The organisers of the Orewa Half Marathon had offered super cheap entries at the start of the year on one of the numerous voucher a day sites and so I nabbed a half marathon entry for J and a 10.5k entry for myself.
This was originally going to be my first 10k run but because I opened my big mouth during the Albany Run Series earlier in the year I ventured up from 5k runs to 10k runs earlier than originally anticipated so this ended up being my 5th race with a distance greater than 5k's.
I'm not sure if the fact it was a "budget event" or because they ran the voucher offer a few times over the months preceding the event but whatever it was the field was HUGE!
Margaret and the girls from the Big Boys & Girls club trained by Frank Stowers at Genetics Gym in Manukau. These women have already lost 40+ kilos!
The first few k's of the event were a run down the beach so J and I went down to the start area where we found that the wind was blowing a gale. It was at that stage that J decided he didn't want to run the half and would instead trade down and run the 10.5 with me which I actually thought would mean he would just run the 10.5 and that he would wait for me at the finish line like he usually does – but no .. he actually meant he would run with me.
For those of you who don't know (or can't tell from the pics) J is 6 foot tall and I am 5 foot 3 (ish) so his legs are considerably longer. Add to that he is a "runner" and I mean a real runner not someone who has just taken up running like me and that tells you he is considerably faster than I am.
I told him I wanted to run at a slower pace than my normal so that my knee would last the distance and I stated a pace of 6:20-6:30 per kilometer. James obviously didn't hear me or decided that I was joking because we were running at a 5:50 for the first few ks and he kept trying to get me to catch people or run faster at about 6'ks I yelled at him using the F word and slowed down. (I apologised a k later).
Because of Super J with the long legs pacing the last three k's along the beach were excruciating with about 1k to go I honestly thought I was going to burst into tears. Instead I stopped for a few seconds took a few deep breaths stretched out my knee and kept going. I'm harder than I look.
I know you are all thinking, so whats the problem you ran the race in the time that you wanted. Well the thing was if I had plodded one speed for the entire race I would have done it pain free and enjoyed it instead of running too fast for the first half then slowing down to a snails pace at the end and close to tears .. you live and learn I guess.
I still managed a smile at the end though and there was one part of the run I actually really enjoyed (actually two if you count the finish). I loved running through the bush and even on the way back when my quads and knee were screaming at me to stop the bush run felt surprisingly easy. I may change my mind about doing some of the Xterra Series races .. we will see.


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Home Family Practice AAFP Downgrades USPSTF CRC Screening Recommendation
AAFP Downgrades USPSTF CRC Screening Recommendation
The American Academy of Family Physicians has graded the recommendation for colorectal cancer screening as a B recommendation
AAFP recommends fecal immunochemical tests, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy
TUESDAY, Sept. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) — The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has graded the recommendation for colorectal cancer screening as a B recommendation, in contrast to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) grade A recommendation.
The USPSTF found convincing evidence that supported screening for adults aged 50 to 75 years, resulting in a grade A recommendation. The AAFP agreed that screening should be recommended, but classified it as a B recommendation, and also offered different suggestions for recommended screening tests. Both the AAFP and USPSTF agreed that the decision to screen adults aged 76 to 85 years should be an individualized one (C recommendation), and they both recommended against screening adults older than age 85 years (D recommendation).
The AAFP felt that the evidence for the benefits and harms of fecal DNA testing and computed tomography colonography was too limited to recommend its widespread use. The AAFP recommended screening with fecal immunochemical tests, flexible sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy from ages 50 to 75 years; these tests were supported by the best evidence relating to benefits and potential harms.
"The subcommittee agreed that the benefits of colorectal cancer screening outweigh the harms, but there are still many unanswered questions about both the benefits and harms, so the recommendation was downgraded to a 'B' grade," Jennifer Frost, M.D., medical director for the AAFP Health of the Public and Science Division, said in a statement.
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Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR - "Acadia" or the "Company") today announced that the public offering price for the 3,000,000 shares of beneficial interest of the Company ("Shares") previously sold to Barclays, the sole underwriter of the offering, is $25.20 per share, for total gross proceeds (before deducting the underwriter's compensation and other estimated offering expenses) of approximately $75.6 million. Barclays served as sole underwriter for the offering. The Company has also granted the underwriter an option to purchase up to 450,000 additional Shares. The offering was made pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement and settlement is expected to occur on or about October 31, 2012.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares primarily for future acquisitions as well as general corporate purposes.
Barclays is acting as the sole underwriter for the offering. A copy of the prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, by contacting Barclays, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, telephone 1-888-603-5847 or by emailing Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. The offering of these securities will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
Acadia Realty Trust, a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust, is focused primarily on the ownership, acquisition, redevelopment and management of high-quality retail properties and urban/infill mixed-use properties with a strong retail component located primarily in high-barrier-to-entry, supply constrained, densely-populated metropolitan areas in the United States along the East Coast and in Chicago. Acadia owns, or has an ownership interest in, these properties through its core portfolio and its opportunistic/value-add investment funds.
Certain matters in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities law and as such may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performances or achievements of Acadia to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding Acadia's future financial results and its ability to capitalize on potential opportunities arising from continued economic uncertainty. Factors that could cause the Company's forward-looking statements to differ from its future results include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2012 ("Form 10-K") and other periodic reports filed with the SEC, including risks related to: (i) the current global financial environment and its effect on retail tenants; (ii) the Company's reliance on revenues derived from major tenants; (iii) the Company's limited control over joint venture investments; (iv) the Company's partnership structure; (v) real estate and the geographic concentration of our properties; (vi) market interest rates; (vii) leverage; (viii) liability for environmental matters; (ix) the Company's growth strategy; (x) the Company's status as a REIT; (xi) uninsured losses and (xii) the loss of key executives. Copies of the Form 10-K and the other periodic reports Acadia files with the SEC are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. Acadia expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Acadia's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.


Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet, preferably nonstick, over medium-high. Add leek, season with kosher salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until leek is softened and starting to brown, about 4 minutes. Add squash and season again. Cook, stirring often, until squash is cooked through and softened, about 4 minutes. Transfer vegetables to a plate and let cool. Wipe out skillet and reserve.
Meanwhile, whisk egg, chickpea flour, baking powder, 1 Tbsp. oil, ½ tsp. kosher salt, and ½ cup water in a medium bowl; season with pepper and let sit 5 minutes for flour to hydrate. Stir vegetables into batter just to coat.
Heat 1½ Tbsp. oil in reserved skillet over medium-high. Add batter by the ¼-cupful to make 4 pancakes, gently flattening to about ¼" thick. Batter should spread easily—if it doesn't, thin with a little water. Cook until bottoms are lightly browned and bubbles form on top, about 4 minutes. Use a spatula to carefully flip pancakes over and cook until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a plate and tent with a sheet of foil to keep warm. Repeat with another 1½ Tbsp. oil and remaining batter. Serve pancakes topped with yogurt, parsley, sea salt, and pepper.
__DO AHEAD:__Leek and squash can be cooked 2 days ahead; cover and chill. Batter can be made 1 day ahead; cover and chill.


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SDMAC Foundation and SDSU Celebrate Over 50,000 Military Attendees to Aztec Football Games
Contact: Michelle Ragsdale
(858) 242-9716 | michelle@michelleragsdale.com
San Diego Military Advisory Council Foundation and San Diego State University
Celebrate 50,000 Military Attendees at Aztec Football Home Games
Active-duty and retired military personnel can purchase discount vouchers at San Diego area
military ticket offices, redeem at SDCCU Stadium ticket window E
SAN DIEGO, CA, August 20, 2019 – The San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) Foundation, a nonprofit
organization that supports the active-duty and retired military communities through program
initiatives funded by tax-deductible donations, and San Diego State University (SDSU) today announced
the attendance of 50,000 active-duty and retired military personnel at Aztec football home games. The
milestone will be reached at the August 31 Aztec football home game, which will be followed by the 44th
annual KGB SkyShow, a post-game firework show set to music.
The significant attendance of military personnel at Aztec football home games over the years is made
possible, in large part, by the continued collaboration between SDMAC Foundation, SDSU, and San Diego
area Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR), and Marine Corps Community Service (MCCS) ticket offices
to provide discount ticket vouchers for active-duty and retired military personnel.
"SDSU is thrilled to celebrate the attendance of 50,000 active-duty and retired military personnel at Aztec
football home games," said Lisa Pearson, Associate Athletic Director of Marketing and New Media at
SDSU. "We are grateful for the continued collaboration with SDMAC Foundation and the military ticket
office for supporting the attendance of the military and Veterans at our games."
"SDMAC Foundation is elated to celebrate 50,000 military attendees at Aztec football home games," said
Pete Hedley, President of SDMAC Foundation. "Featuring the largest concentration of U.S. military in the
world, San Diego is a military town. It is fitting that there be significant attendance by military personnel
at Aztec football home games. We are grateful to work with SDSU and the military ticket office to help
continue this tradition, and to positively impact more active-duty and retired military in our community."
For more information and to obtain the discount vouchers, active-duty and retired military personnel can
visit San Diego area MWR or MCCS ticket offices, or call (619) 767-6000 to find a nearby location. The
vouchers can be purchased for $8 each and redeemed at SDCCU Stadium ticket window E for seating in
select sections. Advance exchange at the stadium ticket window is recommended.
Click here to view the full 2019 Aztec football home game schedule.
About SDMAC Foundation
The SDMAC Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that was founded in 2016 to enable San Diego's leading
non-profit military organization to further promote general awareness and understanding of the
importance of a strong national defense in the region. The SDMAC Foundation supports San Diego's
active-duty and retired military community through program initiatives, educational outreach, and events
funded by tax-deductible donations received by the organization. A signature program of the SDMAC
Foundation is the continuation of the San Diego Military Advisory Council Military Veteran Student of the
Year academic scholarship that was started in celebration of SDMAC's 10th anniversary in 2014. For more
information and to make a tax-deductible donation to SDMAC Foundation, visit
https://www.sdmac.org/foundation/
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Q: Splitting worksheet into separate data sets and saving each in new template file This question is a follow-up to:
Saving specific named worksheets in workbook based on criteria using VBA
What I want to do is take a source workbook, split the workbook (which has just one sheet) up by employee ID number (One Column's Data), then open a template file and save each template file under the name of the employee (Another Column's Data). The goal is to automatically "run" the template process for each employee from a giant aggregate data block.
Sub SplitBook(ExternalFilePath As String, Optional sPassword As String)

    Dim FilePath As String
    Dim wb As Workbook, wbSource As Workbook
    Dim xWs As Worksheet
    Dim Secured

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False

    Set wbSource = Application.Workbooks.Open(Filename:=ExternalFilePath,       ReadOnly:=True, password:=sPassword)

    Dim lr As Long

    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim vcol, i As Integer
    Dim icol As Long
    Dim myarr As Variant
    Dim title As String
    Dim titlerow As Integer

    vcol = 4
    Set ws = Sheets("Sheet1")

    lr = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, vcol).End(xlUp).Row
    title = "A1:Z1"
    titlerow = ws.Range(title).Cells(1).Row
    icol = ws.Columns.Count
    ws.Cells(1, icol) = "Unique"

    For i = 2 To lr
        On Error Resume Next
        If ws.Cells(i, vcol) <> "" And Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(ws.Cells(i, vcol), ws.Columns(icol), 0) = 0 Then
            ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, icol).End(xlUp).Offset(1) = ws.Cells(i, vcol)
        End If
    Next

    myarr = Application.WorksheetFunction.Transpose(ws.Columns(icol).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants))
    ws.Columns(icol).Clear

    For i = 2 To UBound(myarr)
        ws.Range(title).AutoFilter field:=vcol, Criteria1:=myarr(i) & ""
        If Not Evaluate("=ISREF('" & myarr(i) & "'!A1)") Then
            Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
            wb.SaveAs Filename:=FilePath, _
                FileFormat:=xlExcel8, password:="", WriteResPassword:="", _
                ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, CreateBackup:=False

            Sheets.Add(after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)).Name = myarr(i) & ""
        Else
            Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Move after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)
        End If
        ws.Range("A" & titlerow & ":A" & lr).EntireRow.Copy Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Range("A1")
        Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Columns.AutoFit
        wb.Close SaveChanges:=False
        wb = Nothing
    Next

    ws.AutoFilterMode = False
    ws.Activate
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

I need to change the getNewFilePath function to name files as name of template + name of the Employee + ".xls"
Function getNewFilePath(ws As Workbook, i As Integer) As String

        nameCol = ws.Cells(i, 4).Value

        If Len(Trim(ws.Cells(i, 4).Value)) = 0 Then Exit Function

        s = Split(ActiveWorkbook.FullName, ".xls", 2) & nameCol

        If Err.Number = 0 Then getNewFilePath = s & ".xls"
    End With
    On Error GoTo 0

End Function

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Charles Fort
Book Depository US today 26.27 $23.76 You save $2.51
JIM STEINMEYER is one of today's most renowned historians of stage magic. His many books include The Last Greatest Magician in the World, Who Was Dracula?, The Glorious Deception, and Hiding the Elephant, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Steinmeyer is a leading designer of magic illusion who has done work for television, Broadway, and many of the best-known names in modern magic, such as Doug Henning, Siegfried & Roy, and David Copperfield. Steinmeyer has also developed attractions and live shows for the Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, and DreamWorks, and has twice received fellowships from the Academy of Magical Arts.
"This is how biographies should be written: Steinmeyer is the ideal host, introducing us to a fascinating stranger, and sliding into the background...Here is a storyteller with a glint in his eye. Pull up a chair, you won't be disappointed." --Mark Stafford, Times of London
"An engrossing biography." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"Perceptive and entertaining." --Ed Park, Los Angeles Times
"Steinmeyer is a gifted biographer, an elegant and unobtrusive author who shows us an entirely fascinating, shy, and witty man, a 20th-century original. This book is not to be missed." --Margaret Heilbrun, Library Journal
"Steinmeyer conjures up his subject's world with wit and empathy, and subtly tracks the events that formed Fort's singular character. The man emerges as eccentric, funny, self-effacing and contradictory. Even the most devoted skeptic will enjoy his company." --Harry Pearson, The Daily Mail
"Fort can easily be lampooned as the man who wrote about rains of frogs, but as Jim Steinmeyer emphasizes in this intriguing biography, he trod a narrow tightrope between belief and skepticism. His life, as graphically portrayed in this book, was often frustrated and unfulfilled. But the legacy he left makes the world a brighter place: paradoxically, both saner and sillier." --David V. Barrett, The Independent
"While American history has relegated Fort to the same curiosity file he so deliberately plumbed, Fort's influence has outstretched his literary contributions. Steinmeyer conjures both the image and mind of Fort in such a way as to mirror Fort's own writings. In doing so, Steinmeyer offers readers a psychological profile of Fort, as well as a glimpse into the culture and history that birthed the supernatural interests of our nation." --Michael Mason, Tulsa World
"Steinmeyer captures Fort's wry humor, skepticism and wildest notions. He has emerged from the archives with a wonderful, prismatic portrait. --Publishers Weekly
"This odd, unique character emerges fully rounded in Jim Steinmeyer's fascinating, sympathetic biography." --Richard Lingeman, author of Theodore Dreiser: An American Journey
"A colorful portrait of an offbeat character." --Kirkus Reviews
"A delightful book." --Robert Ito, Los Angeles Magazine
"A jolly biography." --Damian Thompson, London Telegraph
"Steinmeyer has produced a meticulously researched, marvelously readable window on the life of this extraordinary man. Was he a genius or a crank? Fort's message is that we should not always seek solutions, because there might be none. That is Steinmeyer's verdict on the man himself." --Andrew Crumey, The Scotsman
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Q: in allocate_stack (stack=, pdp= I am facing a segmentation fault while executing the following sample Program:
#include<iostream>
#include<pthread.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<exception>
#include<stdexcept>
using namespace std;

class ThreadHandler
{
  public:
    int createThread(void (*function)(void*),void* input);
    void setThreadID(int);
    int getThreadID();
    void runThread();
    /* Constructor for ThreadHandler*/
    ThreadHandler();
    virtual ~ThreadHandler();
  protected:
  private:
    int mThreadID;
    pthread_t thread;
};

/* Function: ThreadHandler() */
ThreadHandler::ThreadHandler():mThreadID(0)
{
   cout<<"\n ThreadHandling - constructor";
}

/* Function: ~ThreadHandler() */
ThreadHandler::~ThreadHandler()
{
}

/*Function: setThreadID() - set mThreadID value after
  thread creation*/
void ThreadHandler::setThreadID(int thread_id)
{
  cout<<"\n setThreadID function Entry";
  mThreadID=thread_id;
  cout<<"\n Thread ID: "<<mThreadID;
  cout<<"\n setThreadID function Exit";
}

/*Function: getThreadID() - return a thread ID after
  thread creation*/
int ThreadHandler::getThreadID()
{
  return mThreadID;
}

/*Function: createThread() - Create Thread
  and Assign function dynamically */
int ThreadHandler::createThread(void (*callingFunction)(void*),void* input)
{
  cout<<"\n createThread Function Entry";
  int thread_id=pthread_create(&thread,(pthread_attr_t*)callingFunction,NULL,input);
  if(thread_id)
  {
     cout<<"\n Failed to create the thread and throw an exception";
     throw;
  }
  setThreadID(thread_id);
  cout<<"\n createThread Function Exit";
  return thread_id;
}

/* Function: runThread() -- Joinable thread for exection*/
void ThreadHandler::runThread()
{
  cout<<"\n Join the thread for runnable"<<endl;
  pthread_join(this->thread,NULL);
}

/*Function to execute by the thread*/
void ThreadFunction(void* input)
{
   cout<<"\n Thread Execution: "<<input;
}
/*Main part of the Class and Execution*/
int main()
{
   char* msgPtr="I am running";
   ThreadHandler *objThread = new ThreadHandler();
   if(objThread==NULL)
   {
      cout<<"\n Failed to create a ThreadHandler object";
      return -1;
   }
   /*Create a function pointer to pass*/
   //void* (*FunctionPtr)(void*)=NULL;
   //FunctionPtr = &ThreadFunction;
   try
   {
      cout<<"\n -- start create a thread --";
      objThread->createThread(&ThreadFunction,reinterpret_cast<void*>(msgPtr));
   }
   catch(exception& e)
   {
      cout<<"\n Exception while creating the thread";
   }
   return 0;
}

Error:
 ThreadHandling - constructor
 -- start create a thread --
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff76aab8c in allocate_stack (stack=, pdp=, attr=0x400ead )
    at allocatestack.c:415
415 allocatestack.c: No such file or directory.

A: Problem
Looks like you are passing arguments to pthread_create in the wrong order.
From man-pages:
int pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
                          void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg);

Solution
Change this:
pthread_create(&thread,(pthread_attr_t*)callingFunction,NULL,input);

to this:
pthread_create(&thread, NULL, callingFunction, input);

Suggestions
I would suggest using std::thread as it makes working with threads much easier, especially when coupled with std::function.


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23/05/2015 by stephen
It's all well that ends well for Balzan
Another futsal season comes to an end, after seeing Balzan winning the Gatorade Knock Out Competition in the final against Luxol.
After the first minute Balzan started positvely when Boicho Marev broke the deadlock.
Three minutes later, Celino Alves equalized the score for Luxol.
Luxol finished the first half with two goals ahead scored by George Frendo and Peter Pullicino.
In the second half, Balzan were more organized and after 40 seconds Marev scored Balzan's second goal.
In the fourth minute of the second half, Peter Pullicino netted his personal second goal and increased the lead for Luxol.
Five minutes later Balzan reacted fiercely and Glenn Bonello re-levelled the matters.
In the final seconds, Boicho Marev became Balzan's additional player as the flying keeper.
This made way for the Croatian player coach Frane Despotovic to score Balzan's winning goal, only nine seconds from the end.
This goal definitely ceased Luxol and initiated the well deserved Balzan's celebrations.
After the end of the match, referees and both teams' players were given the commemorative medals, followed by the presentation of the cup from FMA's President Mark Borg to Balzan's captain Carlo Scicluna.
21/05/2015 21/05/2015 by stephen
Balzan and Luxol set their target to win
New champions Luxol will do their utmost to clinch the double after building up a fantastic season in the Premiership.
Luxol and Balzan are both well-shaped and ready to show off their high level of futsal to numerous spectators, at the Corradino Sport Pavillion.
When questioned by this site, Luxol's player and coach Florin Anton, admitted that he is keen to continue the winning trail.
Florin Anton has built up and maintained good winning records in his Futsal history. In 6 years he registered 4 Premier Leagues (2 with Excess Lazio, 1 with Balzan and recently with Luxol), 2 Knock Out Competitions and 1 Super Cup with Balzan.
As a coach he confirmed that the same squad that appeared in the Premier Playoffs Final will also be available for the Knock Out Final, next Friday.
In the meantime, Balzan also have a good track record of 2 Premier Leagues, 3 Knock Out Competitions, 2nd Division Champions, 3rd Division Promotion Winners and also participated 3 times in the UEFA Futsal Cup.
Therefore Balzan are also looking forward to end the season on a positive note.
21/05/2015 21/05/2015 by robert.busuttil
A Closer Look at…Stephen Mifsud (coach – Zebbug Rangers FC)
Name: Stephen Mifsud
Born on November 11th 1981
Place of Birth: Pieta'
Works as a Deliveryman.
Personal Motto: Live and let live.
I have been involved in futsal… for the last five years.
Futsal is… my main hobby. I give a large proportion of my free time to futsal but it gives me a lot of satisfaction in return.
Mifsud while giving his instructions to his players
Photo: Mark Soler
Futsal involves… a lot of dedication, preparation and a communication with the players.
Zebbug Rangers FC is… a group of friends who are united together.
This year I am… not satisfied because we lost our place in the Premier Division.
My greatest moment was… last year when we got promoted to the Premier Division.
My main objective is… to win the First Division league and get back to the top division.
Zebbug Rangers FC.
Photo: Joe Borg.
Barbosa: A winning mentality helps you succeed
Name: William Da Silva Barbosa
Date of Birth: 2 June 1978 (age 36)
Place of Birth: Sao Paolo.
Plays with Luxol Futsal Club
William Barbosa, regarded as one of the best foreign players in the Gatorade Futsal Premier League, is overwhelmed after his team's success this season.
He is even personally satisfied after placing top scorer of the league as well as giving a great share for Luxol's success.
This website contacted the Brazilian forward who is no new name in the local football scene.
He signed his first professional contract in Brazil when he was only 14. During his career he played in Brazil, Germany, Holland, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.
He played for two seasons with Valletta FC and was player-coach with First Division side Luxol St Andrews.
He also played for Premier Division side Tarxien Rainbows until he recently joined Gozitan side St Lawrence Spurs.
Futsal is one of his favourite sports and he has been playing with Luxol St Andrews for the past two years.
You had a great season finishing also top scorer of the league…
I'm personally satisfied with what I've achieved. I tried to work hard to reach my personal targets and succeeded to score important goals that helped me finish top scorer.
Luxol were a greatly organized side this season.
Yes it's true. We tried to find those players that could give us that extra push to boost our chances of winning the league.
We succeeded to keep almost the same players of last season with the addition of some new ones that ensured a better quality to the team.
What is the secret behind Luxol's success?
I think that hard work, unity and commitment were three important factors behind our success. Then you have the individual skills of certain players that can make a difference in crucial matches.
Next Friday you have another final against Balzan. Certainly you would relish a double…
Well our first objective was to win the title and we have reached that goal. Now we have to focus on this final and we need to work hard to achieve our second title of the season.
You have also played for St Lawrence Spurs in the Gozitan Football League during this season.
Yes it's true. It was a great experience with St Lawrence Spurs as I've even found a family more than just a team and this kept us united to achieve important results.
Your future regarding football.
I love football and I would like to continue playing. I think that I can still give my part in the local football and futsal scene. I wish to continue doing well.
Do you have other objective for the future?
My main objective is always to maintain this winning mentality so that I could continue to achieve positive results.
Luxol dethrone Balzan to clinch title
Luxol have been crowned as the Gatorade Futsal Premier League champions after winning their second play-off final and beat outgoing champions Balzan.
Balzan struggled to find their rhythm in a first half shaded by Luxol who deservedly built a two goal advantage but in the second half the former side improved and after some tactical switches, they stormed into their opponents to level the score.
Despite all this, Luxol still remained concentrated and soon two more goals followed. The fired-up Balzan tried to rattle past the St Andrews defence who absorbed their opponents' pressure to administer their advantage.
A sizeable crowd headed to the Corradino Pavillion to watch this second play-off final as both set of supporters created a vibrant atmosphere.
The two coaches had no particular formation problems as they could field their full squads for this decisive encounter.
Despotovic chose Christian Cassar to replace regular keeper Nicholas Farrugia while Reuben Grech deputised Adrian Attard between posts for Luxol.
The match had to start 30 minutes later than scheduled because of some road closures in the vicinities of the Corradino Pavillion due to filming.
Luxol broke the deadlock inside the opening two minutes when Peter Pullicino cut inside from the right before freeing William Barbosa who fired home his team's advantage.
Luxol would have doubled the scoring on 8 minutes when the revitalized Dean Gera found Florin Anton but his shot finished wide.
The St Andrews outfit remained the brighter side, taking control of midfield, adopting high pressing while Florin Anton, Celino Alves and William Barbosa were dynamic figures on the court.
Balzan created their first real chance on 9 minutes when Mark Zammit's grounder finished wide.
Midway into the first half, Reuben Grech blocked two consecutive shots by Boicho Marev and Slobodan Janjic.
Even Cassar was tested by the scintillating William Barbosa whose shot was blocked into corner by the Balzan's keeper.
One minute later, Luxol doubled the score when Dean Gera drove towards byline on the left before passing to the unmarked William Barbosa who poked home to send his fans into raptures.
Two goals down, Balzan showed signs of making a reaction. On 15 minutes Frane Despotovic met Slobodan Janjic's pass, to produce a fierce shot that left no chance for Grech.
Three minutes from half-time, Luxol striker William Barbosa was unlucky to hit the upright after a good counter attack.
Balzan began the second half in brisk mode. Their improvement was rewarded on 23 minutes when Glenn Bonello's effort finished at the back of the net to restore parity.
Despite this goal, Luxol kept their composure and in no time they regained their advantage when Dean Gera's piledriver surprised Christian Cassar to make it 3-2 for his team.
This goal confused Balzan's plans as Cassar avoided a classical own goal by Despotovic whose erratic low clearance was pawed away by his keeper.
Luxol took advantage of this and managed to score their fourth as Florin Anton led a quick counter attack to send Barbosa in a good position to convert.
The Brazilian nippy striker surged forward on 35 minutes but his shot finished against the post.
It was now Balzan's turn to pile the pressure. Slobodan Janjic darted past the Luxol players to slot past the onrushing Grech to send some hopes among the Balzan clan.
The pressure continued to increase as Mark Zammit had the equalizer on his feet on 37 minutes but he missed an incredible chance in front of goal after hitting wide.
Then Zammit was unlucky one minute later when he hit the post after a good Balzan move.
Luxol found the time to try to extend the lead but Cassar was superlative when he saved two efforts by Gera and Alves.
As the minutes trickled by, Balzan upped their pressure, forcing a couple of corners and introducing Marev and Despotovic as flying keepers but their efforts foundered on the solid Luxol rearguard who secured the results till the end.
Chants of "Campioni, Campioni" resonated around the Pavillion after the final whistle.
FMA President, Mark Borg alongside Vice President Alfred Camilleri and a Gatorade representative, presented the medals and trophies to the new champions.
Both teams will now face each other next Friday for the Gatorade Futsal Knock-Out competition final.
A Closer Look at…James Borg (Player – Siggiewi FC)
Name: James Borg
Born on September 29th 1988
Lives in Mosta.
Works as a Salesman.
Personal Motto: Always trust your own intuition before taking anyone else's word.
I have been involved in futsal for… the last two seasons.
Futsal is… a game that keeps you focused; a sport that keeps you guessing the score till the last second and improves the technique and mental strength of any player
Siggiewi Futsal is… a team created by friends for friends led by club president Steve Gingell Littlejohn. We train and enjoy the company of each other, improve our futsal abilities. This game can be described as a stress reliever from our daily routines.
This year I am… satisfied with our team's performance because although we are a small squad and often some of the players have to travel for work commitments, we always give our best no matter the number of players we have on the day. Moreover, the most important thing is that we have fun and respect each other like brothers.
I am not satisfied… with the results as they didn't reflect the sacrifices we made.
My greatest moment was… this season when we beat promotion contenders Mellieha after producing an excellent performance.
My main objective is… to help Siggiewi get better results, improve our performances game by game and keep the big respect among players, opponents and officials.
Luxol eye title, Last Chance for Balzan
Luxol head into their second leg play-off final clash against Balzan tonight (kick-off 20.30 hrs) in high spirits after a dramatic triumph over their same opponents on Friday.
The St Andrews side will take to the court at the Corradino Pavillion eager to record a second consecutive win to clinch the title for the first time since FMA took charge of the organization of the local futsal scene as well as participate for the first time in the UEFA Futsal Cup.
While Luxol go into the game on a high following their first leg 4-3 win, Balzan have all the pressure in their hands as it will be their last chance to level the matters and leave everything for a possible third match.
Balzan are not ready to throw the towel and want to bounce back to victory.
They have worked hard during this week as coach Frane Despotovic tried to focus on certain details to fine tune some crucial tactics.
When asked about tonight's match, Bulgarian international Boicho Marev confirmed that Balzan are well-prepared for tonight's game. They want to be good both physically and psychologically to face this game with a positive attitude.
Marev predicts another evenly contested match between the best two teams in local futsal.
As Brazilian playmaker, Celino Alves states, Luxol are keen to maintain their positive trend during this second leg as they aim to repeat the great performance shown in their last match.
Luxol's talisman player insisted that his team wants to maintain this form of late that led to a successful season and want to finish on a high note.
Asked about Balzan, Alves believes that their opponents have good experienced players and will not give up.
He predicts another balanced encounter that could be decided by a single glimpse.
If the match ends in a draw, penalties will follow immediately to have a clear winner. A Luxol victory will give them the championship title.
On the other hand, Balzan need a win to restore parity in the aggregate matches. Eventually the final match will be played next Friday.
A Closer Look at…Karl Micallef (President/Secretary/Goalkeeper- Luqa SA)
Name: Karl Micallef
Born on October 14th 1986
Lives in Rabat.
Work as a storekeeper and a delivery person
Personal Motto: "You only live once"
I have been involved in futsal for… 9 years. I played 3 years with River Plate and 2 years with Kerygma. At the present moment Andrew Scerri and I are playing and at the same time managing Luqa St Andrew's.
Futsal is… not just a game but also a form of art expressed by a single player or a team.
Being… a President, a Secretary, and a goalkeeper requires passion, determination and love for the game. The satisfaction lies on respect, sacrifice and loyalty of the players and the staff.
Luqa Futsal Club is… a group of friends who are determined to learn and improve futsal skills to a better level.
This year I am… extremely satisfied with my team's performance especially with the new players introduced for the first time to futsal. Thanks to their determination and willingness to improve their futsal skills, we managed to make a great first round and a fair second round. We are hoping to build on what we have achieved this year.
My greatest moment in futsal was… a few years ago when I played for River Plate and we were promoted to Second division and eventually we won the second division league.
I would like to …win the league with my team Luqa St Andrew's Futsal.
Late goal sinks Balzan, Luxol gain advantage
A roller-coaster match conjured up a dramatic finale as Luxol's William Barbosa struck the decisive goal in the dying seconds to down Balzan 4-3 in an enjoyable game to give the first win in the Gatorade Futsal Premier League play-off leg 1 final.
It was a typical encounter between two heavyweights in the local futsal scene.
Luxol gained a double advantage but Balzan always reacted to reduce the score until the already mentioned goal gave the St Andrews side the first advantage ahead of next week's second game.
The match attracted a number of supporters at the Corradino Pavillion and those present were not certainly disappointed as both teams played a good level of futsal.
Luxol surged ahead after five minutes when Celino Alves found the net from long range with Balzan's keeper surprised.
One minute later the St Andrews outfit doubled the score when Celino Alves served Florin Anton who tapped in to make it 2-0 for his team.
Balzan's keeper Nicholas Farrugia was kept busy during these moments as he denied Alves and Barbosa from the joy of goal.
Balzan called a time-out, with coach Despotovic emphasizing more on the offensive aspect.
In fact Glenn Bonello had the time to reduce the score for Balzan after a grounder that left no chance to Luxol's keeper Adrian Attard.
Then Marev was unlucky as he hit the post twice for Balzan.
14 seconds from half-time Luxol were awarded a freekick which William Barbosa converted to extend the lead for his team.
However, Balzan were quick to respond as six seconds later Bonello connected well a Boycho Marev pass to slot home and score his side's second goal.
Balzan started the second half onn the offensive and Marev hit the post twice until Despotovic saw his three efforts saved by Luxol's goalie Attard.
On 32 minutes Pullicino tried his luck with a low shot but Farrugia was superlative to deny him from the joy of goal.
One minute later, William Barbosa missed a good chance for Luxol as he shot wide.
From the consecutive action, Mark Zammit was unlucky to hit the post with Adrian Attard limping injured to be replaced by reserve goalkeeper Reuben Grech.
The latter was called in action 25 seconds later as he saved a Boycho Marev shot. However from the rebound Mark Zammit was quick to hit the target for the equalizer.
The match looked set to go to penalties to declare the first winner for this encounter.
However Brazilian William Barbosa had other ideas as his header met a Celino Alves cross with the ball flashing past Nicholas Farrugia.
Balzan, Luxol cross swords in decisive encounters
It may be considered as the local 'Clasico', the encounter between Balzan and Luxol. Both sides meet tonight (kick-off 20.30 hrs) for the best-out-of-three Gatorade Futsal Premier League play-offs final at the Corradino Pavillion.
These three important clashes are expected to be a real title show-down for all the Maltese futsal followers.
Both teams will also face each other in the Gatorade Futsal Knock-Out competition, to be played later on this month.
Luxol, who won 15 out of 18 matches, boast the best attack with lethal striker William Barbosa and Brazilian Celino Alves in fine form.
They had a comfortable qualification for the final after imposing themselves on Valletta 15-5 on aggregate.
On the other hand, Balzan, who are the outgoing champions, had to sweat hard to see off Hamrun Spartans as they had to go on extra time to obtain qualification for the final 13-11 on aggregate.
Balzan hope that their foreign trio Despotovic, Marev and Janjic will be keen to persist with their scoring spree against Luxol to retain the title which they had won last year.
Both teams have met each other twice during this season.
Luxol emerged as winners in the first round after seeing off Balzan 11-5. However, the latter bounced back with a 6-3 victory over the St Andrews side in the second round match.
This website contacted both player/coaches Frane Despotovic (Balzan) and Florin Anton (Luxol) who willingly gave us their comments.
Despotovic was satisfied with his team's performance during this year and feels happy to play in the final.
"It is always pleasure to play in the final because it is a gift for the hard year of work for us. So we are satisfied that we can enjoy these final legs.
"We are preparing tactically and mentally for these games. Hope we will enjoy on the pitch.
Asked about the hard semifinal against Hamrun Spartans, Despotovic was optimistic.
"Our mentality after the semis thriller is on a very good level because we realized that we can go back from the hard situations which is very important in sports."
When asked about Luxol, the Croatian international showed a lot of respect towards his opponents.
"Statistics speak about Luxol this year. They are playing very well in both directions, attack and defense. They were the best team in regular season but they have to prove that they are the best in the playoffs. We are respecting them but we will try to win."
On the other hand, Florin Anton was concentrated ahead of these important matches.
"This is the most important game of the season. We worked hard to earn it and we're preparing every single detail. We are training everyday and emphasizing on a lot of tactical training."
Anton is happy in his second experience as player-coach with Luxol, who kept the core of their team from last season.
"We are a united group with the president, players, team manager and all the committee who have been together for the last two years."
"If we win this will be the first time that Luxol will compete in the UEFA Futsal Cup."
Asked about his opponents Anton is cautious.
"Balzan is a very good team with a lot of experience and start as favourite to win the league."
The match between Luxol and Balzan will be played on a best-out-of-three match format. Each game played should have a clear winner. If a game ends on a draw after playing the normal time, penalties will be taken immediately after, to determine the winner of the game. If the same team wins the first two games successively, that team is proclaimed champion and the third game is not played.


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using System.IO;
using GroupDocs.Editor.Formats;
using GroupDocs.Editor.Options;

namespace GroupDocs.Editor.Examples.CSharp.AdvancedUsage
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates loading, editing and saving multi-tab Spreadsheet documents
    /// </summary>
    internal static class WorkingWithSpreadsheetMultiTab
    {
        internal static void Run()
        {
            //1. Get a path to the input file (or stream with file content).
            //In this case it is sample XLSX (OOXML) with two tabs.
            string inputFilePath = Constants.SAMPLE_XLSX;

            //2. Load it into Editor instance from stream
            using (FileStream inputStream = File.OpenRead(inputFilePath))
            {
                using (Editor editor = new Editor(delegate { return inputStream;}, delegate { return new SpreadsheetLoadOptions();}))
                {
                    //3. Let's create an intermediate EditableDocument from 1st tab
                    SpreadsheetEditOptions editOptions1 = new SpreadsheetEditOptions();
                    editOptions1.WorksheetIndex = 0;//index is 0-based
                    EditableDocument firstTabBeforeEdit = editor.Edit(editOptions1);

                    //4. Let's create an intermediate EditableDocument from 2nd tab
                    SpreadsheetEditOptions editOptions2 = new SpreadsheetEditOptions();
                    editOptions2.WorksheetIndex = 1;//index is 0-based
                    EditableDocument secondTabBeforeEdit = editor.Edit(editOptions2);

                    //5. Save first tab from EditableDocument #1 to separate document
                    SpreadsheetSaveOptions saveOptions1 = new SpreadsheetSaveOptions(SpreadsheetFormats.Xlsm);
                    string outputFilename1 = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputFilePath) + "_tab1.xlsm";
                    string outputPath1 = Path.Combine(Constants.GetOutputDirectoryPath(), outputFilename1);
                    editor.Save(firstTabBeforeEdit, outputPath1, saveOptions1);

                    //6. Save second tab from EditableDocument #2 to separate document
                    SpreadsheetSaveOptions saveOptions2 = new SpreadsheetSaveOptions(SpreadsheetFormats.Xlsb);
                    string outputFilename2 = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputFilePath) + "_tab2.xlsb";
                    string outputPath2 = Path.Combine(Constants.GetOutputDirectoryPath(), outputFilename2);
                    editor.Save(secondTabBeforeEdit, outputPath2, saveOptions2);

                    //7. Dispose both EditableDocument instances
                    firstTabBeforeEdit.Dispose();
                    secondTabBeforeEdit.Dispose();
                }
            }
            System.Console.WriteLine("WorkingWithSpreadsheetMultiTab routine has successfully finished");
        }
    }
}

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Q: Reset from on button click I am trying to reset values on the button click but not able to do so. Don't know what the issue is.
This is my one of the field from form:
       <Grid item xs={5} md={5} lg={5}>
          <InputLabel htmlFor="outlined-adornment-fName" required>
            First Name
          </InputLabel>
          <FormControl
            className={classes.formControl}
            variant="outlined"
            size="small"
          >
            <OutlinedInput
              id="outlined-adornment-fName"
              placeholder="First Name"
              defaultValue={firstName}
            />
          </FormControl>
        </Grid>

This is how i am setting form values:
const [firstName, setFirstName] = React.useState('M');

This is my function for Reset:
const handleClick = () => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      setFirstName('');
    }, 1000);
  };

This is my Reset button:
            <Button
              variant="contained"
              color="primary"
              onClick={handleClick}
              classes={{ root: classes.textTran }}
              style={{
                display: 'flex',
                width: '35%',
                textTransform: 'none',
                borderRadius: 20,
              }}
            >
              Reset
         </Button>

A: const handleClick = () => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      setFirstName(() => "");
    }, 1000);
  };

Give this a try

A: You have only mentioned defaultValue to OutlinedInput. Add value and onChange properties so that the new model change will be reflected. You can remove setTimeout function.

const handleClick = () => {
    setFirstName('');
}

<OutlinedInput
    id="outlined-adornment-fName"
    placeholder="First Name"
    value = { firstName }
    onChange={e => setFirstName(e.target.value)} />

A: I believe the issue here is that you set the default value of the intput to the state variable, but during runtime the input field doesn't track the state. Value of the input has to be set to the corresponding state variable and an onChange-call has to be setup on order to update that specific variable. Look at the primitve example below,
const DemoForm = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = React.useState('')

  const handleChange = (event) => setValue(event.target.value)
  const handleReset = () => setValue('')

  return(
    <>
      <form>
        <input value={value} onChange={handleChange} />
      </form>
      <button onClick={handleReset} >Reset</button>
    </>
}

This will cause the state to update on each input change and re-render the input with the updated value, event when the reset button is clicked since it changes value as well.


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The NPA: a space for rebuilding
Posted on 25th June 2009 by ISJ
Denis Godard
The New Anticapitalist Party (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste, NPA) is an exciting political development because it responds to a need arising from the struggle in France over the past few years. Marxist revolutionaries were at the heart of its creation, and at a time when the crisis of global capitalism is accelerating the NPA opens up for them the prospect of active intervention in an advanced capitalist country on a scale unprecedented outside a revolutionary period. This is what makes the debate between François Sabado and Alex Callinicos so significant.1 At a time when revolutionaries have an increased opportunity to learn from concrete experience and a duty to rid themselves of the burden of sectarianism, the open tone of the debate is not the least of its merits.
The rationale common to both Sabado and Callinicos in their discussion is that the crisis of the traditional leaderships of the workers' movement has opened up a space "to the left of the reformist left" that needs filling. Their disagreements turn on the question of the programmatic delimitations of the organisation that seeks to fill this space—whether it should be revolutionary and whether there should be restrictions upon Marxists within its ranks.
In his latest intervention Callinicos acknowledges that, for reasons specific to France, Sabado is correct to argue that the NPA can be not only an anti-capitalist organisation but even a revolutionary one in the broad sense. But Callinicos also insists that the approach to other situations requires greater flexibility. To read Callinicos is without doubt to see that grasping the nature of reformism—that is, understanding the contradictions that run through class consciousness and understanding the dynamics of its evolution—is for him the most important factor in arming the political revival and defining appropriate strategies and tactics. I share his preoccupation.
Debate about the NPA should not centre in the first instance on programmatic delimitations, however, but on how well it can organise some kind of formal or informal leadership, emerging from the process of struggle, how well it can influence the movement—and even lead and rebuild it on a class basis. For that to happen, the revolutionary current in the NPA must possess clarity and coherence. The claimed revolutionary delimitations for an organisation of this kind are not only an illusion; they weaken the coherence of the revolutionary current and become an obstacle to building the common anti-capitalist strategy this party needs.
The limits of the debate between Sabado and Callinicos seem to me to stem from the fact that the space they speak of is not just a space "to be filled". This is no mere "party"2 or narrowly political space. Its nature is ideological, social and political. To a large extent the space must be rebuilt.
The coming together, following their own rhythms, of changes in the capitalist mode of production and therefore structure of the working class, of economic crisis and the return of struggle has created a historically new political situation, one characterised by Stathis Kouvélakis as a prolonged crisis of hegemony: "Precisely because its character is fundamentally destructive of the previous social compromise, neoliberalism has only been able to emerge victorious over it on the basis of defeating the dominated classes and forcing them to retreat. It has won solely by default, in the absence of an alternative perspective. It has not succeeded in creating majority popular support. In Gramscian terms, this is domination without hegemony".3
One element in this crisis of hegemony is the crisis of the traditional leaderships of the working class. This is not simply because ideologically they have "swung to the right". Changes in the working class have largely weakened the bastions on which these leaderships rested and in some cases have destroyed them. At the same time new sectors have developed. The entire structuring of the "world of work" is in crisis (every traditional class organisation, together with its reference points and "culture", has been weakened). Beyond that, so too is the influence the workers' movement might have over the whole of society. The crisis of the workers' movement has indeed weakened workers' ability to resist the neoliberal offensive. Kouvélakis is right to underline that this is as much a condition as an effect. But we must not lose sight of the way the domination of the traditional leaderships in the workers' movement, the (bureaucratic) structuring of the workers' movement and its culture, used to be one factor in the dominant hegemony in the previous period. From this point of view, it is correct to speak of a space opening up.
Relevance of a paradox
In a 1970 interview Tony Cliff astonished a journalist from the International Idiot by talking more of the struggle to be carried out within the working class than of the struggle against the ruling class. Domination by a capitalist minority is in reality only possible because generally the vast majority of workers "incorporate" this domination within their ideas and practices. Reformism is no straightforward "manipulation of consciousness". It is an expression of what Gramsci calls the "contradictory consciousness" of workers—their acceptance of dominant ideas and the way in which the expression of their real interests enters into contradiction with these dominant ideas.
The basis for challenging dominant ideas develops through the experience of even limited resistance to exploitation or more generally of resistance to injustice. But this challenge is always partial and heterogeneous within the class as a whole. Thus, if concrete struggle against the ruling class is necessary for the working class to develop itself as a class (ie self_conscious and organised), a struggle within the class is also needed, if for no other reason than to make struggle itself possible.
In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx gave a broad theoretical answer to this paradox by defining the role of communists. Communists must never separate themselves from the dominated class. They must always defend the general interests of the movement. At the same time, they must be the most resolute section of the "working class parties" and have the "theoretical" advantage over "the great mass of the working class…of clearly understanding the lines of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement".
The united front revisited
The united front strategy was the practical response to this paradox by the parties of the Third International in the 1920s. The Third International was born out of splits in the parties of the Second International in 1919. But the capacity of the reformist parties in the developed countries to preserve the support of important sections of the working class (if only passively) had led to the failure of the first wave of revolution, notably in Italy and in Germany.
The united front was designed to win over the majority of workers by drawing them into action alongside revolutionaries. Revolutionaries would thereby show in action that they were "the most resolute section of the working class parties" and demonstrate that "theoretically" they had a clear "understanding [of] the lines of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement".
This strategy was elaborated under particular historical circumstances whose characteristics can be succinctly summarised thus: a workers' movement existed that was organised and powerful (despite the war), there was a dominant Marxist culture at the heart of the left, and strong reformist and revolutionary parties contended for leadership of the workers' movement. Under these circumstances unity in action by the class was guaranteed via unity of its organisations (in the first place, of its parties). Detaching workers from reformism was in essence to succeed in detaching them from the reformist party.4
The prolonged crisis of hegemony that we have described means that the strategy of the united front is now posed in radically altered historical conditions: we have a new workers' movement that has by and large become unstructured and traditional leaderships with only weak links to the working class, and this in a society in which class ideas have only just rediscovered an audience.
The united front broadened
Sabado fails to approach the NPA within the framework of a united front because his conceptual basis is the "classical" model. This leads him to think of the NPA in terms of a political fight, with the NPA playing the role of a revolutionary party engaged in struggle against a reformist party.
The notion of "united front of a special kind", to which Callinicos refers, is an attempt to supersede the historical model because the situation demands it. This, however, remains an inadequate response for it is conceived as no more than a variation on the model. This leads Callinicos to consider the NPA in the final analysis as failing to correspond to this variation.
While imprisoned by the fascist regime, Gramsci tried to understand the failure of the revolutionary wave of the 1920s. This led him to re-examine the notion of the united front and to extend its scope, based on an analysis of the more complex structure of advanced capitalist countries. From this he drew a broader vision of the united front. As Daniel Bensaïd explains, he attaches to it "as objective the conquest of political and cultural hegemony". He deduces from this, in a very Leninist manner, that at stake in a revolutionary situation "is the resolution in a generalised crisis of the reciprocal relationships between all components in society", which cannot be reduced to a "clash between two antagonistic classes".5
The "classical" model, within this broader notion of the united front, is the form that suited particular historical conditions, those in which the reality of the workers' movement and its influence made the struggle for leadership the key question for "resolving this generalised crisis". The fundamental objective of the united front is not, however, unity of action between parties. Its objective is to set the vast mass of society in motion in a multi-levelled confrontation with the ruling class, to organise the working class as the motor force of this movement and to win the movement to revolutionary leadership.6
Strategic conception of the NPA
It is in the light of this that we must clarify our conception of the NPA. The issue now for class struggle in France is to rebuild the workers' movement and enable it to pull behind it "all the oppressed sectors"—to build what some call a "counter-hegemony". At a time when the developing process of struggle has already begun to see potential leaderships emerge on many battlefronts against the system, the NPA must aim to regroup, coordinate and provide them with a strategy for confronting the ruling class. If it does so, and relies on the dynamic of the struggle to take things forward, it will not only help these new leaderships to overcome the paralysis due to the current domination by the traditional leaderships and their politics, but will also be key to rebuilding the workers' movement.
This is the basis for establishing the foundations of the NPA as an anti-capitalist and class party. It is worth saying from the outset that none of this is guaranteed in advance or can be won by the proclamation of founding principles. The stress on the NPA having precise restrictions during its formation benefited the most battle-hardened propagandisers at the expense of the activists. And the most stridently "revolutionary" elements of these propagandisers, inside and outside the former Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire, found an echo in "healthy" leftist tendencies from those social sectors recently radicalised by the movement.7
The consequences of having the founding process dominated by propagandising are clear. The NPA may have begun to implant itself in the working class and sectors of society. Nevertheless it remains comparatively weak when it comes to organised sections of the movement, particularly in the unions but also in the neighbourhood associations. And, paradoxically, what makes it easier to convince people, at least superficially, about the need for revolutionary programmatic delimitations, makes it more difficult to build on a class basis.
Clearly, involvement in a party requires greater reflection and is a slower business for militants who work in a milieu, let alone those who have responsibilities. But winning such militants to the NPA should be an objective, which the dominant propagandising profile makes more difficult.
Which strategy?
Focusing the debate solely on programmatic delimitations is insufficient and could merely reinforce the obstacles to working out a strategy for the NPA.
It is the growing capitalist crisis and the questions raised in struggle that create the audience for such a strategy. When alongside struggle there is the growth of distrust towards the institutions and leaderships of the workers' movement, we must develop a concrete alternative perspective to stop combativity sinking back into passivity. Fetishising the call for a general strike can prove a double-edged weapon. The demand makes sense if pressure forces trade union leaderships to call for a national day of strikes and demonstrations. But it can create profound pessimism when these same leaderships paralyse action and there is no alternative leadership able to take its place on a more militant basis. That can only reinforce electoralist illusions (and therefore reformism), which then appear the only way to raise the question of power.
Clearly the NPA should articulate a politics that can be defended on every front it is involved in, with the aim of building and developing the movement on a broader and more militant basis. But this should be combined with the equivalent of what the Trotskyist tradition has termed a transitional strategy8 by putting forward anti-capitalist structuralist reforms. The NPA should be known as the organisation that proposes, argues for, sometimes initiates (in concrete circumstances) forms of what classically used to be called workers' control. It should be arguing for forms of workers' organisation in workplaces that aim to develop greater or lesser forms of control, ones that unite workers and users of public services in the locality, etc.
As Donny Gluckstein's study of workers' councils shows, experiences like these demand and allow for cooperation between two groups. One consists of a layer of "local rank and file militants" in the workplaces who have gained legitimacy among workers. They are often well known for their opposition to trade union leaderships but often limited by constantly having to deal with immediate demands. The other consists of political activists who possess a more global vision but who frequently lack legitimacy and roots in the working class.9
The role of revolutionaries
Not only is there no contradiction between an anti-capitalist strategy and a revolutionary strategy but the first must be grasped as an element of the second. Disagreements over the perspective of revolution, above all over the need to overthrow the state or over the role of violence, are not hindrances to sharing an anti-capitalist strategy (this was, after all, the basis for working out transitional demands).
But revolutionaries must demonstrate that clarity about the perspective of revolution helps develop a consistent anti-capitalist strategy.
Moreover, the development, however short lived, of alternative forms of power will raise, this time concretely, the question of how broad the confrontation with the existing institutions of power must be, and of what methods are needed.
Here we return, as far as revolutionaries in the NPA are concerned, to the role Marx attributed to communists: they are the most resolute when it comes to elaborating and developing an anti-capitalist strategy for the NPA and the most class conscious when it comes to understanding the lines of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of this strategy.
That then excludes creating a revolutionary faction within the NPA, the basis of which would be autonomy of action, since the possibility and development of an anti-capitalist strategy are currently conditional upon the development of the NPA. That also excludes its opposite—making do with argument at the purely theoretical level.
The aim of Marxists revolutionaries must be to work out a strategy among themselves and debate and try to get their strategy accepted within the NPA. They must test it not only against other positions but also in relation to the experience accumulated within the framework of the NPA.
1: Callinicos, 2008; Sabado, 2009; Garganas, 2009; Callinicos, 2009.
2: In this respect at least, this shares Olivier Nachtwey's criticism of the concept of social liberalism as "concentrating too much on the ideological orientation of the new social democracy and leaving class representation in the shade"-Nachtwey, 2009.
3: Kouvélakis, 2009.
4: Consideration should be given to the change Stalinism was already making to the application of this united front strategy once neither of the two parties fighting for leadership of the workers' movement was revolutionary. We can say, however, that unity of action among workers was still being formulated in the context of a largely organised workers' movement. See Godard, 2008.
5: Bensaïd, 2007.
6: Chris Harman, 2007, sums this up as an attempt to find what gives "an economic force" the potential "to translate itself into a political force with the mass capacity to draw all sections of the oppressed in a bid to overthrow an old political system".
7: No matter how spontaneous this leftism may appear, it is nonetheless influenced by autonomist theories. Panos Garganos, 2009, is quite right to stress the need to wage a political and theoretical struggle against these currents. Moreover, the influence of these currents will be all the stronger on significant, if minority, sections of the movement the longer we fail to work out a coherent strategy for the NPA.
8: The tradition to which I, like Callinicos, belong has long criticised the so-called orthodox Trotskyist tradition for its formal and ahistorical conception of the transitional programme elaborated by Trotsky. A sign of what is new about the period is that this approach must be taken up again and made concrete. The arguments of the International Socialist Tendency, which I believe were valid in the past, should not become an obstacle in the period that is opening up. Conversely, the current that came out of the Fourth International should not go on to consign the transitional approach to the status of an "outdated strategic lesson" or abandon Trotskyism as a tradition of the past.
9: Gluckstein, 1985.
Bensaïd, Daniel, 2007, "Front Unique et Hégémonie", www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article7177
Callinicos, Alex, 2008, "Where is the Radical Left Going", International Socialism 120 (autumn 2008), www.isj.org.uk/?id=484
Callinicos, Alex, 2009, "Revolutionary Paths: A Reply to Panos Garganas and François Sabado", International Socialism 122 (spring 2009), www.isj.org.uk/?id=538
Garganas, Panos, 2009, "The Radical Left: A Richer Mix", International Socialism 121 (winter 2009), www.isj.org.uk/?id=513
Gluckstein, Donny, 1985, The Western Soviets (Bookmarks).
Godard, Denis, 2008, "Redéfinir le Front Unique pour en Faire une Boussole", Que Faire?, number 9, http://quefaire.lautre.net/articles/09frontunique.html
Harman, Chris, 2007, "Gramsci, the Prison Notebooks and Philosophy", International Socialism 114 (spring 2007), www.isj.org.uk/?id=308
Kouvélakis, Stathis, 2009, "France, une Crise d'Hégémonie Prolongée", ContreTemps, new series, number 1.
Nachtwey, Olivier, 2009, "La Crise de la Représentation de Classe en Allemagne et Die Linke", ContreTemps, new series, number 2.
Sabado, François, 2009, "Building the New Anticapitalist Party", International Socialism 121 (winter 2009), www.isj.org.uk/?id=512
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Tubkal, Dżabal Tubkal (arab. جبل توبقال, توبقال, tamazight ⵜⵓⴳⴳ ⴽⴰⵍ) – najwyższy szczyt Maroka i gór Atlas (Atlas Wysoki) – 4167 m n.p.m. Jest jednocześnie najwyższym szczytem Afryki Północnej. Położony jest 63 km na południe od Marrakeszu, w Parku Narodowym Tubkal.

Do XX wieku góry Atlas i samo Maroko były bardzo słabo znane Europejczykom. Pierwsze odnotowane wejście zostało dokonane przez ekipę Francuzów pod przewodnictwem markiza de Segonzac 12 czerwca 1923 roku. Najpopularniejsza droga wiedzie przez południowe Ikhibi, inna, równie często wykorzystywana, prowadzi przez Ikhibi północne.

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Бенжаман Нуару (, 17 грудня 1980, Діжон) - професійний регбіст, позиція хукер.

Біографія
Бенжаман Нуару дебютував в клубі Діжон, де він починав як флай-хав та хукер і утвердився в цьому положенні.

У червні 2008 року він був запрошений Французькими Варварами, щоб зіграти матч проти Канади в Вікторії. Варвари перемогли з рахунком 17:7.

Незважаючи на спортивну пенсію оголошену ним в кінці сезону 2015-2016, він підписав контракт з Спортивною Асоціацією Флюронтін на новий сезон 2016-2017.

Спортивні клуби
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 Стад Діжоне Кот Д'Ор
 2000—2005: Дакс
 2005—2009: Біарріц Олімпік
 2009—2013: Рейсінг 92
 2013—2014: Тулон
 2014—2016: Біарріц Олімпік
 2016— : Спортивна Асоціація Флюронтін

Виступ зі збірною Франції
13 листопада 2010 року, Бенжаман був вибраний репрезентувати збірну Франції в грі проти збірної Фіджі. На жаль, йому не вдалось здобути жодного балу.

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Кубок Хайнекен:
 Фіналіст: 2006 (Біарріц Олімпік)
 Переможець: 2014 (Тулон)

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Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on final U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber
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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the imposition today by the United States of final countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imports of certain Canadian softwood lumber products.
January 3, 2018 – Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the imposition today by the United States of final countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imports of certain Canadian softwood lumber products:
"Canada's forestry industry supports good middle-class jobs in communities across our country. The Government of Canada will continue to vigorously defend our industry and its workers against protectionist trade practices.
"U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber are unfair, unwarranted and troubling. They are harmful to Canada's lumber producers, workers and communities, and they add to the cost of home building, renovations and other projects for American middle-class families.
"Canada has already begun legal challenges of these duties under NAFTA and through the WTO, where Canadian litigation has proven successful in the past.
"We will continue to work with the provinces and territories, as well as with Canadian industry and workers, to find an enduring solution. Canada will also continue to engage with the U.S. Administration and with American legislators to come to a new agreement on softwood lumber."
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Elephants can have babies until they're 50 years old.
An elephant's trunk weighs 400 pounds — but can pick up things as small as a single grain of rice.
British tourist Nicki Kelk gets her hat taken off her head by a baby elephant at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, Thailand.
Elephants can recognize themselves in the mirror. They join humans, apes, and dolphins as the only animals with self-awareness.
They can see themselves in a mirror.
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An elephant with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.
A three-day-old elephant plays with his mother Pori in their enclosure at the Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.
Elephants are pregnant for 22 months — it's the longest gestation period of any mammal.
A new baby Asian elephant is seen beside an adult on July 28, 2009.
A baby Asian elephant, born only two days before, gets used to his wobbly legs while exploring his enclosure on May 10, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
They also weigh up to 260 pounds at birth.
A five-month-old orphaned elephant called Tembo plays with his keeper Thomas Chalice who has nurtured the elephant on June 19, 2012 in Mkomazi, Tanzania.
The oldest elephant lived to be 86.
A Thai elephant walks in the jungle in the early morning fog at an elephant camp at the Anantara Golden Triangle resort on December 9, 2012.
They "hug" their trunks to say hello to each other.
A caretaker looks on as seven-year-old elephant Laxmi rubs trunks with her daughter, 13-month-old Rani.
Elephants have no need for mascara — their eyelashes can be up to five inches long.
They are extremely emotional creatures — elephants even grieve lost family members.
A herd of Asiatic wild elephants gather at a national park in Minneriya, Sri Lanka.
The elephant's closest living relative is the hyrax, which resemble "a large guinea pig with a grouchy-looking overbite."
African bush elephants are the largest land animals in the world — they can weigh up to 13,000 pounds.
An elephant walks at the Pafuri game reserve on July 21, 2010 in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
They're the only mammals that can't jump — even when they're running, elephants always have at least one foot on the ground.
They can balance on two legs, though.
Elephants can be trained to fight fires by carrying crews and equipment into remote areas, like they did in Indonesia in 2015.
Forestry officials ride on the back of elephants as they patrol an area affected by forest fire in Siak, Riau province, Indonesia.
A still from the video in which an elephant was discovered yawning.


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A Talk with DJ Lou Spinnazola of The Spin Room Hotline to the Underground Interviews Lou Spin!
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Musician Greg Paquette introduced me to disc jockey Lou Spinnazola's show on Camup. The program, the Spin Room, is moving to Mixclound beginning Monday, May 30, 2022. This interview conducted Sunday 5/22/22.
The Spin Room now on Mixcloud starting Monday May 30, 2022.
JV: Lou, how long have you been in radio?
LS: Technically, I've never been a radio professional. But I've always had a passion for it. It just never seemed like a good way to build a career. So in my 50s, I participated in a show hosted by my friend John Scavo, "The Scratchy 45s and Beyond, on WSCA-LP in Portsmouth, NH" I did some co-hosting, research and lots of production. I even did production for the rest of the station. It was a real joy.
JV: When did The Spin Room start on Camup?
LS: After some coaxing from my friend John (see above), I decided to host a show on "The Seacoast," a web-casting station offering programs seven days a week. I wasn't sure I'd like it because I didn't want to have to just play the hits. I don't like hearing or playing 'just the hits.' But it worked out well. I loved it. That was in August of 2016. I'd been casting there up until May 9, 2022, when I've decided to move the show to Mixcloud.com.
JV: Tell us about Mixcloud. You've been airing some shows on MixCloud as well as a brunch midweek, is that right?
LS: Mixcloud is a web service that hosts independent disc-jockeys and people like me who want to be disc-jockeys. They've been around for several years. I've been archiving many of my past Spin Room shows there for a time. Lately, I've been hosting an hour long show on Wednesdays at 12:00 noon on a channel named, "The Gator Mix." I was invited to participate by the owner of the channel, Scott Polley, so I couldn't say no.
JV: Will you have a chat room simultaneous with MixCloud airings? If so, what address?
LS: Yes, there will be a chatroom available to people who have a valid account (paid or unpaid). That way, we can catch up and chat while the tunes play. It's also a really great way to pass along suggestions, requests or interesting facts about the music being played.
JV: Have you been on other radio stations?
LS: I've only been as a caller. That's it.
JV: What's the vision for the new Spin Room?
LS: "Meet the new Spin Room, same as the old Spin Room." It will basically be the same. I never create much of a play list except for songs that have been requested or something that I find so interesting, I have a need to share. Everything else is by the seat of the pants. I rely on music conversations or requests made by others which help me to choose what's up next. I try to keep it somewhat in context for at least a short set. I will generously sprinkle in hits as long as they're somewhat in context with the discussion or with a train of thought. And, of course, we will feature, "Spin After Dark," to wind it all down.
JV: Tell us about your favorite artists over the past 50 years?
LS: There are so many! But at the top are The Beatles (of course), Chicago, Steely Dan, 10cc, Santana, The Cars, Traffic, Huffamoose… Damn so many! I also really enjoy bands that had one or two hits. I also love to discover Rock Genealogies trying to learn where the influences came from. But seeing all of that would make it seem as though I'm locked into Classic Rock, but I am absolutely not. I love hearing new things that might be the next sound that really excites me. That's where you've come in, Joe. You've introduced me to a lot of new artists who are making fantastic, new music! Thank you for that.
JV: Tell us about you
LS: I grew up in Boston's North End, born in the late 50s. For every day of my life, there has been a radio playing. I still can't live without some type of music going in the background. I was drawn to the people who were radio announcers, hosts or DJs. I envied that they could play their music and talk to people like me, listening and hanging on every word, every bad joke. I started buying my own music in 1969/70 and I've been collecting ever since. I attended Boston Public Schools and U. Mass – Boston. I have spent most of my working career in IT. I'm a nerd, but my love for photography, music, travel and Deb keep me balanced.
JV:Thanks for participating, Lou
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Harlesden stabbing: Man charged with murder following barbershop incident
Anthony Allen, 33, was charged on Tuesday May 9 with the murder of Crispin Siddon, 34
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A man has been charged with murder after a 34-year-old died following an incident at a barbershop in Harlesden.
Anthony Allen, 33, of Tillet Close, Neasden, was charged on Tuesday May 9 with the murder of Crispin Siddon.
Metropolitan Police officers investigating the death believe Mr Siddon was injured at Cutz Barbers Shop, Craven Road on Friday May 5.
It is thought Mr Siddon, who had stab wounds, was trying to make his way to hospital on Friday (May 5).
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A male was treated by paramedics but pronounced dead at the scene at 3.20pm.
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Is this navigable in LOW tide from caxambas to **** key or Goodland without going through the slow zone ?
I was stuck briefly a couple times today in high tide. My boat drafts in 2 feet.
You can run on plane from **** Key all the way through the area above where it says Caxambas Bay. Caxambas has shoaled up a lot between channel marker R 8 and Dickmans Point. There is a channel to the south of the main channel that is navigable at low tide, but I don't know how much time would be saved going out one channel to get around the shoaling, and then coming back in through the other.
Thanks Mr. Googan! Between dickmans pt and marker 8 leaves little room for error. It doesn't seem enough water at high tide. I'll go out at low tide and try to find it. Do you use any reference points on land to line yourself up with the channel ?
There is plenty of room and you should be fine. I assume you have mapping GPS?
The area between blind pass and helen key is shifting sand so that can get sketchy if you font know the area very well.
My Graph is an '06 and where it shows channel is mud in a few places especially as you come out of snook channel into dickmans pt. It's frustrating for as many boats are in the south end of Marco, it should be marked better.
Learning that "local knowledge necessary" can a PIA. I've been stuck trying to run behind Ramsey Key to Neal Key on a low tide in a flats boat. Fortunately, a bigger boat came close pushing a big wake and floated me off. Too bad for him though, he got stuck! But now I know where the channel is.
"If it's not one thing, it's an alternator"
What kind of graph do you have?
Garmin 441s. I'm starting to figure it out. I just need to learn some patience.
Was out there Sunday from 7am till 11am, outgoing all morning. Was not sure if I could make it due west to the new cut, so went around the Marco Rocks and into Blind Pass. As I returned to the ramp via the inside passage, went through the "shoaled" area. Depthfinder showed 1.6 feet at the shallowest point. I'm running a heavy 19-foot bay boat. At a negative tide, would never try that. I've hit my skeg a few times going out with a 0-tide. Hate running all the way around the dome houses to Cape Romano but would rather be safe than sorry. My rig has shown 1.0 depth running, but the engine is fully trimmed out, with a wee bit of pucker factor......Anything a 0+ tide and I can make it with only minor concern. Not sure if this post is worth anything, just my .02. be safe.