Madrid C. W - Barcelona W 0:4 17.04.
Huelva W - Atl. Madrid W 0:3 14.04.
Levante W - EDF Logrono W 4:0 14.04.
Madrid C. W - Granadilla Tenerife W 0:1 14.04.
Real Sociedad W - Valencia W 6:0 14.04.
Albacete W - Athletic Bilbao W 0:1 13.04.
Barcelona W - Malaga W 6:0 13.04.
Betis W - Sevilla FC W 1:1 13.04.
Rayo Vallecano W - Espanyol W 1:5 13.04.
Athletic Bilbao W - Levante W 2:0 31.03.
EDF Logrono W - Barcelona W 0:4 31.03.
Espanyol W - Real Sociedad W 1:1 31.03.
Granadilla Tenerife W - Huelva W 3:1 31.03.
Malaga W - Albacete W 4:2 31.03.
Sevilla FC W - Madrid C. W 3:0 31.03.
Valencia W - Rayo Vallecano W 1:2 31.03.
Atl. Madrid W - Betis W 3:1 30.03.
Albacete W - Real Sociedad W 0:1 24.03.
Athletic Bilbao W - Espanyol W 1:2 24.03.
Huelva W - EDF Logrono W 0:2 24.03.
Madrid C. W - Malaga W 1:0 24.03.
Rayo Vallecano W - Betis W 0:0 24.03.
Sevilla FC W - Granadilla Tenerife W 0:2 24.03.
Barcelona W - Valencia W 3:0 23.03.
Levante W - Atl. Madrid W 0:4 23.03.
Atl. Madrid W - Barcelona W 0:2 17.03.
EDF Logrono W - Madrid C. W 2:1 17.03.
Espanyol W - Sevilla FC W 2:0 17.03.
Granadilla Tenerife W - Athletic Bilbao W 3:1 17.03.
Malaga W - Levante W 0:1 17.03.
Real Sociedad W - Rayo Vallecano W 2:0 17.03.
Valencia W - Huelva W 6:0 17.03.
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The Cheltenham Literature Festival 2015
August 27, 2015 | Blog
One of the most popular literary festivals in the world, the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival has an incredible line-up for 2015. This year, the 10-day festival is expected to sell more than 100,000 tickets, attracting visitors from across the globe.
The 2015 Cheltenham Literature Festival features more than 600 world-renowned writers, poets, comedians, politicians, designers and thinkers. Each year the festival has an over-arching theme, with last year's "Brave New Worlds" theme focusing on technology, democracy, and the future. The 2015 theme is "Defining moments from the past, present and future"
History of the Event
The Cheltenham Literature Festival has a long history which dates back to 1949, making it the longest running literature festival of its type in the world. The festival was initiated by Spa Manager George Wilkinson and Tewkesbury-based author John Moore with the simple goal of celebrating literature.
Over the past 66 years the festival has presented thousands of authors, performers and influential thinkers including: Ian McEwan, Sue Townsend, Gordon Brown, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Doris Lessing, Patrick Stewart, Rik Mayall, Patrick Stewart and Richard Attenborough.
There are dozens of events at the festival this year including lectures, storytelling, writing workshops, education projects, comedy performances, poetry readings, interviews and book groups.
Each year the Cheltenham Literature Festival features a different book as the 'Festival Big Read' — a book for attendees to read and discuss. The 2014 big read was Laurie Lee's classic, Cider with Rosie. This year's big read will be announced shortly.
Lansdown House is only a very short walk from this years festival!
The biggest drawcard for the festival is the chance to hear authors and poets speak about their work. This year some of the world-renowned writers involved in talks include:
• Peter Carey
The Booker prize-winning Australian novelist will participate in an interview at the event. This year Carey is set to receive The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence.
• John Banville
Award-winning Irish novelist and screenwriter will be talking about his work
• Julian Barnes
Author of Booker prize-winning The Sense of an Ending
• Anne Enright
Irish author who wrote the very popular novel The Gathering
• Pat Barker
Author of the Regeneration Trilogy, dealing with the First World War
• Salman Rushdie
The famous British-Indian novelist and essayist will be talking about his work
• Audrey Niffenegger
The author of The Time Traveller's Wife will be appearing to discuss her recent work.
• Patrick Gale
The author of 'A Perfectly Good Man'
A number of debut authors will also be in attendance including Laura Barnett, Claire Fuller, Francesca Haig, Julia Rochester, Sarah Leipciger and Helena Coggan.
From our Montpellier Town House you can see the Festival, it's just outside!
This year's guest director will be the rapper George the Poet, a selection reflected by the number of high-quality poetry events over the 10 days. People giving poetry performances and discussing poetry include: Les Murray, Wendy Cope, Paul Muldoon and Oxford's professor of poetry Simon Armitage.
Non-fiction authors giving talks at the event include:
• Robert Macfarlane will talk about his recent bestseller Landmarks.
• Shakespearean scholar James Shapiro will be talking about all things Shakespearian
• Robert Tombs, the author of The English and Their History, talking about British history
• Ian Kershaw, author of The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation will be taking this important time in Europe's history
From the political realm, conservative politician Nigel Lawson, British economist Gus O'Donnell and Labour Party politician Alistair Darling will explain 'How to Write a Budget'. James Rubin, former US Assistant Secretary of State will talk about the history of the Cold War.
The event will be held Friday 2 to Sunday 11 October 2015 at the Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square and Montpellier Gardens.
The Cheltenham Literature Festival is your chance to meet your favourite authors and celebrate literature while enjoying beautiful Cheltenham! Tickets go on sale soon.
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T.C. Roberson High School is the most socioeconomically diverse school in Buncombe County. Additionally, T.C. Roberson is the largest Buncombe County School. Such a large and diverse student body augments to the vast difficulties of becoming a NC Green School. Despite these statistics, T.C. Roberson represents a Green School that has accomplished a multitude of changes, some still ongoing. Besides these accomplishments, the primary reason that Roberson represents a Green School is because of the student body's ideals, activism and desire for self and communal improvement.
The community at Roberson is one of the most diverse and widely connected communities in the county. With teachers and school organization's connections, Roberson provides students with countless opportunities to be further involved in community activism, while propelling their own educational experience. From different extracurricular activities including National Honor Society organizations, to classes with environmental issues embedded within their curriculum, to campus wide cleanups, students can and do find ways to become involved.
Even with one of the most diverse economic student bodies, it still is notable that 31% of students receive free lunch. Poverty enables many hardships and among these is often the inability to eat healthy meals and maintain a healthy lifestyle. To accommodate this, Roberson utilizes many techniques, to not only encourage, but also provide students with the opportunity to lead healthy lifestyles.
By being the biggest school in Buncombe County, Roberson produces a lot of waste. To compensate for this, while being environmentally conscious, Roberson has implemented a variety of waste management projects on different levels. Some of these projects encompass the entirety of the student body, while others are managed by organizations run through the school. Our progressive education program implements a unique program to collect recycling. Additionally, the students and staff at Roberson are integrating different techniques to convert more landfill waste to recycling and reduce the overall waste.
Taking into account the numerous difficulties Roberson faces, the school accomplishes a remarkable amount of sustainable and healthy programs and activities. Roberson's student body's willingness and persistence toward improvement, compounded by the broad outreach of the programs is why T.C. Roberson High School represents a NC Green School.


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Explaining the Brexit negotiation impasse
September 4, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
You would be forgiven for thinking there is an impregnable impasse in the negotiations between Britain and the EU over Brexit. That would be true if you consider this a two year process. It it is important to remember that the writers of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, under which Brexit is taking place, wrote a deliberately vague section that was never intended to be used, and if it were followed slavishly would put such power into the hands of the EU it would be impossible to actually negotiate anything. That two year timescale is, essentially, arbitrary, and should be considered so by both sides if they are seeing to be sensible.
Of course, at the moment both sides are not seeking to be sensible. The papers published by the Department for Exiting the EU are, in the words of EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier, nostalgic for the benefits of the EU without any of the obligations. Britain is still labouring under the expectation that a few car makers in Germany, Prosecco makers in Italy and cheese makers in France will force the EU to complete a free trade deal with the UK pronto. The EU, however, who has never succeeded in agreeing a trade deal with even one of its top five trading partners, are insisting that what they call 'sufficient progress' is made on an exit bill, EU citizens' rights and Northern Ireland BEFORE any talk about a trade deal going forward takes place.
It is difficult to define what 'sufficient progress' actually means. That is because the exit bill depends on the level of engagement with EU institutions and what sort of trade deal Britain will have going forward. Then, EU citizens rights depends on agreement on judiciary oversight going forward (there isn't a single independent country which has citizens with rights decided by a foreign court so why should an independent UK submit to that). Finally, the agreement on the one land border Britain has with the EU, between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, depends on the Customs agreement achieved between the UK and the EU (free movement is not an issue here as there is a 'Common Travel Area' between the UK and Ireland that has been in place since the 1920s).
I think a bigger problem for the UK negotiating team is who there are negotiating with. Some argue that Michel Barnier represents the institution of the EU, which means that he and his negotiating team are not democratically accountable to anybody for the deal that they strike with the UK apart from the institution of the EU itself. So all Barnier represents is a determination by an undemocratic institution to punish the UK for democratically choosing to leave it. Others have argued that Barnier's negotiation strategy was signed off by the 27 members of the European Council. Therefore he has no choice but to implement what they have agreed. More complicatedly, Barnier cannot concede much unless those 27 countries agree he can. They next meet officially in October. This, by the way, is why the EU haven't concluded a trade deal with their five largest trading partners. It is hard to do if you work like it does.
Remainers are opportunistically pointing out that Leave campaigners said during the EU Referendum campaign that striking a deal with the EU would be easy as they wouldn't want to lose the money that comes their way due to our trade deficit with them. Leavers point out that Remainers appearing to be cheering on an institution that wants to punish their country for a democractic decision. Neither approach is helpful.
In the end the answer is going to be to understand that this can't be a two year process. We are going to need a transition period long enough to achieve the deal we want (which we do need to articulate better than we are) without succumbing to the 'cliff-edge' of an articifically imposed time limit. To achieve that, we may need to do what every good negotiator knows, which is to articulate a realistic walk away position that doesn't account to the whistling in the wind that is happening now. It is hard to see what that walk away position is, but we need one. Soon.
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Christian Bauer says:
Great post – interesting and fair to both sides, I think. I particularly agree on the notion of complexity to negotiate with the EU (and corresponding lack of break-through agreements for the EU). But I was wondering whether you have any explanation for the (common) notion that the UK would benefit from negotiating directly with EU nations and from a splintering of the apparent unity, the EU nations have displayed so far? It would appear to me that such a situation would be far worse for the UK (of course only if they are interested in achieving an agreement) – it may be difficult to negotiate with a unified EU, but at least it is possible to negotiate with such an entity. A divided EU would never be able to agree to anything?
The notion is based on the possibility that some countries (Poland, Slovakia for example) would suffer greatly from a hard Brexit and would thus put pressure on the central institution to try to avoid that. The truth is that the EU can't make big trade deals because getting all 27 countries to ratify something is hard. Apparently this deal would have to be ratified by Spain who would surely attach an amendment to do with Gibraltar as they will not get a better chance to achieve something there. Splitting the unity of the EU nations is a risky strategy but it is based on the belief that 27 countries might have different interests (I know, radical, right?). Whether it would work is a different story
Karel says:
The United Kingdom needs to look towards the West. A customs union with Canada or the United States should be prioritised above a trade agreement with the European Union and achieving it would be easier and possibly more beneficial than an agreement with the EU. The EU will also be motivated to come to an agreement if it is demonstrated that there is a very real possibility that the UK is about to shift the balance of economic might dramatically Westwards.
It will be much easier to reach an agreement with Canada, which is part of the Common Wealth, and the United States, with President Trump having been strongly in support of Brexit, than it will be with 27 member states of the EU, all of which want something different as a payoff.
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Q: Flume stdout to IRC I'm trying to consolidate the output of each node in a clustered application to an easy, at-a-glance location. I don't need the data to be stored permanently, I just want to see all of the stdout in the same spot. Eventually I'll want to store much less info, probably using log files, but for now, I just want app -> stdOut -> IRC, and flume seems to be a good choice for this.
All of the examples I have seen using the exec source show the command using tail, even though the docs make it seem like you can use any process that outputs to standard out. My config (see below) runs my application as the command, but for troubleshooting, it runs a simple shell script that echoes "test" at set intervals.
I've got everything running, and the IRC sink joins the IRC channel, but it never sends any messages. The last entry in the log is that Exec is starting.
Edit:
flume version flume-ng-1.2.0+24.43-1~squeeze
flume.config:
agent.sources = exec1
agent.channels = mem1
agent.sinks = irc1
agent.sources.exec1.type = exec
agent.sources.exec1.command = sh /var/lib/app/test.sh
agent.sources.exec1.channels = mem1
agent.sinks.irc1.type = irc
agent.sinks.irc1.hostname = 192.168.17.16
agent.sinks.irc1.nick = flume
agent.sinks.irc1.chan = agents
agent.sinks.irc1.channel = mem1
agent.channels.mem1.type = memory
agent.channels.mem1.capacity = 100

log4j.properties:
flume.root.logger=INFO,LOGFILE
flume.log.dir=/var/log/flume-ng
flume.log.file=flume.log
log4j.logger.org.apache.flume.lifecycle = INFO
log4j.logger.org.jboss = WARN
log4j.logger.org.mortbay = INFO
log4j.logger.org.apache.avro.ipc.NettyTransceiver = WARN
log4j.rootLogger=${flume.root.logger}
log4j.appender.LOGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxFileSize=100MB
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.File=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %p %c{2}: %m%n
log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d (%t) [%p - %l] %m%n

test.sh:
#!/bin/bash
x=1
while [ $x -ge 1 ]
do
  echo "Test $x"
  x=$(( $x + 1 ))
  sleep 5
done

flume.log:
2013-01-31 12:45:08,184 INFO nodemanager.DefaultLogicalNodeManager: Node manager starting
2013-01-31 12:45:08,184 INFO properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider: Configuration provider starting
2013-01-31 12:45:08,184 INFO lifecycle.LifecycleSupervisor: Starting lifecycle supervisor 9
2013-01-31 12:45:08,186 INFO properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider: Reloading configuration file:/etc/flume-ng/conf/flume.conf
2013-01-31 12:45:08,194 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:irc1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,194 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Added sinks: irc1 Agent: agent
2013-01-31 12:45:08,194 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:irc1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,194 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:irc1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,194 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:irc1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,194 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Processing:irc1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,207 INFO conf.FlumeConfiguration: Post-validation flume configuration contains configuration  for agents: [agent]
2013-01-31 12:45:08,208 INFO properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider: Creating channels
2013-01-31 12:45:08,249 INFO instrumentation.MonitoredCounterGroup: Monitoried counter group for type: CHANNEL, name: mem1, registered successfully.
2013-01-31 12:45:08,249 INFO properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider: created channel mem1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,262 INFO sink.DefaultSinkFactory: Creating instance of sink: irc1, type: irc
2013-01-31 12:45:08,266 INFO nodemanager.DefaultLogicalNodeManager: Starting new configuration:{ sourceRunners:{exec1=EventDrivenSourceRunner: { source:org.apache.flume.source.ExecSource@498665a0 }} sinkRunners:{irc1=SinkRunner: { policy:org.apache.flume.sink.DefaultSinkProcessor@167a1116 counterGroup:{ name:null counters:{} } }} channels:{mem1=org.apache.flume.channel.MemoryChannel@27f7c6e1} }
2013-01-31 12:45:08,266 INFO nodemanager.DefaultLogicalNodeManager: Starting Channel mem1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,266 INFO instrumentation.MonitoredCounterGroup: Component type: CHANNEL, name: mem1 started
2013-01-31 12:45:08,266 INFO nodemanager.DefaultLogicalNodeManager: Starting Sink irc1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,267 INFO irc.IRCSink: IRC sink starting
2013-01-31 12:45:08,267 INFO nodemanager.DefaultLogicalNodeManager: Starting Source exec1
2013-01-31 12:45:08,267 INFO source.ExecSource: Exec source starting with command:sh /var/lib/app/test.sh

Edit batch size seems to have been the issue, since it was waiting until 20 messages (default?), which was 100 seconds until I saw any output. Now with batchsize = 1, a standard logger outputs results, but IRC is complaining about a NullPointerException, probably because Event.body is null somehow?

A: The docs for IRC sinks (found here: Flume 1.x User Guide) are wrong in saying that splitlines is not required to be configured. It does not have a default value in the code, so you must configure it.
Looking at the source code (found here: IRCSink.java) you must also specify "splitlines"  or suffer the NullPointerException. There is code to handle "splitchars" being null, but not splitlines. Reported as FLUME-1892 (Edit: This ticket was resolved in January. This should no longer be an issue.)

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Bought this gorgeous necklace for my daughter. It arrived very quickly, is of high quality and beautifully made. Thanks Amber Bliss!


This is such a gorgeous layout, I love it! I have been smash booking more than scrapping but this has almost inspired me!
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I love how your design makes the eye travel down the page in small steps! Great dimension! Great page!!!
I`m looking forward to see what you do in December.
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Quality Carrot seeds packaged by Seed Needs. Intended for the current and the following growing season. Packets are 3.25" wide by 4.50" tall and come with a full colored illustration on the front side, as well as detailed sowing instructions on the reverse. This rainbow mixture produces an array of colorful carrots. Mixed together you will find varieties of Cosmic Purple, Atomic Red, Solar Yellow, Bambino Orange and Lunar White. Each of the roots will range in lengths from 6 inches, up to 11 inches long and boast a delicious and unique flavoring. Most varieties within this carrot mixture will be ready for harvesting in about 60 to 65 days after first sprouts appear. Carrots, believe it or not, weren't always orange. Some of the most popular picks and more common picks in earlier days came in an array of colors such as Red (Atomic Carrot), Purple (Cosmic Carrot), Yellow (Solar Carrot) & White (Lunar Carrot). But as time carried on, orange became the more popular pick. All Carrot seeds sold by Seed Needs are Non-GMO based seed products and are intended for the current & the following growing season. All seeds are produced from open pollinated plants, stored in a temperature controlled facility and constantly moved out due to popularity.


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Make America Great Again in Memory of George H.W. Bush
Photo Credit: Amazon, Stanley M. Minasian, et al
George H.W. Bush made America great. This nation is no longer what it once was. We need to Make America Great Again.
In his inaugural address on January 20, 1989, President Bush declared,
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world. My friends, we have work to do.
For a very short while the country tried to follow the course that H.W. was charting. But as political, social and cultural events evolved over the past two decades, she began straying from herself.
Recently, under the leadership of a new President, America has started to sink into a swamp of selfishness and amorality. Our face is not kinder to our own citizens, and it is unquestionably not gentler to those on and from other shores.
America is adrift. It can rediscover itself by looking at George H.W. Bush. Wednesday, December 5 was declared a national day of mourning. It should be a national day of memory.
A day to remember who George H.W. Bush was. A day to remember him not as our President, but as a man of action rather than words, who lived his life fully and valiantly and in dedication and service to others.
Early in WW II, after graduating from high school in June of 1942 at the age of 18, he enrolled in the Navy. About one year later at 19, he became possibly the youngest aviation officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve at that time.
In September 1944, on a torpedo bombing run in the Japanese islands, his plane was hit by gunfire. He advised his two crewmates to parachute out and to try to reach safety. He stayed with his plane, dropped his bombs, and then parachuted out himself. He managed to find a life raft and was rescued. He received The Distinguished Flying Cross for his courage in this encounter.
In reflecting upon this incident decades later, in tears, talking about his two comrades in arms from his plane who were not saved, Bush blamed himself and wondered if there was anything that he could have done to bring them home alive.
Bush put country first. He also put his family first. His love for and devotion to his five children and seventeen grandchildren who survive him, and their respect and love in return, is the stuff of legends. After his death, his son Jeb tweeted, "I already miss the greatest human being I will ever know." Jenna Bush Hager, his granddaughter, in an Instagram wrote, "…He taught me and my family about service, family, decency, the power of gentle words and a beautiful heart."
In a heartfelt handwritten note given to then-rival Bill Clinton just before his inauguration as President on January 20, 1993, former President Bush stated, "…Your success now is our country's success. I am rooting hard for you."
Along with President Bill Clinton, Bush spearheaded the large humanitarian relief efforts launched after the 2004 tsunami in the Indian ocean and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005.
Bush celebrated his 75th, 80th, 85th, and 90th birthdays by skydiving from an airplane.
In 2013 at the age of 89, H.W. had his head shaved bald to show solidarity with Patrick, the two-year old son of a secret service agent, who was bald because of his leukemia treatments. The picture of Patrick sitting on Bush's lap went viral.
In an interview with his granddaughter Jenna, when she asked about his legacy and how he thought he would be remembered, Bush responded, "I've kind of banned the use of the 'l' word. I think history will get it right, point out the things I did wrong and perhaps some of the things we did right."
What George H.W. Bush did might be called old-fashioned. We prefer to call it part of American exceptionalism — a commitment to family, the United States, and the world. This striving to bring us together, and to unite us in pursuit of the common good, rather than turning us against one another and building walls is, should, and must be the essence of patriotism.
George H.W. Bush understood that. If we want America to be America again, we need to understand it as well. The best way to accomplish this is not merely to offer condolences, but to get involved and engaged as concerned and compassionate citizens in initiatives to make America better — to make America kinder and gentler.
There are thousands of things that can be done to make a difference. There are thousands of large and small acts that can be undertaken that will renew the American spirit and its heart and soul.
As George H.W. Bush stated, in 1988, when accepting his party's presidential nomination, groups that promote service to others are "a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky." America and the world need those points of light today, tomorrow and forever more.
In their quixotic song "America," penned in 1968, Simon and Garfunkel wrote: "They've all come to look for America." With George H.W. Bush's death, they and we need look no further. We have found it.
George H.W. Bush is no longer here with us physically, but his presence has never been stronger. In memory of who he was and what our nation once was, we need to Make America Great Again.
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Q: Is it possible to change value of a defined constant?
Possible Duplicate:
Change the value of a previously-defined constant

There is a constant ABC and I need to get its value, save it, change, do some actions and restore. But I was told that it isn't possible. Please, tell me, is it true? If no, tell me, how can I get value from a constant and set my value for it?

A: This is not possible. The point of a constant is to not be changed, and once a constant is defined it cannot be redefined or deleted.
However there are options. You could use normal variables or maybe this can be helpfull in some way: Un-define constants with define/apc_define_constants in PHP
According to that post you can use the apc_* functions to undefine and define it. So you can change it in the fashion of deleting it, and creating it again with a new value.

A: Try to get the CONSTANT in other var and use it as global..refer below e.g.
$copyconstant = CONSTANT_VAR;

Then use $copyconstant declaring as global in pages;

global $copyconstant;
echo $copyconstant;

A: Constants are meant to be constant and do not change, what you are asking to do requires the use of a variable.


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Q: android linearlaout layout_width not working as expected What is wrong in this xml ? the two textviews don't seem to occupy same space
           <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/detail_address" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:padding="10px"
                android:layout_weight="1">
                <TextView android:id="@+id/address" android:text="Address:"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:textColor="@color/fontonbg"
                    android:gravity="right" android:layout_weight="1" />
                <TextView android:id="@+id/address_details"
                    android:text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:textColor="@color/bigfontonbg" android:textStyle="bold"
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Fortunio Bonanova, pseudònim de Josep Lluís Moll (Palma, 13 de gener de 1895 - Woodland, Califòrnia, 2 d'abril de 1969), va ser baríton, actor de cinema i teatre, productor, director, amb aparicions notables a televisió com a convidat i va participar amb funcions diferents a alguns films i sèries de televisió, ballarí, dramaturg, i novel·lista. Segons Lluis Fàbregas Cuixart, el pseudònim Fortunio Bonanova corresponia al seu desig de cercar fortuna i a l'estimació pel barri de la Bonanova, de Palma.

Biografia
Fortunio Bonanova va ser telegrafista de professió. Estudià música amb l'italià Giovachini. Primer estudià a Madrid i després a París. L'any 1921 debutà com a cantant amb la romança de Tannhäuser, al Teatre Principal de Palma. Aquell any, amb Jorge Luis Borges i alguns intel·lectuals mallorquins, signà el Manifiesto del Ultra, utilitzant el pseudònim amb què es feu famós. Aquell any també debutà amb el film Don Juan Tenorio sobre l'argument de José Zorrilla, dels germans Ramon i Ricard de Baños, en blanc i negre i muda, que va ser presentat l'any següent a Nova York i a Hollywood. El 1924 dirigí la pel·lícula muda Don Joan.

El 1927 actuà a la pel·lícula Love of Sonya d'Albert Parker, amb Gloria Swanson. Fins a l'any 1932, participà, amb petits papers, en produccions a Hollywood, al costat d'artistes com Joan Bennett i Mary Astor. En aquella època interpretà a Nova York algunes òperes i sarsueles com La canción del olvido, La duquesa del Bal Tabarin, Los gavilanes i La montería.

El 1932 actuà a Careless Lady, dirigida per Kenneth Mackenna, fent el paper de Rodríguez. Aquest mateix any participà com a Pietro Rafaelo el pianista, a A Successful Calamity, de John G. Adolfi. El 1934 torna a Espanya i col·labora a la pel·lícula El desaparecido d'Antonio Graciani, on feia de primer actor. El 1935 actuà al musical de Máximo Nossik Poderoso caballero, també com a primer actor.

El 1936, a causa de la guerra civil, torna als Estats Units i participà en el film Capitán Tormenta, de Jules Bernhardt, fent el primer paper, "Capitan Bill". Aquest mateix any participà en El carnaval del diablo de Carlos F. Borcosque, on feia el paper de protagonista; i a El castigador castigado, de Ricard de Baños, en un dels primers papers. El 1938 participà a Romance in the Dark. El 1938 fa el paper de Barrera a Tropic Holiday de Theodore Reed. Aquest mateix any va fer un paper menor a Bulldog Drummond in Africa, dirigida per Louis King. El 1939 fa de primer actor a La Inmaculada, de Louis J. Gasnier.

A partir de 1940 una intensa activitat fílmica el fa col·laborar en més de quaranta pel·lícules, a I Was an Adventuress, Down Argentine Way, The Mark of Zorro, totes tres el 1940. That Night in Rio, They Met in Argentina, el 1941. També participà com a secundari a Citizen Kane, d'Orson Welles, on feia el paper de "Signor Matiste". Blood and Sand, Moon Over Miami, Unfinished Business, Two Latins from Manhattan, Yank in the RAF, totes el 1941. Mr. and Mrs. North, Four Jacks and a Jill, Obliging Young Lady, Sing Your Worries Away, Larceny Inc., Gil Trouble, Black Swan, el 1942. Hello, Frisco, Hello, el 1943. Five Graves to Cairo, estrenada a Espanya amb el títol de Cinco tumbas al Cairo (1943); i Dixie. Així mateix a For Whom The Bells Tolls (1943) de Sam Wood, doblada al castellà com Por quién doblan las campanas, fent el paper de "Fernando". El mateix any va participar en The Song of Bernadette. El 1944 va participar a The Sultan's Daughter, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, My Best Gal, Falcon in Mexico, Double Indemnity (Perdición), Mrs. Parkington, Brasil.

El 1945 actuà a Where Do We Go from Here?, A Bell for Adano, Man Alive, Hit the Hay, Red Dragon, The Sailor Takes a Wife. El 1946 fa Pepita Jiménez, Monsieur Beaucaire. [[The Sun Also Rises]] (Fiesta) de l'any 1947. El mateix any La diosa arrodillada, El fugitiu i Rose of Santa Rosa. Romance on the High Seas, Angel of the Amazon, Adventures of Don Juan, l'any 1948. Bad Men of Tombstone i Whirpool el 1949. Nancy Goes to Rio, September Affair, el 1950. Havana Rose (1951). Thunder Bay, Moon Is Blue, So This Is Love (The Grace Moore Story, al Regne Unit), Perseguida, Conquest of Cochise i Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach, del 1953. New York Confidential, Kiss Me Deadly, a la sèrie de televisió The Count of Monte Cristo, el 1955. El 1956 actuà a Jaguar; i el 1957 a An Affair to Remenber.

El 1959 feu un paper a Thunder in the Sun. A Espanya actuà a la pel·lícula rodada a Eivissa, el 1961, Los tres que robaron un banco. Al film de John Ford L'home que va matar Liberty Valance, del 1962. L'any següent (1963) participà a Running Man de Carol Reed, amb dos actors espanyols que després tendrien molt de nom: Fernando Rey i Juanjo Menéndez. El 1964 participà en la pel·lícula La muerte silba un blues de Jesús Franco; i el 1967 a The Million Dollar Collar.

Va participar en unes 80 pel·lícules, encara que en algunes, les escenes on sortia no van ser posades a la versió final. També va fer de conseller tècnic a Blood and Sand (1941) (no sortia als crèdits), com a productor a La Inmacuada (1939), i com a director a Don Joan (1924). A la televisió va actuar com un convidat notable en set ocasions i va actuar a la pel·lícula Ballad of Hector, the Stowaway Dog (1964) feta per a la televisió, on tenia el paper d'inspector.

Morí a causa d'un vessament cerebral.

La seva tomba és al Holy Cross Cemetery de Culver City, al comtat de Los Angeles.

Filmografia

Com a actor
 1922: Don Juan Tenorio
 1924: Don Joan
 1932: Careless Lady: Rodriguez 1932: A Successful Calamity: Pietro Rafaelo, the Pianist
 1934: El Desaparecido: Repórter 1935: Poderoso caballero 1936: El Castigador castigado 1936: El Capitan Tormenta: Capt. Bill
 1936: El Carnaval del diablo
 1938: Romance in the Dark: Tenor 1938: Tropic Holiday: Barrera
 1938: Bulldog Drummond in Africa: African police corporal 1939: La Inmaculada 1940: I Was an Adventuress: Orchestra Leader
 1940: Sous le ciel d'Argentine (Down Argentine Way): Hôtel Manager
 1940: Le Signe de Zorro (The Mark of Zorro): Sentry
 1941: Une nuit à Rio (That Night in Rio): Pereira, the Headwaiter
 1941: They Met in Argentina: Pedro, Ranch Blacksmith 1941: Citizen Kane: Signor Matiste
 1941: Arènes sanglantes (Blood and Sand): Pedro Espinosa
 1941: Soirs de Miami (Moon Over Miami): Mr. Pretto, el gerent de l'hotel
 1941: Unfinished Business: Impresario 1941: Two Latins from Manhattan: Armando Rivero
 1941: A Yank in the RAF: Louis, Headwaiter at Regency 1942: Four Jacks and a Jill: Mike - Nightclub Owner
 1942: Mr. and Mrs. North: Buano 1942: Call Out the Marines: El cap
 1942: Obliging Young Lady: Cap 1942: Sing Your Worries Away: Gaston
 1942: Larceny, Inc.: Anton Copoulos, barber 1942: Girl Trouble: Simon Cordoba
 1942: Le Cygne noir (The Black Swan): Don Miguel
 1943: Hello Frisco, Hello: cantant d'òpera 1943: Five Graves to Cairo: Gen. Sebastiano
 1943: Dixie: Cambrer 1943: For Whom the Bell Tolls: Fernando
 1943: The Song of Bernadette: Imperial Prince Louis 1944: The Sultan's Daughter: Kuda
 1944: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: Old Baba 1944: My Best Gal: Charlie
 1944: Going My Way: Tomaso Bozanni 1944: Double Indemnity: Sam Garlopis
 1944: Mrs. Parkington: Signor Cellini 1944: Brasil: Senor Renato Da Silva
 1945: Where Do We Go from Here?: Christopher Columbus 1945: La Pícara Susana 1945: A Bell for Adano: Cap de policia Gargano
 1945: Man Alive: Prof. Zorado 1945: Hit the Hay: Mario Alvini
 1945: Red Dragon: Insp. Luis Carvero 1945: The Sailor Takes a Wife: Telephone Man
 1946: Pepita Jiménez
 1946: Le Joyeux barbier (Monsieur Beaucaire): Don Carlos
 1947: Fiesta: Antonio Morales
 1947: La Diosa arrodillada: Nacho Gutierrez 1947: Dieu est mort (The Fugitive): The Governor's Cousin 1947: Rose of Santa Rosa: Don Manuel Ortega
 1948: Romance à Rio (Romance on the High Seas): Plinio
 1948: Tam-tam a l'Amazone (Angel on the Amazon): Sebastian Ortega
 1948: Les Aventures de Don Joan (Adventures of Don Juan): Don Serafino
 1949: J'ai épousé un hors-la-loi (Bad Men of Tombstone): Mingo
 1949: Le Mystérieux docteur Korvo (Whirlpool): Feruccio di Ravallo
 1950: September Affair: Grazzi
 1950: Voyage à Rio (Nancy Goes to Rio): Ricardo Domingos
 1950: Les Amants de Capri (September Affair): Grazzi
 1951: Havana Rose: Ambassador DeMarco 1953: Le Port des passions (Thunder Bay): Xèrif Antoine Chighizola 1953: The Moon Is Blue: Artista de televisió
 1953: So This Is Love: Dr. Marafioti 1953: Perseguida (Second Chance): Mandy 1953: Conquest of Cochise: Mexican Minister
 1953: Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach: TV Ansager 1955: New York confidentiel (New York Confidential): Senor 1955: Un petó mortal (Kiss Me Deadly): Carmen Trivago 1956: Jaguar: Francisco Servente
 1957: Tu i jo (An Affair to Remember): Courbet
 1958: L'Implacable poursuite (The Saga of Hemp Brown): Serge Bolanos
 1959: El congost de la mort (Thunder in the Sun): Fernando Christophe 1963: Le Deuxième homme (The Running Man): Spanish Bank Manager 1964: Agent 077 operation Jamaique (La Muerte silba un blues)

 Com a productor
 1939: La Inmaculada Com a realitzador
 1924: Don Joan Bibliografia

 Catalina Aguiló, i J. A. Mendiola: Fortunio Bonanova: un home de llegend''. Di7 Grup d'Edició, 1997 - 101 pàgines.  (hi ha una edició castellana: Di7, 1999 - 98 pàgines)
 Mario Verdaguer. Medio siglo de vida íntima barcelonesa. Guillermo Canals Editor. Primera edición: Diciembre 2008. Palma.
 Antonio Méndez. Cine Clásico Protagonistas. Editorial Vision Net. Madrid. .

Enllaços externs
 https://web.archive.org/web/20010803064328/http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1059/operalis.html
 http://www.cinefania.com/persona.php/Fortunio+Bonanova
 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/FortunioBonanova-1020243
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093769

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CITY PAGES: Pandemic News, Newcomer Help, and Snow Plow Names
Published on Mar 13, 2021 Aug 25, 2021 by Adam A. Donaldson
The City of Guelph puts out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City's website somewhere, wouldn't it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…?
Mayor Guthrie Marks One Year Since Pandemic Start
This past week marked the first anniversary of when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and Mayor Cam Guthrie released a statement to share a few thoughts on the matter. He thanked Dr. Nicola Mercer and the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health team for their hard work, and that every effort is being made to get everyone a COVID-19 vaccination. But there's also still a bit of work that's left to be done.
"We all need to keep following the public health guidelines, keeping our distance, and wearing our masks just a little while longer," Guthrie said in a statement. "I know you're tired. I know you want to see family and friends again. But we have to hang in there just a little bit longer. Thank you to our community, for coming together and doing your part of the past year."
Medical Officer Asks You to Be Nice to Staff
Along with the Mayor's message of patience and perseverance at the one-year mark of the pandemic, there's a slightly different message coming from the Medical Officer of Health, be nice. In a letter to the community, Dr. Nicola Mercer asked for area residents to show compassion and empathy for public health staff who have been seeing an increase in the number of aggressive and negative comments being directed at them in emails and social media comments.
"When we feel stressed or scared, our first response may be to translate those feelings into anger and frustration. However, there is never an excuse to bully or abuse anyone- including Public Health staff," Mercer said in a statement. "Our team will continue to do everything we can to support you and tackle COVID-19. As we do, please exercise patience and kindness if you are engaging with Public Health staff for any reason. Treating each other with compassion and empathy is the only way we will get through this pandemic.
For Newcomers: Vaccine Advice That Speaks Your Language
Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington is teaming up with WDG Public Health to deliver vaccine information nights to Guelph newcomers. Noting the lack of COVID-19 vaccine info for people for whom English is not a first language, and the fact that many new Canadians work in areas with a higher risk of catching the virus like food service and manufacturing, the executive director of ISGW can't understate the need for this program.
"Unfortunately, there are too many unreliable resources available on the Internet that don't adequately educate our clients about the country's vaccination plan," said Sandra Cocco in a media release. "We want to ensure that newcomers are well-informed before making that decision."
Information sessions in Vietnamese, Arabic, Mandarin, Tigrinya, and Nepali start next week.
Meet Your New Snow Plows!
Submissions are closed, the results have been tabulated, and the Guelph Storm have revealed the winning names for the City's new snow plows.
Blizzard of Oz – Liam Pollon / Ken Danby Public School (21 per cent)
Flocon (French for Snowflake) – St. Rene Goupil (19 per cent)
Darth Blader – Vaughan & Lachlan Rocha/ William C. Winegard (16 per cent)
Sir-Plows-a-Lot – Tricia Mellor and Anna McDonough/Central (9 per cent)
Frost Bite – Josh Spencer/ Guelph Montessori (8 per cent)
Lil' Plow Wow – Andrew Hyatt /John McCrae (8 per cent)
Mr. Plow, Gryph, Curb Crusher, and Big Poppy were the four honourable mentions.
Golden Memories Revealed!
Despite the pandemic, 2020 Artist-in-Residence Jenny Mitchell has finished her project, #GoldenGuelph. For the project, Mitchell collected items and memories from people all over the city. These items and memories were of people, places and things that carry a special historical significance to Guelph, and Mitchell then interviewed community members about these things, and paired that audio with the image and artwork. If that wasn't enough, you can also get one of the memories on a t-shirt like Mitchell's own popular "Gone Guelph" line.
"#GoldenGuelph was a massive undertaking," said Tammy Adkin, manager of Museums and Culture in a media statement. "Jenny has done an incredible job navigating pandemic protocols to complete this project and her hard work throughout the course of the residency deserves to be celebrated."
You can see the whole #GoldenGuelph collection by clicking here.
LIP Collecting More Info About Guelph's Immigrant Community
The Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership (GWLIP) is teaming up with the City of Guelph to gather feedback about the lived experiences of people who have been victims of racial discrimination in the area. This work will compliment the implementation of the Community Plan, and will be presented to council later this year. The survey is being done through Forum Research, and will be conducted anonymously with Guelph residents.
"More than ever, the Guelph and Wellington communities understand that, despite progress, discrimination continues to be a fact of life for many residents. As with any issue, we need to take an evidence-based approach to understanding the problem if we hope to create real solutions," said Leen Al Habash, GWLIP Project Manager in a statement. "Through this survey, we will attempt to collect a representative sample of the undoubtedly wide variety of experiences residents have had, ensuring that the voices of our community can lead us to a better tomorrow."
GRCA Warns That Spring Flooding is Now a Concern
With the weather warming up, the Grand River Conservation Authority is warning about what will likely be increased run off in area lakes and rivers due to rain and melted snow. A flood watch was issued last week for all areas in the Grand River watershed and has been continually updated ever since.
Run off is one concern, and so is ice on local waterways, which is now extremely unstable and will break up and shift, increasing the risk of flooding in areas prone to ice jams. Consequently, all ice fishing has been closed in conservation areas for the season.
In the most recent update a flood warning remains in effect for the Nith River area in New Hamburg and Ayr, while a flood watch remains in effect for areas around the Grand River watershed. Major reservoirs, including the one at Guelph Lake, will be storing runoff to reduce the risk of flooding downstream, and all municipalities in the GRCA are being asked to keep their flood co-ordinators on-hand to monitor conditions, and to make area residents and businesses aware of the risk and make them familiar with flood plan responses.
The current advisory will remain in effect until Monday at 4:30 pm.
Short Notes:
*The Guelph Humane Society have moved into their new home at 190 Hanlon Creek Boulevard, and have returned to normal business operations.
*The City of Guelph will be installing sewer and water pipes in a stretch of York Road between Ontario Street and Brockville Avenue starting on March 29, and work will continue till the end of October.
*The Market Square rink is closed for the season.
*Starting on March 15, the City of Guelph will be collecting yard waste every other week on your grey bun collection day.
Categories News•Tags Artist in Residence, Cam Guthrie, City of Guelph, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Grand River Conservation Authority, Guelph Storm, Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership, Jenny Mitchell, Nicola Mercer, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
Previous Anti-Mask Event Planned for Downtown Guelph This Sunday
Next City Council Preview – What's on the Agenda for the March 22 Meeting?


iEat Green Shares Interview With Eric-Holt Gimenez from iEat Green.
Eric-Holt Gimenez was my guest this past Thursday, and before we began our interview we shared a moment of appreciation for Frances Lappe, whose royalties from Diet for a Small Planet actually funded the humble beginnings of Food First.
Eric Holt-Giménez, who has been the Executive Director of Food First since 2006, is also the editor and co-author of many great books that center around the social, environmental and political issues within our good food movement. In Gimenez's most recent book, he explains how capitalism is the real driver of our global food system. He offers us up a well-informed perspective that the commodification of food has actually bolstered capitalism by its perpetuation of structural racism, classism and patriarchy.
Gimenez states that, along with the ever-evolving foodscape of dine-ins and dine-outs, the food movement itself has been changing. Ultimately, he and I both agree that we've come to the end of the line in our food system; that we need to change things, especially to remediate problems in public health and the environment. However, most importantly, Gimenez says that change in the food system cannot happen in isolation from capitalism.
But what leverage do we have? Again, we both agree, now is the time to be fearless; now is the time to overcome our obstacles with Love and Transparency. "Dismantling racism, classism, sexism is not extra work, it is the work! " he says about action taking place in the good food movement. Furthermore, the issues we're faced with are not technical issues, but rather political issues.
May we end our 2018 year and begin our 2019 year, focusing on the communities not only currently impacted by negative food system, but also the communities that have been most historically impacted, because within those are individuals who cannot escape their karma. For many of us, we must try to do more than just vote with our fork, which is only responding through consumer demand, but we need to think of those who don't have that privilege to eat as it aligns with their beliefs.


Stamps At Play: STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Linky Party!
STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Linky Party!
Today starts STAMPlorations 3rd annual Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Wishlist Linky Party!!! Get ready for oodles of inspiration, fun and chances to win prizes! You'll get all the deets HERE.
...PLUS, how'd you like a FREE WORD/PHRASE DIE ($10 value)? When you place your order and use the BIGTHANKS (40% off) coupon code, put in the notes section that you saw this deal on my (KATHY'S) website and tell Shery which FREE WORD/PHRASE DIE you'd like!!!
Great card! Love the scarecrow!!
Fabulous Fall card design. Love the scarecrow.
Love the cute scarecrow, beautiful card!
Cute scene you created. Love the background.
So cute-I love that scarecrow.
I am digging that background you made. It is lovely. The scarecrow and leaves and pumpkins all come together to make a scene that is really cute.
the 'thankful' die (& that it's one piece).
Such a fun card, Kathy!
Your scarecrow, standing in the midst of the pumpkin patch and falling leaves, is delightful! Another fabulous showcase of YOUR creativity with STAMPlorations products!
Cute Fall card. Great coloring and I like the background.
Such a vibrant, fun card!
I love this colorful fall card!
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Wonderful, Kathy! I love the inky background and that sweet scarecrow!
That's such a great fall card ! I love your background !
gorgeous card :) love those fall colors. Happy thanksgiving !
I love that fab background on your lovely fall scene!
Beautiful colors and love the background! Gorgeous Card!


Research has shown that students who are taught to recognize spelling generalizations among words show more spelling success. This program focuses on these common spelling rules through four primary strategies of instruction: visual memory, phonics, word structure, and analogy.
Systematic lessons plans highlight key activities with three- or five-day teaching options.


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Clelin Ferrell says Raiders sick and tired of losing
Clelin Ferrell and his defensive teammates have taken on a hefty share of criticism the last two years for the Raiders' failure to qualify for the playoffs and the numbers haven't been great.
Raiders' players Johnathan Abram, Maxx Crosby, Clelin Ferrell and Richie Incognito spoke to media on Wednesday after the OTA session and talked about what it's been like to return to the field as a team and get ready for the 2021 season. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
By Adam Hill / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Defensive end Clelin Ferrell (99) grabs some air during a Las Vegas Raiders open practice at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Henderson. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Defensive end Clelin Ferrell (99), defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) and defensive end Carl Nassib (94) look on during a Las Vegas Raiders open practice at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Henderson. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Defensive end Clelin Ferrell (99) runs a drill during a Las Vegas Raiders open practice at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Henderson. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Defensive lineman Darius Philon (96, left) runs a drill with defensive end Clelin Ferrell (99) during a Las Vegas Raiders open practice at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Henderson. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Defensive lineman Clelin Ferrell enters his third year laser-focused on learning a new defensive system and ready to take the next step in his career.
He believes his teammates, including fellow 2019 first-rounder Johnathan Abram, are on the same page.
The motivation is simple.
"All of us are tired of losing," he said. "It's not just the fact that we're losing, it's the fact we get right there to the playoffs and just can't get over the hump."
Ferrell and his defensive teammates have taken on a hefty share of criticism the last two years for the team's failure to qualify for the playoffs and the numbers haven't been great.
He said the negative comments have been difficult to ignore, but the real issue isn't tuning out the negativity. Ferrell believes it can serve as fuel to spark the team's turnaround, but he is careful not to take it so seriously.
"The question is what to do with it," Ferrell said. "You take it and evaluate it. When you break it down, it's people who don't wake up and do what we do every single day speaking on what we do every single day.
"We understand people have opinions, but you can't tell me how to drive a car you never drove. That's how I look at it."
Stills impressive
Ferrell said it's tough to form too much of an opinion of some of the team's newcomers this early in the process.
The Raiders haven't even put on pads yet.
But that didn't stop him from raving about one of the newest additions on the defensive side of the ball.
"I don't really evaluate guys until we put the pads on, but a guy I like a lot is Darius Stills, the undrafted rookie from West Virginia," Ferrell said. "Real, real good dude with a lot of twitch. You could just tell from his movements in the drills he's got a little something to it. I like his game."
Stills' father Gary played linebacker for 10 years in the NFL for the Chiefs, Ravens and Rams. He also played one season with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.
Contact Adam Hill at ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ on Twitter.
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Entering the Salon you will notice an L-shaped sofa and two bar stools at the galley countertop. A U-shaped dinette is to starboard. Counter tops in the galley are granite. To the starboard is one guest stateroom with side by side berths and just forward is a third stateroom with upper/lower bunk berths. To port is the midship master stateroom with a diagonal queen berth and private head. Forward is the guest stateroom with centerline island queen berth. There is a stacked washer/dryer in the companionway and linen storage closet.


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The scope of the general terms and conditions apply to contracts concluded between the Casa Mia Hungary Bt. and natural persons or business associations with or without legal personality. The Casa Mia Hungary Bt. provides, accordingly the instructions of the client, with respect to the identified purpose, the purchase, exchange, lease, rent, usufruct, use, donation or lease of any house, land, or parts thereof (in general called property). This includes the search for suitable properties and the arrangement and execution of these transactions.
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3. a) Conclusion of the contract for purchase or rent.
The properties offered by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. on its website, brochures, catalogs, price list, etc.) no means as a contract offer, but are merely an invitation to make a legally valid binding offer by the customer of the Casa Mia Hungary Bt. This binding offer may be issued in the native language of the prospective customers. On request, Casa Mia Hungary Bt. provides a corresponding form available for downloading on the website. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. may alter the solicitation of an offer at any time. The Casa Mia Hungary Bt. unfortunately can not guarantee, that the order of prospects can be satisfied accordingly the offer actually. It may happen, that the concerned object is no longer or is no longer available at the time of request. In this case we will be especially committed to providing alternative properties.
The contract comes through about acceptance of the offer by the Casa Mia Hungary Bt. This can be done by mail, fax, e-mail, or in any other written form. But it is sufficient, if Casa Mia Hungary Bt. completes the order compilant the offer. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. confirms the receipt of the offer within 7 days. In absence of confirmation, the binding offer will expire. This 7-day period may be extended by the absence of the seller. In this case, the Casa Mia Hungary Bt. have to inform the buyer in writing via email, fax or mail.
The final real estate purchase contract is concluded by the signature of a Hungarian lawyer or notary. The official language is Hungarian. Before signing, the client receives a contract in his native language (or in the language of his choice) to the previous control by email, fax or by mail. Legally, the Hungarian version is binding. The foreign language versions are only for the buyer's/seller´s control. The tranlator (lawyer/translation agency) shall be liable for the correct translation of the contract.
The provided details about a property made with the diligence of a prudent real estate agent by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. The details to the properties are delivered by the owner.For the accuracy of statemet no guarantee can be given by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. The broker shall be liable to consumers notwithstanding the legal basis only for intent and gross negligence. The broker shall be liable to consumers notwithstanding the legal basis only for intent and gross negligence.
Real estate purchase contracts not subject to the provisions for Distance Selling Act contracts.
The property will be advertised and described in detail (website, brochure, advertisements) by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. can change the information about the property at any time before signing the purchase contract.
In many cases Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is in relation with other persons and companies, which can be taken to fulfill the contract concluded. For these individuals, the Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is liable as if Casa Mia Hungary Bt. had acted themselves.
 If the parties enter into an-other transaction instead of the originally agreed contract type (e.g. donation instead buying, leasing rather than buying).
 If the contractual partners make a different property to her contractual subject, differnt than originally agreed (eg. home instead of flat).
 If a transaction does not come into beeing with a prospect named by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. but with a third party, because it has a statutory or contractual preemption, or each other form of right.
 If the client does not sign the contract as agreed, but whose relatives or juridical persons with their participation (and its legal successor, or caused by conversion of juridical persons, or whose leading officials, or members (and their relatives).
 If the owner(s) of a property sign a contract with one of the persons mentioned above after the termination of the brokerage contract with Casa Mia Hungary Bt., although the contracting party was named by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. before termination of the broker contract.
 If the prospective buyer announces the possibility of concluding a legal transaction to a third party and this one closes the deal, the prospective buyer is liable for the agreed fee, if the third party refuses to pay.
 If the contracting parties are using Casa Mia Hungary Bt as a broker, even if they are already independently in contact at other levels.
The commission is always based on the actual purchase price of the property inclusive any expense, rental or lease price, lot number and number of necessary purchase contracts.
Side agreements of the contracting parties have no influence on the amount of the service fee Casa Mia Hungary Bt. entitled. The amount of commission is 3% of the purchase price, or minimum of € 1.000, - plus 27% VAT. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is entitled to agree commissions with both parties of a legal transaction, or to ask from each group of the various parties. The commission is due upon closing the contract in cash. Changes in the method of payment must be given in writing.
 For a rent with max. 24-month period: 2 montly rents + 27% VAT.
For not explicitly listed legal transactions the commissions are freely negotiable but the amount is based on the calculation method above.
If agreed appointments are not complied, Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is entitled to invoice 10.000,- HUF + 27% VAT hourly rate as well as accumulating charges.
7. a) During the term of an Exclusive Agency Contract, the owner can not convey the property, not even through an assigned third party. This prohibition also applies to the relatives of the owner and juridical persons (companies) with his participation. Only Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is exclusively charged to offer the property accordingly under instructions of the owner for sale.
7. b) Sold the owner to a person, which is not nominated by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. within contractual period, a lump rate for breach of contract in the amount of commission in point 6 has to be paid.
7. c) If the Exclusive Agency Contract is terminated through no fault of Casa Mia Hungary Bt. by the contracting authority prematurely, a lump rate for breach of contract in the amount of commission in point 6 has to be paid.
7. d) The duration of the Exclusive Agency Contract follows the contract.
7. e) The General (non-exclusive) Agency Contracts are concluded for an indefinite period and may be dissolved with immediate effect at any time.
7. f) The owner has to inform Casa Mia Hungary Bt. in writing, if he wants to terminate the contract or if he sold the property successfully itselfs immediately (within 3 working days). If he fails to do so, Casa Mia Hungary Bt., can invoice a lump rate of 30.000,- HUF + 27% VAT.
7. g) After the owner agreed a deal with a prospective customer nominated by Casa Mia Hungary Bt. the commission is still legally due even if a cancellation of the contract occurs.
The client also has to pay commission if the business contradict the general civil law principles (good faith), meaning that conclusion of the deal can not be established because the owner delayed, contrary to the previous negotiation process, failing to provide an explanation without important reason.
The consumer may rescind the contract within 14 days after signing the contract. This right of the consumer can be applied from the day the contract concluded. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is obliged to refund payments by the consumer within 30 days after the resignation. Excluded from the repayment are business services (such as purchase contracts) or fees (e.g. land register excerpts). Services which are attributable directly the Casa Mia Hungary Bt. (e.g. travel expenses, working time) may be charged only in the actually incurred amount and reduce the repayment. The consumer bears the cost of remittances back recoverable sum, beyond that nothing comes at his expense. The advice of cancellation can be in free writing, by email, fax or even be made orally with written counter-confirmation. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. provides an appropriate form available for download on its website.
Only the relation between the customer and Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is regulated by the Conditions of Use. Purchase contracts themselves are usually concluded between two natural persons (parties). There is no right of withdrawal.
 If the consumer as client has expressly requested premature action within the withdrawal period.
 If the contract was concluded in the offices of Casa Mia Hungary Bt.
Fluctuations in fees or service lines, which are caused by exchange rates and not lying within the control of the Casa Mia Hungary Bt., establishes no right of withdrawal.
Consumer is a person who enters into a contract because of private reasons.
Casa Mia Hungary Bt. ls liable for the transmission of the interceded property, and if it is possible, for its entry in the Land Register. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. does not guarantee for the specified data (e.g. area measures) and hidden errors of the property. This data is also provided to Casa Mia Hungary Br. by the property owner or from Land Registry. So the claims can be brought only against these people to bear.
Casa Mia Hungary Bt. may manage the necessary data for the identification of the client, to design contracts, for accounting and for in-house marketing purposes. Casa Mia Hungary Bt. is not allowed to hand-out this data to third parties. On request, the data will be deleted unless they are not required for legal purposes.
During all proceedings both parties are obliged to mutually cooperate in good faith and according the principle of honesty. They must work together with the contract and take the legitimate interests of the contractor into account.
The selection of the lawyer is up to the Casa Mia Hungary Bt.
For the disputes arising contracts only the City Court Szombathely or the County Court of Vas is responsible.
The provisions of the Hungarian law applies to this contract. Other verbal agreements are invalid. Modifications of this contract must be in writing. We remind that it is a translation of the Terms and Conditions from Hungarian to the English version. In case of dispute the Hungarian version shall essential.


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Linton, Old Cottages c.1955
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This is the 45th of 52 Linton photos.
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Memories of Linton
Linton Butcher Herbert Fordham
My mother, Gladys Fordham, was born in Linton in 1903. Her father, Herbert, was a local butcher. As a child in the 1950s, summer holidays would always mean a trip to Linton and I would visit my grandfather at his home behind the shop in the High St. with my aunt, Olive Sadler (nee Fordham).. The family lived at (...Read full memory)
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I Might Have Been An Undertaker
Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, where she would place me in the care of the nan would meet me as I got off the bus at The Swan; (...Read full memory)
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Building History.
The photograph shows a shop and house which my grandmother ran between 1931 and 1952. It was then run by my uncle until it was sold as a house in 1979. My grandmother's name was Colville and she ran the shop as a general stores. Before the building was a shop it was a public house called the Axe and Compass and part of the building was a cobblers shop. The building itself goes back to 1599.
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My Mother's Memories
My mother who is Dorothy Tofts (now Dorothy Rouse) was at the college when it opened in 1937. Mr. Tomlinson was Head Master. Mr. Swannel was her music teacher and drama teacher. Her sister Marjorie Tofts got married in 1938 and was the first bride to have her reception held at the college.
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If you want to take advantage of our childcare services on the night of the Gala, which includes pizza, movies, and games all at First Baptist Church, 19 W. Main Street, email Annette at mailto:Annette@MoorestownTheaterCompany.org with your child's / children's name. The cost is $30 for one child, $50 for two siblings and $60 for three or more siblings. We must have at least 10 children to provide this service. You must be attending the Gala to use the service.


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The best games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons
By Jon Bitner	 May 6, 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' laid-back gameplay has taken the world by storm. There's never been a better time to stay inside and enjoy the leisurely island lifestyle — and people are loving what the title has to offer. But once you've burned through your first 40 hours, New Horizons is best played in short bursts. Most people will log in for a few minutes each day, see what's happening on the island, finish their daily tasks, and quickly log out.
If you love everything about Animal Crossing and are looking for a similar game, or don't own a Nintendo Switch, the following eight titles might be just what you need. None of them are identical to New Horizons, but they all offer a unique combination of crafting, exploring, and chatting with your NPC neighbors that New Horizons fans are bound to enjoy.
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My Time at Portia (PC, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Not only is My Time at Portia an excellent life simulator, but its graphics are just as cute as New Horizons'. Players will travel to their family's rundown workshop in the town of Portia and do what they can to restore the neglected land. While harvesting resources and farming will take up a significant chunk of time, there's also the chance to interact with dozens of entertaining townsfolk — you can even try to romance a potential spouse. And for those who get bored of the laid-back lifestyle, Portia offers up some ancient ruins that are home to terrifying beasts that need to be dealt with.
The Sims 4 (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
What else is there to say about The Sims 4 that hasn't already been said? The series is one of the most popular around, offering both hardcore and casual players an incredible amount of control over their Sim's life. Customize their look, home — even give them a job — then slowly upgrade everything as you play. There are numerous unique locations to explore, events to attend, and items to collect. Fans of the Animal Crossing series will love the robust building system — but might miss the lack of humanoid animals.
Terraria (PC, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS)
Originally thought to be a simple 2D Minecraft knock-off, Terraria has proven itself to be so much more. Players can collect over 3,000 items, battle more than 300 enemies, and explore 20-plus unique biomes. Although it originally launched in 2015, a massive update — titled Journey's End — is set to launch on May 16, bringing with it over 1000 new items and a creative mode. Terraria is much more action oriented than New Horizons, but it still gives players access to a beautiful world to explore, along with the tools needed to make that place home.
Stardew Valley (PC, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS)
Another farming sim, another rundown farm to fix up. Considering this game was almost entirely crafted by one developer, the amount of content packed into the world is incredible. Your main concerns will be cleaning up the farm and planting crops, but you'll also have the chance to explore dungeons, go fishing, take part in seasonal events, and put the moves on the local population. This one is just as laid-back as Animal Crossing, although you might feel a bit of anxiety creeping in as the day ends and you hustle to finish the rest of your chores.
Minecraft (PC, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS)
The bestselling game of all time, Minecraft lets players make the world their own. Enjoy delving into dangerous cave systems? Prefer to start a small farm and raise animals? Or maybe you just want to build massive structures and terraform your land? No matter what you choose, you'll have a large degree of freedom when it comes to gameplay. If you can get past the blocky graphics, you'll find a lot to love in this hit title.
Rune Factory 4 (Nintendo Switch, 3DS)
If you enjoyed New Horizons but wished there was a bit more action, Rune Factory 4 will be the perfect fit. It features all the usual life simulator tropes — such as farming and marriage — but you'll also spend most of your time going on dungeon runs and slaying monsters. And while the game certainly isn't the prettiest to look at, it makes up for it with charming characters and over-the-top dialog.
Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (PC, Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS)
There was a time when Harvest Moon was the only farming simulator on the market. Now — even with several other great options available — the series is still a great choice. The graphics in the latest installment are a bit goofy, but you'll still have access to the same excellent content that has kept the series relevant over the past decade. Better yet, the game offers a robust co-op mode that allows you to tackle all the challenges with a friend by your side.
Slime Rancher (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
This one is by far the strangest game on the list, but one that New Horizons fans will probably fall in love with. The game plays out from a first-person perspective but is every ounce as adorable as Animal Crossing. Players jump into the role of Beatrix LeBeau, a young ranch worker who travels light-years away from Earth to try and live out her dreams on the Far, Far Range. Your playtime will be split between growing crops, upgrading gear, exploring the massive open world, and trying to unlock the 150-plus hybrid slime species. It's certainly different from New Horizons, yet it still manages to be a relaxing game that will keep you glued to your screen for hours on end.
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The pazhahutamil.com the great Tamil learning resource for Singapore school students has been launched today. The LMS (learning management system) for this portal has been customized from Moodle (an open source LMS). It has huge multimedia based content that has been developed using Flash and other Rich media development platforms which will help students visually learn the Tamil language. The teacher portal is well shaped to track the viewing/reading of the courses by students.
Dart Innovations engaging itself with this portal to keep updating the content as well as the features.


Kate MacKenzie is a New Zealand artist from Hawkes Bay and has been painting mostly full time since 1999.
In 2000 and 2001 she became a finalist with 3 works in the National Telecom Art Awards, and in 2002 was chosen as feature Artist for the "Hawkes Bay Vintners Charity Wine Auction with her painting entitled "The Naked Bidder".
Kates work has also been selected for Hawkes Bay Review and in recent years, the EAST Exhibition.
Her paintings have been sold in galleries throughout New Zealand and 6 of her earlier works are displayed in the reception area of the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor in Wellington.
Kate is now embarking on a new approach to painting and has completed a series of oils on Plywood.
Elements of surrealism, expressionism and subtle quirky humour are mingled in a unique style, with hide-and-seek references and playful visual puns.


Are you planning a camping day? You have purchased a desirable tent, and you have picked up a good location for your campsite. However, you wonder how you would set up a frame tent. This is your first experience of putting it. And let me help you with my step-by-step instruction on how to construct a frame tent.
The first important step is about choosing an ideal location for your tent. A good location for the tent is flat ground. Try to search your campsite at a higher elevation for avoiding water draining down into your tent in case of flood or rain.
Hence, remember flat surface with a higher elevation than surrounding area is the best location to set up a frame tent.
Before getting out of your home, be sure that you have checked carefully all things you need.
After having a good location for a campsite, you should draw on the surface what would be the size of your tent. Then clean the surface carefully, clear all of the stuff like stones, rocks, sticks and other sharp materials which can cause injuries.
In general, this step means removing all obstacles at your tent site.
After cleaning the area for your tent, the next procedure is laying out your tent on the flat surface where you decide to set it up.
To secure and fix the inside of the tent, at every corner of the tent you should make the loops and connect them with pegs. When you fix pegs into the ground, remember to stretch the fabric.
After fixing the inside on the ground, you put out all the tent poles and connect the poles segment altogether. If you do not know how to connect, take a look at the instruction manual attached to your tent package.
Now you take the poles and place them in the top corner of your tent at one end, push the pole vertically into the ground. While in this position, take the guy rope and pull it to hang the pole where it belongs to. Try to pull the guy rope as far as possible because it helps your tent safer and more stable.
Cover your flysheet over the whole tent, straitening corners with the pole. One more time pull the ending of guy ropes and tight them.
Finally check it again to be sure your tent is strong enough, and you follow the steps correctly.
To sum up, set up a frame tent is a challenging task not only for new campers but also for professional ones. However, you just need to follow step by step by the instruction; you can quickly put up a frame tent by your hands. You can feel proud of that YOU DID IT. Wish you luck with your frame tent.


Dr. Kathy Mowry is the J.B. Elizer Chair of Christian Ministry at Trevecca Nazarene University, where she has been professor of Christian Education and Intercultural Studies (Missiology) since 2007.
Prior to teaching at Trevecca she served in urban and global mission assignments. She created and directed a program of pastoral theological education by extension in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Central Asia during 11 years as a Nazarene missionary. She has also served in Point Loma Nazarene University's Center for Pastoral Leadership, in associate pastor roles in urban churches in the Los Angeles area, as director of graduate programs at the Bresee Institute for Urban Training, and as a curriculum editor for the Church of the Nazarene and David C. Cook publishers.
Dr. Mowry has a B.A. from Trevecca Nazarene University, MA degrees in both Educational Ministry (Wheaton) and Intercultural Studies (Fuller), and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary, where she was the recipient of the 2011 McGavran Award for Missiology. Kathy is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Her husband, Jon, is a minister with the homeless population of Nashville, and she has three children, Jonathan, Emily, and Julia.