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Rustic, renovated Bywater home hits the market for $289K
This circa-1909 single is beautifully preserved and relatively affordable, given the neighborhood
By Missy Wilkinson@missy_wilkinson Apr 26, 2019, 9:40am CDT
Photos courtesy Lane Lacoy of Latter & Blum Realty
Has the Bywater housing bubble finally burst? Judging by the price tag for this renovated bargeboard home, it seems the market is finally cooling down. Maybe it's a result of stricter short-term rental laws; maybe it's because all the post-Katrina transplants have grown disenchanted with New Orleans and moved on, or maybe this two-bedroom, two-bathroom home has very motivated sellers. Whatever the reason, the spot is a rare find, and we're about to tell you all the reasons why.
First, though this home is a single, it is not a shotgun. Instead, two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms sandwich an open living area, where a brick fireplace visually separates the den and the kitchen. Exposed bargeboard walls aren't there for appearance only—they are the bones of this circa-1909 home. The 830-square-foot abode was gutted to the bargeboards in 2009 by Gary Lavigne, who has renovated at least 10 other homes in Bywater. and all-new electric and plumbing systems were added.
Solid ash floors, exposed ceiling beams, and French doors are present throughout—all harbingers of Lavigne's penchant for architectural preservation. The petite-but-efficient single has a side porch spanning the living area, and the rear master bedroom opens to a back porch and brick patio, which clearly has been tended by a plant whisperer.
The home sits near the intersection of Dauphine and Gallier streets, close to Markey Park, Crescent Park, and all the bars and restaurants that made Bywater a hotspot in the first place.
Via: Lane Lacoy of Latter & Blum Realty
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Aitor Karanka happy with Nottingham Forest's defensive display
IN PICTURE: Forest manager Aitor Karanka'STORY: SPORT LEAD: Nottingham Forest v Derby County. Sky Bet Championship match at The City Ground, Nottingham. Sunday 11th March 2018.
Nottingham Forest manager Aitor Karanka felt there were plenty of positives to take from his side's performance in their 1-0 defeat to Real Betis.
A late goal from Ryad Boudebouz settled the contest at the Estadio Nuevo Mirador.
But the defensive organisation and all-round performance from his side left Karanka feeling positive.
Speaking after the game, he told the club's official website: "I am very pleased because I thought we played a very good game. We played against a very good team, last season Betis was very good and they are going to play Europa League this season.
"They are a team that likes to play good football and today we were really organised, we had good transitions and no injuries, a good tempo in the game so another good game for us.
"It was a test that is completely different to what we are going to find in the Championship. To start to be organised on the pitch, to be together and to know the things that we have to do when we don't have the ball, to play against teams like Betis is really important for us. We have players who have played 80 minutes, some 60-65 so I am really pleased."

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I have a series of blog posts going out on using Oracle Text, Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle Data Mining. It was during one of these posts I wanted to show how easy it was to display an R chart using ORE in APEX. Up to now my APEX environment consisted of APEX 4 and ORE 1.3. Everything worked, nice and easy. But in my new APEX environment (APEX 5 and ORE 1.5), it didn't work. This is the calling of an in-database user defined R script using the SQL API functions didn't work. Here is the error message that is displayed.
But the problem was, when I was in APEX, the application was defined on the same schema that the r script was created in (this was the RQUSER schema). When I connect to the RQUSER schema using ORE and SQL, I was able to see and run this R script (see my previous blog post for these details). But when I was in APEX I wasn't able to see the R script. For example, when using the SQL Workshop in APEX, I just couldn't see the R script.
This means when I'm connected to APEX, using my schema (RQUSER), I'm not able to see any of my ORE objects.
This entry was posted in APEX, Oracle Advanced Analytics, Oracle R Enterprise, ORE and tagged APEX, Oracle Advanced Analytics, Oracle R Enterprise, ORE.
This entry was posted in APEX, Oracle Advanced Analytics, Oracle R Enterprise, ORE.
A project that I've been working on for a while now involves the use of Oracle Text, Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle Data Mining. Oracle Text comes with your Oracle Database licence. Oracle R Enterprise and Oracle Data Mining are part of the Oracle Advanced Analytics (extra cost) option.
Unfortunately I cannot show you examples from the actual project I've been working on (and still am, from time to time). But what I can do is to show you how products and components can work together.
Depending on the number of documents you have being committed to the DB, this might not be for you. You need to find the balance. Alternatively you could schedule the index to be updated by passing an interval to the 'sync' in the above command. Alternatively you might want to use DBMS_JOB to schedule the update.
To manually sync (or via DBMS_JOB) the index, assuming we used the first 'create index' statement, we would need to run the following.
Extracting text from a webpage using R: Some time ago I wrote a blog post on using some of the text mining features and packages in R to produce a word cloud based on some of the Oracle Advanced Analytics webpages.
I'm going to use the same webpages and some of the same code/functions/packages here.
The first task you need to do is to get your hands on the 'htmlToText function. You can download the htmlToText function on github. This function requires the 'Curl' and 'XML' R packages. So you may need to install these.
I also use the str_replace_all function ("stringer' R package) to remove some of the html that remains, to remove some special quotes and to replace and occurrences of '&' with 'and'.
We now have the text extracted and cleaned up.
Create a data frame to contain all our data: Now that we have the text extracted, we can prepare the other data items we need to insert the data into our table ('my_documents'). The first stept is to construct a data frame to contain all the data.
Insert the data into our database table: With the data in our data fram (my_docs) we can now use this data to insert into our database table. There are a number of ways of doing this in R. What I'm going to show you here is how to do it using Oracle R Enterprise (ORE). The thing with ORE is that there is no explicit functionality for inserting and updating records in a database table. What you need to do is to construct, in my case, the insert statement and then use ore.exec to execute this statement in the database.
This entry was posted in Oracle Advanced Analytics, oracle data mining, ORE, R and tagged Oracle Advanced Analytics, oracle data mining, Oracle Text, ORE, R.
I'm currently running the latest version of Oracle R Distribution version 3.2. See the listing at the end of this blog post for the available data sets.
Yes it is. You have shown us how to do this in R using the ORE package. But what if I'm a SQL developer. Can I do this in SQL? Yes you can. Connect you your schema using SQL Developer/SQL*Plus/SQLcl or whatever tool you will be using to run SQL. Then run the following SQL.


Two missing youngsters who were last seen in Naas on New Year's Eve have been found safe and well.
A nationwide alert was issued earlier this evening (Wednesday) to try locate Chantelle Doyle (12) and Nadine Walsh (14), who had last been seen in the Naas area on New Year's Eve.
Gardai have confirmed that the girls were located safe and well this evening in Dublin city.


Sony's bet on virtual reality seems to be paying off so far, but will the profits last?
Sony's new PlayStation VR headset is already making a profit for the Japanese console-maker, and could end up being a huge success for virtual reality accessibility and the PlayStation brand.
"We're making money on the VR console," President of Sony Interactive Entertainment America Shawn Layden told Polygon. Seeing as stock for the new PSVR headset has been flying off the shelves, with many retailers selling out both the limited $399 headset-only SKU and the $499 all-in-one bundle, it's not surprising that Sony is already raking in cash from their virtual reality gambit.
Sony president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Jim Ryan echoed this sentiment, saying that consumers are "significantly interested" in the PSVR headset, with launch sales projected to hit "many hundreds of thousands."
"We know from the data we have from pre-orders that the interest we have is significant," Ryan told CNBC. "Sales at launch will be in the many hundreds of thousands."
The launch of any big new platform, especially something as unique and exotic as a console-powered virtual reality headset, is typically met with strong sales and hype. But how long can Sony keep gamers interested in the PlayStation VR?
Right now the PSVR has a limited assortment of games, with only a handful of bigger VR titles like Resident Evil 7 or the stunning (yet very short) Batman: Arkham VR, and the rest of the games being made up of "simple, passive experiences"
What's more is that most PSVR games aren't meant for full immersion, instead offering a seated experience. This fits with the console's living-room based environment, but you will need almost as much space as the HTC Vive's full room-scale VR tracking with immersive titles.
Sony affirms that it's PlayStation VR library will be varied and quite colorful, with a myriad of different experiences (like Rez: Infinite) for players to enjoy.
"We think there's a really great range of value propositions...there are full game experiences, 'Final Fantasy,' there's 'Batman,' there's 'Star Wars,' but at the other end, there are smaller, lighter gaming experiences priced accordingly, very affordable. For us, it's really important to have that great range of gaming propositions on PlayStation VR," Ryan said.
It will be interesting to see if Sony's PlayStation VR slowly stales into a fad as PC-powered VR is starting to, or if Sony can keep pumping out quality content that steadily feeds the platform. It won't take long before gamers see PlayStation VR as just another overpriced gimmick, especially if Sony doesn't have an adequate plan to stabilize the platform with content.
Oculus CTO John Carmack recently warned that virtual reality is "coasting on novelty," and called for devs to make better VR games.
"We are coasting on novelty, and the initial wonder of being something people have never seen before. But we need to start judging ourselves. Not on a curve, but in an absolute sense. Can you do something in VR that has the same value, or more value, than what these other [non-VR] things have done?"
As for how much Sony is making on each PlayStation VR sale, we're still not sure how much Sony pays to make each headset, but the most expensive component is likely the headset's display.
The PS4-powered PSVR headset utilizes a cutting-edge 120Hz True HD OLED display that features R, G and B subpixels.
"The display we chose is 120Hz True HD OLED and each pixel of True HD has R, G, and B subpixels, so if you count the number of subpixels, our True HD has more resolution, more subpixels, than higher resolution than what you can see on a smartphone.
"We are adopting the really cutting edge display technology for PS VR and integrating it really, really tightly with PS4.
"That's how we are ensuring the great experience coming from PS VR from day one and as time goes by, the PS4 hardware doesn't change, but because the console allows game developers to really go deep to extract more performance out of."


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Q: Convert cell reference to text in Excel I am trying to extract data from another sheet in an Excel file. The sheet name is stored in a cell.
This is the equation so far:
= INDIRECT("'" & $A$33 & "'!" & "C4")

The sheet name is in cell A33, and I want the contents of cell C4 in that sheet.
But I want to drag this to the right and have C4 update to D4, E4 etc. Is there a way to convert C4 to text so it can be used in INDIRECT, but also have it update with position?

A: The very short answer...

... CELL("address",C4)...

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit: The Maltese Cross Cabin
After spending the morning of Thursday, September 11 driving and hiking around the South Unit, Sean and I drove into Medora for lunch. On our way out of the park, we stopped at the Visitor Center, mostly to use the restroom, but also to have a look around.
While we were browsing in the bookstore, a ranger called that a tour was about to begin of the Maltese Cross Cabin. At first we ignored the call as a group of about a dozen visitors gathered around the ranger. We figured that we'd check out the cabin later after lunch.
The ranger began to give his talk there in the center, and we listened in as we continued to look at patches and pins and postcards. He briefly covered Theodore Roosevelt's early life in New York and at Harvard before diving into the young man's experiences in the Badlands, the incredulous reaction the locals had of him as a "New York dude," and his motivations for heading west.
When Roosevelt first arrived in the Badlands in September 1883, his goal was little more than to hunt bison before they were extinct. But this was far from Roosevelt's first foray into the wilderness. He'd been hunting in Minnesota and the far eastern edge of Dakota Territory a couple years earlier with his brother. More substantially, he'd spent a series of trips in the backwoods of Maine, developing an abiding love of the outdoors.
The ranger, whose name was Michael, asked his audience about their motivations in coming to Theodore Roosevelt National Park that afternoon. Sean and I were the only ones who, although not part of the audience proper, raised their hands when Ranger Michael broached the restorative power of nature. He encouraged us to join the tour, which we did.
The morning after he arrived in Little Missouri, Roosevelt engaged a reluctant Canadian, Joe Ferris, to guide him on a bison hunt. Bison had been so overhunted that Ferris was doubtful they'd even see one, but Roosevelt was persuasive. Ferris outfitted a buckboard, and the pair headed some seven miles south from Little Missouri (and the newly sprung-up rival town of Medora) through the Badlands toward a small ranch overseen by two other Canadians, Joe's brother Sylvane Ferris and Bill Merrifield.
The ranch was the Maltese Cross, little more than a small, but comfortable cabin built from hardwood and a stretch of bottom land with common grazing range beyond. Roosevelt and Ferris used the Maltese Cross as home base for their hunt.
The brothers Ferris and Bill Merrifield afforded Roosevelt his first opportunities to ingratiate his bespectacled, Eastern self with the denizens of the Badlands of western Dakota Territory. They presented a pattern that was often repeated during Roosevelt's early times in the Badlands: incredulity on the part of the locals that this skinny, four-eyed dude would amount to anything, followed by Roosevelt proving them wrong either through tenacity, pluck, or good-naturedness. With the Ferrises and Merrifield, it was a bobcat in the henhouse and Roosevelt's excitement and willingness to help scare off the predator and gather the hens that began to endear him to these men.
After his earliest Dakota adventures, Roosevelt had his portrait made (in New York). Image: Theodore Roosevelt Collections, Harvard College Library.
Others, however, liked him straight off. The following morning, Joe Ferris and Roosevelt continued south toward Cannonball Creek, where Ferris suspected they'd find bison if there were any left to be found in the Badlands. They stayed the night at the small cabin of Scotsman Gregor Lang and his fourteen-year-old son, Lincoln.
Years later, Lincoln Lang reminisced about Roosevelt's arrival at the cabin:
Aided by the beam of light showing through the cabin door, I could make out that he was a young man, who wore large copious-looking glasses, through which I was being regarded with interest by a pair of twinkling eyes. Amply supporting them was the expansive grin overspreading his prominent, forceful lower face, plainly revealing a set of larger white teeth. Smiling teeth, yet withal conveying a strong suggestion of hang-and-rattle…
This is my son, Mr. Roosevelt," [Father] said. Then somehow or other I found both my hands in the solid double grip of our guest…
"Dee-lighted to meet you, Lincoln!"
Young and all, as I was, the consciousness was instantly borne in upon me of meeting a man different from any I had ever met before. I fell for him strong.
– Lincoln Lang, Ranching with Roosevelt, 1926, quoted in Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, 1979
Roosevelt and Gregor Lang talked long into the night about politics, ranching, America, and life in general.
The hunt took two weeks. For Joe Ferris, it was misery. If it wasn't raining, turning the bentonitic clay into slippery, sticky gumbo, then it was searingly hot during the day and freezing during the night. The horses ran off, Roosevelt accidentally crawled through a patch of prickly pear cactus, Roosevelt also struck himself in the forehead with his rifle butt when his horse reared. To make matters worse, Roosevelt, because of his poor eyesight, was a terrible shot. And they encountered precious few bison.
"Bad luck followed us like a yellow dog follows a drunkard."
-Joe Ferris
As miserable as Ferris was, Roosevelt was dee-lighted by everything. Ferris was amazed that the easterner seemed to be having the time of his life. When Ferris finally suggested that they call off the hunt due to weather and injury, Roosevelt wouldn't hear of it.
Theodore Roosevelt in Dakota Territory. Image: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library
Then, on September 20, Roosevelt shot and killed a bison. He was so excited that he did what Ferris described as "a little Indian war dance" and pulled out a 100-dollar bill as a tip for Ferris.
I never saw anyone so enthused in my life, and by golly, I was pretty enthused myself…I was plumb tired out…I never saw any more buffalo after that. They disappeared from the range…In eighty-two there were lots of buffalo. An old hunter there used to kill the buffalo just for their tongues. He used to smoke their tongues and sell them for twenty-five cents apiece; the next year, eighty-three, there was none left. That was one of the sad things that happened. It was too bad they were allowed to be killed off in such wanton style.
-Joe Ferris, quoted from notes by Hermann Hagedorn in Robert L. Di Silvestro, Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands
Roosevelt, for his part, wrote to his young wife:
Hurrah! The luck has turned at last. I will bring you home the head of a great buffalo bull, and the antlers of two superb stags.
-Theodore Roosevelt, letter to Alice Lee Roosevelt, September 20, 1883.
They butchered the bison, taking the head and steaks back with them to the Maltese Cross Cabin. The head was shipped to New York for mounting. The men ate the steaks.
In the midst of the excitement of his first bison hunt, heady with enthusiasm for the West, Roosevelt decided to invest in a cattle ranch. He first approached Gregor Lang, who declined due to his commitment to his current employer. Instead, at Lang's suggestion, he bought the Maltese Cross Ranch for a down-payment of $14,000. Roosevelt wrote the check and handed it to Bill Merrifield without requesting a receipt.
The Maltese Cross was now Roosevelt's, although he had sunk a great portion of his annual income into its purchase. It was to be the first of two ranches that Roosevelt would own in the Badlands near Medora.
The cabin has survived the 131 years since Roosevelt bought it. Among the vintage furnishings displayed in the cabin is Roosevelt's writing desk. At this desk, Roosevelt wrote the majority of his second book (and first chronicling his time in the West and his philosophical musings about nature), Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.
Theodore Roosevelt's writing desk.
The other item of Roosevelt's held in the cabin is a traveling trunk stamped with his initials: T.R.
Theodore Roosevelt's trunk.
Ranger Michael gave an excellent biographical sketch of Roosevelt, focusing both on his time in the Badlands and on his later family life. Most of the other visitors on the tour were retirees who asked about various aspects of the cabin and Roosevelt's biography. To Ranger Michael's great credit, he emphasized the experiential aspects of Roosevelt's time in the Badlands. Even though we were standing in the Maltese Cross Cabin, the artifacts were less important than the surrounding landscapes.
A question touched on Roosevelt's conservation ethic and the oil boom surrounding the park. Ranger Michael talked about how originally the intention was that the three units of the park be connected as one large National Park along the Little Missouri River, but there was too much private property between the major units to make if feasible. That land remains the Little Missouri National Grassland peppered with an array of private inholdings. Ranger Michael told us that, much like many private landowners in the area, the National Park does not own the mineral rights to the land, meaning that oil companies could dig horizontally under the park to get at oil.
The natural resources of our country are in danger of exhaustion if we permit the old wasteful methods of exploiting them longer to continue.
-Theodore Roosevelt, Conservation as National Duty, 1909
Ranger Michael
The Maltese Cross Cabin originally stood some seven miles south of Medora. It was moved in 1939 when it was the centerpiece of the North Dakota pavilion at the New York Worlds Fair. It then stood on the grounds of the state capital at Bismarck until it was acquired by the Park Service and moved to the Visitor Center in Medora.
Back in the Visitor Center after the tour, we had a chance to chat with Ranger Michael a bit. He noted that we were from Chicago. He had grown up as a boy in suburban Chicago before his family moved to Great Falls, Idaho. He asked us where we were staying, and we said Cottonwood Campground. He remarked how cold it had gotten the night before, and we laughed and agreed that it was pretty bad. The next night was forecast to be worse.
"If you have a Nalgene, a real Nalgene, you can boil water, pour it into it, and then put the whole thing into a sock and hug it all night for warmth. I usually do that. throw one in by my feet and then a couple more to keep warm." -Ranger Michael.
After visiting the exhibition room with artifacts from Roosevelt's ranching days, we made our purchases, thanked Ranger Michael for the tip and tour, and left.
On the grounds of the Maltese Cross Cabin. Image: Sean M. Santos
After our tour, we headed into town for a late lunch at Boots Bar & Grill. Locally-sourced Elk Burgers hit the spot. We then explored Medora.
Not too long after meeting Roosevelt, Joe Ferris abandoned guiding hunters to open a general store, which still stands in Medora. Unfortunately for us, although it was still early September, it was closed for the season.
Undated image of Joe Ferris' Store. Image: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library.
Brinkley, Douglas, The Wilderness Warrior, Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, New York: Harper Perennial, 2009.
Di Silvestro, Roger L., Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands, New York: Walker & Company, 2011.
Morris, Edmund, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1979.
This entry was posted in Journey and tagged Dakotas, North Dakota on February 4, 2015 by Brandon Hayes.
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2 thoughts on "Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit: The Maltese Cross Cabin"
Ernie carpency February 13, 2015 at 10:47 am
THE SECRET TRIP OF T.R.
On a Deer hunting trip to Quebec Canada back in 1977, I stayed at a Bed and Breakfast that was supposedly owned by descendants of Sylvane Ferris. Sylvane Farris was Joe Farris's brother they were both friends with President Teddy Roosevelt from the time when he owned a ranch in the Dakota Bad Lands. During the time he was making a bid for a third time president campaign trip in early 1911 he made a whistle stop in Medora. He meet briefly with the Farris brothers and Bill Merrifield he told his three friends he would try to come back and see them later on that year. In the fall of 1911 Teddy contacted Joe Farris and told him he was coming for a few days visit, but it must be kept a secret because there were reports of someone trying to shot him. The report said that a New York Saloon owner, John Swank was following Roosevelt around looking for an opportunity to shot him. (Swank did actually shoot Roosevelt the following year in Milwaukee) During the "Secret Trip" in the fall of 1911 Teddy was not prepared to go hunting, but with help of his three friends they managed to put together enough gear to outfit Teddy for a few day of hunting. As far as the eldery man who told me this story Teddy Roosevelt never returned to the bad lands to hunt again.
Brandon Hayes March 1, 2015 at 9:56 pm
Ernie, what a grand story! Thank you for sharing it. I think it is absolutely believable that Colonel Roosevelt would have made one final trip to the Badlands after the presidency. In fact, I'd like to think so.


Fewer Australian teenagers are drinking alcohol but more needs to be done to curb the drinking habits of Aussie students, based on the findings of the latest study by Adelaide researchers.
More than 2800 Australian students aged 12-17 took part in a survey of drinking behaviour, conducted by researchers from the University of Adelaide's School of Psychology and the Population Health group at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).
"Our results also found that those adolescents who thought they could buy alcohol easily were more likely to drink regularly. The issue of availability - including price - and marketing of alcohol in the community is a major hurdle to be overcome.
"Our evidence shows that that parents have a significant and substantial role to play, to help their kids develop a healthier relationship with alcohol early. Parents can set the boundaries and create clear expectations."


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The Mi'kmaq artisan who had a hand in building Lunenburg's famous Bluenose
Maclean's Magazine, May 17, 2021 by Emily Sollows:
In 2017, Mi'kmaq Elder Todd Labrador came to Lunenburg to give a class on drum making at the invitation of Wilfred Moore, a retired Liberal senator who established the Bluenose II Preservation Trust.
Moore did not know then that one of Labrador's ancestors had a hand in the construction of the pride of Lunenburg, the Bluenose, the Grand Banks schooner that brought enduring fame and pride to this fishing town on Nova Scotia's south shore. He merely enjoyed watching the drum come together, marvelling as Labrador stretched wet skins over yellow cedar hoops he'd harvested and tied them with sinew he'd brought with him.
Later, Moore learned that Labrador's great-grandfather, Joe Jeremy, made similar, sturdier hoops—these ones out of oak—that once attached the enormous sails to the towering masts of the Bluenose, the fishing vessel launched here in 1921. "It's like, from drum hoops to mast hoops, it continues, right?" says the former senator. "It's working with the craft and knowing what materials to harvest, and how to treat them and steam them and round them."
Labrador was in Lunenburg on March 26 for the 100th anniversary of the launch, a tiny, unofficial gathering in the Grand Banker Bar & Grill, overlooking the harbour that is still home to the Bluenose II and other wooden sailing vessels. Because of COVID, organizers did a virtual event, with a video featuring the Prime Minister and other dignitaries, along with Labrador, who spoke about his great-grandfather, highlighting for the first time the Mi'kmaq role in the story.
"He would make birchbark canoes, baskets, axe handles, but he also made mast hoops," Labrador said in an interview after the event. "He would cut big oak trees out with an axe and a neighbour would haul them out with his ox team. Great-grandfather would cut them apart and my father would help them steam them."
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Titchfield students grieve loss of schoolmate
BY EVERARD OWEN
Observer correspondent
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Grief hung heavy in the air at Titchfield High School yesterday morning as students and teachers mourned the death of 13-year-old second form student Pranjal Jasti Kumar.
The teen was the only fatality when a minibus, overcrowded with students from his school and Port Antonio High, plunged into a ravine after failing to negotiate a corner at Black Hill on the northern coastal highway Monday afternoon.
Police report that the other 20 students, as well as the driver and conductor, were injured and hospitalised.
Yesterday, Titchfield High Principal Richard Thompson remembered Pranjal as a "very brilliant" and "promising child".
He said that on the day the boy died he had been interviewed by Titchfield's quiz team coaches as the school started preparations for this year's Schools' Challenge Quiz.
According to the principal, there were 19 other Titchfield students on the bus. As such, school administrators spent Monday night "trying to make contact with parents and guardians".
"We got through with some. We tried to get information concerning the injuries and they range from minor cuts, bruises, broken limbs, whiplash, back injuries, and some still undetermined. Some are to do further tests to determine their injuries," the principal said.
"We had to call the school together this morning to make them aware of the situation. The students and teachers are really grieving. It is a very difficult period for us. We have experienced death at the school before, but this one is hard," Thompson said, his eyes filling with tears.
"I just hope and pray that we will get over it. The Ministry of Education Region Two has reached out to us and has sent a trauma team here talking to our students in small groups. I have not managed to speak to the parent of the child that we lost. I have made several attempts to call but I got no answer," he said.
"There is a lot of anxiety, people are still in shock, people are angry at the transportation system. The question students are asking: why is it that a bus that is supposed to carry 12 or 15 people was allowed to take that many? I don't even know," he said.
Tricia Thompson, a teacher at the school, encouraged the students to share how they were feeling.
Senior guidance counsellor Patricia Salmon offered similar advice to Pranjal's classmates. "Express how you feel. Write and talk about the good things that you remember about Kumar," she said.
Students placed flowers where he sat in the class and some wrote messages on the whiteboard, including "You will be missed", and "You are a legend."
One parent, Andrea Terrelonge, told the students: "Try not to let them pack you up in a bus or taxi to take you home like sardine. You are paying them, so if you don't go they won't get paid. We have to take a stand. If we don't, nobody will."
Employers encouraged to use Labour Market Information System
Don't mock calls for divine intervention
Students still need help
Will the PNP bounce back?


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20:34:52 simon_ ho, just compiled and install rockbox for the first time ... are there any plans to included support for radio? i have the fm recorder version.
20:35:56 simon_ btw, i'm impressed with it so far, nice work guys.
20:49:51 simon_ :) i was just in the middle of reading them ... it's good stuff, the plugins sound like a great idea.
20:50:49 simon_ do i just need the firmware module from CVS?
20:53:39 hardeep simon_: if you want the simulators as well, check-out "rockbox-devel"
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22:28:16 midknight2k3 did ya flash it yet?
22:29:08 midknight2k3 Please, WHO HERE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE about FLASHING?
22:30:51 simon_ no, i didn't know you could ... i'm a bit of a novice. what benefits does this give?
22:31:22 midknight2k3 you have fm recorder, or recorder or player?
22:31:43 midknight2k3 well it takes like 15 seconds to boot right?
22:35:01 simon_ ah, that would be not nice. the reason i'm using rockbox is to extend battery life. i'm quite interested in doing the memory mod ... hopefully that would help loads.
22:35:24 midknight2k3 that would be "not nice"?
22:39:17 midknight2k3 grid of os and 1s?
22:40:05 midknight2k3 did you get the link?
22:40:26 tracktheripper is that right Adimas?
22:41:14 midknight2k3 afwaid is track!
22:42:08 midknight2k3 stop bringing it up!
22:44:11 midknight2k3 you mean in real life?
22:44:54 simon_ midknight2k3: ah, have you read the thread on the mailing list about flashing?
22:48:10 simon_ so, this is documented somewhere, what's the link again?
22:49:57 midknight2k3 did you get it?
22:52:15 simon_ midknight2k3: no, are you trying to send me something?
22:53:27 midknight2k3 did you get it in private chat?
22:55:12 tracktheripper Midknight to your ears what sounds better?
22:55:19 tracktheripper timestretch or changing the pitch?
22:55:48 tracktheripper Midknight I know that but what sounds better to you?
22:57:39 simon_ i'm using console irssi, i don't having anything like that unfortunately.
23:33:25 midknight2k3 what is there to commit?
23:36:12 g003y plus some others were asking about having the ability to fetch the currently playing information from a plugin.
23:38:52 tracktheripper Goo3y can u fix one request for me please?
23:39:14 g003y which one is that?
23:39:27 tracktheripper "Reshuffle the playlist when it repeats"
23:39:44 g003y is there a ticket for it?
23:42:06 g003y which ticket is it?
23:46:15 tracktheripper no its "Later" not "Rejected"
23:52:11 midknight2k3 so he made it "later"
23:54:19 g003y maybe he realizes that devers aren't going to do his bidding at his call straight away and gets frustrated?
23:55:21 g003y the playlist code has quite a bit of functionality in it and I'm not ready to tackle that feature after being gone so long.
23:56:40 g003y do you work on the project at all?


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The numbers drawn on Monday November 19th last were 8, 14, 28 & 29. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS & NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €8,600 with the match 3 pot increasing to €600!!
The numbers drawn on Monday November 12th last were 1, 11, 29 & 32. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS & NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €8,400 with the match 3 pot increasing to €400. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
All roads lead to Walsh Island this coming Friday evening for the re-scheduled division 3 league final which sees Daingean play Ballycommon. Last weeks game was postponed due to the poor weather. Throw in is at 8pm. Please come along and support the lads!!
The numbers drawn on Monday November 5th last were 12, 19, 27 & 30. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The TWO MATCH 3 WINNERS were Lily Feely (c/o Scullys) and Mary-Kevin Quinn (c/o Ned Smyth). Next weeks jackpot increases to €8,200.
The numbers drawn on Tuesday October 30th last were 9, 20, 22 & 26. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The ONE MATCH 3 WINNER was Declan Kilmurray (c/o online). Next weeks jackpot increases to €8000! Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday October 22nd last were 3, 5, 19 & 23. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The TWO MATCH 3 WINNERS were Mary Palmer (c/o Seerys) and Lisa Cantwell (c/o Maurice Henry). Next weeks jackpot increases to €7,800. Many thanks for your continued support.
Congrats to Daingean man Joe Gallagher and his wife Zhara on the birth of their baby boy Zach last week in the UK!
Congrats to Charlie Hayes, Brian Norris, Nigel Bracken and Sammy T who won our Footgolf Classic in Highfield last weekend! Many thanks to all who took part and to those who helped organise the event.
Hard luck to the St Vincents U15's who were narrowly defeated in the Shield Championship final last night on a scoreline of 4-7 to 2-10.
The numbers drawn on Monday April 15th last were 4, 27, 28 & 30. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS and NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €12,600 with the match 3 pot increasing to €400. Many thanks to all of our tickets sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online. Have a great Easter weekend.
The numbers drawn on Monday April 8th last were 17, 19, 26 & 28. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The TWO MATCH 3 WINNERS were Oliver Colgan (c/o Seerys) and Phil Campbell (c/o Seamus Hayes). Next weeks jackpot increases to €12,400. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday April 1st last were 1, 3, 7 & 19. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The FOUR MATCH 3 WINNERS were Val Parry (c/o Scullys), Joe & Mag Gallagher (c/o David Brennan), Erin Whittle (c/o Mark Whittle) and Noel Daly (c/o Aoife Jones). Next weeks jackpot increases to €12,200. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday March 25th last were 8, 18, 24 & 29. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The ONE MATCH 3 WINNER was Gill & Colm (c/o Ned Smyth). The jackpot next week increases to €12,000 with the match 3 pot returning to €200. Once again many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Tuesday March 19th last were 8, 16, 27 & 31. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS & NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €11,800 with the match 3 pot increasing to €400. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Tuesday March 12th last were 10, 13, 14 & 30. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The ONE MATCH 3 WINNER of €800 was Barry Keating (c/o Hugh Daly). Next weeks jackpot increases to €11,600 with the match 3 pot returning to €200. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Tuesday March 5th last were 14, 18, 26 & 32. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS and NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €11,400 with the match 3 pot increasing to €800!!!! Many thanks to all ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday February 25th last were 1, 15, 25 & 28. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS and NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €11,200 with the match 3 pot also increasing to €600. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
Daingean played their first match of the year against The Rock from Laois in Rhode last Saturday night. Daingean won by 2-10 to 1-09 with goals from Pa Dunne and Casey Evans.
Well done to Casey Evans and Keelen Gallagher who made their Daingean debuts. Many thanks to Rhode for hosting the match under lights, The Rock for travelling over and Ciaran Groome.
The numbers drawn on Monday February 18th last were 25, 26, 28 & 31. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS & NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €11,000 with the match 3 pot increasing to €400. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday February 18th last were 4, 10, 20 & 25. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The SIX MATCH 3 WINNERS were Elisa Visocchi (c/o Amerigos), Val Parry (c/o Scullys), Laura Spollen (c/o Scullys), Pat Nolan (c/o Seamus Hayes), Anne Greene (c/o Kathleen Connolly) and James/Vickie Keating (c/o James Keating). Next weeks jackpot increases to €10,800. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday February 4th last were 5, 9, 15 & 16. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The ONE MATCH 3 WINNER was Denis Collins (c/o Amerigos). Next weeks jackpot increases to 10,600. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday January 28th were 4,17,27 and 32. There were NO JACKPOT WINNER and no MATCH 3 WINNERS.
Next weeks jackpot is €10,400. Match 3 winners will share €400.
The numbers drawn on Monday January 28th last were 4, 17, 27 & 32. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS and NO MATCH 3 WINNERS. Next weeks jackpot increases to €10,400 with the match 3 pot increasing to €400. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
And so the wait is over, the national football league kicked off last weekend and so too did Daingean GAA's much anticipated Last Man Standing Competition. A record number of 549 entrants entered the 2019 competition. Thanks to the sellers it's a credit to their effort. 114 are out after week 1. It could of have been much worse but for Donegal and Galway holding off late challenges. Some of the early casualties included 3 Greenes - Marian, Brid and Willie. Two of Offaly's current stars Anton Sullivan and Cian Donohoe also failed to get into week 2. GAA expert and excellent bar man Colm Jones guessed incorrectly and won't be around for next week. Also hard luck to Daingeans no 8 Paddy Hayes. 435 progress to week 2.
The numbers drawn on Monday January 21st last were 3, 8, 10 & 13. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The ONE MATCH 3 WINNER was Andy Seery (c/o Seerys). Next weeks jackpot increases to €10,200. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
The numbers drawn on Monday January 14th last were 3, 17, 21 & 27. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The FOUR MATCH 3 WINNERS were Cora Bolger (c/o Kathleen Connolly), Shay Egan (c/o Amerigos), Mark Jones (c/o Seerys) and Oliver Smyth (c/o David Walsh). Next weeks jackpot is €10,000! Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online.
Daingean Gaa Lotto Results 07/01/19. No's drawn. 3. 8. 24. 27. Five match 3. Francis Walsh c/o David Walsh. Ann - Cathy c/o Kathleen Connolly. Ciaran Hanley c/o Mona Bar. Alan Daly c/o Audrey Greene. Stephen Greene c/o online. Jackpot next week €9,800.
The AGM will take place on January 11th in the old school at 8:00PM. Nomination papers for selection of committee members for the coming year are available by emailing secretary.daingean.offaly@gaa.ie. Please attend and have your say in the running of our club.
The numbers drawn on Monday December 31st last were 3, 13, 17 & 26. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. THE TWO MATCH 3 WINNERS were Leah Dunne (c/o Darcy's) and Lauren Pilkington (c/o Post Office). Jackpot next week €9,600. Happy New Year to you all and many thanks for your continued support!
The numbers drawn on Monday December 17th last were 6, 17, 22 & 32. There were NO JACKPOT WINNERS. The ONE MATCH 3 WINNER of €400 was Michael Mallon (c/o Amerigos). Next weeks jackpot increases to €9,400 with the match 3 pot returning to €200. Many thanks to all of our ticket sellers and buyers and to those who continue to play online and a very Happy Christmas to you all.


is also a very athletic fellow, being able to run and swim for a long time before getting tired.
How they came to be in morrowind/home: He used to live in Narsis for most of his life with his father, but his service with House Hlaalu brought him to Suran as a temporary councillor.
Backstory/history: He used to live with his father, the House Hlaalu Councillor Laalam Rethan and his mother a Morag Tong assassin. He has two brothers, Andarys Rethan a Hlaalu ambassador to the Empire in Imperial Coty, and Anu Rethan, a soldier in the Imperial Legion based in Deathshead in Gnisis. The Suran Hlaalu councillor had recently fallen ill, so Dram had to move there to satisy the council as a temporary councillor as they sorted out a more permanant councillor.
Any other info: He has a rather acrobat style of combat, often confusing the more average enemies. He is a worshiper of the Tribunal, but he has respect for the Anticipations.


London Midland operates trains to destinations across England, connecting London to the Midlands and the North West.
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London Midland operate across a large swathe of the country with a diverse set of stations with varied requirements. Their challenge to Carlisle was to help them improve their position in the National Passenger Survey through the delivery of exemplary multi service solution.


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Shipping software at 20% completion
DeNA first puts out its games on browsers rather than applications, which allows for "tweaking and tuning" in real time, says Mr Moriyasu. A Japanese game may be only 20% completed when it is made available to gamers. Its developers believe this enables them to finesse it, so that it stays popular for longer.
Microsoft plugs Outlook.com, knocks Google after Sync death notice
Last week, Google announced it would phase out synchronization via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), which companies like Apple and Google license from their Redmond, Wash. rival to push email to smartphones and tablets, and sync calendar entries and contacts on multiple devices.
.NET Framework 4.5 Multi-Threaded Globalization
The .NET Framework 4.5 includes a simplified way of setting the default culture and UI culture for an application domain. In .NET Framework 4 and earlier frameworks, if you wanted to set the Culture and UI Culture for an application, you'd typically set the culture settings on the current Thread.
How to trick Siri into using Google Maps
All you do ask for directions like you normally would, but tack on "via transit." So, for example, to find the nearest Starbucks, you'd say, "Take me to the nearest Starbucks via transit." What happens next is that Siri pulls up a list of any installed "routing apps" -- including Google Maps
Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos
The new intellectual property policy, which takes effect on January 16, comes three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the popular photo-sharing site. Unless Instagram users delete their accounts before the January deadline, they cannot opt out.
Update: Instagram apologizes to users: We won't sell your photos
The Year Ahead: Disposable Storage Infrastructure
Employees, including upper-level managers, love these devices so much that they won't wait for the enterprise to issue one; they'll bring their own and expect IT to support it (BYOD). These new mobile devices change the relationship between data and devices. The data is virtualized and made available via Web services from giant providers such as Amazon AWS. This is the consumer cloud. Expect a rapid demand for similar corporate data services to support a new breed of mobile applications.
Social Science Pushing Data Frontiers
Addressing the pressing need to recruit suitable university graduates for careers in data science, the Nokia mother-daughter data science team of Amy O'Connor and Danielle Dean made the case at Strata-Hadoop World 2012 for college grads with math/stats, bioengineering and social science educational backgrounds.
Five Qualities of Successful Leaders
In his book, The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed, Bryant shares what he has learned from Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, Ford CEO Alan R. Mulally, Yum Brands CEO David C. Novak, Teach for America CEO Wendy Kopp, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, and other leaders.
Ovum: SDN architecture is the way to go for future networks
In a new report, researchers at Ovum have revealed that the three-tier hierarchy (access, aggregation, and core) of network architecture is going away in favour of flatter architectures, virtualized application software is replacing network appliances, and network infrastructure is becoming much more programmable.
But, You Are Infected
Before you write your plan to make next year rock, take a few minutes (or longer, if you're serious about your goals), and decide what you need to unlearn. Over the course of your life, you've been infected by some beliefs that you now hold as truths. You've learned to take some actions based on those beliefs, and to avoid other actions—some of which would help you to produce much greater results.
How Do We Read Code?
The goal is to figure out some way of measuring what features in programming systems help programmers understand wht they are doing, and how this can be used to make systems that lead to higher quality software. Mike is currently running an experiment where he shows people several short Python programs and asks them to tell the output of the program.
Derivative-free nonlinear optimization for .NET and Java
There are several more or less time-efficient ways of solving (constrained) non-linear optimization problems, including simulated annealing, genetic algorithms and direct search methods such as the Nelder-Mead method (a good overview of mathematical optimization with several links is provided here.)
"If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances." -- Julia Sorel
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Q: Convert Julian Date to PosixCt Date I find myself struggling with this problem: I need to convert a julian date to normal date ("YYYY-MM-DD") in R. I'm aware that I can specify as.Date(julian_date,origin=""), but I don't know which origin should be provided.
My julian dates are something like 2458010,2458011 etc..
If I stay with default origin ("1970-01-01") my dates becomes something like "8699-11-10" which is obviously wrong since I know dates should be in years 2017-2018
How do I know the correct origin for the as.Date function? http://www.onlineconversion.com/julian_date.htm This site seems to convert my julian dates in the right way...

A: Julian day number 0 is assigned to the day starting at noon on November 24, 4714 BC (wikipedia).
Wikipedia example:
as.Date(2451545, origin = structure(-2440588, class = "Date"))
[1] "2000-01-01"

Your example:
as.Date(c(2458010,2458011), origin = structure(-2440588, class = "Date"))
[1] "2017-09-13" "2017-09-14"


Ticketing Tickets will be sold in the CLC lobby immediately following the movie and event reveal!
Don't miss the GAD-NIK movie and the event reveal! Immediately following, GAD-NIK tickets will be sold in the CLC lobby.


This Taste of the Valley segment on Tabbouleh aired last Tuesday (Tabbouleh Tuesday!). One thing I forgot to mention in the recipe above: you can turn this simple, delicious and fresh salad gluten-free, simply by replacing the whole wheat couscous with quinoa. While I love quinoa's protein and nutty flavor, it is definitely part of the New World foods (South American roots), and therefore a twist on the original Middle Eastern Tabbouleh salad. Prepare the quinoa according to its own package, and replace in this simple recipe. Enjoy! Please share as I love to see all of us eating healthier in the New Year!
Try it for your next BBQ in replace of pasta or potato salad!
Got another recipe that you love to share? Another version on this Tabbouleh classic? I'd love to hear from you! Drop me a line below.
Excellent segment! You are made for TV. Love this recipe, too.


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Prove that if n is a positive integer greater than 1, then
is not an integer.
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Find the least common multiple of 2, 3, …, n, and recast each fraction using this denominator. Now all the numerators will be even except for one term, the one whose original denominator had been the highest power of 2 that doesn't exceed n. Thus the sum of the numerators is odd while the common denominator is even.
May 15, 2019 May 14, 2019 | Puzzles
A problem from the 1996-1997 Estonian Mathematical Olympiad:
A square tabletop measures 3n × 3n. Each unit square is either red or blue. Each red square that doesn't lie at the edge of the table has exactly five blue squares among its eight neighbors. Each blue square that doesn't lie at the edge of the table has exactly four red squares among its eight neighbors. How many squares of each color make up the tabletop?
The tabletop measures 3n × 3n, so we can divide it evenly into n2 3 × 3 squares that together tile the surface completely. For each of these 3 × 3 squares:
If the unit square at the center is red, there are 5 blue squares and hence 3 red squares adjoining it.
If the unit square at the center is blue, there are 4 red squares and hence 4 blue squares adjoining it.
That means that each of our 3 × 3 squares is made up of the same constituents: 5 blue squares and 4 red squares. So the 3n × 3n tabletop is made up of 5n2 blue squares and 4n2 red squares.
It remains to show that such a coloring is possible. See the link below, pages 31-32, for a diagram.
(From "The Olympiad Corner," Crux Mathematicorum 29:1 [February 2003], 22-36.)
May 12, 2019 | Puzzles
Alice Chess
English chess enthusiast V.R. Parton invented this variant in 1953. The game is played on two boards, starting with the normal opening position on one board and a second board empty. The trick is that a piece that completes its move on one board "vanishes strangely off its board to appear suddenly on the other board, magically out of thin air!"
There are two stipulations: A move must be legal on the board on which it's played, and the square to which the piece is transferred on the opposite board must be vacant. (This means that a piece can make a capture only on the board on which it stands.)
This makes things very confusing. Here's a simple three-move game. White plays 1. e4, which means that his king pawn advances from e2, passes "through the looking glass," and arrives at e4 on the second board. Black responds with 1. … d5, so his queen pawn arrives at d5 on the second board. White plays 2. Be2, meaning that his king's bishop is transferred to e2 on the second board. And now Black makes the mistake of playing 2. … dxe4 — his pawn on d5 on the second board captures the white pawn there, which means the white pawn is removed from play and the black pawn finds itself on e4 on the first board. That's a mistake, because White can play 3. Bb5:
The white bishop returns to the first board, checking the black king. Strangely, this is checkmate: Black can't capture the attacking piece or move out of danger, and he can't interpose a piece — any piece that he moves on the first board will find itself on the second, and there are no pieces on the second board that could move to c6 or d7.
Parton wrote, "One board being as a looking-glass to the other, the resulting play is a game which has a character as fantastic perhaps as Alice's own game in Through the Looking-Glass."
Here's an Alice chess problem by Udo Marks. How can White mate in two moves?
Remarkably, White wins with a simple waiting move, 1. Kb1, returning his king to the first board where it's out of harm's way. Now any move that Black makes exposes him to some inescapable danger. For example, if he moves his b-pawn then White can move his knight to c6 on the first board, checking Black's king. There is no safe vacant square on the second board to which the king might move, so the game is over. Black has 44 available moves, but all lead to checkmate.
Podcast Episode 247: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles — play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions.
See full show notes …
May 6, 2019 December 27, 2020 | Podcast · Puzzles
Another Puzzling Commute
A few weeks after his first confusing journey home from the train station, Smith again finishes work ahead of schedule and takes an early train home. This time he arrives at his suburban station half an hour early. Again, rather than wait for the chauffeur, he starts walking home. And as before, he meets his chauffeur on the road, who picks him up promptly and takes him home. How many minutes early do they reach the house this time?
In the first puzzle we learned that Smith takes 55 minutes to walk a distance that the car can cover in 5 minutes. That means the car travels 11 times as fast as Smith. Today, if Smith has been walking for t minutes when he meets the chauffeur on the road, then he has spared the chauffeur an additional journey of t/11 minutes from that meeting point to the station. Since the driver would have arrived at the station at the normal meeting time after that t/11 final portion, 30 minutes after Smith had started walking, t + t/11 = 30. That means t = 27.5, and the total time saved, 2t/11, is five minutes.
(From Edward J. Barbeau et al., Five Hundred Mathematical Challenges, 1995.)
May 5, 2019 May 11, 2019 | Puzzles
Str8ts
Canadian puzzle designer Jeff Widderich invented this game in 2007. The goal is to place a digit 1-9 in each white cell so that each crossword-style "word" contains a straight, that is, a set of consecutive numbers in some order. For example, the top row of five digits might contain 62534, but not 91548.
One other constraint: Each full row or column must contain no repeated digits. That means, for example, that each of the two long vertical "words" will contain all nine digits. The digits in black cells count toward this constraint — the 9 in the black cell near the center means that no 9 appears elsewhere in its row or column. Can you complete the rest of the diagram?
A daily puzzle is posted here.
May 4, 2019 | Puzzles
An Unsolved Puzzle
Sam Loyd's 1903 Eighth Book of Tan explores the world of tangrams, the pastime of constructing specified shapes from a given set of seven pieces:
The book includes a few "paradoxes," two of which I've mentioned here before. But here's another:
"The seventh and eighth figures represent the mysterious square, built with seven pieces; then with one corner clipped off, and still the same seven pieces employed."
The book includes no solution. The square on the left is just the regular "block" formation above. But if anyone has discovered how Loyd produced a "clipped" square using the same seven pieces, I haven't been able to find it.
12/22/2020 UPDATE: Reader Alon Shaham came up with this solution:
Here the seven pieces are used to make both figures, rather than each figure separately. Arguably Loyd's description is artfully ambiguous. (Thanks also to reader Andrew Davison.)
May 3, 2019 December 22, 2020 | Puzzles
By Johan Scheel. White to mate in two moves.
White wins with the surprising 1. Qa3! No matter how Black responds, the queen or rook will mate next move.
From Casopis ceských šachistu, 1916.
April 25, 2019 April 23, 2019 | Puzzles
From a collection in Frank Mittler's Little Book of Word Tricks (1958):
1. Pray tell me, listener, if you can,
Who is that highly-favored man
Who, though he marries many a wife,
May still stay single all his life?
2. I sit in fire, but not in the flame;
I follow the master, but not the dame;
I'm found in the church, but not in the steeple;
I belong to the monarch, but not the people.
3. Its light was mellow, soft and lazy;
One foot broke off — and it went crazy!
4. What is found in the very center of both America and Australia?
5. What divides by uniting and unites by dividing?
6. Why is a popular crooner like a doctor in an asylum?
1. Clergyman.
2. The letter R.
3. Bedlam(p).
5. A scissors.
6. Everyone is crazy about him.
Chessametics
Mike Keith published this remarkable invention in the Journal of Recreational Mathematics in 1975. Suppose a chess game goes:
P-K4   P-K4
B-B4   P-R4
Q-B3   P-R4
This is checkmate, so White says "I win!" Now if the game score is written out in one column, including White's exclamation:
P-K4
B-B4
P-R4
Q-B3
… we get a solvable alphametic — replace each letter (and the symbols x and -) with a unique digit and you get a valid sum. (The digits already shown count as numbers, and those numbers also remain available to replace letters.)
This example isn't quite perfect — the two moves P-R4 are ambiguous, as is the final pawn capture. Keith's Alphametics Page has an even better specimen, a pretty variation from a real 1912 game by Siegbert Tarrasch. It's 13 moves long and forms a perfect alphametic with a unique solution.
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My children are moved by music, they always have been. From the time Sydney was a month old she was a "spirited child" who wasn't easily soothed. I would fight to try to calm her; using soothers, swaddling, rocking and finally…songs. It was the sound of music which got through to her when nothing else would. Today she is 11 years old and VERY much her own person and still is rooted in music.
My girls have both been actived in the muscial arts; singing lessons, theatre, ukelale and most recently guitar. They really enjoy their lessons and finding their own sense of style through music.
In September, Barbie™ will be encouraging little ones to embrace their inner rock star with the launch of the Barbie™ Rock n' Royals DVD!
In this upbeat musical, Barbie™ stars as Princess Courtney, a modern-day princess whose world is flipped upside down when she switches places with Erika, a famous rock star. The two very different worlds collide when a mistake sends Princess Courtney to Camp Pop and Erika to Camp Royalty. While Princess Courtney and Erika learn to adapt to their different camps, they must come together when they find out both camps are at risk of shutting down. Through this process, they find their true voices, and come together for an epic sing-off that shows anything is possible!
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We have removed any music from our collection that is a bit to old for our son and encourage him to pick a CD, or vinyl and give it a listen. when he hears a song out he likes we figure out what it is and get him into it. If he sings, hums, dances whatever makes his soul happy.
Music encourages me, especially praise music to God.
I put music on while cleaning and cooking. I give the grandchildren Itune cards to download their favorites.
Being Newfoundlanders we grew up with music playing in our home daily.I always encouraged my kids to listen and enjoy different kinds of music.
My daughter loves music and will be starting violin lessons this Fall!
I've always encouraged my children (and now my little granddaughter) to play music, sing, dance. They've always had access to multiple musical instruments, and both my boys play guitar, bass and drums.
I am a huge music aficionado and my girls have definitely inherited that trait. I guess it started in the womb!
I love to play music to match my mood! I find something so soothing when it comes to music!
I find that music is very soothing.
I love music and listen to different varieties depending on my mood!
Music can lift my mood and inspire me in many ways. Gives me get up and go when I need it, makes me smile when I am singing in the car with my grand daughters, invokes a memory from another time. It can also relax me and fill me with peace.
Listening to music always makes me happy and gets my day going. I encourage my nieces and nephews to sing, dance and listen to music that they like.
Music is expressive. I am able to loose myself into a good tune. Helps me check out of reality from time to time.
Music fills me with energy and positivity.
We let Miss R lead whenever she is doing something musical and try hard to keep her interested in her assorted instruments.
When my grandkids are here there is always music on for them to dance. LOL This Nana is always getting lessons on how to be dance cool!
I'm afraid that I am completely unmusical, which I've always regretted but that's just how it is. My grandchildren on the other hand love their music and are constantly singing songs they've heard or dancing around to music. The radio is constantly on when their mother is home, so that probably helps too.
We always sing in the car the kids love it.
We sing and dance together.
I like to try on the tunes when we are cleaning and dance and clean at the same time.


Writing copy for your hotel website might seem like a secondary activity, one that can be thrown together at the last minute once your website is designed and you've got great pictures ready to go. It's not!
Your website copy is an opportunity to tell guests why your independent hotel is truly a unique property, setting it apart from big brands and chains. It's also your chance to persuade guests to book then and there, giving you a direct booking.
Unfortunately, writing copy that resonates with guests is one of the great challenges for hotels, and it's often one that's pushed aside.
The challenge can be overcome, though. The first step is to develop and constantly keep in mind your customer personas: when you're writing to one or two people instead of an anonymous mass of potential guests, your job gets a lot easier.
After that, with a few basic guidelines to follow and an twist of your own hotel's personality, you can create copy that draws in guests and convinces them that you're the hotel for them.
We've created a guide to 4 ways to great copy that resonates with your guests, creates vivid mental pictures and draws on their emotions.
Your copy should tell a story for your guest, starring them. It should be something that draws them in, and makes them consider what it would be like to stay at your hotel. To do this, it can't be boring, cliched, or overwritten.
You don't need to spend hours on Thesaurus.com – instead, think about what it's really like to stay at your hotel. What are the best parts about eating in your hotel restaurant? What adventures have your past guests had in the local area?
Use descriptive language. What sounds are there? What does it look like? Is there a particular scent, like lavender, that your hotel spa uses? Think about texture – can guests dive into your Egyptian cotton sheets or take a stroll on the smooth grounds of your golf course?
It does a great job of setting a tranquil, historic, elegant scene in your mind. The language paints a natural picture without being too dramatic or overblown.
It makes use of the hotel's unique selling points to describe things in a way that makes excellent use of adjectives and descriptive language to get that mental movie moving in your head.
In the book The Art of Plain Talk, Dr.Rudolph Flesch analyzes what makes for easy or difficult writing. He recommends that 70-80% of your writing should consist of snappy, one or two syllable words that can be mentally digested with ease.
Longer sentences mean longer thoughts. Longer thoughts require more mental effort to process information. Putting in a little effort isn't a bad thing, but reading a novel isn't usually what your hotel websites visitors thought they were getting into!
This is why, in most cases, it's best to keep your sentences short.
Shorter sentences and paragraphs feel easy, and people take the path of least resistance. They also build momentum, making it easier for your guests to continue reading.
Clichés are your enemy. They're also probably going to be the first thing you think of when you start writing! It's up to you to push past that mental block and find creative, meaningful ways to describe your property.
Clichéd adjectives don't conjure up a mental image because your guest has seen them used time after time for business after business, and they've lost meaning.
]On the other hand, well-placed, vivid adjectives have been proven to spice up your copy.
It seamlessly mixes accurate adjectives with a clear description for a great visual. It tells guests exactly what they're getting (a canopy bed, private dining, a specially decorated room and a bottle of champagne) without resorting to a plain list. The romantic scene they create with the copy and the visual let you picture yourself there—your guests should get the same experience from your site.
Adjectives can be great copywriting tools, but use them with caution. Overusing them can bloat your sentences and make your descriptions look overdramatic.
When selling a big ticket item like a hotel room to your website visitors, simply listing features is not enough.
You need to tell your guests why those features matter: how they'll benefit them. In essence, your features need to transform into benefits.
So what's the difference between a feature and a benefit?
A feature is just a plain vanilla description of what you offer.
On the other hand, benefits tell your guest what the feature does for her, and how it will impact her life. Listing benefits is proven to boost conversions.
In a case study by contentverve.com, benefit driven bullet points skyrocketed conversions by 83.75%.
One copywriting hack to quickly spin your features into benefits is the "so what?" test.
It's plain and doesn't consider the needs of the guest.
We have a health spa and gym. After a busy day, you can let your hair down, unwind, and improve your health.
Our kids' play area lets you indulge in quality time with your significant other, or relish time by yourself.
Want something to tickle your taste buds but feel a little too tired to go out on the town? We've got you covered! Just visit our recently renovated hotel restaurant or order from our extensive room service menu.
The features just tell the guest about your hotel. The benefits explain how and why your hotel will be a great place to stay.
It is effective because it doesn't just state what they offer. Instead, it paints a benefit-driven picture of how they will enhance your travel experience.
It answers the "so what?" question.
The right copy is critical to making your hotel seem like the truly unique property that it is. Independent hotels are, by definition, not like the chains – they have something unique to offer! Your copy should highlight that.
By making use of the 4 tips above, you can create homepage copy that packs a powerful punch, engages your potential guests, and boosts conversions.
What challenges do you face when writing copy for your hotel?


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Approx. 400 m from a sandy beach is situated the hotel HSM Calas Park Apartamentos. At the beach, there are sun umbrellas and sun loungers for a fee available. The city Cala Murada is approx. 4 km away. A supermarket can be reached after around 200 m. It is only 100 m from the hotel to the nearest bars and restaurants. The following attractions can be reached from the hotel: Santuari Sant Salvador (approx. 19 km away), PN Mondragó (approx. 22 km away) and Cala Figuera (approx. 27 km away). For mobility during your holiday, there are a bus stop (approx. 200 m away) and a nearby car rental company. For medical treatment in emergencies there is a hospital around 16 km away. The airport (PMI) is approx. 60 km away.
Snacks, Bar (Available in the restaurant area inbetween meals), Daily.
Locally produced Alcohol; Locally produced non Alcohol, Soft drinks; Cold drinks; Wine; Spirits; Juices; Liquers; Draught Beer; Vodka, Bar, Daily: 10:30 - 00:00.
Nearby beaches include: Domingos Gran and Domingos Petit (400m) and Cala Antena (1.5km). The charming village of Porto Cristo with its renowned Caves of Drach is 15km away; 70km from Palma de Mallorca city.
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Safaliba is a Gur language of Ghana.

A recent project has developed a writing system for the language in order to enable its use in  adult education and early school instruction. The Safaliba writing system is based on the work (1996) of Edmund Kuŋi Yakubu, a Safaliba teacher and activist; a few changes in that system were made by Paul and Jennifer Schaefer, based on their phonological work, but the writing system for the most part stayed the same. Safaliba audio recordings have been documented, transcribed, and discussed in Sherris, Schaefer, and Aworo (2018).

A social media page on Safaliba literacy activism in Mandari, Ghana, can be found at this link: https://www.facebook.com/SafalibaLiteracy/

References

Oti–Volta languages
Languages of Ghana

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Sustainable design is good for the environment and great for our clients
Cordogan Clark integrates sustainability, renewable energy, and energy efficiency into high-performance building design.
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Environmentally-conscious decision-making propels architectural innovation, cost-saving, and responsible practice. From improving user well-being through natural daylighting and building wellness, to energy efficiency and durable, long-lasting materials and systems that provide long-lasting value, our sustainable designs are good for the environment and great for our clients.
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We have completed LEED designed buildings at all levels, from Certified to Platinum
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Source: https://www.usgbc.org/press/benefits-of-green-building
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Today's the big day! You've got that big important job interview at 8 a.m. sharp! So up and at 'em soldier, time to seize the day!
The evening before the big day, figure out exactly what time you need to be up in the morning. Work backwards from the time of your appointment, factoring in how long you'll need to shower, have breakfast, and so on.Subtract the total amount of time from your appointment time... That's when you absolutely have to wake up.
Tip: Don't pad your times; if you do, you'll know you have extra time built in and you won't take your wake-up time seriously.
The night before the event, make whatever preparations you can to save yourself some time the next morning.
Call a friend who's an early-riser and ask them to call you at your designated wake-up time.
Tip: Don't forget to thank your special friend afterwards with a small gift or notion.
Set the most annoying alarm clock you can find to your designated wake-up time. Then set as many more as you can get your hands on to go off each minute leading up to it.
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When the first alarm sounds, get up immediately. You don't want the rest of them going off, do you?
Complete your morning routine exactly as planned, using only as much time as you allotted yourself for each activity. Or less — if you finish early, you'll have time to relax and gather your thoughts.
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In the work of the Age of Grace, Jesus was the God who saved man. What He had and was was grace, love, compassion, forbearance, patience, humility, care, and tolerance, and so much of the work that He did was the redemption of man. And as for His disposition, it was one of compassion and love, and because He was compassionate and loving, He had to be nailed to the cross for man, in order to show that God loved man as Himself, to the extent that He sacrificed Himself in His entirety.
In the Age of Grace, Jesus came to redeem the whole fallen mankind (not only the Israelites). He showed mercy and lovingkindness to man. The Jesus that man saw in the Age of Grace was filled with lovingkindness and was always loving, for He had come to deliver man from sin. He could forgive man their sins until His crucifixion truly delivered mankind from sin. During that time, God appeared before man in mercy and lovingkindness; that is, He became a sin offering for man and was crucified for the sins of man so that they may forever be forgiven. He was merciful, compassionate, enduring and loving. And all those who followed Jesus in the Age of Grace also sought to be enduring and loving in all things. They endured all suffering, and never fought back even if beaten, cursed or stoned.
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