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Kehoe Rodgers: A remarkable day staged by…
Kehoe Rodgers: A remarkable day staged by remarkable people
By Times Herald |
PUBLISHED: September 15, 2016 at 6:47 a.m. | UPDATED: September 23, 2021 at 9:07 a.m.
Every time we get into the car, Matthew asks me the same question – "Can I drive?"
No, I tell him, you're only 14. Plus, I add, you can't reach the gas pedal.
Sadly, that relatively easy back-and-forth took a sharp left turn.
Now he's asking me, "Will you buy me a golf cart?"
Ugh.He spent last Saturday riding around Jeffersonville Golf Course with his Uncle Joe (Migliarese) and Uncle Kevin (Kehoe). Matthew preferred his ride with Uncle Joe because "Uncle Kevin talks too much." Seriously. Sorry Kevin, but Matthew's not saying anything you haven't heard before …
Anyway, Matthew got the chance to ride in a golf cart during the 18th Annual Michael Petrone Foundation golf outing. It was a remarkable event organized and carried off by a group of remarkable people that I will always be grateful for knowing. I think the best way to explain the Petrone Foundation – it's just not what they do that's so beautiful and wonderful – it's why they do it. And they do it simply because they're good people.
But that's not surprising – Mike Petrone, a Norristown resident and 1976 graduate of Bishop Kenrick High School, was one of the best. (And I'm happy to note that Mike was one of the North End's own, forging the Locust and Pine streets connection) During his life he formed friendships with people who reflected his own goodness and kindness – he was friends with people who loved to laugh, loved life and who believe that giving is much better than receiving.
After Mike's death in 1998, these friends formed the Michael Petrone Foundation – and throughout the years the foundation has made immense charitable contributions, created educational scholarships, and made life-changing contributions to families struggling with medical or financial issues. In keeping Mike's legacy alive – these friends have made immeasurable differences in the lives of the people they've helped. A tremendous way to honor a tremendous guy.
And Mike indirectly, posthumously, created a monster who has a need for golf-cart speed.
Which, come to think of it, would make Mike very, very happy.
When something tragic happens in life – when you experience the loss of someone you love – it's easy to fall into a dark hole and stay there for a while. But when you have good people in your life, who take you by the hand and help you to experience first-hand that there is goodness still in the world…well, that helps immeasurably.
That's what's been happening since my husband died last March. And I would bet my last dollar that people who extended even the smallest of gestures have no idea how huge those gestures really are.
So, when something like last Saturday happens, I'm pretty much left speechless. The outing this year was in memory of my husband. Jim played in the outing every year – I would love to say it's because he had a philanthropic side to him that ran deep. He was very giving, but the main reason he played in the outing was because he always had a great time. It was a chance for him to get out on the golf course with Kenrick friends and teammates he rarely saw. It gave him the opportunity to catch up with them, continue the age-old arguments of which grade school produced the best athletes, which Kenrick athlete was the best all-around…all Kenrick sports, all the time.
And that's what I saw when I scanned the banquet room Saturday – some of the best athletes Kenrick produced. The best team – without question, the starting lineup of the 1976 PCL championship basketball team – was there (Tom Catagnus, Butch Bontempo, Tony Salomone, Phil Eisenmann and Paul Mullholland), plus a few of the subs (my brother Tommy, Joe Migliarese) – too many All-Catholics to count – and most importantly, several of the players Jimmy coached at Kenrick – most notably Moe Cabot, Rich Wesselt, Steve Vivian and Tom McGrath.
If someone could create a perfect day for my husband – it would have been Saturday – a round of golf (with beer stationed throughout the course), chances to win a TV and outerwear (he loved jackets), a golf course teaming with his friends and teammates, former players and guys he coached with, his kids, nieces and nephews and their friends having a great time…
And his wife left speechless. That would have been the kicker.
The thing is, in this business – or really if you own a TV, radio, computer – you hear or read story after story about the awful things people do to each other. And just when you think something is the worst you've ever heard or read about, something unfathomable hits the headlines.
But every once in a while a "feel good" story about an act of kindness or a heroic gesture steals the headlines from the awfulness of humanity. They're not as common as reports about robberies, murders or assaults, but I like to believe those stories make the stronger impact..
On Saturday, that "feel good story" was courtesy of the Michael Petrone Foundation, with background music performed by the Sons of Thunder, an acoustic band led by another Kenrick basketball player John Forth. (A bit of Kenrick trivia: John was a starter on Phil Martelli's first varsity basketball team. And truth be told, it didn't matter to many people there that Phil is the head coach of St. Joe's basketball team. Phil's claim to fame in Norristown is that he's a former Kenrick coach. And that he's lucky enough to know Dave "Stinky" Nolan, a former Kenrick and Lycoming football standout.)
In another stunning example of goodness and kindness, John donated the band's performance, which I will never forget. And while the Sons of Thunder played, I was able to take in and appreciate all the good that had to happen to make the event possible. The event was an unprecedented success simply because of the kindness and generosity of the Sons of Thunder; Lana Petrone Skrzat and her husband, Ted Skrzat; the Petrone Foundation; Joe and Donna Shemar; Joe Migliarese; Jim Davis; Richard Eisenmann; Sue Migliarese Daywalt; Susan Woodie Huskey; Ralph Panzullo; Tom Kehoe; Ted Botzum; Gus Sortino; Liana Daywalt; Jill Tobin and Rich Wesselt. Huge thanks also go to, as always, Phil Eisenmann and Jackie Eisenmann.
Honestly, there are a ton of things I won't forget about the day – the laughter that rang out through the golf course and the banquet room; seeing the friends I'm lucky enough to call lifelong and best – Sue, Susan and Cathy (Stone-Brooks) – sitting at the registration desk and making it look like a party; of the pride I felt, as always, of being a Kehoe and being in a family that's as strong and giving as the matriarch, my mom. And the pride I felt watching my kids and my nieces and nephews, and knowing that our family legacy is indeed in good and strong hands. And watching Matthew, slowly and deliberately wrap each and every person there that day around his little finger.
The Petrone Foundation stands as a true testament of what the Kenrick family is all about – standing up for your own, forging friendships early on in life and nurturing them through the years, of embracing shared histories and shared friendships, of putting others above yourself, no matter what.
And while it's true this golf outing/beef and beer was a singular event specific to me and my family – the message it conveys really is universal – that family and friends are the greatest strengths anyone can have when facing monumental losses and adversities.
And I will never forget that.Cheryl Kehoe Rodgers is a content editor at The Times Herald. She can be reached at crodgers@timesherald.com.
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Haiti July 11, 2014 | Truth Evangelistic Ministry, Inc.
Looking into people's eyes–that is what I find myself doing constantly since arriving in Haiti yesterday. What is their story? What have they had to do just to make it one more day? Is there anything that is "easy" in their life?
There were a lot of people I made eye contact with on the ride to the mission house. In the city, some people would look, smile and wave. Others made it very clear they did not want to be my photo opportunity. Still others just stared or motioned to me as if to say, "What are you going to do for me while you are here?" In the mountains, children were peeking through the bushes and popping up everywhere–especially in huts that you would not think are livable. They smiled, they waved, they sometimes would yell sweet greetings. It wasn't just the eyes of people I saw–there were goats, dogs, and cattle roaming hither and yon. God's landscaped handiwork is amazing! Inside the mission's boundaries, I saw eyes of children I have seen in the many pictures I have viewed on this website, on Rocky's school bulletin boards, and on the refrigerators of my friends back home who sponsor a child.
While eye contact is highly rated, especially because I am a teacher, it is not enough. Conversations can't flow freely because I don't know the language. I may never know their stories. I will never understand what their tiny little classrooms are like when filled to the max with precious students. I will never be able to grasp all there is to appreciate about these precious people called Haitians. What I do know is this: God loves them and meets their needs. He is the sovereign God and it is all about Him. I see Him in their eyes, and I hope they too can see beyond me and see Him.
What an exhilarating day it will be when we stand together and we glorify God in Heaven with one voice–no more struggles, no more pain. Our eyes will be fixed on Jesus!
Today was the first day of our Teachers Conference. Start time for the conference was 8 a.m.; luckily for us that really meant sometime around 9. We started our day in the mission house going over the materials we were planning to present to our fellow teachers, and shared time in Christ with a devotion led by brother Clint. We were ready with open hearts and a bit of apprehension as we headed across the courtyard to the church where the conference was being held.
One by one the teachers, mostly men, came into the church. The first thing that caught my attention was that most were dressed in suit and tie – quite the contrast with American teachers, who often take advantage of being out of the classroom to dress for comfort. This quickly put into perspective what a big deal this day was for them.
Before we began our presentations, door prizes were given. Much like children going through their stockings on Christmas morning, the recipients of the door prizes found joy in the smallest of things – rope, scissors, a ruler, suckers, a water bottle. The most exciting thing to see was each teacher going through the gift bags they were given upon registration. Materials that U.S. teachers find plentiful are a luxury to the Haitians. Markers, notepads, highlighters, note cards, crayons, and other items were provided in their welcome bags. I loved seeing their excitement, their smiles.


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Q: Xamarin.iOS CoreBluetooth/External Accesory issue I've looking here on Forums, on the monotouch samples GIT hub, and never found a really functional sample to use CoreBluetooth in order to achieve the following:
1.Check if is there a device that match a criteria(by name or some identifier of the device) paired and connected
2.If paired but not connected, try connect to it
3.If connection fails, then show a list of the bluetooth devices that matches the criterias on topic 1 so the user can select and connect to it
Note: The device I'm trying to connect uses SPP but is Apple MFi certified. It is a credit card reader over bluetooth and some of then even implement ExternalAccessory protocols
The CoreBluetooth samples page is empty http://developer.xamarin.com/samples/ios/CoreBluetooth/
I've trying this pretty simple sample that never get the events called after the scan:
public static class BTHelper
    {
        private static CBCentralManager manager;
        private static CBUUID UUID;

        static BTHelper()
        {
            manager =
            manager.DiscoveredPeripheral += OnDiscovery;
            manager.ConnectedPeripheral += OnConnected;
            manager.DisconnectedPeripheral += OnDisconnected;
            UUID = CBUUID.FromString("00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB");
        }

        public static void CheckBluetooth()
        {
            manager.ScanForPeripherals(new[] { UUID });
        }

        static void OnDisconnected(object sender, CBPeripheralErrorEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Disconnected - " + e.Peripheral.Name);
        }

        static void OnConnected(object sender, CBPeripheralEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Connected - " + e.Peripheral.Name);
        }

        static void OnDiscovery(object sender, CBDiscoveredPeripheralEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Found - " + e.Peripheral.Name);
        }
    }

Can anyone help? I've being really tired of googling and looking of many questions on SO with no real answer.
@XamarinTeam, you guys should provide a sample on how to use it... We are lost without reference...
Thank, really appreciate any help...
Gutemberg

A: It seems like you are looking at wrong documents.Core Bluetooth only allows you to communicate with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices using the GATT profile. you can not scan SPP device with corebluetooth.
For your MFI device, you need to check  External Accessory framework ,  It  allows communication with 'legacy' Bluetooth devices using profiles such as the Serial Port Protocol (SPP).
To answer your question:
: 1.Check if is there a device that match a criteria(by name or some identifier of the device) paired and connected

You can use showBluetoothAccessoryPicker function of EAAccessoryManager  to get list of Available devices, read more here

2.If paired but not connected, try connect to it

There is not any documented way to check for this. You can not initiate connect from app without showBluetoothAccessoryPicker . You can monitor for
    EAAccessoryDidConnect  notification. if this method is not called, and showbluetoothaccessorypicker 's complition get called, your device is not connected.

3.If connection fails, then show a list of the bluetooth devices that matches the criterias on topic 1 so the user can select and connect to it
1)

After completion of  showbluetoothaccessorypicker  You can check in ConnectedAccessories . If its not avaiable, call showbluetoothaccessorypicker to display list of accessories.

Sample code for using External Accessory framework in your code
EAAccessoryManager manager= EAAccessoryManager.SharedAccessoryManager;
var allaccessorries= manager.ConnectedAccessories;
foreach(var accessory in allaccessorries)
{
    yourlable.Text = "find accessory";
    Console.WriteLine(accessory.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(accessory.Name);
    var protocol = "com.Yourprotocol.name";

    if(accessory.ProtocolStrings.Where(s => s == protocol).Any())
    {
        yourlable.Text = "Accessory  found";
        //start session
        var session = new EASession(accessory, protocol);
        var outputStream = session.OutputStream;
        outputStream.Delegate = new MyOutputStreamDelegate(yourlable);
        outputStream.Schedule(NSRunLoop.Current, "kCFRunLoopDefaultMode");
        outputStream.Open();
    }
}

and
public class MyOutputStreamDelegate : NSStreamDelegate
{
    UILabel label;
    bool hasWritten = false;

    public MyOutputStreamDelegate(UILabel label)
    {
        this.label = label;
    }
    public override void HandleEvent(NSStream theStream, NSStreamEvent streamEvent)
    {
         //write code to handle  stream.

    }
}

There is not any perticular demo for using Exeternal  Accessory  framework,
but You can check this sample code for understanding how it works.:
Whole Project
AccessoryBrowser class

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Two years ago 8 people were killed when a car bomb went off near the Norwegian government quarter. A few hours later 69 people were killed by the same person at a summer camp on the island Utøya. The novel starts on the same day when an eight-year-old boy dies in a tragic accident in a home in Oslo. The terror attack overshadows the case, and the inexperienced policeman Henrik Holme goes to the family's home to investigate. He starts suspecting that the child died from abuse, so he gets Inger Johanne Vik involved in the investigation.
This is the fifth novel in the series about the Norwegian psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik. Anne Holt shows that a family is always affected when a family member dies, and that it does not matter if it is an accident or a terror attack. The fact that the author uses real events as a backdrop makes the fictional events feel more real. But I do not like the novel's surprising final paragraph.


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Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, said: "The adoption of the first ever EU blacklist of tax havens marks a key victory for transparency and fairness. But the process does not stop here. We must intensify the pressure on listed countries to change their ways. Blacklisted jurisdictions must face consequences in the form of dissuasive sanctions, while those that have made commitments must follow up on them quickly and credibly. There must be no naivety: promises must be turned into actions. No one must get a free pass."
The idea of this list was proposed by the Commission and afterwards taken forward by Member States. Many of the EU's international partners actively participated in completion of the list.
The list will be reviewed at least once a year and any of countries can be removed from the list once it has made commitments to improve their tax systems according to recommendations of EU Commission.


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Progressive groups hit Duterte's martial law declaration in Mindanao
Anne Marxze Umil May 24, 2017 martial law, Maute group
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"We fear for the effects of war on the civilian population."
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Various progressive groups raised the alarm on President Duterte's declaration of martial law in Mindanao last night, saying this will only worsen the crisis situation in Marawi City where armed groups were reported to have holed up. The group had reportedly burned a Catholic school and taken a priest and several other civilians hostage.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared the whole of Mindanao island under martial law on Tuesday night, May 23, following clashes between government and reported members of the Maute group in Marawi City. Duterte, who was in Russia, cut his state visit short to return to Manila this afternoon.
Progressives said the military solution will not solve the conflict but only aggravate it.
"We fear for the lives of the civilians who might get caught in the crossfire. We fear for the effects of war on the civilian population," said Jerome Succor Aba, national president of the progressive Moro group Suara Bangsamoro. Aba said Duterte should learn from the disastrous aftermath of the "Zamboanga Siege" in 2013, where homes and properties were destroyed and hundreds of civilians were arrested and displaced by military operations targeting members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
The Moro group had earlier called on the MNLF and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), as well as religious groups, to talk to the Maute group to diffuse the tension.
The Duterte administration is set to resume talks with MILF and MNLF. The Maute group is reportedly comprised of Moro leaders who were dissatisfied with the peace talks between government and the MILF.
Human rights group Karapatan called martial law as "uncalled-for response," as they also slammed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who said in a press conference that martial law was declared in Mindanao because of unrest in areas such as in Zamboanga, Tawi-Tawi, Central Mindanao, and added the "pango-ngotong" (extortion) by the members of the New People's Army (NPA).
"The DND chief, consistent with his warmongering, has laid the predicate for full blown rights violations, akin to the convoluted justifications of Marcos' Martial Law," said Karapatan secretary general Tinay Palabay. "Martial law is not the answer; it will never result to anything but gross violations of people's rights," she said.
Palabay said martial law will inevitably result in intensified military operations, aerial strikes, and "an open season for extrajudicial killings, illegal arrests, torture and other forms of rights violations."
The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) said Duterte's pronouncement that the martial law in Mindanao will be like the martial law during the Marcos era "is a dangerous edict."
NUPL secretary general Ephraim Cortez said martial law should be the last resort and should be strictly within the bounds, requirements, and limitations of the Constitution.
"Placing the entire Mindanao under martial law will open the flood gates for unbridled human rights violations and abuses," he said.
"In the end, it is the civilian population who will be greatly affected. It gives blanket power and authority to conduct military crackdowns and operations that would result in the further diminution of the people's constitutional rights," Cortez added.
Meanwhile, ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio urged Duterte to instead pursue the talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Bangsamoro.
"I hope that Duterte will heed the lessons of our history, reconsider, and immediately recall his declaration of martial law," he said in a statement.
Tinio said that armed conflict in Mindanao and the rest of the country "is rooted in the historic exploitation and oppression of the poor and marginalized – the landless and jobless peasants, the Moro and the Lumad."
He said a military solution will not end these problems, which need genuine socio-economic and political reforms based on social justice, such as those being discussed in the GRP-NDFP peace talks.
"Twenty years of martial rule under Marcos did not lead to peace but to the intensification of popular resistance and the ousting of the dictator," he added.

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Eagle Nest Book Club and Art Movement: Hope for a New Revolution Through Art
Posted by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera | Sep 6, 2021 | Non-fiction | 0 |
On the 18th of July 2021, some students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, named "Eagle Nest Book Club" as a group, gathered somewhere outside the University premises to have their first book club event. The meeting, themed "An African Perspective of Things", featured essays by the writer and critic Ikhide Ikheloa on the Biafran genocide and racism, as informed by his experience as an immigrant living in America. The event also featured Igbo classical music and the Nobel lecture on Africa by the British-Zimbabwean writer, Doris Lessing.
After the initial introductions, the co-facilitator of the book club, Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera, spoke briefly about the aim of the movement. According to him, the book club was formed to fill a void which he has felt needed to be filled, since his time as an undergraduate in the school over half a decade ago. "There are so many talented students in this school," he said, "but they exist in isolation and nobody can do anything great all by themselves. This is why we have come together, so we can grow together as dreamers and thinkers. As young people, our greatest power is that we are thinkers. Every one of us has it in our imagination to be better people than we are ten years from today.
"Things are bad all over the place today. In the country things are getting worse and worse, even in the university here. And everything tries to stifle young people, even the SUG in this school is useless. So we have come together to create a group of people who will try to solve these problems. And the best way to solve a problem is by thinking differently…"
Gerald Eze continued afterwards with a performance of "Bia nuru olu anyi," a popular music through which Biafrans used to cry for God's intervention during the genocide. Before he began singing, he said, "This is my way of asking God to be with us." He performed the song using the Ubo, sitting on a chair and the microphone bent to his mouth. His performance ushered serenity to the event, setting the stage for the book discussions of the day.
The first essay discussed was Ikhide Ikheloa's There Was a Country: Baying at the Ghost of Biafra. The essay is a commentary by the writer on the numerous ignorant backlashes Achebe's last book, There was a Country, received in the light of its publication because it was strongly worded in making a case that the Igbo suffered genocide in the war, and because it called out Chief Obafemi Awolowo for his role. The discussion curated by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera immediately spiraled into a discussion on Genocide and Igbo cultural awakening. Chimezie Chika, a writer who came from Onitsha, reiterated to the house the meaning of genocide. He said, "Genocide is a systematically planned mass murder of a people, usually aimed at exterminating them," and reflecting the argument of the essay, he went on to add that what happened in 1967-1970 was a genocide, should be referred to as such, not as the Nigeria-Biafra war which it has been documented.
Somtochukwu, a musical artiste and a member of the movement, told the house about the importance of having cultural awareness. His philosophy, as he relayed it, hinged on his self-realization when he read Chinua Achebe's There Was a Country and Emefiena Ezeani's In Biafra Africa died years ago.
The whole discussion became a catharsis about the Igbo people's experience during the Biafran genocide, and a discussion on cultural reawakening as it was about Ikhide Ikheloa's brilliant commentary on Chinua Achebe's book.
"Notes on My Middle Passage" by Ikhide Ikheloa also spurred a discussion on racism. A highlight on this discussion was the short lecture on the history of the word "Middle Passage" by Chimezie Chika, which enabled the house attach a metaphorical importance to the title of the essay. Then there was a discussion around racism, how it affects black people, and the kind of mindset Africans should adopt in battling its menace. Kingsley the Poet said that trying to stop racism was an exercise in futility. Africans shouldn't try to stop racism, but should instead build strong institution and a big economy that the white people would have no option but give them their respect.
In-between the book discussions, there were artistic performances which served to keep the atmosphere a little less exhausted. There was the music performance by Gerald Eze Maduabuchi, the first of the day. There was also the spoken word performance which sent the house into fits of ecstasy. There was also Silver Momah's performance of Omenaala, a song by the Igbo singer, Ife.
One of the aims of the movement is to channel art into practical uses, to broaden the imagination of young people beyond the box that the Nigerian universities and society put them in. And also to awaken cultural awareness. Emmanuel Esomnofu, a music journalist and a member of the organization, echoed this philosophy when he said that as a people we should be very methodical in our use of art.
In the times our immediate society has found itself, a renaissance is sweeping through. There are deeply rooted causes to all of the issues. Sometimes, revolutions fail because asides the emotions which gives rise to them, they lack ideological backbone. This realization is one of the sparks which has ignited the movement. The Idea is to create a community of young people who think differently and who are indoctrinated as early as possible, and who will take over the intellectual mantle. The movement aims to be rebellious, to think critically, to educate and to expand the imagination of young people. According to Mark Anthony Obumneme Osuchukwu, the goal of the movement is "to have a brimming circus of rebels whose ideas are revolutionary especially after understanding that nothing good can come out of political correctness but there is a lot of promise in rebellion."
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Cedar Breaks National Monument
51 Pictures: 0-20 , 20-40 , 41-51
Markagunt Plateau (2006-09-30) Just to the East of the Cedar Breaks you will find the rolling hills of the Markagunt Plateau. The breaks expand a few feet every century. In a few short millenia, this road will be sucked into the abyss.
Alpine Pond (2006-09-30) This is the alpine pond that you visit on the Alpine Pond trail. This little dip is interesting in that this pond is a few hundred yards from dramatic cliffs.
Mule Deer (2006-09-30) Mule Deer at Cedar Breaks.
Two Mule Deer (2006-09-30) A mother and fawn mule deer in the forest along the Alpine Trail.
Plateau (2006-09-30) The top of the breaks is a flat plateau.
Alpine PondTrail (2006-09-30) Fall colors on the Alpine Pond Trail at Cedar Breaks.
North View (2006-09-30) A view from the North View view point.
North View (2006-09-30) The North View point gives a detailed glimpse of the upper layers of the breaks.
Cedar Breaks Ridge (2006-09-30)
Cedar Breaks National Monument is a three square mile natural ampitheater composed of multicolored sedimentary rock 2000 feet deep. The upper rim of the park is over 10,000 feet in altitude, the park is adjacent to Brian Head Ski area. The area around the park is a popular for cross country skiers in the chilly winters.
The breaks expose the Claron formation which has layers of sandstone, siltstone, dolomite, limestone with a variety of mineral deposits giving the rocks colors from white to a salmon pink. These layers of sandstone are relatively young. They were deposited in the Eocene era, 60-40 million years ago. The Claron formation is even younger than the Morrison layer where paleontologists find the dinosaur fossils. The Claron layers have eroded away from other prominent features of the Colorado Plateau such as Zion and Arches.
The Paiutes called the Cedar Breaks area un-cap-i-un-ump translated as Circle of Painted Cliffs. Early Mormon pioneers gave the area the name Cedar Breaks. The cliffs are a break in the Markagunt Plateau to the East. The pioneers had misidentified the junipers in the base of the canyon as cedars.
Cedar Breaks was declared a national monument on August 22, 1933 during the second year of the National Park system. The visitor center was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938.
Context: Desert
Navajo Lake (13 pictures) Navajo Lake is to the South of Cedar Breaks.
Cedar City, Utah (93 pictures) Cedar City, Utah sits at the mouth of the Cedar Canyon to the West of Cedar Breaks.
Cedar Canyon (23 pictures) State Road 14 runs from Cedar City to the top of the Plateau.
Zion National Park (66 pictures) Many people combine a visit to Cedar Breaks with their trip to Zion National Park.
Brian Head (23 pictures) Brian Head Mountain and ski resort is due North of Cedar Breaks.
Parowan, Utah (30 pictures) Parowan, Utah is Northwest of Cedar Breaks.
National Parks (6 pictures) Pictures of other National Parks.
Kolob Canyon (36 pictures) This gallery shows pictures of the Kolob Canyon section of Zion National Park.
Kolob Plateau (26 pictures) The Kolob Plateau is South of Cedar Breaks, you can access this area in summer through a series of back roads.


What I find interesting it's the same promotors trying to implement this rule on sponsor logos that refused to put Sky Sports logo on team suits and bike covers unless extra money was given yet were quite happy to already take the league sponsorship money and tv rights money.
Nicholls instead of Proctor anyone?
Thompson Twins and an ex Tiger looks like the starting point for the Leicester NL team.
Pete used to attend Leicester Speedway and do some odd jobs like litter collecting and cutting the grass in the week. However he was permanently barred from the stadium due to being abusive to stewards and away supporters he seemed very opinionated in his views. From what I personally saw there was no signs of his wrong doing while at the Speedway and goes to show how shocking some people's personalities and lives can be.
Crump99- This year even among the promoters there has been lots of talks and views on how to move the sport forward in the UK some of which are quite radical. Some promotions want to strip the Championship back to cut costs so NL standard reserves and no top riders like Nick Morris,Craig Cook,Ricky Wells,Danny King,Scott Nicholls etc so number ones become your MPT,Garrity,Summers In the Premiership you have clubs that want no doubling up others want more. Some want more meetings others don't So until it is agreed at the AGM what the league format is going to be and what other teams are going to be in the leagues some clubs are unsure which way to go. As I have explained previously Peterborough have issues over Sunday racing with stadium availability and rider availability too.
The most important thing is Peterborough are running and subject to the BSPA members acceptance of the new ownership Ged and Neil can make the best decisions for the club depending on the outcome of the league structure talks.
It's interesting to read other Leicester fans comments about the possibility of dropping down to the Championship. The question I would like to ask would you still support the club and a move down a league if the Championship was at a lower level than what it is now. For example no Nick Morris,Danny King,Craig Cook,Ricky Wells,Scott Nicholls,Rory Schlien etc but instead riders like MPT,Ben Barker,Aaron Summers,Charles Wright are your number ones with National League standard riders like Connor Mountain,Tom Brennan,Jordan Jenkins being at reserve and no2 in the team ?


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Team USA readies for Switzerland Davis Cup challenge
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By Ashley Marshall, USTA.com
United States Davis Cup captain Jim Courier said his team is taking nothing for granted as it prepares for its World Group first-round tie against Switzerland in Birmingham, Ala., this weekend.
The U.S. squad is made up of four Top 40 players, led by Davis Cup veteran John Isner and world No. 20 Jack Sock. By contrast, the top-ranked Swiss player set to face America is Henri Laaksonen, who sits at No. 127.
Despite the strength and depth suiting up for Team USA, Courier insisted there's no complacency ahead of the best-of-five contest, held at the Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex from Feb. 3-5.
"Rankings don't mean anything," Courier said at Tuesday's pre-draw press conference. "Once you get on the court, the ball doesn't care what your ranking is. You have to hit the shots and win the points.
"We come in ready to play and ready to fight for every point. We don't expect it to be easy. We're confident that we have four great players here ready to go to battle in five matches."
Joining Sock and Isner, ranked 23rd, are Sam Querrey, who climbed five spots to No. 27 after the Australian Open, and Steve Johnson, ranked 31st.
Swiss captain Severin Luthi has nominated No. 146 Marco Chiudinelli, No. 485 Adrien Bossel and No. 598 Antione Bellier to join Laaksonen to face the U.S. Neither of Switzerland's two stars – world No. 4 Stan Wawrinka and newly minted Australian Open champion champion Roger Federer – will play in the tie.
Isner said hosting a tie and playing in front of a home crowd is always an added advantage, and he's anticipating a loud partisan crowd to cheer Team USA on to the quarterfinals.
Fans sold out the lower bowl of the BJCC, prompting organizers to open up the upper bowl to accommodate additional fans who were eager to see the U.S. in action.
"We're all comfortable playing in the United States," said Isner, who will be playing his 13th tie. "We all enjoy Birmingham very much. This town is awesome. We can sort of feel the enthusiasm already. We had the kids' clinic yesterday (pictured above). They were all into it. We're expecting a good crowd. That's going to help us out a lot, as well."
The biggest difference to the U.S. team compared with previous years is the absence of Mike and Bob Bryan. The twins announced they were retiring from Davis Cup competition earlier this month after 14 years competing for Team USA.
"We were blessed to have Bob and Mike on our team for so many years," Courier said. "They're incredible. We'll miss them for sure. I have a lot of confidence in these guys. Any combination of these four players would be a very, very good doubles team. It is different to not have Bob and Mike here. I wouldn't say it's better, but I would say that we feel comfortable that we have great options at our disposal for all of the matches."
Added Querrey: "I think all of us are big team guys. It's special to be part of this group. I think we're all really fortunate to be here. It's an individual sport 90 percent of the year. So any time you can get together with a team and cheer everyone on, be part of something a little different, it's real exciting."
The winner of this weekend's tie advances to the World Group quarterfinals, April 7-9, and will play either the Czech Republic or Australia. The losing nation will compete in the World Group Playoff, Sept. 15-17, for the right to remain in the World Group in 2018.
The U.S. holds a 3-1 record over Switzerland in Davis Cup, last meeting in the 2012 World Group First Round in Fribourg, Switzerland.


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Q: ElasticSearch searching hyphened text with whitespace instead dash on the query I have indexed data (person) with firstName = "Jean-Marc", and I would like to be able to find this person using a combination of different queries, for example for the firstName "Jean-Marc" it should be possible to search with:
"Jean-Marc" and "Jean Marc" (with whitespace or dash)
Here is the mapping :
  "firstName": {
    "type": "keyword",
    "normalizer": "keyword_normalizer",
    "fields": {
      "analysed": {
        "type": "text",
        "analyzer": "hyphen_analyzer",
        "search_analyzer": "standard",
        "fielddata": true
      }
    }
  }

And the setting :
"char_filter": {
    "allowOnlyChar": {
        "pattern": "[^A-Za-z]",
        "type": "pattern_replace",
        "replacement": " "
    }
}

"analyzer": {
    "hyphen_analyzers": {
        "filter": "lowercase",
        "char_filter": [
            "allowOnlyChar"
        ],
        "type": "custom",
        "tokenizer": "standard"
    }
}

I get the person when I keep the dash, but no result with whitespace query
I use elastic 6.2.4

A: Define your analyser :
"char_filter": {
    "allowOnlyChar": {
        "pattern": "[^A-Za-z]",
        "type": "pattern_replace",
        "replacement": " "
    }
}

"analyzer": {
    "yourAnalyzer": {
        "filter": "lowercase",
        "char_filter": [
            "allowOnlyChar"
        ],
        "type": "custom",
        "tokenizer": "standard"
    }
}

And of course index your documents with this analyser.
"analyzer": "yourAnalyzer"
link to doc: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-pattern-replace-charfilter.html


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Q: Thousands of TaskCanceledException exceptions Over a period of ~24 hours we received thousands of errors on one specific server for all page loads.  The errors take the form:
Event code: 3005
Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.
Event time: 4/20/2019 1:43:47 PM
Event time (UTC): 4/20/2019 1:43:47 PM
Event sequence: 554231
Event occurrence: 12592
Event detail code: 0

Process information:
    Process ID: 6888
    Process name: w3wp.exe
    Account name: IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool

Exception information:
    Exception type: TaskCanceledException
    Exception message: A task was canceled.
   at StackExchange.Redis.ConnectionMultiplexer.Wait(Task task) in C:\projects\stackexchange-redis\src\StackExchange.Redis\ConnectionMultiplexer.cs:line 543
   at StackExchange.Redis.RedisSubscriber.StackExchange.Redis.ISubscriber.Subscribe(RedisChannel channel, Action`2 handler, CommandFlags flags) in C:\projects\stackexchange-redis\src\StackExchange.Redis\RedisSubscriber.cs:line 471
   at C3.Code.Controls.Application.Caching.Redis.PubSub.PubSubController.SubscribeToCacheKey(RedisChannel cacheKey, Action`2 onMessageReceived) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\Code\Controls\Application\Caching\Redis\PubSub\PubSubController.cs:line 45
   at C3.Code.Controls.Application.Caching.Manager.Manager.Callbacks.OnGotten[T](String cacheKey, CacheType fromType, T objectGot) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\Code\Controls\Application\Caching\Manager\Callbacks.cs:line 99
   at C3.Code.Controls.Application.Caching.Manager.Manager.Get[T](String key, Func`1 getFromExternFunction, Boolean skipLocalCaches) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\Code\Controls\Application\Caching\Manager\Manager.cs:line 131
   at C3.PageControls.Forums.TopicRender.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\PageControls\Forums\TopicRender.ascx.cs:line 42
   at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

     Thread information:
    Thread ID: 448
    Thread account name: IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool
    Is impersonating: False
    Stack trace:    at StackExchange.Redis.ConnectionMultiplexer.Wait(Task task) in C:\projects\stackexchange-redis\src\StackExchange.Redis\ConnectionMultiplexer.cs:line 543
   at StackExchange.Redis.RedisSubscriber.StackExchange.Redis.ISubscriber.Subscribe(RedisChannel channel, Action`2 handler, CommandFlags flags) in C:\projects\stackexchange-redis\src\StackExchange.Redis\RedisSubscriber.cs:line 471
   at C3.Code.Controls.Application.Caching.Redis.PubSub.PubSubController.SubscribeToCacheKey(RedisChannel cacheKey, Action`2 onMessageReceived) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\Code\Controls\Application\Caching\Redis\PubSub\PubSubController.cs:line 45
   at C3.Code.Controls.Application.Caching.Manager.Manager.Callbacks.OnGotten[T](String cacheKey, CacheType fromType, T objectGot) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\Code\Controls\Application\Caching\Manager\Callbacks.cs:line 99
   at C3.Code.Controls.Application.Caching.Manager.Manager.Get[T](String key, Func`1 getFromExternFunction, Boolean skipLocalCaches) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\Code\Controls\Application\Caching\Manager\Manager.cs:line 131
   at C3.PageControls.Forums.TopicRender.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Construct.net\Source\C3Alpha2\PageControls\Forums\TopicRender.ascx.cs:line 42
   at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

The exceptions appeared to of cleared up on their own afterwards.  Am lost on what could possible be causing these errors.  Does anyone know the cause?
All our nuget packages are up to date, as is our webservers.

A: Are you subscribed or consuming Azure Cache for Redis at the Basic, Standard, or Premium pricing tier (Service Tier Comparison)? I believe you have experienced a cache service interruption. The Premium tier offers Redis clustering, which will mitigate any service interruptions. The Standard tier offers replication for disaster recovery but any service interruptions will need to be mitigated through a retry mechanism in your application. Basic tier offers only a single node and has no replication or clustering capabilities.
Also, please ensure you are implementing the HomeController class through a similar method, per this tutorial.
public ActionResult RedisCache()
{
    ViewBag.Message = "A simple example with Azure Cache for Redis on ASP.NET.";

    var lazyConnection = new Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer>(() =>
    {
        string cacheConnection = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["CacheConnection"].ToString();
        return ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(cacheConnection);
    });

    // Connection refers to a property that returns a ConnectionMultiplexer
    // as shown in the previous example.
    IDatabase cache = lazyConnection.Value.GetDatabase();

    // Perform cache operations using the cache object...

    // Simple PING command
    ViewBag.command1 = "PING";
    ViewBag.command1Result = cache.Execute(ViewBag.command1).ToString();

    // Simple get and put of integral data types into the cache
    ViewBag.command2 = "GET Message";
    ViewBag.command2Result = cache.StringGet("Message").ToString();

    ViewBag.command3 = "SET Message \"Hello! The cache is working from ASP.NET!\"";
    ViewBag.command3Result = cache.StringSet("Message", "Hello! The cache is working from ASP.NET!").ToString();

    // Demonstrate "SET Message" executed as expected...
    ViewBag.command4 = "GET Message";
    ViewBag.command4Result = cache.StringGet("Message").ToString();

    // Get the client list, useful to see if connection list is growing...
    ViewBag.command5 = "CLIENT LIST";
    ViewBag.command5Result = cache.Execute("CLIENT", "LIST").ToString().Replace(" id=", "\rid=");

    lazyConnection.Value.Dispose();

    return View();
}

And are calling the correct FQDN for the cache, as this is important if you are subscribed to the Premium tier but only pointed at one instance in the cluster.
If you investigate this issue and find you are seeing timeout or multiple disconnect issues, the following doc has some guidance on this specific issue.


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Calvin Wayne "Cal" Myron, 79, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at Good Shepherd Hospice House. Cal was born October 3, 1941, in Torrance, California, the son of Thor C. and Hilda (Andrade) Myron. He attended grade school in California and graduated from Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California. In 1963, Cal married Rosann Bonanno in Torrance, California. They had four daughters, and later divorced. Cal then married Mary Jo Mullen; they also divorced. For most of Cal's adult life, he was a construction contractor, building both commercial and residential buildings. For many years, he owned his own construction business in Signal Hill, California. In his younger years, he enjoyed playing golf and bowling. He was an avid football fan, with his long-standing team of choice being the Oakland Raiders, now the Las Vegas Raiders. Cal was an avid reader and especially enjoyed action mysteries by Clive Cussler. Upon starting retirement in Kingman, Arizona, he ultimately relocated to Manhattan where he became a member of the DAV Auxiliary, Unit 28. Cal is survived by his three daughters: Kari Myron, Trabuco Canyon, California, and her daughter, Riley Sage Beeler; Karin Hansen, St. George, and her children: Kevin, Tayler Skye, and David; and Kristin Myron Gray (Steve), Manhattan, and her daughter, Jilliann Isabella; Cal's siblings: Roger Myron (Ninfa), Memphis, Tennessee; Mag Ross, Mission Viejo, California; and Donna Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Cal was preceded in death by his daughter, Krista Ann, his parents, his ex-wife, Mary Jo, his sister, Frances Christensen, and his son-in-law, Jeffrey Beeler. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on September 11, 2021, from 2-4pm at Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego. Inurnment will be held in October at Green Hills Cemetery, Palos Verdes, California. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, http://connect.chla.org/goto/CalMyronFamily, or sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.campanellastewart.com.
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Tasmanian Tiger:
Scientists in the US and Australia have embarked on a $15-million project to resurrect the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s, using gene-editing technology.
Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), the only animal in the Thylacinidae family to survive in modern times, was a marsupial mammal that raises young ones in a pouch.
They were slow-paced carnivorous that usually hunted alone or in pairs at night.
The sharply clawed animal had a dog-like head and ate kangaroos, other marsupials, small rodents, and birds.
The animal was at the top of the food chain, and hence played a significant role in balancing the ecosystem of its habitat by removing the weak animals and maintaining species diversity.
As the thylacine was the only apex predator in its ecosystem, its absence impacted the Tasmanian Devil, which was almost wiped out by a facial tumour disease.
Current Affairs, Environment Current Affairs20th Aug 2022
Tiger Triumph Exercise 2022
Tiger Triumph Exercise: The Tiger Triumph exercise was jointly conducted by the United States and Indian militaries in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The "Tiger Triumph" tabletop simulation was organized at India's…
Vidabha Tiger Corridors
Vidabha Tiger Corridors: In a first-of-its-kind project, radio telemetry has been deployed to identify corridors used by tigers in the Vidarbha landscape, tracking their actual movement. The study indicates that…
Tiger T23
Order Issued To Hunt Tiger T23: The Male Tiger (name T23) has been responsible for the death of four persons in villages around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (TN). Efforts to capture…
Pandemic Treaty
First Long Range Forecast (LRF) For 2022 : IMD
National Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Indus River Dolphin Census
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Ikki Jathre : Festival Of Rice
Arms Report 2021 : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Global TB Report 2022 : WHO
Chabahar Day Conference
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Handbook : NITI Aayog
Sabarmati Ashram Revamp


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Q: RF antenna and ground plane In RF design when antennas are used it is said that the antennas require a larger ground reference.If they have suggested a ground reference and if we are using a smaller one than recommended will it effect the performance so badly?
Also while we are designing if we have a GPS antenna which requires a 50*50 mm ground plane and a 4G antenna which also obviously require a large ground plane, can we do such that we can share the ground plane for both the antenna? will it affect the performance?
we are pouring ground plane on the top  layer and also on the layer beneath it so is it enough ?
we cant increase the board size much since it is also a constraint

A: Yes, a smaller ground plane will affect your performance. By how much, you will have to measure and compare to the theoretical numbers.
Yes, they can share the ground plane.
Your ground plane should be solid (have no other traces), if possible.

A: The dimensions of the ground plane have an impact on the radiation characteristics of the antenna such as gain and directivity. In the context of patch antennas, we use full ground as well as partial ground. It all depends on the performance requirements of the application for which the antenna is designed. For a rectangular patch antenna, it is suggested to use a ground plane larger than the dimensions of the radiating patch so that back radiations might be re-radiated back in the forward direction.
You might see a defective ground plane structure or slotted ground planes in designs and research works. They are done aimed at achieving frequency filtering properties (FSS). Again, the ground plane is essentially a conductor.


For anyone who – like us – didn't grow up with a hurricane: It's basically the sum of a lot of water and a lot of wind going in a big circle. Wind speeds up to 52 km/h are called tropical depressions, up to 102 km/h are called a tropical storm and faster than 102 km/h are called a hurricane. Tropical depressions are numbered while tropical storms and hurricanes are considered "named" storms.
Hurricanes cause damage primarily by flooding and blowing stuff away. 90% of deaths by hurricane are caused by drowning. Coconuts flying around are a problem as well as mudslides. And the odd crocodile or snake flushed into your ground floor may be an annoyance as well.
What happens during a hurricane in Belize?
The information infrastructure of a country that is as experienced in hurricanes as Belize is very good. Depending on their house (wood vs. stone) and their personal situation, people will stay at home up until a hurricane category 2 or 3. Lots of houses are built on stilts and most have thick iron bars in front of the windows – doubling as coconut and theft protection.
Most companies have their own hurricane plan in place, some even have dedicated disaster managers. If a company makes the call, operations are shut down and employees are sent home and encouraged to evacuate.
Evacuation usually means packing up your stuff and heading west into the mountains. There, people stay with relatives, at hotels or at public shelters like High Schools. When a town is evacuated, military and police take over to keep looting down to an acceptable level.
1-3 days after the hurricane has passed, people return and begin to rebuild. NGOs like the Red Cross provide aide and food.
In the German version of this article, I quoted different friends who had different views ranging from once a year to once in ten years.
There's a gazillion websites on this. We use http://www.stormpulse.com – because it has a lot of info. And it is pretty.
This is a list of what we keep at home at all times. It's based on having to stay at home for 10 days – even though we expect to be stranded for 3-5 day tops. 100% security buffer on top!
Should we have to bail, this what we take with us. We are planning for a 3 days trip – which is also very conservatively calculated. In three days, you can probably walk across this country. Realistically, we need about 3h to the evacuation spots without trouble, 6h if its rough.
We looked at the 4 most popular evacuation spots for Belizeans. We prioritized them so that we would know where to go even if we were separated and can't communicate. We picked affordable hotels with internet access and have the list with phone numbers always handy – this way we don't need to research when we're running from the storm.
There are two main reasons why we wrote down our decision rules. First, it's far better to think about scenarios and how to react when you're relaxed and don't have a storm blasting in the door. Secondly, if we do get separated, we will know what the other does without communicating. Based on the rules. This isn't likely, but could still easily happen (Holger is traveling on business, forgets his cell charger and can't call).
We compiled the rules in the form of a mindmap / decision tree. Best case is obviously to talk on the phone.
What are your thoughts? What did we forget? What would you take? How would you decide?
In the list of supplies to have at home, you forgot rum, coke and ice ;-).
thank god someone finally saw this.
Maybe your German readers are assuming that you have an underground cellar full of beer?!


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package com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.networkRestore;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;

import com.sleepycat.je.CheckpointConfig;
import com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseException;
import com.sleepycat.je.Environment;
import com.sleepycat.je.EnvironmentFailureException;
import com.sleepycat.je.EnvironmentMutableConfig;
import com.sleepycat.je.config.EnvironmentParams;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.InsufficientLogException;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.NetworkRestore;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.NetworkRestoreConfig;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.ReplicatedEnvironment;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.ReplicationConfig;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.ReplicationNode;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.RepImpl;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.RepNodeImpl;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.RepParams;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.RepTestBase;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.networkRestore.NetworkBackup.InsufficientVLSNRangeException;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.networkRestore.NetworkBackup.LoadThresholdExceededException;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.node.NameIdPair;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.node.RepNode;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.utilint.RepTestUtils;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.utilint.RepTestUtils.RepEnvInfo;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.utilint.ServiceDispatcher.ServiceConnectFailedException;
import com.sleepycat.je.rep.vlsn.VLSNIndex;
import com.sleepycat.je.utilint.VLSN;

public class NetworkRestoreTest extends RepTestBase {

    /*
     * Repeats of network restore operations, as the master advances the log
     * with modifications during each iteration.
     */
    private static int RESTORE_CYCLES = 5;

    @Override
    protected void setUp()
        throws Exception {

        super.setUp();
    }

    @Override
    protected void tearDown()
        throws Exception {

        super.tearDown();
    }

    public void testLogProviders() {
        configureForMaxCleaning(5);
        final RepEnvInfo minfo = repEnvInfo[0];

        createGroup();
        populateDB(minfo.getEnv(), TEST_DB_NAME, 100);

        /* The node that will be use for network restores. */
        RepEnvInfo nrInfo = repEnvInfo[1];

        /* restore from master. */
        doAndCheckRestore(nrInfo, minfo);
        /* Check restore from specific Replica. */
        doAndCheckRestore(nrInfo, repEnvInfo[2]);
        /* restore from self should fail. */
        try {
            doAndCheckRestore(nrInfo, repEnvInfo[1]);
            fail("exception expected");
        } catch (EnvironmentFailureException e) {
            // Expected. Cannot restore from just yourself.
        }
    }

    public void testConfigError() {
        configureForMaxCleaning(5);
        final RepEnvInfo minfo = repEnvInfo[0];

        createGroup();
        populateDB(minfo.getEnv(), TEST_DB_NAME, 100);
        RepEnvInfo nrInfo = repEnvInfo[1];
        nrInfo.closeEnv();
        shiftVLSNRight(repEnvInfo[0].getEnv());
        try {
            nrInfo.openEnv();
            fail("exception expected");
        } catch (InsufficientLogException e) {
            NetworkRestore networkRestore = new NetworkRestore();

            final ReplicationConfig repConfig = repEnvInfo[0].getRepConfig();
            // bad node name
            repConfig.setNodeName("badname");
            ReplicationNode restoreNode = new RepNodeImpl(repConfig);
            final NetworkRestoreConfig config = new NetworkRestoreConfig();
            config.setLogProviders(Arrays.asList(restoreNode));
            try {
                networkRestore.execute(e, config);
                fail("exception expected");
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
                // Expected
            }
        }
    }

    /*
     * Creates conditions for a network restore at nrInfo and then restores the
     * node form a specific member.
     */
    private void doAndCheckRestore(RepEnvInfo nrInfo,
                                   RepEnvInfo restoreFromInfo) {
        nrInfo.closeEnv();
        shiftVLSNRight(repEnvInfo[0].getEnv());
        try {
            nrInfo.openEnv();
            fail("exception expected");
        } catch (InsufficientLogException e) {
            NetworkRestore networkRestore = new NetworkRestore();
            ReplicationNode restoreNode =
                new RepNodeImpl(restoreFromInfo.getRepConfig());
            final NetworkRestoreConfig config = new NetworkRestoreConfig();
            config.setLogProviders(Arrays.asList(restoreNode));
            networkRestore.execute(e, config);
            assertEquals(restoreNode, networkRestore.getLogProvider());
            nrInfo.openEnv();
        }
    }

    /**
     * This is really multiple tests in one. It tests network restore with a
     * replica in each of the following three states:
     *
     * 1) A brand new node joining the group and needing a network restore.
     *
     * 2) An existing node with its own unique log needing a network restore.
     *
     * 3) Repeated network restores, reflecting a mature node.
     */
    public void testBasic()
        throws DatabaseException, Exception {

        configureForMaxCleaning(2);

        final RepEnvInfo info1 = repEnvInfo[0];
        RepEnvInfo info2 = repEnvInfo[1];

        ReplicatedEnvironment masterRep = info1.openEnv();
        Environment menv = masterRep;
        EnvironmentMutableConfig mconfig = menv.getMutableConfig();
        mconfig.setConfigParam(EnvironmentParams.ENV_RUN_CLEANER.getName(),
                               "false");
        menv.setMutableConfig(mconfig);

        /*
         * Have just the master join first. We do this to test the special case
         * of a brand new node joining a group and needing VLSN 1. The same
         * node then rejoins with its VLSN > 1 to test subsequent rejoins
         * where the node has already participated in the replication.
         */
        populateDB(masterRep, TEST_DB_NAME, 100);

        mconfig = menv.getMutableConfig();
        mconfig.setConfigParam(EnvironmentParams.ENV_RUN_CLEANER.getName(),
                               "true");
        menv.setMutableConfig(mconfig);

        File cenvDir = info2.getEnvHome();
        final int cid = 2;

        for (int i=0; i < RESTORE_CYCLES; i++) {

            leaveGroupAllButMaster();
            shiftVLSNRight(masterRep);
            RepNodeImpl memberPrev =
                info1.getRepNode().getGroup().getMember
                 (info2.getRepConfig().getNodeName());
            /* Node1 is not known on the first iteration. */
            final VLSN prevSync = (i == 0) ? null :
                memberPrev.getBarrierState().getLastCBVLSN();
            try {
                // Should force a network restore
                info2.openEnv();
                fail("exception expected");
            } catch (InsufficientLogException e) {
                RepNodeImpl member = info1.getRepNode().getGroup().getMember
                    (info2.getRepConfig().getNodeName());
                /*
                 * The sync state should have been advanced to help contribute
                 * to the global CBVLSN and prevent it from advancing.
                 */
                final VLSN currSync = member.getBarrierState().getLastCBVLSN();
                assertTrue((i == 0) || currSync.compareTo(prevSync) >= 0);

                NetworkRestore networkRestore = new NetworkRestore();
                networkRestore.execute(e, new NetworkRestoreConfig());
                /* Create a replacement replicator. */
                info2 = RepTestUtils.setupEnvInfo
                    (cenvDir,
                     RepTestUtils.DEFAULT_DURABILITY,
                     cid,
                     info1);
                info2.openEnv();
            }
            /* Verify that we can continue with the "restored" log files. */
            populateDB(masterRep, TEST_DB_NAME, 100, 100);
            VLSN commitVLSN =
                RepTestUtils.syncGroupToLastCommit(repEnvInfo, 2);
            RepTestUtils.checkNodeEquality(commitVLSN, false, repEnvInfo);
            info2.closeEnv();
        }
    }

    private void configureForMaxCleaning(int size) {
        for (int i=0; i < size; i++) {
            /*
             * Obsolete right away for test purposes, so that the max CBVLSN
             * is effectively the global CBVLSN
             */
            repEnvInfo[i].getRepConfig().setConfigParam
                (RepParams.REP_STREAM_TIMEOUT.getName(), "0");
            repEnvInfo[i].getRepConfig().setConfigParam
                (RepParams.CBVLSN_PAD.getName(), "500");
            /* Make it easy to create cleaner fodder. */
            repEnvInfo[i].getEnvConfig().setConfigParam
                (EnvironmentParams.LOG_FILE_MAX.getName(), "10000");
            repEnvInfo[i].getEnvConfig().setConfigParam
                (EnvironmentParams.CLEANER_MIN_UTILIZATION.getName(), "90");
            repEnvInfo[i].getEnvConfig().setConfigParam
            (EnvironmentParams.CLEANER_MIN_FILE_UTILIZATION.getName(), "90");
        }
    }

    /*
     * Provoke sufficient log cleaning to move the entire VLSN right
     * sufficiently that the new VLSN range no longer overlaps the VLSN
     * range upon entry thus guaranteeing a LogFileRefreshException.
     */
    private void shiftVLSNRight(ReplicatedEnvironment menv) {
        /* Shift the vlsn range window. */

        RepImpl menvImpl = repEnvInfo[0].getRepImpl();
        final VLSNIndex vlsnIndex = menvImpl.getRepNode().getVLSNIndex();
        VLSN masterHigh = vlsnIndex.getRange().getLast();

        CheckpointConfig checkpointConfig = new CheckpointConfig();
        checkpointConfig.setForce(true);

        do {
            /* Populate just the master, leaving the replica behind */
            /* Re-populate with the same keys to create Cleaner fodder. */
            populateDB(menv, TEST_DB_NAME, 100);
            /*
             * Sleep to permit the cbvlsn on the master to be updated. It's
             * done with the period: FeederManager.MASTER_CHANGE_CHECK_TIMEOUT
             */
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                fail("unexpected interrupt");
            }
            menv.cleanLog();
            menv.checkpoint(checkpointConfig);
        } while (masterHigh.compareTo(vlsnIndex.getRange().getFirst()) > 0);

        masterHigh = vlsnIndex.getRange().getLast();
    }

    /*
     * Test the API: RepNode.shutdownNetworkBackup/restartNetworkBackup service
     * used to disable the service around a replica syncup operation.
     */
    public void testLockout()
        throws IOException {

        repEnvInfo[0].openEnv();
        RepNode repNode = repEnvInfo[0].getRepNode();
        leaveGroupAllButMaster();

        repNode.shutdownNetworkBackup();
        File backupDir =
            new File(repEnvInfo[1].getEnvHome().getCanonicalPath() +
                     ".backup");
        backupDir.mkdir();
        assertTrue(backupDir.exists());

        try {
            NetworkBackup backup =
                new NetworkBackup(repNode.getSocket(),
                                  backupDir,
                                  new NameIdPair("n1", (short)1),
                                  true);
            backup.execute();
            fail("expected exception service should not have been available");
        } catch (ServiceConnectFailedException e) {
            /* Expected. */
        } catch (Exception e) {
            fail("unexpected exception");
        }

        repNode.restartNetworkBackup();
        try {
            NetworkBackup backup =
                new NetworkBackup(repNode.getSocket(),
                                  backupDir,
                                  new NameIdPair("n1", (short)1),
                                  true);
            backup.execute();
        }  catch (Exception e) {
            fail("unexpected exception:" + e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Verify that a NetworkBackup that's in progress is aborted by
     * repNode.shutdownNetworkRestore() and therefore during a rollback
     * operation.
     */
    public void testNBAbortOnSyncup()
        throws IOException,
               DatabaseException,
               ServiceConnectFailedException,
               LoadThresholdExceededException, InsufficientVLSNRangeException {

        repEnvInfo[0].openEnv();
        final RepNode repNode = repEnvInfo[0].getRepNode();
        leaveGroupAllButMaster();
        File backupDir =
            new File(repEnvInfo[1].getEnvHome().getCanonicalPath() +
                     ".backup");

        NetworkBackup backup =
            new NetworkBackup(repNode.getSocket(),
                              backupDir,
                              new NameIdPair("n1", (short)1),
                              true);
        CyclicBarrier testBarrier =
            new CyclicBarrier(1, new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    /* The syncup should kill the NB */
                    repNode.shutdownNetworkBackup();
                }
            }
        );
        backup.setTestBarrier(testBarrier);
        try {
            backup.execute();
            fail("Expected exception");
        } catch(IOException e) {
            /* Expected exception as in progress service was terminated. */
        }
    }
}

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The 8th General Assembly of Islamic Radios and Televisions Union is scheduled to open here in Tehran this weekend with representatives from 35 countries in attendance, a senior organizer of the international event announced.
This year, more than 220 TV and radio stations and networks from 35 countries will participate in in the general assembly, secretary of media and advertising committee of the general assembly, Mahmoud Ashtari said on Wednesday.
The three-day event is planned to be held in the Iranian capital on Saturday, August 15.
Meantime, the 6th Ettehad Festival will be held on the sidelines of the general assembly, Ashtari stated, adding that in the festival, the TV and radio networks display their products and the best works will be awarded.
The gathering had been opened with a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh also addressed the assembly live from Gaza City via video conference.


text:
import email.utils
import traceback
import hashlib
import logging
import json
import requests

from datapackage import DataPackage
from tableschema_sql import Storage
from os_api_cache import get_os_cache

from .callbacks import *
from .model_registry import ModelRegistry
from .config import get_engine
from .fdp_utils import fdp_to_model
from .db_utils import database_name, table_name_for_package
from .row_processor import RowProcessor

def noop(*args, **kw):
    pass

class FDPLoader(object):
    """
    Utility class for loading FDPs to the DB
    """

    def __init__(self, engine=None):
        if engine is None:
            self.engine = get_engine()
        else:
            self.engine = engine
        self.package = None
        self.model = None
        self.model_name = None
        self.dpo = None
        self.datapackage_name = None
        self.fullname = None
        self.registry = ModelRegistry()
        self.last_package_descriptor = None
        self.last_loading_success = None
        self.callback = noop

    def check_hashes(self, resource):
        logging.info('Checking hashes of currently loaded data')

        current_schema_hash = self.last_package_descriptor\
                                .get('resources', ({},))[0]\
                                .get('_schema_hash')
        logging.info('Loaded resource descriptor hash is %s', current_schema_hash)

        new_schema_hash = dict((k, v)
                               for k, v in resource.descriptor.items()
                               if not k.startswith('_'))
        new_schema_hash['_model'] = self.dpo.descriptor.get('model', {})
        new_schema_hash = json.dumps(new_schema_hash, sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=True)
        new_schema_hash = new_schema_hash.encode('ascii')
        new_schema_hash = hashlib.md5(new_schema_hash).hexdigest()
        logging.info('Loading resource descriptor hash is %s', new_schema_hash)

        current_data_hash = self.last_package_descriptor \
            .get('resources', ({},))[0] \
            .get('_data_hash')
        logging.info('Loaded resource data hash is %s', current_data_hash)

        new_data_hash = None
        remote_url = resource.source
        if remote_url and remote_url.startswith('http'):
            response = requests.head(remote_url)
            new_data_hash = response.headers.get('etag')
        logging.info('Loading resource data hash is %s', new_data_hash)

        resource.descriptor['_schema_hash'] = new_schema_hash
        resource.descriptor['_data_hash'] = new_data_hash

        ret = (current_schema_hash != new_schema_hash) or\
              (current_data_hash != new_data_hash) or\
              (not self.last_loading_success)

        if ret:
            logging.info('Looks like stuff changed, loading data')
        else:
            logging.info('Looks like nothing major changed, skipping data load')

        return ret

    def status_update(self, **kwargs):
        if self.model_name is not None:
            try:
                _name, _, _package, _model, _dataset, \
                _author, _loading_status, _loaded = \
                    self.registry.get_raw(self.model_name)
                if self.last_package_descriptor is None:
                    self.last_package_descriptor = _package
                if self.last_loading_success is None:
                    self.last_loading_success = _loading_status == STATUS_DONE
            except KeyError:
                _name = self.model_name
                _package = {}
                _model = {}
                _dataset = ''
                _author = ''
                _loading_status = None
                _loaded = False
                self.last_package_descriptor = {}
                self.last_loading_success = False

            if self.model is not None:
                _model = self.model
            if self.dpo is not None:
                _package = self.dpo.descriptor
            if self.datapackage_name is not None:
                _dataset = self.datapackage_name
            if self.fullname is not None:
                _author = self.fullname
            status = kwargs.get('status')
            if status is not None:
                _loading_status = status
                _loaded = status == STATUS_DONE
            self.registry.save_model(_name, self.package, _package,
                                     _model, _dataset, _author,
                                     _loading_status, _loaded)
        self.callback(**kwargs)

    def load_fdp_to_db(self, package, callback=noop):
        """
        Load an FDP to the database, create a babbage model and save it as well
        :param package: URL for the datapackage.json
        :param callback: callback to use to send progress updates
        """

        self.callback = callback
        self.package = package

        # Load and validate the datapackage
        self.status_update(status=STATUS_LOADING_DATAPACKAGE)
        self.dpo = DataPackage(package)
        self.status_update(status=STATUS_VALIDATING_DATAPACKAGE)
        self.dpo.validate()
        self.status_update(status=STATUS_LOADING_RESOURCE)
        resource = self.dpo.resources[0]
        schema = resource.descriptor['schema']

        # Use the cube manager to get the table name
        self.datapackage_name = self.dpo.descriptor['name']
        datapackage_owner = self.dpo.descriptor['owner']
        datapackage_author = self.dpo.descriptor['author']

        # Get the full name from the author field, and rewrite it without the email
        self.fullname, email_addr = email.utils.parseaddr(datapackage_author)
        email_addr = email_addr.split('@')[0] + '@not.shown'
        self.dpo.descriptor['author'] = '{0} <{1}>'.format(self.fullname, email_addr)
        self.dpo.descriptor.setdefault('private', True)

        self.model_name = "{0}:{1}".format(datapackage_owner, self.datapackage_name)
        table_name = table_name_for_package(datapackage_owner, self.datapackage_name)

        try:
            all_fields = set()
            field_translation = {}
            # Process schema - slugify field names
            for field in schema['fields']:
                name = database_name(field['name'], all_fields)
                all_fields.add(name)
                translated_field = {
                    'name': name,
                    'type': field['type']
                }
                field_translation[field['name']] = translated_field

            storage_schema = {
                'fields': [
                    {
                        'type': f['type'],
                        'name': field_translation[f['name']]['name'],
                        'format': f.get('format', 'default')
                    }
                    for f in schema['fields']
                    ],
                # Babbage likes just one primary key
                'primaryKey': '_id'
            }

            # Add Primary key to schema
            storage_schema['fields'].insert(0, {
                'name': '_id',
                'type': 'integer'
            })

            # Create Babbage Model
            self.status_update(status=STATUS_CREATING_BABBAGE_MODEL)
            self.model = fdp_to_model(self.dpo, table_name, resource, field_translation)

            if self.check_hashes(resource):
                # Create indexes
                indexes = set()
                primary_keys = schema.get('primaryKey', [])
                for dim in self.dpo.descriptor.get('model', {}).get('dimensions',{}).values():
                    attributes = dim.get('attributes', {})
                    for attribute in attributes.values():
                        source = attribute.get('source')
                        if source in primary_keys:
                            indexes.add((field_translation[source]['name'],))
                        labelfor = attribute.get('labelfor')
                        if labelfor is not None:
                            labelfor = attributes.get(labelfor, {})
                            labelfor_source = labelfor.get('source')
                            if labelfor_source in primary_keys:
                                indexes.add((field_translation[labelfor_source]['name'],
                                             field_translation[source]['name'],))
                indexes = list(indexes)
                logging.error('INDEXES: %r', indexes)
                #
                # if dim['label'] in primary_keys:
                #     key_field = dim['attributes'][dim['key_attribute']]['label']
                #     key_field = field_translation[key_field]['name']
                #     indexes.append((key_field,))
                #
                #     label_field = dim['attributes'].get(dim.get('label_attribute'), {}).get('label')
                #     if label_field is not None:
                #         label_field = field_translation[label_field]['name']
                #         if label_field != key_field:
                #             indexes.append((key_field, label_field))

                # Load 1st resource data into DB
                # We use the prefix name so that JTS-SQL doesn't load all table data into memory
                storage = Storage(self.engine, prefix=table_name)
                faux_table_name = ''
                if faux_table_name in storage.buckets:
                    self.status_update(status=STATUS_DELETING_TABLE)
                    storage.delete(faux_table_name)
                self.status_update(status=STATUS_CREATING_TABLE)
                indexes_fields = None
                if indexes:
                    indexes_fields = [indexes]
                storage.create(faux_table_name, storage_schema, indexes_fields=indexes_fields)

                self.status_update(status=STATUS_LOADING_DATA_READY)
                row_processor = RowProcessor(resource.iter(keyed=True), self.status_update,
                                             schema, self.dpo.descriptor)
                storage.write(faux_table_name, row_processor.iter())

                cache = get_os_cache()
                if cache is not None:
                    logging.info('Clearing cache for context=%s', self.model_name)
                    cache.clear(self.model_name)

            response = {
                'model_name': self.model_name,
                'babbage_model': self.model,
                'package': self.dpo.descriptor
            }
            self.status_update(status=STATUS_DONE, data=response)

        except Exception as e:
            logging.exception('LOADING FAILED')
            self.status_update(status=STATUS_FAIL, error=traceback.format_exc())
            return False

        return True


text:
BackHomePlaysPlautus
The Rope And Other Plays
Plautus(Penguin)
The Rope And Other Plays Cover
Greek and Roman
Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254 -184 bc ) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature.
The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare, Molière and many others.
In The Ghost, a dissolute son who has squandered his father's money is thrown into disarray when he returns from abroad, a theme that is explored further in the comedy of errors A Three-Dollar Day.
In The Rope - regarded by many as the best of Plautus' plays - the shipwreck of a pimp and his slaves leads to the touching reunion of a father and his daughter, while Amphitryo, Plautus's only excursion into divine mythology, offers a cheerful account of how Jupiter became father to Hercules.
W Somerset Maugham
The Misanthrope And Other Plays
Jean-baptiste Moliere
Prometheus Bound And Other Plays
Philip Vellacott
Plays Extravagant
Dan Laurence
Four Tragedies And Octavia
Lysistrata And Other Plays
Alan H Sommerstein


text:
Kim Jones (born May 2, 1958) is a retired American marathoner and road runner.  Author of the autobiography, Dandelion Growing Wild.

Early life and education
Kim Jones was born on May 2, 1958 in Sonoma, California. She had a successful high school running career, winning states titles in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and mile.

Distance running career
Jones became a marathoner after seeing Joan Samuelson's victory in the first women's Olympic marathon. She ran her first marathon in 1984, finishing with a time of 2:48:48. She soon began working with coach Benji Durden, himself an elite marathoner, and posted a second-place finish at the 1985 Twin Cities Marathon, with a time of 2:35:59. Jones competed in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships, but she did not finish after hurting her ankle. In 1988, she finished 5th in the Olympic Marathon Trials with a time of 2:32:16. At the 1991 Berlin Marathon, she ran her lifetime best of 2:26:40 while finishing second. Her time in Berlin made Jones the third-fastest woman marathoner for 1991.

Given her performances in 1991, Jones was among the favorites to qualify for the 1992 US Olympic team and, perhaps, even compete for a medal at the Olympics. Jones injured her ankle, however, only weeks before the Olympic Marathon Trials, and despite continuing her training, she earned a "Did not finish" result in the race. Later that year, at the New York City Marathon, Jones was again unable to complete the race, this time dropping out after 17 miles due to breathing problems. Following the marathon, she suffered from bronchitis and was bedridden for a month while recovering from her illness.

She competed in the World Championships marathon again at the 1993 meet. Because of a slow pace early in the race, Jones led the pack from the 5K mark through the first thirty kilometers. At this point, she began to fall back, explaining later that she "got real mad" and "wasted energy" after contact with another runner. She finished the race in 8th place with a time of 2:36:33. Two years later, she again competed at the World Championships in the marathon, this time finishing 16th with a time of 2:37:06. In February 1996, she tried for the third time to qualify for the Olympics in the marathon, but she failed to complete the race due to illness. Then, in June, she ran the 5000 meters at the Olympic Trials, a distance she had not previously run competitively. She told Runner's World that because her "breathing problems don't usually start for 15 minutes or so," she would be able to complete the race before her asthma began bothering her. At the Trials, she finished 7th with a time of 15:53.58.

Marathon performances

Fastest marathon performances

 Plus 12 other performances under 2:33 since 1986

Post-competitive career
Jones raised her two daughters in Spokane, Washington, and currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband Jon Sinclair. Since retiring from competition in 1998, she has been a coach with Anaerobic Management, an on-line coaching service for distance runners, as well as a speaker at special events, road races and expos.

References

External links

1958 births
Living people
People from Sonoma, California
Track and field athletes from California
American female long-distance runners
American female marathon runners
21st-century American women


text:
← Is Hiring Security Patrols for Gold Coast Businesses Worth the Cost?
What Qualities Make a Security Guard Well-Suited to the Gold Coast? →
Security Patrols Turn High-Risk Areas into Safe Havens
It seems that as long as there have been cities, there have been safe areas and unsafe areas. There are a number of places in every city that seem to serve as a beacon for unsavoury elements. However, security patrol professionals are trained to work in these areas and make them unattractive to the people who create dangerous conditions there. Your Gold Coast business will benefit largely from suddenly being in a safe part of town!
One condition that contributes to a high-risk area is poor lighting, whether natural or artificial. Criminals see a poorly lit area as an opportunity to ply their trade undetected. Security patrols are trained to evaluate low light areas and make recommendation for improving the lighting. If lighting cannot be improved, the presence of security guards helps decrease the risk posed by low-light areas.
Narrow, twisting alleys and streets also tend to attract unsavoury types to a neighbourhood–and not just unsavoury types of humans. Feral cats and dogs tend to make their homes in sheltered areas that are difficult to access, and criminals like to use these areas as hideouts and escape routes. Fortunately, part of a security patrol's job is assessing these difficult areas. Security personnel can safely remove and deter both people and animals from narrow alleyways and winding back streets.
Criminals operate a bit like sharks; they strike whenever they see an opportunity. A major reason for employing security patrols is their ability to spot opportunities for theft the moment they arise. Whether they come in the form of damaged fencing, a poorly-supervised entrance, or an unlocked window, security personnel are trained to recognize and eliminate these hazards before they become opportunities.
Security patrols across the Gold Coast are using their skills and training to turn dangerous parts of town into safe neighbourhoods, where everybody feels confident doing business. Even though many areas on the Gold Coast have some combination of the factors that contribute to a dangerous area, security personnel are trained to recognize and deal with these potentially hazardous conditions.
Even if you can't change the neighbourhood where your company operates, security patrols can help you can change how people perceive it.