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Things to do / Leisure parks /
Puy du Fou: 5 ways to travel back in time
By Céline Perronnet , Published: 5 April 2018, 18:17
© DR / Puy du Fou — From the medieval village to the Cinescenie, visitors travel back in time
Exciting shows, night-time spectacles and absorption of France's history… all in a beautiful natural setting. Located at the heart of the Vendée, the Puy du Fou offers visitors a truly memorable experience.
Enjoy Le Dernier Panache
© DR / Puy du Fou — Le Dernier Panache
The park puts on six major shows each day. Among them, Le Dernier Panache recounts the glorious destiny of a French naval officer, hero of the American war of independence, whose life is set to change in 1793 with the ultimate fight for freedom.
Entirely conceived and produced by the Puy du Fou, the show is performed on an impressive 360-degree stage in a 7,500-m² hall, the Théâtre des Géants. In 2017 the park received the Thea Award, for the best creation in the world, for this particular show.
Be dazzled by Cinéscénie
© DR / Puy du Fou — Cinéscénie
Cinéscénie is a blockbuster show of nearly two hours' duration that tells the symbolic story of the Maupillier family, from the Middle Ages all the way to the Second World War. Each scene involves 2,400 actors, 130 riders and 80 technicians, plus a further 500 people in charge of audience meet-and-greet and safety.
The show requires extraordinary visual and technical resources: 28,000 costumes, 850 fireworks per night, 20 autonomous drones, 150 water jets, video projections in 3D mapping and more than 3,000 projectors.
Share the passion of artisans
© DR / Puy du Fou — Visitors can watch craftsmen at work
As you walk through the park you can watch dozens of craftsmen at work, all specialists in 22 different trades including leather, upholstery, illumination, wood carving and barrel-making.
To ensure maximum authenticity, the Puy du Fou surrounds itself with the best specialists, artisans and historians. It's a unique opportunity for them to share their passion and knowledge, and continue to maintain the craft tradition.
Get out into nature
© DR / Puy du Fou — 25 kilometers of walkable paths
With the detours into 'villages' and its ancient forest, the Puy du Fou boasts a beautifully preserved natural environment, with 25 kilometers of walkable paths. A total of 45 gardeners and landscapers work on planting, pruning and maintenance of the outside space, where there are 150 species of tree, 5,500 plant varieties (of which 60 are aromatic or medicinal), and a staggering 5,000 feet of climbing roses, with 95 species.
Visitors will also come across some rarer wild or domestic plants, or varieties of 'forgotten' vegetables, in the gardens of the 18th-century village and medieval city.
Sleep in the century of your choice
© DR / Puy du Fou — The Citadelle opened in 2017
Visitors choosing to stay overnight at the Puy du Fou have the choice of different periods of history, each with its own themed hotel: the atmosphere of ancient Rome at the Gallo-Roman Villa, where guests are welcomed by teams in togas and period costumes; an immersion into the Middle Ages at the Îles de Clovis or at the majestic Citadelle; the Logis de Lescure, an authentic Vendéen building from the 18th century; and finally the Camp Drap d'Or, where you follow in the footsteps of Francis I and Henry VIII of England.
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Prepare your trip to Puy du Fou (External link)
By Céline Perronnet
Journalist specialising in travel
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Q: how to test object methods (exercise) As part of an exercise I am writing an API to generate random numbers.
This is the code that I have and I would like to test the notNegativeInt function.
How can I do that?
(here the full solution https://github.com/fpinscala/fpinscala/blob/master/answers/src/main/scala/fpinscala/state/State.scala )
import java.util.Random

object chapter6 {
  println("Welcome to the Scala worksheet")       //> Welcome to the Scala worksheet

  trait RNG {
    def nextInt: (Int, RNG) // Should generate a random `Int`. We'll later define other functions in terms of `nextInt`.
  }

  object RNG {
    // NB - this was called SimpleRNG in the book text
    case class Simple(seed: Long) extends RNG {
      def nextInt: (Int, RNG) = {
        val newSeed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFL // `&` is bitwise AND. We use the current seed to generate a new seed.
        val nextRNG = Simple(newSeed) // The next state, which is an `RNG` instance created from the new seed.
        val n = (newSeed >>> 16).toInt // `>>>` is right binary shift with zero fill. The value `n` is our new pseudo-random integer.
        (n, nextRNG) // The return value is a tuple containing both a pseudo-random integer and the next `RNG` state.
      }
    }
    // We need to be quite careful not to skew the generator.
    // Since `Int.Minvalue` is 1 smaller than `-(Int.MaxValue)`,
    // it suffices to increment the negative numbers by 1 and make them positive.
    // This maps Int.MinValue to Int.MaxValue and -1 to 0.
    def nonNegativeInt(rng: RNG): (Int, RNG) = {
      val (i, r) = rng.nextInt
      (if (i < 0) -(i + 1) else i, r)
    }

  }

}

A: If you want to test only the nonNegativeInt method, you could provide a mock implementation of RNG that provides the values you want to test when nextInt is called.
For example, there are 2 possible branches in the nonNegativeInt, so you should provide a RNG instance that gives a negative number and another one that provides a positive number.
class MyRNG(val num:Int) extends RNG {
  self: RNG =>
    def nextInt: (Int, RNG) = (num, this)
}

With this RNG mock you could test your nonNegativeInt method, creating a MyRNG with the desired value you want to test against.
For this particular case, you can also omit the self reference:
class MyRNG(val num:Int) extends RNG {
  def nextInt: (Int, RNG) = (num, this)
}

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use yii\base\BaseObject;
use yii\di\Instance;
use yii\queue\RetryableJob;

/**
 * 发送短信
 * @package xutl\sms
 */
class SendJob extends BaseObject implements RetryableJob
{
    /**
     * @var string Mobile number
     */
    public $mobile;

    /**
     * @var string 模板代码
     */
    public $templateCode;

    /**
     * @var array 模板参数
     */
    public $templateParam;

    /**
     * @var \xutl\sms\BaseClient
     */
    public $sms = 'sms';

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function init()
    {
        parent::init();
        $this->sms = Instance::ensure($this->sms, 'xutl\sms\BaseClient');
    }

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function execute($queue)
    {
        $this->sms->sendTemplate($this->mobile, $this->getTemplateCode(), $this->getTemplateParam());
    }

    /**
     * 获取模板
     * @return string
     */
    public function getTemplateCode()
    {
        return $this->templateCode;
    }

    /**
     * 获取参数
     * @return array
     */
    public function getTemplateParam()
    {
        return $this->templateParam;
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    {
        return 60;
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    {
        return $attempt < 3;
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}

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Q: Iframe does not show the page putting this is the html webpage does not show the page, what is the reason?
<!DOCTYPE html>

Your browser does not support iframes.

Here's what I look, I am using chrome v25.

A: The main problem is page should have some information when it's beeing display in iframe. Because it's go throught https site it's probably don't so you can display it in iframe.
More info in second post:
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/Forums/forumid/39/threadid/240336/scope/posts.aspx

A: I think there is a problem with redirection in https:// site. Your src site doesn't rate iframe as a trustworthy platform. Generally, iframes shouldn't be used for whole pages like that.


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Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers Game Recap: Rally Warriors
Home / Game News / Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers Game Recap: Rally Warriors
By Heat Nation staff
(Miami, FL) — The Miami Heat had the ball with 2.7 seconds remaining, down 95-93 to the Indiana Pacers.
That's when Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra drew up a play for none other than superstar Dwyane Wade, who delivered on a beautifully executed play.
Wade caught the ball on the inbounds, and off a Chris Bosh screen, cut to the basket for a left-handed layup as the buzzer sounded to send the game into overtime.
The former NBA Finals MVP finished the game with 27 points, eight rebounds, and three assists, as the Heat pulled away from the Pacers in OT by a score of 103-100.
"It felt like a playoff game," said Wade after the contest. "So I'm glad we found a way to pull it out."
Bosh continues his torrid streak as he ended the night with a team-high 31 points to go along with 11 rebounds.
Pacers small forward Paul George had a chance to tie the game on a buzzer-beating three-pointer in overtime, but came up short as he ended the night with a game-high 32 points to go along with seven rebounds.
"I was joking with PG, just telling him how it was old times," Bosh said.
The Heat actually trailed by as many as 18 points in the third quarter as they rallied back with an 18-3 run to eventually take the lead.
Coach Spoelstra described the grind-it-out type of basketball best:
"This was classic Eastern Conference basketball."
Miami actually shot just 38 percent from the field, but won the game with solid team defense throughout the night.
Point guard Goran Dragic added 13 for Miami, who finished with their third consecutive win.
"They're a good team," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said after the game. "They've got two All-Stars that closed the gap. Eighteen points in the third quarter, those deficits get overcome in the NBA all the time."
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Abia: From E4E To YESSO, Ikpeazu In Job Creation's Drive
By Christiana Onuoha (Abuja), and Nwachukwu Cynthia Chinonso (Umuahia)
Apparently, job creation is the most effective elixir to the menace of unemployment. And there is no doubt that unemployment is a major contributor to social vices world over.
In Nigeria, the frightening consequences of the high level of unemployment especially among the youths is overwhelming.
While the call by many in different fora for governments (Federal and States) to make job creation a priority seems to be an impossible task, the Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu, no doubt thinks otherwise.
Considering the pace at which he engage Abia youths in both federal and state employment oriented programs, his ingenuity at advantageously turning a every available opportunity to a job creation avenue is evidently appealing.
From his vibrant campaign and marketing of made-in-aba products which has successfully provided hundreds of youths in the state with jobs, to other numerous employment inclined programs he ensures Abia youths are well participating in, it is obvious he is structurally building the needed foundation that would change the economic and social wellbeing of the citizens.
Abia YESSO Beneficiaries
Speaking of his knack for job creation, Governor Ikpeazu, on Thursday, June 11, 2019, flagged off Abia State Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) program at the International Conference Center, Umuahia, with 3,863 Public Workfare (PWF) and Skills for Job (S4J) beneficiaries.
YESSO is a world bank assisted program anchored through the federal government with Abia being the last qualifying state of the scheme and the only participating state in the South East Nigeria. Note that only states with existing Human Resources development project are qualified to participate in the program.
Recall that in September 2015, the Governor launched a program; Education for Employment (E4E) Scheme aimed at equipping Abia youths with skills. Precisely, E4E was fashioned to equip participants with technical skills that helped them become drivers of employment of the new industrial growth agenda of the state.
Successful, the program graduated many youths who were trained on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) skills and deployed to relevant work place within Abia.
Gov Ikpeazu, Abia YESSO Manager: Chief Endi Ezengwa, Abia Information Commissioner: Chief John Okeyi
Learnt of the humongous financial requirement for the effective sustenance of the E4E program, which includes stipends paid to trainees, Governor Ikpeazu directed the managers of the scheme to think outside the box in sourcing for funds to ensure smooth running of the program.
Prior to the Governor's directive, the managers of E4E program, led by UK-trained Human Resources management expert, Chief Endi Ezengwa, engaged relevant World Bank officials to support the program, being the only existing human
resources development program in the South East.
With the work already done by Governor Ikpeazu using the E4E program, the World Bank readily approved the extension of YESSO program to Abia State as the last state in Nigeria to benefit before the end of its first phase.
Using the existing Abia State Single Social Register, a list of 3,863 participants were incorporated into the program from across the 3 senatorial zones of the state with expectations that further 6 months skills training in partnership with National Directorate of Employment (NDE), would be done for 4000 graduates.
Governor Ikpeazu at the epoch event, emphasized that his administration among other developmental programs, is seriously focused on job creation. He therefore advised beneficiaries to maximize the benefits of the training and strive to make the best from the opportunity.
In her remarks, the National Coordinator YESSO, Mrs. Hajara Sami, said that YESSO is an operation which was restructured in 2017 with additional finances of a hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to address the effects of insurgency in the North East.
While she noted that YESSO signifies a commencement of support for unemployed youths with low educational level from poor and vulnerable homes who will be benefitting from a monthly stipend of seven thousand five hundred Naira (N7, 500) through the Public Work Fare (PWF) scheme for the next one year, she praised Governor Ikpeazu for being resolute on issues that concern the poor and vulnerable in the society, as well as for providing the enabling environment for the initiative and prayed for its effective sustenance.
Also, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Rita Okengwu, represented by Mrs Hope Nwosu, said the initiative is a life changing project that will impact positively on the downtrodden and seeks to reach out to 3, 863 beneficiaries across six (6) Local Government Areas representing the three (3) geo-political zones of the State namely: Isiala Ngwa North, Isiala Ngwa South, Ohafia, Umunneochi, Ugwunagbo and Ukwa East.
She charged the beneficiaries to take their training seriously, as the payment of their monthly stipends depends largely on their attendance.
The Chairman of the occasion, Prof. Ikechi Mgbeoji, encouraged the people of Abia State to join hands with the government to take the state to greater heights as already envisioned by the state Governor.
Ikpeazu
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Q: clojure require isn't setting the namespace oauth How can I test if require is working in clojure. Require in REPL returns nil. I don't know if nil means it worked. The namespace for oauth doesn't seem to set.
Error
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: No such namespace: oauth
(ns hello.core)
(defn -main
  []

  (require 'twitter '[oauth.client :as oauth])

  ;; Make a OAuth consumer
  (def oauth-consumer (oauth/make-consumer <key>
                                           <secret>
                                           "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token"
                                           "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token"
                                           "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize"
                                           :hmac-sha1))

A: It doesn't work to put your require in your -main function; it must be evaluated when the file is evaluated in order for the namespace alias to be recognized. You should put it in your ns form instead:
(ns hello.core
  (:require [oauth.client :as oauth]
            [twitter]))

A: To add to Sam's answer, notice the difference between the repl environment and in a .clj file
https://clojuredocs.org/clojure.core/require


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Q: Extracting multiple sub strings from a string using regular expresssion I want to extract a substring which is present between the closing of the square bracket and opening of the next square brackets without blank spaces using regular expression. There can be multiple square brackets in one particular string.
Example
Input
str1 = '[abc] xyz [zas] bad [ras] kbc'
Output
[xyz, bad, kbc]

A: One approach here would actually be to use a regex replacement to strip off the [...] terms.  Then, split on space to get a list of words/terms you want to keep.
str1 = '[abc] xyz [zas] bad [ras] kbc'
words = re.sub(r'\s*\[.*?\]\s*', ' ', str1).split()
print(words)  # ['xyz', 'bad', 'kbc']


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Ainārs Rubiķis took up his position as Music Director of the Komische Oper Berlin at the start of the 2018/19 season. Latvian-born, he came to international attention as winner of the 2010 Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition when he emerged from strong competition to take the prestigious competition's first prize: "This year, as with Gustavo Dudamel in 2004, we have found an exceptional conductor" observed Jonathan Nott, president of the Competition jury. The following year, he was recipient of the second Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award and subsequently conducted the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester at the Salzburger Festspiele. He served as Music Director and Chief Conductor of Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre from 2012 to 2014, and was awarded a prestigious Golden Mask Award as "Best Conductor" for the new production of Bernstein's Mass.
Plans for his first Komische Oper season include Die Tote Stadt, Zauberflöte, The Love for Three Oranges, Cendrillon (premiered in 2018), Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder and Der Rosenkavalier (will be premiered in 2019).


The Place to watch football and playing shuffleboard. Good selection of beer and if hungry they have burgers and bar snacks.
Went there for a burger and a fotball match. Friendly staff, and nice selection of local beers. But the burger was quite dissapointing. Dry meat and a lot of boring sauce. The french fries was not nice.
We had a great time in the sun enjoying couple of beers. A very cosy plase as long as you can sit outside.
The hamburgers are ok, a bit dry and processed tasting. The acoustics make it very difficult for a conversation, even when nearly empty. There are enough TV's so you don't miss the action and they have a good selection of beers and ciders.
Nice sportsbar, with some space outside as well. They have some different beer, and the menu mostly consists of pizza, burgers and some mexican food. Tried the pizza, can't recommend it. If you are here for sports, they have several TVs around.
Tre best (only) sportsbar in town!
Welcome to the towns sportsbar! Shows alot of different matches (often at once) and has nice food (maby best burger in town). You can also enjoy a game of shuffleboard.
Clean and comfy, statt and service responsive and quick, burgers, salads and mexican food mighty tasty. Sitting outside by the sea - awesome place to be.
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I subscribe to a daily email called "A Word A Day." Yes, quite a nerdy thing for a 17 year old to do but, i am that. Now, about a week or so ago I recieved the first for the week, which usually describes what the theme for the words that week are and how he arrived there. This particular week's theme was Words from Darwin and Linlcoln because its both of their 200th birthdays this year, or something like that. So the dude running the emails says, "you'd think 200 years would be enough time for people to accept the evidence that evolution is true," and I thought ouch!Because I don't believe in evolution, and I know like, tonnes of people who don't. It was really, i think, quite insensitive of him (who I'd learned to respect). And then I thought (too late to send an angry email back about it) that I should have replied with something like, "well you know what, people thought there was evidence to believe that the earth was flat and then, when that was disproven, that it was still the center of the universe." And then he would have probably got angry at me, but it's true! Scientific theories are just that, (ERIC WAS HERE ON HIS IPOD =P) despite the fact that I've heard many say that a scientific "theory" is as good as a scientific law but can't be proven. People who claim that evolution is 100% true, have no doubts and are absolutely scathing to any other beliefs are, i think, arrogant in that they think they know enough to say what's been happening on the world for at least 6000 years when you just can't know. And now people will say, ah but you christians, you're 100% certain that you know where we came from and i would say that it's because we have a God figure we believe knows everything and has told us what we need to know (creation being one of those things) so we can be 100% certain of creation. What I don't like is people who don't believe in a god elevating themselves to the status of one by thinking they know all possibilities and narrowing it down to one they're certain of. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that's me. Personally, I won't put absolute trust in scientific theories (even laws depending on which one it is) because there ahve been so many that have been disproven over the years that we just can't know. Flat earth, geocnentricism, plum pudding atoms and more I can't think of right now. So yes. That's my thoughts, deal with them.
you should come to bio at the moment, join myself and aaron in bagging out evolutionists and evolution every period. however, studying it is really good, because you can see what they believe and are well poised to rebut it. and its full of holes.
AND did you know they STILL put comparative embryology in the syllabus?!!!! WHAT?!!! even though it's all totally fake?!
mr best in fact told me they did a survey a few years back and discovered ALOT of uni students believed in a creator God, and so that was when they started emphasising evolution in yr11/12 course. silly board of studies bunch of leftist hippies. lol.
anyway, thats my short response/ total agreement. the long one would bore.
hey we don't have to approve our own comments!
and i put your sign off in bold dude, it looks fulli sik. well, fits in with the others. haha. makes it… well… belong?
It's also the 500th birthday of John Calvin this year.
Take that Darwin. Calvin's 'theories' have been around alot longer, and still havent been believed as fact by many – so why should we be expected to believe Darwin's?
Also, as a matter of note, it's Felix Mendelssohn's 200th birthday this year too! It seems this year is a year of the bigs' representatives.
My goodness what a year.
i would say just how much i agree, but i'd sound like an echo.
re eric up the top: we loooked at comparative embryology in yr10, and laughed at the fact that they were still feeding us this crap then.
haha, but evolution by natural selection cannot really work when evolution requires death, but death came as a result of sin. In all honesty, the bible says 7 days. i believe it, other don't. Either way, God has put us here, and we've screwed up. but Jesus is pretty cool huh?
I dunno… Sometimes it's hard to tell if we are interpreting the bible through our 'science', or interpreting science through the bible.
I'd like to know if many people were saying "it's not literal days" before all these theories.
But then again, we can't ignore obvious facts.
Oh, and by the way, sorry to burst another proverbial bubble, but I think 'Mike' may be a spammer.


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homepage: http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/about/Carl_bio.html
Carl Wieman received his B.S. from MIT in 1973 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1977. He was at the University of Colorado from 1984 to 2006 as a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Presidential Teaching Scholar. In January 2007, he joined the University of British Columbia as the Director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative. He retains a 20% appointment at the University of Colorado, Boulder to head the science education initiative he founded.
His research has been recognized with numerous awards including the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation's Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award in 2001, the Carnegie Foundation's U.S. University Professor of the Year Award in 2004, and the American Association of Physics Teachers' Oersted Medal in 2007. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and chairs the Academy Board on Science Education.
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The RAB Vantage Pants are a protective winter-weight softshell created for those committed to climbing in cold conditions.
As winter blows in and the rime hardens you'll find the Vantage Pants come into their own. Extremely wind and water resistant with a brushed fleece back you can be sure of staying warm and dry as you tackle the ice and spindrift.
Made from Rab's own Matrix fabric these pants have four-way stretch allowing outstanding mobility over technical terrain. Alongside this, features such as reinforced panels on the knee and instep, and loops for under boot attachment allow you to make a seamless transition from rock to ice.


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Lots of stuff at work, as usual, but I don't feel like posting about any of it tonight.
The proposal I was helping with, was submitted on Tuesday. The budget wasn't perfect, but it was done, and I think it was done fairly well.
I need a really big break now.
That is a great quote and one that is oddly applicable to my situation right now.
I'd never seen it before yesterday, but I thought about it long and hard, and it seems very true to me.
It's a bit funny that it was my boss that passed it on to me!
After all these years and so many icons it remains my default, think Mya made it for me.


This past weekend I made a fabulous culinary discovery with my dear friend Jessica, based on an episode of Throwdown With Bobby Flay. In that episode, Bobby was bested by a champion liege waffle maker, leading Jessica to seek and find Shaky Alibi — a local coffee bar and wafflerie in West Hollywood.
That the hell is a liege waffle, you ask? Um, it's freakin' amazing, that's what it is. To get a little more technical, it's a waffle made from yeast dough rather than batter, coated with Belgian pearl sugar, making it dense and chewy on the inside, caramelized and crunchy on the outside.
We had ours two ways: sweet, with strawberries and preserves (they do not require syrup), and savory, with cheddar and bacon ... and Louisiana hot sauce. Naturally, I flipped for the juxtaposed flavors of pearl sugar and salty bacon, and the kick of heat put the whole thing over the top.
Overall, the place is warm and friendly, with a charming staff and owner — the kind of place you hit often on weekends to grab a coffee, sit with friends, and otherwise relax. If you're from LA or just visiting, you won't find good liege waffles many places. A must try for locals and tourists alike.


Regional Trampoline & DMT Success!
AAAsports hosted the first Regional Trampoline & DMT NDP competition of the 2018/19 season this weekend, with Members from across our Intermediate Squads taking part in the event. Each Member was not only competing against other competitors in their category, but also aiming to gain the highest score possible to enable them to move to the next round of competition.
This event also proved the incredible support shown to us by our our Coaches, our Academy Members, our Squad Members and their families, many of whom spent the entire day at AAAsports Sunderland helping to make sure the event was a success. Many of our Members provided help in our Marketplace, supported other Members and even judged throughout the day, all before helping to return the facility to its normal setup ready for classes the next day. Thank you to all of our Members and their families who helped make this day a success for everyone!
Full results from the competition can be found below.
In conjunction with Tyne & Wear Sport, AAAsports hosted the Tyne & Wear Schools Trampoline Qualifying events across the region this week, with almost 700 secondary school pupils taking part in events in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Entry numbers have continued to rise, as each pupil compete to represent their region in the Tyne & Wear Schools Trampoline Final, to be held at AAAsports Sunderland on Wednesday 14th November 2018. Each pupil performs one compulsory routine and one voluntary routine, with pupils competing both individually and in teams in 4 different competition levels.
At the Tyne & Wear Final, all Beginner and Novice pupils will compete from 9:30am to 12:15pm, whilst all Development and Elite pupils will compete from 12:45pm to 3:00pm.
Full results from the qualification events can be found below!
As part of our ongoing redevelopment of AAAsports Sunderland, it has become necessary to close our toilet and changing area from 1pm on Saturday 13th October until 5pm on Monday 15th October 2018.
In order to minimise disruption to our Members, our classes will continue to run as normal during these times however there will be no toilet or changing facilities available. We advise that all Members arrive fully changed and ready to take part in their activities and that they use toilet facilities elsewhere before arriving for their class.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to our Members, and we appreciate your understanding while we enhance these areas for your future use!
Congratulations to Members of the Development and Performance Trampoline and DMT Squads who competed in South Shields over the weekend in the final Trampoline League qualification event of the year. The pressure was on as Members worked to gain valuable League Points, enough of which secures a space in the Trampoline League Finals event in Sheffield later in the year.
The team were celebrating with some fantastic results across Trampoline, DMT and Synchro, with points gained by several Members who now face an anxious wait to see if they have accumulated enough points for that Finals qualification place!


What an amazing setting! This 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath 2 story with over 3300 finished square feet and a walk out basement backs to a private lake and is on a low traffic culdesac! Floor to ceiling windows in living room give an abundance of natural light. Updated kitchen with beautiful cabinets, tile backsplash and SS appliances. Pocket doors lead from kitchen to large family room with floor to ceiling brick fireplace. Relax in the 3 seasons room overlooking the lake. Large master suite with gas fireplace and huge master bath. Oversized garage with bump out, fenced yard, built in storage shed under 3 seasons room. Roof, furnace, and AC 2008. Such a private location with full access to enjoy the lake. Spend time fishing, swimming, canoeing, and more!


Non-discretionary access control is also known as RBAC.
So is there any difference between them (if yes then what are they) or they are same?
RBAC can be discretionary access control, with anyone in the role granting it to you, or mandatory access, with only the security officer granting the role upon application from a manager.
The latter is more common, so the book probably just conflated the two.
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Gerry Cinnamon (* 1. Oktober 1984 in Glasgow als Gerard Crosbie) ist ein schottischer Singer-Songwriter. Er hatte 2017 seinen Durchbruch mit dem Album Erratic Cinematic.

Biografie
Gerard Crosbie spielte in seiner Schulzeit in der Band The Cinnamons, wovon er seinen Künstlernamen Gerry Cinnamon ableitete. Bevor er selbst als erfolgreicher Solomusiker in Erscheinung trat, wurde er als Veranstalter einer "Offenen Bühne" (Open Mic) in einer Glasgower Bar bekannt. Ab 2014 machte er lokal mit eigenen Songs und seinen Liveauftritten von sich reden. Bekannt wurde der Musiker, der in starkem schottischem Akzent singt, auch durch seine engagierten Texte, z. B. Hope over Fear, das von den Befürwortern des schottischen Unabhängigkeitsreferendums verwendet wurde, und das sozialkritische Kampfire Vampire über die Jugendzeit in Glasgow, sein erster kommerzieller Erfolg. Seine Auftritte wurden größer, so trat er mehrfach beim schottischen Musikfestival T in the Park auf und ging mit Ocean Colour Scene als Vorsänger auf Tour. 2016 wurde er bei den Scottish Alternative Music Awards als bester Livekünstler ausgezeichnet.

Für seine erste Albumveröffentlichung sammelte er Geld bei seinen Fans. Erratic Cinematic hieß das Debüt und es erschien im September 2017. Es stieg auf Platz 8 der schottischen Regionalcharts ein, seine Höchstplatzierung mit Position 3 erreichte es eineinhalb Jahre später. Im Sommer 2018 stieg es in die  gesamtbritischen Charts ein, es kam auf Platz 17 und wurde dort ebenfalls zu einem Langläufer mit über eineinhalb Jahren Chartaufenthalt. Im Sommer 2019 wurde es mit Gold ausgezeichnet. Zwei Songs daraus, Belter und Sometimes, erreichten ebenfalls Goldstatus.

Zu der Zeit veröffentlichte er mit Canter einen neuen Song, der ein Nummer-eins-Hit in Schottland wurde. Er war der erste Song für sein zweites Album The Bonny. Cinnamon ließ sich noch mehrere Monate Zeit, bis es im April 2020 veröffentlicht wurde. Es stieg auf Platz 1 der schottischen, der britischen und auch der irischen Charts ein. Außerhalb der britischen Inseln kam es noch in der Schweiz in die Hitparade.

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Singles

Weitere Lieder
 Hope over Fear (2014)
 Kampfire Vampire (2015)
 Lullaby (2017, UK: )
 What Have You Done (2017, UK: )
 Diamonds In The Mud (2017, UK: )
 Dark Days (2019)
 The Bonny (2019)

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Our Women's Self Defense workshop covers Physical Self Defense Techniques, as well as Escape Mentality, Principles of Safety, and Avoidance of Threatening Scenarios.
These physical self defense techniques are designed to be easy to learn and perform under high levels of stress. The techniques taught are chosen specifically to exploit inherent weaknesses in men or stronger, larger opponents.
Additional self defense principles provided include elements of identifying situations that can be resolved through reasoning, when to fight, when to run, and what to do when none of the aforementioned actions is an option.
This self defense workshop is specifically designed for incidents of threats towards women.
Learn combative techniques that are extremely effective against stronger, larger opponents.
Targets and strikes used have been developed for women to exploit men's weaknesses without relying on strength.
Designed to be easy to learn and immediately applicable in real world scenarios.
Escape chokes, arm grabs, hair grabs and bear-hugs; protect against strikes, and defend/escape from being pinned to the ground.
Includes blocking, striking specific targets, finger-joint locks, as well as using and identifying improvised weapons.
Suitable for beginners (no experience necessary) as well as intermediate levels.
Alex Schenker is a black belt level licensed instructor of Budo Taijutsu; the combative arts of the traditional Japanese warrior. He is licensed through the international martial arts organization known as the Bujinkan. He has been practicing for over a decade, teaches regular classes and offers workshops in women's self defense and general self defense. These workshops include techniques that are effective without relying on skills and postures that take years to perfect.
Alex is also certified as a MovNat Natural Movement Trainer, mobility and self-healing instructor, and professional Shiatsu therapist. He is dedicated to the study and mastery of human movement, and applies his knowledge of anatomy, physiology and natural movement principles to his self defense.
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The Citizenship Clause provides that "[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
American Samoa is certainly "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. But residents must also be born "in the United States" for the constitutional right to attach. Unfortunately, for 14th Amendment citizenship purposes, the Territories have never been considered "in the United States."
No federal court has ever recognized birthright citizenship as a guarantee in unincorporated Territories. In fact, federal courts have held on many occasions that unincorporated Territories are not included within the "United States" for purposes of the Citizenship Clause. Because these residents have no Constitutional, automatic right to citizenship, Congress can pick and choose how they become citizens. In fact, it has done just that: granting citizenship at birth to residents of other Territories.
At NPR, Ari Shapiro writes of the unanticipated consequences of the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act.
Most countries in the world don't tax their citizens living abroad. So, for example, a Spaniard living in Canada won't pay Spanish taxes. Instead, he'll pay Canadian taxes. But the U.S. taxes American citizens wherever they are in the world.
"If I can compare it to romance, I say the U.S. is like Fatal Attraction," says Suzanne Reisman, a lawyer in London who advises Americans abroad. "Once they've got you, they never let you go. You have to renounce your citizenship, or you have to die."
So today, Americans who don't like the Fatal Attraction relationship are giving up their U.S. citizenship in record numbers.
In Switzerland, so many people want to renounce their citizenship that the U.S. Embassy actually has a waiting list.
"I want to be clear: It's not about a dollar value of taxes that I don't want to pay," says Brian Dublin, a businessman who lives near Zurich. "It's about the headache associated with the regulations, filing in the U.S., and then having financial institutions in the rest of the world turn me away."
Dublin says he is ready to renounce, despite the ties he feels to the country of his birth. "I grew up in America. I love my country. But I just feel that the current regulations are onerous."
Officials from the Treasury Department, the State Department, the IRS and Congress spoke on background for this story. None would talk on tape.
They all generally agree on the facts of the situation. Even so, there is very little pressure to change it. As one Senate staffer pointed out, nobody in Congress represents overseas Americans. And government officials think this law is succeeding at catching the tax cheats. That may be worth the side effect of losing a few thousand American citizens every year.


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Slamflugor kan avse:

Slamflugor (Eristalis) – ett släkte i familjen blomflugor
Slamflugor (Eristalinus) – ett släkte i familjen blomflugor


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Gheorghe Berceanu, född 28 december 1949 i Cârna i Dolj, Rumänien, död 30 augusti 2022 i Slatina, Rumänien, var en rumänsk brottare som tog OS-guld i lätt flugviktsbrottning i den grekisk-romerska klassen 1972 i München och därefter OS-silver i samma viktklass 1976 i Montréal.

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Olympiska guldmedaljörer 1972
Olympiska silvermedaljörer 1976
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In the previous articles looking at how macOS opens a document from the Finder, I have shown how the document's UTI is discovered, and how security checks are performed on the document before it is passed to the app to open. This final article looks at the choice of app in which to open the document, and other checks which take place.
Once macOS has the document UTI, LaunchServices then looks up the default editing app associated with that type. This may involve traversing the conformance list, starting with the most specific UTI, such as com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text. If there is an app specifically designated as the editor for that type, then that will be opened.
If not, LaunchServices looks at its parent, in that case public.plain-text, for a default editor, and so on up the tree until the most specific editor is identified.
Apps declare their ability to act as an editor of specific document types in Document Types, which give the UTI and optionally other details such as filename extensions which they support, and in what role. Those are in turn embedded in the app bundle in its Info.plist file. As that is included in the files used to determine the app's code signature, trying to make any changes in that Property List will break its signature check and render the app unusable. Only the app's developer can alter details of the document types which it supports.
The user can choose between different editor apps in the Finder. To open a specific document using an app other than the default for that UTI type, Control-Click and hold for the contextual menu, and choose the new editor from the second item in that menu.
To change this on a more permanent basis, open the Get Info dialog and change it in the Open with: section of that dialog. To propagate that to all other documents of the UTI type, click on the Change All… button.
Some documents contain additional information which can aid their access. For example, text files often have the extended attribute com.apple.TextEncoding, which states the encoding method of the text within them. Such information within the document is not used here, either to help determine the UTI type of the document or the editor with which to open it. Any additional information is available to the app which is chosen to open the document, once it has been told to open the file.
This is particularly important for text editors: your default editor for public.plain-text may be TextEdit, which you may find doesn't handle some text encodings such as windows-1252 as well as more specialist tools like BBEdit. If you experience problems in the choice of default, you need to change that default using the Finder's Get Info dialog.
The most confusing issue about watching LaunchServices open the default editor app for a document and then that document itself, is that the unified log doesn't mention LaunchServices itself, but the background service which handles this process, named sharedfilelistd, which may not be the service you were expecting to come across.
08:14:05.414635 sharedfilelistd [com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.apple.preview] Reading list content from the store.
"Change: SFLChangeTypeInsert item named: Preview.app [AB822C59-E524-4DFA-8728-FE24424B43AF] - URL:file:///Applications/Preview.app/"
and so on. Note the unusual typo in handleLSNotitifcation_sync, which makes this entry easy to spot in a text editor, but I think has been corrected in High Sierra.
It has taken around 0.25 second, over 100 log entries, and three articles to go from the double-click to actually opening the document, but I finally got there.
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Spit is a trans- Himalayan terrain located in the north-eastern part of Himachal Pradesh in India. The name "Spiti" means "The Middle Land", i.e. the land between Tibet and India. Spiti valley is a place. Spiti valley is home to some of the oldest monasteries (Tabo, Sherkhang and Dhankar- all around 1000 years old), highest motorable villages in Asia (Langza and Komic), highest post office in the world (Hikkim), Chandrataal lake, beautiful and vast landscape, ancient and intact culture and simple people. Spiti valley possesses a distinctive Tibetan Buddhist culture similar to that found in Tibet and Ladakh region of India.
Reach Manali early in the morning and transfer to hotel. On arrival, check-in and take rest. This day is to get used to the altitude and to help you acclimatize. You can go for a walk through Old Manali do some shopping,withdraw money if you need to, eat a good meal and get ready for the adventure ahead. Night's stay is in Manali.
The adventure begins as we leave Manali and head to the Rohtang Pass. Spend some time at the pass and head to Spiti valley. Once you cross Gramphoo, the stunning beauty of Spiti valley will leave you speechless. High snow-capped mountains, dry and rugged terrain, many waterfalls crossing the non-existent roads, the rough Chandra river –these are some of the things that will be waiting for you. Meet Chacha and Chachi at Chandra Dhaba and head to Kaza. Relax in Kaza.
Take the morning easy and walk through Kaza village if you are feeling up to it. After breakfast we shall head to Kye Monastery and Khibber Village Kye Monastery is on top of a mountain overlooking the Spiti valley and a huge river bed. It is also the main learning centre for Lamas following Geluk sect of Buddhism. Kye houses approximately 100 odd monks. We shall climb a little further and visit Khibber Village- which was once the world's highest village. There will be a picnic for lunch on the river bed.
Take the morning easy and head out to visit the "Ajanta of the Himalayas"- The Tabo Monastery which is currently close to 1000 years old. The murals, thankas and paintings are believed to have been made in a single night by the Gods themselves. Visit Dhankar Monastery - Seat of the King in ancient times - the most beautiful setting of a monument which hangs on a cliff and overlooks the confluence of Spiti and Pin River. You can hike to Dhankar lake, if your lungs permit.Stay overnight in Tabo.
Take the morning easy and head to Pin Valley- home to Snow Leopards, Siberian Ibex and a strong hold of Buchen Lamas. Then, visit to Langa which is at 4300 meters is famous for its fossils and a statue of Buddha overlooking the mountain ranges. Stay in a homestay and see the life of locals at this high altitude.
Early morning, we drive to Chandra Tal- The lake of the moon after a short visit to Komic- the highest monastery in Asia. We shall cross Lohsar village and Kunzum Pass on our way to Chandra Tal. Hike to Chandra Tal lake is 20 mins from the barricade. This lake is not as big as the ones in Ladakh, but it is sure to leave you speechless. We don't have words to describe it. The night's stay is at the Parasol camps.
Take the morning easy. Have a nice breakfast in the café at Old Manali. Visit the Hidimba Temple, Manu Temple or Vashist or simply relax next to the river. Take an afternoon bus for Delhi.Trip ends here in the afternoon.


Irene Klar was born in Montreal in 1950. After completing degrees in Physical Therapy and Science at McGill University, she moved to Edmonton in 1973. People, textiles, pattern decoration and colours serve as her inspiration. Her interest in universal design elements has taken her on far-reaching travels from Australia to Guatemala and Morocco. These themes are incorporated into her paintings and prints which are full of the intense colours of the marketplaces. Inspired by humanity and its cultural expression of pattern and design, Klar uses sculptural line and a rainbow palette to portray a universal indigenous woman, weighted with history but imbued with grace, vitality and hope. Klar is currently featured in multiple private and corporate collections including: Canada Council Art Bank, Alberta Art Foundation, and Teleglobe Canada.


I keep hearing about the government wanting to do away with the tobacco industry.
So lets say they do put the tobacco companies out of business think of the people that will be put out of work.
The tobacco growers,the tractor salemen,tractor repairmen,the truck drivers,and the list goes on and on.
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Choke: Why LeBron James Is Failing in the Finals
The NBA Finals were supposed to validate LeBron James' decision to join the Miami Heat. But after his failures to deliver in the fourth quarter, James now faces a stunning loss
By Sean Gregory June 10, 2011
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Miami Heat's LeBron James during Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Dallas, June 9
Some 50 minutes before Game 5 of the NBA Finals Thursday night, which LeBron James labeled the "biggest game of my life," the Miami Heat star could not have been more relaxed. James stood at his locker stall, all smiles, bopping his head to the hip-hop beats playing in the room. Dwyane Wade, another of Miami's "Big Three," or "Heatles," or whatever fashionable nickname you choose to call the Heat's best players, was leaned over in a chair, solemnly staring at a film of the Heat's deflating Game 4 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, which tied the series at 2-2.
But James was his jovial self. He mouthed the words to a song called "Play Your Part," which features vocals from hip-hop artists Rick Ross, Wale and Meek Mill. "Just play your part," the lyrics go. "Just play your part. We'll be cool as long as you just play your part."
It's a catchy — and fitting — tune. After James scored just eight points in Miami's 86-83 Game 4 loss and two points in the fourth quarter of the Heat's 88-86 victory in Game 3, the world wondered where LeBron had gone. Would James play his part to help Miami dust off Dallas? Is all cool with the Heat?
(Watch a video about LeBron James.)
Not really. Dallas took Game 5 Thursday night, 112-103, as the Mavericks pulled away from Miami down the stretch thanks to some sick shooting. A pair of Jasons — Kidd and Terry — sank two huge three-pointers for Dallas in the last 90 seconds; for the game, the Mavs hit an unbelievable 13 of 19 shots from three-point range, a 68.4% clip. Dallas now returns to Miami, for Sunday night's Game 6, one win away from the NBA title. And a summer of endless scrutiny for the Heat, the NBA team America loves to loathe, would begin.
You can certainly say that James played his part, as he finished with the measure of a terrific all-around game, the triple-double: 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. The problem is that when you're LeBron James, a physical freak who, upon ditching his native Cleveland for South Beach, told a preening Miami crowd that he envisioned the Heat winning "five, six, seven" championships, you can't just fill digits in a box score.
After James began to shed his reputation as a playoff choker in Miami's series wins over Boston and Chicago, he has stalled again in the finals, scoring just two points in the fourth quarter of Game 5. When Miami needed him most, he failed, triple-double be damned. With the score tied at 100 and just under three minutes left, James shot an 18-foot jumper over Kidd, a defender a dozen years his senior — and missed it. A dunk from Dirk Nowitzki (who scored 29 points) gave Dallas a two-point lead. On the ensuing possession, James charged into Dallas center Tyson Chandler, who drew the offensive foul. After the Mavs missed, James then settled for 25-foot three-pointer from the top of the key. It clanged off the rim. Kidd's three put Dallas up 105-100 with 1:50 left, and Miami never recovered.
(See TIME's 2008 cover story about LeBron James and 99 other athletes to watch.)
What a weird series for James. After he dominated the top-seeded Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, none other than Scottie Pippen, the Hall of Famer who helped Michael Jordan win six titles with the Chicago Bulls, hinted that James could end up the greatest all-around player ever, a title long reserved for His Airness. But in these finals, on the most important stage of LeBron's career, he's been an underwhelming Pippen, largely letting Wade star in Jordan's role as the cold-blooded scorer. (The role fits Wade, who is averaging 28.4 points on 58% shooting. James did take 19 shots on Thursday, seven more than Wade, who missed the start of the second half with a bruised left hip.)
James has scored a measly four points in the fourth quarters of the last three games — you can picture Jordan shaking his shaved head right now, wondering why anyone would put he and James in the same sentence. Since hitting 4 of 5 three-pointers in Miami's Game 1 win, James has shot 3 for 18 from three-point range. He's averaging 17.2 points per game in the finals; against the Bulls, he averaged 25.8 points per game.
But are we all expecting too much of LeBron? Is the finals criticism unfair? "I think a lot of it is undeserved," says Dallas Mavericks forward Brian Cardinal, the journeyman who absorbed a vicious hit from James Thursday night, only to have the refs whistle him for a blocking foul. (The boos from the Dallas crowd are still screeching in my ears). "It's hard for him to be aggressive sometimes when Dwyane Wade has it going, when Chris Bosh has it going. It's hard to have three guys get 30 points a piece. He's out there dishing, being unselfish, all those things that you want your kids to do. But it's unacceptable for people. It's mind-boggling and bizarre."
These are fair points, and I agree with Cardinal to an extent. In itself, James' deference to Wade shouldn't fuel such antagonism. However, James does deserve a fair amount of flack, because, despite his greatness, his approach to the game can be frustrating. James spends way too much time standing 25 feet from the basket. He is 6 ft. 8 in., 250 lb. When he's matched up with Kidd (6 ft. 4 in., 210 lb.) or DeShawn Stevenson (6 ft. 5 in., 218 lb.), James should just overpower them down low, in the post, rather than settle for the jumper, like he did in the fourth quarter. Having a freight train like James lounging outside the three-point line on so many possessions is a waste of basketball resources. It's like chucking diamonds down the drain.
"I've been saying for years that LeBron should be unguardable in the post," says one Eastern Conference team executive. "But he's most comfortable going 100 miles per hour or shooting jump shots facing the basket. He's the ultimate A.A.U. player. He doesn't have the repertoire of moves, so he's not going to put himself in a position where he looks stupid." The executive points to the clever footwork and fade-aways that players like Wade, Kobe Bryant and, of course, Jordan, developed down low through their careers. Even Magic Johnson, to whom James is often compared, had a hook shot. "I get the sense that during the summer, he works on his conditioning and his shooting," the executive says. "And his shooting has improved. But he hasn't become a better post player because he hasn't wanted to."
In the second quarter, Miami started to pound the ball into James down low, and though he never looked entirely comfortable, James scored a few buckets and drew a few fouls. But in the second half, that strategy faded. I asked James why he stopped going down low and if he thought of posting up in the last three minutes, while the game was still tight. "Honestly, we just worked our game," James said after the game. "I was able to get the ball in the pot a few times in the first half. It worked. Some of them didn't work. With D-Wade being out to start the second half, I took it upon [myself] to be a little more of a ball handler, get guys into our offense.
"We just try to give what the defense gives us," James continued. "We have nothing to say about our offense tonight. We shot 53% from the floor. These guys shot 57%, shot almost 70% from the three-point line. Offensively, it had nothing to do with why we lost this game. We just couldn't get enough stops down the stretch."
This isn't entirely true. Sure, Miami couldn't get a stop late. But offense — especially James' lack of production — helped Miami lose. With the game tied or within a two-point difference late, James missed two jumpers and rammed into the Dallas defense on one of those 100-m.p.h drives. James could have seen old man Kidd guarding him and demanded the ball down low for a high-percentage shot. Instead, he took the tougher one and missed.
Now Miami is one game from elimination. The prospect of a Dallas victory will surely delight most of America. After the game, it seemed as if the delirious Dallas crowd had bottled up all of America's loathing for the Heat, and it was now time to unleash it. "No, no, no, no, no honey," a Mavs fan told an elevator operator who raised the prospect of Miami winning both Games 6 and 7. "They made us believe. We played a team with three $100 dollar players, we kicked their ass. Thank God. We kicked their f—–g ass."
And James knew it. Though he was bouncing around before the game, he sat stone-faced and silent in the locker room afterward. At one point, after fiddling with his phone, he just folded his hands, staring blankly. If James can't rediscover what got him to these finals, he won't like what's ahead of him.


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Create and Craft celebrate 8 years of Hunkydory Crafts on the channel
September 9, 2016 Leave a commentCreate & Craft, News, Press, Press Releases - Create and Craft, Product NewsBy Samantha Jeffries
Create and Craft are proud to celebrate the 8th anniversary of working with Hunkydory Crafts Ltd, and are honouring the occasion with some exclusive world launches from the 19th to the 23rd September.
Hunkydory began back in 1990 as a small wool and needlecraft shop in Preston, Lancashire and have since evolved to be one of the UK's premiere papercraft manufacturers, supplying retailers across the globe with the latest trends in craft. Since 2008, Hunkydory have been showcasing their latest and greatest collections on Create & Craft TV, where Anne-Marie Catterall and her talented team can be found demonstrating all that Hunkydory Crafts has to offer.
From the 19th through to the 23rd September, Create and Craft will have some exciting and exclusive offers from Hunkydory, to celebrate this 8 year partnership. Kicking off festivities on the 19th at 8am will be the World launch of the Forest Friends and Furry Friends Box Pops 4 Day Deal, fan favourites from Hunkydory which have been given an adorable makeover in the form of the brand new Forest Friends and Furry Friends collections. And what's more, not only is this the exclusive launch of these entire collections, two of the characters (Phil the Pheasant & Penny the Pony) will only ever be available from Create and Craft.
Continuing the Anniversary celebrations will be a further World launch, this time for the Flutterbye Rainbow Pick of the Week at 12 noon on the 23rd. This vibrant Luxury Card Collection is filled with beautiful butterflies with stunning silver and textured foiling details, in all the shades of the rainbow. The Pick of the Week collection will include the Luxury Card Collection, inserts and the Little Book of Flutterbye Rainbow and will be exclusively available from Create and Craft until the 3rd of October.
And that's not all! Throughout the week of celebrations, Create and Craft will be presenting a series of Anniversary special shows, featuring all-time favourite Hunkydory product ranges including; the launch of a new 50 Shades of Mirri collection, new Aperture Cards and Envelopes, and a whole array of Adorable Scorable Collections, all at special offer prices.
Anne-Marie Catterall, Hunkydory's Creative Manager commented: "They say time flies when you're having fun, and we can certainly attest that! We are celebrating 8 years of bringing beautiful and innovative cardmaking collections to Hunkydory fans, and being able to be on TV screens with Create and Craft in homes around the country over the years has been wonderful. We can't even imagine how many demos there must have been in 8 years – but we can guarantee they were all fabulous and inspiring! Here at Hunkydory we work very hard to design, produce and deliver the very best in cardmaking supplies, and the buzz and excitement of live launches on Create and Craft really adds the cherry on top to the culmination of all our efforts."
The Hunkydory 8th Anniversary celebrations on Create and Craft is definitely not one to be missed- make sure you tune in between the 19th and 23rd September!
Catch Create and Craft on Sky 674, Freeview 23, Virgin 748 and Freesat 813, watch live at www.createandcraft.tv and use social media to keep up to date with the latest shows, news and crafty gossip.
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Spirit Sisters - the podcast
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Conversations about spiritual and paranormal experiences - based on the bestselling book.
"I hear the leaves laughing" - Part 2 with Crisdon Chaisson, on the gifts of her NDE
Part two of my intriguing conversation with Canadian near-death experiencer Crisdon Chaisson.
If you haven't yet listened to part one of my conversation with Crisdon, you'll want to scroll back and press play on that episode first, so that you can listen to Crisdon recount every fascinating detail of her 2003 NDE, a captivating story which, I'm honoured to say, she is sharing publicly for the first time.
In this episode, Crisdon talks about the challenges of integrating her experience upon her return to life, the gifts she came back with, her communication with plants and animals, astral travel and lucid dreaming, the "downloads" from the Collective that she continues to receive, and so much more. It's a deep dive. As Crisdon says, the awakening of consciousness is not merely "a revolution, but the next evolution" of humanity.
Now, without further ado, here's part two of my conversation with near-death experiencer, mother of three, death doula and all round fabulous woman, Crisdon Chaisson.
Connect with Crisdon on Instagram at @sin_crow_nice_eye_tea
Connect with Karina Machado at karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
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"I'm not the same person I was before I died" - Crisdon Chaisson shares her remarkable 2003 NDE for the first time
I'm thrilled to present the first of a two-part interview with Crisdon Chaisson, who lives in Canada and, I'm very honoured to say, is sharing her near-death experience publicly for the first time.
Crisdon's NDE took place in 2003, when she was receiving treatment for a rare form of cancer in the jaw. As you're about to hear, Crisdon describes her NDE in exquisite detail, and in this conversation, she shares about peeling away from her body "like cheese from a pizza," travelling to a realm of indescribable colour, being at one with The Collective, as Crisdon calls the state of consciousness she experienced, her life review, and much much more.
Today, Crisdon is training to become a death doula, so that she can apply her unique skills and understanding in the field of end-of-life care. There's much more to this warm, wise and feisty woman, and when I asked her to share a short bio, she cleverly asked her friends to chime in. It turned out to be such a valuable exercise, she suggests we all do it.
Here are all their responses.
"Crisdon is a tattooed, potion making, nature loving, spell casting, matrix glitching, animal communicating, spirit guiding, joke telling, barefoot walking, reiki giving, vegan kitchen witch."
"Crisdon is a spiritual gangStar. Warrior goddess. astral traveler, metaphysical explorer and lover of all."
"An effervescent soul with a smile to match."
"Absolutelyfreakingspectacular"
"A miracle"
"Beautiful,magnificent,courageous,brave, adventurous, magickal, hippy, LOVING star soul sister"
"A strong, independent woman with a fire spirit!"
"Always in flux like an animated fractal unfoldment"
"A strong, beautiful, courageous, generous survivor!"
"A soul-fuelled endless dungeon, draped with insatiable cloaks of wildflowers, edges trimmed with shards of everlasting crystals, with a sea-filled charismatic aura"
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (3 friends said that about their friendship with Crisdon)
"Intelligent, compassionate, humble, and actual good person, completely trustworthy, organized, and absolutely hilarious!!"
Sums up Crisdon: "As I said, every person should create a bio written by people who love them."
Angels in the OR - How Tricia Barker's miraculous NDE healed her body and soul
My guest today is Tricia Barker, who experienced a profound near-death experience in 1994 when she was 22, in her senior year of university. A point of difference with Tricia's NDE is that it guided her very specifically to her life's work, albeit kicking and screaming at first, to become a teacher in public schools, overseas and at university level. Today, she's a professor of English and Creative Writing in Fort Worth, Texas.
The author of the memoir Angels in the OR: What Dying Taught Me About Healing, Survival, and Transformation, Tricia interviews fellow near-death experiencers on her YouTube channel. I had a fantastic time speaking to Tricia, who shares candidly about the trauma that followed her NDE, including a sexual assault she experienced while teaching in South Korea. If this topic is upsetting, and you're in Australia, please contact 1800Respect.org.au or call them 24 hours a day on 1800 737 732. If you are in another country, please ensure you seek out appropriate support services in your area.
Enjoy my conversation with near-death experiencer Tricia Barker.
Connect with Tricia at her website.
Buy Tricia's book Angels in the Or on Amazon.
Subscribe to Tricia's YouTube channel.
Cold Hands, Warm Heart - A ghost story you'll never forget
My guest today has a chilling ghost story to share about an unforgettable chain of events that took place in 1969, when she was 12 years old and living with her family in the western suburbs of Melbourne. This is a memorable story because it demonstrates that, in an otherworldly encounter, as much as in everyday life, things aren't always as they might at first appear…
Today Coral lives on the Sunshine Coast in Qld with her husband, adult son and two fur babies. Before her retirement, she worked in Childcare and in Financial Services. Yet when I think of Coral, I think "survivor," and when you hear her story, you'll know why. Coral's captivating ghost story takes a turn that I was not expecting, into the devastation wreaked by domestic violence. Please note that her account contains graphic descriptions of violence inflicted upon her mother. If you are experiencing or have experienced domestic or family violence, please contact the Australian counselling service 1800Respect.org.au or call them 24 hours a day on 1800 737 732.
In 1969, there were no support services available to Coral, her mum or her three siblings. All lived in the midst of a war zone every day and with the exception of her maternal grandparents, who offered brief moments of respite, no-one came to their aid. Well, no-one living, that is.
By turns wondrous, horrific, fascinating and tragic, Coral's story is about the courage it takes to hope in the face of deepest darkness, and the strength and resilience that yields. It's also about the rewards of looking for answers outside of the obvious, and ultimately, about compassion and care strong enough to pierce the veil between life and death.
Into the Ethereal - Before his heart transplant, Rob's NDE gave the answers to everything
Karina Machado welcomes a one-of-a-kind guest, a two-time near-death experiencer who's also a heart-transplant recipient.
Rob A. Gentile is the son of Italian immigrants. He grew up in Pennsylvania, where his father worked in a steel mill. Rob also works in the steel industry, as a sales rep, and he's been married to Melanie for more than thirty years. Together they've devoted themselves to their daughter with special needs, Maria, who is in her twenties and has Rett Syndrome. Rob calls Maria "the hero of my life" and tells me in our conversation that she's his greatest teacher. Yet throughout her childhood he grappled with difficult questions about why children suffer. Answers came in a sudden and unexpected way—at age fifty-six he had a massive heart attack, then flatlined, and had a near-death experience. Four months later, while awaiting his donor heart, he had another NDE – a profound and powerful encounter that transformed Rob's life.
Rob came back with beautiful and profound understandings about the cosmically unified nature of God and reality, which he shares in his newly released book, Quarks of Light, which also details the fascinating story of how Rob met the family of Molli, the young woman who donated her heart, and the many synchronicities between them. Getting to know Molli, whose heart beats within him, has compelled Rob to help raise awareness of suicide prevention. Rob's story includes references to suicide; if you need support, in Australia, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
For now, please settle in to enjoy my conversation with Rob A Gentile. There's so much he shares, from knowledge he gained about our ultimate unity and interconnectedness, to his life-changing understanding about the power of a single act, and a timely reminder about the significance of our relationships, this is one episode that might just give you a new heart, too.
Connect with Rob at his website.
Buy Rob's new book, Quarks of Light on Amazon in Australia.
Connect with Rob on Facebook.
Connect with Rob on Twitter.
Connect with Rob on Instagram.
The Path of Healing and Service - Part 2 of how the Light transformed Evania's life
Here's part two of Karina Machado's conversation with the trail-blazing Australian former Olympic pistol shooter Evania. If you haven't listened to part one, please scroll down and click on that first so that you grasp the full breadth of Evania's life story. In this episode, she goes into more depth about her plans to run for federal parliament, and how that ties in with her aim to "expand her service to humanity." She shares her key mantra, which ties in beautifully with her life-changing encounter with the light, and we talk about how it's time for women leaders to fearlessly bring through the energy of the Divine Feminine. There's also a very moving story Evania shares about healing childhood trauma and how looking after her parents when they had dementia was like being gifted the children she never had. At the end, Evania shares her key takeaway from her immersion in the Light, you won't want to miss that!
Enjoy the episode. (PS: If you love Spirit Sisters, please rate and review the show, it helps more people find their way to it. Thanks!)
Connect with Evania and buy her novel When the Student is Ready at her website.
Connect with Evania at her 'Evania for Senate' Facebook page.
Connect with Evania on Facebook.
"This experience became my lantern" - After losing everything, Evania had a life-changing encounter with the Light
Born Lynne-Marie Uden in South Australia, my guest changed her name to Evania in 1995. More on that later ... Evania has blazed a trail in so many areas of her life; a former police officer in South Australia, she went on to work for the United Nations in Vienna in Security & Safety services and later, became the first female sports reporter in Queensland.
As she hit career highs, Evania was also going from strength to strength in her sport: pistol shooting, which culminated in her representing Australia at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the only woman on the shooting team. But what should have been one of the joyous moments of her life was overshadowed by what happened when she returned from the Games. As Evania puts it, her whole life caved in and she lost everything, husband, possessions, cars businesses, the lot.
Then on December 12 of that year, 1992, Evania had a spiritual experience that transformed the course of her life. The effects of that unexpected gift were so staggering that nothing was ever the same again.
Enjoy part one of my two-part conversation with the inspiring Evania.
Connect with Evania and buy her books at her website.
Follow Evania's bid for senate at her 'Evania for Senate' Facebook page.
The Lost Children – the tiny girl with sad eyes who materialised in Danielle's bedroom proved to be just one of the little lost souls pleading for her help to find their way home
Today, I have someone very special to introduce you to, my friend Danielle. Dani, who's become a beloved mentor to me, is a retired medical administrator in the field of palliative care. She's a quiet and super caring soul with an extraordinary gift - Dani has been seeing and communicating with spirits all her life.
Dani and I met over email three years ago, after she heard me on a radio interview and reached out to share her joy at feeling, finally, that she's not alone in experiencing the spiritual encounters she'd been having since she was five.
You're about to hear some fascinating stories. From the tiny spirit of a little girl lost called Annabelle who showed up in Dani's home, pleading for help, to the ongoing, detailed dream visions about high-profile missing children, that together encompass a prominent theme in Dani's life. "I'm always looking for home," Dani tells me, and so, of course, are these blessed children. What is it that draws these lost children to Dani? We talk about that too…
Dani shares her thoughts about how grief can hold our late loved ones back, about her lifelong fascination with native American culture and the past life in that time that she and her beloved dad lived together. She reveals the very moving story of the crisis apparition of her dear friend, Emmanuel, who manifested in her bedroom at the moment of his passing to let her know he was ok, and she also talks candidly about her recent journey with breast cancer and the unexpected beauty and blessings she found as she and her husband walked that rocky path together.
There's so much more. I encourage you to stick around to the end as Dani shares some parting words that will impact you deeply.
Finally, as tends to happen when I interview psychic-mediums, for most of the conversation you will be able to hear what sounds like another conversation going on in the background. Both Dani and I were alone in our homes during the recording, with no TVs on nearby. Intriguing indeed… oh, and don't forget to check Facebook, where I'll posting pics relating to the uncanny moments Dani describes.
For now, settle in and enjoy my conversation with one of my own dearest spirit sisters…
Holiday interlude! I read out an astounding near-death experience from my archives
Happy new year and welcome to the (Australian) summer-holiday edition of Spirit Sisters. I'm taking a short break and will be back very soon to share a wonderful conversation with someone extraordinarily gifted, which I know you're going to love. I'm also planning the recording schedule for the new year, and corresponding with lots of incredible people, I can't wait to bring you these conversations. On that note, if you have a story to share, please get in touch with me via email or via direct message on my Facebook page . I'm always excited to think of all the amazing untold stories that are out there.
Speaking of amazing stories, I have a treat for you. I'm going to read out a letter I received when I researching my book Spirit Sisters in 2008. The letter is about a near-death experience, although the writer refers to it as an OBE or out-of-body experience. The label doesn't matter, because what you're about to hear is a firsthand account of a profound and life-changing moment in the life of my correspondent, Sandra James. I should point out that prior to relating her memory of this otherworldly encounter, she leads into it with an account of an earlier near-death experience during surgery. Though less spectacular, this was also clearly important to the trajectory of Sandra's story, so I've included it in the telling.
Sandra's story, which is as tragic as it's beautiful, was published in Spirit Sisters under the title The View From There and to this day it's one of my all-time favourites. I've actually been looking for Sandra as I'd love to have her on the show, but I've had no luck finding her. Sandra, if you're out there, please do get in touch!
If you're lucky enough to be enjoying some holiday downtime, check out the show notes too, as I've included links to some popular episodes of Spirit Sisters, and also some of my favourite episodes of my previous podcast, The Ghost Files. I know that many of you really miss The Ghost Files, so I thought today I'd rekindle that spooky spark by reminding you of some of the chilling and wonderful conversations I enjoyed when I was hosting that show. As I'd often say back then, get ready for goosebumps…
If you're in the mood for chills…
https://play.acast.com/s/the-ghost-files/partone-myhousetriedtokillme
https://play.acast.com/s/the-ghost-files/part2-thespiritinmyhousetriedtokillme
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/fairies-frights-and-ghosts-galore-a-gifted-scotswomans-haunted-life/
If you need a reminder that love never dies….
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/the-death-defying-power-of-love-how-little-tom-returned-to-comfort-his-mum-after-tragedy-struck/
https://play.acast.com/s/the-ghost-files/celestesshareddeathexperiencewithherlittlesister..-
https://play.acast.com/s/the-ghost-files/themessage
https://play.acast.com/s/the-ghost-files/hecametosaygoodbye
If you're craving stories of miraculous encounters…
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/when-courtney-met-krishna-channelling-the-hindu-deity-and-his-chilling-warning-about-2020/
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/healed-by-mother-mary/
If you want to hear about an astounding near-death experience …
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/she-was-the-angel-of-death-and-birth-jos-nde-miraculous-healing-and-stunning-past-life-revelations/
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/the-angels-were-singing-love-into-the-world-susan-reveals-the-lessons-of-her-astonishing-nde/
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/a-conversation-with-jesus/
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/uniting-in-love-is-the-answer-to-everything-a-heart-specialists-nde/
https://spiritsistersthepodcast.podbean.com/e/the-light-the-beings-and-the-life-review-%e2%80%93-part-2-with-psychic-medium-lynda-cramer-and-her-amazing-near-death-experience/
"We need to learn that we don't die" - soulmates Ana & Jorge's exciting "new" chapter
Karina Machado speaks with Spanish-born Sydneysider Jorge Golvano. On June 11, 2020, Jorge's soul mate Ana died of breast cancer. Her "transformation," as Jorge calls it, opened the way to an entirely new existence for Jorge, an IT specialist who had no prior interest whatsoever in spiritual matters. In fact, he still says he's not spiritual, even though he has conversations with Ana every day, and Ana cleverly makes use of electronic equipment to communicate as she understands that's a medium Jorge is comfortable with.
It's an intriguing and life-affirming story which includes an amazing evidential story involving a strand of Ana's hair, among many other communications from her. Suffice to say that their enduring love is another beautiful example of how, as Jorge succinctly puts it, "we never stop being."
Oh, and one more thing. It was Ana who wanted Jorge to come on the show. In a Spirit Sisters first, she even orchestrated phenomena in my home that, in retrospect, we worked out was her way of green-lighting our conversation. Enjoy my conversation with Jorge Golvano.
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Managers thoughts on cup final win…
BAJFC manager Keith Gibson spoke of his absolute delight at winning the GA Engineering Cup on Sunday at Tannadice Park against Tayport. Knowing for a couple of weeks that he would be missing key players, Barry Myles and Shaka Roy, plus playing the last few weeks with three first choice players in Ryan Suttie, Ross McCord and Paul McLellan all one booking away from missing the final through suspension, he breathed a huge sigh of relief come the final whistle on Sunday, the stressful weeks had all been worth it.
Read below our interview with Keith following the Fed's 5-1 demolition job over Tayport, winning the GA Engineering Cup for the first time in three attempts…
"I'm still buzzing after Sunday's result and performance. To win a cup final so emphatically against a local rival was excellent and full credit has to go to the players. Our preparations for the game was excellent this week in training and the players took this into the game. Not that you need to motivate players for a cup final, but our physio Sandy Dorward spoke to the players before they went out yesterday and this topped everything off.
The game itself I felt was quite even first half with us creating the best chances, it was quite a nervy start from us but when we scored the goal through a Ross McCord penalty it settled us down and we finished the first half strong. Going in 1-0 up at half time gave us a good platform to go on and win the game.
Tayport started the second half strongly and put us under some pressure but we defended well. After this we controlled the second half and played some really good stuff and scored good goals from Grant Lawson and Paul McLellan, their finishing being excellent. Each and every one of the players were excellent yesterday and deserve some real credit for their performance. Individually and collectively they were disciplined in delivering their jobs.
I'm delighted to finally get a piece of silverware, the first for me as manager of Broughty Athletic JFC and it hasn't properly sunk in yet, maybe that's to do with a number of beers we had after the final, I'm still buzzing. Our Chairman, Gordon Deuchars, has sponsored this cup competition, GA Engineering, for 10 years now so to win it for him was important for all of us. It was great to see all the children and families support us yesterday and I'm sure they will all be proud of the performance we put in for them.
I'm also delighted for everyone connected with Broughty Athletic JFC, the players, the backroom staff, the committee who all have their individual task, the ones who wash the kit, make the sandwiches, work the gate, sell the pies, sell the raffles and our club sponsors. It's a real team effort from everyone at our club and to have everyone celebrate with us after the final whistle was brilliant to see. There are plenty of fantastic photos of the day being banded around on social media and our website from our fantastic photographers, firstly our President of the club, Sean Donaldson, and also Richard Wiseman. They both captured the day for us all and the photos will be keepsakes for everyone in them.
We had two targets at the start of the season, to finish in a better league position than we did last season and to win a cup competition, we've done both and if we can win next week in our final game of the season at Whitton Park then we'll finish 6th in the Super League. Next season we want to keep improving and we'll set the players targets going forward but we still have a massive game next week against Lochee United and if we can perform like the way we did at Tannadice Park we can get a positive result ending the season on a high…"
◂ Cup final action photos available to view…
Local derby for last game of the season… ▸


If you dream of a hook for knitting, this is an indication of a confusing situation, which will be quite difficult to solve. It is necessary to beware of intrigues and gossip, and then the trouble will bypass. If you dream of a crochet, it indicates that you are going to use all means in order to achieve your goal.
If you dream of a peg in the form of a hook, the dream book promises valuable acquisition, but at the expense of others. It is not necessary to abandon such gifts, but it is worth to be careful, because you might have to pay for them. A hook on a hanger is likely to cause the lack of money, so you should be careful with the nearest large shopping.
The hooks in a dream are different; therefore the interpretation of dreams is also different. If you dream of a door hook or a latch, it is usually because of some mystery that fills your life and that should not be disclosed to anyone.
Some dream books treat such hooks as secret fun love affairs; however if you lock a door with a hook, in reality you may face lies that may soon cause quite awkward or uncomfortable situation. But if you open such a door, the dream foreshadows the intervention of a stranger, who can influence your progress. In this situation, pay attention to new acquaintances that will soon appear in your life.
Sometimes, a hook may portend family problems and troubles caused by a complete stranger. But if you prick yourself with a sharp hook, in reality get ready for some wanton insults. But the positive thing in this situation is that the one who has offended you will suffer a decent revenge.
If you dream of a strange hook, it bodes that you will look for some very important and valuable things. For this search you may waste a lot of time, money and health.


I am often asked "Can songwriting really be taught? Isn't songwriting just a natural-born gift or a talent?"
I just got nominated for Outstanding Music Artist by the GLAAD Media Awards!
Mary Gauthier's new album, Trouble & Love, is a brilliant collection of truthful and painfully personal songs that reflect a total human experience: Love, loss, and a life transformed.
Mary Gauthier visits KCLS TV. for a session on Rock and Roll Stories with host Tom Waldman. She talks with Tom about the five songs that most influenced her as a songwriter.


Mechanical explanation of the 987. Each arm's internal tension spring is accessible, replaceable, and adjustable. One end of the spring fits into a hole on the arm, the other end of the spring fits into a cadmium plated metal nut. The bottom of this nut is hex shaped with a 3.5mm rise, so a 13mm cone wrench can be used to adjust the spring tension. When mounted on the bike, turning it clockwise tightens the spring. A Black plastic shroud covers the spring assembly leaving just the hex bottom visible.
The brake arm revolves around a machined steel bushing inserted into a brass sleeve inside the brake arm. So the aluminum arm has a brass inner sleeve, which has a separate steel bushing that the mounting stud passes through. The brake pads are mounted on the rear of the arm. Dia-Compe uses four steel parts to hold and pivot the brake pad. The steel parts are the pad holder, the washer that is the base for the pad to rest against, a small flat washer and a Black painted, conically shaped steel nut. This steel nut uses a recessed 6mm hex fitting to tighten it from the front. Each of the cadmium plated steel pad holders weighs 8.5 grams. We found any of the SRP Ti pad holder (eyebolt) replacements worked in place of the original, but the short length, bulb shape (our part number 06−91−PH) did particularly well because the short threaded post didn't interfere with the 6mm wrench insertion into the conical nut as the nut was tightened. By coincidence they are also the lightest Ti replacements.
The 987 relies on a traditional cable carrier arrangement. Each 987 comes with a 270mm long straddle cable that has two lead anchors on one end. A 7mm barrel shaped lead piece fits into the top of the left arm, the second lead anchor is to make a finger hold to quick release open the brake. The other end of the cable is bolted down, at the rear, to the top of the right arm. The cable fastening bolt is cadmium plated steel, with a 5mm hex fitting in its head. It's threaded has 6mm by 1mm pitched threads and is 10mm long with a 3.5 grams weight. The straddle wire is carried by a carrier stamped from aluminum plate. The Black carrier uses a «keyed» (fits in just one way) steel bolt with a hole through it. The brake cable inner wire passes through the hole and a Black aluminum nut tightens the bolt and two spacing washers to securely hold the inner wire.
The 987 comes with two Black steel washers and two Black steel mushroom head mounting bolts. These bolts have 6mm by 1mm threads, are 13mm long and weigh 5.5 grams. The steel washer covers the pivot axle beneath the mounting bolt. The brake pads are a one-piece molded design using steel re-enforcement and a non-threaded aluminum mounting post. The pad is 53mm long by 15.3mm high with a rim contact surface that is 50mm by 10mm in a slightly arched shape to mimic the shape of the rim. The pads are Black except in the case of the Blue or Lavender 987 where they are Grey. We found the Black pad had an A/92 hardness and the Grey measured to an A/91. The brake pads weighed 36 grams per pair.
We found the 987 cantilever had a Bike-Pro brake profile measurement of 51mm. The 987 can be used as either a front or a rear and weighs 155.5 grams. To this add 15.5 grams for the straddle cable and carrier, and 13 grams for the mounting bolts and washers for a total weight of 184 grams. Specify color. Made in Japan.