Estevan's location in Southeast Saskatchewan provides many opportunities for different modes of transportation. Resultantly, trade, particularly via the Central North American Trade Corridor, is enhanced.
The Estevan Regional Airport is located six kilometres north on Highway 47 and 1.6 kilometres east. Opened in May, 1989 it is capable of landing 70 passenger jets and has a limited Approach Beacon for landing in poor weather conditions. Runway 08 – 26 is 1,524 meters (5000′) long with pilot controlled runway lights, Precision Approach Path Indicator lights and Runway Identifier strobes. Runway 15 – 33 is 914.10 meters (3000′) long and also lighted for night use.
CP Rail at Estevan provides direct rail connections to east and west mainlines at Brandon, Manitoba and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. These links handle the flow of grain and other commodities to the coastal waters of Vancouver, Thunder Bay, Montreal and all points in between. CP Rail handles coal from the Estevan-Bienfait area to thermal electric stations in Manitoba and Ontario in unit trains of 114 cars or in single car lots.
Estevan is situated approximately twenty-five rail miles from Portal, North Dakota on the CP Rail Wey-burn Subdivision with direct connections to the former Soo Line Railroad a subsidiary of CP Rail System now known as CP Rail System Heavy Haul US. CP Rail System Heavy Haul US offers direct rail service to the US Midwest with major terminals at Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City.


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Do you remember these? You can visit this lunch box -- and lots of other Little House on the Prairie memorabilia from the books and TV shows -- at the various Laura Ingalls Wilder museums scattered across the Midwest. In honor of Wilder's 150th birthday, we drove the route the Ingalls family took in their travels for a story James was working on for The New York Post. You can read it here: http://nypost.com/2017/06/26/150-years-after-laura-ingalls-birth-explore-the-midwest-little-house-on-the-prairie-style/.
Thanks also to the big crowd that turned out for the Bowery walk last Sunday. Keep your eyes peeled for our next public tour in the fall.


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Michigan takes two out of three at Rutgers
by Jacob Shames May 1, 2017 April 20, 2021
The No. 17 Michigan baseball team's series at Rutgers this weekend had a different feel leading up to it. The Wolverines would be playing their first road series in over a month, and would be doing so without the services of injured sophomore second baseman Ako Thomas.
Despite these differences, the three-game set with the Scarlet Knights began in very similar fashion to Michigan's previous series against Indiana. While last Friday it was a lethargic offensive performance that doomed the Wolverines, their pitching and defense was the primary culprit in their 12-5 loss.
After a scoreless first frame, Michigan jumped on the board first when sophomore second baseman Jimmy Kerr hit an RBI single to left center. But Rutgers took advantage of uncharacteristic wildness from Oliver Jaskie. The junior left-hander threw two wild pitches, hit a batter and committed a throwing error in the second inning, allowing the Scarlet Knights to take a 3-1 lead despite getting just two hits in the inning.
The Wolverines came right back in the fourth inning. With two outs, Kerr drew a walk and senior catcher Harrison Wenson was hit by a pitch. Junior first baseman Jake Bivens tripled to deep right field, driving in both runners.
However, Jaskie's day came to an early end after he allowed a leadoff double to Rutgers shortstop Kevin Welsh in the fourth inning. Junior right-hander Jayce Vancena couldn't stop Welsh from coming home and giving Rutgers the lead.
Michigan posed another two-out rally in the sixth inning when Wenson lined a shot down the left-field line to tie the game at four. But the Scarlet Knights turned a back-and-forth contest into a blowout with six runs in the bottom half of the inning. Second baseman Carmen Sclafani ended Vancena's outing with a two-run home run to left field, and Michigan freshman left-hander Tommy Henry hit a batter with the bases loaded to force home a run. With two outs, Rutgers designated hitter Chris Folinusz lashed a three-run double into the right field gap for the finishing blow.
Wenson homered in the eighth inning, but this was of little consolation as the Scarlet Knights tacked on two more runs to create the final margin.
Despite coming into a road environment after such a lengthy homestand, Michigan coach Erik Bakich didn't feel that there were any jitters or nervousness on Friday.
"I thought our guys were very much prepared and ready to go," Bakich said. "I didn't see that coming at all – credit to (Rutgers') hitters, they put some quality at bats together, hit some home runs, got some hits. Oliver Jaskie just didn't have his best day, and everyone else we brought in couldn't stop the bleeding."
Saturday's contest began inauspiciously for Michigan, when redshirt sophomore left fielder Miles Lewis and senior center fielder Johnny Slater collided as they converged on a fly ball in the first inning. The collision resulted in Lewis and Slater both exiting the game, and they were replaced by freshman Christian Bullock in left and redshirt freshman Joe Pace in center.
"Miles took a knee to the forehead and got nine stitches that day. He was a bloody mess," Bakich said. "Johnny seemed okay at first, and then after a couple of minutes, he noticed his shoulder was sprained, his AC joint. When you have a sprain of a joint it's kind of day-to-day, week-to-week. He will be back this season, I just don't know if it's going to be this weekend, next weekend or the weekend after that."
The Wolverines exploited a slew of Scarlet Knight defensive miscues in the second inning. Junior third baseman Drew Lugbauer reached on a Sclafani error and moved to second on a wild pitch. Bullock then singled to right, and a Rutgers throwing error allowed Lugbauer to score. Bullock himself scored on sophomore right fielder Jonathan Engelmann's single.
The Scarlet Knights, however, made up this deficit their next time at the plate with Welsh's two-out, two-run triple down the right field line, and would take the lead in the fourth inning on a leadoff home run by third baseman Christian Campbell.
Michigan responded quickly to take the lead in the fifth inning. The Wolverines led off the frame with three consecutive singles to tie the game, and Bullock's sacrifice fly gave them the lead for good. Two innings later, Kerr singled to right field with two outs to score both Bullock and Lugbauer.
Meanwhile, Michigan's bullpen stabilized in relief of junior right-hander Alec Rennard, as it allowed just two hits in five innings. The highlight was a career-high three-inning, six strikeout performance from senior right-hander Mac Lozer, who also picked up his first win of the season.
Saturday was notable for the contributions of the Wolverines' reserves and younger players. Pace went 2-4 with a triple, Bullock drove in two runs and Kerr went 3-4, his two-run single giving Michigan much-needed insurance in the seventh inning. While the trio's opportunities came due to injuries to regular starters, they proved they can be counted on regardless.
While Saturday's game was a back-and-forth affair, Michigan's offense exploded in the early stages on Sunday. Senior shortstop Michael Brdar got the scoring started in the third inning with an RBI single up the middle, and a fielding error by Campbell allowed both Brdar and Lewis to score.
Kerr led off the next inning with a double to right, and after Wenson moved him over with a sacrifice bunt, the Wolverines took control in methodical fashion with five straight singles by Bivens, Lewis, Brdar, Lugbauer and Engelmann, driving home four runs in the process. The resulting 7-0 lead proved to be insurmountable, despite a three-run response from Rutgers in the fourth inning.
It wasn't all offense from the Wolverines on Sunday. After the fourth inning, the Scarlet Knights wouldn't get another hit off of Michigan's pitching staff. Junior left-hander Michael Hendrickson struck out six in six innings of work, while sophomore left-hander William Tribucher was even more commanding as he struck out six in three innings to earn the first save of his career.
Just as has been the case all season, showing toughness and responding to adversity was a major theme of the weekend. Against Indiana, Michigan won the series finale in dominating fashion after two straight losses, and it again rose to the challenge to win the series against Rutgers after a slow start on Friday. The Wolverines have lost consecutive games just once this season.
"Part of the way we define toughness is being able to re-center, get back to the middle," Bakich said. "Understanding that we're never out of the fight and something good is always about to happen. Even when we fall down, this team more than any team we've had has a remarkable ability of getting back up.
"We've had a lot of different types of adversity. You've got injuries, you've got final exams, just different things you've got to be able to work through. But that's the sign of a good team – to be able to find a way to come out on top, even when everything's not going your way."
But with school over and no midweek games for a second straight week, Michigan can now devote all of its time to baseball, and to its next opponent, Ohio State – who swept the Wolverines last season and ended their season in the Big Ten Tournament.
Even without taking into account the rivalry between the two schools, the Wolverines will need no help motivating themselves – Bakich says that this series has been circled on their calendar since the last game of last season.
"It's one thing to respect the rivalry of the school just because of the two teams going at it," Bakich said. "It's another thing when you as a coaching staff and better players personally felt what it was like at the end of last year. This is personal for a lot of people, and we will absolutely be looking forward to this weekend."
Michigan's perimeter defense falters once again in loss to Rutgers
With five players sidelined, Michigan struggles against Rutgers, falling 75-67
Michigan falls to Rutgers, 4-1

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Kiratpur (auch Basi Kiratpur) ist eine Stadt im indischen Bundesstaat Uttar Pradesh.

Kiratpur liegt in der nordindischen Ebene 120 km nordöstlich der Bundeshauptstadt Neu-Delhi im Distrikt Bijnor. Der Malini, ein kleiner linker Nebenfluss des Ganges, fließt westlich der Stadt in südlicher Richtung. Der Ganges strömt 14 km westlich der Stadt nach Süden.

Die nationale Fernstraße NH 119 sowie eine Bahnstrecke verbinden Kiratpur mit der 15 km südlich gelegenen Distrikthauptstadt Bijnor und mit der 18 km nordöstlich gelegenen Stadt Najibabad.

Kiratpur besitzt als Stadt den Status eines Nagar Palika Parishad. Die Stadt ist in 25 Wards gegliedert. Beim Zensus 2011 hatte Kiratpur 61.186 Einwohner.

Weblinks
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Einzelnachweise

Ort in Uttar Pradesh
Nagar Palika Parishad in Uttar Pradesh
Distrikt Bijnor

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#security#deobfuscation#CodeLeadership
LeakCanary—Deobfuscation Feature Explained
Security is very important but also a complex topic. Among many techniques, obfuscation is one of the simplest to apply in the app. Every Android app we make at Polidea is obfuscated. Getting Proguard or R8 config right may not be easy sometimes but we have tools such as Android Studio APK Analyzer to help us with this task. Almost every Android library contains the config so that developers don't have to do anything. It means that in most cases the cost of obfuscation isn't high.
A memory leak is also an important (but often ignored) topic. When an app is leaking memory, then, in the best-case scenario, it doesn't perform well but, more often, it crashes. This is especially true for older and low-end devices. Such devices are very popular in emerging markets (Nokia 1, for example, has only 1GB of RAM memory). Users deserve well-behaving apps and that means we should do everything we can to avoid memory leaks. Fortunately, LeakCanary simplifies detecting and debugging leaks in a very straightforward way.
LeakCanary and obfuscation
Obfuscation can lead to unexpected errors at runtime. A common source of errors are JSON models where field names after obfuscation don't match JSON keys anymore. It's very important to test an app after obfuscation. It's a good practice to have a special variant that is as close to production as possible and run tests on it. Such a variant is a perfect candidate for checking if it causes memory leaks. But what happens if you run LeakCanary on an obfuscated app?
Well, it works but, as you can see, LeakCanary shows a leak trace with obfuscated names which isn't very helpful. I found this problem to be quite interesting, and so I decided to contribute and add deobfuscation capability to LeakCanary. It's available on Github, starting from version 2.1. In this post, I will explain how to use this feature and how it works.
Deobfuscation
Deobfuscation is a process that takes obfuscated code and restores it to its original form. When obfuscation is enabled, then during the build a tool called R8 (or Proguard/Dexguard) transforms the code in a way that it's not readable anymore. It also generates a mapping file, which, as the name suggests, contains the mapping from obfuscated name to the original name. If you use a crash reporting tool such as Crashlytics then this mapping file is automatically uploaded to Firebase during the build. It's done by its gradle plugin. Given this file, Crashlytics will automatically deobfuscate crash stack traces and display them in a human-readable form. It turns out that LeakCanary can also make use of this mapping file to deobfuscate leak traces.
Passing the mapping file to LeakCanary
LeakCanary is a tool that runs within the app. However, the mapping file is generated during the building, so it's not available at runtime. We need a way to put this file inside an APK so that LeakCanary can read it. To achieve this, we created a gradle plugin that puts the mapping file inside the APK (in assets directory). You might be thinking— "wait a minute, if I put a mapping file inside my app then the whole obfuscation has no sense because a malicious user can unzip the APK, get the mapping file and deobfuscate the code". And you're right, that's why you should not use this feature in your production build. You should have a special obfuscated pre-production build for testing purposes, and that's where you should also be using this plugin. Getting this wrong is a serious mistake. That's why I wrote this post to unveil what LeakCanary does under the hood so you can use it consciously.
LeakCanary Plugin Configuration
To use the plugin, you have to add the dependency to your app. You can do it by adding this in your root build.gradle file:
classpath 'com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-deobfuscation-gradle-plugin:2.1'
Then you need to apply it in your app-specific build.gradle file:
// LeakCanary plugin should be applied after android application or android library plugin
apply plugin: 'com.squareup.leakcanary.deobfuscation'
The last and most important step is the actual configuration. This way, you tell LeakCanary which variant of your app should have the mapping file copied into the APK:
leakCanary {
// LeakCanary needs to know which variants have obfuscation turned on, but don't put production variant here
filterObfuscatedVariants { variant ->
variant.name == "debug"
You can have more than one of such a variant, but if you put a non-obfuscated variant name here, you'll get a build error. So pay attention to this step and remember not to apply this plugin on a production build.
All those steps are described in LeakCanary's fantastic documentation.
What does the plugin do?
LeakCanary deobfuscation plugin waits until the R8, or Proguard task is finished. Then for each variant specified in filterObfuscatedVariants block above, it copies this file and places it in the assets directory of the final APK file. And that's all. There is nothing magical about it. You can verify it yourself—open the final APK with APK Analyzer (you can do this by dragging and dropping the file into Android Studio). It should contain a .txt file with obfuscation mapping.
Even though the plugin only copies a single file, it's also cacheable and compliant with Gradle Task Configuration Avoidance so it won't negatively affect build times.
What does LeakCanary do with the mapping file?
There is a tool called Shark, which is a part of LeakCanary (but it can also be used as a standalone command line tool). This tool can be used on any Android or JVM project. It reads and analyzes a memory dump which is stored in an .hprof file. LeakCanary creates such a memory dump and passes it to Shark. To speed up the process this tool creates a high-performance map that contains the names of all fields, classes etc. This is a perfect place to hook in with deobfuscation.
Shark has to parse the mapping file and deobfuscate the names when they're being read from the index. And that's exactly what happens. Mapping parser and deobfuscation is a part of Shark tool so you can use it without LeakCanary. You can use the following command to analyze an obfuscated .hprof:
analyze-hprof HPROF_FILE_PATH —obfuscation-mapping MAPPING_FILE_PATH
As you can see, the deobfuscation process consists of 2 parts: copying the mapping file and actual deobfuscation. Please try it out and report any issues. I hope my open-source contribution will help make apps memory efficient and secure at the same time.
Contributing to LeakCanary was a great adventure. I encourage everyone to go and contribute to open-source projects you like. I can guarantee that you'll learn a lot! It's also a unique chance to work with great, talented people.
I wouldn't be able to do it without Pierre and Stephane—thank you for the support and for proofreading this post!
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Open Source Code Obfuscation Tool for Protecting iOS Apps
Polidea's open-source project Sirius - a security tool for obfuscating code in iOS apps. Learn more about code obfuscation and our commercial support.
Krzysztof Siejkowski
Visualizing Dynamically Updated Large Vector Spatial Datasets
The title says it all. Learn why you should leave client-side rendering of spatial datasets and go with server-side instead.
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Elizabeth Zelinski is an American college professor known for her expertise in gerontechnology, neuroscience, and cognition. She is the Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in Education and Aging Professor of Gerontology and Psychology at the USC Davis School of Gerontology and she heads the Center for Digital Aging. Zelinski studies longitudinal changes in objective cognition and self-reported memory in healthy older adults, interventions to improve their cognition and health effects on cognition in aging.

Biography

Zelinski also has joint appointments in the Psychology Department, Neurosciences and the Study of Women and Men in Society (SWMS) Programs. She is the principal investigator of the Long Beach Longitudinal Study.  This study evaluates cognition, memory and language comprehension in older adults as well as the relationship between peoples' perceptions of their memory ability and their actual performance, and how these change as people grow old.

She graduated summa cum laude from Pace University and received her graduate degrees in psychology, with a specialization in aging, from the University of Southern California. Zelinski was a postdoctoral fellow at Claremont Graduate School. She also served as the Interim Dean of the USC Davis School of Gerontology.

Career

Zelinski developed the first comprehensive standardized questionnaire of self-reported memory to determine whether people's beliefs about their memory are echoed in their objective performance. The questionnaire, the Memory Functioning Questionnaire (MFQ), has modest concurrent validity with respect to memory performance and is a better predictor of performance than responses to a yes/no question about memory problems, as commonly used in medical history-taking. Correlates of memory ratings include age, memory performance, depression, health ratings, education, and personality, and these findings translate across my comprehensive longitudinal study of aging (the Long Beach Longitudinal Study) and a nationally representative sample of older adults. Changes in ratings up to 19 years after baseline measurement are modestly associated with increasing age as well as declining objective performance. The MFQ has been used in samples of older adults throughout the United States and other countries.  Questionnaires similar to it are in wide use today.

About 25% of the American population over the age of 70 rate their memory abilities as fair or poor. Many older adults are concerned about developing dementia, and recent findings of brain plasticity throughout life have created much interest in brain training to improve cognition. Zelinski's current work shows that cognitive interventions involving repeated practice of simple cognitive skills are effective for improving cognitive abilities of healthy elderly. This is important for alleviating older peoples' concerns about declines, but may help them to remain independent longer, a major goal of reducing the economic and psychological costs of care for an aging population. She has given many interviews on the subject of cognitive training and gerontechnology, including the popular video game Brain Age.

Honors
 President, Division of Adult Development and Aging, American Psychological Association 2007-2009
 Study section member, NIA HUD-2 (1997-1999), NIH BBBP-4 (1999-2000), NIA-S (2010-2014)
 USC Mortar Board Faculty Member of the Month, September 2000

Publications
 Zelinski, E. M., Gilewski, M. J., & Anthony-Bergstone, C. R.  (1990).  Memory Functioning Questionnaire:  Concurrent validity with memory performance and self-reported memory failures.  Psychology and Aging, 5, 388–399.
 Gilewski, M. J., Zelinski, E. M, and Schaie, K. W. (1990).  The Memory Functioning Questionnaire.  Psychology and Aging, 5, 482–490.
 Zelinski, E. M., Spina, L. M., Yaffe, K., Ruff, R., Kennison, R. F., Mahncke, H. W.,  & Smith, G. E. (2011). Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT): Results of the 3-Month Follow-up.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59, 258–265.
 Hindin, S., & Zelinski, E. M. (in press).  Extended practice and aerobic exercise interventions benefit untrained cognitive outcomes in older adults:  A meta-analysis.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

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The Discriminatory Impact of COVID-19: The Pandemic's Role in Highlighting Entrenched Racial Inequalities in the U.S.
Event Date: Friday, May 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm
Presented by The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program, the Hunter Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies, and the Hunter Asian American Studies Center and Program.
Join Zoom at bit.ly/RH_COVID
The spread of COVID-19 has exacerbated existing social inequalities. As such, minoritized communities across the country have fared worse than their counterparts. In New York City, the data show that it is low-income communities of color that continue to bear the brunt of the pandemic. Join a discussion with Roseanne Flores, Professor of Psychology at Hunter College; Lázaro Lima, Professor of Latino Studies at Hunter College; Vivian Louie, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning & Director of the Asian American Studies Center and Program at Hunter College; and Anahi Viladrich, sociologist and medical anthropologist, and Professor at Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Anthony Browne, Chair of the Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Department at Hunter College, and Jessica Neuwirth, Director of the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program.
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Progressive Sludge Metallers ZHORA Announce Forthcoming Tour!
Posted on September 7, 2017 by Oran
Progressive sludge powerhouse zhOra have announced a forthcoming Irish tour in support of their new album 'Ethos, Pathos, Logos', which is set for an October 27th release. Get all the latest below:
Vocalist Colin Bolger comments on the forthcoming release tour: "We live and breath gigging! The stage is our place of solace and our battlefield. In the chaos of playing such visceral music live we thrive and can truly be ourselves. These days we can't go running after people with swords and spears so we must instead fight with our hearts and minds. These upcoming launch shows for Ethos, Pathos, Logos will be our best live shows to date and we are honoured to share the stage with some of our closest friends in support. Éire…show me what you got!"
Check them out on one of the following dates:
October 20 – On The Rox, Dublin
October 21 – The Poor Relation, Cork
October 27 – Central Arts, Waterford
October 28 – Fozzy's, Clonmel
October 29 – Siege of Limerick
Check out recent single Riverchrist below:
Over the span of six years, zhOra have quickly become one of the most recognisable names in the burgeoning Irish metal scene. In this time the band has released one EP Feet Nailed to the Ground (2011) and their debut LP Almaz (2013), both releases garnering huge praise within the scene. Now in 2017, the band is set to undertake the next stage in their journey, Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
In the only predictable aspect of the band's sonic trajectory, Ethos, Pathos, Logos finds the band once again putting themselves under their own microscope and refining their approach. With a lush cover designed by acclaimed Visionary Artist Jake Kobrin, the record is zhOra's first back-to-back concept album, an hour long journey through past lives and cannibalism.
Having played shows the length and breadth of the country and toured extensively through the UK, Germany, France, Belgium and Holland, the band is fiercely committed to their craft and putting their name on everyone's radar.
No strangers to high profile slots, zhOra have supported and toured with bands such as The Ocean, Coilguns and Dictated among others. Earning a slot on the Headbanger Stage at Wacken Open Air 2016 was the culmination of this time together and the commitment to creating an unrelenting sonic fingerprint and fearsome stage show.
Recently the band appeared at Bloodstock Open Air as winners of the Irish leg of the associated Metal to the Masses competition.
With plans to tour into 2018 in support of Ethos, Pathos, Logo, the band plans to kick those who would listen squarely in the throat, onto the path less travelled.
Find out more about the band on the links below;
Facebook || Twitter || Youtube || Bandcamp
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All inclusive is a beautiful term that is designed to eliminate worries and enhance your enjoyment during your vacations. Florida all inclusive beach resorts offer you exactly that. A care-free vacation where all you need to think about is how you could enjoy your time more. These deals deliver value and hence, leave you and your family completely delighted and definitely wanting more.
Focus on relaxing instead of worrying when you stay at an all-inclusive beach resort in Florida.
It is indeed all inclusive – while there are many scams out there on the Net, the Florida all inclusive beach resorts come as a whiff of spring air: fresh and genuine. This means you do not have to worry about any other expense from check in to check out, unless you want to go out of the resort for shopping.
Sometimes the deals include bonus offers – it is not enough that they keep the word and offer you a completely all inclusive, wonderful and unforgettable vacation; sometimes, they throw in some yippee deals such as a free river cruise, a sightseeing trip, a special dinner with live band, and so on. This is the way in which Florida all inclusive beach resorts says "I care" to its customers.
Children are accommodated compliments the house – almost every Florida resort allows children below 13 years to share the room of their parents for free, provided they do not require any type of extra bedding or bed. This is a genuinely kind gesture; goodwill gesture that touched everyone's heart.
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When are you going to get your first results of the simulation? [Either in time or in number of simulations marked] And what are you planning to make public? Will there be a sensitivity score or scores? I would think that the sensitivity would be lower for particles with shorter lifetimes which would have a vertex close to the centre and would therefore be harder for us to differentiate, so I am guessing that you'll need a sensitivity for each scenario, so nine in total. Are you going to try to combine these into a general formula for all energies / lifetimes?
I can think of two scenarios where you might get 'false positives' – either non-vertices which are marked in error or vertices which are correctly marked but are due to known particles. You could probably use the simulations to try to address the first type by finding the right balance between false positives and false negatives for known decays to get the cleanest results. Are you doing this? And how are you addressing the issue of vertices from known particles?
We will be doing the calibration soon (next month?) once all simulated events have been classified enough times. I imagine we would share the results of the calibration in a future blog post. There certainly will be a separate sensitivity per each set of parameters. You're right that very short lifetimes should have smaller sensitivity, but also the sensitivity should drop at large lifetimes once the decays are no longer well-measured in the tracker. There is likely a sweet-spot for moderate lifetimes. We'll definitely interpolate / extrapolate to estimate the efficiency as a continuous function of the parameters, but the range of parameters will be limited by those of the simulated events.
As for false positives, yes we are also going to use the simulations to check how often you identify vertices where there is no true decay. We also have simulated Z decays to muons pairs, with no accompanying Higgs boson – these simulated events will be purely used to study such false positives. But we will likely not be able to distinguish different reasons for false positives such as known SM particles, interactions with detector material (future blog post?), fake track / random combinations, etc. And it's not so important to. All we need to know is the rate of false positives, which will be checked by the rate of data events with only one (large) displaced vertex found.
If I understand correctly, there are 3 choices for the mass of the "a" boson and 3 choices for the average lifetime of the "a" boson, but what SM particles the "a" boson decays to is determined by the mass.
I would have thought that there would be 3×3=9 possible parameter combinations to simulate. The same answer, but a different equation.
Statistics is not my strong point, but I am curious where the "3×2+3×1" comes from.
Right, 3×2+3×1 = 3×3. 🙂 I had just broken it down differently.
Can you post a Feynman diagram for what you describe? Is it p + p –> H + Z or p + p^- –>H+Z ? Or is there an intermediate virtual Z ?
Yes, there's a virtual Z in the middle, which "radiates" a Higgs.
So we're actually Higgstrahlung Hunters? This is going to make an awesome tee shirt.
um….don't protons consist of two ups and a down? Don't you need an antiproton for that antiquark?
Actually, the proton is a bit more complex than that. If you were to be able to take a snapshot of the quarks at a moment in time you might find two ups (and a down) or you might find five ups and three anti-ups, or four and two, etc.
So when two protons collide there is a chance that an up could interact with an anti-up quark.
To Brownfox1: thanks! So you're relying on vacuum polarization to provide anti-quarks. That's a perturbative effect in electroweak theory. How good is the math for the strong interaction?
I guess the LHC designers had a lot of faith in that math, since they went to the trouble of building colliding beams of protons and protons, not protons and antiprotons.
That's quite a €10B bet. I'm impressed.
As I understand it, the situation within the proton is somewhat different from the vacuum, but you'll have to rely on the scientists for the maths.
Many previous accelerators, including some of those at CERN, collided protons. They performed as expected, so I don't think it was much of a risk.
To brownfox1: good comments. They imply also that the building of the proton-antiproton colliders assumed that some antiprotons could be created and stored long enough to build up a big bunch for injecting into the collider. Which brings me to what may actually be a point: how, if at all, does this project depend upon knowing the frequency of quark-antiquark collisions in total? And relative to what?
Please allow me to add that one can read all the hep books out there, but nothing is as enlightening as gossip like this. Many thanks to all involved.
Actually the anti quark distributions of the proton are quite well known from many previous collider experiments and from the LHC itself.
The Z boson is most directly produced by q qbar annihilation at the LHC. The rate is predicted to about 3% accuracy, and is measured to about 2% accuracy by ATLAS. They agree within these uncertainties, and also the differential distributions as a function of the angle from the beam, and as a function of the transverse momentum of the Z, also agree!
Andy: I'm familiar with the SM at the level of one reading of Quigg 2nd ed. Would you please suggest some reading on your latest reply, especially on the 'antiquark distribution of the proton'? It would be very much appreciated. I do understand how get the amplitude for weak annihilation of a q qbar pair into the Z.
Thanks! I've borrowed a copy of Q&L. It's dated (1980: no top yet) but does not seem wrong, and fits nicely between Griffiths and Quigg. Anyway the upshot is I gather that the anti-up luminosity is very roughly about the same as the proton luminosity. I also looked Dittmaier et al but could not find separate cross sections for Higgstrahlung and gluon fusion. Fascinating stuff, anyway.


Our classroom uses a clip chart behavior management system. This system works with our school PBIS (Dragon Zone Expectation) program to promote positive behavior choices and encourage students to self-monitor their behavior.
Each student has a clip up/down chart, labeled with his/her name, and begins each day clipped to the center of the chart labeled, "Ready to Learn!
During the course of the day, students have the opportunity to move their paperclip up or down the chart according to their behavioral choices – "clip up" or "clip down.
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Students feel a sense of accomplishment when they make good behavior choices and have the opportunity to clip up.
Students who have had to clip down always have the opportunity to make better choices and clip up later in the day, thus they continue to stay motivated to make positive behavior choices.
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Public Health & Policy > Medical Education
Q&A: Patient Outcomes and Where Docs Train
Interview with author of study comparing foreign- vs U.S.-trained physicians
by Debra Beaulieu, HealthLeaders Media February 19, 2017
Medicare patients treated by international medical graduates (IMGs) are less likely to die than patients treated by non-IMGs, according to a study published by The BMJ this month.
More specifically, 30-day mortality rates were 11.2% among patients treated by IMGs and 11.6% among patients treated by physicians who trained in the United States, according to the analysis of Medicare data for more than 1.2 million hospitals covering more than 44,000 internists between 2011 and 2014.
Study co-author Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, MPH, PhD, a research associate at the department of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, shared his insights into the findings. The transcript below was lightly edited.
Q: You conducted this study years before President Trump's travel ban was ordered. What made you want to research outcomes of IMGs then?
We knew that the U.S. heath system was relying on foreign-trained doctors in terms of quantity. One in four doctors in the United States is foreign-trained, and these doctors are more likely to deliver care in rural and underserved areas.
However, little has been studied about the quality of care delivered by foreign-trained doctors. We found that foreign-trained doctors are a valuable part of the workforce for the U.S. health system, both in terms of their quantity and quality.
Q: Is medical education and training for IMGs a possible reason for the lower mortality rates seen among their patients? Or is the differentiator something about the personal attributes of IMGs?
Our study did not compare the quality of medical education in the United States and in other countries. What our findings suggest is that the United States is allowing the best and brightest to come and practice medicine by setting a high bar. And I think that is the reason why foreign medical graduates had slightly better outcomes.
Q: A recent study comparing outcomes of female versus male physicians described the difference as "modest but clinically important." How would you characterize the findings of your study?
The difference in patient mortality for foreign versus U.S. medical graduates was about the same size as the difference between male and female doctors. I think the difference was modest but clinically meaningful.
Q: Your research also found that costs were slightly higher for patients treated by IMGs. To what do you attribute that variation and why is it important?
Slightly higher costs for foreign medical graduates may be because they order more diagnostic tests or more often consult with specialists.
Q: What do you want healthcare leaders to take away from your research? Are there action points to help U.S. trained physicians achieve better outcomes?
I think healthcare leaders should not judge trainees based on where they got their medical education -- especially for foreign-trained doctors -- because it is hard to evaluate the quality of education of foreign medical schools.
Instead, they should assess doctors based on valid and reliable evidence that is readily available by analyzing the claims data or EHR for each physician in many institutions.
Q: Do you have plans to follow up on this research?
We are currently studying other characteristics of physicians that may be associated with better patient outcomes at lower costs.
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The British Medical Journal
Source Reference: Tsugawa Y, et al "Quality of care delivered by general internists in US hospitals who graduated from foreign versus US medical schools: observational study" BMJ 2017; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j273.


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Q: What is the significance of a $\chi^2$ analysis? What is the merit of $\chi^2$ analysis in the laboratory experiments? Why is so much emphasis put on it?

A: To test a model of the form $y=f_a(x)$ where $a$ parameterises a function in a family, finding best-fit $a$ from experimental data, we don't try to solve simultaneous equations $y_i = f_a (x_i)$ by assuming every data point is exact. Measurement error, random noise etc. means that's physically unrealistic, and you'd almost certainly find the equations are inconsistent anyway. Instead the data point $(x_i, y_i)$ satisfies $y_i = f_a (x_i)+\epsilon_i$.
In theory, one can find some collective measure of how large the error terms $\epsilon_i$ are, to assess (i) how to minimise it with the choice of $a$ and (ii) whether the result is good enough to believe the model. There are theoretical reasons to expect the $\epsilon_i$ to have mean-$0$ Normal distributions, and if we think we know the standard deviation is $\sigma$ then for $n$ data points we have $\sigma^{-2}\sum_i\epsilon_i^2\sim\chi_n^2$. The great thing about knowing this quadratic function's distribution is we can now express the empirical result's "weirdness" as a $p$-value.
Why do we use this function? Because it's easy. You can't use $\sum_i\epsilon_i$, because negative errors need to penalised rather than rewarded. Nor do we use $\sum_i|\epsilon_i|$, because working out the distribution of that is a lot harder. What's more, for many popular problems it's easy to compute which $a$ minimises $\sum_i\epsilon_i^2$. For example, any $f_a$ of the form $\sum_j a_j f_j(x)$ reduces this problem to matrix inversion.


ASUS is known for almost every component in the PC market, including the subject of this test, the RT-AX88U WiFi Router, ASUS loaned GamePC RT-AX88U and PCE-AC58BT 160MHz wireless card for the purpose of this review, they were both returned upon completion.
At the time of writing this the availability appears to be extremely limited with very few retailers listing the router, those who do have it listed have it at AUD $569.00.
Sporting a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor, 256 MB Flash storage and 1 GB RAM on the inside the RT-AX88U brings you 802.11ax or the simplified name WiFi 6 (2.4GHz): up to 1148 Mbps and 5GHz: up to 4804 Mbps as well as backwards compatibility to previous generations of WiFi. Physical ports include one gigabit WAN port and eight gigabit LAN ports. Also thrown in is 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports.
In line with the recent ASUS design theme the RT-AX88U has an almost aggressive automotive like design, it almost makes you think Lamborghini.
Initial setup is very straight forward, connect to the RT-AX88U by either cable or WIFI and access the web interface (instructions can be found in the box), flow through the very easy setup wizard and you're done, it took me less than 2 minutes to get the router working on my NBN connection. The router can also operate in access point mode and wireless bridge mode.
Tests were conducted on both the RT-AX88U and my current wireless Meraki MR33 wireless access point using my setup with the PCE-AC58BT card installed, to show just what wireless AX can do my current Surface Laptop was also run through the same tests.
Initial test on my Mungi 50 Megabit NBN connection returned 48.2 Megabit download and 18.7 Megabit upload which maxed out the connection, it's no surprise this router handled it without any trouble.
If you need great WiFi on 5GHz you can get yourself a router that can take you even further once you get your hands on AX WiFi, if you already have AX WiFi then you should be out there right now trying to buy one.


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{{Infobox television
| image              = Una muchacha llamada Milagros.jpg
| num_episodes       = 229
| genre              = TelenovelaRomance
| creator            = Delia Fiallo
| starring           = Rebeca GonzalezJosé BardinaJosé Luis Rodríguez
| opentheme          = "Una muchacha llamada Milagros" by Rudy Márquez
| language           = Spanish
| country            = Venezuela
| runtime            =
| company            = Venevisión
| distributor        =
| channel            = Venevisión
| first_aired        =
| last_aired         =
| executive_producer = José Enrique Crousillat
| director           = Orangel Delfin
| preceded_by        = La otra
| followed_by        = La señorita Elena
| related            =  Mi amada Beatriz (1987)Cuidado con el ángel (2008)Tóc Rối (2019)
}}Una muchacha llamada Milagros'' () is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Venevisión in 1974.

Rebeca Gonzalez and José Bardina starred as the main protagonists with Ivonne Attas and Haydee Balza as antagonists.

Plot
Juan Miguel Saldivar is a prestigious psychiatrist who has dedicated his time to the rehabilitation of young rebels and criminals. This serves as a distraction from his failing marriage to his wife Viviana and a rape he committed during his youth while he was drunk. But fate will bring him face to face with Milagros, the girl whom he raped several years prior, though Milagros does not remember him. In order to assist with her rehabilitation, Juan Miguel takes Milagros to the house of Judge Clemente Ruiz, a very strict man. Cecilia, the judge's wife, welcomes Milagros with open arms, but she receives a cold welcome from her daughter Monica.

While on a trip overseas, Viviana, Dr. Saldivar's wife, is involved in a terrible accident and she is reported to be dead. Seeing the perfect opportunity, Monica, who has been secretly in love with Juan Miguel, plans on seducing him so that he can marry her, but she discovers that Juan Miguel is in love with Milagros. She accuses Milagros of theft, and in order to save her, Juan Miguel proposes to Milagros. But fate intervenes when on their wedding night, Milagros realizes that the man she married is the same one who raped her years earlier.

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1973 telenovelas
Venevisión telenovelas
Venezuelan telenovelas
1973 Venezuelan television series debuts
1974 Venezuelan television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Venezuela


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We made a special purchase on the closeout model. This is for the 2017-18 model with some rosewood on it maybe the fingerboard or something. For that reason we are offering this model at the reduced price until they are gone.


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Az eszéki csata () a Jugoszláv Néphadsereg (JNA) által a horvátországi Eszék városa elleni tüzérségi támadás volt, amely a horvátországi háború idején 1991 augusztusától 1992 júniusáig zajlott. Az ágyúzás intenzitása 1991. november végén és decemberében tetőzött, majd miután a Vance-tervet elfogadták, 1992-ben csökkent. A bombázást a JNA gyalogos és páncélos egységeinek légicsapásokkal támogatott támadásai kísérték a városban lévő célpontok ellen, amelyek miközben a város lakosságának nagy része elmenekült, megközelítőleg 800 halálos áldozatot követelt. Horvát források becslése szerint Eszékre ebben az időszakban 6000 tüzérségi lövedéket lőttek ki.

Miután a JNA 1991. november 18-án elfoglalta Vukovárt, Eszék volt horvátországi hadjáratának következő célpontja. A 12. (újvidéki) hadtest alá rendelt JNA egységek, a Szerb Önkéntes Gárda támogatásával november végén és december elején szerény előretörést értek el, mely során több Eszéktől délre fekvő falut elfoglaltak, de összességében a Horvát Hadsereg sikeresen tartotta védelmi vonalait, megakadályozva a JNA nagyobb arányú előrenyomulását.

Az eszéki csata után a horvát hatóságok tizenhárom JNA tiszt ellen emeltek vádat civilek ellen elkövetett háborús bűnök miatt, de letartóztatásukra a mai napig nem került sor. A horvát hatóságok Eszék védelmének háborús parancsnokát, Branimir Glavašt és további öt személyt is megvádoltak a városban 1991-ben elkövetett háborús bűnökkel. Az ötüket elítélték, és nyolc és tíz év közötti börtönbüntetést kaptak, míg Glavaš ellen 2015 márciusától indult bírósági eljárás.

Előzmények
1990-ben, a horvát szocialisták választási vereségét követően az etnikai feszültségek tovább fokozódtak. A Jugoszláv Néphadsereg (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA) elkobozta Horvátország területvédelmi fegyvereit (Teritorijalna obrana – TO), hogy minimalizálja a lehetséges ellenállást. 1990. augusztus 17-én a fokozódó feszültség a horvátországi szerbek nyílt lázadásává fajult.A lázadás Dalmácia hátországának Knin körüli, túlnyomórészt szerbek lakta területein, valamint a Lika, Kordun, Banovina régiók és Kelet-Horvátország egyes részein zajlott. 1991 januárjában Szerbia Montenegró, valamint a szerbiai Vajdaság és Koszovó tartományok támogatásával kétszer is sikertelenül próbálkozott, hogy megszerezze a jugoszláv elnökség jóváhagyását a JNA bevetéséhez a horvát biztonsági erők leszerelésére.

A szerb felkelők és a horvát különleges rendőrség között márciusban vívott vértelen összecsapás után maga a JNA, Szerbia és szövetségesei támogatásával, kérte a szövetségi elnökséget, hogy adjon neki háborús jogosítványokat és hirdessen ki rendkívüli állapotot. A kérelmet 1991. március 15-én elutasították, és a JNA Slobodan Milošević szerb elnök irányítása alá került 1991 nyarán, amikor a jugoszláv szövetség szétesésnek indult. A hónap végére a konfliktus eszkalálódott, ami a háború első halálos áldozataihoz vezetett. A JNA ezután közbelépett, hogy támogassa a felkelőket, és megakadályozza a horvát rendőrség beavatkozását. Április elején a horvátországi szerb lázadás vezetői bejelentették, hogy az ellenőrzésük alatt álló területeket integrálják Szerbiával. Horvátország kormánya ezt az elszakadás aktusának tekintette.

Az események lefolyása

A szemben álló erők
A JNA először 1991. július 3-án avatkozott be közvetlenül Horvátország ellen, kiűzve a horvát erőket Baranyából, az Eszék városától északra fekvő területekről, valamint az Eszéktől keletre fekvő Erdődről, Almásról és Dályáról. Az előrenyomulást szakaszos harcok követték Eszék, Vukovár és Vinkovce környékén. Ezek során a JNA állásai több ponton megközelítették Eszék város határát.

Az Eszék melletti JNA egységeket a 12. (újvidéki) hadtestnek rendelték alá, amelyet Andrija Biorčević vezérőrnagy irányított. Magában a városban a JNA-nak több laktanyája volt, amelyekben a 12. Proleter gépesített dandár és a 12. vegyes tüzérezred kapott helyet. A 12. Proleter gépesített dandárból a JNA-nak egy maroknyi zászlóalja volt teljes harckészültségben. A Nekcse és Belovár irányába tervezett nyugati offenzíva kiindulópontjaként Eszéket határozták meg.

A térségben tartózkodó horvát erők formálisan a Karl Gorinšek ezredes vezette eszéki hadműveleti zóna parancsnokságának voltak alárendelve. A gyakorlatban a város védelmét, amint az a Glavaš-perben a 2000-es években elhangzott információkból kiderült, Branimir Glavaš, az eszéki Nemzetvédelmi Hivatal akkori vezetője felügyelte. Glavaš hivatalosan 1991. december 7-én lett a városvédelem parancsnoka.

A város ágyúzása
A JNA először 1991. július 31-én támadta meg Eszéket aknavetőtűzzel, majd 1991. augusztus 19-én erősen bombázta a város központját. A támadások északról, keletról és délről érkeztek, magán Eszéken belül pedig az ott állomásozó JNA helyőrségei támogatták őket. Szeptember 7–9-én a várostól három kilométerre délre fekvő Tényén a szerbek eredménytelenül támadtak. A JNA helyőrségeit szeptember közepétől ostromolták a horvát erők. Miután 1991. szeptember 15-én elfoglaltak egy belvárosi laktanyát, a megmaradt JNA helyőrség megpróbálta áttörni a laktanyát ostromló horvát csapatokat, és heves harcok után 1991. szeptember 17-én Eszéktől délre elérte a JNA állásait. Az ágyúzás intenzitása ezt követően nőtt, és novemberben és decemberben érte el csúcspontját. Miután 1992 januárjában, a Vance-terv elfogadását követően tűzszünetet kötöttek, a tüzérségi támadások elmaradtak és szakaszossá váltak, majd júniusra teljesen megszűntek.

Csúcspontja idején a bombázás intenzitása elérte a percenkénti egy lövedéket is,  és a tüzérségi támadások hatását tetézték a jugoszláv légierő város elleni csapásai. Horvát források szerint ebben az időszakban összesen 6000 tüzérségi lövedéket lőttek ki Eszékre. A bombázás megkezdése előtt Eszék polgári lakossága 104  761fő volt és további 129 792 lakos élt az önkormányzathoz tartozó egyéb településeken. Mivel a civilek elmenekültek a harcok elől a lakosság tényleges létszáma ennél lényegesen kevesebb volt. Becslések szerint november végére a lakosságnak csak körülbelül egyharmada maradt a városban, egyes források pedig számukat még ennél is alacsonyabbra becsülik, ami arra utal, hogy a város lakossága a bombázás legintenzívebb időszakában mindössze 10 000 civilre csökkent. Azok, akik a harcok során Eszéken maradtak, általában bombabiztos óvóhelyeken aludtak.

A szárazföldi offenzíva
Miután a JNA és a szerb félkatonai egységek november 18-án elfoglalták Vukovárt, a JNA 12. hadteste a Szerb Belügyminisztérium által kiképzett Szerb Önkéntes Gárda félkatonai csapatai által támogatva november 20-án Vinkovce és Eszék között megkezdte előrenyomulását. Úgy tűnt, hogy Eszék városa a JNA következő célpontja, amit később Života Panić tábornok, a JNA 1. katonai körzetének parancsnoka is megerősített.

1991. november 21-én a JNA elfoglalta Stari Seleš, Novi Seleš és Ernestinovo falvakat, amelyek Eszéktől körülbelül tíz kilométerre délre találhatók. Három nappal később elfoglalták az Ernestinovótól öt kilométerre délre fekvő Szentlászlót. Ezek a fejlemények fenyegették Diakovárat, és Eszék lehetséges bekerítésére utaltak. 1991. december 4-én Cyrus Vance volt amerikai külügyminiszter, az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezete főtitkárának különmegbízottja Eszékre látogatott, hogy megvizsgálja a károkat.

December elején a JNA szerény előrehaladást ért el, és 1991. december 5-én elfoglalta az Eszéktől hat kilométerre délre található Antalfalut. Ugyanezen a napon a páncélozott JNA erők sikertelenül támadták meg a horvát 106. dandár állásait körülbelül két kilométerre keletre Eszéktől, a Drávanémeti közelében fekvő Rosinjača erdőben. December 6-án a JNA kiszorította a horvát csapatokat Tényéről, de az Eszék elleni további támadást a horvát hadsereg december 7-én visszaverte. December 11-én a horvát erők behatoltak Paulin Dvor faluba, amely alig három kilométerre található nyugatra Ernestinovótól [12], és 19 civilt (18 szerbet és egy magyart) kivégeztek. A JNA öt nappal később, december 16-án visszafoglalta Paulin Dvort, és ismét megtámadta Eszéket. A horvát védőknek sikerült megfékezni a támadást, bár a harcok Eszéktől délre 1992 januárjáig még folytatódtak.

A Đavolja greda hadművelet
A JNA Eszéktől északra történő előretörése a város északi szélét szegélyező, a Dráva folyón átívelő keskeny hídfő horvát ellenőrzését fenyegette. December közepére a hídfő egy Eszékkel szemközti földsávra redukálódott, amely Podravlje és Tvrđavica külvárosi településeket foglalta magában. A fenyegetés elhárítása érdekében a horvát hadsereg december 17–18-án "Operacija Đavolja greda" (más néven Kopácsi rét) fedőnéven offenzívát indított. Az offenzíva, amelyben a 135. dandár 1. zászlóalja, a különleges erők "Frangepán" zászlóalja és az eszéki székhelyű "Orao" különleges rendőri egység részei, a Drávai folyami flotta, a 106. dandár tüzérsége és a 4. pélmonostori rendőrállomás személyi állománya vett részt, sikeresen tolta vissza a JNA erőit északra, a Dráva-holtágon túlra, amely körülbelül négy kilométerre Eszéktől északra található. A JNA Kopács faluból is kivonult Dárda és Várdaróc irányába, de a horvát hadseregnek nem volt elegendő forrása a siker kiaknázására. A horvátok az offenzívában nyolc halálos áldozatot veszítettek, de a JNA észak felől Eszék felé tartó előrenyomulása megállt.

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A bombázások következtében 1992 júniusáig megközelítőleg 800 ember vesztette életét. A horvát függetlenségi háború végére, 1995-re összesen 1724 eszéki ember vesztette életét, köztük 1327 katona és 397 civil. A háború alatt maga a város is nagy károkat szenvedett, a közvetlen károk nagy része az 1991–1992-es bombázás következményeként következett be. A város által elszenvedett közvetlen háborús károkat összesen 1,3 milliárd USA dollárra becsülték. A bombázások során a károkat rendszeresen 400 önkéntes rögzítette.

Bár Eszék bombázásáról a média is beszámolt, a város újságírói úgy érezték, hogy a háborús eseményekhez képest indokolatlanul alacsony szintű médiavisszhangot kapott Horvátországban. Az Eszék elleni támadásokat üdvözölte a Szerb Ortodox Egyház által kiadott "Pravoslavlje" nevű újság, amely a jelek szerint a független Horvátországot a második világháborús Független Horvát Állam által elkövetett  mészárlások és koncentrációs táborok kontextusába helyezve, a "szent háború" részeként áldását adta a támadásra.

A JNA 1992-ben kivonult Horvátországból, de továbbra is harcosokat és felszerelést adott a Krajinai Szerb Köztársaság hadseregének (ARSK), amely a korábban a JNA birtokában lévő területeket ellenőrizte. Bár a Vance-terv alapján az Egyesült Nemzetek békefenntartói bevonultak a térségbe, és az ARSK nehézfegyvereinek nagy részét raktárakba gyűjtötték, Eszéket a háború során időszakosan továbbra is bombázták. Az utolsó tüzérségi csapás a várost 1995 szeptemberében érte. 1995 novemberében a horvát uralom helyreállítását biztosító Erdődi megállapodás révén megszűnt az ellenségeskedés a két fél között.

2010 novemberében az akkori horvát elnök, röviddel azután, hogy szerb kollégája, Boris Tadić hivatalos bocsánatkérést adott ki a vukovári mészárlás miatt, Ivo Josipović is hivatalosan bocsánatot kért a Paulin Dvor-i vérengzésért.

A háborús bűnösök felelősségre vonása
2008-ban a horvát hatóságok hivatalosan megvádolták Boro Ivanović ezredest, a JNA 12. Proleter gépesített dandárának parancsnokát és tizenkét másik JNA tisztet a polgári lakosság ellen elkövetett háborús bűnökkel. A vádak között szerepel 307 eszéki civil halála és további 171 civil megsebesítése, valamint legalább 1188 különböző építmény megsemmisítése a városban és a környező területeken. 2013-ban a vád alá helyezett tisztek mindegyike szabadlábon volt Szerbiában.

2005-ben az Eszéki Kerületi Bíróság a Paulin Dvor-i gyilkosságokban való részvétele miatt 15 év börtönbüntetésre ítélte Nikola Ivanković volt horvát katonát. 2012-ben Enes Viteskovićot is elítélték az atrocitásban való részvétele miatt, ő tizenegy év börtönt kapott.

A háború után tizenegy rendbeli gyilkosságért, egy gyilkossági kísérletért és egy szerb civil megkínzásáért, akit az 1991. szeptember 15-én feladott JNA laktanyában találtak, öt horvát harcost vádoltak meg és ítéltek el. Valamennyien öt és nyolc év közötti börtönbüntetést kaptak. Glavaš, akinek ügyét, ugyanazokért a bűncselekményekért velük együtt tárgyalták, tíz év börtönt kapott. Mielőtt az ítélet 2009-ben jogerőre emelkedett, Glavaš a kiadatás elkerülése érdekében Bosznia-Hercegovinába menekült, ahol megkapta az állampolgárságot. Amikor végül Bosznia-Hercegovinában letartóztatták és bebörtönözték, büntetését nyolc évre mérsékelték, mely 2010-ben jogerőre emelkedett. 2015 januárjában a horvát alkotmánybíróság a Horvátország Legfelsőbb Bírósága előtti új eljárásig hatályon kívül helyezte az ítéletet. Január 20-án Glavašt kiengedték a mostari börtönből. 2015. február 1-jén, majdnem hat év távollét után Glavaš visszatért Eszékre, ahol valamivel több, mint egy hónap után (2015. március 5-én) ismét letartóztatták (immár hatodszor) és azzal a magyarázattal, hogy "az elsőfokú ítélet még érvényben van, amellyel Glavašt 10 év börtönbüntetésre ítélték" a remiteneci börtönbe szállították. Közvetlenül letartóztatása után Glavaš nyilvánosan bejelentette, hogy éhségsztrájkot kezd, és letartóztatásának teljes 27 napján folytatta éhségsztrájkját, majd 2015. március 31-én a zágrábi megyei bíróság határozatával szabadlábra helyezték. Több perújítás után pere 2021. július 5-én indult újra a Zágráb Megyei Bíróság előtt.

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The Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.
The student ensembles' performances are part of Brass Day at SFA. Brass Day is devoted to high school students of all ages who play a brass instrument, including trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium and tuba, and who are interested in learning more about how to perform the prescribed audition etudes for all-region and all-state bands. The concert will open with a performance by the Faculty Brass Quintet.
Additionally, the concert will also feature works by composer Joel Love, who will collaborate with School of Music students in mid-October as part of the SFA bands' annual composer residency. The Symphonic Band, directed by Assistant Director of Bands Dr. Chris Kaatz, will begin its performance with William Latham's "Brighton Beach." Kaatz describes this British-style march as a staple in the repertoire, "likely due to its ominous D minor opening and bold F major finale." Dana Wilson's "Sang!" follows and showcases the composer's eclectic, yet rousing use of jazz harmony and popular music riffs in his writing. This groove-saturated soundscape is succeeded by the sneaky and somewhat sinister "Baron Piquant on Pointe." Beginning quietly and featuring numerous soloists before employing the full ensemble, this piece was written by University of Texas at Austin Professor of Composition Donald Gratham. Symphonic Band concludes its performance with a work by Gratham's student, Love. "'A Cardinal's Hymn' embodies Love's trademark lush, technical lyricism," according to Kaatz. The work, whose title is a reference to Love's undergraduate mascot, is an homage to Dr. Wayne Dyess, who was an influential mentor to Love during his studies at Lamar University.
The Wind Symphony, directed by Associate Director of Bands Dr. Dan Haddad, will open the second half with John Mackey's bombastic tour de force, "Until the Scars." The colorful orchestration of famed Italian composer Ottorini Respighi is featured next in his sole work for winds, "Huntingtower Ballad." Love's "Aurora Borealis" serves as the cornerstone for the Wind Symphony's program. It is the composer's first work for wind ensemble and was selected as a finalist in the 3rd International Frank Ticheli Composition Contest. Love's grand evocation of the northern lights is complimented by Percy Grainger's raucously energetic "The Gum-Suckers March," which closes the concert.
Admission to the concert is free. The Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble, Trombone Choir and the SFA Faculty Brass Quintet will collectively present the Kaleidoscope Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in the Grand Ballroom. For additional information, contact the School of Music at (936) 468-4602.
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WALLACE, B. Alan. American, b. 1950. Genres: Theology/Religion, Translations. Career: Tibet Institute, Rikon, Switzerland, lecturer, 1975-77; Center for Higher Tibetan Studies, Mt. Pelerin, Switzerland, lecturer, 1977- 79; H.H. the Dalai Lama, interpreter, 1979; University of Washington, Seattle, interpreter, 1982; American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Amherst, MA, lecturer, 1984-86; Amherst College, Amherst, MA, lecturer, 1987; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, teaching assistant, 1990, teaching intern, 1991, lecturer in Innovative Academic Courses Program, 1992, chief teaching assistant, 1994, visiting scholar in religious studies, 1995-96, visiting scholar in psychology, 1996-97, instructor, 1997; Mind and Life III (a meeting between H.H. the Dalai Lama and western scientists and scholars), Dharamsala, India, organizer and interpreter, 1990; Mind and Life IV, Dharamsala, India, interpreter and consultant, 1992; Stanford Memorial Church, co-organizer and co-interpreter for a symposium with H.H. the Dalai Lama and Stanford Faculty, 1994; UCLA Extension Program, Los Angeles, CA, instructor, 1997; Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, lecturer, 1997-; interpreter at symposiums, lectures, conferences, and dialogues; academic presentations on Tibetan studies, Buddhism, religion, and spirituality; research on Tibetan studies and Buddhism. Publications: (ed.) G.N. Dhargyey, Tibetan Tradition of Mental Development, 1974; (with K. McKenzie) Spoken Tibetan, 1985; A Passage from Solitude: a Modern Commentary on Tibetan Buddhist Mind Training, 1992; Tibetan Buddhism From the Ground Up, 1993; Choosing Reality: A Contemplative View of Physics and the Mind, 1989, as Choosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind, 1996. TRANSLATOR: (and ed) The Ambrosia Heart Tantra, 1976; S.G. Amipa, Waterdrop from the Glorious Sea: a History of the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, 1976; (and ed) The Life and Teachings of Geshe Rabten, 1980; H.H. the Dalai Lama, Four Essential Buddhist Commentaries, 1984; G.N. Dhargyey, The Kalchakra Tantra, 1986; (with J. Hopkins and L. Rabgyey) Y. Donden, Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine, 1986; (ed, and annotator) H.H. the Dalai Lama, A Commentary on the Ninth Chapter of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, 1988; (with G.T. Jinpa) H.H. the Dalai Lama, Worlds in Harmony: Dialogues on Compassionate Action, 1992; (with G.T. Jinpa) H.H. the Dalai Lama, Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind, 1992; Gen Lamrimpa, Samantha Meditation: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on Cultivating Meditative Quiescence, 1992, as Calming the Mind: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence, 1995; (with S. Khandro) G. Rinpoche, Ancient Wisdom: Nyingma Teachings of Dream Yoga, Meditation and Transformation, 1993; (with V.A. Wallace) A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, 1997; (with G.T. Jinpa) Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness with the Dalai Lama, 1997; (with G.T. Jinpa) Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health, 1997. Address: Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, U.S.A.
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Q: Vector push back operation with pointer I am trying to use a vector pointer and trying to push back a value. It seems that this operation needs round braces. Why does one need round braces?
void foo(vector<int> *v1)
{
*v1.push_back(1); //(*v1).push_back(1);
}

int main()
{
vector<int> A;
foo(&A);
return 0;
}

A: Operator precedence.
Member access (.push_back) has higher precedence than indirection/dereference (*v1), so *v1.push_back(1) is equivalent to *(v1.push_back(1)). This is not what you want.
The parentheses in (*v1) give the expression higher precedence from left-to-right than the member access, thus why it's valid and equivalent to ->.
v1-> is syntactic sugar for (*v1).
Operator Precedence Reference

A: Let's say you have this example:
int a[] = {100, 70, 55, 12};
int* pA = &a[0];

*pA++; // you think 100 + 1 but a[0 + 1] so result: 70

Above you de-referenced pA after incrementing the address it points to not the value it stores in the address it points to.
So you need ():
(*pA)++;

*

*TIP: To change operator precedence use parenthesis.

A: First you need to dereference the pointer to vector in order to be able to call it's member function, hence the syntax:
(*v1).push_back(1);

The same can be achieved by using the arrow -> operator:
v1->push_back(1);

Alternatively pass the argument by reference:
void foo(vector<int>& v1) {
    v1.push_back(1);
}

int main() {
    vector<int> A;
    foo(A);
}


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Socialists to submit proposals to compensate Quaestor investors
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Budapest, January 12 (MTI) – Socialist MP László Szakács has proposed legislation to compensate former Quaestor investors who lost their savings due to the brokerage's bankruptcy. The laws would enable liquidation to involve all assets of every member of the failed group.
At a press conference in front of parliament, Szakács said Quaestor had spread assets across more than 40 companies and the "Fidesz elite have been free to take what they want" while investors hadn't had a single cent returned.
According to unnamed sources, the site for the Duna City Project worth 100 billion forints — reportedly linked to the failed brokerage — was recently sold for 16.5 billion forints, he said, adding that Quaestor investors should be entitled to this property, since it had been bought with their money.
The politician said it was unclear whether this asset had evaded the wind-up procedure due to the "lack of or too much cooperation" between the liquidators.


The main task is to implement Value-iteration policy for robotics pursuit-evasion game.
Do not submit the .policy files with the stored precalculate policy!
In file player/Player.py in function value_iteration_policy implement the Value-iteration policy decision making for pursuit-evasion game.
The Value-iteration policy is an asymptotically optimal decision making approach. The next-best state is selected in each discrete step of the game based on its value.
The purpose of the function is to internally update the self.next_robots variable, which is a list of (int, int) robot coordinates based on the current state of the game, given gridmap grid map of the environment and the player's role self.role. The player is given the list evaders of all evading robots in the game other than his robots and the list of pursuers of all pursuing robots in the game other than his robots. I.e., the complete set of robots in game is given as the union of evaders, pursuers and self.robots.
During the gameplay, each player is asked to update their intention for the next move coded in the self.next_robots variable by calling the calculate_step function. Afterward, the step is performed by calling the take_step̈́ function followed by the game checking each step, whether it complies to the rules of the game.
The game ends after a predefined number of steps or when all the evaders are captured.
The number of players and robots is fixed for this task. There will be two players in the game. One player with a single evading robot and one player with two pursuers.
In value-iteration the strategies for different configurations may be stored in the self.values variable which is either calculated from scratch, or loaded from file, if the policy already exists. The provided code for loading the value-iteration policy may be modified; however, the code shall use pickle library for saving and loading the data to and from the .policy files.
The code can be evaluated using the following set of game scenarios.
Note, you can easily generate new game setups by modifying the .game files accordingly. In the upload system, the student's solutions are tested against the teachers RANDOM and GREEDY policies players. Note, the calculation of the VALUE_ITERATION policy is computationally expensive, therefore is the time for running the evaluation limited to 10 minutes.


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/ News / Duke University Launches Cybersecurity Company, Forewarned, Inc.
Duke University Launches Cybersecurity Company, Forewarned, Inc.
Durham, N.C., May 2, 2022 – Duke University announces a new cybersecurity technology spin-out, Forewarned, Inc., based on the successful STINGAR platform developed at Duke's Information Technology Security Office.
The new company, Forewarned Inc., has been granted an exclusive license to the STINGAR software technology and patents. The company plans to continue developing the STINGAR technology and promote it to a broader set of customers in education, research, and beyond.
"In 2021, Duke decided it was the right time to expand the availability of the platform and spin out the new company, Forewarned, Inc.," said Robin Rasor, Associate VP, Duke Office for Translation and Commercialization. "The goal is to promote the platform and bring it to a broader set of customers so more entities, not just academic institutions, could benefit from sharing real-time threat information and greater network security."
STINGAR Platform
The STINGAR (Shared Threat Intelligence, Network Gatekeeper, Automated Response) platform was originally developed by Duke's Information Technology Security Office as part of its overall IT security strategy to address malicious cyber-attacks seen inside its network.
STINGAR automatically detects and blocks cyber-attacks as they happen, in real-time, thus removing threats from the network and reducing work for the security incident response teams. STINGAR increases the blocking capabilities by two orders of magnitude from malicious connection attempts. In addition, the platform also shares cyber threat intelligence with its community of trusted users to make everyone aware of the active cyber threats and become better prepared against attacks.
"STINGAR began life as an internal project inside Duke's IT security operations team to address the lack of commercial offerings in this space," said Tracy Futhey, Vice President and CTO of Duke Office of Information Technology. "It has grown to become a widely adopted security automation tool in use across the country at higher education campuses, government research establishments and security operations centers. I am delighted to see the completion of this effort with the launch of this new company. I encourage all members of the higher education community to consider the benefits of STINGAR for the protection of their campus networks."
"We have recently begun the transition of our existing partners to the latest version of the STINGAR platform, which represents a major upgrade culminating two years of development work," said Hugh Thomas, Forewarned, Inc. CEO. "We look forward to welcoming new partners to the STINGAR community over the coming months and years."
About Forewarned
Forewarned Inc. is a C-corporation headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC. The company was founded in 2021 by a team of IT professionals from Duke University's Office of Information Technology, who bring a deep technical background of networking and enterprise security expertise and a shared vision for creating a safer online environment using STINGAR to improve the safety of all users.
For more information about Forewarned and the STINGAR platform, please visit https://forewarned.io or email: info@forewarned.io


Over 600,000 Jewish settlers live in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories the Palestinians want as part of their future state.
Instead of addressing the root causes of Palestinian discontent, Tel Aviv continues to blame Gaza's Hamas leadership for the ongoing clashes.
New Zealand defeated India by four runs in the third and final Twenty20 global (T20I) to clinch the series 2-1 here on Sunday. Munro smashed 72 (40), including five fours and five sixes, while Seifert hit three fours and three sixes in his 43 (25).
A military spokesperson said the demonstrators hurled rocks at Israeli troops and several explosive devices landed on the Gaza side of the fence. The Health Ministry put his age at 18, but Mezan said he was 17. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and thousands have been wounded.
While Palestinians have claimed the protests are peaceful, Israel says that Hamas, the Islamist group ruling Gaza, has hijacked the months-long movement in an effort to attack Israeli forces and breach the border fence to commit terrorist acts in Israel.


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Kick off your visit on the 25th (Mon): see some colorful creatures with a scuba or snorkeling tour. Get ready for a full day of sightseeing on the 26th (Tue): take a leisurely stroll along The Jack Barnes Bicentennial Mangrove Boardwalk, have fun at Esplanade Lagoon Pool, then view the masterpieces at Bones and Jones, and finally stroll through Esplanade Boardwalk.
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Manila, Philippines to Cairns is an approximately 10-hour flight. You'll lose 2 hours traveling from Manila to Cairns due to the time zone difference. In February in Cairns, expect temperatures between 36°C during the day and 28°C at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 26th (Tue) early enough to drive to Port Douglas.
Kick off your visit on the 27th (Wed): identify plant and animal life at Wildlife Areas. Get ready for a full day of sightseeing on the next day: identify plant and animal life at Wildlife Areas.
Plan trip to Port Douglas with our itinerary maker to find out where to go and what to do.
Traveling by car from Cairns to Port Douglas takes 1.5 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus; or take a shuttle. February in Port Douglas sees daily highs of 36°C and lows of 28°C at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 28th (Thu) to allow enough time to travel to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is known for nature, museums, outdoors, trails, and classes. Your plan includes some of its best attractions: explore the striking landscape at Uluru, go for a walk through Field of Light, contemplate the waterfront views at Mutitjulu Waterhole, and get outside with Walpa Gorge.
For traveler tips, maps, and tourist information, go to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park holiday builder app .
You can do a combination of shuttle and flight from Port Douglas to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in 6 hours. Another option is to drive. Traveling from Port Douglas in March, you will find days in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park are somewhat warmer (41°C), and nights are about the same (24°C). Finish your sightseeing early on the 3rd (Sun) so you can travel to Melbourne.
Dedicate the 4th (Mon) to wine at some of the top wineries in the area. Next up on the itinerary: take in nature's colorful creations at Royal Botanic Gardens, enjoy breathtaking views from Eureka Skydeck 88, stroll through Melbourne Zoo, and don't miss a visit to Flinders Street Station.
To see photos, maps, and more tourist information, you can read our Melbourne day trip tool .
Fly from Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to Melbourne in 5 hours. Alternatively, you can drive. Plan for little chillier temperatures traveling from Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in March, with highs in Melbourne at 30°C and lows at 15°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 6th (Wed) to allow enough time to travel to Katoomba.
Kick off your visit on the 7th (Thu): admire the sheer force of Bridal Veil Falls, get great views at The Three Sisters, get great views at 3 Sisters Echo Point, take in nature's colorful creations at Everglades Historic House and Gardens, then make a trip to Day FIne Art, and finally make a trip to Gallery Blackheath.
For reviews, more things to do, ratings, and more tourist information, read Katoomba tour site .
You can do a combination of flight and train from Melbourne to Katoomba in 6 hours. Other options are to drive; or take a train. March in Katoomba sees daily highs of 31°C and lows of 19°C at night. Cap off your sightseeing on the 7th (Thu) early enough to go by car to Sydney.
Sydney is known for nightlife, trails, beaches, parks, and museums. Your plan includes some of its best attractions: catch a live performance at Sydney Opera House, kick back and relax at Bondi Beach, tour the pleasant surroundings at Manly Beach, and snap pictures at Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Discover how to plan a Sydney trip in just a few steps with Inspirock's itinerary builder.
Traveling by car from Katoomba to Sydney takes 1.5 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train. In March, daytime highs in Sydney are 30°C, while nighttime lows are 22°C. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 10th (Sun) so you can travel back home.


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Looking back at the future
Jim Phelan is virtually regarded as the father of football in Sydney. This is not our description of him because none of today's people had the privilege of knowing him but was a quote often appearing in various publications before his death in 1939.
He came to Sydney in about 1886 from Bendigo via Ballarat and Melbourne and subsequently played with Waratah and the East Sydney clubs. From our research Jim was not an outstanding player but he was an outstanding administrator and they are the ones who make a success or failure of an organisation.
He was founding treasurer of the Newtown club and later their secretary. When the game almost fell over after the start of WWI he took on the position of Secretary of the NSW Football League, a position he held for ten consecutive years and during his tenure saw the game return to its status as a recognized and strong sport in Sydney.
Besides a life member of the Newtown club, he was elected life member of the NSW Football League and the Australian National Fooball Council, of which he was this state's delegate for a number of years.
Erskineville Oval in 1988
During his time with football, Jim wrote on the game for a number of Sydney newspapers, including the Sydney Morning Herald. He had a deft hand with the pen and it is with this in mind that we reprint a little known article written by Jim and published in a Sydney Football Record in 1939, only months before his passing. The main subject was Erskineville Oval and its re-construction at its present location pictured on the right. Jim penned several like articles during the 1930s almost all of which referred to Sydney's football past and, as he says in this article, if there was anyone who knew about the game then, it was him:
As the new oval progresses towards completion, numberless questions have been asked as to its future tenancy. To one and all my answer has been that such is in the lap of the Gods.
The present day anxiety being evinced has been displaced the one time aversion and antipathy to Erskineville Oval. One sees many changes in the relatively short space of 40 years. Evolution is all around us working perhaps slowly, but nevertheless surely. Such can be said of the game itself.
The 20 aside game of my day, and the concomitant little marks have improved, others in the mind of enthusiastic old timers, have declined and the day is not far distant when a halt will surely be called to the alternation of rules of the game. So much, by the way.
By reason of the many changes in the administrative personnel of the NSW League since its inception in 1903, and the fact that early books and records are not in possession of present officials, a complete history of the league operations is well nigh impossible. However, as one (and the only one) who can lay claim to have been present at every annual meeting of the League since its inception, I am confident that memory will serve me right in this effort to set forth details in connection with playing grounds and Erskineville Oval in particular.
Following the great success of the Fitzroy-Collingwood initial match on the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1903 the following clubs were formed:- Sydney, Paddington, East Sydney, Balmain, North Shore, West Sydney, Redfern, Newtown, Ashfield, Y.M.C.A. and Alexandria. As Rugby League was then non-existent the securing of playing grounds was simply a question of ability to pay for the use of them.
The formation of eleven clubs following the Fitzroy-Collingwood game is indicative of the enthusiasm aroused at the time. The wisdom of accepting such a number of clubs was questioned at the time by some of the then League members. Within a short space of time Ashfield and Alexandria clubs dropped out. The remaining clubs, however, continued to exist for some years.
Since the inception of the League, premiership final games have been played on the following grounds:- 1903, 1904, 1908 and 1909, Sydney Cricket Ground No. 1; 1905 and 1915 Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2; 1906, 1916, 1917 and 1918 Agricultural Showground (now Fox Studios); 1907 Kensington Racecourse (now the site of the University of NSW), 1911, 1912 and 1913, Australian Football Ground, Alexandria; 1910, 1914, 1919 and from thence on, Erskineville Oval – pictured left.
The foregoing supplies a most effective answer to those who continually assail me for my advocacy of Erskineville Oval, with the one plea "that the game generally, and the finals in particular should be played on a central ground, to wit the Sydney Cricket Ground, or the Agricultural Showground" In their ignorance, or antipathy to Erskineville Oval, they did not know, or if knowing would not admit the fact that central grounds had been tried and financial results were overwhelmingly in favour of Erskineville Oval.
While I have always thought, and expressed myself as occasion arose, that false modesty is as bad an attribute as overweening vanity, I feel that it would not be desirable to set forth in this short article the various episodes that arose in connection with the retention of Erskineville Oval as the home ground for the game in Sydney.
The concern that was almost wholly mine, during the past 21 years is now being shared by others as the time approaches when farewell must be said to the ground that has served the League for a generation, and whose atmosphere is, on the whole, more congenial in a football sense than that of any other playing ground controlled by the League.
Gone from the old home, gentlemen, moved up into the now, will, I trust, be the greeting to patrons of the game in 1940."
Jim was a great man for football and to have the league's best and fairest medal (re)named after him is a fitting reward for his work and commitment to the game.
FIRST JOURNAL WELL RECEIVED
MONA PARK


When the 1966 Mercury S-55 was created as a close cousin to the 7-liter big block Ford Galaxie 500XL in 1966, it became its own model series for the first time. The Lincoln-Mercury Division of Ford Motor Company had been marketing the Mercury Special series as a sub-category of Mercury's Monterey model. But in 1966, the Mercury S-55 became its own model series. It was a full sized luxury car with unmatched performance capabilities. Yet, unlike Ford's Galaxie, it only came with one engine choice … the 428 ci Super Marauder big block motor, a legendary performance brand.
This week, a private seller from Woodstock, Illinois is offering his low-mile 1966 Mercury S-55 2-Door Hardtop for sale. The 1966 Mercury S-55 2-Door Hardtop is a little known side story to the muscle car era. The take away here is that this car is offered at a collector value way below the price of a 7-liter classic Galaxie. (Follow this link to find out more about the price on this 1966 Mercury S-55.) I think you will agree that this one is a lot of car for the money.
This ultra rare 1966 Mercury S-55 is quite possibly the cleanest, lowest mileage and most well preserved S-55 on the planet. With only 6,794 actual miles, it has quite an interesting story and has the documentation that a collector would want in a period muscle car. It was originally owned by an elderly Southern gentleman who pampered the car from day one. You can tell how important low miles are to a collector car. All the rubber items are soft and pliable with no signs of deterioration. Carpet, door panels, headliner, padded dash and sill plates look absolutely brand new, according to the seller's ad description.
The S-55 was Mercury's play for the youthful market where high performance was as important as luxury options. Make no mistake, though, there were 50 fine luxury options available including power disc front brakes and 6-way power seats. This 1966 Mercury S-55 has them. It also came with power steering, but no air conditioning. Among the important options were factory seat belts, remote mirror, courtesy lights and original floor mats. This car has a dealer installed radio reverberator with stereo sonic sound, and factory front and rear speakers.
It featured a special type of fabrication using what were called Torque Boxes. The frame was tuned to minimize noise and rough roads. With a 123-inch wheelbase, the car extended 220 inches long, a true full sized car for the luxury car buyer.
There were only 2,916 of these 2-Door Hardtops (fastback look) produced in 1966 and it was the first year the S-55 was a stand alone model, no longer considered a Monterey. It is powered by the 428 Super Marauder 4-barrel and was rated at 345 horsepower. Styling accents include unique body side-striping, deluxe wheel covers and the distinctive S-55 emblem on rear quarter panel and 428 V8 emblem on the front fender sides. This was the first year you could buy the Special or S model Mercury with only one engine offered, the Super Marauder 428 ci V8. The S-55 Super Marauder package included dual exhaust as standard.
The interior of the S-55 was significantly improved in 1966. Bucket seats, Multi-Drive 3-speed Merc O Matic transmission with floor mounted console shifter were youth oriented features. The carpet, door panels, headliner, padded dash and sill plates look absolutely brand new on this unique well preserved Mercury collector car.
Collectors will be impressed with the provenance and documentation on this car. It comes with a service manual, owners guide, original window sticker and a build sheet.
This 1966 Mercury S-55 Hardtop is the feature car in this week's Cars-On-Line.com newsletter. Click here to read about it.


The ACHIEVE Conference and Case Competition facilitated through the Ryerson University Accounting Society will be taking place February 5-7, 2015. This is a great opportunity for third and fourth year students to get involved and represent the DeGroote School of Business.
Registration is open until January 16, 2015.
Please visit the ACHIEVE Conference and Case Competition website for more information.