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On March 6, 2018 the Center for Studies on Freedom of Religion, Belief and Conscience (LIREC) organizes the panel n. 63 at the Annual Conference of the European Academy or Religion.
The panel aims to indicate some aspects that distinguish the history, the doctrine and the practice of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement, in relation to its peculiar way of placing itself within the Islamic World, which, mostly, considers it "heretical".
This attitude, in the countries where the blasphemy law is in force, has caused the persecution of the members of the movement, which has reached extreme consequences, such as the murder of some of them by the mere fact of being Ahmadi.
The experiences of two scholars, who have researched this field, will show how the movement has assumed a significant role in the resolution of conflicts and in the diffusion of a respectful and peaceful Islam.


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Fancy a bit of fitness trivia? Here are 5 things you didn't know about CrossFit. The CrossFit craze is sweeping the world, as you've no doubt noticed. The sport, which originated in the US a couple of decades ago, has become a firm favourite for fitness fanatics everywhere. "CrossFit is a method of training that involves many different aspects of strength and conditioning, including weightlifting and gymnastics," says Bex Hall, Team Reebok UK athlete. "Every session is varied and will see you working on aerobic endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, agility, balance and coordination through an array of exercises and workouts." Want to find out more? Here are 5 things you didn't know about CrossFit.
It's fair to say that a large number of people have heard of CrossFit. However, how many of us know the story of how CrossFit began? CrossFit was founded by Greg Glassman, a former gymnast. As a teenage gymnast, Glassman wanted to increase his strength. He found that by using dumbbells and barbells, he could become stronger and as a result, become a far superior athlete to his peers. He discovered that by creating new exercise routines that focussed on strength, he could improve as an athlete in a number of different disciplines, not just in one.
In the 90s, Greg forged a reputation for himself and his new workout venture. In 1995, he received a call from the sheriff's department in Santa Cruz. They had heard of his new training technique and asked him if he would train their officers. These 60-minute sessions at the Spa Fitness health centre for the officers at Santa Cruz became the first CrossFit workouts to officially take place. Very soon, word spread and CrossFit sessions were in very high demand in Santa Cruz, day and night. CrossFit then continued to grow into the worldwide phenomenon that it is today.
CrossFit has a very close connection to its roots. With the first official CrossFit workouts taking place for the officers of the sheriff's department in Santa Cruz, many police academies, tactical operations teams and military special ops units champion CrossFit as their principal strength and conditioning programme. It is also favoured by professional athletes all over the world, although anyone can take part. "You don't need to be 'fit' to start CrossFit," says Bex. "Every CrossFit gym will have members of all fitness levels and abilities and all classes are suitable for both beginners and the more advanced." CrossFit workouts are full of variety, making it an ideal workout for anyone, regardless of fitness level or experience.
Some may wonder why CrossFit workouts have been named things like Fran, Victoria and Murphy. According to Greg, the reasoning behind naming CrossFit workouts after women is because 'Workouts are just like storms, they wreak havoc on towns.' However, on a more serious note, other CrossFit workouts have been named to commemorate naval officers, sergeants, SEALS and other soldiers who have been killed in action. Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, killed in Afghanistan in 2005 aged 29, had a particular favourite CrossFit workout. The workout, which consists of a one-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats and a final mile run, has been renamed 'Murph' in his honour.
It may seem as though the gym is often a male-dominated environment, but that's not the case when it comes to CrossFit. According to the American Council on Exercise, out of over 10 million CrossFitters, nearly 60 per cent are women. However, the really fantastic aspect of CrossFit is the way that it promotes gender equality in sport. In CrossFit, there's no such thing as a male or female workout. All CrossFitters do the exact same exercises. During CrossFit competitions, men and women compete in the same arena, are afforded the same amount of airtime on TV and are awarded the same amount of prize money. Sports like football and rugby have a lot of catching up to do!


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News bei Tosca Mining Corp.: Neues Kupfer-/Molyprojekt soll akquiriert werden!
Tosca Mining Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in an advanced stage moly-copper project located in Presidio county, Texas. The 2880 acre Red Hills project lies along a seven kilometer mineral district characterized by significant occurrences of precious and base metals, including the Shafter-Presidio silver deposit.
Red Hills is located 18 kilometers north and west of the border town of Presidio which is served by US highway 67 and the South Orient Railroad. Water is available from adjoining properties. A major power line serves the Shafter silver property located seven kilometers east of Red Hills.
Porphyry style molybdenum mineralization occurs within a circular latite porphyry stock of Laramide age and to a lesser extent with slabs of intruded sediments. A chalcocite blanket, developed below the oxide-sulphide transition zone, coexists with the molybdenum mineralization. In addition, high grade copper was intersected by Duval Corporation in three holes located northeast of the porphyry system.
The property was worked by several major companies (ASARCO, Phelps Dodge, Amax and Duval) between 1955 and 1972. Most of the drilling (88 holes in total) took place in 1971-72 under the operatorship of Duval Corporation. In 1997, the Rio Grande Mining Company conducted Pre-Feasibility studies aimed at determining the viability of extracting the shallow historic copper resources previously identified at Red Hills.
Note that in this news release all reference to previous studies, drill results and resource estimates is based on historic information. Since a qualified person has not done sufficient work to verify the historical data and estimates, the historical data and estimates should not be relied upon.
1) A molybdenum (copper) porphyry system which occupies a horseshoe shaped zone approximately 1000 m long and 200 m wide. Most of the previous drill holes within this zone were stopped at an average depth of 430 feet (131 metres) while still in mineralization. Only five holes were drilled past the 1,000 foot (305 m) depth. All intersected molybdenum mineralization from top to bottom. The deepest hole (Duval 7), which was drilled to a vertical depth of 2106 feet (642 metres) averaged 0.076% Mo throughout. The Red Hills moly porphyry target is open in two directions and at depth.
2) A copper blanket with an historic resource estimated at 17.1 million tons averaging 0.35% Cu with associated molybdenum credits.
The three holes, which lie along a northeast linear trend, are located 300 feet (91 metres) northeast of the porphyry stock. The distance between hole 36 and 59 is 120 feet (36.6 metres). Hole 55 is located 75 feet (22.9 metres) southwest of hole 59. Further drilling, including angle drilling is required to assess the nature and size of this high grade copper zone.
The agreement allows Tosca Mining to purchase the 100% ownership of all mineral and surface rights for the Red Hills mineral property. The agreement involves cash payments to the Vendors, Red Hills Copper Corporation, a private arms length Texas Corporation, in the amount of $10,900,000 US, and the issuance of 2.1 million common shares over a five year period, while earning an equity interest. The first year commitment is $575,000 and 400,000 shares until May 01, 2012. The Vendors will retain a 2% net smelter return over the Red Hills property. The letter of intent provides for a due diligence period to May 01, 2011 for Tosca to complete its review of the property and is subject to the finalization of definitive transaction documentation and applicable regulatory exchange approvals.
Dr. Luca Riccio Ph.D. P.Geo is the QualifiedPerson responsible for reviewing the technical results reported in this release.
Neben dem aussichtsreichen Secret Pass-Projekt nun innerhalb kürzester Zeit eine weitere Projektakquisition durch Tosca Mining – und diesmal sogar ein ausgesprochenes Hammerprojekt! Dies sollte der Markt nun endgültig zu würdigen wissen.
Beachten Sie unbedingt unseren Disclaimer sowie unseren Hinweis zum "Interessenkonflikt bei Tosca Mining Corp.".


Chris Brown is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer from Virginia. He has been singing professionally since 2005, and several of his albums have been certified double platinum. He's also had multiple songs featured in the Billboard Top 100.
With Chris Brown's net worth estimated to be $50 million, he is among some of the richest artists in hip-hop. However, he still has a way to go until he reaches the likes of Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, and P. Diddy.
Chris was born in Tappahannock, Virginia, on the 5th May 1989. His full name is Christopher Maurice Brown, his mother Joyce Hawkins, and father Clinton Brown.
Clinton worked at a local prison, and Joyce worked at a daycare center. When Chris was young, he taught himself to sing and dance. He would perform in his church choir and talent shows in the local area.
The family began to look for the opportunity of a record deal for Chris. It was at this time that his parents divorced each other, and he struggled emotionally for a short period as a result.
Chris Brown's debut album was released in November 2005 and gained incredible success. He had a Number #1 hit with "Run It!," and the track also featured a guest appearance by rapper Juelz Santana.
The album brought Chris two Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best R&B Contemporary Album. Brown went on to receive a number of other awards, including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist.
Brown also branched out into acting with a role in 'Stomp the Yard', which centered around a step dance competition. The film also featured another popular R&B performer, Ne-Yo.
Brown also released his second album, Exclusive, in 2007, and starred in yet another film, 'This Christmas'.
In 2009, Chris Brown made the headlines after being arrested for allegedly assaulting Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time. Brown pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 180 days of community labor and five years of probation.
Brown released the albums F.A.M.E. and Fortune in the next couple of years. Not long before the debut of his next effort, X, Brown found himself back in trouble with the law. He was arrested on assault charges in October 2013.
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Today the backyard renovation project took a turn from destruction and started on the creation phases of the project. Up to now they have only been removing things from the backyard, today they started putting some of the pieces back together.
They laid out the patio in the back left corner and put in the bricking. The dug out the drainage pipe and sunk it down a few centimeters so that my kids would not trip over it. They also have redone the front patio bricking to make to front edge a straight line. This last task removed some sunken places in the front patio bricking. You can also see in the photo take from above that the 1m x 1m step stone plates are stacked against the left fence. These will be used to create a path between the front patio and the back one. Two will have embedded LED lights in them.
The final photo shows the integrated water system tube coming out of the patio which will provide me with a single turn on point for watering the entire backyard. Little sprinklers just pop up out of the ground, gotta love that! You can also see the thin black wiring that will be attached to a switch in the garage for turning on the complete backyard lighting system that will be installed (including the lights in the stepping stones).
The next step will be putting in fill dirt, manure, and then planing the grass and flowers. I can't wait until next week!


For Westerners to find work in Nepal is next to impossible. Local employment is high and industry very limited. There are a very limited number of work opportunities that include with airline offices, trekking agencies, aid groups, consultants or travel. The easiest and most promising job option is teaching English. There are some number private schools with demand for English teachers however, the compensation is extremely low. Qualified masseurs and yoga/meditation instructors might have somewhat better luck when it comes to finding work at slightly better compensations. Most of the work being done by foreigner in Nepal is of voluntary type.
It is against the law to work on a tourist visa in the country, despite a few people take jobs as guides. This not only raises questions of ethics, where you are taking a job that a local Nepali is better qualified to handle but if caught you will be punished severely.
To be able to work legally in Nepal you must get a non-tourist visa. Even unpaid work requires that you get such a visa. Typically this is arranged before one enters the country. Switching from a tourist visa to a work visa, after you enter the country is hardly ever allowed. A work permit has to be applied for by the employer and the potential employee must leave the country during the time paper work is being completed. The process is rather tedious and can end up taking several months.


At 55, I realize that my longing to overcome homosexuality began when I was about 10, 45 years ago. I used to beg Him to move the desires into one hand and then cut off the hand so I would be rid of them. I used to dream of waking in His Presence in Heaven and finally being free of these desires.
From age 12-14 I was severely sexually abused by my male choir director, which solidified the struggle.
The first memory I have of beginning the journey away from homosexuality is 1983 when a friend in need of a roommate asked me to move to her home. The move got me out of the gay area of Dallas.
A friend told me about Exodus in 1977. I responded to his information in 1983. It took me six years to decide to check it out. I was amazed to learn that 80% of those who contact Exodus were sexually molested as children and 95% profess to be Christian.
The only way to overcome homosexuality is Jesus and the only reason to overcome homosexuality is Jesus.
For the next 17 years I bounced back and forth, loving Him but unable to stop the behavior. I had relations with hundreds of men. I had brief relationships with about seven. I tell you these details so that the miracle that occurred in my life is obvious.
I joined my church in 1986 and still attend 24 years later. It is a Bible church. I followed a friend from work there because I had watched her testimony for 8 years. She never condemned me when I was very obviously living the gay lifestyle. The Lord put me in her church because He knew it was a body of believers who would walk with me through the difficult days of recovery. I spoke many times in the prayer and sharing time in our services about my struggle, so everyone knew. Whenever I have fallen down they have helped me right back up and put me on the path again. They continue to be Jesus to me.
In 1989 I was arrested for public lewdness two times. The elders of my church handled my court ordered supervision. One of them asked me to have breakfast and Bible study with him one morning a week. Twenty one years later he continues to meet with me weekly. Healthy relationships with heterosexual men are part of the healing process. Here the Lord was providing that for me, long before I had learned of its importance in recovery. That is a church and a friend directly from the throne of God.
In 2000, my niece suggested I listen to an interview on a Christian radio station. The interview was with Sue Bohlin and Randy Thomas, board member and former director of Living Hope Ministries. As they answered questions I felt the hand of the Lord pressing on my heart. I sat by the edge of a beautiful lake in my city and literally wailed out in grief and pain as the interview progressed.
The next week I was at Living Hope. As I prayed about whether or not to attend the Living Hope support group meeting, the verse of the ministry, I Peter 1:3, was the focus of our service at church that Sunday. The Lord made it very clear where He wanted me. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
The information I learned in my two years at the ministry equipped me to allow Him to lead me to recovery. He had drawn me in from the storm to fellowship in truth at His very feet. I had always known He was very close to me in my car, in my house, everywhere I went. His nearness helped with my recovery, including when I fell into the same old entangling sin. As the years went on, He repeatedly assured me of His love for me as He helped me up from each fall.
Now ten years have passed since my first visit to Living Hope. Last Fall the Lord started impressing upon my heart that I should attend the Ministry again. I resisted because of the usual excuses–too far from home, no time, etc. But I joined and was thrilled to find that the Word is being taught. Nothing is more healing than His Word.
Attending Living Hope the second time I began to realize that my uncontrollable homosexual urges were gone! I just can't believe it but He has changed my heart completely by His love and companionship. He is a great Savior and can heal the deepest wounds of our souls, including homosexuality. I never ever believed that this would happen in my life.
Healing is often largely about the beloved believers He puts in our lives to help us along the way. These are friends with whom you can share your entire story. In 2000 when I began Living Hope, the Lord also provided the love and support of a dear couple I had known for 30 years. They are dealing with this issue in their own family which has given them a special understanding of my struggle. Their friendship and love have been very healing for me, another of the Lord's many blessings along this walk.
I do still struggle with keeping my eyes where they need to be when I'm out in public. I learned from Living Hope that when I notice a good-looking person, I don't have to sexualize them but instead to thank God for creating beauty and then move on. In earlier years, struggling with this issue felt like big birds flying at my face. Now they are just little irritating gnats. The problem is much less intense than it once was.
My parents had 2 gay children out of 3. My mother was devastated. Her statement of faith was always, "I don't go by what I see, I go by who I know." She never accepted homosexuality in any way and I do believe that pushed me more toward God.
It always seemed clear to me that homosexuals are so miserable that they are ripe for redemption.
Actually, it seems to me that there is no such thing as a homosexual. There are only people created by God who struggle with it, either to overcome it or to pursue it.
Our Beloved and Precious Savior allowed Satan to bring this into my life for my good and His Glory. I won't understand all of His purposes in this until I get to Heaven.
Yes, He allowed Satan to bring this across my path, but my great God and Savior also gave me the way of escape: He Himself, the Living God.
And He set my feet upon a rock. making my footsteps firm.


The Psychic Tarot is calling out to us this week to impart some wisdom and insight as to how the summer is going to be. It is hard to believe that half a year has passed and vacations and fun in the sun are now on our minds. And for those of us who love the moon, we will be able to sit outside around the fire pit in awe of the fireflies with the sky lit up by the stars. Let's look through the psychic eye of the cards to make sure there are no thunderstorms brewing. Here is your week in Tarot.
DAY – DESTINY (Major Card 10). A cycle of change is in the air. The ebbs and flows of life are karmically driven by your causes which in turn bring the effects. What are you looking to do? How do you want to grow? This is certainly the perfect time to replace your problems with solutions. EVENING – CHOOSE WISELY (Emotions). Before you fall asleep tonight, recount the day. There were elements of importance that happened during the day. One advantage stood out more than the others. Remember, a wise choice will certainly bring joy.
DAY – MOVING ON (Mental). Finally, the time has come to put the past behind you. You took apart the last few years and discovered many new things about yourself. Spiritual growth gave your state of mind more confidence and a deep sense of compassion. However, getting to the new destination is a mystery that will unfold over the next six weeks. Know that you are at your peak and ready for what's to come. EVENING – FIRM FOUNDATION (Physical). Being flexible is the message of this card. Although the foundation is strong and you are at a great point, do not allow the ego to make you feel too comfortable. Here is when you put the pedal to the metal and work on your financial security. Sleep on a pillow filled with your goals and accomplishments, and wake with a smile on your face.
DAY – PATIENCE (Major Card #14). Chaos at work is only the beginning. Today is a day that will require you to be calm. There will be some coworkers or people in your personal work environment that want the same vacation time as you. A plan will be put in place, like writing names down and putting them in a hat to pick who gets when to vacation. You are looked to for validation. EVENING – OBSTACLES & CHALLENGES (Spirit). I know this is not the perfect card to end a rough day. However, as you examine the situation you find that you overcome the mundane and rise to the challenge with grace and your guides backing you. What you want is certainly what you get.
DAY – PATIENCE & PLANNING (Physical). Here is where you find that hard work pays off. In the process of getting the planning of the day in order, you have to pull from your patience to keep from blowing up. Rewind your thought process for a minute and check to see if you are in a cycle that you wish to break. Now is certainly the time. EVENING – DISCONTENT & BOREDOM (Emotions). Take this opportunity to get some rest. The party is going to start and keep going nonstop all summer. You think of things to make a barbecue more exciting, and this makes you feel good. So while the time is still yours, take advantage of it.
DAY – HEARTACHE & LOSS (Mental). Memories. You have separation anxiety because you're missing those you love who have passed on. However, negative thinking will get in the way of the happy times that you had with all the wonderful people and pets in your life. Be happy that you have such a rich memory bank. Today the healing begins. EVENING – WISDOM (Major Card #5). During the day the energy was heavy, and tonight you want to talk to a loved one about your thoughts. The person you choose to confide in will be one with sage advice and wisdom. This card also asks you to find a group of like-minded people.
DAY – REJOICE IN CELEBRATION (Emotions). Love is in your lap. However, if you're single, it's going to fall into your lap … just like that. Go out and be part of the fun. This day sets you up for a great night. I see a long weekend with lots of fun to be had. It is certainly a time of unity. EVENING – THE WAITING GAME (Spirit). Certainly the day was great and now the evening has you waiting for someone special to show up. Go and have a good time! Your person is on the way! You excel at keeping friendships strong, and the rest of us could take a page from your playbook.
DAY – PASSION IGNITED (Spirit). Getting your creative groove on is a no-brainer. Excitement spurs you on to finishing projects you started awhile back. It's certainly good to get your plate cleared! There is a powerful force of creative energy surging through you. In fact, your spiritual vibrations are at an all-time high. Use them for the betterment of love and life. EVENING – INTUITION (Major Card #2). Did you know that intuition is the language of the soul? Therefore, what you feel speaks to you loud and clear. Do not ask others for their input. You can stand on your own this time around. Looking within brings warmth and calm vibrations to make this Saturday night one of interesting communications.
If you're on a budget, know that relaxing at home can be just as soothing to your nature as a trip to some exotic location. Whatever you do, just make sure you stay in your financial lane so you won't have to worry about spending too much money. Namaste!
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Very well written and gives a general reading that applies to everyone.
I won't no when I hit the lotteries and go on a trip.
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Erin Carter of Fenton and Garrett VanGilder of Holly Named Metro Athletes of the Month
Erin Carter has been a stellar three sport athlete for Fenton in softball, volleyball and basketball. In volleyball, she was a two year starter and helped the Tigers to a Regional final appearance as a senior and a quarter-finalist as a junior. In basketball, Erin was named as an Outstanding Student Athlete, earned 2nd Team All District and helped Fenton to a Metro title as a senior. A four year member of the softball team, Erin was named captain as a junior and senior. In her junior season, she was the Tri-County Player of the Year, All-District, All Regional and HM All State. This scholar athlete maintains a 3.839 gpa and will continue her playing career at the University of Iowa where she has earned a softball scholarship and will major in psychology in pursuit of a degree in social work.
Garrett VanGilder of Holly is a rare 4 sport athlete lettering in football, tennis, baseball and wrestling. Garrett has earned 4 varsity letters in tennis helping the Bronchos to two Regional championships. He earned First Team All Metro honors in 3 seasons and once as 2nd Team All Metro. Garrett was the kicker for the football team as a junior and senior and also lettered his senior year in wrestling. In baseball, he has been a 4 year player and named Metro League Honorable Mention as a sophomore and junior. Also excelling in the classroom, Garrett has a 4.0 gpa and was named to the Academic All-State baseball team as a junior. The scholar athlete plans to continue his baseball and academic careers at a major university where he will major in electrical and computer engineering.
Erin Carter - Fenton
Garrett VanGilder - Holly

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It is one of the most evocative and moving pieces of music and as with every year, The Last Post will be played all over the world on Remembrance Day but its origins had nothing to do with mourning.
The Last Post was first published in the 1790s, just one of the two dozen or so bugle calls sounded daily in British Army camps.
"At that time soldiers didn't have wristwatches, so they had to be regulated in camp," says Colin Dean, archivist at the Museum of Army Music in Kneller Hall. "They had to have a trumpet call or a bugle call to tell them when to get up, when to have their meals, when to fetch the post, when to get on parade, when to go to bed and all other things throughout the day."
The soldier's day started with the call of Reveille, and came to a close with the First Post. This indicated that the duty officer was commencing his inspection of the sentry-posts on the perimeter of the camp. The inspection would take about 30 minutes, and at the end there would be sounded the Last Post, the name referring simply to the fact that the final sentry-post had been inspected. For decades this was the sole use of the call, a signal that the camp was now secure for the night, closed till morning.
It was not until the 1850s that another role began to emerge. It was an era when many military bandsmen, and most bandmasters, were civilians and were under no obligation to accompany their regiments on overseas postings. So when a soldier died in a foreign land, there was often no music available to accompany him on his final journey. And, necessity being the mother of invention, a new custom arose of charging the regimental bugler to sound the Last Post over the grave.
The symbolism was simple and highly effective. The Last Post now signalled the end not merely of the day but of this earthly life. And, as the practice developed – back home now as well as abroad – it was then followed by few moments of silent prayer and by the sounding of Reveille, the first call of the day, to signify the man's rebirth into eternal life.
A further dimension was added in the first years of the 20th Century. The end of the Boer War saw the rise of war memorials across the country, some 600 of them. This was a break with the past. The traditional British way of commemorating a victory was to erect a statue to the general or the commander. Aside from the families of those who didn't come back, no-one particularly cared about the ordinary men. These new monuments from conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu war listed the names of the dead, both officers and other ranks, the men the Duke of Wellington was said to have called "the scum of the earth".
There was a new mood of democracy abroad and the war memorials reflected this. And every time a memorial was unveiled, it was to the sound of the Last Post being played, now the symbol not only of death but of remembrance.
By the time that World War One broke out in 1914, the Last Post was already part of the national culture. During the war, it was played countless times at funerals in northern Europe and other theatres, and it was played at funerals, memorials and services back home. It was already becoming a familiar sound, but with mass enlistment and then conscription, the walls that had long existed between the civilian and the soldier broke down completely, and a piece of music that had once belonged exclusively to military culture was adopted by a wider society.
HG Wells said this was "a people's war", and the Last Post became the people's anthem and it remains so to this day. In the decades that followed WW1, it became almost a sacred anthem in an increasingly secular society. Once the music of empire, it has been played at independence ceremonies for former colonies and at the funerals of those who fought colonialism, from Mohandas Gandhi to Nelson Mandela. It has sounded for both friends and foes, a symbol of the democracy of death. During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, it was played not only for British soldiers, but also for paramilitaries.
Over the years, the piece has changed – not in the music but in the performance. Notes are held for longer, the pauses extended, the expression more mournful, so that it now lasts around 75 seconds, rather than the 45 seconds it used to take to mark the end of the day. And it has been infused by a mass of memories and memorials, so that what was once jaunty is now simply sorrowful.
Arthur Lane was a bugler in the British Army when he was captured by Japanese forces during the fall of Singapore in 1942. He spent the remainder of World War Two in PoW camps and working on the notorious Burma Railway.
But he also had a more melancholy duty. He still had his bugle with him and it was his task to sound the Last Post for each of his comrades who died during those years.
"I'd have to go and set the fires at the crematorium. The lads would build them during the day, put the bodies on, and then somebody had to be delegated to set fire to the funeral pyres, and see that they were properly burnt, so I had to do that."
He became known as "the musician to the dead". He kept with him, for the duration of his captivity, a roll of army-issue toilet-paper, on which he dutifully recorded the names and details of each of the men whose funeral he attended.
And at the end of the war, he counted up the names. He had sounded the Last Post for over 3,000 of his fallen comrades. For the rest of his long life, he was haunted by nightmares. And he never played the Last Post again.
As long time readers may be aware but newcomers may not be, there are about 20 posts on my blog relating to WW1 so if you're interested do search for them here.
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4 Responses to The Last Post
World war I did not start with the expectation of huge loss of life. In fact it was expected to be over shorly. But the gruelling and cruel war claimed so many young men's lives that only a repetition 20 years later could exceeed it.
Stephen Liddell says:
Yes, we can only hope that if the leaders who sent the world into war had known the final numbers, they would not have gone into this madness.
mydoublelifeinitaly says:
Beautiful, especially the video, so very moving. Thank you.
Ankur Mithal says:
The Last Post is also the fourth and final novel of a four-part set called The Parade's end written by Ford Madox Ford. It is set in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. The first three are set before of during the war. Perhaps the musical piece had some influence on the naming of his novel.
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Q: Does php have an equivalent to python's virtualenv or ruby's sandbox? I'm used to using python's virtualenv tool to create separate environments that can mimic deployment environments for projects I write.
Now, I'm going to be working on a php project and I'm wondering if there's any equivalent to that? Specifically I'm hoping to be able to run one virtualhost on apache with one (older) version of php, while everything else runs on the normal up to date version.
My development machine is running ubuntu 11.04, so solutions that work on that platform would be preferred.

A: Another alternative to virtual machines is docker.

A: As loading different versions of php within apache with mod_php seems not to be posible, the easiest way of mimicking deployment and development setups will be with a virtualmachine, which you stated you would like to avoid.
One way of making the burden of vm's for developers a bit easier is to use something like vagrant. With two files (the vagrant file, and the chef/puppet file) you can "version" your vm's, easily create them and destroy them for each project and when needed.

A: virtPHP is a tool for creating and managing multiple isolated PHP environments on a single machine. It's like Python's virtualenv, but for PHP. (README)
https://github.com/virtphp/virtphp

A: You might be interested in this: https://github.com/phpenv/phpenv

A: (Haven't coded php in years, so this might be outdated)
As far as I remember you just had to point to another directory where your libraries reside (include PATH), using something like:
include_path = .:/usr/local/lib/php:./include (this goes in php.ini, default libararies)

and in your php files:
ini_set("include_path", ".:../:./include:../include");

PHP never really had a robust packaging system and library repository like perl/python/ruby has, PEAR was trying to move in that direction but it is very closed in comparison and was hard to configure in multiproject environments.
Phark is trying to build a brew/bundler port for php, https://github.com/lox/phark, although it's not deployment ready.

A: As of now, there is no out of the box solution to this problem. The only solution which comes close is Vagrant and puPHPet.com as discussed here: https://drupal.org/node/2055947
Why can't we have an environment like python's virtualenv or ruby's rbenv? It makes up a nice open source project. Multiple instances of PHP can be handy if we want to test out some libraries in sandboxes rather than globally. We can install dependencies for different projects using a package manager like Composer.

A: Assuming that you are using mod_php, there is no way to load multiple different versions into the same Apache instance. You can run multiple different versions if you're running PHP as CGI or FastCGI, but this will itself introduce some differences in behavior from mod_php.

A: Cloudlinux with PHP Selector has this for ages. It is integrated with popular control panels like CPanel, DirectAdmin etc.
Each linux account can have its own version of php and select any extensions they sit fit.
https://www.cloudlinux.com/php-selector

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I like gleaming surfaces.: "How Dark is the Night?"
"How Dark is the Night?"
alone on a nubby white bed.
How dark is the night?
Golly - that almost reads like a novel, lg. Poignant and sad.
That was so well done and so tragic and so haunting, lg! And the photo is glorious!
So powerful and so moving. It really grabbed my heart.


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package me.eddiep.ubot;

import me.eddiep.ubot.module.ErrorNotifier;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.LogModule;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.SchedulerModule;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.UpdateModule;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.impl.defaults.DefaultErrorNotifier;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.impl.defaults.DefaultLogModule;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.impl.defaults.DefaultUpdateNotifier;
import me.eddiep.ubot.module.impl.defaults.GitUpdateModule;
import me.eddiep.ubot.utils.CancelToken;
import me.eddiep.ubot.utils.PRunnable;
import me.eddiep.ubot.utils.Schedule;
import me.eddiep.ubot.utils.UpdateType;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.CheckoutCommand;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.PullCommand;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.PullResult;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepositoryBuilder;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public final class UBot {
    private ErrorNotifier errorModule;
    private SchedulerModule schedulerModule;
    private LogModule loggerModule;
    private UpdateModule updateModule;

    private File gitRepoFolder;
    private Thread updateThread;
    private Repository gitRepo;
    private Git git;
    private Schedule currentTask;

    public UBot(File gitRepo) {
       init(gitRepo);
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    public UBot(File gitRepo, SchedulerModule schedulerModule) {
        this.schedulerModule = schedulerModule;
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    public UBot(File gitRepo, SchedulerModule schedulerModule, LogModule logModule) {
        this.schedulerModule = schedulerModule;
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        this.errorModule = errorModule;
        this.updateModule = updateModule;
        init(gitRepo);
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    private void init(File gitRepo) {
        if (!gitRepo.exists() || !gitRepo.isDirectory())
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The directory " + gitRepo.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist or is not a directory!");

        File test = new File(gitRepo, ".git");
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            loggerModule.log(".git folder found in repo folder. Using .git folder");
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        this.gitRepoFolder = gitRepo;
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        errorModule.init();
        loggerModule.init();
        schedulerModule.init();
        updateModule.init();

        try {
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                    .build();
            this.git = new Git(this.gitRepo);
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            errorModule.error(e);
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            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The cancel token cannot be null!");

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        startSync(token, 300000);
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        return startAsync(300000);
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        return token;
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        return errorModule;
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        this.errorModule.dispose();
        this.errorModule = errorModule;
        this.errorModule.init();
    }

    public SchedulerModule getSchedulerModule() {
        return schedulerModule;
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    public void setSchedulerModule(SchedulerModule schedulerModule) {
        this.schedulerModule.dispose();
        this.schedulerModule = schedulerModule;
        this.schedulerModule.init();
    }

    public LogModule getLoggerModule() {
        return loggerModule;
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    public void setLoggerModule(LogModule loggerModule) {
        this.loggerModule.dispose();
        this.loggerModule = loggerModule;
        this.loggerModule.init();
    }

    public UpdateModule getUpdateModule() {
        return updateModule;
    }

    public void setUpdateModule(UpdateModule updateModule) {
        this.updateModule.dispose();
        this.updateModule = updateModule;
        this.updateModule.init();
    }

    public void forceCheck() {
        updateThread.interrupt(); //This will wake-up the update thread which will cause a check
    }

    public void checkoutCommit(String hash) {
        CheckoutCommand cmd = git.checkout();
        try {
            cmd.setName(hash).call();
        } catch (GitAPIException e) {
            errorModule.error(e);
        }
    }

    private void setDefaultModules() {
        if (schedulerModule == null)
            schedulerModule = new DefaultUpdateNotifier();

        if (errorModule == null)
            errorModule = new DefaultErrorNotifier();

        if (loggerModule == null)
            loggerModule = new DefaultLogModule();

        if (updateModule == null)
            updateModule = new GitUpdateModule(this);
    }

    public boolean pull() {
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        try {
            PullResult result = pull.call();

            if (!result.isSuccessful()) {
                errorModule.error(new RuntimeException("Failed to pull from LIVE. Please check the state of the repo!"));
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        } catch (GitAPIException e) {
            errorModule.error(e);
            return false;
        }
    }

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        }

        schedulerModule.onPreCheck(this);
        UpdateType type = updateModule.checkForUpdates();
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            return;

        Schedule<UpdateType> task = schedulerModule.shouldBuild(type, this);
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            @Override
            public void run(UpdateType param) {
                build(param);
            }
        }, type);
        this.currentTask = task;

        if (task.isReady()) {
            task.execute();
        }
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    private void build(UpdateType type) {
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                loggerModule.log("Running build script..");
                Process p = new ProcessBuilder("sh", buildScript.getAbsolutePath()).directory(gitRepoFolder.getParentFile()).start();
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                    loggerModule.warning("Build script did not exit with proper exit value (got " + exitVal + ")");
                    return;
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                    loggerModule.log("Build complete");
                }
            } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
                errorModule.error(e);
            }
        }

        Schedule<UpdateType> shouldPatch = schedulerModule.shouldPatch(type, this);

        shouldPatch.attach(new PRunnable<UpdateType>() {
            @Override
            public void run(UpdateType param) {
                patch(param);
            }
        }, type);
        this.currentTask = shouldPatch;

        if (shouldPatch.isReady()) {
            shouldPatch.execute();
        }
    }

    private void patch(UpdateType type) {
        File patchScript = new File(gitRepoFolder.getParentFile(), "patch.sh");

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            loggerModule.log("Running patch script..");

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                    loggerModule.warning("Build script did not exit with proper exit value (got " + exitVal + ")");
                } else {
                    loggerModule.log("Patch complete");
                }

            } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
                errorModule.error(e);
            }
        }

        schedulerModule.patchComplete(type, this);
        this.currentTask = null;
    }

    public File getGitRepoFolder() {
        return gitRepoFolder;
    }
}


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Darien was making another annotation to his lengthy commentary on theTenjou Cycle when his Marshal reminded him that his anniversary would soon be upon him. This was the thousandth anniversary--a full millennium with Clarisse!--and he knew the celebration would have to be a special one.
He finished his annotation, saved the work, and then de-slotted the savant brain that contained the cross-referenced database that allowed him to do his work. In its place he slotted the brain labeled Clarisse/Passion, the brain that contained memories of his time with his wife. Not all memories, however: the contents had been carefully purged of any of the last thousand years' disagreements, arguments, disappointments, infidelities, and misconnections . . . The memories were only those of love, ardor, obsession, passion, and release, all the most intense and glorious moments of their thousand years together, all the times when Darien was drunk on Clarisse, intoxicated with her scent, her brilliance, her wit.
The other moments, the less-than-perfect ones, he had stored elsewhere, in one brain or another, but he rarely reviewed them. Darien saw no reason why his mind should contain anything that was less than perfect.


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CFR-Detroit 2018 Race #4 – Monaco Grand Prix
The fourth race of the CFR-Detroit 2018 racing season was held at Imperium Games in Wixom, Michigan, on Saturday, August 11, and Mike Cook, the pole-sitter, won handily over 11 other competitors. Second and third places went to Gary Sturgeon and Jim Robinson, respectively. Although the CFR-Detroit races have been held on Friday evenings, it was decided to move most of the races to Saturday afternoons because with the 15 racers who competed in last month's race, the race would not have been able to be completed before most gaming stores would have closed for the evening. We were fortunate that the previous race was at Pandemonium Games and Hobbies in Garden City, and that store stayed open until midnight (most other game stores close at 11:00 pm) and so we were able to complete the race at "Pando" before being evicted for the evening!
The Monte Carlo track we used to race on.
We used the old Monte Carlo track from one of the Avalon Hill Accessory Pack tracks, except we updated it with the "Nouvelle Chicane." This is the same track we raced at last year's Monaco Grand Prix.
After the drivers set up their car's specs, the drivers secretly bid for starting positions. Each wear chit counted as 1.0, and each skill chit counted as 0.5. Higher bids started in front of lower bids. Ties were resolved by rolling percentage dice, high rolls favored over low rolls.
Mike Cook (1 wear + 12 skill) bid 7.0, and so started in the pole position. Jim Robinson (2 wear + 8 skill) bid 6.0 and started 2nd on the grid. Gary Sturgeon (1 wear + 9 skill) and Richard White (5 wear + 1 skill) tied with bids of 5.5. Sturgeon won the percentage dice-off by '63' to '22,' so Sturgeon started 3rd and White 4th. Jack Beckman (1 wear + 8 skill) started 5th with a bid of 5.0. Garry Kaluzny (3 wear + 3 skill) started 6th with a bid of 4.5. Bill Worrel (3 wear + 2 skill) started 7th with a bid of 4.0. Brian Robinson (0 wear + 5 skill) started 8th with a bid of 2.5. Mike St. Peter (1 wear + 2 skill) and Greg Lim (0 wear + 4 skill) each bid 2.0, with St. Peter winning the resulting dice-off by '77' to '50' and so St. Peter was 9th and Lim 10th on the grid. Jim Landis (0 wear + 1 skill) started 11th with a bid of 0.5, and Aric Parr (0 wear + 0 skill) bid nothing and so started in 12th position.
The starting grid for the Monaco Grand Prix with their car specs:
# Driver (Car)                    Start/Accel/Decel/Top/Wear/Skill/Tires
11 Mike Cook (Camel Lotus)          100   40    40   140  5x   3x   hard
2 Jim Robinson (Williams)           60   40    40   140  5x   4x   soft
22 Gary Sturgeon (McLaren)          100   40    40   140  5x   3x   soft
1 Richard White (Brabham)           60   40    60   140  5x   3x   soft
12 Jack Beckman (Ferrari)            60   40    40   140  5x   4x   soft
8 Garry Kaluzny (Marlboro McLaren)  60   60    40   140  5x   3x   soft
4 Bill Worrel (Tyrrell)             60   40    40   140  5x   4x   hard
5 Brian Robinson (Walker Racing)    20   60    60   140  5x   3x   soft
44 Mike St. Peter (Mercedes)         60   40    40   140  5x   4x   soft
13 Greg Lim (GoDaddy)                60   60    40   140  5x   3x   hard
20 Jim Landis (Benetton)             20   60    60   160  5x   2x   hard
14 Aric Parr (Motul BRM)             20   60    60   140  5x   3x   hard
Start = Start Speed (in miles/hour); Accel = Acceleration (in mph); Decel = Deceleration (in mph); Top = Top Speed (in mph); Wear = # of Wear markers (per lap); Skill = # of Skill markers (per lap); Tires = hard or soft tires to begin the race.
Starting grid for the Monaco G.P. Mike Cook (yellow car) is on the pole (the inside of the track), while Jim Robinson (white/yellow/blue) is next to Cook on the front row. (Greg Lim photo)
As the green flag dropped, Mike Cook roared off with his 100 mph start speed, ending his move in the Ste. Devote corner. Cook started on hard tires, and did not want to risk increasing his start speed by rolling dice — and besides, ending up in the middle of Ste. Devote was a great place to end his first turn. Gary Sturgeon, the only other car with a 100 mph start speed, used a wear (since he was on soft tires) to increase his start speed to 120 mph. That allowed Sturgeon to pass Jim Robinson (who had used a wear to increase his start speed to 80 mph), leaving Sturgeon in 2nd place on the outside of Ste. Devote. Richard White used a wear to boost his starting speed to 80 mph. He eschewed the cornering arrow, instead taking the inside lane of the track. Jack Beckman, although on soft tires, elected to roll dice and try to boost his start speed "the hard way." Although Beckman used two -1 skill chits, he rolled a '12' and so moved off at only 40 mph, instead of the 80 mph he had hoped for. Both Garry Kaluzny and Bill Worrel passed Beckman at the start. Kaluzny only plotted 60 mph, figuring there wouldn't be any spaces to move into at 80 mph, while Worrel plotted 80 mph and so moved up next to Kaluzny. The rest of the field started somewhat cautiously.
Cook and Sturgeon roar into the lead over J. Robinson and White (note White is driving a different model of Brabham for this race). Then came Kaluzny, Worrel, Beckman, B. Robinson, St. Peter, Lim, Landis, and Parr. (Greg Lim photo)
Mike St. Peter completed a forced-pass through Brian Robinson & Beckman at Ste. Devote, vaulting St. Peter into 7th (after St. Peter started 9th).
Cook continued to lead during the 1st lap, and Sturgeon mostly stayed in 2nd. Jim Robinson briefly challenged Sturgeon for 2nd at Mirabeau Haute, but then Sturgeon ducked to the inside at the Hairpin and re-took the position, only to have Robinson re-take 2nd at Mirabeau Bas after the Hairpin. Then Sturgeon got back into 2nd going through the Nouvelle Chicane. Richard White made a -3 chance roll at Portier, having also spent a wear at Portier and 2 wear on the previous corner (Mirabeau Bas).
Cook leads by 5 spaces at Tabac on the 1st lap. The other cars in order: Sturgeon; J. Robinson; Kaluzny; White; Worrel; St. Peter; Lim; Landis; Beckman; Parr; and B. Robinson.
After passing through La Rascasse, Cook was the first car to pull into the pits. Although his car had started on hard tires, Cook had burned through all of his wear and so stopped for fresh tires. A move later, Sturgeon joined Cook in the pits. Lim attempted a forced pass of Worrel at La Rascasse, but failed and spun short of the corner. Lim was able to recover nicely, though, as with his 60 mph start speed and acceleration, he continued on at 60 mph through Rascasse, and pulled even with Richard White on the far side of that corner.
Cook and Sturgeon in the pits; Lim spins at La Rascasse.
Just as Cook was leaving the pits and re-entering the track, Jim Robinson and Kaluzny pulled into the pits. By the time Sturgeon got back on the track, Cook had a 7-space lead.
Frantic action in the pits as Cook leads Sturgeon by 7 spaces. In the pits are B. Robinson, Worrel, Lim, White, Beckman, and St. Peter. Jim Robinson and Kaluzny have just been placed back on the track, just to the outside of Parr, who did not pit. Just in front of those three cars is the Benetton of Landis, who also did not pit.
The official order at the end of the 1st lap: Cook (0); Sturgeon (+1); Landis (+8); Kaluzny (+2); Parr (+7); J. Robinson (-4); Worrel (0); Lim (+2); Beckman (-4); St. Peter (-1); White (-7); and B. Robinson (-4). The numbers in parentheses indicate how many places a driver either gained (+) or lost (-) from their starting position.
Mike Cook indicates "thumbs up" to show he has his next move plotted. It could also mean that everything is going great as he still leads by 6 spaces through Mirabeau Haute.
During the 2nd lap, Cook cruised with a huge lead. As Cook went into the Nouvelle Chicane for the 2nd time, his lead over Sturgeon was 9 spaces. Sturgeon then led by 6 spaces over Jim Robinson. The rest of the pack were all fighting tooth and nail (or would that be wing and wheel-rim?) through every corner.
Cook leads by a huge margin into the Nouvelle Chicane.
Among the pursuing cars, J. Robinson and Kaluzny were having a fierce battle for 3rd place. Parr and Landis were right behind, battling for 5th place. Beckman, Worrel, and White were duking it out over 8th place.
Then, when the leader Cook pulled into the pits for the 2nd time, Parr crashed his gray Motul BRM at the first of the "swimming pool" corners, now known as the "Louis Chiron" corner.
Aric Parr crashed at Louis Chiron, by the swimming pool. The race leader, Mike Cook, is already in the pits, and 2nd-place Sturgeon is approaching La Rascasse. The rest of the order on the track is J. Robinson, Kaluzny, Landis, Lim, Worrel, Beckman, White, B. Robinson, and St. Peter.
Cars making pit stops at the end of the 2nd lap were Cook, Sturgeon, J. Robinson, Kaluzny, Lim, Landis, Worrel, and Beckman. All of those drivers were making their 2nd pit stop of the race except for Landis, who was making his 1st stop. All of the pitting drivers came returned to the track shod with soft tires. Not stopping were White, B. Robinson, and St. Peter. The non-pitting trio were all on hard tires, and so each regained two wear chits.
The official order after two laps: Cook (0); Sturgeon (+1); White (+1); J. Robinson (-2); B. Robinson (+3); Kaluzny (0); Lim (+3); Landis (+3); St. Peter (0); Worrel (-3); and Beckman (-6). Parr (0) did not complete the lap, and was classified 12th with a DNF.
At last, the final lap! Cook was just about coasting to an easy win, and Sturgeon was a fairly safe 2nd place. Through Ste. Devote and up the hill to the Massenet corner, White and J. Robinson were dueling for 3rd place. Brian Robinson, Kaluzny, Lim, and Landis were in a tight knot of cars fighting for 5th place. St. Peter and Worrel were battling for 9th place, and Beckman had fallen to last, 5 spaces behind the nearest cars. But, by the Mirabeau Haute corner, Worrel, St. Peter, and Beckman had all closed the gap to the four cars in front of them.
Going up the hill to Massenet, and cars are all strung out. Cook's yellow car leads at the far right of the picture, and Beckman's car is at the back of the pack at the far left.
The pack has closed up. Sturgeon, in 2nd, is at the right, followed by J. Robinson and White. Then 5th through 11th places (Kaluzny, Lim, B. Robinson, Worrel, Landis, Beckman, and St. Peter) are all bunched up in front of the Hairpin.
Then as the pack slithered through the Hairpin, Mirabeau Bas, and Portier, Kaluzny got just a little in front of his competitors. This was turning into the most exciting part of the Monaco Grand Prix, as a number of cars were battling for a few points-paying positions. Beckman, in an attempt to slow for the Hairpin, rolled a '10' on an unmodified deceleration roll, and that reduced his deceleration spec to 20 mph until the end of the race. Then, coming out of Portier shortly afterwards, Beckman failed an unmodified overacceleration roll, and that reduced his car's acceleration to only 20 mph.
The race is heating up near the Nouvelle Chicane!
As expected, Mike Cook (o) won as easily as a race can be won while playing Championship Formula Racing, winning by 10 spaces over Gary Sturgeon (+1) in 2nd place. Those two finished one-two in 2017, in similar fashion. The battle, now, was for 3rd. J. Robinson had managed to get ahead of White at the Nouvelle Chicane, and Robinson was now trying to stay ahead of a hard-charging Kaluzny, as Kaluzny had finally been able to pass White in the swimming pool corners.
Cook wins easily (yellow car at upper right of picture). Sturgeon (car at upper left) is approaching the checkered flag). The battle for 3rd continues as J. Robinson holds 3rd at Rascasse from Kaluzny, White, Lim, Worrel, B. Robinson, Landis, St. Peter, and Beckman.
Jim Robinson now saw his way clear for 3rd place coming out of La Rascasse, as he held a 2-space lead over Kaluzny, and only the Anthony Noghes corner remained before the finish line. Kaluzny was feeling assured of finishing no lower than 4th, as Richard White had just crashed in La Rascasse, and Greg Lim was stuck in that corner with the rest of the pack behind.
Richard White crashes at La Rascasse while Jim Robinson and Garry Kaluzny head towards 3rd and 4th place.
As it was, Garry Kaluzny managed to pull alongside Jim Robinson as they crossed the finish line, but Robinson (-1) managed to hang on to 3rd place over Kaluzny (+2). It was a sort of reverse of the finish at Monza, where Kaluzny had just stayed ahead of Robinson, except that at Monza the duo were battling for 1st place. Greg Lim (+5) then took an uncontested 5th place. And then finally Bill Worrel (+1) was able to hold off Brian Robinson for 6th place and the final point. Brian Robinson (+1) finished 7th. Eighth through 10th places went to: 8th-Jim Landis (+3); 9th-Mike St. Peter (0); 10th-Jack Beckman (-5). Beckman nursed his car home about 10 spaces behind the 9th place car of St. Peter, but Beckman was determined to bring his car home at Monaco in 2018 after crashing his car on the final corner of the same track in 2017. Classified 11th was Richard White (-7) with a DNF due to a crash, and Aric Parr was classified 12th, for the same reason.
Points awarded at the Monaco Grand Prix: Cook 10; Sturgeon 6; Jim Robinson 4; Kaluzny 3; Lim 2; and Worrel 1.
The points standings of the 2018 CFR-Detroit season after four of eight races:
Place Driver (Car)                    Points
1   Richard White (Brabham)           23
2   Mike Cook (Camel Lotus)           17
3   Jim Robinson (Williams)           16
4   Garry Kaluzny (Marlboro McLaren)  13
5T  Gary Sturgeon (McLaren)           10
5T  Bill Worrel (Tyrrell)             10
7T  Jack Beckman (Ferrari)             4
7T  Brian Robinson (Walker Racing)     4
9T  Aric Parr (Motul BRM)              2
9T  Joel Lauder (HSBC Jaguar)          2
9T  Greg Lim (GoDaddy)                 2
12   Mike St. Peter (Mercedes)          1
13T  Jim Landis (Benetton)              0
13T  Mark Moellering (McLaren)          0
13T  Gary Kempen (Williams)             0
13T  Chuck Modzinski (Arrows)           0
13T  Jim Lauder (Shadow)                0
The next race of the 2018 CFR-Detroit racing campaign is the Detroit Grand Prix, raced on the Belle Isle track this year. It will be at RIW Hobbies & Games in Livonia, Michigan, on September 15.
Tags:Accessory Pack tracks, Anthony Noghes, Aric Parr, Avalon Hill, Benetton, Bill Worrel, Brabham, Brian Robinson, Camel Lotus, CFR, CFR-Detroit, Detroit Grand Prix, Ferrari, Garden City, Garry Kaluzny, Gary Sturgeon, GoDaddy, Greg Lim, Hairpin, Imperium Games, Jack Beckman, Jim Landis, Jim Robinson, La Rascasse, Livonia, Louis Chiron, Marlboro McLaren, Massenet, McLaren, Mercedes, Michigan, Mike Cook, Mike St. Peter, Mirabeau Bas, Mirabeau Haute, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Monza, Motul BRM, Nouvelle Chicane, Pandemonium Games & Hobbies, Pando, Portier, Richard White, RIW Hobbies & Games, Ste. Devote, swimming pool, Tabac, Tyrrell, Walker Racing, Williams, Wixom
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Making a 1:64 Scale Track — Part 2 — Marking the Track on the Sheet
In this blog post, we'll tape our sheet to the table, then lay out the track sections again. Read Part 1 of Making a 1:64 Scale Track to see how we arrived here. Note that you can make a similar track for other scales of cars. If you use something like 1:43 scale, you would have to adjust the size of the spaces (and a full track probably wouldn't fit on a sheet). You could of course make large tracks on foam-core board, or other material. Part of the reason we went with 1:64 scale cars originally is that in the 1980s, when we starting making the large tracks, Hot Wheels cars were the easiest cars to find. We also found that most of Avalon Hill's Accessory Pack tracks would fit on a sheet at 1:64 scale.
So, I finished washing and drying my twin bed flat sheet, then stretched it out on my ping-pong table, and then taped it so it would stay fairly tight so it would avoid wrinkling while I marked it up. I laid out the former track sections on the sheet, but the outline just didn't look quite right to me. In particular, some of the corners on the real track were sharp, 90-degree turns, while the templates I used for 90-degree turns were more gradual and rounded. So, I then printed out the actual track file using the Acorn program (from Flying Meat Software), then taped some sections together, then laid them on the table on top of the former outline. That original track plan is with the red stripe down its middle.
The new track outline is on top of the old track outline.
It was very apparent that the new outline seemed much smaller than the former outline.
The new track outline is smaller than the old track outline.
The former outline that I used was based on templates, where all of the straight pieces had spaces that were 3″ long by 1.75″ wide, and the template corner spaces had been printed so my 1:64 cars would fit on them without encroaching on the spaces of other cars. When I printed the actual track outline (with the red stripe), I printed it at 775% of my original file's size. That made most of the straight spaces 3″ long, but it also meant that the corner spaces were too small. If you had more than one car in a corner area, the cars would interfere with each other. Since you can only paint the track once, it is better to resolve any issues in this, the planning stage! Naturally, I had to cut out these new track sections and tape some of them together with clear cellophane tape. Note that I cut close to the track outline as eventually I will trace around the track outline with a pencil. If I just placed the printed pages on the sheet, I would have to cut them later before I could trace the edges, and that would then put pieces out of alignment.
Now, of course, the table top was too cluttered, so I picked up all of the template sections and left just the new track outline pieces on the table.
Track outline sections.
I then measured from the different edges of the track, and tried to center the sections as much as possible. This is not only for aesthetics, but for practicality, as when playing Championship Formula Racing, each driver needs to lay out their cards without laying them on the track. While you should try to leave an open "border" around all edges of the track, that won't be possible with some tracks.
Measuring from the edges to center the track on the sheet.
I then centered the pieces, and placed them together to see how it looked.
The centered track.
Now comes the task of checking how the 1:64 scale cars fit. Get out your scale cars and see how they fit on actual parts of the track outline.
Cars fit on the straight sections.
It looks like the straight sections are long enough for my Greenlight IndyCars to fit. I also tested the sections with my old Hot Wheels open-wheel race cars that are the same length as the newer Greenlight cars. Note that the printed track is narrower than I will paint the finished track. The proportion of the rectangles for a poster-board size track is different than I want for my large track. When I design a poster-board size track, I make the straight spaces 1″ long by 0.5″ wide. That usually works well with small race cars. However, for the large track, I make spaces that are 3″ long by 1.75″ wide. That means that when I trace around the edge of the finished track layout, I will have to do a little more marking.
Now, to check the fit in a corner. Oh-oh! The corner spaces are too small!
Cars don't fit in the corners.
While the #3 car in the picture above fits on the inside space, the two cars on the outside of the corner (which is two spaces long) don't fit into their spaces. This means I will have to allow for more space. In years past, I would just move the straight track sections a little and "fudge" or estimate the new corner area. I would put a clean piece of paper under the corner area, and pencil in where the lines should go. But this time, I decided to go back and reprint the corner sections. I printed the corners at 900% (instead of 775%) of original this time, and they printed just about right.
But before I reprinted the corners, I substituted the template pieces.
Cars on template sections.
Using the template sections, I can see that the cars will fit. Of course, by allowing for a longer corner section in this area of the track (this is turns 1 and 2, just past the start-finish line), it will affect the alignment of other parts of the track.
Another part of the track where the cars don't fit.
I also found a part of the track that was in a "U" shape also didn't fit the cars well, not for the curvy-"straight" sections nor in the actual numbered corner spaces. So I had to re-print that entire section. And even after I printed that section at 900%, some of the spaces were still too short. So, I spliced in a couple of pieces of paper to "expand" that section slightly, and also used a permanent marker to mark new lines between the spaces.
Splices added and spaces re-marked in the "U" section.
After checking all of the sections so that the cars would fit the spaces (particularly in the corners), and rechecking the track alignment (also re-centering the track sections on the sheet), it is time to tape down the track sections so they don't move when you mark off the outline of the track. I just use small pieces of masking tape to tack down the track sections. I'll usually just use four small pieces of tape per track section to ensure that section doesn't move when I mark its outline on the sheet.
Taping the sections of the track.
Note that the above track sections were printed at two different scales, which is why they don't line up along their outside edge. Since I am using the inside border of the track as a reference, that is not critical.
Now is the time to mark the outline of the track. Use a pencil for the "first pass" as if you make any mistakes, you can easily correct them! At first, I only marked off the inside edge of the track sections, as that was my "reference" point. Some of the printed track sections that I used for laying out the track were not wide enough, so I had to make sure that I marked the track as wide as it needs to be for each section. Remember that I am making each space 1.75″ wide, so if the track is "2-wide" (meaning the track is two spaces wide) in an area, then the total track width is 3.5″. (Sorry, I didn't warn you there would be math involved in painting a large-scale track!) If a track section is "3-wide" (three lanes side by side), then the total track width is 5.25″ in that area. I use the straight edge to check the width of a section before marking the outside lines of the track.
Using a ruler to check the track width.
In the above picture, I am making pencil "tick" marks where the 5.25″ outer edge of the track will be for this 3-wide section. I had to do this because of the varying scale of my template pieces. Even if you have perfectly sized templates, you should check the width of your track before masking and painting it. After making tick marks in an area, I used a pencil to "connect the dots (ticks)." When I was satisfied with the pencil inside and outside borders, then I went over the pencil marks with a permanent marker.
Outlining the track with a permanent marker.
When the outlining was completed, I removed the paper templates. I removed the small pieces of tape from the templates, then stacked them carefully out of the way, in order, as I will need them again to aid in actually painting the lines for the spaces on the track (see Part 3 of this series).
The completed permanent marker outline of the track.
Note that there is a pit lane to the left. Although Championship Formula Racing doesn't use a formal "pit lane," we are thinking of using our older Speed Circuit era pit stop rules, and we would need to drive down pit lane. I felt it would be easier to add the pit lane at this time, rather than to try to add it at a later time, when I would have to re-mask the track and paint part of it again. Towards the right side of the picture I also made an adjustment so a 3-wide straightaway section could blend into a 2-wide corner.
The track outline has been masked with tape.
Next, we will need to cover all parts of the sheet with newspapers (or whatever you have on hand) and then tape it down to the inside and outside track outline, and then we'll start painting. That process will be continued in Part 3 – Painting the track.
Tags:1:64 scale, Accessory Pack tracks, Avalon Hill, Championship Formula Racing, Greenlight, Hot Wheels, IndyCars, Speed Circuit
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C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Clarence's Cajun/Zydeco Music Guide
Feufollet
KRVS Radio Acadie
Lafayette Rhythm Devils
Loco Zydeco
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas
Swamperella
Michigan Cajun/Zydeco Bands
Creole du Nord
K. Jones & the Benzie Playboys
Maison Bleue
Monsieur Guillaume & His Zydeco Hepcats
Zydecrunch
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