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Q: filebeat logs to kafka to clickhouse not persisiting using docker-compose Im trying to insert the file beat collected logs to Kafka and Kafka will store the logs in Clickhouse, File beat to Kafka logs are sending but Kafka is unable to send/store logs to Clickhouse. I don't see any weird logs while checking the container. Please guide me did i do something wrong here.

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.5"
services:
  filebeat:
    image: docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:8.0.1
    volumes:
      - "./logs:/var/log/"
      - "./filebeat.yml:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml"
    container_name: filebeat
    networks:
      - filebeat-net
    depends_on:
      - kafka
  zookeeper:
    image: docker.io/bitnami/zookeeper:3.7
    ports:
      - "2181:2181"
    volumes:
      - "zookeeper-data:/bitnami"
    environment:
      - ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN=yes
    networks:
      - filebeat-net
    container_name: zookeeper
  kafka:
    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3
    ports:
      - "9092:9092"
      - '29092:29092'
    volumes:
      - "kafka-data:/bitnami"
    environment:
      - "HOSTNAME_COMMAND=docker info | grep ^Name: | cut -d' ' -f 2"
      - "KAFKA_CFG_INTER_BROKER_LISTENER_NAME=PLAINTEXT"
      - "ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes"
      - "KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181"
      - KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
      - "KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP=PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT"
      - "KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092,PLAINTEXT_HOST://:29092"
      - "KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092,PLAINTEXT_HOST://localhost:29092"
      - "KAFKA_CFG_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE=true"
    depends_on:
      - zookeeper
    networks:
      - filebeat-net
    container_name: kafka

  clickhouse-server:
    image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:22.5.1
    container_name: clickhouse-server
    hostname: clickhouse-server
    ulimits:
      nofile:
        soft: 262144
        hard: 262144
    ports:
      - "8123:8123"
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - './init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-db.sql'
    depends_on:
      - kafka
    networks:
      - filebeat-net

networks:
  filebeat-net:
    name: filebeat-net
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  zookeeper-data:
    name: zookeeper-data
    driver: local
  kafka-data:
    name: kafka-data
    driver: local

filebeat.yml

filebeat.inputs:
- input_type: log
  paths:
  - /var/log/*.log

output.kafka:
  hosts: ["kafka:9092"]
  topic: hello-messages

init.sql

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mylogger (
     id String,
          event_time DateTime64(6),
            details_json String)
            ENGINE  = MergeTree() PARTITION BY toYYYYMM(event_time) ORDER BY (id, event_time) SETTINGS index_granularity=8192;

CREATE TABLE  IF NOT EXISTS
mylogger_kafka ( payload String ) ENGINE = Kafka('kafka:9092', 'hello-messages', 'KAFKA2CH_click', 'JSONAsString');

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW IF NOT EXISTS mylogger_kafka_consumer TO mylogger AS
SELECT JSONExtractString(payload, 'payload', 'after', 'id')    as id,
 toDateTime64(JSONExtractString(payload, 'payload', 'after', 'event_time'), 3, 'Asia/Jerusalem') as event_time,
 JSONExtractString(payload, 'payload', 'after', 'details_json')    as details_json
 FROM mylogger_kafka;

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Bridgestone Tire Issue Clouds Labor Negotiations
Amy MerrickStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Updated Sept. 1, 2000 12:01 am ET
DECATUR, Ill. -- As a ruby sun rose, about 100 workers at the Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. tire plant here assembled in the parking lot Thursday before their shift. Forming a column, the workers marched to the entrance in a show of union solidarity.
In fact, though, the plant's 1,800 hourly workers remain deeply divided by a failed strike four years ago that has left a backdrop of bitterness to the current round of contract negotiations. Moreover, the plant is at the epicenter of a controversy surrounding Firestone's recall of...

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Marysville has awarded the bid for the fourth phase of its existing columbariums in Riverlawn Cemetery – the freestanding wall-like structures in which the cremated remains of deceased individuals are interred.
"We are completely sold out," said Barry Kreiner, supervisor of Marysville Department of Public Works, speaking of the first three units.
Jones Monument of Port Huron was the sole bidder at $38,000. The city council unanimously voted to award the contract at its regular meeting on Jan. 13.
Two weeks later, on Jan. 27, the council unanimously approved a new fee structure for the columbarium, which features a $25 increase per niche for residents and nonresidents.
Each phase of the columbariums at Riverlawn Cemetery features two walls with 40 niches per wall, a total of 80 niches per phase. Each niche is 12-by-12-by-12 inches and may hold the cremated remains – or "cremains" – of two individuals in separate urns.
"This is the wave of the future," said Kreiner.
Last year, for example, there were 33 full burials at Riverlawn Cemetery and the inurnment of 53 cremains.
"Are we looking at more (columbariums)?" asked Councilmember Paul Wessel.
Yes, said Kreiner. The master plan for the cemetery calls for six more additional walls.
When the city adopted its fee schedule for public services and products in November, there were no openings left in the six walls of columbariums, so the inurnment fees were struck from the list.
"Now that the bid (for the fourth phase) was approved, we need to approve an updated fee schedule for the niches," said Kreiner.
Each niche will increase by $25: Residents will pay $625 for a niche in the top row, with nonresidents paying $850; for the second row, the rates are $600 and $825, respectively; for the third row, $575 and $800; the fourth row, $550 and $775; and the bottom row, $525 and $750.
Related costs remain unchanged: $120 for opening and closing the niches, $400 for engraving and an overtime rate of $225 for closings after 4 p.m. on weekdays and on Saturdays and Sundays.
Councilmember Wayne Pyden asked what the rationale was for the niche prices descending by row.
In the early phases, all niches were priced at the same rate, Kreiner said. The niches in the bottom rows did not start selling at a rate comparable to the upper rows until the city began tiered pricing.
Jones Monument installed the first three phases of the columbarium project. The first phase, built in 1996, cost $17,500. The second phase was installed in 2001 for $28,500. Jones erected the third phase in 2006 for $36,000, with the city's Department of Public Works installing the foundation.


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CEFA staff were alarmed on Tuesday morning 5 July when we picked up the Sydney Morning Herald and read the front page words "Australia faces a protracted political and Constitutional crisis". But is this a Constitutional crisis? Or is the system working as it should?
Do you think that we are experiencing a Constitutional crisis?
We woke up on Sunday morning 3 July in exactly the same position that we went to bed in on Saturday night. We have a federal caretaker Government until it is clear who is the winner of the election. We just have to wait a little longer than expected for a Prime Minister to claim victory.
Sure, many people did not expect this very close result, with votes still being counted in the marginal seats. Some people thought we were going to get a particular result and now we just have to wait to see what the result will be. Some in the media seemed to have picked a side before the election and when they get the prediction so wrong we are warned how important it is to separate opinion from factual, accurate information.
Since the election there has also been a lot of alarming things written and said about the possibility of a hung Parliament. But we need to remember that our system has been designed to cope with minority Government. In fact right after Federation minority Government was the norm and even today the Liberal and the National Parties are actually a coalition of two parties that could go their separate ways.
Last week's CCF highlighted the importance of each individual vote. As Australia still waits while the votes are counted we can reflect on the freedom of voice each of us have. And, even the process of waiting for results demonstrates our Constitution at work.
It has been reported that 3.5 million people chatted on Facebook about election issues in the lead up to the election. Were the media and politicians listening? During the election period our CCF's reached over 50,000 people and attracted almost 1,000 comments, just on Facebook. We listened carefully to what you were saying on all our social media channels. We answered you on your many questions about Constitutional processes.
The information that we have seen published in the media in the last few days has been confusing, sometimes incorrect or it seems written to intentionally cause readers to feel as though we are going through some sort of crisis.
In reality there are a set of processes that will now occur and we must be patient. There are a lot of votes to count and therefore there are still a lot of what-ifs. So let's try and answer some of the questions being asked today.
Snap election and hung Parliament?
Stop the press we're being told there could be a snap election! To be fair, this isn't all the fault of the media. The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten did come out and say we might face a snap election. Each of us can form our own opinions as to why he would say this, but a snap election is very unlikely.
If we do end up with a hung Parliament and neither the Coalition nor Labor can secure the support of enough crossbenchers to reach the magic number of 76 in the House of Representatives, then the Governor-General would convene Parliament to sit (on the advice of the PM).
The current Government is given the first opportunity to form Government. After the speaker is elected, the first matter of business in the House would likely be a no-confidence motion brought on by the Labor Party which would test the support of the Government on the floor of the Parliament. It would be a numbers game. Crossbenchers could abstain from voting or they could choose a party to vote with (Bob Katter has stated that he will support the Government in confidence motions, but maintains the right to switch sides at any time) and depending on how the numbers goes the Government may be brought down.
If the Government is brought down by a vote in the House, the consequence is that the Governor-General would then likely offer Government to the Opposition. This is one of the Governor-General's reserve powers. The tanks don't roll down the street. The military, hospital and schools continue doing what they normally do and we all just get on with our lives.
Looking at how the numbers stack up right now, it is likely that the Coalition would survive a no-confidence motion. Of course if the new Parliament doesn't work well, or there is a by-election in a seat that changes Government support, or some MP's decide to leave their parties to become Independents which changes the numbers on the floor, then we could be heading back to the polls. But it is very unlikely that this would happen immediately.
The Speaker?
There has been speculation that one of the Independents could be asked to take on the role of Speaker in the next Parliament. This would help shore up an extra vote on the floor of Parliament for the party that gains Government. It is interesting that Independents Cathy McGown, Andrew Wilkie and Bob Katter have already publicly stated that they will not take on this role.
Section 35 of the Constitution stipulates the election of the Speaker in the House of Representatives:
Section 35 Election of Speaker
The House of Representatives shall, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business, choose a member to be the Speaker of the House, and as often as the office of Speaker becomes vacant the House shall again choose a member to be the Speaker.
The Speaker shall cease to hold his office if he ceases to be a member. He may be removed from office by a vote of the House, or he may resign his office or his seat by writing addressed to the Governor‑General.
We will need to watch this space.
Have you heard that Labor and Liberal will gang up on the smaller parties to give themselves six year terms in the Senate?
As a result of double dissolution election all Senators have just been newly elected. Some people are saying that the two major parties can use their numbers in the Senate to award themselves six year Senate terms while relegating Independents and minor party candidates to three year terms.
We explored this topic about a month ago. There are two accepted methods of appointing six and three year Senate terms. And ultimately the Senate will vote to choose how the terms are divided up. However, we don't even know the makeup of the Senate yet. In any case, the less votes a candidate receives the lower the chance of them receiving a six year term using either of the two accepted methods.
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American Filipinos may not vote as much as they should in Philippine elections like a dual citizen should.
But let's face it, when it came to showing up for the big Winter Olympic party in South Korea, the Philippines showed up because of two duals.
American Filipino Asa Miller, a 17-year-old skier from Oregon, downhill skied for the Philippines team and finished 70th.
That ought to look good for his college applications next year.
His teammate was Los Angeles-based Michael Christian Martinez, who finished 28th in men's figure skating.
I kept wondering why Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte couldn't place himself on the Philippine team in the Biathlon, considering his renowned shooting skills. Just try to stop him.
The loosened rules, especially those allowing dual citizens through birth and immigration to compete, was actually a refreshing thing about these games.
The Philippines was able to show up. The teenaged Miller carried the flag. The Philippines wasn't MIA. We were there.
Of course, the loose rules meant you really couldn't tell "friend" from "foe" in the athletic sense. And isn't that supposed to be the Olympic spirit?
I found how you really couldn't tell a person's nationality or ethnicity at these games without a scorecard, passport, or blood test.
That's for certain when it came to drugs.
The official name for Putin's team was The Olympic Athletes of Russia. I added an N.O.D., for "Not on Drugs." It was quite a statement at the games–especially when a Russian curler was disqualified for testing positive during the competition itself.
Watching them throughout, they could have easily been Russian immigrants to the U.S. They were mostly all white. In these Olympics, you could be an American with dual citizenship and race for the country of your family's heritage.
So besides Miller and Martinez for the Philippines, Americans were competing on other countries' teams.
Sort of like Trump not acting on Russian meddling in our elections as if he's on Team Russia?
For me, it's these little things that will mark the 2018 Olympic games.
Images of VP Mike Pence in close proximity to the sister of Kim Jong Un. The openly gay American skater Adam Rippon juxtaposed with the anti-gay Pence. Then there was the North Korean cheerleading squad. And the combined Korean team playing on the same hockey team.
The North Koreans got what they wanted out of these games. But who knows if its semi-soft diplomacy will thwart or hasten the start of a major war.
And then there was this little colonial act by NBC.
After Sunday's closing ceremony, people will leave Pyeongchang, South Korea, and it will return to what it was called before it got Olympic ringed and played by NBC.
The city will be known once again by its pre-colonial pronunciation.
As my fellow Asian American Journalists Association members put out in a video guide, it's more "Ch-AHNG," with a definite "AH," sound, the kind you'd make to a doctor if you wanted him to correct your pronunciation.
For the last two weeks, we've been "chang"-ed to death, which is no big deal, unless you are concerned with the truth, accuracy, and authenticity. You know, the stuff journalists should care about.
Perhaps that's not as bad as getting North and South Korea confused. One is the country that makes your Smart TV and Android devices.
But pronunciation is an entirely different matter, and it's a big deal when it comes to a broadcast medium.
It's like being in a concert and hearing the same bad note repeated over and over whenever people on NBC said exactly where they were—which, of course, was in a place no one in Korea, North or South, had ever heard of.
It was just a clinker. More than a display of ignorance, it was an insistence on the wrong pronunciation. An act of defiance.
It was back in November when Sports Business Journal first pointed out the inconsistency of NBC's pronunciation, noting that host Matt Lauer could go from Pyeong-"chung" (Not enough "ah," so just 85 percent correct) to Pyeong-"chang," as in bang (positively incorrect), almost in the same breath.
Of course, that's not what got Lauer fired.
The Business Journal's Ben Fisher asked NBC, which essentially showed how much it cared about accuracy.
Its view came down to this: Screw authenticity. To hell with truth, NBC bought the rights, and they can bastardize the games whatever way they want. Even mispronouncing the name of the Olympic site.
Mark Lazarus, chairman of NBC Broadcasting and Sports, said NBC's official pronunciation was "chang" as in "bang" and that was that.
"It's cleaner," Lazarus told Fisher.
It's not a matter of being PC. Pyeongchang isn't even capitalized in the middle.
But this is what you get when the rights are bought and sold to the highest bidder. The Olympic spirit comes filtered through a colonial tongue that chang-bangs us relentlessly.
You wouldn't call a bronze the "brown medal," would you?
Of course, the Philippines understands NBC.
It was Olympic Colonial Mentality at the Pyeongchang games.
Emil Guillermo,an award-winning journalist and commentator, is an Inquirer.net columnist based in North America.


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NFL Network's "Top 100 Players of 2021" premieres Sunday, Aug. 15 and will air over three consecutive weekends. Players ranked 100-41 will be revealed Sunday over the course of six hours -- each one-hour episode unveiling a new set of 10 honorees -- beginning at 4 p.m. ET. Four offensive tackles make an appearance on the list, which is voted on by the players themselves, between Nos. 90 and 71. With that in mind, NFL Network analyst Joe Thomas -- a 10-time Pro Bowl left tackle -- provides his own ranking of the league's top 10 offensive tackles heading into the 2021 regular season.
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The Browns paid Conklin big money last offseason, and now we know why: his production. As a major player in Cleveland's impressive front, he earned an offensive grade from Pro Football Focus that placed him in the top 10 among offensive tackles for the first time in his career. Conklin isn't a guy who uses traditional technique, but he's as productive as any tackle on this list, thanks to his quickness and football IQ, which allow him to take advantage of angles and leverage that make him nearly unbeatable. He also utilizes his super long arms and powerlifter-like hips to open huge holes in the run game for the dynamic RB duo of Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. Expect more from Conklin in his second season in Kevin Stefanski's offense.
Seattle Seahawks · LT
Brown struggled a bit in 2019 but bounced back in 2020 with one of his best seasons. The veteran is looking for a new contract as he enters the last year of his current deal, something Pete Carroll said the team is trying to get done before the start of the season. Even at 35 years old, Brown is playing at a high level. His nickname should be Big Smooth, because his effortless style makes him look like he's barely trying -- until you see defensive linemen laying in a puddle after being balled up and dribbled all over the field.
Taylor Moton
Carolina Panthers · RT
Moton -- who made 16 starts in each of the last three seasons and is one of four OTs with at least 3,000 offensive snaps since 2018 -- is a great all-around tackle who's finally getting some respect. The Panthers served their trusty tackle a new contract in July after placing the franchise tag on him earlier in the offseason, securing for an additional four years a player who's steady and patient, with great, strong hands and hips. Once this guy gets his hands on the defender, it's over.
Kansas City Chiefs · LT
Brown replaces the departed Eric Fisher at left tackle for a Chiefs front that's looking to improve from its last on-field performance, in Super Bowl LV. He primarily played right tackle in Baltimore but switched to Lamar Jackson's blindside midway through last season after Ronnie Stanley went down with an ankle injury -- and he proved he was up for the task, not allowing a single sack or QB hit at left tackle in Weeks 9-17, according to PFF. Brown's size (6-foot-8, 345 pounds) makes it look like he's barely trying at everything he does. The only way to beat him is to run around him -- and he knows it! He uses patient technique to force rushers around the edge, then leans on his good short-area quickness to accelerate and push the rusher past the quarterback. Brown should be a great addition in Kansas City.
Braden Smith
Indianapolis Colts · RT
The Colts' fourth-year right tackle is among the most underappreciated and unheralded players in the league. He's a rock-steady run blocker -- helping rookie Jonathan Taylor run to a top-three finish in 2020 -- who's worked hard to improve his pass blocking. His work in pass pro paid off down the stretch last season, as he allowed zero pressures in five of his last six regular-season games. Not coincidentally, Smith also literally got paid this offseason, landing a four-year, $70 million extension from Indy. The banged-up Colts need the same kind of production from Smith this fall right out of the gate.
Ronnie Stanley
Baltimore Ravens · LT
Stanley is the smoothest pass protector in the entire NFL, as he's rarely ever out of balance. The one-time All-Pro hadn't given up a single sack in 20 starts since 2019 before a season-ending ankle injury in Week 8 of last season. He looks to pick up where he left off before his injury to help a Ravens offense that ranked 19th overall in 2020 get back on track.
Ryan Ramczyk
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The super steady bookend was rewarded by the Saints this offseason with a five-year, $96 million extension, which made him the league's highest-paid right tackle. He's definitely deserving of his payday as an excellent pass blocker with terrific footwork and balance. The Saints have one of the best offensive tackle duos in the league, with Ramczyk and left tackle Terron Armstead. Speaking of ...
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"I was starstruck when I met Judge Judy": Scarlett Johansson gushes over Judge Judy on the Jimmy Fallon Show
December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021 / Hollywood / By Rashmeet Kaur
Scarlett Johansson, also known as Black Widow was seen gushing over Judge Judy when she appeared on the Jimmy Fallon Show. The Oscar-nominated actress made a guest appearance on the show while promoting her recently released animated movie "Sing 2". The movie also starred Reese Witherspoon, Tori Kelly, Bono, Taron Egerton, and Halsey as voice actors.
Scarlett Johansson got her own spin-off as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the release of Avengers: The Endgame. "Black Widow" was released this year and also won Movie of the Year at the People's Choice Awards. The movie also starred Florence Pugh who was last seen in Midsommar and Little women.
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Scarlett Johansson was seen as a guest star on an episode of The Jimmy Fallon Show. The actress was seen promoting her new animated movie "Sing 2" which was released on December 22. While talking about the new movie, Scarlett also revealed that she did a Cher impression for the first time after she got her tonsils removed.
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Scarlett talked about how she met her icon Judge Judy and it was a very good experience. "I met Judge Judy once, she was at a table with her family in a restaurant. I was so star-struck, I just couldn't believe it. She was so wonderful and nice, I wasn't that nervous after we talked."
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Revealed: Why You Think, Feel and Act the Way You Do
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The way you think, feel and act today all started in your childhood. You may find that hard to believe. But truth can be empowering.
How we have grown up has a lot to do with how we think, feel and behave today. Simply knowing that is already empowering.
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When you got out of your mother's womb, it wasn't just your physical body that got out of there. Deep in the caverns of your brain are electrical impulses coming from an intangible thing called the mind and the soul, the conscious and the subconscious, or what Sigmund Freud would call the id, ego and super-ego.
Whatever you choose to call them, they too were born and were reared up, along with your physical body. You know this, don't you?
Let me elaborate . . .
I don't know if you find this concept easy or difficult to internalize. But a little visualization may help.
You know that only the eighth part of the ice protrudes out of the surface of the water, don't you? The greater part of it is submerged, unseen from the eyes of a sea traveler. This is true whether we're talking about an ice cube, or an iceberg.
Yet there really is only one piece of ice out there. Whatever happens to the submerged part happens to the visible part. It's why when something disturbs the submerged part, you see the visible part shake -- and vice-versa.
Most often we cannot explain what's happening to an iceberg simply by looking at what's visible to the naked eye. We need to take a look at the entire thing. We need to walk on top and dive deep to examine the whole thing.
Get the picture?
Now, imagine that iceberg to be alive. You poke its eyes. All of a sudden you see the whole body of water around you start to engulf you.
Creepy, I know. But I said that just to wake you up in case you fell asleep with the imagery earlier.
Anyhow, something dictates how the mind of a human works. It's called programming -- much like the programs that run the software in computers today.
NOTE: Don't take the allegory further than intended. The big difference is that computers are dumb. It can make decisions only within what the program allows it to make. Humans make decisions outside of one's program, and even choose to reprogram one's self -- more on this in future posts.
Programming starts the moment the mind begins to perceive. At a young age, the human mind is like a computer with its keyboard open for any passer by to type something on.
Gurus are saying that half of your mental programs were formed in your first four years of ife. Another 30% was formed in your next four years of life, such that at the age of 8, you are already 80% programmed.
Another 15% was formed in your next 8 years of life. Fresh out of middle school, you're already carrying 95% of your programs. You will accumulate the remaining 5% in the remainder of your life.
At the age of 16, you move around showing people your conscious self. But there is a greater part of you that others don't see. Yet you know, or at least assume, that these things are true about you --- and they determine how you feel about things and how you act on them.
Then amazingly there are things that others see or experience with you that you don't know, or choose to not to know ... until something happens that wake you up.
Let me tell you a story...
My mentor's mentor had a shocking divorce. His relationship with his wife was perfect, or so he believed. They didn't quarrel about anything at all!
One day the divorce paper came, and he could not believe it. In front of the lawyer, the wife explained that though they never quarrelled, she felt that all these years he did not allow her to love him. That shocked the man even more --- what did she mean?
The wife went on to explain that she felt she wasn't needed. All her acts of love seemed to have always missed the mark. There was no reciprocal warmth from the man.
It took the man years to understand what really happened. Then one day, someone brought him to the recollection of his childhood.
He grew up in an average family setting. He was playing outside while her mother was preparing food in the kitchen. Feeling hungry, he excitedly ran into the house and reached for the jar of cookies.
Her mother disapproved it. He insisted like you expect a stubborn little boy would. Out of frustration and anger, plus stress perhaps, her mother slapped her so hard that he fell flat on the floor.
He stood up, dazed and angry, and shouted to his mother, "I hate you!" and ran out of the house. What a word from an 8-year old kid!
Another thing that happened, he never reached out for that cookie jar ever again.
He wasn't after the cookie. He was after the love of her mother. Yet in that moment, there was rejection, a sharp and painful rejection. I mean imagine an 8-year old kid being slapped so hard by the strong hands of an adult -- his mother, a woman.
From that time on, from a young and tender age, he thought, "It hurts to love, I won't reach for that cookie jar ever again." Then he carried that thought all throughout his adult life, until the divorce happened.
His divorce led him to a trail that ended with this realization. It was painful at first. But it empowered him in the end to know better than an 8-year old.
Having reprogrammed his thinking, he later on remarried. His ex-wife also remarried. But both have become good friends.
He was thankful to his former wife for waking him up about why he thought, felt and acted the way he did ... and for properly loving his present wife the way a man should love a woman.
Isn't truth empowering?
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banned cause its been way way to long since the last time i've been here!
did anybody miss me here?
banned cause you're always here too!!
how bout play with fire with alchool and the bathtub?
i'd love to but my mother doesn't let me!!
banned cause if you put women in an army no one will shoot them!
yes i do! i've been living here for 19years!
do you believe this is actually one of the few interisting threads in the pit?
banned cause yes they are!
banned cause why don't you join the army or some police force or whatever?
how many music related shirts are too many?
both plans are good but i don't like plans..
how bout improvising along the way?
isn't that a stupid question?
black shouldn't be considered a color cause its the absence of color right?


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It was on this day, seven years apart, that two of Shakespeare's plays (books by this author)were performed for the first time: Othello in 1604, and The Tempest in 1611.
Othello was performed for the court of James I. In the "Accounts of the Revels at Court" from 1604, there is an entry that says: "By the Kings Maiesties plaiers. Hallamas Day being the first of Nouembar, A play in the Banketinge house at Whithall called The Moor of Venis. Shaxberd." Othello, the Moor of Venice was performed several more times before Shakespeare died in 1616, but it wasn't printed until 1622.
Richard Burbage, Shakespeare's friend and the leading man in his acting company, probably played the first Othello, just as he played Hamlet, King Lear, and Richard III. He definitely played him in later productions, and a poet described Othello as Burbage's "chiefest part, / Wherein beyond the rest he moved the heart." King James was a scholar himself and a serious patron of the arts — he gave his name to the King James Bible, and he and his wife particularly enjoyed theater, and so many of Shakespeare's plays were performed before the royal court. Macbeth was written specifically for James, who was fascinated by witchcraft. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who preceded James, an average of six or seven plays were performed each year in the royal court. The court of James I averaged more than 20 each year.
And it was on this day in 1611 that The Tempest was first performed, once again for the court of James I. The Tempest tells the story of Prospero, a powerful magician and the former Duke of Milan who is exiled to a remote island with his daughter. He conjures up a storm to shipwreck his brother, who stole his throne. Prospero is one of the only Shakespeare protagonists who is not based on a known historical figure. But in 2008, a retired policeman-turned-amateur historian from Scotland named Brian Moffatt self-published a book called Death Resurrection and the Sword. In it, he explained his theory that Prospero is based on the real-life Francis Stewart, the Fifth Earl of Bothwell. He was the king's cousin, but he turned against James. He and his wife were said to be practitioners of witchcraft and magic, and Bothwell apparently tried to cast a spell to conjure up a storm and shipwreck his cousin, James, as he returned from Denmark with his new bride. The spell didn't work, and Bothwell was tried and acquitted, but later exiled, and he ended up dying in Naples.
She decided to write a novel about this character, even though, as she said, "I really like magicians, but there was no reason to suppose anyone else would." She took a five-day science-fiction and fantasy class, and one of her teachers was so impressed with a short story she wrote in the workshop that he sent it to his friend Neil Gaiman, who showed it to an editor, who called her up and offered to publish it. So she started publishing short fiction, but her novel was slow-going. She was working as a cookbook editor for Simon & Schuster, and for years she got up and started writing at 5:30 in the morning, wrote for about three hours, and then went off to her day job. The novel took her 10 years to write, but finally she was done with the manuscript, called Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's the story of two wizards, one a handsome and charismatic young man named Jonathan Strange and one an uptight scholar named Gilbert Norrell. It isn't a book of high fantasy as much as a comedy of manners and a history of early 19th-century England during the Napoleonic Wars — with a lot of magic thrown in. When it was finally published, Susanna Clarke got as many comparisons to Jane Austen and Charles Dickens as to any fantasy writer.
But publishing Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell wasn't easy — it was 800 pages long, and the first few publishers turned it down, saying that it would be impossible to market such a book. But then Bloomsbury picked it up and was so sure it would be a success that they offered her a huge advance. Sure enough, the book stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for about three months.
The Arecibo Observatory opened on this date in 1963. At a diameter of a thousand feet, it's the largest single-aperture telescope ever built. It's also got the largest focusing dish in the world, which gathers electromagnetic waves from space. Located near the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, it's close to the equator, which enables it to "see" (via radio waves) all the planets in the solar system; within six months of its opening, it enabled scientists to study the rotation rate of Mercury and determine that it rotated every 59 days, rather than 88 as was previously thought. It's also been used for military purposes like locating Soviet radar installations by tracking their signals as they were reflected off the moon. It's provided the first full imaging of an asteroid and also led to the first discovery of planets outside our solar system.
In 1999, it began collecting data for the SETI Institute; SETI stands for "search for extraterrestrial intelligence," and the organization looks for deliberate radio or optical signals from other planets. The Arecibo Observatory also sends data over broadband to the home and office computers of 250,000 volunteers, who, through the Einstein@Home program, donate their computers to be used for data analysis during periods when they would otherwise be idle. Eight years ago, three such volunteers in Iowa and Germany discovered a previously unknown pulsar, 17,000 light years from Earth.
The first medical school for women opened in Boston, Massachusetts, on this date in 1848. It was started by Samuel Gregory, who named it the Boston Female Medical College. The first class — 12 women in all — graduated just two years later, in 1850. Gregory's own formal medical training consisted of a summer lecture course that he had taken in anatomy and physiology. He wasn't remotely a supporter of women's rights, but he believed it was unseemly for male doctors to assist women in childbirth, so the college was mostly intended to serve as a school for midwives at first. In 1856, the school's name was changed to the New England Female Medical College; it named among its graduates Rebecca Lee Crumper, the first African-American to earn a medical degree, which she did in 1864.
The "match race of the century" between Seabiscuit and War Admiral was run on this date in 1938. Seabiscuit had become something of a kindred spirit to dispirited Americans in the grip of the Great Depression: He was little, he was ugly, his legs were crooked, and he was plagued by frequent injuries. He was named for his sire, Hard Tack; a "sea biscuit" is another name for the hard bread eaten by sailors. Early in his racing career, he had been unreliable — sometimes blazing fast, sometimes lazy and tough to motivate — and he liked to overeat and oversleep. In spite of being trained by one of the top trainers in the business, Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, he lost his first 10 races and no one really thought he'd amount to much. Fitzsimmons began to neglect him, and turned his attention to more promising colts.
But Seabiscuit eventually found a new owner. He also found a new trainer, who had recently served a suspension as a scapegoat in a doping case; and a new jockey, who had a drinking problem and happened to be blind in one eye. Trainer Tom Smith and jockey Red Pollard saw potential in the colt, and worked to awaken his competitive spirit. The horse's stubbornness began to work in his favor, and soon he was winning. He would draw even with his competitors and stare them down out of the corner of his eye until they gave in, almost defeating them through sheer force of will. He became so competitive and so fierce that some of his stablemates refused to run against him in workouts. Track handicappers, in an attempt to make races more equitable, loaded him down with lead weights, but still he won. In 1937, as a four-year-old, he won 11 of 15 races and was the top money earner of the year. But he lost the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to another stallion, who just happened to be his uncle.


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OPINION: Temporal Basic Income is Desirable for the Disaster-sufferers to rebuild and sustain their Living
October 3, 2011 Yannick Vanderborght	Op-Ed, Opinion
Almost a half year has passed after the Great Earth Quake and Tsunami on March 11 in East Japan which jointly victimized nearly 16,000 people's lives, made around 4,600 people missing, destroyed a large number of houses and facilities, and induced the nuclear power-plant accidents in Fukushima. The 3 prefectures (Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima) in the Pacific coast district of Tohoku [North East] Japan were severely double-devastated by the earth quake and tsunami. In addition, people living in areas surrounding the nuclear-power plant were forced to evacuate from the caution zones. For families which lost their members and houses, a lot of funds were raised by the private sector domestically and internationally, and the funds have been concentrated to the Red Cross Japan and others and distributed to the prefectures in the disaster districts. However, the distribution of consolation money to the sufferers is slumbering because many municipal governments have lost their offices and staff members. Prefecture governments in the disaster districts have built about 100,000 provisional housings (free of rent), accommodating many evacuees. Although many households intend to rebuild their own houses, they cannot get refinance of mortgages unless they refund their previous mortgage on the block. Still today, more than 6000 people are living in shelters.
What is the most serious problem is that most sufferers lost their income sources.
Employed workers lost their jobs because their work places were destroyed or swept away, and even survived firms are in difficulty to purchase parts and materials and to restore customers, and many of the firms suspended their businesses and eventually got into bankrupt. Thus a lot of workers lost their employment.
According to Asahi Shimbun [newspaper] (2011.9.6), 63,352 people in the 3 prefectures (Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima) were registered as disaster-affected job seekers at public employment security offices from March to July. Among them only 13,017 people (20.5 %) got jobs by the end of July. It is estimated that 30 % of job seekers got jobs through public employment secure offices nationwide in the same period. The lowliness of re-employment rate of job seekers in the devastated zones is notable. Asahi said "It is sure that more than a half of the disaster-affected job seekers have not been reemployed yet." Among the job seekers 60,221 people were provided unemployment allowance from April to July (the first period of payment). For most of them the covering period of the insurance is 2 months. They can get an extension period of 2 months under the existing scheme, and 2 months under the extra rule for the disaster-affected job seekers. In any case, there will be a sharply increasing number of job seekers outside of the unemployment insurance starting in coming October.
The Pacific coast of Tohoku Japan has an industrial concentration of fishery and fish processing. However, many of the fishing boats were destroyed or swept away, fishing harbors and fish markets lost their function, and many of the processing factories were destroyed. Fishermen and fishery-related employees lost their job. Farmland in this area (mainly rice fields) was flooded by seawater and the soil got a high level of saline. It may need a couple of years to resume rice cultivation. Shipping regulations on and consumer avoidance of the agriculture, meat and fishery products from these areas in the concern about the radioactivity contamination due to the diffusion of radio-active matters caused by the nuclear power plant accidents are giving further sufferings to the farmers and fishermen.
In response to this situation, the government is trying to expand financing and subsidizing for reconstruction of these industries respectively. However, these programs are operated within the framework of existing schemes; therefore, they entail minute conditions and cumbersome procedures. They are not easily available for the people in hurry. Under the circumstances, it will take a long time to recover production and employment. Therefore, it is desirable to ensure income for the sufferers, i.e. paying basic income by the government on a temporary basis.
The activists and researchers concerned, centering on BIJP (Basic Income Japan Pursuers), have been campaigning for establishment of a Basic Income scheme for the sufferers. They organized 2 meetings in the Parliament House (to impress politicians) after April. They insist as follows:
1) The government should pay 150,000 JPY (2,700 USD) per month to all of the sufferers unconditionally and individually for 5 years.
The un-conditionality and individuality can enable the beneficiaries to flexibly plan living and get through situations responding to each condition of work, production and living.
Along with the basic income, the government and local municipal governments should enhance in-kind services such as care for elderly citizens, disabled citizens and children, job training, employment placement and so on.
2) If the scheme is targeted within people in the 3 Tohoku prefectures (Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima), the estimated number of beneficiaries are 5,670,000. The necessary budget is around 10 trillion JPY (180 billion USD) per year.
The government estimates the funds necessary for rehabilitation as a whole at between 20 to 30 trillion JPY. In addition, 10 trillion JPY may necessary for compensation for damages by the nuclear plant accidents. It is impossible to cover such a huge budget by usual measures such as tax increasing, budge cut down and issue of usual government bonds. A simple and effective measure is that the government issues extra government bonds and the Bank of Japan (the central bank of Japan) buys all of the bonds. The fund from the bank of Japan will be all used by the government. This means in effect that the government itself issues currency on security of its financial credibility. It may be a sort of government-issue note. This financial measure will not increase governmental debt at all.
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Start-up LMS Company Raises $8 Million
By Katie Ash on April 15, 2011 3:10 PM
The Utah-based start-up learning management system company called Instructure, which launched an open-source LMS in February, has secured $8 million in funding from a handful of sources, according to the Wall Street Journal's tech blog Digits.
After going open-source, the company received thousands of inquiries from schools, says the chief executive officer Josh Coates. The difference between Instructure's LMS, called Canvas, and others such as Blackboard or Moodle, is that it is a web-based program that relies heavily on the cloud, rather than installed software, says Coates.
What LMS does your school or district use, and have you heard others express a need for a more open-source, cloud-supported system? Let us know in the comments.
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During a Time of Cutbacks at EPA, 30 States Also Slashed Funding for State Environmental Agencies
by Environmental Integrity December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019
Washington D.C. December 5, 2019 – During a decade of cuts at EPA fueled by rhetoric that environmental responsibility should be shifted from the federal to state level, 30 states cut funding for their own environmental agencies and 40 reduced their staffing, according to a new study of state budget records.
The nonpartisan Environmental Integrity Project's report, "The Thin Green Line: Cuts to State Pollution Control Agencies Threaten Public Health," examined spending and staffing in state pollution control programs in the lower 48 U.S. states from 2008 to 2018.
"The Trump Administration has been trying to roll back EPA's authority and funding by arguing that the states will pick up the slack and keep our air and water clean," said Eric Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Environmental Integrity Project.
"This is just a shell game, however," said Schaeffer, former Director of Civil Enforcement at EPA, "because state agencies are often badly understaffed and the EPA workforce is already at its lowest level in more than thirty years. Neither EPA nor states have the funding they need to meet their responsibilities under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other laws that protect the public's health and our environment from dangerous pollution."
The White House and Congress reduced EPA's funding and staffing for pollution control and science programs by 16 percent from 2008 to 2018, when adjusted for inflation. During this period, many states slashed their own environmental agency funding by an even greater percentage– notably Texas (35 percent), North Carolina (34 percent), and Illinois (25 percent). The reductions in these state environmental programs came even though state spending was growing overall, and environmental threats were rising, including climate change and a booming oil and gas industry in Texas.
Luke Metzger, Executive Director of Environment Texas, said: "With one-third of our waterways unsafe for fishing and swimming and two-thirds of Texans living in areas with unsafe air quality, Texas has major environmental problems. But instead of meeting this challenge, our legislature is deprioritizing the environment and public health."
The steep reductions at state environmental agencies came despite evidence that many environmental violations are resulting in no enforcement or penalties.
For example, EPA records show there are 2,098 sewage plants, factories, and other industrial sites across the U.S. that are currently in significant violation of federal air, water, or hazardous waste pollution control laws, including 1,255 that have been in violation every quarter continuously for the last three years. Of these 1,255 sites with chronic violations, 80 percent (1,008) are in states with environmental agencies that have suffered staffing cuts, records show.
The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) examination of state budget records from 2008 to 2018 (adjusted for inflation) found:
Thirty states reduced the funding for their environmental agencies' pollution control programs. Twenty-five states imposed cuts of at least 10 percent on their environmental agencies. Sixteen states reduced spending by more than 20 percent, when adjusted for inflation.
Although coastal flooding driven by a changing climate is on the increase, seven of the 10 states with the sharpest cuts to their environmental agencies are coastal states that are disproportionately hurt by rising sea levels, including North Carolina, Louisiana, and New York.
Forty states reduced the staffing levels at their environmental agencies over this decade. Twenty-one states cut their environmental workforce by at least 10 percent, and nine by 20 percent or more.
Overall, states eliminated 4,400 positions at agencies responsible for protecting the environment.
In many cases, the cuts were not the result of state budget crunches but deliberate policy choices. Several states slashed spending on their environmental agencies while their overall state budget grew significantly. For example, between 2008 and 2018, after adjusting for inflation Texas cut the funding its state Commission on Environmental Quality by 35 percent, while boosting overall state government spending by 41 percent. Researchers found similar trends in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.
States with 10 Largest Percentage Cuts to Environmental Agency Funding
State FY 2008 (millions) FY 2008 (inflation adjusted 2018 dollars) FY 2018 Percentage
Wisconsin $91 $107 $69 -36
Texas $494 $578 $374 -35
Louisiana $164 $192 $125 -35
North Carolina $116 $136 $90 -34
Delaware $46 $54 $36 -33
New York $381 $446 $307 -31
Arizona $81 $95 $67 -29
Massachusetts $59 $69 $50 -28
Rhode Island $30 $35 $25 -27
New Mexico $77 $90 $66 -27
Note: Figures for pollution control program operating funds in state environmental agencies are in millions. Source is state budget documents.
Reactions from State Environmental Advocates:
North Carolina: Drew Ball, Director of Environment North Carolina, said: "This idea that we can just slowly underfund our state environmental agencies, and that is somehow going to be beneficial to the state or business is just really backward. It doesn't help business and certainly doesn't help the health and safety of families."
Louisiana: Anne Rolfes, Director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an environmental organization, said: "The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality needs two things: more money in its budget and the will to enforce the law. Demoralized employees lack the proper funding to do their jobs, and they are vulnerable to industry pressure."
Illinois: Jen Walling, Executive Director of the nonprofit Illinois Environmental Council, said: "I know the people at IEPA are trying to do their jobs and the obligations we've given them with limited resources, but it's just too little and the work isn't getting done. This means that people are subject to more pollution, polluters are getting away with more violations, and also, for industry, it takes longer to obtain a permit in Illinois."
Indiana: Dr. Indra Frank, Environmental Health and Water Policy Director at the Hoosier Environmental Council, said: "There are many smart, hard-working people at Indiana's Department of Environmental Management, but their ability to do the work the state needs is curtailed by severe resource limitations and repeated budget cuts."
Pennsylvania: David Masur, Director of PennEnvironment, a nonprofit advocacy organization, said: "From soup to nuts, when you make steep cuts in revenue at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and then lose staff and expertise, not surprisingly, your ability to run the agency and protect the environment is chopped off at the knees."
Top 10 Largest Percentage Cuts to State Environmental Agency Staff
State FY 2008 FY 2018 Positions Lost Percentage
Illinois 1,028 639 -389 -38
North Carolina 1,051 675 -376 -35
Arizona 473 322 -151 -32
Louisiana 994 698 -296 -30
New York 2,367 1,677 -690 -29
Tennessee 1,127 880 -247 -22
Michigan 1,568 1,228 -340 -22
Delaware 326 258 -68 -21
Florida 2,022 1,611 -411 -20
New Jersey 2,321 1,858 -463 -20
Note: Figures are full-time-equivalent positions at state environmental agencies, often eliminated through attrition. Source is state budget documents.
Policy Recommendations:
1) Industry lobbyists and politicians should stop pretending that shifting more responsibility for environmental programs from federal to state agencies won't tear big holes in the safety net that protects public health. This is a fallacy when most state environmental agencies have been weakened by budget and workforce cuts.
2) Governors and state lawmakers should fund state environmental agencies sufficiently to allow them to hire enough inspectors, permit writers, scientists, engineers, and other professionals to implement federal laws that protect public health, clean air, and clean water. That should be done by increasing permitting fees for industry that most states already collect.
3) Neither EPA nor most state environmental agencies have enough funding to perform their responsibilities. Congress could help with more funding for both EPA and state agencies. However, any increases for the states should not be taken out of EPA operating programs, because EPA's workforce has already shrunken to levels not seen since the Reagan Administration.
For a copy of the full report, click here. For an online map of all the states and their budget cuts, click here.
The Environmental Integrity Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas, that protects public health and the environment by investigating polluters, holding them accountable under the law, and strengthening public policy.


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It's so cute Princess Charlotte wears her big brother's hand-me-downs!
By Stephanie hallett
The Royal Family just keeps bringing the charm on their official visit to Canada!
Earlier this week, we discovered that the queen of re-wearing her best outfits — that would be Kate Middleton — has been rocking the same pair of brown leather boots for more than a decade (yes, the exact same pair). And now we've learned that her daughter, the delightful Princess Charlotte, is taking after her mum in the outfit-recycling department.
At a recent party in Victoria, British Columbia for Canadian military families with children, little Charlotte was seen sporting a sweet blue and coral dress topped with the same sweater her brother George wore the day Charlotte was brought home from the hospital!
Here's charlotte in the cozy cardigan from British brand Amaia:
And here's her brother George wearing the same sweater in 2015:
How cute are these two?!
Amaia Arrieta, co-owner of the Amaia children's boutique, told People that she's happy to see the $52 sweater getting passed down.
"I'm so happy that she chose our cardigan, first for Prince George and now for Princess Charlotte — it's so lovely and exciting to see our pieces enjoyed and worn in different ways."
She added, "I find it quite symbolic and so cute, her inheriting his clothes."
While the royals' favorite cardigan was a part of Amaia's winter 2014 collection, similar styles are currently available from the brand's website, like this super-cute hooded version and this cozy red sweater that features mother-of-pearl buttons.
Sounds positively regal to us! Can't wait to see which hand-me-down Charlotte wears next.


Replacing 12 seniors can be a tall task, but on Monday night at TVA Credit Union Ballpark, the Science Hill baseball team looked like it had not missed a beat as it started the season with a Big 7 conference win over Volunteer, 9-2.
Caleb Marmo blasted a three-run home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the second in his first varsity game with the Hilltoppers already up 2-0. He finished 2-for-3 along with a single, walk and three runs scored.
Drew Honeycutt picked up the win for the 'Toppers, pitching four solid innings and striking out six. However, it was Garrett Gleason that came on in relief who impressed as he struck out seven and allowed just one hit.
For the Falcons, Peyton Derrick and Caleb Trent scored the runs. Eli Dixon, Jessi Rollins and Trent recorded the hits for Volunteer, which were all singles.
Derrick made an appearance on the mound for the Falcons and changed the pace of the game completely after taking over for Eli Dixon. With his looping curveball that worked the inside of the plate to right-handed hitters, he caused some frustration for Science Hill. He allowed five hits, but only one earned run and threw six first pitch strikes to the 13 batters he faced.
Landon Slemp was also good for Science Hill both at the plate and in the field, making a nice diving stop behind second base in the third. He went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of doubles and drove in three runs.
The Hilltoppers will travel to Volunteer on Tuesday with the first pitch at 5 p.m. The start time was moved up from an original 6 p.m. first pitch.


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