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Merry Christmas Eve! I know I was MIA last week but we all know how life can be sometimes, but I'm back with my opinion on what music was really worth our time over the past year. I'm going, to be honest, I didn't listen to everything because the music industry is oversaturated and streaming has made music come out too rapidly and often without care (also my opinion) but here we go!
So these are albums that I think totally nailed it this year, works of art if you will.
I know, if you know to follow me on Twitter I was completely confused as to why this was nominated for Album of the Year, however, this album is excellent in my opinion for multiple reasons: first it knew it's target demographic, second, the production is so much fun and the (probably) ghostwritten bars are fantastic, and last it is full of hits that stick like grits I mean it has two number one singles for a reason.
Everything is Love
Okay I admit, I may be a little bit biased because I am a card-carrying member of the Beyhive but this album is really, really great. The production, the songs themselves, the Beyonce of it all. Also, Apesh*t live is a masterpiece, Black Effect is one of my favorite things to come out of 2018, and Blue Ivy makes a guest appearance to shout her younger siblings, we stan.
Rico Nasty is THAT GIRL do you hear me? This entire debut album is perfection. It's fun, it's intense, it has replay value, and I can listen to it in the car and turn up. If you haven't listened to Rico yet I'm telling you right now to get hip with this album.
Another debut album for the books. I will even admit that I am rooting for them to beat out Bey and Jay for the Grammy. The album was almost completely produced by a then-17-year-old Halle and the vocal agility and vulnerability shown on every single track is truly a feat. I am obsessed, it's clear that this duo is coming for necks.
Yes, we have all been singing thank u, next but have you listened to this masterpiece of an album? It's fun, it's vulnerable and it is probably the best pop album released this year. From the lead single No Tears Left to Cry to the mental health anthem that it Get Well Soon, Ariana put her foot into this album and it carrying her genre on her back at this point.
This IS Album of the Year, if this loses we riot honestly. A film, a store of LGBTQ womanhood, and full of hits, Janelle Monae reminded us that she is the epitome of a multi-faceted star. This album is a fun listen from beginning to end.
Honorable mentions: The Last Rocket (Takeoff) & Astroworld (Travis Scott), Ella Mai (Ella Mai)
These are albums that I found cute but weren't up to par with the songs listed above. Still good an enjoyable but definitely not the best or even the best the artists included can do.
Okay, Barbz, don't be mad at me but Nicki can do better. The album was just not as great as I expected. There are some standouts like Good Form but overall this seemed like a meh return album after a four-year hiatus.
Listen, Drake fans this is not it. It is in the meh category because Views was a travesty and this is a much better effort from such a talented artist. Like Queen, this album definitely has some great moments like Mob Ties but clearly, Drake needs to have his ghostwriters shadow Cardi B's ghostwriters.
Wow, you all are going to be upset with me with this one but hear me out. J Cole is immensely talented but his energy is so inconsistent which is why people think he is boring.
Summer Walker's Last Day of Summer is a work of art I love her and I thought this was good. However, 1-minute songs are not going to cut it which is why I am going to have to give this one a meh. I still recommend you should go listen but next time I'm going to need longer songs.
This section is self-explainable, I didn't like what happened on any of these albums honestly.
This album is what happens when mainstream attention makes you complacent. It is not good, it is not, you could argue with me on this but I wish they would have released two or three singles and left the rest of this alone.
Ew, that's all I can say about this. No one asked for Usher to collaborate with Zaytoven and sing Chris Brown songs at his big age. I just, that is all I have to say.
Listen, I love A$AP Rocky but this was not it. I hope he can come back with something better because it just wasn't it.
A mess, a disaster, the world called him the Beyonce of Migos but I am here to tell you this was a Farrah level effort. I expected better and I am thoroughly disappointed.
I was rooting for Tinashe to have a win but she gave herself another L. It's like she doesn't have a voice or anything to say and there's nothing cohesive about her. Hopefully, her next effort is more successful.
What do you think of my picks? What were your favorites and least favorites? Let me know in the comments!
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Twilight of the Boltonians: Treasury Works to Derail the North Korea Deal
In a comment on Arms Control Wonk in 2007 and in this post, I made the statement that the website Onefreekorea had apparently received an advance copy of a government ruling concerning Banco Delta Asia. I inferred this from my reading of the timestamp on the OFK post, which I believed indicated that the post had been put up the day before the ruling was officially announced and publicly available. OFK's proprietor has advised me that he obtained the ruling through an electronic subscription to the Federal Register and did not receive it in advance. I regret the error, withdraw the statement, and apologize to OFK. I've also asked ACW to delete the comment. CH, June 1, 2008)
In a display of maximal middle finger truculence, the Treasury Department posted its final decision concerning Banco Delta Asia on the very last day, darnit! of the 30-day term promised by the United States during the Six Party negotiations.
In one way, the Treasury decision promotes the North Korean denuclearization process by closing the books on the BDA investigation and allowing the Macau government to distribute the deposits of the bank (which collapsed when the US investigation was announced) to North Korean and other depositors.
However, the true import of the Treasury decision was to force the closure of BDA as an outlaw bank doing outlaw business with an outlaw regime by declaring it was an unrepentant conduit for illicit North Korean actions and unfit to maintain correspondent relations with any banks operating in the US.
Since BDA is bust, the decision can be viewed as announcement that, in the eyes of some people at the Treasury Department at least, North Korea is still a financial pariah and other banks that are thinking of doing business with the North Koreans can expect the same treatment as BDA got.
You can imagine that the North Koreans are shooting angry glares at the Chinese, in effect saying, "You promised me that the US was going to ease up on sanctions. The sanctions on BDA are gone, but only because the bank is gone with them! And the way the decision's written, no other bank is supposed to do business with us either!"
And the Chinese are shrugging and saying, Hang in there. Next time we'll pay more attention to the fine print.
"We express deep regret at the US insistence on using US domestic law to apply a ruling to the Banco Delta Asia," Qin Gang, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, told a news conference.
He said all steps should assist general progress in the six-party talks that produced the February accord, under which Kim Jong-il's regime agreed to shut down its main nuclear reactor by mid-April. "We hope the relevant parties can honour their commitments [to the February agreement]," Mr Qin said.
Are there politics involved? As in that whole realist vs. neocon thing? You bet!
Courtesy of Arms Control Wonk, the Nelson Report stated:
Still, observers in and out of State were shocked at the very firm declaration by Treasury that even though the Ernst & Young audits completed last October had apparently found nothing to confirm the various charges, as of yesterday, Treasury firmly stated that each and every one was proven beyond doubt.
Onefreekorea, a Washington-based lover of all things regime-change who spends quality time with John Bolton, had the complete text of the Treasury Department decision up on its website on March 13, the day before it was officially issued, indicating some concerted perception management is at work.
Onefreekorea is eager to claim evidence of dealbreaking perfidy and bad faith by the North Koreans, and promotes the canard that North Korea had no right to expect that the BDA issue be resolved in the initial stage of execution of the Six-Party Agreement (or hold up a meeting with El Baradei in Pyongyang because Treasury was still sitting on the ruling).
In an early March post, Onefreekorea quoted a report from Yomiuru Shinbun:
"The United States promised to resolve the problem of sanctions against our country within 30 days. If this promise is kept, then we will shut down our nuclear facilities in 60 days," said Kim, the chief negotiator to the disarmament talks.
and commented:
That would suggest that it's the North Koreans themselves who are either misunderstanding or reinterpreting.
He also argued:
...there's no pretending that we can accomodate this North Korean demand [for lifting financial sanctions—ed], or that it's consistent with what we've agreed.
What did we actually agree to do? The agreement is silent on any action by Treasury or on the lifting of sanctions or financial measures.
Again, one March 15, onefreekorea has another go:
The DPRK mentioned that they are waiting for the lifting of sanctions with regard to the Macau bank before they implement the part of the agreement allowing the agency to monitor and verify the shutdown of the Yongbyon facility," ElBaradei told a news conference…. [Reuters, Chris Buckley] ...
Needless to say, the agreement does not make the lifting of sanctions a precondition to the shutdown of Yongbyon. This may well be our critical failure point.
Let's put that one to rest, courtesy of the State Department transcript of Christopher Hill's February 13 press conference in Beijing:
QUESTION: You mentioned the thirty days to resolve BDA. I mean, can you give more specifics on that? Is that all the accounts?
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: I can't at this point, but we said we would resolve them in thirty days. We have had senior level discussions about that. I think we will get that done.
QUESTION: And the Treasury issue is being resolved?
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: Well, I mean with respect to the BDA, the Banco Delta Asia, we're prepared to resolve that within thirty days. But with respect to the overall issues, overall financial issues, I think the North Koreans seem to understand that they need to get out of this money laundering business and ultimately start getting out of this nuclear business.
There are important factors at work that make the resolution of the BDA issue less than perfect, but North Korean bad faith and misunderstanding are not among them.
The declaration by Treasury is of a piece with recent efforts by pro-Boltonian forces use their now limited organizational resources at hand to derail the North Korean deal.
As blogged previously, in January Jay Lefkowitz took note of his part-time obligations as Special Envoy for Human Rights to North Korea and accused North Korea of slave labor practices, and our Ambassador for UN Reform, Mark Wallace, was able to freeze UNDP aid to North Korea on the basis of allegations of financial mismanagement yet to be proved.
The Treasury action, like these two previous sallies, is proving to be a damp squib, eliciting a stern statement of disapproval from the Chinese, no response from the North Koreans and, as yet, no signal that the Six Party process has broken down.
These measures may not be useful in reversing US policy on North Korea, but they feed the Boltonians' creation myth, a myth that it was U.S. intransigence and harassment—and not China's regional power offices in the aftermath of the North Korean nuclear test—that pushed Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
On the BDA issue, in particular, I'm skeptical of the extravagant claims that Treasury has made on behalf of their campaign to bring North Korea to its knees by gutting this small Macau bank. In fact, I think the Chinese forced our hand even on that matter by unilaterally unfreezing some accounts in BDA back in December.
Of course, incorrigible skeptic that I am, I am also willing to give credence to the detailed Frankfurter Allgemeine report asserting that the $100 supernotes that North Korea is reputedly running off to finance Kim Jung Il's mad schemes are more likely blowback from some CIA-run off-the-books funding operation, than they are the fearsome economic poison of those master counterfeiters at Pyongyang's Printing Plant No. 62.
The Allgemeine describes the Supernotes—which have been circulating since 1989 and have kept pace with 19 ever-more sophisticated redesigns of US currency, including 1/42,000 of an inch microprinting--as follows:
Even experts on currency printing have been unable, using visual inspection and touch-testing - the most important tests of authenticity for average citizens - to differentiate the counterfeit 100-Dollar-Notes from the genuine ones. With respect, investigators therefore baptized the forged notes as Supernotes.
Compare and contrast the Asia Sentinel's description of its experiments in passing North Korean funny paper acquired in Dandong.
Pyongyang's pitiful productions (the Allgemeine also notes that Pyongyang's only legit currency press is out of action due to a lack of spare parts and North Korean currency is probably printed in China) apparently can't get past the cursory scrutiny of any experienced examiner:
First at a bank:
A counterfeit-bill detecting machine similar to ones used in casinos and about the size of a large wallet was produced and the bills inserted one at a time. The real $100 slid through effortlessly but the supernote stopped three fourths of the way through and a small red light began blinking.
...then a mom and pop money changing outfit:
When given both bills it took the couple about two minutes to confidently select the phony bill – "bad color!" ‑ and advise that it be taken to the nearest bank for confiscation.
...and finally Western Union:
In Wanchai, a Western Union clerk, equally used to handling massive amounts of foreign currency, immediately picked out the phony bill. Asked why, she said it just didn't quite feel right.
So I think the world financial system is safe from North Korean economic sabotage even if the Treasury sanctions amount to nothing, as they probably will:
... one source in Washington said, "The access to the financial institutions of China and Russia, which are relatively less influenced by the U.S., will become easy for North Korea. Since transactions between the North and two countries are significantly large, you may say, a half return (to the international financial market) will be likely made by North Korea."
Of course, if things go sour on the North Korean deal, facts can be eagerly and easily dispensed with and the creation myth can also be easily converted to a Dolchstoss myth, so the neo-cons mount a counterattack to purge the realists from the State Department.
Despite my reservations about the North Korea deal, that's something I don't want to see happen.
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Asad said...
looks like that is all solved now
China Hand said...
The North Koreans walked out of a set of meetings today (3/20/07) because the money hadn't reached their account yet. Given the obvious splits between the State and Treasury Departments, can't blame them too much for being so demanding.
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Blackrose is found near the center of Black Marsh, and it is only a day's march away north from the infamous Blackrose Prison, which is located in the region of Murkmire. Blackrose, along with the rest of southern Black Marsh, was once the territory of the Lilmothiit, a race of vulpine Beastfolk. In fact, modern-day Blackrose was built from the remains of the ancient Lilmothiit settlement. The riverways of Black Marsh are known to intertwine with each other, as seen when it is possible to take a river route from Soulrest, to the Blackrose region. All the while, not only does Blackrose show signs of Argonian occupation, but there is Imperial architecture, much like the rest of southern Black Marsh, from Gideon to Murkmire. Near the city-state is the legendary forest of Murkwood. Blackrose is neighbored by several settlements, including Longmont in the southwest, and Rockspring in the northwest.
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White Sox Feats of Strength: Charlie Robertson's perfect game
Let's travel back to 1922 and learn about the guy who beat Mark Buehrle and Philip Humber to the punch
By Jim Margalus Apr 1, 2013, 10:00am CDT
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Charlie Robertson in 1922.
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"Do you believe a kid 2½ hours south of Nacogdoches, Texas, could throw a perfect game?"
If household televisions and the Illinois Lottery existed in 1922, you would probably see this advertisement a lot. Sure, Philip Humber's perfect game came out of nowhere, but he had nothing on Charlie Robertson.
On April 30, 1922, the Dexter, Texas, native made his fourth career start, facing the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field ... and retired all 27 batters he faced in order for the sixth perfect game in major-league history.
As far as lineups go, this was a tough one to crack. Detroit fielded a pair of Hall of Fame outfielders (Ty Cobb and Harry Heilmann), with a Hall of Very Good third outfielder (Bobby Veach) and one of the era's great on-base guys (Lu Blue). They finished the year second in runs scored behind the St. Louis Browns, who were led by George Sisler's .420 batting average.
Their track records just slightly exceeded that of Robertson, a 26-year-old rookie. He served in the Army during World War I, then came back to pitch for a club in Sherman, Texas, before the White Sox signed him in 1918. He spent 1919 through 1921 as White Sox property with the Minneapolis Millers, although he did surface to make one start for the Black Sox. He was a workhorse for the Millers, clearing 300 innings in both 1920 and 1921.
He joined camp in March after coaching at Texas A&M. He wasn't just in the best shape of his life -- he was in "prime condition." He got his shot to help fill in the White Sox pitching staff behind Red Faber and Dickie Kerr, but there wasn't a whole lot of buzz. In a Chicago Tribune season preview article from March 19, 1922, Irving Vaughn listed Robertson in the second division of contenders.
Beyond this pair there are some fourteen hurlers hoping to set the world afire, but exactly half of these have as yet shown nothing. even in the other half there are some doubtful ones, and when it comes time for the survival of the fittest, it is a safe bet that only last year's men will stick. [...]
The few other hurlers who may prove of some value are Charles Roberston, Jose Acosta and G.V. Leverette. Roberston was first with the Sox in 1917, and since then has been in the minors trying to develop. Last season at Minneapolis he built up a reputation of being one of the best in the American association.
But Kerr never pitched for the Sox in 1922. After winning 19 games for the scandal-stripped Sox the year before, Kerr thought his performance, integrity and loyalty might merit a $500 raise. Charles Comiskey wasn't for it, and so Kerr quit, with Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspending Kerr for violating the reserve clause.
Robertson stepped into the void left by Kerr and handled himself admirably, finishing second behind Faber in innings (272), wins (14) and complete games (21), with the third-best ERA on the staff (3.64).
But his season -- and the Sox's season -- peaked during a perfect afternoon on April 30, 1922.
How did he do it?
Much like Humber's perfect game, the Tribune said Robertson didn't need any spectacular plays, only "ordinary fielding."
What made Robby the pitcher he was today, was control. He shot fast ones, slow ones and hooks right through the spots where the other fellows didn't like 'em.
As a sample of his effectiveness, it might be mentioned that only seven balls were hit on the ground. Fourteen were slammed into the air, and six of the twenty-seven batters took their medicine in the form of strikeouts.
Only six balls were driven into the outfield.
The Tigers tried to knock him off his game. The Tribune account said that in the fifth inning, Heilmann called for umpire Dick Nallin to inspect the ball for a foreign substance. Nallin found nothing. That didn't stop Heilmann from kvetching again, but his complaints had no grounds.
Cobb joined in. The Tribune said he checked the mitt of first baseman Earl Sheely to see if he was gooping up the ball. Nothing there.
Later, the irrepressible Tyrus inspected all parts of Robertson's uniform. He was foiled again, but even after it was all over, he still insisted there was something wrong. To a spectator it sounded like the squawk of a trimmed sucker.
Even after the game, the Tigers wouldn't let it go. Team owner Frank Navin wouldn't formally protest the game, but according to the Tribune on May 2, 1922, he added:
"There must have been something wrong with some of the balls," as the umpires threw out several when the complaints were made by Manager Cobb during the game. He emphasized, however, that he was "unwilling to cast any reflection on Robertson's pitching or in any way detract from his performance."
OK then.
The final out
Now here's where it gets fun. Here's how it ended, according to the Tribune gamer:
He suddenly became a hero, and when [Johnny] Bassler, a pinch hitter, sent a fly to [Johnny] Mostil for the concluding out, Robby got an ovation that an athlete seldom is granted on a foreign field.
It was more than standing ovation, as Tigers fans swarmed the field and carried Robinson off the field. However, the act wasn't entirely uncommon back then. There's a great story in Cait Murphy's Crazy '08 of New York Giants fans hoisting Honus Wagner under similar circumstances -- even after the Pittsburgh star trolled the Giants hard:
The bigger story that day is Honus Wagner, who takes over the lead in the batting race from Turkey Mike [Donlin]. A mild-mannered man beloved by players, fans, and even umps, Wagner does a 1908 version of trash talking, holding up a finger to Donlin each time he gets a hit. By the end of the game, he is flashing his entire hand: he goes five for five , with two doubles. The usually merciless Polo Grounds crowd knows a bravura performance when it sees one. At the end of the game, they give the Flying Dutchman a standing ovation, then try to carry him off the field. He survives the adoration unscathed, albeit with a torn shirt and a cap filched as a souvenir.
So it was rare, but not mind-blowing, that Tigers fans carried Robertson off the field after his perfect game. But I'm more curious about the description about Johnny Mostil's catch.
If you've been reading South Side Sox for a while, you may remember the Hall of Fame Library profile of Mostil from October 2011. If you do remember it, it's probably for the horrific suicide attempt. But after those grisly details, I mentioned that he talked about catching the final out of Robertson's perfect game.
I made a ninth inning catch that gave Charley Robertson his no-hitter in '22. It was in the old Detroit hat box with Bassler up and rightfielders hugging the foul lines. That's the way we had to play Bassler. I was up against the left foul line only a dozen feet from the crowd that spilled onto the turf. Bassler's line smash was just inches inside the foul line. I made a big dive and stabbed it to end the game. Some fan snatched the ball out of my hand. In the dugout Manager Kid Gleason said: "Where's the ball?' I told him what happened. He said: "Go get a ball, any ball." I grabbed a practice ball and went to the clubhouse where everyone was making a big fuss over Robertson. We all autographed the ball. I guess Charley still has it, and I don't think he knows it was one we used in batting practice. Some fan has the McCoy.
That sounds like something more than "ordinary fielding," no? I only have access to the Tribune and The Sporting News from that period, but I can't find any description of the play being anything more than a line drive that Mostil caught. It's possible Mostil is exaggerating, but I'm not going to call him a liar. The poor guy might not take it too well.
More White Sox Feats of Strength:
July 18, 1948: Pat Seerey's four-homer game
Aug. 13, 1954: Jack Harshman's 16-inning shutout
Sept. 7, 1922: Yam Yaryan's walk-off homer
July 25, 1954: Jack Harshman's 16-strikeout game


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The Southern Ocean plays a fundamental role in regulating the global climate. This ocean also contains a rich and highly productive ecosystem, potentially vulnerable to climate change. Very large national and international efforts are directed towards the modeling of physical oceanographic processes to predict the response of the Southern Ocean to global climate change and the role played by the large-scale ocean climate processes. However, these modeling efforts are greatly limited by the lack of in situ measurements, especially at high latitudes and during winter months. The standard data that are needed to study ocean circulation are vertical profiles of temperature and salinity, from which we can deduce the density of seawater. These are collected with CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) sensors that are usually deployed on research vessels or, more recently, on autonomous Argo profilers. The use of conventional research vessels to collect these data is very expensive, and does not guarantee access to areas where sea ice is found at the surface of the ocean during the winter months. A recent alternative is the use of autonomous Argo floats. However, this technology is not easy to use in glaciated areas.
In this context, the collection of hydrographic profiles from CTDs mounted on marine mammals is very advantageous. The choice of species, gender or age can be done to selectively obtain data in particularly under-sampled areas such as under the sea ice or on continental shelves. Among marine mammals, elephant seals are particularly interesting. Indeed, they have the particularity to continuously dive to great depths (590 ± 200 m, with maxima around 2000 m) for long durations (average length of a dive 25 ± 15 min, maximum 80 min). A Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Logger (CTD-SRDLs) has been developed in the early 2000s to sample temperature and salinity vertical profiles during marine mammal dives (Boehme et al. 2009, Fedak 2013). The CTD-SRDL is attached to the seal on land, then it records hydrographic profiles during its foraging trips, sending the data by satellite ARGOS whenever the seal goes back to the surface.While the principle intent of seal instrumentation was to improve understanding of seal foraging strategies (Biuw et al., 2007), it has also provided as a by-product a viable and cost-effective method of sampling hydrographic properties in many regions of the Southern Ocean (Charrassin et al., 2008; Roquet et al., 2013).
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Roquet Fabien, Guinet Christophe, Charrassin Jean-Benoit, Costa Daniel P., Kovacs Kit M, Lydersen Christian, Bornemann Horst, Bester Marthan N., Muelbert Monica C., Hindell Mark A., McMahon Clive R., Harcourt Rob, Boehme Lars, Fedak Mike A. (2021). MEOP-CTD in-situ data collection: a Southern ocean Marine-mammals calibrated sea water temperatures and salinities observations. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/45461
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Gourrion Jerome, Szekely Tanguy, Killick Rachel, Owens Breck, Reverdin Gilles, Chapron Bertrand (2020). Improved Statistical Method for Quality Control of Hydrographic Observations. Journal Of Atmospheric And Oceanic Technology, 37(5), 789-806. Haumann F. Alexander, Moorman Ruth, Riser Stephen C., Smedsrud Lars H., Maksym Ted, Wong Annie P. S., Wilson Earle A., Drucker Robert, Talley Lynne D., Johnson Kenneth S., Key Robert M., Sarmiento Jorge L. (2020). Supercooled Southern Ocean Waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(20), -.
Szekely Tanguy, Gourrion Jerome, Pouliquen Sylvie, Reverdin Gilles (2019). CORA, Coriolis Ocean Dataset for Reanalysis. SEANOE. Roquet, Fabien, Guinet, Christophe, Hindell, Mark (2014). A Southern Indian Ocean hydrographic database obtained with instrumented elephant seals. British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council.
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When pineapple goes bad.
So, things have been moving along, and there has been quite a lot of Nutcracker, and I did mean to write a post last week, but I got distracted by hilarious events in another corner of the internet. All of which means, I have to get you caught up on the Pineapple Boy business.
When we last heard of him, Pineapple Boy was a food-splattering jerk, kind of sexist, but generally lulzy. Things deteriorated a bit.
First, there was the incident in class when I was talking about my students' oral presentations for their term projects. These are often on rather personal topics, and sometimes students get emotional, and often because they go that deep, the writing in them ends up being extraordinary. I had some wonderful ones this year, although not, I hasten to add, from Pineapple Boy's cohort. Anyway, because sometimes these presentations do get emotional (read – people cry), I mention this beforehand, in order to say "Look, sometimes people get emotional. It's okay, this classroom is a safe place, and crying in your presentation is not going to get you a bad mark." I don't court the emotional catharsis, but I do find that the ones who cry tend to be able then to go back to the writing and make it really good, having got the emotional stuff out of their systems, as it were.
In the one class – which I call in my head, the Good Class – there were some tears: from the girl who got up and said "My Dad got married yesterday to the love of his life; the wedding was going to be in June, but they got married yesterday because he isn't going to live that long"; from the girl who got up and read part of a letter she wrote to her brother who killed himself last August; from a couple of others who basically bared their souls in front of classmates whose response was respectful, thoughtful and admiring. Two standouts (who didn't cry) were the girl who wrote a delightfully self-deprecating fairy tale about her experiences with drugs, and Silas.
Silas stood up and said "I want to start my piece by telling you about my friend Annie, who is a Jew". It was one of those moments that stop a teacher's heart. I mean, I give my students free reign to write about themselves and whatever they truly care about in this project. It's a risk, but it usually pays off. In this case, though, I had a couple of seconds to worry about whether I was going to have to leap up and cut off some kind of terrifying neo-Nazi rant. But no. Silas went on to use the example of his friend Annie, who was so overtly proud of her religion that it became an overwheming part of her identity that she was practically one-dimensional, to illustrate his own dilemma. "I am a person with diabetes," he said, "but I don't want my disease to be my identity." It was a brilliant piece, well-written, funny and moving. His classmates unanimously gave him 5 out of 5.
I came out of that class feeling terrific, like I had done a good job, and that my students had repaid me by trusting me with themselves, and that they were learning, and incorporating what they learned into what they wrote.
This feeling lasted an hour.
Then, I went to Pineapple Boy's class. Because of the vagaries of scheduling, they were due to present the following class. So, I chipperly remarked that the presentations I had just heard were awesome, and that I hoped (vainly, forlornly) that this stupid, lumpish class might produce something of similar quality. "Did they bawl?" sneered Pineapple Boy. Ugh. And with that, my buzz was gone.
Two days later, the Lumpen Class were set to present. Pineapple Boy was being his usual cud-chewing self, with his massive tupperware of salad, and the usual lineup of power bars on the desk. Now, I am a professional, and if assholes are eating and farting and sleeping and texting in my class, I can pretty much suck it up and carry on regardless. But these students were nervous about their presentations, and I wanted to keep the annoying distractions to a minimum. So I asked Pineapple Boy to put his food away, just this once. No dice. "I gotta eat," he said. (Subsequent events have made me aware that he has a class immediately after mine. A class in which, I now deeply suspect, he is forbidden to eat.) I repeated my request. He repeated his refusal. I threatened to throw him out. Finally, he gave in, with bad grace, and grumbled to his fellows.
Their presentations sucked. They sucked so bad, even peer marking couldn't save them.
There followed a week, during which there was more truculence and backchat, but nothing all that noteworthy. Well, except I read a development in a story that a friend of mine had been telling in the Ivory Tower group over on ravelry, about a student who had touched her on the arm, and made comments about her looking hot. (I know! Ew!) We had encouraged her to report him, and he had been unhappy, and things had escalated, and he ended up breaking in to her house, and long story short, she had to buy all new underwear and the student is now in the loony bin. This would be a digression, except hearing this story put me a little, shall we say, on edge.
So, Friday morning, I am minding my own business, walking down the hallway when someone grabs my upper arm, quite hard. This is not a little tap. And I am not a little startled. And by the time I collect my self so as to say "Who the fuck is grabbing me by the arm," the grabber is already some feet away, behind me, and it is Pineapple boy. This is not cool.
Before you say "why were his gonads still attached to his body?" I will mention that I had a cup of coffee in one hand and was dragging a trolley with the other. I mention my unhappiness to my Head of Department in an email, to which his response was, "meh". Sarcastic Bastard told me to write up Pineapple Boy, because we do have a rules about behaviour at our place, and they have a spiral bound publication with schmancy gold illustrations on the front. So you know it's srs business.
I kind of took the weekend to ruminate, and then had a conversation with the Official Rules Maven on Monday about whether Pineapple Boy was pertinent to their interests – i.e. whether I should follow through on the whole official reprimand thing. Since her response was "Oh my gosh, yes," I went ahead and filled in the form.
Here's where the pineapple starts going pear-shaped.
Before I went to class, I confirmed that Sarcastic Bastard was planning on being in the office, equipped with Mean Glare in case Pineapple Boy decided to give me any trouble, and I went down to the classroom. Lumpen Class were supposed to be doing a practice exam, so I set them up in the lab with their task, and asked Pineapple Boy to go upstairs and wait outside my office for me. I spent a couple minutes helping students, and then went to the door. He was standing there. I asked why he hadn't gone upstairs. He said, in his inimitable fashion, that I wasn't to treat him like a 5-year-old, and that he wanted to walk upstairs with me.
Now, I fully admit, that some of my reaction to him was being coloured by other experiences, and that I was choosing to err on the side of caution, but his truculence really put me on edge. I mean, come on. Your Prof comes in and says "I need to talk to you; go upstairs and wait," if you are a reasonable person, do you argue? Or do you run like hell up those stairs, hoping that by appearing meek and biddable you may be able to engender some leniency for your crimes? I have never before had any student choose Option 1.
At that moment, I was absolutely jack of his shit. I didn't want to argue with him anymore. So I went into the lab, shut the door, and pressed the speed-dial for Security. All I wanted was one guy. One guy to walk me up the stairs and possibly stand outside the door, so that when I had a difficult conversation with a dude whose neck is fatter than his head, and whose upper arms are fatter than his neck, I didn't have to feel intimidated. What I got was 4 dudes. Who appeared at a fast jog.
It was overkill, and almost could have been embarrassing. Except for two things. 1) If you ever need to call Security, you would like to be confident that they will take you seriously, and provide, well, security. So over-reaction, in this situation, is totally preferable to the opposite. You know, like my Chair, who had essentially said, "meh". 2) Pineapple Boy started to give them shit. Which kind of got me thinking about the kind of shit he might have given me had they not been there. So, all-in-all, I think I made the right call.
One of the Security guys menacingly put on his leather gloves while we approached Pineapple Boy, who had in the meantime wandered up the stairs on his own. This glove move, I am reliably assured, is a total mall ninja move, but it is nonetheless menacingly effective. We got Pineapple Boy into my office, and I started to explain the situation.
He interrupted me, as is his wont, to argue with me. I have been putting up with this, I now realise. The Security guy who was in my office told Pineapple Boy to shut up and listen to me. Which, naturally, he could not possibly manage to do. So they told him again. And again. All of which, again, was kind of part crazy comedy routine, but at the same time, it made me see that I had been letting this student push me around, and make me uncomfortable, and that part of the reason I had done that was because I was physically intimidated. Eventually, we got through the formalities, and I said what I needed to, and Pineapple Boy gave 4 different explanations of his behaviour, none of which impressed any of the parties present. It was quite uncomfortable, although the part where he said "This is about the pineapple, isn't it," was a brief moment of enjoyable levity in the otherwise depressing morass.
The Security guards took his details and menacingly asked him what his movements were going to be for the rest of the afternoon. This, I must admit, I did not expect, and I found it a little scary. Why were they asking? Did they think he might lie in wait to ambush me, while consuming his bucket of salad? His constant eating may be his downfall as a stealthy stalker, though. The tap, tap of chopsticks on tupperware could be a tell-tale clue that alerts me to his presence. Honestly, I don't think he is that kind. I think he has been overstepping, but I think now, that it was not deliberate. He protested that he defends me when the others complain about me, and that he respects me as a teacher. I responded that in that case, he needs to make sure his behaviour matches his attitude, and if he can learn that lesson, well, maybe I have been an effective teacher for him this semester.
After all of this was over, I went back down to my class, who were being preturnaturally quiet and well-behaved. One of them tentatively raised a hand and said, "Do you mind if I ask a question, even if it might be a stupid question?" Normally, their stupidity doesn't give them much pause. I responded, "Yeah, you probably don't want to piss me off today, especially since I hear you all badmouth me behind my back."
This has been an epic story, and not as funny as usual. Hopefully we can get back to the regular schedule of pointing and laughing at idiots soon.
This entry was posted in pineapple, teaching and tagged pineapple, security on December 2, 2008 by whatladder.
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The summer time banger will probably be The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face".
Everyone get ready to have it nauseatingly play on all radio stations over and over for the next 3 months.
Not gonna lie. The song is pretty awesome.


For those who are in Oxford these days for parallel conferences that are happening around (TransferSummit/UK, BarCamp), I want to let you know that I'm giving a talk at the interdisciplinary conference on 'Problems of Adolescence".
Oxford University Centre for the History of Childhood is organising one day event, this Saturday, 26 June 2010, at Magdalen college. The speakers (the program)come from different backgrounds: anthropology, clinical psychology, history of education, science and medicine, childhood studies, and social sciences and Web (moi).
I will talk about Adolescents and the Web: in particular social network sites (SNS), and communication, social, dynamics and practices on Facebook. This will be very interesting event, and I'm thankful to, both, UK and overseas peers, OII colleagues, and friends who've shared some data (British stats and references), as I've been analysing teen profiles and came to interesting observations that I'll share later on with you either through an article (text of talk or proceedings) or slides.
If you are around this Saturday, come and say Hi.


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Rwanda: Kigali Jazz Junction to celebrate women in music
The third edition of Kigali Jazz Junction 2019 will celebrate Rwandese women in music at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village on 29 March.
Stella Tushabe.
Kigali Jazz Junction founder and curator Remmy Lubega said although French zouk singer Medhy Custos would headline the event, the festival's programming would also pay homage to women's contribution to music by featuring saxophonist Stella Tushabe and Swiss-based Afro-fusion artist Diana Teta.
"The goal of the event is to bring out Kigali Jazz Junction as a platform that promotes female talent in this country," he said. "This is advocacy that is supposed to be championed by everyone and particularly stakeholders in the music industry. For instance, Rwanda's live music scene does not have the full-time participation of female instrumentalists. Most female artists are vocalists."
Lubega said he saw an excellent opportunity to carry on with the International Women's Day theme by showcasing influential Rwandese women.
"Tushabe is passionate about her work and we have seen her grow over the past five years," he said. "She previously accompanied great jazz musicians such as Uganda's Isaiah Katumwa in their sets at this event, but for the first time she will have her own set for almost one hour accompanied by the Neptunez Band.
"As for Teta, we refer to her as a 'world-class Afro artist' because her diversity has enabled her to travel around the world. It's important that we celebrate how she has pushed herself to work with different musicians from around the world. We do not doubt that the audience will appreciate them in their own right."
Tushabe said she was excited to return to the event for a third time. "It's a pleasure to be sharing the stage with Custos," she said. "Kigali Jazz is giving a platform for female musicians, and such an opportunity is everything that talent needs to thrive, not just for me for me but for every artist out there. It is commendable.
"There are many women out there who are talented enough to be trusted for big-stage performances, but we need to create more opportunities such as this one. I play music that appeals to me and thankfully it appeals to my audience as well."
View the Kigali Jazz Junction event here.
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There are only six weeks to go until my new book, The House of Birds and Butterflies, comes out in all its full length, full ebook and paperback glory. I am starting to get the pre-publication butterflies, which is very apt this time round, and part of me can't believe this will be my fourth paperback.
I thought I'd do a short blog post each week as a sort-of countdown, and will be answering any questions you might have, as well as rambling on in my usual way about my writing process and ideas. If you have any questions then you can send me a message via my contact page, or on Facebook or Twitter. I've had a few already and am busy thinking up my answers to post in the coming weeks.
I'm so looking forward to this story being out in the world, in bookshops and supermarkets and, ultimately, readers' hands, bedside tables and bookshelves. I can't wait to hear what you think of it!


Massage is a holistic therapy. It has effect on both body and mind.
Massage increases the circulation of blood and flow of lymph. The direct mechanical effect of rhythmically applied manual pressure and movement used in massage can dramatically increase the rate of blood flow. Also, the stimulation of nerve receptors causes the blood vessels (by reflex action) to dilate, which also facilitates blood flow. This has a profound effect on one's health.
Massage affects the muscles throughout the body. Massage affects the muscles and other soft tissues throughout the body. It loosens contracted, shortened, hardened muscles. Massage can stimulate weak, flaccid muscles. Chronic muscle tension reduces the circulation of the blood and movement of lymph in an area.
The oxygen capacity of the blood can increase 10-15% after massage. By indirectly or directly stimulating nerves that supply internal organs, blood vessels of these organs dilate and allow greater blood supply to them.
Lymph is a milky white fluid that drains impurities and waste away from the tissue cells. A component of these wastes is toxins which are the by-products of metabolism. So, it is a vital to our health. Muscular contraction has a pumping effect that moves lymph. Massage and exercise help to move lymph.
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Massage enhances the skin condition by improving the function of the sebaceous and sweat glands, which keep the skin lubricated, clean, and cool.
Massage increases the body's secretions and excretions. It increases the production of gastric juices, saliva, and urine. There is also an increased excretion of nitrogen, inorganic phosphorus, and salt. As a result, the metabolic rate increases.
Massage can promote recovery from the fatigue and from minor aches and pains.


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from . import leaderelection
from .leaderelectionrecord import LeaderElectionRecord
from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
from . import electionconfig
import unittest
import threading
import json
import time
import pytest

thread_lock = threading.RLock()

class LeaderElectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_simple_leader_election(self):
        election_history = []
        leadership_history = []

        def on_create():
            election_history.append("create record")
            leadership_history.append("get leadership")

        def on_update():
            election_history.append("update record")

        def on_change():
            election_history.append("change record")

        mock_lock = MockResourceLock("mock", "mock_namespace", "mock", thread_lock, on_create, on_update, on_change, None)

        def on_started_leading():
            leadership_history.append("start leading")

        def on_stopped_leading():
            leadership_history.append("stop leading")

        # Create config 4.5 4 3
        config = electionconfig.Config(lock=mock_lock, lease_duration=2.5,
                                       renew_deadline=2, retry_period=1.5, onstarted_leading=on_started_leading,
                                       onstopped_leading=on_stopped_leading)

        # Enter leader election
        leaderelection.LeaderElection(config).run()

        self.assert_history(election_history, ["create record", "update record", "update record", "update record"])
        self.assert_history(leadership_history, ["get leadership", "start leading", "stop leading"])

    def test_leader_election(self):
        election_history = []
        leadership_history = []

        def on_create_A():
            election_history.append("A creates record")
            leadership_history.append("A gets leadership")

        def on_update_A():
            election_history.append("A updates record")

        def on_change_A():
            election_history.append("A gets leadership")

        mock_lock_A = MockResourceLock("mock", "mock_namespace", "MockA", thread_lock, on_create_A, on_update_A, on_change_A, None)
        mock_lock_A.renew_count_max = 3

        def on_started_leading_A():
            leadership_history.append("A starts leading")

        def on_stopped_leading_A():
            leadership_history.append("A stops leading")

        config_A = electionconfig.Config(lock=mock_lock_A, lease_duration=2.5,
                                         renew_deadline=2, retry_period=1.5, onstarted_leading=on_started_leading_A,
                                         onstopped_leading=on_stopped_leading_A)

        def on_create_B():
            election_history.append("B creates record")
            leadership_history.append("B gets leadership")

        def on_update_B():
            election_history.append("B updates record")

        def on_change_B():
            leadership_history.append("B gets leadership")

        mock_lock_B = MockResourceLock("mock", "mock_namespace", "MockB", thread_lock, on_create_B, on_update_B, on_change_B, None)
        mock_lock_B.renew_count_max = 4

        def on_started_leading_B():
            leadership_history.append("B starts leading")

        def on_stopped_leading_B():
            leadership_history.append("B stops leading")

        config_B = electionconfig.Config(lock=mock_lock_B, lease_duration=2.5,
                                         renew_deadline=2, retry_period=1.5, onstarted_leading=on_started_leading_B,
                                         onstopped_leading=on_stopped_leading_B)

        mock_lock_B.leader_record = mock_lock_A.leader_record

        threading.daemon = True
        # Enter leader election for A
        threading.Thread(target=leaderelection.LeaderElection(config_A).run()).start()

        # Enter leader election for B
        threading.Thread(target=leaderelection.LeaderElection(config_B).run()).start()

        time.sleep(5)

        self.assert_history(election_history,
                            ["A creates record",
                             "A updates record",
                             "A updates record",
                             "B updates record",
                             "B updates record",
                             "B updates record",
                             "B updates record"])
        self.assert_history(leadership_history,
                            ["A gets leadership",
                             "A starts leading",
                             "A stops leading",
                             "B gets leadership",
                             "B starts leading",
                             "B stops leading"])

    """Expected behavior: to check if the leader stops leading if it fails to update the lock within the renew_deadline
    and stops leading after finally timing out. The difference between each try comes out to be approximately the sleep
    time.
    Example:
    create record:  0s
    on try update:  1.5s
    on update:  zzz s
    on try update:  3s
    on update: zzz s
    on try update:  4.5s
    on try update:  6s
    Timeout - Leader Exits"""
    def test_Leader_election_with_renew_deadline(self):
        election_history = []
        leadership_history = []

        def on_create():
            election_history.append("create record")
            leadership_history.append("get leadership")

        def on_update():
            election_history.append("update record")

        def on_change():
            election_history.append("change record")

        def on_try_update():
            election_history.append("try update record")

        mock_lock = MockResourceLock("mock", "mock_namespace", "mock", thread_lock, on_create, on_update, on_change, on_try_update)
        mock_lock.renew_count_max = 3

        def on_started_leading():
            leadership_history.append("start leading")

        def on_stopped_leading():
            leadership_history.append("stop leading")

        # Create config
        config = electionconfig.Config(lock=mock_lock, lease_duration=2.5,
                                       renew_deadline=2, retry_period=1.5, onstarted_leading=on_started_leading,
                                       onstopped_leading=on_stopped_leading)

        # Enter leader election
        leaderelection.LeaderElection(config).run()

        self.assert_history(election_history,
                            ["create record",
                             "try update record",
                             "update record",
                             "try update record",
                             "update record",
                             "try update record",
                             "try update record"])

        self.assert_history(leadership_history, ["get leadership", "start leading", "stop leading"])

    def assert_history(self, history, expected):
        self.assertIsNotNone(expected)
        self.assertIsNotNone(history)
        self.assertEqual(len(expected), len(history))

        for idx in range(len(history)):
            self.assertEqual(history[idx], expected[idx],
                              msg="Not equal at index {}, expected {}, got {}".format(idx, expected[idx],
                                                                                history[idx]))

class MockResourceLock:
    def __init__(self, name, namespace, identity, shared_lock, on_create=None, on_update=None, on_change=None, on_try_update=None):
        # self.leader_record is shared between two MockResourceLock objects
        self.leader_record = []
        self.renew_count = 0
        self.renew_count_max = 4
        self.name = name
        self.namespace = namespace
        self.identity = str(identity)
        self.lock = shared_lock

        self.on_create = on_create
        self.on_update = on_update
        self.on_change = on_change
        self.on_try_update = on_try_update

    def get(self, name, namespace):
        self.lock.acquire()
        try:
            if self.leader_record:
                return True, self.leader_record[0]

            ApiException.body = json.dumps({'code': 404})
            return False, ApiException
        finally:
            self.lock.release()

    def create(self, name, namespace, election_record):
        self.lock.acquire()
        try:
            if len(self.leader_record) == 1:
                return False
            self.leader_record.append(election_record)
            self.on_create()
            self.renew_count += 1
            return True
        finally:
            self.lock.release()

    def update(self, name, namespace, updated_record):
        self.lock.acquire()
        try:
            if self.on_try_update:
                self.on_try_update()
            if self.renew_count >= self.renew_count_max:
                return False

            old_record = self.leader_record[0]
            self.leader_record[0] = updated_record

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'Freedom from Fossil Fuels': Gov. Jay Inslee Introduces National Climate Plan To End Oil And Natural Gas Production
Climate Depot | 6/26/2019 | Marc Morano
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6/26/2019 2:34 PM EST in SciTech
Inslee's plan, dubbed "Freedom from Fossil Fuels," aims to transition the United States to "100% clean energy" and "will responsibly phase out oil, gas and coal production, carbon-intensive infrastructure and exports."
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has unveiled a sweeping climate change plan to eliminate oil and natural gas production in the United States over the coming decades. The proposal comes as twenty candidates are set to take part in the first debate tonight and tomorrow.
Inslee - Climate - Change - Focus - White
Inslee has made climate change the sole focus of his White House campaign, but as his record serving in Congress and as Washington's chief executive shows, it can be difficult to translate these proposed policies into legislative wins.
Proposal - Polluters - Climate - Crisis - Oil
The proposal says it will "aggressively take on the corporate polluters that are driving the climate crisis: ending oil, gas and coal subsidies, leading America's transition off of fossil fuels, and holding polluters accountable for the harm they cause. This plan comprises 16 policy initiatives that take on America's dependence on fossil fuels like never before."
A number of those policy proposals include ending so-called tax loopholes, preventing new oil and natural gas leasing on federal public lands and offshore waters, banning hydraulic fracturing nationwide, creating a carbon pollution fee, stopping infrastructure projects like pipelines, and ending fossil fuel exports.
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Actually that's not true. Sesame and Farron are around. And now Farron sees all.
I see what you meant there.
walk in on them, why don't you?
You're gay. And you're gay. EVERYBODY IS GAAAAAAY!!!!
Nobody has mentioned the possibility that one of them may be a cross-dresser.
I was hoping, but the bulges say otherwise.
<3~<3 Huzzah for unexpected homosexuality!
How bad this is going turn out just turn around walk away and act like this never happen then say that the fist in the face idea was better.
Someone's gonna wish they knew what mental bleach was..
Actually, in comedy timing is everything. So in this case, Timing: Your doin it right.
…and THIS is why you go WAAAAY into the bushes before you do that! NEVER stay close to the trail!
8} Farron wishes he had TWO eyepatches now!
I think we're alone now…..there doesn't seem to be anyone around….I think we're alone now….
I heard the Smurfs version.
Keep walking Farron. Just keep on walking.
It is very unfortunate you had to see that Farron.
How sad. How hilariously sad.


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Krone Commercial Vehicles Group implements new distribution concept
In response to current and future demand for parts requirements in the commercial vehicle sector, Krone Commercial Vehicle Group has started operations at its new central logistics centre. With an investment approaching 8.5 million Euros, the ground-breaking distribution centre was built at Europastraße 233 (main road 213) in Herzlake within a total area of 38,000 square metres. This is equal to five and a half football fields. The covered storage area of 8,400 square metres is spread across twelve stories. Here, there is space for 17,500 Euro pallets and 16,000 containers for smaller spare parts. Currently, approx. 40 employees pick more than 23,000 orders for fast despatch every month, with all parts either despatched overnight or within a predetermined time-frame. Moreover, the central Herzlake spare parts centre supplies key regional Krone depots in Istanbul, Budapest, Lyon, Scandinavia and the Baltic region with parts for trailers, superstructures, container chassis, semitrailers and box semitrailers, along with CEP vehicles for courier express services and in-house Krone trailer axles.
Bernard Krone, Managing Director of the Krone Group, explains: "With the launch of our spare parts centre, we continue to build on our service offering for our customers throughout Europe while at the same time sharpening our competitive edge in the spare parts business. The development of this important service is a central component of our strategy for the future."


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Ipoh City Council Upgrading Plans For Visit Perak Year 2012.
October 5, 2011 KV visitperakAttractions, Events, Nature, News
Ipoh Mayor Datuk Roshidi Hashim stated it was serious about getting ready for Visit Perak year 2012.
He also announced that the Tourism Ministry had provided Ipoh City Council a sum of RM3.8 million to upgrade its tourism related facilities around town though most of it was focused around Old Town specifically along the heritage trail.
Among which are..
Railway Station Park
The park at the Railway Station which is the start of the Heritage Trail has been proposed to be given a facelift by re-landscaping the garden area. The existing water fountain at the garden, which hasn't been working for a long time, will be upgraded. It was proposed that it be replaced with a musical fountain, but the decision is still pending.
Birch Memorial Tower
The garden where the Birch Memorial is located has been proposed to be extended to the Old Post Office Building currently being repaired by Jabatan Warisan Negara. The food stalls collectively named "Medan Selera Dato Sagor" will be relocated to the area closer to the elevated car park. The elevated car park, which was the "First Elevated Car Park" in the country" will not be touched.
When the Old Post Office upgrade is completed together with the extended Birch Memorial garden, the road stretching from the Railway Station and Town Hall right down to the steps of Sheik Adam Lane after the Birch Memorial, will be an interesting gallery of history.
Medan Kidd Upgrade
The MBI food stalls located at Medan Kidd will be upgraded. Currently the stalls offer only food. The plan after the upgrade is to introduce a touristy environment with souvenir shops as well as food.
Relaxing Rules for Budget Hotels
Dato Roshidi stated that City Council is considering relaxing the rules for budget hotels in Old Town specifically for the number of car parks required per budget hotel. Old Town is within walking distance of Ipoh Central Bus Station and the Railway Station. His rationale is based on visitors arriving by train and bus who don't drive and therefore will not require a car park.
Roshidi also stated that an investor was committed to converting the 3 storey SPH De Silva Heritage Building, located in the centre of the Heritage Trail, into a budget cum boutique hotel.
Upgrading Water Fountains
Ipoh City Council will be upgrading three water fountains. One will be a musical fountain while two more will be upgraded with coloured lights. The fountains identified are at the Railway Station garden, Dataran MBI and Jalan Sultan Yussuf circus beside the Menteri Besar's residence.
Hotels and Accommodation
Currently there are six 3- and 4-star hotels in Ipoh while there are 71 under 3-star hotels with a total room capacity of 2,591 rooms. Before the end of this year three more 3- and 4-star hotels will begin operations. These include MH Hotel along Tasek Road and Kinta Riverfront Hotel and Suites among the three.
Upgrades for Roundabouts
The roundabouts at Anderson Road, Silibin, Kampar Road (next to MGS School) and at Jalan Raja DiHilir have been identified for upgrading.
Entry Point Upgrades
The entry points into Ipoh at Simpang Pulai, Kuala Kangsar Road (next to Wing Onn Garden) and at Lahat-Lumut Highway have been identified for upgrading with a suggestion from the Menteri Besar that the first visual be a pleasant one.
Clean Eateries
Tourism also involves a clean and healthy environment. City Hall has identified 1,500 eateries in Ipoh. Clean eateries that meet MBI's cleanliness standards are issued a Grade A certificate. Since the start of the grading exercise over a year ago, close to 10% of eateries have obtained the A certification. City Hall does not issue Grade B and C certificates.
Clean Drains
City Hall is currently planning to outsource its drain cleaning services.
If all the above initiatives are taken by City Council and conscientiously carried out, hopefully the rest of the stake holders and industry players will join in and are gearing up for VPY 2012.
And may Perak achieve the ambitious target for three million tourist arrivals under its Visit Perak Year 2012. That should bring in much appreciated revenue to the State.
Old town goes Songkhla
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Q: wp_query search results not expected I'm a senior IT, not a coder. I'm creating a WordPress search.php page into my child theme. This particular page must return results from 3 cpt

*

*'struttura'

*'tour'

*'offerta'

The below code, returns an array of ID to populate a beautiful grid plugin engine that is called "essential grid" with the search results, the code is working but I have the following issue.

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*If I search 'philippos' (that is a struttura cpt) is returning correct

*If I search 'senior' (that is a offerta cpt) is returning correct

*If I search 'alessandro' (that is a tour cpt) is returning correct

*If I search 'notpresent' that is not present in any cpt is returning the correct echo string that says to make another search

*If I search 'cargo' that is present in the 'post_type->'page' I'm expecting the same echo string as above, instead it returns some random(???) cpt posts.

Is like searching into page post_type in a wrong way. Any suggestion?
This is the search page http://neos.anekitalia.com/?s
<?php
/*
Template Name: Search Page
*/
?>
<?php
get_header();
?>
<?php echo do_shortcode('[et_pb_section global_module="216661"][/et_pb_section]'); //show section Vuoi fare un'altra ricerca? ?>

<?php // Build Search Query
$args = array(
    's'         => $_REQUEST['s'],
    'showposts' => -1,
    'post_type' => array ( 'tour', 'struttura', 'offerta' ) // define searchable Post Types
);
$tp_allsearch = new WP_Query($args);

$posts = array();
// If there are Search posts
if($tp_allsearch->have_posts()) :

// Go through result
while($tp_allsearch->have_posts()) : $tp_allsearch->the_post();

// Save Post ID in array
$posts[] = $post->ID;

endwhile;
// Build shortcode with the $post array build before to populate essential grid engine
$the_content = do_shortcode('[ess_grid alias="searchdefault" posts="'.implode(',', $posts).'"]');
// Echo Out the result in your page
echo $the_content;

else:
//show section no results found
   echo do_shortcode('
 [et_pb_section global_module="216673"][/et_pb_section]
');
endif;
?>

                    <?php echo do_shortcode('[et_pb_section global_module="208275"][/et_pb_section]');?>
                        <?php echo do_shortcode('[et_pb_section global_module="210037"][/et_pb_section]');?>
                    <?php echo do_shortcode('[et_pb_section global_module="210036"][/et_pb_section]');?>
<?php

get_footer();

EDIT:
I found why this is happening, simply the all the text that I was searching were present into a div section on the bottom so I have to find a way to exclude text present into the content, is there a way to make the query only into the title and exclude the content?

A: I found this in class-wp-query
$search = apply_filters_ref_array( 'posts_search', array( $search, &$this ) );

By default $search will look something like:
    (wp_posts.post_title LIKE %s)
    OR (wp_posts.post_excerpt LIKE %s)
    OR (wp_posts.post_content LIKE %s)
    AND (wp_posts.post_password = '')

So it looks like you could add a filter to your theme's functions.php. Its quite tricky to remove the post content and post excerpt parts of the query with preg replace or whatever but you could string manipulate it so that its more like:
    (wp_posts.post_title LIKE %s)
    OR (wp_posts.post_title LIKE %s)
    OR (wp_posts.post_title LIKE %s)
    AND (wp_posts.post_password = '')

by doing something like this
add_filter('posts_search', 'so_54550119_search_filter');
function so_54550119_search_filter($search){
   return str_replace(array('excerpt','content'), array('title','title'), $search);
}

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Guerlain Love is All released exclusively for duty free stores in 2005 features a combination of iris, mimosa and passionfruit. Tart red berry opening makes for a familiar fruity accord, which becomes even more ubiquitous when a tropical sharpness of passionfruit contributes to the top notes. The rest of the story is as interesting as watching the grass grow–pleasant but forgettable flirty floral facets against treacly and at the same time sharp fruity notes.
The best feature of Christian Dior Dior Star is its lovely gilded flacon, made in the classic Dior shape and embellished with small stars against matted gold. The fragrance has notes of bergamot, mandarin petitgrain, honeysuckle, peony, sugared almonds and musk. At first, it smells not unlike green chestnuts, which is a scent of sugary verdant sap, talcum powder and unopened flower buds. However, before I had a chance to fully enjoy the vision of prickly green chestnut shell, the fragrance took a turn for a dull unoffensive floral.
Although it is not a duty-free exclusive, I would also like to mention a new Yves Saint Laurent In Love Again limited edition called "Fleur de la Passion". Out of all summer limited editions (Van Cleef et Arpels, Lancôme, etc.), it is definitely the most interesting, even though this is not saying much. It is a straightforward fruit salad, with passion fruit and raspberry dominating. In the top notes, it reminds me of the original, with the sharp blast of pink grapefruit and a rainfall of rose petals. Here, sharpness of grapefruit is somewhat muted by raspberries and sweet-sour aspect of passion fruit (not passion flower as I was expecting, even though later it does soften into a floral aspect more like passion flower, which raspberries manage to choke). The development is similiar to In Love Again, but all of the stages are permeated by raspberries.
Victoria: R, if ILA was too sweet for you, this one will surely be an overkill. I would imagine that those who love fruity fragrance, will find it nice, however I just cannot deal with all of the syrup.


Ran a PR & BQ @ the Phoenix Marathon!
*I prepared for warm weather as much as I could, but wasn't expecting low 70 degree desert air to affect me as much as it did towards the end of the race! It probably added a few minutes to my time, so this is something to consider if you're interested in running Phoenix marathon.
*While parts of the route were beautiful and somewhat downhill, particularly through mile 4, around mile 9, and towards the end of the race, the rest of the course was fairly boring and flat, with some uphill stretches mixed in. This is a fairly fast course as the race directors say, but not as easy as other marathon courses such as Chicago, New Orleans, and even Philadelphia (in my opinion). I had anticipated some of the hills and was well-prepared (helps to drive the course before a race if you can!!).
*Lastly, the lines for the port-a-potties at the start were somewhat of a cluster. I would highly recommend getting to the start (via buses that shuttle you from the finish of the race area to the start) as early as possible!
*The water stations were plentiful and full of energetic volunteers. For a course that has limited spectators, this was very welcome! Particularly the station at mile 9- the signage was memorable and hilarious, and the spirit carried me through the next few miles to the half-way point.
*Although I couldn't really eat after I crossed the finish line, the post-race food and entertainment were great. There were BBQ and French toast stands among other delicious food and drinks. They also handed out nice bags that we were able to fit all of the foods in. I really enjoyed this post-race atmosphere and stayed a little longer than I have at other races.
*Last but not least, the race medal was cool! A reminder that the race organizers do a great job and pay close attention to the little things, which is very important!
Big Cottonwood is known as a fast race, amenable to PRs. REVEL runs an organized race- the top/start had plenty of porta potties, and our bags at bib pickup included mylar blankets and gloves, which were perfect for early mornings on the top of a mountain. Coming from sea-level, I could feel the effects of being almost 10k feet high, but the downhill nature of the course outweighed some of the effects.
At mile 23, I noticed the 3:35 pacer slowly creeping up to me and at that moment felt very emotional and overwhelmed. The pacer caught up to me at 24, and asked me how I was doing. I was honest and told her that I was very disappointed to see her. She said that she was running a minute or so ahead of a 3:35, that the rest of the race was downhill, and that she knew I had it in me to push myself. I know she had no idea, but her motivational lines helped me push through. At that point, I was determined to reach my goal and pushed as.hard.as.I.possibly.could. I crossed the line @3:33.06.
I ran the Chicago marathon in October 2013. It was a race to remember for many reasons, but most memorable was the fact that I ran with my sister and brother (my cousin came too but sadly couldn't run due to an injury). My parents also came to watch the race, and we had a fantastic time together in the Windy City. There are so many things to say about the race, one of the largest races in the country, but I will narrow it down to two quick lists of what did and didn't work. List is in my race racap in my blog.


Last month, I was invited to be a mentor at my alma mater, and tonight is the dinner where I get paired up with my little minion! I'm not really sure what to expect out of it; considering I've only been out of school for a few years, it seems weird to think of myself capable of offering advice, especially when I think of how, ahem, gracefully I handled my own post-grad life! That doesn't mean I'm not eager to share my pearls of wisdom with impressionable college students though! And I'm actually wearing pearls today! A perfect start, wouldn't you say?


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Lo scandalo del calcio tedesco del 1971 è una serie di partite truccate avvenute durante il campionato 1970-1971 di Bundesliga. Tutto questo avviene a non molta distanza dai Mondiali del 1974, che si tengono proprio in Germania Ovest.

C'è da dire che in questo periodo la differenza fra la Bundesliga e la Regionalliga, il campionato immediatamente sotto di esso, è molta: il primo è professionista e su base nazionale, mentre il secondo è a carattere dilettantesco ed è composto da cinque gironi locali. Per questi motivi la retrocessione nella seconda serie potrebbe avere conseguenze nefaste, sia per le casse dei club che per i calciatori. Viene così scoperto che si possono vendere e comprare alcune partite per evitare questo evento.

Storia
Il 6 giugno 1971 Horst-Gregorio Canellas, presidente del Kickers Offenbach, organizza una festa per il suo cinquantesimo compleanno a cui partecipano anche alcuni dirigenti della DFB. Durante il ricevimento viene fatta ascoltare un'audiocassetta contenente le registrazioni di alcune conversazioni telefoniche avvenute tra lo stesso Canellas ed alcuni calciatori di altre squadre, tra i quali figurano anche i Nazionali Manfred Manglitz, portiere del Colonia, e Bernd Patzke, difensore dell'Hertha Berlino. Nelle telefonate i calciatori si rendono disponibili ad aiutare l'Offenbach a salvarsi in cambio di denaro.

Alla fine le indagini della Federazione riescono ad appurare che sono state truccate diciotto partite; vengono squalificati cinquantadue calciatori di sette squadre diverse (Colonia, Hertha Berlino, Stoccarda, Schalke 04, Arminia Bielefeld, Duisburg ed Eintracht Braunschweig), alcuni anche a vita, due allenatori e sei dirigenti, incluso lo stesso Canellas.

Ad ogni modo, nonostante questi avvenimenti non viene modificata la classifica del campionato appena terminato, in particolare viene confermata la retrocessione in Regionalliga dell'Offenbach di Canellas. Però ci sono conseguenze per l'Arminia Bielefeld: la squadra sfugge alla retrocessione in questa stagione e viene fatta partecipare regolarmente alla successiva edizione di Bundesliga; viene però deciso che retrocederà al termine della stessa, indipendentemente dal risultato del campo.

Per evitare il ripetersi di episodi simili viene decisa la creazione della Zweite Bundesliga, campionato anch'esso professionista e su base nazionale, inoltre viene abolito il tetto agli ingaggi che era stato in vigore fino a quel momento.

Note

Voci correlate
 scandalo del calcio tedesco del 2005

Collegamenti esterni

1971

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UGO Salaterie to Reduce Plastic Waste
byPrague Morning
The struggle with plastic has become a trend in recent years, with an increasing number of companies engaged in diverse industries. The anti-plastic campaign also hit the Czech Republic, where individual companies try to limit the amount of plastic waste produced by customers.
In addition to traditional supermarkets, which are gradually replacing plastic shopping bags with those made of paper, Czech food e-shops Košík.cz and Rohlik.cz are for the ecological wave. Ikea announced earlier last year that it would stop selling single-use plastic goods worldwide by 2020, while the Czech branch of the U.S. coffee chain Starbucks offers a discount for customers who bring their own cup.
UGO Salaterie has recently started to reduce the use of non-organic and disposable plastics. So far, the Czech company has replaced plastic plates, cutlery, and glasses with porcelain dishes and classic glasses.
UGO has 81 shops in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and has reduced the number of plastic waste by 40 percent during its pilot months.
"It's not easy to find the right answers to sustainability issues. But even small steps and changing the behavior of each of us can produce tangible results. Therefore, despite the economic burden, we started to serve fresh salads and soups on porcelain dishes with metal cutlery, and we replaced the plastic cups with glasses," says UGO founder Marek Farník.
"The measures we have put in place increase our costs by tens of thousands per year for each restaurant. However, sustainability is part of our DNA, so despite the increased costs, this activity makes sense," said Stanislav Pekárek, head of marketing at UGO.
Several other Czech retailers, including Lidl, Kaufland and Tesco, have already pledged to stop selling single-use plastics such as straws, plates, cups and cutlery, as well as cotton buds and replace them with alternative and recyclable ones.
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FREMONT, Calif. — A California man has been convicted of murder for a 2014 car crash that killed a decorated Marine.
The Bay Area News Group reports that a jury last week found 25-year-old Alexander Yohn guilty of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for a high-speed crash in Fremont that killed Lance Cpl. Andrew Silva.
The 23-year-old Silva grew up in Union City and left behind his parents, three brothers, a wife and a young son.
Police say Yohn drank between nine and 12 shots of whiskey the night of the crash and sped up to 80 mph. He went through a red light and struck Silva, who was riding his motorcycle through a green light.
Yohn is scheduled to be sentenced August 10.