I hate things going to waste. I also hate opening up the fridge and seeing small containers of mismatched leftovers. It's annoying. A few days ago I made Spinach Artichoke dip for people hanging around the house. It was a huge hit but I had about a cup of it leftover. I also made some quick rise rolls in my cast iron skillet (I've loved making these fast rolls) but since the skillet only holds twelve rolls, I have dough left over. I also had ONE piece of grilled chicken left over. It was time to clean out all this stuff and make one dish. I am also a big fan of Danny's Kitchen, a great blog. A few months ago Danny started a contest called The Great Leftover Challenge. I participated in that first challenge and had a lot of fun. Danny has thrown down the gauntlet again for The Great Leftover Challenge #2. So….since I'm throwing stuff together anyway, I thought I'd enter the challenge. Judging by how quickly the pizza got eaten, I'd say it was a hit.
I did pre-heat my oven to 500 degrees with my pizza stone in it. This made the surface really hot and I think helped the crust develop really nicely. I have other great recipes for pizza crust but this "leftover" dough made a pretty darn good showing!
Preheat oven to 500°F with Pizza Stone in it (or if you're using a metal pan, heat that as well). Roll out the dough and carefully lay it on the preheated pizza stone. Spread spinach artichoke dip evenly over the dough. Sprinkle the chicken and pepperoni and finish off with cheese on top. Place back in oven and turn heat down to 450°F. Cook for approximately 8-10 minutes until crust is brown and cheese is bubbly.
I am the Thrift Store Queen. I love the stuff you can find, from clothes, to shoes, cookware, furniture and the variety of strange and amazing things. Another man's trash really can be your treasure. Part of the reason for my fascination with Thrift Stores is to show others that you can dress stylishly, find amazing deals and feel no shame in the fact that you're using previously owned things. I work with newly arrived refugees. Most families when they arrive have very little in terms of material possessions. Not only does an entire apartment have to be furnished but often clothes (especially here in Salt Lake we need clothes for four DISTINCT seasons) are desperately needed. Thrift Stores are a must when buying entire wardrobes for a family all at once and picking up kitchen tools and small furniture items. I like looking at my clients in the eyes and telling them that everything they see me wearing is from the Thrift Store and that we need to begin a new adventure by having a shopping fashion show. Over the years we've had a lot of fun. A few weeks ago, while taking a family of four from Burma through the Thrift Store, I came upon two cast iron skillets. They were $4 each. I was almost hyperventilating with joy. I bought both. One for the Burmese family and one for me.
The Burmese family love their new skillet. I love mine as well. I've already cooked with it on the grill outside, used it to press down on paneer as a heavy weight and made a pineapple upside down cake in it. It's time to make rolls. This was my first attempt at making rolls in the cast iron skillet. I loved how evenly they cooked and how long they stayed warm. The roll recipe is QUICK. There is extra yeast added to make it rise in 20 minutes so while you're getting other things ready for dinner, you can put these rolls together. They were just the right texture, warm, buttery and delicious. The batch makes two dozen rolls, so I ended up with a dozen rolls in the cast iron skillet and pan full of garlic breadsticks. Not a bad deal at all!!
Let it rise for 20 minutes until doubled in size and brush with melted butter before placing in oven.
Pre-heat oven to 400° F. If using a stand mixer, attach the paddle attachment and in the mixing bowl, mix together water, yeast and honey and let it sit for about 5 minutes until foamy. Mix on low speed and slowly add in the melted butter and eggs. Add in 3 cups of flour and continue to mix on low for a minute or so. Add in salt and flour as needed until a soft dough is formed and it begins to form a ball. Divide dough in half. Portion half of the dough into 12 balls and roll smoothly. Place in a cast iron skillet and cover with a dish cloth or plastic wrap. Shape the remaining dough into rolls or bread sticks (can also be used as a pizza dough) if desired. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes. They should double in size during that time. Brush with melted butter and place the skillet in the pan. Bake for 25 minutes until tops are golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush with more melted butter and sprinkle each roll with a small amount of kosher salt. Serve warm with butter, jam or any other topping!
I love fresh fruits of any kind. Especially berries. I had never had any type of berries until I moved to the States and lived on a farm with my American family. Every summer I helped to pick raspberries, marionberries and blueberries. I got scratched a lot in the middle of the bushes. The thorny kinds had the best yields. That's when I learned that freshly picked berries warmed by the sun are a special treat. I ate as many as I picked!! I keep meaning to put in a berry patch in my yard but they never seem to fit into my landscaping plans. So, I'm always on the look out for fresh berries at the grocery store. This week there were entire flats of blueberries available for $4 at this local store I like to go to that sells unusual combination of things. I had to buy them up. I ended up making blueberry compotes, chutneys, breads, pancakes ….and muffins. These muffins were everything a muffin should be and unlike the Seinfeld episode, I ate the whole thing with my coffee and not just the muffin tops!
Bake for about 22-25 minutes at 375 degrees.
Preheat oven to 375°. Line muffin pans with paper liners. Using an electric mixer cream the butter and the sugar until creamy. Add in the eggs and the vanilla and continue mixing. In a separate bowl smash 1 cup of the blueberries with a fork and add to the batter and mix. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder, salt until blended and with the mixer running at low speed add half the flour mixture to the batter and half of the milk and blend. Add remaining flour and milk. Fold in the remaining blueberries by hand. Using an ice cream scoop, fill the muffin cups 3/4 full and sprinkle a little of the raw can sugar on top of each muffin. Bake for 22-25 minutes until golden brown. Cool on a wire cooling rack before serving.
Chappatis are a traditional Indian flat bread made out of whole wheat flour. Whole wheat flour is known as "Atta". Atta is different than whole wheat flour commonly found in U.S. groceries. The protein content is higher and the grind of the flour is finer in "Atta". This makes the chapatis softer, pliable and delicious tasting. If you get a chance to make chapatis with Atta from the Indian store, you have to try it. Regular whole wheat flour also works, I usually use whole wheat pastry flour to compensate. There's nothing like fresh hot chappatis with a tiny bit of ghee added to it for flavor. You really don't even need anything else!
Cook over medium high heat, using a paper towel press down on the chapati so it cooks evenly.
In a large bowl place flour and salt and mix together. Add water a little at a time along with yogurt, mix until a soft dough forms. Knead for several minutes until smooth but still slightly sticky. Put a few drops of canola oil and pat the surface of the dough. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes. Make 7 equal balls and dip in additional flour and roll into 1/8 inch thick circles. Heat a non stick skillet and cook chappati approximately 1-2 minutes on each side, using a paper towel to press down so it cooks evenly. Put a 1/4 tsp or less of ghee (clarified butter) on the each side of the chappati and take off the heat, this step is optional but I think the flavor is fantastic. Serve warm with any daal or curried dish.


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Alfred Rivera retires after 25 years at DISA
Alfred Rivera, left, retires after more than 25 year at DISA. (AFCEA photo)
Written by Billy Mitchell
Jan 5, 2018 | FEDSCOOP
Alfred Rivera, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency's Development and Business Center, retired Thursday after more than 25 years with the defense IT procurement agency.
During his time at DISA, Rivera is credited with leading the agency's managed data center consolidation efforts, helping improve application administration for DISA's defense customers, supporting the launch of the Department of Defense Enterprise Email and moving DISA to the cloud, among many other technical contributions that supported warfighters on the battlefield.
He joined DISA in 1992 and held many positions, including CTO, and later director, of its Computing Services organization.
"All the jobs I've had have given me a broader understanding of the different aspects needed be a good leader and to be able to build capabilities. It's not just one technology, but the formulation of multiple technologies," Rivera said in a DISA announcement. "Building a capability is more than just the technology itself, it's about how you bring the business side into it and how do you bring the contracting and the acquisition side into it."
Rivera expects DISA to "continue to be flexible and evolve to meet department needs by adapting industry innovations to meet warfighter needs," the announcement says.
In his retirement, he plans to work as a consultant and spend time working with animal rescue shelters.
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We all know Happy Birthday, and we've all sung it. But did you ever think it could be improved as much as this?
Conductor Ivan Fischer has had enough of what he thinks is a truly rubbish tune. Happy Birthday is, according to the great maestro, ripe for a rewrite.
So who better than him to completely tear the original to shreds and recompose it with a far stronger melodic line and no more wimpy chords. And sitting down at a piano during the Verbier Festival, that's exactly what he did.


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Title: Daniel Inouye Interview
Narrator: Sen. Daniel Inouye
Interviewers: Tom Ikeda (primary), Beverly Kashino (secondary)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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<Begin Segment 3>
TI: Let's switch gears a little bit now and talk about more about your personal history. And why don't we start back to 1922 and a piece of legislation that happened back then, and why don't you just talk about that a little bit.
DI: Well, I was born in 1924, but I became aware of the Supreme Court decision of 1922 rather early in my life. That decision declared that Japanese were not qualified for citizenship, and as a result of that, the practical effect was that a Japanese could not be naturalized. And in more practical terms, my father who was born in Japan, came over as a child of two, got his education here, paid his taxes, and served well, could not be naturalized. And when he married my mother who was born in Hawaii and a citizen, therefore, the moment she got married, she lost her citizenship because of a law that was passed. In 1924 a law was passed in the Congress, approved by the President, that said if a people is to be found unqualified for citizenship, their homeland would not qualify to receive a quota. See, this was the quota legislation. China would get so many, Korea so many etceteras, and in the case of Japan, it was singled out. The one country in the world without any immigration so if you use this as a background, I think one can understand why certain levels of animosity developed and existed prior to December the 7th. We as young people had no idea what was going on, but I knew that my mother had lost her citizenship.
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Q: Hide function not called I am new to python and trying program for the following. I have a code snippet which outputs the label position to the shell.
I wanted to hide the label or make them invisible. But still wanted to obtain the output, even if I click without seeing them.
I wrote some code, but it stays visible.
My coding:
import Tkinter
root = Tkinter.Tk()
def unshow_me(event):
    event.widget.grid_forget()

def handle_click(text):
    print text
    a=text
for r in range(3):
    for c in range(6):
        text = 'R=%s,C=%s'%(r,c)
        label = Tkinter.Label(root, text=text, borderwidth=1 )
        label.grid(row=r,column=c)
        label.bind("<Button-1>", lambda e, text=text:handle_click(text),unshow_me)

root.mainloop()

Please help me to rectify the problem!

A: As Bryan Oakley pointed out, you do not call unshow_me. However, unshow_me is not part of the lambda at all:
>>> def f():pass
...
>>> def g():pass
...
>>> lambda x: f(), g()
(<function <lambda> at 0x7f7737a267b8>, None)
>>> lambda x: (f(), g())
<function <lambda> at 0x7f7737a267b8>

The reason is that the lambda keyword has the lowest precedence in Python. Adding brackets to the lambda body, which includes the second function in your body, and calling unshow_me with the argument e makes your lambda:
lambda e, text=text:(handle_click(text), unshow_me(e))

Your complete program is then:
import Tkinter
root = Tkinter.Tk()
def unshow_me(event):
    event.widget.grid_forget()

def handle_click(text):
    print text
    a=text

for r in range(3):
    for c in range(6):
        text = 'R=%s,C=%s'%(r,c)
        label = Tkinter.Label(root, text=text, borderwidth=1 )
        label.grid(row=r,column=c)
        label.bind("<Button-1>", lambda e, text=text:(handle_click(text), unshow_me(e)))

root.mainloop()

Which produces the desired output (with several clicks):

However, it is worth noting that once hidden, the clicks will not be recorded, which is what the OP seems to want. If you want to find where the user clicks, try (modified from effbot):
import Tkinter
root = Tkinter.Tk()
def callback(event):
    print "clicked at", event.x, event.y

root.bind("<Button-1>", callback)
root.mainloop()

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  end
end

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Ever wish your BitTorrent client could automatically download new episodes of your favorite TV shows? That's the idea behind ShowRSS, a site that turns TV shows into RSS feeds.
Okay, let's back up a few steps. BitTorrent is a file-sharing tool. BitTorrent clients are programs that leverage the technology. Many of these clients support RSS feeds, meaning that when new downloads appear from a particular source, they can automatically download them.
ShowRSS makes it simple to find the feeds for hundreds of shows, and it weeds out duplicates so you don't wind up with half a dozen downloads of the same episode.
Depending on how you've set up your client, the feeds should automatically download new episodes as soon as they're available. ShowRSS lets you choose between standard-def and 720p (HD) downloads where possible.
Disclaimer: It's not illegal to use BitTorrent or ShowRSS. It is, however, illegal to distribute copyrighted material without the owner's permission. I strongly believe artists deserve to be paid for their work.


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Queensberry agrees landmark letting – Metquarter, Liverpool
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Queensberry today announced a landmark letting at its Metquarter asset. It has obtained planning permission that will allow Liverpool media, music and performing arts institution LMA to open a brand new state of the art teaching campus at the repurposed shopping centre.
LMA, which is co-owned by singer and performer Robbie Williams, is set to invest more than £15 million into the new campus and will provide more than 100 new jobs. LMA has taken a 25 year lease in this ground breaking deal. The 50,000 sq. ft university campus will open September 2020 and will occupy the majority of the first floor of the building. Over 500 students will frequent the building every day bringing new life and activity to the remainder of the centre and the surrounding neighbourhood. This will further enhance and reanimate the area.
Queensberry has injected new life into the Metquarter over the past 18 months with a major refurbishment and new occupiers including local fashion stalwarts Cricket and Kids Cavern as well as national cinema operator Everyman Cinema. There are also rumours of a major food hall opening to be announced shortly that will sit alongside the LMA facilities supporting students and shoppers alike. This will bring the Metquarter back to a significantly let position in a market place that has been greatly challenged. The repositioning of the building is now being seen as a shining example of how to repurpose retail property.
Alex Hyams, Asset Manager for Queensberry said: 'We're very excited by the prospect of bringing LMA's new campus to the Metquarter. It's terrific news for Liverpool and the scheme. LMA will attract the next generation of creative talent to their new state of the art campus at Metquarter. This in turn will reinvigorate the upper floors and help us deliver a thriving retail and leisure offer throughout the rest of the centre.
"We are continuously working across the country on opportunities to improve the vitality of the spaces we look after and this is a great example of repurposing traditional retail space to create a more sustainable and dynamic blend of uses suitable for the long term."
Plans for the new campus include state-of-the-art film studios, dance studios, music rehearsal rooms, classrooms and recording studios.
Robbie Williams, who became a co-owner of the business in 2019 after being wowed by its choir on The X Factor, said: "Since meeting the LMA Choir two years ago and later joining the LMA family, I've been constantly inspired by their sheer drive, dedication and passion.
"Liverpool is known for being home to some amazing talent and LMA is testament to that. I'm so proud to be part of its incredible journey, especially as the staff and students take their next steps in expanding across the city."
Queensberry are now working with all of their new tenants to create a Metquarter Community that will enhance and promote all the benefits and synergies between its new tenants in the arts, fashion and catering sectors. This will make the Metquarter one of Liverpool's creative hot spots.
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Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. It is mostly used to create base images for developers using Vagrant. However it's just as useful for creating virtual machine (VM) images to deploy in production. Using Packer in this way, you can create a consistent starting point for VMs which are then provisioned further with, for example, Puppet or Chef, creating a ready-to-deploy image with your application already installed.
One minor headache for using Packer in this way is how to safely create a root account with a known password without exposing that password in configuration files.
The key to this process is hooking into the scripted install process. For Debian this is known as Preseed. Redhat calls it Kickstart. Most Packer VMs are built with some kind of Preseed/Kickstart file.
You can override the options in the file with some passed on the command line of the Packer boot process. This will allow you to use a dynamic root password instead of a hash stored in a file.
Now, when you run the Packer install, you will be prompted for a root password. You have access to it in your Packer scripts as user `root_password`.
All that is left is ensuring that your distribution sets the root password on install. This is done by modifying the boot_command property in the builder section of your Packer file.
Make sure you remove passwd/root-password and passwd/root-password-again from your preseed.cfg if they are present.
That's it! You can now safely build production VMs without exposing your root password in configuration or source files. Enjoy!


Study Guide consists of interleafs General, Teaching, Exams, Degree Structures, Minor Studies and Courses.
Basic information and learning outcomes of the programme.
Teaching periods and enrolment for the courses included in the programme as obligatory, optional or elective courses.
Exams of the courses divided by the exam dates or courses in alphabetical order.
Programme degree structure (with the courses included), which is the template for the Personal study plan.
Postgraduate (doctoral) courses-study guide: The course tray of LUT is available on this interleaf.
The names and codes of the minor studies and their courses.
All the courses the study programme provides in alphabetical order.
Postgraduate (doctoral) courses-study guide: For the course tray of LUT, please see the interleaf Degree Structures.


Pole figure measurements, on the other hand, capture both the tilt and twist spread of a crystal in a single measurement because it involves both tilting and rotating (twisting) of the crystal during measurement. Results are presented in a two-dimensional map. The SmartLab multipurpose diffractometer, along with the Guidance data acquisition software, makes the pole figure measurement completely automated, from optics alignment to sample alignment and data collection.
In the figure below, the texture of a commercially available MgO substrate is analyzed using the (111) pole figure. Clearly, the crystal is cubic, showing a nice four-fold symmetry. The (111) peak width, along both the radial (tilt) and circular (twist) direction, is about 5°. This means the crystal is not perfect. There is a 5° mosaicity along both the out-of-plane and in-plane directions.


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Utagawa (歌川) es un apellido japonés. Puede referirse a:
 La Escuela de Utagawa de artistas de impresión xilográfica, o cualquiera de los artistas que formaron parte de ella, como:
 Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)
 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), también conocido como Andō Hiroshige.
 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), también conocido como Utagawa Toyokuni III.
 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
 Utagawa Kunimasa (1773-1810)
 Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)
 Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880)
 Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904)
 Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866)
 Utagawa Yoan (1798-1846), erudito japonés especializado en estudios occidentales.

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The relationship between the company and the environment has always been a subject of great interest to La Sportiva, a company that has been operating for the past 90 years in the context of the Valle di Fiemme, at the foothill of the Dolomites, a world heritage site. For the world leading company in the field of outdoor footwear and clothing, the word "sustainability" takes on a deep meaning as early as 1928, the year of the foundation of the first artisan shoe repair shop, which evolved in the following ninety years into the global brand that we know today: sustainability means being part of the socio-environmental context in which the company operates, from which it draws its energy and inspiration which it then spreads around the world, always remembering to give something back to its community and the surrounding environment.
From this reality, comes the first sustainability report, a document that traces, through its sixty pages, what matters most to La Sportiva: man, the environment and their co-existence in mutual harmony, paying great attention both to the ethical aspects of the company and its daily routine activities aimed at reducing environmental impact and enhancing the natural resources offered by the Val di Fiemme and Trentino areas. Turning its attention to the environment and to its economic and social context, today means not only observing all the laws and regulations in force on this subject, but also constantly increasing ethical standards of sustainability and quality: "For our entrepreneurial activity these are fundamental values for the correct functioning and credibility of the Company towards it clients, suppliers and more generally, towards the entire economic context in which we operate." Says Lorenzo Delladio, CEO and President of La Sportiva. "Being sustainable is a competitive advantage for us that we translate operationally into productive choices, conduct and transparency towards all our stakeholders: the CSR document is a clear, transparent and easily accessible proof of this. The recipients of the choices we make each day are those who work with and for La Sportiva S.p.a.: the employees, the directors, the control bodies as well as our internal and external collaborators who contribute to the achievement of the Company objectives in the field of management and vigilance ".
The document is accessible through the environment section of the company website at: https://www.lasportiva.com/en/csr and contains updates and environmental, economic and management metrics that are able to bring company and stakeholders closer together.
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Well-heeled riverside spa town, Leamington Spa or Royal Leamington Spa, renowned for its stunning white Regency architecture and lush parks and gardens, has a quirkier side with a vibrant and creative independent scene – you'll find vegan cafes, boutiques, art galleries and a Farrow & Ball. Local or just visiting – fancy a quick whistle-top tour and a few top insider tips?
Other good places to eat include: The Tame Hare, a fairly new independent restaurant serving seasonal British food led by enterprising and energetic young owner/chef Johnny Mills; Warwick Street Kitchen, a lovely rustic independent cafe kitchen starting evening foodie events, indie family-owned Birtelli's for stone-baked pizza Italian restaurants, French bistro Eleven, Italian restaurant La Coppola and two Muddy award-winners, The Drawing Board and Coffee Architects. Stylish gastropubs include The Star and Garter, award-winning The Moorings at Myton, and its thatched sister pub The Stag at Offchurch, in a tiny Warwickshire village just outside Leamington.
One of the new luxury en-suite bedrooms in Orchard House adjoining Elan Spa and the lovely new spa cafe.
If glamping is more your thing, you'll really enjoy Hilltop Hideaways. A few miles from Leamington in nearby village Hunningham, it's on a lovely family-run farm with incredible views over the Warwickshire countryside and clever horse trailer showers. You can book a bell tent, cabin, shepherd hut or simply a tent pitch. On-site there's a farm-shop, cafe for brekkie and a play area/chickens/sheep.
Beautifully landscaped Victorian Jephson Gardens with its tropical Glasshouse and Victoria Park are great for a stroll, riverside walk and picnics in the town centre itself. Just outside is Foundry Wood, a small community woodland nature spot and a great place for families with outdoor classroom for kids' holiday workshops, fortnightly forestry schools, nature trails, ecotherapy sessions, woodland crafts and even a large clay oven for outdoor pizza making sessions. Slightly further afield, Burton Dassett Hills is a scenic out-of-town country park comprising of rugged hilltops – great for kite-flying.
Alternatively, other laid-back buzzy independent boozers include Best Destination pub in last year's Muddy Awards, The Drawing Board with its retro comic book styling and eclectic global menu, Procaffeinate, a coffee shop by day and drinking den by night – you descend to the secret downstairs bar by walking behind an unsuspecting Smeg fridge; Fizzy Moon Brewhouse with its Fizz & Gin bar, micro-brewery and live music; fun neighbourhood pubs The Royal Pug (Gin Palace upstairs) & The Fat Pug, rustic basement bar Wilde's and The White Horse for lively boozy nights.
Leamington's small and very easy to negotiate, there's The Parade – the main high street – with lanes running off and one central arcade, The Royal Priors, and Lower Leamington across the River. The lanes have more of a boutique vibe.
Leamington florist Sarah Horne's gorgeous new black-and-white Botanicals collection is on display at a House of Fraser pop-up in the town.
In need of a decent bottle of red, white, fizz or something stronger? Let me point you in the direction of Anita Mannion's very personable, award-winning Leamington Wine Company, also on Warwick Street. Not only did she win UK Independent Drinks Retailer of the Year 2017 and Leamington Independent Business of 2017 but was voted Muddy Stiletto's Best Wine Merchant 2017. They do excellent wine, whisky and gin tastings. Just browse their events listings for inspo.
If it's classy gifts or stylish home-ware you're after, head to McIntosh & Paul, also on Regent Street (No. 133). They have 60 different UK and international suppliers including French company, Ateliers C & Davoy's fascinating mix of curiosities, antiques and industrial pieces, Belltrees Forge wrought ironwork, Dutch interior suppliers Van Roon Living, Sid Dickens Memory Blocks and Voluspa Luxury Candles. Highly regarded, Ian and Lauren have been trading in the town for six years.
This imposing Grade II listed 18th Century building at the bottom of The Parade, opposite Jephson Gardens, originally contained Leamington's spa baths and assembly rooms. Recently renovated, it's now something of a creative hub attracting 500,000 people a year. It houses a museum documenting the building's past, including a Hammam preserved from the original Turkish Bath, and an art gallery of temporary exhibitions, plus the Bakery cafe, library and a kids Art Club in holidays. See what's on here.
A stunning country mansion house a stone's throw away is Stoneleigh Abbey which has connections with Queen Victoria and Jane Austen, who stayed there with her mother in 1806. Many feel it was the inspiration for Mansfield Park. There are Jane Austen tours in costume at 1pm (Sun-Thurs). The house is open by guided tour only.
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Gardens where Queen Elizabeth I stayed for secret love trysts with her rumoured lover Robert Dudley. You can climb the spectacular tower he built for her.
Within a few miles you also have not one but two fantastic historic castles, English Heritage-run Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Gardens, and 12th Century Warwick Castle with its action-packed family-attractions from the Castle Dungeons and Horrible Histories Maze, to a William the Conqueror's Knight School and new interactive exhibition, The Conqueror's Fortress. We may never know if Elizabeth I and her possible one true love, Robert Dudley, ever slept together in the Queen's suite he had built for her at Kenilworth Castle, but since 2014 visitors are now able to climb up the once inaccessible tower. You get a breathtaking view from the top!
Fancy a family kayaking, canoe or stand-up paddle board experience on the River Leam? Head over to Leam Boat Centre in Mill Gardens, across the river from Jephson Gardens, where there's been a boating lake and boat house since the Victorian heyday. Restored in 2001, it's now a thriving activity centre founded by Matthew Bishop, an ex-teacher and local youth worker with a passion for white-water kayaking. Children's taster sessions and birthday parties for all ages available, including raft building and Dragon Boat racing.
Victoria Park has a Skate Park for teens, lots of space to run around, a play area and paddling pool for younger children. If it's wet and rainy there's a good trampoline park, Jump In and Swirls ice-cream parlour.
Further along Warwick Street is Willow, a stylish antique furniture shop, selling objet d'art, curios and jewellery. Another little hidden gem over the bridge in Abbott Street, Leamington is Miss Kat's Closet, an emporium of quality new, vintage and pre-loved clothes. Delightfully quirky!
Leamington has been the location for a number of film and TV shows including Debbie Islett's Nativity films, the BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs sequel, '90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and episodes of the kids TV show Chucklevision (!). Highlights on the cultural calendar to pencil-in include: Art in the Park, Leamington Food and Drink Festival, Leamington Peace Festival, Warwickshire Open Studios, Leamington Spa Comedy Festival and Leamington Lantern Parade. Check out this brilliant trio of contemporary indie art galleries, an entertainment venue and thriving community theatre for things to do.
A great new gallery space, which moved from London to Leamington last November, specialising in all aspects of pop culture, particularly iconic music photography from Bowie to Bolan, Hendrix to Kate Bush. So, if you're a muso looking for original artwork or photography, this is the place.
Founded by artist Simon 'SKINT' Puplett, Reload brings some of the best contemporary and urban art to new audiences outside of London town, including cartoon street artist Trust Icon, Paris-based Monika Nowak, British artist Robin Coleman, elusive street artist Tee Wat, Agnetha Sjogren, London's Illuminati neon and DS.
Another new-ish gallery, curator Kate Livingston loves working with artists from across the UK, finding new talent, affordable art and bringing exciting cultural events to the town. Exhibitions change regularly. Expect Storytelling evenings, Open Mic Poetry, live music, and painting classes like Art Uncorked. The Gallery can also be hired for private events or meetings.
This Warwick District Council run 1970s-style entertainment venue and cinema may look a little dated from the outside but has a great top-notch comedy line-up, including the annual autumn Leamington Spa Comedy Festival, as well as family shows, events, concerts and popular Christmas panto.
Has been producing high quality live theatre in the town since 1922, and is run almost entirely by volunteers. You can see up to 9 shows a year in the main 200-seat auditorium from classics to new award-winning plays like Handbagged, Yasmina Reza's The God of Carnage and Dawn King's Foxfinder and a smaller number in the 50-seat Douglas Ford studio theatre. Great bar and coffee lounge too.
This small stylish authentic indie, a few doors away from Spa Town Coffee, opened two years ago and makes its own bagels using flour from Charlecote Mill – Warwickshire's last working mill – including The Morrissey (veggie!) & a new gluten-free range. It also recently branched out into the best donuts with a variety of unexpected fillings! Utter deliciousness.
All-white minimalist interiors, ethical coffee, sourdough toast and friendly staff – a great meeting place for coffee connoisseurs, students and hot-desking if you're looking for somewhere to perch with your lap-top.
Many Thanks for mentioning our Art in the Park Festival, we hope you can come this year on August 4th & 5th. Our theme is 'Trees' as Jephson Gardens is an arboretum and in Victorian times held a 4 day festival of Oaks. We have 110 artists, 23 performers, theatre, music, dance and incredible food and locally crafted drinks. It's going to be a spectacular weekend.
I'd love to thanks, sounds great, was away last summer.
This is great! I am housesitting in Royal Leamington Spa in September and have never been there so this is a great guide. Thank you!


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Q: Apple Push notification not being sent I have generated the .cer file, provision file with the correct device ID, generated the .pem file by combining the .cer and private key files, uploaded it to the server. The app id matches. I have provided the passphrase too, which is correct.
I tested the port and connection using telnet from the server, it connects fine.
I have tested the certificate by openssl command, and it returned 0 - no errors.
The certificates and the application is in development/debug mode, the iPhone is set up to receive notifications, the token is received and is delivered to the server correctly and in the same length - 64.
When sending the message from the server, the error code is 0 - which means no errors.
Here is the code sample from the server:
$options = array('ssl' => array(
  'local_cert' => 'cert.pem',
  'passphrase' => 'pass'
));

$streamContext = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($streamContext, $options);
$apns = stream_socket_client('ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $error, $errorString, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, $streamContext);

if ($apns)
{
    $payload['aps'] = array('alert' => 'push test', 'badge' => 1, 'sound' => 'default');
    $payload = json_encode($payload);

    $apnsMessage = chr(0) . chr(0) . chr(32) . pack('H*', str_replace(' ', '', $token)) . chr(0) . chr(strlen($payload)) . $payload;
    fwrite($apns, $apnsMessage);

    fclose($apns);
}
else
{
    echo "Connection failed";
    echo $errorString."
";
    echo $error."
";
}

What else can I possibly try?

A: The code that worked in the end is the following:
    $ctx = stream_context_create();

    stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'pushcert.pem');
    stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', 'pass');

    // Create the payload body
    $body['aps'] = array(
    'alert' => array('body' => 'Message', 'action-loc-key' => 'Show'),
    'sound' => 'default'
    );

    // Encode the payload as JSON
    $payload = json_encode($body);

    // Open a connection to the APNS server
    $apns = stream_socket_client(
    'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $err,
    $errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx);

    if (!$apns)
    {
        echo "Failed to connect: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL;
    }

    echo 'Connected to APNS' . PHP_EOL;

    $imsg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $message) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;

            // Send it to the server
    $res = fwrite($apns, $imsg, strlen($imsg));

    if (!$res)
    {
        echo 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
    }
    else
    {
        echo 'Message successfully delivered' . PHP_EOL;
    }
    fclose($apns);


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Facebook Makes Major Pre-IPO Move, Acquires Instagram For $1 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg Makes His Most Significant Move To Date, As Facebook Prepares To Go Public!
Just a month or so before hitting Wall Street with their IPO, Facebook has made its first significant purchase in its history, acquiring the hot mobile photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion. Mark Zuckerberg announced the deal on Facebook, of course, calling it an "important milestone" in the company's history. The San Francisco-based Instagram (all these companies are in NoCal) has experienced tremendous growth since launching in 2010. The company has 30 million users, about double from the beginning of the year. That type of growth made it the hottest social networking site on the block. The implications of this huge deal will be felt for years to come. It's not only about Facebook's acquisition of InstaGram, but the message it sends to start-ups. Make no mistake about it, this is huge.
Zuckerberg's statement:
"I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.
For years, we've focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we'll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.
We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram's strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.
That's why we're committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people.
We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.
These and many other features are important parts of the Instagram experience and we understand that. We will try to learn from Instagram's experience to build similar features into our other products. At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook's strong engineering team and infrastructure."
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How can I modify 8 digit of ESP8266 registry to 5 digit to work Modbus TCP/IP?
I have ESP8266 programmed to operate at MODBUS TCP/IP and PLC (LSIS) connected to router by Ethernet MODBUS. I made connection between them successfully (using P2P service found in PLC) through router, but the connection produce error. P2P service found to make connection between LSIS devices and other devices. This service requires inter the read and write memory address for ESP8266 with condition that the address must has 5 digit. Knowing that I use simple diode connection on GPIO pin-14. The problem is when I search for ESP8266 memory map addresses, I find it (0x60000360) 8 digit and this return error from PLC side. Please can any one help me?


Next time you order flowers for someone, STOP! "Consider ordering instead an edible arrangement," says Francine Cazeau, co-owner with husband, Jean, of Edible Arrangements next to the Coffee Bean on South El Camino Real.
So, what's an edible arrangement? Well, it looks like a beautiful flower bouquet, but the colorful blooms consist of freshly cut fruit, not flowers. And for those who like to give or send arresting and memorable gifts, it has become a terrific alternate choice.
Prices for the fruit arrangements compare to those of flowers --- from $25 to $200. Most people call ahead and pick up the arrangements themselves. Edible Arrangements takes same day orders and delivers to Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and occasionally to Oceanside.
"We get fresh fruit delivered here by our produce firm every morning after placing an order the night before. If we get swamped and run out, we can always rely on the freshness of our local grocery produce department in a pinch," Francine says.
At the time, Francine worked part time at Standard Pacific Homes in Corona and still does, but plans to slowly opt out. Jean is still an elementary school teacher in Anaheim along with working in the store.
Before working two years for Standard Pacific, Francine was ten years in the social services field in Corona. Prior to that, she studied psychology at a small college in New York City. After investing in the franchise, they went back to Connecticut for a week's training and took another week on site in their store.
Francine says, "The surprising thing is how challenging it is to have our own business. We're learning two things at once: How to improve the business and how to juggle business with our family life." The young couple, Francine, 35, and Jean, 35, have three children ages nine, five and two. "Fortunately, Jean's mother helps us out with the kids," Francine adds.
The biggest days for Edible Arrangements are the holidays, according to Francine.
Reach the store at 492-2002, or www.ediblearrangements.com.


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Nazem Kadri (born October 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs seventh overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He played his junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), first with the Kitchener Rangers and then the London Knights. He won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with Kitchener and was part of the Rangers team that lost to the Spokane Chiefs in the final of the 2008 Memorial Cup. Kadri has also represented Canada internationally at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where the team received the silver medal after losing the final to the United States 6–5.

From the beginning of the 2012–13 season to March 21, 2016, Kadri led the NHL in the number of penalties drawn with 164, 46 more than the second-placed player, Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings. Kadri won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022, becoming the first Muslim player to hoist the Cup.

Early life
Kadri was born on October 6, 1990, in London, Ontario, the second of five children and the only son born to Samir and Suhayla Kadri. His grandparents were born in Kfar Danis, Lebanon, and moved to Ontario when Kadri's father was four years old. Samir Kadri wanted to play hockey during his adolescence, but his family could not afford for their son to play. When Nazem was born, his father decided that he should have the opportunity to play the sport. Kadri began ice skating at the age of two, joined his first hockey team when he was four years old, and was playing at the elite level within the next two years. The Kadri family also attended National Hockey League (NHL) games; despite living near Toronto, they supported the Montreal Canadiens.

Kadri was a successful hockey, basketball, and volleyball player, first at Jack Chambers Public School and later at A. B. Lucas Secondary School. By the end of his high school career, Kadri was fairly certain that he would be selected in the NHL draft. He also played minor ice hockey in the London Jr. Knights system of the Alliance Hockey organization, serving as team captain at multiple minor levels.

Playing career

Junior

Kadri began his OHL career with the Kitchener Rangers after being selected in the first round, 18th overall, of the 2006 OHL Priority Selection. During his second season in the OHL, he played 68 games, recording 25 goals and 40 assists (65 points). During that year's playoffs, Kadri helped the Rangers to an OHL Championship and a berth in the Memorial Cup final, where they lost to the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League (WHL).

After the 2007–08 season, Kadri was traded to the London Knights (his hometown team) in exchange for several draft picks. He played in 56 games for the Knights in 2008–09, recording 25 goals and 53 assists (78 points). Kadri was sidelined during the 2008–09 season when he suffered a broken jaw. He was selected to play for Team OHL in the ADT Canada Russia Challenge, but was unable to participate due to the jaw injury. Kadri was later invited to the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team's selection camp for the 2009 World Junior Championships but did not make the final roster. Also during the 2008–09 season, Kadri was chosen to play in the OHL All-Star Classic, where he suited-up for the Western Conference and scored one goal.

After the 2008–09 OHL season, Kadri was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, seventh overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the club on July 6, 2009.

After being cut from the Maple Leafs, Kadri returned to play for the Knights in the OHL. He was selected to play for Team OHL in the 2009 Subway Super Series (renamed from the ADT Canada Russia Challenge). He was also selected to represent the Western Conference in the 2009–10 OHL All-Star Classic, his second appearance in the OHL's All-Star Game in as many seasons. On March 30, 2010, Kadri was named the CHL Player of the Week after recording nine points (two goals and seven assists) in three games. The OHL named Kadri the league's Player of the Month for April 2010, a month in which he recorded 26 points (9 goals and 17 assists) in 10 games.

Toronto Maple Leafs
Kadri attended training camp with the Maple Leafs prior to the 2009–10 season. He played in six pre-season games with the club, in which he recorded three goals and two assists. Then-Toronto head coach Ron Wilson had said prior to training camp that Kadri would need to be one of the team's top-six forwards to make the club; Kadri was ultimately returned to the Knights prior to the start of the NHL regular season.

Due to injuries to forwards Christian Hanson and Fredrik Sjöström, Kadri was called-up to the Maple Leafs under an emergency basis, making his NHL debut on February 8, 2010, against the San Jose Sharks. He did not register any points and finished with a −1 plus-minus rating. This was a one-game-only call-up, and he subsequently returned to the London Knights following the game. Ron Wilson said that he would most likely be with the Maple Leafs for the 2010–11 season, though this was in doubt after comments made by both Wilson and then-Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke during the pre-season, indicating that Kadri had not played to the level they expected and was "running out of time" to prove himself. In addition, Burke was traditionally a strong supporter of rookies gaining experience at the American Hockey League (AHL) level prior to NHL careers. Kadri was included in the Maple Leafs' last round of cuts, and was subsequently sent to the AHL's Toronto Marlies for the start of the season. However, on November 12, Kadri was called-up by the Maple Leafs (along with fellow prospect Keith Aulie). On November 16, in a game against the Nashville Predators, Kadri recorded his first NHL point, assisting on a goal by Kris Versteeg. Two days later, on November 18, Kadri recorded his first multi-point night with two assists in a game against the New Jersey Devils.

On March 19, 2011, against goaltender Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins, Kadri scored his first career NHL goal. Kadri was named to the AHL All-Star Game in 2012. Prior to 2012–13 season, Kadri began training under former NHL player and Maple Leaf Gary Roberts over the summer to gain muscle and "play more explosively". On January 19, 2013, when NHL play resumed after the 2012–13 NHL lockout cancelled much of the first half of the scheduled regular season, Kadri made the starting roster for the Maple Leafs in their season opener against the Montreal Canadiens. He would score the first Maple Leafs goal of the season with a powerplay mark assisted by Phil Kessel against goaltender Carey Price. Kadri finished the game named the game's first star. One month later, in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Kadri had his first NHL fight, engaging with Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman. With the Maple Leafs losing 4–1 late in the game, Hedman delivered a cross-check to the back of Kadri, who then confronted the 6'6" defenceman. Punches were then exchanged before teammates and officials broke up the fight. On February 28, in a 5–4 win against the New York Islanders, Kadri scored his first career hat-trick. On March 30, he scored his second career hat-trick, and second of the season, in a 4–0 win over the Ottawa Senators. He would finish the season with 18 goals and 26 assists, finishing second only to Phil Kessel for the team lead in points and goals. On May 4, Kadri scored his first Stanley Cup playoff point, recording an assist on a goal by Kessel after Kadri sprung him on a breakaway. On May 13, he scored his first playoff goal against the Boston Bruins in Game 7.

On September 11, 2013, Kadri signed a new two-year, $5.8 million contract with Toronto. On November 13, 2013, Kadri delivered an elbow to the head of Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Bäckström. As a result, the NHL's Department of Player Safety issued Kadri a three-game suspension. During the 2013–14 season, his first full 82-game season, Kadri set career-highs in goals (20) and points (50).

Kadri was suspended twice during the 2014–15 season, the first internally by the organization for showing up late to a team practice; he received a three-game suspension. One week later, Kadri was suspended by the NHL: he received four games for illegally checking Edmonton Oilers forward Matt Fraser in the head. Despite these setbacks, Kadri recorded 39 points in 73 games to lead all Toronto centres in goals. In the subsequent off-season, he signed a new one-year, $4.1 million contract with Toronto.

On April 1, 2016, Kadri was fined $5,000 by the NHL for his second and third diving infractions of the season. The first came March 12 against the Ottawa Senators and the second March 21 against the Calgary Flames. On April 4, 2016, Kadri was again suspended by the NHL after he delivered a cross-check to the head of Detroit Red Wings centre Luke Glendening. Kadri received a four-game suspension for the incident, effectively ending his season, and as a repeat offender under the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, he was also fined $200,000. Despite these misdemeanours, Kadri's play throughout the season was strongly praised by Leafs management, most notably head coach Mike Babcock and general manager Lou Lamoriello. Further, Kadri was heavily praised for his penalty drawing abilities; although he was always complimented on this skill, it received much more media attention this season, with Kadri setting a league-leading best 49 penalties drawn during the season. Additionally, Kadri led the Maple Leafs in various offensive categories, including points (45) and assists (28). On April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of Toronto's season, Kadri signed a new six-year, $27 million contract with the team.

On January 23, 2017, in a game against the Calgary Flames, Kadri scored his 100th career NHL goal. During the Maple Leafs' first-round series with the Washington Capitals in the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, Kadri played approximately 95 minutes of ice time throughout the series when Toronto were at even strength to help push the series to six games. He ended the series with two points, a goal and an assist, in six games as Toronto were eliminated.

During the 2017–18 season, Kadri scored his fourth career NHL hat-trick in a 6–3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on February 14, 2018. During Toronto's first-round series in the 2018 playoffs against the Boston Bruins, Kadri was suspended three games for a hit on Tommy Wingels in Game 1. Toronto lost the series in seven games.

During Toronto's first-round series against Boston in the 2019 playoffs, Kadri was suspended for the remainder of the first round for cross-checking Jake DeBrusk in Game 2. The Maple Leafs lost the series in seven games.

Colorado Avalanche
On July 1, 2019, Kadri (along with Calle Rosén and a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft) was traded to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Tyson Barrie, Alexander Kerfoot and a sixth-round pick in 2020. He found success with his new team, serving as their second-line center, recording 19 goals and 17 assists in his first 51 games, before missing the rest of the regular season due to a lower body injury. The regular season was itself prematurely halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs held later in the summer in a bubble in locations in Canada. Kadri rejoined the team for the playoffs, and played a major role in the team's victories in the qualifying round and the first round. Colorado eventually lost to the Dallas Stars in the second round.

With the pandemic still ongoing, the NHL revised its format for a shortened 2020–21 season, with teams exclusively playing within their divisions. Kadri had 11 goals and 21 assists in 56 games played, while the Avalanche enjoyed an excellent season and won the Presidents' Trophy as the best team in the league, narrowly prevailing over divisional rivals the Vegas Golden Knights. Entering the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs as one of the favourites, the Avalanche swept the St. Louis Blues in the first round. However, Kadri was suspended for eight games after an illegal hit to the head of Justin Faulk in game two of the first round playoff series. Kadri appealed the suspension, which was upheld by the league. Kadri would not return to the 2021 playoffs as the last game of his suspension coincided with Colorado's elimination in the second round by the Golden Knights. He later reflected on the situation, saying "I hate letting people down, I really do. And when I looked up from the ice and saw Justin lying there…I knew what was coming. I knew. When I was sitting in the penalty box, my mind was just spinning. I was frustrated with myself."

For the 2021–22 season, the NHL returned to its normal competition structure. It would be Kadri's best season to date, as he scored 28 goals and recorded 59 assists, setting new bests in assists and total points. For the first time in his career he scored over a point per game. Prior to sustaining an upper body injury in March, Kadri had been on pace to hit the 100-point threshold for the first time in his career. He missed eight games, but returned for the final games of the regular season.

Kadri again found himself at the center of controversy when, in Game 3 of the Avalanche's 2022 playoff second round series against the Blues, he collided with Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington while charging the netfront. As a result, Binnington was forced to exit the game with a lower body injury and sit out the remainder of the series. The Avalanche, behind at the time, won the game. Blues coach Craig Berube, when asked about the incident, said only "look at Kadri's reputation. That's all I've got to say." Kadri denied that he had intended to injure Binnington, while Avalanche coach Jared Bednar insisted it was an accident resulting from a collision between Kadri and Calle Rosén, a Blues defenseman. Binnington was alleged by Kadri to have hurled a water bottle at him during an on-camera interview after the game. As a result of the incident, Kadri received numerous racist and Islamophobic threats on social media, to the point that the matter was referred to the city police. Despite this, in Game 4 he scored his first career playoff hat-trick, leading the Avalanche to a 3–1 edge in the series. Blues forward David Perron was later fined for cross-checking Kadri during the game. The Avalanche won the series, advancing to the Western Conference Final for the first time in twenty years. In Game 3 of the Western Conference Final against the Edmonton Oilers, Kadri was injured after being cross-checked into the boards by Oilers forward Evander Kane, and Bednar announced that he would miss the rest of the series "if not longer." Kadri underwent thumb surgery. Defying initial expectations, Kadri returned to play in Game 4 of the Avalanche's Stanley Cup Finals series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring the game-winning overtime goal. The Avalanche would go on to win the Cup. Kadri's status as the first Muslim player to win, as well as the sport's most famous Muslim player, attracted attention afterward.

As a result of his strong player throughout the final season of his contract, there was considerable discussion around Kadri's next contract, with many speculating that he would be too expensive for the Avalanche to re-sign under the salary cap. Kadri, for his part, said that he desired to return to Colorado, but added "I've shown what my worth is and I'm just looking forward to watching this all develop."

Calgary Flames
On August 18, 2022, Kadri signed as a free agent to a seven-year, $49 million contract with the Calgary Flames.

International play

Kadri played for Team Ontario at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, where they won a gold medal. He first represented Canada at the 2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, where the team finished fourth. Kadri was invited to Canada's selection camp for the 2010 World Junior Championships held in Regina, Saskatchewan. After being cut in 2009, Kadri was selected to represent Canada in 2010. In Canada's preliminary round game against the United States, Kadri was one of the players selected for the shootout, scoring on goaltender Jack Campbell to help Canada secure the victory.

During the tournament, Kadri recorded three goals and five assists. During the tournament, Kadri attracted attention for his refusal to shake hands with Switzerland's Nino Niederreiter after their semi-final game. Kadri did not elaborate on the specifics of what caused his refusal, but did absolve Niederreiter of using an ethnic slur: "Obviously, in big games like that, guys tend to lose their composure a bit, but I didn't take offence to anything he said. It was just that I felt like I didn't have to shake his hand." Kadri later had second thoughts about his refusal, stating, "I regret it a little bit." During the gold medal game against the United States, Kadri had two assists including one on Jordan Eberle's game-tying goal with 1:35 left in the third period. However, Canada lost the game in overtime, leaving Kadri and his teammates with the silver medal.

Personal life
Kadri is named after his grandfather. He is also Muslim. Kadri was the first Muslim drafted by the Maple Leafs, and the highest drafted Muslim in NHL history until being surpassed by 2012 first overall pick Nail Yakupov. In high school, Kadri served as a member of his school's Muslim Student Association. Kadri is the fourth player of Lebanese descent to play in the NHL, following John Hanna, Alain Nasreddine and Ed Hatoum.

In July 2018, Kadri married his fiancée Ashley Cave at Casa Loma in Toronto. They had their first child together, a daughter named Naylah, in 2019.

In June 2020, Kadri became an inaugural executive board member of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, whose goal is to address intolerance and racism in hockey.

Kadri was awarded the Key to the City of London, Ontario on 27 August 2022 by Mayor of London Ed Holder.

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International

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External links

 Muslim Heritage information pertaining to his NHL Career at TheNational.ae

1990 births
Living people
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Colorado Avalanche players
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Two former Upper Peninsula priests charged with with sex crimes
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against two former Upper Penisula priests on Friday, Jan. 17
By John Tunison | jtunison@mlive.com
MICHIGAN -- Two former priests who served in the Upper Peninsula have been charged with sex crimes, the state Attorney General's office announced Friday.
Both men had ties to the Catholic Diocese of Marquette.
The charges come as state Attorney General Dana Nessel continues investigations into clergy abuse.
Nessel said that she authorized charges against Gary Allen Jacobs, 74, of Albuquerque, New Mexico for multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct. The charges involved allege assaults between 1981 and 1984 in Ontonagon County and in early 1984 in Dickinson County.
State attorneys did not reveal information about the victims, other than to note that several charges involved a child between 13 and 16 and one charge involved a child less than 13.
Jacobs was arrested Friday in New Mexico and is awaiting extradition on eight felony charges.
The other former priest is Roy Joseph, 52, lives in India, state officials said.
The Attorney General's office has authorized one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 2006 incident in Marquette County. Joseph served as a priest there at the time.
Michigan priest accused of tying up teenage boy, taping mouth and eyes
Sixth Michigan priest charged with criminal sexual conduct
Court records reveal years of alleged sex abuse by priests across Michigan


The case, U.S. ex rel. Thomas v. Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., gives defendants facing a fraud-in-the-inducement case a weapon to fight back. The court explained, in a clear and detailed analysis, that a plaintiff cannot succeed on a fraud-in-the-inducement claim without proving an additional element of inducement. The court distinguished the inducement element as separate from and in addition to the normal element of materiality. It held that the inducement element could not be satisfied by showing that the government could have been induced by the alleged false statements at issue. Instead, it required proof of actual reliance (i.e., that the government relied upon the false statements to its detriment in awarding the contract).
In Siemens, qui tam relator William Thomas sued Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., alleging that his former employer submitted false statements to the government in conjunction with its bids to sell ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices to Veteran's Administration hospitals. The government declined to intervene in the case. In his summary judgment briefs, the relator argued that he needn't prove that the government actually relied upon a false statement made by Siemens in awarding the contracts. He asserted that "he need not prove that the government relied on the statement because the inducement or reliance element is duplicative of the materiality element," and it "'would serve no purpose to require a relator to show that a statement has a natural tendency to influence or was capable of influencing the government if the relator also had to prove the government was in fact induced to act.'" The court rejected this argument unequivocally, holding that relator's failure to submit any evidence of actual reliance by the government was fatal to his claim.
This decision is good news for companies facing a fraud-in-the-inducement FCA case. Both relators and the Department of Justice have used the unique nature of fraud-in-the-inducement claims to sidestep normal pleading and proof requirements applicable to FCA cases. For example, they have argued (and courts have accepted) that the complaint need not contain particular allegations regarding the details of claims for payment because all the claims submitted under a fraudulently awarded contract are false for the same reason. Similarly, they have argued that damages in fraud-in-the-inducement cases are the full value of the contract regardless of the value the defendant provided based on the theory that, but for the fraudulent bid, the defendant would not have received the contract.
But under Siemens, inducement is another element that plaintiffs must plead and prove. And, while the court went to great lengths to segregate materiality from inducement, the end result was effectively the application of the far more defendant-friendly outcome materiality standard to fraud-in-the-inducement cases. That means that at the pleading stage, a plaintiff must plead more than the legal conclusion that inducement occurred and must allege specific facts demonstrating that actual inducement plausibly occurred under the Rule 8 pleading standards in Twombly and Iqbal. At the summary judgment stage, a plaintiff must come forward with evidence of actual inducement (i.e. that the government actually relied on the alleged false statements to award the contract) to survive.


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Palace boss Vieira tells Eagles to dare against Bournemouth
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira has urged his side to be "braver" against Bournemouth on Saturday following a dispiriting defeat by Fulham.
The Eagles had both Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins sent off during a 3-0 loss at home to capital rivals Fulham on Boxing Day, with former Arsenal and France star Vieira labelling the reverse as "one of his worst days" in charge of the south London club.
"The quality has to be better, but I think the (Fulham) game will remind ourselves about the other side of the game," Vieira told a pre-match press conference on Friday.
"What we do when we don't have the ball, how we win the second ball, where you put your head when other players are putting their feet.
"This competitiveness we had in other games, we need to get it back straight away."
Palace are 11th in the Premier League table and six points clear of the relegation zone, but Vieira was in no mood to let up on the Eagles.
"There are a lot of aspects of the game we need to cover, but first of all it's competitiveness," he said.
"It happened during the (Fulham) game where you are going through a difficult period and you have to compete and try to win the second ball and we didn't do it enough.
"We weren't brave enough to play going forward, we played going backwards and that has to change. We have to believe more in ourselves, more in what we are trying to do."
The World Cup-winning midfielder added: "We still have a lot to improve on and off the field. It's important for us to understand where we are and how competitive this league is.
"If we want to improve, we have to make the right decision to help the team be more competitive. We've had some really good performances, but (Fulham) wasn't one of them."
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Cristiano Ronaldo taunted by 'Messi' chants after new low in Saudi Arabia
The Portuguese forward played all 90 minutes in a 3-1 Saudi Super Cup semi final defeat to Al-Ittihad


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Wall Street Warms to Storage
Data storage has been a healthy market the last few years, holding up even as server sales stalled earlier this year.
So perhaps it's not surprising that Wall Street has suddenly warmed to storage companies again after a two-year drought.
CommVault on Friday became the second storage company in two days to go public, following Riverbed's stellar debut on Thursday, the first storage IPOs since Xyratex in mid-2004.
CommVault priced 11.1 million shares at $14.50 each late Thursday, at the top of its anticipated offer range, and raised $161 million in the process. Nearly 5 million of the shares were sold by current shareholders. Shares opened for trading Friday morning 10% higher at $16 before pulling back.
The IPO gives CommVault a market cap of more than $600 million. The data management software specialist had long been considered one of the most promising storage companies for an IPO.
In the June quarter, CommVault earned $1.9 million on sales of $33.5 million. For the year ending March 31, 2006, CommVault earned $5.1 million on sales of $109.5 million.
The successful IPOs of Riverbed and CommVault could pave the way for other storage companies to go public. Isilon and Double-Take are two others that are considering the IPO route.
Riverbed Makes Splash in IPO
Incipient Unveils Storage Virtualization Software


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How Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Uses Politics to Support Its Campaign of Anti-Shia Terror in Pakistan
Pakistan's national action plan against terrorism has proved a non-action plan as far as the crackdown on sectarian groups is concerned.
By Umair Jamal for The Diplomat
On September 13, two suicide bombers attempted to target an imam bargah (Shia Muslim mosque) during the Eid prayers in the district of Shikarpur in Pakistan's Sindh province. The carnage was averted when one of the suicide bombers detonated his suicide vest at a police checkpoint leading to the mosque when security officials tried to stop him. The other terrorist was arrested by the police after a failed attempt at detonating his explosive vest. Four security officials were injured in the incident.
Reportedly, the arrested suicide bomber has revealed that he was a student at one of the madrassas (religious schools) run by the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ), a proscribed sectarian organization that has spread anti-Shia hatred for decades. During the 1990s, the group was actively involved in a number of high profile attacks on Shia scholars, mosques, and gatherings. Previously, the organization was registered under the name of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). However, after the banning of SSP by General Pervaiz Musharaf in 2002, the organization reemerged under the name of ASWJ.
What is more problematic is that despite the ban, the organization's activities have continued without any significant pressure from the government. In fact, besides remaining actively involved in sectarian killings, ASWJ remains openly engaged in politics: the organization's open campaigns to woo the military and major political parties through rallies, gatherings and addresses at universities and colleges have become a common practice. These rallies often run under the guarantee of state security, with law enforcement agencies standing guard for their protection.
The organization's successful campaign of terror has survived with alliances and the support of various major and small political parties. There have been reports of a seat adjustment agreement between the current ruling party and the ASWJ. Raza Rumi, a Pakistani journalist and policy analyst, in his newly published book, The Fractious Path: Pakistan's Democratic Transition notes that in Pakistan, "the most disturbing political feature is the kowtowing to militant outfits by local political parties for electoral gains. Most notably, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has entered into local, unwritten agreements with the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. Such an alliance may favor the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in the short term, but would have a high cost to Pakistani society overall. "
Moeed Yousaf, the associate vice president of the Asia Center at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in an article published in Dawn under the headline 'Not really a plan' argues that Pakistan's current counterterrorism plan, called the National Action Plan (NAP), "wasn't a thought-out document. It was a list of bullet points meant for the prime minister to show that the APS (Peshawar Army Public School) attack had woken us up." He further asserts that "One thing it doesn't have is a plan. Not one of its 20 points has been unpacked to say how precisely it will be achieved, and in what time frame. Or even more importantly, there is no sense as to why we decided on these 20, and if these are actually things that can add up to bring sustainable peace to the country."
Moreover, what is worse is that the military and the government are not even committed to the so called "20 bullet points" framed to counterterrorism in the country. The outcome: sectarian organizations such as ASWJ and others, which according to NAP should not be allowed to get an inch of space in Pakistan, are openly setting up factories of suicide bombers.
Besides inciting hatred against Muslim minority communities in the country, ASWJ has also opposed any reforms in Pakistan's blasphemy laws. One audacious example of this is the group's defiant march against the state's decision to hang the murderer of Salman Taseer, the Governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, who was killed by one of his security guards on accusation of having committed blasphemy. In the process, the group has also put pressure on the more moderate and liberal segments of the country to silence their voices. Number of political and social activists, including Raza Rumi, Sherry Rahman, and Javed Ghamidi were forced to leave the country in fear for their life.
Unless the negative interpretation of Islam is controlled in the societal space and radical Islamist groups are stopped from disseminating violent messages as part of religion, no counter terrorism plan, regardless of how effective, can proved successful in eradicating terrorism from Pakistan.
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The word charisma today is seen either as a score in D&D or the ability to charm others, depending on your audience and circumstance. But neither of these interpretations match that of the original definition when the word was borrowed into the English language in 1875: charisma used to refer to a power or characteristic specifically given to someone from God. By the 1930s this evolved into a meaning of "the ability to lead", which was slightly broadened later into "personal charm" across the board. Ultimately, the word is a Latinized variation of Greek kharisma, which meant "gift of grace". This in turn boils down into kharis, "grace". Now, the origin of this isn't a hundred percent certain, but etymologists believe that it's related to the Ancient Greek verb khairein, which meant "to be happy". If true, we can trace kharis thruough Proto-Hellenic to the Proto-Indo-European reconstruction ger, "to yearn for".
Very interesting. Keeping with the D&D theme, might I recommend the etymology of dungeon?


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NYT tries to stir up trouble over LeBron
By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias Jul 13, 2014, 8:28am EDT
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Rich Sandomir of the New York Times is upset that Sports Illustrated let LeBron James pen a James-bylined first-person account of his return to Cleveland rather than insisting on a more traditional reported scoop.
I don't really see a problem with what SI did. But what I think is really missing from Sandomir's story is any sense of what's the counterfactual here. Suppose SI did refuse to run a first-person story from James. Suppose ESPN and other legacy outlets also played by the same rules. What happens then? Well, James publishes the first-person story on Medium or he does a Fanpost for Fear The Sword or he posts the story on his website or his Facebook page or he does it as a tweetstorm.
I'm not someone who thinks media brands are irrelevant.
Editors and publishers have enormous value we can add to 95 percent of the work that 95 percent of the people who'd like to write stuff would be interested in doing. But we can't add anything to LeBron James announcing he's returning to Cleveland. He doesn't need Sports Illustrated's help getting that story distributed. It is guaranteed universal, instantaneous pickup wherever it's published. Now LeBron probably does need help with the composition and editing of his account. But the guy is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. If he didn't work with a Sports Illustrated writer, he could have hired any number of freelancers to work with him to publish on any platform.
Under the circumstances, SI made the only reasonable choice.
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Gas line project scheduled in the city
EAST LIVERPOOL — Columbia Gas is starting a gas line replacement project in East Liverpool this month. Work will affect about 70 residents and businesses. The project will impact parts of the following streets: Park Boulevard, Elysian Way and Park Way. The work and cleanup, weather ...
Electric truck maker hits 100,000 orders ahead of fall start
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An upstart electric vehicle maker said Monday that it now has more than 100,000 orders for its new pickup truck. Lordstown Motors Corp plans to begin production of the Endurance All-Electric Pickup Truck in September at a former General Motors assembly plant near ...
Firefighters battle blaze
EAST LIVERPOOL — An early Sunday morning blaze on the city's east end remains under investigation, according to a city fire department spokesman. Lt. Dave Phillips said crews had been dispatched to 1945 Michigan Avenue at 3:13 a.m. Sunday, after getting reports of a heavy fire coming from ...
December was positively problematic for coronavirus
LISBON — More than 43 percent of the coronavirus cases in Columbiana County occurred in the month of December, according to the zip code data provided by the county health department. These numbers exclude the cases from the FCI-Elkton federal prison, most of which occurred in the spring ...
EL man gets 18 months for drug-related charges
LISBON — Todd A. Hawthorne, 38, Garner Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on drug-related charges, after Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam denied his request to withdraw his guilty pleas. Defense attorney Joseph King said he spoke to Hawthorne recently in East ...
EL area Doordrop effort to continue amid pandemic
EAST LIVERPOOL — According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), eight of 10 COVID-19 deaths reported in the United States have been in adults age 65 or older. The Grace City Church recognizes that older adults are more likely to require hospitalization than younger persons, so ...
Ultium wants 400 employees by end of 2021
LORDSTOWN — Ultium Cells LLC — an electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant jointly backed by General Motors and South Korea's LG Chem — plans to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year. The company has started with three so far with human resources, training and ...
Handcrafted blankets provide comfort to grieving EL families
EAST LIVERPOOL — For the last two years, the United Methodist Women group has been providing a little warmth for the survivors of those who needed it. Pastor Steve Knisely of the First United Methodist Church of East Liverpool explained that the group has been donating handmade fleece ...
Woman gets 45 days for her role in jail escape
LISBON — An East Liverpool woman who pleaded to an obstructing justice charge for her role in assisting Anthony R. Wagoner when he escaped from the county jail in June of 2019 was sentenced to 45 days in the county jail on Friday. Sonya Shasteen, 44, Cadmus Street, East Liverpool, told ...
Salem man gets 14 years in death of his father
LISBON — David M. Shafer was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Common Pleas Court Friday on charges related to the death of his father, Delbert Shafer, early in 2018. Shafer, 51, state Route 558, Leetonia, told Judge Megan Bickerton, "My father Delbert was an awesome person. He had a ...


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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Vetoes Bill Banning Sanctuary Cities
Less than a week before he won Virginia's gubernatorial election last November in an unexpected landslide, Gov. Ralph Northam was asked by Norfolk TV station WAVY if he would sign a bill to ban sanctuary cities in Virginia. "If that bill comes to my desk, I sure will," Northam said, despite having cast a tie-breaking vote to stop that from happening last year. "I've always been opposed to sanctuary cities."
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Northam was promptly blasted for throwing undocumented people under the bus in the face of a racist campaign ad by Republican Ed Gillespie tying undocumented immigrants to MS-13. The progressive group Democracy for America immediately announced that it would stop giving "direct aid" to Northam's campaign, and when Northam won, protesters chanting "Sanctuary for all!" disrupted his victory speech.
It appears that Northam took note. On Monday night, Northam vetoed a bill that narrowly passed both chambers of the Virginia legislature which would have done just that. The one-sentence bill said simply: "No locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws."
"This legislation would force local law enforcement agencies to use precious resources to perform functions that are the responsibility of federal immigration enforcement agencies. It also sends a chilling message to communities across Virginia that could have negative impacts on public safety," Northam said in a statement explaining his veto. "Localities have the right to determine whether to expend the resources and voluntarily enter into an agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency...This legislation would strip localities of that autonomy and force them to divert money and manpower away from their core public safety functions."
"Governor Ralph Northam's veto of a Republican anti-immigrant legislation, House Bill 1257, shows why elections matter and how leaders should stand up to the ongoing political attacks attempting to stoke fear over immigrants," the immigration reform group America's Voice said in a statement. "Gov. Northam reaffirmed his commitment to the people of Virginia by vetoing the bill, recognizing that it's a political issue masquerading as a policy debate."
"The path towards a country with the unwavering commitment to racial and economic justice that all of us deserve is littered with potholes, landmines, and wrong turns. Ultimately, we need a new generation of leaders with the lived experiences and the commitment to inclusive populism to navigate this terrain," Democracy for America executive director Charles Chamberlain said in a statement to Splinter. "Still, Gov. Ralph Northam's decision to change a misguided position he took in the closing day of his race and veto racist anti-sanctuary city legislation Republicans forced to his desk reminds us that organizers and activists who are willing to speak up for justice — especially in moments when it feels politically treacherous — and leaders who are willing to hear them can keep us moving in the right direction."
The bill was largely symbolic anyway, as Virginia has no sanctuary cities. Nonetheless, Northam's switch back to the right side of the issue reflects the growing realization among Democratic politicians that even in purple states like Virginia, their base has shifted dramatically to the left and has real power as a voting bloc. Idling in the center just won't cut it anymore.
Update, 11:40 AM ET, 04/11/2018: This post has been updated with a statement from Democracy for America.


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Q: Query has no result even parameter was copied for other query result I have database with collation Chinese_Taiwan_Stroke_BIN . On my first query, I was able to successfully get a result expected
Select project_name where project_id='LOC0001'

with result 'Location 凱滙 第'
But when I copy and paste the result on my next query
select project_id where project_name='Location 凱滙 第'

this yields to no result.
Upon checking, the issue is with this specific character '滙'
because when I use 'where project_name like 'Location 凱%', it will show result
but when I use 'where project_name like 'Location 凱滙%', it has no result

A: The character '滙' is an Unicode character that why you need to insert prefix 'N'.Any time you pass Unicode data to SQL Server you must prefix the Unicode string with N
select project_id where project_name LIKE N'Location 凱滙%'