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Clear the field
Dusty Baker is the greatest manager in San Francisco Giants history. So why is team owner Peter Magowan on the verge of letting him go?
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2002/10/09/baker_5/
October 9, 2002 11:06PM (UTC)
"Clear the field!" a defiant San Francisco Giants wife told me Sunday night, after the Giants beat the Braves to tie the Division Series. She was gripping my hand so hard it hurt. I understood her ferocity: She was heading to Atlanta on a red-eye for the do-or-die game on Monday, and she was trying to give me, a fellow fan, last words of inspiration. But I had no idea what she was talking about.
So she explained: "You need to clear the field: Clear your mind of negative thoughts about the Giants! Do it before every pitch. Think only positive thoughts. That's your job! Get rid of all negativity! They can win this!"
We hugged, and I promised her I would clear the field, or try to. But I felt guilty: I've been thinking negative thoughts about the Giants most of this season. The poor lady didn't know who she was talking to (and that's why I won't use her name); I'm the queen of negativity. I've been convinced that the unhappy relationship between beloved Giants manager Dusty Baker and team owner Peter Magowan would result in Baker's departure after the season, a baseball tragedy so immense that if it happens, a standing-room-only crowd of 43,000 meditating Buddhist monks won't be able to clear Pacific Bell Park for the Giants. I even wrote about the Baker-Magowan troubles in San Francisco magazine, a piece that's been widely quoted, debated, hailed, reviled, though never refuted. It didn't exactly clear the field when it appeared in August.
Maybe even worse, I doubted Baker himself when he told me not to worry about his contract, or the Giants' fortunes this season, that his team -- my team -- would play well into October this time. The three-time National League Manager of the Year, the winningest skipper in San Francisco Giants history, was unwavering. "We're going to win this thing, because I've got to," he told me in June, as the Giants were falling further behind the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers with almost every series. I believed him for a while, but my faith failed me at several points during the summer, and again last Saturday, when the Giants dropped a second game to the Braves -- thanks in part to a Baker pitching choice that riled up all his critics all over again -- and stood on the verge of elimination.
But I woke up Sunday and read that Baker was still cool, calm and predicting a Giants series victory, and I reminded myself to trust him again. Of course that night they won a glorious game, when pitcher Livan Hernandez, another sports-talk goat, repaid Baker's loyalty and befuddled the Braves. So on Monday, I took the advice of my new friend. I cleared the field, and by God it worked. In the sports bar where I watched the game, fans were sweating with every pitch. (You can pick out Giants fans, like Cubs fans or Red Sox fans, because we have a natural cringe about us, a reflexive, defensive slope to the shoulders, a posture developed after decades of getting beaten about the face and head by our team.) When closer Robb Nen faced Chipper Jones in the ninth inning with one out and two men on base, not even two months after he blew a save in almost the same situation -- same score, 3-1, until Jones tied the August game with a single -- well, folks in the bar were holding their heads in their hands, afraid to look at the TV set, literally tearing their hair. But I was completely calm. "It's time for Nen to pick up his team," a voice told me, and it wasn't my voice, or any voice I recognized, but it told the truth. Jones grounded into a game-ending double play. Bye-bye, Braves.
I don't really believe that thinking positive thoughts is the reason the Giants won, but I'm not going to mess with a winning combination. I'll stay superstitious until it stops working.
So now I'm clearing the field for the League Championship Series, against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Giants' first LCS since 1989, and the first ever in Baker's 10 years as manager. Let me be very, very clear: I believe the Giants can win their first World Series since they moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958 (the year I was born); their first, in fact, since 1954. And I believe Peter Magowan can make up with Dusty Baker this October, whatever happens in the World Series, and bring Baker back next year. But I have a full day to clear the field this time, so let me revisit that mess, only to leave it behind, for good this time, when I'm done.
To some folks, my second statement -- that Baker could still return to the Giants -- will make me sound crazier than the first. On Sunday, the New York Times' sage baseball columnist Murray Chass reported that Baker is out of here, that he's already told "friends" he will leave the Giants "once the playoffs end," angry that Magowan refused to talk about a contract extension until after the season. For his part, Magowan believes Baker "had manipulated the news media and had not appreciated what the Giants had done for him," Chass reported, citing a "colleague" of Magowan's as his source.
That ain't the half of it. Chass didn't seem to talk to either man directly, but I did, and they each gave me an earful of their issues with the other. Yet both sides continue to insist Baker's not finished with the Giants -- and I believe them. Here's why I think that, and what I believe it would take to get Baker to stay.
First of all, Baker himself continues to insist he hasn't decided to leave. "I wish my friends would let stuff come out of my mouth," he told reporters after the Chass article appeared, and he once again denied he'd made up his mind. When we talked in June, he said the same thing.
"I don't know what the future holds. I really don't know. I swear I don't know." I tried to reassure him I wasn't guilt-tripping him -- he has more than enough reason to be fed up with Giants management -- but he cut me off: "Ain't nothin' to guilt-trip me about. No. 1, you don't sign yourself. No. 2, I'm not thinking about it, because Peter already said he'd evaluate me at the end of the season. And that's just fine."
I don't believe Baker would look me in the eye and swear he wasn't leaving, if he'd already made up his mind to go. Likewise, I don't believe he'd say that now if he were certain he was gone. Does he have days when he's convinced he's going to tell his boss to take this job and shove it? Hell, yes -- don't you? But I don't believe he'd lie about it if he knew he was leaving for sure.
Yet I have to admit Baker told me one thing that wasn't true: It wasn't fine with Baker that Magowan wouldn't discuss his contract until after the season. It was the opposite of fine. The manager came back from December prostate cancer surgery to a tin-eared, win-or-else ultimatum from Magowan, who told reporters in March that he wouldn't evaluate Baker until after the season -- and that he expected the season to end in the World Series. "I think we should be the favorites," Magowan said. "I don't see any holes in our team."
Baker seethed about the comment, and its juxtaposition with Magowan's refusal to talk about a contract extension, all season long. "It irritated us all," Baker told me. "It put undue pressure on all of us here. OK, sure, he improved the team, but he didn't know we'd lose [relief pitcher] Jason Christiansen all year." In fact, the superstitious might blame Magowan's braggadocio for the fact that the Giants were oddly injury-prone this year. In July, the team featured an outfield starring backup guys Tom Goodwin and Shawon Dunston alongside infielder Ramon Martinez, after starters Barry Bonds, Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Reggie Sanders all suffered hamstring troubles. (Note to national media: They played the St. Louis Cardinals in that period, which is part of why their season record is only 2-4.) "That's why you never say things like that. You never say, 'No holes,'" Baker said, still angry months later.
But when I gave Magowan a chance to take back his spring ultimatum, or at least phrase it more delicately, he refused. "It may not have been the most diplomatic thing to say in the world, but it is what I felt," he told me. "We've taken the payroll up to $75 million. The ownership has stuck its neck out here to try and give San Francisco a World Series team. We also have a team that is getting older. If we're going to do it with this team, this is the year to do it in. OK?" He went on: "I know the man was coming back from prostate cancer, and I'm well aware what that can do. I lost a brother last December who had prostate cancer, among other problems. I've got another brother with prostate cancer. But the job is what it is. And with the job comes responsibilities and, inevitably, expectations."
That wasn't my only testy exchange with the Giants' normally diplomatic owner. When I interviewed him for my story -- which began as an homage to Baker's 10 years as manager, and turned into an exposé of the tension between him and Magowan after my interviews -- I was blown away by his level of irritation with his popular manager. Frankly, I expected damage control. The pair had one widely publicized tiff two years ago, when Magowan didn't talk to Baker after a tough playoff loss to the New York Mets, and Baker told the media, "Maybe I've worn out my welcome." But they made up, Baker signed a two-year contract, and Magowan has since blamed the media for blowing the clash out of proportion.
This time around, I expected Magowan to do much the same thing: Make nice with his manager, blame the media -- me -- for stirring up old trouble, and downplay Baker's tenuous contract status. But he didn't. Instead he complained early and often about the Giants' front office not getting enough acclaim for its baseball smarts, while all the hosannas go to Baker.
"I don't think, as an organization, we get anywhere near the credit that we should for the things that we've done," Magowan said. "And one of them is put consistently good teams on the field. I mean, it's all very well to cite Dusty. And I'm not trying to take anything at all away from Dusty. But when we look at his Manager of the Year awards, I think in part they reflect an organization of the year type award." He went on. "I'm just a little resentful. I think the players haven't gotten the credit they should have. [General Manager] Brian Sabean hasn't gotten credit for the moves he's made. And I think the ownership should be credited for doing what was required in terms of raising the payroll, to say nothing of the environment we've created here which allows us to have the payroll we do." That wasn't all. Asked about his 2000 spat with Baker, he used the word "resent" one more time: "I resent some of this, because I'm the guy that rehired him back in 1996, when we were in last place."
I won't say much about Magowan's comments, because 1) I'm trying to clear the field and 2) others have already said plenty. The San Francisco Chronicle's Bruce Jenkins said "Magowan should be ashamed of himself" for suggesting Baker gets too much credit; the San Jose Mercury News columnist Ann Killion ripped him as "desperately, and somewhat pathetically, jealous" of Baker. Then again, Mercury News columnist Skip Bayless, who whacked Magowan in my piece, wrote on Monday that the owner's springtime ultimatum deserves some of the credit for goading the Giants to rise to the occasion and achieve this year, if only to save their manager's job. You be the judge.
Let me just say this: I believe Baker deserved better. Coming off cancer surgery, he deserved a contract extension. And in fact, he deserved better before he had cancer, too. The world is divided into two camps: Dusty Baker worshippers, who admire his baseball smarts and his multicultural cool and his ability to meld a clubhouse that contains Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent into a winning team; and Dusty Baker detractors, who focus on his occasional questionable strategic choices, and (in my opinion) miss the forest while they're obsessing about individual pinch-hitter and relief-pitcher trees. Sadly for everyone involved, there are some leading Baker detractors in the Giants' front office, who've never entirely trusted the manager's blue-collar loyalty to his players, his passion for the underdog, or his penchant for going with his hunches (over theirs, I guess). But they're stuck with him, knowing they risk a fan insurrection if they show him the door.
In my worst moments, my darkest, least generous, not-at-all-clear moments, I've watched this year's Baker saga play out with a conspiracy theorist's dread: Saddled with a manager they don't much like but whom fans love, maybe Baker detractors are conspiring to drive him crazy with backbiting, second-guessing and off-the-record criticism to reporters, knowing his pride will make it impossible to come back to a team where he feels he's been deeply disrespected. Then they offer him a contract -- and in fact, to put down the Baker's-outta-here rumors, team officials "leaked" a plan to do just that last week, the day after Bruce Jenkins' brave slap at Magowan -- and still look like the good guys when, predictably, he decides to walk away.
That's in my worst moments. In my better moments, when I'm clearing the field, I think of Magowan's tense, strained face on television Monday night -- he looked miserable every time the camera found him -- and I think: He wants to do the right thing, he really does; he just isn't sure what it is. Let me give Magowan credit for being right about at least one thing: This is a World Series caliber team, and he and Baker both deserve credit for coming this far.
Am I clear yet? Not really. I'm trying to visualize Magowan and Baker in a big hug, at a press conference announcing his signing, and I can't get there. But I can't see Baker in anything other than a Giants uniform, either. Even Murray Chass's piece fell apart when he tried to imagine the other part of the story: where Baker goes if he leaves the Giants. Personally, I think he'd hate New York; the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox are more snakebit than the Giants (plus Baker's friend Don Baylor didn't love the Chicago management group); he won't go to a struggling small-payroll team like Pittsburgh or Tampa Bay. Seattle was an intriguing possibility, until Lou Piniella voted to stay with the Mariners. Chass suggested Baker could wind up with the Texas Rangers -- Alex Rodriguez is said to be lobbying for him, and having wasted $250 million on A-Rod, owner Tom Hicks would think nothing of shelling out $5 million a year for Baker.
But this isn't about money for Baker, and I don't see him in Texas. The only scenario that's ever made sense to me is Atlanta -- Baker played there in the 1970s, mentored by Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige; he remains close to Aaron and former teammate Ralph Garr, who still work for the Braves organization; Atlanta's a big multicultural city with great music, great culture, great food. With Bobby Cox now getting the Dusty Baker treatment for some of his managing errors in this division series (and the Barry Bonds treatment for his record of post-season failure), you can imagine him moving on, finally, opening up a big-payroll job for Baker. Yet I can't ultimately picture that either. Baker's no politically correct hack, but I don't see him in the dugout while they're doing that idiotic Tomahawk chop, waving those limp red foam hatchets, chanting robotically like a stadium full of overmedicated psychiatric patients.
I really don't see Baker anywhere but here. His parents live in Sacramento, and they're getting on in years; his family has deep roots here; he loves the outdoors -- the ocean, the lakes, the mountains nearby -- and the indoors, too: the clubs, the restaurants, the culture. The last time we talked, he told me even if he left the Giants, San Francisco would remain his home. "You can count on that. This is my kind of city: I like the music, the people, the culture."
So I think it's time San Francisco got a big karmic do-over, and everybody gets to start clear. Faced with a final decision about what to do with Dusty Baker, this time Peter Magowan rises to the occasion, the way Robb Nen did Monday night. This time, he picks up his team. He avenges all the Giants who made the wrong choice or choked or screwed up over the years: Atlee Hammaker giving up that three-run homer to Jose Oquendo in the 1987 LCS against the Cards; Candy Maldonado, in that same blighted series, sliding to catch a short fly ball by Cards' catcher Tony Pena, and missing horribly; Baker not pinch-hitting for pitcher Mark Gardner with the bases loaded and the Giants down just 2-0 in the sad final game against the Mets in 2000. He meets man-to-man with Baker, and they clear the air. All the resentment and anger comes out, nothing is held back. And when it's over, Magowan looks Baker in the eye and says, "We don't have to be the best of friends, we probably never will be, but I've realized you're the best manager in baseball. As long as you want a job here, you've got it." And Magowan does this before the World Series, like a mensch. Maybe the Giants go on to win, maybe they lose, but the field will be clear.
Joan Walsh is the author of "What's the Matter With White People: Finding Our Way in the Next America."
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Rodarte's Fall/Winter '19 homecoming show location has been revealed
The sisters are headed to the City of Angels...
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The show location first inspired the brand's 2007 collection and 12 years later, Rodarte is returning back to the scene...
In the past few seasons, Rodarte has had quite a few shake-ups to its show schedules. But now, they're back on track after sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy revealed they are staging the brand's next runway show in Los Angeles for Fall/Winter '19 on February 5.
It all started in 2017 when the American brand first announced that it would be dropping out of the traditional Fashion Week calendar to join the couture schedules in January and July. Shortly after that, the sisters behind the label decided to switch things up and trade a traditional runway set up for a star-studded lookbook to showcase its Fall/Winter '18 collection. But then they made it back to America with a show at New York Fashion Week and now, they have revealed what we can expect from their upcoming show.
Kate and Laura will be bringing their next ethereal collection to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in their hometown of Pasadena, California.
It seems like we're going to be in for a spectacular backdrop as 120 acres of botanical gardens are set to blossom on the afternoon of the show.
According to WWD, the designers said, "We have dreamt of doing a show at The Huntington since we first started designing. Our grandmother and mother introduced us to The Huntington as children and we have been inspired by its beauty ever since. We specifically drew inspiration from the gardens for our spring 2007 collection, and it will be amazing to see the fall 2019 collection presented in this location."
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UPDATE: On Wednesday afternoon, police announced that the 15-year-old from Tuesday's missing juvenile report had been located at 2:35 p.m. in White Township, Indiana County, and was found to be safe.
Indiana-based Pennsylvania State Police are seeking information on a 15-year-old juvenile who reportedly ran away from a location on Sebring Road, Montgomery Township, Indiana County. The report stated that 15-year-old Nicholas Adam McCoy was last seen at the residence on a gray Trek bicycle and wearing gym shorts and boots. He has short brown hair, brown eyes and is 5-foot-7 and 125 pounds. Anyone who sees McCoy is asked to call 9-1-1, and police said that he may be in the Clymer or Indiana area.


Gerald Zarella's neighbor in Exeter, Rhode Island, dumped a pile of chicken manure close to their shared property line at the worst possible time – the day before a wedding was scheduled to take place on the property. Zarella, the owner of Gerald's Farm, claimed his neighbor did so out of spite for turning his property into a commercial destination for rustic weddings. Not all of his neighbors were pleased with the decision.
As he promised, the 200-person wedding was held as scheduled with the smell radiating from the area where the guests had to eat. Other neighbors even further away said the smell was troublesome. "The way the wind travels it permeates all the way through there. You can feel it burning in the nostrils," said one nearby property owner, Steve Sheally.
Zarrella is currently in the middle of a legal battle with the town of Exeter regarding whether or not he should be allowed to host commercial events on his property. Court documents suggest the business owner has been cleared to host two additional weddings in September while the legal process is laid out.
Zarella sought legal action against the individual responsible for the manure being dumped. The dumped manure did not violate Rhode Island criminal or environmental laws but constituted as a civil violation. The case was ultimately settled for undisclosed terms.
To seek relief from the law of nuisance, one must prove the offending action has resulted in a loss of use or loss of enjoyment of the property upon which it occurred, and sometimes, the problem also affects the health, safety, and welfare of the general public. The interference of enjoyment must be substantial and be long-lasting.
There are two basic types of nuisance suits – private and public cases. A private nuisance means there has been a loss of the use or enjoyment of property without an actual physical invasion. A physical invasion of property is known as a trespass action. Public nuisance has more far-reaching effects because the action affects the welfare of more people.
In general, it is recommended that anyone looking to file a nuisance case first do their due diligence in trying to resolve the issue outside of court. The first step would be to talk with the offending party to let them know the act is not acceptable and see if it can be remedied. If it continues to happen, the individual looking to present a case should document the occurrence(s). Again, this person must prove the issue is, in fact, a nuisance and the negative effects are long-lasting. Law enforcement should be called if the issue cannot be resolved between the parties. In some cases, a mediator is asked to step in. As a final measure, a court case can be filed.


It is the policy of Galway Kayak Club (GKC) that all members show respect and understanding for each other and act in a way that reflects the Code of Conduct of the Club. The aim is for all paddlers to improve their skill levels and have fun in a safe environment.
Every aspect of GKC is run on a purely voluntary basis by committee and club members. In order to operate on this basis, all members are requested to treat each other respectfully at all times and take responsibility for the care and condition of club facilities, boats and other equipment.
Control tempers and avoid behaviour which may inconvenience or upset other club members, other water users, etc.
Kayaking is an adventurous sport that by its very nature involves a degree of risk of personal injury or death.
Galway Kayak Club (GKC) cannot ensure complete safety at all times, members accept these risks and agree to be responsible for their own actions and involvement.


Medu Vada is one of the traditional healthy food of South India, quite popular for its crispy deliciousness. Its one of everyone's favorite snack and most of us consider breakfast not fullfilling without medu vada along with pongal, idli, dosa, etc. It tastes irresistable with soft interior and crispy exterior texture. It isn't hard to prepare this healthy delicacy at home. Here is the easy video recipe, enjoy!!
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Cuong Dao
Humanity's Voice
The book is comprised of 40 poems, which vary from passionate romance, excruciating pain, to blissful hope. Rearrange scrambled words to paint vivid pictures of daily occurrences. Readers in the world should somehow connect with at least one poem.Imagine being stuck in school forever. Living there, working there, and eating every meal there. That's what Taryn and every other kid from her town has to do. What they don't know is that this so-called slave school is run by Taryn's father. This secret will lead to heartbreak and despair. Freedom will be had, but not without a heavy cost.
A Whispering Soul
The book is comprised of 40 poems, which vary from passionate romance, excruciating pain, to blissful hope. Rearrange scrambled words to paint vivid pictures of daily occurrences. Readers in the world should somehow connect with at least one poem.Santa's Ninja Elves: two short stories depicting elite elves whose missions are to protect Santa against all enemies using an assortment of cinna-bombs, candy cane bullets, tinsel traps and throwing bells and intelligence from the fortune-telling Mrs. Clause. After years of dedicated service, Santa decides to reward them by helping them find love on Christmas.Past retirement, Natasha is sent from the North Pole to Ohio on a final mission to identify a threat to Santa. Natasha runs the lead to ground, only to find Santa sent her there for an entirely different mission. She's been set up with a handsome stranger, a final gift from Santa to his favorite Ninja Elf.Hunter gets drunk on eggnog one day and beheads an innocent snowman. His punishment: he's banished from the North Pole to work at a mall in Arizona, managing a fake Santa's long line of kids. When the fake Santa sheds the fat suit to reveal a beautiful woman, Hunter falls fast for the woman who makes him feel the thrill Christmas Eve with one look.


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Christmas and holiday season
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Originally within the Roman Catholic Church, the term "Christmas season" was considered synonymous with Christmastide, a term associated with Yuletide, which runs from December 25 (Christmas Day) to January 6 (Epiphany), popularly known as the 12 Days of Christmas. However, as the economic impact involving the anticipatory lead-up to Christmas Day grew in America and Europe into the 19th and 20th centuries, the term "Christmas season" began to become synonymous instead with the traditional Christian Advent season, the period observed in Western Christianity from the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day until Christmas Day itself. The term "Advent calendar" survives in secular Western parlance as a term referring to a countdown to Christmas Day from the beginning of December.
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home page > Blavatnik School of ... > Faculty of Exact Sci... > General Information > Faculty Members > Prof. Alexander Palevski
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Prof. Alexander Palevski is engaged with quantum electronic transport in condensed matter systems at low temperatures. The research topics span over many areas of modern solid state physics: superconductivity, ferromagnetism, Quantum Hall effect, and mesoscopic physics. Due to the diversity of the subject also the materials which are investigated cover a broad range of solids, like normal metals, ferromagnets, semiconductors, topological insulators and superconductors. The common denominator among the devices made of these material systems is the low dimensionality. A vast majority of the experimentally studied electronic systems are either two- or one-dimensional. Small dimensions of the devices fabricated in the lab are achieved using state of the art nanofabrication techniques, including photolithography, electron beam lithography, focused ion beam microscopy and other advanced techniques.
Research achievements include: Quantum interference effects were observed and analyzed allowing to establish the dephasing mechanism in several exotic systems such as InAs, SrTiO3/LaAlO3 , BiSe3; the role of the electron-electron interaction was elucidated and the so called Luttinger liquid model was demonstrated as the adequate theory for transport in quantum nanowires; the role of the triplet superconductivity was established and quantum oscillations and so called -junctions were observed in SFS junctions; superconductivity was discovered in GeSb2Te4 at a temperature above 4 K at hydrostatic pressure exceeding 9 GPa.
Future directions include: effect of spin-orbit interaction on quantum transport in quantum wires and Aharonov Bohm rings, in particular the study of the Luttinger parameter and Berry phase in these systems.
Undergraduate studies in Physics, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 1975
M.Sc in Physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1980
Ph.D in Physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1986
Chair of Condensed Matter Department, 2011
Director of Wolfson Center for Applied Materials Research, 2008
Tel Aviv University, Israel - Full Professor, 2006
Tel Aviv University, Israel - Associate Professor, 1998
Tel Aviv University, Israel - Senior Lecturer, 1992
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA – Research Scientist, 1990
IBM Research Laboratories, Yorktown Heights, NY -Weizmann Post - Doctoral Fellow, 1986
Weizmann Fellow, 1986
Alon Fellow, 1992


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Europe is known for is good scenery and night life but one thing you always cannot guarantee is the price of things which are increasingly changing due to economic dynamisms.
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#include <mpd/settings.h>
#include "config.h"

#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

struct mpd_settings {
	char *host;

	unsigned port, timeout_ms;

	char *password;
};

/**
 * Parses the password from the host specification in the form
 * "password@hostname".
 *
 * @param host_p a pointer to the "host" variable, which may be
 * modified by this function
 * @return an allocated password string, or NULL if there was no
 * password
 */
static const char *
mpd_parse_host_password(const char *host, char **password_r)
{
	const char *at;
	char *password;

	assert(password_r != NULL);
	assert(*password_r == NULL);

	if (host == NULL ||
	    /* if the MPD_HOST begins with a '@' then it's not an
	       empty password but an abstract socket */
	    *host == '@')
		return host;

	at = strchr(host, '@');
	if (at == NULL)
		return host;

	password = malloc(at - host + 1);
	if (password != NULL) {
		/* silently ignoring out-of-memory */
		memcpy(password, host, at - host);
		password[at - host] = 0;
		*password_r = password;
	}

	return at + 1;
}

/**
 * Parses the host specification.  If not specified, it attempts to
 * load it from the environment variable MPD_HOST.
 */
static const char *
mpd_check_host(const char *host, char **password_r)
{
	assert(password_r != NULL);
	assert(*password_r == NULL);

	if (host == NULL)
		host = getenv("MPD_HOST");

	if (host != NULL)
		host = mpd_parse_host_password(host, password_r);

	return host;
}

/**
 * Parses the port specification.  If not specified (0), it attempts
 * to load it from the environment variable MPD_PORT.
 */
static unsigned
mpd_check_port(unsigned port)
{
	if (port == 0) {
		const char *env_port = getenv("MPD_PORT");
		if (env_port != NULL)
			port = atoi(env_port);
	}

	return port;
}

static unsigned
mpd_default_timeout_ms(void)
{
	const char *timeout_string = getenv("MPD_TIMEOUT");
	if (timeout_string != NULL) {
		int timeout_s = atoi(timeout_string);
		if (timeout_s > 0)
			return timeout_s * 1000;
	}

	/* 30s is the default */
	return 30000;
}

struct mpd_settings *
mpd_settings_new(const char *host, unsigned port, unsigned timeout_ms,
		 const char *reserved, const char *password)
{
	(void)reserved;

	struct mpd_settings *settings = malloc(sizeof(*settings));
	if (settings == NULL)
		return settings;

	settings->password = NULL;

	port = mpd_check_port(port);

	host = mpd_check_host(host, &settings->password);
	if (settings->password == NULL && password != NULL)
		settings->password = strdup(password);

	if (host == NULL) {
#ifdef DEFAULT_SOCKET
		if (port == 0)
			/* default to local socket only if no port was
			   explicitly configured */
			host = DEFAULT_SOCKET;
		else
#endif
			host = DEFAULT_HOST;
	}

	settings->host = strdup(host);

	settings->timeout_ms = timeout_ms != 0
		? timeout_ms
		: mpd_default_timeout_ms();

	settings->port = host[0] == '/'
		? 0 /* no port for local socket */
		: (port != 0 ? port : DEFAULT_PORT);

	return settings;
}

void
mpd_settings_free(struct mpd_settings *settings)
{
	free(settings->host);
	free(settings->password);
	free(settings);
}

const char *
mpd_settings_get_host(const struct mpd_settings *settings)
{
	return settings->host;
}

unsigned
mpd_settings_get_port(const struct mpd_settings *settings)
{
	return settings->port;
}

unsigned
mpd_settings_get_timeout_ms(const struct mpd_settings *settings)
{
	return settings->timeout_ms;
}

const char *
mpd_settings_get_password(const struct mpd_settings *settings)
{
	return settings->password;
}

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The Central Clinton Sabers scored five runs on only two hits in the top of the fourth inning to break the game open and upset the Carlisle Wildcats, 7-3. Wildcats' starting pitcher Ryan Lechtenberg hurled a complete game and was virtually in control the whole game for the Sabers. It was the third of four Class 3A state quarterfinal games at Principal Park on Tuesday. Five consecutive men reached base for the Sabers, all of whom came across to score in the inning.
The first two frames on the evening were scoreless and Central was able to get on the board in the top of the third inning. Leading off the inning, Devin Daniels for Central seemed to be retired on a simple groundout, but was awarded first base on a catchers interference call. Daniels advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw by Carlisle pitcher, Jared Shoning. With two out, Shoning walked three consecutive hitters, scoring Daniels and putting the Sabres ahead 1-0.
Anthony Burke drew a lead-off walk for Central. He was sacrificed to second by Nick Green, who reached base on a throwing error by the pitcher. Daniels then drew a walk to load the bases with nobody out. Austin Lechtenberg stepped in and knocked an RBI single to give the Sabres a 2-0 lead. Brandon Jasper then blasted a bases clearing triple, widening the lead to 5-0. Jasper subsequently scored on a groundout by Scott Burke, making it 6-0 in favor of Central. Carlisle was forced to use three pitchers in the inning, one of which did not record an out.
Central was able to add another run in the top of the sixth. Jasper hit a one-out single and stole second base. Burke then singled in Jasper, padding the lead to 7-0.
Carlisle finally broke through on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth. Derek Dunn hit a one-out single, stole second, and advanced to third on a bad throw by the Central catcher. Justin Hagedorn followed with a walk, and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Brady Roland singled, scoring Dunn, as well as Hagedorn on an error by the left fielder. The Wildcats were on the board, but in a 7-2 hole. They were able to muster one more run in the inning via an error by the Central shortstop, making it a 7-3 game and that is how it would end.
Lechtenberg pitched all seven inning for Central and gave up only three hits, three runs (two earned), one walk and he struck out one batter. He was efficient and mixed up his pitches all evening, pushing his record to a perfect 6-0 on the season.
Central Clinton will move on to the Class 3A semifinal Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. and will play Glenwood. Central improved to 20-15 on the season, while Carlisle's season ends with a record of 25-11.


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WoPC Home > United Kingdom > Roberts Brothers 'Old Maid'
Roberts Brothers Ltd, Gloucester
Country of Origin: UK Keywords: toys chad woolley glevum old-maid
Roberts Brothers Ltd, Gloucester (Glevum Brand) 'Old Maid' card game, 1920s
Roberts Brothers 'Old Maid' from around the 1920s at first glance looks as though it should be a Happy Families game. It consists of 8 sets of 6 cards with the family members engaged in various sports, plus of course the 'Old Maid' herself having a cup of tea, surrounded by cats. Some editions only contained six sets instead of eight. It is thought that the game may have been one of the few games that Woolley produced in the late 1800s. Some of these games were taken over by Roberts Brothers (Glevum Brand) in around 1905. The Roberts factory was requisitioned during the 2nd World War and never really recovered. The post war production was of poorer quality with cheaper board and square corners. Eventually they were taken over by Chad Valley in 1954. Although Chad Valley did continue to produce some of the Roberts games they did not use this one.
Above: Roberts Brothers 'Old Maid' from around the 1920s. Images and notes courtesy Rex Pitts.
Above: Roberts Brothers 'Old Maid' from around the 1920s, alternate back design and lettering on the 'Old Maid' card. Contains only six sets: Cricketing, Cycling, Fishing, Footballing, Golfing and Tennis.
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CicLAvia returns on April 28, 2019 with "CicLAvia—Wilmington Featuring LA205" for a day of two-wheeled fun.
This special route connects the historic Banning Park with the scenic Wilmington Waterfront while transforming the palm-tree-lined Avalon Blvd into a public park.
The streets will be closed to cars and open for cyclists, pedestrians, runners and skaters to use as a recreational space.
CicLAvia is not a race! There's no starting point or finish line – begin where you like and enjoy the day your way.
CicLAvia traffic flows in two directions, just like regular traffic. Check out some more safety tips.
For more information, or to download maps, visit CicLAvia.org.
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Poetic. Ancient. Masterful. Just three of many words that come to mind when I try to describe 'Hugsjá', this newest offering from modern-day Norwegian bards Einar Selvik of Wardruna and Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved. Released on April the 20th of this year, it marks their second collaboration after their 2014 release, titled 'Skuggsjá – A Piece For Mind And Mirror', was commissioned by the Norwegian government to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution.
This latest release is similar to their last only in the sense that they again combine traditional Norwegian instruments of the past with modern instrumentation. In sound it departs significantly from its predecessor and truly shines a dazzling light of its own. Fans of Einar Selvik have been waiting with bated breath for new material since his last release under Wardruna, and I doubt any would be disappointed.
Equally so, fans of Enslaved, who are fond of progressive heavy metal mixed with nordic folk (fair warning to Enslaved fans though: do not expect heavy metal, you won't find any in this work) will hear complimentary echoes of Ivar's full-time band within 'Hugsjá'. For those looking for translations of the song titles, I have provided them alongside each track description.
Many listeners will not be able to understand the old Norwegian dialect used throughout these songs, but a translation of the lyrics is thoughtfully provided with the vinyl sleeve and CD booklet, complete with well-researched information on the origins of the naming of Norway, its peoples, and philosphy behind the choice of name for this awe-inspiring musical treasure.
The album begins with the title track and has a strong, evocative start. Using an array of old Norse instruments and minimal modern percussion (I think maybe there was a ride cymbal or two from a drumkit but little else), 'Hugsjá' (Mind-View) makes for a brilliant and welcoming opener.
The next track, 'WulthuR' (Radiance) starts with a haunting, lone horn meoldy that gives way to modern drums as the intensity of this piece is built with the assistance of a mixture of modern and ancient instruments. Eventually the song pulls back to leave a finish with the horn playing alone once again.
'Nattseglar' (Night Sailor) has more modern instruments throughout it, showing once again that a careful balance can be achieved between old and new as the song is carried along by a more contemporary percussive rhythm. It stands out for its more modern feel but is in no way out of place for this.
'Nytt Land' (New Land) begins with distorted guitars and a more traditional rock band backing while the older instruments take the lead melodies and convey a feeling of mystery and adventure as the piece moves forward with some slight use of flowing water sounds, as if to encourage the listener to picture norse travelers taking in the scenery of unexplored territory as their ships approach this land that would perhaps become their home. This song feels like discovery, adventure, optimism and new beginnings.
'Nordvegen' (The North Way) continues the theme of the last song, adding an otherworldly and bright feel with just an acoustic guitar and ambient synth intro joined by Einar's vocals and some very light percussion towards the end. It is a short piece, but atmospheric, effective and leaves the listener wanting more.
'Utsyn' (Vista) is very close to the modern Norwegian word 'utsikten' which translates to 'scenery'. A somewhat sombre piece that starts with the sound of waves washing onto a shoreline and a pairing between the kravik-lyre and Taglharpa, interlaced with light drums and of course, Einar's solitary, reverant singing. The song continues quietly until approximately the 4:30 mark where the full force of the ensemble comes in to drive home the theme of vastness once again, but this time in the form of a landscape revered by the people who now call it home. Like many of the others in this collection of songs, the musical barrage pulls away to masterful effect leaving vocals, guitar and kravik-lyre to bring the song to a steady finish.
The full ensemble returns as one to play out the song as they fade away, leaving just the sound of a roaring fire.
The final song, 'Um Heilage Fjell' (Holy Mountains) makes me feel as if they saved the best until last with this hauntingly beautiful epic. It begins and ends with the sounds of mountanous wind blowing and fits wonderfully, with Einar's gentle touch to the opening vocals, brilliantly executed with powerful melancholy. This piece chills me to the bone with the mournful feelings of loss it conveys. The ending lyrics are a perfect match for not only the end of the song, but the entire journey this album takes you on.
Laden heavily with lament and mourning, I find myself more fond of this piece than any other on this masterpiece by Ivar & Einar.
Every part of this project feels carefully and skillfully prepared, and is an awe-inspiring homage to Norway's cultural beginnings. A brilliant example of what can be achieved with a love of history and folklore, skilled musicians and songwriters, and an assortment of modern and ancient instruments all brought together in a truly harmonious way. I highly recommend this album to all lovers of music that entices with a story and invites you to seek out more.
Physical copies can be ordered from most music retailers.


In the United States, there are more than 500,000 households without complete indoor plumbing – including 11,000 homes in Virginia. Lauren Mason is with the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, or SERCAP. She says this is less of a problem in developing nations, where communal infrastructure can provide outdoor sources to address indoor plumbing needs.
SERCAP has launched a year-long campaign to raise awareness for those living with this issue, challenging people who do have indoor plumbing to a day without it.
"They would get a 5-gallon bucket, and they would fill up hat bucket, and they would use the water out of that bucket throughout the 24-hour period. And then once all the water is used up, they would need to get additional water from an outside source."
You can find more information about the challenge and SERCAP here.
This next story, part 2 of our look at the work of undergraduate researchers, reminds us that the process of finding things out, is not always something you want to discuss in polite company.
But before you accuse us of having a 'potty mouth' listen to how this Virginia Tech design major, got the idea for creating greener cleaner bathrooms.
Alexandria Hubbard is a junior in the residential and environmental design program. Last year she did a semester abroad that took her to Morocco.
Cancer is the leading cause of death across Virginia and the nation. A new study predicts the number of new cancer cases as the population ages.
Virginia's cancer rates will increase by double digits in each of the next 3 decades. That's according to a new report from the Demographics Research Group at the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center. Director Qian Cai says most cancers occur in people age 55 and older, so she and her team projected the likely number of new cancer cases from information taken from the Virginia Cancer Registry.
For many people, working out is a way of life. They're determined to keep their bodies in shape, but those same people might never give a thought to their voices. That's why the University of Virginia hosted a workshop on the subject.
For professional singers like Erin Lunsford the voice pays the bills. However, it's not just the rock stars and opera singers who need to take care of their voices. Teachers, lawyers, doctors – almost of all of us -- need our voices to work.


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The Law Relating to the Land Tenures of Lower Bengal, Страница 558
от Arthur Phillips
REGULATION XI OF 1822. 411
to are specified in section 5, and are—(1) that the lands or Lecturk mehal sold form the estate on account of which the arrear — has accrued or parcel of such estate, and are liable be to sold consistently with the principles and provisions of this Regulation; or are the property of the defaulter or surety; or as such property have been specially pledged to answer the demand in arrear: (2) that permission to sell has been received from the Board of Revenue before the day of sale: (3) that due notice of the demand and of the intention of the Collector to sell, as well as of the time and place of sale, has been given as provided in the Regulation : (4) that some part of the amount demanded in the notice, or of interest thereon, is due at the time of the lot being put up for sale: (5) that the sale is made at the time and place stated in the advertisement, and with the due publicity and freedom as thereinafter specifically directed. Provision is then made for the case in which the default is disputed. By section 10, clause 1, if the defaulter deny the existence of an arrear, the sale shall be stayed upon his paying in the whole demand, with five per cent, extra for charges; and by clause 3 such persons can proceed under section 23, provided they at the time deny the justness of the demand in writing. After the sale it shall not be liable to be annulled by any Court of Judicature on the plea that no arrear was justly due, unless such plea was preferred to the CoDector or the Board before the sale or the confirmation by the Board, or unless good and sufficient reason be shown why such denial could not be made. And no counter claims by the zemindar against the Government are to affect the right to sell. Again, by section 11, the fact that the person engaging with Government, or his representative, is divested of the possession and management of the estate sold,
412 REGULATION XI OF 1822.
Lkctuue whether by the act of an individual or by the Collector or — other officer acting under the orders of a Court of Judicature, or attaching the estate by virtue of the powers vested in him by this or any other Regulation, shall not be a ground for annulling the sale. The reason given for this is that all settled estates are liable for the revenue assessed upon them to the extent of the interests possessed by the persons engaging with Government, as ratified and confirmed by the act of settlement, and by those deriving title from such persons, unless otherwise specially provided.
We have already noticed that, according to this Regulation, the defaulter cannot purchase, and the purchase must be bond fide on the purchaser's own account. Neither can an officer of the Collector's establishment purchase. And the Collector must satisfy himself on these points before knocking down the lot.1 The defaulter is defined by section 16 to be the person with or on account of whom the settlement of the land revenue may have been concluded by Government, or his heirs, successors, or assignees, in possession of the interest acquired or confirmed by such settlement But it does not include those proprietors, putteedars, village zemindars, or the like, who at the time of the settlement held distinct properties, though paying their revenue through the recorded malgoozar, except in so far as such persons may be expressly declared responsible to Government. By section 20 it is provided that after the Board of Revenue has confirmed the sale and put the purchaser into possession, he can only be disturbed, on the plea of illegality in his purchase, by a decree in a regular suit. Section 22 provides for the balance of the purchase-money after
S. 13.
SALE UNDER THE ACTS. 413
payment of the Government claim being paid to the defaulter. Lecture The rest of the Regulation is concerned with the effect of — sale, a subject which I shall discuss separately. The provisions of Regulation XI of 1822 on the subject of sale were repealed by Act XII of 1841, section 1. By Regulation VII of 1830, also repealed by Act XII of 1841, section 1, the Collector may sell without previous sanction of the local Commissioner, but the sale is not to be final until confirmed by him.
We now come to a most important Act, XII of 1841. Act xn of This Act recites that it is desirable for the benefit of the sequent Acta. agricultural community to regulate the number of periodical sales for arrears of revenue, to discontinue the levy of interest and penalties on such arrears, and to provide for sales at known and fixed periods. We have seen that it abolishes interest and the penalty on arrears. It provides by section 2 that the Sudder Board of Revenue at Calcutta shall determine, with regard to each permanently settled district or zillah under their jurisdiction, the fixed dates in each year on which shall be commenced the process for realising by the sale of mehals the arrears of land revenue due thereupon, and shall give notice thereof. This is repealed by Act I of 1845, which by section 3 re-enacts the same provisions with this difference, that the Board is . to fix the dates on which all arrears of revenue and other claims realisable in the same way are to be paid up, and in default of which payment the estates are to be sold: due notices being also provided for. This provision is again repealed by Act XI of 1859 and re-enacted by section 3 of that Act. By section 4 (repealed by Act I of 1845, and substantially re-enacted by section 3 of that Act, which is again repealed by Act XI of 1859) the special sanction of
the Board of Revenue is required for a sale in districts not permanently settled and in Benares.
Section 5 defines an arrear of revenue. If the whole or any portion of a kist or instalment of any month of the year (or ' era' by Act XI of 1859, section 2), according to which the settlement and kistbundee of any mehal have been regulated, be unpaid on the first of the following month of such year (or era), the sum so remaining unpaid shall be considered an arrear of revenue.1
By section 6 no payment or tender of arrears after sunset of the day before that fixed for the sale shall bar the sale or interfere with it either at or after its conclusion. This provision is somewhat modified by the subsequent Acts. Thus Act XI of 1845, after repealing the provision, provides, as we have seen, for a day on which arrears must be paid and which is referred to as the latest day of payment, and the Act then goes on in section 6 to direct notice to be published that the sale will be held on a day after such latest day of payment, and the payment to stay or affect the sale must not be after such latest day. Act XI of 1859 again, which repeals the last-mentioned provisions, by section 6, substantially re-enacts them with a provision for fifing notices. By section 7 of Act XII of 1841, no claim to abatement or remission of revenue, unless it shall have been allowed by Government, nor any real or supposed private demand or cause of action of the defaulter against Government, shall bar a sale under this Act or render it void or voidable: nor shall the plea that money belonging DEPOSIT OF ARREAR 415
Payment or tender of arrear.
1 Repealed by Act I of 1845 and re-enacted by a. 2, which Wm agiiin repealed by Act XI of 1859 and re-enacted by s. 2, with "era" for " year."
to the defaulter and sufficient to pay the balance (or' arrear' Lkctur« by Act XI of 1859) or part of it was in the Collector's — hands, bar a sale or render a sale under this Act void or voidable, unless such money stand in the defaulter's name without dispute, and unless, after application made in due time by the defaulter, the Collector shall have neglected or refused on insufficient grounds to transfer it to the credit of the estate, (or, by Act XI of 1859, ' in payment of the arrear of revenue due ').1
By section 9 it is provided that the Collector shall at any Deposit of
ftrrciir bv
time before sunset of the day before the sale (or' the latest day person other of payment' by Act I of 1845, section 9, and Act XI of 1859, proprietor. section 9) receive as a deposit from any but the (or 'a' by Act XI of 1859, section 9) proprietor of the estate in arrear (or 'a share of the estate in arrear,' section 9 of Act XI of 1859), the amount of the arrear to be carried to the credit of the estate at sunset, unless before that time the defaulting proprietor shall have paid. And in case the party depositing, and whose money shall have been credited as aforesaid, shall be plaintiff (or 'a party' by Act XI of 1859) in a suit pending before a Court for the possession of the same (or ' the estate or share from which the arrear is due,' Act XI of 1859, section 9) or any part thereof, it shall be competent to the Judge of the zillah in which the estate is situated (by section 9 of Act XI of 1859 'it shall be competent to the said Court'), to order the said party to be put into temporary possession of the said estate (or ' share or part thereof,' Act XI of 1859, section 9) subject to the rules in force for taking security in the case of appellants and defendants
1 Repealed by Act I of 1845 and re-enacted by s. 8, which was again repealed by Act XI of 1859 and re-enacted by a. 8.


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With Geoff and King Tommy George in the Lockhart River in north Queensland, Australia
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At Obama's inaugural
A few minutes before the new President was sworn in
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"Thom Hartmann seeks out interesting subjects from such disparate outposts of curiosity that you have to wonder whether or not he uncovered them or they selected him."
—Leonardo DiCaprio, actor, producer, and environmental activist
From Screwed:
"I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom's great work, it helps show us the way forward."
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From Cracking the Code:
"No one communicates more thoughtfully or effectively on the radio airwaves than Thom Hartmann. He gets inside the arguments and helps people to think them through—to understand how to respond when they're talking about public issues with coworkers, neighbors, and friends. This book explores some of the key perspectives behind his approach, teaching us not just how to find the facts, but to talk about what they mean in a way that people will hear."
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Charlie is not what you'd expect him to be just by looking at him. The first time you meet him he presents himself as a shy and quiet kid. The second time you are around him, a little less so, and the third time you spend time with him he will be one of the most active and probably the loudest kid in the room.
Charlie lives in a household where it is just him and his mom. His older sister is away at college and his dad moved back to China years ago to work and support the family. They travel back and forth to see his dad at least twice a year, but you can tell that it has affected him being without his dad for the better part of two years. For the most part he is well behaved and mild mannered, but he occasionally gets suddenly angry or upset with situations around him.
Charlie started coming to Clifton Park Campus Life and started inviting all of his friends too. After a couple months of attending Campus Life, he started attending a Bible study that was run by John McArdle, a YFC staff member. After one of the Bible studies was over, Charlie's mom came over to John and asked if she could tell him something. She proceeded to tell John that Charlie's behavior had totally changed at home. She said that he had stopped having as many outbursts and really enjoyed learning more about God in the scriptures they had been studying. Charlie will continue attending a bible study and can be a huge impact on his friend group. He is always the first person to invite his friends to an event and he uses his personality to lead others towards Jesus.


If you missed your chance, and can't make one of our other programs work, join the waitlist for our Berkeley HSP and Master Class here. If a space opens up, we'll let you know!
Since one of our greatest limitations is dormitory space, commuters are often cleared from the waitlist before residential students. The camp day generally runs from 9AM to ~8:30PM.
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// Copyright 2011 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// Author: rays@google.com (Ray Smith)

// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

//  Filename: shapeclustering.cpp
//  Purpose:  Generates a master shape table to merge similarly-shaped
//            training data of whole, partial or multiple characters.
//  Author:   Ray Smith

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config_auto.h"
#endif

#ifndef USE_STD_NAMESPACE
#include "base/commandlineflags.h"
#endif
#include "commontraining.h"
#include "mastertrainer.h"
#include "params.h"
#include "strngs.h"

INT_PARAM_FLAG(display_cloud_font, -1,
               "Display cloud of this font, canonical_class1");
INT_PARAM_FLAG(display_canonical_font, -1,
               "Display canonical sample of this font, canonical_class2");
STRING_PARAM_FLAG(canonical_class1, "", "Class to show ambigs for");
STRING_PARAM_FLAG(canonical_class2, "", "Class to show ambigs for");

// Loads training data, if requested displays debug information, otherwise
// creates the master shape table by shape clustering and writes it to a file.
// If FLAGS_display_cloud_font is set, then the cloud features of
// FLAGS_canonical_class1/FLAGS_display_cloud_font are shown in green ON TOP
// OF the red canonical features of FLAGS_canonical_class2/
// FLAGS_display_canonical_font, so as to show which canonical features are
// NOT in the cloud.
// Otherwise, if FLAGS_canonical_class1 is set, prints a table of font-wise
// cluster distances between FLAGS_canonical_class1 and FLAGS_canonical_class2.
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  ParseArguments(&argc, &argv);

  STRING file_prefix;
  tesseract::MasterTrainer* trainer = tesseract::LoadTrainingData(
      argc, argv, false, NULL, &file_prefix);

  if (!trainer)
    return 1;

  if (FLAGS_display_cloud_font >= 0) {
#ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
    trainer->DisplaySamples(FLAGS_canonical_class1.c_str(),
                            FLAGS_display_cloud_font,
                            FLAGS_canonical_class2.c_str(),
                            FLAGS_display_canonical_font);
#endif  // GRAPHICS_DISABLED
    return 0;
  } else if (!FLAGS_canonical_class1.empty()) {
    trainer->DebugCanonical(FLAGS_canonical_class1.c_str(),
                            FLAGS_canonical_class2.c_str());
    return 0;
  }
  trainer->SetupMasterShapes();
  WriteShapeTable(file_prefix, trainer->master_shapes());
  delete trainer;

  return 0;
} /* main */


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The Sisters (englisch für Die Schwestern) waren eine aus zwei Klippenfelsen bestehende Inselgruppe vor Kap Adare, der Nordspitze der Adare-Halbinsel im Norden des ostantarktischen Viktorialands. Zu dieser Gruppe gehörten der Rose Rock und der zwischen 2003 und 2006 untergegangene Gertrude Rock.

Teilnehmer der Southern-Cross-Expedition (1898–1900) unter der Leitung des norwegischen Polarforschers Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink kartierten und benannten die Gruppe. Die Einzelbenennung der Felsen erfolgte dagegen bei der Terra-Nova-Expedition (1910–1913) unter der Leitung des britischen Polarforschers Robert Falcon Scott.

Weblinks
  (englisch)
 The Sisters auf geographic.org (englisch)

Ehemalige Insel
Geographie (Antarktika)

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I found this video on youtube a few minutes ago about a special report on BBC World News "Earth Report – Gambling on Laos". Unfortunately I missed the coverage today but will definitely watch it tomorrow either at 9:30 AM or 21:30 hour.
"Gambling on Laos" is about Sam Say, an entrepreneur who is originally from Laos on his mission to bring Lao coffee to the fashionable cafe of Hong Kong. He has already invested 4 million dollars on a coffee farm in Laos. Like those of us who are refugees from Laos, Sam Say spent two years at a refugee camp in Thailand with nothing before moving on to a third country.
Video description: Communist Laos has come late to the Asian economic boom but it's now open for business. Investment is pouring in and resources like timber and rubber are pouring out – transforming the country and turning virgin forest into fields and plantations. But Laos is one of the last biodiversity hotspots in south east Asia and commercial development is chipping away at the country's natural capital.
Originally from Laos, Sam Say is a successful Hong Kong businessman searching for investment opportunities that won't destroy his country's heritage. He's teaming up with botanist Dr Sounthone Ketphanh – Director of Lao's Forest Research Center. Together, they're on a mission to find out if the price of economic development is the loss of unique and valuable species and ecosystems. In the UN's year of Biodiversity tve's new Earth Report programme, Gambling on Laos travels with them to see if there could be another way.
BBC World News broadcasts 'Earth Report – Gambling on Laos at the following times: Saturday 3 July 02:30 and 15:30; Sunday 4 July 09:30 and 21:30 (All times UK time zone).


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package numberInReversedOrder;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		DecimalNumber num = new DecimalNumber(scanner.nextLine());
		scanner.close();

		System.out.println(num.reverseOrder());
	}

}


Skyland Pines Golf Course in Canton, Ohio is a mature, well-manicured, public golf course that is suitable for all levels for golfers. We have five sets of tees and challenging greens that are both true and fast. Our course is one of the most popular in the area and it's easy to understand why – we manage the difficult double challenge of both pushing experienced players to get better and helping newcomers to relax as they enjoy learning this classic game.


Join Jetspace Magazine's Sam Chapman and Nome for the SubQulture podcast, your portal to the world of queer music, arts, and media. This week they discuss the need for venues that cater to queer audiences, and benefit from queer dollars, to provide space for more than just masc, gay, white men.
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The cast of "Flipside: The Patti Page Story"
Emulating a tradition from the 1920s that originated in the hearts and minds of collegians at Ivy League schools in the East like Princeton, Oklahoma universities are actively engaged in producing complete new musicals. The reward then—and now—is that the packaged dream will reach Broadway, become a staple as a touring show, or lock in as summer stock favorite. Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald began his career laboring in this way, as did Cole Porter, the composer, and Jimmy Stewart, the actor.
University musicals still find favorite subjects in classic literature, topics in the news, national heroes of renown, and careers of popular performers, copying what has succeeded on Broadway for decades.
Before film stardom and journalistic success, Will Rogers pleased audiences as a star for years with his rope tricks and witty commentary in annual Ziegfeld revues on Broadway, causing Oklahoma to become indelibly associated with the Great White Way, an association greatly enhanced with the worldwide popularity of "Oklahoma," the musical and film, and the lively musical biography of Rogers himself now performed in theatres as far away as Japan in translation.
It appears only natural that the latest to enter the lists of musical revue contenders is "Flipside: The Patti Page Story," about the Oklahoma native and popular singer who ruled the airways during the 1950s and early 1960s. Page was the only star ever to be featured in shows on all three major TV networks.
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Los Angeles-via-Oakland musician Chris Adams who makes music under the moniker PENDANT releases his Saddle Creek debut Harp, on April 8th. A lush, surprising new body of work from the producer and songwriter, Harp connects 90s house and rave music with hip-hop, shoegaze, and pop, and which serves as a culmination of years of painful emotional work for Adams brought on by the death of his Father over 10 years prior. Though Harp is Adam's sophomore album as PENDANT, it feels like a starting point. The release of his 2019 debut Through a Coil was shadowed by the dissolution of the record label it was released on the day it was released. A year later he was burnt out. Attempting to tour the album had been hard on his voice, and the structures of rock music, which had dictated his entire life as a musician, were beginning to feel claustrophobic.
PENDANT's salvation came, ironically, in the form of the pandemic. Adams was ready to make new music but was both mentally and physically marooned, unable to reach the tools he would ordinarily use to make music or the headspace he would ordinarily inhabit. Without a guitar, the crutch that had supported much of his music-making in the past, he was forced to sketch out Harp's world in a more impressionistic, free-associative way. Long a fan of dance and electronic music, he was suddenly without any good reason to not venture into that beat-heavy, synth-drenched world. The resulting Harp recalls the precise but emotionally rich landscapes of Arca or Oneohtrix Point Never, rendered in the watercolors of My Bloody Valentine.
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2. Static Dream
3. Thorn
4. Altered Destinies
5. LED Head Rush
6. Blue Mare
7. Latex Heart
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11. Eventless Horizon
12. Secret in the Dusk
13. Blood Rite (Digital Bonus Track)
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Abstract. Atmospheric inversions inform about the magnitude and variations of greenhouse gas (GHG) sources and sinks from global to local scales. Deployment of observing systems such as spaceborne sensors and ground-based instruments distributed around the globe has started to offer an unprecedented amount of information to estimate surface exchanges of GHG at finer spatial and temporal scales. However, inversion methods still rely on imperfect atmospheric transport models of which error structures directly affect the inverse estimates of GHG fluxes. The impact of spatial error structures on the inverse fluxes increase concurrently with the density of the available measurements. In this study, we diagnose the spatial structures due to transport model errors affecting modeled in situ carbon dioxide (CO2) mole fractions and total column dry air mole fractions of CO2 (XCO2). We implemented a cost-effective filtering technique recently developed in the meteorological data assimilation community to describe spatial error structures using a small-size ensemble. This technique can enable ensemble-based error analysis for multi-year inversions of sources and sinks. The removal of noisy structures in our small-size ensembles is evaluated by comparison to larger-size ensembles. A second filtering approach for error covariances is proposed (Wiener filter), producing similar results over the 1-month simulation period than a Schur filter. We conclude that key information about error variances and spatial error correlation structures are recoverable from small-size ensembles of about ten (10) members down to five (5), improving the representation of transport errors in mesoscale inversions of CO2 fluxes. Moreover, error variances of in situ near-surface and free-tropospheric CO2 mole fractions differ significantly from total column XCO2 error variances. We conclude that error variances for remote sensing observations need to be quantified independently of in situ CO2 mole fractions due to the complexity of spatial error structures at different altitudes. However, we show the potential use of meteorological error structures such as the mean horizontal wind speed, directly available from Ensemble Prediction Systems, to approximate spatial error correlations of in situ CO2 mole fractions, with similarities in seasonal variations and characteristic error length scales.
How to cite: Lauvaux, T., Díaz-Isaac, L. I., Bocquet, M., and Bousserez, N.: Diagnosing spatial error structures in CO2 mole fractions and XCO2 column mole fractions from atmospheric transport, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2018-1113, in review, 2019.
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A small-size ensemble of mesoscale simulations has been filtered to characterize the spatial structures of transport errors in atmospheric CO2 mixing ratios. The extracted error structures in in situ and column CO2 show similar length scales compared to other meteorological variables, including seasonality, which could be used as proxies in regional inversion systems.


In the shadow of Belfast's Black Mountain lies the Turf Lodge housing estate, which for most of its 50 year history has been the scene of much poverty and social unrest. Originally, the estate was built to house people from the overcrowded terraced housing of the Lower Falls. It was not unusual for these old one and two bedroom houses to accommodate twelve people.
"We lived down in Grosvenor Road, it was my Granny's house and we slept up in her attic" – Roisin Magee.
The original plan was to build flats, but the estate's location on the side of the mountain made high rise flats impractical so half the land was allocated for flats and half for houses. In the beginning, residents were delighted with their new houses.
Sadly, it soon became apparent that all was not as idyllic as the residents thought. With no shops, schools, public transport or even any roads and a population of young families with children, life could be tough. The poorly constructed flats, never practical from the beginning, deteriorated and after a successful campaign by residents, were eventually demolished.
Life was set to get even tougher. With the onset of the Troubles, the impact on Turf Lodge was immediate.
Yet nothing was set to destroy the strong sense of community, which was building up between residents of the estate. If anything the hardships were forcing people to become more active. A Tenants Association had been established providing much needed advice and support. Work was carried out to improve housing conditions, provide shops, a crèche, improve transport facilities and community infrastructure. Residents established a community centre, which provided a much-needed social infrastructure.
In conclusion, residents reflected on the changes they had made to the quality of life for everyone in Turf Lodge.


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Papua New Guinea Government Criticized After Buying 40 Custom Maseratis
Five of the 40 Maseratis transported to Papua New Guinea for the APEC summit in November
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By Billy Perrigo
The government of Papua New Guinea has come under fire for its decision to import 40 luxury Maserati cars to ferry world leaders around the APEC summit scheduled to be held in the country next month.
Officials said the Maserati Quattroporte sedans, worth more than $100,000 each and flown in on two charter airplanes from Milan, would be bought by the "private sector" after the summit, leaving the government with no costs.
But people reacted angrily in Papua New Guinea, where according to the U.N. an estimated 40% of the population live on less than $1.25 a day.
The country is suffering from an outbreak of the devastating disease polio, with 14 cases of infected children confirmed, in the first outbreak in 18 years. Many said the government should be spending its money on other things.
"Of course we have paid a deposit to get everything here but all costs will be totally reimbursed and there will be no burden at all to the government at the end of the day," Papua New Guinea's minister for APEC, Justin Tkatchenko. told News Corp. "They are selling like hotcakes."
Write to Billy Perrigo at billy.perrigo@time.com.


Malachi Throne passed at 84 late Thursday night, and this really hit me hard because, as you can see, I met him. In fact, I interviewed him twice.
Mr. Throne was a regular at WonderCon, where I met him in 2010, and then saw him again in 2011, when the event was in San Francisco. When I went to Anaheim, I totally missed seeing him because he didn't come down. I now realize that he wasn't in good enough shape to make the trip.
The star of It Takes A Thief, and perhaps more guest star roles than any actor in television, Mr. Throne was a true legend and part of both the WonderCon, and of course, the Star Trek family.
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