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Shell scripts that perform common command sequences, organized by commands they relate to.

##### Crunch Package Commands - `crunch-commands action`

Where action equals one of the options below.

* `update`
  * Updates the Crunch Commands package and installs new and updated command references in ~/.bashrc.

* `help`
  * Displays helpful information about the `crunch-commands` command.

## Commands

### `cd`

#### Change to Directory with Node Version - `cdn folder-path`

Navigate to folder-path using `cd` and then check if a ".nvmrc" file exists inside that directory.  If it does, `nvm use` is executed.  Please note that you must have [Node Version Manager](https://github.com/creationix/nvm)(NVM) installed to make use of this script.

#### Create and Navigate to Directory - `cdm folder-path`

Creates a new folder or series of folders (using mkdir -p) equal to the folder-path and then navigates to the deepest folder-path directory.

### `git`

#### Git Push - `gp [remote_repository, ["Commit message"]]`

Adds all the file changes to be committed by Git, then commits the changes using ["Commit Message"], or "Updated files." by default, and pushes the changes to the [remote_repository], or origin repository by default, on the currently checked out branch.

#### Git Download - `gd [remote repository]`

Git pulls the current project from your current branch on the [remote repository] or origin repository by default.

#### Git Clone and Install Node.js Dependencies - `gc clone-url`

Clones the clone-url repository and installs any [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) dependencies if there is a package.json file in the cloned repository's root directory.  Please note, you must have [`npm`](https://npmjs.org) installed for this script to work.

#### Git Initialization and Add Remote Origin - `go origin-remote-repository-url`

Initializes a local Git repository and adds an origin remote repository with the specified origin-remote-repository-url.

### `rsync`

#### Sync Folder(s)/File(s) to Location - `sf folder-path location-path update-interval [&]`

Removes previous folder-path version if it exists at location-path using `rm -rf`, then using `rsync -ar --exclude='.git' ...` copies the folder-path directory to the location-path directory every update-interval (in seconds).  Optionally specify `&` at the end of the command to run it in the background.  In addition to copying folders to the location-path, wildcard syntax can be used to specify sets of files or individual files can be copied over directly.

Ex: `sf ~/stuff/folder ~/otherStuff 5`

Would copy the 'folder' directory into '~/otherStuff' (removing previous versions when they exist in '~/otherStuff') every five seconds.

Ex: `sf ~/stuff/*.js ~/otherStuff 4`

Would copy all JavaScript files into '~/otherStuff' (removing previous versions when they exist in '~/otherStuff') every four seconds.

Ex: `sf ~/stuff/thing.txt ~/otherStuff 3`

Would copy 'thing.txt' into '~/otherStuff' (removing previous versions when they exist in '~/otherStuff') every three seconds.

If you want to enable update logging to the console, uncomment lines 6 - 7 and 12 - 14 in sf.sh.

### `apt-get`

#### Update and Autoremove - `ur`

Updates, upgrades, updates, then auto-removes and cleans packages.

### `shred`

#### Shred and Remove File(s) - `sr [path]`

Runs `shred` (40 passes) on the specified [path] file, if [path] is a directory `shred` is run on all it's files.  Afterwards, `rm -rf` is run on the [path].

### OpenSSL

#### AES-256 Encrypt - `aese [file]`

Encrypts [file] and removes the original, new encrypted file is "[file].enc".

#### AES-256 Decrypt - `aesd [file].enc`

Decrypts "[file].enc", new file is in the same directory as the encrypted version.

### `sensible-browser`

#### DuckDuckGo Search - `wb query`

Searches DuckDuckGo.com for query in a new tab or window of your default browser.  To make use of DuckDuckGo's !bang queries prefix the bang command with "\".

Ex: `\!g query`

Would use DuckDuckGo's bang g command to search Google for query.

### Node.js

#### Node.js Application Dependency Security Check - `nsc`

Runs `nsp check`, `snyk test`, `retire -j`, and `retire -n`.  Assumes you have installed the "nsp", "snyk", and "retire" packages globally, so install them if you haven't already.

#### Snazzy Standard Code Styling Check/Fix - `sstd`

Runs `standard --fix --env mocha | snazzy` to fix styling errors where appropriate and provide snazzy reporting for any remaining errors.

### Android

#### Sign Release APK - `rapk [your-unaligned.apk] your-release.apk your-key.jks`

Signs an APK release file with the specified key, zipaligns the release APK if an unaligned APK is passed.

### IP

#### Get IP Information - `wip`

Queries ipinfo.io and freegeoip.net for information about the computer's IP address.

## Bash Installation and Updates
First, clone this directory into a folder in your home directory, this is where the project files will reside.

`git clone https://github.com/sumtype/crunch-commands.git`

#### Install Every Command

To install all the commands navigate to the project root directory of the downloaded folder and enter the following command:

`. install.sh`

This will add the scripts to your ~/.bashrc path with appropriate aliases.  Restart your bash console to start using the new commands.  Please note that this action will remove empty lines from your ~/.bashrc file.  If you don't want to do that install commands manually (see next section).

#### Install a Command

To a command from this project, at the bottom of your ~/.bashrc file add the following two lines (sequentially) after making the following changes to them.

`export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/[parent path]/crunch-commands"`

`alias [command name]=". [command name].sh"`

1) Substitute '[parent path]' with the path to the project folder.  For example, if you cloned this project into a folder called 'stuff' in your home directory your first line should look like this:

`export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/stuff/crunch-commands"`

2) Substitute [command name] with the name of the command you want to add.  Here for example, if you want to add the `gp` command your second line should look like this:

`alias gp=". gp.sh"`

Restart your bash console to start using the new command.  Please note, once you've added the export line if you want to add other commands you'll only need to add other alias lines.  For example if you've installed `gp` above to add `gc` just add `alias gc=". gc.sh"` to your ~/.bashrc file.

#### Update Everything

To update all the commands to their latest versions and install any new ones enter the following command:

`crunch-commands update`

Once the update process is completed restart your terminal to start using new commands (old commands will automatically be updated and will not require a terminal restart).  Please note, this command will install all the commands automatically.

#### Update the Commands You're Using

Navigate to your cloned folder of this repository in your terminal and enter the following:

`git pull origin master`

When you do this your commands will automatically update to the current versions.  In addition, new commands will be added to the package, but you'll need to install them manually to access them.  Follow the instructions in the 'Install a Command' section for guidance.


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I enjoyed my time at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas. It was my first time getting to attend the annual meeting, although I have attended several of our state conventions here in South Carolina. I was there both as a student at Southwestern, and as a messenger from Putman.
On Sunday afternoon we got to attend the Text-Driven Preaching Micro Conference led by Dr. David Allen. There was a panel of pastors and professors that make up the SWBTS School of Preaching, including Mac Brunson and Kyle Walker. Dr. Allen asked them questions and took questions from the audience. Sunday night began the Pastors' Conference where we heard sermons from Juan Sanchez, James Merritt, and Tony Evans.
On Monday we were privileged to attend the closed-door questions and answers time with the members of the Executive Committee, which was very educational. Throughout the day I attended the other nine sessions of the Pastors' Conference, listening to Bryan Carter, Cameron Triggs, Jack Graham, Ray Pritchard, Frank Pomeroy, Robert Smith, Daven Watkins, Charlie Dates, and J.D. Greear.
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The motion involving politicians speaking to the convention will appear on the ballot in 2019, while the motions surrounding the SWBTS boards were set for debate and vote on Wednesday. After the debate was over the messengers overwhelming voted to keep the board of trustees, a decision I was glad to see. The other significant debate occurred Tuesday morning when we were voting on the next budget. A motion was made to amend the proposed budget in the book of reports to defund the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, which again I was glad to see overwhelmingly voted down. It was an honor to be able to raise my ballot in defense of these issues. While I may have personally found these motions to be misguided, it is the ability of any messenger to have equal say that makes the convention so strong. In the '90s a teenage girl once made a motion that led to adding events for teenagers during the convention, and this year a nine year old boy made a motion to add a new day to the special events calendar (Children's Ministry Sunday), so it is true that every person has a voice.
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While each of the reports was interesting, I think the most exciting was the International Mission Board report given by David Platt. After giving examples of how many things were heading in the right direction, he said, "In other words, the IMB is open for business." That line drew applause because the IMB was in trouble just a few short years ago. Platt has done a great job, so I will be sorry to see him go; I did not know until he mentioned it his report that he is leaving to return to the pastorate, so I will be praying that a successor is found soon. The WMU, like Platt, shared stories that gave me goose bumps. It was exciting to hear about great things God is doing through Southern Baptists around the world.
We also had to elect officers for 2019, as Steve Gaines concluded his second term this year. The Convention President for the annual meeting in Birmingham will be J.D. Greear, with First Vice President A.B. Vines and Second Vice President Felix Cabrera joining him. Stephen Rummage was elected to deliver the convention sermon, with Josh Smith on standby as the alternate. We also learned that 9,583 people served as messengers this year.
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Alicia attended a pastors' wives session led by Beth Moore, and together we attended the Southwestern Alumni Luncheon on Wednesday (neither of us is alumni, but I will be in December and that was a requirement for one of my classes).
We were challenged by the report from the North American Mission Board. While there is reason to celebrate the number of reported baptisms, the reality of declining membership exposes a problem. The challenge put before us was to refocus on discipleship, not just evangelism, and the 80by20 Challenge will hopefully help with that. NAMB's research showed that only 45% of professing believers read their Bible at least once a week; the goal is to get that number to 80% by 2020. Dr. Gaines had a good line that I would like to include here. There was a lot of focus on the negative, like the NAMB report and the issues regarding the seminaries, but Gaines reminded us "There's a lot more good going on in the SBC than there is bad." It is good to keep that in mind.


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RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen's Saudi-backed government and southern separatists signed an agreement on Tuesday to end a power struggle in the south of Yemen that Saudi Arabia's crown prince hailed as a step toward a wider political solution to end the multifaceted conflict.
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Very Pleased To Michu
Sunday evening saw the sad news reach us that Miguel Cuesta Perez or "Michu" as he's affectionately known in this corner of south Wales has retired due to his ongoing ankle injury.
It's over three years now since he last wore the Swansea City shirt but he made a lasting impression that none of us will ever forget.
The Jack Army were feeling a bit down after Brendan Rodgers left for Liverpool meaning Gylfi Sigurdsson's transfer fell through as well. We needed a new hero and goal scorer, and boy did we find one.
He arrived from Rayo Vallecano for what became known as the deal of the decade for just £2 million. Having scored 15 goals in La Liga the previous season hopes were expectations were high when he moved to SA1. He didn't disappoint.
Twenty two times he struck during the 2012/13 season, many of them live long in the memory. The double at Arsenal stands out for me. I still felt a bit inferior in our second season at this level when we travelled away to the top sides. You'd expect to get beaten but hold out hope you may get the occasional draw if the opposition has an off day.
You most certainly don't expect to go to places like the Emirates and win but thanks to him we did. There's no better feeling than winning in the last minute either, the sheer elation of thinking you won't win but then you do with hardly any time left just can't be beaten.
They were two brilliant goals as well, a nice one two with Luke Moore put him in for the first which he stuck in the top corner. The second one summed him up, the entire away end (me included) were shouting at him to sprint when he found himself one on one with the keeper by the halfway line. But he just casually jogged forward with the attitude of "don't worry lads it's all in hand" and it was. He buried that chance too on a memorable afternoon in the Capital.
It seemed as if not a week would go by when you wouldn't see the Spaniard put a cup to his left ear in his trademark celebration after another goal.
He was influential as well in our League Cup success, his cool finish in the semi final at Chelsea was arguably his biggest goal for us. He would also find the net in the final and on what is in my opinion the greatest night in our history as we trounced Valencia 0-3 in their own backyard in the Europa League.
It's a shame his time with us and his career was all too short but we have some amazing memories. Sometimes it's better to have a short career but fill it with some brilliant moments than one that lasts a lot longer but you're just existing rather than contributing.
Look at James Thomas, his career was short, admittedly a lot shorter than Michu's but he's still a hero to the fans because his goals kept us in the Football League.
The fans will have similar affection for the Spaniard who was a huge part in us finishing 9th (3rd highest finish in our history) and winning our first ever major trophy.
When you make a lasting contribution like that it will never be forgotten by the Jack Army. On a final note it would be brilliant if he was invited to play in Alan Tate's testimonial so he could say a final goodbye to the fans. In the meantime enjoy the video above of our former number 9's debut season with us.
Happy retirement Michu, thanks for the memories!
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With reference to Turkish Airlines i wonder if it could be the runway that is the problem as reading the BHX thread they seem to like to mix the aircraft types up. A321s, 737 8s, 737 9ers, A332s and A333 i've seen all mentioned. Not saying they would use the bigger aircraft but maybe they are an airline that likes to have the ability to operate larger aircraft if possible?
Turkish Airline seems like a good choice and nice addition for BRS. TK brings a whole host of different and varied destinations to BRS and i'm sure IST will it's self produce enough O&D.
I wonder if they'll be also go knocking on the door of a certain red themed airline?
If the runway is the probem then that's another brake on expanding beyond the core airlines already in place. BRS is certificated for A330s and the type has operated there from time to time. The 200 series ought to be capable of reaching IST.
Whether the new versions of the A321 and 737s are I don't know. If they are not then the airport does have a major problem. Given that TUI is apparently going to base 737 MAX 10s at BRS in due course it might be supposed that the new Boeing 737s are ok.
Also i do wonder if for an airline like Turkish the lack of cargo facilities could be a problem? I don't know if they carry cargo on their 737s but i know cargo could be loaded by hand on 737s.
Looking at a lot of the legacies many of them do have substantial cargo operations as well.
That's another potential BRS weakness. All options of the new master plan consultation document are predicated on removal of part of the Green Belt that surrounds the airport - already part of the North Side is in a Green Belt Inset which effectively removes the Green Belt restrictions from that part of the site.
If further land is removed from the Green Belt then a cargo facility could be a realistic provision, provided it was thought necessary and viable.
The airport press release mentions specifically long haul and particularly as I read it scheduled rather than charter . This suggests to me that they have someone in mind but who I don't know. Secondly Turkish is an absolutely perfect solution for an eastern connection. They claim to fly to more countries than any other airline and just look at the cities across Europe that they serve - many considerably smaller and less affluent than Bristol. They also have the perfect and flexibly mix of aircraft. I just cannot understand why they are not already at Bristol.
100% agree with Marko1 on this. Makes no sense to me..
I'm almost a little tired of hearing the same old from the airport in terms of legacy carriers. They do need to diversify in a way that keeps everyone happy. Standsted is a good example of an airport that is looking to do just that to grow. It was basically Ryanair airport however recently they have started to grow with a different mix.
Turkish and or Swiss would be great I'm terms of a state offering and hub connections. I think BMI also need some competition to keep them on their toes. LH with their own metal or eurowings could plug a few gaps there or provide a better offering.. the runway chatter or lack of it is still a disappointment to me.. there lies a real lack of vision looking to the future..
The airport in its present incarnation seems very profitable for its owners and such has been the case for a long time. They apparently see no reason to alter this state of affairs in a significant way. It's been said before that a few more low cost routes or even additional frequency on existing ones would make more money for the airport through ancillary revenue spend than a long haul scheduled route or two.
Other airports (not all by any means) seem to manage both to a limited degree. Robert Sinclair the previous airport CEO said, in an aviation magazine article last year, that their preference for growth is with existing carriers and this has proved itself down the years. He made the telling comment that it might not work for all airports but it does for BRS.
Although there are airlines with aircraft that could operate some long haul scheduled routes from the existing runway, and I'm sure the airport would embrace them if they came along because it would mean very little additional cost to accomodate them, when it comes to becoming a serious long haul player we are back to the airport physical size question. The runway is limiting; the site is small and there is not even a cargo facility.
Extending the runway would be extremely expensive from a cost perspective (it would require a 150-metre long tunnel for the A38 for starters) and the environmental hurdles would be immense. The airport appears not to have altered its view expressed in the current (2006) master plan that any improvement in performance that might be achieved is relatively small compared with the cost and potential environmental impact. A note was added that it would be necessary keep the issue under review in subsequent updates of the master plan. That they are currently asking for the views of the public on such things as new terminals but not on a longer runway is puzzling.
Expanding the site into the Green Belt might be less difficult but it would still be highly controversial. There is also the matter of persuading the local authority to abolish or raise the current 10 mppa limit. I think that will be less difficult, albeit the usual suspects will make a lot of noise about it.
If it's scheduled the only thing i can think of is US East Coast for New York or another airline like Thomas Cook coming in on Orlando.
I take your general point but I'm not sure that BRS would have been able to pick this particular plum in any event.
That Qatar was looking to open a route to the South West was mentioned by their UK chief getting on for three years ago. Realistically, it could only be to CWL or BRS (EXT is too far away from the main centres on both sides of the Severn estuary). BRS almost certainly wasn't considered because of operational constraints, even though the 787-8 could reach Doha easily from the current runway. However, that was probably a side issue.
The Qatar CEO made it quite clear that he was looking at a link to serve Wales as a country and had obviously obtained a lot of support from both the Welsh Government and the from the UK Government via the Secretary of State for Wales. The WG was/is in a position to speak on government to government terms with the Qatari Government and through that arrange co-operation on any number of matters to the mutual benefit of both countries.
Furthermore, the WG itself and through its airport company is in a position to offer initial inducements for the air service. We've said before that the WG will view its purchase of CWL a success (both politically and in actuality) even if the airport doesn't reach profitabilty for a while because (a) it will help to oil the wheels of the country's economy and (b) will grow in value as a fixed asset.
The private sector owners of BRS cannot think in this way. A daily Qatar flight would almost certainly provide less ancillary revenue (through such things as car parking and retail outlet use) than a couple of additional easyJet or Ryanair flights a day. Although improving the local economy through the airport's presence would be a positive side effect it's not the primary reason for the airport being there from the owner's perspective.
If today's information about the cargo uplift on the two Qatar flights is true that's another reason why BRS in its present incarnation cannot compete on mainstream long haul.
The draft master plan due for publication this spring becomes more interesting in prospect by the day.
I'm a bit confused by the airports growth strategy. All recent press releases talk of targeting long haul flights so surely they must have been trying to win Qatar. Secondly I'm sure I read an article suggesting most of the Qatar airways board wanted to fly to Bristol but was overruled. So what exactly is the strategy?long haul or not ?
The only thing that I've read is the Qatar CEO's comment that some of his senior staff did not support his decision to begin a CWL service. I've not read anything to suggest they favoured BRS instead.
I'm sure that BRS would have loved Qatar but they were always struggling to get them in my opinion for the reasons set out in my earlier post.
All recent press releases talk of targeting long haul flights so surely they must have been trying to win Qatar.
They probably were and i'm sure they'd love to attract more long haul routes and the most likeliest to provide that is TUI and that is probably how they will expand their long haul routes in the future through TUI.
From the airport's point of view TUI creates footfall. For the region's economy though scheduled routes for business as well as for leisure such as the ME are more important but, as I said previously, that is not the airport's primary concern.
If BRS had a freight facility and a longer runway and was able to handle aircraft up to, say, B777 size its primary catchment and proximity to secondary catchments would almost certainly have seen it with some scheduled long haul by now. As it is, the airport will remain a very good short-haul business provider with an abundance of leisure routes including some long haul. The BRS managment said recently that increases in frequencies on some of its existing routes is one of its priorities.
My personal opinion is that BRS will likley pick up a Transatlantic USA East Coast connection before Cardiff does. I think it could potentially come in the form of Primea or Nowergian who would have the right sized jet for the job.
That said, BHX have seen a decline in Transatlantic links in recent years with Primea cancelling it's plans to operate. Who knows what will happen?
Below is a report on part of the press conference given today by Qatar Airways' CEO.
Qatar Airways coming to Wales shows his belief that airlines should create markets and he sees the catchment area of Cardiff Airport as being bigger than that of Bristol, one of several reasons he didn't choose the smaller airport across the channel. Others being the size and operating restrictions that apply there and with Bristol's focus on low-cost passenger flights, a limited desire for freight operations.
It confirms what some of us have been saying for a while, although as I said earlier I saw little chance of Qatar coming to BRS even if its physical size had not been a problem because of the government to government communication that is potentially something that both countries can develop. BRS only has local authorities fighting its cause, and they aren't united or all in favour of airport development. Bristol City Council formally objected to the airport's planning applications for its major expansion when they came before North Somerset Council in 2010/11. Had Lulsgate been located within the city boundary it's highly likely that any expansion would have been blocked.
I don't follow the airline CEO's claim that CWL has a bigger catchment area than BRS. That is plainly a ludicrous suggestion unless the article is poorly drafted and the CEO was speaking solely about his own airline's service. There is an argument with that in that the BRS catchment, when it comes to ME long haul, has other options: LHR, BHX and now CWL. That works both ways of course because those options mean that CWL is only one of three choices and the airport and airline will need to fight hard to claim passengers from the West Country who might otherwise use LHR (mainly) or BHX.
Nevertheless, BRS's resticted size and lack of freight facilities is now coming home to roost when it comes to securing scheduled long haul. Things are unlikely to change greatly in the future as the airport is making its owners a lot of money and all I can see in the form of future growth is more of the same.
I also think the UK Government may of had a hand in this, or at least wanted to take some credit for it. Alan Cairns has never turned up or had a huge amount to do with Cardiff Airport in recent years and all of a sudden appears. It also looks good with the UK almost brexiting they are building trade links and the likes.
With the Qatari owned gas terminal in Milford Haven and plans to open a hotel, I can't help think Qatar want to hang around for quite a while.


Crowds notwithstanding, you'll want to spend a few hours at Logan Pass, the road's climax. Open mid-June through mid-October, the Logan Pass Visitor Center (406-888-7800) is where you'll learn about the fragile plant and animal life at high elevations before striking out on one of the two hikes that depart from the summit. The 6-mile Hidden Lake Nature Trail on pavement, boardwalk, and then gravel is the park's most popular hike. Bring a fly rod to fish for Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the lake. Across the road from the visitors center, the Highline Trail cuts across the Garden Wall and isn't for the weak-kneed for about 100 yards early in the hike there is a sheer drop off, and you might have to or get to, depending on your perspective share the trail with a single-minded mountain goat.
Heading down the east side of Logan Pass, you'll notice a drier forest with more pine, aspen, and eventually sagebrush. Highlights of the backside include the 408-foot East Tunnel through Piegan Mountain and a stop at the Jackson Glacier Overlook, 4 miles below the pass. This is the only place on the road where a glacier is still visible. Snap a photo and then compare the current size of the glacier to visitor center pictures from the 1930s, 1950s, and even 1980s. Look to the north side of the road, and you'll see its namesake mountain, Going-to-the-Sun, which rises to 9,642 feet. The road down to St. Mary Lake offers a number of worthwhile short hikes, including an easy 3.6-mile round-tripper to St. Mary and Virginia falls, a short walk to 75-foot Sunrift Gorge, and the 1.2-mile Sun Point Nature Trail to views of the lake. One more stop to make is at the Wild Goose Island Overlook, where a tiny island is a striking contrast in St. Mary Lake against a mountain backdrop.
Five miles before St. Mary is Rising Sun (866-875-8456, June Sept.), which offers the first services since Lake McDonald, including boat rides across the lake. Take a look around at the prairie and aspen landscape and ponder just how much it has changed in the 35 miles since the ancient cedars on the west side. St. Mary has a visitor center and a congested conglomeration of restaurants, motels, gas stations, and gift shops.
Turn right on US 89 for the pretty 33-mile drive through aspen and sage foothills toward East Glacier, keeping an eye on the majestic mountains visible on the passenger's side. Look for Blackfeet ponies high on benches in scenes reminiscent of 150 years ago. At a little outpost called Kiowa, turn right on MT 49 for 13 miles of zigging and zagging through the Two Medicine country to East Glacier, which has a few smaller motels, motor inns, eateries and gift shops, an Amtrak station, and the massive Glacier Park Lodge.
Just under the railroad bridge is the junction of US 2, which begins a quick if not as dramatic ascent to 5,220-foot Marias Pass to the west. The views at the summit including 8,770-foot Summit Mountain to the north are enticing. Pull into a large parking area that features a miniature version of the Washington Monument dedicated to J. F. Stevens. He was a Great Northern Railway engineer who discovered the route across the Rockies with the help of a Blackfeet scout. Also at the pass is a tribute to a Slippery Bill Morrison, who donated a portion of his 160-acre spread to create the only year-round passage through the Rockies between Rogers Pass and the Canadian border.
When US 2 descends to the Flathead River and bends north, look for the Walton Goat Lick Overlook on the left side. A short walk to a new viewing platform reveals a natural salt lick where as many as 50 mountain goats at a time regularly convene for an energy boost, alongside bighorn sheep, deer, and other wildlife. A few miles beyond are the communities of Walton and Essex (pop. 223), where the extravagant Izaak Walton Inn is worth exploring even if you're not staying in one of its railroad-oriented lodging options. The 29-room hotel, often called Inn Between because of its location deep in the mountains between East Glacier and West Glacier, was built as a possible southern entrance for Glacier. The hotel has survived numerous disappointments and nearly perished in a wildfire in the summer of 2015 and has evolved to become a destination for visitors desiring unusual year-round lodging. It has become a twice-daily hotel tradition to wander onto the porch to wave at Amtrak passengers.
The next 25 miles back to West Glacier offer some of the wildest paved-road country in America. Glacier rises above the Flathead River on the north side and the Great Bear Wilderness looms to the south.
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'Please save us' cried dying passengers of Vananchal
By IANS-CT / July 20, 2010
Kolkata, July 19 (Calcutta Tube) There was a loud crashing sound and a jerking, after which passengers of the Uttar Banga express fell pell-mell from their berths, injuring themselves. But what people recall of the trauma most is the plea of the wounded and dying passengers of the Vananchal Express, 'Please save us, we don't want to die'.
The Uttar Banga express early Monday rammed into three coaches of the stationary Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at Sainthia in Birbhum district, 191 km from Kolkata, killing 63 people and injuring 150.
Passengers of the Uttar Banga returned to Kolkata Monday evening after a 14-hour ordeal, with practically no food, and flooded with memories of the traumatic experience.
'I will never forget this day in my life. It was simply a terrible experience. At 1.55 a.m. there was a loud sound and a jerking. We all fell from our berths and got injured,' said Uma Shankar Karmakar, a passenger.
'We were the first ones to start the rescue work. It was a horrible sight to see people bleeding to death. The passengers of Vananchal were saying 'Please save us, we don't want to die'. But I couldn't do anything,' said a railway protection force constable who was on the Uttar Banga Express.
'I was in the S-3 compartment and after the collision I fell from my berth, and then another person fell over me. Since then I cannot move my left hand. I had to sling it from the neck. Railway officials only provided us with a band aid,' said a passenger Vijendra.
The passengers looked upset. One of them pounced on a packet of a biscuits and chips brought by his relatives at the Sealdah station.
The passengers complained that they did not receive any food packets or got any first aid after the accident.
'I thought I would simply die of hunger. I thought after the collision the nightmare was over, but it was yet to come, and that was the negligence and apathy of railway officials,' said Uttam Pal, a passenger.
Sanjib Chakroborty, a passenger complained that they received just a packet of biscuits and a bottle of water as ration for the whole day.
'The rescue work started one hour after the collision. Had they started earlier, many precious lives could have been saved,' said Ratna Chakroborty, wife of Sanjib Chakroborty.
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Why Dancing is the Best Medicine
September 30, 2020 by Peter Lovatt
Dr Peter Lovatt was quoted extensively in an article published in The Sun newspaper about the scientific benefits of dance for our health and well-being. Peter was interviewed on camera.
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IT'S official – dancing really is the best medicine, with Brits claiming it makes them feel happier and less stressed.
A study of 2,000 adults found eight in 10 feel a boogie boosts their mood, with three quarters feeling 'happy' after shimmying around their home.
For seven in 10, dancing helps to relieve their stress after just a few minutes.
And almost half went as far as to say they feel their mental health is better as a result of the activity.
But the study, commissioned by Zumba, found 67 per cent wished they could dance more often, although 41 per cent admitted they were 'quite bad' or 'appalling' at it.
Psychologist Dr Peter Lovatt, said: "The positive effects of dance have been shown in the scientific literature to help our stress and anxiety in lots of ways, particularly in difficult times like these.
"Dancing helps the mind break away from set patterns of thinking – and that's why dancing reduces stress.
"When we move our body, it releases different neurochemicals.
"The opioid receptors become more active and that means our pain threshold increases. We feel less pain when we dance.
"We know dancing bonds people together – dancing in unison is good for us, because it encourages social bonding, stimulating the production of endorphins in the brain."
The study also found more than eight in 10 Brits agreed that dancing is a good form of exercise.
And the 69 per cent who enjoy dancing average two hours and 15 minutes of the activity every month.
More than a quarter, 28 per cent, said dancing has provided them with great memories and 23 per cent said it helps connect them with friends.
Nearly four in 10, 37 per cent, even said moving to music helps them forget all their troubles, with 42 per cent believing dancing allows them to 'lose themselves'.
It also emerged a third of adults have taken dance classes, or attended a dance-based fitness class, according to the research from OnePoll.
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Squeak Carnwath: Everything 2, 2002, oil and alkyd on canvas on panel, 6⅜ by 12⅞ feet; at Jane Lombard.
Squeak Carnwath's first New York exhibition in over a decade was tightly packed with paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the 1990s to the present. The earliest piece on view was the painting Things Green (1995). Designed as a giant chart, it presents a list of nouns floating in a field of bright green above a 12-by-21-unit grid, each cell containing a number and a dab of paint. The color swatches represent a wide range of tints, from lemon yellow and sky blue to gray and olive brown, all of which may conceivably contain green pigment. Similarly, every written word has a connection to green, through custom or association. The list includes "snake," "stone" and "grass" as well as "house," "peace" and "beret."
The list of nouns is far from exhaustive, the enumeration inaccurate and some of the cells empty, yet the flaws of the Things Green chart become assets of the painting, which combines poetic sensibility with irresistible physical presence. Carnwath's principal talent is her ability to transform inert materials into something akin to living matter. In her work, every wobbly line has a character, each handwritten word has its own quirky temperament, and dabs of color have different shapes and moods, like specimens in a collection of bugs.
Carnwath's most recent paintings were installed in the second gallery. Dense with titles of popular songs handwritten in block letters on narrow bands of contrasting colors, they were each accompanied by a small iPod shuffle playing the referenced songs—a pleasant but redundant gesture. In some paintings, the found poetry of individual song titles accumulates to powerful effect. In Girls (2015), for example, the titles painted in various shades of pink, red and purple reflect many different aspects of gender, from innate character to performative identity to social function: "I Was Born This Way," "Bang Bang,""Piece of My Heart,""I Am Woman."
Text and color swatches comprise only part of a large vocabulary of shapes, symbols and gestures that have recurred throughout Carnwath's paintings over the years, traveling from one piece to another and generating a visual conversation among the works. One of the frequent motifs is a trompe l'oeil sheet of lined notebook paper. In the 2002 diptych Everything 2, three such sheets, covered with various marks and pencil scribbles, are depicted on the right-hand panel, painted with easy and casual confidence on top of dozens of vertical stripes of color. The diptych's left panel features marks and vignettes scattered on a pale background: a handful of colored circles; schematic images such as a rabbit and a palm-reading chart; laconic statements painted in large block letters ("THIS IS A BRILLIANT PAINTING" and "PLEASE HELP"); another trompe l'oeil notebook page; several bits of text floating in different parts of the canvas; and dozens of painterly trifles and accidents, from doodles scraped into wet ground to droplets and streaks of multicolored paint enhancing the canvas's already richly nuanced surface.
Like most of Carnwath's pieces, Everything 2 demands sustained viewing. The abundance of visual and textual information seems to imply that some kind of message is there waiting to be deciphered. The clues, however, do not point in a single direction. None of Carnwath's works in fact offer a comprehensible statement, consistent argument or specific emotion. Instead, they mesmerize the viewer with their tremendous arsenal of painterly gestures, symbols and contradictory statements, transporting one into a state of sensory overload, intellectual excitement and puzzlement.
Jane Lombard


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KRS has a proven track record in managing the rigging contracts for venues across the UK. We now run the rigging management at Manchester Central, an award-winning venue in the heart of one of Europe's most vibrant cities. We see this partnership with Manchester Central as an exciting chapter in the future development of our business.
We are the in-house rigging contractor for LS-Live Studios (Production Park), based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. This relationship has allowed both us and LS-Live to expand our businesses and reputation within the industry by having some of the biggest names in the industry perform at the venue before going on tour.
LS-Live provides over 50,000sq ft of rehearsal space to accommodate some of the biggest stars with the likes of Olly Murs, Jay Z and the Foo Fighters using the studios in recent years.
As well as both of these iconic venue, we also provide on-site rigging support at Fly By Nite studios, the largest purpose-built studio in Europe, who have seen the likes if Ed Sheeran, Kings of Leon and Radiohead using their rehearsal space.


looks like the cebu relocators are enjoying their videoke night at serendra.
give me the korean pose and say cheese. kate i said cheese, not na na na. nuuk!
kalingaw! ki-at kaayo'g nawng si kate ha! hehehe.
Hahahahaaha! C Light kevs ra... kanta gihapon.
@lead character: i know. i also had fun taking their photos. nuuk!


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South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue (SYFR) is a Metropolitan Fire Brigade, encompassing 4 districts in the South of the County. With Head Quarters based in the Centre of Sheffield, England, it manages 17 'Whole Time' Fire Stations and 5 'Retained' (part time) stations throughout the region, employing over 1000 staff.
Sector: government and pulic sector
"The VXL Itona outperformed all the others and we particularly liked the ease of configuration" – David Alton, IT Support Technician, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.
In common with many public sector organisations, SYFR relies heavily upon its I.T. infrastructure to deliver services to the public. Five years ago the decision was made to adopt thin client technology within the organisation to both improve performance and reduce operating costs.
Recently, a number of performance issues in the thin client estate had arisen and therefore, SYFR management undertook a thorough performance review to identify issues and possible solutions.
SYFR has been using thin client terminals in all of its stations for the past five years, but many of the existing units were proving to be slow when running applications. Printing from the units was also proving problematic, as most new printers use USB connections and the majority of the existing terminals would only accept parallel connections.
The organisation had also faced issues when using Dosimeters. These are devices worn by fire-fighters for checking radiation levels and the speed and accuracy of the information they provide is vital when dealing with incidents. These were 'timing out' when used around the older terminals, a serious issue that needed to be resolved. David Alton, ICT Support Technician for the organisation explains, "We thought the problem was down to the network connection, which on Retained Stations is only an ISDN line, but it proved to be down to the performance of many of the existing, thin client terminals".
It was noted that, of SYFR's existing thin clients, the only unit to have performed without any problems was an older VXL terminal. A number of other thin clients were also trialled at this time as well as a new VXL Itona TC4341 model with the Windows CE operating system. "The VXL model outperformed all the others on price & performance and we particularly liked the ease of configuring the unit on our network", added David Alton. As a result of the product trial, VXL Instruments was chosen as the preferred supplier of thin clients.
With the trial completed SYFR embarked on the project in earnest with Axess Systems as its technology partner. Axess Systems liaised closely with SYFR to ascertain its objectives and requirements. "Our experience of using Axess Systems was extremely positive. They were very professional and answered all of our questions", stated David.
An initial batch of 50 VXL Itona TC4341 terminals were supplied to SYFR, chosen for their high specifications at low cost and of course, the quality that was identified in previous VXL models. All Whole Time Fire Stations now have two of the units and all Retained Stations house one unit as their sole terminal. The benefits were immediately evident to both system users and administrators. Firefighters 'on station' commented that the VXL units were noticeably faster and in addition, that the problem with the Dosimeter devices had been eradicated.
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The objective of the current study was to examine how experienced and inexperienced driver behaviour changed (including heart rate and longitudinal speeds) when approaching and exiting highway tunnels. Simultaneously, the NARX neural network was used to predict real-time speed with the heart rate regarded as the input variable. The results indicated that familiarity with the experimental route did decrease drivers' mental stress but resulted in higher speed. The proposed NARX model could predict synchronous speed with high accuracy. These results of the present study concern how to establish the automated driver model in the simulation environment.
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Ministry of Transport of the People"s Republic of China. Specification of Highway Route Design [S]. JTG D20-2006. Beijing: China Communications Press, 2006. A. Noizet & F. Ricard, (2004). The Acteurs project: results from the survey of drivers using the tunnels operated by the French alpine motorway companies. Computer software. London.
C. Nussbaumer, (2007, May). Comparative analysis of safety in tunnels. In Young Researchers Seminar (pp. 27-30).
J. Törnros, (2000). Effects of tunnel wall pattern on simulated driving behaviour. Statens väg-och transport forsknings institut., VTI EC research 9.


, dragging her from her seat.
Alabama civil rights activists believed the incident, coming just 10 months after the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, could be a test case to challenge segregation on public buses. A local NAACP member, Rosa Parks, helped to collect contributions for Colvin's legal fees, but the campaign was eventually dropped. Colvin's resistance to her arrest and the discovery that she was several months pregnant, forced activists to wait for a better test case.
Then, on the evening of December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks herself was arrested after refusing to give up her seat — already in the colored section of a local bus — to a white man who boarded the bus three stops after she had. As everyone now knows, the arrest of Rosa Parks led to a year-long bus boycott, a U.S. Supreme Court decision and the rise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, 60 years after the civil rights movement's most famous act of civil disobedience, it's worth remembering what has and hasn't changed since 1955. Some changes reflect the progress of our community. State-sanctioned segregation has ended, African-Americans have become more politically powerful and the U.S. has elected its first Black president.
Other changes reflect the still simmering tension that exists within our community. Remember, it was the politics of respectability that kept Claudette Colvin's case from becoming the face of the civil rights movement in Montgomery, but that debate over which victims and leaders are acceptable to project in the struggle has not subsided.
We saw this after George Zimmerman's defenders portrayed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as a thugged-out weed head, leading some to question whether Martin should have been the face of the cause. And we've seen it most recently with critics who question activists' embrace of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Laquan McDonald and other victims of police brutality in search of a more perfect victim.
When Bayard Rustin, a draft-resisting communist and Black gay man, arrived in Montgomery in February 1956, his presence sparked immediate controversy, as David Garrow recounts in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. "It was the feeling of this group that Bayard should be urged to leave Alabama and return to New York," one leading activist wrote at the time.
Today, the Black Lives Matter movement, which was founded by three Black women — Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi — including two queer women, is often represented by several Black gay men, including Darnell Moore and Deray McKesson, among others. This new, more diverse image of Black leadership looks dramatically different from the days when Montgomery organizers wrestled with the question of what to do about Rustin.
One of the key organizers in today's movement, Johnetta Elzie, considers Black Lives Matter to be "all-inclusive" because, as she says, "Blackness is all-inclusive. Blackness is not just black straight men. There are gay men in this work doing amazing work. There are queer folks. There are trans folks. There are gay and lesbian folks, bisexual, there are religious black people, there are atheist black people."
Elzie's comments touch on another difference between today's movement and the 1955 movement: the role of the Black church. When Montgomery activists organized their famous boycott, they turned to Dr. King from the local Dexter Avenue Baptist Church for leadership. Today, although some Black churches remain engaged in the current Black Lives Matter movement, neither they nor their pastors serve as the primary organizers.
Black activism has been decentralized and democratized to the masses, a reflection of the decreasing political relevance of the church and the diminution of the power of the pulpit. In an era where African-American megachurch pastors preach prosperity and reveal their disconnection to the community by endorsing presidential candidates like Donald Trump, today's activists can't depend on ministers to lead the charge for social justice.
Meanwhile, as Hillary Clinton prepares to deliver the keynote address for today's 60th anniversary event, Montgomery's mostly Black, mostly low-income passengers are stuck riding on an inadequate bus system because Alabama is one of four states that refuse to provide tax dollars for public transportation. If Dr. King were alive today, one would imagine he would be protesting this continued inequality in Montgomery rather than meeting in gold-plated towers in Manhattan.


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Shane Washington, 21, shows Mikey Payne, 27, a song while taking a break from skating at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC. The plaza, also known as Pulaski, is one of the most popular street skating spots in the world. Regulars like Shane and Mikey come to the plaza every evening to skate, smoke, drink, and hang out.
Washington, DC - Community members gather to remember the life of Clarence Venerable, a new Cure the Streets "violence interrupter" who was shot while leaving a training session last Friday, November 22. The shooting response was held in the location of the shooting, in front of the Cure the Streets office and Alliance of Concerned Men building on November 25, 2019. (Hadley Chittum).
Rod Dewitt feeds his cow, Upchurch, one evening in Floyd, Virginia. The Dewitt's, who are vegetarians, bought Upchurch's mother while she was pregnant to save the baby from being slaughtered for meat.
Arlington, Virginia — A man cries sitting down at the bench remembering Zoe Falkenburg who was eight when she died in the plane crash on September 11, 2001. Zoe, her sister Dana, her parents, Leslie and Charles also died (Hadley Chittum).
Allison cooks spaghetti as Jason calmly cajoles a grumpy Nixon to try to get him to eat. As a result of a serious illness he had last year, Nixon often refuses to eat, afraid the food will make him sick.
GW freshman Jillian Kislow reacts at a vigil to remember the victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. held in Kogan Plaza in March 2018.
Washington, DC — Photos from the 17th st. high heel drag race in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in Washington, DC on October 29, 2019 (Hadley Chittum).


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Service Date: 11/03/2021
Service Time: 12:00 PM
Service Location: City of Mesa Cemetery - 1212 North Center Street, Mesa, Arizona 85201
Interment: City of Mesa Cemetery
Live Stream Link To View Service: https://youtu.be/ICnxm3BERhM
Helen Ong, 89, passed away on October 20, 2021. Born and raised in Mesa, Helen was a graduate of Mesa High School. Following graduation, she studied education and business at Arizona State University, earning two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree in education. She taught with Mesa Public Schools for 28 years, with the majority of her teaching career spent at Westwood High School. When she wasn't teaching her business, computer, and shorthand classes, she was helping the family manage their grocery business, the Evergreen Market. Helen was a voracious reader, a prolific home cook, and an avid crafter and cross-stitcher.
She is preceded in death by her father Tong Sheng Ong, mother Wong Young (Mary) Ong, and siblings Virginia, Henry, Benjamin, and Turman Ong. She is survived by her sister Josephine Wall (Robert), nieces Tamara Havlik (Bruce), Roseanne Acevedo (Manuel), and Rebecca Ong (Robert Prince), nephew Michael Wall, and sister-in-law Michele Ong (Rick Lin).
Due to COVID-19, funeral services will be kept private, but a livestream link will be available on the Bunker Family Funerals and Cremation website on Wednesday, November 3 at 12pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Helen's memory to Helen's Hope Chest (no relation, just happy coincidence), Sunshine Acres Children's Home in Mesa, and Hospice of the Valley.
Arrangements by Bunker's Garden Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but www.bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.
East Valley Periodontics
Helen was a patient in the practice for several years. She will be missed by all of us.
Penny Magnusson Hannum
Mrs. Ong was a really sweet woman! She was my typing teacher at Westwood in 1965. Condolences to her family.
Betty welborn Austin
Miss Ong touched many students lives in the Westwood business department including mine. Rest in peace sweet lady
Jayne Wright Mccook
Sweet sweet lady. The whole ong family were wonderful. I miss those days of evergreen market.
Sandy (Ortiz) Raymond
Miss Ong was the best of the best. I was so blessed to have her in Shorthand and typing, as she taught me everything I needed to know to be employed by Mesa Public Schools.
Scott hardy
Ms. Ong taught me computers in 1983, we learned together, she was amazing and a gifted teacher! If it weren't for her I would not have had the career in IT that I've had! Thank you and rest peacefully
Caffall Grayling
I knew Helen Ong from Evergreen Market, and Westwood High School. She went to school with my parents and was a friend of our family. She was always friendly and kind. My condolences to her family. She will be missed.
Chester Yancy
Miss Ong was one of my favorite teacher's. I was in one of her typing classes. I think I was one of a few males in her class. I remember she ask me why I was taking typing and I said "because that's where the prettiest girls were". That brought a smile to both of our faces. Great memories.
patty robison
i will miss my visits with helen as i dropped by her home every so often to keep a friendship going since the days i walked to evergreen market to do my mom's shopping and grab a barq's to drink as i talked to helen, mary, and benny. i'm just so sad to lose her in my life. i have countless cross stitched tissue holders and she told me of plans to stitch more panda wall art for me, as well as things for my grandkids! how i love her and the entire ong family. please know of my devotion, support and concern at this sad time for all of us. her life revolved around her nieces and their families and that is what made her such a positive happy person. i will miss my friend.
patti goldman
Miss Ong was my favorite teacher, not just because of what I learned from her in class but for how kind, sweet, and fun she was. She will be missed by so many. RIP Miss Ong!!
Jack Oneal
Condolences great lady
Mary Willis Watkins
Ms Ong was one of my favorite teachers. I had her for typing and shorthand. She helped me get a job in the business department of MCC after high school. Such a wonderful woman who touched so many lives. I'm so sorry to hear of her passing. My condolences to her family.
Yolanda esquer
Mrs Ong was my shorthand and typing teacher at Westwood. She was a wonderful and very patient woman. My condolences to her family. A life well lived!!
F B
I am so sorry for your loss. May the God of all comfort Jehovah, strengthen you for the days a head. Know that caring thoughts are with you. That "He heals the brokenhearted; He binds up their wounds."-Psalm 147:3
Kim Guinn Hulet
Ms. Ong was one of my favorite teachers at Westwood. Learning shorthand was fun in her class. We shared a love of reading and traded books and book recommendations for years. She will be missed.
connie (bowerman) thomas
I too so appreciated Evergreen Market…Henry told me how to make beef jerky, Ben was busy at his AZ State job…Helen and her mom Mary worked the registers and what ever else needed done. I was rearing my young family in the 70s on Robson street and could stroll/walk the 3 kids to the market for some groceries and special attention from the Ong family. I later became a stock broker and also enjoyed talking with all but Mary about the markets…they were all so intelligent and humble. Thank you Ong family for enriching the lives of ALL who were fortunate enough to encounter you along life's way.
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