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Q: ORDER BY not putting SELECT statement in numerical order I am working on a SELECT statement.
USE SCRUMAPI2

DECLARE @userParam VARCHAR(100)
    ,@statusParam VARCHAR(100)

SET @userParam = '%'
SET @statusParam = '%'

SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
        ORDER BY PDT.[Name] DESC
        ) AS 'RowNumber'
    ,PDT.[Name] AS Project
    ,(
        CASE WHEN (
                    STY.KanBanProductId IS NOT NULL
                    AND STY.SprintId IS NULL
                    ) THEN 'KanBan' WHEN (
                    STY.KanBanProductId IS NULL
                    AND STY.SprintId IS NOT NULL
                    ) THEN 'Sprint' END
        ) AS ProjectType
    ,STY.[Number] StoryNumber
    ,STY.Title AS StoryTitle
    ,TSK.[Name] AS Task
    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), STY.Effort) AS Effort
    ,CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), TSK.OriginalEstimateHours) AS OriginalEstimateHours
    ,TSK.STATUS AS STATUS
FROM Task TSK
LEFT JOIN Story STY ON TSK.StoryId = STY.PK_Story
LEFT JOIN Sprint SPT ON STY.SprintId = SPT.PK_Sprint
LEFT JOIN Product PDT ON STY.ProductId = PDT.PK_Product
WHERE TSK.PointPerson LIKE @userParam
    AND TSK.STATUS LIKE @statusParam
GROUP BY STY.[Number]
    ,TSK.STATUS
    ,STY.Title
    ,PDT.[Name]
    ,TSK.CreateDate
    ,TSK.[Name]
    ,STY.KanBanProductId
    ,STY.SprintId
    ,TSK.OriginalEstimateHours
    ,STY.Effort

My issue that that although I have the ORDER BY sorting by story number first it is not returning as expected (below is column STY.[Number]):

As you can see it foes from 33 to 4 to 42, I want it in numerical order so that 4 would be between 3 and 5 not 33 and 42. How do I achieve this?

A: Given the structure of your data (with a constant prefix), probably the easiest way to get what you want is:
order by len(STY.[Number]), STY.[Number]

This orders first by the length and then by the number itself.

A: Those are strings. Do you really expect SQL Server to be able to identify that there is a number at character 6 in every single row in the result, and instead of ordering by character 6, they pretend that, say, SUPP-5 is actually SUPP-05? If that worked for you, people who expect the opposite behavior (to treat the whole string as a string) would be complaining. The real fix is to store this information in two separate columns, since it is clearly two separate pieces of data.
In the meantime, you can hack something, like:
ORDER BY LEFT(col, 4), CONVERT(INT, SUBSTRING(col, 6, 255)));

As Martin explained, this should be on the outer query, not just used to generate a ROW_NUMBER() - generating a row number alone doesn't guarantee the results will be ordered by that value. And this will only work with additional checks to ensure that every single row has a value following the dash that can be converted to an int. As soon as you have SUPP-5X this will break.

A: It's sorting by the string in lexicography order. To get numerical ordering you need to extract the number from the string (with substring()) and cast it to integer.


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Q: How to parse a JSON object? I know there are a lot of questions like these but I am not able to find an answer to my question. Or probably, I am missing something here. The format of my JSON is:
{
    "fields": [
        {
            "type": "long",
            "name": "UniqId",
            "data": "True"
        },
        {
            "type": "string",
            "name": "Name",
            "data": "True"
        },
        {
            "type": "string",
            "name": "Address",
            "data": "False"
        }
    ],
    "type": "struct"
}

I just want name and type to be extracted and appended to a list. First element to be name and second to be type.
The above format is saved in a variable json_dump. And when I do:
for k in json_dump1.iteritems():
    print k

It gives me an error

"AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'iteritems".

I would really appreciate the help. Thanks.

A: json_dump1 is a string, so you need to parse it into an object first. This can be done with the json library:
import json
parsed_json = json.loads(json_dump1)

It sounds like you also want to do some comprehension on this. It's unclear exactly how you want the name and type values to be stored, but you would want something like this to iterate over parsed_json:
results = []
for f in parsed_json['fields']:
    results.append(f['name'])
    results.append(f['type'])

A: For cases like this, it's better to think of the json as a dictionary containing nested lists or dictionaries within them. So if you treat them as such and iterate over the lists/keys you should be fine. In this case, the first key is fields, after that we have a number of lists that each contain a dictionary, so we iterate over each of these lists and extract the desired keys (name and type):
name_list = []
type_list = []
for i in json_file['fields']:
    name_list.append(i['name'])
    type_list.append(i['type'])
print name_list
print type_list

Output:
['UniqId', 'Name', 'Address']
['long', 'string', 'string']

You can also create a dictionary in which you will append these values:
json_values = {'name':type_name,'list':type_list}

Of course you can define this first and append the values to the lists in the dictionaries:
json_values = {'name':[],'list':[]
name_list = []
type_list = []
for i in json_file['fields']:
    json_values['name'].append(i['name'])
    json_values['list'].append(i['type'])

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Johann Gottlieb Christian Nörrenberg, född 11 augusti 1787 i Pustenbach (tillhör numera Bergneustadt), död 20 juli 1862 i Stuttgart, var en tysk fysiker, som 1833–51 var professor i fysik vid Tübingens universitet. Han är känd för konstruktionen av ett polarisationsinstrument.

I många källor skrivs fysikerns efternamn med "m" istället för "n", det vill säga "Nörremberg" istället för "Nörrenberg". Detta gäller även källor som publicerats kort efter hans död.

Biografi

Nörrenberg, son till Wilhelm Nörrenberg och Maria Magdalena född Hollmann, kom till närliggande Gummersbach vid 14 års ålder som assistent. Genom självstudier med hjälp av en lärobok i matematik fick han så goda kunskaper inom detta område, att han 1812-1813 kunde arbeta som lantmätare i den statliga kartläggningen av Westfalen. Från 1822 utsågs han i Darmstadt som professor i matematik vid Großherzoglichen Militärakademie.

Efter sin pensionering 1851 bodde Nörrenberg i Stuttgart och dog där den 20 juli 1862.

Vetenskapligt arbete
Under en treårig vistelse i Paris från 1829 till 1832 utökade han sina kunskaper inom fysik och kemi. År 1833 efterträdde han Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger som professor i fysik, matematik och astronomi vid universitetet i Tübingen och var chef för Tübingens observatorium. Han arbetade då vidare med astronomi och optik och konstruerade observationsinstrument. En polariseringsapparat utvecklad av honom blev hans tids standardinstrument.

Nörrenberg, som var mycket praktisk, konstruerade en mängd olika utrustningar, bland annat en kaffemaskin. Till sina optiska instrument slipade han linserna själv. Kort efter publiceringen av Daguerres uppfunna process av fotografier på silverpläterade kopparplattor (daguerreotyp) i augusti 1839 tog Nörrenberg sådana fotografier, varav ett nu finns på Stadtmuseum Tübingen.

Nörrenberg var medlem i Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte.

Bibliografi i urval
 Propriétés optiques des cristaux à deux axes., Brüssel 1835

Referenser

Noter

Vidare läsning
 Frank-Rutger Hausmann: Oberbergische Gelehrte und andere Persönlichkeiten vom 17. bis zum Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts. Eine Bibliographie. Neustadt an der Aisch 1974, S. 31–32
 Frank-Rutger Hausmann: Aufgaben und Methoden der Familiengeschichte. Dargestellt am Beispiel der Familie Nörrenberg im Oberbergischen. In: Romerike Berge, Zeitschrift für Heimatpflege im Bergischen Land, Heft 3, Dezember 1970, S. 104–111
 Siegfried Rösch: Johann Gottlieb Christian Nörrenberg (1787–1862). Zum 100. Todestag. In: Physikalische Blätter, 18, 1962, S. 404–408
 Siegfried Rösch: J. G. Nörrenberg: Beschreibung einer Kaffehmaschine. In: Physikalische Blätter, 19, 1963, S. 22–24
 Wolfgang Hesse: Daguerreotyp 1839 gefertigt von Prof. Nörrenberg in Tübingen. In: Fotogeschichte (Frankfurt am Main), 9, 1989, S. 3–12

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Tyska professorer i fysik
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HomeCUNY Pathways Project's Implications for Class and Race: The Soft Bigotry of Lowered Expectations
CUNY Pathways Project's Implications for Class and Race: The Soft Bigotry of Lowered Expectations
Nassau Community College
AAUP Advocacy Chapter
There are subtle forms of racism remnant in American society today. The CUNY Pathways Project has at its core a recognition of this and, in its acquiescence to it, the initiative carries on a pernicious form of racism as it is continuing some of the most harmful insinuations of racial differences that further debilitate those already victims of racism through disparity in opportunities and supports. Structural racism is a defining feature of contemporary American society, and the Pathways Project is one more example of the problem. It is the burden of this work to make evident this ugly feature of the Pathways Project that efforts to conceal have hidden beneath rhetoric intended to be politically pleasing.
While proclaiming that the Pathways Project is all about improving on the transfer of credits from one college within CUNY to another and that the curricular reforms are about increasing academic rigor, the truth lies elsewhere from those repeated declarations. A careful analysis of the proposed changes will indicate that Pathways Project waters down the curriculum, and that while it may increase graduation rates, it leaves too many CUNY students less prepared for the rigors and expectations of the modern workplace. In effect, it makes too many CUNY graduates "second class citizens" in a competitive marketplace. And most of those so left behind, or at lower points in their possible careers, will be the poor and people of color, Black and Latino, those already disadvantaged with the weakest academic preparation and weaker in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
There are the repeated claims that the Pathways Project was made necessary due to problems with the transfer of credits from one CUNY college to another which two previous policy actions of its Board of Trustees had not remedied. Those focal claims are accompanied by the repeated claims that the changes wrought by the Pathways Project will increase academic rigor in the degree programs of the University. This repetition is a technique of merchandisers, publicists and propagandists throughout history. It is a public relations achievement that the Pathways Project has been effectively presented by its creators as being pro-student while actually, and in a most cynical manner, it is anti-student as it adversely impacts many students and, in particular, those already most disadvantaged in American society and in the university. The repetition thwarts the exposure of the "soft bigotry of lowered expectations" George W. Bush warned against when speaking of the nation's educational programs. Yet, no matter how often repeated, a careful examination reveals not only that the evidence will not support those claims but will also reveal the structural racism supported by the Pathways Project as it will adversely impact those in the lowest economic classes.
GRADUATION RATES AND NOT TRANSFER
In a publicly declared and accentuated effort to resolve problems with the transfer of credits from one unit in the university to another, the CUNY has instituted a massive change in the basic curricula of its Associate and Baccalaureate programs. The number of Liberal Arts and Sciences courses required in degree programs has been reduced to a mere handful totaling eight or nine classes of a total of forty where before there had been as many as twelve to twenty in degree programs that included insuring graduates were fluent in more than one language and had some understanding of both World and American History. Why was this done?
In the Pathways Initiative the CUNY Board of Trustees passed a series of resolutions. One in particular would appear to solve any problems with the transfer of credits. It reads as follows:
Resolved, that all courses taken for credit at an undergraduate CUNY college be accepted for credit at every other CUNY undergraduate college, regardless of whether a specific equivalency exists at the transfer college, to an extent consistent with grade requirements and residency rules at the transfer colleges, and be it further…
Why then are there nine (9) other resolves in the action taken by the Board? The reason is that the resolves were needed to alter all undergraduate education programs in the CUNY in order to increase the rate of graduation through a simplification of its curricula through their reformulation to offer fewer required courses and fewer demanding courses while defecting attention from these intended consequences of the resolves. Thus, these measures were proposed and enacted while CUNY proclaims repeatedly that there is the intention to increase academic rigor in its programs.
The CUNY has offered no attempt to respond to the notice of the conflation of transfer resolution with General Education reform as it has offered no argument and no evidence to establish that curricular reform was the only method or even the better or best method to accomplish resolution of the remnant issues with transfer. The CUNY has repeatedly focused on the need to improve on transfer making the process more efficient and economical while eliding the targeting of all curricula for reformulations. In so doing the values of an educational institution to transfer knowledge and develop new knowledge and develop intellectual skills was supplanted by the institutional values of economy and efficiency in producing graduates. The social good of producing an outcome of an educated student who is a well rounded and contributing member of society is being replaced by quantifiable outcomes: graduates and graduates who are employed. In so doing the CUNY has not attempted to articulate just what it is hoping to produce that is of value to society other than sending more graduates into a social setting in which most people who find employment will change both employers and fields several times within their first two decades of employment and again before retirement. In an economic order with considerable flux those with the broadest of educational backgrounds tend to fare better as they mature and gain in experience through several positions. The broader exposure to and some depth in the Liberal Arts and Sciences now being eliminated will produce the intended result or "outcome" of more graduates regardless of the educational, social, or ultimate cost that it will entail for many of those graduates and for a society that has need of not only simple employees but also people who are well informed and capable of rich social interactions who are prepared not merely for employment but for success in a world now characterized by multiple orders of change.
INCREASE IN ACADEMIC RIGOR
There are the repeated claims that the Pathways Initiative will increase academic rigor in the programs of the CUNY and yet no effort on the part of the CUNY to support those claims. There is no evidence that CUNY has even begun an effort to design, let alone carry out, a study to establish the current level of rigor, whatever that might mean. Far from it, there has been and continues to be the frequent repetition of the claim that in some way the Pathways Project represents an increase in rigor, without definition of the term nor measure of current levels. Why is this so? In clear light of the reduction of required college level courses in Science, Mathematics, Foreign Languages and Literature the repetitions of increasing academic rigor appears more as intentional deflection of attention from careful examination of what is actually being done and any consideration of the long term consequences for those graduates who will receive the least remediation of their K-12 under-preparedness for college and who are in large part in the lower and lowest socio- economic class and people of color.
REDUCTION IN BREADTH AND DEPTH OF LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION
Arriving at the CUNY through the public policy of open admission of all high school graduates those who are under-prepared need to have additional support if they are to succeed in college level programs of study. Reports indicate that there is an extremely low rate of graduation for those in greatest need of academic assistance to remediate their under preparedness. There are also reports within the CUNY that there are particular courses, deemed to be "killer courses" by some, that appear to be most difficult for those who are under-prepared so that they often cannot accomplish the learning outcomes of those courses and so fail to progress to graduation. These courses, including those in Mathematics and Science, involve higher order cognitive skills and levels of abstraction for which those with the lowest orders of college readiness appear most challenged. If the number of such challenging courses, are reduced, then the stumbling blocks to graduation are reduced and the CUNY graduation rate should increase. Here is that "soft bigotry" at work.
Other courses that pose real challenges for the under-prepared would be those offered at a higher level than introduction to a discipline and the second course in a discipline for which a prior course was set as prerequisite. If the number of higher level courses in challenging fields of study that are required for graduation are reduced then graduation rates should increase.
The Pathways Project clearly reduces the number of required courses in the Liberal Arts and Science core of all CUNY Associate in Arts and Associate in Science and Baccalaureate degree programs. It actually bars CUNY colleges from requiring that students take more than one course in the same discipline within the new streamlined, smaller core. It reduces the number of Science courses to a single course and reduces the study of Mathematics to a single required course and one for which a less demanding curriculum can substitute for the traditional courses associated with college Mathematics. It aims to increase the freedom of students to choose the least demanding courses, given their backgrounds and to avoid the development of their intellectual skills through a program of study of some depth in more than one particular field or academic discipline. If the Pathways Initiative is not to be described as a "dumbing down" of the curriculum it can be described as a "narrowing and shallowing".
The CUNY will be able to give prominent attention to and public notice of the few who do excel, who do earn scholarships and fellowships and awards, mainly in Mathematics, Technology, Engineering and the Sciences. There will continue to be the few of a total of 270,000 students who will receive effective support and guidance that nurtures their growth. Public display will make their number appear larger and more typical. Nevertheless, the long term success in life of CUNY graduates, not immediately evident or easily measurable nor quantifiable, will not be put on display let alone comparisons with the graduates of colleges with deeper and richer curricular requirements in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The CUNY will display the results of studies showing maturation increases in the basic rudimentary skills of reading, writing and critical thinking over a period of 3 to 6 or even 8 years associated with CUNY course work. It will intend for these reports to be taken as indicators of what students have learned at CUNY while showing no evidence of the exact knowledge a typical CUNY student has upon entering as compared to when leaving CUNY as a graduate, let alone the breadth and depth of knowledge of a CUNY graduate.
What does any of the alteration of intellectual rigor and intellectual skills development matter if the overall graduation rates at the CUNY increase? Is it not the desire of the public to have such an increase? Does not the public demand an accounting of the use to which its support is directed and the results? Is it not a social good to have more people graduate college? It is undeniable that there are fewer college graduates unemployed in difficult economic times, but there are still unemployed college graduates, only fewer than non-graduates. It is also undeniable that jobs that previously required only a high school diploma are now going increasingly, and in some positions exclusively, to college graduates. It would then be rather obvious that increasing the number of college graduates would be a social good and a benefit to those graduates. But what of achieving higher graduation rates as CUNY is proceeding to do?
IMPACT on the ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED and PEOPLE OF COLOR
Reports indicate that the percentages of those who are under-prepared for college work are higher in high schools in minority neighborhoods. It is not uncommon to have critics of the public school system point out the disparity in preparation for college work and the high school graduation rates amongst economic groups. Calls for redress most often are directed to improving the amount and quality of instruction to narrow and eliminate the disparity. Indeed, there were efforts to insure that no children would be "left behind" due to disparity in effort, some of which is born of disparity in appraisal of their abilities. Most observers would not accept dissolution of the gap through a process of social promotion whereby children are moved along year to year and then graduated without necessarily accomplishing the educational goals of the curricula. The "soft bigotry" was not to be tolerated. Nonetheless, while graduation rates from high schools, already dismally low, may have risen the percentage of those graduates who are deemed "college ready" has not. This exposes the painful reality of a disparity in preparation and a disparity that too often correlates with race and socio-economic class.
While minorities are, on the one hand, the apparent recipients of easier pathways to graduation by being required to take less challenging and fewer courses that will broaden their knowledge, on the other hand, they are the less prepared for the social interactions in adult life that will support their continued intellectual growth and their esteem in the eyes of others that often leads to positions of higher rank within institutions and in employment. The Pathways Project is a plan for education that has been developed by people who are already rather successful that will subject the poor of any race to an education that is not of the caliber of the colleges and universities associated with leaders of industry and the nation. Of course, students of any background who will make effective use of academic advisement will receive a rather good education in CUNY, but many will not, as the Pathways Project will impact more significantly those who, as already and presently economically disadvantaged , must seek a quick and easy graduation from college for their own sakes and that of their families.
And just how is the Pathways Project a racist program? In the acceptance of the disparities in college level preparation the CUNY program accepts the consequences of the disparity in resources and efforts to assist those traditionally victimized and rather than redress the disparity the CUNY alters its programs of study to create another less obvious form of "social promotion".
The CUNY undertook no study to estimate the social impact over time of the Pathways Initiative on minorities and those who are economically disadvantaged. No attention was directed to the long term consequences on its graduates of such sweeping reforms of its curricula. No light was to be shed on such matters by the University perhaps because there has been an acceptance on the part of some, perhaps many, with political influence that the CUNY is for the most part not going to produce many of the leaders of industry or leaders in any of the major components of society. That task is to be left to the Ivy League caliber universities that will accept those with broader and deeper preparation in the Liberal Arts and Sciences as prerequisite to enter such Universities which then expect their students to go further and even deeper into studies that will prepare them not simply for employment but for leadership positions and for making more significant contributions to society than do the basic employees of any enterprise.
And so now we come to the racism inherent in the Pathways Initiative. The large numbers of students entering CUNY at this time who are the most under-prepared are students within groups that are under supported and even victimized by the legacy of the racist past and, some would add, present. They are the students who face the greatest academic challenges. Rather than expend resources on their support to succeed at the highest levels of study or even at the basic level that offers genuine college level work, the leadership of CUNY appears to accept that these students are simply not up to the challenges of the curricula of the 1960's or even the 1980's and so the curricula must be changed to accommodate "them" and graduate "them".
If the faculties of CUNY resist this obvious concession to the lowest denominator, then force it upon them through a top- down set of impositions from the Board of Trustees and Chancellery. Make it appear as if theirs is not a principled opposition to the changes due to concern for the proper preparation of students for intellectual and social advance and exercising their best academic judgments but instead make it appear as if their opposition is motivated by self interest in the preservation of the status quo that supports their teaching positions.
If society will not provide for the support needed for effective education and true college ready level of preparation in high school graduates and will not provide the CUNY with support to effectively remedy the K-12 deficiencies in many of the entering class of students then what is to be done to produce more graduates other than to alter the level of academic challenge in the programs of study?
Throughout its history the CUNY has been seen by far too many people of influence as a place where the immigrants and the sons and daughters of immigrants can get an education for employment but not a place where the country can expect to get its leaders. The CUNY has been seen as an opportunity for economic advancement but not for social advancement. Numbers support that as CUNY has become more a place for people of color it has been increasingly undervalued and so underfunded. Expectations for CUNY have been diminished. Now, in effect, that downgrading has extended within CUNY with those who would raise graduation rates for the sake of public appeasement of the need and demand for employable graduates and drastically diminish the programs of study that might better prepare its graduates for long term success beyond mere employment and for a life that might include achieving leadership positions within their place of employ and within their neighborhoods and within society. For such success the languages of the Liberal Arts and Sciences are the common tongue. CUNY graduates will need to speak those languages amongst communities of leaders to gain their esteem and their support. The Pathways Project's social debilitation of many CUNY graduates will fall disproportionately on those people of color who are already victimized by poor K-12 preparation and social promotion, less skilled in command of the languages of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Employers will learn of the diminished or limited potentials of CUNY graduates and look elsewhere for those from whom they expect long term advancement and leadership.
The attempt to make perspicuous the racist implications of the Pathways Project will be resisted by those who conceived them, constructed them and presented them to the Board of Trustees. They will claim that there was no such intention as to discriminate against any groups and that minorities will be advantaged by the Pathways Project as they will increase graduation rates for all groups. These claims will have ample support for their veracity. However, it is the "soft bigotry" racism that manifests in the consequences of actions and not in the intentions. The failure to consider the long term consequences or the impact of the Pathways Project on CUNY graduates is the index of racism. Examination of all the documents located at these sites:
CUNY Pathways to Degree Completion http://www.cuny.edu/academics/initiatives/pathways/about.html
UFS documents relating to the Pathways to Degree Completion http://sites.google.com/site/universityfacultysenatecuny/senate-action/resolutions-on-pathways
0ffers nothing that considers the impact of the Pathways Project on minorities or those groups with more people who evidence severe K-12 under-preparedness for college level work. There is no discussion of what the long term consequences might be for those who have a reduced exposure to the Liberal Arts and Sciences not only in the competition for jobs but for lifelong success and advancement and for leadership in their institutions of their employment as well as those of society.
The "soft bigotry" racism inherent in the Pathways Project will be buried in the public relations efforts that will focus attention on the basic graduation rates and attention on those few who will achieve great academic success and recognition and success in their fields. The proportion that such celebrated graduates will represent of the total number of graduates will not be studied and cannot be publicly acknowledged. The CUNY will thus acknowledge that it knows its place in the pantheon of academic institutions and its place within society as the supplier of base level employees and occasionally a success or two beyond the CUNY norm. CUNY will know its place in acquiescing to the current patterns of differentiation based on race and class in academic preparation of graduates and members of society. Some in CUNY are reported to have made statements to the effect that the great books curricula and strong Liberal Arts courses are for the sons and daughters of the rich and not for CUNY students.
Philip A. Pecorino, Ph.D.
Queensborough Community College, CUNY
SUNY Nassau Community College
NAAC • Nassau Community College • One Education Drive, Garden City, NY 11530-6793 • AAUPNCC.org • AAUP@ncc.edu

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Material representing the remains of the Roman settlement of Bannaventa has been recovered from a strip around two-hundred metres wide on either side of a two kilometer length of Watling Street, in agricultural land to the north west of the village of Norton, at Whilton Lodge in Northamptonshire.
The settlements defenses were in the form of a trapezium, not aligned with Watling Street, and the enclosure was deeper on the east side of the street than it was on the west. The four sides of the enclosure were 190m, 200m, 250m and 250m, measured clockwise from north, and enclosed an area of c.5.5 hectares.
A large ditch 7.6m wide and 3.1m deep backed by a clay and turf rampart was constructed after the end of the first century.
The primary ditch was filled in with gravel early in the fourth century to provide a firm base for a stone wall with foundations 3.7m wide and fronted by two newly-cut, parallel ditches; the inner 5.2m wide and 2.4m deep and the outer 4.3m wide and 1.8m deep.
The inner ditch was filled with gravel shortly after the second phase was completed, perhaps intended as the firm base for external towers, though none have been discovered. The outer ditch was allowed to silt-up by the end of the fourth century.
Occupation of the site, which may have begun before the Roman conquest, continued into the fourth century.
Page Citation: Kevan White (2018) "Roman Britain: BANNAVENTA"


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Q: Gulp watch in docker takes too long in docker I have gulp watcher task which takes ~10s to run on host. But with docker it takes ~2min.
gulp.task('watch', function () {
    $.livereload.listen();

    gulp.watch(paths.scss, ['scss']);
    gulp.watch(paths.oldscss, ['scss-2']);
    gulp.watch(paths.coffee, ['coffee']);
    gulp.watch(paths.icons, ['icon-font']);
    gulp.watch(paths.es6, ['es6']);

    gulp.watch(paths.css, $.livereload.reload);
    gulp.watch(["../shop/**/*.es6.min.js"], $.livereload.reload);
});

This is how i run my task:
docker run -p 35729:35729 --rm -it -v HOST_STATIC_PATH:CONTAINER_STATIC_PATH container bash -c "cd CONTAINER_STATIC_PATH && gulp watch"

I assume it's some sort of volumes sync problem. Because if i run command without volumes
docker run -p 35729:35729 --rm -it container bash -c "cd CONTAINER_STATIC_PATH && gulp watch"

it takes same ~10s as in the host machine.
Also, the default gulp build in docker takes acceptable amount of time.
Any solutions? Thanks in advance.


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Q: "Value does not fall within the expected range" Error when trying to add user to a sitegroup through REST API SP Online I want to add a user to the members group of a SP site. Unfortunately I always get the above mentioned error when I use the LoginName format that is documented in the API reference. When I use simple UPN or email, I get User not unique or not found.
I should propably have added that I come from an outside source, i.e. our Servicenow Instance and authenticate through an OAUTH token.
Here is the REST call:
Endpoint: http://xyz.sharepoint.com/sites/TestSite/_api/web/sitegroups(5)/users
Header:
"Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
"Content-Type": "application/json;odata=verbose"

Content:
{
    '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.User'},
    'LoginName':'i:0#.f|membership|fname.lname@xyz.com'
}

Result:
{"error":{"code":"-2147024809, System.ArgumentException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Value does not fall within the expected range."}}}

Any ideas are welcome.
Here are some shots from the setup (within Servicenow):

A: Try using below code. I just tried this at my end and it is working for me:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/sites/siteName/SiteAssets/jquery.min.js"></script>

<button type="button" onclick="addUserToGroup()"> Add User To Group </button>

<script type="text/javascript">
    function addUserToGroup() {
        var addUserToGroupEndpoint = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/sitegroups(38)/users";

        var payload = JSON.stringify({
            '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.User' },
            'LoginName': 'i:0#.f|membership|meganb@tenant.onmicrosoft.com'
        });

        $.ajax({
            url: addUserToGroupEndpoint,
            type: "POST",
            data: payload,
            headers: {
                "X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
                "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
                "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose"
            },
            success: function (data) {
                console.log("User Added to Group successfully!");
            },
            error: function (error) {
                console.log(error);
            }
        });
    }
</script>

You can check the LoginName format using site users endpoint. open below URL in browser tab:
https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/spconnect/_api/web/siteusers?$select=Title,LoginName

Example Output:
<m:properties>
    <d:LoginName>i:0#.f|membership|meganb@tenant.onmicrosoft.com</d:LoginName>
    <d:Title>Megan Bowen</d:Title>
</m:properties><m:properties>
    <d:LoginName>i:0#.f|membership|diegos@tenant.onmicrosoft.com</d:LoginName>
    <d:Title>Diego Siciliani</d:Title>
</m:properties>

A: The below code worked for me
var groupId = 6; //SharePoint group id
var userLoginName = 'i:0#.f|membership|testuser_01@TENANT.onmicrosoft.com'; //Login name of the user to be added
$.ajax(
{
    url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/sitegroups/GetById("+ groupId +")/users",
    type: "POST",
    data: JSON.stringify(
    {
        '__metadata':
        {
            'type': 'SP.User'
        },
        'LoginName': userLoginName
    }),
    headers:
    {
        "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
        "Content-Type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
        "X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val()
    },
    success: function(data, status, xhr)
    {
        console.log('Success');
    },
    error: function(xhr, status, error)
    {
        console.log("Failed");
    }
});

You can get the correct format/value for LoginName using the browser dev tools. Screenshot added below.

A: To use the REST capabilities that are built into SharePoint, you construct a RESTful HTTP request by using the OData standard, which corresponds to the client object model API you want to use.
The client.svc web service handles the HTTP request and serves the appropriate response in either Atom or JSON format.


Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department South Traffic Division detectives are asking for the public's help in providing any information that would lead to the identification of the suspect involved in a hit and run collision which left 65-year-old Joseph C Haywood injured at scene.
On May 31, 2016, around 10:10 p.m, Joseph C. Haywood was walking westbound across the crosswalk on 63rd Street and Crenshaw Boulevard when he was struck by a possible black Honda sedan traveling southbound on Crenshaw Boulevard. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and render aid to the victim, or identify themselves, as required by law.
The Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics responded and transported the victim to a local hospital where he later died from his massive traumatic injuries.
There is no driver description.
Anyone with information about this collision is asked to contact South Traffic Division detectives at (323) 421-2500 or the South Traffic Division Watch Commander at (213) 421-2577. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters "LAPD." Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on "webtips" and follow the prompts.


Walgreens' Group Vice President, GMM Grocery, Household & Beverages Paul Tiberio, and his team were recognized as ECRM's 2018 Merchant Team of the Year in the Candy category for their excellence in sourcing, merchandising, and supplier collaboration.
ECRM discussed these three areas with Tiberio, to highlight the strategies and successes that earned him and his team the award.
ECRM: What is your leadership philosophy to encourage your team to be their best?
Tiberio: I am fortunate to work with an excellent team of merchants and believe in setting clear goals and objectives with our team. Equipping the team with the necessary tools and resources to achieve their objectives is paramount. Lastly, I empower and encourage the team to make decisions, take risks, embrace change in order to innovate and gain success in all they do.
ECRM: What are your team's strengths, and what characteristics do you attribute to their success in today's turbulent retail environment?
Tiberio: The team's strengths are collaboration and respect for each other, a tenacity and desire to win, as well as passion for the customer and the businesses they manage. The team prides itself of putting the customer first in every decision they make. If it's right for our customer it will be right for our supplier partners and it will drive overall success for Walgreens. As you know, retail is an extremely competitive environment and the team wants to win; they work closely with our partners to ensure they are innovating and staying a step ahead in everything they accomplish.
ECRM: How do you keep tabs on emerging product trends to help in your sourcing efforts?
Tiberio: We keep our eyes and ears open for opportunities and by listening to the consumer. Inspiration for products and programs doesn't have to only come from within the category. By watching other industries or even other countries with our global reach we can discover new solutions to deliver on what the consumer wants, even if the customer hasn't realized it yet. We also make it a point to attend most ECRM venues where we encourage all suppliers to attend so we can evaluate all opportunities -- both small and large – at one time.
ECRM: Can you give us an example or two of some recent successful products you have brought into your category?
Tiberio: Specifically, in the confection category we have had tremendous success partnering with our key suppliers in launching new product innovation. Being first to market on key product launches has been our success. Our stores can execute quickly across the country which has made many of these launches a huge success for us and our suppliers.
We exceeded and achieved a dominant share position on the following product launches: Hershey's Gold, Reese's Outrageous, Kinder Egg, and Mars White Chocolate M&M's, to name a few. We also have the capabilities to use our stores as test labs and trial new products or ideas in smaller markets for fast learning and speed to market.
By watching other industries or even other countries with our global reach we can discover new solutions to deliver on what the consumer wants, even if the customer hasn't realized it yet.
ECRM: How are you leveraging digital in your merchandising efforts?
Tiberio: From communication and relationships with our customers to in-store promotions through our clip to card mobile feature, digital is a critical component to our category innovation and overall business. The space is constantly evolving and we need to be willing to try to experiment and trial new. We also utilize many social media channels to highlight trends and promote innovation.
ECRM: What is the ideal you try to attain in your relationships with suppliers?
Tiberio: Mutual respect for each other and for the customer. With a respect for each other my teams encourage open and honest dialogue with our supplier partners. This allows the teams to get to heart of what our customer needs with little to no emotion.
ECRM: Where do you see your category heading over the next three to five years?
Tiberio: Confections is a big category and we expect to continue to see it growing. We've seen some exciting innovation that is helping to bridge that gap between what is a snack and what is a treat and we look forward to driving growth through new customer solutions. Healthy snacking continues to be a big platform for us to accentuate and grow. We continue to challenge each of our key supplier partners to innovate with us on exclusive offerings.


Dissolve yeast in the water in large mixing bowl. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in eggs, honey, salt and cooled, melted lard. Add whole wheat flour. Stir well. Add all purpose flour gradually, beating to make a smooth lump-free batter. Continue adding flour until stiff dough forms. Turn out onto lightly floured board and kneed for 10 minutes. Place dough into bowl to rise. Cover lightly with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place (85~) until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours. Turn dough out onto oiled board. Shape into 2 loaves or 24 dinner rolls. Place loaves into lightly greased sheets. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 375~ for 40-45 minutes for loaves, 15-20 minutes for dinner rolls.


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More success for ICCWriting Fellow Patrick McGuinness
Posted on June 8, 2015 by Gregory Leadbetter
I'm delighted to announce that Patrick McGuinness, Fellow of the Institute of the Creative and Critical Writing, has won both the Wales Book of the Year 2015 and the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2014 for his wonderful memoir, Other People's Countries: A Journey into Memory, which was launched by the ICCWriting in Birmingham last year.
Congratulations Patrick!
Gregory Leadbetter – Director, Institute of Creative and Critical Writing
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New radio drama from Helen Cross – on 'From Fact to Fiction', BBC Radio 4
Helen Cross, Fellow of the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing, has written this super short piece for Radio 4's 'From Fact to Fiction' – available now: just follow the embedded link.
ICCW Public Event: Next Generation Poets, 6pm, Tuesday 18 November 2014, P350 Lecture Theatre, Parkside
Posted on October 31, 2014 by Gregory Leadbetter
The Institute of Creative and Critical Writing is proud to host the Next Generation Poets national tour at Birmingham City University. You are warmly invited to join us for this special event, held in partnership with Writing West Midlands and the Poetry Book Society.
Next Generation Poets 2014 is a promotion of the 20 most exciting new poets who have published their first collection in the last decade: http://nextgenerationpoets.com
Our event will feature the Next Generation poets Emily Berry and Sean Borodale, who will be reading together with Stephen Morrison-Burke, Birmingham Poet Laureate 2012-13.
Wine and refreshments will be served.
This event is FREE to students and staff of Birmingham City University, but PLEASE BOOK by calling The Box on 0121 245 4455.
This is also a public event, charged at £8/£6 for guests who are not members of the University, so please spread the word: public bookings should be made using the following link: http://www.writingwestmidlands.org/event/next-generation-poets-2014/
Here is some more information on the poets:
Emily Berry grew up in London and studied English Literature at Leeds University and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College. She works as a freelance writer and co-edits the anthology series Stop Sharpening Your Knives and is a contributor to The Breakfast Bible, a compendium of breakfasts published by Bloomsbury. In 2008 she received an Eric Gregory Award and her first pamphlet stingray fevers was published by tall lighthouse. Dear Boy (Faber) was awarded the 2013 Forward Prize for Best First Collection.
Discover Emily Berry's poetry
Sean Borodale works as a poet and artist, making scriptive and documentary poems written on location; this derives from his process of writing and walking for works such as Notes for an Atlas (Isinglass, 2003) and Walking to Paradise (1999). He was selected for the Granta New Poets series in 2012 and his first collection of poetry, Bee Journal (Jonathan Cape, 2012), was a PBS Recommendation and was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize. His second collection, Human Work, is published in February 2015 by Jonathan Cape. He lives in Somerset and is currently Creative Writing Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Discover Sean Borodale's poetry
Stephen Morrison-Burke is a Spoken Word Artist/Poet from Birmingham who has won multiple poetry slam competitions, taken part in theatrical projects and performed at various festivals in front of hundreds of people. Stephen has supported the likes of Buddy Wakefield and Linton Kwesi Johnson, performed in front of Prince William, and was named National Slam Champion in 2014. He recently performed his work on a special Midlands edition of Poetry Please on BBC Radio 4. Stephen was Birmingham Poet Laureate 2012/13.
Follow Stephen on Twitter
I hope you can join us – and look forward to seeing you there.
Dr Gregory Leadbetter
Reader in Literature and Creative Writing
Director, Institute of Creative and Critical Writing
Director, MA in Writing
www.gregoryleadbetter.blogspot.co.uk
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ICCW Day guest author: Charlie Hill – 3pm, Wednesday 12 November 2014
This event is open to the students and staff of Birmingham City University.
ICCW Day guest author: Charlie Hill – 3pm, B609, Wednesday 12 November 2014
Join us for our second ICCW guest seminar of the year, featuring novelist and short story writer Charlie Hill: http://www.charliehill.org.uk/
Charlie lives in Birmingham. His first novel – The Space Between Things – was published in 2010. His second novel, Books – a comedy of ideas about art and books – was published by Tindal Street Press in 2013. His short stories have been published in Ambit, Stand, The View from Here, Litro and Neon. Charlie has also written for the Times Literary Supplement, The Independent on Sunday and The New Statesman.
His short story 'Ah, Birmingham' is available here, at Writers' Hub: http://www.writershub.co.uk/fiction-piece.php?pc=2518
Charlie will be discussing his life and practice as a writer. After Charlie has spoken, and read from his work, there will be time for questions and conversation.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Immersion: John Wright reviews Dip, by Andrew Fusek Peters
Posted on October 6, 2014 by Gregory Leadbetter
DIP: Wild Swims from the Borderlands
244pp. Rider. £16.99.
978 1 846 04447 2
Andrew Fusek Peters seeks out the wilderness of dark pools and out of the way rivers.
Dip is a personal journey of Andrew Fusek Peters's 'wild swims' in and around Shropshire and the Welsh borders. After I adjusted to the idea that bathing in cold water may, in fact, be invigorating, with many positive side effects, I began to take vicarious pleasure in his quest for those Borderland waters.
The more I waded in, the more I found the book drawing me deeper under the surface as the author, skilfully and with rare candour, reveals the dark world of his own depression and his short confinement in psychiatric hospitals where he wrestled with the devils of his own psyche.
The book makes clear that Peters's lifelong habit of wild swimming is not only a source of joy to him, but also a cure – a means of recovery when the pressures of daily life became too much. We are taken on the journey into his life, meeting his wife, family and friends, as we learn how the wild swims have taken him from a lonely, fear-filled place back into the warmth and joy that of his family life.
Given Peters's record as an author and poet, we should not be surprised to find that his language in describing these adventures is vital, vivid and full of unexpected metaphors and sonorous alliterations. His language drew me in like a charm.
The book also contains a series of black and white photographs which not only complement his powers of description but also open up the landscapes of wild swimming to those unfamiliar with the terrain.
Dip is a testament to the healing virtues of two great powers: that of water and that of writing. The book reveals the catharsis he undergoes not only through swimming but also the act of writing his experiences.
I put the book down feeling uplifted, aware of a somewhat subversive thought niggling away at me: that a dip into untamed water on a hot summer afternoon might do me the power of good.
Andrew Fusek Peters is appearing as part of the Birmingham Literature Festival on October 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm in the Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham: Writing In The Wild: Tim Dee, Andrew Fusek Peters & Jean Sprackland
ICCW Review of the Year 2013-14
The new academic year is upon us – and with it the pleasures of the ICCW's autumn programme. Before we move on, however, let us recall what the ICCW's second season held…
3 October 2013: The ICCW sponsored the opening event of the Birmingham Literature Festival, featuring the Poet Laureate of England, Carol Ann Duffy, reading together with Imtiaz Dharker. N.B.! The ICCW is also sponsoring the opening of this year's Festival, featuring Jackie Kay, on 2 October 2014!
9 October 2013: Poet, award-winning author of the novel The Last Hundred Days and Fellow of the ICCW, Patrick McGuinness, on the art of the novel
17 October 2013: Dramaturg, playwright and Fellow of the ICCW, Caroline Jester hosted a public seminar on 'Europa', a multilingual, pan-European collaborative theatre project
23 October 2013: Poets David Morley (The Gypsy and the Poet) and Gregory Leadbetter (The Body in the Well) – a Fellow and the Director of the ICCW, respectively – give readings of their work
20 November 2013: Poet and fiction writer Catherine Smith on short stories, poetry and collaboration
28 November 2013: Poet and Editor of The Poetry Review, Maurice Riordan, reads from his latest collection, The Water Stealer, together with poet Angela France, reading from Hide
4 December 2013: Academic and biographer Nicholas Roe discusses the methods and discoveries of his latest biography, John Keats: A New Life
5 February 2014: Alan Mahar, novelist and former Chief Executive of Tindal Street Press, lecture on the past, present, and future of literary fiction
5 February 2014: Poet, editor and publisher Peter Sansom leads a workshop on poetry
18 February 2014: 'Break, blowe, burn, and make me new': John Donne and Benjamin Britten: Words into Music, at Birmingham Conservatoire – Combining poetry, music, biography and performance, with Professor Ronald Woodley (piano), James Geer (tenor), Dr Gregory Leadbetter, Professor David Roberts and Dr Kate Kennedy
12 March 2014: Leading journalist Nicholas Lezard on the art of the literary critic
19 March 2014: Book launch and reading of Patrick McGuinness's memoir, Other People's Countries: A Journey into Memory
28 March 2014 – Beats and Birmingham: Poets and the City, with live music from The Beat Generation, at the Library of Brimingham, as part of the Frontiers Festival 2014 – featuring award-winning poets Luke Kennard, Bohdan Piasecki and guests
2 April 2014: Literary agent David Smith from the Annette Green Authors' Agency on what agents are looking for and how they help their writers
26 April 2014: The ICCW sponsors the Outdoors Writing Workshop with Fellow of the ICCW, David Morley, together with a poetry reading by David Morley, Gregory Leadbetter, and participants in the workshop, at Wenlock Poetry Festival
25 June 2014: Birmingham City University Creative Writing Summer Show, featuring as guest author the thriller writer, R.J. Ellory
It was quite exhausting just writing that…but also rather wonderful to relive a year's worth of wonderful events.
Join us again this year: news of our autumn programme will be released soon…
Dr Gregory Leadbetter – Director of the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing
The ICCW exists to cultivate the literary arts and the life of ideas. Six events a year are run on-campus at Birmingham City University, and feed directly into our creative writing programmes at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. Our other events are open to everyone, usually (but not exclusively) at city centre venues in Birmingham.
The ICCW has a core group of contributors, known as Fellows of the ICCW, who contribute to its aims and its programme, through readings, masterclasses, and in some cases, tutorial roles. Our Fellows are: Helen Cross, Caroline Jester, Ian Marchant, Patrick McGuinness, David Morley, and Sally Read.
Doctor Who: Writing the Companions
Posted on September 9, 2014 by Gregory Leadbetter
This blogpost is taken from the blog of Dr Gregory Leadbetter, Director of the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing and the MA in Writing at Birmingham City University. It was originally posted there on 6 September 2014.
Steven Moffat has come in for a lot of criticism since taking charge of Doctor Who – somewhat bafflingly, to my mind – but I've always admired his scriptwriting and I still do. Less given to sentimentality than Russell T. Davies, he has led the series with humour, verve and intelligence. The plots get a bit convoluted sometimes, but there are worse sins. Matt Smith did a fine job as the previous Doctor, but the excellent Peter Capaldi is – quite rightly – bringing a new edge to the role. Moffat's priorities look good to me.
But – since its re-launch in 2005, the writing for Doctor Who has regularly gone wrong in one significant way: its handling of the companions.
After two episodes of Series 8, Danny Pink looks good, and I'm rather hoping that Journey Blue will not be abandoned by the Doctor after all. But Clara – ah, Clara…
Leaving aside the deeply misguided storyline in which the Doctor supposedly fell in love with Rose Tyler, (Davies, no!) the companions have too often been drained of their wonder at the Doctor's universe and installed with a whiny species of self-satisfied insolence, as if untouched by any sense of the mysteries they have been shown. They stay too much their same old selves, in the most extraordinary circumstances. To me, that's also unrealistic, in a damaging sense (and before anyone says, 'Realistic? This is sci-fi!' I would say that sci-fi especially demands psychological authenticity if it is to achieve narrative authenticity).
Dispiritingly, I suspect that this is because the writers intuitively perceive the offspring of contemporary society to be self-obsessed, lacking in humility and apparently incapable of having respect for anything they don't or can't be bothered to understand – and then write the characters accordingly. I have an awful feeling (oh say it ain't so) that they are trying to write 'normal' characters, to which we, as members of that benighted society, can 'relate'.
Don't do that. Neither children nor adults need it.
Clara has been a lost opportunity in this respect, because she was far and away the most promising companion since the re-launch. In effect, when they picked which Clara Oswald to settle on, they picked the wrong one. Her first incarnations were much more interesting: she was intelligent, with a mystery of her own. Now, despite her charms, of which there are many for sure, this 'teacher'-variant is too often just another human arrogant enough to hold on to her seemingly uninterested attitude – long after the Doctor, I reckon, would have lost patience with it.
The Silurian Vastra, played by the wonderful Neve McIntosh, is a lively addition to the Whoniverse – as is/was the not-quite-human River Song: both Moffat creations.
For the Doctor's regular companion(s), can't we have more interesting humans, too?
'Misterioso': A New Poem by Gregory Leadbetter, for the Music for Youth National Festival 2014
Posted on July 10, 2014 by Gregory Leadbetter
Gregory Leadbetter, poet and Director of the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing at Birmingham City University, has been commissioned by Professor David Roberts, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, to produce a new poem in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Music for Youth National Festival, currently being held across Birmingham at venues including the Town Hall, Symphony Hall and the university's own Conservatoire.
Greg gave the first public recital of the poem to audiences at the Town Hall and the Symphony Hall on Tuesday 8 July 2014, the opening day of the Festival.
You can read the poem here: Misterioso
Helen Cross: Short Stories on Radio 4 and in The Manchester Review
Fellow of the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing at Birmingham City University, Helen Cross has two new short stories out: 'Who Wants Tortoise?' is published in The Manchester Review, while 'An Open Letter to Bees' will be aired on Radio 4 at 3.45pm on Friday 11 July 2014.
Helen is a member of the superb tutorial team for the MA in Writing at Birmingham City University, offering one-to-one tuition on fiction for the Final Project module, as well as leading ICCW masterclasses on the craft of writing.
Beats and Birmingham: Poets and the City, with live music from The Beat Generation – 5.30pm, 28 March 2014, Library of Birmingham
Posted on March 21, 2014 by Gregory Leadbetter
Beats and Birmingham: Poets and the City – feat. Bohdan Piasecki, Luke Kennard and others – with music from The Beat Generation Cut-up & Fold-in
Café Mezzanine, Library of Birmingham
5.30pm, Friday 28 March 2014
The Institute of Creative and Critical Writing warmly invite you to join us for a blast of poetry and music – part of the Frontiers+ Festival 2014.
Bringing together the Beats, Birmingham and the poetry of city life, it will feature poetry from Bohdan Piasecki and Luke Kennard, with Roy McFarlane (Birmingham Poet Laureate 2010-11), Derek Littlewood, James Horrocks and Ben Titmus – performing both their own work and that of LeRoi Jones, Jackson Mac Low, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and poets of Birmingham Louis MacNeice and Roy Fisher.
There will also be music from Simon King, Sid Peacock and Steve Tromans, performing their new settings of Beat legends Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and Corso.
This event is FREE – no need to book.
We look forward to seeing you there…
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The June Pax Christi International Newsletter is now out and available! Included in the newsletter is information from Pax Christi International sections and member organizations around the world. The newsletter highlights inspiring projects for peace undertaken by our colleagues on six continents. This month's issue also features news items from Pax Christi USA, the obituary of Teacher of Peace Daniel Berrigan, SJ, and more.


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Q: Parsing a problematic RSS feed on iPhone I have a small test app that parses a few RSS feeds.
It all goes well for all except for one.
I scanned through the feed's XML and noticed that it fails once it reached a tag that has "&" in it. So, if I have a tag like this:
<like>beer & barbeque</like>

The log says that it found a string
beer

And it crashes with the exception
Error Domain=NSXMLParserErrorDomain Code=68 "Operation could not be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 68.)

The most annoying thing is that I don't even need the data from the problematic tag.
Any idea how I can work around this?

A: Since the feed is already failing... do a string replace on '&<space> ' to '&' while you fight it out with the feed publisher to clean up his act.
The feed must be valid XML. Period.

A: Hpple is supposed to be able to parse "messy" HTML. Maybe it can handle your messy RSS.


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Ana Maria Davila
Ana Maria Davila was born on October 6, 1929 in Pharr, TX and died peacefully surrounded by her family on October 3, 2017 in Edinburg, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Jose Fidel Davila; her parents, Evaristo Montalvo and Herlinda Paras Montalvo; her brothers, Romeo Montalvo, Jose A Montalvo, Jesus Montalvo; and a grandson, Brian Fidel Davila. She is survived by her children, Manuel (Sylvia) Davila from Houston, TX, Sandra Garcia from McAllen, TX, Dr. Fidel (Trudy) Davila from Springdale, AR, Efrain (Irma) Davila from Round Rock, TX, and Sonia (Quirino) Munoz from Edinburg, TX. She is also survived by her siblings, Alicia Monrreal from Houston, TX, Graciela Rio from McAllen, TX, Gerardo Montalvo from Houston, TX, Francisco Montalvo from Houston, TX and Leticia Trevino from Edinburg, TX. Ana Maria was affectionately known as "Momo" by her 13 grandchildren, 18 great¬grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Late last century, Ana Maria was instrumental in helping her husband establish the iconic Fidel's Mexican Restaurant in McAllen. She was a devout Roman Catholic and was an active member of St. Joseph the Worker Church. During her retirement, she enjoyed her grandchildren, traveling, quilting, and making her famous enchiladas. Ana Maria was a very special wife, mother, and grandmother who was full of life and love. Her laugh often lit up the lives of those she met. She will be missed deeply and she will live on in our hearts. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 6, 2017 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Kreidler Funeral Home at 310 N. 10th Street in McAllen with a rosary following at 7 p.m. The funeral mass will be on Saturday October 7, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church at 900 S. 23rd St. in McAllen with interment to follow at Valley Memorial Gardens at 3605 N. Taylor Road in McAllen. Arrangements are under the direction of Kreidler Funeral Home.
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UT Ocean Alliance forms an organized network that spans the entire range of the various fields of ocean research at the University of Tokyo, and provides a breeding ground for new ideas and innovations in ocean science and technology. UT Ocean Alliance forms Japan's largest think tank for ocean related issues and promotes research on knowledge base and sustainable use of our ocean through cooperation among specialists of various disciplines within and outside the University of Tokyo.
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Limit Order is the default option of the Order Form in both EXCHANGE (spot) and MARGIN (margin) trading modes. This is to prevent slippage that is often caused by big market orders.
Below is a screenshot of the Order Form for a buy Limit order, in BTC/USD pair. Funding currency in this case is USD by default.
For example, this screenshot means you're buying BTC at $6600 and no higher. If market price is higher than $6600, system won't execute your order.
This screenshot means you're selling BTC at $7000 and no lower. If market price is lower than $7000, system won't execute your order.
lower than market price if you're buying.
higher than market price if you're selling.
If you try to place a Limit order the other way around, this warning happens.
System will also estimate Cost and Fee for you. Click their Indicators to expand the content. Note that these numbers are just estimation and correspond with the specs of your order.
Once you decide on a Price and a Quantity of your Limit order, you can click Place Order. System will prompt you to review and confirm the details of your order again before actually sending it to the Order Book.
Market price is reflected in real time on Liquid in the Order Book panel.
These shortcuts allow you to quickly choose to buy or sell 25% / 50% / 75% or all (MAX) of your balance in a currency account.
Free Balance indicates how much of your balance is available for trading or withdrawals. In this example, 0.221 USD is the Free Balance and the maximum value of any buy order placed from this account.
"Disclosed Qty" specifies the quantity that will be visible on the Order Book once the order is placed. By default, Disclosed Qty is equal to Quantity.
In the screenshot above, Disclosed Qty is set to 0.5 while Quantity is 1. When the order is placed, Order Book will only show 0.5 BTC instead of the full quantity. This does not affect the matching ability of the order.
The feature is mostly used when a trader wants to place a big order yet doesn't want people to know about it. A big order can easily change everyone's mind about the trend of a market.


English singer-songwriter Nadine Shah's Holiday Destination is a churning, post-punk lament to which anyone struggling to adapt in this tumultuous new world order can relate. On her third LP, Shah displays the patience to let an idea stew. And she's not moving on until she's sufficiently chewed it over, swished it around her mouth, and dragged her tongue across her front teeth.
Shah's main target is the last, politically fraught calendar year—a time when terrorist attacks flared, refugees were turned out from their homes, and a nationalist fever swept the free world. The catharsis of her thundering rhythms has never felt more essential. On 2015's Fast Food, Shah labored over a bad romance in a haze of psychedelia. Here, she armors her political statements in radio-friendly sound.
In the night terrors of the title track, Shah torches vacationers who complain about refugees bringing their suffering onto their pristine Greek beaches, hauntingly singing, "How you gonna sleep tonight?" On "2016," she channels Paramore's Hayley Williams, albeit with a shrill twang. Her soulful vocals cut through a dreamy background obscured with fuzz on "Yes Men." She takes a jazzy turn on "Relief," showcasing her range and a needed jolt of whimsy, preparing for the next onslaught with the war-beat backbone and violent horn interjections of "Out Of The Way." Shah reportedly referenced both the Talking Heads and Fela Kuti during the recording, and it shows in the frantic rhythms and blistering horns that dominate. It all comes to head on the simmering "Evil," where Shah, over a delirious flurry of beats, proclaims, "All these folk they think that I'm evil / Like I'm the living devil himself." Hers is a call to arms, a stark reminder of the work spanning the oceans that's still yet to be done.
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They are also sugar free, Gluten Free, Grain Free Paleo and most importantly of all – delicious.
In this recipe I use a little brown rice syrup. This is wonderful stuff, it contains no fructose – which is the bit in sugar that causes all the problems. I get my BRS from these marvellous people online, http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk but it is available in all kinds of places these days.
If you want to be strict and keep this recipe truly sugar free by make your own chocolate with cocoa butter and raw cacao powder. I do get that most of you won't have this in your store cupboards though!
You will need a fluted flan/tart tin – it's best to line with baking- paper and butter/grease well.
60g Sukrin Gold – This is wonderful stuff. Stevia based sweetener – no insulin spike and absolutely no aspartame.
Gently melt the chocolate and butter together – I use a microwave in 30 seconds bursts, you can use a double boiler if you like. Stir once melted and add the sukrin gold and the Brown Rice Syrup and set aside to cool slightly.
Crack the eggs and place the whites in a clean mixing bowl and add the yolks along with the ground almonds to the cooled chocolate mixture and stir well.
Whip up the egg whites until soft peaks emerge.
Dollop about a third of the egg whites onto the choc mixture and mix with a spoon to loosen the mixture, then carefully fold in the remaining whites.
Dollop a into your lined and greased flan tin, and smooth the surface a little.
Peel and core your pears and cut into 6 pieces for each pear, leaving you with the exact amount to squish gently on top of your chocolate batter.
Bake for around 30 minutes, remove from the tin once cool, sprinkle with more cocoa powder if you like and serve with crème fraiche, or a dollop of cream.
*if you fancy being a bit fancy… You can add the crushed seeds of around 7 cardamom pods to the chocolate mix before folding in the egg whites. It will work beautifully with the both the chocolate and the pears.


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HRC Town Hall Meeting – One Year at State
January 27, 2010 By domani spero in Career Employees, Foreign Service, Org Life, Secretary of State, State Department
Jan. 26, 2010 | Secretary Clinton holds a Town Hall Meeting with Department of State Employees Marking One Year at State, at the Department of State.
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The Full Text is here. Lots of things said but I'm interested in what goes on inside the building. Quick takes from the town hall.
On the Foreign Service loss:
When I spoke to family members who had lost loved ones – Victoria DeLong – and then I spoke with Andrew Wyllie – they both thanked me as Secretary for the outpouring of support that they had received from colleagues. In Victoria's case, from people who had served with her, who knew her, who had reached out to the family, who had really demonstrated the closeness of community that exists among us. And for Andrew Wyllie, who inconceivably, unimaginably lost his wife on her birthday and his seven-and-a-half and five-year-old children, he mentioned specifically the names of those who had been working with him in these very difficult days to recover the bodies of his wife and children. And again, the sense that it was not even just a community, but a large and extended family came through in everything he said to me.
On misleading media reports and criticisms:
I have absolutely no argument with anyone lodging a legitimate criticism against our country. I think we can learn from that. And we are foolish if we keep our head in the sand and pretend that we can't. On the other hand, I deeply resent those who attack our country, the generosity of our people, and the leadership of our President in trying to respond to historically disastrous conditions after the earthquake. So what we're asking for is that people view us fairly.
And we sent cables to all posts. We asked our entire teams to be prepared to respond to any misleading media report. And we stood up for who we are and what we represent. And we saw the change. We're not going to leave unanswered charges against the United States of America and the kind of work that we do every single day. That has to be, going forward, what becomes the norm, not the exception. We have a story to tell. We have an important message to deliver. And we need every single person to be part of that. So going forward, we're going to look in a very clear-eyed way at what we do well, what we could improve on, but to make sure that the extraordinary story that the United States has to tell is presented forcefully and effectively in every corner of the world.
On jobs for family members. Nothing new here, maalesef:
QUESTION: Thank you. Thank you. And my second question is that employment opportunities for eligible family members overseas are an important factor in recruitment, retention, and post morale. Seventy-five percent of eligible family members have college degrees, of whom 50 percent have advanced degrees. Can you comment on the prospects for increasing eligible family member employment overseas and also address the possibility of increasing opportunities for employment through the use of teleworking?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, on the last one, teleworking, we are constantly exploring what more can be done. We think it has a lot of advantages. One that we have been promoting is more conferences by teleconference, SVTS, and the like. It saves money, it saves wear and tear, and it can often lead to the same or better outcome than you would get if people had to travel distances. On the teleworking side, similarly, we're going to explore all kinds of options. I mean, technology gives us the chance to do that.
With respect to family members, again, this is an area that we are constantly reevaluating. We know that when we send someone to serve in a post overseas, the family serves, whether the family accompanies the officer or stays behind. We know that there is a family that is involved in most cases. It really depends on a case-by-case analysis and a post-by-post situational analysis. Some posts, it's a lot easier. Some we have, as you know, reciprocal agreements with the host countries, others we don't. So we're working on this because we know it's an impediment for a lot of families, but I can't give you more than the commitment we've made to work through this and the fact that we are trying to push as hard as we can to provide opportunities for those who accompany the person who's assigned.
Civil servant, Walter Bruce on Ombudsman:
This is a Foreign Service organization. We got no doubts about that. But there should be an infrastructure in place that looks out for the interests and advances of those that we consider to be civil servants. (Applause.) I just wanted a status. So, Madame Secretary, all I want to know is – and I'm sure Pat going to be able to tell me this – where we stand on it. (Laughter.) That's all I have.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much and thanks for your many years of service to our country, first in the military and now here. We're going to have that ombudsman, aren't we, Pat? (Laughter.)
UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY: Madame Secretary, yes, the law requires that the ombudsman must be a member of the Senior Executive Service. We have no other choice; it's written in the statute. So we are in the process in all this turnover of recruiting someone because we have to identify an SES position and recruit someone. That process is ongoing.
On Civil Servant Dorothy Burkette who wanted a Civil Service not Foreign Service supervisor:
QUESTION: My name is Dorothy Burkette and I'm sort of coming behind Major Bruce in the sense that I am concerned that I've been here 11 years and I've never had a good supervisor. I've always had – (laughter).
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, shall we give equal time to your supervisors? (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Oh, okay. I am concerned because they're not accountable to anyone. In fact, in the two bureaus I've worked in here, the particular supervisor is always supported by management all the way up to the assistant secretary. And whatever they do, as one assistant secretary told me, we don't ever tell any supervisor what they can do in their office. And so that is a very poor environment to work in and I have experienced that. I've been – every office I've been in, I've been discriminated against. In my present office, one low-line supervisor came in, a young 30-something-year-old, with people in my age group, and with a hard hand and decided to tell all of the supervisory people up to the assistant secretary that I was a terrible person. They accepted it. I had no redress. None of my rights were acknowledged. I was never able to give – I was never given a list of all charges against me. And there is a memo in your office about this, but I'm sure it didn't get to you. But – so that's the reason why I'm saying something today.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well —
QUESTION: But we need – as he's saying Civil Service employees, we need to have Civil Service supervisors. This was a Foreign Service person who knew nothing —
SECRETARY CLINTON: I'm sorry. I —
QUESTION: — about Civil Service.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, then there really is no – we will certainly pay attention to ensuring that people get their grievances heard. But this is a mixed workplace and Foreign Service officers have a lot of responsibility, Civil Service officers also have a lot of responsibility, and it's just not possible to say that you can only be supervised by one or the other. That just is not possible.
QUESTION: I just want you to know the organizations I've been to which were the Office of Civil Rights, which at one time was known as affirmative action. As you know now, they are – they have to take a neutral approach. So even if what I've told is – even if they see a problem, they can't speak to it.
SECRETARY CLINTON: That's just not the case.
QUESTION: So that was out with that.
SECRETARY CLINTON: That is not the case. I'm sorry, ma'am.
QUESTION: Well, I'm just telling you this is what happened.
SECRETARY CLINTON: No, I know. But I think we've heard that you have some questions that you feel strongly about, and I'm sorry that that's been your experience, but I think there are a lot of people in the Office of Civil Rights and in the management chain who can listen to that. That doesn't mean they're going to always side with you. I mean, just because someone feels —
QUESTION: Of course not. Of course not.
SECRETARY CLINTON: — I mean, I've had more criticism in my life than probably whole countries have had. (Applause.) And it doesn't mean that I'm always right or I'm always wrong. But especially when we do have these systems for your grievances to be heard, I really urge you to do that and pursue those and do the best you can under the circumstances.
QUESTION: So what can I do if the union didn't help me and the Office of Civil Rights didn't help me?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I think you need to ask yourself why nobody is agreeing with you.
QUESTION: Okay. No, I'm not saying that's what the problem is. But thank you for listening.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Okay, thank you.
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By DAN MANGAN
May 24, 2006 -- A Connecticut church yesterday lost a pastor for the second time in a week after the newly appointed top priest confessed to hiring a private eye who uncovered financial wrongdoing by the former pastor.
"I made a huge mistake which has further complicated matters," said the Rev. Michael Madden in a letter to parishioners at St. John Catholic Church in Darien.
Madden apologized and resigned as acting administrator after meeting with a reportedly furious Bridgeport Diocese Bishop William Lori. By hiring a private eye on his own, without consulting his bishop, Madden breached the Catholic chain of command.
"I am deeply saddened that the situation in the parish has been worsened by today's events," Lori said.
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Brad Paisley To Be First Musical Guest When Jay Leno Returns To "the Tonight Show" March 1
By CMP on February 23, 2010 in News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 22, 2010) The guest line-up for Jay Leno's first show back as "The Tonight Show" was just released and Brad Paisley will be the musical guest – along with Jamie Foxx and Olympic Gold medal Skier Lindsey Vonn. "The Tonight Show" airs weeknights at 11:35pm ET on NBC.
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This is a site for the fans. We believe an online music source is nothing if the fans can't participate, so we're always trying to find new avenues for our readers to get involved. We have crowd-participation open threads on hot country topics, plenty of fun promotional contests and we encourage written contributions by dedicated country fans.
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When traffic stop is made, a warning issued by the officer is a statement that the motorist has committed some offense, but is being spared the actual citation. Officers can use their own discretion whether to issue a citation or warning. The motorist may receive the warning either verbally or as a written slip of paper stating the infraction, but will not be charged with the offense, will not have to pay a fine, and will not receive any points. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, the warning may or may not appear on records visible to officers, which if it does, could result in another stop within a fixed period of time leading to an actual citation, or in some cases, the motorist may be charged with both offenses.
A warning may be viewed by some drivers as a lucky break. But many police departments will keep track of warnings given so the driver involved may be at risk for receiving an actual citation if another stop is made.
In some places, officers see the advantage to giving warnings as being less paperwork. They enable officers to use their time more efficiently, and reduce the likelihood that the officer will have to appear in court.
"Stop!" is a single by punk group Against Me!. It is the third single from their album New Wave. The video game, Rock Band, features this song as downloadable content.
The single was released on CD and as a limited edition 7" vinyl single, 4500 on black vinyl and 500 on yellow vinyl.
Two music videos were produced for this song. The first music video was made by Justin Staggs and featured the band smashing up an old TV (which actually shows the band performing the song on a program similar to a late night talk show) as if telling it to stop. A second music video was created and directed by Marc Klasfeld. Unlike the previous video, which was partially comical, this video is more stern, bringing up political and social issues in America. In the video, the band is performing the song in a closed room in front of a voting booth. The video also shows other events occurring in the room, albeit with the absence of the band, such as two gay men being wedded, a homeless woman looking for food, a woman and a man arguing over abortion (the woman believes it should be legal while the man doesn't), and a man being arrested by a police officer, with the voting booth playing a vital role throughout all of the events (this video was created and broadcast near the 2008 election). The video ends with the voting booth bursting into flames.
Warning is a 2013 Hindi thriller 3D film directed by Gurmmeet Singh and produced by Anubhav Sinha and Jitendra Jain. The film was released on 27 September 2013 and features Santosh Barmola, Suzana Rodrigues and Manjari Fadnis as main characters.
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Collects refuse on designated route within municipality and dumps refuse from containers onto truck.
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Fraud and Professional Athletes: Former Philadelphia Eagles Merrill Robertson Jr. Charged with $10MM Securities Fraud
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Major strides have been made towards amending the Competition Act with the launch of the National Competition Policy this Tuesday signaling the pinnacle of this progress.
Over the last two decades since the formulation of a body to regulate companies and ensure a level playing field, the country has done commendably well.
This success is set to be further buttressed through the crafting of the competition law of Zimbabwe which will amend the Competition Act chapter 14:28.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises, Mrs Abigail Shonhiwa said competition law is intended to alleviate abuse of market positions by powerful firms, circumvent problems of cartels, as well as mitigate the challenge of anti-competitive mergers.
Competition and Tariffs Commission Chairperson, Mr Antony Mutemi said in the long term, this will create a healthy market for both the company and consumer.
Given the dynamism of businesses in this era, Zimbabwe is positioning itself towards a new phase that will enable the country's market to remain competitive and well-regulated.
The Competition and Tariffs Commission worked with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), as well as the European Union (EU) to craft the competition law.


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Boix Book on Democratic Capitalism Featured in The Guardian
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Carles Boix's most recent book, Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads: Technological Change and the Future of Politics, is featured in The Guardian's Stand Out of Our Light: politics and the big tech threat. Democratic Capitalism is one of two books that The Guardian describes as offering "fascinating takes on how we can combat anger and distraction online." Carles Boix is Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and a member of the CSDP Executive Committee.
"It should therefore be possible," Boix argues, "to use our representative institutions to harness this massive buildup in wealth to smooth the technological transformations of the present and, in the process, to pursue the main collective objective – guaranteeing relatively equal life chances to all."


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Pro Football August 28, 2018
Report: Le'Veon Bell tells teammates he will report on Labor Day
Getty Images Labor Day may be the day that Le'Veon Bell goes back to work.
The Steelers running back has not signed his franchise tender or reported to the Steelers since the deadline to sign a multi-year deal passed in July.
Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Bell has told some of his teammates that he will report to the team on Monday.
That's the first day of practice for the week leading up to Pittsburgh's Week One game against the Browns.
Bell also reported six days ahead of the team's first game in 2017, although he came in to take a physical a few days before that practice.
There's no word on if his plans are similar on that front as well.
When Bell reports, the Steelers will have a roster exemption for up to two weeks for the running back.
Bell played in Week One last year despite missing out on offseason work, training camp and the preseason.
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Labor Day may be the day that Le'Veon Bell goes back to work.
The Steelers running back has not signed his franchise tender or reported to the Steelers since the deadline to sign a multi-year deal passed in July. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Bell has told some of his teammates that he will report to the team on Monday.
That's the first day of practice for the week leading up to Pittsburgh's Week One game against the Browns. Bell also reported six days ahead of the team's first game in 2017, although he came in to…
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