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The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority takes Eltel to Market Court
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (the "FCCA") claims that Eltel has violated competition rules in the power transmission line building business in Finland and has today made a proposal of fines to the Market Court. The FCCA accuses Eltel of prohibited co-operation with Empower Oy and proposes fines of EUR 35 million to be imposed on Eltel.
In the FCCA's view the companies have agreed on the prices, margins and division of projects in the power transmission line building business in Finland.
The FCCA initiated the investigation on the matter in February 2013 by conducting an inspection at Eltel. Eltel has cooperated and assisted the FCCA in its investigation.
The Market Court is not bound by the FCCA's proposal, it may alter the amount of the fines or dismiss the FCCA's proposal in its entirety.
Eltel considers that it has not violated competition rules.
– Our own investigations do not show any violations of competition rules. We take the accusation very seriously and have conducted our own in-depth investigations in the matter. We do not agree with the conclusions made by the FCCA and consider that Eltel has acted in compliance with the laws and regulations, says Hannu Tynkkynen, head of Group communications at Eltel.
– We operate in several countries. For us it is of utmost importance that we operate in conformity with national regulations and with high ethical standards. For these reasons we have set detailed rules about corporate governance, competition policy and ethical behavior. All the internal rules are updated from time to time to correspond with the latest changes in regulations. The company is committed to conduct in accordance with all the legal rules, set by relevant authorities, and strictly condemns any misbehaviour in this respect. All the policies and rules are informed regularly to all employees.
Hannu Tynkkynen,
Senior Vice President Eltel Group Corporation,


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Canaries in December : Travel budget & tourist seasons.
Budget your trip depending on your departure time.
Beyond the tourist season (low, medium or high season) of the destination country, prices of your flight, hotel or all-inclusive stays may also vary depending on the demand in your country (our rates are evaluated from western Europe).
Thus, from western Europe, a stay will often be more expensive for a start during the school holidays.
In December, here's what you can expect on average:
• All-inclusive stays: 665 € / week
• Round-trip flight: 150 €
• Tourist season: low
Climate in December, picked destinations
In December, weather conditions in Canaries make it a good trip destination. Among our chosen destinations (see below), the average temperatures you'll face in December would be between 17.6°C and 21.5°C, with exceptional possible peaks as low as 7°C and high as 30°C as observed in previous years.
Depending on your exact destination, you can face more or less rain, the average amount of rain observed during December in Canaries is 54 mm and you can have between 5 and 7 rainy days. If you want to avoid rain, your preferred destination could be Fuerteventura.
Note that the gap in temperature between the different areas in the country is low and the number of rainy days should be the same across the country. The country is rather climatically homogeneous in this season.
Based on weather conditions, our advice for one of the best destinations in Canaries during December is Fuerteventura.
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max (°C) Record T
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El Hierro 6 20 22 15 26 70 6
Fuerteventura 6 18 22 12 27 40 5
Gran Canaria 6 18 23 14 28 40 5
La Gomera 6 19 21 14 25 75 6
La Palma 6 19 22 14 28 70 5
Lanzarote 6 17 22 12 25 40 5
Las Palmas (Canaries) 6 17 23 8 30 40 5
Tenerife 6 13 17 7 24 60 7
Canaries: Climate & Weather
The climate of the Canaries is very mild from one end of the year to the other, with temperatures of 18 ° C on average in winter and 24 ° C during summer. It is obviously warmer on the beaches than in the mountains, and the southern islands generally offer a subtropical climate.
On the whole, rainfall is rather rare, but there is more precipitation on the northern faces of the mountainous islands. In summer, the sirocco can blow intense and cover everything with dust, especially in the eastern islands.
You can therefore visit the Canary Islands all year round, avoiding December and February if you want to avoid crowds and high prices, but also full summer, for the same reasons.
The most splendid periods are spring and autumn.
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Motivation is the only vitamin you constantly need while running a start-up because there are a lot ups and downs in the journey and to be successful you need to keep the spirits high at all times.
In this post, I am sharing 20 brilliantly designed posters featuring motivational quotes, tips for businesses and startups. Check them out.
1. Experiment. Fail. Learn. Repeat.
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6. Less meetings. More doing.
10. Are you productive or just being busy?
16. We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things.
19. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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Q: "EXC_BAD_ACCESS" vs "Segmentation fault". Are both same practically? In my first few dummy apps(for practice while learning) I have come across a lot of EXC_BAD_ACCESS, that somehow taught me Bad-Access is : You are touching/Accessing a object that you shouldn't because either it is not allocated yet or deallocated or simply you are not authorized to access it.
Look at this sample code that has bad-access issue because I am trying to modify a const :
-(void)myStartMethod{
    NSString *str = @"testing";
    const char *charStr = [str UTF8String];
    charStr[4] = '\0'; // bad access on this line.
    NSLog(@"%s",charStr);
}

While Segmentation fault says : Segmentation fault is a specific kind of error caused by accessing memory that "does not belong to you." It's a helper mechanism that keeps you from corrupting the memory and introducing hard-to-debug memory bugs. Whenever you get a segfault you know you are doing something wrong with memory (more description here.
I wanna know two things.
One, Am I right about objective-C's EXC_BAD_ACCESS ? Do I get it right ?
Second, Are EXC_BAD_ACCESS and Segmentation fault same things and Apple has just improvised its name?

A: Basically yes, indeed an EXC_BAD_ACCESS is usually paired with a SIGSEGV which is a signal that warns about the segmentation failure.
A segmentation failure is risen whenever you are working with a pointer that points to invalid data (maybe not belonging to the process, maybe read-only, maybe an invalid address in general).
Don't think about the segmentation fault in terms of "accessing an object", you are accessing a memory location, so an address. That address must be considered coherent by the OS memory protection system.
Not all errors which are related to accessing invalid data can be tracked by the memory manager, think about a pointer to a stack allocated variable, which is considered valid although its content is not valid anymore upon restoring the stack frame.

A: No, EXC_BAD_ACCESS is not the same as SIGSEGV.
EXC_BAD_ACCESS is a Mach exception (A combination of Mach and xnu compose the Mac OS X kernel), while SIGSEGV is a POSIX signal. When crashes occur with cause given as EXC_BAD_ACCESS, often the signal is reported in parentheses immediately after: For instance, EXC_BAD_ACCESS(SIGSEGV). However, there is one other POSIX signal that can be seen in conjunction with EXC_BAD_ACCESS: It is SIGBUS, reported as EXC_BAD_ACCESS(SIGBUS).
SIGSEGV is most often seen when reading from/writing to an address that is not at all mapped in the memory map, like the NULL pointer, or attempting to write to a read-only memory location (as in your example above). SIGBUS on the other hand can be seen even for addresses the process has legitimate access to. For instance, SIGBUS can smite a process that dares to load/store from/to an unaligned memory address with instructions that assume an aligned address, or a process that attempts to write to a page for which it has not the privilege level to do so.
Thus EXC_BAD_ACCESS can best be understood as the set of both SIGSEGV and SIGBUS, and refers to all ways of incorrectly accessing memory (whether because said memory does not exist, or does exist but is misaligned, privileged or whatnot), hence its name: exception – bad access.
To feast your eyes, here is the code, within the xnu-1504.15.3 (Mac OS X 10.6.8 build 10K459) kernel source code, file bsd/uxkern/ux_exception.c beginning at line 429, that translates EXC_BAD_ACCESS to either SIGSEGV or SIGBUS.
/*
 *  ux_exception translates a mach exception, code and subcode to
 *  a signal and u.u_code.  Calls machine_exception (machine dependent)
 *  to attempt translation first.
 */

static
void ux_exception(
        int         exception,
        mach_exception_code_t   code,
        mach_exception_subcode_t subcode,
        int         *ux_signal,
        mach_exception_code_t   *ux_code)
{
    /*
     *  Try machine-dependent translation first.
     */
    if (machine_exception(exception, code, subcode, ux_signal, ux_code))
    return;

    switch(exception) {

    case EXC_BAD_ACCESS:
        if (code == KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS)
            *ux_signal = SIGSEGV;
        else
            *ux_signal = SIGBUS;
        break;

    case EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION:
        *ux_signal = SIGILL;
        break;
    ...

Edit in relation to another of your questions
Please note that exception here does not refer to an exception at the level of the language, of the type one may catch with syntactical sugar like try{} catch{} blocks. Exception here refers to the actions of a CPU on encountering certain types of mistakes in your program (they may or may not be be fatal), like a null-pointer dereference, that require outside intervention.
When this happens, the CPU is said to raise what is commonly called either an exception or an interrupt. This means that the CPU saves what it was doing (the context) and deals with the exceptional situation.
To deal with such an exceptional situation, the CPU does not start executing any "exception-handling" code (catch-blocks or suchlike) in your application. It first gives the OS control, by starting to execute a kernel-provided piece of code called an interrupt service routine. This is a piece of code that figures out what happened to which process, and what to do about it. The OS thus has an opportunity to judge the situation, and take the action it wants.
The action it does for an invalid memory access (such as a null pointer dereference) is to signal the guilty process with EXC_BAD_ACCESS(SIGSEGV). The action it does for a misaligned memory access is to signal the guilty process with EXC_BAD_ACCESS(SIGBUS). There are many other exceptional situations and corresponding actions, not all of which involve signals.
We're now back in the context of your program. If your program receives the SIGSEGV or SIGBUS signals, it will invoke the signal handler that was installed for that signal, or the default one if none was. It is rare for people to install custom handlers for SIGSEGV and SIGBUS and the default handlers shut down your program, so what you usually get is your program being shut down.
This sort of exceptions is therefore completely unlike the sort one throws in try{}-blocks and catch{}es. Those exceptions are handled purely within the application, without involving the OS at all. Here what happens is that a throw statement is simply a glorified jump to the inner-most catch block that handles that exception. As the exception bubbles through the stack, it unwinds the stack behind it, running destructors and suchlike as needed.

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Decoration Text Keyboard is a tool to customize your keyboard in a simple way. With its endless themes, you can give your keyboard a different look every day for weeks. Enjoy a fresh look for your keyboard in a thousand ways with this tool.
As with other apps like this, you should set the language you're typing in to get better predictive text options. Plus it includes support for languages with special characters, and even lets you activate or deactivate a writing pattern feature that lets you type by drawing letters.
Alongside all the aforementioned features, Decoration Text Keyboard includes an emoji keyboard to type emoticons of all kinds and make your conversations way more fun. From the settings menu you can change the keyboard background, picking from more than a dozen options, or adjust the size of the buttons or placement of the keyboard.


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Q: UITableview resize animated I want to resize a TableView animated.
I have the following structure
TabBarController
--> NavController
---> ViewController
----> TableViewController

I tried out this snippet in my ViewController, but unfortunately it removes the NavController and shows the last view of the NavController. The resize it self doesn't work.
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
tableView.frame = CGRectMake(320, 254, 0, 309);
[UIView commitAnimations];

I'm thankfull for every hint.
cheers endo
EDIT / SOLVED: I had the animation for testing purposes in the didReceiveMemoryWarning of my view. shame on me, because it works now ^^

A: I had the animation for testing purposes in the didReceiveMemoryWarning of my view. shame on me, because it works now ^^


This is a beginner plyometric exercise that builds explosive speed and power in the legs and core.
Start in front of the bench with your feet shoulder width apart, your knees bent and your back straight.
Jump with both feet at the same time and land with your feet shoulder width apart on the bench.
Jump off of the bench back to the starting position and repeat.


Diatonis - "The Endless Knot" / "Invisible Order AI.CX."
Diatonis is the moniker used by California based musician Stuart White. I see 7 releases to date on the Diatonis web site, and reading about them it seems that White is primarily an ambient space musician, although The Endless Knot CD includes a variety of ethnic percussion instruments, gongs, Tibetan and Pan flutes, and bass.
The press letter that accompanied these CDs note that some have said The Endless Knot sounds like King Crimson without the guitars. I can easily hear where people might say this in reference to the tracks "Klab Cros Templi" and "The Endless Knot", although this is too simplistic a description. "Klab Cros Templi" includes a deep thudding bass that sounds like it's right out of the earliest Bill Laswell Material days, combined with a cacophony of bells and other block-like percussion. Spacey keys provide the drifting melodic atmospherics. Structurally I can see why some think of King Crimson, but I'm even more reminded of the Finnish band Circle that we've so often written about in Aural Innovations. And I dig the howling drones and pounding repetitive grooves around which White subtly develops the music. The title track is where the King Crimson references are strongest. Low drones and flute set a dark ambient tone, but then the song launches into something that sounds remarkably like "Thrak", albeit White's unique take on the Crimson sound. More of that heavy pounding Laswell bass and varied percussion are led by ethnic flutes, spacey ambient waves, and numerous other sounds. An intriguing mixture of King Crimson and Circle with ethnic world influences.
"Offering" opens with slowly pounding percussion, the scene it creates feeling somewhat tribal, but also dark and foreboding. Waves of murmuring and wailing atmospherics state the main themes, the entire piece functioning as a subtle but interesting blend of ambient and percussion music. "Unlock The World" is an intense percussion symphony, again incorporating ambient elements to give the music a dark atmospheric feel. There are also similarities to "Klab Cros Templi", mostly the repetitive percussion patterns that evolve slowly, and there are also horn sounds near the end that give the music a droney melodic feel.
"Meditation", "Eight Thousand Verses", and "Turning Tide" are the more purely ambient tracks on the CD. "Meditation" is just what the title says. Ten minutes of bells and whispy, but heavenly ambient waves that serve as the listeners mantra. For "Eight Thousand Verses", tribal percussion, gongs, drones, and chanting voices are all part of a larger, slowly evolving ambient journey. Like a more percussion-heavy version of "Meditation". Here too we have droning mantras we can focus on, the chants and flute waves providing higher levels of consciousness for this spiritually cosmic trip.
Whereas the Diatonis web site specifies that The Endless Knot was recorded in real-time using no loops, Invisible Order AI.CX is the complete opposite, consisting of purely ambient electronic music and claiming it's main technique being the loops system used by Brian Eno. It's a fine set of space ambient tracks, with repetitive loop patterns of varying colors and textures. The mechanical, quirkiness produced by the loops is often combined with more linear designs, making for an interesting effect that was continually knocking my focus out of whack.
"At Sea" and "Perfection" include some spoken word with a bit of a Shakespearean sound. Like the Eno music this was influenced by, the building and merging of the loops sees the pieces take on a life of their own, the listener swept along as the music slowly evolves. The one real stand-out track on the CD is "Night Full Of Stars", probably the most complex, multi-textured piece of music on the album. There's an Eno meets Phillip Glass feel on the track in which ambient and minimalism seem to cross paths. As the 10 minute track evolves, the music takes on a deeper droning, but symphonic quality as the repetitive patterns continue, but slowly sink into the background. An exquisite piece that is far and away the best ambient track on either of these CDs.
In summary, I enjoyed Diatonis' ambient music, though it was the fuller and more varied tracks on The Endless Knot that really turned me on. I can see a variety of audiences being interested in that one, from prog rockers to ambient fans into world music. I should also note that the Mp3.com DAM version of Invisible Order I reviewed seems to be different from the version described on the Diatonis web site. The version I reviewed has 5 tracks, only 3 of which appear on the 7 track version (apparently "full" version) described on the Diatonis web site.
For more information you can visit the Diatonis web site at: http://www.diatonis.com/.
There are TONS of sounds files to be heard at the Diatonis Mp3.com web site at: http://www.mp3.com/diatonis.


Would the CQC Listen to Me?
Following on from my recent post regarding the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman, I had an unexplained "compulsion" (!) to double-check the CQC rating of my mother's care home. Going on to their website, I was surprised to find that they had conducted a new inspection at the beginning of the year which was published at the end of February.
Having read the report thoroughly, it only seems to touch very briefly (three sentences!) on my issue with this care-provider, to the extent where I wonder if they have actually been given the full story. My husband phoned the CQC just before Christmas and they took a note of our concerns, but said that they were unable to do anything immediately but that we would be contacted prior to the next inspection so that they could go in with the full facts. We were not contacted (hence my surprise at the newly-published report).
I now feel that I should contact the CQC, but wonder if they will be "interested"? Has anyone contacted them in these sort of circumstances? If so, I would be very interested to hear what sort of response you got.
Re: Would the CQC Listen to Me?
I have contacted them a number of times, about son and mum. Usually they pass my concerns to the local inspector who then rings me herself.
I think they would be willing to listen to you.
Just thought I would let you know that I did, in fact, phone the CQC last week and had several quite long conversations with their call handler and subsequently an inspector.
I still don't believe that the recent inspection covered satisfactorily the issue I had raised, but the CQC were very open in telling me that I could make a complaint to them if I was still dissatisfied.
With regard to my ongoing issues with the care-provider, the inspector said that if I wished to take it further I should approach the Local Government Ombudsman.
All in all, quite impressed with the service I got (having half-expected the usual "fob off"!).
I don't know about the CQC listening to you but I put in a complaint to them about patient transport and copied it to the ambulance service and I certainly got a quick response from the ambulance service doing it this way round. I think these days they are quite responsive to whistle blowers having had several high profile embarrassments in the last few years.


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Moscow city councillor given suspended 2-year sentence over protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yulia Galyamina, a Moscow city councillor and critic of the Kremlin, was given a a two-year suspended jail term on Wednesday after being found guilty of repeatedly violating rules for organising opposition protests.
Galyamina, who took part in an opposition campaign against constitutional reforms this year that could allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036, had dismissed the charge as politically motivated.
Russian authorities opened the case against Galyamina in July, accusing her of having "repeatedly violated" the rules for organising and staging protests.
Galyamina, who was greeted by cheers and claps from her supporters outside the courthouse, tweeted that she would appeal against her conviction and sentence. The prosecution had asked the court to jail her for three years.
Although she avoided prison time, the conviction bars her from running for office in next year's parliamentary election and also means she loses her city councillor status, according to Dmitry Gudkov, an opposition politician.
"It is a relief Galyamina will not serve prison time, but that does not make her prosecution any less a disgrace and violation of Russia's international legal obligations," Human Rights Watch said in a report.
"It is also yet another example of the price opposition politicians, critics and civic activists have to pay for peacefully expressing their views. People should not be penalized for peaceful protest," New York-based HRW said.
Galyamina, 47, was involved in a campaign that planned a protest against constitutional reforms on July 15 in Moscow. Police detained dozens of people at the rally.
Adopted in July, the reforms allow Putin to seek two more six-year terms as president instead of stepping down in 2024 and, if re-elected, to stay in power until 2036. Other changes grant former presidents immunity from prosecution.
Human rights groups say Russia's protest legislation criminalising repeated protest violations is designed to stifle dissent and dissuade the opposition from taking to the streets.
Amnesty International has said the charges against Galyamina were a travesty and amounted to "using the justice system to criminalise peaceful protests."
Reporting by Alexander Reshetnikov and Polina Nikolskaya; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Tom Balmforth and Mark Heinrich


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Q: Would anybody be able to find the general formula for this pattern? I have found so far this pattern, and I know it continues on in the same way forever, however I do not know how to write this in proper notation. My n is on the right and when n is 2 or 1 there is no M. And apologies for the terrible handwriting.

A: It seems like that the following would work
$$ \sum_{k=2}^{n-1} (-1)^{k + n + 1} M_k
$$


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Italy banks shareholders green-light historic tie-up
Banco Popolare and BPM shareholders voted on Saturday to merge the two banks under an accord that will create Italy's third-largest lender and consolidate the country's troubled banking sector.
Published: 16 October 2016 09:19 CEST
Banco Popolare di Milano. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP
As expected, the "yes" vote won easily at Banco Popolare, with some 23,683 votes in favour of the tie-up to 118 against.
Over at the Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM), the ballot had been expected to be tighter after two associations of shareholder retirees called on those voting to reject a deal they said would create a giant institution with little
clout.
But there too the "yes" vote won comfortably, with 7,315 shareholders supporting the merger while 2,731 voted against and 142 abstained. The new entity "Banco BPM" will be third only to Italian banking giants Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit. The merger will "strengthen the banking sector," Milan Polytechnic expert Marco Giorgino told AFP.
It brings much-needed breathing room to Italy's troubled lenders, which hold 360 billion euros of bad loans — about a third of the eurozone's total — and have been hit by the market turmoil sparked by Brexit. The new bank will have 25,000 employees, some 2,400 branches, four million customers and be a leader in northern Italy, one of the richest areas in Europe, managing some 171 billion euros ($187.6 billion) in assets.
The unions, which had negotiated and won concessions on welfare and employee representation, supported the merger.
BPM's chief executive Giuseppe Castagna had told those gathered for the ballot that the merger was "a leap with which we ask you to look to the future and not the past, to look at a banking system with lots of problems which BPM can help".
The bank had written to shareholders on Monday to urge them to turn out and cast their ballots at the extraordinary meeting on forging "Banco BPM". The merger represents "the best option to lead together and avoid suffering later", Castagna had said in the letter.
The deal has been on the books since March and got the green light from the European Central Bank, which required Banco Popolare to carry out a capital increase for 1.0 billion euros, which the bank duly did.
Banco Popolare's CEO Carlo Fratta Pasini told shareholders Saturday all the necessary conditions had been met "to overcome the regret over what is lost and left behind through a fusion which will be able to support our mission and identity".
The tie-up is the first following a landmark reform of cooperative banks passed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government in early 2015 in a bid to promote consolidation and efficiency.
The reform scrapped restrictions on ownership and voting rules giving shareholders one vote each regardless of their stake.
AFP [email protected] @thelocalitaly


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Want to Have Better Communication with Colleagues? Enjoy Microsoft Teams' Walkie Talkie Feature
Fizza AtiqueLast Updated: Jan 10, 2020
When it comes to managing work at work, Microsoft Teams is one of the best apps. However, there are other platforms like Trello and Slack who are overpassing Microsoft Teams as the platform is slow in launching new features. However this time Microsoft Teams is trying to improve itself by launching Walkie Talkie Feature.
This feature will turn smartphones into a walkie talkie that will work on WiFi or data network. The feature is currently available in preview. One would be able to find this feature in the centre of the navigation bar. This is one of the most demanded features and many companies would love to get it.
Microsoft Teams' Walkie Talkie Feature is the Next Big Thing that you Should Enjoy
Thought this feature can be used in all kinds of offices, however, this feature will be best suited for enterprises who have employees who face customers and day to day operations. According to an executive from Microsoft, this is the most encrypted way of communicating with each other so people will not have to worry about the crosstalk.
Other messaging apps like Slack and WhatsApp do not have Walkie Talkie feature, so this feature will definitely attract most of the people towards the app. IIn this way Microsoft Teams will be able to regain their position in the market. This new feature will be arriving on Microsoft Teams along with other management features beneficial for businesses.
Also Read: Now Google Assistant Can Read WhatsApp, Telegram & Slack Messages
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I recorded today's podcast from the center field bleachers of PetCo Park in San Diego California, home of the Padres.
That's right, I was in the ONLY Southern California baseball stadium not hosting a playoff game today.
I discussed the underrated misery of San Diego fans, the predictability of the Tigers' bullpen failure, the insanity of the Royals playoff games and my love for a Quadruple Header in baseball today.
It is a Staying Classy in San Diego episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Nelson Cruz, Mike Moustakas, Jason Vargas, Andrew Miller, Miguel Cabrera, Jered Weaver and Chris Ianetta all owned October last night.
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Sec. 10. Judicial Remedies. The Attorney General or a State's Attorney may bring suit in the circuit courts to prevent and restrain violations of the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act, enacted by the 85th General Assembly and to enforce the reporting provisions of Section 2.1 of this Act. The Department of State Police may request the Attorney General to bring any such action authorized by this subsection.


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Featured Section 2 Kyle Busch has tough night at Bristol after engine failure
Photo by Christian Gardner for SpeedwayMedia.com.
Kyle Busch has tough night at Bristol after engine failure
By Briar Starr
With an Xfinity Series race at Bristol, you had to expect that Kyle Busch wasn't going to miss this one. It was Busch's first race back in the series since Watkins Glen a few weeks ago, where he had the suspension problem.
This time around, Busch was looking to put that behind him and win at a track where he has been so successful. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver had the pole for a short while before being bumped to the second starting position.
In what would look like his usual dominating fashion, Busch led the first 59 laps of the race before finishing seventh in Stage 1 after making a pit stop under green.
By making a pit stop, Busch would restart on the front row before taking the lead over once again on Lap 94. From there he led for most the stage before a freak accident happened for the No. 90 of Ronnie Bassett Jr. The right rear tire ripped out of the car and almost hit race leader Busch.
Talking back and forth with the team, Busch believed his car would be okay following the incident. The race went back green and Busch led the rest of the way before problems occurred.
Right after taking the Stage 2 win, Busch reported, "we're done," to the team after suffering an engine failure. The engine failure relegated him to a 29th place finish after leading 137 laps.
"It all of sudden started about five or six laps before the stage ended," Busch said in his interview with NBCSN. "Just coming off the corner, I got back to the gas and it broke. I was just trying to limp it home and that's all she had. Tough day for our Juniper Supra, it was really fast, really good. We're always good here. It's nice to have a solid run, but man these guys have had a bad month."
It was Busch's second straight DNF of the season. Busch only has one more start in the Xfinity Series before the Playoffs begin.
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Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a November 2007 special election legalized the sale of alcohol in the county.

Houston County was the first new county created under the 9-year Republic of Texas on June 12, 1837. The original boundaries of Houston County also included all of present-day Anderson and Trinity Counties, and portions of present-day Henderson and Polk Counties.

The county is named for Sam Houston,  President of the Republic of Texas and Governor of Texas. Other than being named for the same person, Houston County is not related to the City of Houston, which is located about  to the south, in Harris County.

A county historical museum is located in a former railroad depot, located on First Street in Crockett.

History

Samuel Cartmill Hiroms (1836–1920) was born in present-day Polk County, his parents having been among Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" families. Hiroms was an educator and a surveyor, who served in the Confederate Army. His second wife Emily Ann (née Johnston, 1853–1948) and he settled in the Creek community of Houston County. Their homestead was adjacent to what is now the Austonio Baptist Church on State Highway 21 in Austonio, Texas.

Collin Aldrich (1801–1842) was a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, and was the first judge in Houston County, having served during the Republic of Texas from 1837 to 1841.

Eli Coltharp established his Coltharp Hill in Houston County near Kennard. The store, post office, gristmill, cotton gin, blacksmith shop, and millinery shop were located on the stagecoach route west of Nacogcoches in Houston County. When the railroad bypassed the Contharp community, many of the residents relocated to work at a nearby sawmill.

James Murphy Hager of Kentucky and his wife Nacoma (née Clark) established the Hagerville community in the 1840s. Hager was a farmer, cabinet maker, and blacksmith. The stagecoach from Nacogdoches to Navasota ran beside the Hagers' log home. One of the Hager sons donated land for a church and a school. A post office was at Hagerville from 1891 to 1905.

The Four C Mill operated in Houston County during the first two decades of the 20th century. R. M. Keith, agent of the Central Coal and Coke Company in Kansas City, Missouri, began buying virgin timber in the fall of 1899. Lumber to construct the new mill was cut by a small sawmill purchased in early 1901 from J. H. Ratcliff. Keith organized the Louisiana and Texas Lumber Company to operate the Four C. The mill was producing 300,000 board feet of lumber daily by June 1902. Ratcliff Lake, now a United States Department of Interior recreational site, was the millpond for the Four C. The Texas Southeastern Railroad laid track from Lufkin to haul out the lumber. The town of Ratcliff was separated from the Four C by a fence, built to discourage the mill workers from spending their money outside the company town. The 120,000 acres were in time exhausted, and by 1920, the mill shut down.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  are land and  (0.5%) are covered by water.

Adjacent counties
 Anderson County (north)
 Cherokee County (northeast)
 Angelina County (east)
 Trinity County (southeast)
 Walker County (south)
 Madison County (southwest)
 Leon County (west)

National protected area
 Davy Crockett National Forest (part)

Demographics

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

As of the census of 2000, 23,185 people, 8,259 households, and 5,756 families were residing in the county.  The population density was 19 people per mi2 (7/km2); it had the second-lowest population density for all counties in Deep East Texas, behind only Newton County.  The  10,730 housing units averaged 9 per mi2 (3/km2).  The racial makeup of the county was 68.57% White, 27.93% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.25% Asian,  2.23% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races.  About 7.50% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

Of the 8,259 households, 28.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.90% were married couples living together, 14.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were notfamilies. About 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.44, and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the age distribution was 23.20% under 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.10 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,119, and for a family was $35,033. Males had a median income of $29,143 versus $19,885 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,525.  About 15.60% of families and 21.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.30% of those under age 18 and 18.20% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

Eastham Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men, is located in an unincorporated area in the county.

The Crockett State School, a Texas Youth Commission juvenile correctional facility for boys, was located in Crockett. but was closed on August 31, 2011.

Chuck Hopson, a pharmacist from Jacksonville, is a Republican and the member of the Texas House of Representatives, whose District 11 includes Houston County.

Transportation

Major highways
  U.S. Highway 287
  State Highway 7
  State Highway 19
  State Highway 21

Houston County is served by US Highway 287 and State Highways 7, 19, and 21.  All of these highways intersect at the Courthouse Square in downtown Crockett.  SH 21 follows the 300-year-old route of  Old San Antonio Road.  Texas State Highway Loop 304 circles the city of Crockett.

Rail
Freight rail service is provided by Union Pacific Railroad.  The Crockett Depot, built in 1909, has been restored and now serves as the Houston County Museum.

Air
Houston County Airport (KDKR), located 3 miles east of Crockett on SH 7, features a 4,000-foot runway.  On-site aircraft services are provided by East Texas Aircraft.

Public transportation
Demand and response public transportation within Houston County is provided by Brazos Transit District.

Communities

Cities
 Crockett (county seat)
 Grapeland
 Kennard
 Latexo
 Lovelady

Unincorporated communities

 Allen Chapel
 Arbor Grove
 Ash
 Augusta
 Austonio
 Belott
 Center Grove
 Center Hill
 Cooper
 Creek
 Cut
 Germany
 Holly
 Hopewell
 Mapleton
 Mound City (partly in Anderson County)
 Mount Vernon
 Pennington (partly in Trinity County)
 Porter Springs
 Ratcliff
 Refuge
 San Pedro
 Sand Ridge
 Shady Grove
 Smith Grove
 Volga
 Weches
 Weldon

Ghost towns

 Antioch
 Coltharp
 Elkins
 Pearson's Chapel
 Pleasant Hill
 Prairie Point
 Shiloh

Education
Five school districts are located entirely in the county:
 Crockett Independent School District
 Lovelady Independent School District
 Kennard Independent School District
 Latexo Independent School District
 Grapeland Independent School District

In addition, small portions of Groveton Independent School District and Elkhart Independent School District, located in Trinity County and Anderson County, respectively, extend into Houston County.

The county is in the district for Angelina College.

See also

 Museums in East Texas
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston County, Texas
 Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Houston County
 Wet counties

References

External links

 Houston County government's website

 Crockett Community Website
 Crockett Area Chamber of Commerce Preview
 Houston County and Crockett Area Chamber of Commerce
 Bromberg, Dr. Leon, Biographies
Bromberg_Mendel.htm in Aldrich, Armistead Albert, History of Houston County, Texas, Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Pioneers and Later Citizens of Said County, Who Have Made Notable Contributions to its Development and Progress, San Antonio:  The Naylor Company, 1943.

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Populated places established in 1837
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Q: can I get the shell to decide ls or less depending on filetype? Very often I find myself looking through directories using 'ls', then when I find the file I want, I use 'less' to look at the file.
So for example to find a mysql log file I might type
ls /var

then:
ls /var/log/

and then:
ls /var/log/mysql

and finally:
less /var/log/mysql/mysql.log

(its a bit of a contrived example, but hopefully you know what I am doing)
I find it annoying that I need to decide if the command should be ls or less.
Why can't 'less' determine if it has been given a directory and act as 'ls' ?
Is there a command that I can use instead of less that will act as ls or less depending on the file type ?  Or is there a common alias that people use ?

A: Less can determine if it has been given a directory. Set the LESSOPEN environment variable to ~/bin/LESSPIPE and make ~/bin/LESSPIPE a script like the following:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -d "$1" ]; then
  exec /bin/ls -la "$1"
elif [ -f "$1" ]; then
  case "$1" in
    *.tar|ztar) exec tar tvvf "$1" 2>/dev/null;;
    *.tar.[dg]z|*.tar.z|*.tgz) exec gzip -dc "$1" | tar tvvf - 2>/dev/null;;
    *.tar.bz2) exec bzip2 -d <"$1" 2>/dev/null | exec tar tvvf - 2>/dev/null;;
    *.tar.Z|*.taz) exec uncompress -c "$1" | exec tar tvvf - 2>/dev/null;;
    *.zip) exec unzip -l "$1" 2>/dev/null;;
    *.lha) exec lha -v "$1" 2>/dev/null;;
    *.7z) exec 7z l "$1" 2>/dev/null;;
    *.[rs]pm) exec rpm -qilp "$1";;
    *.z|*.[dg]z) exec gzip -dc "$1" 2>/dev/null;;
    *.bz2) exec bzip2 -dc "$1";;
    *.xz) exec xz -dc "$1";;
    *.Z) exec uncompress -c "$1" 2>/dev/null;;
  esac
fi

You'll get a listing for directories and archives.
You can use lesskey instead of the environment variable to set the preprocessor. See the documentation for details.

A: In bash you could easily create a function to do this:
function less_ls()
{
  # True if file exists and is a regular file.
  if [ -f "${1}" ]
  then
    less "${1}"
  else
    ls "${1}"
  fi
}

Obviously you can rename the function into whatever you want by replacing the less_ls part, if you name it less it will have precedence of the executable less. If you want this to be defined automatically every time you start Bash you could copy paste it into your ~/.bashrc file.


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Bloody Monday: Season 2
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So how did this one do, considering it was a sequel? My POV? It didn't disappoint at all. It was really consistent with the characterization and still managed to keep us entertained with its pace like most Japanese sequels.
The story picked up two years later and how J appeared again but got captured. Kirishima Goro had to go escort him back to Japan while a nuclear bomb was in plan to destroy Tokyo–once again. This group of terrorists was different from part 1, of course. However, it gave J a chance to escape and cause some mishaps before he died–if that was possible. The bomb was found on the plane–as some might suspected and had to be detonated right away. They had to recruit Falcon again to hack into the system to find the password to detonate the bomb. On Otoya's side, his grandfather got shot and he was equally busy with preventing himself from getting killed. Before that, a woman appeared at where Falcon worked and demanded to see him, claiming herself to be Orihara Maya. But the real version was Orihara Maya set up a meeting with Otoya and wanted Otoya to give his grandfather something. She was eventually shot as well. So with an 8 P.M. deadline, Falcon had to detonate the bomb and save the day, sounds simple? Far from it! Aoi got captured in Haruka's place since she was at Falcon's house waiting for Haruka. (Though I must say that was a bit more refreshing that Haruka didn't get captured this time–even if that was still nerve-racking with the wait.) On top of that, the government wanted to sacrifice Flight 421 to save the rest of the country. Nice?
They were definitely cutting it close since it was 5 minutes 'til the bomb was set to explode that they finally made it so that the Ikuma and Kaoru's teams found Haruka, Otoya, and Aoi. And to top it off with the already nerve-racking situation, one of the flight attendants was actually with the terrorists and not that creepy, suspicious guy? OKAY! And I thought 5 minutes was cutting it close. Two minutes was!
And the most obvious thing was that whole incident was just the beginning. They had a long battle in front of them because those terrorists weren't going to give up that easily after one failed attempt.
What were the things that were retained to continue the formula?
The humor and the bickering and/or bonding among Falcon, Otoya, and Aoi. I really liked the ongoing friendship despite the fact that it had been two years now. It was really funny how Aoi was saying how she would be embarrassed if Falcon didn't show up when they were going to celebrate Otoya's birthday later. Then there was the whole thing with Falcon claiming that he cried when he had to get rid of his computers since he needed to be a responsible individual and taking care of his sister and all. YET we found out that he was the one at the control center trying to sabotage all those secret sites that were promoting 'terrorist' activities, etc.
The sibling relationship between Falcon and his sister, Haruka. I found it a great consistency and it continued with their bond. He was shown as the protective older brother and she was still the cute sister. What was different was his role in being her guardian this time. It was really funny how he was disapproving her get together with some soccer player, LOL!
J's witty comments. I know it was crazy to side with him. But sometimes I just loved to watch him versus the rest of the characters. I'm so serious. He was so cunning yet so right regarding some people's responses, etc. It was quite humorous seeing them attempt to crack him but can't or would always fail.
What was a bit on the side of frustration?
Aoi's death. Seriously? I meant I kept seeing Haruka being saved again and again in part 1. I thought Aoi would make it through. Even if I had a gut feeling it was impossible to save Aoi that fast. And I was right, Kaoru lied so Falcon could concentrate on the hacking again to detonate the bomb in time. I guess that was why there was a change this time around with Haruka not being captured at the beginning but Aoi.
Falcon's always a step behind Hornet. I know it was an effect to show the intensity and how Falcon always managed to maneuver around in the end, but it was getting quite annoying with the routine. Maybe they were trying to show how Falcon's not invincible like he and the others thought but still repetitive at times. Then we realized that Hornet wasn't that powerful since he copied Falcon's method so the truth powerful hacker was someone else. Still disturbing though…
Hibiki kept nagging Falcon. Honestly, I know she had a duty to carry but it was super annoying that she kept wanting information when he was trying to restore the system for the nuclear power center. That was totally distracting him and getting his concentration away AND not to mention wasting time.
Yagi got shot by one of the police officers. That was pathetic. Yagi was not really my favorite character though I did sympathize with him for being bullied for so long–and caving into suicide and even acquiring a gun later. BUT that was so pathetic that he was shot just because he was trying to save the police officers from the attack of those crazy kids. What was is the world coming to really? YES, the police officers went through a traumatizing moment and they couldn't distinguish who was good or bad anymore because they were misled. Not to mention how Yagi was carrying a gun, but since they got it under control already, would it even kill to listen to him? And waited a little more to hear him out?
Falcon fell for Spider's trick. What? Come on now! I thought he had gotten better in those mind games. BUT I guess it only qualified for those computer mind games and not real-life ones.
Powerful scenes:
The confrontation between Ikuma and Kaoru after Aoi's death. I really liked that scene and I was so looking forward to it. What Ikuma said was true. Though the circumstances were crucial, hectic, and had left no other choice, it had proved more than anything that the government did not care for them, even using deceit if necessary. For what it's worth, even if Falcon found out about Aoi's death, I think he would still go ahead with hacking because he had to stop those people who had hurt his friend, not letting everyone die with him and letting those terrorists succeed. But it was still Hagiwara's word whether she was dead before or after he hacked again, NOT really the truth. And then I kept thinking about the irony of what Kaoru was doing versus what she was scolding at Goro for doing in part 1 for: fulfilling their duties. YUP, I could feel the irony now.
Ikuma attempting to beat up Hawigara. Exactly my point with his words. Yeah, Hawigara wouldn't stoop so low as to using someone like Orihara Maya BUT he would stoop low to trick Falcon into hacking by lying about Aoi's safety. SO who in the world was he to say that he did it correctly or was on a higher level than Ikuma?
The confrontation between Falcon and Hornet. YES! Another sign Falcon was learning the mind games. NOT that I want him to get all deceptive like some of the despicable ones in here, but he needed to defend himself and not get into those naive thoughts by using the gentle methods. Some people, especially those like Hornet, needed a major lesson for what he'd done. The trick with uploading Hornet's information was effective all right.
Orihara Maya's dead. Oh no, she's not. I can't believe I fell for it by thinking that Orihara Maya died so early in episode 1. She was part of the big picture and the complication the creators tossed in to throw us off. So it was weird to see her off like that though not really. But yeah…
Ikuma's secret meeting with Orihara Maya. OKAY, I thought we could trust him but it got quite suspicious so I was back to making assumptions again at the end of episode 2. It was revealed later that Orihara and Ikuma were following instructions from Otoya's grandfather aka the Prime Minister so it made sense with the suspicious acts. YET it got me going for a while.
Anzai was still alive. OKAY…that was sort of impossible but I guess they could make it possible, considering how she was shot, etc.
The tech lady was the mole? WHAT?! Okay, she was super loud and bossy so it was obvious BUT really? I guess it was another terrorist group so she would want to cooperate in the past with the team to bring J and his group down. It wasn't their time yet to reign so they were just lying low. AND then I was thrown off again but I guess it made sense because she'd been there for ages. Her child would explain the reason why she had to do it.
Dr. Kurano is Spider. WHAT?! Okay, not impossible since she could be masking her vulnerable state for all of those times. But really? I guess they were really right in front of her without knowing it. She did request the transfer for J. AND no wonder J was protecting her, etc. The fake stories and all those interactions and all the 'doctor mantras' were to throw THIRD-i off of any suspicion there was of her. But that was even stranger to include her as Professor Shikimura's daughter. I guess it would allow for it since there were only gaps and pieces of his identity in the first one so there was more room for development. That was crazy though. What right did she have for revenge? Her father caused others' death too. Who would avenge their deaths then? Pathetic. If they wanted to avenge the government, aim it at them, NOT take the rest of the country with them. So by punishing the government with making them feel guilty, it was justified with taking all those lives? AGAIN, pathetic. It got even more pathetic–IF that was possible–with how she was ranting about her father only wanting to save others with medicine. HEY, if he wanted that, he would do just that, NOT take other lives and try to show the government what was going on. He just wanted fame, NOT treating others with medicine. Seriously, I couldn't even sympathize an ounce with her. It was too pathetic with her crying out with injustice. It was always about fame with her and her father, nothing else.
Hagiwara Taro. I know he had to follow procedures, etc. BUT I hated his way of operating. A typical manipulative boss. He didn't care about the details but just wanted to get it done–regardless of consequences and how many people were hurt. Maybe like the rest of the population, I'm unsettled with thinking of the 'overall' benefit.
What was even better?
Falcon shutting the door in the others' faces and only allow Ikuma to help him. The decision that made me really liked him in here. (Not that I didn't before.) Though Kaoru was supposedly good, she had too much attached to her, especially how she had to listen to Hagiwara's commands so she could betray Falcon anytime–whether she wanted to or not. It was a great call for him to not involve her or the others. Ikuma had a stronger sense of loyalty and didn't care if he got demoted or not.
Falcon became smarter. Okay, he was a genius hacker but like I mentioned in part 1's review, he was not that bright with the whole mind games, which was understandable. I liked it that he had developed a mechanism to protect himself better and how he seemed to catch onto things faster as well.
Falcon and Goro's trap. Okay, I didn't see it coming. Maybe because I kept getting disappointed with all the failed attempt to stop the terrorists so I wasn't expecting too much BUT that was awesome! They were starting to fight back now so that was cool. It was sort of funny how J was sore that they were using him as bait to lure out the spy.
Haruka stopped getting captured. Aside from the part where she and Otoya got captured and had to be helped by Falcon and later Orihara, the rest of the time, she wasn't really captured. Okay, she was taken by Yagi but she was able to take care of the situation on her own. She actually wasn't the focus for the other terrorists to keep capturing like in part 1. She was actually on a journey of her own to learn and grow. Then, in the end, she understood her father and her brother's feelings like she claimed.
Brainless:
Falcon's co-worker had an alternative motive for hanging around Falcon at the beginning. Come on now! It was too good to be true that she was obsessed with him, etc. YES, he was cute and a genius. But she was just too into the whole thing. And then she wasn't the least scared. Though the initial scene showing her freaked out with the attack at the shop, but she just had subtle questions of what he was doing. But she didn't ask other things. Then there was the whole expression she was carrying on that made me suspect her.
J was the one manipulating everything without much of active participation (or so we thought). Come on now, it was hard not to suspect him. He was always so cunning and all. But even if he was the one pulling strings, Kurano had to be very dumb to get tricked and used by him like that.
Interesting things:
Orihara and Ikuma? Another one of those I wouldn't even dream of yet it was believable enough when he finally came and tried to assist her. Yet it was too late. It was interesting that they were hinting at a relationship for them. It was really, really sad watching that scene that was actually worth crying for. She wanted to end the life of a hired gun but could not make it to the end. Another confrontation between Ikuma and Kaoru yet this time he did not have to say much. The picture was too sad and devastating already.
The bond among Falcon, Otoya, and Orihara. The taunting and games played–mostly by her–were like driving them insane in the first part. It was interesting to see them on the same side in this part. Though Falcon and Otoya still did not trust her because of her cunning nature at times, it was somewhat touching when she told them to "follow Teacher's last request" since she was covering for them so they could run. Then when they heard the gunshots, Otoya urged Falcon to continue on and listen to Teacher.
Priceless moment:
When the monitor read: "Starting Shutdown"… Honestly, it was driving me insane with Falcon's failed attempt to talk that psycho out of it. Then NO ONE was able to do anything. Though we all knew Ikuma and Goro tried their hardest. AND when that occurred, that psycho stopped talking and went hysterical instead SO that was like a major celebration for me. It really thwarted her plans major time. SO no wonder Falcon was so relaxed and didn't seem to be all that into getting the answer out of her. I was going insane inside because I thought he was that crazy because of past failed attempts. Were the writers making it like that on purpose so they could trick us with this last twist?
Overall thoughts? Clever for the most part but mixed feelings throughout. I think the sorest point for me was killing Aoi. Maybe that was the drive for Falcon and Otoya to not give up, wanting to seek out the truth, etc. But that was so messed up with killing her like that. Then Orihara. But Orihara's death made more sense than just some reason they needed for the battle to begin. Maybe it was like that psycho said about wanting to hurt Falcon's most precious person. BUT still…
Recommended or not? If you watched the first one, I guess you have to continue on. Or give up. It was still worth watching though.
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20-Jan-2023 Source: Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance
2022 was the busiest year in our 33-year history. Between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2022, our crews of pilots, doctors and paramedics responded to 3,224 incidents, 64% by helicopter and 36% by Rapid Response Vehicle. 1,353 of the call outs were to incidents in Kent, 757 to Surrey and 947 to Sussex.
Road Traffic Collisions accounted for the highest number of missions, followed by medical emergencies and accidental injuries. The majority of patients were under 60 years of age.
With demand at an all-time high, we are urging people to support our January fundraiser, Run 31, and help raise vital funds.
Run 31 is a fitness challenge for people of all ages and abilities to run or walk a minimum of 31 miles by the end of January. Participants can do this fundraiser wherever and however they would like.
Regular walkers or runners can set themselves an even harder challenge, doubling or tripling the 31-mile target and completing either 62 or 93 miles throughout the month of January.
Our CEO David Welch, who regularly takes part in our fitness fundraisers, is challenging himself to complete 105 miles across the month, the equivalent of four marathons.
He said: "KSS provides a vital life-saving service, bringing the emergency room to the scene of an incident and delivering the best possible outcomes to patients in need of critical care. Sadly, the demand for our service is at an all-time high and we need to keep fundraising in order to keep our service fully operational 24/7."
"86% of our total income is donated and raised by our supporters and we are so incredibly grateful for the support we receive from our local communities – we would not be able to save the lives that we do without the generosity of our supporters and volunteers."
"We are now urging people to kick-start the New Year with a fitness fundraiser so that we can continue to save lives. On behalf of team KSS, I'd like to say a huge thank you to Gatwick Airport for sponsoring KSS's Run 31 in January 2023."
He continued: "I am taking part in Run 31 myself, to start the year with a new challenge that's great for my fitness and wellbeing whilst also raising much needed funds. I hope people across Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex will sign up for Run 31 and set themselves their own personal fitness challenges. We are so thankful for all amounts of sponsorship raised. All fundraisers who reach a fundraising target of £150 will be sent a medal from KSS to thank them for their achievements in raising vital funds for our life-saving charity."
Graham Beswick, a former KSS patient, and his wife, Sarah, from Greenhithe in Kent have previously taken part in Run 31 – have signed up for the fundraiser.
Graham said: "Having done Run 31 for the past two years, we were pleased to see it running again this year (pun intended!!). It's such a great way to start the year, doing something active (which means we can eat lots of Christmas food feeling less guilty) as well as raising money and awareness of the amazing Air Ambulance Charity KSS.  It's a daunting prospect as we usually complete it in 5km runs and we are not regular runners but the feelings of achievement and pride soon outweigh the apprehension. Good luck to all of you, we've got this team Run 31!"
You can sign up for Run 31 through our website, via KSS's Run 31 Facebook Community or kick-start your Run 31 journey by creating JustGiving fundraiser here. All participants will be sent a free T-shirt.
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£95 could buy a box of five sets of tubing for our ventilator, helping patients to breathe when they have been anaesthetised
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