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Man, 27, critical after fall
By Nicholas Derasmo |
PUBLISHED: August 1, 2005 at 5:49 a.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 7:28 a.m.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A 27-year-old man from Rensselaer County was in critical condition Sunday after falling from the back roof of downtown's Club Caroline Bar, police said. Police said Charles M. Reo, 27, of Wynantskill, a hamlet near Troy, had gotten on the roof and was attempting to cross over to the patio area of the Luna Lounge by a fire escape when he fell at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday. He landed in the rear alley behind Club Caroline and the 9 Maple jazz club on Maple Avenue. The alley also backs onto Saratoga City Tavern, which was not involved in the incident despite police scanner reports stating otherwise when the accident first occurred. The rooftop bar of Saratoga City Tavern was not open. Reo had gone to Club Caroline with friends and relatives Saturday. The Club Caroline building is about one and a half stories tall. The manager of Gaffney's Tavern, across the street from Club Caroline, said she often sees people on roof at night. But a bartender at Saratoga City Tavern next to Club Caroline who was working the night of the incident said he had never heard of kids hanging out on the roof. 'I think he was trying to avoid the cover charge to get into Luna Lounge,' the bartender suggested. The accident happened on a busy Saturday night, after the close of 'Hats Off to Saratoga,' which draws hundreds of people to hear free musical entertainment at various locations downtown. It was also the first Saturday of the Saratoga Race Course season and the night of the sold-out Tom Petty concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Police didn't let people into 9 Maple Ave. for about an hour after the accident. No one from Club Caroline was available to comment on the incident on Sunday. Reo was taken to Saratoga Hospital for treatment of head and neck injuries, then transferred to Albany Medical Center. Police would not reveal any updated information on Reo's condition except to stress that he was in critical condition but they have been told that he will survive. Information was not available from the hospitals. 'The investigation is ongoing, but at this time it appears to be a tragic accident,' said Lt. Gary Forward, in a press release from the city Police Department. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the police at 584-1800.
Nicholas Derasmo


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Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab)
Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 September. [912209]
The Prime Minister (Boris Johnson)
I know that the whole House will want to join me in paying tribute to PC Andrew Harper, who was killed while on duty. His death and the serious injuries sustained by PC Stuart Outten in London and PC Gareth Phillips in Birmingham are a powerful reminder of the dangers that police officers face every day to keep us safe.
This morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall have further such meetings later today.
Siobhain McDonagh
May I associate myself with the comments about the brave acts of the police officers?
On Brexit, the former Prime Minister's deal was unacceptable to this House, but to leave without a deal is unthinkable, yet the Prime Minister pursues a game of brinksmanship built on the livelihoods, health and future of my constituents and our country. There is still an option to resolve this once and for all: if the Prime Minister really believes in no deal, let him put it to the people and ask our people if that is the price they want to pay.
As the hon. Lady knows very well, this Government will take this country out of the European Union on 31 October. There is only one thing that stands in our way: the surrender Bill currently being proposed by the Leader of the Opposition. I invite the Leader of the Opposition to confirm, when he stands up shortly, that if that surrender Bill is passed, he will allow the people of this country to have their view on what he is proposing to hand over in their name with an election on 15 October.
Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)
Q3. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that when we leave the European Union on 31 October, we will no longer be subjected to EU rules on VAT on our energy bills, costing Harlow constituents and households around £55 extra every year? Will he confirm that we will take back control of our energy bills and save households around £1.5 billion a year on their heating and lighting? [912211]
I thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent suggestion. As he knows, we currently apply the reduced 5% rate on domestic fuel and power, which is the lowest allowed under EU law, but of course when we leave the EU on 31 October, it will be open to us to change this to the benefit of the people of Harlow.
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab)
I start by paying my deepest respects to PC Andrew Harper, who died in the line of duty. It is a reminder of the risks that he faced and that police officers face all the time trying to protect communities. We send our sympathies to his family, colleagues and friends.
I also send our condolences to those affected by Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Bahamas at the weekend. I hope and am sure that the Government and the Department for International Development will do all they can to send all the help that is necessary.
Yesterday, it was revealed that the Prime Minister's negotiating strategy was to run down the clock and that the Attorney General told him that his belief that the EU would drop the backstop was a complete fantasy. Are these reports accurate, or can the Prime Minister provide the detail of the proposals he has put forward to the EU?
Our negotiating strategy is to get a deal by the summit on 17 October, to take this country out of the EU on 31 October and to get Brexit done. The right hon. Gentleman's surrender Bill would wreck any chances of the talks. We do not know what his strategy would be if he took over. He is asking for mobs of Momentum activists to paralyse the traffic. What are they supposed to chant? What is the slogan? "What do we want? Dither and delay. When do we want it? We don't know." That is his policy. Can he confirm now that he will allow the people of this country to decide on what he is giving up in their name with a general election on 15 October? Or is he frit?
My first question to the Prime Minister, and no answer given! I asked what proposals had been put to the EU. We asked yesterday—many colleagues asked—and he seems utterly incapable of answering. Any rational human being would assume therefore that none have been put and there is no answer. The Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues have said he is making progress. The EU's chief negotiator, the Chancellor of Germany and the Taoiseach of Ireland say that no proposals have yet been made by the UK. If the Prime Minister thinks he has made progress, will he publish the proposals he has put forward to replace the backstop?
As the right hon. Gentleman knows very well, you do not negotiate in public. We are making substantial progress and we will get that backstop out. [Interruption.]
Order. Forgive me for interrupting, Prime Minister, but there is a long way to go and a lot of questions to be reached. The questions must be heard, and the Prime Minister's responses must and will be heard.
Let us be absolutely clear. This Government will get a deal from our friends in Brussels and we will get the backstop out. We will get an agreement that I think the House can agree with. The only thing standing in our way is the undermining of our negotiations by this surrender Bill, which would lead to more dither and delay. We delayed in March; we delayed in April; and now the right hon. Gentleman wants to delay again for absolutely no purpose whatever. What does he intend by this? The Government are spending £1 billion to put 20,000 more police officers on the streets. He wants to spend £1 billion a month—net—to keep us in the EU beyond 31 October. I will never allow that.
I really fail to see how I can be accused of undermining negotiations, because no negotiations are taking place. The right hon. Gentleman has been Prime Minister for six weeks, and he promised to get Brexit sorted. In six weeks, he has presented nothing to change the previous Prime Minister's deal, which he twice voted against. The negotiations that he talks about are a sham. All that he is doing is running down the clock.
At the weekend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said that food prices would go up under no deal. Will the Prime Minister publish the Yellowhammer documents so that people can see which food prices will go up and by how much?
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said absolutely no such thing, and I can tell the right hon. Gentleman that, thanks to my right hon. Friend's good offices and thanks to his efforts, preparations for no deal are very far advanced. I can also tell him that the surest way of getting no deal is to undermine this country's ability to negotiate, which is what he is doing.
If this Bill is passed this afternoon—I do not want an election, and I do not think that the right hon. Gentleman wants an election, but there is a petition on his own Labour website in which 57,000 people, including Carol, Nigel, Graham and Phoebe, have called for an election. I do not know whether there is a Jeremy on the list. I do know that the right hon. Gentleman is worried about free trade deals with America, but I can see only one chlorinated chicken in the House, and he is sitting on the Opposition Front Bench. Will he confirm that he will let the people decide on what he is doing to this country's negotiating position by having a general election on 15 October?
Perhaps the Prime Minister will tell us what the negotiating position actually is.
The Prime Minister may have forgotten the question that I asked, given his rather lengthy peroration. When the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster denied that there would be shortages of fresh food, the British Retail Consortium said that that was "categorically untrue".
I hope that no more young female staff are going to be frogmarched out of Downing Street, because there was another Government leak at the weekend, concerning disruption of our ports. The leaked documents, written by the Government in the last fortnight, show that no deal would lead to shortages on the shelves and shortages of medical supplies in hospitals. People need to prepare. So I ask the Prime Minister again: will he publish the Yellowhammer documents in full, so that people can see which foodstuffs are not going to be available, which medicines are not going to be supplied and what will happen given the shortages of vital supplies in every one of our hospitals all over the country?
I am afraid that the right hon. Gentleman is guilty of the most shameless scaremongering. We have made ample preparations for coming out of the EU. What his party is recommending is yet—[Interruption.]
Order. It is very difficult to hear the responses from the Prime Minister. Members must calm themselves. There is a long way to go.
What the right hon. Gentleman is recommending is yet more dither, yet more delay and yet more uncertainty for business. What we in the Government want to do is deliver on the mandate of the people. The right hon. Gentleman used to be a democrat. He used to believe in upholding the referendum result. Can he say now whether he would vote in favour of leave or remain, and can he say now whether is in favour of a second referendum or not?
The Prime Minister failed to answer my questions about food supplies, about medicine supplies and about the problems in hospitals. He refuses to publish the Yellowhammer documents. He talks about scaremongering. Where does the information come from, other than his office in his Government? He is obviously so confident of the position that he has adopted that he is now prepared to spend £100 million of our money on an advertising campaign to try to persuade people that everything is fine. He knows it is not, and they know it is not. He is hiding the facts.
The Government have refused to publish their impact assessments on how a no-deal Brexit would affect poverty in this country. They received a request under the Freedom of Information Act from the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance; the DWP replied that the public interest would not be served by that disclosure. Will the Prime Minister publish that analysis? If he won't, what has he got to hide?
Unlike the right hon. Member, who would squander £1 billion a month of taxpayers' money on staying pointlessly in the EU, this Government are getting on with running a sound economy so that the poorest people in our country are seeing increases in their wages for the first time in more than a decade. I am proud to say that those on the living wage are now taking home £4,500 more every year than they were in 2010, thanks to this Conservative Government.
Mr Speaker, you don't have to go very far from the portals of this House to see real destitution: people begging and sleeping on the streets; child poverty is up compared with 2010; pensioner poverty is up; and in-work poverty is up. The Prime Minister will not give us any of the information of the assessments of increased poverty that could come from his Government's proposals.
We are less than 60 days away from leaving the EU with no deal. The Prime Minister had two days in office before the summer recess and then planned to prorogue Parliament. Yesterday, he lost one vote—his first vote in Parliament—and he now wants to dissolve Parliament. He is desperate—absolutely desperate—to avoid scrutiny. [Interruption.] In his third day in office, after five questions from me, we have not had an answer to any of them. I can see why he is desperate to avoid scrutiny: he has no plan to get a new deal—no plan, no authority and no majority. If he—[Interruption.]
Order. If we have to go on longer because people sitting on the Treasury Bench are yelling to try to disrupt, so be it, we will go on longer. Some people used to believe in good behaviour; I believe in good behaviour on both sides of the House. It had better happen or it will take a whole lot longer—very simple, very clear.
If the Prime Minister does to the country what he has done to his party in the past 24 hours, a lot of people have a great deal to fear from his incompetence, his vacillation and his refusal to publish known facts—that are known to him—about the effects of a no-deal Brexit.
I really do not see how with a straight face the right hon. Gentleman can accuse anybody of being unwilling to stand up to scrutiny when he will not agree to submit his surrender Bill to the verdict of the people in an election. He is frit; he is frightened.
He makes a contrast between this Government and his own proposals. The contrast could not be clearer: we think that the friends of this country are to be found in Paris, in Berlin and in the White House, and he thinks that they are in the Kremlin, in Tehran and—[Interruption.] He does. And in Caracas—and I think he is "caracas"!
We are putting 20,000 police on the street, we have 20 new hospital upgrades, we are growing the economy. The right hon. Gentleman, by contrast, would put a £300 billion tax on every company in the country, he wants a tax on homes, and he is calling incessantly for a general strike. The shadow Education Secretary says that Labour's economic policy is—and I quote, by your leave, Mr Speaker,—"shit-or-bust"; I say it is both.
What this country needs is sensible, moderate, progressive Conservative government and to take this country out of the EU on 31 October, and that is what we are going to deliver.
Hon. Members
There will indeed be more, starting with the closed question from Dr Julian Lewis.

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In part two of our insights into players' experiences in the hospitality industry, we get the inside information from Colin Slade in Pau, Casey Laulala in Paris, Michael Leitch in Tokyo and Tevita Koloamatangi who has just opened his brand new café in Nelson. Here, the players all share their learnings from life in business.
Owners: I own it with a Brazilian chef Rafael Gomes, who has worked in Michelin-starred restaurants and is currently in the finals of MasterChef Professionals in Brazil.
How long have you owned it? Since it began – Rafa (the chef and co-owner) and I would bike around Paris looking for the perfect site whilst discussing our plan for opening a vibrant space for Parisians, tourists and expats to come and experience amazing food and coffee. Food type: Highest quality seasonal and local meat, vegetable and grains; great coffee (my own brand, Lecase Paris) and cold-pressed juices.
Atmosphere: It buzzes. The 2nd arrondissement in Paris is bohemian and rapidly gentrifying – - our restaurant is a laid-back bolthole with a rustic industrial vibe.
NZRPA: What has been the most surprising part of being in business?
Casey Laulala: How hard it is to get even the basic things done – the banks, the suppliers etc. I have learnt so much patience through the process of getting a business running.
NZRPA: What is the most satisfying part of the business?
Casey Laulala: Seeing how happy everyone is with our product, seeing people leave content after indulging in quality food, atmosphere and company.
NZRPA: What advice would you give other players interested in getting into the hospitality industry?
Casey Laulala: Don't do it – this is what everyone told me!!! Just joking. It's not easy, but it's so rewarding at the end of the day. It's also great to have a passion outside of rugby, which you can translate into work. As professional sportspeople, we are so fortunate to do the thing we love most as a job, but it's also important for the mind and for our future to have a life outside of rugby, and one that we enjoy – especially when our bodies don't function well past 32!
NZRPA: Have you been able to use anything from rugby to help you in your business?
Casey Laulala: Absolutely – so many things. How to work in a team environment and draw out the best in people using different strengths for different aspects of the business. Having the mindset of being solution-based and proactive in what we do, and always ensuring what we put out for service personally represents what we want it to.
NZRPA: What would you have done better to prepare yourself for business?
Casey Laulala: Above all WORK HARD and know your strengths. Be flexible to go in the direction of what works, even if it's not your original plan. Prioritise your life – family comes first even when you don't have the time or the energy. Ensure what you invest your money in is a passion because even when the odds are against you, you'll still get the job done because it's something you believe in. NZRPA: What are some key learnings that you have picked up along the way?
Casey Laulala: Having to rely on other people for so many aspects – fortunately my business partner is amazing at this and always gets the job done. Also you have to adapt your game plan to suit the game in business just like on the field.
Owners: I opened Beanz Cafe with another rugby player in my team (and former Wallaby) Ben Mowen. Our wives predominately run the cafe with us offering our 'expert' advice.
How long have you owned it? Since opening it.
Food type: Typical New Zealand/Australian cafe food. Brunch, New Zealand-inspired cakes, slices, scones, biscuits, food and drink. Signature dish: Eggs benedict or avocado smash and the self-proclaimed best coffee in Pau.
Colin Slade: Seeing a business physically grow and how well the French have embraced it. Cafes here aren't like in New Zealand or Aussie. We're literally fighting against 'normal' French culture. They have more sit-down restaurants with espresso rather than morning or afternoon tea with barista-quality coffee.
Colin Slade: The growth and what we've learnt along the way. Also, the fact we have flat whites on tap is a good thing.
Colin Slade: Firstly, get good advice early and understand the system depending on what country you're in. France hasn't been the easiest country to start a business. There are lots of rules and regulations to get your head around. Secondly, just do it. There are always doubts about will it or won't it work. Doubts are normal, but once you're happy you've done enough due diligence, don't be afraid to pull the trigger.
Colin Slade: Sure. The ability to work hard as part of a team and delegate. Also analysing, learning and then making improvements. NZRPA: What would you have done better to prepare yourself for business?
Colin Slade: Maybe talked more to other cafe owners to get an idea of the work involved outside of operating hours.
NZRPA: What are some key learnings that you have picked up along the way?
Colin Slade: It's hard work. We understood and prepared for the work at the café, but the things at home (eg administration and paperwork, baking, take-home stress) were underestimated a little. I have a greater appreciation for all business owners. It's hard work. We're lucky that it's not our main source of income while I'm still playing, so there's not the pressure there, but for most people it is. It takes a lot of courage to start something and determination to make it work.
Owners: My wife Belinda and I. along with my brother-in-law Mitchell Wilson. We are business partners in the cafe and our two F45 training studios. We also have two baristas, Sam Aish and Andrew Waddington, who are half-owners in the cafe with us.
How long have you owned it? Brand new!
Food type: Cabinet food (raw and naughty) slices, salads, bliss balls and sandwiches.
Signature dish: The coffee! We're one of the only cafes in Nelson lucky enough to serve Allpress coffee.
Atmosphere: We have quite an eclectic atmosphere, from a health and fitness vibe with gym goers/athletes walking through after and before classes, corporates to families, senior citizens to students. To sum it up it's a 'fruit salad atmosphere'.
Tevita Koloamatangi: The people you meet along the way – our family has grown with such amazing colleagues, business acquaintances and clients.
Tevita Koloamatangi: Being my own boss and having the flexibility with family. Also all the amazing people you get to meet from all walks of life.
Tevita Koloamatangi: There is a lot of hard work involved, but it's what you make of it. We are learning every step of the way and the tricky situations only make you stronger.
Tevita Koloamatangi: Having great mates through rugby with high profiles help promote the business on social media. All the networks I've made around the region through rugby have helped immensely.
Tevita Koloamatangi: Being in the same country when setting up would have been handy, but my amazing wife and business partners kept everything in line. Life's too short and you have to take every opportunity and make the most out of them.
Tevita Koloamatangi: Sometimes you can't always be Mr Nice Guy.
How long have you owned it? Three years.
Food type: New Zealand café.
Signature Dish: Avocado Smash by Master Chef Liam Messam.
Michael Leitch: Not surprising, but everyone THINKS they know how to run a business until they start. There is a lot more to it than just making money out of coffee.
Michael Leitch: Being able to employ my younger sister and also having something else to do than just rugby. Learning new skills, being able to tick a few boxes along the way.
Michael Leitch: Have a consultant handy that's been in the industry would be my best advice. If you want to test your marriage, start a cafe.
Michael Leitch: Resilience and perseverance.
Michael Leitch: Make sure there's time to run a business. I went in head first with just the idea like most things in my life and I learnt on the run. I spent more money than I should but the learnings and experience were 100 per cent worth it. If I had my time again, I would plan and budget a lot better, assign roles and responsibilities to each person. I'm glad I did it while I was making money from rugby, otherwise I'd be up kaka street!
Michael Leitch: The hospitality industry is a tough one to crack, it takes a good couple of years to get settled in. The biggest learning for me is that I don't want to be a cafe owner after my rugby career. I thought I did, but now that I've ticked that box, I have changed my mind and will probably do something else post-rugby.
Choose the right professional service providers to represent you Make sure your advisors are experienced and capable in their ability to identify risks and provide the correct information. Avoid advisors who are of a 'yes-man' mentality and only tell you what you want to hear.
Educate yourself on the financial basics Your advisors will point you in the right direction, but you should have a basic understanding of your own finances. Get familiar with your finances and ask your advisors questions, plenty of questions! Always ask for an explanation if you are uncertain.
Structure and planning Failing to plan is planning to fail. Before making a contract decision domestically or abroad, committing to an investment, purchasing property or entering into a loan agreement, consult your accountant at the very least. Discussing business structures and agreeing a simple business plan that best suits your circumstances is vital in order to protect and maximise your financial interests.
Tax Taxes are inevitable. Set aside a monthly contribution towards your tax bills. This is the simplest yet most overlooked piece of advice. Setting aside a monthly amount will ensure that there are enough funds in your account to pay your tax on time, thereby avoiding costly interest and penalties. A lump-sum cash payment might be deposited into your account, but remember, not all of it is yours to spend!
Cash is king Cash will always do the talking. Having the right amount of access to cash will protect you from unexpected bills and offer you more flexibility to make decisions.
Keep business and private expenses separate "The company will pay for it." Wrong. If your spending has no relevance to your business, it will cost you money in the long run. Avoid spending business funds on personal items, full stop.
Diversify your customer base If most of your sales come from one customer, then they dictate your business. Have options and multiple customers if possible.
The devil is in the details Signed contracts and contract wording are key to ensuring both ends of a transaction are maintained. A handshake only counts for so much. If the dollars involved are getting serious, contracts and paper trails are everything.
Make a budget If you can't measure it, you can't change it. Keeping your spending under control is only achievable if you have the means of tracking it and keeping within your parameters.
Think about your exit strategy Is your business for life or are you looking to sell it for a profit? Have this in mind when entering into contracts or committing to expansion or upgrades.


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Top 10 men's Grand Slam match wins: Novak Djokovic edges closer to Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic won his 341st Grand Slam match when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Australian Open and he is and he is within touching distance of Roger Federer in the list of Top 10 men's Grand Slam match wins.
The usual suspects of Djokovic, Federer, Rafael Nadal, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl all feature in the list of Top 10 Grand Slam match wins.
However, Djokovic, Nadal and Andy Murray are the only active players on the list.
Djokovic now has a 91.25% winning record at Melbourne Park after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final, having lost only eight of his 97 matches there.
Top 10 Grand Slam match wins:
10. John McEnroe – 167 Grand Slam match wins (81.55% winning percentage)
The American made his Grand Slam debut at the 1977 French Open, reaching the second round, and he would play 205 major matches before he retired from singles in 1994.
One has to remember that during the early days not too many international players competed at the Australian Open and McEnroe played only five times at the season-opening Grand Slam.
McEnroe ended up winning seven Grand Slams – four of them coming at the US Open and three at Wimbledon.
His Grand Slam win-loss record was 167-38 (81.55%) and his percentage is just shy of his career-effort of 81.7% (883–198).
9. Stefan Edberg – 178 Grand Slam match wins (79.11%)
Swede Edberg competed in only 54 Grand Slam tournaments for a total 225 matches and he won 178 of those.
Edberg, who turned professional in 1983 and retired in 1996, won two Wimbledon titles, two US Open trophies and two Australian Open titles during his 13-year career.
In total he played 1,071 career matches for a win-loss record of 801–270 (74.8%)
8. Andy Murray – 198 Grand Slam match wins (79%)
Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray has played 251 matches at the four big tournaments, winning 198 and losing 53.
His best year in terms of majors came in 2016 when he won his second Wimbledon title and also finished runner-up at the Australian Open and French Open. That year he was 23-3 in the Grand Slams as he also reached the quarter-final of the US Open.
Murray's career-winning percentage sits at just above 75% (719–235).
7. Pete Sampras – 203 Grand Slam match wins (84.23%)
Winning 14 Grand Slam titles helps quite a bit when it comes to upping your tally of major match wins.
The legendary American played in 52 Grand Slam tournaments with the first coming at the 1988 US Open and the last also taking place at Flushing Meadows in 2002 when he won his final title.
Sampras played a total of 984 matches and had a career-winning percentage of 77.4% (762–222).
6. Ivan Lendl – 222 Grand Slam match wins (81.92%)
The Czech-born American made his Grand Slam debut at the 1978 French Open and his final appearance was in the second round of the 1994 US Open.
He won 222 of his 279 matches at the four big tournaments. In total he reached 19 finals, winning eight Grand Slams.
His career-winning percentage of 81.5% (1068–242) is also neck-and-neck with his Grand Slam tally of 81.92%.
5. Andre Agassi – 224 Grand Slam match wins (81%)
The American played his first-ever Grand Slam match at the 1986 US Open as he lost on his debut at Flushing Meadows and he made an emotional exit in the third round in New York in 2006 as he bowed out of tennis.
He won 224 of the 277 matches he played at the four majors. His Grand Slam winning percentage is quite higher than his 76.0% (870–274) career record.
4. Jimmy Connors – 233 Grand Slam match wins (82.62%)
Connors holds the record for most matches played during a career (1,557) and most matches won during a career (1,274) with a winning percentage of 81.8%. He also tops the list for most titles won as he sits on 109.
As for his Grand Slam record, the American won eight majors with the first coming at the 1974 Australian Open and the final one at the 1983 US Open. Connors though played Grand Slam tennis until the 1992 US Open.
3. Rafael Nadal – 314 Grand Slam match wins (87.95%)
The Grand Slam record-holder for most titles won has played 357 matches at majors and he has an impressive strike rate in finals as he has won 22 of the 30 he has played in.
Nadal made his major main draw debut at Wimbledon in 2003 and won his first Grand Slam title at the 2005 French Open, which marked his debut at Roland Garros. He is likely to add a few more wins to that 314 at this year's French Open, provided he is fit of course.
The Spaniard has played a total of 1,288 career matches, winning 1068 for a winning percentage of 82.9%.
2. Novak Djokovic – 341 Grand Slam match wins (87.88%)
The 22-time Grand Slam winner has played a total of 388 matches at majors and won an incredible 341 of them with 89 coming at Melbourne Park, 86 at Wimbledon, 85 at Roland Garros and 81 at the US Open.
His overall career-record stands at 1,043–206 (83.5%) while he is fifth behind Connors (1,274), Federer (1,251) and Lendl and Nadal (1,068) in terms of most matches won.
Djokovic, of course, is now alone in fourth place for most titles won (93) and he could still catch Federer (103) and Connors (109).
1. Roger Federer – 369 Grand Slam match wins (86.01%)
One-by-one Federer's records are slipping away and there is no doubt that Djokovic will eventually surpass his tally for most Grand Slam wins.
For now the Swiss maestro is the only player with more than 400 Grand Slam matches played (429) and he also holds a 32-match win advantage over Djokovic.
Like Djokovic and Nadal, Federer's career-win percentage of 82% (win-loss record 1,251–275) is below his Grand Slam record.
The article Top 10 men's Grand Slam match wins: Novak Djokovic edges closer to Roger Federer appeared first on Tennis365.com.
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President Jose Eduardo dos Santos called for presidential elections to be held in 2002 despite continued fighting with Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). However, civil society groups oppose holding elections while the conflict is ongoing. Dos Santos said he would not stand for reelection, but this announcement had no immediate impact on the peace process. The Inter-Ecclesiastical Committee for Peace in Angola heads the initiative to end the war, but little progress was made in 2001. Savimbi sent letters to the Roman Catholic Church in Angola, welcoming its mediation role, and called for stepped-up efforts by Russia and the United States, apparently hoping for a more favorable attitude from a conservative U.S. government. Savimbi wants to renegotiate the 1994 Lusaka accord, brokered by the United Nations, while Dos Santos insists on its full implementation.
Angola has been at war since shortly after independence from Portugal in 1975. During the Cold War, the United States and South Africa backed the rebel UNITA movement while the former Soviet Union and Cuba supported the Marxist Dos Santos government. The conflict has claimed at least half a million lives and displaced a million people, who survive on food aid. An estimated seven million land mines are spread across the country. The UN Security Council voted in February 1999 to end the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola following the collapse of the peace process and the shooting down of two UN planes. Neither the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) nor UNITA has ever fully complied with the Lusaka Accords.
Rights abuses continued on both sides in the conflict in 2001. The government maintained the upper hand militarily, and UNITA stepped up its guerrilla activity, particularly along the government-held coast and near the capital. In one incident that drew international attention, UNITA fighters attacked a train and killed more than 250 people. The train had hit a land mine placed on the track, and passengers were gunned down as they fled the burning locomotive.
Fears that Angola's conflict could spread across the borders of Zambia and Namibia prompted the three countries in 2001 to set up a joint commission on border security. Angola has been using Namibian territory to launch raids against Angolan rebels, and Namibia has been using Angolan territory to pursue Namibian dissident forces.
Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer. Petroleum accounts for 90 percent of government revenue, but corruption and the war have prevented the average Angolan from benefiting from the wealth. The government has used its oil revenue to procure weapons, while UNITA has used diamonds to fund its arms purchases. UNITA is under a diamonds, fuel, and arms embargo, and its leaders are restricted from travel; it is estimated by a UN panel to have made more than $100 million from diamond sales in 2000. Despite the sanctions, a UN report in October 2001 said $1 million worth of diamonds was being smuggled out of Angola daily and attributed one-quarter of the smuggling to UNITA.
De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, said in May 2001 that it was suspending investment and prospecting operations in Angola after talks with the government failed to define the terms under which De Beers would continue to operate in Angola. There were indications toward the end of the year that De Beers would return.
Angolans freely elected their own representatives for the only time in the September 1992 UN-supervised presidential and legislative elections. The vote was described by international observers as generally free and fair despite many irregularities. However, Savimbi rejected his defeat to Dos Santos in the first round of presidential voting and resumed the guerrilla war. The MPLA dominates the 220-member national assembly, although 70 UNITA members continue to occupy seats. More than 100 political parties exist in Angola, and so far they have shown no real movement towards cohesion.
Dos Santos in 1998 abolished the position of prime minister. Although the national assembly has little real power, it is not a rubber stamp. It has heated debates, and legislation proposed by the opposition is considered and sometimes passed. A parliamentary peace commission is based on a bill put forward by a UNITA deputy.
Local courts rule on civil matters and petty crime in some areas, but an overall lack of training and infrastructure inhibit judicial proceedings, which are also heavily influenced by the government. Many prisoners were detained for long periods in life threatening conditions while awaiting trial.
Serious human rights abuses by both government and UNITA security forces, including torture, abduction, rape, sexual slavery, and extrajudicial execution, continued in 2001. Both sides conduct forced recruitment of civilians, including minors. A separatist rebellion in the enclave of Cabinda, marked by low-scale guerrilla activity and temporary hostage taking of foreign nationals, continued in 2001.
In July, the government evicted about 13,000 families from the Luanda neighborhood of Boa Vista and moved them to tents outside the city. The government said the move was aimed at improving living conditions because of the threat of landslides, but the land had been earmarked for development by a government company. Journalists covering the eviction were roughed up.
Despite constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression, the media are subject to severe and sometimes violent measures. A draft press law, referred to as a "gag law" by journalists, died in 2000 following public debate. There are several independent weeklies and at least five independent radio stations. In response to government pressure, the Catholic-run Radio Ecclesia in July 2001 replaced its news reports with music for two days and then followed up with an interview with a member of the opposition. Repression eased slightly in 2001 in the capital, Luanda, but continued unabated in provincial areas. In one incident, Alegria Gustavo, a national radio journalist in Huambo, was shot dead, allegedly by a provincial administrator, in July.
Religious freedom is generally respected. Despite legal protections, de facto societal discrimination against women remains strong, particularly in rural areas. There is a high incidence of spousal abuse. The war has contributed to violence against women, forced servitude, and sexual slavery. Women are most likely to become victims of land mines because they are usually the ones who forage for food and firewood. Women, however, do occupy cabinet positions and numerous national assembly seats.
Labor rights are guaranteed by the constitution, but only a few independent unions are functioning and those exist only in the cities. The government dominates the labor movement and restricts workers' rights, although there has been some improvement. The government and the Angolan Confederation of Unions agreed in February 2001 to a monthly minimum wage of $60 following a series of strikes. The vast majority of rural agricultural workers remain outside the modern economic sector.


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Caldicott takes part in a charity football tournament at Eton
On Sunday 1 December Caldicott will be taking part in a very special 7-a-side football tournament at Eton College. The tournament will find our boys up against a number of other prep schools in what will be a fantastic day of football.
In 2014 three Eton schoolboys (Tom Pearson, Alastair Lyon and Nicholas Zafiriou) travelled to Tanzania with their sports master (Glen Pierce) to set up the first-ever 'Ace Africa Football League'. Caldicott supported this initiative by running a 5 a-side football tournament and raising £5000. Ma'am Duncan also made a trip out to Tanzania and was able to see the football league in action. Five years later 2,518 children from 73 schools in rural Tanzania have taken part. School attendance, self-confidence and well-being have all improved dramatically - and the project has been commended by the Tanzanian government for improving girl's engagement in sport.
To fund the league in 2020 Tom, Alastair and Nicholas are inviting football teams from top prep schools across the country to participate in this tournament with the goal of raising £20,000. This will go towards funding 10 Tanzanian schools to take part in their very own league, benefiting 400 vulnerable girls and boys across the region. We would really welcome the Caldicott Community's support in getting behind the boys and the incredible work of Ace Africa.


"Classes" are ways of describing your character's particular adventuring talents. While Background PCs don't need to worry about classes, Adventuring PCs each have one to indicate their particular training and expertise.
These classes describe the particular game-mechanical feats and abilities a given character may have. They do not presume the particular flavor or style of that character's use of their powers. Two Warlocks might have completely different styles of invoking their abilities, even though both of them are using the Eyebite power. One character built with the Rogue class might be a dirty-fighting street brawler who always seems to be able to get a knife into something with Piercing Strike while another Rogue might be a meditative mystic, so perfectly in tune with their weapon that it simply refuses to acknowledge the existence of an opponent's armor- also by using Piercing Strike. Each class description included below gives some example flavors for the abilities of the class.
Check out the Flavoring Guide for some ideas and methods for choosing an interesting style for your character's abilities.


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Q: Which is more efficient between texelfetch() and imageLoad() in OpenGL? If I just need to read data from BO,I have two methods.First is to load data to buffer textures and then read data by texelfetch() in shaders. Second,load data to buffer textures and bind buffer textures to image unit, then I can read data by imageLoad().I want to know which is more efficient if there is great deal of data?

A: It really depends on the specific case and the hardware being used. In general, imageLoad() will be more efficient than texelfetch() if there is a great deal of data. However, the performance difference between the two methods may be negligible in many cases. It's best to benchmark both methods on the hardware you are using to get an accurate comparison.

A: Reading data from a buffer texture using texelfetch() in a shader is generally more efficient than binding the buffer texture to an image unit and using imageLoad() to read the data. This is because texelfetch() is designed specifically for reading texture data and can be optimized for this purpose, while imageLoad() is more general-purpose and may not be as efficient when used to read data from a buffer texture. The choice between texelfetch() and imageLoad() will depend on your specific use case and how you want to access the data in the buffer texture.

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CHAMPION—May 25, 2009
Empathy and Compassion vie for prevalence with Love and Gratitude for the top spots in the vast lexicon of sentiment in Champion. Bully!
Arlene Cooley called as soon as the paper hit the stands and was gratified to learn that the information concerning the Proctor Reunion as reported here last week was completely erroneous. She said, "Never have I been so glad to find out something was so wrong!" It seems she has some interest and perhaps responsibility in that Reunion and she was sure that she had another week to get ready. Sometimes people will make a mistake just to insure that the subject matter gets enough attention in the correcting of the error. That is not the case here. Hopefully every Proctor will be at the appointed place and time. Wherever that is, they'll be having a Champion good time! Ruby could not be reached for comment.
All families have their quirks—little idiosyncrasies that set them apart at the same time rendering them all the more loveable for their childishness and naiveté. Sue Upshaw does not care for accordion music. This is not news to the family and not even relevant except that her brother-in-law, The General, fancies himself quite the virtuoso on the accordion. He has studied the bellows driven free reed aerophone instrument intermittently since last fall…thinking that his time in the Air Force would have given him the advantage. Alas! In a protracted and unfortunate display of contempt for excellence in music he finally strung out enough notes in the right order that Sue was able to recognize "A Bicycle Built For Two," and thus put the poor thing to rest. This occurred at the Denlow School Reunion on Saturday. Fortunately Phil Blazes quickly cleansed the aesthetic pallet. His keyboard performance of the Hawaiian Wedding Song was interpreted in dance by Kaye-Hula Hula Upshaw Johnston, Peggy Hancock Hula Hula Somebody, and Cathy Hula Alsup Hula Riley Hula Hula. Lavish costumes of custom fit grass skirts and exotic floral leis lent authenticity to the piece. It was a tribute to the Den-aloha Aloha oy Interpretation of the Omens. Sixty odd attendees at the Den Aloha Lou Ow tacitly agreed that it had been ominous that the big ancient tree had come down just the week before. Fred Follis, Frank Proctor, Earl and Carol Spencer, Richard Johnston, Steve Kutz, Jimmy Schrader, Robert Upshaw, Pete Proactor and probably others participated in a rapid clean up of that event. As is true in Champion, a small civic-minded percentage of the population usually justly takes credit for the majority of the accomplishments made.
"The Armadillo has left the State." That is according to Robert Upshaw who officiated at the auction at the Denlow School Reunion. He was referring to Champion Barbara Krider's couture armadillo handbag, which she had generously donated to the cause of Denlow. "I hated to part with it, but I was glad to see it get out of Missouri," stated Upshaw. The bidding was contentious and the final outcome was shrouded in secrecy in terms of who actually purchased the object and how much was paid. An attractive young relative of the late Cletis Upshaw has taken the thing to Kentucky—Fulton, KY. As more information becomes available concerning the disposition of the piece, determinations will be made about making it public. An unofficial spokesperson for the Denlow Reunion observed that the attendees were, for the most part, convivial and decorous, in sharp contrast to the behavior of the bellicose mob of last year, which the General had likened to Irish Hillbillies. Old acquaintances were renewed and people came from far away to remember their youth together. Any official remembrances are welcome at Champion Items, Rt. 2, Box 367, Norwood, MO 65717.
The up side of the dreary off and on rain and significant humidity is that it's perfect Perfect weather for transplanting. Those sturdy fragrant tomato plants with their long hairy stems and rich root balls just want to be planted deep and fed well. Rita Krider suggested planting some paper matches with pepper plants so that the roots can get the phosphorous that they need. Someone else thinks that a little powdered milk in the hole with the new tomato plants will help prevent the blossom end rot, which is thought to be a result of a calcium deficiency. Whatever the method, good record keeping is a great gardening tool. Relying on memory from one garden season to the next does not always maximize the use of the information. Garden journals often get neglected about the time the hard work is really underway. It is a matter of priorities. Linda's Almanac from over at the Plant Place in Norwood says that the 27th and 28th will be most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant and other above-ground crops. Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. The next really good days for these crops will be the 3rd of June through the 5th. Recently a patient asked her doctor, "Do you plant by the signs?" He said, "Does that stuff really work? Isn't it just hocus-pocus?" The gardener held her tongue about how could anyone belonging to the American Medical Association possibly accuse anybody else of 'hocus pocus?' Finally she returned that the garden lore found in almanacs and other sources is based on an accumulation of the knowledge of record keeping gardeners and astronomers over a period of centuries. Modern medicine is much more recent. In any event, Linda will be happy to discuss any garden lore, philosophies, procedures and successes and failures. Just stop by.
Over in the Arlington National Cemetery, Section Sixty is the saddest acre in America. The Old Guard oversees the planting of the Veterans of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan there. On Memorial Day twelve more names were added to the honor roll of fallen soldiers on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. The youngest was 19 years old and the oldest was a man from California named Hutchison who was 60. A soldier named Brooks from Joplin, MO died there recently. He was 38 years old. Champions remember those who serve every day with Love and Gratitude.
Tennessee boys are loose in Champion again. They have been busy helping out on the farm, playing with the little cousins, continuing their good connection with their mother's home place. It is a nice tradition to carry on. Champion spirits are always uplifted by their presence.
"Where were you on the night of June the 3rd? Where were you on the night of June the 3rd? Did you meet a stranger? Did you take a walk? Was you heart in danger? You better talk! Just remember I heard every word. 'Cause we were together on the night of June the 3rd!" That date is coming up so it will be a good time to take note. It is a Fat's Waller tune. He played a great stride piano and sang, "Don't let it bother you, if now and then castles tumble, never grumble, count from one to ten. A smile is a frown upside down. Turn that frown upside down and smile! Sing! La da da di da di zing zing zing!"
E-mail examples of hocus pocus to Champion News. Keep looking for pictures of the great Armadillo Handbag (couture) on the website www.championnews.us. Step out on the porch at Henson's Store in downtown Champion and freely express your views. (Rush Limbaugh 'earns' $123,287.67 per day—including Sundays and holidays–$45 million a year, expressing his.) Express your views, belt out a joyful song, or just let your gaze wander about the broad expanses of Lonnie Krider Memorial Drive where every step of the way is fraught with history and optimism. Champion! Looking on the Bright Side!
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If asked, "How do you like 'em?" Champions will say, "Sunnyside Up, Please!" Some might be talking about eggs, but this time of year almost every question relates to the weather. The Boston Globe reported that Dr. David Mischoulon, a specialist in seasonal affective disorder (SAD), says that the addition sunlight exposure that comes from daylight savings time means potential cheerfulness for our souls. Champions, like Paul, have learned in whatever state they are, to be content. The additional sunlight that comes from the end of weeks of rain and gloom has, however, raised the contentment level in Champion to an unprecedented level. The new week had not even begun when the hum of haymaking machinery was being echoed up and down valleys and lawn mowers were going at break neck speed. Linda's Almanac from over at the Plant Place in Norwood says that the 23rd will be good for planting root crops and the 24th will be favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers and other above ground crops. Gardeners in low-lying areas are still a little concerned about an odd late frost. Up on the ridges things are already in and growing to beat the band.
Saturday saw a big clean up project at the Skyline VFD Picnic grounds. The recent storms going all the way back to Hurricane Ike, a category 4 storm, last September have brought down a lot of trees in the picnic grounds. Six firefighters and three or four auxiliary members spent the day up to about 1:30 in the afternoon hauling brush and cutting wood. They brought in a backhoe to level out the ground where the root balls of the huge trees had been up ended by the big winds. The same core group of hard workers that constitute the backbone of the fire department were there to accomplishe the task with the same good spirit of community service that makes Skyline a Champion kind of place! There is more work to be done before the annual picnic which will be on the 14th and 15th of August so there will be time for the Johnny Come Latelys to get in on the action and the fun.
Another big tree, one of the ancient ones, just inside the cemetery at Denlow came down in a storm the other night. Some Proctors and Upshaws and others cleared the debris away in preparation for the 23rd Annual Denlow School Reunion, which will occur on Saturday the 23rd. Students, teachers, board members and friends will gather at the old school with the festivities starting about 11 in the morning. At two in the afternoon the much-anticipated Auction will occur. One of the items on the block will be the famed couture armadillo handbag generously donated to the Denlow community by Champion Barbara Krider. As a one of a kind object d art, the piece will be on display at Henson's Store in Historic Downtown Champion until Thursday when a courier is expected to transport it to Vanzant where it will be placed in the custody of General Upshot for safekeeping until the auction. While the efficacy of that move is debatable, the commitment has been made and Champions will simply hold their breaths and hope for the best. A complete numbered set of Champion picture postcards has been pledged. Fae (Upshaw) Krider-President of the Board was heard to say that she plans a trip over to The Gift Corner in Norwood to find some additional items for the auction. She has a good eye for appealing things and Charlene has a good selection. It will be worth the wait to see what all is brought forward and who walks away with what.
There will be lots of Proctors in attendance, many from as far away as Oregon! They will have their family reunion on Sunday and will use the Denlow School Reunion to get themselves in the mood for fun!
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refers to himself as the Secretary of War. He said, "Every single person in combat today I sent there, and I never forget that for a second." As Memorial Day approaches it is good to know that the person in charge of the Military has deep respect, Love and Gratitude for all those serving. He joins Champions in those sentiments.
Mary Graham still has the little dog, Brownie, at her house. She would sure like to find him a nice home. She thinks the little dog needs a little boy! Brownie is about a 20 pound dog, part healer and maybe a little Jack Russell. He is about two years old and is a very loving and playful little fellow. Mary is at 948-2755. She grew up over in Florida and Alabama and has a lot of interesting stories to tell. Her Daddy had bought a big Morgan horse that had started out to be a saddle horse. Somewhere along the way the horse had been abused and mal-handled so she was too ornery to ride. Mary's Daddy got her at a good price to make a stock horse out of her to pull wagons and the like. When Mary and her 3 brothers and sisters got home from school one day and found the horse there, they were very excited. They had never had a horse before. The four of them got busy and brushed her up and combed her tail. Mary braided up her mane in lots of little braids and tied ribbons on them. Their Daddy came in after dark and warned the kids to stay away from that mean horse, saying that she was a killer. Wasn't he surprised to find her all dolled up the next morning? They named her Dolly and she proved out to be a gentle beast that never hurt a child or chicken. That story was brought to Mary's mind during a conversation about horse-trading in general. It is a fine art practiced in these parts and one enters into the practice with the caveat: "buyer beware!"
May 18th marks the 97th birthday of Exer Hector. She was born in Kaufman County, Texas and was an excellent horse trader. She almost always got the better end of the deal, but always allowed her trading partner the dignity of saving face. She never rubbed their noses in their losses. She was an organic gardener before it was cool. She was a talented artist with a keen eye for beauty, a sharp wit and sense of humor that showed up in surprising ways. Her patients and gentle spirit were balanced nicely with her complete willingness to point out exactly where the coon crap was on the pump handle at any time. Her youngest child has now lived longer than she did. Champions always remember their Mother's birthdays. Her favorite songs were "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Trouble in mind, I'm blue, but I won't be blue always. You know the sun's gonna shine in my back door someday!"
Paul also said to meditate on whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely and of good report, virtuous or praiseworthy. Examples of any of that kind of thing or any kind of Sunnyside song are welcome at Champion Items, Rt. 2, Box 367, Norwood, MO. 65717 or at Champion News. Go down to Henson's Store on the North Side of the Square just off Lonnie Krider Memorial Drive to get a good look at Barbara's couture object d art. (There will be some good pictures of it posted on the website a at www.championnews.us.) Then go out on the porch and shake your head. Any way you look in Champion you're Looking on the Bright Side!
Posted by Wilda @ 2:27 pm :: Uncategorized	:: Comments Off on May 18, 2009
In Champion, as well as in many nations around the world, the second Sunday in May is celebrated as Mother's Day. A woman named Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrase in 1912, and Woodrow Wilson signed the Congressional Bill that made it a law. Flowers and cards, phone calls and appropriate little gifts were the usual fair in Champion. Mothers were touched at the thoughtfulness of the young ones while remembering their own good examples for the role. Foster and Kalyssa Wiseman came to hang out with their Grammie and Ms. Powell's grandson, Bryan, spent the day with her in Champion. Another of her grandsons, Travis, had been to see her late last week together with his wife and their two little ones. Children are wonderful, grandchildren are terrific, and great grandchildren are just amazing! Champion!
Friday's storms caused damage all around the country. The post office in Norwood lost some of its roof and there were many big trees blown down. Some were broken but many were just blown out of the rain soaked ground. There will be a lot of clean-up going on for a long time. Champions will take it in stride and continue to be Grateful that it was not worse. The broad expanse of Lonnie Krider Memorial Drive was only lightly sprinkled with debris and so when Bud Hutchison's trail ride came trough on Saturday things appeared to be entirely orderly. Only nine made the ride this year. One was heard to make a remark about 'fair weather cowboys' indicating that threatening weather had caused some to stay home this time. Some might have been dealing with storm damage. The same amount of enjoyment that the forty or so riders had last year was concentrated on this year's small group and they uniformly reported having had a delightful ride. It is a 13 mile round trip from Champion to Drury and back. "May your horse never stumble. May your cinch never break. May your belly never grumble or your heart ever ache." That's a good cowboy sentiment. Bob Heard makes this ride as often as he can. He lives over forty miles west of Springfield, but gets down this way whenever Bud's got a ride going on. A couple of weeks ago the two of them and four others made a 40 mile trip from Emerson's Trout Farm through Vera Cruz and then over to Champion and Cold Springs and back again. Bob says that Bud knows all the roads. It took the best part of a beautiful day and they had a good time.
Let the Good Times Roll! That was the sentiment earlier in the week when a couple of couples came to Champion to kick up their heels. Galen and Angilee Neher and Wayne and Doris Moore chose Champion as the place to celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary. They live in Mountain Grove but sought out Champion's charm to commemorate their double wedding ceremony, which must have occurred in 1945! Among the four of them there is a brother and sister, and the rest are all mischboucha (related but not blood kin) but Champions failed to find out which ones were which, though there are only a couple of possibilities. Still, possibilities are always ripe for a good time in Champion. Niagara Falls may have its spectacle, its honeymoon attraction, noise, commercial development and international border, but Champion has its Bright Side!
Only 1360 points separated high and low at the Fortnight Bridge game hosted by Champion on Saturday. Charlene Dupre sat in for the Vera Cruz player who was busy with the Audubon bird count. She walked off with $1.50 as the low scorer. Champion won $2.00 in nickels which means that during the course of the evening there were twenty unsuccessful contracts bid. Sisters, Charlene and Linda, finished up their day with the bridge game after having had a busy day at the Plant Place and Gift Corner in Norwood. The season is full blown for planting vegetable and flower gardens. The 14th and 15th will be good days to plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots and other root crops. That's according to Linda's Almanac. May is called the Corn Planting Moon, but the 'signs' will not be favorable again for above ground crops until the 24th. The wet weather has some running late getting things planted. So far, Dustin's Grandpa's saying about rain on Easter Sunday means rain the next seven Sundays in a row…is turning out to be pretty close. The first Sunday after Easter was dry until after midnight, but then it came a nice rain. Champions will not complain about two or three more damp Sundays. Champions don't ever complain about the weather!
An interesting article in a national newspaper talks about a 61 year-old Vietnam veteran who was drafted at age 19. He went to the service willingly and did his duty. He came home with a bullet in his head, a fairly useless left arm and a dragging foot. He finished his education and became a civil engineer. Now he teaches drafting at a high school in an economically depressed area. He is a patient person, likes teaching and is well liked by the students. His classroom is located on the hallway where the military recruiters meet with the students and where the Junior ROTC members meet. When the No Child Left Behind law came into effect, the military services were given the same access to students as college recruiters. The teacher loves his school and his students and said that in a way they have become his children. He says that he recognizes the need for national defense, but that he feels that high schools students are too young and unformed to really question what they are told and that the intensity of the recruitment seems very like exploitation, particularly in low income areas of the country. The teacher researched the law to determine to what extent the schools are required to assist the military and found that there is a good deal of latitude. "I did a very good job for the military, but it's torn me up for my whole life." He grew up in a small town and is content with his life as a good husband and grandfather, but he is still troubled by his military experience. He wants the kids to know that it's not a joke. He has Love and Gratitude for those who serve and those who have served and for those who will.
Guy Clark, popular song-writer of "Home Grown Tomatoes" and many other worth while songs wrote words to Soldiers Joy 1864: "First I thought a snake had got me it happened dreadful quick. T'was a bullet bit my leg, right off I got sick………..Gimme some of that Soldier's Joy, you know what I mean. I don't want to hurt no more my leg is turning green." The words seem to fit into the well-known fiddle tune, though they are lengthy and gory. A person might just have to sit on the porch at Henson's Store and pat his foot to mental music sometimes. Any other words to Soldiers Joy are welcome at Champion Items, Rt. 2, Box 367, Norwood, MO 65717 or at Champion News. Listen to a nice version of When Johnny Comes Marching Home at www.championnews.us. Ramble around on that site to find a few more songs and lots of nice pictures of Champions—Looking on the Bright Side!
Posted by Wilda @ 11:26 am :: Uncategorized	:: Comments Off on May 11, 2009
CHAMPION—May 4, 2009
Champions know that "The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." That is another jewel of Champion wisdom from Longfellow who also said: "Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; behind the cloud is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary." Champions are just grateful for the rain, knowing that the gentle way it has fallen this time is just a nice boost to the water table. Undaunted by dark and dreary, between drops they are out watching the gardens growing and pulling weeds. When the ground is so wet even a big old dandelion will sometimes just slip out of the mud with only a little pulling. Sometimes the sound of the roots being torn from the ground puts thoughtful gardeners into thinking about the sodbusters when the prairies were being turned over for the first time. Sodbuster generations later it is a wholesome and wonderful sound full good farming lore and family history. Indigenous ears hear it differently and hearts still break at the taming of the earth. Perspective is rife in Champion. "What's old Hanks wads worth anyway?" One asks, "Wads of what?"
This time last year Bud Hutchison's Trail Ride was being arranged and riders from all around the area were getting ready for their annual outing. It was a fine day for it and the ride went off 'without a hitch.' They are doing it again and this year the riders will congregate at Champion about 10 in the morning on Saturday and take a nice ride over to Drury. They will get back to Champion about 1:30 or 2 in the afternoon, so it is a good chance for folks to join in the ride or just to enjoy the spectacle. Forty or fifty people horseback, the squeaking of saddle leather, and general horse noises and smells make for some fine entertainment. Probably somebody will be singing, "Old Paint's a good pony. He runs when he can. Good morning, young lady. My pony won't stand. Goodbye…" Perhaps they will talk about that Kentucky Derby winner and wish they had had two dollars down on him…at 50 to one odds…a good investment.
Several Champions spent the rainy week under the weather with various combinations of flu symptoms. Most have made a good recovery or are, at least, well on their way to recovery. The notion of a flu that spreads quickly around the world is a matter of no small concern in the crossroads of America. Champion connections are far reaching and the truth of it is that no place is 'safe.' Champions drink a lot of good water; wash their hands often; get lots of wholesome exercise, and pay attention to their surroundings. The Center for Disease Control has many smart, productive people working on problem. President Obama said that under the administration of former President George W. Bush, a sophisticated system was set up that allows for the fast dissemination of information and material to the whole nation in a very short period of time. Champions understand the importance of each doing his part.
Swarming hummingbirds kept some of those ailing Champions entertained during the wet week. It doesn't take much for some. Bird watching seems more productive than watching the news. Senator Patrick Leahy wants to indict the former president and vice president on charges that amount to war crimes. European activist want the International Criminal Court, which was established in 2002, to file on Bush and Cheney for crimes against humanity. The current President does not seem to want to spend valuable time in punitive exercises, but rather seems intent on working on current critical problems. The heirs of Apache chieftain Geronimo, however, are suing senior federal government officials, Yale University and Skull and Bones, Yale's oldest secret society. They are suing for the return of the old warrior's skull, which is said to have spent most of the last century in the society's High Street tomb on the campus of Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. Geronimo died of pneumonia at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, but the suit alleges that members of the society exhumed the remains around 1918 and placed them in the society's tomb. It has long been suggested that Prescott Bush, father of the 41st president was among the group allegedly involved. Membership rolls include George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John Kerry, and William F. Buckley and many other prominent, powerful and wealthy men, If they win the suit, plaintiffs hope to re-inter Geronimo in a site close to his birthplace, in the Gila Wilderness of southwestern New Mexico. Geronimo's descendants are legally entitled to ownership of his remains and any funerary objects buried with him under the provisions of the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Champions would not like to see local cemeteries robbed of their Champion bones. Even the General would stand guard at the Denlow Cemetery if it came to that. Maybe that's what he is doing when he is seen haunting the place any day of the week.
The official death count of U.S. Service Personnel in the War in Iraq is now up to 4,283. The most recent fatality was May 2nd. Injures are estimated to be 'over' 100,000. The total number of dead on all sides and the total number of injuries sustained is not a readily available figure. What is available is the opportunity to express the Love and Gratitude that Champions share with the rest of the Nation when it comes to appreciating the efforts of those who serve.
Manuel and Sue Hutchison were down from Iowa for a few days so that Manuel could go to his 50th high school class reunion. Louise said they had a great time and about ten of the family went over to the Junction for fish on Friday.
The official date for the Skyline Volunteer Fire Department Picnic is August 14th and 15th. That is according to the Fire Chief and he should know. May Day celebrations were rained out. The next Big event after Saturday's Trail Ride will be the Annual Denlow School Reunion. There is time for that to come together well if certain influences can be managed.
The long-range weather forecast does not seem to include a frost…though it did thunder in February. By the time this issue of the paper hits mail boxes there will probably be dust blowing on the roads. Linda's Almanac from over at the Plant Place in Norwood shows that Thursday and Friday will be good days for planting above ground crops. The next favorable time for above ground crops is on the 24th. Meanwhile, the 9th-11th, the 14th and 15th, and the 19th and 20th will all be good for planting crops that have their yield below ground. There is a lot of good information in the almanac and it is free. Sometimes there is a copy at Henson's Store, they are available at the Plant Place and on a link at the www.championnews.us website. Champion website designer and administrator, Carol Cleveland, has made a beautiful e-newsletter for Linda. What a technological savvy part of the world. Champion!
Some old Champion mothers are pulling a switch on their kids by sending them cards for Mother's Day! "Thanks for letting me be a Mother!" they say, and "You have improved my life!" Very clever those old girls! Champion notions.
Interesting notions, and good sunny-side songs are welcome at Champion Items, Rt. 2, Box 367, Norwood, MO 65717. Interesting stories about census takers, grave robbers or revenuers can be e-mailed to Champion News. Get out on the porch at Henson's Store on Saturday and perhaps see "a cute little thing that lives by the spring in the Valley! Every day she goes by with her head held up high, like a high-stepping filly." Watch for her among the mounted legions on Lonnie Krider Memorial Drive. If you're in Champion, you're Looking on the Bright Side!
Posted by Wilda @ 7:29 am :: Uncategorized	:: Comments Off on May 4, 2009


When the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) report was released on Feb 17, Pride Toronto (PT) co-chair Francisco Alvarez accepted all the recommendations "in spirit" and apologized to the community on behalf of the board of directors for the "wrongs" of the past year. It earned him a standing ovation.
"Several recommendations can be implemented very easily, immediately," he told Xtra. For example, he said, providing additional spaces along the parade route so people with disabilities could leave easily, if needed, is a great idea.
But on Feb 29, Alvarez told Xtra the PT board of directors hasn't yet implemented any of the CAP recommendations. He says the board has been busy putting together the implementation committee and has been starting the search process for a new executive director (ED).
Alvarez says PT will soon begin the search for a new ED, hopefully before Pride Week. The new ED doesn't have to be from Toronto, but he hopes the top candidate is Canadian.
Community relations and fiscal responsibility will be top priorities for the new ED.
The sweeping CAP report covers all of PT, from finances to entertainment. A significant portion of the document is dedicated to PT's relations with trans people and people of colour. About 10 of the 232 pages of the report deal with the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA). But there is no recommendation in the report about whether QuAIA should be kicked out of the parade or not.
Both QuAIA spokesperson Elle Flanders and Kulanu Toronto executive director Justine Apple say they were disappointed CAP didn't take a stronger position on QuAIA's presence in the parade.
Apple says she had hoped CAP would recommend QuAIA be banned from the parade.
Flanders says QuAIA should not be kicked out of the parade.
CAP recommends that PT set up a dispute resolution committee to determine which groups can march and where, and which should be excluded altogether. The committee would rule only in the event of a specific complaint and, according to the CAP report, its decisions would be final.
Blockorama organizer Syrus Marcus Ware says that far too much of the report was devoted to QuAIA and that the group wasn't the only "big issue" facing PT last year.
"There were really two huge issues last year: what was happening with QuAIA and Blockorama," says Ware. "I'm surprised there wasn't more flushed out about the complex issues with Blockorama and with other racialized communities. It was all sort of lumped into one 'racialized communities topic' over a page and a half.
Blackness Yes! committee member and Blockorama organizer Nik Redman says he is more concerned with the time PT has left to implement recommendations.
Ward 27 Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam notes Alvarez's apology was a particularly touching moment that seems to signal the beginnings of change.
Wong-Tam has offered to help organize World Pride 2014. She says she also plans to help look for a new permanent home for PT that is wheelchair accessible.
CAP held five public consultation sessions in December, which, according to its report, were attended by about 2,000 people. CAP also says it collected 1,600 survey responses and numerous Facebook messages. Two of the public sessions were targeted at the "racialized" community and the trans community, and the feedback is reflected in the report.
But PT youth coordinator Tyler Johnson says queer youth were left out.
Johnson says he plans to launch a website, pridetorontoyouth.com, to act as a social network to engage youth at Pride.
Public CAP wrapped up; now what?


The hotel business is notoriously capital-intensive: Long before a property opens, a hotelier often invests millions in obtaining a property and constructing a building. But companies such as Sleepbox seek to provide an alternative to brick-and-mortar hotels by offering modular sleeping capsules that can fit into existing buildings.
The idea behind such capsules is to lower the barriers to entry in the hospitality market, while providing the flexibility of providing lodging in environments that might not be suited to traditional hotels. Sleepbox's units, for example, can be placed in all sorts of places where people want to rest, from airports to buildings in city centers.
Overall, the concept "unlocks a whole new world for hospitality," Sleepbox Co-founder and CEO Mikhail Krymov told PYMNTS.com in an interview. And, in terms of efficiency, Krymov claims that Sleepbox is both 10 times cheaper and faster to launch compared to a traditional hotel building.
In order to stay in a Sleepbox, consumers can download an app that allows them to book a room and then check in to their capsules one hour before arrival. When consumers arrive at a place where there is a Sleepbox, they go straight to their rooms and open the capsule with their phones or a code. Alternatively, guests who want human interaction can book a capsule with a staff member at the front desk as they would at a traditional property.
Once inside the capsule, guests can control its ambience and environment – variables such as temperature, lighting or music – from the app. They can also pay for their stay with a credit card in the app, and can build a profile that saves their preferences for a future stay. The idea is to build the user experience in such a way that guests can complete essential functions of their stay through their phones.
Krymov said that Sleepbox sees a blend of business and leisure travelers. In today's hotel market, there is not a huge difference between those two segments of guests: With bizlesuire travel, some guests decide to tack on one or two extra days to their business trips for personal travel. In airports, capsule hotels like Sleepbox have a wide appeal, as people traveling for both business and leisure can face the same travel challenges, such as delays, layovers and 11-hour-long flights. In terms of tired travelers, "they want to rest a little bit before their next flight," Krymov said.
When it comes to Sleepbox's competitors, Krymov noted that several firms do offer pods in airports, but those pods are not soundproof or private. "The whole user experience is very different," Krymov said. Sleepbox, by comparison, seeks to offer a new level of comfort. In addition, Krymov noted that there are competitors such as YOTEL, but their traditional model of building rooms in physical brick-and-mortar structures can cost millions of dollars and can take years to complete. Sleepbox, on the other hand, seeks to provide more flexibility while unlocking new niche, he said.
Beyond serving as a hotel room for travelers, modular sleeping capsules like Sleepbox can also be used to recharge tired employees in offices. The idea is that employees sometimes fall behind on their sleep, and as a result, their work performance can suffer. In those cases, Krymov sees capsule units as a way to help employees get rest in a pinch when they most need it. And Sleepbox provides a way for employers to send a message to employees that they support their decisions to nap at work occasionally if they need to do so to perform well.
But, for hotels, Sleepbox's value proposition is to provide a more affordable option for travelers looking for a place to sleep. The idea, Krymov said, is that the modular capsule units become a vehicle for a traveler's journey, rather than a destination in itself with all the amenities of a traditional hotel room. To introduce the concept to larger groups of travelers, modular capsule units like Sleepbox are starting to launch in airports as the alternative takes hold.


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Q: Google compute engine - shrinking disks I have a 5TB HD and I want to shrink it to 2TB.
I use Google Compute Engine PaaS.
How can I do that?
Can you suggest any tools to perform this manually if this cannot be solved by Google's tools?

A: If the disk is not a boot disk you can do the following:

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*add a new disk with the required size and format it.

*mount the new disk

*cp -r --preserve=all /mnt/disk1/. /mnt/disk2/

*edit the /etc/fstab to mount the new disk instead the old one

If you have standard disk and you want to shorten the cp time. You can first create new ssd disk from snapshot and copy it to 2T ssd disk. Then make a snapshot from the 2T disk and create a new 2T standard disk.
If your disk is a boot disk, you can use a tool like fsarchiver:

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*Create an archive from the boot disk. fsarchiver savefs /mnt/backup/boot_disk.fsa /dev/sda

*Restore the archive on the new disk fsarchiver restfs /mnt/backup/boot_disk.fsa id=0,dest=/dev/sdb


CALGARY • Nexen Inc. could soon become the property of China's Communist government, but its made-in-Canada brand will live on.
Shareholders of the Calgary-based oil and gas producer, who voted Thursday to approve the $15.1-billion takeover bid by CNOOC Ltd., were told the Chinese state-controlled entity would keep the company's name.
Offering to keep the Canadian brand was simply the latest in a series of overtures CNOOC has made in hopes of convincing Canada's Conservative government that the deal represents a "net benefit" to Canada.
The deal must now pass the vaguely defined benefit test before it can proceed, but it has already sparked intensive debate at both the provincial and federal levels.
"There are a lot of things we would lose if this transaction is approved," said Peter Julian, the Energy and Natural Resources critic for the opposition New Democratic Party, who was in Calgary to attend the early-morning shareholders meeting.
Under the Investment Canada Act, the government has until mid-November to make a decision, though that deadline can be extended further if CNOOC allows.
CNOOC's offer of $27.50 in cash for each Nexen share represents a 66% premium on the stock's 20-day average share price prior to July 23 when the bid was announced. The proportion is far above what is generally considered appropriate for such a transaction.
In addition to keeping the company's name, CNOOC has promised to retain all of Nexen's approximately 3,000 staff, list itself on the Toronto Stock Exchange and make Calgary its headquarters for the Western Hemisphere. Having a Canadian brand was one of the primary reasons Occidental Petroleum Corp. spun off its Canadian assets in 1971 to create what eventually became Nexen.
"The plan to retain the Nexen name… tells me they understand who we are and what we stand for," Kevin Reinhart, who has been serving as the company's interim chief executive since Marvin Romanow resigned in early January, told shareholders.
Despite the various overtures, Nexen shares have yet to reach the offer price in Toronto Stock Exchange trading. Overwhelming approval from both common and preferred shareholders — who voted 99% and 87%, respectively, in favour of the proposal — also failed to convince the markets the deal will be approved, with Nexen stock closing at $24.72 per share Thursday, up 5¢.
The continuing uncertainty stems from rising political tensions in both Canada and the United States, as Nexen's assets in the Gulf of Mexico grants Washington some involvement in the review process. Legislators there have been urging President Barack Obama to ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reject the deal.
The Investment Canada review is expected to conclude shortly after the Nov. 6 U.S. presidential election, adding another layer of uncertainty to Washington's role.
Nexen has been struggling for years to develop a number of troubled assets, most notably its $6-billion Long Lake oil sands project, which has never reached initial hopes of 72,000 barrels per day.
CNOOC has owned 35% of Long Lake since last November when it paid $2.1-billion for Opti Canada Ltd., Nexen's former partner. Mr. Romanow left Nexen two months after that deal closed, ending 13 years with the company, his last three as CEO, in part because of his inability to make Long Lake work.


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Q: Does Swagger really support SOAP services? Swagger seems like a lovely UI for viewing web service contract. I was particularly excited to learn that it "happily speaks both JSON and XML". After spending some hours learning about it I got to a road block.
SOAP contract is XML based but how exactly do I make Swagger display my SOAP service contract?
Are there sample Swagger implementation of XML based support?

A: Simple Answer: SOAP services are not supported by Swagger UI.
Popularity of SOAP has waned a bit and there seems to be no appetite for a swagger UI for SOAP services.