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FA Group
FA Group is a modest gym that has produced several champions.
The gym was originally started in Nong Khai (Near the Laotian border) and eventually moved to Bangkok with the help of a sponsor (the FA group food company) so they could be based closer to the major stadiums.
Their most famous fighter is Petchboonchu, who has since moved on and accepted a job as a trainer at Evolve MMA in Singapore.
Petchboonchu, while still young and in his prime, has already become the most decorated fighter in the history of the sport.
Other FA group trained champions include Panom (Thailand national champion) and Fahmeechai, a former Lumpinee champion.
Looktoy, who was another very talented (and kind) fighter, won the Thailand national title, but passed away at a very young age, tragically leaving behind a newborn son.
Another FA Group based fighter making a name for himself is Yothin FA Group, who has been on a tear at the major stadiums recently.
A handful of other fighters (Wangnamyen, Petchniyom and Komawuut) have earned respected titles as well.
Behind good fighters, obviously, is a great team of trainers and one of the trainers at FA Group (Diesel) won the "trainer of the year" award after Petchboonchu had his impressive winning streak in 2015.
The gym is located behind channel 7 stadium, with the nearest public transport stations being "mo chit" (if taking the BTS) and "Chatuchak" (if taking the MRT). You can walk to the gym from either of these stations in approximately 15 minutes.
The gym itself, as mentioned, is quite small and is located at the front of a house, which is where most of the fighters stay.
They do have room available the house for foreign students, though it seems that most of them prefer to stay on one of the apartment complexes nearby.
Being located so close to the public transit system, there are plenty of accommodation options to suit all budgets.
For specific recommendations, I would suggest you contact the gym directly. You can do so via their Facebook page and I imagine you will get a response from either Somchai or Matt Lucas, who is the foreign liaison for the gym.
FA Group produces very strong clinch fighters; as is evident by Petchboonchu's grappling based fighting style, and the training reflects this.
Clinching is prioritized and is usually performed for about an hour before padwork. Before clinching and pads though, the fighters will go for a run the nearby park, then skip for approximately 30 minutes when they get back to the gym.
In addition to the high level in-house fighters that FA Group has, oftentimes the fighters from T-ded 99 will stop by and join in for clinching. This means you'll have the opportunity to train Superbank, among others.
There are two training sessions per day, 6 times per week (Sundays are rest days). The training at FA group is ideally suited towards more advanced foreign students.
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Honorary Patron
The distinguished jazz trombonist and first trombone with the BBC Big Band is the Society's Honorary Patron.
email: honpatron@britishtrombonesociety.org
The Committee meets monthly through teleconferencing and supports the aims of the British Trombone Society through its work at national and regional levels.
President - Simon Minshall
Simon is a London based freelance Bass and Contrabass Trombonist. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Simon can be heard playing in all musical genres, from the likes of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to the Ronnie Scott's Big Band. He has been an active member of the BTS for over 17 years.
email: president@britishtrombonesociety.org
Immediate Past President - Matt Gee
Matthew has been Principal Trombone with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2010. Following this appointment he gained principal positions with the Aurora Orchestra and the brass septet Septura. He is also on the teaching faculty at the Royal Academy of Music and is an active soloist. His passion for the trombone has driven him to release two solo albums Paradiso e inferno, and Matthew Gee's Amazing Sliding Circus. Both of these concept recordings address stereotypes associated with the instrument, with the express aim of introducing audiences to the beauty, expressiveness, and flexibility of an instrument often overlooked. Matthew has performed with orchestras and ensembles all over the world, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Klangforum Wein, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and has recorded and appeared in many films and television scores.
email: pastpresident@britishtrombonesociety.org
Vice-President - JON Stokes
As a performer, Jon has worked with artists such as Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett and Jamie Cullum. He also appears regularly with the John Wilson Orchestra and the Heritage Orchestra. Jon teaches at Westminster School and delivers classes and workshops all over the country.
email: vicepresident@britishtrombonesociety.org
Committee/Board of Trustees (please note that not all Trustees are members of the BTS Committee)
Chair - tom lees
Tom was the first full-time student of the sackbut at the Royal College of Music and since then has worked with all of the specialist period instrument ensembles and on dozens of productions at Shakespeare's Globe. He is a founder member of the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, and on the sackbut he has recorded with Paul McCartney at Abbey Road and for a number of films including Shrek the Third and Pride and Prejudice, in which he appears in the film playing an 18th century trombone.
email: chair@britishtrombonesociety.org
Vice-Chair - matt gee
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Secretary - Alison Keep
Originally from Windermere, Cumbria, Alison studied librarianship at Robert Gordon's in Aberdeen and held a variety of posts including District Cataloguer for Moray & Nairn Library in Scotland and Mobile Librarian for Norfolk County.
Now retired, Alison plays bass trombone in two orchestras and a brass band. Other hobbies include sailing, spinning and weaving.
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Treasurer - jane salmon
Jane is a London-based trombone player, who performs with various professional theatre and orchestral companies across the country. Jane holds prestigious teaching positions including St Paul's Cathedral School and Guildhall Young Artists' "Centre for Young Musicians" and has worked on a variety of outreach projects with the education departments of the Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra and Academy of St Martin In The Fields. Jane is a graduate of the Guildhall Schools of Music where she studied for her undergraduate degree and continued as an Artistic Fellow of the School for both 2016 and 2016.
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Adam Crighton
Originally from Aberdeen and now based in London, Adam studied bass trombone and bass sackbut at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Since graduating, Adam has enjoyed working in many different musical areas, from orchestral work with The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Royal Northern Sinfonia, to various theatre shows in London's West End and Shakespeare's Globe, and period recording & performing projects with Il Giardino Armonico, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and His Majesty's Sagbutts & Cornetts.
email: adamcrighton@britishtrombonesociety.org
JONTY HILL
Jonty Hill is the Principal Trombone of the Royal Air Force Central Band and is the Lead Trombone with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires Big Band. He graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2007 and as a freelance trombonist has performed with the English Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra and commercially alongside singers such as Cliff Richards, Mick Hucknall, Martin Shaw, Carol Kidd and Claire Martin.
He performed at the world famous Ronnie Scott's jazz club with the late great trumpeter Derek Watkins and in October 2014 recorded Gordon Langford's Rhapsody for Trombone for the Chandos Record label. He has been a featured soloist on both trombone and classical guitar at the Royal Albert Hall with the Central Band and in 2018 performed live on the Chris Evans breakfast show on BBC Radio One to an audience of 10 million people.
email: jontyhill@britishtrombonesociety.org
David Horden
David studied at Kingston University & Trinity College of Music, since graduating his CV highlights include performing with; Take That, Omar, Yolanda Brown, Peter Andre, Martha Reeves, Moscow City Ballet among many others.
Also an active educator, David holds teaching positions at Hampton School, Tiffin Boys school and Surbiton High School. David is director of The London Street Band Ltd who have performed all over the world and appeared on many TV shows.
email: davidhorden@britishtrombonesociety.org
Becky Pepper
Becky studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, gaining a BMus(hons) on trombone under Bob Hughes (London Symphony Orchestra) and Ed Jones (CBSO). She has since gone on to gain her LRSM performance diploma and the Trinity Certificate of Music Education.
In demand across the Midlands as an educator and performer, Becky is currently the low brass specialist at the Elms Junior School and a tutor with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra. She is the author of the book 'Music for Children' and throughout lockdown has built up an online teaching studio as well as the online store Trumpet_Trombone, selling teaching and practice resources and arrangements. She is an Edwards Featured Artist and plays on a T350-CRE with a custom rose-brass bell.
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Adrian Taylor
Adrian Taylor works as a professional trombonist, conductor, instrumental teacher and composer/arranger based in the Midlands. He is a founder member of English Trombone Consort and conductor of Birmingham Schools' Wind Orchestra (run by Services For Education). Many of his arrangements and compositions have been published by Warwick Music and two of his trombone study books are on the ABRSM trombone syllabus. Adrian has often played a leading role in BTS days, rehearsing his own arrangements for the massed blows or conducting the wind orchestra to accompany soloists.
email: adriantaylor@britishtrombonesociety.org
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Tom Pilsbury
Tom Pilsbury started playing trombone at age 12 and later studied undergraduate and postgraduate courses in bass and contrabass trombones at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under Bob Hughes and David Vines as well as tuition from other trombonists such as Christopher Houlding, Christian Jones, Richard Watkin and Keith McNicoll. Tom has also performed with orchestras such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the New English Concert Orchestra.
An active and self-published arranger, Tom writes arrangements from solo to large brass ensemble and has had arrangements performed at the BBC radio brass prize, the BTS Bob Hughes Bass Trombone Competition and by the CBSO brass ensemble.
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Geoff wolmark
Born and educated in London and studied at Trinity College of Music and Hull University, Geoff has lived in East Yorkshire (Hull, Beverley and now Hutton Cranswick) for over 50 years.
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Now extremely old, but hoping to become even more so!
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Melbourne: Tennis star Leander Paes on Sunday got off to a winning start in the Australian Open as he along with his partner Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia moved to the second round of the tournament.
Paes and Ostapenko defeated the Australian pair of Storm Sanders and Marc Polmans 6-7, 6-3, 10-6.
The Indian star had to face disappointment in the first set, as he along with his partner faced defeat.
However, Paes and Ostapenko staged a comeback in the next two sets to progress ahead in the tournament.
Last year, Paes had announced that the coming year, 2020, will be his last year on the court.
Paes has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor, in 1996-97; the Arjuna Award in 1990; the Padma Shri award in 2001; and India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan in January 2014, for his outstanding contribution to tennis.
He won a bronze medal for India in singles in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He competed in consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2016, making him the first Indian and only tennis player to compete at seven Olympic Games.


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Q: Maximum value of $\int_0^1(f(x))^3 dx$ if $|f(x)|\leq 1$ and $\int_0^1 f(x)dx=0$.
The maximum value of $\int_0^1(f(x))^3 dx$ is $\frac pq$ if $|f(x)|\leq 1$ and $\int_0^1 f(x)dx=0$. Find $p+q$, given that $p,q$ are relatively prime.

This question has been previously asked before here but all the answers are too complicated for me as I haven't been taught inequalities in integrals. So if anyone could solve it in a simpler way it would be really helpful.
Edit: the answer is $p+q=5$.
Edit 2: Since the question is/was closed, this is to provide "additional context".
The source of the problem is: Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE Main & Advanced by Vikas Gupta and Pankaj Joshi, Subjective Exercise of Chapter 5, Indefinite and Definite Integration, Question Number 12.
My work:

If $g(x)\leq f(x)$, for $a\leq x\leq b$, then $\int_a^b g(x)dx\leq \int_a^b f(x)dx$

My gut says that the problem will probably use this, because when $0\leq f(x)\leq 1, \left(f(x)\right)^3 \leq f(x)$ and the inequality reverses when $-1\leq f(x)\leq 0$. But I'm not able to put it to work.
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Following is a picture showing the syllabus I have to study under Integral Calculus.

UNIT9:INTEGRAL CALCULUS
Integral as an anti - derivative. Fundamental integrals involving algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Integration by substitution, by parts and by partial fractions. Integration using trigonometric identities.
Evaluation of simple integrals of the type
$\int \frac{d x}{x^{2} \pm a^{2}}, \int \frac{d x}{\sqrt{x^{2} \pm a^{2}}}, \int \frac{d x}{a^{2}-x^{2}},  \int \frac{d x}{\sqrt{a^{2}-x^{2}}}, \int \frac{d x}{a x^{2}+b x+c}$
$\int \frac{d x}{\sqrt{a x^{2}+b x+c}}, \int \frac{(p x+q) d x}{a x^{2}+b x+c}, \int \frac{(p x+q) d x}{\sqrt{a x^{2}+b x+c}}$
$\int \sqrt{a^{2} \pm x^{2}} d x \int \sqrt{x^{2}-a^{2}} d x$
Integral as limit of a sum. Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Properties of definite integrals. Evaluation of definite integrals, determining areas of the regions bounded by simple curves in standard form.

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Since it does not involve higher level inequalities used by the solutions in the attached link, and the fact that this problem is posed to us under the above syllabus, there has to exist a simple solution (though lengthy, probably) to the question.

A: Instead of a new proof, I try to illuminate the linked proof for people with less background. Specifically: I offer here an intermediate step that simplifies notation (to avoid talking about the measure $m(\cdot)$), and a proof sketch of Jensen's inequality.
 A. Rearrangement of function to avoid measures.
From the comments, it seems that we can restrict the problem to only considering piecewise continuously differentiable functions $f$. For such functions, we can write $[0,1)$ as a union of a finite number of intervals $[p,q)$, where either

*

*$f(x)> 0$ for all $x\in(p,q)$, or

*$f(x)= 0$ for all $x\in(p,q)$, or

*$f(x)< 0$ for all $x\in(p,q)$.

Now, there exists $0\le t \le s \le 1$ and a rearrangement of $f$ so that $f(x)> 0$ for all $0<x<t$, $f(x) = 0 $ for all $t<x<s$, and $f(x)< 0$ for all $s<x<1$. What I mean by rearrangement of $f$: Draw $f$ on graph paper, then make finitely many vertical cuts at the endpoints $p,q$. Now reorder the vertical paper strips until the above is satisfied; then tape your graph paper back together.
What this accomplishes is that now $A_+ = [0,t)$ and $A_- = [s,1)$. Then, whenever you see the Lebesgue measure $m$ in that answer, you can take as a definition
$$ m(A_+) := t, \quad m(A_-) := 1-s.$$
(i.e. $m([a,b))$ is the length of the interval $[a,b)$.)
B. Proof of Jensen's inequality.
Given the above notational simplification, the one and only integral inequality used is the following special case of Holder's inequality/Jensen's inequality:
$$ \left|\frac1{b-a}\int_a^b f(x) dx \right|^3 \le \frac1{b-a}\int_a^b |f(x)|^3 dx. \tag{Jens}\label{Jens}$$
We will prove this in three steps. It may remind you of a proof of Cauchy-Schwarz.

*

*Its enough prove the special case $a=0,b=1$. Indeed, for $t\in[0,1]$, define $F(t) = f(a+(b-a)t)$. The change of variables $x = a + (b-a)t$, $dx = (b-a)dt$ transforms the inequality into
$$ \left|\int_0^1 F(t) dt \right|^3 \le \int_0^1 |F(t)|^3 dt,$$
as claimed. The transformation can be reversed to obtain the general case $\eqref{Jens}$.

*If $f=0$ everywhere, the inequality is trivial. Otherwise, dividing the left hand side by the right hand side, we see that the inequality $\eqref{Jens}$ is equivalent to
$$\left|\int_0^1 \frac{f(t)}{\sqrt[3]{\int_0^1 |f(s)|^3 ds}} dt \right|\le 1.$$ Note that $g(t) := \frac{f(t)}{\sqrt[3]{\int_0^1 |f(s)|^3 ds}}$ satisfies $\int_0^1 |g(s)|^3 ds = 1$. This means that we only have to prove the inequality for the special case that $\int_0^1 |f(s)|^3 ds = 1$, and this simplifies \eqref{Jens} further into the following
$$ \int_0^1 |f(s)|^3 ds = 1 \implies \left| \int_0^1 f(s) ds \right|  \le 1.$$

*We use the following special case of Young's Inequality,
$$ x\ge 0 \implies x \le \frac{x^3}3 + \frac23.$$
This is easy to verify with highschool methods (second derivative test).  Now either use the "triangle inequality for integrals" $|\int_0^1 f(s) ds| \le \int_0^1 |f(s)|ds$, or know that we only need to prove the result for $f\ge 0$, to get
$$ \left| \int_0^1 f(s) ds \right| \le \int_0^1 |f(s)|ds \le \int_0^1 \left(\frac{|f(s)|^3}3 + \frac23 \right) ds = \frac13 + \frac23 = 1,$$
as required.
B'.  Proof of Jensen's Inequality for convex functions.
Below we sketch the proof for an arbitrary convex function $\phi$.

Definition (Convexity): $\phi:[a,b]\to \mathbb R$ is called convex if for any $x,y\in[a,b]$, $\alpha\in[0,1]$,
  $$ \phi(\alpha x + (1-\alpha )y) \le \alpha\phi(x) + (1-\alpha)\phi(y).$$

An easy induction exercise gives

Jensen's inequality for sums: Let $\phi:[a,b]\to\mathbb R$ be convex. Let $x_1,\dots,x_n$ be a collection of numbers in $[a,b]$. Let $\alpha_1,\dots \alpha _n$ be numbers in $[0,1]$ such that $\sum_i \alpha_i = 1$. Then:

$$ \phi\left(\sum_{k=1}^n \alpha_k x_k\right) \le \sum_{k=1}^n \alpha_k \phi\left(  x_k\right). $$
Now a proof sketch:

Jensen's inequality for integrals (special case): Let $f$ be such that the integrals below are defined. Let $\phi:[a,b]\to\mathbb R$ be convex.
  Then $$ \phi\left(\frac1{b-a}\int_a^b f(x) dx\right) \le \frac1{b-a} \int_a^b \phi(f(x)) dx.$$

Proof: Without loss of generality, $b=1$ and $a=0$. set $\alpha_i = 1/n$ and $x_k = f(k/n)$. Then the left hand side is $\phi$ evaluated at a Riemann sum of $f$, and the right hand side is a Riemann sum of $\phi\circ f$. Take limits $n\to\infty$ to conclude.

A: This is a tricky question. Here is a simple solution.
Using Maxima-Minima argument of differentiation one can show that if $y \in [-1, 1]$, then
$$
y^3-\frac{3y}4 \le \frac 1 4. \tag{1}
$$
Since $-1 \le f(x) \le 1$ owing to (1) we will get
$$ (f(x))^3 - 3\frac{f(x)} {4} \le \frac 1 4. \tag 2$$
Thus $$ (f(x))^3 \le  3\frac{f(x)} {4} + \frac 1 4. \tag 3$$
On integration we will get
$$ \int_{0}^ 1  (f(x))^3 \, dx \le  \frac 3 4 \int_{0}^ 1 f(x) \, dx + \frac 1 4. \tag 4$$
Since $\int_{0}^ 1 f(x) \, dx =0$, from (4) we get
$$ \int_{0}^ 1  (f(x))^3 \, dx \le   \frac 1 4. \tag 5$$
Now it is easy to see that
if $f(x)=1, 0 \le  x \le 1/3$ and $f(x)= -1/2, 1/3 < x \le 1$, then
$\int_{0}^ 1 f(x) \, dx =0$ and $$ \int_{0}^ 1  (f(x))^3 \, dx =  \frac 1 4.$$ Hence owing to (5), we get that maximum value of
$\int_{0}^ 1  (f(x))^3 \, dx$  is  $\frac 1 4.$

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The Sweetest Apu
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Two repo men take the couch away which makes Homer cry whereas the kids watch television sitting on the carpet
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"The Sweetest Apu" is the nineteenth episode of season 13 of The Simpsons and the two-hundred and eighty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on May 5, 2002. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Matthew Nastuk. It guest stars James Lipton as himself.
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"Apu's unbearable life of work and eight kids drives him to have an affair with another woman, and when Manjula finds out, Apu will have to do everything it takes to win her back."
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Manjula brings the octupulets over to the Kwik-E-Mart to visit Apu, but unfortunatlely he becomes upset after eacthing the kids completely trash the store. Apu fusses at his wife and begs her to take their kids and leave, while Homer and Bart enter the store and buy beer keg for the American Civil War reenactment of the Battle of Springfield. After selling the keg, Apu confronts Homer and confesses that he is unable to handle his unloving wife and tiring kids. That moment, Annette, the Squishy lady, enters the store and begins to refill to Squishy machine. Homer watches Apu and Annette have a little conversation, then hints at Apu that she may like him. At the reenactment, Principal Skinner watches as Springfielders disobey him and hold a rather inaccurate battle, especially after The World War II veterans charge in with their tanks. After the battle, Homer brings the empty, dented keg back to Apu in an attempt to get the deposit. There, he hears a giggle coming from a closet and finds Apu making love with Annette. He then walks backwards in shock all the way home to his bed.
Marge then figures out what Homer saw judging from the movements of his pupil. They both decide not to tell Manjula but while they are playing badminton, Homer and Marge act awkwardly around Manjula and Apu, trying not to give out hints Apu's adultery. Later, Homer and Marge confront Apu at Moe's and forces him to try to break up Annette. However, he cannot help it, as it gets he is still obsessed about her sexy behavior. That night, Manjula begins to suspect something when she notices Apu is not pressuring her for sex. She then watches the surveillance footage of the Kwik-E-Mart and finds out Apu's secret. She then kicks him out of the house, where he is forced to stay at the same apartment complex as Kirk Van Houten's. To help get them together, Homer and Marge invite them both to dinner, without telling either of them that the other one is coming. Their plan is unsuccessful however, when Manjula demands a divorce.
While Manjula discusses her divorce with her lawyer, she realizes she still has feelings for Apu. She decides to cancel the divorce, when she comes home to see Marge teaching the octupulets their first words, which put together, say, "Mommy, will you let daddy come back... cookie!" Manjula is still having trouble forgiving him, when Marge suggests that she write down a list of things Apu can do to make it up to her and make him do them. Manjula agrees, so she and Marge go to Apu's apartment and arrive in time to prevent him from committing suicide. Apu is then subjected to Manjula's list of tasks she provided in order to win her back. Apu is then forced to break up with Annette (Apu remarks that "that's a no-brainer"), lose weight, get cartoon published in New Yorker, change name to Slime Q. Slimedog, were nametag that says said name, eat lightbulb, and perform a broadway show with all octupulet cast. In bed, Manjula, finally satisfied after Apu completed all of the tasks, kisses him while Homer watches from the window on a ladder. The couple continues and Homer, traumatized, hops backwards on the ladder all the way home without falling, mimicking what he did earlier.
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Ronald G. Carter (1932-2008) was the author of the nine volume historical fiction series Prelude to Glory about the American Revolution. Carter is also the author of several other books including Me and The Geezer, The Beecher Incident, The Youngest Drover, Death of a Stranger, The Trial of Mary Lou, The Royal Macabees, The Blackfoot Moonshine Rebellion of 1892, The Case of the Deadly Counterfeiters, The Case of the Golden Spike Kidnappers, The Clearwater Union War, and Unlikely Heroes.

Carter is a 1957 graduate of Brigham Young University and was a Latter-day Saint. He studied at the University of Utah and George Washington University towards his law degree which he received in 1962. He was research and writing director at the Los Angeles Superior Court system.

He is often credited under the name Ron Carter.

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 "LDS Readers Take Their Reading Serially", by Richard H. Cracroft in BYU Magazine Winter, 2003
 Michigan City Library listing of Authors and books
Carter bio from Deseret Book
Mormon Literature Database entry on Carter
Historical Novel Society review of Our Sacred Honor

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Diversion and 'what works' in post-release: Improving the evidence
Concurrent Panel, Corrections and Penology
Dr Ruth McCausland 1*, Dr Mindy Sotiri 2, Ms Alison Churchill 3, Professor Eileen Baldry 4
1 School of Social Sciences, UNSW
2 Community Restorative Centre
1 'What gets measured gets managed': The problem with evaluation of post-release diversionary program
*corresponding author: ruth.mccausland@unsw.edu.au
There is widespread acknowledgement that diverting people into appropriate services and support upon release from prison can reduce their likelihood of reincarceration. Approaches to diversion in Australia have been influenced by various criminological concepts, but are generally premised on the notion that certain vulnerable groups are over-represented in prisons due to factors such as drug and alcohol addiction, mental illness and cognitive impairment, and that diverting people away from the criminal justice system into appropriate therapeutic programs can reduce their offending. Governments are increasingly funding post-release programs based on a risk/needs/responsivity model, focused on individual behavioural change in the first few months after release from prison. The effectiveness of such programs is measured by recidivism rates as recorded by local court data, with randomised controlled trials considered the 'gold standard' in evaluation in this area.
At a time when Australia's prison population is at its largest on record and continuing to grow, this paper will posit that evaluation of post-release programs – and indeed, the notion of diversion itself – requires more robust interrogation, nuanced metrics and consideration of broader policy contexts to better serve its stated purpose. Qualitative research conducted with policy makers, crime prevention program managers and evaluators will be reported on that suggests that post-release diversion as it is conceptualised and implemented in Australia is adhered to existing structures of penality, perpetuating rather than reducing the over-representation of vulnerable groups in prison. Narrow quantifiable measures of impact emerge as not just a mechanism of reporting, but as determining policy. What is measurable not only gets managed, it has become what is perceived to matter. This paper will conclude by proposing alternative approaches to diversion and evaluation that could better respond to the needs of vulnerable people with complex support needs leaving prison.
2 Best practice in community-based reintegration
In 2013 Corrective Services NSW committed close to $10 million over three years to fund community sector organisations to provide 'evidence based' post-release services. The new raft of programs differentiated itself from previously funded projects in terms of scope and geographic reach, but more significantly in terms of attachment to a particular (RNR/criminogenic needs) theoretical model. Similarly, in June this year, again in NSW, a new round of justice funding was announced targeting recidivism amongst people who cycle in and out of prison frequently and for short periods of time. Once again, government has specified that the community sector organisations providing the service must adopt an 'evidence based' criminogenic needs approach. While NSW serves as a recent case-study of an enthusiastic adopter of this model, this is a trend that has been replicated in many jurisdictions.
This paper will challenge the premise that RNR and criminogenic needs research offer up any significant 'evidence' in terms of 'what works' in community-based reintegration, particularly when working with populations with multiple and complex needs. This paper will also offer (from the perspective of a service provider) an overview of what being funded to prioritise this approach (ahead of more holistic models) actually looks like on the ground in terms of the pragmatics of service delivery.
Drawing on findings from a recently completed Churchill Fellowship research trip into 'best-practice' in community based reintegration programs in the US and the UK, and data analysis of the outcomes of over 300 clients who participated in a (no-longer-funded) holistic long-term program run through the Community Restorative Centre in Sydney, this paper will argue framing (and funding) reintegration programs only in terms of individual rehabilitation is deeply problematic. It proposes a best–practice model that places structural predictors of recidivism at the heart of service delivery design.
3 Imprisonment, Reintegration and the NDIS: The key challenges of providing comprehensive post-release services to people with disabilities
There is growing evidence around the significant proportion of people in prison who have cognitive disabilities (intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). However people with cognitive disabilities who are at risk of criminal justice system involvement or who are already entrenched in the criminal justice system will have even less access to specialist community-based services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) than they have in the past. From the experience of managing a specialist post-release service, it is apparent that without a specific focus on meeting the unique needs of this group, they are more likely to be managed in criminal justice system settings (primarily prisons) rather than supported under the NDIS. While the funding for the NDIS is a Commonwealth responsibility, the financial burden for providing services to this group will ultimately remain with state governments, particularly with the justice system.
This presentation will unpack some of the key challenges in terms of post-release service delivery within the existing parameters of the NDIS for this population. This includes the separation of disability support needs and other support needs when developing funded support packages, the absence of involvement in the NDIS of key agencies of criminal justice, and the complex task of enabling choice and control for populations in the post-release context who have so regularly spent their lives without access to either.
4 A holistic, community-based approach to post-release diversion for people with complex support needs
Policy and legislative changes over the past 20 years have had negative and disproportionate effects on Indigenous persons, women and those with mental and cognitive disability who are poor, disadvantaged and racialised, thereby increasing their rates of imprisonment. It is apparent that the failure to adequately support vulnerable people in the community has lead to the criminalisation of certain groups and contributed to prisons bursting with people with multiple diagnoses and disabilities, conceptualised here as 'complex support needs' created by poor system and service design. However there is a severe lack of appropriate rehabilitative and therapeutic options available for these vulnerable groups post-release. This paper will report on an innovative methodological study involving quantitative and qualitative investigation of the post-release experiences of people with mental and cognitive disability, with a particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The period after release from prison is a particularly vulnerable and difficult time for people with disability. There is a clear imperative based on research and evaluation in this field for the provision of immediate and intensive support, especially with regard to specialist long-term accommodation, wrap around services and case management. Yet with the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), there is a concern that there may be even less support for many disadvantaged people with disability after release from prison. Drawing on national and international research, a holistic, community-based model for post-release diversion for people with complex support needs will be articulated, highlighting the particular considerations in relation to Indigenous women and men in regional and remote areas of Australia. The presentation will conclude with recommendations setting out the principles, policies and programs required to respond to the imprisonment of some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
Ruth McCausland is Research Fellow and Eileen Baldry is Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at UNSW. Mindy Sotiri is Program Director and Alison Churchill is CEO at the Community Restorative Centre.
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If you look at 15 different wedding "To Do" checklists, you'll find 15 different variations of every single little thing you have to accomplish before your wedding day. For brides who want a short engagement, there's simply just not enough time to check off everything on their never-ending list. Even brides who are able to take more than a year to plan a wedding can get weighed down by an endless amount of responsibilities. To make your life a tiny bit easier, here are ten things we promise you won't miss on your wedding day.
If you're getting overwhelmed with wedding planning, nix aisle decor. Even if your ceremony venue doesn't have a discernible aisle (for example, if you're getting married on the beach instead of in a church), one will be automatically created once the chairs are set up; you don't need decorations to outline an aisle. Yes, decorating the aisle is a pretty touch, but it's definitely not a necessity (and it's really not that memorable, either). Plus, this is something you would have to do last minute, on the day of the wedding, which is going to be more hectic than you even realize.
Bonus: You'll be able to splurge more on your bouquet or reception venue decor!
Since every single movie that has a wedding scene also has a scene with the bride and groom fighting about the seating chart, this detail must be pretty important, right? Don't be fooled – you really don't need a seating chart, you just need enough seats for everyone. Save yourself the trouble of worrying about who's going to be comfortable sitting next to who and let everyone choose their own seat.
Bonus: This will encourage mixing and mingling between both sides of your new family.
Double Bonus: You'll save money on those seating cards and placeholders.
Unless you're having a 100% formal wedding, forgo individual, printed dinner menus for everyone and write the menu on a chic chalkboard or an antique mirror, or have it professionally printed on a pretty board of some kind. This works best if you're having a rustic or outdoor wedding.
Bonus: You'll sleep easier at night knowing you saved a tree or two.
Face it: cheap champagne is not delightful to the palate. Plus, most of your guests are barely going to finish their glass. Since your nearest and dearest are, of course, going to want to toast you and your groom, let them toast with whatever drink they've already ordered from the cocktail hour's open bar. Or, provide prosecco or sparkling wine, which are as inexpensive as cheap champagne but taste better.
Bonus: Your first sip of alcohol as a married woman won't leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Photo courtesy of GM Loves MLP.
Assuming you're already renting chairs for your wedding, having to rent or purchase additional decor for them is just an unnecessary expense. It's not about skimping wherever you can – it's about spending your wedding budget on what will make you happiest…and slip covers for chairs isn't it. Instead, order chairs you actually like to begin with.
Bonus: Your wedding photos won't look outdated in five years; seat covers are already starting to look old-fashioned.


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A  – "látványregény", olyan interaktív játék, amelynek cselekményét legtöbbször állóképek formájában ismerheti meg a játékos, ritkább esetekben pedig videófelvételek is kerülhetnek a játékba. A visual novelek jellemzően anime stílusban készülnek és Japánban nagy népszerűségnek örvendenek, 2006-os adatok szerint a japán PC-játékok piacának közel 70%-át ez a műfaj dominálja. Kelet-Ázsián kívül már jóval kisebb a visual novelek iránt az érdeklődés, bár az ismertebb visual novelek anime változatai, valamint az animék alapján készült visual novelek révén nyugaton is számos rajongót tudhat magáénak a műfaj.

A műfajon belül általánosságban két játéktípust lehet elkülöníteni: az egyikbe azok a játékok sorolhatóak, ahol szinte teljes egészében a történet áll a középpontban és csak nagyon kevés interakcióra van lehetőség a játékos részéről, a másikba pedig feltűnhetnek különféle játékmenetbeli elemek, mint például a felmerülő feladványok megoldása. Előbbieket tartják Japánban a valódi visual noveleknek (NVL), míg utóbbiakat kalandjátékoknak nevezik (adventure games, ADV). Videójáték-konzolokra ritkábban készülnek ilyen jellegű játékok, bár számos sikeresebb visual novelnek jelentek meg konzolos változatai például Saturn, Dreamcast, PlayStation Portable vagy Xbox 360 platformokra. A népszerűbb játékok általában light novel, manga vagy anime formában is megjelennek.

Játékmenet

A visual novelek a legtöbb műfajtól eltérően kevés interakciót igényelnek a játékostól. Ez általában kimerül a játékos részéről a továbbhaladás érdekében történő kattintásokban, az újabban megjelenő játékok pedig már felkínálják azt a lehetőséget is, hogy a játékos beavatkozás nélkül gördítik előre a szöveget és a képeket. A legtöbb visual novel több történetvonallal is rendelkezik, ennek megfelelően több végkifejlet is bekövetkezhet. A döntési pontoknál a játékosnak kell kiválasztania, hogy a történet mely úton haladjon tovább.

Egyes visual novelekbe különféle játékmenetbeli elemek kerültek, mint például a Symphonic Rain című játék esetében hangszeren kell a játékosnak játszania és egy bizonyos pontszámot elérnie a továbbjutás érdekében. Az ehhez hasonló elemek jellemzően kapcsolódónak a játék cselekményéhez.

A rövidebb visual novelek sokszor nem tartalmaznak egyetlen döntési lehetőséget sem. Ezeket általában rajongók készítik, az ő munkájuk megkönnyítésére számos ingyenes fejlesztői készlet áll rendelkezésre, mint például az NScripter, KiriKiri and Ren'Py.

A visual novelek többségében nem csak olvasni, de hallani is lehet a szereplőket, hangjukat szinkronszínészek kölcsönzik. Gyakori azonban, hogy a főszereplőnek nem választanak szinkronszínészt, még ha az összes többi szereplőnek megvan a maga hangja. Ezzel az a készítők célja, hogy a játékos jobban bele tudja magát élni a főszereplő helyzetébe, illetve nagy mennyiségű hangfelvétel rögzítése is elkerülhető ez által, mivel általában a főszereplő szövegkönyve a legterjedelmesebb.

Elágazó történetszálak
A visual novelek körében gyakori, hogy több eltérő történetvonalat kínálnak, amik eltérő befejezéshez vezetnek, így a játékos bizonyos szintű szabadsággal rendelkezik, ezzel elkerülve a lineáris történetmesélést. A játékos a történet menetét a felkínált döntések közötti választással befolyásolhatja. Japánban 2009 decemberében jelent meg Nintendo DS kézi konzolra a 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors című játék, amelyben szinte az összes cselekedet és dialógus eltérő történetszálhoz és végkifejlethez vezethet. Az egyes utak (történetszálak) csak egy bizonyos részét fedik fel a teljes sztorinak, így a játék esetében más döntések meghozatalával több végigjátszás is szükséges, hogy minden részlet a helyére kerüljön és egy koherens, jól megírt történetet ismerjen meg a játékos.

Az elágazó cselekményszálak a lapozgatós játékkönyvek a koncepcióját fejlesztik tovább, ahol a játékos befolyásolja a történet irányát. A visual novel a könyvekkel szemben többletlehetőségekkel rendelkezik, például a történet más szereplők szemszögén keresztül történő bemutatásával. Egy másik fontos eltérés a döntési pontok rendszere, azaz a korábban meghozott döntések, vagy a játékos korábbi viselkedése a többi szereplővel szemben más eredményhez vezet, melyek sok esetben nem feltétlen nyilvánvalóak. A visual novelek ezért lehetőséget kínálnak, hogy több mentést is készíthessen a felhasználó, illetve a korábban már olvasott szövegeket gyorsan továbbpörgetheti, így könnyebben végigjárhatja a többi utat is. A könyvek esetében az ehhez hasonló döntések és következményeik kidolgozása nehezebben valósítható meg, valamint a könyvek esetében a terjedelemi korlát is meghatározó lehet, egy visual novel minden lehetőséget magába foglaló szövegkönyve ugyanis jóval meghaladhatja egy átlagos könyv hosszát. Ezért a műfaj alkalmas arra, hogy hosszabb, komplexebb és szerteágazóbb történetet meséljen el a játékosnak. Az olyan visual novelek, mint például a Higurashi When They Cry, a Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume, a Juniper's Knot vagy a Digital: A Love Story nem kínálnak alternatív történetszálakat, de ez viszonylag ritka ebben a műfajban.

Sok játék létezik, melyeknél gyakori, hogy szinte csak a szereplők között interakciókra és a párbeszédeknél hozott döntésekre építenek. Ezen visual noveleknél általában több válaszlehetőség van ilyenkor felkínálva, a főszereplő pedig ugyanazokat a mondatokat szó szerint mondja el. A szereplők közötti kapcsolatkiépítést tekintve a műfaj néha átvesz elemeket például a Japánban nagy népszerűségnek örvendő randiszimulátorokból (dating sim), esetleg a szerepjátékokból, merítve például a Shin Megami Tensei: Persona sorozatban felbukkanó szociális lehetőségekből. Az egyes döntéseket ilyenkor úgynevezett hangulati pontokkal értékeli a játék, ami a játékos karakterének kapcsolatát és későbbi párbeszéd lehetőségeit is meghatározhatja a nem játékos szereplőkkel. Gyakori, hogy a játékosnak valamilyen időbeosztást kell követnie, ami fontos lehet abból a szempontból, hogy mennyi időt fordít a többi szereplővel folytatott viszonyára, ami hatással lehet a későbbi párbeszédekre, illetve a különféle cselekvési lehetőségere velük szemben.

Fordítások
Viszonylag kevés az olyan japán visual novel, melyet a szigetországon kívül is forgalmaznak. Ezek többsége eroge, vagyis erotikus jellegű játék. Az amerikai Hirameki cég AnimePlay sorozata azonban kivétel volt, egy olyan kezdeményezés, mely a visual novelek terjesztésével foglalkozott, angol nyelven. A hivatalos fordítások helyett jellemzően a rajongók által készített fordítások az elterjedtebbek. Ritkább esetekben az angol mellett francia vagy orosz nyelven is megjelennek visual novelek. Az olyan játékok esetében, amik nem teljesen visual novelek, hanem hibridként más műfajokkal keverednek, gyakrabban készülnek kereskedelmi fordítások is, ilyen például a Snatcher vagy az Ace Attorney. A Higurashi no Naku Koro ni számos fejezete készült el angol nyelven is, melyek a fordítását az eredeti szerző Ryukishi07 is jóváhagyta.

Az elmúlt években azonban gyakoribbá vált, hogy Japánon kívül is megjelenjenek ilyen játékok, főként Nintendo DS kézi konzolra, például az Ace Attorney vagy a Hotel Dusk sorozat képében. Ezen játékok sikere a kalandjáték műfajának ismételt népszerűvé válásának jeleit mutatta. A GameSpot kritikájában dicsérte a Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney című játékot, amiben kalandműfaj feltámasztójának nevezte. Az Ace Attorney sorozatot egy még sikeresebb cím, a Professor Layton követte 2007-ben. Mindkét játék a legkelendőbb kalandjáték sorozatok közé került, 3,9, illetve 9,5 millió példányos eladásával. Népszerűségük hatására egyre több japán visual novel jelent meg a japán piacon kívül, angol nyelvre is lefordítva.

Források

További információk

The Visual Novel Database
Animeaddicts.hu - Mi a visual novel?

Videójáték-műfajok


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Who Did it Best? Punters Tackling
June 9, 2015 Leave a commentBlog, NCAA Teams, NFL, NFL Special TeamsBy David R. McCullough
Punters are weird. Some scamper away from contact and barely deserve to be called a football player, considering their "effort" in tackling. But some, like the Indianapolis Colts' Pat McAfee, ex-Cowboy Sam Paulescu, and BYU Cougar Matt Payne take every aspect of their job seriously.
This might be the best hit by a punter in football history:
Denver Broncos returner Trindon Holliday receives the ball about eight yards deep in the end zone and proceeds straight up the right hash, cutting left at the 7 and reaching top speed when he finds the sideline at the 30. In the blink of the eye, he's passing the 40, but tracking along the 50 is McAfee, who closes on Holliday and delivers a strong two-handed blow that knocks the diminutive returner out of bounds.
Or is the hit by former Dallas Cowboys punter Sam Paulescu the best?
First, while this tackle takes place in Cowboys territory, it is 20 yards from where the punt was received – Paulescu worked downfield quickly. When the returner escapes the second attempted Cowboys sandwich, the punter squares him up and explodes into contact with the upper body and arrests all forward progress.
Finally, the appropriately named Brigham Young Cougars punter, Matt Payne, delivered not one, but two booms against Boise State:
The punter unleashes a long, low punt that is very returnable, allowing the returner to sprint straight up the field for 10 yards before a coverage team member gets in the frame. By the time the ball carrier finds the sideline, his blockers have begun cleaning clocks of their own and sealing off the BYU coverage team.
Payne, however, has been progressing up the field and when he lowers his shoulder, the returner reacts as if he's just been run over by a bus.
Not content to stand pat, Payne did it again after a very similar kick and return later in the same game. While the hit is not as bone jarring as the first, the simple fact is Boise State's returner got knocked off his feet, twice, by a punter.
Congratulations to Matt Payne, the patron saint of punters everywhere.
Follow David on Twitter @SoSH_davemc.
David R. McCullough is the Editor-in-Chief of Inside the Pylon. He also writes about the topics shaping the sport, examines the coaches and players, ruminates on football's past, and explores the controversial issues facing the game.
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David R. McCullough
David R. McCullough is the Editor in Chief of Inside The Pylon. He has a B.A. in journalism from Antioch College, where the lack of a football team is proudly proclaimed on shirts sold in the bookstore, and might someday finish his M.A. at Boston University. He lives in the Boston area with a toddler and a very understanding, patient wife.


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Three Russian Troops Wounded in Syria by Anti-tank Missile
File Photo of BTR-82 armored vehicle: Russian military
Russian officials have confirmed that three troops were wounded Tuesday in an attack by Turkish proxy militias in northwestern Syria.
"On December 29, at 15.45, during the security operation related to the withdrawal of the Turkish observation post in the area of the Trumba settlement in the southeastern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone, an armored personnel carrier of the Russian military police BTR-82A was fired upon from an anti-tank missile system from the territory under the control of the pro-Turkish bandit formations. Three Russian servicemen were slightly injured," Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Sytnik, the chief of the Russian military's Reconciliation Center in Syria said.
Admiral Sytnik said that the injuries to the Russian troops weren't life-threatening, although the troops were all evacuated to a military hospital where they were treated.
Russia and Turkey have backed opposing sides in the ongoing Syrian civil war. While Russia has been a long-time ally and supporter of the regime of President Bashar Assad, the Turkish government has been a supporter of several opposition groups. Russian airstrikes have been carried out indiscriminately hitting both civilians and Turkish troops.
Turkey has sent forces across its border into Syria to stop Syrian regime troops from retaking the northern area around Idlib and to prevent a further wave of refugees from entering its southern borders. Turkey already houses about 3.5 million Syrian refugees.
Compounding matters are the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that are led by the United States. The Turks consider the SDF, which is mostly comprised of Kurds, to be part of Kurdistan's Workers' Party (PKK). PKK has been outlawed in Turkey as a terrorist organization.
In March, with tensions rising, Russia and Turkey agreed to a ceasefire. The agreement was supposed to stop the fighting between the opposing forces in and around Idlib.
Read Next: Turkish military attacks Syrian troops in Idlib province
The two sides had agreed to establish a secure corridor, six kilometers to the north and six to the south of the strategic M4 highway, and hold joint patrols along it. The highway runs east to west through Idlib.
However, in late October, a Russian airstrike took out dozens of Turkish-proxy rebel fighters in northwest Syria marking a significant escalation of hostilities. That strike killed about 35 fighters and wounded more than 50. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based watchdog of the Syrian civil war, puts the death toll at 78 with many more wounded.
The strike was considered "a message" from Moscow to Ankara over Turkish involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Meanwhile, the Russians are pouring troops into northeast Syria in an effort to dislodge Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters from the area. YPG is the main group within SDF.
Turkish military attacks Syrian troops in Idlib province
Turkish and Syrian militaries fight it out over territory
As Syria situation deteriorates, Turkey has the nerve to ask for US missiles
Russian-Turkish patrol attacked on M4 highway in Syria
Turkish troops solidify their position as Syrian Army prepares to strike
Turkish, Syrian and Russian Forces about to clash in Syria


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I used to be thinner.
I could keep them balanced on my stomach.
often I am elected to keep score.
but I wanted it to be about swimming.
the effect of a web.
It's not the metal we find precious.
first lips, then teeth, testing for the give.


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Q: Struts2 JMS request processing long running process I have a Struts2 Action class that places a JMS Fetch request for a list of Trade in a JMS Queue. This JMS Fetch message is processed by an external process and can take either a few seconds or even few minutes depending on the number of Trade files to be processed by the external task processing app.
I want to know how to handle this HTTP Request with an appropriate response. Does the client wait till the list of Trades is returned? (client (UI) has to action on it and has nothing else to do meanwhile).
The way I approached it is
HTTP Request -->
     Struts2 Action -->

*

*Invokes a Runnable to run in a separate Thread (separate from Action class)

*UI waits

*Action class thread sleeps till runnable does it's job

*When Task completed, return list of Trades to UI

Flow is as follows:

*

*Place JMS Fetch Request on Queue1

*ExecutorService for Runnable
CClass cclass = new CClass();
final ExecutorService execSvc = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
execSvc.execute(cclass);

Where CClass implements runnable returning a list of Trades:
List<Trade> tradesList = new ArrayList<Trade>();

@Override
public void run() {

    while (true) {
        try {
            Message message = msgConsumer.receive();  // SYNCHRONOUS / NO MDB
            if (message == null){
                break;
            }
            if (message instanceof TextMessage) {
                TextMessage txtMessage = (TextMessage) message;
                Trade trade = TradeBuilder.buildTradeFromInputXML(txtMessage);
                if (trade != null) {
                    tradesList.add(trade);   // tradeList is a CClass class variable
                }
            }
        } catch (JMSException e) {
            logger.error("JMSException occurred ", e);
        }
    }
    closeConnection();
}

And while this runnableis executing, I do a Thread.sleep in Action class (to let the Runnable execute in the separate Thread)
 // In Action class
  try {
        Thread.sleep(5000); // some time till when the runnable will get executed
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    execSvc.shutdown();

Problem is If I use Callable with a FutureTask and do a get() , that will be blocking till any result is returned. If I do a Runnable, I have to put Action class Thread to sleep till runnable has executed and tradeList is available.
Using Runnable approach, I am able to get couple of hundred records back to UI giving a 5 second Thread.sleep() in main Action class, but only partially constructed tradeList when thousands of records are to be fetched and shown in UI.
This is clearly Not a fail-proof approach.
Any better approach to suggest ? Please elucidate steps for processing in one complete  request - response flow.

A: Yes there is a much better approach when making a standard HTTP request (with ajax you can do other things).
You want to look at the Struts2 Execute and Wait Interceptor Which has most of the functionality you've already implemented.  Also look at the token interceptor... which could be useful (it prevents duplicate requests, but doesn't provide a happy wait screen like exec and wait does).


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Imran wanted to go to Malaysia and UN and spread anti-India propaganda. Then he got a call from Riyadh
Then there was a lull
(PC: The News Agency)
In what clearly shows that Pakistan has totally succumbed to Saudi pressure when it comes to the Kashmir issue, Imran Khan has cancelled his Malaysia visit even though he was scheduled to address the Kuala Lumpur Summit that he had himself helped organise. According to ET, Saudi Arabia wanted Pakistan to stay away from the Kuala Lumpur Summit which led to the latter pulling out from it. The news of his non-participation has been announced in a statement by Malaysian Prime Minister's Office.
Pakistan, which has been unsuccessfully trying to internationalise India's move to abrogate Article 370 since August 5 when India revoked the special status of erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir, had planned to raise the Kashmir issue at the Kuala Lumpur Summit.
In fact, Pakistan was one of the first countries with whom the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamed had shared his plans for holding the Summit, when he met the Pakistan PM along with the Turkish President Erdogan at the sidelines of the UNGA session.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been opposed to the Kuala Lumpur Summit. Riyadh even went to the extent of advising Malaysia to refrain from splitting Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and raising issues relating to Muslims at the Summit. In fact, Saudi King Salman has reaffirmed that such issues should be raised through the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) only. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been worried about the Summit as they fear that it might cause "division in Ummah" and lead to the setting up of an organisation under Malaysia's leadership parallel to the existing OIC which has been traditionally dominated by Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan, which had earlier accepted the formal invitation to attend the Summit has now snubbed the event following Imran Khan's sudden visit to Saudi Arabia on December 14. The purpose of his visit was to reassure Saudi Arabia after the latter expressed unhappiness over Pakistan Prime Minister's decision to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit. While Pakistan is trying to raise the Kashmir issue at all possible levels, it cannot afford to upset Riyadh given that the latter has come to its rescue at a time when Pakistan is embroiled in a deep economic crisis.
Pakistan also looks upon Saudi as a key player which would help it in improving ties with the United States. Saudi Arabia's pressure has not only shaped Imran Khan's decision to cancel his visit to Malaysia, but has also led to Pakistan retracting the statement that it has issued in anticipation of a UNSC closed consultations to discuss the present situation in Kashmir. However, China withdrew its request for holding discussions on the Kashmir issue in the UNSC following opposition from others including the four other permanent members of UNSC. In fact, a French diplomatic source had earlier said, "Our position has been very clear: the Kashmir issue has to be discussed bilaterally. We have highlighted this several times recently, including in the UN."
Following India's August 5 move of revoking the special status of the erstwhile status of Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan's all-weather ally, China had formally asked for closed consultations in the UNSC about this matter. However, the UNSC closed consultations on August 16 had ended without any statement from the powerful supranational organisation, dealing a massive blow to Pakistan's ambitions of internationalising the Kashmir issue.
However, Pakistan's UN stunt on the Kashmir issue seems to have failed this time after Imran Khan's December 14 visit to Saudi Arabia. It is pertinent to mention here that Saudi Arabia has emerged as a major partner for India in the recent past. The present regime in Saudi Arabia has been highly supportive of India as far as the Kashmir issue is concerned. As per Indian sources, Saudi Arabia believes that Kashmir is India's internal matter and whatever India is doing is in betterment of its own population.
The fact that Saudi pressure has compelled Pakistan to withdraw from its Kashmir agenda gets further corroborated by the fact that when Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Al-Nahyan travelled together to Islamabad in September, they had carried an important message with themselves on behalf of the leadership of their countries as well as some of the other powerful countries. They had advised Pakistan to engage in backdoor diplomacy with India and had also requested the Pakistan PM to tone down his verbal attacks against India. At that time, Pakistan PM Imran Khan had gone into an overdrive raising the Kashmir issue at all possible platforms and levels. It seems that the Saudi pressure is finally getting the better of Pakistan for whom Saudi Arabia is an indispensable player for handling its economic woes and also at a geo-political level for improving its ties with the US. Facing immesnse Saudi pressure, Pakistan may have well been compelled into dropping its long-standing agenda of internationalising the Kashmir issue.
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2Governance
3.1Submerged forest
4Church
5Cultural references
5.1"Person from Porlock"
5.2William Blake
5.3Other cultural references
6Notable person
For other uses, see Porlock (disambiguation).
Human settlement in England
Location within Somerset
1,440 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference
Somerset West and Taunton
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51°12′32″N 3°35′44″W / 51.208796°N 3.595557°W / 51.208796; -3.595557Coordinates: 51°12′32″N 3°35′44″W / 51.208796°N 3.595557°W / 51.208796; -3.595557
Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) west of Minehead. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,440.[1]
In 2017, Porlock had the highest percentage of elderly population in Britain,[2] with over 40% being of pensionable age as of 2010.[3]
East of the village is Bury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort.
There is evidence for 10th or 11th century origin for the name Porlock as Portloc or Portloca meaning enclosure by the harbour, from the Old English port and loca,[4] and in the Domesday Book the village was known as "Portloc".[5] In 914 the Vikings plundered Porlock.[6]
Porlock was part of the hundred of Carhampton.[7]
The area has links with several Romantic poets, and R. D. Blackmore, the author of Lorna Doone, and is popular with visitors. The visitor centre has exhibits and displays about the local area. Also on display are the bones of an aurochs, discovered on Porlock beach in 1999.[8]
Governance[edit]
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.
The village falls within the non-metropolitan district of Somerset West and Taunton, which was established on 1 April 2019. It was previously in the district of West Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and part of Williton Rural District before that.[9] The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.
Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.
As Porlock falls within the Exmoor National Park some functions normally administered by district or county councils have, since 1997, fallen under the Exmoor National Park Authority, which is known as a 'single purpose' authority, which aims to "conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the National Parks" and "promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the Parks by the public",[10] including responsibility for the conservation of the historic environment.[11]
Porlock has an electoral ward called 'Porlock and District' but this stretches westwards to the Devon boundary, eastwards to Minehead and south to Wootton Courtenay. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 2,338.[12]
It is also part of the Bridgwater and West Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Prior to Brexit in 2020 it was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
Porlock beach
The village adjoins the Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh nature reserve, created from the lowland behind a high shingle embankment which was breached by the sea in the 1990s, which has now been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Copses of white dead trees remind the visitor of when this was freshwater pasture.
A stream flows down a wooded combe called Hawkcombe leads about three miles (5 km) from the village up to high open moorland. The stream, called "Hawkcombe Waters", runs past a Victorian hunting lodge, called The Cleeve, then underground beneath the Overstream Hotel in the centre of the village.
The South West Coast Path goes through Porlock, many walkers stopping rather than continuing the long walk to Lynton. There is also a 'Coleridge Way' walk.
Culbone Church is said to be the smallest church in England.[13] The main structure is 12th century. Services are still held there, despite the lack of road access – Culbone is a two-mile (3 km) walk from Porlock Weir, and some 3–4 miles (about 6 km) from Porlock itself.
A toll road bypasses the 1 in 4 gradient on Porlock Hill. There is the prehistoric Porlock Stone Circle on the hill.[14]
Submerged forest[edit]
A map of Porlock from 1937
At low tide the remains of a submerged forest can be seen on Porlock Beach. The area was several miles inland until the sea level in the Bristol Channel rose about 7000 to 8000 years ago.[15]
Church[edit]
The Church of St Dubricius dates from the 13th century. The spire was damaged in a storm of 1703.[5] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[16] Within the church is a 15th-century tomb of John Harrington who fought alongside Henry V in France in 1417.[17]
Cultural references[edit]
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"Person from Porlock"[edit]
Main article: Person from Porlock
In 1797, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who lived nearby at Nether Stowey (between Bridgwater and Minehead), but — due to illness — had "retired to a lonely farm house between Porlock and Lynton",[18] was interrupted during composition of his poem Kubla Khan by "a person on business from Porlock", and claimed he found afterwards he could not remember what had come to him in a dream.
Coleridge and William Wordsworth (who lived nearby at Alfoxden) would often roam the hills and coast on long night walks, leading to local gossip that they were 'spies' for the French. The Government sent an agent to investigate, but found they were "mere poets". Their walks are celebrated by the Coleridge Way which ends in Porlock. Their friend Robert Southey published a poem titled "Porlock" in 1798.
William Blake[edit]
Legend has it that the area beyond Culbone towards Lynmouth where Glenthorne is now situated is where Jesus may have alighted on a trip with Joseph of Arimathea. This is said to have inspired a passage from William Blake's famous poem, Milton:
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the Holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark satanic mills?
—  Milton, William Blake
Other cultural references[edit]
A song, titled "Another one from Porlock", is found on the Penguin Cafe Orchestra album Union Cafe. In Iris Murdoch's "Bruno's Dream", Miles admonishes Diana for porlocking while he is trying to receive poetic inspiration.
Notable person[edit]
Michael McMaster (1896–1965), cricketer and Royal Naval Air Service officer
Hook, Rev. Walter, The History of the Ancient Church of Porlock and of the Patron Saint St Dubricius and his Times. (The author was rector of Porlock)
Halliday, Mrs. M. The Porlock Monuments. (The author lived at Glenthorne, Porlock)
Chadwyck Healey, C. The Ports of West Somerset.
Grimble, Ian. The Harington Family.
^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^ Moss, Stephen (9 December 2017). "'Older people have pulled up the ladder': inside England's oldest and youngest towns | Inequality | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Ramesh, Randeep (26 May 2010). "People in rural areas live longer, says study". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
^ "History of Porlock Weir". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ a b Farr, Grahame (1954). Somerset Harbours. London: Christopher Johnson. p. 154.
^ Lewis, Stephen M. "Óttar's Story – A Dublin Viking in Brittany, England and Ireland, A.D. 902-918". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Carhampton Hundred". Domesday Map. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
^ "Porlock Visitor Centre". Everything Exmor. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
^ "Williton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "The Authority". Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
^ "Exmoor National Park NMP". English Heritage. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
^ "Porlock and District ward 2011". Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Parish Churches". Somerset County archives. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ "Porlock Circle". megalithic.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^ "Geological features". Exmoor National Park. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Dubricius (1173524)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
^ Leete-Hodge, Lornie (1985). Curiosities of Somerset. Bodmin: Bossiney Books. p. 45. ISBN 0-906456-98-3.
^ Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel, Kubla Khan, and the Pains of Sleep, 2nd edition, William Bulmer, London, 1816. Reproduced in The Complete Poems, ed. William Keach, Penguin Books, 2004.
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The number of additional riders that would take a through train from Maine to New York would be what, 100-200 a day? Amtrak will go along for the ride, but won't be in the driving seat on such a project.
Money would be better spent building express tracks for the Red, Orange and Green Lines, and completing the SSX and train storage yard(s).
I can't think of any public works project in MA that has come in below budget. Oh wait, the Ted Williams Tunnel did come in on-time and under budget, but it was fabricated elsewhere.
Someone should have stood up and canceled the Big Dig when it went about 20X over budget. The difference is the Big Dig was instantly filled up to capacity - the NSRL will struggle with empty slots.
The EGE wrote: It's a faked cost number based on unrealistic assumptions and contractor graft.
Twelve billion is absolutely off the wall inaccurate. There is no way that NSRL can cost more than East Side Access ($10 Billion) which is significantly more complicated. ESA has had to contend with Hurricane Sandy flooding, contracts cancelled for Mafia ties, running afoul of contamination from EPA Superfund site(s), construction necessitating the coordination of Amtrak, LIRR and MN and of course tunneling in and around train lines that are busy 24 hours.
ESA should be the upper bound, not the lower bound.
The northsouthraillink.com site describes a number of comparable projects, nearly all of them more complicated than the NSRL and significantly less expensive than this estimate.
It's important to note that this isn't just about running Amtrak trains through; it will massively improve regional connectivity and also relieve congestion at North and South Stations.
BandA wrote: The number of additional riders that would take a through train from Maine to New York would be what, 100-200 a day? Amtrak will go along for the ride, but won't be in the driving seat on such a project.
I'd consider the ridership potential from ME/NH to Boston. If this opens the door to better frequencies and faster service from the NH seacoast to Boston (1hr or less), you essentially create a new commuter rail branch and will dramatically increase ridership. I don't know if that idea intersects with NSRL or not.
I think commuter rail to Portsmouth is a separate project and thread. IIRC, there is a bridge that is out, and the track would have to be somehow rerouted around the Seabrook nuclear power plant. Nobody has mentioned it recently.
There is more to the Seacoast than Portsmouth - generally us NH types consider Exeter, Durham and Dover to be part of the seacoast region. I was referring to the existing Amtrak stops in NH in that context.
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BandA wrote: What about mitigating the water table issues? There are buildings built on wooden pilings that will be impacted. Cut & cover makes sense, actually.
Where? The NSRL needs to pass under both the Red, Silver, and Blue tunnels, which puts it deep beneath most buildings no matter how you slice it. (the approaches, from railyards, are shallow C&C, but there are no buildings there.
..the scope of study presumes only electrifying up to the first station on each line beyond the tunnel (with the exceptions of the Providence Line, future South Coast Rail, and possibly the Fairmount Line). In practice, this assumption of bare minimum additional improvements imposes higher operating and capital costs than an NSRL built after or concurrently with system-wide electrification. The dual-mode locomotives which would be required under this assumption are extraordinarily expensive (and built by few vendors), adding $2.5 billion to the project cost estimate. In order to accommodate these heavy locomotives and unpowered coaches, the proposed grades are capped at 3 percent or less. This constrains the alignment and limits the possible portal locations. The report's definitive assumption of dual-mode operation strangely ignores that electrification of the system is squarely on the table for serious consideration in both the short and longer term.
FLAW 2: Assigning Fleet-Replacement Costs to the NSRL (instead of a normal "no build" fleet budget) and choosing a large, expensive fleet.
The study implies that new trains are a burden which would be imposed by NSRL and, as such, the project should carry those costs.... If anything, full electrification should reduce the cost of rolling stock: it's cheaper to buy EMUs than to buy locomotives (either diesel or electric) and unpowered cars. Moreover, connecting the north and south parts of the commuter rail system would require fewer trains because allowing trains to continue to run in revenue service increases the possible throughput of available rolling stock.
Arup's contingency assumptions appear to take as a given that MassDOT and the MBTA will be unable to manage costs.
Read the whole critique. I find it compelling.
I was reacting to the post by typesix which linked an article about the red-blue connection. Which is off-topic for this thread. No way would you do a NSRL as cut-and-cover! I was talking about Cambridge St & the back of Beacon Hill water table issue, which probably can be mitigated.
I am very glad to see John William Ward mentioned. His work was important and his life was too short. The closest I ever came to working for the T was a summer as a Ward Fellow (basically an intern from Boston Latin with a fancy title named after JWW) in the old EOTC -- mostly gathering data on the RTAs, not the T.
What a blatant way of saying "We don't want to build this, so we're going to lie about it until the project dies."
The Munich S-Bahn was designed and built in 6 years.. 20 minute headways way out into the country. Wish we could duplicate that..


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When you work in sports television, music is a huge part of your life. It is literally everywhere: in arenas, ballparks, locker rooms, during broadcasts and of course, in your iPod when travelling.
I recently did an interview for thenosebleeds.com about my own music background and was asked to create a small playlist. It got me thinking about what a Bruins playlist would look like, so I asked each player to pick one song. Of course, some players wanted to post multiple songs and others picked the same song which led to a rock-paper-scissors match to claim dibs.
The result is a pretty fun compilation with a good mix of hip hop, rock, country, pop and house.
David Krejci said "any Eminem song," so I selected the most recognizable one off the Recovery album.
As for Chris Kelly's choice, it wasn't really his. As a parent of young children, he says children's music rules his car stereo. Since he didn't know the names of any of the songs ("the one where you put your name in it and sings back to you…" didn't quite come up in the iTunes search), I asked our Bruins producer's young daughter Brooke to recommend one for Kelly instead — it's a pretty good kids song, actually.
Be sure to check out thenosebleeds.com for some pretty cool music tidbits.