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Derek Glasser
Jeff Pendergraph
Herb Sendek
LARRY WAHL: Arizona State Sun Devils, we have Jeff Pendergraph, Derek Glasser and James Harden. Questions for the Sun Devils?
Q. James, can you talk about your relationship with Jonny Flynn? He was saying you guys have known each other for a long time and went out to dinner last night.
JAMES HARDEN: Well, me and a couple of my teammates went to South Beach just to hang out and we saw a couple of him and his teammates there. We just hung out, relaxed for a little bit, checked out the scene.
Q. How far back do you two go?
JAMES HARDEN: Just a couple years, just from being at different camps throughout the summer and just hanging out, that kind of friendship.
Q. James, does it add anything -- there's not a whole ton of history between the programs to speak of. Does it add anything that you know a guy on this stage playing for these kind of stakes, a spot in the Sweet 16?
JAMES HARDEN: No. It's just a friendship. On the court it's different. I'm sure he feels the same. He wants to win just as much as I do. Off the court it's a friendship, but obviously on the court we both want to win.
Q. I remember on Selection Sunday you talked about this is the biggest stage you have, but you have to approach it just like any other game. I know it's hindsight, but looking back do you think that approach served you well against Temple and will probably also serve you well against Syracuse tomorrow?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: I think it helped us a little bit. We didn't entirely approach it like another game, we put a little emphasis on it. I think if we approached it like some regular game we would have come out a little flat. But guys had the right mix of things going for them, and I think that's why we came out really well against Temple and I think that will help us again on Sunday, no game jitters or first time jitters. That's all kind of out the window.
Q. You've faced some big guys before, probably not as many on one team like Syracuse. Talk about the challenge you've got tomorrow.
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: It's probably the biggest challenge I've had all year. It's not like one goes out and another one comes in. It's like two go out and three more come in. It's going to be just like a constant big guys banging against each other and wrestling. It's going to be like a big wrestling match. They're big guys, their post defense is really good, too. It's going to be kind of a war down there in the post.
Q. Jeff, do you think it's possible that Derek might lead the country in getting elbowed in the face?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: Oh, man, maybe. Elbows to the face, fouls that don't get called but he's always on the floor somehow, concussions maybe, boos, all that stuff, all those stats that nobody really keeps track of. I bet Derek is probably leading all of them.
Q. That segues nicely into what I was going to ask: Derek, why is that? Have you been able to put a finger or an ice pack on the root of why these things happen to you it seems to often?
DEREK GLASSER: Well, I think the elbows are because I'm so short that I'm at elbow height, so I think that might be the reason for those. You know, I just try and bring a certain level of toughness to our team and dive on the floor, just make hustle plays for the team, and sometimes that just leads to knocking into people sometimes and getting booed or getting put on the floor. I don't know.
Q. In all seriousness, so much has been written and said about the way that you got to Arizona State and the circumstances surrounding ultimately your decision to end up there. Have you had any time to sort of stop and appreciate the position that you're in, especially right now being one win away from the Sweet 16 and just what a long, strange trip it's kind of been for you?
DEREK GLASSER: Not really. I haven't really had time to step off the pedal, at least this year. Maybe after the season is over I'll have some time to think about it. But right now just focus on what's in front of us, and right now it's Syracuse.
Q. For any of you guys: Just what your impressions are of Syracuse's own defense, if it's similar to what Arizona has done or anybody else you've played this year.
DEREK GLASSER: In a way it's similar to what Arizona does. You know, they don't have conventional zone, they do little things that are different than any other team that we've played that's played zone. But we're going to have to execute the game plan for us to win. Coach Sendek is going to game plan together along with other coaches to create open shots for us, and we're just going to have to step up and knock them down.
Q. Jeff, you'll be going on tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. Arizona time. You're playing a traditional power in Syracuse. Have you thought about how much this game can mean to this program if you guys can get to the Sweet 16?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: I think for me it would mean the most out of anything that any team has done in a long time. That's getting to the Sweet 16, for any team is a big deal. I mean, especially for us, what our program has been through, and how much better we've gotten the last couple years. I think that would be kind of just another layer of icing on the cake for this year. It would mean a lot.
Q. For any of the guys: Does the fact that you all play a 3-2 match-up give you any kind of advantage when you're getting ready to face Syracuse's 2-3?
DEREK GLASSER: I don't think there's an advantage for us. We both play zone, so if you look at it, probably the transition games will be hurt a little bit for both of us, because we're a pretty good transition defensive team, and we get back and set up in our zone. But I don't think there's an advantage for either team. You know, we both shoot the ball really well, and it's just going to come down to which team can make more plays.
Q. Coach Boeheim earlier was saying that you guys play maybe the best match-up in the country and he's a pretty good authority on zone defenses. Would you have thought a couple years ago when Coach put this in out of desperation maybe that you'd be doing it so well? And also, walk me through, was it really difficult the first couple of practices when you were trying to put in the zone that he had never even coached before, right?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: Definitely. I mean, it does mean a lot coming from Coach Boeheim because he is kind of the authority on zones. I mean, when we first had our first practice I think my sophomore year, we spent a good two weeks breaking down how this defense works. Coach had it down for every position, wherever the ball is at, where everybody should be. At first it took a while because my freshman year we played man and played man all in high school. Everyone that came in played man in high school. You don't really play zone. Coach emphasizes that it's not really a zone defense. We have man principles and you've got to play defense like you're playing man. It wasn't that hard for guys to adjust and get used to it.
Q. For any of you guys: You're playing at 9:00 Arizona time tomorrow. I'm sure you haven't played basketball at that time. Is there any concern about that early start time?
JAMES HARDEN: Yeah, it's really early in the morning, but it's whoever can wake up and be ready to play. You know, early game is no excuse. It's the NCAA Tournament. It doesn't matter what time you're playing. Both teams want to win, so you have to wake up, get up early, get a good breakfast and just be ready to go.
Q. This is for any of the three of you guys: When you talk about the match-up zone it confuses the heck out of people. Do you ever find yourselves confused at points when you're out there? I know it can be complicated?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: Sometimes we'll get a little confused but we kind of correct it by just going out there and playing hard, and eventually everything ends up correcting itself. Guys will be out of position a lot and people will be guarding people they're not supposed to or our big man will be guarding somebody at the top. Some things turn into scramble modes and you've got to play as hard as you can and eventually things will balance out. It's confusing, but as long as we play hard, it'll end up working itself out.
Q. Derek, how important will it be to try to keep Jonny Flynn out of the lane because he creates so many shots when he gets inside for his teammates?
DEREK GLASSER: To try to keep him out of the paint, that's going to be one of our big focuses. He makes their team go. Jamelle and I are going to have a tough task up top trying to keep him out of the lane, because that's the main focus.
Q. Jeff, there might have been a sense at the start of the year that this team was you and James and a bunch of other guys, fairly or unfairly. Not to put you on the spot, but Derek's emergence as a scorer, the things he can do, the things he did yesterday, how much easier does that make the load on you two guys especially?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: I think it makes things a lot easier because I mean, it gives a defense another person to key on instead of like how they've been lately with just James. They've got a guy following him around everywhere. Derek is hitting open shots. You can't just keep letting him hit open shots and the next thing you know he's got 40 points. If you don't guard him, he's capable of doing something like that if people don't play him.
It helps, especially because he's your point guard, too. He always has the ball in his hands. And the defenders aren't always backing off of him. Post entries or entries to James it makes things a lot easier because he becomes a threat and it just opens up the court so much more.
JAMES HARDEN: I think Jeff played well yesterday, even when I have a bad game or something like that, it's always good for guys like Derek to step up. He can shoot the ball really well. Earlier in the season he was hesitant on shooting the ball, but later in the season he's beginning to shoot the ball, and he's been playing well.
Q. Jeff, there seems to be some debate whether when you get in the Tournament whether you root for everybody else in your conference to keep winning or whether you root against maybe your rival, who also happens to be here. Did you guys watch the Arizona game last night, and do you pull for each other because you're the west coast teams out here? Or is there still a little rivalry there?
JEFF PENDERGRAPH: We kind of watched some of it. There was so many games we kept flipping back and forth between all of them. But when we got a chance, I feel like it's the PAC-10 against everybody else right now. The rivalries are kind of being shadowed by this big old thing that's called the Tournament. We're rooting for everybody, and I would think they would root for us, too, but when next year comes it's back to the PAC-10 season and all that stuff is going out the window.
LARRY WAHL: We'll expect coach Herb Sendek momentarily.
We'll open it up for questions from Coach Sendek.
Q. I'm just wondering what was the genesis of your match-up zone and what you think is the best thing you guys do with that?
COACH HERB SENDEK: I'd never really coached zone before. We had employed it a few times through the years, mainly in desperation hoping the other team would miss, and we could get the rebound. But our first team at Arizona State found itself in a situation where we had to do something to try to be somewhat competitive, and so we just started trying to figure something out and really didn't have any idea what we were doing. And over time it has just evolved, and now it's something that we've decided to stick with and play. But really it was born out of necessity and just an attempt to try to be competitive as possible our first year.
Q. Did you study it from somewhere else?
COACH HERB SENDEK: It was really something that we kind of put together on the fly. I'm sure there's nothing new or unique that we do that hasn't been done somewhere in basketball, so I don't want to make it seem like we had this revolutionary idea that nobody has tried or done before. But really just within our own offices, with that first group, we just tried to put them in a position to be successful, and even over the last couple years it's continued to evolve and change. We're still trying to figure it out as we go a little bit.
Q. Two hard-hitting questions here: One, Boeheim said he could take you on the court. Your reaction there. And also he suggested early in your coaching career you were living in a car.
COACH HERB SENDEK: Well, if he can take me one-on-one, that's really not saying a lot (laughter). I mean, that's not like he went out on a limb and made some outlandish claim. I didn't exactly have a stellar career at Carnegie Mellon. However, just taking a look at it and sizing it up, I don't know that I wouldn't have a chance against him at this point.
I didn't live in a car, but I did live in a very humble-looking dormitory at Providence when I started. In fact, I didn't have a car my first year, I walked. I would have liked to have had a car to live in.
Q. Is your biggest concern tomorrow just keeping Syracuse's front line off the boards?
COACH HERB SENDEK: You know, we have a lot of concerns. I don't know if they can single that out as our biggest. That's certainly among them. They're an awesome rebounding team. But I really think they're in the mix of teams from the beginning who people who could legitimately point to and say hey, they're a contender for the National Championship. Their talent quotient is tremendous, and it would really be an oversimplification for us to say, boy, biggest concern, only concern, we've got to focus on this. We're going to have to play an great all-around game, a balanced game, and it's difficult to just limit ourselves to one thing.
Q. If I could take you back to the match-up, when you first employed it, I can imagine you never thought it would become what it's become and that you would stick with it for this long?
COACH HERB SENDEK: That's right. We thought it was a stopgap, something we thought we had to do that year to keep games as close as we could just to be different. We didn't feel like we could match up with anybody and guard them man-to-man. We thought it was stopgap, that it would be a one-and-done, over-with, done-with type of thing, and by our second year we'd hopefully be going back to play man-to-man because it was what we knew and it was what we'd always coach.
Q. I know you said you kind of put things together on the fly. Can you take me through what that process was actually like for you.
COACH HERB SENDEK: I mean, it was just a process of learning what we could do to make it better. When other teams showed what they were going to do to try to attack it, it forced us to rethink things, and that continues to this day. One great thing about our game is there's never a finished product. Your personnel is always changing and the other team's personnel is always changing. So there's always new variables that are introduced as you play the next game. So you're always trying to make things better.
Q. Have you ever coached a player that seems to get beat up as much as Derek does on almost a night-in, night-out basis?
COACH HERB SENDEK: He has taken some shots this year, there's no question about it. I don't know if I could rank him, but I know where you're going. You've seen us play all our games, and he's taken a licking, there's no question about it.
Q. What does that say about his toughness?
COACH HERB SENDEK: He's a tough guy, and not just physically. He's a mentally strong young man. He, I think, really has demonstrated that exceptionally well down the home stretch of this season.
Q. Two things if I may: First, to follow up on the last question, I guess he's had a bad tailbone issue for a few days, when he goes down in a heap and is back up on the court a minute later, does that give the other four guys on the court a real boost seeing that every time he gets hit, he pops back up?
COACH HERB SENDEK: I think all those kinds of things can be contagious. If you're a leader and show a measure of toughness and have grit, that can have a real positive influence on your team.
Q. And the second going back to the zone if I may: When you first went to it, was one of the concerns about it was that a lot of players -- it doesn't seem like it's always taught well at the high school/AAU level, that a lot of coaches have said players can be lazy in it. Was that a big concern? And how crucial is your transition D in that in getting back to set up the zone? How vital is that just to start it?
COACH HERB SENDEK: I don't think man or zone has anything to do with it. I've seen teams, including our own, be lazy playing man-to-man. You can be lazy playing anything if you want, or you can play whatever defense you choose well. I don't see that as being unique to zone.
I know on a number of occasions through the years our team has played man-to-man and I've been upset with our effort and energy level from time to time.
Q. Your club was able to knock off Arizona three times. Any advice to Cleveland State on how they can beat them?
COACH HERB SENDEK: I don't have any advice. Right now we're focused on Syracuse. We had some hard-fought games with Arizona. I think our players would be the first to tell you that those games could have gone either way. They were competitive games. Two of them came down to the last possession, I believe.
Q. James was telling us he went to dinner last night with his buddy at Syracuse. Is that something that you encourage, don't encourage, the friendship with him and Flynn? Is that good for the game? I mean, these guys are 2,500 miles away and they get to see each other this week.
COACH HERB SENDEK: Yeah, you know, I'm not in the business of trying to dictate our players' friendships. I mean, they have good judgment, and I trust them to pick their friends wisely.
The truth of the matter is, you know, all these guys, or many of these guys, know each other. They get to know each other in high school. They play together during the summer. They play against each other. They keep in touch. I mean, I think that summer circuit that extends into the spring, as well, has brought the basketball world closer as much as anything for the kids, not further apart.
Q. You preached that you want to prepare for this game like any other game regardless of the national stage. Hindsight is 20/20, but are you very proud of how the team did carry itself for, again, a squad that really doesn't have experience on this stage?
COACH HERB SENDEK: Yeah, I thought our guys did a good job of keeping their poise and composure and made a number of plays that we needed to down the stretch to actually hang on and win the game. We withstood a couple of hard-tempo runs and didn't come unraveled, and so I was pleased.
Q. When you look at the turnaround that your program has made over the past couple of years, and you look at I guess one of the centerpieces would probably be Jeff. What has he actually meant from when you first got here and had to kind of maybe even re-recruit him to really use him as a cornerstone?
COACH HERB SENDEK: Well, he has been a cornerstone. He's been a great ambassador for our university and our basketball program, and obviously he's been a terrific talent on the court. You know, on the court I don't know where we would be without him because he's meant so much to us. But he's also done it in such a great way that he's represented the program and the university with great honor and class. He's gone out of his way to touch so many people in the community, and he does it as a matter of ordinary life. You know, he doesn't need a big stage to do it, but just as he goes through one day and into the next, you know, he just really cares about people and he touches people in really good ways.
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COACH HERB SENDEK: Well, it's very beneficial. We've definitely profited from his presence. I mean, he's a great player and a tremendous person.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about Jim Boeheim and just what you see in him that's made him so successful for this many years.
COACH HERB SENDEK: Yeah. I mean, obviously he's one of the game's all-time great coaches. I mean, he's truly a Hall-of-Fame coach. He's a good person, and he always struck me as he'd be like a really good guy for your son to play for. You know, he's a good guy, and would treat him the right way, would care about him the right way. I just get the sense watching from a distance through the years that his rapport with his players has been really good.
And now at this stage of his career, I know how involved he is for the betterment of the game. He gives of himself and his time to improve the game, to make things better. He doesn't have to do that. I mean, I don't know that he personally gets anything in return from that, other than he really cares, and so I really respect that about him a lot.
Q. I know your primary focus is, of course, Syracuse tomorrow, but this time of year these questions are inevitable: Western Kentucky wins for the second straight year, Siena for the second straight year, Cleveland State last night. Can you talk about the overall health of the college game, and if these are the things that perpetuate that this is still a very special time of year for kids, for coaches, for schools?
COACH HERB SENDEK: Absolutely. There's so much balance in college basketball, it's so competitive, and the nature of our sport leads to those kinds of occasions. It's certainly not a new thing. We've been witnessing those kinds of games for many years. That's why "March Madness" is such an appropriate name for this time of year.
Q. I think the PAC-10 was 5-1 through the first two days. Were you surprised by the outcomes there? It seemed like maybe across the country people were a little more down on them than it showed?
COACH HERB SENDEK: The PAC-10 was really good this year. I've been saying that to anybody who would listen. And even some who wouldn't. I've just been proclaiming that with great conviction. Our league this year was outstanding.
I know the other leagues are, as well. I don't have any great need right now to try to handicap or compare conferences; all I can tell you firsthand, playing against the teams in our league, that it was really good. Does 5-1 in the first round prove it? Not necessarily. Like I said from the beginning, sometimes if you'd replay all the games the next day, half of them would have the opposite outcome. I mean, but it was a really good league. All you've got to do is watch our teams play, and you'd probably come to that conclusion on your own.
LARRY WAHL: Thank you.
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Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (hereinafter Mafia ) is a third-person shooter linear openworld, developed by the company Czech Illusion Softworks in 2002 for PC , PlayStation 2 and Xbox . In it, the player takes the role of Thomas Angelo , a taxi driver that looks almost forced to join the criminal organization that takes Don Salieri . The game is set between 1930 and 1938 , during the era of Prohibition and the growth of mafias ItalianAmerican inUnited States .
In 1938, Thomas Angelo enters a bar of Lost Heaven. He has been with Norman a detective of the police, to propose a deal will tell everything about the band Mafia of Don Salieri if the police provides protection to him and his family. However, the reticent police want to hear the whole story of Thomas in the band, so this starts to tell.
In 1930, Thomas was making an overnight stop in his humble job as a taxi driver, and thinking about his life in those difficult times. Then he heard a crash, and two armed men forced him into the taxi and flee from their pursuers. Once achieved, he was forced to take them to the bar of Don Salieri, giving a very good compensation, and making an offer to join the band. However, Thomas declined the offer and went home. The next day, after a hard morning's work as a taxi driver in the city, Thomas made a stop in Little Italy. But it lasted little, since two gangstersThey tried to beat him up; certainly for helping the men escape Salieri night. Thomas managed to escape and ran to take refuge in the bar of Salieri, who was near; his men by the pursuers were made immediately. They were men of Morello, the rival Salieri. Chief Thomas did not want anything from anyone associated with the Mafia, so Thomas, known from then on as Tommy, joined the band of Don Salieri , knowing its members: Sam and Paulie (the gangsters night before), Frank Colletti (the consigliere family, lawyer and head of the legal part), Vincenzo (man arms family), Ralph (the mechanic of the Don), Luigi (the bartender of Salieri)) and own Don Salieri.
Thereafter, Tommy, starting from the bottom, began to take charge with Paulie and Sam, of missions entrusted him the Don, mainly engaged in harm's rival Salieri organization, Don Morello, and other routine work such as raising the tax protection in various locations in the city. One of them, the motel outside Clark was taken by men of Morello, wounding Paulie and trying to talk to Sam to death. Tommy managed to deal with them, get Sam trouble and collect money.
In 1932 Tommy for his driving skills, had to take to fix a race car of a European driver, who was running the next day in a race in which Don and his people had opted for another driver. So Tommy took the car to Self Lucas Bertone in the Down Town neighborhood. This modified it to run less, and locked a beneficial friendship: Lucas responsible from then small favors, and in return, Tommy would receive free best cars last generation, teaching tricks to violate the locks on these cars.
The next day, the runner who had bet the Don dawned with a beating, so Salieri commissioned Tom winning that race, which fully met and gave already a good position in the family.
Shortly thereafter, Luigi, the manager of the bar, begged to Tommy that accompany Sarah, her daughter during her drive home, because the night before he was assaulted by a troublemaker. Upon entering the bar nearby alleys, they were assaulted by the same troublemaker, armed now, of which Tommy realized quickly. However, I ended up injured, so Sarah takes him home to heal. In the end they fall in love and end up sleeping and having sex. The next day, Don, indignant, wants revenge, and sent Tommy and Paulie to give a good lesson to the band that attacked Sarah the day before. Thanks to the indications of the snitches, Locate the band in Chinatown and began revenge. However, one of the thugs did not end as dead as believed, provoking the wrath of Salieri, and bad luck of Tommy, since that did die, he was the son of an influential politician, who after that wanted him dead Tommy. This Alderman came to where it was thanks to Morello and is who comes to try to sink the Salieri.
Was discovered, suddenly, there was a snitch between the band of Salieri, a prostitute who worked in the Corleone Hotel whose owner also was not paying to Salieri for the benefit of Morello. So, in an attempt to meet two important objectives, Salieri ordered Tommy to take over both, the prostitute and the hotel located in the Down Town owner. However, Tommy acknowledged the prostitute and pitied her, saying, though, that not step back to Lost Heaven. This was the first big mistake of Tom. Then put a bomb in the hotel and escaped across the rooftops, chased by the police. But with the bad luck you will come to the church where the funeral was being held for the death of Billy, the son of influential alderman, funeral ending in a slaughter, with Tommy Don escaping the bar in a hearse.
A year later, after an operation of smuggled alcohol that ended in shooting at a farm outside the city, with Sam wounded and rescued by Tom and Paulie, another informer was discovered in the organization: this time it was Frank, the consigliere. Tommy had to take care of his quick death, while Don Salieri was very hurt. Not only was his consigliere Frank and his best friend, but also had the books that could lead to Don Salieri to jail. Frank hunt ended at the airport, where Frank confessed that the police officers, working with the band Morello, had his kidnapped family, so he had been forced to collaborate. After rescuing his family, Tommy allowed them to go to Europe, Lying to Salieri on the death of Frank.
Time passed, Tommy had married Sarah and had a daughter, and continued to carry out missions for Salieri. One day, the driver of the gift became ill and Tommy is in charge of carrying Salieri to New Ark, the restaurant Pepe, much loved by Salieri. But Morello men ambushed them and tried to assassinate gift. Tommy came as he could and killed all the attackers, and was when Salieri realized that the charge of these mobsters was his driver himself, to which Tommy killed him later. Salieri later decided that the attack was a sign of a direct confrontation and open warfare with Morello starts. The first step is to take the support of society, for which Tommy infiltrated a steamboatThe Queen of Lost Heaven, and killed the councilman whose son died in the persecution of Chinatown. After that, hunting Morello's brother, Sergio, who controlled unions in the port begins. But after several failed attempts by Paulie and Tom, Salieri orders the work to others. But these fail and eventually Tommy realizes the lucky bastard in the port, located in the Works Quarter. After the fall of his brother, came the turn of Don Morello, who fell at the airport after trying to escape from Lost Heaven, but his plane was shot in the wings for Tommy and Sam doing this to fall and Morello dies carbonized.
With the death of Morello, in 1938, Salieri wanted to gain control of the city, for which orders the murder of a mayoral candidate who posed a danger to the organization. With the well-established band in the city, he ordered Sam, Paulie and Tommy to steal a cigar in port; However, during the course of the mission, Tommy and Paulie discovered that, in fact, the boxes contained diamonds. Feeling cheated and betrayed, they decide to make a bank robbery on their own without commenting on anything to anyone.
The robbery is successful, but the next day the money disappears and Paulie is dead. Tommy, scared, receives a call from Sam, who asks for help, and this offered that were in the Art Gallery of Central Island, in compensation for the two times that Tommy had saved his life.
Upon arrival, Sam revealed that the Don had learned all the bank robbery, leaving alive both the prostitute and Frank (and they were killed later). Now turn to die was for Tommy. Despite the gallery was crowded with men of Salieri, the end Tommy managed to kill them all, and when alone, face to face with Sam, try to change his mind, but as Sam no return: Then a shooting begins death between Tommy and Sam. Tommy finally manages to seriously injure Sam, then Sam says , " Frank, was the only friend of Don, friendship is not worth a shit"After these last words of Sam, Tommy ends up killing him with three shots, after which escapes with Sarah and the girl and get an appointment with Norman, as seen in the introduction.
This got him protection, Salieri sentenced to life imprisonment and all his band scattered and imprisoned. Tommy welcomed the witness protection program, bringing a new life with his family in the anonymity it provides a false identity in the city of Empire Bay. However, in the decade of the 50 , an older Tommy is in the backyard of Greenfield (Empire Bay) when approached by two men. One of them shoots him with a bang stick after another tells you that come from Salieri. In Mafia 2, we discover who were the murderers of Tommy and who commissioned it.
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Absolutely wonderful. I will have to look at this again on my Atari ST.
Great demo ! Thank you Dune & Sector One for this once again inspiring work ! Esp. Mics gfx is standing out here for me.


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Kuykendall, Abner (ca. 1777–1834)
By: Marshall E. Kuykendall
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Abner Kuykendall, Austin Colony pioneer, son of Adam and Margaret (Hardin) Kuykendall, was probably born in Rutherford County, North Carolina in 1777. The family was in Logan County, Kentucky, by 1792 and moved on to the Arkansas territory about 1808. Abner married Sarah (Sally) Gates. The number of their children has been reported variously as nine and twelve. With his brothers, Abner left Arkansas Territory for Texas in October 1821, probably in company with his father-in-law, William Gates. At Nacogdoches they were joined by another brother, Robert H. Kuykendall, Sr., and the three brothers were among the first of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. Abner commanded the militia of Austin's colony. Robert and a brother, Joseph, settled near the later site of Columbus on the Colorado River, but Abner and Thomas Boatwright moved ten miles west of the Brazos and on January 1, 1822, established a settlement on New Year Creek. Sarah Gates died about 1823. Abner never remarried. In November 1823 Abner Kuykendall moved back to the Brazos and settled about eight miles above San Felipe. He received title to 1½ leagues and two labores of land now in Fort Bend, Washington, and Austin counties on July 4, 1824. The census of March 1826 classified him as a stock raiser and farmer, a widower aged over fifty. A grown son, Barzillai Kuykendall, was another of the Old Three Hundred.
In July 1824 and May 1826 Kuykendall went on campaigns against the Karankawa, Waco, and Tawakoni Indians. In 1827 he was sent by Austin as a member of a delegation to try to persuade leaders of the Fredonian Rebellion to give up their plans. During the rebellion he was detailed by Austin to patrol the Old San Antonio Road to watch for possible Indian invasions. In 1829 he led a scouting expedition from the Brazos to the mouth of the San Saba River. In 1830 he went to Tenoxtitlán to confer with Mexican authorities about Waco depredations and in the same year served on a committee at San Felipe to superintend the building of a jail. He was a public official at San Felipe in February 1832 and at the time of the Anahuac Disturbances led a party of from forty to sixty men to assist the Anahuac citizens. Kuykendall was stabbed at San Felipe in June 1834 by Joseph Clayton and died in late July. Clayton was convicted and hanged in what was probably the first legal execution in Texas. Abner Kuykendall's grave has never been found.
Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (3 vols., Washington: GPO, 1924–28). Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). J. H. Kuykendall, "Reminiscences of Early Texans," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 6–7 (January, April, July 1903). Worth Stickley Ray, Austin Colony Pioneers (Austin: Jenkins, 1949; 2d ed., Austin: Pemberton, 1970). Homer S. Thrall, A Pictorial History of Texas (St. Louis: Thompson, 1879).
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With climate effects looming, land-use planners reach for their toolbox
Experts discussed a range of technical and social responses at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima.
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Brazil could lose as much as 10 million of its 60 million hectares of cropland.
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LIMA, Peru—It's coming soon. And it's time to act now.
Imminent climatic changes challenge planners and policy makers to forecast likely impacts and launch adaptation plans a decade or more before the worst effects are felt.
With more (and better) data and tools for exploring future scenarios, planners can make land-management decisions, justify investments and map strategies for climate-change adaptation and for meeting the proposed Sustainable Development Goals after 2015, researchers said in a discussion session at the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum in Lima.
Knowledge products and tools for sustainable landscape management
The forum was organized by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the sidelines of the annual UN climate change conference. It drew more than 1,700 people from 90 countries, including country climate negotiators, ministers, CEOs, indigenous leaders, civil society leaders and researchers.
FORECASTING IMPACTS
Using the Brazilian Land Use Model (BLUM), planners in that country combined hydro-meteorological, spatial and economic data to predict climate-driven changes in agricultural and livestock production.
BLUM enabled them to explore baseline, pessimistic and optimistic future scenarios at the regional level, said Rodrigo Lima, general manager of AGROICONE, a Brazilian consulting firm specializing in agriculture, energy and sustainability.
Decision Support Tools for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture: the case of Brazil from Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Projecting productivity changes for pasture, maize and soy from 2010 to 2030, they found that top-quality farmland in the country's southern grain belt could decrease from 32 million hectares to between 27 million and 29 million hectares.
Even "low-climate-risk" farmland in the south could shrink between 2020 and 2030.
"That's a spatially relevant outcome that has major policy implications for Brazil," said Erick Fernandes, an agriculture adviser with the World Bank Group.
Overall, the country could lose as much as 10 million of its 60 million hectares of cropland, Lima said.
A farmland squeeze could increase prices for farm products, as much as doubling agriculture's share of the country's economy over the next decades—good news for farmers, but bad news for consumers, who would see food prices rise. It could also lead to increased deforestation to clear more land for crops, Lima said.
Planners must consider not just national impacts, but also local and regional effects on poverty, livelihoods and small farmers. Some could be mitigated by intensive use of pasture or by shifting crops to a different area, but those adaptation measures require planning and policies.
The challenge will be to transform degraded cropland and pasture, which are greenhouse gas sources, into vibrant, diversified cropping systems that serve as greenhouse gas sinks, Fernandes said.
"It can be done," he said, but "you need a decade or two to put it in place."
Climate Change Impacts on Brazilian Agriculture to 2030 from Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
MISSION: RESTORATION
The global challenge of restoring 150 million hectares of degraded land by 2020 and 350 million by 2030—plus the Latin American goal of restoring 20 million hectares by 2020—creates opportunities for linking multilateral finance to restoration, said Patrick Wiley, senior forest policy adviser at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Using the Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology (ROAM), planners can identify the best places for restoration and the best strategies to use for food and water security, Wiley said.
Using the tool, they can identify the main problems caused by land degradation, then set goals and meet with interest groups to determine the types of degraded lands and the most feasible restoration actions, quantify costs and benefits, estimate the value of carbon sequestered in the landscape and analyze financing options.
A tool like ROAM helps land-use planners justify their investment in land restoration, especially because of the local benefits, such as jobs, that will result, Wiley said.
FILLING IN DATA GAPS
Effective land- and forest-management policies require a solid evidence base, and the Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) aims to fill data gaps. Using household surveys, researchers gather data from more than 50 study sites in 24 developing countries in the tropics.
"The key research question is how much do forest and non-cultivated environmental resources contribute to household income," said Sven Wunder, a principal scientist at CIFOR, which coordinates the project.
The study sites were selected to represent a variety of geographical regions, infrastructure, population density, forest types, land-tenure systems, poverty levels and access to markets.
Data show that 22 percent of the households' income comes from forests and 6.4 percent from other extractive resources—a combined amount almost equal to income from farming.
Statistics bureaus can use the data to develop a more accurate picture of environmental impacts on rural household income, Wunder said. PEN data can also be combined with climate data to identify patterns and help with planning for projects for reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+).
CIFOR is now working with FAO, the World Bank and other organizations to develop a forestry module for PEN.
These tools were developed as part of KNOWFOR, a joint effort by of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Bank's Profor program.
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East Texas seafood restaurants gear up for crawfish season
by: Averie Klonowski
ATHENS, Texas (KETK) — East Texas restaurants have started serving crawfish, and people are excited about it. People were worried the arctic blast would have a negative effect on this year's season, the restaurants we spoke to are receiving shipments a few times a week.
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Owner of Wawa's Seafood Shack, Brian Parker, said that's not the case.
"Well every time it gets cold you're going to see a drop in the numbers and there is nothing we can do about what we get and the price. If the catch is short, the price goes up and it doesn't have to do with us," said Parker.
"I think it is going to be kind of crazy, and it is going to be really packed," said Adalee Fortner, daughter of Part Owner of Wawa's Seafood Shack.
Parker added that customers are a lot happier when this time of year rolls around, so much so that numbers triple through the door of the restaurant to get crawfish.
"I feel like it gets a lot more laid back, everyone comes in and expects to have a good time, we're all having a good time," said Carrie Parker, part owner of Wawa's Seafood Shack.
We also stopped at Wade's Place in Chandler, where customers couldn't wait to get their hands on those tasty mudbugs.
"We get calls everyday, everyday people get my cell phone, they call my cell phone asking about crawfish," said Wade Mcintyre, owner of Wade's Place.
The owner of the shop next door is a frequent customer of Wade's, she said people come from all over to enjoy his crawfish.
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"Just all of his food is good, the quality is good, it's always hot, served to order, so I get my taste of it often," said Olivia Tedford, owner of Chandler Country Store.
Even with the freeze, crawfish shipments for these restaurants remain on schedule.
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CAIRO (AP) — By far the underdog in Egypt's presidential elections, candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, is trying to rally youth behind him as the hope for the country's pro-democracy "revolution" in his race against the former military chief, who some fear will bring back an autocratic rule.
But the deck is heavily stacked against the 59-year-old leftist politician.
His opponent, retired field marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sssi, has a tidal wave of support behind him in a country gripped by jingoistic fervor and adulation for the military after his ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last summer. TV stations and newspapers are deeply in favor of el-Sissi, treating him with presidential reverence.
El-Sissi posters are everywhere in the streets, while Sabahi's are rarely seen.
Sabahi's strategy is to try to overcome widespread calls for a boycott of the vote by young activists who dismiss the May 26-27 election as a farce. Some among the revolutionary activist groups that led the 2011 mass uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak are skeptical of Sabahi. But others have rallied to him, arguing that at the least, if he wins enough votes, it will dent el-Sissi and show there is a public undercurrent against him.
"Let's test our strength," Sabahi said recently, appealing to young Egyptians not to boycott. "If the youth are convinced that this is their battle, they will win it."
According to official estimates, around 37 million of Egypt's 53 million voters are between the age of 18-40.
A key activist group in the 2011 uprising, the left-wing Revolutionary Socialists, has spoken out against a boycott and urged a Sabahi vote, saying it would "diminish el-Sissi's legitimacy as a leader and president."
A "decent" showing by Sabahi would constitute "a very small step forward in the revolution's battle in defense of its soul ... and perhaps a starting point for a strong opposition to his rule," it said.
Best-selling novelist and prominent activist Alaa al-Aswany said a boycott would be a blow to the revolution, writing Tuesday that it usually "turns into a weapon that hurts the boycotters themselves."
Also largely boycotting the vote are Islamists, who deeply despise el-Sissi because of his removal of Morsi and the ensuing, bloody crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. Far from trying to appeal to them, Sabahi has sought to build his security credentials by vowing to maintain the ban on the Brotherhood and fight Islamic militants.
Confident in victory — and faced with security concerns — el-Sissi has not made a single street appearance in his campaign. Instead, he has relied on interviews with sympathetic media and arranged meetings with various constituencies, from wealthy businessmen and tribal leaders to media celebrities and entertainment icons. El-Sissi backers — including many businessmen and prominent figures from the Mubarak era — have organized their own opulent public rallies.
In contrast, Sabahi has hit the campaign trail hard, crisscrossing the country in a campaign that shows its low budget.
In Cairo recently, 25 volunteers simply flew kites bearing Sabahi's image over a landmark bridge over the Nile.
"We got some interest from passers-by, spoke to some of them and allowed children have a go flying the kites," said one volunteer, Alaa Nabil, a 23-year-old business student who wore a T-shirt declaring "We will realize our dream."
"A boycott stands between us and victory, and we all spend hours every day trying to persuade young voters to vote," he said.
Sabahi has campaigned as the man who can ensure democracy and justice, promising to prosecute corrupt members of Mubarak's regime and police involved in killing protesters during the 2011 uprising and the months after it. He has often pointed out the prevalence of many prominent Mubarak-era figures among el-Sissi's backers, highlighting concerns that the old regime's authoritarianism will be revived if el-Sissi wins.
Sabahi, involved in politics since his university days in the 1970s, was a lawmaker for 10 years, marketing himself as a populist nationalist in the vein of Gamal Abdel-Nasser, the iconic leader of the 1950s and 1960s.
In 2012 presidential elections, Sabahi made a surprisingly strong third-place showing, garnering nearly 5 million votes. His performance was largely built on his image as the "revolutionary alternative" to the top two finishers — Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and the Brotherhood's Morsi, who eventually won.
He fared best in Egypt's two largest cities — the capital Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria — reflecting his appeal among urban and educated classes.
But much has changed since. El-Sissi has support among urban educated voters who staunchly oppose the Islamists and believe the field marshal can finally bring order.
Prominent rights lawyer Gamal Eid, also a participant in the 2011 revolution, had intended to boycott the vote, but recently decided to back Sabahi.
"Hamdeen belongs to the revolution, with all its pros and cons. Voting for him may be the last chance to save the revolution from those who are trying to recreate the Mubarak regime," he said.
Khaled Abdel-Hameed, an icon of the 2011 revolution, also dropped boycott thoughts and decided to vote for Sabahi, despite what he called his "weak to zero" chances.
"I have no illusions about him, but he is the symbol of our rejection of the other candidate."


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A soft summer night with Joni Mitchell
by Tom Ford
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
Joni Mitchell, one of the few popular artists around today who can, without hyperbole, be termed an original. Her style is quicksilver, her moods well-defined, her vocal abilities, including more than a three octave range, astounding, and her performance dazzling.
The Woodstock generationhas grown old. That is what we have been told in recent weeks as the nations media covered the tenth anniversary of the mammoth upstate New York concert that rocked the nation.
Media reports that many of the acts that headlined the three days of lovein 1969 are not even around anymore  victims of the alarming rock and roll attrition rate, drug overdoses and vast changes in musical tastes over the intervening decade  have been hashed and rehashed.
On a cool breezy Tuesday night at Blossom Music Center, though, the generationshowed up once again, to carry on a public love affair with a woman who, a survivor of the 1969 show, has done more than most to etch Woodstock in our memories, Joni Mitchell.
After a several-year absence from Cleveland area stages, Motchell seemed delighted with the Blossom turnout and proceeded to pay tribute with a long moody and masterful set of current and older tunes.
ON THE EVE of the tenth anniversary of Woodstock, Mitchell wowed her followers to a sometimes magical, always mesmerizing tour de force of music, utilizing both her early folky stance and her new interest in jazz.
Mitchell is one of the few poular artists around today who can, without hyperbole, be termed an original. Her style is quicksilver, her moods well defined, her vocal abilities, including more than a three octave range, astounding, and her performance dazzling.
She has emerged from her shell with this tour. In the old days she would seem nervous on stage, but at Blossom, she was Svengali, and the audience her willing subjects.
Dressed in a dark tunic caught casually in the middle with a glittery belt, her now-curly hair falling alluringly over one eye, she seemed a bright and welcome contrast to the dark moods of some of her songs.
BACKED BY A four-piece band and the astounding sax breaks of Michael Brecker, she led the audience through a steady progression that visited all of the stages of her career.
No doubt yielding to the wishes of the audience, she opened with a handful of older songs, the familiar churning Big Yellow Taxileading the way, followed by several other tunes from her 1974 Court and Sparkalbum.
Then came a progression of tunes (Coyote,from Hissing of Summer Lawns) leading to material from her new MingusLP.
Fittingly enough it was Court and Sparkthat launched her interest in jazz (she did the tongue-in-cheek Lambert, Hendricks and Ross tune Twisted) which has culminated in the release of Mingus,a tribute to the late seminal jazzman Charles Mingus, who died while working on the album with her.
IT IS INDICITIVE of her new-found ease on stage that she abandoned it to her session players, who, pleased with estended solos, accentuated when she returned to do duets with them.
After these breaks, Mitchell surged into the jazz from Minguswith Beale Street,a pean to the early greats of the art form leading the way. It is during Beale Streetthat she invokes the name of W.C. Handy, the legendary Memphis musician who started jazzs trip up the Mississippi River from New Orleans.
The Mingusmaterial showed the massive influence of the wealth of jazz singers who precede Mitchell. The melodies are backed by shuffling rhythms wandering and flitting from place to place within the music.
After God Must be a Boogeymanfrom MIngus, Mitchell thrilled the crowd with one of the tunes they had come to hear.
EVEN BEFORE the beginning strains of Free Man in Paris,which, while it cynically speaks of stoking the star-maker machinery behind the popular song,remains her greatest commercial success, the crowd was on its feet cheering.
Raised on Robbery(also from Court and Spark) also sent the audiences lust for more familiar older music into overtime, with the Blossom version every bit as sinewy as the original.
Changing the mood once again to finish the show, Mitchell called on the Persuasions, the legendary Phliedelphia a capella soul group currently opening for her, onstage for a dip into the music of the 50s with Why Do Fools Fall in Love?and, though diametrically opposed in nature to the cool jazz of Mingus,the music seemed to blend well into a potpourri of harmony.
Leaving the stage in triumph, Mitchell returned alone, ast at the paiano and reached back in her memory for the tender Richard,from the BlueLP. Her stark presence alone on the stage was a magical background for the songs plaintive wandering story of erstwhile love.
JONI MITCHELLS songs are above all, personal. More than any other artist currently performing, she succeeds in blending the bittersweet disappointments of lost love with a sometimes wacky set of characters. They reflect the paradoxical joys and sorrows of life.
Perhaps out of sentimentality, and perhaps to make a statement, Mitchell answered the crowds cries for a second encore with her best known (and often covered) tune  Woodstock.
Though the crowd went crazy for the familiar warning &And we have to get ourselves back to the Garden,she did the song with a softened, almost plaintive tone, as if calling up for the audience the ghosts of the great festival and lamenting their all-but-forgotten idealism.
It was half-way through the song that she made her only sally into her former political style by altering the lyrics to make brief reference to the nation being caught up in political games,and then walking off the stage to play the final chords out of sight backstage, as if, perhaps, as a haunting reminder of days gone by.
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A new report published last week by GTM Research and the Washington, D.C.-based Energy Storage Association reveals a bullish forecast for the energy storage industry in the year ahead.
Following passage of tax cut legislation at the end of 2017, Greentech Media reports, "Much of the conversation in clean energy circles..has revolved around a potential shrinking of the tax equity market -- which accounts for between 40 percent and 60 percent of finance for individual solar and wind projects -- because of the reduction in value of renewables credits." According to Greentech Media, however, it appears that - so far at least - corporate America is showing "continued interest in direct renewables investments."
What were cleantech leaders thinking in 2017?
Earlier in the year, Tigercomm conducted a Cleantech Leaders Survey to shed light on the major trends that leading cleantech executives are seeing in the industry. All the participants were current CEOs, presidents, board members, or managing directors of leading cleantech companies.These views were gathered before passage of the major tax bill; nonetheless, we believe their insights remain relevant and illuminating, given the tax bill's minimal impact on the companies these leaders run.
But the final product as signed this week avoided any major blows. According to the many tax policy and industry experts we read or talked to, the tax bill might be even a net positive for the two industries.


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Thanx Randy for your reply.
>> How similar do you think the paths would be from BGP and IRR data?
so that means they can't be the same..
Due to IRR consistency issues ?? or why?
I have reviewed some of the previous work like Nemecis,RIPE RRCC,Univ.of Roma Analysis of RIR.What i have found is most of the work is on evaluating the consistency of IRR's.There are some other works on using IRR along with BGP and traceroute's to generate the topology of internet.
AS i am first year phd student at Seoul National University,Korea and working on BGP Security.For that i want to evaluate how i can use IRR data?Currently i think most of the people (if they use ) IRR data is to generate router configuration files.What are other uses of this data? ofcourse other than the usual looking up contact information etc..
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Nice wishlist! :) The perfume and handbags look perfectly!
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I want to het Urban Decay Naked 3 palette! I looks sooo gorgeous.. Maybe a book in english (I'm polish).
I would like to get new camera especially Canon but it's too expensive. :( Maybe one day!
The box bag is too cute!


You know that feeling when after sitting cross-legged for awhile, your foot feels totally foreign to you? Not only does it feel super tingly and uncomfortable, but poking and prodding doesn't really seem to make a difference. Same thing happens when you're scrolling through your Instagram feed for too long and that pins-and-needles sensation suddenly creeps through your hand.


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Q: Rails redirect_to rendering but not showing the view I'm trying to redirect_to a view from another after some actions inside my controller
My Controller
def sendPayment
@jsonParams = cleanParams(params)

@result = HTTParty.post('http://pxxxxxxxxxs'.to_str,
:body => @jsonParams.to_json,
:headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
              'Api-Access-Key' => 'xxxxxxxx',
              'Transaction-Hash' => xxxx } )

 puts @result
 redirect_to payments_response_path(:result => @result)
end

In My console I get this message:
 Processing by PaymentsController#show as JS
 Parameters: {"id"=>"response"}
 Rendered payments/show.html.erb within layouts/application (0.3ms)
 Completed 200 OK in 33ms (Views: 32.8ms | ActiveRecord: 0.0ms)

But my view is never rendered... Can anyone help?
My Routes:
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
 get 'home/index'

 root 'home#index'

 resources :home
 resources :payments
 resources :bills
 resources :accounts

 #Payment Custom Routes
 post 'payments/send', to: "payments#sendPayment"
 get 'payments/send', to: "payments#sendPayment"
 post 'payments/remove', to: "payments#deletePayment"
 get 'payments/remove', to: "payments#deletePayment"
 get 'payments/response', to: "payments#responseShow"
 #Bills Custom Routes
 post '/sendBill', to: "bills#sendBill"

 end

A: You're trying to troubleshoot two problems at once - I think that's the biggest source of your confusion here. The way a redirect action works is it tells the browser "No, you want this URL instead", and expects the browser to make a whole new request; so you should just be troubleshooting that second request in isolation, not mentioning anything about the redirect. If your app is properly structured, it shouldn't matter if the request to the #show action came from a redirect or came just by typing that URL into the browser.
So ignore the stuff about redirects and just focus on: Why isn't my #show action rendering anything? It looks like your logs are telling you there's no errors, so start with your layouts (are they being called? are they displaying on the page properly?) and work inwards from there.

A: 1) Make sure you have responseShow method in your controller, and also you have responseShow.html.erb in your views/payments folder.
2) Try to add return immediately after redirect_to method inside of your sendPayment method:
redirect_to payments_response_path(:result => @result)
return

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Maharaja's Express- Treasures of India Journey is a three nights and four days itinerary covering the main highlights of the Golden Triangle combined with a wildlife experience at one of India's best National Park at Ranthambore. If you have enjoyed the many TV programmes featuring Indian Railways and would like to experience the luxury trains of India, this is the perfect holiday for you!
Wow factor - Enjoy and experience Maharajas' Express luxury train at the price of the Palace on Wheels!
Day 2 Arrive Delhi. On arrival in Delhi, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel where you spend the night at The Claridges Hotel.
Day 3 Delhi - Agra. Welcome aboard the Maharajas' Express. This morning you will be transferred to the Safdarjang Railway Station at 0800 hrs (All guests have to report at least an hour before the departure). On arrival you will be given a traditional Indian welcome and after that you will complete your registration formalities you will get on board the Maharajas' Express. The Maharajas' Express departs Delhi at 09.30am approximately and on board you will be served brunch. Post lunch you will arrive into Agra where you will disembark and explore Agra Fort. Enjoy a champagne evening overlooking the Taj Mahal at Taj Khema. Dinner and overnight will be on board the train.
Day 4 Agra - Ranthambore. Early morning you will visit the Taj Mahal, which is one of the Seven Wonders and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Proceeding to Ranthambore, enjoy the different culinary delights prepared for you on board. You will arrive into Ranthambore and post lunch you will proceed for game drives in the national park. After a sumptuous dinner you will head towards Jaipur.
Day 5 Ranthambore - Jaipur. Arrive in Jaipur and have breakfast on board. Proceed to Amer Fort and visit Jantar- Mantar. Post lunch you can enjoy the optional excursion to the City Palace, a visit to the bazaars or a relaxing spa treatment. Or we can also arrange a private vintage car ride in Jaipur. Dinner is on board the Maharaja's Express.
Day 6 Jaipur - Delhi. Today you will arrive back in Delhi and post breakfast you will be transferred to Delhi International Airport well in time for your flight. OR onward tailor made travel arrangements.
We can tailor make any holidays and tours to India to include the Maharajas' Express or any other train travel in India.


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Q: How can custom underline to a text How to get border-bottom like in image. I've tried text-underline for a h1 tag using text-decoration property.

h1 {
  color: #F16A70;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 30;
  font-family: oswald text-decoration: underline;
}
h1:after {
  width: 60%;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #F16A70;
}

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A: Try to this:

.navigation-heading h1 {
  position:relative;
  display:inline-block;
  color: #F16A70;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-family: 'oswald';
}

h1:after{
  content:'';
  position:absolute;
  top:100%;
  left:0;
  width:65%;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #F16A70;
}

navigation

A:
You can do it with css3 linear-gradient().

Steps:

*

*Create background image with linear-gradient().

*Adjust its size with css background-size property.

*Place it at the bottom left position of the element with background-position css property.

Necessary CSS:
h1 {
  background: linear-gradient(to right, #F16A70, #F16A70) no-repeat;
  background-size: 60% 3px;
  background-position: left bottom;
}

h1 {
  background: linear-gradient(to right, #F16A70, #F16A70) no-repeat;
  background-size: 60% 3px;
  background-position: left bottom;
  color: #F16A70;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-family: oswald, sans-serif;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: top;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

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A: Here's one more solution:

h1{
    color: #F16A70;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 30;
    font-family: oswald;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #F16A70, #F16A70);
    background-position: bottom left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 50% 2px;
    transition: background-size .5s ease;
}
h1:hover {
    background-size: 100% 2px;
}

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Animation of :after pseudo-element - to get it visible you need to set position attribute for both h1 and h1:after:

h1 {
    color: #F16A70;
    position: relative;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 30;
    font-family: oswald;
    text-decoration: none;
}
h1:after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 0;
    width: 30%;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #F16A70;
    transition: width 0.3s ease;
}
h1:hover:after {
    width: 100%;
}

navigation

A:

h1{
   color: #F16A70;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   font-size: 30;
   font-family: oswald
   text-decoration: underline;
}

h1:after{
  display: block;
  width:20%;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #F16A70;
  content: '';
}

navigation

A: You can use Flexbox and :after pseudo-element.

h1 {
  color: #F16A70;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 30;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
h1:after {
  width: 60%;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #F16A70;
  content: '';
}

navigation

You can also use relative/absolute positions to position pseudo-element.

h1 {
  color: #F16A70;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 30;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}
h1:after {
  width: 60%;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #F16A70;
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
}

navigation

A: h1:after {
    content : "";
    width   : 50%;  /* you can set here the length of border */
    border-bottom:1px solid #f16a70;
}

Update h1:after css


Calico Studio and Seven Paper present the Goldie Collection! You will receive 24 paper washi stickers to decorate handmade cards, scrapbook pages, planners, and so much more!
This collection features modern designs including flowers, text, abstract dots, and more. The colors are soft and fresh, such as aqua and pink. One pattern features the text "Dance It Out" and another says "High Five!". Add your own special touch to your paper crafts with this lovely collection of washi stickers.
This package contains four sheets with twenty-four strips in six different designs (four of each design). Each washi strip measures approximately 1/2 inch wide and about 4 3/8 inches long.
Set of 24 washi strip paper stickers.


Dealer Direct is pleased to announce the launch of their new website, dealerdirectfinancial.com. The website, built by VisionAmp Marketing Inc., is an interactive, mobile-friendly site that will be a resource for potential and current customers of Dealer Direct.
Dealer Direct is a department of First Community Bank, located in Batesville, Arkansas. We started the dealer program in 2005 as a result of local manufacturers needing help with floor plan and retail financing.


There are plenty of ways to install WordPress on your local machine. I use a free software package called AMPPS.
It's similar to packages like MAMP and XAMPP in that in includes all of the things you need to run WordPress: PHP (the programming language), MySQL (the database), and Apache (the web server). That's what some of the As, the Ps, and the Ms stand for in these acronyms.
While I use a Mac, note that AMPPS is also supported on Windows and Linux. Instructions may differ slightly for non-Mac users, but the core concepts are the same.
For our purposes, we'll avoid the "PHP Dev Package" and download the latest version of AMPPS.
The latest version (at the time this tutorial was last updated) is 3.6. The download is a few hundred megabytes, so it may take a while on a slower connection.
Select the appropriate download depending on your operating system. If you're a Linux user, you'll need to select between the 32bit or 64bit packages.
Install it like you would any other application. Since I use a Mac, after downloading, I'll mount the DMG file and drag the app into my Applications directory.
Drag the AMPPS folder to the Applications folder.
Start both Apache and MySQL by clicking the green buttons under each column.
To run WordPress, Apache and MySQL need to be turned on.
In some browsers, you may be able to get away with just typing "localhost" but since many browsers combine their address bar with a search engine, it might get confused and try to search for "localhost" instead. So prefixing "localhost" with http:// is a good habit to get into.
Grab the latest WordPress core files from WordPress.org, and extract them in the directory path we chose above.
A quick way to find it on a Mac is to type your chosen domain into Spotlight search, and select the first result.
Also after extracting the files, we'll be greeted with the WordPress installation screen by typing our domain into our browser's address bar.
But before we go through the installation process, we need to set up the database.
We'll use it to create the MySQL database we need for WordPress to run.
First, click the "New" link at the top of the left sidebar.
For example purposes, we'll use wordpress. You can use whatever you want, just keep it mind for the next step.
Once you've chosen your database name, type it in and click the "Create" button.
Now close out of phpMyAdmin, and let's head back to the WordPress installation screen at http://wordpress.localhost.
On the previously pictured language selection screen, select the language of your choice and click the "Continue" button.
For example purposes, we'll select English (United States).
Click the "Let's go!" button on the next screen, as we already have all the database information we need.
The root/mysql username and password combination we use is a default in AMPPS, so there's no need to add a separate database user. The root user's password can be changed.
We're playing things fast and loose since we're on a local environment and we want to keep things as simple as possible for this tutorial, but it is not a good idea to use the root MySQL user on a live server, if you have the option. Many hosts don't allow it.
In the background, WordPress will create a wp-config.php file with the information WordPress needs to connect to the database.
After successfully connecting to the database, you'll be prompted to finish the installation by specifying your WordPress site details.
Fill out your choice of site title, username, password, and email address on the next screen.
Search engine visibility doesn't matter because this WordPress website will not be accessible from the web, but feel free to further discourage search engines from indexing your site just for kicks.
After clicking the "Install WordPress" button, you'll be redirected to the WordPress dashboard of your newly installed local WordPress site.
Your locally-installed WordPress site is now fully functional!
Like I mentioned in the first sentence in this post, there are plenty of ways to install WordPress locally.
Plus as a theme developer, I don't particularly care about exact parity between local and live environments, since my themes will be used on many different types of environments that I can't anticipate. It sometimes even helps me when an error is thrown on one environment, but not the other, because I can look into why and eliminate it.
Also, would you prefer video tutorials?
I've been a MAMP user for 4 years. Never heard of AMPPS until reading this post. Seems like it can save me time for some of the mundane tasks I encounter using MAMP (hosts, vhosts, database). Thanks for tipping me off to it.
No problem! Yep, with AMPPS you don't have to mess with things like vhosts, since their setup script handles that automatically.
and set some preferences the system will ask.
Massive thanks for this tutorial. I prefer to read rather than watch so this suited me perfectly. The images and very detailed steps and explanations helped a lot. Can\'t thank you enough!
Hi, do you know how to install new theme in localhost with AMPPS? I was doing it manually (paste the downloaded theme into theme folder /Applications/AMPPS/phpMyAdmin/themes but nothing happens. On my localhost site I don't even see any "add new theme" button. There is just one theme which was downloaded with WP and that's it.
The theme is supposed to be placed in the wp-content/themes folder of your WordPress site.


I like Berla Mundi. In fact, I like her enough to have proposed to her once. And guess what? She said yes.
Snap out of it now. I am already married and I am not Muslim and the proposal was one of the fun things that happened at the wedding of my kid brother and friend Giovani Caleb a few months back – it's amazing the sort of things we do at weddings these days. Anyways.
So back to Berla Mundi. Woodin got my attention when they announced that she was going to be the Ghanaian ambassador for their new range of funky, ready-to-wear apparel appropriately christened 'Fusion'. It says in the tags of the Fusions that it 'is created in limited edition for you, in the best workshops in Africa; Patterns from our heritage are redrawn in a harmonious mix of African colours'.
I have become a bit of a mixed personality towing both the #godMC style of Manifest and the #KingSark movement of Sarkodie. Well if you are not onto Ghana's urban culture, all I am saying is that I have come to like the Western suit and tire in much the same way that I have come to like wearing African prints in the shirt, kaftan or fugu forms. Having to buy an off the shelf shirt designed neatly with indigenous African prints from down here in Ghana or anywhere across the continent does it for me especially as I am not a fan of visiting the unreliable Ghanaian tailor to sew a shirt.
I got me a few Fusion shirts and the plaudits from those who are already into wearing apparel like that and people who hitherto wouldn't think of putting on anything with prints like that tell me that I am in good company thus far.


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Амфиса (гр: -{Άμφισσα}-) је управно средиште и највеће место округа Фокида, периферије Средишња Грчка. То је једно од најмањих средишта префектура у Грчкој.

Положај
Амфиса се налази у средишњем делу префектуре Фокида у невеликој долини на надморској висини од 180 -{m}- између две велике планине, Парнаса на истоку и Гионе на западу. Град се налази 13 -{km}- од најближег приморског места, градића Итеа.

Име града

Име "Амфиса" је блиско значењу грчке речи "окружење" (αμφιέννυμι = amfiennymi), што је вероватно везано за околно планинско окружење, које веома оштро својом висином затвара долину града. Овај назив коришћен је у античко време, да би у 13. веку био замењен називом "Салона", који је био у употреби до 1833. године када је граду поново враћен стари назив, који се и данас користи.

Историја
Подручје града Амфисе насељено је још у античко време. Градско насеље се вероватно развило у 8. веку, када се јављају и други градови овог дела Грчке (нпр. Коринт). У следећем раздобљу град напредује и ствара колоније изван грчке територије. Град је био познат по јако утврђеном акропољу. Амфиса је била један од најјачих савезника Спарте у Пелопонеском рату. 338. године град разарају Македонци. Град и његова околина преживљавају ратно раздобље до доласка Римљана 170. п. н. е. У овом добу Амфиса је поново значајнији град, а свој врхунац достиже у 2. веку н. е.

Почетком средњег века, више варварских народа је прошло кроз подручје Фокиде и град постпено губи значај. И поред тога цар Јустинијан у граду оснива епископију 530. године, што је вероватно условило до изградње утврђења следећих година. У 9. веку град опседају Бугари, у 10. Скити, а 11. веку Нормани, што довело до све потпуног пропадања града. 1205. године, после успостављања латинског царства, на месту разрушеног града Крсташи подижу утврђење Салона.

Османски Турци освајају ово подручје Грчке 1394. године које са краћим прекидима држе до 19. века. 1580. године област Амфисе захвата земљотрес. Овакав сплет околности довео до запуштања краја, тако да је подручје Амфисе било подлога за дизање Грчког устанка за ослобођење.

Град Салона био је први град где је подигнут устанак у Грчкој 1821. године а градска тврђава је била прва тврђава коју су устанци заузели.

Становништво

Кретање становништва по пописима:

Historical population

Спољашње везе

Градови у Грчкој
Википројект географија/Насеља у Грчкој
Средишња Грчка

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There is something you can do to show solidarity with the Muslim Ummah.
McDonalds' CEO is an honorary director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a major corporate partner of the Jewish United Fund and the Jewish Federation. The Jewish United Fund works to maintain American military, ecenomic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and responds to media coverage of Israel.
Millennium Exhibition at Epcot Center in Florida depicted Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Of the 8 million dollars used to set up the exhibit, Israel contributed 1.8 million and worked with Disney to develop its content.
Chairman, Howard Shultz, is a major supporter of Israel. He has been honored for services to the zionist state. In 1998, he was honored with the "Israel 50th Anniversary Tribute Award" for his services.
Staunch supporter of Israel since 1966. Hosted the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Eagle Star Awards Gala. It's scheduled to build a plant on stolen Palestinian land.
Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board, is on the board of EMET, the pro Israel media "war room" whose function is to ensure all media in the US stays biased toward Israel.
Chairman, Ron Lauder is the president of the Jewish National Fund whose main purpose is to legitimize the occupation of Palestine.
Sara Lee has a 30% share in Delta Galil, an Israeli textile company that has been cited by Sweatshop Watch for grossly violating Palestinian human rights.
Timberland CEO, Jeffrey Swartz suggested sending 100 IDF thugs to the US for a week as ambassadors for Israel. He felt Israel's message was not reaching the US public.
Zionism is the root cause of the continuous state of war and unrest in the Middle East.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and personal security. As of January 2004, the Palestinian child rights organization Defense for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI/PS) has documented the deaths of over 500 Palestinian children (under 18). These deaths are the result of Israeli occupation policies implemented in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip since September 2000. DCI/PS reports that an estimated 10,000 children have been wounded during that period.
The majority of these children have been killed or injured while going about normal daily activities, such as going to school, playing, shopping, or simply being in their homes. Sixty-four percent of children kileld during the first six months of 2003 died as a result of Israeli air and ground attacks, or from indiscriminate fire from Israeli soldiers.
For the past 36 years, each generation of Palestinian children has grown up under Israeli occupation. The occupation not only impacts their immediate physical integrity and mental health, but also has a profound impact on their future. At present, childern live in an environment of extreme instability and are exposed to violence on a daily basis. Vital factors necessary for their healthy development, including stability, security, recreation, and sound nutrition is frequently lacking.
Israel has failed to comply with over 60 UN resolutions with impugnity. It regularly uses WMD against a largely defenseless Palestinian population; it is in illegal occupation of territory assigned to the Palestinian people, extending its illegal colonies all the time.
What does it use as it's justification? Zionism: an organized movement for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine - by any means necessary.
How many times do we let our Muslim brothers and sisters down by way of "tribalism," by way of divisiveness, by way of fear of the modern day "Pharoah of the many tent poles"? Let's make choices that don't inadvertently support the companies that support the oppression of our brothers and sisters, and our Muslim children.
"Each riyah, dirham..., etc. used to buy their goods eventually become bullets to be fired into the hearts of brothers and children in Palestine. For this reason, it is an obligation not to help them (the enemies of Islam) by buying their goods. To buy their goods is to support tyranny, oppression and aggression."
You can chose to write a letter to a listed company. Remember to be polite and succinct. Below is a sample letter to which you can add your own sentiments or change as you see fit. Again, be polite.
I write with reference to your company's continued support for Israeli apartheid. By your company's investments in Israel you are directly helping perpetuate gross violations of human rights upon Palestinians. I urgently request you to reconsider this support and henceforth divest your holdings from Israel. In the meantime, I will have no alternative but to boycott your products and encourage others to do so. I look forward to receiving your assurances that you will no longer be supporting Israeli apartheid.
The list of companies that support Zionism through investment or direct support are too numerous to list. The purpose of this leaflet is to target a few major supporters and facilitate your power to exercise responsibility and choice and solidarity.
The suffering of the Palestinian children is funded by the U.S. government.
Islam teaches peace and opposes war and coercion.
Islam cannot be imposed on anyone. There is no such thing as Jihad to kill or coerce or frighten people of other religions. Such violence is strictly forbidden.
Islam honors Christians and Jews as People of the Book.
Islam opposes war for racial, imperial or class causes.
Islam respects all nationalities and does not fight anyone just because a person belongs to a different nationality.
Islam teaches rule of law and does not punish anyone without due process.
There is no case for Muslims using force in a country where they are a minority. Every nation has the right to choose its own way of life.
In summary: Islam uses armed force for purposes of self-defense, to fight injustice, exploitation and oppression.


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The  are an annual Japanese film award. The first awards were given to films made in 1991. This award is hosted by Hiroo Ōtaka.

Categories
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress

Editions

1st (1991)
2nd (1992)
3rd (1993)
4th (1994)
5th (1995)
6th (1996)
7th (1997)
8th (1998)
9th (1999)
10th (2000)
11th (2001)
12th (2002)
13th (2003)
14th (2004)
15th (2005)
16th (2006)
17th (2007)
18th (2008)
19th (2009)
20th (2010)
21st (2011)
22nd (2012)
23rd (2013)
24th (2014)

References

External links
 Official website

 Japanese Professional Movie Awards on allcinema
 Japanese Professional Movie Awards on IMDb

Japanese film awards
1991 establishments in Japan
Annual events in Japan
Recurring events established in 1991