Big Dog's Brewing Company's Peace, Love & Hoppy-ness Beer & Music festival is just a week away! The weather forecast calls for a mild day with a light breeze. The beer forecast, on the other hand, calls for a wild and crazy day and night. We are very excited to share with you our finalized beer list…and it's a doozy. Some of these beers have never been seen in Las Vegas before. We jumped through some hoops and went to great lengths to get them here legally…I am sure you will be pleased.
A few more surpises on June 12th!
All draft beers will be available for tastings, while supplies last. Using your commemorative Peace, Love & Hoppy-ness tasting mug - required for beer tastings and available for just $2 at the event, you will order your beer by number from one of our friendly bartenders and let us know if you would like a ¼ pour ($1 for 3.5 ounces), ½ pour ($2 for 7 ounces) or a full pour ($4 for 14 ounces).
We are also excited to announce our "special tastings" that will take place throughout the event. We have procured a small amount of several delicious bottled beers (1 or 2 cases of each). Again, some of these beers have never been seen in Las Vegas! At designated times throughout the event, we will be cracking open these bottles and pouring quarter pours ($2 for 3.5 ounces). When they are gone, they are gone!
Plus... we are still working on a couple more special brews that we hope we will be able to have available.
Not sure if you were counting, but that is 30+ different beers including 22 different IPAs that you can enjoy. The fun officially starts at 3 pm, but don't be surprised if we are pouring beer and serving up BBQ by 2 pm. The music starts at 3pm and will last into the night!
Be sure to stop by our token booth when you first arrive. That is where you will get your tasting mug and your drink/food tokens that are required for our food and beverage tent. Tokens are worth $1 and can also be used inside on the day of the event if you would rather order off of the menu. We have made it easy for you and will be accepting cash or credit cards at the token booth. Gift cards, Rewards and coupons are not valid for the outdoor event.
Also available at the token booth is our commemorative Peace, Love & Hoppy-ness 2010 t-shirt. Supplies are limited, but this is one groovy t-shirt you will want to have in your collection. Wanna have your t-shirt on BEFORE the event? They are also on sale at your neighborhood Big Dog's right now! $15 for S-XL. $17 for 2XL. $19 for 3XL.
The food menu is very yummy and compliments the beer selection nicely. Chef Sergio is cooking up a delicious grilled tri-tip BBQ sandwich, a pulled Chicken BBQ sandwich and a grilled Andouille Sausage BBQ sandwich. Also available: Grilled Corn on the Cob with Chile Lime Butter, Big Watermelon Wedges, Cherry Popsicles and Groovy Brownies.
Our charity raffle is going to be smoking hot. We have some really, really cool prizes including a Sony High Def Big Screen, a Blue Man Group Show/Dinner/Limo package, Airfare w/Game Tickets to a San Diego Chargers football game, dinners to local restaurants, passes to Pole Position Raceway, tuition to Big Dog's Brew School 4, Big Dog's gift cards, Growler Prize packs, Big Dog's t-shirts and hats, keg certificates, and more! Tickets are just $2 each and all proceeds benefit the Patrick Kelley Youth Foundation and the Old Vegas Youth Basketball foundation, two great local youth charities. The Grand Prize is a customized Les Paul, Jr. Gibson Guitar that has been customized in honor of the event. All drawing winners must be present to win their prize, except for the Gibson Guitar drawing. The winner does not need to be present for that drawing.
Speaking of smoking hot, we are also rolling out our new special edition posters. Featuring beautiful ladies, a classic Cadillac, our mascot Magnum, and our award-wining brewery, we will be selling the posters for the very first time during Peace, Love & Hoppy-ness. Great collector items! Posters are $5 each or 3 posters for $10. We have six great designs to choose from, including a very special inagural Peace, Love & Hoppy-ness design. $2 from the sale of each poster goes to the Patrick Kelley Youth Foundation and the Old vegas Youth Basketball foundation.


Writing books and stories, because entertaining my role-playing game players wasn't enough work.
My first novel, A Reluctant Druid is Book 1 of the Milesian Accords. The Exiled Gods want to come back to the world of man while the Powers That Be want to maintain the status quo. Liam Knox is caught in the middle between an ancient destiny and his tangled past.
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The second book of The Milesian Accords urban fantasy trilogy, A Tempered Warrior picks up right after the shocking conclusion of A Reluctant Druid. Time marches forward toward the challenge. Erin, in the otherworldly Glaswold, finds new friends, new foes, and stunning surprises. Meanwhile, those left behind in rural Illinois have to pick up the pieces and move forward.
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The Milesian Accords trilogy reaches its epic conclusion in A Tangled Fate. Time has run out for Liam and Erin. People have already paid the price for helping them, and now they must keep their family and friends safe from the forces arrayed against them. Can Liam and Erin survive long enough to reach the Challenge and face their intertwined fate?
Fourteen outstanding authors. Fourteen extraordinary stories. One bestselling universe.
Enter the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates Humans from the majority of the other races. Enter a galaxy not only of mercenaries, but also of Peacemakers, bounty hunters, and even a strung out junkie in the way of a hired assassin.
The Good, The Bad And The Merc is the third anthology set in the best-selling Four Horseman Universe. Featuring a foreword by David Drake, this book contains 16 stories to take you deeper into the 4HU, including "Angels and Aliens" by Jon R. Osborne. Return to the galaxy where mankind's number one export is violence for hire.
What do you do when the odds are stacked against you? Mercs plan, strategize, and sometimes even scheme, but there is one thing they all believe—luck is never a factor.
Nineteen authors take on various aspects of the universe, giving you additional insight into a galaxy that isn't at war…but definitely isn't at peace.
Bjorn's Berserkers join the Omega War!
Bjorn Tovesson III, commander of Bjorn's Berserkers, suspects a plot against the mercenary companies of Earth.
As the storm clouds continue to gather, Bjorn's past is on a collision course with the present, as another of Earth's mercenary companies is out to get him…and with the support of the Mercenary Guild, they have the forces to overwhelm him! Will Bjorn's preparations keep the Berserkers safe, or will they become yet another casualty of the Omega War?


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Q: Can javascript submission of a form interfere with previous axios calls I have an intermittent problem my users experience, but I can not cause it to happen, so I've never experienced it myself.
I have a vue.js component with two html forms. The user fills out the first form, submits it... a function is called which does two axios calls, and then programatically submits the second form. The second form is a standard PayPal form that sends the user off to PayPal. See the code snippets below.
The doLogging() function writes to a file on another server. The doMail() function sends email and also writes to a different file.
The user is always sent on to the PayPal site, and never notices any problems. However, sometimes both the logging and emails happen, and sometimes neither happen. It is always either both or neither. It is as if the axios calls happen sometimes, but not others.
Here are the html snippets:
<form @submit.prevent="processRegistration()">
  <button type="submit"
    class="button is-info">Ready to pay with PayPal
  </button>
  ... other form elements ...
</form>

<form id="paypalForm" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" class="hidden">
   ... paypal form elements ...
   <input type="submit" value="Pay with PayPal"/>
</form>

And here's the stripped down functions that are called:
 processRegistration() {
    this.doLogging();
    this.doMail();

    let paypalForm = document.getElementById('paypalForm');
    paypalForm.submit();
 }

async doLogging() {   // log info to a file
  let headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'};
  try {
    await axios.post('https://logging.xxx.com/logger.php', this.stuff, {headers: headers});
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
},

async doMail() {  / send email and log info to a file
    let headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'};
    try {
        await axios.post('/email.log.php', this.otherStuff, {headers: headers});
    } catch (e) {
        console.log(e);
    }
 },

A: The promise in doLogging() and doMail() is likely not resolved by the time the paypal form is submitted. The most obvious way to resolve this is to await both function (and make processRegistration() async).
async processRegistration() {
    await this.doLogging();
    await this.doMail();

    let paypalForm = document.getElementById('paypalForm');
    paypalForm.submit();
 }

Now, doMail() will wait for doLogging() and paypalForm.submit() won't be called before doMail() is resolved. Another option would be to use chaining.
This is not the most beautiful approach but get's the job done anyways.

A: After reading a lot more about Promises, here's my solution to my own problem. Since the doLogging() and doMail() posts can happen concurrently, using a Promise.all() seems to be the thing to use to assure that those posts are complete before the post to PayPal happens.
doLogging() {
 let headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'};
 return axios.post('https://logging.xxx.com/logger.php', this.stuff, {headers: headers});
},

doMail() {
 let headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'};
 return axios.post('/email.php', this.otherStuff, {headers: headers});
},

submitToPayPal() {
 let paypalForm = document.getElementById('paypalForm');
 paypalForm.submit();
},

processMembership() {
 let log = this.doLogging();
 let mail = this.doMailToDancer();

 Promise.all([log, mail])
  .then(this.submitToPayPal())
  .catch(error => {
   console.log(error.message)
  });
},`

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THE DEBRECEN PASSION (2015)
June 9, 2015 Kati Agocs
"Agócs pays tribute to her Hungarian heritage in the disc's titular score, The Debrecen Passion, a setting of Christ's persecution and death built around verses by the poet Szilárd Borbély (1963-2014), a native of the Hungarian city of Debrecen. As she melds the 12 female voices of the remarkable Lorelei Ensemble with glowing orchestral sonorities, Agócs also suspends vocal lines on Latin and Jewish texts. The 23‑minute work is an iridescent wonder."
– GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE, October 2017 (Donald Rosenberg)
"The record's core is The Debrecen Passion, a mystical confluence of the sacred and secular illuminated by the superb Lorelei Ensemble and BMOP.....sublime"
- THE BOSTON GLOBE, Top Classical Ten Albums of 2016 (Zoë Madonna)
"The Debrecen Passion forms the centre-piece of the disc and, at 23 minutes, is the largest work. Agócs's adventurous score employs 12 female voices, a chamber orchestra, whose motley percussion section includes a cimbalom, and vocal texts drawn from diverse sources. The poems of Szilárd Borbély (1963-2014) form the backbone, and these are interspersed with Latin fragments, a Medieval Hungarian lyric poem, a Kabbalistic Prayer and a Medieval Georgian hymn. The work takes its title from Debrecen, the second largest city in Hungary, home to Borbély, who tragically committed suicide a year before the Passion's composition. Its central thread is the story of the persecution and death of Christ. Ambitiously constructed, this visceral work is expertly orchestrated, Agócs achieving a myriad array of instrumental colour and texture. The vocal writing, calling for solos, duos, trios and chorus, is expertly crafted. The Lorelei Ensemble under Beth Willer are obviously well-rehearsed, and their flawless ensemble, clarity of articulation, shapely voicings and precise diction helps secure favourable results. The Boston Modern Orchestra Project provide sterling support. Gil Rose's sympathetic and supportive direction presents music rife with detail and he truly brings the score to life. All told, this work delivers a moving, spiritual experience, both powerful and uplifting"
– MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL, Recording of the Month/Review of The Debrecen Passion by Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Lorelei Ensemble, September 17, 2016 (Stephen Greenbank)
"On the far end of the program came the evening's second premiere: "The Debrecen Passion" an ambitious new score by the Boston-based composer Kati Agócs, written for BMOP and the singers of the versatile Lorelei Ensemble. Debrecen was the home city of the gifted writer Szilárd Borbély, who committed suicide last year and whose poems form the spine of Agocs's "Passion," surrounded by other texts, of medieval Latin, Hungarian, and Georgian origin, as well as a mystical Hebrew prayer.
It is a striking work that places a complex sonic palette at the service of a visceral intensity of expression, one that can be glimpsed from the descriptive markings in the score, where Agócs writes at different points: "In large waves," "Sheets of sound," and "Arriving – Radiant." Her billowing vocal writing is likewise highly expressive in an instrumental sense yet also subtle; at one point the chorus divides to sing three different texts simultaneously. As a result of this broader approach, at Saturday's initial hearing, the precise meanings of the chosen texts felt less clearly distilled, and in some ways less important to Agócs, than the heterodox richness of the sound world she has fashioned for them. Under Rose's direction, the excellent Lorelei singers and the unflappable BMOP players gave this work a dazzling first performance."
– THE BOSTON GLOBE, Review of The Debrecen Passion as premiered by Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Lorelei Ensemble, January 24, 2015 (Jeremy Eichler)
"Effective writing for women's voices–solo, and in trios and choruses—also characterized the evening's other premiere, The Debrecen Passion by the Hungarian-American-Canadian composer Kati Agócs. Commissioned by the Jebediah Foundation for BMOP and the Lorelei Ensemble (a Boston-based group of nine female singers, increased to twelve for this performance), this ambitious, wide-ranging piece bore the date 2015 in the program, making it the newest of new music, maybe even a wet-pixel premiere.
The word "passion" in the title might lead one to expect a retelling of Christ's Crucifixion. While not attempting that, the new work did aim for emotional and spiritual ties to the great choral works of that name by Schütz, Handel, Bach, and many others, as it set poems on love and lamentation from ancient sources and by the poet Sándor Borbély, who lived in Debrecen, Hungary's second largest city, until his death last year.
Besides Borbély's Hungarian, the chorus sang in Latin, Hebrew, and Georgian—and a modern translation of the oldest known poem in the Hungarian language—as composer Agócs ranged wide in time and geography in search of texts to meditate on, setting them without movement breaks in a continuous performance lasting a little over 20 minutes.
The vocal performances were consistently clear and expressive, with soprano Sonja Tengblad the standout, tenderly introducing the work with Borbély's "If I could…" and soaring over her trio-mates in the section "I can't…"
Who can resist the sound of women's voices climbing high in close harmony? Agócs certainly couldn't, as time after time she twisted rising vocal lines into radiant cluster chords, a sound capable of expressing either intense lament or exultation.
Just in one section, the setting of a medieval parody on the hymn Stabat Mater, her wide orchestral vocabulary took the music from chant-like vocal lines, delicately accompanied by high percussion and pizzicato double basses, to a fast, three-to-a-bar dance with big-band thunder.
As the program notes by Robert Kirzinger acknowledged, the other, more everyday meaning of "passion" was well represented in this work, and by the closing pages on the Georgian hymn "Thou Art a Vineyard" the music was animated by a kind of Song-of-Solomon like merging of spiritual and earthly ecstasy. The clouds of complex 21st-century harmony even parted here and there for moments of movie-score lushness.
But Agócs's score remained unpredictable to the end, swinging between thoughtful violin solos to broad statements for the full orchestra to unison chants in the chorus. The composer seemed to pick up her texts and look at them from all angles, before closing the piece (and Saturday's concert) resolutely on a crescendo chord for chorus and orchestra."
– BOSTON CLASSICAL REVIEW, Review of The Debrecen Passion as premiered by Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Lorelei Ensemble, January 24, 2015 (David Wright)
"Last came the other premiere, The Debrecen Passion by Kati Agócs, a Canadian of half-Hungarian-extraction who now teaches at New England Conservatory and has garnered a good deal of attention. Her work is not a passion in the sense of the oratorio-sized works of Bach and other Baroque composers, or in the revived style of Penderecki's, but is a setting of seven lyric-sized texts, three by Hungarian poet, novelist and literary historian Szilárd Borbély (1964-2014; he committed suicide in Debrecen, where he had lived and worked), two contemplations of Mary, one Latin the other Hungarian, one Kabbalistic prayer and one medieval Georgian hymn. In these settings Agócs examines passions of several sorts, the fragility of love, the greatness of God, and, oh yes, the death of Jesus. In the panel discussion, Agócs said that her funding source, the Jebediah Foundation, had given her carte blanche to create as big and as long a work as she felt like, and this 20-plus-minute piece (her longest to date) is fitted out with impressive orchestral forces, plus the Lorelei singers. While far from inaccessible, her writing is intricate and layered. Much of the choral treatment draws on earlier Ligeti techniques of "micro-polyphony," densely packed, close dissonant harmony that, in the vocal writing, sounded ravishingly beautiful. Setting modern poetry can be tricky, and Borbély's was not always easy to parse; Agócs wisely avoided overt word-painting. The orchestral writing was fluent and often did its job well of adding emotional depth to the texts and the vocal lines; in two instances there were orchestral interludes of great power and beauty, and the final Georgian hymn concludes (save a final blast and morendo from the orchestra) in a modally inflected harmony that evokes Alan Hovhaness (okay, he was Armenian, not Georgian, but musically it's pretty close).
– THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER, Excerpts from Review of The Debrecen Passion as premiered by Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Lorelei Ensemble, January 24, 2015 (Vance R. Koven)
"A spiraling work for 12 female voices and chamber orchestra. A glimpse of any given moment exposes waves of Krzysztof Penderecki-like vocal clusters, pulsing chant, flurries of Baroque trumpet and sumptuous Late-Romantic orchestration....It's an overwhelming plate of emotion and color...The music's subject matter is, after all, the Passion of Christ. Agócs filters and rearranges the story through lenses of Hungarian poet Szilárd Borbély, Kabbalistic prayer and ancient Latin, Hungarian and Georgian religious texts. But it's more than a sum of disparate influences. The Debrecen Passion is high-craft, high-drama music that, in certain ways, goes down like an old-school Hollywood score cut to fit the fast, ADD-inspired edits of modern television: think chase-scene drums against big-band orchestral statements, intensely unsettling a cappella drops and religious fervor at its most intense, all within a few bars... or at the same time."
-Q2 ALBUM OF THE WEEK, WQXR, "Kati Agócs's High-Drama Setting of Love and Devotion", 25 January 2016 (Hannis Brown)
"About 23 minutes long, The Debrecen Passion blends the voices into instruments, and the instrumentalists into the voices. Lorelei sings sections of starkly beautiful solo sections, duos and trios, but also vocalizes wordless melismas and dissonant pitches that challenge the mood. The orchestra performs many solos — flute, trumpet, snare drums and violin among them — but also chants some of the text alongside the singers......In the simplest way, everyone is a musician, serving the cause. Even if the texts were not in Hungarian, Latin or Georgian, textural clarity is not the object. Starkly simple and direct solo sections give way quickly to vocal overlaps and dense sonic textures — the meaning obscured in service of the musical goals.....Integrity in this case means that the accessibility of the lyrics is secondary to the sound-world. The feeling is religious, deeply spiritual; but it's the sound that tells you this, not the words."
-WBUR'S THE ARTURY, "Composer-Performer Kati Agócs Intermingles Sacred and Secular in First Recording": Review of "The Debrecen Passion" by Boston Modern Orchestra Project, 21 January 2016 (Keith Powers
"Agócs typically assimilates several different cultural influences and multiple languages into her powerful and attention getting style. A perfect example is the amazing Debrecen Passion. Thematically centered on the work of contemporary Hungarian poet Szilárd Borbély and influenced by the particular qualities of the Hungarian language and culture, The Debrecen Passion takes Christian and humanist texts and utilizes them in a unique read of the Passion story but without the usual voices in roles. In many ways I found this approach both refreshingly different and quite moving. This is a strong, dramatic and, occasionally unsettling work."
-Audiophile Audition, Review of album The Debrecen Passion, 12 March 2016 (Daniel Coombs)
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BY THE STREAMS OF BABYLON (2008)
...LIKE TREASURE HIDDEN IN A FIELD (2011)/PEARLS (2009)
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Volunteer medical officer criticises shoppers for taking photos of collapsed man in Broad Street, March - and others for posting false reports
March man taken to hospital after collapsing in Broad Street - Credit: Archant
A medical officer with Cambridgeshire Search & Rescue tonight criticised passers by for taking photographs of a man who collapsed in Broad Street, March.
Lee Sustins – who happened to be passing by when the incident happened and was there when an air ambulance was called- also criticised those who had posted false reports to social media.
Mr Sustins posted his own thoughts to the March Free Discussion Facebook group, which has nearly 15,000 members.
"Everyone, no need to make up stories," he wrote. "Poor chap taken ill in Broad Street; he wasn't drunk, shot, run over, or anything like that, just taken ill and hit his head,.
"Because of that MAGPAS Helimedix was called and put him in a coma to protect his breathing etc.
"I was there and the amount of people taking pictures of us working on him was a shame.
"It's somebody's loved one, please have some respect. Yes, take pictures of the helicopter and support it with donations but not the casualty themselves."
Mr Sustins did, however, thank those who had called the emergency services immediately after the man collapsed.
"Good job guys, I was the SAR chap on scene as I was passing," he wrote. "He was packaged and sent on his way, to where he needs to be. I too hope his has a good recovery."
One woman said she and her mother were worried when they saw a white sheet go up.
"We were concerned when we went past just as the Helimedix arrived," she wrote.
But Mr Sustins said: "I only put up the sheet to protect his dignity as too many with phones out near the public toilets."
Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (CamSAR) is a specialist, voluntary, team that is called upon by police in the search for vulnerable missing people: a child, an elderly person suffering from dementia or even someone who is considering taking their own life.


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Q: PHP IRR (Internal rate of return) financial function How can I implement MS Excel's "IRR()" formula in PHP?
I tried the algorithm mentioned in this page but the results were not accurate and it was really slow.

A: After investigating a while, I ended up with the function copied below.
It is based on this question.
function IRR($investment, $flow, $precision = 0.001) {
    $min = 0;
    $max = 1;
    $net_present_value = 1;
    while(abs($net_present_value - $investment) > $precision) {
        $net_present_value = 0;
        $guess = ($min + $max) / 2;
        foreach ($flow as $period => $cashflow) {
            $net_present_value += $cashflow / (1 + $guess) ** ($period + 1);
        }
        if ($net_present_value - $investment > 0) {
            $min = $guess;
        } else {
            $max = $guess;
        }
    }
    return $guess * 100;
}

A: This is modified from Tomas's answer. It stops the infinite loop by a check at the start to make sure cashflow is greater than investment. I have also increased the precision and run it a maximum of 20 times.
private function IRR($investment, $flow, $precision = 0.000001) {

    if (array_sum($flow) < $investment):
        return 0;
    endif;
    $maxIterations = 20;
    $i =0;
    if (is_array($flow)):
        $min = 0;
        $max = 1;
        $net_present_value = 1;
        while ((abs($net_present_value - $investment) > $precision)&& ($i < $maxIterations)) {
            $net_present_value = 0;
            $guess = ($min + $max) / 2;
            foreach ($flow as $period => $cashflow) {
                $net_present_value += $cashflow / (1 + $guess) ** ($period + 1);
            }
            if ($net_present_value - $investment > 0) {
                $min = $guess;
            } else {
                $max = $guess;
            }
            $i++;
        }
        return $guess * 100;
    else:
        return 0;
    endif;
}


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var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var loadinsults = require('../lib/loadinsults');
var insults;

loadinsults.load(function(err,body) {
   if (!err)
      insults = body.insults;
   else
      console.log("Error loading insults.");
});

/* GET home page. */
router.get('/insult', function(req, res, next) {
   var random = Math.floor((Math.random() * insults.length));
   res.json(insults[random]);
});

module.exports = router;

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Professor Greenbaum teaches in the areas of civil procedure and professional responsibility. He joined the faculty in 1980 after practicing in Washington, D.C. with the law firm of Hogan and Hartson. Professor Greenbaum attended law school at the University of Virginia and did his undergraduate work at Yale. At Virginia, he was the research and projects editor of the Virginia Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Professor Greenbaum's scholarship has included pieces in the areas of administrative law, civil procedure, professional responsibility, and placement, but his current work focuses on professional responsibility issues. His most recent work includes pieces on the reporting of lawyer misconduct, administrative and interim suspension in the lawyer regulatory process, and lawyer transfer to disability inactive status. He also is the co-author of a treatise on the Ohio law of professional responsibility – Ohio Legal Ethics Law Under the Rules of Professional Conduct – with the Jones Day law firm.
Professor Greenbaum has served on the board of the Ohio CLE Institute, the Ohio State Bar Association CLE Advisory Committee, and the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on the Certification of Attorneys as Specialists. He presently is a member of the Columbus Bar Association Ethics and Grievance Committee and the publications board of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility. He also is the faculty advisor for, and a board member of, the Ohio Public Interest Foundation.


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Q: Automatically register new prefect flows? Is there a mechanism to automatically register flows/new flows if a local agent is running, without having to manually run e.g. flow.register(...) on each one?
In airflow, I believe they have a process that regularly scans for any files with dag in the name in the specified airflow home folder, then searches them for DAG objects. And if it finds them it loads them so they are accessible through the UI without having to manually 'register' them.
Does something similar exist for prefect. So for example if I just created the following file test_flow.py, without necessarily running it or adding flow.run_agent() is there a way for it to just be magically registered and accessible through the UI :) - just by it simply existing in the proper place?
# prefect_home_folder/test_flow.py
import prefect
from prefect import task, Flow

@task
def hello_task():
    logger = prefect.context.get("logger")
    logger.info("Hello, Cloud!")

flow = Flow("hello-flow", tasks=[hello_task])

flow.register(project_name='main')

I could write a script that has similar behavior to the airflow process to scan a folder and register flows at regular intervals, but I wonder if it's a bit hacky or if there is a better solution and I'm justing thinking too much in terms of airflow?

A: Great question (and awesome username!) - in short, I suggest you are thinking too much in terms of Airflow.  There are a few reasons this is not currently available in Prefect:

*

*explicit is better than implicit

*Prefect flows are not constrained to live in one place and are not constrained to have the same runtime environments; this makes both the automatic discovery of a flow + re-serializing it complicated from a single agent process (which is not required to share the same runtime environment as the flows it submits)

*agents are better thought of as being parametrized by deployment infrastructure, not flow storage

Ideally for production workflows you'd use a CI/CD process so that anytime you make a code change an automatic job is triggered that re-registers the flow.  A few comments that may be helpful:

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*you don't actually need to re-register the flow for every possible code change; for example, if you changed the message that your hello_task logs in your example, you could simply re-save the flow to its original location (what this looks like depends on the type of storage you use).  Ultimately you only need to re-register if any of the metadata about your flow changes (retry settings, task names, dependency relationships, etc.)

*you can use flow.register("My Project", idempotency_key=flow.serialized_hash()) to automatically capture this; this pattern will only register a new version if the flow's backend representation changes in some way


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MFD lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl multiple times pleads not guilty
Milwaukee Fire Department
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Fire Department Lieutenant Robert Olson, 44, of Oak Creek was in court Monday, Dec. 2 for his preliminary hearing -- accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl multiple times.
Olson faces one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 16. He was placed on paid administrative suspension with MFD.
In court on Monday, Olson waived his preliminary hearing and was bound over for trial. He pleaded not guilty, and a bail/bond hearing was scheduled for Dec. 19. Online court records showed $7,500 cash bond was posted on Nov. 29.
Robert Olson
Charges were filed on Nov. 25 after Olson's arrest on Nov. 20.
Prosecutors said Olson sent messages to the girl, reading: "I am so sorry got what happened, I didn't mean to, please don't go, please don't tell anyone, I am going to prison, I'm going to get raped. I am so sorry...I want to help you..."
He also sent messages to the girl's family, prosecutors said, indicating that "in the last three months since this happened, I have done a ton of work to regain trust. I have already made extreme life changes and carry this every day like a 100-pound weight no matter what it looks like on the outside. I assure you I've taken ownership and I'm still trying to..."
6,500 tickets available for NFC Championship Game at Lambeau
Kenosha police sergeant dies after snowmobile accident


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Имшега́л — село в Тарском районе Омской области. Административный центр Имшегальского сельского поселения.

Основано в 1899 году.

Население —

Физико-географическая характеристика
Село находится в зоне южной тайги, в пределах Васюганской равнины, являющейся частью Западно-Сибирской равнины, на правом берегу реки Шиш, при впадении реки Имшегал, на высоте 110 метров над уровнем моря. Рельеф местности холмисто-равнинный. В окрестностях преобладают лиственные леса. Отдельные участки местности заболочены. Почвы дерново-подзолистые иллювиально-железистые и пойменные кислые.

По автомобильным дорогам расстояние до районного центра города Тара составляет 84 км, до областного центра города Омск — 370 км. К селу подъезд с твёрдым покрытием отсутствует.

Климат
Климат резко континентальный (согласно классификации климатов Кёппена — Dfc), с явно выраженными климатическими сезонами и значительными колебаниями температур в течение года. Многолетняя норма осадков — 474 мм. Наибольшее количество осадков выпадает в июле — 73 мм, наименьшее в феврале — 15 мм. Среднегодовая температура отрицательная и составляет − 0,7° С, средняя температура самого холодного месяца января − 19,9° С, самого жаркого месяца июля + 18,1° С.

Часовой пояс

История
Основано в 1899 году переселенцами-зырянами из Усть-Куломской волости Яренского уезда Вологодской губернии в составе Седельниковской волости Тарского уезда Тобольской губернии.

Посёлок располагался на чистом месте, поляны, гари, а поросль лиственного леса сравнительно молодая и легче для расчистки. Болот и сырых низин больше в участке Имшегальском. Почва супесчаная, подпочва на увалах песок. Водой обеспечен из реки Имшегал. Дороги существуют, но плохие, так весной сообщение было затруднительным. Площадь участка составляла 2609 десятин земли (удобной 2172 десятины, неудобной 236 десятин). Рассчитан на 139 душевых долей. Посёлок начал заселяться в 1899 году. Сельское общество образовано в 1899 году. Водворено 106 душ мужского пола. Оставалось свободными 33 душевые доли.

Посёлок описывался следующим образом: «Общая площадь участка 2609 десятин. Число душевых долей 139. Начало заселения участка 1899 год. Образование сельского общества 1899 год. Водворено 106 душ мужского пола. Больше всего здесь болот и сырых низин».

В 1899 году по журналу общего присутствия Тобольского губернского управления от 7 января № 148, разрешено образование самостоятельного сельского общества из переселенцев, водворённых на участке Имшегальском в числе 21 семья, 53 мужского и 57 женского пола душ, с наименованием этого общества «Имшегальским» с причислением его к Седельниковской волости.

1 августа 1901 года посёлок передан в состав образованной Атирской волости.

В 1903 году посёлок располагался при речке Большой Шиш на просёлочной дороге. Имелось 33 двора.

В 1908 году в посёлке открыта сельская общественная сберегательная касса.

В 1909 году посёлок располагался на расстоянии 603 версты от губернского города, 66 верстах от уездного города и камеры мирового судьи, приставского участка, базар, 25 верстах от волостного правления и приходской церкви, врачебного (фельдшерского) пункта, 22 верстах от школы официальной. Имелось 40 отдельных хозяйств, хлебозапасный магазин.

В 1924 году вошёл в состав Знаменской волости.

В 1925 году вошёл в состав Знаменского района Тарского округа Сибирского края.

На 1926 года входил в Оноренский сельский совет. Имелась школа 1 ступени. Преобладающей национальностью были зыряне. Насчитывалось 52 хозяйства. Ближайшая железнодорожная станция находилась в городе Омске, речная пристань в деревне Пологрудовой, почтовое отделение в селе Знаменском, рынок сельскохозяйственных и промышленных продуктов в городе Таре.

В 1930 году образован Имшегальский сельсовет Тарского района Тарского округа Западно-Сибирского края. С 1934 года — в составе Знаменского района Омской области. В 1940 году включено в состав Васисского района, после упразднения последнего в 1962 году — в составе Тарского района.

В 1931 году организован колхоз «Свободный зырянин». В 1930-е годы в Имшегал ссылали спецпереселенцев из разных областей Советского Союза.

На 1991 год село являлось центром колхоза имени Ильича.

Население
 1899 — 110 человек (53 м — 57 ж);
 1903 — 210 человек (100 м — 110 ж);
 1909 — 247 человек (129 м — 118 ж);
 1912 — 159 человек православных;
 1926 — 317 человек (151 м — 166 ж).

Инфраструктура
В селе работают Дом культуры, библиотека, детский сад, ФАП. Школа закрыта.

Примечания

Литература
Книги
 Переселение и землеустройство за Уралом в 1906—1910 годах и отчёт по переселению и землеустройству за 1910 год. Переселенческое управление Главного управления землеустройства и земледелия. Типография Ю. Н. Эрлих. Санкт-Петербург. 1911.
 Список переселенческих участков Тобольской губернии (приложение к 20 вёрстной карте Тобольской губернии, издания 1913 года). Типография епархиального братства. Тобольск. 1913.
 Справочные издания Переселенческого управления Министерства внутренних дел. Выпуск XIV. Список переселенческих и запасных участков, образованных с 1893 года по 1-е июля 1903 года в Степном крае, Тобольской, Томской, Енисейской и Иркутской губерний. Типография Министерства внутренних дел. Санкт-Петербург. 1903.
 Справочные издания Переселенческого управления Министерства внутренних дел. Выпуск XXII. Список переселенческих участков, образованных по 1-е января 1904 года в Акмолинской области, Тобольской, Томской, Енисейской губерний (с картами, означенных губерний и области). Санкт-Петербург. 1906.
 Справочная книга Омской епархии. Составил по поручению VII епархиального съезда, священник села Новоселья Тюкалинского уезда Иоанн Голошубин. Типография «Иртыш». Омск. 1914.
 Список населённых мест Тобольской губернии, составленный губернским статистическим комитетом по распоряжению гражданина Тобольского губернатора, по сведениям, доставленным волостными правлениями в 1903 году и проверенные переписным материалом. Губернская типография. Тобольск. 1904.
 Список населённых мест Тобольской губернии. Составлен по сведениям на 15 июля 1909 года, полученным от уездных исправников и волостных правлений. Издание Тобольского губернского статистического комитета. Губернская типография. Тобольск. 1912.
 Список населённых мест Сибирского края. Том 1. Округа Юго-Западной Сибири. Сибирский краевой исполнительный комитет. Новосибирск. 1928.
Публикации
 Переселенцы в тарских урманах. А. Букейханов // Сибирские вопросы: периодический сборник. № 11. 23 марта 1908 год. Томск.
 Переселенцы в тарских урманах (продолжение). А. Букейханов // Сибирские вопросы: периодический сборник. № 12. 31 марта 1908 год. Томск.

Ссылки
 Первые шаги на новой родине: новые модели природопользования белорусских переселенцев в урмане
 Коми-переселенцы в Тарском уезде Тобольской губернии в конце XIX-начале XX веков. А. Х. Машарипова // Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии. № 2(21). 2013
 Село Имшегал «Омская область на карте»

Населённые пункты Тарского района

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While we have close to 300 web cams offering a total of almost 400 views that motorists use for safe travel in B.C., there's one web cam with a special job that you won't see.
You won't see the web cam alongside Highway 31 north of Kaslo, on DriveBC, because its focus isn't road conditions – it's Lardeau Bluffs, which loom high above the road along Kootenay Lake. Avalanche technicians with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure use the web cam as a tool to help forecast avalanche hazards and determine the best times for avalanche control. Installed about a year ago, the cam provides a close-up of avalanche start zones and a wide angle view for big picture information about Lardeau Bluffs.
Two views of Lardeau Bluffs from the new webcam, which focuses on avalanche (not road) conditions.
Avalanche Technician Kevin Maloney describes Lardeau Bluffs as "faraway, volatile and challenging to reach and work on." The area along Highway 31 is the sole link for the small communities of Argenta, Meadow Creek, Johnsons Landing and Cooper Creek. Avalanche work must be carefully planned to minimize economic costs for businesses and inconvenience for citizens. Economic example: the local sawmill must stop operating, when the route to the hospital is closed. Inconvenience example: school buses travel the route and there are a few cat skiing operations along the way. (For those unfamiliar with this type of recreation, you won't see felines flying down snowy slopes; cat skiing is back-country downhill skiing accessed by fully tracked vehicles).
Given those factors, the web cam is a huge help in the avalanche-active southeast corner of the province, where the Kootenay Regional Program manages 300 avalanche paths in 20 distinct avalanche areas spread over four mountain ranges. Every 30 minutes it offers avalanche technicians views of what's happening at Lardeau Bluffs, without them needing to travel there. The webcam shows the snowline, freezing levels, wind, precipitation and sky conditions.
When winter storms hit everywhere at once, the web cam helps avalanche crews focus and prioritize their efforts.
If the conditions on the web cam show it's getting near time to remove snow from the bluffs, the sky view helps technicians determine whether visiting by helicopter for hands-on snowpack observations or avalanche control, is feasible. If the area is shrouded in fog (Kevin calls Lardeau Bluffs a "fog trap") or blowing snow, then technicians will work elsewhere until conditions improve. Less time and money is spent on travel to the site, including helicopter missions that may be unsuccessful due to worsening weather. At the same time, web cam monitoring helps us keep the highway safe from avalanches.
It Pans, it Tilts, it Zooms!
The Lardeau Bluffs web cam can be accessed by technicians at any time and has remote control features to pan, tilt and zoom the view. Using web cams this way in B.C., is a whole new view of avalanche risk management.
However you look at it (even if you can't see it on DriveBC) the Lardeau Bluffs webcam, just like our DriveBC web cams, has its sights set on safety.
What would you like to know about our webcams?
Thanks for explaining what that tower-thing is! We can get pretty suspicious over in this neck of the woods!


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package org.gradoop.flink.io.impl.gdl;

import org.apache.flink.api.java.io.LocalCollectionOutputFormat;
import org.gradoop.common.model.api.entities.GraphHead;
import org.gradoop.common.model.api.entities.Edge;
import org.gradoop.common.model.api.entities.Vertex;
import org.gradoop.flink.model.api.epgm.BaseGraph;
import org.gradoop.flink.model.api.epgm.BaseGraphCollection;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Allows to print graphs and graph collections to the standard output.
 */
public class GDLConsoleOutput {

  /**
   * Prints the logical graph to the standard output.
   *
   * @param graph The logical graph that is supposed to be printed.
   * @param <G>   the graph head type
   * @param <V>   the vertex type
   * @param <E>   the edge type
   * @param <LG>  the type of the logical graph instance
   * @param <GC>  the type of the according graph collection
   * @throws Exception Forwarded from flink execute.
   */
  public static <
    G extends GraphHead,
    V extends Vertex,
    E extends Edge,
    LG extends BaseGraph<G, V, E, LG, GC>,
    GC extends BaseGraphCollection<G, V, E, LG, GC>> void print(BaseGraph<G, V, E, LG, GC> graph)
    throws Exception {

    print(graph.getCollectionFactory().fromGraph(graph));
  }

  /**
   * Prints the graph collection to the standard output.
   *
   * @param collection The graph collection that is supposed to be printed.
   * @param <G>        the graph head type
   * @param <V>        the vertex type
   * @param <E>        the edge type
   * @param <LG>       the type of the logical graph
   * @param <GC>       the type of the graph collection
   * @throws Exception Forwarded from flink execute.
   */
  public static <
    G extends GraphHead,
    V extends Vertex,
    E extends Edge,
    LG extends BaseGraph<G, V, E, LG, GC>,
    GC extends BaseGraphCollection<G, V, E, LG, GC>> void print(
      BaseGraphCollection<G, V, E, LG, GC> collection) throws Exception {

    List<G> graphHeads = new ArrayList<>();
    collection.getGraphHeads().output(new LocalCollectionOutputFormat<>(graphHeads));

    List<V> vertices = new ArrayList<>();
    collection.getVertices().output(new LocalCollectionOutputFormat<>(vertices));

    List<E> edges = new ArrayList<>();
    collection.getEdges().output(new LocalCollectionOutputFormat<>(edges));

    collection.getConfig().getExecutionEnvironment().execute();

    GDLEncoder encoder = new GDLEncoder<>(graphHeads, vertices, edges);
    String graphString = encoder.getGDLString();

    System.out.println(graphString);
  }
}


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Population......................................................................4,926,087 (July 2018 est.)
Population growth rate .............................................................0.01% (2018 est.)
Birth rate.....................................................12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Death rate................................................10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Net migration rate...............................-1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Ethnic groups.........Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)
Georgia Looks West, But Faces Migration Challenges at Home
Although Georgia eventually wants to join the European Union, it must first confront its large population of internally displaced persons and high rates of emigration. MPI's Joanne van Selm takes a detailed look at a country in transition.
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Grandson of North Korea's Kim Jong Il draws attention in Bosnia
October 16, 2011 | 8:25 pm
REPORTING FROM SEOUL –- He wears hipster oversized glasses, an earring and funky bleached-orange hair, suggesting that a hard-starched military parade is the last event he'd want to attend.
But the seemingly Western-friendly 16-year-old grandson of North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il is getting some worldwide attention these days. Kim Han Sol recently became the new darling of North Korea-watching paparazzi after the South Korean media tracked him days after his enrollment at an international school in Bosnia.
According to what some reporters have gleaned from his Facebook site, Kim says he prefers democracy over communism and longs to help stop the cycle of poverty and starvation in North Korea.
Kim Han Sol reportedly started classes at the United World Colleges' branch in Mostar after failing to receive a visa to enter a university in Hong Kong. Reporters have since swarmed the school grounds to get a glimpse of the youngest Kim, and school officials have called for a lockdown on outsiders to protect him.
The Associated Press recently quoted him as saying he was happy.
"I love Mostar. I like the food," he said. "The people here are very nice."
The teenager's father, Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the ailing North Korean ruler, was considered the heir apparent before falling out of favor. Kim Jong Nam's younger half-brother, Kim Jong Eun, was last year trotted out as his father's successor.
Whether Kim Han Sol could ever rise to power in the secretive country remains a mystery. It's also unclear whether his youthful idealism and candor might change in time.
On his Facebook site, Kim sharply defended North Korea against any derision.
Then access to the page became restricted.
North Korean crowds greet father and son Kims with a roar of enthusiasm
The son also rises
North Koreans celebrate newly anointed Kim Jong Eun
-- John M. Glionna
Photo: Students walk past the United World Colleges school in Mostar, Bosnia, on Oct. 14, 2011. Credit: Elvis Barukcic / AFP / Getty Images


Recently, I opened my MacBook Pro to get some work done during a transatlantic flight. Low and behold I was greeted by the (never-before-seen) 'flashing question mark on the missing boot drive folder of death.' So much cuter than a blue screen, ain't it? Computer refused to do anything. Period. This was going to be an interesting business trip. Watched a movie, went to sleep.
As soon as I landed I jumped on the net and searched "macbook pro flashing question mark boot." Found a number of articles that gave me hope that it wasn't my HDD gone bad. One link directed me to ifixit, my go to source for repair advice and parts ideas. (Seriously.) Read similar success stories here about the replacement cable fix.
With this hope I purchased an external 2.5 hdd drive enclosure, removed the hdd from the laptop and installed it in the enclosure. Years earlier I had installed the SSD upgrade, so I knew how to do that. PS: it's easy!
Plugged in the USB cable, pressed the power button and... voila! MacBook booted! I knew this was a very good sign, at least the hdd was good, only like 999 other possible problems left to troubleshoot. After reading a number of the stories here I decided that the $50 or so investment was the best next step to take. Beyond that the repair would get pricey quick - ie for a new logic board or similar. Limped through the rest of my trip with my laptop running off the external drive.
The first day back, I ordered the part. It arrived quickly and in great shape. Brand new cable "with bracket." It installed very easily as per the repair guide. It is a bit nerve-racking in that the cable is soooo thin and you need to make a few bends in it to get it into position. Just breathe in, breathe out, take your time, and be gentle with it. Be careful especially concerning the two hold-down screws near the CD drive. They're microscopic and fidgety.
Speaking of fidgety, I'd suggest getting the "cable with bracket" option as I did. That wire connector on the bracket is minuscule. IMO it's worth $5 not to have to deal with it.
Success! My MacBook Pro is back in action and good as new!
ifixit's repair guides and parts are nothing short of amazing. Follow their directions, use their high quality parts and you stand a much better chance of a successful DIY repair. Also - make sure you have the right tools for the job. If you don't have the little spudgers and teeny tiny screw drivers, do yourself a huge favor and get them. It makes things sooo much easier. Thank you ifixit!


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Browning is een plaats (town) in de Amerikaanse staat Montana, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Glacier County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 1065.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 1079, een stijging van 14 (1,3%).

klimaat
In Browning werd het grootste temperatuurverschil in 24 uur ooit gemeten. In 1916 daalde de temperatuur van 6,7 °C naar -49 °C, een daling van de temperatuur op één dag met 56 °C.

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
0,7 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Browning ligt op ongeveer 1331 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 36 km rond Browning.

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Plaats in Montana


Queen platform storage bed is an ideal platform to store its modular stage if you have a space with high ceilings form. For safety reasons, you follow local building practices to create your loft storage, rather than construction phase methods. Plan areas for each platform size, and stack them flat in their designated areas. Conservation areas include leg and other items. Your attic storage need guardrails, so add hooks to these rails and store their modular platform guardrails them hanging from railings in attic. Plan stairs wide enough to safely carry platform up and down, and allow at least 4 1/2 feet of aisle space for people to walk in exercise of a platform 4 by 8 without hitting other components of its staging.
Build a solid platform lifted about 4 feet tall with a lid 4 by 8 feet. Place your units covered on this platform for horizontal queen platform storage bed. Build two boxes of 3 1/2-by-3 1/2 feet on wheels, high enough to slide under platform and drawers. Use these, with dividers for storing legs and other components under their platforms. To increase usability, add metal racks above raised platform. Weld or racks similar to those used for storage of plywood on wooden shops buying and media space according to their platform sizes. Consider how platforms and get out of racks as queen platform storage bed design. You may need to build on steps next to raised platform.


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June 2/02 10:01 am - Montreal the Story
Montreal World Cup
"Eleven laps of riding around in a pack . . shit."
This was a quote from a photographer friend and, in some respects, sums up this year's World Cup women's race on Mont Royal. This race is the classic example of the lone breakaway race, as exemplified by Genevieve Jeanson's superb win last year.
However, as Jeanson said herself after this year's event (in which she finished third): "you can't race the same every year."
For 2002 the 105 rider field may have been the strongest assembled thus far in the 8 years of the race. Jeanson, Lyne Bessette, Sue Palmer-Komar, Fabiana Luperini, Mirjam Melchers, Pia Sundstedt, Petra Rossner, Judith Arndt . . . the list goes on. Add to that the defection of Bessette from Saturn so that she can ride her own race, and we were expecting a race of epic proportions.
In some senses the race suffered from its own legend - everyone was waiting for the other rider to make a move and, as a result, nobody made a move until unheralded Dede Demet-Barry and Anna Millward attacked in the final lap to catch the 'names' by surprise and steal the race away.
To be fair, the wind was a serious factor - gusts of up to 70 kilometres an hour blowing straight into the riders' faces as they climbed the 3.2 kilometres up Camillien Houde to the top of Mont Royal, the worst happening in the final 200 metres as the wind funneled through a rock cut. It was hard even walking against the wind.
Jeanson's Rona team lieutenant, Manon Jutras, did her usual excellent job of setting the early pace, and weeding out the chaff, reducing the contenders from 105 to less then 50 within a lap. After 3 laps the lead bunch was down to 30, with all the major players watching both Jeanson and mountain biker Caroline Alexander - currently the strongest climber on the off road World Cup circuit. Jeanson was missing her other 'assistant', Germany's Karen Bockel, who suffered a stress fracture in her foot after the Tour of the Gila. This may have contributed to her unusual reticence on the course that she, by all accounts, owns.
So, for lap after lap we saw a steady group rolling around, with no major attacks launched (or even minor ones). It was not until the 11th, penultimate, lap that Luperini decided to mix things up, jumping low on the climb. The response was instantaneous, with Melchers, Jeanson, Bessette, Arndt, Suzanne Ljungskog and a couple of others responding.
Jeanson went to the front over the top, and the rest of the field was straggling. "Finally", we thought. "Finally the race is happening."
Significantly, Rossner, the World Cup overall leader, was not there, but Melchers, second in the standings, was. Saturn's job now was to hope that as many people as possible would finish in front of the Dutch rider to reduce the points differential between her and Rossner. Secretly, the Saturn team was urging on their rivals Jeanson, Bessette, Luperini, et al.
So, we all lined up at the finish line. Who would it be? Could Jeanson pull of a repeat? Would Luperini go one better then her 2000 result and win? Could Melchers take top spot?
No one, but no one (well, maybe Michael Barry) was prepared when Dede Demet-Barry came around the final corner first in her baby blue Talgo America outfit. Demet-Barry hadn't raced internationally since the world championships in 2000. She had signed with the Talgo team only that week. Her preparation consisted of "one local race in Colorado in April, and Effingham (in Ontario)."
Demet-Barry and Millward had crested the climb 15 seconds back of the leaders and, it appeared, were out of the game.
"Anna and I were in sight of the leaders, so we just flew down the descent, and made contact near the bottom." explained Demet-Barry. "We both actually then attacked at the same moment on opposite sides (of the group)."
"I went left and Dede went right," Millward said. "We met out in front and there was no question that we were going to work together - this was our one chance. On the climb Dede was too strong, she went hard from the bottom, but I am really pleased to finish second - it is my best result ever in Montreal."
Demet-Barry concurred. "I've raced here twice (1998 and 2000), and have never done well, so to win this race, the hardest on the World Cup, is really special. Along with my win in Sydney in the first World Cup, this is one of the best results of my career."
Millward hung on for second, and Jeanson salvaged local pride by finishing third, ahead of Melchers and Arndt, with Bessette coming sixth.
Demet-Barry, wife of U.S. Postal's Michael Barry, has been a full-time student, whose training has consisted of mountain running in Colorado and riding with Michael. "Michael is so fit right now, that I've been training behind him - it's like motorpacing."
Race Notes:
- Demet-Barry was riding a Mariposa, a custom built frame produced by her father-in-law Michael Barry (Sr), who has been building Mariposa bikes since 1972 in Toronto. The bike is, in Demet-Barry's words: "a combination of the traditional and the new; a carbon fork with a lugged steel frame. I love my bike." Photos were posted earlier.
- Melchers takes a slim 14 point lead over Rossner.
- Demet-Barry will be racing for Talgo America in Montreal on Monday and Tuesday, and then at Philadelphia. After that she is going to Spain with Michael, and continuing her studies by internet over the summer.
We will have lots more photos going up tomorrow.


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Q: How does the sum of the series "$1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6\ldots$" to infinity = "$-1/12$"? (I was requested to edit the question to explain why it is different that a proposed duplicate question. This seems counterproductive to do here, inside the question it self, but that is what I have been asked by the site and moderators. There is no way for me to vote against their votes. So, here I go: Please stop voting this as a duplicate so quickly, which will eventually lead to this question being closed off. Yes, the other question linked to asks the same math, but any newcomer to the problem who was exposed to it via physics, as I was, will prefer this question instead of the one that is purely mathematically. I beg the moderators to not be pedantic on this one. This question spills into physics, which is why I did the cross post to the physics forum as well.)
How does the sum of the series "1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6…" to infinity = "-1/12", in the context of physics?
I heard Lawrence Krauss say this once during a debate with Hamza Tzortzis (http://youtu.be/uSwJuOPG4FI). I found a transcript of another debate between Krauss and William Lane Craig which has the same sum. Here is the paragraph in full:

Let's go to some of the things Dr. Craig talked about. In fact, the
  existence of infinity, which he talked about which is
  self-contradictory, is not self-contradictory at all. Mathematicians
  know precisely how to deal with infinity; so do physicists. We rely on
  infinities. In fact, there's a field of mathematics called "Complex
  Variables" which is the basis of much of modern physics, from
  electro-magnetism to quantum mechanics and beyond, where in fact we
  learn to deal with infinity; without the infinities we couldn't do the
  physics. We know how to sum infinite series because we can do complex
  analysis. Mathematicians have taught us how. It's strange and very
  unappetizing, and in fact you can sum things that look ridiculous. For
  example, if you sum the series, "1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6…" to infinity,
  what's the answer? "-1/12." You don't like it? Too bad! The
  mathematics is consistent if we assign that. The world is the way it
  is whether we like it or not.

-- Lawrence Krauss, debating William Lane Craig, March 30, 2011
Source: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/the-craig-krauss-debate-at-north-carolina-state-university
CROSS POST: I'm not sure if I should post this in mathematics or physics, so I posted it in both. Cross post: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/92739/how-does-the-sum-of-the-series-1-2-3-4-5-6-to-infinity-1-12
EDIT: I did not mean to begin a debate on why Krauss said this. I only wished to understand this interesting math. He was likely trying to showcase Craig's lack of understanding of mathematics or logic or physics or something. Whatever his purpose can be determined from the context of the full script that I linked to above. Anyone who is interested, please do. Please do not judge him out of context. Since I have watched one of these debates, I understand the context and do not hold the lack of a full breakdown as being ignorant. Keep in mind the debate I heard this in was different from the debate above.

A: As a Physicist, I'll admit that the above is one of the many abuses of mathematics that occurs in theoretical physics like in string theory and in quantum field theory. In fact, that pseudo "analytic continuation" of $1+2+3+\dots$ being $-1/12$ using the Riemann's zeta function is done as a drop in for that infinite series which actually does occur in the development of string theory to sort of do away with it. Many other such upsetting things happen in physics like that.
Call it shameless, but physicists are that way. Kind of like how we shriek when chemists think that electronic configurations are actually accurate above hydrogen, the "lesser field" is always less rigorous than the antecedent...

A: That is either a joke or a proof of ignorance: we have Riemann's zeta funcion
$$\zeta(s):=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^s}\;\;,\;\;\text{which converges for}\;\;\text{Re}(s)>1$$
If we put $s=-1$, we indeed get
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^{-1}}=1+2+3+\ldots$$
and we know that the zeta function's value at $\;z=-1\;$ is $\;-\frac1{12}\;$ ....but ...the Riemann zeta function at that value is not the above infinite series but way another thing (google" functional equation for zeta function), and from it, we get that value of $\;-\frac1{12}\;$ .
To put $\;1+2+3+\ldots=-\frac1{12}\;$ is like a mathematical joke (don't debate the humour...), and whoever who actually claims this is probably an ignorant of the above facts.

A: He probably meant Ramanujan summation, which assigns divergent series a number. This is still not "The Answer" to the sum of the series, as this is clearly infinity, it's just a number assigned to a series.
If that is indeed what he meant, it rather ruins his argument, but we'll assume it was said in the heat of the debate.

A: As pointed out in another answer, the "result" is related to the Riemann zeta function, $\zeta(z)$, which can be defined by the series $\zeta(z)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}n^{-z}$ when $\text{Re}(z)>1$.  This can be extended by analytic continuation to all $z$; the unique result is the zeta function, which has a simple pole at $z=1$ and is holomorphic on the rest of $\mathbb{C}$.
The process of analytic continuation is interesting in its own right, and you may want to know how it works in this case.  One way of describing it is that you can use the value of a function and its first $n$ derivatives at a point $z_0$ to estimate the value of the function and its first $n-1$ derivatives at a second point $z_1$ (and if $|z_1-z_0|$ is small enough, this process will converge as $n\rightarrow \infty$).  You can then estimate the value of the function and its first $n-2$ derivatives at a third point $z_2$ (close enough to $z_1$), and so on.  By tracing out a path that avoids singularities (such that $z_{i+1}$ is always within the radius of convergence of the Taylor series expansion at $z_{i}$), you can define the value of the function outside the original region, purely in terms of the function's value and derivatives ("germ") at a single point.  In this case, for instance, you might choose $z=2$ to start from; the germ then depends only on the sums
$$
\frac{d^k}{dz^k}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}n^{-z}\bigg\vert_{z=2}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^k\log^k n}{n^2}.
$$


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Home of the famous Granville Island Public Market the "Island" is a people place in the heart of the city; a rich mixture of colour and culture featuring the Granville Island Brewery, Kids Only Market, water park, street entertainers, numerous restaurants, galleries, and theatres. Throughout the year, there are festivals and maritime adventures for all tastes.
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Explore Vancouver's Maritime Heritage including the historic RCMP vessel St. Roch – one of the first ships to navigate the famed North West Passage. Kids will love the Maritime Discovery Centre and the floating vessels in the Heritage Harbour.
Fascinating exhibits on the history and development of Vancouver.
Features the H. R. MacMillan Planetarium and Gordon Southam Observatory.
Bard on the Beach is one of Canada's largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare Festivals. Presented in a magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vancouver's Vanier Park, the Festival offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas, and several special events in two performance tents from June through September.
Located at Sunset Beach in the West End, you are only a short walk, either along the Seawall to Stanley Park or up Burrard Street to downtown. The Aquatic Centre features an Olympic sized swimming pool, diving pool and fitness facilities.
A quaint waterfront neighbourhood located on the south shore of False Creek, Stamps Landing is home to several pubs and restaurants and offers a spectacular view of the Vancouver skyline. The Spyglass Place ferry dock is close to the Olympic Village SkyTrain Station.
Originally an industrial neighbourhood that is now a trendy mix of warehouse lofts, highrise apartments, art galleries, night clubs, and restaurants. There are two ferry docks in Yaletown; one is at Quayside Marina and the other is at David Lam Park. The Yaletown ferry terminal is close to the Yaletown SkyTrain Station.
The ferry dock is located in front of Creekside Community Centre in "The Village", and just a short walk to Science World, Main St. SkyTrain Sation, and the Pacific Central Station. Science World is home to one of the largest Omnimax domed screens in the world, as well as fascinating demonstrations, exhibitions and hands-on experiences that take you on an exciting trek throughout the world of science.
Located near BC Place Stadium and Rogers Arena on the Northeast shore of False Creek, the plaza is home to the Edgewater Casino. The ferry dock is located right in front of the casino and provides easy access to BC Lions Games, Vancouver Whitecaps Games, and Vancouver Canuck Games. Many other events, such as concerts and trade shows are held throughout the year at the stadiums. This terminal is walking distance to the Dr Sun Yat-Sen gardens in Chinatown.
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Id Software and Avalanche Studios have teamed up to deliver an entirely different kind of Wasteland in Rage 2. Adding colors like pink and yellow to the color pallet turns a rather depressing and dreary setting into a fun and wacky world worth exploring.
I sat down for roughly an hour at PAX East this year to play Rage 2 and walked away wanting to inhabit that world for far longer. There is so much life and character around every corner it's hard not to get swept up in just exploring.
The demo began in an outpost where I was given a car mounted with a mini-gun and rocket launcher and sent on my way to explore the world around it. Driving in Rage 2 feels excellent, which is no surprise considering Avalanche Studios made the Mad Max game, and driving was easily the best part of that game.
The Wasteland offers so much variety whether you're just exploring the open roads, hunting down enemy infested outposts, or stumbling across large convoys of enemy vehicles to gun down. There are very few moments of reprieve from an activity and those moments are primarily used to soak in the world around you.
Points of interest on the map come in the form of outposts. Raiding an outpost consists of killing enemies while trying to complete small objectives like defending an area or destroying enemy supply crates.
This is where I got to experiment with a ton of different weapons and combat abilities which all felt unique and fluid when strung together. Fans of Doom will notice that the weapon wheel is there which allows for changing weapons extremely fast to create synergy between your toolkit.
Shoot an enemy from afar with a rifle, dash into close range, and quickly tear them apart with a shotgun blast. This simple yet effective maneuver make you feel like an absolute powerhouse and is just one of the many combos people will create.
Weapons aren't the only tools at your disposal though, there are a handful of abilities like an anti-gravity grenade to suspend enemies in the air, a deployable shield to block bullets, and an earth-shattering ground pound to eviscerate enemies. These in tandem with your weapons create a wonderful combat sandbox to play around with.
The real standout of Rage 2 though is the Wasteland itself. Driving around large stretches of land doesn't feel like a chore because there is always something in the distance. Whether that is a large towering structure filled with enemy raiders or giant ramps to drive off of in your car, everything feels like it belongs to further immerse players.
At one point I was driving through a jungle when I noticed a large tower cobbled together with scavenged metal. I quickly hopped in an enemy vehicle and drove over to it. It turns out it was a huge building filled with enemies are supplies, which I then had to fight my way all the way up.
Combining together all of the weapons and abilities, I was unstoppable as I ascended the tower obliterating everything in the way. Progressing through multiple floors and after a long elevator ride, I emerged at the top to collect some supplies and realized this was just a simple side mission, but it felt as over-the-top as most games main missions.
After spending only an hour with Rage 2 it was apparent that this game has so much to offer outside of just a story. Exploring the colorful wasteland of Rage 2 is something I'm looking forward to when it releases on May 14 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.


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Dear Annie: I am a 71-year-old man. My relationship with my 66-year-old sister is damaged, seemingly beyond repair. We have not spoken in at least two years. After having been close siblings over many years, our only current communication is through birthday cards.
The reason has to do with politics. She and I have polar opposite ideas about the current administration. I have no problem with that whatsoever. Everyone has his/her own political views. What I do have a problem with are her incessant tirades on social media, specifically Facebook, which is akin to putting her views on a Times Square billboard.
Though I have strong political opinions, I post nothing about them on social media, because I want to maintain cordial relationships with all my family members, friends and neighbors, whose politics are diverse. On the other hand, my sister does not seem to care that her preaching-to-the-choir posts, though they may make her feel good, alienate many members of her own family, as well as half of all other Americans.
Dear Sad and Hurt Brother: I can empathize with how frustrating and hurtful your sister's rants on social media are to you. Ultimately, you can't control what she posts, but you can control your exposure to it. You can do this by unfollowing her, which is different from unfriending. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of her post, and select "Unfollow (her name)." Once her online persona is out of sight, out of mind, it will be easier to remember the real person, the little sister whom you grew up with and love. Then it's time to put aside your differences and pick up the phone. Tell her you miss her. Don't even bring up politics. If she tries to, steer the conversation away from it; although it might not feel like it at the moment, there are so many other things to talk about.
I think she'll be glad to hear from you. You've been sending each other birthday cards, which shows you care about keeping up a connection. That's all the common ground you need to begin rebuilding your relationship.


Fort Collins' new Congressman will be the youngest member, and only member from the mountain west, on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, who ran for office calling climate change "the existential threat of our time," will sit on the congressional committee tasked with addressing it.
Neguse, a Democrat who represents Fort Collins, is the only representative from the Rocky Mountain West on the committee so far. Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Neguse and eight other Democrats to the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.
Republicans have not named their members yet.
"We must take bold action on the climate crisis now in order to preserve this world — not only for my generation, but also for every generation to come, like that of my 6-month-old daughter," Neguse, the youngest member of the committee at 34, said in a statement.
In a parallel effort, Neguse is co-sponsoring the Green New Deal resolution, which aims to pivot the country toward a carbon-free future on the back of renewable energy while shifting the economy and workforce to meet the demands. It has the backing of dozens of other members of the House and several Democratic senators who are running for president in 2020.
In an interview, Neguse described the committee as making sure "science rules the day" by "shining the light on the research and the clear evidence that supports the reality that man-made climate change is real and wreaking havoc on our planet."
In particular, he hopes to highlight research done in the district, including at Colorado State University and federal laboratories, that can help combat climate change. He also tied natural disasters, such as the wildfires that devastated the area in 2012, to climate change. A 2017 report predicted Fort Collins could see a climate akin to modern day Tuscon, Arizona, by 2080 if carbon emissions aren't wrangled.
In addition to serving on this committee, Neguse hopes to leverage his position on the House Natural Resources Committee and pull in other committees and caucuses to make the case for combating climate change.
"Given the scale and the gravity of the existential threat that we're facing, having all these different groups working in tandem is going to be really important," he said.
Republicans rebuffed the Green New Deal proposal at House hearings on climate change Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Some predicted it would cost trillions of dollars.
"If anyone thinks that decarbonizing America is going to save the planet, they're delusional," said Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., said according to the AP.
But Pelosi echoed Neguse's language by calling climate change "the existential threat of our time."
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There is something about a first snow of the season that puts a smile on everyone's face in the Northeast. The storm that slammed the south a couple of days ago moved into New England overnight and left us with a heavy coating of wet snow. It might have caused a panic among folks in Texas, Georgia, Virginia…. but here, it's life as usual. We had a holiday gathering last night and the hearty among us walked quite a distance in steady snowfall instead of driving to the gala. The hallway of the party home was piled so high with boots that it was difficult to open the front door and navigate the mountain of thawing, dripping footwear. No one blinks twice at a sight like that. It's a normal scene around here.
Our roads were cleared of snow by dawn and the same for driveways in our neighborhood… something we never saw in a Virginia storm. Of course, Virginia snows usually melted in 24-hours.
Feathered friends, both on the ground and feeders, were active at first light. I'm happy to report that the Cooper's hawk was not able to catch our blue jay and the pair returned to feed today. I do hope the hawk found a nice little house sparrow or two or ten instead.
Hard to take your eyes off our bright cardinal. Hope he's watching out for our Cooper's Hawk!
On the ground the day before, we counted 19 turkeys poking around for something to eat… not beneath the feeder but in the borders around the house. Most of our regular flock are young turkeys, now learning to find food beneath snow. We have plenty of oak trees that provide an abundance of acorns for them. I'm still delighted when I see the turkeys. They parade from home to home, up and down our driveways, in single file along our street, roost overnight in our trees, and are treated as neighborhood adoptees. As long as they are well-behaved, we welcome them.
Someone sent me this turkey video that made me laugh out loud and I wondered if I could ever learn to call our turkeys like he did. However, if I got down and wobbled like the young man in the video, I'd never be able get back up.
I love ornaments in a garden. Art enhances and enlivens, adds whimsy and visual interest. I developed garden islands and paths in Virginia where one might turn a corner and discover a surprise… water bubbling in a container, or statuary, or a small frog hiding in the leaves. It's a fun way to personalize a garden. On our last move, we sadly surrendered most of our garden art, saving just a few favorite pieces for the limited space we have now.
So it was with delight that with a Rolling Green Nursery outing for all employees last August, I was able to visit Bedrock Gardens in Lee NH where nature and art are spread over a 20-acre themed landscape. We meandered on paths through a variety of gardens with wonderful names like Dark Woods, Spiral Garden, Shrubaria, Conetown, Wiggle Waggle, The Fruit Loop, all enticing you along the pathway to the next garden space.
One-of-a-kind art and sculpture claim a larger than life presence in each garden, well-placed, whimsical, abstract and sure to bring a smile. Horticulture is breathtaking with unusual trees, shrubs, grasses, all placed perfectly in well-designed gardens. Amazingly, this garden is the magnum opus of two talented owners, Jill Nooney, the artist (and much more) who creates and designs, and her husband, Bob Munger, the retired doctor who makes it all happen for her. They have enhanced the natural beauty of their gardens reflecting the passion and personality of each of them.
Visiting the horticulture and garden design is an absolute destination by itself but add in the art and it's like stepping into another world for those interested in everything: landscape, sculpture, and art. Read more at their website, Bedrock Gardens.
Jill Nooney's barn full of farm implements and more just waiting for the next project.
We were fortunate to be guided through the gardens by our co-worker, Hobson, who pointed out unique horticulture and the various art sculptures. Hobson is a faithful volunteer at Bedrock Gardens.
The gardens have a playful quality about them and it set the tone for our merry band of garden and horticulture experts. Sounds of laughter were heard everywhere and smiles were seen on every face during the day as we strolled. If the intent of the owners was to educate, entertain, and amuse in an atmosphere of tranquility, they succeeded. The garden certainly worked its magic on us.
The gardens have recently been taken over by the Friends of Bedrock Gardens, a group that is transforming private gardens into public gardens and a cultural center.
Yesterday, our walk in light rain took us on the opposite side of the Squamscott River with the town of Exeter NH in the distance. This is the first time we've viewed the town from this vantage point and it looked beautiful to us on this fall day.
The tidal Squamscott River begins here, fed from the freshwater Exeter River and it runs 6.3 miles through rural areas and small towns to Great Bay, which connects to the Piscataqua River and, finally, the Atlantic Ocean.
Not prepared with umbrellas or raincoats, we were fully drenched by the time our walk ended but we kept our smiles. It's been a long time since we've been able to feel a raindrop and it was a very good thing….
The Exeter River, almost dry as a bone in August when work to remove a landmark dam and restore the riverbed to its natural state was proceeding ahead of schedule. The dry riverbed, due to a devastating Extreme Drought, couldn't have come at a better time for completing this enormous dam removal and restoration project.
It is October 22 and we are still in an extended Extreme Drought with mandatory water restrictions but a welcome storm dropped close to 3″ of rain overnight. We rushed to the river this morning to see the results where we discovered we weren't alone in our need to see the river flowing. Among the spectators was Board of Selectmen member, Nancy Belanger, who could hardly contain her excitement at seeing the results of the restoration after a decade of planning and hard work.
She told us things we didn't know about the planning process, the animals saved during the restoration, and terms I've never heard… such as 'riffle.' "See the riffles they created," she said as she pointed to rocks with water flowing fast around and over. When I got home, I looked the term up online. Riffle: "A riffle is a shallow section of a stream or river with rapid current and a surface broken by gravel, rubble or boulders."- Wikipedia. Nancy said riffles are a place of shelter for fish migrating upstream during breeding. All good….
We need more rain but this is a start….
Climb aboard the wagon, find a good spot on a bale of hay, squeeze between your grandchildren, and let the tractor take you away…. over hills, through the cornfield, past the pond, beneath the murder of crows that were startled in the corn, to the tangled vines of a pumpkin patch…. acres of pumpkins and gourds.
Two tractors and four wagon loads from our grandchildren's preschool were ready for the bumpy expedition that twisted and turned through the fields.
Parents and grandparents, siblings and more, all armed with cameras and smart phones fanned out across fields to help youngster find the perfect pumpkin, all shapes, sizes and colors, and to capture that moment with a photo.
A perfect pumpkin for us and small enough for a little tyke to carry….
Then the bumpy journey back up to Farmer Zach's Farm to visit the cornfields in search of the best and most colorful ears of corn.
I learned something new yesterday. I've never been that great at identifying butterfly species but the butterfly I always thought was Great Spangled Fritillary may not be.
There are three species of greater fritillaries found in New England: Great Spangled, Atlantis, and Aphrodite. All three are almost identical. I've probably seen them all and believed them to be one, the Great Spangled. Vermont naturalist Mary Holland blogged about the difference yesterday on Naturally Curious with Mary Holland.
It's all in the eyes. If the eyes are amber, it's a Great Spangled. If the eyes are blue-gray, it's an Atlantis Fritillary, and if the eyes are yellow-green, it's an Aphrodite Fritillary.
Armed with this new information, I was curious about the one (above) that visited my zinnias today so I inched as close as I could. Amber eyes! Definitely a Great Spangled Fritillary! What fun to learn something new.
Everyone's favorite app in these parts seems to be weather related. When will we have rain? Last night, all of my weather apps said, 'maybe overnight.' It didn't happen. 'Early this morning.' The clouds dripped for a few seconds. It's mid-morning and a light rain is falling and may be giving us moisture for 110 minutes according to my AccuWeather app. It seems to be the most accurate so I'm putting my faith in it. I have a dozen containers under the drip line of our roof to catch enough rainwater to sustain 3 newly planted trees. They are stressed. I'm following a friend's advice of two gallons of water twice a week per tree. Gray water from the showers and the basement dehumidifier give us barely that.
Level 0: "Abnormally Dry:" This is the lightest level, which means the area is either "going into drought: short-term dryness slowing planting, growth of crops or pastures" or getting out of drought, which means some lingering water deficits; and pastures or crops not fully recovered," according to the National Drought Monitor.
Level 1: "Moderate Drought:" This level of drought involves "some damage to crops, pastures; streams, reservoirs, or wells low, some water shortages developing or imminent; and voluntary water-use restrictions requested," according to the monitor.
Level 2: "Severe Drought:" This level means that "crop or pasture losses likely; water shortages common; and water restrictions imposed," the monitor states.
My home state of Virginia is in a drought and I hear from friends and family about it. They are Level 0: "Abnormally Dry." My adopted state of New Hampshire is worse where we live in the Seacoast area. We have progressed through the stages to Level 3: "Extreme Drought." There are mandatory water restrictions, no watering outdoors at all from municipal water or private wells. If residents don't comply, they run the risk of a penalty.
The drought does not seem to be letting up anytime soon. California's problems are frightening with 100% of the state in drought trouble creating wildfires and water wars. Severe to exceptional drought extends over 43% of that state. Sorry to think this way, but a good soaking tropical storm may be our solution. Alas….
When I first started gardening, I bought any and all perennials that looked pretty at the nursery and plopped them in my new gardens. I learned the hard way about the pitfalls and shortcomings of different plants and I've grown pretty choosy through the years. Perennials that reseed like crazy, are prone to mildew, grow leggy, or otherwise need need constant care generally don't make the cut. Experience with some naughty perennials while gardening in Zone 7b cause them to be forever banned from my gardens: ajuga (just try to contain it!), creeping jenny (lives anywhere… even in water!), deadnettle (think kudzu!), phlox (think mildew!), and several more.
Brass Buttons (Leptinella) A mat-like ground cover that grows about 2 inches high. It has a reputation of being a thug in the garden but that hasn't happened to me….yet… but I don't think I'd mind if it did step out-of-bounds. It could make a great grass substitute. Its fern-like foliage is so unusual and attractive that I fell in love with this tough little plant. I'm always questioned about this unique perennial that grows in a spot where grass struggles to grow. Thumbs up!
Calamint (Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud'): Never in a million years would I have wanted a mint in my garden until I cared for this one at the nursery. It forms plumes of miniature, tubular blue flowers on spikes. A pollinator magnet, it blooms continuously from June till frost. I see no signs of wilting or disease during our severe drought this summer. If blooms flag, it benefits from a good trim and will reward with a second flush of flowers. I would not call it invasive. Thumbs up!
Red-veined Sorrel (Rumex sanguineus): Also called bloody dock, this European native can grow in the herb or vegetable garden, around the pond, or as an ornamental garden accent. I fell in love with the prominent red veins on the lance shaped leaves. Edible for some folks, but grown here as decorative accents. No flowers have emerged as of mid-August but they'll be nipped as soon as they appear to prevent self-seeding. Thumbs up!
Campanula carpatica 'White Clips': I cared for this little perennial for almost two summers at the nursery until I weakened and purchased one. The showy bell-shaped white blooms face upward covering small compact clumps of foliage about 8 -10 inches high. I have it at the edge of a border in moist soil. We will cut it back hard very soon and will be rewarded with a flush of new growth and blooms. Thumbs up!
Defiant Hybrid Tomato: I took a chance on this tomato plant that boasted blight resistance. It's a determinate bush tomato plant that produces medium-size tomatoes. Jungseed.com writes, "This is the first tomato to crack the genetic code for late blight resistance. It has high resistance to late blight, intermediate resistance to early blight and great flavor, all in one." Knock on wood that I don't jinx it but it's been almost PERFECT. The grandchildren picked two lovely tomatoes on their lunch visit to Nana's yesterday… and there are 15 – 20 more ripening on the plant. Thumbs up!