Every Saturday this fall, Mark Hendrickson has faced the media with a smile on his face, a positive tone in his voice, and an unshaking belief in the young football players he coaches at Western Illinois.
Every Monday afternoon, Hendrickson has granted the Courier an interview to discuss the Leathernecks' upcoming opponent, rehash the previous Saturday's highs and lows, and offer his insights about football, his team, and sometimes about life itself.
Through it all, and despite his club dropping from 8-5 last year to 2-8 this fall, entering Saturday's 1 p.m. season finale at Hanson Field against No. 5 North Dakota State (9-1), the veteran football coach has maintained his sense of humor, his sense of dignity, and his sense that things will only get better.
"The definition of winning is becoming the best person that you can become," Hendrickson said recently. "We want our players to graduate from here, on the way to becoming – learning how to grow and become – the best persons that they can as the years go on.
"Probably the most bottom-line goal is (that) we want these young men to learn: Do everything to the best of your ability," continued Hendrickson, the runner-up last fall for the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the top coach in the Football Championship Subdivision. "If it's worth doing – whether it's an assignment in class, or a football game – it's worth doing the right way. Give everything the best you've got, and simply do what you're supposed to do.


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AAS 2021 - CALL FOR FILMS
Nov 24, 2020 11:30 amAcademicGeneral
AAS 2021 Call for Films
SUBMISSION FORM: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/7473618
Dear Filmmaker/Distributor:
Established as an Association for Asian Studies (AAS) conference program in 2011, AAS Film Expo is curated and organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS), a program of the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Due to the continued uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAS 2021 Annual Conference is being presented March 21-26, 2021 in an entirely online format on an Eastern Standard Time schedule.
Documentary and independent films on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia will be presented throughout the dates of the conference with on-demand, asynchronous viewing options. Access to the films will be offered for registered attendees of both the free and paid areas of the virtual conference. Films will only be available to view during the six days of the conference.
Filmmakers / film representatives of selected titles will be invited to provide a live, synchronous video conversation / Q&A session with AEMS staff and conference attendees. These one-time, online engagements will be scheduled as half-hour segments throughout the conference dates.
All films presented in the conference will be promoted through a prominent Film Expo tile on the home page of the virtual platform, as well as on the AAS, AEMS and CEAPS websites.
We welcome the submission of films related to Asia produced by scholars and independent filmmakers. Criteria utilized in the selection process include timeliness, broad appeal to the scholarly community, and examples of new field work.
Accepted filmmakers will receive one complimentary registration for the virtual conference, which includes access to panel and plenary sessions, the awards ceremony and keynote address, as well as spaces in which to connect with exhibitors and educators from across the globe, and access to on-demand recordings for an additional 30 days upon completion of the conference.
We look forward to receiving your online submissions to present and promote your film at the premier annual conference of Asia scholars in North America as they move completely online to offer impactful programming and networking opportunities for emerging research in diverse disciplines contributing to Asian Studies.
For programming consideration in AAS 2021 Film Expo, please complete an ONLINE FILM SUBMISSION FORM below. We will review films via secure Vimeo or YouTube, or via transfer of a digital file. Our film submission deadline: Monday, January 11, 2021.
We do not accept any films that have had scheduled screenings at past meetings.
Selected AAS 2020 Film Expo titles may be resubmitted, but a screening in 2021 is not gauranteed.
AAS does not pay rental or royalty fees, nor does it charge you for publicity and exposure. AAS considers this program of mutual benefit to both you and our members.
Selected films will be required to submit 2-3 promotional images at 300dpi-600dpi, which may be included at time of submission via email to finkelma@illinois.edu
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Q: Possible to intercept reading of existing published property I have a component with a published property. Imagine it as follows:
  TSomething = (sOne, sTwo, sThree, ...);
  TSomethings = set of TSomething;

  TSomeComponent = TWinControl
  private
    fSomethings: TSomethings;
    function GetSomethings: string;
    procedure SetSomethings(const Value: TSomethings);
  published
    property Somethings: TSomethings read GetSomethings write SetSomethings;
  end;

The problem is that TSomething now at max capacity for a published set (Compiler error E2187) so I need to split the set as follows:
  TSomething = (sTwo, sThree, ...);
  TSomethings = set of TSomething;

  // Some items moved from TSomething and named with an "o" prefix
  TOtherThing = (oOne, oThirtyThree, oThirtyFour, ...);
  TOtherThings = set of TOtherThing;

  TSomeComponent = TWinControl
  private
    fSomethings: TSomethings;
    fOtherThings: TOtherThings;
    function GetSomethings: string;
    procedure SetSomethings(const Value: TSomethings);
    function GetOtherThings: string;
    procedure SetOtherThings(const Value: TOtherThings);
  published
    property Somethings: TSomethings read GetSomethings write SetSomethings;
    property OtherThings: TOtherThings read GetOtherThings write SetOtherThings;
  end;

Some of the existing items in TSomethings have been moved to TOtherThings (logically categorized them), so some users will open their form to the error:

Error reading SomeComponent1.Somethings: Invalid property value

So I'd like to silently handle the changes when a form is opened. In other words, intercept the reading of the Somethings property in the DFM and populate both the Somethings and OtherThings property.
But I cannot seem to find a way to do this. Overriding DefineProperties should work if I am willing to rename the old property completely, but that would needlessly break a lot of code (cure is worse than the ailment).
So is there another way I have overlooked?
Similar questions:

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*"Size of published set '%s' is >4 bytes". How to fix this compiler error?

*How to use GetSetProp and SetSetProp from TypInfo unit

A: You don't need to rename the existing properties, just make them public instead of published to disable native DFM streaming for them without breaking any user code, and then override DefineProperties() to handle DFM streaming for the properties as needed.
If you need to maintain design-time support, you could try creating "fake" properties for the Object Inspector to display so users can edit the values of the public properties as needed.  Or, it would likely be easier to just write a custom component editor instead that displays a modal Form to edit the values using a TCheckListBox, or a TListView with check boxes.

A: So I had the published property SomeThings, which had more 32 items so needed to be split (or unpublished). I decided to logically split the existing items (categorize them), which made the process more complicated if I wanted to minimize broken code for existing users.
So I create two new properties, e.g. TheseThings, OtherThings.
Rather than removing the old SomeThings property, I changed it from Published to Public so existing user code would not break if they assigned (most) old properties to it at run-time.
In order to prevent an error when opening a form containing SomeThings items, I overrode DefineProperties() which correctly moved items into either the TheseThings or OtherThings properties.
procedure TMyUnit.ReadSomeThings(Reader: TReader);
  {}
  function ReadSet(): string;
  var
    EnumName: string;
  begin
    Result := '';
    try
      if Reader.ReadValue <> vaSet then
        raise Exception.Create('Not a set');
      while True do
      begin
        EnumName := Reader.ReadStr;
        if EnumName = '' then Break;
        Result := Result + EnumName + ',';
      end;
    except
      while Reader.ReadStr <> '' do begin end;
      raise;
    end;
  end;
  {}
  function NextWord(var P: PAnsiChar): AnsiString;
  var
    I: Integer;
  begin
    I := 0;
    while not (P[I] in [',', ' ', #0,']']) do
      Inc(I);
    SetString(Result, P, I);
    while P[I] in [',', ' ',']'] do
      Inc(I);
    Inc(P, I);
  end;
  {}
var
  s: AnsiString;
  P: PAnsiChar;
  enumName: AnsiString;
  ttSet: TTheseThings;
  otSet: TOtherThings;
begin
  s := AnsiString( ReadSet() );
  if s = '' then
    Exit;

  otSet := [];
  ttSet := [];

  P := PAnsiChar( s );

  enumName := NextWord(P);
  while enumName <> '' do
  begin
    // Convert item names of OtherThings property to newer names (changed prefix)
    if SameText( enumName, 'sTwo' ) then
      otSet := otSet + [oTwo ]
    else
    if SameText( enumName, 'sThree' ) then
      otSet := otSet + [ oThree ]
    else
...

   // Exiting items of TTheseThings have same name as old TSomeThings to minimize breakage
    else
    if SameText( enumName, 'sOne' ) then
      ttSet := ttSet + [ sOne ]
    else
    if SameText( enumName, 'sFour' ) then
      ttSet := ttSet + [ sFour ]
    else
...

    enumName := NextWord(P);
  end;

  if ttSet <> [] then
    SetTheseThings(ttSet);

  if otSet <> [] then
    SetOtherThings(otSet);
end;

procedure TMyUnit.DefineProperties(Filer: TFiler);
begin
  inherited;
  Filer.DefineProperty( 'SomeThings', ReadSomeThings, nil, False );
end;

Note: My original code used GetEnumValue(); to convert the enumName to an enumerator, but it was constantly giving me corrupted set values, so I opted for this simpler (but more wordy) solution

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Remembering Roland Topor through his "Strips Panique"
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The early comic strips by French surreal artist Roland Topor are now available in his book "Strips Panique."
This is a good time to offer high praise for Amazon.com.
Not for Cyber Monday during this holiday shopping season, but for shrinking the world to a single page, in a sense — for making international shopping something that can be done without the aid of a plane ticket.
Now, I'll admit that I love bookstores — spending hours checking out the shelves to see what I find. And it's also true that bookstores like Barnes & Noble can essentially do the same thing Amazon.com can do — which is to order something for you if it's not on the shelves.
But what I love about Amazon is the ability to scroll down the home page and check out their international sites in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada — and France. It's on that last page that I discovered something not being sold on American online retail sites. The book is called "Strips Panique," and it was just recently published. The book is a tribute to the late author and illustrator Roland Topor, featuring some of his earliest published drawings. The book was put together by Topor's son, Nicholas Topor, also a French artist.
While the book's narrative is in French (and hence unlikely to ever be published in the United States), don't let that discourage you. The drawings are easy to fully understand regardless of what language the book is in.
Until his death in April 1997 at the age of 59, Topor was a well-known artist, writer and actor in France and Europe — although his work was far less well known in the United States, and has unfortunately become even more obscure here since his death.
Topor is perhaps best known to American audiences for his first book, "Le Locataire Chimerique," published in France in 1964 and in the United States and England two years later as "The Tenant." Film director Roman Polanski turned the book into a movie in 1976, and in 2011, the New York City-based theater group Woodshed Collective turned Topor's novel into a stage play. He also co-wrote the script and did the graphic designs for the 1973 animated science fiction movie "Fantastic Planet," which like "The Tenant" is available on DVD.
His work does live on. Last September, Topor's 1994 play "Winter Under The Table" was produced in New York City featuring a new translation from French to English by Eniko Imre for Pilvax Productions. Topor's comedy about a man living under a table played at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan. There continue to be exhibitions of his artwork all across Europe.
"Strips Panique," though, is something different entirely. The book is a collection of Topor's graphic illustrations, dating from the 1950s on, that are a reminder of what a clever, and disturbing, artist he was.
Topor, it's worth noting, was born in Paris in 1938 to a Polish-Jewish family. The Nazi invasion of France during World War II nearly cost the family their lives; a neighbor denounced the Topors to the Nazi authorities because they were Jewish, and the family had to go into hiding. Roland's father had his children sent into the countryside to save them.
The family did survive both the war and the Holocaust, but after that horrific start to his life, it should come as no surprise that many of Topor's drawings are violent, gory and sadistic. On the other hand, he had a sharp sense of humor and a quick wit.
Many of his drawings feature, in a sense, man's inhumanity to man — people cruelly debasing and hurting one another. In other strips, single individuals are merely hurting themselves in extreme examples of outre masochism. His strips about Max Lampin — an ordinary man, wearing glasses — feature cartoons of a knife sliced into his head, a Christian cross likewise rammed into his skull, a noose around his neck and a giant face vomiting onto him.
But those are nothing compared to the illustrations Topor did titled "Erik, the little prince." They feature the image of a very young boy, sketched in black and white …. and start with the child discovering a pool of red that is flowing toward him. He begins to play in the flowing red liquid. He continues to do so until he gets close enough to the source of the red … a woman, possibly his mother, lying dead on the floor, a sharp razor blade near her, and a deep cut in the side of her neck. This is one of the least horrific of the illustrations that follow.
Granted, that may sound like far too much to bear for anyone who prefers their comic strips to be cute and cuddly, the likes of "Garfield" or "Marmaduke." Cute, Topor is not, and don't even ask about cuddly. Instead, his cartoons reflect the kind of deeply felt cynicism that came out of Europe following two devastating world wars.
Topor's other works reflect a similarly nihilistic view, with ghostly echoes of the Holocaust that he narrowly escaped. "The Tenant" is about a pleasant but shy young man, Trelkovsky, who desperately needs a new room to rent, and finally learns from a friend that one is available — but only because the current tenant, Simone Choule, threw herself out the window. When she dies in the hospital, Trelkovsky moves into the tiny apartment — but when he hosts a housewarming party for his friends and coworkers, neighbors complain bitterly about the noise they made and from then on, Trelkovsky is treated with hostility, as an outsider, a nuisance. It's almost as if from Trelkovsky's politeness and gentle manner, the neighbors sniff weakness.
Later on, when Trelkovsky refuses to sign a petition to evict an elderly woman and her disabled daughter from the building, his relations with his sour neighbors get considerably worse.
Even more oddly, the neighbors begin to suggest he take on some of the same traits as the former tenant. The concierge gives Trelkovsky her mail. The landlord asks him to wear slippers at night, as Simone did, since it's much quieter. The cafe owner across the street serves him hot chocolate, which Simone drank, rather than coffee, Trelkovsky's choice. Trelkovsky begins to wonder if this is all a coincidence — after all, what bizarre motive would the neighbors have for making him act more like Simone Choule? Then Trelkovsky remembers what happened to the former tenant, and he has a sinking, terrifying feeling they are trying to turn him into another suicide.
The book reflects the hostility that society inflicts on people who are perceived to be different — and while it was published in the mid-1960s, it has echoes of the Nazi war years as well — a chilling reminder of the days when being "neighborly" meant looking out for yourself, and to hell with everyone else.
In a similar vein, "Fantastic Planet" also explores the horrors of the Holocaust, through a radically different story. The film is set in the distance future, on a planet ruled in a ruthless, dictatorial manner by a master race of blue giants called Draags. They turn the tiny humans on the planet (known in the movie as Oms) into pets — or slaves, to be more precise — for their amusement. The Draags are intelligent, advanced — and cold and unfeeling. They refuse to allow the Oms to secure any kind of education — until one of the Om pets is able to learn from the electronic headsets that transit knowledge to Draag children, and he escapes to the wilderness, where he falls in with a pack of "wild" Oms. They plot to liberate themselves and all other Oms from Draag domination. The Draags then decide to exterminate the Oms with a poisonous gas and other inhuman methods– reflecting the same way that Hitler set out to exterminate the Jews. The fate of the European Jews in the 1930s and 1940s, of Trelkovsky, and of the Oms, were all a Final Solution.
The movie also has echoes to the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe — the movie was made in an animation studio in Czechoslovakia just before the Soviet invasion.
No doubt about it, Topor had a pessimistic outlook in life, one that comes through in his books, movies, and illustrations. But he also had a brilliant way of creating for us a lasting reminder of just how unspeakably vicious and cruel man can be to his fellow man. Topor seemed to fully understand that it's impossible to guarantee justice in this life, and that any of us can fall in with the mob mentality. It's not a message everyone wants to hear, but still, mixed with his penchant for pitch black humor, it's hard to deny just how talented he was.
Michael Freeman is an Orlando journalist, playwright and author of the book "Bloody Rabbit". Contact him at Freelineorlando@gmail.com..
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ROC the Riverway
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The ROC the Riverway program consolidates more than two dozen transformational projects along the Genesee River into a unified strategy. This will enable Rochester to better leverage the value of its riverfront.
The program includes a variety of projects, such as the completion of the Genesee Riverway Trail along the riverfront through the Center City, and a redesign of Charles Carroll Plaza and Genesee Crossroads Park. The plan also envisions significant upgrades to major riverfront facilities, including the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial; the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center; and the Rundel Memorial Library building.
Revitalizing the Genesee River corridor will help fuel our local economy. ROC the Riverway will serve as a major asset in attracting new jobs and solidifying our identity as a vibrant waterfront community. Cities around the world have discovered the power of great public spaces, bicycle/pedestrian-focused infrastructure, and water-oriented development in attracting employers and the next generation workforce.
ROC the Riverway was in February 2018 with an initial State investment of $50 million for Phase I. This first phase is guided by the ROC the Riverway Advisory Board, which is led by Chamber of Commerce President Robert Duffy and Monroe Community College President Anne Kress. See the list of Advisory Board members below.
Mayor Warren and Governor Cuomo joined members of the ROC the Riverway Advisory Board on August 1, 2018 to unveil the Phase 1 Vision Plan, which serves as a blueprint for the $50 million State investment in ROC the Riverway. Phase I consists of 13 projects along the Genesee River. Additional riverfront projects have since been added to the growing ROC the Riverway program.
Phase I Vision Plan - The final plan from 2018
Phase I Image Gallery - A gallery of images of each page in the plan, provided as an alternative format to the PDF
Interactive ROC the Riverway Storymap - A map and graphics-based summary of the Phase I projects
Phase I Project Summary - A narrative summary of the Phase I projects
Full ROC the Riverway Proposal - The original $500 million proposal presented to Governor Cuomo, which resulted in the $50 million Phase I award
ROC the Riverway Proposal Executive Summary - A summary of the original proposal to the Governor
Bob Duffy (Co-Chair), Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Denise Battles (Co-Chair), SUNY Geneseo
Lisa Baron, Greentopia
Clement Chung, ROC City Coalition (Past President)
Veronica Dasher, Rochester Gas & Electric (AvanGrid/Iberdrola)
Shawn Dunwoody, DUNWOODĒ Visual Consulting
Jim Howe, The Nature Conservancy
Norman Jones, City of Rochester
Nichole Malec, Constellation Brands (Downtown resident)
Eugenio Marlin, Ibero-American Development Corp.
Mary Beth Popp, North American Breweries
Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, Rochester Downtown Development Corp.
ROC the Riverway Overview Map
View the overview map with project legend below. Download a larger version of the overview map here>>
ROC the Riverway Primary Objectives
Enhance the City's potential for attracting State and private investment along the Genesee River;
Produce seamless multi-modal access along both sides of the river via the Genesee Riverway Trail and neighborhood connections to the trail;
Create dynamic public spaces, including a multi-use gathering space as the centerpiece of downtown;
Provide a massive boost to downtown's ongoing resurgence;
Spur private development and job creation;
Repair and maintain critical infrastructure;
Remediate waterfront brownfield sites ;
Increase boating activity in the water south of Douglass-Anthony Bridge (I-490);
Establish a framework for active, sustained programming of public spaces and first floor uses.
ROC the Riverway Design Principles
Focus on design that is oriented to pedestrians, bicyclists, boaters, and recreational enthusiasts;
Re-orient buildings to the water and adjacent public spaces;
Focus first on public spaces and facilities that serve citizens and visitors;
Improve connectivity to, from, along and across the river;
Create numerous opportunities for public art, historic interpretation, whimsical installations, and environmental stewardship – all united to create a sense of urban 'play' and celebration of the river.
Relationship to Other City Plans
ROC the Riverway projects have been identified in numerous other plans and studies. ROC the Riverway is a means to show how they can be stitched together to form a cohesive vision for a revitalized waterfront.
ROC the Riverway is a concept-level visualization of select projects found in the City of Rochester's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), completed in 2017.
About the Renderings
All renderings shown above and in the document are conceptual, not final designs. All private development and privately-run activities illustrated are shown to demonstrate context and the potential for leveraging funding. All renderings provided provided by Bergmann Associates except Charles Carroll Plaza rendering provided by Olin/ T.Y. Lin.
ROC the Riverway Projects
Aqueduct Re-Imagined and Riverfront Promenade
The re-imagined aqueduct will be the centerpiece of Downtown transformation – a place for public gatherings and community events, an opportunity for informal and formal programming, and the vital component in achieving the overall goal of the ROC the Riverway campaign – bringing people to the water. Removal of the vehicular deck of the Broad Street Bridge will open up the former aqueduct and subway bed to create a dynamic public space while enabling the completion of the Genesee Riverway Trail through Downtown – a critical north-south connection on both sides of the river. Phase 1 funding will pay for design of the new aqueduct and the connecting trail segments.
Rundel Library North Terrace
Work on the North Terrace in conjunction with the Aqueduct Re-Imagined project creates the opportunity for inclusion of outdoor library rooms, cafe spaces, and enhanced programming opportunities. It is designed to seamlessly integrate with any design solution for the Aqueduct while connecting to the new riverfront promenade spaces. The design will open up dramatic new views of the river and rapids south of Court Street.
Pont de Rennes Bridge
In addition to City and State investment in the structural repairs, ROC the Riverway funds will be used to create a more dynamic public space along the bridge with creative lighting, public art, plantings, and trail connections to enhance the visitor experience. The project will support planned investments at High Falls Terrace Park, the Brewery Line Trail, Rochester Waterworks Building, and the continued expansion of North American Breweries (Genesee Brewery).
Rochester Riverside Convention Center South Terrace and Addition
Funding will expand the southwest face of the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center along the river to create a dynamic venue space that directly engages with the downtown waterfront. The current terrace, which is open to the public as part of a larger riverfront promenade system, will eventually become part of the Genesee Riverway Trail. The project would also include widening the south end of the terrace and creating a cantilevered viewing and gathering space for use by the Convention Center and residents alike. Public spaces would be energized by new opportunities for public art, creative lighting, and even pop-up retail.
Blue Cross Arena
This project will build off of past City and State investment to enhance the riverfront promenade, improve facility access, and set the stage for the establishment of a riverside restaurant or bar to provide a unique waterfront dining experience for residents and visitors alike.
The expansion will also include enlarged concession areas on the second level to showcase the incredible river view, providing an enhanced fan experience. The river terrace will be redefined and enhanced to create an open and dynamic riverfront interface with activities in and around the arena and adjacent Broad and Court Street connections. In conjunction with the Aqueduct Re-Imagined and Riverfront Promenade project, it will dramatically open up views and public spaces that will complement activity at the arena. This includes providing a more visible public presence to the War Memorial Flame at the river level of the building.
Riverway Main to Andrews
West: Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge
East: Genesee Crossroads Park
The renovation of Charles Carroll Plaza, the western riverfront link between Main Street and Andrews Street, will reinvigorate this critical public space by improving access, safety, connectivity and programming opportunities. Improvements will include improved lighting, greenspace, and views of the river. It will create ADA accessible connections between Main, Andrews, State, and St. Paul Streets as well as on the Sister Cities Bridge. Numerous walls that block views and create the perception of unsafe spaces will be removed. The riverfront experience on the east side, while narrower, will also be enhanced as a standalone project distinct from the west side. Collectively, these improvements will create a key site for various programming activities put on by the proposed Downtown/Riverfront Management Entity (see below), as well as an every-day riverfront park for downtown residents, especially those in the adjacent Andrews Terrace.
More information on the Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge here.
Genesee Gateway Park
The re-imagined park will create a space which visually and physically connects the river to the surrounding neighborhoods. Areas for respite, flexible uses, and everyday play will ensure this is a riverfront park that offers something for all age ranges. The redeveloped park will also provide critical access to the river for non-motorized watercraft, as the next closest location to put in paddle boats is 2.2 miles upriver at the Genesee Waterways Center. The enhanced park will continue to host the South Wedge Farmers Market and will help entice river-oriented mixed-use development at the City-owned site to the north.
Corn Hill Navigation
Corn Hill Navigation is currently engaged in a capital campaign to fund the purchase and operations of a downtown boat. ROC the Riverway funding would go directly to that campaign, recognizing the critical value of this educational and tourism asset in the South River corridor. The boat is of particular value to the Rochester City School District and other nearby schools, as an education curriculum has been developed to introduce students to the river's history, ecology, and opportunities for environmental stewardship.
High Falls Terrace Park
Brewery Line Trail
St. Paul Street Underpass
High Falls Overlook Feasibility Study
Building upon the 2015 High Falls Pedestrian Access Improvement Study and the efforts of Greentopia in the area, this ROC the Riverway project actually consists of three distinct projects designed to address multiple needs in and near the park. For starters, the trail along the gorge is narrow and fenced off, limiting access. A wider trail, known as the Brewery Line Trail and part of the Genesee Riverway Trail system, will be relocated along a recently acquired railroad right-of-way that traverses the park, removing the need for the fence. Selective vegetation clearing will open up better views of the falls. A more welcoming connection to downtown will be established through better signage, lighting, and cosmetic improvements to the St. Paul Street underpass of the CSX railroad bridge. Various park amenities such as picnic tables and grills will be installed. Lastly, a study will be conducted to examine the feasibility of creating public access to the roof of the former RG&E Hydrostation #4 at the eastern edge of the falls.
More information on the Brewery Line Trail here.
More information on the High Falls Overlook Feasibility Study here.
Running Track Bridge Stabilization
The Running Track Bridge is a former rail bridge that once exemplified Rochester's industrial prowess. Today, the bridge sits abandoned but continues to highlight the importance of connections across the Genesee River, linking neighborhoods like El Camino, Edgerton, and High Falls as well as destinations on either side. Rehabilitating the bridge as a pedestrian amenity will highlight the historic value of the structure, and reuse of this resource will allow the City to meet today's needs and ensure complementary and cohesive connections to other ROC the Riverway projects. Phase 1 funding will secure the structure of the bridge to enable a future conversion to a multiuse trail.
ROC City Skate Park
The skate park, Phase I completed in Fall 2020, boasts multiple features such as a main skate promenade, mini-ramps and ledges, and competition bowls. It also has opportunities for public art, music performances, and spectator seating. Located alongside the existing Genesee Riverway Trail and with easy access from South Avenue, the skate park attracts wheeled enthusiasts and spectators. It capitalizes on land that was otherwise unbuildable, situated under an interstate bridge and associated off ramps. This benefits skate park users as there are elements that enjoy shade and shelter while other elements are open to the air.
The skate park provides a much needed boost of activity on the edge of Downtown and in the South River Corridor. As was pointed out repeatedly during the ROC the Riverway public process, skateboarding has an emerging reputation of breaking down racial and socio-economic barriers in a way unlike any other sport. Design for Phases II and III of the Skate Park is set to begin in Fall 2021.
Downtown / Riverfront Management Entity
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Threats, legal threats and cowardice: Auckland Council's budget battle gets nasty [UPDATED]
Simon Wilson | Guest writer
Yes folks, hold on to your rates, it's time for the other budget! This week's council budget is set to get a lot of people's backs up, writes Simon Wilson – and some of it might not even be legal.
NB: An earlier version of this story attributed the distribution of white feathers to The Taxpayers' Union, a charge the organisation has since vigourously denied. The Spinoff has since been told that the feathers were in fact distributed anonymously, and accepts that The Taxpayers' Union had no role in the distribution of the feathers. The story has now been updated to reflect this. The Spinoff apologises to the Taxpayers' Union, Jordan Williams, David Farrar and Jo Holmes for the error.
Mayor Phil Goff will be happy and not happy when his first budget goes to council this week. He's got the numbers for a 2.5 percent rates increase, which was always his plan, and his living wage policy has survived negotiations and will be phased in for all council staff. Mayor in charge.
But the vote on his "bed tax" is going right down to the wire and according to startling new information it may not even be legal. Morale in the libraries is at rock bottom as 700 librarians await a letter asking them to reapply for their jobs. And some councillors have received white feathers, indicating cowardice, for daring to support a 2.5% rates rise. Welcome to budget time, Auckland Council style.
It's all on this week, with the mayor releasing the budget draft within the next 24 hours and the big debate on Thursday. Final sign-off will be in late June, ahead of the budget coming into effect on July 1.
First, how nasty can council politics get? Right now, it's this nasty: councillors who didn't vote for public consultation on the rates rises have been sent a white feather – as a mark of their "cowardice".
The Spinoff understands white feathers were anonymously emailed to nine councillors in the form of a certificate, though at least two are said to have received a real feather at their homes.
The strategy comes straight from the playbook of the Tea Party in the US: they don't bother much with left-leaning politicians, except to abuse them, but prefer to target the centre-right. And it's predominantly centre-right aligned councillors who are alleged to have received these feathers.
Many on the right can't abide the consensus politics that prevails at Auckland Council. To them, it's the chief enemy of their council-should-do-nothing right-wing agenda. They're so committed to this, they sent those white feathers to councillors who support a 2.5 percent rates increase, instead of the 2 percent they insist is the upper acceptable limit.
A white feather, by the way, is a traditional symbol of cowardice: in Britain it used to be given, often anonymously, to men who refused to sign up for war, as a way of publicly shaming them. To use it in relation to council politics, and especially over a question as minor as 0.5 percent on the rates, is astonishingly aggressive.
Cr Greg Sayers has committed himself to voting against 2.5 percent. He represents the Rodney ward, where the former councillor Penny Webster was ousted in last year's election, in a campaign with strong support from the right – because she was deemed too close to former mayor Len Brown.
Despite all that, it's clear mayor Phil Goff has the numbers to pass a budget based on a 2.5 percent rates rise. He campaigned on that in the election and can legitimately claim he has a mandate to proceed.
Besides, in the council's own consultation process on this budget, 55 percent of respondents said they support a 2.5 percent rise and another 20 percent said it could be higher. Only 15 percent wanted less (the last 10 percent were undecided).
The mayor's proposal to levy hotels faces a rougher time. As we predicted in March, he has been unable to gain majority council support for his original plan to raise $28 million with an accommodation levy, which he hoped would fund the work of the council's tourism and enterprise agency ATEED. The tourism industry came out very strongly against, even to the extent of lining up overseas hotel developers to write to the government saying their commitment to this country might be affected.
When Goff realised he was going to lose this debate he narrowed the focus – mainly to city hotels – and reduced the expected income to $15 million.
That was still not acceptable, according to the industry and about half the councillors and Māori Statutory Board members (two of whom will vote on the budget in the Finance and Performance Committee on Thursday morning, but not in the governing body of council which sits that afternoon). It's right down to the wire and two or three councillors are still to make up their minds.
Compounding the issue, if the levy is adopted there will be a legal challenge. Government documents explaining the council rates system, seen by The Spinoff, suggest that a special levy such as that proposed, can be raised only in unforeseen circumstances and with due notice. The circumstances of wanting more income are unlikely to fit any definition of "unforeseen". This levy may well not survive a legal challenge, and if it is adopted by council that challenge will surely happen.
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The living wage proposal looks a surer bet. It will be for council staff, including staff working for a council controlled organisation like Auckland Transport but not those working for contractors, like rubbish collectors. The phase in will take three years, starting this September. The focus in the first year will be on the lowest-paid, at a cost to council of $2 million. That will rise to $7 million by the third year, although they hope to make savings with lower staff turnover.
Librarians are unlikely to win their campaign to keep the current staffing structure. The council wants to modernise to deal with the changing role of libraries; librarians argue there are better ways to do that and the council is using the exercise to cut costs. 700 librarians will have to reapply for their jobs, and casual positions will be eliminated.
Leaving aside the rights and wrongs of the issue, the council has created a serious morale problem it will find difficult to overcome anytime soon. Not a great look for a new mayor and a council that in most respects is serious about consensus decision-making.
There will be little if any change this year to the ratings differential that applies to residents and business owners, but Goff is expected to signal his desire for a sturdy new regime to be introduced next year when the council updates the long-term plan (LTP), which looks 10 years ahead.
Goff will get his budget passed on Thursday. But it won't address the big unresolved funding issues: where's the money coming from for all the infrastructure the city needs, especially, though not only, in transport?
A bed tax levied at the border and allocated to local councils would help, but the government says no. Congestion funding or a regional fuel tax would help, but the government has ruled them out, at least for now, as well.
Goff beats the Auckland drum in Wellington but they're not listening. Both prime minister Bill English and finance minister Steven Joyce have made it clear they do not think Auckland is doing enough to help itself. Joyce even told a business meeting in Auckland last Friday that the council has had such a substantial increase in revenue (because of population growth) it should be comfortably in surplus.
Joyce and English both say the council is actually cutting its spend on transport, which is true only in the sense that the interim transport levy – the one that caused rates to rise by 10 percent – will come off next year. Interim levies aren't supposed to be permanent. The bottom line is this: the government wants the council to slash spending and sell some assets, and it's using the shortfall in transport funding to force the issue.
They're far too classy to start handing out white feathers, but they're certainly calling the council out. Goff will get his budget, but that's the easy bit.
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Q: Canvas stretches out on phones but not on computer I've been trying to use the html canvas but for some reason it's super difficult to get it to not stretch stuff out. I've tried using just screen.width and screen.height but I get a better result on pc by using screen.availWidth and screen.availHeight. Here's what it looks like on my pc (using windows):

And here's what it looks like on my phone (using safari):

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A: The problem here is that you have set the displayed size of the canvas as 100% of width and height of the window size which is not same as it's intrinsic size and thus the canvas tries to fit in the displayed size, distorting the shape of the circle. You can do something like this to set the same displayed and intrinsic sizes:
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function main()
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   c.width = window.innerWidth;
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Hollywood director Ridley Scott is to take part in a project documenting the first anniversary of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, a television network said on Wednesday.
Ridley Scott is to take part in a project documenting the first anniversary of Japan's earthquake and tsunami
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The Briton, famous for "Alien", "Blade Runner" and "Gladiator", will join "Japan in a Day", a film about life in the nation 12 months after the disaster that claimed more than 19,000 lives, Fuji Television Network said.
Fuji TV will work with Scott Free, a production company run by the director and his brother, to knit together videos shot by members of the public and footage gathered from 200 TV cameras set up in the affected areas.
The project is asking for people in Japan and around the world to contribute videos of their daily life on March 11, 2012, exactly one year after the earthquake and tsunami hit.
"Japan in a Day is dedicated, with deepest sympathy, to those who lost their lives and those who are suffering as a result of the earthquake and tsunami," Fuji TV said.
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Will This 'Gap' Pull Bitcoin Down To $9.6k In 2023?
The past month has been quite monotonous for Bitcoin. The largest crypto asset has mostly remained sandwiched in the narrow $1000 range between $16.3k-$17.3k in the said period.
However, traders have gradually started stepping back into Bitcoin's arena. A recent report from Arcane Research pointed out that the CME open interest climbed towards the end of last year. As shown below, CME's OI surged above 80,000 BTC in December 2022. Yet, it has not left behind any directional cues. Pointing out why, the report noted,
"… the growth has been accompanied by a flat futures basis. Thus, it is challenging to infer any directional information related to the recent increase in active institutional participation."
CME Gap Dictates Bitcoin's Movement
The CME gap is quite an interesting trading notion. Technically speaking, it is the difference in the futures contracts' trading price of the new week's open when compared to the previous week's close.
The CME market, on its part, is not open all the time—24/7*365—like the spot crypto market. It follows the usual exchange working hours and also closes on holidays. As a result, the formation of gaps on its chart is not very uncommon.
On December 31, 2022, Bitcoin CME futures closed at $16.52k. Post the New Year break, it opened at $16.66k, and as a result, a gap was formed. On most occasions in the past, CME gaps have been bridged within a few days. Having said that, it should also be noted that there remains a few unfilled gaps from the previous decade as well.
As shown below, the latest gap was filled a few hours back by Bitcoin. Right after closing the gap, the asset reversed its course and started making upward strides. At press time, BTC was trading at $16.845k on CME.
Despite the recovery initiated, many from the space feel that the asset's price has not yet bottomed out. At this juncture, it is interesting to note that Bitcoin has an unfilled gap of around $9.6k-$9.7k from 2020. As a result, there are high odds of the price falling down to this level to do the unfinished job of closing the gap before heading higher.
A recent Twitter poll conducted by analyst Benjamin Cowen pointed out that the community majorly expects the asset to bottom in the $10k-$15-k bracket. Of the 17.7k votes received until press time, more than 53% of them chose the said option. The rest remained divided. Even so, respondents were positive that the said CME gap will be filled by Bitcoin.
Everyone knows that BTC is gonna fill that CME gap at 9k
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Another scenario that could later pan out during the year is the asset heading to $28k and $36k to eventually fill other gaps created last year. Either of the said level could perhaps be the high for 2023.
Technical and Fundamental Analyst 'Mikybull' is on the same page and expects something similar to materialize this year.
2022 left two CME gaps unfilled
a. 36000$
b. 29000$
Another unfilled gap noted on the chart is 9700$ formed in July 2020.
Two scenarios expected in 2023.
1. Price tapping into 28k$ and pulls back to 9700$
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Q: Get current locale date format in a JSP page I need to print in a label in a jsp page the date format in the current locale.
For example, if the browser of the user has the locale en_US, I would like to print 'mm/dd/yyyy'; while if it is en_GB 'dd/mm/yy'.
Can someone suggest the jsp or jstl code for getting that info?
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I dont need to print the date, I need to print exactly the string 'dd/mm/yyyy' or 'mm/dd/yyyy' according with the current locale.

A: You need to use I18N and L18N in your JSP code :
<%@ page import="java.io.*,java.util.Locale" %>

Get the Locale from the request:
 Locale locale = request.getLocale();

And apply the DateFormat based on Locale.
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
String formattedDate = df.format(yourDate);

To get the actual format for a Locale , you can try something like this :
SimpleDateFormat sf = (SimpleDateFormat) df;
String pattern = sf.toLocalizedPattern();

Using JSTL's formatDate :

When you use JSTL format tag <fmt:formatDate> and <fmt:formatNumber>, JSTL automatically takes care of locale resolution. Depending on the browser's locale setting JSTL will display the date and numbers.

<fmt:formatDate value="${date}" type="both" dateStyle="full" timeStyle="short" />

A: Try this
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<title><% out.print(title); %></title>

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A: Look at the java.util.ResourceBundle class, mainly the getBundle() method. (You can use this, or implement a similar mechanism. To get locale information you can use the following code...
Locale rLocale = request.getLocale();
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Belarusian publisher on trial for publishing images of police brutality
by Liam O'Brien
President Lukashenko, pictured with a buddy. Image via Wikipedia.
While police brutality was unquestionably one of the most talked-about issues of 2014 in the United States, it continues to be a controversial topic of discussion abroad as well, especially in countries with stringent free speech laws.
The Guardian recently reported on the ongoing trial of Ihar Lohvinau, a Belarusian publisher and bookstore owner currently being sued by the Information Ministry for selling books without a registration.
[Lohvinau] faces a heavy fine and the closure of a store described by the International Publishers Association as "a vital hub for the country's fragile literary community". According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the bookshop filed an application for state registration eight times, "but all applications were declined under obviously empty pretexts".
And if you're wondering; yes, Lohvinau has appropriately referred to this bureaucratic pushback as "kafkaesque".
The current trial comes in addition to a previous trial in 2013, mounted after Lohvinau's publishing license was revoked "for gross violations of the licensing legislation." The Index on Censorship reported that the "violations" centered on a single book Lohvinau published in 2011, a collection of the year's award-winning photojournalism which included photographs of bleeding protestors taken during a police crackdown on 2011's peaceful demonstrations against the current president Alexander Lukashenko. It was these images that led to the book in question being seized and pulped, despite the fact that the licensing regulations did not apply when the book was published.
"The Ministry of Information interprets the licensing law too broadly; the licensing regulations in Belarus contain no reference to any 'extremist materials'. Besides, the photo album in question was published long before it was considered 'extremist', it was sold freely in book shops, and the publisher bares no responsibility for the content of it or any later court decisions," says Andrei Bastunets, a media lawyer and a Vice Chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
Lohvinau filed suit against the government to have his publishing license reinstated, but lost; he then relocated his legal business to nearby Lithuania, but ran up against Belarusian authorities again after an "unscheduled audit" reported his retail registration status and led to the most recent suit.
The International Publisher's Association has voiced their support for Lohvinau, awarding him their Freedom to Publish Prize in 2014 and underscoring the importance of his publishing and bookselling work in the context of ongoing government repression.
Belarus is justifiably referred to as Europe's last dictatorship. The Belarusian language is frequently demonised as the language of dissidents and opponents by President Lukashenka's regime, and the fact that Lohvinau titles often deal with everyday life in Belarus has been perceived as political criticism and opposition…The withdrawal of Lohvinau Publishing House's licence is a political attempt to stifle a creative and courageous publisher and to silence the voice of freedom and openmindedness in Belarus. Ihar Lohvinau has vowed to continue to publish important works in Belarusian, as he fights both for his own justice as well as for freedom of expression.
If found guilty, Lohvinau's bookshop can be shuttered and he is liable for a fine of 1 billion rubles, or about $75K. And writing as a member of an independent publishing house that also operates as a bookstore and has recently published a book all about governmental brutality, not to mention the one about how bureaucracy controls our lives, this hits quite close to home.
Liam O'Brien is the Senior Sales & Marketing Manager at Melville House, and a former bookseller.
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Bella Cupcakes: Oh Dora Dora!
Some very close friends of ours ask if I would create a cake for their daughter's 2nd birthday, of course I would I told them. There next questions was can it please be a Dora theme cake ...... Ooooooo now that changes things! You see me and Dora are not very good friends!! We don't seem to get on very well but after much thought how could I say no to my friends! I took on the challenge and create a pretty Dora cake fit for a ballerina.
Dora took a few attempts to get right but was really happy with how she turned out in the end. I was also super excited to give a new technique a go! Watercolour painted effect was just so lovely!! I just love the soft subtle feel it gave to a cake!! I just think it all came together to create a really special cake for a special little girl!
Beautiful! Love the lettering too.
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Cakes are the inseparable part of any celebration. It is more preferable to send them in the Midnight for surprising a loved one on his/her Birthday, Anniversary etc.
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This one really awesome. The stuffing is great. We can say it a perfect cake.
This is a fabulous idea... I have tried this method and it works great. This is one of the prettiest of these types of cakes I've seen! The color is beautiful, too!! Thanks so much for sharing this technique. Really, you did a fantastic job!
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Ingrid Gutzwiller-Gfölner (* 13. September 1952 in Schruns als Ingrid Gfölner) ist eine ehemalige österreichische Skirennläuferin. Ihre stärkste Disziplin war die Abfahrt. Sie wurde dreifache österreichische Staatsmeisterin (1968 Jugend; 1971 Abfahrt und Kombination) und erzielte fünf Podestplätze im Skiweltcup. Zudem wurde sie dreimal Österreichische Meisterin im Firngleiten.

Werdegang
Ingrid Gfölner wurde in Schruns geboren und wuchs in Vandans auf. Sie begann als Kind mit dem Skilauf und bestritt schon im Alter von neun Jahren ihre ersten Rennen.

Österreichische Jugendmeisterin in der Abfahrt 1968
1968 wurde sie Österreichische Jugendmeisterin in der Abfahrt. Ihre ersten Einsätze im Weltcup hatte sie als 16-Jährige in der Saison 1968/69. In diesem Winter erreichte sie mehrere Platzierungen unter den besten 25.
Bereits im nächsten Winter schaffte Gfölner den Anschluss an die Weltspitze. In der zweiten Saisonabfahrt in Bad Gastein belegte sie den sechsten Platz, womit sie sich für die Weltmeisterschaft 1970 in Gröden qualifizierte. Dort erreichte die erst 17-jährige Vorarlbergerin den fünften Platz in der Abfahrt, den Riesenslalom beendete sie aber nur an 16. Position. In der Saison 1970/71 verfehlte sie in den Abfahrten mehrmals knapp die Punkteränge, dafür kam sie im Riesenslalom dreimal unter die schnellsten zehn. Ihr bestes Resultat war der fünfte Platz in Abetone.

Im Skiweltcup in der Saison von 1968/69 bis 1973/74 war sie fünf Jahre lang die beste Freundin und Zimmerkameradin von Annemarie Moser-Pröll, wie dies im Buch "Das Mädchen Pröll" von Heinz Prüller beschrieben ist.

Österreichische Alpine Skimeisterschaften 1971
Bei den österreichischen Meisterschaften gewann sie die Abfahrt und die Kombination. Im Herbst 1971 verletzte sich Gfölner schwer und konnte deshalb im gesamten Winter 1971/72 keine Rennen bestreiten.

In der Saison 1972/73 gelang der Vorarlbergerin ein eindrucksvolles Comeback. Am 10. Jänner 1973 fuhr sie mit Rang drei in der zweiten Abfahrt von Pfronten erstmals auf das Podest. Ebenfalls Dritte wurde sie am 1. Februar in der Abfahrt von Schruns und neun Tage später erreichte sie in St. Moritz den zweiten Platz hinter der überlegenen Annemarie Pröll. Damit belegte sie im Abfahrtsweltcup Rang vier. Auch im Riesenslalom gelangen ihr mehrere gute Resultate. Der vierte Platz in Mont Sainte-Anne am 2. März war überhaupt ihr bestes Weltcupergebnis in dieser Disziplin. Die Saison 1973/74 begann Gfölner mit einem zweiten Platz in der Abfahrt von Val-d'Isère, wobei sie wieder nur der dominierenden Annemarie Moser-Pröll unterlag. Zwei weitere Resultate unter den besten sechs gelangen ihr in Zell am See und in Bad Gastein, womit sie den fünften Platz im Abfahrtsweltcup belegte. An der Weltmeisterschaft 1974 konnte sie allerdings nicht teilnehmen, da sie in der mannschaftsinternen Qualifikation gestürzt war und damit ihre Chance auf einen Startplatz vergeben hatte. Im Riesenslalom war ihr bestes Saisonresultat der sechste Platz in Vysoké Tatry.

Nach ihrer Heirat startete sie ab der Saison 1974/75 unter dem Namen Schmid-Gfölner. In Schruns fuhr sie am 15. Jänner 1975 zum dritten Mal auf Platz zwei in einer Weltcupabfahrt, diesmal hinter der Schweizerin Bernadette Zurbriggen.

Am 27. Jänner 1975 wurde sie vom interimsmäßig installierten Damenteamchef Oskar Brändle wegen "rufschädigenden Verhaltens gegenüber einer Mannschaftskollegin" bis Saisonende gesperrt.
Vor dem am 20. März stattfindenden Finale in Gröden gab es die Begnadigung, weil "die Strafe als Abschreckungsbeispiel ihren Zweck erfüllt habe". Die Läuferin selbst bestritt stets alle erhobenen Vorwürfe, weil die Rufschädigung von zwei anderen Mannschaftskolleginnen ausgegangen sei. Die Einspruchskommission des ÖSV hat sie dann wegen der mannschaftsinternen Intrige rehabilitiert.

Insgesamt kam sie in den Abfahrten (neben dem schon erwähnten zweiten Platz) noch zweimal auf Rang neun, in Grindelwald am 10. Jänner und in Innsbruck am 24. Jänner. Im Riesenslalom belegte sie zwei siebente Plätze und im Parallelwettbewerb zu Saisonende in Gröden wurde sie Achte. Im folgenden Winter gelangen Schmid-Gfölner in der Abfahrt keine Spitzenplätze mehr und sie fuhr in keinem Rennen unter die besten zehn.
Im Riesenslalom kam sie dreimal knapp in die Top-Ten. Für eine Olympiateilnahme reichten diese Resultate aber nicht aus. Vor Beginn der Saison 1976/77 verletzte sich die Vorarlbergerin. In Folge erreichte sie in keinem Rennen mehr die Punkteränge.

Neben ihrer Karriere im Skirennsport war Gfölner auch als Firngleiterin aktiv und gewann von 1973 bis 1975 dreimal hintereinander die österreichischen Meisterschaften.

Im Februar 1977 beendete sie schließlich ihre aktive Karriere.

Seit 2006 wohnt die Mutter von drei erwachsenen Kindern mit ihrem zweiten Mann Christian Gutzwiller in Schruns im Montafon.

Missbrauchsvorwürfe 2017
Im Zuge der Missbrauchsvorwürfe von Nicola Werdenigg um angeblichen Missbrauch im Umfeld des österreichischen Skiteams in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren unterstützte sie deren Aussagen und kritisierte die Haltung von Annemarie Moser-Pröll.

Sportliche Erfolge

Weltmeisterschaften
 Gröden 1970: 5. Abfahrt, 16. Riesenslalom

Weltcup
 Saison 1969/70: 9. Abfahrt
 Saison 1972/73: 9. Gesamtweltcup, 4. Abfahrt
 Saison 1973/74: 5. Abfahrt
 Fünf Podestplätze, weitere fünf Platzierungen unter den besten fünf und weitere 18-mal unter den besten Zehn

Österreichische Meisterschaften
 Österreichische Staatsmeisterin in der Abfahrt und in der Kombination 1971
 Österreichische Meisterin im Firngleiten 1973, 1974 und 1975

Literatur
 Österreichischer Skiverband (Hrsg.): Österreichische Skistars von A–Z. Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1, S. 96.
 Heinz Prüller: Das Mädchen Pröll. 1. Auflage. Verlag Orac, Wien 1973, ISBN 3-85368-810-1.

Weblinks
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Einzelnachweise

Alpiner Skirennläufer (Österreich)
Österreichischer Meister (Ski Alpin)
Österreichischer Meister (Firngleiten)
Sportler (Vandans)
Österreicher
Geboren 1952
Frau
Teilnehmer einer Alpinen Skiweltmeisterschaft


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BEFORE THE DUST had settled on Manhattan in September 2001, our nation's collective resolve seemed decided: We would find and hold accountable those who used our nation's freedoms to kill thousands of us.
It was hard to find American flags to fly after that day and every other car was decked out in some manifestation of our patriotism. Like Pearl Harbor, 9/11 steeled our resolve to defend America, but for some, only temporarily.
Some in America now seem to have forgotten we are at war. In an age of near-instant gratification of every human need, I suppose you could blame that erosion of resolve on our short attention span. Some, in this presidential election year, have decided to use whatever logic available to undo the election results of 2000. Still others, I believe, are dredging up the spirit of the 1960s and view fighting this war effort as akin to the ideological pinnacle of their youth — fighting against the Vietnam War.
As someone who has proudly worn the uniform of the U.S. Air Force, I know that no war is good, but some wars simply must be fought if our founding principles are to have any relevance. For me, the horror of Sept. 11 is lasting and I believe there are two very distinct groups of Americans now: the 9/10 Americans in denial and the 9/11 Americans.
The bottom line question every American must answer is this: Are we truly at war?
I believe we are in the early stages of a conflagration that could likely be the next world war. It is a war that pits our sense of freedom and justice against those with radical interpretations of a culture intent on our conversion or our demise. In America, we invite diversity and are all better for it. In some Mideast nations, you are besieged, bombed or beheaded for your diversity.
The contrasts are stark and unavoidable, even by those who hate President Bush and all Republicans. Terrorists are cowards who hide behind masks and attack the innocent.
The terrorists who attacked in Munich in 1972, the death squads in El Salvador and Ireland, the bombers of Marine barracks in Beirut, those who blew Pan American Flight 747 out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, those who attacked the World Trade Center, twice, those who bombed the federal building in Oklahoma City, those who used sarin gas in attacks in the Tokyo subways, those who flew loaded planes into the Pentagon and an open field in Pennsylvania, those who bombed military housing towers in Saudi Arabia and the USS Cole, those who blew up commuter trains in Spain and nightclubs in Bali did not do so because we are Republicans or Democrats. They did so because they fear freedom. They fear the light of truth so they bomb and behead, they attack and retreat, hoping to wear down our will.
Today's terrorists believe and count on all Americans being overweight X-box players, more interested in fixing the outcome of "American Idol" than of defending our freedom. They hold women and children in low esteem and fear seeing others experience the rights all of civilized humanity have come to believe are basic human rights. I pray they are wrong.
Those Americans who fought in World War II are called the greatest generation because they found the will to put their hopes and dreams on hold, to cast aside their political and personal bigotries and defend America and what she stands for against all odds. I don't see that collective spirit in many of today's Americans. Many have simply not come to the conclusion that we are at war, for whatever reason. They are content to fight the small, partisan political battles but do not see the terror war as the terrorists do.
Terrorists have declared they intend to fight until we are finished, however long that takes. They have the big picture view many Americans lack. I pray that we do not endure more attacks like those of Sept. 11 before we cast aside our divisions in favor of the concepts that unify America. I pray that happens, but in my heart I know more attacks are coming and more death will be visited upon us because of what we represent.
I am a 9/11 American. I know the world has changed and that Americans must defend America. Everything else we do, everything else we believe, pales in comparison to that duty.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell is a Republican and serves Colorado in the U.S. Senate.


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