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package org.mtransit.parser.ca_maritime_bus;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.mtransit.parser.CleanUtils;
import org.mtransit.parser.DefaultAgencyTools;
import org.mtransit.parser.Pair;
import org.mtransit.parser.SplitUtils;
import org.mtransit.parser.SplitUtils.RouteTripSpec;
import org.mtransit.parser.Utils;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GCalendar;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GCalendarDate;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GRoute;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GSpec;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GStop;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GTrip;
import org.mtransit.parser.gtfs.data.GTripStop;
import org.mtransit.parser.mt.data.MAgency;
import org.mtransit.parser.mt.data.MRoute;
import org.mtransit.parser.mt.data.MTrip;
import org.mtransit.parser.mt.data.MTripStop;

// https://tdstickets.com/gtfs/
// https://webstore.maritimebus.com/gtfs/maritime.zip
public class MaritimeBusAgencyTools extends DefaultAgencyTools {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		if (args == null || args.length == 0) {
			args = new String[3];
			args[0] = "input/gtfs.zip";
			args[1] = "../../mtransitapps/ca-maritime-bus-android/res/raw/";
			args[2] = ""; // files-prefix
		}
		new MaritimeBusAgencyTools().start(args);
	}

	private HashSet<String> serviceIds;

	@Override
	public void start(String[] args) {
		System.out.printf("\nGenerating Maritime bus data...");
		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
		this.serviceIds = extractUsefulServiceIds(args, this);
		super.start(args);
		System.out.printf("\nGenerating Maritime bus data... DONE in %s.\n", Utils.getPrettyDuration(System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
	}

	@Override
	public boolean excludingAll() {
		return this.serviceIds != null && this.serviceIds.isEmpty();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean excludeCalendar(GCalendar gCalendar) {
		if (this.serviceIds != null) {
			return excludeUselessCalendar(gCalendar, this.serviceIds);
		}
		return super.excludeCalendar(gCalendar);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean excludeCalendarDate(GCalendarDate gCalendarDates) {
		if (this.serviceIds != null) {
			return excludeUselessCalendarDate(gCalendarDates, this.serviceIds);
		}
		return super.excludeCalendarDate(gCalendarDates);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean excludeTrip(GTrip gTrip) {
		if (this.serviceIds != null) {
			return excludeUselessTrip(gTrip, this.serviceIds);
		}
		return super.excludeTrip(gTrip);
	}

	@Override
	public Integer getAgencyRouteType() {
		return MAgency.ROUTE_TYPE_BUS;
	}

	private static final Pattern DIGITS = Pattern.compile("[\\d]+");

	@Override
	public long getRouteId(GRoute gRoute) {
		if (!Utils.isDigitsOnly(gRoute.getRouteShortName())) {
			Matcher matcher = DIGITS.matcher(gRoute.getRouteShortName());
			if (matcher.find()) {
				return Long.parseLong(matcher.group());
			}
			System.out.printf("\nUnexpected route ID %s.\n", gRoute);
		}
		return Long.parseLong(gRoute.getRouteShortName()); // use route short name as route ID
	}

	@Override
	public String getRouteShortName(GRoute gRoute) {
		if (!Utils.isDigitsOnly(gRoute.getRouteShortName())) {
			Matcher matcher = DIGITS.matcher(gRoute.getRouteShortName());
			if (matcher.find()) {
				return matcher.group();
			}
			System.out.printf("\nUnexpected route short name %s.\n", gRoute);
		}
		return super.getRouteShortName(gRoute);
	}

	private static final Pattern RLN_TO_RLN = Pattern.compile("((^|\\W){1}(to)(\\W|$){1})", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
	private static final String RLN_TO_RLN_REPLACEMENT = "$2 - $4";

	@Override
	public String getRouteLongName(GRoute gRoute) {
		String routeLongName = gRoute.getRouteLongName();
		routeLongName = RLN_TO_RLN.matcher(routeLongName).replaceAll(RLN_TO_RLN_REPLACEMENT);
		routeLongName = CleanUtils.SAINT.matcher(routeLongName).replaceAll(CleanUtils.SAINT_REPLACEMENT);
		return CleanUtils.cleanLabel(routeLongName);
	}

	private static final String AGENCY_COLOR_BLUE = "065E9B"; // BLUE (from web site CSS)
	private static final String AGENCY_COLOR_GREEN = "40B449"; // GREEN (from web site CSS)

	private static final String AGENCY_COLOR = AGENCY_COLOR_GREEN;

	@Override
	public String getAgencyColor() {
		return AGENCY_COLOR;
	}

	@Override
	public String getRouteColor(GRoute gRoute) {
		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(gRoute.getRouteColor())) {
			return AGENCY_COLOR_BLUE;
		}
		return super.getRouteColor(gRoute);
	}

	private static HashMap<Long, RouteTripSpec> ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2;
	static {
		HashMap<Long, RouteTripSpec> map2 = new HashMap<Long, RouteTripSpec>();
		ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2 = map2;
	}

	@Override
	public int compareEarly(long routeId, List<MTripStop> list1, List<MTripStop> list2, MTripStop ts1, MTripStop ts2, GStop ts1GStop, GStop ts2GStop) {
		if (ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.containsKey(routeId)) {
			return ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.get(routeId).compare(routeId, list1, list2, ts1, ts2, ts1GStop, ts2GStop, this);
		}
		return super.compareEarly(routeId, list1, list2, ts1, ts2, ts1GStop, ts2GStop);
	}

	@Override
	public ArrayList<MTrip> splitTrip(MRoute mRoute, GTrip gTrip, GSpec gtfs) {
		if (ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.containsKey(mRoute.getId())) {
			return ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.get(mRoute.getId()).getAllTrips();
		}
		return super.splitTrip(mRoute, gTrip, gtfs);
	}

	@Override
	public Pair<Long[], Integer[]> splitTripStop(MRoute mRoute, GTrip gTrip, GTripStop gTripStop, ArrayList<MTrip> splitTrips, GSpec routeGTFS) {
		if (ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.containsKey(mRoute.getId())) {
			return SplitUtils.splitTripStop(mRoute, gTrip, gTripStop, routeGTFS, ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.get(mRoute.getId()), this);
		}
		return super.splitTripStop(mRoute, gTrip, gTripStop, splitTrips, routeGTFS);
	}

	@Override
	public void setTripHeadsign(MRoute mRoute, MTrip mTrip, GTrip gTrip, GSpec gtfs) {
		if (ALL_ROUTE_TRIPS2.containsKey(mRoute.getId())) {
			return; // split
		}
		String tripHeadsign = gTrip.getTripHeadsign();
		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(tripHeadsign)) {
			tripHeadsign = mRoute.getLongName();
		}
		int directionId = gTrip.getDirectionId() == null ? 0 : gTrip.getDirectionId();
		mTrip.setHeadsignString(cleanTripHeadsign(tripHeadsign), directionId);
	}

	private static final Pattern STARTS_WITH_TO = Pattern.compile("(^to )", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);

	private static final Pattern ENDS_WITH_STATE = Pattern.compile("(\\, (PE|QC|NB|NS)$)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);

	private static final Pattern GREATER_INTERNATIONAL_AIRPORT = Pattern.compile("((^|\\W){1}(greater[\\s]*international airport)(\\W|$){1})",
			Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
	private static final String GREATER_INTERNATIONAL_AIRPORT_REPLACEMENT = "$2Airport$4";

	private static final Pattern INTERNATIONAL = Pattern.compile("((^|\\W){1}(international)(\\W|$){1})", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
	private static final String INTERNATIONAL_REPLACEMENT = "$2Int$4";

	private static final Pattern UNIVERSITY = Pattern.compile("((^|\\W){1}(university)(\\W|$){1})", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
	private static final String UNIVERSITY_REPLACEMENT = "$2U$4";

	@Override
	public String cleanTripHeadsign(String tripHeadsign) {
		tripHeadsign = STARTS_WITH_TO.matcher(tripHeadsign).replaceAll(StringUtils.EMPTY);
		tripHeadsign = ENDS_WITH_STATE.matcher(tripHeadsign).replaceAll(StringUtils.EMPTY);
		tripHeadsign = GREATER_INTERNATIONAL_AIRPORT.matcher(tripHeadsign).replaceAll(GREATER_INTERNATIONAL_AIRPORT_REPLACEMENT);
		tripHeadsign = CleanUtils.SAINT.matcher(tripHeadsign).replaceAll(CleanUtils.SAINT_REPLACEMENT);
		tripHeadsign = UNIVERSITY.matcher(tripHeadsign).replaceAll(UNIVERSITY_REPLACEMENT);
		tripHeadsign = CleanUtils.removePoints(tripHeadsign);
		tripHeadsign = CleanUtils.cleanNumbers(tripHeadsign);
		tripHeadsign = CleanUtils.cleanStreetTypes(tripHeadsign);
		tripHeadsign = CleanUtils.cleanStreetTypesFRCA(tripHeadsign);
		return CleanUtils.cleanLabel(tripHeadsign);
	}

	@Override
	public String cleanStopName(String gStopName) {
		gStopName = CleanUtils.SAINT.matcher(gStopName).replaceAll(CleanUtils.SAINT_REPLACEMENT);
		gStopName = INTERNATIONAL.matcher(gStopName).replaceAll(INTERNATIONAL_REPLACEMENT);
		gStopName = UNIVERSITY.matcher(gStopName).replaceAll(UNIVERSITY_REPLACEMENT);
		gStopName = CleanUtils.removePoints(gStopName);
		gStopName = CleanUtils.cleanNumbers(gStopName);
		gStopName = CleanUtils.cleanStreetTypes(gStopName);
		gStopName = CleanUtils.cleanStreetTypesFRCA(gStopName);
		return CleanUtils.cleanLabel(gStopName);
	}

	@Override
	public String getStopCode(GStop gStop) {
		if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(gStop.getStopCode()) && Utils.isLettersOnly(gStop.getStopCode())) {
			System.out.printf("\nIgnore stop code '%s' for %s.", gStop.getStopCode(), gStop);
			return null; // ignore stop code without numbers
		}
		return super.getStopCode(gStop);
	}
}

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HomeUPDATE 1: Large USA Dam failure risk — Dam is leaking
UPDATE 1: Large USA Dam failure risk — Dam is leaking
30 April 2017 — 17:09 31 May 2017 — 05:40 From William's Desk, ImportantNatural Disasters, Prayer, USA
LARGE USA DAM FAILURE RISK — DAM IS LEAKING
From: [Name Withheld]
Date: 30 April 2017 at 11:56:05 am AEST
To: William Costellia
Subject: >> Update1: Large USA dam Failure Risk – Dam is Leaking <<
Resend: Update1: Large USA dam Failure Risk – Dam is Leaking
New Update – A new risk to the USA's tallest dam in Oroville CA may be developing. A "leaking area", on the backside of the massive Earthen dam, may be silently threatening to erode the internal core. Authorities are telling the public that this "leaking area" is not of concern, however they still do not understand the cause of the leak. Most of their attention is on the emergency repairs of the failed spillway. Authorities are downplaying the wet area & green vegetation growth. However, leakage in an earthen dam, if it suddenly accelerates, is unstoppable and leaves little time for the hundreds of thousands of residents in towns immediately below the dam to evacuate.
The Dam Authorities are busy under public pressure to fix the dam. Disaster funding, from the government, of half a billion dollars for emergency repair construction work has been underway since the original crisis of the major spillway failure in February. A race is on between the Spring-Summer melt-off, of record breaking winter snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to fix the spillway in time for the next rainy season.
If our Lord Jesus has revealed that a dam failure will occur in the USA, this developing "leaking area" plus the threat of "Heat" in our Spring-Summer as our Lord Jesus stated in one of your prior messages, these both could threaten this dam in a "failure". Overspill erosion of the emergency spillway, with a damaging flood water overflow risk, or if the "leak" accelerates from high reservoir levels, then a complete dam failure could occur bringing a great disaster.
Catholic Online on Oroville Dam leak crisis
http://www.catholic.org/news/green/story.php?id=74661
Excerpt: Oroville Dam Breach? DWR Investigating Leaking – Hasn't Revealed this to the Public
"A Leak in the core of an Earthen Dam is known to trigger catastrophic failure within hours. Oroville's Earthen Dam has a persistent "leaking" of seepage water flow on the left mid-slope backside of the embankment. This persistent leaking has caused noticeable green vegetation growth in this area while creating visible "erosion" channels down the backside facing of the dam. DWR Safety Inspection reports have repeatedly noted that "this should be investigated". Yet it is still unknown to DWR as to the source of this leakage, thus creating an unknown risk to a potentially swift and catastrophic dam failure mechanism."
Prior Email on the original Dam Spillway failure & Emergency Evacuations of 188,000 residents.
Date: February 16, 2017 10:09:29 PM PST
To: William Costella
Subject: >> Large USA dam Failure Risk – Emergency Evacuations <<
California USA has experienced an unprecedented 2016-2017 winter, just as our Lord Jesus had said. Snows have reached record depths exceeding 50+ feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with estimates going to 76+ feet by winter's end.
Severe rainfall, called "atmospheric rivers", have filled dams, lakes and reservoirs to their brink. Now, the central valley of California is facing a disaster that will affect millions as a world renowned dam expert
Fears of an imminent failure of USA's tallest dam in Oroville CA.
The 770 foot high & 6,920 foot long dam already has experienced a severe failure in the main spillway where 100,000 cubic feet per second of waterflow is currently scouring the mountain with fierce intensity. The high flow rate, controlled by the dam sluice gate, is necessary to prevent an "over topping" of the main dam and to keep up with the unrelenting rains.
Large USA dam Failure Risk – Emergency Evacuations
This dam is an Earthen Fill type of dam, and is one of the largest and tallest dams in the world (in the top 20). Because of this "earth fill" design, authorities are extremely concerned about penetrating leakage and erosion. These conditions are fatal to "earth fill" dams as a sudden "V" breach may release tremendous cascading volumes of water in a short period of time. This dam provides up to two thirds of the water for the state of California in an elaborate aqueduct system.
Oroville Dam is Severely Damaged (Main Spillway)
Authorities have recently Evacuated 200,000 people in many towns as water overtopped a never before tested 1684 ft long "Emergency Spillway". Authorities were stunned at the ensuing back erosion exposing "rotten rock". The Emergency Evacuation was triggered due to this unexpected and severe erosion in the secondary spillway, called the "Emergency Spillway". They were concerned that this swift erosion damage would cascade towards the "Main Spillway". AS the "Main Spillway" is already severely damaged half way down the mountain side, the authorities have no choice but to keep a tremendous waterflow of 100,000 cubic feet per second until repairs may proceed in the drier season in late Summer or Fall. It is a race between continuing back erosion, the storms, and waiting for dry weather. Note: The Evacuation has temporarily been changed to a "Warning" to allow residents to return to get their belongings, but authorities warn that another immediate evacuation order may come at any instant.
Forecasts of up to 10 inches of new rainfall – the Dam may experience a "V" breach
The unrelenting winter is pushing in a record series of "atmospheric rivers" that may dump up to 10 inches of more rain in the Oroville Dam reservoir basin in the next week. Any warming of the temperature may multiply the water flow from the snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Other Dams, lakes and reservoirs are above 90% capacity. There is no where for the next week of forecasted deluge of rain and snow melt off to go.
The Central Valley of California may be facing a crisis of flooding of such massive proportions that some are concerned of the formation of an "inland lake". In the 1860's, this same region experienced the formation of an "inland lake" that was devastating. It was 300 miles long and as wide as the Sierra Nevada mountain foothills to the coastal foothills. If a repeat of this massive "inland lake flood" were to occur today, millions of people will be affected. In contrast, the 1861 "Megaflood" took thousands of human lives, drowned an estimated 800,000 cattle, and bankrupted the state of California.
National Guard deployed
The National Guard has been deployed to assist in this crisis. There are reports of expectations of the National Guard to assist in a new emergency evacuation – including dealing with the influx of displaced people.
Prayers would be helpful for those in this crisis.
Catholic Online on "Rotten Rock" issue in Oroville Dam
http://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=73573
Excerpt: "The Oroville dam may fail, and here is the reason why. The top layer of rock is "rotten," and will be quickly eroded and washed away if water tops the emergency spillway again. The dam could be breached to about 100 feet down, releasing a flood of catastrophic proportions. People who have returned to the town of Oroville are also reporting that workers are not allowed to speak to the public. On Monday, it was predicted the evacuation order would be lifted as water levels dipped below the level of the emergency spillway and a dry spell approached. Yet despite a few solid days without rain, the evacuation order has not been lifted. People have not been allowed to return to retrieve pets, keepsakes or other important possessions. Many people still have just what was in their pockets in Sunday night."
World renowned Dam Expert on the Oroville Failure Risk Crisis:
Expert: "As I write the Oroville dam in California is eroding back toward a breach of the reservoir"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/oroville-dam-failure-scott-cahill
Expert: "What You Need To Know About The Oroville Dam Crisis"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl7Sm15unPQ
Expert: "Gone are the days when one man stood forward to give an honest assessment"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/oroville-dam-our-fathers-legacy-scott-cahill
Excerpt: "Gone are the days when one man stood forward to give an honest assessment. A panel gives information that has been scoured for admission, or liability-inducing phrases. They take turns talking. There is no apology, no acknowledgement of error."
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atmospheric-rivers-california-megaflood-lessons-from-forgotten-catastrophe/
Excerpts: "A 43-day storm that began in December 1861 put central and southern California underwater for up to six months, and it could happen again"
"Thousands of farms are entirely under water — cattle starving and drowning. All the roads in the middle of the state are impassable; so all mails are cut off. The telegraph also does not work clear through. In the Sacramento Valley for some distance the tops of the poles are under water. The entire valley was a lake extending from the mountains on one side to the coast range hills on the other. Steamers ran back over the ranches fourteen miles from the river, carrying stock, etc, to the hills. Nearly every house and farm over this immense region is gone. America has never before seen such desolation by flood as this has been, and seldom has the Old World seen the like"
MESSAGE FROM JESUS ON SEVERE WINTER FOR AMERICA
http://littlepebble.org/2016/11/25/events-in-sequence-and-extras-from-jesus/
EVENTS IN SEQUENCE AND EXTRAS FROM JESUS
JESUS: "America will have a severe winter for 2016-2017"
← Message from Jesus to William Costellia – 26 April 2017
Message from Jesus to William Costellia – 30 April 2017 →

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The Supersonic Guitars of Billy Mure
Easy Ed Posted On February 9, 2017
The history of session musicians goes back to the 1920s and '30s, when the major record labels each had their own "studio bands" that could quickly crank out the latest pop hits. Many of the musicians were in working bands that played at clubs late into the night, but they would show up at recording studios or radio stations during the day. Most were uncredited, and many went on to have successful careers in big bands and jazz combos.
As the decades rolled on, and specifically since the 2008 release of the film The Wrecking Crew, which documents the Los Angeles-based group of musicians who played on almost every major release from Phil Spector's productions to the Beach Boys and Byrds' albums along with literally hundreds of hit singles from the '60s and '70s, there's been a renewed interest and spotlight on these unsung heroes.
While other books and films have come out in the past few years covering the studios and players in places like Muscle Shoals, Memphis, Detroit, and Nashville, it's interesting that there hasn't been much written about New York's long historical recording tradition. The writing on Manhattan's music industry has mostly been focused on the songwriting tradition from Tin Pan Alley to the Brill Building and the business acumen of the hundreds of record labels and radio and TV shows that were based there. But back in the day, there were probably more session musicians per square foot on the island than anyplace else in the world.
About three and half years ago, I wrote an article for No Depression on a New York-based singer-songwriter named Emily Mure who had just released her first album, and in our exchange of information and conversational emails, I learned she was the granddaughter of Billy Mure, a musician, producer, and arranger who has a cult following among "retro-billy" guitarists and was one of those people who had a quietly successful career lending his incredible talent to a long string of hits by other artists.
The first record he played on that made it to number one was "Rag Mop" by the Ames Brothers in 1950, a cover version of a song written by Bob Wills' younger brother Johnnie Lee and Deacon Anderson. While the latter's version was driven by a smokin' pedal steel guitar riff, the Ames Brothers' pop cover with Billy Mure comes riding along with a short classic solo 49 seconds in. That precedes by a year "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner, which some consider the first rock record. Billy may have beat that clock.
Born in 1915 in New York, Mure was playing violin by the time he turned five and moved to guitar in his late teens. Prior to World War II he played with several society orchestras on the high-end club and resort circuits. He learned arranging while in the military, working with the Air Force Band playing both string bass and tuba, and he lived in North Carolina for a spell before heading back to New York. He worked in the studio orchestra for radio station WNEW for 10 years while also doing a number of other gigs around town. By the late '50s, he came up with the concept of Supersonic Guitars, which led to a string of albums for RCA and MGM. Jazz legend Bucky Pizzarelli picks up the story for Vintage Guitar:
"Billy was so busy. He was on WNEW, doing 15-minute radio shows all day long, and between those shows he was doing three record dates a day. I don't know how he squeezed it all in, but he was a workhorse. There were a lot of dates where Billy was the arranger, and it would be Billy, George Barnes, and me. On the Supersonic stuff, he had more like five guitars – including me on (Danelectro six-string) bass guitar, Al Caiola, Tony Mottola, Al Casimenti, Don Arnone, and himself. Billy had his own style, and he wrote things out for the other guitars; sometimes George was the soloist."
In that same article, retro-billy Deke Dickerson adds this:
"Undoubtedly, Billy Mure could lead an orchestra, read charts, and play a jazz gig, but just give a listen to 'Tiger Guitars' and tell me he's not one of the great unsung rock and roll electric guitarists of the 1950s."
I'll get back to the Supersonic Guitars, but just to give you you a taste of Billy's contribution to so many classic pop songs of the '50s and '60s, here's just a few songs he played on that hit number one on the charts:
Paul Anka – "Diana"
Frankie Laine – "Rawhide"
Eddie Fisher – "Oh My Papa"
Marty Robbins – "White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation"
Bobby Darin – "Splish Splash"
Rosemary Clooney – "Come on-a My House"
Guy Mitchell – "Heartaches By The Numbers"
Perez Prado – "Patricia"
Tony Bennett – "Because of You" and "Cold Cold Heart"
Johnny Mathis – "Chances Are"
Patti Page – "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window"
Bryan Hyland – "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
Johnny Ray – "Cry"
As a producer, Mure also had top ten success with Marcie Blaine and "Bobby's Girl," Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her," and this one by a 17-year-old Bobbie Freeman:
Back to the aforementioned Supersonic Guitar series, Mure came up with that concept in 1957 and it was a hard-rockin' offshoot to the short-lived craze of space-age pop that included exotica, bachelor pad, jet-set pop, cocktail, outsider, and other incredible strange music. Once again ahead of the curve, I would describe it as post-rockabilly and pre-surf.
In early August of 1959, MGM Records' sales and promotion team traveled down to the Bahamas for their annual convention, led by my cousin Arnold Maxin, who at the time was president of the label. I can imagine that there was plenty of hard drinking, chasing women, playing golf or poker, and the occasional meeting and speeches. Billboard magazine reported that they dubbed their convention "The Profitonic Plan" and noted that Mure's Supersonic Guitars album would be one of their strong sales leaders.
Two weeks later, Billboard gave it a four-star review, noting the five guitar players and three drummers, the danceable tunes, fine sound reproduction with interesting tone effects, and a cover that was an "eye-catcher" showing a jet breaking the sound barrier would be a sales winner. MGM also got similar reviews for two other artists in the release cycle: orchestra leader David Rose and Maurice Chevalier's tribute to Al Jolson.
Unfortunately, none of these three albums made much noise on the charts, but a new girl singer named Connie Francis was the breakout, and Mure played on those sessions. MGM's Supersonic Guitars (SE 3780) album was the last in the series that was ever released, yet through the years Mure found a number of projects to work on that ranged from instrumentals, novelty albums, budget product, children's music, and many other session and production gigs. He was also a guitarist on TV shows by Jimmy Dean, Perry Como, and Barbra Streisand.
On September 25, 2013, Billy Mure passed away at the age of 97. As reported in Vintage Guitar, when he turned 64 he relocated to Florida. His son Gary reported that "he started playing solo guitar in a lounge, and that resurrected his career. In New York, he'd gotten replaced by the younger guys, but he was playing all over the restaurant circuit in Florida – sometimes two or three times a week, every week, up until his death."
It was shortly after his passing that I came across Emily Mure's Odyssey album and I reached out to her. In our correspondence I was very touched by how proud she was of her grandfather, and it has stayed with me over the years. When we recently had the chance to meet and stood together talking and catching up, I promised her that I was going to write the story of Billy Mure. And I'm going to let her own words close it out.
"My grandfather started playing music at 5 years old and played gigs regularly up until a couple of weeks before he passed. He came down for my release show in July and gifted me his banjo that Arthur Godfrey gave to him.
One week before he passed, we went to visit him down in Florida. I was fortunate enough to play some of my songs for him at his bedside. The man was almost completely deaf at that point, but he asked for my song "This Place," one of his favorites from my new album, Odyssey, and he sang along with me on some of the "oooo's" in the song.
He sang some of his own songs and we sang with him, and he asked to play my guitar, which he did from his bed. He passed peacefully at 97 years old, just a month and a half shy of his 98th birthday, with loved ones by his side."
This one's for Billy.
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Emma was one day sitting by the fire, on a little stool. She was trying to cut a mouse out of a piece of paper. She had a pair of scissors, with round ends. Her mother had given her these scissors for her own, because they were safer for her to use than scissors with pointed ends.
Presently, her Mother said, "Come here to me, Emma."
"Wait a minute, Mother," said Emma.
"Do you know," said her Mother, "that it was naughty for you to say that?"
"Why, you can wait a little minute," said Emma; "I am very busy. Don't you see that I am making a mouse?"
"Emma," replied her Mother, "do you know that I ought to punish you, because you do not mind?"
"I am coming directly," cried Emma, dropping her scissors and her paper mouse, and running up to her Mother.
Her Mother took her up on her lap, and said, "My little girl, this will never do. You must learn to come at once when you are called; you must obey quickly. If you continue in this very naughty habit of not minding until you are told to do a thing two or three times, you will grow up a very disagreeable girl, and nobody will love you."
Emma looked up mournfully into her Mother's face, and said, "Mother, I will try to do better."
She was a good-tempered child, and was seldom cross or sullen; but she had this one bad habit, and it was a very bad habit indeed—she waited to be told twice, and sometimes oftener, and many times she made her kind Mother very unhappy.
For a few days after this Emma remembered what her Mother had said to her, and always came the first time she was called. She came pleasantly, for it is very important to mind pleasantly, and did everything she was told to do immediately; and her Mother loved her dearly, and hoped she was quite cured of her naughty ways.
But I am very sorry to have to say that a time came when Emma entirely forgot her promise. You shall hear how it happened.
One morning Emma's Mother said to her, "Emma, it is time for you to get up, and put on your stockings and shoes."
Emma did not move. She lay with her eyes wide open, watching a fly on the wall, that was scrubbing his thin wings with his hind legs.
"Did you hear me, Emma? Put on your stockings and shoes!"
Emma got up very slowly. She put one foot out of bed, and then looked again at the fly. This time he was scrubbing his face with his fore legs. So she sat there, and said to herself, "I wonder how that funny little fly can stay upon the wall. I can't walk up the wall as the fly can. What a little round black head he has got!"
"Emma!" said her Mother, and this time she spoke in a very severe tone.
Emma started, and put her other foot out of bed, and took up one of her stockings.
Her Mother got out of her bed, which was close to Emma's crib, and began to dress herself. When she was dressed, she looked round, and saw Emma, with one stocking half on, and the other rolled up in a little ball, which she was throwing up in the air.
Her Mother was angry with her. She went up to her, and took her stocking away from her, and told her to get into bed again; for if she would not dress herself when her Mother bid her, she should be punished by being made to lie in bed. She shut up the window shutters, and took all the books out of the room, and telling Emma not to get up until she gave her leave, she went down stairs to breakfast.
Now children don't like to be in bed in the daytime,—at least I have never heard of any one that did; and Emma was soon tired of lying in a dark room wide awake, with nothing to do, and no pleasant thoughts, for she could think of nothing but her naughty behaviour. So this was a very severe punishment, and she began to cry, and wish she had minded quickly, and then she would have been down stairs, where the sun was shining brightly into the windows. She would have been sitting in her chair, with her dear little kitten in her lap, and a nice bowl of bread and milk for her breakfast. She always saved a little milk in the bottom of the bowl for Daisy her kitten, and after she had done, she would give the rest to Daisy. So you see that Emma lost much pleasure by not minding quickly; and, what was worse than all, she had displeased her Mother, and made her unhappy.
Oh, how weary she got! how she longed to get up! She did not dare to disobey her Mother, and she lay in her crib a long, long time, and thought she never could be so naughty again.
At last her Mother came into the room. She opened the shutters, and said, "Emma, you may get up and put on your stockings and shoes."
Emma jumped up quickly, and had them on in two minutes, and then she took off her night-gown and put on her day-clothes, which hung over the back of the chair by her crib, and went to her Mother to have them fastened, for she could not fasten them herself. Her Mother fastened her clothes, and then, taking her little girl's hand, she said, "My dear little Emma, you have made me feel very unhappy this morning. I do not like to punish you, but it is my duty to try to cure you of all your naughty ways, and it is your duty to try to overcome them. If you do not, some day you may meet with some terrible misfortune, like that which happened to a boy I used to know when I was young. I will tell you the story. This boy, like you, grieved his parents often, by not minding quickly; and he suffered for it in a way that he will never forget as long as he lives. He was one day standing on the steps of the house where he lived, and I was standing at the window of the house opposite, where I lived. I was watching some men that were on the top of this boy's house, fixing the slates on the roof. The roof was covered with loose pieces of slate, and nails, and rubbish.
"Presently one of the men on the roof cried out, 'Go in, little boy; go in.' But the boy was looking at a kite that some other boys had in the street, and he did not choose to go in. The man thought that he had minded what he told him, and without looking again he tumbled down a great heap of slates and rubbish. The house was quite high, and a large and sharp piece of slate came down very swiftly, and struck the boy on the side of his head, and cut off nearly the whole of his ear. In a moment the blood poured down his neck and over his clothes, and I thought he would bleed to death. Oh, Emma! what a dreadful punishment for not minding quickly!
"For a long time he went about with his head bound up, and when he got well again the side of his face looked very bad indeed, for where his ear had been there was a dreadful scar that never went away. Now he is a man, and he often tells children how he got this dreadful scar, and all because he did not mind quickly."
The tears had rolled down Emma's face while her Mother was telling her this story. When she had finished it, Emma put her arms around her Mother's neck, and told her that indeed she would try to obey at once, and be a good little girl, so that her dear Mother would never be unhappy about her again.
Her Mother kissed her, and took her down stairs, and gave her some breakfast, and all this day, and ever after, she did try very hard to be good. Whenever she felt herself going about anything slowly, the thought of the poor boy who had lost his ear would come into her mind, and she would jump up at once, when her Mother called her, and do whatever she wanted her to do, pleasantly and quickly.


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Underneath ANGER there is horrific Pain Stored. Understanding how to Work Through it is the Holy Grail to Liberation.
Underneath Anger, there is always PAIN, FEAR and frozen emotions that were stopped from being felt fully and integrated.
Don't be REACTive towards Your Anger ( The Realm of reactivity between defence and attack ) BE Responsive towards it.
KEEP CALM and OBSERVE what's hidden underneath the ANGER, that yes,…we ALL store deeply in our inertia.
Be an Observer and work with/through it, release it – NOT Onto Another in the great rampage nor onto yourSELF.
Through Your Body. The way it needs to move through it.
Take your Anger on a Quantum Leap Journey withIN and WithOUT.
Underneath ANGER there is horrific Pain Stored. Understanding how to Work Through it is the Holy Grail to Liberation. Anger Needs to BE MET with utter and Full On Force COMPASSION and NOT Resistance.
I know it often sounds easier said than done…. But Can and Must be Approached this way in order for Us all as a Collective to Get better and move on the scale of EVOLution. It is important to integrate it with a conscious guidance and in a loving, safe environment or Presence of Another who can hold this space.
I am here to Help, Guide and hold accountable for the resolution of the work that Needs to Be done if You want to be truly Free and Liberated from the horror of subconscious feelings running Your Life.


On 3/19 Nancy Famolari wrote: Prosecutor Mia Quinn is on the phone with her friend and colleague, Colleen, when the unthinkable happens. She hears a shot. When Colleen doesn't answer, she thrusts the phone at the son telling him to try to talk to her and after calling the police rushes to Colleen's house where her friend is bleeding ... When Murder Stalks Your Colleagues, Who Can You Trust?
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package com.mongodb.internal.connection;

import com.mongodb.internal.session.SessionContext;
import org.bson.ByteBuf;
import org.bson.io.BsonOutput;

import java.util.List;

import static com.mongodb.internal.connection.MessageHeader.MESSAGE_HEADER_LENGTH;

class CompressedMessage extends RequestMessage {
    private final OpCode wrappedOpcode;
    private final List<ByteBuf> wrappedMessageBuffers;
    private final Compressor compressor;

    CompressedMessage(final OpCode wrappedOpcode, final List<ByteBuf> wrappedMessageBuffers, final Compressor compressor,
                      final MessageSettings settings) {
        super(OpCode.OP_COMPRESSED, getWrappedMessageRequestId(wrappedMessageBuffers), settings);
        this.wrappedOpcode = wrappedOpcode;
        this.wrappedMessageBuffers = wrappedMessageBuffers;
        this.compressor = compressor;
    }

    @Override
    protected EncodingMetadata encodeMessageBodyWithMetadata(final BsonOutput bsonOutput, final SessionContext sessionContext) {
        bsonOutput.writeInt32(wrappedOpcode.getValue());
        bsonOutput.writeInt32(getWrappedMessageSize(wrappedMessageBuffers) - MESSAGE_HEADER_LENGTH);
        bsonOutput.writeByte(compressor.getId());

        getFirstWrappedMessageBuffer(wrappedMessageBuffers)
                .position(getFirstWrappedMessageBuffer(wrappedMessageBuffers).position() + MESSAGE_HEADER_LENGTH);

        compressor.compress(wrappedMessageBuffers, bsonOutput);

        return new EncodingMetadata(0);
    }

    private static int getWrappedMessageSize(final List<ByteBuf> wrappedMessageBuffers) {
        ByteBuf first = getFirstWrappedMessageBuffer(wrappedMessageBuffers);
        return first.getInt(0);
    }

    private static int getWrappedMessageRequestId(final List<ByteBuf> wrappedMessageBuffers) {
        ByteBuf first = getFirstWrappedMessageBuffer(wrappedMessageBuffers);
        return first.getInt(4);
    }

    private static ByteBuf getFirstWrappedMessageBuffer(final List<ByteBuf> wrappedMessageBuffers) {
        return wrappedMessageBuffers.get(0);
    }
}


This link will take you to a full article (not pay-walled) on the Spanish flu pandemic, which may have originated in China as avian or swine flu, but erupted in a virulent way during and after World War I.
Prior to World War I, the causes of influenza were unknown. There were no separate strain names for the various types, such as swine flu or bird flu. Anyone could catch a "congestion of the lungs" and subsequently die of pneumonia after recovering from the "congestion". There were no vaccines for it or anything else back then.
The post-war flu pandemic resulted in 50 million to 150 million deaths worldwide, although there was no actual census count. But we had another serious scare in 2006. Remember the bird flu pandemic? The research for the 2006 pandemic had already started at CDC in 1995, with researchers reconstructing the virus's structure from autopsied materials left over from WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic. Shortly after that, the 1997 H5N1 avian influenza A pandemic broke out in Hong Kong. The finding that H1N1's descendants include swine flu and avian flu RNA resulted in corporations like the one I worked for at the time offering flu and pneumonia vaxes while at work, for a modest fee.
The UK had a popular TV series titled "Survivors", which was about a worldwide pandemic caused by a combined RNA flu vaccine which was supposed to stop the flu, but instead it became as aggressive as the bug in Stephen King's "The Stand", which was based on the same idea. Both "bugs" were recombinant shifting antigen viruses constantly seeking new hosts for survival. In both stories, the surviving populations were sparse, and if the viruses shifted into new hosts such as dogs or cats, humans were doomed.
All I'm saying is, get your flu shot because the swine flu and avian flu viruses mutate and combine at will, always on the search for new hosts so that they can spread. It's survival. Oranges and lemons help repel it. Must be something about ascorbic acid, eh? That, and bacon. And your VA flu shot is free, too.
Let's just help the flu bugs not survive, because if there were two major episodes of flu in less than 10 years (1997 and 2006), with air transportation the way it is now, it will happen again.
If you are retired on Tricare you can go to Publix and get the flu shot for free and get a $10 gift card for groceries. Your spouse should be able to get one as well if they are not on active duty.
Always hated the mandatory flu shot; made me sick for a couple days. Then I suddenly developed an annual allergy to poultry products. Problem solved!
If you come near me with the sneezes and sniffles, I will turn you into a Yeoman.
Will you bring me Kleenex and chicken soup?
Ha! I will watch while you crawl across the floor to get it before the cat beats you to it!
Both The Stand and Survivors were great.
The Spanish Flu Pandemic had to be terrifying. I was reading a story a couple months ago about the outbreak in Boston. It ran rampant through the doughboys and the hospitals were inundated with thousands of sick and dying in a matter of weeks. Just as soon as it began it was done. All inside a month.
I had a little bird.
Fun fact: the "Spanish" influenza had nothing to do with Spain. But World War I was in progress, and due to wartime censorship in the belligerent countries, news about the pandemic was suppressed. Spain was neutral, however, so the newspapers were free to report. So people around the world found out about the pandemic from Spanish news reports, and Spain became (unfairly) associated with one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in history.
No, it was speculated to have originated in China with Chinese laborers bringing it with them to Spain. The "Spanish" adjective came from that. Europe suffered the worst impact, and it went from there.
What Hayabusa is saying is the most commonly understood and reported origin story. According to what is taught in schools today, it originated in the American Midwest in military barracks and was spread by American troops.
For example, here's a CDC article that makes that speculation – here. The article also speculates the influenza ~may~ have also impacted Asia ~subsequently~.
A more recent article by National Geographic – here proposes the outbreak began with the importation of Chinese laborers in sealed train cars across Canada by the French and British. But, even in this one it is noted the earliest sample of the virus unearthed from a victim is that of a soldier in Fort Dodge,Iowa in May of 1918.This article also states the only way we will be able to identify the source is to find it in a burial of an earlier victim, like in the bodies of those Chinese laborers, or in the graves in China of some of the victims of the 1917 epidemic that was originally identified as "plague".
Your timing for this piece is perfect for me. I've been fighting some sort of virus for more than three weeks. I've promised myself that as soon as I am able, I will be getting my first-ever flu shot, even if the one offered this year is not the prevalent strain.
If I get the flu shot I get the flu,—bad case. If I don't get the flu shot, I get the flu,—mild case. I plan on self medicating/self vacinating with orange juice flavored vodka, tequila flavored lemon/lime juice, and bacon sammiches… with cheese..grilled.
Bourbon, honey, and a squeeze of lemon juice in a glass. Nuke for 15 seconds or so, sip and inhale the steamy goodness. It won't cure ya but you won't care as much.
Chocolate ice cream, cheesecake, high pulp orange juice, chicken soup made partly of leftover KFC chicken, and oranges. And cheesecake. Did I say cheesecake? Yes, that, too.
Yes: feed a fever and choose your source of sustenance. A big pot of freshly-brewed onion soup, for instance, will not only chase bugs away, but will also provide nourishment and warmth and those toasted bread slices with cheese put on top of the soup, under the broiler for 3 minutes.
Go easy on aspirin because it can make your GI tract bleed.
Goofing off in a comfy chair with fave rave videos works well, too. It's just too bad that Tight Pants Night (Tuesdays) is no longer part of the TV schedule, but I have my own version of that estimable way of spending time.
Only problem is that dairy products encourage the production of mucus in many folks, a substance most of us don't need more of when we have the flu, a cold, or other respiratory issues. Or so I've heard.
Had the flu once. It was please kill me bad.
I saw the images of Jesus and my mom on the wall. I also saw some cartoon characters like Ninja Turtles.
One of the quirks of the 1918 strain was that it was particularly likely to trigger a badly-excessive immune response, which resulted in the lungs filling with fluid. The healthiest folks tended to be the victims. Hale and hearty men went to bed with headache and maybe a cough, and were corpses by morning.
Everyone alive is descended from folks that didn't die of it. It is unlikely ever to match that original strain, although it may be quite severe.
Parallel is the "Black death". Once it had killed half of Europe. After that, it was less and less effective. Smallpox in old and new world is another example.
If you think of DNA and RNA as the info tech of cells, viruses are the "script kiddies" hacking them.
Really liked the book. Liked nearly all the characters on both sides (Nadine was an angst-ridden b1tch, though).
But Tom (the retard) was my favorite. I LOVED his version of a prayer. "He gives me Kung Fu in the face of my enemies…' 😉 Too fvckin' cool & funny.
King fans might try 11/22/63. Although, I have to wonder if traditional fans like it, since it isn't his typical unbelievably-scary-as-sh*t novel. It's a departure from pure horror into sci-fi. I love the book, though. I read it about once a year.


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Q: How to check if a HANDLE is valid or not? In C++, I have opened a serial port that has a HANDLE. Since the port may close by an external application, how can I verify that the HANDLE is still valid before reading data?
I think it can be done by checking the HANDLE against a suitable API function, but which?
Thank you.

A:
as the port may close by a external application

This is not possible, an external application cannot obtain the proper handle value to pass to CloseHandle().  Once you have the port opened, any other process trying to get a handle to the port will get AccessDenied.
That said, there's crapware out there that hacks around this restriction by having secret knowledge of the undocumented kernel structures that stores handles for a process.  You are powerless against them, don't make the mistake of taking on this battle by doing the same.  You will lose.  If a customer complains about this then give them my doctor's advice: "if it hurts then don't do it".

A: If you are given a HANDLE and simply want to find out whether it is indeed an open file handle, there is the Windows API function GetFileInformationByHandle for that.
Depending on the permissions your handle grants you for the file, you can also try to move the file pointer using SetFilePointer, read some data from it using ReadFile, or perform a null write operation using WriteFile with nNumberOfBytesToWrite set to 0.

A: Checking to see whether a handle is "valid" is a mistake. You need to have a better way of dealing with this.
The problem is that once a handle has been closed, the same handle value can be generated by a new open of something different, and your test might say the handle is valid, but you are not operating on the file you think you are.
For example, consider this sequence:

*

*Handle is opened, actual value is 0x1234

*Handle is used and the value is passed around

*Handle is closed.

*Some other part of the program opens a file, gets handle value 0x1234

*The original handle value is "checked for validity", and passes.

*The handle is used, operating on the wrong file.

So, if it is your process, you need to keep track of which handles are valid and which ones are not. If you got the handle from some other process, it will have been put into your process using DuplicateHandle(). In that case, you should manage the lifetime of the handle and the source process shouldn't do that for you. If your handles are being closed from another process, I assume that you are the one doing that, and you need to deal with the book keeping.

A: Some WinAPI functions return meaningless ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER even if valid handles are passed to them, so there is a real use case to check handles for validity.
GetHandleInformation function does the job:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724329%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

A: Probably you are under windows and using ReadFile to read the data. The only way to check it is trying to read. If the HANDLE is invalid it'll return an error code (use GetLastEror() to see which one it is) which will probably be ERROR_HANDLE_INVALID.

A: I know that it's a little bit late but I had a similar question to you, how to check if a pipe (a pipe I created using CreateFile) is still open (maybe the other end shut down the connection) and can read, and if it is not, to open it again. I did what @Felix Dombek suggested, and I used the WriteFile to check the connection. If it returned 1 it means the pipe is open, else I opened it using the CreateFile again. This implies that your pipe is duplex. Here's the CreateFile:
hPipe2 =  CreateFile(lpszPipename2, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH, NULL);
and here is how I checked for the connection:
while(1)
{
    bool MessageSent = WriteFile(hPipe2, "Test", 0, &cbWritten, NULL);
    if (!(MessageSent))
    {
        LogsOut("Read pipe has been disconnected");
        //Call method to start the pipe again
        break;
    }
    Sleep(200); // I need this because it is a thread
}

This is working just fine for me :)

A: You can use DuplicateHandle to test handle validity.
First method: You can try to duplicate the handle you want to check on validity. Basically, invalid handles can not be duplicated.
Second method: The DuplicateHandle function does search the Win32 handle descriptor table from beginning for an empty record to reuse it and so assign into it a duplicated handle. You can just test the duplicated handle address value on value greater than yours handle address and if it is greater, then the handle is not treated as invalid and so is not reused. But this method is very specific and limited, and it does only work, when there is no more empty or invalid handle records above the handle value address you want to test.
But all this just said above is valid only if you track all handles creation and duplication on your side.
Examples for Windows 7:
Method #1
// check stdin on validity

HANDLE stdin_handle_dup = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
const bool is_stdin_handle_dup = !!DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE), GetCurrentProcess(), &stdin_handle_dup, 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
if (is_stdin_handle_dup && stdin_handle_dup != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
    CloseHandle(stdin_handle_dup);
    stdin_handle_dup = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
}

Method #2
// Assume `0x03` address has a valid stdin handle, then the `0x07` address can be tested on validity (in Windows 7 basically stdin=0x03, stdout=0x07, stderr=0x0b).
// So you can duplicate `0x03` to test `0x07`.

bool is_stdout_handle_default_address_valid = false;
HANDLE stdin_handle_dup = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
const bool is_stdin_handle_dup = !!DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), (HANDLE)0x03, GetCurrentProcess(), &stdin_handle_dup, 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
if (is_stdin_handle_dup && stdin_handle_dup != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
    if (stdin_handle_dup > (HANDLE)0x07) {
        is_stdout_handle_default_address_valid = true; // duplicated into address higher than 0x07, so 0x07 contains a valid handle
    }
    CloseHandle(stdin_handle_dup);
    stdin_handle_dup = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
}

A: In order to check the handle , first we need to know what is our HANDLE for, (for a File/Port/Window, ...), Then find an appropriate function to check it (thanks @janm for help). Note that the function's duty may be specially for this destination or not. In my case that iv'e opened a Serial port by CreateFile() , i can check the COM status by GetCommState() API function that fills our COM info struct. If the port is not open anymore or inaccessible the function returns 0 and if you call GetLastError() immediately, you`ll get the ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE value. Thanks everyone for helps.

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Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. [According to U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: The underlined section has been Amended and superseded by the 14th amendment] The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature [According to U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: The underlined section has been Amended and superseded by the 17th amendment] thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, [According to U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: The underlined section has been Amended and superseded by the 20th amendment] unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;-- between a State and Citizens of another State, [According to U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: The underlined section has been Amended and superseded by the 11th amendment] --between Citizens of different States,--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.


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Rabbids Coding is a free educational game from Ubisoft, out now
And it's actually pretty fun
Matthew Sholtz
9:37am PDT Oct 8, 2020
Ubisoft already offers many free games on the Play Store, but most are stuffed with in-app purchases. Well, it would seem Ubisoft is giving back for once with its latest release Rabbids Coding. This is an educational game designed to help kids over the age of 7 learn basic programming skills. You see, those pesky Rabbids just trashed a space station, and so it will be the player's job to fix things by creating sequences of commands that will remove each Rabbid from the space station, one by one.
The trailer above provides a quick explanation of what to expect from Rabbids Coding, and as you can see, the game offers a slick theme that should easily appeal to children. Better yet, the Rabbid-removal gameplay is actually pretty fun and reminds me of titles like ChuChu Rocket, where you create directions for the game's inhabitants to complete each stage's goal, and there are 32 stages in total to explore. While Rabbids Coding gameplay is somewhat simple compared to ChuChu Rocket, it's still an enjoyable title that introduces players to the concepts of sequential programming, loops, and conditions.
So if you have a kid that's interested in coding, or would perhaps like to push them in that direction, Rabbids Coding is a good place to start. While the game doesn't actually provide any language-specific lessons, the core concepts are there, making for a solid stepping stone once the basics are grasped. So if you'd like to check out Rabbids Coding for Android, you can do so through the Play Store widget below, and if you prefer to play on PC, Ubisoft also offers a free PC version through Uplay.
Rabbids Coding!
Developer: Ubisoft Entertainment
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Rabbids Coding
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SimpleRouter.  A very simple router for Meteor.  Handles changing the url and back button history.  Provides a ReactiveVar of the current url.  The only dependency is ReactiveVar.

    SimpleRouter.go('/blog');

This changes the url to '/blog' without reloading the page.  Clicking the browser back button will go to the previous page.

    SimpleRouter.path.get();

This is a ReactiveVar containing the current path.

See the examples folder for a simple example.

Has not been tested in many browsers.  Pull requests welcome to fix/improve.


The Negev Desert is an area of southern Israel that was once ocean. Today it produces lush, ripe grapes, such as the 60% Chardonnay, 20% Viognier and 20% Chenin Blanc in this full-bodied blend. Look for aromas and flavors of golden apples, ripe pear, and yellow melon. Unoaked. Kosher. Organic grapes.


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What's in a name – With the Zeus Prada repeat breeding the theme was "The Blues". Smokestack Lightning, is a 1956 Howlin' Wolf classic blues song. Wolf said the song was inspired by watching trains in the night: "We used to sit out in the country and see the trains go by, watch the sparks come out of the smokestack." This just fit our little yellow boy when he became a part of the family. He was always keeping busy with something to do. We loved his drive and determination which fits his call name. Also following the music theme, his name also is the name of a guitar company which is an American bred institution that produces some of the world's greatest instruments, including acoustic, electric, and bass guitars played by guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry. And that's how Misty Mountain Smokestack Lightning – Gibson– was born.
Gibson is our favorite dog. He is owned, loved and lives with Jennifer Snyder and James Coletti. Gibson loves to retrieve and play with his French Bulldog and Rottweiler housemates (Jennifer is an accomplished breeder herself, Morgenstern Rottweilers). His siblings (Memphis, Parker, and Spring) join him struttin' their stuff in the show ring and in the fields retrieving – though we believe he'd rather be with birds. High hopes for all the siblings.
Gibson has been a very busy boy working towards all his hunting accomplishments. Along with being an amazing partner during hunting season, he has received his Working Certificate title at the young age of 4 months (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D05WMTMMKO4). Gibson then continued on to his AKC Junior Hunt Title, Canine Good Citizen, and Working Dog Excellence title all at the age of 2. We feel he is truly a wonderful example of the Labrador with great working temperament along with strong drives and always a willingness to work.
Gibson has also been busy in the AKC ring as well. One of his happiest moments was winning Reserve Winners Dog with his breeder, Toni Leitao at the Sierra Vista Labrador Retriever Specialty show in Placerville, CA. We feel he has been blessed with his daddy Zeus' good looks along with his beautiful mother Prada. He continues to be shown on occasion at AKC events on the West Coast along with training towards his Senior Hunt title.
Gibson has all his health clearances. Please contact Jennifer at Jennifer53@aol.com for stud inquiries.


Expectations of Motherhood: I was so nervous. I've never been the most maternal of all souls. Before Nova, I had never changed a nappy or fed a baby, and if one was handed to me I'd prefer to not hold it in case I dropped it – they seemed so incredibly fragile and dainty to me. Also, to be honest I only really thought as far as giving birth and the following first couple of months – I expected many sleepless nights, a much more scruffy-looking version of me and a lot of chaos.
Reality of Motherhood: Wow. It was a different sort of tiredness than I could ever have imagined in my wildest dreams – at times I couldn't even string a proper sentence together. But we were so lucky with Nova and 99.9% of the time she was a super-pleasant, totally laid-back and happy little creature. It was so strange to all over sudden have her home after preparing for her arrival for so many months.
The first three months were really hard. I felt like a robot: changing nappies, feeding, putting Nova to sleep. Changing nappies, feeding, putting Nova to sleep. Changing nappies….you get the gist. And even though she was mine, even though I loved her from the moment she was put on my chest she was still a stranger with a personality and character that would first really emerge in later months. Then the day came when Nova first smiled at me. I just melted, and our bond since has become stronger and stronger.
Taking your child home for the first time: When we walked out of hospital and the sunlight hit my eyes I felt like that dude must have felt when he woke up in 28 Days Later – confused, weak and like I had been in a deep comatose sleep for a very long time. My partner was carrying Nova in her car seat in front of me, and I remember the congratulations balloon tied around the handle hitting me on the head every couple of steps. It took quite a while until we had figured out the car seat (it seemed so straight-forward in the shop!), and then we drove home at 20mph. All three of us were exhausted, but also happy (well, Nova was asleep but she must have been happy to get out of there).
The best/worst advice: When I was in hospital after giving birth, I was told so many conflicting things. Each midwife would do things differently, the health visitor had a separate opinion and then there are so many members of the family who all want to help with advice. But the truth is it confuses the hell out of you! What is the right thing to do? Who is the most appropriate person to listen to? Is there a 'right' way? An important realisation to me was that your confidence as a mother grows with time. After all, babies aren't delivered with an instruction manual and all babies are utterly different! I've been to so many different activity and play groups where we met other babies Nova's age, and it was amazing to see that even though there are the general baby behaviour characteristics, each of them is a completely unique individual. So stick to your guns and do what you think is right. Oh, and it really is bliss to speak to other mums with young babies – cause dads don't and physically can't really understand all the emotions you are going through. They do try to (bless them), but when you chat to other mummies it's amazing when you discover that many times they feel exactly what you feel. And you'll need that validation sometimes.
The hardest parts of being a mother: The sheer amount of responsibility that comes with being a mum. You now have to be a role model, a proper adult, and you are on duty 24/7. When your childless friends go to a Stone Roses gig so can you – only, you best not attend the after party, as coming home at 4am does really not work when you need to look after a sprightful baby from 12pm. Trust me.
And if you thought you had little time before, you'll be kicking yourself now. Tiredness is hard too – it makes you a lesser, more grey version of the original you, and sometimes it makes you look more negatively on life that you normally would.
The best parts of being a mother: Being able to say 'that's my daughter'. I am so proud of her and absolutely adore my little girl. And I will move heaven and earth to make sure that she will have everything she needs in her life. When Nova giggles and stretches her little arms out to me it makes it all worth it and I'd do it all over again a thousand times.
Has becoming a mother changed you?: It has changed everything. And I mean everything. I don't feel, act or think like the Elisa I was before. Nova comes first now and I have adapted. Sometimes it makes me feel a lot more boring and less spontaneous, but for the most of it I utterly enjoy being Nova's mummy. All the little things she does every day bring so much joy to me and even though it is hard work at times, once you are a mum you couldn't imagine your life without them. What I didn't expect or think about is having to get to know your close ones all over again – your parents and his parents as grandparents, your partner as a dad (or mum). It took some readjusting, but now, 10 months down the line I think we've figured it all out.
Hopes for your family: I just want us to be happy. I don't expect and wouldn't want perfection, but I'd like Nova to have a secure and happy childhood and watch her grow into a fabulous lady. And I want us all to stick together through thick and thin, for better and for worse. Cause it'll be worth it!
& one day you will miss having a chocolate face to wipe.
You won't always wake to find my foot is kicking you out of bed,or find me sideways on your pillow where you want to lay your head.
or piggyback me down the road when my little legs can't walk that far.


I do all of the same. It appears that money, power and votes are all that counts with our politicians these days. Even when you elect someone because they claim to be anti-illegal immigration and anti-amnesty they double cross you after they are in office. I don't know what it is going to take to elect politicians who will keep their word and put the American people first. I am truly saddened by all of this.
I know politicians do double-cross their constituents. When one of my senators, Warner, was governor, he passed some measures that got tough on illegals. He's a democrat, so it was even more impressive. So I voted for him. Once he got in office, he started voting the way Obama wanted dems to vote and he supports amnesty for illegals. Did I ever feel duped I didn't make the same mistake when he was up for re-election but sadly, he eked out a win by 17,000 votes!
Unfortunately, I don't trust any of them from either party these days.
How, exactly, did I fail her? Far too many people are either in denial about this problem and then there are the invasion cheerleaders who push for even more illegals.
My rep and senators hear from me quite a bit on this issue. Before voting, I take a look at the candidates and where they stand on this issue.
I've even taken to the streets with like-minded people in protest regarding this issue and even talked to the press.
I've donated money to groups who are pushing for change.
If change doesn't happen, it won't be because I failed to do something about it. My daughter and grandkids will know that my husband and I did all that we could.
Yet, according to you, I'm somehow failing future generations.
What more do you want from those of us who care and are working to make positive change?
I can't help it if you feel guilty but don't project your sense of failure on to the rest of us.
I've done all that I, AS ONE PERSON, can do. I am not a failure.
What have you done about the issue of illegal immigration lately? It sounds like you haven't done anything and you have no answers.
LOL, you're missing the big picture, you could have been working on this issue 24/7 for years and it wouldn't have mattered; we have over 30 million illegals here, millions of anchor babies born, hundreds of thousands if not millions of H1B visa holders killing whole sections of the economy, and most of these people will not be leaving the US unless drastic action is taken.
While your and the efforts of such righteous groups as FAIR have been noble, and are to be commended, nothing has been accomplished despite them.
As for MY solution, it is to deport every single illegal going back to 1950, with an elimination of the concept of anchor babies going back to 1864. The reality is that only a mass uprising / rebellion will force the government, including the scum-g democrats to stop the flow and remove those here illegally.
Some I've spoken with have suggested eliminating all welfare even for anchor babies and cracking down on business owners with jail time, but even getting those ideas passed is beyond the activists' ability without an uprising.
Jimmy freaking Carter addressed Congress about his concerns about "undocumented aliens" in 1977, and that commie pinko Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to millions in 1986. This is NOT a Democrat issue, in the present, or the past.
The Chamber of Commerce wing of the Republicans, which is all of them, want cheap labor at ALL costs. They love illegal immigration. This is not solely a Democrat issue. Securing the border and deporting and otherwise villainizing illegal immigrants is a distraction from the root of the issue - PEOPLE WILL HIRE THEM. Individuals and businesses small and large LOVE hiring illegal immigrants. They are part of the large class of the working poor in America, who live on a combination of welfare and work.
Villainize the people that hire and directly support illegal immigrants, if you must villainize anyone.
Jimmy freaking Carter addressed Congress with his concerns about "undocumented aliens" in 1977, and that pinko commie Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to millions in 1986. This is NOT solely a Democrat issue, in the past, or present.
Correction. It is both the Democrats and the GOP politicians that are advocates for cheap, illegal labor because they are in cohoots with the businesses that hire them.
From what I understand it is the Democrats that oppose e-verify to put an end to these illegal hiring practices. The Senate bill which included a watered down version of e-verify would only take effect after 5 years and it would not include making those already working to pass it. I don't care what you claim the majority of Americans do not hire illegal aliens at least not knowingly.
Yes, Reagan was wrong to grant an amnesty but he was fooled into thinking that our borders would be secured. Well they weren't. It is our present Democrat president that has implemented DACA, stay of deportations for those with U.S. citizen children with work permits, constant promises of amnesty and instructed Homeland Security not to detain or deport any illegal aliens unless they are "convicted" criminals. What other president did that?
I don't care what you claim the majority of Americans do not hire illegal aliens at least not knowingly.
Uh, read my posts in this thread. I have as much hatred for the corporate wing of the republican party as I do for the entire democratic party, both are the scum of the earth an deserve to be placed on a ship and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.
No True Conservative that I know of wants to have anything to do with either the corporate wing or the religious wing of the GOP.
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Dionizy Zbirujski (zm. 18 listopada 1603) – prawosławny, a następnie pierwszy unicki biskup chełmski.

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Pochodził z rodziny prawosławnych mieszczan krasnostawskich. Pełnił funkcję pisarza mytnego w Krasnymstawie. Żonaty z córką prawosławnego biskupa chełmskiego Zachariasza Iljaszewicza, miał syna Michała. W 1586 mianowany prawosławnym biskupem chełmskim. W 1590 wyraził swoje poparcie dla idei unii między Kościołem katolickim a Kościołem prawosławnym, przy zachowaniu zwierzchności papieża. W czerwcu 1595 podpisał się pod listem do papieża Klemensa VIII, w którym część prawosławnych biskupów metropolii kijowskiej prosiła o zawarcie unii kościelnej. W 1596 złożył swój podpis pod dokumentami unii brzeskiej, stając się tym samym pierwszym ordynariuszem unickiej diecezji chełmskiej. Decyzja biskupa spotkała się z negatywnym odbiorem znacznej części wiernych, którzy albo pozostali wierni prawosławiu, albo nie uświadamiali sobie znaczenia i konsekwencji aktu unijnego. 28 października 1596 r. biskup Zbirujski decyzją króla Zygmunta III otrzymał w administrację monaster leszczyński w powiecie pińskim. Decyzja ta nie weszła w życie, ponieważ mnisi wraz z dotychczasowym przełożonym nie zaakceptowali postanowień unijnych. Biskup Zbirujski znany był z porywczego charakteru, o czym świadczą skargi o pobicie wnoszone przez duchownych chełmskich. Według XIX-wiecznego historyka rosyjskiego, Fiodora Korałłowa, jego naganny tryb życia i negatywne cechy charaktery nie sprzyjały przyjmowaniu unii przez wiernych eparchii chełmskiej. Zmarł w Chełmie 18 listopada 1603 r.

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 Акты, издаваемые Виленскою Археографическою коммиссіею, 1892. С. CLIV-CLV.
 Dmytro Błażejowśkyj, Ієрархія Київської церкви (861-1996). – Львів: Каменяр, 1996. – С. 300.
 A. Gil, Chełmska diecezja unicka 1596-1810. Dzieje i organizacja, Lublin 2005, s. 44-59.

Biskupi chełmscy (Kościół greckokatolicki)
Sygnatariusze unii brzeskiej 1596
Zmarli w 1603
Urodzeni w XVI wieku
Biskupi chełmscy (Patriarchat Konstantynopolitański)

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Violette Leduc La bâtarde
Published by Édititons Gallimard 1964, Condition: Good. French
"To have an inner life, to think, to juggle and leap, to become a tightrope walker in the world of ideas. To attack, to riposte, to refute, what a contest, what acclaim. To understand. The most generous word of all. Memory. To retain, a geyser of felicity. Intelligence. The agonizing poverty of my mind. Words and ideas flitting in and out like butterflies. My brain a dandelion seed blown in the wind." - Violette Leduc
Earlier this week we uploaded a copy of Le Taxi by Violette Leduc that is for sale in our bookshop. The story deals with the topic of incest between a brother and sister as they drive around Paris in the back of a taxi having sex and talking about their time together growing up in the city. While the subject of the book was and remains taboo, Leduc was never one to shy away from the extremes of life in her writing. She was innovative in her sexual boldness, her ability to delicately express the tenderness that can be felt between two people and in her belief of her talent and her writing capabilities.
Violette Leduc holds a place in literary history that is as formidable and notable as many of her contemporaries that include Jean Genet (who said of her: "She is crazy, ugly, cheap, and poor, but she has a lot of talent." ) Simone de Beauvoir (her formal mentor and lifelong friend who she stalked at Cafe Fleur and tried repeatedly to have a love affair with) Albert Camus, Jean Cocteau and Jean Paul Sartre. Despite living and working at the same time as these writers her name holds much less cultural sway, despite her utterly breathtaking body of work. Most famous for her memoirs La Bâtarde, whereby she details being the illegitimate child of a poor house maid and rich man who refused to acknowledge her existence, she wrote many other works that were often semi autobiographical with a devastating and intense focus on lesbian intimacy and sex, polygamy, love and identity.
To read more click here to read our blogpost on Leduc.


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