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Music for the Chapfallen Trefologist
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"I'm Tired of Being Lonely"
written & performed by George J. Raymond
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TWO GOOD MEDICINES
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Beauty in two forms
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Dante's PARADISE, Canto 14: DELIGHTS IN PARADISE
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DELIGHTS IN PARADISE
Saved? Then such delights
Await you in Paradise!
Do not fear dying.
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David Bruce: William Shakespeare's 2 HENRY VI: A Retelling in Prose — Act 3, Scene – Act 4, Scene 1
Cardinal Beaufort lay mortally ill and delirious in bed. By him were King Henry VI, the Earl of Salisbury, and the Earl of Warwick.
"How is my lord?" King Henry VI asked. "Speak, Cardinal Beaufort, to your sovereign."
Cardinal Beaufort replied, "If you are Death, I'll give you England's treasure, enough to purchase another such island, if you will let me live, and feel no pain."
King Henry VI said, "Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, where death's approach is seen as being so terrible!"
The Earl of Warwick said, "Beaufort, it is your sovereign who speaks to you."
Cardinal Beaufort said, "Bring me to my trial when you will. Didn't he — the Duke of Gloucester — die in his bed? Where else should he die? Can I make men live, whether they will or no?
"Oh, torture me no more! I will confess.
"Alive again? Then show me where he is. I'll give a thousand pounds to look at him.
"He has no eyes, the dust has blinded them. Comb down his hair. Look, look! It stands upright, like twigs smeared with birdlime — like a trap to catch my winged soul.
"Give me some drink; and tell the apothecary to bring the strong poison that I bought from him."
King Henry VI prayed, "Oh, Thou eternal Mover of the Heavens, look with a gentle eye upon this wretch! Oh, beat away the busy meddling fiend that lays strong siege to capture this wretch's soul. And, Thou eternal Mover of the Heavens, purge this black despair from his bosom!"
The Earl of Warwick said, "Look at how the pangs of death make him grin and bare his teeth!"
The Earl of Salisbury said, "Don't disturb him; let him pass peaceably."
King Henry VI said, "May he have peace to his soul, if that is God's good pleasure!
"Lord Cardinal Beaufort, if you are thinking about Heaven's bliss, hold up your hand; make a signal — a sign — of your hope."
Cardinal Beaufort died.
King Henry VI said, "He dies, and makes no sign. Oh, God, forgive him!"
"So bad a death is evidence of a monstrous life," the Earl of Warwick said.
"Forbear to judge, for we all are sinners," King Henry VI said. "God will be the judge.
"Close his eyes and draw closed the curtain around his bed; and let us all go to pray."
Off the coast of Kent, a battle between two ships had taken place. The losing ship was the one carrying the disguised Duke of Suffolk as he attempted to sail to France. The Captain, a Master, a Master's-Mate, a man named Walter Whitmore, and others were meeting to decide what to do with the prisoners. Evening was falling. The Captain was the highest-ranking officer, while the Master was a high-ranking officer who was responsible for navigation.
The Captain said, "The showy, blabbing, and compassionate day has crept into the bosom of the sea, and now loud-howling wolves arouse the jades — dragons pulling the night-chariot — that drag the tragic melancholy night. These jades, with their drowsy, slow, and flagging wings, embrace dead men's graves and from their misty jaws breathe foul contagious darkness into the air."
Day is showy because it is bright with sunshine. It is blabbing because the daylight reveals what a criminal would prefer to be covered up by darkness, and it is compassionate because dirty — not-compassionate — deeds prefer to be done in the dark.
The Captain said, "Therefore bring forth the soldiers of our prize — the ship we captured. For, while our pinnace, aka small, light ship, anchors in the Downs, aka the sea off Kent's east coast, they shall make their ransom here on the sand, or stain and discolor with their blood this shore.
"Master, this prisoner freely I give to you, and you who are his Master's-Mate, take this second prisoner and make a profit from him. Walter Whitmore, this third prisoner is your share."
The first gentleman prisoner asked, "What is my ransom, Master? Let me know."
The Master replied, "A thousand crowns, or else lay down your head."
To lay down one's head was to be beheaded.
The Master's-Mate said to the second gentleman prisoner, "And so much shall you give, or off goes your head."
The Captain said to the two gentleman prisoners, "Do you think it too much to pay two thousand crowns, you who bear the name and bearing of gentlemen?"
Walter Whitmore advised, "Cut both the villains' throats."
He looked at his prisoner and said, "For die you shall."
He then said to the Captain and the other pirates, "Shall the lives of those whom we have lost in the fight be counterbalanced with such a petty sum!"
The first gentleman prisoner said, "I'll pay the ransom, sir; and therefore spare my life."
The second gentleman prisoner said, "And so will I, and I will write home for it immediately."
Walter Whitmore said to the third gentleman prisoner, who was the Duke of Suffolk in disguise, "I lost my eye in attacking the prize at close quarters, and therefore in order for me to get revenge for it, you shall die — and so would these other gentleman prisoners, if I might have my will."
The Captain advised, "Don't be so rash; take a ransom, and let him live."
The disguised Duke of Suffolk said, "Look at my George; I am a gentleman. Rate me at whatever you will; you shall be paid."
A George is a figure of St. George killing a dragon; it is part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
Walter Whitmore said, "And so I am and will be; the ransom I want is your life. My name is Walter Whitmore."
He pronounced "Walter" without the L: "Water." In this culture, this pronunciation was common.
Hearing this, and remembering the prophecy that he would die "by water," the Duke of Suffolk flinched, aka started.
Walter Whitmore said, "What! Why did you start? Does death frighten you?"
The Duke of Suffolk said, "Your name frightens me because in its sound is death. A cunning man who could foretell the future cast my horoscope and told me that by water I would die. Yet don't let this make you be bloody-minded. Your name is the medieval French Gaultier, if it were rightly pronounced."
"Gaultier or Walter, whichever it is, I don't care," Walter Whitmore said, "Never yet did base dishonor blur our name, but with our sword we wiped away the blot. Therefore, when merchant-like I sell my revenge by accepting a ransom, then let my sword be broken, my coat of arms be torn and defaced, and I be proclaimed a coward throughout the world!"
The Duke of Suffolk said, "Wait, Whitmore; for your prisoner is a Prince. I am the Duke of Suffolk, William de la Pole."
Walter Whitmore said, "The Duke of Suffolk muffled up in rags!"
The Duke of Suffolk replied, "Yes, but these rags are no part of the Duke. The Roman King of the gods, Jove, sometimes went disguised, and so why not I?"
Unfortunately for the Duke of Suffolk, he was greatly disliked by the people of England.
The Captain said, "But Jove was never slain, as you shall be."
Recognizing the Captain, the Duke of Suffolk said, "You obscure and lowly yokel, King Henry VI's blood, the honorable blood of the House of Lancaster, must not be shed by such a jaded groom as you.
"Haven't you kissed your hand to show respect to me and haven't you held my stirrup?
"Haven't you bare-headed plodded by my mule as it wore a decorative cloth and thought yourself happy when I shook my head?
"How often have you waited at my cup, fed from my serving-dish, and kneeled down at the table when I have feasted with Queen Margaret?
"Remember it and let it make you crestfallen, yes, and abate your abhorrent and ill-timed pride.
"How often in our waiting-room lobby have you stood and duly waited for me to come forth?
"This hand of mine has written legal testimonials in your behalf, and therefore it shall charm your riotous tongue."
Such words were insulting, and they were spoken in an insulting voice.
Walter Whitmore said, "Speak, Captain, shall I stab this forlorn swain?"
"First let my words stab him, as he has me," the Captain said.
"Base, lowly born slave, your words are blunt and harmless and so are you," the Duke of Suffolk said.
The Captain said, "Convey him away from here and on our longboat's side strike off his head."
"You don't dare, for fear of losing your own head," the Duke of Suffolk, William de la Pole, said.
"Yes, I do dare, Pole," the Captain said.
"Pole!" the Duke of Suffolk said, outraged at not being addressed by his title. He regarded as an insult the Captain's addressing him by his family name.
In this culture, "Pole" was pronounced "Pool." The Captain made a series of insults, some of them punning on the name. The word "poll" means "head." The head of a beheaded man was displayed on a pole. "Sir Pol" was a common name for a parrot. A kennel is an open gutter. A sink is a cesspool.
The Captain said, "Pool! Sir Pool! Lord! Yes, kennel, puddle, sink — whose filth and dirt muddies the silver spring where England drinks.
"Now I will dam up your gaping, greedy mouth because it swallowed the treasure of the realm.
"Your lips that kissed the Queen shall sweep the ground.
"And you who smiled at good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester's death shall grin in vain against the unfeeling winds."
The Duke of Suffolk's head would be displayed on a pole in a place open to the weather.
The Captain continued, "These winds in contempt shall hiss at you again, and you shall be wedded to the hags of Hell — the Furies — because you dared to betroth a mighty lord — Henry VI —to the daughter of a worthless King — Reignier — who lacks subjects, wealth, and a diadem.
"By means of Devilish and cunning political intrigue, you have grown great, and, like ambitious Sulla, you have gorged yourself with gobbets — pieces of raw flesh — of your mother country's bleeding heart."
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman General who used his power as Dictator of Rome to kill his enemies.
The Captain continued, "Anjou and Maine were sold to France by you.
"Because of you, the false revolting Normans disdain to call us lord, and the citizens of Picardy have slain their governors, surprised our forts, and sent the ragged soldiers wounded home.
"The Princely Warwick, and all the Nevilles, whose dreadful swords were never drawn in vain, are rising up in arms because they hate you, and now the House of York, thrust from the crown by the shameful murder of the guiltless King Richard II and by lofty proud encroaching tyranny, burns with revenging fire. Their hopeful colors, aka battle flags, raise our half-faced Sun — a Sun bursting through clouds, aka the symbol of Richard II — striving to shine, under which is written 'Invitis nubibus.'"
The Latin "Invitis nubibus" means "Despite the clouds."
The Captain continued, "The commoners here in Kent are up in arms.
"And, to conclude, reproach and beggary have crept into the palace of our King Henry VI, and all because of you.
"Take him away! Take him to his death!"
The Duke of Suffolk said, "Oh, I wish that I were a god, to shoot forth thunder upon these paltry, servile, abject drudges! Small things make basely born men proud: This villain here, who is the Captain of a mere pinnace, threatens more than Bargulus, the strong Illyrian pirate.
"Drones don't suck the blood of eagles, but they do rob beehives. It is impossible that I should die by such a lowly vassal as yourself. Your words move rage and not remorse in me.
"I am carrying a message from Queen Margaret to the King of France. I order you to waft — transport by water — me safely across the Channel."
The Captain said, "Walter —"
Knowing what the Captain was going to order him to do, Walter Whitmore said, "Come, Suffolk, I must waft you to your death."
He was identifying himself with Chiron, the mythological figure who ferried souls to the Land of the Dead.
The Duke of Suffolk said, "Gelidus timor occupat artus. It is you I fear."
"Gelidus timor occupat artus" is Latin for "Cold fear seizes my limbs."
Walter Whitmore said, "You shall have reason to fear before I leave you. Are you daunted now? Now will you stoop to me?"
The first gentleman prisoner said, "My gracious lord, beg him for your life. Speak respectfully to him."
The Duke of Suffolk replied, "Suffolk's imperial tongue is stern and rough, used to command, untaught to plead for favor."
Using the royal plural, he said, "Far be it that we should honor such as these with humble entreaties. No, I would rather let my head stoop to the chopping block than let these knees bow to anyone except to the God of Heaven and to my King. And I would sooner have my chopped-off head dance upon a bloody pole than stand uncovered — with my hand holding my hat in respect — to honor the vulgar groom, aka servant.
"True nobility is exempt from fear. I can bear more than you dare execute."
The Captain ordered, "Haul him away, and let him talk no more."
The Duke of Suffolk said, "Come, soldiers, show me what cruelty you can, so that this my death may never be forgotten!
"Great men often die at the hands of vile scoundrels.
"A Roman sword-fighter and outlaw slave murdered sweet Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator.
"Brutus' bastard hand stabbed Julius Caesar.
"Savage islanders murdered Pompey the Great.
"And now Suffolk dies at the hands of pirates."
The Duke of Suffolk's education was lacking. Cicero was actually killed by two of Marcus Antony's soldiers: a centurion named Herennius and a tribune named Pompilius Laena. Brutus was incorrectly thought to be Julius Caesar's bastard son. Pompey was actually killed by some of his former centurions on the coast of Egypt.
Centurions and tribunes are commanders of the ancient Roman army.
Walter Whitmore and others took the Duke of Suffolk away to be killed.
The Captain said, "And as for these whose ransom we have set, it is our pleasure that one of them depart.
"Therefore come you with us and let him" — he pointed to the first gentleman prisoner — "go."
Everyone exited except for the first gentleman prisoner.
Walter Whitmore returned, carrying the Duke of Suffolk's head and body.
He threw them on the ground and said, "There let his head and lifeless body lie, until the Queen his mistress bury them."
The first gentleman prisoner said, "Oh, barbarous and bloody spectacle! I will carry his corpse to the King. If he doesn't revenge this death, his friends will. So will the Queen, who regarded him dearly when he was alive."
He carried away the head and body.
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David Bruce: Theater Anecdotes
In Miami, Florida, during a production of a murder mystery play that was set in London, England, an emergency arose that required the presence of Police Captain Ron Finkiewicz, who was in the audience. No one knew what Police Captain Ron Finkiewicz looked like, but rather than interrupt the play to make an announcement from the stage, the female lead put the news into the play. On stage, she asked, "Has Inspector Thorpe left?" Hearing from the other actor that he had left, she then said, "That's pity. I have a message for him from Police Captain Ron Finkiewicz. His mother-in-law's home was broken into, and she needs to get in touch with him right away." A moment later, Police Captain Ron Finkiewicz jumped up and left to take care of the emergency. Later, he said, "It was so smooth that it took a moment to sink in. All of a sudden it dawned on me. The play was about a murder in London, not Poland. Why would there be someone with a Polish name like mine in it?"
While he was kindergarten, children's book author Tomie DePaola hoped to get the lead role in the class production of Peter Rabbit, but because he talked so much, his teacher gave him the minor role of Flopsy instead. In his dancing class, he had learned that when acting on stage, he should react to what the other actors did. Therefore, when the actor playing Peter Rabbit did anything, Flopsy reacted—opening his mouth in shock, waving his arms, putting his hands over his ears. Naturally, all this reacting got a lot of attention and gave the audience pleasure—with the result that Flopsy stole the show. Afterward, Tomie's mother made him apologize to his teacher and to the child playing Peter Rabbit, but Tomie apologized when no one could hear him, because he wasn't very sorry.
The stage directions in the plays of lesbian performance artist Holly Hughes are often witty. For example, a stage direction in The Well of Horniness says, "Feel free to go too far; it's the only way to go in this play." And in World Without End, a stage direction refers to "an opportunity for acting, which I feel should be avoided at all costs." Later in World Without End, a stage direction refers to the music for a scene: "From offstage—left preferably —comes the sound of an accordion. I'd prefer a set of bagpipes, but an accordion is acceptable, considering the great shortage of accomplished lesbian bagpipe players. Not that I can tell the difference between between well- and badly played bagpipes."
Actress/comedian/writer Ann Randolph got her start in performing when she was hired to work with mental patients at the Athens Mental Health Center while studying theater at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. One of the activities she did was to write several plays for the patients to perform. Some of the things she saw at the Mental Health Center became part of the plays she wrote. According to Ms. Randolph, "I think it shaped me because I was able to see … how devastating mental illness is. I wanted to immediately tell the stories that I was hearing up there. I wanted to tell them on stage. They were amazing stories." The plays were popular with the patients—one patient even requested, "Don't discharge me until the play is over."
Alexandre Dumas invited a friend to attend with him the premiere of one of his plays. During the intermission, Mr. Dumas remarked that he had the previous night in the same theater seen a production of Fournet's play Gladiator. The friend asked about the production, and Mr. Dumas replied that it was "boring. People actually fell asleep." The friend pointed to a member of the audience who was dozing in his seat and said, "Apparently, your play isn't particularly riveting, either." Mr. Dumas disagreed: "My dear friend, you are mistaken. He is left over from last night!"
Despite his profession, nineteenth-century cartoonist Bernhard Gillam took a serious view of life. His friend and fellow cartoonist, Eugene Zimmerman, once took him to see a comic play. While the other members of the audience laughed, Mr. Gillam scowled. After the play was over and they were leaving the theater, Mr. Gillam turned to Mr. Zimmerman and said, "If you ever dare to take me to see such rot again, I'll kill you."
In the Broadway musical Red, Hot, and Blue!, Ethel Merman was supposed to sing the lyric, "Here I sit above the town in my pet pailletted gown"—paillettes are long, narrow spangles. She wanted to wear a pailletted gown while singing the song, but the producer protested that a pailletted gown would cost $1,000. Ms. Merman replied, "No gown, no song." The producer paid for the dress.
When children's book illustrator Denise Fleming was a young girl, she and the neighborhood kids put on plays, charging other kids buttons for admission. Her young neighbor Charlie once tore all the buttons off his shirt so he could pay for himself and his friends to attend one of the plays.
While attending Yale University, movie actress Jodie Foster got a role in an off-campus student play—her first role on the stage. On opening night, she warned reporters that they had better write about more than just her—because if they wrote about just her, the other actors "will kill me."
At Ferney, Voltaire had a church built. In it, he had a stage built for the performances of plays, saying, "If you meet any of the devout, tell them that I've built a church; if you meet pleasant people, tell them I've finished a theater."
After watching Eve Ensler perform her play The Vagina Monologues, an entranced 70-year-old man told her that he "finally got it." A few weeks later, he brought his girlfriend to the play, and she thanked Ms. Ensler.
While attending a rehearsal of a play by Voltaire, Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, went to sleep. Voltaire ordered, "Wake him up. He seems to imagine that he's in the audience."
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I WANTED to go away to college
But rich Aunt Persis wouldn't help me.
So I made gardens and raked the lawns
And bought John Alden's books with my earnings
And toiled for the very means of life.
I wanted to marry Delia Prickett,
But how could I do it with what I earned?
And there was Aunt Persis more than seventy
Who sat in a wheel-chair half alive
With her throat so paralyzed, when she swallowed
The soup ran out of her mouth like a duck—
A gourmand yet, investing her income
In mortgages, fretting all the time
About her notes and rents and papers.
That day I was sawing wood for her,
And reading Proudhon in between.
I went in the house for a drink of water,
And there she sat asleep in her chair,
And Proudhon lying on the table,
And a bottle of chloroform on the book,
She used sometimes for an aching tooth!
I poured the chloroform on a handkerchief
And held it to her nose till she died.—
Oh Delia, Delia, you and Proudhon
Steadied my hand, and the coroner
Said she died of heart failure.
I married Delia and got the money—
A joke on you, Spoon River?
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HAIKU: A ROUND PEG YEARNING – REPRISE
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La Salle had no answers to Richmond's defense but showed brief signs of life in the second half.
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University of Richmond (15-4,5-1 Atlantic 10): 75
La Salle (10-8,1-5 Atlantic 10): 57
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The University of Richmond had nine different players score including seven with five or more points as the Spiders recorded a 75-57 victory over visiting La Salle Wednesday night at the Robins Center. The win moved the Spiders to 15-4 overall and 5-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play heading into Saturday night's showdown against No. 7 Dayton at home.
"I'm really pleased with the win and I thought we played exceptionally well defensively," said coach Chris Mooney. "Our defense right from the beginning of the game made it tough on them to score. We contested shots. We rebounded well … I thought our defense throughout really won us the game."
The 15-4 record marks the best record through 19 games to start a season since the 1987-88 campaign (16-3). Additionally, the Spiders are 5-1 through the first six games in A-10 play for the third time under head coach Chris Mooney and the first since 2016-17. The victory moves the Spiders to 9-1 at home this season.
Freshman Tyler Burton (Uxbridge, Mass.) recorded his second-straight double-figure scoring game in the victory, finishing the night with a career-high 14 points. Burton also grabbed a career-high nine rebounds and added two steals and a block in the all-around performance.
"He's got great basketball instincts," said Mooney of Burton. "He's a great athlete. He's an all-around player. He rebounds well. I think he has a chance to be a special player."
Junior forward Grant Golden (Winchester, Va.) added 15 points in only 17 minutes of action as he didn't play a majority of the second half with the Spiders' depth showing form. Golden connected on 6-of-6 from the field and was 3-of-5 from the free throw line in his limited action. He became the first Spider to take at least six shots from the field and make them all since Nathan Cayo went 7-7 on field goals at La Salle on February 23, 2019.
Sophomore guard Jake Wojcik (San Jose, Calif.) came off the bench and added 11 points in the second half as he connected on 3-of-4 from three-point range.
The Spiders came out of the gate and scored the game's first 10 points, holding La Salle scoreless over the first 5:47 of the contest. Golden scored the game's first four points while sophomore Matt Grace (Hamilton, Ontario) and Burton scored in the paint to cap the early run. Richmond extended its lead to 18-3 as junior guard Jacob Gilyard (Kansas City, Mo.) converted a 4-point play and Golden once again scored in the post.
After La Salle regrouped to score the next eight points, junior guard Nick Sherod (Richmond, Va.) nailed a 3-pointer and the Spiders extended their lead to as many as 16 points. Richmond went into the locker room after the first 20 minutes with a 35-19 advantage as Burton led with 10 points off the bench to go along with five rebound in 11 minutes of play.
The Spiders controlled the play in the second half keeping the Explorers at bay and withstanding the La Salle pressure late in the game. Richmond finished the game shooting 60 percent (24-of-40) from the field in the victory while limiting the Explorers to just 33 percent (19-of-58) shooting. La Salle also struggled from the free throw line, connecting on just 12-of-21 (57 percent) from the stripe.
Next up for Richmond is 7th-ranked Dayton, who will become the highest-ranked team to visit the Robins Center in 14 years this Saturday. Tip time is scheduled for 6 PM and the game can be seen on NBC Sports Washington and ESPN Plus. The last time the Spiders hosted a top-7 team was February 18, 2006, when Richmond was defeated by #7 George Washington.
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The event challenges people to complete 282 miles along the East Coast Greenway and Capital Trail this winter.
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The Virginia Capital Trail Foundation and East Coast Greenway Alliance have announced the first-ever 'Winter Warrior Challenge' virtual event to take place January 13th – March 31st.
The challenge is a great opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts to virtually complete 282 miles along the East Coast Greenway, traveling from Washington, D.C., to Richmond via Greenway's spine route and to the Virginia-North Carolina border along the Greenway's historic coastal route. Participants have the option to tackle the challenge individually or in a team of up to four people and can choose to run, walk, bike, or skate their way across Virginia.
"With a shared vision of equitable access to trails and greenways for recreation and active transportation, we are thrilled to partner with the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation on the first-ever Winter Warrior Challenge," shares Sarah Sanford, East Coast Greenway Alliance Virginia & North Carolina Coordinator. "Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, people have flocked to trails and greenways to maintain mental and physical health. We hope that this event will encourage people to get outside, recreate responsibly on the Virginia Capital Trail and beyond, and support a great cause at the same
Registration is $40 and includes an individual and team leaderboard, interesting trail facts based on destination points along the route, an official event crewneck sweatshirt, and a fun virtual experience as you travel along one of Virginia's most prestigious trail networks. Participants can break the route into segments and divide it up between team members or complete it on their own.
"Many people are unaware that the Virginia Capital Trail connects to the East Coast Greenway Alliance, which stretches across 3,000+ miles and 15 states," mentions Cat Anthony, Executive Director of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation. "We are excited to inspire outdoor adventure as participants explore and learn more about trail networks across Virginia. We hope this event will bring awareness on how important pedestrian and cycling infrastructure is to our region and encourage people to take advantage of Virginia's trail networks."
Proceeds benefit the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation and East Coast Greenway Alliance for continued advocacy and regional trail expansion.
Registration is open here. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences using #WWC282.
Sometimes when you play sports in the middle of a pandemic people test positive for the disease that has killed over 380,000 in the United States.
The cross-city basketball derby will have to wait. University of Richmond released the following statement.
The University of Richmond men's basketball home game Saturday against VCU has been postponed in response to the results from the latest COVID testing and contact tracing within the Spiders program. All team activities are paused at this time.
Richmond continues to follow the guidance of University health officials and the Virginia Department of Health protocols. No decisions have been made regarding any additional Richmond games.
Rhode Island handed the Rams their first loss at home. Final score Rhode Island 83, VCU 68.
Official VCU Game Summary
HYLAND'S 24 NOT ENOUGH FOR VCU AGAINST RHODE ISLAND
Score: Rhode Island 83, VCU 68
Location: Richmond, Va. (Stuart C. Siegel Center)
Records: VCU 9-3 (2-1 A-10), Rhode Island 6-6 (4-2)
The story: Sophomore guard Bones Hyland's 24-point performance was not enough for VCU Men's Basketball as it suffered 83-68 loss to Rhode Island Saturday night at the Stuart C. Seigel Center.
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Hyland led the Rams in scoring for the ninth time this season. The sophomore also collected five rebounds in the contest. The Wilmington, Del. native scored 19 of his 24 in the second half and connected on 8-of-19 field goals
Junior guard KeShawn Curry chipped in 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting for the Black and Gold
Sophomore forward Hason Ward bolstered the VCU defense tallying four blocks. Ward also contributed eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field
Fatts Russell and Jeremy Sheppard contributed 23 and 20 points, respectively, to lead Rhode Island
Rhode Island a 17-2 scoring run over more than six minutes in the second half to take a commanding 71-56 lead with 7:05 left. Russell punctuated the decisive run with a step-back 3-pointer as the shot clock expired
VCU battled hard in a back-and-forth first half. The game was knotted at 40 when the teams entered the locker room
Rhode Island won the rebounding battle 41-26, including 25-8 in the second half
Rhody shot .481 (26-of-54) from the field, including .571 (8-of-14) from 3-point range
The game featured 10 lead changes and nine ties
VCU recorded 11 blocks in the game, marking the second time this year the Black and Gold registered double-digit blocks
The Rams outscored Rhode Island in bench points 29-22. VCU has outscored opposing benches in 11 of 12 games this season
Hyland scored 20+ points for the fifth time this season
Ward tied his career high with four blocks
VCU will travel to Washington, D.C. to take on George Washington 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The game will air on ESPN+ and NBC Sports Washington.
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google in its 10-year legal battle with Oracle. The 6-2 vote set a precedent that it's not possible to copyright code or set limits on how software is built and distributed. Here's how the landmark decision will shape the future of software. Plus, throughout the dispute, more than two dozen parties – including IBM and Microsoft – voiced their support for Google.
2. Tim Cook said Facebook's objections to letting people pick whether or not to be tracked are "flimsy arguments." In a new interview, the Apple CEO criticized Facebook's arguments about Apple's upcoming privacy features. Mark Zuckerberg and Cook have feuded for years over user privacy and antitrust concerns. Here's where their rivalry began and everything that's happened since.
3. Uber is battling DoorDash to rule food delivery. Uber's CEO is trying to transform the company into the Amazon of local commerce and transportation. In our exclusive report, we detail the strategies Uber is using to overtake DoorDash and other rivals.
4. Elon Musk issued an "urgent" plea for more housing in Austin, Texas. As Tesla and SpaceX look to fill hundreds of jobs in the state, the CEO took to Twitter to call for more housing opportunities.
5. An NFT of a house just sold for over $500,000 – the world's first crypto real-estate sale. In exchange for half a million dollars, the buyer received 3D files and clips of the NFT home – which can be uploaded to a virtual world and used as a home for an avatar. Take a look at the entirely digital home, known as the "Mars House."
Speaking of Mars… NASA's Mars helicopter survived its first night alone on the red planet. The helicopter, named Ingenuity, could pave the way for future space helicopters to explore new frontiers on other planets.
7. More companies – including PayPal and Starbucks – are accepting bitcoin as payment. Despite volatility warnings, major fast-food chains, big tech firms, and leading drink companies are embracing cryptocurrencies.
8. Tesla will soar 51% as huge first-quarter sales point to a looming "green tidal wave." Pent-up demand for electric vehicles and President Biden's green-energy agenda are catalysts for Tesla's growth, analysts say.
9. Founders Fund VC Keith Rabois and Atomic's Jack Abraham are building a new stealth startup: OpenStore. The new Miami startup will "provide instant liquidity to long-tail Shopify merchants."
10. These are InstaCart's top nine power players. As it prepares to file its IPO paperwork, Instacart is poaching talent from Uber Eats, Goldman Sachs, and Amazon. In light of its massive growth, we compiled a list of the top execs helping InstaCart dominate grocery delivery.
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After breakfast depart to Antalya (30 minute drive). PERGE: According to the geographer Strabon, Perge has been founded by Akhas who came down here after the Trojan wars. Perge was first mentioned in 334 BC when Alexander the Great passed through here. In the following years, Perge went under the control of Pergamon when the Kingdom of Pergamon became a part of the Roman city. Especially in the first and the second centuries BC, Perge became one of the richest towns in Pamphylia. Therefore it is not a surprising that St. Paul started his campaign in Anatolia from Perge in 46 AD. The people of Perge loved and respected their Artemis to such an extent that Christianity had to wait for another 400 years to enter here. In the Byzantine period, Perge was the seat of the bishop. Even though Arabs raided Perge in the 7th century AD, when Seljuk Turks settled the area, records show the existence of an older race living here.
After the tour, we depart for Aspendos. Lunch break on the way.
ASPENDOS: The eastern land of Antalya was called Pamphylia in ancient times. The Toros Daglari (Taurus Mountains) forms a beautiful back drop to the fertile coast, rich with fields of cotton and vegetables. Aspendos (Belkis) lies 47 km east of Antalya in the Pamphylian plain. In 486 BC, Greeks and Persians had a great battle here (Greeks won but they didn't stay for long). During the reign of he Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-80 AD) Aspendos got its theatre, which is the best preserved of all. It was built by Romans and maintained by Byzantines and Seljuk's. The ruins of the ancient city are extensive and include a stadium, an agora, and a basilica. Overnight in Antalya.
Hamam, that's the word for the Turkish bath – surely an unforgettable part of your holiday and the massage is the best part. On the marble slab the guest will receive a pummelling from head to toe, let the expert scrub of all those dead cells, relax again, and then drift away while the masseur straightens out all those knots and tense bits. All you have to do then is to wash your hair and put on loads of sun cream before emerging. After that you can relax with a Cay (Turkish tea) and you feel reborn. All rest of the day free and enjoy party and explore. Overnight in Antalya.


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There is a lot of capacitor streaking on the video most likely from capacitors in the RGB drivers.
Quite a lot of CRT sets will only need the RGB driver circuits on the tube base circuit board fitted with new capacitors for a complete cure.
The circuit board will need to be very carefully removed from the tube base and can in most cases can be worked on without removing the chassis.
Just make sure no side ways force is applied to the tube neck because it is fragile and the set will be scrap if you break it.
Will definately make sure to be very careful with it all (I generally am with older tech, even with use, and not working on it) Should I replace all capacitors on the RGB? I am happy to do so, and wouldn't give the best picture possible?
I will be using the TV quite a bit so, I don't really want to cut back.
I would go for one of the "branded" suppliers like Farnell/CPC or RS.
Rubycon are my preferred choice but Panasonic also have good reports.
Some cheap suppliers on the web are not as good.
If you look at the colour of the streaking and follow the wires you could find the exact capacitor. When I have done mostly computer screens I do them in sets of three changing the same one in each of the three guns.
These capacitors are very polarity sensitive so do make sure they are the right way round.
I'll look at them suppliers, and see what capacitors I need and then hopefully make an order.
I also have another issue, which arose this evening.
When I took the pictures earlier, I used my Atari, and my brother decided to have a go on the Atari, connected to my TV. The TV must've been on for roughly an hour or more, and after a while, there was a very strong burning smell.
As the smell increased, the picture grew dim and there was a very odd electronic noise coming from inside.
I've never turned something off so quick. It of course remains unplugged now (and when not in use).
I havent taken the back off yet to see if any damage has been done, but could it just be something got too hot (possibly a or the faulty capacitor?) and burnt the thick layer of dust inside?
It doesnt have a burning smell at all now, not even when smelling down the ventilation at the back.
I really hope it's nothing major.
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Something will have got hot enough for you to see it and take a photo.
I'll take the back off tomorrow, and if I see anything I'll take a picture and post it on here.
The only other indication was the noise and the CRT going dim.
Please accept that old electronic equipment needs some attention before it is used for a long time, it's not like a new one.
Hopefully the damage done will not be terminal though if you have no equipment and no experience I fear it will be.
That's very sad Welcome to the world of trying to keep old TV's working!!
My guess, and it is only a guess at this stage based on your description, is that the insulation has failed on the tripler or line output transformer. The tripler, or more correctly EHT multiplier, is a highly stressed component- there's 25Kv in there trying to get out!
These items were very regular failure items on all TV's back in the '70's & '80's. Yours is probably the original one so has done very well in it's 40 odd year life.
The tripler is that grubby white thing standing up on top of the chassis in the right of your picture in post 44. It's also got the focus knob built into it as well.
The line output transformer (LOPT), is immediately below it and will have a thick wire coming out of it going to the tripler.
Carefully examine these items for any burnt areas or melted bits- it will be fairly obvious if this is the cause.
Also examine the print side of the circuit board these components are mounted to- often a print burn up can cause the problem you describe.
Make sure the set is unplugged before looking and you need to be VERY aware that the EHT connection (that round plastic disc with a wire coming out at the top of the tube) can hold a charge up to 25Kv (yes that's 25 thousand volts!) almost indefinitely under certain circumstances. Don't disconnect it or touch it. Just look visually at this stage.
I hope it's not the tripler or the LOPT that has failed as both of these are now very difficult problems to solve.
I think it really is time to seek a local technician. We're now into risky territory, especially for the uninitiated.
I might be wrong but that doesn't look like an EHT tripler to me, it looks like the focus assembly, according to a schematic I'm looking at the EHT rect. is part of the LOPTX.
(2 x 3.3uF) and not on the CRT panel so far as I can make out.
I'll definitely get someone in, maybe there is someone on this forum, that could help? I'm just above London.
After I post this, I'll take the back off and post a picture, or more.
I haven't touched, and won't touch, anything inside as I didn't want to do any more harm than good.
Thank you all for your replies too, I think iId be at a total loss without your help!
Could you possibly post a picture/scan of the schematic if possible please? We've been trying to find one, and I've searched all over the internet with no luck.
I think you are quite correct, Lawrence! I need to get my eyes tested!! Magnifying the photo in post 44, the EHT lead clearly comes from the LOPT straight to the tube. The white lump would appear to be just the focus assembly although it's quite large.
To have the EHT rect as part of the LOPT would have been very unusual at that time. Does your circuit show it as a diode split transformer or a conventional multiplier design?
"I think it really is time to seek a local technician. We're now into risky territory, especially for the uninitiated."
Yes, I would have to agree with that:- we'll just nip back to 1980 and take it to the local repair shop!!
I've taken the back off the TV, and looked, double checked and triple checked, and even got a second opinion, and nothing looks burnt or melted which is a relief.
I'll post some pictures of it now, maybe you all can see something that I can't, as you have a lot more idea of what you're looking at.
Edit: thank you for the schematic!
This may sound daft but it did cure the faded-to-one-side effect.
Back in the late 90's a Mitsubishi set came in, identical fault as your Hitachi ... very long story cut short, the set had a factory 'mod' using a link-wire and hot glue to secure the middle section of the 'mod' wire.
The glue was on the track-side of the PCB, across the video/RGB IC ... The glue was conductive.
I'll have a look now. Where is the PCB as i'm not all too familiar with names and functions.
I still don't know where the smell came from. I think it was just dust burning.
I wouldn't fiddle around inside the set with power applied unless the set was powered via a safety isolating transformer.
I'm very cautious when the back is off, even when unplugged, just in case it's still holding a charge.
So if it's plugged in, I'll take the best care possible.


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Walkinshaw eyeing 2020 with shocks switch
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Walkinshaw Andretti United has changed its damper package for this weekend's Supercars finale in Newcastle in a bid to bank data ahead of the introduction of control units in 2020.
Dampers will be added to the list of control components in Supercars next season, Australian manufacturer Supashock winning a tender to supply the entire category.
The deal is yet to be formally announced by Supercars.
With Erebus the only team regularly running the Supashock package, WAU has elected to make an early switch for this weekend's Newcastle 500.
The squad has ditched its Ohlins in favour of Supashocks, working together with the Supercars technical department to get a head start on the new package.
"You're always trying stuff, and obviously at the back end of the year we've been bringing some new things through and we ran a bit of stuff through the enduros," said WAU co-team principal Mathew Nilsson.
"It's nice to keep that work going here and keep learning, particularly at a street circuit like Newcastle. It's good progress on some of the development we've been doing."
When asked for specifics on the shocks and how close they are to the control 2020 package, he added: "I can't comment on what it is. We're just working through a programme."
Supercars' Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess confirmed that the category is involved in the WAU/Supershock trial.
"Part of the whole tender process, the plan was always to try and run what was as close to the final damper spec as we can before the end of the year," he told the official Supercars website.
"Just to get some mileage on it, to help some of the Commission members and the teams have confidence that the damper we've picked is fit for purpose.
"It's not the final damper, so we're not giving any one team any information that's going to be relevant for next year, but some of the IP in the damper is new and some is used.
"At the time we made the decision to run it, they [WAU] weren't fighting for the championship and we wanted to put it with a team that'd give it a proper run and feedback from experienced drivers.
"There's been thousands of cycles on a damper dyno through a full temperature range, so we're already going through some of the reliability testing on certain components, that's happening in conjunction with the track test.
"There has been a lot of work in the last few months, this is just part of the whole validation process."
Despite the move away from its regular shock package, Nilsson is adamant the team isn't forfeiting this weekend in favour of a head start for next year.
"We've got objectives with the teams' championship, we've made some good progress in the back end of the year and Brad Jones Racing has a bit of a battle with us there," he said.
"We jumped ahead of them at Sandown and obviously we want to keep progressing that.
"We're out for results, we're not sacrificing, as such. We're using the opportunity, but we're still out for results. We want to send James [Courtney] and Scott [Pye] off on a good note as well."
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Maynard is pleased to announce that Miya Moore has joined the Firm's Birmingham office as an Associate in the Labor & Employment and Immigration practice groups.
Ms. Moore will assist businesses across a broad range of immigration, labor and employment, and compliance-related matters. With a particular focus in immigration law, Ms. Moore advises businesses regarding their immediate and long-term immigration plans and compliance. She also works with professionals and workers with specialized knowledge and skillsets, foreign nationals with exceptional ability, and domestic and international businesses in a variety of employment-related sponsorship cases. Ms. Moore is distinguished as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, and The National Black Lawyers recognized her as a Top 40 Under 40.
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The recently launched OPPO K1 is the most affordable phone to have arrived with an in-display fingerprint sensor. While that is an impressive feat on its own, it is yet to be determined if the smartphone as a whole offers a good package. A quick glance at its specs sheet implies its closest competition to be with phones such as the Nokia 7.1 and the Vivo V9 Pro. Let's see which of these phones emerges victorious in a head-to-head battle.
The OPPO K1 has launched with a starting price of INR 16,990. There is only one storage configuration so far that is comprised of 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The Nokia 7.1 also comes with the same storage configuration but is priced at INR 19,990. The Vivo V9 Pro with this storage setup can be found for INR 17,990, with an update to 6GB of RAM costing INR 19,990.
In order to equip the K1 with an in-screen fingerprint sensor, OPPO made use of a 6.4-inch Full HD+ AMOLED panel. The Vivo V9 Pro and Nokia 7.1, meanwhile, come with IPS LCD screen measures 6.3-inches and 5.84-inches respectively. Both of these devices have to contend with rear-mounted fingerprint sensors.
As for their designs, all three of these smartphones feature glass rear panels and notched screens. However, only the OPPO and Vivo handsets offer gradient back design options, while the Nokia phone offers only solid color variants.
In terms of performance, both the K1 and V9 Pro lead the charge with Snapdragon 660 SoCs running under their hoods. The Nokia 7.1 lags behind in this regard because of its use of a Snapdragon 636 chipset. However, the latter is the only device out of the three to offer a software update to stock Android 9.0 Pie. It is also the only one of these to support NFC connectivity.
It is hard to pick out a clear winner among these phones with regards to their imaging prowess. The OPPO K1 offers an impressive camera setup comprised of a 16MP + 2MP config at its rear, with a large 25MP selfie sensor at the front. However, the Nokia 7.1 has also proven to offer admirable imaging thanks to its collaboration with Zeiss. The back of this phone offers a 12MP + 5MP combo, accompanied by an 8MP front-facing camera. The V9 Pro, on the other hand, makes use of a 13MP + 2MP rear-facing setup, along with a 12MP camera at the front.
The OPPO K1 boasts the largest battery here that amounts to 3600mAh. Then comes the Vivo V9 Pro with its 3260mAh cell. Even though the Nokia 7.1's battery capacity is the smallest at 3060mAh, it is worth mentioning that it is the only phone here to offer 18W fast charging support via a USB Type-C port. The other two phones, on the other hand, still rely on the dated microUSB 2.0 standard.
All things considered, the Oppo K1 is indeed the best option in this comparison. The fact that it features an AMOLED screen with an in-screen fingerprint scanner for just INR 16,990 is a game changer for this end of the market. That is not to say the other two phones are bad options. The V9 Pro specifically has had its price drop as low as INR 13,990 on some occasions, making it a great option for someone looking for a phone under that budget. Nokia has also gotten some things right with the 7.1 such as the USB Type-C fast charging support, Zeiss optics cameras, stock Android, and one of the best LCD panels out there. It just needs to focus on getting more powerful chipsets on its phones, and price them more competitively.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the S&P 500 again coming close to a record this week before falling back, investors will turn next week to a full slate of economic data and a Federal Reserve meeting in hope of fresh reasons whether to drive stocks to new highs.
The benchmark large-cap index flirted with the current record when a rally to start the week brought it to its highest in about 11 months. But the run fizzled on Thursday and Friday, making it the latest time the index has climbed above 2,100 before falling back from the May 21, 2015 closing record of 2,130.82.
"Equities are having a difficult time finding a rationale to punch through to a new high," said Peter Kenny, senior market strategist at Global Markets Advisory Group in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
Next week brings the release of important U.S. economic data, including retail sales and inflation.
"We need to see something consistently good or bad to move the markets in a direction," said Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions. "Right now we haven't got that."
With the S&P 500 closing south of 2,100 this week after touching 2,120 earlier, Katie Stockton, chief technical strategist at BTIG in New York, sees the move as a failed attempt of a breakout that is setting the index for further declines.
After a poor start to the year, the S&P 500 has rallied more than 15 percent since mid February, helped by a rebound in oil prices to over $50 a barrel.
On Friday, the S&P ended within about 35 points of the record. But even if the index eclipses the record next week, not everyone is viewing it as an indication that stocks are poised to then shoot higher.
"It's a reassuring sign, but not a bullish green flag that means we're going on to major gains in the short term," said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank in Cleveland.
Investors remain sharply focused on when the Fed will next raise interest rates, although they are discounting any chance that the U.S. central bank will act next week.
According to the CME Fedwatch website, traders see only a 2 percent likelihood the Fed will raise rates on Wednesday, and 21 percent chance it will do so at its July meeting. Expectations fell significantly after a dismal employment report earlier this month set off fresh concerns about the economy's strength.
Retail sales "will give us a little bit more insight into just how much consumers are pulling back, if they are, or whether that employment number was more an aberration in the trend and we still have pretty solid results to keep us moving forward," McCain said.
Britain's referendum on whether to stay in the European Union could increasingly fray investor nerves as the June 23 vote nears.
The Brexit vote, along with renewed growth concerns for the United States and China, are "throwing a wet blanket on optimism," according to Chad Morganlander, portfolio manager at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co in Florham Park, New Jersey.
"We are recommending investors be underweight equity risk at this point," Morganlander said.


San Francisco, CA — Sound Devices is pleased to welcome Paul Isaacs as Principle Applications Engineer. In his new position, Paul will work closely with Sound Devices' engineering department on advanced product development. Isaacs will be in attendance at this year's AES show (Booth 1231) to officially introduce himself to the professional audio and engineering industry.
With his early start as an engineer at BBC Radio, Isaacs has made the transition to positions in product development for some of the industry's leading manufacturers. Paul was instrumental in the development and definition of the iXML format for broadcast wave files, which has now been adopted as a format for metadata interchange by many location recording devices and digital audio workstations. He has also worked on several significant audio production products such as the Portadrive, Portadisc and Portadat in his role as technical development manager at HHB Communications in London.
Paul has worked as a sales and marketing manager with New Zealand-based Sound Techniques (where he worked to convert New Zealand productions to file-based workflows) and most recently a consultant with Applied Audio Consultants Ltd., (also a New Zealand-based company), bringing both sales and technical expertise to Sound Devices.
"We are honored that Paul has chosen to join Sound Devices,� says Matt Anderson, Sound Devices director of engineering. "Our future products will benefit from his extensive experience and knowledge of file-based workflow.�
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If you were in Melbourne you could wake up early tomorrow and take yourself to the Australasian Quilt Convention.
While you were there you could check out the exhibitions.
While you were checking out the exhibitions you could look for my quilt hanging.
That's it on the cover of this 2006 edition of the Quilters Companion magazine being used to advertise the exhibition.
While I post video of Pip and his mates playing at the Battle of the Bands last week. Their first ever gig. Pip is in green.
Pip's lyrics and riff feature here. Look out for his solo.
Naturally he was hyper-critical of his own performance, as artistic types tend to be.
Oh, and they are playing their second gig tonight.
Today I posted this quilt off to Sydney, ready to be published in the Quilters Companion magazine later in the year.
Unfortunately I can only show you the back.
The quilt is lovely and made from fabric in the gorgeous Verna range. You can see some of it in the pieced backing.
The whole thing is soft and delicate, quilted in feathers, appliqued with flowers, but you'll just have to take my word for it.
I know that someone special has seen it and she thinks it's lovely!
Today I made a striped binding for a quilt which I am just finishing. Bindings are joined with a diagonal seam.
Finding this made me imagine what it must be like to win the lottery!
Just so you are not totally overwhelmed by my utter awesomeness, this was the next seam.
That is how it stayed too.
This weekend our local council has organised a youth festival. It's a weekend of free events for youth and a fabulous initiative.
Pip participated in one event. It was the battle of the bands.
He wore a suitably ironic t-shirt and let his hair flop about in the breeze as only teenaged rock-god can.
He and his mates have been a band for about six months. They have written two original songs, but this was the first time they performed outside of Zac's garage and the first time real, live people watched them play.
The boys sounded amazing! A huge group of his friends came along to watch. They showed support by jumping and screaming in all the right places.
but he loved every second of it!
The weather is finally starting to turn. The sting is going out of the sun. The air conditioners only rattle for a few hours each day. The days of torrential rain are behind us.
The wet season is over. Now the tropics move into the dry season.
Imagine the most beautiful blue sky, each and every day. Imagine light breezes. Imagine putting on a cardigan in the morning, but taking it off by 11am.
This is our next five months. Utterly glorious.
My Pete and I have taken advantage of this weather to replant our vegetable patch.
and leafy lettuces are now in our care.
Tonight is the last night that I will see my beautiful friend Flo for quite a long time.
Generally I see her once a week, sometimes twice a week, for stitching and sewing. On Thursday she is leaving Townsville to make a new life for herself in the UK. The time between our visits will no longer be measured in weeks, but most likely in years.
I am so excited for her to be heading off on this adventure, but I will miss her terribly.
She will take this red button bag that I have made with her. I hope it makes her happy.
* a line from this song – which we both find highly amusing.


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Q: Jna E_OUTOFMEMORY I wrote the equivavlent Java method for this c Method:
HRESULT h3 = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
HRESULT h4 = CoInitializeSecurity(NULL, -1, NULL, NULL, RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_DEFAULT, RPC_C_IMP_LEVEL_IMPERSONATE, NULL, EOAC_NONE, NULL);

IShellItemImageFactory * item;

HRESULT h = SHCreateItemFromParsingName(L"C:\\Users\\Marcel\\Desktop\\CosmosKernel2Boot.iso", NULL, IID_IShellItemImageFactory, (void**)&item);

if (SUCCEEDED(h)) {

    HBITMAP bit;

    SIZE size = { 32,32 };

    HRESULT hh = item->GetImage(size, SIIGBF_RESIZETOFIT, &bit);
    if (SUCCEEDED(hh)) {
        cout << "SUCCEEDED";
    }
}
item->Release();

CoUninitialize();

Java:
Ole32Extra.INSTANCE.CoInitializeEx(null,Ole32.COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
    Ole32Extra.INSTANCE.CoInitializeSecurity(null, -1, null, null, Ole32Extra.RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_DEFAULT, Ole32Extra.RPC_C_IMP_LEVEL_IMPERSONATE, null, Ole32Extra.EOAC_NONE, null);

    PointerByReference factory = new PointerByReference();

    WinNT.HRESULT h5 = Shell32Extra.INSTANCE.SHCreateItemFromParsingName(new WString("C:\\Users\\Marcel\\Desktop\\Test.txt"),null,new Guid.REFIID(new Guid.IID(Shell32Extra.IID_IShellItemImageFactory)),factory);

    if(COMUtils.SUCCEEDED(h5)) {
        IShellItemImageFactory factory1 = new IShellItemImageFactory(factory.getValue());

        PointerByReference bitP = new PointerByReference();

        WinUser.SIZE size = new WinUser.SIZE(32,32);

        WinNT.HRESULT hi = factory1.GetImage(size,0,bitP);

        if(COMUtils.SUCCEEDED(hi)) {
            WinDef.HBITMAP bit = new WinDef.HBITMAP(bitP.getPointer());

            System.out.println("SUCCEEDED");
        }else{
            System.out.println(hi);
        }
        factory1.Release();
    }else{
        System.out.println(h5);
    }
    Ole32Extra.INSTANCE.CoUninitialize();

When I run the c method erverything works normal and "SUCCEEDED" is printed out.
But wehen I run the Java method the HRESULT hi always returns -2147024882
Which means E_OUTOFMEMORY.
I don't know why this error is thrown but I hope anyone can help
The error exactly happens in this lines:
HRESULT hh = item->GetImage(size, SIIGBF_RESIZETOFIT, &bit);

WinDef.HBITMAP bit = new WinDef.HBITMAP(bitP.getPointer());

A: The solution is that the SIZE struct can not be passed by value. (in C++ it can).
You have to create a class SIZEByValue that extends SIZE and implements Structure.ByValue. Now it is working.

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Alibaba acquires controlling stake in Lazada after $1b investment
Staff writer ▼ | April 12, 2016
China tech giant Alibaba Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in South-east Asian e-commerce platform Lazada, Channel NewsAsia reports.
The transaction consists of an investment of approximately $500 million in newly issued equity capital of Lazada and acquisition of shares from certain shareholders of Lazada, for a total investment by Alibaba of approximately $1 billion.
Headquartered in Singapore, Lazada was founded by and is currently controlled by Germany's Rocket Internet SE, Channel NewsAsia reports.
Lazada currently operates e-commerce platforms in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The transaction is expected to help brands and distributors on Alibaba's platform to access the South-east Asian market.
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Savannah is 5 and was almost swimming at the end of last summer. This summer, she quickly caught back up to where she was, and after spending an afternoon with her friend Emma (who's a pro), she pretty much had the basics down. No more immediate drowning risk. After the swim lessons she's incredibly comfortable, which makes me more comfortable! She can swim one end of the pool to the other and absolutely loves diving for toys from the bottom of the deep end. She's really fast under the water and her instructor (who coaches a swim team) threw out the idea to put her in competitive swimming in the future. We'll see! The lessons were a little hard with her because she has the hardest time listening (not her favorite attribute of mine). But her instructor was really good with her and would let her do "fun" stuff in the pool for a couple minutes before getting her back on track. I really appreciated that while I was sitting off to the side holding Avery, trying not to glare at her big sister for interrupting him for the hundredth time. Give me patience!!! So so proud of her though!
Ethan is 3 and loves loves loves water. He cannot get enough. Ever. At the start of this summer, he was always wearing floaties, but loved jumping in the water, or making daddy throw him up in the air into the pool over, and over, and over. He loved putting his head down under the water and trying to swim. He did awesome in his swim lessons and was done with floaties after the first one! Ethan is probably my favorite to watch because to me he's still sooo little and it's too cute watching him launch himself in the pool and swim to the other side like a little fish. After the 6 lessons, he's very comfortable in the pool and can swim from one side to the other, coming up for these huge, adorable breaths every few seconds. No more floaties for my little fella!
Charlotte. Oh, Charlotte. My little shy one. Ethan's 11-minute younger sister. For some reason, at the beginning of this summer, she decided to become terrified of the water. She refused to go in water deeper than her knees without gripping on to the sides. When we went on our San Antonio vacation earlier this year, she pretty much spent the entire time in the sand and would occasionally venture into the 6 inch deep water to cool off. Absolutely no way she would put her head under the water! So she was the biggest unknown going into swimming lessons. The first 2 lessons were a little tough. The instructor was so sweet and patient, but she wasn't happy with any of this! She would reluctantly, and with her huge, tiny person attitude comply for about 5 minutes and then stop to inform him that it was time for Ethan or Savannah's turn. She even stomped completely out of the pool, sat down, crossed her little arms, and yelled "No!" at one point. Poor little girl! But around the third lesson, she was starting to actually enjoy being in the water. Her instructor played lots of games with her to make her feel more comfortable and excited to be in the pool. That was apparently all she needed. She ditched the floaties by the last lesson and was swimming pretty well. Now, no more fear of the water. No more death grip on the side of the pool. No more dry hair after 2 hours at the pool. She loves swimming around, but hasn't quite mastered the coming-up-for-air thing just yet. So short little sprints under the water are her fav. She'll be chasing her twin around the pool in no time.
Meanwhile, Avery and I hung out watching the whole spectacle. She loves the water, most of the time 🙂 Love my tiny sidekick!
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Today is the 5th night of Muharram.
Our majaalis continue. We will recite more nawhas to mourn the great loss in Karbala'. Our eyes will shed more tears and our matam will increase.
Day-by-day, the scene in Karbala' is changing. More and more soldiers join the enemy's camp. Thousands have gathered to kill Husayn - the grandson of the Holy Prophet.
That night, Imam Husayn wrote a letter to his childhood friend, Habib Ibn Mazaahir, who was in Kufa.
Kufa was blocked off and nobody was allowed to leave.
Habib Ibn Mazaahir did not know the whereabouts of Imam Husayn until the letter from Husayn arrived at his house. At the time he was having breakfast with his wife and a young son.
Habib read the letter from Husayn. He kissed it and tears began to flow from his eyes.
Habib's worry was how to escape from Kufa without being seen.
He instructed his slave to take his horse to a farm outside the city and to wait for him there. The slave did as he was told.
The slave took Habib's horse to a farm outside the city. He waited for his master. His master was delayed.
At Asr time, most of the men were in mosque. Habib managed to reach the farm where his horse was waiting.
Habib was taken aback by the words of his slave. He was pleased to hear that he had recognised the difference between the truth and the wrongful. He wanted to sacrifice his life for truth.
Habib asked his slave to mount his horse. Together they galloped towards Karbala'.
Habib reached Karbala' late in the evening. Imam Husayn greeted him with great affection.
Bibi Zainab heard that Habib had come. She asked her maid, Fizza, to convey her greetings to Habib.
Days and nights of Muharram passed by, and 'Ashura' came.
At dawn, 'Ali Akbar gave Adhan for the last time.
One-by-one, Husayn's companions went to the battlefield and gave their lives for Islam.
Habib persisted with his request. Eventually Husayn gave his permission.
Husayn mounted his friend, Habib, on the horse. Habib Ibn Mazaahir rode into the battlefield.
He fought bravely but was finally over-powered. He fell to the ground.
As Habib Ibn Mazaahir fell to the ground, an enemy soldier came over and cut off his head.
All the marytrs of Karbala' had their heads cut off, but Habib's was the first to be cut off by the enemy.
Habib's head was not hung on the spearhead like that of the other martyr's. Habib's head was tied to a horse and pulled along the land of Karbala'.
Later on, in Shaam, Habib's head was tied to a horse's neck. A young boy, called Qasim, followed the horse wherever it went.
"Why are you staring at the head".
"This head is the head of my father, Habib Ibn Mazaahir. please give it to me so that I can bury my father's head.


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JP's KBO June 15 - 16 Writeup
June 15th – 16th Twitter: @jpbattingprac
JP's KBO Notes – Day 23 (Overall Record: 119-84-6, +74.23U)
Welcome to Day 23 of KBO Writeups! We saw a few crazy things go down on the Sunday slate – first, Hanwha finally won a game, walking off vs Doosan in the 9th inning of a doubleheader. Then, Hanwha won again, coming from out of nowhere to secure their first series win in a looooong time. However, let's take these wins with a grain of salt – they were messy bullpen games, and given Doosan's horrendous pen, it's not all that surprising that Hanwha was able to hang tight in game one. If you take a look at the game two box score, you'll see that most of the Bears in the starting lineup were backups vs Hanwha's ace, hence the low-scoring affair. All of this is to say I'm extremely unsold on the Eagles, and think that sooner rather than later they'll probably have another losing streak going. More on that to come.
The other game I bet on Sunday involved the Dinos and Heroes, a game in which I took the position of game over and both teams totals over. I came close to sweeping it, as the 9-5 final covered over 12 and NC TT OV 6, coming just short of securing Kiwoom's TT OV 5.5. NC's Kim escaped trouble a few times in his KBO debut, ending with a statline of: 4.1 IP / 4 H / 3 BB / 3 ER / 5 K. Nothing terrible, but not exceptional either. Kiwoom left their starter in for just 2.2 innings, creating an unusual bullpen affair for the final 6 innings of the game. It wasn't the prettiest way to end the week, but NC did avoid getting swept and losing three straight games for the first time this season.
Moving into tonight's slate, there's a massive disparity between the good and bad pitchers, and for the most part, the games are lined up where the aces face aces, which should make for some really good and really bad baseball. The highest end of the slate includes Drew Rucinski, Eric Jokisch, and Aaron Brooks, three guys that have been terrific all season, but – especially in the cases of Rucinski and Brooks – turned it into high gear lately with quality starts against some of the best offenses in the KBO. Oddly enough, the only start of Jokisch's season where he allowed more than 2 ER was two weeks ago against Hanwha. He recovered from that, however, and put another QS on the board last week against a struggling Samsung team, allowing just 1 ER over 6 IP. He has the most favorable matchup of the elite crew, facing a Lotte team that's taken advantage of bad pitching recently but isn't anywhere near an offensive powerhouse. Without further ado, let's dive in.
OVERALL RECORD: +74.23U (119-84-6) – $100 bettor up $7,423
Record on 4U MAX Plays: 5-1 (+14.4U)
Record on 3U Plays: 22-7-1 (+37.45U)
Record on 2.5U Plays: 3-6 (-8.37U)
Record on 2U Plays: 47-24-4 (+33.9U)
Record on 1U Plays: 35-32-1 (-3.75U)
Record on .5U Plays (nearly all +200 or greater): 7-12 (+0.8U)
G1: Kia Tigers (+125) VS NC Dinos (-155) O/U 9.5
Tigers:
SP: Aaron Brooks
2019 ERA: 5.65 (MLB)
2020 Stats: 2.76 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 42.1 IP, 43 H, 34 K, 7 BB
Brooks has looked absolutely masterful this year, commanding a top-10 spot on the KBO leaderboard in ERA (2.76) and top-5 in FIP (3.15). He was enjoying perhaps his best start of the season last week vs a strong KT team before rain cut the game short after five innings, allowing just three hits and no runs before the cancellation. Brooks faces arguably his toughest challenge of the season tonight against NC, a team that was thriving offensively before a slower series vs Kiwoom. NC put up a combined 7 runs over the first two games of that series before putting up 9 in game three, which should be noted came against a low-end starter making his third career appearance in the KBO. I think the opinion of the Dinos became slightly inflated over the last few weeks, as pre-Kiwoom they faced in order the SK, Hanwha, and Doosan who rank 6th, 8th, and 10th in team ERA, respectively. The Dinos were particularly explosive against a Hanwha team currently in complete disarray, so while I do think NC is certainly legit, I don't see them as a team that is going to score 6+ runs every day. In fact, today is probably a really good test for both sides. Brooks is the first solid arm they've seen in a while, and the Dinos may be the best team he's seen this year, so what we see here should give us an indication of where the respective sides are. Brooks isn't the most electric pitcher in the league, but his command is terrific (1.49 BB/9) and he is outstanding at limiting XBH (just 7 in 42.1 innings). I'm really encouraged by the consistency Brooks has demonstrated – he's only allowed more than 2 ER in a start twice the entire season (3 against SK, 4 against Doosan), and has lasted 6+ innings in four out of seven starts. With the top arms in the bullpen well-rested, I think Kia will plan on sending Brooks out for six and using a few top arms to finish the job in what should be a close game.
Dinos:
SP: Drew Rucinski
2019 ERA: 3.05
2020 Stats: 2.23 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 44.1 IP, 39 H, 41 K, 11 BB
Looking through their respective statlines, it's pretty easy to draw comparisons between Rucinski and Brooks. They both prioritize command and soft contact (Rucinski has allowed just 6 XBH the entire season), and have similar resumes in terms of teams pitched against. Rucinski's FIP is significantly higher, sitting at 3.71, but it was 3.92 last year in a consistently good campaign, and at some point, you have to just wonder if he's a guy who will always have a higher FIP than ERA. Rucinski looked terrific vs Doosan in his last start, and was unfortunate that two of the only three hits he allowed were home runs. Doosan is a far better offensive team than Kia, and has more power up and down the order, so if he manages to limit contact to the same degree as he did in that game, Kia's lineup isn't deep enough to compete 1-9. That's been one of my consistent points about Kia this season: they just don't have nearly enough potential threats in the lineup, so starters that can beat the top of the order twice and don't walk hitters near the bottom are almost a lock to throw 5+ good innings, something I think we can count on Rucinski for. Rucinski has looked really solid over his last five starts – allowing just 6 ER over his last 33 IP – and while that did come against some lower competition in the form of SK twice, Hanwha, and Samsung, I think his most recent appearance vs Doosan shows that he's for real. Like Kia, NC has a few relievers that they can turn to at the end of games, and since they'll all be rested, I think a game flow of Rucinski for 6ish followed by a few different arms for one inning each (depending on matchups) is a very realistic way this game can, and should, go.
Game Plays:
1: UN 9.5 (-120) 2.5U
2: Kia TT UN 4 (-125) 1U
3: NC TT UN 5.5 (-130) 1U
G2: Hanwha Eagles (+160) VS LG Twins (-215) O/U 10
Eagles:
SP: Min-jae Jang
After a halfway decent start to the season, Jang has fallen off the table, getting blasted over his last three starts for a statline of 9.1 IP / 14 ER / 24 H / 5 K / 1 BB, composed of outings against KT, LG, and Lotte. It's unclear what the catalyst for his precipitous dropoff was, but it was possibly just natural regression, given that he has never had a full-season ERA under 4.41 (that was back in 2010). His FIP is a not-so-horrendous 4.65, but without batted ball data, it's hard to know whether all these hits he's given up were the result of hard contact or lucky bounces, two crucial aspects of evaluating a pitcher. That being said, there are a few reasons why I'm not giving Jang the benefit of the doubt tonight. First, I'm inclined to believe he's allowing seriously hard contact, given that he's given up 13 XBH in just over 21 IP, an atrocious line that suggests even if hitters are getting lucky and finding holes, they're pretty well-deserved. Secondly, Jang faces the team that hits the ball the hardest on average, as approximately 21.7% of Twins ABs result in a hard-hit ball, according to Sports Info Solutions. Perhaps this explains why in Jang's previous outing vs the Twins, he was rocked for 8 hits, 6 ER, and 2 HRs over just 3 IP. I'm really not inclined to think that tonight's result is going to be much different, and if Hanwha plays the bullpen game, I don't feel any more confident about them, considering they have the 3rd-worst bullpen by ERA in the league. LG should pounce early and often, and with a massive platoon advantage over Jang, I wouldn't be surprised to see them put up 4-5 in the early going.
Twins:
SP: Chan-heon Jung
2019 ERA: 1.64 (as a reliever)
2020 Stats: 3.52 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 23 IP, 22 H, 25 K, 6 BB
Though he has been relatively sparingly used and had to face two of the best offenses in the KBO, Jung has been pretty effective in his four starts this season, including in one against this Eagles team earlier in the season (though that roster looks completely different than the one he'll face today). LG has consistently given him about 9 days in between starts – likely due to this being the first time in his career that he's a starter, rather than reliever – and he'll be coming off 11 days of rest for this one. His previous start – against Samsung – was one of the best starts for any pitcher this season, as he put up seven dominant shutout innings and struck out 11, giving up just three hits. Though he hasn't had many appearances, the Twins aren't afraid to use him for extended starts, as he's topped 90 pitches twice (including an 107-pitch outing vs Kiwoom). Jung's peripherals are encouraging also – he is rocking a 3.88 FIP that ranks in the upper fraction of the KBO, and his K% is through the roof at 27.2. This should put him in a great position against Hanwha, who (other than a recent 6-run output vs Doosan's back-end relievers) can't really hit for power or average, and certainly won't be able to keep up with LG if they do their job and score early. This is a great opportunity for Jung to secure his place in the rotation, whether that's once a week or once every 10 days, and a good outing would go a long way for both the Twins and his personal benefit. Furthermore, LG will have a fully rested bullpen that should be able to stack with Jung and lock the game down. They rank first in the KBO in bullpen ERA (4.43), and I could see this game being Jung for six, followed by three relievers to shut it down. Though expecting Jung to limit Hanwha to nothing would be unfair, I do think he'll have an extremely productive start and easily give his team a chance to jump out and take a permanent lead.
1: LG -1.5 (-140) 3U
2: LG 1H -1 (-130) 3U
3: LG TT OV 6 (-115) 2U
4: OV 10 (-120) 1U
5: LG 1st Inning ML (+210) .5U
G3: Kiwoom Heroes (-280) VS Lotte Giants (+200) O/U 9.5
Heroes:
SP: Eric Jokisch
Jokisch's last time facing Lotte is a very good example of the pitcher he can consistently be, with room for an even higher ceiling. In that outing, he threw 102 pitches over 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 ER, and striking out 4. That game resulted in a 12-4 Heroes victory, and Jokisch did exactly what he needed to: shut the Giants down for the first three innings while the Heroes took a 4-0 lead, then proceeded to limit the damage over the next three frames and exit with a 7-2 lead, which would get even more skewed against a bad Lotte bullpen. One of the really nice things about Jokisch is that he's good for 6+ and less than 3 ER pretty much every start, and five of his seven starts have resulted in 1 ER or fewer. Lotte looked a little more potent offensively in their previous two series (vs Hanwha and LG), but they tacked on a ton of damage vs a tired bullpen that had to endure a doubleheader amidst five straight days of games. That will not be the case in this game, where they'll have to face whatever arms the Heroes choose to throw out from a decent bullpen ranking third in the KBO in ERA. Like most of these pens, the bottom-end arms are practically a travesty, but their higher-end guys are way better than just serviceable, and that's who we should see today (as long as Kiwoom is in the lead, or the game is close; I expect it to be the former). Jokisch's terrific ERA is supported by an equally dynamic 2.81 FIP, and while he doesn't strike out a ton of batters, he limits hard contact, shown by the fact that he ranks first in the KBO in hard hit rate (11.3%). This plays perfectly against a Lotte team that struggles to hit for power, and will have to rely on stringing long innings together to hurt Jokisch, who excels at preventing that. Kiwoom is just coming off a big-time series win vs NC, and they'll be hungry to take game one at home here.
Giants:
SP: Kyung-eun Noh
Noh's statline doesn't look great, but if you take out his two absolutely dominant starts vs a Hanwha team that barely qualifies as a KBO-level organization (lol), you get the following:
20 IP / 18 ER / 24 H / 11 K / 8 BB, "good" for an 8.10 ERA and 1.60 WHIP. This is where Noh is at the latter stages of his career, and he didn't even pitch in 2019, preceding that with a stretch of seasons of ERAs between 4.08 and 11.66. I actually bet on Noh in his last start vs the Eagles, where he threw 7 innings of one-run ball, but again, we're talking about a team composed mostly of KBO Minor Leaguers, rather than one of the better hitting teams in the KBO. Kiwoom can be inconsistent, and they don't hit great pitching that well, but one thing they will do is hit Noh, who they knocked around for 5 H / 4 ER over 4 IP in late May. Lotte has a pretty middling bullpen (5.05 ERA), and if Kiwoom takes an early lead, they may just mail it in against Jokisch and save up for tomorrow night. This is a game contingent on the Heroes offense, rather than pitching staff. Jokisch will limit Lotte to three runs or less, so Kiwoom needs to step up and contribute at the plate and put this game out of reach early. If the Heroes tack on a few runs in the early innings, they can easily run away with it. Against Noh and the Giants last time out, they put up 5 by the fifth inning, but a disastrous start by Jake Brigham cost them the game. That won't be the case in this outing, as a fresh bullpen and elite starter provide enough momentum on their own.
1: Kiwoom -1.5 (-140) 2U
2: Kiwoom 1H -1 (-145) 2U
3: Kiwoom 1st Inning ML (+190) .5U
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