgeries.
ESPN.com reported in December that Oden's salary for this season was negotiated down from nearly $9 million to $1.5 million after yet another health setback. The Blazers were then forced to announce last month that Oden would need another microfracture procedure on his left knee and kept him on the roster until now, sources said, partly because they thought they might need to plug Oden's contract into a deal before Thursday's 3 p.m. trade deadline.
When the deadline passed with the Blazers acquiring guard Jonny Flynn and the expiring contracts of Mehmet Okur, Shawne Williams and Hasheem Thabeet and shedding veterans Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby, they decided to waive Oden and young center Chris Johnson to make the roster numbers work.
It remains to be seen whether Oden, because of his modest salary, is claimed on waivers even though he isn't expected to try to resume his career until well into the 2012-13 season.
When asked about Oden's future plans and whether he will be pressing to find a new team during free agency starting in July, agent Bill Duffy and Mike Conley Sr. said in a statement Thursday: "We will be in no rush. The first priority is Greg's health ... with no timeline."
Blazers interim GM Chad Buchanan, director of college scouting when Oden was drafted, told Portland reporters last month: "Looking back on it, I would still draft Greg. [With] hindsight, it's easy to make an assumption [now]. ... You can't predict the injuries that would come. Going back on it, I wouldn't have changed anything in drafting Greg."


Search and booking of hotels in Chad for accommodation on a worldwide database founded many years ago. Most people who rent inexpensive Chad accommodation numbers for tourists - are constantly updating the database with new offers. Chad search for a hotel online where the cost of such accommodation is much lower. The system has various suggestions for vacation abroad and search hotel in Chad. Click search for a hotel right now to pick the right option for yourself and can already collect things on a wonderful trip!
Despite the beginning of oil production in 2003, 40% of the population of Chad live below the poverty line. The population will quickly continue to grow because of very high coefficient of birth rate and a big youth cohort - more than 65% of the population are younger than 25 years though mortality is high, and the expected life expectancy low. Fumes have the third largest level of maternal mortality in the world. Poverty, anemia, rural housing, high birth rate, bad education and lack of access to planning of family and obstetric care are among major factors of risk. The greatest impact is exerted by the poor, uneducated teenagers living in rural areas. For improvement of reproductive health of women and decrease in birth rate Chad will need to increase education level of women, participation in work and also knowledge and access to planning of family. Only about a quarter of women are competent, less than 5% use contraceptives, and more than 40% are exposed to sexual reduction.
As of October, 2017 more than 320 000 refugees from Sudan and more than 75 000 of the Central African Republic force out limited resources of Chad and create tension in host communities. Thousands of new refugees ran to Chad in 2013 to avoid aggravation of violence in the Darfur district of Sudan. Large groups of refugees don't decide to return to the native lands because of the proceeding instability. Fumes were rather stable in 2012 in comparison with other states in the region, but last fights between government forces and oppositional groups and intercommunal violence left nearly 60 000 citizens moved in east part of the country.
Поиск предлагает широкий выбор отелей по всем направлениям, включая Chad и все регионы предложенные по поиску из базы данных по отелям, гостиницами и хосталам в этой стране. / Bookings hotel offers a wide range of hotels in all directions, including Chad and all regions offered by the search from the database of hotels, hotels and hostels in this country.
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Kettler World Tours 2.0 installation aborts (especially at WIN 8.1)?
Install as an admin. The firewall of the operating system blocks the installation. You have to install Microsoft .Net Framework. Hints for activation on: msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/hh506443(v=vs.110).aspx. All windows updates should be installed. If necessary, deinstall it manually and install it again.
How to update my console?
New software updates you find on software.kettler.net. Here you find also the premium display. In general you need a USB connection for updating the console. An installer will help you to install the new software. For other devices with USB you need special KETTLER USB driver. An exception is the ELYX 7. Therefore you need an USB stick. The installation manual you see on the register download. S-LINE Devices can be updates wireless via bluetooth. Please follow the instructions from kettler world tours, if a new is available. You will find an update installer in the kettler world tours installation folder.
Is it possible to find out the firmwareversion of my device?
Yes. Please take a look in your corresponding manual.
Where to find the actual software version of the ketttler world tours software?
Please open the software. On the right corner you find an "I" for information. You can click on the button and read out the firmware version.
Which Bluetooth standard does the software support?
Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth low energy technology.
Where to find my activation code?
If you got a software on a DVD, the activation code is printedon the cover inlet. If you have a download version, you will find it seperately in a digital form.
Kettler devices with an interface. You can connect with USB, Bluetooth Classic or Bluetooth low energy*.
Devices are partly not immediately compatible with the market launch, but are made up. Additional Information can also be found on the KETTLER Homepage at the respective Device.
* Bluetooth Smart Is only Supported on Windows 10.
Kettler World Tours is compatible for which system?
It is suitable for Windows and you can install it on Windows 7, 8 and 10. Bluetooth low energy (smart) is integrated on Windows 10.
Is kettler world tours available for apple?
You can install KWT 1.0/2.0 on an apple device with a virtual windows system for example with "parallels desktop for mac" or a native windows operating system "dual boot". You can test it with the kettler world tours DEMO (free). Kettler accepts no guarantee, because it is a windows product.
I have two kettler devices at home. Can I use only one software for training?
How to integrate Reallife videos?
Can I use KWT offline?
When does the BING license expire?
1 year after the software installation.
Where can I extend the BING Maps license?
You can buy a new BING license at WWS fitshop für 14.99€.
Should you have trouble with COM port occupancy or if drivers are not successfully installing, then you can use the Device Manager to check the ports.
First go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables > click New > specify the Variable name: "DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES" and Variable value: "1" without the quotes.
Confirm with OK and close all windows with OK.
Restart the computer and then, in the Device Manager, check "Show hidden devices" in the View menu!
Now you will see the occupied COM ports. Those entries with a strong icon are enabled and those with a grayed-out icon can be uninstalled.


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Liehittäjä sameby är en koncessionssameby huvudsakligen belägen i Haparanda och Övertorneå kommuner i Norrbottens län samt till en mindre del i Kalix kommun. Byns område omfattar 1 544 km2.

Liksom i andra svenska samebyar utövas renskötseln av samer, men speciellt för koncessionssamebyar är att icke-samer kan vara ägare till en del av renarna, s.k. skötesrenar. Den renskötsel som bedrivs i koncessionssamebyarna är skogsrenskötsel, vilket innebär att renarna hålls i skogslandet året om.

Historia
När koncessionssamebyarna inrättades genom ett beslut 1933 hörde Liehittäjä samebys område till Sangis lappby, som bestod av två koncessionsområden: Liehittäjä och Gunnari. Det förstnämnda blev sedermera Liehittäjä sameby medan det andra införlivades i Kalix sameby. I slutet av 1940-talet fanns inom Liehittäjäområdet två renskötarfamiljer bosatta på egen gård i Liehittäjä. Antalet renar uppgick till 1 322, varav 73 egna fördelade på sju ägare och 1 249 skötesrenar fördelade på 101 ägare.

Referenser

Vidare läsning

Haparanda kommun
Övertorneå kommun
Kalix kommun
Samebyar i Sverige


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using com.lover.astd.common.manager;
using com.lover.common;
using com.lover.common.http;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace com.lover.astd.common.partner.impl
{
	public class _789hiLogin : LoginImplBase
	{
		public _789hiLogin(LoginMgr loginMgr) : base(loginMgr)
		{
		}

		public override LoginResult login(ref List<Cookie> cookies, string verify_code = null, string extra = null)
		{
			LoginResult loginResult = new LoginResult();
			base.logging();
			string url = "http://www.789hi.com/reg/login.html";
			string data = string.Format("username={0}&userpass={1}&long=0&save=0", this._username, this._password);
			HttpResult httpResult = TransferMgr.doPostPure(url, data, ref cookies, "", null);
			bool flag = httpResult == null;
			LoginResult result;
			if (flag)
			{
				loginResult.StatusCode = LoginStatusCode.FailInLogin;
				result = loginResult;
			}
			else
			{
				string content = httpResult.getContent();
				bool flag2 = content.Contains("\"ok\":0");
				if (flag2)
				{
					loginResult.StatusCode = LoginStatusCode.FailInLogin;
					result = loginResult;
				}
				else
				{
					base.findingServerUrl();
					string text = "http://www.789hi.com/astd.html";
					httpResult = TransferMgr.doGetPure(text, ref cookies, "", null);
					bool flag3 = httpResult == null;
					if (flag3)
					{
						loginResult.StatusCode = LoginStatusCode.FailInGetServerList;
						result = loginResult;
					}
					else
					{
						string content2 = httpResult.getContent();
						Regex regex = new Regex(string.Format("\"(astd_\\w+\\.html)\">双线{0}服</a>", this._acc.ServerId));
						Match match = regex.Match(content2);
						bool flag4 = match == null || match.Groups == null || match.Groups.Count < 2;
						if (flag4)
						{
							loginResult.StatusCode = LoginStatusCode.FailInGetServerList;
							result = loginResult;
						}
						else
						{
							string value = match.Groups[1].Value;
							base.makeSureValidUri(text, ref value);
							httpResult = TransferMgr.doGetPure(value, ref cookies, "", null);
							bool flag5 = httpResult == null;
							if (flag5)
							{
								loginResult.StatusCode = LoginStatusCode.FailInGetServerList;
								result = loginResult;
							}
							else
							{
								content2 = httpResult.getContent();
								regex = new Regex("<iframe.*?src=\"([^\"]*)\"");
								match = regex.Match(content2);
								bool flag6 = match == null || match.Groups == null || match.Groups.Count < 2;
								if (flag6)
								{
									loginResult.StatusCode = LoginStatusCode.FailInGetServerList;
									result = loginResult;
								}
								else
								{
									value = match.Groups[1].Value;
									base.processStartGame(value, loginResult, ref cookies, "");
									result = loginResult;
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
			return result;
		}
	}
}


Lifetime Fitness is an 8th grade project based, collaborative, common core and state standard based unit where small groups will design a workout program for a an athlete that has very specific goals. The idea is to equip students with the tools to design their own program based on their own specific fitness and/or athletic needs. If students can learn to identify goals based on their individual needs, then it will be much easier to design a meaningful and sustainable fitness program. This unit is called "Liftetime Fitness" because it provides the foundational tools to build a lifetime fitness program.
You will be placed in a pre-assigned group. A member from your group will "draw" a random athlete from a selection of several types. Each athlete will have an athletic Performance Goal and a Fitness Goal. You will work with your group to design a meaningful, effective and efficient workout that specifically meets your athlete's needs.
2. You will present and have the class perform your fitness circuit to the class.
3.2 Refine individual personal physical fitness goals for each of the five components of health- related physical fitness, using research-based criteria.
3.3 Plan and implement a two-week personal physical fitness plan in collaboration with the teacher.
3.4 Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity a minimum of four days each week.
3.5 Assess periodically the attainment of, or progress toward, personal physical fitness goals and make necessary adjustments to a personal physical fitness program.
3.6 Participate safely in moderate to vigorous physical activity when conditions are atypical (weather, travel, injury).
4.1 Develop a two-week personal physical fitness plan specifying the proper warm-up and cool-down activities and the principles of exercise for each of the five components of health- related physical fitness.
4.2 Identify appropriate physical activities that can be performed if one's physical fitness program is disrupted by inclement weather, travel from home or school, or a minor injury.
4.3 Identify ways of increasing physical activity in routine daily activities.
4.4 Identify and apply basic principles in weight/resistance training and safety practices.
4.5 Explain the effects of nutrition and participation in physical activity on weight control, self-concept, and physical performance.
4.6 Explain the different types of conditioning for different physical activities.
These videos show student groups presenting to the class as well as clips from their circuits. This may help give you some guidance on what the presentations should/should not look like.


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Q: Java - How to print from 0 to z without !@#$%^&*()?><":{}| letters, only alphabet and numbers I'm trying to get a txt file with only the alphabet and numbers writted.
In the txt file there are also the non alphabet characters.
public class WordChanger2 {

    static int input = 2; /// input line length

    public static ArrayList<Character> str; /// a list containing characters.
    public static PrintWriter output;
    public void saveToFile(int size,int lineSize){

        if(size == lineSize){
            String s = "";
            for (Character str1 : str) {
                s+=str1;
            }
            output.println(s);
            return;
        }
        for(char i = '0';i<='z';i++){ //from number 0 to lower z
            str.add(i);
            saveToFile(size+1,lineSize);
            str.remove(str.size()-1);
            System.out.println(str); //showing the Characters on console
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
        int lineSize = input;
        output = new PrintWriter("E:\\output.txt");  /// file path
        str = new ArrayList<Character>();

        WordChanger2 c =  new WordChanger2();
        c.saveToFile(0 ,lineSize);
        output.close();
        System.out.println("Done! check the Txt file on your E: drive");
    }
}

Trying to get this:

00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
0A
0B
0C
0D
0E
0F
0G
0H
0I
0J
0K
0L
0M
0N
0O
0P
0Q
0R
0S
0T
0U
0V
0W
0X
0Y
0Z
0a
0b
0c
0d
0e
0f
0g
0h
0i
0j
0k
0l
0m
0n
0o
0p
0q
0r
0s
0t
0u
0v
0w
0x
0y
0z

A: Solution 1:
Use Character#IsLetterOrDigit(char) method in the forloop
It's quite explicit.
for(char i = '0';i<='z';i++){ //from number 0 to lower z
    if (Character.IsLetterOrDigit(i) {
        str.add(i);
        saveToFile(size+1,lineSize);
        str.remove(str.size()-1);
        System.out.println(str); //showing the Characters on console
    }
}

Solution 2:
Use more loops:
for(char i = '0';i<='9';i++){ //from number 0 to 9
    //do something
}
for(char i = 'A';i<='Z';i++){ //from letter A to Z
    //do something
}
for(char i = 'a';i<='z';i++){ //from letter a to z
    //do something
}

This could be improved to avoid to much code duplication
Solution 3: (credits for Andy Turner)
Create a String containing each letters and digits in the correct order and loop on this string to build the ouptut
String table = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
for (int i=0; i<table.size(); i++) {
    str.add(table.charAt(i));
    ...
}

Side note:
  I think using recursive call to do what you are trying to is a bit overkill. Why not build a single string, appending characters in the loop and when the loop ends, write it where ever you want?


I have not been able to sleep yet since last night. Early in the morning there was a huge explosion down the street.... the whole sky lit up... heard a loud noise, and then the whole building rocked and shook to the point where I thought it was going to fall apart. It happend several times in a row... thought we were under attack or something.
Was it an earthquake? No... terrorist attack? No... what the hell was it? Couple hours later on the news found out it was a propane facility down the street that caught fire which caused the several explosions. I'm still not able to sleep... family keeps calling.
The explosions were so strong that the tremors were felt all over the city... even as far as Aurora. Sooooo crazy!
Here's a small video of the blast at how it lit up the sky and the big mushroom ball of fire like a bomb. My apartment was a lot closer then the person who took this video... the location of the explosion is just a five minute drive from where I am.
WOW! that must have been terrifying!


This interview was conducted in 2005 by historian Samuel Walker, Emeritus Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska, Omaha. It was made possible by support from the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office and Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Goldstein gives a quick overview of what POP is all about. He contrasts it to the generic model of policing - patrol, investigation, arrestetc. POP focuses on identifying specific kinds of problems of which there are hundreds by applying the analyticalmethodsof the social sciences. The complex theory underpinning this approach is described in his book Problem Oriented Policing.
Goldstein says that a few significant events helped shape his thinking about problem oriented policing. Among these were the American Bar Foundation study and his experience with the Chicago Police Department. However, he has been working on POP for some fifty years and it continues to evolve.
This unique study helped Goldstein understand what was really going on in policing. It uncovered informal and routinized practices of policing and revealed the enormous discretion at their disposal. Goldstein concludes that finding out what is really happening on the street is much more important than studying policies or doing surveys of police organizations. He realized then that if police kept doing what they were doing they would be very limited in the extent to which they could solve the problems they faced.
In 1960-1964 Goldstein worked with O.W.Wilson who became superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, at that time a police department with many problems. He participated in the total restructure of the Chicago Police Department, an ambitious reform effort. But he knew that there was more that had to be done. Were they any better at dealing with street robberies than before the reform? Were they solving problems? He wanted to go beyond the old professional/efficiency model. The germ of the idea of POP emerged.
In 1964 Goldstein joined the University of Wisconsin Law School. He wrote the Task Force Report on Police for the Commission (1967), focusing on the immense unseen discretion of policing and recommending ways for police departments to structure this into their operations, such as, for example, policies on police use of force. Goldstein described the conflict between those who wanted to confine the police to dealing with "real crime" and only that, and those, himself among them, who argued for a broader role for police to participate in solving many problems in the community.
Goldstein worked with Law School Professor Frank Remington who had directed the American Bar Foundation study. He soon realized that policing must be taught according to the specific problems it faced, because each type of crime has its own issues, constraints, and responses. This was a paradigm shift in law school teaching of criminal law. He also developed a close relationship with the Madison Police Department which became a laboratory for experimenting with problem oriented policing.
Gary Hayes, Goldstein's former student, became the first director of PERF, a new professional association for police chiefs formed specifically to promote research in policing. With federal funds, PERF helped the Baltimore County, Newport News, San Diego, and other police departments experiment with problem-oriented policing. The research base of POP was established. The Herman Goldstein Award was established and annual POP conferences were held in San Diego, hosted by the San Diego PD.
All videos are in Windows Media Video format. To play them you will need the latest version of Windows Media Player installed. Download the player for Windows or for Apple OSX.
If you still have problems viewing videos after upgrading or installation, please use Microsoft's help page.


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Baseball 101: Base hit →
Mo'ne Davis now at Hampton University
Posted: March 10, 2020 | Author: Precious Sanders | Filed under: 21st Century | Tags: Barack Obama, Baseball, ESPYs, Hampton University, John Lewis, Little League, Little League Baseball, Little League World Series, Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle Obama, Mo'Ne Davis, Softball, sports, Sports Illustrated, time |Leave a comment
I'm sure a lot of folks remember Mo'ne Davis, who, in 2014 became the first girl to pitch a shutout in the Little League World Series and was also the first African-American girl to play in the LLWS. "Throw like a girl" memes exploded, except now, the phrase was a compliment. Davis went on to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, she won the Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY, and Time magazine named her one of The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014, among other honors.
The 2014 @SInow Kids #SportsKid of the Year: Mo'ne Davis! #LLWS http://t.co/BpXBK6Musf pic.twitter.com/Jwy5bRRsuu
— Little League (@LittleLeague) December 1, 2014
Fast forward six years, and it turns out that Mo'ne Davis is still playing ball. This spring, Davis is a freshman at Hampton University, making her NCAA Division I softball debut on February 8, 2020. She's not pitching anymore, but rather has become a middle infielder. In her debut, Davis started at second base and went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs.
As of this post, Davis has a .333 batting average with 8 RBIs and 5 stolen bases through nineteen games.
Davis's decision to attend Hampton, an historically black school, comes in part due to the aftermath of her LLWS successes. Following the tournament, Davis had the opportunity to meet President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Then in 2015, she took a twenty-three-day Civil Rights barnstorming trip to the South with her Philadelphia youth baseball team, the Anderson Monarchs. The team had the opportunity to travel in a 1947 black-and-white Flxible Clipper bus, the same type of vehicle Negro League players traveled in. They also met with civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, who had marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965. After attending predominantly white schools from elementary through high schools, Davis decided to take the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of African-Americans who went before her.
Mo'ne Davis (hampton.edu)


Watch this beautiful song Bumbro Bumbro Shyam Rang Bumbro from the cinema Mission Kashmir (2000). This musical song is voiced by Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspinder Narula. The lyrics is written by Rahat Indori. The film features Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta.


Fact is no longer a factor. As technology has developed, websites like YouTube and Vimeo make it possible for anyone to broadcast information, even if the information they express is based on lies.
In an academic environment, a paper must have detailed references according to a set of university standards, but in a film, anything goes.


Racers Guild is a West Midlands based club with a focus on Downhill MTB who organise downhill races and events at Stile Cop, Cannock Chase. Racking Ridge Line Kate managed to pick up her third first place of the series, here's Kate's race report.
Looking out the window on Saturday watching the hail pelting down, the trees dancing in the wind, listening to the thunder cracking overhead, I was preparing myself for a wet and wild day of racing. However, Sunday race day proved to be a mighty fine day for the 4th round of the Racers Guild Racing at Stile Cop. With the sun showing its face early in the morning I trotted over to sign in and grab my race plate. I noticed a few new names from previous rounds so it was nice to have a few more girls for us to mingle and banter with.
Today we had the pleasure of racing Ridge Line. A fantastic sweeping track with a scattering of rocks near the top and some small jumps and drops to keep you on your toes. You can really gather some speed pushing into the smooth banked corners heading over the gas line, there's a nice poppy jump, banking left then right dropping your bike down as much as you dare over a drop into another fast corner, you line yourself up for a rather large jump. It made for great entertainment watching riders throwing whips. As for me, I managed a few bar tweaks and back end twitches but I haven't quite mastered the mighty tail whip yet! Anyway… you then drop into a steep berm leading to tighter weaving corners and plenty of roots to keep you on your toes and catch you off guard to the finish line. I can only describe this track as, well very playful indeed!
Pip and I cranked the pedals over for our last practice run, and we were certainly making it a fun one hitting the jump hard and dropping into the berm I finally nailed the more direct line through the first set of roots, I let out a cheer much to mine and the marshall's delight only to end up over the bars in a heap – it's a good job Pip was on the ball, a pile up would have been on the cards! I think hitting the more direct line I'd carried too much speed into the next loose sharp corner, better to get it wrong in my practice runs hey!! Lesson learnt – I hope!
Practice runs were over and those sudden pre race nerves got the heart pumping as the five of us lined up to the sound of the start beeps. I set my pedals at the ready trying to convince myself it was just another practice run. It didn't take long for that grin to take over my face as I popped off the jump across the gas line, I kept low into the bike on the fast sections pedalling where I could. Pumping into the jump with my grin extending further I managed my line through the start of the roots and controlled my speed to avoid another lay down in the middle of the track. Picking my way through the uneven ground, stumps and roots I was soon popping out into the open and over the finish line. Coming in with a time of 1 minute it left me sitting in first and it left me wondering if I could reduce that time to less than a minute for my second run. Feeling confident I set off pedalling hard, I was feeling faster as I dropped the bike low into the bends and cleared the jump nicely keeping my speed landing on the down slope. I was thinking I must be heading for less than a minute – one glance down fumbling with my gears I was eating dirt taking another tumble, dope! That's my first crash in an actual race run, actually it kinda felt good to get it out the way – it's not so bad! Scrambling back onto my bike I managed to get back into it down the roots and over the finish line coming in at 1:05 seconds. I was pretty chuffed at that – would I have finished in less than a minute? I don't know! I'm hoping we get the pleasure of racing this track again over the next year and maybe I can find out!
This track reminds me why I love riding my bike, it's amazing how much you let yourself and the bike go when you're feeling confident, it feels good. That feeling can soon disappear when you're not so confident or have a fall, but that's biking for you! Swings and roundabouts!
Thanks to Mick, Harry and the team and thank you to Flow MTB for their continued support, on to the next one – my first Pearce race this weekend coming, looks like it might be a muddy one!


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Jessica Segall
Jessica Segall is a multidisciplinary artist living in New York City. Her work investigates the link between creativity and survival; engaging current cultural attitudes towards adaptation. Segall's work has been exhibited at the Havana Bienal, The National Gallery of Indonesia, The Queens Museum of Art, the Aldrich Museum, The Inside Out Museum in Beijing, The National Modern Art Gallery of Mongolia and De Fabriek in The Netherlands. She is the recipient of grants from NYFA, Art Matters, the Leighton International Artist Exchange Program and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Jessica attended artist residencies at Skowhegan, The MacDowell Colony, Kuenstledorf Schoppingen, Art OMI, Bemis, SOMA and Socrates Sculpture Park. She is a graduate of Bard College and received her MFA from Columbia University. Jessica is a current AIRspace resident at Abrons Art Center and will be an artist in residence at The Sharpe Foundation in the coming year.
My practice is multidisciplinary, falling under the categories of sculpture, performance and video. With a mix of humor and labor, my work investigates energy transfer and the link between creativity and survival; engaging current cultural attitudes towards adaptation. I build shelters, boats, and develop off - grid technologies. My work often takes place on waterways, or in remote locations, such as the high arctic or desert regions of Mongolia. These travels inspire my installation work, which is designed to bring some of that


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by Steve Parker
Age range: 10 to 13 years old Publication Date: 01/01/2015
Without coal, our lives would be profoundly different. Formed over millions of years, coal provides one-fifth of the energy we use today. But burning coal also produces more pollution and greenhouse gases than other energy sources, which contributes to the growing problem of climate change. In the future, it will be more important than ever to find ways to make coal a "cleaner" form of energy. The countries of North America have always had plentiful natural resources. But the exploitation of these resources comes at a cost, and in certain cases, some have wondered if that cost is too high. North American Natural Resources explores all facets of this vital aspect of our economy. Readers will investigate the natural history, human use, technology, environmental impact, and economic significance of the most significant resources on the continent. Each title in this series contains color photos, a full-page map, and back matter including: an index, further reading lists for books and internet resources, and a series glossary. Mason Crest's editorial team has placed Key Icons to Look for throughout the books in this series in an effort to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities and expand their viewpoints through our content rich non-fiction books. Key Icons are as follows: Words to Understand are shown at the front of each chapter with definitions. These words are then used in the prose throughout that chapter, and are emboldened, so that the reader is able to reference back to the definitions- building their vocabulary and enhancing their reading comprehension. Sidebars are highlighted graphics with content rich material within that allows readers to build knowledge and broaden their perspectives by weaving together additional information to provide realistic and holistic perspectives. Text Dependent Questions are placed at the end of each chapter. They challenge the reader's comprehension of the chapter they have just read, while sending the reader back to the text for more careful attention to the evidence presented there. Research Projects are provided at the end of each chapter as well and provide readers with suggestions for projects that encourage deeper research and analysis. A Series Glossary is included in the back matter contains terminology used throughout the series. Words found here broaden the reader's knowledge and understanding of terms used in this field.
Mining technology & engineering
Steve Parker is an author, editor and consultant specialising in illustrated information books on the natural world.
Steve is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and has worked on the staff of London's Natural History Museum.
He is based in Suffolk, UK, and has written over 250 books, including dinosaur titles such Extreme Dinosaurs.
Natural history (Childrens/Teenage) People & places (Children's / Teenage) Mining technology & engineering Educational: Geography
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Reviews of "The Current Set"
Tradition tends to be a big-picture proposition; discussions of jazz in the '80s quickly evoke the earliest innovators at all relevant to the immediate subject at hand, usually juxtaposed with figures from intervening decades. The Razor's Edge and The Current Set suggest, however, that tradition vitally asserts itself in relatively small increments of time. Dave Holland and Mark Helias are bassists of the same generation --- Holland's emergence in the mid- '60s obscures a six-year age difference -- composing for comparatively stable, pianoless ensembles; a rarity that all but prevents imposition of big-picture traditionalist constructs, though the shadow of Charles Mingus is inescapable.
Mingus' influence on Holland has crystallized during the tenure of his sterling quintet. Especially on The Razor's Edge, Mingus' well-honed, exaltative blues sensibility surfaces in Holland's solos and ensemble work, giving him a visceral bite that blends well with his quicksilver virtuosity. As typified by Holland's simmering, mid-tempo blues for C.M., which features an introductory solo that balances pared plaints with the megachops, the Mingus influence has sharpened Holland's emotional content. The rap that Holland produces more notes than music is dead in the water.
The other, arguably more intriguing aspect of the Mingus connections is Holland's continued use of former Mingus drummer/vocalist Doug Hammond's compositions, which provoke some of the quintets spiciest performances. Pivoting on bright pungent phrases Brother Ty quickly establishes robin Eubanks as an able replacement for Julian Priester, as well as prompting Holland's most overtly Mingus-like statement of the set. Figit Time has the chiseled intervallic symmetry Holland favors in his own compositions, jump-starting Steve Coleman, Marvin Smith, and Holland on a mach-speed romp.
The title piece form Helias' second album reveals a distinct, if compartmentalized, Holland influence; its brisk theme has the soaring lines and slip-knotted harmonic resolutions that are the hallmarks of such Holland chestnuts as Four Winds . everything on this track --from Greg Osby's serpentine soprano, to robin Eubanks (who is a shade more forceful on this date), the resourceful Victor Lewis (and, speaking of small increments of evolving tradition, compare the veteran Lewis with Smith, who is in his twenties), and the leader's woofer-rattling solo -- is extremely well conceived and executed.
Helias' eclecticism, however, muddles generalizations about his compositional tendencies; the remainder of The Current Set ranges from sweltering samba (Greetings From LC ) to painstaking pointillism (Nuclear One ), with each idiomatic setting receiving the same level of scrutiny given to the title piece. As is Holland's case with Coleman and Kenny Wheeler, Helias benefits form a core of musicians that give his music a tangible identity -- Tim Berne and Herb Robertson. Their dovetailing, freebop exchange on Ellipsis paves the way for a blistering Berne solo, which, except for his own solo on Greetings, is the most vigorous statement of the set.
Most importantly, Holland and Helias can see the forest for the trees, and the Razor's Edge and The Current Set attest that they have a handle on the big picture of tradition in late-'80s jazz.
Mark Helias' The Current Set (enja 5041) is an arresting documentation of what some of the more musically intrepid New York-based artists are up to. The program of the bassist-leaders's compositions is characterized by steady progress to the precipice. Yet controls are invariably applied lest the effort go over the edge. Helias' collaborators, all from the front rank of young players, are altoists Tim Berne and Greg Osby, trumpet-cornet-flugelhorn player Herb Robertson, trombonist Robin Eubanks, and drummer Victor Lewis. Nana Vasconcelos makes a cameo appearance.
.....Almost the same can be said for the Current Set. Bassist/composer Helias is like Berne (who, along with Robertson, is on board here) in that he's been on the NYC scene for a few years, even though you may not have heard his name. This second collection for Enja shows that his writing can be witty, pointed and a bit twisted. It can be expansive, too, but no matter how broad the turf, it;s still the swinging which defines the date (more overt than on Berne's LP), and it still comes off as contemporary bop.
Bop isn't much except slick heads and a groundwork for solos, and that's what Helias has laid down for his ensemble, basically a sextet. Young guys Robin Eubanks (trombone) and Greg Osby (soprano) keep right up with the boss' compositional quirks, using his well-written rhythmic shifts (propelled by drummer Victor Lewis) as excuses to launch their own. Soloists can go farther with a somewhat elastic structure, and the excitement of this date comes as the players investigate just how pliable Helias' tunes are.
Returning to some bass-ics, Mark Helias and J.F. Jenny Clark have issued two captivation, though very differently styled, statements on West German labels. the current Set by Helias (enja distributed in the US by Muse) showcases the New Haven-to-New York bassist's finely tuned sense of musical structure.
In the extremely compatible company of altoist Tim Berne, valve-man Herb Robertson, soprano saxist Greg Osby, trombonist Robin Eubanks and drummer Victor Lewis, Helias offers subtle and shifting compositions that are a seductive as they are vital and unpredictable -- just listen to the title track to get the message.
this is the second outing the graduate of the Yale School of Music has recorded under his own name (Berne and Robertson also appeared on the first). Additionally, he shared top billing with trombonist ray Anderson and drummer Gerry Hemingway (a frequent playmate) on a rather fascinating trio album released in 1986, You be (Minor Music). Though he has played in a variety of contexts, including the more pop-oriented Slickaphonics, Helias sound very much at home on his current recording.
On his second outing as a leader, Helias has put together a terrific band for "The Current Set" -- a young spirited ensemble that includes Berne, saxophonist Greg Osby, drummer Victor Lewis and trumpeter Herb Robertson.
What really sets the record apart, though, are the tunes. Beginning with the album's title track, it's obvious that Helias has a real knack for making a small band -- in this instance a sextet --sound like a big one. Nothing else on the album is quite as exhilarating as this performance; it features Osby's soprano saxophone swinging joyfully over a polyphonic blend of horns and Lewis' crisp, insistent rhythms. But the remaining tunes nevertheless off other pleasures. Among the highlights are "No Passport" a brooding showcase for Helias' reverberating tone and Robertson's muted trumpet, and "Rebound" a vigorous workout for Berne.