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General Hospital Spoilers Weekly Update: Power Players Clash
By Pierce Culver 3 years ago
Weekly Update for June 15th – 19th
Your General Hospital spoilers weekly update is here! Catch up on what you missed, get a sneak peek at what's ahead, and find out how you can get involved in the soap opera community!
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GH Weekly Recap
We had a pretty intense week on General Hospital, seeing some milestones that we won't soon forget!
The 2018 Nurses' Ball saw Peter delivering Maxie's baby by the side of the road, then getting into a revealing confrontation with Anna.
Moving forward to 2019, we watched Shiloh causing some pretty acute concerns for several people… partially by having Sam as his date, and partially by exploding at Willow.
All of that was soon eclipsed by another villain's presence, though, when Ryan made his terrible return, and the whole of Port Charles prepared for a decidedly unpleasant outcome. We've covered a lot of ground, and there's more over the horizon! Here are the spoilers!
GH Weekly Teasers
Things kick off with a tension-filled hostage crisis, during which everyone's wits are tested… and Carly redeclares her love for Sonny.
Their relationship goes through more trials, too – and even a brush with death – but ultimately sees their wedding in the hospital chapel. There are even darker chapters ahead, though, and after the untimely death of Morgan, the pair will be tested like never before.
This past week was pretty interesting, and the coming ones may bring some unexpected developments. With things being what they are, it's easy to miss important moments… but that's why Soap Hub is here to help. If you have any questions, thoughts, or even theories, don't hesitate to share them with the community!
What did you like most about this week? What are you most excited to see next week? Share it all with everyone in the comments, and remember, there's always more in the way of soap opera spoilers, news, and exclusive updates in our free newsletter. Until next time, though, fans, thanks so much for watching! I'm Pierce Culver, and I'll see you again soon!
General Hospital's History
GH made its debut in 1963 and is the second longest-running daytime soap opera in American history. The longest-running sudser is Guiding Light. While it's not the longest-running daytime drama, General Hospital is the longest-running soap opera currently on air.
The daytime drama outlasted other soaps to become a mainstay for many households! From Luke (Tony Geary) and Laura's (Genie Francis) gripping romance and wedding, to Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and his mobster activities, GH knows how to please their viewers.
More then five decades of gripping drama has kept the daytime drama on the air as other soap operas were axed. GH is one of only four remaining soap operas currently on the air, with the other three being Days of our Lives (DAYS), The Young and the Restless (Y&R), and The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B). GH airs weekdays on ABC. Check your local listings for air times.
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Why did it take Nintendo so long?
As Pokémon Go smashes records, delights fans and scares parents across the mobile app world, we're wondering why it took Nintendo so long to jump into the fray. Location aware games have been around for many years. Fans and investors have been begging Nintendo to unleash Mario & Luigi, Donkey Kong, Zelda, and Pokémon onto the omnipresent mobile phone platforms. Location aware games even advance Nintendo's mission of 'Connecting People'. Oh and, by the way, free games with in-app purchases have created sizeable profits for Niantic, the Pokémon Co and Nintendo. So why the late entry into a live and profitable market, we wondered?
Protecting the core business
The main culprit, we find, is the seemingly sensible belief held by many industry leaders that all company assets must be focused entirely on the current business. The belief is not wrong in a healthy business cycle but when the market shifts and the core business is under threat focusing all assets on the core can be fatal. For Nintendo, Mario and his pals were a bulwark to protect the Wii console and Nintendo DS systems from the hordes developing games for mobile phones. There was no law of physics that prevented Nintendo from creating Pokeman Go years ago – just a seemingly deep belief that 'All assets must be used to drive their core gaming devices business'1.
A sense of urgency
The underlying fear was that releasing their games on mobile phone platforms would accelerate the decline of their gaming devices business. After seeing profits drop precipitously, year after year, the company licensed the Pokemon property to Niantic, an app developer spun out of Google in 2010 and Pokémon Go emerged to save the day. Given the prevailing assumption is that Nintendo will learn rapidly and continue to populate mobile phone platforms with the their beloved creatures, the company is worth $12 billion more than it was last week.2
Breaking the orthodoxy
We submit that it should not take a near death experience for a company to continually explore and test emerging business models. A rigorous innovation program with access to the core assets and the full capabilities of the company is a necessity for maintaining industry leadership in all industries -not just the hyper fast world of gaming. We trust Nintendo has blown up the 'we are in the console game player business' orthodoxy and look forward to running headlong behind Mario into a fully immersive virtual world.
1Horie, Masatsugu, and Takashi Amano. "Nintendo Mulls New Business Model After Forecasting Loss." Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 14 July 2016.
2Takashi Mochizuki. "Nintendo Chases 'Pokemon" Profit." Wall Street Journal. July 13, 2016.

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ST. PETERSBURG — Still more apartments are coming to St. Petersburg, this time to the Edge and Grand Central Districts just west of downtown.
The new projects, all by out-of-state developers and more moderately priced than those downtown, will add more than 650 units to a rental market that shows no signs of slowing down.
Indianapolis-based Milhaus Development plans a six-story, 251-unit apartment building with 12,000 feet of commercial space at 1601 Central Avenue. A city agency has given it a preliminary thumbs up.
The Ohio-based NRP Group —which is about to complete the nine-story Avanti apartment complex on Fourth Street S — is expected to close soon on part of the 1700 block of Central Avenue where it plans 243 more rentals.
And DevMar Development of Michigan is about to start clearing land at First Avenue N and 16th Street for 211 loft-style apartments in a high-rise with roof-top pool.
The three projects are further evidence that the boom that began near St. Petersburg's downtown waterfront is rapidly spreading to the once grittier neighborhoods between Ninth and 34 Streets N . Both the Edge District and the Grand Central District are now humming with shops and restaurants, and are close to the galleries and artist studios of the Warehouse Arts District.
DevMar's Vantage Lofts is the first Florida venture for the company, which has specialized in urban in-fill projects around Detroit.
The Vantage Lofts will be in what DeMaria called a "condo-quality structure" that could be converted to a condominium if the demand for rentals slacks. The 11-story building will include studio, one- and two–bedroom units and several penthouses, all in a minimalist design with exposed ductwork and high ceilings.
Monthly rental rates will range from $1,300 to $3,000, less than for many of the new apartments in the downtown core.
NRP Group, which developed the Beacon 430 apartments on Fourth Street as well as the under-construction Avanti, also wants to keep rents lower in its new project.
Tentatively called 1701 Central, the mixed-use project will include a five-story building and attached parking garage with retail space. The apartments generally will be smaller and as much as $600 cheaper than units in high-end buildings closer to the water like Camden Pier District (formerly AER) and the Hermitage.
Kehoe said NRP is so bullish on St. Pete" — a sentiment echoed by DeMaria, His Michigan-based company had looked at downtown Tampa but found it less appealing than the city across the bay.


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505 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611
The original property opened in 1929. A member of Historic Hotels of America since 2011.
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With its unique architecture and cultural diversity, the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile was destined to be a success. Built in 1929 as the Medinah Athletic Club, the club was later forced to close in 1934 due to the stock market crash. InterContinental Hotels bought the property in 1988, and after a quarter of a billion dollars in original restoration work and 12 years later, this truly magnificent InterContinental Chicago hotel was reintroduced to Chicago as a harmonious merging of Old World elegance and 21st-century craftsmanship. The InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile stands proudly as one of the city's landmark architectural treasures.
Discover the Tribune Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, the Wrigley Building, and the Magnificent Mile just steps away.
Discover the 42-story tall InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, which was one of the first skyscrapers in the country.
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Amtrak on Monday issued an official notice that it plans to suspend operation of the Hoosier State line, which provides Indianapolis-to-Chicago service, starting July 1.
Magliari said the line could only be saved if the state approves a new funding plan for the next two-year budget.
The Indiana Passenger Rail Alliance, which supports the Hoosier State route, issued a statement Monday denouncing the lack of funding.
"The end of daily rail service to Chicago now appears imminent," the group said in a written statement.
"We are extremely disappointed in Gov. Holcomb's decision to defund this Amtrak service, IPRA President Steve Coxhead said.
Low ridership numbers mean government support subsidizes about 75 percent of the cost of each Hoosier State ticket sold, Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Manning told IBJ in February.
Magliari said Amtrak also supports about $80 million in payroll and procurement in Indiana that would be reduced if the line disappears.


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The Medina County University Center, or "MCUC," is an extension of the University of Akron.  A three-story structure, this facility opened in 2007 and is located in Lafayette Township in Medina County, Ohio, USA.

The MCUC, under the direction of University of Akron President Gary L. Miller, is the first physical facility in Medina County devoted solely to higher education.

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Since several years, Imerys Refractory Minerals implements education programs, supports agricultural cooperatives and modernizes infrastructures to improve life standards of its employee's communities.
Late 2015 Imerys South Africa started partnership with The Peace Agency to fund locally produced Subz Pads packs of washable sanitary pads and underwear to fight against absenteeism and drop-outs of girls in high school living close to Imerys Annesley mine in the Limpopo province. It appears that 60 %+ of girls in South Africa miss 18 months (out of 5 years) of high school due to not having access to sanitary products.
This action is beneficial to both, Imerys employees and the girls. Together with NGO representatives, Imerys employees distribute these reusable pads and take the occasion to talk to the girls about health and hygiene issues during their visits, thus tying bonds.
In 2016 the initiative was repeated and extended to other schools. Schools' principals and staff observe a lower rate of absenteeism and drop-outs. Furthermore they feel that the girls have more confidence in themselves which enhances the level of creativity in the classroom.


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Steven Fletcher: Wolves reject third Sunderland bid
Wolves have rejected a third offer from Sunderland for striker Steven Fletcher.
The Championship side have previously turned down bids of £10m and £12m for the 25-year-old, and this latest offer falls short of Wolves' £15m valuation.
Fletcher submitted a transfer request earlier this month, following Sunderland's £12m offer.
"We want to keep our best players," said Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey. "If our valuations are not met then they will remain at Wolves."
Fletcher, who scored 12 goals in 26 Premier League appearances as Wolves were relegated from the top flight last season, has two years left on his Molineux contract, with an option for a third.
His former club Burnley will be due 15% of any profit Wolves make on a player they paid £7m for in 2010.
Fletcher missed Saturday's Capital One Cup tie against Aldershot with an ankle injury and, with Wolves due to start their Championship campaign at Leeds on Saturday, Moxey is eager to bring the transfer saga to a close.
"All parties need to draw a line under this matter, which has now dragged on for more than a month," he said.
"We need to focus on the season ahead and these disruptions to the squad's preparations are unhelpful.
"We cannot allow this speculation to drag on indefinitely up to the closure of the transfer window."
Sunderland are short of attacking options following the departures of Asamoah Gyan and Nicklas Bendtner, and boss Martin O'Neill has made Fletcher his prime attacking target this summer.
No Sunderland player reached double figures in goals last season, with Bendtner and Stephane Sessegnon the top-scorers with eight.
O'Neill believes Fletcher, who scored seven headers last season, will give Sunderland's attack much-needed potency.
Fletcher has suffered Premier League relegations with Burnley and Wolves during the past three seasons, but his goals-to-games ratio is better than one in three.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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The Young Americans College of the Performing Arts seeks students in the formative stages of their artistic development who, because of their talent and commitment to personal growth, stand to benefit most from the training and experiences offered.
Have graduated high school with minimum GPA of 2.0, or equivalent. Students, who do not meet the minimum GPA, may be admitted on a conditional status*.
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The Great War: 100 Years On
100 years ago, Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. The Great War started in late July 1914 and it lasted until early November 1918; British soldiers were told that they would return by Christmas 1914 but what they didn't know was that they would be living in the trenches in northern France for 4 years.
More than 9 million troops and army personnel, and 7 million civilians died as a result of the Great War. It was one the most deadliest and catastrophic wars in history. Millions of soldiers have been killed in the most brutal wars and they gave their lives for us, so we could lead a peaceful life, or so they thought. We still have horrific conflicts going on all over the world today, the 13 year conflict in Afghanistan came to an end just over a week ago. Thousands of lives taken away. We will remember them.
The First World War and WWII resulted in many changes. No other wars have changed the map of Europe so dramatically. Four empires disappeared: the German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian. Numerous nations regained their former independence, and new ones created. Politics was changed forever in Britain; we resolved our problems with Germany after Hitler died.
Everything seemed peaceful until communism came along, the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism but Britain and America were having none of it. That resulted in the Cold War, the War that saw no real violence but just threats and serious talks.
WW1 saw many famous poems, stories and diary entries being published, one of the most famous poems to come from the trenches is Dulce et Decorum Est, written by Wilfred Owen during the conflict.
We will remember the fallen on the 11/11/14, the nation will fall silent for 2 minutes as the nation says thank you.
We will remember, lest we forget.
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A couple of days ago I noticed this view of period houses: looking from the Dominion Road flyover (above New North Road) to the ridge of Great North Road.
In the upper picture, Aitken Terrace houses in the foreground; behind them a steep dip down to Newton Gully (State Highway 16, these days). Then Keppel Street horizontally, and Potatau Street leads up to Great North Road (the big building with blue is the Samoan Methodist Community Hall in King Street). The second picture shows the continuation to the right, with Brisbane Street leading up to Great North Road.


I recently joined in on a Meetup photo shoot with a group that I'd been involved with for the past year. I knew someone who first tried the Meetup and enjoyed it, so I decided to give it a try. My first photo shoot was in the sunflower fields of Davis, California. It was a sunset shoot and at 7pm it was over 90 degrees, but I learned a little bit about composition and using a reflector. And more importantly, it was my first experience working with a model. Perhaps the only downside was that there were so many photographers there, and only three models, so it was hard to get even a few seconds of one on one time.
For the Fort Point shoot, there were three models, but eight photographers, and it was a much better ratio. More on those photos over the next few weeks. This post is primarily about leading lines because I seem to be obsessed with them at the moment, and you'll even see them in the up-coming model photographs.
First, say hello to Fort Point. You can read more about it here.
ISO 200 35mm f/2 compact lens f/3.6 1/2900sec. Yes, there was some Photoshop work done here to remove some of the distracting tourists in the foreground.
You can see the Fort sitting at the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge. From where this shot was taken to the fort itself is probably one mile, and the temperature will vary greatly. If it's 80 degrees where this photo was taken, it will be 20 degrees cooler and very breezy at the fort itself. That's just the way the gateway to the San Francisco Bay is ... the winds come flying through the narrow gap and then ease up as they enter the bay.
More leading lines of bricks, just for fun!
Because it's a fort, the building itself shows leading lines very well in the brick walls.
In the lower courtyard area you'll find more leading lines and antique cannons. Fort Point isn't just a historical building; it's also a museum. Though not a large one in the traditional sense, but it does have some displays like the cannons and cannon balls.
You can see the leading lines of sorts in the arches as well. Is that right? Or are they appropriately called leading arches? Leading lines lead the eye to a certain focal point in photo, so a series of arches would do the same thing.
Back to more leading lines ... the following is one of my favorite.
This corridor encompasses the officers quarters of the fort. No, that's not a person at the end of the corridor, but a glass display case of a soldier's uniform. However, looking at the next photo, perhaps he's a would-be suitor for Sophia?
And, of course, what would lines be without the iconic Golden Gate Bridge!
ISO 200 16-55mm lens at 23.4mm f/2.8 1/3000sec A little Photoshop work again just to remove some tourists in the foreground.
More photos of this shoot soon! Instead of my usual single blog post on the entire shoot, I'm going to break this shoot up by giving each model a blog post because with each of them, I had various looks and shooting styles in mind.


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Remington to lay off 105 workers in NY
Remington Arms, the Ilion, Herkimer County, gun manufacturer, is laying off 105 workers in New York as part of its expansion in Alabama.
A spokesman for Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, Otsego County, who represents the Mohawk Valley plant, confirmed the layoffs today. It was first reported by WKTV in Utica.
The announcement of cuts at the plant, which has about 1,300 employees, was expected after Remington announced in February that
it would expand in Alabama.
Seward in February said Remington assured him that it's not leaving New York, but he blamed New York's gun-control law adopted in January 2012 as a reason why Remington is not expanding in New York.
A Seward spokesman, Jeff Bishop, said 75 percent of the cuts are due to the new plant, and the rest is due to market conditions.
"Ilion will remain the home to over 1,300 Remington Arm's employees. The underlying story though is the reasons why the company is expanding in Alabama and not here at home," Seward said in a statement in February. "Clearly, the SAFE-Act played a role, hindering efforts to bring this expansion to New York."
In May 2013, the company was critical of the SAFE Act, saying on its Facebook page that, "We believe the NY SAFE Act is unconstitutional and was passed in a questionable fashion."
Several gun companies have left New York since the law was passed, and they blamed the law as the primary reason. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has defended the law, saying it's made New York safer after the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.


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Portage Terriers' McIsaac Recycle Everywhere MJHL Player of the Week
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Thanks in large part to a six-point game, James McIsaac of Portage Terriers has been named this week's Recycle Everywhere MJHL Player of the Week.
McIsaac, 17, scored four goals in a recent win over Virden, also adding two assists. As expected, he was selected first star of the game. In three games (two Terrier wins) last week, McIsaac had a total of eight points (6-2).
McIsaac, who represented the MJHL in the recent CJHL Prospects' Game, has had an outstanding season, reflected in 33 goals and 64 points in 56 games. The native of Winnipeg also has eight powerplay goals this season.
The runners up are 20 year old forward Carter Cowlthorp of the Virden Oil Capitals and 19 year old forward Nolan Richards of the Neepawa Natives.
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Valuing and respecting children as individuals means not just providing the bare minimum of education, but tapping into their natural resources and talents, encouraging them to achieve the very best they can. We are delighted to be working with the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) who are focussed on enabling children to achieve just this, and are partnering with us to scale up our current education programme in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
BFSS was formed in 1808 to carry on the work of Joseph Lancaster, a pioneer of school and teacher education. Today they give grants for educational projects both in the UK and internationally and they are focused on widening educational access and opportunity and raising achievement.
Dominic O'Reily, Director at BFSS says "BFSS currently has a focus on supporting education for children affected by armed conflict or natural disaster. This Children on the Edge project is just the sort of work we want to fund and we are delighted that so much progress has been made. I hope that we can grow our working relationship with Children on the Edge so that together we can provide educational support to children who are so desperately in need of it."
Opportunities for Syrian refugee children to be educated at all are severely scarce, let alone a focus of raising achievement. This is why the contribution of BFSS to our current project in Lebanon is so vital.
Whilst integration into Lebanese public schools for Syrian refugee children is encouraged, there is not the capacity to adequately provide for everyone who needs it and many of the children we work with cannot travel safely to these schools. There have also been many reports of safety issues and children suffering from harassment, violence and discrimination which has led to poor retention rates.
To fill these gaps, we work with our Lebanese partner to provide quality informal education to over 300 refugee children in Bekaa Valley and with the additional funding from BFSS, we are beginning to expand the programme by adding two new non-formal schools. With Syrian teachers trained up from within the camps the children will be learning in their own language, in a safe place where they can begin to recover from the trauma they have been through.
Despite these 'classrooms' being tented structures in the middle of refugee camps, the standards of education are beginning to soar. In a volatile situation we have new children arriving all the time so they take part in initial assessments and prep classes before they officially enrol in a school.
Once enrolled we monitor the academic progress of every child from the moment they join the programme. We have periodical exams to monitor progress and end of year exams which enable the children to move on to a higher level.
The older children enrolled in the schools are able to attend our accelerated learning programmes which prepares them to pass the ALP exam, enabling them to attend a Lebanese public school or other educational provision if the opportunity arises.
The curriculum that we work with is based on the Lebanese curriculum ensuring that the children are able to integrate both into the public school system and society as a whole. It incorporates elements of the Syrian curriculum to ensure that they will be able to reintegrate into Syrian life if the opportunity arises. The innovative mix of the two curriculums will help the Syrian children to retain a sense of national identity whist at the same time, preparing them to integrate into Lebanese or other international societies.
Each school has a set of learning targets and levels that they work towards throughout the year in Literacy (Arabic), Maths (including numbers, shapes, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, graphs, decimal numbers geometry, probabilities, fraction problems and equations) and English (both reading and writing).
Abd Al Karim, age 11 was talking to his teacher when he said "Miss, yesterday a group of foreigners came by and I spoke to them in English the whole time and we understood each other!
It is this kind of pride and joy in learning that we are aiming to garner for these amazing children who are surviving in some of the most adverse conditions in the world. We are grateful to BFSS for enabling this to be a reality.


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Hjem » Nyheter » Big Big Train: Continue their tradition of dramatic narratives…..
Big Big Train: Continue their tradition of dramatic narratives…..
Big Big Train – Common Ground
Posted on 10. mai 2021 av Ulf Backstrøm in Nyheter, Snakk // 0 Kommentarer
July 30th, 2021 sees the release of Common Ground', the self-produced new album from Big Big Train on their own label, English Electric Recordings. The new album, recorded during the worldwide pandemic, sees the band continue their tradition of dramatic narratives but also tackles issues much closer to home, such as the Covid lockdowns, the separation of loved ones, the passage of time, deaths of people close to the band and the hope that springs from a new love. Watch the new video for the title track, created by Christian Rios, here:
«This is unashamedly a love song. It is about finding things that we share and have in common with other people. When my partner and I first came together as a couple, we lived not far from Avebury in Wiltshire, a very Big Big Train kind of place. The chalk hills and standing stones were part of the imagery of our 'Folklore' album, and once again I was writing what was literally happening in the location in which we found ourselves. I remember seeing my white chalk dust footprints upon the black of the car mats after we'd been walking around Avebury. I'm pleased that we both get to have this time with each other and 'Common Ground' is about finding out the things that we have in common with each other and deciding what we want to do in life together». – David Longdon
1. The Strangest Times
2. All The Love We Can Give
3. Black With Ink
4. Dandelion Clock
5. Headwaters
6. Apollo
7. Common Ground
8. Atlantic Cable
9. Endnotes
Common Ground sees the band taking in wider musical and lyrical inspiration from artists such as Elbow, Pete Townshend, Tears For Fears, Elton John and XTC, as well as acknowledging their more progressive roots. As ever, Big Big Train will take listeners on a journey, be it waiting for the UK 5pm pandemic press conferences The Strangest Times) to the library of Alexandria (Black With Ink) to the bottom of the ocean (Atlantic Cable).
For the Common Ground tour, which will be their most extensive to date and which will culminate in the UK with a show at the prestigious London Palladium, Greg Spawton (bass), David Longdon (lead vocals, flute), Nick D'Virgilio (drums, vocals) and Rikard Sjöblom (guitars, keyboards, vocals) will be joined by Carly Bryant (keyboards, guitars, vocals), who contributes vocals to Common Ground, Dave Foster (guitars), who plays on two tracks on the new album, Clare Lindley (violin, vocals) and by a five piece brass ensemble. The band expect to announce North American tour dates shortly.
Big Big Train has taken lyrical and musical inspiration from periods of history that are recognized as great leaps forward. Now with Common Ground, they are making such a surge themselves.
Nick D'Virgilio: drums and vocals
David Longdon: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synth
Rikard Sjöblom: electric guitar, vocals
Gregory Spawton: bass, bass pedals, vocals
Carly Bryant: vocals
Dave Foster: guitar
Aidan O'Rourke: violin
Big Big Train was initially founded in 1990 and went through several line-up changes, but in 2009 the band decided on a fresh start, and the core of the current version of the band was born.
Since then, they have gone on to win four Progressive Music Awards, played sold out shows and seen their last album, 2019's 'Grand Tour', reach #1 in the Official UK rock charts and break into the top 40 in the Official UK album charts.
The band toured the UK for the first time in 2019, culminating in a sold out show at London's Hackney Empire, subsequently released as the critically acclaimed Blu-ray Empire, and 2022 will see the band performing their largest UK tour to date along with their first ever dates in North America.
While many of Big Big Train's songs have been rooted in the history of Great Britain and Europe, it seems fitting that they are now indeed an international band. Bassist Greg Spawton, who founded the band, grew up in a railway household and named them after a 1970s train set he owned, is based in the UK, as is singer David Longdon, who joined the band in 2009 for the breakthrough album The Underfall Yard' The other two core band members, drummer Nick D'Virgilio and multi-instrumentalist Rikard Sjöblom, reside in Indiana, USA and Gåvle, Sweden, respectively.


La Mare Wine Estate is situated at Jersey, England. It is registered to hold civil ceremonies. There is a choice of wedding locations on the estate, depending on the number of guests and ceremony required. The estate flexibility means it is the perfect setting for your corporate event, Christmas party, summer ball, product launches or clients dinners. It is an excellent venue to hold small or large functions.


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Louisville loses to Miami for worst start in over 80 years
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jordan Miller had 14 points, Norchad Omier scored 12 and Miami opened Atlantic Coast Conference play with an 80-53 victory over winless Louisville on Sunday.
Miller sank 6 of 10 shots with a 3-pointer for the Hurricanes (8-1), who picked up their fourth straight win. Omier hit 6 of 7 shots, adding two blocks. Isaiah Wong pitched in with 10 points and five rebounds. None of Miami's starters played more than 24 minutes.
Jae'lyn Withers led the Cardinals (0-8) with 12 points. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield had 10 points and eight rebounds.
Louisville is off to its worst start since the 1940-41 season. That year the Cardinals, then members of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association — now called the River States Conference — lost their first 11 games. Louisville matched the 1960-61 Virginia Cavaliers for the worst start to a season by an ACC member. Louisville joined the ACC in 2014.
Omier had 12 points in the first half and Miller scored 10 as Miami opened up a 42-23 lead at intermission. The Hurricanes led by as many as 32 in the second half.
Louisville's first season under former long-time Kentucky assistant and Cardinals alum Kenny Payne has gone downhill quickly. The Cardinals opened with three straight one-point home losses, to Bellarmine, Wright State and Appalachian State, followed by blowout defeats at the Maui Invitational to Arkansas, Texas Tech and Cincinnati.
The Cardinals play a conference game at Florida State on Saturday before hosting Western Kentucky, Florida A&M and Lipscomb with a chance to end their skid.
No. 5 Kansas State's Keyontae Johnson to face former Florida teammates
Terry constantly auditioning as Texas' interim coach
Edey has 19 points, No. 1 Purdue beats Michigan
Boogie Ellis scores 31, leads USC over No. 8 UCLA
Duke's Whitehead out vs. Georgia Tech, appears to avoid seri...
Quinerly, No. 2 Alabama hold on to beat Mississippi State
Sharp scores 18, No. 3 Houston bounces back with victory ove...
No. 13 Xavier holds off Big East rival No. 19 UConn
Zeigler leads No. 4 Tennessee over Georgia
Carr's 21 points lift No. 10 Texas over Oklahoma State
No. 12 Iowa State defeats No. 5 Kansas State, leads Big 12 s...
Miles, No. 11 TCU lead throughout in win over Oklahoma
Georgetown snaps 29-game conference losing streak with win v...


I'm trying to install OS X Yosemite Zone Hackintosh 10.10.1 on my PC. I managed to get to the boot screen but when I hit 'Enter', only thing I get is screen with grey background and red Hackintosh Zone logo without any kind of loading bar.
I tried boot flags like '-x' and got the same result. Also when I use '-v' boot flag and hit 'Enter' a lot of text appears and quickly after I get just pitch black screen.
You could make a video of the booting process while using bootflag -v, so that you are able to see what output you get before your screen turns black.


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The occupation of Alexandria by United States forces on May 24, 1861, was widely reported in the Virginia press.
Journalism , Military , Valleys region , Chesapeake and Potomac Valley region
"Virginia Invaded"
Two paragraphs from a lost issue of the Woodstock Tenth Legion, printed in Harrisonburg Rockingham Register, June 7, 1861.
The occupation of Alexandria by United States forces on May 24, 1861, was widely reported in the Virginia press. As an article on the subject in a Shenandoah County newspaper, the Woodstock Tenth Legion, reprinted the following week in a Harrisonburg newspaper, indicates, some white Virginians criticized the federal action and soldiers in every possible way. The editor in Woodstock employed language that was quickly becoming commonplace in Virginia when he called the soldiers "ruthless thieves and murderers who compose the federal hordes."
VIRGINIA INVADED.— Many of our readers already know that the soil of Virginia has been desecrated by the vandal hordes of the despotic government at Washington. Alexandria has fallen into their hands. On Saturday morning last, by land and by water, the city was invaded, and in a few hours the minions of Lincoln had taken possession of the shops and depots and offices of the several railroads and all other public property. The volunteers stationed there escaped, except a cavalry company from Fairfax, who were captured and taken on board a man-of-war. For particulars see details elsewhere.
Our soil has been invaded and the blood of our citizens shed while patriotically defending himself against the ruthless thieves and murderers who compose the federal hordes. Men of VIRGINIA!— sons of the sires of '76!— rush to arms! Your dearest liberties, your household goods, your families, your property, are all at stake! The invader must be met—he must be repelled—he must be vanquished by your strong arms and stout hearts. VIRGINIA expects every man to do his duty. We must organize volunteer companies in every neighborhood. They must be drilled thoroughly for active service. When the war shall be fairly commenced, the services of every able-bodied man in the State will be required! Be assured of this. To the young men we say, lose not a moment in attaching yourself to a volunteer company.— Tenth Legion.


The Young Life Leader Blog: Unlovable.
Being a Young Life leader is hard.
As much as we love high schoolers, many of them are just difficult to love. Apart from Christ in us, it wouldn't make much sense to love them.
Thank God for Jesus. The One who has and will always love these kids. And the One who loves us when we're just as unlovable.
As we return to the high schools this fall and encounter teenagers who are hard to love, here's a powerful reminder of why we're even able to love them.


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Q: Designing a band pass filter using given specifications I am trying to design a band pass filter using the below emitter follower circuit :

The Specifications for the filter include : $$ Z_{in} = 16k\Omega
\\ \text{Current gain} = 35dB
\\ \text{3dB bandwidth} = 418kHz$$
I am allowed to vary \$R_2 , V_{cc}, C_{1} , C_{2}\$ to achieve my specification.
I used the T-model of the amplifier and tried to solve for the collector current using the equation
$$A_{i} = \frac{(\beta+1).Z_{in}}{r_{\pi}}$$
where $$r_{\pi} = \frac{V_{T}.\beta}{I_{c}}$$
Using \$\beta = 381.7 , V_{T} = 26mV \; \text{,i am getting} \; I_{c} = 91\mu A\$
Using the above value of \$r_{\pi}\$ , I Plug it in :
$$ \frac{1}{Z_{in}} = \frac{1}{R_{1}} + \frac{1}{R_{2}} + \frac{1}{r_{\pi}}$$
Putting the value of \$R_{1}\; \text{and}\; r_{\pi} \;\text{gives me}\; R_{2} = 28k\Omega\$
However , when I do a small signal ac analysis in Ltspice using the value found for \$R_{2}\$ and a sinusoid of frequency 1kHz for a duration of 5ms  and \$V_{cc} = 12\$ I am getting the collector current in picoamperes.
What mistake have I actually made in finding \$R_{2}\$ and what procedure should be followed to meet the required specifications ?

A: Your very big mistake is the capacitor on the output: -

I can't tell you why the collector current is so poor but, I can tell you the above circuit shouldn't have the capacitor (C1) connected like that.
Try putting a fixed value for R2 in case your math is wrong. Maybe also choose R2 so that you get around half supply voltage at the base.

A: C1 is the only reasonable way of achieving the lowpass portion of the specification ... in the given schematic.
As Andy says. it's such an odd way of achieving the goal that it looks like a mistake.
Further, when we look at the specification ... we are given an -3dB bandwidth but no centre frequency, therefore the problem is under-specified.
So, pick any lower -3dB frequency (call it F1) you want, and design the high pass element (C1 and the input impedance Zin, given as 16k) to meet that frequency.
Then pick F2 = F1 + 418kHz, and design the low pass element (transistor output impedance and C2) to meet that.
It's a lousy design without a complete specification but that's the assignment.


Fernando Alonso will leave McLaren and "move on" from Formula One at the end of the season, the two-time former world champion has announced.
The 37-year-old will finish the current season and will not race in F1 in 2019.
"There are still several grands prix to go, and I will take part in them with more commitment and passion than ever.
Alonso's current team, McLaren, said in a statement: "McLaren Racing today confirms that double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso will not race in Formula 1 in 2019.
"Fernando, who turned 37 in July, is competing in his 17th F1 season, his fifth with McLaren, and has amassed 32 wins, 22 pole positions and 97 podiums to date. Beyond his two titles - in 2005 he became the then-youngest world champion in F1 history - Fernando has been Championship runner-up three times."
Alonso was F1 champion in 2005 and 2006 while with Renault, with his first ending a five-year dominance by Michael Schumacher and Ferrari.
He went on to join McLaren in 2007 before returning to Renault in 2008. Alonso then made the switch to Ferrari two years later and stayed for four years, before rejoining McLaren once again.
However, Alonso left the door open to a return to F1 - strongly hinting that this could be a hiatus rather than a retirement.
"I want to thank everyone at McLaren," the Spaniard said. "My heart is with the team forever.


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It's an island of sun and sea, history and culture, hot neon parties and lazy beach relaxing. Cyprus has plenty for every kind of holidaymaker to enjoy, but you want to be certain you're getting the best option for accommodation when you're booking – especially when visiting Paphos. With so many resorts and locations to choose from, it could seem a bit overwhelming making the right choice, which is why we've boiled it down to the 10 best options in town.
Sea views and easy access to Alykes Beach make The Annabelle Hotel popular with all manner of holidaymakers, though many couples enjoy honeymoons here. Whatever the occasion of your visit, you'll find a warm welcome replete with colonial architecture and soft piano music filling the lobby every evening. A big rectangular pool and a breakfast menu that goes from porridge to American pancakes rounds off a popular place to stay.
A stay with Constantinou Bros Pioneer Beach Hotel ensures you get a mix of good food, top of the line leisure facilities and a wide range of spa options. There's a commitment to romance here that makes it a brilliant place for couples to stay, with beautiful views of the ocean as you dine in either the indoor facilities or out on one of the patio areas.
Nicely central and covered in vibrant colour, you'll remember why you came to enjoy the sunshine once you step inside the Damon Hotel & Apartments. You can enjoy your own relaxing little corner of Paphos, with access to a pool, a playground and some hearty eateries. There's also tennis, table tennis and other active ways to get involved, as well as bicycle hire to keep you connected to the town.
Slick modern comfort is the style of choice at Avanti Hotel, with its huge enticing pool and stylish rooms. Sports range from tennis and archery through to volleyball and a selection of pool tables, while the games area, activity days and themed nights keep the kids captivated.
When you're just minutes from the beach, you know you've made your holiday your own. Pristine white walls and sleek Mediterranean rooms define Aliathon Apartments, although if the inbuilt kitchens aren't enough for you, there are also bakeries, restaurants and coffee shops within the complex.
If affordable luxury is your travel style, the Atlantica Golden Beach Hotel is where you'll want to be. A grand pool lined by deckchairs and parasols is central to this beachfront accommodation, where saunas, cycling, tennis and fine dining make your stay down to earth, yet rich in little treats.
Hi-tech chic and homegrown spirit unite at Anemi Hotel Apartments, which enjoys a central location that gives you the beach, the bars and the restaurants on your doorstep. At the hotel the Turquoise restaurant caters with international cuisine for buffet breakfast, a la carte lunch and dinner, while the gym, games room, bar and TV room are there for your enjoyment.
In Avanti Village, community spirit is king. The big central pool is the perfect place to meet and mingle with fellow holidaymakers, while the resort also boasts a kid's club, a host of sport activities to try, a local taverna and a good location that keeps you relaxed and secluded, yet never far from the action.
The adults-only resort offered at Constantinou Bros Athena Royal Beach prioritises pristine views and sunny relaxation. From the spas to the sea views, this is one hotel that's been designed with your happiness in mind.
They say that the biggest pool in Cyprus can be found in Holiday Village Aliathon, which is a resort complex so large that that same body of water has its own little lighthouse. Expect everything from pirate-themed kid's playgrounds to decked out dining areas and sublime entertainment, all within easy reach of the rest of the city.


This article describes the different use cases to upgrade from Windows 7, Windows 8.1.1, Windows 10 1607 (or above) to a new Windows 10 version with Check Point Full Disk Encryption in-place during the upgrade phases.
From E80.71 and onward Check Point Full Disk Encryption (FDE) has support for a seamless OS upgrade with FDE in-place.
This is possible due to changes made by Microsoft in Windows 10 1607 allowing third party software to have pre-configured parameters stored in the SetupConfig.ini file.
Note: Using the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool upgrade option is not supported. This upgrade option is not intended for upgrade scenarios, where additional configurations are required like the SetupConfig.ini file.
When the BCD boot mode is enabled in FDE, Windows Update or WSUS can be used to upgrade Windows from one major version to another.
FDE also supports two different ways to bootstrap the UEFI boot loader.
Install or upgrade to E80.71 or above.
Then enable BCD based UEFI boot by running: "fdecontrol.exe set-uefi-bootmode bcdboot"
Reboot the computer once to make sure it is compatible with 3rd party applications via Microsoft BCD Store.
FDE will now be using the Microsoft BCD Store for starting FDE and is ready for upgrading seamlessly via Windows Update or WSUS.
Either use the step-by-step procedure from sk112246, or switch UEFI boot mode to BCDBOOT by running "fdecontrol.exe set-uefi-bootmode bcdboot"
Windows is now upgraded with FDE in-place.
The BCD based boot is not necessary on BIOS installation since FDE is booting through the Partition Boot Record instead of the BCD.
FDE is now ready for in-place upgrade via Windows Update or WSUS.
Then run setup.exe /ConfigFile "%SystemDrive%\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WSUS\SetupConfig.ini"
: The utility fdecontrol.exe is installed in the directory "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\CheckPoint\Endpoint Security\Full Disk Encryption" on 64-bit Windows and in "%ProgramFiles%\CheckPoint\Endpoint Security\Full Disk Encryption" on 32-bit Windows.
: The current UEFI boot mode can be determined by running "fdecontrol.exe get-uefi-bootmode" and will output either "BOOTMGFW" or "BCDBOOT"


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D&L Trail draws record-breaking visitor numbers as COVID-19 sends people outdoors
People enjoy the Lehigh River trail May 5, 2018, at Hugh Moore Park in Easton.Kurt Bresswein
By Rudy Miller | For lehighvalleylive.com
COVID-19 kept people out of gyms, concert halls and other gathering places, but didn't stop them from getting out.
They headed to trails along the Delaware and Lehigh rivers in record numbers, according to the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor.
The average monthly count of visitors from May through October was 88% higher than that same stretch from May through October 2019, according to a news release. One month saw trail visitors up 124% over last year, the release says.
"In the rough year of 2020, people were looking for a place to get out, to clear their heads, to connect with their families. Our trails were those places," said Brian Greene, Director of Trails & Conservation and Data Scientist for the National Heritage Corridor.
The National Heritage Corridor has 10 electronic counters spread out over the five-county stretch of trails that follow the Lehigh and Delaware rivers. The counters monitor travelers all day, every day, Greene said.
Some have invisible infrared eyes that pick up the heat signature of people walking on the trail. Others are wires buried under the trail that detect the metal of bicycles.
Greene expects a seasonal uptick in trail attendance to continue through the winter, although those numbers aren't expected to approach what the organization saw over the summer and early fall.
All areas of the trail saw increases, but those increases were highest in well-populated areas. This highlights the need to fill in trail gaps along the rivers and complete the entire trail, the news release says.
Local businesses that participate in the Delaware & Lehigh's Trail Friendly Business program have reported an inability to keep bicycles, kayaks and other outdoor recreation items stocked, the release says.
A pre-pandemic study in 2017 study shows that the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor had an economic impact of $475 million generated through jobs, consumer spending and tax revenue.
So residents are well-advised to support the trail in their areas, Greene said.
"We need people to give back to trails to say this is an important part of our community," Greene said.
You can volunteer or donate to the trail on its website.
Rudy Miller may be reached at rmiller@lehighvalleylive.com. If there's anything about this story that needs attention, please email him. Follow him on Twitter @RudyMillerLV. Find Easton area news on Facebook.


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The seven Hearts of Oak fans – who were arrested during a friendly with Asante Kotoko – have been released on bail.
The suspects were apprehended by the Police for ripping off the seats in the green stands of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in protest against a referee Kwame Sefah's decision not to award the Phobians a penalty in the said game last Sunday.
Having been processed to the Nkawie High Court on September 4, presiding judge Michael Johnson Abbey adjourned the case to Friday.
However on Friday, it turned out a quite swift proceedings as Justice Abbey took less than 10 minutes to announce his verdict.
They are to sign a bond to report to the Police thrice every week – on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until they return to court on the 25th of September.
Baba Yara Stadium officials have said as many as 275 seats were broken as a result of the rioting by the alleged Hearts of Oak fans.


Go to the top right corner of the Timeline, or at the top right corner of the Dashboard, and tap +.
Select the value and tap OK.
Gently place your finger in front of your phone's camera.
Stay as still as possible during the measurement.
When complete, the camera light will turn off, and your heart rate will be recorded. Your results will appear in the app, along with some brief feedback.
Select the values and tap OK.
You can also add data from the web dashboard through the import feature.
Privacy - How can I export my data?


To open the Master Group Dashboard, Click on "My Groups", on the left hand side under "Data Entry". Click on "Master Group Dashboard" under the Master Group.
The Master Group Dashboard will open and a list of all the active tests for all members of the Master Group will be displayed. To show only a specific active test, use the drop down menu at the top to limit the list of active tests. Located below the list of active tests is the menu for bulk options, the Test Archive link and the listing of the Group ID & Group Managers.
All active tests are listed on the top portion of the Dashboard. The first column lists the Test Number, Name, and Data Due Date. The second column lists the user name and participant code for the test, the third column lists the status of the test, and the fourth column is the selection box column used to perform bulk actions.
In Progress – The test is currently in the control of the original user. This may mean they have just claimed the test, are entering data, or have had the control passed back to them after a review. The "View Notifications" option will show what steps the test has gone through.
In Review – Shows that the test is currently in the control of a sub-group, provides the sub-group name with a direct link that will take you to the sub-group's review dashboard, and will list if it is claimed or unclaimed by a reviewer within that sub-group.
Submitted – Shows the date that the test was submitted to CTS.
Within the status column, there are two actions that can be performed on each specific test. If you click on "E-mail PDF", you can send a PDF copy of that specific test to any e-mail address. If you click on "View Notifications", a separate page will open that shows all the notifications for that specific test.
The Master Group Dashboard allows users with appropriate permission to perform actions on select tests individually or in bulk. The available options are listed within the action drop down list under the active tests.
For each action item, you can control which test the action is being performed on by adding a check to the box in the right column.
E-mail PDF – The "E-mail PDF" bulk option allows user to send one or more tests to their e-mail. See detailed walkthrough below. Note: Unlike the "E-mail PDF" option in the status column for each test, you cannot choose the e-mail address you are sending the bulk e-mails to. All PDFs will be sent to your User ID e-mail address.
Forward to/ Retract From a Group – Allows user to move a test in or out of a sub-group. These actions are helpful if a test has gotten "stuck" due to a user/reviewer being unavailable. See detailed walkthrough below.
After selecting the E-mail PDF action, a pop up is triggered to confirm the number of tests and the action you wish to perform.
After selecting "OK" a confirmation message will be displayed indicating that the test(s) have been e-mailed to you.
The E-mail will contain one PDF of all selected tests merged into one document.
The "Forward to a Group" option allows you to forward one or more tests to a group.
After selecting the "Forward to a Group" action a pop up is triggered to confirm the number of tests and the action you wish to perform.
The "Retract from Group Review" option allows you to retract one or more tests from a group.
After selecting the "Retract from a Group Review" action, a pop up is triggered to confirm the number of tests and the action you wish to perform. Select "OK" to confirm the retraction.
The Master Group Dashboard will refresh once the action has completed and the retracted test(s) will show as "In progress". The test(s) will need to be resubmitted to CTS prior to the Data Due Date to be included in the final report.
The Test Archive feature allows you to view any test that is expired. You can view the status and notification of each archived test, as well as send an individual or bulk PDF of one or more tests by e-mail.
To view the tests, click on "Test Archive" located below the drop down bulk action list.
The Archived Tests page will open, displaying all archived tests. You can also choose a specific archived test that you would like to view from the drop down list on the top of the page.
The "E-mail PDF" (both individual and bulk) and "View Notification" actions work the same way as described earlier in this help guide. See instructions above for each action.


The DCMS has just released a new Government Sports Strategy that mandates the use of open data in the sport and physical activity sector, including suggestions made by imin in response to the government consultation in September. This is huge step forward for Openactive, a recently launched grassroots movement led by imin that advocates collaboration and open innovation. It signifies a fundamental change for the industry that will unlock innovation in order to help get the nation more active.
imin welcomed the news last week that the Government plans to promote the use of open data in the sport and physical activity sector.
Last month, imin and London Sport launched the grassroots movement, Openactive. With support from the Open Data Institute (ODI), and in partnership with other pioneering organisations, Openactive encourages data sharing and creates standards to facilitate innovation.
imin originally responded to the Government's consultation on sport with support from the ODI, stating that data and open innovation is key to getting the nation more active. With many of imin's key points directly adopted regarding open data, the subsequent Government strategy, Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation, highlights the importance of data and innovation to tackle the problem of physical inactivity, : "the sport and physical activity sector currently captures a huge range of data … that, in the hands of innovative developers and business has the potential to be harnessed to transform how people engage in sport" (page 25-6).
imin is confident that it can help London Sport achieve its goal of making London the most physically active city in the world, helping to get 1,000,000 Londoners more physically active by 2020.
imin uses open data and technology to establish a data infrastructure in order to maximise the potential of new technology, encourage innovation, and increase participation across a wide range of physical activities and demographics. imin works with innovative organisations including London Sport, Upshot, Active Essex, GoodGym, Sportlabs, OpenTrack, WOOOBA, Fibodo, Pitchwise and My Local Pitch in order to provide them with the data they need to get their users more active.


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Q: Opening Jupyter Notebook in python 3.8.8 in Windows 10 I have installed Anaconda. I want to open Jupyter notebook in python 3.8.8 in Windows 10
I ran conda install spyder-notebook -c spyder-ide in Anaconda cmd and I am getting All requested Packages already installed.
Even after restarting the Spyder, I am not able to see the Notebook option in view pane.
What more should I do so that I can open and run Jupyter notebook in Spyder


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""" The model receives commands from the controller,
    and interacts with the host computer:
    - reads data from db
    - writes data
    - writes to console
    - logs
    - etc

    The db model is built using SQLAlchemy
"""

import database.database as database
from database.data_models import Person

database.init_db()
session = database.db_session

def teardown(app):
    @app.teardown_appcontext
    def shutdown_session(exception=None):
        session.remove()

def query_all_people():
    q = Person.query.all()
    return q

def add_person(firstname, lastname):
    np = Person(firstname=firstname,  lastname=lastname)
    session.add(np)
    session.commit()
    return True

def delete_person(person_id):
    p = session.query(Person).filter_by(
        person_id=person_id
    ).one()
    session.delete(p)
    session.commit()
    return True

def edit_person(person_id, firstname, lastname):
    p = session.query(Person).filter_by(
        person_id=person_id
    ).one()
    p.lastname = lastname
    p.firstname = firstname
    session.commit()
    return True


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Becoming a Godmother for the first time…
Guest Blogger 4 February 2011
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Jema Davis is a returned volunteer from VSO and is studying part time for a Masters in peace studies
Worldwide more than 60 million girls have been forced into early marriage. Of the 780 million people who can't read, 510 million are female. Women work two thirds of the world's working hours but earn just 10% of the income.
So says the charity VSO in the introduction to their new Godmothers campaign. No matter how familiar you are with statistics like these, they are still shocking. Perhaps most shocking of all, Womankind Worldwide (which is also supporting the Godmothers campaign) estimates that one in three women in the world will be victims of some form of violence.
The new UN women's agency – headed by ex-Chilean president Michelle Bachelet – aims to help put a stop to this state of affairs, describing itself as "the UN organisation dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women". Its goal is to ensure that all the different agencies of the UN are meeting their commitments on gender, as well as working with individual states to support them to take concrete steps to improve the lives of their female citizens.
However, UN Women is still in its very early stages and some are already concerned that it will never be given the resources it needs to be able to achieve anything like its full potential. As Madeleine Bunting points out in The Guardian, global leaders might like to talk the talk of gender equality, but most don't seem half so keen to actually walk the walk and take concrete action – particularly if that means spending money.
This is where the Godmothers initiative comes in. From their website:
The Godmothers is a group of men and women who think women everywhere deserve a chance. Together we'll watch over UN Women, help keep it on track and protect it from people who'd like to see it fail – everything a good godmother would do. By making sure UN Women gets the powers and funding it needs, we can make life better for millions of women worldwide.
Whilst the name might suggest otherwise, there is little commitment – and certainly no religious commitment – involved in becoming a Godmother. Godmothers (of any gender) will simply be provided with updates on the progress of UN Women and opportunities to take action to ensure it gets what it needs. The website has loads more information, including personal stories from women around the world who hope to benefit from the work of UN Women.
And so – for the first time – I've accepted the request to become a Godmother. I'm certainly not expecting miracles: UN Women is not going to singlehandedly put a stop to the violence, discrimination and poverty so many women have to contend with around the world. But it might make a start – if it gets the resources. And the only way that seems likely to happen is if enough of us show those in power that we care what happens to UN Women – and what better way to show you care than by becoming a Godmother?
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Sri Lanka: Looking for a deal, not truth and justice
Post 05 February 2016
By Frances Harrison
Sri Lanka's fledging transitional justice process is in trouble already. It's getting impossible to paper over embarrassing public differences between the country's President and its Prime Minister on the issue of war crimes. Sceptics of course say neither man really acknowledges the gravity and scale of the atrocities committed.
The most immediate crisis is over interviews the President gave to the BBC and Al Jazeera in which he rolled back on the country's commitments in Geneva regarding international involvement in a special court yet to be set up. Tamil victims don't have faith in a process that's purely domestic - it's not a question of ability and professionalism - but one of trust, given many of the alleged war criminals are still in positions of power.
Worse still, the President now says there were no war crimes, perhaps just a few human rights violations by the odd rotten apple in the military. No matter that a UN investigation has been very clear the violations were systematic and widespread and could result in convictions for war crimes and crimes against humanity when tested in a court. But perhaps not in the court currently envisaged for Sri Lanka.
The best people in the new Government seem to be looking for a compromise between the victims and the perpetrators, without really knowing what that looks like. They are not seeking truth or justice. They are seeking a deal. Deep rooted reform - that would benefit Sinhalese as well as Tamils - is not on the agenda.
For the Tamil victims abroad none of this is any surprise but it is still another disappointment to add to the stockpile amassed over thirty years. A new report by Freedom From Torture gathers the views of 8 Tamil torture survivors in London about what justice for them would look like. What's striking is how connected they are to Sri Lanka and concerned about people worse off than them back home. The compassion, the commitment to making the world a better place and the strength they exhibit are remarkable from people who have been subjected to horrific acts aimed at systematically destroying them as individuals. But they're survivors, brave and resilient enough to be able to speak out at all in a closed, anonymous group. A shining example of what expert care, a secure environment and time can do to heal at least some of the wounds. Not everyone has reached this point on the journey of recovery.
There's the young mother in the UK who is still dangerously suicidal six years after she was gang raped by the security forces. Her only crime is she tried to help people in the IDP camps pass messages out to their families. She is the victim of a past violation. But it's not past for her. It's present every single day.
Or the boy in Scotland who tried to kill himself last week before anyone could find out the details of what he endured in late 2015 that made him flee. There's the Tamil accountant who was so traumatised by being raped with a coca cola bottle in detention that he slept rough in London until the police picked him up. All these people only wanted to help other Tamils and now they desperately need help themselves.
Or the mother and toddler who were kept naked together in a dark room in 2009. For weeks she was sexually abused in front of him and she still had to try and breastfeed him as he was starving from the war. Every time the phone rings she thinks it's someone with information about her husband who's disappeared after surrendering.
These survivors have to swallow the fact that they will likely never receive truth or justice. The past haunts them every single day but their suffering is rapidly being buried in the public memory – another stinking layer of the compost of Sri Lanka's past. It's not only the President who denies all this ever happened.
Singing the national anthem in Tamil at Independence Day may seem a huge step forward in Colombo, but what does that mean to someone who's been kept naked and dirty in the tiny dark torture cells of Joseph Camp for months on end listening to others screaming while not being raped and tortured themselves?
For the survivors, transitional justice is not about deal making. They have agonising questions about those they love - did they die frightened and in pain or are they still alive somewhere? It sounds improbable so many years later but there is a Tamil woman whose husband turned up last year, living in the same country in Europe but having lost all contact while they were both in detention. He saw her on TV. It might be called a happy ending if they hadn't both been tortured.
Women have to live, hiding from their children the fact that they were brutalised and raped by countless men. Keeping a traumatic secret like that from those you're close to is not easy. It's not something reparations will erase or a bit of devolution of power will fix. The architects of the future Sri Lanka don't spend time with these victims and that's perhaps why they are able to regard the process as a series of political trade offs. Aided of course by healthy doses of denial.
Lead photo: A Tamil mother weeps during a protest organised by the Tamil families of the disappeared in Mullaithivu, coinciding with Sri Lanka's Independence Day, February 4, 2016 / Courtesy: Tamilguardian.com
The former BBC Correspondent in Sri Lanka, Frances Harrison is the author of Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka's Hidden War, published by Portobello Books (UK), House of Anansi (Canada) and Penguin ( India).


Mayor Bob Filner at a news conference in late June.
The San Diego County Democratic Party is dividing into two camps over the lurid sexual harassment accusations dogging Mayor Bob Filner — those who want him to step down immediately and those who argue he's entitled to the due process he's demanding.
The interparty debate comes to a head Thursday night when five dozen members of the central committee meet behind closed doors to determine the party's formal stance.
Party Chairwoman Francine Busby said Wednesday she will detail that position is at the conclusion of the meeting. Filner has been invited to attend.
Busby says she's among those deeply troubled by the accusations that Filner has groped numerous women.
She faces a daunting task in holding the party together amid the turmoil surrounding Filner and an ever-increasing number of calls for him to resign, according to Democratic consultant Chris Crotty.
The party's quandary is how to balance resignation calls from Democratic members of Congress, the City Council and the state Legislature against those from Democrats in those same bodies who have stayed silent or said he deserves an impartial investigation.
Also yet to weigh in is the politically powerful San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, which was instrumental in getting Filner elected. The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce has also been silent.
The continuing absence of a specific claim filed against Filner, and apparent lack of any criminal allegation, bolsters those within the party reluctant to demand a resignation from the man who broke a decades-old Republican choke hold on the mayor's office.
The division was evident in a July 12 U-T San Diego/10News Poll that showed 52 percent of Democratic respondents thought he should resign and 41 percent saying he should remain in office, with 7 percent undecided.
San Diego Mesa College political science professor Carl Luna agreed the party is in pickle: those standing by Filner or remaining silent may regret that six months from now while those calling for his head could be subject to retribution should he survive the storm.
Party officials shouldn't fear a recall given the large Democratic voter registration advantage in the city, Luna said.
However, former Councilman Carl DeMaio, a Republican, received 47% of the vote in losing to Filner in November. He's considered a potential mayoral candidate, even though he is currently running for Congress.
A recall effort is slowly emerging, poised to move from a weeks-old Facebook page established before last week's news conference by former Filner supporters Donna Frye and two attorneys outlining harassment allegations. The recall proponent, Michael Pallamary, organized a successful recall of Councilwoman Linda Bernhardt more than two decades ago and is leading a "Recall Recruitment Rally" on Friday outside City Hall.
If a recall is launched, backers have to gather 101,597 signatures from registered city voters in 39 days with a 30-day extension allowed if short of the required number. The county's Republican Party says its staying out of a recall effort so far and Democratic leaders haven't been talking it up.
Among Democrats who want Filner to go is Christine Forester of La Jolla, a wealthy supporter of President Obama who helped raise more than $500,000 for his 2012 re-election.
She wants Fletcher to replace Filner, saying the former congressman is too distracted, and the city is becoming too notorious, because of the allegations. Fletcher finished third in the mayoral election, running as an independent after resigning from the Republican Party. He has since re-registered as a Democrat.
"We hope that if and when Bob Filner decides to take the next step, we can draft Nathan," Forester said, adding she hopes a recall is avoided.
The women accusing Filner have remained unnamed, but they've told their stories to prominent Democrats and former supporters of the mayor.
The scandal element of the Filner saga was underscored in Wednesday in national headlines and on Twitter and other social media sites after the National Women Veterans Association of America withdrew a "Lifetime Leadership Award" it planned to give Filner — but is keeping him on its agenda as a keynote speaker when it gathers in San Diego Aug. 30-31. That prompted numerous calls for the group to also scrub Filner entirely from its meeting.
The National Organization for Women's San Diego political arm and the San Diego League of Conservation Voters made issued similar calls on Tuesday.
Filner kept out of the public eye on Wednesday. He was scheduled to appear with members of the Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry group to announced a $7.5 million U.S. Department of Labor grant for youth programs in high crime and poverty sections of the city.
Spokesman John Hughes said the group got a call Tuesday night saying the mayor would attend the mid-morning event.
Calls to Filner's office to discuss whether he will attend the Democratic Party's central committee meeting and why he skipped the Metro announcement and news conference were not returned.
The length of time the city is embroiled in the allegations against Filner, which include a probe into a questionable $100,000 contribution to the city from a developer since returned by Filner, can impact the local economy, according to Erik Bruvold, president of the National University System Institute for Policy Research.
"We could be in this for a half a year or year, and such a long time of uncertainty and turmoil is problematic and could really impact the city's economy," he said.
That could include cancellations of conventions and lead to businesses reluctant to locate here because of perceived upheval at City Hall, Bruvold said.


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 *	Linux ethernet bridge
 *
 *	Authors:
 *	Lennert Buytenhek		<buytenh@gnu.org>
 *
 *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
 *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 */

#ifndef _LINUX_IF_BRIDGE_H
#define _LINUX_IF_BRIDGE_H

#include <linux/types.h>

#define SYSFS_BRIDGE_ATTR	"bridge"
#define SYSFS_BRIDGE_FDB	"brforward"
#define SYSFS_BRIDGE_PORT_SUBDIR "brif"
#define SYSFS_BRIDGE_PORT_ATTR	"brport"
#define SYSFS_BRIDGE_PORT_LINK	"bridge"

#define BRCTL_VERSION 1

#define BRCTL_GET_VERSION 0
#define BRCTL_GET_BRIDGES 1
#define BRCTL_ADD_BRIDGE 2
#define BRCTL_DEL_BRIDGE 3
#define BRCTL_ADD_IF 4
#define BRCTL_DEL_IF 5
#define BRCTL_GET_BRIDGE_INFO 6
#define BRCTL_GET_PORT_LIST 7
#define BRCTL_SET_BRIDGE_FORWARD_DELAY 8
#define BRCTL_SET_BRIDGE_HELLO_TIME 9
#define BRCTL_SET_BRIDGE_MAX_AGE 10
#define BRCTL_SET_AGEING_TIME 11
#define BRCTL_SET_GC_INTERVAL 12
#define BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO 13
#define BRCTL_SET_BRIDGE_STP_STATE 14
#define BRCTL_SET_BRIDGE_PRIORITY 15
#define BRCTL_SET_PORT_PRIORITY 16
#define BRCTL_SET_PATH_COST 17
#define BRCTL_GET_FDB_ENTRIES 18

#define BR_STATE_DISABLED 0
#define BR_STATE_LISTENING 1
#define BR_STATE_LEARNING 2
#define BR_STATE_FORWARDING 3
#define BR_STATE_BLOCKING 4

struct __bridge_info
{
	__u64 designated_root;
	__u64 bridge_id;
	__u32 root_path_cost;
	__u32 max_age;
	__u32 hello_time;
	__u32 forward_delay;
	__u32 bridge_max_age;
	__u32 bridge_hello_time;
	__u32 bridge_forward_delay;
	__u8 topology_change;
	__u8 topology_change_detected;
	__u8 root_port;
	__u8 stp_enabled;
	__u32 ageing_time;
	__u32 gc_interval;
	__u32 hello_timer_value;
	__u32 tcn_timer_value;
	__u32 topology_change_timer_value;
	__u32 gc_timer_value;
};

struct __port_info
{
	__u64 designated_root;
	__u64 designated_bridge;
	__u16 port_id;
	__u16 designated_port;
	__u32 path_cost;
	__u32 designated_cost;
	__u8 state;
	__u8 top_change_ack;
	__u8 config_pending;
	__u8 unused0;
	__u32 message_age_timer_value;
	__u32 forward_delay_timer_value;
	__u32 hold_timer_value;
};

struct __fdb_entry
{
	__u8 mac_addr[6];
	__u8 port_no;
	__u8 is_local;
	__u32 ageing_timer_value;
	__u8 port_hi;
	__u8 pad0;
	__u16 unused;
};

#endif


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SciFiMike
SF Radio
SF Links
CBS Mystery Theater
CBS Mystery Theater was a general radio drama series which ran for nearly 1400 episodes from 1974-1982 on the CBS network. It specialised, unsurprisingly, in the mystery genre, but did include a fair bit of fantasy, SF and the supernatural. The show was created by Hilman Brown and hosted by E. G. Marshall. Collected here are some of the SF and fantasy episodes, including those with only a slight inclination towards the genre, such as the supernatural. Some episodes are omitted due to poor audio quality.
Please note that the episode numbers given below are merely the order in which the episodes are thought to have been broadcast — they are not the actual episode numbers.
Episode 141: The Song of The Sirens
A missing scientist is found in the desert, having lost half his weight in only eight days, and raving about intelligent dinosaurs.
First broadcast: 11 December 1981.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Joyce Gordon, Ian Martin, Evie Juster.
Episode 142: Harry's Taxi And The 'T' Machine
A down-on-his-luck scientist, working as a taxi driver, invents a teleportation machine.
First broadcast: 14 December 1981.
Original Story by G. Frederick Lewis.
Cast: Larry Haines, Bernard Grant, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden.
Episode 143: The Last Orbit
An astronaut, on his last flight, is surprised when a woman who has been plaguing him in visions shows up on board his spaceship.
First broadcast: 8 January 1982.
Original Story by Douglas Dempsey.
Cast: Larry Haines, Russell Horton, Marian Seldes.
Episode 144: Invaders From Atlantis
The residents of the small town of Parson's Corner fight back, when invaders from Atlantis impose an overseer on the town.
First broadcast: 24 February 1982.
Cast: Arnold Moss, Don Scardino, Court Benson, Evie Juster.
Episode 145: The Magic Stick of Manitou
A diplomat, looking to exploit the resources of a peaceful, musical people on a distant planet, has the tables turned on him.
First broadcast: 19 March 1982.
Original Story by Victoria Dann.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Keir Dullea, Marian Seldes, Sam Gray.
Episode 146: The Different People
An anthropology professor discovers a community of mountain people who seem to have the ability to will themselves to live for as long as they want.
First broadcast: 21 May 1982.
Original Story by Arnold Moss.
Cast: Kristoffer Tabori, Jada Rowland, Arnold Moss, Russell Horton.
Episode 147: Killer Crab
An inventor uses his newly-created robot weapon to kill his ex wife's new husband.
First broadcast: 30 June 1982.
Original Story by James Agate Jr.
Cast: Russell Horton, Ann Williams, Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 101-120
Episodes 81-100