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March 22, 2017 – Yewande Oyediran Fatoki Landlord, Chief Adelodun Akinpelu In Trouble For Removing The Knife Ibadan Killer Wife Used To Murder Lowo Oyediran
Ibadan killer wife, Yewande Oyediran's case came up for hearing yesterday.
The case had a new twist yesterday when a defence witness said one of the prosecution witnesses, who was the landlord of the couple, admitted to him in private that he substituted the weapon used in the killing.
When the case came up again at the Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, the defence witness, Mr. Kayode Oloyede, who claimed to be a farmer, told the court that the landlord, Chief Adelodun Akinpelu, also disclosed to him that the murder was the second killing that had taken place in the house.
At the beginning of his testimony, Oloyede told the court that Akinpelu's claim that he did not know one Michael Ogunlana, was not true, saying that Ogunlana was his (Oloyede) relative.
Oloyede said, "I had a meeting with my younger brother, Michael Lana (Ogunlana), sometime in October 2016, and during the meeting, there were persistent calls to his mobile phone from a certain number. I asked my brother to pick the call and it turned out to be Chief Akinpelu who told him to come over to his house at the Idi-Odan area of Ibadan. I went to his place with my brother and another man called Kanbi.
"Chief Akinpelu invited us to his residence while he told Kanbi to wait for us at his wife's shop, because according to him, we were going to discuss a very important family issue.
"Chief Akinpelu later told Michael (Ogunlana) that he needed his advice over the murder case involving Yewande, who had been charged with murdering her husband. When Michael asked him what his concern with the matter was, he answered that the couple were his tenants and that the late victim fell and died at his doorsteps.
"He told us that when the late Lowo collapsed, he changed the knife that was used to stab his neck and that when the police came to the crime scene, he gave them a different knife, which he took from his house.
"Michael (Ogunlana) scolded him for tampering with evidence and that he ought to have left the knife and allowed the police to find it at the crime scene. He told my brother (Ogunlana) that he didn't want to be a witness in court in the case and Michael advised him to tell his lawyer that he was insolvent and wouldn't be able to pay his way to the court."
Lowo's family counsel, Mr. Abayomi Alliyu, objected to the account of the witness which he referred to as "hearsay."
Presiding Justice Munta Abimbola, however, overruled him and told him that the rules of admissibility supported the accounts of the witness because he recounted an event that happened in his presence.
The second defence witness, James Oluwatuyi, of MTN, told the court that his company had been subpoenaed to produce the call logs made and received by two MTN numbers between October and November 2016.
Prosecution counsels, however, said they had yet to see the order, while the defence counsel prayed the court to adjourn the case till March 22, 2017 (today), so that necessary documents could be presented, which the justice granted.
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Q: Import data using special escape character I'm trying to import data into Snowflake using the copy command.
I have a file format defined as follows:
CREATE FILE FORMAT mydb.schema1.myFileFormat
TYPE = CSV
COMPRESSION = 'AUTO'
FIELD_DELIMITER = ','
RECORD_DELIMITER = '\n'
SKIP_HEADER = 0
FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '\042'
TRIM_SPACE = FALSE
ERROR_ON_COLUMN_COUNT_MISMATCH = FALSE
ESCAPE = '\241'
ESCAPE_UNENCLOSED_FIELD = NONE
DATE_FORMAT = 'AUTO'
TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'AUTO'
NULL_IF = ('\\N')
COMMENT = '¡ used as escape character';

There's nothing special about the file format, except it's using ¡ as an escape character.
When importing data with this file format, it seems Snowflake is not recognizing the escape character, and it's throwing an error saying "Found character 'XYZ' instead of field delimiter ','".
I tried creating a file with 1 line, like the following:
"ABC123","584382","2","01","01/22/2019","02/08/2019","02/08/2019","04/03/2019","04/03/2019","TEST","Unknown","Unknown","01-884400","Unknown","DACRON CONNECTIONS 15¡"1/2 DIA. X 11¡" LONG FOR EXHAUST DAMPER","","0.0","0.0","0.0","0.0","192.0","USD","2.0","2.0","0","0","96.00000","1","","","","","07882-0047","ASDF","ASDF","02/27/2019","04/06/2021","01/01/1970","0"

This file fails on line 1, char 167, which is right after the first escape character (before the 1 in the following text: CONNECTIONS 15¡"1/2)
Any idea why this is happening?
This is the code I'm running to do the copy
copy into mydb.schema1.mytable from @mydb.schema1.mystage/file-path/2021-05-26/test.txt
file_format = mydb.schema1.myFileFormat
validation_mode = 'return_all_errors';

A: Short Answer
Looks like Snowflake only allows single-byte characters to be used as an escape character for a file format. The character you're using as the escape character uses two bytes and therefore isn't allowed as an escape character by the file format.
You can however use multi-byte characters for field and row delimiters so not sure why Snowflake hasn't allowed it as the escape character as well.
Longer Answer
The character you're trying to use as the escape character (¡) is two bytes long with a hex value of \xC2\xA1. This isn't allowed as you can see by the following error:
CREATE OR REPLACE FILE FORMAT myFileFormat
    TYPE = CSV
        COMPRESSION = 'AUTO'
        FIELD_DELIMITER = ','
        RECORD_DELIMITER = '\n'
        SKIP_HEADER = 0
        FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '\x22' -- Double quotes (")
        ERROR_ON_COLUMN_COUNT_MISMATCH = FALSE
        ESCAPE = '\xC2\xA1' -- Inverted exclamation point (¡)
        DATE_FORMAT = 'AUTO'
        TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'AUTO'
        NULL_IF = ('\\N')

invalid value ['\xC2\xA1'] for parameter 'ESCAPE'

On the other hand, if I use the last single-byte character I could possibly use (and is visible), the tilde (~), with a hex value of \x7E (you'd think it should be \xFF but utf-8 uses 7 bits before it goes into 2 bytes. Long story.) then it works fine. I tested this with a file and copy command and it works without issue.
CREATE OR REPLACE FILE FORMAT myFileFormat
    TYPE = CSV
        COMPRESSION = 'AUTO'
        FIELD_DELIMITER = ','
        RECORD_DELIMITER = '\n'
        SKIP_HEADER = 0
        FIELD_OPTIONALLY_ENCLOSED_BY = '\x22' -- Double quotes (")
        ERROR_ON_COLUMN_COUNT_MISMATCH = FALSE
        ESCAPE = '\x7E' -- Tilde (~)
        DATE_FORMAT = 'AUTO'
        TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'AUTO'
        NULL_IF = ('\\N')

[2021-05-26 23:49:21] completed in 149 ms

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(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) The third generation Corvette, patterned after the Mako Shark II concept car, was introduced for the 1968 model year and lasted until 1982. C3 coupes featured the first use of T-top removable roof panels and were sold in record numbers despite changes due to EPA regulations and the gas crisis of the 1970s. It introduced monikers that were later revived, such as LT-1, ZR-1, and Collector Edition. The Corvette's 25th anniversary was celebrated in 1978 with a two-tone Silver Anniversary Edition and an Indy Pace Car replica edition. It was the first time that a Corvette was used as a Pace Car for the Indianapolis 500.
Engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the C2, but the body and interior were new. The 350 cu in (5.7 L) engine replaced the 327 cu in (5.36 L) as the base engine in 1969, but power remained at 300 bhp (224 kW). 1969 was the only year for a C3 to optionally offer either a factory installed side exhaust, or the all-aluminum ZL1 427 cu in (7.00 L); The special big-block engine was listed at 430-hp (320 kW), but was reported to produce 560 horsepower (420 kW) and propelled a ZL1 through the 1/4 mile in 10.89 seconds.
Due to an extended production run for the 1969 model year due to a lengthy labor strike, sales were down on the 1970 models to 17,316. 1970 small-block power peaked with the optional high compression, high-revving LT-1 which produced 370 bhp (276 kW). The 427 big-block was enlarged to 454 cu in (7.44 L) with a 390 bhp (291 kW) rating. The ZR-1 special package was an option available on the 1970 through 1972 model years, and included the LT-1 engine combined with special racing equipment. Only 53 ZR-1's were built. The 427 cu in (7.00 L) big-block was enlarged to 454 cu in (7.44 L).
In 1971, to accommodate regular low-lead fuel with lower anti-knock properties, the engine compression ratios were lowered which resulted in reduced power ratings. The power rating for the 350 cu in (5.7 L) L48 base engine decreased from 300 to 270 horsepower and the optional special high performance LT1 engine decreased from 370 to 330 horsepower. The big-block LS6 454 was excluded from the de-ratings and it reached its power peak of 425 bhp (317 kW). For the 1972 model year, GM moved to the SAE Net measurement which resulted in further reduced, but more realistic power ratings than the previous SAE Gross standard. Although the 1972 model's 350 cu in (5.7 L) horsepower was actually the same as that for the 1971 model year, the lower net horsepower numbers were used instead of gross horsepower. The L48 base engine was now rated at 200 bhp (150 kW) and the optional LT1 engine was now rated at 270 bhp (200 kW). 1974 models had the last true dual exhaust system which was dropped on the 1975 models with the introduction of the federally mandated catalytic converter and mandatory use of no-lead fuel. As a result, engine power plummeted with the base ZQ3 engine producing just 165 bhp (123 kW), the optional L82's output was reduced to 205 bhp (153 kW), and the 454 big-block engine was discontinued. Gradual power increases after 1975 peaked with the 1980 model's optional L82 producing 230 bhp (172 kW).
Styling changed subtly over the generation until 1978 for the car's 25th anniversary. The Sting Ray nameplate was not used on the 1968 model but Chevrolet still referred to the Corvette as a Sting Ray, and 1969 (through 1976) models used the "Stingray" name as one word, without the space. In 1970 the body design was updated including fender flares, and interiors were refined including redesigned seats. Due to the government regulation, the 1973 Corvette's chrome front bumper was changed to a 5-mile-per-hour (8 km/h) system with a urethane bumper cover. The optional wire-spoked wheel covers (left) were offered for the last time in 1973.
In 1974 a 5-mile-per-hour (8 km/h) rear bumper system with a two-piece, tapering urethane bumper cover replaced the Kamm-tail and chrome bumper blades, and matched the new front design from the previous year. 1975 was the last year for the convertible, (which did not return for 11 years) and Dave McLellan succeeded Zora Arkus-Duntov as the Corvette's Chief Engineer. For the 1976 models the fiberglass floor was replaced with steel panels to provide protection from the catalytic converter's high operating temperature and the Stingray nameplate was dropped after 1976 ending 13 model years where the names Corvette, Sting Ray, and Stingray were synonymous. 1977 was last year the tunneled roof treatment with vertical back window was used, in addition leather seats were available at no additional cost for the first time. The black exterior color returned after a six-year absence. The 1978 model introduced the fastback glass rear window and featured a new interior and dashboard. Corvette's 25th anniversary was celebrated with the Indy 500 Pace Car limited edition and a Silver Anniversary model featuring silver over gray lower body paint. All 1979 models featured the previous year's pace car interior and offered the front and rear spoilers as optional equipment. In 1980, the Corvette received an integrated aerodynamic redesign that resulted in a significant reduction in drag. After several years of weight increases, 1980 Corvettes were lighter as engineers trimmed both body and chassis weight. In mid-1981 production shifted from St. Louis, Missouri to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and several two-tone paint options were offered. 1981 models were the last available with a manual transmission until well into the 1984 production run. In 1982 a fuel-injected engine returned, and a final C3 tribute Collectors Edition featured an exclusive, opening rear window hatch.
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The deadline for submitting the nominations forms was 28th September and according to BISA constitution rules, Muzila has been withdrawn because his nomination form was never received by the association.Meanwhile speculation is rife that Kenosi sabotaged Muzila intentionally. Kenosi is vying for the Vice President- Technical. Moreover, Kenosi's own nomination together with other candidates were successfully handed over to BISA by him.
Only Muzila's form is said to be missing from his submitted list.According to sources who prefer to speaking under the condition of anonymity, Kenosi's actions raises eyebrows."Where was his check list before submission and how did Muzila's form get separated from the rest? We believe there is something fishy to this issue than what meets the eye," a source said. Moreover it is also evident that the matter has aroused mixed reactions within the association and some are already calling for him to step down from running as VP Technical.
His move is alleged to have been well plotted and wanting to favour certain individuals ahead of the elections. For his part, a clearly rattled Muzila said the issue is most likely to mess up his elections campaign. He was not in a position to neither confirm nor deny the sabotage allegations. However, he expressed disappointment in Kenosi's actions arguing he was not careful enough hence the current mess. He said he was still waiting for formal communication from Kenosi and the association.
Moreover he is reported to have already engaged his lawyers on the matter and already seeking the way forward out of the situation. Moreover Sun Sports has been reliably informed that the missing form was received at BISA on Monday. Meanwhile Kenosi's phone has been ringing unanswered since Monday afternoon. Efforts made to contact him at his workplace also proved futile.
Herbet Kabelo the Electoral Committee Chairperson denied having received any information about the matter, "I am afraid of commenting because we have not been notified yet, however if there is any truth in it, the board will certainly meet and we shall see how best to address the issue," he said.On the other hand incumbent BISA president Joshua Gaotlhobogwe said the matter was a very sensitive issue to discuss and his committee was not in a position to comment. I am also a nominee so it can get very complicated," Gaotlhobogwe said.


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AI vs ML vs DL vs Data Science – Learn the Data Lingo
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AI vs ML vs DL vs Data Science – what's up with all the acronyms, yo? Well, hold tight because I'm going to attempt to create the clearest and most concise explanation of all of these data science terms anywhere on the internet. Are you with me?
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If you prefer to read instead of watch, then read on…
In terms of why I'm bringing the topic on AI vs ML vs DL vs Data Science up now, I have been working all year on the rewrite of my book Data Science for Dummies, and of course I need to have these discussions within the pages of the book, so why not bring these over on the blog as well, right?
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Let's get started by defining the acronyms
DS = Data Science
AI = Artificial Intelligence
ML = Machine Learning
DL = Deep Learning
If you're like 98% of the population, then you have very little idea what those words actually mean, so let's dig into details on that topic as well.
What is data science
Back in 2012, Drew Conway defined the term "data scientist" as the person who makes valuable and important predictions using a combination of three main areas of expertise.
One of those areas is the subject matter expertise in which the person is working but then other two are coding skills and math and statistics – which are combined into one.
Machine learning and deep learning are all forms of data science and AI in some cases is a byproduct of data science.
AI Vs. ML: What To Know
What AI really means is that, it is a machine or an application that is capable of making autonomous decisions. In some cases, the decision engine that is operating the AI software or the AI robot would be a machine learning decision engine or maybe deep learning. In other cases, AI can also run off of rules.
But when people are talking about AI, they're talking about a system or a process – something that is built (either software or a robot or something that can take action) – and has a built-in decision engine that allows it to make decisions autonomously.
An example of this would be like an AI application that is built to detect fraud. When the application is being built and when it's being trained, it's got workers monitoring its accuracy and predictions – training the model on the data.
Once the model has a high degree of accuracy, then the AI application can accept incoming data. It can issue an alert when it believes, based on the data, that there has been a fraudulent transaction or if a fraudulent transaction is about to occur, but it doesn't require human intervention to go in there and analyze it or tell it "yes" or "no". In that case, an application that can predict and intercept fraud would be considered an AI.
Now, this discussion has evolved over the years so I would be remiss not to mention these three types of AI:
Artificial Narrow Intelligence / Weak AI: An AI system that is well-trained to do something on a very specific task.
Artificial General Intelligence / Strong AI: It's a more generalized form of AI. This hasn't been achieved very well in practice, but what researchers are attempting to do is to build an AI system that can accurately perform a wide range of tasks. The goal being to actually be able to have all the capabilities of an actual human being in terms of tasks that it can complete autonomously. Because there's a wide variety of tasks in general AI, it makes it very difficult to build a system that can be accurate with one task, while also being accurate on another. Hence, the reason this is an area of research and development within the AI space.
Artificial Superintelligence: You can really think about this like the movie "Her." It's the whole idea of singularity or AI becoming conscious and having its own will. In my mind, that is just science fiction, I don't think it's actually possible. But I guess, if we live long enough, we will see.
Here's where the machine learning discussion comes in…
Machine learning encompasses the statistical tools and methods that are required to generate predictions from data. When I say predictions, I don't mean simple correlations, but more sophisticated types of predictions based on deep statistics and mathematics.
4 Types of Machine Learning Models:
Supervised learning: This machine learning training method makes predictions from labeled data.
Unsupervised learning: Since unsupervised learning does not use labeled data, it relies on similarity analysis and grouping to make predictions.
Semi-supervised: begins with labeled data. However, later in the process, the algorithm also gets exposed to unlabeled data that It then classifies based on what it "learned" from the labeled data.
Reinforcement learning: Reinforcement learning is a behavior-based learning model. It's based on a mechanic similar to how humans and animals learn. The model is given "rewards" based on how it behaves, and it subsequently learns to maximize the sum of its rewards by adapting the decisions it makes to earn as many rewards as possible.
If you're a data scientist or a data analyst and you're working with machine learning models, tell me in the comments, what model are you working most frequently with today?
The Difference between ML and DL
What do they mean and how do they differ?
So you already know what machine learning is since we've just covered it, now let's talk about deep learning.
Deep Learning really relies on machine learning as its basis, so it's a specialty area within machine learning. In order for me to define deep learning, I need to first define neural networks.
Neural network: A neural network mimics how the brain solves problems, by using a layer of interconnected neural units as a means by which to learn, and infer rules, from observational data.
Now, for a more technical definition. The simplest type of neural network is the Perceptron. It accepts more than one input, weighs them, adds them up on a processor layer, and then, based on the activation function and the threshold you set for it, it outputs a result. An activation function is a mathematical function that transforms inputs into an output signal. The processor layer is called a hidden layer. A neural network is a layer of connected Perceptrons that all work together as a unit to accept inputs and return outputs that signal whether some criteria is met.
A schematic layout that depicts how a Perceptron is structured
A key feature of neural nets is that they are self-learning — in other words, they adapt, learn, and optimize per changes in input data. I covered this concept and topic in greater depth in my book Data Science for Dummies, but we will leave it at that, for now.
Okay, so now you know what machine learning is, what's a Perceptron and you know a little bit of neural networks…So now, I will tell you what deep learning is. Are you ready?
Deep learning is a machine learning method that uses hierarchical neural networks to learn from data in an iterative and adaptive manner. It's an ideal approach for learning patterns from unlabeled and unstructured data. It's essentially the same concept as the neural network, except that deep learning algorithms have two or more hidden layers.
The main thing to remember is that DL trains machines or computers in ways that mimic how humans learn. The networks' structures are similar to the neural processing structure in the human brain and can be quite complex.
Both ML and DL are predictive, but DL can produce more sophisticated predictions. In fact, the more data you give a DL model, the better the model is going to perform. That's not the case with standard ML models. Because DL requires and thrives with more data, it makes it more extremely computationally expensive as a predictive model which means it just takes a lot more computing resources in order to generate results.
In summary, we can bring it all together by thinking of ML and DL as the predictive decision engines that power an AI application. Additionally, of those two, DL more closely resembles how a human brain works.
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Brimlad is a Nation of deserts and wastelands, of warriors living in the shadow of ancient cities long since abandoned and crumbling into dust, of regular people just trying to survive in cities that somehow manage to thrive in a Nation still recovering from the stigma of having been slavers not so many generations past.
There are several nomad tribes, of mixed ancestry and some of pure Auren bloodlines, wandering through the deserts with their camels and their horses, as well as some groups that keep a questionable peace in the still-thriving cities.
Sometimes adventurers from other Nations come here to unearth the buried secrets of the lost cities, the ruins that rise above the deserts and the scrublands that were once the centers of magical learning in all of Artegal, long before the rise of Glaisne and the Mages in Hightower.
The Crystal of Brimlad sits in a special courtyard in what was the Royal Palace at Chigaru-Issa. Many centuries ago, though, the city was abandoned in a coup following the assassination of the Royal Family. Since then, the Keepers have maintained their homes elsewhere, but all returned to Chigaru-Issa to visit the Crystal and maintain their link to its magic.


Oh my God! Huge thanks, Alast, for mentioning Snap Values. I solved it with my Cilio-Buo Hybrid. Really satisfied to solve it with my own genome.
That means you need more precision. I've been struggling with that aspect, too.
My solution adjusts itself to avoid infecting nearby healthy cells. It's so satisfying to watch it wiggle around the substrate.
I don't understand what's the point with that level.
I'm unable to make any organism with more than 4 splits.
After the 4th split, cells does not split anymore, like if there is not enough Nitrate on the substrate. But there is no Nitrocyte on this level.
So built a nanobot with only 4 splits?
My organism is generating/absorbing energy from the substrate since I see my core lipocyte filling to the max but should have splitted again..
Is this happen for you as well and is this intended for the challenge?
yes, that is intended. You'll need to create an organism that is able to move across the substrate without flooding it with sheer cell growth. 4 splits can mean up to 16 cells, right? The challenge is to make something work with that limitation.
Ok I understand this is intended but I think it is a shame.
4 split mean 16 cells but only if you use every cells in the final form of the organism. The first form I was targeting would have 2 legs, myocytes driven by sterocytes, and a core made with trio lipo/phago/photo to produce energy from the substrate.
I know I'm new in the forum but I've played this game for a while now before the update. I did some experiment as well with custom substrate, big worm, self regenerating smartswimmer, a bit of irradiation experiences etc...but finally it bored me.
Now I came back playing because of the Update levels and cells types, very happy of the update, the increased amount of types is very good! But I can say that I face the same "issue" than before that make me a bit bored, it is in overall to laborious to find a solution for the challenges since you constantly need to finetune split mass, flow rate etc... and that is the point that is boring after a while, even if I finally find the solution.
Ok this is part of the game but I feel that in most case, the restriction made force the player to adopt a "regular" approch and does not let place for enough imagination.
Or maybe there is just not enough level scales on the challenges.
Splitting some or all the challenges into several difficulties with progressive restriction would be great!
To came back to the subject, I would have liked if this challenges (64: Nanobot) had allowed more freedom in the instance since there is then almost only 1 solution for it to work now...and after I won it "easy" I would have raised the difficulties. We can apply this to many levels on which restrictions forces the player to adopt the solution the level designer expect.
This is even more frustrating now we have 40 modes to make very complex organism.
I don't complain (but maybe the frustration speaks), I love hard game and don't want to have CellLab become easy only. I really think it is an awesome game that really deserve it. That why I express myself in a such long 2nd message on this forum.


Introduction: The word electricity is derived from the Greek word—electron, the name for, amber, which when rubbed with a dry wooden cloth, attracted light bodies of every kind, such as a small piece of paper, gold leaf, etc. It is strange that, a power so rich in its resources, so universal in its application, and so readily controlled, as electricity was not earlier introduced into the home. Although electricity is sometimes an enemy greatly to be feared, because of its being pregnant with danger, it is most frequently man's obedient servant easily controlled by the will and a powerful auxiliary in the noblest enterprises that aid most in civilization. It carries messages by means of telegraphic wires from the cities in each states and country to the most distant limits of the globe. It promises to lessen the toil of workman by lending an inexhaustible mechanical power. We find in fact that the adoption of electrical apparatus in house-keeping, is gradually becoming more widespread, making some things more useful and others more ornamental, until in the near future we may anticipate its presence in the home will be indispensable.
Citation: Romick, Minnie Louisa. Electricity: it's use in the home. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1894.


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Enhanced EWSS rates in place of modified CRSS
The Government has announced plans for enhanced support for Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) employers for December 2021 and January 2022. Included in the announcement was confirmation that the proposal to modify the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) to provide additional support for businesses impacted by the latest public health restrictions will not be implemented ahead of Christmas.
It was confirmed in a press release that the enhanced subsidy rates under the EWSS will be maintained for a further two months. This is considered a more efficient and effective way to support businesses affected by the latest restrictions in the short term, than providing for a modified CRSS giving targeted support.
Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe T.D., announced last week that a scheme modelled on the CRSS would provide targeted and timely support for those most recently affected by restrictions. This scheme was expected to be open for applications this week but following further consideration and analysis of the available data, it has proven to be administratively complex to design. Accordingly, Ministers Donohoe and McGrath confirmed it would not be possible to have the scheme operational ahead of Christmas as had been intended, and enhanced EWSS rates would be provided in the interim.
Minister Donohoe has also decided to extend the end-date of the CRSS to 31 January 2022 to align with the requirement for nightclubs and discos to close until 9 January 2022.
A further amendment to the Finance Bill 2021 will be brought in the Seanad stage next week to give effect to these changes.
Revenue confirmed that all eligible EWSS payroll submissions received from 10 December 2021 onwards will be processed using the enhanced subsidy rates. Employers who have already submitted eligible EWSS payroll submissions in respect of December 2021 do not need to take action or make amendments. Revenue confirmed that, during the course of next week, it will identify the relevant payroll submissions, revise the calculation of subsidy due having regard to the enhanced rates, and process additional subsidy payments to the relevant employers shortly thereafter.


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Q: How to correct this error in MCP 1.8.8 client start? The error:

Time: 14/02/2023, 20:35 Description: Initializing game
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length
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java.base/jdk.internal.util.Preconditions.outOfBounds(Preconditions.java:64)
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java.base/jdk.internal.util.Preconditions.outOfBoundsCheckIndex(Preconditions.java:70)
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java.base/jdk.internal.util.Preconditions.checkIndex(Preconditions.java:266)
at java.base/java.util.Objects.checkIndex(Objects.java:359)     at
java.base/java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:427)     at
net.minecraft.client.resources.model.SimpleBakedModel.getFaceQuads(SimpleBakedModel.java:35)
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net.minecraft.client.resources.model.WeightedBakedModel$MyWeighedRandomItem.getCountQuads(WeightedBakedModel.java:109)
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net.minecraft.client.resources.model.WeightedBakedModel$MyWeighedRandomItem.compareTo(WeightedBakedModel.java:100)
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java.base/java.util.ComparableTimSort.countRunAndMakeAscending(ComparableTimSort.java:320)
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java.base/java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(ComparableTimSort.java:188)
at java.base/java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1107)    at
java.base/java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1301)     at
java.base/java.util.ArrayList.sort(ArrayList.java:1721)   at
java.base/java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:145)    at
net.minecraft.client.resources.model.WeightedBakedModel$Builder.build(WeightedBakedModel.java:78)
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net.minecraft.client.resources.model.ModelBakery.bakeBlockModels(ModelBakery.java:388)
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net.minecraft.client.resources.model.ModelBakery.setupModelRegistry(ModelBakery.java:84)
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net.minecraft.client.resources.model.ModelManager.onResourceManagerReload(ModelManager.java:25)
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This error shows when I'm trying to run the client.
Can anyone help me? I've trying to set up a client with Minecraft Coder Pack (MCP) with a tutorial video, the video's creator's game was working successfully and without any problems and I write the same as he but my Minecraft Client didn't start (I used eclipse ide for my ide and i ran it from there).


The package reached from Yumi. There were a small manual music box and a flashlight in the inside when the seal was opened. It was written that it was a souvenir when she went to Disneyland with people from the office the other day in an enclosed letter.
I sounded the music box. It is ..melody of 'When you wish upon a star'.. ..listening... I am a very favorite tune. As for the flashlight, a round part ahead is made of the material of gummy of the transparency, and a lot of fragments of the liquid and silver are floating on the inside. I turned off the light of the room and turned a torch on. And, it tried because it was written that it shook it in the letter.


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The Road to Cincinnati, titulado Carretera a Cincinnati en España, es un episodio de la serie de televisión animada de Los Simpson . Este es el octavo episodio de la trigésima segunda temporada y el 692 de la serie.

Sinopsis
Chalmers fue invitado a EDU-CON en Cincinnati, una convención dedicada a los administradores escolares. Después de que Skinner encuentra un subterfugio para hacer el viaje con Skinner, se ven obligados a conducir más de 1.000 km tras ser excluidos de un avión. Sin embargo, este viaje se verá afectado por muchas aventuras, y la relación entre los dos podría explotar y el resultado final podría verse afectado.

Recepción
Cuando se emitió por primera vez, el episodio atrajo a .

Referencias culturales

 Se invita al superintendente Chalmers a hablar en una conferencia en Cincinnati, en el auditorio Procter & Gamble .
 Skinner menciona una historia en Instasnap, un sitio de parodia de Instagram y Snapchat .
 La película Game Night se transmite en el avión de Skinner y Chalmers.
 Skinner y Chalmers hacen autostop a improvisadores de Shakespeare .
 Durante el espectáculo de improvisación, Marge imagina a Shakespeare usando un dispositivo de parodia iPod .
 Cuando Skinner entra en el auditorio suena un tema musical parecido a la canción Everytime You Go Away, parodiando el momento en el que suena esa canción en la película Planes, Trains and Automobiles, que tiene una trama similar a la de este episodio.

Notas y referencias

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Episodios de televisión de Estados Unidos de 2020


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Garth Brooks adds opening night show at Gillette Stadium
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Garth Brooks is adding an opening night show to his upcoming Stadium Tour stop at Gillette Stadium.
Garth will perform a second show in Foxborough, MA on May 20, one night prior to his previously announced concert on May 21. This marks the superstar's first appearance at the stadium that serves as the home of the New England Patriots. The show will be in-the-round seating and tickets are priced at $94.95, all inclusive.
The "Friends in Low Places" singer has included opening night shows at recent stops in Nashville, Cincinnati and more. "I don't care if 500 people just show up, the thing is, if you want a great seat, you're guaranteed one," he describes in a video before the Nashville show.
Tickets for the May 20 show go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. ET.


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Google Engineer Leaks Nearly 1,000 Pages of Internal Documents of Bias, Censorship
Posted on October 22, 2019 October 22, 2019 by Curator Bot
Taggedjewish, political
A former Google engineer has released nearly 1,000 pages of documents that he says prove that the company, at least in some of its products, secretly boosts or demotes content based on what it deems to be true or false, while publicly claiming to be a neutral platform.
THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Zach Vorhies, first provided the documents to Project Veritas, a right-leaning investigative journalism nonprofit, as well as the Justice Department's antitrust division, which has been investigating Google for potentially anti-competitive behavior. Neither Vorhies nor the Justice Department have addressed the most important fact underlying Google's distortion of the political process: the overwhelming Jewish control of Google — and, in fact, of nearly all major media in the United States.
"I thought that our election system is going to be compromised forever by this company that told the American public that it was not going to do any evil," he told Project Veritas in a video published Aug. 14. "And I saw that they were making really quick moves. … They were intending to scope the information landscape so that they could create their own version of what was objectively true."
Vorhies said he worked for Google for eight years, making $260,000 a year, when counting in the gains from the Google stock he owns.
"I had every incentive in the world to stay at the company and just collect the paycheck," he said, noting that most others would do that.
"But I could never live with myself knowing that, if Google was able to implement the plans that they were planning, that I, at the moment of choice, backed out because I was selfish."
Vorhies first came to Project Veritas more than a month ago, disclosing some documents and answering questions with his face hidden and his voice disguised.
When he returned to work, however, Google sent him a letter demanding, among other things, that he turn over his employee badge and work laptop, which he did, and "cease and desist" from disclosing "any non-public Google files." Afraid for his safety, he posted on Twitter that if something would happen to him, all the documents he took would be released to the public.
Google then did a "wellness check" on him, he said. The San Francisco police received a call that Vorhies may be mentally ill. A group of officers waited for him outside his house and put him in handcuffs. "This is a large way in which they intimidate their employees that go rogue on the company," he said.
Vorhies then decided that it would be safer for him to go public.
Vorhies called Google a "political machine" bent on preventing anybody like President Donald Trump from getting elected again. He said there are other Google employees who "see what's going on and they are really scared."
Changes at the company that worried him started in 2016, he said.
The documents indicate that Google has ramped up emphasis on suppressing what it deems "fake news." That has led it to review news content using a variety of manual and automated means to make calls on what is true and what is "misinformation" and sort results accordingly.
Most of the documents appear to pertain to Google News, an aggregator featured prominently at the top of the page for news-related search results.
One document describes "Project Purple Rain: Crisis Response & Escalation," the goal of which is to establish "processes to detect and handle misinformation across products during crises" and "install 24/7 team of trained analysts ready to make policy calls and take actions across news surfaces including News, News 360 and Feed."
"News" appears to pertain to "Google News" and "Feed," a rebrand of the former "Google Now" product, showing news articles below the search bar on the Google mobile app.
Another document, a presentation that appears to date back to late 2017, explains that websites that apply to be included in Google News results need to pass an automated review that checks their technical parameters, and also a manual review of their "processes, policies, and editorial guidelines." If accepted, the sites are then repeatedly checked and given "demotion penalties" for infractions.
Then, however, the presentation presents "potential" next steps, which included expanding its screening policies to cover "fringe/controversial" content, such as that which is "factually incorrect, fake, irrelevant." Furthermore, the document suggests that Google should also address "sensitive" content, such as that which involves "hate," "diversity," and "bias" or is "geo-politically sensitive."
One of the goals of the effort was a "clean & regularly sanitized news corpus," it reads.
It's not clear whether these steps have been implemented.
Fringe Ranking
One of the documents says that Paul Haahr, Google's principal engineer, leads the effort on "fringe ranking" with the goal of "not showing fake news, hate speech, conspiracy theories, or science/medical/history denial unless we're sure that's what the user wants."
Combined with information from other documents, "fringe ranking" appears to mean that unless a user already knows what specifically to look for, Google will hide from the user anything it labels "fake news, hate speech, conspiracy theories, or science/medical/history denial." Such information would then be effectively obscured from users who haven't yet been exposed to it.
Feed Blacklist Yet another document lists websites whose content is manually banned from showing up in the "Feed."It includes a number of fringe sites on the political right, the more prominent ones including thegatewaypundit.com, truepundit.com, and redstate.com.It also includes some sites on the progressive left, including mediamatters.org, forwardprogressives.com, occupydemocrats.com, and learnprogress.org.But it also includes relatively mainstream right-leaning sites such as dailycaller.com, louderwithcrowder.com, and newsbusters.org.The list indicates it's because those are "sites with high user block rate." It's not clear though why these sites would need to be blacklisted manually if a high block rate alone was to automatically place them on the list. Videos Manually Rated One presentation slide, apparently photographed from a computer screen, bears the title "Fake news & other fringe: Trashy recap" and says that "every day, top 250 videos [on YouTube] in top 26 locales are rated by multiple human […]
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CONTACT: Bryana Larimer
Bryana.Larimer@CoMo.gov
Columbia Police Department announces 2017 Employees of the Year
The Columbia Police Department honored several outstanding employees during the 9th Annual Employee Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, May 16, in the City Council Chambers. The ceremony was followed by a celebration with cake and punch for the nominees, winners, and attendees. The awards were presented in the following categories: Civilian of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Supervisor of the Year, and Molly Suzanne Thomas Bowden Officer of the Year. Each award is presented to those who have demonstrated exemplary conduct and excellence in performance of duties.
2017 Civilian of the Year: Lydia Green
Ms. Green began as a part-time employee with the department in July 2007. She was promoted to a full-time position in the Records Unit in September 2008. By August 2011, Ms. Green became the Records Unit Supervisor overseeing all records requests and managing a team that included records support and typists. Ms. Green and her unit averaged receipt of over 60% of all records requests for the City of Columbia each year. By 2017 it was determined Ms. Green was tasked with so much work, her position ultimately had to be split into two full-time positions. In November 2017, she was promoted again to the Records Custodian for CPD; this marked the first time in CPD's history to have a civilian filling the position. Ms. Green spends countless hours filling records requests and consistently goes above and beyond for staff and citizens alike.
2017 Rookie of the Year: Officer Adam O'Dell
Officer O'Dell began with the department in December 2016. He is a promising officer who oftentimes goes the extra mile to solve cases himself that would otherwise be referred to detectives. Officer O'Dell makes it a point to establish positive relationships with the people he meets on every call he handles and demonstrates a level of maturity far beyond his years. He was described by a Training Officer as "hands down one of the best." Officer O'Dell has been a wonderful addition to this department and we look forward to working with him for many more years to come!
2017 Supervisor of the Year: Sergeant James Meyer
Sgt. Meyer began his career with the department in September 2008. He was promoted to Sergeant over the Patrol Division in July 2015. Sgt. Meyer leads by example; he never asks his officers to do something he would not do himself. He makes it a point to recognize his team's achievements and provides constructive critique when necessary. Officers are quick to follow Sgt. Meyer's lead based off his attitude towards police work and the compassion he regularly displays. He takes genuine interest in his officers and meets with them to help them meet personal and career goals within the department. Overall, Sgt. Meyer displays the qualities of character, professionalism, and dedication every shift as a supervisor.
2017 Molly Suzanne Thomas Bowden Officer of the Year: Officer Christopher Papineau
Officer Papineau began his career with the department in June 2006. Since then, he has served in the Patrol Division, as a Field Training Officer, on the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, and as a detective in the Street Crimes Unit. Officer Papineau is often looked to by fellow officers for his expertise in many law enforcement disciplines. He is always quick to assist other officers and lend advice from his own experiences. He finds value in working with new officers and shaping their success for a long career within the department. Officer Papineau is recognized for his proactive policing efforts and dedication to reducing violent crimes in the City of Columbia. He is a true asset to the Patrol Division and this department overall.
Additional recognitions included 2017 promotions, retirements, and commendations, among which comprised: Meritorious Service Ribbon, Life-Saving Ribbon, Distinguished Service Ribbon, and Commendable Performance Ribbon.
All employees of the year received a commemorative watch and plaque purchased by the Columbia Police Foundation from Gary B. Robinson and D-Sport, respectively. Additionally, each nominee received a gift card from the City of Columbia as part of the Employee Incentive Reward Program.
History of the Molly Suzanne Thomas Bowden Officer of the Year
The award is in memory of Officer Molly Bowden who was shot while conducting a traffic stop on January 10, 2005. Officer Bowden succumbed to her wounds and died on February 10, 2005; she served honorably with the department for 3.5 years and was the first and only officer at our department to be killed in the line of duty.
We are very proud of all the nominees and winners of these awards. A very special thank you to our sponsors of the event: Columbia Police Foundation, Central Bank of Boone County, and Columbia Police Foundation Board Member Gary Tatlow.
2017 Employees of the Year
Lydia Green, Civilian of the Year
Officer Adam O'Dell, Rookie of the Year
Sgt. James Meyer, Supervisor of the Year
Officer Christopher Papineau, Officer of the Year


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A machine learning algorithm for automated tumour sample processing
As researchers work towards establishing whole genome and transcriptome analysis into clinical practice for cancer care, scientists at the GSC continue developing innovative laboratory methods to improve efficiency and accuracy.
In a new study, published in the Journal of Pathology, led by GSC Director and Distinguished Scientist Dr. Marco Marra and the GSC's Instrumentation Group Leader Dr. Robin Coope, researchers used machine learning algorithms to develop an automated method for tumour sample processing, circumventing the need for expert pathologist review and reducing processing time.
The procedure was developed as part of the Personalized OncoGenomics (POG) program at BC Cancer, a precision oncology initiative that performs whole genome and transcriptome sequencing to identify targetable genetic alterations in patients with metastatic disease.
Tumour sequencing usually relies on biopsies—small tissue samples taken from a patient's tumour. During the procedure, it is impossible for the surgeon to ensure that the biopsy contains only cancerous tissue, and as a result, tumour biopsies consist of a mixed population of cancerous and healthy cells. To improve the quality of tumour sequencing, biopsies can be dissected to enrich the sample for tumour cells, reducing the amount of contaminating healthy tissue.
Sample enrichment is often performed using a technique called laser capture microdissection (LCM), a widely used method that employs a microscope with a laser to dissect thin slices of tissue adhered to a glass slide. LCM instruments are designed to dissect very small patches of tissue and in some cases, even single cells. To ensure sufficient tumour material is dissected for genomic analysis, the tumour sections must be manually identified to produce a map, which is then used by the LCM instrument for microdissection of the entire slide.
To automate slide annotation, the team used tissue slides that were first annotated by expert pathologists to train a machine learning algorithm to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells and to produce a dissection map that could be used for LCM. They put their method to the test and found that, following dissection, high quality nucleic acids could be extracted in quantities sufficient for whole genome and transcriptome sequencing, and that the dissection successfully increased the tumour cell content in the sample.
"LCM has been employed in research for many years to extract small groups of cells or even single cells to study their genomic characteristics," says Dr. Coope. "Our approach automates the identification and boundary mapping of tumour cells across a whole slide, so thousands or tens of thousands of cells can be dissected in one step."
This proof-of-concept study provides the foundation for further innovation and method development. The team is currently running tests to ensure the method is applicable to a wide range of tumour types and slides prepared by different laboratories. Recently, they have employed a different laser and specially coated slides to reduce the dissection time from approximately 40 minutes to just one minute per slide.
"The POG program aims to pave the way for genomic analysis to become part of routine cancer care," says Dr. Coope. "Automated LCM has the potential to improve the efficiency and accuracy of tumour sequencing and do so in a way that can be scaled and expanded to meet the needs of a broader patient population."This work was supported Genome BC, Genome Canada and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Robin JN Coope, Colin Schlosser, Richard D. Corbett, Stephen Pleasance, Basile Tessier-Cloutier, Pawan Pandoh, Heather Kirk, Simon Haile, Yongjun Zhao, Andrew J Mungall, Marco A. Marra. 2020. Whole-Slide Laser Microdissection for Tumour Enrichment. Journal of Pathology. Online ahead of print.
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Roger Waters is currently touring with a massive audio visual presentation of Pink Floyd's "The Wall". The show is so spectacular that it was recently profiled on 60 Minutes. I thought about the album, Water's show and the message of The Wall reading this week's Corner Office Section in the Sunday New York Times (NYT).
Zimmer gave several other concepts which she has learned that are excellent tips for the compliance practitioners. One expanded upon the old 90s maxim 'Win-Win". She explained that team concept is paramount for a chance at long term success. This is because more people are invested in the outcome; they will be more willing to participate. Zimmer stated, "I learned that the best business deals are the ones that are brilliantly crafted so that everybody has a reason to play." So, more than making others in your organization winners, try a new initiative with your employees, if you can invest them in the process, you will have a greater chance to sustain the initiative.
Zimmer values the concept of team building quite high on the scale of importance in First Book. For this trait, Zimmer looks for employees who "have tried things, and have failed, and have risen above it." If someone is accomplished, this generally means that the person is a builder and has already developed the skills to overcome setbacks. She has found that "people who have tried things on their own and struggled are the ones who are least protective of their work and the most collaborative." This is because in the corporate world the myth of the lone scientist working in his or her lab to create the next thing is simply that, a myth. She believes that organizational accomplishment is a team sport and those are the people that she wants in her company.
Just as Roger Water's message in his current tour is that it is really only walls that separate us and that they can come down, I found Zimmer's ideas to be quite useful in the compliance context. Fear of failure is rife in the corporate world but she clearly articulates some reasons why it should not be viewed as such. More importantly, her thoughts on team concepts and that if employees are invested in the process, it will make for stronger and more long-lasting end results and these are important points for the compliance practitioner to take away from this article.


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Charlie Alpha November Echo (M/M) repeated
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Hot fiction by Rod Cayenne, repeated from 2016, and with special thanks to Jim for inspiration.
Over-18s only.
It wasn't easy being the rookie cop in the big concrete police station. Jim kind of dreaded the others, and the rough horseplay he saw there in the locker room. He buffed up the shine on his black police boots with the brown wooden brush, and sighed heavily.
"Here, let me have look, lad," said Tom, one of the older bobbies, the duty Sergeant. Jim passed him a boot to inspect. "Hmm. When all's said and done, this is not very good. Give it some elbow grease, lad. This needs a lot more shine, a proper mirror-finish. You can barely see the reflection of my beard in this one."
His beard! Oh yes, his beard. His masculine, greying, sexy beard. Jim had lusted after it and the man behind it ever since he first clapped his eyes on Tom. The beard, the white starched shirt, the blue eyes, his thick leather belt and his bushy eyebrows. The man was a total dream!
Tom pulled the rookie to one side and whispered in his ear, "You're going to have to do a lot better than this. Watch out for Charlie Alpha!"
Charlie Alfa? Charlie Alfa? He'd heard the name a few times. Who was this bloke the others spoke about in hushed terms? Before he had a chance to mull over it more, Tom the Sergeant was outlining the day's schedule.
"We're pulling a gang of teens in this afternoon. They've been a right fucking nuisance to some good people so we're going to put the frighteners on them. Clap them in the cells for a few hours. Probably not a job for you to get too involved in. Then tonight we're staking out a cottage. The loos in the Jubilee Gardens. I don't really approve of such harassment any more. I'm not, err you know, but the fact is that there are quite a few of us coppers who sometimes like a bit of variety, if you know what I mean. In fact, I think you maybe one of us, am I right lad? But the Chief Super is a bit old-fashioned in many ways and wants us to crack down, arrest and ruin some married men. But I don't think so somehow! So we'll go and watch the action and then conveniently forget to book anyone."
"Sounds like a plan," Jim laughed, his tenseness relieved by the frank and friendly banter of the duty Sergeant.
As it happened, it did all go to plan, Jim, Tom and a colleague had a wonderful, voyeuristic time, no animals were hurt, and no arrests were made. However, the Chief Superintendent was not amused. He'd wanted a scalp or two, but nothing had been delivered.
Jim was to discover all about the Chief's displeasure at his first quarterly performance review. It started well, with gushing praise for much of his conduct. There were problems though, outlined as the Chief to paced up and down his spacious office, "Persistent lateness and cocky attitude. I was also disappointed with the stake-out at Jubilee Gardens. I do hope Tom hasn't corrupted you with his strange beliefs?"
"Err, no Sir. We were just unlucky. We had fella lined up for cuffing, and then he just disappeared into the night."
"Is that so, is that so? I am detecting a pattern here. A good policeman let down by negligence, tardiness, complacency and too cock-sure for his own good. What you need, my lad, is a good taste of my Charlie Alpha November Echo!" the older man smirked.
"Eh?" Jim asked stupidly.
"That's 'Eh Sir?' or 'Eh, Chief Superintendent?' to you lad! Where are your manners? Do I have to spell it out to you? Charlie Alpha November Echo! C…A…N…E. The cane! Six of the best, should do it."
"But Sir! You can't do that!"
"Dereliction of duty, lateness, cocky attitude. I can do it, lad, and I will do it. I think we'll make it eight strokes, in fact! You've had the cane before?"
"Yes Sir. My father…"
"Very good. Perhaps I'll call him later." With that, the Chief Superintendent sat down and reached under his desk. He produced a cane which he laid on the desk top, right in front of Jim who proceeded to go pale.
"Aha! Do I detect some familiarity with this?"
"Well, it's very similar to my father's."
"Is that so? I doubt he got his from the same place as mine!"
"How so, Sir?"
"I picked this beauty up in a raid of a brothel in the City. You could say she's a metropolitan model, but I've named her Charlie Alpha."
In fact, it was a pretty standard school cane. A pretty cane! A punishment cane, with a perfectly-curved crook handle. Just like the one Jim's father had used to use.
"Alright then lad! Stand up! Over the back of the chair please. No, no, you can keep your trousers on. Unlike some round here, I am not a lover of naked male flesh."
The Chief Superintendent was not a lover of male flesh indeed, but he was a sadist. A semi-secret sadist. How he enjoyed whipping his juniors with a rattan rod! A rod he affectionately named Charlie Alpha!
Jim's police trousers were stretched tightly as he bent over the back of the chair. So tightly that the outline of his Y-fronts could be seen, offering a gratifying target for the Chief, as he flexed the cane purposefully.
The Chief didn't hang about as he landed not one, not two but three fast strokes. Jim hadn't expected that, being used to his father's more leisurely ways of punishment. The heat and pain was immediate and intense. Jim gasped, overwhelmed by his superior's sadism.
The Chief paused, "I hope you can see that I mean business, young James!"
"Yes, Sir!" Jim replied dutifully. He pushed his bottom out, ready for the next stroke. It came with a loud crack, Jim feeling as if his trousers, underpants and the flesh beneath were being ripped to shreds. A fifth stroke followed rapidly, causing a squeal from Jim.
"Quiet Constable! Take your medicine like a man!"
The sixth and seventh strokes followed rapidly again, and despite the Chief's direct command, Jim could not help yelping as each one landed on target. The young constable was embarrassed at his weakness, yet consumed by overwhelming pain at the same time. The last stroke landed accompanied by a loud "AAARGH!"
At least it was over, Jim consoled himself. It had been quite a beating, so rapid and so painful. He'd try to avoid the Chief and Charlie Alpha in future!
"You can get up now," the Chief smirked. "I hope you won't need a reminder in the near future. I expect only the very best from my PCs. Otherwise they get the best of this!" he said throwing the whippy cane down on the desk. "Off you go!"
Jim left silently, closing the door gently. Outside the office, his hands flew to his meaty backside. He clawed and kneaded at the flesh, desperately trying to ameliorate the intense, throbbing pain. He loosened his belt by a couple of notches, but it didn't seem to help any. As he walked down the winding staircase, he caught Tom's eye, for the sergeant was manning the reception desk.
"Ah. A painful gait, I see. I'd guess that your review ended with an introduction to Charlie Alpha. Am I right?"
"Shit, yes, Tom! Eight fuckin' introductions!"
"Eight, ho ho, he must have been annoyed! Most new recruits get four to six at most to start with. Sounds like you hit the jackpot!"
"Jackpot! I should be so lucky! I guess that Sergeants are immune?"
"From Charlie Alpha?"
"Of course lad, we've paid our dues. Charlie's reserved for kids like you."
"Cheers, Tom. I mean Sarge! I'm off home now, think I'll have a bath, see if that helps."
Jim made his way home on the service bus. His bottom ached and throbbed as it bounced around on the poorly-padded bus seat. He felt every austerity pothole as the bus rattled and clattered down the neglected A-road. Alighting at the stop, he nipped into the shelter to compose himself before he faced his parents. He didn't want to give the game away, so smartened himself up, tightening both his belt and tie to look his best.
As it happens his father was waiting to greet him at the door, "Hello son! How was work today?"
"Oh hi, Dad. Work? Oh, you know, same old, same old!"
"That's not what I heard! The Chief Superintendent rang me. He told me about your caning. I didn't know the Police went in for that sort of thing at all!"
"No, neither did I Dad!" said Jim rubbing his backside ruefully.
"Well now. I approve. Wholeheartedly. He told me what a cocky fool you've been. I'm not surprised. We've noticed it at home too. Far too frequently. I've sent your mother out."
That could mean only one thing to Jim. 'Sending his mother out' was his father's code for "I'm going to cane you!"
"Dad, you can't mean…"
"I do indeed! I bet you thought I'd got rid of the good old cane, didn't you?"
"Well, yes, I'd rather hoped, as I'm 21 now…"
"Never too old for a caning while you're under our roof! You've brought shame on us, James! I made the Chief Superintendent a solemn promise. That I'd take care of your discipline between his quarterly reviews."
"Dad, you can't! Besides, it's quarterly review day today, hardly between reviews!"
"Don't get clever with me! I can see what your boss meant about your cockiness. As long as you live under this roof, you are a boy as far as I'm concerned. So before, I deal with you, you can have a shower and shave off that ridiculous, cocky moustache too. You're too young for it! When it's gone you can report to my study in your pyjamas!"
Jim was dismayed. No moustache! No dignity! And a very, very sore arse. And those pyjamas! His mother insisted on them while he lived at home, although Jim would far rather sleep in the nude. He'd have to ask for a room at the Section House, this was all much too much!
Father meanwhile was happy. He'd take the lad down a peg or two, for sure. He'd felt the urge to discipline his cocky young adult son for some time. Rather stupidly, the lad had furnished him with just the right excuse!
Upstairs in his en-suite, Jim hacked away at his moustache with some disdain. He'd grown to like it, feeling that it gave him the authoritarian air so appropriate for a police officer. But now that contrived gravitas was gone. He gazed at the fresh-faced 21-year-old in the mirror. Why hadn't he argued it out with his father? It was a question that buzzed around his head time and time again as he massaged his sore arse cheeks under the warm water of the walk-in shower.
"I'm waiting!" Jim's father barked. Jim duly dropped his pyjama trousers. The old man lifted the tail of the pyjama top to inspect his son's beaten bottom. The Chief had done an excellent job, with eight crisp but haphazardly-placed weals clearly on display.
"Another eight then, I think. Just to reinforce the displeasure of your mother and of me! Don't let us down again, son."
With that father landed the first purposeful stroke. Jim had to gasp, for it cut across much of the Chief's earlier handiwork. And so it continued. A second, harder stroke. A yelp from the young man. A third, leisurely delivered but excruciatingly painful. A squeal from Jim. A whippy fourth, a violent fifth. A teasing sixth, a scorching seventh. Cries and grunts. A valedictory eighth.
Jim got up slowly, pulling up his pyjama bottoms ruefully. He was holding back the tears, but had to speak, "Thank you father."
"You're welcome! Anytime!" He meant it too. At last, with great pleasure, he had tamed his cocky son!
Come the next shift, Jim made his way into the police station cautiously, trying to walk as normally as his well-beaten bottom would allow. It was just his luck to find his new friend Sergeant Tom on the reception desk.
"Hey, Jim lad! Where's your moustache gone? My, you look so much younger without it. Just like the naughty boy you are. Now, tell me, how's your naughty bottom?"
"Don't bloody ask! My Dad gave me a thrashing too! The Chief had rung him, so Dad decided to give me the same with his cane."
"Wait! Your Dad has a cane too? Blimey, you've been unlucky! How many did he give you?"
"Another eight!"
Tom whistled with disbelief, "Anyway, how about after the shift you come back to my place? I'll make you feel better."
Tom did eventually comfort Jim, but only after giving him another caning too!
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Story © MMXVI by Rod Cayenne
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All characters appearing in this story are over 18 and are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Beyond The Locker Room (M/M) NEW!
Posted by Rod Cayenne on September 1, 2017
Posted in: M/M, spanking. Tagged: Friends, gym, masturbation, mates, plimsoll, slipper, spanking, teacher. 4 Comments
Brand spanking new erotic fiction by your host, Rod Cayenne. All the characters are aged 18 or over. Strictly adults only!
It sure was great to be back at the gym. It was even greater to be there in the changing room. All around was the gorgeous, arousing smell of man sweat. Yes, the masculine aromas of sweaty armpits, men's bodies, cheesy feet, musky jockstraps and tired briefs wafted all around. It took me right back to my school days. All that was missing was a sadistic PE teacher, complete with punishment plimsoll. Then there were the lockers, tall and grey, almost like businessmen in suits. When you opened a locker door, your treasured clothing would tumble out, just like a cock falling from unzipped trousers. Well, that's the way it seemed to me and my vivid imagination.
I picked at some stubborn, hard snot in my nose as I reminisced idly about the school gym in particular, only to be startled by my friend Freddie.
"Eeew!" he declared as I withdrew my finger from my nasal orifice. I thought I'd better make some small talk, as he did seem a bit grossed out by me.
"I love changing rooms," I said, "The stale smells, the slatted wooden benches, the knackered lockers where you have to wrestle to get the battered doors to lock properly." He was getting a censored view of my randy thoughts, but then I wondered whether to mention old Mr Smith and his slipperings. It was too late though, as the words just slipped out, as it were, as I said, "All that's missing is Smithy and his punishment plimsoll!"
"Shit, yeah!" said Freddie, "That fucking thing stung like the blazes."
"Tell me about it!" I added, "I remember it well. In fact, like it was yesterday. Do you know, I once got six with it? My arse was on fire! I wanted to dial 999 to get it extinguished," I joked.
"Six? It does sound like a job for the emergency services! Nurse, the screens! But hey, I don't remember you getting that many. Most I ever got was four. What did you get a sixer for?"
"You don't remember it 'cause I never told anyone. I was too embarrassed and too damn sore. He caught me jacking off."
"Oh ho! I see. You always were a bit of a wanker. But doing it at school was just asking for trouble. Stupid, in fact. When was this exactly?"
"Just before we left. So, Upper Sixth, and I must have been almost eighteen and a half. It was a Friday afternoon and he gave me six stingers on the bare! Well, I already had my pants pulled down for my wank of course. It's not like he was going to tell me to pull my pants back up so that he could whack me, that really would have been bizarre."
"Right! He was pretty fond of dishing it out on the bare. As I say, I got four a few times. That slipper left real marks, too. Still, doesn't it make you wonder how many we could take now we're proper adults? A lot more I reckon!"
"Maybe, but who in their right mind would want to try? You'd have to be crazy to do that!"
"Kind of. But it would be fun, don't you think? Kind of wicked."
"Kind of wicked? Kind of whack-ed, more like! What are you suggesting? A whacking for fun? You've got to be joking. No, it's a crazy idea. Pervy too."
"Kind of. But old Smith was a bit of an old perv, don't you think?"
"Yes, I do think that when I look back now. I didn't think about it much at the time. I guess I was young and naive. Its been almost two years since I had that sixer, I reckon."
"So, definitely no more whacks for you? Maybe you're just chicken?"
"Hey now! Shut up, Freddie! That's just not fair. If you'd been there that last time you'd have seen just how bravely I took it. It was fuckin' hard and I didn't cry. The last thing I am is chicken, you bastard!"
"Well, I wasn't there, much as I'd like to have seen you bawling like a baby. I still reckon you're chicken, cluck, cluck, cluck!"
"Drop it, you bastard!" I said but just then Freddie whipped me on my bare leg with his towel. "That fuckin' hurt!" I cried out, feeling pretty pissed off with my mate.
"See! Cry baby chicken!" taunted Freddie again.
"Bastard! I'll show you who's fuckin' chicken! Have you got a gymshoe at your place?"
"Err yeah. I've got a pair of Green Flash somewhere I think."
"Just the job! Although we'll only need one of the pair. You're not getting cold feet now are you? I'd hate to call you chicken!"
"No, it's alright, Pete. Just hadn't imagined us doing it for real."
"Well it was your idea!"
"No it wasn't! You were the one who mentioned Smithy!"
"Let's cut the arguing and go back to yours. You're in for one sore arse!"
"So are you! But I'm gonna show you just who's chicken, even if it kills me!"
"A Green Flash probably will kill you. The soles must be real rubber, I think. Should pack quite a sting!"
"Yeah, packing heat alright!"
Back at Freddie's, we ended up in the lounge. His parents were away in Torquay, so we had the place to ourselves. We sat down on the plush G-Plan settee, enjoying cans of pop from the small fridge before Fred got up to fetch the slipper.
"Alright six on the shorts for each of us. Then, how's about if we think we can take more, we do it on the bare?"
"Alright, but I really don't want to see your bare arse," I said, although really and truthfully, there was nothing on earth I wanted to see more.
I went first. Freddie slammed the slipper into my arse, like a true sadist. My shiny black Adidas shorts were soon ablaze, as the rubber sole unleashed the flames of Hell all over my arse. After my six, I couldn't help rubbing away at my arse cheeks, trying to reduce the awful stinging pain. It took a while for the pain to begin subsiding, and only then did I feel like picking up the slipper myself, responding, "Right, you bastard! I'm gonna give as good as I got! Your bum's in for a shock! Six of the very best! Coming up!"
How I enjoyed whacking his arse! The slipper seemed to have a hefty weight and a momentum all of its own as I decorated his shiny white shorts with agonising blows. I didn't want to stop at six but that's what we'd agreed. Just six whacks was enough to bring out my inner sadist.
Like me, Freddie was finding it hard to process the pain. He couldn't help but laugh as he stood up though, rubbing his cheeks, just like I had. "Well, shall we examine the damage, mate?" he asked.
Slowly, we both dropped our shorts, revealing startlingly red bottom cheeks to each other. That slipper sure left its mark! Or marks! There was a problem though. I was getting stiff. Shit, despite my vain efforts at self control it soon grew into a right proper erection. Of course, Freddie was quick to notice, and as luck would have it the bastard's own cock was as limp as a soggy lettuce. "Pervert!" he taunted, "You're so gross! If you're not picking your nose, you're flashing me."
I searched high and low for the right words to reply to him. I'd hoped he would have forgotten about my bogie quest. What to say, what to say? It wasn't easy to think straight with a throbbing arse and cock. I wanted to say something really smartarse and clever and cutting to him. "Fuck off!" I shouted.
"Fuck off yourself!" he replied, laughing, "Now I reckon I can take sixty in all, how about you?"
"Sixty? No way, that's fifty-four more! You'd need an ambulance after that many."
"So how many do you think you can take, Pete, me old chicken?"
"Oh, I don't know. Perhaps thirty-six? Yeah, I reckon I can manage that without medical intervention."
"Alright, another thirty whacks for you. Better let me know if you want to chicken out earlier though!"
I bent over the arm of the sofa, as before, but this time with my shorts still pulled down. My cock was still erect, but that soon disappeared as the Green Flash flashed down time and time again, setting my already sore arse aflame again. By six, I'd had enough. By twelve, he'd eased off temporarily but the cumulative effect of the strokes was agonising. At eighteen, I was writhing my arse from left to right, trying to avoid the punishing blows. I was half expecting a verbal rebuke from him, but instead I heard him chuckling to himself. Around the twenty-five mark, a strange submissiveness took over me. I felt my bottom raising to meet the slipper each time. Could it be that there was almost some pleasure in it after all? At thirty he laughed and dropped the slipper.
"I'll have another six please," I announced to his astonishment.
"Is that a dare?" he asked me.
"No, no, I just think I can take a little more." In truth though, I was at the point where the punishment had turned me on a little, and this was my true motivation.
Freddie was happy to oblige, tanning my arse really hard. I heard a manly grunt from him as he landed the last of forty-two strokes. He dropped the Green Flash down on the carpet.
"Well done, well taken," Freddie begrudgingly said, before he took my place, bending over the arm of the sofa. I noticed that the marks on his arse were already fading a bit. Perhaps he had a really tough arse? We were about to find out…
As I picked up the slipper, I could feel my cock stirring again. Yes, I was looking forward to using that damned slipper. I definitely had a sadistic streak, as well as the masochistic one I'd discovered towards the end of my beating. I guess that day was the first time I realised I was a sado-masochist. What had started as a bit of lads' fun was taking a darker turn, at least in my mind.
"Right, arse up in the air!" I ordered, "Right up!" I gazed at his hairy, attractive arse and hole and then slammed that slipper right into him. Again and again, he gasped and moaned as I gave my bastard friend a jolly good workout. I was enjoying the verbal play too, telling him "You deserve this", "I'll teach you, you bastard!", "Be quiet!", "Take it like a man!" and so forth. By thirty strokes there was a change in him. Was he going all masochistic, like I had? It was hard to tell, and as I got to forty-two, I asked him if he'd had enough. Much to my surprise, he had.
"Yeah, actually I have had enough. We're both on forty-two, let's call it quits for today. We can always do it again sometime." He staggered to his feet, rubbing his sore behind, as I gazed at the Green Flash with some regret at the premature termination of my friend's beating. "I'm gonna have a wank, see if it'll take my mind off my sore arse," Freddie announced. Well, it was his house. But I thought he was going to disappear and do it in his bedroom or in the toilet, but no, he started jacking off there in the front room, right beside me!
I felt that I had no choice but to join in. Well, it would have been rude not to, wouldn't it? So I whispered, "Me too. I alway wanked after a session with Smithy's shoe."
"Hey, don't suppose I can wank you off?" Freddie asked.
"Sure! If you'll do the same for me? And just as long as you don't go telling on me."
"What, to an old perv like Smith?"
"Exactly. Don't grass me up to old Smithy! I don't think my arse could take anymore!"
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