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using log4net;
using OpenMetaverse;
using OpenSim.Framework;
using OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer;
using OpenSim.Server.Base;
using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Xml;
using OpenSim.Framework.ServiceAuth;

namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Presence
{
    public class PresenceServerPostHandler : BaseStreamHandler
    {
        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

        private IPresenceService m_PresenceService;

        public PresenceServerPostHandler(IPresenceService service, IServiceAuth auth) :
                base("POST", "/presence", auth)
        {
            m_PresenceService = service;
        }

        protected override byte[] ProcessRequest(string path, Stream requestData,
                IOSHttpRequest httpRequest, IOSHttpResponse httpResponse)
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(requestData);
            string body = sr.ReadToEnd();
            sr.Close();
            body = body.Trim();

            //m_log.DebugFormat("[XXX]: query String: {0}", body);
            string method = string.Empty;
            try
            {
                Dictionary<string, object> request =
                        ServerUtils.ParseQueryString(body);

                if (!request.ContainsKey("METHOD"))
                    return FailureResult();

                method = request["METHOD"].ToString();

                switch (method)
                {
                    case "login":
                        return LoginAgent(request);
                    case "logout":
                        return LogoutAgent(request);
                    case "logoutregion":
                        return LogoutRegionAgents(request);
                    case "report":
                        return Report(request);
                    case "getagent":
                        return GetAgent(request);
                    case "getagents":
                        return GetAgents(request);
                }
                m_log.DebugFormat("[PRESENCE HANDLER]: unknown method request: {0}", method);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                m_log.DebugFormat("[PRESENCE HANDLER]: Exception in method {0}: {1}", method, e);
            }

            return FailureResult();

        }

        byte[] LoginAgent(Dictionary<string, object> request)
        {
            string user = String.Empty;
            UUID session = UUID.Zero;
            UUID ssession = UUID.Zero;

            if (!request.ContainsKey("UserID") || !request.ContainsKey("SessionID"))
                return FailureResult();

            user = request["UserID"].ToString();

            if (!UUID.TryParse(request["SessionID"].ToString(), out session))
                return FailureResult();

            if (request.ContainsKey("SecureSessionID"))
                // If it's malformed, we go on with a Zero on it
                UUID.TryParse(request["SecureSessionID"].ToString(), out ssession);

            if (m_PresenceService.LoginAgent(user, session, ssession))
                return SuccessResult();

            return FailureResult();
        }

        byte[] LogoutAgent(Dictionary<string, object> request)
        {
            UUID session = UUID.Zero;

            if (!request.ContainsKey("SessionID"))
                return FailureResult();

            if (!UUID.TryParse(request["SessionID"].ToString(), out session))
                return FailureResult();

            if (m_PresenceService.LogoutAgent(session))
                return SuccessResult();

            return FailureResult();
        }

        byte[] LogoutRegionAgents(Dictionary<string, object> request)
        {
            UUID region = UUID.Zero;

            if (!request.ContainsKey("RegionID"))
                return FailureResult();

            if (!UUID.TryParse(request["RegionID"].ToString(), out region))
                return FailureResult();

            if (m_PresenceService.LogoutRegionAgents(region))
                return SuccessResult();

            return FailureResult();
        }

        byte[] Report(Dictionary<string, object> request)
        {
            UUID session = UUID.Zero;
            UUID region = UUID.Zero;

            if (!request.ContainsKey("SessionID") || !request.ContainsKey("RegionID"))
                return FailureResult();

            if (!UUID.TryParse(request["SessionID"].ToString(), out session))
                return FailureResult();

            if (!UUID.TryParse(request["RegionID"].ToString(), out region))
                return FailureResult();

            if (m_PresenceService.ReportAgent(session, region))
            {
                return SuccessResult();
            }

            return FailureResult();
        }

        byte[] GetAgent(Dictionary<string, object> request)
        {
            UUID session = UUID.Zero;

            if (!request.ContainsKey("SessionID"))
                return FailureResult();

            if (!UUID.TryParse(request["SessionID"].ToString(), out session))
                return FailureResult();

            PresenceInfo pinfo = m_PresenceService.GetAgent(session);

            Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            if (pinfo == null)
                result["result"] = "null";
            else
                result["result"] = pinfo.ToKeyValuePairs();

            string xmlString = ServerUtils.BuildXmlResponse(result);

            //m_log.DebugFormat("[GRID HANDLER]: resp string: {0}", xmlString);
            return Util.UTF8NoBomEncoding.GetBytes(xmlString);
        }

        byte[] GetAgents(Dictionary<string, object> request)
        {

            string[] userIDs;

            if (!request.ContainsKey("uuids"))
            {
                m_log.DebugFormat("[PRESENCE HANDLER]: GetAgents called without required uuids argument");
                return FailureResult();
            }

            if (!(request["uuids"] is List<string>))
            {
                m_log.DebugFormat("[PRESENCE HANDLER]: GetAgents input argument was of unexpected type {0}", request["uuids"].GetType().ToString());
                return FailureResult();
            }

            userIDs = ((List<string>)request["uuids"]).ToArray();

            PresenceInfo[] pinfos = m_PresenceService.GetAgents(userIDs);

            Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            if ((pinfos == null) || ((pinfos != null) && (pinfos.Length == 0)))
                result["result"] = "null";
            else
            {
                int i = 0;
                foreach (PresenceInfo pinfo in pinfos)
                {
                    Dictionary<string, object> rinfoDict = pinfo.ToKeyValuePairs();
                    result["presence" + i] = rinfoDict;
                    i++;
                }
            }

            string xmlString = ServerUtils.BuildXmlResponse(result);

            //m_log.DebugFormat("[GRID HANDLER]: resp string: {0}", xmlString);
            return Util.UTF8NoBomEncoding.GetBytes(xmlString);
        }

        private byte[] SuccessResult()
        {
            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

            XmlNode xmlnode = doc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration,
                    "", "");

            doc.AppendChild(xmlnode);

            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "ServerResponse",
                    "");

            doc.AppendChild(rootElement);

            XmlElement result = doc.CreateElement("", "result", "");
            result.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Success"));

            rootElement.AppendChild(result);

            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
        }

        private byte[] FailureResult()
        {
            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

            XmlNode xmlnode = doc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration,
                    "", "");

            doc.AppendChild(xmlnode);

            XmlElement rootElement = doc.CreateElement("", "ServerResponse",
                    "");

            doc.AppendChild(rootElement);

            XmlElement result = doc.CreateElement("", "result", "");
            result.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Failure"));

            rootElement.AppendChild(result);

            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
        }

    }
}


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HomeHighlightsWinter road salting has year-round consequences
Winter road salting has year-round consequences
January 12, 2022 The Conversation
Every fall, Canadians patiently wait for the turning of the trees and the crunch of leaves. In winter, we hear a different sort of crunch — the crunch of road salts.
Road salts are used to remove ice from surfaces like roads, sidewalks and parking lots. When people talk about road salts, they are often concerned with what salt may be doing to their vehicles, dog's paws or winter boots.
There are also some environmental concerns, as road salt ultimately makes its way into our soils, local lakes and rivers. Salty water flows into our soils and local water bodies through surface runoff and stormwater pipes, and eventually makes its way into groundwater. This furthers the long-term storage of salt in the environment and further impacts freshwater aquatic life, government infrastructure and drinking water.
These concerns are usually voiced during the winter, when we actively see salt trucks and piles of salt on our drives or walks to work and school. While some of our worries disappear as the warm spring weather comes, my research shows the effects of extensive road salting on the environment last year round.
No longer a winter-only issue
My research with Donald Jackson at the University of Toronto showed elevated chloride concentrations — which are highly correlated with road salt — can now be found throughout the year in freshwater systems in the Greater Toronto Area. The impacts of road salt are not commonly studied in the summertime. However, understanding how it may be impacting the environment in the salt "low season" is important for understanding the gravity of the situation.
Our study found that during the summertime, which is also the low season for chloride, chloride concentrations exceeded established Canadian federal guidelines for protection of aquatic life.
At some of the sites monitored, we found that over 50 per cent of the aquatic biological communities can be considered to be stressed by chloride based on these guidelines, which were based on toxicity tests to aquatic organisms.
This means that summertime is now a time of likely chloride stress, higher water temperatures and early life stages of aquatic organisms (like eggs and larvae) which may be more sensitive to stress. These factors combined put aquatic species at elevated risk.
Why should we be concerned?
Road salt poses a risk for freshwater aquatic species, which rely on low salt levels. Freshwater species have specific biological adaptations to low salt levels, unlike their ocean counterparts which have different types of adaptations.
Studies show that increased chloride concentrations, associated with salt, can lead to disruptions in food webs, as sensitive species are stressed at high concentrations. For an aquatic organism, salt stress can lead to the diversion of energy to maintain basic functioning, which means less energy is directed to growth and reproduction.
High salt concentrations have been found to lead to decreases in egg mass for aquatic organisms, and decreases in growth rate. This essentially means sensitive species may eventually be "filtered out" of food webs, leading to declines in biodiversity.
Road salting leads to high concentrations of chloride and sodium in local waters. Increased chloride in drinking water supplies can lead to more rapid corrosion of drinking water infrastructure, such as private and municipal wells and pipes. This decreases the safety of drinking water. Increasing sodium concentrations is also concerning for those with hypertension.
To top it off, salting can lead to faster rates of corrosion of bridges and roads, putting road infrastructure at risk as well.
Lacking: efforts to reduce road salting
De-icing salts were first used in the 1940s in North America, and as its use exponentially increased with urbanization and road expansion, sodium chloride became the most popular. With increased understanding of risks to the environment and human health over time, efforts to reduce road salt use include using alternatives such as beet juice.
However, these alternatives can be expensive and can come with their own pitfalls, like introduction of more nutrients into aquatic systems. Understanding how much salt needs to be applied, and when, is a crucial part of salt and ice management. Additionally, shifts in perspective of ice safety can be made. In some regions for example, snow tires are required for vehicles while people use chains, boot spikes and other personal traction devices.
At a recent salt summit, held by the Lake George Association in New York, a speaker adequately described our current relationship with salt as "oversalting comes from a place of love, concern and want of safety," because icy conditions are considered unsafe.
However, short-term prospects of ice safety blind us to the love, concern and want of long-term safety of our drinking water supplies and environmental integrity.
Mitigating our winter road salt addiction
We need to first recognize the year-round impacts our winter choices can have, and then take action to reduce the impacts. We can share the impacts of road salt and the individual actions we can take, such as understanding how much salt needs to be put down on our private properties, adjusting our expectations of winter roads and using snow tires and boot spikes to provide an added layer of safety.
At a larger scale, mandatory certifications for salt application can provide training for snow removal companies, and have substantial incentives if designed properly. For example, the New Hampshire Green SnowPro Certification provides limited liability relief for snow removal contractors if they are certified.
This ensures snow management companies are protected and their training programs are recognized as safe. Other organizations, like the Smart About Salt Council, provide the opportunity for certifications, training and general knowledge on salting.
Unifying the snow removal industry and scientific researchers is necessary to understand the full impact of salts, as understanding where salt is applied and how much is used is an important component of environmental modelling. This unification can be casual, such as through interviews.
It can also be more formal such as through joint research or educational initiatives, like the Partners in Project Green resource development for industry to understand road salt impacts and resources for more information.
Road salt pollution is an issue which can be acted on immediately, rather than relying on technological advancements, as action can be taken at the individual, the federal and all levels in between. This action should be taken swiftly to ensure a less salty future for our freshwater streams, lakes and drinking water.
So this winter season, when you hear the crunch of your boots on road salt, know that, although the salts we use now may not be visible after winter, the effect they have on the environment and our drinking water is year round.
Lauren Lawson PhD Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
Lauren Lawson receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
This article was originally published on this website.
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Stay in Style: These Are The Best Hotels That Starred in Films
Booking a famous suite is the luxe way to enjoy Oscar Sunday
By Carrie Goldberg
Courtesy of Hotel Principe di Savoia
You may find yourself in awe of the main character's stunning suite when watching a film, or find that the hotel setting of a scene blends in so seamlessly with the script that you barely notice it, just as the set designer and director intended it. Booking a room on a Hollywood set has never been easier–here are the hotels best known for their starring roles and stellar service.
Lost in Translation (2003)
Bill Murray's character, Bob Harris, meets Charlotte, played by Scarlett Johansson, at The Park Hyatt Tokyo in this Sofia Coppola film. During the filming, which took place over the course of 27 days in 2002, one suite was used for the setting of both characters' rooms: Charlotte's room was the bedroom, while Bob's was actually the room's seating area. The hotel's Peak Lounge and Bar, Club on the Park spa and gym, main entrance and banquet rooms were also used in the filming.
The David Fincher directed adaptation of Steig Larson's famed novel features The Dolder Grand in setting and by name with a mention in the script as a receptionist welcomes Rooney Mara's character, Lisbeth Salander, to the hotel upon arrival. Aside from the driveway, exterior and reception area, the film also included a scene in the Masina suite.
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Filmed at Gstaad Palace 40 years ago, the film starring Peter Sellers pictured the property's penthouse suite, spa and lobby. Today, all the original elements and suites shot for the film still remain, and the hotel is celebrating its anniversary year with a Pink Panther themed cocktail list.
Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly challenges Anne Hathaway's Andrea Sachs to track down the unpublished manuscript of an upcoming Harry Potter series book for her twin daughters in one of fashion's favorite films. Knowing that if she can't track down the impossible-to-find book she "should not even bother coming back," Andrea taps charming writer Christian Thompson for a favor and heads to The St. Regis New York's King Cole Bar for the hand-off. Aside from being one of fashion's cheekiest film moments, this bar also is believed to be the originator of the Bloody Mary and is still a New York City staple for after work drinks and one of the best versions of the brunch cocktail.
This film revival of the acclaimed HBO series best known for featuring tourist attractions, hidden gems and hot spots in and around Los Angeles had Vince, Eric, Johnny Drama and Turtle frequenting Montage Beverly Hills throughout the film.
The Descendants (2011)
Alexander Payne directed George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in her breakout role for this tale of a father struggling to connect with his daughters in the wake of tragedy and family dysfunction. Based in Hawaii, scenes from the film were shot at the St. Regis Princeville, which was an actual location in the original plot of the book the film was adapted from, written by Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Magic In The Moonlight (2014)
Courtesy of Hotel Belles Reves
Nestled in the heart of the French Riviera, Hotel Belles Rives, was home to F. Scott Fitzgerald in the late 20's, where he wrote Tender is the Night and found inspiration for some key moments in The Great Gatsby (the hotel has a green light at it's entrance). Woody Allen also filmed Magic in the Moonlight in their Bar Fitzgerald. The hotel's main dining room, Le Passagére, which was recently rewarded one 2016 Michelin star, with their Executive Chef Yoric Tièche and Pastry Chef Steve Moracchini both receiving 2016 Gault & Millau Awards for Best Chef of Tomorrow and Best Pastry Chef.
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BUNDLE = bundle _${BUNDLER_VERSION}_
JEKYLL = ${BUNDLE} exec jekyll

setup:
	gem install bundler \
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		--no-rdoc \
		--no-ri
	NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=true ${BUNDLE} install
	wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
	chmod +x get-pip.py
	python get-pip.py
	rm get-pip.py
	pip install docutils pygments

local:
	./build.sh local

staging:
	./build.sh staging

production:
	./build.sh production

apache:
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const base58 = require('bs58')
const nacl = require('tweetnacl')

const keypair = nacl.sign.keyPair()
const privateKey = base58.encode(keypair.secretKey.slice(0, 32))
const publicKey = base58.encode(keypair.publicKey)

module.exports = {
  privateKey,
  publicKey
}


Cocaine is a powerful and addictive drug that can be inhaled through the nose or dissolved in water and injected. The high abuse, high dependency stimulant can cause a number of symptoms depending on the method of ingestion.
A person who has used cocaine will have an increased body temperature, often resulting in excessive sweating and chills. Cocaine users may also experience a persistent runny nose without a cold, bloodshot eyes and tremors. In addition to these symptoms, cocaine users suffer from a distinctive weight loss after a long period of use.
Users who smoke cocaine are especially susceptible to lung damage. Those who snort cocaine are at risk of nosebleeds.
Regular or even one time use of cocaine can result in death.
Consistent use of cocaine can lead to a number of "highs" experienced by the users including energetic periods, carelessness and a lapse in judgment. When a user goes through withdrawal they may experience a number of "lows" like anxiety, paranoia, depression and confusion.
Users suffering from withdrawal may feel easily agitated and emotional when confronted, and may express ideas of suicide as an out.
When a person becomes a cocaine user, their behavior can change rapidly. A person may change their group of friends, become disinterested in old hobbies and put minimal effort into school and work.
Cocaine users may also begin stealing from others to financially support their habit and suffer from financial strain or debt.
A person who previously cared and took care of their physical appearance may become lazy or neglectful. Loved ones may find noticeable white powder on a user's face or clothing.
When a person has used cocaine consistently over a long period of time they will suffer a number of symptoms including increased tolerance to its effects, "crashes" involving depressed moods and feelings of distress.


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Rapper, Best Known for "Thotiana"
L.A. rapper Blueface made a snap decision to abandon his dreams of playing football and in under a year went from never even contemplating making music to being one of the more buzzed-about rappers in the game. Taking the name Blueface to represent both an association with the Crips and the "blue" 100 dollar bill, the face-tatted rapper broke out in 2018 with several releases that highlighted his asymmetrical flow and cleverly surreal lyrical styles.
Blueface was born Jonathan Porter in 1997, growing up in Los Angeles and moving around the area a lot before attending college at North Carolina's Fayetteville State University on a football scholarship. After dropping out of college, Porter found himself back in L.A. and hanging out with his friend TC4800 in a studio session. At random he got on the mike, rapping for the first time in his life. He developed a polarizing style that incorporated lines that wandered in and out of meter as well as provocative, ear-catching lyricism heavy on slang and clever imagery. His first track to break through on a bigger level was "DeadLocs" in early 2018. He followed the viral track with the even more successful "Thotiana" a few weeks later. He began doing tours of high schools and meeting fans at area malls. This grassroots promotion helped him build a devoted fan base quickly and he quickly issued new music to keep them interested. The Famous Cryp mixtape, an EP entitled Two Coccy, and a collaborative mixtape with Trendd called We Over Famous all showed up before the end of 2018. Late in the year, Blueface signed with long-running rap superpower Cash Money Records. He began 2019 with the new single "Bleed It."
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Perhaps coincidentally, as these events unfurl, the Ellcrys begins to shed its leaves, showing signs of dying.
Besides the interesting story line, "The Shannara Chronicles" boasted impressive visuals, akin to Peter Jackson's Middle-Earth series. The setting of this story, the Four Lands, had plenty of detail in scenery and buildings.
The series also came with an impressive soundtrack, using fitting music that captured the almost-ethereal setting.
From the premiere alone, "The Shannara Chronicles" was already promising. Highlights included vivid scenes of Elves racing to become the Chosen, Allanon showing Wil the power of magic, and demons wreaking havoc. All these highlights indicated that this new show will be the one that is worth watching this year.
That being said, the first two episodes may be a bit confusing for people who have not read Terry Brooks' novel "The Elfstones of Shannara." Will it be just another boring fantasy show that uses age-old tropes like stones with dangerous power, visions of disaster, demons escaping an ancient seal, and mentors skilled at magic? The audience will find out in the upcoming episodes.
Overall, "The Shannara Chronicles" had an enticing plot, plenty of action, and visuals. You may find it appealing if you like fantasy and magic.


it fixes your performance problems.
Indeed, I see the same peformance improvement you wrote about: 0.60s in byte-compiled dynamic binding mode, and now 0.48s in byte-compiled lexical binding mode. Thanks!
Not sure if I should close this issue now or at least wait until byte-compile--use-old-handlers is nil by default.


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Chicago Bears are good to go!!
For a Son of Chicago, a Nostalgic Dish of Crow
A fan walked toward Soldier Field parading the head of a Cheesehead on a 10-foot pole. Another fan homed in on a mixed couple: a man wearing a Bears jersey while his girlfriend was wearing an Aaron Rodgers jersey.
"All the women in Chicago," the fan yelled, "and you find a Packers fan."
This was the Green Bay Packers against the hometown Bears.
Chicago is home, and there was a stretch of seasons between 1960 and 1967 when my sun rose and set with the Chicago Bears.
Unfortunately for the Bears of my era, the Packers were a dream-crushing nightmare. Most of the games against the Packers unfolded like Sunday's, with Green Bay beating the Bears, 21-14, behind a perfectly balanced offense, a smothering defense and Chicago ineptitude.
Instead of Bart Starr , the Packers quarterback of the 1960s, converting third down upon third down to Boyd Dowler and Max McGee, it was Rodgers hitting Greg Jennings and Donald Driver for repeated clutch plays.
Rodgers led the Packers to their fifth Super Bowl appearance.
Some feelings die hard. Watching Green Bay celebrating on the Bears' field brought flashbacks.
So much excitement and anticipation surrounded the game. This was the N.F.L.'s oldest rivalry, yet the Packers and the Bears had faced each other only once in the postseason.
Beyond that, the Bears had become invisible men, turned Cinderella, turned conference champions.
"It's a disappointing way to end the season; it's not the way I wanted to end it," linebacker Brian Urlacher said. "But you know, no one expected us to be here, we know that. We expected to win this game."
After being counted out and overlooked as a force in the conference, the Bears surged after their bye week and created visions of sugar plums, winning five consecutive games and seven of their last nine.
Jay Cutler, the Bears' perennial mystery man, was heralded, finally, as a mature quarterback. After a spectacular game against Seattle — granted it was the — critics and Bears fans hoped against hope that Cutler would have another breakout game.
Instead, Cutler reacted the way scouting reports said he would in the face of ferocious pressure: he wilted.
This is yet another longstanding Bears tradition — erratic play at quarterback.
Rodgers, meanwhile, continued to be the 's hottest quarterback. He ran for a touchdown and sliced up the Bears' defense for 244 yards passing. It is possible to have been a New Yorker for so long you forget what it felt like to be from Chicago. You forget how deeply the passions and resentment between Chicago and run.
It was the 182nd game between the Bears and the Packers. This is less a rivalry than a longstanding relationship between franchises and fans who inherited a mutual disdain for each other.
Bears-Packers is less personal than institutional. Well, maybe a little personal.
During that seven-year period of my youth in Chicago, Green Bay beat every team I cared about and did it each time on a major stage.
Beginning with a spanking of the Bears at the end of the 1960 season, Green Bay annihilated Chicago twice in 1961, twice more in 1962. George Halas, the legendary Papa Bear, lost 13 of his 18 meetings with Vince Lombardi's Green Bay teams. Three of those losses were shutouts, including a 49-0 blowout during the 1962 season.
When the Bears won the N.F.L. championship in 1963, the greatest part of that glorious season was their two victories over Green Bay.
The Packers knocked out the in two successive N.F.L. championships, the first in Dallas in 1966, then in that legendary Ice Bowl game in Green Bay in 1967. They took apart the , whom I had adopted, in I. The Packers routed my other adopted A.F.L. team, the , in Super Bowl II. Over the years, the Bears and the Packers had changing fortunes. Both franchises were up and mostly down in the 1980s — though the Bears won the Super Bowl in the 1985 season.
Beginning with the 1992 season, Green Bay had 13 nonlosing seasons in a row, 2 Super Bowl appearances and a championship.
By then, my days as a fan had long ended. For all practical purposes, my final season as a fan was 1969, when upset Baltimore in Super Bowl III a triumph — we thought — of youth over the establishment.
That year, a college teammate of mine was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and we were both exposed to the often harsh and humorless business side of the game. One is compelled to cheer for the individual, not the franchises.
Sunday seemed like a flashback to those days as a Bears fan when you really cared and left Wrigley Field after those Packers-Bears games disappointed more often than not.
On Sunday, Cutler couldn't deliver, the hometown team was knocked around, and the Packers are Super Bowl bound.
Green Bay gave Chicago yet another bitter memory to put in a Bears-Packers scrapbook that looked all too familiar. Even after all these years.
E-mail: wcr@nytimes.com
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This lovely antique kidney vanity makeover was completed by Abbey from Painted Home Goods scooped up this awesome pair of vintage nightstands and made them modern once again with Hollow Hill and Hemp Oil!
Can you believe that Abbey picked up this 1936, antique kidney vanity for just $25? What a steal!
It was sturdy and stable, but it need of some love.
First off, she wanted to repair the flaking stain on the table top. Abbey sanded off the original finish, applied a walnut stain, then sealed it with Hemp Oil to re-hydrate the wood and add protection.
Next, she sanded the sides of the drawer well to make it glide more easily, and cleaned the base and legs.
She applied three coats of this lovely, deep navy color called Peacoat and used the wet distressing technique. This revealed some of the original wood color on the edges and raised areas.
With her beautiful new makeover, this antique kidney vanity is ready for another 82 years of life!
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The real Issa tries to live with the fake Issa. Her 'Insecure' fans are watching.
UPDATED from July 2017: You can now hear Geoff Edgers's interviews with Issa Rae in the "Edge of Fame" podcast. Look for the "play" button below or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.
LOS ANGELES — The moment seemed almost too perfect. Issa Rae, the stunningly talented and glammed-up star of her own HBO series, walking onto the stage at the BET Awards looking nothing like the "awkward black girl" who made her a YouTube star. But before she could reach the microphone, Rae was introduced as . . . Yara Shahidi.
No joke. Yara, of course, is 17 and plays Zoey on ABCs "Black-ish." Rae, 32, stars on HBO's "Insecure," which launches its second season Sunday.
"That's Issa!" screamed Yvonne Orji, who plays Molly on "Insecure," trying to correct the moment from her seat at the Microsoft Theatre.
Rae, after a pause and a stammer, pushed through a clumsy bit with host Leslie Jones to introduce a performance by SZA. Backstage, before returning to her seat, she texted her writing staff about what had happened and managed to retweet a spot-on analysis by a fan named Deon.
Warning : This podcast contains explicit language.
"Wouldn't be @IssaRae if something awkward didn't happen LOL," Deon tweeted.
Deon's right. For Rae, a creative dynamo capable of turning heads on the red carpet and in the writing room, these moments just happen, whether in real life or on a set. And Rae's ability to turn everything, whether a disastrous date or a workplace bumble, into comedy has carried her from YouTube sensation to a different kind of leading lady. In "Insecure," she plays Issa Dee, who can show viewers her vulnerability without totally showing her hand, a character as self-assured as she is self-loathing. She's funny, maddening, manipulative and trying her best. To her legion of fans, she's simply Issa.
Which, interestingly enough, is something the real Issa admits has started to get tiresome. As Rae grows older, she's finding it less charming to be confused with this fictitious Issa. If only she had named her "Insecure" character Nia or Amani.
More than six years have passed since Rae emerged on YouTube as the creator and star of "The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl." The Web series, clicked on by millions of viewers, led to a false start (a failed pilot for ABC), a chatty, unvarnished memoir and, finally, "Insecure," which she developed with veteran comedian and writer Larry Wilmore.
In late June, as Rae wrapped the second season of "Insecure" and prepared to give a talk during the BET Awards weekend, she considered her place in entertainment. On camera, as Issa Dee, she's electric, snapping off improvised raps in the mirror, battling with friends and wrestling with her conflicting emotions about her longtime live-in boyfriend, Lawrence.
Off camera, she's quieter, less direct and friendly, without being confessional.
During a live onstage talk BET weekend talk with Charlamagne Tha God, the radio personality asks her about her love life. She brushes him off. Later, offstage, she's asked about the moment and her dating status. She declines to offer any details.
Not even a year into her HBO run, she is the picture of the Web star in transition, the celebrity in progress. She's on billboards, but she still goes to the supermarket by herself. ("Girl," one of the "Insecure's" directors Melina Matsoukas will tease her, "you got to get somebody else to shop for you.") Ask her about fame, and she'll shake her head.
That's not to say she does not realize her life has changed. In "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl," her memoir, Rae wrote of her childhood in Maryland and her traumatic move to California — middle school was miserable — her struggles with weight, her parents' divorce and even her complicated heritage. Her father was born in Senegal, and her mother in Louisiana. (Rae's full name is Jo-Issa Rae Diop.) Now, she admits she regrets being so open in parts of the book, which came out in 2015, before "Insecure" premiered.
Issa Dee is safe, for now, but Rae says she will never again give a character she plays her first name. Penny, the "Insecure" producer," isn't surprised.
The real Issa Rae is intensely loyal and craves her long-term friendships, whether with her high school pals, sipping Prosecco, bopping to Aminé and Future in her hotel room as she gets ready for the BET Awards, or with the creative partners who helped her along the way. Penny notes that when he and Rae were staffing up "Insecure," she insisted that "Awkward Black Girl" writing veterans Amy Aniobi and Ben Cory Jones be brought on. Actor Tristen Winger was also a no-brainer, she told Penny. Never mind that he'd never been on TV. He had proved himself on "Awkward." He got the role of Thug Yoda on "Insecure" without an audition.
Rae can dress the part — she wears a cleavage-baring sweater and short shorts to the BET Awards — but one thing she shares with her character, she says, is a preference for jeans and T-shirts. She also has her priorities. There were no after-parties on BET night. Rae had a 5:30 a.m. call time to shoot the final episode of "Insecure's" second season.
At the BET Awards, Rae emerges from a black SUV to screams of "Issa." The line of photographers on the red carpet scream her name, as well, pleading for her to turn right, turn left, smile. She's hugged by Maxwell, begged by both network TV interviews and Snapchatters for moments on camera, and finally gets to the theater.
And that's where Rae is reminded that not everything goes as scheduled.
She doesn't complain publicly or pout about the name flub. Eventually, announcer emcee Lyte corrects herself.
Orji, in her seat, does her part, screaming Rae's name.


Holidays look quite different at Michelin-star restaurants.
While many celebrate the holidays with homemade feasts filled with turkey and stuffing, there are some who choose to enjoy theirs at some of the world's finest restaurants.
Eateries that have earned Michelin stars are considered some of the best restaurants in the world — and eating there usually comes with a big price tag.
While the holiday menus at such places look very different than what your grandma is serving, each dish is expected to be a holiday gift to your taste buds.
From foie gras to squab, keep reading to find out what Michelin-starred restaurants are serving this holiday season.
Quince in San Francisco earned three Michelin stars with its contemporary menu, which is best represented in its unique holiday dishes.
Although Aureole has "only " one Michelin star, it is considered one of the best restaurants in Manhattan. Its holiday courses show why.
Red mullet is served on Christmas Eve.
La Pergola in Rome, Italy, has three stars and an impressive holiday menu. On Christmas Eve, the restaurant serves a wide variety of dishes from tuna tartare to lobster. But the Christmas Day dinner is most mouthwatering.
Foie gras is served on New Year's Eve.
Le Cinq is a staple in the Parisian restaurant scene with three Michelin stars. The gourmet eatery — which is part of the Four Seasons — has a diverse offering around the holidays. While the New Year's Eve menu is a whopping $1,368 per person, the Christmas menu will save you money — but not much.
Rhubarb is served for dessert.
La Bouitte is located inside a luxury hotel of the same name, and is widely considered one of the best restaurants in the Alps, with three Michelin stars. This fine dining establishment serves an extraordinary menu all season long.
Ai Fiori, located in Midtown, Manhattan, has one Michelin star and serves a traditional Italian Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, for $175 per person. Their menu on Christmas Day is equally lengthy.
The Dining Room at The Goring in London has one Michelin star, and its Christmas menu is a mix of classic British foods with a holiday twist.
With two stars, Daniel serves classic French cuisine on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. You can forget about the turkey this year and instead treat yourself to Daniel's holiday feast.
Alyn Williams at The Westbury in London has one star and serves up a modern European cuisine for its holiday meals.
The Breslin is a one Michelin star restaurant that mimics a classic British gastropub and operates at the Ace Hotel.
Twelve chefs make 12 different menus.
The Restaurant at Meadowood is a three-star Michelin restaurant in Napa Valley, California. The eatery hosts a special event around the holidays called the Twelve Days of Christmas in which 12 different chefs each create a special menu each night leading up to Christmas.
Gotham Bar and Grill earned one Michelin star after making its mark in the competitive New York restaurant scene. The Michelin guide called the food "comforting and creative," which can be seen in its simple yet delicious holiday brunch.
Le Bernardin is another icon in Manhattan with three Michelin stars. Its exhaustive nine-course holiday menu is served from December 20 to 29.


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Hands-on comfort
These restaurants give classic sandwiches a fresh twist.
Lady Tron's will take you out of this world. With a retro outer space atmosphere, you'll want to oder the Pulled Chicken Sandwich over and over again. Photo courtesy of Luanne Mattson.
By Shelby Stivale
Hoosiers are no stranger to comfort food, but what happens when a time-honored dish finds its way between two pieces of bread?
Luanne Mattson, director of communications at the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau, helped us find three sandwiches that earn customers' raves. Stop by on your next road trip for a down-home sandwich you'll want again and again.
Dish: Brisket sandwich
Restaurant: The Red Yeti
Location: 256 Spring St., Jeffersonville, 812-288-5788
Executive chef Michael Bowe says customers love the locally grown or sourced beef from Hensley Farms. "The beef is cooked at a very low temperature, very slowly, and doused in house-made bacon-onion jam and barbecue sauce," Bowe says. If you like a bit of spice, this sandwich is for you. On your way out, snap a picture with the red yeti statue out front.
Dish: Pulled chicken sandwich
Restaurant: Lady Tron's
Location: 147 E. Market St., New Albany, 812-725-9510
You won't find any freeze-dried astronaut food in this sci-fi-themed diner, but it has an out-of-this-world pulled chicken sandwich. Otherwise known as "The Ripley," named after a character in the "Alien" movies, the sandwich features pulled chicken cooked to perfection in blueberry molasses and topped with homemade sesame coleslaw, served on toasted bread. Why do customers love it? Employee Lauren Kemme tells us "it's unique and different."
Dish: Pot roast sandwich
Restaurant: Hobnob Corner
Location: 17 W. Main St., Nashville, 812-988-4114, http://www.hobnobcornerrestaurant.com/Home
Don't bother looking at the menu at this long-time favorite stop. Its famous pot roast sandwich is an off-the-menu item. Owner Warren Cole says regulars call it the "Super 46" because of its success in a contest when Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl. "People like it because it's pot roast like the one their mother used to make," he says. Hobnob chef Eric Cole created the sandwich by toasting two pieces of French bread and adding the restaurant's slow-cooked pot roast. You can top it off with cheese, sautéed onions and the Hobnob's special horseradish sour cream sauce.


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The Smart Factory and the related digitalisation offer wide-ranging potential for long-term and predictive maintenance. But what are the benefits for companies? And what are the prerequisites for ensuring that the data necessary for planning, processing and documenting maintenance measures is exchanged reliably?
What is certain is that maintenance staff are by definition production service providers – even if the job description has changed considerably in recent years. "Today, maintenance staff are no longer called in only when there is a mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic problem that has brought a machine to a standstill," explains Peter Strohm, Global Service Project Manager at Emag Systems GmbH. "Today it's crucial for maintenance technicians to be fully familiar with the hardware and software of their machines in order to plan repairs in advance and procure any required materials. They increasingly have to use digital services to help them monitor the condition of the machines. Before purchasing a machine, companies should make sure that the manufacturer offers service solutions that are tailored to their individual requirements. Emag responds flexibly here: "We offer customers maintenance provided by our own specialists, but we also support customers who want to carry out their own maintenance. Basically, however, it is important for every solution to be future-proof with regard to digitalisation," says Strohm.
But what is the most effective way for companies to structure and implement their maintenance processes? A new EU standard provides a useful management tool here: DIN EN 17007:2017 structures and describes the typical maintenance pro-cesses of a company in a universally applicable form. These processes serve as a reference, e.g. for companies coordinating their own processes with the ser-vices of service providers or for comparing themselves with other companies. The standard also suggests suitable key figures for measuring the individual maintenance processes.
DIN EN 17007:2017 is based on a French standard and its scope has been con-siderably expanded in cooperation with various other European countries. In Germany, maintenance managers from various manufacturing and process in-dustries were involved in the development. One of the leading figures in the pro-ject is Prof. Dr. Lennart Brumby, head of the Service Engineering Department at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Mannheim.
"In the networked world of work in Industry 4.0, it will be important not only to co-ordinate the information systems, but also to mesh the respective business pro-cesses with one another. As a trailblazer for Industry 4.0, maintenance needs reference processes for the key tasks, both for the core processes of reactive and corrective maintenance as well as for the wide range of support processes. Only then can networking succeed," he said, emphasising the need for a struc-tured and comparative approach.
Companies are orienting their daily operations to the new standard. "At Emag, we have been working for some time on a product that facilitates wear analysis of the machine axes and spindles using a vibration sensor. Based on a defined dry run of the machine, we will in future be able to use an algorithm to evaluate which machine components are likely to fail. This gives the maintenance engineer opti-mum support for his repair and maintenance planning," says expert Peter Strohm, citing one example. The aim of such preventive and predictive maintenance is to eliminate downtimes in the future. The Emag system has already proven itself in practice; it is currently being successfully tested by pilot customers.
Another example is a service app from Emag. "This makes it easy for mainte-nance staff to get in touch with our Service department. The app scans a QR code on new Emag machines and recognises the machine type and location. This then allows the appropriate service staff member to be contacted. Old machines are retrofitted free of charge – and there is no age limit," explains Strohm. Customers can then choose to contact the specialists by telephone, e-mail or live video chat.
The analysis know-how for the extensive sensor and production data is of strate-gic importance for Emag. Accordingly, in September the Emag Group acquired a minority stake in anacision, a specialist data analysis company based in Karls-ruhe, Germany. The two partners are now jointly developing software solutions for the machine tool industry – in the area of predictive maintenance, for example. "We regard our minority interest in anacision as the start of a far-reaching strategic development partnership for Industry 4.0," says Markus Heßbrüggen, CEO of the Emag Group.
But today's experts not only have to maintain and optimise machines and auto-mation systems, they must also ensure that the different systems communicate with each other. Furthermore, they must ensure that is possible to conduct data analyses across different interfaces. This should ultimately help identify further potential for the selection of suitable efficiency measures.
The interface between IT and maintenance in particular is an important corner-stone of modern maintenance. "This is also a major challenge for the companies because they have to ensure that their employees are appropriately qualified in this complex environment," says Dr. Jens Reichel, Head of Technical Services & Energy at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG in Duisburg. This is sometimes difficult, particularly in view of the shortage of good IT specialists on the labour market.
For Reichel, data security is another important issue in digitalised, mobile maintenance. Smart services today often involve production companies feeding production data into the Cloud via an interface. Appropriate background analyses are then carried out in the Cloud: these provide an insight into what is happening in the plant, but can also be used to issue alerts of possible failures. "Many pro-duction companies are reluctant to give third parties access to their data. For one thing, it allows conclusions to be drawn about process parameters which could reveal company know-how. And it also opens up access channels to the produc-tion processes, which could lead to abuse," Reichel explains.
To counteract this, dedicated filters – firewalls – are created for the open chan-nels. Companies use these to make intrusion as difficult as possible. A second way is to open up data access only to the extent required by the case at hand. This means filtering available data in advance to reduce it to the appropriate level for the intended analysis. In this case, employees must know which security pro-cedures need to be installed at the appropriate interfaces. "Basically, it's important to realize that maintenance is an area of corporate expertise which is worth protecting," says Reichel, emphasising the significance of the topic.
Machine tool manufacturer Emag guarantees data and access security by grant-ing access to defined machine control data via a separate evaluation PC. "This writes the data to a local server at the customer's premises. The customer can then decide whether and which data should be synchronised with a cloud server. This means that the machine control system is not directly connected to the In-ternet and the customer can then choose himself how he wants his data to be handled," explains project manager Peter Strohm.
However, maintenance also offers potential for greater efficiency. At thyssenkrupp Steel, experts are currently refining condition monitoring systems which will then allow them to be coupled with data from process control, process automation systems and quality management. "The aim is to be able to draw conclusions regarding optimum operation of the system, i.e. optimised either for maximum service life or, depending on the parts involved, for the maximum throughput or the best possible quality," Reichel explains.


One of the great things about living in Washington state is the proximity of the mountains. Whether it's the Cascades, the Olympics, or the Blue Mountains, they are always there and always calling, as John Muir famously said. And if you're someone who responds to that call, Washington will spoil you for choice. Doesn't matter if you prefer strenuous day hikes or weeklong backpacking sojourns or an easy ramble for the whole family; a difficult, technical climb, glacier traversing, or rock scrambling. You can find any and all of these to challenge you, to soothe you, to inspire your soul, and usually within a sixty to ninety minute drive or less.
Anyone who has tramped as many trails as I have in Washington will have their personal favorite, footsore stomping ground. For me, it's the area in and around Mt. Rainier National Park (MRNP). The Paradise and Sunrise visitor centers get most of the attention (and the hordes of visitors to prove it) and certainly a visit to Rainier would be incomplete without treading some ground near one or both of them. If, however, you're looking for something off the heavily beaten path, let me suggest the Carbon River entrance to Mt. Rainier. Now this does not mean you're going to find complete solitude in the Carbon River area of the park. There will be other hikers and campers, but nowhere near the peak summertime swarms you will encounter at Paradise or Sunrise.
The Carbon River entrance is located in the northwest corner of MRNP. Whether you approach from the west, north, or east, you will be driving on Highway 410. If you come from the north, as I do, you will first drive through Enumclaw, a quiet, bucolic town of small farms situated on a plateau west of the Cascade foothills. Here you will find staggering views of Mt. Rainier and staggering smells of the abundant dairy farms. A few miles down 410 you will drive through the even smaller town of Buckley, then Wilkeson, then Carbonado, each one tinier than the last, like uncovering a series of Russian nesting dolls disguised as rural villages.
Once past Carbonado, you drive a few more miles before crossing an old steel frame bridge with peeling green paint, spanning a hundred-fifty foot deep gorge over the Carbon River, which appears as a thin gray ribbon far below. The bridge itself looks like a prehistoric relic, accommodates only one vehicle at a time, and is paved with a black, lumpy substance that has the topography of the backside of the moon. Half a mile past the bridge you can go two ways: straight ahead to the official Carbon River entrance and trailheads, or bear right to Mowich Lake.
Fair warning: the Mowich Lake road is 17 miles of rutted, washboard, hardpan gravel. I've been on far worse mountain access roads, and far better. It's not quite bone-shattering. More like teeth-chattering and filling-loosening. You don't need four wheel drive or an off-road vehicle – I've done it many times in my trusty Civic – but it will sternly test your suspension system. At about the 11 mile mark, you reach the MRNP boundary, where you can stop and pay your $15 entrance fee.
As this is one of the least used ways into the park, there is no manned station, no ranger on duty to take your money and hand you a map of the park. This is the honor system. Take an envelope, put your money in it and drop it in the metal tube. Or drive on in without paying a dime. As far as I can tell, there is no way for anyone to know the difference. You probably didn't expect a moral/philosophical dilemma on the way to your hike, did you?
Another 6 miles of dust-eating and bone-rattling later, you arrive at Mowich Lake, and alpine jewel of camping, canoeing, and hiking. Two of the best day hikes in all of MRNP embark from here: the Eunice Lake/Tolmie Peak trail to the north, away from Mt. Rainier, or the Spray Park trail heading south toward the mountain. Each of these has it's pleasures, and if I had to pick one…well, I'd pick both. But not in the same day.
Tolmie Peak is a 6 to 6.5 mile roundtrip, Spray Park around 6. Spray Park, however, is a bit harder to quantify, as it has no true endpoint. Spray Park is really just a series of open meadows that continue on with side trails branching off in all directions. You can wander on as far as you wish before reversing your steps back to the parking lot at Mowich Lake, or keep going and hook up with the 160 mile long Wonderland Trail, which loops the entire park, and yes, there are crazy people who do the entire trail in one continuous ten-to-fourteen day trek.
The Eunice Lake/Tolmie Peak trail is a real gem and certainly one of my all-time favorite day hikes anywhere. It's about the right distance and elevation gain for a good, sweat-inducing workout, without being so long or strenuous as to intimidate most folks. Anyone in reasonably good shape can do it. My wife and I recently trekked it in about 6 hours, and that was with lots of dawdling, flower smelling, picture taking, a leisurely lunch break and a very quick dip into the icy waters of Eunice Lake. You could hike it in three hours if you only wanted to see how fast you could go, but where's the fun in that?
You start off easily enough along the shore of Mowich Lake, climb a little, drop a little, meander through some Really Big Trees. In short, a typical Cascade mountain hike. Then you climb some steep switchbacks for less than a mile and just about the time your thighs start screaming at you, voila, Eunice Lake. You will immediately see the Tolmie Peak Lookout tower situated atop the nearly vertical rock face across the lake. This wall of rock looms several hundred feet above the water and rims the entire south side of the lake. Looking at the tower from the shoreline and having just labored up that last steep stretch of trail, you might consider skipping the extra mile of uphill trail to reach the lookout tower.
Don't skip it. Take a ten minute break, wander the shoreline, take a few pictures of the sparkling, pristine, aquamarine waters of Eunice Lake and then head on up to the Tolmie Peak Lookout tower. It's a slog, but if you go in September, as we did, you can stop along the way and nibble on wild blueberries, take some more photos, and keep on climbing. Once you reach the lookout, you'll be glad you did. The view is unparalleled, a 360 degree jaw-dropper in every direction you peer, and the vistas of Mt. Rainier are some of the best you can find anywhere in the park. This is the perfect spot to munch that lunch you packed up here, so pick a rock to park your carcass, take off your boots and rest your sore doggies, and chow down.
As with most exposed high mountain ridgetops, there's always a breeze and depending on how long you sit, once the sweat dries it can get a little cool. Pull on that jacket or extra shirt you stuffed in your daypack and when you've finally had your fill of the eye-popping splendor, head on down the way you came. Stop and eat some more berries. You've earned it.
Back at the lake, if you're feeling brave (or stupid?) take a few minutes to strip down and plunge into the crystal clear, frigid waters of Eunice Lake. Believe me, if you haven't yet cooled off from your exertions, this will do it, and then some. For me, it was a very quick dip. Thirty seconds was just long enough to get the heart racing and the head pounding and make me wonder what the hell I was thinking. But, hey, you only live once.
Thanks Becky, it's almost impossible not to get some great shots when the scenery and the weather cooperate – which doesn't happen often enough around here.
Beautiful shot of the lakes and mountains, they really do make me want to go there!
Thanks for the comment Audrey. Yep, it's always a grand time hoofing it around Rainier and Tolmie Peak is definitely a favorite.
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We have rounded the first quarter of the season and we hope our Waiver Wire updates have provided you a lot to think through. This week, it's prospect week as many of the game's best prospects have been called. Not all will stay for good on their first call. While we've tried handicapping those players, in the end, it's a guessing game. We believe that it's not just about talent but also the teams who have needs and are out of it. See Vlad Jr and Nick Senzel as examples. Those two should play regardless. Using that logic, that should put Nicky Lopez at the top of the list followed by Shaun Anderson and possibly Jared Walsh.
Enjoy the list and please click on the baseball card to visit our partner amazon.com to explore additional information on each player.
Shaun Anderson, SP, SF (CBS: 5% owned)
The Giants have dispatched Derek Holland to the bullpen and Tyler Beede was given his chance, but couldn't find the strike zone walking 8 over 6 2/3 IP. The Giants turned to the 24-year-old Anderson and he turned in a solid effort in his first start against the Jays. The success in his debut has earned the 24-year-old Anderson him a second start. I'm betting that we see a third.
Jackie Bradley Jr., OF, BOS (CBS: 22% owned)
At 29-years-of-age I simply can't believe he's finished as at least a semi-productive bat. In what was considered a down year, in 2018 he still managed to hit 13 homers and steal 17 bases. I'll toss down a buck and stash him on my bench in the hope we can see some semblance of a return to form.
Willie Calhoun, OF, TEX (CBS: 37% owned)
Calhoun was quietly (something he hasn't been in the past) tearing the cover off the ball at Triple-A. He gets the call and promptly goes 9-for-20 with two homers and six RBI in his first four games. The Texas outfield has plenty of mouths to feed, but as long as he keeps hitting, the Rangers will find a way to get that bat into the lineup.
Jarrod Dyson, OF, ARZ (CBS: 19% owned)
Dyson is currently tied for third overall in stolen bases with Dee Gordon and Jose Ramirez, behind only Tim Anderson and Adalberto Mondesi. He has stolen five bases in only three games this week. He's riding the pine against southpaws so it's prudent that you check the matchups, but if your need is speed, go get him!
Junior Guerra, RP, MIL (CBS: 8% owned)
Josh Hader is being worked hard….very hard. It's a long season and an effective Guerra, at least until Jeremy Jeffress proves that his shoulder is 100 percent, will earn the odd save and be a steady contributor in the holds category.
Keston Hiura, 2B, MIL (CBS: 67% owned)
Last week we mentioned that Keston Hiura was nearing a call-up. Well that didn't take long, did it? A week later, Hiura is playing full-time in Milwaukee and his ownership level has gone from 29-to-67 percent. If you happen to be in a League where he's sitting in the Free Agent pool, this week will be your last kick-at-the-can.
Carson Kelly, C, ARZ (CBS: 9% owned)
In his past seven games, Kelly has gone 6-for-19 with three homers. His K/BB ratio over that same time span is 3/3. In two-catcher formats, it's time to make a small bid and get him in your active lineup.
Nicky Lopez, SS, KC (CBS: 26% owned)
The Royals have determined that the future is now and have moved Whit Merrifield to the outfield and brought up Nicky Lopez to man the "keystone corner." He's off to a solid start with six hits in his first 20 at-bats. In a week where there are plenty of top-tier young players making their debuts, the stellar on-base skills and speed potential could make Lopez the best buy of the lot.
Austin Riley, 3B, ATL (CBS: 74% owned)
Riley now has four games under his belt and has gone 8-for-15 at the dish with two homers. He could be on his way to forcing Ender Inciarte into the role of a fourth outfielder.
Brendan Rodgers, COL (CBS: 62% owned)
Ryan McMahon and Garrett Hampson didn't get the job done, leaving the Rockies to turn to top-prospect Brendan Rodgers. Down on the farm, Rodgers had nine homers, 21 RBI, and an outstanding 1.065 OPS. With any success, he could be calling the Rockies infield home for the duration of his career.
Gio Urshela, 3B, NYY (CBS: 22% owned)
Known more for his glove, Urshela is also making a statement with his bat this year. In his first 98 at-bats in the Bronx, he's hitting .347 with two homers and 16 RBI. Miguel Andujar is done for the season and it will be at least another month before the return of Didi Gregorius, making Urshela a solid short-term option in deeper Leagues.
Five under 5%
James Karinchak, RP, CLE (CBS: unowned)
Unfortunately, his fast track to the Cleveland bullpen has been derailed due to a strained hamstring, but the numbers are simply so off-the-chart good he's still worthy of a mention. In 13 innings split between Double and Triple-A, Karinchak is yet to allow an earned run. He has allowed only five hits, three walks, and struck out an amazing 32 batters. There's a K/9 to be proud of. Toss in the six saves, and the label of "future closer" fits very well.
Carlos Gomez, OF, NYM (CBS: 1% owned)
Yes, this is the Carlos Gomez that long ago and far away went 20-40. That was a long time ago, but with Michael Conforto hitting the IL with a concussion, Gomez could see a fairly steady diet of short-term at-bats. He did have six homers and five stolen bases in 126 at-bats at Syracuse.
Dawel Lugo, 2B, DET (CBS: 1% owned)
The Tigers finally tired of the struggling Jeimer Candelario and dispatched him to the Mud Hens. They've turned to Lugo as a fill-in until Candelario rights the ship. A small bid might hold some value in AL-only Leagues.
Devin Smeltzer, SP, MIN (CBS: 1% owned)
I do like my "crafty" southpaws, and Smeltzer fills that bill to a "t". He has allowed the grand total of 6 earned runs this season between Double and Triple-A, resulting in a stellar 1.09 ERA. He could be next-in-line when the Twins need a starter and in Dynasty Leagues deserves a bit more love than his current 1 percent level of ownership.
Jared Walsh, 1B/RP, LAA (CBS: 1% owned)
The kid can hit, as evident by the 10 homers and 26 RBI at Triple-A Salt Lake City. He also has a win and a save in five appearances out of the bullpen. The Halos are cornering the market on multi-role players.


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Franz Drappier, dit Franz, né le  à Charleroi, mort le  au Mans, est un auteur belge de bande dessinée.

Il a reçu le Grand Prix Saint-Michel en 1982 pour le premier tome de Lester Cockney.

Biographie

Passionné de dessin, Franz Drappier passe par l'Institut Saint-Luc de Mons puis les Beaux-Arts. Il entre en 1967 au Journal de Tintin, dans lequel il publie de très nombreuses pages alimentaires (sur des scénarios d'Yves Duval, Vicq, Michel Novembre, etc.).

Il reprend en 1976 Jugurtha, série originellement dessinée par Hermann, puis en crée d'autres, avec ou sans scénaristes : Hypérion en 1979, Lester Cockney en 1980, Thomas Noland en 1982, Poupée d'ivoire en 1988, Hannah en 1991, etc. L'année de sa mort sortait encore une de ses créations, Akarad, et sa participation au Décalogue de Frank Giroud.

Publications
La Nuit des gargouilles, (dessin), scénario Vicq, Samedi-Jeunesse 180, 1972
Graine de jockey, Les aventures de Christopher, (dessin), scénario Yves Duval, éd. Rossel, 1973
Les Aventures de Mandrin, (dessin), scénario Vicq, 1975 ? recueil édité par Bédéscope en 1980
Jugurtha (dessin), avec Jean-Luc Vernal (scénario), Le Lombard, 13 albums (n°3 à 15), 1978-1991.
Bruxelles, mille ans d'épopées (dessin), avec Jean-Luc Vernal (scénario), Casterman, coll. « L'histoire en bande dessinée », 1979.
1830 - La Révolution belge (dessin), avec Jean-Luc Vernal (scénario), Le Lombard, coll. « Histoires de l'histoire », 1980.
Hypérion (dessin), avec André-Paul Duchâteau (scénario), Le Lombard, 1981.
Lester Cockney, Le Lombard, 11 albums (dont deux hors-série parus dans la coll. « Signé »), 1982-2005.
Thomas Noland (dessin), avec Daniel Pecqueur (scénario), Dargaud, 5 albums, 1984-1998.
Pur-sang, Le Lombard, coll. « Phylactère », 1985.
Poupée d'ivoire, Glénat, coll. « Vécu », 9 albums, 1988-2005.
Mémoires d'un 38 (dessin), avec Jean-Luc Fromental et José-Louis Bocquet (scénario), Les Humanoïdes Associés, coll. « Métal Hurlant », 1989.
Brougue, Blanco puis Soleil, 3 albums, 1989-1996.
Colère Apache (dessin), avec Festin, Jerry Spring t. 23, Alpen, 1990.
Les perdus de l'empire (scénario), avec Éric (dessin), Le Lombard, coll. « Histoires et Légendes », 1990.
Hannah (dessin), avec Jean Annestay (scénario), Dupuis, 3 albums, 1991-1993.
Gord (scénario), avec Christian Denayer (dessin), Le Lombard.
Wyoming Doll, Dargaud,  , 1999.
Compagnons de fortune, Delcourt,  :
Juste une île..., 2001.
Au milieu de nulle part..., 2002.
Ishum t. 1 : La Cité des masques (scénario), avec Odrade (dessin), Nucléa, 2002.
Le Décalogue t. 10 : La Dernière Sourate (dessin), avec Frank Giroud (scénario),  Glénat, coll. « Grafica », 2003.
Akarad t. 1 : L'Homme qui devint loup (scénario), avec François Plisson (dessin), Nucléa, 2003.

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
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Auteur belge de bande dessinée
Collaborateur du Journal de Tintin
Cheval dans la bande dessinée
Naissance en juin 1948
Naissance à Charleroi
Décès en janvier 2003
Décès au Mans
Décès à 54 ans


As a tech company located in the heart of Kitchener-Waterloo, Perk.com Canada takes our relationship with our community seriously. After a successful fundraiser for StuffIn Stockings during the holiday season, we set our sights on our next community initiative. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer and supporter of #WomenInTech, so in honor of International Women's Day on March 8, 2018, we arranged a donation drive for the month of March to support Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region and Anselma House.
Lyndsay was the first employee to bring in donations!
International Women's Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and symbolizes a call to action for accelerating gender parity. This year, the theme for International Women's Day was #PressforProgress.
With global activism for women's equality and ending violence against women fueled by movements like #MeToo, #TimesUp and more, the call to motivate and unite friends, colleagues and our wider communities is being heard loud and clear. At Perk, we are proud to stand with women in our community as they start new chapters at Anselma House.
Anselma House is a 45 bed shelter that serves women and their children who are fleeing abusive homes throughout Waterloo Region. In addition to providing a safe haven for women and children up to the age of 18, Anselma House also helps equip women and children with the necessary skills and tools they need to start over. This support ranges from education about violence against women to advocacy programs that connect residents with legal support, housing, parenting guidance, and transitioning towards independence.
After reviewing the Anselma House Wish List, it is apparent that basic necessities such as feminine hygiene products, shampoo, and diapers are in high demand. Other items on the Wish List include gift cards for grocery stores, restaurants, and Chapters, and movie passes for family outings.
In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, Anselma House served 169 women, 134 children, and received 2,467 crisis calls from families across Waterloo Region.
We feel fortunate to be able to support such a worthy organization in our community, and look forward to delivering our donations to Anselma House at the end of the month. For more information on Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region, and how you can get involved, visit their website.
Alyssa is the Associate Product Manager of NewLifeOutlook. Her goal is to create a supportive, resourceful, and safe place for fellow condition sufferers to come together and exchange questions and advice. In her free time, you can find Alyssa hoarding beauty products, drooling over aesthetically-pleasing photos, horseback riding, marathoning episodes on Netflix, and blogging at her style and beauty blog, The Wolf and the Wardrobe.


Fast Eddie's Bon Air in Alton is like no other. Over 4,000 half barrels of beer and thousands of cases of cans, bottles and liquor quench the thirst of our patrons every year. Some even say that Bon Air is the #1 volume bar in the world. A food bar serves an assortment of grilled burgers, Big Elwood Steak on a stick, bratwurst and boiled shrimp all sold at the same low prices as when they were added nineteen years ago.
Come experience the cheapest food, coldest beer and greatest entertainment that makes the legendary Fast Eddie's Bon Air famous world-wide!


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Stephan Braese (* 1961 in Quakenbrück) ist ein deutscher Literaturwissenschaftler. Seit 2009 ist er Professor für Europäisch-jüdische Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte an der RWTH Aachen.

Leben
Nach dem Studium der Geschichts-, Literatur- und Erziehungswissenschaften  wurde er 1994 an der Universität Hamburg mit einer Dissertation zum Problem der antifaschistischen Satire promoviert.
Nach Forschungsaufenthalten in Tel Aviv, New York und Jerusalem habilitierte er sich im Jahr 2000 an der Universität Hamburg mit der Schrift Die andere Erinnerung – Jüdische Autoren in der westdeutschen Nachkriegsliteratur.

Nach Lehrstuhlvertretungen und Gastprofessuren u. a. in Bremen, Lüneburg, Paris und Berlin wurde er 2009 auf den Lehrstuhl für Europäisch-jüdische Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte am Institut für Germanistische und Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen berufen.

Schriften

Monographien
 Eine europäische Sprache – Deutsche Sprachkultur von Juden 1760–1930. Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0629-5.
 Die andere Erinnerung – Jüdische Autoren in der westdeutschen Nachkriegsliteratur (zugleich Habilitationsschrift 2001), München 2010, ISBN 978-3-86916-047-4.
 Das teure Experiment – Satire und NS-Faschismus. Opladen 1996, ISBN 978-3-531-12854-2 (zugleich Dissertation).
 Jenseits der Pässe. Wolfgang Hildesheimer, eine Biographie. 588 S., Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 3-8353-1889-6.

Als Herausgeber
 (mit Anne-Kathrin Reulecke): Realien des Realismus. Wissenschaft – Technik – Medien in Theodor Fontanes Erzählprosa. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940384-32-4.
 (mit Jörn Ahrens): Im Zauber der Zeichen. Beiträge zu einer Kulturgeschichte des Mediums. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-930916-86-3.
 Rechenschaften. Juristischer und literarischer Diskurs in der   Auseinandersetzung mit den NS-Massenverbrechen. Göttingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-89244-756-6.
 Bestandsaufnahme – Studien zur Gruppe 47. Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-503-04936-3.
 (mit Holger Gehle, Doron Kiesel und Hanno Loewy): Deutsche Nachkriegsliteratur und der Holocaust. Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 978-3-593-36092-8.

Weblinks

 Stephan Braese auf der Homepage der RWTH Aachen

Literaturwissenschaftler
Hochschullehrer (RWTH Aachen)
Deutscher
Geboren 1961
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IDEA Week: Pete Frates FUNd RUN
Time: Sat Apr 28, 2018, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Frank Eck Baseball Stadium (View on map.nd.edu)
Each year the University of Notre Dame baseball team hosts an ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) game during the Saturday of each Boston College series wherein all funds collected from the game are donated to the Pete Frates #3 Fund.
Pete Frates was a baseball student-athlete at Boston College and played under our current head baseball coach, Mik Aoki, before being diagnosed with ALS in 2012.
In an effort to help raise money for the ALS cause, Notre Dame baseball will be kicking off its inaugural Pete Frates FUNd RUN this season, on Saturday, April 28th. This event will include a 2-mile walk and a timed 5k and 10k. All proceeds from this run will be donated to the Pete Frates #3 Fund to help raise money for educational, awareness and research purposes for ALS.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://idea-week.com/events-list/pete-frates-fund-run/
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There is a half Page Fleetwood Mac spread in today's L.A. Times (August 21, 2012) in the Calendar section, page D3 titled "Back To Mac"
Fleetwood Mac albums last. So listen. You can also read about one ('Making Rumours' by Ken Caillat) and listen to tributes ('Just Tell Me That You Want Me').
Today's front page of The Orange Leader features a review of Lindsey's show at The Lutcher Theater on Sunday, August 19, 2012. Great shot of him too!
ORANGE — Lindsey Buckingham may have performed a solo showcase Sunday night, but the Lutcher Theater rocked from start to finish.
Lindsey Buckingham, the well-known singer, songwriter, musician and member of Fleetwood Mac, opened the 2012-2013 season with a concert inside the Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts in Orange, Texas.
The talented performer, listed as the 100th best guitarist in the world by Rolling Stone magazine, dazzled fans in attendance with his powerful, and still impressive, vocals and his even more impressive fingerpicking guitar skills. The large crowd featured fans from as far away as San Antonio, Texas, and Lafayette, La., as well as many local and area patrons, such as Mark and Caroline Crawford of Lake Charles, La., who made their first-ever trip to the Lutcher Theater.


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Q: Python help needed to retrive text from a tweet I have a tweet and I want to retrieve the retweets, follwers, follows, and favorites. The tweet looks like:
"retweet_count":0, with random text in "followers_count":27, random text "favourites_count:100",
How do you retrieve these numbers for a group of text on one line. Prefered output:
0 27 100
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A: Via JSON.loads():
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#Disaster : Mudslides and floods have killed more than 300 people in Sierra Leone !
Mudslides and floods have killed more than 300 people in Sierra Leone, although that number is expected to rise. Hundreds are missing, including children.
Torrents of mud wiped away entire communities.
"Many of our compatriots have lost their lives, many more have been gravely injured, and billions of leones' worth of property [has been] destroyed in the flooding and landslides that swept across some parts of our city,"
President Ernest Koroma said in his speech Monday.


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India: Woman whose death led to jailing of husband found alive
Sonia Devi was kidnapped by human traffickers and taken to Delhi
Published: January 13, 2020 17:04 Lata Rani, Correspondent
For illustrative purposes only. Image Credit: Agency
Patna: A woman from Bihar whose alleged murder led to the jailing of her husband and in-laws has been found alive.
The court has made harsh comments on the police investigations imposed heavy fine on the accused cop whose faulty investigations landed innocent people in jail.
Court officials said Sonia Devi, a resident of Supaul district, had left for her parents' home in May 2018 when she went missing. A day later the body of an unidentified woman was recovered from the field after which the parents of the missing woman registered a murder case against her in-laws while identifying the body as that of their daughter.
Acting on the written complaint, the police swung into action and arrested all the accused people who were later jailed. In their investigation report, the police also confirmed the dead woman as the missing lady and submitted the report to the court. Based on the investigation report, the local court denied bail to the accused.
The case took an interesting turn when the missing woman called her in-laws from Delhi saying she had been lured by human traffickers and wanted to return home. Subsequently, her in-laws brought her from Delhi and presented her before the court to show how the police had sent innocent people to jail in a fake case and how the woman declared dead by the police was alive.
Subsequently, the court granted bail to all the accused and passed serious remarks over the functioning of the Bihar police. "Innocent persons had to stay in jail for months due to faulty investigations by the police. This is a black spot on the face of the police," the court observed in its judgement. Over this weekend, the court later acquitted all the accused persons and closed the case while asking the police to pay compensation of Rs600,000 to the victims.
The incident has exposed the police investigation in the state, inviting bitter criticisms from various quarters. "I was stripped naked, beaten up and sent to jail despite my repeated appeal to properly investigate the case. The police didn't investigate the case and implicated me and my parents in the murder case," the woman's husband, Ranjit Paswan, told the media on Monday.
Devi said she fell into the human traffickers' gang once she left her home to reach her parents' house on the fateful day. "I was intoxicated and put on a train. When I regained consciousness I found myself in Delhi and secretly called up my in-laws," revealed Sonia whose presence ultimately led to acquittal of her in-laws from the case. According to the woman, it took a long time to contact her family since a lot of time was spent in searching for their cell phone numbers.
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