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Spotlight: Many Strong Voices
Ilan Kelman is a sharp and dedicated researcher, his native tongue unmistakeably academic. But behind the carefully constructed sentences lies a character of definite moral motivation. I'd call him an activist but I'm not sure he'd identify with such a subjective term. The Co-Director of Many Strong Voices – a joint initiative to strengthen collaboration between Arctic and Small Island States on climate change, I first met Ilan a year ago. During a predictable Question and Answer session at a conference, he rose from his seat and with a brief remark, broke through the silent controversy that so often punctuates policy events of this kind.
'Overall, the theory behind so-called 'climate (change) refugees' has major critiques which have never been fully addressed,' Kelman says. Ilan is resolutely adverse to easy generalisations on this issue. What then, in the words of Sheila Watt-Cloutier[1], unites people from balmy archipelagos and cold expanses of the northern tundra? According to MSV's website though the natural and human environments differ greatly, the existential questions climate change raises for both are comparable. In the Arctic and in Small Island Developing States climate change poses a serious threat to the social and cultural fabric of society. True for us all in the long term but most immediately clear in these regions. SIDS view themselves as the 'barometer' for climate change.
Climate change undoubtedly plays a role in determining migration decisions. But it is one factor among many. For Kelman, the situation faced in the Arctic and SIDS is the exception to the rule. 'There is little doubt that some Arctic and SIDS communities have been pushed towards migration due to climate change.' Despite popular perception sea-level rise is rarely an issue of first concern for SIDS communities. Likewise in the Arctic concerns today are about less sea ice and warmer temperatures on land. 'Less sea ice means more waves – increasing coastal erosion, warmer temperatures mean that overland winter routes, such as ice and snow roads, are too dangerous to traverse.' Irrespective of the future impact of sea level rise, the impacts felt today may be more complex but are already affecting livelihoods and social structures. 'The main way of reducing the risks is to recognise how the environment is changing and to adjust (adapt) livelihoods and cultures to those changes. That can render traditional knowledge and traditional social structures untenable.' But Kelman questions whether this is truly reducing risk. 'It might simply substitute climate change risks for social and cultural change risks… we do not know.'
What MSV do know is that communities are already trying to address these challenges, often with little support. Kelman is adamant that people should to be able to make choices regarding their own futures, migration or otherwise, on their own terms. And that they should be able to do so 'without worrying about also fighting to have their decisions and decision-making processes accepted by others.' Part of MSV's mandate is to support better representation of Arctic and SIDS people at the international level. When I ask Ilan whether he's ever attended a Conference of the Parties (COP) he's quick to point out that there are people better qualified to represent MSV. Spokespeople from the Arctic and SIDS themselves. The small size of many SIDS means that the international negotiator is often also a legitimate local voice.
Representation is half the battle but are MSV participants being heard? 'The main challenge is overcoming the better funded voices which end up being louder and having more influence.' Voices which Kelman calls 'detrimental to science, policy, and action.' He talking largely about the lobby which dispute man-made climate change but there are other funding concerns too.
Most of the financial support for MSV activities comes as restricted funding. This means that money is tied to specific project deliverables. 'Core funding to support peoples in raising awareness and acting in their communities, on behalf of themselves in their own way, would have a much broader, deeper and effective impact.' The Government of Norway gives MSV self-directed funding, but few donors are as forward thinking. 'It would be helpful if the outside world could better recognise these ongoing activities' and provide those peoples already struggling with now long over due 'moral, logistical, and financial support.'
Peoples in Arctic and SIDS communities are already tackling climate change on the ground. They are grappling with impacts and building new sustainable futures with scant support from the outside world. There is work to reduce energy demand and work to increase renewable energy supplies. The aim to wean themselves off diesel. 'That is not saying that the Arctic and SIDS peoples are perfect, but they are adept at admitting problems with their own lifestyles and governance in order to start improving.' A difficult truth when you consider these communities' negligible contribution to climate change and ask whether the same could be said to be true in the UK. As a parting question, I asked Ilan whether any of the emerging lessons from the SIDS and Arctic were of relevance to the UK.
Four key lessons emerge:
1. Listen to people on the ground 'Not everything of importance happens in Westminster and Whitehall.'
2. Be consistent 'It is appallingly hypocritical to be seeking 'solutions' for expanding the southeast's airport capacity.'
3. Individuals need to act 'The Arctic and SIDS peoples are achieving immense successes in making their own communities more sustainable…The UK could do similarly.'
4. Think differently 'Numerous alternatives exist to be financially productive, socially robust, and economically sustainable. Fulfilling and productive livelihoods can still be supported in a steady state economy. The UK and the world need to move away from the paradigms that caused climate change (and other sustainability) problems in the first place.'
Though Kelman is co-Director of MSV he makes plain that his leadership role means following and supporting those who know much more than himself. Above all, this spotlight has revealed a real admiration for the 'enduring spirit' and 'inspirational action' of the peoples and partners he works with. I finish then with a quote from Eneri Henry, Kabebea Moutu, Tauea Moutu, Tirva Kaumai, Terikano Toromon, Tarataake Reubwatu and Taabuti Matikee. MSV participants from Kiribati:
"Even though we planted 1000 trees, our work is far from done. We must plant more and we have to take care of them because now barnacles are starting to kill the baby plants. So we must pick all the barnacles off the plants if they are to survive. It makes us feel angry because there is another problem to solve. But today when the President helped us it made us feel like our government is strong, cares about the youth and our future. And as Anote said the problems are not just about the future but are effecting us right now."
Blog Author: Hannah Smith. All views expressed are the authors own. With thanks to Ilan Kelman for agreeing to be in the Spotlight and to peoples in the SIDS and the Arctic for their inspiration and action in the face of the challenges today and ahead.
[1] Sheila Watt-Cloutier is an Inuit environment, culture and human rights advocate and Many Strong Voices participant.
Photo: A schoolgirl in Fiji. © Andrew Sheehy/Portraits of Resilience/MSV.
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Bill Burr and The Philadelphia Incident
Careers of the rich and famous, have moments that are remembered by the general public, then they have moments the public remember as career defining. This may be defined by a championship for a football player, or a blockbuster film for an actor, but for Bill Burr, a comedian, his championing moment was that of dismantling a crowd of drunk hecklers.
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Careers of the rich and famous, have moments that are remembered by the general public, then they have moments the public remember as career defining. This may be defined by a championship for a football player, or a blockbuster film for an actor, but for Bill Burr, a comedian, his championing moment was that of dismantling a crowd of drunk hecklers. The scene took place on September 9th, 2006 during the Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour in Camden, New Jersey. The venue was the Tweeter Center, now known as BB&T Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater a mere 16 minutes away from the city center of Philadelphia. Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia had a long running radio show, and they created the Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour as a way to showcase comedians in different venues. On this specific evening they had a line up involving comedians such as, Bob Saget, Dom Irrera, the late and talented Patrice O'Neal, and Bill Burr.
To begin, one must know Bill Burr is a stand-up comic from Massachusetts who now lives in Los Angeles, California. He has a filmography list that includes five comedy specials and appearances on shows such as Breaking Bad, The Simpsons, and Chappelle's Show. With such an impressive list, it may seem disappointing that his moment of glory was only captured on a blurry recording from a cellphone. However, the cellphone recording is perfect, as it places the viewer in a feeling of being there as the angle brings you to stage in what, can be assumed was shared by many of the audience members, a hazy state.
With a seven o'clock start and a crowd of inebriated folks, in which only a few were sitting in the grass while the rest walked around, the first act entered the stage in broad day light and instantly got booed. Around a thousand members of the audience were chanting, "Asshole! Asshole! Asshole!" Second in the act was Rich Vos, who took the stage to the same scene, also getting lit up with boos, and not a real chance of giving his material justice. Burr knew it was going to be tough after comedian Tracy Morgan left the stage in only half his allotted time, but the point he stopped caring about the attitude he carried on stage with him was when Dom Irrera, the act before him got mercilessly heckled. The sun had fallen giving the scene an apocalyptic look of drunken chaos. Chants, idle chatter, booing, all were common throughout the crowd of more than 10,000. Burr took the stage without nervousness, possibly due to consumption of alcohol on his own behalf, in what he later described as, "an impossible situation."
The crowd instantly started booing, and someone could be heard yelling, "you suck!" After two minutes of performing his planned material to no avail, Burr executed what may be the greatest, and most glorious response to an unruly crowd in the era of microphones and live acts. It started off with a simple, "You know what, fuck all you people, you fucking losers, I hope you all fucking die, and I hope the fucking Eagles never win the super bowl. Go fuck yourselves." To a crowd of normal people this may have been a reason to turn even harder on a comedian, but to a crowd of Philadelphians, a place who once threw snowballs at a Santa Clause imitator at a football game, it was just the type of depreciating humor they needed. A few laughs and cheers sparkled across the crowd, and from there Burr took off with the insults.
One after another he hurled jokes about the people in the crowd and the city of Philadelphia. He told them, to put it lightly, that he hoped they all got car jacked when leaving, all their sports teams never would win and star players got their ankles snapped, they would get cancer and fired from their jobs because of it, and someone would slap beer steins across their zit infested shoulders. After four minutes of bashing, the prior three and a half hours of booing turned into cheering and laughter. Nevertheless, it wasn't even close to over as Burr continued his rant, "And Rocky is your hero, the whole pride of your city is built around a guy who doesn't even fucking exist, Joe Frazier is from there but he's black so you can't even fucking deal with him, so you make a fucking statue for some three foot fucking Italian you stupid, Philly Cheese eating fuckin' jackasses." From there it was eight more minutes of an incredible display of crowd control mastery within the art of stand-up comedy.
Since the incident, which has been talked about at length on many different platforms, but mainly podcasts, Burr has admitted it wasn't professional and he should of kept his head. During an interview on the Bertcast Podcast, hosted by Bert Kreischer, he stated, "I threw gas on a fire that was already going." While that may sound almost apologetic, it shouldn't be taken that way, Bill's biggest regret, "It kills me to this day that I forgot to bring up the [Philadelphia] 76er's." Even without that final dig, "The Philadelphia Incident," will be remembered famously, and is certainly to date a favorite moment of his amongst his fans.
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COVID-19 makes for hard times at Sudbury's arenas
Because of lower demand for ice time, one of the ice pads at the Capreol Arena should not open at this time, staff report says
Mary Katherine Keown
A Zamboni driver puts finishing touches on the newly installed ice surface at Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario on Thursday, October 15, 2020. The Sudbury Wolves and their rivals in the OHL have targeted a Nov. 15 start date for training camps and a Dec. 1 start for the regular season, but those dates are dependent on getting the go-ahead from provincial and public health authorities. Some of the Wolves' staff have returned to work at their offices in the arena. Ben Leeson/The Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network
The city's arenas are taking a hit under COVID-19.
In a report going to city council at next week's meeting, staff says enrollment into local hockey leagues has dropped since last year and at least one ice surface may not open over the coming season
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"The annual ice allocation meeting with local minor sports associations was hosted on Sept. 16. Through the allocation process it was determined there are a total of 5,204 youth participants for the 2020-21 season, compared to 5,786 the previous season, representing a 10 per cent decrease," the report indicates. "However, considering that leagues and associations will require additional ice time to conduct activities as they are limited to three-on-three or four-on-four play, the actual number of hours required for the upcoming season is on par with previous years."
Staff determined 15 of the city's 16 ice surfaces had sufficient demand to operate during the upcoming season. One ice pad will be placed into care and maintenance, pending council approval.
"Capreol ice pad no. 1 only had seven hours per week requested through the ice allocation process, well short of the established target of 20-25 hours per week. Requested ice will be accommodated on Capreol ice pad no. 2 or at Centennial Arena," the staff report notes. "Additionally, given current provincial restrictions regarding tournaments and gatherings, it is unlikely there will be requests to host tournaments at Capreol Arena for the upcoming season. For these reasons, this ice pad will be placed in care (and) maintenance for the 2020-21 season."
As staff notes, there may be reasons to open the surface as time unfolds; however, it will cost the city about $75,000 for the season.
"There may be opportunities for floor sports, alternate programming or alternate use," the report indicates. "Should direction be received to reopen Capreol ice pad no. 1, incremental costs including utility, supplies and part-time wages are estimated at $75,000 for the season."
Capreol no. 1 is one of three ice pads that could close if the Valley East twin pad project moves forward. There are currently four ice surfaces in the Valley – two in Capreol; Centennial Arena in Hanmer; and the Raymond Plourde Arena in Val Caron. If the twin pad project goes ahead, the city will shutter three of those surfaces. Only Capreol no. 2 will remain open, leaving the Valley with three ice surfaces.
While previous reports "indicated ice revenues could decline as much as 50 per cent for the upcoming season," staff says a demand analysis indicates "revenues will not be as significantly impacted as previously estimated."
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Q: ValueError: Tensor("X:0", shape=(12288, ?), dtype=float32) must be from the same graph as Tensor("W1:0", shape=(25, 12288), dtype=float32_ref) I used tensorflow to implement a forward-propagating demo. The same code block can be run normally before being packaged into a method, but an error will occur after encapsulation.
def create_placeholders(n_x, n_y):

    X = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, name='X', shape=[n_x, None])
    Y = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, name='Y', shape=[n_y, None])

    return X, Y

def initialize_parameters():

    tf.set_random_seed(1)

    W1 = tf.get_variable(\
        'W1', [25, 12288], initializer=tf.contrib.layers.xavier_initializer(seed=1))

    b1 = tf.get_variable('b1', [25, 1], initializer=tf.zeros_initializer())

    W2 = tf.get_variable(\
        'W2', [12, 25], initializer=tf.contrib.layers.xavier_initializer(seed=1))

    b2 = tf.get_variable('b2', [12, 1], initializer=tf.zeros_initializer())

    W3 = tf.get_variable(\
        'W3', [6, 12], initializer=tf.contrib.layers.xavier_initializer(seed=1))

    b3 = tf.get_variable('b3', [6, 1], initializer=tf.zeros_initializer())

    parameters = {
        "W1":W1,
        "b1":b1,
        "W2":W2,
        "b2":b2,
        "W3":W3,
        "b3":b3
    }

    return parameters

def forward_propagation(X, paramters):

    W1 = parameters['W1']
    b1 = parameters['b1']
    W2 = parameters['W2']
    b2 = parameters['b2']
    W3 = parameters['W3']
    b3 = parameters['b3']

    Z1 = tf.add(tf.matmul(W1, X), b1)
    A1 = tf.nn.relu(Z1)

    Z2 = tf.add(tf.matmul(W2, A1), b2)
    A2 = tf.nn.relu(Z2)

    Z3= tf.add(tf.matmul(W3, A2), b3)

    return Z3

running the code below will work fine:
tf.reset_default_graph()
with tf.Session() as sess:
    X, Y = create_placeholders(12288, 6)
    parameters = initialize_parameters()
    Z3 = forward_propagation(X, parameters)
    print("Z3 = " + str(Z3))

get the following output
Z3 = Tensor("Add_2:0", shape=(6, ?), dtype=float32)

but when i run the following code, i got an error.
def model():
    tf.reset_default_graph()
    with tf.Session() as sess:
        X, Y = create_placeholders(12288, 6)
        parameters = initialize_parameters()
        Z3 = forward_propagation(X, parameters)
        print("Z3 = " + str(Z3))

model()

the error is:
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-11-e6d854a03121> in <module>
      7         print("Z3 = " + str(Z3))
      8
----> 9 model()

<ipython-input-11-e6d854a03121> in model()
      4         X, Y = create_placeholders(12288, 6)
      5         parameters = initialize_parameters()
----> 6         Z3 = forward_propagation(X, parameters)
      7         print("Z3 = " + str(Z3))
      8

<ipython-input-3-d758b2f33eff> in forward_propagation(X, paramters)
     19     b3 = parameters['b3']
     20
---> 21     Z1 = tf.add(tf.matmul(W1, X), b1)
     22     A1 = tf.nn.relu(Z1)
     23

G:\Anaconda3.7\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\ops\math_ops.py in matmul(a, b, transpose_a, transpose_b, adjoint_a, adjoint_b, a_is_sparse, b_is_sparse, name)
   2385       are both set to True.
   2386   """
-> 2387   with ops.name_scope(name, "MatMul", [a, b]) as name:
   2388     if transpose_a and adjoint_a:
   2389       raise ValueError("Only one of transpose_a and adjoint_a can be True.")

G:\Anaconda3.7\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\ops.py in __enter__(self)
   6081       if self._values is None:
   6082         self._values = []
-> 6083       g = _get_graph_from_inputs(self._values)
   6084       self._g_manager = g.as_default()
   6085       self._g_manager.__enter__()

G:\Anaconda3.7\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\ops.py in _get_graph_from_inputs(op_input_list, graph)
   5711         graph = graph_element.graph
   5712       elif original_graph_element is not None:
-> 5713         _assert_same_graph(original_graph_element, graph_element)
   5714       elif graph_element.graph is not graph:
   5715         raise ValueError("%s is not from the passed-in graph." % graph_element)

G:\Anaconda3.7\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\ops.py in _assert_same_graph(original_item, item)
   5647   if original_item.graph is not item.graph:
   5648     raise ValueError("%s must be from the same graph as %s." % (item,
-> 5649                                                                 original_item))
   5650
   5651

ValueError: Tensor("X:0", shape=(12288, ?), dtype=float32) must be from the same graph as Tensor("W1:0", shape=(25, 12288), dtype=float32_ref).

it troubled me for a long time, i will highly appreciate u!

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Annual reports of the Seattle Public Library from 1894 to 1997; annual reports will continue to be added to the series. Includes information on library's finances, physical location, circulation, acquisitions, policies, contributions, and technology. Photographs of library activities are also included.
Although Seattle's first library association was organized in August 1868, the library was not a regular branch of city government until 1891. In 1896, with the establishment of a new charter, the management of the library, previously under the control of a library commission, was transferred to the position of librarian, who reported to the mayor and city council. In 1899, after several moves, the library moved from the Rialto Building to the Yesler Mansion. After a 1901 fire destroyed the library and its entire collection, Andrew Carnegie donated $200,000 for a new central library building. He later contributed another $20,000 for furnishings. The new central library was dedicated in 1906 and stood between Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Madison and Spring Streets.
In 1909, the state legislature removed all libraries in the state from the jurisdiction of the municipal civil service commissions so that the library could select its own employees.
Several other Carnegie-financed branches opened in Seattle neighborhoods following the dedication of the central library. These included the Greenlake, University, West Seattle, Queen Anne, Columbia, and Fremont branches, all built between 1910 and 1921. The Yesler branch (now Douglass-Truth), which opened its doors in 1914, was the first city-financed branch library. By 1949, the library had 11 branches.
The 1949 earthquake damaged the main library, however, and it found temporary housing until 1960, when the new library (built on the same site as the old Carnegie library) was dedicated. The library was outgrowing its space by the 1990s, and, in 1998, taxpayers approved $196.4 million in bonds for a new Central library, as well as additions and modifications to Seattle's branch libraries. The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and his firm, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, were selected in 1999 to design the new 355,000-square-foot central library. The new Central branch of the Seattle Public Library opened in May 2004.
Later reports include information on the development of a technology division, the library's efforts towards meeting wartime needs, and selected statistics, among other topics. Beginning in 1939, photographs of library activities are included are part of some reports. The 1959-1960 report includes floor plans for the new building.
Also included in this series is the 1958 annual report of the Municipal Reference Library.
[Item and date], Seattle Public Library Annual Reports, Record Series 1802-I5. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.


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Jarteinabœkr Þorláks helga o Jarteinabœkr Þorláks byskups, también conocido como Jarteinabók I, ha sobrevivido hasta nuestros días en un manuscrito muy antiguo. La obra se acerca bastante al libro de los milagros del sucesor de Torlak de Islandia, el obispo Páll Jónsson de Skálholt, que había leído en el Althing de 1199. Se añadieron constantemente citas sobre nuevos milagros, por lo tanto existen varias versiones sobre los milagros de San Torlak, algunos más o menos idénticos entre ellos.

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Bibliografía
 Biskupa Sögur II, Íslenzk fornrit XVI, ISBN  9979-893-16-8 (sec. Jarteinabœkr Þorláks helga)
 Kirsten Wolf, The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose, University of Toronto Press, 2013, ISBN 1442665165

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Lance Corporal ARTHUR ENOS JAMES GODDARD was one of many men from 43 Reconnaissance Regiment who were killed on the 24th June 1944, when the ship they were being transported on was blown up by a mine.
The ship, Motor Vessel (MV) Derrycunihy Motor Transport Ship (MTS) T72, was anchored off SWORD Beach on the night of the 23rd June 1944. Weather conditions prevented the 600 men from 43 Reconnaissance Regiment disembarking that day. The following morning, the weather had improved and as the captain began preparing to move the ship, a German mine beneath the ship detonated. The DerryCunihy split in two. The forward section of the ship remained afloat but the stern section sank within a minute.
after being hit by a mine explosion on the 24th June 1944.
1. Photograph kindly provided by Lawrence Gibbard, grandson of Lance Corporal ARTHUR ENOS JAMES GODDARD.
2. Compiled by Carl Shilleto.
Individual photograph: Lawrence Gibbard, grandson of Lance Corporal ARTHUR ENOS JAMES GODDARD.
Additional photographs provided by: Anne Smith, daughter of Trooper SIDNEY COLE and Carl Shilleto.


As of five minutes ago, this was what my desktop looked like. Admittedly, it's a bit more scattered than I typically like to see, but it's still pretty functional. Here's what I've got going down.
I like to watch movies or TV shows while I'm working, because it does a good job of being background noise to filter out the kiddo while my wife plays with him. Recently, I've been streaming Netflix on my computer while working, and that's been causing the temperature to spike up to 170 degrees. The other problem is that I've been using Spaces to coordinate my screens, and when I switch desktops, I have to pause the video, etc. Today, I seem to have found a pretty decent option to fix my problems.
I'm 6'1, and when I sit up straight in my chair I can still see the entire 23-inch Dell screen behind the iPad, meaning that I'm not losing any screen real estate. The iPad is sitting in the stand that comes with the incase Travel Kit Pro, Â which angles it back far enough to be visible while I'm upright, but not distracting. Originally, I piped the sound through my external speakers, but I switched to a pair of headphones so that I could deaden the outside sound even more. For those that are wondering, I'm watching Fastlane on Netflix – one of the best TV shows ever to be cancelled.
I like playing around with my setup every now and then and trying out new things. Today, this works out pretty well. Who knows what I'll think tomorrow, but then again, tomorrow is just another day.


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A special event was held at the end of April to pay tribute to the late Jerry Quinn, who was a great servant of the GAA at club, county, provincial and national level, working tirelessly to promote all that was good in the GAA for almost 50 years.
At the Down County Committee meeting help in Pairc Esler at the end of April a permanent tribute was unveiled to Jerry, honouring his dedication to the GAA in Co Down. Jerry passed away in December 2012, aged 71.
Jerry who served as County Chairman contributed to many newspapers including the Irish News was renowned for his insightful, educated and eloquent reports. Jerry was also a member of the GAA Writers' Association and held the position of chair for a year. He was recipient of The McNamee Award on two occasions, along with his great friend and another Clonduff stalwart, Fintan Mussen - in 1988 'Sceál Chluain Daimh' (The Clonduff Story Part I) which documented the life and times of Clonduff GAA Club from its inception in 1887. In 1985 Jerry and Fintan were part of the Down Communications sub-committee that picked up the McNamee Award for the Down Year Book.
The father-of-four led a full and active life and was also a civil servant, farmer, livestock sales clerk, GAA administrator and community worker. Jerry held numerous roles in his native Clonduff both in administration (chair, secretary, PRO) and team management at all levels. He also held administrative roles in South Down (chair and secretary) and was elected chairman of the County Board in 2005. But it was his devotion to the photographic and written media which was his passion.
Down County Board has mounted a photographic exhibition of Down from the 1960s onwards - many of the photographs are Jerry's work, which have been kindly donated by his family. Current Down chairman Sean Rooney unveil a plaque in Jerry's honour in Pairc Esler.


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Rose Byrne was very careful to hit the right "tone" in her new comedy-drama Instant Family.
The Australian actress stars alongside Mark Wahlberg in the Sean Anders-directed flick, with the plot following a couple who stumble into the world of foster-care adoption and end up taking in three children overnight, including a rebellious teenager, as played by Isabela Moner.
As the film mixes humour with an exploration of more serious subject matter, Rose has now shared how hitting the right balance was important to her.
Rose went on to explain that she was attracted to the role because she would be able to tap into her own experiences as a mother, as she and her actor partner Bobby Cannavale are parents to two young sons. But once she began investigating the U.S. adoption system, the star quickly discovered that it was much more complicated than she had thought, especially in regard to the fostering or adoption or older children and teenagers.
Instant Family, also featuring Octavia Spencer and Tig Notaro, is now showing in U.S. cinemas and opens in the U.K. on 14 February (19).


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Removing the barriers to repair
Ugo Vallauri
The Restart Project and Right to Repair Europe
https://therestartproject.org
https://repair.eu
In the over-consuming North of the world, not only people have lost their repair "muscle" – the repair sector has also shrunk substantially, while the growth of electronic waste continues, unstoppable and accompanied by poor recycling rates. For many consumer products there are very limited – if any – commercial repair options past the end of the legal guarantee period. Combined with perceived obsolescence, this leads to fast rates of discard and replacement of electrical and electronic products.
This is, however, not a uniform trend, as communities have developed their own alternatives, with the flourishing in the last decade of Repair Cafes, Restart Parties, Fixit Clinics and other volunteer-run repair initiatives, in which normal people collectively resist the premature obsolescence of the products they own. Data from the Open Repair Alliance,[1] bringing together datasets of small electrical appliances and electronic devices repairs performed at these events from around the world, shows that plenty of people are trying to extend the lifespan of their products beyond the expectations of manufacturers. For example, 40% of laptops brought to these events are at least six years old, while manufacturers expect them to last only five years.[2]
Elsewhere, in the global South, a repair economy still thrives, in both informal and more established settings, and reuse is still the norm. However, product miniaturisation, design choices, and manufacturers' approaches towards the provision of spare parts and repair information, are making the work of voluntary as well as professional repairers increasingly difficult, all over the world.
That's how a movement for the Right to Repair has emerged and keeps gaining momentum. The approaches vary and complement themselves – ranging from a demand for consumers to have the freedom to choose where to repair a product, and for increased competition in the repair economy in the United States, to an environmental and consumer rights-driven push for regulations in Europe aimed at prolonging products' lifespan, increasing material and energy efficiency.
The pillars of Right to Repair are simple,[3] common sense and so obvious that they shouldn't even require campaigning – but they do:
Products should be designed to allow for ease of disassembly and replacement of key components.
The right to repair should be universal: everyone should access spare parts and repair manuals for the entire lifetime of a product, including individuals, independent professional repairers and community repair initiatives.
Repair should be accessible and affordable, priced in a way to incentivise extending a product's lifetime and foster a thriving repair economy.
Public support for these measures is strong: for example, approximately eight in 10 Europeans approve of them,[4] yet policy progress is slow, met by effective resistance from industry. Progress at the European level – while positive – is very minor compared to the task ahead of us if we're indeed committed to addressing the consumption emissions linked to our voracious consumption of new devices, and the devastating social and environmental impact that manufacturing them involves. The recent mainstreaming of "right to repair" done by the media and by governments themselves in announcing approved measures seem to indicate that a lot more has been achieved than it actually has.[5] Legislators are slow at regulating fast-changing markets, with increasing threats such as software barriers which could prevent repair more than ever before.
Yet the initial successes of campaigners in influencing policy makers are sparking debates on the introduction of similar, or better, pieces of legislation elsewhere, such as in India.[6] And right to repair gives a concrete opportunity to civil society groups globally to come together and demand urgent solutions to defy obsolescence and waste, uniting a fight for climate justice and a push for digital rights.
The predominant narrative around e-waste has for years focused on the exports of waste, both legally and illegally, to hubs in Africa and Asia, denouncing the precarious conditions of those involved in the informal treatment of it, and often misrepresenting the issues and the dimensions of the problems.[7] A right to repair lens helps to shift the conversation back to why it is that products become obsolete prematurely, and what can be done to remove the barriers causing this.
While the initial aspects of the movement are rooted in North America and Europe, the problems are global. Whereas it is in the global North that most over-consumerism takes place, it is in the global South where the least sustainable extractivist practices of materials occur. These include open-pit mining of metals used in consumer goods, like gold in electronics. In Argentina, Artículo 41 – an NGO running the Club de Reparadores, a network of community repair initiatives – has been actively campaigning to stop deforestation and intentional fires and to prevent legislation reforms that would allow more open-pit mining for ore in several provinces of the country. We need to expand opportunities to connect the reality of manufacturing countries to that of consuming countries if we are to slow down the vicious cycle of our throw-away economy.
But there is more. Right to repair is also about right to access, and examples from the global South abound. Lack of access to repair documentation for medical devices has been well documented –for example, in Sub-Saharan Africa, thanks among others to the work of Frank Weithöner's Hospital Workshop.[8] The problem is not unique to African countries; here, however, it presents itself in its true dimension, with barriers that make repair often impossible, or prohibitively expensive. Lack of widespread access to spare parts, alongside software locks,[9] restrict support options to a few authorised service providers, often unaffordable or simply not available.
In Zambia, SolarAid has been denouncing[10] the waste generated by unrepairable solar lights. It is a paradox of bad design: "green" technology designed without repairability in mind, and sold to communities who still value repair and would love to repair their products, yet are unknowingly supplied with solar lights with irreplaceable batteries, or can't procure suitable spare parts. As part of its research, the organisation learned that 43% of solar lights owners attempted a repair, 60% didn't succeed, and those that did couldn't get a lasting repair.
Repair information is more than just accessing manuals from manufacturers. As a South African repair business which contacted the European Right to Repair campaign reminded us last year, it is the availability of schematics which can help perform component-level repairs to motherboards and other parts, the most efficient, planet-friendly and cost-effective option. Unfortunately, no repair regulation, whether approved or in development, includes provisions for requiring manufacturers to share this type of information – protected by intellectual property and valued by manufacturers as trade secrets. So campaigners need to step up their game, and make unrepairable products simply unacceptable.
Software is the final frontier. As more and more products require software to be supported and maintained to function, we're all experiencing the threat of software obsolescence, most notably in the form of smartphones and other information and communications technology (ICT) products no longer supported by manufacturers with software and – more importantly – security updates. These products might well be discarded and too quickly replaced by people in affluent parts of the world, but they often end up reused in the global South, without any support for their users. It is estimated that 40% of all Android phones are no longer protected by security updates – over a billion devices.[11] And the threats of software barriers are only growing with time, with manufacturers increasingly adopting software locks, preventing non-authorised repair technicians from performing simple repairs, which is especially worrying in places where official support might be far from accessible.
While the growing movement for the right to repair has succeeded in giving a new name and visibility to issues affecting people and communities all over the world for a long time, it's time we unite efforts globally to achieve a universal right to repair, and ensure that repair, reuse and e-waste prevention become the norm everywhere.
[1] https://openrepair.org/open-data/data-downloads
[2] Oldyrevas, E., & McAlister, C. (2020). Long Live the Machine: How ecodesign and energy labelling can prevent premature obsolescence of laptops. ECOS. https://ecostandard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/LONG-LIVE-THE-MACHINE-ECOS-REPORT.pdf
[3] https://repair.eu/what-we-want
[4] European Commission. (2020, 5 March). Shaping Europe's digital future: Eurobarometer survey shows support for sustainability and data sharing. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_383
[5] Restart Project. (2021, 9 April). Do we have a Right to Repair in the UK? Not yet. https://therestartproject.org/news/not-yet-uk
[6] Vipra, J., & Rao, S. (2021, 13 March). 'Right to repair', the legislation India needs to save money, minimize e-waste. The Federal. https://thefederal.com/analysis/upgrades-electronic-device
[7] Restart Project. (2015, 25 June). Representations of e-waste globally matter. https://therestartproject.org/repair-economy/representations-of-e-waste-matter
[8] http://www.frankshospitalworkshop.com
[9] Schwartz, L, & Lockwood, D. (2021, 10 March). Why it's so hard for a hospital in Tanzania to fix broken incubators. Rest of World. https://restofworld.org/2021/why-its-so-hard-for-a-hospital-in-tanzania-to-fix-broken-baby-incubators
[10] Paisley, C. (2020, 29 September). Everyone deserves the right to repair. SolarAid. https://solar-aid.org/news/everyone-deserves-the-right-to-repair
[11] Laughlin, A. (2020, 6 March). More than one billion Android devices at risk of malware threats. Which. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/03/more-than-one-billion-android-devices-at-risk-of-malware-threats


The Mexican Pueblo of Mata Ortiz is a small village in the state of Chihuahua which has a long history, continued today, of the creation of pottery. Mata Ortiz pottery is also known as Casa Grandes pottery as the pueblo is located along a tributary of the Rio Casas Grandes, a fertile valley which has long been inhabited by indigenous people. Pottery from this pueblo has seen a revival lead by the effort of Juan Quezada, a self taught potter of the modern Mata Ortiz style whose skills have attracted clay workers from the region, extended family and neighbors to create the distinctive pottery shapes and designs which define the pottery from this region. Many of the designs incorporate mimbres symbolism from Native American culture. Mata Ortiz pottery has become high collectible and been exhibited at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, as well as the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona California and the Amerind Foundation in Arizona.


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Witching and Bitching
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Divorced dad Jose makes a last ditch effort for cash and dignity when he, his kid and a ragtag gang of buffoons rob a pawn shop. On the run with the kid, plenty of gold and a whole lot of gripes against the women in their lives, the men run afoul of a family of witches in rural Spain. A spectacularly wild war of the sexes ensues in madman filmmaker Alex de la Iglesia's (DAY OF THE BEAST, THE LAST CIRCUS) witchy, witty horror comedy which premiered in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE. Contains strong language, sexual scenes, violence and gore.
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Top 10 Best Ayumi Hamasaki Songs
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Ayumi Hamasaki (Ayu) is a Japanese pop legend who has made a profound impact on my life. Her lyrics are somber, uplifting, and insightful; her music is often innovative and/or wonderfully famliiar; her arrangements always reflect the emotion put into her work; her vocals, while not critically best, are unique and full of emotion; and her remixes are some of the best in the world.
Over the years a lot of my favorite songs of hers have changed while others are exactly where they were when I first listened to them. This list features the ten songs that I believe reflect her best of the best, in terms of sound, feeling, emotion, and general impact on my life and her career. This list is, of course, highly subjective, but if somebody asked me "What Ayu song do you recommend I listen to?" then this list would be the answer.
1. evolution
Of all the songs on this list, this is probably the biggest magnum opus of hers on here. evolution is a concert staple and one of Ayu's most recognizable songs - it's also my favorite song of all time. The pulsing beat and hectic guitars meld well with Ayu's monotone verses and speedy chorus. It's also the song with one of her most iconic lines ever: "Somehow we're standing here,and we've living through today." To me, this song defines Ayumi Hamasaki.
2. A Song for XX
I could sit here and tell you all day about how this is probably "the song" that launched Ayu's career (in fact, I wrote my undergrad thesis about it), but I won't. All I will tell you, before imploring you to listen to this song is that it is a masterpiece. Ayu's vocals may be shaky in the beginning (although she slams this song now), but her passion, anger, bitterness, and depression all come out for the world to see. It is a song that anybody who has ever questioned "why?" can relate to. The "XX" has been debated for ages, but according to Ayu it refers to her mother, who was often absent in her childhood.
3. RAINBOW
This is perhaps the most beautiful song that Ayu has ever produced. It was concocted as a fan experiment. The first15 seconds of the song were included on special editions of the album "RAINBOW" for fans to listen to and submit their own lyrics for. Ayu eventually picked her favorite submissions and created the song you hear now. It is ethereal, poignant, and includes the symbolic line "No rain, can't get the rainbow", reminding us that we can only appreciate the good that comes after we have experienced the bad. I dare anyone to listen to this song and not feel the least bit uplifted afterwards. Also, the video is very beautiful as well, indicating Ayu's "letting go" of her past, destructive self.
4. is this LOVE?
Although she has released many "rock" songs in her career, this one is my favorite and, I feel, doesn't get enough love. It is "stoically angry" if that makes any sense. In it Ayu questions if the jealousy and anger she feels towards someone could really be considered "love", and it's implied that if it is, then she doesn't want anything to do with it. The video reflects this with her meandering lifelessly around her house while everything combusts behind her. It's not the traditional "angry rock song" - in fact, it's more reflective of how we react in real life as opposed to how we necessarily feel inside.
5 - BRILLANTE
It's been a long time since Ayu has released a song that I instantly connect to in such a way that it ~blows my mind~. And then BRILLANTE came into the world. Before I first listened to it, most of the reviews I read said that it was great and different, so I was pretty excited to hear it. And when I did? I don't think my brain quite "grasped" it the first time. I was too floored by how great the atmosphere was. When I translated the lyrics later I was even more blown away. In it Ayu declares that she must detach from the person she loves and make her own way for the sake of all that is good. It is a painful separation, but a necessary one. Combined with her vocals and the powerful arrangement, it is quite the hit to the brain and the heart. I suggest that anyone who has written Ayu off over the past few years to give this song a shot.
6 - WHATEVER
Going waaay back again, I'm always surprised when this song pops up on my ipod - it's not the first song I think of when I think of "great Ayu songs", but I do think of it that way when I listen to it. It marks the first time she went a completely electronic route on one of her original songs. I guess I can't really explain why I love this song, other than it's electronic ,repetitive, and has interesting vocals. That's probably the only reasons necessary.
7 - Moments
Aside from "RAINBOW", this is probably Ayu's most beautiful ballad. Everything about it is beautiful: the lyrics (lots of nature metaphors about love), the composition (mid-tempo at its best), the arrangement (great strings and piano) and yes, the vocals. It's pure relaxation for over five minutes. And you can't deny how gorgeous she looks in that green dress.
8 - SURREAL
This song is, in a nutshell, "awesome". I still have yet to hear another song anything like it. What starts as a seemingly innocent piano ballad with some low vocals quickly escalates into a power-driven rockish song that is, yes, "surreal". I also love the music video because it features the New Carissa shortly after it beached just off the coast of Coos Bay, Oregon, a town only an hour away from my own. For a real good time, check out this song. There's a reason why it's become a concert staple since its release.
9 - do it again
There's just "something" about this song that is hard to resist. Maybe it's the futility of the theme (doing things over and over again without thinking), or maybe it's the hypnotic over-repetition of the lyrics that will either make you or break you. I'm also totally seduced by the music video, with its nauseating camera angles and apocalyptic imagery. Oh, and Ayu just walking her dogs like nothing's going on. Boo. Yeah.
10 - M
I couldn't make a list of the best Ayumi Hamasaki songs without including this one, the song that "started it all" for me. Way back in 2003 I was cruising the internet for new music, and even though I had heard Ayu's name many times I had yet to actually try her out. A musical friend of mine suggested this one, and upon first listen, I was hooked. I had no idea that I would become the kind of fan that I am now, but I knew it was something special. It is the first song that Ayu composed herself, and harkens imagery of the women of Christianity. Also, the video is just gorgeous.
H i y o r i on December 14, 2012:
But .. where is HEAVEN !
heartplace09 on September 05, 2012:
Oh my god!!!This top ten is so close of my own (but i will write my favourite song of Ayu from each of her albums including her mini albums)
A Song For XX - Powder Snow
Loveappears - Whatever
Duty - Surreal
I Am - Daybreak
Rainbow - Free & Easy
A Ballads - Rainbow
Memorial Adress - Memorial Adress
My Story - Moments
(Miss)Understood - Will
Secret - Momentum
Guilty - Mirrorcle World
Next Level - Green
Rock'n'Roll Circus - Microphone
Love Songs - Virgin Road
Five - Progress
Party Queen - Reminds Me
Zach Hontiveros Pagkalinawan on March 15, 2012:
AYU FOREVER
Haru on December 30, 2011:
Here is a comment that lauds Ayu as the greatest thing to happen to our lives. 8Dv
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Today's favorite celebrity gossip morsel comes from the fingers of Katy Perry.
Apparently, during one of the singer's Melbourne shows on her Prismatic world tour, she got a little intimate with the crowd and whipped away the mobile phone of one of the fans in the front row.
Legend (and video) would have us believe that Katy read the messages, which were from the girl's boyfriend underestimating Katy's singing ability.
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Роджер Расмуссен (; более известный как Nattefrost) — норвежский музыкант, играющий в жанре блэк-метал, известный как основатель и вокалист группы Carpathian Forest. Он также руководит сайд-проектами World Destroyer и Kreft, а с 2003 года также имеет собственный сольный проект.

Биография
Расмуссен родился в Саннесе, Ругаланн, Норвегия. Его первые музыкальные начинания были связаны с блэк-метал группой The Childmolesters, которую он основал в 1990 году вместе со своим будущим коллегой по группе Carpathian Forest Johnny «Nordavind» Krøvel. Группа просуществовала очень недолго и распалась в том же году; из ее пепла возникла группа «Enthrone», которая в 1992 году сменила название на «Carpathian Forest». В первые годы существования Carpathian Forest Nattefrost использовал псевдоним Lord Nosferatu; как «Nattefrost» (с норв. «Ночной мороз») он стал известен в 1995 году, когда группа выпустила свой первый EP, Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods.

В 2000 году Наттефрост создал свой первый сайд-проект «World Destroyer» вместе с Эйвиндом Кулде и его коллегой по группе «Carpathian Forest» Даниэлем Врангсинном. Группа выпустила демо-альбом «Diabolical Quest» в 2004 году; на данный момент это их единственный релиз. Также формирует дуэт Kreft в 2011 году вместе с Патологом Фальком, выпустив в том же году EP Lommemannen.

В 2003 году Наттефрост объявил, что начнет сольный проект, а в следующем году выпустил свой первый альбом Blood & Vomit. Его второй альбом, Terrorist (Nekronaut, Part I), вышел в следующем году и сопровождался гостевыми выступлениями многочисленных музыкантов, таких как Карл-Майкл Эйде, Санрабб из Gehenna и Хоест из Taake. Он также выпустил концертный EP в 2006 году под названием «Drunk and Pisseskev on Ringnes 2004», который был записан во время его первого шоу в Рингнесе, а сборник раритетов «Hell Noise and Live Terrorism» вышел в 2008 году.

Последним релизом Nattefrost стал сплит-альбом Engangsgrill 2009 года с дум-метал сайд-проектом Фенриза из Darkthrone «Fenriz's Red Planet». В 2016 году он сотрудничал с Urgehal, предоставляя вокал и тексты песен для песни «Endetid» с их седьмого альбома Aeons in Sodom. Ранее он сотрудничал с Green Carnation (Light of Day, Day of Darkness), Taake (Hordalands doedskvad) и Aura Noir (The Merciless).

Дискография

В Carpathian Forest
 1998: Black Shining Leather
 2000: Strange Old Brew
 2001: Morbid Fascination of Death
 2003: Defending the Throne of Evil
 2006: Fuck You All!!!! Caput tuum in ano est

В Nattefrost
 2004: Blood & Vomit
 2005: Terrorist (Nekronaut, Part I)
 2006: Drunk and Pisseskev at Ringnes 2004 (EP)
 2008: Hell Noise and Live Terrorism (сборник)
 2009: Engangsgrill (сплит с Fenriz' Red Planet)

В World Destroyer
 2004: Diabolical Quest (демо)

В Kreft
 2011: Lommemannen (EP)

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Clothing will be looked at after business hours so that there is adequate time to give each item a thorough check. If clothing is brought in on a Saturday, there may be time to look over items when you are browsing the racks and payment or store credit will be given on the spot. This may not always be the case, but all efforts will be made to get you your form of payment as quickly as possible.
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This is the 5th month in the Year of the Reader!
I am excited to introduce of May's Fan of the Month!
I'm a CA native who grew up with my nose in a book. I'm an accountant by trade, but a fiction addict by night. If I'm not reading, I'm watching TV and movies. I also love ultimate Frisbee and mud runs.
I will read anywhere and everywhere I can. The majority of my reading time happens on my lunch hour, and I read in the front seat of my car. Another favorite place is the recliner in my living room.
I've got plenty of favorites. From childhood, I love the Trixie Belden series. I still love the Mrs. Pollifax series, a series which inspired my internet user name of Carstairs. I also love Sue Ann Jaffarian (who got me in to mud runs), Laura Levine, Donna Andrews, and Rhys Bowen among many, many others.
For years, I've dreamed about meeting Trixie Belden and her friends. To this day, I would still love to find myself in Sleepyside.
How long have I been an EwDiaGB fan?
I found the blog a couple of years ago and immediately started following.
I love the title because when you are reading a good book, it really is an escape. I also love the reviews, which have lead me to give second thought to several books I had dismissed. And I've found several authors I've enjoyed as a result of the reviews changing my mind.
Thank you Mark for being May's Fan of the Month!!
Mark also has a blog you should all check out!
It is one of my favorite blogs to visit!
Fans of the Month receive a $5 Amazon Gift Card and a copy of a book featured on my blog during their month!
Hi Mark! Correct me if I'm mistaking, but I know you from Goodreads. Good choice Lori! Congratulations Mark for this honor!
I am another Mrs. Pollifax fan! Congrats and hi to Mark!!
Congrats! I have to check out your blog too!
I am very familiar with Mark and his great reviews for cozies and kids books. I am HIS fan!
Good to see you here Mark!


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Q: Count how many integers are in the text file using fscanf For example, I have a txt file with all integers. I want to count how many integers there are in order to allocate an array.
int array[0];
int count = 0;
FILE *file = fopen("file1.txt","r");
while(fscanf(file,"%d",&array[count])==1){
  count++;
}
printf("%d",count);

Currently there are error messages and won't go through. Is this the way fscanf work?

A: You cannot create an array of size 0. If you want to only count the number of integers, don't use an array, but only a temporary variable.
It is a good idea to check whether you opened the file correctly and to close the file too.
#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
  int temp;
  int count = 0;
  FILE *file = fopen("file1.txt","r");
  if(file == NULL){
    printf("Could not open specified file");
    return -1;
  }
  while(fscanf(file,"%d",&temp)==1){
    count++;
  }
  fclose(file);
  printf("%d",count);
  }

  return 0;
}

If you also want to store the values for later use, you could for example read through the file twice, first time counting the amount of integers, then using this amount to declare the needed array. An important thing before the second run is to rewind the file pointer, to read the file from the start.
#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
  int temp;
  int count = 0;
  FILE *file = fopen("file1.txt","r");
  if(file == NULL){
    printf("Could not open specified file");
    return -1;
  }
  while(fscanf(file,"%d",&temp)==1){
    count++;
  }

  printf("%d",count);

  if(count == 0){  //do not create array of size 0
    fclose(file);
  }
  else{
    //second run
    int array[count];
    rewind(file);
    for(int i=0; i<count; i++){
      fscanf(file,"%d",&array[count]);
    }
    fclose(file);

    //continue using array...
  }

  return 0;
}

A: int array[0];

and
fscanf(file,"%d",&array[count])

will lead to a segmentation fault because you're accessing the array out of bounds.
If you need flexible array you need

*

*int *array

*a place-holder for storing each number from fscanf

*realloc array every time you find a new number and add the number to array.

A: #include <stdio.h>

#define isDigit(c) ('0' <= (c) && (c) <= '9') ? 1 : 0

int main() {
    FILE *fd;
    int counter, c, tmp;
    if ((fd = fopen("PathToFile", "r")) != NULL){
        do{
            c = getc(fd);
            if (isDigit(c)) tmp = 1;
            else if (tmp == 1 && !isDigit(c)){
            counter++, tmp = 0;
            }
        }while (c != EOF);
    }else{
        printf("Couldn't find File!");
        return 1;
    }
    fclose(fd);
    printf("%i", counter);
    return 0;
}


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Q: Lottery Probability Selection Sorry about asking similar questions. I have no mark scheme for this question and just want to quickly check whether I am right or wrong. If I'm wrong, you don't have to tell me the answer, if a hint is quicker for you do that. Cheers guys.
In a lottery, each player must choose four numbers from set $S$ = $1$ - $30$, with each being chosen uniformly at random among the elements of $S$ which have not previously been drawn. Calculate:
$(i)$ The probability that each number drawn is greater than the previous number drawn.
This is just an unordered selection of $4$ elements from the set $S$ of size $30$ without repetition. I get $\frac{30C4}{30P4}$ = $\frac{1}{24}$
$(ii)$ The probability that the number $30$ is drawn.
Let $30$ be the first number drawn. Then for the remaining $3$ numbers, there are $29C3$ ways of selecting these. I end up with $\frac{29C3}{30C4}$ = $\frac{2}{15}$
$(iii)$ The probability that a given player wins the jackpot by having all four of their chosen numbers drawn.
There is $1$ possible correct combination, so $\frac{1}{30C4}$ = $\frac{1}{27405}$
$(iv)$ The probability that a given player has exactly two of their chosen numbers drawn.
So we don't give a shit about order right, so there are $4C2$ ways of selecting $2$ of the player's numbers as correct guesses. Then for the remaining $2$ numbers there are $26C2$ ways, so probability is $\frac{4C2 \cdot 26C2}{30C4} = \frac{130}{1827}$

A: (i) Yes, your reasoning is fine. Alternatively, view it as $\frac1{4!}=\frac1{24}$.
(ii) Again, it is fine. Alternatively, let's compute the probability that $30$ is not chosen and subtract it. $$1-\left( \frac{29}{30}\right)\left( \frac{28}{29}\right)\left( \frac{27}{28}\right)\left( \frac{26}{27}\right)=1-\frac{26}{30}=1-\frac{13}{15}=\frac2{15}.$$
(iii) and (iv). Same reasoning as you.


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Like Sachin Tendulkar's Test record at Lord's, there has always been something incongruous about James Anderson's bowling statistics at Headingley. The Lancastrian-in-Yorkshire factor aside, it has never made much sense that the most skilful England bowler of his generation should find it so difficult to impose himself at the English venue most conducive to his talents.
In seven previous Tests at Headingley, spanning his full 13-year career, Anderson had racked up 19 wickets at 41.36, with a best innings haul of 3 for 91. That performance, however, didn't exactly cheer him up either. It came during Sri Lanka's last visit to Yorkshire in 2014, when he left the ground in tears following his penultimate-ball dismissal to Shaminda Eranga.
Today, however, Anderson banished his demons in style, producing a sensational 70-ball onslaught of swing and seam, spread across two spells either side of tea, for which Sri Lanka - in their weakened post-Jayawardene and Sangakkara state - had no answer. It would be hard to claim he will ever feel quite as at home here as England's other main man of the second day, Yorkshire's own Jonny Bairstow, but this was a performance with a distinctly cathartic feel.
Anderson wrapped up Sri Lanka's innings with figures of 5 for 16 in 11.4 overs, his 19th five-wicket haul in 114 Tests, during which he also overhauled Kapil Dev's tally of 434 Test wickets to move into sixth place on the all-time list. Among fast bowlers, only Courtney Walsh (519) and Glenn McGrath (563) lie ahead of him. On this form, with a maximum of 13 innings still to come this summer, he could yet move to within striking distance of the top guns before the season is done.
Anderson may, however, have to share some of the spoils with his new-ball partner, Stuart Broad. It was a measure of Broad's current standing as the world's No. 1 Test bowler that, although this was by no means his most incisive spell in recent months, his unrelenting accuracy allied to subtle seam and bounce were still sufficient to return figures of 4 for 21.
Ben Stokes, with a solitary but crucial strike with the first ball after tea, completed the wickets column as Alastair Cook, in keeping with England's new hard-and-fast attitude, chose to enforce the follow-on for the first time since the Wellington Test against New Zealand in March 2013.
In the end, bad light came to Sri Lanka's rescue as play was abandoned for the play after just two Anderson deliveries in the second innings. But they will need to score more than twice their meagre total of 91 when play resumes on Saturday just to ask England to bat again. And, as a further measure of that challenge, only one batsman in the match so far has exceeded that number of runs off their own bat.
That batsman, of course, is Bairstow, whose brilliant 140 followed directly on from scores of 246 and 198 in his last two outings at Headingley for Yorkshire. His innings spanned two distinct phases of England's own innings without ever wavering from the positive intent he brought to the crease on the first afternoon, when he and Alex Hales had been confronted with a fraught scoreline of 83 for 5.
Hales, to his palpable dismay, failed to convert his overnight 71 to a maiden Test hundred - he was eventually caught in the deep off Rangana Herath for 86 after an agonisingly restrained morning's work that snapped in a moment of uncontrolled violence, much as he tried to snap his bat in frustration as he left the field to a sympathetic ovation. Though the doubts about his suitability as a Test opener haven't entirely been banished by his efforts, his share in a sixth-wicket stand of 141 cannot be underestimated in a curious England scorecard, in which the next highest score (17) came from the No. 10, Steven Finn.
Bairstow, however, was the life and soul of England's batting. He outscored Hales by three runs to one throughout their morning resumption, and made the most of one clear moment of good fortune, on 70, when Nuwan Pradeep failed to gather a sharp return catch.
Hales aside, he received little support until Finn's improbable cameo - Moeen Ali, low on confidence as an under-used No. 8, came and went for a duck, caught at short leg off Dushmantha Chameera, whose hustling full length then splattered Broad's stumps via an inside edge.
Bairstow simply stared down the track, rather nonplussed by the sudden clatter of wickets. But from the first ball of Chameera's next over, he drilled a drive into the covers, paused as a wild shy came in at the non-striker's end, then galloped through with glee as the ball zipped through for overthrows to gift him his second century and his first on home soil. Given his family connection, it was a moment that he may yet cherish even more than his emotional first century, at Cape Town five months ago.
England's eventual total of 298 was quickly put into context when Sri Lanka's openers came out to launch their reply. Faced with grey skies and a packed cordon, Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva betrayed their anxieties in the very first over, when they hesitated so long over a quick single that they could have ended up shaking hands in the middle of the pitch.
Instead, after inching through the first three overs, they waved goodbye to one another in the space of five deliveries. First, Broad straightened one off the seam to kiss the edge of the left-handed Karunaratne, who departed for a 12-ball duck, before Anderson drew level with Kapil on 434 career wickets by finding some extra lift to dispose of Silva for 11. One over later, and Broad had two wickets in three balls as he went wide on the crease to spear an angled full-length ball into Kusal Mendis' forward defence, for Bairstow to snaffle the slenderest of deflections behind the stumps.
Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews stood firm in a 31-run stand before the interval, as James Vince - funkily introduced by Cook in a bid to emulate Dasun Shanaka's own debutant heroics - zipped a flying edge through the cordon from the final ball of the session. Straight after the resumption, however, it was Vince's hands at third slip that made the breakthrough, as Chandimal was forced to play at a pearler from Stokes, and at 43 for 4, the foundations of the innings had been fatally undermined.
Mathews, typically, found a means to delay the inevitable, as he counter-attacked with skill and intent in an innings top-score of 34 from 62 balls. But Anderson's return did him in - after lining up the outswinger he was pinned on the pad by the one that jagged back in. Though replays showed he would have been reprieved on review - the ball struck him outside the line - his bamboozlement was absolute as he chose not to quibble.
One over later, Anderson was on a hat-trick as Shanaka's eventful debut continued with an unplayable outswinger, grazed through to the keeper, and though Herath resisted briefly, he was the next to go, caught high above Stokes' head at second slip after Anderson went wide on the crease to change the angle to the left-hander.
Broad then bagged a brace as Finn, at mid-off, showed improbable agility to cling on to two diving chances in consecutive overs, but with both of England's gun bowlers on four wickets and just the one left to squabble over, Anderson reclaimed his senior status by strangling the last man down the leg side on review, to give Bairstow a haul of five catches in the innings.
That last man, as it happens, was none other than Eranga, the very bowler whose throat-ball two years ago had delivered Anderson his very worst experience at a ground that has rarely favoured him. This performance offered a degree of closure. More, you suspect, will follow over the weekend.


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Urgent call to the C...
Urgent call to the Congolese
"We live in our country as strangers" – Independence Day of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was celebrated in the sign of threatening civil war
Address by Dr Denis Mukwege on the 57th anniversary of independence on 30 June 2017 in Kinshasa*
At the river Kamatanda a boy washes the prospected cobalt ore from the copper- and cobalt mine of Kamatanda. Approximately 60 percent of the globally mined cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. About 100,000 workers in Congo live from artisanal mining. Child labour in the mines is the order of the day. (picture Keystone)
Dear fellow citizens, dear youth, ladies and gentlemen
It's a great honor for me to participate at this Conference with so much significance for all those who really love our dear and beautiful country. This manifestation translates the will of our youth to leave well-trodden paths and to find new solutions to the different problems today being a burden on our society.
Dear fellow citizens, your presence in this place testifies your will to rescue your autonomy of a system of oppression and predation that enslaved and impoverished an entire people. Thus, you express your natural and legitimate thirst for freedom, your existential need for independence that had been withdrawn from you since the assassination of our national hero Emery Patrice Lumumba.
I wish you all a good independence celebration. Although this independence is yet to conquer, we have to remember it. Independence and freedom have to be won every day, we always have to be ready to defend them. This is our freedom. That is, what the dignity of a people is: "Being free forever."
Past and present: the same pattern
The Congolese youth has to rally for taking control of their own destiny, rescuing their freedom and finding a new route. Curtly, our youth has to assure not to repeat the errors of past generations, errors keeping our country still suffering today.
To achieve this, the Congolese youth has to approriaste their history, has to make work of remembrance, has to know where it comes from, to know what were the errors of the past, and finally has to take the right direction for constructing a better future. Our national anthem "Debout Congolais" (Stand up, Congolese) is the bridge between these two eras, characterizing our history and explaining our present.
Indeed, the predecessor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was the free State of the Congo. It was created through the merger of several kingdoms, several tribes who inhabited the current territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some of these kingdoms were merged by sort, or hazard, on others the artists of these mergers persecuted the goal not to unite ethnic groups, but to take in possession the territories on the basis of their natural resources. While all other African countries were colonies that belonged to their colonisers, the free State of Congo belonged to one person as private property.1 What you need to know is that at that time2 in the mind of the other great powers the Congo should be a free zone of exchange where all the great powers could trade at their discretion. That was their condition for consigning such a vast area of 2,345,000 km2 to a single person, the Belgian King Leopold II., who had the "merit" to negotiate the current frontiers of the Congo. For that he presented himself as force of anti-slavery and civilisational force for the natives, but he will yield to the temptation of inhuman exploitation of the natural resources of the Congo and the congolese. This attitude roused the conscience of humanity, so that the Congo was given to the Belgian Kingdom as a colony, what lasted until 1960. Unfortunately for us , after the independence, our various Presidents have always handled the country as if it were their personal property, they were interested in the natural resources and their personal enrichment and not in the people.
Today, one hundred years later, the Coltan has replaced the caoutchouc, but the system of exploitation remained the same. In both cases the Congolese were being massacred by millions and today the massacres continue. The dramatic story of the Congo is repeating for the lack of remembrance. We are unified by fate, and today we should regard this unity as an opportunity rather than a threat.
We must conclude that all enemies of the Congolese people attempt since independence to bring us apart, to balkanise the Congo because they know that united we are invincible, that united we will emerge victorious. In 1960, we were less mixed among our regions but still the secession of Katanga failed. Today, any attempt of balkanisation is doomed to failure because we are more mixed, and are working to build a very solid Congolese national identity. Thanks Mobutu's policy which was to occupy the public administration with people from all four corners of the country the mixing of the Congolese from all regions has accelerated, so that in our family almost everywhere there is an uncle Muluba, an aunt Mukongo, a nephew Muswahili, or a daughter-in-law Mungala to find.3 There is only a single Congolese family today.
We are a people having everything belonging to this concept, like the Americans, the Canadians, the French and others. How can those links be broken developed between 80 million people during a century, grown on a total area of 2,345,000 km2. Anyone who tries to balkanise the Congo on an ethnic base for economic interests has to be brought before the court, because the losses of human life would go sky high.
We are united by our common destiny and our diversity in unity is an immense richness. Our salvation, our power to create a better future, lies in unity. But the building of the Congo and the consolidation of our independence is the effort of all of us. It is pure utopia to think that a class of Congolese should continue to live in extravagance, with private jets, with villas on the Côte d'Azur and so on, while others must work in the sweat of their faces, only to eat every other day, having no access to education, many having no accommodation. This is a form of modern slavery, which we can no longer accept. We must be united in our common efforts to put an end to man's exploitation by man, and to the subjugation of one Congolese by the other.
We are born equal, and we have to become equal before the law
It is inconceivable that we have a legion of people with a university degree, but who are not linked to our efforts to achieve the economic independence of our country. How can we raise our so long bowed head when our youth is haunted by an endemic unemployment?
Do we not say that work ennobles man? How can we have dignity if we live up to an age of 40 under the roof of our parents, because we do not have a guaranteed minimum salary?
57 years after independence our heads are still bowed, we have to raise them. For the creation of jobs will enable our youth to work in a climate of peace, a climate that favours trade, attracts investors and encourages start-ups. Thus, we can take the impetus for the bonum commune and really achieve our independence. To achieve this goal, it is not the ardour of the Congolese lacking.
I had the opportunity to visit many countries in this world and to give lectures at many universities. How great was my surprise to see that there are Congolese with university degrees or other high qualifications, who do their work with devotion and enthusiasm, to the great satisfaction of their employers. And then, we lack the words to describe our Congolese women who bring their families through by piteous means and who bear the burden of our country's economy on their shoulders!
There is no doubt that we are a fervent people, and we are able to build a more beautiful Congo than before by working hard. Today our hard work is more for the profit of others than for the profit of our country. We need a patriotic revival, so that sacrificing ourselves everyday, in the interior of our country as well as in the diaspora, does no longer serve the selfish interests of certain groups or social classes, but the welfare of our future generations. Thus we can build up our country, and make it more beautiful in peace than it is now. We have to tackle this in solidarity, both in the horizontal and in the vertical. The guaranteed basic income and the general coverage of the health costs are achievements that have gained ground in the West in the last decades. But these notions of solidarity are inscribed in our genes, they are transcribed in our traditions. These notions of solidarity have always been the the pride of Africa. Abandoning solidarity would mean abandoning our African identity. But how can we explain that egoism proliferating in the Congo, which makes us a rich country with one of the poorest populations on the planet and with leaders living in provocative luxury? This social contrast is quite simply revolting.
We have become the laughing stock of the whole world. Our pride to be Congolese is severely impaired. But not everything is lost. Our ability to rise and our patriotic awakening can change everything and restore our lost dignity and pride.
For 20 years, our sovereignty has been constantly scorned. We live like strangers in our own country. The choice we have is resignation, exile, prison, or death. But it is even no choice, it is a constraint forced upon us. Is it possible to speak of the sovereignty of the people under these circumstances? Definitely not! We are a people humiliated by our neighbours. They have no respect for us. Whereas we have to carry on our daily operations outside our borders, for we Congolese simply can no longer do business in our country. This is the result of the mass of taxes and administrative harassing paralysing our merchants, our young Congolese businessmen as well as any local initiative. The entire space is left to a mafia gang, which sells all common consumer products and exports our natural resources. We are reduced to mere consumers, the others have to import and to export for us. They do their business on the back of the poor Congolese.
Only when there is an international inquiry into the crimes committed against our brothers in Kasai or when there are sanctions imposed on those responsible for abusing human rights, only then our government refers to the principle of sovereignty of the Congolese State.
Our political leaders forget that sovereignty is tied to the definition of a state, who ceased to exist since 1996. If a state is "a moral person of public law controlling a territory clearly identified by boundaries, where this moral person maintains the social, legal and political order for a relatively homogenous group of people, connected to a collective way of life represented by an authority they have given the power." What is then the Congo?
Since 1996, our borders have been permeable, and states, armed alien groups, mafia gangs, smugglers, and cattlemen are crossing them at will. They kill and rape without shame, burn our villages without interventions of the government. The "moral person" should maintain the social order, but in the Congo, the rulers destroy social cohesion through unjust action, corruption, and spreading all kinds of anti-values that undermine our society from within.
This is suicidal. The legal order is replaced by favouring arrangements, because of the serious dysfunctions of our judicial system. We have got good laws, but their enforcement is sorely lacking. Impunity prevails in all domains.
All our institutions are illegal and illegitimate, they function without respecting the will of the primary sovereign, as stated in our constitution and expressed by referendum.
The fundamental law has been put in parenthesis. We call strongly and publicly for the return to the constitutional order. The political opposition, who was meant to bring to life democracy, has been lulled by the rulers, and is now being pulverized by political manoeuvres. The political order no longer exists. The political parties of the opposition must recover, reconstitute themselves and define a new strategy to ensure democratic change. What then remains of the definition of a state in Congo? Alas, not much!
It can be seen with the naked eye that our dear congolese state has systematically become the target of the enemies of the Congo, enemies inside and outside the country. Yet, we are by our common past a strong nation, we want to live together today and to remain united in the future. We Congolese are connected to our nation and fight every attempt to separate us.
With all the blessings the Lord has given to us, the Congo is a true gift of God, with its waters, its rivers and streams, its fertile fields, its forests, its riches in its soil and its people. We can change the course of our history, we can change the perception the world has of us. We can put those right who bet on our disappearance as a people. We can disprove the prognoses. All we need is to believe in us and to choose good allies for the restoration of our state.
Our ancestors and the founding fathers of our independence would be turning in their graves if they were to learn that the Congo they had given us has become chaotic after 57 years. We have betrayed Kimbangu, Lumumba, Kasavubu, Bolikango and others. Where are the remains of love for our Congo? We behave like thieves of our own heritage, the Congo.
We only kept one promise: to populate the land. The 14 million inhabitants have become 80 million inhabitants. This we have accomplished because natality is bound to poverty. What a sad result. Forgive us, my dear Congo, we have forgotten the obligation to preserve your greatness and to promote it, by means of acting low and mocking any reasons of state. On 30 June5 , we celebrated our independence under the sweet sun, but today, in the face of the deforestation of our forests, the destruction of our environment, we celebrate the day under a sun clouded by dust and sulphurous climates. We have profaned an immortal day.
Our fellow citizens Frank Diongo, Muyambo, and our young artists are currently in prison, like so many other innocents, after being recently arrested for condemning the massacres in Beni and Kasaï. This is a severe breach of our oath of freedom we have to bequeath to our posterity.
Stand up, Congolese! Freedom must be fought for every day! Even if you have suffered a lot: the remaining strength is enough to fight for freedom, as the fathers of our independence have done.
Stand up, Congolese! It is never too late to act. Your freedom, your destiny is in your own hands.
Stand up, Congolese! •
*	Address by Dr Denis Mukwege on the occasion of the manifestations of the 30 June 2017 in Kinshasa on the 57th anniversary of independence transmitted by video
Source: http://fondationpanzirdc.org/Docteur-Mukwege-discours-de-commemoration-du-57eme-anniversaire-de-lindependance-de-la-RDC/
1 King Leopold II. of Belgium
2 Berlin Conference, 15 Nov. 1885–26 Feb. 1886
3 the designations refer to main regions of the Congo with each original language.
4 he refers to 30 June 1960
Missing track record
In a recent distributed communiqué, the President of the Commission Justice et Paix (Commission Justice and Peace) of the Congolese Bishops' Conference (Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo), Abbé Clément Makiobo, points out the missing track record of the current Kabila government:
"The Kabila era (2007–2016) is not characterised by great achievements, on the contrary: The east of the country is still torn by the continuing attacks of various armed groups. The devaluation of the Congolese Franc has pushed large sections of the population into impoverishment. The infrastructure, for example, in basic services such as school and health care, is among the worst in the world. At the same time, Mr Kabila has enriched himself privately in a scandalous way. The enrichment of the Kabila family within 10 years exceeds by far that of Mobutu within 32 years."
Source: http://www.mo.be/fr/actualit/il-n-y-plus-que-l-insurrection-populaire-pouvant-amener-le-changement-au-congo;
Serious human rights violations in the Congolese crisis areas, committed by militiamen as well as by soldiers of the Congolese army and the Congolese national police
"Between January and June 2017, 2800 violations of human rights were committed in Congo. This was announced on 26 July by the director of the UN Joint Human Rights Office in Congo (UNJHRO), headquartered in Kinshasa, José Maria Aranaz, on the occasion of a video media conference at the UN. According to Aranaz, 884 assassinations are documented in the areas affected by the conflict, 210 victims of sexual aggression and 430 abuses linked to the exercise of democratic rights. The UNJHRO states that state officials are responsible for 58% of all violations, 25% of which are attributed to those of the Congolese National Police (PNC). According to his listing, 591 victims of extrajudicial execution were executed by the PNC agents, compared to 527 by members of the Congolese national army (FARDC, Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo)".
Source: Radio Okapi, 27.7.2017