The eastern Emerald Isle (EI) Restoration Project is actually part of a larger project often referred to as the Bogue Banks Restoration Project. The entire Project consists of an ~16.8-mile stretch of Bogue Banks extending from the AB/PKS town boundary westward, to approximately one mile east of the present location of Bogue Inlet. The Bogue Banks Restoration Project is one of the three supplemental projects that have been aimed to nourish the beach within the 6 to 8 year interim before the construction phase of the USACE Shore Protection Project is initiated. The project is sponsored by Carteret County in conjunction with the Towns of PKS, IB, and EI. "Phase I" was constructed in 2001-02 as the Pine Knoll Shores/Indian Beach (PKS/IB) Restoration Project, "Phase II" represents the Eastern EI Restoration Project (2002-03), and "Phase III" represents the Western EI Restoration Project (~2004-05) that may entail the realignment of Bogue Inlet and the use of the shoal material dredged during this realignment event for beach restoration purposes.
EI passed a bond referendum in 2002 with special oceanfront and non-oceanfront tax districts to fund both Phase II and III of the Project. The tax rate for the oceanfront (Primary Benefit) and non-oceanfront (Secondary Benefit) tax districts are 0.48 and 0.03 cents per $100 valuation, respectively, that equates to an annual tax bill of $1,630 (Primary Benefit District) and $53 (Secondary Benefit District). Proceeds from the County's occupancy tax are also being used to defray project costs. The cost of Phase II and III, not including interest payments, is $17,000,000. The cost of Phase II was $11,711,630 and included expenditures for dune plantings, sand fence installation, mitigative measures, construction, and oversight. Coastal Science & Engineering (CSE) prepared the Environmental Impact Statement, Environmental Assessment, Biological Assessment, and construction documents for the project (CSE 2001 and 2002). The dredging contract was awarded to Weeks Marine, Inc.
Phase II can be conceptualized as 31,111 foot (5.9 mile) long project that essentially extends near the old IB Pier (just east of the IB/EI town boundary) at station 382+43 (or footmark 38,243), westward to Pinta Drive, located in the Columbus Square subdivision at station 693+54 (or footmark 69,354). Sand sources for the project were delineated in two (borrow sites B2 and A) of the three borrow sites (A, B1, and B2) depicted in the figure above. The project construction and post-project activities were conducted in accordance with original and subsequent modifications to the protocols and stipulations provided in N.C. State Permit Number 124-01 issued by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management, and Permit Number 200000362 issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Specifications for the engineered beach were developed using a volumetric analysis (profile volume method) that was supplemented with historical erosion rate data. 111 transects at ~1,000-foot intervals were established along the entire length of Bogue Banks in 1999 to assess pre-project beach conditions (Fig. 4). At each transect, the profile geometry was determined by surveying the grade of the beach from the toe of the dune to the depth of closure estimated at -12 feet NGVD (National Geodetic Vertical Datum-1929). The depth of closure in this case was considered as the depth beyond which there is active motion of the seafloor for only 12 hours per year (CERC, 1984). Precise volumes were calculated by interpolating elevation boundaries for each cell and converting the distances and elevational differences to volumetric quantities. The profile volume method establishes site-specific criteria whereby volume deficits can be determined against a designed profile volume that accounts for the overall deficit and incorporates an additional beachfill volume to increase project longevity (Kana, 1993; Kana and Mohan, 1998).
AB was determined as the healthiest portion of beach along Bogue Banks with the most sand volume along its profiles. AB was most recently nourished in 1994 as part of the Brandt Island beach disposal event that occurs every 8 to 10 years. Approximately 4.6 million cubic yards (mcy) were pumped onto the shores of Fort Macon and AB during this event. Development in AB sustained almost no damage as a result of the tropical storms/hurricanes that impacted Bogue Banks from 1996-1999. In contrast, approximately $10 million of damage was reported for oceanfront structures in PKS, IB, and EI (Kana et. al, 2002). Based on this information and additional profile analysis, CSE determined that 175 cubic yards (cy) per linear feet was a threshold minimum profile volume. Once this minimum profile volume was established, volume deficits were established for PKS, IB, and EI. The minimum deficit was augmented by an additional sand volume to increase project longevity based on erosion rates and final costs for cy of sand. The additional sand volume was estimated to account for ten years of historical erosion rates. Thus, the volume of sand placed on the beach for the project was engineered to provide adequate protection for ~10-year return period events. This analytical process is detailed in the Executive Summary - Shoreline Assessment and Preliminary Beach Restoration Plan and the Environmental Assessment (CSE, 1999 and 2001).
Based on the profile analysis and bid prices, 1,810,000 cy of sand were to be placed along the 5.9 mile stretch of shoreline in eastern EI. The profile volume method described above was utilized to delineate three distinct subcomponents of the beach where the designed volume of the non-tapered beachfill varied. The eastern, most critically eroded portion of Phase II that extends for almost 12,300 feet from the IB/EI town boundary westward was to receive approximately 83 cubic yards per linear foot (cy/ft). The middle zone encompassing almost 4,000 linear feet was scheduled to receive approximately 58 cy/ft, and a westernmost zone encompassing almost 12,900 linear feet was to receive approximately 35 cy/ft. Discontinuous dune construction was also proposed for the Project based upon pre-condition beach conditions for a cumulative stretch of approximately 8,400 feet. Precise volumes per construction transects (design templates) were included in the construction details prepared for the Project and were to be surveyed separately by Weeks Marine and CSE for payment verification. Dredged sand would be bulldozed into general construction specifications for subsequent grading into final contours and opened for recreational use. Completed sections were also scheduled to adjust to natural conditions before the upper reaches of the beach and newly constructed dunes were stabilized with sand fencing and/or dune plantings.
Sand was to be dredged utilizing both hopper and cutterhead-suction dredging techniques. While the working permits did not stipulate dredging equipment specifications, EI pursued a maximum 6-foot cut within three subareas in borrow site B2 to facilitate the use of a cutterhead-suction dredge. Borrow site A was limited to a maximum cut of 3 feet which for the most part, constrains excavation alternatives to hopper dredging which is more productive at this depth. The 6-foot cut and the anticipated use of a cutterhead-suction dredge were sought in the interim between the construction of Phase I and II in hopes of; (1) diminishing the potential of turtle takings, and (2) increasing production rates that were experienced using hopper dredges for Phase I construction, which were perceived as "slow". Both delivery methods employ a buoyed pipeline with secondary "Y-valve" discharge pipes situated on the beach to transport material in one direction (east or west), then the other to complete ~1-2 mile sections. The cutterhead-suction dredge transports material directly to the beach via the buoyed pipeline. Conversely, hopper dredges utilize vacuum dragheads that collect sediments and temporarily stores borrow material in its hopper. Subsequent to completing a cut, the full hopper dredge will travel and affix to a bell joint end of the buoyed pipeline and propel the material to the beach.
The Federal permit modifications obtained by EI also established sediment composition thresholds for the 3 or 4-foot and 6-foot cuts. A representative sediment sample was obtained during each day of operation along each newly constructed reach. Two samples were obtained per day if both cutterhead-suction and hopper dredging activities were being conducted along different reaches of the Project. Each daily sample was a composite of samples taken every 50 feet along a single shore normal transect from the toe of the dune to the berm crest. The target calcium carbonate percentage for material placed on the beach utilizing a cutterhead-suction or hopper dredge was 42 or 35 percent, respectively. There were no targets established for sediment texture (size, sorting, etc.).
Beach construction was initiated on January 13, 2003 when the cutterhead-suction dredge RS Weeks began excavating material from subarea B1 in borrow site B2. However, productivity remained below expectations (10,260 cy in-place/operation day through February 5, 2003) and it became apparent that additional equipment would need to be mobilized to complete the Project in the environmental window delineated in the working permits. Weeks Marine mobilized the hopper dredges RN Weeks and the BE Lindholm on February 5 and March 6, 2003, respectively. With the exception of a few trial cuts in borrow site B2 (4-foot maximum cut), authorized hopper dredge lanes were confined to borrow site A (3-foot maximum cut). Dredging productivity was at its highest for the Project from mid- to late-March, averaging approximately 50,000 cy in-place/operation day cumulatively for all three dredges.
The initial engineering criteria for dune construction was devised to insure the presence of a +15-18 feet NGVD dune along the entire Phase II Project area. Consistent with this approach, dune construction was not planned for areas where dunes located seaward of individual structures possessed a +15-18 feet NGVD maximum dune height. Locations below the +15 feet NGVD dune height threshold did receive a newly constructed dune at a +18 feet NGVD maximum height. Based on this criteria, dune construction was limited to the easternmost 3 miles of Phase II. This approach became problematic as the newly constructed dunes were placed seaward of adjacent existing dunes, providing for a discontinuous and irregular shore parallel dune system. Based on field reconnaissance and discussions with citizens, project engineers, and the dredging subcontractor; it was determined to distribute the newly constructed dune system along the entire Project reach extending from 10th Street to the old EI Pier (stations 440+43 to 532+18). The new construction methodology to achieve the continuous dune profile from 21st Street towards the old EI Pier (stations 501+00 to 532+18) included a 10-foot wide dune crest at +15 feet NGVD, with a 1 horizontal to 3 vertical slope. Re-grading and shaving the dunes previously constructed at +18 feet NGVD was completed in the oceanfront compartment located from the 10th to 21st Street reach (stations 440+43 to 501+00) to fill in the construction gaps in this area.
The Town of EI received a Notice of Violation from the N.C. Division of Coastal Management during construction of Phase II dated March 19, 2003 for placing incompatible sediment on beach in the area of 15th - 21st Streets (stations 468+00 to 501+00). A zone of calcium carbonate sand (shells and limestone fragments) was encountered by the cutterhead-suction dredge RS Weeks that was the basis of the violation. The calcium carbonate percentage was over the Project target of 42% and ranged as high as 87%. Sediment quality monitoring was being performed during the delivery of this material and the RS Weeks was instructed to relocate. Also, some of the limestone fragments encountered in this area were cobble- and boulder-sized. These rocks were manually removed from the beach per instructions from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a correspondence that was also dated March 19th. A series of mitigative and restoration measures have been subsequently established for the area that predicated the Notice of Violation. These measures are described in a correspondence prepared by CSE on behalf of EI dated May 5, 2003 and include such provisions as additional compaction monitoring, the establishment of an additional beach biological sampling station, sediment sampling, and continued retrieval and disposal of rocks.
A total of 1,867,726 cy was delivered to the Phase II Project area by cutterhead-suction and hopper dredges from January 13 - March 27, 2002. The volume of sediment delivered by the cutterhead-suction dredge and hopper dredges were 877,831 and 989,895 cy, respectively (1,867,726 cy total). The geographic extents of the fill per placement method is depicted in the graphic below. Based on these data, hopper dredging provided approximately 20,632 linear foot of the fill or 66% of Phase II, while the cutterhead suction dredge RS Weeks provided approximately 10,479 linear foot of fill or 34% of the total Project. Other key construction facts and a summary of sediment quality data for Phase II is included in the following table.
Coastal Science & Engineering, 2000. Technical Proposal, Coastal Engineering Services for a Beach Nourishment Project, Town of Indian Beach, North Carolina. Columbia, S.C.


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Share Your Story - Finding Creativity with Becky Blair, Dave Nwokedi and Paul Aroe Barlow
One Church Brighton Gloucester Place Brighton, BN1 4AA United Kingdom (map)
We are all creative. Perhaps we've grown up hearing messages that have discouraged us - you have to be able to paint to be an artist, or that it's all a waste of time that distracts us from more important things. For others making time or the vulnerability of putting art out there or the fear of exposing our imperfections are barriers. From the casual creator to those who focus on it full-time there are challenges for all of us in finding and expressing our creativity. But the fact remains - we are all creative, whether we choose to accept and embrace it or not. Sometimes we just need to reminded and encouraged. For April's Share Your Story we've bringing an artist, author and graffiti artist together to share their stories of how they have found and expressed their creativity, often against their own tensions and challenges, in their own lives.
Doors will open at 7pm and we expect to hear from the first speaker around 7.20pm, so try to get there on time. Our events are pay-as-you-feel if you let us know you're coming in advance. Pay-as-you-feel tickets can be paid for using credit card online, or you can register now and bring along a cash donation on the night. Pay-as-you-feel will be unavailable on the day of the event and any walk-ups will pay £5 on the door (if there is still space for you!)...
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Becky Blair - Becky's work has always focused on the light and joy of living. Her paintings, filled with colour, aim to bring happiness through beautifully composed imagery. Since graduating in 1994 she has exhibited regularly in the UK and Australia and has work in collections around the globe.
In 2014, Becky was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus. The following months saw her hospitalised, housebound, the impact to her joints leaving her unable to paint, the chronic pain rendering her unable to walk, eat and even sleep. She is now exhibiting her first body of work since that diagnosis, which is a reflection of Becky's journey back to better health.
"Though this work does not dwell in the suffering, it is imbued with a richer appreciation of happiness. Humbled by the insight of my experience, I feel so fortunate to be in better health. I now know how precious and fragile the balance of our lives actually is."
Dave Nwokedi is a son, child, man, husband, father, gramps amongst many other things...born in Nigeria to Nigerian, English/Irish parents he spends his life dreaming, to paraphrase Seamus Heaney, of the further shore that is reachable from here...being a very bad swimmer, he knows it may take a while and a few treacherous rip-tides to negotiate before he gets there. Dave is a published author who combines his writing with his role as a full-time social worker.
Paul Barlow, better known as Aroe, is a Brighton-based graffiti artist and part of the MSK graffiti crew. You will have seen lots of his work around Brighton but he also operates much further afield - when I bumped into his recently he told me that he was even invited to talk to the Colombian government about their graffiti policies! Paul will be sharing something of his path to what he's up to now, how he's come to be what he's doing and stories from along the way.
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Demonstration of the Fine Structure of Stereocilia in the Organ of Corti of the Guinea Pig by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
W. L. Jongebloed, University of GroningenFollow
E. A. Dunnebier, University of Groningen
F. W. J. Albers, University of Groningen
D. Kalicharan, University of Groningen
A combined perfusion- and immersion prefixation with glutaraldehyde followed by a tannic acid/arginine/osmium tetroxide (TAO) treatment of the guinea pig cochlea is described for field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM) observation of the fine structure of the stereocilia of the organ of Corti. Conventional osmium tetroxide postfixation methods in combination with a thin conductive coating failed to show the fine structure of the glycocalyx of the epithelial lining in the endolymphatic compartment of the cochlea, in particular, on the stereocilia surface. The antennulae-like glycocalyx covering of the stereocilia surface of the more pronounced rows of outer hair cells has been demonstrated only in ultrathin sections by means of cationic markers. The side- and tip-links connecting the stereocilia have been demonstrated both in scanning and transmission electron microscopy, although at that time these structures often were considered as artificial. However, they can be visualized with FEG-SEM at low accelerating voltage (2-3 kV), and at appropriate working distance and probe current, in combination with a glutaraldehyde perfusion/immersion prefixation and TAO postfixation. Stereo images enhance considerably the three-dimensional appreciation of the stereocilia with glycocalyx lining and side- and tip-links, proving that these connections are a structural part of the hair cell.
Jongebloed, W. L.; Dunnebier, E. A.; Albers, F. W. J.; and Kalicharan, D. (1996) "Demonstration of the Fine Structure of Stereocilia in the Organ of Corti of the Guinea Pig by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy," Scanning Microscopy: Vol. 10 : No. 1 , Article 12.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/microscopy/vol10/iss1/12
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Q: Create a list name column in a list of data frames Data:
 vec.1 <- c(1, 2)
 vec.2 <- c(2, 3)
 df.1 <- data.frame(vec.1, vec.2)
 df.2 <- data.frame(vec.2, vec.1)
 my_list <- list(df.1, df.2)

I wish to create a list number column that sequences along each data frame
indicating from which list they came from.
printing data list :
    [[1]]
   vec.1 vec.2
1     1     2
2     2     3

[[2]]
   vec.2 vec.1
1     2     1
2     3     2

Code:
funk <- function(x){
  index <- seq(x)
  linenum <-
  cbind(x,index,linenum)
}

new.dat <- lapply(my_list, funk)

expected output :
[[1]]
  vec.1 vec.2 index listnum
1     1     2     1   1
2     2     3     2   1

[[2]]
  vec.2 vec.1 index listnum
1     2     1     1   2
2     3     2     2   2

currently I am facing difficulty creating this listnum column.

A: We can use transform to create the sequence column by looping through the list element and then the 'listnum' based on the sequence of length of 'my_list' with Map
Map(cbind, lapply(my_list, function(x)
         transform(x, index = seq_len(nrow(x)))), listnum = seq_len(length(my_list)))

Or using tidyverse
library(dplyr)
library(purrr)
map2(my_list, seq_len(length(my_list)), ~mutate(.x, index = row_number(), listnum = .y))
#[[1]]
#   vec.1 vec.2 index listnum
#1     1     2     1       1
#2     2     3     2       1

#[[2]]
#   vec.2 vec.1 index listnum
#1     2     1     1       2
#2     3     2     2       2

A: You can modify your function like this:
funk <- function(i,x){
index <- seq(x[[i]])
listnum <- i
cbind(x[[i]],index,listnum)
}

new.dat <- lapply(1:length(my_list), funk,my_list)

#>new.dat
#[[1]]
#    vec.1 vec.2 index listnum
#1     1     2     1       1
#2     2     3     2       1

#[[2]]
#    vec.2 vec.1 index listnum
#1     2     1     1       2
#2     3     2     2       2

A: This is does what you were after
new_list <- lapply(1:length(my_list), function(x)
            my_list[[x]] <- cbind(my_list[[x]][1],
                        my_list[[x]][2],
                        index = 1:length(my_list[[x]][[2]]),
                        listnum = rep(x, length(my_list[[x]][2]))))

new_list
# [[1]]
#   vec.1 vec.2 index listnum
# 1     1     2     1       1
# 2     2     3     2       1

# [[2]]
#   vec.2 vec.1 index listnum
# 1     2     1     1       2
# 2     3     2     2       2

Just realized this can be done without having to create new dataset. Once following is run,my_list contain required result.
lapply(1:length(my_list), function(x)
                my_list[[x]] <<- cbind(my_list[[x]][1],
                            my_list[[x]][2],
                            index = 1:length(my_list[[x]][[2]]),
                            listnum = rep(x, length(my_list[[x]][2]))))

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Clough pens Derby deal
Nigel Clough has signed a new contract to remain as Derby manager until the summer of 2015, the club have confirmed.
Clough was joined by his backroom staff of Gary Crosby, Johnny Metgod, Martin Taylor and Andy Garner, in signing new deals with the npower Championship club. The Rams are off to a strong start this season, sitting fourth in the league after 11 matches.
"We are all delighted that our futures have been sorted out and that we have the opportunity to continue the work of the last two and a half years of trying to improve this club," Clough told the club's website.
"From day one we knew this was going to be a long term project and it is still very much a work in progress. This new deal is not about any individual, it is about a collective effort from a group of people who have worked extremely hard to change the culture and mentality of the football side from top to bottom.
"We have shared values throughout the organisation of working hard every day and making sure everyone gives their best, which is exactly what the fans deserve and demand from anyone lucky enough to represent Derby County.
"We are seeing signs of improvement all the time now, at every level of the club, and we believe there are some good times ahead of us."
Clough took over at Pride Park in January 2009, joining from Burton Albion, but struggled to bring success in the early days, and only managed a 19th-placed finish last season.
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Highest Vaccinated States Also Recording Some Of The Highest COVID Case Counts
The people that continue to call the COVID-19 pandemic a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" are either lying, willfully blind, or delusional.
As the COVID infections rise nationwide some of the highest case totals are in the states that also have the highest vaccination rates, The Daily Mail reported.
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The state has suffered a 153 percent increase in cases over the past two weeks, with 200 of every 100,000 residents testing positive every day – both figures putting the state towards the middle of the pack. Virginia is also suffering 0.16 deaths per every 100,000 residents every day, the third lowest rate of any U.S. state.
New Jersey has been one of the hardest struck states by the Omicron-fueled Covid surge tearing through America. The state has the fourth highest infection rate in America, with 350 of every 100,000 residents testing positive for the virus daily. Only four states are logging more than 300 cases per every 100,000 residents daily.
A public health emergency has been instituted in the state to combat rising cases. The orders from Gov Phil Murphy include increased vaccine rollout and testing efforts. Mask mandates will also be reinstated in some parts of the state.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the new emergency would not mean any new restrictions on businesses, lockdowns or universal masking.
"I am certain that there are some who are going to do their best to continue to spread misinformation about what this means so I want you to hear it from me," the governor said.
"It does not mean going backward from any of the progress we've made together over the past 22 months," he said. "In fact, in your day-to-day life, this step won't have any new impact at all. What it does mean is that we can continue moving forward with our coordinated and responsible approach to putting Omicron and COVID behind us."
"It means that right now — with record-high new cases because of Omicron and more people in our hospitals than at any point since the Spring of 2020 — our hospitals and health care system will have every tool at their disposal to ensure the best care possible for everyone who needs it," he argued.
"And, critically, it will mean we continue to stand on a firm base of science and facts, and not politics and conspiracies, to keep your family and your community safe by getting ahead of Omicron and staying there," he said.
Virginia governor and blackface aficionado Ralph Northam instituted a limited 30 day emergency to help hospitals in the state.
"It has been a long 22 months for all of us," he said on Monday. "It has been a roller coaster, and we are not built for this kind of uncertainty for this long. It has been hard on everyone."
The governor said he does not expect the incoming Republican governor Glenn Youngkin to rescind the order.
"The governor has spoken with the governor-elect, and we're hopeful he will keep this in place for the full 30 days or as long as necessary," Northam spokeswoman Alena Yarmosky said. "It's very important given the fact that the transition's taking place."
The incoming governor "supports the use of tailored executive action that removes staffing barriers and provides healthcare providers the flexibility in order to deliver high-quality care and give overworked medical professionals the relief they need," Devin O'Malley, a spokesman for Youngkin, said.
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by Marmaduke Karlston
Posted on August 19, 2019 March 5, 2020
Fast and Furious 9 has been filming for almost two months already, but that hasn't stopped them from adding cast members.
Deadline reports that Michael Rooker will be playing a character named Buddy. That's it, that's all we got. Is he part of Mr. Nobody's team? Is he working with Cipher? Is he another member of the Shaw family? The possibilities are endless, but with Rooker only just joining the cast, don't expect him to have too large of a role. Deadline calls it a "last minute addition".
Francis Ngannou, the #2 fighter in the heavyweight division of UFC, has also joined the cast. He follows in the footsteps of two other UFC fighters, Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey, who played key roles in Fast and Furious 6 and Furious 7 respectively. So it's highly likely Ngannou will be used for a key fight scene where he goes toe-to-toe with Vin Diesel (because he'd kick the shit out of any of the the other males in this film… oh wait, John Cena is in this. Okay, Ngannou versus Cena would be cool).
Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, Charlize Theron, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Helen Mirren are all returning from previous installments for Fast 9.
Fast and Furious 9 hits theaters May 22, 2020.
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Q: Prove congruence $x^2 ≡ −a^2(\bmod p)$ Let $p$ be an odd prime and $a$ be any integer which is not congruent to $0 \bmod p$.
I need to prove that the congruence $x^2 ≡ −a^2(\bmod p)$ has solutions iff $p ≡ 1 (\bmod 4)$.

A: Since $a$ is not zero you can divide/cancel by $a$ to get that this is equivalent to asking if $x^2 = - 1$ has a solution $\mod p$.
It now depends a bit what you know, but here is a way.
The multiplicative group of non-zero classes modulo $p$ is cyclic;
that is there is some class $e$ such that $e,e^2, \dots, e^{p-1}$ is the set of all non-zero classes. Such an element is called a primitive root modulo $p$; another key-word in this context is "discrete logarithm."
Then $e^k$ is a square of some other element if and only if $k$ is even; the "roots" being $\pm e^{k/2}$. Now, you know that the class of $-1$ is $e^{(p-1)/2}$ and so this is a square if and only if $(p-1)/2$ is even, that is $p-1$ is divisible by $4$.


OK… one random thought on Bruce / Caitlyn Jenner.
I'm seeing a lot of people congratulating her for being beautiful.
Honestly… this sort of makes me sick. He made a change. He's a celebrity so he's brought the topic to national attention. I personally don't care that he made such a life change and don't think it's necessarily my business.
That said, the fact that the TOPIC is being talked about is a good thing I suppose.
If you want to congratulate Bruce on being a girl, congratulate him on being a girl. Don't be shallow and congratulate him on being a pretty girl.
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The Splatsin First Nation has fenced off nine acres of land used by the Kingfisher community for parking.
Band action puts plan in doubt
Splatsin First Nation fences off portion of Kingfisher, compromising Regional District of North Okanagan plans
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There's concerns that First Nations actions could negatively impact land use planning at Kingfisher.
The Regional District of North Okanagan is developing a local area plan for the community at the north end of Mabel Lake. The plan includes nine acres that has been fenced off by the Splatsin First Nation to protect what it consider cultural values.
"This introduces some challenges and I'm not sure where we go from here," said Rob Smailes, RDNO's general manager of planning.
The site has been used for community parking for years and the district has been attempting to get approval from the provincial government for permanent use.
Besides boaters parking their vehicles and trailers, the land is used by 154 residences who only have water access to their homes on the west side of Mabel Lake and park their vehicles there.
"It could have serious implications," said Herman Halvorson, rural Enderby director, of the Splatsin's actions.
Halvorson believes the government must get involved.
"I think the situation with the Kingfisher plan will have to be dealt with at a very high level — a cabinet minister or the premier," he said.
In a recent interview, Splatsin Chief Wayne Christian stated the band considers the land issue resolved and no development will be accepted.
"We have ownership. We aren't looking to turn it over to anyone," he said. "We have never ceded or sold any of our territory."
RDNO has referred the Kingfisher local area plan to the Splatsin First Nation for input and staff says it will be sent again to try and keep dialogue open.
The concept of a local area plan for land use activities was first raised 13 years ago and in January 2010, a consultant was hired to develop the document.
"We've had six community meetings. There has been an extensive consultation process," said Smailes.
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Valerian Root as a Sleep Aid
By Quinn PhillipsMedically Reviewed by Justin Laube, MD
Valerian has been used as a sleep aid for millennia, but studies on its effectiveness for this purpose show mixed results.
Valerian is a flowering plant native to Europe that can be used as an herbal supplement for treating a number of conditions, including anxiety and insomnia.Marina Lohrbach/iStock
Valerian root is an herbal remedy that has been used for centuries to promote sleep and help relieve anxiety. Its documented use stretches back to ancient Greece, and many different cultures have adopted it over time. (1)
In the modern United States, valerian is available in many different formulations, and some of them are marketed specifically as sleep aids. But the regulatory framework for herbal supplements is extremely lax, and few if any specific products have undergone scientific studies to show their effectiveness in promoting sleep.
Some general studies of valerian have shown certain benefits when it comes to falling and staying asleep. But the studies' designs, and their results, haven't been consistent.
Here's an overview of what the evidence says about taking valerian as a sleep aid, and factors you might want to consider before using it for this purpose.
Small Studies, Some Positive Results
Despite its long-standing reputation as a sleep aid, valerian hasn't undergone serious clinical trials to evaluate its effectiveness in promoting sleep. That's in part because clinical trials are extremely expensive, and no single company has a monopoly on valerian that could justify such a large — and risky — investment.
Studies on valerian and sleep have been mostly small, with different formulations, doses, and study populations being included. Some have specifically targeted people with insomnia (difficulty falling or staying asleep), while others have simply looked for sleep-related improvements in people who don't report serious problems.
Because most studies of valerian for sleep have been small, looking at the results of several studies combined — known as a meta-analysis — is potentially more useful than focusing on any one study. There have been a few meta-analyses on valerian over the years.
One such analysis, published in the journal Sleep Medicine, included nine different studies on valerian. The researchers determined that all nine studies had flaws in their design, but in a rating of 1 to 5, three earned the highest rating of 5 for the lowest risk of bias in their design.
In one of these three studies, 128 participants were randomly assigned to take three different items on three different nights each, separated by nights when they took nothing: either 400 milligrams (mg) of a liquid valerian extract, a commercial supplement containing 60 mg of valerian and 30 mg of hops, or a placebo (inactive pill). Nobody knew which treatment was which, and each filled out a sleep questionnaire the next morning.
Compared with the placebo, the valerian extract significantly improved participants' perceived ease of falling asleep, ease of staying asleep, and overall sleep quality. This result was even stronger among the 61 participants who identified as "poor sleepers" in a questionnaire at the beginning of the study. The commercial supplement, though, didn't show any significant improvement over the placebo.
In the second highly rated study from the analysis, 8 participants with insomnia were randomly assigned to take either 450 mg of valerian extract, 900 mg of the extract, or a placebo for four nights in a row during one week, repeated for a total of three weeks. They wore nighttime motion sensors on their wrists and filled out a questionnaire each morning.
Compared with the placebo, the 450 mg dose of valerian extract reduced the average time to fall asleep from 16 minutes to 9 minutes, and the questionnaires showed a perceived improvement in sleep quality. No improvement in sleep time was seen with the 900 mg dose, though, and it caused increased sleepiness the next morning.
In the third highly rated study, 121 participants with insomnia received either 600 mg of a commercial valerian supplement or a placebo for 28 nights in a row. Using questionnaires and other assessment tools, the researchers found that participants who took valerian saw improvements in falling asleep and sleep quality — especially during the second half of the study, after having taken the supplement for two weeks already. (2)
Limited Evidence of Effectiveness
Despite the encouraging results from the top-rated studies in the 2000 meta-analysis, the researchers' overall conclusion, based on all nine studies, was that "the findings of the studies were contradictory" and "the evidence for valerian as a treatment for insomnia is inconclusive." (2)
Other meta-analyses of studies on valerian since then haven't been any more encouraging. One, published in the journal Sleep Medicine Reviews, looked at 29 studies and found that "most studies found no significant differences between valerian and placebo either in healthy individuals or in persons with general sleep disturbance or insomnia." (3)
Another analysis, published in June 2010 in the journal Sleep Medicine, found that based on 18 different studies, the average reduction in time spent falling asleep from taking valerian, compared with placebo, was less than 1 minute. (4)
And an analysis of 14 studies on four different herbal supplements — valerian, chamomile, kava, and wu ling — for insomnia, published in December 2015 in the journal Sleep Medicine Reviews, found "no statistically significant difference between any herbal medicine and placebo" in 13 different measures of efficacy. It also found that valerian was associated with more reported side effects than the other herbs or placebo. (5)
Low Risk, Possible Benefit
The good news on valerian as a sleep aid is that it appears to be safe to take regularly. While some people in studies have reported side effects such as drowsiness the next day, overall, "valerian is a safe herb associated with only rare adverse events," as one analysis notes. (3)
So even though most studies haven't found valerian to be an effective sleep aid, there's little harm in trying it to see if it helps. But the different results seen in various studies offer an important lesson to anyone taking it: You may need to try a few different formulations, brands, or doses before you find one that's effective.
Ultimately, what works for one person may not work for another — and trying it is the only way to know if valerian works for you as a sleep aid.
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Editorial Sources and Fact-Checking
Valerian: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. National Institutes of Health. March 15, 2013.
Stevinson C, Ernst E. Valerian for Insomnia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. Sleep Medicine. April 2000.
Taibi DM, Landis CA, et al. A Systematic Review of Valerian as a Sleep Aid: Safe but Not Effective. Sleep Medicine Reviews. June 2007.
Fernández-San-Martín MI, Masa-Font R, et al. Effectiveness of Valerian on Insomnia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials. Sleep Medicine. June 2010.
Leach MJ, Page AT. Herbal Medicine for Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews. December 2015.
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Q: Incremental MySQL Backup using Subversion Our MySQL database servers host several dozens of databases, with dump file size ranging from 1 to ~100 MB.
Currently, our backup approach is mysqldump, wrapped in a shell script, and run from a crontab. This has worked great for us. The only main drawback is large storage requirement to store the dump files.
Since MySQL database dump is a text file, naturally I consider storing it in a version control system, such as Subversion. I recall Subversion only store the delta of a file in each commit.
Is this approach recommended? Are there some gotchas we should aware of?

A: The MySQL documentation might have exactly what you need.  Binary incremental backups!  (Also great for a poor-mans slave server over rsync/ftp/etc).

MySQL supports incremental backups:
You must start the server with the --log-bin option to enable binary logging; see Section 5.2.4, "The Binary Log". The binary log files provide you with the information you need to replicate changes to the database that are made subsequent to the point at which you performed a backup. At the moment you want to make an incremental backup (containing all changes that happened since the last full or incremental backup), you should rotate the binary log by using FLUSH LOGS. This done, you need to copy to the backup location all binary logs which range from the one of the moment of the last full or incremental backup to the last but one. These binary logs are the incremental backup; at restore time, you apply them as explained in Section 6.3, "Point-in-Time Recovery". The next time you do a full backup, you should also rotate the binary log using FLUSH LOGS, mysqldump --flush-logs, or mysqlhotcopy --flushlog. See Section 4.5.4, "mysqldump — A Database Backup Program", and Section 4.6.9, "mysqlhotcopy — A Database Backup Program".

A: binlog mentioned by SirStan is good approach.
alternatively you can run mysqldumps and then use rdiff-backup to create backup of dumpfile. rdiff will keep n last backups [ you decide how many ], and will be quite space efficient, since it keeps only full snapshot of latest version of file + set of diffs allowing it to reconstruct previous versions.
whatever you put in svn, stays in svn. repository only grows - so it's good place to keep your sql schemas, source code and maybe docs; but not actual data from sql.

A: using svn would take up a huge amount of space.
say you commit 100mb file and svn becomes version 1
then if you add a new file of 200mb the version will be 2.
Your svn repository will be 300mb.
if you woule like your file in version 1 you would have to
svn co -r 1 svnrepourl

A: I know this question is a little dated, but at my company we've been experimenting with something similar.  We've been pulling xml-formatted backups (not from MySQL, but still simply text files) that are ~300 MB in size and committing them to an SVN repository, every night for a little over a week.  The first commit put the repository at 41 MB, but each commit since has been smaller.  We are now at revision 8, and the total size of the repository is a scant 57 MB.  This is about 2.5% of the size of all of the history it contains!
I just tried out rdiff-backup using the same data; below is a comparison (all sizes in MB):

Backup #    Backup Size    repo size    delta    rdiff size    delta
0           0              0.03         0.03     0             0
1           286.05         41.49        41.46    286.05        286.05
2           285.93         45.97        4.49     322.13        36.08
3           286.23         50.52        4.54     323.27        1.14
4           286.63         50.79        0.27     324.54        1.26
5           287.46         55.52        4.73     326.54        2.00
6           287.76         55.77        0.25     327.72        1.19
7           288.15         56.14        0.37     328.98        1.26
8           288.41         56.63        0.50     330.36        1.38

Looks like the deltas are about the same (sometimes svn is better, sometimes rdiff-backup is), so on overall size, SVN wins.  An advantage to rdiff is that it is easy to remove old backups, where with SVN you would have to do an svnadmin dump and svnadmin load to get rid of old revisions.  I guess it's a matter of preference but SVN is easy to use, and has a ton of tools around to support it.

A: Check out this script which automates the process, allowing for specific selection of databases and exclusion of tables [disclaimer I am the author] - http://mysql-svn-backup.redant.com.au/

A: Percona XtraBackup supports incremental hot backups of MySQL databases.


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THE BRITISH RAILWAY STORIES LTD: "An A Class Dillemma"
Sorting out my stocklist, I looked over my two valance conversions and spotted that something was amiss compared to my Walter K. Whigham A4 Pacific. The problem lies directly with the use of either Kingfisher or Mallard models as the donor locomotives for these conversions.
The short access hatches at the front end under the nameplates, are wrong - they should be the double length ones as seen on the Walter K. Whigham model, and any of the BR green liveried A4s that Hornby produce.
So the dillemma is simple - the choice is, cut the valances from the same donor models - but modify the hatches, or repaint BR liveried A4s garter blue with coronation red wheels.
Hornby have not offered an A4 Pacific in the garter blue/single chimney/long access hatches form yet, so it is up to me to decide whether I can live with the knowledge of this fairly minor physical discrepancy, or want to repaint a vast number of A4 Pacifics in the forms I want.
...designing an etched replacement access hatch to fit onto the A4 bodies which need it. Good idea, bad idea...?
It really can be thoroughly infuriating finding a new problem once you think you've cracked the method!
In terms of the stocklist, I am debating adding Dwight D. Eisenhower and removing Sir Nigel Gresley, as Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only A4 to remain in LNER livery through to 1949. Albeit, I believe as E8 and not 4496 as it was post-war. This would add something a little different to the other planned garter blue A4s.
Go for it, get Dwight D. Eisenhower.


Sweet, family harmonies, blending together like only the voices of twin sisters can; combined with heartfelt original songs, is what you can expect to hear from The Mann Sisters. With influences ranging from the Indigo Girls to Simon and Garfunkel and Fleetwood Mac - Lauren and Alexandra Mann, sisters from Miami, Florida, pride themselves as up-and-coming artists, songwriters, and musicians. Lauren's keyboards and rich vocals inhabit a haunting higher register; while Alexandra's gritty guitar playing and vocal harmonies bring out an acoustic rock edge, that mix to create their distinctive sound. Their performances not only mirror their love for their music, but also their love for each other. It's clear to see how much they enjoy performing side-by-side, so in tune with each other, making for a uniquely entertaining show. Deemed "ones to watch" by Music Row critic, Robert Oermann, The Mann Sisters deliver their audiences well-crafted, life-inspired original music, with tight musical performances, keeping folks captivated and coming back for more.


When you work with fairly large databases, it's often useful to know the size of one of them. For example, should you wish to take a full dump – you need to know if you have enough space on the drive you wish to keep it, and, in order to do that, you'll need to know the size of your database. Or, you may just want to know how much of your drive is being used up by the database so you'll know if it should grow quickly, that you'll have enough space.


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The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook: The Von Trapp Children and Their Photographs and Memorabilia (Hardcover)
By Fred Bronson, Angela Cartwright
Hardcover (December 1st, 2011): $45.00
The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook celebrates one of the best-loved musicals of all time, and the seven actors who played the Von Trapp children. It's filled with their recollections of that magical time, the impact the film had on their lives, and what they've done since, as well as rare, cherished memorabilia: letters to their families, an edited page from the script, a ticket to the world premiere, and more.
Fred Bronson has written extensively for television, including The American Music Awards and Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve. His books include Dick Clark's American Bandstand (with Dick Clark), The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, and various biographies, including those of some of the American Idol finalists.
Publisher: Carlton Books
Publication Date: January 7th, 2020
Film - History & Criticism
Film - Reference
Film - Genres - Historical


OF METAL AND WISHES by Sarah Fine. This has been on my TBR pretty much since I first got Goodreads. I really enjoyed this book, though it was a little slow me for me at times. I especially loved the similiarities with The Phantom of the Opera. I felt the author really made that story her own in a very interesting and different way. I'm going to read book 2 (it's a duology I think) pretty soon.
THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL by Maureen Goo. I loved the last book I read by Goo so I had to pick this one up. It was also awesome. I loved the most how the LI was such a good, genuine guy, and I loved the personality flaws of the MC. She'd probably be considered unlikeable, but it was fun reading about her and getting inside her head. I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE is still my fave, but this one comes pretty close.
I feel a bit bad that this is all I've read in two weeks, but I've fallen hard for my new obsession and can't really help it. I just need to find a balance where I'm getting time for both. Here's hoping!


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Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Scholarly Works
Probing High Permeability of Nuclear Pore Complexes by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Ca2+ Effects on Transport Barriers
Available after March 25, 2020 (820.5Kb)
Pathirathna, Pavithra
Balla, Ryan J.
Jantz, Dylan
Kurapati, Niraja
Gramm, Erin R.
Leonard, Kevin Charles
Amemiya, Shigeru
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) solely mediates molecular transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell to play important biological and biomedical roles. However, it is not well-understood chemically how this biological nanopore selectively and efficiently transports various substances, including small molecules, proteins, and RNAs by using transport barriers that are rich in highly disordered repeats of hydrophobic phenylalanine and glycine intermingled with charged amino acids. Herein, we employ scanning electrochemical microscopy to image and measure the high permeability of NPCs to small redox molecules. The effective medium theory demonstrates that the measured permeability is controlled by diffusional translocation of probe molecules through water-filled nanopores without steric or electrostatic hindrance from hydrophobic or charged regions of transport barriers, respectively. However, the permeability of NPCs is reduced by a low millimolar concentration of Ca2+, which can interact with anionic regions of transport barriers to alter their spatial distributions within the nanopore. We employ atomic force microscopy to confirm that transport barriers of NPCs are dominantly recessed (∼80%) or entangled (∼20%) at the high Ca2+ level in contrast to authentic populations of entangled (∼50%), recessed (∼25%), and "plugged" (∼25%) conformations at a physiological Ca2+ level of submicromolar. We propose a model for synchronized Ca2+ effects on the conformation and permeability of NPCs, where transport barriers are viscosified to lower permeability. Significantly, this result supports a hypothesis that the functional structure of transport barriers is maintained not only by their hydrophobic regions, but also by charged regions.
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Analytical Chemistry, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http:doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00796.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00796
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Scholarly Works [138]
Pathirathna, P., Balla, R. J., Jantz, D. T., Kurapati, N., Gramm, E. R., Leonard, K. C., & Amemiya, S. (2019). Probing High Permeability of Nuclear Pore Complexes by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Ca2+ Effects on Transport Barriers. Analytical chemistry, 91(8), 5446–5454. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00796


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(See update below.) Sorry to seem to be picking on one publication, but it is supposed to be a leading political journal. Here is how this morning's Washington Post played the latest setback for the Obama "pass this bill now" jobs plan.
Headline: "Where job measures go to die"
Subhead: "Another bill fails in Senate"
What actually happened: The bill got a majority in the Senate, 51-49.
But because Mitch McConnell's GOP minority has resolved to filibuster everything the Administration proposes, the measure never came to a vote on the merits. The Democrats, with "only" 53 votes (including 2 Indeps), cannot get 60 votes to break a filibuster, since the Republicans with 47 always-unified pro-filibuster votes, can stop anything they choose.
- do not even use the word "filibuster." This latest story contains the word near its end, but in a different context and not applied to what just happened. For two previous illustrations of similar presentation by the Post, see this and this.
On the bright side, Greg Sargent of the Post has an online item that treats the same event in a far more sophisticated way. Summary: Yes, this is deliberate filibuster obstruction by the GOP; such "party of No" behavior is hurting the Republicans' reputation; but it is still worth it to them, because inability to get things done inevitably hurts a sitting president more.
And Ezra Klein, also of the Post, has a first-rate review of Ron Suskind's Confidence Men, covering many of the same themes, in the NY Review of Books. This piece does an excellent job of connecting the underlying economics (the main millstone around the Administration's neck -- and the country's), with the long-range partisan politics (paired Republican and Democratic strategies), with the personality-politics (Obama, Geithner, Boehner, who is "strong," who is "weak," et al) that dominate much day-to-day news coverage. It is no "softer" on the Administration and the Democrats than the Post piece is -- if anything, the reverse. But it explains what is actually going on.
Of course Klein's piece is much longer than a daily news story -- but Sargent's is quite short and still gets across its idea. In any case it wouldn't take any more space to use the word "filibuster" and avoid headlines like "Another bill fails."
Maybe Sargent or Klein could have a word with the Post's political desk? Just an idea.
I have been doing an experiment for the last few months: When I'm in the car, I listen to AM talk radio. The Seattle station has hourly updates from Fox News. Anyway, they reported the recent "Jobs Bill" vote in the senate as defeated by "threat of filibuster". Yes, FOX NEWS!


Smarter Egg is honoured to be collaborating with the White Horse Winter Music Festival for a special event on the theme of The Business of Music.
Joining us in the Red Chair will be Peter Aiken, of Aiken Promotions, one of the most influential figures on the Irish music scene.
Peter has been responsible for bringing some of the world's greatest music acts to Irish music venues. From true legends like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to newer stars like Beyonce and Ed Sheeran, Peter's experience at the top of the music industry is second to none.
Amongst the Egg Talkers will be rising star, Jack O'Rourke. Jack's songwriting and performing skills are capturing a growing following, and he delighted a national audience with his recent Late Late Show performance.
Also speaking will be Joe Lennon, CEO & Co-Founder of Subwoofr, a Cork-based startup that provides music artists with tools to help them make more money in the digital era.
And we'll hear from music industry veteran Michael Carr of Blue Monkey PR and 96FM. Michael has managed and promoted bands, written and broadcasted their stories and is actively involved in the music scene.
Pre-booking is essential for our White Horse events as it is an intimate venue and tickets normally sell out.
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The Wetherby men's third team were in action this afternoon after seeing their seasonal opener washed out late on Monday evening when they should have played at Kirkstall. The forecast was poor today with heavy rain forecast this afternoon and Horsforth captain Robert Naylor kindly agreed to bring the start time forward an hour to give the teams more chance of completing the tie.
Rain was in the air as the game commenced with Marc Bickers and David Rhodes playing at seed one taking on visiting pair two Robert Taylor and Richard Kidd. Bickers could well turn out to be the signing of the season by Wetherby captain Mike Triffitt who quickly signed up the player once he was surplus to requirements with the second team. The tall and rangy player had produced a top scoring man of the match performance on Thursday when helping the Harrogate mixed one team to a first win of the season and he looked in confident mood as he breezed effortlessly around the court. Producing some wonderful powerful serving, not usually found at this level, he pegged back the Horsforth pair with pace and power. Partner David Rhodes was also in great form and rolled back the years to produce a number of deft short shots which complemented the aggressive style of Bickers. Rhodes himself had only played Thursday when suffering a narrow defeat with Wetherby B at Academy but he was certainly enjoying the extra time and space afforded with having such a strong partner. Bickers and Rhodes remained consistent throughout in recording a comprehensive 6-2,6-3 victory which gave the hosts an excellent start as they led 2-0.
Captain Triffitt was on Court Five accompanied by Wetherby A mixed captain Barry Johnson and this organised duo, who have partnered many times before, looked at ease in one another's company. They knew they would need to reproduce their best form against Horsforth number one duo Kieran Igwe and Brian Hayes however. Igwe is a well built and real physical specimen who boomed down many unreturnable serves whilst Hayes is an imposing figure himself and took some passing. The visitors started the better and Triffitt and Johnson struggled to contain the big hitting pair. Triffitt was desperately trying to stay in the match with some excellent returns and the use of his customary lob whilst Johnson stood firm at the net in the face of a barrage of missiles heading his way. Eventually Igwe and Hayes secured the opening set 3-6.The rain was showing no sign of abating but with the players now accustomed to the conditions and the courts holding up well play continued. Johnson was starting to find the form he has been showing during an encouraging start to the mixed season and he and Triffitt began to frustrate their opponants with their unorthodox style. Johnson was using his backhand to great success and with Triffitt keeping the ball in play and inviting errors from the visitor the second set was swinging towards the home pair. They let slip a 5-2 lead to allow Horsforth to level at 5-5 but kicked on to take the next two games for a worthy 7-5 success to share the spoils at one set apiece.
So at the half way stage Wetherby led 3-1. Bickers and Rhodes moved over to Court Five to take on Igwe and Hayes and a close contest was expected. However the Wetherby men soon picked up the tempo from their first round win to take control from the start. The Wetherby top pair were really complementing one another with differing styles that worked excellent together and they took the opener 6-2. As the rain lashed down, fortunately the puddles that were appearing on Court Three were not replicated on Court Five and with the visitors wilting Bickers continued to pile on the misery hitting a number of impressive winners. Rhodes produced many a winner from the net and his backhand was a very useful weapon on display. The pair were keen to wrap up proceedings and ran out 6-3 winners to take the tie 2-0 before heading back into the clubhouse to dry out!. A blow for the third team will be Rhodes unable to play any further part this season with the sunnier climes of Spain now calling.
Triffitt and Johnson took on Naylor and Kidd and knew they had the ability to win if keeping the ball alive and reducing their own error count. Naylor was serving well and for a smaller chap leaping wonderfully at the net to power down any chance that fell his way. Kidd was struggling and could never get to grips with the Triffitt lob or the ferocity of the Johnson backhand. The Wetherby men were playing in a confident fashion and took the first set 6-3.With the scores nicely poised at 3-3 but with Bickers and Rhodes already securing the points to win the match, Wetherby knew they could relax and hopefully put the icing on the cake. By now conditions were barely playable but the quartet were determined to conclude the contest. As Horsforth heads dropped the consistency of Triffitt and Johnson was the key and they saw out the second set 6-4 to win 2-0.
A fantastic team effort with Bickers once again man of the match but really inspiring his team mates to greater heights it was job done and an impressive 7-1 overall victory.
For captain Triffitt, celebrating a 12 year wedding anniversary today too, this was a satisfying end to a turbulent week when at one point getting four players on the court was looking increasingly unlikely. The team are next in action away at Wakefield next Sunday who have opened their campaign with an 8-0 win at Pool so will once again provide stiff opposition.
A wet looking but happy four following todays terrific win. From left to right – David Rhodes, Marc Bickers, Barry Johnson and Mike Triffitt.
The gallant runners up were from left to right – Kieran Igwe, Richard Kidd, Robert Naylor and Brian Hayes.
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