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Q: strcmp with a struct 2d array I have to do a Binary Search for a dictionary simulator, now that's my function, I don't know why it's gonna crash, if someone may help me I'll be very happy..! ^^
this is my struct:
typedef struct
{
    char *world;
    char *meaning;
} par;

and here's the code that does not work.
I'm gonna sorry for my english and for italian name of variables, but i'm italian... ^^
if u need some suggestion, please tell me..!
p.s.
i've tryied to comment as I can, sorry again..!
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define MAX 40
typedef struct
{
    char *Parola;
    char *Significato;
} par;

int Ricerca(par Dizionario[MAX][21], char Richiesta[20], int Min, int Max, int Iniziale);

int main()
{
   par Dizionario[MAX][21] =
   {
       {
          /////////////////////load my 2d array////////////////////
           //seconda riga
           {"Accendere", "Trasmettere energia elettrica a un apparecchio o dispositivo per farlo funzionare"},
           {"Bellezza","Qualita' di ciò che è bello"},
           {"Comune","Che e' di tutti, o che appartiene a piu' persone o cose"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Elenco", "Nota, registro ordinato"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Impetuoso","Che si muove con impeto [anche in senso figurato]; che si lascia vincere dall'impeto"},
           {"Lancio","Atto, effetto del lanciare o del lanciarsi"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Produrre","Presentare, allegare, citare"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Saccone","Grosso sacco, imbottito generalmente di paglia, che si mette sotto il materasso o si usa talvolta in sua vece"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Verticale","Perpendicolare a un piano orizzontale; che sta ritto con la parte superiore in alto e l'inferiore in basso"},
           {NULL, NULL}
        }
    };

    int i, j, flag, Iniziale = 0;
    par temp;
    char Richiesta[20], Rtemp[20];

    /////////////////////bubble sort/////////////////////
    for(j=0; j<21;j++)
    {
        for(i=0; i<MAX && Dizionario[i+1][j].Parola != NULL; i++)
        {
           if(strcmp(Dizionario[i][j].Parola, Dizionario[i+1][j].Parola) == 1)
           {
               temp=Dizionario[i][j];
               Dizionario[i][j] = Dizionario[i+1][j];
               Dizionario[i+1][j] = temp;
           }
        }
    }
//i'm gonna ask to the user what word he want
    printf("Che parola vuole cercare?");
    gets (Richiesta);
    strcpy(Rtemp, Richiesta);
    printf("%s", Rtemp);
    Rtemp[0] = toupper(Rtemp[0]);
    printf("\n%s", Rtemp);
//I'm checking what's the first char, if it's a, i'm gonna assign 0 so it's
//it's gonna to the 'n' column and shifting there
    switch(Rtemp[0])
    {
        case 'A': Iniziale = 0;
                  break;
        case 'B': Iniziale = 1;
                  break;
        case 'C': Iniziale = 2;
                  break;
        case 'D': Iniziale = 3;
                  break;
        case 'E': Iniziale = 4;
                  break;
        case 'F': Iniziale = 5;
                  break;
        case 'G': Iniziale = 6;
                  break;
        case 'H': Iniziale = 7;
                  break;
        case 'I': Iniziale = 8;
                  break;
        case 'L': Iniziale = 9;
                  break;
        case 'M': Iniziale = 10;
                  break;
        case 'N': Iniziale = 11;
                  break;
        case 'O': Iniziale = 12;
                  break;
        case 'P': Iniziale = 13;
                  break;
        case 'Q': Iniziale = 14;
                  break;
        case 'R': Iniziale = 15;
                  break;
        case 'S': Iniziale = 16;
                  break;
        case 'T': Iniziale = 17;
                  break;
        case 'U': Iniziale = 18;
                  break;
        case 'V': Iniziale = 19;
                  break;
        case 'Z': Iniziale = 20;
                  break;
    }
    flag = Search(Dizionario, Rtemp, 0, MAX, Iniziale);
    printf("%d", flag);

    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}
int Search(par Dictionary[MAX][21], char Request[20], int Min, int Max, int init)
{
    int Median;
    Median = (Min+Max)/2;

    if(strcmp(Request, Dizionario[Median][Init].world) == 0)
    return Median;
    else if(Max <= Min) // elemento non trovato
    {
         return -1;
    }

    else if(strcmp(Request, Dictionary[Median][Init].world)>= 1)
    {
         return Search(Dictionary, Request, Median+1, Max, Init);
         printf("ok");
    }else{
         return Search(Dictionary, Request, Min, Median-1, Init);
         printf("ok");
    }
}

@john3136
if i'm gonna doing this ( Iniziale = Rtemp[0] - 'A' ), I could eaven know where I have to go.
I explain better, the rwason why of the switch is that if I have 'A', I know the all the world that start's with an 'A' is in posizion [x][0]
for B the same, but [x][1] and so on... I don't know if I've make my point, let me know.. ^^
p.s.
I have problem also doing <, == or > than 0 at least than 1..
@Uli Köhler
He's gonna crash in the function, as I understood by debugging, the problem is in the "strcmp()" calling
specially here
if(strcmp(Request, Dizionario[Median][Init].world) == 0)

and here
else if(strcmp(Request, Dictionary[Median][Init].world)>= 1)

@cnicutar
added the control for null and it's crash the same
i've edited like this
if(strcmp(Richiesta, Dizionario[Mediano][Iniziale].Parola) == 0 && Dizionario[Mediano][Iniziale].Parola != NULL) // elemento trovato
if(strcmp(Richiesta, Dizionario[Mediano][Iniziale].Parola)> 0 && Dizionario[Mediano][Iniziale].Parola != NULL)

these are my 2 control right now...
@BLUEPIXY
I can't use bsearch, I have to use binary search done by myself...

A: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>

typedef struct {
    char *Parola;
    char *Significato;
} par;

par *Ricerca(par *Dizionario, char Richiesta[20], int num);

int main(){
   par Dizionario[] = {
        {"Accendere", "Trasmettere energia elettrica a un apparecchio o dispositivo per farlo funzionare"},
        {"Bellezza","Qualita' di cio che e bello"},
        {"Comune","Che e' di tutti, o che appartiene a piu' persone o cose"},
        {"Elenco", "Nota, registro ordinato"},
        {"Impetuoso","Che si muove con impeto [anche in senso figurato]; che si lascia vincere dall'impeto"},
        {"Lancio","Atto, effetto del lanciare o del lanciarsi"},
        {"Produrre","Presentare, allegare, citare"},
        {"Saccone","Grosso sacco, imbottito generalmente di paglia, che si mette sotto il materasso o si usa talvolta in sua vece"},
        {"Verticale","Perpendicolare a un piano orizzontale; che sta ritto con la parte superiore in alto e l'inferiore in basso"},
    };

    char Richiesta[20], Rtemp[20];
    int numOfData = sizeof(Dizionario)/sizeof(*Dizionario);

    par *temp;

    printf("Che parola vuole cercare? :");
    gets (Richiesta);
    strcpy(Rtemp, Richiesta);
    printf("%s\n", Rtemp);
    Rtemp[0] = toupper(Rtemp[0]);
    //printf("%s\n", Rtemp);
    temp = Ricerca(Dizionario, Rtemp, numOfData);
    if(temp != NULL)
        printf("%s\n", temp->Significato);
    else,
        printf("not found\n");

    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

int cmp(const void *a, const void *b){
    const par *x = a;
    const par *y = b;
    return strcmp(x->Parola, y->Parola);
}

par *Ricerca(par *Dizionario, char Richiesta[20], int num){
    par key = { Richiesta, NULL };
    //replaced by the binary search function that your implements
    return  bsearch(&key, Dizionario, num, sizeof(key), cmp);
}

A: After a lot of studying of your code, I figured out that you are trying to organize your dictionary as a 2D array so you can start with the correct first letter. Unfortunately, this makes your code much more complicated - and fatal errors sneak in.
For example, in the line
if(strcmp(Request, Dictionary[Median][init].word) == 0)

you are accessing the element .word of a dictionary element that may never have been initialized - in fact since you have only one entry per letter of the alphabet, and you hard coded MAX, it's a certainty. So you find yourself with a null pointer - not a good string to compare against. You have to know how long each row of data is. To figure it out, your binary search needs to start with a search for the end of the dictionary.  This leads to the following (working) code:
include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX 40
typedef struct
{
    char *word;
    char *meaning;
} par;

int Ricerca(par Dizionario[MAX][21], char Richiesta[20], int Min, int Max, int Iniziale, int depth);

int main()
{
   par Dizionario[MAX][21] =
   {
       {
          /////////////////////load my 2d array////////////////////
           //seconda riga
           {"Accendere", "Trasmettere energia elettrica a un apparecchio o dispositivo per farlo funzionare"},
           {"Bellezza","Qualita' di ciò che è bello"},
           {"Comune","Che e' di tutti, o che appartiene a piu' persone o cose"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Elenco", "Nota, registro ordinato"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Impetuoso","Che si muove con impeto [anche in senso figurato]; che si lascia vincere dall'impeto"},
           {"Lancio","Atto, effetto del lanciare o del lanciarsi"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Produrre","Presentare, allegare, citare"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Saccone","Grosso sacco, imbottito generalmente di paglia, che si mette sotto il materasso o si usa talvolta in sua vece"},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {NULL, NULL},
           {"Verticale","Perpendicolare a un piano orizzontale; che sta ritto con la parte superiore in alto e l'inferiore in basso"},
           {NULL, NULL}
        }
    };

    int i, j, flag, Iniziale = 0;
    par temp;
    char Richiesta[20], Rtemp[20];

    /////////////////////bubble sort/////////////////////
    printf("unsorted array:\n");
    for(j=0; j<21;j++)
    {
      if (Dizionario[0][j].word != NULL) printf("%d: %s\n", j, Dizionario[0][j].word);
      for(i=0; i<MAX && Dizionario[i+1][j].word != NULL; i++)
        {
           if(strcmp(Dizionario[i][j].word, Dizionario[i+1][j].word) < 0)
           {
               temp=Dizionario[i][j];
               Dizionario[i][j] = Dizionario[i+1][j];
               Dizionario[i+1][j] = temp;
           }
        }
    }

//i'm gonna ask to the user what word he want
    printf("Che parola vuole cercare?\n");
    fgets (Richiesta, sizeof(Richiesta)-1, stdin);
    strncpy(Rtemp, Richiesta, strlen(Richiesta)-1); // do not copy newline
    Rtemp[0] = toupper(Rtemp[0]);
    printf("\nLooking for '%s'\n", Rtemp);
//I'm checking what's the first char, if it's a, i'm gonna assign 0 so it's
//it's gonna to the 'n' column and shifting there
// changed from lengthy switch() to more compact array:
    char firstLetter[] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,-1,-1,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,-1,-1,-1,20};
    Iniziale = firstLetter[Rtemp[0] - 'A'];
#if 0
    switch(Rtemp[0])
    {
        case 'A': Iniziale = 0;
                  break;
        case 'B': Iniziale = 1;
                  break;
        case 'C': Iniziale = 2;
                  break;
        case 'D': Iniziale = 3;
                  break;
        case 'E': Iniziale = 4;
                  break;
        case 'F': Iniziale = 5;
                  break;
        case 'G': Iniziale = 6;
                  break;
        case 'H': Iniziale = 7;
                  break;
        case 'I': Iniziale = 8;
                  break;
        case 'L': Iniziale = 9;
                  break;
        case 'M': Iniziale = 10;
                  break;
        case 'N': Iniziale = 11;
                  break;
        case 'O': Iniziale = 12;
                  break;
        case 'P': Iniziale = 13;
                  break;
        case 'Q': Iniziale = 14;
                  break;
        case 'R': Iniziale = 15;
                  break;
        case 'S': Iniziale = 16;
                  break;
        case 'T': Iniziale = 17;
                  break;
        case 'U': Iniziale = 18;
                  break;
        case 'V': Iniziale = 19;
                  break;
        case 'Z': Iniziale = 20;
                  break;
    }
#endif
    if (Iniziale == -1) {
      printf("no word with that first letter!\n");
      return 0;
    }
    printf("Iniziale = %d\n", Iniziale);
    flag = Search(Dizionario, Rtemp, 0, MAX, Iniziale, 0);
    printf("result of search was flag = %d\n", flag);

    //system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}
int Search(par Dictionary[MAX][21], char Request[20], int Min, int Max, int init, int depth)
{
    int Median;
    Median = (Min+Max)/2;
    //printf("calling Search with min =%d, max = %d, median = %d, depth = %d\n", Min, Max, Median, depth);
    depth++;
    if (depth > 10) return 0; // trap an infinite loop - with MAX of 40, binary search should take only 6 iterations
    par *temp;

    if(Max <= Min) // elemento non trovato
    {
         printf("element not found!\n");
         return -1;
    }

    if(Dictionary[Median][init].word==NULL) {
       // out of bounds in the dictionary
       return Search(Dictionary, Request, Min, Median, init, depth);
    }
    if(strcmp(Dictionary[Median][init].word, Request) == 0) {
      printf("Word was found!\nDefinition = %s\n", Dictionary[Median][init].meaning);
      return 1;
    }

    if(strcmp(Request, Dictionary[Median][init].word) > 0 )
    {
         return Search(Dictionary, Request, Median+1, Max, init, depth);
    } else {
         return Search(Dictionary, Request, Min, Median-1, init, depth);
    }
}

I made quite a few changes! To help you figure out what I did, here is the diff between your original code, and the code that ended up compiling. Note - I surrounded your enormous switch statement with a pair of #if 0 … #endif statements; and replaced them with an array. This wasn't actually 'broken' (apart from the lack of a default statement) but still very ugly. I trust you know how to read a diff - the > indicates "something added" and < means "something removed".
I changed the signature of Search slightly, including a depth factor. It turns out that your segmentation fault was called by 64k recursive calls to the Search function… during the debugging I added this parameter in to see what was happening in the early iterations.
See if this makes sense now.
2a3
> #include <string.h>
7,8c8,9
<     char *Parola;
<     char *Significato;
---
>     char *word;
>     char *meaning;
11c12
< int Ricerca(par Dizionario[MAX][21], char Richiesta[20], int Min, int Max, int Iniziale);
---
> int Ricerca(par Dizionario[MAX][21], char Richiesta[20], int Min, int Max, int Iniziale, int depth);
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>     printf("unsorted array:\n");
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<         for(i=0; i<MAX && Dizionario[i+1][j].Parola != NULL; i++)
---
>       if (Dizionario[0][j].word != NULL) printf("%d: %s\n", j, Dizionario[0][j].word);
>       for(i=0; i<MAX && Dizionario[i+1][j].word != NULL; i++)
54c57
<            if(strcmp(Dizionario[i][j].Parola, Dizionario[i+1][j].Parola) == 1)
---
>            if(strcmp(Dizionario[i][j].word, Dizionario[i+1][j].word) < 0)
61a65
>
63,66c67,69
<     printf("Che parola vuole cercare?");
<     gets (Richiesta);
<     strcpy(Rtemp, Richiesta);
<     printf("%s", Rtemp);
---
>     printf("Che parola vuole cercare?\n");
>     fgets (Richiesta, sizeof(Richiesta)-1, stdin);
>     strncpy(Rtemp, Richiesta, strlen(Richiesta)-1); // do not copy newline
68c71
<     printf("\n%s", Rtemp);
---
>     printf("\nLooking for '%s'\n", Rtemp);
70a74,77
> // changed from lengthy switch() to more compact array:
>     char firstLetter[] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,-1,-1,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,-1,-1,-1,20};
>     Iniziale = firstLetter[Rtemp[0] - 'A'];
> #if 0
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<     flag = Search(Dizionario, Rtemp, 0, MAX, Iniziale);
<     printf("%d", flag);
<
<     system("PAUSE");
---
> #endif
>     if (Iniziale == -1) {
>       printf("no word with that first letter!\n");
>       return 0;
>     }
>     printf("Iniziale = %d\n", Iniziale);
>     flag = Search(Dizionario, Rtemp, 0, MAX, Iniziale, 0);
>     printf("result of search was flag = %d\n", flag);
>
>     //system("PAUSE");
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< int Search(par Dictionary[MAX][21], char Request[20], int Min, int Max, int init)
---
> int Search(par Dictionary[MAX][21], char Request[20], int Min, int Max, int init, int depth)
125a139,142
>     //printf("calling Search with min =%d, max = %d, median = %d, depth = %d\n", Min, Max, Median, depth);
>     depth++;
>     if (depth > 10) return 0; // trap an infinite loop - with MAX of 40, binary search should take only 6 iterations
>     par *temp;
127,129c144
<     if(strcmp(Request, Dizionario[Median][Init].world) == 0)
<     return Median;
<     else if(Max <= Min) // elemento non trovato
---
>     if(Max <= Min) // elemento non trovato
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>          printf("element not found!\n");
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<     else if(strcmp(Request, Dictionary[Median][Init].world)>= 1)
---
>     if(Dictionary[Median][init].word==NULL) {
>        // out of bounds in the dictionary
>        return Search(Dictionary, Request, Min, Median, init, depth);
>     }
>     if(strcmp(Dictionary[Median][init].word, Request) == 0) {
>       printf("Word was found!\nDefinition = %s\n", Dictionary[Median][init].meaning);
>       return 1;
>     }
>
>     if(strcmp(Request, Dictionary[Median][init].word) > 0 )
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<          return Search(Dictionary, Request, Median+1, Max, Init);
<          printf("ok");
<     }else{
<          return Search(Dictionary, Request, Min, Median-1, Init);
<          printf("ok");
---
>          return Search(Dictionary, Request, Median+1, Max, init, depth);
>     } else {
>          return Search(Dictionary, Request, Min, Median-1, init, depth);


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Every single morning the Disney Store has an "Unlock the Magic" ceremony where one lucky child is chosen to open the shop. The cast members (staff) open the door and line up to begin the fanfare. The lead announced there was a birthday girl present and asked Emme if she was the child. As Emme shyly nodded and held up 4 fingers (the only proof needed that she was indeed the birthday girl), another cast member marched out of the store, holding an over sized key above her head. This key was then placed into an equally large lock. Emme was asked to assist in the turning of the key to unlock the store. As the staff called out the countdown, our shy girl, along with the help of her dad, turned the key, causing the velvet ropes to drop.
Because you cannot book this special little ritual, it is purely the luck of the chosen one. Fortunately for us, there were no other children present on this particular Thursday in November, so Emme was the golden girl to create the magic. I had taken no risks and as an added safety measure had called ahead that morning to kindly request if at all possible to chose her, as we were celebrating her birthday. They had very kindly obliged.
In addition to the grand opening, there are several other magical elements located throughout the store that are so quintessentially Disney. Inside the Princesses room are two magic mirrors that flank the wall. With a container of wands to choose from, children are encouraged to wave the wands, activating the motion sensors. Video clips from Rapunzel to Merlin the Wizard appear on the mirror, as if speaking to the child.
A "mini" theatre, featuring a 12' screen is located on the top floor. This area offers children a chance to choose from approximately 50 classic movie scenes. These clips included one of my favourites, The Little Mermaid's "Under the Sea" song, along with one of Emme's favourites, "Let It Go" from Frozen. We were both thrilled to belt out our respective songs! The theatre also offers a table of toys that are available to play with, so Mickey's train set and Doc McStuffins' medical bag both got some use. Just outside of the theatre area is a replica Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where children can go inside and even turn a wheel to make the yellow gear move.
We couldn't leave without hearing "Let It Go"
Has anyone seen where Emme is hiding?
A sparkly blue trail leads visitors through the entire store. This trail has obviously been sprinkled with Pixie Dust by the magical team of Disney Fairies. Stunning lucite trees line the pathway, faintly glowing and color changing.
Several life sized statues line the walls and stairwells, and a couple also stand proudly in the window displays. Anna and Sven were a huge hit with my daughter, but I know several kids who would absolutely love Marvel's Spiderman, Captain America and Incredible Hulk. There were also a couple of Storm Troopers located throughout the building.
While you are not obligated to make a purchase after participating in the unlocking ceremony, or after spending over an hour (!!!) exploring the entire building, do keep in mind that this is of course the Disney STORE. There is merchandise available for purchase over the 3 levels and I would challenge anyone to find it easy to depart the store without one final birthday gift for their daughter! Emme chose a Doc McStuffins Mini Figurine Hospital Set for herself and a die cast Lightning McQueen car for her brother. Every Disney character you can imagine, from classic Pluto to any of the Disney Princesses, the Star Wars crew, to the Fairies and Pooh Bear too, can all be found on a huge selection of toys, collectibles and clothes too. And from what I could tell, prices were competitive with local toy shops like Smyths and Argos.
In addition to the new Doc and Cars toys, Emme also left the store with a generous bag of goodies that the staff so kindly treated her to. Along with a replica of the unlocking key, she received several sheets of Mickey, Minnie and Frozen stickers, a hand signed birthday card filled with gold Mickey Mouse confetti, and a cardboard set of Mouse ears.
Closeup of the replica key- can you see Cinderella's Castle on the end?
I do have to mention that the staff at this Disney Store are a truly exceptional cast. Everyone we encountered was particularly friendly, incredibly helpful, and all were so clearly passionate for their job and the Disney company, it was truly impressive. One member also kindly informed us that the store offers daily activities at 3pm. Everything from learning to draw a Star Wars character, to writing a letter to Santa to drop in their North Pole post box. Activities vary daily so we look forward to returning soon for the fun!
The birthday celebrations for our little four year old are officially over, but not without a very special couple of days of celebrations. And while she insists that she is now a "big girl", you can trust that she is still most definitely my baby girl! A baby that I can no longer cradle in my arms, but one I can still make very special memories with. Memories like our fun day out, that I will forever cherish in my heart. Happy Birthday my sweetest girl!
The Dublin Disney Store is located in the heart of the city at 60-61 Grafton Street. Check their website for opening times and store details or contact your local store to see if they participate in the Unlocking Ceremony- it's well worth the trip!
Awe Erin what a beautiful special for all three of you. Kudos to the staff there. It sounds so magical! Can't wait to go!!!!!!!
It was a wonderful trip for us and I know they can't wait to bring you too!
What a beautiful special day for all.
Disney sure does know how to create those perfectly magical moments!! Luckily for us, both kids and adults can enjoy it all!


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How Bingo Nearly Ruined My Life
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I don't remember the last time I prayed. but inside this place, surrounded by a thick cloud of smoke that penetrates everything and everybody, I feel a sudden urge to do just that. Not a formal prayer but more of a plea that the bald man—the one who chain-smokes cigarettes and washes down that burn with coffee so dark the liquid shines as black as crows' eyes—gives me what I need.
His calm, matter-of-fact tone is soothing. He says, "Thank you," after someone gives him his cut. A tip, for speaking softly into the microphone amplifying his voice across this large room. Speakers beneath once-white ceiling tiles that have turned different shades of beige. The carpet, if it wasn't already a dark hue, would be equally stained from all the smoke. Everything in here looks ruined.
The first time I saw this bingo hall was on a Saturday morning two years ago, from across the street, while getting my state inspection sticker. My wife and I had just moved from the Village, in Dallas, where we felt too old, to Arlington, which is more like my hometown of Juárez, Mexico. There aren't as many squirrels here. It feels familiar. That morning, while waiting, I saw the large building on Pioneer Parkway. Despite the sign suggesting "Come Join the Fun," it looked abandoned, like it was once a large department store that could have been the centerpiece of a proud neighborhood. But decades later, the building looked so decrepit that I couldn't imagine it had once been new. Buildings aren't constructed to house bingo halls. They get built for something else. When that something else fails, bingo moves in.
There's a 99 Cents Only store next to the bingo hall. Next to that is a check cashing place. A bit farther and there's a Jack in the Box that never closes even though nothing good ever happens there after sundown. This is where bingo halls exist. Anywhere else and they'd be as unseemly as fast food restaurants or military recruitment stations in an affluent part of the city.
My mother used to play bingo. We lived in Colorado, where, during the winter, the sun set at such an early hour that it felt ungodly. The Army stationed my father there, about a nine-hour drive from our home and family. A couple of times each year, the Army would take him on monthlong training exercises. When my father left, it was just my mother, little brother, and me. As a child, I spent many evenings inside bingo halls with Mom. That's why, as soon as I saw the bingo hall in Arlington—with its large BINGO! sign in faded red and yellow—I thought of her. I thought about how, in the parts of American cities where you hear more Spanish than English, she had confidence. She spoke for herself. Outside of those enclaves, though, she was lost.
"Dile, Roberto, dile que"—tell them, Roberto, tell them that—she'd begin each of her frustrated sentences. Because she didn't speak English and her young son had to translate for her, she felt we were being judged. Or worse. When you don't know what's said, every conversation around you sounds conspiratorial. Every half-smile accompanying a dumbed-down explanation of why certain items aren't eligible for layaway looks like a mixture of pity and disgust. And yet, partly through playing bingo, she learned to pronounce words and letters. I remember the joy in her voice on the few nights we drove home after she'd won. "Gracias a Dios," she'd say, thanking God for answering her prayers.
Play bingo once for money that offers weeks of financial relief, and you understand why its popularity rose during the Great Depression. And because it doesn't require skill so much as sheer luck, you also understand why some play with a talisman within arm's reach.
So, after driving past the bingo hall for two years, I came to play. In here, I can hear the soft mumblings that sound like prayers. The same prayers I, having made peace with my hypocrisy, also silently recite. "Please, God," I think. I still can't remember the last time I earnestly said those two words. "Please, God, B9."
The B9 ball would mean I'd be able to mark the bottom left-hand corner of my bingo card with my blue dauber. With that ball, I'd not only fill the entire B column but also the bottom row. That, along with the N column already filled would mean I'd have a triple bingo and win the highest prize, $750. Theoretically, one can win $10,000 a day here. But to ask for that much feels greedy. Praying to win $750 sounds measured.
The closer one gets to winning, the more one makes plans for spending the money. One feels a hope. I would pay some bills, buy something nice for my wife and daughter, send some money to my mother. Or maybe I won't tell anyone. I can spend it all on myself.
"I need this money," I think with each ball sucked out of that low-humming vacuum contraption. The bingo balls make a soft thumping sound when they land at their resting place. The bingo caller then rotates the ball toward the camera so all can see on the television screens hanging in the corners and middle sections of the room. No B9 ball again, but I need it. To lose it—something that was never mine, something that everyone in here also wants—would be a disappointment.
B9. Say it, you son of a bitch. Whisper it softly into the microphone so I can yell out, "Bingo!" and hear others curse me the way I've cursed those who've won. I want to feel that envy. I want to feel what it's like to hold back a cackle of greed or a devilish smile as I watch the cash getting paid on the spot. Those $20 and $50 bills rapidly peeled off a stack and placed on the picnic table in front of me. I want to win despite what may come.
I wonder: what if winning does more harm than good? Win once and maybe I'll spend the rest of my life chasing that high. First, I'll play a few nights each week. Then every night. When that's not enough, I'll play a few days each week at noon. Then every day. I'll mark my birthday by taking advantage of the opportunity to play for a penny on that special day. I'll eventually come here for the New Year's Eve special. Then Valentine's Day. Then every holiday after that until Christmas. I'll play so much that no matter how hard I scrub my hands, the blue ink from the dauber will never wash off my fingers. Nor will I be able to rid the smell of cigarette smoke from my hands since, already here and surrounded by it, I'll also start chain-smoking—the way my mother did when she played and prayed inside a place like this.
I overthink many things. I can feel when it's happening. Perhaps everyone in here is happy while my dark thoughts force me to smile at the absurdity that I might lose everything I've gained because of a game. Bingo, of all things, which doesn't even require speaking English to play. Bingo, of all things, makes me miss my mother. I think that if I miss her that much, I could just call or even drive those nine hours to visit more often.
But at this point, those thoughts aren't as important as winning. I can't remember wanting anything more than this. "God, let B9 be the next bingo ball and I'll never ask for—"
After you hear that yell, you see a wave of disappointment roll across the entire room. Many look up to find the face that goes with the voice. Sometimes you hear curses from the same mouths that mumbled prayers just a moment before. A few throw their hands up and declare, to no one in particular, which ball they needed. They, too, had hope. They likely made plans for that money.
Hear that yell—"Bingo!"—and you feel betrayed. By your talisman, by those daydreams that happen at night, by the old security guard staring at you after you finally look away from the person counting their cash. Betrayed and forsaken by those unanswered prayers that turn bingo, that simplest of games, into something dark and cruel.
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Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps  (27 October 1875 – 13 August 1945) was a British diplomat.

Family
Phipps was the son of Sir Constantine Phipps, later British Ambassador to Belgium, and his wife, Maria Jane (née Miller Mundy). Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, was his great-grandfather, and he was also a great-grandson of Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, who was present at the Battle of Waterloo, and of Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, who was a Lieutenant on HMS Phoebe at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Early life and career
As a child, he accompanied his parents around Europe to his father's various postings. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, and the University of Paris, from which he graduated.

He passed the competitive examination for entry to the Diplomatic Service in January 1899 and was posted as an attaché to Paris in October 1899, being promoted Third Secretary in January 1901.

In January 1905 he was posted to Constantinople, was promoted Second Secretary in April and returned to London to work at the Foreign Office in September. In September 1906, he was posted to Rome and in February 1909, he returned to Paris as private secretary to Sir Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France. In April 1912, he was promoted First Secretary and posted to St Petersburg, transferred to Madrid in October 1913. He returned to Paris in May 1916.

He was on the staff of the British delegation to the Versailles Conference until September 1919, when he was promoted to counsellor and posted back to London. In November 1920, he was posted to Brussels as chargé d'affaires, and in November 1922, he was promoted to minister plenipotentiary and posted back to Paris, often serving as chargé d'affaires in the absence of the ambassador.

In June 1928, Phipps received his first independent posting as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria.

Ambassador to Germany
In 1933, he was appointed British Ambassador to Germany. To some extent, he followed policies later known as appeasement, as he believed that the League of Nations was the key to preventing the next war. He tried to enlist the French in efforts to get the Germans to co-operate.

However, in some despatches, he warned the British government about the character of the régime. On 31 January 1934, he told his Foreign Secretary:

[Hitler's] policy is simple and straightforward. If his neighbours allow him, he will become strong by the simplest and most direct methods. The mere fact that he is making himself unpopular abroad will not deter him, for, as he said in a recent speech, it is better to be respected and feared than to be weak and liked. If he finds that he arouses no real opposition, the tempo of his advance will increase. On the other hand, if he is vigorously opposed, he is unlikely at this stage to risk a break.

Phipps gave a further warning on 1 April 1935 of Germany's growing military strength:

Let us hope our pacifists at home may at length realise that the rapidly-growing monster of German militarism will not be placated by mere cooings, but will only be restrained from recourse to its ultima ratio by the knowledge that the Powers who desire peace are also strong enough to enforce it.

During his first year in Berlin, Phipps managed to see Hitler only four times. Phipps himself regarded Hitler as something of a cipher or enigma; Hitler was variously described in his dispatches back to London as more moderate than his followers or as possibly mad. In May 1936, Phipps presented to Hitler the famous "questionnaire", largely written by his brother-in-law, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Robert Vansittart, that asked point-blank if Germany intended "to respect the existing territorial and political status of Europe" and was willing to sign "genuine treaties". Neither Hitler nor any other German leader ever responded to the "questionnaire".

Ambassador to France
In 1937, Phipps was transferred to Paris as British Ambassador to France.

During his time in Paris, Phipps strongly identified himself with French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, and most of his dispatches to London reflected Bonnet's influence. On 24 September 1938, at the height of the great crisis over Czechoslovakia that was to culminate in the Munich Agreement, Phipps reported back to London "all that is best in France is against war, almost at any price", but it was opposed by a "small, but noisy and corrupt, war group". Phipps's negative assessment of the willingness and ability of France to go to war with Germany in 1938 created doubts in London about the value of France as an ally.

In October 1938, Bonnet carried out a purge of the Quai d'Orsay, sidelining a number of officials opposed to his policy. In the aftermath of the purge, Bonnet was congratulated by Phipps for removing the "warmongers" René Massigli and Pierre Comert from the Quai d'Orsay, but he went on to complain that Bonnet should have sacked Secretary-General Alexis Saint-Legér Léger as well.  In response, Bonnet claimed that he and Saint-Legér Léger saw "eye to eye". Phipps, who knew about the state of relations between the two, drily noted that "in that case the eyes must be astigmatic".

In November 1939, suffering from ill-health, Phipps retired to Wiltshire. He died of a pulmonary embolism following a prostatectomy at the London Clinic in 1945.

Honours
Phipps was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in May 1922, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1927 Birthday Honours, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in 1934, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1939, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1941. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1933, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable". He also held the Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur and was a Commander of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium.

In 1943 he served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

Family
Phipps married Yvonne de Louvencourt in 1907. After her death in 1909 he married Frances Ward, daughter of the sculptor Herbert Ward, in 1911. He had six children, all by his second wife:
 Lieutenant-Colonel Mervyn Phipps (1912–1983)
 Lieutenant Alan Phipps RN (1915–1942; killed in action on Leros), whose son is Major-General Jeremy Phipps
 Mary Phipps (born 1923), married to Bonar Sykes, son of Sir Frederick Sykes and his wife, a daughter of former British Prime Minister Bonar Law
 Margaret Phipps (born 1925), married to George Cary, son of the Irish novelist Joyce Cary
 John-Francis Phipps (born 1933)
 William Phipps (1936–2009), who married Henrietta Frances Lamb (1931–2016), elder daughter of the painter Henry Lamb and his wife Lady Pansy Lamb (née Pakenham), sister of the 6th and 7th Earls of Longford

Ancestry

References

Sources
Adamthwaite, Anthony. France and the Coming of the Second World War 1936–1939. London: Frank Cass, 1977. .
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Herman, John. The Paris Embassy of Sir Eric Phipps, Sussex Academic Press, 1998.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Watt, D.C. How War Came : The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938–1939. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. .

External links

The Papers of Sir Eric Phipps held at Churchill Archives Centre

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University of Paris alumni
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Phnum Kulén är kullar i Kambodja.   De ligger i provinsen Siem Reap, i den centrala delen av landet,  km norr om huvudstaden Phnom Penh.

Phnum Kulén sträcker sig  km i sydostlig-nordvästlig riktning. Den högsta toppen är Phnum Chhéh Vêk,  meter över havet.

Topografiskt ingår följande toppar i Phnum Kulén:

 Phnum Chéa
 Phnum Chhéh Vêk
 Phnum Prâchiĕv
 Phnum Ta Kŭng
 Phnum Ta Mau
 Phnum Voăll Yéav

Savannklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är mars, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är september, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med  mm nederbörd.

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(If you missed Chapter 1, be sure to read it first. Also, disclaimer: This is fiction.)
Caroline's mouth dropped open. This revelation about her gardener's identity did explain why he was wearing an ill fitting suit, but she had so many more questions.
She had never been a fan of the president, but his spokesman was another story. Ever since the early days of the administration, Caroline had felt a certain affinity for Sean Spicer. In fact, she had found him inexplicably attractive, even though she normally didn't go for the angry, doughy type. And now he was standing here in her yard! Caroline decided to take advantage of the situation.
"You look really hot," Caroline heard herself saying. Then she quickly added, "You're sweaty. I mean—it looks like you could use some shade."
What was happening to her? She was not the type to get flustered around men. Who knew Sean Spicer could have that affect on someone? Caroline took a deep breath to help regain her composure.
"Would you like to come inside to cool off for a few minutes? I have LaCroix," she offered.
"That would be phenomenal," Sean said, wiping away some sweat and possibly another tear.
Caroline led Sean into her house, unsure she was doing the right thing. Even if he was a former White House Communications Director, he was still a common gardener at the moment and she wasn't comfortable having the hired help inside her house. But then she glanced over her shoulder and saw his endearingly confused expression and her knees went wobbly. "Pull yourself together, Caroline!" she silently chided herself.
"The bar is this way," Caroline said, walking through the kitchen, into the hallway, then up a few steps to the open bar area above the living room.
"You have a beautiful house," Sean said, looking around.
"I do okay for myself," Caroline said coyly.
"What do you do for a living?" he asked.
"What flavor LaCroix would you like? Or I have other things, if you'd like something…harder." Caroline raised her eyebrows.
"No, LaCroix is good! No drinking on the job! Do you have lime?" he asked.
"Of course," Caroline sighed. She turned to her mini fridge, took out a can of lime LaCroix, and handed it to Sean, letting her hand linger a bit longer than she should have.
"I like your fridge" he said, prying the can from her hand. Caroline made a mental note to keep an eye on her appliances.
Sean opened the can and took a sip, then looked out the large picture window on the other side of the room.
"That was my first attempt at an elephant" he said, nodding toward the window.
"Really? You'd never done that before? That's amazing!" Caroline said. "My only concern is that the bushes are so much smaller now."
"No, they're bigger," he said.
"The bushes are bigger than they were before."
"How can they be bigger when you've just trimmed them to make an elephant?"
"Trust me, they just are," he said. "Period. They only look smaller because of the covering I put down to protect the grass."
Caroline narrowed her eyes. She felt like she had heard this argument before. She was about to press him on it, but then he loosened his tie a bit and she got weak-kneed again.
"So, tell me, Sean," she said, leaning onto the bar next to him, "Do you like working with...bushes?"
"Well, it's better than working with Clintons!" Sean Spicer started laughing uncontrollably.
Caroline sighed again and rolled her eyes. How could someone so cute be so dense?
Just when she thought he would never take a hint, Sean calmed down, took another sip of LaCroix and asked, "Would you want to go to dinner sometime?"
Caroline blinked. Was Sean Spicer really asking her out on a date?
"I'd love to," she said, "but I thought you're not allowed to have dinner with any women other than your wife."
"No, that's Mike Pence," he said. "People sometimes get us confused because we have the same neck and glare."
"Oh, right." Caroline did have trouble keeping track of the angry white men in the current administration. "But won't your wife be upset anyway?"
"I'm not married," he said, swigging some more LaCroix.
"But I thought—"
"Just a story I made up and put in my official White House bio when Kellyanne Conway got too handsy."
Caroline winced.
"Exactly," Sean said, noticing the horrified expression on her face. "Look, I need to go. I have to get the lawn equipment back by 5:00. But are we on for dinner? Tonight?"
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A Trip with Truman
Earlier this summer I read (and wrote about) Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure. That got me in the mood to go to the Truman Library and Museum, but I didn't think I'd be able to talk the family into it. But then Mr. Presidentressor expressed interest in going to see the eclipse, and I noticed that Independence, Missouri, was in the path of totality, and suddenly a weekend getaway was born.
If you want to see all things Harry Truman in Independence, it's important to know that his home (available for tour) is a separate entity from his presidential museum, so plan accordingly. We arrived at the Visitor Center for the home (a few blocks from the house itself) in the morning, which was a good plan because tour spots and times are limited and were going quickly. We snagged spots for the 2:30 tour, which gave us plenty of time to go to the museum beforehand.
The Visitor Center is small but it has a film and a few small exhibits (mostly about baseball). That's also where my kids got their Junior Ranger booklets. My 5-year-old is obsessive about filling out any kind of booklet/scavenger hunt/etc. he receives at museums, so that kept him busy for a good chunk of the day. My 8-year-old found the booklet for kids under 9 to be too basic, so she asked to upgrade to the book for 9-12-year-olds, which is also the one my 13-year-old did. (I saw an adult doing it, too, so I guess anyone can become a Junior Ranger. I wish I'd known that years ago.)
Once my kids filled out what they could at the Visitor Center, we drove over to the Harry Truman Library and Museum. There, the kids got scavenger hunt cards, and I realized--despite what I said in my previous Truman post--that I had never been to the Truman Museum before. Oops.
Mr. Presidentressor and I both thought the museum was great, and even the kids seemed to enjoy it. The first floor is primarily about Truman's presidency, and I felt they did a good job presenting balanced information about tough topics like the Korean War and the dropping of the atomic bombs. I especially liked the exhibit on atomic-related popular culture.
The first floor wraps around in chronological order, and when you get to the end, you're able to walk out to the courtyard where Harry, Bess, daughter Margaret, and son-in-law Clifton are buried.
After we paid our respects and were walking away, my 5-year-old shouted, "Farewell, old people!"
After hurrying the children back inside, we explored the lower level of the museum, which was less "Harry the Politician" and more "Harry the Human." There were exhibits about his pre- and post-presidency life, and many of the exhibits were interactive. My kids' favorite activity was making Harry Truman campaign buttons.
They could also write a letter to Truman. This is what my 5-year-old wrote before giving the letter a kiss and sticking it in the mail slot:
I ❤ you. I miss you in your grave
Should I be worried?
The whole time, my 8-year-old was keeping an eye out for a paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, the Japanese girl who was stricken with leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima. My daughter read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes a few months ago and is obsessed with it, and the only way I could entice her to go to the Truman Museum without complaining was by telling her they had a crane there. After searching in vain, we asked a kindly security guard, who told us exactly where to find it: Right next to the front doors. We went back upstairs, and there it was. We were both surprised by how tiny it was, but my daughter was very pleased to have found it.
The gift shop has a nice selection of Truman memorabilia and the requisite American flag-type stuff. I was tempted to get a plush "Pete," the squirrel who used to take walks with Harry, but instead I got this string-doll-keychain because it seemed weirder.
After the museum the kids were hangry, so we headed back toward the quaint old downtown area and wound up eating at a hotdog place called Up Dog. (Excellent tater tots!) When we were done eating, we drove over to the Truman home for our tour.
The ranger leading the tour was knowledgable and helped make it interesting for the kids. Due to structural concerns, only the first floor of the house is available to tour, so it doesn't take very long. However, the house is preserved just the way the Trumans left it, so what it lacks in accessibility, it makes up for in character. I absolutely loved the midcentury mint-green-and-red kitchen.
Courtesy: National Park Service
Later at the Visitor Center the ranger asked my daughter what she liked best about the house, and she said, "The wallpaper." In the photo above the walls look pink, but the wallpaper is a fabulously gaudy/busy red print, and it's on the ceiling as well as the walls. I want some.
High-five, Harry!
When we were done with the house, we checked out the very small museum/tour-holding-pen in a house across the street (protip: it has bathrooms!), then headed back to the little downtown area for ice cream at Clinton's Soda Fountain, in the building where Harry Truman had his first job in a drugstore. We had sundaes and the kids finished up their Junior Ranger booklets, which we then took back to the Visitor Center so they could get their badges.
The rest of our weekend consisted of non-Harry-Truman-related stuff, like visiting the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, and heading to Columbia, Missouri, to see the total eclipse. The museum and the eclipse were phenomenal. I recommend both.
For a while there it looked like we might not see the eclipse due to weather and traffic concerns, but we decided that even without it, the trip would have been a success and a good way to end the summer. In the end, it all worked out. I guess you could say it wound up being an excellent adventure.
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Inspired by the Vladimir Putin and Justin Trudeau fan fiction over at Hottest Heads of State, I decided it was time to give the world what it really needs: Sean Spicer fanfic. I thought it might be a bit outside the scope of the Presidentress blog, but then I figured that Sean Spicer fits squarely in the category of presidential history, so why not?
Since I'm dealing with the Trump administration here, I should probably include some sort of disclaimer, but a lawsuit would also drive a lot of traffic to the site, so I'll just remind everyone that this is fan fiction. (Also, I use the term "fan" loosely.) Check back for new chapters!
Caroline sighed and took another sip of her pineapple LaCroix. A bead of condensation ran down the can and fell onto her bare thigh, causing her to shiver despite the sweltering heat. She set the can down and adjusted her wide-brimmed hat to block the sun from hitting her copy of The New York Times.
She had just turned the page to continue reading the latest story about the president's Russian collusion when the sound of the gardener's hedge trimmers made her lose her concentration. Caroline sighed again. These new gardeners always seemed to arrive at the worst time, when she was trying to sunbathe and relax by the pool—or sunbathe and read by the pool, as it were, since there was nothing relaxing about Russian collusion.
Caroline missed Raphael, her old gardener. He would always come when Caroline was at work or out shopping, and he never interrupted her solitude. Unfortunately Raphael had been detained in an ICE raid in April and had since been deported. Caroline had gone through a few other gardeners before finally settling on the company she had hired a few weeks ago: Garden Alternatives, Inc. The company was okay. The guy they sent seemed to be meticulous and always did a nice job, but Caroline felt like she was never alone anymore.
She did her best to continue reading despite the whirring of the hedge trimmers, but something felt off. She took another sip of her LaCroix, which this time dripped onto the middle of a paragraph, obscuring the name of a Russian oligarch. Caroline folded the newspaper and threw it down in frustration. She glanced over at the gardener just in time to see him turn away from her.
She picked up her phone and tried to catch up on her Facebook feed but the glare from the sun made it impossible.
The hedge trimmers hummed to a halt, but the silence suddenly seemed too great. Caroline got an uneasy feeling again. Without turning her head, she slowly moved her gaze back to the gardener. Sure enough, two beady eyes were peering out at her from between the bushes.
So that was it, she thought. The gardener had been creeping on her. Caroline made a mental note to call Garden Alternatives, Inc. first thing in the morning to request a different worker. She had no interest in serving as eye candy for a laborer, even if he was masterfully trimming her shrubs into the shape of an elephant.
Caroline swung her legs over to the side of the lounge chair and sat up. She grabbed her wrinkled paper and her sweaty can and stood to go inside, away from the stalking gardener.
"Wait! Ma'am!" the gardener called.
Ma'am? Caroline inwardly huffed. She was too young to be called ma'am. She turned to him anyway.
"Yes?" she asked, peering over the top of her red sunglasses. The gardener strode over to her.
"I just wanted to see if you'd like any other animal topiaries," the man said, gesturing toward the elephant.
A large fabric safari hat obscured most of the man's face, but something about him—his meaty neck, his chinny jaw, his furrowed brow—felt strangely familiar. Caroline didn't understand why, but she suddenly felt calmer and more at ease.
"Oh, the topiary," she said, unexpectedly flustered. "Yes, I meant to thank you for it. It's lovely."
The gardener smiled, but not an ordinary smile. It looked like the smile of a man who hadn't been complimented in months. Caroline thought she saw him wipe away a tear.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
The man gave a little chuckle. "Yes, I'm sorry," he said. "It's just nice to have someone appreciate what I do. Things didn't go too well at my last job, so I'm trying something new."
Caroline wondered what his last job had been. Pool boy? Butler? Ice cream truck driver? She shuddered to think what could have gone wrong.
"What was your old job?" she asked.
"I was the White House Press Secretary," the man said, almost as an apology.
Caroline was speechless. Surely this gardener was pulling her leg...her long, tanned leg. But wait. That neck, those chins, those beady eyes… Could it be?
"No!" Caroline gasped.
"It's true," he said. Slowly the man reached up to remove his hat and all doubt. Caroline's new gardener was Sean Spicer.


The last performance of the semester! On 8 May 2015, as part of the school's Experience Yale-NUS Weekend, the Kpop crew did a funny rendition of Gee by Girls' Generation.
"This was a tough performance in many ways. Not only did we have just one week to prepare the dance, there were also no mirrors we could use (they were being moved to the new campus). And, for the first time in my experience, we decided to put up a comical dance. For example, instead of the cute, girly poses in the original dance, we did poses that were outlandish and slapstick.


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Isana is the capital and largest city of Risevne, and one of its three Designated Cities - cities which are treated as equivalent to Provinces. It is located in southwestern Masalne, and borders the city of Bresnga to the north, and Feladmena Province to the east. The total urban population, living within the city limits, is 13,386,740.
Isana forms the centre of the huge conurbation in the south of Risevne, known as Ibretal after the three main cities of Isana, Bresnga and Taluste, which stretches across the Feladmena Plain; together the conurbation contains around 38 million people. Accounting for around 1/6 of the Risevani population by itself, the city is both a major global city and the undisputed economic, political and social centre of Risevne.
2 Geography and Climate
2.1 Definition of Isana
2.2 Subdivisions
2.3 City Planning
8 Culture and Society
9 Famous Areas and Buildings
9.1 Squares and Memorials
9.2 Museums and Art Galleries
9.3 Commercial
The word Isana simply means "Capital" in Classical Mirselec, the variant of the language spoken during the late first millenium DN; this reflects the fact that, for longer than most other cities, Isana has been a political centre of the Risevani. Besides this, there are many other titles, like Shakonoyenori, literally meaning "Nine-Citadel City", and Yoneiganori, literally "Blue-Gated City", after the five old city gates, three of which are still visible, which were painted blue.
The city of Isana occupies a total area of 1678 square kilometres, in a rough rectangle that occupies most of the Gardaus Peninsula and surrounding areas. To its north is the municipality of Bresnga, while to its east is Feladmena Province.
Geographically the city is clearly divided into two, by the Rushalya river and Gardaus Bay; the east was, and remains, by far the older city, while the west was only made part of the city around the 1830s, just before the beginning of the period known as the Ibakizaro, and has undergone many great changes and upheavals. The only significant elevations are the hills south of the Waranye, including Nortekone or the Swallows' Hill on which the famed Garnoye stands.
Formerly there were at least 8 known rivers which flowed into Gardaus Bay, the largest being the Rushalya; presently most of these rivers are underground, however, the only exception being the Waranye river which still flows into Gardaus Bay from the east at Ekusinada-dego.
Definition of Isana
Modern day Isana, administratively known as Isana City, is one of the first-level subdivisions of Risevne. Within this large area of the Gardaus Peninsula the original city, now known as the Old Capital {Kode Sanasir}, occupies the area between the Waranye river and the Rushalya, southwards to the Bay. The present municipality took its shape following redefinitions of borders in 2033, when two new districts in the northeast were carved out from Feladmena Province.
Unlike many other large cities in the world Isana is rarely defined in terms of a "Greater Isana"; in Risevan parlance the more often used term is Ibretal, though it includes a far larger area that stretches all the way to the other side of the Feladmena Plain in Taluste. Feladmena Province has many towns and urban areas which are often called "Hotel Towns", a reference to the extensive numbers of people commuting to work in the city and return only for the night.
Main article: Areas and Districts of Isana
While Isana is considered as a single division under the City Government, it is in fact divided into ten Areas, or Remis; each one is then farther subdivided into Districts, or Dego. The areas each possess their own municipal agencies, and most affairs belonging exclusively within their districts are delegated to them, including local infrastructure. Sometimes people go so far as to suggest that Isana is in fact ten cities, rather than one, an impression bolstered by the nomenclature (since the area governments are called Municipal Offices); though the devolution of power is indeed considerable, however, the city is administratively a single unit.
See Izanosan Plans
Template:Main:History of Isana
The lower valley of the Rushalya river, and the surrounding plains, have been sites of human inhabitation since time immemorial; in the neighbourhood of Narusgerya is the type site of a neolithic civilisation known as the Narusgerya culture, but this is just one of several discoveries of ancient cultures within the city; the most recent find was in 2007 in the east of the city.
Isana is one of the major financial centres of the world, as well as a centre of commerce and commodity trading.
In keeping with the traditional Risevan attitude of great respect for education, Isana has a highly developed educational system, with many institutions of higher learning including the world famous University of Isana. Students from all over the country, as well as all over the world, come to Isana to study; this trend has only increased in recent decades with increasing links to developing countries, and has become such that several areas of the city are often known as "Student Towns". The famous Iruzeni musician Dinges Arildun once said of Isana that ""
Famous Areas and Buildings
This is a necessarily incomplete list of some well-known buildings and districts within the city.
Squares and Memorials
King Sarus Square, an area in commemoration of King Sarus I under whom Masalne was united.
Square of the Guard, a square in commemoration of the dead of the Third Global War
Risevan Shrine to the Unknown Soldier
Risevan War Memorial, built 1949 to commemorate the dead of the Fourth Global War
Restoration Square, the largest and most famous square of the city
Nisor's Arch, an arch commemorating the Restoration as well
Gunasarne Memorial, commemorating the Nine Years' War
West Bay - a huge shopping district that forms the coastal half of Awenkara remis, formed by the amalgamation of many districts over time, including:
Victory Road, a world-famous road in the north of West Bay City.
Taiberseimi, literally "Above the Bridge", the generic term for the area north of the Soruta Bridge
Taibergute, literally "Below the Bridge", the term for the area south of the bridge.
Belegras Dockyards, a large developmental area opened in the 2020s, and formerly part of the port
Garnoye, the famed White Fort that is a city symbol
Isana Royal Palace, one of the three official residences of the Risevan royal family
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Cities of Risevne
Cities of Valmante
Unless otherwise stated, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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Q: Identify pattern in words I have a question I believe is quite simple, but I don't know the proper way to do it.
Basically, I would like my program to be able to identify words with a certain pattern in it, and if so, to extract what's before the pattern.
The pattern would be, in this case /F, specifically at the end of the word, and it would extract what's before.
For example, if the program finds 21/F, it will identify it as a good match and will extract 21. But if the word was 21/Fudge, it wouldn't do anything.
Do you know the way to look for a match at a specific position in the word?

A: I would do:
If str Like "*/F" Then
    before=Left(str, Len(str)-len("/F"))
Else
    'No match!
End If

A: I would use a regular expression, something like this:
\b\w+?(\d+)\/F\b

This will help you match any digits before "/F" and ignore the rest of the word. In order to use it in VBA you will need to add a reference to 'Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5' and here's the VBA behind this. Pattern is "\b\w+?(\d+)/F\b"
Public Sub Extract(Pattern as String, Text as String)

   Dim regEx As VBScript_RegExp_55.RegExp
   Dim matches As VBScript_RegExp_55.MatchCollection

   Set regEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")   ' Create a regular expression.

   regEx.Pattern = Pattern
   Set matches = regEx.Execute(Text)

   Dim i as Long

   For i = 0 To (matches.Count - 1)
       Debug.Print Matches.Item(i)
   Next i

End Sub

Hope this helps.

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The layering is all then with Hollo's papers and a spot of scrap ribbon and 3 mini gold brads.
The flowers from innovative stamp creations Oriental Nature Elements set is stamped with Black Staz-On on white card stock and colored with my Copic Markers. I am really enjoying these markers LOL and searching for another good deal to get a second set.
This was in a bundle of a cards I made for a Scavenger Hunt type swap and the assignment for this one was a flower with a yellow center. he he I got 2 flowers with yellow centers! Hope my partner enjoys this one I am pleased with the way it turned out.
I like the way this turned out - How did that heat gun work on the ink? I have a terrible time getting the ink not to smear on wallpaper!


If you are in the mood for Chinese food, then Chow mein is your answer. Especially if you want a light, vegetable based dinner.
Chow mein is a Chinese, noodle based dish which involves stir frying. Depending the type of noodles you use, you can make 2 kind of chow mein: steamed (if you prefer to use long, rounded noodles) or crispy (if you prefer to use fired, flat noodles).
Either way the taste is fantastic. The noodles, the mix of vegetables and the soy sauce really takes you to China.
Also fill free to add any other ingredient you want, since chow mein can be done in a great variety of combinations: you can choose to use only vegetables or you can choose to add chicken or pork, or whatever meat you like.


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Two more protesters detained for violence against police at opposition rally
Tags: Riots, Investigative Committee, Opposition, Russia, Moscow
Female activist detained for mass disorder in Moscow denies charges
Charges for participating in riots brought against another oppositionist
Over 60 percent of detained during May 6-9 rallies in Moscow found guilty
MOSCOW, June 8 - RAPSI. Police officers have detained two more individuals suspected of participating in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square during a protest rally in Moscow on May 6, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Friday.
"Mikhail Kosenko, born 1975, and Stepan Zimin, born 1992, have been detained. They are suspected of taking part in mass riots and violence against the authorities," Markin said.
He added that Kosenko kicked a riot police officer and Zimin threw bits of asphalt pavement at the police and broke one officer's finger.
The suspects have been identified by the injured parties and witnesses.
"The police have confiscated from Zimin's home a walkie-talkie, a Molotov cocktail, relevant printed materials, several passports and other items. The fact that such important evidence has not been destroyed shows they could have been used in preparing a similar crime," Markin said.
Kosenko's apartment has also been searched. Items have also been seized confirming his involvement in the riots.
The maximum punishment for such crimes is eight years in prison. "Plans are to bring charges against the detainees soon," Markin added.
Three more suspects - Alexandra Dukhanina, Maxim Luzyanin and Andrei Barabanov - have been arrested in the case. All of them have been charged.
According to Markin, work is underway to detain other suspects.
Mass opposition rallies began in Moscow on May 6. Clashes with the police flared up during a procession across central Moscow approved by the authorities. Tens of people on both sides were injured. The police detained more than 400 protesters. However, the opposition continued its show of protest by holding a series of "people's promenades."


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Super Bowl Host Committee Launches Environmental Initiative
By Brett Graff
Mike Zimmer, Rodney Barreto, Eric Eikenberg
Casey DeSantis, Rodney Barreto, Ron DeSantis, Tom Garfinkel, Eric Eikenberg
Super Bowl Host Committee Staff
Miami's Super Bowl Host Committee – joined by Governor Ron DeSantis – gathered at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center to announce its environmental initiative. In partnership with NFL Green, Ocean Conservancy and The Everglades Foundation, the group created an environmental council being led by Everglades Foundation CEO Eric Eikenberg and has launched Ocean to Everglades – O2E – which will work to reduce waste and mitigate Super Bowl LIV's environmental impacts. What's more, the council will aim to leave a positive "green" legacy in South Florida well after the game is over.
"Super Bowl LIV provides a platform and an opportunity to connect and engage our community and all sports fans around a critical global priority – the preservation of our environment," said Rodney Barreto, Chairman, Miami Super Bowl Host Committee.
Leveraging the expertise of the committee and partnerships, the initiative will involve a series of activations and events across South Florida. Focusing on plastics, coastal protection, habitat and education, the committee will organize activities such as beach clean-ups, coral reef planting community projects, Everglades excursions and student fishing trips.
"The ocean and the Everglades are an integral part of my life and the lives of all South Floridians," said Mike Zimmer, President, Miami Super Bowl Host Committee. "Naturally, as we prepared to host our record-breaking 11th Super Bowl, we knew the preservation of our unique ecosystem would be a big focus for us."
Brett Graff is SocialMiami.com's editor-in-chief. A journalist covering money, people and power, Graff contributes to magazines including Maxim, Glamour and Harper's Bazaar. Once a correspondent for Reuters, her nationally syndicated column ran first in the Miami Herald and then in newspapers across the country including the Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star and The State. A former U.S. government economist, Graff's book "Not Buying It: Stop Overspending and Start Raising Happier, Healthier, More Successful Kids" was featured in outlets such as USA Today, US News & World Report, The Today Show, BravoTV.com, and Forbes.com. Graff, a regular on Washington DC's most popular morning show, GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON, is a frequent guest major network television affiliates across the country including CBS, NBC, CW, and ABC.
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We've been given a breather with this recession; the prices are going to go back up. I've heard it could end up in this pendulum experience for a while–price of oil goes up, so economy tumbles, so price of oil goes down, economy recovers, so the price of oil goes up, etc. However, the economy's getting worse and the price is going up anyway, so maybe it won't be so nice and clean as that pattern.
My town seems to be waking up to this; we're finally starting a farmers' market this summer, which is long-overdue, since this town is surrounded by independent farms and dairies. It's a small step, but a step in the right direction nonetheless.
Hi Tlachtga! And my regards to the Philadelphia Preservation Society. I see the potential for the seesaw you describe, but I think there are dampers on that oscillation: most notably, the desire of oil producers not to have a wide swing on that teeter-totter. Much better for them if they just keep the price on the pain point all the time, and when their choke gets too greedy and the economy starts to turn blue, release a little only to tighten when the economy recovers. And retaining the option to let up a lot whenever a price fluctuation will do the most damage to the parts of the alternative energy industry that they don't control. We'll see if they have enough coherence to pull this off – many people say they can't, and they have a point, but many said they wouldn't be able to cut production this soon to reassert price control, and they did.
Glad to hear about the farmers' market – that may turn out to be a pretty significant step forward actually. Once people start connecting locally, it can really go viral.


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Flap's Dentistry Blog: Are Elite Triathletes Compromising Their Oral Health?
Are Elite Triathletes Compromising Their Oral Health?
Yes, because often they are consuming caries producing and erosive sports drinks. Here is the paper's abstract.
Elite athletes follow demanding training regimes to achieve optimal performance. Training incorporates strategies which coincide with risk factors for dental caries and erosion. The important role of a disease-free oral cavity for peak performance is often overlooked and oral health may be compromised. This initial exploratory study aimed to identify risk factors for dental caries and erosion in elite triathletes. Questionnaires regarding training, diet and oral health were distributed to a sample of elite triathletes in New Zealand. A further sample of 10 athletes was randomly selected from the Dunedin triathlon club to participate in a clinical oral examination. Sports drinks were consumed by 83.9% of the triathletes while training; for 48.4% consumption of both sports drinks and water was described as 'little sips often, from a bottle'. Eating during training sessions was reported by 93.5% of participants; of those 62.1% ate only during cycling training. Only 3.2% perceived training as high risk to oral health. All clinical examination cases were assessed as high risk for developing caries. The diet of elite triathletes is consistent with a high risk profile for caries and erosion. Future research should be aimed at oral health promotion programs for the athletes, coaches and oral-health providers.
But, what about the elite endurance athletes who need the carbohydrates and the electrolytes, but are limited in their ability to consume them? If the reader has ever run, swam or cycled for a protracted period of time, you understand. Storage, availability, and limited time to consume the required nutrients and water are issues that all come to mind.
These elite athletes will have to be constantly on guard for the deleterious affects of these drinks on their oral health. Awareness programs, dental protocols and other products will need to be developed.
And, awareness for the recreational long distance runner/cyclist and triathlete is necessary.


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Bellfountain, Oregon facts for kids
Bellfountain
Unincorporated Community
Bellfountain school in 2009
331 ft (101 m)
Pacific (UTC-8)
Bellfountain is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States. Bellfountain lies on Bellfountain Road north of Alpine and northwest of Monroe. The population was 75 at the 2010 census.
Early on, the area around Bellfountain was known as Belknap's Settlement. A post office was established in 1895 called Dusty. The community's name was later changed to Bellfountain. It was said to be named for Bellefontaine, Ohio. From 1902 to 1905, a Bellfountain post office existed. After 1905, local residents received their mail in Monroe.
Bellfountain has also been said to have been named for the bell fountain, a natural spring that bubbled up about 1 mile west of Bellfountain where the Bellfountain Park is located. Flat rocks surrounding the natural artesian spring formed in the shape of a bell. People could view the bell fountain until sometime during the last 40 years when Benton County covered over the bell fountain with a cement building and a pump house to pump the water for use in the park. People are no longer able to view the bell fountain for which some people believe the town was named.
Present-day Bellfountain
The local economy is centered on the farming of Christmas trees and grass seed, and on logging.
The people of Benton County have been using Bellfountain Park for over 100 years. The park has a large barbeque pit, softball field, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, and restrooms. There is also a covered picnic shelter with a kitchen area and one of the longest picnic tables in the world. The table seats 120 people and is 85-foot-long (26 m) long.
Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Corvallis
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Kings Valley
Hoskins
Bellfountain, Oregon Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.