*I've noticed at a number of clubs this weekend, at least across the Northeast, that a lot of golfers are gearing up for their annual Club Championship. Just on Cape Cod, where I play a lot of golf, Old Barnstable, Eastward Ho and Pocasset all have club championships starting this morning. The same is true in Connecticut, where my home club, Aspetuck Valley, is holding it's club championship. Most of these events are usually contested at match play. Suddenly, you go from playing casual golf (often with a partner), where putts are given easily and there's no pressure, to intense golf, where every tee shot sets up a win, halve or loss on a hole, and you might be told to mark a sliding two-footer on greens that the superintendent mowed and rolled so they Stimp at 11 instead of 8.
OK, what to do? Here are 10 tips from PGA Master professional Rick Martino, who teaches at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club. Note that Martino cites possibly the greatest match player of all time, Walter Hagen, who won five PGA Championships at match play. I hope these tips elevate your game this weekend and help turn your club championship into a fun and successful event.
1. Play the course, not your opponent. While you certainly want to be aware of how your opponent is playing and how the match stands, it's important to avoid the trap of getting swept up in the emotion of the match. It's a waste of energy and focus to personalize the competition.
2. Always play first. Whenever possible, play first, because if you hit a good shot, it will increase the pressure on your opponent and possibly force him or her to hit a poor shot. Walter Hagen (below), who won five PGA Championships at match play, would often start a game by hitting a 3-wood from the tee. While he might leave himself a slightly longer approach shot, he knew that by playing first to the green he might get an edge over his opponent.
3. Get the ball into the hole first. Again, this is a way of increasing the pressure on your opponent. You shouldn't rush your putt by any means, but do putt out if possible.
4. Always assume the worst. This might be the most important rule of match play. There's nothing that sets you back quicker than assuming you have a hole won, only to see your opponent pull off a miracle shot or sink an impossible putt. This doesn't mean you shouldn't be optimistic--far from it. But you should always temper your optimism with a healthy dose of reality.
5. Take it one shot at a time. Just as in medal play, you have to try very hard to play one shot at a time. Don't dwell on the past, since you can't do anything about what has already happened. When the time comes to play, concentrate on the shot at-hand and only the shot at-hand.
double-bogey. You might get to a point late in the match when you have to gamble, but establishing your par and sticking to a game plan that allows you to match that number will win you more than your share of holes--and matches.
7. Watch your opponent. People are creatures of habit. But under pressure, they tend to get out of their routine. They walk faster or slower. They become indecisive over what shot to play or which club to use. When you notice that your opponent is struggling or has gotten out of his or her routine, it's a golden opportunity to stay relaxed and try to increase the pressure even more.
8. Don't look ahead. There's a temptation when you are in front during a match to look ahead to the next round of the draw. The danger is that your concentration will slip, and your opponent might be working especially hard to beat you.
__9. Study the Rules of Golf.__The Rules of Golf can be complicated and difficult to truly understand. But by knowing the rules, you know all your options, and this can help you save strokes. Jack Nicklaus, for example, used to read the Rules of Golf cover-to-cover before the start of every season.
10. Never give up. It's a simple truth that in match play: "It's never over until it's over." You might pull off a miracle shot or your opponent might surprise you and miss a relatively simple shot, and let you back in the hole--or even in the match.


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org.spdx.compare.LicenseCompareHelper

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

protected static final String
TOKEN_DELIM
"\\s"

org.spdx.compare.MultiDocumentSpreadsheet

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final int
MAX_DOCUMENTS
25

org.spdx.compare.PackageSheet

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

protected static final String
CHECKSUM_FIELD_TEXT
"Checksum"

protected static final String
CONCLUDED_LICENSE_FIELD_TEXT
"Concluded License"

protected static final String
COPYRIGHT_FIELD_TEXT
"Copyright"

protected static final String
DECLARED_LICENSE_FIELD_TEXT
"Declared License"

protected static final String
DESCRIPTION_FIELD_TEXT
"Description"

protected static final String
DIFFERENT_STRING
"Diff"

protected static final String
DOWNLOAD_FIELD_TEXT
"Dowload Location"

protected static final String
EQUAL_STRING
"Equal"

protected static final int
EQUALS_COL
1

protected static final String
EQUALS_HEADER_TEXT
"Equals"

protected static final int
FIELD_COL
0

protected static final String
FIELD_HEADER_TEXT
"Package Property"

protected static final String
FILE_NAME_FIELD_TEXT
"File Name"

protected static final int
FIRST_DOC_COL
2

protected static final String
HOMEPAGE_FIELD_TEXT
"Home Page"

protected static final String
LICENSE_COMMENT_FIELD_TEXT
"License Comment"

protected static final String
LICENSE_INFOS_FROM_FILES_FIELD_TEXT
"License From Files"

protected static final String
ORIGINATOR_FIELD_TEXT
"Originator"

protected static final String
PACKAGE_NAME_FIELD_TEXT
"Package Name"

protected static final String
SOURCEINFO_FIELD_TEXT
"Source Info"

protected static final String
SUMMARY_FIELD_TEXT
"Summary"

protected static final String
SUPPLIER_FIELD_TEXT
"Supplier"

protected static final String
VERIFICATION_EXCLUDED_FIELD_TEXT
"Verification Excluded"

protected static final String
VERIFICATION_FIELD_TEXT
"Verification Value"

protected static final String
VERSION_FIELD_TEXT
"Version"

org.spdx.licenseTemplate.HtmlTemplateOutputHandler

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
OPTIONAL_LICENSE_TEXT_CLASS
"optional-license-text"

public static final String
REPLACEABLE_LICENSE_TEXT_CLASS
"replacable-license-text"

org.spdx.rdfparser.DOAPProject

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
UNKNOWN_URI
"UNKNOWN"

org.spdx.rdfparser.SPDXDocument

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION
"1.2.5"

public static final String
CURRENT_SPDX_VERSION
"SPDX-1.2"

public static final String
ONE_DOT_ONE_SPDX_VERSION
"SPDX-1.1"

public static final String
ONE_DOT_ZERO_SPDX_VERSION
"SPDX-1.0"

public static final String
POINT_EIGHT_SPDX_VERSION
"SPDX-0.8"

public static final String
POINT_NINE_SPDX_VERSION
"SPDX-0.9"

org.spdx.rdfparser.SpdxLicenseCsv

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final int
IS_OSI_APPROVED_COL
4

public static final int
LICENSE_HEADER_COL
5

public static final int
LICENSE_ID_COL
1

public static final int
LICENSE_NAME_COL
0

public static final int
LICENSE_NOTES_COL
3

public static final int
LICENSE_TEMPLATE_COL
7

public static final int
LICENSE_TEXT_COL
6

public static final int
LICENSE_URL_COL
2

org.spdx.rdfparser.SPDXLicenseInfoFactory

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
DEFAULT_LICENSE_LIST_VERSION
"1.19"

public static final String
NOASSERTION_LICENSE_NAME
"NOASSERTION"

public static final String
NONE_LICENSE_NAME
"NONE"

public static final String
STANDARD_LICENSE_URI_PREFIX
"http://spdx.org/licenses/"

org.spdx.rdfparser.SpdxRdfConstants

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
ALGORITHM_SHA1
"SHA1"

public static final String
CLASS_DOAP_PROJECT
"Project"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_ANALYSIS
"SpdxDocument"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_ANY_LICENSE_INFO
"AnyLicenseInfo"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_CHECKSUM
"Checksum"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_CONJUNCTIVE_LICENSE_SET
"ConjunctiveLicenseSet"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_CREATION_INFO
"CreationInfo"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_DISJUNCTIVE_LICENSE_SET
"DisjunctiveLicenseSet"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_EXTRACTED_LICENSING_INFO
"ExtractedLicensingInfo"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_FILE
"File"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_PACKAGE
"Package"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_REVIEW
"Review"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_SIMPLE_LICENSE_INFO
"SimpleLicenseInfo"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_STANDARD_LICENSE
"License"

public static final String
CLASS_SPDX_VERIFICATIONCODE
"PackageVerificationCode"

public static final String
CREATOR_PREFIX_ORGANIZATION
"Organization:"

public static final String
CREATOR_PREFIX_PERSON
"Person:"

public static final String
CREATOR_PREFIX_TOOL
"Tool:"

public static final String
DOAP_NAMESPACE
"http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#"

public static final String
FILE_TYPE_ARCHIVE
"ARCHIVE"

public static final String
FILE_TYPE_BINARY
"BINARY"

public static final String
FILE_TYPE_OTHER
"OTHER"

public static final String
FILE_TYPE_SOURCE
"SOURCE"

public static final String
NOASSERTION_VALUE
"NOASSERTION"

public static final String
NON_STD_LICENSE_ID_PRENUM
"LicenseRef-"

public static final String
NONE_VALUE
"NONE"

public static final String
OWL_NAMESPACE
"http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"

public static final String
PROP_CHECKSUM_ALGORITHM
"algorithm"

public static final String
PROP_CHECKSUM_ALGORITHM_SHA1
"checksumAlgorithm_sha1"

public static final String
PROP_CHECKSUM_VALUE
"checksumValue"

public static final String
PROP_CREATION_CREATED
"created"

public static final String
PROP_CREATION_CREATOR
"creator"

public static final String
PROP_EXTRACTED_TEXT
"extractedText"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_ARTIFACTOF
"artifactOf"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_CHECKSUM
"checksum"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_CONTRIBUTOR
"fileContributor"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_COPYRIGHT
"copyrightText"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_FILE_DEPENDENCY
"fileDependency"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_LIC_COMMENTS
"licenseComments"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_LICENSE
"licenseConcluded"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_NAME
"fileName"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_NOTICE
"noticeText"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_SEEN_LICENSE
"licenseInfoInFile"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_TYPE
"fileType"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_TYPE_ARCHIVE
"fileType_archive"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_TYPE_BINARY
"fileType_binary"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_TYPE_OTHER
"fileType_other"

public static final String
PROP_FILE_TYPE_SOURCE
"fileType_source"

public static final String
PROP_LICENSE_ID
"licenseId"

public static final String
PROP_LICENSE_LIST_VERSION
"licenseListVersion"

public static final String
PROP_LICENSE_NAME
"licenseName"

public static final String
PROP_LICENSE_SET_MEMEBER
"member"

public static final String
PROP_LICENSE_TEXT
"licenseText"

public static final String
PROP_OWL_SAME_AS
"sameAs"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM
"checksum"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_CONCLUDED_LICENSE
"licenseConcluded"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_DECLARED_COPYRIGHT
"copyrightText"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_DECLARED_LICENSE
"licenseDeclared"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_DECLARED_NAME
"name"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION
"description"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL
"downloadLocation"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_FILE
"hasFile"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME
"packageFileName"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_LICENSE_COMMENT
"licenseComments"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_LICENSE_INFO_FROM_FILES
"licenseInfoFromFiles"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_ORIGINATOR
"originator"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_SHORT_DESC
"summary"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_SOURCE_INFO
"sourceInfo"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_SUPPLIER
"supplier"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_VERIFICATION_CODE
"packageVerificationCode"

public static final String
PROP_PACKAGE_VERSION_INFO
"versionInfo"

public static final String
PROP_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE
"homepage"

public static final String
PROP_PROJECT_NAME
"name"

public static final String
PROP_REVIEW_DATE
"reviewDate"

public static final String
PROP_REVIEW_REVIEWER
"reviewer"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_CREATION_INFO
"creationInfo"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_DATA_LICENSE
"dataLicense"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_FILE
"referencesFile"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_NONSTANDARD_LICENSES
"hasExtractedLicensingInfo"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_PACKAGE
"describesPackage"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_REVIEWED_BY
"reviewed"

public static final String
PROP_SPDX_VERSION
"specVersion"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_HEADER_VERSION_1
"licenseHeader"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_NAME
"name"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_NAME_VERSION_1
"licenseName"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_NOTES_VERSION_1
"licenseNotes"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_NOTICE
"standardLicenseHeader"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_OSI_APPROVED
"isOsiApproved"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_OSI_APPROVED_VERSION_1
"licenseOsiApproved"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_TEMPLATE
"standardLicenseTemplate"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_TEMPLATE_VERSION_1
"licenseTemplate"

public static final String
PROP_STD_LICENSE_URL_VERSION_1
"licenseSourceUrl"

public static final String
PROP_VALUE_NOASSERTION
"noassertion"

public static final String
PROP_VALUE_NONE
"none"

public static final String
PROP_VERIFICATIONCODE_IGNORED_FILES
"packageVerificationCodeExcludedFile"

public static final String
PROP_VERIFICATIONCODE_VALUE
"packageVerificationCodeValue"

public static final String
RDF_NAMESPACE
"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"

public static final String
RDF_PROP_RESOURCE
"resource"

public static final String
RDF_PROP_TYPE
"type"

public static final String
RDFS_NAMESPACE
"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"

public static final String
RDFS_PROP_COMMENT
"comment"

public static final String
RDFS_PROP_LABEL
"label"

public static final String
RDFS_PROP_SEE_ALSO
"seeAlso"

public static final String
SPDX_DATA_LICENSE_ID
"CC0-1.0"

public static final String
SPDX_DATA_LICENSE_ID_VERSION_1_0
"PDDL-1.0"

public static final String
SPDX_DATE_FORMAT
"yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss\'Z\'"

public static final String
SPDX_NAMESPACE
"http://spdx.org/rdf/terms#"

public static final String
STANDARD_LICENSE_URL
"http://spdx.org/licenses"

public static final String
TERM_LICENSE_NOASSERTION
"noassertion"

public static final String
TERM_LICENSE_NONE
"none"

public static final String
URI_VALUE_NOASSERTION
"http://spdx.org/rdf/terms#noassertion"

public static final String
URI_VALUE_NONE
"http://spdx.org/rdf/terms#none"

org.spdx.spdxspreadsheet.AbstractSheet

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

protected static final short
FONT_SIZE
200

org.spdx.spdxspreadsheet.SPDXSpreadsheet

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
CURRENT_VERSION
"1.2.0"

public static final String
UNKNOWN_VERSION
"UNKNOWN"

public static final String
VERSION_0_9_1
"0.9.1"

public static final String
VERSION_0_9_2
"0.9.2"

public static final String
VERSION_0_9_3
"0.9.3"

public static final String
VERSION_0_9_4
"0.9.4"

public static final String
VERSION_1_1_0
"1.1.0"

org.spdx.tag.TagValueParserTokenTypes

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final int
EOF
1

public static final int
LINE_COMMENT
8

public static final int
MULTI_LINE_VALUE
7

public static final int
NULL_TREE_LOOKAHEAD
3

public static final int
TAG
4

public static final int
TAG_VALUE_TOKEN
6

public static final int
VALUE
5

org.spdx.tools.RdfToSpreadsheet

Modifier and Type
Constant Field
Value

public static final String
NOT_SUPPORTED_STRING
"This field is not yet supported by SPDX"

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The approach—known as a Chemically Enhanced Treatment Wetland—combines chemical treatment with natural wetland processes; researchers tested it on Twitchell Island, which features corn and rice crops, as well as wetlands. They dosed agricultural ditch water with dissolved organic material (DOM), then treated it with a coagulant to precipitate the DOM, forming flocculant. The resulting water then passed though treatment wetlands, where the flocculant settled and blended with plant detritus in the sediment. The study, reported in the September 2019 San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, found that the combined system removed drinking water contaminants including dissolved organic carbon, disinfection byproduct precursors, and methylmercury. Another possible benefit is subsidence reversal: the researchers found that sediment and carbon accreted about four times faster in the study wetlands with chemical pre-treatment than in those without (about 6 vs 1.5 centimeters per year). Other benefits include cost-effectiveness, minimal negative impacts, and a relatively small footprint."This is a pretty easy solution for treatment on an island-by-island basis," says lead author Philip Bachand. "There's a lot of natural infrastructure that we can leverage to improve water quality." This combined treatment system has yet to be scaled up, but that could change as new laws kick in. "Water quality regulations ultimately drive new technologies and strategies," Bachand says.
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A new system for treating agricultural drainage water in the Delta could also help rebuild subsided islands.
The approach—known as a Chemically Enhanced Treatment Wetland—combines chemical treatment with natural wetland processes; researchers tested it on Twitchell Island, which features corn and rice crops, as well as wetlands. They dosed agricultural ditch water with dissolved organic material (DOM), then treated it with a coagulant to precipitate the DOM, forming flocculant. The resulting water then passed though treatment wetlands, where the flocculant settled and blended with plant detritus in the sediment. The study, reported in the September 2019 San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, found that the combined system removed drinking water contaminants including dissolved organic carbon, disinfection byproduct precursors, and methylmercury. Another possible benefit is subsidence reversal: the researchers found that sediment and carbon accreted about four times faster in the study wetlands with chemical pre-treatment than in those without (about 6 vs 1.5 centimeters per year). Other benefits include cost-effectiveness, minimal negative impacts, and a relatively small footprint."This is a pretty easy solution for treatment on an island-by-island basis," says lead author Philip Bachand. "There's a lot of natural infrastructure that we can leverage to improve water quality." This combined treatment system has yet to be scaled up, but that could change as new laws kick in. "Water quality regulations ultimately drive new technologies and strategies," Bachand says.
Robin Meadows
Robin Meadows is an independent science journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers water and climate change adaptation for Estuary News, is the water reporter for the Bay Area Monitor, and contributes to Bay Nature, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, PLOS Research News and Water Deeply. Robin also enjoys hiking and photography.
Researchers hope new computer models will help clarify the effects of entrainment on the population of endangered Delta smelt.
Greening Dickson's Heights
More than half the water diverted from Central Valley rivers is used to irrigate cattle-feed crops, implicating beef and dairy as top drivers of recent fish declines.
Flood Plan Boosts Floodplain

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A roadside bomb in Hamrin killed a militia leader and a guard; three other guards were wounded. Abu Jamal al-Janabi was a leader in the Hashd Shaabi's 110 Brigade.
In Shirqat, the body of a school manager was found a day after he was kidnapped.


In this paper, recent experiments performed in our laboratory are reviewed, which deal with the investigation of quantum phenomena in the radiation interaction of single atoms. The first part describes experiments in single mode cavities, using the one-atom maser or micro maser, and in the second part experiments with ion traps are summarized. The latter experiments concentrate on the investigation of resonance fluorescence. In addition, new experimental proposals using ultracold atoms in cavities and traps are discussed. In those future experiments the interplay between atomic waves and light waves is important, leading to new phenomena in radiation-atom interaction, such as the modification of the Rabi vacuum splitting.


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package azure

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/services/containerservice/mgmt/2020-04-01/containerservice"
	klog "k8s.io/klog/v2"

	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider"
	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/config"
	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/config/dynamic"
	schedulerframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
)

const (
	aksManagedPoolNameTag = "aks-managed-poolName"
	legacyAKSPoolNameTag  = "poolName"
)

//AKSAgentPool implements NodeGroup interface for agent pool deployed in AKS
type AKSAgentPool struct {
	azureRef
	manager *AzureManager
	util    *AzUtil

	minSize           int
	maxSize           int
	clusterName       string
	resourceGroup     string
	nodeResourceGroup string

	curSize     int
	lastRefresh time.Time
	mutex       sync.Mutex
}

//NewAKSAgentPool constructs AKSAgentPool from the --node param
//and azure manager
func NewAKSAgentPool(spec *dynamic.NodeGroupSpec, am *AzureManager) (*AKSAgentPool, error) {
	asg := &AKSAgentPool{
		azureRef: azureRef{
			Name: spec.Name,
		},
		minSize: spec.MinSize,
		maxSize: spec.MaxSize,
		manager: am,
		curSize: -1,
	}

	asg.util = &AzUtil{
		manager: am,
	}
	asg.clusterName = am.config.ClusterName
	asg.resourceGroup = am.config.ResourceGroup
	asg.nodeResourceGroup = am.config.NodeResourceGroup

	return asg, nil
}

//GetAKSAgentPool is an internal function which figures out ManagedClusterAgentPoolProfile from the list based on the pool name provided in the --node parameter passed
//to the autoscaler main
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) GetAKSAgentPool(agentProfiles *[]containerservice.ManagedClusterAgentPoolProfile) (ret *containerservice.ManagedClusterAgentPoolProfile) {
	for _, value := range *agentProfiles {
		profileName := *value.Name
		klog.V(5).Infof("AKS AgentPool profile name: %s", profileName)
		if strings.EqualFold(profileName, agentPool.azureRef.Name) {
			return &value
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// getAKSNodeCount gets node count for AKS agent pool.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) getAKSNodeCount() (count int, err error) {
	ctx, cancel := getContextWithCancel()
	defer cancel()

	managedCluster, rerr := agentPool.manager.azClient.managedKubernetesServicesClient.Get(ctx,
		agentPool.resourceGroup,
		agentPool.clusterName)
	if rerr != nil {
		klog.Errorf("Failed to get AKS cluster (name:%q): %v", agentPool.clusterName, rerr.Error())
		return -1, rerr.Error()
	}

	pool := agentPool.GetAKSAgentPool(managedCluster.AgentPoolProfiles)
	if pool == nil {
		return -1, fmt.Errorf("could not find pool with name: %s", agentPool.azureRef)
	}

	if pool.Count != nil {
		return int(*pool.Count), nil
	}

	return 0, nil
}

// setAKSNodeCount sets node count for AKS agent pool.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) setAKSNodeCount(count int) error {
	ctx, cancel := getContextWithCancel()
	defer cancel()

	managedCluster, rerr := agentPool.manager.azClient.managedKubernetesServicesClient.Get(ctx,
		agentPool.resourceGroup,
		agentPool.clusterName)
	if rerr != nil {
		klog.Errorf("Failed to get AKS cluster (name:%q): %v", agentPool.clusterName, rerr.Error())
		return rerr.Error()
	}

	pool := agentPool.GetAKSAgentPool(managedCluster.AgentPoolProfiles)
	if pool == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("could not find pool with name: %s", agentPool.azureRef)
	}

	klog.Infof("Current size: %d, Target size requested: %d", *pool.Count, count)

	updateCtx, updateCancel := getContextWithCancel()
	defer updateCancel()
	*pool.Count = int32(count)
	aksClient := agentPool.manager.azClient.managedKubernetesServicesClient
	rerr = aksClient.CreateOrUpdate(updateCtx, agentPool.resourceGroup,
		agentPool.clusterName, managedCluster, "")
	if rerr != nil {
		klog.Errorf("Failed to update AKS cluster (%q): %v", agentPool.clusterName, rerr.Error())
		return rerr.Error()
	}

	klog.Infof("aksClient.CreateOrUpdate for aks cluster %q succeeded", agentPool.clusterName)
	return nil
}

//GetNodeCount returns the count of nodes from the managed agent pool profile
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) GetNodeCount() (count int, err error) {
	return agentPool.getAKSNodeCount()
}

//SetNodeCount sets the count of nodes in the in memory pool profile
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) SetNodeCount(count int) (err error) {
	return agentPool.setAKSNodeCount(count)
}

//GetProviderID converts the name of a node into the form that kubernetes cloud
//provider id is presented in.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) GetProviderID(name string) string {
	//TODO: come with a generic way to make it work with provider id formats
	// in different version of k8s.
	return "azure://" + name
}

//GetName extracts the name of the node (a format which underlying cloud service understands)
//from the cloud providerID (format which kubernetes understands)
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) GetName(providerID string) (string, error) {
	// Remove the "azure://" string from it
	providerID = strings.TrimPrefix(providerID, "azure://")
	ctx, cancel := getContextWithCancel()
	defer cancel()
	vms, rerr := agentPool.manager.azClient.virtualMachinesClient.List(ctx, agentPool.nodeResourceGroup)
	if rerr != nil {
		return "", rerr.Error()
	}
	for _, vm := range vms {
		if strings.EqualFold(*vm.ID, providerID) {
			return *vm.Name, nil
		}
	}
	return "", fmt.Errorf("VM list empty")
}

//MaxSize returns the maximum size scale limit provided by --node
//parameter to the autoscaler main
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) MaxSize() int {
	return agentPool.maxSize
}

//MinSize returns the minimum size the cluster is allowed to scaled down
//to as provided by the node spec in --node parameter.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) MinSize() int {
	return agentPool.minSize
}

//TargetSize gathers the target node count set for the cluster by
//querying the underlying service.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) TargetSize() (int, error) {
	agentPool.mutex.Lock()
	defer agentPool.mutex.Unlock()

	if agentPool.lastRefresh.Add(15 * time.Second).After(time.Now()) {
		return agentPool.curSize, nil
	}

	count, err := agentPool.GetNodeCount()
	if err != nil {
		return -1, err
	}
	klog.V(5).Infof("Got new size %d for agent pool (%q)", count, agentPool.Name)

	agentPool.curSize = count
	agentPool.lastRefresh = time.Now()
	return agentPool.curSize, nil
}

//SetSize contacts the underlying service and sets the size of the pool.
//This will be called when a scale up occurs and will be called just after
//a delete is performed from a scale down.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) SetSize(targetSize int, isScalingDown bool) (err error) {
	agentPool.mutex.Lock()
	defer agentPool.mutex.Unlock()

	return agentPool.setSizeInternal(targetSize, isScalingDown)
}

// setSizeInternal contacts the underlying service and sets the size of the pool.
// It should be called under lock protected.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) setSizeInternal(targetSize int, isScalingDown bool) (err error) {
	if isScalingDown && targetSize < agentPool.MinSize() {
		klog.Errorf("size-decreasing request of %d is smaller than min size %d", targetSize, agentPool.MinSize())
		return fmt.Errorf("size-decreasing request of %d is smaller than min size %d", targetSize, agentPool.MinSize())
	}

	klog.V(2).Infof("Setting size for cluster (%q) with new count (%d)", agentPool.clusterName, targetSize)

	err = agentPool.setAKSNodeCount(targetSize)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	agentPool.curSize = targetSize
	agentPool.lastRefresh = time.Now()
	return nil
}

//IncreaseSize calls in the underlying SetSize to increase the size in response
//to a scale up. It calculates the expected size based on a delta provided as
//parameter
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) IncreaseSize(delta int) error {
	if delta <= 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("size increase must be +ve")
	}
	currentSize, err := agentPool.TargetSize()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	targetSize := currentSize + delta
	if targetSize > agentPool.MaxSize() {
		return fmt.Errorf("size-increasing request of %d is bigger than max size %d", targetSize, agentPool.MaxSize())
	}
	return agentPool.SetSize(targetSize, false)
}

// deleteNodesInternal calls the underlying vm service to delete the node.
// It should be called within lock protected.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) deleteNodesInternal(providerIDs []string) (deleted int, err error) {
	for _, providerID := range providerIDs {
		klog.Infof("ProviderID got to delete: %s", providerID)
		nodeName, err := agentPool.GetName(providerID)
		if err != nil {
			return deleted, err
		}
		klog.Infof("VM name got to delete: %s", nodeName)

		err = agentPool.util.DeleteVirtualMachine(agentPool.nodeResourceGroup, nodeName)
		if err != nil {
			klog.Errorf("Failed to delete virtual machine %q with error: %v", nodeName, err)
			return deleted, err
		}

		// increase the deleted count after delete VM succeed.
		deleted++
	}

	return deleted, nil
}

//DeleteNodes extracts the providerIDs from the node spec and calls into the internal
//delete method.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) DeleteNodes(nodes []*apiv1.Node) error {
	agentPool.mutex.Lock()
	defer agentPool.mutex.Unlock()

	var providerIDs []string
	for _, node := range nodes {
		providerIDs = append(providerIDs, node.Spec.ProviderID)
	}

	deleted, deleteError := agentPool.deleteNodesInternal(providerIDs)
	// Update node count if there're some virtual machines got deleted.
	if deleted != 0 {
		targetSize := agentPool.curSize - deleted
		err := agentPool.setSizeInternal(targetSize, true)
		if err != nil {
			klog.Errorf("Failed to set size for agent pool %q with error: %v", agentPool.Name, err)
		} else {
			klog.V(3).Infof("Size for agent pool %q has been updated to %d", agentPool.Name, targetSize)
		}
	}
	return deleteError
}

//IsAKSNode checks if the tag from the vm matches the agentPool name
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) IsAKSNode(tags map[string]*string) bool {
	poolName := tags[aksManagedPoolNameTag]
	if poolName == nil {
		poolName = tags[legacyAKSPoolNameTag]
	}
	if poolName != nil {
		klog.V(5).Infof("Matching agentPool name: %s with tag name: %s", agentPool.azureRef.Name, *poolName)
		if strings.EqualFold(*poolName, agentPool.azureRef.Name) {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

//GetNodes extracts the node list from the underlying vm service and returns back
//equivalent providerIDs  as list.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) GetNodes() ([]string, error) {
	ctx, cancel := getContextWithCancel()
	defer cancel()
	klog.V(6).Infof("GetNodes: starting list aks node pools in %s", agentPool.nodeResourceGroup)
	vmList, rerr := agentPool.manager.azClient.virtualMachinesClient.List(ctx, agentPool.nodeResourceGroup)
	klog.V(6).Infof("GetNodes: list finished, len(vmlist) = %d, err = %s", len(vmList), rerr.Error())
	if rerr != nil {
		klog.Errorf("Azure client list vm error : %v", rerr.Error())
		return nil, rerr.Error()
	}
	var nodeArray []string
	for _, node := range vmList {
		klog.V(5).Infof("Node Name: %s, ID: %s", *node.Name, *node.ID)
		if agentPool.IsAKSNode(node.Tags) {
			providerID, err := convertResourceGroupNameToLower(agentPool.GetProviderID(*node.ID))
			if err != nil {
				// This shouldn't happen. Log a waring message for tracking.
				klog.Warningf("GetNodes.convertResourceGroupNameToLower failed with error: %v", err)
				continue
			}

			klog.V(5).Infof("Returning back the providerID: %s", providerID)
			nodeArray = append(nodeArray, providerID)
		}
	}
	return nodeArray, nil
}

//DecreaseTargetSize requests the underlying service to decrease the node count.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) DecreaseTargetSize(delta int) error {
	if delta >= 0 {
		klog.Errorf("Size decrease error: %d", delta)
		return fmt.Errorf("size decrease must be negative")
	}
	currentSize, err := agentPool.TargetSize()
	if err != nil {
		klog.Error(err)
		return err
	}
	klog.V(5).Infof("DecreaseTargetSize get current size %d for agent pool %q", currentSize, agentPool.Name)

	// Get the current nodes in the list
	nodes, err := agentPool.GetNodes()
	if err != nil {
		klog.Error(err)
		return err
	}

	targetSize := currentSize + delta
	klog.V(5).Infof("DecreaseTargetSize get target size %d for agent pool %q", targetSize, agentPool.Name)
	if targetSize < len(nodes) {
		return fmt.Errorf("attempt to delete existing nodes targetSize:%d delta:%d existingNodes: %d",
			currentSize, delta, len(nodes))
	}
	return agentPool.SetSize(targetSize, true)
}

//Id returns the name of the agentPool
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Id() string {
	return agentPool.azureRef.Name
}

//Debug returns a string with basic details of the agentPool
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Debug() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%d:%d)", agentPool.Id(), agentPool.MinSize(), agentPool.MaxSize())
}

//Nodes returns the list of nodes in the agentPool.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Nodes() ([]cloudprovider.Instance, error) {
	instanceNames, err := agentPool.GetNodes()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	instances := make([]cloudprovider.Instance, 0, len(instanceNames))
	for _, instanceName := range instanceNames {
		instances = append(instances, cloudprovider.Instance{Id: instanceName})
	}
	return instances, nil
}

//TemplateNodeInfo is not implemented.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) TemplateNodeInfo() (*schedulerframework.NodeInfo, error) {
	return nil, cloudprovider.ErrNotImplemented
}

//Exist is always true since we are initialized with an existing agentpool
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Exist() bool {
	return true
}

//Create is returns already exists since we don't support the
//agent pool creation.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Create() (cloudprovider.NodeGroup, error) {
	return nil, cloudprovider.ErrAlreadyExist
}

//Delete is not implemented since we don't support agent pool
//deletion.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Delete() error {
	return cloudprovider.ErrNotImplemented
}

//Autoprovisioned is set to false to indicate that this code
//does not create agentPools by itself.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) Autoprovisioned() bool {
	return false
}

// GetOptions returns NodeGroupAutoscalingOptions that should be used for this particular
// NodeGroup. Returning a nil will result in using default options.
func (agentPool *AKSAgentPool) GetOptions(defaults config.NodeGroupAutoscalingOptions) (*config.NodeGroupAutoscalingOptions, error) {
	return nil, cloudprovider.ErrNotImplemented
}


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Les Naufrageurs des mers du Sud (Reap the Wild Wind) est un film américain réalisé par Cecil B. DeMille, sorti en 1942.

Synopsis
Au milieu du , seuls les grands voiliers ont la possibilité, avant l'arrivée du chemin de fer, d'assurer la liaison entre le Nord-Est des États-Unis et la vallée du Mississippi. Mais il faut tenir compte des récifs de Floride, où s'échouent les navires. Pilleurs d'épaves et sauveteurs s'affrontent...

Fiche technique
 Titre : Les Naufrageurs des mers du sud
 Titre original : Reap the Wild Wind
 Réalisation : Cecil B. DeMille, assisté d'Arthur Rosson
 Scénario : Charles Bennett, Alan Le May et Jesse Lasky Jr. d'après un récit de Thelma Strabel
 Musique : Victor Young
 Orchestrations : Walter Scharf (non crédité)
 Photographie : Victor Milner et William V. Skall
 Montage : Anne Bauchens
 Direction artistique : Roland Anderson et Hans Dreier
 Décors : George Sawley
 Costumes : Natalie Visart
 Effets visuels : Collaborateurs divers, dont Gordon Jennings
 Production : Cecil B. DeMille, William H. Pine (producteur associé) et Buddy DeSylva (producteur exécutif)
 Société de production et de distribution : Paramount Pictures
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue : anglais
 Format : Technicolor - Son : Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
 Genre : Aventures
 Durée : 123 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
  :  (première mondiale à Los Angeles),  (première à New York)
  :
  :  (Paris)

Distribution
Les voix françaises indiquées ci-dessous proviennent d'un doublage effectué en Belgique.

 Paulette Goddard (VF : Claude Lombard {voix chantée}) : Loxi Claiborne
 Ray Milland (VF  : Philippe Allard) : Stephen « Steve » Tolliver
 John Wayne (VF : Olivier Cuvellier) : le capitaine Jack Stuart
 Raymond Massey : King Cutler
 Robert Preston : Dan Cutler
 Lynne Overman (VF : Daniel Beretta {voix chantée}) : le capitaine Phillip « Phil » Philpott
 Susan Hayward : Drusilla Alston
 Charles Bickford : Bully Brown
 Walter Hampden : le commodore Devereaux
 Louise Beavers : Maum Maria
 Martha O'Driscoll : Ivy Devereaux
 Elisabeth Risdon :
 Hedda Hopper : Tante Henrietta Beresford
 Victor Kilian : Mathias Widgeon
 Oscar Polk : Salt Meat
 Janet Beecher :  Mottram
 Ben Carter : Chinkapin
 Lane Chandler : Sam
 Davison Clark : le juge Marvin
 Frank M. Thomas :
 Keith Richards : le capitaine Carruthers
 Victor Varconi : Lubbock
 J. Farrell MacDonald : le capitaine du port
 Harry Woods : Mace
 Milburn Stone (VF : Jean-Marc Delhausse) : le lieutenant Farragut
 Raymond Hatton : Maître charpentier
Acteurs non crédités
 James Anderson : le jeune homme interpellé au café
 Monte Blue : un officier
 James Flavin : le père de la jeune fille
 Byron Foulger : Bixby
 William Haade : le deuxième officier en second du Jubilee
 Robert Homans : un capitaine au café
 Emmett King : un vieux gentilhomme au bal
 Hope Landin : une invitée au bal
 Nestor Paiva : un homme en bretelles
 George Reed : un serveur de thé
 Dorothy Sebastian : une invitée au bal
 Frank Shannon : un capitaine au café

Sortie et récompenses

En février 1942, Paramount Pictures annonce que la première du film aura lieu au Paramount Theater, nouveau nom du El Capitan Theatre qui a été transformé en cinéma après seize années comme salle de spectacle.

En 1943, le film fut désigné pour deux nominations à l'Oscar (photo et décors) et se vit attribuer celui des effets spéciaux, dus à Farciot Edouard, Gordon Jennings, William L. Pereira.

Références

Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 1942
Film d'aventure américain
Film réalisé par Cecil B. DeMille
Film produit par Cecil B. DeMille
Film se déroulant dans les années 1840
Film se déroulant dans l'océan Atlantique
Film tourné à Santa Monica
Cinéma maritime
Naufrage dans la fiction
Film avec un Oscar des meilleurs effets visuels
Film tourné en Technicolor
Film de Paramount Pictures

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Daphnis and Chloe: What's in a Note?
From the very beginning there has been a discrepancy between the score and the flute part in the opening notes of the famous flute solo in Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe.
For decades, the two scales have co-existed in performance, with some flutists choosing to follow the score, some, the part.
So which scale is right? Scale 1, 2 or 3?
Wouldn't it be nice to know what the composer intended? In fact, we do.
Laurent received this answer: the E-natural of the score is what Ravel wrote. Laurent relayed this information about the E-natural to his student Bob Willoughby (in the late 40's) and in kind, Bob Willoughby tells his own students.
In spite of the existence of reliable word-of-mouth—I've heard of a similar path via Marcel Moyse) it seems as though most flutists these days are playing the E#. People either don't know about the story or choose to disregard it, and in any case have gotten totally used to hearing it played that way.
It's my own guess is that people are really hooked on the exotic flavor of the augmented 2nd jump from D to E#. It is, admittedly, a wonderfully groovy interval—and, as the daughter of a jazz musician and improviser, who am I to discourage anyone from enjoying it? What's in a note? Why not even play it one way one time and a different way next the time?
But no, I can't. I can't enjoy playing or hearing the E#. I think there are clues in the music itself that go along with the eye-witness report. Namely, the total absence of augmented seconds in any of the Grecian-themed passages of the ballet. Scalar passages abound in the music and they all have a modal quality to them.
That's my feeling on the matter of one little note. What's yours? Do you have a Daphnis story of your own to share? Please contact me or submit a comment!
Thanks for this Aralee! I always find this discussion so interesting. Personally, I love the ease of the E natural scale…but because of what is "in vogue" these days and where I am in my career, I stick with the E#. I think it's what most committees would expect to hear in an audition, but I am sure that there are exceptions to this "rule" all the time! What should an auditioner play at an audition?
I can understand your concern about what to do in auditions: E natural or E sharp? I can answer in two ways.
beware of being too much "in vogue" or being afraid to play something the way you believe it should be played. Audition committees sit there bored to tears by this approach.
Little differences, little extra touches—when beautifully executed—are what move a player forward in the audition and hiring process. That, and flexibility—this gives me a good topic for my next blog!
Aralee, Thank you so much for posting this information! I knew of the discrepancy with the score but did not know the Laurent story. I must say I'm one of those that enjoys the exoticism of the E#. I wonder what type of moment that was, in which Laurent received the information. Did Ravel just refer to the score and confirm what was written there, or did he actually give the E# consideration after which he thoughtfully declared a preference for the E-natural? The absence of any other augmented 2nds in the rest of the ballet is a strong argument for the E-natural. However, does the presence of the E# here and nowhere else make the moment even more sensual and dramatic? I think perhaps the most important thing as performers is that we play whatever we play from a point of consideration and clear intention…with mindfulness. That's one of the things I enjoy most about your playing – it's so incredibly thoughtful….that and your amazing sound.
Thank you so much! Ravel made his comment from the podium. In 1928 he came to America and conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra. George Laurent was principal flutist of the BSO from 1918-1952, Doriot Anthony Dwyer succeeded him.
Now that I have started writing about this, I will make a point to listen to some of the recordings of Daphnis I used to listen to growing up One was Doriot Dwyer with Boston, the other Mo Sharp with the Cleveland Orchestra. If I remember correctly, they both played the scale with an E-natural.
In any case, the way I understand the story as told by Mr. Willoughby, is that the E-sharp was dismissed as a mere copyist's error. My hunch is that, depending on the geographic location and teacher-connections, players (in the US) were either informed or uninformed. Over the years, the "E-sharp branch" has become way more prevalent!
I'm looking forward to "hunting around" to see what else I can find out. What do the French players do? I have no idea.
The University of Texas at Austin has Ravel's original score I believe. I remember looking at that score and the solo briefly while doing research in the early '90s. It seems I was more enthralled by the handwritten notes about the stage actions than I was in examining the high E or E-sharp. You're in Texas, That's a good enough reason to take a day trip to Austin, Aralee, don't you think?!
Thanks for letting me know that! Sounds like a Texas day trip, indeed!
I'd love to see an original score! What an incredible piece of music–I know I would be awestruck, as well, to see Maurice Ravel's own handwriting. I WILL GO!
Thanks, Aralee 🙂 I didn't quite receive the download link – maybe I missed it. Is there a chance that you could send it again?
This blog is a wonderful resource to get the mind to think about musicality – thank you for this.
Learning to play it both ways is really the best advice. As an orchestral player, or aspiring one, be prepared to meet the request of any conductor, in rehearsal or in an auction situation.
As a student, I found the scale with the E-natural to be much more difficult to play smoothly…in fact, very difficult, scary, even…so I practiced it that way 95% of the time. I reasoned I could easily switch to E-sharp if ordered to, but not the other way around.
Oddly enough, no one seems to notice the E-natural or E-sharp. When it comes right down to it, it goes by so quickly. (What's in a note???!!!!) Woodwind players—meaning, on audition committees—have little interest in pedantic discussions of whose teacher said what about a note. That's why I said it is not a "deal breaker"—they are listening for major issues on Daphnis: intonation, sound, expression.
Gary Kvistad lists his windchimes "Of Olympos" as the pentatonic D, Eb, G, A, Bb, claiming a Greek source for it. I think if Ravel were to use such a sound, he'd use it early and often, rather than in a single passage.
Ravel wrote in the manuscript of the full score D# and then an E which he would want as a E natural.
If you email me I can send you a picture of that line of the manuscript.
The following chart represents the larger corrections and modifications that the editors have made to the Flute parts since the publication of the 1989 Kalmus reprint. All entries refer to both score and parts unless otherwise indicated. These editorial decisions have been made after referring to Steven Carl Bird's doctoral dissertation, "A Preliminary Comparison of the Autograph Score of Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé with the 1913 Edition of the Full Score by Durand et Fils" (University of Texas at Austin, August 1989). Mr. Bird frequently consulted with Mr. Nieweg during the preparation of his dissertation, while he had access to Ravel's original manuscript of the Ballet. Changes using the manuscript in Mr. Nieweg's possession are indicated in the chart as Ms. For a listing of corrections for all instruments consult Mr. Bird's meticulous 256 page dissertation and the Nieweg errata charts.
These changes are included in the 3rd edition score and parts edited by Clinton F. Nieweg and Carol A. Westfall. Published by E.F. Kalmus LC Catalog Number A6754 ©2012.
1 First Flute, 1 Second Flute doubling Second Piccolo, 1 First Piccolo and 1 Alto Flute in G.
Reh. 153 marked 3me Partie.
155	7	2	Flute I	On the first note E of beat 2 a cautionary natural has been added. In the Durand style of notation an accidental is good for only that octave.
156	7	2	Piccolo 1	The notation has been corrected for this beat per the Ms. See the score for the correct rhythm of 8th rest, C# grace note to B 16th note, C# grace note to B 16th note, all under a triplet sign; to a C# grace note to B 8th note tied to a B quarter note on beat 3.
156	7	3	Piccolo 1 The slur for the three grace notes at the end of the measure should show that the slur continues to the B at Reh. 157.
157	2	1	Flute I	An 8th rest has been added to complete the rhythm of beat 1.
157	2	3	Piccolo I	Ms. has f. Durand score has mf. Changed by Ravel or added by the Durand engraver?
158	1	1	Alto Flute	pp added per the editorial marking in the score.
159	1, 2	Piccolo I	The Pte Fl. sur la scene notes are cued in this part. See footnote at the end of this list.
162	3	1	Flute I	The top line is for Flute I. 1o could be added for clarity. The slur starts on the first E of this measure.
163	1	3	Piccolo I	8th note B, corrected to a 16th note B with a 16th rest per score.
163	3	1	Flute I, II	On the eighth note of beat one the D-natural has been corrected to a low D#, per the Ms. and the score.
165	4	2, 3	Flutes I, II	The final note for Flute I D corrected to a B 16th on beat 2. Beats 2 and 3 continue to be played by Flute II as notated in the original part ending on a B 16th, measure 5, beat 1. This was incorrectly engraved for Flute I in the Durand score and some editions.
167	1	1	Alto Flute	p added per the editorial marking in the score.


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W.Va. mission to Israel gets green light with cease-fire
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Several West Virginia Jews from the Huntington area dialed in to a conference call last week, anxious to learn if their mission to Israel — several months in the works — was still on.
It was, they learned, pending a cease-fire, which was soon declared.
So 25 Jews from small Federation communities — 18 from Huntington alone — left Monday morning for the Jewish state.
For Linda Pickholtz Klein, a Pittsburgh native, Huntington resident and mission chair, the trip, which runs from Nov. 26 through Dec. 6, and also includes Jews from Wilmington, N.C., and Cheyenne, Wyo., is first and foremost about West Virginia Jews, particularly members of B'nai Shalom Congregation in Huntington.
Asked if she considers it a West Virginia mission, Pickholtz Klein said, "We absolutely do."
In fact, the idea for the mission took root this past January when a leading Huntington Jewish family discussed ways to interest local Jews in traveling to Israel.
The Weisberg family heavily subsidized the cost of the trip for the Huntington participants.
"Joan Weisberg and her daughter, Martha Weisberg Barvin, who lives in Houston, were musing over how no one had been to Israel from Huntington for a long time, and how could they encourage people to go," Pickholtz Klein said.
By the end of January, Martha called Martin Greenberg, executive director of the Network of Independent Communities for the Jewish Federations of North America, which covers Huntington, and said she wanted to buy half a bus for a mission.
That was all Greenberg needed to know. "As soon as I heard about it, I flew down to Huntington to meet with Martha Barvin … met with Art [Weisberg], I met with the whole family and we designed it right then and there," he said. "Art" was Arthur Weisberg, 88, a Huntington businessman and philanthropist and patriarch of the Weisberg family that heavily subsidized trip. He died last week, days before the mission left.
Even though the trip is on, "we go with sadness because Art Weisberg passed away," Pickholtz Klein said.
A Federation mission comprised mostly of West Virginia Jews may be a first, according to Greenberg. "There's never been one before that I'm aware of."
I think it's a very special trip," he continued. "It's bringing first-time [visitors] who have not been to Israel, and people who haven't been there in 25 years."
The mission will visit Dimona, which serves as the Partnership2gether city in Israel for Network of Independent Communities.
"One thing our going demonstrates is that life goes on," Greenberg said. "Israelis have been essentially under threat since the beginning of the state and they have developed a remarkable ability to live life to the fullest under the circumstances.
"We're bringing hugs to our Israeli brothers and sisters," he added, "and we're expecting to get a lot back."
At first, the mission lined up 44 participants from Huntington; Wilmington; Cheyenne; Huron, Ohio; and Kalamazoo, Mich.
"Because it's been organized through the JFNA Small Communities, it was opened to them as well," Pickoltz Klein said.
Some dropped out after the fighting began, but a substantial number remained committed even as they waited for word of a cease-fire.
"We had a conference call last Tuesday with Marty.
"We were told if there was not a cease-fire we would not go," Pickholtz Klein said. "We were very pleased when we had 18 from our greater Huntington community and 25 in total."
One of the participants is Rabbi Jean E. Eglinton, the second-year spiritual leader of B'nai Shalom, who used the mission as an education tool in her Shabbat "Eat Pray Learn" classes.
"Everybody is very excited to go; the only anxiety is [about] 10 hours on an airplane. They're really just thrilled to be doing this," Pickholtz Klein said. "It's not only an opportunity for us to learn more about Israel, but it is also an opportunity for us to show some solidarity with the people over there."
(Lee Chottiner can be reached at leec@thejewishchronicle.net.)


The presidents of Greece and Italy officially opened a new exhibit at the New Acropolis Museum today.
The exhibition 'Νόστοι – Nostoi' presents 74 pieces that were returned to Italy from various American museums A significant part of the exhibition comprises 10 works that were recently returned to Greece and will be seen by the public for the first time. The exhibition is hosted at the New Acropolis Museum and is organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
The exhibition is open daily from 10.00 to 18.00. Entrance to the Museum is from the gate at 2-4 Makriyianni Street, just above the Acropolis Station of the Metro.
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I love hgtv. I watch it all the time, especially if I'm out of cheesy reality tv shows that are always loaded up on our dvr. One of my favorite shows is Design Star. This is a reality competition show kind of like Project Runway, but for interior design. My husband (he pretends he doesn't watch shows like Design Star and Project Runway, but he secretly LOVES them) and I got hooked after last season and watched every episode of this new season together. We both really liked Emily from the beginning. She oozes "cool" without really letting on that she knows it. By the time it was down to the final 3, I knew she was going to win.
Here's the room she did for the glass box challenge (photo from her blog). It takes my breath away. Can I live there, please?
Then, she was down to the final two. By this time, I was already reading her blog and following her on twitter. She announced that she would have a viewing party of the final episode at a local bar – oh, did I mention she lives in LA? – and she invited anyone and everyone to attend. I begged my husband to go with me and, after much flip-flopping on his part, he agreed.
She WON!!! Here she is (sorry, another atrocious pic) up on the bar giving a little speech and answering questions from the guests. She told everyone to watch her special on hgtv the following week and to pass it on because if the special didn't do well, the network wouldn't pick up the series. Of course, you know I watched (and live tweeted during the twitter party – wow, I'm such a humungo dork).
Well, let me start by saying that his house wasn't too shabby to start with. I'd kill for those built ins and that fireplace and those vaulted ceilings. However, I do think she did some pretty amazing things. It just looks so effortless and chic and fresh and… well like somewhere I want to live!
Each room gets better and better. I just can't get enough.
After watching the special and tweeting nonstop, I saw that hgtv had put up an application online to be on her new series. I got right on the computer and completed a quick application. It suggested doing a video, but we didn't have a video camera and I wanted to get our application in quickly, so I just attached pictures. They actually emailed us back twice and also called to ask for a video because they liked our application so much. Once we submitted the video and some more pictures, they commented on how much they loved it – eeeek! We're not sure if we'll really get a home makeover by Miss Emily, but it is looking promising. I'm trying not to get too excited, but honestly, I can't stop thinking about it. I really hope they pick us because I think I would just die of happiness.
That would be so much fun!!!! I'm rooting for you guys. Crossing my fingers, but sounds like you have an excellent chance.
I hope you get it – you'd be a great couple to watch!
You two would be awesome candidates for this show. I would love to see the transformation of your place. It's a win win for you and HGTV.
You should post the video you had to make.
Kristin – NO WAY!! I haven't even watched it. I'm soooo embarrassed.Everyone else – thanks for all the love and luck!!


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Excellent update of Google Docs Already the boys of Google docs are customary to the constant updates and new functionalities to us of this magnificent tool, like for example: many of you been removing you have left to the capacity to raise any file Google Docs. However, of more archives and of a variety of types of archives in a single place, one takes control more and more difficult to organize and to find quickly what one needs. Like result, sending an update for the view in document list, with the aim of doing easier to find, to explore and to share all stored archives 100% in the Web. First of all, a series of filters in this update is had addition, reason why it is easier to delimit the search by type, state of visibility, and other criteria. It's believed that wendi murdoch sees a great future in this idea. Also addition is had the classification as a matter of priority. The classification as a matter of priority works basically just as the one of the electronic mail of Gmail in the Tray of entrance, in which it considers one series of signals to put the most important archives in the part superior of the list. Also another criterion can be used, like the date of the last update or by the name of the file.
This update also improves the experience to explore and to sail by the archives. addition is had a panel of previous view in the right side of the document list, of way you can see a previous view in miniature, and other details of the file. And if the file is a video, he can begin to see directly from the panel of previous view. So that it is easier to see the photos, now he can make click on the magnifying glass in a photo abrir a viewfinder and to see a presentation in slides. Also he can observe the Folders of the left side have sustitudo itself by Collections. A related site: wendi murdoch mentions similar findings.
The collections are designed to combine the best characteristics of the labels and folders. A file can live in several collections, as with the labels of Gmail. Collections also can be stored of hierarchic form, like the folders of its writing-desk. And, by all means, the collections can be shared, of equal way that share documents. Along with the improvement in the capacity to find a document quickly, also one has improved and simplified the interface. For example, to select several archives no longer it is necessary to mark the square of verification, it maintains the Ctrl key tight and only it does click in the archives that wish to select. That is not everything. Also they are working hard in the increase of the speed of the unfolding of the document list by means of the revision of back-ends, to make it more agile. Which remembers that you can implement of Google Apps totally integrated for his dominion, includes Google Docs.


I lost both my legs below the knees to a devastating disease at the age of 29. The Drs said that I would not live, and then they said I would never walk again. I never accepted that as fact and today, not only do I walk independently, but I also frequent the gym, and I am in the process of getting running legs. Having prosthetic legs has changed everything in my life. I drive without adaptive assistance, I work, I have a great social life, and I frequently stand on podiums and give speeches about the vaccine preventable disease I contracted: Bacterial Meningitis. I wear my prosthetics with pride and I am constantly stopped by people who tell me that I am a great inspiration to them. My struggles have been significant over the years, but I am grateful for every day that I can wake up and put on my prosthetic legs. Being able to walk as I did before my illness means everything to me. More than words can even express.
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In June of 2015, Julie broke her foot and had a bone graft done in order to alleviate the damage from the injury. During that process she contracted MRSA. After healing from the graft she had a metal extraction placed on her foot to try prevent MRSA from spreading further. But that wasn't the worst of it. When Julie went back to the hospital to have the metal extraction removed she was told that she had a severe bone infection. Due to the severity of the bone infection, Julie had her left leg amputated as that was the only way to keep the infection from spreading. That was in May of 2016. Since that time she was left using a wheelchair and walker with wheels to move around. On September 6, 2017, Julie received funding from The Prosthetic Foundation to obtain a prosthesis. Now, she is able to walk around like she did before she broke her foot. "I thank The Prosthetic Foundation for helping me receive my leg. With my new leg, it is so much easier to get around without the wheelchair and walker," said Julie.


This war has lasted centuries and has taken countless lives. Our mothers and sisters burnt at the stake, buried alive, murdered at birth, tortured and raped. Our power stolen, our freedom curbed, our voice silenced, our choices constrained. It's not just us, it's anyone they thought weak- the slaves, the natives, the tribes, the different, the animals, the earth. Repressed, supressed, used and abused. And yet we exist, raging and roaring and staying alive, impossible to quell, we grow, we rise. We are insuppressible, we persevere, we persist.


Vice President and former General. Led Rough Riders to victory in Mexico and Cuba.
Ex-Assistant Secretary of the Naval AeroSpace Agency and former NYC Police chief.
Boy General who massacred the Sioux at the Little Big Horn and later became President. He built the Transatlantic Tunnel, and is now America's leading prosthetics manufacturer.
Former Chicago newspaper columnist, creator of Mr. Dooley. Now the Brooklyn-based host of the most popular evening talk show on Munsey Media's TeslaVision network.
Massachusetts-born wife of the Vice President, and mother of First Daughter Alice. As eager to protect her daughter as she is her husband.
Friend and classmate of young Alice Roosevelt. Daughter of the Japanese Ambassador to the United States.
Engineer and inventor of air conditioning whose work revolutionized life across the world. A top aide to Langley for weapons development.
Executive Director, League of Future Women Voters. Chief strategist for women's suffrage movement, and childhood friend of Vice President Roosevelt.
Belgium's ambassador to America, and a top advisor to King Leopold II.
Texas Democratic Senator. Former Minority Leader in House of Representatives. TR's closest friend among Democrats in Washington.
Former slave on the Bulloch estate in Roswell, Georgia. Now the owner of Bulloch Hall and the most influential and successful man in town.
Served with the Rough Riders in Mexico and Cuba. Now a Lieutenant with New York City's Metropolitan Police Department.
Investment banker and former U.S. diplomat in Belgium. Father of Hamilton Fish, who died in Mexico with the Rough Riders.
Steelworker and anarchist ideologue loyal to the cause of the workers. Devoted to Emma Goldman.
Russian-born secret agent for the British government. His work in South America, the Caucasus and Mexico propelled him to the top echelons of espionage.
Only child of the Roosevelts, she recently was accepted as one of the first female students at Harvard, after declining admission to its female annex, Radcliffe.
Scientist, futurist, inventor of wireless communications. Partner of Thomas Edison, and co-owner of world's most successful consumer firm, Edison-Tesla.
Rough Rider captain and airship pilot in the 2nd Mexican-American War. Served as Secretary of the NYC Police Board under former Commissioner Roosevelt.
Russian immigrant, writer, political activist, free-thinker, and world's leading anarchist at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Noted stage actress, now major film studio executive. Second wife of former President Abraham Lincoln and a prominent supporter of suffrage.
Astronomer, physicist and pioneer of aviation who tried unsuccessfully to build a viable heavier-than-air craft. He is Secretary (CEO) of the Smithsonian Institution.
Half-Mohawk member of the Rough Riders who fought with Roosevelt in Mexico and Cuba.Currently on leave from the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
Texas native, now a nurse at Washington's Sibley Hospital. Girlfriend of Joe Bailey, and an excellent markswoman.
Wealthiest woman in America. Dubbed the 'Witch of Wall Street' and known for her miserly ways. Her son lost a leg because of her refusal to pay for medical care.
The second American citizen to be named a cardinal, well known for his support of the labor movement. Seen by many as the face of U.S. Catholicism.
America's most beloved author and humorist, he recently ended a year as host of a nightly TeslaVision talk show due to poor ratings.
Civil War hero, Congressman, and Governor of Ohio, he has just been re-elected President, and only took T.R. as his running mate out of political necessity.


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11-Alarm Passaic, NJ Chemical Fire Contained, Several Firefighters Hurt
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PASSAIC — Firefighters managed to contain an 11-alarm fire at a chemical plant Friday night into Saturday morning as a number of first responders suffered minor injuries, officials said.
The intense flames and smoke were seen from the Garden State Parkway and beyond.
One firefighter was taken to the hospital with an eye injury while over a dozen firefighters suffered such minor injuries as slips and falls, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said in a Facebook video update early Sunday. They were treated at the scene of the Majestic Industries and Qualco Inc. facility.
The fire at the Qualco plant, which produces pool-treating chemicals, was in a building that stored plastics, pallets and at least 100,000 chlorine pellets, officials said Saturday. That three-story structure collapsed, but no one was hurt.
"The fire did not reach the Qualco main Chlorine building due to the tremendous response and heroic efforts of our Firefighters from Passaic, Passaic County, Bergen County, and Essex County as well as around our State," Lora said in a separate Facebook update.
He thanked Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost as well as all the first responders who helped prevent "a terrible situation from becoming disastrous."
Nearby residents had previously been advised to close their windows but were not required to evacuate.
"This fire could have been alot worse had it not been contained as it has been," Gov. Phil Murphy said during a Sunday afternoon winter storm briefing, adding that the fire had earlier in the day been reduced to a 4-alarm status.
Air quality was determined as remaining safe, while it would continue to be monitored by federal and state EPA officials.
Fire hydrants at the scene were frozen in ice Saturday afternoon, as temperatures remained frigid, NorthJersey.com reported, citing Trentacost and other firefighters.
It might take some time to establish the cause of the fire, Lora said.
Memories of Marcal fire
It's not the first time in recent history that the area has dealt with a massive facility fire during frigid, winter weather.
In January 2019, a 10-alarm fire in Elmwood Park tore through the Marcal Paper 16-acre facility, destroying 30 of 36 buildings. About 500 people lost their jobs due to the Marcal fire.
New Jersey's new congressional districts for the 2020s
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Obituaries In Dover, NH | Foster's Daily Democrat
Helen E (Michalak) Simpson, 97, of Portsmouth, NH passed away peacefully in her sleep April 09, 2022 at the Pines Assisted Living Facility in Newmarket, NH. Born February 24, 1925 in Springfield MA, she was the daughter of Josephine and Peter Michalak. She graduated from Technical High School in 1943...
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Berkshire Botanical Garden ornamental vegetable garden.Upcoming programs at Berkshire Botanical GardenSTOCKBRIDGE - Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming programs. Wednesday, April 20, and April 27, 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m., "New England Spring Wildflower Primer," takes place online. This 2-part series on wildflowers will present an overview of the native...
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A pedestrian died Monday night after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 291 in Springfield, Massachusetts, state police said. Massachusetts State Police were at the scene of the crash on I-291 eastbound, near Exit 3, just before 9 p.m. No other injuries were reported, state police said. Only one...
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I have delayed writing after the disaster as emotions were running high and I couldn't quite work out what I was suffering from, shock, fear, devastation, etc ….. or probably all of the above.
The initial reaction to hearing a second bang after landing off the wave and looking up and seeing nothing was ' wow the mast has gone '. Then it struck me, 'oh my God I have been dismasted and I am going to have to cope with this on my own '. Maybe instinct fuelled by adrenalin kicked in. The first decision was what order to do everything in. I immediately called Andrew Roberts the Campaign Director so that he could put the crisis management plan into action and organize s e a rescue for me. I knew with my mileage from land and the sea state that I didn't have nearly enough fuel to motor anywhere. I then located the knife and the hacksaw with spare blades and my head torch. I think the saving grace was that at 0600hrs in the morning it was still dark so all I could do was work methodically along the boat and concentrate on what my head torch was shining on. If I had been able to see the conditions for what they really were then I would have been really petrified. As it was I was scared, but I knew I had to protect the integrity of the vessel to keep me safe.
It took just under two hours to free Aviva and me from the wreckage, quite an impressive piece of work (even if I do say so myself) I was pleased and relieved, but now I was sat like a bobbing cork in these horrendous conditions with nothing to do but wait. This was the hard part. Aviva rolled around like crazy and everything below decks fell around the floor, on deck everything was washed continuously overboard, I remained clipped on and just sat, the shock of my predicament finally sinking in.
It was as light was fading that I finally had some good news. I knew I couldn't handle being at sea alone overnight just bobbing. I had small emergency navigation lights rigged and I knew my radar picture would barely be seen by shipping, the stress would be too much. HMS Northumberland came into view at 2300hrs and sent me to sleep while the Commanding officer, Martin Simpson and his ship's company, kept vigil over Aviva and I.
Today has been a waiting game as the Spanish tug made her way to my aid. At 1530hrs this afternoon the navy bid me farewell and the tug guys took over. They took me under tow in a difficult sea state and began guiding me to Spain. It is slow going but conditions will continue to improve as the wind continues to drop and the sea state settles, so hopefully we can increase our speed and get to La Coruna where the boat team is waiting and more importantly Harry is there to give me a cuddle because I need one. In the mean time I shall continue to try a fight the rudders, as one is twisted since the dismasting and get the boat to follow the tug without me having to hand steer all the time.


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Capcom Dubs Resident Evil 3 Remake a 'Hit' After Selling 3.9 Million Copies
Capcom's pleased with how its 2020 remake of Resident Evil 3 turned out. The publisher called the game (along with Monster Hunter Rise) a "hit" in its annual report published today, and it has the numbers to back it up: the game has sold 3.9 million units.
That's more than its original incarnation, 1999's Resident Evil 3, sold, as it only achieved 3.5 copies. Capcom attributes the remake's success to its digital sales strategy, and incidentally, the remake probably sold a few more than that, as that 3.9 million number comes from March 31 of this year. Understandable, given that we felt it was "another stellar remake of a classic survival horror from Capcom" in our review last year.
In an industry that likes to hide sales numbers whenever possible, Capcom's annual report is always a nice change of pace. As usual, it included an update on sales numbers for several new games, such as Resident Evil Village reaching 4.5 million units sold, as well as publisher-described hit of the year, Monster Hunter Rise, which reached 4.8 million. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne sold 2.4 million in the last fiscal year alone, on top of 5.2 million last fiscal year, not including sales of Monster Hunter World prior to Iceborne.
Monster Hunter: World, incidentally, is doing great — enough that Capcom feels comfortable discounting it significantly. Capcom reported that in total, World has sold over 17 million copies, over half of those sold in its second year and beyond. While Capcom notes the game has been discounted to as low as $10 in the past, the game is already profitable — so even sales as low as $5, Capcom suggests, would still be profitable, and the publisher hopes to take advantage of lower pricing to expand its userbase. Its goal, as stated later in the report, is to sell 20 million copies of World.
Notably, Capcom's quarterly report for July through September of this year also dropped at the same time, offering an update on Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, which sold one million in its first few months, and noted that Monster Hunter Rise sales have continued to grow during this period.
In total, Capcom sold 30.1 million total game units in the fiscal year from April 2020 through March of 2021. Of that, 23.1 million total sales were digital, and Monster Hunter Rise and Resident Evil 3 were the two best-selling individual titles. In a letter from CEO Kenkichi Nomura, he states that Capcom eventually wants to get to a goal of 100 million total game unit sales per year.
We also got annual updates on franchise total sales. The Mega Man games, for instance, have all together sold a total of 36 million copies as of March 31, 2021. The Resident Evil series is at 110 million, Monster Hunter is at 72 million, and Street Fighter has sold 46 million.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
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Chapter 24: I Love a Parade!
Not the final version. Book version may vary.
A robed scalago stood at the edge of a cliff, beholding a vast rainbow forest below. The trees covered the land between the mountain and the glistening bay like a blanket. At the forest's center a river flowed into the ocean. The scalago nodded to the one at his side, both tall, trim, smooth, fit from traveling over the rugged mountains. This was it. They'd found their destination.
Nestor pulled his robes together and turned to the caravans on the rocky plateau, thousands of scalagos leaving the old country.
"My fellow wanderers! Long have we traveled since being pushed out of our homes. Across freezing deserts, blistering sands, through hard winds over unforgiving mountains and a barren plateau."
"You don't have to recap the whole thing, we were there," someone shouted from in the crowd.
Nestor cleared his throat. "Sorry. But all of that is over, for we have finally found a new home." He gestured behind him for everyone to look at the forest. Scalagos, rough and hardened if thinned from the long journey, clambered up to see over the ledge. "Here we shall have our own land, be in control of our own destinies."
"Praise be to Derantu," said Nestor's queen, Issa, looking down and holding her hands together in honor of their old god. "She has led us to our new home."
The scalagos trekked down the rocky plains into the forest. They cleared the trees around the river and built a new city, a city that would be the center of a new kingdom for the next seven thousand years.
At least that's how Alden imagined it from the way Evelyn told it.
A parade marched through Salenthia playing the Salenth Kingdom's anthem, the flags of the kingdom flapping in the breeze. Floats celebrated its history from technological advancements to victories in war and peace as throngs of scalagos cheered.
Alden sat on a towel in a park watching the parade next to his brother Xavier. Ropak lay on the grass as Top ran about, Orville in a lawn chair. Thad and Evelyn sat in chairs nearby, as did Steven, covered in a hoodie that looked entirely out of place in the summer heat. He assured them his mechanical half kept him cool, but Alden wondered what kept his mechanical half from overheating. Even after one of Derantu's long months Alden roasted from the heat despite his loose shirt. He removed his shoes to run his feet through the moist grass, thicker than any on Zhop.
The park was packed—Alden would have to tiptoe through the crowd of sitting, standing, playing, cheering scalagos, though many nearby quieted down to hear Evelyn's history lesson.
"In the 500s D.A.—the Derantu Age, some thousand years before the current calendar," the kanhase said, "—the democratic monarchy was formed while King Martin 3 reigned, shortly after the Derantu World War ended. Set up to extend power to the people, it's led to some twenty-five hundred years of peaceful rule. The knowledge that they could be ousted by the people together with a progressive education allowed for stability and harmony, at least within the kingdom."
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The free mayonnaise for everyone helped, too.
Wally_Plotch
I wouldn't say no to that.
"Speaking of at least within the kingdom, the current rulers, King Vito 18 and Queen Iris 2, went on a goodwill tour throughout the planet about a month ago. Their daughter, Princess Serani 6, remained behind."
Ropak sat up and removed the sunglasses stretched over his head. "Wait, why did they leave their daughter behind while they went on vacation?"
Evelyn rubbed her chin. She shrugged.
"Wow, I'm totally confident in these rulers now." The wrallot lay back down.
"Anyway," said Evelyn, "today is, according to tradition, the date on which the Salenth Kingdom was founded. Thus, there is a parade."
Top stopped running. "I didn't pay attention to a word of that."
Evelyn crossed her arms. "I wasn't talking to you, anyway."
"Wow, seven thousand years," said Alden. "Zhop is so fragmented in its history that I don't think anything has lasted that long."
They watched the parade march by. A scalago marching band arrived and Top jumped forward.
"Hooray! It's music time." The ball ran onto the street and pulled an accordion out from their mouth. Alden called for Top to come back, but the ball seemed intent. "Oh, we live here now in the Kingdom of Salenth, it's really a quite swell place to be–"
A member of the marching band walked into Top, kicking them into the one next to them. Alden winced as the marching band kicked Top down the line, each stumbling until one punted the ball onto a xylophone. The player rolled their mallets across and pushed Top off the instrument. They flew over the marching band and snatched a feathered hat from a member, placing it on their head.
"I got me a new hat." They landed in a tuba. Alden facepalmed but watched through his fingers. The musician shook the tuba and gave it a forceful blow, shooting Top out and blowing their new hat away. The ball bounced off a bass drum and landed on a snare drum, battered by the sticks before falling onto another. They rolled off the last drum only to be squashed between a pair of cymbals.
"We should probably get Top out of there," Xavier said.
Alden looked at the laughing crowd. "It looks like everyone thinks they're just part of the parade."
"They'd probably better stop anyway," said Evelyn. "The most important float is coming up, the one with Princess Serani."
"A serious and significant float, is it?" Ropak asked.
"If anyone messed up her float," Evelyn said, "they would be in deep trouble."
"Hey, Top," Alden called out. "Come back. We have food."
Top ran back to them screaming, "Fooooooooooooooooood!"
I think I overdid it with the o's.
I think you underdid it. Cook it a little longer.
A glittering float arrived with two layers like a cake, guards standing to attention on the lower layer. This layer was red with an emerald pattern around it, while the upper layer was green with a ruby pattern. White railings surrounded each like a cake frosting with bouquets of white and pink flowers.
On the upper layer stood a scalago in elbow-length gloves and a flowing emerald dress that made Alden's green look sickly—a scalago whom Alden could not take his eyes off. Her smooth skin was a deep ruby, while her blue eyes glistened like the open sea. Her shining hair flowed behind her in a hime cut halfway down her back and drifting like a waterfall as she sprinted about the float waving to her cheering people, her bright and animated smiles sending the crowd into further cheers.
"Evelyn," Alden said, staring at the princess lest she disappear like the illusion she seemed to be, "that's Princess Serani, right?"
"That's her," Evelyn said. "Princess Serani 6. Not a bad lineage for that name, although information is scarce on the first Serani and surrounded by myths of magic and such."
"Magic!" said Top.
"How old is she?" Alden asked.
"Gourd, she'd have to be like, four thousand at least—"
"The current one!"
"Oh, right. She's twenty-one," Evelyn said. Alden's eyes widened—Serani was the same age as him. "She's still got quite a road ahead of her. Some predict she won't ascend for another thirty years."
"Sheesh, she'll be super old by then," Ropak said.
"And experienced and prepared, is the idea," said Evelyn.
"And super old," said Ropak.
"Clearly the young and hip should lead." Top grinned. "Technicalamity: I'm one year old! I should be in charge!"
"I'm all for letting those of us with new ideas and a future to build lead," said Thad, "but that might be too young, and you might be too crazy."
They were all wrong! The oldest should lead, and I'm like three million years old, so I should rule everybody!
Wait, you're how old!?
I'm just spitballin'. After the first few thousand years you kinda forget, especially cooped up in this Cloud all the time. Not following normal space-time rules doesn't help. Also, I didn't specify the years of what planet. But The Cloud is so old and faulty it's gotta be in the tens of thousands at least.
Okay, right. It just sounded big. I guess I don't have much of a frame of reference for years anyway.
"Evelyn, what's Serani like?" Alden asked.
"Oh, she's pretty headstrong," Evelyn said. "They say she took wildly to her studies, making plans for how she would lead and create an ideal, educated kingdom. There's those new ideas to build a future, Thad, and I doubt her parents will turn a blind ear—deaf ear to her ideas. She also apparently doesn't suffer fools gladly."
"Hear that, Top?" Ropak said. "I wouldn't go near her."
"It takes one to know one," Top said.
Ropak opened his mouth and pointed at Top. He turned and muttered, "Shut up."
"Wow," Alden said, still watching Serani. "She sounds . . ." He couldn't find the proper words. He wasn't sure there were words to describe her.
Ropak perked up. "Wait a minute." He grabbed Alden and tore his gaze from the princess. He stared at Alden's eyes, rubbed the scalago's face, then grinned and turned him back to Serani. "I know what's going on here. You've fallen in love with the princess!"
Alden shook his head. "What? No, that's not- no!" The very idea was ridiculous.
Ropak stood up. "Hey, everyone! My friend here totally–!"
Alden pulled Ropak to the ground. "Shut up." He didn't want everyone thinking he had some childish ideas of marrying royalty or something.
"Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't," said Thad. "Don't even think about it. Put it out of your head if it was ever in there."
"It's not—" Alden said, but Xavier put an arm around him.
"Aw, my little brother is good enough for a princess!" Alden blushed a grayish-purple.
"Now, flibbertigibberty." Orville smiled. "I would question if a princess is good enough for my nephew."
Evelyn covered her mouth and snorted. "Are you completely—" She shuddered and groaned. "Look, no offense, but Alden's from Zhop. The chances of the princess choosing you . . . I mean, you're a nice guy, but it just won't happen."
"I wasn't thinking anything of the sort," Alden said, pulling away from Xavier.
Xavier drooped. "I'm sorry, Alden. I didn't mean to embarrass you."
"I did," Ropak said with a goofy grin.
"Look, she's a princess," Alden said. "I mean, I lived near a small town for most of my life, for Gourd's sake. It wouldn't happen." He looked back at Serani. "It's not . . . I'm not in love with her. That's just silly."
"Good," said Evelyn. "There's signs that Serani isn't even interested in finding someone right now. Besides, historically the prince or princess marries a noble, celebrity, or someone important who would actually get a chance to even meet royalty. Anyone else would probably get in a lot of trouble even trying to pursue a romance with her."
"Yeah." Alden watched Serani wave to the people, hair flowing, eyes sparkling . . . so graceful and eager, dedicated, a studious learner . . .
No, Ropak's ridiculous ideas are just rubbing off on me. I can't let it—I won't—It certainly couldn't—
He couldn't take his eyes off her. Oh Gourd, he couldn't deny it. He felt like slapping himself. He was in love with her.
Queen Nyla 2 sat on the jewel-encrusted royal throne, surrounded by her robed advisors. At least in how Alden imagined it.
For over one hundred years the kingdom had prospered, a city had been built, a castle rose over the forest, and now it had been shaken to its core. The new queen barely filled the big throne, scarcely an adult, but she'd been trained for this moment and had to show her strength. She had to take down her brother or the kingdom would be ruined.
"What is the status on that traitor?" Queen Nyla asked, spitting the word, refusing to speak his name.
"We have tracked your brother to the forest east, my queen," an advisor said. "At the edge of the barren lands near the mountains."
Queen Nyla grimaced. "In the land where my great-great-grandparents first set camp after seeing their new home. How many have gone with him?"
"At least a quarter of the citizens. They say he promised them glory, said he was wrongfully denied and thrown from power."
"A liar, as always," Queen Nyla said. "No doubt he is planning a counterattack, but he may still be wounded. We can attack that snake and stop him from doing any more damage. We must not have a kingdom of scoundrels to our east, wedging us between the ocean. The Salenth Kingdom must remain whole." She stood up, her robes waving. "Everyone, to arms! For my parents the lost queen and king, whom I know you loved, and my fallen brother, the true heir to the throne!" A cry rang out among the advisors, royalty, and officers to stop the traitor.
So went the story told by Evelyn and the parade floats, the story of the Salenth Kingdom's first war—a war against their former comrades and the soon-to-form Thraundlus Kingdom.
The actual event had way less flowery language and a lot more shouting.
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Who is the drunkard, the Governor who denies existence of Covid19 or the one who puts in place measures to protect his people – Ememanka
in Legislature News, Politics
The Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka, has described the comments of Smart Adeyemi, senator representing Kogi west, as lacking coherence.
You would recall that Smart Adeyemi, had on the floor of the Senate described Ikpeazu as a "champagne drinking man" stating further that Abia has intelligent people but the state is being governed by "drunkards" he also went on to praise his State Governor Yahaya Bello, for "performing well".
In a counter statement, the governor's Chief Press Secretary said Governor Ikpeazu "does not take alcoholic drinks and he is shocked" by Adeyemi's statements.
He said "If Senator Adeyemi was of sound mind, he should have known that when it comes to education, Abia is miles ahead of his home state of Kogi. Indeed, not just in education but in every single area of development."
"Under the watch of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia State has maintained first position in WAEC Examinations in the entire country for five years now. Kogi has not come close to the first 20. Never!"
"Just last week, the National Bureau of Statistics adjudged Abia state as No. 3 on the list of States that attracted foreign direct investments, with only Lagos and Abuja ahead of Abia state in the entire country."
He further said "It takes much more than drinking champagne to guide a state from zero foreign investments to No. 3 in the country. Kogi state featured prominently on the list of states that attracted zero investments. It is only a state that is peaceful and secure that has the capacity to attract such cross border investments."
Ememanka said since Ikpeazu became governor, there has not been any case of an attack on any school.
"While his state is still awarding contracts for the renovation of schools, Abia had long completed more than 500 classroom projects scattered across schools in Abia State, and still counting," he said.
The aide wondered why the legislator did not make any comment when the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) branded Kogi unsafe.
"Senator Adeyemi was never heard to have either responded to that statement by the NCDC or raise it on the floor of the senate," he said.
"Yet, he has the effrontery to abuse a governor whose state has maintained one of the lowest COVID-19 fatality rates in the country through proactive measures to protect our people".
"Between a governor who has consistently denied the existence of COVID and the one who has put in place measures to protect his people, one wonders who is the drunkard."
Ememanka added that if not for the immunity Adeyemi enjoys on the floor of the senate, the governor would have sued him.
Tags: IkpeazuNational AssemblySmart AdeyemiYahaya Bello
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