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Altit Fort and in particular the Shikari tower is around 1100 years old, which makes it the oldest monument in the Gilgit–Baltistan.
The word Altit means this side down and the area around the fort is inhabited by Burusho people. The people of Altit are said to belong to the white Huns, although not much research has gone into the matter. There are several theories about their origin but local indigenous origin holds much value among the people. It is also said that the present language Bruchiski was brought here by the white Huns in 47 A.D but there is no link between burushaski and any other language of today. According to the legend the first name for Altit village was Hunukushal, meaning the village of Huns. The Huns came from the Huang-Ho valley in China. The name later changed to Broshal, translated as a village of Bruchiski speakers. They were spirit worshipers as Shamanism was in practice and also followed Buddhism and Hinduism. In the 15th century Islam was introduced. Around 1830 in turn many converted to Ismailism.
The Altit Fort was in great disrepair, but has recently been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Historic Cities Support Programme and the Government of Norway. It is characterized by small rooms and low portals with exquisite wood carvings. Japan has contributed to the renovation of the surrounding old village. Altit Fort is a tourist site which has been open to the public since 2007.


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Music, Arts & Culture » Movies
It's Iranic
'Persepolis' turns a graphic novel into a classic of animation
by Richard von Busack
I am of two minds about Persepolis, even though I happily put it on my top 10 best of 2007 list. The simple answer is that I am recommending it highly as the best kind of cartoon—the one that takes a very specific situation and makes it universal. Persepolis is the animated version of a graphic-novel memoir of a female artist of a good Iranian family. As she grows up in '70s-era Tehran, Marjane Satrapi (voiced by Chiara Mastroianni) has her world closed in by the mullahs. She has an uncle who is arrested by both the shah and the clerics who followed that deluded emperor. The one unchanging part of her life is her august, wise grandmother (voiced by French film legend Danielle Darrieux). The young girl is lured to Europe by forbidden pop culture. When she arrives at her Austrian boarding school, it's only the memory of her grandmother's strength that saves her. On the page, Satrapi's drawings of herself are so minimal that they really only serve as a kind of word-balloon support for the text. In animation, the flatness, roundness and negative space are far more expressive—the way they are in Peanuts or Tintin comics. Even though it is a film of great importance (when ranking it, it's fair to ask what Lynda Barry would have done with similar material), I wanted more out of the finale than a vaguely written account of a divorce. (One gets the sense that Marjane leaves her husband simply because he watches Terminator movies on TV.)
As an animated film, Persepolis knows its genealogy. In the shadow-puppet-style flashbacks to the history of Iran, Satrapi and her co-director, Vincent Paronnaud, seem to refer to the very first feature-length cartoon, Lotte Reiniger's 1926 Adventures of Prince Achmed. The sleek figures, done in traditional hand-drawn animation, have the freshness and adventurousness of early UPA studios works. I particularly liked how the Iranian women, in their black nunlike cloaks, are shaped like walking Parcheesi pieces.
The visual styles evolve as the story travels. There are notes of Chagall in the Vienna sequences; tilted buildings of German Expressionism frame Marjane as she gets her heart broken by an unfaithful boyfriend. It's probably too simplistic to do The Wizard of Oz dichotomy between the colorful life in France and the black-and-white life in the Ayatollah-plagued Iran. It works, though, in the context of a cartoon.
Perespolis does a first-rate job of outlining what it is like to be a teenager in religious dictatorship: the restrictions, the armies of snitches and the proclamations of a deranged government, such as "the veil is a symbol of freedom." And it addresses this slow suffocation in a way any self-obsessed American teen could understand. Maybe if it had been more complex, it wouldn't be as easily understood. In almost every interaction, the sometimes princessy heroine is always the injured party. Some would say—looking around the United States for plentiful examples—that narcissism is a natural first response to watching your country crumble.
'Persepoli' screens at the Smith Rafael Film Center (1118 Fourth St., San Rafael; 415.454.1222) and the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside (551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa; 707.525.4840).
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Home Health Cuba steps up against Zika Virus
Cuba steps up against Zika Virus
The Cuban government on Sunday announced fresh measures to keep the Zika virus out of its borders.
A doctor examines a larva of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the carrier of Zika virus, in a laboratory of the Ministry of Health, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Jan. 29, 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said it would convene an International Health Regulations emergency committee on the Zika virus to ascertain whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.(Xinhua/Kent Gilbert) (jp) (sp)
In an address to the nation, Cuban President Raul Castro called on "all Cubans to take on this fight as a personal challenge" by eliminating environments which could help mosquito proliferation.
"The army has deployed over 9,000 soldiers, … with the additional help of 200 police officers," said Castro, adding that the government has tasked the Ministry of Public Health with leading an action against Zika, dengue and chikungunya.
As part of this campaign, Cuba has created a ministry-level management center, which works around the clock to monitor information linked to these diseases across the country and beyond.
Public Health Minister Roberto Morales said this week that while no case of Zika has been found in Cuba, "the risk of introduction of Zika into the country is high."
He attributed the high probability to "our international exchanges, the high levels of infestation of the mosquito in 55 municipalities, including the capital, and the high vulnerability of our population to such diseases."
All around Havana, brigades of soldiers can be seen going from house to house, fumigating along their way, while doctors and nurses attach special attention to any potential symptoms in the population, especially among pregnant women.
The battle has focused on a cleaning campaign, including the pruning of trees across the city. A document listing preventive measures for families has also been released.
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After successfully changing his job and learning the skill, Bai Song immediately heads towards the dungeon entrance.
The moment Bai Song reaches the dungeon entrance, the first person he sees is not Spectral Fire, instead, it is Bai Cheng. At that moment, Bai Cheng is also looking towards the entrance.
"You can enter the dungeon zone? Looks like you are Lv 10 already." Bai Cheng's tone when talking to Bai Song carries no malice.
"Yeah, although grinding is slightly slower, luckily I finally reached Lv 10." Bai Song replies with a faint smile.
"Oh, no need. I have a party." Bai Song says faintly.
If a person did not know about the grudge between the two of them, they would think that they are old friends from their conversation.
The Glorious Guild is in the lead for clearing the dungeons in Wind Sprout Village. Thus the crowds are paying close attention to them. And each and every one of Bai Cheng's movements are closely watched by everyone. Thus everyone in the surround is discussing what is happening between Bai Song and Bai Cheng, there are also people who have found out about the bad blood between them.
Bai Cheng looks at Spectral Fire, narrowing his eyes thinking it is this fellow again. Thus he does not bother anymore, only the surrounding people start to recognize Bai Song.
As for those comments, Bai Song only smiles.
"Brother Song, it seems that the problem is rather big?" Spectral Fire says softly to Bai Song.
It'll be fine when I get used to it……. Listening to Bai Song's reply, Spectral Fire becomes speechless for a while. This logic is a bit too overpowering. What the heck does he mean get used to it will be fine ah?
Afterward, he introduces Ghost Island and the rest of the main party members to Bai Song.
Ghost Island pauses and thinks for a while, but in the end, he passes the leader position to Bai Song.
"From now only, everyone please change your main chat channel to the party chat channel." Bai Song only said a sentence but at this time a person jumps out.
The 40k, Bai Song has already used finish all of it, if Bai Song really needs to return the money, he will not be able to take out a single cent. Though there is the 20k he gave to Liu Jing, it is the money that he has returned back to him, how could there be such things as borrowing the money that was returned.
But Bai Song knows that at this time if he does not establish his power, later if Ghost Dance tries to create trouble in the dungeon, it will cause a lot of problems.
Previously, Ghost Island had some doubts, but seeing the attitude of Bai Song, he finally decided to believe Bai Song this time. Previously Ghost Dance decided to jump out to determine Ghost Island's attitude. He can ignore Spectral Fire's vice-guild leader position, but he will absolutely not dare to go against the guild leader.
The moment guild leader has spoken, the rest of the people no longer speak up. Ghost Island smiles faintly towards Bai Song and Bai Song reply with a nod.
"How many thieves are there? They must know Sneak. Please take note, the Sneak I'm talking about is not knowing the sneak skill but they must really truly know how to sneak. At least they must not be able to be noticed by monsters other than the BOSS!" Bai Song asks.
"Yeah that's right, a few times when we were sneaking, we got discovered. Furthermore, it is no use in the Abandon Mine." Seeing the guild leader speaking, a thief also speaks up.
"Who told you that you are unable to Sneak when there are detection skills?" Bai Song smashing reply causes the crowd to become confused, not comprehending what Bai Song is saying.
Hai! Bai Song sigh. Looks like the things that I as a conductor needs to do is a lot.
"……." Bai Song became speechless. Bai Song finally understands why Spectral Fire became so happy when he said that he is able to lead a team for Hell stage. With such a badly configured party, how do you clear the dungeon.
"So be it, other things I will not mention now, later on, I will give commands as we see the situation." Looking at the current team configuration, based on what Bai Song saw, they will not be able to clear the dungeon. But under his leadership, it will be another story.
Done Speaking, Bai Song leads the party into the dungeon. The surrounding crowd more or less are paying attention to them, although they are unable to hear what they are saying, but seeing that the majority of the players are listening to him, the crowd are starting to guess that this person who is like water and fire with Bai Cheng is one of the higher ups of Spectral Guild.
Bai Cheng only gives a cold snort when he sees the situation. He has heard the comments of the surround people but he does not care.
this kind of turn of event and scripts really similar to Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed The World, maybe the Author a fan of this novel ?


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Q: segmentation fault while trying to read in from file to a 2D array I am getting a segmentation fault while trying to read from a file into a 2D dynamic array. I know this is a little vague of a question, but this being my first C code, I haven't been able to trace out what the problem is. Any direction will be appreciated.
These are my variables:
int i;
    int rowsize=0;
    int colsize=0;
    int colenter=0;
    int rowenter=0;
    int colexit=0;
    int rowexit=0;

    char  sizestring[20];
    char  enterstring[20];
    char  exitstring[20];
    int   line=0;
    int j;
    int k;
    char**mazearray;
    FILE*file;

And this is my allocation.
mazearray = (char**) malloc(sizeof(char*)*rowsize);

    for(i =0; i<rowsize; ++i)
    {
            mazearray[i]= (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*colsize);
    }

And this is me trying to read from a file and parse the information. I first try to read in 3 lines of strings which contain the information about a maze (Array size, enterance, exit etc.) and then try to fill out the 2d array with the for loop at the bottom.
file = fopen(argv[1],"r");

    if (!file)
    {
            printf("The file is not connected/n");
    }
    while (!feof(file))
    {

            while(line<3)
            {
                    if(line==0)
                    {

                            fgets(sizestring,20,file);
                            sscanf(sizestring,"%d,%d", &colsize, &rowsize);
                            line++;
                    }
                    else if(line ==1)
                    {
                            fgets(enterstring,20,file);
                            sscanf(enterstring,"%d,%d",&colenter, &rowenter);
                            line++;
                    }
                    else if(line ==2)
                    {
                            fgets(exitstring,20,file);
                            sscanf(exitstring, "%d,%d", &colexit, &rowexit);
                            line++;
                    }
            }
            for(j=0; j<rowsize; j++)
            {
                    for(k=0; k<colsize; k++)
                    {
                            fscanf(file,"%c",&mazearray[j][k]);
                    }
            }
    }
    fclose(file);

Again any direction will help. Thanks

A: rowSize and colSize are both zero:
mazearray = (char**) malloc(sizeof(char*)*rowsize);

for(i =0; i<rowsize; ++i)
{
        mazearray[i]= (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*colsize);
}

No bytes will be allocated to mazearray. The for loop will be executed no times.
I see you read in rowSize and colSize from stdin but having read them, you do not allocate your arrays at any point with the new sizes.

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CHESTER, Ellesmere Port and Neston Business Forum held its annual Friends and Family summer social evening with a difference this year.
Strawberries, champagne and samba were the order of the event, with live entertainment including singing group Bellissima, a quiz, prizes and dancing.
On hand were members of samba band Samba Dora who recreated the sounds of Brazil.
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Hubster and I both use this razor, in the shower. After 20+ years of using a venus, their replacement blades became outrageously expensive. I stumbled upon DORCO USA and could not be happier with the quality, prices, and customer service!
Side-note, hubster is right-handed and suffered a construction accident that left his dominant hand with grip issues ... he loves this razor in the shower, even if it is pink, because he can easily control it.
Thank you, Dorco USA, you have made us lifetime customers/clients!
So I bought the combo pack, & made the mistake of trying the 6-blade cartridge before trying this 3-blade cartridge. Don't do that. Use this one first, & then ooh & aah over how well the 6-blade cartridge works. Don't get me wrong, this one shaves well, doesn't leave razor burn or require several strokes over the same area. But I'm also not exactly clearcutting the Amazon here. My hair is plentiful but fine. If yours is too, this is a totally acceptable razor to use. Get in the shower, put on your smug "I paid a fraction of what I would have paid at the grocery store for my razor" smile, & shave away. You'll still have a great time - just not quite as good a time as you would if you were using a 6-blade cartridge.
I had no nicks or bumps from this razor, it seems to rinse out easier that a lot of them and it gets as close as any 3 blade I've tried and costs way less money. The shave doesn't last as long as the 6 blade, but I wouldn't have expected it to. I got one of these for my niece who is just learning to shave too, and she hasn't had any problems.
I like this razor but the super wide face of it makes it really hard to get at certain spots, like the groove in your under arm area that is easily maneuvered around and through with a typical man's style razor. I find myself having to try to get into a crazy position to get my skin to be flat enough to get at that spot- same with backs of knees and a few other areas. (I am ht/wt proportionate- 5'9 and 132#). But I think the blades work well (a good shave otherwise).


To rule it all, and with free choice, Man with his fantastic wife.
Mankind turns bad and God cries out "What have we done?
A righteous man amongst them all, Noah is the one.
"Noah, build a massive boat. Save creation from the flood.
God does not forget His friend, and puts His plan in motion.
Jacob finds he has 12 kids, and favour all to Joseph does he show.
Though he wins out in the end and off to Egypt they all go.
Egypt is great for a wee while, it feeds them all through famine time.
The local folk though treat them harsh, to slavery the Israelites succumb.
He leads God's people free, although their choices still are dumb.
Saul and David, mighty Kings, rule the land and win some wars.
Then they start to fight within, a split occurs, the nation parts.
Neither of them pay much heed, or listen to their loving God.
Prophets come and speak for Him, foretelling many things.
Yet God does not abandon them, He has many plans.
Prophets still do speak and tell of mighty things to come.
Along with three who do not burn, fire proof they seem to be.
They bring a witness of their God, on whom they all rely.
Daniel nearly dies, but has a way with cats and thus he is set free.
Until once more Israel does fall, this time to mighty Rome.
A way foretold by prophets, a way He planned right from start.
Creation holds its breath with joy, waiting for that glorious day.
The day to come when God restores the friendship that was lost.
God loves His friend, longs to be close and He feels that friendship's loss.
To make things right for ever more, He himself will hang upon a cross.


We will embark on our graphic design study abroad program in Japan on the 9th of September 2008. We're studying at Josai International University (Near Narita) for a period of 4 and a half months. Alongside our design studies we will also be learning Japanese. Hope you like our blog!
Today was officially our first day at Josai International University! There were 2 main objectives today. The first was to attend the university`s opening ceremony. The second was to take part in a written Japanese language test to inform the tutors of our Japanese language level.
On the walk to the university this morning I was subjected to Kalvins endless grumblings about having to wear trousers and a blazer in such hot weather! He was right though and by the time we`d reached the university we were pretty uncomfortable.
The ceremony was extremely formal. There was a lot of talking and bowing and lots of important looking people gave speeches. On arrival It felt like we were entering a high-security presedential building. Men in black suits with ear pieces were everywhere. When we left the ceremony we were given a rose and a little boxed lunch which contained some rice and beans and stuff which was nice.
Next was the test. We sat down in a room with about 50 other students (none of whom were English) and were handed 100 questions on a sheet of paper. Trouble was all the questions were written in Japanese. I remember just looking at Kalv and knowing exactly what he was feeling. Our hearts sank, nothing was written in English. The problem with Japanese texts is there are 3 Japanese written languages; Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. Me and Kalv are reasonably comfortable with hiragana and know a bit of katakana. However, unless you know all three you`re pretty stuck because the texts combine all of them. With some questions I was like "hang on, I think i can understand this one" and then there would be a big fat Kanji character that would render the whole sentence meaningless to me.
Ah well, at least we gave it a shot. I guess what this means is that we`ll be put in the lowest class.
I found an internet Cafe!


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.. currentmodule:: machine
.. _machine.UART:

class UART -- duplex serial communication bus
=============================================

UART implements the standard UART/USART duplex serial communications protocol.  At
the physical level it consists of 2 lines: RX and TX.  The unit of communication
is a character (not to be confused with a string character) which can be 8 or 9
bits wide.

UART objects can be created and initialised using::

    from machine import UART

    uart = UART(1, 9600)                         # init with given baudrate
    uart.init(9600, bits=8, parity=None, stop=1) # init with given parameters

Supported parameters differ on a board:

Pyboard: Bits can be 7, 8 or 9. Stop can be 1 or 2. With *parity=None*,
only 8 and 9 bits are supported.  With parity enabled, only 7 and 8 bits
are supported.

WiPy/CC3200: Bits can be 5, 6, 7, 8. Stop can be 1 or 2.

A UART object acts like a `stream` object and reading and writing is done
using the standard stream methods::

    uart.read(10)       # read 10 characters, returns a bytes object
    uart.read()         # read all available characters
    uart.readline()     # read a line
    uart.readinto(buf)  # read and store into the given buffer
    uart.write('abc')   # write the 3 characters

Constructors
------------

.. class:: UART(id, ...)

   Construct a UART object of the given id.

Methods
-------

.. method:: UART.init(baudrate=9600, bits=8, parity=None, stop=1, *, ...)

   Initialise the UART bus with the given parameters:

     - *baudrate* is the clock rate.
     - *bits* is the number of bits per character, 7, 8 or 9.
     - *parity* is the parity, ``None``, 0 (even) or 1 (odd).
     - *stop* is the number of stop bits, 1 or 2.

   Additional keyword-only parameters that may be supported by a port are:

     - *tx* specifies the TX pin to use.
     - *rx* specifies the RX pin to use.
     - *rts* specifies the RTS (output) pin to use for hardware receive flow control.
     - *cts* specifies the CTS (input) pin to use for hardware transmit flow control.
     - *txbuf* specifies the length in characters of the TX buffer.
     - *rxbuf* specifies the length in characters of the RX buffer.
     - *timeout* specifies the time to wait for the first character (in ms).
     - *timeout_char* specifies the time to wait between characters (in ms).
     - *invert* specifies which lines to invert.
     - *flow* specifies which hardware flow control signals to use. The value
       is a bitmask.

         - ``0`` will ignore hardware flow control signals.
         - ``UART.RTS`` will enable receive flow control by using the RTS output pin to
           signal if the receive FIFO has sufficient space to accept more data.
         - ``UART.CTS`` will enable transmit flow control by pausing transmission when the
           CTS input pin signals that the receiver is running low on buffer space.
         - ``UART.RTS | UART.CTS`` will enable both, for full hardware flow control.

   On the WiPy only the following keyword-only parameter is supported:

     - *pins* is a 4 or 2 item list indicating the TX, RX, RTS and CTS pins (in that order).
       Any of the pins can be None if one wants the UART to operate with limited functionality.
       If the RTS pin is given the the RX pin must be given as well. The same applies to CTS.
       When no pins are given, then the default set of TX and RX pins is taken, and hardware
       flow control will be disabled. If *pins* is ``None``, no pin assignment will be made.

.. method:: UART.deinit()

   Turn off the UART bus.

.. method:: UART.any()

   Returns an integer counting the number of characters that can be read without
   blocking.  It will return 0 if there are no characters available and a positive
   number if there are characters.  The method may return 1 even if there is more
   than one character available for reading.

   For more sophisticated querying of available characters use select.poll::

    poll = select.poll()
    poll.register(uart, select.POLLIN)
    poll.poll(timeout)

.. method:: UART.read([nbytes])

   Read characters.  If ``nbytes`` is specified then read at most that many bytes,
   otherwise read as much data as possible. It may return sooner if a timeout
   is reached. The timeout is configurable in the constructor.

   Return value: a bytes object containing the bytes read in.  Returns ``None``
   on timeout.

.. method:: UART.readinto(buf[, nbytes])

   Read bytes into the ``buf``.  If ``nbytes`` is specified then read at most
   that many bytes.  Otherwise, read at most ``len(buf)`` bytes. It may return sooner if a timeout
   is reached. The timeout is configurable in the constructor.

   Return value: number of bytes read and stored into ``buf`` or ``None`` on
   timeout.

.. method:: UART.readline()

   Read a line, ending in a newline character. It may return sooner if a timeout
   is reached. The timeout is configurable in the constructor.

   Return value: the line read or ``None`` on timeout.

.. method:: UART.write(buf)

   Write the buffer of bytes to the bus.

   Return value: number of bytes written or ``None`` on timeout.

.. method:: UART.sendbreak()

   Send a break condition on the bus. This drives the bus low for a duration
   longer than required for a normal transmission of a character.

.. method:: UART.irq(trigger, priority=1, handler=None, wake=machine.IDLE)

   Create a callback to be triggered when data is received on the UART.

       - *trigger* can only be ``UART.RX_ANY``
       - *priority* level of the interrupt. Can take values in the range 1-7.
         Higher values represent higher priorities.
       - *handler* an optional function to be called when new characters arrive.
       - *wake* can only be ``machine.IDLE``.

   .. note::

      The handler will be called whenever any of the following two conditions are met:

          - 8 new characters have been received.
          - At least 1 new character is waiting in the Rx buffer and the Rx line has been
            silent for the duration of 1 complete frame.

      This means that when the handler function is called there will be between 1 to 8
      characters waiting.

   Returns an irq object.

   Availability: WiPy.

Constants
---------

.. data:: UART.RX_ANY

    IRQ trigger sources

    Availability: WiPy.

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An easily grown Geranium with wide spreading low growing stems. Dark bronzish/black leaves bear masses of small round white flowers during the summer months. Prefers a sunny site. A good reliable unusual variety. Flowers from June right through until September. Height 15cm (6″) Spread 60cm (2′).


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Anderson, Grzybowski to meet in runoff
Walter C. Jones
Lee Anderson, the former state representative and one-time congressional nominee, took first place in voting Tuesday for the Republican nomination to an open state Senate seat, forcing him into a runoff with second-place finisher Greg Grzybowski.
Incumbent Sen. Jesse Stone, R-Waynesboro, easily won re-election over challenger Stephen Hammond, 77 percent to 23.
Since no candidate took more than a majority in the eight-county District 24 race, Anderson and Grzybowski will square off again in the July 26 runoff.
The Secretary of State's Web site showed at 11 p.m. that Anderson had 36 percent, and Grzybowski, 19. They were the top two vote getters in a five-person race that included Joe Edge, who got 18 percent, Peter Gibbons, 13 percent, and Pat Goodwin, 14. It's the seat held by Bill Jackson, who is retiring.
Anderson has been a member of the Columbia County School Board and County Commission before election to the Georgia House of Representatives. In 2012, he won a crowded primary to earn the right to face Democratic Congressman John Barrow, only to lose in the general election that year.
"I think it's just people know that I have the experience to be a good senator and be a good servant and not a politician," he said.
Grzybowski has been unsuccessful in his quest for office, losing in 2015 in his try for a seat on the Columbia County Commission.
But that defeat may have helped him in this race, according to Edge, who narrowly lost a spot in the runoff to Grzybowski.
"He had established name ID from when he ran last year," Edge said.
The winner of the Republican runoff will face Democrat Brenda Jordan, who won her nomination Tuesday without opposition.
Stone said his re-election was due to hard work throughout the year, not just during the campaign.
"I tried to stay in touch with my constituents," he said, noting the meetings he participates in across the district, the newsletters and updates on Facebook.
Voters happy with all that contact may not have had any other reason to turn out for the incumbent.
"I don't think there's that much difference on the issues, position-wise, between me and my opponent," Stone said.
The delegation's third senator, Democrat Harold Jones, won without opposition.


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The Askin–Cutler ministry (1965–1968) or First Askin ministry was the 62nd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 32nd Premier, Bob Askin, of the Liberal Party in coalition with the Country Party, led by Charles Cutler. The ministry was the first occasion in the history of Government in New South Wales that the Liberal and Country Party formed a coalition in government. It was also the first of six occasions when Askin was Premier; and when Cutler was Deputy Premier.

Background
Askin was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1950 and served continuously up until 1975, representing variously the seats of Collaroy and Pittwater. Rising through the Liberal Party ranks, Askin served as Deputy Leader from 1954 until he was elected Leader of the NSW Liberal Party and Leader of the NSW Opposition, following the defeat of the Morton/Hughes–led coalition by Cahill's Labor at the 1959 election. Cutler was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly in 1947 and served continuously up until 1975, representing the seat of Orange. Elected Deputy Leader of the Country Party in 1958 and, like Askin, Cutler was elected as leader of his party following the 1959 state election, replacing Davis Hughes. The Askin/Cutler–led Liberal/Country coalition was defeated at the 1962 election by Labor's Bob Heffron. In April 1964 Jack Renshaw replaced Heffron as Leader of the Labor Party and became Premier. Twelve months later, Renshaw called an election held on 13 May 1965; however after 24 years of consecutive Labor governments, Askin and Cutler led the coalition to government at the 1965 state election.

Composition of ministry

This ministry covers the period from 13 May 1965 until 5 March 1968, when Askin and Cutler led the Liberal/Country coalition to a second term at the 1968 state election, defeating Labor, again led by Jack Renshaw.

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1964–1967
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1967–1970

References

New South Wales ministries
1965 establishments in Australia
1968 disestablishments in Australia

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Here's why the Bay Area has yet to see terrible air quality this fire season — and when that could change
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Kellie Hwang
Sep. 16, 2021 Updated: June 23, 2022 9:15 a.m.
Beachgoers enjoy Crane Cove Park in San Francisco on Sept. 6. Air quality in the Bay Area has been better so far this fire season than last.
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So far this year, the Bay Area is breathing easier than last fire season, with air quality benefiting from a combination of weather, wind and more-distant wildfires — though with conditions ripe for new major blazes in California, the region's fortunes could quickly change in coming months, experts warn.
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At this time last year, smoke from massive lightning-sparked blazes in and around the Bay Area choked the air. Smoke from wildfires as far away as Oregon and Washington also made its way down to Northern California, helping turn the sky orange on one very unsettling day.
By Sept. 16, Spare the Air alerts indicating unhealthy pollution levels had stretched for a record 30 consecutive days — triggered by the PM2.5 fine particles found in wildfire smoke.
By the end of 2020, the region had recorded 52 Spare the Air days, according to Aaron Richardson of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Fast-forward to 2021: Even as the Dixie Fire nears 1 million acres across five northeastern counties and the Caldor Fire continues to burn near Tahoe, the Bay Area's air quality hasn't been nearly as bad yet. The region has recorded 13 Spare the Air days so far — some due to an uptick in ozone rather than smoke, Richardson said.
The Air Quality Index — a measurement system from 0 to 500 divided into five color-coded ranges — tells a similar story. According to Richardson, the highest 24-hour average PM2.5 concentration reading for 2021 in the Bay Area so far was 124, in the index's orange "unhealthy for sensitive groups" level, on Aug. 28 at a San Jose monitoring station. Last year, the highest reading was 218, in the purple "very unhealthy" range, on Sept. 11 at an Oakland station.
According to data from the Environmental Protection Agency, daily AQI values this year have mostly stayed in the good (green) and moderate (yellow) range for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region, though they crept into the orange zone in late August.
The PM2.5 daily AQI levels so far in 2021 for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area.
Experts said the noticeable air quality improvement this year highlights the extreme effects of the huge wildfires that ringed the region last year, spawned by a rare "lightning siege," with thousands of dry lightning strikes igniting fires that merged into complexes.
The result was "a lot of fires right near us to the north, south and east," and the smoke didn't have to travel far to make a dramatic impact, said John Balmes, a professor of medicine at UCSF and environmental health sciences at UC Berkeley.
Balmes said for much of the year, winds in the Bay Area travel from west to east, which "protects us from fires elsewhere, especially to the east." But last year, offshore winds blowing from land toward the ocean pushed a lot of smoke into the region, including from giant wildfires in Oregon and Washington in early September — helping produce the eerie orange skies on Sept. 9.
The day the sky turned orange: Sept. 9, 2020.
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This year, the largest wildfires have been well outside the Bay Area, and offshore wind events have been rare, according to Eleanor Dhuyvetter, a meteorologist with the Bay Area office of the National Weather Service.
She added that onshore winds from the Pacific have helped keep smoke elevated — so that while skies may appear hazy, the air people breathe has been relatively clean.
"Onshore winds pick up in the afternoon at pretty breezy speeds that keep the air really clear at the surface so there is no stagnant smoke," she said.
Additionally this summer, Richardson said the Bay Area has benefited from a strong marine layer and fog, which "helps keep the smoke above us."
But the fall season is when the offshore winds, known as the Diablo winds in Northern California, arrive. The risk of wildfire continues through October and sometimes November, and the powerful winds can not only spread blazes but also carry smoke into the Bay Area.
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Diablo winds could reach the Bay Area beginning Sunday night into Monday morning, and again on Monday night into Tuesday, according to David King, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
"It's still a bit of a low confidence forecast," he said, adding: "But it actually looks like it's going to be coming fairly soon."
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The Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California history, brought thick smoke into the Bay Area in November 2018, with AQI levels reaching unhealthy and very unhealthy levels. The Wine Country wildfires in October 2017 also resulted in a stretch of unhealthy air for Bay Area residents.
Moving into the fall season, Dhuyvetter said, more offshore wind events could set the Bay Area up for decreasing air quality, especially if large wildfires ignite in the periphery of the Bay Area.
Chronicle staff writer Annie Vainshtein contributed to this report.
Kellie Hwang is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kellie.hwang@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @KellieHwang
Kellie Hwang is the engagement reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. Before returning to the Bay Area, she held roles as transportation reporter and trending news reporter at the IndyStar in Indianapolis. Previously, Kellie covered dining news and trends, visual arts, events and nightlife for the Arizona Republic, and freelanced for the former Contra Costa Times. Kellie also serves as co-director of the Asian American Journalists Association Features Forum. She is a University of Washington graduate.


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This is my absolute favorite scene from one of my all-time favorite films. Poor Clarence has to tell George the worst possible news... because he was never born, Mary is now an employed old-maid. That's right, being a single, working woman is a fate so horrible, not even an angel sent from God can stomach the truth.
She's just about to close up the library! Classic.


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Understanding Puerto Rican cuisine requires a brief review of the island's history: Indigenous inhabitants subsisted on corn, seafood and tropical fruit, until the Spaniards showed up with beef, pork, Spanish spices ... and African slaves, who added root crops, okra and fried foods into the mix. Americans and Europeans added pasta, bacon and other items. These ingredients all find a place in modern-day Puerto Rican cuisine, which is on its way to the Old Pueblo in the form of El Coqui, a restaurant under construction on the corner of 22nd Street and Craycroft Road. No word yet on when it'll open; we'll keep you posted.
The Greek Festival is a wonderful thing to eat your way across. Start off with gyros drizzled with tzatziki sauce before working your way to the bottom of a plate of baklava, koulourakia cookies and other delights. Top it off with a Greek beer or a glass of ouzo, and you'll be feeling finer than the white sands of a Zakynthos beach. The event will be held at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (1145 E. Fort Lowell Road; 888-0505) from Thursday, Sept. 24, through Sunday, Sept. 27. Admission is $3 per day; various discounts are available. Call or visit www.stdemtucson.org for more information.
Cupcakes, a Scottsdale shop that specializes in, yep, cupcakes, is opening a store in Tucson, according to the store's Web site, www.gotcupcakes.com. A look at the menu showed all sorts of interesting creations, such as peanut-butter-and-jelly and mimosa cupcakes, and a dog-friendly sweet called the "pee wee." The store is set to open in the Crossroads Festival Shopping Center (4811 E. Grant Road) sometime next month.
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AUSTIN, Texas - Texas has ordered a recall of all products ever shipped from a now-closed Peanut Corp. of America plant in Plainview amid a nationwide salmonella outbreak.
The order came Thursday evening from the Department of State Health Services. The agency says "dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers" were discovered Wednesday in a crawl space above a production area.
A state inspection also found that the unit's air handling system was pulling debris from the infested crawl space into production areas.
The plant began operating in March 2005 but was shut down earlier this week.
The health department order also requires the plant to stop producing and distributing food products.


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Jean-Paul Gagnon: What is 'seachange' and where in the world is this happening?
Nicholas Osbaldiston: This is an important question and one that deserves teasing out. For one, the phenomenon of seachange involves a type of urban and suburban escapism. In particular, it's the movement of people, across a number of countries in mainly the developed world, who have become disaffected with the environment they live in within the confines of the metropolis into regions traditionally left behind in the progress of modernisation.
Now the fundamentals of the movement were once aligned to other collective attempts at alternative styles of consumption and lifestyle, such as voluntary simplicity (Elgin 1981), downshifting (Schor 1998; Hamilton 2003) and some of the slow movements (Parkins and Craig 2006). Seachange was not just a physical shift but also an individual shift in ideas, values and conceptions about the 'good life'. Often people who undertook a seachange completely transformed careers, consumption habits and social relations. For instance, I have talked through my years researching the topic to people who were once high flyers (career-wise) in major capital cities that in their new regional location started cafes, restaurants, boutiques, life-coaching and bed and breakfast accommodation. The transformation was very much attuned to this idea of 'seachanging' one's entire life through geographical location.
As the movement has grown older however, these foundations have been lost through a process of marketing and mass public interest. Nowadays, at least here in Australia, you often hear of people performing a 'seachange' but it is understood as simply a shift towards the coast; hence why researchers and real estate specialists now refer to the movement towards the country/bush as 'treechange'. The movement was never merely about an escape from the city to the beach to live the lap of luxury. It was originally designated as a genuine attempt to recover something lost in the messy social world we embrace in urban/suburban social life. Furthermore, it was never something entertained solely by the middle classes. However now, it would seem that seachange is predominantly a middle class phenomenon. This is evident in the work of Michaela Benson (2012) (amongst others) who wrote an exquisite ethnographic account of what the Europeans call 'lifestyle migration' in her book The British in rural France: Lifestyle migration and the ongoing search for a better way of life.
JPG: What are the major political implications of this shift?
NO: This is more difficult to answer because there are really in my view two effects of seachange upon the political landscape. Firstly, there is the broader cultural disaffection with consumption from which the movement was first instigated. The ideas here are not too distinct from downshifting, voluntary simplicity, slow food, slow cities and simple living. It is founded upon not just a disdain for city/suburban life (though that is a major component of it), but also a cultural narrative that speaks to a popular rhetoric of 'there must be something more to life than this'. In particular, there is a narrative that threads through these movements including the first forms of seachanging which makes the argument that a consumption focussed lifestyle is one that does not lead to happiness and success. Rather, consumption practices need to be altered either through food, place, services and travel in order to capture something more meaningful that feeds directly into one's sense of self. I argue in my forthcoming book Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture and Self that such transformation is really an exercise in self-authentication; a process by which the individual can remove themselves from those things which he/she deem to be profaning the self to those activities and environments which enhance the self. Politically speaking, when collectives begin to resist the pull of mass consumerism, this creates a potential for a more ethical and environmentally sustainable future. Indeed others have argued this point such as Kate Soper's (2007) 'alternative hedonism' arguments and Wendy Parkins and Geoffrey Craig's (2006) book Slow Living. In both instances, the theoretical position is that through alternative practices of consumption, individuals themselves can in fact choose lifestyle and consumption options that are more sustainable in the long term while also enhancing their own sense of self. Martin Ryle and Kate Soper for instance discuss this in an upcoming chapter in the edited book The Culture of the Slow (Osbaldiston, in press) whereby they contend that the relatively fresh reuptake of bicycle transportation provides the State with the opportunity to reduce traffic pollution, congestion and other issues while also delivering a pleasurable experience for the individual. The same tenets potentially apply to slow food, slow travel, slow cities and even seachange wherein people are able to experience more distinct pleasures than what are found in the general malaise of everyday life.
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