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Seniors bid farewell to field hockey
As the field hockey season ends, senior team members reflect on their first Mercy memory and four years of friendship, competition, and fun.
The Mercy Varsity Field Hockey team members smile at their banquet on Nov. 1, where they remembered and celebrated their successful season and friendship. (Photo credit: Erin Lyons)
Molly Lyons, Staff Reporter
"I can honestly say signing up for field hockey as an incoming freshman was one of the best decisions I've ever made," said senior captain Sarah Posa. "Field hockey introduced me to some of the coolest people ever and some of the best memories ever."
For those unfamiliar with the sport, field hockey is played on turf or grass. Each team has 11 players on the field at a time, including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood or fiberglass to hit a round, hard, rubber-like ball. The length of the stick depends on the player's individual height. For 60 minutes, the two teams compete and try to get the ball past the goalie and into the opposing team's net.
Although most high schools in Michigan don't run a field hockey program, Mercy offers the sport to all grades. Playing in a competitive league, Mercy field hockey teams play against Marian High School, Ladywood High School, along with many high schools in the Ann Arbor area.
"The league in which we play has some of the stiffest competition and really challenges every player," said varsity head coach Butch Babler. "We win some and we lose some, but with every game, we grow as a team, we learn, and we move on."
For many players, field hockey is more than an after-school activity – it's their passion and one of their very first memories of Mercy.
"This program has impacted me incredibly," said senior Olivia Collins. "It has given me something to be a part of where I feel like I belong. It has allowed me to grow closer with people and has introduced me to more friends outside the classroom."
Participating in team sports allows players to bond and compete together. That's exactly what this year's Mercy Varsity Field Hockey team accomplished.
"The team this year had such a great dynamic, and really competed and played as a team," said Coach Babler. "You could have the best players in the world, but if the chemistry isn't there, there is nothing. We were fortunate enough to have the talent and chemistry this year."
Finishing first in the Catholic league and winning its sectionals in the state tournament, the varsity team was very successful and had an impressive overall record of 9-9-2. But for the players, the team bonding and friendships made were what made the season an unforgettable one.
"I'm going to miss the team most and Coach Butch, of course," said Collins. "I feel that the entire team is so close, and I'm going to miss the team spirit, and jokes, and competitiveness of it all."
With none of the seniors planning on playing field hockey in college, the end of this season is also the end of their entire field hockey career. It's a farewell forever to the scooter rides from the parking lot to the playing field, Mrs. Tisdel's homemade chocolate chip cookies (a team favorite), and the bagels in the cafeteria on every game day.
"Although I'll never pick up a field hockey stick again, I'm never going to forget my experience playing Mercy field hockey," said senior Hannah Cohen. "I'll forever look back at my experience with the program and say to myself, 'Hey, that's where I first became Mercy.'"
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January 20, 2019 March 2, 2019 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang - 2018
The Ryugyong Hotel In A Whole New Light
For a country that can build buildings in a day or two (for example, the Armistice Signing Hall in Panmunjom in the DMZ) and whole streets full of high rise buildings in a year the 330 metres high, 105 story Ryugyong Hotel (Ryugyong – 'capital of willows'– a former name for Pyongyang) remains uncompleted after 27 years and until 2018 has been a major embarrassment for North Korea.
The unfinished hotel has been, without doubt, been the country's number one embarrassment for all these years as, given its size and downtown Pyongyang location, it cannot be hidden or ignored – not even by our guides who could otherwise happily tell us, straight faced and without the blink of an eyelid, that black was white. That said, there have been periods during its protracted construction phase where it has been photo-shopped out of postcards and other official publications.
The Ryugyong Hotel from the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
he Ryugyong Hotel from the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
Construction of the pyramidal shaped hotel, so different than anything else in Pyongyang and North Korea, commenced in 1987, at the behest of the Great and Eternal President, Kim Il-sung. It was to have been completed in 1989 for the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students and had it been, it would have been the world's tallest hotel at that time.
It was specifically designed as a Cold War response to South Korea being awarded the 1988 Olympic Games and to the Westin Stamford in Singapore, then the world's tallest hotel, built by a South Korean Company. The initial phase of construction stopped in 1992 with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the economic ramifications of that and of famines through the 1990s on North Korea. By 1992 it is thought that the project had consumed US$750million or 2% of the country's GDP.
Little happened again until 2008 when work resumed, at least partially funded by the Egyptian company Orascom Group which had entered into a US$400 million arrangement with the government to build and run a 3G mobile phone network. In 2011 the exterior of the building with its slick glass facade was confirmed complete.
Because everything is bigger and better in North Korea designers didn't just settle for that "must have of the day" – a revolving restaurant. The Ryugyong Hotel was designed to incorporate 14 (later reduced to seven) revolving floors with five revolving restaurants, revolving ballrooms and more. Reports in 2012 suggest only one revolving restaurant and no mention is made of revolving floors. Depending on whom you believe, the hotel will have between one thousand five hundred and three thousand rooms (though I have seen a reference to 8,000 rooms) in its massive 360,000 square metres of floor space. By way of comparison, the height and floor space are on a par with the Shard building in London.
Few westerners have been permitted inside the building, let alone right up to the top, though this rare privilege was granted to staff of Kroyo Tours in 2012. Some interior pictures from that visit can be seen here https://koryogroup.com/blog/ryugyong-hotel-special-report – remember these are 2012 pictures.
Suffice it to say work remains to be done. Many western commentators doubt if the hotel can ever be completed due to serious construction faults and elements of the western media have taken to calling the Ryugyong the "Hotel of Doom," and "the worst building in the world." That be as it is, there is no doubt that the Ryugyong continues to hold the record as the world's largest unfinished building on which work is not in progress!
The Ryugyong Hotel from the Arch of Triumph
Rather ironically the building is the same shape and size as the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's novel, 1984. Orwell described the Ministry building thus:
"It is an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete rising 300 metres into the air, containing over 3000 rooms above ground."
In the novel, the Ministry of Truth serves as a propaganda machine, responsible for falsifying historical events to benefit the government!
Viewed from the Juche Tower (using zoom)
While we passed the unfinished hotel countless times on our trip in 2014 only once, in passing, did our guide refer to it and, notwithstanding its history, the reference was to the wonderful new hotel which, thanks to the efforts of industrious workers and soldiers, was due for completion within a year or so and, as it was a construction site, we would not be visiting it. Our guide forgot to mention when construction had started or that 'the speed of Chollima' seems to have eluded the workers on this occasion.
Roll on to 2018, during the day the guides still didn't seem to notice the hotel or perhaps just had nothing to say about it. Come night-time the text changed and the guides took every opportunity to point out the hotel which has now become a major talking point in Pyongyang, reborn as a symbol of immense pride and North Korean ingenuity.
At night the unfinished hotel used to sit in complete darkness, except for a lone aircraft warning light at its top. That has changed and it now comes to life daily in a blaze of colour as night envelopes the city.
In a project managed by local designer Kim Yong-il the glass facade of the hotel has been covered with over 100,000 LED lights which for about 4 hours each night pump out images of famous statues and monuments, bursts of fireworks, party symbols and political slogans on what is one of the biggest display screens in the world. While the four-minute recurring display on what would be the front of the hotel, if it ever opens, is the main event lesser displays appear on the other two faces of the pyramidal structure. For the conical section at the top of the hotel, Kim Yong-il created the image of the North Korean flag waving in the wind. It is 40 metres tall and visible from any direction.
The first display appeared in April 2018 to mark the birthday of the country's eternal president, Kim Il-sung.
Ever thinking of, and working for, the people as well as encouraging workers, Kim Yong-il said of his work:
"The goal of setting up this light screen is to give confidence and hope for the future to our people"
"The response has been great. The national flag at the top of the building is hundreds of metres high and everyone can see it. It fills them with pride and confidence in being a citizen, willing to work very hard."
While we could see the display from the bus on various of our travels around the city of an evening there was no time specifically scheduled for us to get a close up view and some decent photos. After persistent requests by me and a few others our guides yielded and we got to view the display and hotel from a prime location at the intersection of Ponghwa and Potong streets.
Between my visit in 2014, when to be honest we didn't get that close to the building, and 2018 hoardings and a wall around the base of the hotel have disappeared and significant ground work/ landscaping and access roads seem to have been completed – particularly on the main approach to the hotel from the intersection of Ponghwa and Potong Streets. While it is unlikely that the whole building will be opened anytime soon it seems plausible that part of it may be opened as government offices (in further fulfilment of Orwell's description in '1984'!) and commercial outlets. However, there have been so many false alarms regarding the hotel over the years that any claims about it invariably include a large element of speculation. Another commentator has suggested that recent activity around the hotel, but not on it, is due to 'the fact' that they are building two, possibly three, other hotels around the Ryugyong Hotel. Google maps (e.g. image attached below – April 2017 – which does not have the access roads referred to above on it) would suggest there is not a lot of place for additional building though that is no impediment as the government could very quickly create space with a few bulldozers!
As in 2014 our guides expressed the view that should we come back next year then, for sure, we would be able to stay at the Ryugyong Hotel. You have got to love their optimism.
Note: The hotel remains unfinished as at January 2019 and accordingly it remains something to look at in Pyongyang rather than a place to stay!
My next North Korea (2018) – Pyongyang review HERE
Tagged 1984, Chollima, Cold War, Hotel, LED Display, Orwell
6 thoughts on "The Ryugyong Hotel In A Whole New Light"
Nemorino says:
Perhaps the world's most expensive light show?
TheRamblingWombat says:
Perhaps but at least they are using LEDs !
toonsarah says:
I do hope we get a proper look at that light display too! Encouraged by your example I will press for it 🙂
If my guides prediction comes true (not that likely!) you might even be staying there – if you are I hope the lifts work !!!
Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter says:
That's funny, and the naivety is almost touching – until you remember how much money it has wasted that could have been spent on the NK people!
I imagine that most, if not all, of the original $750m would have come from the Soviet Union. At that time or at least up to the early eighties, due to Soviet money, North Korea was more advanced than the South. My, how that has changed.
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• incorporate movement and gesture from the club and street styles of the 1980s.
You will need to be available for three weeks of rehearsals starting on Monday 9 January (10am–6pm, five days a week), followed by two weeks of performances from Tuesday 31 January to Saturday 11 February, 2017 (evenings only).
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To apply, please email your CV and showreel to mina.aidoo@me.com by Friday 25 November. The audition is by invitation so you will receive the audition info if you are shortlisted.
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Letter of Introduction: Rice seeks Chief Justice of the Ninth District Court of Appeals seat
Published 11:54 am Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Colleen Cordts Rice, a Montgomery County attorney, asks for your vote for Chief Justice of the Ninth District Court of Appeals. The court hears appeals of all cases (except death penalty) from the trial courts in Texas' 9th Judicial District. The Court is housed in Jefferson County and serves a ten-county region, including Montgomery, San Jacinto, Polk, Jasper, Tyler, Newton, Liberty, Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange counties. The current Chief is not seeking reelection.
The experience made Rice's decision to lead the appellate court. While she worked in a small law firm with her husband for a number of years, she has also spent a few years working for Montgomery County Court at Law Two, an award-winning court, as Staff Attorney and Investigative Attorney for the Court. The Court has long been considered a "Model Court" for guardianship procedures and was recently recognized by the Texas Judicial Council as only the fourth "Judicial Center of Excellence" in the state. The recognition is due in large part to the guardianship policies and procedures and the court visitor program, both under the direction of Rice.
Rice has practiced in the areas of civil law, and family and probate. Rice explained, "I often have to exhibit discretion in applying the law and find that it comes naturally to me. I'm also gifted as a writer so legal writing is something I enjoy. As a civil servant, I take pride in doing my best work to help those in need in our legal system. I am the most well-rounded candidate with my experiences and gifts, and want to put them to work at the appellate level to make just decisions and to maintain court efficiency while representing the court in a dignified manner." The Chief Justice position includes administrative duties and she has unique experience and expertise to lead the court well.
Colleen is married to Montgomery County native and attorney Robert "Larry" Rice. They have practiced law since 1996 and they have raised their four children in Montgomery County. Rice is a South Texas College of Law graduate, has won the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing and Research, and is a member of the State Bar College. She has a BA in English and Art History with a minor in Political Science from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia and is a graduate of Monsignor Kelly High School in Beaumont.
For more information on Colleen Cordts Rice or her upcoming activities, those interested can visit her website at www.VoteColleenRiceforJustice.com or her Facebook page at /ColleenCordtsRiceforChiefJustice. Her campaign email address is VoteColleenRice@gmail.com.
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Christopher Rollhaus Quimby, age 24, passed peacefully from his parents' arms to Eternal Life on April 11th , following a brief illness. He was born in Mount Kisco, NY October 7, 1994 to Gordon R. and Leslie M. Quimby.
Christopher was a medically fragile special needs young man with a heart of love who touched the lives of countless individuals. He graduated from Pines Bridge BOCES School in Yorktown in 2016 and has attended Ability Beyond NY Day Program at Chappaqua Crossing since his graduation. Christopher was a member of the Pleasantville Presbyterian Church where he was active part of the church family. Christopher loved people and some of his favorite activities were passing the peace at church, learning about insects and other science-related subjects, showing off his amazing Halloween costumes and meeting up with his special friend, Jess for long walks on the bike path.
In addition to his parents, Christopher is survived by his grandmothers, Sharon L. MacCartney of Peterborough, NH, and Barbara (Hardy Quimby) Gatto of Somers, NY, along with many wonderful aunts, uncles and cousins. Christopher was also much beloved by the many nurses, doctors, therapists and teachers who helped to care for him and enrich his life – and he loved them too. He was predeceased in death by his beloved older sister, Sarah, and his grandparents Warren S. and Elizabeth A.R. Quimby, formerly of Larchmont and Slingerlands, NY; Louis M. MacCartney, formerly of Pleasantville, NY; and Ronald Gatto.
A celebration of Christopher's life will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, 400 Bedford Rd., Pleasantville, NY. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Pleasantville Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 30 Gramercy Pl., Thornwood, NY 10594, the Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, or Ability Beyond, 480 Bedford Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514.
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I was very lucky to have known Christopher way back when he was a young boy who stole my heart! He taught me more than I was ever able to teach him!
The first time we met Christopher was a few years ago at the Pleasantville Halloween parade. I remember telling Nicholas "Look, there's a bit in a wheelchair just like you. And look how he dressed it up for Halloween! " Christopher was so sweet and friendly . They became friends right away.
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Julien Guay (* 9. Oktober 1986) ist ein französischer Radrennfahrer.

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Q: Calling C function in Assembly Segfaults I am trying to write an assembly program that calls a function in c that will replace certain characters in a string with a predefined character given that the currently character in the char array meets some qualification.
My c file:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>

//display *((char *) $edi)
// These functions will be implemented in assembly:
//

int strrepl(char *str, int c, int (* isinsubset) (int c) ) ;

int isvowel (int c) {

   if (c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o' || c == 'u')
      return 1 ;

   if (c == 'A' || c == 'E' || c == 'I' || c == 'O' || c == 'U')
      return 1 ;

   return 0 ;
}

int main(){
    char *str1;
    int r;
// I ran my code through a debugger again, and it seems that when displaying
// the character stored in ecx is listed as "A" (correct) right before the call
// to "add ecx, 1" at which point ecx somehow resets to 0 when it should be "B"

    str1 = strdup("ABC 123 779 Hello World") ;
    r = strrepl(str1, '#', &isdigit) ;
    printf("str1 = \"%s\"\n", str1) ;
    printf("%d chararcters were replaced\n", r) ;
    free(str1) ;
    return 0;
}

And my .asm file:
; File: strrepl.asm
; Implements a C function with the prototype:
;
;   int strrepl(char *str, int c, int (* isinsubset) (int c) ) ;
;
;
; Result: chars in string are replaced with the replacement character and string is returned.

    SECTION .text
    global  strrepl

_strrepl:   nop
strrepl:
    push    ebp         ; set up stack frame
    mov ebp, esp

    push    esi         ; save registers
    push    ebx
    xor eax, eax
    mov ecx, [ebp + 8]      ;load string (char array) into ecx
    jecxz   end         ;jump if [ecx] is zero
    mov esi, [ebp + 12]     ;move the replacement character into esi
    mov edx, [ebp + 16]     ;move function pointer into edx
    xor bl, bl          ;bl will be our counter

firstLoop:
    add bl, 1           ;inc bl would work too
    add ecx, 1
    mov eax, [ecx]
    cmp eax, 0
    jz  end
    push    eax         ; parameter for (*isinsubset)
    ;BREAK
    call    edx         ; execute (*isinsubset)

    add esp, 4          ; "pop off" the parameter
    mov ebx, eax        ; store return value

end:
    pop ebx         ; restore registers
    pop esi
    mov esp, ebp        ; take down stack frame
    pop ebp
    ret

When running this through gdb and putting a breakpoint at ;BREAK, it segfaults after I take a step to the call command with the following error:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0081320f in isdigit () from /lib/libc.so.6

isdigit is part of the standard c library that i have included in my c file, so I am not sure what to make of this.
Edit: I have edited my firstLoop and included a secondLoop which should replace any digits with "#", however it seems to replace the entire array.
firstLoop:

    xor eax, eax

    mov edi, [ecx]
    cmp edi, 0
    jz  end

    mov edi, ecx        ; save array

    movzx   eax, byte [ecx]     ;load single byte into eax
    mov ebp, edx        ; save function pointer
    push    eax         ; parameter for (*isinsubset)
    call    edx         ; execute (*isinsubset)

    ;cmp    eax, 0
    ;jne    end

    mov ecx, edi        ; restore array
    cmp eax, 0
    jne secondLoop
    mov edx, ebp        ; restore function pointer
    add esp, 4          ; "pop off" the parameter
    mov ebx, eax        ; store return value
    add ecx, 1
    jmp firstLoop

secondLoop:
    mov [ecx], esi
    mov edx, ebp
    add esp, 4
    mov ebx, eax
    add ecx, 1
    jmp     firstLoop

Using gdb, when the code gets to secondloop, everything is correct. ecx is showing as "1" which is the first digit in the string that was passed in from the .c file. Esi is displaying as "#" as it should be. However, after I do mov [ecx], esi it seems to fall apart. ecx is displaying as "#" as it should at this point, but once I increment by 1 to get to the next character in the array, it is listed as "/000" with display. Every character after the 1 is replaced with "#" is listed as "/000" with display. Before I had the secondLoop trying to replace the characters with "#", I just had firstLoop looping with it self to see if it could make it through the entire array without crashing. It did, and after each increment ecx was displaying as the correct character. I am not sure why doing mov [ecx], esi would have set the rest of ecx to null.

A: In your firstLoop: you're loading characters from the string using:
mov eax, [ecx]

which is loading 4 bytes at a tie instead of a single byte.  So the int that you're passing to isdigit() is likely to by far out of range for it to handle (it probably uses a simple table lookup).
You can load a single byte using the following Intel asm syntax:
movzx eax, byte ptr [ecx]

A few other things:

*

*it will also have the effect that it probably wouldn't detect the end of the string properly since the null terminator might not be followed by three other zero bytes.

*I'm not sure why you increment ecx before processing the first character in the string

*the assembly code you posted doesn't appear to actually loop over the string

A: I've put some comments into your code:-
  ; this is OK: setting up the stack frame and saving important register
  ; on Win32, the registers that need saving are: esi, edi and ebx
  ; the rest can be used without needing to preserve them
  push    ebp
  mov ebp, esp
  push    esi
  push    ebx

  xor eax, eax
  mov ecx, [ebp + 8]

  ; you said that this checked [ecx] for zero, but I think you've just written
  ; that wrong, this checks the value of ecx for zero, the [reg] form usually indicates
  ; the value at the address defined by reg
  ; so this is effectively doing a null pointer check (which is good)
  jecxz   end

  mov esi, [ebp + 12]
  mov edx, [ebp + 16]
  xor bl, bl

firstLoop:
  add bl, 1
  ; you increment ecx before loading the first character, this means
  ; that the function ignores the first character of the string
  ; and will therefore produce an incorrect result if the string
  ; starts with a character that needs replacing
  add ecx, 1
  ; characters are 8 bit, not 32 bit (mentioned in comments elsewhere)
  mov eax, [ecx]
  cmp eax, 0
  jz  end
  push    eax
  ; possibly segfaults due to character out of range
  ; also, as mentioned elsewhere, the function you call here must conform to the
  ; the standard calling convention of the system (e.g, preserve esi, edi and ebx for
  ; Win32 systems), so eax, ecx and edx can change, so next time you call
  ; [edx] it might be referencing random memory
  ; either save edx on the stack (push before pushing parameters, pop after add esp)
  ; or just load edx with [ebp+16] here instead of at the start
  call    edx

  add esp, 4
  mov ebx, eax

  ; more functionality required here!

end:
  ; restore important values, etc
  pop ebx
  pop esi
  mov esp, ebp
  pop ebp
  ; the result of the function should be in eax, but that's not set up properly yet
  ret

Comments on your inner loop:-
firstLoop:

    xor eax, eax

    ; you're loading a 32 bit value and checking for zero,
    ; strings are terminated with a null character, an 8 bit value,
    ; not a 32 bit value, so you're reading past the end of the string
    ; so this is unlikely to correctly test the end of string

    mov edi, [ecx]
    cmp edi, 0
    jz  end

    mov edi, ecx        ; save array

    movzx   eax, byte [ecx]     ;load single byte into eax
    ; you need to keep ebp! its value must be saved (at the end,
    ; you do a mov esp,ebp)
    mov ebp, edx        ; save function pointer
    push    eax         ; parameter for (*isinsubset)
    call    edx         ; execute (*isinsubset)

    mov ecx, edi        ; restore array
    cmp eax, 0
    jne secondLoop
    mov edx, ebp        ; restore function pointer
    add esp, 4          ; "pop off" the parameter
    mov ebx, eax        ; store return value
    add ecx, 1
    jmp firstLoop

secondLoop:
    ; again, your accessing the string using a 32 bit value, not an 8 bit value
    ; so you're replacing the matched character and the three next characters
    ; with the new value
    ; the upper 24 bits are probably zero so the loop will terminate on the
    ; next character
    ; also, the function seems to be returning a count of characters replaced,
    ; but you're not recording the fact that characters have been replaced
    mov [ecx], esi
    mov edx, ebp
    add esp, 4
    mov ebx, eax
    add ecx, 1
    jmp     firstLoop

You do seem to be having trouble with the way the memory works, you are getting confused between 8 bit and 32 bit memory access.

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Magnificent Murray on top of the world
Murray's coronation came much earlier with mission improbable accomplished after an injured Raonic withdrew from their Paris semifinal.
Paris 05 November, 2016 21:09 IST
Andy Murray will emulate Perry to become the first British singles player to hold the top spot since computerised rankings began in 1973. - Getty Images
When Novak Djokovic ruthlessly swept aside Andy Murray to lift the French Open title and complete a career Grand Slam in June, it seemingly reinforced the yawning chasm between the Serb and his long-time rival.
But a return to the friendly confines of Queen's, and then Wimbledon, triggered the start of a remarkable run that on Saturday catapulted Murray to the top of the world.
The Scot washed away bitter Roland Garros memories of a fifth Grand Slam final defeat to Djokovic — his eighth overall — by capturing a second Wimbledon crown over Milos Raonic.
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And while he ran out of steam at the US Open, exiting in the quarter-finals, his dominance in Asia ramped up the pressure on a Djokovic shockingly short of his typically stratospheric standards.
A career-best seventh title of the season followed in Vienna as Murray arrived in Paris with Djokovic, top of the rankings since July 2014, now firmly in his crosshairs.
Having first ascended to the number two spot in August 2009, Murray edged ever closer to the summit with contrasting wins over Fernando Verdasco and Lucas Pouille.
But he still needed Djokovic, who had been more than 8,000 points clear of Murray after his French Open triumph, to fall prematurely for a clear shot at the top.
The slumping Serb duly ran into an inspired Marin Cilic, who defied the odds to end a 14-match losing run against Djokovic, to leave Murray in control of his destiny.
He had previously targeted next year's spring hardcourt season in the US as a realistic opportunity to dethrone Djokovic, but Murray's coronation came much earlier with mission improbable accomplished after an injured Raonic withdrew from their Paris semifinal.
In 2013, Murray became the first British man to win Wimbledon for 77 years, ending the nation's obsession with finding a champion to follow in Fred Perry's footsteps.
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After honing his skills at a renowned tennis academy in Barcelona, Murray showcased his talent to the world by reaching his first major final at the US Open in 2008, losing to Roger Federer in that encounter and also the Australian Open final two years later.
By the time, he was beaten by Federer at Wimbledon in 2012, Murray feared he would never be able to call himself a Grand Slam champion.
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Q: navigator recursive make heirarchy array

i want the parent with childs in array!
recursive part is make a empty array!
php:
function buildNavigation($items, $parent = NULL) {
    $arr = [];
    foreach ($items as $item) {
        if ($item->parent == $parent) {
            $hasChildren = true;
            $arr[] = $item->title;
            $arr[] = $item->link;

            $arr[] = $this->buildNavigation($items, $item->id);
        }
    }
    return $arr;
}

result:
array (size=15)
0 => string 'صفحه اصلی' (length=17)
1 => string 'index' (length=5)
2 =>
array (size=0)
  empty
3 => string 'محصولات' (length=14)
4 => string 'products' (length=8)
5 =>
array (size=69)
  0 => string 'ابزار' (length=10)
  1 => string 'cornic' (length=6)
  2 =>
    array (size=0)
      empty

12 => string 'تمام صفحات' (length=19)
13 => string '' (length=0)
14 =>
array (size=0)
  empty

array (size=0)
        empty

how can remove this empty array from all?
thanks for help!
how should remove that?

A: Don't add it to array, if it's empty.
$navigation = $this->buildNavigation($items, $item->id);
if(!empty($navigation)){
    $arr[] = $navigation;
}


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A Segway Tour in Delhi focuses on exploring Delhi on segways (much like in some European countries). There are different segway tours in different areas of Delhi. The three most popular tours are Luytens Delhi, Historic Delhi and Delhi City Tour. Segway tours last for 1 to 2 hours depending upon the time spent at the monuments and are typically popular for families and group of friends. The tours look to capture the sights and sounds of heritage areas of Delhi, while visiting some prime heritage sights and areas with architectural significance.
Delhi is blessed with prime birding sites within a 50 kms radius, where birders have a chance to sight more than 150 species of birds. Despite rapid urbanisation some of the sights are still good for birders, such as Sultanpur National Park (near Gurgaon / South Delhi), Basai Wetland (near Gurgaon / South Delhi), Surajpur Wetland and Biodiversity Park (near Noida / West Delhi), etc. Winters are the best months (Nov-March) for birding.
Note: There are no birding guides available in some of the areas, so they are best recommended for experienced birders.
A Pottery Tour takes you to the outskirts of Delhi to a village that specialises in pottery. Here, potter families practice traditional style pottery. The entire village is stacked with wide ranging pottery items. The tour offers an insight into their community and lifestyle, customs and traditions. You interact with artisans and their families and can even try your hand at creating simple pottery items. Pottery Tour is recommended for craft enthusiasts and experiential travellers looking to be away from touristy areas.


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A lot of professional mixed martial artists have turned to CBD oil to help them recover from injuries and return to training at a quicker speed. Both amateur and professional fighters have found CBD to be crucial in helping their bodies deal with the psychological and physical toll that comes with combat sports. CBD is a way too faster Recovery. CBD for UFC.
MMA fighters are ahead of the rest of the sporting world in their use of CBD
Compared to the rest of the sporting world, MMA fighters seem to be considerably ahead of the trend. This is something that respected sports journalist, Gareth Davies, has commented on. He said that MMA athletes anticipated the CBD trend ahead of other sports organizations, and athletes while searching for solutions that can help protect them against traumatic injuries to the brain and other vital organs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2″][vc_single_image image="136″ img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the CBD trend went mainstream in MMA
The trend started to become more evident in combat sports when major MMA companies started to endorse CBD products fully. Last year, one of the biggest MMA promotion businesses.
It did not take long for the biggest company in the MMA world to get introduced. Of course, we're talking about the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). They announced that they would partner up with Aurora Cannabis, a publicly-traded Canadian company, to conduct a clinical study into whether UFC fighters can treat their aches and pains effectively with CBD. The findings are then going to be used for the creation of hemp-derived CBD topicals.
Nate Diaz vaped CBD after his mega-fight with Conor McGregor
Considered one of the hardest men in the game, many view Nate Diaz as putting CBD on the map in terms of the UFC. In August of 2016, he was seen using a vape cartridge while conducting his post-right Press Conference after his rematch with Conor McGregor. Fellow athletes have since confirmed that they take CBD after a sparring session or after a fight.
However, it seemed that Nate Diaz was a bit too far ahead of the game. All cannabinoids, including CBD, were not permitted during a competition in 2016. The media flagged the incident, questioning whether Diaz had violated the rule. This debate resulted in the creation of what many people call the "Nate Diaz Rule." This rule came into place in 2018.
Naturally, a lot of fighters are still cautious
Considering there is a very thin line when it comes to doping violations, it is not hard to understand why many athletes are still a bit nervous about the prospect of using CBD. After all, there have been a lot of stories in the news about fighters getting banned for doping violations. Of course, there are many cases where the fighter has knowingly broken the violations, so the ban was fully justified. However, we have also heard claims about false positives and tainted supplements, as well as retroactive sanctions.
The fear of testing positive is what has stopped a lot of athletes using CBD oil, even though it could offer them many benefits in pain management and recovery. This is why fighters and their team must find a CBD supplier that they can fully trust in. They need to combine with a company that they know will deliver exactly what they claim to. And does not taint the product with any substances that could result in a positive drug test. Guaranteeing a clean product is not easy, but it is the only way that MMA fighters will be able to have peace of mind and security in what they are doing.
Teaming up with the right CBD provider enables these athletes to benefit from CBD
Those that have aligned themselves with a trusted partner in the industry are indeed experiencing the benefits. Not only is this in terms of dealing with injuries. But also when it comes to finding balance within the training that a fighter is doing. CBD helps to find the right range between not being overtrained yet not undertraining. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you would like more information.
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John 5 and the Creatures play Scout Bar on March 31.
John 5 is most noted for his work alongside major hard rock acts like Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson. He has been lauded by Slash as a "mind-blowing" metal guitarist. Dude wears face paint and is covered in tattoos.
In short, I'm about to interview John 5, and I'm expecting such a revered metal artist to have a little bit of edge. Instead, when answering the phone, I'm greeted by one of the nicer folks I've ever interviewed. So much for life imitating art.
Yep, a guy who spends much of this time on stage with once-controversial acts like Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson – he's going on tour with the former this summer, including a stop in The Woodlands – grew up on Hee-Haw.
Of course, that kinda makes sense considering that John 5's instrumental live show with his band, The Creatures – which makes its way to Scout Bar on Saturday – includes a smattering of musical genres. Dubbed by John 5 as an "instrumental Alice Cooper show," the live show features a ton of heavy instrumental music, but will also include western swing and bluegrass music.
This makes sense, upon further review. John 5 has spent much of his career successfully supporting some of the most noteworthy figures in rock. From the aforementioned Manson and Zombie to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Paul Stanley, John 5's imprint on rock's landscape is unquestioned.
Turns out, however, that his musical imprint stretches far beyond one particular genre. Not only has John 5 played for hard rock types, he's also written for and performed alongside more pop-themed acts like Avril Lavigne, Ricky Martin and Garbage.
Plus, as John 5 is acutely aware, music is a business and bills must be paid. Fortunately, his experiences as a studio and live backing musician have served him well, both personally and professionally.
Plus, orchestrating his own show allows John 5 a bit more creative freedom than when working for someone else, particularly such name-brand figures like those mentioned above. And not being the most talkative guy, an instrumental show serves him all the better.
That probably explains why the Creatures' live show feature such an eclectic mix of fans. Real musical types appreciate that the artist they paid to see truly appreciates their craft, as John 5 most certainly does. From metal shredders to country pickers, Zombie fans and Manson fans, old and young alike, John 5 seems truly appreciative that his live instrumental show attracts such a diverse crowd.
In fact, contrary to what my initial expectations might have been, he seems like a truly mild-mannered, polite, genuine guy.


The 567th Cyberspace Operations Group is a United States Air Force organization at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, assigned to the 67th Cyberspace Wing. It was activated on June 2018.
The group's predecessor was activated as the 567th Air Service Group, a support unit for a combat group at the end of World War II. It did not deploy before the end of the war and was inactivated in 1945.
The group was activated once again in 1952 as the 567th Air Base Group to replace the support elements of the inactivating 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing. A year later Air Defense Command (ADC) established it as the 567th Air Defense Group, an operational headquarters for fighter-interceptor squadrons as well. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the 325th Fighter Group in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II. The two groups were consolidated in April 2019.
The group plans and executes cyberspace operations to assist supported commanders to fight in contested cyberspace environment. It operates to remove adversary cyberspace capabilities; defends the supported commander's key cyberspace assets; and prepares local cyberspace defenders to sustain advanced cyberspace defense tactics, techniques and procedures to ensure freedom of action within friendly cyberspace, while denying adversaries the same.
The group was activated at Venice Army Air Field, Florida toward the end of World War II as the 567th Air Service Group and trained to support a single combat group in an overseas theater. Its 985th Air Engineering Squadron would provide maintenance that was beyond the capability of the combat group, its 1005th Air Materiel Squadron would handle all supply matters, and its Headquarters & Base Services Squadron would provide other support. It deployed to Guam in the fall of 1945, but arrived after the end of hostilities and was inactivated on 1 December. The unit was disbanded in October 1948.
During the Cold War the group was reconstituted, redesignated as the 567th Air Base Group, and activated at McChord Air Force Base, Washington in 1952 as part of a major reorganization of Air Defense Command (ADC) responding to ADC's difficulty under the existing wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage. It replaced the 325th Air Base Group as the USAF host unit for McChord. while the operational elements of the inactivating 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing transferred to the 4704th Defense Wing. The group was assigned seven squadrons to perform its support responsibilities. The group also maintained aircraft stationed at McChord.
The group was redesignated as the 567th Air Defense Group and assumed responsibility for air defense of the Northwest United States.[citation needed] It was assigned the 317th and 318th Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons (FIS), flying early model Lockheed F-94 Starfire aircraft armed with 20 mm cannon, from the 4704th Defense Wing as its operational elements. The same day, the 465th FIS, flying radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabres was activated as the group's third operational squadron. In July 1953, the 318th FIS moved to Greenland and was transferred from the group. In December 1953, the 317th FIS converted to F-86's.
The group was inactivated in 1955 and replaced by the 325th Fighter Group (Air Defense) as result of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars. The group was disbanded once again in September 1984.
On 29 June 2018, the Air Force activated the 567th Cyberspace Operations Group at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Four of its squadrons are located at Joint Base San Antonio. Only the 835th and 837th Squadrons are located at Scott with group headquarters.
^ a b c d e f g h i No byline (31 August 2018). "Factsheet, 567th Cyberspace Operations Group". Air Forces Cyber Public Affairs. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h i Haulman, Daniel L. (18 April 2019). "Factsheet 567 Cyberspace Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ Kane, Robert B. (14 January 2011). "Factsheet 325 Mission Support Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
^ Kane, Robert B. (14 January 2011). "Factsheet 325 Fighter Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
^ a b See "Abstract, History of the 567th Medical Squadron, Apr 1952". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
^ Kane, Robert B. (14 January 2011). "Factsheet 325 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ Robertson, Patsy (3 July 2012). "Factsheet 465 Air Refueling Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ "Abstract, History of 567th Air Service Group, December 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 17 June 2012.


The second location of Salvation Pizza will open next week, when the New Haven-style purveyors open their doors on February 5 at 51 Rainey St. The original location opened on 34th Street eight years ago.
Cat cafe coming to Austin?


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Fair Game is a 2005 romantic comedy film, written and directed by Michael Whaley. Whaley also stars in the film, alongside Gina Torres.

Plot
Michael (Whaley) and Stacey (Torres) are co-workers who can barely get along at the office. When Michael is suddenly thrust out of his home, the two are unexpectedly forced to become roommates. Though neither is particularly happy about the situation, they eventually learn to like each other, to the point where an undeniable attraction forms. However, another man enters Stacey's life right around the same time, complicating things even more than they were before.

Cast
 Gina Torres — Stacey
 Michael Whaley — Michael
 Christopher B. Duncan — Marcus
 Kellita Smith — Cheryl
 LaTocha Scott — Vanessa
 Lia Smith — Fiona
 Mark Christopher Lawrence — Wesley
 Michael Jace — E
 Mother Love — Phyllis
 Terri Vaughn — Wanda

Awards
2005 Motorcity International Film Festival – Best Soundtrack
2005 Pan African Film Festival – Blockbuster Video Audience Favorite

External links

2005 films
African-American films
2005 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


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Peter Nightingale: Humanity and nuclear arms control treaties- Endangered species
July 5, 2019 Peter Nightingale Peace
Last February, the United States announced its withdrawal as of August of this year from the treaty. In March, Russia reciprocated and said it would suspend its participation in the treaty. Of course, both sides blame each other. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
There are good arguments bolstering the United States' position, but it is a dangerous mistake to blame the Russians exclusively, as the United States mainstream media tend to do.
William J Perry, Secretary of War during Bill Clinton's first term, is a Cold Warrior who attributes the increasing tension with Russia to the expansion of NATO that took place over his objections at the time. A further increase in the United States-Russian tension is the result of the installation of ballistic missile so-called defense systems in Eastern Europe, which started during the Obama administration. These systems were certified operational in Romania in 2016. Originally scheduled for 2018, Aegis Ashore in Poland won't be in place until 2020.
Ted Postol, a recognized, but not always popular expert on armament issues, refers to the Obama administration's installation of Aegis Ashore as an epic blunder with negative consequences for global nuclear (in)stability, such as the current suspension of the INF treaty, a blunder surpassed only by the Bush administration's decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002.
Now, the only remaining ratified nuclear armaments treaty is New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). It will expire in 2021 unless the parties agree to extend it. That will be an up-hill battle with China's likely refusal to be a party, the new hypersonic weapons flying at five times the speed of sound (Mach 5), killer robots, and artificial intelligence. As to the latter, recent developments form a considerable hurdle, as discussed in a publication last month of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) a report entitled The impact of Artificial Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk, the first volume in a series.
There are numerous geopolitical considerations, but they tend to obscure a simple observation contained in Richard Rhodes' epilogue to Dark Sun, an authoritative history of the making of the hydrogen bomb. Rhodes' conclusion is that the "high claptrap of arms strategy is essentially decorative." This confirms an observation by John Manley, one of Robert Oppenheimer's principal aids during the Manhattan Project, namely that, "You don't do staff work and then make a decision. You make a decision and then do the staff work." Stated more concisely: just follow the money.
Sygmunt Bauman in a provocative study, Modernity and the Holocaust, argued decades ago:
The Holocaust was born and executed in our modern and rational society, at the high stage of our civilization and at the peak of human cultural achievement, and for this reason it is a problem of that society, civilization and culture.
This problem is clearly on display at the United States border with Mexico, where refugees from Central America are fleeing the instability created to a large extent by past United States foreign policy. The climate crisis is generally recognized as a "threat multiplier." This reality is understood by the current federal administration, but to protect the corporate bottom line it obscures the obvious with climate lies and centuries-old racism harking back to the Spanish racial classifications known as Las Castas. The terminology may have changed but the distribution of the taxes and economic burdens has remained the same over the centuries.
True as this may be, it is hard to think of a more harrowing example of the problems of modernity than the expected body count Daniel Ellsberg found for the nuclear war plan known as the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), which was in place from 1961 to 2003. As Ellsberg writes in his The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner:
The total death toll as calculated by the Joint Chiefs, from a U.S. first strike aimed at the Soviet Union, its Warsaw Pact satellites, and China, would be roughly six hundred million dead. A hundred Holocausts.
Ellsberg quotes extensively from a memoir by John H Rubel who attended a presentation about the plan. There was an exchange about the possibility of taking China out the mix if it wasn't China's war. Commander in Chief of Strategic Air Command, General Power replied, "we can, but I hope nobody thinks of it, because it would really screw up the plan." Rubel's reaction was exactly the same as Ellsberg's months later when he learned the expected number of fatalities. Rubel wrote in his memoir:
That exchange did it. Already oppressed by the briefings up to that point, I shrank within, horrified. I thought of the Wannsee Conference in January 1942, when an assemblage of German bureaucrats swiftly agreed on a program to exterminate every last Jew they could find anywhere in Europe, using methods of mass extermination more technologically efficient than the vans filled with exhaust gases, the mass shootings, or incineration in barns and synagogues used until then. I felt as if I were witnessing a comparable descent into the deep heart of darkness, a twilight underworld governed by disciplined, meticulous and energetically mindless groupthink aimed at wiping out half the people living on nearly one third of the earth's surface. Those feelings have not entirely abated, even though more than forty years have passed since that dark moment.
As to removing omnicidal stupidity from the gene pool, natural selection clearly fails dramatically. Evolution cannot deal with the longterm existential threats posed by the climate crisis and blundering into nuclear Armageddon. Modernity has long since obliterated the images of The Day After. Very few people ever paid much attention to the years after, years of nuclear fall or winter.
From The Day After, an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983
Those who have been closely involved in geopolitics, seasoned statesmen such as Bill Perry, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Sam Nunn, and Colin Powell, all argue for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Does anyone else still care? Have we decided that nuclear cooling is exactly what it takes to combat carbon climate heating? Have we collectively lost our mind?
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Peter Nightingale is a theoretical physicist and teaches at the University of Rhode Island. He strives to leave behind a more just, peaceful, and sustainable post-capitalist world for future generations, and for his children and grandchildren in particular.
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February 1, 2023 4:45 am You are here:Home Applications 450% Increase in App Downloads During Cricket Season: 9Apps Report
450% Increase in App Downloads During Cricket Season: 9Apps Report
Posted by Prashant Chaudhary on April 1, 2016
Cricket-related apps have seen over 450% surge during the ongoing T-20 World Cup; the traffic peaked during the second week into the cricket season with India-Pakistan match adding to the frenzy, according to the latest data shared by 9Apps Trends, 9Apps' app tracking service. 9Apps is part of Alibaba Mobile Business Unit and one of the most popular third-party app stores in India. The report offers a glimpse on how the android app market has reacted to the cricket mania that has gripped the nation.
Talking about the app download trends, Ebrahim Popat, Country Manager of 9Apps said: "9Apps is very popular among Indian users due to its local apps and features. We are encouraged by the strong growth in sports-app downloads, and happy to help so many users connect with their favorite sport."
Maximum Downloads during India vs Pakistan
The following chart demonstrates the download trend of top 5 cricket-related apps. Before the WT20 started, top 5 cricket-related apps were downloaded around 300,000 times per week; the download surged 340% once the World Cup kicked off. The trend coincides with schedule of the Indian cricket team.
Take Hotstar TV Movies Live Cricket for example – the most trending cricket app. Since its launch on March 8th, the app has quickly made it to the top 20 in Overall Ranking on 9Apps Trends. Its daily downloads peaked and reached over 200,000 downloads on March 19th – the day India beat Pakistan in a league match.
The keyword search "cricket" has also been trending. Before the WT20, 3 cricket-related app ranked among Top Searches and only 1 ranked among New Ranking. The number went up to 7 and 5 during the third week of the cricket season.
Video apps are becoming more and more popular
Increased smartphone penetration and better network infrastructure is allowing millions of users to enjoy a cricket game on the go. Three of the top 5 cricket-related apps – Hotstar, Cricket T20 2016 Live TV and Cricbuzz provide videos and even live streaming of the matches. The content consumed by cricket fans is getting diversified as users' appetite for video is fast growing.
Everyone wants to have a piece of the pie
Cricket season is too big to ignore. Sports app developers and content providers have either updated their apps to bring world-cup-theme features, or providing new content to attract users. For instance, UC Browser, the No.1 mobile browser in India with over 59% market share, has revamped its in-app widget UC Cricket to provide a variety of cricket content. It even provides web-based cricket-themed games for users to share the joy of cricket. 9Apps, the No.1 third-party app market of India, has also geared up with push notification features to remind users of the upcoming matches.
The cricket season offers a unique opportunity for app developers and content providers to test their ability in catering to seasonal demands.
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Where will most convention attendees be staying?
A block of 122 rooms has been set aside at the Arden Park Hotel. Another block of 50 rooms has been set aside at the Festival Inn, 1144 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario, Canada – 2 km east of Arden Park Hotel. Both hotels are owned by the same company. Some attendees may choose to book their stay at one of numerous local Bed and Breakfast homes or in other local motels or hotels in Stratford or nearby.
When can I book my accommodation for the 2019 Convention?
For the Convention Hotels Arden Park and Festival Inn – whenever you wish to make that reservation. For other arrangements such as B&B's or other hotels and motels, also any time you wish.
When will the 2019 District Convention be taking place?
The City of Stratford is located in Canada's Province of Ontario. It is about 90 minutes west of Toronto.
Where will the convention be taking place?
Best Western Plus - The Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Will there be a Kiwanis Store?
The planning team will arrange to have TWO stores: one for on-line ordering and one for on-site purchasing.
What is Stratford famous for?
Stratford is located in a rural agricultural area which has many large dairy herds and pig farms. The land around Stratford is flat. Stratford has many beautiful parks along the Avon River. Stratford is home to the world renowned Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada which annually produces at least a dozen plays and musicals in three or four theatres.
Stratford is a small city of some 32,000 people.
When can I register for the 2019 Convention?
On-line registration will be available beginning January 01, 2019.
What will it cost to attend the 2019 DCon in Stratford?
Registration Rate should be similar to previous conventions.
Will there be any special transportation available?
Motor Coaches will operate from Toronto Pearson Airport to Stratford on Wed., May 15th. ($45.00) Motor Coaches will do a return trip to Pearson from Stratford on Sun., May 19th. ($45.00) A shuttle will operate between Festival Inn and Host Hotel/Convention Site Arden Park Hotel. (free) Special transportation will be available from the Arden Park Hotel to the Stratford Festival Theatre for the Host Night Reception and Musical Theatre Production on Saturday, May 18th.
How do people get to Stratford?
By plane: via Toronto's Pearson International Airport and then by train or highway van; via Hamilton's or Kitchener's or London's International Airports and then by train or highway van. Book flights through your travel agent. For land transportation from Pearson airport to Stratford see below) or through your travel agent if arriving at other airports or if arriving on days other than May 15. By car or bus: if coming from Ontario, Quebec or the Maritimes, often along highway 401 or other superhighways to provincial highways 7 and 8 from Kitchener west to Stratford. There is no regularly scheduled bus service into Stratford. Group charter only. By train: trains arrive from Toronto each day at approx. 1:15 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; trains arrive from London each day at approx. 8:45 a.m. and 9:15 p.m. Passengers can catch a train at Pearson Airport to Toronto's Union Station and then catch a train to Stratford.


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Josh has worked as a freelance journalist for Deepdale Digest since 2021. He has also written for Four Four Two, Here Is The City, Newcastle United and Chorley FC matchday programmes, and owns his own football website/podcast called Playing Away From Home which focuses on British and Irish footballers playing overseas. Josh has written about football for 10 years since leaving University, and also works as a Commercial Manager for Manchester City Council. As a Preston North End fan, his favourite player is Mark Rankine, and his favourite goal was Scott Laird's against Manchester United in 2015, and the first game he saw was in 1996 against Bristol Rovers. He enjoys analysing games, and providing his opinion on topical issues surrounding the club.
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