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Prof. Dr Malej, Alenka
Taxonomic terms: Copepoda [WoRMS]; Scyphozoa [WoRMS]
Institute Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Dataset
National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran (MBS), more
Function: Leader of Program Group
Direct contact at institute:
Tel.: +386-(0)56-71 29 03
Fax: +386-(0)5-67 129 02
Projects (7) Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Dataset
Creating a long term infrastructure for marine biodiversity research in the European Economic Area and the Newly Associated States, more
European integration of marine microplankton research, more
Genetic Biodiversity, more
Implementation and networking of large-scale long-term marine biodiversity research in Europe, more
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
Meiobenthic And Nematode biodiversity: Unraveling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects, more
Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MarBEF: PROviding an e-Platform for the European Taxonomists, more
Dataset Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Dataset
Pelagic primary production, more
Publications (26) Top | Institute | Publications | Projects | Dataset
A1 Publications (11) [show]
Bergamasco, A.; Cucco, A.; Guglielmo, L.; Minutoli, R.; Quattrocchi, G.; Guglielmo, R.; Palumbo, F.; Pansera, M.; Zagami, G.; Vodopivec, M.; Malej, A.; Granata, A. (2022). Observing and modeling long-term persistence of P. noctiluca in coupled complementary marine systems (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea and Messina Strait). NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 14905. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18832-2, more
Galdies, C.; Bellerby, R.; Canu, D.; Chen, W.; Garcia-Luque, E.; Gašparovic, B.; Godrijan, J.; Lawlor, P.J.; Maes, F.; Malej, A.; Panagiotaras, D.; Martinez Romera, B.; Reymond, C.E.; Rochette, J.; Solidoro, C.; Stojanov, R.; Tiller, R.; Torres de Noronha, I.; Uscinowicz, G.; Vaidianu, N.; Walsh, C.; Guerra, R. (2020). European policies and legislation targeting ocean acidification in European waters - Current state. Mar. Policy 118: 103947. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103947, more
Grego, M.; Malej, A.; De Troch, M. (2020). The depleted carbon isotopic signature of nematodes and Harpacticoids and their place in carbon processing in fish farm sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 572. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00572, more
Tinta, T.; Kogovsek, T.; Klun, K.; Malej, A.; Herndl, G.J.; Turk, V. (2019). Jellyfish-associated microbiome in the marine environment: exploring its biotechnological potential. Mar. Drugs 17(2): 94. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md17020094 , more
Kogovsek, T.; Bogunovic, B.; Malej, A. (2010). Recurrence of bloom-forming scyphomedusae: wavelet analysis of a 200-year time series. Hydrobiologia 645(1): 81-96. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0217-8, more
Tinta, T.; Malej, A.; Kos, M.; Turk, V. (2010). Degradation of the Adriatic medusa Aurelia sp. by ambient bacteria. Hydrobiologia 645(1): 179-191. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0223-x, more
Grego, M.; De Troch, M.; Forte, J.; Malej, A. (2009). Main meiofauna taxa as an indicator for assessing the spatial and seasonal impact of fish farming. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 58(8): 1178-1186. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.020, more
Shiganova, T.A.; Malej, A. (2009). Native and non-native ctenophores in the Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic Sea. J. Plankton Res. 31(1): 61-71. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn102, more
Kozar Logar, J.; Malej, A.; Franko, M. (2003). Hyphenated high performance liquid chromatography-thermal lens spectrometry technique as a tool for investigations of xanthophylls cycle pigments in different taxonomic groups of marine phytoplankton. Rev. Sci. Inst. 74: 776-778, more
Malej, A.; Mozetic, P.; Turk, V.; Terzic, S.; Ahel, M.; Cauwet, G. (2003). Changes in particulate and dissolved organic matter in nutrient-enriched enclosures from an area influenced by mucilage: the northern Adriatic Sea. J. Plankton Res. 25(8): 949-966. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/25.8.949, more
Mozetic, P.; Umani, S.F.; Cataletto, B.; Malej, A. (1998). Seasonal and inter-annual plankton variability in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic). ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 55(4): 711-722, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Yahia, M.N.D.; Batistic, M.; Lucic, D.; Fernández de Puelles, M.L.; Licandro, P.; Malej, A.; Molinero, J-C.; Siokou-Frangou, I.; Zervoudaki, S.; Prieto, L.; Goy, J.; Yahia-Kéfi, O.D. (2010). Are the outbreaks of Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) more frequent in the Mediterranean basin?, in: Gislason, A. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the "Joint ICES/CIESM Workshop to compare zooplankton ecology and methodologies between the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic (WKZEM)". ICES Cooperative Research Report, 300: pp. 8-14, more
Malej, A.; Malej, A. (1987). Mesečinka (Pelagia noctiluca) in medicinski pomen njenega ožiga = Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca and medical significance of its sting. Zdrav. Vestn. 56(4): 161-163, more
Books (2) [show]
Ramšak, A.; Francé, J.; Orlando-Bonaca, M.; Turk, V.; Flander-Putrle, V.; Mozetic, P.; Lipej, L.; Tinta, T.; Trkov, D.; Dermastia, T.T.; Malej, A. (Ed.) (2017). 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017, Piran, Slovenia: Abstract Book. National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station: Piran. ISBN 978-961-93486-5-9. 214 pp., more
Magni, P.; Malej, A.; Moncheva, S.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Cuvelier, D.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Mees, J. (Ed.) (2004). Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. VIII, 108 pp., more
Book chapters (8) [show]
Kogovsek, T.; Bogunovic, B.; Malej, A. (2010). Recurrence of bloom-forming scyphomedusae: wavelet analysis of a 200-year time series, in: Purcell, J.E. et al. Jellyfish blooms: New problems and solutions. Developments in Hydrobiology, 212: pp. 81-96. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9541-1_7, more
Tinta, T.; Malej, A.; Kos, M.; Turk, V. (2010). Degradation of the Adriatic medusa Aurelia sp. by ambient bacteria, in: Purcell, J.E. et al. Jellyfish blooms: New problems and solutions. Developments in Hydrobiology, 212: pp. 179-191. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9541-1_14, more
Ammar, I.; Grimes, S.; Magni, P.; Malej, A.; Moncheva, S. (2004). Introduction to Topic 2.5: Regional and international cooperation and comparative situations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 41-42, more
Ammar, I.; Magni, P.; Malej, A.; Moncheva, S. (2004). Summary of discussions on Topic 2.5: Regional and international cooperation and comparative situations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 87-90, more
Magni, P.; Malej, A.; Moncheva, S. (2004). Common discussion and synthesis: summary, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 100-102, more
Malej, A.; Malej Jr., A. (2004). Invasion of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in the northern Adriatic: a non-success story, in: Dumont, H. et al. (Ed.) Aquatic invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas: The ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi and Beroe in the Ponto-Caspian and other aquatic invasions. Nato Science Series: 4. Earth and Environmental Sciences, 35: pp. 273-285, more
Fonda-Umani, S.; Franco, P.; Ghirardelli, E.; Malej, A. (1992). Outline of oceanography and the plankton of the Adriatic Sea, in: Colombo, G. et al. (Ed.) Marine Eutrophication and Population Dynamics: 25th European Marine Biology Symposium, Ferrara (Italy), 10-15 September 1990. International Symposium Series, : pp. 347-365, more
Malej, A.; Malej, M. (1992). Population dynamics of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775), in: Colombo, G. et al. Marine Eutrophication and Population Dynamics: 25th European Marine Biology Symposium, Ferrara (Italy), 10-15 September 1990. International Symposium Series, : pp. 215-219, more
Abstracts (3) [show]
Grego, M.; Malej, A.; Cnudde, C.; De Troch, M. (2013). Fish farming creates a 13C depleted basis of the benthic food web and alters diatom uptake by meiofauna, in: 48th European Marine Biology Symposium, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, 19-23/08/2013: abstracts. pp. 133, more
Grego, M.; De Troch, M.; Forte, J.; Malej, A. (2008). The diversity of Harpacticoida (Copepoda) under and away from a fish farm, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 2, more
Grego, M.; De Troch, M.; Cermelj, B.; Forte, J.; Berden-Zrimec, M.; Malej, A. (2007). Impact of fish farming on meiofauna: a casestudy from the Bay of Piran (Slovenia), in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [48], more
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Q: Capitalizing non-ASCII words in Python How to capitalize words containing non-ASCII characters in Python? Is there a way to tune string's capitalize() method to do that?

A: Use Unicode strings:
# coding: cp1252
print u"é".capitalize()
# Prints É

If all you have is an 8-bit string, decode it into Unicode first:
# coding: cp1252
print "é".decode('cp1252').capitalize()
# Prints É

If you then need it as an 8-bit string again, encode it:
# coding: cp1252
print "é".decode('cp1252').capitalize().encode('cp1252')
# Prints É (assuming your terminal is happy to receive cp1252)

A: capitalize() should Just Work™ for Unicode strings.

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Theo Fleury to be inducted in Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame in Canmore
Canadian hockey legend Theo Fleury leads the class of 2019 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame inductions taking place in Canmore next week.
Jul 11, 2019 5:00 PM by: Jordan Small
Theo Fleury. Frank Giorno for TimminsToday.
CANMORE – Canadian hockey legend Theo Fleury leads the class of 2019 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame (AHHF) inductions taking place in Canmore next week.
The third annual induction takes place next Sunday (July 21), starting at 1 p.m. with the VIP reception at the Canmore Opera House in Spring Creek Mountain Village. Tickets are $50. At 5 p.m., the awards gala and hockey celebration takes place at the Coast Hotel. Tickets are $150 for the gala, or $180 for both events.
As a new addition to this year's ceremony, $25 of each VIP reception ticket will go towards the Canmore Minor Hockey Association and Canmore Eagles.
"We wanted to incorporate a give back to the community," said Serge Ouimette, chair of Canmore's AHHF VIP Reception Event Committee. "We have the stars in the hockey realm in Alberta here, so let's do something while they're here in town."
At the ceremony, Fleury will be inducted with Shirley Cameron, Kevin Lowe, Duncan MacDougall, Bob Ridley and the 1986-87 and '87-88 Medicine Hat Tigers Memorial Cup champions.
Fleury said it was an honour to be inducted during the announcement in March.
"I find it ironic, being here in Edmonton where the Oilers play, sitting next to a guy I went up against for so many years. But we have a tremendous amount of respect for each other, and it's an honour." - 2019 #AHHF Inductee @TheoFleury14.
📸: Oilers Entertainment Group pic.twitter.com/oqSKwQ9Zca
— Hockey Alberta (@HockeyAlberta) March 7, 2019
Standing at five-foot-six, Fleury punched above his weight on the ice throughout his career. The Saskatchewan born player was an NHL all-star, Stanley Cup winner in 1988-89 with the Calgary Flames, and 2002 Olympic gold medallist with team Canada. Off the ice, Fleury is an author, motivational speaker and expert in relational trauma – which is a form of PTSD, brought on as harm done to one person by another in a marital/primary relationship through any form of abuse, be it emotional, physical or sexual, according to www.theofleury.life.
An on ice rival of Fleury's joining him in Canmore will be Lowe, a former NHL All-Star and winner of six Stanley Cups over his career, including five with the Edmonton Oilers, who also got the hall of fame nod.
"I was born in Quebec, but I've spent two thirds of my life in Alberta," Lowe said during the induction announcement in March. "I'm a very proud Albertan … I will certainly always be an Albertan."
"I was born in Quebec, but I've spent two thirds of my life in Alberta. I'm a very proud Albertan. I could've gone to any number of teams, and I ended up here in Edmonton. I will certainly always be an Albertan." - 2019 #AHHF Inductee Kevin Lowe.
📸: Oilers Entertainment Group pic.twitter.com/iDr4KRQsd6
Bonnyville's Cameron was instrumental in the development of women's hockey the province since the '70s as a player and coach.
MacDougall played a significant role in developing on-ice officials for over more than 40 years in Alberta.
"We like to stay out of the limelight, so it was very humbling to find out about this, I couldn't believe it." - Longtime Official Duncan MacDougall on being named to the #AHHF Class of 2019.
📸: Oilers Entertainment Group pic.twitter.com/fk4zAFtFyb
Ridley has been in the sports journalism business for 50 years covering amateur sports in Medicine Hat with CHAT TV & Radio and has been a major part of the Medicine Hat Tigers since its inception in 1970.
The Tigers are the only Alberta junior hockey team to win consecutive Memorial Cups.
For more information on the inductees, visit www.ahhf.ca/current-induction-class/.
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About the Author: Jordan Small
Jordan Small joined the Outlook in 2014 and covers the vast world of sports in the Bow Valley. A Barrie, Ont. native, he also wrote for RMO's Mountain Guide section and the MD of Bighorn beat.

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Jonathan Corr, Intercontinental Exchange (US)
Home Rankings
executive advisor of ICE mortgage technology
Jonathan Corr has become executive advisor of Intercontinental Exchange's ICE mortgage technology in September 2020, after nearly two decades at Ellie Mae. He also currently serves as a board member at Mortgage Bankers Association, and is an adviser and investor at 18Birdies. Corr served as Ellie Mae's president since 2013, and also took on the role of CEO in 2015. Before taking the helm at Ellie Mae, he served in various positions within the company, including as chief operating officer and chief strategy officer. He was also a member of Ellie Mae's board of directors, a position he's held since 2015. Prior to joining Ellie Mae, Corr held executive and management positions at PeopleSoft, KANA, BroadBase Software, and Netscape Communications. In 2018, Corr won the Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award honouring the Top CEOs. The same year, he was also included in MPA's annual Hot List. He was also listed in last year's Mortgage Global 100.


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Not-so-Jolly Ranchers
Texas 41, Oklahoma State 36
Sept. 29, 2012 • Stillwater, OK
Cowboys are right up there with bears when it comes to mascots that Texas has played most often. We have already played one cowboy team this season, and that's in addition to all the other times we've played OSU. We've spelled Texas with a variety of cowboy-worthy items: rope, Cowboy coal, hot dogs (think campfire out on the range), brisket, even Fun Dip (a.k.a. "chaw"). This time I figured I'd branch out a little with this homage to one place a cowboy can call home: the ranch. (This may be a sign that I've been reading a little too much Pioneer Woman. By the way, I seem to remember seeing photos of her kids in Okie State T-shirts at their ranch home.)
These Cowboys certainly felt at home on the range, breaking one big play after another, including that ridiculous game-opening possession that gave them the early lead. If this game were a rodeo, OSU would not be cowboys, though; they'd be the bulls that change direction every time their riders think they have found their rhythm. The Horns' D, meanwhile, would be the rodeo clowns: They provide a distraction, but they have no intention of actually making contact with anyone. I mean, were they TRYING to avoid the ball-carrier or what? Good cattle!
It's crazy to think that our defense gave up 576 yards (a whopping 8.6 yards per snap), and yet the Horns won. CRAZY! In spite of the porous D, our offense pulled out a win. QB David Ash was clutch. He threw one interception, but when the game was on the line, he converted on 4th and 6 to extend what turned out to be the game-winning drive. Johnathan Gray threw his own coming out party there in T. Boone's stadium, and J Gray was just one of a posse of backs who traded carries. Jaxon Shipley earned a hat trick, scoring three touchdowns. Crazy how often good things happen when Ship (version 2.0) gets the ball.
For the record, I do believe Texas' last TD was, in fact, a touchdown, that the ball crossed the plane before Bergeron fumbled it. I also believe that college football uniforms should never stray too far from their traditional look. (Those OSU unis looked RED to me, red-orange, if I'm generous. How do you run a commercial at halftime that says you're "America's brightest orange" and then wear that dark color? Bring back the traffic cone orange!) If you haven't noticed, I also believe that it's OK to be a "first-person fan" and use "we" and "our" when referring to the team you've cheered and loved since birth. And while I'm at it, Brett Hull's cup-winning goal was legit and Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. End of rant.
ANYWAY, I'm always glad to see the OSU game in the rearview mirror so I can get back to rooting for the Cowboys. One of my UT buddies went there for his undergrad, and I figure UT and Okie State fans have that "My enemy's enemy is my friend" thing going for them. Besides, how can you not like a college town that is home to Eskimo Joe's?
Next up: West Virginia and Heisman candidate Geno Smith. It took forever for football season to get here, but since the first two back-to-back games, we've had a whopping THREE tailgate-less Saturdays. Let's fix that next weekend when the Mountaineers come to Austin. WV beat an RG3-less Baylor 70-63 this weekend, so this may be another "last one with the ball wins" kind of game. But who knows? Maybe our D will morph from rodeo clown to cowboy by then.
Tags: 2012, away game, candy, Cowboys, Oklahoma State, win
Where have all the apostrophes gone?
This 2012 bye week has given me time to lament our dearly departed friend, the apostrophe.
Goodbye, apostrophes?
Now I shouldn't say the apostrophe is gone. In fact, it seems to show up incorrectly more than ever in plural words, as evidenced by many online examples such as this one at the Apostrophe Catastrophe blog.
But it certainly seems like apostrophes are in short supply, considering the number of times a left single quote mark is used instead.
It's really quite simple. Apostrophes are used:
to express possession (as in "Vince Young's touchdown" or "Earl's Heisman") or
to take the place of something that's been deleted (e.g., in a contraction like "that's" just a few words to the left or for years when you don't need to know the century, like '05).
("Grammar Girl" has several great episodes discussing apostrophes, by the way. You can find one of them here.)
Closest to my heart is the apostrophe used in our favorite phrase: HOOK 'EM. Our team's rallying cry is short for "hook them," and the apostrophe takes the place of the very un-Texan "th." Easy, right?
Not so fast. Instead of having an apostrophe, famous for looking like a little 9, the phrase "hook 'em" is written repeatedly with a left single quotation mark. The left single quote, which looks like a little 6, typically is used at the beginning of a quote within another quote. An example: "The play known as '4th and 5' may be my favorite of all time," she said.
Programs like Word (and even the WordPress interface through which this blog is written) often assume the writer wants an opening single quote when he/she hits that apostrophe key before typing a word. That causes problems when typing contractions like 'tis or years like '63, '69, '70 and '05.
And it's a big ol' problem when "Hook 'Em Horns!" ends up in giant type—incorrectly—on DKR's Godzillatron…
…or on the ribbon boards. (Et tu, Mickey D's?)
Of course, it's not just Texas products that feature these impostor apostrophes.
How 'bout we fix that!
Fortunately, some apparel makers get it right:
But for every T-shirt or coffee mug that has our rallying cry correctly punctuated, there are a dozen misfires,
and that's a real shame. We are Texas! It's true that what starts here changes the world, but do we really want our university to be part of this change, to eradicate the apostrophe while substituting its impostor?
It's time we find our missing apostrophes and put them back in "hook 'em" where they belong. If we don't, imagine what kind of world that would be.
On second thought, maybe we shouldn't imagine that!
Join us next time as we debate the necessity of the apostrophe in "Horns" or the commas in "Hook 'em, Horns!" and "Go, Horns, go!" (Just kidding. I'll stick to spelling Texas from here on out!)
Disclaimer: Although I teach English, I wouldn't dare claim this post is error-free. In fact, it really bugs me that imposter is an alternate spelling of impostor. They both look wrong. ANYWAY, I'm not really a grammar nazi, but I am a tried-and-true Longhorn fan who will love my school 'til Gabriel blows his horn!
Tags: 2012, off week, rant
Ole Mess
Texas 66, Ole Miss 31
Sept. 15, 2012 • Oxford, MS
Ew, ew and EW! This was the messiest, stickiest, ickiest SPELL TEXAS yet! And the finished product? The Mississippi mud cake might not have been that bad, but I've changed enough diapers in my day to see a certain resemblance. Again, EW!
Fortunately, the Horns' offense looked nothing like our cake tonight! David Ash had a great game, as did Marquise Goodwin and Malcolm Brown. In spite of a game-opening drive that stalled on our own 31, the O came through big-time, showing strength on the ground and in the air.
One of my football buddies was in Oxford for the game, but I was plenty happy on my couch. ESPN carried the game, but I ended up watching the alternate angles on Longhorn Network so I could hear Craig Way's call. And man, do I love hearing The Eyes and seeing the Tower light up at game's end, all thanks to LHN (and U-verse, who finally decided we are worthy of this channel).
Now I know it's bad form to gripe about your team after a 35-point win, but good grief, our D needs to step it up in a hurry. Okie State, West Virginia and ou will roll all over us if we can't plug some holes and actually—oh, what's the word?—TACKLE. Special teams gave up a 99-yard kickoff return for a TD, too.
Still, in spite of that rather—ahem!—poopy play, the end result was just like that Mississippi Mud Cake: SWEET.
Tags: 2012, away game, Ole Miss, Rebels, win
Obedience School for the Lobos
Texas 45, New Mexico 0
Sept. 8, 2012 • DKR
In nature lobos are wild, ferocious creatures. In DKR, however, the UNM Lobos were more like cute little puppy dogs. They did a lot of yipping and yapping in the first half, holding the Horns to just 17 points, but in the end, they were really good at rolling over and playing dead. (Hat tip to Amy E. for suggesting the dog biscuits!)
We had a good crowd at the tailgate. The sausage wraps with grilled brats were tasty, and watching A&M's SEC debut was not a bad dessert. Nothing like seeing 30 Texas fans doing the Gator chomp!
Adding to the usual DKR atmosphere was the Alumni Band (and the legendary Baton Guy). As for the game, the Horns got off to another slow start (scary!), but it's hard to complain about a 45-point shut-out.
The dog treats and their fixed size made spelling Texas and making the state outline a little more difficult than I would've thought.
See what I mean? If we ever use Milk Bones again, I'll buy the smaller ones. (At least our dog appreciates the larger treats!)
New signs and flags for the tents! Coors Light is now an official sponsor of UT Athletics, so we have the university's blessing to display the banners.
Sausage wraps!
The season ahead
Watching the ags and Gators
So nice that my niece and nephew-in-law could join us for the game! (Thanks, Dede, for your generosity!)
Big Bertha and the "big Q-Tip"
Alpha Phi Omega and the largest Texas flag
So good to see the Tyler Rose, Earl Campbell, walking on the field! Earl has struggled with back pain for years.
Earl was on the field for the coin toss.
Randy Peschel was the "mystery Longhorn" for the intro video. "Street to Peschel" is legendary in Texas football history. Peschel's pass reception sealed the Horns' 1969 national championship. See here for more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FszLa0AhBxI
While in DKR, I documented Texas' Southwest Conference championships—you know, just to show what an accurate list looks like. To see an inaccurate list, click here: http://deadspin.com/5941380/texas-am-picked-up-two-national-championships-two-conference-titles-over-the-summer
Here are actual Big 12 championships, not south division ones. Ahem.
We were on the Godzillatron!!!
David Ash drops back to pass.
Pass to Malcolm Brown (the one on offense, not the DT)
The LHB and alumni band celebrate the 75th anniversary of the UT Tower
The Tower with the "75"
A special "Eyes of Texas" for our Tower. For some reason, singing to a building didn't seem as odd as that time we sang "The Eyes" to Bevo.
Second half entrance
Did not realize until this game that we use the weird pictures to signal defensive plays
Years later, and the "Get Your Horns Up" promo still gets the crowd going.
Yet another Longhorn TD!
Tags: 2012, DKR, game pix, LHB, Lobos, New Mexico, tailgating
Ready for New Mexico
It's just over two hours until the Horns and Lobos kick off. A nice breeze is cooling us off, sausage wraps are being consumed, and Texas has been spelled. We're ready for some football!
Hook 'em, Horns!
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Rope the Cowboys
Texas 37, Wyoming 17
We've used string to substitute for rope before, but the thicker rope (found in our garage early Saturday morning) seemed a little more authentic.
This first tailgate of the 2012 season took a little while to assemble, but once that generator was humming, we were good to go.
We had some trouble with the satellite dish, but that didn't keep us from watching LHN!
Because of the extreme heat, cold sandwiches were on the menu. Since we felt like we were already in an oven, no one missed the grill.
We ended up with a decent crowd, even if we did get off to a late start and our ringleader was away being a good volleyball dad.
As for the game, here's a glimpse into what we saw from our Section 1 viewpoint:
Bergeron on the verge of our first TD
Double "Script Texas"! So nice of the LHB to match our rope spelling this week.
Visitors from Wyoming
Full moon = extra lighting
Bergeron runs for another TD
Happiness is an orange Tower
Tags: 2012, Bergeron, Cowboys, DKR, LHB, tailgate, Tower, win, Wyoming


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Q: How to finish all activity on click of home button Suppose there are A, B, C, D and E etc. activities. I'm creating a home button in Activity E. Now if i move from activity A to B, then to C and finally to D.
Now when i click home button, when i am in D activity, i want to finish all my other activity.
So that when the user start the app again it will not open the D activity. Instead it will open from the first activity i.e A. So how that can be done. Please suggest me.
Regards
Anshuman

A: In activity D, you just need to define a FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLAR_TOP flag while defining intent to start home Activity A.
For example:
public void btnHomeClick(View v) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, HomeActivity.class);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
        startActivity(intent);
    }

A: You can use System.exit(0); in onclick of your home button.

A: The best way to finish all activities on press of HomeButton is as described below:
If you need to support only API level 16+ (Android 4.1/JELLY_BEAN and above)
finishAffinity(); finishes current activity in which it is invoked as well as all activities immediately below it in the current task that have the same affinity.
To call finishAffinity(); on Home Button press event, you can listen for the Home Button press event as below:
Key code constant: public static final int KEYCODE_HOME; This key is handled by the framework and is never delivered to applications. Hence you need to override below method in your activity.
@Override
public void onAttachedToWindow() {
    super.onAttachedToWindow();
    this.getWindow().setType(WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_KEYGUARD);
}

After overriding above method, now you can easily listen HOME Key press in your activity using onKeyDown() method.
@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

    if(keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HOME)
    {
       //The Code Want to Perform.
    }
});

To finish all activities for pre API level 16 (before Android 4.1/JELLY BEAN), you've got to keep track of all activities in your stack and call finish(); for ALL of them by passing HOME Button pressed event result back to previous calling activities (and no, there is no way to iterate through the Activity stack, so you have to manage all of this yourself using startActivityForResult() and OnActivityResult()).
Do not use System.exit(0); as it does not kill your app if you have more than one activity on the stack. What actually happens is that the process is killed and immediately restarted with one fewer activity on the stack. This is also what happens when your app is killed by the Force Close dialog, or even when you try to kill the process from DDMS. This is a fact that is entirely undocumented, to my knowledge.

A: first of all we cannot override the "home" button (i.e. hardware button) in android.


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Police in West Yorkshire pledge support for victims of honour-based abuse and force marriage
Georgina Morris
West Yorkshire Police has begun a new campaign to highlight the issues of forced marriage and honour-based abuse as a conference is held in Leeds.
It coincides with the third annual national day of remembrance for victims of "honour" killings, which takes place today.
July 14 was the birthday of Shafilea Ahmed, originally from Bradford, who was killed by her parents in Warrington in 2003 after suffering honour-based violence and an attempted forced marriage.
Assistant Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson said: "Tackling forced marriage and honour-based abuse is a priority for West Yorkshire Police. There are specialist safeguarding units in every district of West Yorkshire with professionals who understand the issues and know how to help.
"There is no honour in any form of abuse. We take a victim-led approach to deal with these challenging issues which respects the views of victims and witnesses, provides the necessary support, confidentiality and protection from harm."
In June 2014 it became a crime to force someone to marry against their will, with those found guilty facing a prison sentence of up to seven years.
Police can also apply for Forced Marriage Protection Orders to safeguard victims or potential victims.
The orders place legally binding conditions on those involved in trying to force another person to marry, with a breach resulting in a prison sentence of up to five years.
Ms Hankinson said: "In these types of cases, the views of the victim are taken seriously as to whether to prosecute and can ultimately be a deciding factor. We often see that victims do not want to prosecute their family, but our aim is to make sure the victim has the necessary support and above all, is safe."
Meanwhile, national charity Karma Nirvana is inviting police, Leeds City Council, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and other agencies to affirm their commitment to leading the way nationally when it comes to tackling the issue.
Among those set to sign a pledge at the charity's conference today is Chief Superintendent Paul Money, Leeds District Police Commander.
"Hosting the national day of remembrance event in Leeds allows us to really throw the spotlight on this issue, and remind everyone, locally and nationally, that these abhorrent crimes still take place in our communities," he said.
"We must collectively continue to do all that we can to tackle issues of forced marriage and honour-based abuse. Everyone has a right to choose and to be safe."
Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said he was very willing to sign the pledge to ensure victims get the protection they deserve.
He said: "Often the victims of honour-based abuse can feel totally isolated from their own families and find it very difficult to come forward for a number of complex reasons.
"It's crucial that events such as this one are held to re-inforce a wider understanding of such abuse, as well as remembering those who have suffered so much as a result, and in the end tragically lost their lives."
Anyone wishing to report concerns about forced marriage or honour-based violence, whether for themselves or someone they know, can talk to the police via 101 or call 999 in an emergency.
People can also contact other agencies for support, such as Karma Nirvana on 0800 5999 249 and Childline on 0800 1111.
Visit www.westyorkshire.police.uk/forcedmarriage for more information about the new forced marriage legislation and support available for victims.


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Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and Other Traditional American Folk Songs by Richard Polenberg (A Review)
Michael K. Honey, University of Washington TacomaFollow
"This thought-provoking study will help us to delve further into the reasons why so many of America's most popular songs have concerned white and male violence while obscuring black agency and side-stepping the terrorism of racism and male supremacy. Perhaps then we can better ask the questions we might have gleaned from these songs all along. Thanks to Richard Polenberg for pulling the covers off and allowing us to think more deeply about our history when we sing the folk songs that tell "my sad story."
Missouri Historical Review
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Honey, Michael K., "Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and Other Traditional American Folk Songs by Richard Polenberg (A Review)" (2016). SIAS Faculty Publications. 840.


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Category Archives: announcements
Posted on March 10, 2018 by ylvs laDuchesse
ome of us have been waiting for this for years – official merch from Tad's worlds. Now it is finally happening. Deborah Beale, Tad's wife and business partner and a few faithful frends have put together an Indiegogo campaign with new original art from Osten Ard and Otherland to have and to hold.
Find the campaign here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tad-williams-is-making-merch-entertainment/x/18288753#/
For as little as $3 you'll get a new and exclusive short story by Tad. Here are a few examples of the shinies that are also out there FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY.
T-shirts with original art from Djamilia Knopf depicting Osten Ard:
Isaac Stewart's Osten Ard map as seen in The Witchwood Crown printed on metallic foil:
More T-shirts with Otherland themes which will also feature in the revitalised – and hopefully thriving – Otherland MMOG (the Wicked Tribe picture from MarzKartoons is my fav thing in the whole campaign):
The campaign will last throughout March and then all the pretty things (except for the Otherland shirts) will be gone again forever. So it is now or never folks …
Posted in #OstenArd, announcements, Deborah Beale, Osten Ard, Otherland, Tad Williams	| Tagged maps, merch, merchandise, news, T'shirts
The Witchwood Crown nominated for Best Fantasy Novel by Goodreads
Posted on November 1, 2017 by Osten Ard
he Witchwood Crown, Tad Williams' latest Osten Ard novel, has been nominated by Goodreads, in the category "Best Fantasy novel of 2017". Other nominees include J.K. Rowlings' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, and Robin Hobb's Assassin's Fate.
Williams' return to the world of Osten Ard after a more than twenty-year gap has been lauded by critics, with Den of Geek calling the novel "a rich world populated with characters that compliment each other," while SFFWorld.com states the novel is "a weighty, emotional, and engrossing launch" and is "highly recommended". Barnes and Noble calls it a "triumphant return to a beloved Fantasy world". Even Kirkus Reviews, no fans of Williams' previous works, calls The Witchwood Crown "stunning" and "virtually un-put-down-able… an instant fantasy classic".
The huge volume, more than 700 pages in length, was written from 2014 to 2017. Set 34 years after the end of the last Osten Ard novel, To Green Angel Tower, The Witchwood Crown continues the story, as Simon and Miriamele now rule the land over which they successfully won a war more than three decades ago. Although they have rebuilt the kingdom of Osten Ard, their lives have been shattered by personal loss. And now the shadow of a threat moves once more, as their old enemies, the immortal Norns, stir again in the far north.
The Goodreads Choice Awards is a major book award decided by readers. Goodreads members may vote for their favorites. Voting for the first round will end on November 6th.
Posted in #OstenArd, announcements, breaking news, epic fantasy, Fantasy, Tad Williams	| Tagged awards, fantasy, goodreads, goodreads awards, news, Osten Ard, Tad Williams
German edition of The Witchwood Crown to be split into two volumes
Posted on March 9, 2017 by ylvs laDuchesse
erman publisher Klett-Kotta announced this today: the first volume of Tad Williams' latest High Fantasy Series "The Last King of Osten Ard" turns out to be considerably larger than has been planned. Instead of the 800 pages which had been assumed to amount to in the German version, its extent will now be nearly 1,300 pages.
To make sure that our numerous fans get a quick access to the German version we have, together with Tad Williams, settled that the work will be split in two parts and will be out in September and November. As Stephan Askani, editor of the Hobbit-Presse, has it: "If we handled it any other than that, the publication date (of a one-volume-edition) would have to be postponed until November, although two translators are working intensely on the text."
Die Hexenholzkrone Bd. 1 will amount to about 750 pages, Bd. 2 will be about 550 pages. Each of the volumes will cost 20 Euro.
Die Hexenholzkrone Bd 1
Die Hexenholzkrone Bd. 2
Neues von Tad Williams
lett-Kotta in einer Presseerklärung von heute: Der erste Band von Tad Williams neuer High-Fantasy-Serie Der letzte König von Osten Ard wird wesentlich umfangreicher als geplant. Statt der für die deutsche Ausgabe ursprünglich angenommenen ca. 800 Seiten, wird Die Hexenholzkrone nun auf einen Umfang von fast 1.300 Seiten kommen.
Um den zahlreichen Fans einen möglichst raschen Zugang zur deutschen Ausgabe zu ermöglichen, wird das Buch in Absprache mit Tad Williams in zwei Teile aufgeteilt und im September und November 2017 veröffentlicht.
Hobbit-Presse-Lektor Stephan Askani : "Würden wir nicht so verfahren, würde sich der Erscheinungstermin einer einbändigen Ausgabe auf November verschieben, obwohl bereits zwei Übersetzer unter Hochdruck am Text arbeiten."
Die Hexenholzkrone Bd. 1 wird etwa 750 Seiten umfassen, der Bd. 2 etwa 550 Seiten.
Beide Bände werden jeweils 20,- € kosten.
Band 1: Aus dem Englischen von Cornelia Holfelder-von der Tann und Wolfram Ströle
1. Aufl. 2017, ca. 800 Seiten, gebunden mit Schutzumschlag
Erscheinungstermin 05.08.2017
Posted in #OstenArd, announcements, Books, breaking news, Fantasy, german, German translations, Osten Ard, Tad Williams, The Last King of Osten Ard, The Witchwood Crown, TLKOOA	| Tagged die Hexenholzkrone, fantasy, German publishing, german translations, Hobbit-Presse, Klett-Cotta, neues von Tad williams, Stephan Askani, Tad Williams
Cover of "The Witchwood Crown" revealed!
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Osten Ard
he cover for bestselling speculative fiction author Tad Williams' new novel, The Witchwood Crown, has been revealed this week, and we at Treacherous Paths are excited to bring you this exclusive sneak peak. The Witchwood Crown, volume five in the four-thousand-page-long Osten Ard saga, continues the story begun in The Dragonbone Chair (1988), and subsequent sequels Stone of Farewell (1990), To Green Angel Tower (1993), and The Heart of What Was Lost (2017). It is the first volume in the "Last King of Osten Ard" series.
The cover art, painted by legendary artist Michael Whelan, depicts the Hayholt, with Hjeldin's Tower looming ominously, its red windows glowing. The Hayholt's buildings in the background closely resemble those depicted by Whelan in 1993 for To Green Angel Tower — a nice bit of continuity. The buildings in the background appear to be in the Inner Bailey and thus are likely to be the Residence, with its dome, and Holy Tree Tower.
The cover art appears on the DAW Books Advance Reader Copy of the novel, so there may be some differences between this cover and the final US edition, which will be released in June of this year.
The ARC is 721 pages long, including a 25-page index. It also includes a dedication, acknowledgements, an author's note, a frontispiece map, a foreword, and more maps.
The Witchwood Crown is expected to be released on June 27, 2017 in the US and UK, with Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries to follow. It will be followed by Empire of Grass, The Shadow of Things to Come, and The Navigator's Children.
Posted in #OstenArd, announcements, cover art, DAW Books, epic fantasy, Memory Sorrow and Thorn, Michael Whelan, Osten Ard, page counts, Tad Williams, The Last King of Osten Ard, The Witchwood Crown, TLKOOA	| Tagged #OstenArd, Advance Reader Copy, announcements, ARC, beautiful art, cover art, exclusives, fantasy, hjeldin's tower, holy tree tower, Michael Whelan, novel, Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown
The Heart of What Was Lost is released; The Witchwood Crown is delayed (again!)
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Osten Ard
oday writers Tad Williams and Deborah Beale confirmed rumors that The Witchwood Crown has again been delayed, this time until June 2017. According to their latest newsletter:
Note from Deborah: We're less than a week from publication, US and UK territories, for 'The Heart of What Was Lost'. I truly hope you enjoy it, and see what I see, which is that it's one from the heart (as well as see all the things you see, of course).
We've just heard that publication of 'The Witchwood Crown' has been delayed two months to June. We're not entirely clear on all the details. Partly it's this: it's a big book, the copy-editing was complex and took a gargantuan amount of time, and other aspects of the book's production were affected too; and partly it's because sales and marketing want more time to more effectively sell the book. We don't know anything more than that at the moment, but will tweet or facebook when we do.
This confirms earlier rumors that the date for The Witchwood Crown had been pushed back. (We at Treacherous Paths have been involved in the review process, and are glad for the extra time to gear up.)
The good news is that The Heart of What Was Lost, another new Osten Ard novel, will still be released on January 4th, 2017 (a few days from now!), and is available for purchase at all major bookstores: Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, Powell's Books, Amazon, Alibris, The Book Depository, or your favorite independent bookstore.
The Heart of What Was Lost is set shortly after Williams' last Osten Ard novel, 1993's To Green Angel Tower. According to press releases (and without too many spoilers for the new books), this is the plot summary of the new novel:
Ineluki's loyal minions, the Norns, retreat north to Nakkiga, an ancient citadel which holds a priceless artefact known as The Heart of What Was Lost. They are pursued by the army of Duke Isgrimnur who is determined to wipe out the Norns for all time.
Meanwhile, enjoy this rendition of Marya's River Song (the song Marya sings as she, Binabik, Simon, and Qantaqa sail down the River Aelfwent in The Dragonbone Chair) by Osten Ard fan Sebastian Barwinek:
Here are the lyrics to the song:
"…Now those who sail the Big Pond
Will tell you of its mystery
They'll brag of all those battles
And all that bloody history
But talk to any river-dog
Who sails upon the Gleniwent
He'll say God made the oceans
But the River's what he really meant
Oh, the Ocean is a question
But the River is an answer
With her rollicking and frolicking
As fine as any dancer
So let Hell take the shirkers
For this old boat won't carry 'em
And if we lose some crew or two
We'll drink to 'em at Meremund…
Now some men go away to sea
And they're never seen again
But every night we river-dogs
Are found down at the inn
And some may say we drink a bit
And punch it up a mite
But if the river is your lady
That's just how you rest at night
In Meremund! In Meremund!
We'll drink to 'em in Meremund
If we don't spy 'em floating by
It'll save the penny to bury 'em… !"
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Tad Williams announces the completion of "The Witchwood Crown"
Posted on October 21, 2016 by Osten Ard
here've been lots of interesting things happening this month, some of which we can now share with you. Yesterday, Tad Williams, author of the classic "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" books, announced the completion of The Witchwood Crown, volume one of "The Last King of Osten Ard". The book is scheduled for release in April 2017, just a few months after The Heart of What Was Lost, another Osten Ard novel, is scheduled to hit store shelves.
Williams writes:
Hi, guys. I've just sent in the final manuscript (except for the page proofs, once it's been typeset) for [The Witchwood Crown]. My last pass actually added a few lines, net, I think. 347K words — that's about a 1200 page manuscript for me. I think that might come in second behind only [To Green Angel Tower] — I'd have to go back and check the Otherland books.
Anyway, it's good to have someone take something like this out of my hands, because I'd keep fiddling 'til Doomsday otherwise.
347,000 words would make The Witchwood Crown Williams' third-longest novel, with the order in length being:
1. To Green Angel Tower (520,000 words; 1,083 pages)
2. Sea of Silver Light (443,000 words; 922 pages)
3. The Witchwood Crown (347,000 words; 721 pages)
4. City of Golden Shadow (303,193 words; 770 pages)
5. Shadowheart (295,038 words; 730 pages)
6. The War of the Flowers (686 pages)
7. The Dragonbone Chair (288,297 words; 654 pages)
8. Mountain of Black Glass (285,272 words; 689 pages)
9. Shadowmarch (269,602 words; 656 pages)
10. Shadowplay (266,486 words; 656 pages)
11. River of Blue Fire (266,003 words; 634 pages)
12. Stone of Farewell (269,000 words; 589 pages)
13. Shadowrise (236,103 words; 564 pages)
(The Heart of What Was Lost comes in at a comparatively slender 224 pages). Williams later added:
The sad thing is, I can't be as celebratory as I'd like because I'm several weeks overdue to start writing [Empire of Grass], the second full volume.
However, the good thing is that means I can sit around staring into the air for a few days while I order my thoughts about how the book is going to be shaped. That's my favorite part of writing, to be honest. The part where you just think, not write yet.
Meanwhile, legendary illustrator Michael Whelan is hard at work creating the cover art for the new book, which will be the fifth in the Osten Ard series. On his official website, Whelan writes:
I've been painting a LOT of weird trees lately for the new Osten Ard Trilogy, trying to come up with a design idea that Tad Williams, Betsy Wollheim, and I like. The trees figure importantly in the new books so I've been working on them for weeks! It's been a long slog, but I edge a little closer each day and I know it will all be worth it in the end.
Excerpts of The Heart of What Was Lost are already appearing in the Blogosphere, as Pat's Fantasy Hotlist shared an excerpt on October 9th, and Treacherous Paths' own contributor ylvs laDuchesse shared a sample of the text on Twitter yesterday. We at Treacherous Paths will be sharing more excerpts soon!
Posted in #OstenArd, announcements, Books, Memory Sorrow and Thorn, Michael Whelan, Osten Ard, page counts, Tad Williams, The Last King of Osten Ard, The Witchwood Crown	| Tagged Breaking News, epic fantasy, fantasy, Memory Sorrow and Thorn, Michael Whelan, Tad Williams, the last king of osten ard, The Witchwood Crown
Details revealed regarding Tad Williams' "The Shadow of Things to Come"
Posted on August 9, 2016 by Osten Ard
his week, new details regarding The Shadow of Things to Come have emerged. Avid readers of the works of speculative fiction writer Tad Williams may remember that The Shadow of Things to Come is the working title of a forthcoming novel, written by Williams, and set in the Osten Ard universe (previous novels in the same universe included the now-classic "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" series composed of The Dragonbone Chair, Stone of Farewell, and To Green Angel Tower, as well as the forthcoming novels The Heart of What Was Lost and The Witchwood Crown, both set for publication in early 2017).
Tad Williams with Treacherous Paths contributors RN, Ylvs, Cyan, Firs. Photo: Deborah Beale.
This week, several Treacherous Paths contributors from across the globe met with Tad Williams at his strange and wonderful home near Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the bestselling author of more than twenty science fiction and fantasy novels revealed some tantalizing new details regarding what will likely be his 23rd full-length novel, The Shadow of Things to Come.
Writes Treacherous Paths contributor Ylvs:
The Shadow Of Things To Come will feature the fall of Asu'a 500 years ago, told from the perspective of a Nabbanai envoy from the court of [Imperator Enfortis]. So we'll see Asu'a before its fall, [and] probably witness Ineluki killing [the Erl King] Iyu'unigato…
So Shadow will tell of the end of the Sithi empire in Osten Ard, as the Peaceful Ones are routed from the great city of Asu'a and the Erl King's lands by the cold iron of the mortal Rimmersmen.
Many readers have long requested from Williams that he write one or more full-length novels set in this era, ever since The Dragonbone Chair was published in October 1988, with that volume containing several tantalizing glimpses (told only in flashback sequences) of the end of Iyu'unigato the Erl King's reign in Osten Ard, as the ravaging northmen destroy the last and greatest of the nine Gardenborn cities:
During [Imperator] Enfortis' reign the iron-wielders came. Nabban decided to withdraw from the north altogether. They fell back across the river Gleniwent so quickly that many of the northern frontier outposts found themselves entirely deserted, left behind to join the oncoming Rimmersmen or die.
Nabban withdrew its armies from the north, becoming for the first time purely a southern empire. It was just the beginning of the end, of course; as time passed, the Imperium folded itself up just like a blanket, smaller and smaller until today they are nothing more than a duchy—a peninsula with its few attendant islands.
Without the Imperial garrisons, […] the north was in chaos. The shipmen had captured the northernmost part of the Frostmarch, naming their new home Rimmersgard. Not content with that, the Rimmersmen were fanning out southward, sweeping all before them in a bloody advance.
They robbed and ruined other Men, making captives of many, but the Sithi they deemed evil creatures; with fire and cold iron they hunted the Fair Folk to their death everywhere…
Now the people of Hernystir—a proud, fierce people whom even the Nabbanai Imperators never really conquered—were not at all willing to bend their necks to Rimmersgard. They were horrified by what the northerners were doing to the Sithi. The Hernystiri had been of all Men the closest to Fair Folk—there is still visible today the mark of an ancient trade road between this castle and the Taig at Hernysadharc. The lord of Hernystir and the Erl-king made desperate compact, and for a while held the northern tide at bay.
But even combined, their resistance could not last forever. Fingil, king of the Rimmersmen, swept down across the Frostmarch over the borders of the Erl-king's territory…
In the year 663 the two great hosts came to the plains of Ach Samrath, the Summerfield, north of the River Gleniwent. For five days of terrible, merciless carnage the Hernystiri and the Sithi held back the might of the Rimmersmen. On the sixth day, though, they were set on treacherously from their unprotected flank by an army of men from the Thrithings, who had long coveted the riches of Erkynland and the Sithi for their own. They made a fearful charge under cover of darkness. The defense was broken, the Hernystiri chariots smashed, the White Stag of the House of Hern trampled into the bloody dirt. It is said that ten thousand men of Hernystir died in the field that day. No one knows how many Sithi fell, but their losses were grievous, too. Those Hernystiri who survived fled back to the forest of their home. In Hernystir, Ach Samrath is today a name only for hatred and loss.
That was the day that Sithi mastery in Osten Ard came to an end, even though it took three long years of siege before Asu'a fell to the victorious northerners.
If not for strange, horrible magics worked by the Erl-king's son, there would likely have been not a single Sithi to survive the fall of the Castle.
Many did, however, fleeing to the forests, and south to the waters and… and elsewhere…
About the Erl- king's son… it is better to say nothing.
Williams' announcement regarding The Shadow of Things to Come comes just five months before the release of The Heart of What Was Lost, the first full-length Osten Ard novel since the publication of To Green Angel Tower in Spring 1993. That volume hit the New York Times bestseller list, and it remains one of the longest novels ever written in the English language, at 1,083 pages in hardcover (1,600 pages in paperback).
Altogether, five new Osten Ard novels are expected during the next five or six years (Williams writes at a fairly fast pace, and has never experienced the extended publication delays of fantasy authors like George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, or Robert Jordan, publishing, on average, one book every 1.5 years).
We at Treacherous Paths will reveal more details regarding the new Osten Ard novels when we can.
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The History of the Safe Deposit Box
Having acquired one of London's oldest safe deposit businesses, Christopher Barrow of Metropolitan Safe Custody explores the life of the safe deposit box during its 150 year history.
There are, by some estimates, 25 million safe deposit boxes leased in the US. In Sweden, as many as one in three people have a safe deposit box. In France, it is estimated that one in five rent a box. Having a safe deposit box is a regular feature of life in the US and continental Europe, where the incidence of ownership is far higher than in the UK. Traditionally in the UK, the need for safe custody of valuables was met by the clearing banks. The same has been the case in Europe and the US. Vaults or strongrooms were built in the basement of banks where the ceilings were vaulted, hence the name. Modern bank vaults typically contain columns of safe deposit boxes alongside other valuable assets belonging to the bank or its customers. To a lesser extent, safe deposit boxes are found in post offices, hotels and now increasingly in private vaults. In the past decade, banks in many parts of the world have been withdrawing from providing safe deposit services to their customers. Though the vast majority of safe deposit boxes still reside in bank vaults, their withdrawal raises questions about the future of the safe deposit box.
The origins of safekeeping
The history of generic safekeeping dates back many thousands of years to ancient Egyptian civilisation, where powerful individuals were entrusted with valuables in return for a fee in arrangements that resemble modern banking practices. The first traces of a lockable device that resembled keys were discovered in the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses II who reigned in the 13th century BC. It was not until the ancient Greeks developed a more democratic and individualistic culture with small, self-contained communities (around 2500 years ago) that the equivalent of our modern vault first developed. Many examples can be seen today in their temples. Greek locks, however, were generally viewed as unsecure. It was the Romans who improved upon Greek and Egyptian locks by introducing metals as their primary material. In addition to providing greater strength, Roman locks were much smaller and keys could be worn in pockets or around the neck.
Banking has since developed as a result of trade and commerce which, in turn, created wealth that required safe places for storage. Given the financial responsibilities of banks and the development of their relationship with wealthy customers, these financial institutions became the natural storage house for the valuables of their customers.
The history of safekeeping by banks is best documented in the United States. The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, was founded in 1782, shortly followed by the Bank of New York and the Bank of Massachusetts. None of these banks were then involved in safekeeping since commerce was still transacted by means of barter and very little wealth was monetised or capable of storage. As money systems developed with coinage and paper money, the number of banks expanded. By the early 1800s, US banks started offering safekeeping services. There is documentary evidence of US banks accepting "special deposits" (often gold) for safekeeping purposes before 1814.
The US birthplace of the safe deposit box
These early days of safekeeping of customer valuables in open vaults were not particularly satisfactory due to unclear regulations and security problems. Typically, a bank would store a trunk or case containing the family silver and jewellery in its vault. However, a technological innovation was introduced in the 1860s in the shape of the modern safe deposit box. This impacted the US banks in two respects. Firstly, it revolutionised safekeeping as customers were able to place their valuables in a sealed container in the vault and obtain individual access to the box. The second impact was that the invention of the safe deposit box brought about the advent of competition from safe deposit companies that were independent of banks.
The first such independent safe deposit company, The Safe Deposit Company of New York, was established in 1865. This specialist vault not only provided traditional safekeeping of trunks and packages, but also, as advertised in The New York Times on May 1st 1865, offered "five hundred safe boxes of iron each having its own combination lock with renters having complete control of their individual box". This was the first safe deposit box facility to be launched globally 150 years ago. What is less certain is the identity of the person who came up with this invention. What made the invention credible must have been the creation of a suitable locking device. It is conceivable that this was provided by New York-based James Sargent, a young employee of Linus Yale Jr, who invented the first key changeable combination lock in 1861. This lock was a rapid success with safe manufacturers and may have been the catalyst for the invention of a "safe box" for small items of value.
In the late 19th century, the number of private safe deposit corporations grew in the US, partly as a result of technological advances and partly owing to the legal uncertainties surrounding the banks. US banks did not then have the official right to engage in safe custody activity, albeit they continued to provide the service demanded by important customers. Ironically, whilst legislation was unclear, it did permit the banks to invest in safe deposit companies. This was often a preferred option for the banks as their own safe custody functions had never been particularly profitable. Indeed, banks regularly accepted a wealthy customer's valuables at little or no cost; and even the rental of safe deposit boxes (in a bank vault) was at a nominal fee in order to perform a service that had become (and remained) incidental to the mainstream business of banking. It was (and remains today) a loss leader.
The safe deposit box became popular across America
The early 20th century saw the US banks greatly expand their safe deposit business. Indeed, banks all over the world were busy installing safe deposit boxes in their branch vaults. Improved legislation provided US banks with greater legal clarity to engage more actively in safekeeping during a period of strong economic growth. At the same time, the banks increasingly recognised that their traditional business model of safekeeping was flawed. Firstly, they were not profitable and, secondly, placing customer valuables, together with the banks' own money and documents, in their open vaults was high risk from a security point-of-view. Now that the (successful) independent safe deposit companies had established that customers were prepared to pay for the service, it became a logical move for the banks to equip their vaults with safe deposit box facilities and start charging their customers a more reasonable fee. This was a smart idea in principle, but bank customers were (and still are) notoriously reluctant to pay for what they regarded as "part of the service". However, the banks with their existing branch networks and ready-made customers would prove too powerful for the emerging independent players, especially in less populous areas.
Further legislation in the US in the 1920s permitted banks to engage in the safe deposit business through safe deposit subsidiaries. This enabled banks owned by a bank holding company to engage "lawfully" in safe deposit activities and it also accelerated the process of acquiring their independent competitors. Eventually, the banks almost completely displaced the private safe deposit businesses, except a small handful of companies in some US cities. Until recently, nearly all US banks had safe deposit departments. However, the banking sector globally has become increasingly aware of the cost implication of secure storage and the lack of return on the space provided. With the financial world a long way off recovering from the crash of 2008, these pressures are unlikely to go away. This has led to some banks withdrawing from the service and has resulted in a mini revival of independent safe deposit start-ups in North America and elsewhere.
Safekeeping had similar origins in UK and Europe
The history of safekeeping and the safe deposit box in the UK and Europe is not dissimilar to that of the US. In the mid-17th century in London, before any banks had been established, goldsmiths offered safe custody of customers' valuables in their fortified vaults. When these customers needed to borrow money, a new breed of goldsmiths began to make loans, against which they held the items in their custody as security. Payments between individuals were made in the form of notes resulting in the transfer of ownership of items in the goldsmiths' vaults. These notes eventually evolved towards what we know today as banknotes and cheques. The goldsmiths had become Britain's first bankers and established the link between safe custody and banking. They preceded the immigrant Rothschild and Baring families who came to dominate banking 150 years later.
The world's second safe deposit box vault opened in London
Whilst the likes of Rothschild and Baring were making their fortunes, the UK (and then continental Europe) followed the US in launching safe deposit box facilities. The UK's first was the privately-owned National Safe Deposit Company Limited, which was established in 1872, seven years after The Safe Deposit Company of New York was launched. It opened its doors in 1875 to huge specialised premises at 1 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London. This vault became successful and, by 1968, had 15,000 customers, but it had to close its business less than 20 years later as its lease had run out. The building is now the City of London magistrates' court. Europe's first safe deposit facility was opened in 1881 by the Danish bank, Den Danske Landmandsbank, in Copenhagen. Other European banks, notably in Switzerland, followed. Like in the US, the early 20th century was a period of rapid growth in the safe deposit business in both the UK and Europe, almost exclusively in bank vaults.
Britain's second non-bank facility was Chancery Lane Safe Deposit, which opened in 1876 to provide strong rooms for Londoners to safeguard their household silver. This was followed by the Harrods vault in 1896, St James's Safe Deposit Company in Manchester in 1912, the London Safe Deposit Company in Lower Regent Street in 1931 (which was acquired by Metropolitan Safe Deposits in 2012), and Selfridges in its Oxford Street store in the 1930s. No private safe deposit vaults (of any significance) were built in the UK for the next 50 years. One notable, albeit minor, exception was a small vault built in the late 1940s in Hatton Garden, which was recently closed following a burglary. Then came a spate of new and modern private safe deposit centres in the 1980s in Belgravia (now closed), Knightsbridge (owned by Metropolitan), St John's Wood (owned by Metropolitan), Park Lane (now closed), City Safe Deposit in Old Broad Street (now closed), Wembley (owned by Bank House), Edgware (acquired by Balthorne), Hampstead (acquired by Balthorne) and Birmingham (owned by Pertemps).
No new private safe deposit vault operators have established a significant presence in the UK since the 1980s. However, there has been a recent growth of private safe deposit start-ups in London, Birmingham, Manchester and other regional city centres. Most of these new vaults have focused on areas with high-density Asian communities, such as Southall and Hounslow in the western suburbs of London, and also reflect the continued withdrawal of banks from these locations. This revival of the independent safe deposit sector in the UK and the US is being mirrored in many countries around the world. New safe deposit centres have been established in Canada, Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland and Czech Republic), Ireland, Dubai, India, Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mexico, Panama and South America (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay).
Is safe custody of physical wealth in secular decline?
In most, if not all, countries, these start-up private safe deposit centres are few and far between, sometimes just one vault in a large country or city centre. Some will not survive (it generally takes a number of years for a new safe deposit vault to reach profitability). New ones will sprout up. Compared with the substantial number of bank branches that have discontinued their safe custody service, the re-emergence of private sector companies is almost inconsequential. The vast majority of customers being asked to withdraw their valuables from a bank have nowhere to go, except install a home safe. The question is whether history (in the last century) will repeat itself. Will the banks rekindle their interest and crowd out the emerging presence of independent vaults? There are no signs at present. In the UK, for example, two of the major banks (HSBC and Barclays) have already completely exited the business and the other major banks are reducing their involvement mainly through branch closures.
In many countries, especially in the US and UK, keeping cash in safe deposit boxes is discouraged by the authorities. This has not reduced the demand for boxes, which are generally used for the safekeeping of jewellery, gold bars, coins, stamps, artefects, works of art and important documents. A classic example of this continuing demand was the migration of thousands of HSBC and Barclays customers to independent safe deposit box providers in central London last year. These customers, both wealthy and average family households, were not keen to place their valuable collections and heirlooms in a home safe. It is the case that a small number of private safe deposit firms, notably in the US, allow customers to store anonymously, which raises legitimate concerns that the service is there to hide financial crime. That type of service is not permitted in countries, such as the UK, where private safe deposit companies are regulated by the authorities. This regulatory oversight is key to the future health of the safe deposit industry.
It is unlikely that the exiting banks will want to return to providing physical safe custody. With the advent of internet banking and self service facilities, the cost implications of running secure storage facilities have become increasingly acute. The banks can no longer justify the provision of what has become a heavily-subsidised service. In addition to the uneconomic pricing of safe custody offered by the banks, the modern branch no longer has the staff levels to cope with the service. Neither does the modern branch have, or wish to have, old-style bank vaults. Banks are also restricted to providing the service to bank opening hours. Furthermore, the situation has been exacerbated by the tough capital adequacy requirements of today's banking industry, which has little interest in investing scarce resources on a low-priority, non-core service. This does not necessarily imply the imminent demise of the 150-year-old safe deposit box, but it will sadly become increasingly out of reach to the average family household.
Will domestic demand in Asia provide the future growth?
Much of the new demand for safe custody and, in particular, for safe deposit boxes in the last 30 years has emanated from the massive emigration of Asians to urban centres mainly in North America, Europe and the Middle East. A quarter of the world's 27 million overseas Indians live in just 10 cities including 1.5 million in Dubai, nearly 1 million in Durban and over 500,000 each in New York, Toronto and London. Hundreds of thousands more non-resident Indians reside in cities such as Los Angeles and Vancouver. In a similar fashion, migration flows of overseas Chinese have moved to North America, notably New York (680,000), San Francisco (590,000), Toronto (540,000), Los Angeles (470,000) and Vancouver (440,000). In a smaller way, overseas Chinese have also settled in Australia – Sydney (165,000) and Melbourne (150,000) - and in UK/Europe, for example in London (125,000) and Paris (165,000). Smaller UK cities, such as Manchester, have significant pockets of Chinese, as evidenced by the fact that the Bank of East Asia (a Hong Kong bank) has built a safe deposit vault in the city.
A big question is whether the pattern of international migration will change as both China and India catch up with the developed world in terms of per capita income and economic development. Despite the many migrants who have moved to North America, Europe and the Middle East, the fact is that the vast majority of the world's 50 million overseas Chinese already reside in Asian cities, in particular Bangkok (4.4 million), Singapore (3.9 million), Kuala Lumpur (1.8 million) and Jakarta (1.6 million). However, even those statistics pale into insignificance compared with the inhabitants of China and India, together comprising nearly 40% of the world's population. With China's new focus on stimulating consumer demand from its 1.4 billion people and with India experiencing economic resurgence for its 1.3 billion people, it would be a surprise if these two giants did not substantially increase the global population of safe deposit boxes. With a substantial potential market of affluent consumers combined with their propensity to buy gold and jewellery, the future of the safe deposit box could be secure for another 150 years.
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The eastern dwarf mulga snake (Pseudechis pailsei), also known commonly as the eastern pygmy mulga snake and the false king brown snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species, which is native to Australia, was genetically confirmed as a distinct species in 2017.

Taxonomy
The eastern dwarf mulga snake was originally described in 1998 as Pailsus pailsei by Raymond Hoser. Wolfgang Wüster identified that its specific name should be spelt pailsi under taxonomic rules in 2001. However, according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Article 32.5.1) the original spelling should still be used, even though it is an incorrect latinization.

Etymology
The specific name, pailsi, is in honour of Australian reptile breeder Roy Pails (born 1956).

Geographic range
P. pailsi is found in northern Queensland, Australia.

Description
P. pailsi may attain a total length (including tail) of .

References

Further reading
Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
Hoser R (1998). "A New Snake from Queensland, Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae)". Monitor 10 (1): 5–9, 31. (Pailsus, new genus; Pailsus pailsei, new species).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .
Wüster, Wolfgang; Dumbrell, Alex J.; Hay, Chris; Pook, Catharine E.; Williams, David J.; Fry, Bryan Grieg (2005). "Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34 (1): 1–14.

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What is equity crowdfunding?
19-Feb-2019 10:03:26 / by Kjetil Faye Lund
For companies like Sharebox that need to raise capital to grow, there are a lot of options to choose from, and there is no question that raising money is hard. It doesn't happen with the snap of a finger.
Pitching to friends and family, figuring out which of our friends or LinkedIn connections knows a VC, then eventually pitching to that VC if we can even get the meeting, determining which bank gives fair-termed loans and even what terms are fair. None of these options are easy.
"A successful financing process results in a partnership that delivers benefits beyond just money"
Eventually, entrepreneurs must turn to outside sources of capital to give themselves enough runway to create a profitable business, and where that capital comes from and on what terms are questions that must be carefully weighed before a decision is made. Lucky for Sharebox, there is now another door that we can open to access capital: equity crowdfunding.
Read on: Sharebox Equity Crowdfunding
In essence, equity crowdfunding is raising capital from the crowd through the sale of securities (shares, convertible note, debt, revenue share, and more) in a private company (that is not listed on stock exchanges).
Let's drill down that idea.
1. Equity crowdfunding is raising capital from the crowd online.
Anyone can invest in the Sharebox offering under equity crowdfunding. You can think of it as a campaign in which potential investors visit a funding portal website and can explore the Sharebox equity crowdfunding investment opportunities.
2. Equity crowdfunding is the sale of securities.
The key difference between a normal crowdfunding site and equity crowdfunding is what is being sold. With traditional campaigns, entrepreneurs raise capital through the presale of their product, often at a discount, or through tiers of various perks to attract their fans and potential customers. Once the "investor" receives their product or perk, the contract between the company and investor is over.
With equity crowdfunding, companies sell securities, whether in the form of equity in the company, debt, revenue share, convertible note, and more. Equity crowdfunding gives investors skin in the game. Investors in equity crowdfunding don't participate just to buy a product at a discount a year before its release; they stand to make a profit if they make a good investment and the company they invested in grows. This has benefits for the company as it can create hundreds of brand ambassadors who want to see you succeed, and that is an audience the company can depend on to spread the word about their business and share the product with their own networks.
3. The entrepreneur raising capital dictates the terms.
What makes this more appealing is that the entrepreneur raising capital has total control of the offering: what to sell, how much, and at what price are entirely up to the company raising capital. They set the terms, including their valuation and how much capital they hope to raise. Even better, companies can set a minimum funding goal alongside their desired maximum, so if they don't reach their funding goal in total, the entrepreneur can still successfully raise capital, and those who want to invest can do so even if the market interest isn't enough to reach maximum.
Of course, the more reasonable the valuation and terms, the more likely an equity crowdfunding offering is to succeed and raise capital, but there is no VC or powers that be demanding certain terms.
4. The companies raising capital are private companies.
Historically, the general public could only buy shares in public companies: those that had done an IPO and whose stocks traded on national exchanges, and those opportunities are growing fewer by the year.
However, the companies raising capital through equity crowdfunding are private and yet raising capital from the public. Through equity crowdfunding, everyone has access to invest. Investing in private companies has been democratized.
"The core thesis is if you want to build a massively successful company, you need to build something that people love so much they tell each other. Which means that you must build something worth talking about."
Creating liquidity
The ability to invest in private companies used to carry a caveat: investors could see large returns, but in order to see those returns, the investors' capital would be locked up in that startup for 5-10 years. There was little to no liquidity in the investment. Investors had to wait it out and hope the company went public via an IPO or was involved in a merger or acquisition. For wealthy investors, the lock-up is manageable as they have other liquid capital to support themselves in the meantime. However, this lockup isn't so manageable for less wealthy individuals. The lock-up period also had another negative consequence for the entrepreneur: in order to get investors to bite, the terms are heavily discounted to account for the risks that come with the longer time frame.
With equity crowdfunding, these shares can be traded on public markets. If, after a year, an investor no longer wanted to own shares in a company, they could sell them to an interested buyer. This liquidity is possible in a way that it wasn't before because the rules of equity crowdfunding allow companies to have more shareholders before it is required to become a publicly reporting entity.
Read on: How to succeed in the sharing economy
With more shareholders, there is a larger market. With a larger market, there is liquidity. The way that having hundred or thousands, or even tens of thousands, of investors offers liquidity.
If equity crowdfunding is so great, then why haven't more people heard of it? Possibly because it's still relatively new. For investors, the process of investing in equity crowdfunding is straightforward, but on the other end there are certain regulatory requirements entrepreneurs have to follow.
As part of the selection of portfolio companies, a legal and financial due diligence is performed. Only companies that have passed a predetermined inspection process will be offered as investment.
With these in mind, it's clear that equity crowdfunding is not so simple as just posting an offering and raising capital on a website. Certain disclosures must be made, certain rules followed. In Sharebox we have chosen Around for our crowdfunding campaign, and you are welcome to explore the opportunity.
Bottom line is that Sharebox is an highly interesting growth company that is predicted to be economically profitable, already generating turnover from the Sharebox network in Scandinavia.
Topics: Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Start up, entrepreneurs, business model, most interesting growth companies, early-stage companies, generating turnover, launched their product, Investment, Investing, promising potential, Growth company, Investment case, multiply the invested funds, investing in growth companies, following growth companies, entreprenør, drive firma, starte firma, folkefinansiering, aksjebasert folkefinansiering, grunder, kjøpe aksjer, kjøp av aksjer, aksjer, aksjetips, investering
Written by Kjetil Faye Lund
Kjetil Faye Lund is marketing manager at Sharebox, writes blogs, press releases and texts. He provides training and video conferencing for digital customer journeys and payment solutions.


To make those beautiful Valentine's Day flowers last forever, why not take a photo.
Open your photo - this will become the Background Layer.
Layer 1: Open your first texture. I used 'Lime' from the Heavenly Vintage Texture Set. Then set your blend mode to 'Soft Light'.
Layer 2: Open your second texture. This time I used 'ACT4' from the Aged Canvas Texture Set. Set your blend mode to 'Overlay'.
Thanks to Jerry from ShadowHouse Creations for sharing these amazing textures.


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Joseph Shea, Math Teacher (Libertarian) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.
Jesse Thomas, Engineering Technician (Libertarian) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Dennis Hollingsworth, State Senator (Republican)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Lou Correa, Orange County Supervisor (Democratic)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Lynn Daucher, Assemblymember (Republican)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Mark Wyland, California State Assemblyman (Republican)) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Denise Ducheny, California State Senator (Democratic) has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.
In the end, 95.7% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 82.6% if only the first-round votes were used. You should be able to see that the winners have a more equal mandate in the final round than in the first round.