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Competitive imbalance
Some National League teams are (much) better than others
The 2016 American League preview can be found here.
Admission: Every time I hear people seriously talking again about adding the designated hitter to the National League, I can't help but think: "Is this still a thing?" Here's the reason: I know a lot of people who love National League teams, and I can't think of one who wants to add the DH. Not one.
At the same time, I know a lot of American League fans — many more because I have lived most of my life in American League cities — and while I think most of them are perfectly content with the designated hitter, there are actually a few purists among them who wish that the AL would drop the DH.
In other words: I have no idea where the momentum for adding the DH even begins. Is there an underground movement of DH-loving National League fans that I just don't know about?
As I wrote in my AL version of the previews, the DH is the last wall between the two leagues. If the NL did add the designated hitter, then there is no persuasive reason I can see to keep them as two leagues. Maybe it would be a good thing for baseball, which has become such a regional sport, to go to an Eastern and Western Conference, like in the NBA. I know there are a lot of people around the game who believe that.
Maybe. But best I can tell, National League fans, in general, believe the non-DH version of the game is "purer" and creates a nicer rhythm to the games. American League fans, in general, believe that watching the pitcher hit is boring and prefer watching, say, David Ortiz. I don't see much energy in the efforts to change that.
I used to write an annual column in Kansas City called "Why the Royals will win." It was never right, but I wrote it because every team's fans deserve hope on Opening Day. This is an extension of that column — I write why every team will win in 2015. I will admit up front: This was a much harder challenge in the NL. Speaking realistically: There or five or six teams in the NL that have a chance to lose 100 games.
National League East
Favorite: Mets seems to be the favorite of most.
Contenders: Nationals.
1. The Mets will win because …
… rotation, rotation, rotation.
By the end of 2015, the Mets had turned into a pretty good offensive team. It didn't look that way early, but then Lucas Duda got hot (mashing 15 homers in the last 41 games) and Wilmer Flores emerged (hitting .300 with some power the last couple of months) and the Mets acquired Yoenis Cespedes, who was so good he actually got MVP votes for two months' work. David Wright also returned from injury and seemed to be finding a bit of his old form.
All those guys are back along with middle infield additions of Neil Walker and Asdrubal Cabrera — this team will score enough runs.
Then again, this team won't need many runs, not with that now familiar power-arm rotation of Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz (with the mega-talented Zack Wheeler coming off Tommy John surgery). While several American League teams are following the Kansas City Royals strategy of backloading their best pitchers for the late innings, the Mets go old school, proving that having the better starting pitcher out there night after night is a pretty good strategy for winning a pennant.
All of those pitchers are young enough that they should be better this year. Scary stuff — of course the Mets will win.
2. The Nationals will win because …
… this year they will stay healthy and together.
The Nationals were overwhelming favorites coming into the 2015 season. I have a friend who is a huge Nationals fan, and he had his office do a poll predicting how many games Washington would win. The most pessimistic choice was 90 wins. That was if EVERYTHING went wrong.
Well, as former Royals manager Buddy Bell once said during a bad spell, "I never say it can't get worse." The Nationals were a sitcom of blunders, injuries and a wide variety of choking. They wasted one of the great offensive seasons of the last decade by Bryce Harper. They wasted the superb pitching (for the most part) of Max Scherzer. They were already under-performing when they made the disastrous trade for Jonathan Papelbon, which led to the all-too-predictable collapse from within.
But all that can distract us from something that is easy to miss: This Nationals team STILL is loaded with talent. Harper is only 23 years old; he might be even better in 2016 if that's possible. Anthony Rendon, Ryan Zimmerman and Stephen Strasburg all missed a huge chunk of the season with injuries. They're all healthy now.
Also, Daniel Murphy. They got Daniel Murphy. Remember how he turned into Babe Ruth last October?
Last year, the Nationals' manager was Matt Williams, and he looked on edge more or less every minute of every game. Now, the manager is Dusty "I'm too old to worry" Baker. With a looser clubhouse and fewer injuries, the Nationals will be unstoppable.
3. The Marlins will win because …
… every decade, at some point, they just do.
I don't normally give out fantasy advice because I am terrible at such games and don't know very much — but Wei-Yin Chen might be the sleeper you are looking for. Chen was a four-WAR pitcher last year in Baltimore. That was in the hard-hitting American League East while pitching half his games in hitter-friendly Camden Yards. Put him in Miami, with a happier ballpark for pitchers, with few designated hitters to worry about, I think he's up for a big year.
And in doing that, he leads a rotation that will be really good. Jose Fernandez will be limited coming off injury, but when he pitches, he dominates. Young Adam Conley wowed them in spring training. And so on.
And then you look at the offense — this is the year that Giancarlo Stanton hits 50 homers (don't tell me about his wrist injury), and young Christian Yelich hit .300 last year and Dee Gordon will be a force again. And the Marlins win the World Series and then, quickly, tear the team apart and start over. It's just what the Marlins do.
4. The Philadelphia Phillies will win because …
… miracles happen.
They do happen. Look around you. Trees are a miracle, am I right? The flowers. Miracles happen every day you know, and I'm totally not fooling you with this bit, am I? You know that I'm rolling snake eyes in my effort to come up with a Phillies winning season.
The Phillies really do have some promising young pitching, led by Vincent Velasquez, who has one of the best young arms in the game, and Jerad Eickhoff, who has good breaking stuff and has made huge leaps forward. The Phillies really do have one of the best prospects in the game in shortstop J.P. Crawford, who some compare to former Phillies great Jimmy Rollins but others say matches up well with Cleveland's superb young star Francisco Lindor. Philadelphia will take either version.
There is some progress forward but, look, it will take a while to dig out from the extraordinary mess that was left behind after the Phillies tried to extend their late 2000s dominance for too long. They still owe Ryan Howard $35 million, sort of a parting gift from the past. But at least, they are digging their way out.
And, in all seriousness, miracles do happen. If there's one thing we have seen in baseball the last few years, it is that young teams can develop more quickly than expected. So that's the hope for 2016 and beyond in Philadelphia.
5. The Atlanta Braves will win because …
… those guys in the movie "Major League" won.
The Braves are not trying to win. They are in fact trying, quite hard, to lose and lose and lose and then build a new, super team out of the ashes. That shining team of the future will play in a sparkly new ballpark in the suburbs with microbrews raised and local superstar Dansby Swanson at short. It will be so much fun.
This team meanwhile is built to be very bad, with poor Freddie Freeman playing the role of cheery veteran who keeps things positive (well, not so poor — he did sign an eight-year, $135 million deal).
And as mentioned, this strategy did work in "Major League" and if A.J. Pierzynski can be the Tom Berenger old catcher with one more year in him, if Ender Inciarte can be Willie Mays Hayes, if Hector Olivera can hit the fastball good like Pedro Cerrano … well, we've seen that work before.
Naitonal League Central
Favorites: Cubs. Wait, the Cubs?
Contenders: Cardinals and Pirates.
1. The Chicago Cubs will win because …
… this is the year. Really, no, come back here. This is the year. It is. Stop laughing. This is the year.
Even Cubs fans don't want anymore hype on this team. They are loaded. This is the year.
2. The St. Louis Cardinals will win because …
… they're the St. Louis Cardinals and they always win.
I happen to be friends with numerous Cardinals fans and the word I would use for them this off-season is "bemused." That's such a good word. It means "bewildered or puzzled" but there's a touch of amusement in the confusion. Cardinals fans have had such a good time watching Chicago Cubs fans try to kick the football Charlie Brown style. I have one friend who keeps a long list of her favorite Cubs fiascos.
Now, though, it seems to me Cardinals fans are both:
A. Aware that these Cubs are super-talented and are worried that they will actually win a World Series.
B. Fairly certain that this attempt to kick the football will end up comically like all the other ones.
The Cardinals Way — if I might use that controversial term — is so overpowering that even when the Cardinals lose Jason Heyward and John Lackey to free agency and even when star pitcher Lance Lynn has to have Tommy John surgery, they somehow still put a near flawless team on the field. The Cardinals have that fantastic blend of old and new — with Yadier Molina, Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter representing the old, and Stephen Piscotty, Randal Grichuk, and Kolten Wong representing the new.
Lynn's injury is trumped by the return of Adam Wainwright. Lackey's role will be played by Mike Leake, a sound and underrated pitcher. The bullpen continues to throw very fast fastballs. The Cubs owned the offseason but as Cubs general manager Theo Epstein himself has said many times, nobody wins anything in December. The season begins. And baseball seasons belong to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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3. The Pittsburgh Pirates will win because …
… we are family.
If you have been only semi-paying attention to baseball, you might not know that the Pirates have made the playoffs each of the last three years and had a significantly better record last year (98-64) than the San Francisco Giants did in any of their three World Series championship years.
The Pirates' secret is this: They're better than you think. Everybody knows by now about the awesomeness of center fielder Andrew McCutchen but it was easy to miss that, by wins above replacement, Starling Marte was even better last year. Everybody knows by now that young Gerrit Cole is turning into one of the league's best pitchers, so it's easy to miss that veteran Francisco Liriano is pretty amazing himself.
Third baseman Jung Ho Kang came from South Korea and was an impactful third baseman as a rookie last year. Gregory Polanco is 24 years old and, in his brief time in the big leagues, he has flashed power and speed. Mark Melancon is a much-traveled pitcher without a huge fastball, but that didn't prevent him from leading the league with 51 saves last year.
And there are some big arms like Tyler Glasnow on the way.
In Pittsburgh, I sense, nobody really wants the rest of America to figure out that the Pirates are actually a fantastic team.
4. The Cincinnati Reds will win because …
… it's the 40th anniversary of the Big Red Machine's greatest triumph.
In 1976, the Cincnnati Reds led the National League in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The Reds led the league in doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases and walks. It was perhaps the most versatile offensive team ever. The Reds scored 87 more runs than any other team in the league and, after stomping to a 10-game victory in their division, they swept the Pirates in the playoffs, then swept the Yankees in the World Series.
I'm doing that stalling thing again, aren't I?
The Reds will win this year because their veterans — Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce and so on — will all have big years and young pitchers like former Royals John Lamb and Brandon Finnegan will develop quickly and the whole team will be inspired by all the 40th-anniversary celebrations. That's the best I have.
A quick word about Joey Votto: The Reds still owe him $192 million on a contract that will go out well into the second term of President Trump, and that will undoubtdly be an albatross around some team's neck, presumably the Reds. But for now, Votto will remind us every now and again just how awesome he really is. In the second half last year, Votto hit .363, slugged .617 and, most remarkably, had a .535 on-base percentage.
Those are bulked-up Barry Bonds numbers.
5. The Milwaukee Brewers will win because …
… it will serve them right for trying so hard NOT to win.
The Brewers hired former Astros assistant general manager David Stearns presumably to help them do what the Astros did: Lose a lot of games and then lose a lot more games and then lose even more games after that … and then be really good.
It's a cynical formula, but hey, winning is a cynical business. The Brewers still owe more than $100 million to the already-fading Ryan Braun, so that's one thing they will have to deal with. They need to stall for time while some of their prospects, led by superb shortstop Orlando Arcia, develop and become established big league players. And they need to add a lot more talent to the system.
And this year is a stopgap — they got veterans like Aaron Hill and Chris Carter and Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Chase Anderson to sort of hold down the fort until then. I am being outrageously optimistic in these previews, but Milwaukee does not want optimism. Milwaukee wants high draft picks. The Brewers should get their wish.
Favorites: Dodgers or Giants, a toss-up.
Contender: Arizona.
1. The San Francisco Giants will win because …
… It's an even year.
With the Giants, I don't even look anymore to see if their moves make sense. They give Barry Zito an outrageous contract — they win the World Series. They give big money to Aubrey Huff — they win the World Series. They sign the aging Hunter Pence to a gargantuan deal — they win the World Series.
So it doesn't even matter if I think Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija were massive overpays. It doesn't matter that their entire outfield is filled with 30-somethings. It doesn't matter because they are the Giants, and they know black magic, and when the years are even, they shall reign supreme.
In all seriousness, though, this is a pretty fantastic team. Cueto and Samardija might not be great in five or six years when their contracts run out, but they should be awfully good in 2016, and teamed with Madison Bumgarner, that's a pretty great rotation. The offense was fifth in the league in runs last year and Denard Span should make them better. The bullpen in San Francisco always just works.
And one final word about catcher Buster Posey: Is it even possible to be more majestic? Year after year, game after game, he hits his .300-plus, cracks out his 20 or so homers, drives in his 90-100 runs, plays his good-to-excellent defense, and is just positive every single day. He's the guy you wish was your best friend. He's like baseball's version of the Big Man on Campus. If the Rocky Mountains were a baseball player, they'd be Buster Posey.
2. The Los Angeles Dodgers will win because …
… talent and stuff.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have something like a $253 million payroll … and they will still have the likely rookie of the year with Corey Seager at shortstop. They also have probably the best pitching left-handed prospect in the game in Julio Urias, and they have one of the better right-handed pitching prospects in the game in Jose De Leon. It doesn't seem right to have all that money and all that big league talent and also have the best minor-league system in the game.
Of course, the Dodgers have had a lot of talent for a while now and have not been to the World Series since 1988. Many thought the problem was manager Don Mattingly and while I'm skeptical of that, well, maybe Dave Roberts is a difference-maker.
I do know this: When you start with the best pitcher on planet Earth in Clayton Kershaw, throw in the offensive firepower of Yasiel Puig and Adrian Gonzalez and close it all out with the all-but-unhittable Kenley Janson, yeah, you are in a pretty good position to win. Only a few things have to go right after that. This will be the year it all goes right in Los Angeles.
3. The Arizona Diamondbacks will win because …
… they were actually good BEFORE they made their big moves.
Every so often you will see a team try to skip ahead in line by signing a couple of big-name free agents or by making a massive deal. It rarely works. The reason it rarely works is because the teams almost always miscalculate their timing. They make moves BEFORE the team is really ready to compete. They think they are one or two players away from contention when, in fact, they are not.
The Diamondbacks are different. This was a young, impressive team BEFORE signing Zack Greinke and trading for Shelby Miller. Paul Goldschmidt is one of the top five players in baseball. The entire lineup that finished second in the league in runs last year was made up of 20-somethings and the bullpen has a lot of nice pieces.
Now you add in the remarkable Greinke and potentially the best No. 2 starter in the league in Miller and … wow.
Note: Even in an overtly-positive preview like this one, you cannot ignore the unfortunate injury suffered by center fielder A.J. Pollock, one of the best players in the league. It stinks. And it hurts. Let's hope he returns soon.
One final word on Miller's 2015 season: The guy lost SEVENTEEN games for the Braves even though he had a 3.02 ERA. He had a 124 ERA+ — meaning his ERA, when you consider ballpark factors and such, was roughly 24 percent better than the league average — and still finished 6-17. No pitcher in the last 75 years has had comparably bad luck when it comes to wins and losses.
How did it happen?
April 30: 7 innings, two earned runs, loss.
May 28: 7 innings, one earned run, loss.
June 18: 5 2/3 innings, one earned run, loss.
July 19: 6 innings, one earned run, loss.
And so on. From May 28 to September 27, Miller went 0-16 despite making 13 quality starts. That's one bad team you've got around you, pal. He must feel like he's gone to heaven.
4. The San Diego Padres will win because …
… San Diego deserves a break.
As a Clevelander, I think I know a little something about sports heartbreak. But you know what? San Diego is a wildly underrated market for sports pain. Maybe it's because we're talking about, you know, San Diego and they have the weather and the beaches and the beautiful people.
But from a sports perspective, look: The Chargers have been to one Super Bowl and they got demolished. The San Diego Padres have been to two World Series and they got demolished. The San Diego Clippers were SO bad that when they left nobody cared. Sure, San Diegans can wash away their sorrows by drinking Mai Tais and getting tan and catching some waves. But it's still a lousy sports existence.
This year's Padres team will win because, um, OK, so the rotation could be good. Tyson Ross has quietly developed into a very good pitcher, and James Shields still has something left. The offense, well, Matt Kemp stayed healthy and had a nice year last year and Will Myers, if he stays healthy, can really hit and Fernando Rodney, um, he might be good again.
I'm stretching. I feel your pain, San Diego. I do.
5. The Colorado Rockies will win because …
… there's something in the water in Colorado. That's what the Coors commercials say.
Can we talk for a minute about Nolan Arenado, the Rockies third baseman. That guy is Spiderman. Last year, he hit 42 homers, drove in 130 runs and that wasn't even the most special part of his season — his defense is ridiculous. Do youself a favor and, when you have a moment during this baseball season, just wander over to the Rockies' video page to see if there's video of Arenado making a play. I'm currently writing a book about Harry Houdini and, from what I can tell, watching Arenado make some of those plays down the line and in foul ground is like watching Houdini escape from a strait jacket.
As for the rest of the team, you know, Carlos Gonzalez hit 40 homers last year and Charlie Blackmon stole 43 bases and as far as the rotation goes well, someone has to throw the pitch so that hitters can rifle shots down the third base line so that Arenado can perform magic.
Joe Posnanski
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The Fox on the Fairway is a comedy by Ken Ludwig that premiered at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, in 2010. It concerns the goings-on at a private country club.

Plot summary
Following the Tony-nominated revival of Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway, Ken Ludwig's new play, A Fox On the Fairway, debuted at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C. on October 19, 2010. A tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics.

Productions and reviews
The play premiered at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, in October 2010. Directed by John Rando, the cast featured Jeff McCarthy, Holly Twyford and Andrew Long. The play was described by the Washington Post critic Peter Marks as "Ludwig's tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s". Peter Marks found the plot mechanical and the play too full of "shamelessly recycled sex, sports and alcohol jokes." Paul Harris called it "a manic race to the intellectual depths propelled by a nonsensical tale of greed, love and stupidity."

The second production was presented at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey, running from March 22, 2011 (previews) to April 22. Directed by David Saint, the cast featured Amy Hohn, Michael Mastro, Peter Scolari, Mary Testa, Reggie Gowland and Lisa McCormick. This production received a more positive reaction by the critics. Michael Summers found "plenty of bright spots", although he also bemoaned a mechanical plot. Peter Filichia described it as "phenomenally funny" and thought it better than Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor.

The third production was mounted in March, 2012 at Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Florida.  Chris Silk in the Naples Daily News said, "Gulfshore Playhouse knocked one straight off the tee and hit a hole in one Friday. Farce 'The Fox on the Fairway,' which mixes golf, romance and fashion keeps the audience in stitches. Pitching wedges, drivers, putters and nine irons - golf was never so much fun."

A production was mounted in May 2012 at The Aurora Theatre, a professional theatre in Lawrenceville, GA. Bert Osborne in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said, "Aurora's 'Fairway' stays the course most amusingly"

References

2010 plays
Plays by Ken Ludwig
Comedy plays

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Dr Martin Roberts: "If Madeleine's pyjamas had not, in fact, been abducted then neither had Madeleine McCann."
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By Dr Martin Roberts
As published in the Telegraph
In the very nearly nine years since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and the eight since the parents had their arguido status formally withdrawn, one simple question has passed publicly unanswered, probably because the answer appears obvious and the question therefore not worth the asking. I shall ask it nevertheless:
Who took the McCanns' 'official photograph' of Madeleine's pyjamas?
The image in question was 'released' to the world's media in the late afternoon of 10 May, 2007, following a press conference that day. It was no doubt assumed by many that, since the PJ released the photographs (there is more than one), the PJ themselves must have taken them. Yet a film distributor who arranges the release of a 'blockbuster' is hardly likely to have spent the previous months/years actually doing the filming.
With this seed of doubt in mind, one might consider what the PJ did with their photograph(s), adhering all the while to the worldwide practice, among law enforcement agencies, of 'continuity', whereby the progress of evidence through the system, in whichever direction, is recorded at each step along the way. Whereabouts, then, did they file this particular 'diligence' of theirs?
Within the relevant Forensic report (23 November 2007) are references to the following images, together with cognate views of a pair of pyjama trousers:
A far cry from earlier publicised representations you will admit.
Why on earth should the PJ have seemingly undertaken the same photographic work twice, involving two quite different sets of pyjamas?
The forensic record (of garments correctly pictured alongside a scaling reference, i.e. a ruler) is that of a pair of pyjamas supplied on request by M&S (UK), afterwards forwarded to the Forensic Laboratory in Lisbon by Goncalo Amaral, together with a covering letter dated 7 June. It has nothing whatever to do with the official photograph released in early May. In fact the clothing pictured has more in common with that featured in the retailer's own contemporary stock photograph, a copy of which was sent to the Algarve Resident, again on request, and which the 'Resident' published on 8 May - two days before the official release.
As published by the Algarve Resident
During a press call at the Amsterdam Hilton, on 7 June, Kate McCann took pains to explain that the pyjamas being exhibited at that time were in fact Amelie's, and that Madeleine's were not only bigger but did not feature a button-fastening t-shirt. Only a couple of days earlier the same pyjamas, again described as 'Amelies' and 'a little bit smaller', were presented on 'Crimewatch', but without reference to the button discrepancy.
It stands to reason of course, that, Madeleine McCann's pyjamas having been abducted, a surrogate pair would have been required for photographic purposes, in the event of there being no extant photographic record of the clothing in question. But appropriate photographs were to hand. They already existed. One version, as we have seen, was published by the Algarve Resident, another by the BBC. The McCanns' 'official' version was consistent with neither of these. With the PJ yet to physically access a representative set of pyjamas, why should they have been called upon to photograph anything else for immediate release?
There is no record of their having done so. Ergo they did not. So who did? And where did the pyjamas come from that enabled them to do it?
Addressing the second of these questions first, the garments featured in the PJ release cannot have come from M&S locally, since all their Portuguese branches had been closed years before. Had they come from M&S in the UK they would obviously have resembled the pair sent to (and genuinely photographed by) the PJ. A pointer to their origin is, however, to be found within the case files.
Alongside a suite of photographs taken at Lagos Marina by Kate McCann is an introductory memo, written by DC Markley of Leicester Police on or about the 8 May and headed up, 'Information from the Family'. Here also one finds the only copy (in black and white) of the McCanns' official photograph of Madeleine's pyjamas (Outros Apensos Vol. II - Apenso VIII, p.342). Rather than its being a PJ production, afterwards passed to the McCanns, it seems the photograph was actually a McCann production fed to the PJ, an observation wholly concordant with the fact that it was actually the McCanns who first revealed this photograph to the press, on Monday 7 May, three days before the PJ released it (as reported by Ian Herbert, the Independent, 11.5.07).
Any illusion that the image in question was the result of a McCann representative's commissioning their own studio photograph of 'off-the-shelf' UK merchandise may soon be dispelled. It is an amateur snapshot. Taken in ambient (day) light, against a coloured (as opposed to neutral) background, it is slightly out of focus and displays detectable signs of parallax. It is not something even a journeyman professional would admit to.
And yet, bold as brass, it represents 'information from the family'.
Perhaps it was produced by a member of the McCann entourage that descended on Praia da Luz over the long weekend 4-6 May? Then again, perhaps not. As Kate McCann explains in her book, 'madeleine' (p.109):
"Everyone had felt helpless at home and had rushed out to Portugal to take care of us and to do what they could to find Madeleine. When they arrived, to their dismay they felt just as helpless – perhaps more so, having made the trip in the hope of achieving something only to discover it was not within their power in Luz any more than it had been in the UK."
On Kate McCann's own admission, to a House of Commons committee no less, neither she nor husband Gerry were any more capable of keeping cool under fire during this time. Having earlier (August 2007) told her Pal, Jon Corner, "the first few days.…you have total physical shutdown", she went on to advise the House that, despite being medically trained, she and her husband "couldn't function" (John Bingham, the Telegraph, 13.6.2011).
Well someone on the McCann side of the fence managed to function in time for the parents to appear before the media on 7 May with a photograph that, so far, no-one seems to have taken, and of clothing which, other things being equal, ought not even to have existed anywhere inside Portugal, except, perhaps, in the clutches of a fugitive abductor. But, of course, other things are anything but equal.
Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis
A month after the world's media were first shown a picture of something resembling Madeleine McCann's 'Eeyore pyjamas', a real set was being touted around Europe. Described by Kate McCann as 'Amelie's' and being 'a little bit smaller', they were held aloft for the assembled press brigade, without any one of them questioning the pyjamas' origins either. Being 'Amelie's' was quite enough, apparently, to justify their also being in the McCanns' possession at the time. Since when though? Gerry McCann did not return home to Leicester from Praia da Luz until 21 May, time enough for him to have raided his daughter's wardrobe for something he might need on his European travels, but way too late to have met any 7/10 May deadlines.
It seems, then, as if the two ingredients required to achieve an earlier photograph of 'Madeleine's' pyjamas (the photographer and the subject) were both missing. So how was it done?
What at first appears to be a riddle is soon solved when one realises that the pair of pyjamas which accompanied the McCanns around Europe was the very same pair that starred in their 'official photograph' taken earlier. Kate McCann took public ownership of them before the television cameras the moment she referred to them as 'Amelie's'. On close inspection these pyjamas (Amelie's) are revealed as identical to the pair previously pictured in both the Daily Mail (10.5.07) and the Telegraph (see top of page here), down to the stray threads dangling from both upper and lower garments. This means that 'Amelie's pyjamas', for want of a better description, were also present with the McCanns since the start of their Algarve holiday.
As published by the Daily Mail
Suddenly the question ceases to be 'Who photographed a representative pair of Eeyore pyjamas?' and becomes, instead, 'Who photographed Amelie's pyjamas?' Furthermore, if everyone was feeling so shell-shocked as to render them incapable from the Friday, when did they have the presence of mind to take the requisite pictures?
We begin to edge toward a sinister conclusion once we take particular account of the literal background against which these particular pyjamas were photographed.
A coarse woven tale
Unlike the various studio renditions of Eeyore pyjamas to which we have been introduced, the McCann's official photograph(s), versions of which were published by both the PJ and the UK media, present the subject laid out against a blue textile, rather than the more customary piece of artist's board. This blue upholstery, for that is unquestionably what it is, helps define who, among the Tapas 9, might have been the photographer.
The Paynes, the Oldfields and the O'Briens can be ruled out. Only the Payne's apartment incorporated any soft furnishings in blue, but of a different quality to the plain open-weave material on display here. During the early morning of Friday 4 May, 2007, the McCanns were re-located to alternative accommodation in apartment 4G - another in which blue soft furnishings were conspicuous by their absence (it was appointed in beige throughout).* Added to which the concern, lest we forget, is with photography involving a pair of pyjamas known to have been in the McCanns' possession from the outset.
In his statement to Police of 10 May, Gerry McCann as good as exonerated himself of all blame concerning picture taking:
'Asked, he clarifies that:
apart from the personal photos already delivered by him to the police authorities after the disappearance of his daughter MADELEINE, he has no others in his possession.
He adds that it is:
his wife KATE who usually takes pictures, he does not recall taking any pictures during this holiday, at night.'
Notwithstanding accounts of how, from the Friday onwards, the McCanns, their nearest and dearest, all fell mentally and physically incapable (of anything save visiting the pool, the beach bar, and the church on Sunday morning), Kate McCann early on made a very telling remark, concerning photography, to journalist Olga Craig:
"I haven't been able to use the camera since I took that last photograph of her" (The Telegraph, May 27, 2007).
That statement alone carries with it a very serious connotation. However, we still have a distance to travel.
The more contrastive of the two images reproduced here displays what appear to be areas of shadow, when in fact there are no local perturbations at the surface of the fabric to cause them. Similarly, the dark bands traversing the t-shirt appear more representative of what is actually beneath it. These visible oddities suggest the material is in fact damp and 'clinging' to the underlying upholstery.
There is, as we know, an anecdote of Kate McCann's, which sees her washing Madeleine's pyjama top on the Thursday morning. As re-told in her book, she does so while alone in the family's apartment:
"I returned to our apartment before Gerry had finished his tennis lesson and washed and hung out Madeleine's pyjama top on the veranda."
As previously stated, Kate McCann was careful to bring the attention of her Amsterdam Hilton audience, to Madeleine's pyjama top being both larger and simpler than the version she was holding in her hands at the time. She was inviting them instinctively to associate garment size with complexity - the larger the simpler in this instance. It would mean of course that Madeleine's 'Eeyore' pyjamas, purchased in 2006, would not have been absolutely identical with those of her sister Amelie, purchased whenever (but obviously before the family's 2007 holiday on the Portuguese Algarve).
On 7 May, the Sun reported that:
"The McCann family also disclosed that on the night of her disappearance Madeleine was wearing white pyjama bottoms with a small floral design and a short-sleeved pink top with a picture of Eeyore with the word Eeyore written in capital letters.
"The clothes were bought at Marks and Spencer last year."
In his 7 June covering letter to the Forensic Laboratory in Lisbon, Goncalo Amaral conveys the following specification in relation to the pyjamas he was intent on sending for examination:
"The Pyjamas are from Marks and Spencers, size 2 to 3 years -97 cm.
"The pyjamas are composed of two pieces: camisole type without buttons"
Since these items could only have been supplied to the PJ in mid-07, they must have represented that year's style, as it were, for 2-3 year olds. Madeleine would have been four years old by this time. However, Kate McCann would have people believe that 'Amelie's' pyjamas, sporting a button, were designed to fit an even younger child. Had Kate purchased the appropriate pyjamas for Amelie in 2007 of course, they would not have had a button at all.
They must therefore have been purchased in the same epoch as Madeleine's own, i.e. during 2006, when Amelie would have been a year younger and somewhat smaller even than when the family eventually travelled to Portugal the following year.
The significance of all this becomes apparent once we consider those photographs which show how the pyjamas held aloft by the McCanns at their various European venues encompassed half Gerry McCann's body length at least. Photographs of the McCanns out walking with their twins in Praia da Luz, on the other hand, illustrate, just as clearly, that Amelie McCann did not stand that tall from head to toe. Even In 2007 she would have been swamped by her own pyjamas, never mind the year before when they were purchased.
In conclusion, the McCanns' 'official photograph', first exhibited on 7 May, appears to be that of a damp pair of pyjamas, too big to have been sensibly purchased for Madeleine's younger sister that Spring, and most certainly not the year before. The subject is set against dark blue upholstery of a type not present in any of the apartments occupied by the McCanns or their Tapas associates immediately after 3 May. Kate McCann has explained, over time, how she was alone in apartment 5A that morning, in the company of a damp pyjama top (having just washed it) and how, from that afternoon by all accounts, she 'couldn't bear to use the camera', an automatic device (Canon PowerShot A620) belonging to a product lineage with an unfortunate reputation for random focussing errors.
Madeleine was not reported missing until close to 10.00 p.m. that night. If Madeleine McCann's pyjamas were not in fact abducted, then nor was Madeleine McCann.
*See the extended search videos here: http://www.mccannfiles.com/id167.html
Grateful thanks are due to Nigel Moore for collating a number of highly relevant photographs and media reports in connection with this topic.
If a fellow thought that the Metropolitan Police Service was a functioning entity, he might call for the arrest of the McCanns based on what is written and depicted here. Ed.
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TITLE: Stare
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But at that moment, he does not look away, he stares his opponent in the eyes, the expression is silent.
AUTHOR: Pascal DOROTHEE FRANCE
Pascal Dorothée is a French photographer. Since his young age, he captures things visually and has developed his passion for photography.
At the age of 13 he was trained in the image by participating in audiovisual workshops. He learned silver photography and discovered the development and art of photographic print in the subdued light of the laboratory.
Later he had the opportunity to travel the globe and take part in photographic journeys, particularly across Europe, from where he returned with his first photographic stories. That's how he starts to make sense of his pictures.
Then he forged himself through experiences and encounters. He works alongside other artists to express his sensitivity, to immortalize moments and to transcribe his emotions. All these experiences accompany his gaze and are sometimes trials that turn out to be magnificent ways of life enabling him to sharpen his eye, increase his sensitivity, understand his feelings and reinvent his photographic practice (digital revolution).
His graphic register is composed of urban landscapes, portraits and staging in which he allows his creativity to express himself and plays with the tablecloths of light and shade. Today Pascal participates in several projects, competitions, biennales and other photographic events. His work is exhibited at individual and collective exhibitions.
Pascal DOROTHEE - Stare


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Stephen Schleicher, MD
The author of two books and over one hundred journal articles, Dr. Schleicher serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Emergency Medicine and for fifteen years served on the Advisory Board of the Day Spa Association. READ MORE
Saied Talaie, MD, FACS
Dr. Talaie brings over 25 years of experience to DermDox Dermatology. He is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery which maintains rigorous standards in plastic and reconstructive surgery. His post graduate surgical training includes a residency in General Surgery at Maryland General Hospital followed by a residency in Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh where he served as chief resident. He then completed a fellowship in Microsurgery and Hand Surgery at Southern Illinois University. Dr. Talaie is highly trained and widely respected and performs a variety of plastic surgery procedures including removal of skin cancers, mini face-lifts, and liposuction.
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Brittany graduated from Moravian University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and then received a Master of Science in Physician Associate Studies from DeSales University. She is certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Physician Associates and is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Brittany joins DermDox after working as a PA-C at another dermatology practice. She has also worked as a dermatology/internal medicine medical scribe for LVHN and a patient care assistant on the trauma unit for SLUHN prior to obtaining her medical degree.
Megan Horvath, CRNP
Megan graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 2016 with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Megan completed two years of nursing at the bedside at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit prior to returning The Pennsylvania State University for graduate school. While continuing to work full time in the NICU as a Registered Nurse, Megan completed the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Penn State and graduated with her Masters of Science in Nursing in 2020. Megan is an AANP board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a passion for Dermatology.
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Pamela comes to us with over 10 years of Dermatology Experience. She is a certified MOHS Technician and Certified Medical Assistant. Pamela received her certificate from Harrison Career Institute in 2004 and was awarded a plaque for "classroom Mentor" at graduation. Of all the medical fields she has experience in, Pamela loves Dermatology!
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Cookie has been doing customer service for over 40 years. She has an outgoing personality and is excellent with patience and people. She is willing to go the extra mile. With over 10 years experience in dermatology. Cookie also has over 20 years of management skills. She is a people person and loves what she does. Cookie Loves to spend time with her friends and family. She enjoys all the special moments with her seven grandchildren.
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Q: Feature Reduction for Text Classification I have a dataset of ~43000 8k-filings (ad-hoc announcements from companies listed on the stock exchange) and i am trying to use decision trees with gradient boosting to develop a text classification algorithm (3 classes: positive, negative and neutral abnormal returns).
So far i removed stopwords from my documents and stemmed the remaining words. Still, if I count unique 1grams and 2grams of all documents I get about 130000 total unique 1grams and 1450871 unique bigrams total. I fear that without further feature reduction I will end up with curse of dimensionality.
Now I looked at the distribution of number of words per document and I find that only 356 documents have more than 2000 words and at the same time without these 356 documents my feature set would be reduced to only 89000 features.
So the question that comes to my mind is the following: Would it be ok to handle these documents with more than 2000 words as outliers and exclude them from my sample?
My further proceeding would be to use Tf-Idf, LSI and probably remove features with very low variance, then feed this to my algorithm.

A: A good measure of how "important" a term or n-gram is is to compute its TF-IDF (or one of its derivatives). Another good explainer here: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tidytext/vignettes/tf_idf.html
You can cull terms from your term-space by selecting some terms that you know are low-information (e.g., stop-words, or terms that appear with equal frequency in most documents) and selecting the "Screening TF-IDF" to be the maximum TF-IDF value amongst this set. Then, you remove all terms with TF-IDF below this cutoff.
Since text mining is generally an unsupervised process, you really don't have a way to "validate" your results, but you can review them and make corrections.
You can also seed it with documents that you feel are the same topic and see if it finds that clustering as well.

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Mr Donkor's employer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), underwent a restructuring in 2012. As part of this process, some employees were interviewed for new roles and others given the opportunity to apply for voluntary redundancy. Mr Donkor, a regional director aged 50, was not given the opportunity to apply for voluntary redundancy as the severance costs for doing so greatly increased for those over 50 (due to enhanced early retirement benefits for which internal approval had to be obtained beforehand). Two other regional directors who were under 50 applied successfully for voluntary redundancy and Mr Donkor successfully applied for another role. 2013 saw a further restructuring of RBS and this time Mr Donkor, now aged 52, applied successfully for voluntary redundancy. In the interim, however, the pension enhancement payment terms had changed, those aged over 55 now being eligible, thereby excluding Mr Donkor. He therefore brought a claim arguing that the initial refusal to allow him to apply for voluntary redundancy in 2012 was direct discrimination on the basis of the protected characteristic of age. RBS successfully argued, at the Employment Tribunal, that the two regional directors under 50 were not appropriate comparators as their lack of entitlement to early retirement benefits constituted a material difference between them and Mr Donkor. The Employment Appeal Tribunal however overturned this decision: the only reason why the two regional directors were not eligible for the early retirement benefits was because of their age — they were under 50. As the only material difference between Mr Donkor and the two regional directors was their age, they were appropriate comparators.
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Natalia Sturm gave a sharp rebuff to Aretha Epinoy
Singers brought to conflict in social networks. Recently Alena Apina rather rigidly commented on one of the editions TV show on the Federal channel, which addressed the topic of her divorce. After some time, Natalia Shturm clarified the speculation of the public.
In November of last year in the program "live" singer Natalia Shturm, which was presented as a friend of Alena's Epinoy, hinted at the reasons for the divorce colleagues in show business. "I don't know. I do not exclude that the producer had something to seek, to find, to lose. They have for a career is the amount of temptations and so many women who want to have something… It may not be in the nature of infidelity, it may be in the nature of the process," – with these words the singer of the hit "high School romance" answered the question of the program host about cheating Eratova Alexander, the husband of Alena Apina Epinoy.
A friend of Alena's Epinoy hinted at the true reason for her divorce
Recently, the former soloist of group "the Combination" commented the statement of the Assault. Apina said that she is not her close friend. Therefore, said Allen, Natalia has no right to comment on her personal life.
"She knows about me as much as I hardly ever know. Thank you, Natalia, you're so helping me out! Thank you for find time to talk about my personal life in a talk show on the Central TV channels! And it's nothing that we except "Hello" and "goodbye" to each other, said nothing, because in all my almost 30-year stage career, I was lucky to see you only 2-3 times! (…) Unless anyone is interested, I pluck the phone and offer money for participation in such a show! This is how stupid you have to be to not take advantage of the situation and shake his underwear in front of all our great country," shared Apina in their group in "Vkontakte".
After some time, the statement of ex-member of the popular group came to most of Natalia, the Assault. The actress responded to the accusations of colleagues. According to the woman, she was never a close friend of the singer, and the text that said host of written by writers. Sturm also stressed that agreeing to participate in the program, she wanted to support Apino.
"Wonderful person with so much patience!" is all what I have said about the Allen Epinoy in the sole transmission of "Live". I apologize for these words, take them back. I've never really been and are not a close friend Alena's Ipinoy. The text that says the host, introducing the guest – authorship writers program, not mine. From my mouth has never suggested that we close friends and friends in General. Agreeing to go, not an expert, I was hoping to rescue Alena. (…) I was extremely polite and expressed only my own opinion, however, as always," – says Natalia.
We will add that earlier Alena Apina threatened court Lena Miro, which harshly criticized the behavior of the singer in his "LJ". The singer has suggested that the blogger purposely trying to draw attention to themselves, speaking out about her activities online. Alena Apina intends to sue a famous blogger
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The United Nations says more than 5,000 people are believed to have died in 2016.
A record number of migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea this year.
On Thursday, two boats sank while traveling to Italy. Officials fear at least 100 were killed when the dinghies, which are only meant to carry 20 to 30 people, collapsed.
That brings the total number of migrants killed crossing waters to Europe to more than 5,000 in 2016.
One United Nations official said it's the "worst annual death toll ever seen." In the same period last year, 3,777 deaths were recorded.
As of Dec. 19, an estimated 358,403 people had arrived in Europe after crossing the treacherous waters. Last year more than 1 million made it to Europe after making the same journey.


To stamp out the outdated notions that still exist in advertising, DDB is shifting its focus to long-term goals and introducing three new themes for the agency: culture dwarfs category, feelings conquers thinking and long-term beats short-term.
"There used to be three rules businesses would use to grow, including win your category, win the mind of your consumer and win today. But we have found winning your category is not as important because culture and fame trumps category," Stromnes says.
DDB's three tiered strategy was inspired from research from Les Binet and Peter Field that found that fame and feelings work much harder for business than rational persuasion, as well as philosophies from Byron Sharp.
With consultancies encroaching onto creative agency turf and media agencies expanding their remit, creative agencies are in a battle to stay relevant. Stromnes is confident DDB's reposition will future-proof the agency.
"The major threat to our industry is agencies are forced further down the food chain as others, like consultancies, move in," he says.
To remain competitive, agencies are reassessing both their models and remuneration.
"The industry has given away their strategic thinking for the honour of making things for clients, which is the wrong model. We need to charge for the value of our thinking," Stromnes says.
DDB was founded in 1986 by Doyle Dane Bernbach, Needham Harper. In Australia, it has created award-winning work for Sydney Opera House, Volkswagen and has worked with McDonald's for over 30 years.
The new positioning may be a significant shift for DDB, but Stromnes says the Australian agency won't falter from its creative stature – with Sydney currently rated the third out of its 200 offices for its creative output.
"We are going back to our principles but also recognising DDB needs to be doing famous advertising that moves people emotionally," Stromnes says.
Quoting Bernach, he says creativity is still the last unfair advantage we're legally allowed to take over competitors.
DDB has invested $1 million on its new positioning and a suite of tools that aim to challenge the age-old paradigms that exist in the industry and refocus the agency's commitment to consumers.
Pioneered in Australia and New Zealand, the repositioning introduces the tagline and approach 'Feeling conquers thinking' in a bid to create "unreasonable growth" for clients - and itself.
Speaking to AdNews ahead of the reveal, DDB Australia MD of strategy and innovation Leif Stromnes says the repositioning will flip the model on the way brands think about growth, with its clients McDonald's, Volkswagen and Expedia already adopting the approach.
"We live in a time of oversupply and under demand, which is a real problem in the industry. To come up with the repositioning, we had to consider how to build an in-demand consultancy business, which had creativity at the heart," he says.


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Q: Adding included file contents to a variable I am trying to add a the contents of an include file to a variable.
For example I have a variable called $form:
$form = 'Hello world';
$form .= include('sidebar.inc.php');

Is there another way to do this? Because the method noted above is causing me some problems...

A: Instead of using include(), you can use file_get_contents() to store it in a variable:
$form = file_get_contents('sidebar.inc.php');

That won't parse the PHP before storing it in your variable so another option is a solution posted here from the include manual:
$string = get_include_contents('sidebar.inc.php');

function get_include_contents($filename) {
   if (is_file($filename)) {
     ob_start();
     include $filename;
     $contents = ob_get_contents();
     ob_end_clean();
     return $contents;
   }
   return false;
}

A: ob_start();
include('sidebar.inc.php');
$var = ob_get_flush();

file_get_contents('sidebar.inc.php') does not parse php files. (your IF LOOP ELSE stuff)

A: $form = file_get_contents('sidebar.inc.php');


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Evolve IP and Anywhere365 Partner to Virtualize the Role of Receptionist
Increasingly, it seems that companies looking to keep labor costs down have sacrificed the role of receptionists. While it may seem unnecessary in an omnichannel digital communications world, customers like knowing there is a human brain front and center for moments when they're not exactly certain what they're looking for. Today, luckily, the receptionist can be located anywhere in the world, and the role can be filled by any call center agent.
Technology solutions can make the role of receptionist an easier one to fill and maintain. Solutions such as Evolve IP's (News - Alert) Anywhere Receptionist solution serve as state-of-the-art telephone operator consoles that can be integrated with work platforms like Microsoft (News - Alert) Teams to provide a range of smart features for improved call handling and efficient call distribution. This week, Evolve IP announced that it has partnered with PeterConnects, part of Anywhere365 Group, to integrate and provide Microsoft Teams-focused communication and contact center solutions for enterprise organizations. The partnership is expected to further mobilize the deployment of Evolve IP's Anywhere Receptionist solution.
The Anywhere Receptionist solution is designed to optimize efficiencies, streamline customer interactions, and improve overall operator and caller experience in Microsoft Teams. It achieves all of this from a single, secure, integrated pane of glass, said the company. The secure, cloud-hosted application enables attendants, receptionists, and contact center teams to elevate their remote working experience by providing full visibility into the availability and present status of all team members.
"I'm proud to see how our efforts to always innovate our products and go-to-market are a reason for service providers such as Evolve IP to connect with our family of brands," said Erik van Arkel, Global Head of Partnerships for Anywhere365 Group, in a statement. "Our aim is to always maximize the potential of time in any customer dialogue. This relationship will support that aim, together with our continued growth, as we look to meet the growing demand for communications solutions on top of Microsoft Teams. We're looking forward to collaborating with this aspiring partner that has a solid reputation and footprint in their markets."


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Silver Statesmen Barbershop Chorus
The Las Vegas Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society
Become a Patron of the Chorus
Our Patrons - 2019
Our Sisters in Harmony
MEMBERS ONLY PAGES
TRAINING VIDEOS >
Contest Videos
Contest Prep Video
CHOIR GENIUS
Patron List Order Form
Biography Submission Form
Chapter Member Bios
Board of Directors - Meeting Minutes
Chorus Members & Quartets
Our Quartets
Board of Directors - 2019
Spring Show - May 12, 2018
Joint Show with LV and St George Choruses
Boulder City Arts Festival
Christmas Concert 2016
Installation Banquet 2016
Men, Men & Men Concert
WWII Vets Honor Flight - Singout
Debut Show - Celebrate Harmony - August 2013
On the Risers!
Our First Meeting - Jan 3, 2013
More Pics at Rehearsal
Let Us Entertain at Your Event
What is There to Do in Las Vegas?
Our OnLine Store - Apparel
Youth in Harmony Program
Some of Our History...
In early 1960, a group of stalwart men who loved to sing decided it was time to formally organize. They'd been pals who had been singing old-time barbershop tunes together for many years in the Officers' Club at Nellis Air Force Base, local taverns, and each others' homes.
So they contacted the then-parent organization of an expanding nationwide barbershop singing "fraternity" and started the paperwork to create a local chapter and chorus. That organization was the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Singing in America (SPEBSQSA, for short). The effort required a lot of "red tape" paperwork, but they finally became officially chartered by SPEBSQSA on December 27, 1960. That name was changed years later to the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS).
The fledgling chapter/chorus was called the Silver State Serenaders, which was later changed to the Las Vegas Chapter, in step with a nationwide effort to use as chapter monikers the name of the city in which new chapters were being created. Our then-chorus of about 25-30 gentlemen was also renamed the Gamble-Aires. All the rest, as they say, is fun-filled history and a lot of fond barbershop memories!
We are proud to acknowledge The Whittier Choralaires Chapter in Southern California as our sponsor. Whittier, back in 1960, boasted a very large chorus, had some BHS "clout" and expressed a heartfelt desire to pitch in and oversee the formation of our chapter. The Choralaires Chorus was a special guest on our debut show in 1962, and again on our 50th Anniversary show in 2010.
Coincidentally, in 1998, the Las Vegas Gamble-Aires Chapter/Chorus sponsored the BHS chartering of our nearby brothers in harmony — the Las Vegas Metro Chapter and its City of Lights Chorus.
The City of Lights performed in many different venues throughout the Las Vegas Valley, Moapa, Overton and St. George, Utah. They competed in Far Western District competitions and top honors were received in 2003 when they placed second in district competition against choruses from Arizona, Nevada, Southern Utah, California and Hawaii.
In 2012, after much discussion and weighing of pros and cons, the decision was made to merge the Las Vegas and Las Vegas Metro Chapters back into a single, larger organization and retain the original Las Vegas Chapter's charter with the Barbershop Harmony Society.
A new chorus name was chosen and as of January 1, 2013, we became the SILVER STATESMEN.
Las Vegas Chapter/Gamble-Aires Chorus - 2012
Here is the last group of the Gamble-Aires prior to the merger on Jan 1, 2013. A finer group of fellows is not to be found.
Las Vegas Metro Chapter/City of Lights Chorus - 2012
Here is the City of Lights Chorus at the Far Western District competition in Mesa, AZ, in October 2012..... The chorus' last competition before the merger.
Here is their final contest set (2 songs), performed on stage.... (you may need to turn your volume up after the introduction)
Corrections/questions pertaining to this website can be directed to the webmaster on the Contact Us page


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A LTC applicant must complete classroom training per DPS standards, pass a written examination and pass a proficiency demonstration (shooting).
Three hour classroom plus two hour range time introducing the student to firearms. You should have your own firearm but a very limited number without one can be accomadated.
These classes can be done as a private class for one or two individuals or can be done at your site. Arrangements for range time may have to made at a range near your locale.
Range costs vary depending upon the range but are usually no more than $12. If the class does not have the minimum number of students your payment will be refunded. You must cancel at least one week prior to the class to obtain a refund otherwise there is no refund. Full details for a class will be emailed about a week before the class date. Details on the class will be emailed.
To sign up for a class you must make a deposit, the remainder will have to be paid by cash or check at the class. Or you can just pay the full price here. If you cannot make a payment online then email me about the problem.
There is a limit of four people for this class. Class is $85. You do not need a handgun for the class. You will the opportunity to fire at least five different handguns and I will supply ammo. You can, of course, bring your own pistol and ammo but you'll still shoot the others. I've actually had people discover they didn't like their pistol and perferred another style.
I do not normally schedule basic classes but rather do them on an on-demand basis. If you schedule one for one or two people I reserve the right to round out the four slots.
I also do a combined basic course and License to Carry for $100. This class usually runs eight hours. It's the same as the basic class except you will have to supply 50 rounds of ammo for the LTC portion. You can still use one of my handguns.
Having your own pistol is best but if you do not have a pistol I can supply one. You can bring 50 rounds of 9mm Parabellum (AKA Lugar or 9x19) or pay a $12 ammo fee.


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import { assert }                from 'chai';
import jspm                      from 'jspm';

import instrumentIstanbulSystem  from 'typhonjs-istanbul-instrument-jspm';

/* eslint-disable no-undef */

// Set the package path to the local root where config.js is located.
jspm.setPackagePath(process.cwd());

// Create SystemJS Loader
const System = new jspm.Loader();

// Replaces System.translate with version that provides Istanbul instrumentation.
instrumentIstanbulSystem(System);

describe('Events', () =>
{
   const callbacks = {};
   let eventbus;

   before(() => { return System.import('src/mainEventbus.js').then((module) => { eventbus = module['default']; }); });

   it('set / get name', () =>
   {
      eventbus.setEventbusName('testname');
      assert(eventbus.getEventbusName() === 'testname');
   });

   it('trigger', () =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger', () => { callbacks.testTrigger = true; });
      eventbus.trigger('test:trigger');
      assert(callbacks.testTrigger);
   });

   it('trigger (once)', () =>
   {
      callbacks.testTriggerOnce = 0;
      eventbus.once('test:trigger:once', () => { callbacks.testTriggerOnce++; });
      eventbus.trigger('test:trigger:once');
      eventbus.trigger('test:trigger:once');
      assert(callbacks.testTriggerOnce === 1);
   });

   it('triggerDefer', (done) =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:defer', () => { done(); });
      eventbus.triggerDefer('test:trigger:defer');
   });

   it('triggerFirst', () =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:first', () => { callbacks.testTriggerFirst = true; return true; });
      assert(eventbus.triggerFirst('test:trigger:first'));
      assert(callbacks.testTriggerFirst);
   });

   it('triggerFirst on / off', () =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:first:off', () => { callbacks.testTriggerFirstOff = true; return true; });
      eventbus.off('test:trigger:first:off');
      assert(eventbus.triggerFirst('test:trigger:first:off') === undefined);
      assert(callbacks.testTriggerFirstOff === undefined);
   });

   it('triggerFirst (Promise)', (done) =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:first:then', () =>
      {
         callbacks.testTriggerFirstThen = true;
         return Promise.resolve('foobar');
      });

      const promise = eventbus.triggerFirst('test:trigger:first:then');

      assert(promise instanceof Promise);

      promise.then((result) =>
      {
         assert(callbacks.testTriggerFirstThen);
         assert(result === 'foobar');
         done();
      });
   });

   it('triggerResults', () =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:results', () => { callbacks.testTriggerResults = true; return 'foo'; });
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:results', () => { callbacks.testTriggerResults2 = true; return 'bar'; });

      const results = eventbus.triggerResults('test:trigger:results');

      assert(callbacks.testTriggerResults);
      assert(callbacks.testTriggerResults2);
      assert(Array.isArray(results));
      assert(results.length === 2);
      assert(results[0] === 'foo' && results[1] === 'bar');
   });

   it('triggerThen', (done) =>
   {
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:then', () => { callbacks.testTriggerThen = true; return 'foo'; });
      eventbus.on('test:trigger:then', () => { callbacks.testTriggerThen2 = true; return 'bar'; });

      const promise = eventbus.triggerThen('test:trigger:then');

      // I have no idea why the assert below fails! promise is definitely a Promise!
      // assert(promise instanceof Promise);

      // triggerThen resolves all Promises by Promise.all() so result is an array.
      promise.then((result) =>
      {
         assert(callbacks.testTriggerThen);
         assert(callbacks.testTriggerThen2);
         assert(result[0] === 'foo');
         assert(result[1] === 'bar');
         done();
      });
   });
});


2DIY4 presents two tracks by Hamburg indie-band Pool and their remixes by Solomun and Stimming. This is the debut release by Pool, who were founded by Daniel Husten, Nils Hansen and David Stoltzenberg. It's a classic three piece band of guitar, bass, drums and vocals showcasing a multicolored sound. "Game Over" is a straightforward pop song and Solomun's remix is a funky interpretation. "Don't Call My Name" is an immediate groover and Stimming's remix is a real viber.


I know it has been a long time since i have put any Winkles up for sale. For those of you who don't know of them these are one of a kind, hand made, hand painted paper clay sculptures.
If you would like to be one of the first to see what I am selling and you're on facebook you can friend me there. The link on the side will take you there.
Listed next will be the last of the Alice in wonderland collection so stay tuned.
Many have been asking about the Winkles?
As many of you know, I am on to a new Venture!
The good news is I will be selling the remainder of my inventory in my Cottage Etsy shop.
The Winkles are very hard to ship and take to festivals. They were so much fun, and I do from time to time miss them.
If you are one the lucky ones to own a Winkle , Thank you and Enjoy. It's a one of a kind keepsake.
If you would still like to own a winkle....Keep an I on my Home page for the newest listing on Etsy.
You may also want to opt in to the email list, so you receive a update on the listings.
Thank you so much...I know many have followed me on all my ventures, from furniture, murals from Winkle's to watercolors and now fiber. It's been a fun ride.
Many people have been asking will I be making more Winkles. I believe so! But they will be special sculptures, every so often as the idea Pops. Follow the Main page, Briar Cottage to see any new visiting Winkle's! Or friend me on Facebook!
These paper mache sculptures can be seen at Kensington Court Antiques on Babcock Blvd. in the North Hills of Pittsburgh.
Hand sculpted paper mache blue bird with eggs.
For sale...asking $33.00 + travel fare, US only, PA residence PA tax does apply.
This is for all the bird lovers out there.
This little Winkle was so much fun to make, not my usual Prim. Made from Paper clay.
This is a one of a kind item..


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Q: Undefined method Below is my index.html.erb (I just want to show a list of Brands and associated Subbrands)

Brands

<% @brands.each do |brand| %>

<%= brand.name %>

<% end %>

<% @brands.subbrands.each do |subbrand| %>

<%= subbrand.name %>

<% end %>

The error I receive when viewing index.html is:
undefined method `subbrands' for #<Array:0x9e408b4>

Here is my brands_controller:
class BrandsController < ApplicationController

def index
  @brands = Brand.all

  respond_to do |format|
    format.html # index.html.erb
    format.xml  { render :xml => @brands }
  end
 end

end

Here is my routes.rb
Arbitrary::Application.routes.draw do

resources :brands do
  resources :subbrands
  end

resources :subbrands do
   resources :subsubbrands
  end

Here is my brand.rb model
class Brand < ActiveRecord::Base
    validates :name, :presence => true

    has_many :subbrands
    has_many :subsubbrands, :through => :subrands
end

...and my subbrand.rb model
class Subbrand < ActiveRecord::Base
    validates :name, :presence => true

    belongs_to :brand
    has_many :subsubbrands
end

A: You're saying this:
@brands = Brand.all

That means that @brands is now an Array because all:

A convenience wrapper for find(:all, *args).

And find(:all):

Find all - This will return all the records matched by the options used. If no records are found, an empty array is returned. Use Model.find(:all, *args) or its shortcut Model.all(*args).

Then you have this:
<% @brands.subbrands.each do |subbrand| %>

And that produces this error:
undefined method `subbrands' for #<Array:0x9e408b4>

Because @brands is an Array and Arrays don't know what subbrands means. Something like this might work better:
<% @brands.each do |brand| %>
    <% brand.subbrands.each do |subbrand| %>

<%= subbrand.name %>

    <% end %>
<% end %>

But you probably want to do something with the brand too.


I´m taking part in a Advent calender in the community Smallearth.
I´ve been given two promts for my two chosen pairings and my dates, Deceember 5th and 13th.
As she sat down on her bed with the card in her hand she couldn't stop the tears running down her cheek.
She had always loved flowers.
As a little girl, the wallpaper in her room had been covered with daisies and grain flowers.
When she grew up people started to compare her to a flower, an exotic flower like an orchid because of her hair and eyes.
She felt proud of it, because it meant that people thought that she was beautiful.
Red roses as a symbol of his love, Lillies-of-the-valley as a symbol for eternal happiness, Anemones to prove his unfading love.
She loved all the flowers he gave her, but looking around her bedroom and re-reading the card in her hand she knew she had a secret that she would never revile to him.
Her bedroom was cowered in poinsettias.
They were standing on every surface in the room, and they made Lana cry, because the poinsettia was her favorite flower, and only one person in the world knew that secret.


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Home International Health Where We Work Benin
JSI's first project in Benin was the USAID-funded ENTERPRISE Initiative, which was implemented in 1985 and worked to increase and improve family planning services at both for-profit and nonprofit health clinics. Soon thereafter, JSI implemented the Resources for Child Health (REACH) project, followed by the Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) program. JSI has continued working to strengthen maternal and child health services, and has innovated and improved systems providing basic health services and commodities—particularly related to malaria supplies—to those in need.
JSI has worked to reduce the impact of malaria on the public's health through improving the supply chain, outbreak response including forecasting for indoor residual spraying, and improvement of the routine malaria information system. In addition, JSI's work under the MotherCare Project for integrated materal care included improved antenatal care, malaria prevention, and nutrition.
JSI's current work in Benin focuses on improving community health, including in urban and peri-urban areas, through USAID's Advancing Partners and Communities project. APC / Benin provides technical assistance to USAID / Benin and technical support to the Ministry of Health and local NGOs to implement high-impact interventions at the community level.
JSI is also leading the national Sayana Press rollout as part of the larger community-based access to injectables (CBA2I) strategy, in collaboration with the Benin Ministry of Health and the Beninese Association for Family Planning. Sayana Press is an innovative, easy to use contraceptive which provides three months' protection from pregnancy. This high-impact practice is expected to increase access to and use of family planning, thus contributing to Benin's goal of increased contraceptive prevalence. Through the APC project, JSI is training 1,000 community health workers to deliver Sayana Press in communities in 10 health zones, covering nearly a third of the country. JSI is also developing a training curriculum on injectable contraceptives—in particular Sayana Press—at the community level. JSI will introduce these training modules into the curriculum at l'École Nationale de Formation Médico-Sociale by the start of the 2018-2019 academic year.
JSI is also improving the availability and use of home-based records for immunization, as one step in strengthening children's health system.
IVCC Indoor Residual Spraying Forecasting
JSI is supporting IVCC with forecasting NGenIRS requirements, and setting up sustainable IRS forecasting processes through conducting regional workshops and developing a forecasting tool and guide.
Improving Child Health in Benin: BASICS III, Final Report
Advancing Partners & Communities
JSI is supporting and advancing community programs in more than 30 countries that seek to improve local health services, especially those related to family planning.
Development and use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST): a model to estimate the impact of scaling up proven interventions on maternal, neonatal and child mortality
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT: Malaria
From 2006 to 2016, JSI procured $923 million worth of safe and effective malaria commodities; delivered them to 27 countries; strengthened malaria supply chains; improved supply chain visibility and accountability; and built local capacity.
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT: Emerging Pandemic Threats
JSI managed a stockpile of outbreak response commodities, and provided procurement and distribution services to respond to outbreaks from avian flu to ebola worldwide and to pre-position supplies at regional and country levels for rapid deployment.
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Pradyut Bordoloi set to replace Ripun Bora as the president of Assam Congress?
By INSIDENE	 On May 26, 2021
Pradyut Bordoloi. (File Photo)
Guwahati: A number of names have popped up as possible replacement for Congress president Ripun Bora in the aftermath of the defeat to the NDA's Mitrajoot alliance in this year's Assembly election.
According to reports, Nagaon MP and former Minister Pradyut Bordoloi has emerged as the clear front runner to dethrone Bora as the party seeks a revival in Assam after losing two elections in a row. Gaurav Gogoi, Lok Sabha MP from Kaliabor and former chief minister Tarun Gogoi's son, as well as a number of MLAs such as the tea tribe leader Rupjyoti Kurmi, and Bharat Narah could also be possible contenders, it is being speculated.
If reports are to believed, Bhupen Bora is also being considered as he is a close confidante of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
"We need new thinking and new faces to emerge from this turmoil (..) I have experience, and will accept the responsibility if chosen by the party", Bordoloi recently told mediapersons, hinting that he is ready to take the job.
It needs mention here that Ripun Bora had tendered his resignation after the loss in this year's election.
Following the party's poor show, Bora submitted a letter to All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi tendering his resignation. The Congress leader lost from the Gohpur seat to BJP's Utpal Borah by a margin of over 29,000 votes.
"I do hereby tender my resignation from the post of president, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, owning the responsibility of the humiliating defeat of my party in the Assam assembly election 2021," Bora wrote in his letter.
"I am extremely saddened and disheartened that despite my immense hard work we were unable to combat the divisive and communal politics played by BJP and RSS," he added.
The party high command, however, is yet to formally accept Bora's resignation.
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