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Rosenberg: When sports writing is a symbiotic relationship
Benjamin Rosenberg, Daily Senior Staffer
Graduation Issue 2021
I was the only print reporter in the Sharon J. Drysdale Field press box on April 25, 2018, as Northwestern softball hosted Loyola in a midweek non-conference game.
That wasn't a shock. The Wildcats were playing well at the time — and they kept up their winning ways that day — but it was a relatively meaningless game on an unseasonably cool weekday afternoon. Coach Kate Drohan was, of course, fully aware of this, and she made sure to thank me for being there after our postgame interview.
Counting briefs, I've been fortunate enough to write about 15 of NU's 19 teams during my time at The Daily, including football and men's and women's basketball. But softball was the team that kept drawing me back in, and I've come up with a few different explanations for why.
First, the game itself is extremely compelling. The field dimensions are small compared to baseball, so every play on the infield is close. And the energy is always high, both in the dugout and the stands. But what made it such a fulfilling experience was the people.
Everyone I met around the program loved the sport and was excited to share that passion with a young reporter who was barely aware of softball coming in. This team was never short on storylines, either. As many of them as I was able to tell, there were so many more that I just didn't have the time for.
The story of NU softball is the story of Sabrina Rabin, who used a deadly combination of speed and bat control to become one of the Cats' most decorated players. It's the story of Sammy Nettling, who was such a great leader as a senior catcher that interviewing her felt like talking to another coach.
It's the story of Rachel Lewis, who is so athletic that she picked up bobsled on a whim and tried out for the U.S. national team. Of Emma Bartz, who returned for a fifth season in 2021 even though she knew she'd still be just a pinch runner and backup outfielder. Of Morgan Newport, who quickly became one of my favorite players for both her kindness and versatility — even before she put together a career year as a fifth-year senior.
Take just about any so-called non-revenue sport at Northwestern, and you'll find plenty of stories like these. But unless a team is having a truly historic season, hardly any professional media will bother to tell them.
That's what has made being around this group so rewarding for me. I've felt like a professional beat reporter and a valued source of information on the team, and I've been treated like one. And I have plenty of memories to prove it.
The first game I covered in person was in mid-April 2018 against Ohio State. Then-sports information director Doug Meffley, who I credit for helping me feel comfortable around softball and the Cats during that season, described the weather as "Disturbance in the force." The translation: temperatures barely in the 40s, with gusting winds and occasional sideways precipitation.
A few weeks later, I covered a Wednesday game at DePaul, which was delayed mid-game by a thunderstorm for an hour or so. The storm resumed as I dashed back from the train station to the newsroom to write my story, and at one point I tripped and fell, scraping my knee.
The following year, I practically lived in the Welsh-Ryan Arena media room during the 2019 NCAA Regional. Weather delays forced Saturday's nightcap to begin close to 9:30 p.m., and it ended after midnight. I filed my story around 2 a.m. and had to come right back early the next afternoon. It was exhilarating.
This was good training for what I hope will be a lengthy career as a sports journalist. I'll have to cover plenty of games at odd hours and in bad weather. But it never stopped being fun. College athletics, at Northwestern and everywhere, is big business, but somehow, covering softball seemed much more pure compared to football or basketball.
Maybe it's the intimate atmosphere, maybe I've just done it for long enough to feel like I know the coaches and players as more than just coaches and players. Either way, I'll always be grateful to the team that made me love sports writing all over again.
Twitter: @bxrosenberg
Emma Bartz
Kate Drohan
Morgan Newport
Northwestern softball
Rachel Lewis
Sabrina Rabin
Sammy Nettling


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require "test_helper"

class AssetManager::AssetUpdaterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  setup do
    @asset_id = "asset-id"
    @asset_url = "http://asset-manager/assets/#{@asset_id}"
    @legacy_url_path = "legacy-url-path"
    @worker = AssetManager::AssetUpdater.new
    @redirect_url = "https://www.test.gov.uk/example"
    @attachment_data = FactoryBot.build(:attachment_data)
  end

  test "raises exception if asset has been deleted in asset manager and attachment_data isn't deleted" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_url, "deleted" => true)

    @attachment_data.stubs(:deleted?).returns(false)

    assert_raises(AssetManager::AssetUpdater::AssetAlreadyDeleted) do
      @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "draft" => false })
    end
  end

  test "does not update asset if no attributes are supplied" do
    Services.asset_manager.stubs(:whitehall_asset).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_url)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).never

    assert_raises(AssetManager::AssetUpdater::AssetAttributesEmpty) do
      @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path)
    end
  end

  test "marks draft asset as published" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "draft" => true)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).with(@asset_id, { "draft" => false })

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "draft" => false })
  end

  test "does not mark asset as published if already published" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "draft" => false)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).never

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "draft" => false })
  end

  test "mark published asset as draft" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "draft" => false)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).with(@asset_id, { "draft" => true })

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "draft" => true })
  end

  test "does not mark asset as draft if already draft" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "draft" => true)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).never

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "draft" => true })
  end

  test "sets redirect_url on asset if not already set" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset)
      .with(@asset_id, { "redirect_url" => @redirect_url })

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "redirect_url" => @redirect_url })
  end

  test "sets redirect_url on asset if already set to different value" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "redirect_url" => "#{@redirect_url}-another")
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset)
      .with(@asset_id, { "redirect_url" => @redirect_url })

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "redirect_url" => @redirect_url })
  end

  test "does not set redirect_url on asset if already set" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "redirect_url" => @redirect_url)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).never

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "redirect_url" => @redirect_url })
  end

  test "marks asset as access-limited" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset)
      .with(@asset_id, { "access_limited" => %w[uid-1] })

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "access_limited" => %w[uid-1] })
  end

  test "does not mark asset as access-limited if already set" do
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "access_limited" => %w[uid-1])
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).never

    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, { "access_limited" => %w[uid-1] })
  end

  test "marks asset as replaced by another asset" do
    replacement_legacy_url_path = "replacement-legacy-url-path"
    replacement_id = "replacement-id"
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id)
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(replacement_legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => replacement_id)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset)
      .with(@asset_id, { "replacement_id" => replacement_id })

    attributes = { "replacement_legacy_url_path" => replacement_legacy_url_path }
    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, attributes)
  end

  test "does not mark asset as replaced if already replaced by same asset" do
    replacement_legacy_url_path = "replacement-legacy-url-path"
    replacement_id = "replacement-id"
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(@legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => @asset_id, "replacement_id" => replacement_id)
    @worker.stubs(:find_asset_by).with(replacement_legacy_url_path)
      .returns("id" => replacement_id)
    Services.asset_manager.expects(:update_asset).never

    attributes = { "replacement_legacy_url_path" => replacement_legacy_url_path }
    @worker.call(@attachment_data, @legacy_url_path, attributes)
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Contact improvisation started in the beginning of the 70s in the USA. A need reached out to escape from the restrictions of handed down dance forms, to break through the reduction on a purely physical aesthetics and to understand the person, the human being in his entirety.
Dancers were looking for a kind of movement what's more physiological, perhaps healthier and got inspired by asian and brazilian martial arts, from there they developed New Dance.
The knowledge from old and new body methods (as for example Feldenkrais, Body-Mind-Centering, yoga, Tai Chi) their wisdom of body-mind connection and their principles of energy, attention and presence became part in dance.
"Based on the topical knowledge about unity, new dance introduces in the organical and structure of body and form, space and time, gravitation and movement, dynamism and rhythm, devotion and borders" (Joachim Apel, flyer in 1999).
In this period of searching the founders of new dance also experimented with ideas to integrate these new principles into the dance of two and discovered an unexpected variety in possibilities, this was the beginning of contact improvisation (up to now CI).
A constantly moving point of contact was meaned as a common base from which the dancers played with her strength, move each other and balanced, jumped about one another, rolled, melt and went away,… and with astonishing ease, carrying themselves into air.
The teamwork of two bodies changes physical legitimacies as for example the influence of the gravitation and centrifugal force, dynamics and much more.
This opens a huge field of new challenges and allows to experience with unexpectations like "the momentum". The momentum is a technical term in the CI what describes the moment where a change of direction and dynamic happens, what nobody of the two dancers really have planned.
The dancers themselves are surprised and they are carried away by the movement. Every movement originates from the preceding, from the listening/ the communication of the bodies, from the play and the forces of the moment.
The dialog with yourself (perhaps also your physical or psychological limits), with your partner(s), with space, gravitiy,… allows and requires a growing consciousness of the dancing body for itself.
Learning CI means learning a deeper understanding of how the body is function and increase the sense of touch and movement.
In contrast to other dances you rarely learn long movement sequences, CI requires much more to understand the movement principles or basics of the CI like rolling, sliding, leaning, falling, pourring, flowing, flying,…to learn how to give or take weight, incorporating the ground in the dance, moving with less muscular strength as possible … etc.
In this physical communication everything is possible what is possible in the dialog of the two.
It is a matter of becoming awake, of following spontaneously, of taking and giving impulses, of listening to the body/partner/space, of developing new ideas and of being able to use it directly in a creatice way.
Contact improvisation means fun in the movement, warmth, contact, touch, romp like young dogs be at the same time awake and attentive. CI is jumping and creeping, high and low, movement and stillness, it is gambled away and serious, igiving and taking, being close and playing with distance, body and soul… and still even more what is not to be expressed in words and what is simply a matter to experience!


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446. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the agreed number of residents in each location (details supplied) for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and the percentage increase or decrease in peridium fees over these periods. [28445/15]
Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Frances Fitzgerald): The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, there are over 4,599 residents in 34 centres across the State under contract to RIA. Details of all of these centres and the companies or persons RIA has contracted to provide accommodation services are published in RIA's Annual Reports available on its website - www.ria.gov.ie.
All centres are managed by private companies under contract to RIA. Seven of the 34 centres are State owned – i.e. the land and buildings are owned by the State – while the remainder are owned or leased by private entities. There is a difference in the rates as State-owned facilities are not obliged to pay for rent, maintenance and utilities. None of the three centres which are the subject of this question is State owned. The rate paid to commercially owned centres is an all-in price that includes: VAT, staffing; energy and other utility costs; housekeeping; catering; security; maintenance, capital maintenance; etc. Rates also vary depending on the location of and the services available in each centre.
In fulfilling its general accommodation responsibilities, RIA does not own, lease or rent premises from commercial contractors. Rather, it contracts in a comprehensive range of services and facilities, including accommodation, housekeeping and so on, for a fixed sum over the period of a contract. The amounts paid reflect this all-in price. Generally, it can be said that there are three variables in a standard contract between RIA and the service provider: the numbers to be accommodated in the centre i.e. its capacity; the length of the contract; and the per person per day rate paid i.e the per diem rate. It is not possible to provide values for current contracts entered into by RIA. Negotiations take place with a number of commercial entities on an ongoing basis and RIA endeavours to achieve the best value for money in respect of each contract. It is not in the interests of yielding best value for the taxpayer that details of current individual contracts are known to the public or to other parties who are, or may be in the future, engaged in negotiations with RIA.
Contract expiry dates are deliberately 'staggered' throughout the year and can span a period of months or years. Thus for the purposes of this question, the date of 1st July was chosen for comparison purposes in each of the three centres cited.
- Contract capacity on 1 July 2011 Contract capacity on 1 July 2012 Contract capacity on 1 July 2013 Contract capacity on 1 July 2014 Contract capacity on 1 July 2015
Centre 1 369 369 369 269 310
Centre 3 130 63 20 24 60
The percentage increase/decrease on the per person per day rate ( per diem) was calculated based on the rate applicable on 1st July each year. Note that in 2012, in relation to a number of contracts RIA negotiated certain per diem rates downwards in the light of the financial pressures then prevailing on the State.
- Centre 1:
% change over preceding year Centre 2:
% change over preceding year
2011 0% 0% 0%
2012 -19.90% -5.17% 0%
2014 +8.89% 0% 0%

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Glitch on Bitcoin Exchange Drops Prices to Zero Dollars, User Tries to Make Off With Trillions
Rhett Jones
A cryptocurrency exchange in Japan reportedly experienced a temporary glitch last week that suddenly offered investors their pick of coins for the low, low price of zero dollars. Several customers took advantage of the opportunity, but one really ran with it.
According to Reuters, it was possible to buy cryptocurrencies for free on the Zaif exchange for about 20 minutes on February 16th. The exchange reportedly revealed the problem to reporters on Tuesday. From the report:
Zaif, a government-registered exchange run by Osaka-based Tech Bureau Corp, said on Tuesday that a system glitch had let seven customers buy bitcoin with no yen value during a 20-minute window last week.
The exchange voided the trades after discovering the error, which happened on Feb. 16 - though it was still trying to resolve the issue with one customer who tried to transfer the knock-down bitcoins from the exchange, a spokesman told Reuters.
That doesn't sound so bad, and could've been much worse. Everything mostly worked out, but there's still one customer that's putting up a fight over their heavily-discounted purchase. How much did they try to pull out? According to Japanese outlet Asahi Shimbun, one customer apparently "purchased" 2,200 trillion yen worth of bitcoin and proceeded to try to cash it out. That's about $20 trillion. Considering the fact that Bitcoin has a market cap of just over $183 billion, that sell order really must have confused some traders for a bit.
Reuters points out that the glitch couldn't have come at a worse time for the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange business. Following the recent $400 million heist at the Japanese exchange Coincheck, two separate industry groups have agreed to form a self-regulating body that would strive to protect investors with stronger safeguards. It would also, presumably, demonstrate to authorities that they don't need to get involved. The Japanese yen is by far the most exchanged national currency in the Bitcoin world, so attracting regulations would have a global impact.
We've reached out to Zaif representatives to ask if the $20 trillion order has been resolved and to get further details on what caused the glitch. We didn't immediately receive a response, but we'll update this post when we do. The last bit of news on Zaif's website was posted on the day of the glitch, it's a delightful TV commercial that you really should watch for yourself.
[Reuters, Asahi Shimbun]
madtube
2.2 quadrillion yen. Quadrillion in currency. My head is gonna explode thinking about that. Does the guy want to put a down payment on a Death Star?


The Department of Public Administration, which is now the Institute of Administrative Sciences (IAS), was established in 1962 with the technical assistance provided by the U.S. AID Mission to Pakistan to impart public administration education and research in Pakistan. Under this project, a team of professors from the University of Southern California (USC) under the headship of Professor Dr. Don R. Larson developed the academic programs and local faculty members were inducted who were later sent to USC for doctoral studies. This US trained faculty, after the departure of American professors, on completion of the USAID's project, led and managed the Department of Public Administration in the later years. The name of the department was later changed to the Department of Administrative Sciences and it gained the status of Institute of Administrative Sciences in the year 2001.
Initially, the department started offering two M.A. programs: 1) M.A. in Public Administration (MPA) for fresh graduates; and 2) M.A. in Administrative Sciences (MAS) for in-service individuals. In 1971, a third program M.A. in Business Administration was launched which was the second postgraduate program in business administration in the entire country. However, after one year, this program was transferred to a newly established Department of Business Administration.
In 1974, the Department of Administrative Science extended academic support to Gomal University for establishing the teaching departments of Public and Business Administration. Besides this, several national training institutions and government departments utilized the expertise of our department. In 1998, MPA Executive Program was launched which replaced the MAS program. In 2001, an array of undergraduate programs including BS(hons) in Management, Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) Master of Marketing (MMKT), Master of Finance (MFIN), Master of Public Policy (MPP) and Master of Health Administration (MHA) were added to the academic portfolio. Graduate Programs of MPhil Management and PhD Management were also launched in the year 2001. In the following year, IAS also offered Post-graduate diploma in Human Resource Management (PGD-HRM). MPA Program was later upgraded to 18 years education program in the year 2010. Most recently, in 2017, Masters of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM) and Masters of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) have been included to strengthen the research profile of the institute.
With all these achievements, IAS can rightly claim to be the mother institution of management education in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (former NWFP) and the first, pioneer institution offering postgraduate degree in public administration in the country.
To create and disseminate globally and locally relevant knowledge, to improve quality of life for people and communities, through effective leadership and management of organizations.
Keeping in view the vision of IAS our aspiration is to prepare students with complete arena of knowledge, skills, attitude and experiences that will equip them for leadership roles required by the society at large.
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Taking things a LITTLE far
I just read this article on usatoday.com
Anti-fishing folks are hooked on a feeling
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY
PITTSBURGH — The Citgo Bassmaster Classic, sometimes known as the Super Bowl of fishing tournaments, will be held this weekend on the three rivers.
A billboard that just went up south of here on Route 51 isn't part of the promotional effort. It's a digitally altered depiction of a dog being yanked by a hook in its mouth.
"If you wouldn't do this to a dog, why do it to a fish?" asks the billboard, funded by the Fish Empathy Project. That is a campaign launched last fall by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), stepping up earlier anti-fishing efforts.
Sean Teets, 20, employed at a custom auto shop located right under the billboard, says workers finished putting it up Wednesday morning.
"It's totally uncalled for. It makes no sense at all," says Teets, an avid fisherman.
Meagan Barker, 23, co-owner of the shop, says she was more upset by the sign than whether fishing is cruel. "The picture of the dog shocked me. I thought it was mean," she says.
But whether fish feel pain when hooked is a point of debate. On opposing ends: Karin Robertson, who manages the PETA project from the group's headquarters in Norfolk, Va., and James Rose, professor of zoology and physiology at the University of Wyoming and a fisherman.
"Fish are not swimming vegetables. They feel pain just like other animals, like we do," says Robertson, who uses that name professionally but has legally changed her name to GoVeg.com, which links to PETA's Web site. GoVeg.com is on her credit cards and drivers license, and she uses that name away from work as "a really light-hearted way to start a conversation about a very serious issue."
She cites research in the United Kingdom that reported in 2003 that trout had nervous system receptors in their heads and responded to damaging stimuli in ways that showed "pain," not just reflex.
Rose rejects that. He says the "emotional suffering" component of human pain takes place in regions of the brain, the frontal lobes, that don't exist in the brains of fish: "It has to be conscious. ... That consciousness requires a lot more complex brain than a fish has."
PETA also opposes fishing for the reasons that waters are loaded with contaminants and that eating fish is unhealthy. Its targets include commercial fishing and fish farms. It also opposes angling for sport, a pastime that the American Sportfishing Association says generates $116 billion in economic impact annually. In PETA's view, fishing is no sport at all.
"It definitely was not an accident that our billboard turned up in Pittsburgh the same time as the tournament," says Robertson, whose group has put up similar billboards in other cities. "We hate to see just an exhibition in cruelty to animals."
This year Robertson has gotten no takers in letters to sports editors of 200 newspapers asking them to drop their fishing columns. Nor has she been successful in asking a California aquarium to take fish off its menu or in getting Fishkill, N.Y., to change its name. Locals there note that "kill" comes from the Dutch word for stream. But Robertson says, "It's only a matter of time before we look upon cruelty to fish in the exact same way we look upon cruelty to dogs and cats."
Popularity of fishing in decline
If papers won't take fishing columns out of sports sections, Robertson wants a "more appropriate section like the crime report or the obituaries." That is heresy to those who see fishing as wholesome outdoor activity, a way for families and friends to bond and a boost to efforts to preserve fish and keep waters clean.
Rose doesn't view fishing as sport, either, but for a different reason: "It's much more important than that. I think it's a spiritual thing. It doesn't mean you've got to be real formal or high-minded about it, but I think it's much deeper than just a casual activity."
He describes himself as an "advocate of fish," and says, "If fishing were eradicated, in the end there would be a lot less people caring about fish."
Robertson, 25, did some fishing as a youth, as the daughter of a fisheries biologist for the state of Indiana.
"I never thought about how much pain and suffering they go through," says Robertson, who has a degree in animal behavior from Bucknell. "We didn't even know at the time how intelligent they are. They're fascinating individuals. They deserve to be left in the water."
Dave Precht also went fishing as a youngster, in Louisiana. He is director of publications for the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (BASS), which began the Bassmaster Classic in 1971 and now is owned by ESPN.
"I started fishing, as a lot of people do, with my dad," he says. "I was probably 5 years old. ... Of all the things that happened to me in my very young childhood, those were my most vivid memories."
But there has been a decline in the popularity of fishing in recent decades. According to a report by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, the number of people in the USA who fish declined from 58.4 million in 1987 to 47.9 million in 2004.
Precht doesn't attribute that to PETA protests.
"You have to look at all kinds of societal changes we've had in the last 20 years, the competition for time among kids," he says. "For a number of reasons, youngsters are not being taken fishing, and it's kind of hard for them to discover the sport if an adult doesn't show them how in the first place. ...
"And that is one of the things we are most active in through a variety of programs."
Making a day of it with friends
PETA is working on the kids, too.
Robertson has gone to public areas near schools (most recently in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona), accompanied by an assistant in a fish costume, to pass out "Fish are Friends, Not Food" stickers and Fish Flakes trading cards, which carry PETA's messages about cruelty and contamination.
Precht notes that since the early 1970s, BASS has advocated catch-and-release fishing. PETA says that is cruel, too, because fish still get hooked and can be mortally injured. "I was brought up to treat wildlife and fish humanely, and I'd never want to do anything to torture them, disrespect them or waste a fish," Precht says. "Fishermen don't do that."
Beyond how the fish view it, it's obvious some people do enjoy catching fish, the bigger the better.
Recently, a son and father fished together from a rock jetty in Maryland's Sandy Point State Park on the Chesapeake Bay.
"Your worst day of fishing is better than your best day of work," says Candido Deckman, 31, of Lancaster, Pa.
He says he and his dad, Candido Fontana, 52, of York, Pa., sometimes hold their own fishing competitions.
"It's almost pure catch-and-release," Deckman says. "I keep a pair of needle-nosed pliers to the hooks to try to take the stress off the fish."
Another fisherman, Dale Witt, 73, of Edgewater, Md., wore a T-shirt proclaiming, "If at first you don't succeed, take a nap." He says he has another T-shirt that reads, "Here, fishy, fishy, fishy."
Six years ago, Witt was fueling his car when a friend asked how his fishing was going. "I'm doing pretty good, but I cannot find anybody to go fishing with me," Witt answered.
A stranger at another pump chimed in, "I'll go with you." Witt and Don Dabbs, 72, of Annapolis, Md., have been fishing together since.
After they returned from five hours of fishing on a small boat, Dabbs says they didn't catch many but had a fine time. "It's relaxing. ... I get time to spend with my friend," Dabbs says.
Witt says nobody has suggested to him that fishing was cruel. What if someone did? "I'd walk away from them. I hunt and fish both," he says.
Robertson's suggestion for anybody who sees fishing as quality time with family and friend?
"There are so many other ways you can do that," she says. "You can take your family out on the boat and just leave your fishing tackle behind."
Okay, so this is not about the article, which is about PETA trying to stop fishing tournaments, the PETA person heading the project, who legally changed her name to GoVeg.com (she still uses her old, normal name professionally).
I understand people want to get their message out there. But I'm also sure that her friends still call her Karin (what else would they call her? Go? Veggie? lunitic?) What is the point of legally changing your name to a url? Yeah it has shock value and "freaks the mundanes" but unless you use it in day to day life your legal name doesn't mean a whole lot.
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Zawada Książęca  (, 1937-1945 Rainfelde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nędza, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately  west of Nędza,  north of Racibórz, and  west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village has a population of 816.

Geography

It stands on the right bank of the Oder River.
Part of the village belongs to a protected area called Rudy Landscape Park.

History

Zawada Książęca was established in year 1310 as a colony for toll collection, belonging to the Piast Duchy of Racibórz. In 1532, the last prince of Piast dynasty dies. The Duchy is taken over by the Margrave of Brandenburg, Georg Hohenzollern, who in 1512, under the will of the King Vladislaus II of Hungary, won the dispute over Ratibor-Opole succession. The period of religious wars begins. Since 1551, Zawada belongs to the Habsburg Monarchy.

The Ratibor land is subject to numerous pledges in financial and dynastic interests. After the Silesian wars, since year 1743 Zawada Książęca is under Prussian rule till 1945.

Since 1945 Zawada Książęca is part of Poland.

References

Villages in Racibórz County

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Chennai sources stated that the government cannot compel the armed forces to buy indigenous weapons, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said after inaugurating a major defense exhibition the DefExpo that aims to project India as one of the major defense manufacturing hub in the world.
Presently the NDA government is trying to project the 10th edition of the biennial event as first serious attempt to transform India into a hub of military manufacturing and pursue its goal of achieving turnover of Rs 1,70,000 crore in military goods and services by 2025 by promoting the domestic defense industry. Meanwhile according to a report Sitharaman, while speaking to reporters at exhibition in Thiruvidanthai near Chennai, said she can't "force the forces" to buy only "Made in India" equipment.
Furthermore according to the Defense Ministry, over 670 defense firms, including 154 foreign manufacturers, are participating in the exhibition of weapons and military hardware. Moreover it is being attended by official delegations from over 47 countries, including the US, the UK, Russia, Afghanistan, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Portugal, Seychelles and Vietnam.


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A direction‐finding algorithm of reflected waves using small‐sized data series measured in fresnel region and its evaluation
Jianqing Wang, Hiroshi Echigo, Tasuku Takagi, Tsugio Sato
To find the unwanted reflection characteristics of a Fresnel region wave from a building and a wall, it is necessary to know the direction of the reflection source. This paper proposes an algorithm which estimates successively the direction of arrival of the reflected wave in the Fresnel region, based on the study of the characteristics and the shape of the spatial series in that region. This algorithm is realized by a combination of the maximum entropy method in which a spectrum can be estimated at a high resolution with a few data and an error correction by the Newton‐Raphson method for solution of a nonlinear equation. To confirm the validity, a computer simulation and experimental results are shown. In the computer simulation results, the reflection direction was estimated with an error of 0.1° ‐ 2.9° from 40 measured data for an aperture of 5 wavelengths. In the experiment, the reflection direction was estimated with an error of less than 0.5°. From these results, it is found that this algorithm can be applied for direction finding of the reflected wave under an actual electromagnetic environment.
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Wang, J., Echigo, H., Takagi, T., & Sato, T. (1989). A direction‐finding algorithm of reflected waves using small‐sized data series measured in fresnel region and its evaluation. Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part I: Communications), 72(7), 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecja.4410720705
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Hand activated sound piece, Tahmineh's Fancy, examining female desire in classical Persian literature.
Exhibited as part of the Gone With the Wind exhibition, at Raven Row, London 2010, and Contemporary Shahnameh at the Prince's Foundation, Shoreditch, London 2010.
Tahmineh's Fancy, 2010. Copper telephone cable, red suede, cotton and ribbon. Motion-sensitive electronics.
Vinyl Factory artist's limited edition record, made live in the gallery space in collaborations with local musicians and artists, in the below recording studio (A Model Studio) built by the artists.
A Bow for Your Harp, 2015. Sculpted and Dyed Acacia Wood, Guitar Strings, Pegs.
Live electro-acoustic performance with Christopher John Weaver on Indian and Pakistani tupperware. Performed at The Mine – Dubai, Malja – Bahrain, ReUse Festival – Kuwait, Beirut Arts Centre – Lebanon.
The prevalence of these simple steel dishes and cups in the UAE is indicative of the established sub-cultures that thrive around the Gulf. With much in common it was once uniformly the norm in West Asian culture to sit on a carpet and eat. In the Emirates now however, the table has become the most ubiquitous form of family dining. The stocking of these dishes we perform with live and electronically are indicative of being in a working class area, and we improvise live exploring their sonic qualities against a video work, and end with an Indian Raga to Sri Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of home-life and well being.
The Resonance Radio Orchestra Beaconsfield Gallery London November 2009 from fugueur.
Camera Obscura – Mela Commission from Fari Bradley on Vimeo.
Cities and Memory interactive sound map, features my Piazzo San Carlo, Turin piece.
A month's residency at Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan with Lahore Biennial Foundation. Talks at London College of Communication, the Stuart Hall Library (Iniva) and American University in Dubai.
And on air, on digital and online at Resonance104.4fm, UK: A Karachi Phonology.


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Tour of Beijing 2013 – preview
by Colin Henrys
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Another thrilling year of racing on the UCI WorldTour draws to a close this week as the peloton heads to Beijing to bring the curtain down on the 2013 season.
Now in its third year, the Tour of Beijing has developed since its 2011 debut when Tony Martin, then of HTC-HighRoad, won the opening day's time-trial, which ultimately shaped the GC for the rest of the week.
Tony Martin. pictured here celebrating victory on stage seven of the 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico, has won both editions of the Tour of Beijing to date but with a mountainous parcours is not likely to make it three on the bounce (Pic: (c) Stefano Sirotti)
The German won again last year without a time-trial however, building an unassailable lead on the second day with a superb solo attack on the descent of Dong Gang Hong Tunnel.
More changes to the route this year however means Omega Pharma-Quickstep's leader faces an uphill battle to defend his crown, something he readily admits.
So what lies in wait for the riders over their five days in the Red Dragon? Here's a preview of the route and the riders likely to shape the final event of the 2013 UCI WorldTour.
Stage one – Shunyi to Huairou Studio City: The 190.5km opening stage of the Tour, which rolls out at the host city of the 2008 Olympic rowing and canoeing events, is certainly one to favour the sprinters.
Expect Alessandro Petacchi (Omega Pharma-Quickstep), Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEDGE) and Elia Viviani (Cannondale) to feature in a bunch sprint after the peloton races along very flat roads into Studio City.
A technical start to the stage, with some sharp turns, could suit riders hoping to make an early break and gather time bonuses at the intermediate sprints, but save for a lone category-three climb the route is flat and will encourage a fast pace in the bunch throughout.
Stage two – Huairou Studio City – Yanqing: Climbing on this 201.5km route starts almost immediately with an ascent of the category three climb of the He Fang Kou Tunnel, followed by a higher, category two slope.
An early break could well stick, and would provide a good opportunity for any King of the Mountains hopefuls to snaffle some early points, particularly with two category two climbs to follow, both with average gradients 5.5 per cent.
The Tour of Beijing follows a much more mountainous parcours in 2013 than in its two previous editions (pic: submitted by Taryn Kirby/Jump Media)
After cresting Shan Tianchi there is a long, largely straight 51km run to the finish, following the path of the river, setting up what could well be another bunch sprint, albeit one reduced by the rolling parcours.
Stage three – Yanqing to Qianjiadian : The punchy 176km route from Yanqing to Qianjiadian could be the breaking of some of the fringe GC contenders.
A very flat opening 17km soon gives way to an astonishing seven categorised climbs, with little room for respite in between.
Three category-three summits are followed by a pacey, technical descent towards Changling and a category-two climb to Shaling before a long, 7.4km category one climb (at 5.1 per cent) which, if it is not already, could tear the bunch to shreds.
Two more tough ascents – the category two climb to Cangmi Village and the category three Huangtu follow before a steep descent towards Qianjiadian.
It was on a similar descent Tony Martin attacked to move top of the GC last year, so look out for any similar moves from the noted descenders this year's race.
Stage four – Yanqing to Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain: The 150.5km route has the potential to dictate the final destination of the red jersey, thanks to a 12.6km climb to the summit of Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain, one that unfolds at an average gradient of 5.7 per cent.
Stage four offers a scenic route south from Yanqing, as the peloton speeds down towards the Great Wall, but the views will be of little consolation to the riders as they tackle the category-one climb to Xianrendong Village, followed very quickly by the category-two Gaoyakou – brace of climbs with potential to split the bunch.
Elia Viviani had a successful Tour of Britain and will be hunting for stage victories in Beijing (Pic: ©Paul Hayes-Watkins)
Those still in contention face a fast, technical descent towards Nanyan and two intermediate sprints before the category-three climb of Chenjiazhuang makes way for the monstrous finish.
Do not be fooled by the generous average gradients – twisting bends and sharp walls litter the climb with the first man up likely to move top of the GC in the process.
Stage five – Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest Piazza: An exact replica of the crit stage which opened last year's Tour, the final WorldTour race of the season draws to a close with a circuit of Beijing's Olympic Park.
Having gone around Tiananmen Square, it is largely straight roads to the Olympic Park, before they enter the circuit after 17.5km of riding.
From there it is thirteen laps of the site of the 2008 Games, and having won the stage last year, and finished third on its debut in 2011, Elia Viviani will start the stage as heavy favourite.
Richie Porte (Team Sky): The Paris-Nice winner has confirmed he will lead what is expected to be a strong Team Sky line-up in Beijing as they bid to cement their spot at number one in the World Team Rankings.
Currently 118 points clear of second-placed Movistar, a maximum haul for the Australian would seal first place and after a tremendous year. Porte certainly is the calibre of rider to achieve just that.
Richie Porte has earned wide-spread plaudits for his role supporting Chris Froome this year, and the Paris-Nice winner could end 2013 with more personal glory (pic: ©Stefano Sirotti)
The Tasmanian will be backed by the tireless Bernhard Eisel and David Lopez, with Josh Edmondson and Matthew Hayman – in his last Sky race – also expected to feature in a fearsome line-up.
And having earned plaudits for his superb support riding for Chris Froome this year, Porte has certainly shown he has the talent to compete on the climbs with the leading contenders.
A punchy route and the stage four summit finish certainly suit him, and with podium finishes at the Criterium International, Tour of the Basque Country and Criterium du Dauphine also under his belt, success for Porte would be the perfect way to cap a brilliant year.
Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp): Just as a stunning year for the Birmingham-born Irishman looked set to draw to a quiet close, Martin bounced back to bag fourth at the Giro di Lombardia last weekend.
But for a crash on the final bends, it would have been a podium finish too and the Volta a Catalunya and Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner will arrive in Beijing to lead Garmin-Sharp with renewed confidence.
Confident enough to attack solo on the tough climbs, Martin's fearless style has already earned him a stage win at the Tour de France.
Garmin-Sharp's Dan Martin has joked he might like to see a real panda in China after this iconic shot, taken before he won Liege-Bastogne-Liege (pic: (c) Stefano Sirotti)
And furthermore he has already beaten the best on a tough summit finish this year in Catalunya – attacking solo to beat notable rivals including world number one, Joaquim Rodriguez, Tour de France runner up, Nairo Quintana, and Bradley Wiggins.
However, since his early season victories, stage racing has brought little further joy for Martin, with the notable exception of a perfectly judged victory on stage nine of the Tour de France. The Irishman was forced to withdraw from the Vuelta through illness and failed to make any lasting impression at the Tour of Britain.
Indeed, after a number of attempted attacks had come to nothing at the latter, he instead turned his hand to supporting Jack Bauer, and with the New Zealander also picked for Beijing, Bauer could well become Garmin-Sharp's plan B again.
Rui Costa (Movistar): The World Champion made his debut in the rainbow jersey at last weekend's Giro di Lombardia and will end the season leading Movistar's charge in the Red Dragon.
Still in contention to top the world team rankings, Movistar have opted to back the Portuguese ace with a strong support squad containing, among others, Andrey Amador, Jesus Herrada, and Giro d'Italia stage winners, Benat Intxausti and Giovanni Visconti.
Costa enters the race on the back of a superb year too – crowned of course by his World Championship success.
Two stage wins at the Tour de France and overall victory, for the second time, at the Tour de Suisse also light up a palmares packed with top ten finishes on the WorldTour this year.
Rui Costa proudly showed off his rainbow jersey at Il Lombardia and will now target his first victory as world champion (pic: (c) Stefano Sirotti)
His two victories at the Tour de France – courtesy of long-range solo attacks and boosted by his phenomenal descending speed – will earmark him as a favourite for stage three and he is certainly capable of success on the summit finish too.
His predecessor as world champion, the Belgian, Philippe Gilbert, endured an almost entirely barren year in the rainbow stripes, so Costa will be keen to make an early statement and Beijing represents a perfect opportunity.
Robert Gesink (Belkin Pro Cycling): The 2013 World Tour kicked off with a Blanco rider taking overall victory in a stage race, and a sponsorship and subsequent name-change later, the team now known as Belkin would love to end it the same way.
With GP de Quebec victory already added to his steadily growing palmares, the Condor of Varsseveld will lead the pale green machine's charge in Beijing and could be a dark horse for overall victory.
A former winner of the Tour of California and Tour of Oman, Gesink is certainly capable of winning stage races – not least highlighted by top-ten finishes at the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana, on three occasions in the case of the latter.
The Dutchman may not enter the race as a firm favourite, but is likely to feature at the sharp end of the GC. A bit of luck and good timing on the key stages could swing things his way.
Christophe Riblon (Ag2r-La Mondiale): If, as expected, the stage four summit finish proves to decide the final general classification, who better to back than the Tour de France's Alpe d'Huez stage winner?
Riblon conquered a double ascent of the famous climb, finding a second wind when his early attack faded to bridge to then leader Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), before bursting past the American and soloing to victory.
An emotional Christophe Riblon contemplates the magnitude of his achievement after winning the Alpe d'Huez stage of this year's Tour de France (pic: (c) Stefano SIrotti)
A repeat of such a performance on the much less fearsome Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain will stand Riblon in very good stead, and backed by a support team with climbing aces Blel Kadri and Carlos Bentacur in tow, it is certainly not beyond the Frenchman.
Furthermore, on the back of a stage win and third overall at the Tour of Poland, Riblon has already proved he can mix it with the best in shorter stage races.
Significant others
Steve Cummings (BMC Racing) Although not a contender for the overall, the British former Commonwealth Games gold medallist has enjoyed Beijing in the last two years.
A strong time trial in 2011 helped him to fourth overall, while he prevailed in a two-up sprint against Ryder Hesjedal to win the final stage last year.
Although he is likely to be riding in support of Thor Hushovd on the sprinter-friendly stages, unless BMC harbour any surprise GC hopes, Cumming may be allowed to chase some individual glory.
And with stage two featuring a very similar profile to the stage he won last year, look out for the former-Sky man in any late breaks.
Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM): The popular Spaniard rider will call time on his career after Beijing.
The 36-year-old is known more for his success on the cobbles – not least eight top-ten finishes at Paris-Roubaix – than in the stage-races, but this being his swansong, keep a close on the Spanish Flandrian.
The Spanish Flandrian will bid farewell to the professional peloton after the Tour of Beijing (pic: (c) Stefano Sirotti)
Flecha was no stranger to the breaks at the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana this year, having been released from the shackles of the Sky train with his winter switch to Vacansoleil-DCM.
And with one final chance to get his name out there, expect more of the same over the five days in Beijing as he looks to end his career on a high.
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J.C. Watts: 'I don't think that we are the Oklahoma of old'
9:30:00 AM / Sooners /
J.C. Watts wasn't as piercing as fellow alumni Brian Bosworth or Jammal Brown. Still, when asked about Oklahoma football this week by WWLS Sports Morning host Bob Barry, Jr, the illustrious wishbone quarterback had some interesting things to say.
"I saw where they said Oklahoma State would probably win, or they picked them to win, the South (actually Big 12) and Oklahoma would finish second," Watts told Barry. "I just think that's probably where we are. I don't know who's going to win, but I don't think that we are the Oklahoma of old.
"But I do like what Coach Stoops is doing. I think as any CEO would do when you lose market share, when you lose your oomph or energy or you lose some of your special sauce, you start to shake it up. You say, 'We've got to change the culture.' It takes a little time to do that. In business, if you take a failing business, you've got to go in and change the culture."
Add Watts to those in favor of Stoops' post-2012 season staff changes.
"I think Coach Stoops is doing the right things in shaking it up," Watts continued, "and saying, 'We're gonna be more hungry, we're gonna be more committed, we're gonna be more focused. We're gonna get this ship turned around and get back to the Oklahoma of the early 2000s when we won a national championship.'" (More at Tulsa World)
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Expressionistic (Discovery) Periods – Late 1960's
The artist is strongly announcing his favoured, strong colour palette now, and this will remain for the most part as a signature of his works. Broad knife and brush laden with colour is generously applied with expressionistic energy on painted surfaces that now have become larger. By the late 1960's, another road to discovering himself, opened. For the most part, the nude dominates. Figures drift and float in their almost non-descript environment. The beyond surreal, and near dreamlike quality of the paintings, together with their particular saturated colour palette is in harmony with a modern aesthetic that ran through all the arts and design world of the 1960's. The content of the paintings are much more felt as representations as opposed to the clear representation from any of the earlier works. This productive period came to an abrupt end, and, was followed by a most distinct departure from all that had gone before. The human form 'remains 'seriously pursued. – figures float in nondescript space – thinly applied paint leads to heavy impasto – emotional brushstrokes — unlimited pallet


For 17 years now, I have spent countless hours in many different VA hospitals around the nation ministering to our nation's heroes dealing with all types of health issues. I can honestly say I have never left ONE VA hospital, even one time, without wanting to cry. With the BILLIONS this nation throws away, literally, a President and First Lady who think nothing of taking vacations that cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, many into the hundreds of millions of dollars, yet we can't properly tend to the medical needs of our nation's heroes?
I am bringing this up today for you to pray about, as you lift up the families of those heroes who died for lack of care, as well as living vets today forced to deal with the VA to get the timely and competent care they deserve! I am also bringing this up today to give you a glimpse of what I told you would happen five years ago when the Obamacare discussions were going on, which at the end of the day would be the diminished ability by tens of millions to get TIMELY CARE. Just like in the VA, many of those who don't get that timely care will die because of it!!!
The government subsidized the losses of the insurance companies since the introduction of Obamacare. That ends later this year! The goal as I shared when this government overtaking of the nation's healthcare system began was to wipe out the private insurance companies leaving ONLY the government itself to provide healthcare for everyone! Towards the end of this year that will reality will start to unfold!!!
The real issue of Obamacare was not about a broken website that cost the US taxpayers ONE BILLION DOLLARS and counting. It wasn't even about the millions who were lied to by the President that they could keep their current plan and doctor in order to pass this law and continuation of those lies to get re-elected in November of 2012. It also isn't about the 50-100 million more people who will have their employer sponsored health plans cancelled in the coming year.
I warned you in late 2007 that you would begin to see the very visible judgment of God unleashed on this nation in 2008. It was only a few months into that new year the housing bubble burst and trillions of dollars of real estate equity was lost and virtually every person who owned property was affected in a negative way. The trickle down effect led to millions losing their job and shook the overall economy to the core like nothing we have experienced since the Great Depression in the last 1920's!
What you will see unfold in the coming years, just 6 years after the real estate meltdown, will be a meltdown of the healthcare system in this nation that is literally going to cause untold numbers of people to literally lose their life! This time, it isn't about people losing money on their real estate holdings or their job, it is literally going to be about people losing their life!!!
I told you in late 2014 we will see the beginning of a turn in the spiritual direction of this nation, and a real national revival across our land. I can only tell you this. If we don't turn back to God and back to His Truth..NOW..we will no longer have the opportunity. Sodom and Gomorrah had a chance but chose to continue living in all out rebellion to God and were destroyed. Nineveh had a chance to turn from their sins and did so, causing God to stay His hand of judgment on that nation for a season.
I love you and care about you so much. I have committed my final days of this life and all we have developed over 17 years on-line and our 13 years on TV here at Liveprayer to do everything we can to see our nation follow the example of Nineveh. There is an increasing hunger for real answers, real truth, real hope. We know that the only real answer, truth, and hope for our nation and for each person is to turn to faith in Jesus and the Truth of God's Word!!!


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B12: TV CHARACTERS
B12: TV CHARACTERS Nov 8, 2022 15:43:02 GMT
Post by movielover on Nov 8, 2022 15:43:02 GMT
13 STAR TREK Characters Played By Actors/Actresses Who Became Much More Famous Later:
01. Ensign Robin Lefler (Ashley Judd) - STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
02. Roberta Lincoln (Teri Garr) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
03. Capt. Thadiun Okona (Billy Campbell) - STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
04. Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
05. Rain Robinson (Sarah Silverman) - STAR TREK: VOYAGER
06. Thrax (Kurtwood Smith) - STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
07. Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
08. Ruk (Ted Cassidy) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
09. Bele (Frank Gorshin) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
10. First Lawgiver (Sid Haig) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
11. Balok (Clint Howard) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
12. Cpl. Chang (Daniel Dae Kim) - STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE
13. Zarabeth (Mariette Hartley) - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
Post by Lebowskidoo 🍿 on Nov 8, 2022 17:10:14 GMT
13 TV Characters That Were Released From Prison (Not Escaped):
01. Julian Kaye (Jon Bernthal) - AMERICAN GIGOLO
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B12: TV CHARACTERS Nov 10, 2022 18:19:05 GMT via mobile
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02. Gabriel Bird (James Earl Jones) - GABRIEL'S FIRE
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03. Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) - GOING STRAIGHT
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Koalas are that rare mix of cuter than a kitten and meaner than a junkyard dog.
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04. Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) - Star Trek: Voyager
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You're a Cat all the way
From your first catnip mouse
To your ninth dyin' day.
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B12: TV CHARACTERS Nov 11, 2022 1:11:53 GMT
Post by brandomarlon2003 on Nov 11, 2022 1:11:53 GMT
05. Jim Rockford (James Garner) - THE ROCKFORD FILES
Post by movielover on Nov 11, 2022 1:16:26 GMT
06. Pete T. Ryan (Robert Wagner) - SWITCH
07. Michael "Mickey Bricks" Stone (Adrian Lester) -HUSTLE
08. Frank Ross (Tom Bell) - OUT
07. Michael "Mickey Bricks" Stone (Adrian Lester) - HUSTLE
09. David Callan (Edward Woodward) - CALLAN
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Post by jimmywhale 🐋 on Nov 11, 2022 21:29:19 GMT
10. Anthony Bouvier (Meshach Taylor) - DESIGNING WOMEN
11. Alexander Mundy (Robert Wagner) - It Takes a Thief (1968-1970)
12. Des (David Jason) - DIAMOND GEEZER
13. Melany "Mimi" Davis (Barbara Anderson) - Mission Impossible (1972, seven episodes in season 7)
B12: TV CHARACTERS Dec 16, 2022 19:00:24 GMT
13 TV Characters That Were Played By the Same Actress For 10 Years or More:
01. Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) - GREY'S ANATOMY (2005-2022)
Post by Catman on Dec 16, 2022 19:25:56 GMT
02. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) - Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe
02. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) - Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe (1997-2010)
03. Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) - CHEERS (1982-1993)
04. Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) - NCIS (2003–2018)
05. Ena Sharples (Violet Carson - Coronation Street, 1960 to 1980
06. Darlene Conner (Sara Gilbert) - ROSEANNE (1997-2018), THE CONNERS (2018-Present)


Parashat Bamidbar - Shavuot 5777, 2017: "To Know Hashem"
Dedicated to the sacred memories of my mother, Miriam Tovah bat Aharon Hakohen, father-in-law, Levi ben Yitzhak, sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra bat Yechiel, sister, Shulamit bat Menachem, Chaim Mordechai Hakohen ben Natan Yitzchak, Yehonatan Binyamin ben Mordechai Meir Halevi, Avraham Yechezkel ben Yaakov Halevy, Shayna Yehudit bat Avraham Manes and Rivka, the refuah shlaimah of Devorah bat Chana, Shoshana Elka bat Etiel Dina and Yitzhak Akiva ben Malka, and the safety of our brothers and sisters in Israel and around the world.
The three-fold repetition of the Hebrew term "v'arastich" ("and I will betroth") in our verses metaphorically teaches us that Hashem will create a new covenant with klal Yisrael. As such, these verses foretell the time when the intimacy characterized by a loving husband – wife relationship will be completely and permanently restored between the Almighty and our people.
And in this passage, we find the word, "v'arastich" repeated three times… [A person must] realize that this future connection entails three different aspects. Firstly, it will be permanent in nature. Secondly, the Jewish people will cleave to all of the behavioral characteristics (middot) of the Holy One. Lastly, this bond will be all-inclusive (chibur gamur). Even were this relationship to incorporate all of [G-d's] middot, it is nonetheless possible that that the Jewish people would not cleave to Hashem in a holistic manner. This is the case, since [without Hashem's promise of precisely this type of relationship, there is a likelihood that] our people would not cleave to Him in great mercy or great kindness – and so, too, with the rest of [Hashem's] ethical characteristics.
"And I will betroth (v'arastich) you to Me forever" proves that the connection will be eternal. In addition, the text states, "And I will betroth you to Me with righteousness and with justice and with loving-kindness and with mercy." Each of these qualities is mentioned, since they…encapsulate the middot of Hashem [that the Jewish people will develop and master]…Afterwards the text states, "And I will betroth you to Me with faith (b'emunah), and you shall know the L-rd," This proves that the new relationship will be all-inclusive.
The notion of the new relationship being one of chibur gamur (all-inclusive) is an idea that stands on its own (ma'a'lah bifnei atzmo), since when the text states, "And I will betroth you to Me with righteousness and with justice and with loving-kindness and with mercy," this only teaches us that the Jewish nation will cleave to the Blessed One with all of these middot. It does not mention, however, that the future relationship between Hashem and our people will be an all-encompassing one. This is the case, since, even if the connection is based upon each of these middot, it is possible that we would not experience it through total mercy. Therefore, the prophet proclaims, "And I will betroth you to Me with faith," since this phrase suggests the concept of a complete and total connection [to Hashem]. As such, the relationship will be infused with total mercy and kindness, for that is the true meaning of emunah (faith) in regards to an [authentically] total union (chibur gamur) [with the Almighty].
Chazal (our Sages of blessed memory) established the yearly calendar in such a manner as to ensure that the public reading of our haftarah frequently precedes the Festival of Shavuot. In their divinely inspired wisdom, they understood that there is a close association between this portion from the Prophets and the giving of the Torah on Shavuot. Based upon the Maharal's illuminating insights, I believe we are in a better position to understand the nature of this connection.
If we integrate the approaches of Rabbi Meir and the Maharal, we discover that the link between Hosea's prophecy and Shavuot becomes quite clear: Both Hashem and the Jewish people long for a strong and intimate relationship that will abide for evermore. Since this is the case, we must do everything in our power to forge this bond by demonstrating our worthiness to be a full partner in this union. As such, just as Hashem practices tzedek, mishpat, chesed and rachamim, so, too, must we; for, in truth, the Torah was given to us to enable us to "know the L-rd." May this time come soon and in our days. V'chane yihi ratzon.


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No earbuds or hoods should be worn in school. If you are seen with earbuds or a hood worn on your head, you will receive an after school detention.
The end of the year is quickly approaching. Please mark your calendars for the upcoming promotion ceremonies.
The promotion celebrations will take place in the HMS auditorium. Additional information regarding programs and tickets will be sent home at a later time.
Our school will be visiting Holiday Hill in May!
7th Graders: Field Trip Date-- Wednesday, May 22nd. Permission slips & money due May 15th.
8th Graders: Field Trip Date-- Tuesday, May 28th. Permission slips & money due May 21st.
The 8th grade dance will take place on Friday, June 7th, in the HMS gym, from 6 PM to 8 PM.
More information and permission slips to follow!
Coach Hawk's off-season training starts Monday, March 11th. It will be on MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS from 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM and for both boys and girls. We will help you improve as an athlete, if you show up to work.
Spring Intramurals will begin on Monday, March 25th and run until Wednesday, May 29th. Students can participate in Wiffle Ball, Flag Football, and Ultimate Frisbee.
All interested students must submit an Emergency Form to Mr. Ugolik before attending. Visit Mr. Ugolik in Room 154 for information.
Attention Students, Staff & HMS Families-- the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to the Library Media Center! The Book Fair is a buy-one-get one (of equal or lesser value) free fair, and will be open from Monday, April 22nd to Friday, April 26th.
The Book Fair will be open to visitors during homeroom and throughout the school day, as well as during Parent Conferences on Wednesday, April 24th.
Come support our Library Media Center and pick up some great books in the process!
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All P.E. classes will be outside after April break. Please be sure to bring appropriate clothing.
Human Relations Club is still selling tickets for Pie a Staff Member. The cost is $1.00 for two tickets. If you don't have a ticket, you will not be allowed to attend this event on Friday, April 12th. Please see Mrs. Beckford or Mr. Tremper if you have any questions.
If you are Costume Crew Member, please make sure you are checking our Google Classroom page.
This is no April Fool's joke: April is Moby Max Month!! Come on up and join us for the Morning Math and YOU might win the daily raffle.
Interested in purchasing a yearbook? See the attached order form to place make your purchase.
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View HMS sports schedules and directions.
In an effort to resolve the traffic congestion issues at HMS, our traffic consultants have performed a high level analysis of movement patterns and proposed a potential solution. Further work needs to be performed in order to incorporate the rear access drive into the analysis. View the preliminary HMS Traffic Analysis and Recommendations presentation.


Its team of the week time ! Last week we started for the first time asking you to predict the team of the week. As it was the first time it was not a huge success nevertheless this week we have more coins to give to the winner. So the person who predict or is closest to the TOTW 5 will win 60K FUT 16 coins.
As we want to make our TOWT more interactive we have ask you to predict your TOTW . In the next 3 weeks we will open the prediction section were you can add your TOTW in the comment.
The rules are simple predict the TOTW 5 in the below comment and the person with most points wins FUT 16 coins !
We need at least 10 application(10 predictions) for the competition so invite your friend to send in their comments as well !
For every correct player you get 1 point and for predicting a special card like last week's RB you will get 2 points.
Sorry guys we did not get the desired 10 application so we move to the next week were we will make 60K again available hopefully then more people will sent in their prediction . But we don't want to leave you empty handed so our sponsor Fifa Coins Cake will still make 30K available for this week's winner. According to our count daganfilardi hand most players correct.
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The splendor of Munson Creek State Park is there for your viewing pleasure. Killam Creek flows through this area; good water scenery is available at Skookum Lake Dam in the vicinity of Munson Creek State Park. Going to Munson Creek State Park is a splendid idea when you need to spend some time in the fresh air.
to stop by while you're at Munson Creek State Park. Clarks Bar is a delightful spot to go to close by, and from Munson Creek State Park you get a perfect vista of Hardscrabble Mountain.
These outdoors activities are available in and near Munson Creek State Park.


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A look at the best news photos from around the world.
1 Women ride on top of a vehicle after casting their votes at a polling station in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, India.
2 Forensics officers search Kokkinopezoula Lake, also known as "red lake," for possible bodies of victims of a suspected serial killer near the village of Mitsero, Cyprus.
3 A man takes part in the annual rendering of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali, April 28, 2019. The rendering of the building with banco (a mixture of soil and water, with rice bran, shea butter and baobab powder) made by the city's inhabitants, helps to protect the mosque from bad weather ahead of the rainy season.
4 Fighters loyal to the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) fire a jeep-mounted gun during clashes with forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, leader of the dissident Libyan National Army, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometres south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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Ascential Software Makes DM Review 100 List of Elite Business Intelligence Vendors for Third Straight Year
Friday October 24, 2:45 pm ET
Customers Once Again Place Enterprise Data Integration Leader in Top 25
WESTBORO, Mass., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCL - News), the enterprise data integration leader, today announced it has been named to the DM Review 100 list of business intelligence vendors for the third consecutive year.
This prestigious award recognizes the top 100 business intelligence vendors as selected by the readers of DM Review magazine. In a product usage and company rating survey conducted via the Web by the Gantry Group, LLC, DM Review readers were asked to rank the vendors providing products used in their organizations. Ascential is number 21 on the list.
"Ascential Software continues to occupy a prominent place on a list of elite companies evaluated by the people whose judgment matters most -- end users," said Julie Langenkamp, managing editor of DM Review. "The company's ranking is a clear reflection of its customers' assessment of the performance and value of Ascential Software products and services. The acquisition of Mercator Software, which extends the company's enterprise data integration capabilities and makes it the largest independent software vendor focused on that market, suggests even bigger success to come."
Each vendor's final score is based on a statistical analysis of market share, product quality and customer satisfaction.
"The recognition of Ascential Software as a pre-eminent enterprise data integration software provider by key market influencers ranks among the highlights of what has been a very positive year for the company," said Mark Register, vice president and chief marketing officer at Ascential Software. "We have posted six consecutive quarters of revenue and market share growth, and a high level of satisfaction among our more than 3,000 customers worldwide. Our placement on the list is a result of our continued commitment to supporting our customers' most strategic business initiatives and illustrates the critical importance of enterprise data integration to an organization's success."
About DM Review and Thomson Media
DM Review (www.dmreview.com) is recognized as the premier business intelligence, business performance management and data warehousing publication. For more than a decade, DM Review has provided thought-provoking and informative editorial covering strategic solutions for business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing and CRM across all major industries. DM Review's authors and columnists are internationally recognized experts in a variety of business intelligence fields. DM Review editorial provides both business and technology perspectives regarding issues, trends and solutions of interest to corporate executives and IT managers. DM Review is published by Thomson Media (www.thomsonmedia.com), a division of The Thomson Corporation and a leading provider of information, data and software tools for professionals in the financial services and related technologies markets.
About Ascential Software
Ascential Software Corporation is the leading provider of enterprise data integration solutions to organizations worldwide. Customers use the Ascential(TM) Enterprise Integration Suite to integrate and leverage data across all transactional, operational, and analytical applications with confidence in the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of critical information. Ascential Software's powerful data profiling, data quality, data transformation, parallel processing, meta data and connectivity solutions enable customers to reduce total cost of ownership and increase return on IT investment. Headquartered in Westboro, Mass., Ascential Software has offices worldwide and supports more than 3,000 customers in such industries as financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail, and government. More information on Ascential Software can be found on the Web at www.ascential.com.
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The Other Side | DC IMPROV | Comedy Club, Restaurant, Bar, School N.W. Washington D.C.
One the best parts about running a comedy club is that we get to talk to a ton of funny people. Whenever comedians sit down to chat with us, you can listen in for free on The Other Side.
The most recent episodes are below. To browse the full archives of The Other Side, check out our Libsyn page.
Jenny Johnson headlines our lounge showroom March 15-16, so she's calling in to introduce herself. We're talking about her Texas roots, her past work in TV news, and how she climbed to Twitter fame (@JennyJohnsonHi5). Plus we're getting a little behind-the-scenes info on what it takes to be a drunk historian.
On this punderful episode of The Other Side, we're sharing some of the action from our first Pun DMV event of 2019. Have a listen to Sai D, Jarad Schofer, Dana Fleitman and one of our tournament battles -- then get on board for our next pun events, March 10 and May 1.
Adrienne Iapalucci calls in to say hi before headlining our lounge January 18-19. We're talking about "dark" humor, the perils of having your mom do stand-up, and what it meant to grow up in the Bronx. Listen!
Jesus is the reason for ... this episode! Jesus Trejo calls in to talk about "Care to Laugh," the new documentary about his efforts to build a comedy career while also serving as a caregiver for his parents. We also get a rundown of classic Mexican comedy and a lesson in positivity. Have a listen, then come see Jesus make his DC Improv debut February 8-9 in our lounge showroom.
Luenell knows how to make an impression, whether it's through her stand-up or her acting. A few weeks ahead of her DC Improv debut, she calls in to talk about "A Star Is Born," the upcoming "Dolemite Is My Name," some of her favorite comedians and more. Have a listen, then get your tickets for early January.
Easily one of the most fascinating people you'll ever meet, Dov Davidoff returns to the Improv to close out 2018. We're chatting with him about his new kid, his recent memoir, his work on "Crashing" and a few other odds and ends. Bonus content: Keep listening at the end for the audio from our 2008 conversation with Dov.
Tammy Pescatelli went back to school for her latest special ... literally. She made the "Way After School Special" in the auditorium of her old high school. Listen to that cool story and more ... then come see her June 29-30.
Are you a good person? Finally, there's a show that answers this question (and for only $17-$22 a ticket, yowza). When Christian Finnegan comes to town July 12-15, he'll be polishing up "My Goodness," a comedic look at what it means to be good.
All puns intended! Our Pun DMV events are the showcase for wordplay in the nation's capital. Check out these clips from May 16 featuring Dana Fleitman, Walt Matthey, Aaron Schwartzbaum and some of our tournament semifinalists. Then check out our next Pun DMVs on June 28 and August 2.
Dhaya has two degrees from MIT and she worked in venture capital. Now she applies all that brainpower to make people laugh. We're talking to our May 20 headliner about nerds, comedy by the Bay, the mixture of politics and laughter and lots more.
We're saying hi to Jordan Rock a few days before he headlines our main showroom. Talking about growing up in South Carolina, his relationship with his brother Tony and the one way that he's like a white Southern woman.
Taylor makes her DC Improv headlining debut in two weeks, so we're saying hi in advance! We talk about starting comedy young (she's 24), her very unusual stand-up origin story and the joys of self-help.


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Q: Instalación prestashop 1.7.x que no termina nunca Llevo un par de días intentando instalar cualquiera de las versiones 1.7.x en un VPS con una instalación limpia de Debian GNU/Linux 8.10 (jessie).
Se crea el usuario FTP y se instala VESTACP y todo estupendo, subo por FTP los ficheros y al entrar por url al dominio se abre el instalador, descomprime sus ficheros, pide los datos de la nueva tienda y sus conexiones a la base de datos y todo parece que va bien hasta llegar al último paso, donde debería aparecer la famosa barra de progreso y la lista de las tareas que está haciendo, pero en mi caso no aparece. Por código veo que sí está, pero aparece con "display:none", y aunque la haga visible, obviamente no funciona.

Error instalación prestashop 1.7.x ultimo paso sin barra de progreso

Es como si el disparador que provoca el inicio de la instalación no se disparara (valga la redundancia).
También he visto que por lo que parece, no carga Jquery, aunque en el primero de los pasos tampoco lo carga y me deja llegar al último de los pasos.
Error instalacion prestashop 1.7.x

Total, que no sé por donde tirar ya...

A: Tienes un error 500, es muy probable que el problema sea por permisos de archivo, lo que debes hacer es cambiar todos los archivos de forma recursiva a 0644 y las carpetas a 0755, esto lo puedes conseguir con FileZilla.

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