At the moment we are opening a restaurant every three days," says Carlos Pérez Tenorio, CEO of 100 Montaditos.The brand has plenty of practice in fast network ramification: Founded in 2000 by José María Fernández Capitán in Islantilla, Andalucia, it had a first franchise store even in the year it was born. In 2004 the current Group President created Grupo Restalia with headquarters in Madrid for further expansion via franchising. In 2005, 100 Montaditos had 69 units – an expansion whose speed is reminiscent of Starbucks and Subway in Europe. From 2007 to 2011 the number of outlets doubled from 100 to 200 – and today the company has just under 250 units. By comparison, McDonald's currently has 445 stores in Spain, with system sales of €951 m.
"We intend to be the spearhead of popular Spanish cuisine in the world" – such is the mission. 100 Montaditos is a concept which, after seeing success in its own country, will also enjoy success internationally," says Tenorio.
"Get a taste of our culture and lifestyle in Spain," the English-language website invites you.
Product: The montaditos are 15 cm long and about 4 cm wide compact baguettes made of 'good' bread, which, par-baked and fully-baked à la minute, comes in 7 varieties. The most popular is the lightly salted 'secret original recipe bread', with the brand logo engraved by laser. There is also bread with sunflower seed, ciabatta, bread with onions, olives, cereals and chocolate. You can select from 100 different fillings, including many with meat or poultry (sausages, hamburger, raw or cooked ham, chicken), fish (anchovy, salmon, calamares, tuna) and also vegetarian fillings, such as '4 cheeses' or 'Tortilla de patatas' (omelette with potatoes).
Maximum Individuality: 75 percent of the fillings are cold, 35 percent hot – but, since they are ready baked, all montaditos come warm to the table. The best-seller – world-wide – is 'jamón serrano with olive oil', followed in Spain by 'potato omelette with salad and mayonnaise' and cooked ham. In the international markets, the menu includes local dishes, such as hot dog in the USA or 'montadito de cochinita pibil' in Mexico. But most of it is the same world-wide – and is made of Spanish ingredients. You can order your montaditos singly or as 'combos' of five to seven items. They come with five varieties of salad, nachos and potatoes, plus olives and potato chips as appetizer.
One outlet sells a good average of 500 montaditos a day, which makes 3,500 a week. Across the whole system, the word is of 40 mn baguettes sold annually in Spain. Plus 20 m litres of beverages, of which beer accounts for an estimated 75 percent. Red wine and soft drinks are also on offer. By the way, strictly speaking, 'montadito' means those slices of baguette bread with various fillings which are familiar as classical tapas. Fernández Capitán has, as it were, given the word a new significance.
Prices: With a price range of €1-2 for a montadito with whatever filling you like, €3.90 for the salads, (gratinated) nachos and potatoes for €2.50, and €1-1.50 for olives and €1 for chips, no product on the menu exceeds the four-Euro mark. Hence, the average cheque per person of about €7 – including beverage(s). A combo of 5 x 0.2 l beer bottles, for instance, costs €3. "Our affordable prices, combined with our price campaigns, are the best anti-crisis concept," says Tenorio. Overall unemployment in Spain currently stands at more than 26 percent, nearly six million people being out of work. Among young people it is actually 55 percent.
Price campaigns: Simple, clear, direct – "our campaigns are the very soul of our brand." As far as permanent, high-profile price promotions are concerned, the company is one of the pioneers in the Spanish restaurant industry. The most successful among them, called 'Euromania' or, depending on the currency of the country concerned, 'Dollarmania' or 'Pesomania', was launched in 2008, to encourage more guests to come in the middle of the week. On Wednesdays all products on the menu are available at €1, as are large drinks, if the guest orders food to go with them. The 200 percent increase in the number of guests led to the campaign being made permanent in character. In the wake of falling expenditure per head in the leisure sector among Spaniards, the campaign was extended to include Sunday. "Response has been so good that we are definitely keeping this," says Tenorio.
On 'San Monty's Day', Fridays, you can enjoy a montadito hot dog plus beer or a small soft drink for €1. And 'Tablamania' encourages guests to buy the 'mixed montaditos platters', with five to seven baguettes, for a joint price of €6 (1 'tabla'), €10 (2) or €12 (3). Along with young guests, this also attracts families.
"The promotions, advertised in our restaurants and on social networks, are designed to help us meet more people and to gain a permanent place as a catering solution in their normal week," explains head of communication Anne Corcuera.
Operations: The surroundings? Fast casual. The products? Fast to casual. And the operations? Fast, and low on staff. The reason? A highly efficient ordering system. You do not give your order directly at the central counter, but by means of an order block on the table. Here the guest notes his selection on the card (placed on every table), using the pencil provided and, stating a name, gives the order in at the counter, where he also pays, is given the drink he wants plus – free of charge – something 'para picar', such as chips or olives. Then, within five minutes (only in absolute rush hours, according to the company, does it last longer) a loudspeaker announcement lets the guests know whose order is ready for collection.
Preparation is à la minute – you can follow it by looking into the kitchen, which is located near the bar, separated by a glass window. An outlet has four to seven staff per shift, depending on size.
Design: The design of 100 Montaditos emphasises its country of origin, using natural materials and original elements, such as wooden furnishing and Andalusian tiles, to give the look of Spanish taverns at the start of the 20th century. The restaurants are intended to convey the Spanish love of life and love of good food.
Outlets: Mostly in 1-a locations, that is, popular shopping streets, tourist meeting points, and shopping centres.
Expansion: 250 restaurants in 12 years – 100 percent made by franchisees. The company currently has about 240 of these. In other words, there are just a very few franchisees running more than one outlet. Preference is given to individual, local entrepreneurs. Their "maximum commitment and enthusiasm for the brand" are, it is said, as important for success as the "straightforward, professional, innovative and dynamic work" of the still young Grupo Restalia.
The Group runs efficient training for all its staff at La Academia, its own organisation in Madrid, monitors uniform product and service standards, and oversees the development of corporate strategies for marketing, purchasing and sales.
In response to the crisis, Grupo Restalia recently created a new business model: 100 Montaditos Version 2.0. Through systemisation and optimisation of processes, and concentration on "outlets with efficient dimensions" of 80-100 sqm, it will now be possible to open restaurants with a capital investment of just €150,000 – previously the rule was double this or more. The investment costs, says the company, are recouped on average by the profits of the first three years.
One of the reasons for this, says Tenorio, is the "large-volume contracts and long-term agreements with our main suppliers." Beer, bread and soft drinks have been provided by the same suppliers since day 1 and now travel from Spain to America.
It is planned to open at least 100 new stores in 2013, mainly in Spain and the Americas.
That the Restalia Group can speed ahead can be seen from their second concept: La Sureña, founded in 2010, already has more than 50 stores in Spain. And in the course of this summer the Group intends to roll out a third foodservice formula, which is planned to have ten outlets already by the end of the year: foodservice pilots in Formula-1 mood.


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Remembering Giselle Salandy 1987-2009
Anderson McBain January 5, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago is a country blessed with many resources, including our gifted citizens. Whether we acknowledge, appreciate and reward them sufficiently is a topic for another article. One such extraordinary national is the late World Boxing Champion, Giselle Salandy (1987-2009).
Ms. Salandy died five (5) years ago, prematurely and quite tragically in an automobile accident on January 4th 2009, she was 21 years old. Thankfully, Ms. Tamar Watson another Trinidad and Tobago sporting icon, who was a passenger in the vehicle, survived the crash. Ms. Salandy, was herald as one of the world's best boxers. I know little of the intricacies of the Sport of Boxing but I do remember watching Ms. Salandy, at a press conference before a match one year and I thought to myself that she could throw a quick punch. Her opponent had fired a punch and Ms. Salandy quickly moved out of the way and fired back. It happened in a flash.
Starting her boxing career at the tender age of eleven (11) in her home town of Siparia, she worked hard to over come adverse personal circumstances or what we would call "a hard life" and upon her death was the holder of eight (8) International Boxing Titles including Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA), World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) titles. She was also awarded one of our country's highest awards the Chaconia Gold Medal in 2007, for her efforts.
I met Ms. Salandy and her trainer some time before she died and she graciously allowed to have her photo taken. She also gave me her autograph. All I had to write on was a new calender and she did not want to write on the dates so she signed in the corner. The photos were taken with a cell phone hence the quality, none the less I am glad I did not let the opportunity pass to stop and chat with her and take her photo. May she rest in peace.
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King Corbin defeated Roman Reigns
King Corbin may have proclaimed himself to be the ruler of SmackDown after winning the WWE King of the Ring tournament, but now WWE has revealed he has expanded his rule over a whole town.
After a campaign by WWE, Suzie Razmus, the mayor of Corbin, Kentucky, renamed the town as King Corbin, Kentucky, for the single day of 12th January 2020.
King Corbin, formerly known as Baron Corbin before he won the King of the Ring Tournament in 2019, has had quite the year. Last year, he was the one to have faced Kurt Angle in the Gold Medallist's retirement match at WrestleMania. He defeated him and came away with quite a lot of heat.
Since then, he has gone on to win the tournament that has resulted in his changed name. He has also gathered quite a few Superstars around him, who have helped him regularly in his feuds, including Robert Roode, Dolph Ziggler, and The Revival. He faced Roman Reigns in a TLC match at the pay-per-view of the same name and was able to win the match.
Heading into the Royal Rumble, he is still feuding with Reigns, who has been joined by The Usos.
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Chesterfield set an unwanted club record after being beaten at home by Charlton.
The already-relegated club slumped to a 26th League One defeat of the season through goals from Jake Forster-Caskey and Ricky Holmes.
Reece Mitchell replied in stoppage time for bottom-placed Chesterfield before Forster-Caskey had a penalty saved.
Chesterfield needed a fine save by Thorsten Stuckmann in the 16th minute to keep out a Holmes free-kick from just outside the box.
Joe Rowley almost gave Chesterfield the lead in the 35th minute but two minutes later, Charlton scored when Forster-Caskey was given too much time to fire a 20-yard shot into the bottom-left corner.
Dennis rattled the bar in the 74th minute and Mitchell converted a rebound before Forster-Caskey's last-gasp penalty was saved after he was fouled by Jon Nolan.
Match ends, Chesterfield 1, Charlton Athletic 2.
Second Half ends, Chesterfield 1, Charlton Athletic 2.
Penalty saved! Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Penalty Charlton Athletic. Jake Forster-Caskey draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) after a foul in the penalty area.
Goal! Chesterfield 1, Charlton Athletic 2. Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
Laurence Maguire (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic).
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Johnnie Jackson replaces Josh Magennis.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Jack Brownell replaces Dan Gardner.
Attempt blocked. Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Hand ball by Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield).
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Jason Pearce.
Foul by Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield).
Nathan Byrne (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Kristian Dennis (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic).
Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Dan Gardner (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Laurence Maguire (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
David Faupala (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic).
Tom Anderson (Chesterfield) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Joe Rowley (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Paul McGinn (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kristian Dennis (Chesterfield) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Lee Novak replaces Joe Aribo.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Botaka replaces Karlan Ahearne-Grant because of an injury.
Delay in match Karlan Ahearne-Grant (Charlton Athletic) because of an injury.


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Concern Over Care Project Closure
By The BBC 12th May 2006 News Scotland
The way in which a flagship mental health day care project in Hawick was closed has come in for criticism. About 50 clients were informed of the decision to shut Springboard in the town's Cross Wynd on 5 May.
MSP Euan Robson said informing them by letter seemed to be a poor choice of communication in the circumstances. Scottish Borders Council said it was forced into the decision for safety reasons and staff issues but has apologised for the letters' timing.
The closure is said to be temporary and Mr Robson feels there is now an opportunity to improve the facility: "The council particularly wants to reassess the role of Springboard to be sure all the services being delivered were good and effective and sound," he said. "I have no problem with that I just hope they will be able to do it quickly. There is no doubt that the people who use the service were distressed to hear it was closing and have valued many of the activities undertaken."
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Sport / Football / Scottish Football / Cove Rangers FC
Seb Ross relying on patience as he waits for Cove Rangers opportunity
by Jamie Durent
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Seb Ross in action for Cove Rangers against Forfar Athletic.
Seb Ross is happy to be patient for his chance at Cove Rangers.
The former Aberdeen midfielder, who joined Cove on a three-year deal in the summer, knew he was going to face a challenge to break into a competitive midfield at the Balmoral Stadium.
Ross has yet to start a league game this season and has been restricted to four cameo appearances from the bench. His two starts for the club came in Betfred Cup games against Dundee and Forfar last month.
Connor Scully and Blair Yule have been ever-presents in the Cove side for much of the last five years, while Fraser Fyvie has come back from a knee injury to retake his place in the side. Manager Paul Hartley also has Jamie Semple – on loan from Motherwell – to factor in.
Ross said: "I've not had as many minutes as I would like but I knew when I signed for Cove that midfield was the hardest position to get into. Fyvie, Scully, Blair Yule – they're probably the main three every week.
"I feel I'm training as well as I ever have and I'm as fit as I can be. Hopefully when I get the chance I can take it.
"I knew that the players we've got in the middle are talented, experienced pros. Hopefully if it keeps going I can get a start under my belt and take my chance.
"I feel when I've been coming on – Dumbarton was probably the sharpest I've looked. Getting on the half-turn and trying to provide a spark in the last 20 minutes."
Ross takes heart from the competition for places within the Cove ranks, adding that the intensity of training has increased during this recent run of poor results.
Buzzing to sign with @CoveRangersFC can't wait to get started👊🏻 Thanks @P3Des @360SportsC for sorting it🙌🏼 https://t.co/6MjO4OpLEK
— Sebastian Ross (@sebastianross10) September 11, 2020
Cove take on Clyde at the Balmoral Stadium tomorrow, before heading to Forfar Athletic on Boxing Day.
Ross added: "It just shows how talented they are and how well they've done. It's two losses in the last three games – even with the draw we weren't happy losing the points.
"It shows how hungry we are to succeed in the league and keep challenging for top spot.
"You wouldn't have thought we'd have dropped points in the last few games, going by training. The standard is always high. The results haven't gone our way but that's putting more pressure on boys to play for their places every week."
Seb Ross


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The Rev. John Mark Wiggers moved to Knoxville in September 2009 to become the fifth rector of St. James. He hails from Brewton, Ala., where he grew up in the Southern Baptist tradition. He is a graduate of Baylor University and The General Theological Seminary. After seminary, John Mark served as Curate at The Church of the Nativity in Dothan, Ala., and as the Canon for Education at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.
John Mark and his wife, Liz met at an Adults Who Work with Youth Conference at Kanuga Camp and Conference Center. They have two boys — Jack, a rising college freshman, and Elliott, a rising sixth grader — as well as two dogs and some fish. His family appreciates and participates in his love of grilling. The rector also enjoys reading, music, and anything coffee related. His favorite books are Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore, and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Lately he is listening to the music of M. Ward, The Avett Brothers, and The Tallest Man on Earth. He is a fan of all Coen brothers' movies. Several years ago he was given the moniker "Father Dude" in response to his great appreciation of the movie The Big Lebowski. He would love to be more musical, so occasionally he drums and also strums the ukulele.
John Mark sees his own ministry influenced by the story of the feeding of the 5,000 in the Gospel of Mark. When the disciples asked Jesus to send the people away so they could find food, Jesus says: "You feed them." (Mark 6:37).
Of this direction from Jesus, Fr. John Mark says "This is a call for all of us to use what we have in following Christ. If we see the needs of others we are to seek to meet those with the power and love of God. I am glad to be a part of St. James where we tend and feed God's sheep."
Associate Rector – Rev RJ Powell
The Rev. RJ Powell has served as the associate at St. James, Knoxville since May 2015 and as the Episcopal co-chaplain at Tyson House Episcopal-Lutheran Student Fellowship at UT Knoxville since January 2016. Originally from the Richmond, VA area, Fr. RJ grew up in the Christian Church/Church of Christ tradition and was heavily involved in campus ministry while attending undergrad at James Madison University in the Shenandoah Valley. In 2003, RJ moved to Johnson City, TN and lived there for over a decade where he attended seminary at Emmanuel Christian Seminary, worked with international students at East Tennessee State University, and was a member of St. John's Church before completing his training for ordination at Sewanee.
He met his husband, Michaelangelo, in 2013, in Asheville, NC, and they were civilly married shortly before moving to Knoxville. Bishop George Young blessed their marriage at St. James in 2016. Michaelangelo, originally from Nicaragua, works as a skilled tradesman as a Finish Carpenter.
Fr. RJ assists Fr. John Mark in many capacities including regular preaching, worship leading and pastoral care. He has served the diocese in a number of capacities including as a current member of the Standing Committee, the Becoming Beloved Community Anti-racism taskforce, and formerly as a member of the Disciplinary Board, as a member of the Bishop Search and Transition Committees for our Fifth Bishop, and as a Clergy Deputy to the General Convention in Austin, TX in 2018.
Fr. RJ believes that, as disciples of Jesus Christ, we must devoted to realizing and offering what theologian Miroslav Volf calls "a compelling vision of a way of life worth living," which is a life fervent in doing justice in our neighborhoods and city, loving mercy for our neighbors in the many ways they come to us and we can go to them, and by walking humbly with our God as a community of sisters and brothers in Christ.
RJ enjoys sharing life with his husband, cooking for (and eating with) with friends, books, singing with the Knoxville Gay Men's Chorus, and spoiling their three dogs.
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Dolores Cacuango, född 26 oktober 1881 i Pesillo i Cayambe, Ecuador, död 23 april 1971, i Yanahayco, även känd som Mamá Doloreyuk, var en pionjär i kampen för ursprungsbefolkningens och böndernas rättigheter i Ecuador.

Cacuango var en tidig förespråkare för feminism i Ecuador. Hon grundade Federación Ecuatoriana de Indios (FEI) 1944.

Hon jobbade bland annat för landrättigheter, för ursprungsfolkens rätt till utbildning, och mot de övergrepp som storgodsägare utsatte urfolkskvinnor för. Hon var en av ledarna för den historiska strejken vid haciendan Pesillo i Cayambe -  en milstolpe för ursprungsbefolkningens och böndernas rättigheter. I maj 1944 ledde hon en attack mot en armébas i Cayambe.

Cacuango fick själv aldrig en formell utbildning, och kunde inte läsa och skriva. Men hon hjälpte till att etablera de första tvåspråkiga skolorna, som undervisade på både spanska och quechua, ursprungsspråket.

Cacuango var kommunist och fängslades för sin aktivism.

Den 26 oktober 2020 firade Google hennes 139-årsdag med en Google Doodle.

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Q: How to stop a recursive generator in Python? Let's say I'm using a recursive generator to traverse a binary tree and I'd like the traversal to stop when a certain condition is satisfied:
def traverse(node):
    if node is None:
        return

    yield from traverse(node.left)

    if node.val == 5:
        return # return only skips node 5, but doesn't fully stop iteration. What does?

    yield node.val

    yield from traverse(node.right)

How do you achieve this?
I tried raising StopIteration, but that results in a RuntimeException.

A: Separate stop and iteration into two:
from itertools import takewhile

def traverse(node, stop_value):
    yield from takewhile(lambda x: x != stop_value, _traverse(node))

def _traverse(node):
    if node is None:
        return
    yield from _traverse(node.left)
    yield node.val
    yield from _traverse(node.left)

A: You should control when the iteration stops from whatever code calls traverse():
def traverse(node):
    if node is None:
        return

    yield from traverse(node.left)

    yield node.val

    yield from traverse(node.right)

for n in traverse(node):
    if n == 5:
        break

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Q: Given the information, what is the probability that the mean number of drinks sold per week is between 700 and 720 The question .

I'm kinda a bit confused on how to make use of the information to answer the questions. I think I need to use the Bayesian Method to answer this question but I'm not sure if I'm right.
would the prior density of the mean be $\mathcal{N}(738,13.4^2)$? Then what do I do with the $\mathcal{N}(692,42.5^2)$ Given in the second half of the question?
I'm really clueless in using the Bayesian method and would like some guidance in understanding this question.

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*In a particular market, $\sigma=42.5$. If we assume normality, then $drinks\sim \mathcal{N}(\mu,42.5^2)$.

*What about $\mu$? The overall mean is centered around $\mu_0=738$ and its variability is $\sigma_0=13.4$. So, if we assume normality, a prior for $\mu$ is $\mu\sim \mathcal{N}(738,13.4^2)$.

*As to a new market during the first $n=10$ weeks, you don't know $\mu$ but know the sample mean $\bar{x}=692$ and the variance $\sigma^2=42.5^2$. So you can use a normal-normal model with known variance. The posterior for the mean is normal and its mean and variance are (see here):
$$\hat\mu=\frac{\sigma^2\mu_0+n\sigma^2_0\bar{x}}{\sigma^2+n\sigma^2_0}=\frac{42.5^2\cdot738+10\cdot13.4^2\cdot692}{42.5^2+10\cdot13.4^2}$$
$$\hat\sigma^2=\frac{\sigma^2_0\sigma^2}{\sigma^2+n\sigma^2_0}=\frac{13.4^2\cdot42.5^2}{42.5^2+10\cdot 13.4^2}$$
You can use $X\sim \mathcal{N}(\hat\mu,\hat\sigma^2)$ to compute $P(700<X<720)$.

What does that mean? The distributor expect a mean about 738, but observes $\bar{x}=692$ during the first 10 weeks. He doesn't believe that it is a definitive result. So he weighs his observation and his past experience. Indeed $\hat\mu$ depends on both the prior mean (past experience) and the sample mean (what he has observed). His estimate of the average number of drinks sold in the new market will be updated by future observations, i.e. as $n$ grows. You can see that:
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}\hat\mu=\bar{x}$$
For now, ten weeks is a short time, so he builds his belief on both $\bar{x}$ and $\mu_0$.
This is called shrinkage estimation: the estimation of $\mu$ is shrunken toward the prior mean when $n$ is small.


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With ease, she pulled Draughton back over the ledge and tossed him several feet onto his back. He skipped across the gravel and tore at his flesh and ragged suit. The wind was knocked from him and Draughton gasped for air as the thick wet snow melted on his back and plopped onto his face and into the back of his throat. But for sure, he was back safely back in gravity's grip.
The gratitude was dulled by the booze, and once mixed with adrenaline turned immediately into rage. He scrambled to his feet. "Who the fuck are you?" he shouted.
The woman's stride was that of a cat. Her steady gait showed no fear and complete control. Even in Draughton's drunken rage it occurred to him that she didn't seem to have the build capable of tossing a grown man ten feet with ease. "You been drinking tonight?" she said.
Draughton gritted his teeth and tried to maintain his balance. His stunted thought process tried to work out who this woman could be. "You the fucking cops?" he shouted. "Cuz I don't know nothing about what happened down there."
She pulled up her sunglasses to reveal eyes with crystal irises that flickered in the lights of the city. "Just a concerned citizen."
"Like hell you are," he spat. "Now you're going to tell me who you are and why you followed me up here or else it's gonna get messy."
"Name's Olivia," she said. "Pleasure. Now please Samuel, why don't you have a seat before you hurt yourself."
Search results panged his swollen head. "You're from the casino," he said. "Are you the one who hit the roof button?"
Olivia stepped closer, keeping locked on him with her rainbow eyes. "Samuel," she said. "I'm gonna need you to sit down."
"How do you know my name?" He shouted. "What do you want?" Once entering his space, Draughton tried to shove her, but like a shadow, she stepped aside and grabbed his arm. Using his own force, she elegantly planted him on his face in the slushy rubble. She released him and took a step away. As quickly as Draughton could, he scrambled up to his hands and knees. Olivia dug her high heeled boot into his back. "Once again Samuel," she said. "I'm going to need you to sit down."
Draughton sneered at her. "I don't want to hurt you."
"I think you're misinterpreting the situation," said Olivia, digging her heel into his ribs.
"But you best be fucking off about now or I'm about to. If you're coming for money, I don't got it. You'll have to kill me and I'll make it messy for you. Already showed I'm ready to die tonight."
"Looked a lot like you slipped," she said.
"I was going to do it," he said into the snow. His nose was bleeding and dripping down into the ugly taupe colored slush and dispersing into it. His shoulder shook and could barely support his weight. It hurt from almost being ripped out of the socket. "That's how it was supposed to go."
"Seems a lot like a second chance to me" Olivia said. Draughton didn't answer. "So why not just hear what I have to say? Then you can go back on that ledge and finish whatever business was supposed to happen tonight."
The rage flared up inside Draughton's bloodstream again and he swiped her boot off his back. He gained his feet and squared up. "I'm not going anywhere, sweetheart. And you can tell your boss or whoever sent you that he can bugger himself."
She lowered her sunglasses. Cooly, she said, pronouncing every syllable, "I'm not going to say this again. Sit down or I will make your ass sit down."
Before she could finish her sentence, Draughton already took his step. It was wobbly, but he thought the element of surprise would compensate. He came over the top with the hardest right he could muster. Olivia took her step instants ahead of him. She rolled the swing over with her right forearm. Draughton anticipated this however and tried to follow up with a left hook. What he couldn't anticipate was the speed with which Olivia chopped his wrist with her free hand. Draughton never saw the elbow coming. It was fast and mean and landed hard across his jaw.
He had the sensation of standing in gelatin, and crumpled onto the floor, ass first. She had indeed made him sit down.
The world swirled around him, but an unexpected sobriety settled on him, however, not enough to stop him from puking into his lap. Quickly afterward, his senses returned. His anger dispersed, as he wiped bile from his mouth. "Hell of a hook, honey," he said, looking down, shaking his head, and blinking his eyes. "Hell of a hook."
She squatted down next to him and looked him in the eyes. She pushed her glasses onto her head, examining him with her crystal eyes. "Samuel," she said, "You know why you were on that ledge?"
He thought it was obvious, but the way she asked the question made him really think about it.
He looked down at his boots speckled with vomit. "Trying to kill myself," he said.
"Of course. But why"
"Honestly?" he said. "Not really. It's complicated."
"I know why," she said cooly.
He snapped to look at her. His eyes squinted. "Why was I on the ledge?"
"Because you fucked up," she said, almost in a whisper. "Because after everything you've done, you're still nowhere. The shop's gone. The deal fell through. You gambled and pissed and whored away the savings. And now you're on the roof of a building with people wanting to kill you downstairs, with more people wanting to kill you on the way. And what do you care? You don't have anything left to live for. You've failed at everything you've tried and now you live like a rat hiding in rubble from the dogs who want to swallow you up. You. Fucked. Up."
A sick smile cracked Draughton's face. He nodded almost whimsically. "Well," he said. "You're not wrong. Really only leaves one question: Who in God's name are you?"
Olivia stared at him for a moment. Perfectly still. Then she smiled. She reached for her bag nearby in the slushy snow and made her way through it with deft fingers. She produced a silver case and popped it open with her thumb. It revealed an array of expensive looking cigarettes. She took two with her teeth and dropped the case back into the bag, quickly replacing it with a lighter. She lit them both and placed one between Draughton's bloody lips.
With the other, she stood and stepped away to a nearby awning to get out of the snow. "I," she said, "am a representative of The White Fire Corporation. We have a job for you."
Draughton took a drag and nodded. "Yeah well, I'm the fucking Easter Bunny."
Olivia laughed a perfect laugh. Her crystal eyes flared. "How else would I know so much about you?"
"I don't know, because you're a creep?"
Olivia continued to smile. "Mighty cheery for a man insisting that he would take his life tonight."
"You tell good jokes. Appreciate you lightening the mood." He dragged his cigarette to collect his thoughts. "You wanted me to hear you out, so you're on the clock. I charge by the minute. Please convince me why I should believe that you're an agent for the widest spread, most profitable mercenary corps in the galaxy, coming to talk to a drunk, on-the-run arts broker?"
"Because we both know that you're not an art broker," she said. "I don't need giddy clearance to figure that out."
"Then what am I?" Draughton spat.
Olivia puffed her cigarette and blew the smoke into the gloomy, wet wind. "Don't you know?" Draughton responded with silence. Honestly, the question bothered him, but Olivia rescued him by answering. "Your dossier shows an acute knowledge of arcane artifacts. Artifacts that you peddle to wealthy donors claiming them to be," she paused. "Magical."
"That illegal?" Draughton began to take offense, despite knowing that is exactly what he did. He didn't like her phrasing or tone. "Some rich old men want some swords, jewelry, and statues. Some of those things have some stories attached to them. White Fire take issue with that?"
"So you believe me?" Olivia said.
"Think we all could appreciate a little role play. Even if you aren't White Fire, you have a certain amount of influence or influential people behind you. I'm not willing to call your bluff on having GID clearances. Besides, where else could you get those mods you've got."
She smiled. "Did the eyes give me away?"
"Definitely a start," he said. "But didn't expect someone your weight to throw punches like that. I'm not bad in a fight. I've taken bigger men while I was drunker. I'm smart enough to know when I'm out classed."
"We've found something," Olivia said, cutting to the chase. "And we need someone to take a look at it."
Draughton waved his hand and flicked ashes in her direction. "Call some fucking historic society. Isn't there some bureau or college that you could pour a billion credits into and dig it up."
"Mainstream can't know about it. We need someone without any ties but knows their way around the field."
"Someone expendable?" Draughton barked.
"Exactly," she said.
Draughton chuckled. "This is getting ridiculous. It's not like you found the Umbra Bloom or something."
Olivia released another plume of smoke. Her eyebrows raised.
The shadow of Draughton's rage rolled in his gut, but he didn't have anything else left. He stomped out his half finished cigarette in the snow with a hiss, and pushed himself to his unsteady feet. "Well, this has been lovely. Thanks for almost killing me and kicking the shit out of me after. Definitely sobered me up. Great story too, real absurdist piece of art. But I have a shuttle to catch-"
"Like I said, Samuel." Her tone stopped him in his tracks. "You fucked up. Nothing personal, but I think what we learned tonight for the umteenth time is that your way has not been working. The way I see it, you have three options, which is a lot better than you had five minutes ago.
"One:I walk away right now and you finish whatever business you had on that ledge. Unprefered option. Two: I give you a 3000 credit gift to catch a shuttle back to your shitty existence, dodging gangsters and debts. Maybe you rebuild, maybe you figure it out, but ultimately we know where that road leads. That way just brings you right back here to that ledge and we're back to option one. Or option three: You come with me, I get you cleaned up and a good night of sleep. Then in the morning, we make something out of you. Something that means something more than stealing your food and living a life that we both know that you don't really believe in. I apologize, but that's all you have."
The only feeling that coursed over Draughton's body was numbness. She was right. Everything she said. He was in a cycle. Maybe it didn't take him over the edge this time, but next time surely would. If not, definitely the time after that. It was a form of hell. It always ended on the edge of a roof looking down into the city. The last heavy rush of the booze whispered him a bitter thought: The only ones who talk you down are the ones who need you. But being needed was a feeling Draughton hadn't felt in a long time. Could he trust her? He didn't really have a choice.
"You calling me desperate?" he said.
"Yes," she said, almost sad, but stern of face. She flicked her cigarette and straightened her bag. She looked like she was ready to go.
He looked down into his lap and closed his eyes. The smell of vomit soaked his clothes and beard. "Put me up for the night," Draughton said. "Get me off world and let me get something to eat. Then, I'm out in the morning."
"Can do," Olivia said. She walked to him and extended her hand.
Draughton stared at the white glove and up at Olivia. He shook his head in either disbelief or disappointment, or some emotion that he didn't really know how to name at the moment. "Fucking A." Begrudgingly, he took it and she helped him to his feet.
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NYT: "Curious Case of Milwaukee's Suburban Voters"
"The most polarized part of a polarized state in a polarized nation" — that's how Craig Gilbert of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes the Milwaukee metropolitan area in the masterful first article of a four-part series on the region's politics. The region is just as polarized as Mr. Gilbert suggests.
Milwaukee is not the only metropolitan area divided between a heavily Democratic, nonwhite urban core and overwhelmingly white suburbs. But the Milwaukee suburbs are still unusual. They haven't moved at all toward the left, unlike other Republican-leaning Northern suburbs.
Wisconsin, which was traditionally a left-of-center, reformist state with a history of German social democrat politics (as Alice Cooper points out in Wayne's World above, Milwaukee elected three Socialist Party mayors) has tried many reforms over the years to improve the lives and behavior of its black residents.
Unfortunately, among African-Americans, Wisconsin's blacks continue to rank very near the bottom of all 50 states on most metrics. For example, the biggest white-black gaps in any county in America are found in Wisconsin's Dane County, whose county seat is Madison.
The problem seems to be that Wisconsin's generous welfare benefits of the 1960s and 1970s attracted the laziest Southern blacks, and white Wisconsinites haven't figured out much to do about it since, other than to listen a little more to Republicans.


Renowned bloodstock writer Tony Morris with the second in his series of articles celebrating 100 horses instrumental in shaping the Thoroughbred.
The best son of 1901 Belmont Stakes victor Commando, Colin was bred by James R. Keene out of the imported mare Pastorella, who had won her first races as a 2-year-old, at York and Ascot, and was taken out of training after finishing down the field in the 1,000 Guineas of 1895.
Pastorella was to produce 11 foals in all, but only one really mattered – the colt who impressed many good judges as the best runner bred in the U.S. up to his time. He ran 15 times and won 15 times, eclipsing the record of his breeder's earlier champion, Sysonby, who suffered just a single loss in his own 15-race career.
Trained by James Rowe, who had handled both Commando and Sysonby, Colin made his debut in a Belmont Park maiden special weight at the end of May, readily accounting for 22 rivals by two lengths and more. Four days later he won the National Stallion Stakes, clocking 58 seconds for that five-furlong test, and four days after that he took the Eclipse Stakes in the only close call of his juvenile campaign; Beaucoup, getting 8lb, was gamely resisted by a head, the pair finishing ten lengths clear of their nearest pursuer.
By the end of June, Colin was a three-time stakes-winner, having collected the Great Trial at Sheepshead Bay, and before July was out he had added the Junior Stakes at Brighton. In the Saratoga Special, he repelled a solitary foe decisively, and four days later, over the same track and distance, he won the Grand Union Hotel Stakes, hard held by two lengths over Jim Gaffney, who was receiving 15lb.
Back at Sheepshead Bay Colin annexed the Futurity Stakes, and a week later the Flatbush Stakes, giving Celt 15lb and trouncing him by three lengths. In a division of the Produce Stakes at Brighton and the Matron Stakes at Belmont, he was opposed by the excellent Fair Play, the future sire of Man o' War going under by five lengths when receiving 6lb on the first occasion and by three lengths with a 7lb concession on the second. The champion signed off for the season with a six-length romp over a solitary challenger in the Champagne Stakes, again at Belmont.
Faultless in a dozen starts at two, Colin was to make only three more appearances at the track. Having never run beyond seven furlongs, he still had something to prove, and he duly showed that he was more than a sprinter. In May, he took the one-mile Withers Stakes easily by two lengths over Fair Play before following up in the 1m3f Belmont Stakes, in which his margin over the same rival was no more than a head.
Heavy rain and fog so hampered visibility that day that no time was taken, and there were conflicting arguments about the tight finish. Colin was supposedly five lengths clear two furlongs out, and some thought that jockey Joe Notter had taken things too easily, misjudging the finish, but more likely he was nursing the colt home, aware that something was amiss. It is certain that Colin was never wholly sound again.
No sooner had America's invincible champion notched his 14th victory than the sport was thrown into turmoil; it was suddenly a criminal offence to bet on horseracing in New York.
Defiantly, Keene declared that Colin would contest the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, and predicted that there would be a capacity crowd to cheer on his paragon, despite the fact that no betting was allowed. In the event, the attendance figures were unremarkable, but those on hand did witness another all-the-way victory, albeit in less than spectacular fashion. A fully fit Colin would have romped home against obvious inferiors; he was visibly tiring at the end of the ten furlongs.
That was not supposed to mark the end of Colin's racing career, but that was how it turned out.
The anti-gambling legislation put paid to further racing in New York, but there could be opportunities elsewhere; hopeful that the colt might excel as a 4-year-old in a different environment, Keene dispatched him to England, where Sam Darling had trained Oaks winner Cap And Bells for him in 1901.
Darling had no doubts about Colin's merit after watching him give 14lb and a length-and-a-half beating to Jack Snipe in a trial over six furlongs on the Beckhampton gallops. Jack Snipe, also four, was that season's winner of the July Cup, England's most prestigious sprint, so there might have been rich pickings for Colin, if Darling had been able to keep him sound, but foreleg problems made that a forlorn hope.
Colin retired to the Heath Stud in Newmarket for the 1910 season, priced at only £98. British breeders were not enthused, giving him scant patronage, and they shed no tears when he returned to the land of his birth.
Although he was in stud service for 23 years, he got no more than 81 foals and at no time enjoyed a high profile as a sire. Yet, for all that, he did sire 11 stakes winners, a commendable 14 per cent, the best of them being On Watch, who would briefly have some modest success at stud, but it was the last of them, from Colin's 16th crop, who would ultimately prove the most significant.
That was a colt saddled with the plebeian name Neddie, who won five of 14 starts, including two stakes as a juvenile. The victory that gave him most licence for a berth at stud came in the 1928 Eastern Shore Stakes over six furlongs at Havre de Grace in Maryland, but it was hardly to be expected that he would achieve high rank as a sire. Nor did he, but like Colin, he got one son who would matter in the long term.
Neddie's tally of nine stakes winners from a total of 215 foals represented a miserable four per cent, but the first of them would ultimately become a surprising notable achiever. His name was Good Goods, and his ten wins from 53 starts included the Havre de Grace Handicap at four and the Governor's Handicap at Narragansett Park as a 5-year-old. Those performances did not suggest that he was destined for a stellar career at stud, and he duly turned out to be a dire flop, with only five stakes winners among his 173 foals, a pathetic three per cent. But one of the quintet was rather special, product of a mare who ran eight times and won nothing.
His name was Alsab, and as if being named champion 2-year-old was not enough, he repeated as champion at three, winning the Preakness between seconds in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. In all he won 25 of 51 races.
Alsab had to be regarded as a chance-bred racehorse who would fail in the ranks of stallions, and his record of 16 stakes-winners out of 260 foals proved in line with expectations – a modest six per cent. He had only one entire male with six-figure earnings among his progeny, but that was Armageddon, who had victories in the Champagne and Withers, among other stakes, to flaunt.
Armageddon, in his turn, was no great achiever at stud – five per cent stakes-winners, just one an earner in six figures. That was Battle Joined, who had only ten starts, with the Champagne Stakes at two and the Lawrence Realization at three among seven victories. He was an honest enough performer, if some way below the top of his class, and he merited respect, but stardom at stud seemed unlikely.
Sure enough, Battle Joined fell short as a stallion, delivering only one son of real consequence. But that was Ack Ack, a special horse who, as a 5-year-old, ruled as Horse of the Year while heading the standings as both sprinter and handicap horse. A top-level performer at several distances, he was one of the most versatile performers of the post-war era in the States. His like are no longer seen there, and he tends to be unfairly overlooked when the stars of the 60s and 70s are recalled.
Ack Ack earned early recognition in Europe as the sire of Youth, a big, long-backed boat of a horse, who offended the eye in repose, but impressed as a formidable galloper over middle distances when he had conditions to suit him. Breeders generally did not want to produce stock who resembled Youth, so many avoided using him.
Eric Moller took the risk and achieved a triumphant result in Teenoso, who won a Derby and a King George, but was rapidly written off as a sire prospect in England.
Ack Ack was perceived principally as a sire for North America, and he compiled a commendable record there, but only one son proved a convincing heir – the Santa Anita and Suburban Handicap hero Broad Brush, who ruled as champion sire in 1994, a feat to which Breeders' Cup Classic victor Concern was a major contributor.
But Concern, a great public favourite for his exhilarating come-from-behind style, was unable to replicate his success at stud, which left Pimlico Special winner Include as the only credible son of Broad Brush to carry on the line. Include has had his moments as a sire, but the respect he has earned is due more to his daughters than his sons.
The tenuous male line from Colin, extended by a single son in each of seven consecutive generations, may finally have reached the end of the road as a source of top-class performers.


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Bubbolo ha vinto il Palio di Siena in quattro occasioni, riuscendo nel difficile compito di vincere a distanza di vent'anni: la sua prima vittoria è del 1911, l'ultima è del 1931.

L'accoltellamento nel 1919
La sua fama si lega anche ad eventi più prettamente di cronaca. Il più rilevante si collega ad un Palio assai cruento: quello del 16 agosto 1919, che culminò con l'accoltellamento di Bubbolo da parte di un contradaiolo della Selva, contrada per la quale il fantino aveva corso il Palio.

Il prologo del fattaccio si ebbe, con tutta probabilità, nel Palio di luglio di quell'anno, vinto dal Leocorno con Cispa su Giacca. Avendo vinto una contrada piccola, i soldi giunti alle consorelle furono pochi: e infatti la mancia data da Bubbolo al barbaresco della Selva, tale Calvani, fu alquanto misera e suscitò il malcontento del selvaiolo, che non credette alla buona fede del fantino, ritenendo che si fosse tenuto per sé la maggior parte della somma.

Al Palio dell'Assunta i migliori cavalli toccarono alla Selva ed alla Tartuca. La dirigenza selvaiola cercò di ingaggiare nuovamente Bubbolo il quale, probabilmente per gli screzi con il Calvani, preferì accettare l'offerta della Tartuca, provocando le ire dei selvaioli. Dopo la prima prova, corsa da un giovane, nella Selva arrivò il blasonato Nappa, il quale però fu subito sostituito perché ritenuto venduto alla Tartuca. Alla provaccia a vestire il giubbetto arancio-verde fu così il giovane Randellone. Questi, forse per precise indicazioni della dirigenza selvaiola, durante la corsa provocò in maniera palese Bubbolo.

I due, scesi da cavallo, se le diedero di santa ragione scatenando una rissa che coinvolse molti contradaioli della Selva e della Tartuca. In seguito a questi fatti, per evitare ulteriori tumulti, le autorità decisero di squalificare immediatamente i due fantini. Le due contrade furono costrette a cercare in fretta una nuova monta. Nella Selva arrivò subito Domenico Leoni detto Moro, a conferma che il lavoro fatto da Randellone era ben studiato e finalizzato ad estromettere dalla carriera il temibile Bubbolo. La Tartuca ingaggiò Picino. La notizia della squalifica fu presa molto male da Bubbolo, che era sicuro di vincere. Poco prima dell'ingresso in Piazza del corteo storico, il fantino si recò insieme ad alcuni congiunti nella Selva. Arrivato a destinazione, il piccolo gruppo si trovò di fronte un manipolo di selvaioli, tutti ben conosciuti dallo stesso Bubbolo.

La discussione presto degenerò: volarono pugni, calci, bastonate, fino al momento in cui sbucò l'ex barbaresco Calvani, il quale sferrò una coltellata al fantino, forse per vendicarsi dei fatti del luglio precedente. Ben presto la rissa si placò, anche perché il Palio incombeva. Mentre Bubbolo si trovava in ospedale in gravi condizioni, la Selva vinse il Palio davanti alla Tartuca. Ma insieme con il drappellone, arrivarono in contrada anche i carabinieri, i quali arrestarono il Calvani e prelevarono alcuni dirigenti selvaioli, che furono sentiti come testimoni dei fatti. Il Calvani restò per qualche tempo in carcere; in seguito gli fu riconosciuta l'attenuante della provocazione.

La vicenda dell'accoltellamento di Bubbolo è rimasta nella storia del Palio. Ancora oggi infatti, fra i vecchi contradaioli, è d'abitudine dire al proprio fantino: "Occhio, perché se non fai il tuo dovere, ti si fa quello che fecero i selvaioli a Bubbolo nel 1919...".

Nel corso degli anni precedenti a questi eventi, Bubbolo si era reso protagonista di alcune risse che ebbero risalto nelle cronache dell'epoca.

Presenze al Palio di Siena
Le vittorie sono evidenziate ed indicate in neretto.

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Collegamenti esterni

Mantovani, Aldo


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LJLA welcomes Manchester coach service
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has welcomed the latest operator to carry passengers to and from the Airport, but unlike many recent airline announcements, this service provides a link closer to home, with regular departures by coach between the Airport and Manchester city centre.
Aintree based operator Northwest Coachlines now provide a service that operates up to 13 return journeys each day from Manchester Shudehill Interchange and Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The coach schedule is aimed to link with as many departing and arriving flights as possible at LJLA throughout the day, with the first departure from Manchester at 04:00 and the last departure from the airport at 23:50.
The daily service has one way fares from £8 for adults and £7.50 for children aged 5-15, with under 5's able to travel for free. The cheapest fares available can be purchased online at www.northwestcoachlines.com/our-services/airport-transfers
Each year hundreds of thousands of passengers who choose to use Liverpool John Lennon Airport, travel either from or too Manchester city centre and this figure is set to increase further following the Airport's recent route expansion.
Steve Elms of Northwest Coachlines commented, "We are delighted to have been able to reinstate the express bus service to Manchester City Centre in partnership with the Airport and look forward to welcoming customers on to our fast, reliable, value for money service on this important route which provides many opportunities for onward travel to the North West region and beyond"
Danny Williams, Commercial Manager for Liverpool John Lennon Airport added, "The Airport serves the whole of the North West and we are continually looking to improve public transport links across the region. This new direct service linking LJLA with Manchester city centre couldn't be more convenient with the coach picking up and dropping off passengers at the front of the terminal building and will be welcomed by thousands of passengers who wish to use public transport."
LJLA launches consultation on future aircraft flight paths
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is today beginning a 12 week consultation as part of the modernisation of the UK's airspace, which will involve potential changes to the routes taken by aircraft departing from and arriving at the Airport.
LJLA expects busy festive holiday 'getaway' once again
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is gearing up once again for the traditional Christmas and New Year 'getaway', with approximately 150,000 passengers expected to pass through the Airport over the festive and New Year holiday period.
easyJet announces new route from Liverpool to Antalya
easyJet, Europe's leading airline, has announced it will launch a new route from Liverpool to Antalya in Turkey which will become the 33rd destination on easyJet's Liverpool network. Flights will operate weekly on Wednesdays throughout the summer, providing travellers from the North West with a direct route to another popular Turkish resort, joining routes already available to Dalaman and Bodrum.
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The King's Hall Complex
Located just outside of Belfast city centre you will find the massive King's Hall Complex, a record-setting multi-purpose venue and exhibition hall. Ideally located in the Balmoral area with convenient access in and out, this world famous venue welcomes more than 120,000 visitors each year and is the largest and most versatile complex of its kind in Northern Ireland.
Owned and operated by the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, the King's Hall Complex plays host to a wide variety of events including concerts, retail exhibitions, trade exhibitions, sporting events, conferences and one of Ireland's largest agricultural events, the Balmoral Show. This popular annual event includes equestrian competitions, motorcycle displays, food exhibits, shopping, a children's farm, livestock exhibits, and endless options for entertainment. Each year this event draws an average of 75,000 visitors.
In 1891, the North East Agricultural Association of Ireland outgrew its current location at the Belfast Corporation Markets and needed a new locale (and apparently a new name). Many new sites were considered including Bloomfield, Andersonstown, and Ulsterville, but Balmoral was found to be the best of the best, located right in the heart of South Belfast. An appeal was made to members of the Association and the general public for funding the construction and in 1894 the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society agreed to purchase the 32-acre site. Work began two years later and the complex officially opened on June 30th 1896 with the first ever three-day Balmoral Show.
In 1933, J & R Thompson of Belfast built the King's Hall, as you would come to know it, which was officially opened by the Duke of Gloucester on May 29th 1934. This was the largest exhibition venue and the only large concert venue in Northern Ireland until the completion of the Odyssey in the year 2000.
Another change took place in 2012 when the King's Hall was replaced by a new, unique, and semi-permanent building known as the King's Hall Pavilions. Even larger than the last, this facility was designed by Röder HTS Höcker of Germany and opened on September 29th 2012.
Notable Events
It goes without saying that with more than 75,000 visitors, the Balmoral Show is the biggest draw for the King's Hall Complex every year. In addition to this event, the Complex hosts countless trade shows and exhibitions, concerts of some of the biggest names in music, and sporting events with a particularly significant tie to the sport of boxing. Some of boxing's most talented athletes have competed here at Belfast's King's Hall Complex including Rinty Monaghan and Barry McGuigan. These two have become synonymous with the King's Hall and in 2007 a blue plaque was displayed in honour of John Joseph "Rinty" Monaghan, the one time undisputed world champion.
Attending an event at the immense King's Hall Complex is a wonder in itself. Currently the largest indoor exhibition venue in Northern Ireland, this complex welcomes you with its art deco style façade, ample parking, convenient city access, and wide open facility space. Stop in for a concert with 25,000 of your friends or join in the sheep shearing competition at the Balmoral Show.


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Q: Bind SOMETIMES null value with PDO There is only one record in my database, and the "action_taken" column is set to NULL.  How the hell do I get PDO to find it???
If I type the query directly into SQL it works as expected.
Note: This is just a test script to illustrate my problem.  Most the time the value passed will be a string, but occasionally the value will be NULL.
include ('include/mysql.php');

$sql = 'SELECT * FROM returns WHERE action_taken = :action';
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$param = null;
$sth->bindValue(':action', $param, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$sth->execute();
if ($sth->rowCount())
    {
    echo 'FOUND YOU!';
    }
else
    {
    echo 'NOOOO :(';
    }

A: Basically, you can't say "equal to null".  It always has to be IS null:
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM returns WHERE action_taken IS :action';

You'd be better off not using NULL at all, if at all possible.


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Q: update using mysql and php I am using php and mysql to update a column in the users table which is empty and only an admin can add the data but i am having a problem only numbers are being updated and not text.
<?php
    if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
        $sql = $conn->prepare("UPDATE users SET approved=?  WHERE id=?");
        $approved=$_POST['approved'];

        $sql->bind_param("id",$approved,$_GET["id"]);
        if($sql->execute()) {
            $success_message = "Edited Successfully";
        } else {
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    }
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    $sql->bind_param("i",$_GET["id"]);
    $sql->execute();
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        $row = $result->fetch_assoc();
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    $conn->close();
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A: If $approved has a type of String then
You have an error in your bind parameter:
$sql->bind_param("id",$approved,$_GET["id"]);

Should be like this:
$sql->bind_param("si",$approved,$_GET["id"]); //s-- String, i--Integer

You can learn more on how to express variable type in bind_param using this link: Binds variables to a prepared statement as parameters


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