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Caution urged online as Black Friday sales start
Six in ten consumers have said they will do more online shopping this year than last year
With non-essential retailers still in Stage 5 Covid-19 lockdown, consumers this week will be navigating a four day weekend of online sales and promotions from Black Friday to Cyber Monday completely online.
Online shoppers need to be more wary than ever that they do not fall victim to a scam during the buying frenzy.
Six in ten consumers have said they will do more online shopping this year than last year, according to Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.
The trend has been going upwards in recent years and Covid-19 restrictions have pushed it up further.
Retail Ireland has estimated that over 90% of this year's Black Friday spending will be online as many shops deemed as non-essential remain closed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The Ibec group said the average Black Friday spend is about €250 for those who make purchases.
Over 50% of Black Friday spending is on electrical goods, with about a third spent on fashion, clothing and accessories, it noted.
Retail Ireland said there is significant pent up demand in the economy and at the same time people are planning their Christmas shopping early to avoid any last minute rush.
It expects that between €1 billion and €1.2 billion will be be spent on Christmas this year.
Retail Ireland Director Arnold Dillon said that the next few weeks will be make or break for many retailers, who have taken a major financial hit due to Covid restrictions.
"Public health will be the priority for the sector over the coming weeks. Stores are planning longer opening hours to better spread trade throughout the day and facilitate social distancing. In some cases this will likely involve 24 hour opening," Mr Dillon said.
Meanwhile, comparison website Switcher.ie have issued some tips to help keep people safe while shopping online in the run-up to Christmas.
It urges consumers to check that websites are legitimate by making sure the site has "HTTPS" rather than "HTTP" at the beginning of the URL, which means it is secure and which is important if people are entering personal information.
It also recommends that consumers pay securely by using a debit or credit card to get extra protection on your purchases.
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Consumers are also urged to check for scams and Switcher.ie said that if you find a deal that seems too good to be true, it could be.
Switcher.ie also said that consumers should double check their basket and when shopping online, as it is easy to add the wrong make or model to your basket.
People shopping online should also protect their computers or phones by having an antivirus or firewall which will help protect them from cyber threats.
Eoin Clarke, Managing Director of Switcher.ie, said that now more than ever it is important to support local and Irish businesses.
He said that many Irish firms offer deals themselves, and advises people to check with them before shopping with the big chains.
"Thousands of small businesses have been shut for a third of the year, they need our support like never before," he added.
Mr Clarke also urged consumers to try not to get caught up in the whirlwind of discounts and buy things that they do not need.
"Shopping online makes it easier than ever to check you're really getting a good deal, so shop around before you checkout and factor in things like delivery costs. You also get better refund rights when you buy online, but there are exceptions so check before you buy," he added.
Meanwhile, Currys PC World has said the most sought after categories in this year's sales reflect the lifestyle changes that came with Covid-19.
As both working and entertaining at home has became the norm, the company said that items like large screen TVs, tablets, coffee machines and headphones were the most popular products for consumers.
It also noted some interesting purchasing trends emerge this year, with sales of sewing machines soaring by 800% on an annual basis while sales of steam cleaners jumped 200% in sales compared to last year.
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Status: Rare casual winter visitor in Panhandle.
Documentation: Photograph: 12 Nov 2000 southwest Sioux Co.
12 Nov 2000-9 Mar 2001 up to six Sioux Co (Jorgensen 2002, 2003).
5 Jan and 2 Feb 2013 Scottsbluff NM, Scotts Bluff Co (Brogie 2014).
10 Feb 2001 Agate Fossil Beds SHP, Sioux Co (Jorgensen 2003).
The first record was of several sightings of up to six birds with a flock of as many as 300+ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches wintering 2000-2001 at Wind Springs Ranch, Sioux Co (Helen K. Hughson, Stephen J. Dinsmore, personal communication). A single male was found with 216 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches 12 Nov 2000 (Jorgensen 2002); one of these was photographed 15 Jan 2001 (Brogie 2009), and on 21 Jan 2001 at least six were with this flock (Jorgensen 2003).
The second record was of a single found 10 Feb 2001 with a flock of about 120 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches wintering at Agate Fossil Beds SHP (Jorgensen 2003).
The third record was of up to four associating with about 90 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches at Scottsbluff NM, Scotts Bluff Co, 5 Jan and 2 Feb 2013 (Brogie 2014). The fourth record was at the same location, where one was photographed (Brogie 2016).
This species breeds on certain high-elevation mountain ranges from Idaho and west-central Montana southward through southeast Oregon, northern and eastern Nevada to southern Utah and west and north-central Wyoming, and winters within the breeding range, with a portion of the population regularly wintering up to 125 miles east and 275 miles south of the breeding range (Johnson 2002). It occurs in winter on the eastern Wyoming plains but is rare as far east as the Nebraska border (Faulkner 2010).
Photograph (top) of a Black Rosy-Finch at Scottsbluff NM, Scotts Bluff Co 5 Jan 2013 by Paul Dunbar.
Brogie, M.A. 2009. 2008 (20th) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 77: 80-90.


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Campagne est une commune du Sud-Ouest de la France, située dans le département des Landes (région Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

Ses habitants sont appelés les Campenois et les Campenoises.

Géographie

Localisation
Commune située à  au sud de Bordeaux, dans le pays de Marsan, sur la Midouze à  à l'ouest de Mont-de-Marsan qui est la préfecture du département des Landes, aux confins de la forêt des Landes et de la région agricole et vallonnée de la Chalosse.

On y accède par la route départementale 824, qui est une quatre-voies reliant Mont-de-Marsan à Dax.

Communes limitrophes

Géologie et relief
À  d'altitude, le village se situe à une vingtaine de kilomètres au sud du parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne.

Hydrographie
Le Batanès, affluent gauche de la Midouze, prend sa source sur la commune.

Le ruisseau du Houniou, affluent droit de l'Adour, traverse les mêmes terres.

Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat méditerranéen altéré », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du type « climat océanique altéré » dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Il s'agit d'une zone de transition entre le climat océanique et les climats de montagne et semi-continental. Les écarts de température entre hiver et été augmentent avec l'éloignement de la mer. La pluviométrie est plus faible qu'en bord de mer, sauf aux abords des reliefs.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent à la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. Ces changements peuvent être constatés sur la station météorologique de Météo-France la plus proche, « Mont-de-Marsan », sur la commune de Mont-de-Marsan, mise en service en 1945 et qui se trouve à  à vol d'oiseau, où la température moyenne annuelle évolue de  pour la période 1971-2000, à  pour 1981-2010, puis à  pour 1991-2020.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Campagne est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Mont-de-Marsan, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des forêts et milieux semi-naturels (60,6 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (63,6 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante : milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (42,9 %), terres arables (36,1 %), forêts (17,7 %), zones urbanisées (1 %), mines, décharges et chantiers (0,9 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (0,9 %), zones industrielles ou commerciales et réseaux de communication (0,4 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Campagne est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), inondations, feux de forêts, mouvements de terrains et séisme (sismicité faible). Il est également exposé à un risque technologique,  le transport de matières dangereuses. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels
Certaines parties du territoire communal sont susceptibles d'être affectées par le risque d'inondation par débordement de cours d'eau, notamment le ruisseau du Moulin de Barris, la Midouze et le ruisseau de Batanès. La commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par les inondations et coulées de boue survenues en 1999 et 2009.

Campagne est exposée au risque de feu de forêt. Depuis le , les départements de la Gironde, des Landes et de Lot-et-Garonne disposent d'un règlement interdépartemental de protection de la forêt contre les incendies. Ce règlement vise à mieux prévenir les incendies de forêt, à faciliter les interventions des services et à limiter les conséquences, que ce soit par le débroussaillement, la limitation de l'apport du feu ou la réglementation des activités en forêt. Il définit en particulier cinq niveaux de vigilance croissants auxquels sont associés différentes mesures.

Les mouvements de terrains susceptibles de se produire sur la commune sont des tassements différentiels.

Le retrait-gonflement des sols argileux est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. Aucune partie du territoire de la commune n'est en aléa moyen ou fort (19,2 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019,  aucun n'est en aléa moyen ou fort, à comparer aux 17 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risques technologiques
Le risque de transport de matières dangereuses sur la commune est lié à sa traversée par une ou des infrastructures routières ou ferroviaires importantes ou la présence d'une canalisation de transport d'hydrocarbures. Un accident se produisant sur de telles infrastructures est susceptible d'avoir des effets graves sur les biens, les personnes ou l'environnement, selon la nature du matériau transporté. Des dispositions d'urbanisme peuvent être préconisées en conséquence.

Histoire

Peu de données sont connues. Le seigneur du lieu, Raymond de Campagne, y aurait construit un château sur une colline, dont il ne reste aucune trace. La légende fait état d'un tunnel sous la rivière Midouze, sans plus de preuves. Un relais de poste se trouvait sur la route de Meilhan au lieu-dit la Poste.

Héraldique

Politique et administration

Démographie

Économie

Ressources
Au sein de la forêt de  pins et de  chênes, on y cultive le maïs et les asperges et on y élève des poulets jaunes des Landes en total liberté dans les marensines (petites cabanes en bois de pins).

Lieux et monuments

Voies

Édifices et sites
 Église Saint-Pantaléon de Campagne
La girouette de l'église de Campagne est très curieuse : une salamandre opposée à un canard. L'histoire de cette girouette est sujet à controverse : le seigneur du village, de Guitard (guit, en gascon), se serait disputé avec le curé du village. Le patron de Campagne est saint Pantaléon. Pantéleimon de Nicomédie ou Pantaléon était médecin. Les Romains le condamnèrent à la décapitation pour avoir aidé les pauvres, mais il échappa à six tentatives d'exécution. Il fut canonisé plus tard avec le nom de Pantaleone (ce qui signifie « Tout Lion » en grec) en reconnaissance de son courage de lion. Il fut saint patron des médecins. Les détails de la vie de ce saint ont été rapportés par l'abbé L. Jaud dans la Vie des Saints pour tous les jours de l'année, Tours, Mame, 1950.
 La fontaine de Saint-Pantaléon, située à l'arrière de l'église, aurait la vertu de faire parler les enfants retardataires.

Traditions
L'arbre de mai

À Campagne et dans les Hautes-Landes en général, le premier mai est l'occasion de planter l'arbre de mai, soit un jeune pin, en l'honneur d'une personne : 18 ans, âge rond (20, 30…), retraite, naissance, d'un groupe de personnes (mariage) ou en l'honneur des élus locaux.

La tradition de l'arbre de mai est un rite de fécondité lié au retour de la frondaison. Jadis répandu dans toute l'Europe occidentale, ce rite prend son sens dans le cycle du mai traditionnel. Un pin décoré, encore appelé un « mai », est planté devant la maison de la personne en son absence. Ensuite, celle-ci doit inviter les planteurs pour un pot  (la « maillade » ou « mayade »). En automne, l'arbre mort est enlevé, ce qui donne une nouveau prétexte à un deuxième apéritif ou à une petite fête. Cette tradition permet de renforcer les liens avec son voisinage.

Lors du cinquième Concile de Milan, en 1579, l'Église — statuant sur la foi et la correction des mœurs — proscrivit cette tradition et ses rites apparentés, stipulant l'interdiction « le premier jour de mai, fête des apôtres saint Jacques et saint Philippe de couper les arbres avec leurs branches, de les promener dans les rues et dans les carrefours, et de les planter ensuite avec des cérémonies folles et ridicules.

La course landaise

Campagne possède ses propres arènes dans lesquelles se déroulent plusieurs fois par des courses landaises, à Pâques et au mois de juillet. Il s'agit d'une sport traditionnel pratiqué essentiellement dans les départements français des Landes et du Gers, reconnu par le ministère de la Santé et des Sports et géré par la Fédération française de la course landaise. Sport traditionnel des Gascons, elle est aujourd'hui encore l'événement central des fêtes de villages. Sa forme moderne date de 1830. Elle est une des quatre formes de tauromachie pratiquées dans le monde. Elle se distingue des trois autres (corrida portugaise et course camarguaise) par deux particularités : elle se pratique exclusivement avec des femelles (vaches landaises) et non des taureaux. L'autre particularité, qu'elle partage avec la course camarguaise, est qu'il n'y a pas de mise à mort de l'animal, ni au cours de la course ni après.

Les toreros landais sont des sportifs de haut niveau qui affrontent des vaches de combat de race espagnole nommées « coursières », élevées par des ganaderos implantés dans les Landes, principalement entre Dax et Aire-sur-l'Adour. Chaque élevage possède son équipe de toreros, nommée cuadrilla, et ses couleurs.

La course à la cocarde, pratiquée à l'entracte de la course landaise formelle, sert de rite initiatique de passage à l'état adulte, aux jeunes Landais.

Galerie

Personnalités liées à la commune

La famille d'Alain Juppé, ancien maire de Bordeaux, ancien Premier ministre et ministre est originaire de Campagne, par sa mère. La maison familiale des Juppé abrite la mairie actuelle.

Vie pratique

Service public

Enseignement

Culture

Campagne s'enorgueillit de deux vastes salles des fêtes et de sport, d'un boulodrome réputé, ainsi que des plusieurs palombières.

Activités sportives
Campagne possède plusieurs équipes de Basket-ball avec deux immenses salles des fêtes dont une est dédiée aux sports.

La pétanque s'y pratique également sur un des plus grands boulodromes de la région avec la tenue de concours régionaux.

Écologie et recyclage

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes des Landes
 Petites-Landes
 Pays de Marsan

Liens externes

 Communauté d'agglomération du Marsan (CAM)
 Site patronymique des Gaüzère

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

Références

Commune dans les Landes
Commune dans l'arrondissement de Mont-de-Marsan
Aire urbaine de Mont-de-Marsan
Aire d'attraction de Mont-de-Marsan

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David Varela • Director of Un cielo impasible
"We ought to have explored our history more self-critically"
by Alfonso Rivera
26/11/2021 - The documentary filmmaker takes a scathing look at historical memory and the education system in his second full-length feature, screening as part of the 59th Gijón International Film Festival
(© Carolina Santos/FICX)
Four teenagers get to know the site of one of the Spanish Civil War's bloodiest battles in David Varela's Un cielo impasible [+see also:
interview: David Varela
film profile]. The documentary has just enjoyed its world premiere in the Tierres en trance section of the 59th Gijón International Film Festival. We met up with the director at the Antiguo Instituto, one of Gijón's foremost cultural centres, to find out more.
Cineuropa: How did you go about selecting the young people who appear in the film?
David Varela: It was a unique kind of casting, not really a casting at all. It was more a series of conversations, starting with parents I knew from the town where I live, near Madrid. I didn't want to go through the school system, because I had no desire to get involved with that whole institutional structure. I wanted something looser, less forced. I asked around until I had a handful of names, and it all went from there. We met up for drinks and I explained the process step by step. Of the seven or eight we started with, we ended up with five who felt able to devote enough time to the project, because it was important to have real commitment and continuity. Of those five, one dropped out for personal reasons, leaving us with the four leads we see in the film.
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They're very bright and inquisitive kids: not at all how we usually imagine that turbulent age...
That's right. They're interested and they want to learn without having to rely on the media. The school system is fairly poor when it comes to teaching history and reflecting on our country's past.
Historical memory and a critique of the education system are two themes that dovetail perfectly in your film.
That becomes apparent as we get deeper into the film. We understood that there were a lot of problems around teaching history in the classroom, and we wanted it to be young people themselves who called that out, based on their own experiences. They will tell you openly that nobody has given them the tools to come to terms with the past and analyse it critically. This also comes out in university research and in surveys. The results are appalling, because they suggest that more than 50% of students leave school without knowing which sides were involved in the civil war. Some even believe that Franco was a Communist.
All of the original material used in the film — tapes, objects, documents, evidence... How did you get your hands on it?
Slowly and over a long period of time. The film inched forward step by step, with pauses while we rethought certain things before getting back into filming, or made adjustments to the script. That's how documentaries are made — you're learning at every stage of the process. You shoot a little, stop to start editing what you have, and then depending on what you end up with and the overall plan, you might need to do more research, which leads to more filming, and so on. That was how we went about the project and it suited us just fine. The two experts in military history who appear in the film encouraged us to question how we look at and analyse the past, so that the kids could approach the war from a different perspective. These questions touched on aspects like the degree of neutrality with which we should think about that period, whether there is room for an emotional, ideological and political dimension when analysing such a traumatic event that has never really gone away, because the wounds have not been healed, just covered over and left to fester. The work of healing should have been a priority during the transition. All of that means that we now need to take a much broader view, not just thinking like historians, but also seeking a kind of empathy with what happened here through the eyes and the voices of those who lived through it, each interpreting it from their own political and ideological position, while also avoiding conflict.
Some people would say that it's dangerous to stir up the past…
I would ask those people to read about countries that suffered totalitarian regimes and have done the necessary work, like Germany, Italy, France, Argentina, Chile and Rwanda. Spain may refuse to learn, but those countries take a more balanced view and are less politicly polarised. Here, we're all wearing ideological blinkers and everything has to be political, because we don't know how to look at the past without them. It's like this because we haven't yet understood that we ought to have dealt with what happened in a more self-critical way. We ought to have confronted everyone's role, made amends with those who suffered and dug people out of the ditches to give them a decent burial.
(Translated from Spanish by Ruth Grant)
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Genus Sandersonia
For John Sanderson (1820–1881), Scottish journalist, trader and plant collector. He worked for the Scottish press before coming to South Africa in 1850. From November 1851 to April 1852, he made an extensive inland trip as described in the Journal of the Geographical Society 30 (1860). He became editor of the Natal Colonist, office bearer of the Natural History Association of Natal, Durban Horticultural Society, and Natal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, of which he was president for 14 years. He was an active plant collector, and corresponded with Hooker at Kew Gardens and William Henry Harvey in Dublin, sending them herbarium material, seeds and bulbs. He wrote Rough Notes of the Flora of Natal, an appendix to James Chapman's Travels (1868).
Sandersonia Hook.
Etymology source:
The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names
Hook.
Sandersonia aurantiaca
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Flowering Plants of Africa 2/2
Auriol Batten (David)
Wildflowers of the Eastern Cape by Auriol Batten
Cameron McMaster (David)
Eastern Cape - Colchicaceae,


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Some might ask what vampires have to do with solar energy generation, but anyone who has played Wonderville's Solar Energy Defenders game knows they try to stop kids from getting to the school dance.
On September 17, 2016, the MindFuel-created online game came to life; kids of all ages visited MindFuel's Beakerhead installation and did some hands-on science.
Using the pop-up containR space in Calgary, MindFuel volunteers hosted close to 200 visitor experiences. Participants toured the solar-powered shipping container on site – aka – the "Wonderville Power Generation Station" and learned how energy is generated and how it attracts troublesome vampires. Visitors were then equipped with a "vampire vanquisher" light to defend themselves. They had to combine light, mirrors and angles to reveal and banish the hidden vampires that were trying to stop them from getting to the "school dance." Those who successfully made it past the "real" scary creatures completing the timed course got to play the real Solar Energy Defenders game at the dance. They could also pedal the electricity bike, which powered a music speaker and a bubble machine from their kinetic energy.
Special thank you to our staff, volunteers and partners who played important roles in making our Beakerhead installation a success.
"The MindFuel activation proved that learning about solar energy is amazing and interesting to all ages when made accessible like this. Enjoyed the mix of interactive and online activities," said Kayla.
"MindFuel is doing a pretty cool thing; it's awesome to see kids getting involved in science," said Jenna.


Unlike New York and L.A., Chicago has a truly small-town feel when it comes to politics. After 10 years or so in Chicago, most people have had some noteworthy contact with an alderman or two, as well as judges and others, and of course since aldermen and judges are sometimes related, they may have been so fortunate as to have been touched by both.
Particularly in Chicago, all politics is personal. It doesn't matter what your approach: whether your aunt is running for office or your cousin needs a job from her when she gets in, there is almost always a connection. That's why we get involved. Family needs us.
Nope, the strange "access" we have to politicians is based on the self-preservation instinct of Chicago's clout machine. Politicians here are typically elected for life; hence, the cradle-to-grave relationship they have with us. It is also about nepotism; hence, the grave-to-cradle relationship. The judge's son, now a police sergeant, will recall some crack you made to his dad 20 years before. The political structure is also highly territorialized; hence, "My neighbor is the committeeman's sister so I get my drive plowed too."
What, you mean you don't have such a neighbor? You might. The coincidences abound.
By that, I don't mean Chip is necessarily some politician's spawn (but then of course, if my theory is correct, it's entirely possible). Chip here indicates more than just nepotism, it indicates the suckup, cynical, hypocritical, ghettoific sickness of Chicago politics. And Chip (my Chip) was definitely made in that image.
Now, I feel Chip has done a good deal of damage to my entire family's well being. In short, I was appointed my parents' legal guardian despite Chip's strenuous effort to stop me. Chip really had zero cause to do this, except when it became clear from our first encounter that our relationship was going to be dysfunctional. It had nothing to do with the facts. Chip's abrasive, nay abusive, personality created a tension throughout the process that you could cut with a knife.
"for fairness, integrity, and the wisdom of experience... [Chip] has demonstrated those qualities throughout a long career... [Chip is] a people person, and possesses the ability to listen -- really listen to people -- and show that [Chip] cares what happens to them."
That's all Chip's card really says. And lest you think I'm alone in thinking this, let's just say that I spoke to dozens of probate attorneys in getting my own, and once you sift through all of their own prejudices and personal issues, the net conclusion is that Chip is abrasive to a lot of people.
In other words, make sure you keep Fido on a leash, in case Chip makes a run for dogcatcher after losing this one.
And Chip is most likely to lose, thanks to Linda Pauel, the openly gay candidate running for the same seat. Thank god democracy works, even if it's only about 10% of the time.
I did meet Pauel at the same candidate's meetup and she seemed intelligent and discreet. But one thing about Pauel is that she serves as senior counsel for the city's Building and Licensing Enforcement Division. That makes me queasy.
And so the two cancel out. Based on little information, that is what I have to go on.
If two invalid assumptions cancel each other out, it is the same as two valid assumptions canceling each other out, and you therefore must Go With It.
People call me all the time, assuming I'm some political genius, but this should prove them wrong (unless they find something to cancel this out with).
Linda also enjoys the support of my old friend Tracy Baim, publisher of LGBT periodicals, and that is good enough for me for now. If she gets indicted, you can blame me.
Also no surprise is that my friend (and Tracy's friend) Bonnie McGrath should be running for judge (for a different vacancy). Bonnie and I both wrote for the Chicago Journal, and her politics are liberal. She writes the Journal's South Loop Observer blog.
Although Jack Lehayne seems to conclude that Bonnie is underqualified to be a judge, this is based on a crude sleight-of-hand: She was found lacking sufficient experience for associate judge by the Chicago Bar Association within the past two years, which automatically triggers a "not recommended" if someone runs for circuit judge.
Pretty silly assumption, isn't it? And I will make another silly assumption to cancel that one out: I know Bonnie is a good soul; her heart and politics are in the right place, she has two more years' experience than when that recommendation was made, and I'd rather support a good soul with a bit less experience than a cynic who claims to have all sorts of experience (such as Chip).
But then who is to say Bonnie is inexperienced? The Chicago Bar Association? Considering the mess our court system is in, I'd be inclined to blame things on the CBA, whose endorsements are like gold. More about Bonnie -- and a clear map to her qualifications, at her web site. She sounds pretty damned qualified to me.
I'd rather see even an honest monkey on the bench than people like Ald. Burke's wife, the Supreme Court's Ann Burke (whom the Chicago Bar Association regularly finds "highly qualified"). You can quote me: Bonnie McGrath is definitely not a monkey. Vote for Bonnie.


Nerja is the most popular beach resort on the eastern Costa del Sol in Malaga. This whole area is characterized by less development than the western Costa del Sol, making that this ancient fishing town, which at the time of the Arabs was known for its silk production, has maintained the charm typical of coastal towns and until now has escaped the massive construction.
Although this small town is far more peaceful than their neighbours in the western Costa del Sol, however it has a good tourism offer during the summer months. This area is characterized by steep terrain and small coves, which give it a special charm, plus ensure excellent water quality as it is continuously filtered by the rocks; therefore it is an excellent area for diving. Due to the proximity of high mountains, this area also has a subtropical micro-climate, where are grown tropical plants like avocado or mango.
There is a beautiful promenade through which you can easily access the nearest beaches. The two most famous landmarks of Nerja are the so-called Balcon de Europa, a splendid viewpoint that opens before the Mediterranean sea and the Caves of Nerja. These caves located only a few kilometres from the city contain impressive chambers and the world's largest stalactite. In these caves also takes place in summer the Festival of the Caves of Nerja with music and dance programs. In short, who wishes to spend their holidays a little apart from the bustle of the western Costa del Sol without sacrificing all the comforts and offers a resort, may find with Nerja a pleasant and charming holiday resort.
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I'm really loving wearing simple black and white outfits with cute accessories at the moment, they're so easy to put together especially on a tired college morning! I'm incredibly proud of this skirt, it was hidden at the back of a rail in primark and it was the last one and I'd had my eye on it for ages but just never picked it up. It was only £8 (so I thought) so when I found the last one I was so relieved it was a small size. Then when I got to the til it came up for £3! Day. Made. I've wanted a black high low skirt for so long, this is definitely going to be a staple piece in my wardrobe and it'll (hopefully, as you never know with primark) take me into autumn/ winter too as it's so versatile!
I also love this top, I got it from a local store but I'm sure you'll find similar on boohoo or missguided or websites like that. Crosses so sometimes scare me a bit as I don't want to look too goth-y, love that look on others but it's just not me. But I think the glittery crosses make this a bit more girly so I fell in love with it! I think it was only about £8 so that was great too.
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Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1925) was a French colonial civil servant, explorer and diplomat who was instrumental in establishing French control over Laos in the last two decades of the 19th century. After a long career in Cambodia and Cochinchina, Pavie became the first French vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1886, eventually becoming the first Governor-General and plenipotentiary minister of the newly formed French colony of Laos.

Early career

Born in Dinan in Brittany, the son of a cabinet maker, Auguste Pavie did not have the usual makings of a diplomat. He had no training at all either as a military officer or in the grandes écoles. Instead, drawn by the prospect of adventure in distant lands, he joined the army in 1864 at the age of seventeen.
In 1869, he was posted to Cochinchina as part of the Marine Infantry. He was called back for military service in France the following year during the Franco-Prussian war, where he reached the rank of sergeant-major. In 1871 he returned to Cochinchina as part of the local administration of the postal and telegraphic service, almost immediately being put in charge of the small telegraphic office in the remote Cambodian port of Kampot, where he served for a decade.

The posting at Kampot gave Pavie the opportunity to gain an in-depth knowledge of the Indochinese, their culture and language. One of very few Europeans in this settlement on the Kampot River beneath the Elephant Mountains, he "went native", mastering Cambodian, walking bare-foot and sporting a wide-brimmed hat, as he charted the backlands of Cambodia, recording all that he found of interest. Pavie's approach prompted mixed reactions: his immersion in Cambodian life was criticized by French officials in Cochinchina; however, a French officer remarked at the time that "beneath an appearance of physical weakness, there was a wealth of intelligence put to work with an energy and strength of will without equal." During this period, Pavie supervised the building of a telegraphic line between Phnom Penh and Kampot.

Diplomatic career

In 1879, Pavie came to the attention of Charles Le Myre de Vilers, governor of Cochinchina and closely involved with the colonial lobbyists in France. Pavie became his protégé and was entrusted to lead a five-year expedition to explore the region extending from the Gulf of Siam to the great freshwater lake Tonlé Sap in Cambodia and beyond to the Mekong River. During this period he honed his skills of observation that would stand him in good stead for future missions as explorer and diplomat. These were the so-called "Missions Pavie" conducted over the 16-year period 1879-1895 during which Pavie, accompanied by his assistants, and his Khmer interpreter Thiounn, he would explore the whole Indochinese Peninsula. At the end of his first mission, Pavie was put in charge of building a telegraphic line between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, a major project.

So impressed were his superiors by his skills in managing this major project, that Pavie was transferred to the diplomatic service as the first vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1886. Pavie's appointment reflected the desire of the French to continue their colonial expansion in Indochina and their rivalry with Britain, the other main colonial power in the region. The British had already preempted French expansion into Burma with the Third Anglo-Burmese War; the new French diplomatic office in Luang Prabang was a concession by the Siamese amid continuing demands to apportion territories bordering the Mekong River. Pavie was enchanted by his new posting:

Pavie went on to become consul in 1886 and consul general in 1891. In 1887, Luang Prabang was sacked by Chinese and T'ai bandits, hoping to liberate the sons of their leader Đèo Văn Trị, held prisoner by the Siamese; Pavie prevented the capture of the ailing local ruler Oun Kham by ferrying him away from the burning city to safety in Bangkok, Siam, thereby winning his gratitude and building his trust in French colonial plans, which were to be one of Pavie's major preoccupations from 1888 onwards. Pavie subsequently established friendly relations with Deo Van Tri, negotiating the release of his brothers; as a result a protectorate treaty was signed with the French in 1889 making Deo Van Tri Lord of Lai Châu, the main town in the Sip Song Chau Tai alliance located in the Black River region of Tonkin that he controlled. Pavie referred to this kind of diplomacy as la conquête des coeurs [the winning of hearts], which became the title of his autobiography.

In 1892, he became resident minister in Bangkok, and played an important role in the gunboat diplomacy of the Franco-Siamese War in 1893, which resulted in the establishment of the French protectorate over Laos. He was the first commissioner general of the government of the newly formed colony of Laos in 1894, before becoming plenipotentiary minister. At that time, Laos became a part of French Indochina, joining Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina (which together form modern Vietnam) and the Kingdom of Cambodia; and the Mekong, long referred to as "our river" by French politicians and colonial lobbyists, became wholly controlled by France.

All these posts allowed Pavie access to Cambodia and Laos at every possible level.

Missions Pavie

During his various missions, Pavie managed to survey an area of , travelling 30,000 km in the upland areas to the North and East of the Mekong, on foot, by elephant or down the river on rafts, gathering a large amount of scientific information. He was accompanied by a team of up to 40 assistants, with a wide range of expertise, from archaeology to entomology, some like diplomat-doctor Pierre Lefèvre-Fontalis and the immunologist Alexandre Yersin becoming famous in their own right. Many were  trained at the École Cambodgienne in Paris, which  Pavie helped found in 1885; it would later become the École Coloniale in 1889, and later still the present-day École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer. Pavie made a special effort to ensure that the École also trained indigenous assistants, personally accompanying the first Cambodian entrants to France. The original École Coloniale was located at 2 avenue de l'Observatoire, currently the Paris office of the École nationale d'administration.

The first mission Pavie, from 1879 to 1885, covered the areas of Cambodia and Southern Siam as far as Bangkok. The second mission, from 1886 to 1889, covered Northeastern Laos and the exploration of the Black river in Tonkin as far as Hanoi. The third mission, from 1889 to 1891, involved the exploration of the Mekong river from Saigon to Luang Prabang. The fourth mission, from 1894 to 1895, involved the areas of Laos bordering with China and Burma on the left bank of the Mekong river, as far as the Red River.

Retirement
On retiring from high office, he returned to France in 1904 and set to work preparing his recollections and observations for publication. Between 1898 and 1921 he produced the multi-volume work La mission Pavie, A la conquête des coeurs and Contes du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam. In 1906 he was named a Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur. He died in Thourie, Brittany.

Works
 Mission Pavie en Indochine, 1879–1895. 7 vols. Paris: Leroux, 1898–1919.
 A la conquête des coeurs: Le Pays des millions d'Eléphants. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1942.
 Contes populaires du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam. Paris: Leroux, 1903.
 The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers 1879-1895, Bangkok: White Lotus, 1996. 6 vols. English translation by Walter E. J. Tips of Vols. I-VI of Mission Pavie en Indochine.
 Pavie, Auguste: Mission Pavie, Indochine, 1879-1895. Géographie et Voyages VII. Journal de Marche (1888-1889). Evenements du Siam (1891-1893), Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999, reprint of Volume VII (1919) of Mission Pavie en Indochine.

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Q: What does it mean for a sequence $x_k \in E$ such that if $x_k \to x$, then $f(x_k) \to f(x)$? This is from a homework problem, but this is not itself the homework problem.  I'm trying to understand what everything means.  Please be patient as I'm an on and off again student and I just keep feeling hopelessly lost and too embarrassed to talk to anyone else.

What does it mean for a sequence $x_k$ $\subseteq$ E such that if $x_k \to x$, then $f(x_k) \to f(x)$?

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I mean I know what it means, that the sequence is converging onto x and so the function is converging onto x. I'm trying to see what is happening in this statement. To visualize it.
Thanks for the editing help!

A: This is an equivalent formulation of the idea of a function being continuous (under nice enough conditions; for example, functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ are continuous iff they satisfy the given property).
First, how to think about this statement? Suppose we have a sequence of points $(x_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ which converges to some point $x$; this means that if we fix a given tolerance $\varepsilon$, we can ensure that the distance between $x_n$ and $x$ is always smaller than $\varepsilon$ if we look at points "far enough out" in the sequence. Formally, for every tolerance $\varepsilon>0$, there exists an index $N\in\mathbb{N}$ such that for all $n\geq N$ (i.e. all points far enough out in the sequence), the distance between $x_n$ and $x$, i.e. $|x_n-x|$, is less than $\varepsilon$.
Now, from this sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$, we can construct a new sequence $(y_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$, where $y_n=f(x_n)$ for each $n\in\mathbb{N}$. This is just giving a new name to the sequence $\big(f(x_n)\big)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$, but it is to emphasize that the objects $f(x_n)$ are just elements of a sequence $\big(f(x_n)\big)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}=(y_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$. The statement that $f(x_n)\to f(x)$ is now equivalent to saying that $y_n\to f(x)$, i.e. for every tolerance $\varepsilon$ there is an $N'\in\mathbb{N}$ such that for $n\geq N'$, we have $|y_n-f(x)|<\varepsilon$.
The implication $x_n\to x\implies f(x_n)\to f(x)$ means that, given any sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ which converges to some point $x$, if we look at the sequence $(y_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}=\big(f(x_n)\big)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$, we have that $y_n\to f(x)$. That is, the sequence formed by applying $f$ to each element $x_n$ of the original sequence converges to $f(x)$, the value we get when we apply $f$ to the original limit $x$.
Again, this is just a reformulation of the idea of continuity. It's a good exercise to show that this is equivalent to the usual $\varepsilon-\delta$ formulation of continuity. It's also good to play around with a few examples to see why this property characterizes continuous functions. For example, if we take $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ where $f(x)=0$ if $x\neq0$ and $f(x)=1$ if $x=0$, this function would clearly not be continuous at $0$ from the $\varepsilon-\delta$ characterization. Instead, if we look at the characterization of continuity via sequences, to prove that $f$ is not continuous at $0$, we'd need to exhibit a sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ converging to $0$ such that $f(x_n)\not\to f(0)$. It we take $x_n=1/n$, for example, then $x_n\to0$ and $f(1/n)=0$ for each $n\in\mathbb{N}$, but $f(0)=1$, so $f(x_n)\not\to f(0)$. Hopefully this example helps you to visualize what is going on in the definition.

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By julia jones - June 09, 2012
I spent two nights on board Peter Duck this weekend. It had been an unsatisfactory week, unproductive, full of petty stresses. I'm in the marketing stage for Ghosting Home, (concluding volume of the Strong Winds trilogy) and scrabbling for the time to make final cuts and corrections to Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory, another long term project which is scheduled for publication in September. (September? I must be mad!). There's the ever-present buzz of family life, more insistent some weeks than others – GCSEs for Archie, booking university open days for Bertie, a birthday for Frank, a birthday for the twins, a sharp dip down the confusional roller-coaster for Mum, builders making a start on Francis's new shed, a close friend rushed into hospital, visits, extra school runs needed – you know the sort of thing. It goes on …
What a joy to close the computer, hug the littlest ones, reassure the oldest one, turn off the mobile phone and row down the river with the ebb. It didn't matter that there wouldn't be enough water to go any further for the next couple of hours. I finished reading Paul Heiney's The Last Man Across the Atlantic, took off the sail covers, did a bit of deck-painting, opened a beer and listened to the birds squabbling on the mud. The wind was from the east, cold and gusty. Those who had planned to sail had already gone, the rest were staying at home. I had the river to myself.
George Jones (my father) sailing Peter Duck
It wasn't beautiful as I set off in the fading light: the sky was overcast and the water brownish-grey with sudden dark patches as the small squalls dashed across its surface. No, it wasn't beautiful; it was completely and utterly wonderful.
Sometimes sailing can feel like skiing or skating when even a middle-aged yacht like Peter Duck picks up power and speed and the water hisses past, sliced aside by the smoothness of her hull. No, I didn't take photos. Or make notes. Didn't even think of it. Didn't think of anything at all except keeping my sails full and negotiating the best line against an assertive spring flood. The breeze was freshening all the while and I felt as if I could never bear to stop. Down the river we went, almost to the sea: then back and suddenly tired, therefore, gladly, onto an unfamiliar mooring in the dark and retreating to the shelter of the cabin.
My companion, Peter Duck, was built for Arthur Ransome, author of the Swallows and Amazons series, and she's been part of my life since I was three years old. Intellectually, I'm proud of the Ransome connection and I'm happy when people want to talk about her, look at her, touch her. John McCarthy came for on board last summer and I could see that he was genuinely moved to be holding the tiller Ransome had held, sitting where he had sat. While writing the Strong Winds trilogy I've enjoyed re-thinking what some of Ransome's stories might look like in the contemporary world. How would his characters cope if faced with a Risk Assessment, for instance? Playing with some of these ideas has been fun and my admiration for Ransome's achievement has been enhanced. Through the 1930s and into the 1940s he created a coherent alternative world of adventure and imagination that has stayed with and sustained many people through their lifetime. Many of his early readers were then inspired to go sailing themselves. Through his long and terrifying captivity in the Lebanon John McCarthy cherished the dream of learning to sail. It helped him keep his spirit and his sanity.
Arthur Ransome sailing Peter Duck
Emotionally, I've never felt that close to Ransome. It's Peter Duck herself who is the direct link to the beauty of the rivers and the small-scale challenges of East Coast creek-crawling – and whatever essential fact it is that makes me myself. I've always known that Ransome didn't really warm to Peter Duck and I've thought the less of him because of it. Now I can understand that Peter Duck came at the wrong time in his life, when his creativity was almost at an end, and I feel pity for him – as well as gratitude that he brought her into existence in the first place.
Evgenia Ransome on Peter Duck
Last weekend my feelings changed. I was dipping into Roland Chambers's account of Ransome's involvement in the Russian Revolution and the dangerous, complex years that followed. He had fallen in love with Trotsky's secretary Evgenia Schelepina and by 1919-1920 he was desperate to get her out of Moscow and bring her to some sort of safety. He was already married with a daughter, he was politically suspect as a double agent, his wife refused a divorce, his mother was unsympathetic, his newspaper sacked him. He needed to keep writing and earning and spying for the British: Evgenia had to be persuaded not to smuggle any more roubles or diamonds for the Bolsheviks.
They weren't obviously compatible. He was sentimental, devoted, (probably irritating) and set in his ways: she was awkward, passionate, moody, opinionated and critical. Many of Ransome's admirers have struggled to like Evgenia but theirs was a huge, lifelong, love story. I could understand the profound relief they had experienced in 1921 when they left politics and the land behind on their first Baltic cruise on board the ketch Racundra.
Julia Jones sailing Peter Duck (1960)
Then, last weekend for the first time, I fully imagined them, both of them, elderly and rather cross, in Peter Duck's cabin with me. I've never done that before and it was awe-inspiring. I could see at once what the problem had been. They were, quite simply, too big – physically and in their personalities. I felt humble, protective and invisibly connected.
(Only the paperback version of Ghosting Home is currently available. The ebook will be ready for publication date, July 2nd 2012.)
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Excellent post, Julia. I sneaked on here before settling down to the 6th day of hard graft on ebook series due out on 18th and it gave me just the 'escape' I needed for a short while. I read a biog of Ransome many years ago and it 'sustained' me through many a long year that he didn't find writing 'success' with his wonderful novels till late on in his life (49 if I remember correctly.) I'm 49 now too and I have reassessed what 'success' even means but I feel a commonality in that I'm on a new venture which is giving me artistic satisfaction (one measure, for me, of success) It's not jealousy I feel for your Peter Duck/Ransome connection but it's some kind of a feeling of how great it is how lives can be shaped and influenced and we can use them as constants in our lives and still come up with new reflections - like you did this week! And mine the creative seams. Without Peter Duck and Ransome you'd never have written Strong Winds trilogy and it's so brilliant that I for one am glad you had this life! The review for Ghosting Home awaits on IEBR and hopefully will do justice to the novel. I turn to your novels (as I did to Ransome) when I want to escape from the realities of day to day life. To which, sadly, I must now get back if I'm to get through my word quota for today. Thanks for reminding me there's a real world out there waiting for me when I finally surface from the computer keyboard!
Like Cally, I settled down to enjoy this because of my own love for sailing. I used to have a boat moored at Findhorn, on the Moray Firth and loved being out there on my own with the mountains of the Black Isle as a backdrop. But then came your Ransome connection and I realised you were in a different league. What a wonderful link to have. Sailing is glorious, but doing so at such a helm ... Words fail me.
Stephanie Zia said…
Fascinating! Made me want to perhaps try sailing which I've always feared since being taken into a Force Something Big gale on the Solent. The Ransome links too...
I would love to make people want to try sailing - as long as they realise that there are so many different possible pleasures: there are the racers and the single-handed globe-girdlers and the marina cocktail set and the let's-all-meet-and-have-a-barbeque gang and people like Bill who's clearly in it for the beauty (and me too - sailed in the Moray Firth a couple of years ago with some wonderfully competent friends. Utterly lovely - and the dolphins ...wow!) Then there are people like me who relish the moment when they get down in the cabin at the end of the day with a book. And, Cally, you and Ransome may be 49 but I'm 58 and a multi-gran and I reckon I've only just discovered what it is I really really like doing! Slow on the uptake, or what?
Lovely piece, Julia!
I have absolutely no experience of sailing, would that I had, but Arthur Ransome was still the most important reading influence when I was a boy and he still looms large both as a great storyteller and also as master of the plain style. Absolute clarity, of a sort every writer should try to emulate. Julia, you know how I envy your direct contact with him. A great and complex man and writer. Is Racundra still in print? I look now at my carefully preserved Jonathan Cape editions and see that Racundra's First Cruise is always down there as 'By the same author'. But these editions were in the 40s and 50s, so things have probably changed. I didn't realise it was his first voyage with Evgenia. It now makes the book essential reading.
That's two (the other being Jim Riordan) children's authors with strong contacts with the Soviet government. Are there any more?
I was thinking of you Dennis when I wrote my piece. It was something you'd said in an email (+ something in a recent review by Peter Willis) that prompted me to think a little harder about my relationship with Ransome. Thank you for that. Yes there is certainly a modern edition of Racundra's First Cruise and a very good read it is too. In between my parents owning Peter Duck and Francis and I buying her back she was owned by a wonderful family called the Palmers (who lent me their names for the SW triology wner the Ransome society was threatening copyright action). They took her on the most amazing adventures including twice to the Baltic following Racundra's wake themselves.
Catherine Czerkawska said…
What a wonderful post, Julia. Must show it to Alan. He's the sailor in the family, and he followed in Ransome's footsteps on a Baltic cruise with friends a few years ago, the last long voyage he did before arthritis curtailed his sailing quite severely. I'm a fair weather sailor - but I enjoyed it when he was skippering a company yacht in the Canaries and I could spend time aboard a comfortable catamaran in the sunshine.
Claudia Myatt said…
Nicely put. I've always loved the connections between books and boats - a concept which would probably be alien to those who treat sailing purely as a fast sport. I've always seen it as an adventure, in the same way that a good book takes you to new places in your mind, or makes you look at familiar places in a new way.
I was lucky enough to read an early draft of Julia's Ravelled Flag whilst lying in a bunk on board Peter Duck last summer. I could feel the rich thread of history there, and the delight (and responsibility) of being at the living edge of the story.
Thank you Claudia - it's been great having you around as you DO understand about sailing and are utterly truthful and trustworthy about the story. It was a big relief when I discovered that your illustrations still work on the Kindle as well as on paper.


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Stage Measurement at Gaging Stations
By Vernon B. Sauer and D. Phil Turnipseed
Stream and reservoir stage are critical parameters in the computation of stream discharge and reservoir volume, respectively. In addition, a record of stream stage is useful in the design of structures that may be affected by stream elevation, as well as for the planning for various uses of flood plains. This report describes equipment and methodology for the observation, sensing, and recording of stage in streams and reservoirs. Although the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) still uses the traditional, basic stilling-well float system as a predominant gaging station, modern electronic stage sensors and water-level recorders are now commonly used. Bubble gages coupled with nonsubmersible pressure transducers eliminate the need for stilling wells. Submersible pressure transducers have become common in use for the measurement of stage in both rivers and lakes. Furthermore, noncontact methods, such as radar, acoustic, and laser methods of sensing water levels, are being developed and tested, and in the case of radar, are commonly used for the measurement of stage. This report describes commonly used gaging-station structures, as well as the design and operation of gaging stations. Almost all of the equipment and instruments described in this report will meet the accuracy standard set by the USGS Office of Surface Water (OSW) for the measurement of stage for most applications, which is ±0.01 foot (ft) or 0.2 percent of the effective stage. Several telemetry systems are used to transmit stage data from the gaging station to the office, although satellite telemetry has become the standard. These telemetry systems provide near real-time stage data, as well as other information that alerts the hydrographer to extreme or abnormal events, and instrument malfunctions.
First posted October 2010
Report PDF (6.65 MB)
This edition supersedes USGS Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 3A–7, 1968, "Stage measurement at gaging stations," by T.J. Buchanan and W.P. Somers, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/twri/twri3a7/, and supplements USGS Water-Supply Paper 2175, volume 1, 1982, "Measurement and computation of streamflow: Measurement of stage and discharge," by S.E. Rantz and others, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp2175/html/WSP2175_vol1.html.
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Wing Commander Chat Zone
General Wing Commander Chat
This seems to be some kind of ritual, so...
Thread starter Mad Hatter
I said it was gonna be lame
Death's head: good one! got any more?
There are still quite a few days remaining.
I don't care for fame, power or money...
I just want to FIGHT!
-Sanosuke Sagara

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She tried and tried to get it out, but nothing worked. Her husband had forgotten to tell her how to shut it off.
She decided to go to the hospital to see if they could help. She put her clothes on, got in the car and started to drive to the hospital, quivering with every thrust of the dildo. On the way, another orgasm nearly made her swerve off the road, and she was pulled over by a policeman. He asked for her license, and then asked how much she'd had to drink. Gasping and twitching, she explained that she hadn't been drinking, but that a voodoo dick was stuck in her, and wouldn't stop screwing.
The officer looked at her for a second, and then said "Yea, right. Voodoo dick, my ass!"

This one's even better! He he, I wonder what'll happen next.
A good soldier is not the one who die for his country, it's the one who makes his enemy die for his.
Gen. Patton
You have no idea!
Glad you like the jokes guys.
For anyone wishing to view some more jokes I can type out, email me and I will make a WCCZ group in one of my email accounts to send you guys them. I can also forward some I get from emails if they are good enough.
There's only one thing more accurate than incoming fire-friendly fire
Hey MAd Hatter,
Welcome aboard. I don't crack jokes but crack nuts (except wingnuts
) instead. Join the fun. Some real kewl people here who even talk about wing commander here
Founder of the Blacklance HQ
Here's one that should make you smile:
On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words after stepping on the moon, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," were televised to Earth and heard by millions.
But just before he reentered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark: "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky. "Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. Over the years many people questioned Armstrong as to what the "Good luck Mr. Gorsky" statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled.
On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had died and so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
In 1938 when he was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in his neighbor's yard by the bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Sex! You want sex?! You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
Hey Death`s Head, I heard that story too about a month ago. A teacher of mind told us that story
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
If you'd bothered to check the Urban Legends FAQ you'd know that this story was *false*...
Read all about it: http://www.urbanlegends.com/afu.faq/listing.cgi
Long live the Confederation,
Ben "Bandit" Lesnick
( loaf@wcnews.com - 302228)
The Wing Commander CIC
"You go, LOAF! Get some!" -JPG
Bombardez les Ptitard!
Dammit, the good ones are always false...
It sounds better when you add the true part.
This is something interesting when taken out of context:
[Armstrong, from the 1969 Technical Debrief - "Six to eight inches was about as far as I could get it in."]
[Aldrin, from the 1969 Technical Debrief - "It was fairly easy to get it down the first 4 or 5 inches."]
[Armstrong, from the 1969 Technical Debrief - "It gets hard quickly."]
Here's an old one that you may have seen before somewhere, it is not at all uncommon:
An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again. The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?"
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life. I do not know what it is." While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheelchair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small circles of lights with numbers above the walls light up. Then, they watched as the circles light up in the reverse order. The walls opened up again, and a beautiful, young, attractive, woman stepped out. The father said to his son, "Go get your mother".
Unknown Enemy
[Moderator Mode] Please exercise caution with jokes. You can never be sure who will be offended, so don't just post any old joke. Just a friendly warning
. [/Moderator Mode]
Have you heard that "Weird" Al Yankovich song? I think it was called Amish Paradise... really funny.
Gotcha.
That's why I wanted to know who liked my jokes so I can be more discreet. So far no one has emailed me. If anyone wants more let me know.
Hey, I'm not saying that you can't post any jokes. Just try not to be offensive, or if you do offend somebody, apologise, and that should be fine.
Yeah, good point, we wouldn't want to offend any of the Amish people who visit the CIC...
This was actually the funniest joke I have heared up until now on this thread. (no offence Death`s Head
Roflmao, Death's Head. Keep it coming!
If there are any, well, they shouldn't be here considering their rules for stuff like this.
Hmmm, those sarcasm immunity pills I put in the water probably weren't the best idea...
LOAF:
. I know... I didn't mean the Amish joke, but rather was just warning them. For example, I might get slightly annoyed if somebody comes up with a "Polish" joke
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A little old lady goes into the Chase Manhattan Bank, and says she wants to open a savings account. The accounts person asks her how much she would like to deposit to open the account and the little old lady says, "Three million dollars."
The accounts person is startled, and says, "In what form?" and the little old lady says, "Cash. I've got it here in this bag..." and the accounts person looks and, sure enough, the lady has a big grocery bag
just chock full of green stuff with big denominations.
This is a highly unusual event, and the accounts person excuses herself to get the president of the bank to handle this one. He arrives, and escorts the little old lady to his office to handle it personally.
Once in his office, he asks the little old lady where she got so much money.
She says, "Gambling."
"Gambling?", he says. "What sort of gambling?"
"Oh, I make bets with people on all sorts of things, and I usually win. For example, I've got $100,000 right here that says that by noon tomorrow your balls will be square, and I'll even give you 4:1 odds. You got $25,000 you'd be willing to wager on that?"
The bank president is shocked at this sort of thing coming from a sweet little old lady, but he didn't get to be the president of the Chase Manhattan Bank without knowing something about money. "I suppose I could come up with enough to cover that sort of wager, but I wouldn't feel right taking it from you...there's no way you can win a bet like that!"
The little old lady just shook the bag, and said, "I know what I'm doing...and I can afford to lose, though I'm not going to. Is it a bet?"
"Ok, have it your way", said the president, and they shook hands on it.
"See you at 11:55 tomorrow morning", said the little old lady, and with that she left.
Next morning at 11:55 the little old lady arrives with a younger man in a three-piece suit, and is escorted to the bank president's office. The president is a nervous wreck, though a happy one. He had gotten almost no sleep the night before, waking every few minutes to feel his balls to
check for impending squareness, but nothing happened all night. He had checked hundreds of times that morning, but still nothing; perfectly normal. When the little old lady arrived he started to relax, knowing he had won.
"Come in, please have a seat! Who might this gentleman be?" said the president.
"He's my lawyer. For a bet of this size I want to have a witness. Any objections?"
"No, perfectly understandable", said the president. "Well, it's now noon, and I'm still unchanged, so I guess I win!" he said happily.
"Not so fast!" said the little old lady. "For a hundred grand I want to verify things personally! Please drop your pants."
The bank president is a bit flustered, but agrees that in her position he'd want proof as well, so he drops his pants. The little old lady goes over to him and reaches out to feel the organs in question. "Ok, you win, here's your $100,000," says the little old lady, handing over a bag of bills. As she does so, her lawyer starts banging his head against the wall and moaning.
"What's wrong with him?" asks the bank president.
"Oh, he's just upset. Poor loser if you ask me. You see, I had a bet for $1,000,000 with him that I would have the President of the Chase Manhattan Bank by the balls by noon today."
[This message has been edited by Death's Head (edited February 29, 2000).]
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Even though the circuit is mounted on insulation suspension mountings, ideally, the VPS should be installed on the VFS (Vibration Free Support) shock absorbing plates, to totally eliminate any mechanical vibration from being transmitted to the highly sensitive input stage.
Taken from the concept of the PL-P the VPS uses adaptive loading circuits built onto small additional boards that can be inserted as required. Six of these circuits are delivered with the unit, allowing the input impedance of the VPS to be adapted to match virtually any phono cartridge. Three additional custom made modules are available from Nagra, free of charge upon request.
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Home / Culture / Sharjah's new star attraction opens July
Sharjah's new star attraction opens July
The Editor July 1, 2015 Culture, Tourism 6,147 Views
The new Sharjah Centre for Astronomy and Space Sciences will open to the public on 2 July 2015, providing a new education resource and adding a new cultural attraction for the growing numbers of tourists visiting the emirate. A new high-tech 200-seat planetarium is expected to be the centre's star attraction.
Sharjah has invested heavily in developing itself as a cultural destination with musuems and other attractions inkeeping with the emirate's cultural and Islamic identity. Sharjah was named the Capital of Islamic Culture for the year 2014 and is currently enjoying its year as the Arab Capital of Tourism for 2015.
Popular cultural attractions in Sharjah include Sharjah Arts Museum, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, Sharjah Natural History Museum and Desert Park and Heart of Sharjah, a major rennovation project which has been registered in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The space sciences centre's planetarium shows will take audiences on a journey through the cosmos to explore the constellations, planets and the brightest of stars. The planetarium's 18 metre dome, which is equipped with an optical 'star ball' and seven special projectors, is capable of showing nearly 10 million celestial bodies and will play nine different 360 degree movie documentaries. The theatre can produce an interactive model of the observable universe, extending up to billions of light years away.
Located in the University City in Sharjah, the space sciences centre was built on the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to promote and develop education about astronomy and space sciences in the Arab world. The new two-storey centre offers an educational exhibition highlighting the principles of astronomy and physics, light behaviour and the electromagnetic spectrum, and the formation of the universe.
The facility will also be used for research by students from the University of Sharjah and has a astronomical observatory and space lab. The observatory houses a reflecting telescope of 450 mm diameter and connected refracting telescope of 180 mm diameter. There is also a high-precision spectroscope for research purposes.
The centre also includes the Universe in Holy Quran Exhibition, a cafeteria and a souvenir shop.
Source: WAM, Gulf News
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#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <vector>
#include <catch2/catch_template_test_macros.hpp>
#include <cpp-sort/adapters/split_adapter.h>
#include <cpp-sort/sorters.h>
#include <cpp-sort/utility/buffer.h>
#include <testing-tools/distributions.h>

TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE( "every random-access sorter with split_adapter", "[split_adapter]",
                    cppsort::adaptive_shivers_sorter,
                    cppsort::cartesian_tree_sorter,
                    cppsort::d_ary_heap_sorter<2>,
                    cppsort::default_sorter,
                    cppsort::drop_merge_sorter,
                    cppsort::grail_sorter<>,
                    cppsort::heap_sorter,
                    cppsort::insertion_sorter,
                    cppsort::mel_sorter,
                    cppsort::merge_insertion_sorter,
                    cppsort::merge_sorter,
                    cppsort::pdq_sorter,
                    cppsort::poplar_sorter,
                    cppsort::quick_merge_sorter,
                    cppsort::quick_sorter,
                    cppsort::selection_sorter,
                    cppsort::slab_sorter,
                    cppsort::ska_sorter,
                    cppsort::smooth_sorter,
                    cppsort::spin_sorter,
                    cppsort::split_sorter,
                    cppsort::spread_sorter,
                    cppsort::std_sorter,
                    cppsort::tim_sorter,
                    cppsort::wiki_sorter<cppsort::utility::fixed_buffer<0>> )
{
    std::vector<double> collection;
    collection.reserve(1'000);
    auto distribution = dist::inversions(0.2); // Big enough merges
    distribution.call<double>(std::back_inserter(collection), 1'000);

    cppsort::split_adapter<TestType> sorter;
    sorter(collection);
    CHECK( std::is_sorted(collection.begin(), collection.end()) );
}

TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE( "every bidirectional sorter with split_adapter", "[split_adapter]",
                    cppsort::cartesian_tree_sorter,
                    cppsort::default_sorter,
                    cppsort::drop_merge_sorter,
                    cppsort::insertion_sorter,
                    cppsort::mel_sorter,
                    cppsort::merge_sorter,
                    cppsort::quick_merge_sorter,
                    cppsort::quick_sorter,
                    cppsort::selection_sorter,
                    cppsort::slab_sorter )
{
    std::list<double> collection;
    auto distribution = dist::inversions(0.2); // Big enough merges
    distribution.call<double>(std::back_inserter(collection), 1'000);

    cppsort::split_adapter<TestType> sorter;
    sorter(collection);
    CHECK( std::is_sorted(collection.begin(), collection.end()) );
}


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Q: User control with custom properties I'm trying to create a UserControl which is a legend of a graph item,
I've defined it so it has a label with the graph name, a check box which
define whether we show it or not and a rectangle with the graph color.
The xaml is defined like this:
<UserControl x:Class="Resources.LegendItem"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
             mc:Ignorable="d">
    <UserControl.Template>
        <ControlTemplate>
            <StackPanel Margin="1,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal">
                <CheckBox Name="cb" IsChecked="{TemplateBinding IsGraphVisible}" >
                    <StackPanel Margin="1,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Rectangle Name="rec" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2" Height="10" Width="10" />
                        <Label Name="lab" Content="{TemplateBinding GraphName}" />
                    </StackPanel>
                </CheckBox>
            </StackPanel>
        </ControlTemplate>
    </UserControl.Template>
</UserControl>

and the cs file is:
namespace Resources
{
    public partial class LegendItem : UserControl
    {
        public static readonly DependencyProperty IsGraphVisibleProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("IsGraphVisible", typeof(Boolean), typeof(LegendItem));
        public static readonly DependencyProperty GraphNameProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("GraphName", typeof(String), typeof(LegendItem));

        public bool IsGraphVisible
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(IsGraphVisibleProperty); }
            set { SetValue(IsGraphVisibleProperty, value); }
        }

        public string GraphName
        {
            get { return (string)GetValue(GraphNameProperty); }
            set { SetValue(GraphNameProperty, value); }
        }

        public LegendItem()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

    }
}

But when I compile it, I get an error "Cannot find the static member 'IsGraphVisibleProperty' on the type 'Control'."
Any help would be appreciated.

A: You do not need a template at all. UserControl allows the XAML to be declared directly. You can't set the template in a UserControl:
<UserControl x:Class="Resources.LegendItem" x:Name="MyControl"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
         mc:Ignorable="d">

        <StackPanel Margin="1,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal">
            <CheckBox Name="cb" IsChecked="{Binding ElementName=MyControl, Path=IsGraphVisible}" >
                <StackPanel Margin="1,0,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal">
                    <Rectangle Name="rec" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2" Height="10" Width="10" />
                    <Label Name="lab" Content="{Binding ElementName=MyControl, Path=GraphName}" />
                </StackPanel>
            </CheckBox>
        </StackPanel>
</UserControl>

A: You need to specify TargetType="{x:Type Resources.LegendItem}" on your ControlTemplate, otherwise it defaults to being a template for Control and you get that error.


The once-famous Hotel Iberia was where society's finest gathered in the days before 1859 when Victory, Louisiana became a ghost town. A building where people had laughed, dined and passed the time among friends became something dark, sinister and evil.
The town was dead, so no one complained when the Victory Institution for the Criminally Insane opened in the old hotel. The state sent its problems to the Asylum — violent, disturbed men who entered the gates of hell and never came back.
Hundreds died inside those walls before scandal closed the prison in 1907 and the corpses of those forgotten men were buried in a cemetery at the back of the property.
For a century, the building has been abandoned. But only by the living.
The dead couldn't leave. Their tormented spirits couldn't escape the horrors they had experienced. Unspeakable things kept them locked in the ancient cell blocks, doomed to haunt the building forever.
Rookie deputy sheriff Landry Drake spends a frightening afternoon inside the Asylum, investigates a series of apparently unrelated, unsolved murders inside the prison. He and a friend are caught in a trap. Kidnapped and chained in the old prison's underground torture chamber, they know what fate awaits them at the hands of a maniacal sociopath. He's killed many times before, and they will be next.
Landry must solve a puzzle before more people die, and he must find a way to keep himself from becoming the next name on the list of terrifying crimes at the Asylum.
I've set a reading goal.


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.44 Special или .44 S&W Special — револьверный патрон центрального воспламенения разработанный компанией Smith & Wesson в 1907 году  как усиленный и удлиненный вариант боеприпаса .44 Russian. Известен также под обозначением 10.5×29 мм R. Изначально проектировался под револьвер Smith & Wesson Triple Lock. По баллистически характеристикам близок к патрону .44 Russian, хотя выгодно отличается от него использованием бездымного пороха. Быстро получил признание в США, но в значительной степени утратил популярность в связи с появлением в 1950-х нового патрона .44 Magnum. В настоящее время под этот калибр доступен широкий ассортимент боеприпасов с пулями различного веса. Стоит отметить, что ввиду совпадения массо-габаритных характеристик патрон .44 Special может использоваться в большинстве современных револьверов калибра .44 Magnum.

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Ссылки
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 http://weaponland.ru/board/patron_44_smith_wesson_special_105x29_r/45-1-0-445

Револьверные патроны
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Появились в 1907 году в США


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    Ahmedabad University
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