Measurement has started for two classes here in Cadiz, the Yngling and Europe classes have started the essential process prior to their racing kicks off in the next few days.
There will be more news from the dinghy park later but in the meantime, the Star Class has any of a number of sailors who can walk away with the World Champions Title and accolades.
The Star fleet includes such legendary sailors as Enrico CHIEFFI (ITA), Fredrik LOOF (SWE), Paul CAYARD and Mark REYNOLDS, (USA), and of course last year's World Championship winners, Iain PERCY and Steve MITCHELL (GBR). This year's event promises to be one of the most spectacular ever, with a huge depth of talent and competitive spirit.
Olympic Gold medal winners at both the 2000 and 1992 Olympics Games, Mark REYNOLDS and Magnus LILJEDAHL (USA), will want to regain their World Championship crown from Percy and Mitchell, and have every opportunity to do so. The Star is a notoriously difficult class in which to dominate, evidence being that in the past 10 years only one skipper has claimed the World Championship title more than once, being Reynolds in 1995 and 2000.
Challenges to the title will also come in the form of Mark MANSFIELD and Killian COLLINS from Ireland, who are fresh from a popular victory at the Star European Spring Championship, and ranked second in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the class. However, they still have the added challenge of qualifying Ireland for an entry to the Olympic regatta at this second hurdle.
Perhaps one of the strongest assaults on the trophy will come from veteran athlete Fredrik LOOF (SWE), who won the worlds in 2001. Or maybe even Torben GRAEL (BRA), Olympic Bronze medallist in Sydney and Gold medallist from the 1996 Games in Savannah, as well as a famous victory in the just finished Star Europeans, held in Cascais, Portugal.
Veteran America's Cup skipper and past Star World Champion, Paul CAYARD (USA) will be making an assault on the Championship title. However, with a world ranking of 45, whilst Paul may place highly in Cadiz, he will have a way to go to merit Olympic selection by the US over some of his higher ranked American teammates. Paul does have an impressive track record, as the first American skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race, in 1998 on EF Language, together with being a seven-time world champion and a five-time America's Cup veteran. However, it is the Star World Championship title from 1988 which is his most coveted prize.
Having spent the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Regattas helming a Finn the men's single-handed dinghy event, Hans SPITZAUER (AUT) has teamed up with Andreas HANAKAMP, to successfully work their way past some of the Star legends, currently ranking 6 in the world, a career best. With their highest World Championship result being a 10 in 2001, who knows what these two could produce in Cadiz.
The Star is the `old lady' of the Olympics, having first seen competition more than 80 years ago at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, USA.
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A free national program is helping to generate greater awareness around student mental health and assist teachers to introduce mindfulness into the classroom through a range of guided meditations and activities, tailored to each year level.
In the past 12 months, over 18,400 school children across 23 schools throughout Australia have benefitted from this charitable partnership between mindfulness education organisation Smiling Mind and Frasers Property Australia.
Together, Frasers Property and Smiling Mind are hoping to bring the benefits of their free mindfulness program to 75,000 children at 90 schools.
Workshops for parents have also been held at each participating school, in a bid to introduce the concept and practice of mindfulness to parents and the wider community.
"Working with students in particular is so important to build awareness and resilience around mental health. It doesn't matter what age they start," said Dr Addie Wootten, Smiling Mind Chief Executive Officer.
Through the Smiling Mind app, teachers can access the program's guided meditations and mindfulness activities. Teachers also receive support from the organisation over the whole school year to help introduce mindfulness into their classrooms.
Roxburgh Rise Primary School in Melbourne is one of the 23 schools that have already signed up for the program, which will be delivered to its more than 700 students, 530 families and 42 teachers.
"Our school has a strong focus on student and staff wellbeing and we are aware that mindfulness can play a beneficial role in supporting wellbeing," said Principal Chris Bozikas.
"Teachers learn the skills they need to guide their students through the program and they can apply the techniques to manage their own stress. By including parents in each of the school communities we work in means they, along with teachers, can also support their children and have the opportunity to learn the techniques themselves," Dr Wootten explained.
Craigieburn South Primary School in Melbourne has also adopted the Smiling Mind program this year. Student Wellbeing Leading Teacher, Marisa Corsetti, said that since introducing Smiling Mind into the school's classrooms, both the students and teachers are feeling calmer and more positive.
"I have seen a real improvement in students in their ability to reflect on their emotions as well as managing their emotions to support positive outcomes," she said.
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Maurice Ffrench Eyeing Breakout Year Under New OC Mark Whipple
Pitt senior wideout Maurice Ffrench answers questions from the media at the 2019 ACC Kickoff at the Westin in Charlotte, N.C. on July 18, 2019. (Mitchell Northam / Pittsburgh Sports Now)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When it was announced that Pitt was hiring Mark Whipple as its new offensive coordinator this past offseason, Maurice Ffrench went to the film room.
He wanted to familiarize himself with the x's and o's that the 62-year-old implemented at UMass, which finished 14th in FBS in passing yards per-game last season.
And then Ffrench started focusing on his position and saw Andy Isabella, who led the nation with 1,698 receiving yards on 102 catches. Isabella, who was drafted in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals, also scored 14 touchdowns.
Ffrench lit up while watching Isabella and seeing his production. And then he met Whipple, who he called "a mastermind" on Thursday at the ACC Kickoff at the Westin in Charlotte. Ffrench has been on-board with the coordinator switch since then, and he's looking forward to himself and Pitt's offense taking a leap this season.
"(Whipple) just moves the ball all around. He makes sure he gets his players involved. So, I'm definitely loving his offense," Ffrench said. "I just watched (Isabella's) film, his reps, to figure out how to be a better player and fit in that offense correctly."
Ffrench, who was recently named to the watch-list for the Maxwell Award, comes into this season as one of the elder statesmen in Pitt's receiving corps. He's one of three seniors on the wide receiver depth chart, but finished last season as the team's leader in receiving touchdowns with six, and was second in receptions and receiving yards, hauling in 35 passes for 515 yards.
But the 5-foot-11 product of New Brunswick, New Jersey also has a special relationship with starting quarterback Kenny Pickett. The two grew up about 30 minutes away from each other and have been connecting for touchdowns since they played seven-on-seven games together in high school. Even now, when they're at home kicking it with family while on breaks from school and football, they still find a field to meet up at.
He's hoping that extra bit of chemistry with Pickett, and some x's and o's magic from Whipple, will make Pitt's offense into a high-powered scoring machine.
"Every time I'm with (Whipple), I try to pick his brain," Ffrench said. "He been through a lot of football, he knows a lot. With us, he goes through everything, make sure that we know the details of a route, why we're running this route, making sure we do it to full speed, full detail. We're just taking that and going a hundred miles speed with it. We just trying to have a way better offense and come out stronger than we did last year."
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said Thursday that the Panthers are still a football team that will lean on its running game, but replacing Darrin Hall and Qadree Ollison – who each eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards last season – will be no easy task. And if Pickett, Ffrench and the rest of the receiving corps improve and click early, and the passing game becomes a real threat, Pitt may be inclined to switch up its offensive identity a bit.
"I want to be better at throwing it, but we still have to be able to run the ball," Narduzzi said. "If we throw for 500 yards and run for 32, I guarantee you that we lose."
Nevertheless, even if Ffrench doesn't approach Isabella-like numbers, he's proven that he can impact the game with his top-flight speed and play-making abilities in other ways.
He ran the ball a bit last season, covering 164 yards and scoring twice on 19 carries. Ffrench was also a superb kick returner in 2018, notching a pair of touchdowns on 20 returns. His average of 27.4 yards per-return attempt ranked first in the ACC.
This season, Ffrench will have another avenue to rack up yards and potentially score, as he's been named as the teams starting punt returner on the preseason depth chart. He caught just one punt last season, losing two yards on its return.
"It's nothing different for me. I've done it since high school, there's always just been someone ahead of me there. I just had to wait my turn," Ffrench said. "Punt returning is way faster. The blocks are right there and you have to adjust as soon as you can. Kick returning, you have time to read and 20 yards or so before you can really get hit."
Added Narduzzi: "It's nice when you have a guy (returning kicks) who has confidence. When he took that one back against Notre Dame, that wasn't against a bunch of slow guys. He's got a chance to take it to the house every time he touches the ball."
Indeed. Ffrench's quick feet was one of the first things Pitt cornerback Dane Jackson pointed out when he was asked about his teammate, but he also mentioned his brain too.
"(Ffrench is) fast, he's physical and he's very smart," Jackson said. "I think a lot of people underestimate his physicality just because he's fast. He's able to push off at the top of those routes, get that separation he needs to get a good judgment on the ball."
For Whipple, who has previously coached at Brown, Miami, and with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns, Ffrench's combination of pace, sharpness, toughness and sure hands might just be the weapon he needs for Pitt's offense at wide receiver.
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The village of Swanwick in Derbyshire is situated between the towns of Ripley and Alfreton and is the Gateway to the Peak District National Park. Swanwick is in the Borough of Amber Valley.
Swanwick is conveniently situated near the A38 and just a few miles west of Junction 28 of the M1. The village also provides easy access to Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Mansfield and Sheffield. It is predominantly a commuter village but has a large employer on its extreme north edge after Thorntons moved here from Belper.
Although an old village, Swanwick can be divided into two main areas, the oldest parts of the village being found in the centre and west with the newer, essentially residential areas to the north and east. Several of the estates were developed in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Swanwick doubled its size to around 5000 during the 20th century and this despite the fact that it has lost much of its original industries.
There are three schools: Swanwick School and Sports College (formerly the Delves School), Swanwick Primary School, and Swanwick Hall School, an 11-18 community school with a sixth form. In addition there is a pre-school group that is housed in an old chapel in Pentrich Road, and there are several other play and toddler groups within the village.
All the three churches in the village, Anglican, Methodist and Baptist, are now united under the title of Christians in Swanwick. Within the village there is a range of shops and services which include: mini-market, newsagent, Chinese take-away, pharmacy, off licences, post office, three hairdressers, fancy dress shop, dog grooming, car repairs, two filling stations, a conference centre, butcher's shop, driving school, café, charity shop and two dental practices.
In addition there are four public houses all still operating: the Steampacket on The Green, the Boot & Slipper also on The Green, the Gate Inn at The Delves and the Cross Keys on Derby Road North.
Swanwick Parish Council is responsible for the Chapel Street playground for young children and the Parish Council supports Amber Valley Borough Council in the restoration of Cray's Hill Sports and Nature Park. There are several other playgrounds in the village under the responsibility of Amber Valley Borough Council.
Swanwick has an allotment association. The alotments are situated in an area between The Delves and Broadway with access from Shirley Road. There are forty-nine allotments on the site. The land is owned by the Parish Council to whom an annual rent is paid. The association has been in existence for over seventy years and every year a wide variety of produce is grown. In recent years there has been a rise in the popularity of growing good quality uncontaminated vegetables and fruit. This is reflected in the fact that all plots are currently occupied, and there is a waiting list.


Visit England's largest Medieval Festival, 26th to 28th August at Herstmonceux Castle!
Surround yourself with the sights, smells, sounds and excitement of medieval times!
England's Medieval Festival is back and 2017 will mark their 25th year at Herstmonceux Castle!
The festival is the largest of its kind in the UK, magically blending history and fun into an experience that's enjoyable for the whole family!
There's archery, falconry, medieval food and music, jousting, jesters, and battle sieges!
As if that wasn't enough, there's also an authentic medieval tavern and on-site camping – go basic, go 'glamping', or even book a room at the castle itself!
See the full event schedule here and get more information on England's Medieval festival here!
Times: 10am to 6pm each day, with additional events for campers, glampers, and those staying overnight.
Tickets: Family weekend ticket £250 includes 4 nights camping. Day passes are also available.
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Book Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness | reading is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd — whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself — Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.
I read A Monster Calls late at night, while my (almost) two-year-old son was sleeping in my arms. Somehow i held my son a little closer, a little tighter to me. Often times, Patrick Ness can really scare the living sh*t out of me.
I can emphatize with Conor. Whatever he went through, and his reactions for such, it was understandable. i enjoyed his banters with the monster. It was unexpected to encounter humor in those scenes, but it worked! Even the monster couldn't stifle his laugh.
The twist is simple yet it left a scorching mark in my heart. Maybe I, too, am guilty of the same truth that Conor is terrified of (if I were in his shoes).
A Monster Calls challenges you to face the truth. But what's more challenging for me is letting go. and moving on.


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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., Nov 16, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Automotive Group recently partnered with Sport Durst Automotive Group to launch the opening of their new store, Hillsborough Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Enjoying continued success in the Hillsborough market, the partnership feels confident the momentum will continue as they deliver this new CDJR store to the area.
Hillsborough residents and surrounding areas will have the convenience of shopping for a new or preowned car or truck locally without having to go to Durham.
Customers will also have the confidence and ease of mind knowing that this store is part of well-known automotive groups in the Triangle.
Check out this new store to find out what all the excitement is about at 259 South Churton Street in Hillsborough and online at https://www.hillsboroughcdjr.com/.


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This call for celebrating with all International female students from Ghent university!
The celebration will feature on: 'discover your talents to make right career choices' with Danielle Krekels.
Enjoy this night of discussion, music, dance, free food and drinks, fun and friends! and join us in your traditional outfit (if available).
Sound great, isn't it? So don't miss it and come along on FRIDAY 6 MARCH, at 7 pm.
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Zawodzie – kolonia wsi Jeleniec w Polsce, położona w województwie lubelskim, w powiecie łukowskim, w gminie Stanin.

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Rugby World Cup Argentina 2023 The Book
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Pro d2: Carcassonne sign Puma Nahuel Lobo
The professional future of Argentine front-rower Nahuel Lobo is set to continue in France. The 23 year old has agreed to terms to join second division side Carcassonne on a two year deal from his current club of Montpellier. The move comes at a time in which head coach Jake White is making changes to the player roster and sees Lobo's two year deal ended a year early. In remaining in France Lobo is ruling himself out of being selected for international duty. The UAR is to enforce a new selection policy following the completion of this year's Rugby World Cup. The change will see an end to selecting players based abroad as only those playing at home are to be considered for test match rugby in Argentine colors.
Still just 23 years of age Nahuel Lobo is a player to have been on the fringes of regular selection for Argentina in recent years. Following his debut from the bench v France in Lille in November 2012 Lobo was a mainstay in the team playing ten test matches with the most recent being against Italy in November 2013.
In 2014, however, opportunities did not eventuate as head coach Daniel Hourcade looked to develop more options by favoring home based players in a variety of positions including the front-row. Lobo thus became one of a number of players under Santiago Phelan to be overlooked with others instead being given opportunities.
While Lobo was second choice loosehead prop under Phelan Hourcade elevated Lucas Noguera Paz and Bruno Postiglioni to the senior squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship and, similarly, left out Lobo for the November tour. What had appeared to be a strong chance of Rugby World Cup involvement in 2013 has decreased to now be a possibility rather than a probability.
His move to Carcassonne rules out a place in the Argentine Super Rugby franchise in 2016 and 2017. He arrives at the south-western France club after having played fourteen Top 14 matches and two European Cup matches for Montpellier. The move will likely see him obtaining significantly more game time. Among other new signings, he will be joining Uruguayan fly half Felipe Berchesi at the club.
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Women are washing gorgeous flowers, gathering them into a bundle to bring to market. Shot from above, this photo captures the beautiful simplicity of a serene river scene.
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Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews, Tucker Carlson, Pat Buchanan, Robert Novak, John Gibson and Neil Cavuto versus Keith Olbermann wasn't imbalanced enough for cable news stations, so CNN just made the bold move of hiring THREE MORE CONSERVATIVES!
How do you like that for fair and balanced?
And this is being generous by counting Olbermann as someone on the left, when he makes no claim to speak for liberals or even to being political. This is also not counting Wolf Blitzer, who hasn't met a Republican talking point he didn't want to make out with.
Two weeks ago CNN announced they were hiring Bill Bennett. Then they doubled down (pun intended Bill) by hiring the loathsome Glenn Beck. Now, they just finished off the hat trick by hiring former Republican Congressmen from Oklahoma, J.C. Watts.
It's sad to see how clueless the people at CNN are about this. After all their efforts at finding new programming, their genius move was to hire more conservative hosts? Very, very bold. That should really set you apart from the pack.
If you want to see how copying FOX works out for you in the ratings race, just look over at MSNBC (you would be the first person who turned them on in two hours).
I was once in a television meeting where cable executives fretted over hiring a Jew as a host because they weren't sure that would go over well in the middle of the country. This was after the overwhelming success of "Seinfeld." They named the show Seinfeld and it was number one for about 35 straight years. And these schmucks (who by the way, in a great twist of irony were also Jewish) thought Jews on TV might not work well.
Now, a new set of cable television geniuses bring you the revolutionary idea of adding the 187th conservative talk show host in a row. Hey Einstein (who also didn't sell well in the middle of the country), how about adding a strong, liberal voice for counter-programming? Or did they not teach you that in TV Exec 101?
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Q: How to use custom types in Hadoop I'm trying to make a modified version of the classic word count program, where the target output is the name of an input document and the number of unique words it contains.
To achieve this I planned to use a custom datatype to use as a key, where the datatype contains the name of an input file and a word. ie: DataStruct = [filename, word].
My plan is to do this in two passes, in the first I map the input files to (DataStruct, 1) key-value pairs, and then reduce this to -> (DataStruct, count).
I envision every line to be formatted like this:
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file1 word 4
file2 word 6
..

I will then do another pass where the map phase produces (filename, 1) pairs and the reducer produces the desired (filename, count) output.
The first (and minor) question I have is whether this is a reasonable way to approach this problem, there isn't a lot of hadoop material available online for reference so I'd appreciate any pointers someone experienced in this field can give me.
The major question I have, and where the trouble I am encountering is, is in the output of my first phase. I expected after implementing the following class into my code that I would get the desired file word count output but it is not so.
    public static class DataStruct implements WritableComparable<DataStruct> {
        private Text word;
        private Text filename;

        public DataStruct(Text w, Text fn) {
            word = w;
            filename = fn;
        }

        public DataStruct() {
            word = new Text();
            filename = new Text();
        }

        public void set(Text w, Text fn) {
            word = w;
            filename = fn;
        }

        public Text getFilename() {
            return filename;
        }

        public Text getWord() {
            return word;
        }

        @Override
        public int compareTo(DataStruct d) {
            if(word.compareTo(d.word) == 0) {
                return filename.compareTo(d.filename);
            }
            else return word.compareTo(d.word);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
            if(o instanceof DataStruct) {
                DataStruct other = (DataStruct) o;
                return word.equals(other.word) && filename.equals(other.filename);
            }
            else return false;
        }

        @Override
        public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
            word.readFields(in);
            filename.readFields(in);
        }

        @Override
        public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
            word.write(out);
            filename.write(out);
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            String combine = word.toString()+filename.toString();
            return combine.hashCode();
        }

    }

My output instead looks like this:
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UniqueWordsDocument$DataStruct@a3cd2dd1 1
UniqueWordsDocument$DataStruct@1f6943cc 1
..

and I can't find anything online that explains this. I have figured out that the value after the @ is the hashcode of the data but i do not know how to proceed without having the filename and word in the output. If someone can explain what is happening here and/or how to fix this issue I would be incredibly appreciative.
Thanks for your help.

A: You need to override the public String toString() method in your DataStruct class.
As things stand, Java has no idea how to display your DataStruct objects, and so just prints a reference to the objects themselves.
Your may want to have something like:
@Override
public String toString() {
    return word.toString() + "-" + filename.toString();
}

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This week at Bungie, we're packing our bags.
We're headed to gamescom. After that, we'll be back for PAX. Frequent flier miles will rack up like XP as we make new connections.
We love meeting Guardians in real life. We're about to cross paths with players from all over the world. Between our final pre-launch public engagements, we'll conduct the final test of Destiny 2 on the Internet with the PC Beta. Soon after, we'll join each and everyone one of you in the wild for the main event – the launch of Destiny 2.
Let's itemize our final pre-launch itinerary.
Destination: gamescom
In Köln, our mission will be to introduce some new European friends to what we think is one of the finest communities in games (we might be biased). Not all of them have followed the Destiny 2 conversation since reveal, so we'll be bringing them up to speed. This doesn't mean that you won't learn something new. For the hardcore Guardian who has heard everything we've said about Destiny 2, we'll have some new details for you to chase like a glowing Engram.
We'll let you know where you can find us once we've touched down in Germany, adjusted to local time, and unpacked our cargo.
Stay tuned for details and releases!
Destination: Your Personal Computer
In the Destiny 2 PC Beta, our mission will be to make final preparations for launch. We still need able-equipped Guardians on the PC to help!
You can still pre-order to be part of the first wave of Guardians to kick 'em where it hurts in Early Access. We'll let you know when pre-load is live.
Destination: PAX
Back home in Seattle, our mission will be to celebrate the end of a long journey with our community. That's not a mission as much a party. Our venue for this epic gathering of Guardians will be the Paramount Theater in Seattle. We'll be there on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
If you have a badge for PAX West, join us to play Destiny 2, meet developers from Bungie, browse exclusive wares in the Bungie Store, and learn more about how we make games in a series of panel discussions. We'll share the full schedule next week. These panels won't be reveals, but rather a chance to share some of our culture of creativity with players in waiting.
Bring an itchy trigger finger, some keepsakes to have signed, an appetite for exotic loot, and a burning curiosity for who else will be joining you starside only a few days after the show is over.
Destination Companion
Ever since the original launch of Destiny, millions of Guardians have discovered a toolset that lets them interact with the entire world of the game and the community that plays it. We call it the Destiny Companion. It's an experience that spans your desktop and your smart phone. Like your Ghost, it's there to help you navigate your path to legendary status.
On August 23, along with the game it supports, the Companion is about to evolve.
New to Destiny 2:
EXPLORE - All about what's happening in the world of Destiny:
Stay up to date with the latest news and updates
Discover new events and activities
See the latest amazing creations from our community
Find community and help with forums and groups
CLANS - Stay connected with your teammates wherever you are:
Create or join a Clan and invite others to join you
Manage your Clan roster and see who is playing
Create a shared identity with a unique banner
Track your Clan progression and shared rewards
Communicate with your teammates through Clan text chat
Returning from D1:
GEAR - Manage all your weapons, armor, and inventory:
Inspect all your favorite weapons and armor
View item stats, perks, and inventory configuration
Manage and equip items on your characters
RECRUIT - Search for other players looking for Fireteams for any activity:
Search an available list of requests and choose a team to join
Create a new Fireteam, approve/deny requests, and communicate with your teammates
YOUR PROFILE - Manage your experience with account information and settings:
Configure your identity and what others can see/know about you
Choose your notification and communication preferences
Communicate and interact with friends and new Guardians
Redeem Bungie codes and view your redemption history
SUPPORT – Talk to your Mentors and Player Support Specialists:
Report issues that keep you out of the game
Read articles with answers to common questions
Talk to other Guardians who are there to help you
To see the new experience, you'll need only visit Bungie.net after we close our maintenance window. To hold these upgrades in the palm of your hand, you'll need to update your app. This will overwrite the Destiny 1 version of the companion and the Destiny 2 services will not be online until after the launch of the game on September 6. Destiny 1's API will still remain active. So if you are looking for D1 gear management or stat tracking, the community will continue to have you covered with the apps they've created.
When you play Destiny 2, this companion will be your guide as you build a brand new legend.
Locked and Pre-loaded
As launch day quickly approaches, Destiny Player Support will be making sure you have all of the knowledge you need to get into the game on Day 1. Their support doesn't stop there. They will be with you throughout the upcoming journey.
Destiny 2 Digital Pre-load: Coming Soon
Players who have digitally pre-ordered Destiny 2 will be able to pre-load the game starting next week. Xbox One pre-loading will begin early next week, while PlayStation 4 pre-loading will become available on August 31, 2017. Announcements of pre-load availability will be made through @BungieHelp on Twitter.
Destiny 2 will also receive a Day 1 Update, which will become available closer to the release of Destiny 2. For information concerning the installation of Destiny 2 to a console, please see the Installing and Updating Destiny Guide.
Destiny Companion App Update
Mentioned above, the Destiny Companion Application will be receiving an update on August 23, 2017. Once available players may download here:
If any issues are experienced when using the updated Companion App, please post a report to the #Help forum detailing the experience, with the additional tag of #iOS or #Android.
Group Founders: Final week to prepare your Clan for Destiny 2
Group Founders have until August 23, 2017 to prepare Private Groups for the upcoming Bungie.net and Destiny Companion update. They must choose to either Upgrade to a Destiny 2 Clan, or remain a Group on Bungie.net.
Option A: Upgrade to a Destiny 2 Clan
This option is recommended for smaller communities (3 - 100) where the majority of Group members are also Clan members. If this is the currently selected option on August 23, 2017, the following will go into effect:
The associated Group will be deleted
The forum history and chat history of the Group will be transferred to the Destiny 2 Clan
Option B: Remain a Group
This option is recommended for large communities (100+) where most of the Group members are not also Clan members. If this is the currently selected option on August 23, 2017, the following will go into effect:
The Clan is deleted
The Clan Roster is removed
The Clan name is reserved to the user that was set as the Clan Founder
The forum and chat history will remain a part of the Group and will not be transferred with the Clan name reservation
To help prevent issues that may be caused by absent Group Founders, every Group with an associated Clan will default to one of the two available options based on Clan membership.
Groups with 50% or more of their members in the associated Clan will default to the "Upgrade to a Destiny 2 Clan" option which removes the Group and prepares the Clan for the new Destiny 2 Clan features
Groups with less than 50% of the members in the associated Clan will default to the "Remain a Group" option which preserves the Group, removes the Clan, and reserves the Clan name to the Clan Founder
For additional information, please see this Help Article: Preparing Clans for Destiny 2.
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Your community manager is someone I look up to. Quite literally, have you seen him? He is extremely tall. Anyways, he is still searching through ton of movies each week and looking to pick the prettiest ones.
Cozmo: It's movie night. Find someone to snuggle up with and watch some of these handpicked flicks.
If you are new to Movie of the Week, there is only one rule: Don't talk about Movie of the Week. Wait, that's not right. You can talk about it all you want. Here is how it actually works. Submit your movie to the Creations page. If it gets chosen, you win this Emblem. Pretty simple right?
Let's get on it with it.
Movie of the Week: Tanks Beats Everything
Honorable Mention: An Ending
Honorable Mention: Right back at you
For us, there is a short time left to prepare for your arrival in Destiny 2. For you, it's still a long time to wait. For me, well, I can't wait to get back to Koln. It's one of my favorite destinations of the year. Sure, I'm always jetlagged and sleep deprived when I'm there, but I still love going. It's not always the journey. Sometimes it really is the destination. Let's just hope I get a polite armrest buddy.
We'll meet at the Farm soon, together, and maybe we'll even meet somewhere along the way toward launch.
Time to grab my boarding pass and passport and take the next step.
#destiny #thisweekatbungie #twab #destiny2


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    render json: { status: 'ok'}, status: :ok
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  def user_params
    params.require(:user).permit(:email)
  end
end

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I am excited to announce that we will host a webinar with Brad Hardy, VP Sales of Kowa on May 5th. Join us to learn some of the secrets behind Kowa's award-winning improvement in sales performance.
Prior to working with Optymyze, Kowa struggled with inefficient compensation plans, gaps in communication with the sales force, inflexible systems, limited visibility into performance, and weak analytics and reporting capabilities. As a small pharma company competing in one of the largest therapeutic classes, these challenges limited their ability to capitalize on the opportunity their products presented.
Optymyze's Sales Operations as a Service (SOaaS) approach solved Kowa's challenges, turning a weakness into a strength and enabling them to achieve their business goals. Backed by years of experience in the pharma industry, Optymyze experts helped Kowa immediately take the first steps towards designing motivating plans and quotas, automating processes and reporting, and improving sales performance. Thanks to the agile methodology we used, Kowa was able to see results in a matter of weeks. Kowa and Optymyze continue to have an ongoing partnership, which has led to innovation in rewards and recognition, managed care visibility, call plan optimization, and other areas.
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The two documents that receive products from a supplier are the Goods Inbound and the Goods Inbound & Purchase Invoice documents. Both share the same common interface. Adding such documents can be done directly by the Goods Inbound module or against a Purchase Order.
In case the user chooses to use the Goods Inbound module, the choice of the document (either Goods Inbound or Goods Inbound & Purchase Invoice) is possible from the drop-down selection option. Then, adding the document to the account requires -at minimum- the setting of the Supplier and the insertion of at least one Product row in the Product Details form. The rest of the document header fields (such as the Document Comments or Document Tags) and the document tabs (for example the Product Details tab) are similar to those described in the Purchase Order document.
The document can then be either saved as Pending (draft) or Verified. In case the document is saved as Pending it will be assigned a temporary id of the form "--" and will not have any effect (no quantity changes) in the account other than that it remains saved for future work or for review (since the Product Details tab remains open for editing).
A Pending document can be deleted from the account. This option lies under the extended options of the document.
Alternatively, in case the document is Verified, it is assigned a number, the Product Details tab becomes non-editable and the user should choose an inventory location where products are received in. Verifying the document will immediately increase the quantity of those products included in the document.
Verifying a document is an irreversible action. Correcting a mistake in the Product Details form (for example a Product quantity or pricing mistake) can only be achieved by cancelling the whole document and adding it again in the account. The cancelled document will remain in the list and will retain its document number.
Once saved as Pending or Verified, the document can be printed or emailed by clicking the respective print/email icons ( ) at the header of the Purchase Order. Similar to the Purchase Order, more printing/emailing options include printing a Receipt List for the document (print template to be used internally in the company which does not include supplier and product pricing information).
The Cancel Document operation reverts all the effects that were applied with the Verified operation. As such the stock -for the products included in the document- is increased and their unit cost is adjusted accordingly. A cancelled document remains in the list for reference and retains its document number.
To conclude all the actions related to the Goods Inbound document, the user may mark it as Closed. A closed document cannot be cancelled and its header fields become non-editable.


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Q: plot points for image map I want to add automatic area highlighting to image maps on my webpage. I've found the mapper.js library to be very useful in achieving this, however creating the x,y plots around a regional map is very time consuming.
Is there a quick way to create bounding co-ordinates of a irregular polygon such as can be found on regional maps?
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There has got to be a way to do this. I have Fireworks 8 as well as photoshop CS3 on my windows PC, but I'm more familiar with Fireworks.
If I create a marquee, I can right click > Modify Marquee > Convert to Path. That creates a Path with several points, but I don't know how to get to the next step which is extracting the coords of those points.
I've tried inserting a hotspot, a polygon slice, then exporting to "html and images". Both of these give me square hotspots, not a polygon. I've also tried right click on the path and Edit > Copy Path Outlines, as well as Edit > Copy Html Code. Neither give me the polygon coords.
I can only get polygon coords for a slice. Is there perhaps a way to convert the path to a slice in Fireworks 8?

A: Gimp offers a plugin/filter called Gimp image map that has a nice interface to help create an image map.  I think it will provide the functionality that you are looking for. Select Filters -> Web -> Image Map... to bring up the dialog

Once you have the Image Map dialog open you can create polygon areas to your heart's delight:

You are able to create and customize areas as you like modifying the link, alt text, frames, the polygon itself or even setup javascript events.

After you are done, save it and you'll be able to use the fragment that you just saved in your html
<img src="us_map.gif" width="771" height="448" border="0" usemap="#map" />

<map name="map">
<!-- #$-:Image map file created by GIMP Image Map plug-in -->
<!-- #$-:GIMP Image Map plug-in by Maurits Rijk -->
<!-- #$-:Please do not edit lines starting with "#$" -->
<!-- #$VERSION:2.3 -->
<!-- #$AUTHOR:Colin Harrington -->
<area shape="poly" coords="149,292,254,332,308,41,262,33,232,27,169,14,120,9,102,52,92,190" alt="West Coast" href="wc.html" />
<area shape="poly" coords="474,267,522,368,574,62,465,17,422,19,326,51,284,161,293,224,322,250,363,219,419,222" alt="Midwest" href="mw.html" />
<area shape="poly" coords="634,58,583,74,527,360,670,419,757,180,770,65,770,24,705,10,735,29" alt="East Coast" href="ec.html" />
<area shape="poly" coords="380,251,379,285,458,300,464,363,413,426,330,373,287,317,335,323,340,250" alt="Texas" href="tx.html" />
</map>

A: For Fireworks 8 :
1) Create your marquee using the magic wand & marquee tool.
2) Right click > Modify Marquee > Convert to Path
3) Right Click on the path and select "Insert Hotspot" (or press Ctrl + U)
4) Select File > Export
5) Select "HTML and Images" for "Save as Type"

A: This is for the frustrated person looking to auto generate coords from an image of a map.
Open your map in photoshop.
Use the magic wand to select the image edge
Convert the marquee to a path
Export this path to illustrator
Open the file in illustrator
'save as...' SVG file (note: NOT svgcompressed)
In the options menu select 'link'
Hit save
Open your .svg file in a text editor and you will have your coords.

A: Here's a simple, easy-to-use web app for creating image maps. It'll save your having to deal with additional programs (DreamWeaver, PhotoShop, Gimp, etc.).
http://www.image-mapper.com/

A: It seems the other answers were for how to do it manually (not answering the question at all).. since this post shows up in Google results for this topic, I am updating with some info I have found that at least gives a starting point on how to do this in an automated manner:
promising PHP one that I'm looking into: http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14646
Other resources I found:
http://marakana.com/blog/examples/php-image-filters.html
http://vis.lbl.gov/NERSC/Software/gsharp/help/GsharpWE/userguide/imagemaps.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canny_edge_detector
Basically, looking for keywords like "image edge detector" and things of this nature seem to lead to more relevant results, I am still searching for one that I can use but I'm just a bit surprised that so many people seem to think this is something that should be done manually when it would be much more effective to do programatically.

A: If you prefer to stay in Adobe's camp, ImageReady has the ability to create image maps much Like Gimp.  They have a tutorial on using it to create image maps online, but the css on the page is currently broken and you won't be able to see the page unless you print it.  Then it will look like this pdf.


HMD Global has announced that the revamped Nokia 8810, first shown at this year's Mobile World Congress, will be reintroduced to the Australian market later this month.
James Robinson, Acting Country Manager for Australia, says that 'We're really excited to bring another member of the Nokia Originals family to Australia."
The new Nokia 8110 is the second device in HMD's Nokia Originals family, following last year's Nokia 3310 3G.
"We want fans to enjoy the iconic curved, slide to answer function whilst still having all their smartphone essentials at their fingertips," Robinson says.
The revamped Nokia 8810 runs on Qualcomm's 205 mobile platform, boasts a retro curved-slider design plus 25-days of stand-by time. The feature-phone also comes with preloaded Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Search apps and is available in two color variants: yellow and black.
The new Nokia 8110 4G will be available from September 20 at Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, Big W and Officeworks for $129.


Experience an exciting part of Canada's history by visiting this 18th-century fort with a sweeping view of downtown Halifax.
This beautiful Victorian-inspired garden has been open to the public since 1875 and remains as one of Halifax's most beautiful and cherished sites.
Immerse yourself in the rich marine history depicted by this museum's vast collection from binnacles and buoys to anchors and armaments.
Plan a visit to this national testament to the Canadian immigration experience, which pays tribute to the citizens of Canada who have enriched this culturally diverse country.
Have a picnic with sweeping ocean views or hike through 186 acres of forest in one of Halifax's most cherished parks.
At the tender age of 22, Alexander Keith set forth to make his name in this world. Leaving his home in Scotland, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and landed, alone, on the shores of Halifax. By 1820, he was 25 years of age and running his own brewery. As word of his India Pale Ale spread across the land, so to did the legend of this great brew master.
In the 1790s, Queen Victoria's father, who was then Prince Edward built a love nest for his mistress, Julie St. Laurent, in what is now Hemlock Ravine, a municipal park on the shores of Bedford Basin.
150 Titanic victims were buried in ceremonies from May 3, to June 12, 1912. Nineteen are in the Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, ten are in the Baron de Hirsch Jewish Cemetery, and 121 are in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Of these, 44 remain unidentified.
While Edward, Duke of Kent, future father of Queen Victoria, was serving as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy forces in British North America (later Canada) he built a love nest for his mistress, Julie St. Laurent, in what is now Hemlock Ravine,a municipal park, on the shores of Bedford Basin behind Halifax, the capitol of Nova Scotia. They lived there for 10 years until 1802, when he returned to England.


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Most millennials are willing to pay for content, but not so much for news
LINK: www.americanpressinstitute.org ➚ | Posted by: Shan Wang | September 30, 2015
We can't seem to stop talking about millennials, that elusive age of young people — roughly mid-teens to early 30s — whose numbers have surpassed the baby boomer generation. Recent research suggests, unsurprisingly, that millennials are not a "monolithic group" when it comes to news consumption habits, but in fact fall into several distinct categories.
It turns out that a significant percentage of this diverse group says it's willing to pay for content, according to research released today by the Media Insight Project. But news is a harder sell than other forms of entertainment, whether digital or not.
The study found that 93 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds surveyed regularly use some type of paid content (whether they're paying for it personally or someone else is) and 87 percent have personally paid for such services (but that includes things like Netflix, Candy Crush, or iTunes downloads). Forty percent say they have personally paid for some sort of news product or service (though that can also include anything from The New York Times to a gaming magazine. Older millennials were understandably more likely to pay for news than their younger peers. Some other notable findings — with the caveat that all of these data points are self-reported, and that people sometimes like to say they do civic-minded things like pay for news when they don't:
— More millennials say they've paid for print magazines (21 percent) and newspapers (15 percent) than digital magazines (11 percent) and online newspaper content (10 percent).
— No significant socioeconomic differences between those who pay for news and those who do not pay for these services.
— Those paying for news are more likely to follow sports (56 percent vs. 44 percent) and current events such as national politics (51 percent vs. 38 percent) than those who do not pay.
— Those paying for news also tended to engage with the news more on free platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
This is not to say that getting this younger group to pay for news is easy. As one 19-year-old interviewed in the course of the research said: "I really wouldn't pay for any type of news because as a citizen it's my right to know the news."
The data for this study was drawn from a nationally representative survey of 1,045 adults between the ages of 18 and 34, conducted between January 5 and February 2. The Media Insight Project is an initiative of the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and you can read the full report with more detailed findings here.
Wang, Shan. "Most millennials are willing to pay for content, but not so much for news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 30 Sep. 2015. Web. 1 Feb. 2023.
Wang, S. (2015, Sep. 30). Most millennials are willing to pay for content, but not so much for news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/09/most-millennials-are-willing-to-pay-for-content-but-not-so-much-for-news/
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HBO greenlights the Ryan Murphy-directed movie, starring Julia Roberts, Ruffalo, and Bomer
By Jerry Portwood
January 04 2013 6:28 PM EST
The ups and downs of the movie-adaptation of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart seem to have finally smoothed out. HBO announced today that they greenlit the movie to be directed by Ryan Murphy, according to Deadline.
We first told you almost a year ago that Julia Roberts will play Emma Brookner, the paraplegic physician who treats several of the earliest victims of the disease, rather than Ellen Barkin, who played her in the recent Broadway production (and currently stars in Murphy's The New Normal). It seems that Mark Ruffalo will still play Ned Weeks (the Kramer stand-in) and Matt Bomer (the only out actor we know who is currently a part of the movie) will play Felix Turner, a reporter who becomes Ned's lover.
No confirmation if Alec Baldwin and Jim Parsons are still attached to the project. Kramer is adapting the play for the screen himself, and the film should begin filming this fall in New York City and air in 2014.
The 2011 Broadway revival garnered five Tony nominations, winning for Best Revival, Best Featured Actor for John Benjamin Hickey as Turner and Best Featured Actress for Ellen Barkin as the doctor.
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Excuse: (jokes) Keith bought a brand new Holden Monaro. He took off down the road, pushed it up to 150 km/hr, and was enjoying the wind blowing through (thinning) hair. "This is great," he thought and accelerated to an even higher speed. Then, he looked in his rear-view mirror, and there was a Police Car.
Problem - thought Keith, and he floored it some more, and flew down the road at over 210 km/hr to escape being stopped. He then thought, "What the hell am I doing? I'm too old for this kind of thing" and pulled over to the side of the road, and waited for the Police car to catch up with him.
The Policeman pulled in behind the Monaro and walked up on the driver's side. "Sir my Shift ends in five minutes and today is Friday the 13th. If you can give me a good reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."
The man looked back at the Policeman and said, "Last week my wife ran off with a Policeman, and I thought you were bringing her back."
The Policeman said, "Have a nice day"


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SHE'S IN THE MONEY – PERFORMANCE ARTIST HOPES CASH REGISTERS WITH AUDIENCE
By Barbara Hoffman
February 13, 2006 | 5:00am
THEY say art can be rewarding. Sara Juli is ready to prove it, offering her life savings – in $20, $50 and $100 bills – to her audience.
For "The Money Conversation," running Wednesday through Sunday at PS 122, the 27-year-old dancer has withdrawn $5,000 – bringing it to the theater for six interactive performances aimed at raising hard questions about cold cash.
She counts it, scatters it, rolls around in it, picks it up with her toes and pulls it from her clothes.
In a way, it's like Scores, only in reverse – this time, it's the dancer who's shoveling out the bills:
"There is money in my right pant pocket," she says. "Take it. It's for you. How much is it? How does it feel?"
It feels pretty weird, actually – at least it did for some of those who attended a recent rehearsal, performed with $1 bills instead of the larger denominations.
Juli's betting it might – which is why there's a box onstage in which theatergoers can return her cash and maybe even add some of their own. (ATM envelopes have thoughtfully been slipped into the programs.)
"There will be people who'll take the money, but there will also be other people who give," she says.
Granted, the $20 ticket price should deter stray panhandlers. Even so, she says, she's prepared to lose everything – but hopefully not early in her run.
"I have no backup plan," she says. "I guess I'll have to borrow."
The money isn't really her life savings, concedes the Skidmore College grad, whose day job is raising funds for Dance Theatre Workshop. She inherited it a few years ago from a great aunt.
Nevertheless, "This money is my safety net, and if I were to get fired, dumped or thrown out onto the street, this is all I have."
Not only that, but she needs it for her wedding.
Happily, her fiancé – and producer and director of "The Money Conversation" – is all for it.
"Sara was always on my ass about money," says 31-year-old Chris Ajemian, a director, writer and doctor's son who moonlights as an SAT tutor.
"She'd say, 'Get a 9 to 5 job,' and I'd say, 'I don't need a job, I need to create a consistent cash flow.' "
Whenever they had "the money conversation," Juli got antsy, cranky – or clammed up. But while other women turn to therapy, she makes "healing dances."
Her previous pieces include "How to Forgive Yourself in Bed," about taking one lover too many (that was BC, Before Chris) and "Burden," in which she reconciled a promise she'd made to her Holocaust-survivor grandmother with her love for a non-Jew, i.e. Chris.
"And it worked," she says of the last, happily. "We're getting married!"
But about that $5,000:
"I'm not going to lie – I'd be very upset if it all went. I think it's going to be hard for someone to walk out the door with someone else's cash, but we'll see."
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Our recent paper in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modelling introduces a computational approach based on metadynamics simulations called EDES – Ensemble-Docking with Enhanced-sampling of pocket Shape – that allows to generate holo-like conformations of proteins only exploiting their apo structures. This is achieved by defining a set of collective variables that effectively sample different shapes of the binding site, ultimately mimicking the steric effect due to ligands.

Our article features on the cover of JCIM with the analogy of a coconut showing a well open binding pocket compared to a filled watermelon not leaving any space for the ligand.

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We assessed the method on three challenging proteins undergoing different extents of conformational changes upon ligand binding. In all cases our protocol generates a significant fraction of structures featuring a low RMSD from the experimental holo geometry. Moreover, ensemble docking calculations using those conformations yielded in all cases native-like poses among the top ranked ones.

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* A. Basciu,  G. Malloci,  F. Pietrucci,  **A.M.J.J. Bonvin** and A.V. Vargiu.
[Holo-like and druggable protein conformations from enhanced-sampling of binding pocket shape](http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00730). _J. Chem. Inf. and Mod._ *59*, 1515–1528 (2019).


Editor's Note: The following press release from author Geoffrey Gray heralds the first-ever professional gathering that will examine the DB Cooper case – the only unsolved skyjacking in the history of the United States.
Forty years ago this week, DB Cooper jumped out the aft stariwell of a Northwest Orient 727 with $200,000 tethered to his waist and was never seen again. Further, his identity is still unknown.
Includes a charity auction of a $20 bill from the hijacker's ransom found in a riverbank more than three decades ago.
New York Times bestselling author Geoffrey Gray announced the line-up today for the national D.B. Cooper Symposium, a one-time event that will feature groundbreaking presentations from Cooper sleuths from around the country, and crack open new leads to the enduring mystery. This Thanksgiving Eve marks the 40th anniversary of the D.B. Cooper case, the world's only unsolved hijacking and a mystery that has spurned one of the nation's largest manhunts.
Gray also announced there will be a charity auction of an original Cooper bill that was given to the hijacker during the flight as ransom, and found nearly a decade later in a riverbank by an eight-year-old boy.
Starting at 9:00 am at the Portland Hilton (921 Southwest Sixth Avenue), on the morning of Saturday, November 26th, the Symposium's presenters will include Marla Wynn Cooper, an Oregonian now living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Cooper will talk about her uncle Lynn Doyle Cooper, who the FBI recently deemed their "most promising" lead in the Cooper case. Ms. Cooper made headlines this summer when news about her uncle broke around the world.
Editor's Note: LD Cooper was later dismissed as a suspect in the skyjacking as his fingerprints and DNA did match the samples the FBI had on file. This begs the question of why the FBI proclaimed him their "most promising" suspect prior to this introductory level of investigation.
Arizona paleontologist and Burke Museum researcher Tom Kaye will present "Cooper: Did He Live or Die?" the findings of an intensive three-year investigation into the Cooper case. Kaye worked with the FBI to examine physical evidence and concluded that Cooper survived the jump.
Editor's Note: Tom Kaye and his team have found shards of very rare titanium sponge on the tie left DB Cooper left behind. In addition, they have new information on the soils of Tina's Bar, where the $5,800 worth of ransom money was discovered in 1980, casting new light on the find.
DB Cooper's clip-on tie and shards of money. Picture courtesy of the FBI.
Retired FBI Special Agent Ralph Himmelsbach, who chased Cooper in a helicopter on the night of the hijacking and for nearly a decade after at the Bureau's Portland Field office, will talk about his pursuits of the hijacker, along with veteran Cooper hunter Jerald Thomas, who has been searching the woods in southwest Washington for Cooper's bones for more than two decades.
Veteran parachute jumper Mark Metzler, and the infamous Cooper sleuth known in cyberspace as 377, will present "What Color Is Your Parachute?" Parachuting out of planes for more than four decades, Mark had a chance to jump out of a DC-9 and made nearly the same jump Cooper made. He will discuss why Cooper may have been a more experienced skydiver than some FBI agents think, and how the CIA's secret 727 airdrops in Thailand during the Viet Nam war could have inspired Cooper.
Award-winning artist Carol Abraczinskas and resident illustrator at the University of Chicago will present "Dan Cooper: the Comic in Translation," a study of the French-language comic book that likely inspired the hijacker's mysterious alias. For the first time, Abraczinskas will detail the similarities between the actions of the French comic book hero and the hijacker.
Airplane mechanic Ron Forman and writer Pat Forman, authors of The Legend of D.B. Cooper: Death by Natural Causes, will present "Our Friend Barb," a discussion about their relationship with Seattle librarian Barbara Dayton, who underwent sexual-reassignment surgery before the hijacking and later confessed to the Formans that she was DB Cooper.
Ron and Pat Forman at an air show at Thun Field in 2008, immediately after the release of their book on Barb Dayton and her confession.
Editor's Note: Accompanying the Formans will be Rena Ruddell, Barb Dayton's daughter. She will be answering questions about her views on the skyjacking and also discussing fascinating life of her father, known as Barb Dayton .
Portland historian Doug Kenck-Crispin will present "Bourbon, Bennies, and Twenties; Rock and Roll and D.B. Cooper," examining the Cooper tale as a Northwest phenomenon, through its presentation in music. Portland musician Kerry Hallett will also strum a few Cooper-inspired melodies on her banjo.
In addition to these presentations, the Cooper sleuths will answer questions about new leads in the case. Gray will also announce the winner of the D.B. Cooper poetry contest, still open for submissions.
The Symposium will conclude with the auctioning of one of the last complete and legendary Cooper bills, the actual booty from the hijacking that was found by young Brian Ingram on the banks of the Columbia River in February 1980. Brian Ingram will lead the auction, from which the proceeds will go to charity.
Brian will also be on-hand to discuss his legendary find and collection.
The symposium is free, although donations will be accepted. Rooms at the Hilton are $79 per night if one mentions their attendence at the symposium.
For more information contact: Geoffrey Gray at dbcoopersjump@gmail.com or visit www.huntfordbcooper.com.
Editor's Note: Yours truly will be covering this event and will file a complete report for Mountain News readers shortly after its conclusion. After the symposium, participants will be heading 40 miles north to Ariel, Washington to join in the festivities at the 40th Anniversary of DB Cooper Daze, held every Thanksgiving weekend at the Ariel Tavern, located at the center of the 1971-72 ground search for DB Cooper. – BAS.
Barb Dayton, standing next to her Cessna 140 at Thun Field.
Who's playing Oregon this Saturday? Should be a good game.
Looks like the only person who is not making money out of the "D.B. Cooper" affair is D. B Cooper. Last I heard his tax bill for the unreported $200,000 is up to something like $1,345,000 including tax, penalties and interest.
I was invited to these events by Geoff Gray and others, but unfortunately, family commitments for Thanksgiving prevent me from attending. However, it should all be very interesting and perhaps some new clues will emerge as to the true identity of the hijacker.
I am very excited to be heading to the symposium. I will be conducting an in-depth interview with Tom Kaye on the titanium issue and his other findings. Also, I want to get the – well, gossip – from Marla about what her life has been like since the LD Cooper flap passed by.
Plus, I want to ask Ralph Himmelsbach if he ever talked with Tina Mucklow. I heard that he hasn't, and I find that bizarre.
So sorry that I can't be with you folks at the weekend, but look forward to your detailed report on all the proceedings.
Greetings to all the folks attending from Portland, UK.
See you in Ariel this Saturday. I like your idea about asking Himmelsbach why he didn't interview Tina Mucklow. You're not an FBI agent and you DID interview Tina. And you even took pictures of her too. Nice job. If you had listened to someone like Robert Blevins, you wouldn't have gotten any of that stuff. You're a smart man with superior journalistic abilities, and that's why I read you in the Mountain News. I also find it amusing that Mr. Blevins is too afraid to attend the symposium in Portland. I think you scared him off, Bruce. See you in 24 hours.
I saw another site that led me to this site. It mistakenly said that Bruce Smith lived near Mt.Hood which is where I live. Guess they had that part wrong. They also mentioned that you (Bruce Smith) had floated the idea that the DB Cooper affair could have been an inside job aimed at implementing new search regulations. In hindsight (patriot act, 9-11, etc) this makes a lot of sense to me. Especially when you hear that the FBI is saying they are too broke to follow up on DNA and fingerprint testing of new suspects. Keep up the good work Mr. Smith.
Hi Rev. Nope, I live near Mount Rainier. Stop by and say "Hi" sometime.
As for airline safety being the concern that launched the DB Cooper caper, the man articulating that perspective is Bob Knoss. I haven't written too much on Bob, but I will in my forthcoming book, "The Hunt for DB Cooper – The Resurgent Investigation into America's only Unsolved Skyjacking." In the meantime, you can lern more about Bob in a few pages in Geoffrey Gray's book, "Skyjack." Also, Bob posts occasionally in the DB Cooper forum found on the DropZone.com website.
Great stuff Bruce! Wish I could have come to Oregon, keep up the good work.
You are a terrific journalist and we await your new book. We think you will set the tone straight, without all of the egomaniacal activities of other so-called journalists, one in particular.
A point to make, we understand that Ralph Himmelsbach (retired) did not attend the Portland or Ariel events. This is unfortunate, as we were hoping that YOU would interview him. Your earlier assertion was correct, that he never interviewed Tina Mucklow. We know this for a fact, as we worked the NORJAK case from Seattle FO, the office of origin for the case. Apparently, Mr. Himmelsbach still knows better to stay away from these kind of media-driven events. We are sure that he was warned again, even though he is in advanced years.
Keep up, Mr. Smith. you're on the right track.
Mr. N and Mr. G.
Thanks for your very kind words, gentlemen. Please keep in touch and help insure that I stay on track.
As for the Symposium and Ralph Himmelsbach, it is true he did not show. I was disappointed but not surprised. Along those lines, the investigation – or at least the narrative of it – has swung away from the FBI and is now in the hands of private sleuths and journalists. This is not a terrific thing, necessarily, as the Bureau has much more evidence; so I encourage the Bureau to stay connected with us and help propel this hybrid alliance forward. I think we're making progress. In retrospect, the action of SA Larry Carr to include folks like the Citizen Sleuth Team in the FBI's investigation was very courageous and vital, even if it meant that guys like me never got to the head of the line, as did Geoffrey Gray, Tom Kaye, et al.
I'll have a report on the symposium, shortly. I'm working on it – just taking a break at the moment. Major developments. See y'all on the next page or so….
I have always avoided the spotlight in the Cooper arena for my own safety. I have been threatened more than once and take it to heart. Suffice it to say that the real information has been presented in part and accepted by most people. I have met my moral obligation. We will not be attending any symposiums on Weber, AKA , DB Cooper. I doubt that I would learn anything I really want to know. Rather, I'd prefer to forget how underhanded politics can be. Hard to do with the current slam-fest. You all enjoy yourselves and pick a believable Cooper stand-in that we all can be proud of. Wannabe RB's fake nominee doesn't cut muster. I see no one on the current horizon except this Shutter guy. He looks really suspicious. I'll nominate him.


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North Korea test-fires intelligent anti-ship rocket
The North Korean state media has released on February 7 new images showing that the secretive state has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile.
The images were released in the lead-up to US-South Korean military exercises this spring. North Korea routinely seeks to raise tensions ahead of the annual drills, although this year Pyongyang has also offered to suspend nuclear testing if Washington calls off the exercises.
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The images, which were shown on the front page of the ruling Workers' Party Rodong Sinmun newspaper, showed leader Kim Jong-un observing the missile being fired from a small naval vessel.
State media described it as a "new type of cutting-edge anti-ship rocket" developed by North Korean scientists that will "bring a great change in the navy's defense of territorial waters".
The missile appeared identical in design to a Russian anti-ship missile, the KH-35, which is capable of flying at high speeds meters above the sea.
North Korea has increased the number of air and naval military drills in recent weeks, ahead of the annual US-South Korean military exercises on the Korean peninsula.
Pyongyang regularly protests over the drills, which it says are a rehearsal for war.
North Korean officials have made frequent trips to Russia over the past year, where Kim Jong-un is scheduled to make his first official state visit this May.
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Willson Contreras Props, Betting Odds and Stats vs. the Cardinals – August 2, 2022
Data Skrive August 2, 2022
The Chicago Cubs and Willson Contreras will face Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday at 7:45 PM.
Game Info, Contreras Props for Cubs vs Cardinals
Game Day: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Contreras in 2022
Contreras is hitting .252 with 20 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 37 walks.
In baseball, Contreras ranks 54th in home runs and 112th in RBI.
Contreras has a hit in 52 of 86 games this year (60.5%), with at least two hits in 21 of them (24.4%).
Contreras has homered in 13 games this season (86 opportunities, 15.1%), leaving the ballpark in 3.7% of his trips to the plate.
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Wainwright gets the start for the Cardinals, his 21st of the season. He is 7-8 with a 3.28 ERA and 99 strikeouts through 123 1/3 innings pitched.
The 40-year-old ranks 27th in ERA (3.28), 39th in WHIP (1.208), and 51st in K/9 (7.2) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.
The 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 27th in the league.
The Cardinals give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (103 total, one per game).
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All foreign exchange students must be in an approved CSIET (Council on Students for International Educational Travel) program. Foreign exchange students must have a F-1 (academic student), M-1 (vocational student), or J-1 (exchange visitor) visa. All foreign exchange students must meet eligibility standards set by both the district and Missouri State High School Athletic Association. All foreign exchange requests must be approved by May 1st of each school year. These requests must be approved by building Principal and Superintendent. The opportunity to host a foreign exchange student is a privilege, not a right.
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Lanett defeats Mars Hill Bible, wins 1A state title
By Cody Estremera
Published 6:49 pm Thursday, December 5, 2019
AUBURN — The Lanett Panthers claimed their second state title in three years when they defeated Mars Hill Bible 41-30 Thursday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn.
Lanett trailed 16-7 early but rallied behind a four-touchdown game from MVP Kristian Story.
"I am so happy for my team. They really fought through a lot of adversity this year," Lanett coach Clifford Story said. "They stayed the course, and they love each other. This is a group of kids that spend a lot of time together."
Story scored three times in the second half and ended up with two forced turnovers as the Panthers rallied for a decisive 41-30 win. ¬
The Alabama commit finished with 359 total yards (249 passing and 110 rushing) and four touchdowns (two passing and two rushing).
Just as they had for most of the playoffs, the Panthers relied on the passing game. Story finished with 249 yards through the air, and Travaunta Abner finished with 79 yards and an early touchdown. He had a couple of big catches early in the game to help spark the offense.
"Abner works extremely hard. At practice, he makes some great catches. Sometimes I have to get onto him for making too many one-handed catches," Clifford Story said. "We knew the things they were doing on the back end were going to allow him to make some catches.
"Early on, I just said 'let's attack with him until they can stop him.' He was able to make some big catches early on and help propel us to this victory."
Even after Abner's touchdown, Lanett trailed Mars Hill Bible 8-7, thanks to an opening 1-yard touchdown from Justus McDaniel. Lanett elected to kick an extra point instead of going for two.
Peyton Higgins ran for a 8-yard touchdown and after a two-point conversation, putting Mars Hill up 16-7 with 2:21 left in the first quarter.
D'Quez Madden scored on a 3-yard run to answer for Lanett to make the score 16-14. After Lanett came up with a stop, Brandon Smith scored on a 6-yard run to give Lanett its first lead of the game with 7:53 left in the first half.
Mars Hill immediately responded with a 20-yard run 3:04 left in the half, putting Mars Hill Bible up 22-20.
Lanett scored on its first drive of the second half, capped by a 2-yard run by Story.
After a stop, Lanett took its first two-touchdown lead of the game on their next drive.
Story's second rushing touchdown was one of his more exciting plays of the year. He took the snap in the shotgun and started to run up the middle. Once the Alabama commit saw the lane was clogged, he bounced to his right and got to the corner. He turned the corner, ran inside just enough to juke out a defender and shook off another. He proceeded to charge forward, ending with a 52-yard touchdown run to give Lanett a 34-22 lead.
Mars Hill answered with a 1-yard touchdown run by McDaniel with 11:58 left to play. Just 40 seconds later, Lanett put the game away when Story connected with a Jaquar Houston on a 30-yard touchdown with 11:18 left. With that touchdown, Story threw his 175th touchdown. He also finished his career with more than 13,000 yards, the first player in AHSAA history to hit that mark.
"I'm not a stat guy, but he had a remarkable career," Clifford Story said. "I'm happy for him as his dad and his coach, but there were times where he would just will us to victory. Thirteen thousand yards, that's a great thing."
On its last two possessions of the game, Mars Hill turned the ball over, one fumble, the other an interception. Both turnovers ended up in the arms of Kristian.
"When I saw the quarterback roll, I just looked for my nearest threat," Kristian said. "When I saw him and the ball, I was like 'oh this will be a crazy way to end it' so I had to get it. When I came down with the ball, it was like 'wow, we did it.'"
The interception was the 29th of his career, which is the third most in Alabama history. Dametrious Johnson led the team with eight tackles, all solo, while Kristian was second with six, two assisted. Lanett's seniors finished with a 50-5 record.
Lanett finished with 402 total yards and Mars Hill Bible had 421, with 300 of those coming on the ground. McDaniel had 157 yards and three touchdowns for Mars Hill, and Higgins had 115 yards to go with his one score.
Mars Hill Bible had won 24 straight games going into Thursday's championship.
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In the blink of an eye, the story is told and almost just as quickly forgotten. What required days and weeks of foot and pony express travel across frightening lands, now takes nanoseconds. Passing the information is easy, reaching the audience however not so much.
Perhaps, there are just too many voices these days seeking to grab our attention? Perhaps, our wealth of information makes its value less? Supply & Demand? Lots of supply = free to demand.
Perhaps, we're just all struck with attention deficit disorder? Maybe, too many flashy loud toys strip us of the ability to focus?
One thing is clearly focus-able though. Here in the Digital Age, where messages are splashed around fast and furious, it is imperative we find the right channel soon. Out here on The Digital Age #roadtrip, we can overload on information like Halloween candy. All fat, dumb, and happy search-it-alls never finding what we're made to be seeking. Welcome to The Digital Age. Ready or not! The fun store is open to adventure. Care to come along for the ride?