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Where is the closest Giant Food?
The Giant Food Company is concentrating on quality, value, and service for the customers. Having 45 percent of the Washington market and a significant share of the Baltimore market, the company predominates in many market areas. It has three independent drugstores located in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland as well. Giant's subsidiary, GFS Realty, Inc., possesses 18 shopping centers and also five independent grocery/pharmacy stores.
Landover and Jessup in Maryland., are places where distribution centers are located. Half of the voting shares of Giant Food belong to the UK retail company J. Sainsbury, which at the same time possesses the New England food retail chain Shaw's Supermarkets.
As for history, in 1939 Giant had grown into three shops. The fourth one had a facade of brick and glass with the brand name's image, which was lit up at night, being a novel step at the time. Giant launched its sixth shop in Arlington in Virginia, which made this location the first one outside of Columbia. It happened at the time the US entered World War II.
Giant ceased to increase in size after the war; however, in 1945, two new shops were opened in Washington, and in Virginia, one. Giant started to shift into utilizing vertical integration at the end of the 1940s. It opened the slaughterhouse to ship meat directly to its shops. The company purchased the Sheridan Bakery in 1948, and even before that, it was providing baked goods for retail.
Giant Food Shopping Center Inc. was re-named and became Giant Food Inc. in 1957. During that decade, the company computerized inventory records, customer information, payroll and bookkeeping duties. The features introduced to customer service in the 1950s contained self-opening doors, mechanized check-outs, and open display cases for consumers to access meats and frozen food directly.
Giant sold away its four independent Super Giant shops to Woolco in the early 1970s and immersed itself into food retailing again. Giant started discounting its prices in the inflationary times of the mid-1970s, hoping that the increased production would offset the lower costs. The first billion dollar income was gained in 1979.
Giant started to use computer-assisted checkout in 1975 and then introduced price scanning equipment in all its shops in 1979. Although introducing scanners was a significant historical move, Washington consumers and lawyers claimed that the company was using the scanning technology to lead consumers to pay more. The prices were only put on shelves, not on every product. Giant's waves of protests were weathered showing the data that proved that the system had cut operational costs.
Giant Food remained one of the most revered regional supermarket chains in the US despite its slight setback in 1997. Throughout the company's history, it has been constant in its aiming for efficiency, value and service. Giant seemed to have a clear strategy for growth in low margin fields of high competition, utilizing continuous geographical expansion and the rise in its independent drugstores' activity in the late 1990s.
Locations: 265 locations in 24 states and 192 cities.
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Rugby Fields in Santa Fe, NM – Romtec Inc.
The rugby fields in Santa Fe received this large concession/restroom/storage building. This public restroom building provides men's and women's ADA bathrooms for multiple occupants. The concession area is large and has a roof extension for transactions in the shade. The largest room in the building is a storage room. The sports and maintenance equipment can be stored amply with extra space for additional supplies. This concrete building is rugged and can take a beating, which rugby players will appreciate.


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These are hostile waters.
Review by Rob Fahey Contributor
It's a good week for those who enjoy taking care of Alien Scum. Unless you've been living under an especially soundproof rock, you can't fail to have noticed that the Master Chief has returned to Earth this week to splatter some Covenant types all over the ruins of East Africa - but it's not just Xbox 360 owners who will be finishing the fight this weekend.
There's alien killin' to be done on the PC as well, it seems - with another venerable franchise, Quake, bringing the fight back to Earth for a teamplay-focused rumble between the human forces and everyone's favourite biomechanical horrors, the Strogg.
We shouldn't really imply that there's much correlation between Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and Halo 3, though. In fact, if anything, this pair ably demonstrates just how un-alike two FPS games that are essentially about space marines fighting space aliens can be - and yes, we're saying that without a hint of sarcasm. Honest guv.
For the Makron!
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is English developer Splash Damage's follow-up to the popular Enemy Territory freeware title, which was based on another id Software game, Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Around four years in the making, this second instalment in the Enemy Territory series has transposed the action to the science fiction universe of Quake II and Quake 4 - and somewhere along the way, seems to have swapped some DNA with Digital Illusions' celebrated Battlefield series.
In fact, it would be fair to say that ET:QW has far more in common with Battlefield's wide open spaces and vehicular focus than it does with Quake's tight corridors and twitchy firefights. Anyone who has played the Wolfenstein version of the game will know that teamwork and mission objectives are the order of the day here, not frags - but Quake Wars takes that ethos a step further.
Each of the game's 12 levels - which are spread across four distinct "Campaigns", each ostensibly highlighting a major battle in the Strogg invasion of Earth - has one defending team and one attacking team. The plot explanations regarding what you're defending and attacking are almost meaningless; once the timer counts down, all you know is that you have to blow something up, hack something or capture something, or prevent the enemy team from doing one of the above.
The game progresses according to a lengthy timer; most servers seem to set this at around 20 minutes, although we're writing this on the evening of launch so it's likely that settings will be played with in the coming days. Within that timescale, the attacking team has to achieve a number of objectives - for example, knocking down a barricade so you can bring your mobile command centre through, escorting said command centre to a deployment point, taking out a nearby shield generator, stealing a key object and then making it back to an evacuation point with said object.
The objectives flow in a logical progression from one to the next, and the attacking team can only win by completing the full sequence. On many maps, this actually means that the game gets harder as you near the end; with only one final objective to go, vital seconds are ticking away, and the full enemy squad is defending just one room or one entrance. More than once we've seen an attacking squad make it all the way to the last objective, only to be held there in a bloody stalemate for ten minutes - although that's nothing a bit more coordinated team-work couldn't solve.
Unlike similar games like Team Fortress, though, Quake Wars doesn't allow for an ebb and flow across the battlefield. Certain things - remote points where your reinforcements spawn, say, or various turrets and defensive buildings - can of course be destroyed or recaptured by the enemy, but the major level objectives are one-way only. Once the defending squad is down to its last objective, there's no way to push the attacking squad back or retake the initiative; painted into a corner, it's time to defend or die.
To spice things up, the game also offers a host of smaller "missions", which you can cycle through by pressing M on the keyboard. Some of these are dynamic - such as keeping track of which vehicles and emplacements are damaged, and allowing engineers to select their repair as a mission. Others are static, such as capturing helpful spawn points that aren't included in the main set of objectives. Your present objective is always listed in the top-left corner - although we were a bit miffed that selecting a mission doesn't give you a nice obvious waypoint marker to guide you there.
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Actually, that's a bit of a problem with the game as a whole; it's got a learning curve reminiscent of the Matterhorn, with only the faintest nod given to the idea of comprehensive in-game information. Information on your map and HUD is densely packed, but only makes sense once you actually know the layout of the level. You'll spend a lot of time wandering around in your first few days playing the game, which a decent and clear objective marking system could have avoided.
The game's determination to cast you as a clueless newbie for your first few matches continues in the equipment load-out. As you select each weapon and tool from your arsenal, you get a brief description in a window at the top of the screen; helpful as this is, it'll still be a long time before you instinctively know which of the bewildering items you need in each given situation. This is especially notable on the Strogg side; the humans, at least, get sensible weapons like shotguns and sniper rifles. The Strogg equivalent items will take quite a bit of experimentation to get your head around.
Once you've stopped wandering around the maps like a tourist looking for a cashpoint in the West End, and have worked out which way around each of the guns goes, Quake Wars seriously starts to come into its own.
The vehicles in the game - both terrestrial and aerial - are great fun, ranging from conventional tanks and choppers to more outlandish types like the Strogg's slow but devastating bipedal Cyclops. As in Battlefield, we expect that aerial combat experts will emerge quickly; there's a steep learning curve to controlling the choppers, but taking out ground targets with them is both a great tactic, and a deeply satisfying experience.
Rob Fahey
Rob Fahey is a former editor of GamesIndustry.biz who spent several years living in Japan and probably still has a mint condition Dreamcast Samba de Amigo set.
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 449
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 449
BID: $OPDX.449
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, WB2YQH/WB2RAJ & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4WA, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4GBU, W4WX, N5VT, K7BV, KL7J, NW7O, K8WK, K8YSE, NE8Z, CO8LY, CT1EKY, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, DL3XM, G3SXW, IK3ZAW, JI3DST, OH6YF, ON4CHP, PA3GIO, PT2BW, PT7WA, PY2YP, RW3GU, TA3J, UA6AF, V73CW, VK3DYL, VK0MM and ZS4BS for the following DX information.
160 METERS NEWS. It has been reported that effective April 1st, JAs will be able to use 1810-1825 kHz in addition to their current privileges on 1907.5-1912.5 kHz.
3B6, AGALEGA ISLAND (Update). As reported in OPDX.445, preparations for a 16 day operation in October continues to be on schedule. There has been 17 operators mentioned with possibly one or two more added. According to their Web site, the licence and the landing permission will be issued in mid-March in Mauritius (3B8). A team member will be flying to 3B8 within a week to make further preparations. More details and information are available at their great looking Web page at: http://www.agalega2000.ch
CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Vladislav/G0KBO and his brother Victor/UA6AF will be active as CE0Y/G0KBO and CE0Y/UA6AF from February 22 through March 2nd. QSL direct to G0KBO for both callsigns at: 16 Birchfield House, Birchfield Street, London E14 8EY, England. QSL can also be via the bureau as well as E-mail requests will be confirmed via respective bureaus. Use the E-mail address: vic@morflot.ru
CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. The "DX News Letter" reports that Willy, ON5AX, will be active as CE0Y/ON5AX during his evenings on 14020 and 14120 kHz. QSL via ON5AX, Willy Dellaert, Leemstraat 95, B-2910 Essen.
CE0Z, JUAN FERNANDEZ. Just a reminder (refer to OPDX.445), look for the following German operators DL2OAP, DL3DXX, DL7UFN, DK1BT and DK7YY to be active as CE0ZY now through February 29th. They will have two stations active on 160-10 meters on CW and RTTY, with some SSB and PSK31. This group does have special permission for 30 meters. QSL via the bureau or direct to DK7YY, P.O. Box 700343, D-10323 Berlin.
EM, UKRAINE. The Ukrainian National Team UARL HQ-2000 will take part in the 2000 IARU HF World Championship as EM0HQ. Activity will be from the base station UR4MZL. The team's Chief is Vladimir Grushevskiy (UX2MM) and Manager is Alexander Shevchenko (UR5EAW).
FH, MAYOTTE. By the time you read this, Christian, 6W1QV, should have arrived in Mamoudzou. He hopes to be active as FH/TU5DX for the next 6 months. He will use an IC-706 and R-7000. QSL via F5OGL, Didier Senmartin, DASC, BP 19, F-35998 Rennes Armees, France.
FO/C, CLIPPERTON ISLAND (OOOPPSS!!). Sorry, this one got by me (editor), but for those who could not figure out why the URL address in last week's bulletin for the "Clipperton2000 DXpedition" Web site did not work, it was missing a very important colon (:) in the address. The URL address should be: http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000/
IOTA NEWS.........
AF-NEW. Dennis, ZS4BS, SARL HF Manager, informs OPDX that an IOTA DXpedition is being planned to Elephant Rock off the West Coast of South Africa. Elephant Rock Island straddles the 31 degrees south line of latitude and thus the callsign will be ZS31ER. The expedition is planned for the period of March 26th-April 1st. An IOTA reference number will be issued when the operation is active. More detail to follow.
AF-054. Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as 5H3/PA3GIO from Mafia Island, Tanzania, beginning June 18/19th through 24th. He will be operating on the IOTA or DX frequencies (only SSB) 80/40/20/ 17/15/12/10 meters using a Kenwood TS-50 w/100 watts into a Doublet. QSLs are preferable by the Bureau to PA3GIO. For more info, check Bert's Web pages at: Website USA: http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/5H3/ Website Netherlands: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/5H3/
AF-063. Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as 5H1/PA3GIO from Pemba Island, Tanzania, beginning June 25/26 through July 1st. He will be operating on the IOTA or DX frequencies (only SSB) 80/40/20/ 17/15/12/10 meters using a Kenwood TS-50 w/100 watts into a Doublet. QSLs are preferable by the Bureau to PA3GIO. For more info, check Bert's Web pages at: Website USA: http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/5H1/ Website Netherlands: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/5H1/
AS-032. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active from Oosumi Archipelago (Tanega-Shima) (Nishinoomote-City Kagoshima) February 26-28th, as JI3DST/6 and 7N3UXO/6. Look for activity on 40/17/15/12/10 meters SSB. QSL via the JARL Bureau (Bureau is the BEST) or direct (1 IRC is best, Please don't send USD.) to: Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku Osaka-city, OSAKA 545-0021 JAPAN
EU-040. (Update) Pedro, CT1EKY, who is going to Berlenga Island for one week, starting February 29th (lasting until March 6th), will now use the callsign CQ7B. QSL via DIRECT to CT1EKY. A Web page is available at: http://planeta.clix.pt/ct1eky/index.html
EU-084. A Stockholm team of operators consisting of SM0MDG, SM0MLZ, SM0NOR, SM0UXX and SM0VFE will make a REAL and serious expedition from Uto island in the Baltic Sea. Operation will be from March 3-5th. They are hopeful to be able to give many a new island and state, "The expedition has already a budget far beyond 1000 USD, so we are going seriously into this expedition from the historically and culturally interest..." The team will sign 7S0I and will be active on as many bands as possible, primarly 40/20/15/10 meters on the IOTA fre- quencies + / - QRM. There will be an award available to those working them on 3 bands or more. Exact rules for applying will be available soon. Check the following Web site for updates and details at: http://www.qsl.net/7s0i/ You can also send for info via the E-mail address: 7s0i@qsl.net QSL via SM0UXX via bureau, or direct - Erik Beckman, PL 146, SE-17998, Farentuna, Sweden
J6, ST. LUCIA. A member of the Southeastern DX Group (SDXG) Steve, K4WA, will be active from March 5-12th. He has applied for J68WA, but may be active as J6/K4WA. Most activity will be on WARC and low bands, and mostly CW, operating barefoot with wire antennas. QSL to K4WA direct via the new QRZ address, or via the bureau. Direct address: Steven R. Schmidt, 1002 Rocky Bayou Drive, Niceville, Florida 32578.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.............
Eduardo, CO8LY, states that he worked more than 600 stations in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest. He states to QSL ONLY direct to his QSL Manager EA7ADH with the proper IRCs or USD.
Steve, K8WK, reports that the QSL cards for his HI8/K8WK operation (December 1999-Jan 2000 DR) have been received from the printer and are being processed. The first batch of foreign cards have already been sent. The cards are being processed as FIFO (First In First Out). Non-U.S, cards without return postage are being returned via bureau.
Gunter, DL3XM, informs OPDX that a log search is available for PY0FZM and 3B8/DL2HZM on his Web homepage at: http://www.qsl.net/dl3xm/ (Just click the button "DX+QSL") He also mentions that after receiving the 3B8/DL2HZM logs, all the direct QSLs and bureau QSLs (incoming during the last 4 months) are now done. Please note, for direct QSLs Gunter's address is only good in the 1997 callbook (and after). For callbooks before 1997, use his old callsign DL8WXM. Sending cards to DL2HZM will only delay you in receiving your QSL.
Luke/PT7WA, Elisio/PT7BZ, Etevaldo/PT7NK and Nilo/PY2VA made a short last minute trip this past week to Fernando de Noronha Island signing homecall/PY0F. Their length of stay is unknown and Luke, PT7WA, states earlier in the week that this would not be a DXpedition, but they would try to be on the air as time permits. They were last heard on February 16th. QSLs via their home callsigns and via the Bureau is OK.
Larry, RW3GU, reports to OPDX that the logs are now available online for the "MILLENNIUM DX`PEDITION-2000" at: http://rrc.sc.ru/eng/log.htm At the RRC site, you will find logs for: R3CA/am, KC4/R3CA - South Pole; CE9/R3CA - Antarctic Base "Patriot Hills"; R3RRC/ant - Antarctic Base "Patriot Hills"; CE8/R3CA - SA-050 (January 2000) and CE8/R3CA - Punta Arenas, Chile (December 1999). Photos of the "MILLENNIUM DX`PEDITION- 2000" are also available for viewing at: http://rrc.sc.ru/ce9_r3ca.htm The "Russian Robinson Club" (RRC) also has special plaques available for 25 USD for QSOs with the "MILLENNIUM DX`PEDITION-2000" (CE9/R3CA or KC4/R3CA or R3CA/ANT/m) and the "RRC-South Pole-2000" (R3RRC/ANT) operations. The both plaques are a wooden plank 20x15 cm. on a metallic base and can be obtained from the Plaque Manager RW3GW (via DL6ZFG, Rolf Rahne, P.O. Box 15, D-39241, Gommern, Germany).
Hazel, TN7OT (home call AL7OT), is back home in Alaska after a year in Africa and is finishing up the QSLing for TN7OT. Please Note: The address in the callbooks for AL7OT is no longer valid. The NEW TN7OT (op: AL7OT) address for QSLing is: Hazel Schofield, 35765 Ryan Lane, Soldotna, Alaska 99669
Alfredo, HC1HC, who was active on 10 meters ONLY in the ARRL CW Contest should be QSLed via NE8Z.
QSL ZK2CA and ZK2/K7CA via NW7O, Jim Frye, 4120 Oakhill Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89121-6319
QSL ZK2VF and ZK2/W7TFV via W7TVF, Bill Dawson, P O Box 4049, Pahrump, NV 89041
QSL PW2A, active in the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY Contest, via PT2BW at: Ariosto Rodrigues de Souza, P.O. Box 03821, 70084-970 Brasilia, DF - BRAZIL. Bureau QSL are OK.
QSL OG6Y from last weekend's ARRL CW Contest via OH6YF. The operator was Harry, OH6YF/OH0MYF/M0BYF, who was using this special callsign for his 15 meter single band effort.
Cesar, PY2YP, reports that the AX0LD QSLs have already been printed and are ready to be mailed. He will start mailing as soon as he receives the log. He also mentions that the CWSP Web page has been updated with FAQs about the donations to the "Children's Cancer Hospital". Please stop by at: http://www.qsl.net/cwsp/indexen.htm
S2, BANGLADESH. By the time you read this, Andy, G4ZVJ, will be QTH as S21VJ from Dhaka. He is scheduled to leaves on February 21st. QSL via G4ZVJ.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station VI3GP to be activated March 9th at 1200z, in conjunction with the running of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia. QSL via the VK3 Bureau or Direct to: Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club Inc., P.O. Box 87, Mitcham 3132, Victoria, Australia (with SAE and sufficient return postage). If insufficient postage is received, the special QSL card will be returned via the Bureau.
SPECIAL OPERATION. Willy, ON4CHP, informs OPDX that he will put on a special operation from Friday, March 31st through Sunday, April 2nd, from the Allied WWII landing beaches of Normandy, France. He will sign ON4CHP/P on 40/20/ 15/10 meters with 100 watts. On Saturday, he will be active from one of the American beaches, probably the most well-known "OMAHA" (otherwise UTAH). On Sunday, he will be from the GOLD beach, which was one of the British landing zones. QSL via bureau or direct is ok. Willy states, "If the conditions will be ok, the activation could give some fine QSOs with the older American, Canadian and British OM's to whom we Europeans owe so much."
SY2, MOUNT ATHOS. Veronica, IK3ZAW, has informed OPDX that Monk Apollo has applied for and received the special callsign, SY2A, to celebrate his 10th anniversary of activity on the bands as the only licensed operator on Mount Athos. Expect to hear him with the special callsign on all bands and modes now through December 31, 2000. Further news is forthcoming.
V4, ANTIGUA. Larry/W1LR and Bill/W4WX, of the Florida DXPedition Group (FDXPG), will be active from here February 22-29th. Look for them on 10-20 meters on SSB, CW and RTTY. They will sign V2/W1LR and V2/W4WX. QSL via the bureau or direct to home callsign.
V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Bruce, AC4G, who is active as V73CW from here, was active this past weekend in the ARRL CW Contest with the special callsign V7G. He mentions that he will be going QRT in about 3 weeks and suggests to QSL via AC4G. Look for him to continue to be active until he leaves, especially on the lower bands.
VC7, CANADA. "The 59(9) DXReport" states to look for special event station VC7AIR to be active until March 10th to commemorate the Y2K Balloon Event. So far no QSNs have been reported on the PacketCluster Networks.
VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLAND (IOTA OC-003). Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9CQ possibly August/September of 2000 (Exact dates are pending on flight schedule). His activity will be on the IOTA or DX frequencies (only SSB) 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using his Kenwood TS-50 w/100 watts into a Doublet. For more info, check Bert's Web pages at: Website USA: http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/VK9CQ/ Website Netherlands: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/VK9CQ/
VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (IOTA OC-002). Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9XV possibly August/September of 2000 (Exact dates are pending on flight schedule). His Activity will be on the IOTA or DX frequencies (only SSB) 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using his Kenwood TS-50 w/100 watts into a Doublet. For more info, check Bert's Web pages at: Website USA: http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/VK9XV/ Website Netherlands: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/VK9XV/
VK0MM -"INPUT REQUESTED". Alan, VK0MM, informs OPDX and others that he is looking for a way for "maximizing the number of stations needing Macquarie Island as a new country, irrespective of band or mode." He reports that his logging software indicates that the same callsigns are starting to crop up time and time again on different bands and different modes. These, he states, are usually the "59++" variety and the average guy with 100w and a vertical has much less of a chance of breaking through, especially on SSB. There are many who have worked VK0MM four or five times in different combinations of band/mode/callsign. The bottom line is that as a single operator, Alam can only work one band and mode at a time. The question he poses to the greater amateur radio population out there is: "What is more equitable, fairer all round, efficient?"
1,000 QSOs with 1,000 different stations, each of whom is happy having worked a new country or 1,000 QS0s with maybe 300 to 500 stations, each of whom works VK0MM in one or more different combinations of bands and modes ??
Any comments, opinions, two-cents worth etc etc would be welcome. Alan will be off the ANARE station until around the end of the month working at the other end of the island and will read any comments on his return to base. The last supply ship of the year will be arriving fairly soon. This supply ship will bring Alan a new iambic keyer and a linear to use as he is settling in for the winter. Alan states, "I'd like to get an operating strategy in place by then and will base it on the wishes of the majority." Alan's (VK0MM) E-mail address is: vk0mm@yahoo.com
WANT TO TRAVEL TO RUSSIA? Guy Shields, W4GBU, reports that the "Friendship Force" in Atlanta, GA, is organizing a "Radio Amateur Operator Trip to Russia" to meet with and stay with Russian Hams for about a week. You will be able to operate with them and learn Russian DXing/Contesting techniques as well as visit Red Square, the Kremlin, shop for old Soviet radios, etc..... If you are interested in going to Russia, see details at: http://w4gbu.home.mindspring.com Then, click on the "Trip to Russia" line. This should prove to be an exciting trip for all Radio Amateurs...
XW, LAOS. Hiroo, JA2EZD, in Vientiane, has once again received the license/callsign XW2A. He states that this XW2A license will be effective until May 5th and is licensed for all bands/modes, 24 hours. Hiroo will be using a Kenwood TS-570S and a Yaesu FT-840 with Cushcrft beam antennas and dipoles for 7/18/24 MHz. He will mount a 50 MHz 4element Yagi (20m up) on top of a water tower. He has been heard on 40/17/12/10 meters CW/SSB at various times between 2200 and 0430z. QSL via: Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O.Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos (but requests 2 IRCs for printing QSL and quick return by air mail). Hiroo hopes to have photos of his station at XW2A, soon on his Web page at the URL address: http://qth.com/dxshack/ His E-mail address is: JA2EZD@wwdx.net
YM, TURKEY (Special Prefix). Bulgarian radio amateurs, Valeri/LZ2CJ and Tzvetalin/LZ2FV have been invited by Berkin/TA3J and Nilay/TA3YJ to stay in Izmir and Manisa, Turkey between March 22-29th. LZ2CJ and LZ2FV will be active on all bands from TA3YJ's QTH in Turkey. LZ2CJ, LZ2FV, TA3J, TA3YJ and Yasar/TA3D will participate in the "43rd Annual CQ World-Wide WPX Contest (SSB)" at TA3YJ's QTH, Manisa (Spylious Mountain-Turgutalp Village - 1000 Meters above sea level) on March 25-26th, with the callsign, YM3LZ in a Multi-Operator/Single-Transmitter category. The special callsign YM3LZ was issued with the permission from "Izmir Directorate Of Radiocommunications" (dated February 14th). This joint activity, by Turkish and Bulgarian radio amateurs will show the friendship between these two countries, and it will also help for the development of amateur radio activities. QSL via TA3YJ: Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey.
OPDX INTERNET SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE REQUEST: opdx-request@nshore.org
OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME (provided by John, K8YSE):
http://www.en.com/users/k8yse/opdx.html
ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB HOME PAGE:
http://www.en.com/users/k8yse/nodxa.html
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Team GRAMP came third in the CompassSport Cup competition today, 59 points behind arch rivals (and friends) MAROC who in turn lost to ESOC by a mere 11 points. Congratulations to ESOC who now go through to the final in September.
Thanks to everyone who heeded the clarion call and turned out for the club, especially Foss and Erik who got up at 5:30 this morning for the 284-mile round trip!
Well done to Felix Späth, a very recent new member, and Sasha for gaining the maximum points for their respective classes and all the other GRAMPs who backed them up (a full list and course results etc is available here) not least Keith Yardley and Lachlan Kirk who kept their heads and put in solid performances against the MAROC M14- runners. Some of us plodded too slowly to make a mark, others blew up mid-course, some picked up the wrong map and some just couldn't make it on the day but even taking all that into account I still don't think we could have matched ESOC's performance had everything gone according to plan.
Thanks also to Evgueni for chauffering the minibus and accomodating Pete's demands for a later departure so he could have a few more minutes in bed (Foss and Erik were not impressed by such lack of moral fibre) and also to the Gomersalls for providing top notch tea/cake/blethering venue after the event.


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by Christina Pain
A short history of Chiswick's major establishment for entertainment, designed by Frank Matcham. It began with music hall performers and occasional films in 1912, was for a time mainly a cinema, added shows with performers from Cliff Richard to Liberace, and closed in 1959
by David Shavreen
Both Old and New Brentford struggled to care for the poor, the sick, the unemployed, whether residents or travellers passing through, using poor relief and new charities. This account covers the period from the Elizabethan Poor Law to the mid 19th century, when expansion of the town and the arrival of new industry helped provide employment, lifting many out of poverty
by Gillian Clegg
The Dutch painter's short career as a young school teacher in Isleworth and Turnham Green during the 1870s where he lived in the household of the Rev Thomas Slade-Jones and was known as Mr Vincent. Includes extracts from his letters to his brother Theo describing his life here
Work & Colour: Sanderson & Chiswick 1879-1928
by Freddie Launert
A major business in Chiswick from 1879 until 1928, this article provides a well-illustrated description of the Sanderson family, their business and disastrous fire which prompted their removal to a new works in Greenford, written by the then company archivist. Their legacy survives in the family home, which became Chiswick Library and premises in Barley Mow Passage, including Voysey's only factory.
by Shirley Seaton
The internet as a source of information, offering access to new kinds of material for the local historian, described by an experienced historical researcher
by Peter Hammond
A short piece determining the location of Chiswick's early workhouse, using records in the Chiswick Local Collection and at Chatsworth to pinpoint the site just west of the Windmill pub
A Chiswick Childhood
by Elizabeth Wilcockson
Memories of living in Stamford Brook in the 1930s as a little girl until she was evacuated to the country "labelled like a parcel"
by Val Bott
A brief account of the Chiswick Traders' Association project, raising funds for a millennium statue of Hogarth which was unveiled in 2001
by Janet McNamara
Three Romney portraits of members of the Clitherow family were listed in the 1922 catalogue for the sale of Boston Manor House in Brentford and two have subsequently been returned for display in the House. The author describes the discovery of the third in Detroit
An archaeological excavation and new historical research seem to have confirmed that at least part of the folly with a plunge pool and adjoining chamber date back to Princess Amelia's time at Gunnersbury
A description of the colourful and jolly mural by Nic Boothby, inspired by elements of Brentford's history,at St Paul's Recreation Ground
New Journal – Out Now!
Journal 28 is now available from our book shop.
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In other words, from the point we are born again until we leave this earth, God wants us to live in His will (obey Him) and not be conformed to our former lusts which were ours when we did not know Him. So for us to be able to do this, He sent the Lord Jesus to die on the cross and to be resurrected. He also sent His Holy Spirit to us which imparts a divine nature in us and gives us the desire and power to be free from the indwelling sin nature which is still in us.
Today when we use the word "lust" we think of "immoral sexual desire" but in the original Greek letters of the NT, the word "lust" meant "any strong craving" or "passionate desire". It did not necessarily mean something evil but the content in which it was used determined whether it was evil or good. In our scripture today it is used in a sinful sense.
As we know, these sinful, strong cravings and passionate desires can encompass a multitude of things in our life. For example, James warns us if we have bitter jealously and selfish ambition (strife) in our heart, this wisdom is not from God but is earthly (vs heavenly), natural (vs spiritual), and demonic (James 3:14-18). In chapter 4, he speaks of lust, murder (can be just hate in our heart), being envious, fighting, quarreling, prayers from a wrong motive, and being a friend of the world (i.e. an enemy of God). Remember, our hearts are deceitfully wicked and we need the Lord to shine His light into the dark areas of our hearts to reveal what is there. We have walked in some of these strong cravings or passionate desires so long we do not even recognize them for what they are, not pleasing to God.
Paul told Timothy, concerning becoming more Christ like, "Pay close attention to yourself…" (I Timothy 4:16). Let us do the same and turn our hearts to forsake any of these strong cravings or passionate desires that cause us to disobey God and practice sin. Agree with God and exercise your free will to say no to these desires and Jesus Christ will bring victory over these passionate desires in your life. God has enough grace to deal with anything He reveals in your heart.


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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Gentil () is a diocese located in the city of Port-Gentil in the Ecclesiastical province of Libreville in Gabon.

History
 19 March 2003: Established as the Diocese of Port-Gentil from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Libreville

Bishops of Port-Gentil
 Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan (19 March 2003 - 19 January 2013); transferred to Mouila, also apostolic administrator of Port-Gentil
 Eusebius Chinekezi Ogbonna Managwu (12 January 2016 – present)

See also
Roman Catholicism in Gabon

References

External links
 GCatholic.org
 Catholic Hierarchy

Roman Catholic dioceses in Gabon
Christian organizations established in 2003
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century
2003 establishments in Gabon
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Libreville


If a person dies due to another person or entity's fault, the decedent's survivors may file a "wrongful death claim." Here are four things to know about wrongful death lawsuits in California.
A wrongful death claim is a civil lawsuit filed by the decedent's survivors. In a wrongful death claim, the survivors file a complaint informing the court that the plaintiff has allegedly suffered due to the defendant. A wrongful death jury holds evidence to a less stringent standard of proof than a criminal case jury.
Wrongful death claims are settled through "remedies" brought by the defendant, usually in the form of monetary compensation, while homicides are punishable by incarceration.
Who Files Wrongful Death Claims in California?
The decedent's surviving spouse, partner, or children may file a wrongful death lawsuit. The parents or siblings may also bring a claim if the line of descent has no survivors.
The decedent's dependent survivors may also file a wrongful death lawsuit. These people may include the decedent's parents, a reputable spouse, or stepchildren.
The plaintiff/s must prove that the decedent's cause of death was due to another person or entity's negligence or "intent to cause harm." Their wrongful death attorney in Los Angeles must also prove that the death led to the injury of survivors.
Damages in a wrongful death lawsuit may include the decedent's health care bills, lost income, and funeral and burial expenses.
Other damages also include injuries such as loss of financial support, love, companionship, guidance, and moral support.
After the wrongful death of a loved one in California, survivors have two years to file a wrongful death claim. An experienced wrongful death attorney can help you find justice for your loved one.


Sterling Silver Clown Miniature, Great artisan sterling silver (NOT silver plated) Purim clown miniature, Judaica. Superbly executed as an highly detailed Purim clown in a standing posture reading the Esther scroll. This item was made in the electroforming method. Measurements: Height: 9.9cm. / 3.9in. Weight: 38gr. / 1.2oz. Marks: 925 for sterling silver.


11-8-13 The Fall King Mackerel Fishing Has Been Incredible.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello my friends. Here is a quick update of the fishing over the past couple of weeks. During the last week of October we absolutely crushed the King Mackerel and I wished I had taking more Pics. We were catching close to 30 fish a day. Just as fast as you could get the baits out. We also had a little surprise on Oct. 30th. We landed a very nice Sailfish and a 43lb Cobia. As far as the fishing goes for the first week Of November I have not had the opportunity to go. The wind has been gusting 20 plus everyday. Although it looks like this weekend the weather is going to layout and get very nice.
Quick Note: This is the time of year is when the Speckled Trout move into the Backwater. And if you have fished with me before then you know or have probably heard how much I love catching Trout. If your interested in booking a backwater trip don't hesitate to call me!!!! This fishing can be extremely fun on light spinning tackle and is a great trip for the kids.


The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was founded in 1997 by American journalist Charles 'Chuck' Lewis. It was launched as a project of the Center for Public Integrity. Under that stewardship, ICIJ investigated issues that didn't stop at national frontiers, including cross-border crime, corruption and holding the powerful to account.
These investigations exposed smuggling by multinational tobacco companies and by organized crime syndicates; the dealings of private military cartels, asbestos companies, and climate change lobbyists; and broke new ground by publicizing details of Iraq and Afghanistan war contracts. Our more recent investigations on the global offshore economy, including the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning Panama Papers, have sparked resignations, arrests and policy changes in dozens of countries.
To extend its reach and impact even further, ICIJ spun off from the Center and became a fully independent news organization in early 2017.
In July 2017, ICIJ was granted 501(c)(3) nonprofit status by U.S. tax authorities.
True to ICIJ's collaborative style of working, the organization is governed by three committees: a traditional board of directors with a fiduciary role; an advisory committee made up of supporters and experienced investigative journalists; and the ICIJ Network Committee, which serves the membership of ICIJ's global network.
A working body of ICIJ members who represent the ICIJ members, setting principles and best practices, priorities and activities, liaising with the board and giving advice to ICIJ's leadership team on adding or excusing members.
ICIJ's global member network is more than 220 investigative journalists strong. We have members in 83 countries and territories who work collaboratively on cross-border investigative projects.


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This article is about the capital city of Canada. For other meanings see Ottawa (disambiguation).
Template:Canadian City Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest city. It is located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern part of the province of Ontario, at the northern edge of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The population of the city proper is 808,391, while the population of the larger Ottawa region is 1,146,790 (2004). The mayor of the city is Bob Chiarelli.
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The Parliament Buildings, shown here, are Ottawa's most famous land mark.
Ottawa sits on the south bank of the Ottawa River, around the mouths of the Rideau River and Rideau Canal. The oldest part of the city (including what remains of Bytown) is known as Lower Town and occupies an area between the canal and the rivers. Across the canal to the west lies Centretown, which is the city's financial and commercial hub. Between here and the Ottawa River, the slight elevation of Parliament Hill is home to many of the capital's landmark government buildings, and is the Legislative seat of Canada.
The City of Ottawa includes many urban areas. The main one extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester, Nepean and Vanier the former village of Rockcliffe Park and the suburban communities of Manotick and Orleans as well as Aylmer, Hull and Gatineau in the province of Quebec (pop. 827,854). Around the main urban area city is an extensive greenbelt, administered by the National Capital Commission for conservation and leisure, and comprising mostly forest and marshland. In addition to the main urban area there is the Kanata urban area consisting of the urbanized part of the former city of Kanata and the former village of Stittsville (pop. 70,320). There are also a number of satellite towns and rural communities that are also urban areas (urban fringes) that lie beyond the greenbelt but are administratively part of the Ottawa municipality. These are Constance Bay (pop. 2,327); Kars (pop. 1,539); Metcalfe (pop. 1,610); Munster (pop. 1,390); Osgoode (pop. 2,571); and Richmond (pop. 3,287).
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Map of Ottawa showing urban area, highways, waterways, and historic townships
Across the Ottawa River, which forms the border between Ontario and Quebec, lies the city of Gatineau. Although administered separately, the two cities both fall within the remit of the National Capital Commission and for many purposes are considered a single metropolitan area, called Canada's Capital Region.
Ottawa itself is a single-tiered city, meaning it is in itself a census division and has no county or regional municipality government above it. Ottawa is bounded on the west by Renfrew County and Lanark County; on the south by the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry; on the east by the United Counties of Prescott and Russell; and on the north by the Regional County Municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais and the City of Gatineau.
Ottawa is made up of 11 historic townships, 10 of which are from historic Carleton County and one from historic Russell. They are Cumberland, Fitzroy, Gloucester, Goulbourn, Huntley, March, Marlborough, Nepean, North Gower, Osgoode and Torbolton.
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The O-Train, Ottawa's light rail train system
Ottawa is served by VIA Rail passenger service, by a number of airlines which fly into Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (better known as Ottawa International) and by a number of long distance bus companies, including Greyhound .
Ottawa's main mass transit company is OC Transpo. The bus transit system includes the Transitway, a network of mostly grade-separated, extremely high-frequency, reserved bus rapid transit lanes with full stations instead of stops. There is also a pilot-project diesel light rail system called the O-Train. See Ottawa Rapid Transit. Both OC Transpo and the Quebec-based Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) operate bus services between Ottawa and Gatineau.
The Rideau Canal, which starts in Kingston, Ontario, winds its way through the city. The final flight of locks on the canal are between Parliament Hill and the Château Laurier. Also, during the winter season the canal is usually open and is a form of transportation downtown for about 8 km for ice skaters (from a point near Dow's Lake to the Rideau Centre) and forms the world's longest skating rink (http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/skateway/index_e.asp).
Ottawa sits at the confluence of three major rivers: the Ottawa River, the Gatineau River and the Rideau River. The Ottawa and Gatineau rivers were historically important in the logging and lumber industries, and the Rideau as part of the Rideau Canal system connecting the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River with the Ottawa River.
See also List of airports in the Ottawa area.
Notable buildings and institutions
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The Château Laurier in downtown Ottawa.
Some of the notable buildings in Ottawa include the Parliament Buildings, where Canada's government resides; 24 Sussex Drive, the home of the Prime Minister of Canada; and Rideau Hall, the home of the Governor-General of Canada. Ottawa also has most of Canada's national museums, including the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Canada Aviation Museum and Canadian Museum of Nature. The Canadian Museum of Civilization is located across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, Quebec. Ottawa is also the home of the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, and Algonquin College. Federal buildings in the National Capital Region are managed by the Public Works Canada, while most of the federal lands in the Region are managed by the National Capital Commission or NCC; its control of much undeveloped land gives the NCC a great deal of influence over the city's development.
As with other capital cities, the word Ottawa is also used to refer by metonymy to the country's federal government, especially as opposed to provincial or municipal authorities.
See also: list of Ottawa buildings
Winterlude is an annual winter carnival held each year in February. It is focused on the Rideau Canal.
Tulip Festival each May Ottawa receives a gift of several hundred thousand tulips from the royal family of the Netherlands. These are displayed throughout the city.
Canada Day is one of Ottawa's most important holidays and people from across the nation visit to celebrate the nation's birthday.
Hope Volleyball Summerfest (http://www.hopehelps.com) is the world's largest volleyball tournament with more than 25,000 players and spectators attending a gigantic beach party with funds going to local charities.
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (http://www.chamberfest.com) is the world's largest festival of chamber music, held annually.
Cisco Systems Bluesfest (http://ottawa-bluesfest.ca/index-en.html) is an annual outdoor music festival, dubbed the largest blues festival in Canada.
Ottawa's primary employers are the Canadian federal government and high technology. Major companies such as Nortel, Alcatel, JDS Uniphase, Mitel, Bell Canada, TELUS, IBM, and Corel have offices in the city.
The Corel Centre, where the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League play.
Ottawa is home to two major league sports teams, the Ottawa Senators ice hockey team (established 1992) of the National Hockey League and the Ottawa Renegades (established 2002) Canadian football team of the Canadian Football League. The Senators play at the Corel Centre and the Renegades at Frank Clair Stadium. Ottawa is also home to a minor league baseball team, the AAA farm team of the Baltimore Orioles, the Ottawa Lynx of the International League. Ottawa also has a major junior ice hockey team, the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League. Ottawa's two major universities, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa both have athletic associations; the team names are the Carleton Ravens and the Ottawa Gee Gees respectively. Ottawa's top soccer (football) team is the Ottawa Fury who play in the women's W-League and the men's USL Premier Development League.
The city also supports many casual sporting activities, such as skating on the Rideau Canal or curling in winter, cycling and jogging along the Ottawa River and Rideau Canal in summer, skiing and hiking in the Greenbelt, and sailing on Lac Deschenes, part of the Ottawa River. During the coldest parts of winter there is ice fishing on the Ottawa river.
In addition to being the capital of Canada, Ottawa is politically diverse with regard to local politics. Most of the city traditionally supports the Liberal Party, although only some parts of the city are consistent Liberal strongholds. Perhaps the safest areas for the Liberals are the ones dominated by francophones, especially in Vanier and central Gloucester. Central Ottawa is usually more left-leaning, and the New Democratic Party can win ridings there as government unions and activist groups are fairly strong. Some of Ottawa's suburbs are swing areas, notably central Nepean and, despite its francophone population, Orleans. The southern and western parts of the old city of Ottawa are generally moderate or slightly left of centre but periodically swing to the Conservative Party The farther one goes from the city centre - into suburban fringes like Kanata and Barrhaven and rural areas - the voters tend to be increasingly conservative, both fiscally and socially. This is especially true in the former Townships of West Carleton, Goulbourn, Rideau and Osgoode, which are more in line with the staunchly conservative areas in the surrounding counties. However not all rural areas support the Conservative Party. Rural parts of the former township of Cumberland, with a large number of francophones, traditionally support the Liberal Party, though their support has recently weakened.
The Ottawa region was long home to First Nations peoples who were part of the Algonquin. The first European settlement in the Ottawa region was that of Philemon Wright who started a community on the Quebec side of the river in 1800. Wright discovered that transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Montreal was possible and Ottawa was soon booming based almost entirely off timber. The city grew even further in importance when the Rideau Canal was constructed by Colonel John By to connect Ottawa with Kingston which was then the colonial capital of Canada. Ottawa was then known as Bytown, but was incorporated as Ottawa in 1855.
Original city leaders of Bytown include a number of Wright's sons, most notably Ruggles Wright. Nicholas Sparks, Braddish Billings and Abraham Dow were the first to settle on the Ontario side of the Ottawa river.
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Map of Ottawa's annexation history.
On December 31, 1857, Queen Victoria was asked to choose a common capital for Canada East and Canada West (modern Quebec and Ontario) and chose Ottawa. There are old folk tales about how she made the choice: that she did so by sticking her hatpin on a map roughly halfway between Toronto and Montreal, or that she liked watercolours she had seen of the area. While such stories have no historical basis, they do illustrate how arbitrary the choice of Ottawa seemed to people. While Ottawa is now a major metropolis and Canada's fourth largest city, at the time it was only a small logging town in the hinterland, far away from the colony's main cities, Quebec City and Montreal in Canada East, and Kingston, and Toronto in Canada West. In fact, the Queen's advisors had her pick Ottawa for two important reasons: first, it was the only settlement of any significant size located right on the border of Canada East and Canada West (and is still on the Quebec/Ontario border today), so it was a clever compromise between the two colonies and their French and English populations; second, the War of 1812 had shown how vulnerable the major cities were to American attack, since they were all located very close to the border. Ottawa's position in the back country made it more defensible, while still allowing easy transportation via the Ottawa River to Canada East and the Rideau Canal to Canada West. Two other considerations were that Ottawa was at a point nearly exactly midway between Toronto and Quebec City (about 500 km as the crow flies) and that the small size of the town made it less likely that politically motivated mobs could go on a rampage and destroy government buildings, as had been the case in the previous Canadian capitals.
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The Byward Market provides fresh produce throughout the warm months
The original Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa was destroyed by fire on February 3, 1916. The House of Commons was temporarily relocated to the recently constructed Victoria Memorial Museum, currently the Canadian Museum of Nature, located about 1 km south of Parliament Hill on Metcalfe Street. A new Centre Block was completed in 1922, the centre-piece of which is a dominant gothic revival styled structure known as the Peace Tower which has become a common emblem of the city.
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The National War Memorial, in Confederation Square.
On September 5, 1945, only weeks after the end of World War II, Ottawa was the site of the event that many people consider to be the official start of the Cold War. A Soviet cipher clerk, Igor Gouzenko, defected from the Soviet embassy with over 100 secret documents. At first, the RCMP refused to take the documents, since the Soviets were still allies of Canada and Britain, and the newspapers were not interested in the story. After hiding out for a night in a neighbour's apartment listening to his own being searched, Gouzenko finally persuaded the RCMP to look at his evidence, which provided proof of a massive Soviet spy networking operating in western countries, and, indirectly, led to the discovery that the Soviets were working on an atomic bomb to match that of the Americans.
In 2001, the old city of Ottawa (estimated 2005 population 350,000) was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean (135,000), Kanata (70,000), Gloucester (120,000), Rockcliffe Park (2,100), Vanier (17,000) and Cumberland (55,000), and the rural townships of West Carleton (18,000), Osgoode (13,000), Rideau (18,000) and Goulbourn (24,000), along with the systems and infrastructure of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, to become one municipality. Ottawa-Carleton used to be just Carleton County before 1969 and consisted of what is now the City of Ottawa except for Cumberland.
See also: List of Ottawa mayors
According to the Canada 2001 Census, there are 774,072 people, 310,132 households, and 210,875 families residing in the city. The population density is 278.6/km².
The lingustic makeup (mother tongue) of the city is 63.6% anglophone, 15.0% francophone, 0.9% both languages, 20.3% allophone.
The racial makeup of the city is 80.90% White, 4.54% Black, 3.62% Chinese, 2.84% South Asian, 2.67% Arab, 1.14% Southeast Asian, 1.13% Aboriginal, 0.85% Latin American, 0.66% West Asian, 0.64% Filipino, 0.20% Japanese, 0.19% Korean, 0.31% Other, 0.33% Multiple responses.
There are 210,875 families out of which 72.8% are married couples living together, 11.1% are common-law couples, and 13.2% have a female householder with no husband present.
In the city the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 19, 6.9% from 20 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36.7 years. For every 100 females there are 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.1 males.
The median income for a working individual in the city is $39,713, and the median income for a family is $73,507. Males have a median income of $47,203 versus $31,641 for females. The per capita income for the city is $23,061.
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The Rideau Canal serves as a waterway in summer and a skating rink in winter.
Old city of Ottawa
New city of Ottawa
Population (2001) 337,031 774,072
% Change (1996-2001) 4.2 7.3
Private Dwellings 155,536 310,132
Density (per sq. km.) 3059.7 278.6
Land area (sq. km.) 110.15 2,778.64
See List of Ottawa media outlets.
La Cité Collégiale
Saint Paul University
See also List of Ottawa schools
Item of interest
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Parliament Hill from the Mackenzie King Bridge
The National Research Council of Canada's shortwave time signal station, CHU, is located in Ottawa.
List of Ottawa neighbourhoods
List of Ottawa buildings
List of Ottawa churches
List of Ottawa schools
List of Ottawa's 10 tallest skyscrapers
List of embassies in Ottawa
List of Ottawa parks
List of Ottawa roads
List of Ottawa bridges
National Capital Region (Canada)
Ottawa International Jazz Festival
Ottawa International Hockey Festival
Ottawa International Children's Festival
Ottawa Fringe Festival
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
Ottawa Bluesfest
Canada Dance Festival
Central Canada Exhibition
List of people from Ottawa
Ottawa City Council
City of Ottawa (municipal government)
Ottawa municipal election, 2003
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City of Ottawa's web site (http://www.ottawa.ca)
OttawaStart.com (http://www.ottawastart.com)
Parliament Hill Webcam (http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/hillcam_e.html)
Page about the Ottawa International Airport in the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's Places to Fly directory - includes photos of the airport (http://www.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=1&ap_id=170)
North: Pontiac, Gatineau
West: Arnprior, Mississippi Mills, Beckwith, Montague Ottawa East: Clarence-Rockland, The Nation, Russell
South: North Grenville, North Dundas
Census Divisions of Ontario
Counties of Ontario: Bruce | Dufferin | Elgin | Essex | Frontenac | Grey | Haliburton | Hastings | Huron | Lambton | Lanark | Leeds and Grenville | Lennox and Addington | Middlesex | Northumberland | Perth | Peterborough | Prescott and Russell | Renfrew | Simcoe | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | Wellington
Regional Municipalities of Ontario: Durham | Halton | Muskoka | Niagara | Oxford | Peel | Waterloo | York
Single Tier Municipalities of Ontario: Brant | Brantford | Chatham-Kent | Greater Sudbury | Haldimand | Hamilton | Kawartha Lakes | Norfolk | Ottawa | Prince Edward | Toronto
Separated municipalities - Historic counties of Ontario
Districts of Ontario: Algoma | Cochrane | Kenora | Manitoulin | Nipissing | Parry Sound | Rainy River | Sudbury | Thunder Bay | Timiskaming
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A pregnant Chinese television presenter's poignant gesture of opting to die by refusing to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer in order to save her unborn child has moved millions of people.
Qiu Yuanyuan, 26, from Zhengzhou, in the central province of Henan, died yesterday exactly 100 days after giving birth to her son, Niannian.
Qiu, who had hosted a chess game show on Zhengzhou Television Station, learned she was pregnant in March.
However, her happiness was cut short after learning that she was suffering from a late-stage malignant tumour, a report in the South China Morning Post said.In order to prevent the baby being harmed by her chemotherapy, Qiu agreed to halt her treatment, which allowed the cancer to spread.
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Qiu then underwent an operation for the removal of the malignant tumour, but it came too late to save her.
Despite undergoing more than 20 days of chemotherapy, her doctors said the chances of her being cured were very low.
They advised Qiu to halt her remaining therapy and return home to her baby son.She died at her home last evening, after her family held a feast to celebrate the baby's 100th day since his birth, a traditional custom widely practiced by Chinese families.
The story of her selfless act has been one of the hottest topics on China's microblogging site Weibo since yesterday, and reached more than 10 million views by this morning.
Thousands of Weibo users, moved by her great courage and love for her baby son, posted comments commemorating Qiu and wishing her son a long and healthy life on her Weibo page.
"After getting married, becoming a mother was her biggest wish," Qiu's husband, Zhang Qixuan, told the Zhengzhou Evening News.
"She chose to save our child, she understood that not everything in life can be perfect. And she said she had never regretted her decision.
"Yuanyuan has passed away, the only thing I can do now is to take care of our child and her family," her husband Zhang Qixuan said.
"I hope everyone can silently bless her and our child, and smile at life – just as Yuanyuan did," he said.


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using PlayFab.ServerModels;

namespace PlayFab.UUnit
{
    public class ServerInstanceApiTests : UUnitTestCase
    {
        private const string FakePlayFabId = "1337"; // A real playfabId here would be nice, but without a client login, it's hard to get one

        private static TestTitleDataLoader.TestTitleData testTitleData;

        private int SuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount = 0, UnsuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount = 0, ParallelRequestSuccessfuCount = 0, ParallelRequestUnsuccessfuCount = 0;
        private string InstancePlayFabId1, InstancePlayFabId2;

        private const string test1Url = "https://test1." + PlayFabSettings.DefaultPlayFabApiUrl;
        private const string test2Url = "https://test2." + PlayFabSettings.DefaultPlayFabApiUrl;

        public override void SetUp(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            testTitleData = TestTitleDataLoader.LoadTestTitleData();
            PlayFabSettings.TitleId = testTitleData.titleId;
            PlayFabSettings.DeveloperSecretKey = testTitleData.developerSecretKey;
        }

        public override void Tick(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            // No async work needed
        }

        private void SharedErrorCallback(PlayFabError error)
        {
            // This error was not expected.  Report it and fail.
            ((UUnitTestContext)error.CustomData).Fail(error.GenerateErrorReport());
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// SERVER API
        /// Multiple instances of the same API class can be created
        /// </summary>
        [UUnitTest]
        public void CreateMultipleServerInstance(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            PlayFabApiSettings settings = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            settings.TitleId = testTitleData.titleId;
            settings.DeveloperSecretKey = testTitleData.developerSecretKey;

            var instance1 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI();
            var instance2 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings);

            instance1.ForgetAllCredentials();
            instance2.ForgetAllCredentials();

            testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// SERVER API
        /// Different instances of the same API class may have different API settings and use them
        /// </summary>
        [UUnitTest]
        public void MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            PlayFabApiSettings settings1 = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            settings1.ProductionEnvironmentUrl = test1Url;
            settings1.TitleId = "test1";
            settings1.DeveloperSecretKey = "key1";

            PlayFabApiSettings settings2 = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            settings2.ProductionEnvironmentUrl = test2Url;
            settings2.TitleId = "test2";
            settings2.DeveloperSecretKey = "key2";

            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance1 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings1);
            testContext.StringEquals("test1", serverInstance1.apiSettings.TitleId, "MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings can not be completed");
            testContext.StringEquals(test1Url, serverInstance1.apiSettings.ProductionEnvironmentUrl, "MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings can not be completed");
            testContext.StringEquals("key1", serverInstance1.apiSettings.DeveloperSecretKey, "MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings can not be completed");

            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance2 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings2);
            testContext.StringEquals("test2", serverInstance2.apiSettings.TitleId, "MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings can not be completed");
            testContext.StringEquals(test2Url, serverInstance2.apiSettings.ProductionEnvironmentUrl, "MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings can not be completed");
            testContext.StringEquals("key2", serverInstance2.apiSettings.DeveloperSecretKey, "MultipleInstanceWithDifferentSettings can not be completed");

            testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// SERVER API
        /// Each API instance can be used to login a player separately from any other API instances,
        /// and that player's authentication context is stored in the API instance
        /// </summary>
        [UUnitTest]
        public void ApiInstanceLogin(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            PlayFabApiSettings settings = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            settings.TitleId = testTitleData.titleId;
            settings.DeveloperSecretKey = testTitleData.developerSecretKey;

            var loginRequest1 = new LoginWithServerCustomIdRequest()
            {
                CreateAccount = true,
                ServerCustomId = "test_Instance1"
            };

            var loginRequest2 = new LoginWithServerCustomIdRequest()
            {
                CreateAccount = true,
                ServerCustomId = "test_Instance2"
            };

            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance1 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings);
            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance2 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings);

            serverInstance1.LoginWithServerCustomId(loginRequest1, PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<ServerLoginResult>(testContext, OnInstanceLogin1), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, SharedErrorCallback), testContext);
            serverInstance2.LoginWithServerCustomId(loginRequest2, PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<ServerLoginResult>(testContext, OnInstanceLogin2), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, SharedErrorCallback), testContext);
        }
        private void OnInstanceLogin1(ServerLoginResult result)
        {
            InstancePlayFabId1 = result.PlayFabId;
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)result.CustomData;
            ProcessBothLogins(testContext);
        }
        private void OnInstanceLogin2(ServerLoginResult result)
        {
            InstancePlayFabId2 = result.PlayFabId;
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)result.CustomData;
            ProcessBothLogins(testContext);
        }

        private void ProcessBothLogins(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            testContext.False(InstancePlayFabId1 == InstancePlayFabId2);
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(InstancePlayFabId1) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(InstancePlayFabId2))
                testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// SERVER API
        /// If API settings object is not set by a customer developer for an instance of an API class then the
        /// API instance always uses the static PlayFabSettings class (the same way as static API classes)
        /// </summary>
        [UUnitTest]
        public void CheckWithNoSettings(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            //It should work with static class only
            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstanceWithoutAnyParameter = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI();
            serverInstanceWithoutAnyParameter.GetAllSegments(new GetAllSegmentsRequest(), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<GetAllSegmentsResult>(testContext, CheckWithNoSettingsSuccessCallBack), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, SharedErrorCallback), testContext);
        }
        private void CheckWithNoSettingsSuccessCallBack(GetAllSegmentsResult result)
        {
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)result.CustomData;
            testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// SERVER API
        /// Try to check server instance with authentication context and without authentication context
        /// </summary>
        [UUnitTest]
        public void CheckWithAuthContextAndWithoutAuthContext(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            //IT will  use static developer key - Should has no error
            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance1 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI();
            serverInstance1.GetAllSegments(new GetAllSegmentsRequest(), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<GetAllSegmentsResult>(testContext, CheckWithAuthContextAndWithoutAuthContextSuccessCallBack), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, SharedErrorCallback), testContext);

            var apiSettings = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            apiSettings.DeveloperSecretKey = "WRONGKEYTOFAIL";

            //IT will  use context developer key - Should has error because of wrong key
            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance2 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(apiSettings);
            serverInstance2.GetAllSegments(new GetAllSegmentsRequest(), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<GetAllSegmentsResult>(testContext, CheckWithAuthContextAndWithoutAuthContextSuccessCallBack), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, CheckWithAuthContextAndWithoutAuthContextExpectedErrorCallBack), testContext);
        }
        private void CheckWithAuthContextAndWithoutAuthContextSuccessCallBack(GetAllSegmentsResult result)
        {
            SuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount++;
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)result.CustomData;
            if (SuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount == 1 && UnsuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount == 1)
            {
                testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
            }

        }
        private void CheckWithAuthContextAndWithoutAuthContextExpectedErrorCallBack(PlayFabError error)
        {
            UnsuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount++;
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)error.CustomData;
            if (SuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount == 1 && UnsuccessfulGetAllSegmentsCount == 1)
            {
                testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
            }

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// SERVER API
        /// Try to parallel request at same time
        /// </summary>
        [UUnitTest]
        public void ParallelRequest(UUnitTestContext testContext)
        {
            var settings1 = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            settings1.TitleId = testTitleData.titleId;
            settings1.DeveloperSecretKey = testTitleData.developerSecretKey;

            var settings2 = new PlayFabApiSettings();
            settings2.TitleId = testTitleData.titleId;
            settings2.DeveloperSecretKey = "TESTKEYERROR";

            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance1 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings1);
            PlayFabServerInstanceAPI serverInstance2 = new PlayFabServerInstanceAPI(settings2);

            serverInstance1.GetAllSegments(new GetAllSegmentsRequest(), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<GetAllSegmentsResult>(testContext, ParallelRequestSuccessCallBack), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, ParallelRequestExpectedErrorCallBack), testContext);
            serverInstance2.GetAllSegments(new GetAllSegmentsRequest(), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<GetAllSegmentsResult>(testContext, ParallelRequestSuccessCallBack), PlayFabUUnitUtils.ApiActionWrapper<PlayFabError>(testContext, ParallelRequestExpectedErrorCallBack), testContext);
        }

        private void ParallelRequestSuccessCallBack(GetAllSegmentsResult result)
        {
            ParallelRequestSuccessfuCount++;
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)result.CustomData;
            if (ParallelRequestSuccessfuCount == 1 && ParallelRequestUnsuccessfuCount == 1)
            {
                testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
            }

        }
        private void ParallelRequestExpectedErrorCallBack(PlayFabError error)
        {
            ParallelRequestUnsuccessfuCount++;
            var testContext = (UUnitTestContext)error.CustomData;
            if (ParallelRequestSuccessfuCount == 1 && ParallelRequestUnsuccessfuCount == 1)
            {
                testContext.EndTest(UUnitFinishState.PASSED, null);
            }
        }
    }
}

#endif

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Q: What is the function of OrderedQ in these expressions? Could someone please let me why the output of the two expressions change with OrderedQ in place. The first expression is as follows:
-o[a - b]/. o[n_? Negative x_ + y_] :> -o[- n x - y]

The output of the above expression is: o[-a + b]
The second expression being:
 -o[a - b]/. o[n_? Negative x_ + y_] :> -o[- n x - y]/;OrderedQ[{x,y}]

The output of the second expression is: -o[a - b]
The second expression yields the correct output (Computer Science with Mathematica, Roman Maeder). What is confusing me is why OrderedQ corrects for the discrepancy.

A: This is a case where deconstructing the right hand side of the replacement rule is very helpful. Let us look at the first example,
-o[a - b]/. o[n_? Negative x_ + y_] :> -o[- n x - y]

and change a few things
o[a - b]/. o[n_? Negative x_ + y_] :> {n, x, y}

which returns
{-1, b, a}

Note, I dropped the $-1$ in front since it would just negate everything in the list. Doing something similar with the second pattern
o[a - b] /. o[n_?Negative x_ + y_] :> {n, x, y, OrderedQ[{x, y}]}

we get
{-1, b, a, False}

This tells us that OrderedQ is passed {b, a}, which is not in sorted order, so it returns False. In your second pattern, this has the effect that the minus sign needs to be on a, not b, for the pattern to activate, e.g.
-o[-a + b] /. o[n_?Negative x_ + y_] :> -o[-n x - y] /; OrderedQ[{x, y}]
(*o[a - b]*)

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The victim died only one day after Sandra Bland was found hanging in Texas' Waller County Jail, raising suspicions about the role of police in her death. In November 2015, a black man, Michael McDougle, was found dead in his cell in the Neshoba County Detention Center—a case that was later settled for a sealed amount.
Infamously, Neshoba County is also where Ku Klan Klansmen, including law enforcement, murdered civil-rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner on the first day of Freedom Summer of 1964 after visiting the site of the recently burned Mt. Zion Methodist Church, east of Philadelphia. After Deputy Cecil Price stopped them for a traffic violation when they left the church and took them to the jail, then in a different location in Philadelphia. After releasing them that night, a lynch mob followed the three men out of town, pulled them over and then took them to a dirt road and shot each of them, later burying them under an earthen dam.
McDonald said that this incident also echoes what a Department of Justice report revealed about Ferguson, Mo., and the percentage of revenue raised by revolving doors in the jail, racial profiling, traffic fines and minor offenses that put and keep suspects in jail as they incur fines.