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Hans Krása
Composer & important figure in the musical life of Theresienstadt (Terezín)
Hans Krása, composer, born November 30, 1899 in Prague. Krása began taking piano lessons at the school of Theresie Wallerstein at the age of six. At age ten, Hans' father bought him a genuine Amati violin and arranged lessons for him with the concertmaster of the German opera house in Prague. Krása's father, a prosperous Czech lawyer, used his wealth and social connections to arrange professional performances of some of Hans' earliest compositions. When Hans wrote his first orchestral work at the age of eleven, his father hired a spa orchestra in Salzburg to perform the piece. Again in 1913, Hans' string quartet was performed by members of a spa orchestra in the Swiss town of St. Moritz, where the Krása family often spent their summer vacations. Hans studied at the German Music Academy in Prague, after which he accepted a position as vocal coach at the New German Theater in Prague, under conductor Alexander Zemlisnky.
Krása developed a very close relationship with conductor and mentor Zemlinsky, whom he followed to Berlin to continue his studies in orchestral composition at the Conservatory there. While in Berlin, Krása became acquainted with conductor Walther Straram, who invited the young man to be his assistant in Paris. Krása declined his offer, instead moving to Paris to study composition with Albert Russell. Although Paris offered many important connections and career opportunities for a young, up-and-coming composer, Krása decided to return home to Prague after spending only a few months in France.
Krása's compositional output during the years leading up to WWII was small but well received. In 1926, he composed Five Songs for Voice and Piano and then six years later in 1932, the cantata Die Erde ist des Herrn. In 1932, Krása also finished his first opera, Verlobung im Traum (Betrothal in a Dream), based on Dostoyevsky's Uncle's Dream, for which he received a Czechoslovak State Prize. The opera premiered on Prague Radio in March 1933, and then staged in the German theater that same year under conductor George Szell. Rather than associating with fellow Czech musicians, Krása often preferred to socialize and work in partnership with artists, writers and those involved in avant-garde theater. Through this circle of artists, Krása became acquainted with Adolf Hoffmeister, with whom he collaborated on a number of projects. In 1935, Hoffmeister's stage play Mládí ve hře (Youth in the Game), premiered at the Czech Theater D 35, with incidental music composed by Krása. The German version of the same piece premiered a few months later at the Klein Buhne (Small Stage) in Prague. Krása's Anna Song from Hoffmeister's play was particularly well received, and was performed as a hit single for several years after the premier. Krása himself used the theme from Anna Song as the base for two later works, the String Quartet, "Theme with Variations," and Chamber music for Cembalo and Seven Instruments.
Krása arrived in Terezín on April 10, 1942 and quickly became one of the key figures in the musical life of the camp. Krása's most important musical contribution by far was his children's opera Brundibár, which he composed in 1938 and adapted for performance in Terezín. The opera was overwhelmingly popular and was performed over 50 times during the years 1942-1944. Krása also composed Tanz (Dance), a string trio for the Terezín ensemble, Passacaglia and Fugue, and a vocal piece entitled Three Songs (1943). Krása was deported to Auschwitz in 1944, and murdered there in October of that year. Krása's work has been renewed through a variety of projects that promote performances of Brundibár for audiences all around the world.
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Gideon Klein, pianist and composer, born December 6, 1919, in Přerov (Moravia). At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in...


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package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"encoding/xml"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"regexp"
	"strings"
)

type FileD struct {
	URL  string
	Path string
}

type Download struct {
	Items []Item `xml:"item"`
}

type Item struct {
	Name      string `xml:"name,attr"`
	URL       string `xml:"url,attr"`
	Subfolder string `xml:"subfolder,attr"`
	Filename  string `xml:"filename,attr"`
	Hash      string `xml:"hash,attr"`
}

var outputPath = flag.String("output_folder", ``, "Output folder")
var inputFile = flag.String("input_file", ``, "Path the the files containing the urls to download")
var xmlFile = flag.String("xml", ``, "Path to the xml file containing the files to download")

func downloadUrl(url string, path string) error {

	// Create the file
	out, err := os.Create(path)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "dl: %v\n", err)
		return err
	}
	defer out.Close()

	// Get the data
	resp, err := http.Get(url)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("error :%v\n", err)
		return err
	}
	contentlength := resp.ContentLength
	fmt.Printf("- ContentLength: %.3f MB\n", float64(contentlength)/1024.0/1024.0)
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	// Writer the body to file
	_, err = io.Copy(out, resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fileinfo, err1 := os.Stat(path)
	if err1 == nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "dl: %s %.3fMB\n",
			fileinfo.Name(), float64(fileinfo.Size())/(1024.0*1024.0))
	}

	return nil

}

func basenameURL(i string) string {

	u, err := url.Parse(i)
	if err != nil {
		return ""
	}

	slice1 := strings.Split(u.Path, "/")
	filename := slice1[len(slice1)-1]

	return filename

}

func getUrlsFromFile(filename string) ([]string, error) {

	file, err := os.Open(filename)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer file.Close()

	var lines []string
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
	for scanner.Scan() {
		curr_line := strings.Trim(scanner.Text(), "\t ")
		match, _ := regexp.MatchString("^htt(p|ps)://", curr_line)
		if match == true {
			lines = append(lines, curr_line)
		}
	}
	return lines, scanner.Err()

}

func main() {

	flag.Parse()

	// if non of the file inputs are provided, exit.
	if len(strings.Trim(*xmlFile, " ")) == 0 && len(strings.Trim(*inputFile, " ")) == 0 {
		flag.PrintDefaults()
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	// if the outputPath is not provided, set to the TEMP environment variable
	output_dir := *outputPath
	if len(strings.Trim(output_dir, " ")) == 0 {
		output_dir = os.TempDir()
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Output Dir: %s\n", output_dir)

	// if the 'output_dir' do not exist, it will created it
	if _, err := os.Stat(output_dir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
		os.MkdirAll(output_dir, 0777)
	}

	var urls []FileD

	if len(strings.Trim(*xmlFile, " ")) != 0 {
		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*xmlFile)
		if err == nil {
			var download Download
			err = xml.Unmarshal(data, &download)

			items := download.Items
			for _, item := range items {
				fullpath := filepath.Join(output_dir, item.Subfolder, item.Filename)
				urls = append(urls, FileD{URL: item.URL, Path: fullpath})
			}
		}
	}

	if len(strings.Trim(*inputFile, " ")) != 0 {
		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*inputFile)
		if err == nil {
			for _, line := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
				basename := basenameURL(line)
				fullpath := filepath.Join(output_dir, basename)
				urls = append(urls, FileD{URL: line, Path: fullpath})
			}
		}
	}

	for index, url := range urls {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "dl: %-3d %s --> %s\n", index+1, url.URL, url.Path)
		dirname := filepath.Dir(url.Path)

		if _, err := os.Stat(dirname); os.IsNotExist(err) {
			os.MkdirAll(dirname, 0777)
		}

		err := downloadUrl(url.URL, url.Path)
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "dl: %v\n", err)
		}
	}
}

// test example:
// ./dl -xml=sample/download_utils.xml -input_file=sample/download_radiolab.txt -output_folder=/tmp

// https://github.com/thbar/golang-playground/blob/master/download-files.go
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11692860/how-can-i-efficiently-download-a-large-file-using-go
// https://gist.github.com/mitsuse/a45c99c7e405ed60e5ce
// https://jawher.me/2015/01/13/parsing-command-line-arguments-shameless-plug-mowcli/
// https://github.com/tealeg/csv2xlsx/blob/master/main.go
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22421375/how-to-print-the-bytes-while-the-file-is-being-downloaded-golang

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Samuel C. Stickle, a leading citizen of Slippery Rock Township, where he has served for some thirty years as a justice of the peace, resides on his farm of thirty-four acres, which adjoins the corporation limits of Princeton. He was born in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1828, and is a son of William and Mary (Sadler) Stickle.
The grandparents of Mr. Stickle were Samuel and Katherine Stickle, who came from Frederick County, Maryland, and settled in Lawrence County about 1800. The grandfather was a gunsmith and his workmanship was so excellent that trade came to him from all the country round about. He acquired a farm and on it both he and his wife died. They had nine children. A brother of the grandfather served in the Revolutionary War in the brigade of "Light Horse Harry Lee."
William Stickle, the eldest son of Samuel and Katherine Stickle, was born in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, in 1800, and spent his whole life here. He acquired an uncleared tract of land which he subsequently converted into a good farm and engaged in cultivating it during all his active years. He died in 1882 and his wife's death followed in 1886. He married Mary Sadler, who was born in Slippery Rock Township in 1804, and was a daughter of Michael and Katherine Sadler. There were ten children born to them as follows: Katherine, Samuel, one died in infancy, Michael, William, Jacob, Mary P., Rachel L., Anna and Isabella.
Samuel C. Stickle has spent his entire life in Slippery Rock Township, with the exception of a short time in California. The place where he received his first schooling was a log structure which had greased paper in place of glass for windows, while a large fireplace was built in the center. His first teacher was David Tidball, and Judge Stickle remembers very distinctly the big switch that was kept handy to use in the place of other persuasion when the pupils were unruly. In those days the teacher gladly accepted corn, wheat, oats or other commodities as pay, money being very scarce. The school sessions covered about six weeks during the winter seasons, and Mr. Stickle attended until he was about eighteen years of age. On August 28, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, in a regiment known as the Roundheads, for three years, but on account of injuries received at the engagement on James Island, he was discharged December 22, 1862. He participated in a number of engagements and his disablement was caused when he assisted in moving a large gun. For a whole year after his return home he was unable to do anything, but after recovering slowly he resumed his ordinary employments. He purchased his farm at an administrator's sale and has made all the improvements on the place and has engaged in agricultural pursuits here ever since as his many official duties permit. In 1853 he went to California and remained there engaged in mining for nine months and then came home, on account of homesickness, and old Pennsylvania has ever since been his chosen place of residence. In this section he has been a prominent citizen and has efficiently filled every township office. For four years he was also a notary public, and in his official capacity as justice of the peace has married fifteen happy couples. Formerly he was an active member of the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of American Mechanics, but in late years he takes less interest in secret organizations. Politically, he has always been identified with the Republican party.
Judge Stickle was married (first) in 1850 to Sarah Tompkins, who was a daughter of Richard and Enople Tompkins of Princeton. She was born in 1834 and died in 1873, leaving two children, Mary and Katerine. Mary was born July 10, 1851, married Harry Kline, a contractor in New Castle, and they have two children, John H. and May. Katerine was born December 4, 1852, and died in 1876, to Sarah J. Kelley, who was born in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1844, a daughter of Joseph Kelley. They had two children: Dickie Wallace, who was born in 1877 and died aged nine months, and Harriet M., who was born March 23, 1878, and resides at home. She is a graduate of the class of 1902, Slippery Rock Normal School, and has taught for several years. In 1872, Mr. Stickle took a child, William J. Rohrer, to raise as his own and Mr. Rohrer was reared to manhood in this home. He was born at New Castle in 1870, and in February, 1908, he was elected constable of Slippery Rock Township on the Republican ticket.
Since 1862 Mr. Stickle has been a member of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, in which he is now a ruling elder. He has taken a deep interest in church work and has held many official positions where his judgment and zeal have been exercised for the benefit of others. He owns a picture of the first church of Slippery Rock Township, which is one of great interest, as under its roof once gathered the larger number of the old and respective people of this community.


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Lagos Lawmaker, Olulade Seeks Lagosians' Supports for Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat
By Joshua Timi
As the new Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, take oath of office today, member representing Epe Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Segun Olulade, has urged residents of the state to support the new administration with a view to achieving a greater Lagos.
In a statement issued on Wednesday shortly after Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat took oath office, the lawmaker explained that only the supports and cooperation of Lagosians would make the new Governor and his Deputy implement their programmes and policies successfully.
While congratulating Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat on the commencement of their administration, Olulade said "it is a new chapter today in Lagos State. A new administration has taken over to oversee the affairs of the state for the next four years. I rejoice with the Governor and his Deputy, Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat respectively.
"With the coming of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat, Lagosians are about to witness a turn around which will take us to a greater Lagos. Having these two intellectuals at the helms of affair, Lagosians can be rest assured that the State will witness a new style of governance that will be accessible and carry everyone along.
"I am calling on every Lagosian, young and old; male and female; professional and non-professional; technocrat and artisan, and all stakeholders to join hands with the new administration so that we can experience a new and the real Lagos of our dreams.
"Without your supports and cooperation, it will be very impossible for the new administration to achieve any meaningful result. So let's support them with our prayers for them to succeed and achieve that greater Lagos," Olulade said.
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2023 PRESIDENCY: Obasa leads mobilization for Tinubu
Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the Lagos State House Of Assembly has begun mass mobilization to raise support ahead of 2023 Tinubu's presidential ambition.
Obasa has openly rallied support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as all his political platform have spearheaded and constituted the Bola Ahmed Tinubu campaign group, all his political platform and structures have been collapsed to form Bola Tinubu 2023 (B.A.T 2023), ahead of the 2023 presidential race.
Rt. Obasa addressing The Obasa Movement Lagos Ndi Igbo in Lagos on Saturday, said he is leading the course towards the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2023.
"Only God knows what will happen in 2023 and my only prayer is that Asiwaju should become the president of Nigeria in 2023," he opined.
'We have set up our own platform which is called B.A.T 2023, and we have our members allover Nigeria,' He said.
It is our duty to mobilise Nigerians for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2023 presidency project.
"he deserves it, because he is good, he has the brain, he has the capacity and has the interest of Nigeria at heart" Obasa said.
LAGOS EAST BYE-ELECTION: APC drags PDP Candidate to court for certificate forgery
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State, has dragged the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the December 5 senatorial bye-election in Lagos East, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi for alleged perjury and falsification of certificates.
Counsel to Lagos APC, Mr. Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) of Pinheiro LP and Mr. Kemi Balogun (SAN) of Oluwakemi Balogun LP filed the suit at the court on Monday, asking it to disqualify Gbadamosi from contesting the bye-election.
The APC filed the suit against the PDP candidate and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) supported with documents to prove its case.
In the Suit NO: FHC/L/CS/1659/2020, the APC averred that it studied the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate, which Gbadamosi submitted to the INEC in comparison with his certificate obtained from the official website of WAEC.
The party, in its writs of summons, claimed that it discovered certain discrepancies in the certificates, which according to the APC, were indicative of the fact that the WAEC certificate Gbadamosi submitted to the INEC might have been falsified.
It claimed that some of the discrepancies observed in Gbadamosi's WAEC certificate include the number of subjects the PDP candidate allegedly sat for "is different from the number of subjects he sat for as contained on the website of WAEC.
"Also, the grades he claims to have received via the certificate is different from that contained on the official website of WAEC," the APC declared in its writs of summon.
The WAEC certificate, which Gbadamosi submitted to the INEC, revealed that the PDP candidate only sat for five subjects: English Language with A3 grade, Literature in English C5; History C5; Commerce C4 and Biology P7.
However, details of Gbadamosi's result obtained from WAEC's official website revealed that the PDP candidate for eight subjects in which he had F-9 in Bible Knowledge; F-9 in Economics; F-9 in Mathematics; A-3 English Language; C-5 in Literature in English; C-5 in History; C-4 in Commerce and P-7 Biology.
The APC, also, alleged that the PDP candidate filled Form EC9 that he attended the Lagos State University after obtaining his WAEC certificate in 1985, which it argued, was suspicious because he did not meet requirements for admission in the university.
On these grounds, the APC asked the court to disqualify the PDP and Gbadamosi from contesting the forthcoming senatorial bye-election in Lagos East, which the INEC had rescheduled to hold on December 5
Apart from asking the court to disqualify the PDP candidate from contesting the December 5 senatorial bye-election in Lagos East, the APC prayed that the court, also, "disqualifies him from contesting future elections in view of the falsified certificate he presented to the INEC."
Also, in its statement of claims, the APC declared that it had painstakingly studied the Forms EC9 and CF001 Gbadamosi filled and submitted to the INEC for the purpose of the December 5 senatorial bye-election
The party alleged that the PDP candidate made several false declarations on oath regarding his working experience, his educational qualifications and certain other aspects.
It, also, alleged that Gbadamosi did not participate in the one year mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC), which according to the APC, indicated that making "false declarations on oath and failure to participate in the mandatory national service are offences under our several criminal laws."
'We are not planning any impeachment against Obasa' -LAWMAKERS
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence on Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, emphasising that they were not plannning to impeach the speaker, as insinuated in some quarters.
The Lawmakers said the speaker had demonstrated exemplary leadership so far so good, and as such, vowed to keep supporting him.
Recall that Obasa had been in the eye of the storm following ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into his financial dealings in the house.
While some of his accounts had been frozen courtesy of the order of Federal High Court in Lagos, the speaker was interrogated last week by operatives of the anti-graft body in Lagos. He was subsequently released on administrative bail.

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What can you do if you urgently need to leave or return to your country but you have no passport? That's what an emergency passport is for.
It was a beautiful morning in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the day before I should board the plane back home, and I had a busy agenda attending a workshop. Whenever my hotel room has no safe, I generally carry my documents for safety reasons. Nothing against Brazil in specific. Those of us who travel a lot have heard all kinds of theft stories even in 5 star hotels in France. I put the passport in my pocket for imagining that's where it would be safer, as on events sometimes we leave bags and backpacks unattended during the breaks.
I walked for less than 5 minutes between the hotel and the corner of the block, and when I suddenly put my hand inside my pocket it was gone. I walked back and forth the same route several times, turned my room upside down, walked into every single bar, bakery, newspaper stand, subway and everything else that was open that Saturday morning. But found nothing.
I even returned to the subway several times (it was right beside my hotel) to check if maybe someone found it on the floor and returned at the station thinking that that's where its owner was headed. The subway system in Sao Paulo has a great lost and found service which works very well. If that ever happens to you, you can use this link to search online for your documents (just write down your name in the pop-up box that appears in Portuguese. Other than that, everything is in English). But with no luck I had to move on to plan B.
From now on, I'll describe my exact experience. I'm not a lawyer nor an expert on this topic, so use the information below as a basis for your own research.
My first concern was to get back home in the U.S., so I called the airline company (I was flying United) after reading stories about people who managed to re-enter the country only bringing their green cards. They obviously applied for a new passport in their local consulates later on, as it's easier to do so from home as compared to when you're overseas. Yes, I'm a permanent resident here, and as they confirmed this is indeed possible, I relaxed and continued with my activities as if everything was alright.
Only after a couple of hours I remembered that in Brazil there's passport control also on the way out of the country, which means you must have a passport. I called every phone number I could find, but on a Saturday, it was only possible to reach the Emergency Office for the Passport Authority. And guess what?! They don't deal with THAT kind of emergency.
There was no way I'd get a new passport on a weekend (even if I had gone to their office first thing in the morning). The only solution would be to reschedule my flight and apply for an emergency passport on Monday.
What a nightmare! Now it was confirmed: my husband was coming back home by himself. So I added an extra night to the hotel and got United Airlines agreeing to leave my plane ticket open until I could resolve the situation.
As I was in my country of citizenship, I had to go through the application process like any Brazilian would, through the Federal Police. If you are in a similar situation – let's say you're from Argentina and you're there on holidays but live in Canada – you most likely will need to go through the regular application process for Argentinians.
USA: Americans absolutely need a passport to return home and the process is very similar to the one I went through. Consulates abroad are very helpful (it happened to my husband too about 3 years ago and was also able to get a new passport on the same day). You will need to bring a passport photo, ID, evidence of U.S. citizenship (a copy of your missing passport should be enough), your travel itinerary and a police report if available. You will need to fill in a couple of application forms, but you can do it at the consulate. Here you can find detailed information directly from the government.
UK: British call it an "Emergency Travel document", but in practicality it's like a passport. You will need to bring a passport photo, proof of your travel plans, a police report and an application form. It's all explained in detail on the government's website.
Canada: You will need 2 photos, ID, proof of citizenship, an application form and a declaration concerning lost or stolen travel documents. If you are in the USA and you have enough time to wait, you can submit and application via mail. The government also has a detailed page about how the whole process works.
If you can, avoid going through the whole process on a Monday. Mondays are normally very busy, it's like people spend the weekend getting their documents ready and on Monday, first thing, head to the consulate. It's generally super crowded. Also, when there are updates in their internal system (which are normally done on weekends, Monday is the real deal, when they will see if everything will work. That's what happened to me that delayed my whole process in Brazil. Their internal system was offline for 6 hours following an unsuccessful update.
Print everything you can (the hotel will most likely help you, not even charging to use the Business Center when you explain your situation). Sometimes you will need an additional document you overlooked, and guess what?! There's always a small shop right in front of the consulate charging 10 times the price you'd find anywhere else.
As things happen, it's good to have a local phone with 3G/4G connection, so that you can immediately follow-up on anything else that comes up. For instance, I left my flight open with United before heading to the Passport Authority in Brazil, and despite having the confirmation number, it was not enough. They needed the e-ticket. So I immediately called United and they issued a same-day ticket in less than 2 minutes. Having the confirmation e-mail on my phone, I crossed the street and printed in a small shop where they obviously charged way more than they should. But at least it was done.
If you have the time, before starting the whole application process check in all lost and found services in the city where you're in. In Sao Paulo, for example, in addition to the subway, the "Correios" (mail service) offer a well recognized and acclaimed service. Maybe a good soul saw your passport on the street and without knowing how to contact you simply dropped it in one of these places. You never know.
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Do you have an idea where did you lost it? Anyway, this is very informative. I have still no idea with passports as i havent got one for myself. Well, good thing you know a lot about this matter. I wonder how will i react if this happened to me.
While the details are different country to country, the process of starting is probably the same. I might also add the no. 1 rule… don't panic. Good post, Renata and anyone who reads this will have filed away something important in case the same situation arises in the future.
I would have been a wreck worrying about losing my passport but you handled it with ease! I have never had this happen but always been nervous about it. I like knowing what I will need to do in case this ever happens to me!
I would be dead already from panic..I am impressed how you not only got your passport and also managed to shoot and blog about it. Kudos. I am sure this will be very useful for people in a similar situation.
I didn't even know you could get one! I mean, Thanks.
Hahaha! You're welcome! Hope you never need one!


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30 million have sought US unemployment aid since virus hit
With more employers cutting payrolls to save money, economists have forecast that the unemployment rate for April could go as high as 20 per cent.That would be the highest rate since it reached 25 per cent during the Great Depression.
By: AP | Washington | Updated: April 30, 2020 10:20:33 pm
This week, the government estimated that the economy shrank at a 4.8 per cent annual rate in the first three months of this year, the sharpest quarterly drop since the 2008 financial crisis.(AP)
More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the US economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.
Roughly 30.3 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the six weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing millions of employers to close their doors and slash their workforces.
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That is more people than live in the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas combined, and it's by far the worst string of layoffs on record. It adds up to more than one in six American workers.
With more employers cutting payrolls to save money, economists have forecast that the unemployment rate for April could go as high as 20 per cent.
That would be the highest rate since it reached 25 per cent during the Great Depression.
This week, the government estimated that the economy shrank at a 4.8 per cent annual rate in the first three months of this year, the sharpest quarterly drop since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Yet the picture is likely to grow far worse: The economy is expected to contract in the April-June quarter by as much as 40 per cent at an annual rate. No previous quarter has been anywhere near as weak since the government began keeping such records after World War II.
As businesses across the country have shut down and laid off tens of millions of workers, the economy has sunk into a near-paralysis in just a few weeks. Factories, hotels, restaurants, department stores, movie theaters and many small businesses are shuttered. Home sales are falling. Households are slashing spending. Consumer confidence is sinking.
With some signs that the viral outbreak may have plateaued at least in certain areas of the country, a few governors have taken tentative steps to begin reopening their economies. But surveys show that a large majority of Americans remain wary of returning to shopping, traveling and other normal economic activity.
That suggests that many industries will struggle with diminished revenue for weeks or months to come and might be unable to rehire laid-off workers.
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After you have a working Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud, you can use the Confluent Cloud command line tool to interact with your cluster from your laptop. This quick start assumes your are configuring Confluent Cloud for Java clients. You can also use Confluent Cloud with librdkafka-based clients. For more information about installing the Confluent Cloud CLI, see Install the Confluent Cloud CLI.
From the Management -> Clusters page, click the ellipses (...) on the right-hand side of your cluster name and click Client config.
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Modify the page_visits topic to have a retention period of days (259200000 milliseconds).
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Topic configuration for "page_visits" altered.
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THE RAID 2 (2014)
Release dates 21/07/2014, 11/04/2014
Ratings Info strong bloody violence, gore
Genre(s) Martial Arts, Action
Director(s) Gareth Evans
Cast includes Iko Uwais, Julie Estelle, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara
Ratings info publication date 01/04/2014
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
THE RAID 2 is a martial arts sequel in which an undercover cop infiltrates a criminal gang.
There are a number of protracted fight scenes, featuring the use of knives, guns and other weapons. One character uses claw hammers against her enemies. There are frequent gory images, during and in the aftermath of these fights.
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Accessibility doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be a little bit better than yesterday.
There are a few tools I use regularly for this purpose that greatly help, so I thought I would share them. Because I do the vast majority of my development in Chrome, this list is biased to tools for Chrome in particular.
Accessibility Developer Tools is an extension for Google Chrome created by the Google Accessibility team. The extension adds an extra panel in the developer tools drawer called "Audits". In this panel, we can run Audits on the page related to Network Utilization, Web Page Performance, and of course Accessibility.
The Accessibility Audit will test the web page against a pre-defined list of accessibility checks. It will list, in order of importance, any critical issues that need to be fixed, as well as the tests that were passed by the page.
In addition to the Accessibility Audit, we can inspect any particular element's accessibility properties in the element inspector. There is a new panel added to the element inspector called "Accessibility Properties", which will list any properties relevant to the particular element.
As part of an internal Chrome experiment, an Accessibility Inspector has been available in the Chrome Developer Tools (hidden behind a flag).
The Accessibility Inspector is an extra panel in the element inspector, called "Accessibility". This allows us to inspect particular elements on the page and receive information on it's accessibility properties. Unlike the Accessibility Developer Tools extension, this tool is able to offer us much more in-depth information about an element's accessibility properties due to greater access to the Accessibility API.
Tenon is an extremely useful tool that can identify WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 issues in any environment, from local development to production. It is actually an API you pay to have access to, which can be integrated in your development workflow, giving in-depth accessibility analyses every step of the development.
Additionally, there is also a free online tool that will produce an accessibility report on any web page or even snippet of code.
Ensuring a website works well on screen readers can be a bit of a guessing game for developers that don't already use screen readers. Chrome Vox is a simple and easy-to-use screen reader for Google Chrome that can be installed as an extension. Once enabled, it will allow you to navigate any web page through it.
Even though not all screen readers work in the same way, Chrome Vox is a simple one to get started and experience what it is like to use a screen reader.
High Contrast is an extension for Google Chrome that allows you to change the colour schemes of any page to a high contrast one. Viewing a website through one of these filters can be helpful when making colour choices.
Finally, one of the simplest and most useful ways to test a website is to try navigating it with only a keyboard, no pointing device.


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Etikett: Melanie Thornton
Released in March 1995, 'Be My Lover' was the follow-up to La Bouche's 'Sweet Dreams.' It was the second single for the group. Regarded as a classic, it was one of the giant hits of the time that defined eurodance. Topping the charts in Italy, Sweden and Germany, it also managed to break the Billboard Hot 100's top ten. In addition, it was a No.1 dance hit there.
La Bouche – Be My Lover
As with many eurodance acts, La Bouche had Germany as its home base (despite its French-sounding name where 'la bouche' means the mouth). Lane McCray came from North Carolina, while singer Melanie Thornton came from South Carolina. They both met in Saarbrücken, which borders France. Just like Haddaway, Captain Hollywood and Sydney Youngblood, McCray did military service in Germany. Thornton was an entertainer and vocalist on various dance-pop recordings.
Frank Farian, the producer most famous for Milli Vanilli, discovered the couple as part of the band Groovin' Affairs. Collaborating on 'Be My Lover,' the duo founded La Bouche.
The track has been a pop cultural favorite appearing in movies such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), A Night at the Roxbury (1998) as well as the Brazilian soap opera A Próxima Vitima.
In 2000, Melanie Thornton left for a solo career thus being replaced by the singer Natascha Wright. Numerous covers have been made. In 2003, Hysterie covered it while Inna sampled the track for her album Party Never Ends in 2013. Most recently, Sam Feldt incorporate the track on a new version with Alex Schulz.
Sam Feldt x Alex Schulz – Be My Lover
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The Complete History of the WWE Championship - Part 10
The Rock: The first man to become a six time WWE Champion
Paul Benson
Modified 25 Aug 2019, 11:51 IST
Looking back at the record reigns of The Rock and Stone Cold as well as the creation of the Undisputed Title.
The Rock is renowned as being one of the greatest and is certainly the most famous professional wrestler in history. However, despite the fact he enjoyed a total of 10 World title reigns, his fifth, won on June 25, 2000 still remains his longest.
His fifth World title run lasted 119 days and he successfully defended the championship at three separate pay per view events.
119 days in 2019 seems like a brief footnote as a reign but in the summer and fall of 2000, it was the longest such reign since Shawn Michaels' final WWE Championship run which ended at WrestleMania XIV in March 1998, such was the brevity of the majority of World title runs in the Attitude Era.
However, the most significant record that The Rock earned as WWE Champion, was that The Great One was the first ever Superstar to win six WWE Championships. That title reign began at No Way Out in February 2001, breaking the long-time record jointly shared by Hulk Hogan and Bret "Hitman" Hart. Stone Cold would also become a six-time champion later in 2001.
The six-time champion distinction was not celebrated on television, which was surprising in hindsight, but was typical of the car crash television during the Attitude Era.
In this installment, we also cover the crowning of the first ever Undisputed Champion, when WWE unified the WCW World Championship with the WWE Championship.
Previously in part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8 and part 9 we covered every single WWE Championship reign from 1963 through to the new millennium.
In this installment, we review every title reign from the summer of 2000 until WrestleMania X-8 in March 2002.
In the upcoming part 11, we look at the beginnings of the original Brock Lesnar era of dominance with the WWE Championship.
The Rock (June 25, 2000 - October 22, 2000)
The Rock won his fifth WWE Championship at King of the Ring 2000
The Rock/Triple H feud had ran out of steam by June 2000, so in order to prolong the feud, WWE added the McMahons and The Undertaker and Kane to the title bout at King of the Ring.
The booking plan worked. King of the Ring 2000 pulled 475,000 buys, the highest ever number for a King of the Ring pay per view.
The Rock pinned Vince McMahon, tag team partner of WWE Champion, Triple H to win his fifth WWE World crown.
Rock's title reign was a box office sensation. His title defences at Fully Loaded, SummerSlam, Unforgiven and No Mercy pulled 420,000, 570,000, 605,000 and 550,00 buys respectively.
His title defence versus Chris Benoit was a superlative effort at Fully Loaded. Rock won after a restart. Rock was a third wheel in the SummerSlam headliner, playing a supporting role in the Triple/Kurt Angle/Stephanie McMahon love triangle that was occupying the other two participants in the match. Rock would pin Triple H to retain the gold.
At Unforgiven, Rock put the belt on the line against the triumvirate of Chris Benoit, The Undertaker and Kane. In an entertaining if slightly disjointed Fatal 4 Way match-up, Rock pinned Benoit to successfully defend the title.
This was by far the longest Rock title reign of the champion's career. However, he would lose it in a shocking result to Angle in a colossal upset at No Mercy. Their encounter was a stunning in-ring effort and Rock selflessly put the Olympian over in a big way.
A glorious and hugely successful title reign was over.
Published 25 Aug 2019, 11:51 IST
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Seabed Council Discusses Regulatory Framework for Mineral Exploitation
JAMAICA, Kingston (21 July 2015) - - The Council of the International Seabed Authority yesterday afternoon began consideration of a document produced by the Legal and Technical Commission on Developing a Regulatory Framework for Deep Sea Mineral Exploitation in the Area.
The draft framework for the Exploitation Regulations contains a Preamble which sets out the objectives and overarching principles/purpose of the regulations and ten parts and two annexes: Part I - Introduction and use of terms and scope; Part II - Applications for approval of plans of work for exploitation in the form of contracts; Part III – Contracts for exploitation; Part IV –Protection and preservation of the marine environment; Part V –Confidentiality; Part VI – General Procedures; Part VII – Enforcement, offences and penalties; VIII – settlement of disputes; Part IX –Other mineral resource categories and Part X –Review.
Annex I covers applications for approval of a plan of work for exploitation to obtain a contract, and Annex II deals with Standard Clauses for exploitation contract plus schedules.
The summary of high level issues include information data; activities in the Area; the transition between exploration and exploitation phases; risk assessment, evaluation and management; time limits and costs and confidentiality. Other issues are: effective protection of the environment from harmful effects; adaptive management; "internationally recognized standards" and their significance in exploitation activities; a clear definition of the division of duties and responsibilities of the Authority and sponsoring States; and "high-grading" of mineral deposits.
The rest of the subjects are: existing best practice, learnings, co-operation and information-sharing; ISA-stakeholder consultation; mining inspectorate/ directorate / environmental regulator; an interim framework; and whether there should be one over-arching framework.
The draft action plan/priority deliverables contains (1) a summary of priority deliverables for the next 12-18 months that the Legal and Technical Commission was to present to the Council during its current 21st session and (2) a revised Action plan and prioritization, based on stakeholder comments. The Commission proposes that further work is performed on the Action plan, including target/realistic milestone dates and full costing as its delivery will, inter alia, be dependent on adequate resources being made available.
The Seabed Council also took note of a document addressing serious harm to the marine environment in the regulations for the exploitation of mineral resources in the Area (ISBA/21/C/13), submitted by the delegation of the Netherlands. It proposed further incorporation of provisions into the exploitation regulations to cover serious harm and threats to the marine environment by activities of contractors in the international seabed Area. Its representative said the objective was to build upon the legal framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the achievements of the Authority to date, including the adoption of the three sets of regulations governing exploration for mineral resources of the Area.
Also at yesterday's meetings, the Council approved plan of work for exploration for polymetallic nodules submitted by China Minmetals Corporation. The Corporation, which is sponsored by the People's Republic of China, submitted its application to the Secretary-General on 8 August 2014. The region under application covers a surface area of 72,745 km2 within the reserved areas in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. The area consists of eight blocks, which are distributed across the Fracture Zone.
The Council also approved a memorandum of understanding between the Authority and the Pacific Community aimed at promoting the development of regional and national regulatory frameworks that supported the interests of Pacific Island States and their efforts to regulate and manage activities undertaken under their effective control in the international seabed Area.
The Seabed Council will reconvene on Wednesday (22 July) as the Seabed Assembly reconvenes today to hear the report of the Secretary-General (21 July).
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Storeria dekayiBrown Snake
By Leslie Seaholm
Storeria dekayi is an abundant snake that is widely distributed.
It is found in southern Canada, in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in the northern portions of Mexico (Ditmars 1936).
This is a snake that is still fairly abundant. The reason for this can be mostly attributed to its smaller size and broad habitat preferences. Brown snakes are typically found hiding among loose stones or flat rocks that are found in the wild and in large cities (Ditmars 1936). These snakes will spend most of their life under the ground, but during heavy rains they will sometimes go out into the open (Harding 1997). This usually occurs in October - November and during late March - April when they are moving to or from hibernation spots (Harding 1997). Sometimes these hibernation spots will be shared with other snakes such as garter snakes, red-bellied snakes, and smooth green snakes (Harding 1997). (Ditmars, 1936; Harding, 1997)
scrub forest
The brown snake is a fairly small snake that rarely exceeds 15 inches in length (Ditmars 1936). It has a stout body with large eyes and heavily keeled scales (Collins 1987). Storeria dekayi is typically found to be a grayish brown color with a lighter streak on its back that is bordered on each side with black dots. The belly of the brown snake is a pinkish white color. Typically there are 17 scale rows at midbody and the anal plate is divided (Harding 1997). Males and females generally look the same, but males tend to have longer tails (Harding 1997). There are several other subspecies of Storeria dekayi that look slightly different, but there is no textual evidence of any seasonal variation. Young brown snakes are small, about 3 1/2 inches long on average and are black or dark gray in color (Simon 1979). A distinguishing characteristic of the young is a light grayish white colored ring found around the neck. At this age they are sometimes confused with ring necked snakes, but are distinguished by their keeled scales (Ditmars 1936). (Collins, 1987; Ditmars, 1936; Simon, 1979)
heterothermic
sexes shaped differently
23.0 to 52.7 cm
9.06 to 20.75 in
The brown snake is viviparous, and gives birth to 12 - 20 young (Ditmars 1936). This occurs during the later parts of the summer around late July to early August (Ditmars 1936). After the young are born there is no parental care involved, but sometimes young brown snakes will stay close with the parent (Harding 1997). Brown snakes reach sexual maturity by the end of their second summer, usually by this time they have doubled in
length (Harding 1997).
seasonal breeding
ovoviviparous
Brown Snakes breed once yearly.
Brown Snakes give birth to their young in late summer.
Range number of offspring
3.0 to 41.0
The young are nourished within their mother's body while they develop. Once the young are born there is no further parental care, but sometimes young Brown Snakes will stay near their mother.
precocial
female parental care
Little is known of Brown Snake lifespans in the wild, but a captive individual lived to be 7 years old. Wild Brown Snakes may approach this lifespan in the wild, though many young die before becoming mature.
Status: captivity
7.0 (high) years
Breeding in Storeria dekayi starts out with the male following a female that leaves a pheromone trail (Harding 1997). The brown snake (male) uses his tongue to identify a potential mate, making sure it is a female, the male then inserts a hemipenis into the female's cloaca after making various courting movements (Harding 1997). Brown snakes are typically harmless nonvenemous snakes. Some of their predators are large frogs and toads, larger snakes, crows, hawks, shrews, weasels, certain bird species, and domestic
cats and dogs (Harding 1997). When these snakes do feel threatened they will flatten their bodies out to appear larger and place their bodies in an aggressive posture, and they will even release a musky smelling fluid from the cloaca (Harding 1997).
Brown Snakes communicate with each other primarily through touch and smell. They use their forked tongues to collect chemicals from the air and insert these forks into a special organ in the roof of their mouth, which interprets these chemical signals. Because Brown Snakes hunt mostly underground and at night, they probably use almost exclusively their sense of smell to find prey. Snakes are also sensitive to vibrations and have reasonably good vision.
Brown snakes feed largely on earthworms, snails, and slugs, but will also eat small salamanders, soft-bodied grubs, and beetles. They have specialized teeth and jaws that allow them to pull snails out of their shells and eat them. (Ditmars, 1936; Harding, 1997)
molluscivore
vermivore
terrestrial non-insect arthropods
terrestrial worms
Brown snakes are eaten by large frogs and toads, larger snakes, American crows, hawks, shrews, weasels, blue jays, and domestic cats. When these snakes feel threatened they flatten their bodies to appear larger and place their bodies in an aggressive posture. They will also smear their attacker with a foul-smelling musk that they exude from their cloaca.
large frogs and toads (Anura)
American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
hawks (Accipitridae)
shrews (Soricidae)
weasels (Mustela)
domestic cats (Felis silvestris)
blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata)
Brown Snakes help to control populations of snails, slugs, and earthworms. They also serve as a valuable food supply for their predators.
These little snakes may benefit humans by controlling slug damage in gardens (Harding 1997). No other known benefits have been found.
This is a fairly common species, but it does face threats such as exposure to pollution and destruction of rural and urban habitats (Harding 1997). No known efforts are being made to ensure viable populations for the future.
State of Michigan List
Leslie Seaholm (author), Michigan State University, James Harding (editor), Michigan State University.
parental care is carried out by females
union of egg and spermatozoan
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
having a body temperature that fluctuates with that of the immediate environment; having no mechanism or a poorly developed mechanism for regulating internal body temperature.
internal fertilization
fertilization takes place within the female's body
eats mollusks, members of Phylum Mollusca
active during the night
reproduction in which eggs develop within the maternal body without additional nourishment from the parent and hatch within the parent or immediately after laying.
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
breeding is confined to a particular season
living in residential areas on the outskirts of large cities or towns.
living in cities and large towns, landscapes dominated by human structures and activity.
young precocial
young are relatively well-developed when born
Collins, J. 1987. Snakes Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Ditmars, R. 1936. The Reptiles of North America. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc..
Harding, J. 1997. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Great Lakes Region. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Simon, H. 1979. Easy Classification Guide to North American Snakes. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
Class Reptilia turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
Reptilia: information (1) Reptilia: pictures (8805) Reptilia: specimens (170) Reptilia: sounds (676)
Order Squamata
Squamata: pictures (985) Squamata: specimens (7)
Colubridae: pictures (251)
Genus Storeria
Storeria: pictures (10)
Species Storeria dekayi Brown Snake
Storeria dekayi: information (1) Storeria dekayi: pictures (6)
To cite this page: Seaholm, L. 2000. "Storeria dekayi" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 19, 2021 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Storeria_dekayi/


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RUSH CRICKET CLUB
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80TH BIRTHDAY SPEECH
Good evening everyone. I'm going to talk us through a synopsis of out last 80 years in general and
our last fifty in more detail. What I do say here is based on documented evidence so if it is not as you remember it I
can only apologise for the records of the time. I am certain there will be omissions but I have tried to make it as accurate as possible. The first mention of cricket in Fingal is from the diaries of Margaret Taylor 1830 when the Taylors of Ardgillan played the Palmers of Rush. I'm including this here to explain that the roots of cricket in our area stem from the matches between the big estates – the Talbots in Malahide, Taylors in Ardgillan, Cobbs in Newbridge and Palmers in Rush. Teams were made up from the families, staff and tenant farmers and their sons. The Fingal cricket league started in 1926 but there is no specific mention of Rush in the records I have found so far. The early days in Rush are a bit fuzzy around the edges and most of what I know is from Ciaran Clear's notes from an event similar to this evening 30 years ago. I was going to say that Ciaran kept meticulous notes but I think it would be more accurate to say that he kept copious notes and in a good variety of forms on scraps of paper, back of envelopes and my personal favourite on the back of a cigarette pack. There is also a beautifully written account of the early days written in 1979 by Ellen Barnes (nee Murray). She describes the idyllic scene and there are a couple of copies here if anyone would like to read it later. By their accounts any cricket that was played in the 1920's was social cricket played on the South Shore, then The Drummonds (which I'm told is back of Larry Kane's house), Martin's Field (where the national school now stands and they called themselves Millpark CC), Carey's field (down the lane across from Price's) in 1933 to Kenure when Col Fenwick Palmer offered a ground. Ciaran Clear has recorded how, when they were still in Martin's field, the teams from Dublin arrived by train, the team would collect them on their bikes and give them a lift on the bar of the bike, play a match, have tea and listen to the Tests in Martin's front room and back to the train again.. Many of the records from this time were lost in a fire in Martin's house. So the club is attributed as being formally founded and registered with the Leinster Cricket Union in 1931 and were the first Fingal club so registered. They very quickly won their first trophy the Junior Cup in 1933 under the captaincy of Simon Hoare – there are some photographs here from the time. Rush first Fingal team to win a Leinster Trophy. Rush went on to win the cup in '37, 38 and 39. The Leinster Women's cricket Union was founded in 1938 and Rush was one of the founder members. Actress Marie Keane and Mildred Carrick were players at the time. They only played for two years - after the outbreak of the war fuel shortages made travel difficult - maybe they should have borrowed the boys bikes and given them a lift. Before she died, Isolda Howard of Leinster told me two stories of the time – once when they came to play Rush the Rush players wore black as a mark of respect for someone who had died and another time a player running backwards to take a catch fell in to a cock of hay on the edge of the ground! The men continued through the 1940's and 1950's with wins in the Intermediate league and cup though there is evidence that there was no cricket in 1943 and again in 1960. In 1961 the current resurrection took place – a delegation to Col Palmer asking to use the ground as a soccer pitch was originally turned down but then agreed that they could play. Once the season was over they decided that they might as well play cricket in the summer. They re-affiliated with the Leinster Cricket Union and promptly won the Minor league in 1962 and tied with Leinster for the Junior League in 1963. I should point out that the league titles are confusing as they changed names many times as the league structures expanded. Hopefully archivists in the future will have an easier job now that they are numbered straight through. This was an active time for Ciaran Clear and there are lots of memorabilia here for you to enjoy – teams, registrations lists, membership, averages – they are not all dated though many are. The minutes of the time are very entertaining and paint a lovely picture. The 1964 Secretary's report describes how Jimmy Nicholson produced 'terrifyingly brilliant bowling'. I was told by Tony Sourke and Michael McGuinness that Jimmy moved to Wexford – since there is only one Jim Nicholson in the phonebook I took a chance and called him. He said that Rush memories were very happy ones - he was delighted to hear that Ciaran's grandson is a player and is now Club secretary, that Jim Coleman's grandson is Treasurer, that Michael McGuinness' daughter became the first capped player in the club and that Mike Joe Butterly's grand-daughter became the first Rush player to win a Senior Trophy when the Women's team won the Pilkington Plate this year. I have promised to send him the fixture list and he says that he will visit in 2012. Just as the club had settled in to a happy place they got word that the Kenure estate was going up for sale by public auction and that the Colonel would not be in residence after November 1964. The club asked to hold on to their ground but the land commission said no –copies of the correspondence are here on the wall. It was then decided to ask to buy land from the Land commission to develop a ground and keep the club going. This has to be the single act which decided the future of the club. When you consider that it had only been resurrected in 1961 the passion that drove them must have been fierce. This is made all the more clear when it became obvious that the only site offered was heavily wooded – as Ciaran said beech, ash, oak, sycamore – everything but willow! So in their wisdom or foolhardiness the committee of Paddy Martin, Andy Monks, Michael McGuinness, Ciaran Clear, Ed Scanlan, PJ Doolan, Jim Walls, Mike Joe Butterly and Tony Sourke – made the big decision to turn a wooded area in to what we have today. Everyone has 100 stories of the next 5 years and I could keep you here for hours but I'm going to let them tell you at the bar. Suffice to say after an enormous amount of work the new ground opened on 20th July 1969. For those of you who remember it was the day that man landed on the moon. The minutes record that they had a match, singing and dancing and that they all went out on the pitch, looked at the moon and did the Hokey Pokey!!! Ciaran was in his alley with this and has recorded all kinds of events from the old ground and the new ground – he was the first to call play – first run was to Alan Caren, first six Alan Caren and the first man out Alan Caren. Its all copied on the back wall. Ciaran also recorded that the first work on the new ground was on Wednesday 25th May 1966 when R Whelan, PJ Doolan, Ed Scanlan and Ciaran Clear turned up to clear a piece for a practice strip! Before I go on I must pay tribute to out cricket friends in Balrothery and in particular to Martin Russell. When Rush were homeless they played their home games in Balrothery for one or two seasons. Several people remembered that Martin always prepared the ground for them. Rush just rocked up with their banana and jam sandwiches and played their matches. Many people asked me to thank Martin for a kindness that has not been forgotten.
The club prospered in their new home and won trophies in 1969, 1971 and 1972. By 1973 we were fielding a third eleven and a fourth team by 1976. The Leinster women's cricket union re-formed and the women's team in Rush were again among the founder clubs and won the Division 2 league in their first year. Ann O'Brien and Angela Murphy became the first club members to win individual Leinster awards when they were awarded the Division 2 bowling and batting cups respectively.
The next milestone was the opening of the new pavilion in September 1980. There are plenty of pictures around and thank you Wayne for the unofficial ones. The firsts were now playing Senior 3 and the steady income from the newly opened bar meant that the committee of the time could plan for the future. The club had run on the good nature of a volunteer force that were committed to its success. On the notice board near the door is the bar rota for 1983 – when I looked at it I wondered how Tom slept at night! There is also a cleaning rota for the lodge and bar for your amusement. The regular income meant that we could also strive for professionalism on and off the field – Winnie became a full time bar staff and was to continue for 14 years, later she was followed by Jemmy, Tony and now Brian. We employed coaches to strive for excellence on the pitch and a groundsman to work on the ground. We were also able to buy the lodge and develop the ground with it – making the playing ground larger and making a good practice facility. The arrival of Alf Masood had a huge effect on the team – he brought discipline to the side and was very effective in bringing out the best in players. He worked on their strengths rather than their weaknesses and when we won the Senior 2 league and cup double we battled hard for Senior Status. We played in the 1991 Senior Cup under the captaincy of Michael Marsh and Donners became the first Rush man to score a senior 50. It was to take until 1995 to realise the dream but it did happen and Alan Beggs became the first senior league captain. We are fortunate that Derek Scott keeps meticulous records and every senior run, wicket, catch and record has been carefully noted. There are all up here in ring binders behind me and some are copied on the back wall. To give you a flavour, Dara Armstrong's senior record was from 1991-1997. During this time he did not miss a match and played 63 matches in a row. He also won the Hopkins cup in his first three years at senior level and for many years afterwards. On their debuts for Rush, Michael Donnelly, Alf Masood, Naseer Shoukat, Saadat Gull and Dan Van Zyl all scored 50s. Although these records all make fascinating reading it is all the teams that make the club. By now Collette McGuinness had become the first Rush member to gain an international Cap – she was later followed by Naseer Shoukat, William Porterfield and Carole McGuire. Although many of the Rush players joined other clubs (more anon) and gained International status I have only recorded here those who were capped while playing for Rush. The club realised early on that supporting the youth structure is the only way that the club would prosper. The first youth team were harvested from the North beach when Brendan Maypother rounded up a few footballers – Matt Sheridan, Willie Coyle & Gerry Monks included and introduced them to cricket. The youth teams have brought much pleasure and despair (in particular in the memory of those who lost the U13 cup final) to us all. Many of those who completed questionnaires acknowledged the encouragement, enthusiasm and frankly the stamina of Ed Scanlan and I would have to add patience. Many others followed and gave back their time to the club. In 1998 it was decide to provide coaching in the three primary schools in the parish and this continues today. We now field nine hugely successful teams. Their successes are also recorded on the back wall. Rush has always had the ethos of a family club and still strives to promote this. But it is of course a dynamic club and changes evolve with time. Over the years many of our cricket family have sought cricket elsewhere when they thought that the faraway hills were greener (or in some cases the not so far away Hills!). Some have returned and some have gone on to greater things – I think of Caitriona Beggs, Ciara Metcalfe, Fintan McAllister and of course Eoin Morgan. All full Internationals and all are proud of their Rush roots and acknowledge them regularly. We had a moment of history earlier this year when the captain of Ireland and the Captain of England were both ex-Rush players. No other club can say that! We still have four men's teams and we now have two women's team. These economic times means that we rely again on the good nature of a volunteers to help the professionals at coaching, mentoring, catering. I want to pay tribute here to the ladies who always help with the catering. While the tea-room has been under the masterly control (over many years) of Doe Weldon, Irene Hearst, Monnie McCann and Linda McGuire there are always plenty of helpers who ease the workload.
Rush members have also given a huge amount of time to the Leinster Union and to Irish Cricket. Over the years we have chaired Youth Branch – Paddy Martyn and Michael Marsh, Women's Branch Ann Harford and Siobhan McBennett and Matt Sheridan has been the first member to act as President of the Leinster Cricket Union. This work also serves our club in good stead.
As I read though 50 years of Minutes and Secretary's reports the same themes emerge time after time after time: Players not turning up on time, players not practicing, members not supporting social events – but of course they always turn out ok in the end. The other running theme has always been finance and fund-raising and believe me it was no different in the 60's , 70's and 80's than it is today. Many in the club have contributed in ways that do not have a price but I hope that for them the pleasure is in giving. I remember Dorothy Doolan telling me that Paddy Martyn asked her to make the teas one day and she said that she would for him. He said –'Oh no Dorothy – it's not for me it's for the club'. That was the lesson I learned from her – do it for the club.
So as we go forward what other milestones will there be? Who knows. We have reached two All Ireland Finals and One Leinster Senior Cup Final – the men's team have yet win a senior title. Have we still work to do? – yes we do. I hope that the next time someone stands up here to celebrate a club birthday there will be more to celebrate.
Ciaran Clear – 50th anniversary
If cricket was played in Rush prior to the mid-twenties there seems to be no record of it. However, about that time games were played on a more or less friendly basis that included me and as far as can be ascertained were undocumented. Until in 1930 the club was formally established playing mostly Fingal matches and friendlies. This was the start of the club that now continues and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with the first solid structure pavilion in the Fingal area and the writing of these historical notes. Under the captaincy of Michael Kelly (of the Mill) and Secretaryship of Geoff May the club played its home games out at the Drummonds until 1932 when "Carney's Field" was offered by the late R.M Carney – here the club prospered for a year. Then in 1933 a couple of acres in Kenure Park were offered by the late Col R Fenwick Palmer who became life President of the club. Here began what all who remember it consider an idyllic era – First the setting was lovely – the picture book cricket ground it was called with the "Big House", the gate lodge, extensive park – the trees, the wooden styles and fences, even the lowing of cattle and horses. Add to this, after some very hard work, a beautiful wicket.
From Ciaran Clear 1980 Who remembers? There must be some senior citizens who could come up with the answer about Millbank or was it Millpark CC. True(?). Last yeat Freddie Leopold, over what should have been a ....drink, produced to me a cutting from a twenty five year old Sunday Independent, which stated unequivocally " Ciaran Clear bowled Aspill(for) 0" ! Naturally I protested that there was another mention round about that time which stated 'Ciaran Clear n.o. 96' but I had no written proof. Freddie had. But as we were all Old Belvederians every ..... finished as Rev Fr Larry would have liked. But to come back to serious matters – It is utterly astonishing to me personally, how many queries I've had since the article Michael was generous enough to include in the last issue of this magazine about the bouncers and beamers that Rush CC had withstood. Cricket people – both Fingal and Leinster have said/shed – "But wasn't there another team out there years ago?' I can answer - 'yes there was!' It was started by two Belvedere schoolboys – the late Jimmy Martin (who eventually became in cricket terms "Mr Rush") and myself. We had both learned our cricket from the Belvedere Coach. The 'Jays' were always good at this – consider the first – Frank Worrell. A.E.Knight (Leicester & England) Quote his words ' Never go out lad with five things – a box, two pads and two gloves – anyone who does won't be playing cricket - he'll be protectin' himself'! Even today, so many years later we see people going to the wicket not wearing gloves – heroes how are ye! – 'Gloves only bother me'!
Jimmy Martin's father owned the field (Martin's field) and gave Jimmy a bat and gloves and a ball. My father gave me a bat, gloves and stumps – I think both our fathers (God Bless them) shared the cost of wicket-keeping gloves and pads and my uncle Paddy provided another bat. The field was owned by James Martin – up to a year or two.... Anyway most of the old score books were burned in the fire at Martins shop years ago. So if it hard facts that are required then we need to hold a séance (Imagine that! – Jimmy Martin, Paddy Martin, Paddy Carty, Iral Ward, Peter Carty, Joe Kelly, Geoff May all trying to get in on the Ouija board). In flowing whites makes "whites". Possibly in a couple of cases – harps! How can Joe Kane 4 n.o. for the last wicket give any idea of the tension His! Ours! Theirs! In the last over of a cup match –he hit a boundary - we won – but a bald note in a score book gives nothing of the surge of emotion that the thing really communicate Rush Cricket Club 30/50 As far as I'm concerned and I think its fair to say that I know as much as anybody living about it now – a lot of fine people being dead and me being older than most surviving members (I started in Rush Cricket Club in 1931 – but there had been others (27 years??) 1 In Drummonds – playing among ourselves 2 Carneys Field – Robert A Carney 3 Passing phase – matches against the visitors on the south strand 4 J Martin & myself - our fathers helping – Martin's field - Millpark CC 5 Move to Kenure – RCC – J Martin – Jimmy Murray et al Fingal - anecdotes – beer half barrel – Oldtown, Naul etc. Geoff May, Paddy Clancy, Bertie Pembrey, Victor Cole, Michael Kelly, Boxer-Jack Kelly (sen), Penem Kilt, Eddie Clear, Jack Leonard (often umpired), Figgis – Peter O'Brien – would to God we had the score books to show his slow bowling figures – then came Jim Coleman – Alec – Kit Russell, Kit Mooney – Matt Murray (wickets). Jim Carty, Jim Cotter (Clongowes) – later Joe Walsh, Tom Walsh, Paddy Carty, Joe St Lawrence, Ciaran Clear, Dom Weldon, Godfrey Quigley, Patrick Leonard (The arts well represented), a very young Iral Ward, Tom Murphy, Jem Murphy, Kennedy. The ladies team: Marie Keane, Kitty Weldon, ....Jones Meanwhile Millpark CC J Martin, P Austin, Carricks, K Lennon, R Cusack, A Cusack, Des McGee, ?Kent Bollard, Ger Monks, Cra Monks, Joe Martin – other McGuinnesses – a Butterly or two.
Playing in Martin's field where the Boys school now stands – we played all the big clubs – collected them on the crossbars of bicycles from the station – rode them into Martin's field and usually (not always) beat them. Tea in Martins front room where James Martin (father) had his beautifully built home made (and powerful\0 radios – we could listen to the Tests on these – Bradman, McCabe, Larwood and all the big 'Uns – Oh what a lovely time it was! Sunshine – working on wickets – Martin and me opening innings – tears fill my soul – joyful tears because of the grand things – my 96 not out – and sad – very very sad tears for so many good friends – creating good times – who are prematurely gone out: Caught The Devil – Bowled God!!


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Family friendly events in Austin for New Year's Eve 2017
By: Christine Nyholm AXS Contributor Dec 29, 2017
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Celebrate New Year's Eve in Austin at a family-friendly event as 2017 turns into 2018. Austin's New Year 2018 at Auditorium Shores will be a family-friendly, alcohol-free event that will conclude with a fireworks finale at 10 p.m. There will also be daytime events, specially designed to be fun for children on New Year's Eve.
Austin's New Year 2018
Dec. 31 @ 3 p.m.
Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX 78704
Ring in the New Year at the family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration at Auditorium Shores, where there will be entertainment for the entire family. The festivities will include music, art, fireworks, and food trucks. Admission will be free. There will be musical entertainment on three stages, with a lineup that will include Brownout, Ian Moore Band, Tomar and the FCs, Magna Carda, Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, Money Chicha, The Watters, Jane Ellen Bryant, Kalu & The Electric Joint, and James Junius. A show of fireworks will light the skies at 10 p.m.
Noon Year's Eve Balloon Drop and Bubble Wrap Stomp
Dec. 31 @ 12 p.m. & 2 p.m.
Thinkery at the Meredith Learning Lab, 1830 Simond Ave., Austin, TX 78723
Kids get to ring in the New Year early, with kid-friendly activities including a balloon drop and a bubble wrap stomp. Space will be limited, so register online. The special event will be included with general admission to the museum, which is $12/Person, Free/Children 23 months old or younger.
Noon Year's Eve Party
Dec. 31 @ 11 a.m.
Lake Travis Community Library,1938 Lohman's Crossing, Austin, TX 78734
Children will celebrate the New Year at this daytime event, which will include a performance by children's musician Joe McDermott. Kids will get to make hats and noisemakers, snack on goodies, and toast at 12 noon.
Noon Year's Eve @ Laura's
Westbank Community Library, 1309 Westbank Dr., Austin, TX 78746
Kids can ring in the New Year with a concert by children's performer Staci Gray at Laura's Library. Special activities will include music, dancing, bubbles, and fun.
Noon Year's Eve Jump It Up
Jump It Up in Austin, TX, 9330 United Dr., Austin, TX 78758
Kids can play and have fun as they bounce into the New Year. There will be a countdown at 1 p.m. and celebration of the coming year with glow lights. Tickets will be $10.Register in advance.
Pinballz New Year's Eve
Pinballz, 8940 ResearchBlvd., Austin, TX 78758
Pinballz Lake Creek, 13729 Research Blvd., Austin, TX 78750
Pinballz Kingdom, 15201 I-35 S., Buda, TX 78610
This New Year's Eve for kids 10 and under.will include crafting and a balloon drop. Tickets will be $10/Child.
Ice Skating on the Plaza
Nov. 24-Jan. 15 @ 10 a.m.
Rooftop Plaza at Whole Foods Market, 525 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78703
Skate into the New Year at the ice skating rink on the Rooftop Plaza. Enjoy gliding across the ice at this family-friendly activity for fun and exercise. Tickets are $10, which includes skate rental.
Austin Zoo
Winter Hours Nov. 1-Jan. 31 @ 9 a.m.
Austin Zoo, 10808 Rawhide Trail, Austin, TX 78736
Take the family to the Austin Zoo for a day of fun. A visit to the zoo is a great way to get some exercise by taking a leisurely walk while learning about animals and wildlife. Admission is $8-$11 through Dec. 31, but ticket prices will increase on Jan. 1. The zoo is currently accepting donations of used Christmas trees, with all tinsel, lights, and metal ornament hangers removed. The trees will be used for animal enrichment and can be dropped off at the zoo gift shop.
Zilker Botanical Garden
Daily @ 9 a.m.
Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs, Rd., Austin, TX 78746
Enjoy the end of 2017 by visiting the Zilker Botanical Garden, for a leisurely day of savoring the beauty of the garden. Zilker Botanical Garden will be open on New Year's Eve but will be closed on New Year's Day. Admission will be $1-$3.
By: Christine Nyholm AXS Contributor
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We predicted a three-stopper as theoretically the fastest scenario for the 61-lap race, but we also thought that most teams would opt for a two-stopper because of traffic. In the end, the strategy was mainly affected by the two safety cars, plus one virtual safety car period. The two-stopper we expected was: start on supersoft, switch to supersoft again on lap 24 and soft on lap 43. Vettel followed the pattern we expected but the timing of his stops was influenced by the safety car. He made his two pit stops on laps 13 and 37.
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Don't Freak Out, But Iran Is Helping Venezuela Build Drones
By Robert Beckhusen
Iran is planning to build drones for the Venezuelan military. Just so you know, it sounds worse than it is.
That's according to Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, chief of U.S. forces in South America. According to Fraser, who spoke to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, the drones are to be manufactured in Venezuela with Iranian help and will likely be used for "internal defense." The exact kind of drones isn't clear. But the robots are probably too small to be armed.
"I would put it in the ScanEagle class of UAV," Fraser told U.S. News & World Report's military blog DOTMIL. "It's not up into the Predator class."
The ScanEagle is a small, unarmed, catapult-launched U.S. spy drone used by special operations forces. If Iran's design for the drone's speed and range are comparable, it's highly, highly unlikely the flimsy robot could reach Miami from Venezuela to snap some pictures or take some video. Even allowing for the theoretical possibility that an aircraft built to loiter could max out its engine, top speeds and fuel supply for the 1,200-mile trip, it couldn't go north of Florida, and it definitely couldn't make it home.
In other words, don't expect the skies above Sheboygan to fill up with Iranian killing machines under the order of Hugo Chavez. Assuming Venezuela could get them off the ground: Fraser said a fire recently broke out at the drone's manufacturing plant, delaying its production. But think of it this way: an actual Iranian-Venezuelan drone factory exists, representing an upgrade in industrial cooperation from earlier joint projects like dairy plants and a tractor factory.
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St. Columba Church
St. Patrick Church, Mumford, NY, was built in 1854 as a "mission" of Scottsville. As the parish grew, another, larger church was needed to accommodate the growing number of people in Caledonia. St. Columba's was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1885. The Rev. George Eisler, a native of Mumford, was the first pastor for the two churches and served until 1923. Succeeding pastors were the Rev. James Richard Edward Kennedy, the Rev. Cornelius Hogan, the Rev. Charles Reynolds and the Rev. John Sellinger. The Rev. William J. Devereaux came in 1944 and celebrated his Silver and Golden Jubilees at St. Columba's. The Rev. Emmett J. Halloran arrived in 1970. Major liturgical and ecumenical changes took place including the installation of a Parish Pastoral Council. A new sanctuary was created by opening arches, and removing walls in the former sanctuary and side altars, and a rededication Mass was celebrated in December 1973. The Rev. John A. Morgan and then the Rev. Ronald E. Gaesser were the next pastors as the parish approached the 100th anniversary of St. Columba Church was celebrated on November 25, 1984. The Most Reverend Matthew Clark, Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester celebrated the centennial Mass. The Rev. FM. Gerard Hafner succeeded Father Gaesser in 1987. In 1996 the Rev. Walter Plominski became pastor, later succeeded by the Rev. Mickey McGrath, then pastoral administrator for the cluster, Irene Goodwin. Fr John Hayes is now Pastor for the parish.
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package org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example;

import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.BoundedMultiscopeBinder;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.BoundedMultiscopeBinder.PrescopeType;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.Multiscopes;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.BattlestarFighterRoster;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.CommandDeck;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.FighterWeapons;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.GalaxyCenter;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.GalaxyProperties;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.Pilot;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scoped.Star;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.Battlestar;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.BattlestarScope;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.Fighter;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.FighterScope;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.Galaxy;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.GalaxyScope;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.MilkyWayGalaxy;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.NewBattlestar;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.example.scopes.NewFighter;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.util.CompleteDescoper;
import org.protobee.guice.multiscopes.util.MultiscopeExitor;

import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
import com.google.inject.Key;
import com.google.inject.Provides;
import com.google.inject.Singleton;
import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;

public class ExamplesGuiceModule extends AbstractModule {

  @Override
  protected void configure() {
    Multiscopes.newBinder(binder(), BattlestarScope.class, Battlestar.class, NewBattlestar.class);
    Multiscopes.newBinder(binder(), FighterScope.class, Fighter.class, NewFighter.class);

    // bind our scoped objects
    bind(BattlestarFighterRoster.class).in(BattlestarScope.class);
    bind(CommandDeck.class).in(BattlestarScope.class);
    bind(FighterWeapons.class).in(FighterScope.class);
    bind(Pilot.class).in(FighterScope.class);
    bind(CompleteDescoper.class);
    bind(MultiscopeExitor.class);

    // bind our custom holder and factory
    bind(FighterHolder.class).in(FighterScope.class);
    bind(FighterFactory.class).in(Singleton.class);

    // bind our bounded multiscope
    Multiscopes.newBoundedBinder(binder(), GalaxyScope.class, Galaxy.class);

    // bind required prescoped items
    Multiscopes.bindAsPrescoped(binder(), GalaxyScope.class, Galaxy.class, GalaxyProperties.class);
    TypeLiteral<Star[]> starArrayType = new TypeLiteral<Star[]>() {};
    Multiscopes.bindAsPrescoped(binder(), GalaxyScope.class, Galaxy.class, starArrayType);
    bind(GalaxyCenter.class).in(GalaxyScope.class);

    // install our milkly way module to define the milky way galaxy scope
    install(new MilklyWayModule());
  }

  // separated into separate module as an example, would usually be in a separate file
  public class MilklyWayModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
      BoundedMultiscopeBinder galaxyScopes =
          Multiscopes.newBoundedBinder(binder(), GalaxyScope.class, Galaxy.class);
      galaxyScopes.addInstance(MilkyWayGalaxy.class);

      TypeLiteral<Star[]> starArrayType = new TypeLiteral<Star[]>() {};

      galaxyScopes
          .prescopeInstance(MilkyWayGalaxy.class)
          .addInstanceObject(Key.get(starArrayType, MilkyWayGalaxy.class))
          .addInstanceObject(Key.get(GalaxyProperties.class, MilkyWayGalaxy.class),
              PrescopeType.EAGER);
    }

    @Provides
    @MilkyWayGalaxy
    public GalaxyProperties getProperties() {
      return new GalaxyProperties(200000000000l, 40000l);
    }

    @Provides
    @MilkyWayGalaxy
    public Star[] getStars() {
      // just a couple blank ones for example
      return new Star[] {new Star() {}, new Star() {}};
    }
  }
}


The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has issued an order approving the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 3 MW of biomass procurement by Haryana Power Purchase Center (HPPC).
HPPC had petitioned the HERC to approve the draft PPA to be signed with RSL Distilleries Pvt Ltd., to purchase 3 MW of power from 5.55 MW biomass cogeneration unit at village Chandrao, Tehsil Indri, District Karnal, Haryana.
In its submissions, the HPPC argued that it had prepared the draft PPA based on similar PPAs available on record. While going through the submissions made by the parties, the HERC observed that the PPAs referred by the HPPC was approved before the notification of HERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of Tariff from Renewable Energy Sources, Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate) Regulations, 2017.
After the notification of the bid regulations, no term of the draft PPA should be in contradiction of the same, said the HERC.
The HERC ordered the HPPC to follow the provision that normative auxiliary consumption is taken at 8.5%; HPPC had proposed 10%. The HERC has approved the PPA and asked HPPC to include the deviation mentioned by it in the PPA document.
HERC has also asked HPPC to submit a signed copy of the PPA for the record of the commission within two weeks from the date of this order.
In January 2019, the HERC approved PPAs for a total of 49.8 MW of paddy straw biomass-based power projects signed between the developers and HPPC. In July 2018, the HERC issued an order amending the terms and conditions for tariff determinations from renewable energy sources, renewable purchase obligations, and renewable energy certificates.
In August 2018, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) invited Expression of Interest (EoI) to assess the potential of biomass power and bagasse cogeneration in India.
Then towards the end of 2018, the ministry amended two clauses in the policy to support the promotion of biomass-based cogeneration projects in sugar mills and other industries in the country up to March 2020.